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I once tried to make a wobbuffet figure out of that Model Magic stuff. It turned out… poorly. Very poorly. XD I named the poor, misshapen wobbuffet-figure Quasimodo, and later shortened and altered it into Kwazai, giving it that long-"I" pronunciation at the end simply because I liked the way it sounded. For whatever reason, probably just out of liking the name, it eventually found its way onto my wobbuffet evos when they were created, and it stuck there. XD
Now, I will be merciful and warn you all that the following installment is particularly dark… As a matter of fact, it's specifically chapters like this one that led me to give this story a PG-13 rating.
Chapter 10 – Embracing the Predator
"Can't you do this any faster?" Syr urged.
"Do you want this done in a hurry, or do you want it done right?" Madeline asked crossly.
"Just keep your skin on, purple man!" the mr. mime snapped.
Teresa, Syr, and Jen had fetched Madeline, and after briefing her on what had transpired regarding Esaax, they'd gone with her to access the Haven's pokémon database. In addition to being the first hospital designed to admit treat both humans and pokémon, the Haven had also been a very active center of pokémon research. Here, an immense volume and spectrum of pokémon-related data from all over the world was compiled.
Therefore it was quite odd, not to mention very frustrating for Madeline and those who were gathered there with her, when minute after minute of the mr. mime's work (which, Syr's impatience aside, was truthfully very speedy) continued to yield nothing on the subject of wobbuffet evolution.
"It must be super-obscure or else we'd have it already," Madeline said.
"Keep looking," Teresa directed her.
Madeline did not pause, her fingers continuing to fly over the keys. Meanwhile, she shivered and said, "Brrr. Is it just me, or did it just get really cold in here all of a sudden?"
"Yes, it is colder in here…" Teresa was well-insulated against the elements, but she'd noticed the chill, too. She cast a questioning glance at Jen. The snorunt caught her eye and suddenly looked as though he'd been caught robbing the cookie jar. Uttering a small, embarrassed noise, Jen made a hasty exit.
"He didn't have to leave…" said Madeline, who was too busy to sound as sorry for Jen as she felt. She continued her search, her brow knitted in hard focus. Finally, "Argh."
"'Argh'?" Syr echoed in puzzlement.
"Yes, argh. That's everything," Madeline said. "Nothing in here at all about wobbuffet being able to evolve. It can't even conceive of such a thing."
"Then he must have become an entirely new form of pokémon," said Syr.
"I don't think so," Teresa said. "We'd thought that wobbuffet were unable to evolve, but this proves that they actually are. They've probably always been able to—it just seems too unlikely that this is the first time that this has happened. There's got to be a precedent."
"Well, if there is, it should be in here, but it's not," said Madeline. "We've got just about the most complete recorded history of pokémon you could ask for here. That includes some very obscure and unusual information, some of which is thousands of years old. So I seriously doubt that the absence of any information about wobbuffet evolving is just an oversight."
Obscure and unusual information…
Thousands of years old…
"Karo," Syr all but whispered, wondering why he hadn't thought of this sooner. The arbok made for the door, rushing past the other two pokémon in the room.
"What are you doing?" Teresa asked, startled by Syr's sudden action.
"Plan B," Syr said. "Stay; I'll be right back." With no further explanation, he left the Haven and set off down the street.
* * *
After traveling a short distance southward, Syr came to a three-story house in the part of town where the more expensive homes stood. This was the residence of Ekunasic Karo.
Karo was a nosepass, aged 6,731 years, which among his kind was still quite young. He had once belonged to the gym leader Ren Bridges of the Apex League: the gyms open only to elite trainers. Following the Extinction, Karo was no longer bound by his rather demanding gym duties and left with little to do aside from the maintenance of his trainer's house. He was thereby given the time to acquire quite a few new friends, whom he would occasionally invite over to admire his eccentric trainer's collection of the rare, the unique, and the obscure.
Syr was included among those few. However, he had not spoken to or even seen Karo in over a year. He'd somewhat recently asked one of Karo's other friends what the nosepass might be up to, and the answer given was that Karo had decided to go to sleep.
Therein lay the potential problem with Syr's idea: nosepass could sleep indefinitely and were profoundly difficult to wake. If Karo was still sleeping…
Syr knew that he'd just have to find out whether or not that was the case and deal with the situation as it unfolded. He made his slithering approach up the walkway. Right away, he found something amiss: the door was unlocked and ajar. He knew that Karo would have had someone coming over periodically to take care of things while he slept, but he doubted that any of Karo's housesitters would have so carelessly left the door open.
Cautiously, Syr slipped through the door, not knowing for certain what he would find. He nudged the lightswitch that was just inside with his nose. In spite of the suspicious front that the situation had already presented, Syr was nonetheless shocked by what he saw.
A number of hanging lights illuminated a scene of chaos. Trinkets and artifacts were scattered and broken all about. Furniture was upended, disarrayed, and ruined. On top of that, the walls, floor, ceiling, and every other surface in sight was covered in three different colors of what was unmistakably smeargle graffiti—as was the nosepass in the middle of the room, who was just obliviously sitting there like the big rock that he was.
Syr slithered over to Karo. The nosepass had obviously not been up and around during the invasion of his home. Even now, he remained more still and inanimate than seemed possible, even for a rock-type. It made Syr wonder if Karo wasn't more than just very deeply asleep.
Concerned, Syr pressed his head against the stone surface of Karo's body. He was able to hear something going on in there, working out an undeniable rhythm, albeit a very slow one.
Having confirmed that the nosepass was still alive, Syr now faced the daunting task of waking him. He tried shouting at Karo. He tried pushing and prodding at him. He even poked Karo in the eye, but still the nosepass kept snoozing on.
Syr was quickly losing patience and getting desperate. He was on the verge of finding out whether or not Karo would respond to having something shoved up his huge, honking nose. Then he spotted something potentially useful in the corner.
It was a fairly large mace, which had caught Syr's eye when light had glinted off of its surface. It was the only metal object in the entire room, though clearly not of a kind of metal that would be attracted by Karo's magnetism; otherwise, the "up-the-nose" question would likely have answered itself.
Syr went over and lifted the mace with his tail. The weapon was good and heavy. This ought to do it, he thought. He returned to Karo, swung the mace high, and struck the side of the nosepass's face.
Nothing happened.
Syr tried striking Karo a bit harder, this time hitting him just below his massive nose, but still Karo would not awaken.
Fairly frustrated now, Syr gathered all his strength and then some, raising the mace as high overhead as he could. With a loud yell, Syr brought the mace crashing down one last time, dead center into Karo's forehead.
There was a small explosion of gray dust. When it cleared, Syr saw that he had opened a long, shallow fissure in Karo's head, splitting it like a melon.
Syr stared horrorstruck at the damage for a moment, afraid that he might have just killed Karo, but then a groan issued from the nosepass. Karo rocked back and forth briefly on his short legs, then tilted backward and held that position, seeming to gaze up unsteadily at Syr.
Then, without warning, the nosepass lunged forward. Syr flung himself out of the way just as Karo's pointed nose punched a large hole in the floor right where the arbok had been seconds before.
Syr kept himself at a distance as Karo righted himself once more. "Karo, it's me!" Syr shouted, but it was of no use. The nosepass was still fast asleep, with his cognitive faculties compromised further by the blow that he'd suffered to his head.
Concerned that Karo might charge at him again, Syr tried to move out of the way. Much to his alarm, however, he found himself completely immobilized as if he were caught in an invisible vice. When did he use block on me? Syr wondered, bewildered. He could do nothing but stare as Karo followed up with lock-on, his huge nose glowing as it brought itself to bear on the arbok.
Syr knew what was coming next, and he was not looking forward to it at all. He knew that he had to get Karo back to his senses… but if cracking the nosepass's head open could not awaken him completely, then what could? At any rate, Syr was not keen on being on the receiving end of an electric blast if he could help it at all. He prepared to use acid, but found to his shock that he couldn't even get his jaws open. Damn, that's a good block! Syr remarked silently as he was forced to swallow his own acid attack, leaving a sickening, burning sensation in his stomach.
An ominous hum resonated through the room, and the air tingled with electricity. Karo was about to unleash a zap cannon. Knowing that he could not escape, Syr shut his eyes in dread and braced himself…
When stars stopped exploding in Syr's brain, he found that he was lying on his side; the block that had held been holding him in position had apparently been diverted to something else, though to what or why, Syr couldn't imagine. Filling almost his entire view was one of Karo's big, stumpy feet.
Syr tried to bolt away, but the zap cannon attack had rendered him almost thoroughly paralyzed, his body now devoid of sensation and largely unresponsive. He was utterly helpless if Karo opted to crush his skull with that stone foot in his not-quite-conscious rampage.
Instead of attacking again, however, Karo spoke to him. He seemed to be much more awake now, but he still sounded rather dazed. "Hey, Syr. Man, I don't know what's been going on… was I sleepwalking?"
"No, you were sleep-zapping," Syr said crossly, struggling slightly to speak due to his numbed mouth.
"What?" Karo was apparently still coming to some of his senses and not having a particularly easy time doing so. "Aw… dude, I am so sorry… did I really?"
"Yes, you did."
"I am so sorry," Karo said again. He slowly became aware of his surroundings. "Aw, no, I didn't do all of this, did I?"
"No, it was some smeargle. They came in and trashed the place, marked all over everything. Including you."
"When?" Karo demanded.
"I have no clue," Syr responded.
"Hmmph. Yeah, it was smeargle, all right. Look at this mess…" The nosepass meandered around the house, surveying the vandalism and groaning ever louder as he stumbled upon more and more damage. At some point, he apparently came across his own reflection somewhere; "Aw, crap, they did mark me!" he shouted. "How'd they put this crack in my head, though?"
"They didn't. I did, and I was just trying to wake you up. Does it hurt?" Syr asked in concern.
"No, not really," Karo replied. He came back into the room where Syr still lay immobilized. The hole that he'd made in the floor caught and held his attention. "Who did this?"
"That would be you and your massive nose."
"Huh." Karo actually sounded as if he were impressed with himself at this news.
Syr was not impressed. Rather, he was quite annoyed. "Haven't you noticed that I am paralyzed here?"
"Whoa… Yeah, you are, aren't you? But that's okay, cause Ren always keeps a good supply of dried cheri berries around—"
"Gee, I wonder why?" Syr muttered.
"That's assuming those idiot mammals didn't get into them," Karo finished, ignoring Syr's comment. "I'll go get… oh. I forgot—they're in the kitchen," he groaned. "I can't go in there…"
"And why can't you go in there, exactly?" Syr demanded.
It took a moment for Syr to make sense of that. The arbok then noticed that Karo was heading for the front door. "Wait, where are you going?"
"I'm gonna get help from across the street," Karo answered as he opened the door and began to step out. "Don't move." He stopped in his tracks as he realized that he'd just said that to someone who was presently almost completely paralyzed. Then he burst out into his loud, honking brand of laughter, which was still audible long after he'd shut the door and left.
Syr just lay there on the floor, seething with annoyance and worry at how much time this misadventure was costing him.
* * *
Teresa leaned against the office door, the tip of her tail flicking about restlessly. Whatever Syr had gone to do, she hadn't expected him to take this long about it. It was beginning to look as though Syr's search for answers would prove as fruitless as Madeline's had.
"Might as well look in on Esaax again," the chansey said wearily. "I imagine he's still asleep in there, though…"
Madeline turned in her seat to face Teresa. "Do you think maybe I could…?" She was fluttering her fingers and wearing a self-betraying smile.
Teresa looked her in the eyes, wearing an amused expression. Before she could say anything in response, however, the door was flung open. Teresa was catapulted onto the floor, where she rolled for a short distance before she was able to pick herself back up again.
Regarding the sticky remnants of the now shattered egg in her belly pouch with severe annoyance, the chansey readied an angry glare for whomever was making their entrance. As it turned out, it was Jen who stepped into the room. Before Teresa could chew him out, though, words came tumbling out of his mouth at maximum volume, completely unintelligible.
"Say that again. And breathe this time," Teresa said, seizing the snorunt by his shoulders.
"There's-someone-at-the-front-door-and-I-don't-know-who-or-what-she-is-but-she's-here-to-see-Esaax-and-she's-really-freaked-out-and—" Jen very nearly passed out right then and there.
"I thought I told you to breathe," Teresa said. "Thank you for letting me know about that, Jen. Now please go sit down and relax somewhere before your heart explodes."
Teresa went over to the desk upon which she'd set down the microphone unit for Esaax's cell, retrieved the device, and handed it to Madeline. "If he's up, you can tell him he has another visitor. But if he's not, don't wake him."
The chansey left the room, with Jen tottering woozily behind. Madeline watched them go, then set out herself in a bit of a rush.
Esaax had been placed in a part of the Haven that was rarely used, usually deserted, and far removed from the greater population of the hospital. This meant a bit of a walk for Madeline, but it was more than worth it as far as she was concerned.
Eventually, she found herself standing before Esaax's cell. She hit the switch on the microphone unit controlling the window, and once the window had opened, she peered through it eagerly. The dim light fed into the room at all times revealed that Esaax was still sleeping, his slender, spidery body curled up on the floor.
Madeline marveled at the sight before her, impressed with Esaax's new form beyond even her own expectations. If only he were awake, she wished silently, then I could see him in action…
The mr. mime began to turn away, sighing in disappointment. Then she thought she saw something moving out of the corner of her eye. Turning back, she saw something long, black, and bearing a ring of eyes appear in the window, searching about like a periscope. Rising up from the floor after it came Esaax's new, saurian face.
Madeline switched on the microphone and speaker in a hurry. "Aww, did you wake up just for me?" she asked.
"No," Esaax croaked. Madeline wilted in mock embarrassment. "I wasn't asleep," the kwazai added.
"You weren't?"
"I was faking it the whole time."
"Faking it, huh?" Madeline echoed skeptically. "What about the sleep powder Teresa blasted in there?"
Esaax smirked. A lime-green aura briefly shimmered around him.
Safeguard… Madeline just stared at him, her mouth hanging slightly open. She wondered how he had managed to activate that defensive aura without Teresa noticing it.
She continued to watch Esaax through the window, and he gazed right back at her almost… longingly… Madeline felt her mouth go dry. Could it be… does he really…? she wondered.
"You… you really do understand the way I feel about you, don't you?" she asked, her pulse quickening.
Esaax merely blinked at her, pressing his vaguely smiling muzzle against the glass.
Whether that was a "yes", a "no", or anything in between was utterly irrelevant to Madeline; she had already made up her mind. She threw a glance over her shoulder at the security camera that looked down upon them. It, like all the rest of the Haven's cameras, had gone out of order a couple of days prior and had still not been repaired, but she still had an odd, fleeting notion that she should perhaps disable it telekinetically.
She decided against tampering with the camera, however, and instead turned her attention back toward another device. She uncapped a tiny green button on the microphone unit and allowed her finger to hover very briefly over it before pushing it. There was a faint tone. Then, smoothly and almost silently, the door to Esaax's cell slid open.
The gangly shape within stirred, framed in soft light and looking ghostly. Esaax lurched forward and emerged from his cell, bowing his already low-slung head even further as he passed through the doorway. Now that he was no longer contained, he seemed much larger than he had appeared to be while within his cell, and she detected another difference in him, though it took her a moment to make sense of it. But soon enough, He's part dark-type now, she recognized.
Esaax moved toward Madeline with slow, graceful steps. He loomed over her, twice her height. He drew an incredibly long, deep breath, his broad chest swelling immensely. A long, red tongue flitted quickly across his lips.
Madeline looked up at Esaax with an expression of awe, struggling to breathe more calmly and to stop trembling so much. Bringing a smile to her face that seemed unusually hesitant to form, she reached for one of his massive hands.
The spidery, blue fingers closed over Madeline's own with an iron grip. It was all she could do not to yelp in pain.
Esaax moved even closer and lowered his head, his face just inches from Madeline's. His lips drew back, baring his jagged teeth. He began caressing her face with his muzzle, drawing short, panting breaths, taking in her scent.
Madeline felt a wave of revulsion wash over her. This was not the experience with Esaax about which she'd fantasized so many times—he was starting to legitimately scare her.
Nonetheless, she forced herself to look at him directly, trying as hard as she could to not appear as unsettled as she felt. She thought, or at least hoped, that perhaps if she could continue to treat him with affection, he would snap out of this disturbing phase and treat her more pleasantly.
She sent her other hand up to touch the kwazai's face, caressing it with fingers that shook in spite of her efforts to prevent such. His skin was rubbery and quite smooth. She found it pleasant to the touch, and she tried to focus on how nice it felt rather than on the fear that was steadily overtaking her. It began to work, too. But then Esaax's head suddenly moved with surprising speed, the jaws snapping harshly. His serrated teeth sank deeply into the meager flesh of her arm.
Madeline screamed in pain. All the love that she'd had for Esaax was gone from her mind now, replaced by pure, primal terror. Knowing that she currently had access to no attacks that could do him any harm and aware that she would likely just get them thrown right back at her at twice the power if she did have any, she tried desperately to free herself from him, but to no avail. Her escape was foiled soundly, not only by Esaax's sheer physical strength but also by the dark gray aura that flared into being around both pokémon at her attempt to escape, signaling that Esaax had retained his shadow tag ability.
Esaax worried Madeline's arm in his jaws with shredding teeth and sharp, jerking movements of his neck until the appendage was torn away at the elbow, gruesomely freeing one side of her, drawing more cries of agony. His left hand clutched her right hand even more tightly, and there were several sickening cracks as the bones in his grip yielded to the pressure. His other hand shot forward and slammed into her chest, pinning her to the wall.
Now struggling to breathe, Madeline stared through eyes blurred with tears at the empty space where half of her arm had once been. Then, fearfully, she looked up at Esaax once more. His head was already raised for another strike. Her blood dripped slowly and thickly from his jaws, and she glimpsed a couple of her own fingers protruding from between his teeth before they, along with the rest of her severed limb, disappeared into his mouth and down his very long throat.
It was in that moment that Esaax became aware of something new. He had discovered the presence of a power within him into which he had not yet tapped. He summoned it forth, and it rose up through his spine, radiated out through one arm, and gathered in his hand.
Esaax went ahead and released Madeline, letting her slump to the floor in her wavering consciousness, knowing that she couldn't escape anyway. He gazed at his hand with curiosity. Energy in a shade of black that he'd never seen before danced in a slow vortex around it with a glow that was intensifying by the second.
He drew that arm back as if he were working an invisible bow, fully focusing all of his senses on the bleeding, shaking mr. mime before him. His concentration became heightened to its maximum acuteness. At this range, it was virtually unnecessary to take aim, but he nonetheless sought out the most lethal trajectory for his new weapon.
His arm thrust forward. With a loud, hollow sound, a glowing black beam of incredible intensity exploded from his hand, blasting Madeline point-blank.
At the exact moment that the beam struck Madeline, a sudden pain hit Esaax like a wrecking ball, taking his breath away. Red light exploded in his vision. His nerves seared for what felt like innumerable seconds, and his head felt as though it were blowing itself apart.
In his suffering, Esaax lashed out involuntarily, his teeth meeting flesh and drawing a fresh torrent of blood. Then he staggered and fell to the floor. When he rose once more, his mind surfaced from the altered state that it had been in for nearly the entire duration of the time since he'd evolved.
His vision returned in the next moment. He saw blood before him, and followed its trail to the torn-out throat of a mr. mime—a corpse. Something—someone—who, mere moments ago, had been alive—until he had killed her.
Esaax recoiled with a scream, suddenly frantic to be as far away from the scene as possible. His stomach violently expelled its contents. His renewed clarity wouldn't let him delude himself into believing that this was a nightmare or a hallucination. The scene before his eyes unflinchingly spoke the truth: he had murdered this pokémon. He had tasted her blood. He had eaten her flesh…
A howl of anguish and horror tore its way out through his throat. With fear, confusion, and disgust like none that he had ever known, all directed straight toward himself, Esaax brought his newfound technique to bear on the wall, letting it linger there until a large area of the wall had turned black and disintegrated, and then fled into the night.
A little story regarding Karo's name: One day, at my cousin's house, I allowed her to read this chapter while this story was still a work-in-progress. After she'd read it, she led me into the kitchen. I had no idea what she was doing. Then, she pulled something out of a paper grocery bag that was sitting on the counter and showed it to me, making sure I got a good, long look at it. That something was a bottle of corn syrup. Its label read… "Karo". And my cousin has not let me live that coincidence down ever since.
In my defense, his name is not pronounced the same way as the name of the corn syrup. (It's car-o, not care-o.) But… yeah, even I don't think that really helps things much. XD Alas…
Shortly after the corn syrup incident, my cousin also informed me that Esaax might as well be "Ex-Lax". Alas again… XD
Next chapter: Karo has something that he thinks Syr should like to see. (Get your mind out of the gutter! XD) See you then!


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I posted this due to some of the comments posted in the Adele rants thread.
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Beijing China: One notoriously bad jam in August of 2010 stretched more than 100 km and lasted for weeks, leading to the development of a whole mini-economy with vendors selling goods to stranded drivers at astronomical prices.
That's why I like Regina Saskatchewan - the two times I've been there, summer and winter, it seemed their rush hour lasted about 10 minutes.
I am convinced Baton Rouge, LA is ranked #16
"Michelle would never be caught with sausage grease staining her Vera Wang." - rfisher
Something is seriously wrong here when NYC and the world's longest parking lot, the LIE, don't make the list.
I'm shocked L.A. wasn't at least top 5. Being stuck in that gridlock was torture. I can't even begin to imagine how much worse those other commutes are if L.A. is ranked only at 15.
Yeah, I'm puzzled why LA is #14. The 405 freeway...takes 4 or 5 hours to get where you want to go!
We're trying to get our employer to let us telework more, but the computer people don't like it because of all of the security issues.
I knew Toronto would be there (#12). The 401 and DVP are nightmares.
And the 407 is even getting bad during rush hour.
I'm surprised Atlanta isn't on that list.
3539 and counting.
Slightly Wounding Banana list cont: MacMadame.
KatieC, I'm curious why the 403 ruined the QEW. Since I live just over the border, I've done a good deal of driving in the GTA, but I don't know the history. All I remember is before they built the 407, and finally some of the work on the QEW in the Niagara region has been finished
I remember reading a short story back in Jr Hi (or so). It was about how the future dealt with traffic jams (and the overpopulation that contributed to it). If a jam got bad enough, the government would come in and basically pave over the jam of cars (people and all), and just create a new road over the top of the existing one!
ETA: I found the story! It was "The Great Moveway Jam." You can read it online in PDF form here: http://krewedukat.com/GreatMoveWayJa...oveway_jam.htm
Hmmm....interesting. It says it was published in Omni magazine in 1979. I do remember subscribing to Omni. But I could have sworn I read the story in school, and we discussed the story in class. IIRC, it was in a book of short stories we used for that particular class. I graduated in HS 1977, so I guess not. I guess it could have been a college class, but my mental image of reading that story is from one of my HS classrooms.
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I have a 45 minute commute to work. Look at the awful traffic I have to put up with.
(Sometimes I meet up to three! cars on this road.)
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Toronto is such a mess. I've come into the city during rush hour, generally against traffic, and still run into some epic snarls. So many little accidents that effectively turn a regular street into gridlock. And that's without even taking the Don Valley Parkinglot. Yet our mayor wants to end the "war on the car." Because it's lack of people in vehicles that's making traffic so awful.
I am surprised that a number of those cities have really good public transit systems, yet they still have terrible traffic problems. I remember being in Berlin thinking that if only my city in the US had this good a subway system our traffic wouldn't be so bad. Guess not.
that tally really doesn't say much about the criteria, particularly for the cities ranked lower than #10. The caption for one says "this city has a new mayor determined to stop the war on cars, but that will come at the expense of public transit and so traffic will continue to be a problem", but then on others it says "this city has great infrastructure for cyclists and people using public transport, but the roads have suffered, so congestion will continue". Are they calling for increasing alternative modes of transportation so people can rely less on cars (which would do more for reducing traffic than anything else )? For improvements on roadways so that traffic flow will be more manageable? Or just taking a snapshot and saying "commuting sux"?
My commute is pretty darned sweet and takes about 10 minutes, but occasionally traffic is bad and I don't get the walk lights when I need them
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Milford, CT, (May 3, 2011) More than 300 million people participate in faith travel annually, making it one of the fastest growing travel segments in the United States. Church leadership, staff, volunteers, and travel agents are the primary planners of faith-based group trips, ranging from dozens to hundreds and even thousands of participants who travel nationally and internationally with a purpose. Tapping into this emerging market, Unicomm, the leading travel industry show producer, has announced the inaugural Faith Travel Conference & Exposition™ (FTCE) will be co-located with the Atlanta Travel & Adventure Show® on October 22-23 at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria.
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"We are excited to bring this event to the Southeast region, and specifically open it up to the faith traveler," states John Golicz, CEO of Unicomm. "While the conference will be geared towards the church leaders in the region who plan mission, fellowship, youth and other church travel, the Expo will allow faith travelers a chance to find vacations that will offer unique spiritual and emotional experiences."
Unicomm is pleased to announce Cindi Brodhecker, president of Faith Travel Development & Consulting and Priscilla Woman's Tours will join the event team as Conference Chair. "We are thrilled to have someone with Cindi's depth of knowledge of the faith travel market lead the conference program which will arm these church travel planners with the tools necessary to carry out its group travel initiatives," said John Golicz.
Additionally, Infinity Concepts, a leading Brand Communications agency with considerable success in the Christian market, has been retained to provide strategic direction, marketing support and outreach. Infinity Concept's knowledge of the Christian Market will be vital to reaching and communicating our value proposition to church leaders in the Southeast region," said Mike Boyce, Director of New Business Development for Unicomm.
"Faith based travel has been a solid part of the travel industry for many years with impressive statistics to prove the value in today's market place," said Brodhecker. "The Faith Travel Conference and Expo is a unique event because it will bring together the industry suppliers and agents with the church travel planner and consumer. As an industry it will allow us to sell group packages, custom programs and individual products."
The FTCE will include a blend of informative sessions offering tools and best practices to develop effective mission, outreach and retreat group travel programs, with topics ranging from negotiation strategies to fundraising development. Participants will also hear from influential Christian pastors and leaders who have embraced the positive effect of travel on church ministries. For additional information about the Faith Travel Conference & Exposition, please visit www.faithtravelexpo.com.
About Unicomm:Unicomm, LLC produces the Travel & Adventure Show series nationwide in New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area attracting over 100,000 consumers and 2,700 travel trade each year. In addition, Unicomm, LLC also produces the Faith Travel Conference & Expo, the leading religious consumer travel show. For more information, visit the Travel & Adventure Show website at www.adventureexpo.com.


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Darrell West proved last week that when an emergency strikes, it's all about action, not talk.
West, age 47, is a special needs man who is unable to speak. However, he holds a job at Rauch Industries, beams with pride when he shows off pictures of his family he carries in his wallet, and on Feb. 1 he may have just saved his mother's life.
Ann West, age 73, has housed her son and watched over him since her husband passed away. She recently fell ill with the flu, and became so sick her doctor prescribed her antibiotics for treatment.
Weakened by the illness, Ann said on that fateful day that she was watching television in her living room when an itching sensation came over her. After a few minutes, she decided to take a shower to see if that would help remedy the discomfort.
After taking a shower, Ann put on her robe and gown and returned to her recliner. She began feeling dizzy, and before she knew what was happening, tumbled face first to the ground.
"I didn't even remember hitting the floor," she said.
Ann had passed out, and a few moments later when she regained consciousness, Darrell was by her side. She told him to call 911, as she was unable to move and still extremely disoriented.
Darrell quickly retrieved the telephone and called emergency dispatch. He brought the phone into the living room and gave it to his mother, and she was able to muster enough strength to describe what was happening to her.
When the ambulance arrived and Ann was tested, she said her blood pressure level was recorded at 55 over 45. Ann said apparently the medication had affected her blood pressure, and the situation was quite serious.
"They said I could have died if I hadn't gotten help when I did," Ann said.
Ann spent the next three days in the Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services' Critical Care Unit. Now back in her New Albany home recovering, Ann said Darrell is her lifesaver.
"He's my miracle," Ann said. "I am so proud of him for doing what he did."
Darrell almost died when he was three weeks old due to pneumonia, Ann said. He developed Chicken Pox before he ever left the hospital as a baby.
But while Darrell may struggle with some actions we take for granted, Ann said she's not surprised that he came to her rescue during her time of need.
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Kanjorski Discusses Hedge Fund Regulation
His draft legislation would require hedge funds to register with the SEC.
As Congress looks to reshape the country's battered financial sector, hedge funds have emerged as a key puzzle piece. And nearly a year after disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme ran out of gas, legislators are considering draft proposals that would tighten the leash around the secretive industry.
[See Judge Upholds Advertising Rules in Hedge Fund Case.]
The drafts, released by Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania, would require private pools of capital with more than $30 million in assets to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with an exception for venture capital funds. Practically, this would mean that affected funds would have to disclose information about their fees, risks, trading practices, and other elements of their business.
In an apparent attempt to "hedge" their bets and avoid further intervention, fund lobbyists have supported registration. This marks a rare concession from an industry known for jealously guarding its private status.
Meanwhile, Kanjorksi's drafts would also allow the SEC to ban mandatory-arbitration clauses in brokerage contracts. Separately, legislators have long been considering a similar bill, the Arbitration Fairness Act, which proposes that Congress make the clauses unenforceable. By leaving the decision up to the SEC, Kanjorski is hoping to strike a middle ground.
U.S. News recently spoke with Kanjorski about his hedge fund and arbitration proposals, which he released earlier this month. Kanjorski is the chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Excerpts:
Why does hedge fund reform need to be part of the country's broader financial overhaul?
One of the important things that we realized and saw vividly this time is the fact that there were so many pieces of information that weren't known as to who was involved in the market and where they were involved and in what amounts. So it became very clear that what we had to do was to make sure that we had the capacity to tap into all the information as to where the money was, who was in charge of it, what they were doing with it, and what type of long-term risk with leveraging could occur. And so there was little question they were going to be regulated.
Is requiring registration enough to achieve that, or should Congress ideally go further?
I think we should be jealous of how much regulation we put on a business—or anyone for that matter—in our system. If we find that this is not sufficient, the SEC will have the capacity to go beyond what we are doing, and of course Congress can come back and give them additional authority if they need it.
On the flip side, is there a chance that even the hint of regulation will drive private capital overseas?
Anything's possible. But I was just over in Europe, and they're going to coordinate their regulatory reform very closely with ours, so I wouldn't be surprised if we're on the same tack, and we may end up being very close if not identical to each other. . . . If anything, the pressure is that they want high-standard, adequate regulation, too, and they may be pressing us even a bit more.
Past attempts to regulate hedge funds haven't borne much fruit. Is the effort more viable this time around?
Yes. This time we not only have the members of Congress who are aware of some of the problems that we face and the inadequacies and the holes, but we have the industry on board now to a large extent, recognizing that this is a necessary thing and even helping us by making recommendations as to what can get this through and get it solved in a simple way.
Do you attribute this support to a desire for transparency, or is it an attempt to prevent even stricter regulation?
I think it's a good part of the latter, but anyone who has any insight at all should realize that we came very close to going over the edge, and that if we had gone over the edge, there wouldn't be any such thing as hedge funds or venture capital groups. They would have all disappeared. And so I don't think they want to go through that risk again. On the other hand, like anyone, particularly Americans, they want the least amount of regulatory regime as possible. But I think they think we're being rather reasonable in what we're setting up here, in my legislation at least.
To what extent do your proposals represent a convergence of the mutual and hedge fund worlds?
It's a different type of regulatory regime. With hedge funds, we're trying to get information so we can understand where money flows are, where risks are, what kind of drawdowns can be accepted. But mutual funds, of course, are being regulated like a bank. There, we're really in there watching the transactions from day to day.
Why is there an exception for venture capital funds?
There's a strong contingentof venture capital in areas like Silicon Valley, and it's still not as organized an effort that spans the country and organizational structure. And these people are used to sort of being almost Western cowboys, if you will. They have very small entities, small groups, not highly leveraged if leveraged at all, really, and they think that any impingement on them . . . is more expensive to the economy than what would be gained from regulating. The only thing that we would be regulating for is the flow of money, and we will learn that because they actually came to us and said they're willing to provide the information that we would get from formal registration. . . . I think at the end of all this, though, we will probably be able to conclude that for the first time we will have 99 percent [or] 98 percent of the capital in the country identified, located, and a knowledge as to the way it works and its ebb and flow. And we will be able to pull up in a reasonably short period of time an examination to determine what's going on, which I think is the exact purpose for which we we're trying to do this, because it was the holes, the vacuums, the loopholes in the system that allowed so many in the system to escape and not be accounted for.
Your proposals also address mandatory-arbitration clauses. Is the current system broken?
There tends to be a culture that develops. And to some extent some people raise the question of whether the culture gets so infused with corruption that it favors one side of the transactions as opposed to the other, and I think it's highly likely in this area. But that's what we're really facing here—whether or not we're going to give the industry the ability to absolutely write the contract saying you have no choice or whether you're going to have a choice. I think choice is healthy.
[See Could Arbitration Help You Recover Investment Losses?]
How does your proposal relate to the Arbitration Fairness Act?
This is saying, "Look, we can maybe be grown-ups. Let's see if we can.". . . I always try to choose self-regulation first, moderation in all regards first, but if you can't, hey, we've got the heavy hammer.


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Under the current system of electing the President, Rhode Island is ignored.
In 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates concentrated two-thirds of their campaign events and money in just six states, and 98% in just 15 states. Meanwhile, two-thirds of the states, including Rhode Island and almost every small state, received zero attention from presidential campaigns.
The problem has nothing to do with being big or small, or red or blue. Nor is it the Electoral College or the Constitution that forces presidential candidates to ignore most of the country in this way. The problem is the winner-take-all state law that awards all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most votes in the state. Because of the winner-take-all rule, candidates have no incentive to campaign in states where they are comfortably ahead or hopelessly behind. As a result, presidential campaigns always boil down to a small number of closely divided battleground states where the result could go either way.
Because Rhode Island is a safe bet for any Democrat (just as Texas is safe for any Republican), our state misses out on a great deal, including presidential campaigning, grassroots organizing, advertising, polling, or any discussion of issues that matter to Rhode Island. Contrast this to New Hampshire, which has the same number of electoral votes as Rhode Island, but unlike our state, receives 12 of the 300 post-convention campaign events and correspondingly large amounts of money.
This is no way to elect the leader of the free world. Every state ought to be important, every voter ought to have an equal voice, and the most votes should win. These are the ideals behind the National Popular Vote bill, which guarantees the Presidency to the winner of the national popular vote in all 50 states.
Article II, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives states the exclusive authority to award their electors as they see fit. Under National Popular Vote, states join an agreement to award their electoral votes to the winner of national popular vote in all 50 states. The agreement would not go into effect until a number of states representing a majority in the Electoral College (270 of 538) pass an identical bill.
This state-based approach is an appropriate way to reform the system. States have changed their laws governing electoral votes many times. Indeed, when Massachusetts enacted the National Popular Vote bill last year, it was the eleventh time the state had changed their method of awarding electoral votes. To date, eight other states, including Vermont, have enacted the National Popular Vote bill, representing half of the number of electors needed for the law to take effect. Thirty-one states have passed the bill through at least one legislative chamber, including Rhode Island which passed it in both the House and Senate at various times in the past.
Under a national popular vote, Rhode Island would be back in the game. In fact, every state would be the recipient of campaign attention because every vote would be equal. Candidates would campaign for votes everywhere, just as candidates for the legislature in Rhode Island must campaign in every part of their districts. This would be a good thing for our state. Candidates should have to come to Rhode Island and address the issues that matter to our people.
Recently, MIT visiting scholar Alexander Belenky argued in the Providence Journal that National Popular Vote might violate the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ("National Popular Vote might Violate U.S. Constitution" November 2nd). This analysis is incorrect because under National Popular Vote, every vote would be equal. The candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC) would become President, and every voter in every state would have an equal vote.
In next year's legislative session, Rhode Island should exercise the power given to it by the U.S. Constitution and join nine other states in enacting the National Popular Vote bill. Not only will the needs and concerns of Rhode Island finally attract the attention we deserve from presidential candidates, but we will ensure that every vote is equal, the candidate with the most votes wins, and every voter matters in every presidential election.
Submitted by Sen. Erin Lynch and Rep. Raymond E. Gallison, Jr.
Sen. Erin Lynch of Warwick is the Senate sponsor of the National Popular Vote initiative in Rhode Island. Rep. Raymond E. Gallison, Jr. of Bristol will sponsor the House version of the National Popular Vote legislation.


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Now that the conventions are over, who gets the bounce back in Texas as campaigns begin for the U.S. Senate and the legislature? We'll talk to two prominent political consultants in the state.
In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama extolled hope and change, and picking up on those themes, Mitt Romney should also emphasize change, according to political consultant Jeff Bolton, and that has him in a Rant.
The conventions are scripted with tight messages and no controversy allowed. Who put on the better show: Republicans or Democrats? That's the subject of this week's Flashpoint.
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As a volunteer of the American Heart Association, I am pleased to hear that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has taken an important step toward creating a generation of healthier Americans by passing a resolution to monitor and improve the quality of food and nutrition on school grounds.[http://brentwood.patch.com/articles/l-a-school-menus-to-keep-aiming-high-in-childhood-obesity-fight] With mass marketing and media messaging targeting our youth, many children are inclined to pass up nutritious fruits and vegetables for unhealthier options.
LAUSD's move will make it easier for students to have access to healthy meals. In addition to making healthier food and beverages available, LAUSD is also increasing the time limits that children have during meal time. The American Heart Association's mission is building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. I applaud LAUSD for bringing us closer to this mission by continuing to lead in the fight against childhood obesity.
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Silent Treatment Pale Ale - No-Li Brewhouse
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3.25/5 rDev -12.4%
07-24-2014 00:42:04 | More by Chvck1
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
05-18-2014 03:17:50 | More by NYR_Rob
3/5 rDev -19.1%
04-11-2014 22:00:32 | More by leftoverburrito
British Columbia (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
03-08-2014 18:31:02 | More by canucklehead
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
03-03-2014 01:34:29 | More by tjcamm
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
01-25-2014 14:55:59 | More by dexterk1
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
01-12-2014 17:51:58 | More by tedho21
3/5 rDev -19.1%
01-02-2014 00:35:01 | More by TasteTester
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
12-25-2013 01:39:09 | More by kk73
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
12-18-2013 05:04:21 | More by TaborTime
South Carolina
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
11-29-2013 04:31:04 | More by UltimateLivewire
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
11-16-2013 07:39:37 | More by Hardcore
North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
10-31-2013 00:44:48 | More by Jeeb
3.03/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 1.5
So the bomber format needs to have great beers in it given price. Silent treatment is a lot of citrus flavor, oranges are very noticed. Poured into an ok poured body/head/lacing and gives off just a lot of citrus flavors and aromas.
This would be a really good beer in a better format but in a bomber sorry PASS.
I can't lie I"m grossly discounting this one for the price and being in the crappy bomber format without being a beer worth that.
Serving type: bottle
10-26-2013 23:01:35 | More by bobhits
4/5 rDev +7.8%
10-03-2013 20:08:58 | More by Kylemif
3.69/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a pint glass.
Appearance: Deep gold/light copper color with a faint haze. Head dissipates into a thin layer that persists.
Smell: Classic pale ale.Faint citrusy hops, with background notes of light caramel malts, and a touch of biscuity character. Not a mind blower, but those who may reckon how pale ales used to taste would approve.
Taste: Balance is definitely towards the bitterness, though it is not overwhelming. Malt character is subdued (I would expect a tad more malt, considering the 5.75% ABV). Very pleasant citrus/pine hop flavor lingers. Clean, with not apparent flaws.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied, but with a creamy texture aided by ample carbonation.
Overall: An extremely pleasant pale ale. Refreshing, hoppy, without being overwhelming from any angle. People who are looking for a beer to blow their mind will likely be underwhelmed by this beer. However, people who remember how beer used to taste before the recent pissing contest of flavor/alcohol/hop concentration will appreciate this beer for what it is...good.
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2013 19:21:35 | More by rastamendi
2.96/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Silent is a appropriate name, the smell is barely audible, taste has is almost Silent. Could be good for a really Hot Dry Texas day, if you like it dry and crisp on the end this one is for you. Silence is Golden to some but for now I will pass on this one.
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2013 04:39:23 | More by ssteakley
North Carolina
3.76/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sampled from a 22oz bottle purchased at Triangle Wine in Morrisville.
A - Golden and very clear with a big white head of large bubbles.
S - Citrusy, piney and slightly grassy hops.
T - Starts with pine and a mild sweetness. A nice hop bitterness picks up midway and lasts after the finish. Enough toasted malt to prop up the hops but the hops definitely run the show.
M - Moderate carbonation and consistency. Maybe a little light.
O - A very drinkable pale ale but there's a sweetness that I didn't need.
Serving type: bottle
09-01-2013 14:18:26 | More by GJ40
North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
08-17-2013 19:42:24 | More by mccallisters_dali
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
07-23-2013 00:38:05 | More by bluckbeyes
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
07-22-2013 02:49:59 | More by MrBoh
North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: Pours a very lightly hazy medium to dark golden yellow in color with light to moderate amounts of visible carbonation and some peach + apricot highlights. The beer has a finger tall creamy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a thick film covering the entire surface of the beer with a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of spicy, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops over the top of some light aromas of biscuit malts.
T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of biscuit malts with just the lightest hint of caramel sweetness. That is followed by some moderate to strong flavors of earthy, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit hops that impart a light to moderate amount of bitterness which fades pretty quickly.
M: Medium bodied with moderate to heavy amounts of carbonation. Smooth bordering on creamy.
O: I found this beer to be quite enjoyable and one that I would definitely grab again. Easy to drink and almost sessionable.
Serving type: bottle
07-20-2013 00:49:41 | More by dbrauneis
3.1/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A: This poured a cloudy gold with a little white head.
S: It smelled like faint orange hops and bready biscuit malt.
T: It tasted like faint copper and bready biscuit malt, with a little orange and honey. It had a clean, mild bitter aftertaste.
M: It was somewhat thick with moderate carbonation.
D: This was an ok pale ale. The scent and taste and body were all fitting for the style, but really not that great. Easy to drink, but subpar.
Serving type: bottle
07-04-2013 19:19:43 | More by Pencible
South Carolina
3.66/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the NOC in Nantahala, NC.
Lightly hazy apricot color with a proportionate size head. The head has moderate duration.
A: Pleasant, fruity aroma.
Flavor: somewhat distinctive, with more fruit than usual. Very good balance.
O: Solid APA choice: Enjoyed and recommended.
Serving type: on-tap
07-01-2013 17:57:13 | More by chinchill
3.65/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
The Silent Treatment Pale Ale poured into the pint glass and looked a lovely amber with a good soft pillow two finger foam head. It had good sticky lacing that held to the side of the glass. It was unfiltered had some protein floating around like a Belgian.
The aroma was light and floral. The taste was smooth and resembled more of an ESB rather than a pale ale. The mouthfeel was gentle and didn't leave much of a mark. Nice for a ale but still reminded me more of the ESB again. Overall not a bad a beer but styled wrong.
Serving type: bottle
06-16-2013 01:13:27 | More by cswhitehorse
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Zynga Changes Board to Comply With Nasdaq Rules
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The Linux Kernel Cryptographic API
This article provides a brief overview of the new cryptographic API for the Linux kernel. It is aimed at anyone with a technical interest in Linux, such as system administrators, and other curious people who would like to gain insight into the API's design, implementation and application. Some knowledge of kernel internals is useful but not essential for a broad understanding of API concepts.
The history of this API is short. Not long before the Halloween 2002 kernel feature-freeze, an IPSec implementation being developed by Dave Miller and Alexey Kuznetzov became slated for inclusion into the 2.6 kernel. IPSec requires cryptographic support within the kernel, which along with an increasing general need for kernel cryptography, prompted the development of a new cryptographic API.
Although initially aimed at supporting IPSec, the API has been designed as a general-purpose facility, with potential applications including encrypted files, encrypted filesystems, strong filesystem integrity, the random character device (/dev/random), network filesystem security (for example, CIFS) and other kernel networking services requiring cryptography.
A specific design requirement was that the API work directly in place on page vectors. A page is the primary unit of memory managed by the kernel. A page vector-based API allows for deep integration with kernel substructures, such as the VFS and networking stack, as well for as scatter-gather operations. In the case of IPSec, cryptographic transforms may be applied directly to discontiguous memory pages associated with network packets.
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The following is an excerpt from a speech ... "RACE, CULTURE, AND EQUALITY - by Thomas Sowell"
It would do us well to consider the insight and clear thinking provided by Thomas Sowell as we intend to reconcile issues in our society.
"History does not offer blueprints for the present but it does offer examples and insights. If nothing else, it can warn us against becoming mesmerized by the heady visions and soaring rhetoric of the moment.
One of the most seductive visions of our time is the vision of "fairness" in a sense that the word never had before. At one time we all understood what was meant by a "fair fight." It meant that both fighters fought by the same Marquis of Queensbury rules. It did not mean that both fighters had equal strength, skill, experience or other factors that would make them equally likely to win.
In today's conception of fairness, only when all have the same prospects of winning is the fight fair. It was not in The Nation or some other left-wing magazine, but in the neoconservative quarterly The Public Interest that we find opportunity equated with "the same chance to succeed" or "an equal shot at a good outcome"-- regardless of the influence of social, cultural, or family background.
This confusion between the fairness of rules and the equality of prospects is spreading across the political spectrum. Regardless of which of these two things might be considered preferable, we must first be very clear in our own minds that they are completely different, and often mutually incompatible, if we are to have any hope of a rational discussion of policy issues ranging from anti-trust to affirmative action.
To add to the confusion, when prospects are not the same for all, this is then blamed on "the system" or "the rules of the game," as Brookings Senior Fellow Isabel V. Sawhill does in the Spring issue of The Public Interest. Rules and standards are the creation of particular human beings but circumstances need not be. Ms. Sawhill herself includes "good genes" among the circumstances which affect economic inequalities, and we might add all sorts of other geographic, demographic, cultural and historical factors that were not created by today's "rules of the game" or by "the system" or by anyone currently on the scene.
It makes sense to blame human beings for biased rules and standards. But who is to be blamed for circumstances that are the results of a confluence of all sorts of conditions of the past and present, interacting in ways that are hard to specify and virtually impossible to disentangle? Unless we wish to start a class action suit against geography or against the cosmos or the Almighty, we need to stop the pretense that somebody is guilty whenever the world does not present a tableau that suits our desires or fits our theories.
This new kind of "fairness" has never existed anywhere at any time. The real world has always been astronomically remote from any such condition. Nor are the costs and risks of trying to achieve this cosmic fairness small.
Crime rates soared when our courts began to concern themselves with such things as the unhappy childhoods of violent criminals or the "root causes" of crime in general. Those who paid the highest price for these excursions into cosmic justice were not the judges or the theorists whose notions the judges reflected, but the victims of rape, murder and terrorization by hoodlums."
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Greensburg —
The Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library is gearing up for the biggest event of the year, Summer Reading!
The Kick-off date is Wednesday, May 23 and begins at 4 p.m.
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Be sure and stick around to see the "creatures of the night" that Coyote Chris from Silly Safaris will bring to share at 6 p.m.
This program is open to everyone and no registration is required.
Community members of all ages can sign up to read and earn prizes by stopping by the library or visiting the website at www.greensburglibrary.org on or after May 23.
Research shows that kids who read through the summer do better the following school year. Summer reading loss or "summer setback" can be a problem when school begins in the fall. Studies suggest that children who read as few as six books over the summer maintain the level of reading skills they achieved during the preceding school year. Reading more books leads to even greater success.
A visit to http://linda-wongkee.suite101.com/summer-slide--loss-of-learning-on-summer-break-a218969 explains that summer setback is the loss of academic skills over the summer holidays. As the old saying goes, if you don't use it, you lose it.
Studies show that children who don't have academically stimulating summer environments, in fact, can have lower reading and math skills when they return to school in September. Parents can combat the setback regardless of their financial status. Simply being aware that children need to be challenged and engaged during the summer vacation months can go a long way in preventing summer slide. It does not require a great deal of time or money to cultivate learning in the summer. Here are some summer ideas to engage children.
Visit the local library regularly.
Go to free museum days.
Limit television and computer use to educational sites.
Opt for a zoo or science center visit, instead of an amusement park.
Plant a garden or start a compost.
Read street signs, menus and maps.
Fortunately, the Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library provides books and programming to help you!
Lap Sit, Toddler Time and Story Time resume in June. These programs are for kids ages six months to six years. Space is limited, so be sure and sign up early.
The overall theme for this year's Summer Reading Program is Night. The Children's Room has a lot of fun planned for the summer with the theme of Dream Big, Read! Plan to register the kids for one or all of these events:
May 25: Cool Cupcakes Ð Tween Program Ð grades 3 -5
May 29: Glow in the Dark T-shirt Craft Ð grades 1-5
May 30: Tom Sparough the Space Painter and his "Big Trick" Juggling show Ð all ages
May 31: Summer Spa Day for Girls Ð grades 1 Ð 5 and an all-day Make and Take Craft Crown or Visor
June 5: Be Careful What You Wish For Ð grades 1 Ð 5
June 6: Addie Hirschten and her "Fantastic Fables" Ð all ages
June 7: Super Hero Party Just for Boys Ð grades 1 Ð 5
June 8: Family Movie Program Ð all ages
June 12: Over the Moon for Summer Ð grades 1 - 5
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June 14: All Day Make and Take Craft Ð Father's Day Card
June 15: Learn to Juggle Tween Program Ð grades 3 Ð 5
June 20: Ronald McDonald Live! Ð all ages
June 21: All Day Make and Take Craft Ð Silly Sunglasses
June 22: Family Program Ð TBA
June 26: "Night Owls" program Ð grades 1 Ð 5
June 27: Family Program Ð TBA and the Summer Reading Pool Party
June 28: All Day Make and Take Craft Ð "Hat's On"
June 30: Teddy Bear Sleepover Breakfast Ð grades preschool Ð Kindergarten
The fun isn't just for kids! Teens can participate in the Summer Reading Program, too. The theme for Teens is Own the Night. There are several programs planned for Teens in grades 6 to 12. Most of those programs are on Teen Thursday.
Check these out!
May 24: I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost! Ð Movie Day
May 31: Create an "Own the Night" Summer Reading T-shirt
June 7: "Summer Dreamin" Wii and Board Game Day
June 14: "Create Sweet Dreams" Dreamcatcher and Pillow Case Craft
June 19: Balloon Satellite Launch Workshop Ð funded by Eco15 and The Decatur County Community Foundation
June 21: Balloon Satellite Launch Ð open to the public
June 28: Toolbox Jewelry Craft Program
July 5: Shake up your Summer Milkshake program
Adults can get Between the Covers of a good book and earn prizes of their own including tanning sessions, car wash certificates, a Thirty-One gift certificate, tickets to the Indianapolis Symphony, Playhouse in the Park and a certificate for Watkin's Carpet Cleaning.
More details about prizes and program rules will be available at the library and at greensburglibrary.org.
Don't just spend your summer dreaming about fun things to do. Stop by the library to check out our collection of books, DVDs, magazines, newspapers, computer lab, etc.
You can "Dream Big" and learn something new, "Own the Night" by kicking back with a good book or movie, and get "Between the Covers" of the latest bestseller.
It's your library, check us out!