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"Let's hope the fiscal crisis doesn't get better too soon. It'll slow down reform." – Tom Watkins, a consultant, summarizes the corporate education reform movement's current strategy to the Sunday New York Times.
The Shock Doctrine, as articulated by journalist Naomi Klein, describes the process by which corporate interests use catastrophes as instruments to maximize their profit. Sometimes the events they use are natural (earthquakes), sometimes they are human-created (the 9/11 attacks) and sometimes they are a bit of both (hurricanes made stronger by human-intensified global climate change). Regardless of the particular cataclysm, though, the Shock Doctrine suggests that in the aftermath of a calamity, there is always corporate method in the smoldering madness – a method based in Disaster Capitalism.
Though Klein's book provides much evidence of the Shock Doctrine, the Disaster Capitalists rarely come out and acknowledge their strategy. That's why Watkins' outburst of candor, buried in this front-page New York Times article yesterday, is so important: It shows that the recession and its corresponding shock to school budgets is being used by corporations to maximize revenues, all under the gauzy banner of "reform."
Some background: The Times piece follows a recent Education Week report showing that as U.S. school systems are laying off teachers, letting schoolhouses crumble, and increasing class sizes, high-tech firms are hitting the public-subsidy jackpot thanks to corporate "reformers'" successful push for more "data-driven" standardized tests (more on that in a second) and more technology in the classrooms. Essentially, as the overall spending pie for public schools is shrinking, the piece of the pie for high-tech companies — who make big campaign contributions to education policymakers — is getting much bigger, while the piece of the pie for traditional education (teachers, school infrastructure, text books, etc.) is getting smaller.
The Times on Sunday added some key — and somehow, largely overlooked — context to this reportage: namely, that the spending shift isn't producing better achievement results on the very standardized tests the high-tech industry celebrates and makes money off of. "In a nutshell," reports the Times, "schools are spending billions on technology, even as they cut budgets and lay off teachers, with little proof that this approach is improving basic learning."
The paper adds that the successful "pressure to push technology into the classroom without proof of its value has deep roots" going back more than a decade, which raises the fundamental question: Why? Why would this push be so successful in changing education policy if there is little hard evidence that it is the right move to improve student achievement?
The answer goes back — as it so often does — to corporate power and the Shock Doctrine.
Tech companies give the politicians who set education policy lots of campaign contributions, and in exchange, those politicians have returned the favor by citing tough economic times over the last decade as a rationale to wage an aggressive attack on traditional public education. That attack has included everything from demonizing teachers; to siphoning public money to privately administered schools; to funneling more of the money still left in public schools to private high-tech companies.
This trend is no accidental convergence of economic disaster and high-minded policy. On the contrary, it is a deliberate strategy by corporate executives and their political puppets, a strategy that uses the disaster of recession-era budget cuts as a means of justifying radical policies, knowing that the disaster will have shellshocked observers asking far fewer questions about data and actual results. As the Times sums it up, the recession's "resource squeeze presents an opportunity" for corporate interests.
Or as Watkins explains, social pain is an opportunity: "Let's hope the fiscal crisis doesn't get better too soon. It'll slow down reform."
For sheer weapons-grade assholishness, Watkins' publicly wishing for a crushing recession to continue ranks up there with such gems as "bring them on" and "let them eat cake."
However, the real news here is that a Disaster Capitalist has spoken the unspoken and clearly articulated the Shock Doctrine in all its hideous glory. In this case, he has told us what the "reform" movement to demonize teachers, undermine public education, and generate private profits from public schools is really all about: It is about using the shock of a fiscal crisis to enact a radical, unproven but highly profitable agenda that corporate forces fully know they cannot pass under non-emergency circumstances, when objective scrutiny would be much more intense. Indeed, corporate "reformers"are so reliant on the Shock Doctrine to glaze over uncomfortable questions about their agenda, that they are now praying that the shock of recession continues.
The Times article does a good job of raising questions, forcing the corporate "reform" movement to resort to a revealing kind of hypocrisy. Check out the response from the Obama administration — which has been one of the leaders of the corporate "reform" movement — when confronted with data showing that its push for technology isn't raising student achievement:
Karen Cator, director of the office of educational technology in the United States Department of Education, said standardized test scores were an inadequate measure of the value of technology in schools. Ms. Cator, a former executive at Apple Computer, said that better measurement tools were needed but, in the meantime, schools knew what students needed.
"In places where we've had a large implementing of technology and scores are flat, I see that as great," she said. "Test scores are the same, but look at all the other things students are doing: learning to use the Internet to research, learning to organize their work, learning to use professional writing tools, learning to collaborate with others." (emphasis added)
Cator, of course, is making the argument that supporters of traditional public education have been making against corporate "reformers" for years — namely, that standardized tests cannot be the primary tool to measure overall educational achievement, because they do not measure other equally important skills. And the fact that she is selectively making it in defense of her former technology industry tells us a lot about how public policy is really made in America.
Recall that this statement against standardized testing comes from the same Obama administration that has been pushing for more standardized testing — the same Obama administration that wants to use standardized testing as a key metric for withholding federal aid from " failing" schools and for firing teachers. That's right, somehow, according to the Obama administration, standardized tests are the perfect tool to judge and punish struggling schools and the teachers who work with low-income kids, but they can't be used to similarly judge technology products that are making Obama's high-tech donors lots of cash.
In this oxymoron, we see who the corporate "reformers" in government really believe they work for, and whom they shape public policy on behalf of. It's not the average parent or student or voter. It's the Disaster Capitalists, who now have their sights set on your local schoolhouse.
Note: Steven Brill, the author of the new book "Class Warfare," and Dana Goldstein, the Nation magazine's education reporter, will be debating these and other education issues on my KKZN-AM760 radio show at 9 a.m. ET on Sept. 7. Stream it live or podcast it at sirota.am760.net.
David Sirota is a senior writer for the International Business Times and the best-selling author of the books "Hostile Takeover," "The Uprising" and "Back to Our Future." E-mail him at email@example.com, follow him on Twitter @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com.More David Sirota.
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Just doing the morning rounds, and we came across this fun set of origami paper works from Hanoi-based artist Nguyá»…n Hùng Cường. He tells allthingspaper that "My favorite models are the ones that I like to fold. So far, the model that gives me the most enjoyable moment when folding it is the gorilla. It's not so complex, but not simple either. The folding process is fun and I can fold it endless times. Besides the gorilla, I like scorpion, so I have folded scorpions in many styles - simple to super-complex, abstract to detailed, realistic models."

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On a talk show on Canada's version of ESPN, TSN, called "Off the Record", sometime around 2000, Hogan said that while playing "The Hulkster" (brother), he would feel he was the best, but as Terry Bolea (himself), he knew Flair was the best. I can't prove that nor can I be sure that Hogan was on the level.
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Angel (Kelly) stood looking over the balcony of her bedroom out to the forest and the nearby town. She saw Gerard running up the dirt path towards her castle at full speed. 'What could be so important, that he needs me at this hour?'. She thought. Not soon after he had disappeared into the castle doors had he reappeared behind her gasping for air. "OMG Gerard are you okay... here sit down" She gestured towards the bed, after letting him catch his breath she spoke up again. "What's going on hunni"
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Then maybe you should use your head to think about what the nerf really means. 5 seconds extended on the debuff means that a proper tank dipping the boss in and out of the lava just before the debuff expires would allow an extra 5 seconds per stack, so an extra minute of DPS time assuming 10-12 stacks. This, of course, is with perfect play. So this changes nothing for perfect players who don't find it a challenge in the first place, but hastens the fight.
This, however, allows the learning curve for less-than-stellar tanks to not be so steep. The people just learning how to position mobs and getting used to properly dipping him would still only stack it 4-5 times before they inevitably screw up, so it allows DPS to carry more of the burden for damaging it the extra 20-seconds tops. I dunno about you, but putting all of the difficulty of a fight on the tank alone is bad design, that means an otherwise stellar group that's grouped with a tank that's learning gets a hard time, and no one enjoys it.
So we beat it pre-nerf, grats, but the nerf is a change that barely means anything at all. It's like nerfing Mimiron's Rocket Strike to do 4 million damage instead of 5 million damage, none of the strategy changes at all.
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Not sure why the OP was modded down. I can't see what's the problem with the duration either. Even if you lose the stack, the only consequence was spawning adds. Those adds hit like nothing even on clothies and the dps just have nuke them down. (ie tanks don't have to pick them up). With crappy gear on tank, it's actually better if you keep the stack low around 5-7, and lose the stack completely and then kill adds. Only thing this change makes a difference to, as far as I can see, is doing the 15 stacks achievement. You'll be able to stay on the lower stacks for 5s lower.
If you are actually trying to tank and pick up the adds, you are doing the boss wrong.


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Since I wrote this post yesterday, the green chile hankering got fierce. So I stopped by the Decatur branch of Taqueria del Sol, where the kitchen was serving a crispy green chile relleno. Bejeebus, it was the flavor of all things good in this world. The house pork green chile stew also seemed to have a spicy, fresh kick. Afterwards I went home and roasted my three pounds of chiles. I think I'm going to play around and braise a pork picnic shoulder in chile.
When a colleague and I walked over to Chuy's in Dunwoody yesterday to discuss some projects we were working on, we were greeted with a nice surprise.
It was the first day of the restaurant's annual Green Chile Fest. This multi-unit Tex Mex restaurant owns chile farms in New Mexico, and for three weeks each year, it gets the spicy pods in fresh. This means a menu of specials (including a good green chile stew). This also means the restaurant will sell you chiles — fresh, roasted, roasted and seeded, or roasted/seeded/diced. I ordered a big bag of raw chiles ($2.25 a pound) as well as two quarts of diced ($4.50 a pound). They'll go into the freezer. Meanwhile, I'll roast the fresh ones tonight and make a green chile stew with pork shoulder, onion, garlic and tomato. Both kinds are pictured in the uncharacteristically artistic iPhone snapshot on the left.
Taqueria del Sol also got its annual shipment of hatch chilies, now featured on its menu. The restaurant group will again host a Hatch Chile Festival this year, on September 9. (Here's a report from last year.)
This chiles always remind me of late summer in Denver, when the roadside chile roasters would set up big rotary roasting drums at well trafficked intersections around town. That smell of chiles stinging the air marked the season. August chiles brought September snows.
Chuy's will be featuring and selling chiles through September 9.
Here are some of my recipes for green chile, reprinted from The Denver Post:
Recipe by John Kessler from the Sept. 4, 1996, edition of The Denver Post. Makes about 1 quart.
Heat oil in medium saucepan over medium- high flame. Add garlic and brown lightly, stirring constantly. Add tomatoes, broth and green chiles. Bring to a boil and reduce heat until mixture comes to a gentle simmer. Add diced potato and bay leaf. Simmer, covered, for 30-40 minutes. Salt to taste.
Recipe by John Kessler, The Denver Post, Dec. 28, 1994. He wrote: "I prefer my green chile without onion because I think the flavor of the capsicum is purer and more direct. However, a small onion chopped and sauteed with the garlic does add a certain roundness of flavor to the finished product. I also prefer a smooth consistency, so I blenderize the chiles. If you like it chunky, then finely chop the chiles instead." Makes about 1 gallon.
Place the pork in a pot and cover completely with at least 2 quarts but no more than 3 quarts of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat until the water is simmering vigorously. Skim off scum. Cover pot and cook until pork is tender enough to pierce easily with fork, about 2 hours.
Puree chiles in blender with enough of the cooking liquid to achieve a smooth consistency. Set aside.
Cut tomatoes in half lengthwise. Pluck out seeds with your fingers and discard. Place a box grater over a bowl or dish and grate tomatoes, cut sides facing the large holes of the grater. You should end up with fine tomato pulp in the bowl and the tomato skins left in your hand. Discard the skins and set the pulp aside.
Heat vegetable oil in bottom of 5-quart pot over medium heat. Add garlic and flour and fry, stirring constantly until mixture is a uniform pale brown, about 2 minutes. (Remove pot from burner if it starts to color too quickly.)
Add pork and all its cooking liquid, pureed chiles and tomatoes, and stir to dissolve flour. The mixture should reach 1 inch below the rim of the pot. If not, add water until it does.
Bring to a boil and reduce to a vigorous simmer. Cook 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt.
August 21st, 2012
7:15 pm
So those chiles from New Mexico are Hatch chiles, then?
August 21st, 2012
10:28 pm
Hatch chiles are from New Mexico, but New Mexico chiles aren't necessarily from Hatch.
August 22nd, 2012
2:59 am
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing information's.
August 22nd, 2012
9:30 am
John, big thanks for the CVGC!
August 22nd, 2012
1:18 pm
Azbat: I KNOW!!!! That's why I'm asking, duh!
August 22nd, 2012
1:22 pm
Correction, AZCAT, sorry.
August 22nd, 2012
1:42 pm
Had one of TDS's rellenos the other day myself– it was so crunchy-gooey-chunky-delicious, I almost went back for another.
August 22nd, 2012
3:06 pm
[...] Green chile season [UPDATED]Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Since I wrote this post yesterday, the green chile hankering got fierce. So I stopped by the Decatur branch of Taqueria del Sol, where the kitchen was serving a crispy green chile relleno. Bejeebus, it was the flavor of all things good in this world … [...]
August 22nd, 2012
11:13 pm
@Billie: Sorry, jumped to a conclusion. Ah, the joys of not having nonverbal communication on a blog. This is from Chuy's website and answers your question, I believe:
"Every year we contract with family farmers in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico to grow over a million pounds of the very best Green Chiles on the planet just for us. We even send a team of our Kitchen Managers to New Mexico each August to bring back the finest, fresh-picked Green Chiles to share with you."
August 23rd, 2012
11:38 am
Cannot wait to try the vegetarian recipe! Awesome post!
August 23rd, 2012
7:42 pm
Hey John…
I've lived here for 10 years now, and I can say with all certainty that it doesn't snow here in September any more; we're more likely to see 90's that month nowadays. Hell, it barely snows here in October and November now. We're becoming North Tucson.
But you're right about the green chile roasters; it's one of the things which makes the next 6 weeks here so amazing…


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Hieronymus Bosch reviews Slayers Reign in Blood.
Grandioses Teil von McSweeneys: Hieronymus "Grandaddy of Hell and Blood" Bosch rezensiert fuckiong Slayers "Reign in Blood".
Fucking "Raining Blood"???!!!!
OH MY GOD this shit is INSANE!!!
This is seriously me, dude. These guys are, like, my fucking brain. It's like they saw how I see shit and how I think and they fucking made a fucking song out of it. Holy shit.
That's it, I'm starting a fucking band. These guys have fucking done it for me. I can't fucking believe it, dude. I've never heard anything this fucking bad ass in my entire life. I've seen my whole fucking city burn to the fucking ground and it wasn't as fucking hardcore as this shit.
Nah, dude: This shit is my fucking city burning down. It's the fucking sound of calamity, dude! Like, there's some fucking calamity going down and Slayer's on the fucking spot, fucking narrating that shit with their fucking metal. Like, "Hey, hello? Fucking Calamity here and I've brought my friends from Slayer and we're here to fuck your shit up, dude!"
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"Baby Butlers" by the You Look Nice Today Orchestra.
As alluded to in the YLNT episode entitled "The Tux Age", everything we know about the tragic lives of Baby Butlers comes from cuneiform-like scratches on furniture and the very, very, very small wax cylinder recordings of the period's mocking novelty songs about the be-tuxed urchins.
Wonder of wonders, earlier this week, Sandwich was sorting through some old beard trimmings and blue sweaters when he came across his Aunt Sally's old "wax spinner sound apparatus," as they called it at the time. Apparently, she had briefly played sousaphone in an early incarnation of the YLNT Orchestra and had elected to steal the unsuccessful group's extant audio archive in lieu of the opportunity to ever take a proper 16-bar sousaphone solo.
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When I got to work on Monday morning almost all of my subscriptions featured something on the 9/11 anniversary. While each of the stories had their own significance, the ones that spoke of how the event affected the role of the arts thereafter resonated with me the most. While at first the primary rationale for most of the art produced after 9/11 was primarily a reactionary one and in a sense a way of coping with the extremity of the event, we have seen over the years how the arts have also become a way of building resilience and hope for better times.
This tone was also evident in the recently produced short promotional documentary Tokyo Rising, produced by the footwear company Palladium Boots. The film chronicles the creative forces in Japan at work in the aftermath of the earthquakes that hit the northern region of the country earlier this year. Focused on several groups of people in Tokyo, Tokyo Rising paints a picture of the state of country's capital through the eyes of the creative pioneers at work in the metropolis today.
Presented in five short parts, the film runs for about thirty minutes and is available to watch for free on the Palladium Boots website. It is hosted by Grammy Award-winning music personality and producer Pharrell Williams. Throughout the five parts, Pharrell takes us through Tokyo and introduces us to a few of his fellow Japanese creatives, giving them the opportunity to speak freely about their experience of the earthquakes and how they responded to the event in their particular form of media. He travels through Tokyo, guided by his friends to seedlings of culture scattered about the urban landscape.
The film does not focus so much on the aftermath of the earthquakes and instead focuses on the emerging culture that resulted from the events. More so, it is a commentary on how the nature of contemporary Japanese culture is changing and how the current generation of creatives is responding to questions about cultural identity, social change, and the responsibility to cultivate a spirit of unity in the face of devastation.
Interestingly enough however, the film is essentially sponsored content, put out as a marketing tool by Palladium Boots. Although the commercial undertone is certainly evident and highlighted by the rather blatant Palladium insignia watermarked on the video, it promotes the type of marketing that not just effectively communicates the brand's beliefs but also incites an emotional response from the viewer.
I was personally interested in the story of 3331 Arts Chiyoda because the repurposed school building in which it is located was the site of an Art Fair called 101Tokyo, which I had interned for in my senior year of college. Exhibitions and spaces that open dialogue and provide a wide angle on issues and are crucial to understanding the reality of this event.
My only qualm with the documentary is that it provides a perhaps narrow view of post-earthquake contemporary arts and design in Japan, as it focuses only on Tokyo, which sustained far less damage than other areas hit by the earthquakes. It would have been interesting to see the role of art and culture in areas outside of the urbanized centers. While Tokyo certainly possesses its own unique brand of Japanese culture it is not necessarily representative of the rest of the country, particularly the areas directly affected by the quakes.
There are indeed multiple layers to this film visually and thematically. It is a well made piece of storytelling, and was I think a smart move for Palladium Boots on the business end of things. It also encourages viewers to investigate the role of contemporary art and culture in urban Japan in light of the recent earthquakes. It is a unique portrait of a city that is pushing the boundaries of art and design as catalysts for social change and as evidence of resilience in the face of devastation.
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"We could always take you to the doctor, and he could give you a prescription for the morning after pill. We do have insurance, that kind of thing would probably be covered."
"What would we tell mom and dad? 'By the way, Jack might have gotten me pregnant, when we had unprotected sex, so we need to go to the doctor.' Somehow, I don't see that scenario having a happy ending." I totally agreed with her. If my dad stopped at just kicking my ass until I was the one who needed a doctor, I would be lucky. I ran through the options in my mind, and found none. The only thing that I could think of was to wait and see what happens.
"Katie, I love you." I kissed her neck gently. She sobbed a couple of times, but I held fast to her. "Whatever happens, we will be alright."
"But what if I'm pregnant, Jack? I love you too, but is it really realistic for us to have kids together? I don't want a bunch of half-wits, or flipper babies. I thought that if we ever got to the point in our relationship where we wanted children, we would just adopt, or I would get artificially inseminated, or something." Even with the gravity of the situation at hand, I was impressed with the amount of thinking that she had put into planning our relationship. If I wasn't in love with her, I would have said that it was a little creepy.
"Turn over, K. I want to look at your face." She turned over, and placed her head on the pillow next to mine. She was no longer sobbing, but the tears still trickled down her cute little nose, making a small wet spot on my pillow case. "If you are pregnant we will deal with it. That's what adults do. Do you still want to be with me?"
"Yeah, Jack. I want that more than anything." I kissed her lips tenderly.
"Then no more tears, Katie. We will figure this shit out one day at a time." She nodded, and gave me a sheepish smile.
"For what, K?"
"For everything. I was stupid. It's all my fault, but you don't even seem mad at me."
"Katie, we both did what we did together. You didn't trick me, or rape me. When you have sex, sometimes the girl gets pregnant. That's just a fact of life. It's true that there was a misunderstanding, but sometimes shit just happens."
"So you aren't angry?"
"No. I'm not, and I think that you should make up with Julia. It really doesn't sound like that it was her fault."
"No, it wasn't. It was my fault..." I cut her admission of guilt off with a kiss. When our kiss finally broke, she smiled at me again.
"No more of that. The past is in the past. It's over and done with, and we can't change anything that happened. It doesn't matter who was at fault." Her smile seemed to brighten up a few thousand watts, dimming the pale moonlight that shined through the bedroom window.
Our lovemaking afterward was slow, just the way that I like it. I think that it was her way of trying to pay me back for being so understanding. It was true that I wasn't angry with the girls for the mix up, but I was very, very afraid. I was scared not only for Katie and I, but for our hypothetical unborn child. What would it be like to grow up knowing that your parents were brother and sister? What would it be like to raise a child while keeping our true relationship a secret from him, or her? Her orgasm was a pitiful thing, and my own was a long time in coming. No amount of hot teen Kegeling seemed to speed my climax. When I finally came, I pulled out and spurted across her pale, flat belly. She almost looked disappointed, but she never uttered a word about my choice of shooting range. She rubbed it into her skin, and tasted her fingers; but my sister's heart really wasn't into her porn star imitation. I guess that we both had more serious matters than sex on our minds.
It was a long time before sleep returned to me. She laid in my arms, with her head on my chest. I heard her almost silent snores for the best part of an hour before darkness claimed me. Unfortunately, things that were much worse than insomnia awaited me in my dreams.
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Lea Michele Fangirls Over Kate Hudson's Glee Stint!
Good gleeful greatness, did Comic-Con treat us Gleeks well or WHAT?!
We got SO many spoilers for Glee's upcoming fourth season, which is certain to be FULL of new characters, plotlines and famous guest stars!
While Chris Colfer might be getting some one-on-one time with Sarah Jessica Parker, his co-star Lea Michele is SUPER excited to be working alongside Kate Hudson!
About Rachel Berry's NYADA teacher, Kate, Lea gushed:
"Oh my God, I'm like obsessed with her. I love her. She's one of the greatest comedic actresses right now, and I just think she's so pretty."
And that's not the ONLY thing Lea's looking forward to this season! She's also happy to see her on-screen/off-screen boyfriend, Cory Monteith everyday on set!
Michele revealed:
"Oh my gosh, I can't work without Cory at this point. And you know, I really get Cory and Chris. These guys — I can't play Rachel without them."
Well thank the Glee gods, because we can't even dare to imagine the show without the original gang, either!!!
We cannot wait for season four to start back up again this fall!!!
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Today i created a Plate armor with spell power for a customer, he gave me the materials (which i had to smelt by the way.), and after i created it, i traded him and i saw his side of the trade turned green, and he was giving no tip.
I stood for like 20 minutes with the trade chat open until he gave me 10g, then i gave him the item.
I'm not greedy, but i don't like wasting my time for nothing.
Some people don't expect a tip in certain circumstances. I never took a tip if I leveled my blacksmithing, for example. Absent some sort of initial conversation yes he probably should have assumed that he should tip you something for your efforts, but ideally you have that conversation in advance. In all honesty, the miscommunication between you and your customer is nearly as much your fault as his, IMO. It's not hard when you get that initial pst to say "ok, your mats plus xg tip, meet me at anvil" Then everyone is on the same page.
Do you realize it takes thousands of gold and many hours to get to the level where your goods are useful?
It's like buying apples at the market. Sure, every market got them, but don't expect to see them at cost (which is actually free (or close to it) if you think about it). What are you paying for? Transport, and a lot of labor to get the product from tree to market. Same thing in WoW, you are 'paying' for the hours and gold it took to get the prof up to level 400 or whatever.
IMHO people in wow should really take the wow economy to heart, it's basically how it works in the real world (in a demand-side economy).
So instead you wasted 20 minutes waiting on a tip that you could have easily asked for before you started?
I don't mind tipping, but if you'd better not waste my time trying to prove a point. Make your terms understood up front.
Tipping is very much a grey area. How much is acceptable is always a source of contention. Why was 10g given in this instance? I probably would have put up 5. Would you have continued to sit there with the trade window open until I gave more?
You essentially held his materials ransom until he gave you more gold.
That's not a tip.
I think we need to get back to calling them "gratuities", so people remember that they are an act of good faith, not a requirement.
"something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service ; especially : tip"
If you demand it, it isn't a tip. It's payment, which you obviously failed to agree upon or even discuss. So what you were doing is extortion, holding items that weren't yours ransom until he gave you money that wasn't yours. I'd have reported you, personally(and yes, I've done so successfully in early WoW when crafters decided to pocket goods and/or crafted items rather than fulfill the deal), so count yourself lucky that he caved so easily.
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Charge a flat fee, or just sell on the AH. On my server there are so few enchant scrolls on the AH it's pitiful. I will gladly pay 2-3x the price of mats if I can just buy and mail the enchant from my bank alt.
Re: AH
If you have the resources, set the price ceiling (50-500% the current min buy out) with a few items, buy out everything that is 70% or lower, then list the bought items or rest of your stock. Auctioneer is a must.
Rubes underpricing on the AH nets me about 1k a week out of approx 5k a week net.
If you 0 professions, you can still make a mint on buying/getting crafted mana pots and mana injector kits. RMPs go for about 7-8g a pop, and MPIs go for 10-13g a pop.
Granted, if someone already controls the MPI market on your server, it's much harder, as they have the resources to underprice or buy you out if you list below cost.


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Fraud is nothing new – the Old Bailey has records going back to the 1750s of cases where sailors were charged with sinking their own ships. But in recent years a number of high-level fraud cases have made the headlines and continue to do so. Here are five of the biggest fraud cases from the 20th and 21st centuries, both from the UK and overseas:
Catch him if you can – Frank Abagnale
Frank Abagnale remains one of America's most successful fraudsters ever, cashing $2.5 million (£1.35 million at the current exchange rate, and enough to fill many virgin credit cards and capital one credit card) over a five-year period in the 1960s. Eventually, he was caught and imprisoned in France, only to be released again five years later as an unpaid adviser to the FBI.
The move has proved to be one of the longest lasting arrangements of its type, with Abagnale still lecturing to the bureau's Academy students more than 30 years on. While he does not get paid for his work with the FBI, the fraudster's short-lived but prolific criminal career has proved successful.
As well as a series of books about his own experiences of fraud, Abagnale was the subject of the Leonardo DiCaprio film Catch Me If You Can. He also designed the Integrated Payment System cheque now used in place of the old-style cashier cheques, which is issued more than 300 million times each year.
Based on his experiences, it may seem like fraud is a good career move – and Abagnale claims that convictions are rare. Other fraudsters have not been so lucky though, as more recent cases have shown.
Bobbing around – Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell was a familiar face in the British media – and there remains controversy as to whether he drowned after slipping overboard from his yacht, or whether he committed suicide.
What we do know is that, following his death on November 5th 1991, his media organisation, Mirror Group Newspapers, hit the financial rocks. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) promptly launched an investigation and found that Maxwell was heavily involved not just in the management of the group of companies, but in controlling the pension funds of his employees. He was also the only authorised signatory for transferring unlimited amounts of cash between the firms' bank accounts – including that of the flagship Maxwell Communication Corporation.
According to the DTI report, Maxwell routinely used the pensions of his employees to provide cash for investments and then "window dressed" the company accounts to disguise the shortfall. In 1986 particularly, the pensions were used to purchase Maxwell House in Holborn, London, as well as to lend £34 million in cash to Mirror Group Newspapers. While this was exchanged for shares in news agency Reuters, the pensions fund did not receive the "significant profits" derived from an increase in share prices soon after.
Baring his soul – Nick Leeson
Nick Leeson's official website now carries the full story of how he brought down Barings Bank in 1995 as part of one of the highest-profile fraud cases in British history. And it emerges that the cover-up began not with his mistake, but with somebody else's. Hidden among the financial institution's accounts – most of which it was not directly liable for – was error account 88888, set up to hide a £20,000 debt from an inexperienced employee's poor investment decisions.
But when Leeson began to make losses of his own, he turned to account number 88888 to hide them too. As the end of 1994 approached, he had racked up more than half a billion dollars' worth of debt – which was worsened in January 1995 after an earthquake knocked seven per cent off the value of the Japanese stock exchange.
In all, $1.3 billion was lost by Leeson's dodgy dealing, driving the bank irreparably into the red. Still, the situation could have been avoided if Leeson had not been given sole responsibility for two different roles, he asserts. "In a fatal mistake, the bank allowed Leeson to remain chief trader while being responsible for settling his trades, a job that is usually split," his website explains.
One for all and all for fraud – the NatWest Three
The NatWest Three are a trio of British businessmen implicated in the 2001 bankruptcy scandal of American energy firm Enron. In a court ruling from the US district court of southern Texas, the three are accused of conspiring to keep money for themselves that should rightfully have gone to the company.
Enron had a Cayman Islands partnership, LJM Cayman, overseen by the energy operator's chief financial officer – which in turn created a subsidiary known as Swap Sub in June 1999. David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew were three London-based bankers responsible for representing NatWest in dealings with Swap Sub. But in the summer of 2000, they recommended that NatWest sold its stake in Swap Sub for $1 million – which the US court noted is far less than it was worth – and keep the surplus for themselves.
The whole deal hinged on the fact that the stake would be sold to a company owned by Enron's managing director for global finance Michael Kopper. By skimming off a portion of the profits for themselves, the trio were deemed to have broken their promise to act honestly and in the best interests of NatWest.
Taking Aleef from the fraudsters' books – Aleef Garages
Proving that fraud is as popular today as ever, November 2007 saw seven employees of newsagent chain Aleef Garages convicted of tax fraud. A total of £5.3 million was skimmed from the north-west company's balance sheets by fraudulently declaring takings, with the deception taking place at director level. Three company directors and six other people, including both senior managers and lower-level employees, pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud.
Steve Armitt, group leader of criminal investigations for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), stressed the scale of the dishonesty. "Criminality crept into every aspect of this business and the investigation was made all the more difficult because of the closed ranks of the employees," he said. "Those involved tried to make it as difficult as possible for the cheating to be discovered."
Following the Liverpool-based trial of the nine, confiscation orders were put in place for the full £5.3 million owed by the company. Robert Alder, head of the restraint and confiscation at HMRC, warns fraudsters that such action is necessary in order to recover funds obtained by deception. "HMRC and the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office will vigorously pursue confiscation orders to the full extent of the law to ensure that criminals do not benefit from their crime," he states.


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Here's a good reason to think twice before you say yes to that soda with dinner, or even a glass of OJ with breakfast: a new study finds that a full 1 percent of obesity-related deaths can be attributed to sugary drink consumption. That's 180,000 deaths per year, including 25K Americans. Can I get a YIKES?
I'm always surprised by how many kids my fourth-grade daughter's age (and below!) are allowed to drink actual cans of soda. But it's not just soda that we have to watch out for! Even fruit juice is loaded with sugar, something that I didn't fully really realize until my husband and I got into an argument about it the other weekend while we were out to breakfast with our daughter. I whipped out my iPhone to prove him wrong when he said that sugar-wise, I might just as well let Isabella have a can of soda as let her order a glass of orange juice. And sugar-wise -- he was right! (I hate that!)
A can of Coke has 27 grams of sugar; an 8-ounce glass of pure OJ has 32! (And that's just juice, not a "juice" beverage with added sugar and who knows what else.) Of course, orange juice at least has vitamins in it, but still, that's a lot of sugar, and when you consider how we seem to get more and more unhealthy as a country, it seems so important we make sure our kids are aware of the fact that just because it's a drink doesn't mean it's not a treat.
I'm worried that the juice box I put in my daughter's lunch is sending the wrong message, but at least she knows that we only buy her the low-sugar options (with less than 10 grams). And a great option for a drink when we go out to breakfast or even dinner is a club soda with a splash of OJ or cranberry juice.
Now, this 180K death per year study is, of course, referring to adults, and most of these deaths are related to diabetes (a smaller percent is attributed to heart disease and cancer), so they're obviously the result of a combination of lifestyle and health factors. It's no surprise that the American Beverage Association says the report is "more about sensationalism than science," but the fact remains that it's really easy to drink down a ton of sugar -- or worse, feed it to our kids -- without even realizing it.
How often do you let your kids drink juice or soda?
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Juice is a better option than a can of coke, which has no positive ingredients, but it's still not on the menu at my house. My son gets water or milk.
My son (5 years old) gets one box or "glass" (his kid sized cups) of juice a day - the kind with a serving of fruits and veggies - with lunch. He gets milk with breakfast and dinner, and the rest of the day we both drink water. We keep water bottles (the kind you fill yourself, lol, not the kind you drink and toss) in the fridge so there is ALWAYS cold water ready. Sometimes for breakfast he'll get a smoothie made with greek yogurt, bananas, oatmeal, almonds, ice, and baby spinach, but I don't add extra sugar or sweeteners to it. He loves it because the spinach turns it green (while also adding nutrients) and he thinks it looks cool. The main thing, though, is that he LOVES water, which I know can be a hard habit to get into, so I'm glad for that. :)
Now, if only I can get DH to give up on the soda ;)
I've never understood why anyone gives babies or children juice. My six year old drinks water. When we go to a restaurant, she orders water, because that's what she likes. At birthday parties, she asks for water. When she was tiny, I would give watered down juice, but then I thought about it. It's sticky and messier, more expensive, processed and sugary, and setting her up to have bad habits her whole life. And for what? Some vitamin C? I'd rather give whole fruits, or heck, even a supplement, over sugary, calorie laden drinks.
My toddler gets a cup of juice a day (1/2 cup juice diluted with water). I know it isn't the best but every now and then you want something with flavor. and since she drinks water or milk the rest of the day, well, that's okey in my book.
I have a question for parents that only give their children water. Do you also only drink water?
I do usually drink only water, except for v8 with lunch or the same kind of smoothie in the morning when he gets one. Every now and then I'll sneak a soda, but very rarely. DH drinks soda and keeps his in the house, but I do stay out of it except for very rarely. Or I'll have a chocolate milk before bed, after kiddo's asleep (though DS does sometimes get chocolate in his, so it's not like some kind of double standard, lol). And kiddo gets soda if we're eating out and it's a treat, I'm just careful that it's caffeine free. We don't go out often, though, lol.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that this is the adults who consume 2 litres or more of soda a day. Whether you're diabetic or not, that's unhealthy and leads most of them to be overweight or more overweight then they already were, which leds them to become more sedentary and then they have lots of health problems. It's vastly different then an active, healthy, healthy-weighted child having one juicebox a day. There's really no comparison you can even make here. This is a hype story for no reason.


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