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Madam Giry thinks about old times on her journey back to the opera house.
Chapter 7: Giry's Ghost.
The movement of the train and the soft, rhythmic sounds of the wheels on the track were making her drowsy.
Mme Antoinette Giry snorted at herself and shook her head as the countryside flashed by.
There was no use denying it, she was getting old.
Pretty soon she will spend her days in a rocking chair with her knitting on her lap, a nurse constantly by her side and her grandchildren...
Another snort.
Not if she knew /her daughter... /
She shook her head again and sat up a bit, ignoring the dull pain in her hip. With a detached admiration she forced herself to look at the Spanish countryside. Although it has been her home for several months now she couldn't help but feel relieved to return back to her dear //Paris//.
The Opera house, the city and even the people there made her feel more welcome and content than this place ever could.
The Opera house.
Her gaze became distant as she rested her head back against the seat. In the distance she noticed a band of traveling wagons. A traveling gypsy show most probably.
"Come on little Meg, keep up!" She said with a smile as she watched her three year old daughter trail behind her, her wild blond curls standing in all directions at once. "We still have a lot to see!"
The little girl, already small for her age, looked up from where she had been studying something in the distance.
"Mama, there's another cage over there!" She exclaimed excited. "Let's go there! Please? I want to see what it is. Please? Really please?"
Her face was flushed with exhilaration.
The dark haired woman raised an eyebrow and followed her daughter's eager gesture. A small crowd had formed around a covered cage. A beefy man with a circus top hat and a red jacket was standing on a box before it, beckoning and calling to the crowds to come closer.
The canvas moved ever so slightly.
Antoinette felt shivers traveling down her spine.
"It's probably just another strange animal Megan." She said as she joined her daughter. "We can go round later."
The little girl shook her head stubbornly in a silent request to be picked up.
"Let's go now." She insisted. "It's going to be scary mama, like that lelephant. /Please..." /Begging eyes looked up at her.
Shaking her head with a wry smile Antoinette shifted their picnic basket to her one hand and allowed her daughter to climb onto her hip.
"That look's going to be the death of me." She teased and moved the basket for balance. "You're getting too heavy for this you know."
The girl giggled and wrapped her arms around her mother's neck as the woman carried her to the crowd.
The words from the announcer drifted to her.
"...so hideous that the first woman who saw the creature fainted out of pure horror." Antoinette Giry frowned and after some thought put Meg to the ground, who whined disappointed. Her mother looked down at her and shook her head. "In a moment love..." She said softly. "Let Mama just see what it is."
She kept a hand on her daughter's head as she listened to the man as he whipped the crowd up into an excited frenzy. Little Meg wanted to push through to the front but she kept a firm hand on her.
"So please Messieurs..." The man continued. "Stand behind your women less they should be faint of heart. If you wish, you should leave now for this is a devil from the next world..."
He didn't give people chance to leave as he turned around and pulled the canvas from the cage.
The crowd gasped in anticipation... and hesitated. A nervous thrill travelled through the gathered people.
A boy, a little older than Meg who was sitting on his father's shoulders pointed.
"That's no monster! That's just a man!"
Meg pulled at her skirts to be picked up again but Antoinette had momentarily forgotten about her child as she stared appalled at the spectacle before her.
It was indeed a man. A young man.
He couldn't be more than sixteen years of age.
Skinny and dirty he looked nothing like a creature of darkness but rather like a pitiful spectacle that kept his right side tightly pressed against the side of the cage where there where the crowd wasn't gathered.
The cold blue eye that she could see stared lifelessly at the straw in front of him, seemingly oblivious to the world or even the flies or maggots in his filth invested wounds.
Unknowingly, Antoinette crossed herself and whispered a prayer for this pitiful human being. And almost... almost a curse for those who did this to him.
"Mama..." Meg's voice snapped her out of her stupor. Antoinette bent down on one knee and hugged her daughter. The little girl, still oblivious to what was happening in front, didn't understand the gesture but returned the hug lightly.
Her mother smoothed her hair back and picked her up.
The announcer had turned around surprised and glared at the man. She saw him say something harsh but she didn't catch it.
"Come on Meg." She whispered softly. "Let's go love." She watched the announcer signal a man to bring him an object that looked like a riding crop.
"It's just a man Meg." She said and picked up her basket. "We don't want to see this."
She turned her back on the spectacle then as the first sounds of the crop hitting flesh drifted to her past the crowds excited cheers.
She had never felt more horrified at humanity.
There was an angry, almost animal like cry.
Unable to stop herself she turned around aghast. She had dropped the basket to use her free hand to cover her girl's face.
The caged man had in a fit of pain and rage got up and grabbed the crop from the man in the cage with him. Before he could hit him though two men were already in the cage restraining him.
He tried to fend them off as well but was quickly restrained and beaten again.
He shook his head and, with out warning cried out.
"I am not a monster!"
The crowds laughed and jeered at him.
The people in the cage continued to beat him.
And all the while it became blatantly clear to Antoinette Giry that his deformed face was nothing compared to the twisted souls around him.
Tears stung behind her eyes and she knew that she had to turn away before she lost a part of herself in the frenzy. She turned but suddenly cold blue eyes locked with hers over the expanse between them.
The man looked at her, his lifeless eyes coldly boring into her soul.
They stood there, locked in each other's souls as time flowed past for the rest of the world.
Antoinette Giry tore herself away and hugged Meg to her as tightly as she could. Without thinking of picking up her basket she clutched her child to her chest and ran away from the monsters of the human race.
She blinked and swallowed down the lump that had formed in her throat. She could still feel her daughter's frantic little heartbeat as the child picked up the fear her mother had felt...
"You sleep now my dear heart." Antoinette Giry said as she lay down next to her girl. "Don't worry, don't think... Your father watches over you tonight."
The little girl yawned and moved closer to her mother as her eyes drifted close.
"Did pappa love me?" She queried softly and yawned again.
Antoinette smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Very much." She whispered as her eyes passed over an old picture by the bedside table. "As I do as well."
Safe in her mother's arms it didn't take Meg long to fall asleep. The day's events had faded to all but a whisper of a shadow in her mind, but in her mother's heart they had become a heavy smothering cloak.
Watching the night's phantoms dance across the roof she tried to close her eyes and find sleep but two blue orbs kept appearing before her.
"I am not a monster!"
Antoinette sighed and moved away from her daughter.
She was going to get no sleep tonight.
Careful not to disturb the sleeping child she got up and slowly left the room. She paced up and down her small apartment, stopping every now and again to stare out of the window at the lights of Paris.
It was very dark outside, poetically fitting her mood.
She shook her head and looked at her image in the mirror across the room. In its depths she saw the taunting reflection of the door.
Her mouth thinned before she turned away from herself and left the room.
After a few moments the door in the mirror opened and closed...
She stared at her own eyes reflected in the glass of the train, the smell of blood, sickness and human filth still strong in her mind...
The door opened and closed again.
He was breathing heavily. So heavy she was afraid that he might wake her daughter...
Fear pulsed through her soul but she knew that it was nothing to what she felt beating in his body.
What was she thinking?
Coming here had taken a lot out of him. When she found him he had been unconscious, beaten so badly she thought that he would surely die right there in her arms.
The fight for humanity had come at a high price for him it seemed.
Yet, thankfully, when she was able to rouse him finally he had been fairly compliant and it didn't take long to convince him to come with her. She had a feeling he had been too dazed to fight her insistence.
What had taken precious time was bringing him here. Too scared to hail a cab in fear of a blabbing tongue Antoinette had found herself half carrying, half supporting the broken man through the streets of Paris. Despite his weak state and apparent youthful appearance he was still heavy and she was not a very strong woman. She nearly cried with relief when they finally reached the apartment.
She took him directly to the washroom.
"There is only cold water." She said as she gently eased him to the floor of the room. "My apologies Monsieur, I will boil some. These apartments are..."
She trailed off as her eyes unintentionally wandered to his disfigured face. He was sitting very still, his eyes staring unfocused at a spot just beyond her sight. She didn't like the sound of his chest.
"I will bring the hot water." She confirmed. "Then Monsieur, if you will let me I must see to your wounds. There are also some clothes from my husband, he was smaller than you I fear but it will have to do for now."
What was she doing?
He moved then, as she left the room, tactfully pulling himself in such a position that she couldn't see his face.
"You're daughter?"
Again she felt fear shoot down her spine as she looked at this stranger.
She swallowed and looked to the floor.
"She is in my room. You can sleep in hers. She is still very young..." She trailed off and licked her lips. "Monsieur, I would... Ask that you try not to let her see you. Please."
He didn't say anything as he kept on staring at the ground. His one hand strayed to the end of the cloak which she gave to him and quietly pulled it over his face.
"I will try not to stay here long."
She felt an indescribably pity for him then, huddled there on the floor with nothing to his name but a legacy he didn't deserve and a face he didn't want.
She swallowed softly and knelt down next to him.
"You can stay here as long as you are no threat to my daughter Monsieur." She said gently and lightly touched his knee. "And, even after that I promise that I will take care of you. Just, know that my first thought is to keep her safe. That is all I ask of you."
He looked at her then, his eyes hiding a depth unlike any she had ever seen.
"I will keep your daughter safe then." He said softly. "I promise."
She reflected on those words long after she had spoken them. She had borne witness to a lot of promises over the years. Promises made, promises kept... And strangely enough the only one who had kept them sacred was the man who society had branded as a monster.
He had found his own way to the Opera's cellars. After almost being found in her apartment when the police did a door to door search he followed her as she went to work. There had been a riot in the city when the Gypsies found out that their demon was gone. They got the police involved and said that he was a murderer, a thief, a dangerous genius... Sitting there with past phantoms keeping her company Antoinette Giry realized that they were telling the truth. He was all that and more...
"Concentrate girls!" She snapped as she tapped her cane in time with the music. "Brenda, let your arms work for you child. No Annelise you should be..."
A movement out of the corner of her eye caught her attention.
Mme Antoinette Giry's mouth thinned and she tapped her cane extra hard.
"Meg Giry you better get out from behind that curtain right now." The movement stopped. "You know you're not allowed to be here."
The little girl - four now - slowly stepped out from behind the curtains and gave her mother a pleading look as she clasped her hands behind her back.
"Please Mama..." She begged with that look. "Please Mamma can I watch?"
The woman shook her head as she put the cane down to clap her hands to keep rhythm for the girls.
"No." She said sharply. "You know where you should be. Now, run along or I'll come and have a talk with you..."
She glanced at her for emphasis.
The young girl quickly caught her meaning and gave a small squeak. She put her hands behind her again and quickly trotted off stage.
Antoinette could've sworn that she heard her mutter under her breath though. She smiled fondly and turned her attention back to her work.
That little girl was going to become quite a twit.
The other one... She couldn't worry about that right now.
Losing herself in the music Antoinette could not help reflect back on the time when she had stared behind curtains, or listened to the rhythmic clap of the ballet mistress. It felt as if something...
Was wrong.
She stopped what she was doing mid clap and whirled around.
There was a scream from backstage.
She was running towards the source before she even took another breath.
The terrified screams continued.
Frantically she searched through the prop littered back floors, weaving through the back drops and décor. As she rounded the backdrop of a starry night she was just in time to see a dark shadow straighten up. Her daughter was just behind him, her eyes closed as she screamed in terror.
Her heart froze.
"Get away from her!" She yelled. "Don't you touch her! What have you done?!"
He turned around to look at her, those eyes more emotionless than ever as he characteristically only exposed his left side to her.
Upon hearing her mother's voice Meg opened her eyes and ran towards the woman.
Antoinette still had her gaze on the man as she went down on one knee to scoop up her daughter. She had stopped screaming but was now sobbing uncontrollably.
Antoinette held onto her as tight as she could. Behind her she could hear more footsteps coming her way. The rest of the people who had heard her daughter's cry didn't navigate through the maze of stage utilities as quickly as she had.
"Leave!" She yelled at the man. "Go! Leave here; if I see you again I swear on my husband's grave I will show them where you live..."
Fear sparked behind his blue fires but strangely enough, disappointment pulsed stronger...
Just before the rest of the crew appeared he drew his cloak around him and stepped into the shadows.
Antoinette closed her eyes and held onto her daughter.
The girl's sobbing subsided a bit as she buried her face in her mother's neck.
"I'm so sorry mama." She whispered as M. Reyer joined them. He had been playing the piano for the ballet girls. "I'm so sorry. It was all my fault, I'm so sorry."
Her initial shock and fear were slowly flowing away from her.
"It's okay Meg." She soothed softly. "He won't hurt you I promise..."
The little girl refused to listen and refused to be consoled.
"I'll never climb up there again, I promise." She was saying. "I promise..."
Antoinette's heart missed a beat as she pushed her daughter away from her.
"Climb up?" She queried. "Megan?"
The girl sniffed and rubbed her runny nose as she stared at her mother with huge, tear filled eyes.
"I climbed up to watch you." She gulped the words. "I'm sorry mama. I just wanted to watch you."
Her heart was beating slower than usual. She didn't know whether it was possible.
Antoinette Giry stared into the shadows.
"And that man?" She queried.
Meg started sobbing again. "I fell and he caught me. I'm sorry mama... I'm so sorry."
She had made sure that the girl was sorry that evening.
She realized quite suddenly that that was the last time her daughter ever gave her reason to reprimand her. Like any child she pulled off minor offences but had never again dared pull a stunt like that. Antoinette Giry debated whether she should stand up and stretch her leg or keep still for just a few moments longer. She stared at her full reflection in the window. There was still one more Act in this Opera of remembrance...
She stared at herself in the full length mirror in her room at the Opera.
Her hands were shaking slightly as she tried to do her braid but somehow it kept coming out wrong. She undid it for the umpteenth time and started to brush it out again but her emotions became so strong she had to put down the brush and collect herself.
She had almost lost her daughter...
The urge to cry overwhelmed her as she placed her hand over her mouth and closed her eyes to keep herself from screaming.
She would never have forgiven herself. Never...
She had made a grave error. A fatal assumption that made her just as much a monster as those people at the fair on that day.
She opened her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror, disgusted with what she saw. She owed him now; she owed him a lot more than she could give...
She bit her lip and looked at the food she had brought to her room. She had had it done every evening since she came here. She didn't eat with the rest of the staff but chose to have her food brought to her room so that she could take it to him. She wondered whether he was still here.
He had nowhere else to go.
She swallowed and glanced at the mirror again.
Leaving her hair undone she stood up gracefully, picked up the tray and left the room. When she reached the empty store room she immediately knew that he was there.
It wasn't so much a sense just a strange brush in the air that made her feel as if she was straying into unknown territory. She had never been a superstitious woman but she felt very strongly that Opera house itself had welcomed this man and would go to great lengths to keep him safe.
She opened the door and slowly walked into the room, making sure she closed to the door behind him. The room was empty but she knew that this was just an illusion. She took a steadying breath, put the tray down on an old box and went down on her knees.
She sat like that until she heard him move.
She took a deep breath and kept her head down.
"Monsieur, please forgive me. I owe you my life."
She was mildly proud of herself that her voice didn't shake as much as she thought it would. The phantom on the room didn't move or say a word.
She refrained from biting her lip as she clasped her hands in front of her.
"Anything you ask of me." She carried on. "I'll give you anything that you ask of me. I'm indebted..." Her voice did break then and she had to close her eyes to keep herself from crying. She had just given herself over to him. He could do with her as he wish...
She felt the movement before her and looked up.
He was standing in front of her, those ageless eyes staring at her through the shadow that covered his one half. He looked more youthful now that he had had a few months of decent feeding but his eyes would always remain haunted.
Unspoken emotions flashed behind the mask of shadow and for a moment she saw all of those that she feared. He reached out to touch her face but hesitated.
She forced herself to keep her gaze on his face as they were frozen in that spot.
The emotions in his eyes died as he shook his head to himself and turned away from her.
"Just be my eyes and ears to the world outside this place." He said. His voice had changed as well; it was - despite the crack of youth - becoming richer, more confident. She never knew that darkness could be good for a man. "Serve me and keep your promise. I will always keep mine."
Tears did flow down her cheeks then as she nodded and stood up.
"I promise." She said. "I commit myself and, when she is old enough to understand, my daughter to you as well. I promise that we will always keep watch over you, as you did over her."
He nodded and picked up the tray.
Before she left the room though he turned back ever so slightly.
"That girl you brought here a few days ago," he began slowly, "the one who cries in the chapel. What is her name?"
Mme Antoinette Giry frowned slightly and sighed.
"Her name is Christine Daae..."


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kaelspriest said...
I don't like PvP.
1) I don't like the culture of hostility. My experience of people who like to PvP, overall, is that they are *jerks.* Not all of them. Perhaps not even a majority are actively jerkish, although most seem to tolerate it. But it's enough to completely ruin my experience in battlegrounds and on PvP servers. And I'm not talking about the opposing faction - I'm talking about *my own side.* The sheer volume of viciously insulting chat in PvP areas is enough to make me never want to do it.
2) I'm gay. I don't like being called a f*g/got. Or a p*ssy. I don't like being called gay as if that's a bad thing. I don't like being called a girl as if that's a bad thing. I'm also extremely upset by the n-word and other racist language just on principle. And the PvP community is full of all of that - not just in the jerkish behaviour I covered in (1) but also just thrown around casually. I'm not all that thin-skinned about it - I actually enjoy interacting in trade chat, because even though there are some people who troll with derogatory language, there are also a lot of decent, intelligent people who will call it out. But that balance isn't present in PvP environments.
3) I'm primarily a healer. I like healing. I do not like being CCd. I do not like CCing. I do not like being interrupted. I do not like spending time trying to avoid being interrupted. It is impossible to simply go into an organized PvP environment and do what I like to do - I spend ~80% of my time doing things I don't like to do.
4) I don't always want to fight. I don't even particularly want to fight NPCs most of the time - I'm a champion at avoiding combat (probably because I'm a healer). When I want to do something, I want to do it, not fight someone/something else for the opportunity to do it. People who want to encourage open world PvP seem to operate under the assumption that everyone should want to fight, all the time, and should be willing to endure all manner of inconvenience (see: removal of HGWT, no flying until 90) in order to arrange it so that everyone is in a position to be forcibly engaged in PvP combat at any time.
5) I like being able to talk to the people I'm playing with. All of them.
6) I think PvP is bad for the game. It limits possibilities for everything from class balance (shamans can't be buffed because it would make them more OP in PvP!) to travel technologies (we can't have HGWT or flying because it's bad for world PvP!!)
7) I don't think MMOs are the right platform for PvP competition. MMO PvP is inherently, permanently unfair, and the more depth there is to a game's PvE gameplay, the less balanced it can be for PvP. Strategy games (Starcraft II rocks!) and shooters are much better PvP platforms, and I wish people who wanted to PvP seriously would go play games that are actually suited for it.

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Man. If the new rumor about Jason Hoppy planning on tearing down Bethenny Frankel's walk-in closet and turning it into a man cave are true -- their divorce is a whole heck of a lot uglier than we initially thought.
I mean, it's already bad enough that Jason has supposedly refused to move out of the lavish $5 million Tribeca loft he once shared with Bethenny, but demolishing her beloved closet? Yeah, that's a pretty low blow, all right.
According to a source who talked to Radar Online:
Jason thinks the closet is just ridiculous and it doesn't fit well into the overall floorplan of the apartment. When they were still together, Jason once accused Bethenny of loving the closet more than him. She is obsessed with material objects and her personal relationships have often suffered because of it. Jason has vowed to immediately tear down that damn closet and turn it into a man cave if he is given the apartment as part of the divorce settlement.
And if you're sitting there thinking, "Oh, so what. It's only a closet -- what's the big deal?" -- then it's clear that you've never seen a photo of the space, which is roughly the size of most people's living rooms.
Honestly, when I first saw it, I may or may not have started drooling a tiny bit. It's pretty darn amazing, people. And if I ever hit the lottery, I plan on re-creating it in whatever sprawling beachfront home I happen to buy with my winnings.
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But let's shift gears for a bit and talk about Jason's plans for a man cave. Um, can someone please tell me why exactly he needs a man cave considering he'll be living in the apartment alone? Isn't the whole place practically one huge man cave?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the sole purpose of a man cave is to have a space in the house for a guy to go and be alone, or hang out with his buddies -- away from the women. But Jason doesn't have a woman living with him anymore, so the man cave really has no purpose at all.
If this report is true, and he does wind up gutting the closet and turning it into yet another room to get his bachelor on, then it's obvious he's only doing it to stick it to Bethenny -- and stick it to her good. (And that's really not cool. Not cool at all.)
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who cares......
It is crazy the things you say about Bethany and Jason. Jason knew exactly what he was getting into. He lived with the woman and she was pregnant before they got married. Who forced him to marry her. He is the one coming off not smelling too rosy right now. One could say he married her for her money. He knew about her business and the money she would get for her Skinny Girl liquors. So now, who is the low life and nut job. One thing we know, Bethany is not lazy, she always has some project going.
If he gets the apartment then he has no reason to keep it as a woman's closet, obviously. He can do what he likes with it. If that's turning it into the world's biggest place to s**t or into a 'mancave' than so be it. It'll be his house. And if she's not living there anymore than why should she care what he does with it? She can buy another place with her millions and make another stupidly huge closet.
I personally side with him and I've never seen an ep of any show Bethanny is on but just from the news stories she really does seem neurotic, annoying and self-centered not to mention the scandal around her SG stuff which made her seem fraudulent and even more greedy. The fact that she's gutting this guy and going after full custody of their daughter when he's done nothing overtly wrong (dislike him if you will but it's not like he beat or raped her or beat Bryn) to warrent having his daughter removed 100% from him.
I really don't care for celebrities, but the words 'Man Cave' makes me think of "Me man. Man like sports. Man like fire. Man hungry! Wooman make sammich for man!"


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Tanahashi and Ishii have a MOTYC.
August 2, 2013
Tokyo, Japan
After one day of competition, here are the tournament standings:
Block A
Prince Devitt: 2 Points
Satoshi Kojima: 2 Points
Katsuyori Shibata: 2 Points
Togi Makabe: 2 Points
Lance Archer: 2 Points
Hirooki Goto: 0 Points
Davey Boy Smith Jr.: 0 Points
Tomohiro Ishii: 0 Points
Kazuchika Okada: 0 Points
Hiroshi Tanahashi: 0 Points
Block B
Kota Ibushi: 2 Points
Karl Anderson: 2 Points
Yuji Nagata: 2 Points
Shelton Benjamin: 2 Points
Yujiro Tanahashi: 2 Points
Shinsuke Nakamura: 0 Points
Minoru Suzuki: 0 Points
Hiroyoshi Tenzan: 0 Points
Toru Yano: 0 Points
Tetsuya Naito: 0 Points
Block B
Shelton Benjamin [2 Points] vs. Karl Anderson [2 Points]
Both guys are heels, but it looks like Anderson is really going to drive home his heel character here. Thus, Shelton is babyface by default. Anderson was in control for a while until Shelton hit a neckbreaker and a Stinger Splash. Shelton avoided a powerbomb and hit his spinning heel kick. They avoided each other's finishers. Shelton hit a superkick and a bridging German for a nearfall. Shelton then got the Drunk Lock. Anderson rolled through and hit the Gun Stun: 1...2...3
Wow, this was pretty darn short. I feel like these two could have a good match, but the circumstances of this match did not really allow them to. Despite this match not being too good, I'd be somewhat interested to see a rematch. Anderson now has four points.
Match Rating: *3/4
Block B
Yujiro Takahashi [2 Points] vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan [0 Points]
Oh shit, this may really suck. Yujiro quickly took control with a tope suicida. He worked Tenzan over after that. Tenzan made a big comeback. He hit his weird diving knee drop thing for a nearfall. Tenzan got the Anaconda Vice, but Yujiro gouged his eye to escape. Tenzan went for a moonsault, but Yujiro avoided it. Yujiro came back with a brainbuster and a moonsault. Tenzan kicked out at one, but Yujiro then hit a lariat. He botched something. He hit a second moonsault: 1...2...3
This was moderately more entertaining that the opener. It was still nothing to write home about though. Yujiro now has four points.
Match Rating: **
Block B
Toru Yano [0 Points] vs. Yuji Nagata [2 Points]
This is not the most exciting matchup on paper, but I can see a scenario where the crowd is really into it. The match obviously featured a lot of brawling. Yano got advantage by repeatedly using an exposed turnbuckle. Nagata came back with a Yakuza kick and an exploder. Yano managed to slingshot Nagata into the exposed turnbuckle. He then hit a low blow and got a great nearfall on a backslide. Nagata fired back and hit the bridging back suplex: 1…2…3.
As I somewhat expected, the environment raised this match above the first two matches on the show. Both men are over and knew exactly what to do to get the crowd into their match. Thumbs up. Nagata now has four points.
Match Rating: **1/2
Block A
Lance Archer [2 Points] vs. Prince Devitt [2 Points]
I'm pretty sure I remember who wins this match. I have a feeling that knowledge will not make it any easier for me to swallow.
Much like the opener, Archer is the de facto babyface because the Bullet Club are pure villains. Devitt was able to get the advantage by going after Archer's left knee. He then repeatedly did the "tree chopping" motion. Gimmick of the year. Five stars. Archer was eventually able to come back because he's a heavyweight. Devitt tried to use a chair, but he failed. Archer then F5ed Devitt into the referee. Archer went for a moonsault, but he landed on the chair. Devitt came back with a Ghetto Stomp with the chair: 1…2…NO! BOOOO! Archer hit a chokeslam for a nearfall. Fale tried to save Devitt, but Archer sent him packing. Archer then gave Devitt the Blackout: 1…2…3
Nothing can properly prepare me to watch Lance Hoyt overcome interference and pin Prince Devitt clean. Nothing. The match itself was fine other that, but I just cannot wrap my mind around the idea that Archer pinning Devitt like that was a good idea. I know NJPW focuses on the heavyweights, but this was just so wrong to me. Archer now has four points.
Match Rating: **3/4
Block A
Katsuyori Shibata [2 Points] vs. Satoshi Kojima [2 Points]
This may surprise you, but this match started with a fair bit of striking. They traded submission attempts. Shibata hit the face wash kick. They ended up on the floor. Shibata hit a snap suplex. They got back into the ring, and Kojima got control of the match until Shibata locked in the sleeper. Shibata hit a couple of saito suplexes. Kojima avoided the Penalty Kick and hit a lariat. Brainbuster from Kojima! Kojima then hit the short-range lariat: 1…2…3 :/
This was a very entertaining match with a finish that I did not like at all. Shibata is so fucking fresh and exciting. I'm not saying he had to win the tournament, but Shibata losing to someone like Kojima is just so lame to me. I know Kojima is still quite over, but this felt like a missed opportunity. Kojima now has four points.
Match Rating: ***1/2
Block A
Togi Makabe [2 Points] vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. [0 Points]
The match quickly spilled to the floor where Davey got the advantage. Smith worked him over after that. This was not an especially interesting sequence. Makabe avoided a piledriver and then made a comeback. They went back and forth. Makabe went to the top rope, but Smith hit a top rope superplex! Smith started selling his head/neck a lot after that. They traded strikes. Smith hit a big lariat and then hit a Liger Bomb: 1…2…3
This was a perfectly solid match. It was not especially exciting, but it got the job done. I've read a lot of praise for Smith's work over the last year, but I'm still not seeing anything special in him. Smith now has two points.
Match Rating: **1/2
Block B
Kota Ibushi [2 Points] vs. Tetsuya Naito [0 Points]
This show should pick up with this match.
Naito got the early advantage by going after Ibushi's left knee. Ibushi eventually came back with a hurricanrana and his moonsault to the floor. Naito managed to cut him off again by going after the injured left knee. Ibushi managed to hit a Pele Kick, but Naito maintained control of the match. They traded German suplexes. Naito used a couple pinning combinations, but Ibushi survived them all and hit a roundhouse kick to take Naito down. Ibushi hit a powerbomb: 1…2…NO! Ibushi then hit the Phoenix Splash: 1…2…3!!!
Yay! A result I love! This match was great fun, which should not be surprising as it featured two of my favorite wrestlers (I have many favorite wrestlers). The only real critique I had of the match was that Ibushi did not really sell his knee down the stretch in meaningful ways. It seems wise to just not work over his legs in a match like this. If he sells it, the "injury" takes away his strengths as a performer. If he doesn't sell it, the work on his legs would feel like a waste of time. Ibushi now has four points.
Match Rating: ***1/2
Block B
Minoru Suzuki [0 Points] vs. Shinsuke Nakamura [0 Points]
Minoru Suzuki's entrance theme is amazing. I do not say that enough. The match spilled to the floor. Suzuki went after Nakamura's left arm. He used a kimura in the ring, but Nakamura survived. Nakamura fought back using knee strikes and cocaine shakes. They went back and forth. Nakamura hit a backstabber and then dropped Suzuki on his head with a funplex. Nakamura called for the Boma Ye, but Suzuki hit a dropkick. Suzuki got the sleeper. He went for the Gotch Piledriver, but his injured arm was too weak. Nakamura hit a dropkick and then a diving Boma Ye! Suzuki avoided another Boma Ye, but Nakamura transitioned into a cross armbreaker. Suzuki just managed to escape, and he quickly snapped off the Gotch Piledriver: 1…2…3!!!
This was delightful. They didn't get the crowd into a frenzy or anything, but it was really smartly worked with a lot of small touches that went a long way. This is the MOTN so far. Suzuki now has four points.
Match Rating: ***1/2
Block A
Kazuchika Okada [0 Points] vs. Hirooki Goto [0 Points]
I knew Okada was for real in 2012 when he started producing good matches with Goto! I really don't care for Goto as a performer, but there is no denying that he has produced some great stuff this year with Shibata.
Goto was completely dominant at the beginning of the match. Okada fell to the floor and got back into the match by using the guardrail for an assisted DDT. Okada was in control after that. Goto managed to connect on a lariat, and he then made a comeback. Okada hit an Air Raid Thigh Crash. RAINMAKER POSE! Goto avoided it, but Okada got the Red Ink. Goto survived and hit a neckbreaker on the knee. Okada tried for the Rainmaker again, but Goto nailed him with a headbutt to the neck. Awesome. Goto hit an avalanche neckbreaker for a nearfall. Goto then hit the Shouten: 1…2…3!
While these two do not put on the classics like they do with other opponents, they clearly have a great dynamic that the crowd eats up. It's somewhat surprising that Okada's second loss in a row would be used on Goto (who probably doesn't need it, but I could be off in that thought). I would have rather seen Shibata get that win. Regardless, this was a good stuff. Goto now has two points.
Match Rating: ***3/4
Block A
Hiroshi Tanahashi [0 Points] vs. Tomohiro Ishii [0 Points]
This has a lot of hype to live up to. The crowd is very willing to boo Tanahashi and rally behind Ishii. This is like Cena vs. RVD in some alternate universe or something. Ishii hit a snap powerslam on the floor. Tanahashi got the advantage with a dragon screw. He then sent Ishii to the floor, skinned the cat for no reason, and hit a slingshot plancha. I need THIS Tanahashi all the time. Back in the ring, Tanahashi posed and then failed to do a senton. Five fucking stars. They traded strikes. Ishii hit a saito suplex and a powerbomb for a nearfall. Sling Blade from Tanahashi. Tanahashi called for the High Fly Flow, but Ishii crotched him. Ishii hit a superplex that I believe the commentators called a brainbuster. It did not really look like one to me. Ishii then hit the LAST RIDE: 1…2…NO! Ishii then hit a nasty headbutt and a lariat: 1…2…N!O!O!O!O!!!!!!! Fuck, I thought that was it. Tanahashi hit a reverse DDT. Tanahashi hit the dragon suplex and a sling blade: 1…2…NO! The crowd is molten. Bridging dragon from Tanahashi: 1…2…NO! Ishii avoided the High Fly Flow and got the People's Magistral Cradle: 1…2…NO!!!! THAT WAS THREE! They traded a bunch of strikes. BRAINBUSTER FROM ISHII: 1…2…NO! What is going on????? Ishii then killed him with the Ishii Driller: 1…2…3.
This was completely bananas. While I would not put it on the level of Okada and Tanahashi's very best matches over the last year, I would say it's just a notch below it. The match was built around big kickouts, and the environment completely justified it. This is easily the best match of the tournament so far. Ishii now has two points.
Match Rating: ****1/2
After two days of competition, here are the tournament standings:
Block A
Satoshi Kojima: 4 Points
Lance Archer: 4 Points
Prince Devitt: 2 Points
Katsuyori Shibata: 2 Points
Togi Makabe: 2 Points
Hirooki Goto: 2 Points
Davey Boy Smith Jr.: 2 Points
Tomohiro Ishii: 2 Points
Kazuchika Okada: 0 Points
Hiroshi Tanahashi: 0 Points
Block B
Kota Ibushi: 4 Points
Karl Anderson: 4 Points
Yuji Nagata: 4 Points
Yujiro Tanahashi: 4 Points
Shelton Benjamin: 2 Points
Shinsuke Nakamura: 0 Points
Minoru Suzuki: 2 Points
Hiroyoshi Tenzan: 0 Points
Toru Yano: 0 Points
Tetsuya Naito: 0 Points
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Home >> Lay Faithful >> Welcome From Fr Zachary of the Mother of God
Dearly Beloved of the Most Holy Trinity and Our Blessed Mother, Mary,
The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity welcomes you to Our Lady's Immaculate Heart. Here you will find the living relationships with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit that you have been searching for all your life. You are created by God and called to Communion with the Most Holy Trinity. Our Lady, who is given to you by God to be your Spiritual Mother, will teach you how to say "Fiat" ("Let it be") to this wonderful plan of God for your life.
We are here to share Our Lady's Life with the whole of humanity. Our Lady is a living witness that Communion with God is possible for a human person. In fact, Our Lady, is the perfect witness of how to live a life in complete union with God at all times. This is why she is recognized by the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation of the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ as "full of grace." Our Lady's whole life was given to God and a life "full of grace" at all times. Our Lady as Mediatrix of all graces and as your Spiritual Mother will obtain grace for you to become the Saint you were created to be in God's plan of Love.
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My tattoo would mean something to me, not just some stuff that looks cute or something I obtained while inebriated (man, I'd be so ticked).
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This morning, we considered the steps a stone counter owner can take to keep things streak free and shiny. Now here's a look at the best cleaning products for stone counters.
Method granite + marble cleaner: We've already heard some praise for this product this morning ("Magic" says Sara). I've only been using this new product for a couple of days, but it is already my top pick. It might seem expensive at first($7.99 for 12 oz at Gristedes, $5 plus shipping at Method Store, on sale for $4.19 at drugstore.com), but the bottle's sprayer sends out a fine mist across a large surface area so you don't use very much with each cleaning. The smell is clean, but slightly chemical. We wish the bottle was as high design as some of Method's other work. Method's site assures us that the product is biodegradable and safe.
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I'm sold on the Method cleaner. It works well. It's environmentally friendly(ish). The clorox wipes are awful for granite- they leave a gray streaky film. They are REALLY bad for the environment. And REALLY bad for your sinuses. At the very least all the aforementioned product containers are recyclable. I have never tried Ms. Meyers, but now I will! Thanks for the suggestions!
What I honestly think works the BEST is a 25/75 solution of white vinegar and hot water. It leaves a perfect shine. If you can take the smell for about 10 minutes.
I've had no problems just using the general purpose Method cleaners on my granite.
I am a fan of the Method Granite cleaner as well. I've been using it for about a year now and I'm still on the original bottle. I use it twice each week and wipe up spills, etc. immediately.
Has anyone tried "Holy Cow" degrease cleaner on their granite or stainless steel appliances??
It might not be for everyone because it's multiple steps, but I used (when I had granite) soapy water or chlorox anywhere spray to clean and then when I was done cooking and ready for the place to sparkle, I would wipe down already cleaned surfaces with windex. Then when I would go back to cook again, if anything was going to touch the counters, I used the chlorox anywhere spray again to wipe off the windex and any accumulated dust. I never tried the method spray but the windex gets the surface shiny with no streaks.
Using acids like Windex and vinegar will eventually etch the granite surface and you will need to have the entire surface refinished.
Ours was treated with something and we were told it would be fine to use windex. My dad bought it so I unfortunately don't have details!
@Mlle Kate, most granites won't etch. You might be confusing granite with marble or travertine? Both marble and travertine are very sensitive to acid, even when sealed.
I used to work for a company that makes cleaning and sealing products for natural stone. Granite is really easy to take care of. You can buy the specialty cleaners, which are "gentle" and pH balanced, but I would save my money and just use Windex or an all purpose cleaner like 401. For reference, I use Windex to clean my granite counters.
Dish soaps are not mild stone cleaners. They are effective cleaners for removing grease from dishes and pots and pans because they are high alkaline cleaners.
Dish soap has a pH of 11-14 which can damage marble and calcareous stone, AND prematurely break down sealers and stone impregnators.
Using pH neutral cleaners is the best solution for natural stone cleaning.
You can perform a web search for "pH neutral stone soap" to find professional products.
For me I use PLEDGE for my granite. Wow it shines it up, makes it smooth and does not leave streaks. It's just terrific!


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It took nearly nine hours after a horrifying accident involving 13 cars and big rigs for the Northbound lanes of I-35 near Bruceville-Eddy to re-open.
One person died in that chain reaction wreck just South of Waco. All that remained of the accident were vehicles plowed into, semi trucks smashed and bent in, and what resembles a crumbled piece of paper was another car trapped under a two-trailer truck.
State troopers, sheriff's deputies and police officers responded, and couldn't believe what they found. 24-year-old Stephen Fu was driving a white Acura that was crushed under a tractor trailer. It took nearly five hours for fire fighters to pry him out.
State troopers, fire fighters, sheriff's deputies and police officers responded, and couldn't believe what they found.
"I've been doing this for about 20 years and I've never seen anything like this, said State Trooper D.L. Wilson.
One person was taken to Scott and White for non-life threatening injuries while several others were treated by EMS workers on the scene.
DPS helicopters were brought out to survey the accident.
Michael Euvank and his family were one of the fortunate ones. He says heavy traffic came to a stop, and then he heard a crunching noise.
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Investigators aren't sure how it happened either, but a thorough investigation is underway. Wilson said it could take up to a month before they know exactly how the chain reaction accident happened.
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With cyber attacks increasing in frequency and sophistication, many businesses are turning to specialized security firms.
Kaeo Tam, chief knowledge officer at Revacomm, a local Web solutions company, is a casualty of an Internet war. Last May, hackers infiltrated his company's computer network and defaced its Web server with anti-American slogans and obscenities. As far as Tam can tell, cyber graffiti was the only damage done to Revacomm's network.
But he isn't positive, and he's not resting easy.
"We aren't sure exactly what they did. I've advised everyone to operate under the assumption that all your e-mail is being read and all your files can be accessed," Tam says. "We believe that they may have cracked our password scheme. This could be pretty bad."
Tam believes that his attackers could have been from China because the breach occurred in early May when hackers from that country declared war on American computer networks in the wake of the spy plane incident at Hainan Island. There also is the fact that Revacomm has been doing significant work in China. But he cautions that the attack could have also been perpetrated by someone posing as a Chinese hacker. Actually, it could have come from anywhere around the world, maybe even from down the hall. That is the nature of the Internet.
Tam and Revacomm are certainly not alone. In an Internet world that once reveled in the wonder of unlimited access and connectivity, many, especially those who run e-businesses, are very, very wary. According to a survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, computer hacking and other security breaches caused nearly $378 million in losses in 2000, up 42 percent from the previous year.
According to Chris Trainer, western regional e-business practice leader for Marsh USA Inc., a leading risk analysis and insurance firm, the wake-up call for New Economy businesses came in February of 2000 when Yahoo, Amazon.com, CNN.com and eBay among others were felled by distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, launched from hundreds, if not thousands of accomplice computers.
These "zombie" computers, unbeknownst to their owners, have a virus planted in them and are used as a platform for cyber attacks. DDOS attacks are akin to what happens when callers jam the telephone lines of a radio station trying for free concert tickets. Only these attacks can be endless, and the calls are false. But the result is the same: Lines are jammed and in the case of a computer network, servers are frozen.
"For people who have e-businesses and have just one avenue to their consumers, this can be catastrophic," Trainer says. "But it is not only people in e-business who are at risk. As more and more people start switching to systems based on the Web, everyone will have this exposure."
But it doesn't stop there. Direct DDOS attacks are devastating to any business (Yahoo lost between $200,000 and $500,000 in lost revenues of advertising and sales during the three hours it was under attack.), but they also are inflicting a sort of collateral damage that easily could destroy a small business. Because many of these attacks are so elusive and the actual perpetrator is often hard to find, companies, which have suffered damage, often go after the people and their companies who helped spread the virus. Trainer says that several companies have been successfully sued for lax security on their computer network and unknowingly becoming a zombie.
"The biggest concern in all of this for small business is liability," Trainer says. "Anyone with e-mail can spread a virus and be sued for it. That is scary. If I passed along a virus that caused tangible damage to someone's data or media and I didn't have proper viral controls, then I could be in big trouble."
Because both the frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks has increased, many companies have outsourced their security needs. And that's exactly what Tam and Revacomm did, calling on local security firm Secure Technology Hawaii, which installs safeguards in company networks.
"We've been really busy this year. We're busy enough keeping up with the maintenance of our own network," Tam says. "We have the expertise to put some of these safeguards in but we just don't have the time. And besides, we are Web developers and should be spending our time developing."
"We've seen a substantial increase in the amount of attacks over the past six months," says Mike Walder, president of Secure Technology Hawaii. "Now we are seeing attacks on second-level, lower-profile targets. There is a lot more stuff happening now."
Walder attributes the more random nature of today's intrusions to the easy availability to hacking tools. Today, it doesn't take a computer genius to bring a network to its knees. In fact, some of today's hackers have little or no knowledge of how the attack they are orchestrating really works. That means much mayhem and mischief on the Internet and plenty of business for Walder. His 7-year-old and 9-person company has grown 25 to 30 percent in gross revenues every year, counting some of the biggest and smallest companies in the state as clients. And that growth rate is by design. Walder says if his company grew along with the demand for his services, Secure Technology Hawaii would be a lot larger than it is today. Because of the nature of the business, he is not at liberty to discuss the number or names of the companies that he services. "It may seem like a lot of cloak-and-dagger stuff but in many cases, we are under formal non-disclosure agreements with our customers, and we treat their information accordingly. In my opinion, almost every network, almost every user has been probed at one time or another, whether they know it or not," Walder says. "It is happening everywhere, and it is happening all the time."
For Tam and Revacomm it is a harsh and somewhat disappointing reality. "We used to be a very open and trusting company but now that we have a higher profile, we've become a convenient target," Tam says. "You know the Internet has always been such an open and welcoming forum but now …"
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At the bright yellow "Play Me, I'm Yours" street piano -- designed by Arlington resident Skye Murie -- at Jill Brown-Rhone Memorial Park in Cambridge 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, yje public joined in sessions of Celtic music.
Musicians and spectators alike came to Mass. Ave. at Main and Columbia streets. "Bring fiddles, pipes, guitars and drums," wrote Arlington resident Susan Murie. "Bring a pianist!"
As dozens of artists paint pianos, public spaces around region, one keyboard honors a boy who lost his life this summer.
Another has been fashioned by an Arlington resident.
Lou Lim of Medford is dedicating his piano to Grant Brown, a 6-year-old from Somerville who died in a swimming accident. Grant attended the New Covenant School in Arlington.
Lim, close family friends with the Browns, is designing a piano based on what Grant loved, including superhero toys and Legos.
Lim, a trained expressive therapist, uses the arts to help people. He says he draws his inspiration from his Christian faith.
This piano is among 75 that will be part of "Play Me, I'm Yours" -- an art installation that Luke Jerram installed in 37 cities worldwide.
So is another, by Murie, a Hampshire College student. The pianos are installed at their sites to Oct. 14 and available for anyone to play at street corners, parks and other venues in the Boston area.
Murie, a 2012 Arlington High School graduate, is an illustration and theater major in her second year at Hampshire. Her piano, "Yellow Sun," will be placed in Central Square, Cambridge, at the Jill Brown-Rhone Memorial Park, Mass. Ave. at Main and Columbia streets, across from the firehouse. The piano will be near central planters in that space.
Artists painted and transformed donated piano and spent weeks working at a warehouse/studio in the Seaport area in Boston. A wide range of local artists and community-based organizations have decorated the pianos, and the Celebrity Series has scheduled several solo or ensemble performances.
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The participatory exhibit honors the Celebrity Series of Boston's 75th anniversary.
The 75 pianos throughout the Boston and Cambridge area bear the simple instruction, "Play Me, I'm Yours." They are for any member of the public to play and enjoy.
Dozens of local partner organizations such as the City of Boston, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arts Academy, Harvard Office of the Arts and the Prudential Center will host pianos for the public to enjoy. A wide range of local artists and community-based organizations will decorate the pianos, and the Celebrity Series will schedule several solo or ensemble performances.
Reaching more than two million people worldwide, more than 700 pianos have now been installed in cities across the globe, from New York to Sydney.
Opportunities remain to donate, host, play or keep a festival piano. To learn more, visit celebrityseries.org or streetpianosboston.com.
The 75th Season Kickoff Party to celebrate Street Pianos Boston takes place Saturday, Oct, 5, at the Galleria at 10 St. James Ave., with an evening of food, drinks, and celebration, in partnership with Opus Affair and sponsored by Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse.
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The Wautoma Common Council approved Resolution 14-001 on Jan. 13 at their regular meeting at city hall regarding the health care insurance package offered to city employees working 30 hours or more. The council approved the same health insurance plan from 2013, which would allow a reprieve since the plan will increase only 28 percent rather than 41 percent initially budgeted.
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In Edson's play, the main character has a running rapport with the audience from the very beginning, when she introduces herself directly to the audience. Edson uses this ploy not only to tighten the relationship between Bearing and the audience by revealing Bearing's inner thoughts in a running monologue but also to set up the humor. It is through metatheater that Edson exposes most of the wit. For instance, in the opening lines, Bearing says, "Hi. How are you feeling today?" Then she immediately reveals to the audience that this is not her typical way of...
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Promoting renewables and discouraging fossil energy consumption in the European Union
AbstractThe European Union (EU) identified some positive and negative externalities related to energy production and consumption when adopting its Renewable Energy and Climate Change Package. Given these externalities, we derive the optimal combination of policy instruments. Thereafter, we explore the second-best outcome, given constraints on the use of some policy instruments, due to political considerations and international regulations. We show that the choice of policy instruments to promote renewable energy production (subsidies versus green certificates) affects the optimal level of energy consumption taxes. A second-best optimum for the EU cannot be achieved without a coordination of energy taxes and renewable energy policy instruments in each country, given the externalities addressed in this paper.
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Bobby Hansen said...
Shalkis: It doesn't. That's the problem: Resto is the only viable end-game Shaman spec, and even THEN it's beat by more dedicated classes.
The problem with being support is simple: In order to do your role (again, what's a hybrid class if your stuck to one roll? Is it hybrid in that you can choose AFTER you roll?) you need help. Mostly in the form of gear. At end-game, this gear comes from Rading. But no Shamans can get such high-end gear because they're not good enough for people to bring on raids. It's a rather vicious cycle.
Step back and consider it like this. Let's say your on a Raid, and you have an Elemental Shaman in your group. If he suddenly runs up and starts hitting things, he's not slinging spells, and not playing his role. This is an invite for a wipe. Not that him running up and wacking things is a good idea - he's very limited in his DPS. So then what's he supposed to do when he's OOM, which is much more likely because of this nerf? He's stuck to attacking. He doesn't have a method to get Crowds of him (like Polymorph can for Mages), or a way to eliminate aggro (like hunters do), and he can't quickly recover mana (like Warlocks can do). He's screwed, and thus the group's endangered too. One very positive method Shamans had was our clearcasting overcame the shallow mana pool. Now that's broken.
Let's say instead it's an Enhancement Shaman. The enhancement Shaman is built as an off-tank. But his best DPS setup just got taken away. Now he can't crit as often, and can't lay down the DPS. You want that?
Now Resto, well shallow Mana pool aside, they're sitting ok. But Honestly, if most people wanted to be dedicated healers, they'd roll Priests and spec Holy. And when he's OOM, do you want someone decked in +heal gear to get running to the front, and hope he gets out alive?
Now, I'm trying to avoid these pitfalls by going 40/0/21, a Hybrid Elemental, meaning I have Nature's Blessing (nex Nature Spell is instant with use). The spec I'm going with though means I can't get the 41 point talent in Elemental, so I don't get that Talent-tree Defining talent.
What I'm really saying is there's no good way to handle this - We're short on Mana, we can't CC, we can't put up DPS without twinking equipment.
Also, a lot of the anger as was mentioned in the TFA is the kind of disrespect the class is getting. Instead of invesigating and balancing, they're taking one of our talent trees and making it less useful. Then in the Patch Notes, we get things like "Fixed Shaman Trainer Animation", and something about a troll racial ability that didn't seem to have anything to do with Shamans.
It's a general lack of respect that a lot of people are angry about, above and beyond the issues in the game itself.
Again, I want to emphasis I love my Shaman, and the class has some AWESOME points - the Shaman Rez is the best in the game, it only costs Mana, not even a regent. Reincarnation is massively useful to save a raid or instance from going balls up. Ghost Wolf is a great travel form, and can honestly keep most people going past 40 (there's only a 20% difference in speed between GW and the 40 mount, and you can attack as GW, and it can be cast in Combat to get away). And Astral Recall, which acts like a Hearthstone but only has a 15 minute cooldown, is quite simply the best low-level trained skill shamans have. It means any mini-dungeon quest goes from being a hassle to a one-way trip. Again, no regent needed.
But once the end-game comes, there's a lot of issues, and with the Alliance getting Shamans, I hope to hell they start paying closer attention to the players on this one.


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Cook Time: 15 min
Difficulty: Easy
Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 (8 -ounce) box self-rising corn muffin mix
1 pound lump or backfin crabmeat, well drained and picked clean of shells
1 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed and drained
5 green onions, white and light green parts, trimmed and chopped
2 1/2 teaspoons hot sauce (recommended: Paula Deen's Hot Sauce)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
In a deep-fryer or heavy-bottomed pot, heat enough oil to come halfway up the sides of the pot, to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and eggs. Stir in the corn muffin mix. Fold in the crab, corn kernels, green onions, hot sauce, salt and pepper. *Cook's Note: If the batter looks too thin, add a little more self-rising flour to thicken.
Using 2 spoons, carefully drop heaping tablespoons of the crab mixture into the oil and fry, turning often for an even golden-brown color and crispness, about 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Arrange them on a serving platter and season with additional hot sauce, salt, and pepper, if desired. Serve immediately.