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RIC Student Fueled by the Fuerza de Muchas Mujeres – the Strength of Many Women
"I come from a long line of resilient Puerto Rican women – the backbone of Africa; the backbone of Taínos, the African/Indian bloodline of poor Spanish women. According to the stories, my grandmother worked in a tuna fish canning factory for 25 years. Even with a leg amputation, she walks. Generation after generation, the women struggled," said Monica Vallecarmenatty, a Rhode Island College student who is now working through struggles of her own.
It was 2010 and Vallecarmenatty was in her third year at RIC, studying to become a social worker, when the father of her children lost his job at a meat market. They had a three-year-old son and a newborn daughter. Without income, they were forced to move into a homeless shelter in East Providence.
"When I told my professors I had lost my home and wouldn't be able to complete my classes, they were very supportive," she said. "They told me to take an incomplete and come back in January and finish. They believed I'd come back."
But by January 2011, Vallecarmenatty's circumstances had not changed. Her partner, Juan, told her to go back to school anyway. "Go back, no matter what," he said.
Looking back, she said she owes her tenacity to la fuerza de muchas mujeres – the strength of many women – in her ancestry.
She also said, "I couldn't disappoint those people at RIC who had done so much for me, like Antoinette Gomes, director of RIC's Unity Center; Andres Ramirez, professor of English as a Second Language; and Leslie Bogad, professor of educational studies. I'm also president of the Latin Students' Organization at RIC. I felt I had a responsibility to them and to the college."
While Juan watched the children, Vallecarmenatty returned to school, finishing her incomplete courses. By the end of the semester, she had made the dean's list – much to her surprise – proving to herself that she could succeed in spite of the odds.
Now living in transitional housing funded by Crossroads Rhode Island, Vallecarmenatty will be working as an intern at the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless next semester. She would like to use her social work degree to counsel those in homeless shelters and help them realize their aspirations.
"We have to work on people's strengths," she said. "People are not destined to be homeless, even though the cycle of poverty seems to carry over from generation to generation. We can break the cycle."
When her own mother arrived in America from Puerto Rico, she came with three children in tow: Vallecarmenatty's brother, 14; Vallecarmenatty, 13; and her younger brother, 12. They had plane tickets to get to New York and $40 to catch a Greyhound bus to Rhode Island, she said.
From there, they lived in a homeless shelter in Cranston. "We moved into an apartment for three months, but we were back in the shelter for another year," she said. "The second year we lived in the shelter, my mother earned her CNA license. She's a CNA today."
Unfortunately, Vallecarmenatty found herself in the same situation as her mother, but she hopes the cycle ends here.
She said she doesn't know the key to preventing homelessness, but she does know that education is not always enough.
"In the world we live in today, anyone can lose their job – white-collar workers as well as blue-collar workers. Though education empowers us, there are no guarantees."
Also the American educational system seems to set lower expectations for people of color who so desperately need a pathway out of poverty, she said.
"My story is only one of millions that people of color have. I'm fortunate to have made it to college. Some day my daughter will go to college, and she will do even better than I have. Each generation of women must do better than those who came before."

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The outstanding national student loan debt is high in America at over $1 trillion. Around $864 billion of that amount is backed by the federal government. A majority of these loans have an interest rate that is higher than 6%. Formerly known as Binksty, Tuition.io wants to help college students by help with student loans.


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Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are now better equipped to deal with the physicality required in the Premier League.
The Gunners' fluid passing style is well documented but so too is their inability to hold firm when the going gets tough.
However, Wenger believes that soft core is beginning to change, epitomised by Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 victory against Stoke.
"In England you have to cope with all kinds of football without losing the quality you want to play and that is not always easy because if you have 10 Santi Cazorlas, you would have a very good technical team, but against Stoke you would struggle," he said.
"I think it is more mental preparation. You tell your central defenders you have to be ready and they are good on the second ball too, so your midfielders have to be good on the second ball, to fight for it and let you play your game.
"We played Abou Diaby at home and away against Stoke because in front of the defence he can win some headers.
"We are a bit more mature now, but we dealt with it well. In the past, we were a bit younger as well, more inexperienced.
"But defensively, Bacary Sagna, Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker have some experience, some stature, they are not small at the back."
As well as toughening up as a unit, Wenger believes Theo Walcott is now more adept at dealing with the attention he gets.
"He is 23 years old," the Frenchman said. "There is always a change at that age. I am a great believer in that.
"What people forget is that he does everything at 100mph, and when you get hit at 100mph it hurts more than if you're slow.
"That is why we never had a problem when we played. But he plays at high pace. But now you learn to escape and when he imposes himself more, you learn to use your body better."
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Manufacturer: Shake Weight
Price Range: $15.95 - $19.95
The Shake Weight®, an "As Seen on TV" product, is marketed as providing "incredible results in just 6 minutes a day," with just one piece of equipment. The Shake Weight's target customers are females who want a time-sensitive solution to upper-body conditioning needs (although they also developed a version of the Shake Weight for Men). The actual Shake Weight is a 2.5 pound plastic dumbbell with technology the manufacturer calls "dynamic inertia," meaning the actual mass of the dumbbell is able to oscillate when moved by the user.
The manufacturer claims that women can experience dramatic results in the tone and definition of their arm, shoulder and chest muscles with a workout that takes only six minutes a day. The Shake Weight package includes the actual weight (which does not require any batteries - the oscillations of the weight are created by the users own muscle actions), a 10-minute DVD which demonstrates some hints for using the product along with an "Upper-body Toning" workout that does take only six minutes along with a user's guide demonstrating the proper way to hold and move the Shake Weight.
A 2.5 pound plastic dumbbell with spring-loaded weights, a 10-minute upper-body toning DVD and a quick reference "how-to" card
Vibration training is a relatively recent trend in the strength and conditioning field which the Shake Weight is attempting to adapt to general consumer fitness. The theory behind vibration training is that the frequency of the oscillations of the equipment stimulate the muscle spindles (a sensory mechanism within a muscle which respond to changes of length within that muscle) which ultimately provides a higher force output during muscle contraction. Most of the research literature has focused on methods of whole body vibration training with some mixed results as to whether the frequency of the stimulus actually leads to greater levels of muscle force production. The idea behind the Shake Weight is that the movement of the mass stimulates the muscles to work harder during the actual resistance-training exercises.
It is necessary to provide a little bit of science on how the body adapts to resistance training to properly explain why the Shake Weight is not an effective product. The body has different types of muscle fibers; the muscle fibers responsible for muscle "tone" are the type II fibers which are stimulated by greater amounts of resistance or muscle force production. The common myth of using a light weight with a high volume of repetitions to create muscle "tone" is inaccurate. Using a light weight for high repetitions will make the muscle more effective at using oxygen to create energy but does not provide the necessary stimuli to provoke growth in the type II fibers responsible for definition. If an individual wants to perform resistance training in an effort to develop more muscle definition without a concurrent increase in muscle fiber size it is necessary to use a load heavy enough to fatigue the muscle within 4-8 repetitions. Another option for developing muscular definition without an increase in muscle fiber size is to perform explosive exercises like plyometric jumps or sprints. The real reason why many celebrities are able to lose weight and increase their muscle definition during televised dance contests is because they are performing a high volume of explosive exercises as they learn the choreographed dance routines.
The Shake Weight video demonstrates how to use the weight which is to first shake it for a period of time, then perform a standard resistance training exercise. In theory the oscillations of the weight should stimulate extra muscular activity during the exercise but in practice the weight is somewhat difficult to use to shake properly and the light resistance does not provide enough of an overload to make it an effective tool for developing strength or muscular definition. Plus, the video only demonstrates one set of each exercise which, generally speaking, is not enough of an overload on the muscles to provoke the specific adaptations of improved strength or muscle definition. Additionally the exercise selection demonstrates a chest exercise which does not provide an effective use of the pectoralis major (chest) muscle. To properly train any muscle (in this case the chest) the line of pull of the resistance must be parallel to the orientation of the muscle fiber, the exercise demonstrated has the resistance perpendicular to the orientation of the fiber which does not provide the necessary stimulus.
An effective exercise program includes cardiovascular training for energy expenditure along with flexibility training to improve muscle length and joint range-of-motion, therefore, another issue with the Shake Weight is that the accompanying DVD demonstrates a workout for the upper body only. If an individual does an exercise routine for the smaller muscles of the upper body, they will not expend nearly as many calories as if they are doing exercises with all of the muscles of their body, and while the DVD does demonstrate some basic stretches for the chest and shoulders, it does not provide any stretches for the muscles of the legs, back or hips where most of the muscle mass of the body is located. If a fitness enthusiast is looking for a product to increase their muscle definition he or she would be much better served by looking for exercise videos which demonstrate fun, dynamic routines that including jumping or dancing.
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A consumer alert for all parents: Baby products sold in stores today that some experts say are causing infants to die. TODAY National Investigative Correspondent Jeff Rossen goes undercover to find out more.
There's a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying more and more babies are suffocating while sleeping, and they're warning parents to keep cribs empty. And that got us thinking about all those fluffy toys, blankets and bumpers you put in your baby's crib. They look adorable in the store displays, but some experts say infants are dying from them — because companies and stores are putting profit over safety.
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We went on a shopping spree undercover at some of the most popular baby stores in the country selling the must-haves for any new parent. "That bumper is nice and soft," one salesperson said, indicating a crib accessory.
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But for years, doctors warned soft products can be deadly in cribs for kids under 1. Babies can pull pillows and toys over their faces, cutting off air. Or roll into a crib bumper and suffocate against the side.
Yet the companies continue to make them, and stores continue to push them. "You want soft for your baby," one salesperson told us.
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Soft and cuddly can cost you dearly. A baby boy named Preston was just 7 weeks old when he suffocated in his crib. The official cause of death: "The face being wedged a crib bumper and mattress."
"I just sat on my knees, rocking back and forth with my child that was gone," Preston's mother, Laura Maxwell, said.
Preston's parents thought the bumper would actually protect their baby because it was marketed that way, sold in baby stores nationwide: How could it be dangerous? They're now suing the store and the manufacturer.
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The CDC say that in 2009 alone, 665 babies died from "accidental suffocation of strangulation while in bed." Now the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a specific warning about crib bumpers — that they can be dangerous and parents should never use them. In Chicago, stores are now banned from selling bumpers, and Maryland may follow suit. Some doctors say that's just not enough.
Dr. Eileen Tyrala, pediatrician and medical director of Cribs for Kids, said, "The manufacturers should stop making the bumpers, which really have no place in a baby's crib and no place, therefore, ever."
So we went straight to the group representing all those companies. "Doctors say they're dangerous, yet these companies continue to make them and market them," we said. "The question is: Why?"Video: Rossen: Why are hazardous crib products sold? (on this page)
"Parents need to make a decision for themselves what items they would like to use inside their crib," Linda Woody of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association said. "And crib bumpers do prevent head injures and limb entrapment."
"So you're putting it all on the parents, basically? They're not the experts."
"Parents are truly the experts of their child," Woody said.
"Actually, doctors and pediatricians are the experts," we said. "And they're the ones who say that these are unsafe."
"I also think that parents in concert with their pediatricians and themselves, they know what's best for their family," Woody said.
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But experts say it's hard to know what's best with the kind of confusing message you get at many stores. When we asked a clerk at Target who handled the baby section and claimed to have had all the training on cribs for crib bumper, no warning at all.
"So that's good, to have a nice, soft thing to keep the baby safe?" we asked. "Even the newborns?"
"Especially the newborns."
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At Babies "R" Us, one clerk actually warned us about bumpers: "You shouldn't use these anymore." But then another clerk chimed in: Well, maybe they are OK for babies.
"After like 3 months or something, they have a built-in mechanism: If they can't get air, they turn," the clerk said. But, doctors say, that's not true: In fact, around 3 months old babies are most at risk.
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At buybuy Baby, the clerks did warn us: "When the baby is in the crib, there is nothing supposed to be in the crib." So why, just feet away, were displayed crib after crib loaded with what doctors say are dangerous accessories that have no place with a sleeping baby?
"No juvenile product will ever be a substitution for parenting," Linda Woody said. "And parents know this. And they're smart."
But the Maxwells, baby Preston's parents, say they are smart — and that wasn't enough.
"I want them to take them off the shelf," Laura Maxwell said. "Don't try making millions of dollars, don't try putting the blame or responsibility on anyone other than themselves."Video: Auto dealers make changes after Rossen reports
The industry says they put safety first, and this is not about making money. Some products they sell do have safety warnings in the packaging.
Here's the takeaway: If your baby is younger than 1, doctors say, there should be nothing in the crib except the baby. They say infants are safest in a sleep sack you zip up. Toys, stuffed animals, blankies, all OK — just not in the crib.
For recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics on how to ensure safe baby sleep and prevent SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), click here .
To read statements from buybuy Baby, Babies "R" Us and Target in response to this report, click here .
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Kept Mother's Body 33 Years
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Article transcribed from the Stars and Stripes, Saturday, April 21, 1945, page 4, and printed in the Bulletin of the California Central Coast Genealogical Society 6 (February 1973): 30.
"Kept Mother's Body 33 Years."
Washington (ANS)—Police inspecting the deserted home of Mrs. Mary Eva Woodward, 77, who died Sunday, discovered in a back room and propped on 2 boxes, a sealed, glass-topped coffin containing the body of Mrs. Woodward's mother, who died 33 years ago.
The body of the older woman was clad in a high-necked gray dress with tight sleeves. It was in a remarkable state of preservation, Coroner A. Magruder McDonald said, apparently some unusual embalming method having been used.
Police assume from the identical names of the two women that they had married men of the same name. But detectives were unable to say where or when the elder Mrs. Woodward had died. Statistical records both in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and in St. Louis showed that a woman named Mary E. Woodward died in 1912.
Mrs. Hattie Hay Quinter, a neighbor of the younger, Mrs. Woodward, said she had told her that the mother's body had been sent to Egypt to be preserved permanently by a "mummifier," and that it was returned and buried near Boston about 24 years ago.
The daughter then began worrying about her mother's last wish "that they never be separated," Mrs. Quinter related, so the body was exhumed, shipped here and enshrined in a room beside the rocker that had been the elder woman's favorite chair.
"Every afternoon," Mrs. Quinter said, "the daughter would sit in the rocker and commune with her mother's spirit."
The daughter, a graduate of Wellesley, wrote books on genealogy and ceramics. She was also prominent in the Washington branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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I was hooked on the Winter Olympics back in 1960 held in Squaw Valley. I was a young boy living in the mountains of Colorado, watching on a small black and white TV, when the American Hockey team won a gold medal. First one in Hockey, in the Olympics for the USA
Twenty years later 1980, I watched the American Hockey team again win Olympic Gold! Wow was that fun. Most know that their coach the late Herb Brooks, was on the U.S. Hockey Team in 1960 right before the Olympics, he was the last man cut from the team. These are now known as the "Forgotten Miracle" and "The Miracle on ice"
Following the 1960 games I was forever a fan of the Winter games, Hockey, Skiing, Sledding, Skating, etc....I watch all I have time for.....
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View the most recent Hyde Collections acquisitions, many on view at the Museum for the first time.
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This exhibition will feature approximately twenty-four new works of art acquired by The Hyde Collection between 2008 and 2010. During this period, the Museum accessioned an unprecedented ninety-six objects into its permanent collection through bequests, gifts, and purchases from a variety of donors and sources. What's New will include a selection of these recent additions to the permanent collection that will introduce new artists who, heretofore, have not been represented in the collection while emphasizing the variety of medium in which they worked. For example, the monumental etching, The Gate Of Venice from 1888, by the American artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926) will be featured, as well as a stunning Pond Lily Lamp from the Tiffany Studios dating to the early-twentieth century, a vibrant watercolor by the American modernist Arthur Dove (1880-1946) from 1934-35, and an early engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The works will be on view in the Hoopes Gallery and in the Education Wing of the Museum. The exhibition is curated by Erin Coe, chief curator, and Jayne Stokes, associate curator of The Hyde Collection.
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You know, I'd put this episode among the best in the series' history. I can't post spoilers (out of white font, at least) until it seems more people have seen it, but I'm just sayin'...
Savage AND Satine die? Wow.
Sidious is a master with the blade. Those fight scenes were great; love how the Mando blade contrasts the glow of lightsabers.
Apparently it really takes NO training to operate a jetpack?
The Mandolarian "prison" and landing dock have the WORST SECURITY EVER. That's sad.
Again, a great show IMO.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Wow. Quite simply: Best. Episode. Ever.
From the small details like bringing back Korkie and the cadets (so is Korkie Bo-Katan's son, or maybe just nephew?), the return (and destruction) of the Twilight, and tying in episodes from Seasons Two, Three, and Four, to the big details like the most inventive, grand, well-choreographed battles we have ever seen on this show (pretty much nonstop), it was just amazing. I was genuinely saddened by the two big deaths - they were handled incredibly effectively. The music finally went full-on with the Imperial March and Palpatine's theme and it was glorious.
It's sad that this was Ian Abercrombie's final performance on the series (or at least close to it), but holy crap, what an episode to end on. I do find it a little odd that they essentially revealed that Palpatine and Sidious were the same person (the same scene also introduced the red Royal Guards to the series if I'm not mistaken). It makes sense that Sidious would use two blades since we know from ROTS that he likely has at least two copies of his saber (unless he hired a guy to find the one that Mace caused to fall out the window).
Now I'm excited to see what use Sidious has for Maul.
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The Darth Sidious elements of this episode should have felt like deus ex machina, yet they gave real character motivations and actions to Maul and Sidious (sorry Savage, you got the short end of the saber) so it instead held up quite well and made for exciting action - provided you can swallow Revenge of the Sith's style of Sidious action.
The stuff with Obi-Wan though, while it wasn't hard to watch, I felt like it delivered a very ineffective character with no competent resources. Sure there were scenes aping the movies as "homage", but ultimately The Clone Wars once again presents the Jedi, and especially Kenobi, as bumbling and quick to action but poor to thinking, not to mention overly concerned with personal connections despite that being against a core tenet of the order. Considering Kenobi's story is supposed to be the episode's main plotline, I don't see a lot of folks talking about that aspect - I mean, Obi-Wan's initial plan was really stupid and simple, but it was meant to be the driving force of this episode.
At least Saltine got her crackers quick and without hesitation, even if the Maul boys then left Obi-Wan covered in gadgety armor to use the same Force tricks they themselves used to escape the same jail they were sending him to. The second she mentioned her sister though it became obvious what was going down, and I couldn't be happier that Duchess Mopeyface is dead and her sister now has a rocketpack fueled with vengeance for that too (she's still honked about Pre Viszla, I'm sure), if we don't see Bo-Katan as leader of Mandalore next time we visit the system I'll be disappointed.
I would have liked to have seen Maul slobber with rage at Obi-Wan upon first viewing though, that felt like a lost moment since Maul from the beginning of the season (and end of last season) was still pretty darn cheesed off at his bisect-er.
Unfortunately this episode had to be dedicated to the memory of Ian Abercrombie, the show's voice of Chancellor Palpatine, because he passed away a year ago not long after recording this episode. That said, Seinfeld's Mr. Pitt cemented his place as my second-favorite Palpatine with this episode's fine work, still trailing Ian McDiarmid's performance in ROTJ but outshining Old Lady Monkey Eyes, ROTS's Darth Sidious, and Special Edition ESB Palpatine and his clumsy dialogue of doom.
IGN's review pointed out how silly Korkie and his constant "auntie!" stuff was at the beginning rescue scene, totally right on the money, but also it reminded me of something else more compelling... Korkie was Satine's AND Bo-Katan's nephew, apparently SW.com is saying not her son, so did Satine also have a brother? I like the idea of Bo-Katan now angry about her mentor, her sister, and her nephew being splashed (although it would have been better had it been her son).
Overall, the stuff with Palpatine was very strong even if Savage was underused and dispatched, Maul turned into a punk and now will be toyed with in some way. Bo-Katan bringing the fight to her former comrades was pretty good. The stuff with Obi-Wan had a few solid moments (piloting the ailing Twilight to the landing platform, disguising as Rako Hardeen, and having to watch Satine get run through) but largely bumbled through what was supposed to be the A-plot. And there's the whole Korkie thing which was... well, not great, I mean, why didn't they put Satine on a speeder bike instead of a slower, easier-to-hit car? Oh, because the plot wouldn't have been as quick to tell.
You were right on the money, I freeze-framed the nose art and STILL couldn't make anything out. I liked watching the Twilight all smoky and screwed up, but watching it blow up was a bummer.
The blade Pre Viszla used and ended up in Maul's hands is a "darksaber", it originally was going to be a vibro-blade but Lucas shot that down, said no physical object can deflect a lightsaber, so it ok'ed the change to making it a darksaber.
If you look again, when Obi-Wan takes off he's not as sure-footed as the mandalorians, he zigs a little before flying away.
Best episode ever? C'mon, it was good but it wasn't better than Rookies, Landing at Point Rain, Lair of Grievous, Brain Invaders, The Zillo Beast, or Ambush. I mean, it had Korkie who sucks and he's blathering on and on about "auntie" for the first few minutes constantly, and Obi-Wan's big plan was a terrible and simple and failed miserably and had emotional attachments driving his actions, and Obi-Wan in general in this episode really didn't do much of anything and didn't show much in the way of resources or forward-thinking. I'm not saying it was bad, just that I'm not sure that you'll still feel this was the "best evah!" after a few days away from it. Top tier? Maybe. Best ever? I'm doubtful, auntie.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Damn, JT, you're going to make me spell it out and misbehave?
Oh, all right....
"That's pretty bad, because everything this show has done has been bad fanfic."
Leaving the thread again now.
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Well at least I can see why I got the response from JT that I got out on the main article for this:
"I don't like this telling people what they should or shouldn't think. It was a good episode but it wasn't without its faults, unless you're a really big fan of Korkie, the nephew of Duchess Satine."
Your post (above) really seems like an attempt to influence the majority into thinking that this episode wasn't as good as we think. Thus, telling us what we should or shouldn't think. You say you don't like that but it looks to me that is exactly what you're doing.
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Clarification: when I said the darksaber was originally meant to be a vibro-blade but Lucas said it had to be changed, they changed the whole design not just the name.
You are inferring motive that's not intended or implied, and your assumption of motives is especially off-base since the majority of the post was written yesterday in the early afternoon over on TV.com while waiting to get together with my sister for her birthday, long before I had read - or most of you had posted - the comments in this thread and the SSG news.
I don't give a care what "the majority" thinks of the episode even a little nor do I want to change that, I'm confident in my assessment and stating that as such. The only thing that could be misconstrued otherwise is the thing I said to JabbaJohn when I asked if his cheerleading response of "best evah!" might have been slightly overstating things in HIS opinion when seen through the lens of time and compared to other top-tier episodes (of which I freely admitted that this could be included as one). Perhaps you might read it again without a chip on your shoulder.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Just looking over the list of episodes for comparison's sake, here are three that stand out to me as my favorites from each season:
Season One: Rookies, Trespass, Innocents of Ryloth
Season Two: Landing at Point Rain, Bounty Hunters, Lethal Trackdown
Season Three: Monster, Overlords, Wookiee Hunt
Season Four: The General, Carnage of Krell, Bounty
Season Five: A Necessary Bond, Shades of Reason, The Lawless
Some episodes may have done certain aspects better, but I still think "The Lawless" is tops in terms of inventive, well-thought-out action set pieces (the action "Landing on Point Rain" was impressively huge but didn't do much beyond that), emotional moments (of which there are many big ones in the episodes I listed), animation (seriously, compare the facial movements and fluidity of action in this episode to anything from the first few seasons and the difference is stunning), and giving immensely satisfying payoff from storylines that started years ago, tying the series together to make it feel like a whole as opposed to a collection of random episodes, which is of increasing importance to me as the series continues. You're only focusing on the story, which is obviously important, but it's also important to note the technological advancements the show has made since it's continually pushing the envelope for TV animation and not being recognized for doing so. "Best" is subjective and my personal preference can change, but I can say for certain that this was the most thrilling viewing experience I've ever had watching this show.
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The Three Ponds Walk visits each of the three major ponds on Yateley Common -The Gravel Pit Pond, Wyndham's Pool and Stroud Pond.
Start from the Gravel Pit Car park off the A30
This route follows footpaths and Bridleways across the Common which may become muddy during wet periods. Please were suitable footwear, as tracks may be uneven.
Wyndham's Pool is a man-made pond, which is believed to have originated as a fish pond. In the early 20th century it was used as a bathing pool. Today it is used for recreational fishing. Look out for the Grey Heron -a regular visitor to the pond. And a variety of Dragon and Damselflies.
Stroud Pond, is full of invertebrate, and is used as an educational resource for pond dipping. This is a pleasant spot to sit by the waters edge.
The Gravel Pit Pond was created when material was quarried to build the A30. The area is popular with birds making the grassy area an ideal spot to stop for a picnic.


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The History Channel's "The Bible" miniseries has become somewhat of a social phenomenon.
Spanning 10 episodes, one per week, the show dramatized popular Biblical stories like Noah and the flood, Samson, David and the lion's den, and of course, Jesus.
With its climactic finale on Easter Sunday, "The Bible" attracted nearly as many viewers as AMC's popular zombie-drama "The Walking Dead."
For viewers and pastors, "The Bible's" success is somewhat of a mixed bag. While no one complains about the show's triumph on a secular channel, the search for God should not end with the credits.
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Booneville native Chrisa Holley said she watched the entire series with her grandfather.
"It was useful to have a picture to go with the stories," she said. "It made me go back and reread stories I loved as a kid, like David in the lion's den."
Holley doubted the millions of viewers who tuned in were all church-going Christians. For her, the high ratings reveal a common curiosity for Christ in our culture.
"As Christians, it makes me think we should open our eyes a bit, and to show love," she said. "I was surprised how the actor who played the devil kind of resembled Obama, though."
For pastors, though, the inconsistencies with the original script were nagging.
"The book was better than the movie," said the Rev. Keith Cochran, senior pastor at West Jackson Street Baptist Church. "When the Bible goes into detail about something, it does so for a reason."
He pointed to the episode where Abraham is leading his son Isaac up the mountain to sacrifice him. At the pinnacle moment, God stops Abraham, and points him to a lamb caught in a thicket, which serves for a sacrifice instead of Isaac.
"But in the scripture, it is a ram caught in the thicket. The ram is an important Passover symbol, and I don't understand. Why, if it doesn't make that much difference, why not get it right?" Cochran said.
The Rev. Will Rogers, pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Tupelo, said he watched it with his family and Boy Scout troop. Though he said it painted a fairly accurate picture, it did not give a complete composite.
"As a pastor, I could fill in some holes and answer questions the kids had, but a normal viewer probably wouldn't get as much context or connective thread."
The Rev. Carson Overstreet, associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church, said she was struck by the lack of variance in gender presence, ethnicity, and theology female presence in the series and the ethnic inaccuracies of the central characters.
"I would have loved to see the story of, say, Ruth and Naomi," she said. "And it's kind of jarring when the supporting cast is Middle Eastern, but the main characters look Caucasian. It wasn't very theologically diverse. I saw the strong Catholic influence from the directors, but I would have liked a more balanced perspective."
All three agreed the series was useful in starting conversations about Christ. But their hope is that viewers, like Holley, would take their search further, into the scripture.
"I really hope the show isn't where people stop," Cochran said. "I hope they keep searching because that's where the relationship comes from."
Overstreet and Rogers said the story was a good method of outreach for the modern generation. But what characterizes the modern generation, and the world they live in?
For a modern viewer
"We tend to look for sensationalism, an action-oriented, visceral look at life. We gravitate to it," Rogers said.
Overstreet agreed, saying the story of Noah and the flood often seems a lot more pleasant than it actually was.
"But some of the liberties they took definitely took me out of it and made me remember I was watching a tv show," she said. "Like the kung fu angels in the Sodom and Gomorrah episode."
The scene she referred to features angels fighting in slow motion, in a style that recalls the Wachowski brothers' 1999 film "The Matrix."
For Rogers, the agrarian culture was a strange foil to modern society.
"Cities then were not thought to be somewhere where a person could worship God fully," he said. "The same way as today's society is such a consumerist, commercialized thing."
Cochran said it was the show's success that caused him to ponder the roots of our culture.
"There are many phrases and place names in our vocabulary that people have no idea come from the Bible," he said. "The world is trying its hardest to erase America's Biblical foundation, but the success of this series says to me that our country still holds Judeo-Christian values in its heart, whether it follows them or not."
The issue of Jesus
Cochran said the show's true daring came with the presentation of Jesus. Unlike movies like Cecil B. Demille's 1956 film "The Ten Commandments," putting Jesus in the mix draws a line in the sand.
"Jesus is a very polarizing figure. Everyone can agree with the 10 commandments," he said. "But with Jesus, people have to reconcile themselves with the fact that he is not a way, but the only way."
The verse John 14:16, in which Jesus says "I am the way, the truth, and the life," excludes, Cochran said, everything else.
Cochran said that even the religion of Islam acknowledges Jesus as a good prophet, but for him, that does not make sense.
"If he was a prophet, that means he told the truth, and he said he was the son of God," Cochran said. "What it boils down to, is Jesus can be Lord, liar, or lunatic. He could have known he wasn't the real thing and lied about it, thought he was the real thing but wasn't, or actually be what he said he was."


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Memorial students remember principal Bruce Dahmen
Public memorial to be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. - Madison Memorial High School students honored their principal, Bruce Dahmen, during a basketball game Saturday night.
Dahmen has been hailed a leader who changed the lives of many people. He passed away suddenly earlier in the week from a heart attack. Dahmen worked at Memorial High School for 40 years.
The school's varsity basketball team started the night with a spirited chant in the halls, but the night was not all about winning the game against Joseph A. Craig High School, it was about Bruce Dahmen.
"After 40 years of knowing someone it was the most fantastic thing in the world. My kids were very fortunate to be able to be touched and blessed by him," said Chris Houden, a Memorial parent and former student of Dahmen in 1974.
Houden described Dahmen's death as a sad time, but said it was heartwarming to see a community come together.
The Spartan gym was packed, but the chair where Memorial's biggest cheerleader usually sat was empty. One senior student said it was hard to look at.
"He was a role model for all of us. We'd look over there, if he was clapping we'd clap, if he wasn't, you know, he'd look over at us, tell us not to do a cheer then we wouldn't do a cheer," senior Ryan Bruesewitz said.
School leaders and team seniors filled Dahmen's signature chair with jerseys, flowers and a basketball. Then they all offered their condolences to the Dahmen family.
When the game got started there were no cheers from Spartan fans. The usually spirited group stood in silence for the first 10 points.
Fifteen minutes later the silence broke as the Spartans sunk the 10th point.
Cheers erupted from the student section of fans. A "Thank you Dahmen" chant filled the room.
While Dahmen's chair will stay empty, students said when they see it they will think of him cheering them on.
"He just wants us to be respectful and be the best we could be. It's all he ever wanted for us and he always let us know that," senior Mitchell Maier said.
Dahmen is survived by his wife, Peggi, and two sons. He was 61 years old.
Madison Metropolitan School District will celebrate Dahmen's life and legacy Sunday, Feb. 16, at Memorial High School. The celebration will be live streamed online.
Doors will open at 1:00 p.m. The celebration will start at 2 p.m.
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On March 15 Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria A. Espinel — in accordance with the 2010 Joint Strategic Plan On Intellectual Property Enforcement — issued the "Administration's White Paper On Intellectual Property Enforcement Legislative Recommendations." These recommendations are likely to be influential, but regardless of their implementation, their publication reflects the new footing and increased focus that IP enforcement has gained, the possible result of many years of advocacy. Looking forward, Espinel promised future recommendations if the need arises and expressed readiness to work with Congress on its ongoing exploration of how to crack down on foreign rogue websites. Several of the recommendations focus on counterfeit drugs as well as counterfeit products that enter the national security supply chain, but most of the others could have a direct impact on protecting rightholders from copyright infringement.
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General Motors (GM) was happy to announce that Chevrolet Volt owners have been reaching -- and even exceeding -- the EPA estimated electric range.
According to GM, typical Volt owners are traveling about 900 miles between trips to the gas station. The EPA gave the Volt a rating of 98 MPGe.
GM even found a few owners who reported seldom stops for gasoline during their time of Volt ownership. Brent Waldrep from Michigan, who has had his Volt for 21 months, has racked up over 23,500 miles and visited a gas station only twice.
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I did a simple test in the tank. I simple removed the flare current dropped and volume went up slightly as I could measure this in the overflow itself because the level rose in the trough.Mike
72g Bowfront -Out of Service
Maybe I am missing something but I don't quite understand why you have the narrow section since any given volume of water has to go faster to get through a smaller diameter section. [IE: Putting your thumb on a hose to make it spray farther, It goes farther because it is going faster.]
It seems counterproductive so accelerate your flows pace when you are trying to reduce it. Wrt diameter: The bigger the better would help to slow the flows pace.
Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
To the latest point. If what I understand you are saying is the same as what you actually mean then yes that the way it works. Your increasing the flow 50% but giving it 100%+ area to exit from yes so the volumetric flow rate will be higher but current IN EACH OUTLET will be lower. The slot again will just reduce the force the water has when coming out each hole
PS I know you're running a bean animal overflow mrramsey, just interested the overflow should have auto adjusted and returned to the original level after a few minutes if it's working the way it should, did it?
Last edited by waack; 04-09-2013 at 04:01 PM.6ft Australian Fresh water turtle tank - 2 macleay river turtles, numerous guppy at varying stages of development.
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HA - I need more coffee... I had to look at your diagram again to see where the holes are [High pressure zone.. so to speak].
I actually just meant the outputs in general to save you so much surgery. :-D.
No worries, You have lots of effective routes to get there.
Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
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When working with water there are several key items to address.
Pressure, the ability to increase the base pressure from an operating normal or to reduce it.
Velocity, the speed of the water flowing through a pipe.
Volume, the amount of water flowing through a pipe.
Friction, the interaction of the conduit upon these other items.
Each of these items affect each other.
When water flows through a conduit it's speed is affected by the walls of the conduit. This creates an internal vortex motion within the pipe. Flow is not translated as a strait line of liquid moving forth but rather a more turbulent vortex of liquid.
This factors in greatly as speed and and pressure increase because this drives up the friction ratio.
Considering that the water actually flows as a vortex within the pipe we have to carefully consider exactly what happens when we change direction abruptly or restrict the water flow. This creates a zone in which this normal flow pattern has been interupted and causes zones where the pressures increase and zones of cavitation.
Discharging waters that have not settled into a normal flow pattern within a conduit will show them as either a higher or lower pressure on a gauge within these zones.
Yu may find that using a wye rather than a tee and eliminating the two abrupt 90 degree fittings will have a positive effect. You may also be ale to step up the piping as it exhausts, much like a motorcycle muffler steps up to decrease velocity upon discharge. In many cases managing velocity will offer a better effect than volume restriction or pressure management.
It seems to me that through the illustrations you may be heading in a direction that will increase internal velocity as the water restricts and then expands back into it's normal flow patterns, this increases speed of discharge which will be translated into a turbulence at the point of discharge.
Search for hydraulic flow, hydraulic water flow, Hydrology, hydro engineering for the physics of the situation. You may also want to study Vernouli effect on fluids to get a look at this, it's really neat stuff.
This has stemmed to be quite the conversation LOL.
Originally Posted by Waack
Last edited by mrramsey; 04-09-2013 at 07:42 PM.Mike
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There are a couple of solutions to try.
If the discharge port from the source is large enough to not restrict the flow from the pump or initial discharge you can increase the diameter of the tee using a bushing to step up the size of the point of entry. A manifold ideally. This will reduce some of the pressure that is gained by the water being taken out of it's efficient flow pattern by a tee. I see you trying to bleed off some of the discharge with the holes. You then need a bit of length for the flow to re establish it's pattern and then use a long sweep 90 to make the turn. Using the long sweep reduces the turbulence that a short radius 90 will cause. At the water comes into the short radius 90 it crashes into itself and becomes turbulent. This turbulence increases the pressure just prior to and within the short radius of the 90. As the water escapes the turbulent area of the 90 it does so with an increase in velocity. Water leaving a short radius fitting can have a lot more speed as it tries to escape from the confines of the 90. This turbulent area with increased speeds evens itself out within a piping system so you do not realize it is going on,yet it can damage piping from this. The higher the pressure the more turbulence the more speed. You would not think so but in actuality all of this crashing into short sweeps makes the water like a top fuel Drag racing bull dozer.
You could do a few flow tests using various fittings on a garden hose to see what gives you the best discharge profile. If you place a short radius 90 and a few short sections of tubing together you will see that the discharge will be heavily aerated and the speed of the water will be high.
If you use a long radius you will see a more organized discharge and less speed and turbulence. You can change the discharge characteristic by adding various amounts of tube after each of the 90's. This will change as the flow flattens out after the 90 into the tube.
It's possible you may have to use a manifold with more discharge points to get a smoother profile.
Hope this helps.


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A great school with classroom numbers under 24
Original post made by Sharon, Parkside, on Mar 9, 2012
I love this school, its small and wonderful. It has a very family oriented feel, and the principal is wonderful. The teachers are great and care about the kids.
They still have computer lab and music for kids starting in first grade.
It takes inter-district transfers since Sunol does not have enough students to fill the school.
If you are tired of large class sizes and budget cuts, check out Sunol Glen, you will not be disappointed.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 9, 2012 at 9:26 am
If this school is so great, then why don't they have waiting lists that are long?
There are charter schools that are so popular (like the prep school in Redwood City) that they have to accept students through a lottery system due to lack of space for all who want to enroll.
Why are you advertising the Sunol school? Do they need to get more students? Why is such a great school in need of more students?
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I've always heard great things about Sunol Glen... And the answer to your question just might be that it's in Sunol...
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Sorry, but many sunol kids transfer into pleasanton schools to avoid this one. Check the API scores.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 11, 2012 at 11:51 am
I checked the scored on greatschools.net, they are not bad.
I am guessing that the reason for the low enrollment is that it only has 250 students (according to greatschools.net), and it is a k-8 school. I know someone whose kid went to a similar school (but private) and then in high school had a very hard time adjusting because this kid was not used to the bigger and more independent school environment.
I am not sure if a school with only 250 students that goes from k to 8th grade can offer a good deal for middle schoolers. Maybe the little ones in k-3 do well but beyond that, I am not sure. In a smaller school, what typically happens is that middle school is like elementary school, only labeled 6, 7 or 8 grade (ie, students do not go to different classes for Math, Science, etc, but instead stay together for their different clases, and they have one main teacher). I wonder if Sunol is this way too?
Our middle schools in PUSD have different teachers for the various subjects, so kids move to different rooms (and different sets of students) for each class (Math, etc). They also offer different electives because they have enough students to fill every class for the various electives. A small school cannot offer such variety of electives because with the small pool of students, it would be financially impossible.
Well, there is a reason someone is trying to promote the school. Usually good charter schools do not need such advertsing and if anything, they have really long waiting lists and students have to be turned away due to too many applicants.
So the fact that a Sunol's grandparent finds the need to advertise the school just makes me wonder why. I was hoping to get the answer from the person who started this forum, but I think I can guess why after reading about it.
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