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Ex-NFL football coach Chuck Knox used to love players who, as he put it, came to work every day with their lunch pail and hardhat and did the dirty jobs no one else wanted. He would have loved JJ Hickson! I propose a new nickname for JJ: either "Hoover" or "Shop Vac." That's because he vacuums the glass and cleans up messes in the paint.Next we get a Dallas lovefest. La Marcus returns home and Coach Stotts reunites with Coach Carlisle and most of the players he helped coach last season. The love ends at tipoff and the Blazers go on to win!--don
Hey Mr Mike: You and the Wild one has said countless times that the big key to a win on the road is to stick around keeping the game close and hit it hard at the end; I guess the formula works, but let me tell you I was more then nervous that first half. The strangest thing in viewing had me grumbling to begin with, the only channel on the NBA package had a sign on it saying the game would be joined in progress. Fortunately I have NBA access with audio and got to listen to Wheels, but let me tell you, he was not painting a very good picture of the game. At half time with me grumbling, sad and ready to fire the NBA package that I had paid a good hunk of money to obtain; the game came on TV as the second half started and I saw with my eyes the Blazers in a comeback mode.not that I don't like Wheels eyes, but he was already in his whining mode and wasn't very optimistic, The second great unexpected thing was it was you and the wild one that was announcing the game. Usually, I have to listen to opposing announcers on away games. Plus the Blazers in their comeback mode took control of the game, Batum was waiting for me to see and started his revengeful, I told you so mode, and all was well finally. Boy talking about the tell of two halfs this was one of them.Anyway all is well that ends well and this ended with a great performance by the Blazers.
It was asked on Blazer edge how many jumped out of their chair when we hit two threes in a row in over time that gave us the win? I was for one already out of my chair and dancing just getting to overtime, let alone with those two dagger shots. Wow, to stay the least.I am sure your inside info is better then my media info, but if you had told me we would start the season out with a 2- 1 record with the opponents we had and a new PG, I would have laughed at you. Plus if My Batum would have had a decent game against OKC, we would have been 3-0.
My wife said that was all she needed was some excitement in my senile jabbering, to make her day LOL.@jyp300, what a great game, I was about ready to crank up the bus and find your home when I couldn't watch the game the first half, but all ended well. It didn't sound like the first half was worth watching anyway.
Excellent game by th starters, but if we don't get more production from the bench we are eventual going to have problems.GO BLAZERS!!!
@mgb: Of course you are right, but we have to be patient, just the third game into the season with Price coming off an injury and Freeland, Claver, and Leonard just getting their feet wet, and of course losing Elliot Williams. I don't know if we will ever get production from the bench, but we do have a little potential. In many cases if they can just be place holders it would help.
@ Hg, I beg to differ, it's more than a little potential (Freeland, Claver, & of course Meyers WILL produce L8r this season but next yr... look out! ;) AND u didn't even mention THE guy w/ IMO the MOST potential, Will! :) THE problem continues to b Babbit; in OKC, he helped w/ some points BUT I don't think his defense will ever b there :( Also, I believe Nolan is close to the player he's going to b; he'll never b good enough to start for any team in this league (or @ least he shouldn't ;) but he's able to grow just a little bit more to become a serviceable "placeholder" (Nolan's absolute ceiling is to b as good as Price & he's got a ways to go b4 we can make that comparison ;)@ dgpdx, I'm w/ u on the idea of ur nicknames but howz 'bout Mr. Clean (he does the tough jobs/gets the job(s) done, he's tough, & he "cleans" up everything ;), JJ THE Hammer Hickson (I've actually been using this 1 for a while; I like this 1 because hammers r tough & they 4 for hard-hitting blue-collar work ;), or JJ the Hardhat Hickson (I can c announcers using this1 but I'd prefer they use the 1 I've been using ;)."ps GREAT games (ALL of them :)! I'd break 'em down but I wanna leave ppl something to add ;) Hahaha! I'll just say to our guys, no matter what happens in Dal. on Mon., MAINTAIN focus; don't b rattled when Dal. starts to put together runs/plays; MAINTAIN ur cool (BUT bring ALSO MAINTAIN the aggressiveness/energy) & stick to Stott's plans (obviously what I've just said NEEDS 2 b done EVERY game but I just wanted 2 give our guys a reminder/some words of encouragement especially for our young guys to take to heart ;). Go Blazers! Let's go kick some DalASS!
Hey, Let's play 10 games before we declare our bench is bad. I am glad to see all those guys getting playing time so they can work out a few things. Coach needs some time to see how everyone fits together.Just saying...
Matthews is playing like a man possessed. He is the type of leader that leads with his actions not words. His teammates see how hard he works and it spreads like a virus. Win or lose, when I see that kind of effort, I tune in.We might want to lock up JJ for more than one year. He is proving himself night in and night out.Coach Stotts is everything we hoped for. His players work hard, communicate, play with confidence, all while having fun. Sounds like a good place to go to work. It's getting the most out of your employees.Nothing to lose. Everything to prove. GO BLAZERS !!
Hey Simpson:You are not differing with me, as I agree with you, I just didn't want to write another book as I just wrote one above. I was just talking about now not next year, Next year some of the players you mentioned may be gone as this is a weeding out of culls and undergrowth year. Every NBA player has potential, and it is too early to say what that potential will be. You picked on Nolan, but remember he had no training camp last year and he is only playing PG by default, so his potential is not for sure reached. I don't know about Babbitt, he looks awkward, but he can nail the three. I didn't mention many players, because I don't know what the potential is.
That's ok Hg I lost weight this summer and I can afford a few snacks.These guys are fun to watch. The starters are carrying the load right now but I have been watching the rookies. Leonard is moving his feet instead of swatting at the ball,setting picks and clogging the middle. Barton shows real potential as does Freeland. If we can get our shooting average up we won't be anyone's push over.
I'm really enjoying watching this team. Brandon Roy is no doubt a swell guy and I wish him the best, but his entire era was characterized by plodding isolation slow ball. Then we got the season of Fatty Felton where even when they won I felt a little dirty, and when they lost I was frequently enraged. This team is young and unjaded and they play hard. Maybe Lillard will emerge as the new version of Derrick Rose and we'll see the improvement out of Nic that has been long hypothesized and they'll win 45 games and sneak into the playoffs... But even if they don't, it promises to be an entertaining season...
@ Hg, the part where u said "' I don't know if we will ever get production from the bench..." sounded like you'd already given up on our bench this yr. but if we're on the same page (which we usually r ;) then cool :) I like all our guys but u may b right w/ some of them not being here next yr. :( Nolan's a good person & as a player he shown flashes of what we need from him (which is to give Dame or some1 else a breather) BUT... unfortunately he's also shown us plenty of critical mistakes; IF he can't become a playmaker & is ONLY a 2 guard, we need to get rid of him ASAP but IF he can become a playmaker (which I believe he can, similar to Price), then if we don't have a better option, we should keep him (sorry 2 sound so callus but we're in the biz of winning ;). It's true Nolan had no training camp last yr. BUT he DID have 1 this yr. & I did base what I said on everything to date. U r right about Babbit looking awkward bc that's exactly what's going on; he's a great shooter but he's not an NBA player (or @ least an effective 1).@ Carrite, i love our guys & support the crap out of 'em but I predict that they will win 41 games (I don't want 2 b negative, simply a realist. 41 after ALL that's happened 2 this team so fast is VERY respectable. I also thought giving them 41 WAS optimistic BUT realistic! Hahaha! ;) & I DO consider this a successful season :) Should we win 45-47... THAT would b BIG time AND I believe that's good enough to get into the playoffs!
@Simpson: Hey I am a homer, I am not about to give up on any of our players, including Nolan. I was just saying to MGB that we had to be patient, but that doesn't necessarily mean who we will or who we won't get production out of, I said that because I just don't know. Nolan did have one year with Nate as a coach and Felton and Jamal as teammates, so I figure he is starting from scratch also. I am just a fan that doesn't make decisions of who goes who stays, who plays good and who plays bad, As long as we win as a unit the synergy might make the parts = more than the whole. Heck if Barton can set up plays let him and Nolan play together because it really doesn't matter which does it and they can both create off the dribble. Again I am not debating with you just learning to see and use the tools and parts that we have.
Good article as usual Mike! I love defense and Wesley is a great defender. Nicolas in the 2nd half looked a whole lot like his hero Scottie Pippen. It was and exciting game and our starters looked fine. Our bench, well, not so much. I don't know how Leonard can play that many minutes and only log 2 rebounds. Nolan came off the bench and immediately threw the ball away. Ouch! I actually think All our other bench players are going to get better. Barton looks like he'll develop an NBA game. Sasha already has one as do Price and Jeffries. Freeland and Claver have a lot of potential but in my opinion Nolan and Luke's main job should be to keep the bench warm and only get in a game when we have a 20 pt lead in the last minutes of the 4th qtr. I'd rather see quicker development of Barton, Claver and Freeland than Babbit and Smith. Still really happy with the overtime win!
i could only listen to this game, but it sounded very, very ugly. it was back and forth, low-scoring and ... well, ugly. however, what comes out of claiming the win is the guys gain confidence they can, indeed, accomplish the goal of picking up these tight games, as well as win them should they go to overtime. i think that goes a very long way.i find a certain irony that our most consistent offensive performer is Damian; a rookie. Wesley and Nicolas are first-half to second-half inconsistent players and i think we all have known that for a while now. LaMarcus has a great knack of coming through when we need him. we're seeing that.what i'm really worried about is the bench. we scored all of six points from the pine riders last night. imagine had we scored just three times that. this game would not have gone into overtime and it would have been a much easier win. Stotts needs to enhance chemistry in that second unit because the productivity is just plain not there.all that being said, this is going to be a season-long work in progress. we're going to take our lumps here and there and, fortunately, we're going to have moments like last night when we pick up games in which we might just play to the level of a loss. like i said, it was ugly, but i'll take it. i'm not the most patient person in the world, but i see that i'm going to have to be patient with this year's team.~ KMM
just found out some interesting news. Jonny Flynn is now playing for the Melbourne Tigers of Australia's NBL. this is the same team Patty Mills played for last fall when the lockout was still in effect. kind of makes me wonder which guy from this year's roster will play for them next year!~ KMM
Love seeing you give credit where credit is due Mr. Barrett :) Our starters are awesome!Looking forward to seeing progress in the next game as far as the bench goes. I will also be looking for Nico to have the same level of effort he showed in the 2nd half throughout the game, regardless of his shooting.See you next time! Enjoy Dallas :)
Hey Miss Kassandra, you have it about right. If anybody would have told me that we would be 2-1 the top team in our division and we would beat LA and then beat Houston in their home opener, I would have called them a bigger homer then you and me. So like you, although it was UGLY, I will take the win. For me is was finally winning a road game. Remember last year was a big bugaboo away from the confines of the RG. The bench play is bad, and I am not sure patience will help, but Stotts rotating them in with a couple of Starters still on the floor is working, and the starters are getting more rest then Nate gave them. We very seldom found out how bad our bench was last year until the end because we only seen them is short stints.
MB has said thousands of times that as games go by our expectation changes continuously, So it isn't so much gaining patience as it is to keep reminding me that I just wanted them to play hard and contend. I catch my self cursing because if Batum had had a good game we would have been 3-0. See how I am LOL. What do we expect from Dallas tonight, now that our expectations are changing? Does Stotts play it tough to show his old team up or give in to the coach that gave him a new start? Until Halloween night, I would not even be asking this question.
Simpson: You're right, Mr. Clean it is!--don
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Mr Mike:I know you wanted to get home for some great home cooking, but your time is up, we need your input.I didn't think Lillard looked that bad even with all the attention he was getting from the Mavs defense, and of course Collison is one of my favs anyway. I campaigned for him all summer but lost. But Damian doesn't need to take a back seat to anyone. I am glad the Blazers has reply to comment fixed, so now everybody will be crying about me posting so much. But hey you can't keep a Blazer frantic down for long and you can't ignore the Blazers much longer, the road trip is far enough in the past, leave the home cooking and get back in front of your keyboard and give is some of your great insight. I am joking about the command, but serious about reading your post.
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Massage, Asian Style
There are not a lot of bliss-inducing activities that would equal a good massage. The cares and worries fade away and the world is reduced to the another human's touch.
We all need to be touched — and it isn't just a psychological need, but a deep-seated biological need. Babies need it to flourish, and grown-ups are no different. Asian cultures accept this and have embraced massage not as a relaxation technique, but as a healing tool. It was considered part of health care in China as far back as 3,000 BC. Massage is said to unclog or unknot the body's life force, or Qi (chi), thus restoring health and well-being.
Massage, the way Asians do it, is a product of centuries, even millennia, of learning and developing. No wonder it feels so good. And there's a certain simplicity and unfussiness about it — no special beds or tools, no oils are applied to the skin, and you stay fully clothed.
Tui na ("push", "grasp"), is part of the arsenal of traditional Chinese medicine, and involves touching and kneading key points in the body, using a similar anatomical road map as acupuncture.
These Chinese techniques eventually found their way to Japan, which is geographically a stone's throw away. Japanese an ma ("press", "rub") which later gave birth to shiatsu (which translates to "finger pressing") massage, is largely derived from the Chinese way.
Thai massage is locally referred to as nuat phaen boran, which means "ancient-manner massage". This one's my favorite — mostly because it feels like doing yoga, only somebody else is doing it for you. It is sometimes called "yoga massage". Thai massage draws on different massage traditions from different parts of Asia, but its Chinese and Indian origins are the ones most clearly felt.
Giving a Massage
If you want to try giving a massage, there's no reason why you can't be good at it. Touch is a universal language, and you only need practice in order to speak it well.
I am by no means a professional masseuse, but in my family, I am the go-to girl for massages. So here are a few pointers I'd like to offer for a successful first try:
- Set the atmosphere. Get help where you can. The recipient of your massage will more likely not notice your inexperience if their other senses are involved. Create a spa-like ambiance. Dim the lights, light up a scented candle or incense stick, play some soft music.
- Get a few massages yourself. They'll familiarize you with what feels good.
- Massage muscles, not bone — this is wisdom from my Dad. Muscles appreciate a massage more. Concentrate on fleshy parts — butt, calves, shoulders. Don't press on the shoulder blades, but rather the muscles around it; not on the spine, but on the parts on either side of it.
- Remember that pressure is distributed equally in the area of contact. So use more when using your palms or the length of your forearm. Ease up when using smaller points, such as thumbs, fingertips or knuckles.
- Look out for reactions. They'll give you hints on whether what you're doing feels good or not.
- Read up and watch videos. Whatever massage style you'd like to try doing, there are tons of how-to vids and articles out there.
So that's my two cents' worth on this. Good luck and enjoy your massage! I had a blast "researching" for this post!
The Bam in Bamboo
I talked a little bit about bamboo last week's Foodie Tuesday post. But it would deprive us all if I were to wax poetic about bamboo shoots as a food source and miss out on the wonder and beauty of this plant's fully grown glory, which punctuates just about every patch of green in many Asian countries, that it has defined a great part of Asian culture and design.
For millennia, bamboo has been integral to the mundane, the marvelous, the mystical. It has been used in medicine and in made into utilitarian objects — basic tools, cannons, spears, kitchen implements, carts, and rafts. But it has also been made into musical instruments, dance props, and provided inspiration to countless poets and painters.
Here's a video of a musical performance in Vietnam using bamboo instruments.
Bamboo is one of the "Four Gentlemen" (a.k.a., the Four Seasons) depicted in Asian art, along with the orchid, chrysanthemum, and plum blossom. Bamboo represents summer, and symbolizes strength, uprightness, and open-heartedness — all ideal qualities in a gentlemen.
Many Asian cultures incorporate bamboo in their dance. In the Philippines, there is a traditional dance called tinikling (so named after a small bird's hopping movements) which is characterized a lively, playful, and quick-footed movements that dodge pairs of rhythmically clapping bamboo poles. It's sort of like double-dutch, but with bamboo poles.
Bamboo has long been a familiar feature in Asian landscape and it has been an indispensable building material for eons. And now the world is rediscovering and appreciating more fully the durability, versatility, and sustainability of this plant.
Even when the architecture becomes more modern, more sophisticated, bamboo brings the same warmth and charm that one would experience even from a simple bamboo hut.
Bamboo is said to be ideal for kitchen use because of it doesn't breed germs. There is still some debate as to whether it retains its antibacterial properties after it has been processed, but they make such lovely and durable utensils.
Bamboo Fabric
Bamboo could be the new cotton. It's soft, highly absorbent, hypoallergenic, and earth-friendly. Some time ago I had the chance to hold and feel in my hands a towel made from bamboo fibers, and oh myyyyy… I have never felt anything so soft and decadent. It was delicious! It's a tad pricey, but it felt sooo good!
Bamboo Shoots
It's Foodie Tuesday!
Bamboo is one super plant. Its beauty, strength, and grace is the stuff of romantic legends and constantly depicted in different forms of Asian art. It is actually a species of grass, one that grows tall and abundantly, and really, really fast, so fast that you can actually watch it grow, as fast as 3 feet in 24 hours! It is inexpensive and hardly needs any help at all to flourish, and is such a valuable and sustainable resource.
Bamboo is used extensively all throughout Asia and other parts of the world where it grows not only as an extremely versatile construction material, but also as a food source. Bamboo shoots are found in a lot of different dishes from different Asian countries. They have an earthy fragrance, a mildly bitter taste, and a slight crunchy bite that adds a delightful texture to dishes. I would normally see it sold sliced or shredded and par-broiled, but they're also available canned.
It is a humble ingredient, usually playing a supporting role or bit part in countless curries, spring rolls, broths, and stir-fries, and top-billed in but a few salads and soups. I grew up eating it in a simple peasant-style vegetable dish that my Mom liked to make — dinengdeng (a. k. a. throw-a-bunch-of-vegetables-in-a-pot) which is flavored with ginger, a piece of fried fish, and a few splashes of fish sauce or salted anchovies. It's my favorite way to enjoy bamboo shoots, but I also love it in Chinese-style stir-fries.
A couple of weeks ago, I was having a late supper at a friend's home, and I found bamboo shoots incorporated in the traditional Filipino nilagang baka (slow-cooked beef in broth), which is essentially chunks of beef left on the stove to boil until fork tender, then adding some potatoes and/or leafy vegetables in the end. It is very unusual to find bamboo shoots in this dish, but its addition made for a novel and flavorful variation.
A couple of recipes I'd like to try is this beautiful Bamboo Shoot Salad, and, someday when I'm in the mood to put in the work, these potstickers from Steamy Kitchen.
A Love of All Things Asian: The Freer Gallery's Peacock Room
I tend to think of the influence of Asian art on Western design as being a recent trend but in fact it has had a significant impact for over 150 years.
Katsushika Hokusai, South Wind, Clear Sky (1830-1833)
Photo: The British Museum
In the 1860's, Japan opened up to international trade, which provided Europe with greater access to the Ukiyo-e woodblock prints that were gaining popularity in France. The style of artists like Katsushika Hokusai was completely different from the realism found in traditional European painting at the time.
Mary Cassatt, Maternal Caress (1891)
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artists of the Impressionist and later movements emulated the clean lines and bold colours of the Japanese masters, as well as the scenes of everyday life and landscapes.
Vincent Van Gogh (after Eisen), La Courtisane (1887)
Photo: Hokusai Online
People in Paris and London went crazy for all things Japanese, including ceramics, bronzes, and clothing items like kimonos and fans. As interest in the East grew, so too did an interest in the art of other cultures, like China.
19th Century Dress Made from a Kimono
Photo: The Dreamtress
Perhaps the greatest example of this fascination with incorporating elements of Asian culture in 19th century design is The Peacock Room. Originally created for British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland to showcase his Chinese porcelain collection, it was redecorated in blue and gold by James McNeill Whistler in the 1870's to reflect the patterns of Leyland's ceramics. Whistler even installed one of his Japanisme paintings, The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, above the mantle.
The Peacock Room
Photo: Picturing AmericaMIAC
In 1908, Charles Lang Freer purchased the room and it shipped to America and installed in his house in Detroit. Like Leyland, he used the space to display his collection of Asian and Islamic ceramics.
The Peacock Room
Photo: The Freer Gallery
The room has once again been transported, this time to the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C., complete with its ceramics just as it stood in Detroit. I recently visited the Freer to view its collection of Islamic art but ended up spending almost an hour in this room. I was mesmerized by the rich gold and bluish-green colour scheme; it was both overwhelming and comforting and if I didn't have a train to catch, I could have spent the rest of the day there taking in the many wondrous details.
The Peacock Room
Photo: Smithsonian Studio Art Blog
Since then, I have found myself a little obsessed with this space, wondering if a modernized version might be possible. Peacock blue has been a popular paint colour in recent years, and that would be the easiest fix, with added touches of gold and a few Asian accessories.
Photo: House of Turquoise via Vignette Design
If you want to go really bold, you could use vintage-style wallpaper, like this damask print.
Photo: Kaboodle
I think the Victorian horror vacui wallpaper/painting is a little much (and who can afford to have someone like Whistler come and paint their living room?) but a screen with a peacock design would help to evoke its spirit.
Photo: Whitehaven Interiors
Perhaps the easiest way to replicate the Japanisme décor of the original room is with groupings of Asian ceramics or other collectables.
Photo: Greentea Design
These don't need to be precious antiques and in fact I think it would be far more interesting to use modern items, perhaps set on gold lacquered shelves against a bold blue background.
Photo: Greentea Design
If you are in Washington, I urge you to visit The Peacock Room at the Freer Gallery. If you can't, you can at least take a virtual tour online. But what I would really like to see is your interpretation of this Western take on Eastern style. Have you mixed East and West in your décor?
Vietnamese Crafts
I visited Vietnam a couple of years ago, and I had no idea what incredibly beautiful pieces of artistry I would encounter there. I made so many memories in this beautiful country, but there are a couple of them that I live with. One of them is a lacquered wine bottle holder, and the other is an embroidered shoe bag that I take with me when I travel.
Embroidery and lacquer, it turns out, are two of the crafts that the Vietnamese excel in. The skills needed to create beautiful objects out of thread or tree sap are not learned in art schools, seminars, or workshops, but are ingrained in village culture. Different villages specialize in different crafts, and these crafts are passed on in unending streams that have been gushing forth for many hundreds of years.
And the world has gladly embraced these fruits of Vietnamese creativity. Anybody can partake of this bounty, whether with a budget of a few dollars or a few hundred.
From afar they look like paintings, and it is only when one draws near that the texture of the thread becomes visible. The skill and intricacy of these museum-worthy works are heart-stopping and thrilling.
Sometimes the embroidery is done on sheer silk, and the transparency of the material gives the piece a wondrous ethereal quality.
If framed art pieces are too much commitment, there are a lot of functional objects that are embellished with lovely hand embroidery — tablecloths, table runners bed covers, handbags, underwear travel pouches and shoe bags, just to name a few.
The Vietnamese artisans also express their skills in the "high-brow" and "low-brow", with the ones that venture into the realm of fine art definitely take more time, skill, and artistry, and therefore cost quite a bit more.
And Vietnam has beautiful lacquer products whose functionality do not diminish their status as beautiful art.
For more about lacquerware, check out Midori's post from the previous month.


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|Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 194
海馬乱入! グランプリ決勝戦
Kaiba Rannyū! Guran Puri Kesshōsen
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Kaiba's Intrusion! The Grand Prix Final Match
One Step Ahead - Part 1
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March 3, 2004
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September 24 2005
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One Step Ahead - Part 1, entitled Kaiba's Intrusion! The Grand Prix Final in the Japanese version, is the 194th episode of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.
The Grand Championship is almost at its end, narrowed down to 2 contestants: Leon Wilson and Zigfried Lloyd—but before their Duel can begin, Seto Kaiba suddenly intervenes and replaces Leon as Zigfried's opponent.
Major Events
- Leon von Schroeder and Zigfried von Schroeder (using their pseudonyms, Leon Wilson and Zigfried Lloyd) are set to Duel each other in the Grand Championship final, as winners of Blocks A and B.
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- The Duel is set in Kaiba Dome, the big audience stadium of Kaiba's theme park Kaibaland. The winner will have the honour of playing against Yugi Muto.
- Suddenly, Seto Kaiba arrives and declares a "dueling foul": Zigfried entered the tournament under a false name (in breach of KC Championship contract rules), and must therefore be disqualified. Seto exposes Zigfried as Zigfried von Schroeder and immediately orders him to leave.
- Zigfried calls Kaiba a coward, saying this is just a "technicality" excuse to prevent him from reaching the Championship crown. However, Kaiba tells him that "no one is going to kick you out" and challenges him to try to stand up to him in a Duel, to which Ziegfried quickly agrees. The featured Duel becomes Seto Kaiba vs. Zigfried von Schroeder.
- Kaiba already has knowledge of Zigfried unleashing a virus all over KaibaCorp's computer banks, giving him an advantage. To remedy this, Kaiba instead uses his Duel Disk connected to the Duel Stage with a USB cable, ensuring that they both play on fair terms.
Featured Duel: Seto Kaiba vs. Zigfried von Schroeder
Turn 1: Kaiba
Seto draws "X-Head Cannon" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1800/1500) in Attack Position (1800/1500). He then Sets 2 cards.
Turn 2: Zigfried
Zigfried draws "Ride of the Valkyries" and subsequently activates it to Special Summon "Valkyrie Erste" (1600/1800), "Valkyrie Zweite" (1600/1600) and "Valkyrie Dritte" (1000/1600) from his hand all in Attack Position. Since "Valkyrie Zweite" was summoned, its effect activates, destroying "X-Head Cannon". Zigfried then activates the effect of "Valkyrie Erste", removing from play "X-Head Cannon" from Seto's Graveyard and increasing the ATK of "Valkyrie Erste" by the ATK of "X-Head Cannon" for this turn ("Valkyrie Erste": 1600 → 1800/1800). Due to the effect of "Valkyrie Dritte", it gains 100 ATK for each monster that is removed from play. Since there is currently one removed from play monster, "Valkyrie Dritte" gains 100 ATK ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1000 → 1100/1600).
"Valkyrie Zweite" attacks Seto directly, but Seto activates "Negate Attack" to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase.[Notes 1] Zigfried then activates "Mischief of the Time Goddess" to skip the current turn and proceed directly to his next Battle Phase. Since this turn is now over, the ATK of "Valkyrie Erste" goes back to normal ("Valkyrie Erste": 1800 → 1600/1800).
Turn 3: Zigfried
"Valkyrie Zweite" attacks Seto directly, but Seto activates "Magical Trick Mirror" to activate "Mischief of the Time Goddess" from Zigfried's Graveyard as his card, allowing Seto to skip the current turn and proceed directly to Seto's next Battle Phase. Since the end of Zigfried's turn was never reached, the effect of "Ride of the Valkyries" does not return his "Valkyrie" monsters to his Deck.
Turn 4: Kaiba
Since Seto has no monsters to attack with, he goes directly to his Main Phase 2. Seto Normal Summons "Z-Metal Tank" (1500/1300) in Defense Position. Since he Summoned a monster, Seto activates the effect of "Clone Dragon" to Special Summon the latter (?/?) from his hand in Defense Position. The effect of "Clone Dragon" activates, making its name, ATK, and DEF the same as those of "Z-Metal Tank" ("Clone Dragon": ? → 1500/? → 1300).
Turn 5: Zigfried
Zigfried draws. He then activates "Valkyrie's Embrace" to change his "Valkyrie Dritte" to Defense Position and remove from play "Z-Metal Tank". Since there is another monster that is now removed from play, "Valkyrie Dritte" gains 100 more ATK ("Valkyrie Dritte": 1100 → 1200/1600). "Valkyrie Erste" attacks and destroys "Clone Dragon". "Valkyrie Zweite" attacks Seto directly (Seto 4000 → 2400).
Turn 6: Kaiba
Seto draws "Pitch-Dark Dragon" and subsequently Normal Summons it (900/600) in Defense Position. He then Sets a card.
Turn 7: Zigfried
Zigfried draws. He then changes his "Valkyrie Dritte" to Attack Position. "Valkyrie Zweite" attacks and destroys "Pitch-Dark Dragon". Since a monster he controlled was destroyed, Seto activates "Flat Lv 4" to allow both players to Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from their Decks. Seto Special Summons "Y-Dragon Head" (1500/1600) in Defense Position while Zigfried Special Summons another "Valkyrie Dritte" (1000/1600) in Attack Position. Due to the effect of that "Valkyrie Dritte", it gains 200 more ATK since there are currently two monsters that are removed from play (2nd "Valkyrie Dritte": 1000 → 1200/1600).
Turn 8: Kaiba
Seto draws "Pot of Greed" and subsequently activates it to draw 2 cards. He then activates "Dimension Fusion" to pay 2000 Life Points (Seto 2400 → 400) and allow both players to Special Summon as many of their removed from play monsters as possible. Seto Special Summons "X-Head Cannon" (1800/1500) and "Z-Metal Tank" (1500/1300) both in Attack Position. Since there are now no monsters removed from play, the ATK of both "Valkyrie Dritte" return to normal (both "Valkyrie Dritte": 1200 → 1000/1600). Seto activates "Soul Absorption". Now whenever 1 or more cards is removed from play, Seto will gain 500 Life Points for each of those cards.
Seto then removes from play his "X-Head Cannon", "Y-Dragon Head", and "Z-Metal Tank" to Special Summon "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" (2800/2600) in Attack Position. Since 3 cards were removed from play, the effect of "Soul Absorption" increases Seto's Life Points by 1500 (Seto 400 → 1900). Also, since 3 monsters are now removed from play, the effects of both "Valkyrie Dritte" increase their ATK by 300 (both "Valkyrie Dritte": 1000 → 1300/1600). "XYZ-Dragon Cannon" attacks and destroys a "Valkyrie Dritte" (Zigfried 4000 → 2500).
Turn 9: Zigfried
Zigfried draws "Nibelung's Treasure" and subsequently activates it to activate "Nibelung's Ring" from his Deck to his opponent's side of the field. "Nibelung's Ring" then equips onto "XYZ-Dragon Cannon". Now the equipped monster can't attack or be Tributed and all of its effects are now negated. As "Nibelung's Treasure" resolves, Zigfried draws 5 cards. He then Tributes "Valkyrie Dritte" to Tribute Summon "Fortune Chariot" (0/0) in Attack Position.
Zigfried then uses the effect of "Fortune Chariot" to equip it to "Valkyrie Zweite". Since "Fortune Chariot" is equipped to a monster, Zigfried activates its effect to halve the ATK of the equipped "Valkyrie Zweite" for this turn ("Valkyrie Zweite": 1600 → 800/1600) and allow it to attack Seto directly this turn. "Valkyrie Zweite" attacks Seto directly (Seto 1900 → 1100). Zigfried then activates "Mystical Space Typhoon" to destroy "Soul Absorption". Zigfried then Sets a card. During the End Phase, the ATK of "Valkyrie Zweite" returns to normal ("Valkyrie Zweite": 800 → 1600/1600).
Differences in adaptations
- Cut from the dub is a sequence of children rushing home to watch the duel on TV at the beginning of the episode.
- Cut from the dub are long shots of Kaiba's helicopter flying above the stadium, and the gang wondering what's happening.
- In the dub, when Valkyrie Dritte is switched to defense mode, it shows Valkyrie Zweite's stats.
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this episode. Cards in italics debuted here.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Negate Attack" was played as a Quick-Play Spell Card in the Japanese version of this episode. It is a Counter Trap Card in the TCG/OCG.


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SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama conceded Wednesday he did poorly in a debate last week that fueled a comeback by his rival in the race for the White House. Mitt Romney barnstormed battleground Ohio and pledged "I'm not going to raise taxes on anyone" in a new commercial.
A perennial campaign issue flared unexpectedly as Romney reaffirmed he is running as a "pro-life candidate and I'll be a pro-life president." He spoke one day after saying in an interview he was not aware of any abortion-related legislation that would become part of his agenda if he wins the White House.
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GOP lawmakers refused to accept the department's explanation Wednesday that protection judged adequate for the threat was overwhelmed by an unprecedented assault in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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A top State official acknowledged she had declined to approve more U.S. security as violence in Benghazi spiked, saying the department wanted to train Libyans to protect the consulate.
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Romney told the story of his chance encounter with Doherty at least twice in the last two days as part of a larger push to show a more personal side and criticize President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Romney, like other Republicans, have repeatedly raised questions about the president's handling of the Sept. 11 attack.
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The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday in the town of Mingora in the volatile Swat Valley horrified Pakistanis across the religious, political and ethnic spectrum. Many in the country hoped the attack and the outrage it has sparked will be a turning point in Pakistan's long-running battle against the Taliban, which still enjoys considerable public support for fighting U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
Top U.S. officials condemned the attack and offered to help the girl.
A Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school and shot Malala in the head and neck. Another girl on the bus was also wounded. Pictures of the vehicle showed bloodstained seats where the girls were sitting.
Malala appeared to be out of immediate danger after doctors operated on her early Wednesday to remove a bullet lodged in her neck. But she remained in intensive care at a hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar, and Pakistan's Interior Minister said the next 48 hours would be crucial.
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Lance Armstrong said he wanted to see the names of his accusers. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency gave him 26, including 11 ex-teammates.
The world's most famous cyclist said he wanted to see the hard evidence that he was a doper. The agency gave him that, too: About 200 pages filled with vivid details — from the hotel rooms riders transformed into makeshift blood-transfusion centers to the way Armstrong's ex-wife rolled cortisone pills into foil and handed them out to all the cyclists.
In all, a USADA report released Wednesday gives the most detailed, unflinching portrayal yet of Armstrong as a man who, day after day, week after week, year after year, spared no expense — financially, emotionally or physically — to win the seven Tour de France titles that the anti-doping agency has ordered taken away.
It presents as matter-of-fact reality that winning and doping went hand-in-hand in cycling and that Armstrong was the focal point of a big operation, running teams that were the best at getting it done without getting caught. Armstrong won the Tour as leader of the U.S. Postal Service team from 1999-2004 and again in 2005 with the Discovery Channel as the primary sponsor.
USADA said the path Armstrong chose to pursue his goals "ran far outside the rules."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The ice goes on seemingly forever in a white pancake-flat landscape, stretching farther than ever before. And yet in this confounding region of the world, that spreading ice may be a cockeyed signal of man-made climate change, scientists say.
This is Antarctica, the polar opposite of the Arctic.
While the North Pole has been losing sea ice over the years, the water nearest the South Pole has been gaining it. Antarctic sea ice hit a record 7.51 million square miles in September. That happened just days after reports of the biggest loss of Arctic sea ice on record.
Climate change skeptics have seized on the Antarctic ice to argue that the globe isn't warming and that scientists are ignoring the southern continent because it's not convenient. But scientists say the skeptics are misinterpreting what's happening and why.
Shifts in wind patterns and the giant ozone hole over the Antarctic this time of year — both related to human activity — are probably behind the increase in ice, experts say. This subtle growth in winter sea ice since scientists began measuring it in 1979 was initially surprising, they say, but makes sense the more it is studied.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — School teacher Darlene Derosier lost her home in the 2010 earthquake that devastated her country. Her husband died a month later after suffering what she said was emotional trauma from the quake. She and her two daughters now live in tents outside the capital of Port-au-Prince, surrounded by thousands of others made homeless and desperate by the disaster.
What's helped pull her through all the grief, she said, has been her faith, but not of the Catholic, Protestant or even Voodoo variety that have predominated in this island country. Instead, she's converted to a new religion here, Islam, and built a small neighborhood mosque out of cinderblocks and plywood, where some 60 Muslims pray daily.
Islam has won a growing number of followers in this impoverished country, especially after the catastrophe two years ago that killed some 300,000 people and left millions more homeless. A capital where church attendance is so prevalent that the streets echo with Christian hymns on Sundays now has at least five mosques, a Muslim parliament member and a nightly local television program devoted to Islam.
The disaster drew in aid groups from around the world, including Islamic Relief USA, which built 200 shelters and a secondary school with 20 classrooms.
"After the earthquake we had a lot of people join," said Robert Dupuy, an imam or Islamic spiritual leader in the capital. "We were organized. We had space in the mosques to receive people and food to feed them."
A day to get married, buy a lottery ticket, hold a debate? 10-11-12 is appealing date to some
NEW YORK (AP) — So what are you doing on Thursday?
Not you, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan — we already know you're a little busy with that debate thing. But others may be marking, in some way, the fact that Thursday is a special day, numerically speaking: It's 10-11-12.
Nice, but how significant? Those who study numbers say, well, not too much. Or perhaps it's better to say that it's as significant as you want it to be.
Significant enough to influence your wedding date? At one wedding chapel in Las Vegas, Forever Grand at the MGM Resorts, there's a special numerology package, including a chapel, a pianist, a minister, and a limo to the courthouse, among other things. (And if you're just finding out about this, it isn't too late: There's another special at Forever Grand for 12-12-12.)
The date 10-11-12 has proven not nearly as popular as last year's 11-11-11, when there were 22 weddings at the chapel, says manager Glynnis Sherwood. Nine weddings are booked for Thursday, almost certainly because of the date, she says, adding: "Of course, the biggest was 07-07-07, when we had 62."


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July 3, 2012
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Dear Savvy Senior,
Are there any resources or programs that help seniors with the high cost of hearing aids?
Can't Afford To Hear
Dear Can't,
It's unfortunate, but millions of Americans with hearing loss don't get hearing aids because they simply can't afford them. Hearing aids are expensive, typically costing between $1,000 and $3,500 per ear, and most insurance companies including traditional Medicare don't cover them. While there's no one simple solution to finding affordable hearing aids, there are a variety of options you can look into that can help.
Check Insurance
Your first step is to check with your health-insurance provider to see if it provides any hearing aid coverage.
If you're a Medicare beneficiary, you need to know that while original Medicare (Part A and B) and Medicare supplemental policies do not cover hearing aids, some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans do. If you have an Advantage plan, you'll need to check with your plan administrator.
Medicaid also covers hearing aids in some states to people with very limited means. Your county social service office can give you more information.
Or, if you're a federal employee or retiree, hearing aid coverage may be available through some insurance plans in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Or if you're a veteran, the VA provides free hearing aids if you meet certain conditions, such as being compensated for any service-connected disability or if your hearing loss is connected to military service. See va.gov or call 877-222-8387 to check your eligibility.
Financial Assistance
Depending on your income level, there are various programs and foundations that provide financial assistance for hearing aids to people in need. Start by calling your state rehabilitation department (see
for contact information), or the nearest chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America (hearingloss.org) to find out if there are any city, county, or state programs, or local civic organizations that could help.
There are also a number of nonprofits that offer hearing aids at deeply discounted prices, or for free. Some good ones to check out include:
�HEAR Now: Sponsored by the Starkey Hearing Foundation (starkeyhearingfoundation.org, 1-800-328-8602), this program provides hearing aids for people with net incomes below $19,058 for a single or $25,743 for couples. Your only costs are a hearing test and an application fee of $125 per hearing aid request.
�Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project: Offered through some Lions clubs throughout the United States, this program provides the opportunity to purchase new, digital hearing aids manufactured by Rexton for $200 per aid, plus shipping. To be eligible, most clubs will require your income to be somewhere below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $22,340 for singles or $30,260 for couples. Contact your local Lions Club (see lionsclubs.org for contact information) to see if they participate in this project.
�Sertoma: A civic service organization that runs a hearing aid recycling program through its 500 clubs nationwide, refurbishes them, and distributes them to local people in need. Call 1-800-593-5646 or visit sertoma.org to locate a club in your area.
�Audient: This program (audientalliance.org, 866-956-5400) helps people purchase new, digital hearing aids at reduced prices ranging from $495 to $975 for one hearing aid, or $990 to $1,575 for a pair. To be eligible, your income must be below $27,075 for a single or $36,425 for couples.
For a list of more programs, visit the Better Hearing Institute website at betterhearing.org, and click on "Hearing Loss Resources," then on "Financial Assistance." Or, call the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at 1-800-241-1044 and ask them to mail you their list of financial resources for hearing aids.
Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC "Today" show and author of The Savvy Senior book. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org.
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Name: Everett (1)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
We threw my son a Lucha Libre party. I'm Mexican and wanted a Mexican inspired party with a cool "boy" theme.
Our invitations looked like vintage Luchador posters, along with regular lucha libre posters for the yard. I made canvas posters of each of the baby's names and mounted luchador masks. My son wore a custom cape, cuffs, and mask.
We had a graphic designer create a Luchador caricature of my son and made stamps and posters for the party through Zazzle.com. We asked the little luchadors to wear leggings and they were given capes as party favors upon arrival.
We created a wrestling ring with blankets in the middle of the yard for the babies. We set up the following stations for our guests: baby cantina, changing table, snow cone, photo area with props, and lucha libre thumb war (Hog Wild Pro Thumb Wrestler). The loser had to take shots of tequila. We had a parents' pinata and a regular pinata for our guests.
My mother in-law made styrofoam luchador heads with capes to adorn our straws. The tables were decorated with oil cloths from Mexico, along with Luchador prayer candles and little plastic luchador figures. Our desserts were mini bites of the following: goat cheese cheesecake bites with raspberry chipotle sauce, fruit tartlets, lemon bars, and chocolate ganache cupcakes with star sprinkles. We had a delightful taquero that provided delicious tacos, elotes, and agua frescas. Mariachis serenaded the birthday boy and played while we hit the pinatas. The party catered to everyone, with baby and sans baby. It was a blast!
• Invitations: Viva Press Greetings
• Luchador masks: Oriental Trading
• Cape, cuff and mask: Wood Frock
• Luchador caricature: graphic designer Josh Miller
• Capes: Power Capes
• Cupcakes: Andrea of The Best for Last
• Tacos: My Taco Man
• Mariachi band: Mariachi and More
Thanks Janeesa!
(Images: Brett Snyder)
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amazing attention to detail and this party sounds so fun for kids and adults. LOVE it
...bored look on birthday boy's face, priceless.
Ooh, this sounds like fun! My husband is Mexican, not a big fan of luchas, but I know he'll dig this. Forwarding to him. Love the baby cantina idea too.
I love it! You did an excellent job!
The snarky comments best kept to one's self never fail to gross me out. "Bored look on birthday boy's face" and "lost on your son"??? REALLY??? What exactly do you believe that adds to the dialogue? It's a one-year-old birthday party. Should he be totally into ANY theme??? This is a decorating website. So the intention is to take a look at the DECOR. With your mean-spirited comments you are...helping? Suggesting? Asking? No, you're just being a-holes because you can do it on the internet in a way you would never do it if this were one of your friends' parties.
Someone...a real person, not an editor at Martha Stewart Living...labored over this party for their real-life, actual son. So if you don't like it, do what you would do in real life. Offer a constructive suggestion, or keep it to yourself and keep it moving. Grow up and get a life.
So, so gross. This pervades AT and really ruins the site. I remember when the AT community REAMED a woman for her laundry room turned nursery. Every post on here seems to provide an opportunity for attack. "It's unsafe!" "It's not environmentally responsible!" "It's ugly!"
If you wouldn't voice it in person, don't voice it on here, please!
I thought the same, Chenell. It made me not want to submit my own child's party for awhile, and when I finally did, I included a picture of her smiling for this exact reason (which doesn't seem like it should be necessary).
Just noticed that on the invitation they asked for canned goods in lieu of presents. That's a really nice touch for a child's first birthday (before he's old enough to expect/understand presents)!
Wow, a little over the top there, Chenell? This party has a lot of good ideas, but let's face it, a themed first birthday party generally isn't for the child, it's for the parents. Take a deep breath, settle down, think carefully about what you want to say, and then post.
This party is so adorable and looks like so much fun. I wish there were more photos!
Not at all over-the-top.
Firstly, you make my point exactly. The party decor was for the adults, in the same way a nursery is decorated primarily for the mother who will spend the first year using it, much to the oblivious disinterest of her infant. So the need for commenting on the "bored" look on the baby's face serves no purpose outside of snark.
Secondly, I thought very carefully about what I wanted to say. I wish others would do the same. This is an ongoing torrent on AT, and many of us are fed up. It makes this a hostile community for sharing ideas.
If you disagree, I can completely respect that. But I find myself becoming less and less inclined to even look at the comments on these posts...something I used to do because readers were asking for sources or providing constructive suggestions I felt added to the article or post.
The irony here is that you believe I should settle down, but those making nasty comments about a baby's birthday party are cool. And therein lies the problem, I suppose.
Sounds like a party I would want to attend, sans baby :)
Chenell, I agree with your point completely, but not for the comments you mentioned. I really took the "bored look" comment as a joke, in response to the parents choosing to post this particular picture of the kid looking, well, bored. I thought they were being funny by posting it and the commenter was making a joke in response. Maybe parents have cherished pictures of their kids bawling at a birthday party- it's comedic irony. Chesterandtrudy complemented the party- said it was cool and a success, but also noted the birthday boy looked tired. Some AT comments are horrible and snarky, but I'm not sure these comments are deserving of your ire.
This is an awesome party! I firmly believe the first birthday is for the PARENTS (you survived!) not the kid, so I think this is absolutely perfect.
Super cute party idea. @Chenell, you're overreacting.
Team Chenell! It's not an overreaction because it happens on nearly every baby decor post.
love love love this party. i too wish there were more photos! i would love to see the wrestling ring!
Such a great idea. I would have loved to have been there.
I like how
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Also, awesome job on the party.
"The loser had to take shots of tequila." = EVERYONE WINS!!!
Can I ask why you do that @chesterandtrudy? It reads terribly.
Great party for parents and kids alike.... is there a one year old that doesn't get overwhelmed at some point during their party? Especially during the cake/candles, when ALL eyes are on them! Pointing it out was probably not necessary though @chesterandtrudy. It didn't come across as a joke, or friendly for that matter. Telling a mother, and family, that the party they worked hard on creating for their little boy was "lost on him" is snarky. I think this is the real problem with AT, readers presume they know everything about a person and/or their family based on one photo of one moment in their lives.
Love it! Found more photos on her Facebook link, including lots of pics of the little birthday boy smiling! So cute. Check it out:
Is that a highchair or a barber's chair or...? Neat!
I saw your invitations in VivaPress's ETSY shop! I got the same invites for my husband's surprise 30th birthday party that's next week. I love seeing the party. It has given me some great last minute ideas. THANKS!
I like the invitation but it's kind of wierding me out on behalf of the hosts that their name/address/email is displayed. But I guess they wouldn't have included that shot if they weren't prepared for that? Hopefully they won't get any unwated visitors on London Street!
Awesome in every way! I love the idea of "adult" pinata and "kid pinata" and the adults playing games, too. Kids get a kick out of seeing their parents geting goofy!


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The modern-day job market is a modern-day slave market.
When people need to be at a particular place and time and do what is required of them by other people in order to obtain money to stay alive, that is slavery. The 99% of the population are enslaved to the 1% wealthiest part of the population. People, like giraffes, are born to be free. This type of enslavement causes social ills, individual unhappiness and insanity.
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Mar 12 2013: I wonder if you are honest with yourself. I wonder if you think the word "honest" refers only to negative expressions. If you seek positive, you may find positive. Seek positive/Find positive. You may want to experiment today and see how that works for you. There are sooooooooo many positive facts in this world....right now. HAPPY TODAY.
Mar 12 2013: Seek positive, find positive. Some people seem to think expressing negative makes them sound "wise" or "superior" or something. Perhaps you are finding what you are seeking. Since you believe you possess superior wisdom in these matters, I do not understand why you lower yourself to participate in a discussion that is so very far beneath you (in your estimation). You may find more compatible people in other conversations, where you can be effective at making our world a better place for all people using your approach to improving the world, assuming that is your goal.
Mar 12 2013: Seeking and finding and expressing and encouraging TRUTH is another approach to the same goal.
"Combat" is a negative word (thought and feeling) and "falsehood" is a negative word (thought and feeling).
You can "combat falsehood" and be sucked into a negative vortex.
You can express and encourage truth and spiral upward into positive thoughts and feelings.
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Rising High School:
2013 Camp Info:
June 10-14
Students in this camp get the chance to work in the Niswonger Digital Media Lab at ETSU. This camp is for students with some digital media experience, but their experience does not have to be directly related to this year's topic. Participants must submit a recommendation letter from either an art or computer teacher prior to the start of camp.
This year, campers will discover digital imaging manipulation techniques through the use of photographs. Students will also use still imagery to create animated and visually realistic video clips. Campers will then assemble their creations as a demo reel for presentation to their parents Friday evening!
Cost - $375 (Prices are subject to change.)
ETSU faculty/staff/student discount price - $360
Register Now!
For more information, contact the Office of Professional Development.


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This Week in Fashion: Local Designer Camelia Skikos Fall/Winter 2011 Collection + Sunday Fashion Show
Camelia Skikos' latest collection, "Out of the Blue" showcases her signature cut-out overlays and geometric lines, but this time with sharp doses of blue, cream and black.
The SF-based designer studied fashion design in Europe before making her way to the Bay in 2003, to be the head designer at Levi's. Skikos' is now focused on her own line (which is 100% made in California), but also teaches fashion at the Academy of Art University.
Her love and understanding of the human form shines through her precision in fit, edgy structure, and feminine curves. Each piece from the collection is interesting, evocative, and keeps you wanting more. For a rare chance to see her pieces in action, don't miss her show this Sunday at SF Fashion Week 2011.
Camelia Skikos designs are available locally at 440 Brannan and Wonderland SF. You can also get an insider peek at her super-cool design process through her blog, which photo-documents her mood boards, sketches, and fashion shows.
Lily Ko (lily.7x7 @ gmail.com) studied fashion design and merchandising at Central Saint Martins and the Academy of Art University. In addition to writing for 7x7, Lily is an editor at SF Station, works as a freelance stylist and covers food, fashion and fun on her blog, Curated SF.
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