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Professor Marta Manrique-Gómez graduated from McGill University (Canada), where she received the M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Hispanic Studies. After completing her studies, she was awarded with the K.B. Jenckes Doctoral Prize, Spanish Embassy Book Prize (Doctoral, and Master), Victor Ouimette Memorial Prize, and Dean's Honour List, among others. Prior to coming to Middlebury College, she taught at McGill University, and Concordia University.
Dr. Manrique-Gómez has specialized in modern and contemporary Spanish peninsular literature and culture, and has written and published on a wide variety of research topics, including literary polemics, national identity, intellectual history, short narrative, and theory with a transatlantic approach.
Her teaching addresses a broad range of subjects, such as politics, national identities, film, literature and culture, and Spanish language.
She has published the book "La recepción de Calderón en el siglo XIX."Madrid: Iberoamericana/Vervuert (2011). She is currently working on her second book project "Madness, Love, and Tragedy in Nineteenth Century Spain" (in English).
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FYSE 1387 - Childhood Identities
Visualizing Iberian Identities through Childhood
This seminar will be taught in Spanish. What can we learn about culture, history, and national identity from a child's perspective? How do competing national and cultural ideologies shape narratives of childhood? In this seminar we will explore the ways in which narrative, film, and painting represent childhood as an experience intimately tied to social, political, and cultural histories in Spain, and to questions of self and national identity. We will read works by authors such as Pérez Galdós, Pío Baroja, Federico García Lorca, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Ana María Matute, Manuel Rivas, and Emily Teixidor. We will view films including El espíritu de la colmena, Cría Cuervos, El viaje de Carol, Barrio, and Pa Negre. We will view paintings by Murillo, Goya, Sorolla, and Picasso.
This is an appropriate seminar for native speakers of Spanish, students who are bilingual, and students who have scored 720 or above on the Spanish SAT II, or 5 on the Spanish AP. 3 hrs. sem.
Fall 2012
INTL 0702 - EUS Senior Thesis
SPAN 0102 - Beginning Spanish II ▲
Beginning Spanish II
This course is a continuation of SPAN 0101. (SPAN 0101)
Winter 2015
SPAN 0220 / SPAN 0210 - Intermediate Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish II
A course for students seeking to perfect their academic writing skills in Spanish. The course is also an introduction to literary analysis and critical writing and will include reading and oral discussion of literary texts. The course will also include a thorough review of grammar at a fairly advanced level. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign languages distribution requirement. (SPAN 0201, SPAN 0210, or placement) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Spring 2011, Fall 2011
SPAN 0300 - Intro to Hispanic Literature
An Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
This course in literature and advanced language is designed to introduce students to literary analysis and critical writing. The work will be based on the reading of a number of works in prose, drama, and poetry. Frequent short, critical essays will complement readings and provide students with practice in writing. This course is required for Spanish majors. (SPAN 0220 or placement) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Fall 2014
SPAN 0301 - Advanced Spanish Grammar
Advanced Spanish Grammar
This course offers a detailed study of complex aspects of Spanish grammar and syntax. Designed to build upon students' existing knowledge of Spanish grammar, the course will begin with a reconsideration of all the tenses in both the indicative and subjunctive moods, their values and their uses. After briefly reviewing the structure of simple sentences, we will analyze in depth all the different types of dependent clauses. Within the context of sentence structure, we will also look at several key aspects of Spanish grammar (ser and estar, prepositions, the infinitive, and the gerund, among others). Students will demonstrate their understanding of the material through a variety of practical and creative exercises. (SPAN 0220 or placement; not open to students who have taken SPAN 0380).
Fall 2014
SPAN 0304 - Ideas and Cultures of Spain
Ideas and Cultures of Spain
In this course we will analyze the major sociopolitical and cultural elements in representative Spanish texts from the Middle Ages to the present. We will discuss literary, historical, and political texts, works of art, and films that illustrate cultural elements that bear upon the formation of present day Spanish culture and civilization. (SPAN 0220 or placement) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Spring 2013
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Representations of Social, Cultural, and Political Identities in Spain
In this course we will study the different representations of Spanish culture and politics. We will emphasize specific aspects that make Spain richly varied: Spain´s breathtaking reinvention and reaffirmation of its own identity after the Disaster of 1898, religious customs and conflicts, gender relations, political values of Spaniards. At the same time, the cultural impact of Don Quixote, Goya, Lorca, republicanism and dictatorship, civil war, flamenco, bullfighting, and soccer. Works to be discussed include a short selection of literary pieces, cultural, visual, musical, and film representations. This course is recommended for students planning to study in Spain. (SPAN 0220 or placement) 3 hrs. lect. disc.
Spring 2015
SPAN 0352 - Spanish Literary Realism
Spanish Literary Realism
Literary Realism, a trend in the second half of 19th century Spain, depicts contemporary life and society as it is instead of a romanticized or stylized presentation. In this course we will read the most significant writers for the study of Spanish Realism: Valera, Pereda, Pardo Bazán, Clarín, and Galdós. Students will be required to work with theory and criticism. Satisfies the IS advanced language requirement in Spanish. (At least two Spanish courses at the 0300 level or above, or by waiver) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Spring 2011, Fall 2011
SPAN 0392 - Span Identity/Generation '98 ▹
Spanish National Identity at the End of the Empire: Literature and Music of the Generation of '98
National identities reflect the conflicts and contradictions in the social and political arenas in which they are constructed and conceptualized. What is the role of literature and music in the building of Spanish National Identity? In this course we will study the social and political circumstances in Spain from the end of the 19th Century to the Civil War (1936-39). We will focus on literary texts of the writers of the Generation of '98 as well as on musical traditions as diverse as the "zarzuela," and the "pasodoble," that contributed to change the notion of National Identity in Spain. Writers to be analyzed include Angel Ganivet, José Martínez Ruiz "Azorín," Pío Baroja, Ramiro de Maeztu, Antonio Machado, Miguel de Unamuno, and Ramón Maria del Valle Inclán; composers include Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz. (At least two courses at the 0300-level or above or by waiver) 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Spring 2013, Spring 2015
SPAN 0456 - Madness+Love/19-20 Cent Spain
Manifestations of Madness, Love and Tragedy in 19th and 20th Century Spain
How did Spanish writers of the 19th and 20th century define and represent madness, a basic and controversial aspect of world culture, and how did these different conceptions of madness intersect with love, religion, politics, and other literary themes in Spanish society? In this course we will explore the theme of madness in Spanish literature and other artistic representations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Our discussion will include formative masterpieces by Spanish writers (Zorrilla, Galdós, Unamuno, Lorca, Cela, Laforet, Matute, and Luca de Tena) and filmmakers (Buñuel, Saura, and Medem). We will study each work closely by employing critical and theoretical approaches (Senior majors with at least two Spanish courses numbered 0350 or above, or by waiver.) 3 hrs. sem.
Fall 2012
SPAN 0500 - Independent Study ▲ ▹
Independent Study
The department will consider requests by qualified juniors and senior majors to engage in independent work. (Approval only)
Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2016
SPAN 0705 - Senior Honors Thesis ▲ ▹
Senior Honors Thesis
The department will award honors, high honors, or highest honors on the basis of a student's work in the department and performance in SPAN 0705. (Approval only)
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Magic Bands for Annual passholders?
Does anyone know when the magic bands & fastpass+ options be available to passholders that aren't staying on site?
The speculation is that they will be available when the entire program rolls out in January or so. However, snags in the testing may lead to an extension of that period. We're waiting patiently at this point, but if you're really interested I know a few other AP holders who have booked a one-night stay at a resort just to get in on the testing.
Thanks! So if you book for one night, you still get in on the testing for your full vacation?
Nm! I reserved one night on the first night of my vacation and it allowed me to reserve fast passes for up to 2 weeks after! Thanks so much for the advice!
Sometimes (no idea what the pattern is)- at first it ONLy allows the days of the stay. Then after the stay it does whatever. Other folks have gotten it to work whenever. I have a 5 night and following 7 night stay (so 13 days) in december. It wouldn't let me book any fast passes until I was 60 days off the first ressie. Then it gave me the first 10 days easily. it was balky for days 11,12,13 but i could do it. It wont let me book before or after my stay currently. Others have had no such issue. Some have gotten jammed at 8 or 9 days of stay and then locked out. (there's some possibility that having two reservations triggers some oddness but i can't find a pattern with the few that have posted.) so who knows.... |
My main concern is that even after the full rollout, FP+ will only be available for resort guests. I call BS so much on that idea. I spend enough money on my APs and other things in the parks...without FP I don't know if it will be worth it anymore.
Well here is a twist for everyone, we currently have a Cast discounted room , with no park tickets but yet we are getting magic bands for our dec trip, and within the next week or so we are renewing our AP, so i am a little dumb founded by the fact that i can not just *** the annual pass right to magic band
Once this system rolls out in DLR, Disney will be much better off with less AP holders. This is all for more profit for them after all. To see the endgame more people should be looking at what this means at the other park. They're working to make all systems the same between the two and AP holders are a huge problem there. |
Yes you can link your AP to your MB. It is very easy to do. I have done this on 3 different trips and have had no problems. Just go to MDE, select Link Existing Reservations and Tickets, now select tickets, add your AP numbers. You can than manage your MB with your AP on the link Manage your Magic Bands. Hope this helps. Laura |
it's been repeatedly said (albeit by cast members) that the next phase of testing will be AP's. Currently AP's can book resort stays fine so there is nothing to test there. They need to test SOMETHING different. So there will be something different that they offer AP's. they've said AP's will get MB's. there's no reason to do that- RFID AP cards work fine- so they're already tossing someting to AP's And they've said they value their AP holders as some of their most loyal guests. They're not going to completely dump on those people. relax- it's no grand conspiracy. if they wanted less AP's they could easily just raise the prices and already chased them away years ago. |
they've been having record numbers of guests in their resorts. Less need to discount in general. |
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We are AP holders and live in Florida, we booked a couple of nights at the Pop Century a few weeks ago at that time we were given the magic bands along with Fast Pass +, we have since then stayed a night here and there and our bands are still activated. We are leaving to spend a night a the Pop on Monday, we will be able to get fast passes for Monday tomorrow, we were also able to get a fast pass to Be Our Quest restaurant (lunch) on our initial visit.
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Is Brazilian Red Cloak the same plant as Justicia, Flamingo Flower, Jacobinia?
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Carol, they are two very different plants. The mentioned justicia (there are many types) is 1-2 feet tall and has a pink 'flower' that looks like a plume or fountain. The brazilian red cloak is a large bush (can reach 8-10 feet eventually), and has a series of large, red bracts with small, white flowers. It has a very large, light green leaf, much larger than the justicia. They are both very tropical and are borderline in my climate. They are both beautiful. I imagine the justicia can be used as an annual in your area, but the cloak takes more than a year of maturity, in my experience, for it to bloom, and wants to be a large bush. Anna |
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Anna, thanks for the confirmation. I didn't think so either, but the eBay listing below seemed to indicate that it might be. The poster refers to it as "Red justicia". Justicia is sometimes referred to as "Brazilian Plume" but still not the same as Brazilian Red Cloak. Thanks again, Anna! |
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I just had to say my red cloak is blooming for the first time this year. I am so happy. I got cuttings a couple of years ago that I rooted. So it was like watching a baby grow up. :o) |
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Walton Chaintech Releases EPP and EPP 2.0 profiled APOGEE GT Memory Modules
Matthew Fogg | 1st July 2008
Walton Chaintech release Apogee GT memory modules
Patriot Releases DDR3 2000MHz Viper Series Memory Optimized for NVIDIA 790i Chipset
Nic Crane | 22nd June 2008
Extreme speed from Patriot's new DDR3 modules.
Corsair Dominator DDR3 Memory Kits Reach 2462MHz
Matthew Fogg | 23rd May 2008
Corsair Labs has set the world record for the highest achieved DDR3 frequency
OCZ Technology Announces the World's First High-Density 2GHz Solution
Nic Crane | 5th May 2008
OCZ Technology today premiered the worlds first PC3-16000 4GB (2x2048MB) DDR3 kits to provide even greater performance and productivity on the latest DDR3 platforms.


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Here it is, the latest look at the Scientific Habs Information Tracking System, showing nice amounts of yellow spread out over what amounts to more than half the season completed (45 games played, eighth best overall).
As you can see, the only real slump was back in the latter part of November and into early December when the boys lost six of seven games. And January shows a bit of a dip but nothing serious.
All in all, a fine season so far, with a big test coming up in early March when they hit the big three in California and shortly after tackle the Lightning, Sens, Islanders, and then Lightning again.
Isn't this more fun than watching the All-Star Game?


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18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. | 18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. |
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Gaarde Christian School (Private School)
11265 Sw Gaarde St
Tigard, OR 97224
Phone: (503) 639-5336
School Type: Regular Schools
School Level: Elementary
Location: Large Suburb (over 250,000)
Students: 194
Teachers: 9
Student-Teacher Ratio: 20.6 to 1
Students by Grade
Pre-K: 114
Kindergarten: 24
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Grade 2: 12
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3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late. | 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. |
4 Look, his ego is inflated; he is without integrity. But the righteous one will live by his faith. | 4 "See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright-- but the righteous will live by his faith-- |
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By CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY | VATICAN CITY — On the feast of Pentecost, Pope Francis focused his homily and Angelus address on the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding and giving life to the Church.
The first Pentecost "does not remain only limited to… (80)


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French designer Isabel Marant began making clothing when she was given a sewing machine at age 15. After finishing studies at Studio Bercot in 1987, she obtained an apprenticeship and assisted in art direction for labels such as Yamamoto, Chloe and Martine Sitbon. In 1989 she launched her eponymous collection of jewellery and accessories and from it's success, launched a small knitwear company called Twen just 2 years later. Twen would later develop into the Isabel Marant line that we know today- a collection of effortless yet sophisticated styles with a bohemian aesthetic, inspired by childhood trips to Africa, Asia, India and the Caribbean. Étoile (french for star) was introduced in 1999. Back To Product View All From This Designer
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Thanks in part to its FreeRTOS-based OS, the upgradability of applications for PEBBLE Smartwatch is near limitless. Already, there are well over 1,000 apps available on the PEBBLE store. Some are miniaturized version of apps for iOS and Android devices, while others, like TTMM, are made specifically … READ MORE
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NZ Illegal Downloading Crackdown Law In Effect
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Oh America, when will you ever learn the difference between "your" and "you're"?
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Oh America, when will you ever learn the difference between "your" and "you're"?
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Please, when are you going to fix this cutoff? It's so annoying. Firefox 6 on latest Ubuntu.
Re:Dedicated to: (105 comments)
It's happened before, but very rarely. Notably it happened for KDE 4.1.
Re:John Boehner: Solved (262 comments)
As an Orange-American, I find that highly offensive.
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Even today, people force themselves through the painful pronunciation of "double you double you double you dot" when it's completely unnecessary for almost all sites.
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Can you help a poor guy out? What were the suggestions?
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This would have been a decent post without all the "sweetheart" bullshit. Hard to take a sexist seriously.
God-father of the web (164 comments)
I wonder if Berners-Lee cringes when he sees Cerf described as "the Godfather of the web"
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Quoting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_performance#Comparison_to_other_languages:
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Oracle still owns the copyright.
Re:The best argument against democracy... (641 comments)
He then later followed up with "SHABOOM!" and slapped his wife on the ass, before immediately pounding a 40.
Re:Scala (276 comments)
Scala is multiparadigmal; you can use the functional features when you want, and ignore them and program Java-style when you want.
Re:Paying for Oracle Java? (276 comments)
How could you "corner the market" like that? Java has an incredibly strong free software culture around it; making the compiler proprietary (it's free software today) and then even charging for it, would be Oracle Java's death knell and a free fork would take over.
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Heck, Amsterdam even has it in their flag.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1910868 is a little apropos, perhaps.
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Ah! I had an M100 as well. It was great for its time. I later got a Tungsten, which was even better. Have both of them around here somewhere.
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I suspect and hope that your post is a hoax. I have not been able to find any news coverage.
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Honestly, 115 kg is not "only". You should take care of your body.
PJ has another excellent article over at Groklaw, summarizing why Free software "wins" and why proprietary is bad. Preaching to the choir, sure, but PJ's writing style is just a breath of fresh air, very engaging. And perhaps more optimistic than I, which is why I find her writings reassuring.
Meanwhile, I'm spending Easter playing with Mono, Ximian's free
I worry about the future of free software. For years, the free software movement has been untouchable. As Microsoft swept every competitor off the scene by dumping and bundling, or just buying them out and shutting them down, free software has been immune against this. There is no price tag on an army of hackers spending their free time on writing free software that breaks the chains of dependency on the major software companies. Sure, they've tried to label free software as costly (the whole bogus TCO argument), unamerican and even cancerous. It just blew up in their faces, and free software adoption continues to grow in companies and homes.
And don't think only Microsoft wants to stop this. There are a number of companies that are unable or unwilling to adapt to freer times, and have huge stakes in technologies that are rapidly becoming irrelevant. SUN is one of these. It really must be tough to try to sell Solaris in a field where the advantages of free software are so obvious. SUN has no culture for free software either, as is shown by the continuing refusals to "set Java free", and their half-hearted attempts to earn a buck on their "Java Desktop System" which is really a Linux distribution but not sold as such. Jonathan Schwartz, just-promoted President of the company, has publicly stated that SUN "has no Linux strategy". If customers ask for Linux they'll get it, but SUN will not recommend it. There's no question the higher-ups at SUN simply wish the free software movement would just go away and never come back again.
I'm starting to fear that our movement may not be as untouchable as I have used to think. SUN and Microsoft, once bitter enemies, are best friends now. Their new covenant ensures the creation of a "patent regime" (term used by Microsoft's Ballmer), sharing software patents freely with each other and each agreeing never to sue the other. Among them, they probably own a majority of the software patents in the world, second only to IBM and Apple.
Microsoft's use of their SCO hand-puppet to destroy the free software movement has been largely a failure. Once SCO dies, the Microsoft and SUN coalition will probably start enforcing their vast collection of patents against free software. Their goal will be to make it too risky or costly for any company to contribute to free software, or even use it. They will not stop until Linux is but a geeky hobbyist toy again.
Microsoft and SUN will then share this new market of previous-free-software users among themselves, Microsoft pushing Windows and SUN pushing Unix, not stepping on each other's toes at all.
We will need our friends at IBM, Novell and others more than ever, in an all-out patent war. The weapons will be the usual senseless and obvious software patents. It will be the golden age for IP lawyers.
Changing the American patent system into something sane is perhaps intractable in the short term. We can make the biggest difference by continuing to fight software patents in Europe.
SCO is making its own death bed now, but once it dies, let's not calm and forget. SCO is nothing compared to what's in store. And as always, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.


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England captain Andrew Strauss will go into the first Investec Test with South Africa at the Kia Oval on Thursday brimming with confidence after scoring a magnificent, unbeaten 127 to lead a stirring Middlesex recovery against LV= County Championship Division One leaders Nottinghamshire at Uxbridge.
Chris Rogers joined him in a second-wicket partnership of 143 and Middlesex, who had started their second innings 231 runs behind, were eight ahead at 239 for two when rain ended play at tea for the second day in succession.
Questions were being asked about Strauss's form at the start of the season because he had averaged only 26 in five Tests versus Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the winter, but he answered those with two centuries and an average of 65 in three Tests against West Indies.
Now, in his first match for a month, he seems to be in the form of his life at the age of 35. He made an accomplished 50 in the first innings before he was bowled by a superb ball from Andre Adams, and there was no dislodging him today as he moved fluently to a century off 157 balls with 12 fours and a towering six driven over long-on off Samit Patel.
"I don't think I've seen him play better than that," said Rogers, his fellow left-hander, who is unlucky to have played only one Test for Australia. "He looked in full control and his balance was just about perfect.
"It's amazing that when you're in good form you can have a break and come back and play like that. Mentally he's in a very good place and hopefully he can take that into the South Africa series."
Middlesex had been bowled out for 98 in their first innings, but the pitch was easier when they went in again and Sam Robson had joined Strauss in an opening stand of 55 when he was caught behind off Andy Carter for 26.
Rogers then made 59 off 101 balls with eight fours before he was leg before to Harry Gurney, but the day belonged to Strauss who batted so fluently that he needed only 24 deliveries to move from 62 to 100.
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Philly garage vets Bleeding Rainbow — formerly Reading Rainbow — have a new album out in January, a release from which we've already heard "Pink Ruff" and "Drift Away." Now they've just released another, a loud-quiet-loud jam called "Waking Dream." Hear it below.
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This is a basic WordPress website, at this point with no frills. The content is great, the design is hopeful, and I'm very proud to have gotten the opportunity to work on this site with people who really do want this area and its business to succeed.


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With Android Beam™ you can beam a web page, a video, or other content from your screen to another device by bringing the devices together (typically back to back).
Before you can use the Android Beam feature, you will need to turn it on. To turn Android Beam on:
When Android Beam is turned on in both devices, sharing content with Android Beam is easy:
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Skinny Sipping: Best and Worst Drinks for Weight
Drink Pounds Away
Many of us watch what we eat but not what we drink when on a diet. That's a mistake. The average American drinks one out of five of their daily calories. Choosing the right drinks can tweak your metabolism, curb your appetite, and help cut calories. Which drinks are spoilers and which are helpers on the path to weight loss?
Spoiler: Soda
Every time you chug a bottle of soda, you get hundreds of empty calories. Switching to diet soft drinks is an obvious way to cut calories, but the research is mixed on whether this switch leads to weight loss. Some studies show a short-term benefit. Others find diet soda drinkers gain weight. If you eat or drink more calories than you burn, just switching to diet soda may not do the trick.
Jury's Out: Fruit Juice
Juice can have as many calories as soda, but it has more nutrients. This presents a dilemma: You want the vitamins and antioxidants without all the extra sugar. Look for 100% fruit juice. Steer clear of juice drinks that have added sweeteners. Check the nutrition label for the percentage of real juice. You can also slash calories by drinking water with a tiny bit of juice added.
Jury's Out: Smoothies
Blend a banana, strawberries, and blueberries into a frothy smoothie, and you've got a delicious drink. Make your own, so you can control the ingredients: skim milk (or an alternative, like almond milk) and fresh or frozen fruit are all you need. Restaurant smoothies may include ice cream, honey, or other sweeteners that boost the calorie count sky-high.
Spoiler: Energy Drinks
Most sports and energy drinks are calorie bombs like soda. They may have more added nutrients, but you can find the same vitamins and minerals in low-calorie foods. When you're working on weight loss, stay hydrated with water rather than sports drinks, unless you need the extra nutrients because you're exercising hard and sweating a lot.
Helper: Black Coffee
When you need a shot of caffeine, coffee is a better choice than soda or energy drinks. Black coffee is calorie-free and rich in antioxidants. Studies have shown that drinking moderate amounts of coffee (about 3 to 4 cups a day) may improve mood and concentration, and may also lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer.
Spoiler: Fancy Coffee
Once you add heavy cream, flavored syrups, or a snowcap of whipped cream, your mug of black coffee is full of fat and sugar. Specialty coffees can have up to 570 calories per cup: possibly more than an entire meal! If you don't like your coffee black, add a little skim milk and artificial sweetener to keep the calorie count low.
Helper: Green Tea
Green tea is an excellent choice when you're looking for a little boost. Not only is it calorie-free -- some research suggests green tea extract may stimulate weight loss. It's not clear exactly how that works, but caffeine and micronutrients called catechins may each play a role. The benefit appears to last only a few hours, so it may help to drink green tea at least twice a day.
Spoiler: Coolers
Coolers may sound light and airy, but they are heavy on calories. A 12-ounce cooler containing wine can have 190 calories and 22 grams of carbs. The same size hard lemonade or bottled alcoholic "ice" can have as much as 315 calories. Regular wine is not exactly a diet drink, with 100 calories in a 5-ounce glass. A low-calorie alternative is a wine spritzer: Mix a dash of wine with some sparkling water.
Reviewed by Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD on April 16, 2014
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39 but the LORD your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. | 39 Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies." |
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Here's the less obvious big departure with Halo: Spartan Assault: it's the first Halo game in history that has a female protagonist. She's Sarah Palmer, the pouting Sergeant Apone wannabe from Halo 4's Spartan Ops campaign, and she's here to kick Covenant arse and take names in commute-friendly, five to 10 minute bursts of top-down blasting. OK, so it's not quite giving anybody the right to vote, but it's nice to know that mass-murdering alien scum isn't exclusively the province of the chromosome-deficient.
The bigger innovation with Spartan Assault is that it's the first Halo title for a mobile platform - specifically, Windows 8 smartphones and tablets - created in partnership with Vanguard Games. That puts it a little beyond our editorial jurisdiction, of course, but there's the pressing suspicion that the game will turn up at some point on Xbox One, which features a modified Windows 8 OS.
343's Dan Ayoub won't confirm anything of the sort when I ask about it, but there is crossover already in the shape of additional achievements, emblems and XP for Halo 4, and 343 intends to patch in Xbox 360 controller support for Windows 8 PCs. The story reinforces the overlap: it's all played out on a mission simulator aboard the UNSC Infinity, setting for Halo 4's multiplayer. Even if Spartan Assault doesn't come to a home-format Xbox, it's clearly aimed at people who own one.
Comprising 25 missions (with more potentially to follow as DLC) strewn across the surface of yet another hotly contested UNSC planet, the game is an elegant abbreviation of Halo's sandbox principles that also attempts to conquer one of the more lingering problems with twin-stick shooters on touchscreen - the absence of actual, physical sticks.
Hitherto, it's been common to find your thumb drifting accidentally away from the virtual stick as you play. 343 and Vanguard have put together an adaptive control scheme that compensates for the drift, repositioning the virtual sticks and recalculating the centre of the movement arc. I won't pretend to understand how all this works, but it's undeniably impressive - my thumbs jerk around during hands-on time without throwing Palmer off. The lack of a physical break between touchscreen and bezel still poses difficulties, but that's an issue with the device, not the game.
The basics are very familiar - indeed, the screens should tell you everything you need to know. Players direct a hail of fire with one stick and move with the other, hurling grenades, switching guns and performing abilities or context sensitive actions via fat, holographic buttons down the right hand side. Melee attacks are performed by tapping anywhere. The handling is a little sticky in places, such as when entering and leaving a turret, but I'm assured that's a kink the developers will iron out by release.
Firing up an introductory sweep-and-clear mission, I spend a few moments in the company of a pair of SMGs, before swapping to a UNSC shotgun whose limited range is all the more palpable for the camera angle. Plasma pistols can be charged up by holding the fire button, and the Battle Rifle offers its usual, trustworthy blend of power and range. The vehicles I've sampled are no less closely modelled on their big screen brethren, though there's currently no provision for aerial combat. The Wraith Tank is as fatally ponderous as ever, its main gun swivelling independently of its body, and crumples gorgeously under artillery fire.
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3 "You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste ), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. | 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste--so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt. |
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splattski | Route climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2002 | |
A late start on tired legs, but a beautiful day. Special to see my Dad on top. | ||
Posted Mar 14, 2006 12:59 pm |
DharmaBum1984 | quick and dirty late summer climb Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2005 | |
Great 2-day solo hike up the standard route. Hot down low, with clear skies both days 60-80 mph wind on top... crampons crapped out down low on the snowfield, ended up hoofing up the loose rock most of the way up. Lots of dust, wind, beauty. | ||
Posted Mar 11, 2006 10:30 pm |
madmallard | spring on the south spur Date Climbed: May 28, 2005 | |
second attempt on this summit. a great solo climb in eight hours round trip. had two extra approach miles the weekend before. it's amazing what seven days of sun will do. | ||
Posted Feb 25, 2006 6:38 pm |
Snidely Whiplash | Route Climbed: Mazama Glacier Date Climbed: Jul 27, 1986 | |
A wonderful mountain. A very different volcano, on the dry side of the Cascades. Gives it a much different feel and character. | ||
Posted Feb 23, 2006 4:28 pm |
Oregon-Climber | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: Spring 2004 | |
Another beuityful day on adams. Camped out on the LUnch Counter. Made an early summit bid. Clear sjys revealed Hood, Reineer and Sisters. | ||
Posted Feb 11, 2006 12:46 am |
Oregon-Climber | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: Spring 2003` | |
This was the first mountain I eve summited. Ever since then I've been addicted to the high altitude and thin air! | ||
Posted Feb 11, 2006 12:45 am |
Alpine72 | Route Climbed: South Date Climbed: late summer 04 | |
Soled this spur of the moment having drove down from B.C hoping to see St Helens erupt. Unfortunatley it did so the day before,and as I was driving home so missed it on either side of my visit. | ||
Posted Feb 8, 2006 12:49 pm |
Traipser | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
This was my first big solo climb. My crew did it a week earlier and after hearing their stories, I just had to make the trek myself. I was the only one to summit that day. Visibility was really bad. It was a hard last two hours but worth it to stand on top! | ||
Posted Feb 1, 2006 4:42 am |
cascadetraveler | Route Climbed: south spur. Date Climbed: july 10th 2004. | |
What an awsome mountain! We withstood a stormy night and began are climb at 1:00 am under a star studded sky. We climbed up the crescent glacier to the lunch counter. We Set wands as we wanted to be prepared for the worst. The worst never came. The climb up suksdorf ridge went perfect. The walk across the caldera to the summit was longer than I anticipated and the summit was colder than a witches Tit ! It was one of the most crisp clear views I have ever enjoyed. Mt rainer was majestic and beckoning, as well as mount hood to the south. I look forward to a return trip soon. I did glissade down the entire suks dorf ridge. WHoaa! | ||
Posted Jan 20, 2006 10:01 pm |
Koohnavard | Route Climbed: South Side Date Climbed: June 1994 | |
My buddy Scott and I did this the weekend we graduated from High School. Awesome! Can't think of a better way to celebrate graduation. | ||
Posted Jan 16, 2006 12:19 pm |
e-doc | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: June 20, 2004 Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2004 | |
Another big hill. Camped on Crescent glacier. Fourth (of six) straight day of outstanding weather. Summitted Hood June 18, St Helens June 22. Its amazing, what takes 2 hours to hike up (south spur) takes considerably less time and effort to go down. | ||
Posted Dec 31, 2005 1:07 am |
setrent | Route Climbed: Adams Glacier Date Climbed: June, 2003 | |
An interesting route on a big mountian. | ||
Posted Dec 21, 2005 10:58 pm |
glimmert | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: 7/?/1983 | |
Fun first summit and a great day! | ||
Posted Dec 20, 2005 11:20 am |
B-Grooms | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: July 7 | |
July 7th, clear beautiful day. Headed up with two other guys and camped out at 9,000 feet, got up at 4:30AM on the 8th to summit, but was turned back due to high winds and storm cell moving in. Tried to wait out the storm for 2 hours but conditions became worse so we headed back. | ||
Posted Nov 21, 2005 1:05 am |
mandrake | Route Climbed: South Side Date Climbed: June 26, 2003 | |
Camped up to the west of the Crescent Glacier -- gorgeous climb and great glissading. | ||
Posted Oct 31, 2005 7:42 pm |
yunaitedo | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: Sept 18-19, 2005 | |
This was my first big summit on a snow covered peak. Awesome! | ||
Posted Oct 31, 2005 2:52 pm |
Seth Maciejowski | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
A very fun climb up the south side. I rode a snowboard down it was a rush! The views of Rainier were amazing from up there. It seems so close. | ||
Posted Oct 14, 2005 5:00 pm |
esullender | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: July 16-17, 2005 | |
Fun camping at the lunch counter, a not too windy summit and an amazing glissade made for a great climb. Crowded, but an early start and steady pace kept us in front of the pack. | ||
Posted Sep 16, 2005 1:40 am |
millsb40 | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: September 6th, 2005 | |
There was not a lot of snow left, a bit above the lunch counter. We were the only ones camped at the lunch counter and the only ones on the summit before noon. It took 4 hours to get to the lunch counter and 3 to get to the summit from there. This hike is longer than "only 5.7 miles" (my GPS read 7.4 miles, which I believe). Definately gets a little cool at night once you get into September. | ||
Posted Sep 9, 2005 6:45 pm |
Desert Solitaire | Route Climbed: South Spur Date Climbed: July 15, 2005 | |
Started out at 1 am, summit at 7:30 am. Got a bit off track at the last cairn in timberline and had to battle quite a bit of loose talus and scree to get to the connecting ridge to the Lunch Counter. The wind was howling with gusts at 50 mph at the lunch counter. Saw quite a few tents already pitched. As I started climbing the snow slope when the sun came out, the wind stole my glacier goggles high on the mountain. With clear blue skies, the climb was great, but concerning because of the bright snow. Saw a large group of 12 teenage girls on a rope being led down the summit - big smiles on everyones faces! At the summit a group of real nice guys let me borrow a pair of goggles to get back to the car. The climb itself isn't difficult, just long. The views from everywhere are incredible though, and the glissade from Piker's Peak to the Lunch Counter was the best I've ever had. Soft snow to cleave into, and long continuous tracks made for plenty of butt sliding action! Back to the car by 11 am. | ||
Posted Sep 5, 2005 4:03 pm |