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Scrambling Words for Maximum Fun
by selene on Sep.03, 2009, under Blog
A while back, I worked on an online Flash version of the game show Don't Forget the Lyrics. It's a game show where contestants get up and sing along to some music until the music stops dead and they have to fill in the rest of the line. They have three lifelines (a la Who Wants to be a Millionaire) they can use: show the first three words, turn the question into a multiple-choice question, or get their pre-appointed friend to answer for them. The first two are easy to code up, the third not so much. We didn't have the budget to record people singing the missing lyrics, so it had to be text-based. We thought of randomly selecting one of the multiple choice answers, but realized that people would probably feel cheated at being given a wrong answer. And it would be too easy to just always give them the right answer.
At some point, I came up with the idea of showing the player a scrambled version of the correct answer. That would leave it up to the player's skill to get the correct answer from it, so it wasn't a guaranteed success but would still seem fair. Then I had to come up with an algorithm for scrambling words that wasn't too easy, but wasn't too hard for anyone to solve in the time limit.

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Unboxing the Apple iPad: The Photos
Quite possibly the most highly anticipated product of the century, the Apple iPad has finally landed. Many believe that the Apple's tablet marks the birth of a revolution in portable computing. So like any good parent, we wanted to document the arrival of our bundle of tablet joy. Before the iPad was quickly dispatched to the labs for testing for our full hands-on review with video, we managed to snap a bunch of photos of the unboxing, so you can see exactly what you'll be getting if you buy an iPad on April 3rd.
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Behavior-based safety (commonly referred to as BBS) relies heavily on the psychology of learning and motivation through stimulus and response as a result of workplace observation and/or near miss reporting and corresponding feedback. BBS principles were founded on Herbert William Heinrich's research, which suggested that 88 percent of accidents result from unsafe acts committed by employees rather than unsafe conditions.
The belief that employees can be motivated to behave safely through positive reinforcement (e.g. incentive programs, motivational posters and bulletin boards, posting the number of accumulated incident/injury free days), which is believed to be more effective and lasting than negative reinforcement, is a cornerstone of BBS. These programs do away with the notion that safety is solely the safety manager's concern and rather assigns safety responsibility to everyone at every level in the organization. BBS not only relies heavily on both employee and management involvement in the safety program, but also holds that a robust safety culture featuring a focus on the process rather than the outcome and positive activators to produce behavior modification is the most efficient approach to workplace safety.
The emergence and acceptance of BBS programs has caused great debate between proponents of traditional safety programs, which focus on regulatory compliance and hazardous condition abatement, and those who are proponents of the BBS approach.
Management Support
One of my favorite authors, John Maxwell, coined the phrase, "Everything rises and falls on leadership." This is a very appropriate statement when considering BBS programs. BBS programs are doomed to fail unless they are comprehensively supported by company management.
BBS programs are highly dependent on trust. Company management must trust their employees to adhere to the BBS program principals of observation and reporting and employees must trust management enough to report hazardous exposures and observations without fear of reprisal.
In considering the importance of management support, I am reminded of a construction program I worked on a few years back where the prime contractor's entire program was based on BBS. While the program was an excellent one in theory, it lacked complete management buy in. As a result, the program struggled to maintain industry average loss rates and ended as mediocre at best.
BBS Criticisms
Opponents of BBS programs point to studies that contradict the findings of Heinrich and consider BBS to be based on unreliable science. Another criticism of BBS is the belief that the attention on safe behavior with a reliance on employee reporting will create fear among employees arguing that employees may feel inhibited against reporting injuries and/or near misses for fear of being blamed for causing them.
In that same vein, some opponents of BBS maintain that BBS programs are counterproductive to risk management efforts as many injuries go unreported, which leads to larger claims. In other words, injuries may go untreated until further injuries or complications surface. Some opponents of BBS feel that is more practical to correct a hazardous condition than it is to change human behavior.
Finally, BBS programs tend to struggle in industries with a high turnover rate (e.g. construction), as there often is too little time to develop relationships with the vital trust necessary for a successful BBS program.
Success in Moderation
In my opinion, workplaces that implement strictly BBS programs rely on too many variables (such as management support/involvement and employee trust) for the success of their respective programs. Like with most things, my experience has taught me that success often is found in the middle of a blended approach of the utilization BBS and traditional principles to establish a solid overall program.
EHS Today guest blogger Jason Townsell, CSP, was named the 2010 Future Leader in EHS. He works for AECOM as a program safety manager at San Diego International Airport. The postings on this site represent the author's personal opinions and statements and do not represent or reflect the opinions, positions or strategies of AECOM Technology Corp. or its subsidiaries or affiliated entities.


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Greater Albuquerque Market Update March 2013
I wanted to take a moment and share the latest Greater Albuquerque Market Update with you for March 2013.
We are seeing some good news for sales of single family detached homes in the Greater Albuquerque Area. Sales are up 12.75% from the same period last year. March marks the fifteen month where the current month's sales exceeded the same month the prior year. Pending sales of single-family detached homes rose 8.52% from the previous year and increased 21.36% from February 2013.
Now is the perfect time to take advantage of our market, especially buying as interest rates are starting to edge up.
We also have several programs available for you if you are looking to sell and either move up or downsize. The time could be now.
Please give me a call at 505-362-2005 to discuss any questions you may have or any friends or family that will need my help.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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There are a host of organizations providing data about specific portions of the K12 education spectrum. This web site is doing the work to pull this information together and present it, so as to illustrate the most effective teaching pedagogy.


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Top 5 Ischemic Stroke Symptoms
Being able to identify the most commonly occurring ischemic stroke symptoms will help you to know when to seek immediate medical attention. Having this knowledge can also help you to save someone else's life. Here are the top five signs to look out for when you believe that you may be having an ischemic stroke.
1. Paralysis and tingling sensations – Sometimes a lack of circulation or non-life threatening disorders such as carpal tunnel can lead to tingling or numb limbs. However, one of the most common ischemic stroke symptoms includes temporary or permanent paralysis of the facial muscles and extremities.
2. Slurred speech – Even if you do not believe that you possess any known stroke risk factors, you will want to call your doctor immediately if you begin to have trouble speaking. This includes major changes in speech such as slurring.
3. Persistent headache – When plaque in arteries begins to collect, blood flow to the brain, heart, limbs and vital organs will be severely impacted. This can result in painful headaches.
4. Imbalance and dizziness – Some ischemic stroke symptoms are mild, but having difficulty staying balanced while standing or walking is a strong indication that something is wrong. If you feel dizzy when you stand up, or need to grab onto something to stay steady, you may be having a stroke.
5. Issues with vision – Even if you wear glasses, experiencing a sudden or dramatic change in your eyesight is not to be taken lightly. Many stroke victims experience blurred vision and a difficulty seeing objects both far away and close up. These ischemic stroke symptoms can be mild or quite severe. Stroke rehabilitation therapy may or may not help you to regain some of your lost eyesight over time.
Not everyone will experience these types of side effects, but they are the most commonly occurring. There are medicines that can be administered that will help these side effects to dissipate, but they are most helpful for patients that seek prompt medical care. Never ignore the symptoms of stroke so that you have a better chance of making a full recovery.


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S02 Episode 2 - Member Leah discusses plant-based pregnancy and parenting
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Productive SaturdayFebruary 28th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Things I did today:
- Finished reading a chapter in Accounting book (I have an exam on Monday)
- Got pedicure (I was reading my A/C book while I was getting pedicure)
- Cleaned the house
- Did laundry
- Went to gym
I also went to Rite Aid. I don't know why but Rite Aid sent me $10 coupon good for any purchase. All of their FAR products were out, so I bought some pantyhose that were BOGO. I bought 4 pairs, and 2 boxes of footies, and paid $2.65 for all of them after coupon.
Then, went to Walgreens that is across the street from Rite Aid. I haven't bought Revlong FAR item yet, and today is the last day of Feb rebate. Paid with my GC, so not cash spent for this one.
I will be going to Walgreens first thing tomorrow morning to get a blink tears eye drops. They are free after catalina coupon. Colgate toothpastes are also free after catalina, like I need more toothpaste LOL


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In Willow's Grove, baseball is a way of life. After a bad call during a local championship game, a group of rabid parents corner Stumpy the umpire. They get more than they bargained for when the encounter ends in murder. After almost a decade in a psychiatric hospital, Stumpy returns for revenge on the home team. Grab your peanuts and crackerjack because this bloodbath is going into extra innings!
I'm really digging this concept trailer for the 80's styled VHS slasher released in Modern Day. Hopefully we'll be seeing this one soon!


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The Zune will go on
Microsoft? Thinking of dropping the Zune? Why, nothing could be further from the truth, apparently:
"Basically, what happened last week, Steve [Ballmer] said a couple of things about the category," said Adam Sohn, head of Microsoft's Zune marketing division, causing speculation that Microsoft would stop making Zunes. However, he clarified, "we're not getting out of the hardware business at all," adding that Microsoft is "deeply committed" to continuing to its Zune hardware strategy.
So, you've got Steve Ballmer, who runs the show, suggesting that Microsoft might be less interested in making Zune players; you've got the guy who runs the bit of the company that sells Zunes insisting that the Zune player has a happy and rosy future, and certainly you shouldn't not think about buying one. Oh no.
."The other thing Steve said, which is spot on with our strategy -- and unfortunately I think a lot of people we haven't talk to sort of took it and ran in the wrong direction -- is that we do think the Zune device is not the only place you will access the Zune experience," said Sohn. "A lot of people jumped to an 'either/or,' when in fact it's a 'both/and' situation."
Microsoft's first order of business is to deliver the Zune music service to Xbox and Windows Media Center. "We would be thinking about nailing experiences in our own platforms concurrently with, if not before we're thinking about going beyond that," said Sohn. The mobile space represents a particularly interesting opportunity for Microsoft, since it could involve developing apps for competitors like Apple and Google.
Talk of a Zune experience - and especially nailing those experiences - does at least leave you in no doubt that Sohn is a marketing guy. The question he doesn't address, but which hangs in the air, is if "the Zune experience" is about interacting Zunely with tunes through a Zune interface, then why would Microsoft continue to pour money down the drain on a loss-making hardware strategy?


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As a person studying nutrition with the goal of being a registered dietitian, I find NUUN to be a great hydration tool because it's low in sugar and doesn't sit heavy in your stomach. It works well on hot summer days like what we are currently experiencing. I really like that it's not carbonated and can be mindfully and easily balanced into a healthy diet because of the low calorie and sugar. I do wish the flavor was a bit stronger, but that isn't much of a concern. Again, my favorite part is that it sits so nicely in my stomach because it isn't loaded with sugar. That really helps me during my long runs.


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Episode #14 - Til Death Do Us Part, Part One
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy
Animation Services By: AKOM
Guest Starring: Christopher Britton as Mr. Sinister, David Hemblen as Magneto, Ron Rubin as Morph, and John Stocker as Graydon Creed
Review:The animation in this season was a big improvement, and the season long story arc began right away. The new villain, Mr. Sinister wasn't anything like Magneto and unlike Magneto, this villain was evil. When I was a kid, he used to scare the crap out of me. Christopher Britton was absolutely perfect for the role and for once, they got a perfect design for the character. He didn't really appear too much in these episodes, as he wasn't the main villain, Morph was the main villain.
I remember thinking how creepy it was seeing Morph again. The thought of him coming back didn't occur to me when I first watched this and I was genuinely shocked to see him again! And now he was evil! He too had a creepy design, and SHOCK VALUE! Oh my God Morph is still alive! I don't think anyone could've seen that coming!
This episode also introduced one of my favourite groups into the show; The Friends Of Humanity. I found them to be a fantastic foil for the X-Men and the perfect example of what the X-Men fought against. Narrow minded prejudice people. I especially liked how they set up Beast.
Speaking of setting up, Morph tricking the other X-Men into fighting each other came up with some genuinely clever ideas, especially Beast and Rouge's argument in the hospital. Now only was he back (OH MY GOD!) but now he really was evil and manipulative!
I thought the most disappointing part of the episode was its conclusion. I found the ending to be very under whelming. I knew we'd see Sinister and Evil Morph again, but I thought that the way this particular episode ended was a little rushed and lacked any real conclusion. I usually love the continuity in this series but here; I thought it left too much to be told in later episodes. It's also worth noting… Cyclops is a fashion disaster in or out of his costume. A bright orange shirt and blue shorts. It was like watching Bart Simpson shoot laser beams out of his eyes.
But still, one can't complain at this story too much, especially seeing how good (and damn creepy!) Mr Sinister actually was and how much of an "OH MY GOD!" moment's Morph's return was. Screenshots:


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Dibya Jyoti Kalita
Research scholar (M. Phil), Department of Economics
Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
Set amidst the mighty river Brahmaputra, Majuli is one of the largest inhabited river islands in the world. Majuli is also known as a land of the Sattra which has made its life and culture distinguished from other societies. However, Presently Majuli is well known for having suffered from two natural hazards: severe bank erosion and flooding. The flood of Brahmaputra River has been creating havoc every year in the Island. The erosion in the Island is constantly reducing the area of the land, eroding many villages and Sattras. It also enhances internal and external migration of the people and created a class of landless poor. Available data shows that during 1914 the size of Majuli was 733.79 sq. km which now reduce to 522.73 sq. km in 2013. A positive aspect for Majuli is that a number of organizations are working for the protection and preservation of this unique island. Execution of Majuli protection work by the Brahmaputra Board has resulted in the river island regaining landmass at an average rate of 2 to 2.5 sq. km annually from 2004 to 2013. Through this study, the trend of river bank erosion and effect of flood and erosion on the island is analyzed. This study also assessed the measures taken to control erosion in the river island Majuli.
Key words: River Island Majuli, Brahmaputra River, Riverbank Erosion, Flood, Restoration Measures
1. Introduction
Set amidst the mighty river Brahmaputra, Majuli is one of the largest inhabited river islands in the world. The Island is bounded by three Rivers: the Kherkutia Suti (a spill channel of the Brahmaputra River) on the north-east, the Subansiri River and her tributaries on the north-west and the Brahmaputra River on the south and south-west. Majuli was created as a result of periodical natural changes in the course of the river Brahmaputra caused by frequent major earthquakes in different times as well as high floods (MCLMA, 2014). Majuli is, first, a river-made island, a water-locked inhabited zone; and second, it is known as a land of the Sattra which has made its life and culture distinguished from other societies (Nath, 2009). Majuli is the nerve-centre of Neo-vaishnavite Hindu religion, art and culture. In fact, it is considered to be the "Vatican of Neo-Vaishnavism" (Pegu, 2013).
The island has been always prone to erosion since inception with consequent result of gradual reduction of its territorial extent (Nath, 2009). Its geographical area was nearly 1,256 sq. km as per government survey of 1891 and as per the land survey records of 1950, the total habitable landmass was 1245.12 sq. km (it included entire reach of the Brahmaputra water body up to left bank along Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat Districts) but much of it was washed away by the river Brahmaputra in the second half of the twentieth century due to erosion. According to a report of Brahmaputra Board, in 2013, the size of Majuli Island is only 522.73 sq. km. According to Sarma and Phukan (2004), there is a continuous decrease in the area of Majuli from 751.31 sq. km in 1917 to 564.01 sq. km in 1966-1972, 453.76 sq. km in 1996 and 421.65 sq. km in 2001. The average annual rate of erosion was found as 1.77 sq. km per year from 1917 to 1972, 1.84 sq. km per year from 1972 to 1996 and 6.42 sq. km pear year from 1996 to 2001. The erosion in the Island is constantly reducing the area of the land, eroding many villages. It also enhances internal and external migration of the people and created a class of landless poor. There were many Sattras which are eroded by the flood of Brahmaputra River and many were shifted to other parts and also setting up branches across different places of the state, which are creating a threat to the existence of such age-old establishment.
2. Objectives
- to analyze the trend of river bank erosion and effect of flood and erosion on the river island Majuli.
- to assess the measures taken to control erosion in the river island Majuli.
3. Methodology
The present study is descriptive in nature. The present study has used secondary data to meet its objectives. Secondary data was collected from different reports of the government agencies, books, research journals, newspapers, periodicals and different websites. Author's own interpretation were added in this article.
4. Results and Discussion
4.1 Geographical Description of the Island
Majuli is situated between 26°45'N to 27°12'N Latitude and 93°39'E to 94°35'E Longitude. This myrobalan shaped Island is situated in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, 630 km upstream of the Indo-Bangladesh border and 1100 km from its mouth. Its elevation from the mean sea level is 84.50 metres (277.2 ft). The island, situated in Jorhat district of northern Assam is about 80 km wide and about 10-15 km long. This Riverine Island is bounded by North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts on the north while Sivasagar and Jorhat districts lie toward its east. Golaghat district is to the south of Majuli while Nagaon and Sonitpur districts lie towards its west (Figure 1).
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By Shashank Rao http://www.mid-day.com/
Western Railway will have to provide land at Churchgate, Grant Road, Mumbai Central and Mahalaxmi to build underground Metro stations; requirement came to the fore during a meeting of railway and MMRC officials yesterday
The subway at Churchgate station will provide connectivity to the proposed Rs 23,136- crore Metro Line-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz).
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"Train a child in the way he should go,
"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead,
How touching and beautiful!! Thanks so much for sharing a picture of your hero!!
That is beautiful. He is a hero to so many. I hope that he knows that. Blessings to you and your family!
That is beautiful! What a thoughtful gift. My interview went well, they want me. I don't think I will take it unless they come off the money a little bit more. :)
Dee Dee,
As a mother of a 16 year old son who wants to serve his country upon graduation I hope you know how much this ministered to me this morning.
God bless you for sharing it with us!
Blessings to you and your sons!!
May God bless your son, soldier, and hero. Happy WFW!
That's a powerful gift. You must be a great mama. :)
What a touching post! I appreciate you sharing about your son and about parenting. Have a great WFW!
I love that DeeDee... you are truly blessed!
What a great frame for your son's photo...amazing words. I also liked how you put the Bible verses with it. It all tied in together so well, thanks for sharing :)
What a great gift!
Thanks for sharing those scriptures..I needed to be reminded of them today.
I love the new look on your blog!
Have a wonderful evening!
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A recent CDC study has estimated that one in five children in America is suffering with a mental disorder of some type and the need for quality mental health treatment for youth has never been greater. Because of the prohibitive cost of residential treatment, more and more youth are being seen in outpatient clinics and counseling offices as concerned parents seek help for their children.
A majority of mental health clinics and offices utilize individual therapy as the primary mode of treatment. Finding therapists that utilize group therapy is more difficult, despite the known benefits of using group therapy with youth. Some therapists simply prefer to not work with teens because of the difficulties involved with engaging a teen in treatment. Many therapists shy away from using group therapy because it can be extremely difficult to run effective group therapy with youth. It takes a highly skilled therapist to run a good group session with resistant teens.
Listed below are five benefits for the utilization of group therapy for treating difficult youth:
1. Participation in group therapy sessions provides young people with the realization that they are not alone in their problems and that others experience similar problems. Youth often feel alienated from others and experience a great deal of loneliness. Group therapy provides the opportunity for youth to feel a sense of belonging and cohesiveness. This allows for youth to develop the skill of learning to connect and bond with others.
2. Participation in group therapy creates opportunities for interpersonal learning by receiving feedback from each other and experimenting with new ways of relating. "Group think" can be a powerful tool for helping youth to find new ways of approaching their problems. This is an opportunity that simply can't be duplicated in an individual therapy setting.
3. The treatment group setting provides a safe setting for accountability as the youth report their efforts to manage their unwanted behaviors. This contradicts the self-talk of many youth who tend to keep their struggles secret because of the shame they often feel. Participation in group reduces the shame and encourages honesty and openness. As youth progress in their treatment, they are able to begin to give back and help newer group members. This creates self-esteem and self-worth. Group therapy teaches youth to turn to people instead of addictions and dependencies in their time of need.
4. Participation in group therapy instills hope to young people that they can recover from their problems. Senior group members share their successes with newer group members and group members encourage one another to work to achieve their goals.
5. Participation in group therapy is a more cost-effective way to provide therapy. Psychotherapy services can be expensive, particularly for those who are not able to offset the cost with health insurance. Group therapy sessions can be a more affordable way for parents to assure their child is in treatment each week without having to pay out of pocket for more expensive individual therapy sessions.
Therapy Associates is an outpatient clinic located in St. George, Utah that specializes in the treatment of children, teens and young adults. Group therapy is a preferred method of treatment. The clinic provides group therapy treatment to teens and young adults and runs group therapy sessions for substance abuse, gaming addiction, adolescent girls' issues, pornography/sexual addiction and sexual offenses. See our website to find out more about our therapeutic services for children, teens and young adults in the St. George, Utah area.


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Greetings! My name is Robert Maurer, and I am a professional graphic and residential designer living in Northern California. Since 2003, I have been collecting and restoring mid-century furniture, curating my home with a design-forward and timeless style.
After meticulously loving and caring for my first home for nearly 10 years, I finally fully realized my mid-century vision by purchasing a Streng Brothers home designed by Carter Sparks in Citrus Heights, CA. My search was rigid, and spanned the course of several years, but I finally found my forever home where I am able to put my creativity and passion for mid-century design into action.
This blog is a way for me to share my interest in architecture, design and entertaining. I hope you find enjoyment, inspiration and good use for these entries as I restore and personalize my dream home.


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Manchester can do fine dining very well indeed, boasting a host of international restaurants and cafes offering authentic cuisine from all around the world.
At the same time, we need to celebrate the food that the city (and its surrounding districts) is really famous for. And some dishes just taste better when eaten in their hometown.
From black puddings and pasty barms to Manchester caviar and the Manchester Egg, these dishes may not be fancy, but they're the dishes many Mancunians miss when they are away from the city.
Here are ten mint meals made in Manchester.
Bury black pudding
Black Puddings first arrived in the UK via European monks, who first visited Yorkshire and then crossed over the Pennines to Lancashire where "bloodwurst" became known as "Black Pudding". People outside the North might be squeamish about these plump black sausages made with pig's blood and studded with visible cubes of fat, but to Mancunians black pudding is a piece of porky perfection. Whilst they are available all over the country and feature on the menus of many a top restaurant, Bury is the home of the black pudding and synonymous with quality. The Bury Black Pudding Co uses a recipe dating back over 100 years – find them on Bury market, or in various stores.
Manchester caviar
No, that's not guacamole on your plate. To those outside of the North, Manchester caviar means mushy peas. Dried marrowfat peas, soaked overnight and slowly simmered to form a Hulk-green pulp. The perfect accompaniment to a chippy tea, with fish and chips or a pie. Parched peas (parched being a defunct term for long, slow boiling), made from the purple podded pea, are a traditional regional variant popular in Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Rochdale and Oldham. A chip and mushy pea butty is a glorious thing. They've even been spotted on pizzas in Manchester (at Dough Pizza Kitchen), such is our passion for the pea.
In 1908 (John) Noel Nichols, who ran a small wholesale druggist and herbalist business in Central Manchester, created the drink we all know and love. Originally launched as a herbal tonic that gave the drinker 'Vim & Vigour', Vimtonic (as it was known then) soon became known simply as Vimto. In 1912 the drink was registered as a medicine. Purple Ronnie featured on the adverts for seven years during the '90s. Vimto is so revered in Manchester we have a statue dedicated to it, behind the University of Manchester's Sackville Street Building. Drink it cold, drink it hot, try it fizzy, in original, cherry or strawberry flavours, or in a range of sweets and ice lollies. Just don't ever tell a Mancunian you actually prefer Ribena.
Manchester Egg
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The Manchester Egg was created by amateur chef Ben Holden in 2010, when he wondered how to put a Mancunian spin on the classic Scotch egg. His creation – a pickled egg coated in black pudding and sausage meat, wrapped in panko breadcrumbs and deep-fried until golden-brown – became a local sensation at The Castle pub in the Northern Quarter, and people travelled from miles around to try the new Mancunian delicacy. A huge hit at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival, it's even been sold to City fans at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester Tart
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A traditional shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, and topped with custard (maybe sliced banana depending on the recipe) and flakes of coconut, the Manchester Tart is a pudding many Mancunians of a certain age will remember from their school dinners. The tart, which has had a revival in recent years thanks to chef Marcus Wareing, is a variation on the traditional Manchester Pudding, first recorded by Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton. Find it on the specials menu periodically at restaurants around the city, or on the dessert menu full-time at Mr Thomas's Chop House. Manchester House does a posh, updated version.
Lancashire hotpot
Made with lamb or mutton and onions and topped with sliced potatoes, baked long and slow on a low heat, this is a dish that makes a virtue out of simplicity, although there are lots of slight regional variations on the Lancashire hotpot. The traditional recipe included oysters, until increasing costs meant they started to be omitted. Sometimes lamb's kidneys are included. The hotpot had a starring role in Coronation Street in the Rovers Return, and chef Nigel Haworth has given the dish a rather elegant revival in recent years.
Pasty barm
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Native to Bolton, the pasty barm consists of a buttered barm (or barm cake, bap, cob or bun depending on where in the North you're from – but let's not get into that here), with a meat and potato pasty as the filling. Yes, that's a carb-heavy delicacy of a pasty inside a buttered bread roll. There's even a Facebook appreciation page dedicated to them. You know you want one. You can get one at Carrs Pasties in Bolton for just £2. You're welcome.
Eccles cakes
Banned by Cromwell's puritans in the 1650s as they were considered sinful, Eccles cakes – made with flaky pastry and butter, filled with currants and topped with sugar – date back to at least the 17th century. James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes on a commercial basis from his shop at the corner of Vicarage Road, Eccles in 1793. Eccles cakes – also known as dead fly pies – are now famous throughout the world. Not to be confused with Chorley cakes. They're from Chorley. Obviously.
Meat and potato pie
A simple pie made traditionally with stewed beef, potatoes, onions and gravy, although sometimes mutton or even game, the meat and potato pie is a Northern classic, and for many Mancunians it's the taste of home. As the industrialisation process began to expand in the c18th and C19th, the meat and potato pie became a large part of British culture in working class cities and towns such as Manchester, Salford, Wigan and Bolton. Now, you'll find the meat and potato pie popping up on restaurant menus, at football matches, in bakeries such as Galloways in Wigan or Preston, and Holland's meat and potato pies in most Manchester chippies. Just add that other local delicacy, chips and gravy.
Tripe has fallen out of favour somewhat, but there used to be 260 tripe shops in Greater Manchester alone. The lining of an animal's stomach such as cattle, sheep, pigs or goats may not sound especially appetising. Hell, even the word tripe doesn't fill one with confidence. But tripe is undergoing a bit of a resurgence, and more fashionable restaurants are putting it back on the menu, albeit with new twists on the classic Northern dish of tripe and vinegar. Solita deep-fried tripe and rebranded it Lancashire Calamari, a dish which pops up periodically on their specials menu. Yang Sing offer ox tripe in green pepper and black bean sauce. And check Tripe Adviser from the Tripe Marketing Board if you fancy buying some to prepare yourself.
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Well my new behavior that I am working on as I take this DBT intensive is taking action. I have been so stuck lately, stuck in my Comfort Zone which equates to staying home alone and isolating. This is really harmful to my mental health. Although I resist it with every fiber of my being, I am forcing myself to take action, as in, going out and doing something with other people. I have to say, I hate pushing myself. I really love my Comfort Zone! That doesn't make sense I know but I am really a creature of habit. The other thing I have historically done while sitting at home isolating is I've abused substances quite extensively, mostly marijuana but some alcohol too. At some point towards the end of last year I came to the conclusion that being stoned all the time was worsening my depression and I stopped using weed. Right now I am really missing it. I miss the oblivion! I have committed to staying sober throughout the nine week DBT intensive that I'm taking, so today I went to an AA meeting. (That was my "getting out of my Comfort Zone" behavior). It was just as it's always been, except when I used to go twenty years ago, everyone wasn't messing with a cell phone. Remember when we just had home phones? Land lines? Yeah that brought me back. I used to sit in the bathtub and talk on the phone for hours. Those were the days….
I had to go to the hospital where Dr. Sweetie works today. This Clozaril is such a pain in the ass!! I have to have weekly blood tests so they can make sure it's not killing me. Today I went to the lab and signed a release so that they can fax my lab results to the pharmacy. It's hard-core!! I was so worried that I would see Dr. Sweetie (I didn't). I am very sad about the complaint my sister filed against Dr. Sweetie. Even though I know the complaint has merit, it just makes me sad to picture Dr. Sweetie having to deal with the consequences of the complaint. Dammit. Why does life have to be so difficult?
Tomorrow I have absolutely zero plans. Well I guess that's a bit of a lie because I will have DBT homework to do. What am I going to do for the rest of the day? Hopefully I will find something productive to do.
Well my nighttime medicine is kicking in and my head is full of clouds. Please forgive me for writing the world's most boring blog this evening, I really just wanted to check in and say "Hi". Soooooo……how are you?


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For more than a century, the emblem of a red cross on a white background has saved the lives of people in war zones across the globe. It has also acted as a badge of safety for those who wear it — volunteers and staff of the Red Cross Red Crescent movement worldwide who work to uphold international humanitarian law and provide relief to those wounded and trapped by conflict and disaster.
But now the neutrality and independence of the Red Cross Red Crescent is fast becoming a casualty of a global war on terror that threatens to obliterate the capacity of humanitarian aid agencies to operate in areas of conflict.
The "with us or against us'' rhetoric of the United States-led coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves little space for neutral agencies.
Sir Nick Young, chief executive of the British Red Cross, the United Kingdom arm of the Red Cross Red Crescent movement, believes that those conflicts threaten the future of the international organisation.
"We are able to work across the front line for only as long as we are seen as neutral,'' he says. "The moment that sense of impartiality is lost, our mission is lost. We might as well pack up and go home. We'll be seen as part of the war machine and we'll be unable to operate.''
The Red Cross Red Crescent has already become a target for those fighting the US coalition. The recent death of Margaret Hassan, the Care International aid worker murdered by unknown forces in Iraq, is seen as a watershed in the history of humanitarian aid. Nobody — no matter how good, how impartial — is safe.
"The respect that organisations like the Red Cross relied on, the sense that when we're wearing our emblem and doing our work we are protected, we are sacrosanct, is under threat,'' Young says. "The deliberate harming of people who are very clearly well known to be humanitarian workers is not something that is easy to talk about. These are symbolic killings. They say to us all, not just the aid agencies, but to society: 'Governments and the military, look ... something is going wrong here.'''
What has gone wrong was vividly brought home to him as he drove through the streets of Baghdad in a clearly marked Red Cross vehicle last year. Local people shook their fists at him and complained angrily that the Red Cross wasn't doing enough, that it had a responsibility to clean up the mess that it had made.
"I had a very strong sense that we were regarded as the occupying powers,'' he says. "And this was something I hadn't felt before.''
This is what happens when the military and humanitarian agencies get confused, he believes. When soldiers dispense aid out of the back of trucks, how does the man on the street differentiate between them and the work of the Red Cross?
"Of course, the armed forces and government have a responsibility to meet the humanitarian needs of people,'' Young says. "But they shouldn't pretend they're actually doing the real job of humanitarian aid work.''
The only Red Cross weapon on the battlefield is its neutrality. Young admits that the movement has not been effective enough at communicating this. "People understand neutrality in very vague terms, but not what it really means on the ground. Take the negotiations you have to undertake on the border with young armed guards, who are frightened out of their wits, safety catches off their Kalashnikovs. What do unarmed, unprotected, Red Cross staff have to do to persuade that group of border guards late at night to allow 20-odd people who are wanting to rejoin their families to cross the border? This is very tense negotiation. You are putting your life on the line.''
Unlike other aid agencies, Red Cross neutrality is enshrined in international humanitarian law. Under the Geneva convention, it has a mandate to provide relief and protection and gain access to those affected by conflict or hardship. According to Young, it is the only neutral agency left to ensure that international law is upheld.
"Who will play that part in reminding nations of their responsibilities under the Geneva convention if it is not the Red Cross?'' he asks.
"The only body that remains is the United Nations, which, as we've seen, is a politicised organisation where the big powers have total sway. Without the Red Cross on the battlefield, more and more victims of war will go without, because we're not there bearing witness to their plight and making sure something gets done about it.''
The US military appears not to care. It publicly snubbed the Iraqi Red Crescent last month by denying it access to the city of Fallujah, largely destroyed by weeks of heavy bombardment.
It was a "hugely significant'' gesture, Young says. "It sets a dangerous precedent. The Red Crescent had a mandate to meet the needs of the local population facing a huge crisis, and, given their neutrality, they should have been allowed in to meet those needs.''
But what can the Red Cross movement do? The war on terror has meant that it can no longer operate in the way it has done traditionally, negotiating with both sides of the warring parties. Its values have been appropriated by the coalition military.
Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state, notoriously called humanitarian aid "an important part of our combat force'' in Iraq.
Young say this threatens the Red Cross mission. "The humanitarian space that we operate in has been narrowed; on one side by the sense that the white guys in the white Land Rovers must be part of the coalition force because we seem to be doing the same kind of job as them; on the other by the sense that the non-state groups don't understand international humanitarian law, don't understand the role of NGOs in the region.
"We have a clear idea who the coalition are, but on the other side we have a very large number of groups, non-state actors with whom we are obviously trying to engage. And it's very difficult. They are not states. How can you make international humanitarian law real to them, and observed by them?''
There have been visible breaches of international humanitarian law on both sides. This is a conflict where humiliated prisoners of war are photographed, where people are held without trial, where Westerners are exe- cuted and the video footage shown to millions via the Internet.
"We made the point strongly and publicly that neither side is complying with the Geneva convention, that there are abuses occurring,'' Young says. "We've had discussion about the treatment of detainees in Abu Ghraib and in Guantanamo Bay.''
Traditionally, this is the way the Red Cross has worked — behind the scenes, constantly reiterating, reaffirming a nation's responsibilities under international humanitarian law. The question now is whether this works.
"The Red Cross took a lot of criticism over Abu Ghraib,'' Young admits. "People were saying: 'Yes, you're making these representations, but prisoners are still being treated inhumanely. What are you actually doing?'
"The debate has to happen about how we can best help people in need. Is it by doing as we've always done, quietly, or do we have to make a more rigorous stand? My own view is that we need to be prepared to speak up.''
Young speculates how it might become a proactive, rather than passive, force for good; how it might use its neutral status as a "weapon not a shield''.
To some extent, this is happening already. This year the International Committee of the Red Cross took the unusual step of publicly condemning the "utter contempt for humanity'' it says has been shown by all sides in the war in Iraq.
In the UK, the British Red Cross broke with tradition and went head to head with the government over its civil contingencies bill, which had excluded voluntary sector organisations from having any formal role in emergency and disaster relief.
The Red Cross Red Crescent needs governments and warring parties to listen to what it is saying, and Young believes that if it has to rip up its traditions to do so, then so be it, because the repercussions of failing are unthinkable. "The worst-case scenario is that the situations we work in get worse and worse and we are seen to have to pull out of an increasing number of conflict situations around the world,'' he says.
"The loss would be enormous — not just on the ground, but also the loss of human dignity. We pride ourselves on building a more civilised world, yet are we doing that if we allow this sense of help to people in vulnerable situations to just disappear? It's an incredibly dangerous situation for the Red Cross Red Crescent to be in.'' — Â
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I can feel it edging up on me – that desire to do more, try more, strive more.
At one point in my life, that desire would have led me to seek change, to take on a new project, to consider a new job, to volunteer for one more thing.
But now, I'm learning to sit back in my heels a bit. Breathe. Ride out the feeling.
Because in this almost 40 years of life, I've learned just a few things well:
- Busy does not equal happy.
- More does not bring joy.
- Discontent means wait.
- Simple is better.
- Savoring tastes so good.
Something is stirring in my soul – a harkening to something deep in the spirit of myself. I do not yet know what the call is toward, and my human desire is to go out to find it.
But now, I know that most often what I need will find me. . . if I listen, if I wait, if I watch. It will appear – carried on the quiet feet of grace.
I'm sitting here – on the porch steps – arms wide open for the new great thing that will surely come.
Now, I just make myself wait.
I think waiting is counter-cultural. I think we are taught to go out and get, take, push. Yet, in the truest part of myself, I know that all the striving in the world will not get me anywhere near as incredible as answering when the call comes. What about you? Do you struggle with waiting, too?


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Hello Readers, yesterday we informed you about the leak news regarding the dates of SSC CGL 2014 Tier-2 dates and SSC CGL-2015 Tier-1 dates. SSC has now published the Examination Calender for the year 2015 on its official websites. As per the schedule,
1. SSC CGL 2014 Tier II is scheduled on -
- 24.01.2015
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2. SSC CGL 2015 Tier I is scheduled on -
- 14.06.2015
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Mary Elizabeth York
This narrative was written by my great-great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (York) Behrens on 16 January 1935 at her home on Route 1 near Rockford, Spokane County, Washington. It appears in its original state with spelling and grammatical errors, which are noted with [sic]:
"On July 4th, 1883, we left our old home in Kansas City, Kansas, in a covered wagon, and following [sic] the old, historical Oregon Trail, for the most part of our journey. The family consisted of my father, Caswell York, my mother, three brothers -- John, Henry (Henry Clay) and Web (Daniel Webster) twins -- and myself. Our destination was Washington Territory to join another brother Adam, who had preceded us four or five years, and had already become established on his homestead near Rockford, Washington.
"All the details and incidents pertinent to this trip cannot be recalled, as we kept no records or diaries, but some are still vivid memories.
"We often encountered drunken Indians who came riding into our camp, shooting revolvers and wanting whiskey and tobacco, who [sic], of course, we did not have. Government Inspectors often searched our baggage for contraband whiskey. We traveled the greater part of our journey alone, but in coming through Colorado we were overtaken by another family traveling West, who joined us, and who later settled in Baker City, Oregon.
"Often cow-boys [sic] would ride along with us for several miles. Sometimes they would kill a beef and would take only the hind quarter, leaving the rest for us. They often sang cowboy songs and other western songs around the campfire in the evening.
"We did not travel continuously, as my brothers would stop to work on the railroad being built at that time, before we resumed our journey. At one time we made camp in the Rocky Mountains with beds of fir branches on five feet of snow. Another time we were delayed for several days by a blizzard. Our rude camp shelter was not adequate protection. The hardships of the trip were especially hard on my Mother who was not very strong. But we finally reached our destination, arriving at my brother's homestead on December 15, 1883, with several feet of snow on the ground.
"I was married the following summer to Richard Behrens on June 15th, 1884, who had arrived here in April 1879, and have since watched the many changes and developments that have taken place in our Northwest.
"Here are a few facts which might be of interest regarding my father, Caswell York. He was born in Tennessee in 1822; died September 10, 1914 in Harrison, Idaho. Caswell was a restless person, always looking for the perfect place to live. He had definite opinions on almost every subject and rarely refrained from expressing them forcefully. He loved his family devotedly. While the family was living in Alabama, just before the Civil War (his sympathies were with the North), he discovered that the Ku Klux Klan had planned a "necktie party", with him as the star guest. The family fled from their home and went North under Federal escort. They then settled in Indiana. He served in the Union Army with the 6th Indiana Regiment until the close of the war. Then through various other moves we were living in Kansas City until our trek to the Northwest. His homestead was six miles northeast of Rockford.
"Mr. Behrens, my husband, was an Indian War veteran. He came to the United States from Germany, at the age of 16, and later enlisted in Company "B" 21st Regiment, of the U.S. Infantry of New York. He was sent to California via the Isthmus of Panama, and served two years in Arizona and other parts of the Southwest, in actual fighting."
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BROCKTON, Mass. ----- After a sluggish first half, the Massasoit men's basketball team captured a come-from-behind victory against MassBay, 72-66, on Thursday night at the Peter Asiaf Field House.
The victory ups Massasoit's record to 12-5 overall on the season and extends its home winning streak to 9-straight games at "The Pete".
Massasoit fell behind early as the Buccaneers raced out to an 8-0 lead in the early goings.
The Warriors used a late spurt to pull within seven points at the half, with MassBay up 33-26 at intermission.
Trailing for almost the entire second half, Rael Handy (Easton) buried a 3-pointer with 2:46 to tie the game at 63-all.
The game remained tied until Rollsky Edouard (Holbrook) buried a pair of free throws to give the Warriors the lead for good with 1:53 left at 65-63.
Jose Andrade (Brockton) made a clutch insurance layup in the final minute and made two big defensive plays to help seal the deal for the Warriors. Andrade poured in a career-high 14 points, 10 coming in the second half, including a pair of 3s.
Mark Georges (Avon) also netted 14 points, 12 in the second half. Edouard added 13 points, followed by Handy with 12.
MassBay (11-8, 9-8) was led by Cha'mon Davis' 24 points and 17 points from Didier Mathelier.
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The manuscript review for Wolf Season continues. I've done about 63% so far. I would like to be done by the end of next weekend.
I have to say, it's really painful and difficult. I know that this will help me a lot with finding a lot of the flaws in the book and figuring out how to work in the new elements that have been floating around in my head, but it is really, really difficult to do.
Basically, what I'm doing is taking a lot of notes on index cards, and then marking the manuscript and the index cards with what I think needs to be changed. My comments are more or less color coded, with purple for plot stuff, pink for character stuff, and turquoise for other stuff. This is a modified version of the method described by Susan Dennard. Holly Lisle also describes something similar as part of her one pass manuscript revision, though I know I can't do this in one pass.
Once I finish the review (or slog, since it really is one), my plan is to
- Tape all the index cards to the wall (because tape is cheaper than a giant corkboard) along with the calendars I used to plan out the initial draft (useful if you have to work around full moon dates).
- Use post it notes and more taped up index cards to figure out how to work in the new plot/character/etc. elements.
- And finally, put everything into the computer.
Then I think I'll take a break before tackling the next round of revision.


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Creating Our Future: An Evening of Networking and Action
Advocates for school based health braved the cold November night and some light snow to attend our Fall networking event on November 15, 2018. This event was the launch of our membership drive! Participants were invited to officially become members of the MASBHA. for $50 for the year.
Many thanks to all who participated in our recent event at MGH-Boston: 'Creating Our Future: An Evening of MA SBHA Networking and Action'. Despite the snowy evening, there was great energy, passion, community, and warmth evident in the shared networking, brainstorming and action planning regarding each of the MA School Based Health Alliance (SBHA) Committees focused on: (1) Advocacy, (2) Communication (3) Programming and (4) Organizational Development.
Recent MASBHA committee updates and successes were shared, as well as the results of the recent 'Survey of the SBHC Field in Massachusetts'. The membership drive was initiated - accompanied by a variety of 'MASBHA swag' - and the group focused on brainstorming and planning best next steps for each committee's role in meeting the mission of MASBHA: '...to promote the health, resilience, and academic success of children and adolescents, in collaboration with community partners committed to advocating for student well-being through school-based health centers'.
The priorities of all committees and discussions had a common, and often overlapping, focus on (1) advocacy for the important work of school-based health centers, for enhancing the health of children and adolescents, and for insuring access to integrated health care for all, especially for more vulnerable populations; (2) choosing multiple methods and strategies for communicating, connecting, supporting, sharing expertise, and collaborating with colleagues, school, and community collaborators (on local, state, and national levels); (3) developing a programming framework of events and opportunities matching the MASBHA mission and inclusive of SBHC professionals across all regions of the state, the students and 'student-voice', school colleagues, families, communities, health organizations, and other important SBHC stakeholders and advocates; and (4) developing creative and sustainable organizational development strategies and funding sources for insuring that the mission, vision, goals, and priorities of the MASBHA can be carried out with integrity.
There is an upcoming Advocacy Day, designated as 'Massachusetts School-Based Health Alliance Day On the Hill', to be held on Wednesday, 3/20/19 from 10:00 - 12:00 in Nurses Hall at the Massachusetts State House, and this will be our next exciting collaborative event. Looking forward to seeing you there!


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A cluster of Koroks in Breath of the Wild
|Forest Haven (TWW)
Korok Forest (BotW)
|Special Characteristic(s)
|Tree-like bodies
Leaf masks
The Koroks are a race in The Legend of Zelda series.[1][2] They are small, wooden people who wear leaf masks over their faces. Their personalities may differ greatly, and are often reflected in their masks.[1] They are spirits who are watched over by the Great Deku Tree.[3] They are protectors of the forest they live in.[1]
In The Wind Waker, the Koroks are the transformed forms of the Kokiri following the Great Flood.[4][5]
The Koroks appear as little wooden people whose bodies resemble trees, and whose faces are concealed by leaf masks. The masks they wear take on various different shapes based on types of leaves, and have holes in them resembling eyes and a mouth, and occasionally a hole for their noses to fit through. Their bodies make a jingling sound whenever they move. Koroks are also able to fly through the use of propeller Deku Leaves that sprout from their bodies.[6]
The Koroks in The Wind Waker are watched over by the Great Deku Tree in the Forest Haven. According to him, the Koroks originally took on human forms as Kokiri before changing their shape following the Great Flood.[4] The Koroks are very shy, and do not normally appear to humans.[7]
Korok Ceremony
The Korok Ceremony is an important event for the Koroks and Great Deku Tree in The Wind Waker.[8] Once a year,[9] the Great Deku Tree sprouts Forest Tree seeds which are then taken by the Koroks to plant throughout the Great Sea and watch over their growth, in the hopes that new forests will grow and more land will cover the Sea.[10] It is the Great Deku Tree's hope that the islands will join as one land by planting these forests.[11] A mysterious power dwells within the seeds, and they must all be planted simultaneously or they will wither.[12] The Ceremony can only commence once the Korok Makar has played his Violin for the Great Deku Tree.[13]
The Wind Waker
In The Wind Waker, the Kokiri had transformed into the Koroks following the Great Flood. They continue to live with the Great Deku Tree, on an island called the Forest Haven. Once every year, the Koroks hold the annual Korok Ceremony so that the Great Deku Tree can produce seeds that can be planted throughout the Great Sea, with the hope and dream of uniting the islands into one vast land by growing forests. A Korok named Makar plays his violin so the Great Deku Tree can produce his seeds. It appears, however, that the Great Deku Tree's and Koroks' efforts have been unsuccessful over the years.
Link encounters the Koroks after saving the Great Deku Tree from a swarm of ChuChus. By his reassurance, the Koroks emerge from their hiding to meet Link. The Great Deku Tree welcomes Link to the Ceremony they are about to hold, but is interrupted when Linder arrives in a panic saying that Makar had fallen into the Forbidden Forest.[14] The Great Deku asks Link to go into the Forest to rescue Makar, giving him a Deku Leaf so he may reach the place.
After Link finds and rescues Makar from Kalle Demos, they return to the Forest Haven where the Koroks commence the annual Korok Ceremony. The Great Deku Tree produces several seeds that eight of the Koroks take and leave to plant throughout the Great Sea. Makar and Hollo, a Korok Potion-maker, stay behind in the Forest Haven.
Link can find the other Koroks in several isles across the Great Sea, having planted their seeds in their respective islands. Each of them, however, are in despair that the sprouts they have planted are withering, and will not be able to grow into forests.[15] They ask that Link bring back some Forest Water from the Forest Haven and sprinkle it onto the trees so they may be revived.[16] If Link manages to water every sprout before the Forest Water loses its potency, the Forest Trees will grow healthy and the Great Deku Tree's dream will finally be realized.
Later during his quest, Link encounters the spirit of Fado, the deceased Kokiri Sage of Wind. Fado was killed by Ganondorf's forces, causing the Master Sword to lose its power. Fado requests that Link finds the one destined to become the next Sage of Wind, who carries the same violin as he.[17] Link locates Makar and, after playing the "Wind God's Aria", awakens him as the new Sage of Wind. Together they travel to the Wind Temple where after Link defeats its evil, Makar prays so that the Master Sword regains some of its power.
Breath of the Wild
In Breath of the Wild, Koroks can be found all over Hyrule hidden throughout the land.[18] Link must solve a wide array of puzzles in order to make a Korok appear.[19] The first time Link finds a Korok, it will be surprised that Link can see him.[20] Their arrival is followed by the gift of a Korok Seed, which can then be traded to Hestu,[21] a very large Korok first encountered on the path to Kakariko Village. Trading Korok Seeds expands Link's equipment slots, allowing him to carry more weapons, shields and bows. The price of expansion increases after every trade. After a few trades, Hestu will strike out for his home in Korok Forest. He can be encountered one final time at the Woodland Stable, where one can upgrade Link's Inventory again. After a few more trades, Hestu will once again go on his way back home.
In the center of the Lost Woods, the Great Deku Tree resides over the Korok Forest, the home of the Koroks. Many Koroks can be found here, though most will hide when Link gets close. A few, such as Chio, will converse with Link. After collecting all 900 Korok Seeds, Hestu will tell Link that all the Koroks have returned to the Korok Forest,[22] though the Koroks can still be found in their original locations.
The Koroks in The Wind Waker are named after types of trees.
|Names in Other Regions
|コログ (Korogu)
|корока (koroka)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Encyclopedia (Dark Horse Books), pg. 51
- ↑ "Korok" — N/A (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Well, then, Link... These are the Koroks -- the spirits of the forest. [...] Now they fear people...but to me, they will ever be my cherished little children." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Once upon a time, long ago, the Koroks took on human forms, but when they came to live on the sea, they took these shapes." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Aonuma: We created the Rito as the evolved form of the Zora that appeared in "Ocarina of Time" and the Koroks as what the Kokiri became once they left the forest. They appear different, but they have inherited their blood." (Zelda Box (Enterbrain), pg. 29)
- ↑ "We Koroks can fly through the sky using our own Deku Leaves." — Korok (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Koroks! Little children of the woods! This traveler is not your enemy. Let your hearts be at ease, and show yourselves!" — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Even after the Korok ceremony, Hollo remains in the Forest Haven researching potion-making." — Hollo Figurine (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "As it happens, you have come just in time for a ceremony that the Koroks hold but once every year. It is about to begin." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Every year after the Koroks perform this ceremony, they fly off to the distant islands on the sea and plant my seeds in the hopes that new forests will grow." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Forests hold great power: they can change one tiny island into a much larger island. Soon, a day will come when all the islands are one, connected by earth and grove. And the people who live on that great island will be able to join hands and, together, create a better world. Such is my dream." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "A mysterious power dwells within the Great Deku's seeds created during their annual ceremnony, and they must all be planted simultaneously or they will wither." (Encyclopedia (Dark Horse Books), pg. 51)
- ↑ "Makar is in charge of the musical performance at the ceremony held each year by the Koroks in the Forest Haven." — Makar Figurine (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "N-No! It is not that, O Great Deku Tree! Makar...fell into the Forbidden Woods!" — Linder (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "I've come here to plant the Great Deku Tree's seed... But look! Usually, the forest trees sprout quite vigorously wherever you plant them, but for some reason, this one has withered... ...I'd be willing to bet that the trees my fellow Koroks have planted are withering, as well. It seems that when one tree fails to grow from its seed, all the forest trees from that year's seeds wither and fail to grow tall and mighty." — Korok (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Maybe if we could sprinkle the water from the Forest Haven on the tree... Maybe then this sapling would be saved." — Korok (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "You wish to return the power to your blade, don't you? In that case, look for the one who has the same instrument that I hold, and teach him the song you just played. Once you do, I'm certain the holder of the instrument will feel the blood of the sages awaken within his veins." — Fado (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Oh, and my friends are hiding in lots of different places too! Don't be shy about poking your nose into suspicious places!" — Korok (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Ya-ha-ha! You found me!" — Korok (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Huh? You're not Hestu! But you can...see me? I didn't know your kind could see the children of the forest!" — Korok (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Well, if you run into Hestu, please return this to him." — Korok (Breath of the Wild)
- ↑ "Hey! Guess what! All of the forest children returned to the Korok Forest! You must have had an army of people searching for them, huh?" — Hestu (Breath of the Wild)
|The Races of the Zelda Universe
|Ancient Robot · Anouki · Bokoblin · Bulblin · Cobble · Dark Interlopers · Demon · Deity · Deku Scrub · Fairy · Garo · Gerudo · Goron · Ho Ho Tribe · Human · Hylian · Keaton · Kikwi · Kokiri · Korok · Lokomo · Minish · Moblin · Mogma · Monkey · Nightmare · Oocca · Parella · Rito · River Zora · Salona · Sheikah · Skull Kid · Subrosian · Tokay · Twili · Watarara · Wind Tribe · Yamatami Tribe · Yeti · Yook · Zora · Zuna


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- Programme in Québec (Canada) 13-16 June
- Melbourne Book Launch
- Biography of a Russian Yogi
- Satsangs of Yogi Matsyendranatha Maharaj in Berlin
- Seminars and trainings in June-July 2015 (France)
- Diwali festival on October 23
- Kali Jayanti 16 October
- Interfaith teaching and meditation
- Navaratri: The worship of Goddess Durga, 25 September - 4 October
- Seminar in Barcelona 12 July 2014
- "Dvadashanta" and "The Worship of the Goddess Tripura Sundari"
- Seminars of Yogi Matsyendranath Maharaj in France
- Seminar in India
- Deepavali – the festival of lights, dedicated to the Goddess Lakshmi
- Yogi Matsyendranath's Satsang in Latvia (February, 2012). English subtitles.
- Satsangs in Riga by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath. 7-9 June 2013
- Satsang in Tallin by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath. 5-6 January 2013
- Seminar in Tallin (Estonia)
- Natha-Meeting in Riga
- Natha Yoga Workshop in Europe with Yogi Matsyendranatha Maharaj
Natha Yoga Workshop in Europe with Yogi Matsyendranatha Maharaj
Natha Yoga Workshop in Europe with Yogi Matsyendranatha Maharaj
12th-13th of June in Warsaw (Poland)
16th-17th of June in Venice (Italy)
First day
Theory: General guidance on traditional yoga (directions, a history, goals, points of view and practice). – 1 hr. 30 min.
Practice: The proper yogic way of life (dinacara) for practitioners of different levels (kanishtha – initial, madhyama – middle, uttama – highest), appropriate nutrition, sleep, regulation of sexual relations, brief recommendation on purification techniques (shat-karmas), sukshma-vyayama (exercise for removing muscles' blocs in the body), types of pranayamas. – 1 hr. 30 min.
Second day
Practice: The correct approach to the asanas, necessary amount of asanas and relationship of asanas and other daily practices. Dhyana practice (meditation). – 1 hr. 30 min.
Theory: Explanation of the concepts of "sadhana" and "dinacara". The sequence of the yoga practices in sadhana (asana-pranayama-dhyana), as well the use of mantras. – 1 hr. 30 min.
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Airways Lodge #26 – Refugee Outreach
Wor. Master Ralph Miller of Airways Lodge # 26 presents a cheque for $1000.00 to The Gander Refugee Outreach Committee. L-R Co-Chairs Hope McBreairty & John Wall & WM Miller. March 2016
The Grand Junior Warden commented, "A worthy cause supported by a very strong and vibrant Lodge. Good work! Just the sort of work we have come to expect within Freemasonry."


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Let´s get strudelized !
Vegan Baking workshop, Lisboa.
Learn the baking technique of the original Bavarian Strudel with Yukijung, german vegan chef, founder of "All you need is veg"
and supplier of the most delicious vegan Cinnamon Rolls in Lisbon 😉
Date: 16. February 2016 // 19h30 h – 22h30 h // 20 € //
Where: Foodprintz Cafe, R. Rodrigo da Fonseca 82A, 1250-193, Lisboa.
Cost: 20 Euros (Inclusive Strudel degustation & Booklet with recipes)
Do not miss this ! LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE !
UPFRONT PAYMENT via Paypal or bank transfer.
As a bavarian girl I have eaten "Apfelstrudel" countless times especially during my childhood. It was part of our weekly menu in my mothers house and of course is was made with lots of love.
I recently found out that outside of the "Alpine perimeter" there are a lot of strudel fans.
So I decided teach you how to do the authentic Apple strudel in vegan version.
We will all prepare the vegan strudel dough together, stretch it with the austrian technique, fill it and literally everyone will take part in the whole making process.
In the end of course we will taste the fresh Strudel ! Yummie
This is an "Allyouneedisveg" project : www.allyouneedisveg.de
We just started a Vegan Cake Delivery Service.
From now on you can order Cinnamon Rolls, all kind of Strudels and lots of other delicious cakes for your next event: email@example.com
Thanks to Foodprintz Cafe for hosting this workshop;-)
Hope to see you. Kind regards Yuki
A strudel (/ˈstruːdəl/, German: [ˈʃtʁuːdəl]) is a type of layered pastry with a filling that is usually sweet. It became popular in the 18th century through the Habsburg Empire. Strudel is most often associated with Austrian cuisine but is also a traditional pastry in the whole area of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The oldest strudel recipes (a Millirahmstrudel and a turnip strudel) are from 1696, in a handwritten cookbook at the Vienna City Library from.The pastry descends from similar Near Eastern pastries (see baklava and Turkish cuisine).
The best-known traditional strudels are Apfelstrudel (German for apple strudel) and Topfenstrudel (with sweet soft quark cheese, in Austrian German Topfen), followed by the Millirahmstrudel (Milk-cream strudel, Milchrahmstrudel). Other strudel types include sour cherry (Weichselstrudel), sweet cherry, nut filled (Nussstrudel), Apricot Strudel, Plum Strudel, poppy seedstrudel (Mohnstrudel), and raisin strudel. There are also savoury strudels incorporating spinach, cabbage, pumpkin, and sauerkraut, and versions containing meat fillings.
The traditional strudel pastry dough is very elastic. It is made from flour with a high gluten content, water, oil and salt, with no sugar added. The dough is worked vigorously, rested, and then rolled out and stretched by hand very thinly with the help of a clean linen tea towel. Purists say that it should be so thin that you can read a newspaper through it. A legend has it that the Austrian Emperor's perfectionist cook decreed that it should be possible to read a love letter through it. The thin dough is laid out on a tea towel, and the filling is spread on it. The dough with the filling on top is rolled up carefully with the help of the tea towel and baked in the oven.
The numerous pastries, which are now connected to the Viennese cuisine, owe their origin to the rigorous Fast precepts of the Catholic Church. At around 150 days a year the faithful were allowed to eat meat. Since fish was often very expensive, numerous vegetables, eggs and meat dishes developed …


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2013 GBS Training Seminars
Locations and dates have been determined for training this year. If you wish to reserve training space use the link for the Training Reservation form to download then complete and fax to GBS. We have training scheduled for the following cities: Boulder, CO, Philadelphia, PA, Charlotte NC, Atlanta GA, Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Austin TX, Las Vegas NV, and Los Angeles CA.


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The TROPA UCM group has developed a broad experience in climate variability studies during the last 10 years. The group has focused its attention on the study of the Tropical and Extratropical Atlantic Variability, in particular in air-sea interactions (Polo et al., 2005, 2008a,b), SST forced tropical and extratropical atmospheric teleconnections and impacts, relation to the Tropical Atlantic (Rodríguez-Fonseca and Castro, 2002; Rodriguez-Fonseca et al., 2006; García-Serrano et al., 2008; Losada et al., 2007; Losada et al., 2010b) and North Atlantic Oscillation forcings (Gomara et al, 2014,2015). Besides, TROPA group has done a step forward on the understanding of West African Moonson (Rodríguez-Fonseca et al. 2011; Losada et al.2010a; Mohino et al. 2011a,b,c,d) through the research developed for the European project AMMA-EU.
The group has worked in tropical Atlantic and Pacific SST variability in relation to its impacts on North Atlantic climate variability, applied to the Euro-Atlantic sector (Rodríguez-Fonseca et al., 2002; Rodríguez-Fonseca and Castro, 2002; Rodríguez-Fonseca et al., 2006; Losada et al., 2007; García-Serrano et al.2011a,b; Losada et al. 2012a; López-Parages and Rodríguez-Fonseca 2012, López-Parages et al, 2014,2015,2016), the explosive cyclogenesis (Gómara et al. 2014a,b), the West African Monsoon region (Mohino et al. 2011a,b; Polo et al. 2011; Rodríguez-Fonseca et al., 2011, Losada et al. 2012b) and the Southeastern Africa (Angola) area (Rodriguez Fonseca and Xavier, 2009). TROPA group has opened a new line of investigation regarding the changes of the interannual variability modes of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific regions, their connection, impacts and multidecadal modulations (Polo et al., 2008; Rodríguez-Fonseca et al. 2009, 2011; Mohino et al. 2011b; López-Parages and Rodríguez-Fonseca 2012; Losada et al. 2012b; Martín-Rey et al. 2012;2014).
The multidecadal variability of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has been investigated through the analysis of the lastest state-of-art climate models, trying to isolate the internal and externally forced variability (Villamayor and Mohino 2014). Also , an evaluation of the decadal predictions in the frame of the CMIP5 project has been achieved recently in relation to the Sahelian rainfall (Mohino et al., 2016).
Nowadays, TROPA is a reference group at international level, with published results in impacting journals and participation in European projects.
The group has achieved a background in data analysis (observations and models), determination of predictors for seasonal to decadal forecast, and a thorough knowledge of teleconnection dynamics, air-sea interactions and associated impacts. The group has developed skills in numerical simulations with General Circulation Models. In particular, the Speedy GCM, UCLA-AGCM and UCLA-AGCM-MIT-OGCM models and NEMO models. Moreover, the group has applied its knowledge about climate teleconnections in developing a statistical prediction tool, which considers different predictor fields and includes the non-stationarity of the teleconnections (Suárez and Rodríguez-Fonseca 2014).
1. Title of the project:Impact of the MJO on West Africa in the CMIP5 simulations
Reference : COOPA20025
From: March 2014 up to September 2014
Finantial Entity : CSIC, Spain
Quantity : 9700 €
Principal Investigator: Dra. Belén Rodríguez Fonseca
2. Title of the project: Multiscale Climate Variability. Agronomical and Economical Impacts
Reference : CGL2012-38923-C02-01
From : February 2013 up to : January 2016
Finantial Entity : Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Quantity : 229320 €
Principal Investigator: Dra. Belén Rodríguez Fonseca
3. Title of the project: Actualization of resources at the Simeon Fongang Laboratory of Atmospheric and Ocean Physics at UCAD (Senegal)
Reference: 63 from the IX UCM Call for Cooperation and Development Projects 2012
Finantial Entity: Complutense University of Madrid, UCM
Quantity: 20.534€
From May 2013 up to September 2014
Principal Investigator: Dra. Elsa Mohino Harris
Summary of the project
4. Title of the project: Project for Innovation and Improvement of the quality of teaching activity: Virtual Laboratory of Meteorology and Climate
Reference: 122PCD1144
From 2011 up to 2012
Finantial Entity: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Vicerrectorado de Evaluación de Calidad
Quantity: 3000 euros
Principal Investigator: Dra. Belen Rodriguez de Fonseca
5. Title of the project: Short term climate change predictability and projections
Reference: CGL2011-13564-E
From February 2012 up to January 2013
Finantial Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Quantity: 35.000. EUR
Principal Investigator: Dr. Elsa Mohino Harris
Summary of the project
6. Title of the project: Seminar Spain-Brazil on Atlantic Climate Variaiblity and Teleconnections
Reference: PHB2011-0113-TA
From October 15,2012 up to: October 19, 2012
Finantial Entity: Ministerio de Educacion. Programa Hispano-Brasileno de
cooperacion Interuniversitaria
Quantity: 4.400. Euros
Principal Investigator: Dra. Belen Rodriguez de Fonseca
7.Title of the project: Creation and Donation of a forecast statistical model of Sahel rainfall
Reference :VR: 101/11
From 2011 up to 2012
Finantial Entity: Complutense University of Madrid, UCM
Quantity: 29.340. €
Principal Investigator: Dra Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca
8. Title of the project: Tropical Atlantic variability and the Climate Shift
Reference :CGL2009-10285
From 2010 up to 2012
Finantial Entity : Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Quantity: 196000 €
Principal investigator: Dra Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca
9. Title of the project: Global Climate modelization by means of a hierarchy of climatic models. Application to the Iberian Peninsula (MOVAC)
Reference: 200800050084028
Finantial Entity: Spanish Ministry of Environment
From: December 2008 up to December 2011
Quantity: 408.653,72 EUR
Principal Investigator: Dra Maria Luisa Montoya
10. Title of the project : Variabilidad del Atlántico Tropical: dinámica impactos y teleconexiones.
Reference: CGL2006-04471
From 2006 up to 2009
Finantial Entity: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
Quantity: 85000 €
Principal Investigator: Dra María Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca
11. Title of the project: Study of the physical mechanisms involved in the predictability of winter climate anomalies in the Euro-Atlantic sector
Reference: REN2002-03424
From 2005 up to 2005
Finantial Entity: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
Quantity: 59800 €
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca
12. Title of the project: PREFACE: Enhancing prediction of Tropical Atlantic climate and its impacts .
Finantial Entity: European Union (FP7 Program)
From: November 2013 up to October 2017
Quantity: 512 000 €
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca (IP from UCM)
13. Title of the project: EU AMMA : African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
Finantial Entity: European Union
From 2005 up to 2010
Quantity: 96000 €
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca


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Making of the Design Hub 100th Chair
100 Chairs in 100 Days is an ongoing experiment in transforming limitations into possibilities. Perhaps less well known, however, is that this progressive project entails the making of a new 100th chair fabricated within a single day in each city.
To make the 100th chair here in Melbourne, Gamper gathered an array of materials sourced from a community call-out for pre-loved objects, as well as from discarded materials found here at Design Hub and across the city.
The 'spine' of the new chair is an elegant timber and steel spring reclining mechanism extracted from a well-loved vintage chair gleaned from the Presbyterian parish in Williamstown; legs and back are re-appropriated from a single damaged plywood 'trio sled' chair specified for Design Hub's public spaces and, finally, a seat is crafted and composed from offcuts of local timbers including spotted gum and walnut found within RMIT University's workshops.
+ 100 Chairs in 100 Days: Martino Gamper
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