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Girl Name Thoughts?
Posted 02 November 2008 - 04:28 PM
Emma- My Great Grandma! She was a wonderful women!
Caroline or Carolyn (Care-o-lyn) not (care-o-line)
Catherine- Predominate Name in my family and hasn't been used in many generations (only this spelling)
Anabelle- This spelling, after mom Ana
Caitlin- This spelling only
Allison- Variant of relative Alice
Erica- This spelling, many Derrick's in the family so this is a spin on it
Hannah/Hana- After mom Ana
Rebecca- Big name in family-see Catherine
Which name? Last name is Lehmer (Lay-mer)
We like classic and no unisex middle names please!
Honest Opinions!
Posted 02 November 2008 - 09:05 PM
Emma - this is my all time favourite baby name, so if it was up to me to name your baby girl you can be sure she will be an Emma, no matter how popular the name may be! Serously, this is such a classic, beautiful name, perfect for a baby and a woman, plus it honours your great grandmother.
Bridget - I'm starting to like this name. Emma Bridget would be very pretty.
Brooke - it's ok, I can't see the appeal of it, but I don't hate it either.
Claire - very, very pretty and underused as a fn.
Amelia - beautiful and classic
Caroline or Carolyn - I don't like it, but if you want it to be pronounced Car-o- lyn I'd spell it Carolyn
Eva - It's ok, not my favourite but definetely better than the over pupular Ava
Catherine- I love, love this name and this spelling. And I love it even more because it has family connections. Emma Catherine would be a neat combo.
Jillian - ok, prefer it as a mn. Maybe Emma Jillian?
Anabelle- I like the fact that it's honouring your mother, but it's not my favourite Ana- name.
Cassidy - ok, this name used to be more appealing to me, but has lost its charm recently.
Caitlin- beautiful, no matter the popularity. What about Emma Caitlin?
Violet - I son't see the appeal of this name, there are other colour names that are far more appealing. But it's not awaful either.
Heidi - I can't help thinking of the character book. I don't like it. I prefer Adelaide to Heidi (Heidi is the German diminutive of Adelheid)
Allison- Ok. If you want to hounour Alice, you could use Adelaide. I've recently learned that they are related. And Adelaide is much prettier than Allison.
Erica - nice
Olivia - I have the same problem that with Violet.
Hannah/Hana- I like Hannah.
Rebecca- nice name, and I like the family connection.
Jenna - ok, may be too close to Janessa, although it could work as a nice mn.
Posted 02 November 2008 - 09:35 PM
Bridget- I love how unique Bridget is! It's a great name, but no one uses it!
Brooke- LOVE it! It's my middle name.
Claire- I never was a fan of Claire because I don't like how it sounds.
Amelia- Love it.
Caroline or Carolyn- I prefer the spelling Carolyn with the pronounciation. Great name!
Eva- I don't like Eva/Eve/Evelyn/Evie.
Catherine- I adore this name!!
Jillian- Same as Bridget!
Anabelle- Love it. Love how it honors your mom.
Cassidy- Beautiful name. Adorable on a little girl.
Caitlin- Slightly popular, but still cute.
Violet- Cute as a middle, but not as a first IMO.
Heidi- I love Heidi! It reminds me of the book.
Allison- I prefer Alice, but Allison is cute!
Erica- Angain I love it. I've also seen it spelled Ericka, but I prefer Erica.
Olivia- A classic.
Hannah/Hana- I'm not a fan of its popularity, but it's a great name.
Rebecca- I prefer the spelling Rebekah, cause it is more traditional and not as popular, but I LOVE the name.
Jenna- I'm not a fan for personal reasons. It is a great name though.
I love your taste in names. This baby is gonna have a great name, no matter what you guys pick!!
Posted 02 November 2008 - 09:54 PM
Bridget - Nice. Biddy is a cute nickname. Bridget Emma (I can't decide which way I like it better)
Brooke - Nice. It might be good as middle name.
Claire- I've always loved this name, but my cousin named his daughter this. Claire Elizabeth would be fabulous.
Amelia - Lovely. And there are so many nicknames too: Ami/Amy, Mia, Melia. I really like the sound of Amelia Catherine
Carolyn - I would use this spelling to prevent any confusion in the pronunciation. Carolyn Jenna
Eva - Timeless. Eva Catherine Lehmer sounds nice to me.
Catherine - Love the name. My grandmother was Katherine, but Catherine is still lovely. Catherine Olivia
Jillian - A lovely name, and I like it spelled this way only. Jillian Kirsten
Anabelle - I love this spelling of Anabelle and the family connection! Anabelle Sophie/Sofie or Sophia/Sofia might be a nice option.
Cassidy - not my favorite, but certainly better than Colby or Casey
Caitlin- lol! I know I'm biased, but I really love the name (and this spelling only too!) Caitlin Alanna/Caitlin Samantha/Caitlin Elisabeth
Violet - Lovely, but I generally prefer it as a middle name
Heidi - sweet... makes me think of a blue eyed, blonde Swiss girl from Johanna Spyri's beloved children's novel
Allison - I'm not a big fan of "-son" names, but this one's not too bad
Erica - I'm not a big fan of this name, but that's because I have not known many Ericas that were nice
Olivia - I adore this name, no matter how popular it is! Olivia Katherine (fo you I'd suggest Olivia Catherine)is a name Brian & I have on our list for when/if we ever have a little girl
Hannah/Hana - lovely, but I've been turned off of it lately because of the whole Hannah Montana craze
Rebecca- LOVE Rebecca and this traditional English spelling. I like Rebecca Victoria or Rebecca Elise
Jenna - nice, but a little too close to your wife's name for my tastes. Though it might make a good middle name.
I really like Catherine Olivia/Olivia Catherine, or Anabelle Sophia. Good luck!
Posted 03 November 2008 - 12:03 PM
My wife, Janessa, and I are trying for a baby very soon so we decided we would try out some name (here our top 20!)
Emma- My Great Grandma! She was a wonderful women!
Caroline or Carolyn (Care-o-lyn) not (care-o-line)
Catherine- Predominate Name in my family and hasn't been used in many generations (only this spelling)
Anabelle- This spelling, after mom Ana
Caitlin- This spelling only
Allison- Variant of relative Alice
Erica- This spelling, many Derrick's in the family so this is a spin on it
Hannah/Hana- After mom Ana
Rebecca- Big name in family-see Catherine
Which name? Last name is Lehmer (Lay-mer)
We like classic and no unisex middle names please!
Honest Opinions!
I love the name Emma, but hate it with Lehmer, sorry!
Bridget and Brooke are way cute!
Amelia Claire is SOOOOO classy and sophisticated. I LOVE IT! nn Amee, Mia, Mel, Lia??? I personally love Mia. Mia Claire!
Carolyn is a bit dated to me and I can only see a 45 year old with the name. Same with Rebecca. Although I like Becca!
Eva is very sexy and mysterious. WAY CUTE!
Catherine and Caitlin are cute, but overused.
Hannah and Heidi are terrible. I'm sorry, but I've never liked them. I do prefer the spelling of Hana however!
Jillian, Erica, and Cassidy are just eh... ok to me.
Anabelle, Olivia, Allison, & Violet are all very cute, but I only see Allison aging very well.
My top picks are Amelia Claire and Jenna Bridget! GOOD LUCK!!!
Posted 03 November 2008 - 05:22 PM
We decided that: Heidi, Jenna, and Cassidy are gone!
Are top 5 are: Emma, Bridget, Brooke, Rebecca, and Allison the most right now but anything goes!
We also like Gwendolyn nn Gwen! Is Jane a good middle name?
Eva Catherine and Rebecca Elise are lovely
Kaia is from Trotskaia so is good?
Would Emma and Henry be weird as siblings if they were named after two married people?
Posted 03 November 2008 - 07:31 PM
I'm glad you like Emma Bridget, Eva Catherine, & Rebecca Elise!
Now on to the new name, Gwendolyn. I love, love, LOVE this name but my husband doesn't. So it never had a chance on my master list. Jane is nice middle name, but I think Janet would work better.
Gwendolyn Janet Lehmer
Gwendolyn Jenna Lehmer
Gwendolyn Sarah Lehmer
Emma Gwendolyn Lehmer could also be nice! Good luck!
Posted 08 November 2008 - 08:47 PM
Pro: It's a classic and beautiful name; Great-Grandmothers name.
Con: It's very popular
We like Emma Gwendolyn, Emma Bridget, and Emma Annaliese.
Any Suggestions
Pro: Uncommon and Beautiful! It has some family connections but i didn't know any of them.
Con: We aren't sure about spelling problem;its meaning "to tie" is weird.
Rebecca Isabel
Any Suggestions?
Pro: Classic; family connections.
Con: The spelling can get confusing
Catherine Erica, Catherine Amelia
Any Suggestions?
Pro: Classic and will age well, my mom loves (lol?)
Con: It is very popular
Olivia Kay (after grandma's middle name), Olivia Catherine
Any suggestions?
Pro: Less Common and will age well.
Con: It's unisex
Brooke Jenna, Brooke Eva
Any suggestions?
Pro: We love it and is a play on Derrick!
Con: It may be somewhat dated to the 80's.
Erica Jillian
Any suggestions?
Pro: Love the name; ages well; good flow w/ last name
Con: Some think its a -son name.
Allison Bridget, Allison Kay
Any suggestions?
Pro: Uncommon; age well
Con: Sounds very much like Julian
Jillian Kay, Jillian Eva
Any suggestions?
Pro: Beautiful;ages well; alternative to Ava
Con: Maybe confused with Ava a lot
Eva Catherine, Eva Bridget
Any suggestions?
Pro: Classic and underused First Name
Con: Very hard to find nice middle name,
Claire Emma, Claire Eva
Any Suggestion?
Looking over these names, We have a tendency to like name that contain a c or k (with the proper spelling of course)
Posted 10 November 2008 - 09:45 AM
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Posted 11 November 2008 - 12:04 PM
Clara would be a fresh alternative to Claire and it would probably be easier to find a middle name to go with it.
Erica and Allison have unfortunately become quite dated. [I actually really like Alice all by itself]
Jillian is very fresh, sweet, and not too common.
I also love the fact that you are considering so many family names...it's great when people use family names because it adds so much character, history, and meaning to them.
best wishes!
Posted 21 November 2008 - 02:57 PM
Jillian Kay
Catherine Victoria
Rebecca Eve
Olivia Margaret
are our top five what do you think?
Posted 21 November 2008 - 03:17 PM
I like Emma Justine in theory, but I don't think Emma goes to well with your last name.
The other combos are lovely, but Catherine Victoria is definitely my favourite.
Posted 21 November 2008 - 04:24 PM
Rebecca Isabel, very pretty, but Isabel is so common where I live I Just get sick of hearing it sometimes.
I think that Rebecca Annaleise would be lovely and it flows really well.
Catherine Erica is wonderful! And I love the family connections, a name is always so much more special when family is in it.
Olivia Kay is nice, but as you said, it's very popular and sometimes, really popular names are just so boring..
and this is one I see like that.
Brooke Eva is great, Brooke is beautiful and Eva compliemnts it well.
Erica Jillian is okay, I like Jillian a lot, but I agree that Erica could possibly be a little dated.
Allison Bridget just flows right off the tongue, very nice.
Jillian Kay is so beautiful
Eva Catherine is my favorite name on your list, it's so adorable, beautiful, and reminds me of a stunning young lady.
Claire Emma is very pretty.
Posted 21 November 2008 - 11:15 PM
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 09:21 AM
Jillian Kay - It's nice, but it's not my favorite name. I don't really like Kay, and Jillian is only okay.
Catherine Victoria - I'm agreeing with the mass. Catherine Victoria is my favorite!! It's classic and timeless and perfect for a little girl and an adult!
Rebecca Eve - I prefer the spelling Rebekah, but it's a great name! I don't like Eve tho. I think its too popular with all the people naming their kids Eva, Eve and Evelyn.
Olivia Margaret - STUNNNNNIIINNNGGG!!! Love it!
In order, from favorite to least favorite:
Catherine Victoria
Olivia Margaret
Emma Justine
Rebecca Eve
Jillian Kay
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Art Mortvedt was a third of the way through his final leg to the North Pole when the windshield and wings of his Polar Pumpkin, a Cessna 185 painted bright orange and fitted with skis, began to ice up. Mortvedt, 63, had a tough decision to make. Turning back to Eureka (a polar research base on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, barely below 80 degrees North) would spell the end, for 2013, at least, of Mortvedt's quest to fly his single-engine Cessna to both ends of the Earth. Pressing on through icing conditions would cost him his aircraft, and quite possibly his life.
"I realized that search and rescue was just about impossible. Was impossible, really," Mortvedt said, recalling the potential consequences of an off-airport landing above 80 degrees north latitude in a telephone interview with AOPA Online. "If I could get out of there, I'd be lucky, but the airplane was going to be history."
Mortvedt flew his Polar Pumpkin to the South Pole in 1999, one of his 27 missions to Antarctica, and also had more than 30 years of Arctic experience to bring to bear on the decision. He also had a satellite telephone connection to his wife (and fellow Arctic adventurer, explorer, and resident), Damaris, who provided a line of communication with Russian scientists and support crew at Barneo, an ice station where he planned to land within miles of the planet's northern limit. (Barneo is a seasonal operation set up in the last days of March each year on the sea ice a few miles from the North Pole.) News on that front was good—there was no fog at Barneo to foil a landing, though Mortvedt would soon see clouds moving in on his destination that could force the narrow weather window closed. April is the only month of the year during which such a flight is possible: Fog becomes a chronic problem as the Arctic basin warms by month's end; the long polar night and brutal cold preclude winter attempts. On April 6, Mortvedt was attempting the flight for the third time in as many years, drawing fuel from cached barrels of avgas he had shipped from Montreal to various stops along the way.
As the ice accumulated, Damaris suggested (and her husband considered) turning back, cutting the attempt short about 200 nautical miles north of Eureka, 400 miles short of 90 degrees north.
"Fortunately I was able to climb out of it," Mortvedt recalled, noting the ice accumulation stopped once he topped about 3,000 feet. "This was my one chance and I had to do it. Thank the good Lord, I did it … we did it."
Mortvedt flew 7.5 hours from Eureka to reach his goal, and saw clouds moving in toward Barneo, the only safe place to land for miles around. Knowing fuel was tight, he had already marked on his Garmin 496 GPS a pair of potential landing spots to the south, where he could land and hunker down in the frigid cold (about minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit) to plan a next move.
At 2 a.m. (local time in a Russian time zone), the Polar Pumpkin's skis touched Arctic ice graded days before by bulldozers air dropped by Russian Air Force pilots to prepare the way for an Antonv An-74 landing with more cargo, and passengers. A relieved Mortvedt was greeted by Russians who had stayed up to offer a hot meal and direct him to his waiting fuel.
"The Russians were fantastic," Mortvedt said. After getting a few hours of sleep, he walked in to breakfast and another warm welcome from fellow Arctic (and Antarctic veterans). Mortvedt said it is a close-knit community, one where shared experience trumps nationality or creed. "Everybody gave me a round of applause for having finally made it on the third try."
With surface temperatures far below freezing, Mortvedt had had little reason to expect his icing encounter, but the Arctic has a nearly limitless capacity to surprise even the most experienced adventurer. Mortvedt is among the more experienced, having built in 1981 and operated since 1986 (with his wife and the couple's partner, Bernice Sheldon) a lodge on Alaska's Selby Lake, perched on the southern flank of the Brooks Range just above the Arctic Circle. No stranger to flying the high Arctic latitudes (not to mention the corresponding southern latitudes), Mortvedt said the ice that nearly forced him to abandon his April attempt was "a real surprise," most likely created by moist air rising from the scarce stretches of open water, or "open leads."
Surprise ice was far from the only peril: This is a land of polar bears, huge carnivores that can stand 12 feet tall on their hind legs and will happily add humans to their menu.
Mortvedt said firearms were among the essential tools of survival he packed into the Polar Pumpkin, along with enough food to survive 48 days if stranded. He would have liked to bring an electric fence (which he could power with the Honda generator carried to run the Tanis Aircraft Products electric heaters that, along with blankets, kept his aircraft warm when stopped), but an electric fence was simply too heavy.
"Electricity is one thing I found that bears don't really like at all," Mortvedt said, lamenting the strict weight limit. "I did have a motion sensor that makes a heck of a loud squealing."
Years before, during another Arctic expedition in the 1980s, a trio of polar bears wandered within a few feet of his camp, surprising Mortvedt. He came within a whisker of being dinner.
"Those bears must have been well-fed," Mortvedt recalled of that encounter. He made enough racket with the scrap wood used to build a privy to drive the bears a few feet back, just enough to give him space to dive for his tent, where a high-powered rifle was waiting. "I managed to get to my tent and grabbed the rifle … started shooting into the snow," Mortvedt recalled, noting the gunfire prompted the bears to back off. He said that encounter was a "pretty close" call.
Polar bears have been known to stalk humans for days on end, biding their time for the right moment to strike. "They're very good (hunters)," Mortvedt said.
The frigid air can kill airplanes in more ways than one.
Mortvedt carried a multi-fuel stove as a backup in case the generator failed (along with spare parts for the generator). Arctic pilots cannot afford to let their airplane freeze, nor can the battery be allowed to succumb to cold, Mortvedt said:
"I try to heat everything from the nose to the battery. There's no hand-propping a Cessna."
Mortvedt stayed at Barneo—named with a sense of humor for the tropical island Borneo in Southeast Asia—for two days before heading back south. The 600-mile trek to Eureka was uneventful, but a change in weather then forced a long stop.
"I got stuck there for two weeks," Mortvedt recalled. "I'm lucky to have gotten off the ice back on terra firma when I did."
A member of the Explorers Club, Mortvedt has carried (lightweight) instruments and cameras on his journeys north to gather data for scientific research. In 2012, he gathered 36 gigabytes of polar imaging data for NASA, and in 2013, carried an instrument to measure atmospheric carbon for the University of Alaska.
Mortvedt has no plans to retire, and wouldn't rule out another polar flight in the Pumpkin for science—he still has a few barrels of avgas cached in the high Arctic. Gathering "credible polar science" has been Mortvedt's primary goal, he said. Primacy—being the first to overfly both poles in a single-engine aircraft, was once thought to be a nice bonus, though an Australian beat him to it: An RV-4 built and piloted by Jon Johanson overflew 90 degrees north in 2000, and 90 degrees south in 2003 (ironically, using fuel Mortvedt had cached for another aviator).
Mortvedt has posted a detailed chronicle of his own Arctic adventure online, and is also contemplating a book. Meanwhile, he is keen and able to speak to groups, conventions, seminars, and the like to tell the story of the Polar Pumpkin and its remarkable odyssey. (He welcomes anyone interested to email him.)
Mortvedt will attend EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wis., and will not be hard to find—just look for the bright orange Cessna. Also watch for an interview with Mortvedt on AOPA Live.
Art Mortvedt was prepared to survive in the event of an unplanned stop in the high Arctic. He wore layers including a down-filled flight suit, and "Bunny Boots," the extreme cold-weather footwear of the U.S. military.
To keep his Cessna 185 warm, Mortvedt packed insulated covers and heaters by Tanis Aircraft Products, powered by a Honda portable generator. He also had an MSR XGK stove, which can run on multiple fuels including avgas, both to melt ice or snow for drinking water, and as a backup aircraft heater in case his electric heaters failed. Mortvedt packed enough food for 48 days, and his ditching case also included a backup GPS, along with a GPS tracker and emergency beacon. A satellite telephone rigged through his headset allowed Mortvedt to keep in touch with his wife, who could obtain weather briefings for planned stops, and also provide a welcome voice to talk to along the way.
Polar bears are a threat Mortvedt takes seriously, and he packed a Remington 870 shotgun, with both buckshot and slug.
"I felt I was self-sustaining over a month," Mortvedt said.

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Institutions of higher learning have long been perilous for royals and their keepers. Look what happened to Prince William. He ended up hitched to a commoner.
Of course, William had nothing on the rebellious inclinations of Prince Karl Franz, heir to the throne of Karlsberg and the hero of the throaty Sigmund Romberg operetta "The Student Prince." Karl headed off to Heidelberg University, where he briefly majored in drinking and back-slapping and promptly fell in love with an Austrian waitress at the Inn of the Three Golden Apples, where many such temptations awaited — the show calls for an entire female ensemble of waitresses, pigtails, dirndls and all.
That abiding fantasy — handsome young prince throws off the chains of the monarchy and falls in love with an ordinary, albeit inevitably beautiful, girl — partly explains why "The Student Prince" was such a massive hit in the 1920s. The rest of the explanation probably lies with Romberg's zesty, hearty, optimistic score — a populist cocktail of lovely tenor arias, folk marches and rousing ensemble ditties that can be aptly summed up by the most famous lyric in their number: "Drink, drink, drink!"
After a few rousing choruses of that Sunday afternoon at Light Opera Works, where Roger L. Bingaman's lively orchestra was oompahing on all cylinders, I found myself wondering where one might find an Oktoberfest deep in the dog days of August.
Artistic director Rudy Hogenmiller has forged a wholly traditional staging of the operetta — rising and falling drops; unspeakably broad comedic performances in the character roles; huge choruses of students and waitress all squeezing themselves through the same tiny tavern door like Germanic clowns. Tom Burch's set could not be more predictable.
Perhaps this company thinks its audience expects such a staging. And, for sure, the comic subplot is vaudevillian at its root. But a pox on that, I say. "The Student Prince" is a much better book than you probably remember. If it had been staged in a more progressive, imaginative, fresh, fluid manner — something close to what Warren Carlyle did on Broadway with the revival of "Finian's Rainbow" — it likely would have held up very well.
At minimum, the staging needs more pace, subtlety and wit. You could drive a beer truck through some of the shtick on this stage: Glenn Braun, who plays Count von Mark, might as well have been playing Count Dracula. And although Dale Benson remains a beloved figure in the Chicago theater, he isn't well cast as a valet here.
You will have to suffer all of that. In reward, you get two of the finer leads I've seen on a Light Opera Works stage. The gorgeously voiced young tenor William Bennett has the kind of posture that would make a movement teacher nuts, but he's immensely likable and credible as a nerdy royal who wants to throw off the cares of state and be one of the boys, but doesn't quite know what to do. He reminded me of watching Daniel Radcliffe hanging out with castmates in a Broadway dive, and that's exactly what this character requires.
His opposite number, Danielle M. Knox, is a raven-haired, emotionally vulnerable beauty with a sumptuous voice who nailed the idea of a young woman who wouldn't mind being a queen but doesn't want to do it unless she can be sure of the man who would be king.
Hogenmiller does marvelous work with this young couple. "The Student Prince," though, is constructed as a love triangle. And in the smart but rather thankless role of Princess Margaret, the Prince's prearranged spouse, Stephanie Stockstill is simply wonderful, taking a fanciful, stock situation and somehow putting you in mind of loves lost, mistakes made and circumstances regretted all around. She had a tear in my eye.
This earnest, honest, empathetic trio is so collectively strong that they make all the wooden, obvious clutter around them fall away — and they make the enterprise well worth a listen. There's a strong, populist heart that beats in "The Student Prince." Now if only it could pump through the whole show.
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When: Through Sunday
Where: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston
Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes
Tickets: $32-$92 at 847-869-6300 or lightoperaworks.com


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The University of Sydney's coat of arms
Argent on a Cross Azure and open book proper, clasps Gold, between four Stars of eight points Or, on a chief Gules a Lion passant Guardant also Or, together with this motto "Sidere mens eadem mutato" ... to be borne and used forever herafter by the said University of Sydney on their Common Seal, Shields or otherwise according to the Law of Arms.
- From the Grant of Arms, 1857
- The lion in the top third of the shield ("the chief" in heraldic terms) symbolised England and Cambridge simultaneously.
- The open book in the centre of the cross was said to be taken from the arms of Oxford, although it is used extensively in academic arms.
- The blue cross with stars had been used for some time as an unofficial symbol for New South Wales, although there were usually five stars, one in the centre and one on each arm, and these stars were either five- or six-pointed.
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- The motto, "Sidere Mens Eadem Mutato" as devised by Merewether was left unchanged.
The motto has been variously translated over the years. A good motto will rarely bear literal translation, more important is the general sense and implication of the sentiment it expresses or the admonition it conveys.
If a literal translation is required, then "The constellation is changed, the disposition is the same" is perhaps appropriate. The ablative absolute in Latin can be used in place of a number of other constructions. Here it probably has a concessive force. "though the constellation is changed..." sidus means primarily in Latin 'a group of stars', 'a constellation'. To translate simply 'star', as many of the suggested translations do, is incorrect. Again, mens in latin has a much wider range of meanings than 'mind', 'the mental functioning of human animals': here, the sense is clearly disposition, e.g. towards learning and scholarship.
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In 2005, Seattle-native Erin Roberts' big brother Kellen was killed at the way-too-young-to-die age of 22, and his family decided to donate his organs so other lives could be saved. Mom Nancy recently wrote, "We were so grateful that Kell's organs were able to be donated, and thrilled, as we know Kellen would have been, that he was able to save six lives. It gave us such joy and hope in the middle of our enormous loss."
Meanwhile in Minnesota, a 17-year-old boy named Connor Rabinowitz had recently found out that he had a rare genetic disease that was enlarging and weakening his heart. One of the best high school pitchers in the country at the time, he put away his dreams of playing professional ball someday and began the wait for a heart.
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"I would lie in bed at night and pray for a heart to come quickly or I wouldn't make it. I would think every day and night about the person who would have to die for me to live. I prayed for that family who would be receiving such a different call from that of mine," Connor said. "This means a man just died, yet he thought that in his death he could save multiple lives by donating his organs ... I was so thankful for this person I couldn't stop crying."
The surgery was successful, and he was eager to meet and say thank you to the family that had saved his life. Both families reached out to LifeCenter Northwest (donors and recipients are kept anonymous unless both agree to meet), and began communicating almost immediately. In 2006, Connor and his mom traveled to Seattle to visit the Roberts.
When Connor first met Erin, he said, "It was a connection at first sight ... we hit it off right away and became friends." The two saw each other annually until 2011, when they decided to date. They maintained a long distance relationship while Erin was in college in Seattle, and Connor in Minneapolis, but after graduation, he moved to the Pacific Northwest to be with his sweetheart.
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In case you were wondering ... Connor let go of his big baseball dreams willingly. He said that as he got sicker and sicker waiting for a heart, he realized that baseball is a game, and "life is so much more than that." He is now trained as a cardiac ultrasound technician. Somehow, that makes this love story even sweeter.
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I saw two movies this weekend: Artificial Intelligence and A Moment to Remember, both are movies I have seen before. Artificial Intelligence was as good as i remember it to be. It ranks pretty high up on being my all time favorite movie. A Moment to Remember is a korean movie that never fail to make me cry. soooo beautiful and so touching :(
anyways. long story short, i went to Vegas this weekend. totally spontaneous and unplanned but i won't go into that much detail, cause whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? :D i know, how typical of me. here are some pics though:
had this on the plane. your usual rum and coke. one thing learned from this: i should never be a bartender.
fat tuesdays! mine was a tropical juice daiquiri with extra shot
at a random place in Paris hotel, with my daiquiri again.
Nico right before we split up. He went with Sharon and her guy for lunch, while i went trying to find my way to the white tigers at Mirage. let's just say i never even made it close despite it being only two hotels down from Paris… stupid Fat Tuesdays daiquiri!! luckily i was able to get back to the hotel by my self later that day :x
Eiffel tower!! so pretty right?
took this as we were leaving. i really really like Wynn's typoart. so gorgeous!


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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
It's been a long time
22 comments:
Happy birthday dear Svensto! Glad that you are blogging again. Missed you. Wonderfull to know someone who is so full of spirit at a your age. That pillow sounds excititng. Please get someone to take a picture and post it. Gratis! EM in DK
- January 25, 2011 at 6:34 AM
- Steph said...
Happy Birthday to you, Svensto!
Thank you for sharing your stories and experiences--you are amazing.
I'd love to see a photo of the pillow you have been embroidering.
Have a wonderful day!
- January 25, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- carol said...
Happy Birthday! You are such a treasure for your family. So full of wonderful stories and lessons that you are willing to pass on to them and share here with the rest of us. You have awakened an old memory for me today. When I was in Japan as a child, one of our sewing class projects was "swedish embroidery". I do not know if the stitches were authentic, but we all could not wait to get through the other projects to start the swedish embroidery piece. It was the most beautiful thing we made. I am going to research this now and start a project. Thank you for this!
- January 25, 2011 at 6:56 AM
I've never commented here before, but couldn't pass up the chance to wish you a very Happy Birthday! I love reading your blog posts--you remind me so much of my Grandma, who passed away in 1995. Here's to many more healthy and happy years!
- January 25, 2011 at 7:22 AM
Yes, we definitely want to see a picture.
We really like to hear from you, but don't want to be a burden. Go ahead and embroider if you like, just don't forget about us too long.
Hope you have a wonderful day and year!
Your chair sound like a wonderful present.
- January 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- Ptolemy said...
You could write a book on how to be 90! (And beyond...) Happy, happy birthday!!
- January 25, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- mss @ Words Into Bytes said...
Happy birthday! It's wonderful to hear from you again. You are such an inspiration to me. I'm glad that you are able to pursue your projects and passions and remain so active. This is a lesson I need to learn; reading your posts reminds me to practice.
Enjoy your walks!
- January 25, 2011 at 9:09 AM
Happy Birthday! I read several blogs each day and always check to see if you have anything new to report. You are TRULY an inspiration. Enjoy your many talents as we enjoy hearing about them. Any bus trips coming up?
- January 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Happy Birthday Svensto! I always am excited when I see that you have written a new post. And yes - please send a picture of the pillow!
- January 25, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Happy Birthday! You know, we're all very eager to see the pillow! I hope that your day is most excellent. Sending happy wishes for your special day from San Francisco.
- January 25, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Happy Birthday!!!
I am 35 tomorrow, I am in good Aquarius company!
- January 25, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- weeder1 said...
Happy Birthday wishes from Sunny Sacramento! I'm so happy to read your blog again today and its nice to know that you have been so busy doing something you love. I too would love to see a picture of your stitching. You ARE amazing!
- January 25, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Liza said...
Happy Birthday, dear Svensto! From someone you'll never meet, on the opposite side of the country from you. But I check your blog often, and have been worrying a bit about you. Glad you got such a thoughtful present.
Many happy returns of the day!
And please do post a photo of the pillow, if you can.
- January 25, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Grattis på födelsedagen!
I hope your 92nd year is as amazing as the previous 91 years. Congratulations. You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your past, your present and your future with us. I'd love to see a photograph of your beautiful self if you're so inclined.
Fondly from San Francisco,
Jen--second generation Swede from Gotland. ;o)
- January 25, 2011 at 8:07 PM
Grattis Svensto. I was born in Stockholm but have lived in Canada for 50 years.
It was interesting to read about your Tvist embroidery. I think the embroidery I used to do about 40 years ago was called Tvist, I think it came from southern Sweden, maybe Skane. You sew first a cross stitch on Aida vav, then you sew a stitch in the hole to the right upper corner and come up straight below. Then you go back to the left upper corner hole and straight down to the hole below, then to the right etc. I used wool. We did traditional designs such as Backahasten and even one of Skanska Slott.
Jen, my mom who unfortunately passed away last June at 92, was born in Visby on Gotland but grew up in Stockholm. Her family came from Smaland.
- January 25, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- Melinda said...
Happy birthday! I am looking forward to reading more of your stories this year. I hope you are looking forward to telling them.
- January 25, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- musingegret said...
A Belated Happy Birthday, Ms. Svensto! It was a thrill to open your blog this morning and see today's post and this one. Can't wait to see the pillow and maybe a photo of your new chair! You are such a joy and inspiration to all of us who follow your stories. May your 91st-and- counting year (2011) be chock-full of good health, happiness, new adventures and continued love from all your friends and family. We thank you.
- January 26, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Laura said...
Happy Birthday Svensto! Sorry it is a few days belated. I hope it was quite enjoyable. I am looking forward to seeing a picture of the pillow when you get it back. Thank you also for the story of your daughter and your mother's wedding dress. All of her hard work did pay off! Cheers, and Happy Birthday!
- January 27, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- conny said...
Hope you enjoyed your birthday, Svensto.
Good to hear from you again. My wish for the future would be to be as well as you when I am 91! You're such a role model!
- January 27, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- Della said...
Happy Birthday a few days late!
- January 28, 2011 at 12:16 AM
- Arinn said...
happy belated birthday!! and thank you, always, for the gift of your blogs. i love reading about your life!!
- January 31, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Melissa Weisbard said...
Happy Belated Birthday! I've been out of the blogging world for about a year and I just realized how much I always enjoyed reading your blog. Now I'll have to take time and catch up on a year of your posts!
- February 1, 2011 at 6:26 AM


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"with you, happiness"
Join Date: Jan 2007
IN is so refreshing. I got into a habit playing it if I'm stuck or screwing up really bad in EoSD (Current goal), pretty effective getting the rage ouy of my head. /sips tea
|2010-02-25, 11:00
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Gregory House
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Came back to the Touhou games after a long while, Mountain of Faith had just been released when I stopped playing them, and I was surprised to see two more games now.
My skills have declined so much I can't 1cc Imperishable Night in Normal anymore like I used to. I almost got PCB but I died in the final spellcard of stage 5 with homing Reimu (used to die all the time either at the stage 4 boss or somewhere in stage 5 before the final boss). I started using Marisa since I never used her in PCB and it's a hell lot of fun, even if I die quite consistently at the stage 4 boss.
Gave Subterranean Animism a try last night, holy shit that game is hard. The scoring system didn't impress me at all, might be my least favorite Touhou game yet, depending on how deep it gets once I get more practice and stop dying at stage 1 in Normal. UFO on the other hand was really impressive, possibly the best scoring system since IN, especially since you can pick your strategy and choose between more lives, more bombs or moar points.
Currenly I'm practicing Mountain of Faith since I used to suck horribly at it, I'm finding out that scoring and playing in general gets much easier with Marisa B, so gonna give it a spin for a few days and see what comes out of it.
|2010-02-25, 11:22
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
Touhou game? Let's see.... my experience of Touhou game can be sum up as below:
I suddenly had an urge to play shooting game, so went to youtube , type in "Yukari Touhou" , then watched the 12 minutes of actual game play, then i turned off youtube and give up my hope playing Touhou....
Short dream, isn't it?
Well i knows Yukari is supported to be hard boss, but she's my favourite Youkai, (*sigh*....if only i can see her pairing with my favourite human -Marisa, but no such dj could be found -_-').... Maybe i should go ask the image thread
|2010-02-25, 11:31
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 31
Practice makes perfect. Just believe that if you try, one day you can play like that .
Marisa has always been my character since PCB, cuz she's fun to play, and in some case, harder to play compare to other chars.
|2010-02-25, 12:16
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Gregory House
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Also, if you focus on scoring it can be a hell of a fun ride since Touhou's scoring systems are some of the most creative I've seen in shmups in general.
Also, NEVER CONTINUE, always go for 1cc, don't be afraid to restart the game if you die on the first stage stupidly.
|2010-02-25, 13:21
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Gregory House
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Dunno, it's something I always set for myself because I don't like continuing. Kinda ruins the idea of clearing the game in my mind. If you don't aim for a 1cc I get it but... there's no other way of playing these games IMO.
I now realize this is purely a personal choice and it shouldn't really count for everyone, but meh.
|2010-02-25, 17:28
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Bemused Scholar
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
Speaking of Touhou danmaku games, how many here have played Concealed the Conclusion? It's a fan-made game that tries to mimic an actual Touhou game, drawing most of its influence from IN. I think it has some of the most creative spellcard concepts, and I love the final boss fight. However, I do think some of the mechanics are a bit clunky as well.
The game also boasts the return of the popular spellcard practice option last seen in Imperishable Night, complete with cool new Last Words for everyone. Here are a few of my favorites:
Eirin's Maze-o-Doom:
Yuka shows us how Master Spark is really done:
Suika wants to play "Simon Says":
The Yakumo family together:
Youmu tries her hand at DDR:
Reimu is just plain HAX:
|2010-02-25, 18:36
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I manage to run a no bomb Lunatic UFO for the ... 12/13th time. Byakuren appear to be quite easy now. I play Marisa, it is quicker that way. I also been practicing a non-focus, pacifist, Flandre runs but it appears to be quite hard... Bragging... I don't play ESOD Extra enough....
|2010-02-25, 20:56
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Gregory House
IT Support
Holy shit, I always thought there was something a little off with PCB's controls but today I discovered the vsync patch and fuck damn did that change the whole thing. Grazes that seemed impossible are now a piece of cake, in my first run I did Stage 1-3 perfect with Marisa A, and after practicing I can almost perfect Stage 4 (which I did poorly on my only true run and set me up for a crappy Stage 5--practicing I managed to perfect all the spellcards but some parts of the stage still get me walled easily if I'm not careful).
EDIT: Finally reached Stage 6, now I can practice 5.
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|2010-02-28, 15:14
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Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
So, recently got back to the games, too. I was somewhat turned off after MoF because I never really liked the new system all that much, although the game was still definitely okay. At least I could dig some of the characters, such as Sanae. SA and UFO though really tell me nothing, and the only remarkable thing from these two games are Satori's theme and the fact that ZUN made Sanae playable. For me, of course! So, here's hoping Touhou 13 will change stuff around a bit.
Grabbed my Shoot the Bullet copy and went ahead and after a bit of training I was stunned to see how well I'm doing. Haven't skipped any scene so far and I'm up to 9-6. That makes exactly 66 scenes cleared, which allows me to challenge Level Ex. Funny thing, though, I hit 66 with 9-5 and 9-6 is probably the worst spellcard in this game and I just find myself completely unable to beat it. The waves are too dense and they come too fast for the last shot and I probably won't capture it until I run into a lucky dodge.
Plus, since I got a little tired of losing against Kaguya over and over decided to install Mountain of Faith again, too. 1CC'ing Normal was fairly easy, since I managed to get to Kanako with 6 lifes. She was sort of a tough cookie though, and ended up beating it with only 3 lifes left, hoho.
Then proceeded to the Extra Stage. It was my first time on it and my first impression is that the actual stage itself is probably the easiest one from the series so far. Which sort of balances it, since Suwako seems to be somewhat annoying from her first ~5 spellcards, which were all I managed to see before losing, haha.
Anyway, that's that and hi from a fellow Touhou fan? :V
EDIT: Actually this reminds me, since this strikes me as a nice place to ask, anyone has trouble running MoF/SA/UFO in Window Mode? Somehow I just can't keep framerate stable in these three games. My specs aren't exactly awesome, but I really don't think I should have trouble with Touhou games. Besides, they work perfectly when Fullscreen, it's really only in Window mode that I seem to have framerate issues.
FYI I'm running the games on a Pentium Dual Core E5300 2,6GHz with 4GB RAM and a nVidia GeForce 9300.
|2010-02-28, 16:07
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Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
As far as I can remember it's always been this way. Not sure what might be causing it, all I have open most of the time is my MSN Messenger, mIRC and the game. Oh, and the antivirus (avast!).
I just think it's weird because it only happens from MoF and forth. PCB, IN, StB, PoFV and all the older games run perfectly fine windowed.
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And I wasn't even offended!
I was running with a few of my soldiers in the morning 'PT' session, just before sunrise. Our paths happened to cross and he instinctively said "God bless you" as he passed (or something very similar). I hardly noticed it. I had forgotten about it by the time I received this message.
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:46 PM
To: Griffith, Justin T SGT USARMY (US)
Subject: sorry (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
Hi, SGT Griffith! I just remembered: I am sorry for my greeting the other day during PT. I did not see you until I had spoken, but didn't mean any harm. Chap!
<Name / Rank withheld>
This is my reply:
You just made me smile. Thank you very much. FYI, I get it all the time and don't take offense. SFC [name withheld] is the best Chaplain's Assistant I've ever met, and even a good friend. He is completely unable to stop himself from saying "God Bless (you / that / it / her etc.)" But it's obvious to all that he's using a customary greeting that goes with his territory.
Occasionally when the situation allows, I'll chime in "Thank you for what you mean by that." But usually I'm more interested in whatever the rest of the conversation was (even if it's just salutations).
What I love about your email, though, is that it once again proves my point that Chaplains are already willing and able to support atheists. The vast majority are. Our main problem is with the Chaplaincy as an institution – they are banning all atheist groups on every post. A few weeks ago my local atheist group had a meeting on post anyway (justified through the one-off MWR approved event). 40 of us were shivering out there in the cold, 50 feet away from the (empty) Main Post Chapel. We just want to go inside. We wont burn down the chapels, or eat the neighborhood babies on our way home, you know?
Anyway – I'm going to use your message as a post in the next few days. I always keep these types of things anonymous, so no worries. I love having something positive to write about!
SGT Griffith
We're talking about extremely evangelical Christians behind that thing. One of those chaplains openly attacked me and the atheist festival quite viciously. But look at the exchange that I've had with the chaplain above. I think the situation playing out is already starting to change perceptions. It starts at Fort Bragg on March 31st, and you are all invited.
You can see footage of us shivering in the cold right outside of the empty chapel in this video (starting at 1:35)
(more below the fold)
That footage is a little out of context in the video, but it was a really historic meeting. We finally worked around the crazy ban on meeting on-post. Exactly ZERO churches were burned down. (And it was cold!)
But chaplaincy regulations specifically block us. They ban all groups from meeting anywhere on post that have not yet 'been approved'. The phrase "dragging their feet" would be quite the understatement. I'll be breaking the silence on the reason why my packet was denied next week. Mine was the first ever submitted, but many others have now followed suit. None have succeeded, though not all have been denied yet.


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For example, the shift drives an increase in inter-metro bandwidth requirements, fueling the need for 10 GbE and 100 GbE services. This is exacerbated by the increasing need for on-demand connectivity that comes along with the on-demand cloud consumption model. The relocation of data centers into a regional network footprint also means that connectivity must cross the originating metro network, through a regional network, and back through a terminating metro network to reach the secondary data center.
All of those network handoffs and increased provisioning create huge inefficiencies and a complicated management process. Data center providers should take a number of steps to position themselves, and their networks, to reap the benefits of the remote trend.
Step 1: Take the best of the data center
Data center networks are primarily packet-based, and because they have been based on Ethernet for decades, the industry has developed design practices yielding very dense 10 GbE products. Smaller products allow data center managers to maximize bandwidth using the least amount of power in a very compact footprint. And trends toward software-defined networking (SDN) and associated applications allow for very agile packet-based networks.
Data center networks, however, are designed under the assumption that equipment is collocated within the same building, or at least nearby. Troubleshooting the network is less complicated than in a geographically dispersed network, because all of the equipment and cabling is within easy reach. Once packet-based traffic is sent outside the building, it becomes part of a metro network, running over optical fiber on telephone poles, under the streets, and buried in underground channels. When something goes wrong with a metro network, troubleshooting becomes far more complex, requiring additional management tools.
Step 2: Leverage the best of the metro network
Metro networks use high-capacity coherent optics and photonics that allow traffic to be transferred across the network at great speed. They also embody design philosophies that allow for very high resilience to ensure connectivity is always available, as expected by end-users.
This availability requires a rich set of optical and packet operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) tools that allow operators to proactively and reactively troubleshoot their network. This way, when an inevitable failure such as a fiber cut occurs, it can be isolated and repaired quickly, keeping the network operational and maintaining set service level agreements (SLAs).
Step 3: Adopt a converged approach
A converged approach means combining the optical and packet layers into a single network platform and locating IP routers only where needed, such as within the data center. The converged approach is more cost-effective for aggregating and switching lower-speed traffic in the metro network, and far simpler.
We can achieve massive scale with this approach, while maintaining the benefits of Ethernet -- from both a simplicity and cost perspective. Ethernet is ubiquitous because it is relatively inexpensive compared to legacy protocols, and relatively inexpensive because it is ubiquitous (forming a virtuous circle).
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Early generations of enterprise data centers (2000s) were built in downtown metropolitan areas to be close to corporate offices when real estate and power costs were manageable, but this model no longer makes sense. By adopting a converged approach, service providers can cost-effectively support the expected traffic growth of multiple 10 GbE and 100 GbE services across geographical boundaries. This approach also optimizes service delivery across a user-to-content domain, differentiating service providers' offerings, and can grow revenue by offering emerging on-demand connectivity services to connect enterprises to the cloud.
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Covenant Presbyterian Church is a dynamic Christian community that gladly invites all people into a transformational experience of faith; boldly proclaims the gospel, bravely works toward a whole and just world, and passionately nurtures discipleship.
Covenant Presbyterian began with communities coming together.
More than 60 years ago, two of Charlotte's most prominent churches found themselves with a similar problem - they had outgrown their facilities. Second Presbyterian Church had formed in 1873 on North Tryon Street. Westminster Presbyterian Church was founded in 1897 as Dilworth's first church.
On June 22, 1947, the congregations decided to unite and build one church on Morehead Street, where Westminster had been looking for resources to build a new sanctuary. Four years later, the two congregations formed one – 3,000 members worshipping in Covenant Presbyterian's new Education and Fellowship Hall buildings. On December 20, 1953, senior minister Warner Hall welcomed members to their beautiful English Gothic sanctuary, with magnificent stained glass windows and a steeple that soon would become a Charlotte landmark.
That steeple and more importantly, these people, now welcome neighbors from across our city and surrounding counties, but we maintain a neighborhood intimacy and vibrant spirit the way we always have, inviting all people into our community of faith. For more about the Presbyterian Church (USA), visit http://www.pcusa.org.


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Was an Accused Knife-Wielding Robber Sleep(walk)ing On the Job?
A Connecticut man arrested for attempting to rob a woman at knifepoint a while back has come up with an interesting defense — he says he was sleepwalking at the time. We've heard of sleep-eating before, but sleep-robbing? That's a new one.
According to reports, 27-year-old Winston Riley flashed a knife and attempted to steal an 81-year-old woman's purse in a parking garage elevator at the Mohegan Sun casino. The woman resisted and Riley fled the scene.
However, Riley told his lawyer, Nicholas D'Amato, that he was sleepwalking at the time and was startled awake during the altercation. He ran, he said, because he was confused and frightened.
D'Amato is now preparing a medical defense for Riley, who has reportedly been sleepwalking ever since he was a child. "It is the first time we've encountered this," he said. "This is a legitimate medical condition."
What's more, D'Amato said his client had no motive for the robbery. "Here's a guy who's 27-years-old, no criminal record, married," he said. "Do you honestly think he woke up one morning, drove across the state and decided to rob a woman in a place full of security cameras? It doesn't make sense if you think about it rationally."
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As the gas shortage on the East Coast has lingered on in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, recovery is not only at a slow pace, but tensions have been raised among many frustrated motorists for a number of reasons.
In the aftermath of the Hurricane, gas stations and their customers fell victim, as well as the lives lost in New York, the hundreds of homes shattered and the millions of houses and workplaces without power.
Frustrations were alive around Woodlawn - between McLean Avenue and Katonah Avenue - since Thursday, as people queued for hours in their vehicles as well as on foot in hopes of filling their tanks and containers with fuel.
Katonah Avenue in the Bronx became a talking point of many locals on Thursday when reality hit that fuel was in fact very limited following harbors being shut along with the struggle for wholesale gasoline suppliers to transport the gas.
Many gas stations in the area still do not have electricity as IrishCentral Community News goes to print on Sunday evening. The large BP on 233rd and Van Cortland has remained in darkness, along with surrounding houses, stores and bars since Sandy hit.
This has exacerbated the situation, forcing regular customers to burn more fuel traveling to other stations in the area, burning more fuel on the way and adding to longer lines.
The Hess gas station on Katonah Avenue on 233rd was bombarded with customers all through the day and night on Thursday.
Tempers fueled among drivers who waited in line for hours to purchase fuel- sometimes only being allowed half a tank, and sometimes not getting fuel at all.
One local Irish girl sat in line on Thursday only to witness one man try to jump the line in his truck, and then had another man get out of his car to roar abuse. "I'll kill your mother!" is what the man said to the guy who tried jumping the line," said the young woman.
Lines continued constantly all day Thursday, right into the night, stretching all the way down Katonah, around Van Cortland, meeting back at 233rd street, where yet more tempers flared.
Residents on Katonah Avenue got a full view of one gypsy cab pass out another string of cars right outside St.Barnabas school on Thursday night.
"A couple of guys got out of a car and went toward the cab with a bat. They smashed the back window of the cab before reaching in and punching the cab driver and then they pulled him out. The cops came along and the cab driver got back into the car while the gang of men threw the bat under the car and returned to the line. The cops, again, took the cab driver out of the vehicle and proceeded to turn the car around to face the other direction to send him to the back of the line," said an eyewitness who asked not to be named because he is undocumented.
Lines were still as long in the late hours of Thursday night early hours of Friday morning. Many cars had their engines turned off to conserve gas, while some vehicles could be seen rolling along after running out of all gas.
On Friday morning at 11.45am, cops made the announcement on Katonah Avenue that was no more gas.
The line ceased from what was a mile long line to a couple of dozen cars who remained in line in hopes of another delivery coming soon.
Other customers were forced to go elsewhere, but their options were slim as no other gas stations in the area had gas or power.
Following the announcement, the avenue became alive with more frustrated people. People stood outside in their pyjamas talking and bickering.
Angelico's Bakery on Katonah was full, all morning and all day, with customers anticipating fuel stopping in for coffee and a pastry. Workers said that it had just been mayhem all week. The bakery even ran out of bagels and some baked goods- the shelves were cleared.
The deli next door also said that they had not stopped all week. The store usually closes between 11pm and 1am, but they were forced to stay open to accommodate motorists throughout the night.
After just over an hour, the savior truck arrived to the Hess station on Katonah, much to the delight of customers in car and on foot who decided to wait on line.
Within no time, the line was backed up all the way around to Van Cortland.
Cops from the 47th Precinct monitored the area on Friday afternoon- directing traffic, and cars to the pumps.
A police officer from the 47th Precinct described customers as being ''agitated and frustrated." "I don't blame them, it shouldn't be this way because the harbors are closed. People need to get to work, people have stuff to do, they need gas. People have been waiting hours, and there has been some scuffles between drivers."
"There is no limit to the amount of gasoline but the price has increased due to demand."
Allison Traynor, a local resident waited in line for over an hour, only to see the pumps run dry when she got there. "It ran out as I got to the pumps, so I left."
After leaving the station, more gas arrived so she decided to return, this time to fill up cans.
"I ended up leaving again, I spoke to a man who had been waiting two hours and twenty five minutes so I decided I'd do without!"
On Friday evening the news came that the Sunoco gas station on McLean Avenue would be getting a fuel delivery, so the line began at the Sunoco stretching down Katonah Avenue in the opposite direction of the line for the Hess gas station.
People were taking to Facebook to let others know which stations were up and running with gas and how long the queues were.
At time of print on Sunday night most of the local stations in the Irish area were back in business and the queues were down to about an hour.


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Stanford Scholar on The War on Terror Next Tuesday• March 26, 2008 Share:
Professor Martha Crenshaw, senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University's Spogli Institute, will speak on "The War on Terror: Are We Winning?" at 11:15 a.m., Tuesday April 1, in Lovell Lecture Room (Baxter 101). The talk is open to the public.
Martha Crenshaw is a senior fellow at CISAC and FSI and a professor of political science. She was the Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor of Global Issues and Democratic Thought and professor of government at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., from 1974 to 2007. Her current research focuses on innovation in terrorist campaigns, the distinction between "old" and "new" terrorism, how terrorism ends, and why the United States is the target of terrorism.
She has written extensively on the issue of political terrorism; her first article, "The Concept of Revolutionary Terrorism," was published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution in 1972. Her recent work includes "Terrorism, Strategies, and Grand Strategies," in Attacking Terrorism (Georgetown University Press), "Terrorism and Global Security," in Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World (United States Institute of Peace Press), and "Explaining Suicide Terrorism: A Review Essay," in the journal Security Studies. She is also the editor of a projected volume, The Consequences of Counterterrorist Policies in Democracies, for the Russell Sage Foundation in New York.
She serves on the Executive Board of Women in International Security and chairs the American Political Science Association (APSA) Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism. She has served on the Council of the APSA and is a former President and Councilor of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). In 2004 ISPP awarded her its Nevitt Sanford Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution and in 2005 the Jeanne Knutson award for service to the society.
She serves on the editorial boards of the journals International Security, Orbis, Political Psychology, Security Studies, and Terrorism and Political Violence. She coordinated the working group on political explanations of terrorism for the 2005 Club de Madrid International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security. She is a lead investigator with the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism (NC-START) at the University of Maryland, funded by the Department of Homeland Security. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2005-2006. She serves on the Committee on Law and Justice and the Committee on Determining Basic Research Needs to Interrupt the Improvised Explosive Device Delivery Chain of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science. She was a senior fellow at the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City for 2006-2007.


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They always say that
"One never knows what they have got until it is gone."
This is not and has not usually been the case for me. Nope. Instead, i can see that things are really good right now and they are changing and the changes are not ideal. I realize when i am living in one of the apex'es of my life… On the verge of a new, darker dawn. A time where things are now as intelligent and as open as they may ever be. I can see a new dawn before me, yet i am still standing in yesterday or what is today.
It is a strange feeling to be living in what feels more like a memory than the now. Usually when i think of the right now… it feels exciting and innovative and current. But sometimes it feels like the now is the yesterday or yesteryear. The golden era that once was… the good ol' days. And it feels like right now is actually part of the past because I know what the future is looking like.
Usually when i have this kinda like reverse deja vous, it makes me very melancholy and i just wish i could push that button on that stopwatch so I can just stop time before things move into this new outline i see before me. Like a line drawing that is about to be colored in. That is what the future feels like. You know what it is going to be (in its simplest form) and you know what these changes are going to do to the reality that you have grown your life around and into. You know that big things are about to change. Drastically.
The familiar markers that you thought were a part of the landscape that was a permanent fixture of the main picture. You thought that certain infrastructures as a part of the fabric that you have come to count on would be part of that picture forever. That, without that part of the landscape infrastructure, it would or could never survive. That it has relied on these components for so long that you assume that it is and will be like that forever.
I think that this is an optimistic and naive perspective and not surprising from someone who's generation has never seen the face of a drafted war or famine.
I am sure that all of those jewish people who were just living their lives in Germany, going about their business like they had been doing for generations were caught off guard when all of a sudden their friends and colleges were being harassed and eventually moved into ghettos. They never thought that that would be their reality or that they would not be doing what ancestors had been doing for generations. No, Their reality and future was MUCH much different. They would be fighting for their lives with many of them losing that fight, and the ones that managed to survive, their towns, and their families and communities did not.
My point is this… What if those German Jewish people were able to see what was in store for them before it was actually become a reality? It would make one despondent yet so desperate to try and capture the reality before the darkness. To remember it and keep it with you for always.
But that makes one not really interact within their lives. Because it feels more like interacting with a scene on a set. You cant really dig roots or make any plans for one's future when that future is so different and unknown. What do you do?
I think this has been how it has been for me for a good portion of my life. At least my adult life. I think that this is EXACTLY why i have never gotten married or had any children and i think it is a huge contributing component to why i have suffered depression so severely over the past 20 years. It can be a never ending downwards free fall of despondence. Along with that guilt and a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia.
I guess i am saying that it is a very weird feeling to be having a lifetime apex moment and at the same time being so totally aware that things will never be better than this very moment and you can not hold onto it. It is elusively slipping away as the seconds tick by. It kinda feels a little bit out of body experience.


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Wildscreen recently worked with world-renowned street artist Louis Masai to create two beautiful murals in our hometown of Bristol, UK to mark the beginning of the Wildscreen Festival and raise awareness of two little-known endangered species. This painting event was part of Wildscreen's Witness the Wild programme, a series of free-to-attend events from 21/09 – 28/10 in Bristol, celebrating wildlife art, photography and film.
Louis' work mainly focusses on endangered species and he has painted everything from lovebirds to rhinos all over the world. As well as painting beautiful, realistic murals of animals, Louis has a trademark patchwork style which is the current focus of most of his work. Louis has a deep passion for the natural world that he expresses through his amazing artworks.
The first mural was painted on Stapleton Road in Easton, Bristol. As all of us in the Wildscreen office are extremely fond of pangolins, they seemed like the perfect choice for the first mural.
The main threat to pangolins is the illegal wildlife trade. Their scales are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, based on the false assumption that they are a cure for numerous diseases and ailments, despite the fact that they are made out of keratin, the same material as human nails and hair, and rhino horn. Pangolins are also eaten as a delicacy in Vietnam and China, and their habitat is quickly declining due to unsustainable logging, mining and human development.
It turned out that the timing of this pangolin mural was impeccable as just a few days later, there was good news for pangolins everywhere as every species was upgraded to CITES Appendix I, effectively banning all international trade. This new legal framework should help to protect wild pangolin populations, but you can help further by sharing your pangolin knowledge and telling people what they are. Unfortunately, not very many people know about pangolins so read up on them on our new pangolin topic page and watch our pangolin film, made in conjunction with Save Vietnam's Wildlife, and tell the world what you know!
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Our second mural was painted on Mina Road in St Werburghs, Bristol. This mural featured a green turtle. Sea turtles are one of the most ancient animals in the world and are believed to have existed on our planet for over 100 million years.
Sea turtles are extremely unfortunate in that they are threatened by pretty much everything. Climate change is one of the main threats to sea turtles – the increased carbon dioxide level in the Earth's atmosphere is causing ocean acidification which is altering the sea's ecosystems and food web and, as with most reptiles, increased incubation temperatures lead to more females being born, which is skewing the sex ratio and leading to less successful mating. Plastic pollution is a major threat to sea turtles as they frequently mistake plastic litter for food which can cause major health issues, and they are also negatively affected by chemical pollution and oil spills. Sea turtles are often hit by boat traffic when they surface to breathe, and their coastal nesting habitats are threatened by development. Sea turtles are unsustainably hunted in many parts of the world and their eggs are taken from their nests.
Read up on ocean acidification and marine plastics on our topic pages to see what you can do to help sea turtles and other marine species.
If you live in Bristol please go and visit the murals and share your pictures using #wildscreenfest.
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Check out Louis' website to see more of his amazing work.
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