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Steve and Laura Schweitzer of Nicholasville announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Schweitzer to Buck Hartlage, son of Dutch and Sandy Hartlage of Crestwood.
The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of East Jessamine High School. She will graduate in December with degree in elementary education from Eastern Kentucky University. She is employed by Our House at the Pinnacle. She is the granddaughter of Ed and Joan Schweitzer of Crestwood.
The groom-elect is a 2005 graduate of Oldham County High School. He attends EKU and is employed by Nationwide Fence Co.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host a Thanksgiving Eve service at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Holy Communion will be offered.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 2416 S. Ky. 53 in La Grange.
Ryan Fenley Hettinger recently completed basic training at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C.
Hettinger completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.
He was meritoriously promoted to private first class prior to graduation.
After graduation from Parris Island, he will be stationed at Camp Geiger for four weeks of combat training. He will begin additional training at Camp LeJeune in aviation supply and accounting.
U.S. Air Force Airman Adrielle M. Blessing recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
She completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
She is the daughter of Billie Simmons of Taylorsville and Karen Hardy of La Grange.
She is a 2009 graduate of Spencer County High School in Taylorsville.
Elizabeth Kirkwood of La Grange was recently hired as a registered nurse at Seven Counties Services, Inc..
Seven Counties Services Inc., a private, non-profit corporation, is the state-designated regional behavioral health center for Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble counties.
For information, visitSevenCounties.org
Oldham County Police Department officers Thomas Hood and Sarah King, along with law enforcement officers from 11 other agencies across the state, graduated Friday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
A Community Thanksgiving Service is scheduled 6 p.m. Sunday at River Valley Christian Church, 12650 U.S. 42 in Prospect.
The event will be hosted by Faith Community Church, First Baptist Church Prospect, River Valley Christian Church, and North Oldham Baptist Church.
There will be a dessert fellowship immediately following the service.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 109 of Prospect will host a 75th reunion for all scouts, former scouts, leaders and others who have been involved over its 75 years.
The reunion takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, the troop's home base.
The program will include hors d'oeuvres, a PowerPoint presentation and guest speakers.
Jason Davis and Angella Anderson-Davis announce the birth of their daughter, Faith Marie Davis on Aug. 28, 2009 at University Hospital in Louisville. She weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long.
Grandparents are Steve and Marcie Anderson of Crestwood and Glen and Cathy Davis of Gorham, Maine.
At 10 a.m. Saturday, La Grange Church of God will host a men's prayer breakfast and Bible study, called "Lifebuilders."
At 9 a.m. Nov. 17, the church will host a women's Bible study called "Women of Faith."
La Grange Church of God is located at 1800 Zhale Smith Road. For information, call 222-1137.
As dogs in Briar Hill subdivision enjoy homemade biscuits, homeless pets receive the help they need.
10-year-old Madison Jones, her younger brother, Parker, and her friend, Cassie Lund, have been baking and selling dog biscuits to raise money for the Animal Care Society.
Madison said she's always loved animals. For her ninth birthday, she asked that in lieu of gifts guests bring items to donate to the animal shelter.
Gene and Carol Raulston of La Grange announce the engagement of their grandson, Cameron Raulston to Cara Montgomery, daughter of Gary and Pam Montgomery of Bardstown.
The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Campbellsville University and is employed as a first-grade teacher at Kentucky Christian School.
The groom-elect is a 2006 graduate of Oldham County High School and a senior at Campbellsville University. He is the son of Pat Giles.
A wedding will take place at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at Bardstwn Baptist Church with Todd Parish officiating.
Saint Xavier High School graduate and Transylvania University first-year Luke Meredith plays the roles of Gertrude and a Poisoner in Transylvania's production of Tom Stoppard's brilliant comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
The play opens Nov. 5 in the Lucille C. Little Theater at Transylvania.
Staff Sgt. Jaime Bary from Ramsey, Ind. was recently assigned to the U.S. Air Force recruiting office in La Grange.
Bary is a graduate of the Air Force Recruiting School in San Antonio, where she was trained in various areas of study, including the airman classification system, testing and enlistment processing procedures, public speaking and the Web page at www.airforce.com
She was selected for the special course and for recruiting duty as a volunteer with an outstanding Air Force record.
Foxhollow Farm's second annual fall festival from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday will feature farm-fresh foods and tons of fun for the whole family.
The event takes place at the Crestwood farm, located at 8905 Ky. 329.
Admission is free, with food and some activities available for purchase. All proceeds benefit Maryhurst, a local non-profit agency that cares for abused and neglected children.
Jonathan E. Broadbridge recently graduated from the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as "Operation Warrior Forge," at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
The 32 days of training provide the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support.
Broadbridge is the son of Greg F. and Terri C. Broadbridge of Prospect.
Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, batteries, accessories and maintenance items will open its first store in Crestwood today (Thursday).
Company officials said they chose this location because it's convenient to where their customers live and shop as well as the garages where they take their vehicles for repair.
Aaron Vanmeter is the new general manager and works with 10 other team members.
The store is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Mackenzie Spaes, 15, of Prospect, and her horse Ripple Effect recently won the U. S. Eventing Association Area VIII Novice Championship at Kentucky Horse Park.
Eventing is a three-phase equestrian sport designed to test the training, ability, and strength of a horse as well as the connection between horse and rider.
Spaes, a freshman at Sacred Heart Academy, won on their dressage score of 22.6 with a clean round in cross country and stadium. She rides at Spring Run Farm and is trained by Carrie Barrick.
She is the daughter of Alan and Anne Spaes.
Author Thomas L. Freese has released a new book. His newest work is "Ghosts, Spirits and Angels: True Tales from Kentucky and Beyond." The 253-page book is hardbound and features 51 illustrations.
Freese will sign copies of his book from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Karen's Book Barn in La Grange.
The book presents tales from more than 75 people with stories set in Kentucky and several other states. Freese shares their stories of experiencing the paranormal, whether it be ghosts, spirits or angels.
U.S. Army National Guard Pvt. Evan R. Scoskie recently graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
During the nine weeks of training, he received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. He also received training in development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics.
He is the son of Julie and Paul Scoskie of Goshen and a 2009 graduate of Trinity High School in Louisville.
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List of Possible Activities for ISG from the Brainstorming Session on March 9, 2014
1) Progressive dinners (Joyce) – have different parts of a dinner at different members' homes
2) July 4th Party
3) Group dance lesson or series of lessons (Tom) – Tom knows a woman in Cortland who teaches dance
4) Winery tour and lunch at a winery (Hans)
5) Creating a physical fitness group (Jon) – get a group of people together to go to a fitness center together. A great motivator to get moving!
6) Lilac Festival in Rochester (Bonnie) – either carpool up to Rochester or if we get enough people hire a minivan to drive us. Bonnie will check into rates for a minivan hire
7) Game night (Bunny) – Bunny would like to host a games night at her house where we would play different games
8) Day trips – perhaps Watkins Glen and dinner at Seneca Lodge (Nadine); Adirondack Train ride (Joyce and Nadine); Crawfish Festival in Syracuse (Nadine); Scottish Festival in Ithaca and Cortland (Tom and Joyce); Turning Stone Casino (Jon);Sonnenberg Gardens; Elmira Trolley tour and then Corning Museum (Joyce); IMAX theater in Syracuse; parachute lessons (Jon); Flight Museum or Soaring Museum near Elmira; Go soaring at Harris Hill (Jon and Nadine); Hot air balloon riding at Speidie Festival in Binghamton; Syracuse Zoo (Marilyn); Arts Festival in Rochester (Marilyn); A day in Skaneateles (Bunny); Take mail boat ride on Skaneateles Lake (Bunny);
Visit Wine and Culinary Institute in Canandaigua;
State Fair group outing in Syracuse; Various shows at Syracuse Fairgrounds; Tiawaga dinner theater in Owego; Merry-Go-Round musicals in Auburn (Bunny); Cortland Repertory Theater (Norma); Homer Center for the Arts (Joyce); Arts Festival in Rochester (Marilyn); A day in Skaneateles (Bunny); Take mail boat ride on Skaneateles Lake (Bunny); Canandaigua Lake boat tour
9) Dinner and theater events in Ithaca
10) Annual Garage Party (Norma)
11) Ithaca Plantations events (as advertised)
12) Porch Fest in Sept. (Nadine)
13) Ithaca Festival Parade (Margie)
14) Christmas dinner at Applebee's (Bunny)
15) Wood fire and Brix pizza at Lime Hollow (Tom)
16) Various dinner and music events on the Commons as advertised (Nadine); "Make Your Own Wine" at local winery (Marilyn); Comedy Hour at Lot 10 every Friday from 6-7:30 (Nadine); Gallery Night on the Commons – go to gallery night and then meet at a specific time at Mahogany Grill for dinner
17) Possible overnight trips – Niagara Falls, Longwood Gardens (Margie); trip to a Yankees game in New York City.

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OnePlus 6 was finally unveiled with all pomp and show at an event in London on Wednesday. While the performance of the new OnePlus smartphone is yet to be reviewed, the handset has undergone a bunch of durability tests to help you determine its toughness. These come in the form of scratch, burn, and bend tests. Notably, OnePlus has an "all-glass" body with Corning Gorilla Glass 5, with glass panels on both the front and back of the handset. This is unlike the last year's OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T that both had a glass covering only at the front. The new model is also touted to offer "daily water resistance", though the company hasn't revealed any IP rating to support its claim.
YouTuber JerryRigEverything, who is popular for testing flagships, has this time picked the OnePlus 6. The narrator begins his video with a scratch test that uses the Mohs scale to examine the hardness of the front glass panel of the OnePlus 6 that comes with Corning's Gorilla Glass 5 branding. Scratches on the OnePlus smartphone surface at the sixth level of the scale, while some deeper signs appear at the seventh level. This is something similar to the OnePlus 5T that also resisted scratches until the Moh level six of hardness.
The sides of the OnePlus 6 are covered with the metal frame that seems to have a paint on top that can receive scratches. Also, as the YouTuber spotted, there is a plastic layer that joints the glass panels and the metal frame and helps resist shocks at some level. OnePlus has also bundled a protective case and a screen protector has been installed out of the box to make the smartphone look fresh for a longer time.
On the back, OnePlus has again used the Gorilla Glass 5 panel that appears as tough as the frontal panel. The smartphone also has the "invincible" fingerprint scanner that protects from scratches, even from the ones that come from a razor blade. Similar is the case of the glass protection available on top of the dual rear camera setup.
Coming towards the burn test, the screen of the OnePlus 6 withstood an open flame for about 20 seconds before the pixels become completely dead. The metal frame of the OnePlus 6 is also hard enough to resist from being bent. The YouTuber found some flex, though the build didn't result in any cracks or kinks even with an impressive amount of force being pushed to bend the handset.
"The metal frame is still intact and the glass remains unshadowed. I believe this is in part due to the plastic lining between the glass and the metal frame but either way this new OnePlus flagship passes my durability test and is definitely daily driver material," the YouTuber said in the video.


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What better way to spend drizzly spring days than making things?
Make some little stickers.
Perhaps draw your favorite book character!
Windy and Friends has a great post on how to make easy stickers, by simply drawing on the bottom back of an envelope flap (sticky part on the back of your drawing). Cut it out and lick and stick!
Or make some little paper creatures.
Here is a beautiful book on paper crafts called "Paper Wonderland" by Michelle Romo.
It is full of adorable characters that you can cut out and make 3-d. Thanks to Book By Its Cover for the inspiration.


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"It is a wonderful chance for our children to become acquainted with opera in a fun way. Our children love the opera because of this opportunity." - Sandra Rader, Lyndale Music Teacher
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Flyers' Downie feeling better, could return Saturdayby NHL.com Staff
Philadelphia Flyers forward Steve Downie skated Thursday as he continues his recovery from a concussion sustained during a game against the Washington Capitals on Nov. 1.
Downie spent Friday and Saturday in a hospital being evaluated. He was released Sunday.
"I wasn't too scared," he told reporters in Philadelphia. "It was precautionary reasons. They got a couple X-rays done. It's healing well. Should be back soon."
The injury occurred during a fight with Washington's Aaron Volpatti. It was Downie's first game back with the Flyers since being acquired in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 31.
Downie's left eye is badly bruised and he skated wearing a full face shield and football-type facemask to protect his face.
While Downie said his vision is fine, he said he's having problems with his sinuses.
"That's the issues that I'm having, the sinuses," he said. "So I'm just waiting for that to clear up and start breathing again. Mainly sinuses right now."
Downie will not play Thursday but did not rule out a return for the Flyers' game Saturday against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. The team lists him as day-to-day.
"It's good to see [Downie] skating already," Flyers coach Craig Berube said. "Hoping he'll be back soon."


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Monday, July 16, 2007
Cards for Monday
I saw this card on this blog LindaStamps4Sanity where you stamp on Vellum and use it as the card base. I used Adirondack ink which dried relatively quickly on this adorable hummingbird. I cant get enough of that hummingbird! Anyway it looked really cool then I put the white and cool caribbean piece on the inside to give something to write on and now I don't like it as much. I will try this again and see what else I come up with!
Then we have Monday's challenge Technique Lovers Challenge. Today is called Tapestry and the technique is on SCS. Beate made a nice tutorial and it was super easy to follow. It only took 20 minutes to make! I used three colors of blue. I had to get this in the mail before the postman came so I didn't embellish it much or add other layers. I think it is a pretty background though and will make more cards with it!
5 comments:
- Cheryl said...
Both are cool!! The second one looks like fabric. Awesome!!
- July 16, 2007 at 7:27 PM
- Cheryl said...
Oh, wait that was the idea. Helps if I read carefully. Sorry about that. :-)
- July 16, 2007 at 7:29 PM
- papersunshine said...
I love that technique, going to try it again!
- July 17, 2007 at 8:37 PM
Gorgeous ones again for Monday! Very cool techniques/ideas you've tried...and very successfully I must add!
- July 18, 2007 at 3:09 PM
- papersunshine said...
TY Donna :)
- July 19, 2007 at 9:44 PM
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Hikari's YuGiOh and Yu Yu Hakusho Shrine*
YuGiOh Character Bios
Well here are profiles about some of the characters. I got all of the main ones from
my manga, and the others from YuGiOh sites
Here is a little bit about the characters of YuGiOh ^_^ I
hope you enjoy!
Starting with the Duelist Kingdom Story Arc, Pegasus
J. Crawford, the creator of Duel Monsters, found out about Yami Yugi defeating the uncontested champion, Seto Kaiba. Pegasus
knew Yugi had some kind of Millennium item, and in his quest to bring together all seven items, he lured Yugi into a major
tournament held on an island named Duelist Kingdom. Pegasus lured Yugi, by first trapping him into a Shadow Game, in which
Yugi lost due to the duel having a time limit. Since Yugi lost the "Shadow Game", Pegasus inflicted a "game penalty" to Yugi,
thus stealing Surogoku's soul. This was the "bait" Pegasus needed to lure Yugi, as well as Bakura to the Duelist Kingdom,
because Ryou Bakura was after Yugi's Millennium Puzzle as well.
With Yami Yugi taking over when the duels started, Yugi passed through
most of his obstacles in the Duelist Kingdom, beating several challenging opponents. While doing this, he played with honor
and skill, unfortunately, most of his opponents did not. He faced devastating opponents such as the sea duelist, Ryouta Kajiki
(English name: Mako Tsunami), Insector Haga (English name: Weevil Underwood), Player Killer (English name: Panik), Mei and
Kyuu (English names: Para and Dox, the Paradox brothers), and Seto Kaiba, right before Pegasus' castle, where Kaiba unleashed
one of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s most perilous and powerful monsters, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Once Yugi got in the castle and was named one of the
Duelist Kingdom finalists along with Bandit Keith Howard (Nickname and Eng. name: Bandit Keith), Mai Kujaku (English name:
Mai Valentine), and Katsuya Jounouchi (English name: Joey). He faced Mai in the Duelist Kingdom semi-finals and won, unveiling
his counter to the Blue Eyes White Dragon, the Black Luster Soldier, also known as the Chaos Soldier. In the finals, he faced
a surprising Jounouchi, where they had an extremely impressive duel. Jounouchi waited for Yami Yugi to play Demon Summon (English:
Summoned Skull), and with a quick combo, fused Summoned Skull with his own Red Eyes Black Dragon, creating Black Demon's Dragon
(English: Black Skull Dragon). Yami Yugi got past this ordeal though, taking advantage when Jounouchi used his Time Magician's
effect to turn Baby Dragon into Thousand Dragon. Unfortunately, for Jounouchi, he didn't know it would also turn Yugi's Black
Magician (English: Dark Magician) into Black-Robed Sage. Yugi eventually beat Jounouchi, let Jounouchi take the claim to the
prize money so he could help his sister, and Yugi went on to duel Pegasus.
Yugi and Pegasus laid high stakes on the line. Pegasus
said he would free Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, and Surogoku Mutou if Yugi won, but said Yugi would become entrapped and would
lose the Millennium puzzle if he lost. After seeing and surviving Toon World and the Thousand Eyes Sacrifice, Yugi finished
off Pegasus with the Magician of Black Chaos (Likely English Name: Magician of Dark Chaos).
Yugi later went on to help Kaiba fight the "Big 5" (the
people who tried to take over Kaiba Corp) and encounter Otogi in the Dungeon Dice Monsters. Currently, Yugi is participating
in the Battle City tournament and wields the god card, Osiris, as well as Jounouchi's Red Eyes Black Dragon (see the situation
in later updates, and in Jounouchi's bio, how he lost Red Eyes).
Yugi's Duelist Kingdom deck, or rather, Surogoku's deck
has a Black Magician Theme, with support from a ritual theme. Surogoku's deck is very ingenious at first, but when Yugi loses
Exodia, and gives Jounouchi his Time Magician, it strictly becomes a basic Black Magician Deck supported by ritual monsters.
Yami Yugi, being the great duelist that he is, constructed a new deck for the Battle City Story Arc, and so far, it has worked
to satisfaction, leading Yugi far into the tournament finals. While it still centers on the Black Magician, Yugi has added
a few counters to his new deck to the Blue Eyes White Dragon, such as the Buster Bladder, and when Jounouchi refused to take
his Red Eyes back when Yugi won it back from a Rare Hunter, Yugi kept it in his deck. So now, with Red Eyes and Demon Summon
both in his deck, he can fuse them into Black Demon's Dragon (Eng. name: Black Skull Dragon).
Tea Gardner
On the boat to Duelist Kingdom, Jounouchi (Joey) is lent the
rare Time Magician (English: Time Wizard) card when Yugi sees he has traded for the Baby Dragon card. Jounouchi trades for
some really major magic cards that save his behind later in the Duelist Kingdom tournament. When they first land on the island,
Jounouchi dueling skills are a joke, and not only that, but his first duel is against the skilled, Mai Kujaku (English: Mai
Valentine). She starts to pretend she has psychic abilities and starts to mentally put Jounouchi off his game. With some help
from Yami Yugi, Jounouchi eventually realizes Mai just put different perfumes on her cards, and with a quick play of Time
Magician, aging Harpy Ladies, and turning Baby Dragon into Thousand Dragon, wins one of Mai's starchips.
Jounouchi then comes across Dinosaur Ryuzaki (English: Rex
Raptor), who is pushed to duel Jounouchi because he wants to duel Mai. In this duel, Ryuzaki starts pounding through Jounouchi's
deck with pure dinosaur beat down. Jounouchi eventually draws the Flame Swordsman, and starts slicing through Ryuzaki's dinosaur
sub-types. Ryuzaki then draws his Evilknight Dragon (English: Serpent-Knight Dragon) and disposes of the Flame Swordsman.
Jounouchi eventually plays Barbarian #1 and Barbarian #2 (English name: Lava Battle guard & Swamp Battleguard) which repels
Evilknight Dragon's attack and destroys itself. Ryuzaki then plays one of the most popular cards in Yugioh and perhaps one
of the most feared, the Red Eyes Black Dragon. Not only that, but Ryuzaki attaches the Dark Dragon Claws, raising its power
to 3000, the exact Blue Eyes atk strength. Red Eyes incinerates the Barbarian duo, and Jounouchi is backed into a wall, while
Ryuzaki strikes a bargain with Jounouchi, saying whoever wins gets the cards on the field. Jounouchi agrees and is reminded
of the Time Magician on the field. He uses it, and Ryuzaki loses the duel.
Jounouchi then comes across some other tough situations including
his duel with Ghost Kotsuzuka (English name: Bonz/Bones), where he uses the Shield in the Right Hand, Sword in the Left Hand
(English: Sword and Shield) magic card to dispose of Kotsuzuka's undead type monsters. He then tags with Yami Yugi versus
the Labyrinth Brothers, Mei and Kyuu (English: Paradox Brothers, Para & Dox), where Red Eyes fuses with Summoned Skull
and forms the Black Skull Dragon. Jounouchi makes it all the way into the finals, where now he is a seasoned duelist. In the
Duelist Kingdom semi-finals he faces Bandit Keith Howard (English: Bandit Keith).
In his Duelist Kingdom semi-final match, he encounters Keith's
Machine deck. At first, Jounouchi tries to fight with his magical monsters, but finds out machine monsters have a natural
resistance to magic monsters (Note: Applies only to anime, not CCG). This puts Jounouchi in a tight situation. Keith then
reveals his Devilzoa monster card along with a trap, Metal Conversion - Magic Reflex Armor (English: Unknown, it could be
Metal Force or Metallize). This turns Devilzoa into Metal Devilzoa, with the insane strength of 3000. This is when Jounouchi
makes his comeback, activating Pit Trap destroying Metal Devilzoa, and then starts going through Keith's deck. Jounouchi plays
Baby Dragon along with Time Magician, aging Keith's Revolver Dragon (English: Barrel Dragon), and turning Baby Dragon into
Thousand Dragon, but Keith activates his Time Machine trap card, bring back Revolver Dragon and annihilating Thousand Dragon.
With a quick play of the Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon and Dark Dragon Claws (Atk str: 3400) he kills Revolver Dragon. Keith
destroys REBMD, but Jounouchi uses Grave Digger to copy Keith's Time Machine trap, reviving Red Eyes and defeating Keith.
Jounouchi loses to Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom finals, but
Yugi gives him the claim to the prize money if he wins so Jounouchi can help his sister. Yugi goes on to defeat Pegasus, and
Jounouchi gets the operation done for his sister, Shizuka Jounouchi (English: Serenity Wheeler). He helps Yugi in the side
story arcs between Duelist Kingdom and Battle City, and eventually participates in the Battle City tournament. He faces a
Rare Hunter from the organization that wants the god cards, and Rare Hunter defeats Jounouchi because Rare Hunter plays with
an Exodia deck. Yugi duels and defeats Rare Hunter and getting Red Eyes back, but Jounouchi doesn't accept it.
Jounouchi plays with a basic Warrior/Beast Deck, with a mix
of luck cards like the Time Magician. Red Eyes immensely helps him in Duelist Kingdom, but in Battle City he gains some really
awesome cards for his deck. He gains Android: Psycho Shocker from defeating Esper Roba, and Legendary Fisherman and Fortress
Whale from Ryouta Kajiki (English: Mako Tsunami).
Bakura's Millenium Ring contains a very evil spirit that takes
control of him and has very dark ambitions that rival even Yami Malik's ambitions. The Millennium Ring has the power to locate
other millennium items with its various pointers. Yami Bakura is first seen when Yugi is challenged to a Game of Darkness
(English: Shadow Game) by Bakura in the Duelist Kingdom. Bakura entraps normal Yugi, Honda (English: Tristan), Jounouchi (English:
Joey), and Anzu's (English: Tea) souls into their favorite cards inserted in Yugi's deck. Yami Bakura then proceeded to claim
the Millennium Puzzle in which Yami Yugi stopped him. Yami Yugi won his duel versus Yami Bakura with a quick use of his shadow
powers. He switched normal Bakura's soul with the soul of Yami Bakura in Bakura's Change of Heart card to send Yami Bakura
to the graveyard.
At the very end of Duelist Kingdom, Yami Bakura makes a return
appearance by "disposing" of Pegasus and taking his Millennium Eye. When Battle City rolls around, Bakura is still with the
group, but Yami Bakura shows his true intentions of taking the Millennium Puzzle. He duels Yami Yugi again in a rematch, during
Battle City. Yami Bakura took an early advantage using a combo from his Occult Deck, involving the Dark Necrophia (English
name: Unknown) and Quija Board.
As long as Dark Necrophia was in the graveyard, Yugi had 5
turns left in the duel to finish it, otherwise he would lose. If all 5 turns of the Quija Board are passed, spelling D-E-A-T-H,
Yugi would automatically lose. (Note: In the CCG it is different, you need 5 magic cards to assemble to win.) With a quick
combo, and one turn left, Yugi manages to summon the god card, Osiris. Bakura gets hit with Osiris' Thunder Force attack and
falls unconscious. Currently in the magna, after this duel, Yami Bakura faced Yami Malik in one final duel. The game penalty
to the loser would be that whoever lost would disappear forever. As it seemed, Bakura loses, via Malik's summoning of Ra,
and the revealing of Ra's final ability, the Hand Phoenix. This allows Malik to sacrifice all his LP but 1, and transfer all
LP sacrificed to Ra's attack and defense stats. As Ra uses his Breath Cannon to wipe out Bakura, Yami Bakura says, "I may
have lost, but I will definitely be back, and I will kill you. This is because I AM the darkness."
Bakura has not reappeared in the series, manga or anime, since
that duel. Bakura uses an Occult deck, which is a mixture of dark main type monsters, and fiend monsters. He is pretty good
at dueling with this in his Yami form. His main combo is the Dark Necrophia / Ouija Board combo, but if not he has some strong
back-up monsters lying in wait.
Seto Kaiba
He is Yugi's main rival, and an extremely good duelist. He is the Duel Monsters World Champion, and has only lost three
times in his life. He loses to Yugi before Duelist Kingdom because of Exodia, he then loses again to Pegasus, and finally
loses in the Battle City semi-finals to Yugi. While extremely cold on the exterior he has a soft-spot for his little brother
Mokuba. Seto inherited Kaiba Corp from his father that adopted him. The Kaiba brothers were adopted when he beat Kaiba Corp's
former chairman at a game of chess. Kaiba's "father" trained him to be cold, which is what turned out to be Kaiba today.
Seto Kaiba goes to the Duelist Kingdom to rescue his little brother Mokuba, when Pegasus kidnaps him in a plot for the
"Big 5" to take over Kaiba Corp. After the duel with Yugi, in the Duelist Kingdom, he is seen dueling Jounouchi, and then
duels Yugi again to gain entrance to Pegasus' castle. Kaiba wields the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon, and although people
think its the strongest non-fusion card in Duel Monsters, it is far from it.
When Kaiba duels Jounouchi to test out the prototype Duel Disk system, Kaiba horribly beats Jounouchi even though Jounouchi
started to make a comeback with Red Eyes. Then Pegasus forces Kaiba's hand, and Kaiba must then duel Yugi for entrance into
the castle. At the beginning of the duel, the match is pretty even with Kaiba summoning Lamp Spirit: Ra Djinn (English: La
Jinn) and Vengeful Swords talker (English: Swords talker), while Yugi used his Curse of Dragon and Black Magician (English:
Dark Magician). Kaiba then plays his Saggi: The Dark Clown / Deck Destruction Virus of Death (English: Crush Card Virus) combo,
infecting Yugi's deck for the remainder of the duel (Note: In the CCG, it only infects your deck for three turns). Kaiba then
fuses all three of his Blue Eyes White Dragons into Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, one of the most powerful duel monsters in existance.
Yugi counters with the ultimate defense, using a Kuribo / Multiply combo. With that, Yugi fused his Mammoth Graveyard into
BEUD, reducing BEUD's attack by 1200 each turn. When Yugi finally weakened it below 1400, he summoned Retrained Elvish Swordsman
(English: Celtic Guardian) and killed one of the BEUD's heads. Kaiba went to the psycological game and threatened to jump
of the castle if Yugi won the duel. Yugi conceded and lost the duel.
Kaiba then loses to Pegasus in their duel to settle Mokuba's fate. Pegasus' use of Toon World, and then his use of the
Copycat (English: Mimicking Illusionist) to copy Kaiba's Deck Destruction Virus of Death card, was too much for Seto in the
end. Pegasus then trapped Seto's soul in a card, like Mokuba. Yugi then went on to defeat Pegasus, thus releasing Kaiba's
After the Duelist Kingdom ended, Kaiba turned his wrath on the Big 5. They challenge him to a virtual game, and with Yugi,
Jounouchi, and Mai's help he wins. This is where the two most powerful cards in the game are revealed, The Five-god Dragon,
and the Master of Dragon Knight. After this ordeal with the Big 5, Kaiba is given the god card, Obelisk, by Isis Ishtal, so
an organization called the GHOULS don't achieve getting all three-god cards. Kaiba then sets up the Battle City tournament
to attract the controllers of all three-god cards to the tournament.
Tristan Taylor
Tristan Taylor Tristan is Joey's best friend along with Yugi. He doesn't play a spectacular role in the series,
but like Tea Gardner , goes with Yugi and Joey to the Duelist Kingdom tournament to provide moral support. Tristan is known
to have some Duel Monsters cards but doesn't duel anywhere in the series. Like Joey, he has a quick temper, but is very supportive
of Joey, and is quick to remind Joey of his sister when Joey loses control of a situation.
Although Tristan Taylor doesn't duel two of his cards are featured in the Duelist Kingdom Story Arc. His favorite
card, Cyber Commander, was entered into Yugi's deck when Yami Yugi faced off in a Shadow Game with Yami Bakura. Yami Bakura
trapped all of Yugi's friend's souls into their favorite cards which were entered into Yugi's deck. They only escaped because
Yami Yugi dueled and defeated Yami Bakura. The other card featured from Tristan Taylor's deck was the Swamp Battleguard, which
Joey entered in his deck with his duel against Rex Raptor. It helped Joey's Lava Battleguard to repel Valentine's Serpentknight
During Battle City, Tristan Taylor again is nothing but a cheerleader although he does help on the sidelines
guiding Joey's sister, Serenity through Battle City while her brother duels and eventually goes on to fight in the Battle
City Semi-finals where Joey is barely defeated by Marik in a Shadow Game.
Marik Ishtar
At the age of 11 Marik was given the initiation to become head tomb keeper, even though he never wished to take on the
role when his father was to die. From this initiation Marik received a large tattoo that covers the whole of his back, the
tattoo tells the secrets of the Pharaoh and only those who can read the ancient Egyptian text know what it says.
After the initiation Marik began to go mad and only Odion seamed to keep the evil back, but not for long. Not long after
his initiation Ishizu took Marik up to see the out side world, with their father not knowing, it was up here that Marik saw
his first T.V. and magazine, it was in this magazine that he saw his first motorcycle, after he saw it he said that he would
one day own one of his own. Ishizu took Marik home thinking that his father would never find out, but somehow he did and was
going to kill Odion because he felt that Odion was responsible for his son going up to the outside world. Marik went mad and
took the Millennium Rod, which is when his evil side began to show it's self to his family, Marik then attacked his
father and killed him with a dagger that is inside of the Millennium Rod.
Odion managed to again keep the evil side of Marik away but
now Marik blamed the Pharaoh for his father's death and was out for revenge, he took the Millennium Rod for himself.
With Odion as his right hand man he formed a gang called the GHOULS and stole 2 of the 3 Egyptian God Cards, Slifer the Sky
Dragon and the Winged Dragon of Ra. Marik then entered the Battle City competition using the false name Nabu, he would take
over peoples minds with his Millennium Rod and then make them go up against Yugi Mutou, who holds the Millennium Puzzle and
is the Pharaoh.
Duke Devlin
I got this music from http://www.freewebs.com/kirara_the_demon/Home.html
I do not own any of the YuGiOh or Yu Yu Hakusho characters. I simply love the show and manga
and am a big fan :)


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Pleasanton PTA Units
There are 13 PTA units at Pleasanton schools. Visit each PTA's website to learn more about the programs sponsored by that unit.
Peralta District PTA
Peralta District PTA encompasses all of Alameda County and is one of 28 PTA districts that make up the California State PTA. Peralta District PTA serves over 150 PTAs, about half of which are in the 5 PTA councils (of Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Pleasanton and San Lorenzo) and the other half are "out of council" PTAs in the cities of Albany, Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, San Leandro, and Union City.
PTA Organization Contacts
The California State PTA (California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc.) is a branch of the National PTA, serving as a connecting link between the national organization and its membership within the state.
National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States.
California State PTA
2327 L Street
Sacramento,CA 95816-5017
(916) 440-1985
Sacramento PTA Legislation Office
530 10th Street
Sacramento, CA 95314
(916) 422-5667
National PTA
330 North Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, IL 90911-3690
(302) 670-6782


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Alex and I crossed into Turkey from Greece just before sunset, and started our five-day journey together. I had been looking forward to cycling Turkey for a long time, so was pleased to have finally arrived. We took the coastal road as far as possible, mainly to avoid the busy main road between Greece and İstanbul. It was perhaps also the more scenic route, but did little to ease the headwind that we faced. The wind was relentless and always seemed to blow directly from the front no matter which way we were going.
|Coastal view on the way to İstanbul.
Though this was only the second time I had ever cycled with another cyclist for any appreciable distance, it was a good partnership. We had similarly sized and synchronised appetites, so when one needed to stop for sustenance, the other was always ready to do the same. We ambled on towards İstanbul, frequently greeted by the locals and invited to drink tea. Watermelons sold by the roadside always went down well in the heat of the day, as well as the self-made Greek salads relished with local breads. I even had my first beer in five years! Not much birding was done along the way!
|Cycling along the road works to avoid the traffic.
|Alex beside a modified motorcycle of sorts.
|My first beer in five years! It tasted great!
|Alex looking out to sea from our campsite; my first night without a tent.
Long before we reached the metropolis of İstanbul, we were drawn into the bustling traffic streaming eastwards. We had heard from other sources that it is a challenge to approach the city by bike, and we can confirm that this is indeed the case! It was therefore with much relief as we arrived in the Old City area of İstanbul, where we had the first real chance to get out of the mainstream traffic. We had a couple glasses each of freshly squeezed orange juice to celebrate our arrival.
|Heading for İstanbul, with miles still to go.
|Waiting patiently for fresh orange juice upon arrival in İstanbul.
|I am Turkish! Great country with great people!
We spent a morning exploring the Taksim area, and also took time off in a Taksim Park, visited some bike shops, and raced through the traffic on our unloaded bikes. Alex was always ahead, having more guts to face the traffic than I. I got the hang of it though! Alex managed to sell his bike at one of the shops, as he was planning to continue on to India with only a backpack and his guitar. After a final beer we parted ways, with Alex heading off to meet his host in the city. I needed to organised my gear for the next stretch through Western Anatolia, so spent a few extra days at a hostel. Looking back, the time spent with Alex on the road was the most insightful period of my journey so far, for which I am most grateful.
|İstiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue) leading up to Taksim Square.
|Steamed and grilled corn was for sale everywhere in İstanbul.
A friend in South Africa had recommended some sites worth visiting during my stay, so I spent a fair amount of time exploring some of İstanbul's finest attractions, such as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque), the Hagia Sophia, and the Basilica Cistern amongst others. Amongst all these activities, I shamefully did not get around to using my binoculars during my entire stay. However, I did not fail to notice the Laughing Doves perched in the trees beside the hostel's roof-top restaurant while having breakfast, or the Yelkouan Shearwaters passing the ferry while crossing the Bosphorus strait that separates Europe and Asia.
|The busy Bosphorus strait, with passenger ferries going to and fro.
|Inside the Basilica Cistern.
|The splendid interior of the Blue Mosque.
|The Hagia Sophia at night.
|Inside the Hagia Sophia.
Unknown to me upon arrival, my stay in İstanbul coincided with the FIFA U-20 World Cup final between Uruguay and France. It also so happened that a group of spirited Uruguayan supporters was staying at the same hostel. When they heard I was from South Africa, I was promptly invited to join them and was generously handed a ticket (I previously lived in Kimberley, the city that hosted the Uruguayan team during the 2010 FIFA World Cup). Though Uruguay did not win the match after a nail-biting penalty shoot-out, the experience was certainly the highlight of my stay in İstanbul.
|The Uruguayan supporters moments before entering the stadium.
|Dedicated Uruguayan supporters!
|Some football action at the FIFA U-20 World Cup final.
To avoid the nerve-racking traffic on my departure from İstanbul, I took the ferry from the Old City across the Marmara Sea to Bursa. The cycle from the hostel to the ferry port was short, while the ferry ride was relaxing. The bonus was that by taking the ferry, I had another chance to watch Yelkouan Shearwaters, this time with binoculars. Being a fairly large city, Bursa presented a minor challenge to negotiate while heading for my first birding destination in Turkey – Mount Uludağ. It is the highest mountain in Western Anatolia at 2500 m, and it is claimed that its summit is visible from Istanbul nearly 150 km away on clear days. After several hours of cycling the gradual climb towards the top, I was stopped by an elderly lady filling water canisters at a roadside spring (these are common in Turkey). She insisted I go no further by my own, as the forests were crawling with animals that would make a short meal of me. At least, this is what I understood. After several attempts to explain that the odd dog (or wolf) would not be a threat, I succumbed to her insistence, and waited for a friend of hers to arrive with a vehicle. And so it was that I got a lift for the last 10 km to the ski resort near the mountain top. In the end I was quite grateful for the ride, as the fog became increasing dense as we ascended while the temperature dropped considerably. After being dropped off at the forlorn resort in the fog and cold, I bid the driver a good journey back home, I took to the nearest patch of forest to pitch my tent.
|The ski resort near the peak of Mount Uludağ, at an altitude of 2500 m.
I spent the weekend camping above the Uludağ ski resort, which is transformed into hub of activity in winter, and enjoyed the absolute solitude that reigns during summer. The coniferous forest surrounding my tent held a number of new birds for me. The most exciting to see was Krüper's Nuthatch, which I had only got a brief glimpse of on the way up. Being more agile than its larger relatives, I regrettably did not get a photograph of this beautiful bird, with its grey plumage and rufous chest patch. Other woodland species that were new to me included Firecrest and Common Rosefinch, amongst a number of familiar species such as Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Robin and even Black Woodpecker. Pallid Swifts circled about the few resort hotels. The nearby alpine scrub delivered another two lifers, including Water Pipit and the splendid Red-fronted Serin. The latter were in the company of a mixed flock of Eurasian Greenfinch, Linnet and Eurasian Serin.
|Ski lifts at Mount Uludağ, waiting for the winter.
On my second day, I took a four-hour hike up to the top of the mountain peak in search of a species I had last searched for in Slovenia, namely Alpine Accentor. The trek to the top delivered a couple of Ring Ouzels, and my first Shorelark of the Turkish/Caucasus race; a small flock of immature birds were accompanied by a single adult. The rocky crags at the mountain peak did not disappoint, with a sighting of one Alpine Accentor followed by a group of six birds foraging amongst the rocks and scant alpine vegetation. Perhaps it was the scenic back-drop that made this sighting even more spectacular and memorable. I hiked back down to the resort in high spirits, and relished every one of the several encounters I had with Red-fronted Serin flocks. Uludağ was the perfect start to my exploration of Turkey's avifauna!
|Near the peak on Mount Uludağ.
|A male Red-fronted Serin, a common but splendid species at Mount Uludağ.
With a great deal of reluctance I took to the long descent from the Uludağ resort to reach my next destination to the west, on the coast of the Marmara Sea. This was to be another fantastic experience, with more excellent birding in store while also making new friends.


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My name is Sacha and I have something to confess.
I have anxiety. Terrible anxiety. I have had it for as long as I can remember. I am twenty-four years old and my anxiety hasn't gotten any better.
If anything, my anxiety has gotten worse.
Anxiety is such a common mental health issue that people face all around the world. There are various different types of anxiety, but most commonly it is having a spirit of fear inside of you. Constantly being afraid and worried over certain things, or particular aspects of your life.
I have a lot of social anxiety, so it is a huge struggle for me to get out and about with ease. Ever since leaving my daughter's father (and the hell that I went through with him), my social anxiety has gotten worse. So much so that I truly struggle with leaving the house, not caring about what people might think or say about me. I even avoid men, all men, when I am out. It makes me so scared and self-conscious.
I also have conflict anxiety.
This is something that I have recently discovered but have had for a very long time. Basically, it is a fear of saying or doing something that makes the other person react negatively and thus, cause conflict. I have it around my father. I also had it around my daughter's father too.
It is quite common for many victims in situations where they are living with a sociopath or a narcissist (both in my cases). Their personalities are very self-oriented, and so anything that does not bode well with them, they can easily snap, get frustrated, or mad, and even cause verbal or physical abuse. Both of which I have received.
I have to constantly walk on eggshells around these sorts of people, because it seems as though no matter what I do or say, it can trigger a negative response.
It makes my anxiety constantly on high. I live with my parents, so I am not getting better here. I have to constantly remind myself that the situation is only temporary, these people will not change, and I need to focus on bettering myself in order to be stronger as a mother to my daughter. In general, I can be quite fine, and not too worried about things that happen in my life or my daughter's life. Unfortunately, my anxiety is very bad around my parents, in particular my father, due to my upbringing, as well as other negative events that have occurred between us in recent years.
If There Is a Will, There Is Online Therapy
Anxiety really takes a toll on the body. It makes you overthink and over stress which causes your mind to constantly have thoughts running through your head. You can also find yourself dwelling on the past or going over what happened in the day and over analyzing the situation. It makes you so drained, because your mind doesn't shut off, and can cause you to lose sleep as well.
For me, I constantly have anxious thoughts and moments of over analyzing going through my mind about what happens each day. I stress about my parents and their treatment towards me, thus resulting in conflict anxiety, and all of this causes me to feel constantly fatigued and sometimes have mild insomnia as a result.
Anxiety can also cause physical pains.
For example, I get this pain in my stomach every time something specific is said or done from my father, or to cause my father to have a certain negative response. I had this with my daughter's father as well over so many things that happened throughout our relationship. It can make you lose your appetite or cause you to shake and feel so panicked. Sometimes I have little anxiety attacks and shake and cry when it all gets to be too much.
These experiences I have need to be seen as opportunities for me to grow, change, battle, and overcome my anxiety. Even just the anxious thoughts and feelings I have around my parents. My best friend counsels me over this, hears me out each time I need to vent or cry. He provides me with solid advice that I try to focus on and follow whenever these episodes occur that causes such immense anxiety.
The best advice he provided me with is to change my mindset.
I need to learn how to control my thoughts and emotions in response to these specific events, in order to maintain a positive and healthy outlook on the situation at hand. By mastering what goes on the inside allows me to have a different outlook and experience on the outside.
It is a long and difficult process, but my main focus is to do better not only for myself, but also my daughter too. I do not want her to experience what I have, and I want to enjoy life in a much better light with her.
My name is Sacha and I am a single mother to my beautiful daughter, Rebekah.
I am a Christian mum blogger helping and encouraging other single mothers such as myself on my blog Raising Rebekah.
I also am a freelance writer for Apples of Gold with a background in Psychology.
You can find more from Sacha at: Raising Rebekah
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Not Helping
Akin Could Cost Romney Missouri
Artur Davis, former Democratic congressman turned Republican, told CNN's Soledad O'Brien Tuesday morning that if Todd Akin doesn't resign his candidacy for Senate, President Obama could win Missouri. And Romney may know it. On Tuesday, the GOP candidate called on Akin to remove himself from the Senate race. In light of Akin's recent "legitimate rape"–gate, Davis predicted that the Republican from Missouri is "not going to win this race, and it's very possible that he could cost Romney this state."


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Welcome to Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life.
Please note the museum is only open on certain dates due to our redevelopment programme.
When we fully reopen in 2019, a visit to our 400 year old cottage will take you on a journey into Uttoxeter's lively past. Plus, take part in our exciting events programme, as we hope you will be inspired to discover more about this fascinating town.
Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life has been undergoing a complete refurbishment funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Re-opening in 2019, the results will include a new Cafe, community life zone, as well as seven interactive galleries on domestic life, the civil war, markets, religious dissent and the making of the modern town as well as our interactive and sensory garden.
Find out about the special events and exhibitions at Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life.
Find out more about our education programme and group visits.
In 2019 we hope to be opening Redfern's Cafe, with views of our beautiful courtyard garden.
Discover our fascinating collection relating to Uttoxeter's rich history; including social history, arts and artifacts and local history archives.
Find out how you can support Redfern's Cottage, Museum of Uttoxeter Life through annual membership, donations and volunteering.
Explore our online shop with rare publications about Uttoxeter and gifts.


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'The Magic Number 1310′ Revealed on Viewpoint University
Carol Muller and Stacey Tieszen from Minnehaha County Human Services revealed the meaning of "The Magic Number is 1310" Tuesday on Viewpoint University.
1310 is the hourly rate a single person needs to make working 40 hours a week to be able to afford a modest single bedroom apartment in Sioux Falls. $13.10 per hour. Anything less than that and the person will be spending more than 30% for their housing which will put other normal budget items in jeopardy.
The harsh reality in our area is the fact that most retail and service industry jobs don't pay that amount even after some experience, much less as a starting salary. That reality forces individuals to work two or more jobs, none of which will pay the $13.10 needed to make ends meet with some form of either government or family subsidy.
Minnehaha County currently spends over $1,000,000 a year of local tax money to assist in housing for people not making $13.10 per hour.
Wednesday on Viewpoint University, Greg Johnson, manager of the local Dept of Labor will tell us about jobs in our area that pay the $13.10 and what qualifications a person needs to be eligible for them.
For a full review of the program the segments of audio are below.
Carol Muller estimates that around 1,000-1,500 are served by Minnehaha County monthly.
About 20 percent of the applicants at Minnehaha County Human Services are new in 2013.
It's not about throwing money at people, there are teaching opportunities to help those in poverty.
Sioux Falls has the highest concentration of working single parents.
There is an acute shortage of affordable housing in Sioux Falls.
For a single person to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Sioux Falls hourly wage needed is $13.10 based on a 40 hour work week.
New employer in Sioux Falls is surprised that many people are looking to work two jobs in Sioux Falls.


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Bedroom Furniture
From Your Experts at the Madison Furniture Barn:
Madison Furniture Barn has an extensive selection of dining furniture in all kinds of shapes, sizes, styles and levels of distressing. You can choose from an intimate round glass top table that seats four to a gorgeous 10 or 12 person table of distressed solid birch wood. The key is choice and our staff knowledge to guide you through the options.
Before it was even a trend, we tended to lean toward distressed and/or reclaimed solid wood tables that don't just look like wood, but are actually wood! Many of our tables are available for order in custom sizes, stains, legs, pedestals, thickness and style. But, some are one of kind. The selection of chairs is endless and easily mixed and matched to reflect your individual style. We are here to help you navigate through the choices, you just need to ask!
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Here's an oldie but a goodie. We did Matt and Phyllis' engagement shoot near Schunnemunk Mountain in New York a long while back, but when I saw some of these while browsing through our archives I really wanted to share them on the blog. Also be sure to check out their beautiful wedding photos that we shot at Tarrytown House Estate in New York. Enjoy!
Don't forget about their awesome ESP to get a feeling for amazing colors of this day. (It's on the ESP page)
And here are a couple shots of their exquisite Wedding Book:


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Welcome to Edwards Truck Sales located at 515 North Ewing St in Seymour,IN. Edwards Truck Sales has been in business since 1997. Small family owned business. We pride ourselves in making your experience of buying a vehicle enjoyable. Honest, Great Prices, Dependable Vehicles! Hassle Free! On Lot Financing through local banks at great interest rates! Warranties available! Please call us at 812-524-2400 to arrange a test drive or visit our website www.edwardstrucksales.com to view our complete inventory.
Jerry Edwards, Owner
Tammy Edwards, Owner
James Hare, Owner & General Manager


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56. Pigeons from Hell – Joe R. Lansdale, Nathan Fox, & Dave Stewart
Apparently Robert E. Howard wrote some non-Conan stories and this is one of them, as adapted into a graphic novel with a new ending and some twists and turns by master of Hap and Leonard Joe R. Lansdale with inkster Nathan Fox and colorist Dave Stewart.
It's one of those tales where there's an abandoned New Orleans mansion and the theoretically long-lost heirs to the people that owned it and dissolved under their own mythology return to find it in ruins and possibly now taken up by the occasional startling feral cat, an angry homeless person or two – possibly a gang – and, especially in this case, the super-scary fluttering birdies. Then the heir-apparents have to navigate a curse in order to claim what is theirs or die under the weight of it. Just like in Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh, one of my all-time favorite sequels. This time, instead of antiques dealers and Tony Todd being all cool and murdering people who were ashamed of their family lineage, there are pigeons, flesh ripping (well, I guess that's kind of the same, but no bees), a trek through the swamp to the owner of a bottletree to learn the real story of why their house is killing hippies. And there's corn! It's not very nice corn, but it's corn.


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On behalf of the Master, Officers, and Members of Palo Alto Lodge #346, Free, and Accepted Masons, welcome!
For a map, click here. Dress is business casual, and visitors (including non-Masons) are always welcome.
Meetings and Information
Palo Alto Lodge meets almost every Tuesday evening at 7:00PM. Stated meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month, with dinner at 6:30.
For those interested in Freemasonry, these first Tuesday of the month dinners are a great opportunity to get to know us and to have all of your questions answered. When it comes to our history, traditions, and ceremonies, we can talk about a lot more than you probably imagine, and you shouldn't believe everything you see in the movies and on television.
If you have any questions about Freemasonry or the Palo Alto Lodge, or for additional information about becoming a Freemason, please click on the Lodge Email Link under Lodge Info.
What is Freemasonry?
Freemasonry is perhaps the oldest fraternity still active today, publicly organized in 1717 with the formation of the Grand Lodge of England and based upon traditions at least as old as the late 14th century. It is dedicated to the cause of helping good men become the best husbands, fathers, brothers, and citizens that they can be. It teaches and instills enduring virtues like truth, honor, integrity, charity, perseverance, service, equality, liberty, and justice. Men of good character from all races and creeds, who can express a belief in Deity and in the immortality of the soul, are welcomed through its doors. No one is asked or invited to become a Freemason. Men with interest in becoming a part of our Fraternity, with an honest and heartfelt desire to be a Mason, must come to us of their own free will. If you would like to join us in this journey, please click on the Lodge Email Link on the left to request more information on this honorable Fraternity.
George Washington joined the Masonic Lodge in Fredericksburg, Virginia at the age of 20 in 1752. His Masonic membership, like the other public titles and duties he performed, was expected from a young man of his social status in colonial Virginia. During the War for Independence, General Washington attended Masonic celebration and religious observances in several states. He also supported Masonic Lodges that formed within army regiments. At his first inauguration in 1791, President Washington took his oath of office on a Bible from St. John's Lodge in New York. During his two terms, he visited Masons in North and South Carolina and presided over the cornerstone ceremony for the U.S. Capitol in 1793.


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Gor Mahia have landed a five year sponsorship deal with local sports betting firm Sportpesa in a ceremony held at the club's offices at the Nyayo National Stadium this Tuesday 2 February.
Sportpesa are the firm that also sponsors the Kenya Premier League. The monetary amount was not disclosed.
'We have signed a five-year deal with SportPesa but we are not in a position to disclose the full details at this time. We shall communicate in due course,"
But according to goal.com sources, the deal is worth Ksh 50 million per year.
"The deal will cover payment of player salaries, world class player recruitment and official kitting." said Rachier to the press.
In past statements, Chairman Rachier has stated that the club needs Ksh 70 million to operate in 2016. This includes the steep costs of participating in the Africa champions league.
Initial reports suggested that Betway who are now sponsoring AFC Leopards were going to sponsor both teams. However Sportpesa stepped in apparently afraid that their rivals were going to get plenty of mileage. And for that reason, Betway are unhappy and have vowed to take action.
"We signed a deal with Gor Mahia and it is surprising that they can turn around and sign another deal even before the ink has dried on our deal. We will certainly take appropriate action to protect our reputation," a source from Betway said to the Standard.
Since Gor Mahia chair Ambrose Rachier is a lawyer one would think this is unlikely. See the Gor Mahia bread saga where there was a disagreement between Good Bread and Elliott. Gor Mahia eventually prevailed albeit after several months.


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Piaya is an unleavened sweet bread served for dessert or as a sweet snack that is filled with a rich and gooey filling made with muscovado sugar. A product of the Negros provinces, the sugar capital of the Philippines, muscovado sugar is a partially refined to unrefined dark brown sugar rich in molasses.
Piaya are easy to prepare and can be stored in the refrigerator until ready to cook. Cook up these tasty little treats in just a few minutes on the Saladmaster 316Ti Flatbread Pan.
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- Add ice cold water to mixture, 1 tablespoon (15 mL) at a time until it forms a dough.
- Place dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until dough is smooth and all of the flour is incorporated.
- Divide dough into 8 even portions and form each into a ball. Cover with damp kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let rest approximately 15 - 20 minutes.
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- Carefully flatten dough with rolling pin and roll into a 3-inch (7.6 cm) round. Sprinkle sesame seeds on each side of dough and lightly press into dough with rolling pin. It is very important that there are no holes in the dough. If there are, pinch them together with your fingers before cooking.
- Preheat pan over medium heat until several drops of water sprinkled on pan skitter and dissipate.
- Cook Piaya for approximately 2 - 3 minutes on each side until browned and crispy. Serve Piaya warm.
- Muscovado sugar can be replaced with dark brown sugar.
- If made in advance, Piaya can be reheated on preheated Flatbread Pan for 1 minute on each side.
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Born in San Diego on July 4th, 1970, Philip Metres grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He graduated from Holy Cross College in 1992, and spent the following year in Russia on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship pursuing an independent project called "Contemporary Russian Poetry and Its Relationship to Historical Change." Since receiving a Ph.D. in English and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Indiana University in 2001, Metres has written and translated a number of books and chapbooks, including Pictures at an Exhibition (2016), Sand Opera (2015), I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (2015), Compleat Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Poetic Texts of Lev Rubinstein (2014), Concordance of Leaves (2013), abu ghraib arias (2011), Ode to Oil (2011), To See the Earth (2008), Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront since 1941 (2007), Instants (2006), Primer for Non-Native Speakers (2004), Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein (2004), and A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky (2003).
His writing has appeared widely, including in Best American Poetry and has garnered two NEA fellowships, two Arab American Book Awards, the Lannon Literary Fellowship, the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, five Ohio Arts Council Grants, the PEN/Heim Translation Grant, the Beatrice Hawley Award, the Akron Poetry Prize, the Anne Halley Prize, the Creative Workforce Fellowship, the Cleveland Arts Prize, and the inaugural George W. Hunt, S.J. Award for Excellence in Journalism, Literature & the Arts.
His work has been called "beautiful, powerful, magnetically original" (Cleveland Arts Prize citation). Lawrence Joseph has written that "Philip Metres's poetry speaks to us all, in ways critical, vital, profound, and brilliant." His poems have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Russian, and Tamil.
Were it not for the Ellis Island effect, his last name would be Abourjaili.
He is a professor of English at John Carroll University in Cleveland, where he teaches literature and creative writing, and lives with his wife Amy and their two daughters.
Interviews and Profiles
- Interview with Ilya Kaminsky: Poets and Borders Forum. Poetry International. February 2017.
- Interview with Kaveh Akbar. Divedapper. August 2016.
- Interview with Roy Scranton. Los Angeles Review of Books. August 2016.
- Interview with Rewa Zeinati. Sukoon. June 2016.
- Kenyon Review Conversation, May 2016
- Interview with Dan Poletta. The Sound of Applause. April 18, 2016.
- Interview with E.J. McAdams. The Conversant. March 2016.
- Interview with Randa Jarrar for the PEN TEN project. PEN America, November 2015.
- Interview with Nin Andrews. Best American Poetry Blog. February 28, 2015
- Interview with Fady Joudah. Los Angeles Review of Books. February 23, 2015.
- Interview with Andrew Summerson on Vatican Radio. February 28, 2015.
- Interview with Alice James. Alice James Newsletter. Fall 2014.
- Interview by William Kelley Woolfitt. Speaking of Marvels. March 28, 2014.
- Interview by Dee Perry. The Sound of Applause. WCPN 90.3. August 13, 2013.
- Interview by John Hoppenthaler. Congeries. July 2013.
- "Philip Metres on Refusing to Cede the Story of our Nation" by H.L. Hix. In/Quire. March 17, 2013.
- Best American Poetry Interview by Nin Andrews. March 8, 2014.
- "Philip Metres: Shaman-Poet of Peace." Interview by Meg Pauken and Carla Thompson. Vatic Muse. September 13, 2012.
- Interview by Dee Perry. Around Noon. WCPN 90.3. July 9, 2012.
- Parsing Arias: A Dialogue through 'Abu Ghraib Arias'" by Micah Cavaleri and Philip Metres. Jacket2. April 2012.
- "Interview with Philip Metres: Literature and Uprising" by Hilary Plum. Kenyon Review Online. May 17, 2011.
- From Charles Reznikoff to Chuck D. Poetry Off the Shelf. 2008.
- "Gray Matters." Profile in Cleveland Magazine.
- "On the Corner with Bryan Sanders" on Come Together: Imagine Peace. Blog Talk Radio. 2008
- "Translated by" Interview by Shaindel Beers about Translation. Blog Talk Radio. 2008
- Moe Green Poetry Hour Interview by Rafael Alvarado. 2008
- Interview by Dee Perry. Around Noon. WCPN 90.3. April 8, 2008.
- Blog Talk Radio Interview by Carlye Archibeque on Behind the Lines. September 2007.
- Profile by Megan King for Carroll News. 2004


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Philippines acts as Malaysia's jailers of fleeing Filipinos
Thirty-five followers of the sultan of Sulu, who were intercepted by the Philippine Navy in the Sulu Sea on Wednesday while fleeing the search and exterminate mopping-up operations of Malaysian security forces in Sabah, have fallen into the arms of Philippine authorities poised to charge them with criminal offenses.
If the fugitives felt they were in friendly territory after escaping the Malaysian roundup, they were sadly mistaken. They were detained in the naval ships which rescued them, and faced possible criminal prosecution for breaking Philippine laws—not Malaysian laws—for taking part in the landing of the sultan of Sulu's "royal army" in Sabah on Feb. 9.
The action of the Philippine government on its returning Filipino Muslim nationals fleeing the bloodbath in the killing fields of Sabah was both puzzling and sending mixed signals, raising questions whether it is part of the government's policy of appeasement of Malaysia.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the 35 returnees, one of them a woman, would be taken to court for inquest on a raft of charges, including illegal possession of firearms. They surrendered their weapons to the Philippine Navy upon interception.
"The armed men violated several laws and proper charges will be filed against them," said a source in the joint fact-finding team of the Department of Justice.
The Philippine National Police, the National Bureau of Investigation and the Department of the Interior and Local Government all threw the collective weight of the government's law enforcement machinery behind the action.
The source said the charges of illegal possession of firearms and violation of the election gun ban would be brought against the followers of Jamalul Kiram III, the sultan of Sulu.
De Lima said, "There would be other charges, I'm sure," adding that the sultan's followers could also be charged "in relation to their activities while in Sabah."
The government has been blowing hot and cold in its position over the incursion of the sultan's armed expedition to Sabah as the Philippines and Malaysia moved closer to armed conflict, or rupture of diplomatic relations, in the face of mounting reports of atrocities committed by Malaysian security forces on remnants of the sultan's followers fleeing into the jungles of Sabah, as well as on noncombatant Filipino Muslims from Sulu, who have been living there for several years.
Human rights violations
The detention of the armed men fleeing the carnage in Sabah came just a few days after the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued a stern statement saying that the government "views with grave concern the alleged rounding up of community members of Suluk/Tausug descent in Lahad Datu and other areas in Sabah and alleged violations of human rights reported in the media by some Filipinos who arrived in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi from Sabah."
The statement said the DFA was coordinating with other government agencies "to document these reports so that appropriate actions could be taken." It warned the Malaysian government "to take steps to clarify these incidents."
The warnings indicated that the government was seriously preparing the ground for making a case of violations of human rights to an international tribunal, holding Malaysian leaders liable for the reported atrocities, including alleged wanton killings by Malaysian security forces in their air-ground assault to wipe out the retreating sultan's forces, as well as brutalities on civilians suspected of aiding their invading kinsmen from Sulu.
That Malaysian authorities did not miss the point that the Philippine government meant business in its warnings against atrocities on Filipino nationals caught in the crossfire in Sabah was apparent from an official announcement from the Malaysian government.
Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Petail announced on Saturday that an investigation of the reported abuses by Malaysian security forces in Sabah had started.
"If the investigation showed there had indeed been abuses, the persons involved will be charged accordingly," the state-controlled Bernama news agency quoted Abdul Gani as saying in a statement.
Gani said the number of persons detained on suspicion of having links to the armed men from Sulu who occupied a village in Sabah last month in the name of the Sulu sultan had reached 216.
He said those complaining of such excesses would be assisted by the Malaysian Bar and Sabah Law Association. But he added that he had yet to meet anyone who could support reports in the Philippine press, particularly the Philippine Daily Inquirer, that Malaysian policemen had beaten up Filipinos or killed any of them outside of the fighting with Malaysian security forces.
Access to detainees denied
Philippine officials, including diplomats, have been denied access to the detained Filipinos and to eyewitnesses to the reported atrocities. Instead, Malaysia tightened security measures to seal the porous borders with the Sulu Archipelago.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday said the incursion by the sultan's followers was a "wake-up call" that would lead to tighter security on the "notoriously porous" sea border with its southern neighbor.
What Razak meant was amplified by Adm. Mohamad Amdan Kurish, head of the Malaysian Enforcement Agency and the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Kurish told reporters in a recent news conference that Malaysia had deployed three ships and six patrol boats in addition to the three ships that had been patrolling Sabah waters prior to the security crisis with the Philippines.
On March 8, Malaysian military chief Gen. Zulkefeli Mohamad Zin was quoted by Bernama as saying that the "tightened cordon" had prevented the "Sulu terrorists" from slipping out of Sabah.
"We are convinced that they are trapped in Kampung Tanduao and Kampung Tanjung Baru," he said. "We will continue to enforce the cordon and conduct the search, focusing on two places."
Of direct relevance to Filipinos is the issue: What do we do with the returning gunmen we have? Are we going to act as surrogate jailers of our own people on behalf of Malaysia? And for breaking whose laws? Are we going to send them back to Sabah to be killed there?
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Tomorrow – February 13, 2013 – is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. While I am not as good about attending mass as often as I should, I do typically try to abide by the obligatory rules of fasting and abstinence during Lent:
- Fasting: on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (March 29, 2013), reducing the amount of food consumed to one meal. Although two smaller meals may also be eaten, together they should not exceed the size of the one meal.
- Abstinence: On Ash Wednesday and all Fridays throughout Lent, abstaining from meat (which includes flesh of mammals and fowl and gravies made from them but does not include fish).
*True, the rules are different depending upon where you live and your faith. These are the rules for Roman Catholics in the U.S.*


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At Children's Day inclusive theatre-studio «Little Prince» of the charity fund «Kharyskhal» with the Sakha Academic Theatre named after P. A. Oyunsky at support of "Almazergienbank" with participation of the string ensemble «Arco Artico» (leader Andrey Dedyukin) of the Philharmonia of Yakutia organized mutual project "Alice in Wonderland".
Children of «Little Prince» with artists of the Sakha Theatre performed for their counterparts in original presentation of Lewis Carroll tale "Alice in Wonderland".
Favorite among adults and children, the tale got a new lease of life: the presentation was conducted in Russian and English, songs "Toku-toku nem-nem" and "Nuural solko mutukcha", music by N. Mikheev performed by «Arco Artico» became chart of the presentation.
Alice in her every adventure, be it cricket playing with the Queen, talking with the Cat from Cheershire or tea-drinking with the Hatter, she got a new face. The main character's role was played by several young artists of the «Little Prince», proving that everyone can get in a tale.
With words of gratitude acting director of the Sakha theatre, chairman of the labour organization Pyotr Makarov, director of the charity fund «Kharyskhal» Vera Dushkevich, who presented grateful letters to the director of the Sakha theatre Anantoly Nikolaev, "Almazergienbank", the string ensemble «Arco Artico» for participation in the play presentation. The director of the play Lena Ivanova gladdened the visitors with good news:
"Not so long ago guests from Germany visited us, and having attended the rehearsal they invited us to Hamburg! Next summer we are going on a road tour and shall perform this presentation on the big scene of the Hamburg theatre. Thanks to all the participants!"
Text: Lilia Nikolaeva
Photo: Vasily Innokentiev


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LONDON — The tiny figures are painted in brushstrokes thinner than a hair — a bride dressed in festive red, merchants with their wares, would-be bureaucrats studying for a state exam in a state pavilion — set against a bay, a stand of trees. They are part of "Prosperous Suzhou," a vast panorama of urban life painted in 1759 by Xu Yang, one of the many works on view in "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700-1900" at the Victoria & Albert Museum here through Jan. 19.
Xu employed both Chinese and European linear perspective. Fan Qi, in his painting of the misty Yangzi River from around 1660, was the first painter to delineate a horizon between heaven and earth. Black-and-white dragons swirl in the spiraling eddies of ocean in "Nine Dragons," a 10-meter-long scroll by Chen Rong from around 1244, while a bald, roly-poly scholar looks introspective in "Two Chan Patriarchs Harmonizing Their Minds," half a diptych probably painted by Shi Ke in the 13th century.
In "Saying Farewell at Xunyang," painted in 1515 possibly by Qui Ying, grey waves, silence, space, open onto a landscape of greens and blues. A story, through time, told in ink.
Across the city, "Paul Klee — Making Visible," a rare retrospective of works by the sui-generis Swiss-born artist has just opened at the Tate Modern, on view through March 9. The exhibit pays particular attention to the political context in which Klee, who taught for a decade at the Bauhaus, pushed the boundary between abstraction and representation as the devastation of World War I turned into the horrors of World War II.
In this light, Klee emerges as a link between pointillism and post-impressionism and what would one day become the playful, anti-authoritarianism of Saul Steinberg. In its vast presentation of the pictogram birds and underwater scenes and that are the artist's hallmark, the exhibit seems to ask a difficult question: Is abstraction a political act? In "Architecture," a sequence of purple and yellow squares that the artist painted in 1923, the solidity of the form dissolves, refracted through light or perhaps through time, as if to say that all that appears solid, is not.
Outside the museum, the Thames flows swiftly, catching the lights on the shore and bringing to mind the work of Vija Celmins. Some of her drypoint works, depicting water on paper, are on view at the Tate Britain, along with works by J.W. Turner selected by Ms. Celmins. The Tate Britain also has "Art Under Attack, Histories of British Iconoclasm," about artworks that have been physically attacked from the 16th century to today.
An earlier version of this blog post misidentified the artist credited with painting "Two Chan Patriarchs Harmonizing Their Minds." He was Shi Ke, not Muxi. The post also misspelled the name of the artist who painted "Saying Farewell at Xunyang." It should be Qui Ying.


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Featuring works by Caroline Achaintre, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel, Yves Chaudouët, Michael E. Smith, Peter Fend, Suzanne Husky, Tetsumi Kudo, Mathieu Mercier, Daniel Schlier.
In the wake of the restructuring of France's Regions, the International Centre for Art and Landscape is joining forces with the Aquitaine Region Contemporary Art Collection (FRAC) for a two-part venture linking the Vassivière lakeshore to the Gironde Estuary via the collections of FRAC Aquitaine, FRAC-Artothèque Limousin and FRAC Poitou-Charentes. There will also be loans from MUDAM Luxembourg and Lafayette Anticipation – Moulin Family Dotation Fund, and a new work commissioned from artist Suzanne Husky.
Section #1 of the "Water Worlds" project investigates the types of relationships between the human and the aquatic, ranging from the solitary fisherman face-to-face with his fish to the industrial predator lifting incalculable catches out of the ocean. In this sense the exhibition is an extension of the Art Centre's 2015 show "Being a Thing" and its focus on the connections between human and non-human contexts: it looks more specifically at the transitions between nature's different kingdoms and the metamorphoses undergone by water creatures, humans and objects.
Man's radical transformation of the milieux around him – notably the aquatic – is at the origin not only of the numerical decline of certain species, but also of bodily mutations due to the dumping of disruptive substances and toxic waste in the sea, rivers and groundwater. The Fukushima disaster of 2011, that abrupt paroxysm of the Anthropocene, was yet another watershed in the history of our perception and representation of the world, as already prefigured by the works of Tetsumi Kudo.
Hermaphroditic fish and genetically modified creatures: only two of the phenomena now supplanting marine chimeras and monsters from the lake, those figments of the ancient imagination that inspired awe even as they reflected some existential quest. "Water Worlds #1" explores the artistic forms such hybrid beings might take and their relationships with other human and non-human settings.
Looking beyond representation of different figures and the transformations it effects, the exhibition delves more deeply into the tension between the individual (Holothurie [Sea Cucumber] by Mathieu Mercier) and the mass (Léviathan [Leviathan] by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel): the one-off as opposed to the multiple. Abandoning the walls of Aldo Rossi and Xavier Fabre's building/boat in favour of the centre-line of this perfectly symmetrical structure, the exhibition offers a succession of confrontations between visitors and aquatic beings.
(Text: Marianne Lanavère)
This exhibition is part of the regional programme Dépaysement (Change of Scene) organised by FRAC Aquitaine in association with the Abbadia Nekatoenea artists' residence, Château Palmer, Arrêt sur l'Image gallery, the Maison de la Photographie des Landes, the Bordeaux Opera, Galerie Didam and the City of Blaye.
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Seattle Seahawks. Cortez Kennedy
The NFL lost a legend on Tuesday when former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy was found dead in Orlando. Cause of death is unknown but Orlando Police see nothing suspicious. Gone way too soon, Kennedy was only 48.
A product of the University of Miami, Kennedy was the third overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. He played all of his 11 seasons in Seattle on a team that were regular cellar-dwellers. A wrecking ball in the middle of the defensive line, he was the best player on the team and his resume speaks to that fact.
*Five-time All-Pro selection
*Eight-time Pro Bowl selection
*NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1992.
*Member of NFL's All-Decade team for the 1990's.
*Named into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor and had his jersey number, 96, retired in 2000.
*Inducted into the Pro Football Hall-Of-Fame in 2012.
The Seattle Seahawks organization posted this tweet on Twitter on Tuesday:
Our statement on the passing of Cortez Kennedy. pic.twitter.com/yVtBfMdyp5
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) May 23, 2017
Perhaps an even bigger contributor off the field, Kennedy was a pillar of the community in Seattle and great ambassador both for the Seahawks and the NFL. He will be missed.


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