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On Friday of this week, the Legislature finished up its work, ending "turnaround" on schedule.
Turn-Around Has Arrived
On Friday of this week, the Legislature finished up its work, ending "turnaround" on schedule.
We worked through more than 70 bills this week with several important pieces of legislation passed. Our next deadline will be March 22, when all non-exempt bills must again be passed out
of committee.
We take off on Monday and Tuesday as support staff work through and process the bills passed this week. There are several staff agencies outside of the House working and voting on the
bills. The Revisors must process the amendments that we made to the bills, the clerks have to document the records, and research staff updates the explainers of bills that were amended.
Starting March 6, the House will work Senate bills in committee, and the Senate will work House bills in committee. I have summarized a few of the many topics we have worked on this week.
Regulatory Certainty for IP-Enabled Devices
This week, the House passed HB 2326, which would protect Internet Protocol (IP)-based services from regulation by the Kansas Corporations Commission (KCC). IP is the broadband
technology of the future that is already being deployed to meet consumer demand for popular applications that connect them in their daily lives, including e-mail, Netflix, and Skype. This
legislation would protect Kansas companies investing in IP-based services from unnecessary regulation by state agencies and ensure that policy regarding these services is set by the
In the 1980's, the Kansas Legislature passed laws protecting wireless communications from state regulation. As a result of being protected from KCC regulation, the wireless industry in Kansas
continues to flourish. Currently, IP-based services are rapidly growing and investment dollars are pouring into these technologies. As it has done for the wireless companies, this protection would
ensure the regulatory certainty these companies investing in IP technologies need to continue to invest and grow in Kansas. HB 2326 is now headed to the Senate for further consideration and
Equal Access for Professional Employees' Organizations
HB 2221, referred to as the Equal Access Act, would modify the Professional Negotiations Act. The bill would require all local School Boards of Education to give equal access for all
professional employees' physical or electronic mailboxes and to allow equal access for all professional employees' associations to attend new teacher or employee school orientations and
other meetings. Local school boards would also not be allowed to designate any day or breaks in a school year by naming or referring to the name of any professional employees' association.
Additionally, current law would be amended by the bill to expand the definition of "professional employees' organizations" to include those existing for the purpose of professional development
or liability protection.
HB 2221 would serve to ensure that all organizations that offer services for teachers are afforded equal access to the teachers in Kansas. A school board would not be able to give exclusive access
to its teachers to one organization or another. This will better provide that teachers are aware of all the resources available to them, particularly with regards to professional development and
liability protection. This bill has been forwarded to the Senate.
KanCare Oversight Committee
Friday, the House passed HB 2025 that establishes the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight. The committee would be
made up of eleven members of the legislature and would be required to meet at least three times when the legislature is in session and at least once during each of the second, third, and fourth
calendar quarters. This committee would provide oversight of the administration of KanCare by those accountable to the people, elected members of the legislature.
According to HB 2025, state agencies would be required to provide to the committee data and information on KanCare programs, including pay for performance measures, quality measures and enrollment and disenrollment in specific plans, KanCare provider network date, and appeals and grievances made to the KanCare ombudsman. The committee would then be required to submit its own report to President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the House Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare. It would also be able to introduce legislation as deemed necessary in performing its functions. The Senate will now consider House HB 2025
Judicial Selection
On Thursday, the House worked HB 2019 which reforms the judicial selection process of the Kansas Appeals Court. The current way appeals court judges are appointed is by a commission
of 9 board members. This commission is made up of 4 non-attorneys appointed by the Governor, 4 members elected from each congressional district by attorneys admitted to the Kansas Bar,
and a chairman elected at large by attorneys who are members of the Kansas Bar. Qualified electors for the nomination commission are the 10,000 attorneys across the state, however, only about 3,000 actually vote. This means the current selection process consists of a small, unelected minority selecting judges for 2.8 million Kansans.
The commission accepts nominations of attorneys, interviews them, and selects 3 to submit to the Governor for his selection. If he chooses not to accept them, he may ask for the commission
to submit a new set of names. This process has been criticized by many as not being democratic or representative of the state because the majority of the members who select the judges are the
attorneys who appear before the judges. This creates a conflict of interest between those who select the judges and those who appear before them.
A positive step was made this week when the House passed HB 2019, proposing to eliminate the commission and instead replace it with a federal model of judicial selection. This model would include an appointment of judges by the Governor and confirmation of those judges by a vote of the Senate. The House passed the measure to ensure democratically elected Kansans are selecting our judges and not an unelected minority. The bill is now headed to the Senate.
Licensing for Military Personnel
On Monday the House passed HB 2078 to allow for military service members to apply for licenses with the Board of Nursing and Board of Healing Arts. Currently there are certain civilian educational requirements to obtain a license. This bill would allow military personnel to use training received in the military to serve as the educational requirements needed for state licensing for medical professionals. This bill would not require state regulatory agencies
to issue licenses. Instead, it would allow the military education to be substituted for civilian training and the board would have final decision as to whether an individual meets the necessary
requirements for a healthcare related license. The bill is now in the Senate for action.
I encourage you to let me know your thoughts on the issues discussed by the legislature and others which might be affecting you. Please feel free to call 785-296-7653 or e-mail
firstname.lastname@example.com and I'd be happy to discuss any topic you are interested in. Please stop by my office (166-W) any time you are in the area. Thank you for the honor of serving.


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| Sol, one of the most famous districts in Madrid
Madrid is divided into 21 zones and each zone is split into different neighbourhoods. The startingpoint is Puerta del Sol . There you can find the famous point zero mark, the point where all streets in Spain part. It is also an important meeting point for the people of Madrid. The most popular neighbourhoods in Madrid are located around Puerta del Sol: Sol, Huertas, La Latina, Chueca, Malasaña, a bit to the south is the colourful Lavapiés and to the north is the student neighbourhood Moncloa/Argüelles.
Sol is the area just around the Puerta del Sol and Huertas stretches out to the south of Sol. The vibrant area that is Sol is full of life and situated in the heart of Madrid. Around here you will find many typical Spanish bars and many tourist attractions.Metro: Sol
| La Latina - the district of tapas bars
La Latina is south-west of Sol and the main characteristics of this quarter are its tiny streets and beautiful old buildings and "plazas". On Sundays, "El Rastro" is open in La Latina. This is a big flea market where you can buy almost anything.Metro: La Latina
|Lavapiés - the most multicultural district
Lavapiés is quite possibly the most multicultural "barrio" of Madrid heavily influenced by African, Arabic and gypsy cultures. The plaza of Lavapiés marks the centre of this "barrio". If you walk to the south you will find many barsand restaurants. The bars here tend to have something of an artistic ambience. All tastes in food are catered for here including Arabic and Indian cuisine.
Tip: Lavapiés isn´t the safest area in Madrid so keep an eye on your belongings.Metro: Lavapiés
|Malasaña - the district with the London look
Calle Fuencarral which leads from Gran Via to the area of Malasaña has somewhat of a London-like appearance. Hip clothes and a variety of funky shops can be found in this somewhat alternative quarter of Madrid. The range of bars, restaurants and places you find here are very diverse.Metro: Malasaña / Tribunal
Chueca is probably best known for being Madrid's gay and lesbian district. During the day lots of the many good bars and restaurants are open. The centre of the "barrio" is the Plaza de Chueca. At night the quarter
converts into a lively area frequented by all types of people partying
and dancing in the streets.
| Chueca - one of the most lively and active district
Metro: Chueca
Just next to the "Ciudad Universitaria" is the district of Moncloa and Argüelles which hosts a lot of students at night, but also offers things for everybody. Argüelles is especially known for the "Bajos de Argüelles" (the Basements of Argüelles) which are the many discos, bars and clubs located in the basements of local buildings.Metro: Argüelles / Moncloa
The name "Madrid de los Austrias" refers to the period when the Habsburgers were in Spain and many of the buildings with their beautiful architecture reflect this period of history. It's a very stylish district which houses many of the city's top sights.Metro: Opera
| Atocha - find the hidden botanical garden
Madrid´s most important avenue runs from the South to the North of the city and starts in Atocha (Madrid's famous railway station). At Paseo del Prado it converts to Paseo de Recoletos and later again to Paseo de la Castellana at Plaza Cibeles where it leads far into the North of the city, ending just after Plaza de Castilla. Heading North from Atocha on Paseo del Prado you will first pass the famous Reina Sofia and the Jardín Botánico. Next to that is the Museo del Prado which is in front of Retiro Park and just before Plaza Cibeles is the Thyssen Borneszima. Between Plaza Cibeles and Plaza Colón, the avenue is called Paseo de Recoletos and at Plaza Colón it becomes Paseo de la Castellana which goes through "Nuevos Ministerios". Further north along the avenue you will get to Real Madrid's stadium the "Santiago Bernabeu". Starting in Moncloa in La Calle Princesa leads you through Argüelles to the Plaza de Espana, where it turns into "Gran Via". After going through "Callao", "Gran Via" leads towards the Cibeles fountain and the very elegant central correos (Post Office). There the street turns into Calle Alcalá and passes through the Puerta de Alcalá and one of the main entrances into the Retiro Parque. If you follow, the street up you will reach Goya.
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What do you think of when you see the Harley-Davidson logo? Personally, I think of a rugged, rebellious "bikey" – one with tattoos, beard and a leather jacket.
Stereotypes aside, I find it fascinating that being what the Harley-Davidson brand is (tough & rebellious) it can turn a scrawny office worker into one mean fighting machine – just by slapping a logo on.
This has not been achieved overnight but rather has been built into the culture and beliefs of Harley since its establishment in 1902.
Marketing has played a huge role in this perceived image and I believe the video below is a great example of how they have achieved this.
"We believe the machine you sit on, can tell the world exactly where you stand. We don't care what everyone else believes. Amen."
Notice how the last line of the clip, as quoted above, is clear and not distorted? A very powerful, yet subtle, way to send the message right home.
In my opinion, Harley is one of the strongest "brands" in the world – right along side Apple. What about you?


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Ferris Youth Initiative Scholarship program at Ferris State University
The Ferris Youth Initiative (FYI) was developed to increase higher education opportunities for young adults who have experienced foster care as an adolescent and/or aged out of foster care.
Recipients of the FYI Scholarship are matched with a Faculty and/or staff mentor, participate in peer related activities and may receive up to $4,000 per year, to be applied to any direct cost at Ferris State (tuition/fees, room/board, and/or books/supplies). The "FYI" program is currently limited to 22 students, so applicants are encouraged to apply early. In addition, I have attached the link for the Ferris Youth Initiative website and application, please visit their website to apply or for more information. http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/administration/president/DiversityOffice/fofyi/homepage.htm http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/administration/president/DiversityOffice/fofyi/FYIscholarshipapplication.pdf


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RebelBetting needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 164 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
RebelBetting is a cutting-edge software product that turns sport betting into an exciting investment opportunity where the player always wins over the bookies. We like to see ourselves as the Robin Hood of sports betting! Now we need a cool, creative and professional logo.
RebelBettingis a cutting-edge software product that turns sport betting into an excitinginvestment opportunity where the player always wins over the bookies. We liketo see ourselves as the Robin Hood of sports betting! Now we need a cool,creative and professional logo.
RebelBettingis a Windows program, scheduled for release very soon. It will also be a communityweb site. If you want the technical details on how arbitrage betting works, starthere:
The word "rebel" is meant to distinguish our customers from regular sports bettors, that almost always loose money in the long run. Our customers are smarter and doesn't follow the crowd. We also like to see our company as a rebel against the bookmakers (even though we like them, really :)
- The logo need to communicate: Cutting Edge and Honesty, and perhaps Speed (our key advantage). A little bit of aggression is ok.
- We like the colors black and red, but feel free to ignore this. It would be preferred to have a recognizable symbol/icon plus the text "RebelBetting" (case like that or all uppercase).
- Feel free to ignore this idea: We've joked around with using a stylized robot or a robot head as the symbol, symbolizing the automatic process that delivers the winning odds to the players. It can be a little cocky and humorous as long as it still looks professional and not silly (this is important). But please feel free to ignore this idea if you don't like it, and be as creative as possible!
- The winner will most likely be offered to help with more work later, like the website and printed materials, so the prize is just the beginning.
- Robin Hood themes
- Too many robots...
- If you have to use a sport theme, soccer is the most common game to bet on
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan
MOLINE, Ill. — The Wichita Thunder snapped a two-game losing streak, stopping the Quad City Mallards 5-1 Wednesday in Central Hockey League play at i wireless Center in Moline. Wichita scored the first four goals of the game to take command. Neil Trimm scored two goals for the Thunder. Dustin Donaghy added a goal with an assist. Greger Hanson and Aaron Boogaard each added a goal. Les Reaney dished out two assists for Wichita. Todd Griffin, Ian Lowe, R.G. Flath and Matt Summers each had one assist. The host Mallards scored in the third period on a goal by Mickey Lang. Jason Dixon and Patrik Levesque each added an assist. In goal for the Thunder, Kevin Regan had 31 saves against 32 Quad City shots for the win. Quad City's John Murray had 26 saves against 31 Thunder shot. Wichita improves to 20-10-3, one point behind leader Allen, which has played five fewer games than the Thunder. Quad City falls to 13-15-3, in ninth place in the 10-team league. Wichita plays at 7:05 p.m. Friday at Missouri at the Independence Events Center.
Wichita 1 2 2 —5 Quad City 0 0 1 —1 FIRST PERIOD — Scoring: 1. W Boogaard (Donaghy, Reaney) 9:43. Penalties: W Trimm (holding) 3:02. SECOND PERIOD — Scoring: 2. W Hanson (Summers, Flath) 16:29, 3. W Trimm (Griffith, Lowe) 16:53. Penalties: W Madden (boarding) 3:15, W Madden (unsportsmanlike conduct) 8:08, QC Preece (check to the head) 8:09. THIRD PERIOD — Scoring: 4. W Trimm (unassited) 2:21, 5. QC Lang (Dixon, Levesque) 9:22, 6. W Donaghy (Reaney) 15:47. Penalties: QC Boyd (holding) 2:58, W Inman (holding) 12:47. Shots on goal — Wichita 8-12-11—31, Quad City 12-11-9—32. Saves — Wichita: Reagan (W, 13-7-3) 12-11-8—31. Quad City: Murray (L, 7-7-3, 59:54, 5 ga) 7-10-9—26. Power plays — Wichita 0 of 1, Quad City 0 of 3. Penalties-minutes — Wichita 4-8, Quad City 2-4. Referee — Cruickshank. Linesmen — Madsen, Mills. Attendance — 1,488.
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Against Netherspite.
From the heal-priest point of view, there is NOTHING as easy as Netherspite. Run up. Stay out of the beams. Heal the raid as needed – the player in the red is going to get a full health restore every second, so for a while you'll be doing more for everone else. If a void – a black hole – opens under you, move – but don't accidentally run into a beam. That's 2/3 of the fight. For the other third (the "banish") phase, it depends on your raid's strategy.
If your raid chooses to beat heavily on Netherspite during banish, you want to make sure you have a fast-heal (healthstone, pot) ready to hand just in case you get tagged with his netherbreath. You probably won't – you're going to be smart enough to stay to the flank. On the other hand, the breath has a knockback – tank goes flying and, well, you know what that can mean. (Plus, the tank and up to two others can be knocked completely out of healing range. That falls into "no fun" categories.)
Your other option as a raid is to flee out of netherbreath range. If the dragon's been tanked in roughly the middle of the room, you are "safe" if you get to the far back wall (behind the telescope). No breath damage. Downside here, of course, is that nobody's doing damage to the dragon during this opportunity. As a healpriest, this is your dance with mana regen – slap a renew on those who have to have it, yell for folk to bandage, and accept 30 seconds of OFSR time.
Either way, you have one more risk time. Netherspite's aggro table resets when banish ends, but the beams don't start till 10 seconds later. (Including the red "automatic aggro" beam.) During that time "normal" aggro rules apply – let the tank get it and hold it and balance your work against his ability.
I've participated in both strategies, both being successful.
After practice, you are probably the best player for battle management in this fight. You may or may not need to be the one who determines which beam is intercepted by whom (and when). You, however, don't need to move unless voids open under you. Which means you can watch the time and the beams and call critical issues for everyone.
Once everyone understands the dance of the lights (and assuming you're doing decent — 1500+ party — DPS), Netherspite is easy.
Some tidbits…
1) The red beam restores its player target to full health every tick (1 second ticks). The bad news is that every tick also reduces the health pool of its target. The good news is that the first tick changes that health pool to 31000 health. Ponder this a tiny bit… One option – tricky and risky though it may be – is to have all players take a fast run (taking a single tick) through the red beam. When they do this they will need massive healing attention (the dragon hits HARD), but after that they'll all be at 31,000 health — quite a buffer, really — unless or until they have to take the aggro/max health reduction.
2) If you (and any other spellcasters) are low on mana, dash through the green beam for one tick. It will reduce your maximum mana pool by 200. In exchange, your mana pool will be maxed. You'll also get +5% healbonus AND all spells/abilities will cost 1% less.
3) Because of the beams, some players are often out of range. Healteam planning is better served by placement and then healing whoever needs it instead of worrying about "your targets". With three healers, just place one between each pair of beams. (Since the beams come from the front right corner, front left corner and center of the back, placement should be fairly obvious.) With two, place on either side of the red, but closer to the other color beam.
Once everyone understands what's going on, and the raid leader understands the best pattern of deciding who gets what beam at what point in the battle, Netherspite is actually fairly easy. Have fun.
Remember for both beams that when you "dash through" you should step between the beam and its current target, and then step through the designated target (toward netherspite). This prevents the beam from shifting laterally to follow you, which moves Netherspite, which can move the other two beams (which is a bad thing to have happen).
(As a healer, leave the blue beam alone. It does nothing you need.)
sigh. A bit of overall tactical discussion would not be amiss, I think. The ideal class to put in front of the green beam is a warrior or rogue. Due to peculiarities of the system they cannot 'reach zero mana' which means they can stay in the beam 'forever' without losing it.
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Interesting tactic. Our raid usually has two healers hold the green beam in turns. This gives nice numbers like a 14500 flash heal, and renews cast while under the full green beam effect are amazing, but obviously this tactic brings problems of its own with it. The green beam holder is completely out of mana at the end of a phase, and he has to take main care of the blue beam holder who takes a lot of damage. The other healers heal normally. We have a lack of resto shaman, but what's supposed to work nicely is to have them set down a healing stream totem at the end of their phase. The buff of healing keeps applied for the whole duration of the totem, and it eases healing strain on its group a lot.
Overall, Netherspite is one of the fight I like least in Karazhan., topped only by Illhoof. It's stressful, and a lot can go wrong. I suppose your method is the safer one, but holding the beam is arguably more interesting – in the positive and in the negative sense of the word 😉
Usually myself and the Paladin switch off on the green beam and the shaman or druid, what ever is there, just heals. I spam Renew when in the beam.


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Top gaining funds for April 2012. Congrats to [BONDS] at #1. on May 01, 16:06
My first full month as a fund manager and I'm #9! Yay! {nm} on May 01, 16:21
I didn't know you managed the Awards fund until I read above post. Well, now I've bought into it, so keep up the good work, ok? on May 01, 17:58
LOL, I'll try to. :) on May 02, 16:21
That's what Netflix is for, my Aussie friend. Why buy when you can rent a scratched up DVD that may or may not play? ;-) {nm} on May 02, 16:52
I'm not sure we have Netflix here, or if we do, I haven't heard about it. (I must be living in some deep dark cave somewhere lol.) on May 02, 21:34
Nope, no Netflix here. iTunes movie downloads also hideously overpriced. on May 03, 00:52
Though I joked about the traditional disc rental, they also do streaming to your comp, which is why I'm surprised you don't have it there. on May 03, 08:14
Sounds good ;) {nm} on May 03, 16:01
Once we get our national fibre-to-the-node network thingy finished, I'm sure someone will do that. on May 04, 08:00
Thanks for the compilation! Which ones are orphaned? TRUE hasn't moved much in a while... {nm} on May 01, 17:08
Thnx. As for orphans, I haven't had time to really look at each managers performance, so on May 01, 18:16
My wife thanks you, my daughter thanks you, my grandchildren thank you, and I thank you. {nm} on May 01, 20:56
Update: It's HARD being a Horror Fund manager 'round this time of year! Thanks to those who have invested... on May 02, 06:44
October.... just remember October.... {nm} on May 02, 10:08
Yep! :) {nm} on May 03, 04:29
At least all I can do is go up on May 03, 18:46


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Aggie and U.S. Army Lt. Garrett Spears and his family will soon have a new home, better equipped to help facilitate his road to recovery, thanks to support from national nonprofit Operation Finally Home.
Spears, who graduated from Texas A&M in 2011 with a degree in chemistry, was surprised with the announcement on Fox News Channel'sNew Year's Eve broadcast that his family would be receiving the mortgage-free home.
After graduation, Spears entered the Army as a chemical corps officer for the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood. In 2013, Spears was struck by lightning during combat training, and the resulting injuries left him with a traumatic brain injury, burns across his body, the loss of his legs and short-term memory.
Following two years of inpatient rehabilitation, Spears was discharged from the Army and returned home in 2015 to San Antonio, where he lives with his mother and stepfather.
Michael Clint, Spears' stepfather, said the support from Operation Finally Home has been an amazing experience he still finds difficult to adequately describe.
"It's amazing, almost surreal," Clint said. "? To have Operation Finally Home come in and say, 'We can do this,' it's just beyond words. It's a phenomenal thing that they're willing to do for us to help us out in supporting Garrett's progress and recovery."
The national nonprofit's executive director, Russell Carroll, said while Spears' story is tragic, he and his team found the way Spears and his family responded to the situation to be a source of inspiration.
"He's just an inspiration, him and his family both," Carroll said.
He said seeing the relief on the faces of families like Spears' is something that "never gets old." Carroll said while the gift will certainly prove a benefit to Spears, the nonprofit also believes in the importance of supporting the families who give so much in support of their loved one.
"We wanted to highlight the caregivers," Carroll said. "In many cases, the focus on the community is on the wounded veteran, but it's really a wound to the extended family as well -- be it a spouse, parents or whomever the caregivers may be. It really is those caregivers that provide that ongoing support for growth and healing. We were glad to be able to focus on that."
The family's new home is set to be located in San Antonio near the community where they currently live so that Spears can continue to have that connection.
Carroll said the current design features a "home within a home" concept to give Spears some independence while keeping his family close for support. He said they hope to have the home completed and ready for the family to move into by sometime this year.
In addition to the support of the nonprofit, Clint said the Aggie community also has lived up to its reputation throughout this trying time.
Clint said Spears was a member of the Corps of Cadets E-1 outfit during his time at A&M and has remained a dedicated Aggie.
"He loved A&M, the traditions and the Corps," Clint said. "Still to this day, if you ask him where he went to school he will say, with a smile, 'Texas A&M, class of '11.' He wears that ring proudly."
He said Spears and his family -- including Spears' younger sister Kelsey, who is a sophomore communications major at A&M -- are grateful to the Aggie family for all the support they have given over the past few years.
"The Aggie community has been phenomenal," Clint said. "? The support has been extremely overwhelming. It helps, every bit."
Although he said Spears' progress might be slow, Clint said patience and hard work since the accident have proven that improvement is possible year over year for Spears.
Clint said he and his family hope to us this opportunity to reach out to other families in similar situations and to offer hope even when it seems like there is none.
"It's a slow process," he said. "You can't expect things to change overnight, in a week or in a month. You have to look at the long term. You can't give up hope, because if you do, you can't progress. Garrett shows that in what he's doing. It's a long process, and we just keep building."
To learn more about Operation Finally Home, visit operationfinallyhome.org.
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D.L. Phillips Complex
The Phillips Complex contains the athletic facilities for the 49ers baseball, softball and tennis programs as well as the Wachovia Fieldhouse which includes the locker rooms and coaches offices for both soccer programs as well as the baseball and softball programs.
Wachovia Fieldhouse
Opened: 1994
Robert and Mariam Hayes Baseball Stadium/Tom and Lib Phillips Field (1100)
Opened: March, 31, 2007
Phillips Softball Diamond - (capacity of 200) - The home of the 49ers softball program. The facility added lights in 2006 which enables the 49ers to play night games. A digital scoreboard with a message board was added to the facility before the start of the 2008 season. The facility also went under a renovation in 2009 to add bleachers and chair-back seats to the field. The renovation increased seating capacity to 300 prior to the start of the 2010 season. Fans can also sit at the picnic tables along the left field line.
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Phillips Tennis Complex - Fifteen hard courts which are used in practice and match competition by the 49ers men's and women's tennis teams.
Lighted Soccer Practice Field - The former game field of the 49ers men's and women's soccer programs is in the Phillips Athletic Complex. The field which contains lights is now used as the practice facility for the men's and women's soccer programs. The highlight of the facility is the word Charlotte that is painted into the cement stands and can be seen clearly from the Transamerica Field stands which looks directly toward the practice field.


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Signs of winter: 196 degrees below zero in the Puget Sound region?!?
SEATTLE (KOMO) -- Washington state has had a bit of chilly weather of late, but certainly, it can't hold a candle to the near and subzero temperatures back East.
Or can it?
Two separate Walgreen's signs around the Puget Sound region seemed to think our cold weather could put the East Coast Deep Freeze on ice, noting the current temperature as -196 degrees Tuesday. One was in Puyallup, and the other was in Oak Harbor.
It's not quite the temperature where you get liquid nitrogen (-321 F), but it would freeze carbon dioxide at -110F, literally taking some of your breath away.
It would also probably flash freeze Puget Sound and Lake Washington which I guess if you want a silver lining, would make it much easier to dodge the 520 Tolls and not have to drive to I-90 to get to the Eastside. Ferry commuters would save a ton being able to just drive in! (Yes, ignoring the fact that no vehicles would likely function in that environment).
Just if you try, don't open the window...or doors. Frostbite would hit pretty quick at -196. After that? Well, a quick search of the internet asking "what's the coldest temperature a person could survive?" found a handy chart...that only goes down to -100.
Social Media did have a bit of fun with the photos:
Good news for Puget Sounders though, the temperatures are expected to soar some 250 degrees for Wednesday, reaching the mid 40s.


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Destructive blaze at 1170 Center
At least two families are displaced from their homes after a structure fire in a vacant home near downtown Beaumont spread to adjacent homes.
According to a press release, Beaumont firefighters (BFD) responded to the blaze at about 10:38 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, to find the home at 1170 Center St. burning uncontrollably.
As firefighters arrived on the scene, a nearby vehicle was completely inundated along with the home, fueling the fire enough to damage at least one home across the street.
BFD spokesman Brad Pennison said there is evidence the fire was set intentionally.
"You put nine people out of their homes, destroyed two others homes. ..." he said. "It has a ripple effect that one person can do something like this and affect so many others."
Jeanette Flores, whose next-door home was severely damaged by fire, said she and her family of five had time to make it out of the home, but didn't see the culprit.
"I was laying down," she said. "I was about to go to sleep."
Although the front of the home was largely spared, "all the back room is all destroyed," Flores said.
BFD was able to control the fire, but Pennison said firefighters were at the scene well into the night.
"They had the fire under control probably within about 30 minutes," he said "but they were on the scene for like four hours making sure there were no hotspots in these other houses."
Pennison said Beaumont's latest cold front helped firefighters smother the large blaze without endangering BFD's finest.
"That's one thing, when the weather is cool like this, at least that's an advantage to our firefighters," he said. "They don't become overheated as quick."
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This Thursday, the wait for the HTC One to appear on the Verizon network will be over, as the carrier has tweeted the device will be available to buy on the day. The tweet, sent just before the weekend, says, "Verizon 4G LTE + HTC One = August 22 online and in stores." The message goes on to say the price will be $200 with the regular two-year contract.
Replies to the tweet saying, "Better late than never," and "Finally!" probably echo many people's sentiments, as the HTC One made its debut in GSM form for AT&T, plus many worldwide networks, in March. It's not the first time Verizon customers have had to wait for a major phone to arrive on the network – the iPhone, for example – but then, few others get to enjoy the Droid range.
A Verizon spokesperson clarified a few details once the news was released, so we know the One will have Android 4.2.2 installed, and it'll be the model with 32GB of storage memory on sale. Although the recently released red version of the One would seem like a great fit for Verizon, buyers will only be offered the silver model at this time.
When the HTC One first went on sale, it stood out more than it does today in terms of specs, and Verizon's line-up is only going to get better over the coming weeks, as the aforementioned new Droid range is about to hit stores, along with the Motorola Moto X. Will the One be able to compete? HTC's newly released advertising campaign couldn't have come at a better time, as it should help increase awareness of HTC"s flagship Android phone.
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When Sister Vicky Segura felt the call to religious life, the Sisters of Bon Secours seemed like a perfect fit. As a trained medical professional with a successful career as a hospital pathologist, she was right at home among a congregation of women who had devoted their lives to health care ministry.
But though the order's charism remains the same, their work has shifted. When Sister Vicky joined the order in 1979, the majority of her fellow sisters were nurses, hospital administrators or chaplains. Since then, many have moved out of the hospital setting — including Sister Vicky, who, as a hospice physician, now primarily visits patients in their homes or in assisted-living facilities. Nursing has become just one option in the field of health care.
"We have really expanded the meaning of health care," Sister Vicky said. "It is not just being a physician or a nurse. Health care now is much broader than before."
Expanding options
For religious orders who were founded to care for the sick, that change in health care — along with changes in religious life and society as a whole — has led them to expand their role into a wider array of ministries. And although they have become much less visible in the hospitals and health care systems they founded, women religious are still living out the mission of their orders in new and different ways.
"The picture has changed from sisters being highly visible and in very key positions in health care," said Franciscan Sister of Mary Sandy Schwartz, a member of the order's leadership team.
At one time, she said, a single hospital may have had 60 to 70 sisters on staff. But as health care became a more complex field, the sisters began to involve more laypeople in their hospital work. At the same time, sisters started to explore new opportunities, and fewer were drawn to nursing.
"Years ago, everybody wanted to be a nurse," said Sister Sandy. "Now there are so many possibilities that there are less women who want to go into that particular field … So we began to look at other ministries, always with a health care component."
Those new ministries were designed to address what the sisters saw as unmet needs in the community. In 1993 they founded Almost Home, a program for homeless teenage mothers and their children. They also started Woman's Place, a ministry to victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, and are co-sponsors of The Sarah Community, which provides a continuum of care for seniors.
Advocates for change
Another major shift for women religious occurred after the Second Vatican Council. As religious orders began to re-evaluate their missions, some decided to move away from direct service ministries like nursing and to focus on ways that they could make a larger impact in society.
"There was a move to involvement in ministries where there's a possibility of creating systemic change," said Sister Sandy. "Where can religious women make the most difference? Is it bedside to bedside, or is it ... creating clinics or health organizations that meet the needs of those who don't have health insurance?"
Sister of Bon Secours Mary Shimo said that her order experienced a similar change. Although some women still choose to go into direct patient care, the sisters now see their mission of "healing, compassion and liberation" as meaning much more than nursing.
That has led the Bon Secours sisters into a wide range of ministries, from working on issues such as human trafficking and violence against women to initiatives like community outreach and parish nursing.
"The sisters are advocates," said Sister Mary, who manages volunteers and student programs in a Baltimore hospital. "We are advocates for women in communities, for women who need access to health care, for women who need help getting out of a cycle of abuse. And we all have various options in the ways we serve."
Continuing legacy
As the sisters' roles change, they are also keenly aware of the fact that their numbers are much smaller than they once were. As more lay men and women take on roles in hospitals once held by the sisters themselves, it has created another job for religious women who remain in the ministry: ensuring that their order's mission continues to be carried out.
That is a critical task for the Sisters of Mercy, an order founded to serve the poor through both health care and education. Though some sisters maintain active roles in health care — serving in administration, pastoral care, at clinics or in front office positions — others have taken on more advisory roles, like forming lay leaders in the tradition of the order.
Mercy Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, a former president and CEO of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, now serves primarily as a liaison between the order and the health ministry it sponsors.
"Now our focus has changed," said Sister Roch. "We have established the institutions to go forward and are keeping them sponsored so that they are true to who we are, why we are and how we are."
Sister Roch said that the complexities of today's health care world require that the sisters partner with qualified laypeople to be able to provide the best possible care to patients. As the sisters have become a minority in their health care institutions, they are preparing the lay staff and administrators to provide care in a way that maintains the institution's Catholic identity and the sisters' charism.
"From the standpoint of religious, we are not here to perpetuate ourselves," she said. "But we are obligated to make sure that the footprint of Mercy continues, and we have to pass that on."
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Real Pietersen test yet to come - Trott
Jonathan Trott has admitted the real test of Kevin Pietersen's reintegration into the England set-up is yet to come. While Pietersen's return to the England squad has proceeded smoothly in the low-pressure atmosphere of games against modest opposition at the start of the tour of India, Trott feels the Test series will present a tougher challenge.
Pietersen was dropped from the final Test of the series against South Africa and for the World T20 after it emerged that his relationship with some colleagues had broken down. After a period of regret and reconciliation, Pietersen has returned smoothly at the start of this tour.
But all parties know the true test of the patched up relationships will come in the heat of battle. Certainly Trott, who was one of the players to meet Pietersen in Oxford during the period of dialogue that led to his reintegration to the squad, feels that there may be days during the series against India, with the team under pressure and the side England toiling under a hot sun, when the strength of the "reintegration" will be challenged.
"Test cricket has got to start again," Trott said. "And when the pressure is on and the chips are down, that's when you need people to perform. That's when if cracks are tested then they widen and it becomes more obvious with regards to performance and team dynamics. So when the pressure is on that's when it happens and we've got to make sure we have all our ducks in a row and we're ready for that. But I think we're on the right track."
Trott suggested his own relationship with Pietersen remained cordial throughout the saga, but admitted a few of his England colleagues may have been "sucked into" the drama of the episode.
"I think a few players got sucked in," Trott said. "But I play the game for cricket, not for any other sort of agenda. So anything that doesn't involve me directly or the actual cricket I play I'm not interested in.
"I'm a very firm believer in harmony in the dressing-room and people pulling their weight and going and doing things the right way. I've my own ideas and Kevin and I have always got on fine. I think he's a fantastic player and it's great to have him back playing and committed to playing cricket for England again. It's a big thing.
"But as long as everything has been sorted out with regards to the reintegration - with the ECB, management and Kev - that's the main thing so we don't have these sort of mishaps in the future and it doesn't rear its head again."
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Location: Paris, France
Ixion Saga : Dimension Transfer
Original creator : Capcom
Director : Shinji Takamatsu
Animation Production : Brain's Base
Plot summary : The story follow a boy who embarks on a journey from our world to an alternate world known as Mira.
|2012-06-19, 04:25
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I check out everything Brain's Base does, they have a pretty good track record. Odd that I haven't heard of anything by Takahiro Omori. He seems to always have something going on.
Here is the preview for the game it is based on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GYhRY5-e8c
|2012-07-05, 02:20
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Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
More info released : character designs, cast and airdate (will air this fall) revealed.
|2012-08-10, 21:30
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Was browsing the fall chart and I have to say it intrigues me,looks like fun,Misaofan fan posted links but I'll paste some of the info here:
Director: Shinji Takamatsu (Gintama, School Rumble)
Series Composition: Akatsuki Yamatoya (Gintama, Soul Eater)
Music: Elements Garden (Moretsu Pirates, Symphogear)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Shinji Takeuchi (Gintama)
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Cast from ANN:
Kon Hokaze: Takuya Eguchi
Erekupairu Dukakis: Hiroshi Kamiya
Sandgren: Kazuya Nakai
Princess Ecarlate: Shiori Mikami
Pet: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Variasion: Yuuki Kaji
Leon: Tomokazu Sugita
Gustave: Kenichi Suzumura
KT: Mitsuki Saiga
Mysterious Woman (Alma Flora): Ryoko Shintani
So basicly the Gintama team ended up at Brain's Base and there's plenty of big name VAs
And here's the PV
|2012-10-07, 14:27
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Dimension Transfer?? What? XDDD;; They made it pretty clear what "DT" stands for... XD;; Then again, I suppose it's not easy to transfer this pun into another language...
Anyway, I had no idea what to expect from this show (other than the uniform guys being fabulous), so it was a very pleasant surprise. This one is definitely a keeper! On the seiyuu front, oh my, Fukuyama Jun! xD;; He's outdone himself, and he's surprisingly convincing. And lol Kaji Yuuki did his Ishida Akira impression yet again, at first I thought Variation was played by Ishida Akira... xD;;
And the OP song!! XD That was hilarious. XD;; Normally I'm not a fan of subbing groups translating OP/ED lyrics (they always go wrong for some reason), but in this show they really should've translated them. XDD
Also, I want Kon's boots.
|2012-10-07, 14:28
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Lightly funny and entertaining, it's a nice watch so far to balance out everything else I'm watching. These outlandish, fantasy names are weird. I don't think I watched a good subbed version, but these names! Variation and I'm not even sure where they got Sengulen? (swear it's pronounced wrongly by other cast members too) from. 'Erec' shortened to E.D.! On top of what what happened to him, with those shoes... Zetsuboshita! Will watch further to discern the intentions of that lady at the end and for the comedic value as well.
|2012-10-07, 14:31
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it so funny. that very OK for me
this anime have huge VA
Sugita. FukuJun .Kamiya Hiroshi.Kazuya Nakai (zoro from op) Ryoko SHINTANI. Yuuki Kaji.Shiori MIKAMI ( \Akarin/ ).
if they have Nagamura Yuichi it will be epic Dream team for me
and DirectorShinji Takamatsu from Gintama ,school rumber
so i keep watching 3-4 more for plot .
|2012-10-07, 14:45
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I have to say this was a lot of fun to watch. I loved the comedy in this and Kon's knack with nicknames . Besides do like the little twists on the norms. Princess being a young kid with an attitude. But even best was that Kon learned from his own mistake. If you start up an ultimate attack, be prepared to not get a chance to finish. That and you shouldn't use overkill. If it only takes a swipe to take someone down, then just do that.
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Democracy in Latin America: Analysis and Policy Implications
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At this point in time, the diversity of experiences with democratization in Latin America is too great to permit broad-brush generalizations. We all celebrate the hemisphere-wide discrediting of military coups as a path to power; the armed forces' removal of an elected president in Honduras in 2009 was an exception, although power was quickly ceded to civilians. Ideological conflicts have eased as center-left and center-right regimes converged on the need for a strong state to enhance social welfare while facilitating the dynamism of a market economy. Since the early 2000s the hemisphere has witnessed historic reductions in poverty and some reductions in inequality, the growth of the middle class, and the engagement of vibrant civil societies in articulating and solving national problems. Indeed, representative democracy appeared to thrive most fully in some of the countries that had experienced the devastation of democratic breakdown in the 1960s and 1970s.
Yet there are plenty of reasons to be discouraged in today's circumstances. The profound deficits of representation and consequent collapse of party systems in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia have given rise to new forms of populism that explicitly reject liberal, representative democracy in favor of direct and vertical linkages between the leader and "el pueblo," Polarization and the gutting of checks and balances on executive power characterize politics in these countries. In some countries, electoral democracy survives amidst new threats—the unprecedented increase in rates of crime and violence abetted but not entirely caused by organized crime. Rampant citizen insecurity in turn undermines support for democratic systems and expands support for hard-line, mano dura approaches in which the armed forces play a leading role.
Scott Mainwaring presents a new and counterintuitive analysis of why democracies have emerged and then subsequently broken down or stabilized in Latin America—including a discussion of the role of international influences and actors on democracy in the region. He analyzes the recent trajectory of democracy in Latin America, what it portends for the proximate future, and what policy implications derive from his analysis. Prolific authors and leading scholars of democratic governance Frances Hagopian and Steven Levitsky provide their perspectives on democracy in Latin America and comment on the central questions posed by Mainwaring's research.
Featuring renowned democratization experts—
- Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame
- Frances Hagopian, Harvard University
- Steven Levitsky, Harvard University
Cynthia Arnson of the Woodrow Wilson Center introduces and moderates the panel, and Paolo Carozza of the Kellogg Institute offers closing remarks.
Frances HagopianBoard MemberJorge Paulo Lemann Visiting Associate Professor for Brazil Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University and Faculty Chair of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
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|2012-11-13, 19:13
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How to re-watch an anime?
I want to re watch the anime "Eureka Seven" because almost no anime has the same concept as it does, plus almost no anime moves this slowly while still having a good background story.
I'm asking how to re-watch it because I want to know the best way to get the most enjoyment out of it. For example: should I watch the anime with a limit per day or per week? Should I rush through it?
I basically want to savor every moment of the anime since it's been around a year and a half since I last watched it so I'm a little fuzzy on the small details.
Do you guys do anything different when re-watching an anime?
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normally, if i watch an anime again, it was with another significant others: friends, family, brother or sister
that havent watch the show before; it was actually more exciting for me to watch it again that way.
|2012-11-13, 19:31
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I actually want to re-watch the anime, not just have it on the side while multi-tasking. When I asked if you guys do anything different, I mean to make the anime seem better (except when compared to first watching it). But I guess you did answer my question.
And let's say I enjoy watching anime while being secluded (which I mostly do since I find it better). I kind of tried that already, it feels awkward at certain times when they ask me questions or certain parts of the show comes up.
|2012-11-13, 19:45
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All depends on your standing with that particular anime. Some people will like marathoning Code Geass whilst taking Cardcaptor Sakura bits at a time, while others will see it differently.
You just need to gauge it for yourself. Watch one episode, and you'll get that feeling by the end of it, I'm sure. I'll say that if you aren't running to that next episode right away without thought, take it in smaller increments. A series runs best when you're fully in the mood to keep going.
|2012-11-13, 20:08
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Well usually when I rewatch an anime, I usually blaze through it, but try to pace myself to prevent that feeling of finishing too fast.
I have never done this with an anime with a solid plot though. I'm the type of person who wants to watch multiple episodes since "Eureka 7" has a type of episode ending where I want to know what happens due to that ending (most of the episodes).
|2012-11-13, 21:19
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It purely depends on the size for me.
A one cour show, I will just order a pizza, get some nice drinks and watch it all in one night.
Any longer than that I tend to just re-watch bits of them when I'm in the mood, or have nothing else to do. It probably just comes down to a personal level though really; I don't think the angle I have given you is very helpful or new in any way.
|2012-11-13, 21:27
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Location: Singapore
Age: 44
If you really do need a reason, your last point, which I bolded above, should be key. If you're attentive, you'll spot the little details you missed the first time round. What those little details are will depend entirely on you. Our viewing experiences are subjective, after all, so the things I watch out for won't necessarily be the things that interest you.
For my part, the shows that hold my attention tend to be densely plotted, meticulously designed projects, like Kaiba, Aoi Bungaku, Sky Crawlers, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Kino no Tabi, Mushishi, and my favourite series, Haibane Renmei. These shows often have multiple layers of meaning, both in terms of writing and art, that make it rewarding to watch them many times. Take Sky Crawlers for example; the movie is designed to make a viewer think about the impact of reviewing sequences of events over and over again.
It will take several threads to discuss the revelations I enjoyed from reviewing these movies and series. I would say that most anime projects are meant simply to entertain and usually do not contain sufficient critical depth to reward multiple viewing. That, however, is a subjective opinion. Simply put, if you even have to ask why or how you should re-watch a show, perhaps it's better to simply give it a rest and return to it again some time in the future. You'll be surprised how much difference an older, more mature perspective would make when it comes to catching details you once missed.
|2012-11-13, 21:32
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When I re-watch an anime, I try to find a friend to watch it with that hasn't watched it before. That adds an "extra dimension" to a re-watch. It can also be interesting to get a newcomer's initial reactions to a show (and where s/he thinks the show will go) when you already know where it will go.
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I rewatch stuff constantly; rewatching makes up at least 2/3rds of my total viewing time (which is why my backlog constantly grows). It really depends on the show, and my mood, as to how I tackle it. Sometimes I just want to binge something so sit down and watch it all in one go. Other things I watch a couple episodes a day at a very casual pace.
"slice of life" type shows can be binged, or taken slowly, but stuff with solid focused stories and constant action and such I find are better binged instead of spreading it out. So if I want a proper binge either goes, but just for very casual watching I usually go for lighter episodic stuff so I don't HAVE to watch the next episode due to cliffhangers or whatnot.
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Thanks for all the responses. I only want to know how other people re-watch anime since I want to find a way to enjoy it more then just watching it straight through. Most of you guys told me it depends on me personally (which I agree) and the mood I am in. I've been fighting the urge to rewatch this anime for around 2 weeks, and I'm at my limit.
And TinyRedLeaf, I will definitely use your idea of rewatching when I'm a bit more mature. That's an idea which I actually never heard of, and it actually sounds interesting.
And Hooves, it's pretty hard to know what inspired me to watch it again. And also, Shakugan no Shana is one of my favorite shows, I'm just trying to prevent myself from re-watching it since last time I watched it was a few months ago. That's probably the best Tsundere/action anime out there.
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Good stories never grow old. They just acquire more "character".
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I'll just say this.
I've watched Saki -- at least 30 times per episode. Sometimes in order. Other times in random order. Even then, episodes in order... but... start at the beginning of particular arcs. I covered this one very thoroughly.
That's mainly due to the beginning stages of liking mahjong.
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Reason for re-watching something?
Most of it because of nostalgia...
Like TinyRedLeaf says...
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The easy answer to all of your questions is just to experiment and do what feels right to you. There's no right answer, different approaches work for different people. I'll give you my take, though.
It varies greatly depending on what sort of show it is. Comedies and slice of life shows can easily be rewatched on an episodic basis. (And so can episodic actions shows, such as Dirty Pair and a lot of Bebop.) You can jump in and out, or skip right to the episodes that stuck out to you in particular. While I do take this approach occasionally (often with things I watched very recently), I tend to subscribe to the "In for a penny, in for a pound" philosophy and rewatch the entire thing from beginning to end. I feel that this is a more rewarding experience, and it is usually worth the time investment, even if it's the second or third time through. Something is often lost when you don't watch it from start to finish, even if you think you remember the important stuff. It's even better if you, like me, have a less than optimal memory. Then there's even more incentive to re-experience movies and series.
I've also found that owning physical media helps prompt me to rewatch things. It's much more tempting to pull out a DVD from the shelf than to sift through my external hard-drives. I guess that just looking at the box-art really helps bring forth that sense of nostalgia. Of course, everything might not be as rose-colored as you remember it, but I've found that I to a surprisingly high degree still love the stuff I enjoyed 6-7, even 10 years ago, as far as anime is concerned. Which can be a good reason to rewatch something in itself, to see if things hold up, and to see how your taste might've changed over the years. That's more of a long-term project, though.
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By Ezra Brand
Some time ago there was a discussion in cyberspace regarding whether the Avos kept all of the mitzvos. The discussion was started when a video on Youtube made fun of the idea, and a response to the video was published on the Hirhurim blog (here), as well as counter-response (here). I'd like to discuss some of the basic issues involved.
The Mishnah at the end of Kiddushin says that Avraham kept the whole Torah.[1] The Rambam (Hil. Melachim 9:1) brings down the mitzvos that each of the Avos innovated. Many laws are learned from the stories in Bereishis even though they happened before the giving of the Torah.[2]
However, Chazal do not discuss any of the questions arising from the statement that the Avos "kept the Torah."[3] Here and there, the commentators discussed some of the more obvious questions. For example, the Ramban in his commentary on the Torah (Gen. 26:5) famously asks how Ya'akov could have married two sisters, something prohibited by the Torah. This question in particular seemed to have intrigued many commentators.
The later commentators discussed whether the Avos and their children had the status of Jews or non-Jews, since they lived before Matan Torah. This question is discussed extensively by the author of the Mishneh L'melech in his sefer P'rashas D'rachim. Later, this was discussed at length by R' Yosef Engel in the first volume of the encyclopedia he started to write, called Beis Ha'otzar, under the entry "Avos." An interesting question that was first posed by R' Pinchas Horowitz, one of the rebbeim of the Chasam Sofer, in his commentary on the Torah, Panim Yafos, is the following: According to the opinion that the Avos were inherently non-Jews, how could they keep the whole Torah, which includes keeping Shabbos? We know that a non-Jew is prohibited from keeping Shabbos, so what did they do? Many ingenious answers are given to this question.[4]
A few hundred years ago, a popular method of learning was the "pilpul" method. In short, this method consisted of explaining difficult passages in the Gemara by connecting the passage under discussion with other seemingly unconnected passages of Gemara in other places. This style was not limited to Gemara, but was also used when explaining the Chumash. This method was attacked by R' Yair Chaim Bachrach, author of the Chavos Yair, as well as by others.[5] In any case, in these seforim pilpul was used to answer questions on the Avos's actions.[6] To quote the Encyclopedia Judaica (1st edition, Volume 13, entry "Pilpul," pg. 527): "Criticism was much more lenient regarding the application of pilpul to the exposition of the Bible and the homiletic literature, since this was considered irrelevant to a true understanding of halakhah. Consequentially, popular preachers used to strain their imagination by adducing the most complicated talmudic passages and controversies in order to throw new light on a story from the Bible or the Midrash."
In the past 150 years, literature on the attempted synthesis of the Torah Shebichsav (Written Torah) and the Torah Shebal Peh (Oral Torah) has exploded. This literature was meant to show that the explanations of Chazal, Torah Shebaal Peh, are in truth hinted to in the Torah Shebichsav itself. Originally, the reason for this was the attacks of the maskilim on the tradition of Torah Shebaal Peh. This led to the commentaries of R' Shamshon Rephael Hirsch, the Malbim, the sefer Haksav V'Hakabbalah, and the sefer Meshech Chochma. In addition, many anthologies of the words of Chazal regarding the written Torah were collected and put in the order of the Torah. Examples of this include the sefer Torah Temimah, as well as the still-incomplete Torah Shleimah. [7]
However, these commentaries, in their comments on Sefer Bereishis, do not systematically try to harmonize the actions of the Avos with the accepted halachah.[8] This is somewhat surprising, since the point of their commentaries is to harmonize the Torah Shebichsav with the Torah Shebaal Peh, and this would seem to be a part of that job description.
With the contemporary stress in the yeshivos on the learning of Gemara to the exclusion of almost everything else (excluding perhaps mussar seforim), and the great stress on "lomdus", some recent seforim have followed the trend of harmonizing Torah Shebichsav with Torah Shebaal Peh to the extreme. (Lomdus is an expression used in yeshivos to refer to the Brisk analytic-style of identifying and analyzing concepts. The Yiddish term reid is also used to mean the same thing.) These modern seforim will treat the possuk like a piece of Gemara, ignoring possible theological or philological explanations, and only answer using lomdus. This lomdus can be taken to such extremes that it is often very similar to the pilpul commentaries on the Torah of the 17th century. These seforim basically spend a long time trying to answer a question in any possible way, without trying to actually fit the explanation into the passuk in any way.
The sefer Chavatzeles Hasharon by R' Mordechai Carlebach (on Bereishis, Yerushalayim 5765) is the most popular of this genre. This sefer essentially contains essays of lomdus based on the parshah, including many questions on the halachic acceptability of the Avos's actions. Even more recently, the sefer Arugas Habosem by R' Menachem Ben Yakov (on Bereishis and Shemos, Yerushalayim 5772) is almost an exact copy of Chavatzeles Hasharon, not only in content but also in the physical layout. A sefer by a nephew of R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, R' Baruch Rakovski, called Birchas Avos (Yerushalayim 5750), is completely devoted to questions on the Avos's actions, as is the sefer Mili D'Avos (by R' Shmuel Yaffah, Lakewood 5770).
Recently, seforim which collect divrei torah on the parshah from different sources have gained popularity.[9] One of the first of this genre is the Pardes Yosef (by R' Yosef Pazanavski, incomplete, Bereishis, Piotrkow 5690, Shmos and Vayikra, Lodz 5697).[10] This was followed many years later by R' Yisachar Rubin's very popular Talelei Oros (10 volumes, Bnei Brak 5753-5757). Another sefer of this genre is K'motzei Shallal Rav, which collects divrei torah on the parshah from places one would normally not expect to find them, such as in introductions to a halachic works. Since these divrei torah are in the context of a halachic work, many times they are very halachically oriented. Hence, these divrei torah also fall into the category of trying to synthesize. Pilpula Charifta, by R' Natan Margolis (on Bereshis, volume 1, Yerushalayim 5755, volume 2, Yerushalayim 5750), also collects divrei torah in the same manner.
Are these kinds of explanations part of the "Seventy Faces of Torah"? Do the authors of these explanations themselves think there is any truth to the explanations they are presenting? The author of the Klei Chemda writes in his introduction that much of what he wrote in the sefer is "לחדודי בעלמא", to sharpen the mind. This idea comes from the Gemara, which says that sometimes teachers who say a false din in order to get their students thinking, and ultimately to correct them.[11]
I think that a similar question has to be asked on many Chassidic explanations, as well as the common "vort." Did the authors of these explanations really think this was a possible explanation of the text? I think not. In fact, many times authors will write that their explanation is "בדרך צחות". So why do they bother writing them? There are two possible explanations. First of all, even if the explanation is not true, the parts leading up to it are. (Assuming there is more than one part to the explanation.) The vort is a fun way to teach people the intermediate parts. In addition, they will be able to remember the intermediate parts more easily, since they are logically connected to an interesting end.[12] A second possible explanation for why the authors wrote such explanations is that there is an underlying moral message (assuming there is an underlying moral message). As with the first explanation, the vort is an enjoyable, and therefore effective, way of getting across a moral lesson.
Would a Chassidic Rebbe admit that his "Toyreh" is not the true explanation of the verse? That is a question that I cannot answer.[13]
[1] also Yoma 28b; Yerushalmi Kiddushin Perek 2 Halacha 12; Vayikra Rabbah 50:10; Tanchuma Lech L'cha 11; and many more places. See Encylopedia Talmudit, Volume 1, entry "אבות", pg. 36-37.
[2] See Encylopedia Talmudit, Volume 1, entry "אין למדין מקודם מתן תורה", pg. 635ff. However, see the Encyclopedia Talmudit ibid. that quotes the Yerushalmi that says that we don't learn laws from stories of events that happened before the giving of the Torah. See Encyclopedia Talmudit ibid. for various attempted explanations.
[3] See Sanhedrin 58b where the Gemara discusses some of the marriages of the Avos in the context of discussing the laws of incest for b'nei no'ach. However, the laws of b'nei no'ach are far less than what a Jew must keep. The Gemara in Yoma (referenced in note 1) says that Avraham even kept rabbinically mandated laws.
[4] Regarding all this see Encyclopedia Talmudit referenced in note 1. See also Maharatz Chayes in Toras Hanevi'im, Chapter 11, pg. 63-72; Nefesh Hachaim, Sha'ar 1, Chapter 21; Leket Yosef (available here); Steven Wilf, The Law Before The Law, Lexington Books, 2008 (here).
[5] R' Bachrach attacked the pilpul method in Shu"t Chavos Ya'ir, siman 123, and at length in an unpublished sefer of his called Ya'ir Nesiv. Parts of it were published by Jellenik in the journal Bikurim, Vienna 5624, pg. 4. Pilpul was also attacked by the Maharal and the Shelah. See also the ostensibly anonymous K'sav Yosher, published in 5544, pg. 9b, (here). It's author was Saul Berlin of Besomim Rosh infamy.
[6] I'd like to point out at this point that much of what I will write also applies to the Jews after matan torah. There are many questions on how their actions fit with the commonly accepted halacha. However, I am mainly focusing here on the actions of the Avos. As for the actions of the Bnei Yisroel after matan torah, the Gemara discusses these questions in many places. Many times the answer of the Gemara is that the action was a hora'as sha'ah, i.e. a temporary waiver of the prohibition. See at length Encyclopedia Talmudit, Volume 8, entry "הוראת שעה". R' Yitzchok Halevy in his monumental Doros Harishonim, in the volume discussing Tanach and aimed at refuting the Bible Critics, tries to answer many of the questions of the maskilim on the Torah Shebaal Peh based on Tanach. Another sefer that I am aware of that discusses these questions is the commentary Mussar Hanevi'im, on Nevi'im Rishonim (by R' Yehuda Leib Ginzburg, Volume 1, St. Louis 5705, Volume 2, Yerushalayim 5736, available here and here).
[7] Interestingly, a hundred years before the publishing of the Torah Temimah, R' Dov Ber Treves, who was on the beis din of Vilna at the time of the Gra, also wrote a commentary on the Torah bringing down many of the saying of the Gemara in order of the Torah. In fact, the Torah Temimah was accused of plagiarizing from the Revid Hazahav. Another little known work of this sort is the Be'er Heiteiv (Vayikra, Vilna 5627), available here. The Chazon Ish writes on this workוראיתי להגאון האדיר ר' אריה ממינסק בספרו באר היטב... (חזון איש, קדשים ס' כו אות טז).
[8] They do, however, discuss these questions in many places, especially the Meshech Chochma. The Netziv in his commentary on the Torah, Ha'amek Davar, also incorporates much from Torah Sheba'al Peh, and answers questions on the Avos's actions.
[9] There is a similar phenomenon of seforim collecting the different explanations of the commentators on the Talmud, such as Machon Yerushalayim's Otzar Mefarshei HaTalmud, Frankel's Mafte'ach, and many others.
[10] For a description of the Pardes Yosef, see an earlier post on the Seforim Blog here.
[11] Eiruvin 13a, and other places. This is one of the contexts in which it is permitted to lie. See R' Yosef Chaim, Shu"t Torah Lishmah, siman 364, Yerushalayim 5736, pg. 250 s.v. ובגמרא דעירובין. R' Yosef Chaim in that response collects all the places in which it is permitted to lie. Contrary to popular belief, it permitted to lie in far more than the three places the Gemara in Bava Metzia 23b says. One of the most surprising cases in which it is permitted to lie, is the following: If a person knows that a certain halacha is true, but because of his low standing in people's eyes, when he says it, it will not be accepted, he is permitted to say that a certain gadol said that halacha, even if that gadol never said such a thing! See at least four examples of this in Torah Lishmah there (pg. 250, s.v. ובגמרא דשבת; ibid. s.v. עוד שם בדף נא; pg. 251. s.v. ובגמרא דפסחים; pg. 252, s.v. עוד שם בדף כ. This would seem to cause problems for the mesorah of Torah Shebaal Peh, and was in fact one of the maskilim's questions on the veracity of the mesorah. See I.H. Weiss, Dor Dor V'Dorshov, Part 1, Chapter 1, pg. 4.
[12] This is similar to what the Rambam writes in the introduction to his Peirush Hamishnah (Mossad HaRav Kook edition pg. 10) regarding asmachtos. He writes that the Gemara never intended to to say that asmachtos are true explanations of the verse. Rather, the asmachta is a formula to help people remember the halacha, as in the times of Chazal it was prohibited to write Torah Shebaal Peh. This view is atacked harshly by the Ritva, Rosh Hashonoh 17a. See Encyclopedia Talmudit, Volume 2, entry "אסמכתא", pg. 106, footnote 16 and 28.
[13] A possible nafkah minah (halachic ramification) is whether it is permitted to learn the explanation in the bathroom, where learning Torah is generally prohibited. However, this nafkah minah is mostly theoretical, because, as was pointed out, even if the explanation itself is not true, many times the constituent steps are Torah. See Yisroel Bazenson, Messilat Hak'sharim (Tel Aviv 5766), (this sefer is written by a follower of Breslov and attempts to formulate "rules" for learning Likutei Moharan) pg. 153, where the author asks this question regarding the teachings of R' Nachman of Breslov; he points out that many times R' Nachman's explanations even go so far as to contradict the simple meaning of the phrase he is coming to explain. Bazenson answers:
ברוב הפסוקים ומאמרי חז"ל שהוא שהוא מפרש על פי דרכו הפנימית , לאף שנראה כמשנה או אפילו כסותר הפירוש הרגיל , אם יזגה המעיין ישיג את המקום שבו שני הפירושים מתחברים ועולים בקנה אחד. ואז הפירוש הרגיל יקבל, כתוצאה מחיבור זה, תוספת בהירות שמעולם לא היתה לו.
Bazenson then goes on to bring three examples of such places in Likutei Moharan, and attempts to show how in fact the nistar complements the nigleh. (I would like to thank Eliezer Shore for pointing out this source to me.) I have not studied his explanations in depth to see if they are convincing.


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The project's long journey began in 1996 when Taaffe, then an actor also working in TV production, happened upon the Leroy Aarons' book on which the TV movie is based at a West Hollywood bookstore. He was immediately drawn into the chronicle of a suburban California mother's transformation from religious zealot and homophobe to prominent gay activist after the suicide of her 20-year-old gay son, Bobby.
Taaffe recommended the book to Sladek, a movie producer and former production executive, who read it and was equally enthusiastic. Envisioning a feature film, Sladek brought the book to Permut, a higher-profile producer with studio credits ("Dragnet," "Face/Off").
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But Lifetime's guaranteed wide audience, including those "middle-American" mothers the producers always felt might most benefit from experiencing Mary Griffith's cautionary tale, ultimately trumped going the riskier independent movie route.
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"It was a big deal, making a movie about gay rights and teen suicide -- not to mention the concept of questioning one's religious faith -- especially on network television," said Taaffe.
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Weaver traveled to the Griffiths' Walnut Creek, Calif., home -- the same house Bobby grew up in -- to meet Mary and get the family's "blessing."
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"It wasn't my goal to judge Mary, to make her sympathetic or unsympathetic. I was there to tell the story as accurately as I could," said Weaver. "It was about a mother trying to find her way, who loved her son so much but was a victim of misinformation -- from books and from the church."
Negative viewer perception has been a concern for the real Mary Griffith, now 74. "I didn't realize until I saw the [completed] movie just how far over the top I really was," said Griffith. "My saving grace is the fact that, back then, I didn't know what I was doing."
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Game_boy wrote:Of course Argentina will say it wasn't an invasion, but I think Yakk was trying to argue it objectively wasn't an invasion?
I think he was going more with sarcasm. As in, of course it will be an invasion but Argentina will claim something totally different. Just like plenty of countries have done throughout history.
sigsfried wrote:For those who wish to argue that self determination is the entire argument then had Argentina when it gained the islands expelled, or worse executed, the islanders would Britain have had no right to retake them?
Erm, seen as how expelling the islanders would constitute a violation of the right of self-determination, and executing them would be a war-crime, are you saying Argentina should be allowed to get away with such actions?


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I have a Miller Syncrowave 250 (serial number KF925533) that I bought new back in 1995. It's worked well throughout the years, but I am now having a problem with the amperage control. When using tig negative or stick DC current, it starts out around 100 amps regardless of how low I set the amperage control knob -- at least, I'm guessing it's around there because my welder does not have an amp meter on the panel.
That being said, everything else works alright. I can go to higher amperage just fine, but I can't go to low amperage.
I tried calling the Miller tech support line, and the tech said to check the hall device. Does anyone know how to check it? I would like to know what other people think the issue might be.


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