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When he wasn't piloting a plane, Toby Beall spent time with his bare feet in the Caribbean sand and a cocktail mellowing in his hand. Looking to share that laid-back lifestyle, Beall, his wife Jillian and brother Jamey founded Tailwinds Distilling Company. Today, the Plainfield-based specialists blend premium ingredients such as organic molasses and 100% blue agave, and carefully age them in french-oak barrels to create their tropically-inspired amber rum. After the signature, small-batch distilling process—which avoids the use of carbon filters so as to leave the flavors intact—each bottle is individually signed. That attention to detail hasn't gone unnoticed: their Taildragger white rum earned a silver medal at the 2012 Ministry of Rum Tasting Competition, and their 100% blue agave spirit was featured in Chicago Magazine's Holiday 2012 Gift Guide: For Imbibers.
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Enthinee Mizhirandum " Ordinary" Malayalam Movie song
Lyrics & Chords
Oringal singers
LK & Shreya
Voice cut track :LK
It has been long time since I upload a song with Shreya ji, Desperate Shreya called up yesterday to cover this song for Muzibeans. This song is so close to my heart……the movie "EXTRA-ORDINARY" is shot at Gavi (Tourist place) near to our place in Pathanamthitta Dist. (Gods own district…) . After the huge success of this super movie……this place became so famouse,which consequently flooded with tourist and visitors……!! What a movie,song & choreography….lovely….enjoy.
Ordinary is a 2012 Malayalam musical film directed by Sugeeth and written by Nishad K. Koya and Manu Prasad. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Jishnu, Shritha Sivadas and Ann Augustine in the main roles. The cinematography is by Faisal Ali and the music is composed by Vidyasagar.
The film follows the adventures of a K.S.R.T.C. bus that travels from Pathanamthitta to the village of Gavi. Ordinary received positive critical reviews and it turned out to be the first blockbuster film of 2012 in Malayalam cinema
Sasirekha M (trying to catch up 2014/september ) said
nice song , why call it ordinary when wonderfully done !
Well sung Lk
Music is the spice of life.
Saroj Nair said
hahaha write up vayichu chirichu poyatha LK….
ennalum LK nte oru bagyam…
paattu nallonam improvement undu ketto….
valare nannayi paadiyittundu…
in adutha paattu aethu celebrity de koodeyanavo…. ;)
Vino... said
Good song….
Well sung LK….
"Expecting d world 2 b fair wid u bcoz u r fair wid them is like, expecting a lion not 2 eat u just bcoz u r a vegetarian"
Neil swanson.. Serious fall again .black out. neck surgery coming in 2 wks prayers requested thanks neil said
HI Seema. as always fine production and great
singing. a true pleasure to hear god bless
My Newest originals
Chandrasekharan Nair(always with music) said
Very good singing and also very nice track you made. Singing is certainly improved. Waiting to listen more good songs from you. Enjoyed so much
Be always with a music mind to be a good person
Nikita Daharwal said
very nice singing by both of you….loved the performance….best wishes!
Vimala chandrasekharan (busy) said
nice singing….
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter – John Keats
Sunil Sankaraadi said
Seema,Nice singing….Congrats…
WIth Regards,
>>mushy<<- said
lovely song and fantastic sung by both of u…
too good.
take care
Music has no country, no religion , Its Universal
Shivani Zenith. said
much sounds like original :D
Awesome!! best wishes dear LK ji :) :)
god bless…
Khawer Khilji said
Seema and L.K bro- A nice entertaining and musical presentation. Liked it very much. You both have rendered it beautifully.
Mythili( listening mode............) said
Hi Lk its really beautiful…………
I don't know the language…….but…I like it very much…….
best of luck
Sheba said
LK nalla song…
valare nannayi paadiyirikkunnu…
Vinod Kumar (trying to catch up) said
Nice song nicely sung….enjoyed it……:)
Poornima said
Nicely sung….Liked it!!
by Seema & lk - ♫ fuzzy...!!!.......♥
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Modern technology only gives us a view into the known, but what about the unknown that causes you take a few steps to avoid that ladder, to run from an harmless black cat, or stepping over those cracks? If you do this, you're not alone.
We are animals of tradition, superstitions passed down throughout generations of family will not just go away. This includes culturally based beliefs, ideas and situations we know are impossible, but still stay with the people.
It's in these superstitions we find our character and history, both very important parts of the human condition.
Types of Superstition
They include :: Predictive, Causative
and Conversion
superstitions beliefs that an action or event will cause future consequences. Includes seeing a black cat to predict future bad luck.
superstitions beliefs that you doing an action will cause bad future events. Includes breaking a mirror will give you 7 years of bad luck, or opening an umbrella indoors. Actions you do to make bad things occur.
superstitions a combo of the 2 above types, accidentally caused and averted by a causative action. Includes if you accidentally spill salt, no problem, just throw a bit of the spilled salt
over your shoulder and the bad luck is averted!
Ghostly Superstitions
There are so many superstitions originating from death, ghosts, and traditions related to the handling of the dead.
The following is a list related to the different superstitions related to death and dying...
How to control ghosts
How to prevent ghosts
Protect yourself from the dead
How to see or attract the ghosts
You're going to die!
* Please keep
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as methods for anything. This is simply an informational article.
and Beliefs: How our superstitions shape the world:
of Common Superstitions:
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Ring of Honor — World Title Classic
Posted by
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on 08.04.2009
CM Punk pushes Samoa Joe to the limit.
Ring of Honor — World Title Classic
By J.D. Dunn
June 12, 2004
From Dayton, Ohio.
Your hosts are
Chris Lovey
Jimmy Bower
Mark Nulty.
Good Times, Great Memories
Colt Cabana
Ace Steel
to the show (in the parking lot) to talk about their last trip to Dayton. They mistake Todd Sinclair and crew for Generation Next. Oh, the hilarity.
Opening Match: The New Carnage Crew vs. Dunn & Marcos.
Lovey quickly pimps the new distribution system, made necessary by the whole Feinstein Incident. And he also reveals his real identity – Jimmy Bower. The New CC are Masada and Danny Daniels, a short-term gimmick as they feuded with the real Carnage Crew. Kind of like the Ghostbusters and the Real Ghostbusters, only no one shit in Egon's bag. The match is about par for these guys, although I *hate* that the CC does a Doomsday Bulldog early on in the match and winds up finishing with a lame double-backbreaker. That's just anti-climactic. CC wins at 6:31.
, who is not cleared to wrestle, interrupts the next match and tells Midwest Correspondent
Dave Prazak
that he's here to kill someone. The wrestlers demand he let them wrestle, which pretty much narrows down the list of victims. I'm not sure who the blonde guy in the protective mask is, but he must be with Special K because (then-unnamed)
is managing him. Lacey gets in the way and takes a vicious exploder suplex. Finally, they get Homicide calmed down enough to leave.
Six-Man Mayhem: Jimmy Jacobs vs. Loc vs. Rainman vs. Delirious vs. Matt Sydal (w/Daizee Haze) vs. Caprice Coleman.
Wow. Funny to look back. Jimmy starts out with future disciple Delirious. They actually do some nice wrestling. Nulty puts over the use of the bridge. Okay. Comedy erupts in a battle of "Huss" vs. "Bah." Rainman, who is now one-half of the Dark City Fight Club, tags in, and the pull of Wrestling Rule #32 forces him to team up with Caprice Coleman. Whatever happened to Coleman? I know he did a few dark matches for the WWE and TNA. His wiki cuts off at 2007. Everyone hits wacky versions of kicks only to get hit with an even wackier kick. That leads to the requisite dives to the floor. Odd that Sydal was the one who made it to the WWE. He's actually the most generic out of all these guys. Yes, even Loc. Everyone starts in with the finishers and brawling on the floor. That leaves Jimmy Jacobs to hit the Contra Code on Loc for the win at 9:51. Very indy formula here -- wrestling leads to breakdown leads to dives leads to finishers – but most of these guys have the personality to keep things afloat.
Six-Man Tag: Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong & Austin Aries (w/Jack Evans) vs. Matt Stryker, Jimmy Rave & John Walters.
Before the match, Shelley reminds Stryker that he kicked his ass in the Best-of-Three series, and GenNext busts Stryker open. Rave and Walters finally come out to save after Stryker starts down the path of bleeding to death. Walters offers to go 3-on-2, but Stryker hulks up (yes, really) and returns to the ring. Jimmy is still wrestling under the "lose and you're out" ultimatum. The faces isolate Strong, but Stryker is losing blood and can't do much. Jimmy gets caught going for a huracanrana, and GenNext delivers a triple neck/backbreaker combo. The faces get pissed as Mark Sinclair misses several tags. The match breaks down, and Walters hits Roderick with the Lungblower. Rave applies the Crossface on Strong, but Aries breaks it up with the 450-splash and finishes Rave with the Rings of Saturn at 16:30. I understand losing track of who's legal, but how could Strong and Aries both be legal? The match was fine, even though they dropped the whole "Stryker is bleeding to death" angle. Jimmy is now dropped from the roster, and ROH never saw him again. ::cough::
CM Punk
admits this is the biggest match of his career, but he is the uncrowned champion.
Les Thatcher
catches up with
Samoa Joe
for a counterpoint. Joe calls the Pure Title a failed title.
Pure Title Qualifier: Ray Gordy vs. Hydro (w/Becky Bayless) vs. Chad Collyer vs. Superstar Steve.
We're JIP to the last two minutes. Winner gets a spot in the Pure Title Tournament. Hydro catches Collyer in a reverse
shinni no make
for the win.
After the match, Becky is proud to be on the winning team for once, but GenNext reappears and offers Hydro another shot at joining them. He says he's focused on the Pure Title now.
ROH World Title: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk.
Well, here it is. The match that brought back epics, at least to the mainstream. This would be the first time that I've seen this in several years. Let's see how it holds up. Before the match,
Les Thatcher
introduces the new physical world title belt and presents it to Joe. Mat wrestling early, and Punk tries to ground things early. Joe is his usual casual self, although Punk is able to avoid most of his hardest strikes.
Joe finally gets pissed and repeatedly headbutts Punk down in the corner. Punk bails and calls a timeout, slowing things down again. He gets more of the same when he comes back in. Punk fires back, so Joe bails this time and stares down a CM Punk fan. Punk one-ups him by offering the fan a handshake and psyching him out.
Punk goes back to the headlock for a bit, and then he gets into an ill-advised battle of strikes with Joe. Obviously, that goes badly for Punk. At this point, it's becoming obvious that Punk's strategy is to stall until Joe gets pissed and then pick spots for his offense. Punk tries to escape with the world's worst Flair Flip, so Joe just hits a suicida. Ole Kicks follow, but Joe is in no hurry. He lets Punk get back in and gives him a SICKENING Bossman slam. That leads to the Facewash as Joe is getting progressively more vicious.
Punk hits a crossbody to stun Joe and finally fells the big guy with kicks. He takes Joe down and puts him in an Indian Deathlock. Joe headbutts his way out of it, though, and applies the abdominal stretch. Punk fires back but makes the mistake of mocking Joe. Joe roars back yet again, but Punk grabs a sleeper to kill the momentum.
Joe fights out of the sleeper and hits the enzuigiri. More kicks from Joe put Punk down in the corner as this becomes the longest ROH title match in history. Punk elbows out of a backdrop superplex and hits a flying elbowdrop. Nulty compares this to Funk vs. Briscoe and Hennig vs. Bockwinkel. Joe catches Punk with a snap powerslam. Interestingly, that's the first true nearfall 45-minutes into the match. Joe transitions into the cross armlock, then into the STF, but Punk makes the ropes.
Punk ducks a swing and hits a high kick. That sets up a huracanrana. ONE, TWO, THRE-NO! Joe spins him around with the sunset flip roll. Punk gets a crucifix for two but stands up and GETS HIS HEAD TAKEN OFF BY A LARIAT! Yikes. Joe is slow to cover, though, and only gets two. SHINING WIZARD BY PUNK! ONE, TWO, THRE-NO! Punk goes low, but Joe shakes it off and slams his knee into the canvas. That sets up the half-crab, but Punk makes the ropes. Joe sets up for the Super Muscle Buster, but Punk reverses and slips behind him PEPSI PLUNGE! Punk lands on his knees and rolls to the floor in agony. No capitalization imminent. Back in, Punk goes for the Shining Wizard, but Joe hits the Dragon Screw as we hit the two-minute warning. A reverse DDT gets two, and they start firing off strikes from their knees. Punk actually wins that battle, but he can't cover. Nulty mentions that he say Ricky Steamboat beat Ric Flair in 59 minutes. Yeah, everyone has. It was on TV and everything. Stop namedropping. Punk gets one final two as the time limit expires at 59:56 (well, close enough). It certainly is exhausting. What you get out of the match depends on your values going in. Other one-hour draws in ROH easily surpassed this one in terms of action and drama. If logical consistency and strategy are your things, though, this is a fascinating study. I firmly believe that, for everything you excel at, you have to sacrifice something else, and while Punk properly demonstrated an intelligent strategy, that strategy was at the detriment of a lot of action early on. For what it's worth, I thought it was pretty good, but matches since have left it in the dust.
After the match,
storms the ring and attacks Joe. He steals the new belt and dares Joe to come take it from him. If I were Joe, I'd let him have it and keep the old one. It was just fine.
Homicide leaves, so Punk puts over Joe and declares, "Fuck anyone who tries to stop us."
Ultimate Endurance: Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer (w/Allison Danger) vs. Colt Cabana & Ace Steel vs. The Briscoe Bros. vs. Jack Evans & Austin Aries.
Submission Fall:
After the last match, the fans aren't really into this one. Jack's antics bring them back into it, though. Man, he's just getting KILLED in there. No one, and I mean NO ONE, takes damage like Jack Evans. The Prophecy give him a doubleteam backbreaker, and that leads to a Boston Crab from Whitmer at 13:39.
Scramble Fall:
The Briscoes get caught with their wild offense, and Cabana slings Jay to the floor. Maff saves Mark from a Colt .45, but it's out of the frying pan and into the fire as the Prophecy finishes the Briscoes with the Doomsday Legline at 17:24.
Anything Goes:
Cabana gets on the mic and brags about eliminating Christopher Daniels from ROH. Maff and Whitmer knock them down and step on their throats, vowing revenge. Ace Steel goes to the floor and tosses Allison Danger into the barricade. Maff gets tossed into the barricade too, and he's busted open. The SCS work the cut, but Maff and Whitmer start beating each other up to get fired up. The Saints take over again on the outside, and they set up a table, hoping to put Maff & Whitmer out the same way they got rid of Christopher Daniels. Whitmer blocks, though, and puts Ace through the table with the Super Exploder! Maff adds a Burning Hammer to Colt, and the Prophecy gets the pin at 34:34. The most entertaining thing for me was seeing Jack Evans bouncing around like a cat flea on crystal meth, so it was downhill after that. For those who just loved the Prophecy/Saints feud, though, this match is for you as the Prophecy finally got some revenge.
In the back,
asks openly, "Why?" He says he wanted to kill Masada and Danny Daniels tonight, but Devito told him to hold off so they could kill together.
In the back, Maff says that tonight is the death of the Prophecy. He doesn't want to fight against the Code of Honor anymore, and he thinks he and Whitmer can do just fine without Christopher Daniels and Allison Danger. Whitmer agrees, but Danger says the Prophecy will *never* die. Thus kicks off the underrated storyline of Danger trying to blackmail Maff & Whitmer into coming back into the fold.
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World Title Classic
for a reason, and while the other matches don't drag the show down, they're not exactly memorable when compared to Joe vs. Punk I. This is pretty close to the definition of a 'one-match show.' Regardless of what you think about its quality (I happen to think it's worth seeing at least once for all wrestling aficionados), it certainly has significance. It paved the way for a number of long, epic encounters both in ROH and even extending to the WWE. It's unlikely John Cena and Shawn Michaels would have been given most of Raw to play with a few years ago had Joe/Punk not generated the buzz that you can non-Iron Man, one-hour matches.
Thumbs up for Joe vs. Punk I and some good GenNext stuff elsewhere on the card.
Final Score: 8.0
[ Very Good ]
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The Mozilla Messaging camp has released version 3.1 of the Thunderbird mail client. Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 features faster search results, a quick filter tool-bar, a new migration assistant, a saved files manager, a new mail account setup wizard, and various performance improvements.
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Wow, those maple handles are amazing. I love the look of buckeye too, and the horn on both ends compliments that one really well. Awesome stuff!
Oooh? That's great news! Thanks to both you and Marko are in order!
I agree that the quilted maple looks awesome.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Thanks guys. But it looks like there is a curse over me right now, have been down with a cold since Thursday and coughing my lungs out Sat and today. Very annoying. But I hope to get over it soon. Good thing is, the semester is over and I can go to the shop any time now during the week.
Just to follow up: got over my cold, went to the shop today, and all the handles listed above are now done and the ones that are paid will ship on Monday.
Just in case anybody is interested, between the handles I still have on my website and a few more I made, there will be approx. 20 extra handles available in the next few days. Most of them are finished, about 8 more are on my bench right now. I will probably post the first ones around Wednesday. In the meantime, I will continue to work on the ordered handles. Still aiming to get them all done by mid - June.
Right now, it doesn't really look all that promising reg. a day job in the fall, so I may consider doing a few months of woodworking to bridge me over to the next season. I will announce this as soon as I have any idea what will happen after July 31. And if nobody wants to order anything, that may be my opportunity to lose weight.... ;)
Just parking this here because I need to show some WIP handles to people... Hey Rick, look, there is hope! ;)
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Those three colored handles look pretty wicked. Stefan, you have to do some more pictures of these by themselves when you're done.


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BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombings in Iraq has killed 14 people.
Police says the deadliest of today's attacks happened when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into the security checkpoint in the town of Dujail, killing six security force members and a civilian. Fifteen people were wounded. Dujail is 50 miles north of Baghdad.
Earlier, police said a bomb blast at an outdoor market killed four people and wounded 17 in another town north of the capital.
A third bomb exploded near a patrol of Sunni anti-al-Qaida militiamen 90 miles north of Baghdad, killing three and wounding two.
Meanwhile, a doctor at a hospital in Fallujah says army shelling yesterday killed eight civilians and three gunmen. Militants took over parts of the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi and nearby Fallujah in December. Army and police forces have battled them for months but failed to regain control.


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Where did you grow up?
I'm still growing up, but I started in Salem, Oregon on the edge of town on a street called Lost Lane…appropriate for the way I felt while growing up! We were in the middle of farmland in the Willamette Valley and I spent my summers daydreaming while picking crops. When my husband and I moved to Yup'ik villages in Alaska to teach, I kept growing up under the watchful eyes of Yup'ik elders as we started our family.
What is your earliest memory of writing/drawing?
Most of my generation of illustrators remembers copying Walt Disney cartoons, esp. the contest drawings in magazines. I traced Bambi, Thumper and Snow White endlessly. Then I moved on to cow paintings for the State Fair. I took a year of art lessons from Margie Grabel who taught me how to use pastels and paints when I was nine. I remember the smell of turpentine in her studio and feeling like I was "home" when I went in to see what a "real" artist's studio looked like.
I always was drawing, but Mom was a secretary in the school. She would let me use her typewriter if I would write her a complete story. She didn't care how long it was but it had to have a beginning, middle and an ending that "made sense". We often sat in her office after the school closed while I finished my story.
What inspired you to write/illustrate your first book?
I always loved book art as a child, but when I started teaching, I became infatuated with the way an author and illustrator could hold a child's attention, even when they could not understand the language thoroughly. I started separating books out that were just fun to roll off the tongue. Then I saw a move about Ezra Keats with my class one day. We watched how he made his books, marbleized paper and I made my first "dummy" book. It was called The Big Noise…a story about my nephew being scared by a bullfrog while crawdad hunting. I loved the idea that you could use color and texture to keep the reader in a world you created from cover to cover.
I also went to a reading conference at which Gail Gibbons held up a press sheet with an entire book on it. I went back to the village and started making more practice books.
And during the summers when we would come back from the bush to take classes in school, I asked for two independent study classes…one on Caldecott winners and one on Newbery winners. What an inspiration!
Do you use your childhood as inspiration?
Of course, especially those wonderful childlike reactions we all have, a sense of wonder, frustration, fear, etc.. In There was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky, I wanted to capture the feeling of a child discovering something. Most of us as children discover more things before we are 12 than we will in the rest of our lives. And in the case of Maria Marcelino, who discovered the oxen on the ceilings of the caves in Altamira, the part of the story I love the most is that her father listened to her. I was always discovering things that interested no one else, watching National Geographic shows that teenage friends didn't want to hear about, but my mom always listened.
My dad's side of the family had a wicked sense of humor, so I have written two joke books…published, I mean, and "written" many more than that. And they are the side of the family that laugh the hardest at the Farmer Brown stories, which are really about my husband and our small farm here in Sebastopol,. Patty in Patty's Pumpkin Patch is my cousin who weeded the family garden with me and thought I was ridiculous for showing her all the ants and bugs I found (we are great friends now, and she ended up raising pigs for part of her life, wouldn't you know. The Hungry Giant of the Tundra was rewritten to be about not only the giant, but the "littlest one" that no one listened to, which is how I often felt.
What books from your childhood have most influenced your work? What about adult titles?
The Color Kittens, which has been reprinted again, Mary Poppins…the real version, not the Disney version (which I still like), The Good Earth by Pearl Buck,
King of the Wind, The Pokey Puppy. I grew up with Golden Books, but every Christmas morning I would find a book waiting for me that was a nature book or an art book that was in my mind quite adult.
What are your hobbies and interests besides reading and books?
Well, soccer is out after the last surgery. My epitaph was going to read that I died on the soccer field at 87, but my knees, at 60, say no. So I will have to keep writing and doing my art work. I belong to a group of plein air painters. We go out once a week to paint the landscape of Sonoma County, which is beautiful and take retreats to state parks to paint the Tetons, the rocks of Utah, the wetlands of California,etc. I like to hike, fish with my family, float down the river in the boat my husband built. When it is cold and miserable outside, and I'm not on a deadline, I go to my studio and create something from my mind that doesn't belong in a book, an image from imagination. I am starting to sell them in galleries. But my latest hobby is my grandson, who is inspiring that childlike wonder inside of me again, and a growing family of people that I can get to know. And oh, did I mention movies?
Who are a couple of your favorite author/illustrators? What is it about their work that inspires and interests you?
This could take pages, so I will limit it.
Arnold and Anita Lobel, the fact that they worked together. My husband and I worked together on two books and he went back to contracting and fine art, and I stayed with the books. They could make a story out of anything. My favorite books which I use in schools doing workshops are Pigericks and Fables, by Arnold Lobel, and On Market Street by the two of them.
Maurice Sendak, for his illustration but also his sense of the surreal. My favorite was In The Night Kitchen.
Patricia and Fred McKissak, both for the folklore of Patricia and for the clarity of Christmas in the Big House, which we read each Christmas.
Leo and Diane Dillon, both for the beautifully mastered art, their ability to work together and their willingness to work with new folklore as well with old. My favorite, from life in the north is The Girl who Dreamed Only Geese, but I first noticed them with Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears.
The Arguelo's. I have never read one of their books without discovering something about myself. One of the first books I kept re-reading was Whose Mouse Are You?
Reynold Ruffins has changed my use of color and shapes. I watch the kids respond to his illustrations.
Stefano Vitale for his use of medium and the energy he adds to book…a soul layer.
Rojanofsky's illustratons are beautiful and David Milgrim is a master at editing out anything unnecessary.
What one or two words of advice would you give for young authors/illustrators?
Don't try to write for the market…write for yourself.
Follow your weirdness…a quote from Emma Dryden. A lot of writers, beginning and experienced tend to quit at midtone..meaning there is a political correctness to their writing that detracts from their story.
Nothing is ever wasted, from Laura Godwin at Holt. All you ideas fold into something important.
Read A Single Shard. Fictional or not, it shows the importance of learning a craft from the bottom up.
Teri Sloat; illustrated by Stefano Vitale
When a child looks up to find drawings on the ceiling of a cave, she wonders how they were painted. Planets that spin, the birds and the beasts, woman and man—how did the old man in...
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A bright, energetic retelling of a beloved children's rhyme, with a Pacific Northwest twist."There was an old lady who swallowed a troutThat splished and splashed and thrashed...


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Neil Young, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, knew he had to do something to give back. "I couldn't see coming back here and just playing and have it be business as usual," he tells The Associated Press, in reference to performing regularly in the hard-hit Northeast region.
The two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by his band Crazy Horse and opener Everest, will go beyond business as usual with a benefit performance 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City.
"A Special Evening with Neil Young & Crazy Horse" could bring in more than $250,000, with all proceeds to go toward the American Red Cross relief effort.
According to Young, he was asked to take part in another benefit — Wednesday's all-star event at Madison Square Garden in New York — but had another commitment. The MSG show's lineup will include Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Kanye West and The Who.
"It wasn't going to make much difference whether I was there or not, so I decided to go someplace where I could make a difference," Young tells the AP.
Young hasn't performed in A.C. with Crazy Horse in more than a decade. The band, which consists of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Poncho Sampredo, is touring behind "Psychedelic Pill" (Reprise), their second collaboration with Young to be released in 2012; they also released "Americana" in June.
"Psychedelic Pill" is the 35th album of Young's storied career, which includes the 1972 classic "Harvest," among many other solo records, as well as his stint with the legendary Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. This year, Young also has released a well-received memoir, "Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream" (Blue Rider Press).
The Toronto native can be expected to deliver an impassioned performance, if his show with Crazy Horse last week at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center is any indication.
Young gave a "hellacious 13-song, two hour-plus show that went on ringing in satisfied customers' ears long after they exited" the venue, Philadelphia Inquirer critic Dan DeLuca says.
The Philly show featured such tracks as, "Love and Only Love," "Born in Ontario," "Walk Like a Giant" and "Ramada Inn," with a fitting, 10-plus-minute encore of "Like A Hurricane."
But Young tells the AP "anything's possible" with the setlist for the benefit, possibly including some surprise appearances.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- If Tom Jurich looked like a man who has been through this drill a few times, it's because he has. The University of Louisville athletic director met the media facing his fifth football hire at the school, and smoothly tied together the loose ends of Charlie Strong's departure with his vow to move forward quickly and confidently.Jurich said there was no animosity between him and Strong, who informed him last night at Strong's home that he would be leaving for Texas. He said there was no counter-offer. He said he let Strong know U of L would do anything Strong wanted to keep him, but Strong said it wasn't a question of money. He said in the meeting he thanked Strong, and told the coach he gave him an "A plus plus" for his time in Louisville."Once I knew he was going to Texas, I just wanted him to know how much I appreciated the job he did," Jurich said. ". . . Texas is a premier, premier job. Let's call it what it is, not try to hide from it. . . . Every expectation I had for Charlie at this university he exceeded. Every, single one."Jurich said he has a short list for Strong's replacement, but that he's wide open to all interested parties. When asked specifically about Bobby Petrino, the former U of L coach now at Western Kentucky, he answered, "Everybody is in play." He said of his relationship with Petrino now, he said, "My relationship's fine with Bobby."Jurich also is open to talking to current offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. His initial list is not long -- though he acknowledges that more coaches are inquiring about U of L's job than ever have, and he might have some interested parties that he doesn't expect.Referring to his vacation in Colorado and the weather that kept him stuck there until yesterday, Jurich said he'd spent "four snowy days" with his short list of candidates.He said he would go into his search with no preconceived criteria, only a coach who wants to be at U of L, and who he thinks will be a good fit. He said head-coaching experience wasn't a requirement, noting, "Charlie didn't have it."Strong's contract included a buyout clause of $4.7 million which Jurich says has not been discussed, but which he expects to be paid. He'll assess transition issues once he learns what coaches Strong plans to take with him to Texas. He says he'll stay out of the new coach's way on whether he wants to retain any of the current staff.He said he hasn't had any direct discussion with any job candidates as of this afternoon, but that could change by tonight.First, he was scheduled to meet with players in the afternoon. His job in this transition is a tough one. Already, several key U of L commitments have opened up their recruiting process, and he was preparing to speak to a locker room in which a number of players have responded angrily to Strong's departure, and the fact that the coach didn't let players know personally of his decision.One player, however, offensive lineman Jake Smith, said he understood."It's hard when everybody's out of town," Smith said. "You can't call a meeting. . . . For me, I just appreciate the opportunity he gave me. He had a profound impact on a lot of lives here. I think you just have to be grateful for that and wish him the best."For his part, Jurich called Strong, "a great man, that's the hard part. . . . I will always consider him a very close friend."There is, according to Jurich, no timetable on making a hire, but that he would hope to have someone in place in less than a week. He said he wouldn't let the need to move quickly, however, dictate his decision."We have a great job here," Jurich said. "I feel like it's the best job in the country. It's a better job than it's ever been. We're going to move forward."Copyright 2014 WDRB News. All Rights Reserved.
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Reminder: First Pecks Lane Festival Is This WeekendThursday, July 17, 2014
Jugglers, spin art, and the fruits of one shopaholic's many retail purchases will be among the things drawing visitors to a first of its kind parking lot festival and tag sale this weekend. The EverWonder Children's Museum will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the Pecks Lane Festival & Community Tag Sale coming up Saturday, July 19, from 9 am to 4 pm, at 31 Pecks Lane.
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Even ace pilots had to start somewhere; Cid's break was at the start of the Wutaian war. He was still just a kid, like so many who ended up caught up in the fighting, but sometimes it takes a kid t...
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There ARE a few nitpicks with your language here and there, but that's all they are, nitpicks. Keep up the good work.
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2) Why the EFF is the black diffuser so massive?!?! It should come up half as high as it does.
3) Tail light idea is cool but it is already on the camaro. So that was another dumb move I think. They should have had this new design saved for the next gen camaro, and tried some type of progression of what the C6 had in the rear.
This vette could have been a lot classier looking IMO. It looks like a clusterfuck honestly, and as someone posted earlier, Ferrari did it right aerodynamically AND aesthetically. The vette may have great aerodynamics, but it doesn't look clean.
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The Commercial Truck Safety Act would end the need for states to seek individual weight limit exemptions from Congress by granting states like Maine the authority to petition the Secretary of Transportation for a permanent waiver.
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Could this be you, your mom or grandma? If you searched could you find a child photo of yourself riding in a car without a safety seat? The answer for most of American's age 30+ is yes! It wasn't until 1985 that the US jumped on board with mandating proper child safety seats. The first car seat was just a bag with a drawstring that attached to the car seat. Similar to the way a lot of us haul our groceries around these days. A mom invention maybe?
Car seats took a long time to become mandated because consumers were not educated as to the dangers kids face in a car crash. They didn't know they needed a better way to ride. This missing piece makes all the difference when you are launching a new business too! Educate your consumers repeatedly on the safety, happiness and ease you can provide to them. Tell them over and over about the problem you have solved.
Today, little Mary would be, by law, in the back seat facing the rear window, with more cushioning and a dual safety belt snug against her body. A proven way to ride that saves kids lives.
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To catch up on this story, you may wish to read Part 1 and Part 2 first. It was the day that has swiftly and completely turned life in the fortnight since on its head. For the joyous better, I'm so pleased to report.
"That's a pretty healthy looking group of plants," I thought to myself. We were on the road again, almost into our third hour having started for home at day break. The cruise control was set at an even 110km/h and we were travelling on a deserted highway somewhere west of the northern Victorian/South Australian border. Only twelve hours to home…
We had been here:
I was driving easily, pondering the green of this roadside vegetation because it stood out so boldly amongst the other low, dirt-coloured dry saltbush across the landscape when…… KANGAROO!
The scene slowed to a snail's pace. But the first thing I did was brace, I remember that. It was an impulse that caused my body to unfortunately bear the brunt of the impact to come. There was only time to think the words "How beautiful" as I tightly shut my eyes and hit the brakes. He had been travelling across the road – in fact, he filled the road, such was the size of him, and in his upright gait stood an imposing height higher than the bonnet of my car – in what appeared to be nothing more than a late morning saunter. He had looked so serene and focused on his path ahead. He had appeared so instantly in my vision it was as if he were a wooden duck in a carnival shooting game, flipped up from the floor for me to take aim.
Only hazy grabs of recollections come next.
My cousin exclaimed in alarm, "You've hit him!" but my memory tells me that I was hoping I hadn't. Or, at least, would only clip the creature. At the point of impact I had not yet braked. The roo had been in the centre of the road when I first saw him; we'd happened upon him so fast that I only knew he was in mid-hop travelling to the right because that's the way he was facing. I shut my eyes and ducked (that always helps….) and right before I did, he turned his sweet pale face towards the car and for a split second we met gazes. That's when I braced, eyes shut as I braked, hoping desperately he was still travelling to the right. But when I squinted again, the road in front was clear. He had turned back. Silly bugger! But as it turns out, it was a split decision he'd made that probably saved our lives.
There was so much noise then in the car that it dulled in my ears and seemed to fade away. I don't recall the road, I don't actually believe I was driving the car in those next moments. I do recall hearing the words, "Stay straight, stay straight" in my head and that's all I had time to do: keep that wheel straight. If it meant I had to plough through the animal, then I would. I had the experience and presence of mind enough – thankfully – to instinctively remember that swerving at such a high speed would be disastrous. But there was really no time for anything. Later, I received praise and pats on the back for keeping myself and my passenger safe from harm but I felt it was less my doing and more a bit of swift divine intervention because, honestly, I didn't have time to think anything.
When I opened my eyes, my vision focused on a grotesque spray of multi-coloured glass flying out in a huge arc in front of the vehicle. Whoever or whatever was driving – for it wasn't me! – kept us on the road, in our lane, on that sweeping bend… on a dual carriageway with no centre median where the speed limit was dangerously high. Should we have come into the path of anyone coming the opposite way, they wouldn't have had time to act.
I "came to" and got my senses back when I looked at the dash as the car slowed down. I was trying to train my hearing on the most godawful sound. It was coming from the engine, revving high and low in awful waves. I pulled the car to the side then, barely clearing the lane, and stopped the engine as soon as I could. "I can't open the door," my cousin was telling me calmly. Bless her and her level-headedness. I got out of the car shakily and went to inspect the damage. The vehicle behind us pulled in and the passenger – a stranger – hugged me without words. It was the kindest thing she could have done.
There was no way we would be driving this car home. Had the roo not turned back, the hole would not have been so neat. In fact, when the emergency services eventually turned up they unanimously said this was a "very, very lucky" hit. He had connected with the car on the left corner – the furthest distance from the cabin it could have hit – and been bounced off to the side, clearing the windscreen altogether. A blessed bloody miracle, because I had looked at that animal and he was bouncing higher than my car, I'll tell you that much.
The impact had shifted the motor back. Everything under the bonnet was either cracked or smashed. The battery was sitting in a pool of acid on a casing that had no drip holes in it (liquid under the car would have alerted the emergency crew not to open the bonnet but as there was no place for the acid to run off, the danger was a silent one). The firey who checked the car over thanked me for not forgetting to turn off the engine or they would have been attending a fire as well, he told me, and he would've taken the brunt of an explosion. No worries, I did that inadvertently on purpose for you….
For the next several hours, I couldn't sit down. There was so much adrenaline in my body that I had to pace. This gave way during the course of the ensuing hours to floods of shocked tears (and these continued in bouts on and off for some two weeks after the accident), despair for the life of such a beautiful specimen (my first ever roadkill in twenty years… actually, my first accident in twenty years!) and sheer anguish at "what nearly could have been."
Despite hoping desperately that he was big enough to have sustained a hit bit be "okay" – I imagined him hoping off home, relieved, to show off his near-miss wounds around to his mob – a young apprentice advised his captain some hours later that they'd "moved the roo off the road". I looked to my cousin for solace and she said, "I'm sorry, honey, I saw the birds circling about an hour ago." We had one of those shock-cry-laughs on each others' shoulders. The circle of natural life in all things happens fast, hey.
By nightfall, I was being driven home by my husband, having taken a coach, a ferry(!) in the middle of nowhere, a three hour coach to Adelaide and then a connecting flight to Melbourne. Never before have I been so grateful to see the lights of home and smell the top of my daughter's sweet head.
One thing is certain, I will never again take for granted the lives of passengers who get in my car either. The grateful words of my cousin's husband who bear-hugged me (gently!) and told me I did good, "you did real good, thank you for bringing my girl home safely, you did everything you should have" ring in my ears and bring stinging tears to my eyes even now. It was only in that moment that I realised – despite all the horror stories already told to us by the emergency attendants of tourists flipping their cars, having roos kicking them to death in their seats, swerving the creatures only to hit other cars or poles or trees – what had actually been avoided that day. And so began the survivor shock, the flashbacks and the what-if mental images. All normal, and all part of the healing process to resolution which has now all but passed I'm grateful to say.
I am indebted to the one person who came to my aid in the first few days, ferrying my girl to and from school, dance rehearsals (life goes on even for woozy, not-yet-back-on-Earth mummies!) and even taking me to the doctor and waiting while I had xrays done. I tend to play down when I'm really needing help and I'm sure others would have said yes if I'd asked, but this kind soul offered and I gratefully accepted because I was just too spent to think any other option through.
I will also never underestimate the power of instinct in a life or death circumstance. The divine purpose of events such as these. Synchronistic resonance, I've written before, is not lost on me and it is apparent everywhere I look. This has served as a huge reminder of my spiritual purpose and I intend to follow through. Despite not having any obvious injuries that can be seen, I've worked my way through the psychological trauma well and am almost sorted. I am still in some pain on a daily basis, which my caregivers tell me may take some time yet. With surprise, I realised only two days ago that it hasn't yet been three weeks. It feels like this happened four months ago, to be honest. I seem to lose track of days and time, so I must have a little way to go still with that mental processing stuff. It is slow and gentle going but I have learned quickly that this is no time to push myself and put anyone else before me. I am finding that right now, all I want to do is stick close to home and tend to the internal tremors and shakes that arise from simple tasks around the house. This is not a time to ignore what I've experienced for the sake of "appearing fine now". To do so would be to completely dishonour what this encounter with the Red Kangaroo has clearly shown me.
In my final post in this impromptu series, I am going to step through the meaning of Red Kangaroo – for there has been so much rich relevance that I can't deny its messages – and give a little bit of a Where To From Here for Sunny Side Up which will affect how I blog/write and also introduce you to my plans for my new "online home". I hope you will join me. I'm just a little bit excited already!


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I was bullied in school and it did have long standing implications. difficulty making friends or trusting people in general, even when someone genuinely complimented me I wondered if they were making fun of me, all because I had braces on my legs like forest gump. I am over that, but still have social anxiety. It is unbelievable what stress can do to the body, not just stress from bullying. I read some great articles at best home health test not just on stress but pretty interesting. http://besthomehealthtest.com/how-healthy-are-you/effects-of-stress-on-health/ and I am learning everyday better ways to deal with the stress. In the end while i do still have some social anxiety and prefer to be a bit of a loner, well besides my wife and kids, it did make me more able to help one of my children when she went through bullying so i am glad for that...try to find a positive :)
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The effects of bullying in childhood can last a lifetime, both for the child who's bullied and for his or her tormenter.
But according to a Duke University study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, while young adults show long-term ill effects of having been bullied in childhood, those who did the bullying might actually be healthier than their peers in one important measure.
The report is based on findings from the longitudinal Great Smoky Mountains Study, which started in 1993 and followed 1,420 children from western North Carolina. Researchers interviewed the participants at up to nine points in time, first when they were children and adolescents (aged 9 to 16) and again when they were young adults (aged 19 to 21). The study was led by William Copeland, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Earlier reports, including some from the Great Smoky Mountains Study, showed that young adults who were bullied as children can have long-term mental health problems such as anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and depression.
But this is the first indication that being the bully might actually be protective. The reason this escaped earlier notice, according to Copeland, is that previous work lumped together two kinds of bullies: those who were also sometimes bullied themselves (whom he calls bully-victims) and those who were "pure bullies."
Bully-victims "have the worst long-term emotional problems and poor health outcomes," Copeland and his co-authors wrote. By separating them out of the analysis in this new study, they wrote, it became clear that "pure" bullies "gain benefits from bullying others without incurring costs and may be healthier than their peers, emotionally and physically."
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The current study measured blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP)—a biomarker of chronic inflammation that's been linked to cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome—over several points in time during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. CRP is a sign of stress on the body, Copeland said, and "a harbinger of health problems down the road."
CRP levels increased in all participants as the study subjects got older, the scientists found. But those who had been bullied had the highest level of increase, and former bullies had the lowest. Those who were bully-victims fell somewhere in between, at about the same level as participants who had not been involved in childhood bullying at all.
"There seems to be a protective effect for the bullies because of this enhanced social status, or their success that comes along with being a good bully," Copeland said. The pattern was present even after controlling for body mass index, substance use, health status, and exposure to other types of trauma.
But Catherine Bradshaw, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Baltimore, Maryland, cautioned against overinterpreting the lower CRP levels in bullies. Rather than a health benefit, the lower CRP levels might just reflect a difference in the bullies' underlying biology, not unlike biological differences that have been seen elsewhere in children and adults with patterns of aggressive behavior.
And even if the Duke findings are evidence that being a bully might be good for people, at least along this one dimension, it shouldn't be read as a license to bully, she said.
There are "well-documented studies, both short- and long-term, showing that kids who are involved in bullying do have other problematic outcomes," Bradshaw said. For instance, children who bully are more likely to be members of gangs, carry a weapon, and have truancy problems.
Copeland added that the enhanced social status of bullies that he believes might account for their lower CRP levels can and should be achieved in more morally acceptable ways. Varsity sports, anyone?
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As long as our schools reflect the hierarchy in our society, i.e., "elite" groups of people who have more power than other groups, we will never eliminate bullying. Bullies exist BECAUSE their parents encourage bullying; their parents are bullies themselves.
At school I was stabbed with pencils, pushed down flights of stairs, my bully screamed obscenities at me (with teachers standing nearby who did NOTHING), my bully threw food on me in the cafeteria, I was pushed to the ground, my books and papers snatched from my arms and destroyed.
No one helped me - so I had to help myself.
At our end-of-the-school-year Senior Party, I found my bully passed-out on the couch in the den of the house of one of the "cool kids" at school.
I went to the bathroom, and found a razor.
I went to the study, and found a felt-tip pen - in PURPLE.
I went back to the den where my bully peacefully snored, and I shaved off the eyebrows of my bully.
Then I drew his eyebrows back on, with a felt-tip pen - in PURPLE.
For months afterward, I enjoyed the stares and laughs he endured.
But he DID leave me alone after that, and that was the whole point.
Bullies are usually big cowards - if you defend yourself, they will usually leave you alone.
in my view, this study is somewhat partial. Some people who were bullied may form a resistance.
A new bullying program is starting this year, that isn't isolated to childhood experiences, but to all types and age groups. Bullies come in many forms, just as victims of bullies cover a broad spectrum. The resulting measure in this study and program will be first in true social change and understanding, finding an appropriate extension of acceptability (like the changes of the PC movement of the 1980's that tool hold and are seen in global change or at lease knowledge of what PC acts are all about), ending the cycle of bullying in favor or active awareness and acceptance. More information about this new program can be received by writing to firstname.lastname@example.com
Freakin' fabulous, bullying is beneficial which means it will continue. Humans suck.
Sounds like an apology for egotistical anti-social miscreants, or are we really talking about nitpicking normative zealots??
Say "NO" to abuses no matter how the abusers portray themselves to be. Check what they say is in line with what they do.
Always remember that you are in charge of your lives. Confront bullies and hold them accountable for their deceptive and abusive behaviors.
The Biggest Bully in America is the U.S. Government.
This article irresponsibly extols bullying by signifying the positive health consequences for the bully, when what should be focused upon is the early isolation and chemical treatment, if necessary, of the bully so he can be removed from any possible position in society, whether controlled by drugs or not, before he can grow up to be a political leader or a CEO of a criminally-acting corporation, both of which abound because the bully seeks and attains postions of power, which allows him to bully on a mass scale. That connectivity should be draconically cut by society starting at every identifiable bully's young age, not celebrated as the success stories of successfully undiagnosed thugs ruling over his bullied population, to the detriment of 99% of society.
Let's see another article, Nat Geo, about society's necessary search and destroy mission of young bullies' uninterrupted rise to power, which needs be arrested and controlled.
Bully for the bullies. American success stories rely on bullies.
The others bullied, targeted for destruction? Not so much.
I was a victim of bullying but i came out of it by one serious fight. From then on I was never bullied and in return I gave others their space.
I agree with Anne Redman. My boss bullied me to the point that he gave me PTSD. He took great pleasure in his treatment towards me. I overheard him laughing with staff members when he was talking about me. I recently heard he has colon cancer. Believe me, it can't make me happier.
Could it be that the bullies show less stress because they are insensitive to the feelings and concerns of those around them? I would like to see how they rate on selfishness or self-centeredness, the ability to care for or nurture others etc. I think it would be easier to feel less stress if you don't care what happens to other people.
Gee, Sarah, can you explain exactly what this chunk of junk is doing under the banner of "National Geographic?"
@Willa Grant you are a pig.
@Willa Grant Really, how is it fabulous? And also, most humans suck, not all humans... Just people like you.
@David Lakatos Totally agree!
@Anne Redman There is actually evidence that psychopaths become CALMER, when inflicting pain on others.
People who enjoy physically and emotionally harming others, actually FEEL BETTER after victimizing someone. Psychopaths report feeling less anxious, less 'pressured'. And during the violent episode, they report feeling calm.
As if they're actually enjoying themselves.
@Anne Redman I think there is a connection with conditions that make them less able to empathise with other people. In a way, this means they will always be the losers, no matter how good they make themselves feel at the time. I suspect that the lack of stress in later life is also due to being unable to relate to other people. Personally I would rather have the extra stress and someone who loves me!
@Gerard Van der Leun At least it's not another look at "Inside Prison", that's all that NatGeo seems to be interested in these days - supporting the Prison Industry.
@Gerard Van der Leun You are being an internet troll and the definition of a bully. Why can't you just shut up and be polite?
@Gerard Van der Leun WoW... why don't we try to be as RUDE as possible??
I believe @A. Person meant it was the opposite of fabulous, and another piece of evidence showing humans suck. So well done @Willa Grant for being horrible to a stranger on the internet. You should do well.
@A. Person @Willa Grant I believe that was sarcasm.
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Impact Index, unlike every other cricket statistical system in the world, is completely transparent in its workings. It is possible to do all these calculations manually too, at the back of an envelope, once the system is understood. However, to save time and energy, we have automated the entire system and are in the process of running all cricket data through it.
A simplified step-by-step list of its mechanism is given below, in case you want to understand how it really works. This methodology is for limited over matches.
1) Based on the innings totals, a base figure is generated for the match. This is measured in runs, for all players (batsmen and bowlers and wicket-keepers).
2) Every performance in the match is thereafter measured against this base figure (as a ratio). One IMPACT point is procured when the performance is equal to the base. That is seen as merely the par performance for the match.
3) For a batsman, IMPACT points are garnered for a) Runs Tally b) Strike Rate c) Pressure d) Chasing and staying not out in the second innings. e) Partnership-Building.
4) The Strike Rate IMPACT can go into negative or positive depending on his strike rate vis-à-vis the base strike rate in the match.
5) The Pressure IMPACT only measures pressure that comes from fall of wickets. It kicks in when a batsman comes in to bat in a tough situation (as defined from how many wickets have fallen) and crosses the base runs. Tough situations are defined as per the base runs.
6) For a bowler, IMPACT points are garnered fora) Wickets (the top 8 wickets and the last 3 have different values, in most cases, as per the circumstances of the match) b) the Economy Rate (again, calculated against the base economy rate of the match - in T20 matches, the economy rate has a slightly higher value, as per the circumstances of the match) c) Breaking Partnerships (its limit is set by using a multiple of the base) d) Building Pressure (taking quick wickets within the base).
7) Catches, stumpings and credited run-outs all get extra IMPACT points (a fraction of the base). The winning captain also gets an addition to his IMPACT (again, a fraction of the base). Wicket-keepers get flat points for doing an assigned job.
8) All the above points are measured against the base figure, and are therefore ratios of the base in some way (which is fundamentally why they are measurements and not ratings).
9) For Strength of Opposition - all teams in all matches are graded in categories of A, B or C in terms of team strength (with A being the strongest). The break-up is done in a scientific manner, using previous series as a pointer, and also the result of that series.
10) For Series/Tournament Defining performances - the highest-valued single component in this system rewards outstanding performances in critical circumstances for a team within a tournament or a series context – all chosen completely objectively, with no scope for subjective interpretations.
11) In a career context, the figures from all heads are tallied. All numbers are necessarily between 0 and 5, up to two decimal points.