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When #MeToo Isn't Your Story
TL;DR: Women, men, activists, allies. If in your life you've never felt afraid, uncomfortable, abuse, harassed. If you've never been raped, molested, coerced into something you didn't want but couldn't stop. If you've never identified with #MeToo or the reckoning that's going down, know that the movement still needs and wants your voice. If you don't want to speak up, that's cool too. But for women everywhere, please reconsider speaking out against the movement, or to at least think about why and what you're speaking against.
For the sake of all the women who say #MeToo and find the courage to tell their stories as uncomfortable as it is, please, do not silence them/us, or publicly dismiss a movement just because what women around the world continue to struggle with every single day has never happened to you, too.
And What If It Isn't #YouToo?
I'd first like to acknowledge all the different types of feminists there are today. There are more sub-sections of feminism than ever before, ranging from women who just want equality and proper representation in their careers and in the government to those of us who cannot help but see inequality in almost every aspect of life. (Warning: spending too much time in the former leads straight to the latter.)
Whichever path you're on, this week has been a busy one for outspoken women all over the world. Beyond the high-level Hollywood calling out of men with #MeToo we're now talking about something that makes everyone a LOT more uncomfortable: the grey area of uncomfortable, avoidable, consensual sex. When you weren't 100% in but you never said you didn't want to, and now you feel awful but you don't have anyone to blame because remember, you could've said stop, but you didn't. You might've said oh…. Or you might've said meh. You might the next day say, I really wish that didn't happen. But you didn't say stop.
So now we're at a huge crossroads in the movement, and in the world, about consent, and by the movement I mean the large, growing and scattered movement of people across the globe who say #MeToo or #TimesUp or who have said nothing at all, but appreciate that we're finally, FINALLY, talking about this.
We're doing it. We are finally doing what too many of us have waited so fucking long for.
What this conversation has also done is to open a billion doors for further thought, study and dismantling, brilliantly summed up by Jameela Jamil here.
But even as we as individuals, as organisers and as members of a larger cause figure out where we're going with this, cracks are already starting to show. These cracks have always been there: women who are quick to dismiss feminism like Women Against Feminism and #whyidontneedfeminism both of which are unfortunately actual things.
And now perhaps the most important part of the conversation, the everyday things we accept as 'normal', is something fundamentally grey, and as a result way too easy to dismiss and speak out against. It's disheartening, and it's downright heartbreaking to see fellow women dismiss the assault so many others have struggled with over so long, a movement that has become so vital to so many.
There aren't any easy answers, but here's what I think we should do:
For women who are in this to fight, let's continue to do all we can in our own communities to right the wrongs that have continued for so long and to change the present and the future for women. Let's rally together and accept our differences of opinions that exist so strongly in the feminist community. Let's support each other in the main goal of safety for women and equality for all.
For those who are not on board, let's at least decide to not to actively dismantle the work of our sisters. To listen, instead of to correct. To try to understand instead of to judge. To make each other better, instead of arguing how we could have handled it better ourselves. Even in the wake of #MeToo it is never easy to speak out. Women have become so conditioned to be cautious about how we talk about this. The first thing a victim of abuse or harassment says, is very unlikely to be the main part of her story. If she doesn't get to speak, maybe her story will never be told, and never be heard.
Even if we are not inclined to take to the streets and march, or to write blogs about feminism, or to identify as a feminist at all, let's at least agree not to silence each other.
The most important thing right now is to make the world an equal, safer and more inclusive space for each other. We can make this happen. But none of us can do it on our own.
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By David Brown.
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The fictional team for which Roy Hobbs played was mired in a long losing streak, so the bosses brought in a man portraying a team psychologist in the hopes of getting players to think positively.
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Psychology long ago proved effective in the everyday world, but for some reason when it comes to sports, I get skeptical. This is probably because the first time anyone connected sports and psychology in my world, it was in "The Natural." And the movie was a harsh marriage between the two.
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In case you haven't noticed, the New York Times new digital and home delivery offerings set up a version of the classic decoy effect. (See Dan Ariely's famous experiment involving an Economist subscription for background.)
Option A) Online access to all content from NYT.com on computers and smartphones ($15/month) – The Digital Option.
Option B) Home delivery of Sunday New York Times ($30/month – yes, there's a cheaper teaser price of $15/month but it ends after 12 weeks) – The Print Option.
But the New York Times has decided to offer print subscribers at any level free access to all NYT.com content. So there is now a third option.
Option C) Home delivery of Sunday New York Times plus online access to all content from NYT.com on computers and smartphones ($30/month) – The Print and Digital Option.
Option C dominates Option B. Its purpose is to make Option C look more like a bargain relative to Option A.
And lo and behold, it appears to be doing just that.
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It was a regular day in a regular world.
Birds were flying, wind was blowing, and people were moving.
An average day in the life of an average guy.
Apathy and complacency were written all over my face as I got in my car to head to work.
"Am I running late?"
"How much money do I have?"
"Can I get everything done today?"
Red light. Stop.
Green light. Go.
Hurry up already.
The wipers are moving full blast, back and forth, left and right.
A man stopped at a crosswalk and looked both ways.
Not today, guy. I have places to be.
I made it with a minute to spare.
Let's get down to work.
Nothing matters right now besides completing the task at hand.
I noticed something out of place
Looking up, I peer out the window to see what may have caught my attention.
A woman dancing to the beat of a street performer.
"I have things to do. Stop wasting time"
I began my work.
Methodically filling out paperwork one by one.
I gaze out the window again, on habit.
She was still there.
Moving elegantly to the rhythm of an acoustic guitar.
The music came alive through her.
Her, that woman, the medium.
Channeling each note like a serpent from a basket.
I looked back down to work.
Something was, again, different.
The color was fading.
The fresh black ink from my pen dried grey.
The blindingly white paper was grey.
Looking back at me, my reflection on my monitor showed a man grey as a ghost.
I began to panic internally
Maintaining my cool as the entire office turned grey.
Did no one else see?
I excused myself for a smoke break and stepped outside.
My lighter radiated grey as it flickered to life.
Hands shakily lighting my now dull cigarette.
Before the first puff, I look up to the performer
He was still there. The dancer was still there.
The music changed, as did her dance.
She wasn't grey.
The guitar was grey, and the man was grey.
But she wasn't grey.
Her color was almost blinding
Her quick movements flashing light
Flickering much brighter than the ghostly glow of my lighter.
I was as entranced with her as she was with the music.
I snuffed out the unused lit cigarette with my heel
And I made my way to the dancer.
Closer than ever before, she was even more beautiful
Her eyes glowing blue as the softest seas
Her hair falling perfectly across her shoulders
Before I could ask what she had done, she grabbed my hand
In that instant, the world came back to life, but different from before.
Colors were more vibrant..
Smells pungent, Sights sharper.
I looked to her again…
And time
But we remained.
Dancing to the rhythm of a new song.
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If you are anything like us, your blood boils when you see inconsiderate people who think nothing of parking in handicapped spaces. This story warms our hearts, as one person decided to stand up to the jerks who find this type of behavior acceptable and teach them a major lesson that they would not soon forget. This thoughtless jerk from Brazil probably wishes that he had parked in the proper space.
When he parked in the handicapped zone, he came back to quite the surprise and it was definitely not a pleasant one. The entire vehicle was covered in blue Post It notes and these notes were arranged in a manner that spelled out the handicapped sign. Thanks to the magic of video, we are now able to catch a glimpse of the awesome moment when the driver returned to this vehicle for ourselves.
As you can imagine, the driver of the offending vehicle was quite perturbed when he got back and saw what had taken place. The crowd that had gathered to survey the scene felt much differently about the matter, though. They clapped and cheered when they saw the car covered in paper and to make things even funnier, a motorcycle cop saw the car and stopped off to provide the scofflaw with a well deserved ticket.
Watching him attempt to angrily remove all of the Post Its before driving off is one of the funniest sights that we have seen in a long while and we found ourselves wheezing with laughter. Sao Paulo have already come up with a great plan for reducing these instances, as they have issued a warning ticket that can be handed out by any citizens who sees someone parked in a handicapped space that they have no permit to use.
The person who covered this car in blue Post Its clearly did not find this solution to be helpful enough and has kicked things up a notch…we are not mad at them for this at all! Stories like this one do not come along on an everyday basis and we implore you to share this hysterical occurrence with all of your closest friends and family members.
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It's looking like Resident Evil 6 is going to feel like somewhere in between the run-and-gun mentality of the Resident Evils 4 and 5, and the more calculated, slow pace of the earlier games in the series. I like that they seem to be taking a step backwards, as RE5 felt a bit too... shooty for me.
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"Is it possible for a person with Raynauds to get black eyes for no reason?"
I've gone to three doctors and no one knows what is wrong. I have raynauds, osteoarthritis, chronic muscle and nerve pain, I know this auto-immune, my problem is that I will get a horrible burning stabbing pain somewhere on my body, within seconds of the pain I get a horrible looking bruise where the pain was. Two days ago I woke up with a black eye. Just this week alone I had four instances of the hot stabbing pain followed by a bruise. I can watch them forming. They are usually on my hands and feet. After the black eye I'm scared. Does anyone in the whole wide world know what is causing this? My doctor just smiles at me and says 'auto-immune. Can anyone help me? I take nifidepine for the raynauds and have since 1998, I also take simvistatin, ibuprofen, and trazodone.
I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing these distressing symptoms and that there doesn't seem to be a clear answer right now what might be going on. I recommend that you speak with your primary care doctor or with a rheumatologist. When I hear about your symptoms, I think about the association between Raynaud's phenomenon and vasculitis, or inflammation of blood vessels. Vasculitis is one disease process that could, in my mind, explain the emergence of skin finds that look like bruised areas, which might be painful. The medical term for these discolored areas in association with vasculitis would be "purport." There are some basic laboratory screens which can be conducted to look for vasculitis, but often a biopsy of one of the skin areas is required to make a definitive diagnosis. I think the other major possibility would be a new problem with blood clotting or with the function of platelets. Again, there are simple blood tests which a doctor could use to screen for these problems. You should touch base with your primary care doctor and explain what is going on. I'm certain that they would be able to help you figure out whether additional workup is needed. Another possibility would be to touch base with a rheumatologist.
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LONDON: Peter Moores was appointed as the new head coach of the England cricket team on Saturday, returning to the job he previously held for two years before getting sacked.
The 51-year-old Lancashire coach replaced Andy Flower, who lost the test coaching role following England's 5-0 loss to Australia in the Ashes series.
It will be Moores' second spell in charge of the England team after a disappointing first stint between 2007 and 2009 during which he endured a difficult relationship with then-captain Kevin Pietersen.
Pietersen's retirement from international cricket paved the way for Moores' return.
"Since being England coach first time I've had five years at Lancashire," Moores said.
"Coaches have to develop and I think I've done that, and I'm looking forward to bringing that back here."
Pietersen, who was told earlier this year that he was no longer part of the national team's plans, took to Twitter on Saturday before Moores' appointment was confirmed, writing: "Everyone deserves a 2nd chance!"
Pietersen quit as captain in 2009 in the wake of his rift with Moores, with whom he disagreed on a wide range of issues including team selection and leadership.
"The important point to make is I never fell out with Kevin, Kevin fell out with me.
There's a noble difference," Moores told a news conference at Lord's cricket ground. "We had a strong side over 10 years with strong leadership and established captains and coaches, and that side could accommodate Kevin, but that balance has shifted now. A new side won't accommodate Kevin. It's about the balance of what is best for England."
England captain Alastair Cook said Moores is the right man to lead England's rebuilding process.
"I've been in limbo over the last couple of months, since Andy Flower stepped down," Cook said. "It's going to be small steps and will take a bit of time to rebuild, but we have a huge amount of talent in the country and it's a really exciting time to be an England player."
Moores was chosen ahead of current one-day coach Ashley Giles and three other candidates. Giles, the Ashes-winning spinner, was favorite to land the position but below-par performances at the World Twenty20 sealed his fate.
"I would like to thank all the other candidates who made up what was an extremely impressive shortlist and in particular I would like to acknowledge the work of Ashley Giles, who has made a major contribution to cricket in England and Wales," said Paul Downton, the managing director of England Cricket.
The new coach's first match in charge will be a one-day international against Scotland in Aberdeen on May 9, before England hosts Sri Lanka and India.


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Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard J. Durbin of Illinois called for the state Legislature to quickly pass legislation for a special election to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. Other Illinois lawmakers in Washington went further, calling for Blagojevich's immediate ouster, either by resignation or impeachment.
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Penny Fox
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|Penny Fox [edit]
|Difficulty: Hard
Development Name: Assassin
|Type of abilities: Amplify Damage, Stun, Area of Effect, Knockback, Charges, Silence, Healing
|Release Date: April 10th 2014
As an honorary Star Scout, Penny's lifestyle was one of exploration and adventure. During her years out scout-badge-hunting among the stars on her trusty space-scooter, she saw many wonderous places and lifeforms.
One of the many hobbies that developed during these years, is the collecting and stuffing in jars of those same wonderous lifeforms and various other doodads. Cataloguing and archiving everything in neatly labeled containers for her own private collection is something Penny takes great pride in.
While adding the latest uncooperative alien lifeform to her jar collection, she contemplated the meaning of life, the universe and everything. Looking back on all those innocently staring eyes from the rows upon rows of jars, Penny realised that there was so much more a sole Star Scout could do with a butterfly net! She swore a vow on scout's honor to stuff the galaxy's evil doers into her jars, making the universe a better place for the cute and the cuddly!
Without a second thought she jumped on her scooter and set off toward the stars. It was well beyond the point of no return when she realised that her trusty yet rather dated mode of transportation might not be up to the task of traversing the universe without the not-so-annual tune-up she forgot for the fifth year in a row.
As the scooter shuddered to an embarrassing stop somewhere in the Raki system, she kept her calm and assessed the situation. A brief scan for spare parts showed a strange uncharted derilict station in the vicinity which seemed to have everything she needed to fix her broken mode of transport. Awkwardly making her way toward it using the Star Scout approved Deep-Space Breast Stroke, she found the name "Starstorm" emblazened on the hull of this grimy time-worn, and seemingly abandoned spacestation.
During her searches inside the bowels of the station, she found a mysterious robotic claw artifact. Curiosity being known to killing the inferior feline species, this confident canine locked it immediately to her wrist and was suddenly awash with power.
Unbeknownst to Penny, she had just taken the first step toward the biggest adventure of her life!
Theme song lyrics
She's an adorable scout, she is a true Awesomenaut
She is both clever and charmin', she is the darling of darlings
She is so foxy. (Lemme tell you a story 'bout this Awesomenaut)
(Foxy!) (Ha, you better listen up now!)
One day she was out of luck, she and her scooter got stuck
There was this station in space, she felt the sweat on her face
But she was still hard as nails with all her juicy details
Mmm-mmm-mmm... (and then she thought)
Instead of taking it slow, I better go with this flow
So let's climb the debris and I will let them all see
I am so foxy! Heeeeeey heeee
I am so foxy!
She's gonna make it, you cannot take it
She's gonna make you scream
If you won't give it, she's just gonna get it
In your dream!
Voice actress: Brooke Leigh "Dodger" Lawson
Play"Ooh, bring it on... or are you all too chicken?"
Play"Come on out. I don't bite..."
Play"Oh, you've got nothing to fear, but fear of me!" - A reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt's[1] speech.
Play"Run away, and maybe I won't kill you!"
Play"I'm so confident, I'm not even mad..."
Play"Temper... Temper? You haven't even seen my temper yet!"
Play"Ha! You can't vex this vixen!"
Play"I got a bogey on my six..."
Play"HELP! I mean... help..."
Play"Help me out, team!"
Play"What am I doing here?"
Play"Can Somebody please go after them?"
Play - A reference to Fox McCloud, the main character in Star Fox 64. "All right guys, destroy all barriers."
Play"Hit them Hard and don't hold back!"
Play"Let's go, team!"
Play"Um well, I GUESS we should start doing something, right?"
Play"Excuse me, this guys are all over me! Somebody get rid of them!"
Play"Do a barrel roll!" - A reference to Peppy Hare, a character in Star Fox 64[2].
Play"If what I think is happening is happening... it better not be!" - A reference to Fantastic Mr. Fox[3]
Play"Come to mamma!"
Play"A, ah... sensible investment."
Play"A... sensible investment."
Play"It's coffee time." - A reference to Penny's voice actress, Dodger[4].
Play"Back to the foxhole."
Play"Oh sorry to jet, but I'm in a hurry..." - A reference to Fox McCloud, the main character in Star Fox 64.
Play"I am the 36th century fox." - A reference to the 20th Century Fox film studio[5] and the fact that Awesomenauts takes place in the 36th century (year 3587).
Play"And so it begins..."
Play"Cunning! Sly! Clever!"
Play"What did I say again?" - A reference to "What Does the Fox Say?"[6] by Ylvis[7].
Play"Dodge this!" - Possibly a pun with Penny's voice actress, Dodger.
Drop Pod In
Play"I am the 36th century fox."
Play"And so it begins..."
Play"Cunning! Sly! Clever!"
Play"What did I say again?" - A reference to "What Does the Fox Say?" by Ylvis.
Drop Pod In (Starstorm)
Play"I wonder what mysteries I can uncover here..."
Killing Blow
Play"Here chicky, chicky, chicky, chicky..."
Play"Dodge this!"
Play"Oh, marvelous..."
Play"Outfoxed. Oh yeah!"
Play"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!" - A reference to a well-known English pangram[8].
Play"Wombo Combo!" - A reference to Super Smash Bros. Melee's infamous tournament moment.
Killing Spree
Play"A fox among hounds..."
Play"I really am a quote-unquote 'fantastic fox'." - A reference to Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Play"This fox is on fire!" - Possibly a reference to Mozilla Firefox[9].
Play"Call me Pandora's Fox." - A pun on the mythical Pandora's Box[10].
Being Hit
On Death
Play"Ohhh Rats..."
Using Pounce
Play"Fox Pounce!"
Play"Fox Pounce!"
Using Energy Pulse
Play"Take this!"
Using Claw
Killing Ted McPain
Play"We meet again..."
Killing Sentry X-58
Play"I'm shutting you down, Sentry!"
Killing Skree
Play"So uncivilized, Skree..." - Possibly a reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi[11] on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith[12].
Play"Ooh, come to mamma!"
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Desperado Penny
A stranger arrives on horseback at the border town of San Soleres, at the outskirts of the Raki star system. She is taciturn, watchful, and incredibly fast and accurate with her gun, able to outdraw and kill four bandits, out for blood and a quick solar buck, with startling ease. The innkeeper, Silvanito, asks the Stranger to stay in town, offer protection, become the Sherriff. The Stranger politely declines: "I can never call any town home. I'm a drifter, a lone gunfighter. A desperado." - Official Steam Store Description.
This skin gives Penny cowboy clothes, with a poncho and a cowboy hat with a bullet hole. She also has a scar on one of her eyes and is missing a piece of her ear. Her claw glove is replaced by a metallic claw hand, Pounce's flaming fox image is wearing a handkerchief and also has a scarred eye and Energy Pulse becomes similar to a bullet.
Her wrist-mounted gun is replaced by a magnum revolver which she uses to shoot bullet-shaped energy shots.
Cheerleader Penny
2, 4, 6, 8
Who do we appreciate?
Say it Loud!
Say it proud!
Goooo Awesomenauts! - Official Steam Store Description
This skin gives Penny a cheerleader attire, complete with a miniskirt, a crop top, tennis shoes. She also has a teddy bear, ponytail and a bow on her hair. Her claw glove is replaced by a pon pon, Pounce's flaming fox image wears a football helmet and leaves a flower trail behind her and Energy Pulse looks similar to a pon pon and also leaves a flower trail as it moves.
Her wrist-mounted gun is replaced by a ribbon which she uses to shoot flowers.
Awesomenaut Showcase
- Penny Fox was the 4th 'naut announced for the Awesomenauts: Starstorm Expansion as the $290,000 stretch goal of Ronimo Games' kickstarter project.
- Despite being the 4th Starstorm character to be announced, Penny was the second 'naut of this expansion pack to be released (after Ted McPain and before Sentry X-58)
- Penny Fox has a number 17 on her clothes. This is a reference to her being the 17th 'naut to be released.
- Prior to her official name reveal on the 14 of March 2014, Penny Fox was referred to as "Foxy" or "Foxynaut" by Ronimo members.
- Penny is also the first (and only, to date) Awesomenaut to have been revealed before having an official name.
- Ronimo considered several names (including Amelia Foxheart) before coming to a final decision. The name Penny was chosen by Fabian, who designed the 'naut in the first place.
- Penny is the first 'naut since Ayla to not have been released with a premium skin, and the only Starstorm 'naut to have non-premium skins.
- Penny Fox's theme song is sung by Brandon Delagraentiss, Ted McPain's voice actor.
- Before her release, Penny's face on her splash art was different, with her eyes giving her a much more "cute" appearance. It was later changed when Patch 2.3 launched, likely based on community feedback.
- Penny was the first Awesomenaut to be revealed via the Voltar's Vault.
- Unlike other characters, Penny's killing spree theme does not transition into the base track of the killing spree (in this case, Spanking Stars) and instead ends abruptly.
- According to an episode of The DropPod, Penny was originally going to be a robot, but was changed into a fox when they decided to ask Dodger to do the voice.
- Despite the mechanical claw being a recent addition to her attire, it is somehow emblazoned with the same glowing triangle design that is on her belt and hat.
- Penny's scientific name is Cerdocyon Stellaris.[13] Cerdocyon means she's a carnivorous, mammalian, canine. Stellaris being a reference to Marvel's "Stellaris", a universe trotting Female of unknown species.[14] Penny travels by space-scooter, similar to Stellaris' Skycycle, which was a part of her suit.[15]
- A walk cycle animaiton of Penny's sillouette with a false "loading..." warning is shown before each Ronimo Games Streamisho. It serves as a "stand by" screen.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_64
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Mr._Fox_%28film%29
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/PressHeartToContinue
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Does_the_Fox_Say
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ylvis
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_III:_Revenge_of_the_Sith
- ↑ http://awesomenauts.gamepedia.com/File:Foxyteaser2.jpg
- ↑ http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Stellaris_%28Earth-616%29
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellaris#Powers_and_abilities
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- 2013-09-24 16:02:30 Yuri
Tips & Tactics
Playing As:
- Charges can be gained by hitting enemies with Claw or by returning to the Shop area.
- Always keep an eye on your charge count (see below) and plan accordingly. Your skills become more powerful if you spend more charges.
- Grey Man Group Badge may give you 5 charges, but Pounce and Energy Pulse only use up to 4 of them.
- Energy Pulse can pierce through everything, terrain included.
- Both Zurian Mechanic and Grey Man Group Badge allow Penny to keep an extra charge with her, making it easier to chain more effective combos.
- Spiderbird Collector Badge and Death Lens shots can bounce off of terrain.
- Using Spiderbird Collector Badge can grant you an easier time when dealing with 'nauts that are too dangerous to engage in close combat, such as Clunk or Skølldir.
- The amplify damage effect from Energy Pulse causes targets to take extra damage from all sources, not just your attacks. Use it in conjunction with your team.
- Using Pounce towards enemies in a way that they are knocked towards the floor will greatly help Penny in keeping up with then, at the cost of less knockback.
- Alternatively, consider pouncing on enemies so that they fly towards your own teammates to more easily get kills.
- Combine Death Lens with Heartshaped Net for a powerful ranged damage combo. Herring Snack Badge makes this strategy even more effective.
Playing With:
- Wait for Penny's Energy Pulse to land on enemies, so that you may benefit from its damage amplifying effect.
- Coordinate with Penny so that when she pounces enemies into your team, you are ready to follow it up for a kill.
- If you can spare it, let Penny get creeps and droids to replenish her charges.
Playing Against:
- You can tell if Penny has a ranged attack from Death Lens/Spiderbird Collector Badge ready: She'll be pointing her gun in her animation.
- Use crowd control effects that affect movement to counter Penny's great speed and vertical mobility.
- Be careful not to overextend against Penny and get knocked into the enemy team.
- If affected by the amplify damage from Energy Pulse it may be better to stay a safer distance from your enemies until the debuff wears off.
- The best moment to approach Penny is when she has no charges available, but beware as it is easy for her to regain them.
- If you can bait Energy Pulse, Penny will lose a large portion of her damage, the amplify debuff and most/all her charges. Take advantage of the slight firing delay and slow speed of the projectile.


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IBM's CoScripter, developed at the Almaden Research Center, helps automate repetitive tasks from the Web browser, much like what batch files do for the computer.
A quote from the article at InternetNews:
In one example, IBM said the task of preparing for a meeting — sending out notices to attendees, reserving a room, reserving equipment, catering food — can be automated by creating a script with CoScripter. The CoScripter authoring tool captures all of the steps a person takes in any Web-based applications launched in the task.
The CoScripter automates the tasks that are performed in a Web browser. It is one great tool to pass on Workplace skills (O'Reilley Radar) and can make many repetitive tasks much simpler. The tool doesn't have an automated technique for handling areas where user action on input is required,but it's a great way to share Web events.
CoScripter supports the sharing of scripts among users, and so there's a threat that some scripts may lead to sites that are malicious. Hence, it is required that users exercise caution (InformationWeek) by carefully reading the scripts for suspicious URLs.
Here's a video tutorial to the script tool and the link for the CoScripter download.


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Tuesday is April 1, opening day of trout fishing in brooks and streams. I've not missed an opening day for the 60-some years that I've been fishing. And if possible, I don't plan on missing this one. But it's going to be rough.
I've always boasted that it would take a lot to keep me from going fishing on this traditional date and now it looks as though nature has called my bluff. Specifically, I live one mile from the nearest paved road, on a strip of dead sand and mud called
East Waldo
Road. And as of yesterday, East Waldo Road is impassable to motor
vehicles. I'm marooned at home.
It doesn't appear as if the town can do anything about current road conditions, since rain is forecast for the rest of today and into Monday. Even if they wanted to, which I'm not certain they do, it doesn't look as though a gravel truck could reach the worst parts of this miserable excuse for a road.
So Tuesday morning, I will have to try and walk from my house down to the paved section of road. My driveway, not exactly a great feat of engineering in and of itself (I built it) is pretty bad. A dammed-up seasonal stream has broken out from confinement and now runs like a river across my driveway. But I can probably ford it.
Walking on the main road, though, will be problematic. Ruts, some several feet deep, weave this way and that up and down the road. So pedestrians (me) will need to walk on top of the snowbanks on the roadside.
Walking one mile in summer would be a trifling matter, something accomplished without thought. But this is different. However, despite a winter pretty much stuck indoors because of ice and snow, I'm still in pretty good shape. I should make it.
One thing's for sure. When I reach the end of the mud gauntlet, my buddy in his waiting van will be a welcome sight indeed.
Meanwhile, if anyone has access to a private helicopter, I could use supplies. Topping the list is broccoli, lettuce, potatoes and beer or ale. If the other stuff is unavailable, just send ale. Food for the spirit is more important at this point. Besides that, I've got lots of canned goosetongue, Swiss chard, dandelions and green beans to hold me over.
It's going to be a long mud season, by the looks of it.


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Leading up to the birth of my second baby, I felt more nervous and anxious than first time round. I had very mixed emotions about my first labour and birth. My hopes and dreams of a beautiful, normal, homebirth had been shattered. But, I had been fortunate enough to be transferred to a place where I felt comfortable and I was able to have a vaginal birth, albeit not completely normal (see my previous post for the full story).
I thought about it a lot, and I still could not imagine labouring and birthing anywhere but my home. It's where I feel comfortable. It's where my family dwell. Everything I love is there. I can be myself. So with much trepidation and nervousness I booked in once again to the St George Hospital homebirth program.
I was very blessed that my good friend and midwifery mentor and legend was able to be my caseload midwife. The same midwife that had assisted me to bring Levi into the world. It was so special and important to me that she be my midwife again. We did and still do have such a strong connection, that had only been made stronger by my first birthing experience. She understood my devastation and grief for not having achieved my homebirth goal. We had worked through it together for the last one and a half years.
While I was pregnant I did a lot of extra brainwork to ensure I would be able to manage, cope and stay calm even if the same outcome happened. This included yoga, deep breathing and relaxation, reading through the 'Calmbirth' course notes and seeing a psychologist to work through the reasons things didn't go to plan. I feel like I really missed out on vital information by not doing these things during my first pregnancy. First time round I had been ready physically by exercising and doing yoga, but I had not prepared my mind adequately for the challenges of unexpected outcomes. This time I made sure I was ready.
So… The whole pregnancy I had had a feeling I was having a girl, except for the very last week. The more overdue I was, the more convinced I became that the baby was a boy. Silly unproven theory I know, but I think the feeling was deeper than just guessing. I had not enjoyed being pregnant. Sciatica, tiredness and pubic symphysis dysfunction (pregnancy hormones cause loosening of ligaments, so pubic bones rub together, excruciating!). Not to mention the exhaustion of being pregnant while looking after a toddler. Hats off to anyone who's done it. Although pregnancy wasn't fun, I was bursting with excitement to meet my new baby. I was also even looking forward to seeing what this labour and birth would be like.
40+5 days and 40+5 degrees, or so it felt. It was Australia Day and it was stinking hot. I had been having mild period-like pain all day but didn't think too much of it because I had felt like that a couple of times that week already. By lunchtime though, I was pretty sure I would be having a baby soon. Levi had an especially long sleep (I think he just knew I needed time to prepare myself and rest). At 4pm we went to a friends house for a swim to cool down. It was that hot that an almost labouring woman would venture out for some watery relief. When we got home at 6pm things really heated up. The waves came every 2-3 minutes, lasting about a minute, though I wasn't really counting. I decided it was time to get the labour plan into action. So, I tried calling my mum to pick Levi up so she could put him to bed at her house and he wouldn't have to be disturbed halfway through the night. She wouldn't answer. I tried her mobile. I tried her home number. I tried dad's mobile. NO ONE ANSWERED! I was getting a bit worried now. I called my brother (who still lives with my parents) and he told me they were at an Australia Day BBQ with friends. Great. I would have to ring their friend's house and everyone would know I was in labour. The absolutely last thing I wanted. No one knowing = no expectations. But I got over it and finally got in contact with mum.
As mum was leaving with Levi she gave me a kiss and said that this might be an Australia Day baby after all. It was about 7:30pm. I laughed and said there was no way, as there were only a few hours left of Australia Day. I thought maybe by 6am or so I might meet this baby. As I was kissing my precious only child goodbye, I felt sad. It was more than just the normal "I'll miss you" kind of sad. It was a loss of him being my only child, my precious gift, my special one. We would all have to make room in our lives and hearts for this new creation. So with an extra big hug and kiss, my mum and my world left.
I perked up quickly at the thought that I was in labour and feeling so fine. I was getting excited! I brought in the washing and tidied the bomb site that was our house, in between pacing up and down the corridor and deep breathing/blowing through contractions. I remember one particular contraction just after going to the bathroom, I was leaning on the sink and drawing figure eights with my hips. I smiled and spoke silently to my baby, "we're doing well, we'll do this together, can't wait to meet you little one".
At 9pm I said to hubby that I just didn't know when to call the midwife and my sister to come. I had no idea how I was progressing, this labour felt so different to last time. So he sat down next to me and timed my contractions. After about 45 minutes he announced that I was contracting for a minute every second minute (obviously not a midwife). So we decided to call in the troops. It was now 9:50pm. After he hung up the phone, I had a huge almighty contraction. I looked up at him and said "I don't like this anymore". The next wave came and I heard this loud deep earthy trembling roar. I realised only after the pain eased that the roar was coming from me! I was beginning to feel the need to push. OH MY GOODNESS! I can't be at this stage already, it's only been a few hours, my midwife's not here, my sister's not here and worst of all we haven't even started filling the pool!
My sister arrived at 10pm- record time. She knew as soon as she walked in that it wouldn't be long. She could hear that I was pushing through my breaths. She told me later, how she thought she and hubby were going to have to catch the baby by themselves. Meanwhile I was on my hands and knees on the floor and kept looking at the pool being filled agonisingly slowly. I kept yelling "The baby's coming, hurry up, I can't wait, is the pool ready yet?". My midwife arrived at 10:10pm and later she told me she could feel the stress in the air, though everyone was very calm externally, they were happy and relieved to see her face. She called her backup midwife to come (there are always 2 midwives present for the birth in this program), but knew she wouldn't make it because she had a minimum 40 minute drive to make.
Finally at 10:20pm the birth pool was full enough for me to get in. I had absolutely no strength in my legs and it took the help of both my sister and the midwife to awkwardly drag me into the pool (hubby was still busy filling the pool with buckets so it could be deeper as it was only just deeper than my hips). The water felt amazing. The buoyancy and coolness penetrating my skin and calming me further. I hadn't imagined a cold bath. The water had been scorching hot with Levi's birth, but this cool sensation felt just perfect for this birth.
My midwife whispered in my ear, "you don't have to rush this, just take your time". This was a great reminder and made me refocus and try and breathe the baby out rather than frantically pushing. This was different to last time as I had had to push with all my might because Levi had pooed and they were worried he might become distressed. So, on my hands and knees, trying to breathe through the contractions while every fibre of my being was screaming at me to push, resulted in my blowing some serious raspberries against the plastic wall of the pool. Why hadn't anyone told me how helpful raspberry blowing could be? It was great!
I could feel myself opening up to allow this precious being to come further down. Again it felt different to last time. Now it was a stretching, opening, releasing, groaning of my body, rather than the unbearable pressure and pain from last time. My midwife said that the baby might be born in the caul (still in the bag of waters) but as she got ready with the amnihook (like a crochet needle to pop the bag) I felt my waters pop. Suddenly that stinging sensation was there again and before I could breathe I could feel a head and body slipping gently out of me and into the water. As my husband lifted the baby out of the water he said "it's a boy".
I was in disbelief. I started balling my eyes out. I quickly rolled over into a sitting position so I could meet my new little man. I couldn't fathom the experience I had just been through. "I can't believe it's over, oh my goodness I've had a baby, he's out, I'm finished, I can't believe it". He was stunningly perfect. His smooth skin still totally covered in vernix (waxy cream like coating to protect the skin during a baby's development, not usually seen in overdue babies). Cradled in my husbands arms was beautiful creamy white, angel baby. A few minutes later I gave a gentle push and out came the placenta, almost no blood at all.
I had been impatient to hold this new creation, though felt too shaky and wanted to birth the placenta first. Once I had done this, I excitedly and with an abundance of tears, lovingly enfolded my beautiful baby boy into my arms. He was much bigger than I remember Levi being. He almost immediately started to suckle. We sat there together in the water, gazing into each others eyes, I soaked him in. That's when the back up midwife arrived. She had missed the birth by about 10 minutes. It didn't matter. I had been hugely blessed. I was restored. I once again had faith in my body's ability to birth a baby safely and normally. I had even managed to have an Australia day baby when I thought it would be impossible to birth that quickly. The adventure of parenting two little boys had begun!
"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him."- Psalm 127: 3.


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Fat to Fit: The Thank Yous
I woke up early this morning. Woke up, made coffee, lit a fire, and started writing. There's just enough snow on the ground in Garrett County to make it a beautiful morning to sit inside by a fire looking out over Deep Creek Lake.
I set out to write a recap of 2013 races and events. I couldn't do that without reflecting on the year. And the more I reflected on the year, the more I realized I couldn't write about 2013 results without writing something else first. So 2013 results will have to wait.
If I count correctly, I raced 17 events this year. That's one out of three weekends on average. Some of these races are short and close by. Most were long and involved a drive of 5 hours or more (12 hours was the longest drive). Most required the better part of a weekend traveling somewhere.
I trained 613 hours in 2013, according to Strava. That's 12 hours per week on average.
That doesn't happen without a lot of support, encouragement, guidance, grace, and inspiration. There are a lot of people to thank in my life for 2013. And while I HATE the idea of forgetting someone,which I will, it's is only fitting that I thank some people in my life for their help in 2013. Other than the first two, there is no priority in this list. I'm grateful for all of them alike.
There is an ancient scripture that describes wives:
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
Elise and I celebrated 22 years of marriage last week. I couldn't be more thankful for someone in my life than I am for Elise. It hasn't always been easy. Marriage has been more work than I ever could have imagined. But the reward has been remarkable in every way.
Elise has been my biggest champion, fan, encourager, challenger, and catalyst. She has taken many of my very sharp edges and softened them, and sharpened edges that were too soft.
I am blessed beyond measure.
Caleb, Josh, Riley, Seth
I get a fair amount of eye rolling around my house. Usually in response to making some joke about bikes, my athletic "career", or food I'm eating or not eating because of [name race I did] or [name race I'm going to do]. They give me a hard time.
But my kids have been both a tremendous support and a huge inspiration for my journey as an athlete. They have cheered me on at many finish lines. They have given me time and space to workout. They are flexible when I say, "Let me just go for a quick run before we go do that." They have been proud of my accomplishments. Josh is the first to text me at the end of every race: "Congrats!" or "How'd it go!" or "Way to go pops!" Riley regularly tells me how proud of me she is for getting healthy. Seth wears his Ironman t-shirt (the one with my name along with all the other finishers of Lake Placid on it) and tells his friends about my races. Caleb teases me for always trying to "drop weight," often unsuccessfully.
I couldn't be more proud of my kids. To know the feeling is mutual is priceless.
Joe Traill & Joe's Bike Shop
I walked into Joe's bike shop in May with a broken down bike that I needed for a race in a few days. I was hoping they would say they could get my bike ready for the race. Instead, Ethan asked me if I had 20 minutes (which I did) and then fixed my bike on the spot. I've been in Joe's 50 times since then. Joe's is a great place.
And Joe is a great guy. I chase Joe around the woods on Wednesday mornings. Joe has wicked skills on a mountain bike.
I heard a story about Joe from one of my friends. My friend's son was in Joe's mountain bike camp as a kid. A few years later, he was in an accident while riding on the road. When Joe heard he jumped on his bike and rode to the hospital to make sure he was ok and see if there was anything he could do.
If you know Joe that doesn't surprise you. Joe's just that kind of guy.
Chris Newell
Chris Newell has been my coach since May. At the time, I was trying to figure out how to train for endurance mountain biking, Ironman Lake Placid, running events, and Ultimate each week. I was a training nightmare for most coaches. I was trading quality for quantity. I was not prioritizing my training by what I claimed to be my most important events. I didn't know what structure in training looked like.
I liked Chris from our first meeting. What stuck me the most was his individual approach. Chris doesn't have a training plan for a particular discipline that he simply copies and pastes for each athlete in Training Peaks (the software he uses for coaching each athlete). Nor does Chris say, "this is how I did it so this is how you have to do it."
Instead Chris takes a highly individual approach. He looks at each athlete and watches them over time. Learning how they tick, what they like, how their body (and mind and spirit) respond to training. Then he guides them to maximize their performance.
Multiple times during the last seven months I've asked for a significant change in my training schedule. Chris's response is usually "let's give it a try and see what happens, we are still learning what works for you." Occasionally he says, "You can do that but it's going to hurt your performance in an event." And then rarely he will say, "don't do that and here's why." I trust Chris implicitly with my training.
Chris has guided me far beyond where I would have gotten on my own. I was as prepared for Ironman Lake Placid as anyone on the course. I was physically and mentally ready for the hardest athletic challenge of my life.
Ironman Lake Placid was followed by a progression of races where I made leaps and bounds of progress. I steadily improved my National Ultra Endurance race results from the back of the pack to the top third including a 12th place overall finish at Fools' Gold 100 hundred in Georgia. I placed 16th in my age group at Ironcross in Pennsylvania. Then I had a personal record 3:25 marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival.
I'm not the fastest guy out there, but Chris's coaching led me to results beyond what I could have anticipated at the beginning of the year. I can't wait for 2014. I want to maximize my potential and push my limits.
Brody & Blue Ocean Ideas
Brody Bond is my business partner and one of my closest friends. I spend more time with Brody than anyone else in life.
I regularly tell friends asking for business starting advice to avoid partnerships. Especially with good friends. It's a good way to ruin a great friendship.
But somehow Brody and I have continued to grown and thrive together at Blue Ocean Ideas and as friends. I am gifted with the most talented creative and strategic mind I know as a business partner. And even more gifted with a friend that encourages, leads, admonishes at times, and generally makes work a place that I love to go and do what I do.
The entire team at Blue Ocean Ideas is a gift. I share with them every year around the holidays how much I appreciate each one of them (they remind me that I give the same speech every year). It goes like this:
Each of us has a most precious commodity in life: time. You've chosen to share yours with Brody and I. We've chosen to share ours with you. I've been around long enough to know that work should be a place where people can enjoy being together, accomplish huge tasks, and thrive as a team. You all enable us to do that and each of you is imperative to our success.
Thanks to Anna Grace, Chris, Maggie, and Brian for giving your time and talent to us and to our clients.
Chris Beck
I first started stalking Chris Beck in 2012 when I would scope out his mountain bike ride at Loch Raven so I knew where to ride. I would download one of Chris's rides on to my Garmin and use it to navigate trails that I had never been on before. No one knows the trails better than Chris. Chris is a local legend.
Recently he has taken up trail running. Not long ago Chris beat me while running on the trails. No surprise there except I was chasing him on a bike. Chris is a gifted athlete.
Chris has won many of the races that I compete in. Chris has fielded more of my bizarre race preparation questions than anyone else. I don't personally know anyone that understands how to prepare for and race endurance mountain bike races better than Chris. I've added a WWCD (What would Chris do?) thought pattern to my life as I prepare for and race National Ultra Endurance races.
I fuel the way Chris fuels, I prepare my bike the way Chris prepares his bike, I race the way Chris would race (only a LOT slower). Chris is an excellent coach and race strategist.
Chris is also a good friend and behind his UBER competitive personality he is a kind and generous person that regularly inspires me.
Andrew Dunlap
In 2013, I logged more training hours with Andrew than anyone else. I estimate that we rode about 150 hours together in 2013. Andrew and I share a "get out and ride as much as you can" insanity that makes riding together often work.
20 degrees? Andrew will ride. Pitch black? Andrew will ride. Raining? Andrew will ride. 5am? Andrew will ride. Snowing? Andrew will ride.
Andrew is one of the most encouraging people I know. Riding with Andrew is like bringing a bottle of emotional performance enhancing drugs on a ride with you. I get a "Way to go Rittler" or "dude you crushed that hill" as I huff and puff after a serious effort. Andrew is always encouraging those around him.
Andrew is in a different class of rider from me altogether. Our relationship benefits me far more than him as I chase. He pulls me to a much higher performance.
Jeff Dudley
Jeff Dudley is my most frequent running companion. When I began running seriously in 2011, Jeff was the guy that I said "I want to learn to run like that guy." Jeff has been my frequent running partner ever since.
Like Andrew, Jeff is always up for the run. We've done rain, snow, ice, heat, wee hours, etc.
Running with Jeff is like getting a spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional boost all in one experience. Jeff is a mentor and friend in all aspects of life.
He's fast too. Jeff paced me for the first half of the Baltimore Marathon which lead to a personal record, 3:25. I still have yet to catch any of Jeff's times for any race distances that I have done.
Pat Blair
Pat Blair was one of my first inspirations on the bike. He is the co founder of my team, Adventures for the Cure, and one of the most inspiring people I have met.
No one I know works as hard as Pat on the bike. And Pat has a long list of impressive race results to show for it.
Pat Blair was my coach for the first third of 2013 until he realized he couldn't talk me out of running and doing the Ironman. At which point, he kindly suggested I might not be the best fit for his cycling focused training. No one understands singular focus and the benefits from making tough choices like Pat.
I owe a lot to Pat. Not the least of which is his role in leading Adventures for the Cure.
Adventures for the Cure
Adventures for the Cure is to blame for most of my racing madness as I try to be the most fit 42 year old that I can be. When I joined the team I had no intention of racing at all. I just joined to be a part of a group of folks that loved being healthy and challenging themselves.
About a month after joining AFC, Pat encouraged me to try a mountain bike race. Five minutes into the race, I was hooked. The challenge factor, speed, camaraderie, battle. I love all of those aspects of racing.
I also found in AFC the spirit of "coopertition" that I admire most in the athletes that I want to be like. There are some SERIOUSLY competitive team members on AFC that are also the kindest and most encouraging people I've met.
Thanks to everyone on the AFC team for encouraging me in my pursuits and giving me the opportunity to be a part of a a great group of people doing great things in the world.
I'm regularly reminded as I look at my calf to be grateful. Grateful for life. Grateful to God. Grateful for Grace.
And I'm grateful for people. People are the essence of life. It's all about people. I've been surrounded by some stellar people.
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A rogue thunderstorm rolled just off to the north of Vineland on Thursday evening. It clobbered Philadelphia, but it left the south shore of Jersey unphased. Behind this round of showers, the temperatures really struggled to warm up, only reaching 75 on Friday afternoon, much to the surprise of almost everyone. Accuweather was the coldest forecast, and ended up winning the day, but at Victoria-Weather, we can take solace in having the only forecast for rain, and knowing that it rained, like, 10 miles from the forecast site.
Actuals: Thursday – High 77, Low 57
Friday – High 75, Low 57
Grade: B