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Northwest Retirement Village: This proposed 55+ active, independent, and assisted living community will be located on 289 acres of west campus. Phase I will be within 82 acres deeded to the UWF Foundation. A preliminary programming meeting is planned with the Division of Academic Affairs leaders, The Master Developer Team, and University Leaders in January, 2015.
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Corey Hart out two weeks with a strained oblique muscle
Feb 28, 2011, 4:48 PM EDT
Another day, another oblique strain in Brewers camp. Mat Gamel was already shut down with a strained right oblique muscle and now Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Corey Hart is expected to miss at least two weeks with the same injury on the left side. Hart, unlike Gamel, won't have to…
Bryce Harper's spring debut: Seven pitches, two strikeouts
Feb 28, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT
Bryce Harper made his spring training debut today, coming off the bench against the Mets, and … well, it wasn't pretty for the 18-year-old No. 1 overall pick. In his first at-bat Harper struck out on three pitches against left-hander Taylor Tankersley and in his second at-bat he whiffed on four pitches against right-hander Ryota…
Bob Howry retires after 13 seasons in the majors
Feb 28, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT
Bob Howry has announced his retirement at age 37 after spending 13 seasons as a reliever for the White Sox, Cubs, Red Sox, Indians, Diamondbacks, and Giants. Howry was drafted by the Giants in 1994 and came to the White Sox in the infamous "white flag" trade in mid-1997. He finally wound up in San…
Photo of the Day: God Bless Midwesterners
Feb 28, 2011, 3:10 PM EDT
I encountered these fine women just outside of the main concourse. From afar I assumed they were Brewers fans, by virtue of the hats. When I told them this, they were mildly offended. I salvaged the situation by noting that the hats actually undermine the Brewers' stranglehold on beer iconography, appropriating the meme for Cubs…
Josh Beckett sent home with "mild concussion symptoms" after being struck by ball
Feb 28, 2011, 2:40 PM EDT
Josh Beckett was struck on the head by an errant batting practice ball this morning and Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports that he's been "sent home to rest" with "mild concussion symptoms." According to Joe McDonald of ESPNBoston.com, the incident occurred when batting practice pitcher Ino Guerrero attempted to hit a shagged ball…
Scenes from Spring Training: Where's the press box again?
Feb 28, 2011, 2:17 PM EDT
I went down to the field to check out the Cubs' BP. As the pic suggests, it's a damn fine day here in Mesa. A little cold this morning, but it doesn't take much sun to warm it up, and there is much sun today. Frank Lloyd Wright was right: wintering in Chicago is for…
Ozzie Guillen fires back at Bobby Jenks: "He did a lot of bad things … we lied for him, we protected him"
Feb 28, 2011, 1:50 PM EDT
After being non-tendered by the White Sox and signing with the Red Sox as a free agent Bobby Jenks commented that he's "looking forward to playing for a manager who knows how to run a bullpen." Ozzie Guillen remained remarkable silent after that, instead letting his son Oney Guillen rip Jenks repeatedly via Twitter, but…
Ian Stewart sprained knee in collision with Carlos Gonzalez
Feb 28, 2011, 1:13 PM EDT
Ian Stewart is expected to be out for 5-6 days with what Thomas Harding of MLB.com calls "a low-grade sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee." Stewart suffered the injury Saturday during an outfield collision with Carlos Gonzalez, who escaped with merely a bruised right shin. He initially didn't think much of…
Scenes from Spring Training: It's hard not to like Mike Quade
Feb 28, 2011, 12:43 PM EDT
I got down to the clubhouse a little late — and entered through the wrong door, oops! — but my timing ended up being pretty good, as manager Mike Quade was just opening up his office for the media gaggle. I walked in and, as I usually do, hung in the back to take it…
Must-click link: Derrick Goold on Bill James
Feb 28, 2011, 12:19 PM EDT
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch is one of my favorite beat reporters and he's even better when he stretches his writing legs a bit for a story like this one on Bill James: Goold: Stats don't tell the whole story of who Bill James is James' legend has grown to the point…
Brandon Phillips wants a long-term contract extension, but do the Reds?
Feb 28, 2011, 11:43 AM EDT
Brandon Phillips said yesterday that he'd "love to get an extension" from the Reds, telling John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer that "it would be nice to be here for the rest of my career" and "I want to know a guarantee instead of a possibility." So why haven't the two sides worked something out…
Wanna be the P.A. announcer at Wrigley Field?
Feb 28, 2011, 11:29 AM EDT
I just got back from the Cubs' clubhouse — more on that later — and sitting on my laptop was a press release from the team announcing a partnership between the Cubs and CareerBuilder.com to find the next public address announcer at Wrigley Field. Really: they're taking applications right on the web. Candidates, we're told, should…
Scenes from Spring Training: Greetings from HoHoKam Park
Feb 28, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT
Or is it HoHoKam Stadium? And is that capitalization correct? Really, I can't tell you because I've seen it written differently in different places. I think "Stadium" is correct but Park rolls off the tongue better. Probably doesn't matter considering that they're building a new place a couple miles from here and will thus be…
Carlos Beltran is moving to right field full time
Feb 28, 2011, 10:48 AM EDT
Two weeks ago new Mets manager Terry Collins said of Carlos Beltran: "When he walks in the first day, he's the center fielder." Beltran may have walked into camp as the center fielder, but those plans have apparently already changed, as Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com reports that Beltran will be moved to right field full…
J.J. Putz won't make Diamondbacks debut before March 7
Feb 28, 2011, 10:15 AM EDT
J.J. Putz signed on to be the Diamondbacks' closer with a two-year, $10 million deal this offseason, but the veteran right-hander won't make his spring training debut until March 7 despite nothing being wrong with him physically. Arizona manager Kirk Gibson explained to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com that Putz will focus on building up his…
Be happy that Oliver Perez got rocked over the weekend, Mets fans
Feb 28, 2011, 9:12 AM EDT
Oliver Perez worked in the Mexican League this winter and he showed up early to spring training. Didn't help, though, as he made his spring training debut against the Braves over the weekend and gave up four runs in two innings, walked three guys and only got the ball up to 86 m.p.h. Once, that…
Welcome to St. Jetersburg
Feb 28, 2011, 8:48 AM EDT
The New York Times has a feature on the outrageously large house Derek Jeter has built down in Tampa. Cost?! No man can say! The 30,875-square-foot mansion, which overlooks Hillsborough Bay, features seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a pool, two boat lifts, a drive-through portico and a pair of three-car garages flanking the north and south…
Bobby Valentine would like to buy into the Mets
Feb 28, 2011, 8:22 AM EDT
Bobby Valentine wants to buy into the Mets' ownership group? Wow, Stamford, Connecticut must really overpay their civil servants: Valentine has spoken with serious financial backers about lining up a bid to buy at least a portion of the Mets, a baseball official told ESPNNewYork.com. "I''ve talked to a number of people interested in purchasing…
HBT Weekend Wrapup
Feb 28, 2011, 5:30 AM EDT
You suckers missed the fact that I was blogging spring training all weekend. Don't try to deny it. I see the web traffic stats. You were spending time with your families or watching that godforsaken Oscars show or something instead of reading my dispatches from Arizona. Shame on you. But I now give you a…
Scenes from Spring Training: No, Marty Brennaman is not Bob Uecker
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This morning's fears of severe cloudiness notwithstanding, it ended up being a very nice day at the ballpark. A bit cool, but not too bad. And a ton of sun, so take that weatherman. The game: OK. Not great, but OK, which is as good as we can hope this time of the year. Early…
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Hi all, after a fairly epic launch night with NL, I tried playing today only to be hit with constant hard locks. After fiddling around I figured out a temporary fix. Just go into your settings and remove all wifi connections. After doing this I've been hardlock free for about 5 hours now.
I'm guessing the miiverse update is what killed it though, as it updated as soon as we got done playing last night...
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maybe your onto something is there way to just turn it off or you have to actully remove it competly?
I tried the same thing thinking it was Miiverse integration. No more freezes! Hopefully they patch this soon
did you turn it off or remove sucks if you have to make new id and all that again later
You're on to nothing.
Mine locked up twice yesterday and I hadn't even downloaded 30% of the update.
It hasn't locked up since.
The OS is trash. It simply occasionally locks up because it's half baked. They will fix it later.
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Shooting blanks, every time, all the time.
Just tested it again, wifi active: hardlock every 10 minutes or so in Nintendoland. wifi points removed: No hardlocks at all. Cycled through all the minigames just to be sure. So it definitely helps, but I agree it won't solve all your problems if your getting locked up outside of NL (I haven't experienced any yet).
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No wonder why I had freezing issues tonight.
I haven't touched nintendoland since getting the wii u, sunday, I been updating and playing mario and zombiu.
If that's the case, it probably has to do with the network being completely overloaded right now.
It connects off and on causing your game to crash.
Turning off wifi like you said would be the best bet for a couple of days until they sort things out.
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Shooting blanks, every time, all the time.
Surprised so many people are complaining about freezing, my Wii U hasn't frozen once and I've poured a good 15+ hours into Nintendo Land and tried all the apps aside from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon video. The worst I had was that a youtube video wouldn't play instantly when I clicked it, all I did was push B and select the video again and it was fixed.
Dunno if it's really the updates that's causing this, perhaps it's something else, cause my system's completely updated and working fine since launch day.
"Pokemon aren't just things to collect and trade like toys or dolls, you're a monster!" - Misty, Pokemon 2000
Mine froze and buzzed many of times. I decided to open another deluxe and no freezes and i returned the other system. Just alot of bad systems I guess.


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It will almost certainly be No. 8 Bellmont vs. No. 5 Yorktown in the first round of the Adams Central Team Wrestling Regional on February 2.
The IHSAA announced pairings for the Team Wrestling Tournament Thursday afternoon, and it pits the winner of the Jay County Sectional against the winner at Delta, then the winner at Carroll vs. the winner at New Haven.
Bellmont (20-4) has won the area mat sectional for 20 consecutive years. South Adams (27-0), ranked No. 19 in the state, is also in the Jay Sectional. Yorktown (25-1) is the solid favorite at Delta. A year ago, Yorktown snapped Bellmont's 12-year reign as the area regional wrestling representative at Team State.
Carroll (15-1), rated No. 14 in the state, is expected to unseat a young Whitko team as the sectional winner at Carroll. New Haven (11-6) and Homestead (18-9) are expected to battle for the title at the New Haven Sectional.
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A fundamental issue is the way our law regards information held by a third party like Google or Flickr. In the 1976 case U.S. v. Miller and in a series of subsequent decisions, the Supreme Court essentially concluded that an individual's records held by a third party may enjoy considerably less constitutional privacy protections than the same records held by the individual in a filing cabinet (or on his or her laptop). These decisions are often over-interpreted and their full scope is unclear, but the fact is that government agents can often access consumer information held by third parties with a mere subpoena – issued by a prosecutor without approval by a judge and without any real showing of suspicion.
In contrast, to seize information held on an individual's personal computer, or to intercept communications while traveling over the network, government agents need a warrant issued by a judge upon a showing of some pretty concrete suspicion. The difference is significant.
In 1986, Congress enacted ECPA to establish standards for government access to electronic communications. However, Congress did not fully reject the Miller line of cases. Instead, ECPA established a complex matrix of standards based on distinctions that seem nonsensical today.
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text: Journal of Postgraduate Research http://hdl.handle.net/2262/15739 2015-05-30T10:39:21Z 2015-05-30T10:39:21Z JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH VOLUME XIII http://hdl.handle.net/2262/73640 2015-04-10T04:32:56Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH VOLUME XIII 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Class divisions and the 'mere Irish' of colonial Ulster Farrell, Gerard http://hdl.handle.net/2262/73639 2015-04-10T04:32:42Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Class divisions and the 'mere Irish' of colonial Ulster Farrell, Gerard This article seeks to delineate the class structure of indigenous society in Ulster in the period between the beginning of large-scale colonisation at the start of the 17th century, and the 1641 rising. This has been attempted in order to see what insights can be gained from an analysis, in terms of class-struggle, of a society that has often been viewed solely in terms of ethnic or confessional conflict. Use has been made of primarily English sources, bearing in mind the requisite caution that needs to be employed when using sources that were often hostile and disparaging of Gaelic society. The 1641 depositions, for example, were taken with the expressed intention of recording Irish crimes and the sufferings of colonists; while in this sense biased in intention, they have nonetheless proved of particular value in the evidence they supply of social relations and contemporary perceptions of those relations, at the endpoint of the period under discussion. The evidence thus gleaned about class divisions among the Irish, and the way in which the plantation transformed this class structure, are used to examine several key questions about early colonial Ulster, such as to what extent the plantation represented a transformation of the economy of the province, and offered greater economic opportunities to the landless class; also examined is the hotly-disputed question of whether or not the plantation was a primary cause of the 1641 rising which, it is here argued, can be resolved by a consideration of divergent class interests among the native population. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z RoadRunners: An Exploratory Study of an Activity Programme for Young Offenders in North Dublin Byrne, Nicole http://hdl.handle.net/2262/73638 2015-04-10T04:32:54Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z RoadRunners: An Exploratory Study of an Activity Programme for Young Offenders in North Dublin Byrne, Nicole Purpose The Children Act 2001, in a significant departure from earlier Irish juvenile justice legislation, introduces a range of community based sanctions for young offenders including a Probation (training and activity programme) Order. This study, in the context of these new developments, was concerned with a particular type of intervention for young offenders: an activity programme. Methods This small scale qualitative study explored a specific programme, the RoadRunners, from the perspective of eight male participants through the use of semi-structured interviews. Results It was found that prior to participation on the RoadRunners, the participants were disengaged from the education system and their time was characterised by boredom and offending. Participation provided the young men with the opportunity to have new experiences and learn new skills, such as teamwork. Following completion of the RoadRunners, six of the eight participants had re-engaged in education. Four had self-reported changes in their offending behavior and all reported changes in how they spent their leisure time. Conclusions In line with the limited literature on this topic, this research found that activities provided a medium for personal and social development. They also provided the young people with a constructive way to spend their time; providing a diversion from offending. This simple notion of the diversion mechanism has been largely ignored in the literature to date. This research also draws attention to the need for future research into the crucial role of staff as mentors in programmes of this nature 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "Apotropaic" Tactics in the Matthean Temptation Michael Morris, Michael http://hdl.handle.net/2262/73637 2015-04-10T04:32:44Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "Apotropaic" Tactics in the Matthean Temptation Michael Morris, Michael Among the Dead Sea Scrolls are a number of texts that provide insight into demonological beliefs and practices in Second Temple Judaism. Some passages are concerned principally with providing safety from demonic influence. This anti-demonic orientation is expressed in two fundamental ways: the first is exorcistic and intends to relieve a person of current demonic affliction; the second is apotropaic and seeks protection from future demonic harm. Assessments of exorcistic and apotropaic works have benefited scholars of both early Jewish and early Christian literature. However, the majority of discussions which intersect Qumran studies with demonological traditions in the Synoptic Gospels have typically focused on exorcism. Still, the growing interest in preventative, apotropaic prayer and the illumination of this tradition by the Qumran material is resulting in recent endeavours to broaden the conversation about anti-demonic elements in the gospels. Building on the latest contributions, I analyse the account of the Temptation in the Gospel of Matthew (Matt 4:1-11) with the aim of demonstrating the presence of apotropaic features in the pericope. Specifically, two components of the narrative are considered: quotations from (1) Deuteronomy and (2) Psalm 91. The nature and function of these biblical quotations in the gospel text are examined against the backdrop of anti-demonic traditions from Qumran. This comparison reveals a similarity between aspects of the Temptation and early Jewish apotropaisms. Not only does this suggest the likelihood of analogous apotropaic features in Qumran texts and a Matthean narrative, it puts key parts of the pericope into sharper focus. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Disney rolls out a full bag of treats leading up to today's release of Tim Burton's stop-motion feature, "Frankenweenie."
Leading up to today's opening of Tim Burton's 3D stop-motion animated feature, Frankenweenie, Disney has rolled out a full bag of treats including a Facebook app that allows users to Frankenweenie-fy their pets.
Billed as "a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog," Frankenweenie follows the story of young Victor, who, after unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous.
The studio also released a new featurette with behind-the-scenes footage of the artistry employed in making the black-and-white film:
New poster art was revealed this week as well, chock-full of classic sci-fi film references:
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It's that time of year again when everyone seems to be going nuts for those pumpkin spice lattes. I like them too, just not enough to spend $5 for one. Since I really do like to make my own versions of items like vanilla extract and spiced rum, I figured I might as well try my hand at making my own pumpkin spice flavored syrup. Here's what I came up with. I think it turned out really well.
Pumpkin Spice Latte Syrup
2 cups water
1 cup stevia (this is the type that measures 1 to1 like granulated sugar)
4- 3 1/2' cinnamon sticks
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 tsp freshly minced ginger (1/2 tsp ground)
12 cloves
1 vanilla bean, split
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
In a medium sauce pan add your stevia to the water. Bring just to a boil and reduce heat to low. Add all remaining ingredients and let simmer for 15 minutes. Allow the syrup to cool completely. Line a strainer with cheesecloth and strain the mixture. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Use 1-1 1/2 ounces for a 12 ounce cup of coffee.
You can make a regular simple syrup if you would rather use sugar. For this method it is 2 cups of water and 1-2 cups of sugar
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Too Much Of a Good Thing?
Since I don't live in a flood zone or work outside for a living, I have a hard time believing you can get too much rain. In Oklahoma, in July. But we may be close. This is the second time this July my whiskey barrel has held water.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Vanilla Coffee
Here's an idea for your spent vanilla beans. After you have made your vanilla extract save the beans. They can be used again for making more vanilla of course, but I like to add them to my French press when I make my coffee! (So good. It is not a heavy flavor like a syrup gives you but I like it a little better.). Just put them in a sealed glass container and keep in the fridge.
Another idea, put two or three if them in a 1/2 pint jar, add a small cinnamon stick and sweetener of choice. Cover with boiling water. Make sure you jar is warm. Let cool to room temperature and then cover and put in fridge. Add this to your coffee or hot tea.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Sand Plum Whiskey Sour
Last sand plum post for awhile. Saved the best for last.
Sand Plum Whiskey Sour
1 Cup good bourbon
1/2 cup sand plum juice
1/3 cup each fresh lemon and lime juice (Meyer lemons and key limes are even better)
3/4 cup simple syrup (if you are making it for these specifically zest you citrus before you juice them and add to syrup)
Maraschino cherries
Put everything into a cocktail shaker (strain the syrup if you added zest) add 1 cup of ice and shake 30 seconds. Pour into cold glasses. Add cherry if desired and serve cold.
For the redneck touch, serve in a wide mouth pint mason jar!
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Bourbon Sand Plum Butter
I have so much pulp from my sand plums! I have made fruit leather with some and frozen most of the rest. Yesterday I decided to make sand plum butter. The bourbon idea came to me after making a sand plum whiskey sour ( that's another post). Here's the recipe. It was awesome on buttermilk biscuits this morning!
Bourbon Sand Plum Butter
2 quarts sand plum pulp
3/4 cup good bourbon
1 vanilla bean, split
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger
1/2 teaspoon each nutmeg and allspice
Soak your vanilla bean in the bourbon for at least 30 minutes.
Combine all ingredients in a large stock pot. Cook over medium heat. When it begins to bubble turn heat to low and cook at least 35 minutes stirring frequently. Cook to desired thickness.
Remove vanilla bean. Ladle into hot jars and process in boiling water canner for 15 minutes.
Serve on hot buttered biscuits!
Thursday, July 24, 2014
More Than Sand Plums
Even though the sand plum picking is still really good, I do have my garden to keep up with. It is producing tomatoes right now, but not much else. The peppers, squashes, and cantaloupe are blooming profusely, but there seems to be very little setting. The green beans are doing fine. I should have planted more.
We finally built some raised beds this year. We had a perfect spot at the new house to put Them. We set paver blocks between the boxes so it is virtually weed free! Love it! I will have to plant a few things differently next year. Like moving the asparagus to a perennial bed and moving the squash to the north rnd to get more sun. It may take a few seasons to get all the links worked out.
Squash, pumpkin, cantaloupe, and spaghetti squash
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Time for Some Italian
The first spaghetti squash came off today! They haven't done well in the past few year so I am pretty excited! Can you guess what's for lunch tomorrow?
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Rianna cringed reflexively as the captain of the guard shattered the vials of oils and jars of herbs that where scattered across her work table. She watched as her livlihood crashed to the floor, creating an indistinguishable mess. She struggled to stand, but the guard behind her slapped her hard, making her stumble.
"No! Please!" She cried, her long dark hair falling loose of it's braid, spilling like a dark pool of ink around her. Her pale blue robe and cloak where stained with dirt, water, and blood....
"Mishakal...fogive them...they know not what they do!" she cried, her tears falling free. The captain grabbed Rianna by her hair, bringing her face close to his. "Blasphemous Witch! These "Gods" are gone...forsaking their people...." He threw her roughly to the ground, laughing.
Rianna lay there, her tears mixing with the oils, herbs, blood and dirt. "Take her to the fith floor cells....we shall have our fun in due time..." The guard bound the girls' wrists' behind her back...pulling her to her feet, marching her before him. The captain followed, torch in hand.
The people of Haven had gathered around Rianna's small home...some in shock, others filled with a rightious glee. The captain turned, setting the roof ablaze. "Rianna Siveran, is accused of herasy and witchcraft....her sentance will be carried out at sunset tomorrow....if there is any who wish to champion her...they have till that said time"
Rianna stared at her home....as it went up in flames...tears in her eyes....then her head bowed, and she turned, walking steadily before the guard that held her bonds. She may die tomorrow...but her heart told her otherwise....Mishakal told her otherwise.
A figure watched from within the shadows, the trim of black robe, hemmed in silver, dusted the stone ground. The woman was filed passed, many jeering, taunting, cursing her for witchcraft....heresy. The mage sneered...Fools, all of them...but then he sighed, heavy, burdened. Word of the Gods, Mishakal no less. He pondered this, letting the knowledge, which he soo treasued, roam his mind, find a place amoungst the memories, the power.
He quickend his steps, keeping to the darkness which he was accustomed to. Following the group closely. What would he do? Rescue her? One of his order? Why not? In this age his robe wher favoured less, but still respected enough for the power they wielded. And yet....even that wasn't often enough.
The mage followed the guards that where leading Rianna away...watching, studying...waiting his chance.
Delcan lead the young woman down the street toward the jail. Her hands secured behind her back, he held them just above the wrist in case she decided to try anything funny. With all the things found in her house, who knew what she could do without them? And wether he agreed with his captain's sentence or not, he had his orders.
Finally arriving at the jailhouse, he lead the woman inside and to the fifth floor. taking the keys to an empty cell down, he unlocked it and led her inside.
Looking at her in the eye brieflly but not knowing what to say, he turned away muttering something about dinner soon. He walked out of the cell and locked it, glancing at her again before walking away.
"Hey... Such bad manners you have!" sneered Zeda "You don't need to push me like that!"
The guards didn't answer, they just opened a cell and threw her inside, then they locked the door and left.
"Idiots" she muttered to herself. She looked like a porcelaine doll with big blue eyes, pale skin and delicate features. People never believed she could be dangerous and she usually took advantage of that, but luck had turned her back on her that night.
She run her fingers through her blonde hair, whilst she looked around and noticed that she was not alone in the cell. Her cellmate was a woman in blue robes. She smiled at her.
"Good evening, lady. Nice to have some company in here. What have you done to end in this filthy place?" she asked looking at the dirty floor with disgust "My name is Zeda".
Rianna looked up and absently brushed her dark hair away from her face. "Other than help others and heal their hurts, i've done nothing. Though there seem to be those who think that in itself was enough..." She said softly.
"That doesn't surprise me at all" said Zeda with a hint of steel in her soft voice "How long are they going to keep you here for that?" she sat down beside the woman smoothering the folds of her green dress.
Rianna's eyes focused outside of the cell, the bars on the window created striated shadows across her face.
"Till tomorrow at sunset" She said, her eyes focused on the half-built pyre that could be seen from the window.
Zeda raised a brow. "Only until tomorrow? You don't look like someone that is so close to freedom..."
Her eyes followed the woman's and she cursed noticing the pyre.
"They are gonna burn you for helping people?" she frowned "If I were you, I would try to find a way to escape. You have nothing to lose. I'll help if I can."
A heavily robed figure entered Haven, watched the burning house with a smile that the sun glinted off of, and looking around.
"Pardon me, guard," He said in a deep voice, "But what of that fire?"
"A witch, serving the evil god of old. Mishakal or some sort." Replied teh guard, looking at the figure, "She will be burned at the stake at dusk tomorrow."
"I see," The stranger replied, "My thanks. Could you direct me to this witch?"
"The prison is down the street, sir. It's very hard to miss," The guard was beginning to grow edgy of the stranger, trying to get away from him as soon as possible.
He laughed softly to himself and nodded, "Again, my thanks," The figure replied.
"Anytime, sir." The guard replied, shuddering as the man laughed.
The cloaked man walked down the street, entering the prison. Reaching out to open the door, the sun flashed on the man's seemingly golden hand. Opening the door, he stepped in and nodded as he entered, "Where can I find the witch?" He asked the prisonkeeper.
"Firth fhloor," He replied in a drunken voice.
WIthout a thanks, the man slowly descended, until he reached the correct level. Glancing into the cell, he saw the blue-robed, black-haired woman, and another with a green dress. He kneeled down near the bars and peered at the blue-robed woman, his many cloaks disgusing all but a pair of seemingly-reptilian eyes.
"You serve Mishakal?" He asked in that strange, deep and inhuman voice.
Rianna's dark blue eyes turned toward the voice, and she shivered uncontrolled at the sound. "There is not point in denying it now.. Yes." she stood and moved nearer to the bars.
"Who are you?"
The man kneeled down on one knee and placed a hand on the floor with a strange 'clack', such as metal striking the stone floor, "I am....a follower of of the Gods as you are," He replied, "Do you know what the Disks of Mishakal are?" He had to keep the tone of excitement out of his voice.
The Disks! What his Queen had been searching for so long? Would they be this easy to find?!
Since the captain of the guard had sent him to check on something on the second floor, Delcan arrived back on the 5th floor to see two more prisoners in the "witch's" cell. Two women; one with black hair, the other wearing a green dress. There was also a third figure - a cloaked figure speaking to the woman that was to be killed tomorrow.
The handsome young guard shrugged as he sat down at the desk a bit down the hall from the blue-robed woman's cell. Visitors weren't unheard of here - especially if there was a death sentence. Delcan seemingly busied himself with cleaning his sword, but kept an ear open to the conversation.
Rianna regarded the man in confusion. "Disks of Mishakal? Forgive me, but I don't know what it is that you speak of..." She said, though there was something in this persons' demeanor that made Rianna take a step backward, towards the window.
Do not fear... all will be revealed in time... Soothed a voice in the back of Rianna's mind.
Hearing a *clanking* sound, Delcan looked up. He saw the blue robed woman backing away from her visitor and watched the both carefully in case there was going to be a promlem. Both had seemed to forget all others around them - including all the guards.
The man nodded slightly and repressed a snarl to himself, standing up too brusquely for his clothing to follow. He caught one of teh cloaks as it was falling, but there was a flash of glittering gold before he could hide
"Call Serac when you discover what they are. I will help you find them." He murmured, standing up.
Since the arrival of the cloaked figure, Zeda had not moved or spoken. But she had been listening very interested. The disks of Mishakal. Maybe those disks were what she was looking for... the reason why she had used her magic to make sure she would be locked in the same cell as the blue robed woman? She didn't know yet, but she was sure she would find out very soon.
Disks of Mishakal? Serac? Confused but curious, Delcan continued his discreet listening. Not being the religious or magical sort, the young man didn't really understand the unlying meaning of what was being said, but he got the idea that whatever this girl was into it was a might more interesting than doing paperwork ll day in a jailhouse that was hardly used. As it was this wwas the most busy the jail had been in months.
Serac turned to the guard, "You will not remember any of this, human," His voice grated harshly and reptilian against his throat,"I will make sure of that."
A gold glinting hand reached into a pouch in one of the cloaks, pulling out a handful of black sand and holding it over the guard, '"Metera insidi tura metar." He mumbled, letting it go. The spell could be resisted, but this human didn't look like he had the ability too. If it did work, the human would remember nothing of this meeting.
He brusquely walked to the stairs, sitting down upon them. His cloak hiding his legs, he watched the guard and the 'cleric', to see if his spell would work.
Delcan started to draw his sword as the strange cloak figure approached him, but all that happened was a few chanted words and black sand falling over his head. Then the figure disaappered up the stairs.
"What the....?" the 18 year old mumbled in a slight daze of confusion as he absent-mindedly brushed the black powder from his dirty brown hair. He looked from the blue robed woman to the stairs. He couldn't seem to hit on exact details anymore, but he got the distinct impression they had been speaking of something of mysterious importants.
"You keep strange company M'lady." he stated to the woman, still trying to fight whatever the figure had done to him. Something about disks....
Rianna watched the "man" leave, and turned her attentions back to the guard. "are you alright?" She asked, concerned.
She had felt the magic that her visitor had used, and it made her shiver.
Rianna watched the "man" leave, and turned her attentions back to the guard. "are you alright?" She asked, concerned.
She had felt the magic that her visitor had used, and it made her shiver.
Delcan met her eyes, confusion still showing in his pale green ones as he tried to smile. "I'll be fine. Just a bit dazed is all. Thanks for your concern though."
Kalen made his way to the prison where they had taken the cleric. It was interesting seeing one in this day and age. True, she had the blue robes belonging to a cleric of Mishalkal, a goddess aligned with good, but that didn't matter to him right now. Right now he had to get to her and get her out of the cell she was in. He knew what happened to those who were considered witches. Not that Kalen was going to save her because she was innocent of being a witch. He wanted to know what she knew about the gods.
He entered the building, one moving shadow in the dark, and made his way downstairs to where the cells were kept. Kalen didn't search very long for the woman...she was the only prisoner wearing blue robes. There was one guard, but he seemed dazed and confused. The black robed mage sensed that some great magic had been used, and frowned. Who would come here, use magic, and leave again? And how could he, Kalen, have missed the magic user? He shook the questions out of his head, and approached the young woman.
"I don't believe you are a witch," he said without any sort of greeting. "If you want, I can get you out of here...but it may cost you."
Rianna glanced at the guard and lowered her voice. "What would the cost be that I could not pay? nearly anything would be better in the light of death Dark-One..." she said softly.
Kalen studied the woman for a moment. She was beautiful, no doubt about that. He smiled briefly to himself, and became serious once more. Her beauty didn't matter. She was a cleric, and had to know something about the gods. He too lowered his voice to answer her.
"The cost is something you can pay. Whether you will choose to or not is up to you. I know you are a cleric of Mishakal. I heard you call out her name, and it is also evident by your robes. I want to know all you know about the gods, and anything else that I may think of along the way. What say you?"
Delcan soon went back to sharpening his sword as the woman hadn't bothered to answer his thanks. He shook his head again slightly as he worked. He was now convinced that the black powder from earlier had been some sort of spell, but couldn't think of what it could have been for.
Glancing up as he heard the woman's soft vioce, he inquired standing up slowly, seeing the figure in black, "Are you alright m'lady?"
OOC: Since this is a bit before WotL, I'm going to assume your black mage knows about draconians?
Serac was happy his invisibility spell had also worked. As the black robe walked down the stairs, he promptly stood up and silently and invisibly crept behind the mage, listening to his conversation with the cleric. He smiled nastily to himself, pondering what to do next as he listened. This was a black mage, who could easily help him find what his Queen searched for.
Glancing up as he heard the woman's soft vioce, he inquired standing up slowly, seeing the figure in black, "Are you alright m'lady?"
Keran glanced at the guard. This could be a problem. He smiled to himself. He loved taking care of "problems". He turned back to the woman in the cell.
"Everything is alright, isn't it m'lady?" the black robe said. "What do you think of my offer? You needn't tell me any information right at the moment. All I need is a simple yes or no."
He said nothing more, merely stood looking into her eyes, and waited for her answer.
"Everything is alright, isn't it m'lady?" the black robe said. "What do you think of my offer? You needn't tell me any information right at the moment. All I need is a simple yes or no."
Delcan stood up, hand on the hilt of his sword. Glancing suspiously at the robed figure that spoke, the man's vioce reminded him of thick sryup: to smooth. However, he did nothing for now. Merely waited for the woman to speak.
Keran glanced back at the guard once more and narrowed his eyes. The other man looked like he could be a problem when the time came to leave. He looked at the cleric again. So far she had remained silent. He had no idea if she had heard him or not. He glanced up at a window, and saw that daybreak would soon be coming.
The mage sighed, uttered a few words of magic, and sprinkled some dust onto the lock. The cell door came open, and he walked in, not caring if the young guard would try to stop him. He grabbed the clerics arm, and forced her to follow him out of the cell.
"Look, I don't know if you are aware of this or not, but you are going to go up into flames if you don't come with me," he said. "Since you seem unable to make the decision yourself, I have been forced to make it for you. You are coming with me, and you will tell me what you know."
Keran looked around the jail cell once more. He noticed another figure also locked up. He shrugged his shoulders and let her out as well. The way he figured it, things would probably start to get messy, and another body couldn't hurt in helping him. After all, there was only so much he would be able to do.
"You...in the other cell," he called. "You should probably come with us as well. I doubt you are in here for your own pleasure."
He looked at the guard once more. If he left him here, then there would be people after them before they got out of town. On the other hand, if he came with them, then Keran wouldn't have to kill him. The black robe decided the latter would be the best decision.
"Guard...I think you should come with us," Keran said hypnotically. "Things will be more exciting on the road than they would be here. With us, you have the chance of protecting a lady and fighting goblins. What say you?"
"Guard...I think you should come with us," Keran said hypnotically. "Things will be more exciting on the road than they would be here. With us, you have the chance of protecting a lady and fighting goblins. What say you?"
Cocking his head to one side thoughtfully as the mage spoke, Delcan tried to decide if the Black Robe was casting a spell on him. It didn't much matter, the young man concluded. Because wether he was or not, the mage had a point - things on the road would definately be more interesting than here.
"I say yes." he agreed, grabbing his money pouch from his desk. "If we need them, there's a horse stable next store."
The Aurak watched the interaction with a toothy smile. He stood up, still cloaked in magic, and waited for them to exit. Every fiber in his scaley body tingled with the feeling of success. These people would know where to find what his queen desired.......
Deciding that bundling himself up in cloaks made him extremey conspicious, he decided to take another approach. Tearing the cloaks into strips and tying them around every inch of his golden-scaled body and then threw pants and a cloak over it. He now looked more like a bandaged man. HOlding a hood over that, he decided that he looked more more humanoid then before, and was now ready to find these Disks..
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R.I.P., Soapnet: The Death of the Network Where Every Soap Went to Die
Soap operas have been one of television's hardiest genres since the medium's inception, adding a visual component to what was already an extremely successful category of radio show. Dependent upon endless cliffhangers and narrative tension drawn out at a snail's pace, soaps are like a shrub that always thrives no matter what the TV climate trends forecast. So it's sad to hear about the end of cable network Soapnet, which has been broadcasting soap opera reruns since the year 2000. With a lineup combining nighttime airings of current daytime soaps and reruns of canceled shows, Soapnet filled a niche that ultimately might have proved to be too niche. In recent years the daytime soap opera genre in general began an unprecedentedly steep decline, spurred on by the rise of on demand viewing.
Daytime TV soaps have always relied on the assumption that housewives will want something to watch while they do their daily chores, but there was no accounting for the sudden rise of cable or of sites like Netflix and Hulu that allow viewers to ingest media at their own leisure. Nor was there the expectation that women would fill the workforce, particularly during recession years, and not be at home when their stories came on. Between 2009 and 2012, four long-running soaps hit the slaughterhouse floor: As the World Turns, All My Children, One Life to Live, and Guiding Light. All of these shows had run for decades, with the longest spanning over 50 years. Soapnet, which is owned by Disney (which also owns Grantland), is being shelved in favor of a network for preschoolers, but it might turn out that even preschoolers know how to look up their favorite shows on an iPad. Soon programs airing at exact daily times will be extinct.
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While there are stunts like fires, exorcisms, and trials where every star witness is a surprise, the stakes in soaps are mostly about the kinds of personal crises that people sometimes actually face over the years: falling in love with the wrong person, falling in love with the right person at the wrong time, accidentally raising children that turn out to belong to your worst enemy. Watching reruns of soaps can be a nostalgic experience, reminding you not only of what your beloved characters once went through, but also of what you were personally going through at the time when you first watched those episodes. (Soapnet had no luck with original programming. Its one major effort, a General Hospital spin-off called General Hospital: Night Shift, died a quick and mostly painless death.)
But don't cry for the death of soaps just yet. The format lives on, albeit mostly at night. The hyper-popular Scandal is a nighttime soap, employing the kinds of crazy twists that soaps love to pull out for sweeps. Ever since Peyton Place made the leap from the page to the screen to a weekly ABC serial, soap operas have been a durable prime-time genre as well. Plus, there's the rise of reality soaps like the Real Housewives franchise on Bravo, which exploit intra-clique fights between carefully cast female divas for maximum drama. Mad Men is a soap at heart. Any show about family, marriage, the workplace, and love qualifies for the honor. Soaps are not gone, they're just changing. The soaps of tomorrow might not resemble the big-haired, soft-lit, leather-interior Luke and Laura aesthetics of our youth, but such are the days of our lives.
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DS's name got picked for one week this month to brings snacks. There are 21 kids in his grade. I have no idea what to send. I guess the typical goldfish, peanut butter crackers, etc. Do ya'll have any ideas?
On a side note, I wish that he didn't have to bring them for a whole week. Last year in PreK each kid had one day a month. That was so much easier. I could afford to send a snack and a drink. This year I can't. I know this is horrible to say, but I'm glad our food stamps get refilled next week so I can afford groceries for the family and snacks for school. I wish the teacher would have realized that some families are short on income.


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I have been teaching elementary school in Orange County for 25 years and I love my job. However, the obstacles that I – like many other teachers – face can seem quite daunting.
School budgets have been under constant pressure due to an uncertain economy and government budget cuts.
Over the past several years, many teachers have had to do more with less and even take money out of their own pockets to obtain basic educational materials for their students.
According to the 2013 National School Supply and Equipment Association Retail Market Awareness Study, public schoolteachers spend an average of $485 of their own money each year to pay for instructional materials and other classroom supplies.
Across the U.S., this adds up to $1.6 billion in out-of-pocket expenses.
Also, for many teachers, class sizes have gone up.
As we add more desks in the room, it is increasingly more difficult to give each student the help that they need to succeed in school, especially those who are struggling academically and need more hands-on instruction.
My students come from a high-poverty, immigrant neighborhood.
Most of my students' parents never finished high school, and, hopefully, many of my students could be the first ones in their families to go to college.
I feel immense pressure to set them up for success but, unfortunately, there are no extra funds available to help supplement learning activities. If I need something for my classroom, it's up to me to find a resourceful way to get it.
But I'm only one person and on a budget myself.
Teachers have not received the support we need to help foster great learning experiences.
We need creative solutions to close the gap between teachers and the classroom resources they need to be effective.
One example is DonorsChoose.org, a website that helps teachers publicize their needs – and makes it easy for donors to help fund them.
Here in Orange County, residents can support public schools by contributing any amount, anytime, to classroom projects posted by local teachers on DonorsChoose.org.