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How often do we see Kirsten Powers, Eugene Robinson, and Brit Hume agree on a major issue? Not often, but when the government violates the First Amendment and in particular on reporting, probably more often than not. Let's start with the least surprising criticism, which comes from Brit Hume, former Fox anchor and colleague of James Rosen, who was investigated as a co-conspirator in an espionage case for doing what reporters in Washington do all the time. Hume argues that the Obama administration's actions speak a lot louder than their words about respecting the freedom of the press:
"In the matter of Fox News correspondent James Rosen, the Justice Department has gone where federal prosecutors have rarely if ever gone before: To obtain a search warrant for Rosen's personal emails they claimed to a federal court that by doing what journalists do, which is to try to ferret out secrets of government and report them, Rosen has committed a crime. Indeed they describe how he cultivated a State Department official as a source, set up a confidential method of communicating with him, flattered him, spoke to him on the phone — gasp — and asked him to provide information about State Department actions and intelligence on a foreign country now identified as North Korea."
"All this, says the FBI in a 36-page affidavit is in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy to divulge classified information," Hume continued. "Did Rosen do this to help an enemy? The FBI makes no such claim. Instead, it cites an email in which Rosen tells his source, quote, 'I want to report authoritatively and ahead of the competition on new initiatives or shifts in U.S. policy, events on the ground and what intelligence is picking up.' Oh, heaven forbid. The president and his attorney general can recite all the platitudes they like about their respect for press freedom and the need for investigative reporting. But this FBI affidavit contradicts them all." …
"The government has a right indeed, arguably, a duty to protect the nation's secrets, some of which are more secret than they ought to be," Hume said. "But that aside, there are legitimate national security secrets that is the government's job to protect. And when they leak out, the government has a right and a duty to investigate. But what the government has traditionally done in the past is to investigate the leaker and not, if you will, the leakee. That provides the balance between the government's job to find out what happened and the press' right to pursue information. That's the way it's been done before. That's the way it seemed to have been going up until now. But it seems to me tonight there is reason to doubt that that is the approach being taken by this administration."
It's probably not much of a surprise to see Powers' criticism. Although a liberal in perspective, she also contributes at Fox News. At the Daily Beast, Powers notes that "hope and change" has given way to spying on reporters, channeling her inner Bonhoeffer:
First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out—because they were not Fox News. Then they came for government whistleblowers, and they did not speak out—because they were not government whistleblowers. Then they came for the maker of a YouTube video, and—okay, we know how this story ends. But how did we get here?
Turns out it's a fairly swift sojourn from a president pushing to "delegitimize" a news organization to threatening criminal prosecution for journalistic activity by a Fox News reporter, James Rosen, to spying on Associated Press reporters. In between, the Obama administration found time to relentlessly persecute government whistleblowers and publicly harass and condemn a private American citizen for expressing his constitutionally protected speech in the form of an anti-Islam YouTube video.
Where were the media when all this began happening? With a few exceptions, they were acting as quiet enablers.
Powers also points out that the usual suspects now have their guns aimed at Jonathan Karl over his reporting on the Benghazi e-mails. Be sure to read Powers' blast at Media Matters and Fairness and Accuracy in the Media (FAIR) for their watercarrying on behalf of the White House, especially this part:
Because of this, FAIR declared Karl "a right wing mole at ABC News." Setting aside the veracity of FAIR's crazy claim, isn't the fact that it was made in the first place vindication for those who assert a liberal media bias in the mainstream media? If the existence of a person who allegedly associates with conservatives is a "mole," then what does that tell us about the rest of the media?
Indeed. For the most surprising take, though, we turn to Eugene Robinson, normally a reliable defender of the White House. The attack on Rosen went far enough to trigger Robinson's outrage:
The unwarranted snooping, which was revealed last week, would be troubling enough if it were an isolated incident. But it is part of a pattern that threatens to redefine investigative reporting as criminal behavior.
The Post reported Monday that the Justice Department secretly obtained phone and e-mail records for Fox News reporter James Rosen, and that the FBI even tracked his movements in and out of the main State Department building. Rosen's only apparent transgression? Doing what reporters are supposed to do, which is to dig out the news.
In both instances, prosecutors were trying to build criminal cases under the 1917 Espionage Act against federal employees suspected of leaking classified information. Before President Obama took office, the Espionage Act had been used to prosecute leakers a grand total of three times, including the 1971 case of Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. Obama's Justice Department has used the actsix times. And counting. …
Prosecutors examined Rosen's phone records, read his e-mails and, using the electronic record left by his security badge, even tracked when he entered and left the State Department building. How did officials justify such snooping? By asserting in an FBI affidavit, according to The Post, that Rosen broke the law "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator."
In other words, since there is no law that makes publishing this classified information illegal, the Justice Department claims that obtaining the information was a violation of the Espionage Act.
Rosen has not been charged. Every investigative reporter, however, has been put on notice.
And that was before we found out that Sharyl Attkisson might also have been targeted for some surveillance. If it happens to CBS News, expect the outrage to expand exponentially.
Via Morgen Richmond, here's Barack Obama in 2008 insisting that the courts should have oversight on surveillance of the press for pursuing leaks, and that he wants to "protect and abide by the Constitution." Where did he say it? Er … the Associated Press Annual Conference:


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A summit organized by Forbes took on the tall order of figuring out how the promise of a new industrial revolution might put U.S. cities at the forefront of innovation, industry and infrastructure.
CHICAGO – Bemoaning the loss of industry to overseas competitors, filling the skilled trade gap, the mammoth task of revitalizing the nation's infrastructure – amid the Great Recession it's been easy to view dimly the prospect for prosperity in America. But in Chicago this week, Steve Forbes and his media group brought together a number of hand-picked optimists who argue the U.S. is headed toward a new era of industrial and innovative might. The challenge is in figuring how to leverage emerging opportunities to ensure a brighter future.
Called the Forbes Reinventing America Summit, leaders from the public and private sector came to the Windy City to share their visions of a resurgent America and their recommendations as to how to make the American Dream attainable for generations to come.
"We've got an enormous opportunity," Forbes told the invitation-only crowd. "One thing Chicago, and indeed the country, has is a can-do attitude."
Jan Rivkin, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, believes the nation's emergence from the recession puts the country in a decisive moment where it will either leverage lessons from the economic crisis to reignite industry or simply be content that the worst is behind us.
Rivkin focused on infrastructure, suggesting that the current mix of investment opportunities and projects begging to be undertaken could spark a national revitalization. But, he said, "at a time of the lowest interest rates we'll ever see we have unemployed construction workers."
Education underpinned much of the summit. Specifically, most agreed that continued focus on providing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum is vital to the health and prosperity of the nation's cities. IBM's Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH) was cited on multiple occasions, including several times by Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel.
STEM and vocational education are necessary to prepare the nation's youth for careers, not just jobs, said Cheryl Hyman, Chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago. Hyman and others spoke of the need for cities to engage with technology companies to tailor curriculum in order to meet the hiring needs of the industry. She also said she believes that part of the reason so many jobs in manufacturing, logistics and distribution continue to go unfilled is because American students – and parents – don't understand that these industries have fundamentally changed. No longer, Hyman said, are we talking about assembly line jobs. Instead these jobs often involve operating high-tech machinery and typically pay well above the average salary. Cities and their education institutions need to work hard to erase the stigma that everyone needs to go to college. The skilled trades gap, Hyman and others remarked, exists largely because Americans are unaware of the opportunities those fields actually offer.
Beyond education, Emmanuel said cities "have to invest in our core strengths." To that point he cited numerous projects in and around Chicago, including an effort to rehab or replace every bus, train and station in the city. Emmanuel also said the city is undertaking a massive water infrastructure upgrade by replacing every piece of water and sewer infrastructure that is over 100 years old and is adding the equivalent of an entire airport to O'Hare International.
Bill Ford of the Ford Motor Company said a return to American industrial dominance will require a national dialogue about what needs to be done on the infrastructure front.
"We have to figure out as a country where we want to go," Ford said, to avoiding repeated cycles of tearing out existing infrastructure without a national consensus on what to replace it with. Ford was particularly keen on connected vehicle technology and driverless cars. "This is not all science fiction," he said. "This is stuff we're working on now and some of it is coming very soon."
The nascent energy boom underway in the U.S. was also championed by the largely pro-business crowd. Shale oil drilling was called "the greatest single factor that has been the biggest economic uplift for the United States" by Mark Papa of the oil and gas company EOG Resources, which currently has a major role in the North Dakota Bakken oil field. Papa estimated that increased production in North Dakota means the U.S. could be independent of OPEC by 2020 and that the U.S. energy industry is on pace to add 3.6 million new jobs.
North Dakota was held up as a region that, like Emmanuel said, is playing to its core strengths, while Milwaukee, Wis., was singled out for its efforts to rebrand itself as home to the nation's premiere cluster of water technology innovation.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) made a surprise appearance at the summit.
Other panelists, such as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack, encouraged cities to invest in new industries like distributed bioprocessing and, per U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) in federal research programs, citing the 150-1 payback that he said has been realized for every federal dollar spent on the Human Genome Project.
Durbin and others also regularly clamored for improved and more numerous public-private partnerships. "When we team up, public sector and private sector, we can really get things done," the Senator said.
His comments echoed Emmanuel, who said "One of the nuttiest things going on is this battle between the public and private sector. We're partners. The model we should have is creating a partnership for the best results for the people we serve."
By the time the summit concluded Friday, the clear takeaway was that reinvestment in America's cities, education and infrastructure is the clear path forward as the effects of the Great Recession begin to fall away. While certainly not a novel concept, the call to action appeared to resonate with the assembled industrialists, entrepreneurs and politicos.
In closing the event, Forbes managing editor Dan Bigman put a final, finer point on the issue.
"Cities are not disposable. We have to find something to do with them and the people who live in them," he said.
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Roy Hodgson has described the challenge that left Theo Walcott being monitored in hospital overnight as "reckless" at best, with England braced to be without the Arsenal forward when they travel to Poland next week.
Walcott was clattered at speed by the San Marino goalkeeper, Aldo Junior Simoncini, barely five minutes into his first start for his country in 11 months and, having been treated on the pitch, was helped around part of the perimeter before departing on a stretcher.
He travelled to hospital for a precautionary scan on a chest injury, with the Lithuanian referee having opted against awarding the hosts a penalty or booking Simoncini.
England eventually ran out comfortable 5-0 winners, with Wayne Rooney becoming the fifth-highest scorer in the nation's history en route and his Old Trafford club-mate Danny Welbeck also scoring twice, though Walcott's loss represented a blow.
"If I described the challenge as reckless I'd be being kind," said Hodgson. "It was a fierce challenge. I don't believe there was any malice, but it's put Theo Walcott in hospital. We have to wait to find out the extent of his injury but, if your goalkeeper does that, you're lucky to have him on the pitch for the rest of the game and not to have conceded a penalty.
"We can't accuse San Marino of playing a dirty game of football tonight. There weren't too many vicious fouls: there was one, which is the one which bothers us, and it put a dampener on the evening. But there were positives for us to take. The type of football we played was entertaining, there were almost 85,000 people here, and the third positive came in Moldova, where Ukraine only drew which means our three points there [last month] weigh more heavily in the group."
England top the section and will attempt to build on their momentum in Warsaw on Tuesday, with Hodgson hopeful Frank Lampard and Ryan Bertrand will be able to rejoin the squad on Sunday after withdrawing here with a calf strain and a virus respectively.
Rooney will hand the captain's armband back to Steven Gerrard but will travel on Monday buoyed by leap-frogging Nat Lofthouse, Alan Shearer and Tom Finney to register his 30th and 31st international goals.
"To be in the top five goalscorers is something I'm extremely proud of, and hopefully there are many more to come," said Rooney. "I'm still young and there's still a long way to go, after all. And captaining my country at Wembley is something I will treasure for the rest of my life – I've kept the armband and will do forever – and, of course, it gives you the taste for it further along in your career. In the future, hopefully it's something that will happen again."
"He's only 26 so it's a great achievement," said Hodgson of his stand-in captain's scoring record. "He's still got a lot of years of football left in him. I liked what he did as captain, too: I had no doubt he'd be a good captain and skipper the team well, but I'm looking forward to seeing Steven Gerrard being back in the team on Tuesday. We still have some hope that Frank Lampard's injury is not that serious and has an opportunity to join us there. We'll go to Poland with a good, strong squad who will be fresh for not playing today. The one negative is Theo, which was a bad injury."


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This week the Preventionista features a guest blog post by Jennifer Benner, NSVRC Resource Development Specialist. She discusses the recent case in Steubenville and tools for engaging bystanders in sexual violence prevention.
Sexual violence comes in many forms such as rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, and sexual harassment. Sexist jokes, and vulgar gestures are also forms of sexual violence that contribute to rape culture.
As a community member, you play a critical role in preventing these crimes by showing through your words and actions that relationships must be based on respect, equality, safety, and consent. This week in Ohio, we have been reminded that in our daily lives, we all have many opportunities to prevent behaviors that promote sexual violence. As seen in the recent case in Steubenville, instead of helping, bystanders posted, tweets, photos and videos documenting and making light of the alleged attacks. If a bystander would have stepped up, by saying this is wrong or alerting the girl's friends, the events on August 11 could have been different.
Being an engaged bystander means taking action when you see or hear something that is not OK. Engaged bystanders are crucial in preventing sexual violence, because they can minimize a situation early and stop behaviors from growing. When you see or hear something that is disrespectful, harmful, or promotes sexual violence, be an engaged bystander and find a way to safely intervene.
What we have learned from successful bystander intervention programs, Bringing in the Bystander and Mentors in Violence Prevention is that safety is always important, so here are three things to consider:
1. Is there a problem? Does someone need help?
2. What are my options? Is it safe for me to intervene?
3. If not, take action by getting help.
There are many ways an engaged bystander can make a difference. Here's what you can do:
You can speak up when you hear jokes about rape, because sexual violence is never funny.
When out with friends or at a party, you can make sure your friends get home safely.
You can also be an engaged bystander to prevent sexual violence online, through Facebook, Twitter, and other online spaces. Be a role model online by calling out inappropriate behavior and showing support for survivors by challenging violent and abusive comments, alerting the authorities if you see potentially illegal behavior, or posting articles and information that talk about healthy relationships and healthy sexuality.
While it is better to get involved before sexual violence actually happens, you can be an engaged bystander by being supportive and believing victims when they disclose abuse.
Everyone has an active role in preventing sexual violence. Your voice matters. For more tips on how to become an engaged bystander, take a look at these resources. Check back this summer for our release of a new information packet on Bystander Intervention.
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PULASKI -- Put this one in the record books! The Mount Pulaski Lady
Toppers basketball team continued to make history Thursday night by
knocking off Illini Bluffs 72-60 to earn their first-ever sectional
Mount Pulaski played at the top of their game in what was probably the biggest
and loudest crowd ever for a girls basketball game at MPHS.
The Lady Toppers jumped out to a 20-14 first- quarter lead, led by Erika Leever's eight points. In the second quarter it was Andrea Dickerson who got hot
and popped in seven points to give the Lady Toppers the 39-33 halftime lead.
The third quarter saw sophomore Whitney Nichols rise to the occasion and swish a
couple of 3s along with pulling down several key rebounds. Even though Illini
Bluffs fought hard this quarter, Mount Pulaski continued to get the best of them
and pulled ahead 55-45.
By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, both student fan sections were
on a roll with their chanting while both teams were playing their hearts out for
their fans. This fourth quarter would see yet another Lady Topper take the
As Illini Bluffs was seeing their fantastic season slip away, they would
continue to foul Mount Pulaski's all-time leading scorer in girls basketball
history, Jessica Awe.
Awe rose to the occasion as she has her entire career and sank 8 of 10 free
throws to seal the Toppers' victory. Just seconds before the buzzer sounded, the
crowd rose to give the Lady Toppers a well-deserved standing ovation.
Moments later the Mount Pulaski student section rushed the court
and began to celebrate with the team as they hoisted their first-ever Class 1A sectional championship plaque in the air.
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Coach Eric Leever was all smiles as he and his players were
interviewed by countless news media following the game. When I asked
him to sum up the win, he grinned and said: "The girls have worked
harder the last two days at practice than they have all year. They
put together the best 32 minutes of basketball tonight."
I would say
every Mount Pulaski fan in attendance would agree.
Scoring leaders for Mount Pulaski were Jessica Awe with 19 points,
Andrea Dickerson and Erika Leever each with 17 points, Whitney
Nichols with 12 points, Emily Johnston with three points, and Kendra
Willoughby and Lily Pickett each with two points.
Mount Pulaski will
travel to Illinois College in Jacksonville to take on Okawville in
the supersectional Monday night at 7:30.
[By TEENA LOWERY]
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Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Forget the batting order, there aren't very good options with a tough lefty. None of the righty hitters for the Reds are hot.
Just want to comment that it's a tribute to the Reds' pitching depth that with Latos out, and Bailey and Arroyo coming off subpar outings, Johnny Cueto is there to pitch tonight.
And with plenty of backup. Looking for Johnny to win a relatively low scoring game.
Go Reds!
Billy Hamilton pinch runs in the bottom of the 9th to steal second and score the winning run.
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Getting swept in the final series by PIT was the plan. The Reds were lulling them into a false sense of security so they can pummel them tonight. The Reds have the 'rats right where they want them!
I was pretty even as far as my excitement/mood went most of the day but I find the nerves/anticipation creeping up on me.
Come on 8:07!
"Strickland Propane... Taste the meat, not the heat." - Hank Hill
Tonight's lineup:
Choo CF
Ludwick LF
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Bruce RF
Frazier 3B
Cozart SS
Hanigan C
Cueto P
"I think were starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball, Votto said. I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. Im going to do my part to help make that change.
Assuming we're having a separate pool for who wins swag tonight? Over/under on swag factor for each team?
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
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Brothers Denzel and Robert Nkemdiche, along with five unnamed Ole Miss teammates, have been slapped with a $2 million civil suit filed by a plaintiff who alleges they beat him unconscious about a year ago at a fraternity party.
The suit was filed last last week by Matthew Baird, who alleges that he was beaten by the players at a party held at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house last February 17th. Baird was treated for multiple injuries, including to his head. He is seeking $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
Mississippi responded to the suit with a statement in support of the Nkemdiche brothers and the other players.
"When this alleged incident occurred, the proper authorities investigated the matter and could find no evidence of wrong-doing related to Denzel and Robert Nkemdiche or any other members of our football program," athletics director Ross Bjork said in a statement. "This is a personal matter for them and we will support Denzel and Robert while they defend themselves in this civil case."
Even though Ole Miss stands behind its players, it can't be too excited with how the offseason is going so far. Denzel Nkemdiche was suspended recently, along with teammate Serderius Bryant, after being arrested for disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Reserve cornerback Bobby Hill was also suspended after an arrest while defensive end Channing Ward pled guilty to DUI charges last week.


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Wow , that is some build !! , I would like to see more info on the build if I could, cheers for that link too John , it still did not go into too much detail of how say the chain etc was done, I bet that £22,000 would still not work out too much per hour in the end mind. A total work of art Cheers Mick
I wonder if the wooden one has the same knock /
Quote from: John Stevenson on February 10, 2014, 05:18:15 PMI wonder if the wooden one has the same knock / Or leaks as much oil.
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Gardy sees 'pen settling in after rocky start
CLEVELAND -- The bullpen was one of the Twins' biggest strengths last season but has struggled so far in the early going this year.
Twins relievers combined to post a respectable 3.50 ERA last year, despite leading the Majors in innings pitched, but have an 8.78 ERA through four games entering Saturday's game against the Indians.
Left-hander Brian Duensing is the only member of the bullpen who hasn't given up a run, entering Saturday. Closer Glen Perkins, who was an All-Star last year, also uncharacteristically blew a save in the club's second game of the year, while Jared Burton and Caleb Thielbar have already served up home runs.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he believes the bullpen will be better moving forward, especially once they start to settle into their normal roles.
"Right now, it's just been hard to get them in their patterns and get them in when they're supposed to get in," Gardenhire said. "They've had their scuffles, and we've had to use people in different ways. I'm just hoping once we can settle things down, and get some guys to go seven, eight innings or whatever, that we can get these guys where we want to use them. But right now, it's been hit or miss."
Gardenhire also said it was easier to call on the bullpen earlier in games last season, because they were carrying 13 pitchers for most of the year. He said he's not ready to abandon a four-man bench, but liked having right-hander Ryan Pressly around last year as an extra reliever.
"It's different when you had that extra guy; it makes a huge difference," Gardenhire said. "Having Pressly out there last year, there were so many times he saved us. Like last night, I would've brought Pressly in. Left-right, I don't care. He just throws gas with a curveball. So I do notice that already. So we'll see how we adjust from it. But we went this way, and until we see that we don't like it. It's just early."


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I'm on the verge of my 1st SFF and decided it will be a shuttle. Problem is which one. Don't really do much gaming and it will be for general use and media centre to sit next to the TV. Don't really do O/C....
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The Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace International activists and two journalists) have been released on bail after spending nearly two months in detention, following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling. However, conditions of their bail are not yet fully known and the Arctic 30 still face hooliganism charges, punishable by up to 7 years in prison.
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/hugs to all my fellow Hokies out there.
Instance Crashes and Stuck Characters
Raiding this week has been quite a frustration, as the instance servers keep crashing around our ears. Kaelynn is still floating around in limbo from Vault of Archavon last night (Wed).
Quoting Blizzard's official announcement on the matter,
|If you are stuck in-game, please submit an in-game petition with the following information:
If you are attempting to raid Ulduar or another raid instance and 'realm first' accomplishments are not a priority, your experience is likely to be smoother if you wait until conditions stabilize prior to raiding actively.
Major content patches always seem to do something like this, with WoW. Kitarha (my husband) said to me last night, "If we rolled out a system at work and it did this, we'd be fired." I suppose that is the difference between people paying for the exact content vs paying for general content/framework: the rush to get it out and keep customers out of interest, vs loosing customers from it not working.
Minipets and the Tournament:
Some fun stuff up at the new tournament grounds in Icecrown, though it irks me how the limited faction dailies of 5 tokens/day are holding players back and drawing it all out. I understand Blizzard's reasoning of not letting content slip away so quickly, but at 40 tokens per minipet and we can't even collect THOSE tokens yet, it saddens me as a pet collector. It certainly doesn't help that the quest-givers in the faction inns can be kited outside and slaughtered by the opposing faction, without it even flagging the killers on a PvE server. /sigh.
- Tip for those of you just starting the jousting stuff: read what the NPCs say when they're teaching you how to fight the dummy targets. The melee one can kill your mount.
- Tip for those who haven't been up there yet: go FIRST to the big pavilion on the far western end of the tournament grounds, and the NPC there will then send you to your appropriate horde/alliance pavilion on the far eastern side.
- The tournament grounds are in the far north-eastern corner of Icecrown, up past Sindragosa's Fall.
Anyway, I do need to get my feral druid to 77 so she can fly up there and participate in the quests; I may ride her up there before leveling her, though, and hope they let me quest as a 76. We'll see.
Sprite Darter Egg:
I did farm up one of these yesterday on my moocow. It took something like 10 minutes to do, just waddling up and down outside the evil moocow village in Feralas and dropping Insect Swarm on each of the quickly repopping sprite darters in the area, letting the DoT tick them down as I moved to the next. In comparison to the hours spent on the chain to hatch the egg on Alliance side (a quest chain few Alliance even seem to know about!), getting the little faerie dragon for a horde right now is insanely easy. I'll be getting one on my rogue tonight, likely. If you have a horde character, I recommend going out and farming one yourself before they decide to nerf the droprate.
Westfall Chicken:
Another pet for Horde to go get now. This is another one of those little-known Alliance pet quests, and even on Alliance side, when you described the quest to someone, 90% of the time they thought you were pulling their leg. Horde were able to get the pet prior to the feed vendor in Brill, but only if an Alliance did the quest for them, since the egg reward is sat upon the ground, lootable by anyone. The quest is as such:
- Purchase Special Chicken Feed from the farm in Westfall or from the new horde feed vendor, William Saldean in Brill.
- Locate a chicken critter.
- Spam the /chicken emote at the chicken. Macros work well for this. Just keep spamming it at the chicken... it does need to be alive, so don't kill the chicken!
- Eventually, the chicken will pop up a quest marker over its head. It wants Special Chicken Feed.
- Upon turning in the quest feed to the chicken, an egg will appear on the ground.
- Loot the egg, grats on your new pet!
Healing Experience:
Well, as I said, most of the time I've been crashed, or waiting outside the gate for the instance server to open back up, so I've not really had much chance to see what healing is like with the changes. We killed Flame Leviathan on Tuesday night, but as I was piloting a demolisher and launching my rogue buddy through the air (WHEEEEE!), there wasn't any healing going on until we reached the earthquake-stunning PAIN that was the Molten Colossus trash mobs directly following the boss. Then, the server crashed.
On Wednesday, we couldn't even enter Ulduar, as the instance was down. We decided after much waiting to go poke into the new wing of Vault of Archavon, and I finally got to play around with some healing spells as we began to clear trash, all the while tweaking/fixing mods and error messages (had to turn off Grid's aggro alert status). I kept swapping around between different spells, seeing how my mana did, trying to decide if I wanted to try to use only WG or Rejuv for the raid so I could get new numbers on revitalize, so on each trash mob I was doing something different. Jaemon, holy pally, suddenly asked me in vent how I managed to triple healing done in a single trash mob, and I lol'd. "Yeah, uh, I'm messing around with stuff right now, heh..." ...it was the first mob I'd bothered putting the 3-stack of lifeblooms on the tank.
We get to the boss, wipe a couple times because we were so melee-heavy and the adds were on the other side of the room from the boss (so they'd get all charged up and bomb the raid before our dps could get to them and kill them), and we were about to pull a 3rd time when the instance crashes.
I tried for 2 hours to log back in, gave up, and went to watch Ghost Hunters. :) If she's still stuck when I get home from work today, I'll submit a ticket, cuz I have dailies to get done!!


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I like jumping down stuff and im always looking for aomething that can absorb the impact. Ive skated these shoes for 7 months now continually skating and jumping down stuff. Holes didnt form until 5 months in and 7 months in they finally feel like they hurt my feet just a little. Im highly impressed and plan on buying another pair of these!
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The Joslin Pro was built to provide Chris with a shoe that is as unstoppable as he is. The Joslin Pro features a hidden toecap below the vamp for durability and an STI Evolution Foam midsole for impact.This shoe is also stacked full of stealth technology. Down to every tiny detail, the Joslin Pro is everything he wanted in his first pro skate shoe, a clean-cut style that's affordable, tough, long lasting.
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wore a hole through the toecap in less than a week, the soles are really good and the shoes look sick but they aren't nearly as durable as people say. also, the insoles are not the best either, i cant imagine anyone jumping down anything bigger than an 8 set with the stock insoles
Very comfortable and confident. In the beginning, the first three or four days, they seem to be a kind of rigid to your toes, but then it's a great match with you. Buy your Size! You don't need to buy a number below - it suits very well!
Very comfortable and true to size. Excellent customer service with fast shipping.
These lasted me 3 months of hard skating before a hole started to form. I decided to shoe goo them and they've held up ever since then. We are going on 6 months now. The grip is just starting to wear down.
Bought myself and my son a pair, both loving the comfort and durability. Always liked Etnies but the customer service with my order of my sons in a separate order was hands down the best customer service I've experienced, great choice and great company.
Awesome shoes as always. My son said they took some breaking in but now he likes them. And they're rugged which is what he needs with how hard he is on his shoes.
I've had these shoes for over a year now, worn them the whole time and skated a bunch of times in them. The only parts that are significantly worn out are the inside Achilles and the top of the toes. But even with that these shoes are still more comfortable than any pair I've felt since. Greatest shoes ever!!
These shoes deserve more than 5 stars in my opinion. This is the best shoe I've ever skated, hands down. From lace protection, like the old school shoes, to the comfort upon landing. These are the best shoe you can ever skate in.
Theses shoes are awesome love the gum soles
Great shoes
Perfect fits well comfi and love them
Colorway on these are 🔥 🔥!!! Been skating since 1998 and have owned and skated in most every brand of shoes in our industry. Joslins are up there with some of the best.
I've been skating etnies for the past 5 years,I have countless pairs of maranas and I've had 4 pairs of joslins so far. These are the best shoes out, they hold up and protect your feet while still having board feel!
Dopest skate shoes to date.
These shoes are so comfy and shred ready right out the box!!! I need a cup sole cause I had an implant put on my foot! I tried over 10 pairs of shoes and the Joslin's are the best skate shoe I've had on and off the board!!! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🤘🏻
All around awesome shoe🤙
Amazing quality. My foot has a new home!
The shows look great, fit is perfect, and very comfortable to wear. The traction is top notch.
Comfort 10 looks 10 functionality 10 100%good
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Best pair of skate shoes I've ever put on my feet. I even bought a second pair just to wear when I'm not skating. Comfortable and protective. Very good looking shoes.
Love the shoes I have 3 pair of the same ones just in different colors. Wish there were extra laces that came with them. They are intended for skateboarding
I've been skating since I was 2. Im 19 now turning 20 in May. And in all that time, I have never skated a more perfect shoe! I skate almost every day of every week and i get excited to skate this shoe. I get the same flick every time, the durability is incredible. I got my pair in the beginning of September and it's now almost the end of February and all that has happened in that time just recently was my shoe laces came apart. That's it. 6 months of skating it and no holes, no damage or anything. 100% Getting myself another pair! Well done Joslin!
Our son loves these shoes, this is his second pair, they barely held up after a month of very limited use due to winter.... never has he had a skate shoe where the stitching gave out on the laces. Usually his skate shoes last 3-4 months of rigorous abuse, these have lasted just past the thirty day return policy. Disappointed. In this particular pair, we think it was a manufacturing defect.
Solid shoes. Comfortable and durable!
Good shoes, looking really nice. Mostly, super glad about the sole which doesn't have the ethnies logo that often breaks.
In all seriousness.. these shoes are the most comfortable shoes I've owned in my 25 years on earth. Etnies is killing it this year! Keep on keeping on! Definitely will and all ready have ordered another pair!
Awesome shoes - they are Marana's on roids!! (I thought the Marana was perfect!!) The whole order and international shipping process was super easy and quick.
Best all rounder!! Excellent impact protection from jumping down stuff, and primos feels like nothing anymore. The Michillen sole is very durable and only takes 1 session to fully break in. I've skated it for 3 months and had trouble putting a hole through the sole. No comprise on board feel whatsoever, once broken in I can feel everything that's happening under my feet. It's also very grippy and gives me tons of confidence. The flick on this shoe is so good it's adicting. And once the swede wears through, the tough rubber toe cap takes 2-3 extra weeks to wear through. Very hard to put a hole in these shoes. On top of it all this shoe is amazingly comfortable, it feels like classic skate shoes - walking on a cloud. The ankle feels like it's surrounded by pillows. Over all: great impact and foot protection, extremely comfortable, extremely durable, fantastic board feel, addicting flick. The perfect shoe if you love skating every single day. 1 downside is the laces still rip - but you can hide them in the hidden loops. Support the homie and skate this beast of a shoe 🍑👌👌
After 6 months of skating they have lasted better than any other skate shoe I've had. Perfect for skating in colder weather. They are very thick and protect well. May make your feet sweat a good bit in the summer.
pretty good overall, except that the stitching on the tongue and lace loop area started ripping after one day, exposing the foam padding in the shoe. i didn't even skate in them yet. and the midsole/ outsole looked like it was squished by something heavy near the heel. i know it wasn't me as i only weigh 150 pounds. all of my problems were with the right shoe. am going to send in an email to see if i can get a-replacement pair that does not have so many issues.
Just a minor heads up--in Brown/Gum, they are slightly darker than pictured. Perfectly OK. They look and feel good. If you live in SoCal, do not pay for expedited shipping. They got here in 3 days with regular shipping. Sorry for spilling the beans Etnies ;-).
There awesome, the shoelaces never rip and the shoe has a lot of grip
Skates amazing, side blows out really fast. If you are looking for durabillity I would recommend a Marana over the joslin.
Dope on dope on dope and comfortable
5 star shoe. just runs a little a half size smaller than what i usually get. i got a 10 1/2 and should have went with an 11. other than that no complaints
These are some amazing shoes! Great work Etnies!! Built for impact and super durable! High recommend!! Just bought my second pair of these!
Great high quality shoes, comfortable, and stylish.
Best skate shoe I've ever had!
Best all around shoe from standing on your feet all day to just landing on your feet all day. In the last three years I have went through many of models/brands even have changed sizes to maximize comfort and control. These are it
very Nice and Comfortable
Comfortable . sharp looking shoe. So nice got them twice but could your boy get some stickers? i mean i spent a 160 bones .
Got these from my local shop. Hands down one of the greatest skate shoes of all time. These are even better than the Joslin Maranas because they have way better ankle support and a tongue that actually stays in place. Hidden toecap and unique logo make for a way better looking shoe but should have kept them fully black with the darker gum and contrasting Michelin logo and bottom grip. Also, still don't know why the hidden lace loops don't go all the way up to the top eyelet because that's where I do my heelflips. Could be wider at the base but overall these have a way better fit. I'm not 16 years old anymore so if I want to keep acting like I'm Chris Joslin I need a shoe that can make me at least be slightly less scared to attempt to. Coincidentally I seem to have found that shoe.
they fit like a glove, comfortable and clean af
Perfect shape. great.
Exactly what I needed. Incredible durability. Phenomenal outsole, genius idea to partner with Michellin. They are the best shoes I've ever skated durable, effective and comfortable. Chris Joslin knows the way. 10/10
Shoe very comfortable, the foot is well maintained. After a few sessions no traces of wear, very resistant. Size slightly small, think to take a half size above.
Best shoes ive ever skated with!!
This is my 3rd pair with the michelin soles. They are the most durable and comfortable shoe ive ever skated. Etnies have always been my favorite skate shoe since the mid 90s.
Wow! Just wow! I've rode Etnies my whole life but I have never skated anything like it! The flick is amazing for flip tricks, it's already broken in and it's so comfortable! I would recommend these to anyone any day!
Great shoes! Just as pictured and expected!
these show fit nice and look great. the bottom has some tight grip too.
Solid,comfortable and great grip.
Best shoe out there
Comfortable shoes and great quality always
Hyped to skate these and they hold up so good! Thanks Etnies
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I have always been a fan of the Marana and this is the update I've long waited for. comfortable, durable and great to skate
These are extremely comfortable and makes the foot feel safe and secure. Awesome grip, still enough board feel so it doesn't put you off having the thicker sole. Highly recommend!!


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ONARCHITECTURE- Sacred ground? Ridge Street sale raises the dead
The debate about whether an old family graveyard exists on near-Downtown land that Southern Development wants to develop has been going on for years. But one would have thought the issue had never been raised before City Council's October 6 meeting.
That's when Councilors approved the $253,000 sale of two City-owned lots on the corner of Ridge and Cherry to Southern Development, which is seeking to rezone the property as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and build 40 residential units plus 40,000 square feet of commercial office space, a project many Ridge Street area residents oppose. The opposition was enough to sway councilor Holly Edwards, who was the lone nay vote on the one third-acre sale.
Not surprisingly, it was Edwards who responded to comments by local artist and Ridge Street area resident Edward Thomas, who raised the issue about the cemetery on an adjacent lot that's part of the development, citing notations in old deed books and eyewitness accounts of grave stone on the site. Edwards asked the City's assistant economic development director, Chris Engel, if Southern Development was a aware of this.
"The developers have done a fair amount of research into that already," said Engel, "and it has been determined by several archaeologists that there's no evidence of graveyards by looking at the site now."
Furthermore, Mayor Dave Norris assured everyone that Southern Development had agreed to go back for an archaeological assessment of the site before any construction begins.
"Southern Development has done extensive research on this subject," Norris later told the Hook, "and while it does not seem likely that there is a cemetery in the particular area in question, they're going to take steps to verify that either way."
However, according to Ridge Street area resident Antoinette Roades, who says she's been telling City and Southern Development officials since 2004 that a cemetery exists, there's little doubt. In fact, she says, the revised nomination form the City officially submitted to designate a Fifeville Historic District with the Virginia Division of Historic Resources affirmed the establishment of a cemetery on Parcel 157 and included that parcel within the boundaries of the proposed district.
"It's a matter of fact that all evidence– documentary, circumstantial, and anecdotal," writes Roades in an email, "points to Parcel 157 on tax map 29 as the site of the Hawkins 'family graveyard' reserved by that family by a deed of 1883."
In a letter to Roades, Ridge Street area resident Kenneth Martin recalled encountering an old tombstone on the property when he was a boy in the late 1950s, a letter that amounts to an interesting chapter of oral history.
"As we were headed home up Cherry Avenue, we decided we wanted to see where the 'Mule Man' lived," writes Martin. "He was the man who lived somewhere on the vacant lot and rode about town in a mule-drawn buggy. The trees and underbrush obscured most of the property, so we could not see where he lived exactly.
"In those days," Martin continues, "black children knew not to trespass on white-owned property, so we had to make sure that the people living along Ridge Street could not see us. We decided to sneak onto the property and stealthily find his house. We were traveling on a grassy patch when my right foot slipped and sank down into what I had thought was ground. Instead, my foot was in a shallow creek, up to my socks, and getting soggy wet. As I was pulling myself out on all fours, I looked up and saw an old tombstone, leaning towards me as though it was loose in the ground."
Indeed, in a letter to Council before the meeting, local anthropologist Lynn Rainville pleaded with Councilors to require a subsurface grave search of parcel 157 as a precondition of the sale of the lots, citing Roades' "copious research" as evidence that grave sites exist on the property.
According to Southern Development's Charlie Armstrong, however, the evidence is scant.
"Ms. Roades is relying mostly on the 50-plus year-old recollections of people who were children at the time they saw a tombstone near a creek," writes Armstrong. "We have made every possible effort to engage every expert we could find.
"None of the legal research, two physical surveys, visits by two archaeological experts of the investigation by the Department of Historic Resources," he continues, "have found any indication of anything resembling a grave or a cemetery. Even Ms. Roades has trespassed all over the property with her own 'experts,' and none of them have found anything either."
However, archaeologist Ben Ford, whose company, Rivanna Archaeological Services, performed a preliminary site investigation for Southern, believes there's enough evidence to warrant further study.
"Although there were no maps, plats, or documents specifically pointing to a cemetery within present day Parcel 157," he says, "our research indicated that because of the overlap [of older official parcels] there was still a possibility that the cemetery in question might be located within it."
Despite his skepticism, Armstrong says the company will conduct another, more thorough, archaeological assessment before construction begins.
"We will continue to use every bit of diligence and care at our disposal, and will continue to look into any new information that may come to our attention, even chasing down information that clearly looks like a 'wild goose,'" says Armstrong. "The bottom line is that state law requires that graves not be disturbed without special supervision and permission from the Department of Historic Resources, which would mean a work stoppage."
Of course, as Armstrong acknowledges, construction on the development probably won't begin for at least two years, a long time to wait for the cemetery debate to be laid to rest.
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I know Kenneth Martin so I called him. He has clear memories of his one-time foray onto the wooded lot, contrary to Charlie Armstrong's dismissal. He also said that several years ago, when Virginia Land owned the property there were complaints that grading was occurring on the property without permit. Maybe the tombstones were removed during that time. He also said that the $253,000 "sale" price maybe more of a payback. It seems the city bought the blighted property diagonally across that intersection for a whopping $170,000 last December. If you subtract the sale price from the offer, you get $87,000 which is closer to the assessed price of $60,000. Did the city buy the property with the understanding that SD would pay them back during the purchase? I question Kenneth Martin on this because I had read that the city wanted to charge $60,000. For some strange reason SD had the property appraised and offered $253,000. Does anyone know of any sane person that is willing to pay four times the asking price? Very fishy.
With modern equipment, the graves can easily be located.
SD should not be allowed to develop until the graves ARE located, as there seems no doubt that graves are in fact located on the site, if not an actual cemetery.
Cville Eye -- I hear there's a grassy knoll on the property. A grassy knoll! And there must be a Mason connection to it. Is Gary Oconnell a Mason? Does City Council keep their secret UFO landing site hidden there? Please find out Cville Eye!


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Arthur Ferguson Jones is late for his job as an advertising clerk for the first time in his life, just as he was about to be given a raise in salary by his bosses, Seaver and J. G. Carpenter. While Jones's contrition enables him to retain his position, the unrepetant attitude of another late employee, Wilhemina "Bill" Clark, the object of Jones's unspoken love, causes her to be fired. She points out to the staff the resemblance between a picture in the newspaper of the escaped convict "Killer" Manion and Jones. While Jones lunches at a restaurant, the obsequious Hoyt also notices the similarity and turns Jones over to the police in expectation of a reward. Seaver establishes Jones's identity, but to protect him from another mistaken arrest, he is given a special passport to show wary policemen. Back at the office, "J. G." encourages Jones, an aspiring writer, to sign a deal with newspaperman Healy to author a special serial on his own appraisal of Manion. The three men get drunk together, and Jones later kisses the thrilled Clark and orders Seaver to put her back on the payroll. However, Manion waits for Jones at his apartment and demands the use of the passport at night to protect him during criminal undertakings. Although for the first time in Jones's life everyone is deferential toward him, and Clark affectionately asserts control over his career, Jones lives in perpetual fear of Manion. The publicity-seeking criminal demands that Jones's newspaper series be turned into his reminiscences, which raises the suspicion of authorities. Clark innocently visits Jones's apartment and does not recognize Manion until it is too late. The district attorney orders that Jones be placed under protective custody in prison, but Manion takes Jones's place to kill fellow gangster, "Slugs" Martin, who turned stool pigeon on him. After the murder of Martin and the release of the supposed Jones, the disappearance of Seaver and Clark tips off authorities to the true state of affairs. Manion plans to have Jones killed in a police ambush to convince them that Manion is dead. However, Jones forgets his wallet and returns prematurely to the hideout while Manion is with a girl friend. The gangsters unintentionally reveal to Jones his fate, and when Manion returns, Jones, who had passed up an earlier opportunity to murder Manion, accepts their offer to shoot the man they believe is Jones but is really Manion. Jones then grabs a machine gun, locks up the criminals, and frees their prisoners, Seaver, Clark, and Jones's nagging Aunt Agatha. Meanwhile the persistent Hoyt, still trailing Jones in the belief that he is Manion, has summoned the police just in time. Jones and Clark marry and take his long hoped-for trip to Shanghai.
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