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I am trying to calculate $H^*(\mathbb{R}P^3 \times \mathbb{C}P^5,\mathbb{Z})$ as a cohomology ring.
I know that
$$H^*(\mathbb{R}P^3,\mathbb{Z}) = \frac{\mathbb{Z}[\alpha,\beta]}{(2 \alpha, \alpha^2,\beta^2,\alpha \beta)}$$
with $\alpha$ the generator of $H^2(\mathbb{R}P^3)$ and $\beta$ generating $H^3(\mathbb{R}P^3)$
$$H^*(\mathbb{C}P^5) = \frac{\mathbb{Z}[\gamma]}{(\gamma^6)}$$
with $\gamma$ the generator of $H^2(\mathbb{C}P^5)$
Initially I thought the cross-product would just give an isomorphism, but the presence of the $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ term in the cohomology of $\mathbb{R}P^3$ kills that idea.
Now I could calculate the cohomology groups since both space have a nice CW structure, it would be possible to use
$$H^n(X \times Y) = \sum_{i+j=n}H^i(X) \otimes H^j(Y) \oplus \sum_{p+q=n+1} \operatorname{Tor}(H^p(X),H^q(Y))$$
but how can we deduce the ring/cup product structure?
(I am guessing the answer is to somehow use the cross product, but I just can't see it)


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After suffering her first brutal defeat in a UFC match on Nov. 15 against Holly Holm, Rousey plans to honor her commitment to U.S. Marine Jarrod Hascchert.
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- Dan MacEachen faces eight counts of animal cruelty
- He is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday
- His attorney questions the motives of MacEachan's critics
The front page of the website for Krabloonik, a dog sled operation near Aspen, Colorado, shows healthy, happy-looking dogs pulling a sled through snow.
A white dog seems almost to smile -- mouth gaping open -- as the team turns a tight corner.
Contrast that image with those recently released by state authorities, who inspected the business in December after reports of potential abuse.
Those photographs show sled dogs in chains. Some appear painfully thin, with visible ribs, while others display signs of infection.
Which of the images speak the truth? The answer may well be decided in court.
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The owner and operator of Krabloonik, Dan MacEachen, faces eight counts of animal cruelty. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
A call to his attorney, Greg Greer, was not immediately returned Monday, but at least a part of his client's story is contained within court documents.
The case was brought to the attention of authorities by three former Krabloonik employees: Guy Courtney, Curtis Hungate and Christian Lowry.
Two of them had a bone to pick with MacEachen, documents filed by Greer allege.
Hungate is the father of a child involved in a custody case, who is also the grandson of MacEachen.
"Mr. Hungate had attempted to extort a settlement in the child custody issue by threatening to make public claims about Mr. MacEachen's dog sled operation," the documents read.
Courtney, meanwhile, had been attempting to buy the business and engaged in a conspiracy to undermine MacEachen's position at Krabloonik, they allege.
According to CNN affiliate KUSA, Courtney was Krabloonik's general manager. He dismissed as "absurd" the idea that he is trying to build a smear campaign against MacEachen.
"I wanted to buy Krabloonik for the benefit of the dogs," Courtney reportedly said. "It's always been about the dogs."
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Authorities impounded eight dogs from Krabloonik, in Snowmass Village, Colorado, on December 12. Six were severely malnourished, and two required serious veterinarian care, they said.
Krabloonik has some 250 dogs, according to KUSA, which visited the business and found that -- overall -- the dogs that the station were shown seemed healthy.
MacEachen told KUSA the dogs are athletes and must maintain a certain weight.
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"Perhaps they don't have the education to understand what is really going on here," MacEachen told the affiliate.
Among his biggest critics is a group called Voices for the Krabloonik Dogs. It has a Facebook page with more than 2,000 likes.
A member of that group, Leigh Vogel, sent an iReport, detailing the alleged abuse and tipping CNN off to the story. The iReport has received more than 16,000 views.
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What is viral gastroenteritis?
Viral gastroenteritis is inflammation of the lining of the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Several different viruses can cause viral gastroenteritis, which is highly contagious and extremely common. Viral gastroenteritis causes millions of cases of diarrhea each year.
Anyone can get viral gastroenteritis and most people recover without any complications, unless they become dehydrated.
What are the symptoms of viral gastroenteritis?
The main symptoms of viral gastroenteritis are
- watery diarrhea
- vomiting
Other symptoms include
- headache
- fever
- chills
- abdominal pain
Symptoms usually appear within 12 to 48 hours after exposure to a gastroenteritis-causing virus and last for 1 to 3 days. Some viruses cause symptoms that last longer.
What are the complications of viral gastroenteritis?
Dehydration is the most common complication of viral gastroenteritis. When someone does not drink enough fluids to replace those that are lost through vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration can result. When dehydrated, the body does not have enough fluids to keep the proper balance of important salts or minerals, known as electrolytes. Infants, young children, older adults, and people with weak immune systems have the greatest risk of becoming dehydrated.
The signs of dehydration in adults are
- excessive thirst
- infrequent urination
- dark-colored urine
- dry skin
- lethargy, dizziness, or faintness
Signs of dehydration in babies and young children are
- dry mouth and tongue
- lack of tears when crying
- no wet diapers for 3 hours or more
- high fever
- unusually cranky or drowsy behavior
- sunken eyes, cheeks, or soft spot in the skull
Also, when people are dehydrated, their skin does not flatten back to normal right away after being gently pinched and released.
People should talk with a health care provider if they have
- blood in their stool, which may indicate a bacterial infection
- symptoms that are severe or last more than a few days
- symptoms of dehydration
Severe dehydration may require intravenous fluids and hospitalization. Untreated severe dehydration can cause serious health problems such as organ damage, shock, or coma—a sleeplike state in which a person is not conscious.
What causes viral gastroenteritis?
Four types of viruses cause most cases of viral gastroenteritis.
Rotavirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis among infants and young children. Rotavirus infections are most common in infants 3 to 15 months old. Symptoms usually appear 1 to 3 days after exposure. Rotavirus typically causes vomiting and watery diarrhea for 3 to 7 days, along with fever and abdominal pain. Rotavirus can also infect adults who are in close contact with infected children, but the symptoms in adults are milder.
Caliciviruses cause infection in people of all ages. Norovirus is the most common calicivirus and the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in adults. Norovirus is usually responsible for epidemics of viral gastroenteritis. Norovirus outbreaks occur all year but are more frequent from October to April. People infected with norovirus typically experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fatigue, headache, and muscle aches. The symptoms usually appear 1 to 2 days after exposure to the virus and last for 1 to 3 days.
Adenovirus mainly infects children younger than 2 years old. Of the 49 types of adenoviruses, one strain affects the gastrointestinal tract, causing vomiting and diarrhea. Symptoms typically appear 8 to 10 days after exposure and last 5 to 12 days. Adenovirus infections occur year-round.
Astrovirus primarily infects infants and young children, but adults may also be infected. This virus causes vomiting and watery diarrhea. Symptoms usually appear 3 to 4 days after exposure and last 2 to 7 days. The symptoms are milder than the symptoms of norovirus or rotavirus infections. Infections occur year-round, but the virus is most active during the winter months.
Viral gastroenteritis is often mistakenly called "stomach flu," but it is not caused by the influenza virus. Some forms of gastroenteritis are caused by bacteria or parasites rather than viruses. For information about bacterial infections, see theFoodborne Illnesses fact sheet from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
How is viral gastroenteritis transmitted?
Viral gastroenteritis is transmitted from person to person. Viruses are present in the stool and vomit of people who are infected. Infected people may contaminate surfaces, objects, food, and drinks with viruses, especially if they do not wash their hands thoroughly after using the bathroom. When an infected person with unwashed hands shakes hands with or touches another person, the virus can spread. When an infected person vomits, the virus can become airborne.
People may be infected with viruses by
- touching contaminated surfaces or objects and then touching their mouths
- sharing food, drink, or eating utensils with infected people
- eating foods that are contaminated with the virus, such as oysters from contaminated waters
- swallowing airborne particles that contain viruses
Norovirus is especially contagious. Norovirus can survive for months on surfaces that are not thoroughly disinfected with a bleach solution. Hard surfaces should be cleaned with a mixture of 2 cups of bleach and 1 gallon of water.
Infected people who do not have symptoms can still transmit viruses. Viruses may be present in the stool up to 2 weeks after a person recovers from gastroenteritis.
Outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis can occur in households, childcare settings, schools, nursing homes, cruise ships, camps, dormitories, restaurants, and other places where people gather in groups. People who suspect they were exposed to a virus in one of these settings may want to contact a local health department that tracks viral gastroenteritis outbreaks.
How is viral gastroenteritis diagnosed?
Viral gastroenteritis is usually diagnosed based on symptoms alone. People who have symptoms that are severe or last for more than a few days may want to see a health care provider for additional tests. A health care provider may ask for a stool sample to test for rotavirus or norovirus or to rule out bacteria or parasites as the cause of the gastroenteritis.
During an epidemic of viral gastroenteritis, health care providers or public health officials may test stool samples to find out which virus is responsible for the outbreak.
How is viral gastroenteritis treated?
Most cases of viral gastroenteritis resolve over time without specific treatment. Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections. The primary goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and prevent complications.
Over-the-counter medicines such as loperamide (Imodium) and bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) can help relieve symptoms in adults. These medicines are not recommended for children.
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
The following steps may help relieve the symptoms of viral gastroenteritis in adults:
- drinking plenty of liquids such as fruit juices, sports drinks, caffeine-free soft drinks, and broths to replace fluids and electrolytes
- sipping small amounts of clear liquids or sucking on ice chips if vomiting is still a problem
- gradually reintroducing food, starting with bland, easy-to-digest foods such as rice, potatoes, toast or bread, cereal, lean meat, applesauce, and bananas
- avoiding fatty foods, sugary foods, dairy products, caffeine, and alcohol until recovery is complete
- getting plenty of rest
Children present special concerns. Because of their smaller body size, infants and children are likely to become dehydrated more quickly from diarrhea and vomiting. The following steps may help relieve symptoms of viral gastroenteritis and prevent dehydration in children:
- giving oral rehydration solutions such as Pedialyte, Naturalyte, Infalyte, and CeraLyte
- giving food as soon as the child is hungry
- giving infants breast milk or full strength formula, as usual, along with oral rehydration solutions
Older adults and adults with weak immune systems should also drink oral rehydration solutions to prevent dehydration.
How can viral gastroenteritis be prevented?
People can reduce their chances of getting or spreading viral gastroenteritis if they
- wash their hands thoroughly with soap and warm water for 20 seconds after using the bathroom or changing diapers and before eating or handling food
- disinfect contaminated surfaces such as countertops and baby changing tables with a mixture of 2 cups of household bleach and 1 gallon of water
- avoid foods and drinks that might be contaminated
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two vaccines to protect children from rotavirus infections: rotavirus vaccine, live, oral, pentavalent (RotaTeq); and rotavirus vaccine, live, oral (Rotarix). RotaTeq is given to infants in three doses at 2, 4, and 6 months of age. Rotarix is given in two doses. The first dose is given when the infant is 6 weeks old, and the second is given at least 4 weeks later but before the infant is 24 weeks old.
Parents of infants should discuss rotavirus vaccination with a health care provider. For more information, parents can visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rotavirus vaccination webpage at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/rotavirus.
In the past, rotavirus infections were most common from November to April in the United States. However, recently widespread vaccination slowed the transmission of the virus, delaying rotavirus activity until late February. Overall rates of infection have also been lower than in previous years.
Points to Remember
- Viral gastroenteritis is inflammation of the lining of the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Several different viruses can cause viral gastroenteritis, which is highly contagious and extremely common.
- The main symptoms of viral gastroenteritis are watery diarrhea and vomiting.
- Dehydration is the most common complication of viral gastroenteritis.
- When someone does not drink enough fluids to replace those that are lost through vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration can result. Signs of dehydration in adults are excessive thirst, infrequent urination, dark-colored urine, dry skin, and lethargy, dizziness, or faintness.
- Infants, young children, older adults, and people with weak immune systems have the greatest risk of becoming dehydrated.
- Viral gastroenteritis is transmitted from person to person.
- Diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis is usually based on symptoms alone.
- Most cases of viral gastroenteritis resolve over time without specific treatment. Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections. The primary goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms.
- Adults with viral gastroenteritis should drink plenty of liquids such as fruit juices, sports drinks, caffeine-free soft drinks, and broths to replace fluids and electrolytes.
- Children with viral gastroenteritis should be given oral rehydration solutions to prevent dehydration.
- People can reduce their chances of getting or spreading viral gastroenteritis if they wash their hands thoroughly with soap and warm water for 20 seconds after using the bathroom or changing diapers and before eating or handling food, disinfect contaminated surfaces, and avoid foods or liquids that might be contaminated.
Hope through Research
The NIDDK's Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition supports basic and clinical research into gastrointestinal diseases, including viral gastroenteritis.
Researchers are investigating
- diagnostic tests for virus strains
- new vaccines for rotavirus and norovirus
- the use of probiotics to treat gastroenteritis
Participants in clinical trials can play a more active role in their own health care, gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available, and help others by contributing to medical research. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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By Deb Silverberg , April 15, 2012 02:10 PM
Are you already one of 150 million current LinkedIn users? If so, good for you. If not, there are more reasons than ever to join. Some recent figures on social media use for job hunting (via The Degree 360) underscore why being part of LinkedIn is so important:
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The experiments in this program help illustrate not only the brain's flexibility and responsiveness, but also how we measure these responses and changes. Through a variety of instruments, doctors are able to take pictures of the brain, but only as recently as the 1990s did functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) make it possible to track the specific part of the brain active during a given activity, and how the brain changes as it acquires information and remembers.
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A bruised and bloodied female recruit pulls herself to her feet, spits out a mouthful of blood and shouts an unladylike insult at an abusive master chief, instantly earning respect from her male teammates as she becomes the nation's first female commando.
The dramatic scene from "G.I. Jane" suggests that integrating women into a special operations unit is as simple as finding a physically fit woman willing to shave her head and put up with misogynistic jerks.
That was just a movie. This is real life.
Special operations chief Adm. Bill McRaven told a Washington audience this week that he supports allowing women into elite military units, including the SEALs. The comments, made days after defense officials ended the ban on women serving in ground combat, ignited fresh debate among the ranks over whether women could -- or should -- serve alongside America's elite warriors.
There's long been skepticism over whether women can meet the grueling physical standards of special operations. Of those fit enough to make it to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training -- an achievement in its own right -- only about 1 in 3 of them become Navy commandos.
McRaven, a former SEAL commander, said it's crucial that women be held to the same high standards as men and that he believes some "will do a phenomenal job."
McRaven has until 2016 to report back to the secretary of defense with a plan to integrate his forces or apply for an exception to continue to restrict women.
His comments drew mixed reactions among former SEALs reached by a reporter this week. Several flatly rejected the idea of bringing women into the force; others said they were open to the idea as long as standards were not lowered.
Even those who oppose allowing women to join the teams concede that a select few would probably make the cut.
"I'm confident there are women who can pass the physical standards; there are women I'm sure that can pass the mental standards," former SEAL officer Cade Courtley said. "But why would you add an element into the most elite special forces that could cause it to be less effective?"
Courtley, who spun his military experience into a reality show and book about survival tactics, imagined what would happen if a woman had been on the team of Virginia Beach-based SEALs tapped to take out Osama bin Laden and learned she was pregnant days before the raid.
"I'm not saying SEALs can't adapt," he said, "but why mess with something that's working?"
Courtley also questioned whether women should train alongside men in humbling circumstances. He described pushing through "hell week," a brutal five days of continuous training during the initial phase of BUD/S.
"At about night number four, when we're lying on metal grates in nothing but our swim shorts, I'm spooning this guy next to me, shivering to death and just hoping that he has to pee because I'll at least get a couple seconds of warmth," said Courtley, who became a SEAL in 1995 and left the service in 2001. "That's how far down we go. Are we really going to add women to that?"
Retired SEAL Don Shipley runs Extreme SEAL Experience in rural Chesapeake, a weeklong program for young men who aspire to join special operations forces. He has refused to open the course to women, despite several requests, because he fears it would deter men from signing up.
He expects the same would happen if women were integrated into SEAL training.
"You cannot even get the majority of the strongest guys in the nation to get through the training," Shipley said. "You're going to deter some those guys from coming out, and for what?"
Larry Bailey, a former SEAL commander who retired in 1990 after 27 years, said even if a woman meets the rigorous physical and mental requirements, she would not be suited for the job "by virtue of her anatomy." The 73-year-old described a scenario in which a female SEAL and her team are swimming toward a target through shark-infested Caribbean waters.
"What happens if her female menstrual cycle starts?" Bailey said. "The sharks will be swarming. That sounds ridiculous, but I use that to make a point. Men and women aren't built the same."
Bailey's hard-line stance doesn't necessarily reflect the views among younger special operations troops, many of whom have served alongside women during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kevin Maurer, a journalist and Virginia Beach native who has embedded numerous times with special operations units over the past decade, said he has seen commandos come to respect women who often join them on dangerous missions as helicopter pilots or with cultural support teams.
"With special operations guys, everyone earns their place," said Maurer, who co-wrote "No Easy Day" with an ex-SEAL who participated in the bin Laden raid. "It's about earning the green beret, earning the trident. If you can earn it, and if you're held to the same standards, then you will earn that respect."
Lisa Barbarics, a retired Navy chief, worked with SEAL teams as a communications specialist during the late-1990s. She said she felt like she was welcomed as part of the Naval Special Warfare community, but she has doubts about whether a woman would be accepted as a SEAL. She questioned whether many women could make it to that point.
"Having worked with those guys, there may be a few women out there who are capable of meeting those standards," Barbarics said. "I doubt there are very many of them."
One recently retired SEAL who served on deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan said gender shouldn't matter. He shared his views with a reporter on the condition that his name not be published.
Women can be "as ruthless and driven as dudes," the ex-SEAL said in an email, "and once they have proven that they can pass the minimum standard, they should be allowed to roll with us."
He acknowledged that his views are not typical of most of his former teammates. But as long as standards aren't lowered, he said the training could be amended to allow women to participate without needlessly being forced into provocative situations. The change wouldn't be unprecedented.
"When I went through training, we did every run in jungle boots, and we lost 25 percent of the class to shin-splints or leg fractures," the retired SEAL said.
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After the exorcism prayer, RCIA 301 directs that the children be anointed with the oil of catechumens. If they have already been anointed, then a brief ritual laying on of hands may be used.
The rite gives a blessing of oil for the priest to use if needed.
The rubric instructs the anointing to take place on the breast, or on both hands, or "if this seems desirable," on other parts of the body.
My comment: probably not the crown of the head or forehead, as these are usually reserved for anointing with chrism.
In RCIA 302, the children may be dismissed from church, or they may instructed "to continue with us in prayer" and return to their seats.
RCIA 303, titled "Liturgy of Penance," gives an instance in which the unbaptized children may remain to pray for their baptized companions:
303. Next, the liturgy of the sacrament of penance begins for baptized children who will celebrate this sacrament for the first time. After the celebrant gives a brief instruction, individual confession, first of the children, then of the others in the assembly follows.
A suitable song or a prayer of thanksgiving follows the celebration of the sacrament; all then leave.
Note the preference for a "closing" song. I would think the more common practice would be to do both.
This concludes the only ritual given in the section (RCIA 252-330) for children of catechetical age during the season of Lent.


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Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger: Maggie from She Let them Eat Cake
I have known about Maggie from She Let them Eat Cake for years, but we hadn't chatted much until we both found ourselves in the running for the Circle of Moms Top 25 vegan and vegetarian mom blog contest along with Kim of Welcoming Kitchen. We ended up chatting about it on twitter and I realized that I really needed to get to know Maggie's blog better. Maggie's blog followed her husband's diagnosis with Celiac about 7 years ago, and her baking became naturally gluten-free and vegan when her son was diagnosed with gluten, dairy, and egg intolerance. Maggie bakes gorgeous, healthy food and I found it a real challenge to just pick one or two items from her blog to try. I was enticed by her zucchini pancakes and blueberry buckle, but finally settled on making her Nutty Sandwich Bread and her morning glory muffins. I was attracted to her sandwich bread because she suggested using either almond meal OR walnut meal, and I've been playing with different nut and seed meals recently. And the morning glory muffins struck me as pure brilliance, being grain-free, based in almond and quinoa flour but yet egg-free as well, using a mashed banana and flax eggs as a binder. They were excellent timing, as a gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free friend of mine was ill and I wanted to bring over some baked goods to her house, along with some soup. Besides, I had one blackened banana that was crying to be used up before it had to be tossed.
As I was making the muffins, I could tell that they were going to turn out well due to the elasticity in the dough, not to mention the yummy smelling cinnamon and the raisins. I don't like walnuts in my muffins so I left them out of the dough and just put some on top of the muffins before baking them. Somehow finding walnut in the middle of a bready bite does not make me happy, but when I know I'm biting into a nut on top of the muffin I feel like the muffin is better somehow. Is that weird? I did find that I had to bake the muffins longer than Maggie suggested, and even then they were a little on the moist side. I noticed that Maggie often makes them in mini muffin tins and I think that would be a perfect solution. However, both the DH and I gobbled them up so I can't really say this moistness was a problem. Instead, the problem was that I didn't make a double batch! Next time I might make mini morning glories, just because they are so darned cute and faster to bake. And yes, there will be a next time. Oh yes, there will be more morning glory muffins. Now, please.
Because I love bread and found Maggie's recipe very compelling, I just had to try her Nutty Sandwich Bread. I used all sorghum flour because sometimes garfava is a little tough on my stomach, and I used walnut meal that I ground in my clean spice grinder. The batch came together quickly. I noticed that Maggie used two bread pans but when I mixed up the batch, I felt like I could easily just make one nice fat loaf, so I used one 8*4 pan. It rose beautifully and baked up even prettier, so I was happy with my decision. I sprinkled the top with sunflower seeds and just looking at that gorgeous loaf (not to mention smelling it) made me smile.
It made the perfect loaf of bread for toast or sandwiches. Toddler Yum enjoyed it freshly made with the crusts cut off and some dairy-free margarine. I liked it with baba ghanoush, avocado and garden lettuce, with almond or peanut butter, and also in a super yum creation of mine involving hummus, sliced lyndsay olives, and organic arugula. *drool* The DH also gave it thumbs ups.
The one thing about it was that either the walnut meal or the baking soda made me feel weirdly like I was eating banana bread without the banana. Something about the texture felt more like a quickbread than a yeast bread, but the flavor was terrific. I would definitely make this again any time I needed a good gluten, dairy, and egg free recipe. No wonder Maggie is such a powerhouse in the blogging world, with these terrific recipes! I'm so glad I finally adopted her and explored her yummy baked goods.
You can find more of Maggie's recipes at the site she co-founded with Amy Green of Simply Sugar and Gluten-free, The Balanced Platter.
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An excessive number of timeout warnings (normally used only for debugging) were written to the data node logs. (Bug #53987)
Disk Data: As an optimization when inserting a row to an empty page, the page is not read, but rather simply initialized. However, this optimzation was performed in all cases when an empty row was inserted, even though it should have been done only if it was the first time that the page had been used by a table or fragment. This is because, if the page had been in use, and then all records had been released from it, the page still needed to be read to learn its log sequence number (LSN).
This caused problems only if the page had been flushed using an incorrect LSN and the data node failed before any local checkpoint was completed—which would remove any need to apply the undo log, hence the incorrect LSN was ignored.
The user-visible result of the incorrect LSN was that it caused the data node to fail during a restart. It was perhaps also possible (although not conclusively proven) that this issue could lead to incorrect data. (Bug #54986)
Cluster API:
NdbTransaction::refresh() did
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The liberal media are again attempting to silence another Christian voice in their crusade for "tolerance." ESPN refused to air NASCAR driver Blake Koch's advertisement, which encourages American youth to vote, because of Koch's Christian faith.
Koch partnered with "Rise Up and Register" to produce the voting advertisement. After ESPN's refusal, the non-religion based campaign pulled its sponsorship of Koch.
Although the ad was non-partisan and non-religious ESPN denied it a spot because it linked back to Koch's website, where he promotes ministry and his Christian faith.
According to "Fox News Insider," the ad injected no sort of political or religious agenda and Koch said the only message he was trying to send with the ad was to register an additional one million people to vote. It wasn't tied to a particular candidate or party, he explained.
ESPN has a history of lashing out at Christian figures. The network bashed Christian quarterback Tim Tebow for his "polarizing" behavior, and in February one of its reporters directed a racial slur at basketball player Jeremy Lin, another devout Christian athlete.
ESPN is not the first network to idle Christian devotion, and Koch's case coupled with other all-out assaults on believing Christians only continues to prove the left is accepting of any faith but Christianity.


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Massachusetts Teen Supports Deployed Troops
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2006 - Last week, a Brewster, Mass., teen marked a milestone in his support of U.S. troops deployed overseas.
Dylan DeSilva, 13, mailed off the 1,000th care package from his organization, "Cape Cod Cares for Our Troops." The package went to a Marine first sergeant in Iraq who will distribute the various toiletries and snacks inside to the 1,200 Marines in his company.
DeSilva founded Cap Cod Cares for Our Troops two years ago, taking the idea from a Boy Scout project. Since then, he has relied on donations and the efforts of volunteers to send packages to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Alaska and Djibouti.
"It's important to show the soldiers, Marines, Air Force and (Navy) that we care for them and that they have support," DeSilva said during a visit to Washington, D.C., yesterday.
DeSilva can send as many as 30 packages a week, which take about five hours to pack and an hour and a half to mail, he said. The packages usually include a bag of toiletries, two bags of snacks, socks, flashlights, powdered drink mixes, cards from children, and blank cards for the soldier to write home with.
DeSilva's organization also sends about two packages a week filled with toys for Iraqi children, he said. He recently sent a box full of soccer balls and has sent stuffed animals and other toys.
To get names and addresses of servicemembers, DeSilva relies on referrals from other troops who have received his packages, battalion commanders and chaplains, he said. He hears back from most of the troops who get his packages, he said, and many of them send photos.
In May, DeSilva graduated at the top of his class in the Young Marines program. He said he plans on joining the Marine Corps, but doesn't know yet what he will specialize in.
DeSilva is in D.C. with his mother, Michelle DeSilva, and congressional candidate Jeff Beatty, of Harwich, Mass., who decided to reward DeSilva with the trip after hearing of his efforts. So far, they have attended a Washington Redskins football game, toured the Capitol building, and toured the Pentagon.
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Youthful Marlins focused on winning, development
WASHINGTON -- Growing pains are inevitable with rebuilding, but that hasn't changed the objective of the youthful Miami Marlins.
With such an inexperienced roster, expectations are not very high. And the task of getting off to a fast start is hindered by facing the defending National League East champions in their first series.
Taking on the Nationals on the road presents an immediate challenge.
So what would constitute a successful season?
"Obviously, our goal is to win," manager Mike Redmond said. "We're trying to win as many ballgames as we can. We've got to focus on development. We've got a lot of young guys. Guys who have to get better, and have to improve. At the same time, too, we're developing with a focus on winning."
The Marlins finished 69-93 a year ago, which prompted the makeover of the roster.
On Monday, nine of the Marlins' 25 players celebrated their first big league Opening Day -- Jose Fernandez, Rob Brantly, Donovan Solano, Adeiny Hechavarria, Wade LeBlanc, A.J. Ramos, Justin Ruggiano, Alex Sanabia and Chris Valaika.
Redmond is experiencing his first opener as a manager, and Tino Martinez as a hitting coach.
The Marlins enter the season with the youngest rotation in the National League and second youngest in the Majors. Their starting five's age averages 26 years, 62 days. Only the A's (25, 3) rotation is younger.
Miami's active roster is the seventh youngest at 29 years, 23 days.
Redmond, the youngest manager in the NL, has received numerous well-wishes from friends, including Mike Lowell and Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez.
"A lot of guys around the baseball world who I've been in contact with texted," Redmond said. "I've been through enough of these as a player, but I think everybody is a little nervous. I know as a player I always got a little nervous. It's more just excitement and getting this thing going."


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My earliest design memories are of customizing CSS for my Xanga and LiveJournal over a decade ago. Around the same time, I was beautifying MySpace layouts and making pins for only the most terrible local bands. I've been in love with design ever since.
I was born and raised in New Jersey and I'm somehow back here after taking four years off from fist pumping and spray tans to pursue a graphic design degree at MICA in Baltimore. For the last two years, I've been employed at a small studio in Montclair, NJ working on the design and production of mobile apps for Food Network, Fast Company, National Geographic, NFL, The Royal Irish Academy, Notre Dame Athletics, and more. Download my complete résumé if you'd like.
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The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is that we should view others as being more important than we are. Of course, you cannot completely ignore yourself. But neither can you neglect the welfare of other people and other sentient beings, particularly when there is a clash of interest between your own welfare and the welfare of other people. At such a time you should consider other people's welfare as more important than your own personal well-being. Compare yourself to the rest of sentient beings. All other sentient beings are countless, while you are just one person. Your suffering and happiness may be very important, but it is just the suffering and happiness of one individual, whereas the happiness and suffering of all other sentient beings is immeasurable and countless. So, it is the way of the wise to sacrifice one for the benefit of the majority and it is the way of the foolish to sacrifice the majority on behalf of just one single individual. Even from the point of view of your personal well-being, you must cultivate a compassionate mind—that is that source of happiness in your life.
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Ski Hollywood!
They call it "The Next Greatest Ski Movie Ever." (Because, as we well know, Blizzard of Aahhhs is the original. Or is Scrapple?)
Filmed in part at Beaver Creek and Tride, the upcoming "Deep Winter" flick stars a couple Hollywood boy-band types and the ear-chompingly creepy Michael Madsen in a classic "let's do it, bro" made-in-LA ski flick. The trailer just hit YouTube and it seems to have all the hallmarks of an overwrought
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Oh good lord, please help us now. If anything, these faux ugly Christmas sweaters proves that there is no God. There is no God!
…Okay settle down Coty.
Conventional wisdom suggests that these sweaters are much more practical (especially for me) than wearing the actual product that they are spoofing. Why? Because in Hawaii, winter is just like every other day of the year. Meaning it's not very cold at all, definitely not cold enough to warrant the use of a hideous Christmas sweater.
Of course, this means that there is a lack of "Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties" during the holidays in Hawaii. But then again, you guys probably can't get a tan at the beach during this particular time of the year. I can. Cost versus benefits, my ugly sweater loving friends.
Now if you're still considering one of these Ugly Christmas Sweater T-Shirts then please feel free to head on over to master Ugly Christmas Sweater T-Shirt purveyors, Vardagen. They will hook you up. For $20 you get your choice between Ugly deer, moose and snowman sweaters. If you do decide to pick one of the tees up please leave a comment below, so that I can proceed to point a fingers in your direction and chuckle.


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Kalamazoo Corset Company
At the turn of the 20th century, when respectable women risked their health by squeezing themselves into tight corsets in pursuit of a fashionable silhouette, the Kalamazoo Corset Company was the largest employer in the city and the largest manufacturer of women's corsets in the world. It was also the site of the first major strike by women workers in the Kalamazoo region.
Featherbone Corsets
The Kalamazoo Corset Company began life in Three Oaks, Michigan, as the Featherbone Corset Company. In 1891, company president James H. Hatfield moved the company to Kalamazoo and soon renamed his business. The factory was located in a four-story building that once stood at the corner of Church and Eleanor Streets. In the late 1950's the building would serve as a temporary home for the Kalamazoo Public Library while it was constructing its new building. At its peak, the factory produced one and half million corsets a year and employed more than 800 workers, mostly women. They produced corsets using turkey feathers, or featherbone, for ribbing rather than whalebone, a process invented and patented in 1883 by Edward K. Warren of Three Oaks. The Madame Grace and American Beauty corset lines came in many different styles and required 40 specialized manufacturing operations. There were even several promotional songs written about the American Beauty line.
The Strike
A historic labor strike was begun on 2 March 1912 by 500 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local 82 (ILGWU). The issues were poor wages, long hours, unsanitary working conditions and sexual harassment. The union was concerned about the decline in "moral conditions" as the women workers complained of sexual exploitation by male foremen. ILGWU sent Josephine Casey and others from New York to help organize the workers. In a rally speech Casey said, "This is a fight for our rights and I am going to stand by you to the end."
The picket lines were orderly until tensions escalated, and the owner gained a court order to stop them. The strikers complied with the order and held "silent picketing" or prayer meetings instead. They gained national headlines for their unusual style of picketing. They also boycotted Kalamazoo Corset Company products. On March 30th a parade of 1,500 union workers marched through the city streets showing their support. Picketing resumed and several people were arrested and jailed, including Josephine Casey. By June, newly elected progressive Mayor Charles B. Hays and Reverend Dr. W. M. Puffer presented a compromise proposal to the workers. On 15 June 1912 the contract was approved by the union. While the financial gains were not great, it was still a victory for the women workers who demanded "fair and honest" treatment by their employer.
In 1914 James Hatfield left to open a new company called the National Corset Company (NACO). In 1922 the Kalamazoo Corset Company was renamed the Grace Corset Company. By the 1920's, as tight corsets fell from favor, the factory adapted its line to include girdles, brassieres, and other women's undergarments. The company was sold to the Flexnit Company of New Jersey, and ceased its local operations in 1957, thus ending an era in the manufacturing of women's fashions in Kalamazoo.
Written by Beth Scott, Kalamazoo Public Library Staff, 1997. Last updated 16 May 2017.
Michigan: Explorations in its Social History
Blouin, Francis X.
"Feeling the pinch" by Karen M. Mason
Historical Society of Michigan, 1987, pages 23-44
Kalamazoo: The Place Behind the Products
Massie, Larry and Peter J. Schmitt
Windsor Publication, 1981
"Dwindling into failure: The ILGWU on strike in Kalamazoo, Mich., 1912″
Havira, Barbara S.
Michigan Academician, volume 20, number 4, Fall 1988.
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"When Michigan molded the nation's figures"
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LONDON (AP) ? Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, where the royal baby spent a first night at home with his parents, Prince William and Kate.
The 87-year-old monarch made a short trip from Buckingham Palace by chauffeur-driven Bentley and spent about half an hour visiting the two-day-old Prince of Cambridge. The baby is her third great-grandchild and the third in line to the British throne.
The baby's name hasn't been revealed yet. "We're still working on a name," William told reporters Tuesday as he and Kate took the baby home from St. Mary's Hospital, promising to let the world know "as soon as we can."
That could be anything from a few hours to several weeks ? the queen did not announce the name of William's father, Prince Charles, until a month after his birth in 1948.
Bookmaker William Hill has George ? the name of six previous British kings ? as the favorite at 2-1 odds, with James at 4-1.
Images of the prince, his little hand peeking above a white crocheted wrap, blanketed the front pages of British newspapers Wednesday. The Daily Mail offered a photo album image with the headline "Baby's first royal wave."
The prince slept through his debut public appearance ? though William assured the media he had "a good pair of lungs on him."
William is taking two weeks' paternity leave from his job as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, and the palace said he and Kate would now spend "private and quiet time for them to get to know their son."
As well as selecting a name ? or more likely four names ? William and Kate will soon choose a photographer for the baby's first official portrait.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, said the couple would probably choose someone "eminent and hopefully British." William's baby portrait was taken by society photographer Lord Snowdon, the former husband of the queen's sister Princess Margaret.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/queen-arrives-visit-britains-prince-103500245.html
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A dozen kiters from Montana and Wyoming met up recently for three days of epic snow kiting in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. After a long winter of storms the Big Horn snowpack is deep. Cornices are huge this time of year. As the highway across the Big Horns is still quite closed due to deep snow, we needed our snowmobiles to get to the various kite spots.
Each day an overnight storm brought us fresh powder, even in mid-April. While the day length was long, and temperatures were in the 20's, it still felt like winter with this fresh snow.
The beauty of hopping on our snowmobiles in the morning was evident. We would rip from one mountain to another in minutes and find the best wind easily. If a storm blew into one mountain we could rapidly transition to another kite spot. In the course of the three days we found three new spots that I had never kited and got to hit up a couple of old favorites as well.
The big surprise was on the final day. We were socked in with heavy clouds and wet snow. It was clearly time to go so we dropped the RV into 4 low and were crawling down the mountain when we came across an overnight rock slide, completely blocking our exit. It took us a couple hours but we finally made a sneak past the edge of the slide and made our way back to Montana.
Thanks for reading, enjoy the photos and see ya out there,


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No 'Catastrophic Failure' on Southern Cross Cable
MEDIA RELEASE November 9, 2011
Southern Cross
Contrary to a misleading and inaccurate media release from Labour's Clare Curran, no 'catastrophic failure' has occurred on the Southern Cross Cable.
The cable is, a figure of 8 network providing internet services to New Zealand, Australia, Pacific and the US. In the early hours of this morning a limited outage affecting 10% of our active capacity occurred during our maintenance window which is a low traffic impacting period.
The outage occurred at one of our Sydney cable stations, Alexandria, and it lasted from 3.17am – 4.28am, Sydney Time, impacting 4 of our customers.
A problem occurred and the switch was reverted to its original software. The incident occurred as a part of authorised work taking place to expand capacity on the Southern Cross Network.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC Women's Soccer Head Coach Leslie Wray received a contract extension which will keep her at the helm of the Retrievers through the 2018 season, as announced by Director of Athletics Tim Hall on Thursday, Feb. 27.
"We are proud to call Leslie Wray a key member of our UMBC family," Tim Hall said. "The job she has done, in her short time here, is proof that she is a great coach and that the best days of UMBC women's soccer lie ahead."
"I am honored and thankful that Director of Athletics Tim Hall is giving me the opportunity to continue to contribute in the changing of the culture of the UMBC women's soccer program," Wray said. "My staff, players and I are eager to try and continue to build upon the tremendous success that we enjoyed this season and make it a constant for this program for years to come."
In just her second season with the program, Wray guided the Retrievers to an historic 2013 campaign, which saw a Cinderella turnaround for the black and gold. With 14 wins in its prior six seasons, UMBC registered the second-biggest turnaround in Division I women's soccer in 2013 and the largest in America East history. Two years removed from a winless 2011 season, Wray helped the Retrievers to post a program-record 13 wins, a share of its first-ever regular-season title, league tournament crown and NCAA Tournament appearance. UMBC put up a fight, battling College Cup semifinalist Virginia Tech in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament and finished the season ranked in the top-10 of the NSCAA Northeast Region Poll.
The Retrievers became the first team to complete the worst-to-first turnaround during America East action, moving from a 0-5-3 conference record in 2012 to a 6-2-0 mark in 2013. Wray and her staff were honored by being named the America East Coaching Staff of the Year, the second staff in program history to receive the honor. Red-shirt junior Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) became the first UMBC women's soccer player to take home a major award from the America East, by being recognized as Co-Midfielder of the Year. The Retrievers would also have four players named to the All-Tournament team, with Brown receiving the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. Brown would also garner Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star Second Team honors and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region Third Team recognition.
In addition to five players receiving All-Conference recognition, Brown and sophomore back Nikki Boretti (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) proved that Wray's Retrievers can get things done in the classroom as well as the field. The duo became the third and fourth members of the program to earn spots on the league's All-Academic Team. Brown was also named to the NSCAA University Division Women's Scholar All-East Region Second Team.


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I got dragged into the hospital this morning to see a guy for Alzheimer's disease. He was in one of the 2-patient rooms, with them separated by a curtain. And both of the guys were old and demented.
So while I"m talking to the guy in bed 1, he moves his arm, and immediately his IV pump says "downstream occlusion" and starts beeping annoyingly, a series of repeating chimes "beep-beep-boop-bop-bop".
So the guy in bed 2 thinks it's his phone ringing, and starts answering it! "Hello! Hello! Who is this?" slams it down. "Those damn kids"
And it keeps going! Every 30 seconds the pump chimes, and the other guy does the same thing "Hello! Hello!" I was in the room for 15 minutes, and he answered the phone 12 times.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Off topic: Blogs, Words, and Miscommunication
One of the hardest parts of blogging (or, indeed, writing any sort of instruction) is covering all bases and making yourself as well-understood as possible. Your mind may be thinking one thing as you type your words out onto the screen, but the meaning behind those words can be lost as a reader skims over them, picks out the important points, and possibly misses other equally important ones.
Communication hiccups have been a problem stumbled upon to varying degrees by anyone who has ever written something for the purpose of instruction or explanation. I myself am relatively new to the blogging community, and already have had to go back and re-word several of my posts to better explain my meaning, or to highlight points that commentators seemed to miss. I'm quite certain that I am not alone in this experience.
My own work is in Distance Learning, and quite a bit of my college degree was focused on the importance of being concise with your data. Technical Writing was one course I took that lead to great insight on how to best arrange your thoughts, but it was only through experience comparing guides or course materials and then writing some myself that I can see just how much the reader's own interpretation can impact their entire understanding of what the author is trying to say. Assumptions in particular are one of the deadliest trip-wires out there.
Much of what we write will be skipped over, skimmed by eyes speeding to find the points the reader cares most about. This happens when we read news articles, books, blog posts, and even trade chat. I can't help but wonder what eyes may miss even this one lone sentence, lost in the midst of a paragraph. We can color words, emphasize them with bold, italics, or underlines, and even set them flashing on a computer screen, but if the reader doesn't interpret it correctly or even choose to read that section of the document, they may misinterpret your entire point.
What does a > sign mean to you, and what does it mean to your reader? Or a = sign, or that you left out something else to compare, or that by "players" you simply meant "friendly targets counted as being in your raid group" but felt that was too much of a mouth-full to continuously type? How extreme will a reader take what you say, how far will they cut it down to black-and-white? Will they later remember your clarification on it, or that there may be factors beyond what simple math can describe? Will anyone even read it?
Who is at fault? Is it the reader's job to take the time to fully read every word, see every letter? How esle wluod it be pbosisle to iretprent tihs stnence? Is it the writer's job to summarize and organize their documents as accurately as possible? I think it is some of both. Most of us know about "TL:DR," Too Long: Didn't Read: a lot of casual readers will have entirely skipped this paragraph by now. Yet if the author doesn't go into explicit detail on their math, comparisons, and reasoning, they can be questioned on that, too. If the author doesn't repeat a point multiple times as a conditional to their statement, it may be missed the one time that they did say it, and get questioned for it, or their whole post may be misrepresented by others, particularly if they are making a bold statement.
As bloggers for a widely-popular video game, it seems we must cater to all kinds of readers, and that makes the job incredibly difficult. Many blogs are looked to as sources of experience and answers to how exactly someone must play or to make themselves better, or what to do in the delicate social situations that the game--and life--sometimes leaves us in. It is an incredible responsibility, one that brings me to admire various bloggers for their shouldering of the burden and scrutiny. We have to figure out how precise we have to be with our words, and remember that not all of our readers will hold the same assumptions that we do. We know that we all make mistakes, or that someone who does read our words may misinterpret them in some way. We also know that inevitably, there will be someone who disagrees, be they right or wrong.
It is a tight line to walk, but one that we all must be aware of, be it as writers and readers alike.
(As a point to reflect on, this post has been edited 5 times since publishing.)
7 comments:
- Road Rash said...
I have a dozen blogs on my daily review list.
Yours is on the top as my first click.
If you sometimes struggle with the words and agonize prior to posting, the results are well worth it.
Keep on ramblin' on.
Please and thanks.
- April 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM
This is a very interesting reflection, Kae. Given everything that has been going on, I think this is some really unique insight.
I have training as an attorney, and one of the first things that we learn in our writing course (yes...they really DO teach us to be this convoluded!) is a method known as IRAC.
Clearly state the Issue (I). Present the Rule (R). Provide your Argument using facts and precedent to support your thoughts (A). State your conclusion (C).
As I result, I find that in many of the topics I write about, I use examples, or facts, to support an argument that I want to make. However, I try to keep in mind that it is equally important to state a concise conclusion when I am done that is supported by my argument at the end of the thoughts.
Another thing that we are trained is to always "know your opponent's arguments, and be able to counter them". One thing that I think this does is help keep your mind open to other schools of thought, which is just as important as crafting your own thoughts. If you can't see the flaws in your arguments, or can't acknowledge that there are opposing opinions, I think you put yourself in a bad position.
I always try to stay true to what point I am presenting, but I also try to stay keenly aware of what can debunk my chain of reasoning and give it the credit, acknowledgement and respect that it deserves. I often find I can compliment my argument by throughly and sufficiently working through my counter-arguments. Sometimes that takes a lot of time and effort to do, and a lot of people (including myself at times) opt not to do this, but it's almost always worth it in the end.
It is important to remember that there doesn't always have to be a "right" and a "wrong" to every prediciment that we are faced with in life.
Anyhow...I ramble =) Great post!
@Road Rash - I'm fairly certain this is Kae's backhanded response to everything going on over at Restokin and Nerf This Druid regarding a controversial post made on Paladin Schmaladin =)
- April 29, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Kae said...
Indeed, Beru :) The arguments there are what started me thinking about the whole point. It is frightening how much power a blogger can have over the gaming community when it comes to sensitive topics, and the backlash that can result from it... which is probably part of why developers keep an eye on the blogs.
I have sometimes been frustrated or felt very self-conscious when something I say is misinterpreted or overlooked, so I can sympathize with the situation when others are placed in it. Such situations are a gentle reminder that the world is a big place and that each person sees things in different ways.
- April 29, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I had posted over in Averna's blog that had that first full sentance been worded slightly differently, the entire tone of the post would have been different and most of her readers would probably have gotten more of what she originally intended them to get from it.
Thesis statements are important in any and all settings. It's the first thing any reader sees, and it will stay with them through the entirety of your thougt regardless of what else you have to say.
For Example...if you start off a comment with "Prime Rib is the meat of all meats and I eat it twice a week!" and then follow it up with a diatribe about how we shouldn't kill animals for their leather and fur because it's horrible to slaughter animals for that purpose...people are probably going to continue thinking to themselves "how can this guy say that, yet eat prime rib twice a week!".
I assume that this is something that is still taught in our American Education System. At least one would hope =)
- April 29, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Er...to clarify, the "her" refers to Ferraro, not Averna.
And even having to "clarify" made me giggle, considering the subject you posted about! ;-)
- April 29, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- Lissanna said...
I worked on my last post (about the legendary weapon) on and off for about 5 hours last night, and then re-edited it a couple more times.
- April 29, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Kae said...
It is a lot of work, and I definitely give Lissana and Averna kudos for the effort you put into your defense on such a sensitive topic. You knew that others would be reading against the grain (practice for that thesis paper, Liss? :) ).
- April 30, 2009 at 8:40 AM