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Night: Whether you are going for an intimate party or a black tie event, maxi dress are versatile enough to suit any occasion. We like Kalki Koechlin's red option for a night out in a swanky bar while we'll reserve Sussanne Roshan's animal print maxi dress for a red carpet occasion.
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The View from Denny Park:
News and Views from the Superintendent
11. January 5,
You may have heard about
Linda and Tom Allen's generous gift of an historic carousel
to the Woodland Park Zoological Society.
I have heard from some
citizens who voiced questions and concerns about the carousel
and would like to respond. First of all, the carousel proposal
has been and will continue to be open to public review and comment.
The project is one of many elements of the Zoo's updated Long-Range
Plan and its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which have
been the subject of several public and community meetings since
the fall of 1999.
While the design of the
carousel building and fundraising for its construction are under
way, final approval of the project awaits adoption by the City
Council of the Long-Range Plan. The public will have further
opportunities to comment during the environmental review process
and City Council consideration of the plan this spring.
The carousel is one of
several exciting new exhibits and improvements proposed for
future Zoo development. Crafted in 1918, this antique working
carousel features 48 hand-carved wooden horses and, according
to the proposed Long-Range Plan, will be located on the northwestern
edge of the Zoo's North Meadow in a new building constructed
especially for the carousel. I think it will be a wonderful
addition, recalling zoos and carousels past, and providing enjoyment
to the children of the region and the Zoo's more than one million
annual visitors. Its modest size and classic design fit nicely
into the northwest corner of the Zoo. In addition, the carousel
is expected to generate more than $100,000 in net annual revenue
that will be spent on animal care and education programs for
Prior to acceptance of
the gift, the project was carefully reviewed to ensure that
the carousel would help meet the Zoo's education, conservation,
exhibition and recreation goals. The "footprint" for
the new carousel building is dwarfed by the abundance of recently
installed exhibits at the 92-acre Zoo, the broad expanse of
the meadow area, and the tens of thousands of trees and shrubs
that been planted at the Zoo over the last decade.
We invite your comments
on the Long-Range Plan and EIS. If you want to stay informed
about the upcoming public process, please call Jim Maxwell at
(206) 684-4066 or e-mail him at email@example.com
The mystery of the millennium
monolith that appeared January 1 at the top of Kite Hill at
Sand Point Magnuson Park is solved. On January 4 it mysteriously
moved to Duck Island in Green Lake. On Friday the 5th our staff
worked with the artists' group to retrieve it from Duck Island
(they say they had no idea who moved it to Duck Island) and
put it safely in storage at Sand Point Magnuson Park. We have
agreed to install and secure it atop Kite Hill so the public
can enjoy it through mid-March, when kite flying season begins
in earnest.
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Judge denies order to halt conversion of Jones High
By Ericka Mellon | May 13, 2014 | Updated: May 13, 2014 9:09pm
Photo By Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleStudents stand outside Jesse Jones High School at the end of the school day Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Houston. Jones is one of the schools in the Houston Independent School District to possibly be closed at the end of this year.
Photo By Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleStudents walk outside Jesse Jones High School at the end of the school day Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Houston. Jones is one of the schools in the Houston Independent School District to possibly be closed at the end of this year.
Photo By Brett Coomer/StaffJesse H. Jones High School, which once housed the Vanguard gifted program, is one of five schools set for closure by Houston ISD.
Photo By Cody Duty/Houston ChronicleAssata Richards, speaks during a protest outside Jones High School, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Houston. The group is protesting a school closure proposal announced by Houston Independent School District (HISD). The HISD board is scheduled to vote on the school closure proposal Thursday, March 13 at 4:00pm at the monthly board meeting.
Photo By Cody Duty/StaffNational Black United Front chairman Kofi Taharka leads protest chants outside Jones High School on Tuesday.
Photo By Brett Coomer/StaffA redesigned Jesse Jones High School will be a modern-day vocational school.
Darrel Blair, left, and Tonya Songs, both of Jones High School, conduct an experiment on density during the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference Thursday, May 3, 2012, in Houston. 200 high school students were invited to the OTC to promote students' interest in energy careers.
A judge refused Tuesday to stop the Houston Independent School District from converting Jones High into a specialty school.
Former HISD board member Carol Mims Galloway and Texas Southern University law professor James Douglas, both officers of the NAACP, had sought a temporary restraining order to keep HISD from moving forward with its plans.
State District Judge Larry Weiman ruled against the request, which argued the district did not give proper public notice before the school board voted in March to "repurpose" Jones.
The NAACP officers will have another chance to try to sway the judge during a hearing May 23.
Jones was among five low-attendance schools targeted for closure by HISD, but the board voted instead to repurpose it as a modern-day vocational school. The vote gave administrators five months to design and market the program.
The board ultimately agreed to close just one school, Dodson Elementary.


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Netgear GS605 v2 fix
Posted by Chris Jefferies in Computer, HAN, Hardware, Technology, Tutorial on 03/20/2011
A few weeks ago we had a serious storm here in the SF Bay area and the power went out for about 5 hours. It took a few days for me to realize that the internet connection was running pretty slow, so I started trying to trace it.
I'm using Comcast IP service and right out of the cable modem I was getting 21Mbps (using the Speakeasy speed test). After the first Netgear gigabit switch the bandwidth dropped to about 3.g Mbps and after the second, it dropped less than 1.0 Mbps. Killin' me!
So after some Google searching I found that the Netgear GS605 v2 was susceptible to power surges which often happen during or after power outages. The problem is apparently in the poor quality capacitors used. Once replaced, they are back to full force with less than $10 worth of parts and about 20 minutes. Here's how I replaced the capacitors.
Tools, parts:
- Soldering Iron
- Solder Sucker
- Torx Screwdriver (T8)
- 2 x 1000 uF 10V, 1 x 470 uF 25V capacitors
Open it up:
On the bottom there are some rubber feet that can be peeled back to reveal tiny torx head screws (from my set I used a T8). Unscrew the 4 screws. The PC board is not secured further, so when you remove the back, you can jiggle the PCB and it will come out as a single unit.
Removing the capacitors:
On the PCB you can see 4 capacitors:
- 2 x 1000 uF, 10V
- 1 x 470 uF, 25V
- 1 x 100uF, 16V (looks like part of the power regulator, I did not replace)
To remove the capacitors, I first tried using one of those solder sucker tools but I think my soldering iron it not getting hot enough. I basically put some side pressure on the exposed post oposite the capacitor side of the PCB and when the solder melted, the capacitor slipped out at an angle. Doing the same on the other post released the capacitor. I removed the 2 1000 uF caps and the 470 uF cap.
I went to Radio Shack and purchased:
- 2 x 1000 uF, 35V – $1.79 ea.
- 1 x 470 uF, 35V – $1.49 ea
The replacements from Radio Shack were their generic versions, bigger in size and higher in rated voltage but I wanted to get it done and not wait a few days for an online order.
Because the new capacitors were so large, I had to mount them sideways. on the PCB. This is generally straight forward if you pre-bend the leads. Put the cap in place and with needle nose pliers, pre-bend at the appropriate lengths. The 1000 uF cap closest to the edge needed to be bent with the leads in a slightly overlapping form, but once you get in there it should be obvious. Here's what it looked like.
Maker Faire! May 21, 22
Posted by Chris Jefferies in Art, DIY, Maker on 03/04/2011
There was a call for Makers, I applied and got accepted. So this year, instead of being in the stands, I'll be out on the field having fun. My booth will be called The Sense of Things, as a play on the concept of The Internet of Things.
I will be showing what I've learned in the last year regarding wireless sensor networks.
Short Description: Wireless sensor networks, data acquisition and analysis; a discussion about building wireless sensor networks based on open source software and hardware (OSHW) for use in things like home energy, air quality, and elder care.
Long Description: Exploring sensor networks, data acquisition and displaying data.
This project will demonstrate what I have learned in the last year from others on the internet. Open source software has lead to open source hardware (OSHW) and makes it possible to build wireless sensors, open source wireless gateways, data logging data services and charting applications.
With this kind of system we can monitor things like energy used in a home, indoor/outdoor temperatures, wind speed, dangerous gases, the presence of a person in a room, etc.
We will discuss how various online tutorials and technologies (Tweetawatt, xBee, Asus wifi with OpenWRT, data logger, web services, Pachube, Adafruit, MightyOhm, etc) were used to develop the test system.
Web site: TinajaLabs.Wordpress.com
Please come by for a visit.
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FIFA must do more than send PR representatives to Brazil for damage control ahead of the 2014 World Cup. They must show they are serious about stopping forced evictions.
From the start of the protests in Rio, video has played a pivotal role in helping expose abuse against protestors. Now the videographers are being targeted.
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After nearly 10 years of campaigning to save their homes and lands, our partners from the CECOP network in Mexico are celebrating a significant victory on the path to the definitive cancellation of the La Parota dam project. If built, the dam would forcibly evict at least 25,000 campesinos and small farmers from their lands and negatively impact an additional 75,000 people due to environmental changes downstream and throughout the region.
Elisângela wasn't home when they arrived. Her 17-year-old daughter called her cellphone, frantic, to break the news: "There are several men from the municipal government here at our door; they're saying they're going to demolish our house." Elisângela raced home to try to negotiate, to no avail. In a few hours, the home she and her family had spent years building was now a pile of rubble.
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Do 'True Blood's Season 3 werewolves have fleas?
Gnarly nasty werewolves are as fiercely prevalent as bloodsucking vampires on TV and in movies.
So The Dish Rag wanted to know more about these supernatural critters. Besides wondering how they feel about jerky treats, we had a question about flea prevention. Do werewolves and shape-shifters even get fleas? we asked "True Blood" werewolves and shape shifters at the Tuesday (June 8) premiere for Season 3.


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Spanos' patience running out
SAN DIEGO -- The Chargers, we know, are on the clock. The same goes for general manager A.J. Smith and coach Marty Schottenheimer.
With Saturday's first pick in the NFL draft -- barring a trade -- some celebrated rookie will merge into a Chargers franchise that is long on hope and short on results.
For Smith and Schottenheimer, they hope their 2004 results induce a return invitation for 2005. Smith, entering his second year as GM, is eager to rebound from a ghastly 17-31 mark in his three seasons in San Diego.
Under Schottenheimer, it's been more Marty Fall than Marty Ball: a 12-20 record in two seasons.
But is it too much to ask, quickly transforming one of the NFL's worst teams into one which is playoff worthy? Can the Chargers, which were gutted the past two years -- goodbye, Rodney Harrison, Junior Seau, Curtis Conway, David Boston, Marcellus Wiley and Vaughn Parker -- be gussied up in one offseason?
"We better," team president Dean Spanos said.
Spanos' declaration arrives with nary a qualifier.
He's ditched talk about learning curves, people settling in and patience in a league that has no room for any.
The Chargers' time to win is now, Spanos states. If so, they need one blockbuster of a draft this weekend, when snagging 10 of the nation's best and brightest.
"Obviously, this is very important to us, especially when you have the first pick," Spanos said. "We were at No. 1 a couple years ago and traded down, and I liked the outcome. Getting LaDainian Tomlinson speaks for itself."
No faulting Tomlinson's production. The running back rushed for at least 1,000 yards in his three seasons, and led the NFL in yards from scrimmage last year, thanks in part to 100 receptions.
But other numbers bark loud and clear, too. Since the trade that delivered quarterback Michael Vick to Atlanta -- and was to turn the Chargers into a peach -- it's been more of the same: a 17-31 record, with a playoff-free stretch of seasons reaching eight.
"We've struggled the last few years, been up and down," Spanos said. "Last year was a very bad year for us."
Which was rewarded with a very good pick.
At No. 1, the Chargers can learn firsthand how far the apple falls from a quarterback tree. Mississippi's Eli Manning is not only Colts' star Peyton Manning's brother, but his dad, Archie, was a standout on Saints teams that played -- similar to the Chargers -- liked Jugheads.
Or, the Chargers could peddle the pick, with the Giants and Redskins declaring an interest.
"Right now, it's a difficult decision," Spanos said. "We have some options."
Producing another odoriferous club isn't among them.
That piles on added significance to the draft, after the Chargers consistently flew under the free-agent radar.
While Smith's predecessor, the late John Butler, spent like a wobbly sailor on leave, Smith was Jack Benny-frugal this offseason.
"It's a different philosophy," Spanos said. "And it's different than what we have done in the past."


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Benguela — Angola's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Afonso Pedro Canga, said on Thursday here that the national independence achieved on 11 November in 1975, is the greatest conquest of the Angolan people, in a time that his sector always kept policies that aimed at providing better living conditions to the peasants.
The official said so to the press at 17 de September airport of the central Benguela province, after his arrival to the region.
The minister underlined that since the proclamation of the independence, the agriculture sector was always the population's sustain and it has been improving over the last years.
Pedro Canga also said that over the last years, the Angolan Executive has invested in the agriculture sector, so as to reach food self-sufficiency.


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The Lightning Thief
First edition
|Rick Riordan
|Cover artist
|Peter Bollinger
|United States of America
|Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Book 1)
|Fantasy novel, Young adult, Greek mythology
|Miramax Books[2]
Puffin Books
Publication date
|July 1, 2005 (hardcover)
April 1, 2006 (paperback)[1]
|Media type
|Print (hardback, paperback), audiobook CD
|Followed by
The Sea of Monsters[3]
The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan, known for his Percy Jackson novel series. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which charts the adventures of modern-day twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood go on a quest to prevent a war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
The Lightning Thief was sold at auction to Miramax Books and published in June, 2005. The book has sold over 1.2 million copies in the subsequent four years, appearing on The New York Times children's Best Seller list and being listed as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Books for Young Adults, among other awards. It was adapted into a film named Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief which was released in the United States on February 12, 2010. The sequel to this novel is The Sea of Monsters.[6]
The Lightning Thief uses some aspects of Greek mythology in a modern setting.[7][8] It is written in a "fast-paced humorous style".[2][7][8][5] in the first person and begins with Percy Jackson, a 12-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD living in New York City (lower Manhattan to be exact) explaining that he has been expelled from every school he has ever attended, all of them happening in very strange ways. When his class from Yancy Academy takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he is told that nothing strange, unusual, or mischievious was to happen on this fieldtrip or he was going to be suspended. On this trip his friend Grover is plagued by a bully named Nancy Bobifit. Percy eventually decides to do something about this bully when the fountain he was sitting next to seemed to grab her. though he hadn't pushed, that's what she thought happened and told Mrs.Dodds his pre-algebra teacher. She then takes him away from the class to talk to him, and transforms into one of the three Furies of Greek myth and attacks him. Percy's Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, throws to him a pen that he uncaps and a magic sword named Anaklusmos, or Riptide, appears. Without thinking Percy swings it at her and sends Mrs. Dodds to Tartarus. When Percy comes out from the battle Mr. Brunner is gone and acts like he was never there, and nobody remembers Mrs. Dodds, only a perky blond woman named Mrs.Kerr. Though he almost believes it never happened his best friend Grover seems to know otherwise.
During the last week of school, Mr.Bruner sets out a final exam, although every teacher did, this was the only one Percy studied for.Percy was studying and thought that he should go to Mr.Bruner and ask for extra help. When Percy arrived at the outside of his office however, he heard Grover and Mr.Bruner talking about him, Mrs.Dodds, and a stolen item of great importance.
When Percy and his mother, Sally, go to Montauk Beach in New York, Sally can tell something is wrong, but doesn't press Percy abbout it. Grover comes to tell them to leave immediately. A terrible storm rages as they drive to the New York countryside and they are attacked by a Minotaur. In the ensuing fight, the Minotaur takes Sally in a blinding flash of gold light. Enraged, Percy takes one of its horns and kills the Minotaur, passing out from exhaustion shortly afterwards. He wakes up three days later, healed by nectar and ambrosia, at Camp Half-Blood. Grover reveals himself to be a satyr, and Mr. Brunner to be Chiron the centaur. They explain to him that he is a half-blood, half mortal, half god.
As Percy's divine parent is unknown, he is placed in the Hermes cabin, where all the unclaimed half-bloods stay. He meets Luke, a son of Hermes; Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena; and Clarisse La Rue, a daughter of Ares. After several water-related incidents, a trident appears above Percy's head as his father, Poseidon, claims him.
After he is claimed a hell hound appears in camp spooking campers, as the camp was thought to be protected from monsters unless they were specially summoned. This spurs Chiron to issue a quest to Percy to protect the camp.
The Oracle at the Camp Half Blood tells Percy that "You must go west and meet the god who has turned, you shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned. You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend, and fail to save what matters most in the end." Percy is told by Chiron to tell him the prophecy, but Percy only tells him the first two lines to avoid panic. Chiron interprets this as a quest to find the stolen master lightning bolt of Zeus, since Zeus blames Poseidon for stealing it. He believes that Hades has the master bolt to cause war, expand his kingdom, and take over. After defeating several mythological monsters, including Medusa,and the Chimera, Percy, Annabeth and Grover find Hades, who has taken Sally but had his Helm of Darkness (his symbol of power) stolen too. Hades also accuses Percy of stealing his helm and threatens to kill Percy and his mother and release all the dead back into the real world. Percy and his friends use magical pearls to transport themselves out of Hades' kingdom. After discovering that Ares has all the stolen items, Percy challenges him to a duel and wins, to his own surprise. When Percy presents the Helm to Hades, Hades realizes that Percy has not stolen it and returns Sally safely.
After the bolt is given back to Zeus, Luke is revealed to be the lightning thief and the number one servant of Kronos, the Lord of the Titans. Luke tries to kill Percy by calling on a pit scorpion, but Percy manages to kill it. Though he killed it he was still badly injured. At the end of the summer Percy is given the choice of whether to return home for the school year or stay at camp year round. After much thought Percy decides to spend the school year with his mother instead of staying at camp.
Development and publication[edit]
Development for both The Lightning Thief and the Percy Jackson series began when Riordan began making stories for his son Haley who had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. His son had been studying Greek mythology in second grade and asked that his father come up with bedtime stories based on Greek myths. Riordan had been a Greek mythology teacher in middle school for many years and was able to remember enough stories to please his son. Soon Riordan ran out of myths and his son requested that Riordan make new ones using the characters from Greek myths while adding some new ones. Riordan created the fictional character Percy Jackson and his travels across the United States to recover Zeus's lightning bolt. After Riordan finished telling the story his son asked that his dad write a book based on Percy's adventures.[9]
While he gave his manuscript to his agent and editor to review, Riordan took his book to a group of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to read and give their critique. Ultimately he gained their approval and, with their help came up with the name of the book and created the way Percy's sword worked.[10] In 2004 the book was sold to Miramax Books for enough money that Riordan could quit his job to focus on writing.[11] After it was released on July 28, 2005, it sold over 1.2 million copies. The book was released in multiple versions including hardcover, paperback, and audio editions[12][13] and has been translated into multiple languages and published all over the world.[14]
The Lightning Thief received mostly positive reviews. Common Sense Media said "there are two levels of fun in The Lightning Thief. One is the fast-paced quest of a young hero and his friends to save the world" and added "another level of fun here – laughing at the wicked ways the author has updated the gods and monsters for the 21st century".[15] However, it did criticize some aspects of the book describing the prose as "choppy and attitude-filled" and complaining that "[t]he characters aren't emotionally involving". Its overall rating was 4 stars out of 5.[15] The New York Times praised The Lightning Thief as "perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats".[16] School Library Journal said in its starred review that the book was "[a]n adventure-quest with a hip edge" and that "[r]eaders will be eager to follow the young protagonist's next move".[7] Kirkus praised the book, "The sardonic tone of the narrator's voice lends a refreshing air of realism to this riotously paced quest tale of heroism that questions the realities of our world, family, friendship and loyalty."[17] Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl called it "A fantastic blend of myth and modern".[18] Publishers Weekly also praised the book, regarding it as "swift and humorous" and added that the book would "leave many readers eager for the next installment."[19] On April 8, 2007, The Lightning Thief was ranked ninth on The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books.[20] When speaking about the various awards, Rick Riordan said: "The ultimate compliment for a children's writer is when the kids like it."[21]
The Lightning Thief was the winner of the School Library Journal Best Book of 2005[22] as well one of the books in the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books List, 2005.[3] It was also in the VOYA Top Shelf Fiction List[3] and was the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award Winner (UK), 2006;[3] Askews Torchlight Award (UK), 2006;[3] and the Mark Twain Award (Missouri Association of School Librarians), 2008.[3][23] It was an American Library Association Notable Book, 2006[24] and a New York Times Notable Book (2005).[25] It received the Young Reader's Choice Award in 2008[26] and the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award in 2009.[27][28] Scholastic Parent & Child magazine also included the novel within its 100 "Greatest Books for Kids."[29]
Film adaptation[edit]
In June 2004, 20th Century Fox acquired the feature film rights to the book.[30] In April 2007 director Chris Columbus was hired to helm the project. Logan Lerman is Percy Jackson and Brandon T. Jackson is Grover Underwood, the satyr. Alexandra Daddario plays Annabeth while Jake Abel was cast as Luke Castellan. Pierce Brosnan plays Chiron.[31] The film is titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief[31] and was released in the United States on February 12, 2010.The film received mixed reviews from critics upon release but was a commercial success by grossing $226 million at the worldwide box office.[32] A sequel, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters was released in 2013, directed by Thor Freudenthal.
On June 28, 2005, a 10-hour and 25 minute audio book version, read by actor Jesse Bernstein, was published worldwide by Listening Library.[13][33]
Kirkus magazine said, "the narrator's voice lends a refreshing air of realism to this riotously paced quest tale of heroism that questions the realities of our world, family, friendship and loyalty".[7] AudioFile Magazine praised the audiobook, "adults and children alike will be spellbound as they listen to this deeply imaginative tale unfold."[33] School Library Journal both praised and criticized the audio book saying "Although some of Jesse Bernstein's accents fail (the monster from Georgia, for instance, has no Southern trace in her voice), he does a fine job of keeping the main character's tones and accents distinguishable".[34]
A one-hour musical aimed at young audiences will hit the road on a nationwide tour in September 2014 following a stint in New York City in 2014.[35]
The Lightning Thief is followed by The Sea of Monsters in which Percy and Annabeth rescue Grover who has been imprisoned by Polyphemus, the Cyclopes, and recover the Golden Fleece to save the camp. They are accompanied by Percy's half brother, Tyson and Clarisse in this mission.
Like The Lightning Thief it won several prizes and received generally positive reviews as well.[3][36][37] It sold over 100,000 copies in paperback.[6] It was followed by The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian as well as a new series, The Heroes of Olympus.
Foreign language editions[edit]
The Lightning Thief was published in Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Danish, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, French, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Serbian, Norwegian, and Spanish. The French edition was known as Le voleur de foudre (OCLC 319924908). The German name of the book was Diebe im Olymp (OCLC 254901802). These two, along with the Spanish version El ladrón del rayo (OCLC 74884882), were published in 2006. The other translations of the book Salamavaras (OCLC 231203516) in Finnish, Os Ladrões do Olimpo (The thieves of Olympus) in Portuguese, O ladrão de raios,in Italian, Il Ladro di Fulmini, in Chinese, "波西傑克森:神火之賊", and פרסי ג׳קסון וגנב הברק. or Persi G'eḳson ṿe-ganav ha-baraḳ (OCLC 243824272) in Hebrew were published in 2008. In Serbia it is called Kradljivac munje, while in Croatia it is called Percy Jackson i Olimpijci: Kradljivac gromova. De bliksemdief, a Dutch translation, and also a Turkish translation Şimşek Hırsızı was released in 2009. The Icelandic publisher Odinseye plans to release The Lightning Thief in 2012.[38] It is on sale in Taiwan, being published by Yuan Liou Publishing.[39] In Czech it is called 'Percy Jackson Zlodej blesku'
- ^ Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief Hyperion Books. Paperback. ISBN 0-7868-3865-5. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ a b c Oksner, Robert. "The Lightning Thief". Kidsreads. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g Riordan, Rick. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". Rick Riordan. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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- ^ a b Nawotka, Edward (April 23, 2007). "Son of Poseidon Gaining Strength". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ a b c d "Reviews for The Lightning Thief". Rick Riordan. p. 1. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ a b Thompson, Kathy. "The Lightning Thief". The Thunder Child. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Riordan, Rick. "Where did you get the idea for Percy Jackson?". p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ Riordan, Rick. "Did you share the Percy Jackson novel with any of your students before it was published?". p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ Rich, Motoko (September 1, 2008). "Author of Book Series Sends Kids on a Web Treasure Hunt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ "Hyperion: Percy Jackson". Hyperion Books. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ a b Jesse Bernstein at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Mabe, Chaauncey (May 14, 2009). "Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson vs. Harry Potter". Sun Sentinel. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ a b "The Lightning Thief – Book Review". Matt Berman. Common Sense Media. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ Shulman, Polly (November 13, 2005). "Harry Who?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "The LIghtning Thief review". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 2005. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Monster Mania". San Antonia Express News, February 12, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ "The Lightning Thief.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)." Publishers Weekly. 2005. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ "Children's Books". The New York Times. April 8, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ Minzesheimer, Bob (January 18, 2006). "'Lightning' strikes with young readers". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Trevelyn Jones, Luann Toth, Marlene Charnizon, Daryl Grabarek, and Joy Fleishhacker (12 January 2005). "Best Books 2005". School Library Journal. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Mark Twain Award 2007–08 Winners". Missouri Association of School Librarians. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "2006 Best Books for Young Adults with annotations". Young Adult Library Services Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Notable Books of 2005". The New York Times. December 4, 2005. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "YRCA Past Winners". Pacific Northwest Library Association. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
- ^ Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award winners. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ Riordan, Rick. "2009 Rebecca Caudill Award – Acceptance Letter from Rick Riordan" (PDF). Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ "The 100 'Greatest Books for Kids'". USA Today. February 15, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Claude Brodesser (23 June 2004). "'Lightning Thief' strikes Maverick". Variety. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ^ a b The Lightning Thief at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Rick Riordan. "Contact Information". Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ a b Bernstien, Jesse (2005). "The Lightning Thief". AudioFile. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Audio Reviews: October, 2005". School Library Journal. October 1, 2005. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "How Rick Riordan's 'The Lightning Thief' became a stage musical". Entertainment Weekly. July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "Mark Twain Award Previous Winners". Missouri Association of School Librarians. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ Ruth, Sheila. "The Sea of Monsters". Wands and Worlds. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Riordan, Rick (February 13, 2011). "The Week in Review–Myth & Mystery". Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ Riordan, Rick. (February 15, 2011). "The Red Pyramid goes to Taiwan–Myth & Mystery". Retrieved February 15, 2011.
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July14, 1789. It was a day that shook Europe. Yet now we still have people who look at the French Revolution as a failure. What did the French Revolution give us? Why was it so important in World History? The reason...... It gave us examples. Some of them were a success but remain buried underneath these questions: What went wrong? Why did it fail? The answer lies with the leaders of it all and why they did what they did. Though they are dead, the easiest way to learn about them is through the past events and history. I hope you'll enjoy this site!
Listen to the French National Athem (No words.)
A lot of things led up to the explosion point of the French Revolution. One was population. The population had almost dounled since the beginning of the 1700's. On the eve of the revolution France had almost 27.9 million people. One in seven of those lived in localities containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. Another was finacial crisis brought by the nobility and the monarchy. For years France had taken out loan to pay for their debts, but continued to spend themselves to the point of near bankruptcy. This resulted in higher taxes on the lower classes. Also there was a food shortage. Flour became very high because of taxes. Bread the staple food of the French diet became worth a months wages for one loaf. Plus the population was growing faster than there was food to feed it. The Enlightenment also played a part. New ideas, books and philosophy began to change and challenge what people had always been taught. The American Revolution and its success also heated the flames for new ideas on goverment and the possibility of a democracy for France where the people could change the goverment to their standards.
Crisis in The Estates General
The Estates General were the French verison of Englands Parliment. There was an estate for each social class of people: nobility, middle, and commonwealth. With the French monarchy losing power in the finacila crisis, the Estates were called and soon became the leading center of politics for the French people. However the noble class and the middle class always overuled the Third Estate, (the commoners.) One one meeting the Thrid Estate found themseleves locked out of the meeting. They quickly moved to the Tennis court and vowed to never quit until France had a new constitution.(tenis court oath)
Attack on Paris and the Fall of Bastille.
The Kings power was gradually decreasing. He became nervous at the Third Estates and its political grab for power. While he was on a hunting trip a regiment of soliders surrounded Paris. People became outraged and panicked raiding military supplies in Paris. However they were short on on thing.....gunpowder.
The Bastille was the French version of the Tower in London. It was the largest supply of gunpowder and weapons around. At the time it was attacked it had less than 10 people. Most of which were known crimmanal or insane. The people of Paris attacked the Bastille and raided its supplies. The governor of the prison tried to fight back but was captured, brought outside, and stabbed to death by the mob. After their victory the people cut off the heads of the soliders and the governor and paraded them on pikes. (this violence would be accepted by the leaders of the revolution from that time on.) The Bastille began to be demolished as a victory celebration of the people. The rocks were sold as sovieners of the victory.
The Fall of the Royal Family
On October 5, angry crowds gathers at the Hotel de Ville to protest the high costs of bread. They were persuaded to bring their case to the King at Versailles. They marched there and were acompanied by the nation guard under Lafayette. Recieving only faint promises by the king when they got there they quickly became a mob and stormed the palace. It seemed as if their main objective was to murder the queen. They rushed into the queens bedroom and destroyed it. ( the queen had escaped into one of the kings chambers.) The King agreed to their demands and agreed to move the entire headquaters of the Royal family over to Paris. The women returned with the Royal Family and wagons of flour from the Royal storehouse parading the murdered bodies of the guards. The royal family would never return to their home again and would later become victims of the republic.
Escape of the Royal Family
For a time the royal family remained in the place at Paris. King Louis XVI was losing more power until the only thing he was was a mascot it seemed. The Royal Family became prisoners, signing laws into act under the new constitutional monarchy. FInally Louis Decided to make a grab for his power. The Royal family decided to escape to Austria, Marie Antionettes relatives, and get help from their former allied country. They disguised themselves as servants and undercover slipped into a carriage for 6 people. Meanwhile they had been watched and the incident was reported suspicious to the authorities. Tabs were placed warning of their carriage to local guards. The Royal Family got only a few miles from the border before they were stopped. They were discovered. The King thought he would win support and revealed himself. His plan immidiatley backfired and they were arrested. This lost the peoples supprot for the Royal family for the rest of the Revlution. They were now considered traitors. Any popularity they might have had before the escape was gone.
The Guillotine
The guillotine was the revolutions prime instrument of execution. Over 30,000 people were executed through this machine. They included priests, the king and queen, and even Robespierre and some of his best friends. Executions were a public event: almost like the fights in the gladiators in the Colessium in Rome. During the Great Terror people could even be arrested for not showing a lot of excitement for it.
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy blade. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the victim's head.
To see the full article on it click the French Flag below or the link beside it:
The Trial of the King
In revolutionary France King Louis XVI was tried for crimes against the people. According to the rules of the new French Republic He was guilty. His defense of royal inviolability only dug him in a a deeper hole. He was found guilty of the charges brought against him bu the question was what were they going to do to him? Could they kill a king? Some tried to avoid the rush to vote on the issuseby calling for a national referendum. It didn't do any good and the deadly descion was given on January 16. Several of the members voted for the death penalty. The Gironde tried to save the king's life by calling for a re-vote but the decision came back with an even greater vote for the death penalty from before. Both times the Girodin party was split showing the disorganization of their poiltical party.
Death of the King
King Louis was brought to the execution in a closed carriage. As Louis XVI the former king of France was led to the blade he was humble towards the orders he was given. He removed his cloak and handed to the excutioner as they prepeared him for the national razor. Before his time ran out he tried to make a speech but was qickley silenced my the angry audience and the gurads.Louis XVI died by the blade of the guillotine on January 21,1793 at 9:30 p.m. He was executed on the street Place de La Revoluiton, a street once bearing his own name before the revolutionary goverment changed all the street names (see New Church article below). France had done the unthinkable and murdered their kiing, a desicion that left many neighboring countries appalled.
Here is an article from Eyewittness in History
Click on the picture below to go to the page
Last Days of Marie Antoinette
After the death of her husband Marie experience many changes. She was no longer a rich queen but a prisoner of the Republic. Her son was taken away from her and was raised by the prison, in an attempt to wipe out his memory from knowing who his family was. He later died from malnourishment and tuberlosis in the prison. He was only 10 years old. This and her husbands death left her alone. When she was brought to her trial on October 14 she was only in her 30's but she looked like an old woman. When she was accused of mistreating her son and trying to save him from the goverment her reply was
"If I have not replied it is because Nature itself refuses to respond to such a charge laid against a mother."
She was found guilty on the 15th and escourted back to her prison. In the morning she was brought to the guillotine in a common prisoners cart. She died at the guillotine on October 16 1793.
To find out more on Louis XVi's son and his death click on the smiley face.
A New Church
One of the things the new french goverment tried to dissolve was the Catholic Church. For years in the former monarchy they had ranked next to the royal family itself. They had also pushed taxes and represented the monarchy in the Estates General. to accomplishe their objective of destroyinf the former monarchys influence the goverment decided to wipe out the church itself. Priests were arrested and forced to plege alligence to the revolutionary goverment. Those who reefused were executed swifty. Street names were also siezed that were named in honor of the Saints. They were replaced with names honoring the republic and its leaders. Church property was taken away and given to the goverment. During the revolution many churches were vandalized.
THe republic invented its own type of religion. Leades who had died, such as Marat, became saints. Most of it was based on philosophy of the Enlightenment. Former Catholic Priests became teachers of it. Statues of Marat were placed all around Paris.
Because the Catholic Church invented the calendar, The republic made is own. The week now had ten days instead of seven and the year was now 1. The starting date was the day the new goverment was established: September 22.
The Reign of Terror ( Sometimes Known as the Great Terror)
After the death of the king the commitee of Public Safety wanted to put fear in its enemies (in the counrty and abroad.) They decided to do this by use of their prime instrument of death----the guillotine! Anybody accused of the slightest involvement against the republic or its executions would find themselves arrested. This was the bloodiest time of the Reovlution because executions nearly doubled from what they were. As much as 50 people could be executed in one day.
No American Help and War.
Even though Thomas Paine published some propaganda to help the French Revolution, France got no military help. The United States was remaining neutral. Some American were happy for their cousin country in the fight for liberty. Others were not. George Washington was President and refused to aid the French in their war. This was probaly because of the violence and the fact that France was in a fight with Prussia, Austria, and their allies. However The United States also did not fund any of the other countries against France. Britian was funding money to those who were at war against France to restore the king. France had Declare war on Autria during the last few days of thr reign on King Louis XVI. When the Royal family was captured, Austria grabbed her allies for war.
The Commitee of Public Safety
The Commitee of Public Saftey was set up on April 6, 1793. It consisted of twelve members, who orchestrated the executions of many during the Riegn of Terror. Robespierre emerged as its main leader. They created lists of people whom they thought of as traitors. Most ended up guillotined, including Marie Antionette.
Here is a list of the most well-known members of the commitee. Not all of them served at the same time.
Robespierre is probaly the most well-known leader of the French Revolution. He was nicknamed the "Incorruptible" because of his loyalty to the revolution. He was the most powerful man in France and the leader of the Reign of Terror, that ended with his execution in 1794. Robespierre was a great speaker. However toward the end of the revolution he was thought to have grown too powerful, and many thought he had lost his mind when he hosted the feast of the supreme being. Suring his last speech he said he had a list of the names that were to be trialed and executed. When he wouldn't give the names he was silenced and arrested by his audience. He tried to commit suicide in his room but failed and only shattered his jaw. unable to speak he spent his last hours on the table of the Commitee of Public Safety. He died at the guillotine.
Danton was also a well known spokesperson during revolutionary times. Like Robespierre he also served on the Commitee of Public safety. Danton was a big man and could do something Robespierre couldn't. He had a booming voice and oftern made speeches.However when they had accomplished their main goals, Danton wanted the Commitee to move towards a steady goverment. Robespierre argued that the time was not right. Consequensly Danton left and started his own club. Robespierre saw this as treason and had Danton and his friends arrested. Legend has it he might have even rigged their trials for the death sentence. Whether it is true or not, Danton and his folowers were tried and found guilty. They were executed and some of their family members were later brought to their same fate at the guillotine.
Marat was probaly the chief propagandist of the revolution. He had been a proffesor before the war and had gotten little success. He became poor and found a home in the French sewers. There he got a painful skin disease which required him to take lon baths to sooth the pain for the rest of his life. He saw an oppurtunity in the revolution for a new start. He founded a newspaper that translates into The Peoples Friend. However he was anything but a friend to many of the people who were put in the paper. He constantly called for violence and bloodshed to the people he thought were traitors. Most of them were arrested and guillotined. He maintianed an open door policy which cost him his life. On one visit he was stabbed and eventually died. Because of the way he died he became a Saint in the Republic's Religion. Through the revolution he was idolized as a martyer for the cause of liberty.
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- 1 cup basmati or any long grained rice, soaked in water for 10-15 minutes
- 1/2 cup red lentil (masoor dal - you can use more if you don't mind the final texture mushy. Tastes great though!)
- 1 tsp cumin / fennel seeds
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium tomato
- 2-3 spring onions, sliced thinly
- 1 bay leaf
- 2-3 each of cloves and cardamom
- pinch of turmeric
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced (optional)
- 1-2 green chillies, thinly sliced (or as per taste)
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2-1/2 cups coconut milk (optional. Just replace it with vegetable stock/water instead)
- salt to taste
- few sprigs of cilantro for garnish
- fresh lemon juice to taste (optional)
Linda HSeptember 15th, 2014 on 11:04 am
I would like to make this but am wondering since I have ground cloves and ground cardamom, can that be used instead of whole? Thanks!
Yes, it works great as well. –DK
RadhikaMarch 31st, 2014 on 5:24 am
DK – Yipee! I made this pulav this morning. Blush Blush :-P. Came out well ( my next attempt will be better i guess).. Thank you !!!
NasreenMarch 13th, 2014 on 10:26 am
I add carrot cubes of small size n it goes very well with it..
tazNovember 23rd, 2013 on 8:05 pm
also, what brand of basmati rice do you use? I used Royal basmati rice and it turned out mushy.
EllenJuly 25th, 2013 on 8:03 pm
I made this tonight for dinner and it was delicious! I never knew I could make Indian food so well. The recipe was easy to follow and I loved your tips/suggestions on how to make it taste better by adding lemon and ghee. I used lime instead and it was so good I had seconds! I would definitely make this again and look for more recipes on your site. Thank you! Because of you I had a good dinner!
AtulSeptember 29th, 2012 on 9:29 am
Great recipe.. easy and delicious
abhaJuly 25th, 2012 on 3:53 pm
Hello ! I made this tonight and it cane out slightly mushy. Not fluffy like yours. I madeit for four ppl so doubled the recipe so needed 5 cups of coconut milk . I used coconut cream because its what was available so I used 2.5 cream with 2.5 water . Do u think it might have been too much liquid ??
ArunaJuly 18th, 2012 on 12:32 pm
I tried this recipe and the whole family really liked it! It has become a regular in my kitchen now :). Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback Aruna –DK
ShwethaMarch 11th, 2011 on 10:26 am
Thanks for the clarification about adding the citrus juice :)…I misunderstood that line in the post!!
I tried this out sometime last month and it came out well…
February 15th, 2011 on 4:17 am
My first visit to your blog here, and its a wonderful place. So many amazaing recipes, simple, healthy and looks delicious. I am going to be making this Masoor Dal Pulao tomor when I pack lunch!
MelodyJanuary 22nd, 2011 on 4:09 pm
how long do masoor whole lentils take to cook. from what I read in your blogs if they are called dal then they are skinned and halved and cook more quickly. the ones I have are whole and called Crimson Lentils.
ShwethaDecember 11th, 2010 on 2:38 am
Hi, I've been following your blog for quite sometime now and want to say its great :).
I was curious to know if there's any particular reason your trying to minimize the iron content in the lentils by adding citrus juice. I read somewhere that lentils are a good source of iron for vegetarians.
?? I do not add citrus juice to reduce the content of iron. I instead add it to help our body to absorb the iron from the lentils which lemon juice aids.
December 1st, 2010 on 10:00 am
no need to cook red lentils before hand as long as their are dal (hulled skinless)
Sylvia CharlesDecember 1st, 2010 on 2:39 am
Want to know if the red lentil in this recipe needs to be soaked or precooked first before mixing it with rice. Have never cooked red lentil before but do know that lentils take some time to cook. Afraid that when the rice is cooked the lentis are still half cooked. Thanks.
November 23rd, 2010 on 5:50 pm
I adore rice dishes basmati and jasmine being my favorite types. The dal makes it is a complete meal.
kripaNovember 18th, 2010 on 6:41 pm
I made this recipe for 6.I used 3 cups rice,1.5 cups dal and 6 cups coconut milk + 2 cups water.The rice didnt seem to cook at all so i transferred it to rice cooker.No luck.Then after 1 hr on the rice cooker, I just had 2 put it in a pressure cooker n finish it.Came out like kichadi.Evry1 lvd the flavor n aroma but it was nowhere near what ur pics depict.Where did i go wrong?
Its the quality of the rice. Many times the same proportion of liquid to rice ratio will not work across the board. Guess its the experience/used to factor of the rice you are using on a regular basis
October 26th, 2010 on 2:37 pm
You always know how to tempt me!
Believe u me – I am trying to learn it from you I should sue you probably for making me salivate on my KB so many times…..dont u know its bad manners making one salivate this way ;)..Guess my learnings from you are slowly starting to pay off
October 24th, 2010 on 1:53 am
Tried this recipe with Brown Rice, came out great!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!!
October 23rd, 2010 on 9:52 am
Want some right now!!
sushmaOctober 22nd, 2010 on 12:53 am
This looks really good! Planning to try it out this weekend!
October 21st, 2010 on 9:22 am
I've never mixed lentils with rice before! It seems so simple yet so brilliant! Looks wonderful.
October 21st, 2010 on 6:46 am
awesome mix of masoor dal and rice..mouth watering pics too..
October 21st, 2010 on 2:41 am
The pulao looks so appetizing , healthy and a nice pick for the lunch menu.
October 21st, 2010 on 2:01 am
Nutritious rice, looks yummy..
October 20th, 2010 on 11:54 pm
The pulao looks so good. And the colout is so devine :). Just loved it!!!
sunitaOctober 20th, 2010 on 10:39 pm
hi dk so delicious yr recipes are so easy to make that i dont even rely on any other recipe and whatever recipes i have tried so far from yr site its always a hit thanks for all the delicious and easy recipes dk
priyaOctober 20th, 2010 on 10:12 pm
hi dk..looks lovely! just wanted to know if i can make this recipe with moong dal? But i guess it wont taste the same way, right??
Of course it wont taste the same
October 20th, 2010 on 8:52 pm
Lentil rice looks yummy. Your blog is great. I tied a recipe of yours and it turned out yummy. Love to try this also
October 20th, 2010 on 7:31 pm
Looks delicious!! Masoor dal pulao has a super taste.
richaOctober 20th, 2010 on 7:23 pm
hey…m gonna make ur veg hakka noodles today..was seeing other recipes..they look good… m gonna come bak to ur site again.. m looking for more of low sodium dishes…to go for high bp… but thanks…its ppl like u who make my life easier by sharing nice recipes with pics..keep doing ur good work..
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Except that they require TROLL.
But when I bought them, the store was still messed up (well, worse than now anyway) and the required items didn't work.
So I bought them cluelessly thinking they'd work.
Found out otherwise, have kept them because i DO want them….
and was sad because the genesis troll is normally 24 dollars.
But GUESS WHAT FOLKS…. its in the BEST OF GENESIS sale right now and is only $8.74.
That said what is UP with that sale category? it's a sale category but a ton of things there are NOT on sale, like… hitomi bundle, silkessence, and a bunch of others.
And woops, there's the ethnicity morphs, on sale for for $7 (or the bundle for 13!) and i just bought it last weekend more expensively~
The store has me so confused. Seriously… whaaaaaaaaaa?
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| Pyongyang, January 22 (KCNA) -- The Emergency Situation Council to Denounce IS Interference in Presidential Election for Political Operation of south Korea held a candlelight meeting at Chonggye Square in Seoul on January 18 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of death of Rev. Mun Ik Hwan.
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Partners in Crime
Full Names
Beavis: Rodney Munch
Butt-head: Unknown
Beavis: Buttknocker, Dumb***, Buttmunch
Butt-head: Jerk, Bunghole
Both: Little ****ards (by Principal McVicker), Morons, Imbeciles, Idiots
Beavis and Butt-head
High School students
Powers / Skills
Wielding power-tools and other weapons of destruction.
Watching television, doing stupid things, fighting and insulting each other sometimes.
To "score with chicks".
Type of Villains
Dimwits/Protagonist Villains
|Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair. We've traveled, um, a hundred miles 'cause we thought we were gonna score. But now it's not gonna happen. Damn it!
|~ Beavis
|Hey baby. I noticed you have braces. I have braces too.
|~ Butt-head
|~ Beavis
|~ Butt-head
Beavis and Butt-head are the titular protagonists of the franchise of the same name. They are best friends.
Despite being the "heroes" of the show are actually a good example of a protagonist villain, being extremely vulgar and idiotic with a tendency to exhibit extremely antisocial behavior towards every other character in the show (including each other).
Beavis and Butt-head are not exactly evil in the respect of wishing major harm on others but they are also very much against the standards of what most would consider an acceptable social norm - this serves to make them heroes to some and obnoxious antagonists to others, in truth though the duo are more amoral in nature: though they definitely have criminal leanings.
Beavis especially was prone to having a pyromaniac personality until controversies caused the creators to edit out his more extreme fire-raising stunts, despite this Beavis is actually the more passive of the duo while Butt-head provides a more aggressive attitude: Butt-head is also known to enjoy regularly abusing Beavis - despite this the two remain friends.
The two are stupid, perverted, ignorant, and do not seem to be aware of their actions when it comes to the personalities of the duo. They are extremely terrible at trying to get women's attentions and are very misogynistic.
Some of the More Antagonistic Things the Duo Have Done
- Stole one of their neighbor's cars while being paid to wash it, then caused a car-crash via ignoring red lights
- Deliberately held up customers at their work, later abandoned them completely.
- One episode focused on the duo's continual quest to master the art of ringing doorbells and running away, so as to infuriate others (they never got the hang of it).
- Butt-head shot down a jet plane and neglected to help the trapped passengers, after weakly attempting to open the the hatch they gave up without bothering to read the instructions.
- Beavis sabotaged the program of an intelligent boy's computer connections, reducing him to his moronic level and robbing him of his ability to think.
- Fed a dog "killer hot sauce". The owner got back at them by putting "Mexican death sauce" in their tacos.
- Used an ATM card left by an NBA player and stole the tremendous amount of money as it flowed from the machine-although they are later arrested for this act.
- They frequently vandalize their fan Stewart's house (such as making a mess by "borrowing" their blender and ransacking the place when they believed it was the end of the world) and often leave him to be blamed for it all. They also frequently break objects belonging to others, such as Tom Anderson's tools and tool shed, and David Van Driessen's guitar and 8-track tapes.
- Stole their neighbor's credit card and use it to buy a lot of expensive pets.
- Stole Tom Anderson's golf balls and sold it to others.
- Stole Tom Anderson's steamroller and demolished much of the school including the teacher's lounge.
- Stole army drones and caused destruction.
- Drove Principal McVicker to a mental breakdown by their insane laughter and showed a cold indifference to his suffering with their laughter driving Mr. Van Driessen towards a mental breakdown at the end.
- Stole Highland High School's television and broke it, which leads to them getting expelled.
- This is more accidental, but after getting kidnapped, they got out of the trunk, Beavis first, and caused many highway accidents.
- Got Stewart to look up pornography in the school library, which got the three in trouble. They also got Stewart arrested by a cop while they were the ones that were "couch fishing" an old lady instead of Stewart.
- Stole two kids' Trick-or-Treat bags, then got their father to beat them brutally. Later they eat all of Mr. Anderson's candy he was going to give to the trick-or-treaters. Later Beavis as Cornholio steals a kid's trick-or-treat bucket that resembles a Jack-O-Lantern, and then later the Crazy Old Farmer gets Butt-head to kill Beavis with him.
- Stole Billy Bob's scooter and got Billy Bob to go berserk on them.
- Egged Tom Anderson's house and got arrested and sentenced to community service, only to egg his house again and taught children to do the same.
- They rearranged food drive cans in Highland High from "Highland High School cares" to "Highland High School SUKS" (sucks).


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Acrobatic duo to delight audiences
The US-based Tweaksters will use their special blend of pure athletic creativity to delight audiences in Hong Kong next month.
From ping-pong air raids to glow-in-the-dark illusions to skilful feats of strength and balance, this hour-long pulse-quickening adventure keeps audiences "oohing" and "aahing". The Tweaksters use their athletic prowess and fertile imaginations to deftly manipulate flower pots, meteors, luminescent ropes, and galvanised pipes - not to mention each other.
A mix of acrobatic dance and artistic juggle, details of the performances are as follows:
8pm, December 29 (Friday)
Auditorium, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Tickets: $80, $100, $130
8pm, December 30 (Saturday)
Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
Tickets: $100, $140
8pm, December 31 (Sunday)
Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
Tickets: $90, $110, $140
The Tweaksters was founded by Regan Patno and Julia Snyder. The duo has performed together for over a decade in national and international shows. Regan has a string of film and TV dancing credits, including "Forrest Gump", "Sister Act II" and "Star Trek: Nemesis"; while Julia, a personal fitness trainer with a master's degree in psychology, brings years of gymnastics, dance and yoga training to her craft.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), tickets are now available at URBTIX outlets, while senior citizens, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients may have 50% off (limited quotas for CSSA recipients on a first-come, first-served basis). A 10% discount applies to Friends of LCSD performing venues. There will be a maximum of 20% off for a single purchase of different programmes in the series. Please see the programme leaflets for details.
The performance by the Tweaksters is one of the entertaining programmes in "Cheers! Series 2006". Other attractions of the series include "Space Little Prince" by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education; "Little Fish" by Make Friends with Puppet; "The Animal World" popular concert by the Hong Kong YWCA Chinese Orchestra; "Magnificat Spanish Delights" by Hong Kong Oratorio Society; "The Nutcracker" by the Hong Kong Ballet; "A Little Night Music" (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) and "Johann Strauss and the Danube Maid" by the Marionettentheater Schloss Schonbrunn; Concert by the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; "Magical Christmas with Piano Seven" (Switzerland) and "Magic Beyond Belief" by the Spencers (USA). Please refer to individual programme leaflets for details.
For enquiries about the programmes and the associated event - "Family Fitness Workshop" - call 2268 7323 or visit
. Ticketing enquiries and reservations can be made on 2734 9009 and credit card telephone bookings on 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at
Ends/Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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