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We welcome 2017 with excitement and good thoughts! A lot of amazing things happened in 2016 and our community has grown the most it ever has in the history of Skyrim Romance. Our total amount of views of the site have hit a record high of more than 2,196,459.
We began 2016 with a triumphant victory with Skyrim Romance 2.0 landing Mod of the Month for December 2015 on Nexus. The spectacular in-depth romance Forbidden Love was announced in 2016, a DLC sized mod with Cael the Forsworn chief as the main romance option. With the passion to finish Skyrim Romance I began to turn my attention toward adding animations to Skyrim Romance 3.0. With now a year into the development Skyrim Romance 3.0 it is twice the size of Skyrim Romance 2.0.
The amount of new exciting features of Skyrim Romance 3.0 has far exceeded anyones expectations and wildest dreams. I can say with confidence that everything we could have hoped and dreamed for to be in Skyrim Romance is now in the mod and call Skyrim Romance 3.0 a true masterpiece. Usually the mods were released around Christmas time and the New Year, I decided to take 2016 one step at a time when it came to piecing the mod together, not know how long it would take or when the journey would come to an end. With 2017 here we continue the development Skyrim Romance 3.0 full steam ahead. I look forward to our community growing bigger and us spreading our friendship all over the world! So into 2017 we come, heads held high, hearts aflame with love and our spirits kind and generous.
I owe so much to my team that has grown strong and determined on our goals. Together as a community we can overcome anything and with effort and determination we will complete Skyrim Romance 3.0 with a strong finish, one that even Bishop would applaud!
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Francis (Frank) Xavier Sadera, 78, passed peacefully on January 19, 2017 in his home with Brenda, his wife of 30 years, at his side. Born March 27, 1938 in Flushing, New York to Charles Sadera, Jr. and Leila Agnes Delaney. Frank was the eldest of 6 children and is predeceased by two brothers, Thomas and Paul and a sister Carol Ann.
He is survived by brother Edward and sisters Maryellen Foster and Michelle Duryea; three children Anthony Sadera, David Sadera and Christine Sadera Peckham; son-in-law Scott Peckham; four beloved grandchildren Dillon, Nick, Tanner and Macy; and a large extended family across the U.S.
At age 17, Frank enlisted in the United States Navy. His service included deployments on the USS Forrestal and USS Boxer, with missions including Operation Hardtack nuclear missile testing in the Pacific Ocean. Frank was most recently employed by the United States Postal Service where he was a popular and familiar member of the Sanibel Island Community. Frank was a friend of Bill Wilson. In his free time, he established a reputation as a prolific and highly-regarded artist in the Southwest Florida area. He continued painting full time upon his retirement, continually perfecting his distinctive Contemporary Realism style. Frank had a particular passion for capturing the disappearing natural landscape around him. His work will leave a lasting legacy for all who knew and loved his art. Frank is represented by and his art can be viewed at Sanibel Art and Frame.
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Not all KU technology is as big a commercial success as Abilify®, but it's a great example of how innovation, research and protecting intellectual property are helping society and funding further research at KU.
Edissey LLC is focused on manufacturing and distribution of remote controlled small multi-propeller aerial flying vehicles, e.g. helicopters with four propellers. The helicopters are envisioned to be used in several application including surveillance of: national border; disaster monitoring and recovery; security and sports. The company will also pursue the toy helicopter market.
Innara Health TM formerly KC BioMediX, Inc. is a medical device company that was established to commercialize technologies developed at the University of Kansas for the care and treatment of infants born prematurely. Specifically, the company is developing medical devices based upon technologies that measure, monitor and develop the non-nutritive suck – an essential building block in an infant's development of the coordinated sucking, breathing and swallowing capability needed for independent oral feed.
Treepple LLC is an innovative automated application system built on open source software that dynamically tailors news based on an individual's geolocation in combination with personal health history, health interest, and personal health record, provides the user with medication reminders, event warnings to selected caregivers and a platform for media outlets to deliver customized news and intimately tailored advertising.


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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Ginger Cat
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- A Heron's View said...
We have a Ginger she cat (neutered) she is also tailless (accident) and is allergic to penicillin, which I believe is quite common with ginger cats. Squeak is about half the size of a normal cat and a little demon at times !
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Mel, a little demon huh? ...she is trying to make up for her size.
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- ^.^ said...
Omg, there u r again, Desi ... smiles ... so good 2 have u back in order 2 contact u ... i'm still so very interested in buying "The girl ad cat" earrings ... please let me know, how, hmmm? ... Love, cat.
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- Guillaume said...
Thank you! I love cats, all cats. Black cats are my favourite, but ginger cats are lovely too.
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- Faye Henry said...
Always love your art but cats are a fave of mine.. Especially, ginger ones.. So nice to visit with you.. xo
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- Janice / Dancing with Sunflowers said...
I didn't know that about ginger cats, but I always love your art - cats or not, ginger or not. And I love your calligraphy too.
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- Cro Magnon said...
Just like our Thomas; now sadly departed to the catacombs.
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Hi Everybody, Cat, Faye, Guillaume, Janice, and Cro... Thank you and Lovely of you all to stop by. Hope your fall is going wonderfully!!
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- Hexe said...
Now that is two things I've learned about cats today. I too have a ginger girl. I thought of all the beautiful cats we've had why did the plain jane choose to live in the house with us? Now she's even more special :).
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- Jeri Landers said...
Gwen, How great to "see" you again. I have had so many cats in my life, but only 2 were orange; those gingers are pretty hard to come by. I make up for it by acquiring orange chickens, not quite the same as a purring puss, but very colorful and funny! Jeri
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Hi Hexe, this was enlightening to me too. and I thought interesting. and Jeri, You have such lovely animals all around you and not forgetting the beauties that you create.. they are so real looking. You have such talent!!
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Alt-J ∆ - An Awesome Wave
An Awesome Wave tops my list as favorite album and favorite show. These nerdy Brits made some seriously great music. Lyrically the themes ring closer to Hipsterville than standard Rock n' Roll, but I'm not offended. I even learned a new word – tessellate: to form in a mosaic of small shapes, like a beehive or floor tiles. While traditionally somewhere between art and math, in the song of the same title, these folks have made it sound like a dance between lovers. I've probably listened to this album the most this year, including the illegal online stream I kicked off before purchasing it on Amazon, before the release date in America. I'm not kidding, it is that good.
While "Tessellate" is close to my favorite song, "Breezeblocks" takes the cake. An exploration of Where the Wild Things Are, it instantly makes a listener happy and sad, just like the story of little Max. I can already tell this four top will stay on my list of favorites into the next year.
The Cast of Cheers – Family
A latecomer to my list, The Cast of Cheers appeared in a newsfeed on Facebook by my friend Darren. As he's always had great taste in music, I decided to check them out, and I am so glad I did. Another four top from across the ocean, these Irish Indie rockers have got something good going on.
Closer to guitar-heavy rock than new-age pop, the riffs are complimented by heavy bass and complicated drums rather than riff with electronic entanglements. The lead singer's voice feels like TV on the Radio or Bloc Party. The lyrics are aggressive and full of prolific imagery of human struggle. Nothing new here, yet there's something both eerily comforting and completely distracting to hear a new song that immediately reminds you of a well known and loved one.
The one that gets me the most is called "Palace and Run". The intro sounds like the Tegan & Sara cover of Bruce Springsteen's classic "Dancing in the Dark". Totally mainstream and completely old school at the same time, just like any good rock n' roll tune. I always get excited when the song comes on, because my brain has already gone into the depths and expects to hear The Boss, or some warped girly version of the Jersey man.
It's this forced-reach around that makes this album so successful. They couple the freshness of a new lover with the old familiarity of a hug from your best friend. I can't stop listening to this 10 track little gem.
Diamond Rings – Free Dimensional
I'm not ashamed to admit that I have danced in my underwear in the kitchen to this album. So fucking catchy! John O'Regan, now known as Diamond Rings on stage, has about as much sass as Rihanna, and wears the Mohawk with as much pride. His combination of synth and guitar make for danceable, happy tunes. The lyrics are mostly simple, singable love ballads mixed with the joys of young attitude. The first single, "I'm Just Me" for instance is an obvious ode to self discovery, but when delivered by a man rocking traditional black Ray Bans and Michael Jackson era metallic jackets, you can't help but want to boast about how amazing you are too. I had the privilege of seeing Diamond Rings play with a complete band, and got to dance there too.
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
I can't help but love new bands formed of various members of other bands that I already listen to. The birth of Divine Fits came from Spoon frontman Britt Daniels, Wolf Parade's lead guitarist Dan Boekner and drummer Sam Brown. The band is not entirely cohesive yet, as you can clearly hear the choppy guitar sound and rough vocals of Spoon in the songs written by Daniels, and the more complex 70's throwback sound of Wolf Parade in the songs written by Boekner, but that's ok because it works. The cover of Nick Cave's "Shivers" is especially fantastic, helping to solidify the band's post-punk feel. I saw these guys play this year too, and not only did I appreciate the album more, but I also renewed my love of the bands they come from. Spoon will always be one of my favorites, so why not love Divine Fits. Merge Records knows how to pick great albums.
Django Django - Django Django
This album is on the top of the list of favs for my friend Rick, so I only know they exist because of his fandom. Yet another talented group from across the pond, this Scotland-based foursome has a unique, bass-heavy sound. The album lends itself to easy listening, but without the obvious implications of that label. More like, anyone will like it, and having it on in the background while eating dinner or hanging out with your friends is a perfect scenario.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
As my friend Travis Headrick described Fear Fun, "If you could make a musical mix drink from literary giants, you'd concoct this album with 2 parts Hunter S. Thompson, 1 part Tom Robbins, and a splash of Ian Fleming." Along with the lyrics, the twang of the hard guitar mixed with heavy drums and his slow and sultry voice might as well be a healthy poor of bourbon and a good book. This album is haunting, yet familiar, and feels like a road trip to see your favorite person. Like sadness, it's kind of addicting, and reminds me of when I fell in love with Neutral Milk Hotel. I find myself listening to "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" on repeat, sometimes wanting to cry, sometimes wanting to dance, and always wanting more.


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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bosnian qualifier Mirza Basic, ranked 129th in the world, upset fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 7-6(5) in a pulsating encounter to reach the quarter-finals of the Sofia Open on Wednesday.
The big-serving Basic was stronger on the key points than the German veteran, ranked 35, and moved brilliantly around the court during the one hour and 43 minute contest.
Andreas Seppi was an easy winner, dispatching Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-4 to set up a meeting with world number 28 Gilles Muller in the second round on Thursday.
Top seed Stan Wawrinka, who is looking to play himself back into form after a long lay-off due to a knee injury, will open his campaign against Slovakia's Martin Klizan on Thursday.
"He is a really dangerous player especially at this time of the year," the 32-year-old three-times grand slam champion told a news conference. "It will be interesting to see how my knee will get that challenge."
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Hugh Hewitt, a "full-throated Dean booster," believes that it's too early to conclude that Dean will crash in New Hampshire. Hugh cites Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke for the proposition that a medium-to-low single-digit loss of any sort gives Dean bragging rights and new momentum, and believes that such a showing is attainable.
Dean may well have bottomed out, but apparently not before falling more than low single-digits behind. So he needs to a bit of a surge. Like Hugh, I hope he gets it.
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Do we now have a title race?
Probably not.
As Souness explained, title-winning teams react to bad defeats.
Indeed, to win the title you need to win many more matches than you lose. Who knew?
Conte knows, however, the reason for this latest defeat.
Man U have "shown more desire than us, more motivation."
And the fault is his own. "I wasn't able to transfer the right desire & motivation."
What Chelsea need from now until the end of the season is "great enthusiasm, great passion, great ambition and great ambition."
It is stirring stuff and if you think Conte struggles with his English (G. Neville) you are wrong.
He achieves this rhetorical effect though the use of Anaphora – the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
We even have a wonderful use of Occultatio in the interview – the calling attention to material while pretending you're not going to talk about it.
Invited to comment on a handball Conte replies, "It is the same at Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Stoke City. I don't want to talk about this situation – but it happens frequently."
Whatever else Chelsea have to worry about this season, their managers command of the English language will not be one of their concerns.
Leadership communication lesson
When to acknowledge mistakes as a leader is a constant challenge. Taking responsibility for a mistake can strengthen trust within your team and is expected from a leader. As Conte demonstrates, however, timing is everything. Chelsea are top of the league. This allows him to be publicly critical of his own decisions. A leader should acknowledge mistakes from a position of strength. If you are not yet in that position of strength, discretion is likely to be the better course.


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RecruitMilitary is a full-service recruiting firm connecting educational institutions, employers and franchisors to men and women with a military background. This includes all branches of the armed forces, across all ranks. Services are free for military jobseekers such as those transitioning back into civilian life, veterans, members of the National Guard and reserves forces, and military spouses. Among RecruitMilitary's considerable tools toward their aims are: an online Job Board, Veteran Job Fairs, and a magazine called "Search & Employ."
RecruitMilitary's Job Board allows registered jobseekers access to over 850,000 vacancies from over 4,300 companies seeking veterans for hire.
"Search & Employ," on the other hand, is a bimonthly magazine available in print and digital formats, which serves as a civilian career guide to help transitioning and veteran military jobseekers.
RecruitMilitary's Veteran Job Fairs is another important tool toward their mission of connecting employers and military jobseekers. The statistics are impressive— 9 years running and over 670 events held; 23,360 exhibitors and 416,314 attendees have participated; over 100 offers are extended in each job fair; with favorable and repeat ratings from exhibitors. Their events average about 40-50 exhibitors present.
Miami All Veterans Job Fair is an upcoming event for RecruitMilitary. They have held 10 events in the city, drawing in almost 3,000 attendees and over 300 exhibitors. The upcoming job fair is scheduled for March 12, 2015, from 11:00 am to 3:00pm, at the Kovens Conference Center at Florida International University. Among the exhibitors are Lockheed Martin Corporation, Apple, Inc. and Bank of America. For more information on the upcoming Miami event and how to participate, visit http://recruitmilitary.com.
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Just a quick note about something I must have missed the press release on in the Azure and MSDN space:
In the past, if you had an MSDN subscription and were doing development or testing work in an Azure subscription paid for out of an Enterprise Agreement, you ended up paying for licenses twice.
This is down to the fact that Microsoft factors the cost of licenses for their software, such as Windows Server and SQL server, into their IaaS VM prices. Compare the same sized Linux VM, (which has no license costs), to a Windows Server and the difference is significant. At current pay-as-you-go rates a Basic A1 Linux VM costs £20 per month to run compared to £33.64 for Windows Server.
I don't know when it changed, but I noticed a new, "MSDN Dev/Test Offer Details", link in our Enterprise Agreement portal in late April and started investigating. I ended up digging up this page which details the offer.
In addition, this change allows the deployment of Windows client operating systems to these subscriptions. Something which was previously only possible under an individual's MSDN subscription.
All in all, a good change and one I'm surprised I missed. I hope by blogging about it I can bring it to the attention of others who may also benefit!


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PRICE OF POLITICS, ETC: Governor Wants Problem Solver not Congressman
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad met with the National Republican Senatorial Committee last week in Des Moines. Monday, he revealed some of what he told the group when it comes to the Republicans' nominee for the U.S. senate race in 2014. First, he's still not interested in running. No change there. Second, Branstad said to reporters during his weekly news conference, "I think we need an Iowa problem solver against a congressman because the last thing we need is another congressman in the Unites States Senate."
He said the term "problem solver" about a half-dozen times. The governor was laying out his party's case for finding someone, a problem solver, to run against Democratic First District Congressman Bruce Braley, the only declared candidate for retiring Senator Tom Harkin's seat next year. But in making his comment, he opened himself up to the obvious followup: what about Fourth District Congressman Steve King, who has been seriously looking at running for senate? King, of course, is a congressman. Branstad responded, "I'm not going to speak for anybody." He added these lines, "Congress is so messed up" and "need somebody who's going to come there (Washington) with fresh ideas." That would seem one way or the other, he isn't pushing for Congressman King.
Kevin Hall, of the www.theiowarepublican.com , reported over the weekend King is meeting with family and close advisors this week while congress isn't in session as he works to make a decision on running. Does Branstad know something that he's not saying, that the growing speculation about King is true, that he will not run for senate? If so, the governor didn't say. He just wants an Iowa problem solver. He also didn't say who he thinks that person is.
But former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker, Red Oak State Senator Joni Ernst, Secretary of State Matt Schultz and Department of Inspections and Appeals Director Rod Roberts may want to add problem solver to their job histories on their resumes.


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"What is split off, not felt, remains the same. When it is felt, it changes. Most people don't know this. They think that by not permitting the feeling of their negative ways they make themselves good. On the contrary, that keeps those negatives static, the same from year to year. A few moments of feeling it in your body allows it to change. If there is in you something bad or sick or unsound, let it inwardly be, and breathe. That's the only way it can evolve and change into the form it needs."
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Last month Minister Alan Kelly signed off on a change to our planning exemption laws which has largely gone under the radar. In essence, existing places used for guest accommodation can be used for the housing of refugees and asylum seekers, temporary or otherwise, without needing planning permission, as emergency reception and orientation centres (EROCs). The circular from the Department states:
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This seems to be removing your right per the normal planning application process to object, thereby exercising your democratic right to protect your residential amenity. What say p.ie to this trampling of your rights at the behest of the 'open gates' lobby?The primary purpose of the Regulations is to insert 4 new classes of exempted development into Class 14 of Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Principal Regulations which have the effect that the changes of use specified in the new classes below are exempted from the requirement to obtain planning permission:
- Class 14(g) – change of use of a premises (defined as hotel, motel, hostel, guesthouse, holiday accommodation, convent, monastery, Defence Forces barracks or residential institution providing overnight accommodation, or part thereof from a hotel to hostel (other than a hostel where care is provided);
- Class 14(h) – change of use of various forms of premises providing residential or overnight accommodation for "protected persons" i.e. refugees and asylum seekers defined in accordance with relevant legislation for which the Minister for Justice and Law Reform is responsible. This new class of exempted development will particularly assist in the implementation of the Government's Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRRP) as part of the Irish contribution to the EU Relocation Programme for Migrants;
Class 14(i) - change of use of various forms of premises providing overnight accommodation for use as emergency reception and orientation centres (EROCs) for refugees and asylum seekers. A network of EROCs is being established by the Department of Justice and Law Reform for the initial reception of persons arriving in Ireland under the IRPP; and
- Classs 14(j) – return of premises, the use of which changed under an exemption un class 14(h) or 14(i), to their permitted use immediately prior to that change of use. It is a condition of this class that the exemption from planning permission will apply for a period of 3 years only from the date of commencement of the change of use exempted under Class 14(h) or 14(i) or both.
The definitions of "business premises" and "excluded premises" in article 5(1) of the Principal Regulations have also been amended in support of the above changes to remove the distinction in those definitions between a hotel and a hostel.
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This painting appeared in my annual exhibition at The Shakespeare Theater Company. Their Mock Trial is a premier event among Washington's legal establishment. It presents a case derived from a current Shakespearean production, argued by prominent attorneys, and heard by federal and Supreme Court judges, with Ruth Ginsburg presiding. (Watercolor, 25 x 40." )
John Roberts reads Marcia Coyle's wonderful book. Hogan & Hartson is his former law firm.
Pamela Talkin is the first woman to become Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. She is responsible for order and decorum within the courtroom, as well as for security operations and maintenance of the building itself.
Another Shakespeare fan, Ms. Talkin serves as Marshall during Mock Trials at the Shakespeare Theater Company.
She is well known to be an avid hiker and bicyclist.
Chief Justice John Roberts (born 1955) was appointed by George W. Bush. During his confirmation hearings, Roberts compared judges to baseball umpires. "It's my job the call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born 1933) volunteered for ACLU cases before her appointment by President Clinton. She once said "I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a Constitution." She added that in the 1780's women were barred from the process and slavery was legal.
Ruth Ginsburg: "Women are present on the Court. We are all over the bench, and are certainly here to stay." She also says: "Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf."
Justice Clarence Thomas (born 1948) grew up near Savannah and spoke Gullah as his first language. He speaks of racist assumptions that his education at Yale was a result of affirmative action quotas. "I peeled a fifteen-cent sticker off a package of cigars and stuck it on the frame of my law degree to remind myself of the mistake I'd made by going to Yale. I never did change my mind about its value."
Asked about his habitual silence during Supreme Court arguments, Thomas says he chooses not to waste lawyers' time just to hear himself speak. "My colleagues should shut up!"
The average age of Supreme Court Justices is 68.5. They earn $213K per year while the Chief gets $225. According to the Constitution, they shall hold their offices "during good behavior," which has come to mean for life. No law provides for removing a Justice incapacitated by injury or illness, and refuses to resign.
Theodore Roosevelt said "The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they think, but it rests with the Supreme Court to decide what they have really thought."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) was raised quite poor and Catholic in the Bronx and identifies as 'Nuyorican.'
"As Latinos," she said, "We do a lot of salsa! What do you think they're doing in the gyms right now? They're doing salsa!"
Sotomayor won a full scholarship to Princeton, then edited the Yale Law Journal. President Bush I appointed her to the U.S. District Court in New York, before President Obama chose her for The Supreme Court.
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Justice Stephen Breyer (born 1938) is a Bill Clinton appointee. Here he reads one of his most influential books, Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Breyer is also a lover of Shakespeare, and serves at the annual Mock Trial in Washington. Fine arts appeal to him as well. "I've seen 50 million paintings," said Breyer. "I know magenta."
Justice Anthony Kennedy (born 1936) was nominated by Ronald Reagan. Robert Bork had been rejected by Congress for a Supreme Court seat, and Douglas Ginsburg withdrew from consideration when his marijuana use at Harvard was revealed. Kennedy joined the High Court in 1987.
Justice Kennedy is commonly regarded as the "swing vote" on the Supreme Court, supplying the decisive vote for majority rulings.
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Kennedy speaks of his swing votes thusly:
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Justice Elena Kagan was appointed by President Obama. She attended Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard Law, where she served as the first woman dean. In 2009, Kagan became the first female U.S. Solicitor General, then replaced John Paul Stevens on the High Court.
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When Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) asked her whereabouts when the underwear bomber tried to crash a plane on Christmas day, Kagan said:
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Michael Kahn is the founder and artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company. Since 1964 he has directed many Broadway and regional plays, and operas. He has also been a teacher and head of Julliard's drama school since 1968.
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'My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah my foes, and my friends -- / It gives a lovely light.'"
"A handful of billionaires own a significant part of the wealth of America and have enormous control over our economy. What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires: "You own and control the economy, you own Wall Street, you own the coal companies, you own the oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we're going to give you the opportunity to own the United States government." That is the essence of what Citizens United is all about – and that's why it must be overturned."
- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, on the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United.
The Human Rights Campaign is the nation's largest organization for promoting civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons.
The HRC was largely responsible for bringing lawsuits to the Supreme Court, which ruled to overturn bans on gay marriage.
Celebrity sponsors of the HRC include Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Rob Reiner, Pink, Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Hathaway, and Sally Field.
Justice Samuel Alito (born 1950) was appointed by President Bush II. He is often described as "very conservative with a libertarian streak." For example, Alito voted with the majority that speech advocating illegal drugs could be banned in schools. But he warned that ruling cannot interfere with political speech.
Alito is another student of Shakespeare on the Court, and serves as Justice in their annual mock trial.
During confirmation hearings promised: "If I am confirmed, I'll be myself."
John Paul Stevens (born 1920) was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gerald Ford. As third longest-serving justice in U.S. history, he retired in 2010.
In 2014 he published Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution. During an NPR interview, Stevens was asked if he favored the legalization of marijuana. "Yes, he replied. "The distinction between marijuana and alcoholic beverages is really not much of a distinction."
As temporary Chief Justice, Stevens once made an unusual greeting directly to the audience:
"On behalf of all members of the Court, it is a pleasure to extend to you a warm welcome!"
It is widely believed that had Al Gore defeated George Bush in 2000, Stevens would have become Chief Justice.
William Shakespeare (born 1564) here anoints Michael Kahn's back with suntan lotion.
"As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer."
- From Henry IV Part One
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is located in the Cape region 120 miles from Washington DC, and promotes itself as 'The Nation's Summer Capitol." It's beach has been ranked #1 in America's seashore water quality.
The name Rehoboth means "broad spaces" in Hebrew. This area was the site of important fishing villages among the Nanticoke and other first nation tribes.
Reboboth city was founded in 1873 as a site for Methodist camp meetings. Today, it is a famously gay-friendly town. At the southern end of a mile long boardwalk is an established gay area called Poodle Beach.
President Barack Obama (born 1961) was president of the Harvard Law Review. Before serving as a U.S. Senator, he taught constitutional law for 12 years at The University of Chicago.
CBS Sports rates Obama 5th among American presidential athletes. He is known to be an ardent fan of Ultimate Frisbee.
"You have to play through injuries, Falcons!"
Dolles Taffy opened in Reboboth Beach in 1926. That same year Walt Disney studios opened. Mussolini's Irish wife broke his nose. U.S. soldiers occupied Nicaragua. Charles Lindburgh crossed the Atlantic in his Spirit of St. Louis. The Supreme Court ruled that bootleggers must pay income tax.
Donald Verrilli (born 1957) is the current U.S. Solicitor General, succeeding Elena Kagan upon her appointment to The Supreme Court. Before serving in the White House and Justice Department, Verrilli was a partner at Jenner & Block in Washington. As a public official and private lawyer he has argued High Court cases pertaining to gay marriage rights, health care, and internet regulation. Verrilli has several times been shortlisted as candidate for the Supreme Court.
In 2000, Todd Crespi became the official CNN artist at the Supreme Court, where he covered Bush v. Gore and other historic cases.
He also serves as courtroom artist for the Mock Trial at Washington's Shakespeare Theater Company.
Justice Breyer shows great resiliency recovering from accidents and misfortunes. In 2013 he underwent shoulder replacement surgery for a humerus fracture suffered in a bicycle accident at The Korean War memorial in Washington.
Breyer previously broke his collarbone in bike accident in 2011. He also sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung in a bike crash in 1993. In 2013, the Justice was robbed at machete point in his Caribbean vacation home in Nevis.
On the issue of allowing cameras in the Supreme Court, Breyer has stated: "You can make people look good or you can make them look bad, depending on what 30 seconds you take. And it's already a cult of personality, and let's not make it worse."
Justice Antonin Scalia (born 1937) was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court, where he became the first Italian-American.
He has nine children.
It's been documented he asks more questions than any other Justice, and provokes more laughter. Columnist Dahlia Lithwick describes his courtroom manner this way: " He comes in like a medieval knight girded for battle...He uses the hour allocated for argument to bludgeon his brethren into agreement."
On the question of Supreme Court cameras, Scalia insists: "If I really thought the American people would get educated, I'd be all for it. And if they sat through a day of our proceedings, boy, it would teach them a lot. But for every 10 people who sat through our proceedings gavel to gavel, there would be 10,000 who would see nothing but a 30-second takeout, which I guarantee would not be representative of what we do."
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After reporting last week that Saints coach Sean Payton testified in the Jimmy Graham grievance hearing, we caught wind of at least one member of the media having one or more players (it's unclear whether they play for the Saints) ready to provide strong to quite strong on-the-record criticism of Payton for his role in the process.
Regardless of whether Payton gets called out for serving as a witness in determining how Graham is used (really, it would have been odd not to hear from Graham's head coach on the issue), Payton will be facing at a minimum some awkwardness when it's time to interact again with the team. Some will view his testimony as taking $5.3 million out of Graham's pockets — even if that's not what Payton wanted to do. He'll need to make sure the players understand why he did what he did, without painting Graham as greedy or inappropriate.
Indeed, despite characterizations of the effort as a "naked cash grab," Graham had every right to make his argument. Arbitrator Stephen Burbank determined the operative language of the labor deal to be ambiguous, which means that the language fairly can be interpreted in different ways. Which means that Graham's way could have been (and still could be, on appeal) the right way.
Graham lost in part because Payton's testimony helped persuade Burbank to pull out a yardstick and draw a line in the slot. The coach is quoted multiple times in the 14-page ruling, explaining for example that "[w]hen our receivers are lined up widest in formations, they are never covered by safeties or linebackers ever," and that "[n]ever ever ever ever ever does a linebacker match up with a wide receiver ever."
The extra "evers" could create the impression that Payton was extra forceful in his testimony, which would make it a little harder for him to unruffle feathers in the locker room. Regardless, he's more than smart enough to know that he'll have some fences to mend, and he's more than smart enough to figure out how to do it.


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Ok, y'all: confession time. For the first 8 months of my blogging journey, I was terrified. Terrified of anyone not agreeing with my work, terrified of not reaching anybody, and terrified that I was wasting my time and nobody cared what I was saying. To top it off, I didn't want anyone that I knew to see any of my posts, in case they thought it was stupid. For some reason, I really cared what those who know me personally thought – even if we weren't really friends.
Everyone starts blogging for their own reason, and mine is deeply personal.
My world was turned upside down when my youngest boy was 4 months old, as I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis; an autoimmune thyroid disease. I was so grateful to have a reason for my mood swings, weight gain, and increased anxiety, but I was terrified of what came next.
You see, with Hashimoto's, there are two main paths for treatment – get on a thyroid hormone, or try to treat it naturally.
Obviously, I took the natural route because that was always something I was interested in. I didn't have a desire to start replacing my hormones at 28 years old and let my thyroid continue spiraling until it wasn't functioning anymore. I wanted to heal my body from the inside out, and solve the problem instead of treating the symptoms.
When I started getting into the groove of my new healthy lifestyle, I realized there was a huge lack of information regarding natural healing in the chronic illness community. So many people aren't aware that there's a way to heal your body instead of just treating it. It became my passion to encourage others who wanted to heal their bodies in the same way I was. I wanted to walk with them, so we could help each other up when we'd fall, and keep each other heading in the right direction.
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Title: Chasing Daybreak
Series: Dark of Night, Book 1
Author: Ranae Glass
Published: March 24th, 2015
Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing
Genre: NA Paranormal Romance
Content Warning: Violence and adult language
Recommended Age: 18+
Synopsis: Isabel Stone wanted a normal life. But when the unexpected death of her father leaves her at the helm of the family business, things quickly go from weird to worse. Vampires are on the loose and out of the coffin, and only Isabel can walk the fine line between the world of the living and the world of the undead.
Torn between letting go of her past and embracing her future, Isabel will have to decide who she can trust, and be willing to use all the weapons at her disposal, to get to the bottom of a terrifying string of deaths that lead right to her doorstep—before she becomes the next victim. In a city where nothing is what it seems, ending up the target of a deranged killer might actually be the high point of her week. Because in this town, the things that go bump in the night… just might kill you.
About the Author:
Ranae Glass writes New Adult Paranormal Romance. A Southern girl at heart, Ranae loves feeding people, gardening, and sweet tea. She hails from Oklahoma and lives with her family out West where she spins tales of vampires, werewolves, and other things that go bump in the night. You won't find any 'vegetarian' monsters here, her books are best served bloody and are not for the faint of heart. Ranae is the author of the Dark of Night novels from Crimson Tree Publishing.
My Thoughts:
It should come as absolutely no surprise to any of you that I'm reviewing this read. For months now I've been pushing for New Adult books that aren't solely rooted in romance and have come back with some excellent new favorites. Vampires are among my all time favorite paranormal creatures, so what's not to like from a paranormal thriller with one heck of a mystery attached?
The first thing I'd like to discuss is the 'New Adult-ness" of this read. Yes, it is a New Adult novel, but it's a pretty safe NA. The violence isn't any worse than I've read from a YA, neither is the language. There isn't any explicit content to speak of, though there was some tension going on. The only thing that really labeled this novel as a New Adult read to me was the ages of the characters. I have no problems with that, at all, but if you are heading into this read looking for some steamy mortal-vampire sex, keep on looking, you won't find it here (thankfully).
I've mentioned before in several of my reviews that I generally won't read mystery novels. I just hate the suspense. I get all antsy and spend too much time analyzing plot points to enjoy the novel. Thankfully Glass found a way to write an awesome mystery novel without making it too overbearing. I will admit that I think the 'whodunnit' for this one was a little too easy, but the getting there had lots of twists and turns to throw you off track, which was nice. There were a lot of moments when I can seriously say I didn't see something coming, but I would have liked to see just a bit more action. Whereas some novels are active, this one was a bit passive. There was a lot more sitting and thinking than actual doing. In the end, we did get an awesome action finale, but I would have liked to have seen a few more of those adrenaline filled scenes.
I may be a male reader, but I have a thing for strong, intelligent female characters. Ranae Glass took that to the next level with Isabel Stone. Isabel is smart, sassy, hot, strong, and so much more. She's got a compelling backstory, a sharp mind, and more determination than I've seen in a female character in quite some time. I really enjoyed Glass' character development. That being said, Stone wasn't my favorite character in the novel. That title, instead, goes to her partner Shane, a recently turned vampire, and her former fiance. Shane plays a major role in the story, but we really don't see as much of him as I would have liked. Shane is really the only insight we get into the lives is the supernatural community in this novel so I hope we see lots of him in the future. Also, am I wrong for really wanting to see Isabel and Shane back together in the end? Who says death can stop true love? LOL.
The paranormal element in this novel was pretty interesting. I'll go ahead and admit that I'm not too big a fan of the "vampires out of the coffin" situation. Anyone who knows me knows that The Southern Vampire Mystery Novels, AKA The Sookie Stackhouse Series, AKA "Those True Blood Books", is one of my all-time favorite series, but, I really think that situation is Charlaine Harris specific. Those novels had so much going on that you really didn't even think about vampire's existence being known to mortals. Glass has opted to take the 'out of the coffin' method and apply it to this series as well, and while it's a unique take on the genre, I really would like to see more of the how and why it happened. Glass really doesn't supply much backstory on the vamps. We also really don't learn many specifics about Glass' vamps. Each author has their one take on the species, so I'm anxious to see what Glass will introduce in future novels. Werewolves also are present in the novel, but they are nothing more than a passing plotline, I'm hoping Glass finds a way to pick them up for future use. Any paranormal fan shouldn't find fault with Glass' interpretation of the genre and will find it quite a refreshing experience!
As I mentioned before, the violence and romance levels for this novel were way lower than I expected. Glass definitely doesn't leave us disappointed, but I was hoping for a bit more 'umph' from a New Adult branded read. There really isn't a romance element to speak of, but there is enough talk of Isabel's past to leave you wondering what's happening next. I'm really excited to see where this series is going. Chasing Daybreak really only felt like a taste of what Ranae Glass has in store for her readers with this series! Per the violence, it wasn't any worse than one may read from a YA read, but there was some gore involved. Of course, whoever is reading a vampire novel and isn't expecting gore probably should just stop reading in this genre right now.
All-in-all, I am granting Chasing Daybreak a well-deserved 4-star review. While it isn't my all time favorite vampire novel, I really like the direction that the author is going in! A unique spin on a genre that's become a little over-inflated as of late, Glass is a breathe of fresh air! The second novel in this series, Chasing Midnight is due out soon and I'll have to get my hands on it ASAP!
Alright readers, that's all I have for you on the topic of Chasing Daybreak by Ranae Glass. What do you think? Sound like the read for you? I know I enjoyed it! I'll be over here anxiously awaiting the next book in this awesome series. Already read it? Sound off in the comments below with your thoughts. Until next time, Happy Reading!


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FAMILIES flying abroad from Edinburgh Airport during the half-term holiday face crippling average price hikes of almost 150 per cent.
Figures show a boom in the cost of flights during the week-long February break, with the Edinburgh to Salzburg route seeing the greatest price increase from £127 to £541 just two weeks later – some 326 per cent.
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Flights to Barcelona and Milan have also seen huge rises of 276 per cent and 274 per cent respectively, with costs soaring by hundreds of pounds in each case.
But research from travel money expert FairFX found Edinburgh Airport was only the tenth-worst in the UK for half-term price booms – with flights in London spiralling by 272 per cent on average.
Last night, parent leaders accused airlines of "penalising families".
Tina Woolnough, a city parent and former Edinburgh representative for the National Parent Forum of Scotland, said: "It's something that parents and parent bodies do raise again and again, that travel companies really exploit the situation around school holidays.
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Jem and the Holograms (2015)
Oct 22, 2015 119 min Watch Trailer
overview : As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.
Genres : Drama, Fantasy, Music
Tags : secret identity, friendship, singer, fame, based on tv series, orphan, teenager, rock band, duringcreditsstinger, sister sister relationship
Aubrey PeeplesJerrica Benton / Jem
Stefanie ScottKimber Benton
Hayley KiyokoAja
Aurora PerrineauShana
Ryan GuzmanRio Raymond
Molly RingwaldAunt Bailey
Juliette LewisErica Raymond
Isabella Kai RiceYoung Jerrica
Barnaby CarpenterEmmett Benton
Jason KennedyJason Kennedy
Nathan MooreZipper
Justin AlastairEsteban
Mischke ButlerVocal Coach
Samantha NewarkHairstylist
Christopher ScottChoreographer
Marcei Ann BrubakerHomeless Woman


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Is Open Source NGS Software for You?
DNASTAR recently released a series of white papers that compare alignment and variant calling for next-gen sequence data in Lasergene Genomics Suite to some of our commercial and open source competitors. While these papers primarily focus on accuracy and computational speed, there is a third set of metrics that is more challenging to measure: What is the user experience like for the various assembly and analysis tools, and what is the calendar time required to get up and running with open source tools?
With open source software in particular, users have a large learning curve to overcome. I recently sat down with DNASTAR Senior Scientist, Dr. Eric Cabot, to learn about some of the steps involved in using these tools. Dr. Cabot ran a bioinformatics core facility at the University of Wisconsin for several years and he is very familiar with many of the challenges and pitfalls of next-gen sequencing and downstream analysis.
What are the largest obstacles that users face when analyzing next-gen sequencing data?
First you need a lot of disk space, because you're dealing with large amounts of data. And that often means you are going to spend a lot of time on the analysis.
In the case of open source tools, there are many different pieces of software and many steps involved; often you don't know if you are using the latest version of the respective tools; each tool has its own quirks; and these tools are not necessarily fast. Putting together a workflow is a challenge because it requires a relatively high level of computer expertise.
So the biggest hurdles are the size of the data, the time and expertise involved in obtaining and using the software, and then finding a way to look at the results.
What steps are involved in setting up a pipeline using open source tools?
Step one is identifying the components you need. For example you need to obtain an alignment program, such as BWA or BOWTIE. You also need helper applications, such as Samtools, to help manage and analyze the data. Once you've identified the tools you need, you may have to compile and configure them yourself.
Before you can run the alignment, you have to index the genome. Then you align, or map, your reads, usually resulting in a large SAM file. Then you need to convert to the SAM file to its binary counterpart, a BAM file. Once you have a BAM file, you need to sort and index the file for downstream analysis. Finally, you have to improve your alignment, because there might be some gaps caused by insertions and deletions.
All of these steps require learning and running a variety of tools with their appropriate command line options, which can take a lot of time. By contrast, with Lasergene and SeqMan NGen, all you need to do is install the software, download a genome template package, and then assemble your data.
What about variant analysis?
Some aligners are very stringent and throw away too much data. By erring on the side of caution, these aligners end up missing some true variants. By contrast, DNASTAR software uses minimal hard filters during alignment, and then allows you to quickly and easily apply additional, more stringent filters after the alignment is complete. These soft filters are able to be changed on the fly without re-running your alignment.
In addition, to make sense of your SNPs, you need to be able to distinguish known SNPs from novel SNPs. Many open source tools just provide a table of called variants and require additional scripting steps to compare the found SNPs to known SNPs. Lasergene has built-in filters to easily identify the SNPs of interest for a given project.
How do you learn all the command line options in the various tools?
For most public software, you have to rely on forums for guidance. Sometimes there are additional resources online, but these are often not maintained. Many people are just running one or two projects, and they don't want to invest a lot of time learning how to use the assembly and analysis tools.
How long does it take to set up and run a pipeline like this?
Each of the individual steps and commands can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. But the first time you're trying to set up the open source pipeline and connect the various pieces of software, it is often a few weeks before you can actually begin to see and analyze results.
On the other hand, with Lasergene, you can set up your first NGS assembly or alignment project in just minutes and usually begin analyzing your results the same day.
Not ready to commit to learning open source tools? Request a free trial of Lasergene Genomics Suite to see how easy our software is to use.


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"I have no nationality," says Anna Fayngersh, sitting on her usual bench on the Brighton Beach boardwalk. "I'm from Odessa. Yiddish at home, Ukrainian in the street, Russian in school and French to read in. But the man wearing a German uniform who beat me when I was 8...he used to deliver eggs to the neighborhood. He spoke Ukrainian, just like I did."
It's hard to argue with a woman who survived an SS concentration camp in which she never heard anyone speaking German, as it was entirely staffed by her former neighbors. She told me her tale on the sunny day in Brooklyn, New York, but still shivered when she recalled the camp guards from 1944. Her countrymen. Only they went to church and her family attended a synagogue. The Second World War, or Great Patriotic War as it is known in the Russophone world, is never far from any discussion of the current situation in Crimea. According to the last census, there are over 150,000 Ukrainians in New York City. They came in waves, and the big one, the one that turned Brighton Beach into a vibrant community of restaurants, theaters, brothels and street peddlers is called the Third. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, over half a million immigrants from the Soviet Union came to America. This Third Wave, which settled primarily in Brooklyn, was mostly Jewish and called their capital in America Little Odessa—after their port town in the Ukraine.
Another center of Ukrainian life is in New York City, an older settlement on Second Avenue in Manhattan. Wasyl, president of the Ukrainian Sports Club, refuses to tell me his last name because of the "long reach" of Russian security services. He also has nothing nice to say about the Brooklyn "Ukrainians," also his quotes. He shows me the bar of their community center, which is also a meeting place for Ukrainian nationalists, pointing proudly to the empty slots where the Russian vodka used to stand. "You won't see a drop of that here anymore. And don't ask for any if you want to stay. Nothing from Putin's dictatorship is welcome in here."
Wasyl's family emigrated in 1956. Most of the elderly people at the club came around that time as well, just after Stalin died. Had they gone east as opposed to west, they would have almost certainly ended up in the Gulag for the crime of "collaboration." Instead they have built themselves a community on Second Avenue. It is centered on St. George's, a large church with a school attached. The Ukrainian festival is held there every year, with dancers in peasant outfits and bountiful stuffed cabbage. Their diaspora, called the Second Wave, may have been smaller than Brighton Beach's Third, but no less wealthy. Their 'Little Ukraine' also has everything an immigrant from Kiev or Lviv might need unless it's a synagogue.
Lyuba, president of the Soyuz Ukrainok, a women's auxiliary to the Ukrainian Sports Club, explains how funds to support the movement back home are collected. "Five hundred each," she said, emphasizing the amount by counting out each $100 bill with a slap on the bar, where she was enjoying a drink. During the last couple of months, the Ukrainian Sports Club collected money from their members and from those of other fraternal Ukrainian organizations. A church courier was entrusted with the cash. He flew to Kiev with the money undeclared, in a vestment bag.
I wonder what it was spent on: "Rifles?"
"Blankets," says Lyuba, as she studies my nose. Even though we are speaking English, she noticed that I had written her name in my notebook in Cyrillic characters, and might be wondering if I am a Jewish agitator from pro-Putin Brighton Beach. The narrative on Second Avenue is simple; the inhabitants of Little Odessa don't care about Putin's takeover of Crimea because they are not real Ukrainians. They are Jews.
Fayngersh was surprised when I conveyed the sentiments of the Ukrainian Sports Club to her. She says she is not pro-Putin and despises every tyrant, having survived both Hitler and Stalin. But neither is she pro-Ukrainian. "It was easier when we were all Soviet citizens and officially atheists," she says. "Everybody still knew who was who, but it didn't matter the way it does today. I wouldn't send a penny to those Banderovists."
Stepan Bandera—I brought his name up very carefully on Second Avenue. I didn't have to bring it up at all in Brighton Beach, since every person I speak to mentions him about two questions into our Crimean discussions. In 1941, he proclaimed an independent Ukrainian Republic from Lviv, in the western half of the Ukraine. Unfortunately, he did it eight days after the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. His organization thought the Nazis would be a powerful ally against the Russian oppressors, and even fought alongside the Wehrmacht, but Bandera wound up in a German concentration camp, while continuing to plot an end to the Soviet Union. And living out his life in Germany after the war didn't work out well: the KGB assassinated him in 1959. He remains both the patriarch and the skeleton in the closet of Ukrainian nationalism.
Putin's media claims the new government in Kiev is an heir to Bandera, equating it with neo-Nazism. The Ukrainians on Second Avenue don't believe this, and neither does the head Rabbi of the Ukraine, who supports the movement in Kiev. But the old fellows in their Sports Club venerate Bandera, while the Jews of Brighton Beach despise him for allying with the Nazis.
"The Russians say we are Banderovists. Seventy-five years have passed. Even Germany gets a break, but we still have to hear about it. Wanting a country of our own that is part of Europe and not a Russian vassal state is somehow an expression of our Nazism. Isn't it a little unlikely?" Wasyl says, suggesting I drink the Ukrainian beer Obolon—which is excellent—after I cautiously brought up Putin's smear. "Has anyone fired a shot? Has anyone blown themselves up? We were promised the security of our borders. If we had kept the nukes, this would have never happened."
He has a point about the weapons. In 1994, Ukraine was the world's third largest nuclear state because of materiel left over after the breakup of the USSR. The U.K. and the U.S. made an agreement with the Ukrainian president that guaranteed Ukraine's borders if it divested itself of the aging arsenal. The oldsters on Second Avenue are very well aware of this and feel betrayed.
However, in Brighton Beach, they are relieved that Ukraine no longer has atomic weaponry. I got a haircut in a little shop under the elevated tracks because the barber was so vehement in his opinions and I could no longer hide the mess on my head with my hat (only $12, by the way). "Nuclear Ukrainians? What a nightmare!" he says, "They would have blown Israel off the map as soon as they could. God bless George Bush for taking such things out of their hands."
I remind him that Bill Clinton signed the papers, but he has a straight razor to my ear at that moment, so I don't stress the point. "The Second Wave, they call us 'sausage immigrants,' as if they are the big political machers. They think we are ignorant shopkeepers, and that the world knows nothing. But today we have the Internanet [sic]. Everyone knows about Khruschev's gift. You know, right?"
I nod, but he continues, gesticulating with a pair of deadly scissors, "He gave Crimea to the Ukraine as a wedding present to his wife. And now they want to make a big stink about correcting this little error of history."
My haircut was growing less balanced as Khruschev's specter rose. As ridiculous as it sounds, my barber's history is solid. In 1954, with Stalin dead only a year, Khruschev made the expansive and essentially meaningless gift of the Crimean peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR. It was to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Ukraine joining the Russian Empire. "But Russia was born in Kiev anyway!" he says. "All of them bickering are one people."
Back on the boardwalk, where the seniors get their sun, I had been prepared for the barber's history lesson by Fayngersh. For many of her 78 years, she taught history and was prepared to give a young-ish listener a lesson right there on her bench. "Kievan Rus', before the Tartars, that is where the Church comes from, and the Cyrillic alphabet, and everything else," she tells me. "It was in Kiev that Vladimir the Great was baptized and Russia joined the world. In 988, over a thousand years ago! Rus' began as a nation and as a people in the Ukraine. Of course, we Jews were already there, but that's neither here nor there. They want to fight, they want to pour out Russian vodka, protest on the Maidan, when they all have the same grandfathers. Having seen war, I would suggest a second opinion."
I ask Wasyl, as an influential member of his community (his family has a pew at St. George's) if he would encourage the younger members of the Ukrainian Sports Club to join the Ukrainian army. "That is exactly what Putin wants," he says. "Provocation. Hitler did it the same way with that radio station. The world was supposed to believe that Polish partisans attacked a German [radio] station, so that the blitzkrieg could get rolling. You think we want that in Kiev?"
In Brighton Beach there are no signs or demonstrations or anything overtly political relating to Crimea at all. But at the intersection of Second Avenue and Ninth Street there is an elaborate monument built to the struggle, composed of posters, drawings, flags, flowers and candles all stuck to a brick wall. I ask Wasyl and Lyuba who built it.
"Ah, you saw the shrine?" Wasyl finally smiles at me, despite my suspiciously long nose. "It just popped up at night. Maybe I know a few people with the talent to do it, but I wouldn't want to be accused of vandalism. But you see, someone keeps those candles lit! And the flowers fresh! The world has not forgotten the Ukraine and that a nation is being trampled."
It is an impressive shrine. Apparently it turned up at the same time as the protests in Kiev started, before the annexation. Once there were martyrs, the monument was plastered with their photographs and messages of support. When I visited, there was a couple there, looking adorably young and in love. They held a Ukrainian flag, blue to match their eyes, yellow to flicker with the candles they lit. Only they were Russians, not Ukrainians—students visiting New York from St. Petersburg. The Ukraine is a big cause among the young, educated and countercultural there.
"Putin brings nothing but shame to our country," says the young man, who prefers not to be named, for the same reasons as Wasyl. I mention the old fellows of the Sports Club, and how they threw out their Russian vodka. "Then they are no longer Ukrainians," he says. "They are rich Americans, playing at having a cause."
Spending my days with these angry and suspicious people, I felt like I was witnessing balkanization within balkanization.
But in the spirit of the profound confusion that makes this subject so volatile, I should end with why Anna Fayngersh went to the camps in 1944 instead of 1941. She survived as a little Jewish girl for three years under Nazi occupation, sheltered by a neighbor. "She was a simple woman," Fayngersh recalls. "Her own children died in a fire. Their hut burned down; they were peasants. So when my mother saw which way the wind was blowing with us Jews, she gave me to her for safekeeping. And this Ukrainian peasant, who did not eat a piece of bread without a prayer to her Savior, hid me for three years until I was dragged off the street. She would have been shot on sight if the SS had known. Even once I was taken in, she brought food to the children's camp and slid it under the fence. Her fatback and bread kept a lot of Jewish children alive that winter.
"They're worried about the Crimea? No, that's just land. This was life."


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Covering parenting and child development issues
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
This semester, I'm teaching early childhood development to college students. Most of them are studying to be teachers, formulating their educational philosophies as they aspire to classrooms of their own. Despite the state of education, the threats to pensions, the bad press and the politics -- which are enough to drive veteran teachers out of the profession -- these optimistic young people, like their predecessors, just want to teach.
Last week, we were discussing classical conditioning, the theory that underlies the reward and punishment systems in the behaviorist philosophy. Some of my students were drawn to behaviorism, while others hated it, equating reinforcement with bribery, and/or taking offense at the implicit connection between young children and salivating dogs.
As I listened to them, and later, read their papers, I wondered if their perspective would change. Were they driven by a youthful optimism that children would always do what we expected of them, with no need for any concession on the part of the adults? Did they fear that one promise led to many more, so they preferred not to even approach the slippery slope where giving a sticker for good behavior led to giving a teenager an iPod for completing his homework?
As parents, we know it's not that simple. Like my students (and many former colleagues), I have a hard time rewarding a child for doing something that's an expected behavior.
But a large part of parenting is negotiation, especially as our kids get older and declare their independence. And while it's relatively easy (if not always our best option) to wrestle a screaming toddler into a car seat, it's impossible to wrest a school phobic teen from beneath the warmth. comfort and security of his covers.
My students raised that very question in class. If we use material reinforcements with our kids when they are small, what do we do when they are teenagers? And at what point does an incentive become a bribe?
I remember reading somewhere that an incentive is given before the fact (if you clean your room, I will give you a dollar), while a reward is given after the fact (you did such a good job cleaning your room that I'd like to give you a dollar). An incentive (or a bribe, depending upon your mindset) muddies the motivational waters - is the child doing the task because he knows he should, or is he doing it for the dollar?
A former colleague of mine swore by the use of incentives in his classroom, declaring that as adults, we do things - at least in part - for the reward (or to avoid the punishment) at the end. We drive the speed limit to avoid getting a ticket. We work at our jobs to collect the paycheck at the end of the week. Many undesirable responsibilities are made more desirable by the payoff at the end.
Though the behaviorist theory is far from my favorite, I have to admit -- as will any parent who has used stickers, M & Ms or big girl panties as "bribery" during toilet training -- that sometimes the skill is important enough to warrant the nudge. But I also have to agree with my students that we walk a fine line. When we reward our children for everything short of breathing, we create an artificial expectation that neither we nor the world can satisfy.
In the end, it's a balancing act, as is most of parenthood. We give and take, we negotiate. We release a little control here and hand off some responsibility there so that our children learn self-control and the acceptance of responsibility that is a necessary part of growing up.
And if we offer an M & M here and a dollar there as part of the process, I doubt we will scar them for life.
What do you think?
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The Pedagogy and Technology (PAT) Roundtables are open to all, facilitated by members of the faculty, and feature a specific topic or tool (and often both).
Please join me for our next roundtable, featuring Dr. Robert Ellison, Visiting Assistant Professor of English. Dr. Ellison shared:
Crocodoc is a recent addition to Blackboard that allows instructors to comment on student essays directly within MU Online. Its features are similar to the markup tools in MS Word, but it does not require files to be downloaded, marked up, saved, and returned to students. A free, standalone version of the program is also available for those who would like to collaborate on and mark up documents outside of MU Online.
Dr. Ellison had his ENG 350 students use it for peer review earlier this semester. His presentation will provide an overview of Crocodoc, along with some comments on how well it worked in the "real world" of his classes. Discussion will follow.
Please join us for this PAT Roundtable. There are two opportunities to participate – please put one of the following sessions on your calendar.
April 8, 2014 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm DL 349/AC 211
April 9, 2014 10:00 am – 11:00 am DL 349/AC 211
Questions? Contact Karen McComas (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Dear Gold Nuts:
Hey guys, it's your pal Financial Uproar here.
I have to admit, you guys are entertaining. You have all sorts of interesting theories about what's going to happen in the world. You believe that the U.S. dollar is going to zero. You believe the Euro is going to zero. You believe all sorts of other things are going to zero. Heck, even some of you have loaded up on bullets, vegetable seeds and bought a nice little piece of land in the mountains. You know, just in case the you know what hits the fan, you're prepared. I understand, I guess.
Lately though, you guys have been getting on my nerves. Your constant comments about the world coming to an end just don't keep coming true. And I don't know if you noticed, but we got pretty close a couple of years ago. Yes, gold performed well during that stretch, I'll admit that. As the world returned to normal, so did the stock market. We took you seriously for a little while, and then we expelled you to the land of crazy where you belonged.
With this whole Greece mess, you kids have been back with a vengeance. This is the beginning of a bigger debt problem you scream! First Greece, then Italy, Portugal, Spain, perhaps the U.K., with this whole mess ending up with a massive sell off of the U.S. dollar as the whole world drowns under their debt. The world is going to end! Stock up on the gold and non-perishables!
Betting on the end of the world is a sucker's game. Here's why. If you're right, then shiny pieces of metal are hardly going to save you. The world is screwed, taking you right along with it. You might have it a little better than the average person if that happens. Congratulations.
Chances are, you'll be wrong. The world hasn't ended yet. The catastrophic economic event came, changed the world, and now has largely left. Your favorite asset did well during that time. Good for you, getting that one right. I'm patting you on the back right now. Gold is at record levels. Wouldn't now be the time to get out? Ever heard of that buy low sell high thing?
You should keep some of your gold. Experts recommend 5% of your portfolio should be in the shiny metal. While I have absolutely nothing in gold, I can't really disagree with their reasoning. Go ahead and keep a little gold and get rid of the rest at these high levels. Return back to reality with the rest of us. Please, I'm asking you nicely.
Besides, you guys must be a bummer at parties.


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"Security Scanner"
No comments on my previous entry about this, but a ton of interesting emails. So I'll mention it again, briefly.
I updated the code, gave it a name, and made a new release – see fortress webpages. ("Fortress" is a silly name inspired by the fact that the provisional name "Steves Simple Security Scanner" had four "S" words. "Four S" sounds like "Fortress". Groan)
Right now I'm trying to get some portscanning code into the scripting engine, so that the scripts can do interesting things.
Again feedback welcome.
CVS Repository
Inspired by the interest in the scanner I figured it was about time I started getting organised and sharing my CVS repositories.
So I registered a domain name (suprised that it is available. This is possibly a clue that my dsylexia has struck …) – CVSRepository.org – and now have a place to put my code.
The site is running a hacked copy of CVS Trac, a nice combination of a CVS viewer + wiki + ticket (bug report) system.
I've submitted a patch to make browsing easier, and made some other simple changes.
Most of the effort in setting up the site was getting wildcard DNS working for both Bind + Apache. Cheers to Broonie for agreeing to run DNS secondary for me.
Now I can drop in new projects and have them work:
- yawns.cvsrepository.org
- foo.cvsrepository.org
- etc
All being well the DNS nameservers should be live by the time this entry is visible, and the links will work


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A win is a win — unless it's in Green Bay.
While most teams would be happy to thump a visiting team 24-15 and call it a week, the Packers' Jermichael Finley isn't so pleased with Green Bay's outing this Sunday (even though the 5-3 Packers need all the wins they can get after that — ahem — loss to Seattle).
"It's not ugly. It's nasty," Finley said of the win, according to Fox Sports Wisconsin. "It's a real nasty win. With the ability we got and with the guys we got on this team, it kills us."
The Packers managed just 238 yards and averaged only 4.5 yards a pass — not great against a Jaguars team that came into Sunday's game ranked 19th in the league in passing defense. Finley said the poor effect of the offense not playing well led to Jacksonville staying in the game, as the Jags offense chewed up 341 yards and kept the score close until the end.
"If the defense is looking at us, that's why they're mad at us if we go three-and-out, because they know what we can do," Finley said. "And we're [ticked] off at them when teams like Jacksonville drive the ball down the field."
Finley implied that Green Bay has gained a reputation of allowing offensive outbursts.
"I thought they were excited to play us," Finley said. "That's why they came out shooting every bullet they had. We've got to put teams like this away early."
It's a story that sounds all too familiar for New England fans. The Patriots share the distinction of having a great offense — and an inability to put opponents away.
At least one thing is different between the Aaron Rodgers-led Packers and the Tom Brady-quarterbacked Patriots, though: Brady would take the win and be happy with it.