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The Mastery system is a new game mechanic added to the talent system in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. It has undergone extensive revision since its announcement at Blizzcon 2009. With the dramatic revamp of the talent system in preparation for Mists of Pandaria, mastery now represents a general bonus from items that gets applied to specialization (chosen at level 10) as single "Mastery: " ability which determines how the bonus is converted to some benefit.
In Mists of Pandaria EditThis section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.
The mechanic hasn't changed dramatically, but theoretically, the system is much simpler since the benefit from mastery is clearly stated in the single specific ability gain from choosing a specialization.
As of Cataclysm EditThis section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.
Some classes or talent specializations desire mastery rating much more than others, depending on how powerful the bonus is to their role, but the basic idea is that this passive skill is attractive to you because of the talent specialization you chose.
This is used in items with a level requirement of 78 or above[1] or item level 272 and up.[2] For example some uncommon items will have mastery by default, just like stamina or intellect. Mastery is in addition to talent trees, this helps the Mastery buff gained at level 80.
How it works Edit
Basically, the Mastery rating means nothing unless you have the appropriate Specialization which is a new concept introduced in Cataclysm. Specialization is basically a form of locking in your talent tree and doesn't happen until level 80.
Mechanic in Mists of Pandaria EditThis section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.
As of Patch 5.0.4, the points based system was removed. Now, each specialization has a specific ability that determines how the mastery bonus benefits the character.
- You choose a specialization at level 10.
- At level 78 and above, items will start dropping with Mastery as a stat.
- Mastery bonuses get applied based on specialization ability gained that starts "Mastery:" in the name.
Mechanic in Cataclysm EditThis section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.
Here was a summary from WoW Insider of the Mastery system circa Cataclysm:[3]
- You choose one tree at level 10 and then can only add talents to that tree until you have put 31 points in it. Then the other trees open up.
- At level 78 and above, items will start dropping with Mastery as a stat. Once Mastery is learned from your class trainer, the stat will give bonuses based on the tree specialized in.
- The Mastery bonuses will be flat percentages and will no longer be based on the number of talents spent in a tree.
- Talents will alternate with skills when leveling. So you will get a talent point "about" every other level.
So, you need to keep a close eye on the bonus you get in your Mastery talent and decide if the conversion of Mastery rating to the bonus is worth it to you. Wowhead has a nice list of Mastery talents.
Mastery by class and specialization EditThis section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.
Gained at level 80:
Death knight Edit
- [Mastery: Frozen Heart] for Frost
- [Mastery: Blood Shield] for Blood
- [Mastery: Dreadblade] for Unholy
Druid Edit
- [Mastery: Total Eclipse] for Balance
- [Mastery: Razor Claws] for Feral
- [Mastery: Nature's Guardian] for Guardian
- [Mastery: Harmony] for Restoration
Hunter Edit
- [Mastery: Master of Beasts] for Beast Mastery
- [Mastery: Wild Quiver] for Marksmanship
- [Mastery: Essence of the Viper] for Survival
Mage Edit
Monk Edit
- [Mastery: Elusive Brawler] for Brewmaster
- [Mastery: Gift of the Serpent] for Mistweaver
- [Mastery: Bottled Fury] for Windwalker
Paladin Edit
- [Mastery: Hand of Light] for Retribution
- [Mastery: Divine Bulwark] for Protection
- [Mastery: Illuminated Healing] for Holy
Priest Edit
- [Mastery: Shield Discipline] for Discipline
- [Mastery: Echo of Light] for Holy
- [Mastery: Shadowy Recall] for Shadow
Rogue Edit
- [Mastery: Potent Poisons] for Assassination
- [Mastery: Main Gauche] for Combat
- [Mastery: Executioner] for Subtlety
Shaman Edit
- [Mastery: Elemental Overload] for Elemental
- [Mastery: Enhanced Elements] for Enhancement
- [Mastery: Deep Healing] for Restoration
Warlock Edit
- [Mastery: Potent Afflictions] for Affliction
- [Mastery: Master Demonologist] for Demonology
- [Mastery: Emberstorm] for Destruction
Warrior Edit
- [Mastery: Strikes of Opportunity] for Arms
- [Mastery: Unshackled Fury] for Fury
- [Mastery: Critical Block] for Protection
Development history Edit
You can also view the data on another page.
References Edit
External links Edit
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When Fashion Goes 'Platinum'….
Fashionistas are known to guard their shopping secrets in a demented sort of way. But only when it comes to what is called the 'Cheap and Best' option. Well, here's one destination that is no longer a hidden one, at least not for smart shoppers. We all know how rapidly Bangkok- ka- Maal makes it to our malls and gets passed off as the asli deal. Snip and sell, has been an old trick, practiced by some of the biggest fashion labels in the rag trade. All it involves is a couple of trips to Bangkok (it's cheaper to fly to Thailand from Mumbai than to Kolkata or Delhi), armed with gigantic suitcases. Ten years ago, local designers would return with dozens of inexpensive but trendy garments,promptly rip off the original labels, replace them with their own – and bingo! A new collection would be ready to flog in their stores (indecently marked up, of course). That's before the Platinum Mall was discovered by canny, eagle-eyed shoppers from Mumbai. Today, Platinum has become the Fashion Temple for those in search of fun clothes, bags, shoes and accessories at throwaway prices. You can't go wrong… and you can't possibly lose.Platinum – especially the New Platinum next door to the original one, is like an Aladdin's Cave, crammed with all sorts of goodies at startlingly low prices. I totally love it, but am not an addict. My raison d'etre for attacking Platinum is more out of desperation than anything else. Strange as it sounds, it's virtually impossible to find pure cotton clothes in Mumbai these days. No mull-mull, no cambric, no organdie. The familiar 'kapda dukaans' are gone ( Rochiram's on Colaba Causeway was an old haunt), and unless you shop at Fab India ( which has become a tad monotonous), or at any one of those snob boutiques where you know you are being ripped off, it is very difficult to lay ones hands on 100% cotton outfits that see you through the blistering summer. Platinum is the answer! And while you are stocking up on the latest smocks, you get to eat the best Thai food in the world, as well. That is, if you aren't lucky enough to be at Chef Anando Soloman's table!
All of a sudden, Bhutan has become the 'It' destination for restless desis looking for an exotic summer break. This is rather surprising, given Bhutan's comparative inaccessibility. Only Drukair, the national carrier has landing rights into Paro, the sole airport in the Mountain Kingdom (Thai Airways also flies in these days). Charters from India have been launched recently and the planes are packed. Which is not the best news for the Bhutanese, knowing how fast our desis ruin pristine destinations with their utterly uncouth conduct. International foreigners are welcome, but only if they happen to be big spenders and not back packers. In order to guarantee that, visa fees are steep ( no visas for Indians, so far) and tourists have to undertake a daily spend of $500 or so. Room rates at the better lodges, hotels and resorts hover between $1,200 to $1,500 per night. Which is as it should be for this jewel of a place that does not wish to attract unruly mobs. The idea is to restrict entry to those who'll respect local culture and traditions ( tough as it sounds,trading in tobacco is banned).But believe me, once you survive the hairy landing ( rated as one of the trickiest runway approaches on earth, with just 8 or 10 pilots qualified to fly into Paro), you are transported! Forget the food ( pretty inedible) and concentrate on the spectacular vistas of mist-draped mountain ranges, covered with lush forests ( hardly a bald patch in sight on those slopes).Yes, Bhutan is worth the trip. And I am ready to go back again. But this time, I shall cover my eyes as the pilot swings around three crazy mountainous bends, the wings of the aircraft barely scraping past the trees and homes on either side. Terrifying, but exhilarating as …. ummmm… hell??
17 comments:
- Tsomo85 said...
I agree last time I had my first ever white pure cotton pants was 6 years ago in Nepal when my fav cousin sis took me to this boutique & we both end up making same to same style. I love it, wore it for good 6 years and it's still alive. Hehe but now days it's so hard to find one unless I go to banana republic & get ripped off for a piece of rag! Unacceptable!! Thank god I hardly see my closet these days. It's like "get up put on my scrubs for the day; come back put on my ugly old loose t-shirt/pajama & call it a day for straight 7 days"!!!! LOL what a life but def looking forward to winter holidays to northern India, too bad can't say Bhutan since not everyone is as cool as you! Hehe
- June 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM
- Sadiya Merchant said...
oh cant afford any of dat so fashion street it is, for me.
as fr burma, big no no!
place may b gud but stayin alive is far more important to me. :)
- June 17, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Tsomo85 said...
Ms.De razz key badhbaday? Just to reveal my smart shopping skill; the dress that I wore in my default pix. I got it for only $14.00 on my 21st birthday from Venus online store! Hehe
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- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
I feel like flying to Mumbai for the Platinum mall! It's on my to-do-list for my India trip :)
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Hindi laureate Ashok Vajpayee said that these malls are becoming an eyesore for middle class which lead to jealousy and lures to ways for easy money.
- June 17, 2011 at 11:08 PM
- Tsomo85 said...
Is platinum mall same as delhi's select city mall?
- June 18, 2011 at 1:58 AM
- Tsomo85 said...
Select city walk mall I meant!
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Download from Git
- Since MediaWiki 1.19beta2, 1.18.2, 1.17.3, MediaWiki core and extensions use Git for version control. For older versions, see Subversion
Git is distributed version control software that allows users to download the very latest version of a branch, without having to wait for someone to get around to packaging it. MediaWiki will release faster, and it'll be easier for you to update your installation, roll back an upgrade, or submit patches. (Of course always remember official stable releases are less risky.)
See Git for more details, particularly for making contributions. Below are some quick directions for a couple common tasks.
You must have Git installed before you can use it. There are many different ways to acquire Git, depending on your operating system. For source and official binaries, check out git-scm.com. For alternative ways to install Git, use your favorite search engine to find instructions for your operating system.
It is recommended that you have Composer installed to download and install third party libraries, but not required.
Using Git to download MediaWiki
You can download MediaWiki core using Git, as well as all extensions currently installed on the Wikimedia Foundation server cluster and many other extensions hosted on gerrit.
The first step is to clone the MediaWiki core repository. This will take a while.
In a terminal window, enter the following command:
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git --branch REL1_34 mediawiki
This clones the entire MediaWiki core repository, initially pointed at release branch 1.34, into a sub-directory named
To install into different directory, change that in the command line (for more info refer to these docs).
Once the repository is cloned, you can easily switch to different branches or tags (see below), including those tracking unstable versions of MediaWiki.
The development branch,
master, is the cutting-edge, developer version of MediaWiki; you should not use master code for production under any circumstances as it is not considered stable.
If you want to reduce the number of revisions that are cloned, add
--depth=1 to the above command.
The release branches have a bunch of Git submodules in them, for commonly-used extensions and skins (the master branch does not have these). To update the submodules, run:
cd mediawiki
git submodule update --init
Download for development
If you have a developer account (which is easy to request), then instead of cloning anonymously with https you should clone with your ssh <USERNAME> so that you can submit changes for review:
git clone ssh://<USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/core.git mediawiki
This clones the entire MediaWiki core repository, synced to the master branch, into a sub-directory named
Fetch external libraries
MediaWiki uses Composer to manage external PHP libraries, all of which end up in the
vendor/ directory in your MediaWiki directory.
To install these needed libraries, you have a choice:
- Download and install the composer PHAR, optionally rename the composer.phar file as instructed for your OS, and then run
composer update --no-devfrom your MediaWiki directory. This is the recommended approach.
- Or, if you don't want to use Composer or if you want to use the exact same set of vendor libraries as used on the WMF production cluster, you can instead
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/vendor.gitto create a
vendor/directory inside the core folder of your MediaWiki installation. Note that if any of your extensions have their own Composer requirements, then you cannot use this option.
Prior to MediaWiki 1.25, external libraries were kept in the core repository, and no package manager was required.
Alternatively, specific stable versions of MediaWiki are tracked using 'tags'. These are analogous to the tarball releases. Currently, these are 1.34.0 (stable), 1.31.6 (LTS) and 1.33.2 (legacy).
You can see all available tags with:
git tag -l | sort -V
Using non GNU sort command, such as on Mac OS X, you have to rely on the good old separators:
git tag -l | sort -n -t. -k1 -k2 -k3
To use a specific tag, e.g. the latest stable release:
git checkout 1.34.0
Latest development version of MediaWiki
The latest development version of MediaWiki is tracked in the 'master' branch. This is what is locally checked out by default when you first clone the MediaWiki repository. If you have switched to another branch but would like to switch back to using bleeding-edge MediaWiki, do:
git checkout master
Keeping up to date
If you're using a particular branch or the development version ("master" branch) of MediaWiki, picking up the latest changes is relatively easy. Change into your MediaWiki clone directory and issue this command:
git pull
All of the latest changes for the branch you are using will be applied.
The new version of core may require newer versions of extensions and skins, so you must go into each extension and skin directory and update it with a command like
git pull --recurse-submodules.
You also need to update
vendor/ with any newer versions of required libraries. This often means running the following Composer command, but see #Fetch external libraries above for more details:
composer update --no-dev
After updating/upgrading the code and required libraries you should run the MediaWiki
update.php command-line script to update database tables as needed:
php maintenance/update.php
If you use MediaWiki-Vagrant, it offers a single command,
vagrant git-update, that performs all these steps.
Switching to a different version
Each of our versions are tracked as branches or tags. In order to switch to a different version, all you have to do is checkout the particular branch or tag you want from within your MediaWiki clone directory:
git checkout <branchname>
git checkout <tag name>
The changes will be applied automatically and you will be all set to go.
Using Git to download MediaWiki extensions
Download an extension
- <EXT> should be replaced with the name of the extension you want to download, without spaces. For Extension:TitleKey, it would be TitleKey. (case sensitive!)
Download and clone an extension from Git:
cd /path/to/extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT> --branch REL1_34
Developers clone with:
git clone ssh://<USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT> --branch REL1_34
You can view extension source code in Gerrit's gitiles application, and at the URL:
Download all extensions
If you prefer to have all MediaWiki extensions that are at gerrit.wikimedia.org checked out to your machine, enter the following:
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions --branch REL1_34
cd extensions
git submodule update --init --recursive
Thereafter, to update all extensions to their latest versions of that branch, just enter:
cd /path/to/extensions
git pull
git submodule update --init --recursive
To change to a different branch, such as after a new release:
git submodule foreach 'git checkout -b REL1_33 origin/REL1_33 || :'
Remember that you should only use versions of extensions from the same release as that version of MediaWiki and each other.
To track the master branch:
git submodule foreach 'git checkout -b origin/master || :'
Please note that you should not use master code for production under any circumstances as it is not considered stable.
If you only need a read-only checkout (for instance to grep or analyse all MediaWiki code), you can use the shared MediaWiki checkout on Labs, without downloading anything on your machines.
Remove an extension
- Remove the "
require_once …" or "
wfLoadExtension( … )" from
- Remove any line referencing the extension in
composer.local.json(usually in the "extra → merge-plugin → include" section)
- Remove the extension's directory in
Using Git to download MediaWiki skins
MediaWiki 1.24 and later don't include skins in the Git download.
Follow the exact same procedure as for extensions (described in the previous section), but using
skins rather than
extensions in all URLs and paths.
Detailed installation instructions are available on each skin's page here on MediaWiki.org, for example see Skin:Vector#Installation. Instructions for all other skins are analogous.
See also
- Migrating from SVN to Git
- Nightlies, an alternate to downloading from Git
- Intranet/Intranet Installation, part of a fully worked series of articles that uses Git for MediaWiki deployment


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Westminster, MD Trademarks Attorney
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Monkton, MD Trademarks Attorney
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Wear Rings Outperform Metals in Centrifugal Pump Parts
Vespel® wear rings, used in oil refineries, power and petrochemical plants, help increase reliability and lower costs.
DuPontTM Vespel® CR-6100 wear rings, throat bushings and line shaft bearings are durable, cost-efficient replacements for centrifugal pump parts made from metal or other composite materials.
Increased Wear Ring Life, Reduced Costs
Benefits of centrifugal pumps with Vespel® CR-6100 wear rings can include:
- Increased mechanical seal life and MTBR (mean time between repair).
- Reduced risk of seizure.
- Increased equipment and facility efficiency.
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Historically, wear rings have been made from metal, which can gall and seize the pump under contacting or run-dry conditions. This can result in abrupt, high-energy pump failure. With metal wear rings, design clearance is increased to prevent contact and seal failure, which has a negative effect on efficiency, suction condition, and overall pump vibration. With Vespel® CR-6100 wear rings, application designers have more flexibility when choosing to reduce clearances, without increasing the risk of seizure, thereby allowing for improved pump performance.
The Benefits of Reduced Clearance
When the risk of seizure is mitigated, wear ring clearance can often be reduced, as in the case of Vespel® CR-6100 centrifugal pump parts . Reductions in wear ring clearance increase the hydraulic radial force on the rotor. This additional hydraulic force will have the effect of reducing overall pump vibration, reducing shaft deflection, and increasing the pump life. These savings can lead to increased reliability, performance and higher productivity.
Vespel® Wear Ring Applications
Vespel® CR-6100 parts are used as the stationary wear rings in a wide range of centrifugal pump types. For pumps in nonabrasive services under 550°F (288°C), Vespel® parts have been applied with reduced wear ring clearance, resulting in improved reliability and performance. Vespel® CR-6100 has been applied to services prone to off-design operation, minimizing the risk of seizing failures associated with metal wear rings, and allowing the pump to continue in service after temporary run-dry conditions.
Vespel® Throat Bushing Applications
Installing Vespel® CR-6100 throat bushings instead of specially fabricated, spring-loaded, carbon bushings for close clearance applications, can be more cost effective, easier to install, and more durable than the specialty bushings.
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Vespel® CR-6100 parts are used for vertical pump line shaft bushings, instead of rubber, bronze, carbon, or other materials. For light hydrocarbons, condensate, or other services with limited lubricity, Vespel® parts help improve pump reliability.
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For personnel who are repairing pumps, the installation of Vespel® CR-6100 parts reduces repair time. This increases equipment availability for service, and reduces the operational considerations of long-term equipment repair. Repair time is reduced, because parts can be produced and fitted quickly.
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Vespel® CR-6100 parts have gained recognition under the ISO 13709 International Standard and the American Petroleum Institute's API 610 Standard. The latest editions of both standards list Vespel® parts as a recommended non-metallic wear part for pump parts.
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In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of American media. Now that number is six. And Big Media may get even bigger, thanks to the FCC's consideration of ending a rule preventing companies from owning a newspaper and radio and TV stations in the same city. On this week's Moyers & Company, Senator Bernie Sanders, one of several Senators who have written FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking him to suspend the plan, joins Bill to discuss why Big Media is a threat to democracy and what citizens can do to fight back. Watch and share two preview clips below.
In the first clip, Sanders explains how letting Big Media have its way would limit discussion of "the real issues that impact ordinary people." Sanders also expresses his dismay that such a move would come from an Obama appointee. "Why the Obama Administration is doing something that the Bush Administration failed to do is beyond my understanding," Sanders tells Bill. "And we're gonna do everything we can to prevent it from happening."
In this second clip, Senator Sanders shares his belief that, unlike previous attempts, the FCC is trying to suspend the rule more secretly and without much public input. Sanders also talks about the effect of this action on minority- and women-owned media in particular.
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ECAs are government-backed institutions that first entered into the financing of wind projects in a major way following the global financial crisis, which limited the amount of commercial bank debt on offer. They aid project financings by either providing direct loans or, more commonly, credit guarantees that essentially offer to pay a proportion of a bank loan should a project default on its repayments. In return, the project must use equipment exported from the same country as the ECA.
The lack of commercial bank debt still persists and, at the same time, the shrinking of traditional western European wind markets has forced manufacturers to look at emerging markets such as eastern Europe, as well as the riskier offshore wind sector.
With banks now highly risk averse, ECAs are being asked to increase their participation in wind financings in these new markets, Anna Marie Owie, chief underwriter at Danish export credit agency EKF, told delegates at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) conference in Vienna, Austria, last month.
"Our participation has increased and we see an increasing need for us," said Owie. EKF has financed wind-energy projects for more than 20 years, largely focusing on projects using Vestas or Siemens turbines. However, while wind once represented about 5% of EKF's corporate financing exposure, that percentage has increased to around 50%, she said. And, based on projects in the pipeline, this is destined to rise to as much as 80%.
Global outlook
"The pipeline is full for this year and it's global demand," Owie said. "There's offshore and there's lots going on in southern Europe and Latin America, while Asia is beginning to pick up as well."
Most recently EKF was one of a dozen institutions providing EUR 937 million in project financing for German developer WPD's 288MW Butendiek offshore wind farm. Onshore, one example of EKF's global spread is provided by Italy's Enel Green Power, which has signed financing deals with EKF for onshore projects using Danish turbine technology in the US, Romania, Brazil and Chile.
The presence of a strong manufacturing base in Germany helps explain why German ECA Euler Hermes Deutschland is also particularly active. Euler Hermes says wind energy projects covered with its export credit guarantees reached an all-time high in 2011; figures for 2012 are not yet out. This January, it issued export credit cover for the 50MW Zeytineli wind farm in Turkey, equipped with Nordex turbines, after providing cover for a 120MW wind farm in the country using Enercon machines. Another recent major deal involved support for a 100MW South African wind farm.
Growing risks
As onshore project pipelines spread out from western Europe, investment risks have also increased. "One of the reasons ECAs have become more active is that there is more going on in wind in central and eastern Europe and other emerging markets where project financing is not so easy to get," said Jerome Guillet, managing director of Green Giraffe Energy Partners.
"In offshore, an agency like EKF has the advantage of being able to provide fairly big project financing tickets, which means there can be fewer people around the table and it's easier to get deals done."
While northern European ECAs have been most active in promoting wind, Italian agency SACE has also helped facilitate a number of wind-energy financing deals. However, SACE has primarily supported wind projects in its home market, not in its initial role as an export credit agency but through its ability to provide credit guarantees for domestic investments. In February, SACE provided a guarantee on EUR 42.4 million project financing for a 38MW wind farm in the southern Italian region of Apulia. It also provided backing for Italy's largest wind farm, Italian wind energy developer and operator Falck Renewables' 138MW Budduso e Ala dei Sardi wind farm in Sardinia, which came into operation in 2011.
Meanwhile in Spain, turbine manufacturers are desperately seeking supply deals outside of their dire domestic market, but their financing options are far from clear.
"In Spain there is a combination of financing and risk coverage made available for exports through a number of mechanisms, but there is a lack of coordination," explains Alberto Cena, technical director at Spanish wind energy association AEE. "We are pushing for greater coordination and asking the economy ministry for support in exports."


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This HC3 real time and forecast web service provides time series of all radiation components over a horizontal, fix-tilted and normal plane for the actual weather conditions and for clear-sky conditions. The geographical coverage corresponds to the Meteosat field of view, i.e. covers Europe, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, Middle East. Data are available with a time step ranging from 1 min to 1 day. It addresses two different services:
Current day "d"
HC3v5 is updated in real time, and time series are completed until the end of the day using a "persistence model". At least one slot after sunrise must be available to trigger the computation.
Next day "d+1"
HC3v5 "Similarity model" has been developed to predict irradiance for the next day based on a statistical study of the long term HelioClim-3 irradiation database. This algorithm searches in the past for the most similar days to the current day of interest and uses their following days to produce a forecast. We recommend to use this service at the end of the current day to increase the performance.
+METEO DATARetrieve HC3 time series together with Meteo Data in a single CSV file. Source of the Meteo Data: GFS (NCEP) only is available for day "d" and day "d+1". Just set to "True" the "Add meteo data" input parameter.
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Virgo Vestalis Maxima
The only female priesthood in Rome
The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. They were the only female priests within the roman religious system.
The vestal virgins were selected from distinguished patrician families at an age from three to ten. A vestal virgin served thirty years. The first ten years as novices, then ten years as vestal virgins proper, and at last ten years as supervisors. After the thirty years of duty they were free, also to marry. Marrying a former vestal virgin was highly prestigious.
The order of the vestal virgins were led by the senior member, the Virgo Vestalis Maxima. The vestal virgins were under the protection of the pontifex maximus.
The vestals vowed to live in chastity for the thirty years their tenure lasted. As compensation they had many privileges not given to ordinary Roman women. The vestals were not subject to the pater potestas of their father, they could handle their own property and write a legally binding testament, they had special seats in the front row at the games where women normally were relegated to the back seats and they were allowed to move around in the city in a carriage. Their persons were inviolable and sacred and their blood could not be spilt. If a person sentenced to death, met a vestal virgin on his way to the execution, he was automatically pardoned.
The punishment for breaking the vow of chastity was death by burial alive—the only way to kill a vestal without shedding her blood—in a place known as the "Evil Fields", or Campus Sceleratus, just outside the Servian Wall. Their lover would be flogged to death on the Comitium. The execution of one or more vestal virgins were carried out several times, but very infrequently.
The vestal virgins lived in the House of the Vestal Virgins on the Forum Romanum, near the Temple of Vesta.
The order of the vestals was disbanded in 394 CE, when non-Christian cults were banned.
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There is a concept in the military called a force multiplier. This is anything that increases the effectiveness of the military unit. Like a machine gun verses a single shot rifle. The machine gun is several times more effective than the rifle. Thus, the machine gun can take the place of a whole group of riflemen.
The main force multiplier of the modern business world is technology, and computers are our machineguns.
Technology allows the small business owner to compete with big corporate organizations. Consider.
Force Multiplier One
We all know how the desktop PC has changed the way we do business, but have you really looked at how it can increase the productivity of your office?
Simply connecting your computers together into a local area network (LAN) can greatly increase your employees' ability to communicate, while reducing overall costs.
Since most computers sold today have network cards installed, all you need is a router to create your own LAN. Several manufacturers offer routers for under $60.00.
Once installed, your computers will be able to talk to each other. Now you can really start saving money, while increasing productivity!
Say you have five employees. Naturally, all of them need their own printer. What do you do? Without a LAN, you would have to purchase each of them a printer. You could purchase five deskjet printers for a total cost of $800.00 or more. Then you would discover the hidden costs! The cartridges! Ouch, they are expensive!
Instead, you use your LAN to allow your employees to print to one printer. Since you are only buying one printer, you can purchase a nice laser printer. The toner cost on one laser printer is considerably less expensive than the replacement ink costs of five deskjet printers!
Do not forget to put it close to where you sit so you can monitor what your employees are printing.
This same concept applies anytime a group needs access to the same resource.
Force Multiplier Two
One of the greatest advances, in technology, is the growth of broadband internet connectivity. You can now download, in minutes, a file that once took hours. You can even surf the internet wirelessly from anywhere in your city!
Your internet connection can carry all of your data and your telephone needs.
Large corporations pay thousands of dollars to install and maintain elaborate telephone systems to service their customers. Several companies offer Internet Phones that provide the small business community with the same service for a relatively low monthly fee.
One example is Virtual Office from Packet8. This service allows you to present a stronger, more prosperous front to your customers. Virtual Office offers features such as automated call routing and voice mail. Many other companies exist that offer the same service.
Force Multiplier Three
Our last force multiplier is desktop publishing. Do you need a brochure, a sales letter or a display ad for your new marketing campaign?
In the past, you would have to hire someone to write the ad, letter or brochure, and then hire someone else to do the design work. Next, you would have to hire someone to do the printing. All of that hiring sounds like money flying out of your bank account to me!
Now you can hire the writer and handle the design work and printing yourself. Desktop publishing software makes this possible.
You can save huge amounts money using this software, and still produce quality advertising and marketing materials. Microsoft Publisher is one program that will greatly increase the quality and professionalism of your products. Many others exist.
The power of the force multiplier does not stop here, diligently search for opportunities to apply this concept to your current operations. Combine activities where possible, proactively look for chances to make one piece of technology do the work of two, three or more.


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Manatee County Public School's Superintendent Tim McGonegal recommended $14 million in cuts for the 2009-10 school year at the Manatee County School Board meeting last night.
McGonegal's 30-item proposal included eliminating assistant principals in schools that have fewer than 575 students, 36 reading coaches throughout the district and 50 positions at the district office. And although music and art classes would not be affects, some other electives, including physical education, could be lost.
Furthermore, McGonegal proposed a four-day furlough for employees and converting Duette Elementary into a contract site.
McGonegal estimates the cuts would save about $14.1 million. He also anticipates another $14 million from the federal stimulus.
The district originally had anticipated a cut of $20 million, but now, it will face a reduction of $25 million over the next three years. The change can be attributed to several factors, including funding from the federal stimulus package and that the state allowed school districts to transfer money from their capital funds to their operation funds.
"Stakeholders concurred that the district must continue to maintain a high quality of education for our students," McGonegal said. "I am not recommending across the board salary reductions or school closings and there will be no reduction in school resource officers."
McGonegal said the input he's received from the community through Town Hall meetings and budget committee meetings, among other venues, over the last six months has been invaluable in forming his recommendation.
The Manatee County School Board will vote on the budget cuts at its June 8 meeting.


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Paint, plus rocks, equals cute weatherproof garden markers
Valerie Gates has an ingenious way to mark the rows in her raised beds. All you need is some acrylic paint, a couple coats of polyurethane, and some good-sized rocks. Her daughter-in-law, Katie Gates, came up with the idea when she found a long, skinny rock and painted it into a carrot.
They had fun picking out the shapes for the pea pod, tomato and cucumber rocks, which Valerie can move around as she rotates her crops. To keep the painted rocks bright, she moves them indoors for the winter.
Valerie grows vegetables in her stone-bordered raised beds, which happen to be on the site of the original Fort Collins Country Club golf course. "In our back yard, I learned there was one of the sand traps and I thought 'that explains why I couldn't get anything to grow over there,'" says Valerie.
The Fort Collins Junior League's 31st annual garden tour June 22, 2013, took visitors through the mature neighborhood north of Country Club Road, between Long Pond and Terry Lake, just west of the Fort Collins Country Club. The tour is the league's largest fundraiser, and supports programs for women and children in Northern Colorado.


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Research findings show compelling reasons for shoppers to buy in bulk
"We've long touted shopping in the bulk foods aisle as the most economical and environmentally friendly way to shop, and now we have the data to back up those claims," said Todd Kluger, a founding member of BIG and vice president of marketing at Lundberg Family Farms. "Even better, with more and more U.S. grocery stores now offering a larger selection of bulk foods, these benefits are widely accessible."
For the study, researchers set out in the fall of 2011 to examine three main areas: Cost comparisons (to packaged counterparts), environmental impact and consumer attitudes toward buying in bulk.
To arrive at the overall average cost savings of 89 percent, researchers made cost comparisons between organic bulk foods and organic packaged foods in a number of key categories, including coffee and tea, nut butters, flour and grains, dried fruit, spices, beans, pasta and confectionaries. The percentage of savings when buying in bulk differed from category to category, but averaging the savings across all categories resulted in an average of 89 percent lower costs compared to packaged counterparts.
The researchers also evaluated the environmental advantages of buying in bulk and found several. Chief among them is reducing the amount of product packaging going into landfills. According to the findings, if coffee-drinking Americans purchased all of their coffee in bulk for one year, nearly 240 million pounds of foil packaging would be saved from entering a landfill. If
Americans purchased all their almonds in bulk for one year, 72 million pounds of waste would be saved from a landfill.
Food manufacturers also realize economical and environmental benefits by producing bulk foods, the study concluded. The findings show that a food company choosing to market bulk foods versus packaged foods can save an average of 54 percent on material and delivery costs since more pallets of bulk food can be packed onto delivery trucks.
Researchers found that consumers who do buy in bulk are aware of the benefits of doing so. The study's findings show the main reason consumers shop the bulk foods aisle is for the ability to buy the exact quantity needed. As a result, consumers said bulk items were less likely than packaged items to be thrown away, which results in less food waste. Consumers also cited cost savings and the environmental aspect of using less packaging as the other top reasons for buying bulk.
The Food Industry Leadership Center began in 1994 as a partnership between Portland State University's School of Business Administration and the food industry. Located at Portland State University's campus in Portland, Ore., the FILC works to promote education, leadership and research critical to the field and has come to be known as a world-class resource for recruiting and developing top management talent specific to the food industry.
"Our researchers worked diligently in the field to gather data and talk to consumers, and they conducted hours and hours of analyses," said Dr. Tom Gillpatrick, executive director of the Portland State University Food Industry Leadership Center. "Many claims have been made regarding the benefits of buying in bulk, but there have been few quantifiable statistics to support those claims. We're excited to be the first research team in the United States to substantiate that buying in bulk does offer tangible environmental and economical benefits."
BIG has published the high-level findings from the study on its website, www.BulkIsGreen.org.
The Bulk is Green Council is an organization dedicated to increasing consumer, retailer and grocer awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of buying in bulk. Founded in 2008, the council serves as a research and advocacy group, promoting industry trends and offering educational tools and resources online. BIG also sponsors National Bulk Foods Week each October. The board includes industry leaders Frontier Natural Products Co-Op, Hain Celestial, Lundberg Family Farms, SunRidge Farms and Trade Fixtures. Additional information is available at BulkIsGreen.org.
To view the top level findings from the bulk foods study please see here: 2012 Portland State University / Bulk Is Green Study on Bulk Foods
Tags: portland st. university, bulk is green council, u.s. study on bulk foods, 89% cost savings to customers, 54% cost savings across key bulk categories


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1. The new 9Marks issue is online. Go to the website and read it and you're guaranteed to learn a lot about church-based counseling. You can also access the PDF if you like. I wrote a review published in this issue about a book called The Incredible Shrinking Church.
2. Charles Krauthammer (the man whose name perfectly fits his work) has just published a powerful pro-McCain column that, if not persuasive to all, has some strong points that need to be considered. Here's a potent snatch:
"The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world out there is. We have a generations-long struggle with Islamic jihadism. An apocalyptic soon-to-be-nuclear Iran. A nuclear-armed Pakistan in danger of fragmentation. A rising Russia pushing the limits of revanchism. Plus the sure-to-come Falklands-like surprise popping out of nowhere.
Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.? A man who's been cramming on these issues for the past year, who's never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world? A foreign policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of "a world that stands as one"), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as "the tragedy of 9/11," a term more appropriate for a bus accident?"3. The Ambassador, godfather of Christian rap, has a new cd out entitled "The Chop-Chop." I've heard it, and can recommend it to Christian rap fans out there. Not my favorite Ambassador stuff, but still quite solid.
4. Can you tell the storyline of the Bible? Vitamin Z provides a book list that can help you work toward that end. Helpful post.
5. Funny bit on The Onion website fake-previewing the Charlie Rose show: "During an interview with Michael Bloomberg, the ubiquitous black background comes tumbling down to reveal that Charlie has been taping the show in his mother's basement for the past 17 years."
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By Steve Horn • Monday, December 1, 2014 - 16:10
Environmental Resources Management (ERM Group), the consultancy selected by TransCanada to conduct the environmental review for Keystone XL's northern leg on behalf of the U.S. State Department, is no stranger to scandal.
Exhibit A: ERM once bribed a Chinese official to ram through major pieces of an industrial development project. ERM was tasked to push through the project in Hangzhou Bay, located near Shanghai.
Accepting the bribe landed Yan Shunjun, former deputy head of the Shanghai Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, an 11-year prison sentence.
Yan "allegedly took bribes of 864,000 yuan (126,501 U.S. dollars), 20,000 U.S. dollars and 4,000 euros from seven contractors," explained Xiuhuanet. "Yan was also accused of illegally setting up a channel to speed up environmental impact assessment processes, which are essential for companies wanting to build factories."
BP, one of the companies standing to gain if Keystone XL North receives a presidential permit from the Obama administration as a major Alberta tar sands producer, was also mired in the Chinese ERM Group scandal.
"Two firms on ERM's bluechip client list, BP and Sinopec, are big investors in a petrochemical complex on the site, but the Chinese authorities apparently saw no conflict of interest in awarding the environmental evaluation to ERM," explained London's Sunday Times.
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- Series I. General History (1905-1990)
- Series II. Legal Documents and Maps (1919)
- Series III. Dominguez Adobe (1941-2004)
- Series IV. Dominguez Family (1906-1987)
- Series V. Dominguez Companies (1955-1995)
Container List
General History 1905-1990
Scope and Content Note
Papers 1910-1984
Scope and Content Note
Chronology and history of chief events n.d.
"Preliminary Report on the Installation of a Water Supply System for the San Pedro Rancho," William Mulholland 1910
"Battle of Dominguez Ranch I and II" n.d.
"Research Resource Materials on the Origins of "Nigger Slough" in the Dominguez Family Papers," Bonita Miramontes 1977
"History of Nigger Slough", Susan Hikida 1984
Publications 1955-1990
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"The Storied Past of the Rancho San Pedro," C.M. Crawford, distributed by the Dominguez Water Company 1955
"Black Gold Suburbs: The Influence of the Extractive Industry on the Suburbanization of Los Angeles, 1890-1930," Fred Viehe 1981
"Early Dominguez Families and Settlement of the Rancho San Pedro", booklet, William M. Mason. 1990
Miscellaneous 1905-1985
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Newsclippings 1905-1970
Ocean View Cemetery Co. Proposal 1906
Rancho San Pedro Historical Calendar 1985
Symposium program: "Hispanic Roots of California and the Southwest 1976
Carson Community History binder contents - lesson plans for 3rd grade 1998
Houghton, William L., Justice of the Peace; case book, with index circa 1870s
Legal Documents and Maps 1919
Scope and Content Note
Manuel Dominguez v. U.S., Case #398, translation of 1805 grant n.d.
Petition, Original Land Grant, 1852, typed copy n.d.
Brand Registration for Manuel Dominguez, 1854, copy with negative n.d.
Transcript of Proceedings, Nasario Dominguez v. US, case #480, circa 1854, typed copy n.d.
Manuel Dominguez v. U.S., Case #398; Decree of Confirmation, 1857, copy n.d.
Land Patent, 1858, copy with negative n.d.
Deed of Right-of-Way Manuel Dominguez to Phineas Banning and the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company, 1869, copy n.d.
Deed of Right-of-Way Manuel Dominguez to the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Company, 1869, copy n.d.
Partition of the Estate of Manuel and Maria Engracia Dominguez/Lands Allotted to Maria Dolores Simona Dominguez de Watson: Case 3284, L.A. County Superior Court, 1885, copy n.d.
Description for Taxation - Maria Dolores Dominguez de Watson, copy n.d.
Abstract title to Salt Flat, Inner Bay, Rattlesnake Island and Deadman's Island, 1891, copy n.d.
Map of Indian villages on Rancho San Pedro, with negative and key n.d.
Maps of original grant of Rancho San Pedro based on maps in National Archives, with negatives n.d.
Map of "The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County" 1919
Map of Spanish pueblos in the Southwest and Northern Mexico n.d.
Map of 1884 partition of Rancho San Pedro, 1884, copy and negative n.d.
Map of subdivision of part of Rancho San Pedro, 1870, copy n.d.
Map of township 3, South Range 13, showing RSP boundaries, copy n.d.
Dominguez Adobe 1941-2004
Scope and Content Note
History 1954-2004
Scope and Content Note
Newsclippings from local publications 1954-1994, 2004
"History of the Development of the Dominguez Ranch Homesite", R.C. Gillingham 1974
Claretian Order 1941-1996
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Brochures and pamphlets n.d.
Newsclippings 1941-1996
Sesquicentennial 1974-1976
Scope and Content Note
News releases and program 1974-1976
Bicentennial 1983-1984
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and planning materials 1983
News releases 1984
Newsclippings 1983
Postal stamp and card of Dominguez Adobe, first day issue and New York Times column 1984
Event invitations and programs 1984
LA Education Network newsletter, article by Grenier 1984
Museum 1975-2005
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Newsclippings 1985, 1989
Informational pamphlets 1975, 1984
Airmeet Room opening 1977
Grand re-opening and flyers 2004-2005
Events 1966-1978
Scope and Content Note
Annual fiesta and other events 1966-1978
Dominguez Family 1906-1987
Scope and Content Note
History 1965-1985
Scope and Content Note
Articles and newsclippings 1965-1985
"A Tribute to the Dominguez Family for the 150th Anniversary of the Building of Their Home and Almost 200 Years on the Rancho San Pedro 1826-1976" by Evelyn M. Stanford 1976
Carson 1906-1981
Scope and Content Note
Carson, George: L.A. Terminal Railway Pass, 1899, copy n.d.
Carson, John Victor: "Reminiscences of the Dominguez Ranch and the Carson Family: An Oral History," Judson Grenier, 1st and 2nd eds. 1976, 1981
Carson, George Earl birthday press release 1991
Newsclippings 1906-1969
Del Amo 1900-1976
Scope and Content Note
"An Anniversary" 1976
Del Amo, Dr. Gregorio, Correspondence 1900, 1914
Tax receipt, Redondo Beach 1900
Audit report 1922
Home, Westchester Place, copy n.d.
Susana and Gregorio, Obituaries 1931, 1941
Newsclippings 1960-1967
Dominguez 1906, 1984
Scope and Content Note
Cattle brands of Nasario, Pedro, Maria Engracia, Guadalupe, and Dolores n.d.
Guadalupe: Cancelled check 1906
Guadalupe: Correspondence, 1897, copy n.d.
Guadalupe: Declaration of Trust, 1910, copy n.d.
Jose Cristobal - "The Children of Jose Cristobal" n.d.
Jose Cristobal - will, transcript copy, 1825 n.d.
Juan Jose - will, transcript copy, 1827 n.d.
Manuel - "Factors in the Survival of Manuel Dominguez," Anthony Armendariz 1984
Manuel - Untitled term paper on the life of Manuel Dominguez n.d.
Manuel - Interrogatory, transcript n.d.
Manuel - will, transcript, 1882 n.d.
Manuel - land holdings, sales, and partitions n.d.
Maria Engracia: Letter of Administration of Will, 1883, copy n.d.
Maria de los Reyes Ybanez - will, transcript, 1834 n.d.
Francis 1933-1934
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, 1909-1913, copies n.d.
IRS Petition 1934
Obituaries 1933
Watson 1924-1988
Scope and Content Note
Brown, Lavena correspondence 1926-1927
Lacayo, Susan correspondence and auction catalog 1941, 1988
Maria Dolores obituary 1924
Newsclipping 1987
Dominguez Companies 1955-1995
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Dominguez Water Corporation - brochures and newsclippings 1955, 1984
Dominguez Estate Company - brochures and newsclippings 1959, 1963, 1967


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Kathy Kinney (best known as Mimi on The Drew Carey Show) has co-authored a book with a publishing exec I've never heard of named Cindy Ratzlaff – the book's website states: Ratzlaff is a publishing executive, who created marketing campaigns for more than 100 New York Times best-selling books, including The South Beach Diet, as though that's something to proud of – entitled Queen of Your Own Life due out soon.
In my opinion Queen of Your Own Life is yet another vaguely prescriptive tome of the "You Go, Girl" variety. While I found its premise – though not necessarily all the actions prescribed – not entirely terrible, but still ultimately riddled with lots of problematic analysis of why folks struggle in their lives.
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By letting go of things like self-doubt, fear of being judged and worry about how to look younger, we were setting ourselves free to admire who we were right now. We were overjoyed to discover that we did admire the women we had become. We were two strong women, who brought with them to the second half of life courage, wisdom and, most of all, the knowledge that they could survive anything with their dignity and humor intact.
Now on the surface this appears all well and good; finding the path towards self acceptance. However, it's a bit presumptive and problematic to flatten various life experiences so individual blues are somehow analogous.
Since Ratzlaff is in fact a marketing maven, she has taken the message to Oprah. Take notes, kids – 90% of effective marketing is targeting the right audience for your product; well she's hit the jackpot.
Even the seemingly altruistic article posted on Oprah's site reads like a thinly veiled infomercial for the book, which is certainly their prerogative, but I mean we can all be the queen of our lives if we've got access to Oprah's powerful platform! And what a glorious platform it is!
I opted to rearrange the list in 1 – 10 order rather than utilize the Casey Kasem top ten format seen in the article. Mostly to illustrate there's nothing new here, even if one hasn't read the slew of happiness related books currently blanketing the market, from The Happiness Project to The How of Happiness.
- 1. Pass it on. "Hear ye, hear ye," says the queen.
- 2. Place the crown firmly on your head. You queen up well.
- 3. Learn the simple trick to finally being happy. As we say in the Midwest, "It's time to poop or get off the pot."
- 4. Set strong boundaries. Mean what you say and say what you mean.
- 5. Build and nurture trusting friendships. Face life's joys and challenges with a friend by your side.
- 6. Admire yourself. Give yourself a Windy Mountain Moment so you can appreciate who you've become.
- 7. Language matters. The words we choose to speak to ourselves and about ourselves are important.
- 8. Claim your beauty and power. End the mirror's reign of terror.
- 9. Keep. What do you really like about yourself? Identify your strengths and decide what you want to keep from the first half of your life that's still working for you.
- 10. Banish. Let go of a thought or action from the first half of your life that is no longer working for you.
My problem with the book or others of this zeitgeist genre is not with concept of action steps folks can take to better their outlook on life, but rather the notion that faithful application of said action steps ought to result in finally getting all the things one believes they so richly deserved. These books are often framed from the premise-behind-the-premise folks have the right to be "happy" and "fulfilled" – a worldview I simply do not support. I don't even wish to open the can of worms these books present from a privilege/oppression standpoint, though it's chief among my quibbles. What happens if you follow the instruction to the letter and find that life does not dramatically change or unicorns do not magically appear on your lawn, prancing about? Do you then attribute such failure to your inability to thoroughly grasp the concepts? Do you get your money back? Do they parade you through the streets wearing an "I am the court jester of my own life!" t-shirt? The book did not guarantee anything in writing the way – say Midas guarantees its mufflers and the work by its mechanics – but there is an implicit suggestion that any failure to make the magic happen can be attributed to the reader. I can imagine the "If only…" rebuttals readers who aren't able to rule their queendom in style have in store for them.
[sarcasm] Good, victim blaming times, indeed.[/sarcasm]
If I sound a bit harsh – though, honestly I don't think I do – I attribute it to longing for something different from the book, which had me at…Kathy Kinney. I was looking for some of the wit and astute observations I'd noticed in interviews and what I believe I observed in her portrayal of Mimi, which I found in a few instances to both trade in and subvert fat tropes simultaneously.
And before you – the editorial "you" – jump in to tell me maybe I could use a little "happiness" literature in my life, I should tell you I am quite satisfied with my life. Is it perfect? HELL NO. Do I expect it to be? HELL NO. I am dazzled each day by the things in my life that are going well. I am grateful for the wonderful family, great friends, meaningful work, agency over 75% of my time and loving partner I have. Do I feel entitled to any of this?
I believe you do the best you can and you get what you get; it's all fine to work to dismantle systems of oppression, but in the meantime you have to live your LIFE in the here and now. Hmmm, maybe I should write a book and get mine on the shelves in time to profit from the inevitable happiness lit backlash.
A version of this entry previously appeared on Snarky's Machine.


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