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Mayor R.T. Rybak signs the taproom license ordinance
Mayor Rybak and the brewers are ready to pour one out.
With brewers from Fulton Beer and Surly looking on, Mayor R.T. Rybak signed the Minneapolis taproom license ordinance today. Taprooms are now legal in Mill City.
But while Fulton already has a location in the city, the question remains: Does this mean Surly's mega-brewery is coming to Minneapolis?
Beer lovers rejoiced back in May when Surly owner Omar Ansari successfully lobbied for a change in Minnesota state law that would allow brewers to sell pints of their own beer on premise. Ansari was able to push the so-called Surly bill with one seductive promise: A $20 million destination brewery with a restaurant and a beer garden, location to-be-determined. A tidal wave of support for the bill followed.
Once taproom licenses became legal on the state level, it was up to individual municipalities to pass their own ordinances. Minneapolis now joins Stillwater and St. Paul, which passed theirs earlier this summer.
The language of the Minneapolis ordinance closely follows that of the state law--basically it says a brewery that produces less than 250,000 barrels a year may apply for a license to sell pints on-site. Read the whole ordinance here.
"We're making it easier for Minnesota beer drinkers to drink Minnesota beer and create jobs here," said Rybak in a press release (The mayor has been openly coveting the Surly brewery for his fair city since plans for it were announced).
After the signing earlier today, Surly tweeted out victoriously:
Alright, let's build this thing! @MayorRTRybak signs the taproom ordinance for Minneapolis. http://t.co/DK9L4mh
Wait, was that a promise?
"It certainly makes Minneapolis a viable option," says Ansari coyly. "We hope to be getting to site selection in the next month or two."
So, no. But he does say he has a big announcement to make on the matter in the next week or so. We'll all just have to stay tuned.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis brewers are now able to apply for their licenses. Once the application is reviewed and approved by the City Council, Minneapolite brewers like Harriet Brewing and Fulton will be able to throw open the doors of their brand-new taprooms. It should take about 30 to 35 days after the initial application to get approval.
The owners of Fulton are busily working away at their taproom in the North Loop and expect to be open for business in October or November. Lift Bridge Beer in Stillwater is even further along in the process, and if its inspections go smoothly, the company expects to open the state's first taproom on September 16.
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Essay; American Beauty (Circa 1955)
Published: April 9, 2000
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No one (except perhaps the children) really comes out looking very good in ''Revolutionary Road.'' Even Yates's supporting cast of neighbors, venal business types, blustery bosses, nosy realtors and nut-house residents all seem deluded and discredited, each in her or his own way, disabled as doers of right, or incapable of the sort of affiliations that could weave a fabric of communal spirit strong enough to hold the weak should they falter, or console the despairing when they sound a plea.
Back in 1984, in a not particularly admiring essay about Yates's novels, Anatole Broyard of The New York Times noticed and then complained about what still seems to me a crucial fact about ''Revolutionary Road'' -- a feature with which I myself have no complaint. ''The main question in Mr. Yates's work,'' Broyard wrote, ''is whether we are being asked to see around, or beyond, the characters to some kind of symbolism -- or to take them literally. Are we supposed to forgive their shortcomings and their failures as God does, or are they being offered up as intrinsically interesting without extenuation? Is his perspective metaphysical or entomological?''
Broyard's is, indeed, an issue of particular importance for appreciating ''Revolutionary Road.'' On the one hand Yates's consummate talent for devising and developing the particulars of life-as-lived, his willingness to put his imagination at the service of taking life seriously, his ability to invent plausible human emotion before we can experience it, and then put it to word -- all this would speak for a perspective of man-seen-as-literal-creature. And yet, there is so much in this novel that's sarcastic, comical, mischievous, hyperbolic, as to argue not for the literal but the emblematic -- Broyard's ''metaphysical.'' All these extraliteral names: Mrs. Givings the ungiving realtor; Shep the bird-dogging neighbor; the improbable Oat Fields, Frank's father's Dickensian boss; the implicitly grubby Ms. Grube; even the reeling Wheelers themselves, spinning out of kilter and down the road to disaster. Plus all the archly amplified description that eventually brings everyone into the flattening light of derision and satire, as with the pathetic Mr. and Mrs. Givings, on the day they visit their son in the ''home'' where he's ''resting'' up for the travail that will be the poor rest of his life:
''In the outer waiting room of Ward Two A, after they had pressed the bell marked ring for attendant, Mr. and Mrs. Givings shyly joined a group of other visitors who were inspecting an exhibition of patients' artwork. The pictures included a faithfully rendered likeness of Donald Duck, in crayon, and an elaborate purple-and-brown crucifixion scene in which the sun, or moon, was done in the same crimson paint as the drops of blood that fell at precisely measured intervals from the wound in the Savior's ribs.''
Moreover, just how bad can it literally be out there in the burbs where Frank Wheeler can dopily muse, ''Economic circumstances might force you to live in this environment, but the important thing was to keep from being contaminated'' -- and yet where almost nobody's character shows capacity to change, but only to suffer? How unhappy and morally compromised can the Wheelers make each other and stay credible as fellow humans? ''He could be grateful in a sense that he had no particular area of interest,'' the narrator notes, airily sizing up Frank's life: ''In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.''
In Broyard's creaky terms, ''Revolutionary Road'' seems to want it both ways -- the ''entomological'' and the metaphysical; the literal and the symbolic. Broyard felt that in choosing both modes the novel did neither very well. But for my money, by allowing at least two strategies of representing reality to share time, Yates brought to life all the more remarkable a novel; brought us -- through art -- near enough to life's palpable details that we can recognize our own lives, yet preserved for us a distance from which we can exercise moral judgment and be relieved that the Wheelers aren't us.
To me, at 56, 1955 doesn't seem so far away now. And opened fresh today, ''Revolutionary Road ''manages to testify both to how much in American culture has shifted since the 50's, and how much from that odd time remains lively in our moral imaginations. Everyone in ''Revolutionary Road'' drinks way too much, and everyone smokes. Pregnant women do both with utter alacrity. Business lunches feature four martinis, and afternoons are sacrificed to trysts with your secretary, followed the next morning by the gentleman slinking in, making nice, but never calling again. Frank Wheeler smacks April around when he gets a little loaded, and April by and large lets it happen. Wives mostly stay near to home, don't earn a paycheck, do not attend consciousness-raising seminars. Business downtown is still Bartlebyesque with offices in big open rooms, ''ablaze with fluorescent ceiling lights, that had been divided into a maze of aisles and cubicles by shoulder-high partitions.'' There are as yet no cell phones, no faxes, no call waiting, and salaries are insufficient for ski weekends in Sugarbush. There is no Sugarbush, no 10-K races, no Outward Bound.


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Elizabeth WIP~ by Izzybella4Watch
©2014-2016 Izzybella4
"Booker, are you afraid of God?"
This is my wip so far, excuse the corset top its just a stand in at the moment! its not the final one, im still waiting on the shoes and corset and i also have to style the wig! This was literally opened then thrown on xD
Full version of cosplay now here - izzybella4.deviantart.com/art/…
This is my wip so far, excuse the corset top its just a stand in at the moment! its not the final one, im still waiting on the shoes and corset and i also have to style the wig! This was literally opened then thrown on xD
Full version of cosplay now here - izzybella4.deviantart.com/art/…
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I don't airbrush my photos? It's of low quality (taken with the iPhone front camera) so airbrushing it would be extremely obvious, and I can garantee I havent airbrushed this photo, all I've done is put a sepia coloured filter over
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Were you the human model for Elizabeth? xD
You make a great Elizabeth! I would have gone with the bird, but the cage suits well! And I just have to say that you have a very cute face! Keep up the good work!


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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet every two weeks to advance peace talks.
George Mitchell, the senior U.S. envoy to the region, said the sides agreed to meet in the region Sept. 14-15, the first concrete outcome of renewed talks launched Thursday in Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met first with Mitchell and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before moving into face-to-face talks.
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Game Revolution
|This article may have too many section headers dividing up its content. (August 2015)
|Web address
Type of site
|Video games
|CraveOnline Media, LLC
|Created by
|Duke Ferris
|April 1996
Alexa rank
|24,201 (April 2014[update])[1]
|Current status
Game Revolution (formerly Game-Revolution) or GR is a gaming website created in 1996. Based in Berkeley, California, the site includes reviews, previews, a gaming download area, cheats, and a merchandise store, as well as webcomics, screenshots, and videos. Their features pages include articles satirizing Jack Thompson, E³, the hype surrounding the next-generation consoles, and the Video game controversy. Cameo writing appearances include Brian Clevinger of 8-Bit Theatre and Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats. The website has also participated in marketing campaigns for video games, including Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows.[2] To date, it is one of the oldest remaining video game review and news site on the internet.
- 1 Company history
- 2 Content
- 3 Features
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Company history[edit]
Net Revolution, Inc., a California corporation was founded in April, 1996 by Duke Ferris as a holding company and as publisher of the Game Revolution website. Ferris served as president of the company until it was acquired in 2005 stock purchase by Bolt Media, Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 1996, GameRevolution claims hundreds of thousands of daily visitors to its site.[3]
The staff of Game Revolution are annual judges at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Duke Ferris is a returning Judge for the 2010 show. Perhaps the most influential year for Game Revolution at E3 was in 2000, where they invited Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade to attend.[4] They also bestowed Black & White (video game) the Best of E3 award.[5]
Purchase By CraveOnline[edit]
[6][7] Following the bankruptcy of Bolt Media, Inc., continuing to be frequented by hundreds of thousands of visitors, GameRevolution was purchased from the assignment for the benefit of creditors by the men's entertainment site CraveOnline (a division of Atomic Online),[8] for another undisclosed sum. It has since been integrated as part of the CraveOnline community while continuing to stand alone as a popular site. The purchase was announced February 25, 2008.
GameRevolution's popularity stems from the varied and voluminous content on the site. Such content includes: Reviews, Previews, Screenshots, Videos, Cheats, FAQS (Frequently Asked Questions), Downloads, Release Lists, Features, Goodies, Comics, The GR Mailbag, Daily Manifesto, Podcast, Community, Chat, Forums, and Member Produced Content.
One of the site's most acclaimed attributes is their style of reviews, often harshly criticizing the game and developers of the game itself with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. From 1996 until 2012, Game Revolution, through their roughly two-page reviews, came to a summary in the American A-F Grading system.[9] Game Revolution claimed rightly that they had never given an "A+", and their "A" would be awarded to very few, very select games. Such games included Metroid Prime, Ōkami,[10] Grand Theft Auto III, and Halo: Combat Evolved.[11] On the opposite side of the spectrum, when faced with games they considered to be terrible, the site's reviewers would often choose to make the actual reading of the review humorous. For example, when reviewing Survivor: The Interactive Game, multiple drop-down boxes that serve no logical purpose were added to poke fun at the game. One problem with the grading system was that it caused problems when meta review sites had to convert the score to a numerical value that didn't quite reflect the grade that GR gave it.
Member reviews[edit]
Recently, members had been given the ability to write their own reviews on the website, for any game in Game Revolution's database. This caused problems where some user reviews had written reviews about games still in development, but were in GR's database (such as when GR would release a preview, or screen shots of the game). Due to the website's smaller staff, a number of games did not have reviews for them; the member reviews would fill this void.
Some GR members had been creating reviews akin to those of the main GR staff, including a mimic of GR's summary +/- system, and copying GR's somewhat humorous style and paragraphing.
These reviews were a part of the member produced content that has gained affluence since its inclusion.
Five-star rating adaptation[edit]
In January 2012, Game Revolution announced that it would change its letter grading to five-star ratings, with half-star increments (this five-star rating is currently in use today[12]). According to Nicholas Tan:
First and foremost, switching to a five-star scale allows Game Revolution to control how our grades are interpreted. Occasionally, our letter grades are taken out of context and must be explained, to our detriment, and yes, I'm intentionally keeping the whos and the whats vague. Suffice it to say, the letter-grade system prevents us from, among other things, receiving titles and ensuring that our voice is not misunderstood nor misused.
Letter grades, bluntly, don't come off as a professional system and correlates to, well, school. I mean, the last time I took letter grades seriously was in college and the last thing I want to think about when I play a video game is my GPA (unless we're talking about Dance Dance Revolution). Still, the five-star scale is more recognized not only internationally, but also as a critical scale, as it is used in review for other widely accepted artforms like music, food, movies, and literature. It's about time video games be included in that circle.
And really, we're still going to be as critical as we were before. An A = 5 stars, A- = 4.5 stars, B+ = 4 stars, and so on until an F = 0 stars. The D and D- must share the half-star grade, but apart from that, the letter grades and the star grades have a one-to-one correspondence. In other words, the change is essentially cosmetic.[13]
Before a game is released, developers will commonly release information about their title. This information is compiled together into a look at upcoming titles written by members of staff. These previews are an informative look into such aspects apparent in the unfinished game such as the style of gameplay, story, and graphics. Also included is information about the developer.
Recently Game Revolution featured a preview of Reset Generation for the N-Gage 2.0. The cross-platform action-puzzle video game impressed the staff with its many cultural references, and in turn the preview was highlighted on the N-Gage Blog.[14]
The screenshots section is an easy to navigate look at images released for many upcoming titles. There are commonly numerous images of characters and unique gameplay aspects.
The videos in this section of the site are similar to the screenshots in that the videos are also released by the developer for the purpose of publicity. Videos commonly include trailers, clips of gameplay, and insight into all concepts that can be viewed and heard that the developers desire to show.
The cheats section has many applicable cheats for current and past video games as well as walkthroughs, or step by step solutions of games. Many are user created and list different methods to cheat in a game, examples being unlocking items, or enabling the popular God mode which makes the player invulnerable to losing.
The FAQs section consists of a number of Frequently Asked Questions and answers about popular titles. These are commonly user created and help answer questions about gameplay or other aspects of the titles.
The downloads section has a number of demos, addons, patches, and even free games that can be downloaded through the site, or commonly through mirrors, onto a computer.
Release lists[edit]
The release lists is, simply, a list of release dates for upcoming games on varying consoles and the PC.
The Goodies section is a compilation of various media about games. There are videos, whether in cartoon or live action form, that discuss games or on the topic of games that can be viewed inside of GameRevolution. There are also a number of games that can similarly be played in site.
Web comics[edit]
The website brings together and links various online comics of varying popularity that are commonly related to video games. The particular comics presented have fluxed and changed over the years, such as the removal of Penny Arcade years ago and the inclusion of ActionTrip through the CraveOnline purchase. As of January 2014, Game Revolution has begun producing its own web comic called GR Strips, weekly comic strips which pokes fun at the video game industry. GR Strips is a collaborative effort between the staff of Game Revolution, as well as Australian artist Craig Brown and his brother Morgan, writing and editing many of the comics.
GR Mailbag[edit]
Game Revolution also has a GR Mailbag (previously "Moron Mailbag"), a way of showing their personal responses to the numerous hate-mail they receive. However, the mailbag is not limited to hate-mail, and has included junk and complementary mail as well.[15] Almost every response Game Revolution posts is intended to be humorous in nature, usually poking fun at the sender or the e-mail's contents. The Mailbag is updated the least out of the site's content, which is often pointed out by the creators as a running gag.
Daily Manifesto[edit]
The Manifesto is a section updated daily with personal and gaming news and interests of the GameRevolution staff. It commonly has links to popular gaming news or entertainment videos.
Haiku Friday[edit]
A weekly feature of the Daily Manifesto occurring most every Friday, where users post Haiku in the comments related to that day's Manifesto. Winners are chosen the following Monday, and win prizes such as games, T-shirts and other merchandise. On some occasions the staff has also given out beta keys to upcoming games.
Recently, GR added a podcast to its already extensive range of personal input from the staff. The GR podcast mostly pertains to video games, but also contains humorous commentary on world politics and news. The podcast is usually updated Friday evenings both on the website, and off iTunes.
The feature section commonly includes articles about important gaming events as the Nintendo Summit [16] and other developers' personal and public congregations and displays. For a number of years it has also contained the GR Awards for Best,[17] and Worst,[18] of a year in gaming, as well as having buying guides for the Holiday Season.[19] There are also a number of bizarre and unique articles describing phenomena in the gaming community, or simply, interesting news for gamers.
Jack Thompson controversy[edit]
Sometime in August 2005, Jack Thompson contacted the Lou Kerner of Game Revolution and requested he remove an ´offensive´ AIM buddy icon from an affiliate site of Game Revolution known as Bolt.com. Kerner complied and had the offending icon removed immediately. However, Thompson saw the removal as an admission of guilt and contacted the NYPD to have Kerner arrested. However, no such action was taken. Duke Ferris, another employee of the site, wrote an article [20] on the matter and humorously pointed out the ridiculousness of the entire situation. To drive home this point, he even chose to present a primitively drawn image which had Thompson being devoured by a crocodile, and then challenged Thompson to go ahead and have him arrested. It is unknown if Thompson responded to the article.
Article regarding video game violence and youth violence[edit]
Perhaps Game Revolution's most revered article (as evidenced by its consistent referral by various video game websites[21][22][23]) was Duke Ferris's composition regarding the current public controversy with video games and its connection with violent youth. Ferris openly criticized the matter, and offered several bits of data to prove that there is no discernible connection between two. In fact, he points out that this year's youth has been the least violent in several years, yet political figures and the media have made it a point to make the issue seem the exact opposite. As with the style of the site the article can be considered humorous in nature. The original article can be found here.[24]
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Barry Don Payne, 50, a native and resident of Chauvin, died Friday, May 25, 2007.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at Community Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial in Bisland Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother, Barbara Payne of Chauvin; three brothers, Keith Payne of Houma, Eric Payne and wife, Marlene, of Dale City, Va., and Darren Payne of Alexandria; and four sisters, Tammy Payne and Deanna Payne of Chauvin, Kimberly Payne of Alexandria, Va., and Tara Payne of Houma.
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Growing up on Catalina Island, off the California coast, Scarlett Wenderoth has led a fairly isolated life. After her brother dies, her isolation deepens as she withdraws into herself, shutting out her friends and boyfriend. Her parents, shattered by their own sorrow, fail to/b>
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A grieving girl meets a boy with mystical powers in this passionate love story.
Growing up on Catalina Island, off the California coast, Scarlett Wenderoth has led a fairly isolated life. After her brother dies, her isolation deepens as she withdraws into herself, shutting out her friends and boyfriend. Her parents, shattered by their own sorrow, fail to notice Scarlett's pain and sudden alarming thinness. Scarlett finds pleasure only on her horse, escaping to the heart of the island on long, solitary rides. One day, as she races around a bend, Scarlett is startled by a boy who raises his hand in warning and says one word: "Stop."
The boy—intense, beautiful—is Will Cohen, a newcomer to the island. For reasons he can't or won't explain, he's drawn to Scarlett and feels compelled to keep her safe. To keep her from wasting away. His meddling irritates Scarlett, though she can't deny her attraction to him. As their relationship blossoms into love, Scarlett's body slowly awakens at Will's touch. But just when her grief begins to ebb, she makes a startling discovery about Will, a discovery he's been grappling with himself. A discovery that threatens to force them apart. And if it does, Scarlett fears she will unravel all over again.
"Will appeal to many teens, especially fans of the Twilight series."--Booklist
"Filled with tension and angst. . . . Readers will be looking for the next installment."--School Library Journal
"A poignant novel of loss and grief, but also of hope."--VOYA
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All around me, the island prepared to die. August was ending, so summer had come, bloomed, and waned. The tall, dry grass on the trail through the hills cracked under my mare's hooves as we wound our way up toward the island's heart.
Summer sun had bleached the grass the same blond as my hair, which was pulled into a rough ponytail at the nape of my neck. The straw cowboy hat I always wore when I rode was worn out too, beginning to split and fray along the seams.
The economy had done its part over the past few years to choke the life out of the small island I called home—Catalina, a little over twenty miles off the coast of Los Angeles. This summer, the island had felt remarkably more comfortable, as the mainland's tourists had largely stayed away. But even though it was nice to have some breathing room for a change, it came at a price. Our main town, Avalon, had seen the closure of two restaurants and a hotel, and my parents' bed-and-breakfast had gone whole weeks without any guests.
It was selfish that I enjoyed the solitude. Selfish and wrong, but undeniably true—solitude was a luxury, a rare commodity on a twenty-two-mile-long island that I shared with three-thousand-plus people, all of whom seemed to look at me differently lately, now that my brother was dead.
Yes, death was all around. The dry, hot air of August pressed down on me, my brother would not be coming home, and Avalon seemed to be folding in on itself under the weight of the recession, like a butterfly that's dried up, its papery wings faded.
As if she could sense my mood, my mare, Delilah, tossed her pretty head and pulled at her bit, yearning to run. Delilah was also a luxury, one my parents had been in the habit of reminding me we really couldn't afford—until Ronny died. Then, suddenly, they didn't say much to me at all.
I get it, your kids are supposed to outlive you, it's the natural order of things, but since Ronny had died, it was like I was dead too.
That was how I measured time now. There were the things that happened Before Ronny Died, and then there was Since Ronny Died. It was as sure a division of Before and After to our family as the birth of Jesus is to Christians.
Before Ronny Died, Mom smiled. Before Ronny Died, Daddy made plans for expanding our family B&B. Before Ronny Died, I was popular . . . as popular as you can be in a class of sixty-four students.
That was all different now. Since Ronny Died, my mother didn't seem to notice that a film of dust coated all the knickknacks in the front room. My dad didn't weed the flower beds. More than a tanking economy was sinking our family business. We were bringing it down just as surely, our gloomy faces unable to animate into real smiles. We probably scared off the guests.
Ronny died last May in the middle of a soccer game. Cause of death: grade 6 cerebral aneurysm. He was just finishing up his freshman year at UCLA. We weren't with him. The distance between Catalina Island and the mainland seems a lot farther than twenty miles when your brother's body is waiting for you on the other side.
I blinked hard to clear these thoughts. They would stay with me anyway, I knew, but I let Delilah have her head, knowing from experience that while we were galloping, at least, my mind would feel empty.
My mare didn't let me down. Twitching her tail with excitement, Delilah broke into a gallop, her short Arabian's stride lengthening as she gathered speed, her head pushed out as if to smell the wind, her wide nostrils flaring. Her coat gleamed red in the afternoon sun.
Ronny used to joke that Delilah should have been named Scarlett, not me. Ronny was a literal kind of guy. And he liked to say that I should be called Delilah, because of my long hair. That was stupid, of course; in the Bible, Delilah wasn't the one with the long hair. It was her lover, Samson, who she betrayed by chopping off his hair—the source of his strength—while he slept, damning him to death at the hands of the Philistines.
Ronny just shrugged when I explained all this to him. Sometimes he could be awfully dumb, for such a smart guy.
I wanted to cut off my hair after Ronny died. I stood in the kitchen the afternoon of the funeral, dressed in one of my mother's suits left over from her days as a lawyer, back before she and Daddy decided to move to the island to open a B&B. In my hands, I held a long serrated knife. There was a perfectly good reason for this: I couldn't find the scissors.
But when my mother came into the kitchen, fresh from burying her only son, and saw me standing in the kitchen with a knife in my hand, she freaked out. She started screaming, loud, piercing screams, as if I were an intruder, as if I planned to use that knife against her. Or maybe she thought I was planning to use it against myself, pressing the blade into flesh instead of hair. Then Daddy ran in and saw me there, and his eyes filled with tears, something I'd seen more times that week than I'd seen in the sixteen years of my life up till that point. Dad took the knife gently from my hand before leading my mother to bed.
Afterward, I couldn't seem to gather the strength to cut my hair. I had wanted to cut it because Ronny had loved it, though he'd never have admitted as much. He used to braid it while we watched TV. I wanted to cut it off and then burn it.
But my mother's expression had taken all the momentum out of my plans. So as I rode Delilah through the open meadow at the heart of the island, I felt the heavy slap of my ponytail against my back, hanging like a body from a noose in the elastic band that ensnared it.
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I couldn't put this book down, this novel had and intresting plot and I didn't suspect most of the turn of events that come. Overall it was a great book and I highly recommend it.
"…Since coming to the island, Scarlett, I've felt pulled closer and closer to you…like you're the earth, and I'm the moon caught in your orbit. I can't pull away, I don't want to pull away." -Elana K. Arnold, Sacred Sacred is a roller coaster of emotions. From the being the story is marked with tragedy. Scarlett and her family live on a small island off the coast of California, called Catalina. Scarlett's family was a regular family, but everything change when her brother Ronny died. Now her family is a husk of what it used to be. Scarlett is lost and cannot find her way back to herself. She isn't eating or hanging out with her friends. The only time she really ever forgets the pain is when she rides her horse, Delilah. Those close to her notice that she is skinner, with dark circles under her eyes, but Scarlett blocks out their voices. She does not want to be helped, she wants to feel anything, even if it is only discomfort and pain. One day there is a new arrival to the island-Will Cohen. With his brilliant green eyes, and dark curly hair, even in her grief shrouded world, Scarlett notices him. He seems to pop up at the times she needs him the most. It does not take long for Scarlett and Will to acknowledge the connection they have toward one another, and to act on it. Scarlett is crazy about Will, and even though her mother is locked in her own grief stricken mind forsaking everyone else and her father is lost without her mother, she is happy! She is gaining weight back, she is smiling and laughing-she is living. Scarlett learns that Will has a secret-a mystifying and impossible secret. Will this secret take Will away from her? What will she do to be with him. Will love conquer all? Sacred is a complex story that sets the reader right in the middle of a grief stricken family. The reader is shown how each member deals with the lost of their loved one-and how that choice impacts others in the family. Elana K. Arnold writes a moving tale of a girl who is lost and how she deals with her emotions and pain. The rough climb out of her anguish and suffering motivates the reader to cheer and urge Scarlett onward in her journey. The strength of the human spirit and it's thirst to survive-to move forward really shines through in this incredible story!
The synopsis is mysterious. I didn't know if this was going to be a contemporary book or a paranormal book. I didn't know where it was heading, and that intrigued me. What I didn't realize was that I would finish the book still not knowing what happens. This was a confusing book for me. There doesn't seem to be a focus for the plot except that Will and Scarlett were meant to be. The beginning was okay. It wasn't outstanding, but I could see a general course for the novel. Scarlett is depressed, anorexic, and self harms by denying her body's needs. However, the plot doesn't end with Will saving her and righting her life. It introduces a paranormal element with Will's abilities. This may still have worked with the plot; instead, it leads to difficulties in their relationship and a lot of drama that doesn't make much sense in hindsight. In short, despite the paranormal aspect of the book, this reads like a normal high school drama and not even a good one at that. There is the exposition and some rising action; however, I can't name a definite climax or change happening, the falling action takes forever, and there is no real sense of resolution. By the end, I was skimming pages in the hopes of finding some interesting development. Honestly, Scarlett annoyed me for the most part. She doesn't treat herself well, and her relationships are a mess. She stays with Andy, though she isn't attracted to him anymore, if she ever was, and he's a jerk whose only purpose for being with her seems to be getting into her pants. She and Lily and best friends, but they mostly only hang around, talk about guys, and dress up. She is inexplicably drawn to Will from the start, and they're perfect for each other. I could overlook the instalove because Will's abilities pull him towards her, but the changes in his behavior after they begin dating are out of character. Normal jealousy I can understand, but Will typically has such good control over his behavior that his actions seem groundless and unbelievable. In fact, the main characters are relatively unstable in their attitudes and motivations, they don't show much, if any, growth, and they fall flat for me. I do understand some of Scarlett's feelings at the beginning. However, I couldn't feel her emotions. It may have helped to know how close she was to her brother, but little information is given other than the circumstances of his death and a few other details. I can't get a feel for him as a person and how his loss would impact his family so severely. With no clear sense of direction in the plot and with flat, unrelatable characters, Sacred rambles through a time of change in Scarlett's life. I say rambles because that's what it feels took place. There are no major developments in Scarlett's life after she dumps Andy and dates Will, and there are no periods of intense emotions that made me feel as though I was there with Scarlett. Overall, this book fell flat for me along with its characters. It just wasn't for me.
3.5 rating. I really enjoyed Sacred. It sure did end up a much 'deeper' read than I thought it was going to be, but that made it an even more intense story! I read this book in one sitting and can say I am definitely excited to see where book two will go. Sacred follows Scarlett who is slowly turning into nothing, she is grasping at straws but nothing is helping her move on from her brothers death. Her father puts on a fake front, and her mother barely acknowledges her. The only comfort she is finding in life is going to the stables and riding her horse Delilah. Then she meets Will who seems to be showing up everywhere, at first she is annoyed by his presence, but eventually he will turn into the one person that can bring her back to life..but if he leaves Scarlett..she may fall completely off the ledge. This was quite the mysterious read! Which I personally loved, I hate when books are predictable! Sacred thankfully kept my attention and kept me wondering till well past the last page. Will is so mysterious and you have no idea what he is up to, is he a vampire or something? A Ghost? Werewolf? He thankfully is not any of those things, but something completely different that if you want to find out..well you'll just have to read Sacred! Sacred kept me on the edge of my seat, I was never quite sure what was going to happen to Scarlett! Scarlett was an unpredictable character that literally shocked me at some points while reading. I found myself so worried about her, which to me just shows what a great writer the author Elana is. It was very easy to connect to Scarlett, and really feel what she was feeling. Besides the great character to reader aspect, I also really loved Elana's imagery, I usually don't like long descriptions or detailed scenery, but Elana's were so beautiful and so easy to imagine that I found those parts of the book actually being my favorite...compared to my least favorite for a change. ANNNDDDD last but certainly not least there was Will our love interest! I really enjoyed Will, I felt for a YA character he was very mature, he never once annoyed me or made me role my eyes at the things he said. I found him to be quite an interesting character too that kept my attention. He cared alot for Scarlett and really just wanted her to be happy. Overall he was just a great love interest and I am looking forward to seeing him and Scarlett's relationship progress in book two, Splendor! All in all, I really enjoyed Sacred, the writing was amazing, it had great main characters, and completely captivated me till I finished the book. The only complaint I have is that normally I don't enjoy any religion references in books which this one has quite often, but that is just a personal pet peeve with me, and even with the religion talk I still really enjoyed this. If you are looking for a YA novel that is something a little different but awesome, I suggest picking up Sacred. (:
Sacred by Elana K. Arnold was a tough read in the beginning. Not because it wasn't good! But because the subject and emotions that were found in those first chapters was heartbreaking. Scarlett and her family are still struggling with the death of her older brother, Ronny. After an unexpected cerebral aneurysm in the middle of a soccer game, the sudden loss becomes unbearable to this family. With a mother who is barely living, locking herself in the bedroom self medicating herself with sleeping pills to ease her pain, a father who is trying to keep the peace, and Scarlett who has chosen to harm herself in order deal with the loss. The thing is, Scarlett knows what she's doing is bad for herself. She can't even bear to look at herself in the mirror, but all she knows now is emptiness and feeling hollow. Her only escape is riding. To feel while riding her horse along the trails. And it's on these same trails that Scarlett comes across Will. Scared and alone on the trail, Will's demeanour is anything but normal. But Scarlett soon learns that Will was not just some random tourist whom she will never see again. It seems Will and his after have recently moved to Catalina Island to escape a secret of their own. Scarlett instantly feels this pull towards Will, and it seems Will feels the same way. Time and time again, Will plays the part of the hero, and rescues Scarlett time and time again. Little does Scarlett realize that Will also seems to be saving her from herself. When I first started reading Sacred by Elana K. Arnold, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I was instantly pulled in by the emotional and powerful writing style of author, Elana K. Arnold. The way in which she describes the after effects of Ronny's death, and talks about just how much the loss is slowly tearing everyone apart. With her descriptive writing, it was easy enough to get completely immersed in the Catalina Island. Because of the beautiful description of the scenery and way of life for the locals, I am even more curious in wanting to visit and experience everything I read for myself. The characters found in the book are ones that I'm sure readers will be able to relate to, regardless of the subject matter. It was really interesting to witness Scarlett's struggles with her eating, and it was equally wonderful to read just how much support she has in the background…especially with a now non-existent mother. And can I just say that I want my very own Lily! She is a totally awesome best friend, and pretty much embodies just what a best friend should be. Totally supportive, constantly looking out for Scarlett's well being, not being overly pushy, and knowing what to say and day for whatever situation arises. And don't even get me started on Will. With the story containing a somewhat supernatural element, Will is one character that was so great to follow. A sexy hero in waiting. And the way he deals with Scarlett? How sweet he is, how attentive, and how he is always at the right place at the right time. There's no way that anyone could NOT fall for Will. With a very contemporary subject matter and a dash of supernatural, readers will fall in love with the story of Scarlett and Will, the hurtles that they both must jump, and the way in which they both find each other during a dark time, and during time where they need each other the most.
4.5 Stars 'Sacred' is a beautiful young adult novel full of hope and romance. It follows Scarlett Wenderoth as she struggles to contain her grief after the death of her older brother. Scarlett's life has been roughly divided into Before Ronny Died and Since Ronny Died - and the parts that have been happening since his death have been really hard on her. Her parents are consumed with their own grief and trying to keep the family B&B running. Scarlett's only tether to life is her mare, Delilah, and her best friend Lily. Scarlett begins to lose weight at an alarming rate and her parents don't seem to even notice. She feels alone with her only outlet being Delilah. On one of their rides, she meets a mysterious guy named Will - who seems to ease Scarlett's grief and makes her feel safe. Scarlett and Will's relationship grows deeper and she finds herself feeling alive again - until Scarlett discovers that Will is hiding a secret that might bring everything they have to pieces. This was a fantastic young adult novel that revolves around first love and romance, but also deals with some deep issues such as death, loss, grief, family, self discovery, and trust. The characters are unique and very realistic. I especially liked Scarlett - she was a great lead character with her flaws and obvious issues, but she also showed character growth and the ability to have courage and to move on with life after a devastating loss. Will's character was a perfect fit to go along with Scarlett. He's an interesting and mysterious guy a first, but definitely has layers of his own once we get to know him. The setting was perfect for the novel - the small island of Catalina off the coast of California provided the perfect sense of isolation yet community that the characters needed. The plot was so sad but also filled with hope and romance as we see Scarlett blossom into the young woman she was meant to be. The novel's writing was enchanting and I couldn't put the book down. I was immediately drawn into the lyrical prose and the vivid descriptions. The pace was well done and the plot flowed effortlessly. I'm excited that there will be a sequel released this fall - I can't wait to see what will happen to Scarlett and Will next. Highly recommended for fans of YA fantasy and contemporary fiction. Disclosure: I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy of Sacred and loved it! Scarlett and Will's relationship is full of mystery, tension, and longing and Scarlett's personal and family struggles are heartbreakingly real. Sacred has everything you remember from your own high school romances and everything you want in a coming-of-age novel. I highly recommend it to young and adult readers!
As an adult fan of YA lit I so appreciate books that not only appeal to their target audience, but speak to the hearts and minds of us grownups, too. Sacred is a smart, satisfying read with a mystical thread running through its pages rather than spilling over with vampires and zombies. Sacred's heroine Scarlett is broken when we meet her on page one, yet manages to navigate the stormy waters of her life WITHOUT a rescue from Mister Right. To say more would risk spoiling Sacred's secrets for you, but no review of this book would be complete without a mention of how refreshing it is to read the story of a girl with a backbone. Kudos to Ms. Arnold for creating characters that will remain with you long after you finish this beautiful story.
I give 'Sacred' five out of five stars. Living in southern California, I found it comforting and amusing to read a book that takes place just off the coastline. Despite its somewhat serious tone, 'Sacred' is capturing and uplifting.
I found myself getting lost in the story. An incredible book!!


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Cathay Pacific's Slosar to Focus on 'Huge' China Opportunity
John Slosar, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.'s incoming chief executive officer, said boosting China operations would be a priority for the carrier as economic growth spurs travel in the world's most populous nation.
"We're going to have a very big focus over the next few years on developing our business in China," Slosar, who will become CEO of the Hong Kong-based carrier on April 1, told reporters today. There is a "huge" opportunity there, he said.
Slosar is set to take over the world's third-largest carrier by market value as it prepares to begin a cargo venture with affiliate Air China Ltd. and works to add as many as two more passenger routes in the country. The airline, which gets about half of its sales in China and Hong Kong, boosted passenger numbers 11 percent through October, helping put it on course for a record annual profit.
"The airline has been performing well this year," said Francis Lun, general manager at Fulbright Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong. "Slosar will help ensure continuity."
Slosar, 54, has worked for Cathay Pacific parent Swire Group for about 30 years, the last three of which he has spent as the airline's chief operating officer. He will take over as CEO from Tony Tyler, who is leaving to become head of the International Air Transport Association trade group, Cathay said in a Dec. 3 statement.
The airline fell 1.1 percent to HK$23.35 in Hong Kong trading today, compared with a 0.4 percent decline for the Hang Seng Index. The carrier has surged 61 percent this year, the biggest gain among the 45 companies in the benchmark index.
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Cathay is planning to roll out new products through 2012 to lure travelers, Slosar said at the Hong Kong press briefing. He declined to elaborate ahead of an event tomorrow. The airline intends to add premium-economy cabins and replace coach-class seats in long-haul planes, three people familiar with the plan said in October.
The carrier also said today that it will begin flying to Chicago and Abu Dhabi next year, as well as boost services to New York and Toronto. Overall, it intends to increase passenger capacity about 11 percent next year.
Still, the global economic instability in past few weeks "gives us some concerns going into 2011," Slosar said.
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Cathay's cargo venture with Air China is due to begin services around the end of the year, Slosar said. The tie-up will give the carrier access to freight hubs in Shanghai and Beijing. Cathay also wants to increase its 19 percent stake in Air China, the world's largest carrier by market value, in the long term, Slosar said.
"One of our key priorities in Cathay is working with Dragonair and our partner in China to improve our access and footprint in the China market," Slosar said. Air China owns 30 percent of Cathay.
Cathay plans to add capacity to mainland China and new routes, Tyler said at the press briefing, without elaborating. The carrier's mainline and Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. units fly to 15 mainland cities, according to the company's website.
As COO, Slosar helped steer the airline through a worldwide travel slump during the global recession that contributed to the airline's first annual loss in a decade in 2008. The carrier pared services and offered staff unpaid leave to slash costs during the slowdown. Slosar, Tyler and Chairman Christopher Pratt also waived bonuses.
"Slosar has been very much a hands-on man," said Andrew Orchard, an analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc in Hong Kong. "He's not a stranger to the business."
Slosar, who studied at Columbia University and the University of Cambridge, ran Swire's beverage unit before becoming Cathay's COO. The drinks arm bottles Coca-Cola Co. beverages in China and Hong Kong, and Slosar often drinks Cokes at conferences and company events.
Fleet Expansion
The airline is due to receive a record 15 new planes next year, including nine widebody passenger aircraft and six Boeing Co 747-8 freighters. The company also ordered 36 Airbus SAS and Boeing widebody planes in August. It had a fleet of 166 planes as of June, including its Dragonair unit and a cargo venture with DHL.
Slosar said he was optimistic that the carrier would reach a pay agreement with pilots, without a labor dispute. Cockpit crew last month voted to allow union leaders to possibly recommend a work-to-rule, which would see them shunning overtime. At the same time, they rejected beginning such steps on Dec. 1.
"A big task for Slosar is managing relations with the air-crew unions," Lun said. "The air crew are the bread and butter of operations at an airline."
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Cathay also faces increasing competition as China Southern Airlines Co. and China Eastern Airlines Corp., the two largest mainland carriers, add new planes and boost overseas services. U.S. carriers including United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. are also expanding flights to Asia, lured by economic growth in China that's triple the U.S. rate.
Cathay expects to more than double profit this year to at least HK$12.5 billion ($1.6 billion) because of the travel pickup and the sale of stakes in an air-cargo handler and a maintenance company.
Slosar has worked with Swire's aviation division in Hong Kong, the U.S. and Thailand since joining the group in 1980. He became managing director of maintenance unit Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. in 1996. Two years later, he became managing director of the group's beverages arm.
He moved to Cathay in July, 2007, succeeding Tyler as COO. The airline hasn't said who will replace Slosar in that role.


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|Bacon slices
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|Hard cooked eggs
|Minced onion
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|Soft butter/Margarine
|2 Tablespoon
|Bread crumbs
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), toasted
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Cook livers in water to barely cover in the Radarange oven 4 to 5 minutes, stirring twice.
Cover with paper towel, since they pop.
Livers should be soft and pink inside.
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Mix well with onion, butter, and crumbled bacon; season to taste.
Chill mixture several hours.
Toast several slices of bread; crumble fine.
Shape tablespoons of chilled mixture into little cylinders; roll in toast crumbs.
Place 12 little rolls on paper plate in oven.
Cook uncovered 1 minute 45 seconds to 2 minutes.
Turn plate 180° after half of cooking time.
Repeat with remaining rolls.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1059 Calories from Fat 569
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 64 g98.3%
Saturated Fat 28.1 g140.5%
Trans Fat 0.3 g
Cholesterol 2123.3 mg707.8%
Sodium 1208.9 mg50.4%
Total Carbohydrates 18 g5.9%
Dietary Fiber 0.57 g2.3%
Sugars 2.3 g
Protein 96 g191.7%
Vitamin A 1033.2% Vitamin C 135.3%
Calcium 13.5% Iron 238.8%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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I'm currently working on a website with a lot of users who have different roles.
To manage the accessibility of each user I use Advanced Access Manager and only the Super_Admin could see the AAM administration.
But yesterday the AAM link disappear from the administration menu and when I try to access to the page directly (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_access), I've got a message wich tells me that I don't have the permission to access this page.
Everything works well, even the AAM configuration but I can't use the plugin anymore.
Please, can someone help me ? I don't have the time to delete all the plugins and redo the configuration, so if someone have a trick to access the plugin, i would be really greatfull.


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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
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"Luke Cage" lead Mike Colter discusses his show's connection to "Jessica Jones"; Keiynan Lonsdale hopes to see Wally West suit up and more.
The film adaptation of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's Image Comics series "Descender" now has a screenwriter on board, Jesse Wigutow.
Jesse Wigutow, Disney's "Tron: Legacy" sequel writer, is reportedly on board to script the adaptation of early Brian Michael Bendis work "Fire."
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Researchers hope new approach to interferometry and photonics will replace standard telescopes and long-range cameras where room is scarce.
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How dinosaurs hopped across an ocean
Land bridges may have once allowed dinosaurs and other animals to travel between North America and Europe around 150 million years ago, a researcher proposes.
Special Report: Aging's Future
What is aging? How does it change the brain? How did different life histories evolve? This special report addresses those questions and more.
Yeasts hide in many lichen partnerships
Yeasts newly discovered in common lichens challenge more than a century of thinking about what defines the lichen symbiosis.
A healthy old age may trump immortality
Despite disagreements about what aging is and isn't, scientists have reached a radical consensus: It can be delayed.
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U.S. lags in road safety
The U.S. tops the list of 19 high-income countries for deaths from motor vehicle crashes.
The brain's blueprint for aging is set early in life
The brain's decline may mirror its beginning, offering clues to aging.
Evolution of gut bacteria tracks splits in primate species
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Organisms age in myriad ways — and some might not even bother
There is great variety in how animals and plants deteriorate (or don't) over time.
Humans, birds communicate to collaborate
Bird species takes hunter-gatherers to honeybees' nests when called on.
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The animal world can offer insights into human longevity.
To douse hot hives, honeybee colonies launch water squadrons
The whole superorganism of a honeybee colony has sophisticated ways of cooling down.
Anesthesia steals consciousness in stages
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Terminal Rite
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|Drama, SciFi/Fantasy
|Release Date:
|January 1, 1999
|Running time:
|110 minutes
|Guillermo Larrea, Soledad Ruiz, Ángeles Cruz, Guillermo Ríos, Antonio Monroy
|Óscar Urrutia Lazo
|Óscar Urrutia Lazo
Description: Photographer Mateo, visiting a celebration of the patron saint of a small village community, loses his shadow. Then, during a traditional funeral ceremony, a spiritual exchange causes him to lose his sense of the convictions that bind him to the real world. What ensues is a quintessential hero's journey in which he is forced to confront the question of what is left behind when you submit, unconditionally, to progress. He becomes, essentially, a trespasser into realms spiritual and sacred, where reality is denied by the senses. The local inhabitants both inform and challenge this unknown path: It is not until he accepts the loss of his shadow, and is able to face the woman who took it, that he will finally be able to recover it.
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I can't remember the last time I was as excited about a cookbook as I have been about The Homemade Flour Cookbook, written by Erin Alderson of Naturally Ella, just published a few weeks ago. (And you know I get excited about a lot of cookbooks.) It's not only because it's by one of my favorite bloggers, someone who is at once wildly talented and also the opposite of self-important. When you sit down with Erin, like we got to last year, you find out she's funny and honest about her own shortcomings and, only after quite a bit of talking do you realize, also one of the most hard-working people you know. When we met her, she was a teacher and a blogger and planning her wedding and getting ready to move and writing a cookbook. You know, no big deal. She has since turned in a second manuscript for what will be her second cookbook, but if you're reading this and thinking she's Superwoman, all you have to do is read posts like this one or this one to hear her pop all bubbles of pretension, … [Read more...]
Dear ratherbeswimmin' / 15-Minute Homemade Banana Pudding
I tried your recipe to meet a craving. It was a weeknight. We'd just had homemade potato rosemary pizza and salad, and we were cleaning up. While Tim was moving dishes from the sink to the dishwasher and I was putting ingredients away in cabinets, I tried to sound casual in announcing, "I think I'm going to make banana pudding." … [Read more...]
Kabocha Squash Custards (Gluten-Free)
Every time I make my pumpkin pie, which, in our household, is not reserved for the holiday season that is fast approaching, I end up with enough extra pie filling for one little ramekin. And when the two dishes come out of the oven, the pie plate and the ramekin, both of them sitting atop the stove to rest, Tim and I cannot help ourselves from digging into that mini custard, the two of us with spoons, blowing away steam and reveling in the hot and caramelized comfort. So about a month ago or so, it occurred to us: Forget the pie. Why not pour all the filling into ramekins? That's how these kabocha squash custards were born. Here is what you need to do to start: Get yourself a kabocha squash. Do you guys already know about kabocha squash? This squatty gourd, also called Japanese pumpkin, came into our lives this fall, as one of the heavier ingredients in a weekly CSA box. At first, it seemed a clone of butternut or acorn squash---slightly different in appearance … [Read more...]
what has been coming
This month of June has been continual change. From trips out of town to friends taking new jobs to continually decreasing pants sizes, it's been one thing after another. For many of these things, I guess it's really been more of a culmination, in which wheels that have been in motion, things have been coming, in these last few weeks finally have. It's exciting. It's terrifying. It's something we'll talk more about next week (along with a big announcement! stay tuned!). But meanwhile, let's talk about another kind of change, a specific one that's been happening in my kitchen and could happen in yours: buckwheat flour. Because, thing is, it's not just June that's been change for me; it's 2010, which over the last six months has brought one new realization after another. What started with the removal of refined sugars and flours in a new year's resolution led to the reading of labels and analyzing of ingredient lists, avoiding things I couldn't pronounce or recognize in favor of … [Read more...]


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Transfer in Washington is directed by several statutes and follows the Policy on Intercollege Transfer and Articulation among Washington Public Colleges and Universities (Umbrella Policy) adopted in 1986, and the Transfer Task Force Transfer Agreement (Proportionality Agreement) adopted in 1994.
Washington's Transfer Network
Transfer policy is implemented and maintained through the cooperative efforts of the state institutions of higher education, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, and the Washington Student Achievement Council, with the support of many statewide within-sector and cross-sector groups and offices involved in aspects of transfer initiatives. Collectively, these groups constitute Washington's unofficial 'Transfer Network.'
See the List of Transfer Network Groups and the Transfer Rights and Responsibilities.
- How to Propose Changes to the Statewide Transfer Associate Degree Agreements
- Transfer Liaison Information: The Council serves as the state's Transfer Liaison—a single, statewide point of contact for issues related to transfer.
- Transfer and Articulation Report 2015: The Council submits a progress report on the development of transfer associate degrees to the Legislature each odd-numbered year. This report answers several key questions about transfer in Washington, addresses new degrees and initiatives, and makes a number of key recommendations.
- The Role of Transfer Study: An update to a previous study on the graduating class of 2001 completed by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. The study examines class of 2006 graduates by campus type, transfer status, pre-college enrollments (how many graduates who came through the community and technical college system took pre-college math or English courses), and two year degrees (how many community or technical college transfer students earned associate degrees, and what kind of degree did they earn).
Transfer Pathways
Students take various pathways to a certificate, associate degree, bachelor's degree, or advanced degree. A large percentage of those who enter a four-year institution as freshmen graduate from that institution. Others may enroll at one four-year institution and then transfer to another. And still others start at a community college and transfer to a baccalaureate institution.
- Many community or technical college students who initially enroll in associate degree or certificate programs then decide to transfer to a four-year school. A Statewide Transfer Policy helps students move between institutions while working toward their bachelor's degrees.
- A Transfer Student Rights and Responsibilities document approved by public and private two- and four-year institutions mirrors this policy and outlines both student and institutional rights and responsibilities regarding transfer.
- Students completing the transfer degree programs listed below are guaranteed 90 transferrable quarter credits (even if they change majors) and up to 15 quarter credits for 'technical' courses. In addition, they will not be required to retake courses and course sequences already completed. General information is available in a brochure titled Transfer from a Washington Community College to a University.
- If a student transfers to a baccalaureate institution before completing an associate degree, courses similar to those traditionally offered by universities will be accepted. However, courses may not transfer if the student's baccalaureate institution does not offer a parallel course.
Direct Transfer Agreement Associate Degree (DTA)
Once the student successfully completes a DTA pathway, all courses required in that degree will transfer to every Washington public baccalaureate institution and to the many Washington independent institutions participating in the agreement. If admitted to a baccalaureate institution, the institution will consider the transfer student to have junior standing.
Current DTA Associate Degree Guidelines
Associate of Science – Transfer (AS-T):
Includes the math and science courses needed to prepare students for biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, computer science, and engineering majors.
This degree focuses on the math and science courses needed for an eventual baccalaureate degree in biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, computer science and engineering. In a course-taking pattern that parallels university freshman and sophomore students in the same fields, students pursuing the AS-T complete 45 quarter credits of general education courses at the community college, and the remainder as juniors and seniors.
Students may have different course requirements, depending upon the specific field of study they plan to pursue at a baccalaureate institution:
- Track 1 (biology, chemistry, environmental/resource sciences, earth science, geology majors)
- Track 2 (engineering, computer science, physics, and atmospheric science majors)
Major Related Program (MRP):
Course plans under the DTA or AS-T that prepare students for specific majors. Course plans include general education courses and a limited number of electives.
Students in some majors must carefully select their elective and general education courses to ensure they will be eligible to apply for the major after transferring to a baccalaureate institution.
These agreements have been developed under both the DTA and AS-T degree paths. Since many of these majors are quite popular, there may be more qualified applicants than spots in some instances.
MRP Pathways based on Direct Transfer Agreements:
- Associate in Biology DTA/MRP for preparation in upper-division Bachelor's programs in Biology. Approved summer 2009. Institutions: CWU, EWU, TESC, UWS, WSU-Pullman, WWU, Saint Martin's U, Seattle U, Whitworth U.
- Associate in Business DTA/MRP for transfer to business and accounting bachelor's degree programs. Implemented in 2003, revised in 2006 and 2012. Baccalaureate institutions party to this revised agreement are: CWU, EWU, UW (all campuses), WSU (all campuses), WWU, Gonzaga U, Heritage U, Pacific Lutheran U, Saint Martin's U, Seattle Pacific U, Seattle U, Walla Walla U, and Whitworth U. Effective July 1, 2012 this agreement cancels and supersedes the existing statewide agreement dated Summer 2003 and revised April 2006. Prior to July 1, 2012, parties to the 2003/2006 Business DTA/MRP (posted here for reference) agree to continue to honor that agreement until July 1, 2014. Institutions party to the 2003/2006 agreement include: CWU, EWU, WWU, UW, WSU, Gonzaga U, Heritage U, Pacific Lutheran U, St. Martin's U, Seattle Pacific U, Seattle U, and Walla Walla U.
- Associate in Construction Management DTA/MRP. Approved spring 2008. Institutions: UW, WSU, CWU, and EWU.
- Associate in Math Education DTA/MRP to transfer to teacher certification programs in secondary math. Implemented 2003. Institutions: CWU, EWU, WWU, WSU.
- Associate in Music DTA/MRP for transfer to a baccalaureate music program. Implemented in 2016. Institutions: CWU, EWU, WSU, WWU, UWS, TESC.
- Associate in Nursing DTA/MRP for RN licensure and transfer into BSN degrees (RN to BSN pathway). Implemented in 2014. Institutions: Olympic College, Bellevue College, WSU, UWS, WWU, Saint Martin's U.
- Associate in Pre-Nursing Science DTA/MRP to transfer into basic nursing (not RN to BSN pathway – see above) programs. Implemented 2005. Institutions: UWS, WSU, Northwest U, Seattle U, Seattle Pacific U, Pacific Lutheran U, and Walla Walla U.
MRP Pathways based on the AS-T:
- Three Engineering Pathways - REVISED 2008 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, Computer and Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical/ Civil/Aeronautical/Industrial/Materials Science Engineering AS-T/MRP, for engineering transfer. Implemented in 2005, Revised summer 2008 effective fall 2009. Institutions: EWU, UW, WSU, Gonzaga U, St. Martin's U, Seattle Pacific U, Seattle U, and Walla Walla U.
- Three Engineering Technology Pathways - Electronics Engineering Tech, Computer Engineering Tech, and Mechanical Engineering Tech AS-T/MRP for engineering technology transfer. Implemented 2007. Institutions: CWU, EWU, and WWU (these are the only institutions offering these degrees).
Associate in Applied Science Transfer (AAS-T) degree:
A workforce degree developed to meet industry standards for immediate employment. Students can apply these toward specific applied baccalaureate degrees Community and technical college students preparing for immediate employment, who also plan to transfer, complete the Associate in Applied Science-T (AAS-T) degree. Typically only a portion of the AAS-T credits apply to the general education requirements (a quarter to a third of the credits). Graduates with an AAS-T face a critical transfer issue related to how the rest of the credits – the technical course credits – apply to the general education and major requirements of the baccalaureate degree. Unless the bachelor's degree is specifically designed to apply the AAS-T technical course work to the requirements for the major, those credits serve only as electives and commonly do not transfer if the baccalaureate institution does not offer course work in the technical field. Universities and colleges have addressed this issue by creating specific baccalaureate pathways for AAS-T graduates. These are sometimes called the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degrees.


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Career Planning Seminar
The first step on your way to employment! This is where you will find out about the employment services offered at the PA CareerLink of Lancaster County and how to begin to access them. Attend this 1½ hour session and schedule an appointment with a Re-Employment Coach to determine your next step!
- Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Mastering Employment Applications/So, You Have an Interview! Now, What?
Two workshops in one 2-hour session, giving information on getting results with your application and interviews that lead to job offers. Find out the basics at this information-filled workshop.
- Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
- Wednesdays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Landing a Job with a Criminal Background
It is possible to overcome this barrier to employment! Find out how to handle this question on applications and, just as important, learn when and what to say during an interview. Knowledge in this area will help you become more confident while looking for your next job. Time is included for one-on-one feedback about your particular situation.
- Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
RMO Re-entry Course
This course is for individuals with a criminal record who have encountered barriers to success and want to learn skills and get information on resources that can help become productive citizens and remain crime free. The full Course consists of 6 two-hour sessions for a total of 12 hours of training. Individuals who complete all six sessions will receive a certificate from the Lancaster County Reentry Management Organization (RMO). Participants in each individual session will also receive a mini-certificate for that session. Participants may choose to attend any or all of these individual sessions. Here are the six sessions: Housing, Transportation and Managing Your Money; Legal and Community Resources; Family Responsibility and Parenting; Getting Along With Yourself and Others; Health Care and Mental Health; Addiction and Wellness.
- Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays every other month
Resume Workshop
Confused over all the information on the Internet and other places, including from friends and family, about how to write your resume? Attend this workshop and learn methods that have helped thousands of people win job opportunities. Have you created a resume that entices an employer to call you in for an interview? If not, find out why! Included in the workshop are useful details about cover letters and references. This 2-hour session is open to everyone. Please note attendance is required for those planning to conduct their job search through the Job Search Center.
- Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Computer Skills for Jobseekers
Are you uncertain about how to use a computer? This workshop gives those with limited computer skills the tools needed to find work using a computer.
- Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Digital Literacy Classes (Basic Computer Class)
This course begins with a 2hr. instruction session on computer basics. After completing the instruction portion, participants are given access to a self-paced tutorial computer program, which can be accessed in the Ready2Work computer lab.
- Every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
To register, please contact us at (717) 509-5613 ext. 221