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Free Speech in the WoW-Blogosphere
Me: Oh hei! I started a WoW blog! I'm not very daring though and I'm pretty politically correct.
Friend: No, if you want to be a blogger, you have be loud! And opinionated!
Me: Ah, but the WoW blogging community is pretty mellow.
Believe it or not, the outline for this post had actually been rotting in my draft bin for some time. I think the recent outburst in the WoW blogosphere had been quietly brewing for awhile. What got me thinking of our extend of free speech as WoW bloggers was actually a post by Daraxxus on Guild Ethics. A post that troubled me quite a bit.
My stance on people getting offended by what I write is…..if you dont like it you can either
a) Not read it
b) Go eat a big fat bowl of dick
The whole post is definitely worth reading and it was more thought provoking to me than any of the more, um, classy posts that had appeared on that topic over the past week.
I'm a very ethical blogger. For the most part. Not because I'm afraid of getting slandered (yes, I was terrified when I first started blogging, but after watching and hearing what the Wow.com writers go through, I got over the fear of having rocks thrown at me pretty fast), but because that's just who I am as a person. I'm careful when I write about my guild, not because I fear a /gkick, but because I don't think being a bitch on my blog is the most efficient way to deal with in-game conflict. Honesty, respect and looking at both sides of the story are values important to me in all aspects of my life.
Should I expect other bloggers to follow the rules I impose on myself?
By the light, no!
Who the hell am I to tell others what's appropriate and inappropriate content? Just because certain values are important to me doesn't mean they're important to everyone else. Saying my code of ethics is better than someone elses would be awfully arrogant of me. I'll admit I can be a goodie-goodie, but there are limits.
Besides, if everyone wrote like me, the blogging world would be a pretty dull place. I stick to a cautious style myself, but I can assure you that I devour exuberant blog posts as much as the next person. I won't blogroll a blog that I judge unethical (yes, I know I link to Paladin Schmaladin, but Ferraro has behaved for quite some time now and there's just too much good information on the site to pass up), but I'll still read it.
Over the weekend, a discussion stirred up on Blog Azeroth. A discussion that covered respect among bloggers, free speech as bloggers and tricks in dealing with criticism and trolls. There's a lot in that thread to ponder and I encourage anyone interested by the topic to read it (and join in if you have anything to add). For the purpose of this post, though, I'm only going to quote Bellwether's words:
It has been said to me many times that the WoW blogosphere is a stagnant community because all we, as bloggers, give or get are pats on the back to each other. You very rarely see people taken to task for misinformation or something just plain wrong, and those who do become a sort of pariah for rocking the boat.
As much of a "OMG-lets-all-love-each-other-and-be-happy-friends" blogger that I am, I have to agree with this statement. I've seen the WoW blogging community compared to a "circle jerk" before. When I correct another blogger on a mistake their in post, I even feel bad. It shouldn't be like that.
So where are our limits?
As bloggers, we have two kinds of limits:
1) Legal limits
2) Our own limits.
In other words, a blogger who writes about making bombs and plans school shootings will probably not have a long blogging career.
Beyond that? There's not really any right or wrong.
But even though there's no real right or wrong, there are still consequences to what we write.
If someone wants to write a blog about how women suck at WoW, they're very much in their right. But I don't expect they'll make a lot of friends. Same goes for someone who makes a blog dedicated to bashing other bloggers. They're allowed to, but they'll get the pleasure of a new hole in themselves pretty quickly.
The issue of plagiarism is a different one, one that I don't really want to go into in this post. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of power over this. Yes, there are creative licenses and copyright stuff, but since there's rarely money involved, I question how legally binding they are. There's nothing more insulting than someone stealing your work, but I really wonder how much credibility I would get if I complained to a court that "X copied my WoW guide!"
Do larger bloggers have more responsibility than smallers bloggers?
You can't argue with the fact that a larger blogger will influence more people than a smaller blogger. As Tam reported, if Gevlon decided to criticize me tomorrow, I can expect to wake up to pages and pages of mouthy wannabe goblin comments.
As Larisa puts eloquently:
The Swedish author Astrid Lindgren wrote in her book about the red haired super power girl Pippi Longstocking, that if you're very strong you also need to be very kind.
We who are into this blogging business need to consider this from time to time. You may feel fragile and powerless as you're ranting your heart out, sharing your burdens, but the posts can have much further impact to our guildies and closest game friends, than you ever intended. We who master the language have a certain advantage over others,which is easy to forget. Remember, we're dealing with real people, not avatars.
This is very true.
Yet is there a rule saying larger bloggers mustbe more tactful than a smaller blogger?
However, since a large blogger will have a stronger impact than a smaller blogger, the consequences the larger blogger will face will be more than what a smaller blogger will face.The large blogger has far more to lose in terms of credibility, readers and respect.
Whether or not they want to sacrifice their credibility, readers and respect is still left to their own discretion.
One thing that I found very interesting this week was that many of those who were especially critical of Anna's post on RP Griefing are among those who approved of Kurn's attacks on Chase Christian (she also takes him on some more here and here). Both women wrote aggressive posts. Yet Kurn's status as a smaller blogger criticizing a larger blogger made her somewhat of a hero while Anna's as a large blogger critcizing a smaller blogger had her ostracized across the blogosphere.
Should newer bloggers be handled with more care?
I remember the first time a larger blog mentioned me. (And no, it wasn't Wow.com, The Daily Quest doesn't like me for some reason QQ.) I freaked out. My head spinned and I had nightmares.
And that blog was complimenting me. Had the attention been negative, I probably would have never touched the internet again in my life.
But is there a rule saying to be gentle to new bloggers?
Again, it's up to personal discretion. I would hope that the majority of human beings would have it in their heart to be considerate in dealing with someone who doesn't yet have the confidence, experience and social network to cope well the, um, "darker side" of being a public figure. (Because yes, whether you have 3 readers or 10000, a public blog makes you somewhat of public figure.) But no has to cater to another's sensitivities. Barring legal restriction, the blogging world is fair game.
Separating the blog from the blogger
Let's take my two fake nasty blog examples, the anti-woman blog and the anti-other blogger blog.
I'm a moderator at Blog Azeroth and I feel very strongly about the site. If those two bloggers introduced themselves there and wanted to join the community, would I greet them the same way I would greet anyone else?
I would.
Would I tolerate sexist or disrespectful remarks on the forums?
I would not.
Blog Azeroth has strict rules concerning the positive and supportive atmosphere on the forums. Discussions are meant to be constructive and mature. What goes on in member's blogs is a different game.
Note that this is my own personal stance and the other mods at BA probably do not share my views about blog content!
Byaghro wrote a very well though-out post about Blogging and Social Responsibilities. While I do not agree with overall message, his points are definitely something every blogger who cares about "blogging ethics" should consider.
One thing that I would like to argue is this:
We have defined ourselves as a community. As a group of people with a common interest whose goal is to benefit both the residents of our community and our visitors.To be completely honest, I am appalled to think my name could, in any way, be associated with the "community" after seeing the interaction surrounding the incident that prompted this post.
Thing is, controversy does benefit the community.
The events of the past week, while most likely nightmarish for all those involved, have contributed to enriching the community. So many of us sat down and thought about our personal limits, our definitions of respect, our own blogging ethics and the consequences of our actions.
My two fake nasty blogger examples, do have something to contribute to the community. Discussion, entertainment(!), even friendship between those banding together against the "nasty bloggers" come from those bad apples.
How often do bloggers mention Gevlon in their posts?
All. The. Time.
Our cold, tactless resident goblin does not take part in the WoW blogging "circle jerk". Yet, in spite of himself, he's brought a lot to the community in challenging our ways of thinking about ourselves, about our gaming habits and about our relationships with other players.
Of course, if everyone wrote nasty, scandalous posts and took full advantage of their right to free speech all the time, the blogosphere wouldn't be inviting at all to new bloggers. But that's not the case. Out of fear, out of personal morals, out of the love of blogging and love of fellow bloggers, the majority of us have set high standards as to how we write in our blogs. Even though we're a pretty crazy bunch and sometimes get into heated debates, the majority of our interactions are positive and are more than enough to compensate for the less pleasant moments.
Blogging about bloggers vs blogging about guilds
We discovered a couple of weeks ago that many bloggers use their blogs as a form of therapy to help them cope with, um, unpleasant guild experiences. Many of those bloggers hide their blogs from said guilds or share Darraxus's "let them eat cock" attitude. Some bloggers are ruthless when speaking of guildies or former guildies. However, most of the time, that doesn't create much of a wave.
Is there a difference in blogging about a fellow blogger vs a guildie?
There's the obvious, when you blog about someone who doesn't know they're being blogged about or can't really do much to defend themselves (guildie), it's usually inconsequential. When you blog about a blogger, someone who will know you're writing about them and who has the power to reply, or send their army of friends onto you, you're going to get a lot more on your plate. (BTW, TJ's comment handling in that post should be required reading to all new bloggers. I loved TJ before, but her skill and patience here has earned her my endless adoration.)
Beyond the cowardliness factor, there's, as Byaghro pointed out in the post of his I linked above, a sense of community between bloggers. Attack a blogger and you're attacking one of your own.
But as I see it, we're all human beings here. Attack someone, anyone and you're attacking one of your own.
We're all human beings here
I can't say it enough. Big blogger, small blogger, guildie without a blog, random guy who doesn't even play WoW, we're all human beings.
I believe in free speech. I may disagree with someone speaking their mind (or blatantly making up stuff to provoke a reaction), but I won't blame them for it. They have the right to their own rules of what's right and wrong, just like I have the right to mine. If someone wants to tear a new hole in me for something I've written at any point, I won't hold it against them. Oh, my feelings will be hurt and I'll run crying to my more experienced blogging friends for flattery and consolation. I'll be hurt but not angry.
I believe in free speech and if I'm ever caught saying "this blogger is wrong for writing it like that!" and the issue at hand is not a factual mistake, illegal or plagiarism, I hope someone corrects me.
That said, I will not go around promoting bloggers who have a set of values too different from my own when it comes to writing. Just because I accept it doesn't mean I'll openly encourage it. That is my decision and how I exercise my freedom of speech. If you don't like it, you can go eat a big fat bowl of dicks.
ps. Sorry if this post screws up your feedreader, I've editted it a million times to correct my bad spelling.
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30 Comments on "Free Speech in the WoW-Blogosphere"
March 22, 2010 at 1:44 am
To quote Spiderman, the fortune cookie the writers found it in, and probably the wise man who actually said it "With great power comes great responsibility". Blogging isn't really a great power, but it does carry some responsibility, mainly not being a jerk.
March 22, 2010 at 11:23 am
Wow, all I can say is excellent post.
March 22, 2010 at 12:50 pm
This was a very well-written and thought-provoking post, Ophelie. 🙂
However, since I don't have a blog of my own (I don't think Facebook counts, and neither does the Twitter that I don't have yet but am thinking about making), I can only offer my perspective as a reader.
I see the interactions between bloggers as, for the most part, a "family" matter, and so I try not to let myself get emotioanlly involved if I happen across an incident. So I can't really offer an opinion on that.
As far as what I choose to read, I base that not on whether it's a "large" or a "small" blog. Readerbase doesn't necessarily denote quality, and since everyone surely started with only a few readers, it's not unheard of for me to find a diamond in the rough.
I prefer it when bloggers write with their own personalities, rather than putting on airs. (Except in the case of an obviously in-character blog, like Ratshag's, which is without question an awesome one.) I want to base my opinion of a writer on their own genuine personality and attitude. But that's just me.
I don't have any problems, as a reader, with blog columns that are critical of a Guildie or another blogger. As long as the criticism is for the most part respectful, and not every column is like that, I find it to be a good change of pace to read a more "negative" entry. Everyone has a temper, everyone's nerves can be frayed, and it's to be expected that if you have the platform, you'd want to vent about things from time to time.
As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I read the blogs of people who play classes that I don't. I read certain Paladin blogs, Warrior blogs, and Druid blogs, even though I don't play those classes, just because I like the way the authors present themselves.
You, for example, come off with a certain friendly charm that I really like. I'm glad that I clicked that link on the Twisted Nether website and found you. (With a name like "The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon",how could I resist seeing what this was about?)
So basically, I'm not going to tell anyone what to write on their blogs. If I don't like it, I'll simply not read it anymore. I've stopped visiting blogs/listening to podcasts simply because I stopped liking the people who made them. They're still going on, doing their things, but I don't have to subject myself to it. Everyone's happy, and that's the way it should be.
Sorry for the long comment, by the way. >.<
March 22, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I think the reason I don't comment on your blog is because I tend to agree with what you say, which leads to dull commenting 🙂
I think the comparison to Gevlon works very well actually – I mean he's an important part of the community in that, as you say, he does challenge us and make us think. And if Gevlon links to you, it tends to have some positives (huge hit spike) and some negatives (lots of pseudo-goblin nasty comments). But nobody would go around telling Gevlon he had to be "nicer" to newer bloggers – why are there different rules for different members of the community?
March 22, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I'm currently writing a post, which I hope will be finished up today, that talks a bit about blogging, my reasons for blogging and the fact that I'm mystified that anyone might view me as a "hero".
I'm not up on the Anna/Cranky thing. I don't even know who Anna is. I don't know who Gevlon is. I don't consider myself a real part of the blogging community — I'm just someone who's got opinions and has decided to write those opinions in the public sphere (through my blog). Were my posts aggressive? Absolutely. I'll talk about this a bit more in my forthcoming post, but part of my aggression stemmed from frustration at what I perceive(d) to be misinformation. Further, though I wrote it for a global audience, it was with the assumption that no one gave a rat's ass what I wrote on my blog. 😉
And now I'm known as "that [person] who hates the wow.com guy".
So very, very strange! 🙂
March 22, 2010 at 8:16 pm
*raises hand*, and Yes, I'm not a fan of Chase either. I just spent 3/4 of an hour posting to that effect. (obligatory disclaimer) My point is that WoW.com is the bread and butter site of the WoW public, especially those who aren't the ones who read and read and read everything they can.
When the information that goes up is so likely to mislead, so likely to misinform, it is our right, nay, our responsibility to try to correct the slate. I obviously don't have the pull of Kurn … Noone has called me even a fan-of-the-person-who-hates-the-wow.com-guy :D, but I would hate to see some baby Holy Pally give up and go back to DPS because they have gone OOM or don't have <1 sec GCD via haste after reading that article
No, Chase may not be Kurn's poster-boy, but maybe if WoW.com actually addressed some of the issues raised, the furor would have died down. They seem content to either ignore us or bury their heads in the sand, which is hardly helping the situation.
March 22, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Wow, I totally missed this dust-up last week!
Very thought provoking post. Personally I try to be congenial to my fellow bloggers so you'll seldom see me talk about how other people post stuff that's blatantly wrong or outrageously wrong. It's just not in my blood to be "that guy".
Still, I love me some drama.
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March 25, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Ah, thanks for the kind words about that descent into insanity of a post!
I read the Blog Azeroth post you linked and your post, and laughed when I saw you use the words "circle jerk" – I have, quite vocally at times – called the WoW blog community a circle jerk.
Also, insular, self-impressed, boring and eye-rollingly lame.
Mean? Yeah, probably. But I don't hang around BA or the comment sections of WoW blogs anymore for the same reason Belwether detailed in her BA response – as a long time blogger (over 11 years now) – I guess I have a kind of cranky old man thing going on, but I know I was definitely getting a reputation as the cranky or hostile one. And that's aside from the fact that I don't really write about WoW, anyway.
To be honest, the WoW blogging community got pretty lame a long time ago. More and more people have jumped in, I guess, which is nice and all. I'm supposed to say here "There's room for everyone!," right?
Except there's not.
And so many people post the same stuff as everyone else, over and over. But every blog is a good blog, right?
Except they're not all good blogs.
Everyone can do it!
Except not really.
To me, it goes much deeper than being afraid to disagree because of potential backlash.
In the world of blogging as a whole, the WoW niche is quite small. However, the people inside that niche often forget that there's anything outside of WoW blogs, and hang on tightly to this little community and stand in awe of the "big" blogs within that community. Since the perceived community is so small and insular, no one wants to say anything negative for fear of affecting – yes, I'm going to say it – traffic numbers.
Oh, I know, I know. Everyone writes because they truly love it. No one cares about traffic or comments or popularity or anything like that. Everyone writes their blog because they truly love to write, not because they secretly hope to the the next BRK.
Except, BS. The community is so small and so circle-jerky that it seems like these days, with the exception of some bigger, long-standing WoW blogs, the people reading and commenting on WoW blogs are the people who are also writing WoW blogs. You've got to be nice to all of the other writers because if you don't, they might not read your blog anymore. Don't rock the boat, or your traffic stats will go down.
I'm not saying everyone should be a jerk.I'm saying that it's okay, to me, at least, to admit that not everyone is a good blogger. NOt everyone writes well. Not everyone writes correct, well-researched information. The WoW blog community has a few – a very small fraction – of stand out blogs, with a whole pile of half-assed, weak, gee-this-looks-easy-let-me-try blogs clustered around the bottom. And everyone tries to desperately to cling to that traffic by falling in line and not rocking the boat that it's boring. There's no discussions, there's no debates, there's no forward movement – just continued hollow accolades with a desperate air of "please, please, click on my link" trailing in a cloud behind.
Where am I going with this? God only knows. Why am I so worked up about it? Because the attitudes of these bloggers/commenters/readers of WoW blogs carries over into my comments at times and drives me insane. The blog world is bigger than WoW blogs and the WoW blog community is stifling itself into irrelevance. A few people need to sack up, figure out what makes a blog community thrive, and push it forward.
BA is nice, but another venue for back pats and circle jerks isn't what the community as a whole needs.
And, uh… that disjointed, asshole-ish ramble is all I have to say about that.


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"Lobster," The Pinch – Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2009
"I Never," North American Review – September/October 2008; Vol. 293, No. 5
"He Asks Me to Consider Moving in," Portland Review – Vol. 55, Issue 1, Summer/ Fall 2008
"Patron Saint of Wool Combers" Fugue – No. 34, Winter/Spring 2008
"Patron Saint of Astronomy" Fugue – No. 34, Winter/Spring 2008
"Antigone" Iodine Poetry Journal – Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2008
"At Home in Fall" Hazmat Review – Vol. 9, Issue 1, Spring 2007
"O'Connor's Bakery, Ireland" Hidden Oak – Fall/Winter 2006
"In my Religion" Valparaiso Poetry Review – Vol. VIIII, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2007
"Doll Factory" Timber Creek Review – Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2006
"At the Barnes and Noble Café" Slant – Vol. XX, Summer 2006
"Sculpture Gardens" The MacGuffin – Summer 2006
"California, Long Distance" The MacGuffin – Summer 2006
"After Deciding on Divorce, I Help my Mother Move" Willow Review – Vol. XXXIII, Spring
"November" Rattle Issue 23, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2005
"What's Lost" Briar Cliff Review – Vol. 17, Spring 2005
"From My Mother I Inherited the Fear of Weather" Ellipsis – Vol. 41, Spring 2005
"After Divorce" Hubbub – Vol. 21, February 2005
"March" Jabberwock Review – Volume Vol. 26.1, Winter 2005
"In Search of Form" Oxford Magazine – Vol. XVIII, 2004
"On the Bus, I Notice the Hair of the Woman. . ." Sierra Nevada College Review – Vol. 15,
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"Upon Quitting Her Au Pair Job, My Friend Phones," Cold Mountain Review – Vol. 32, No. 2,
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"The Harmony of Ordinary Moments," Plainsongs – Vol. 23, No. 1, Fall 2002
"Winter Morning, I Leave You Warm in Bed," Midwest Poetry Review – Vol. 22, No. 2, April
"This is the Poem I Did Not Write," Limestone Circle – Issue 9, Winter 2001
"Things I Forgot to Tell You When I Called, 11:30 p.m., Ireland Time," Limestone Circle –
Issue 9, Winter 2001
"Late May" Pennsylvania English – publication forthcoming
"Safety" Pennsylvania English – publication forthcoming
"After the Economy-Size Laundry Detergent. . ." Pennsylvania English – publication
"Patron Saint of the Jealous" Pennsylvania English – publication forthcoming
"Patron Saint of Lighthouse Keepers" Pennsylvania English – publication forthcoming
"Upon the Death of Your Dog" Primavera – publication forthcoming
"Dinner with the Butcher" Primavera – publication forthcoming
"In Prague" Pralaton – publication forthcoming
"On Turkeys" Fire – publication forthcoming
"Sleep" Fire – publication forthcoming
Review of Some Nights No Cars at All by Josh Rathkamp –Rattle, July 2008
Review of Ordinary Time by Jackie Bartley – Main Street Rag, Vol. 13, No. 1, Winter
Review of My Father Says Grace by Donald Platt – Rattle, June 2007
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2012 was a challenging year for humanitarians trying to help displaced people around the world. The following summarizes some of the challenges addressed by the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) last year.
Inside Syria, 40,000 people have been killed and over two million are displaced. Over half a million people have fled to neighboring countries. The U.S. government (the State Department and USAID) is providing $210 million in humanitarian aid to the region, and this aid is reaching millions.
Last year, refugees fled violence and drought in Northern Mali and fighting in Sudan, and even more displacement in the conflict-ravaged eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Kenya, Somalis found shelter in overcrowded refugee camps. In response, PRM staff members directed funding to emergency response and routinely carried out monitoring and evaluation visits to ensure U.S.-funded aid is well spent and reaching the people who need it.
In Afghanistan, PRM helped repatriate and reintegrate over 83,000 Afghans who returned home this year. NGO-run health clinics were transferred to Afghanistan's Ministry of Health, as planned. The U.S. government also supports the UN Refugee Agency's Solution Strategy for Afghan Refugees, which works with Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to protect refugees until they can return home safely and voluntarily and to find permanent homes for them when they do return.
Thanks to the combined efforts of several U.S. government agencies working diligently early in 2012, security screening processes were refined to ensure that bona fide refugees are allowed to resettle in the United States. The three millionth refugee admitted to the United States since 1975 arrived in February, and the program is healthy.
An international donor's conference in Sarajevo in April raised funding for the Regional Housing Program that will help find permanent homes for 74,000 displaced people and bring a close to long-standing refugee and displacement issues in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
PRM staff joined with other officials to travel to Burma and Bangladesh and assess the aftermath of ethno-sectarian violence between the Rohingya and Rahkine Communities in Burma's Rakhine State and prospects for future peaceful coexistence.
The PRM-led U.S. delegation to the 45th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development in April and secured a resolution addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and youth and their human rights. PRM spearheaded a successful effort in the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on "The Right to a Nationality" for women and children.
The United States, led by PRM, has played an important role in international meetings on migration and sought to advance humanitarian goals and ensure that the voices of NGOs and the advocacy community are heard.
As 2013 begins, there is, regrettably, continued and unending demand for the work of this bureau. As I mentioned in my year-end letter, I am grateful for the incredible dedication, passion and energy that the professionals within PRM have for their work. I am very proud to lead them.
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Fabio Capello cannot say he was not warned.
Just about everyone in football had been telling him for the past couple of years that his goalkeeping position was his weakest link.
But no-one could have predicted that those warnings would come to pass in such spectacular fashion in a captivating 1-1 draw against the USA.
Poor Robert Green. You have to feel for him. You have to have sympathy when someone sees their world collapse at the pinnacle of their career. But the stark truth is that you cannot win a World Cup with a dodgy goalkeeper. You cannot throw in goals. Not from tame shots from 25 yards which Capello's wife would quite comfortably have dealt with.
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It's not the first time a goalkeeper's howler has been the talking point among England fans. And while Green's error may not be terminal in terms of the tournament the problem is now exposed like a festering sore. Does Capello drop Green and almost certainly shatter his confidence? Does he play injury-prone David James? Does he switch to unproven Joe Hart?
It is the last sort of conundrum you need with the vuvuzelas at full blast so you can hardly hear yourself think and the World Cup pressure increasing by the day.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State University students are organizing a multicultural march to counter concerns about racial intolerance after an offensive sorority photo surfaced.
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University junior Manuel Figueroa says marchers will include members of multicultural groups and students concerned about campus diversity. About 5 percent of Penn State students are Latino.
The Chi Omega sorority has apologized and is on probation. University president Rodney Erickson admonished the students last week but declined to pursue disciplinary action due to free speech protections.


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It might be snow, it might be rain, but Accuweather says something's on the way.
State College, Pa. — 20 February 2013 — AccuWeather.com reports another weekend is approaching and it appears another snowstorm may be in the works for part of weather-weary New England with a close call for part of the mid-Atlantic.
On Tuesday, AccuWeather.com informed its followers that a developing weather pattern over the United States could lead to big East Coast snow events during the next week or more. See the Omega Block story for more information.
A significant storm will impact New England Saturday into Sunday. The question is how will marginal temperatures affect the extent and duration of rain and snow.
If the storm develops to its full potential, portions of central New England could be on the receiving end of a foot or more of wet snow with strong wind and colder air being drawn into the storm.
If the storm ends up being on the weak end of the spectrum, more rain would be involved with much lower snowfall totals.
There is also the possibility that the storm may develop fast enough to throw significant rain, snow or both over portions of the mid-Atlantic.
The overall weather pattern suggests that storms will tend to strengthen quickly and overachieve not only in the East, but also over the Central states.
The problem is this for the storm in the East this weekend, we do yet not know exactly where the cutoff will be for accumulating snow versus a wintry mix versus all rain.
At this early stage, the most likely swath for heavy snow all, or in part, would be from Connecticut to central Massachusetts to southern New Hampshire. Finding a place to put the snow may be a problem. Where deep snow remains on roofs, the added weight of the new snow could lead to roof failures.
The New York City metro area appears to be near the southwestern edge of the snowstorm with all or mostly rain for Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
However, where the storm develops and slows its forward speed could push the heavy snow area either farther west toward New Jersey and southeastern New York state, farther south and east over Long Island and Cape Cod or possibly even farther north and west over northern New England and eastern upstate New York.
This could be the type of storm where some locations are hit with a foot of heavy, wet snow and areas just 20 miles away have non-accumulating snow and rain or plain rain.
Additional big storms are in the making through next week, not only for the East, but also for central, southern and western parts of the nation.
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com


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- Blade Material:Bohler M390
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Satin
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:3.125"
- Handle Width:0.75"
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- Handle Material:Titanium
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- Brand:Rike Knife
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Nhtaylor1998 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
I am a private individual who is building a mobile application company starting with MyMorning. My objective is to provide elegant, sleek and simple productivity solutions to smart-phone users. MyMorning is an application that uses Text to Speech technology to wake you up in the morning and provide you with the essential information you request; custom good morning message, current weather, the forecast for the day, your calendar/appointments for the day, news headlines read from the RSS news feeds of your choice and much more. This application speaks to you and tells you the information you need to start your day. You may also choose to wake up to music or sounds. This is being developed for iPhone first and will later launch on Android and Windows Mobile 7. To get a good understanding of what this application does please see this link from the movie Iron Man:
I am targeting a wide range of possible smart-phone users. Anyone who wants to wake up informed about the day ahead is a potential client. This audience is wide ranging and not specific enough to define yet. This is for people who want to be informed and who would like to be woken in a personalized manner with their favorite news, weather, music and/or calendar.
I am looking for a logo that will define MyMorning's presence online including the webpage (yet to be designed) and the start-up screen on the mobile phone. Think of the words - sleek, elegant, effective, efficient, simple, mobile, alarm clock.
I am looking for a logo for the name MyMorning. This is going to represent a mobile application for iPhone, Android and Windows 7 Mobile.
1. I plan on releasing a series of "my" apps, similar to how Apple uses "i" for its products (iPod, iPad, iPhone, etc.) so feel free to play around with "my" in the title, MyMorning. Something that will translate well to other concepts such as, "MyHotel" or "MyAssistant" and so on. Be careful not to imitate Apple too much as these need to have appeal on Android and Windows systems in the future.
2. Think the following: Speech. News. Weather. Calendar. Alarm Clock.
3. Think about the President of the USA or very wealthy people, who are woken by assistants whose job it is to inform them of what is going on in the day ahead.
4. This is an app used to wake you up in the morning, so nothing too loud or offensive.
Here are my competitors. I am looking for something that will help me stand out and show that I offer a better product:
- http://getzazu.com/
- http://mcleanmobile.com/products/ip…k-connect/
- http://www.morningreportapp.com/
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Ballantines 'human api' by Work Club
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The Oath Vocalist Johanna Sadonis Talks New Album, Fascination With Death + More
European band the Oath are putting out some of the most interesting music today as they take you back decades with their old school, raw and heavy sounds. Loudwire had the opportunity to pick the brain of vocalist Johanna Sadonis, who discussed the group's new self-titled album (available at iTunes) and some of the tracks from the disc. Sadonis also spoke about working with Watain's Erik Danielsson, plus she offers her thoughts on death and the beyond. Check out our interview below:
The music on the record 'The Oath' is eerie and psychedelic yet dark and hypnotic. How was the overall creative process for you?
The creative process was quite magical as [guitarist] Linnéa [Olsson] and I work very well together when writing music. We both share a vision and have a very synced understanding of how we want our music to sound and where we draw inspiration from. Things fell quite magically into place for us on many levels. We wrote two of the songs on the album just one day before we flew to the studio in Stockholm to record the album.
Where do you draw inspiration from when creating music?
From music first of all, we both are big music fans and dedicated our lives to music in every way since a very early age. Into play comes spirituality, death, loss, sex and drugs and all kinds of other demons you summon within yourself.
In the band biography it states that there is an "unhealthy fascination for death and the beyond." What is it about death and the beyond that is intriguing for you? When did you realize you had this fascination?
Death has always been very present for me and became a main core of my thoughts when I was a teenager. Death is the inevitable, it is the crown of all things living. My encounters with death by the loss of people I used to be close to and my own destiny and journey into the arms of death are on my mind night and day. It is a curse but also a comfort, an emergency exit or simply self-determination when chosen. It is the pain and beauty of all moments forever gone in this world and the fear and excitement about a bridge into an unknown sphere.
Were there any specific songs for you that were your favorites to record or to write off of this album?
'Leaving Together' actually is about the death of a very close friend of mine who died by his own doing many years ago. I can relate very well to this and often think of seeking the same shelter. There is a sisterly comfort I offer him from over here at this point of time where I reside now, reaching out to take his hand and leave together at least in my thoughts. It is my tribute to him and our connection that we have now. Another favorite is definitely 'Death Delight' for me and the second part of 'Psalm 7' as I find it very powerful.
How was it working with Watain's Erik Danielsson for a logo design?
Erik is a personal friend of ours. A logo works like a sigil [magical symbol] for me. To have him create this and therefore charge it with his energy means a lot to me as Erik is, like me, a very spiritual soul. I considered it a blessing of another very talented musician who does everything in his life with meaning and purpose.
Did you go to shows when you were growing up? Was there one show in particular that you saw that made you want to be in a band and create music? Elaborate on this experience.
I started going to metal shows when I was 13. Growing up as a teenager in Berlin I was luckily exposed to many concerts. One of the first important shows for me was to see Danzig play in 1993. They were the first satanic band I saw and are a heavy influence up to this day, definitely one of the first bands that drew me towards the devil.
For anyone who is not familiar with The Oath, how would you describe your sound to them?
The Oath is a hard rock / heavy metal band influenced by '70s hard rock, '80s heavy metal, NWOBH, classic doom, some classic black metal and punk.
Just curious, where did the name The Oath come from? Were there other band names in the running and if so what were they?
The first drummer of the Oath, Vincent Wager, and I came up with the name when we founded the band. It is a wink towards Mercyful Fate but also an oath sworn to the gods of rock 'n' roll. There were no other names in the running.
What does 2014 hold in store for The Oath as a whole?
At the moment we are just enjoying the release of our debut album. The future I'd prefer to shroud in mystery.
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Sex feels good, and the proper amount of sex can help maintain physical and emotional health. But balance is the key. Both having too little or too much sex can lead to unhealthy conditions. Let us look at the effects of too much sex, too little sex, and what the proper amounts should be based on your age and condition.
The theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) warn that a man who engages in too much sex can become what is known as "kidney jing deficient." Jing (精) is a term that refers to the body's essential fluids, distilled by the kidneys from what we eat and drink. The kidneys are thought of as the body's "batteries" and the place where jing is stored. Chinese health theory suggests we are actually equipped with enough jing (life essence) to live 120 years. The problem is we exhaust this essence through poor diet, lack of rest, lack of exercise, the effects of stress, disease and an unhealthy amount of sex.
Signs and symptoms of kidney jing deficiency include a weakening of the bones, hair loss, a graying of facial color, loosening or loss of teeth, soreness in the lower back, weakness of the legs (particularly behind the knees), poor memory, loss of libido, impotence and a general lack of sexual desire. If you are suffering from any of these signs and symptoms, perhaps you should consider if too much sex is killing you or at least weakening you.
With too frequent ejaculation, jing (semen, the essence of pure fluids and life energy) is depleted from the body. Moreover, as a man passes middle age, the excessive loss of jing can cause the disastrous effects described above. Like contact sports, sex is a young man's game. Middle aged and older men need to retain their jing (semen essence) and ejaculate less frequently (There is an entire art in Yogic and Taoist traditions of men learning to come to orgasm while not releasing a single drop of semen - more on this in another article).
Two-thousand years ago Su Nu Jing, the classic text on TCM, was published. It advised how much sex/ejaculations are safe for a man to have. For example, a healthy 20-year-old can ejaculate twice per day with no adverse effects. Also, to maintain proper health, the 20-year-old should have a minimum of one ejaculation every four days.
The following chart suggests the sex guidelines from that classic text:
Average Health
Good Health
Every 4 days
1X Day
2x Day
Every 8 days
Every other day
1x Day
Every 16 days
Every 4 days
Every 3 days
Every 21 days
Every 10 days
Every 5 days
Every 30 days
Every 20 days
Every 10 days
Of course, these are rough guidelines set forth within the theories of TCM. This gives you an idea of the frequency a man should have sex in order to maintain good health and balanced emotions.
The average 20-year-old male who is engaging in masturbation thrice a day is probably overdoing it. This could possibly affect his grades (poor memory) or affect his tennis match (with weak knees and sore low back).
If you are a 40-year-old executive thinking of having that affair with the 24-year old-intern, you might want to consider if you are in good enough health to survive an extramarital affair. You could wind up suffering from hair loss, aging of the face, low back soreness, weak legs, poor memory, loss of libido, impotence and lack of sexual desire that could cost you your career and your health - not to mention your marriage (if applicable).
How Much Sex Is Too Little?
Keep in mind that no sex at all is unhealthy. Psychologically, it can cause resentment, depression and anxiety. Sex is important for relationships, not just emotionally, but for the organ systems as well. Ladies, when men tell you they feel like they are dying from lack of sex, it's partially true. In reality, the choked up emotions and lack of connection can cause him to suffer what is known in TCM as liver qi stagnation.
According to TCM theory, the liver functions to move the qi (life energy) freely in the body. So, liver qi stagnation is a pathogenic flow of qi manifesting in some of the following signs and symptoms: feeling of distension in the chest and sighing, hypochondrium, hiccup, melancholy, depression, moodiness, unhappiness and feeling of a lump in the throat. Often the etiology of this syndrome includes emotional problems, a state of anger, frustration and/or resentment.
If this condition persists it can grow into what is called liver fire (肝火盛). The signs and symptoms associated with liver fire include irritability, anger, shouting, ringing in the ears, temporal headache, bitter taste in the mouth, dream disturbed sleep, a red face and red eyes. This is the result of long-standing emotional states of anger, resentment or frustration. This can cause problems like high blood pressure, tinnitus, insomnia, migraine headache and the like.
Good sexual relations are a part of good health. Overdoing it can be detrimental to health, and so can too little of it.
My advice: Be happy and be wise in the ways of lovemaking. — Dr. Mark Weily
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