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I had an interesting comment on a post I wrote a while back, "Should Deacons Wear the Roman Collar?", and as that post is one that continues to garner interest, and his question was really good, I thought I'd take a moment to muse on it.
"…. I think you should ask one other question. Why don't priests and bishops want Deacons wearing the roman collar? I personally could care less about the wearing of clerical clothing except it seems odd that deacons are most of the time banned from the wearing. I truly think the bigger question is not why does a deacon want to wear the collar, but why is he forbidden to." -Ken (I abridged and added emphasis to his comment)
Why would a bishop not want his deacons wearing clerical garb? It's a dang good question, and I think it deserves serious thought. I also don't think the answer is simple, there is a lot of things to consider here.
The question has a presupposition in it though that I think needs to be addressed first. It assumes that deacons wearing the collar is a good thing and that a bishop should want it to be that way. I think this is a fair assumption. I think it is fair, because in the modern world, it seems natural to want to show regular folks that not everyone buys into the world's nonsense. Clerical dress, like religious dress, bears witness to a life lived for Christ. It bears witness to the fact that intelligent people can want something more in their lives, and God is calling them to live that out in way that is so concrete, that it is a Sacrament.
A deacon has set his life aside in a very real way, and many assume that should be visibly apparent due to this idea of "witness". There is more than meets the eye here though, and the bishops treading lightly and carefully is not a bad thing. Now I'm not a bishop, nor am I privileged with their thought processes, but I think I can make a few educated guesses as to why they are being cautious.
First, and I believe foremost, there is the issue of discerning the value and proper place of priests. This is obviously extremely important to the bishops, as transitional deacons, that is deacons who are on the road to priesthood, are required to wear the collar. It is only permanent deacons that we are discussing here. While there is no sacramental difference between permanent and transitional deacons, there is a very different charism and level of involvement between the two. Transitional deacons will be priests, God willing, and the scrutiny that they are under is very real and visible. Visibly marking them that way is clearly important.
Permanent deacons are not headed towards priesthood though, and I think this is where the main issue lies. In a world where priests are in shortage, often devalued, and often under attack, the idea of allowing deacons to have any resemblance to priests could conceivably damage vocations. If a deacon is wearing the same clerical dress as a priest, doesn't that mean there is some equivalency? I don't think any bishop wants to risk that idea becoming prevalent.
You see, in the Roman Church, deacons are really a rather new idea. Yes, we had them a long time ago, but in this post Vatican II era, we are still just learning what a deacon is. We are still establishing what this "new" role really is, how it looks, feels and acts. No one, deacons included, wants anyone to think of the deacon as a "mini priest", and I think that the bishops feel allowing them to wear the collar would do just that.
There is also an issue of authority. The priests are all directly under the immediate authority of the bishop, and the bishop knows each of his priests by name. He knows their proclivities, he gets mail from their parishioners, and speaks to them on a very regular basis. This communication is not nearly as commonplace with deacons. Deacons are also under the direct control of their bishops, but they mainly report to their parish priests, and are off doing their thing to support their parishes. Without the bishop having that deep amount of contact with the deacons, I think they may be uncomfortable with the deacons having such free reign to speak for the Church, especially since they have so much less connection to the bishop and the institutional Church than a priest has. To put it briefly, I would guess they would say to themselves, "I'm not even sure who these guys really are!"
In fairness, they often really don't know who these guys are. While I'm sure its a minority, I have little doubt that some men have gone through the process to become a deacon for primarily social reasons. All it takes is a few of these guys, and since the bishop has little contact with his deacons, he begins to wonder if they all aren't like that to some degree. I've heard of bishops saying things like, "Men only become deacons so they can marry off their daughters and baptize their grandchildren." Some probably have, and I'm not surprised that a bishop may feel that way, considering the low amount of communication between bishops and deacons.
I would bet that bishops don't really see the value in their deacons as well. The parish priest does, I'm sure, but the bishop sees very little of the work a deacon does, as it is done in places and times that the bishop has little relation to. Bishops don't often visit prisons, hospitals, confirmation programs, children's religious education classes, marriage prep classes, bereavment groups, etc. I do not fault the bishops for this one iota, they have other important tasks that must be done, and can only be done by them. They are extremely busy men. They sure see their priests often, but they see deacons in action very infrequently in comparison. It's not their fault, it is rather built that way.
Lastly, a friend of mine once quoted his old bishop as saying, "My deacons all want to wear the collar, and my priests all want to take theirs off." Let me translate in my own words: priests want to be able to be anonymous, and deacons want to stand out. There can be a very real concern that deacons want to wear the collar for reasons that are not in line with the purposes behind clerical dress. Maybe the bishops are concerned that deacons only want to wear the collar to exalt their own status.
All of this tend to devalue the deacon in the eyes of the episcopacy. So for them to allow deacons to wear clerical dress in their mind, is to put deacons on par with the men they know, who have clearly and visibly dedicated their lives to the Church, for a benefit that they may not really see. In practice, I think bishops tend to see their deacons as unduly exalted laymen rather than their brothers working in the fields. I would bet in some cases, they can very right in this assessment, and that only solidifies that belief.
All that being said, I continue to stand with my position in:
"Should Deacons Wear the Roman Collar?".
But then, I'm not a bishop!
(As a side note, I have never met a deacon that meets any of the negative descriptions that I have posted above, but sheer statistics command that they must exist. Also, I would like to repeat that I have never spoken to a bishop on this matter, and all of my thoughts as to why they might feel this way are 100% theoretical, and from my own musing on the subject.)


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An eye-catching trial from the John O'Shea-trained Mesa on Tuesday morning has the Godolphin stable confident of the colt's competitiveness in the 2015 Blue Diamond Stakes in Melbourne this autumn.
The premier race for two-year-olds during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival, this year's $1 million Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) runs at Caulfield Racecourse on February 28.
Futures Blue Diamond Stakes betting markets on the classic at Ladbrokes.com.au have Robert Smerdon's six length Inglis Banner winner on debut Fontiton as the $4.80 favourite.
She was given a soft but still impressive jumpout at Sandown on Tuesday and will resume in either the $120,000 Listed Blue Diamond Fillies Preview (1000m) back at the track on January 26 or be saved for the $150,000 Group 3 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on CF Orr Stakes Day on February 14.
The Flemington-based O'Shea meanwhile has confirmed the Blue Diamond Colts & Geldings Preview on Australia Day as the first-up target for his Lonhro colt Mesa.
The up-and-comer debuted at Sandown-Hillside on November 15 to run a close third to Thurlow in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) on Zipping Classic Day.
That followed a close second in an 803m Warwick Farm trial from October 27 and was a blanket finish with Mesa, ridden by James McDonald, beaten only a neck when missing out on first or second by the bob of the head.
His Sandown trial on Tuesday morning saw Jamie Mott jump aboard and the horse draw clear to win by a big three lengths.
"He won well and wasn't pushed out. He is one of the top five we have in the stable and he will run in the Prelude on Australia Day," O'Shea told the Herald Sun.
Also on the Blue Diamond Stakes path for O'Shea and Godolphin are unraced Lonhro fillies Pursuits and Promenades, both also running in the first official lead-ups at the end of the month but in the fillies' edition.
"We also will run Pursuits and we'll bring down the unraced Promenades from Sydney to run in the fillies division," he confirmed.
Pursuits trailled for the stable yesterday with Dwayne Dunn riding her in the third heat of the morning to finish half a length away second behind the David Hayes & Tom Dabernig-trained Reemah who was eighth behind Of The Brave in the Listed Inglis Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on debut last October.
Promendades meanwhile has had two trials to date when second over 840m at Kensington on September 22 last year and then winning her Rosehill hit-out over 900m to defeat another unraced O'Shea-trained filly Horizontal by one and a half lengths on January 6.
Promendades is the better fancied of the two in the early Blue Diamond markets paying $26 while Pursuits sits at $51.
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RIP Martin Rushent.
There are reports online that influential music producer Martin Rushent has died.
Music website Louder than War announced the news overnight, but did not provide any specific details.
Rushent was best known for his work with bands in the punk and new wave era.
His best-known work was with the Human League, producing and performing on their mega-successful album Dare, and hit single 'Don't You Want Me'. He was named Best Producer at the 1982 Brit Awards, and released a remix version of the album the following year, called Love and Dancing.
Other bands and artists he worked with include the Buzzcocks (and their lead singer gone solo, Pete Shelley), the Stranglers, XTC, Generation X (Billy Idol), the Go-Go's (Belinda Carlisle) and Altered Images.
Before his career with punk and new wave bands, he worked on records by T Rex, David Essex and Shirley Bassey.
He was reportedly working on a 30th anniversary edition of Dare.
Rushent was 63.


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Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham are excited to welcome their third child into the world, as the actor says a boy is due "around the third of September."
The actor added that his fiancee "has had enough of daddy being away for work!"
Such work includes a film about Max Payne, the famous video game character that Wahlberg is bringing to the big screen in October.
Despite already have a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son, Wahlberg only proposed to Durham recently.
"We continue to grow in our relationship, and we have a much better chance of succeeding and staying together now," Wahlberg said. "I was not prepared to be married, no matter who it was when I was 20 or 30... Committing to making it work and all the other things that go into building a solid foundation is where I'm at now."


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Isles Fall To Devils In First Loss At Home In Seven Games
At this point of the season, every game needs to be looked at as if it is a playoff game if the Islanders hope to make it passed 82 games for 2010. Last night the Devils came back with a point to prove; they are at the top of the standings in the East for a reason, and after being shutout by the Isles 4-0 last week, it had to be expected that they were going to come out strong looking for a win.
The Islanders were in it until the third period, when a team that had played the night before, out-skated a rested Islanders line-up that should have been able to find a third goal but couldn't. It's a shame for a team that has played so well recently to let up late in a game when points are crucial. Granted, it does not affect the Isles if the Devils continue to get points, but this loss dropped them to 10th in the East with 54 points. One game, combined with the other games played around the league, can easily be make or break for the Islanders, especially as the season winds down. They are only one point behind the 8th placed Canadiens who are tied with the 6th placed Flyers. However, they are also only two points above the 13th placed Tampa Bay Lightning.
See why every game should be considered a playoff game? Each point gained or lost can be the ultimate deciding factor by April.
Of course, this is just one loss in a stretch of seven homes where the other six have all been wins, but when you see a team that needs to fight for their position in the standings fall flat in the final frame, it is a brief cause for concern.
The Islanders will host the Washington Capitals this Tuesday and will have the always threatening Andy Sutton back on the ice as his two-game suspension will be served. It is crucial for this squad to rebound and get one last win on home-ice before they hit the road for a four-game road trip.
On that road trip, the Isles will face the Hurricanes, Flyers, Panthers and Lightning. With the exception of the 'Canes, all of these opponents are competing for the same positioning in the standings. All four games are definitely winnable games and need to have that sense of urgency that was seen in the second period last night. The Isles once again held an enormous shot advantage in the middle frame with a total of 14-1. Unfortunately, that only shot came from Parise, hit Freddy Meyer's foot, and ricocheted behind DiPietro.
Speaking of DP, none of the goals that found their way behind him can be seen as his fault. Meyer's re-direction was just bad luck, Langenbrunner's one-timer over his shoulder was just a beautiful shot and although Salvador's was a simple wrister from the blue-line, there were so many bodies in front that it either had to be re-directed by an Islander or impossible to see. He seems to be coming along, and although this has already been his fourth game played, it's still great to see Ricky back in an Islanders uniform.
With that being said, I expect to see Roly in net this Tuesday.
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Kym Lomas to star in Catchphrase celebrity special
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Kym Lomas, Steve Pemberton and Rosemary Shrager have signed up to to star in a 'Catchphrase' celebrity special later this year
Kym Lomas is to star in a 'Catchphrase' celebrity special.
The 'Coronation Street' actress, 'Benidorm' star Steve Pemberton and celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager will all appear in the star-studded edition of the ITV game show, which will be hosted by Stephen Mulhern.
Gary Chippington, STV's Head of Entertainment, said: "It is fantastic to be bringing this iconic game show back to ITV viewers. 'Catchphrase' is a much loved show and it is great that a celebrity special of the rejuvenated format has been commissioned - we fully expect the celebs to enjoy it as much as the viewers."
News of the one-hour special episode comes after ITV revealed a revamped version of the classic quiz programme - which was hosted by comedian Roy Walker in the late 1980s and 1990s - will return to screens later this year.
The network has commissioned eight 45-minute episodes of the new series, which will feature 3D graphics, a new set and three contestants instead of two.
The original 'Catchphrase' aired from 1986 to 2002 and saw two contestants, a male and a female, compete against one another to identify a familiar phrase after watching a piece of animation which usually featured the show's mascot, a golden robot called Mr. Chips.


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- "Remember that the beast in the shadows might be your salvation."
Worgen [ˈwɔɹgɛn] are large, lupine humanoids reminiscent of werewolves that walk upright, but lope on all fours to run. They primarily inhabit forests and are skilled hunters. Being bitten by or drinking the blood of worgen causes humans and night elves to be transformed into one. After the transformation, worgen are overcome by rage and guilt, gradually losing all vestiges of their former lives and turning feral. By controlling their emotions, worgen may resist being overcome by their feral instincts.
Originally inadvertently created as a result of night elf druids assuming a Pack Form that embraced the fury of the wolf Ancient Goldrinn during the War of the Satyr, they were sealed within the Emerald Dream after it was discovered they were spreading their beastly form through what would become known as the worgen curse. Centuries later, they were unleashed once more by the human Archmage Arugal to fight the undead Scourge. Eventually the curse found its way to Gilneas, where many of its inhabitants were transformed into worgen, including King Genn Greymane. After being taught how to control their inner beast by the night elves, many worgen are now members of the Alliance.
- 1 History
- 2 Biology
- 3 Culture
- 4 Worgen groups
- 5 Notable worgen
- 6 Inspiration
- 7 Hunter pet
- 8 In the RPG
- 9 Notes and trivia
- 10 Gallery
- 11 See also
- 12 References
Long ago, amid a brutal war between the night elves and the demonic satyrs in Kalimdor, a group of druids practiced a powerful yet unwieldy form that embodied the fury of the wolf Ancient, Goldrinn. Taught by Ralaar Fangfire, these Druids of the Pack sought to temper the uncontrollable rage inherent in their chosen form. To do so, they willingly submitted to the energies of the [Scythe of Elune], a mystical artifact created from Goldrinn's fang and the staff of Elune.
Rather than abate the druids' fury, however, the weapon transformed Ralaar and his followers into worgen: bestial humanoids enslaved by their own primal instincts. Blinded by all-consuming rage, Ralaar's druids tore through friend and foe alike during battle with the satyrs. Night elves wounded by the unruly beasts contracted a virulent curse that turned them into worgen as well. Desperate to stanch the affliction's spread, Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage mournfully banished the worgen beneath Daral'nir within the Emerald Dream, where they would be in peaceful slumber for all eternity.[2]
Years later, several individuals started investigating about the worgen. Ur, a mage of Dalaran, did research on worgen but never summoned them. He found out that the worgen seemed to hail from a dark and treacherous world, from which there was no corner which was truly safe.[3] It is likely that what Ur actually saw was the Emerald Nightmare, which humans would not have known about at the time. Another of these individuals was Archmage Arugal. Frustrated by the destruction of Dalaran by the Scourge and against the advice of his peers, Archmage Arugal elected to summon an army of the extra-dimensional entities by using Ur's research. With King Genn Greymane's blessing, these original worgen—cursed druids from Azeroth's ancient past—were then released from their prison.
The summoned worgen fought at first against the undead armies, but quickly turned on the wizards themselves. The curse of the worgen rapidly spread among the human population, transforming ordinary men and women into ravenous, feral creatures. They sieged the keep of the noble Baron Silverlaine. Situated above the tiny hamlet of Pyrewood, the keep quickly fell into shadow and ruin.
Driven mad with guilt, Arugal adopted the worgen as his children and retreated to Silverlaine's former mansion, the estate now known as Shadowfang Keep. It is around this time that Arugal was introduced to Ralaar Fangfire, now calling himself Alpha Prime. Arugal swore fealty to Alpha Prime and the two of them created a Wolf Cult to search for the missing Scythe of Elune.[4] He then cursed the village people of Pyrewood to turn into worgen whenever the sun went down.[5] The curse, however, was not contained.
At approximately the same time, the night elf Sentinel Velinde Starsong was given the task of clearing Felwood of demons. She prayed to Elune and was granted the [Scythe of Elune], which had been the tool for the creation of the original worgen, and which could also summon worgen. Velinde received a vision after touching the scythe, in which the worgen battled an unflinching enemy, Lords of the Emerald Flame, in a vicious war.[6] In reality, the Lords were the satyr that had fought against the night elves and worgen in the War of the Satyr.
Using the Scythe of Elune, Velinde was able to summon a very large number of worgen to fight at her side against the demons. Later Velinde began to notice that some of her force were unaccounted for. It was as though the Scythe of Elune no longer required her presence to perform the summoning process. Perplexed by this development, she ordered the remaining worgen to remain at the Shrine of Mel'Thandris in Ashenvale and began to search for Archmage Arugal, whom she had heard also summoned worgen.[6] From that point on her fate became a mystery, but it was rumored that she was killed in Duskwood and lost the Scythe of Elune.[7] Black Riders from Deadwind Pass came to Duskwood looking for the Scythe and murdered a family of farmers in the search to find it.[8] The Terrowulf worgen tribe stayed at the Shrine in Ashenvale for a while, and eventually left, though it is not known where they went. Meanwhile worgen Wolf Cults have begun to pop up in human lands and contributed to the spread of the worgen curse. It is revealed that these wolf cults have also been trying to obtain the Scythe of Elune for themselves as well.
It is also known that the dark mage Morganth was searching for the Scythe of Elune, and stole [Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic] as well.[9]
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Eventually, Arugal was killed, and the worgen under his protection turned to live on the wilds of Silverpine Forest. In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the Lich King Arthas discovered Arugal's activities and brought him back from the dead to work for him. This also meant that several worgen under Arugal's command, the Wolfcult, allied with the Scourge in Northrend, staying in particular in the Grizzly Hills.[10] Some worgen that served under Arugal have been forced into the service of the Lich King, turning them into death knights.[11]
Worgen death knights are entirely of their own minds once freed, the bestial instincts having been shattered by the Lich King's will and their self-control having been restored after the Battle for Light's Hope Chapel. The result is similar to a worgen who has drank from the wells of the Wild Home.[12]
CataclysmThis section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.
- Main article: Worgen (playable)
In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, it is revealed that the worgen curse has spread into the secluded kingdom of Gilneas, transforming many of its inhabitants into worgen, called the Greymane worgen. However, with the help of their night elf allies, they have developed a partial cure to the curse which allows them to retain their sanity even while transformed.[13]
After the Shattering, the Greymane Wall was destroyed, allowing the Forsaken to attack and invade Gilneas unhindered. The Greymane worgen have been fighting the Forsaken in Gilneas and Silverpine Forest ever since, but most of their non-worgen citizens had to flee Gilneas to the safety of Darnassus. The night elves, who created the curse in the first place, felt obliged to help the Greymane worgen. They created a dwelling in Darnassus for them to seek refuge in as the war for their home rages on. Afterwards, Gilneas was re-inducted into the Alliance.[14]
The Gilneans, many of which are now infected with the worgen curse, are now found across the world, fighting for the Alliance in the Southern Barrens, Ashenvale, Felwood, and many other areas. In Silverpine, former rebel leader Darius Crowley is leading the Worgen offensive to defend Gilneas, with the help of Ivar Bloodfang and the Bloodfang pack. Recently however, agents of Sylvanas Windrunner kidnapped his daughter Lorna Crowley, holding her to ransom in exchange for Crowley's surrender. Darius ultimately chose to surrender and fled into Gilneas. However Bloodfang continues to the fight against the Forsaken in the Hillsbrad Foothills and has even recruited the aid of the Stormpike Guard.
Many worgen have taken up the druidic arts as a way to cope with their transformation, to help control their animalistic side or even to learn more about themselves and the powers that helped their race begin.
According to Denmother Ulrica in Talonbranch Glade, with the bringing of the Gilnean worgen into the Alliance, it appears that even the feral worgen of Kalimdor have joined the fold. These worgen would be the original night elves of the Druids of the Pack, who caused the worgen to come into existence to begin with.
Worgen are wolf-like creatures who possess coarse hair, pointed ears and long snouts. However, one will also immediately notice their differences from wolves, namely their powerful, two-legged bodies which sport long fangs and dagger-like claws.[3] Females are on average around 8 feet tall, as are males when hunched over.[1]
Worgen are not technically a race and thus cannot reproduce like one. The worgen curse is just a curse. Its origins are rooted in the druidic pack form that was later altered by the [Scythe of Elune]. The end result is worgen we see today, beings that can transmit their affliction to others via a single bite. In theory, if two worgen were to mate and produce an offspring, that offspring would not be a worgen. The child would merely possess the genetic material of his or her parents, like any other child sans the curse.[15]
In addition to bites, the curse can also be transferred through the consumption of worgen blood.[16]
Resistance to undeath
The worgen curse makes raising them into undeath far more difficult than it is for normal humans. The worgen curse has roots in both the Emerald Dream (through the wolf Ancient, Goldrinn) and the holy power of the goddess Elune. In addition, those worgen who imbibe the waters of Tal'doren — through the ritual they undergo to maintain balance between the worgen curse and their humanity, called simply the Ritual of Balance,[17] — have a further resistance to the corruption of undeath. Sylvanas' val'kyr are less powerful than the Lich King and are unable to overcome this resistance and turn worgen into Forsaken, but the powers of the Lich King himself are sufficient enough to raise worgen as death knights.[18]
Worgen seem to have an innate weakness against the [Wolfsbane] plant. This can be observed during several quests, first in [74] Wolfsbane Root, where the disguised worgen ask the player to remove the Wolfsbane plants near their village, and Katja mentions that she has "allergies" to the plant. Second is during [14] In Time, All Will Be Revealed where Belmont asks the player to gather Wolfsbane for him... however, the true nature of the plan is first observed during [16] A Man Named Godfrey, where Belmont is seen coating weapons in "Wolfsbane Oil" in an emote. If a player inspects the buff that Belmont gets, it reads "Weapons coated with wolfsbane oil. Deadly against worgen.".[19]
Worgen also hate fire.[20]
Worgen generally tend to prefer more natural habitats like forests; they are natural hunters and have a propensity to hunt. What can be inferred from the Gilnean worgens' hunting behavior is that respect can be earned within the pack by the number of prey hunted or by hunting an incredibly elusive or dangerous prey.[21] Alpha Prime describes being unable to hunt as excruciating torture for his kind. Once bitten, worgen go through stages of the mindless state, eventually losing their last vestiges of their former lives and gaining a full feral mentality; an irreversible transformation.
Worgen must always control their emotions lest they lose themselves to their form's feral instincts. Rage and guilt are two known emotions that illicit a worgen's transformation. One way worgen can temporarily keep their sanity is by injecting themselves with a serum created by Gilnean chemist, Krennan Aranas. Another method is undertaking a night elven ritual that makes peace with traumatic events, thus bringing balance between the human and worgen sides. This ritual involves eating a piece of [Moonleaf] (to help the mind prepare for the ritual) and drinking holy water from moon wells that recalls traumatic and peaceful events so that a person may gain understanding and balance of one's self.
Similarly, the Forsaken discovered that the Archmage Arugal had access to enchantments that allowed his favored worgen servants to retain a fair deal of their human intelligence as well. The source of these enchantments remains a mystery to this day, as Arugal took these secrets with him to his grave.[18]
Worgen are naturally drawn to and revere the wolf Ancient, Goldrinn,[21][22][23] who in a way, is the progenitor of their race. Some worgen, having had a natural connection to nature, have also taken up druidism. Typically, those whose minds have been brought back from wildness will continue to revere the same concepts they did prior to their turning into a worgen (such as the Gilneans, many of whom still believe in the Light).[24] It is seen though that some of those who have been turned also embrace and revere the nature-related spirits that resulted in the worgen concurrently with their former beliefs.[citation needed]
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Some of the worgen described by Ur were skilled in the mystic arts. According to Ur, "their magic is of darkness and corruption", and curses and supernatural poisons are common.[3] In Duskwood, the Shadow Weavers of the Nightbane pack conjure foul shadows to tear their enemies apart from a distance.[25]
Worgen groups
- Gilnean - Playable race found in various areas of the world, homeland in Gilneas.
- Bloodfang - Found in Gilneas and Silverpine Forest, supporters of the Gilneas Liberation Front. Composed of the remaining worgen of Silverpine.
- Hillsbrad Worgen - Found in Fenris Isle, these former humans of Lordaeron have chosen to become worgen in order to support the Gilneas Liberation Front in their war against the Forsaken.
- Talonbranch Glade - Found in Felwood, some of the worgen within the area are the original cursed night elves.
- Blackhowl - Presumed, undercut by a Black Dragon.
- Nightbane - A feral worgen pack found in Duskwood, as well as the last remaining hostile feral pack. Unlike the playable worgen from Gilneas, the Nightbane are not humans but cursed night elves.[26]
- Brashtide Crew - A group of worgen pirates
- Lycanthoth - Found in Mount Hyjal
- Blackhowl - Undercut by a Black Dragon. May be Alliance members.
- Defunct/Eliminated
- Wolf Cult - A worgen cult found in Gilneas, searching for the [Scythe of Elune]. Following Alpha Prime's death, the remaining cultists went into hiding.
- Moonrage - Pack of Feral and afflicted Pyrewood Village residents found in Silverpine Forest. Most were slain by the Horde, survivors merged into the Bloodfang pack.
- Shadowfang - Feral worgen found in Shadowfang Keep under Arugal's command. Some escaped and eventually became death knights in service to the Alliance. Most were slain by the time Arugal was slain, almost completely eliminated by the events of Cataclysm following the Forsaken's crusade against the worgen. Some may have joined into the Bloodfang.
- Terrowulf - Feral pack formerly found in Ashenvale Forest. Some possibly joined the Alliance following the Shattering. Only the Terrowulf Packlord remains.
- Wolfcult/Bloodmoon - Found in the Grizzly Hills. Mostly eliminated following Arugal's defeat.
Notable worgen
The worgen bear a strong resemblance to the "Myrkridia" from Bungie's Myth II: Soulblighter (a contemporary of Starcraft), especially the idea of them being from another dimension. Beside that, the worgen obviously resemble a werewolf as it is known in popular fiction, particularly the part where they managed to get the curse under control and only changed when the moon was up.
Hunter pet
Garwal was a tamable pet during 3.1 until a hotfix was deployed on 7 July, shortly after the discovery was widely known on the internet. During this time, the tamed Garwal pets were no longer an effective pet as they were stripped of their abilities and could not even be fed.
Community Manager Zarhym responded on the forums shortly after the hotfix with this statement:
...We don't want hunters to have worgens as pets. That is the reason whether you find it reasonable or not.
On 21 July, the Garwal skin (appearance) was changed to a normal white worg for all players who had tamed him, and normal pet abilities were restored for those players.
In the RPGThis section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft RPG and is considered non-canon.
Resembling a cross between human and dire wolf, the hunched over creature is roughly humanoid. Its body is covered in coarse, grayish-black fur with twitching claws and snarling teeth. The creature's eyes are mottled yellow in colour, unblinking and devoid of any discernible emotion other than hunger.[27]
The worgen are thoroughly evil, delighting in torturing and devouring intelligent creatures. They enjoy hearing the screams of their victims as they tear them apart piece by piece. Worgen never show mercy or remorse. They may seem savage, but they are fairly intelligent and possess a cruel bestial cunning that can come as a surprise to the unprepared. Worgen society is patriarchal, with the eldest male leading the pack. Worgen never challenge leadership; the patriarch leads until he is physically incapable of doing so any longer, at which point his younger kin devour him. The worgen see this not as cruelty, but a great honor — they consume the bodies of their fallen unlike that of their victim's bodies. They believe the flesh and blood of their own kind improves their strength and cunning. Worgen look like humanoid wolves. They dwell in simple huts and usually wear cured leather scraps as rudimentary armor. Worgen do not use weapons, preferring to tear foes apart with their claws. They stand 6 feet tall, except when loping along on all fours, and weigh around 250 pounds. They speak their own language, made up of a variety of growls, barks, and howls.[28]
Most worgen keep their wolf-like forms at all times, but experiments by the mage Arugal have resulted in human/worgen "hybrids" who only appear as worgen under the light of the moon. They carry with them a dark, corrupting malaise that grows wherever they infest, making the surrounding area dark and gloomy. Fiercely territorial creatures, they rarely stray from the general vicinity of the place in which they first appeared. Fearless beasts, they brazenly prowl near both villages and monster lairs. Although worgen display an apparent fondness for nighttime and its darkness, they can perform equally well in the daytime.[27]
Pure killing beasts, worgen tend to attack any creatures that they encounter, regardless of whether animal, humanoid, Scourge or something even more fearsome. Strangely, however, worgen refuse to feed on the remains of their victims, preferring to shred and tear the corpses and then to return immediately to prowling. Rumors suggest that worgen somehow receive sustenance continually from their native dimension... as well as guidance from a distant force.[27] Worgen are usually encountered in small packs near sites of recent intense magical activity.[27] A pack may contain four to twelve individuals.[28] A worgen tribe may contain between twenty and two hundred individuals.[27] The reason for the worgen refusing to devour most of their victims may be some lingering vestige of sanity in the worgen's minds.
Worgen prefer to hide in shadows before leaping great distances upon their foes. They attack with feral tenacity, slashing with their deadly claws and biting with sharp, infectious fangs. Worgen are nearly fearless and typically fight to the death, relying on their regeneration to save them.[27] Worgen love nothing more than to pounce on an opponent and tear him to ribbons. If a foe is helpless, the worgen delivers a coup de grace before moving on to another target, unless the fight is well in hand. Then it turns to torture (or "playtime") — and the unfortunate victim is almost certain to wish he had died.[28] The saliva of a worgen carries a dangerous infection that can prove deadly against those who are bitten.[27]
Notes and trivia
- During the beta, a [Faded Journal] could be found in Gilneas. The item told the story of the worgen, but was removed before the expansion went live. Gaedrin Moonfang was the author, one of the first Druids of the Pack who had kept his night elf mind longer than most of his comrades.
- Worgen female vendors are voiced by Bobbi Owens.
- Worgen male vendors are voiced by Nehal Joshi.
Cover sample by John Polidora.
Gilnean poster warning citizens of the worgen.
See also
- Tainted one
- [The Book of Ur]
- [Jitters' Completed Journal]
- [Velinde's Journal]
- [Torment of the Worgen]
- Garwal
- ^ a b Loreology "On average? Females about 8', and the same for males (when hunched over)."
- ^ Game Guide: Worgen
- ^ a b c [The Book of Ur]
- ^ Curse of the Worgen
- ^ WoW -> Info -> Basics -> World Dungeons (Shadowfang Keep) (Retrieved 08-27-2010)
- ^ a b [Velinde's Journal]
- ^ [30] The Scythe of Elune
- ^ [Jitters' Completed Journal]
- ^ [28] Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic
- ^ [75G3] Hour of the Worg (And quest chain)
- ^ [55] A Special Surprise
- ^ Ask CDev - Answers Round 3
- ^ [5] Last Chance at Humanity
- ^ http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/17055-cataclysm-hands-on-worgen-starting-experience/
- ^ Ask CDev - Answers Round 4
- ^ [13] No Escape
- ^ Ultimate Visual Guide, pg. 102
- ^ a b Ask CDev
- ^ http://www.wowhead.com/spell=85003/wolfsbane-oil
- ^ [74] Escape from Silverbrook
- ^ a b Wolfheart
- ^ [81] Goldrinn's Ferocity
- ^ [30] Brood of Seldarria
- ^ [2] Learning the Word
- ^ [23] The Rotting Orchard
- ^ [98 - 110] Disturbing the Past
- ^ a b c d e f g Lands of Conflict, pg. 195
- ^ a b c Monster Guide, pg. 146


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Sundance 2014: Drunktown's Finest
Sundance 2014: Drunktown's Finest
A bleak but hopeful feature film portrays life around a New Mexico Navajo reservation
While "Drunktown's Finest" was developed over six years of writing and a year of production and post, the creative expansion and the hurdles it leaped over en route to the 2014 Sundance Film Festival tell a greater story. The film itself—a stouthearted, emotional glimpse at life in Gallup, New Mexico, nicknamed Drunktown—weaves together the lives of three Navajo. Gallup happens to be the hometown of writer/director Sydney Freeland, and while she sought to write what she knows in her feature film debut, her imagination took the reigns. The work is uncompromising and Freeland tackles alcoholism, sexuality, gender and religion.
Across the film's 93 minutes, the central characters grapple with all manners of identity. Teenage Nizhoni seeks her roots, well after being adopted by a white Christian family but just prior to leaving for college. First time actress Carmen Moore portrays transgender woman Felixxia, who dreams of becoming a model featured in the women of the tribe calendar. Rounding out the leads, Breaking Bad actor Jeremiah Bitsui plays Sickboy, a soon-to-be father wrought with violence and drug and alcohol abuse. As each character unfolds, wants and wishes collide with the reality of this reservation life. Some characters want to leave, some must leave and others need to dig deeper. "Drunktown's Finest" is an intimate excursion into a segment of the Navajo Nation, as honest and direct as its main characters.
Freeland worked across the Sundance Directors, Screenwriters, Composers and Native Lab programs , as well as the Producer's Summit. During the course of which, "Drunktown's Finest" went from being an idea, to a story, and ultimately a finished product. She described to CH the invaluable contributions received throughout: "I was feeling my way through the whole process as a filmmaker, and the labs changed my perspective. I came into the writers lab with a plot-based approach, wanting to fit in the characters. There I learned to let the characters influence plot." Her experience was much the same with the directors lab: "I went in with the mentality of storyboarding and shot-listing everything, thinking it's about getting the shots. I had to get my shots. The lab pushes you to get the performance." With the film's final iteration, Freeland explains that, "I tried writing a script that was character-based and tried to direct a film that was performance based." She did, evident in the beautiful portrayals of her ever-blossoming leads.
With most non-studio pictures, there were many constraints, including financial backing. Sundance founder Robert Redford took an interest and helped along the way, as did a Kickstarter campaign. First time Executive Producer Dennis Mykytyn also contributed, mentioning that he was drawn to this project because "few people are aware of the reality of life, on and off the reservation, for Native Americans. 'Drunktown's Finest' runs the full spectrum of emotions and interactions: Hope, family, anger, despair, community, spiritual and sexual awakenings. It's a multi-faceted story that needed to be told."
"There's only one line of dialogue and one scene in the film that I've taken from my life; what actually happened," Freeland explains that the rest was letting her imagination run wild. "A large part of that was going back to the res and writing. It was revisiting. It was letting these characters tell their story to me." Through immersion, she gathered and coalesced and it was all driven by a want to tell a different sort of reservation story.
"Native Americans, in general, are represented as two types of character in film—the wise elder or the angry youth," she notes. "Part of what I wanted to do is show how the reservation actually is, so I made the three different environments: The macho world, the religious contemporary non-native, and with Felixxa—who represents the LGBT community." In Navajo, there exists the concept of a "third and fourth gender." Although Freeland grew up on the reservation she wasn't aware of this until a discussion after she moved to San Francisco. It was in the outside world that she was inspired to research deeper into her own culture. Through this curiosity, a want to convey characters beyond stereotypes and a desire to hone her craft as a filmmaker, Freeland has concocted a rather potent cinematic piece.
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I've spent a very long time considering meatloaf – where it came, from whence it came, and when it came (to American shores, that is). The results of my judicious research were just published on The Atlantic's food site entitled, From Budget Fare to Culinary Inspiration, the History of Meatloaf.
Once I was done with the intellectual enquiries, it made sense that I really ought be able to put a reliable, no, model specimen on the table. And that was the genesis of my pursuit to come up with the ultimate meatloaf.
It was relatively short lived.
After daily attempts over a period of about two weeks, endless conversations with self-proclaimed meatloaf aficionados, and much cash sunk into pounds of beef, pork and veal in varying proportions, I realized one thing. There is no perfect meatloaf. No, really, I know what you're thinking, as you delve into the back of your mind and locate your grandmother's recipe; there is no perfect meatloaf. It came to me as I neared the end of my epic, meaty odyssey. Every incarnation I produced - no matter how tasty, moist and flavorful, elicited some criticism. Very often one meatloaf would draw contrary comments from different testers: too much ketchup, too little ketchup, too much seasoning, too bland.
The ultimate version it seems exists only in the belly, and the emotions of the beholder. For those who've grown up with meat loaf, it's inextricably linked with memories of childhood. Let me recall my good friend Matt who is endearingly wedded to his mother's recipe that calls for a final pre-baking drenching with Del Monte tomato sauce and an unorthodox use of 100% ground tenderloin. The meat may be lean, but no matter, the tomato sauce provides the necessary lubrication and gravy. Meatloaf that falls short of this, is simply not, well, meatloaf enough. For others, like me, who came to meat loaf through cheesy Hollywood movies, trite scenes of happy meals on Family Ties and second-hand clichéd notions of Americana, meat loaf is still caught up with memories, just memories of an idealized other world.
And that's how I came to the conclusion that the best that I could do was to come up with an almost perfect meatloaf.
On a less esoteric note, objective distinctions can certainly be made between an almost perfect meatloaf recipe, a downright bad one, a mediocre one and a really quite good one. The route to near perfection began with me testing six landmark meat loaf recipes and picking out the best and discarding the worst elements from each.
In an early 20th century recipe from The Quaker Oats Treasury of Best Recipes, oats melded seamlessly with the 4 other ingredients (excluding salt and pepper) in this robust effort. The finished dish was too sweet, however, with ½ cup of ketchup mixed into the all-beef loaf bound with a single egg, and chopped raw onion left a little more crunch and untempered onion flavor than desired.
James Beard's 1954 recipe from "How to Eat Better for Less Money," was a tasty next step, benefiting from a blanket of bacon. However, the combination of pork, veal and beef lacked the flavor punch of an all-beef loaf. Having to make fresh breadcrumbs from scratch also turned a simple dinner into a time-consuming, messy one.
A Joy of Cooking recipe from the 1960 edition was a predictable disaster. A sloppy, wet horseradish and cream laden raw mix would inevitably yield a mushy, unappetizing meatloaf. A coating of cracker crumbs promised something of a textural saving grace, but the recipe called for frequent basting and the crunch was quickly lost.
Cook's Illustrated's meat loaf recipe was close to sublime. I was suspicious about the 1/2 cup of yogurt that it called for, but it melded seamlessly into the loaf with no ill effect. Dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce made for an umami-explosion and crushed saltines were an effortless, effective filler. Tender, sautéed onions and garlic melted into the mix, and a brown sugar and ketchup glaze beneath a hood of bacon added that perfect sweet salty finish. But with a degree of moistness that suggested mushiness, a meat combination that just fell short, and a limp, insipid bacon crust, this loaf still needed some work.
Gourmet's food editor Ian Knauer's recipe gets top marks for effort, but the minced prunes, ground allspice and cider vinegar hinted at layers of complexity that were well beyond the reach of meat loaf. I'm all for innovation, but not when the original dish gets drowned by the creative impulse. The end result was more reminiscent of a Moroccan tagine than anything I'd normally associate with meatloaf.


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Take a look at the below list of Top 10 Countries With The Strongest Armies in The World in 2016-2017. Armies are considered an important part of a country and its security sector at large.Countries spend billions in financing their armies every year.Some people wonder whether their countries' armies are stronger than the others, but have no way of determining the strength of such armies.However, by considering the budget allocated, the size of army, technology, power, training and the weapons held, we can tell the countries with the strongest armies.Below is a list of the most powerful armies in the world.
Ten countries with the strongest armies in the world 2016-2017:
Being a dominant force during the second world war, Japan has a massive army.Ironically, a peace treaty signed by Japan after the end of the war prohibits it from having such an invading army.Japan has increased its military budget in response to the ever growing disputes with China.The expansion of Japan's military has included the deployment of forces on the outer islands.Japan's military budget has risen to almost $ 50 billion, which makes it the sixth highest globally.It has close to 250,000 active army personnel and more than 60,000 in reserve.The airforce is the 6th largest globally, with close to 1,600 aircraft.Japan's army is equipped with over 130 warships, making the country a significant military power in Asia and the world.
9.South Korea
In response to the ever-expanding armies of China and Japan, South Korea has expanded its army.With the ever increasing threat from North Korea and President Kim Jong Un, in particular, the country is sensitive to security issues.The state has over 2,000 tanks,1,400 aircraft, and 600,000 military personnel, including an unknown number of reserves.The army is specially trained and equipped, making it the 9th globally.With its Northern neighbor increasingly testing superior weapons, the South has no option but to keep upgrading its army.
8. Turkey
Turkey spends close to over 10 percent of its entire budget on the military.The recent threats by the Islamic State and Turkey's proximity to Syria make the state a terror prone country, making it necessary for the country to pay attention to is military.The country spends close to 20 billion dollars on the military, which includes expenses incurred by its peacekeeping troops in Cyprus.Turkey is, however, facing serious security challenges such as the threat posed by PKK, the Kurdish separatist group that the Turkish government considers a terrorist organization.The 2016 attempted military coup led by Fethullah Gulan and the influx of refugees from the Middle East are also some of the reasons why the country needs to keep improving its army.
Germany has a strong army that is ranked the 7th globally and spends over 45 billion dollars on its military every year.Germans are peace loving and do not like starting wars, especially after the second world war.The state has over 180,000 armed personnel and 14,000 others in reserve.It is, however, important to note that Germany started to increase its army after the breakup of Yugoslavia.With the threat posed by the Islamic state and other terrorist organizations globally, Germany has continued to improve its military.
France's army is position six globally, as far as its military is concerned.The relatively lower position is mainly due to a government decision in 2013 to freeze military spending and cut down defense jobs to save for technological advancement.The state spends close to 2% ($43 billion)of its GDP on the military, way below NATO's spending targets.With over 500,000 forces,1000 aircraft,290 nuclear weapons, and 10,000 ground vehicles, France have a massive army.However, the army has had to deal with some terror-related incidents, the most common being the September 2015 Paris attack by the Islamic State group that claimed close to 130 lives.
5.The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a member of the EU with a powerful army of about 205,000 regular forces,908 aircraft,160 nuclear weapons and 66 navy ships.UK's military is specially trained and is planning to launch an aircraft carrier that can carry 40 F-35B joint strike fighters all over the globe.The Uk spends around $54 billion on its army, although there are plans to reduce the spending by 2018.With the increasing threat of terrorism all over the world, the UK has kept its army super alert, ready for any eventualities.
India has made good use of its massive population by building an army that has over 3.5 million personnel,1.4 million of those being active.The vast number of India's military makes the country to be ranked fourth in the entire world.The army's equipment include 16,000 land vehicles,3,500 tanks,1,785 aircraft and an unknown number of nuclear weapons.India is the largest importer of military goods worldwide.The country spends over $46 billion on its military and aims to increase the amount by 2020.The threat posed by its neighbor Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region and the rise of terrorism in Pakistan keeps the army always alert.
The official budget allocated to defense by the Chinese government is $126 billion, with plans to further increase the amount.China has over 2 million personnel for the frontline and over 2.2 million reservists, thus making the state the largest land force in the world.The state also has military equipment that includes 25,000land vehicles,2,800 aircraft, and over 300 nuclear weapons.China is recently responsible for stealing military technology and with its rising economic status, the country can only expect to increase its military strength.
Currently, Russian's defense budget stands at $76.6 billion and is projected to rise by almost 50% in the coming three years.Since President Vladimir Putin took power in 2000, Russia's military spending has increased by more than a third.Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union about two decades ago, Russia's army has continued to grow.The country boasts of a 766,000 active Army personnel,2.5 million reservists and 15,500 tanks, making the state the largest tank force globally.Russia has over 8,000 nuclear weapons, making the state the largest custodian of nuclear arms in the world.
1.The United States of America
The United state spends $612 billion on is military, a figure that is more than all the other nine countries combined.The country has a large army with over 1.4 million soldiers and 800,000 reservists.The US has specially trained men and women and is the world's leader in aircraft production.The country has 19 carriers, but the rest of the world has only 12.The country has over 7,000 nuclear warheads at its disposal and is, therefore, the number one military force, dating back from the second world wars.
Defense budgets, workforce, navy and air force determine the world's most powerful military forces.Countries with the strongest armies in 2017 are considered threats to security and thus influence global affairs.Despite the USA having the most powerful army for a long time, Russia and China have risen well, and it remains to be seen whether they can do better than the USA in future.


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VAUCLUSE, S.C. - A graveside service for Ms. Melany Moseley Heath of Vaucluse will be conducted today, Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Vaucluse Cemetery in Vaucluse with Rev. Gene Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home also today from 12 until 1:30 p.m. at which time the procession will be leaving for the service at the cemetery. Napier Funeral Home, 315 Main St., Graniteville, S.C. 29829.
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Burrito Deluxe,
The Whole Enchilada
(Luna Chica, 2004)
The Whole Enchilada is the sophomore release of Burrito Deluxe, a five-member country-and-western band. Most of the 13 songs on this album are love songs, and many have stories to tell -- stories about relationships, money, the road, death and, of course, love.
The narrators of these stories usually have a positive, optimistic view -- which certainly won me over. I'm not really patient with the whinier kind of country music. The songs chosen on this album -- which has a couple of famous covers -- have heartfelt and individualistic lyrics, and they don't sound like those "written-by-committee" tunes that pop up so often on country radio.
Carlton Moody's heartfelt vocals on "You Got Gold" goes down, sweet and slow like brown sugar, without being hokey. "A Woman Like You," written by the band, is a slow ballad, catchy and graceful with its lyrical description of a singer surprised to be in love with a woman new to his experience, a love song which praises without being corny. I really liked it.
"Ezekial's Wheel," the only vaguely religious song on the album, should have packed more energy than it does. Despite the quick tempo, it felt too restrained, too clockwork. I could almost hear the metronome marking time. The song begs to cut loose. "Zydeco Ball" works a little better ("The music starts when the sun goes down/keeps a goin' till it comes back around") and feels more airborne. These two songs seem like they'd be really fun to hear at a concert.
"All I Left, Left with You" has a bouncing beat despite being a lost-love blues number. And the smoothly sad "Everywhere I Go" shows off Moody's vocal talents.
"The Last Letter Home" could be an old Appalachian ballad, speaking about a Confederate soldier far from home who "joined the Southern cavalry for fun/I'd ride a thousand horses/Always had a way with a gun. Now I'm among the horseless riders lying still/Swallowed up by the cause on the Widows Hill."
Every country album needs a good outlaw song. "Memphis Money" is a good contribution, upbeat and devil-may-care. "Memphis Money is just as green/As any kind of money that I've ever seen./And who's to say what's right or wrong. We've been living like this too long." Another song about an outlaw of a different kind is "Rex Bob Lowenstein," a witty jab at the radio industry about an everyman rebel radio DJ. This comical swipe is so singable it feels almost like a kids' song.
"Way Back in the Mountains" is the only real downer, with a singer leaving the city and going back home to the simple things of life. It's got a leisurely tempo but I'm not a fan of whiny country songs. But those who like nostalgia will like it. "Baton Rouge" is another song about trying one's luck in another town but it's a lot more hopeful and the music more upbeat with some neat guitar strumming.
Most of the tracks on this album are examples of fine country music. The jazzy blues instrumental cut called "Sister" was the only song that left me cold. It meandered a bit too much for my taste. With no real musical movement or variety, it felt a bit like a rut.
Burrito Deluxe is Carlton Moody (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin), Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal-steel guitar), Garth Hudson (piano, Hammond organ, synthesizers, accordion), Jeff "Stick" Davis (electric and acoustic bass, vocals) and Rick Lonow (drums, percussion, vocals).
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|There's more than one way to do things
system & shell metacharactersby Anonymous Monk
|on Jul 22, 2003 at 23:22 UTC ( #276954=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Anonymous Monk has asked for the
wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I have a script foo.pl that reads a tiny XML file into a variable. foo.pl then calls another Perl program bar.pl via system and attempts to give the XML to bar.pl with a command line switch -d:
bar.pl just has the following:
Unfortunately, the XML file (that foo.pl reads) contains all kinds of yucky shell metacharacters such as quotes, newlines etc:
Only a portion of the xml data is actually making it into $opt_d in bar.pl. Do I have to escape every metacharacter in $xmldata prior to calling bar.pl?
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Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards brought together some of the hottest guys and gals in Hollywood last night, making sure that no antler trophy (or "Mantler," as they're called) was left un-presented, and no movie star was left unsure of her "Decade of Hotness."
So which actress was so honored by her Guys Choice Award that she promised to "keep downward-dogging until the fat lady sings?" And who did the men choose as their Guy of the Year?
Jennifer Aniston, rocking a sexy black mini-dress, accepted her Decade of Hotness award by vowing to maintain her killer figure with downward-dog yoga moves for years to come. Also honored with one of the biggest awards of the night was Mark Wahlberg, who won Guy of the Year for his role in The Fighter, and for his general badassery.
Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards won the Brass Balls award for…well, for being Keith Richards. When Robert De Niro asked Richards about the craziest thing he had ever done to deserve the award, he replied simply, "I haven't done it yet."
Justin Timberlake was there to present his Friends With Benefits costar Mila Kunis with the Holy Grail of Hotness award, which he did by getting down on one knee and offering the Mantler statue to Mila by placing it on his head. Oh, those two. So silly.
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Guy of the Year: Mark Wahlberg
Brass Balls: Keith Richards
Decade of Hotness: Jennifer Aniston
Funniest M.F.: Jim Carrey
Guy Movie Hall of Fame: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Most Manticipated Movie: Cowboys & Aliens
Guy Movie of the Year: The Fighter
Biggest Ass Kicker: Dwayne Johnson
Most Dangerous Man: Jon Jones
Holy Grail of Hot: Mila Kunis
Unstoppable Jock: Aaron Rodgers
Our New Girlfriend: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Top Fantasy Leaguer: Chris Paul
Comedy MVP: Danny McBride
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A tribute to the restorative energy of the ocean. The title is Latin for "Ocean Spirit Temple." For some reason, Latin titles make more sense to me sometimes. This marks my first work in several months, as I've been putting my creative energy toward other projects, but as soon as I saw this sand castle on a recent beach trip, I immediately knew it had potential. Check out the source components here (bonus points if you spot the cherub in the image).
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Stake of Westinghouse Electric sold to Kazakhstan company The day before Gov. Ed Rendell travels to Cranberry to celebrate the start of Westinghouse Electric's new corporate campus in Cranberry, Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp. agreed to sell a 10 percent stake in Westinghouse to Kazakhstan's state-run energy company.
Toshiba agreed to the $540 million sale to Almaty-based Kazatomprom so it could gain access to Kazakhstan's abundant supply of uranium, a resource used by nuclear power plants. Kazakhstan hopes to become the world's largest uranium miner by the end of the decade; it currently ranks third.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Stake of Westinghouse Electric sold to Kazakhstan company
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By Harold Howe
After 14 years, The Harness Edge is closing its doors.
Today marks the end of the company's place in harness racing. As they say all good things must come to an end although in recent years they have not been so good.
Quite simply, the business model for the existence of The Harness Edge is no longer viable. The dramatic shrinkage of the industry primarily due to the end of the Slots At Racetrack program in Ontario is the primary issue. Regrettably, it is a sunset industry now and except for a very few participants it is not a business…it is a pastime. And if one questions that fact, just ask the suppliers of services about the state of their receivables.
While making this decision ranks as the most difficult one of my business career, the experiences that came my way are unequalled. Through the many interviews and associations with people in the game I learned many practical life lessons as much about what not to do as the right path to take.
When I came to racing as a teenager, it was all about the horses. As I think back over nearly 50 years there are three that stand out. Unless one is of my vintage and hailed from the Ottawa Valley, the name Earlylakes John has no meaning but in the 1960s he was a regional hero of sorts earning $100,000 when that number meant something.
For me none will ever equal Cam Fella – through his racing career, breeding exploits and retirement tour that horse represented everything that was good about the game. I was privileged to be front and centre during his time.
And finally it was Somebeachsomewhere. In an era where so many racing accomplishments are shrouded with suspicion, there was never a whiff of wrongdoing. It was extraordinary to see him race after race leave one marveling at what true ability could accomplish.
I like to think that for me it always has been about the horses although that has become increasingly difficult in recent years. There are too many people to acknowledge individually but they shall all remain in my mind.
Were it not for the breeders, owners, trainers, caretakers and drivers there would have been no The Harness Edge or a game for that matter. So many gave of their time for interviews, some better than others but it all gave life to racing. To those who did, many thanks for understanding that racing horses is a privilege and with that comes a responsibility.
There were also the track people who did what they could to aid our cause and not just by giving us access and with advertising although that was essential. They saw themselves as partners in the racing industry and genuinely did their best to put their best foot forward. Regrettably, there are very few left.
And then there has been a parade of people in the lifespan of The Harness Edge who contributed in various ways. Heather MacKay Roberts and Kathryn Patchett who made everything hum over the years for the Harness Edge magazine. Two people that were always in the background but so very important are my wife Marian for looking after the money and Jim Gillies. Jim is the owner of Lambeth Desktop who created all the wizardry of the website and guided us through innovations like podcasting and video reporting. Working with gifted people is not a given in our world and it becomes easy to see where the wheat differs from the chaff.
The Harness Edge was a wonderful experience and made a very real contribution to the fabric of harness racing. It deserves a better fate than to be put to sleep like one's devoted puppy. But that is life.
On a strictly personal note, I shall continue to pen a racing column for The Hamilton Spectator as I have done for the last 35 years. If I chose to not do so I am quite sure the column would be eliminated and racing would have zero media presence in the region.
So from The Harness Edge and those who gave it life, thank you one and all and goodbye.
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Series: Hundred Oaks
Published by Sourcebooks Fire on July 5th, 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Love & Romance, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 304
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Captain of the soccer team, president of the Debate Club, contender for valedictorian: Taylor's always pushed herself to be perfect. After all, that's what is expected of a senator's daughter. But one impulsive decision—one lie to cover for her boyfriend—and Taylor's kicked out of private school. Everything she's worked so hard for is gone, and now she's starting over at Hundred Oaks High.
Soccer has always been Taylor's escape from the pressures of school and family, but it's hard to fit in and play on a team that used to be her rival. The only person who seems to understand all that she's going through is her older brother's best friend, Ezra. Taylor's had a crush on him for as long as she can remember. But it's hard to trust after having been betrayed. Will Taylor repeat her past mistakes or can she score a fresh start?
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Taylor is an ambitious senior, captain of the soccer team, straight A student with her eye on Yale, she does everything that is expected of a senator's daughter. Then she makes one big mistake which costs her family's reputation. With one little lie, her perfect life unravels and she must start over at public school at Hundred Oaks High.
I pretty much devoured this in one sitting. Being in a reading slump is hard and having a cute contemporary like this is just perfect. I didn't pay attention to the synopsis and I judged solely on the cover. Thought it would be another cute sports read but imagine my suspense when it was more about living a normal life versus living a political life. The cover should change to include their political lifestyle because soccer is definitely not the focus, but that's just me.
I liked this one a lot. It shows how much one is willing to protect someone they love and sacrificing yourself in the process is a mistake, but that's how you learn. Taylor is the most level headed teenager but of course she's not perfect and ends up messing up badly. I also how town up she is between her passions for life versus her family's obligations. Must be hard trying to be perfect in the media's eye when your own father is a state senator. I love how even the side characters get a little bit of back-story and their own distinct personalities that make it memorable. There was one scene with Taylor and her father that was just wonderful. I love that her father instilled an ambitious yet disclosures work ethic. I kept nodding along at everything he said, except when he did a pretty shady thing with his relelection commercial. Then there's the love interest Ezra. What didn't really make any sense was why they didn't get together in the first place because his reasoning and her assumptions were weak. I just didn't buy the fact that she held this mistake over Ezra for so long, but okay not every character is perfect. I liked Ezra (and his amazing gift giving skills) but I didn't like how Ezra nicknames her "Tease."
With more appearances from fellow Hundred Oaks characters, and a cute contemporary romance to boot, Defending Taylor will give you everything you need for a summer read!
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Since the birth of my son, the lack of assistance I get is driving me crazy. Even when I call for help, they brush it off. I feel terrible when they call my sister to find out about my nephew, but never ask about my baby when I call. I would have loved to use their knowledge and for my child to bond with them, but that does not seem to be happening.
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A celebration of integrating creative movement, visual arts, drama, poetry, music, and storytelling into everyday teaching practices since 2006. This is a place to both share and learn new approaches that engage and energize our students, our teaching practices and ourselves.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Does the set-up of the desks in your classroom affect the climate in your room?
Since many people who read this blog are teachers, I wanted to pose this question regarding the set-up of the desks in your classroom and if it sends a message to students. The answer to me is a resounding yes. What do rows (called the graveyard setup by a recent student in one our graduate classes who went on to say and we all know that the graveyard setup is deadly) say about the feel of the classroom as opposed to a horseshoe or even a circle if you're lucky enough to have the room to make one? Somewhere along the line I came across the line that in a circle everyone sits in the front row, and I've always liked it. Keith and I set our classrooms up in a circle and feel that it's very important for us to be sitting in that circle-not standing up over someone in a position of superiority-we want to be part of the fabric of the class not set ourselves apart from it. Just something to think about.
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If for some odd reason everyone who was still alive and kicking agreed to another reunion(and I don't think Grace would) would you honestly want to go see them? The last one resulted in quite possibly the worst album ever. I'm not sure if I'd still respect Airplane as much as I do now if they were to reunite for "one last tour!", Cher-style.
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The colour scheme used by big brands in web design & development comes down to science and manipulation in order to evoke a specific emotional response.
Large technology companies such as IBM, HP, and Dell along with popular social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Vimeo, Flickr and LinkedIn that are often led by engineers instead of web designers tend to choose the colour, "Blue". In fact, Facebook even split-tested 41 shades of blue to determine which web design colour produced the best click-through rate. If you think that seems a bit ridiculous, think again because the analytical research provided by that data helped adjust and increase click through rates to earn the company an extra $200 million a year per annum.
You may be wonder, why the unwaveringly blue theme? All the factors of trustworthiness, strength, loyalty, and dependability are essential to brands that connect through communication and technology.
If you're a technology company that tend to, "think different" than you may opt for the colour, "Silver", which represents lifelessness, prestige, wealth, and mental telepathy. In fact, ever since the switch from the early rainbow-coloured Apple web design logo and Tim Cook as CEO after the passing of Steve Jobs back in 2011 many consumers of Apple products felt a loss for the former marketing inventor it once had which could be arguably indicative to lifelessness. Many people have criticized Apple products for being expensive, starting numerous flame wars over PC vs. Mac, and the belief Steve Jobs once held that he could, "could see things into existence" with unstoppable dedication and determination.
Web Design colour choices vary between every industry for example brands connected to the food and drinks industry such as McDonalds, KFC, Subway, etc. typically use the colours Red, Orange, Yellow, and green in web design branding. It is widely believed by many that the web design colours used represent and establish the desired values: optimism, energy, health, and quick decision-making.
While many believe that colours affect human behaviour is the equivalent of trusting tarot cards, Psychologist reports conclude that colour combined with various factors including culture, religion, personal references, etc. have a significant impact on determining human behaviour.
When it comes to marketing and branding the correlation of web design colour to customer purchasing behaviour in web design, the studies about colour psychology show a dramatic increase in spending habits. Regardless if you agree or not with the science, taking advantage of the knowledge and successfully implementing it into your business marketing plan may help to increase sales.
Looking for the common web design colours used by your brand industry to help build the positioning and perception of the product and services you provide in the minds of consumers? Check out the Infographic provided below:
Courtesy of: Designmantic.com
Using colour to connect your brand isn't limited to web design, logos, or print media but can extend even to the colour of web design hyperlinks as well. Remember to always split-test your designs to determine what works and what doesn't?
What colour scheme do you use for your brand? Have you got any web design tips and tracks to share with other graphic designers out there?