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As always, Morning Express will be back from 6am on Monday with headlines, transport, weather and the big stories of the day.
Showers will come and go today and the top temperature will be 19 degrees.
Have a great weekend (if you ever get there).
Delays on the train line:
- North Shore Line: frequent trains are running but are delayed due to an earlier act of vandalism at Town Hall and also due to the high number of customers travelling.
- Bankstown Line: partially closed between Bankstown and Lidcombe due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Regents Park.
- Inner West Line: partially closed between Sefton and Lidcombe due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Regents Park.
Passengers travelling to the city from Liverpool are advised to travel via the Bankstown Line.
Passengers travelling to the city from Sefton, Regents Park and Berala on the Inner West Line are advised to travel via the Bankstown Line to the city.
- South Line: passengers travelling on the South Line to Berala and Regents Park are advised to travel via Granville and change trains at Lidcombe.
A train is also running between Homebush and Central in both directions and is stopping at all stations.
And here's a quick look around at the other stories making headlines today:
- Tributes are flowing in for Hazel Hawke, former wife of Bob Hawke, who has died after suffering dementia for many years.
- Political pressure is building on Canberra to do even more to shield the car manufacturing industry after Ford announced it would close down local production after 100 years.
- The online betting industry has caved in to public pressure and will push for a ban on the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts.
- Two more people have been arrested in relation to the brutal killing of a soldier in London as details emerge on the background of the two attackers.
- The worst losing streak in Wests Tigers' history is expected to be compounded by the lowest Leichhardt Oval crowd in nine years tonight.
To sum up the drama on Parramatta Road before Morning Express signs off:
Forensic investigators remain on the scene after a milk truck veered across two lanes of traffic and slammed into the Ottoman Cafe shopfront on Parramatta Road just before midnight.
The McColl's Transport driver, a 63 year-old from the south coast, was trapped in the cabin and died at the scene as the truck burst into flames.
Fears of a building collapse led to workers and residents in homes above being evacuated. Authorities spent hours shoring up the support of the building before being able to slowly dislodge the truck from the building and tow it away this morning.
All lanes of Parramatta Road were closed until 7.30am, causing chaos across the inner west. Major arteries and rat runs in the area have been gridlocked and parts of the Inner West train line have also closed due to a separate wiring issue at Regents Park.
All citybound lanes and two westbound lanes of Parramatta Road have since re-opened.
NSW emergency services at the corner of Croydon Road and Parramatta Road. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Let's also not forget about the milk truck driver who has died at the scene of the Parramatta Road accident.
There are reports he was from the south coast and was contracted to McColl's to deliver a load to Nowra. Witnesses said he may have braked suddenly in the rain.
We are awaiting a statement from McColl's Transport.
We're starting to see a bit of increased movement on Parramatta Road with traffic slowly (repeat, slowly) returning to normal.
An update on delays around Parramatta Road:
- Citybound traffic still banked up about four kilometres but moving.
- All surrounding roads (eg CityWest Link and Ramsay, Wattle, Queen, Frederick Streets) are very heavy.
- Buses in Parramatta Road around Croydon delayed about 20 minutes.
- Westbound delays are not as bad because the closed section is only about 100 metres.
- Trains running on time.
Well, this just says it all about Sydney's roads, doesn't it.
Even after crashes on 2 of Sydney's main roads, the trip into the city is still quicker than into Parramatta via Pennant Hills Road. #nswpol— Ryan Tracey (@ryantracey) May 23, 2013
Here's the damage left to a Parramatta Road cafe shopfront after a milk tanker slammed into it, killing its driver.
Parramatta Rd partially reopened after fatal truck crash into Croydon shop front #tennews twitter.com/CdGTEN/status/…— Christien de Garis (@CdGTEN) May 23, 2013
Just as the citybound lanes of the Gore Hill Freeway re-opened following a crash at Naremburn, a truck broke down in the Harbour Tunnel. Seriously, what on earth is going on this morning?
Luckily, he's moved on.
Truck breakdown inside the Harbour Tunnel sthbound got himself going, thank goodness. All lanes open again.— Paul Latter (@paullatter) May 23, 2013
The Aussie dollar has bounced off an 18-month low and was buying 97.6 US cents, up from 95.93 in late trade yesterday.
The local unit was also buying 99.23 Japanese yen, 75.37 euro cents and 64.5 pence.
Follow the Markets Live blog from 9.30am.
In biz news this morning, Australian shares are set to regain some of yesterday's losses after Wall Street posted its first back-to-back loss in a month and European shares fell sharply on a contraction in Chinese manufacturing.
One westbound lane and all citybound lanes are now open on Parramatta Road in Croydon following the fatal milk truck accident.
Traffic is still banked up four kilometres back to the M4. Buses are being diverted and you should use your ticket on an Inner West Line train instead.
Also, all citybound lanes are now open on the M4 in Eastern Creek after an earlier two-car accident at Wallgrove Road but delays continue.
An update on the train delays:
The Bankstown Line is partially closed between Bankstown and Lidcombe and the Inner West Line is partially closed between Sefton and Lidcombe due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Regents Park.
- If you're travelling to the city from Sefton, Regents Park and Berala on the Inner West Line, you should travel via the Bankstown Line to the city.
- If you're travelling on the South Line to Berala and Regents Park, you should travel via Granville and change trains at Lidcombe.
A train is also running between Homebush and Central in both directions and is stopping at all stations.
Train tickets can be used on limited buses operating between Bankstown and Lidcombe via Regents Park or public buses that are slightly delayed due to the Parramatta Road closures but are still running.
In other major news today far, far away from Parramatta Road, political pressure is building on Canberra to do even more to shield the car manufacturing industry; an industry central to the Australian economic and social story but which is clearly on its knees.
Car making 'not viable'
Ford Australia's president has told journalists car making is simply not viable in this country, forcing the vehicle giant to close manufacturing from 2016.PT2M51S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2k2lp 620 349 May 23, 2013
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Yesterday there was only one image that dominated the front page of the British papers. Today, it's all pictures of Lee Rigby, the soldier brutally hacked to death on a London street.
Last night one image dominated. Tomorrow Lee Rigby is on all front pages #tomorrowspaperstoday imgur.com/a/6ncFU twitter.com/suttonnick/sta…— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) May 23, 2013
One driver has reported moving one kilometre in 40 minutes on Parramatta Road.
And others are doing some crazy things. Don't be idiots kids, we all want to make it through Friday in one piece.
Triple M listeners phoned to tell us about the lunatic that decided to drive on wrong side of Parramatta Road to beat the traffic!!! #Sydney— Grill Team (@GrillTeam) May 23, 2013
Aaaand here's another one to add to the absolute chaos this morning.
The M4 approaching Parramatta Road is gridlocked and now there is an eight kilometre traffic queue further back on the M4 at Eastern Creek. A two-car accident at Wallgrove Road has taken out one of three citybound lanes.
In other black spots this morning:
On the North Shore, there is a four kilometre queue stretching back through the Lane Cove Tunnel after a crash on the Gore Hill Freeway at the Willoughby Road merge. Two of four citybound lanes are closed. Buses are delayed 20 minutes.
On the Anzac Bridge, a crash has taken out one citybound lane. Delays are back through Lilyfield.
Back to the traffic woes.
Citybound lanes are open on Parramatta Road after a milk tanker slammed into a shopfront at midnight. There is still a five kilometre queue back to the M4.
Avoid all rat runs as they are banked up too. Delay your journey or take a train (but beware of closures on the train line, as mentioned in an earlier post).
Illustration: David Pope
Love this cartoon following the announcement by Ford yesterday that they would end nearly 100 years of local manufacturing amid a crisis in Australia's loss-making car industry.
Amazingly, the three local car makers - Toyota, Holden and Ford - all receive hefty government subsidies but reported losses of more than $320 million in their latest filings.
Here's something to make you smile amid the traffic woes this morning.
The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house has been promised free hamburgers for the rest of his life.
Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Photo: AP
CCTV image of a suspect in Clovelly armed robbery. Photo: NSW Police Media
In other news around the traps today, police have released CCTV images of a suspect in a bank robbery in Clovelly last month.
The man was armed with a firearm when he entered the bank on Clovelly Road at 1.15pm on Thursday 11 April and demanded cash from a teller.
The staff member activated the security screen and the man fled the bank empty-handed.
Call Crime Stoppers if you have info: 1800 333 000.
The truck that slammed into a shopfront on Parramatta Road this morning was a McColl's Transport vehicle carrying 20,000 litres of milk.
A spokesman for McColl's, which is Australia's largest independent milk, chemical and dangerous goods transport carrier, said they couldn't provide any details yet on the driver, who died at the scene.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, parts of the Inner West train line are now closed.
The Bankstown and Inner West lines are partially closed between Bankstown and Lidcombe and between Sefton and Lidcombe due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Regents Park.
Delay your journey if possible or allow plenty of extra travel time.
The Transport Management Centre is suggesting using your train tickets on Sydney Buses and Veolia buses in the area.
It's a horror morning on the roads with a major crash on the Anzac Bridge and the Gore Hill Freeway as well.
There is a smash on the Anzac Bridge citybound with one lane taken out. Delays stretching into Lilyfield.
And there is a smash on the Gore Hill Freeway at Naremburn near the Willoughby Road merge. Delays stretching back to the Lane Cove tunnel.
It's a "work from home" day me thinks.
Investigators have spent the last couple of hours trying to shore up the support for the building the truck slammed into. Residents were evacuated and there were fears it could collapse.
The truck is now being towed with a cable and investigators are inspecting the cabin, ABC TV is reporting.
Truck removed from empty shopfront after fatal crash - Parramatta Road now open citybound. #2UE twitter.com/M_Taverniti/st…— Michelle Taverniti (@M_Taverniti) May 23, 2013
Police say the truck veered across a median strip and two lanes of traffic and slammed into a cafe shopfront.
The driver was trapped in the cabin and died at the scene.
2GB reporter Kelly Fedor says there is speculation he was avoiding another car that braked in front.
Parramatta Rd reopened eastbound after fatal truck crash. Speculation driver trying to avoid another car when he crashed. #2GB— Kelly Fedor (@KellyFedor) May 23, 2013
To update the fatal Parramatta Road crash - all citybound lanes have re-opened and the milk tanker is being removed from the scene.
The whole area is gridlocked. Traffic is banked five kilometres to the M4.
Catch a train or delay your journey.
Is there a hoodoo on the inner west? Parramatta Road is closed and the worst losing streak in Wests Tigers' history is expected to be compounded by the lowest Leichhardt Oval crowd in nine years tonight.
Catch up on the week's league chatter with the Phil Gould show. Switch off auto-refresh to watch it.
The Phil Gould show
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Take the time in traffic this morning to start planning your weekend... if you ever get there.
Vivid Festival starts today and the Sydney Writers Festival is also on.
My picks: The Vivid Aquatique water and light show at Darling Harbour and tomorrow morning's "Coffee and Papers" chat with SMH journos at The Wharf.
Vivid Sydney's Vivid Aquatique water and lights show in Darling Harbour. Photo: Supplied
Need something to while away the time in a traffic jam?
Herald artist Rocco Fazzari's hilarious weekly visual blog is up. It's an invitation to the marriage of the year as Kevin Rudd has a change of heart on same-sex marriage. Switch off auto-refresh to watch it.
Rocco's When a Man Loves a Man
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Oh dear - just to add to the traffic woes, there has been another big accident citybound on the Gore Hill Freeway at Naremburn.
Two lanes are closed at the Willoughby Road merge. Delays are back to the Lane Cove Tunnel.
Citybound lanes on Parramatta Road have reopened following a fatal truck accident in Croydon.
Parramatta Road is backed up six kilometres to the M4 and Sydney Olympic Park.
All westbound lanes are still closed.
The best option is to completely avoid the area or delay your journey.
Milk tanker crash: emergency services at the scene. Photo: Kate Geraghty
All buses that would normally use Parramatta Road after the Inner West are delaying their journey. Use your bus ticket on the trains instead.
Weatherwise, we're looking at a cold, wet and windy Friday.
Sydney is expecting around 15mm of rain today before it eases tomorrow afternoon.
The top temperature will be 19 degrees in the city, 17 degrees in Penrith and Liverpool.
Is this a breakthrough in the sports gambling saga that I smell?
The online betting industry has caved in to public pressure and will push for a ban on the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts.
Elsewhere in local news today, farewells are flowing in for Hazel Hawke, the former wife of former PM Bob Hawke and much respected community leader. Few encapsulated it as beautifully as writer Rhys Muldoon.
Hazel Hawke always felt like the nation's long suffering mum, with wisdom to spare and forgiveness in her bones. #hazelhawke— RhysMuldoon (@rhysam) May 23, 2013
Hazel Hawke
Hazel Hawke at home in 1987. Photo: Peter Morris
Traffic options for those who'd normally use Parramatta Road:
- Catch a train. All bus tickets will be accepted on the Inner West Line.
- Use Victoria Road, the M2 or Queens Road. However traffic on these alternate routes is already extremely heavy. All the rat runs are severely impacted.
- Delay your journey. Probably the best option.
The Traffic Management Centre predicts it will be another hour until citybound lanes are re-opened.
A man died when his tanker crashed into a shop. Photo: Kate Geraghty
There are fears that the Parramatta Road cafe shopfront may collapse after a truck slammed into it, killing the driver.
The tanker has been dislodged and moved back a few metres just minutes ago and only some small debris has fallen, says 2GB reporter Kelly Fedor.
After an initial attempt to remove the truck, part of the cafe roof collapsed and surrounding buildings were evacuated.
Truck being towed away from aParramatta Rd shop front after a fatal crash. #2GB twitter.com/KellyFedor/sta…— Kelly Fedor (@KellyFedor) May 23, 2013
A police spokesman said it appears as though the truck has veered across a median strip and two lanes of traffic before slamming into the Parramatta Road shopfront and catching fire.
There was no other car involved and it is not near a bend in the road. Rain may have been a factor.
Forensic officers are on the scene gathering evidence for a coronial report so Parramatta Road will be closed all morning.
Coming back to news closer to home, there is traffic chaos in the inner west following a fatal truck accident which has closed Parramatta Road in both directions.
Traffic is already banked up four kilometres to Sydney Olympic Park. Avoid the area all together.
Eastbound traffic is being diverted via Harris Road. Westbound traffic is being diverted via Great North Road.
Truck driver dead after slamming into shop front on Parramatta Road, Croydon - now closed in both directions. #2UE twitter.com/M_Taverniti/st…— Michelle Taverniti (@M_Taverniti) May 23, 2013
In Malaysia, a 40 year-old Muslim man charged with raping a 12 year-old girl and marrying her in Malaysia says he sees nothing wrong with his actions under sharia or Islamic law.
In America, US President Barack Obama has been heckled during a speech on shutting down Guantanamo Bay.
As ever, he kept his cool and said he was willing to "cut the young lady some slack" because the issues he was addressing are worth being passionate about. What a dude.
Medea Benjamin, a protester and co-founder of Code Pink, shouts as US President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, May 23, 2013. Photo: AFP
Still on the Woolwich terrorist attack, more is emerging about the two suspected attackers.
Both had been known to security services before Wednesday's daylight attack.
One was named by acquaintances as 28-year-old Londoner Michael Adebolajo - a British-born convert to Islam.
Police have also arrested two accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent and detained them on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
Police officers stand outside a block of flats in Greenwich following a raid in connection with the killing of a British soldier in nearby Woolwich, south east London May 23, 2013. Photo: Reuters
In this undated image released Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, showing Lee Rigby known as "Riggers" to his friends. Source: MOD Photo: MOD
Moving to world news from overnight, the soldier killed in Wednesday's alleged terrorist attack in Woolwich, London has been identified by the Ministry of Defence as Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old with a two-year-old son.
A quick look at other traffic incidents around Sydney:
At Orchard Hills, there is an accident northbound on The Northern Road at Wentworth Road.
At Casula, there are roadworks both ways on the M5 at the M7.
At Carlingford, there is major construction underway on the M2 near Parramatta Road.
And, as mentioned before, Parramatta Road is closed in both directions near Croydon after a fatal truck crash.
Train is looking like the way to get to work from the inner west this morning.
There are no major disruptions on the train network and bus passengers can use their trickets on all Inner West Line services.
Bus passengers can use their tickets on trains on the #InnerWestLine due to a fatal truck accident that's closed Parramatta Rd in Croydon.— 131500 buses (@131500buses) May 23, 2013
On the front pages of the other major newspapers, it's all about Ford:
The Australian Financial Review reports that Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia has increased pressure on both political parties to reduce business costs and led General Motors Holden to demand the Coalition quickly detail its plans to subsidise what is left of the car-manufacturing industry, if elected.
The Age in Melbourne that Australia's loss-making car industry is under threat and risks closure following Ford's move to end nearly 100 years of local manufacturing.
The Australian reports that thousands of jobs in the automotive components industry are at risk in the wake of Ford's decision to close its Australian manufacturing operations from 2016 and consign the iconic Falcon to history.
The Daily Telegraph has a front page photo of the Woolwich machete attack and the headline "Facing up to evil".
SMH front page, May 24
Turning to the front pages of the major papers...
On the front of today's Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's loss-making car industry is under threat and risks closure following Ford's move to end nearly 100 years of local manufacturing.
Police have confirmed that the driver of a milk tanker that crashed into a shopfront on Parramatta Road last night became trapped in the wreckage and died at the scene.
Local shops were evacuated and Parramatta Road will be closed all morning.
Tanker into building at Parramatta Rd Croydon. Unconfirmed driver deceased. Westbound #sydtraffic will be blocked.ow.ly/i/2bupA— The Media Circus (@MediaCircus123) May 23, 2013
A quick traffic warning before we look at the front pages of the newspapers, Parramatta Road is closed in both directions.
The driver of a milk tanker died after crashing into a shop front at Croydon just before midnight.
Due to ongoing investigations, Parramatta Road is expected to remain closed until after the morning peak.
- Eastbound traffic is being diverted via Harris Road.
- Westbound traffic is being diverted via Great North Road.
Good morning, thanks gawwwd it's Friday.
Scattered showers will become heavy at times today. The top temperature is 19 degrees.
Showers will clear on Saturday afternoon and Sunday is set to be sunny and 21 degrees.


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PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway threatened Friday to sue the U.S. Department of Energy if its cleanup of a uranium enrichment plant falls behind schedule, keeping up pressure from state leaders to hasten the work and find a new operator for the Cold War-era facility that's being shut down.
Conway also said the department gave its commitment to request an additional $35 million in the next fiscal year for cleanup at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which has supplied enriched uranium to nuclear powers plants.
USEC Inc., which leases the plant from DOE, said in May it planned to cease production and lay off most of the plant's approximately 1,100 workers. The average salary for plant workers, including benefits, is $125,000. The mass layoffs will cause ripple effects throughout the regional economy in far western Kentucky.
State leaders are urging DOE to keep to a strict cleanup schedule and to expedite efforts to find a new operator in hopes of preserving jobs at the plant.
Conway said he warned top DOE officials recently that he is prepared to go to court if the agency falls behind in the cleanup.
"If the federal government does not live up to its legal obligation to clean up the site at Paducah or they don't meet the milestones, I intend ... to take whatever action is necessary — be it shaming them, arbitrating, filing a lawsuit or whatever to make them live up to their legal and their moral obligation here," he said.
Conway also said he received an "ironclad assurance" from Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman that the Paducah plant will not become a dumping ground for nuclear material from other states if a containment facility is built on site to secure contaminated waste generated at the Kentucky facility.
Currently, DOE has $142 million in the budget for cleanup at the plant, situated 10 miles outside Paducah, Conway said. He said DOE indicated it will seek to raise that to $177 million in the next fiscal year. Conway said it will be a multi-billion-dollar cleanup.
"That is significant money," he said of DOE's additional request. "But it is nowhere near what is going to be necessary to get this job done."
Conway, a Democrat in his second term as attorney general, is considering a run for governor in 2015.
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said he discussed the plight of the Paducah plant workers in a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden this week.
"I shared that one of our top priorities is to create a successful, productive and safe future for that facility and its 1,100 employees," Beshear said. Biden was receptive and indicted he would talk to DOE about it, Beshear added.
Some of the state's top political leaders also have met with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz about the Paducah plant.
U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul and U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, all Kentucky Republicans, also have been pushing DOE on the cleanup and search for a new operator.
McConnell, the Senate's top-ranking Republican, has pressed DOE to ensure that any work to re-enrich depleted uranium material at the plant remains at the Paducah facility. McConnell planned to meet with local officials about the plant during a visit to the area Saturday.
Following a pair of meetings in which McConnell, Paul and Whitfield pressed the case to Moniz, DOE "expedited its plan to review private sector proposals to re-use the facility's material and agreed to favor those planning to keep redevelopment in Paducah," said McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer.
Union leaders also are making the case for the plant with DOE officials.
Jim Key is a vice president of the United Steelworkers Local 550, which represents about 580 USEC workers at the Paducah plant. He said union leaders are pressing DOE for a "decontamination and decommissioning" project to retain the workforce. That work would remove equipment inside processing buildings.
The goal is to provide work until a new operator can be found or new nuclear-related work can be secured, he said.
Another option is to transfer government-owned land at the site that wasn't part of the enrichment work to other federal agencies to bring new manufacturing work, Key said.
The Paducah plant opened in 1952 to develop enriched uranium for military reactors and to produce nuclear weapons. The plant began selling uranium for commercial reactors in the 1960s, and has been operated since the late 1990s by Bethesda, Md.,-based USEC.


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The Honorable David D. Lauriski
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RE: Quecreek Mine Accident
Dear Assistant Secretary Lauriski:
On behalf of the American Society of Safety Engineers' 30,000 member safety, health and environmental professionals and, in particular, our Mining Practice Specialty members, I want to congratulate the Mine Safety and Health Agency (MSHA) on the exemplary efforts of its staff in helping save the nine miners in the recent Quecreek Mine accident.
Your agency's response in saving these miners' lives only underscores MSHA's professional and technical capability in mine safety. Our members understand that the commitment shown in helping bring the nine to safety reflects the same commitment your staff has in preventing deaths and injuries in all mines.
Unfortunately, despite that commitment and the great progress in safety that has occurred since the passage of the Mine Safety and Health Act in 1969, mining fatalities in recent years have not seen significant reductions. ASSE hopes you and your staff understand that its members stand ready to work with the Agency to meet the challenge of breaking through the current plateau and again showing progress in saving more lives. We know MSHA shares our view that the hard work that goes into preventing these kinds of mining accidents is where the real day-to-day heroics lie.
We look forward to working with MSHA to help make sure the life-saving efforts demonstrated at Quecreek will not be necessary again.
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Complaint: No place for comments. My answers should be considered in light of the fact that I have always been frugal, and my home is pretty much totally furnished -- I don't NEED any furniture, so the only items I'd be likely to buy now will be replacements or upgrades, or fantastic bargains! (Meaning my shopping, while regular, is also mostly looking and admiring!)
Survey is missing any work-from-home options (so I left that part blank).
I don't use rugs, have accents or things like that around my house. It made it difficult to answer. I have TERRIBLE dust allergies and have found that the less there is to collect it, the better!
Super weird that they didn't have a "work from home" option, especially considering they specifically had a "work outside of the home" option.
sorry i cheated as I got confused and thought the survey would define my 'style' oops am a brit, think they'll guess as i said i'd replace all furniture from john lewis (all the brits out there will know what that means!) am now dreaming about that 10k I said i'd spend on garden furniture, would love to actually!
Hmmm. This doesn't seem like a very AT survey. The categories seem disjointed from the categories that one sees on AT's website and the survey makes lots of assumptions about users (e.g. "where do you prefer your TV to be?" -- well I don't have a TV). A survey for users of the site would be fun and interesting if it were designed more thoughtfully.
Thought this was a *style* survey. Very long. And very strange.
Those questions were hard to answer accurately. I'm only 30, I don't HAVE pre-recession spending habits. Also, would I re-decorate the living room or the dining room first? Well, they're the same room...my apartment is small.
As others have said I thought it was a style survey, can't those minutes back.
And why bother to do the survey when I am excluded from winning?
I'm selling all of my belonging's and will have no décor!!!!!!!!!!!
I did answer...as I got caught up...but...very much the same as the previous posters here..I swear it said 1,000.00 REALLY..I also thought a fun style survey for input into my own self.! So..it was not..and now..not just Target has a lot of my personal info..I submitted.bah me.:(
Terribly written survey. Not worth the potential $100 because it insulted my intelligence.
It was a badly written survey with a misleading title on the post. However, I still wouldn't regret pending the 4 minutes of clicking for $100..but I wouldn't regret it for $10 or a free sandwich...
Thanks for the heads-up, fellow AT commenters. I will avoid this survey.
We are sorry if any readers felt that the title or description of the survey were at all misleading. We have been partnering with Furniture Today - an editorial publication - for many years, and this is one of many surveys we've run with them. We do not sell this information, and we will share it with you as soon as we've gathered it all. Last time, we created this nifty infographic using your responses. Our goal is always to serve you the best and most relevant content for you, and surveys are one way we try to accomplish that.
Thanks for understanding!
Since I'm in my twenties I came of age during/after the recession hit so my spending habits didn't exist before then so there was nothing to change. This survey made a lot of assumptions. That everyone owns accent chairs, area rugs, decorative pillows, lamps, TVs, etc.
I felt like several of the questions didn't allow for my actual response. (Like, not applicable.) Glad to see from the other comments I'm not alone there.
My spending habits haven't changed because I was super frugal before the recession.
I don't own a TV and never plan to.
I don't really think of my decor preferences as traditional vs. contemporary, casual vs. formal. I buy the vast majority of what I own second hand and buy what speaks to me, regardless of the above classifications.
No, it's not a style survey, it's a marketing tool! FOr the price of one $100 gift card, the sponsors of this are getting lots of free info to use while stocking stuff and persuading you to buy stuff.
The recession questions bothered me because I have not been affected by it. I'm 27, so when the recession hit I was already frugal because I was waiting tables, not because my job suffered. Even now it hasn't affected me. But it really didn't have much to do with style, did it?
There wasn't a homemaker option if you don't have children at home. I chose "stay at home mom" and put 0 kids living at home. And I'm with the others who said it's a somewhat oddly worded survey. I've always couponed (why throw out free money?), I've always shopped a thrift stores/yard sales/flea markets (I like actual wood furniture, when it was still made in the U.S., and I don't want to spend thousands). I'm paying off a credit card, but it has a relatively small balance and the question makes it sound like it's in regards to a high balance. I don't say this to complain, maybe just some suggestions for a future survey. I don't think this will properly answer the questions the surveyor would like answers to.
I'll admit, I was one of the malcontents taking this survey -- I see now it is a shopping survey not a decorating survey -- and I am reassured by the moderators comment that AT does not sell its information. When I see the word "style" tho, I think "bohemian, modern, eclectic et cetera" -- not that the survey is not useful for what it does, but perhaps 'shopping strategy' might be a better title?
I'm on board with you on this. Although there IS this chair in the living room (perfectly good chair mind you) that I want gone. When I find the chair I absolutely LOVE then it will be free on the curb...I got my $29.99's worth. I love my loveseat and dread the day it dies...but I'm betting the darn thing is as old as I am (or close) and is wearing like iron. I have a very small living room and the proportions of sofas these days are HUGE. Most are 48" deep...that'll pretty much fill half the room. The loveseat is 32" deep and is actually comfortable...a totally out of style copper penny colored velvet wrapped in rattan. Sounds hideous doesn't it?
AND where is the eclectic category? I have a little bit of everything...if I don't love it?...it's gone. I actually did inherit some money and was going to actually buy some Ethan Allen pieces...not one salesperson approached me in that showroom. Their loss and Viking International's gain. Never judge a book by it's cover.
This is a survey used by sales and marketing. They want to know our buying habits. They never even assume that we might buy second hand...for pennies on the dollar. The reason you see avocado and burnt orange is because of the hand me downs that young people get from their grandparents or from flea markets. Target has got a handle on this...they have been designing pieces to go with the lamp, china and linens you got out of the attic. Owls all of a sudden are all the rage again. Soon? Strawberries.
What a disappointing survey. I was 3/4 through it when I entered non-numeric character in a numeric field and if freaked out. I got an error message that wouldn't go away (despite hitting OK a dozen times) and had to close my browser to make it stop. All data was lost. Not doing it again.


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HPV doesnt make you sick. It manifests itself only in genital warts, which may lead to cancer. The absence of more serious initial symptoms is what allows its rampant spread among the population.
Hence, Gardasil sounds like a godsend. Imagine a shot that can help prevent 70 percent of cervical cancers from afflicting people. I dont understand why people arent rushing out in droves for the shot.
The shot, so far, is approved for girls aged 12 to 26 (it has not yet been deemed safe for those over 26). Many school districts, while discussing adding Gardasil to the list of mandatory shots, run up against opposition from parents.
What parents dont want to give their children protection from cervical cancer? The same ones that promote abstinence-only sex education. You see, if we give youngsters this shot, protecting them against one of the minor STDs, they will obviously take more risks in their sexual behavior. Because, I mean, HPV is what my sex-ed teacher always talked about. Never mind, oh, I dont know, gonorrhea or syphilis or AIDS.
Nevertheless, many parents object to making the shot mandatory, like vaccinations for measles and mumps, claiming that the vaccine could lead children into a false sense of security concerning sexual health. However, it seems that accurate sex education would help young people make the right decisions about sexual activity.
This vaccination should be provided for all young people. It makes absolutely no sense to withhold a preventative for cancer on these grounds.
The distribution of this vaccine faces other obstacles. The shots cost approximately $150 each in a sequence of three. Legislation needs to happen to make these shots affordable to the American public, and the government should start a campaign to make people aware of the benefits of having the shot.
Another target audience for the vaccine is homosexual men. The BBC reports many cases of men in London getting the shot on request, as it helps prevent not only cervical, but also penile cancer, as well as genital warts.
It makes sense to have both men and women receive the vaccination. A sexually transmitted disease, like HPV, requires two parties for transmission. Both partners in a sexual relationship are responsible for making sure that they and their partner are safe from STDs.
And in the case of HPV, that means getting the vaccine.
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Cinnamon & Spice: 20 Recipes to Help Your Home Smell Like the Holidays
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Any day now, one of my five younger brothers will drop a little hint to my mom. "You know, cinnamon rolls would be awesome," one might say, casually. The approach will rapidly progress to the blunt: "You're making cinnamon rolls for Thanksgiving morning, yesss?" Because, in our family anyway, the holidays start with the cinnamon rolls.
Beyond my mom's famously ooey-gooey cinnamon rolls, the aromas of cinnamon and spice define this time of year — the shortened afternoons spent rolling out molasses cookies or whipping up a whiskey spice bundt cake, filling your home with the smell of sweet things to come. We crave that spicy warmth, so here are twenty recipes that will instantly make your home smell like the holidays.
These recipes are mostly of the sweet and baked variety, although we venture into savory spiced territory (since cinnamon couscous sounds just right for this time of year!).
But my favorite way to work some cinnamon and spice into my diet is with breakfast. Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Breakfast Bars are no one's idea of a diet but very good for your holiday spirit. A lighter offering is the broiled grapefruit dusted with cinnamon sugar — which makes your house fragrant and your nutritionist happy. And don't overlook the pear muffins below — they're my favorite fall breakfast of all.
Once you've had breakfast, turn to the spiced deliciousness of molasses cake and cookies, pumpkin rice Krispie treats, and mulled cider. It's time to get your cinnamon act on.
- Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Breakfast Bars
- Recipe: No-Knead Pumpkin Rolls with Brown Sugar Glaze
- Broiled Grapefruit with Cinnamon Sugar
- Apple Cinnamon Mini Monkey Breads with Lemon Glaze
- How to Make Cinnamon-Raisin Swirl Bread
- Spiced Pear Muffins
- Monkey Bread with Bourbon Crème Anglaise
- Gingerbread Cake Cookies
- Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
- Cinnamon Walnut Dulce de Leche Bars
- Chewy Molasses Cookies with Crunchy Lemon Glaze
- Five-Spice Cookies with Candied Oranges
- Mulled Cranberry Apple Cider
- Apple Yogurt Cake with a Cinnamon-Sugar Streak
- Dark Molasses Gingerbread Cake
- Spiced Bundt Cake with Whiskey-Coffee Glaze
- Spiced Raw Pumpkin Cupcakes with Vanilla Icing & Ginger Caramel
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Everytime I make my apple crumble, it totally smells just like Christmas! It's a great dessert that everyone loves, it's way easy to make, and bonus, it's gluten-free and vegan so everyone can enjoy :)
I am trying to get more cinnamon into my diet on a daily basis. Since it doesn't dissolve it is slimy when added to coffee. Do you have any ideas/techniques for incorporating it in liquids, such as hot drinks?
Please may we have your Mum's ooey, gooey cinnamon rolls recipe? It sounds delish!
I'll add one more: this apple/red wine/cinnamon/honey/walnut conserve smells like everything good autumn has to offer.
It's a variation on a riff of charoset that I adapted from Food in Jars.
If you want cinnamon in your coffee, just put a couple of broken up cinnamon sticks in with the coffee grounds. This way, the cinnamon infuses the coffee as it percolates.
I've been making Molasses Crinkles from the Betty Crocker Cookie Cookbook (1963), rotating it between the book's version of Chocolate Chip and a recipe from my late mother, Brown Edged Lemon Wafer cookies - all three are easy to make and oh so good.
The Molasses cookies has ground cinnamon, and ginger in it as part of the ingredients.
I make them for my lunches that I take to work, way cheaper, and even better than the stuff from the store.
Yum, holiday spices are one of my favorite things at this time of year. I remember making "baked" cinnamon-spiced ornaments for the Christmas tree as a child, I think out of a salt-based dough. I need to find that recipe again!
Or if you sweeten your coffee too, you can try a cinnamon simple syrup.
You can buy one that's commercially made, like Torani: http://www.torani.com/#/products
Or you could make your own: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/guys-big-bite-/cinnamon-simple-syrup-recipe/index.html


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Christmas Presents for Jews: a Thank You Card Would Be Nice
Merry Christmas Eve!
A few years ago I proposed what I was sure would be a... permanent solution to the Christian "oy-what-do-I-give-if-anything-at-all-to-my-Jewish-friends" dilemma. I know what you're thinking my gentle gentile-souled friends:
- Is it offensive to give people a gift on a holiday they traditionally and historically don't celebrate? Or is it worse to give everyone in your office Christmas presents except for the Jews?
- These Jews are really into reading and analysis and they're kinda neurotic and think that everyone is out to get them so if I give them a present celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ are they going to deconstruct that as an accusation of murdering Jesus Christ?
- If I give my Jewish friend a gift and he doesn't give me one am I, consciously or subconsciously, latently or blatently, perpetuating the cheap parasitic outsider Jew stereotype?
- If Jews don't get a present, do they not... kvetch?
I suggested a brilliant idea that, to my surprise, has not caught on. But it's not too late! Christians, you still have a day to make yourself and your Jewish friends happy. So in the interest of interfaith harmony, peaceful coexistence, and tolerant egalitarian commercialist commodification, and in the tradition of my ancestors before me, allow me to re-post what should have been -- and hopefully will become -- very prophetic words.
I would like to give birth to a new holiday tradition. Forget the happy Hanukkah cards. How about a thank you note?
Who killed Jesus is a topic of much debate: was it the Jews, the Romans, a combination, Jesus' own father, a plot requirement? Yet the question of who gave birth to baby Jesus is answered without equivocation: Mary. Yes, she did so with the help of God, but it was Mary who schlepped from inn to inn before settling on a perfectly acceptable no-frills manger (a real find.) And it was her zaftig, child-bearing hips which really delivered the goods. I happen to like Jesus, who was a real mensch, and wish that the Church followed his teachings more closely. And I'm not trying to take all the Jewish credit for Christ's birth. I just think that since we have, throughout history, been blamed for his death, we deserve, at the very least, a little credit for his birth. So here are some sample cards I would like to see. Nothing fancy, don't go crazy. Just something like "Thanks so much for the best Christmas present ever! Jesus Christ." Or "We were thrilled with a lord. But a lord and savior! You really outdid yourself." So Christians, send a thank you note to every Tom, Dick and Harry -- or Tov, Dov, and Heschie -- you know.
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7 Super-Simple Citrus Cocktails
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With all the fresh, juicy citrus flooding the fruit stands right now, it seems the perfect time to take a look at some quick and simple cocktails powered by Vitamin C.
And when we say simple, we mean simple. Each of these classic recipes uses just one kind of freshly-squeezed citrus fruit, and one kind of liquor (okay - and maybe a dash or two of plain old sugar to ease the pucker factor). That's it.
Basic Template: These are the quickest and easiest drinks to put together, and their measurements are fairly forgiving. For each of these recipes, just mix an ounce and a half or so of the specified liquor with 3-6 ounces of the specified juice (depending how strong you like things) directly in an ice-filled highball glass.
Orange Juice + Vodka
For a colorful twist on this old classic, try using blood oranges.
Grapefruit Juice + Vodka (also works well with Gin)
A personal favorite. Rim the glass with salt, Margarita-style, and you have a Salty Dog.
Bocce Ball
Orange Juice + Amaretto
Some kickier recipes add vodka to the mix, but Amaretto and orange alone are quite smooth.
Rum and Orange
Orange Juice + Dark Rum
This one is a kind of streamlined Planter's Punch - which also calls for a blend of tropical juices and/or grenadine syrup and bitters - but just plain rum and orange can be a treat enough in itself.
These lemon and lime-based drinks all belong to the Sours Family of cocktails and include simple syrup (plain old granulated sugar and water - recipe here) in the mix to keep things smooth and balanced.
Basic Template: In a cocktail shaker, combine 2 ounces of the specified liquor, 1 ounce of the specified citrus juice, and 1/2 ounce of simple syrup. Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Whiskey or Bourbon Sour
Lemon juice + Bourbon or Whiskey + Simple Syrup
Another longstanding personal favorite. Optional garnish: maraschino cherry and/or half wheel of orange.
Lemon Drop
Lemon Juice + Vodka + Simple Syrup
This one works especially well with citrus-flavored vodka, but plain vodka will also do just fine. Optional garnish: lemon twist or wedge and a sugar-rimmed glass.
Classic Daiquiri
Lime Juice + White Rum + Simple Syrup
A Caribbean classic. Optional garnish: lime twist or wedge. (More on the story of the Daiquiri here.)
Do you have any other favorite simple citrus-based drinks?
Related: Cocktail Basics: Citrus Garnishes 6 Ways
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I love ruby red grapefruit with a squeeze a half or one blood orange with vodka as a special treat.
The other is elderberry flower juice (more like syrup) you can get at IKEA, fresh limes I squeeze about two, shot of vodka, shake in a martini shaker with lots of ice..pour through a martini strainer into chilled martin or gimlet glasses and you are in for a treat. I got this from a restaurant in SF called NOPA.
A gin sour!! I like using fresh grapefruit juice (although lemon, lime, and even a splash of orange juice works well), simple syrup, and frosty cold gin. Yum!


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President Obama passed his first mini foreign-affairs crisis test — the hijacking of the American-owned Maersk Alabama and the kidnapping of its American skipper, Richard Phillips. The president authorized the military commanders on the scene aboard the destroyer USS Bainbridge to respond appropriately and with force if necessary; they did, and the U.S. citizen held hostage was saved. In deferring to the assessment by the on-site Navy officials, Obama exhibited a valuable understanding of the chain of command; and he appears to have resisted the often-fatal urge to micro-manage a crisis or to delay in the hope the situation will improve over time.
Of course, one mini-crisis does not define a presidency, and how the still-new president responds to the inevitable future military crises will determine his legacy and our safety as a nation. Early reactions from the Somalis indicate that the brand of piracy they practice will likely increase in violence and ruthlessness in the wake of this successful action against them.
Our government needs to come up with a more comprehensive, strategic plan with which to confront piracy; and we'd best do it sooner rather than later. Responding to such attacks piecemeal — whatever the batting averages — will not serve us in the long term.
First , the United States should make clear to our allies, adversaries and ourselves that piracy targeting or directly affecting American citizens or ships, are not and will not be viewed as simply criminal acts involving the taking of hostages. While it might serve as a useful feint to send FBI hostage negotiators to the scene , relying on such tactics plays into the hands of the hijackers; worse, it emboldens future hijackers.
Second, we should make equally clear that the avowed motivation of the hijackers — whether overtly political or to gain monetary reward — is irrelevant; all will be viewed as terrorists.
Third — and this will be difficult for many of the U.N. sympathizers within the administration and who occupy positions of leadership in Republican and Democrat caucuses in the Congress — let it be known that our country will not rely on the U.N. or other international organizations to protect our ships and citizens, or in developing and executing appropriate responses. The U.N. in particular is not only a paper tiger when it comes to dealing with such matters, but the bloviating and diplomatic maneuvering by that organization makes matters worse by allowing the terrorists to buy time and build sympathy. Even if our government cannot resist the urge to participate in such negotiations or to pay lip service to U.N. "resolutions," these should never form the basis for decisions.
Fourth, our global naval strategy, including the type and placement of Navy vessels across the Seven Seas, must be based on recognition that non-state actors will continue to pose as much of a threat on a day-to-day basis, as do more traditional nation states. Defense Secretary Gates is recommending changes in military procurement to reflect this reality. It would behoove Congress to support this process.
Fifth, develop and use sound intelligence to identify the bases from which the pirates operate, where their funding comes from, and if their strings are being pulled from afar. More important, if such intelligence identifies them, have the backbone to take action.
Finally, the laws and regulations governing the presence and use of armaments by civilian, U.S.-owned commercial shipping vessels must be revamped, modernized and liberalized. While our laws allow for the temporary "export" of firearms by civilians for such things as protective details in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is less clear, based on past State Department practice, that they allow for export by shipping companies to protect our maritime assets against piracy. Also, our government must work to ensure that foreign governments not be permitted to take action against U.S. vessels that have defensive arms on board when they enter foreign ports. Events of recent months and days clearly support the urgency of these initiatives.
April 15th, 2009
6:35 am
Some 20 cargo ships and many more fishing boats flying all sorts of flags have been hijacked around the horn of Africa, and now because one of the ships is American, this becomes terrorism?
It's analogous to this situation – three pistol-packin' knuckleheads botch a bank robbery, and then take a hostage. The adults arrive, clear the area, and begin negotiating for release of the hostage. Negotiations break down, the SWAT team has clear shots.
Three bullets, three dead knuckleheads. No need for flag-waving, chest-thumping, or putting a codpiece in your flight suit under a Mission Accomplished banner.
No, three criminals are dead. Yes, there will be more.
Deal with it calmly, rationally, quietly. We've seen how ineffective and costly arrogance and bullying are in pursuing our international relations…
Neo-cons, grow up. Stop the Chicken Little stuff.
April 15th, 2009
7:20 am
The pirates are a threat to neither me nor my family. They ARE threats to idiots that follow some kind of stupid marine law which bans weapons and then still sail into known pirate-infested waters.
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7:50 am
"Also, our government must work to ensure that foreign governments not be permitted to take action against U.S. vessels that have defensive arms on board when they enter foreign ports."
Would we be as understanding of armed foreign vessels entering our ports? I'm very much a Barr supporter, but the comprehensive proposals as outlined seem a bit knee-jerk. A few isolated incidents don't require a revamping of strategy. Certainly it would if such piracy becomes the norm–I just don't think we're at the point yet.
April 15th, 2009
9:29 am
[...] Bob Barr on the pirate menace that's still out there. [...]
April 15th, 2009
2:41 pm
If any country (including the United States) wants to deal with the piracy issue, they should offer the maritime insurers which are headquartered within their borders Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Historically such letters have been effective in curbing piracy. They hold the recipient liable under law for their actions while allowing them to legally operate under the flag of a sovereign nation. These letters would allow the insurers to forcibly protect the property they insure. It would also allow them to not only search out and physically destroy these pirates on the high seas but electronically attack and attach their monetary assets in an effort to recoup losses caused by an act of piracy. It would also relieve sovereign nations from some of the fiscal and manpower burden involved in keeping the sea lanes open for vital maritime traffic.
April 15th, 2009
7:43 pm
The pirates are Somali and they are attacking ships of food sent to Somalia. What's wrong with this picture?
April 15th, 2009
11:10 pm
Pirate menace…yawn…what a softball for Obama. I guess this will distract the repeaters from covering the decline of empire, for a little while at least.
April 16th, 2009
9:27 am
If this is an empire, it SHOULD decline. America was never supposed to be an empire.


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Like it or not, we are in the sweet spot of Christmas music season. Thankfully, this year it means we'll get to hear more from She Who Has The Voice Of 1,000 Christmas Angels, Ariana Grande, as she releases a new holiday tune each week leading up to December 25. "Snow In California," her third installment in the series, dropped today (December 3), and like "Love Is Everything," it's an original. As the first ballad of the bunch, it follows in a long tradition of Christmas songs about wishing you could just spend the entire holiday season cuddling with your out-of-town lover by the fire — for Grande, that means asking Santa to make it snow in California so her man's flight out gets canceled.
It's a restrained offering from the starlet, but she still lets her voice soar on the bridge, giving us a few seconds of bliss in between hearing "White Christmas" every 15 minutes.
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CAMBRIDGE, Md.- At LWRC International in Cambridge, guns are being built, painted and tested. But if Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun control bill is passed as is, LWRC said it will have no choice but to load up and move their company out of Maryland.
"We wouldn't be able to possess, transfer, own, ship or sell any of those standard capacity magazines which would completely inhibit our ability to produce government guns, and that is 80 percent of our business," said LWRC's Business Developer V.P. David Loeser.
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Deathknighty said...
This isn't quite UI related per se, but it is to do with Addons, which is pretty much the same ball park. What I'm wondering is, if I have GearScore, to know what mine is in case a rl wants to know it before I get invited, then will downloading GearScoreBreaker prevent me from being able to see my own GearScore?
If so, should I just toggle GSB off whenever I want to check?
jakedamuss said...
people should be using elitist group instead of gearscore
traptinacivicsi said...
Why even use gearscore breaker if you are actually interested your actual gearscore?
You do realize GSB doesn't really work anymore either right? And that all it really did was keep people from getting into groups more so than without it?
Get gear > Get higher gearscore > Get gear
You should not be entering instances you are not geared for, and you will never run into a problem with gearscore. If someone else is demanding a high GS for a raid, make a new one, screw that guy.
Beatphreek said...
Why on earth would you use GS Breaker at all... that's been patched with the latest GS version. Plus if you are going to go ahead and give a RL your gear score to get into a raid then why on earth poison everyone else's data in the first place? Take a stand or quit trying to break stuff. Either tell the potential PUG to inspect you if he would like to know your gear choices or quit trying to maliciously ruin other people's tools.
traptinacivicsi said...
Yeah or you could follow Evandrial's advice and get groups composed of a good chuck of players who either don't know the fights too well/at all (when the info/video is easily googled), or don't have adequate gear to handle the place (when things are easily crafted and bought.).
Sounds like a blast :D
P.S. I have a great time pugging raids and events, we just, you know... get em done :P
Hoggersbud said...
All gearscorebreaker does is spam the data channels used by gearscore. If you mouse over yourself, you get a gearscore from well, inspecting yourself.
So you can get a valid gearscore.
Of course, you probably shouldn't use an addon like GSB anyway, but that's another discussion.
Deathknighty said...
I want to know what it is for raids, where it is fair enough to want to know GS, especially at higher tiers of raiding, but I want GSB to piss off the assholes who spam it in a heroic.
Actually, I checked it, it's over 5k, which is probably good enough to do ICC 10, which is what I'm aiming for.
Great, that was helpful, thanks. :)
Hoggersbud said...
>but I want GSB to piss off the assholes who spam it in a heroic.<
You are wasting your time then, as it does NOTHING to them. They're right next to you, they aren't relying on GSB's data channels.
So yeah, it's not pissing off those folks, they aren't being impacted by the addon at all.
You want to do something about those folks in heroics? try a macro to yell at them, it'll at least stand a chance of accomplishing something.
Deathknighty said...
Ah. Damn. :(
What pisses me off about this whole Gearscore debacle is how people think it sucks because it "can be abused". Really? Seriously?
These are the people who want to sue McDonalds because it made them fat. Potential for abuse does NOT mean it's bad.
The people who abuse Gearscore are bad. The addon itself isn't.
And don't give me the old "it doesn't take enchants/itemization in account" arguments. The latest version of Gearscore does ALL these things. It analyzes your gear in the same way Be Imba or WoW-Heroes does and if you look at the /gs inspection screen for a person, it actually gives you 3-4 gear scores, one for each potential spec/role the class can play.
Most classes get 3 gearscore bars on the GS inspect screen now, one for each spec, with a % scale showing how optimally itemized they are for that spec. Druids and DKs get 4 bars, FeralDPS/FeralTank/Resto/Balance for druids and Frost/Blood/Unholy/Tank for DKs. Mousing over each bar shows you how the person's current gear itemization influences the Gearscore for that spec. There's also a large box below the bars showing the complete summation in list form of all the stats that the character is getting from its current gear.
I require minimum GearScores for my raids, because it does a good job of accurately reflecting the quality of a person's gear. I also boot people from my raids who underperform despite great gear. I also invite people who don't meet my base GS expectations if I know they are capable of outstanding performance despite it.
Hate the abuser, not the addon.
Deathknighty said...
I totally agree with you. I want GearScore for the people who'll use it properly, and GearScoreBreaker for the abusers (and don't worry, I have no intention of using it in a high end raiding environment).


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The market knew something, all right. That persistent bid underneath that we all sensed, we all felt, turned out to be dead right.
I thought it might be because the euro was holding. Or because the Spanish banks had at last broken the backs of bearish investors. I thought it might be that employment is getting stronger -- or, more likely, has to get stronger -- because some companies, like General Motors, aren't doing their usual furloughs. I thought it might be the final financial regulation rules and how they wouldn't be that onerous.
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The market's real smart.
In all the press coverage this morning of the yuan revaluation, there are two elements. First, this is a really big deal because China is going to keep domestic consumption going while cooling exports. Second, it's not a big deal at all because it's only a 3% float.
To me, the former is all we need to think about right now. We are nearing the end of the quarter, and many companies are totally defensive. All last week I wrote about how we were rallying because the double-dippers were putting money to work and those who expect a worldwide resumption of growth were putting money to work. But even bigger than those streams were the ones on the sidelines -- those who wanted out.
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