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kielbasa sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle
1 (20 ounce) can
sauerkraut, drained
This is a 4-star recipe ONLY if you do the following: Add 1/2 cup of honey mustard, 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 2 Bottles of Sam Adams beer, any saurkraut and polska kielbasa PEELED! Eat alone or put on a fresh hard roll. If you only use beer, you'll know you're missing something! I make this all the time this way.
There has got to be more to this recipe then what is written. It came out so very sour that we could not even eat it. I have never cooked with sauerkraut before. This sounds so good in theory...I mean really, cooking with beer, need I say more?
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I used some of everyone's suggestions! Browned the sausage fast on high in an iron skillet, threw it in the crockpot. Cooked 1/2 an onion and 3 cloves of garlic minced in the hot pan for about 5 minutes and added that. Added about a tablespoon of caraway seeds, a healthy squirt of honey and one of spicy mustard. And don't forget the apple! This was delicious!
Absolutely loved it! I doubled the sauerkraut and beer(light beer). Otherwise there is a lot more meat than kraut. Easy and delicious! Did not add a thing! Try it first before you doctor it. Thank you for sharing!
Made this yesterday and was happily pleased. I had to make a few changes, due to the amounts on hand. I had 3 lbs of lite kielbasa, 2 lbs of fresh bagged sauerkraut, (which I rinsed then squeezed out the excess water). Because of that, I used 2 bottles of Miller Genuine draft, following others suggestions that darker beers were too overpowering of a flavor. In the cockpot, I mixed about a tablespoon of grainy mustard with the beer, since I had no caraway seeds to try. Added a squeeze of honey, some fresh cracked black pepper and 3 bay leaves. Sauteed a small red onion, thinly sliced, and garlic in a pan, then added that. Then sauteed the kielbasa until just starting to brown, then mixed that in and let it roll for 6 hours on low. I found it not to be mushy at all, or the meat to be spongy at all, like some others complained of. It was delicious, very filling and great for the rainy evening. I served it in a bowl with some roasted garlic mashed potatoes and it had a really nice flavor. Will definitely make this again. (Side note--used one of those crock pot liners, which is essentially a baking bag. Easier clean up sounded great to me, but it busted! I still got juice all in the pot. Ah well, it was worth a try.)
I brought this to work and everyone loved it. I browned the kielbasa and then transferred that to a plate. In the same pan, I browned 1 chopped sweet apple with a chopped onion and then added 1 T of minced garlic. Threw it all in the slow cooker with 1 T of honey and let it do it's thing. I'm not a big fan of kielbasa, sauerkraut or beer but even I liked it.
This is very good (if you like this kind of thing). I've been making the slow cooker kielbasa stew (on this web site) and I think I like the addition of the beer vs. the chicken broth. I do think that adding an apple is essential to take the "tart" out of the sauerkraut. Very good, thanks Beth!
I made this for my fiance during his Raiders playoff game. Usually, he finds something he doesn't like about first-time recipes like 'too salty', etc. He did nothing but rave about it and had three helpings with mustard and tobasco on top throughout the day (a new record). I used Rogue Oregon Golden Ale which is a nice medium hoppy pale ale. (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale would also be good as well) He is all excited to try different beers in this recipe. I'll be making it often and it's SO easy. I set it on Low for 8 hours but stopped it after 5 1/2.
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Calories: 383
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I thought it was really good and hilarious at parts. Needless to say afterward I was like (and still am!) I want a pet dragon! Toothless (the black cat-like one) is amazing, has a very cat-like personality, and he is adorable! Also the large dragon in the epic battle at the end is very large. One of the good things that was in the movie was even the hero, Hiccup isn't impervious to damage and even he has a wound he won't forget. Too many heroes in movies, especially animated ones go through them without getting scratches, this was a nice change.
Overall, I love it and urge you all to see it. How to Train Your Dragon is a fabulous movie and is fun for all ages.
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It's not just Carona's critics who acknowledge how far the ex-sheriff has fallen. During his closing argument, defense lawyer Jeffrey Rawitz, a skilled attorney (and former federal prosecutor) who charmed the jury with his wit, conceded that his client is a liar who committed acts that were "nothing to be proud of." Included on that list, according to Rawitz, was the fact that the sheriff secretly took $5,100 from businessman Don Haidl. (Bank-deposit records prove Carona's wife, Deborah, who faces an upcoming trial, deposited the money on two successive days.) Rawitz called it "an awkward transaction," but then argued that Haidl—a used-car salesman whom Carona named assistant sheriff of Orange County and gave full police powers, including access to police databases, an office, a gun, a gold badge and a fully loaded cop sedan, despite his lack of law-enforcement training—got nothing in return.
And yet in the face of such revelations and the conviction, an outwardly euphoric Carona would have you believe that he'd won.
"I absolutely feel vindicated," said Carona, who was captured on secret FBI recordings unambiguously wondering aloud if anyone had photocopied the serial numbers on the $100 bills stuffed in envelopes for him. "Beyond vindicated . . . I never gave up the belief that I was innocent."
The jury unanimously ruled that Carona attempted to sabotage a federal grand-jury probe investigating bribery at the sheriff's department, a serious felony especially when committed by a sitting sheriff. On five other counts, including conspiracy and mail fraud, the panel acquitted him. This outcome begs the question: If Carona wasn't guilty of the core criminal counts, why would he have repeatedly attempted to coach a potential witness to lie to the grand jury about those activities?
In post-verdict interviews, some jurors seemed rattled—even angered—by the question. For example, the foreman, a soft-spoken man, answered it this way: "Well, it's just a complex case." Pressed, he said, "It's been very emotional. Some of us haven't been able to sleep at night."
Jerome Bell, the lone African-American on the panel, neatly summed up the opinions of numerous jurors. "Carona's an arrogant guy," he said. "He took advantage of his power. . . . Do I think he took the $1,000 [monthly bribes]? Yeah, at some point."
Later, Bell explained that Carona definitely had his "hand in the cookie jar" but had been clever enough to cover his tracks.
So, if the sheriff took bribes, why all the not-guilty verdicts?
"It goes back to the jury instructions," said Bell.
Whatever. Jurors' excuses never made any sense.
Frank Mickadeit, the Orange County Register columnist Carona used to announce his 2006 re-election, began the trial more skeptical of the government's charges than anyone in the media. He flipped. After seeing all the evidence, Mickadeit concluded our ex-top cop was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Reg columnist also got the best juror quote. Marcia Deatherage of San Juan Capistrano told Mickadeit, "It was a terrible verdict to have to bring to the citizens of Orange County because [Carona] was guilty."
Such statements outraged John and Ken, KFI-AM 640 radio's afternoon current-affairs talk-show duo. They pronounced jurors "morons" and asked, "How the hell did the jury find Carona not guilty on five of six charges when they had the tapes of him covering up all the things he did? Are they insane?"
Nope, the answer is worse.
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It was in early November, day eight of Carona's corruption trial, and Haidl, the key prosecution witness and the ex-sheriff's longtime confidant, sat on the stand describing why Carona ignored George Jaramillo's lack of law-enforcement qualifications to make him the No. 2-ranking man at the Orange County Sheriff's Department after the three men stole the 1998 election.
"George was the front guy," Haidl—the man who illegally contributed more than $150,000 to Carona's first campaign—said slowly in a raspy voice shaped by years of alcohol and cigarettes. "George was the buffer. He was the bagman. He was the one that was supposed to insulate Carona from the world. He was supposed to be the bad guy, and Carona was supposed to be the good guy. That was always the plan."
While Haidl testified under direct examination by Assistant United States Attorney Brett Sagel, I was disgusted— but not by Haidl, whom I'd met during his son's nationally infamous gang-rape trial. From my back-row perch—the makeshift spot for reporters inside Judge Andrew Guilford's 10th floor Santa Ana courtroom, I had direct sight of the faces of each member of the jury. One, juror No. 8, an elderly white male I'd already nicknamed "Sam Drucker" because of his resemblance to the befuddled, grandfatherly character on the 1960s television series Green Acres, was asleep.
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June 14 is Flag Day and to commemorate the flag, here are some of the congressional guidelines for the proper display and handling of the flag:
DISPLAY OF THE FLAG: The custom is to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset, but can be on display for 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during hours of darkness. It should not be displayed during inclement weather unless it is an all weather flag. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Year's Day, Jan. 1; Inauguration Day, Jan. 20; Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, third Monday in January; Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12; Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February; Easter Sunday (variable); Mother's Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May; Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Father's Day, third Sunday in June; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution Day, Sept. 17; Columbus Day, second Monday in October; Navy Day, Oct. 27; Veterans Day, Nov. 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November; Christmas Day, Dec. 25; and such other days as may be proclaimed by the president; the birthdays of states (date of admission); and on state holidays.
MANNER OF DISPLAY: When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.
When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window, the flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.
The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy.
RESPECT FOR THE FLAG: The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
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The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning
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BEHAVIOR DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: When "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played and the flag is present individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note; members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and all other people present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. When the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.


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Kidney tumor - adult malignancies
Adult renal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma of kidney
Reviewers: Sean Williamson, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 29 June 2012, last major update June 2012
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● Associated with squamous metaplasia of renal pelvis, renal calculi or infection
(J Urol 2010;183:2023)
● Cases with associated urothelial carcinoma or urothelial carcinoma in situ are best classified as urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation
● Usually advanced at diagnosis; poor prognosis (J Urol 2007;178:51)
● Origin: Hypothesized to originate from squamous metaplasia in response to chronic irritation
● Approximately equal men and women, age 50-70 years
(J Urol 2007;178:51)
Clinical description
● Hematuria, abdominal pain, flank pain
● May produce paraneoplastic syndrome, similar to squamous carcinoma of lung
Case reports
● With carcinosarcoma
(Pathol Res Pract 2003;199:48)
● Renal pelvis tumor after radiotherapy for seminoma (Urology 2007;70:812.e3)
● Arising in horseshoe kidney (Urology 2011;78:54)
Gross description
● Large, necrotic, ulcerated tumor
Gross images
Squamous carcinoma and chromophobe carcinoma
Metastatic from lung primary
Micro description
● Resembles squamous cell carcinoma of other organs
● Infiltrating nests of atypical squamous epithelial cells with or without keratinization; a component of typical urothelial carcinoma is absent
Micro images
Invasive tumor with overlying squamous metaplasia of urothelium
Moderately differentiated tumor with keratin pearls
Squamous and chromophobe carcinoma
Metastases to kidney:
Metastatic tumor occludes the lumen of the renal artery
Squamous cell nature of the tumor is evident
Differential diagnosis
● Urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation: other areas of urothelial carcinoma evident on thorough sectioning
End of Kidney tumor - adult malignancies > Adult renal cell carcinoma > Squamous cell carcinoma of kidney
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In a welcome turn of events, President Barack Obama spoke directly to the patent troll problem and the need for more comprehensive patent reform yesterday in a "Fireside Hangout" — a live question and answer session hosted in a Google+ hangout. The President was responding to a question by the prominent electrical engineer and entrepreneur Limor "Ladyada" Fried, who in 2009 won an EFF Pioneer Award for her work with free software and open-source hardware.
Patent trolls — companies that assert patents as a business model instead of creating products — have been in the news lately. This is hardly surprising, given that troll lawsuits now make up the majority of new patent cases. And the litigation is only the tip of the iceberg: patent trolls send out hundreds of demand letters for each suit filed in court. At EFF, we have been following this issue closely and are working hard to bring reform to fix the patent mess.
Another day, another patent troll. Or so it seems. The threat of the patent troll is not new—we've written about it time and again. But the troubling trend of suing downstream users and content providers really makes us mad. First it was the app developers, then those who scan documents to email. Now, the latest outrage: podcasters. Yes, really. And EFF wants to help organize those facing the threat so that we can gauge the size of the problem and hopefully help people find counsel and a way to work together in response.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Joshua Carlton, a 14-year-old Boy Scout of Troop 360, won the youth service award from the Knights of Columbus for a project that has become very dear to St. Cyprian Church.
For his Eagle Scout project Joshua came up with the idea to refurbish a room at St. Cyprian Church for the children.
He coordinated adults and youth to bring the vision to a reality.
Carlton is a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Georgetown, and a student at Waccamaw High School.
On a recent Saturday afternoon at St. Cyprian Church a special service was held to dedicate the childrens room and to honor Joshua.
Colin Peterson, the Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus said Joshua called him one evening and asked for his help in spear-heading a project to raise funds for the childrens room.
He said Joshua was anxious to get started and decided that they would have a chicken pilau dinner as a fundraiser.
They raised $2,600.
This led me to believe if you put your mind to it you can do it, said Peterson.
With the help of the Knights of Columbus, family members, local donors, and several organizations Joshua raised enough money to renovate the room.
The boys from AMI Kids-Georgetown also helped with the project.
It was a little challenging but once I got everyone together it became a little easier, Carlton said the day of the dedication ceremony.
We started in the Fall of 2011 and we completed it today with some finishing touches.
Boy Scouts from Troop 360 (sponsored by St. Pauls Waccamaw United Methodist Church), the boys from the Marine Institute, members of St. Marys Church and St. Cyprian Church, family members and several elected officials attended the dedication.
Annette Perreault of Habitat For Humanity, Georgetown County Councilman Ron Charlton, Otto Freier of the Boys Scouts, Eric Garcia of Soldiers of Christ, Father Ron Farrell of St. Marys Church, and Charlie Ball, director of Friendship Place, spoke and thanked Joshua for a job well done.
Colin Peterson praised Joshua for doing an excellent job in coordinating the project.
He spoke of Joshua learning lessons on how to save money by refurbishing chairs and how he persevered and stayed with the project.
Otto Freier also spoke on behalf of the Boy Scouts and spoke of Joshua being dependable and following through completing his task. He will receive an award for the Eagle Scout project.
At the conclusion of the program Joshuas mother unveiled the childrens room and the guests were invited to tour the room.
The room was filled with colorful furnishings, a crib, hand paintings of Noahs Ark and a rainbow.
A reception followed.
Carlton is the son of Tony and Cecilia Carlton.
Hes the brother of 12-year-old Briana Carlton and 8-year-old Michael Carlton.
The family resides in Pawleys Island.
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In January 2007, CDC's Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) and National Center for Influenza Research Division held a workshop to identify opportunities for public health research on the role of human genomics in influenza disease and vaccine response. The objectives of the workshop were to:
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Ingress looks to be one of the most interesting things Google has done in a while; a game that blends augmented reality with maps to show a global conspiracy
Ingress is an Android game which asks users to battle a 'mysterious energy' that is found throughout the real world using the app to discover where it's located and then choosing whether to fight it, or embrace it.
Developed by Google the game is designed to show off how far modern technology has come letting you use augmented reality to see things imposed onto the real world, in this case, the energy events.
Whether you're in London, New York or Paris there are locations which will need to be hacked, users can join forces and take them on together, claim territories or find hidden objects whether you're fighting for Enlightened or the Resistance.
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Joseph Palermo: The massive trading and swapping of Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) and other abstractions cooked up by the fertile minds of sociopathic Wall Street "traders" not only did nothing to lubricate the real economy through financial intermediation, but they helped bring down the entire system and cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Just because I lost a big chunk of my total retirement savings over the last year doesn't mean I should be upset that 25 hedge-fund managers reaped a total of $11.6 billion during the same interval, according to Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine — including $2.5 billion for James Simons of Renaissance Technologies and $2 billion […]


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It's kind of like, "Pan's Labyrinth pale monster" meets "a boob." Frankly, it's about time a fashion designer finally listened to one of my emails.
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In front of 4,557 at Savage Arena on Sunday afternoon, the Toledo women's basketball team clinched its second outright Mid-American Conference regular season title in the last three years with a 48-38 win over Eastern Michigan.
Facing a tough zone defense in a contest in which Eagles' head coach Tory Verdi tried to slow the pace of the game as much as possible, the Rockets were able to overcome a subpar offensive outing and several missed opportunities in the paint to pick up their second-straight win over EMU after losing the previous four to their MAC West Division rival.
"I'm proud of our players," UT head coach Tricia Cullop said. "I thought Eastern [Michigan] tried to throw a different style of basketball at us where they took the air out of the ball and tried to play a lot lower [number] of possessions. I thought it was a good test for our players at this point in the season."
Toledo (26-2, 14-1 MAC) was led by senior forward Lecretia Smith, who turned in a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds to go with two steals in 28 minutes of action.
"Of that senior class, she's probably the least talked about but the most important," Cullop said of Smith. "She does all the dirty work. She'll go get a rebound. She'll set an amazing screen. Everybody reads about the point that was scored, but they forgot about the screen that got the person open.
"She's not afraid to get on the floor for loose balls. She gets a lot of deflections, and she's a 5-9 post player. I don't know another 5-9 post player around, but she plays the post because she's so aggressive and so athletic."
Things were sloppy in the early going for both teams offensively. With less than eight minutes remaining in the first half, UT was up 12-11 but was just three-of-17 from the floor, while EMU was five-of-15 from the field. The Rockets finished the game by shooting 26.2 percent from the floor, making just 16 field goals in the contest.
"I had a feeling they were going to slow it down, but not quite as much as what they did," Cullop said of Eastern Michigan's gameplan. "We've seen that before in the past with a couple of other teams—not this year—but that's fine. It was a great opportunity for us to fine-tune some things. You never know what you're going to see in conference tournament play."
Despite the early offensive struggles, the Rockets closed out the first half on a 15-7 run to lead 27-18 at the break. And while Toledo only scored 21 second half points thanks in part to EMU's style of fewer possessions, sophomore forward Inma Zanoguera (14 points, five rebounds) hit a jumper and then a three-pointer in front of the UT bench on her team's ensuing possession that made it 46-34 Rockets with 2:18 to go.
Eastern Michigan (8-20, 6-9 MAC) was unable to get Toledo's lead back down to single digits after that as UT picked up the victory and clinched the MAC regular season title.
"This senior group, to win their second [outright] MAC championship is special," Cullop said. "It's only one of the goals that we want this year. Obviously they're excited about today, but this isn't the same feeling that maybe we had two years ago when it was the first one we'd had in a decade.
"This is only a tip of the iceberg of what we're looking for. What we really want is still ahead of us, and I know this senior group's going to keep everybody composed and ready."
Toledo will be in action again on Mar. 6 when it hosts Ball State (15-13, 12-3 MAC) at Savage Arena in its regular season finale at 7 p.m. The Cardinals have the second-best record in the MAC behind the Rockets.
Cullop said she didn't plan to dial anything back against Ball State just because her team clinched the regular season title and secured the top seed in the MAC Tournament, either.
"I think any time I've watched a team that maybe has saved something, it seems like you lose a piece of yourself," Cullop said of facing the Cardinals on Mar. 6. "We don't want to lose our identity just because we're trying to get ready for the tournament."


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Texas State University has a long history of strong teacher education and related programs. Each program in our College offers a unique state of the art research and data-based curriculum combined with field experiences of growing complexity as you move to higher levels of study, usually culminating in an internship or student teaching assignment. It is this blending of theory and practice that results in the greatest and most useful learning, appropriate to the challenges of educational practice. Our students not only learn critical thinking, oral and written communication skills, and collaborative and teamwork methods, but they also have opportunities to practice them, then reflect on the results, be coached, and practice them again. This is the best way to learn, facilitated by our faculty, and reflective of the work settings that students are preparing for. Of course, one would expect nothing less than excellent educational methods from the College of Education!
Just as important as the academic curriculum is a personal relationship between students and faculty. Mentoring and modeling are crucial ways that faculty members enhance students' understanding of the various educational professions represented in the College. And it's not just faculty that are here to help students. The goal of every staff member is to provide excellent service to our students. Yet another special relationship that each undergraduate student should develop is with an Academic Advisor, who is a trained, caring, and experienced person who takes the time to understand unique circumstances and offers tailored guidance. The College of Education, then, provides the student a supportive environment, facilitating learning and development through a partnership of sorts with everyone that works here.
The College of Education offers a wide variety of Bachelor's degrees and other programs leading to teacher certification in virtually every conceivable area. Also available are initial degrees that prepare students for careers in health education, exercise and sport sciences, and therapeutic recreation. Master's degree offerings run the gamut from those that help teachers learn even more to Special Education, to School Psychology, to Professional Counseling. Students can study Educational Leadership, Health Education, Recreation and Leisure, or Adult Education. We have doctoral programs in School Improvement and Adult, Professional, and Community Education. There are other options and combinations that are possible in the College, but the point is that we are a full service College of Education within which almost any student can find a meaningful career path.
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Takeda Shingen
The History of Takeda Ryu
Sadazumi, Sixth Son of the Emperor Shinwa, founded the Minamoto dynasty. Minamoto No Yeshimitsu, brother of the famous warrior Minamoto No Yoshimitsu, codified a martial art called Aiki No Jutsu. He taught it to his son Yoshikiyo who gave it the name Takeda, in honor of the city where he lived with his family. Prince Yamato Takeru No Mikoto, whose sword is on display at the National Museum of Kmamakura, established an education and military system within the Takeda clan. Generation after generation, the Takeda Bujutsu System was taught in secret to members of the Takeda clan only.
Ultimately Takeda Shingen's son caused the decline of the Takeda Clan when he switched allegiance to his wife's clan. From that switch in allegiances two branches of Aiki No Jutsu emerged: the Gen Ryu and the Shu Ryu. The first school was transmitted by Nobutomo Takeda, one of Shinzens brothers, who offered his service to the Kuroda clan. The second was transmitted by Kunitsugu Takeda, who took the name of Hisansuke Daito in the Aizu clan, which resulted in the use of the name Daito Ryu. The other branch, Takeda Ryu, has been taught to this day through 43 generations of successors. Through these generations Aiki No Jutsu has evolved into Aiki Jutsu.
In some Japanese national records and old martial arts scrolls, it is said that Minamoto No Yoshimitsu created the system Aiki Ho which was based on the In Yo Ho. Mentioned in the book Bugei Shoden, written around the year 1000, it seeks harmony between man, earth and sky., In addition, the very quick and accurate techniques of swordsmanship used on Japanese battlefields resulted in a series of movements based on a dodge, using a short and circular movement which originated from traditional Japanese dance movements. The Koryu Gunkan, consisting of 20 books written at the time of Takeda Shingen, had some of it's articles revealed by a team of historians in 1965. It states that all the styles of Aiki-Jutsu come from Minamoto and Takeda.
Some schools of Jujutsu also come from the following family lineages: the Araki Ryu founded by Minamoto No Hidetsuna 1584 - 1638, which is still taught today by Kikuchi Takeda; the Yawara Sekiguchi Ryu created by Minamoto No Sonechika 1647 -1711; and the Takenouchi Hangan Ryu whose origins go back to Minamoto No Yoshitsune, and was founded by Nishikawa Kyu Saburo in 1715 and is still taught in Japan.
The Samurai Warriors and Bushi of the Takeda clan used the Takeda Ryu techniques on the battlefield and improved through the centuries; especially during the Meiji period.. But, according to specialists, these techniques will disappear (even in
The Aiki Jutsu is, by tradition, a military art that has proven itself during the Japanese Warrior era. It combines accuracy, power and speed in the application of the techniques with amazing results. It is used today as a form of self-defense. Takeda Ryu uses self-control while facing a physical danger to ensure the practioner's safety. It is not intended to be used aggressively but to fend off an aggressor; very forcefully if necessary. Compared to modern Aikido, which concentrates on form rather than effect, Aiki Jutsu concentrates on carefully applied technical details to achieve amazing results. It is a science, an art and a philosophy.
Aiki Jutsu is the ancient military art of the samurai. A student of Aiki Jutsu embarks on a fabulous adventure; the main theme of which is the practice of self-defense, based on the swift application of powerful techniques focusing on balance combined with joint locks to immobilize an aggressor. Mastery of Aiki Jutsu requires will and perseverance. It is not simply a sport; it is very much a martial art in the original sense of the word. The specifics of our techniques utilize:
1. Specific guards using right hand/foot forward to face the opponent in the same way as a "Japanese Swordsman". Techniques work on the left and the right side equally.
2. Atemi, "strikes," is an important part of each technique.
3. Techniques are usually completed by neutralizing the opponent on the ground with a foot.
4. Stability and balance while in movement are essential.
5. The use of "Ki" energy must be learned.
6. Intuition, spontaneity and improvisation are factors developed through years of study.
7. Perfect understanding of the application of: "Aiki", "Kokyu" , "Kuzushi" , "Sen No Sen" , "Maai" , "Metsuke" and "Zanshin" are required.
Takeda Shingen's Flag
Swift like the Wind
Quiet like the Forest
Fierce like the Fire
Immovable like the Mountain
Takeda Genealogy
Taiso (around the year 30)
Yamato Takeru No Mikoto
Empror Seiwa (859 876)
Shinno Sadazumi (874 916)
Minamoto No Tsunemoto (894 961)
Minamoto No Mitsunaka (912 977)
Minamoto No Yorinobu (968 1048)
Minamoto No Yoriyoshi (995 1082)
Minamoto No Yoshiie (1041 1108) Created Aiki No Jutsu
Minamoto No Yoshimitsu (1045 1127) Created Aiki No Jutsu
Minamoto No Yoshikiyo (1086 1163)
Minamoto No Yoritomo (???? 1200)
Minamoto No Yorimasa (???? 1200)
Minamoto No Ysoshitsune (???? 1200)
Minamoto No Yoshitomo (???? 1200)
Takeda Kiyomitsu
Takeda Nobuyoshi
Takeda Nobumitsu (1138 1186)
Takeda Nobusama (1162 1248)
Takeda Nobunaga
Takeda Nobutoki
Takeda Masatsuna
Takeda Nobue
Takeda Nokitsuna
Takeda Nobumune
Takeda Nobotake
Takede Nobunari
Takeda Ujinobu
Takeda Nobuharu
Takeda Motonobu
Takeda Nobumitsu Died in 1417
Takeda Nobushige Died in 1450
Takeda Nobumori
Takeda Nobusuke
Takeda Mototatsu
Takeda Nobumasa
Takeda Nobutsuna
Takeda Nobutora (1493 -1573)
25 th Generation
Takeda Ryu
Gen Ryu
Takeda Nobutomo (Shingens brother)
Takeda Katsushiyo (Nobutomos son)
Takeda Nobutaka
Takeda Takanobu
Takeda Takayoshi
Takeda Kiyotaka
Takeda Nobuaki
Takeda Mitsuharu
Takeda Nobutada
Takeda Kogetsuni
Takeda Mitsunobu
Takeda Takasumi
Takeda Masakatsu
Takeda Mitsumasa
Takeda Masaki
Takeda Morinosuke
Takeda Tadakatsu (Meiji Era)
Nakamura Kichiu
Oba Ichiu (????- 1959)
Nakamura Hisashi - Minamoto No Hisamitsu
Roland Maroteaux Minamoto No Maroto
Mounir Ghrawi Minamoto no Muniru
Shihan - Takeda Ryu Sobudo
Daito Ryu
Shu Ryu
Takeda Kunitsugu (16th Century)
Takeda Soemon (1758 1853)
Takeda Sokichi (1819 1906)
Saigo Tanomo (1829 1905)
Saigo Shiro (1858 1942)
Takeda sokaku (1860 1943)
Minamoto No Masayoshi
Founder of : AIKI BUDO
Founder of : HAPKIDO
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. Mounir Ghrawi 9 Dan Hapkido
Founder of : HAKKO RYU
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Match Up:
The Canadiens will still have their backs against the wall when the puck drops for Game 6 against the Rangers Thursday night in New York. The Habs still trail in the series 3 games to 2 after a big win in Montreal on Tuesday.
The Canadiens chased Henrik Lundqvist from the Ranger goal after he allowed 4 goals on 19 shots. New York did manage to draw the game even at 4 after that, but the Habs scored the next 3 to cruise to a 7-4 victory. Rene Bourque scored his first playoff hat trick in Game 5 and Andrei Markov pitched in with 3 assists. Chris Kreider had a goal and 3 assists in the losing effort.
Game 6 starts at 8:00 on Thursday and can be seen on RDS and CBC.
What to Watch:
The Canadiens were able to assert their will offensively in Game 5 for the first time this series. Bourque's hat trick gave him 4 goals and 6 points against the Rangers, despite playing under 13 minutes per game on average. Max Pacioretty picked up a goal and an assist in Game 5, giving him 5 points and goals in each of Montreal's 3 elimination games these playoff.
Derek Stepan returned to the Ranger lineup on Tuesday after missing Game 4 with a broken jaw. Stepan picked up 2 goals in Game 5, extending his point streak to 6 games with 3 goals and 9 points in that span. With 13 points in the postseason, Stepan is tied with Martin St. Louis for most points on the Rangers. St. Louis was held pointless in Game 5 for the first time in this series.
What's at Stake:
The Canadiens survived their third elimination match of these playoffs on Tuesday but they must still win two more games against the Rangers starting Thursday night.
Also at stake is the potential return of Carey Price. Price has been ruled out for Game 6 but it looks like he might be ready for a return before the Stanley Cup is raised. For now, it's up to the rest of the team to stay alive until then.
Who's Out:
Price (knee) was joined on the sidelines by Alexei Emelin (undisclosed) in Game 5. Emelin was leading the team in blocked shots (44) and hits (52) before the puck dropped on Tuesday. Dale Weise was shaken up by John Moore and spent time in the dark room during Tuesday's game but returned in time to finish with his teammates.
The Rangers are missing J.T. Miller (upper body), while Derek Stepan (jaw) and Derick Brassard are playing through injuries. John Moore and Daniel Carcillo are both serving suspensions and won't return this series.
What Else:
With their win on Tuesday, the Canadiens are now having their most successful playoffs since their last Cup win in 1993. The Canadiens are up to 10 playoff wins so far this season, the only other time they've made the Conference Finals in the past 20 years they were beaten in 5 games by the Flyers. Aside from their run in 2010, the Canadiens have won 31 playoff games and just 4 other playoff series in the past 20 years.
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The Montreal Hockey Talk Pregame Show starts an hour before puck drop, join the live conversation by using the #MTLHockey hashtag on Twitter. And don't miss the Post Game Show starting 5 minutes after the final siren.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Playoff Preview: Canadiens at Rangers (Round 3, Game 6)
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Nice to see Gallagher had his head into the game. Hey Gallagher, who exactly were u covering there on the left point when NY scored their only goal? Did u think u were covering the hollogram of McDonough?
Where was the intensity, the desperation, the drive? Oh yeah, when they pulled their goalie.
Habs need someone with heart, & no Subban aint even close to being it. Subban thinks he is better than what he is. Too many risky moves, too much ice time, never going off when he should.
Bob Gainey was the absolute Worst GM in Habs history, if he listened to the fans and told Timmins to select Chris Kreider over Louis Lebust, he should have been shot, and He is the one who traded for Scott Gomez, while trading a future all star defenseman in Ryan McDonagh..And there were other moves like Gionta etc, almost seems like he was trying to hurt the Habs, how else do you explain all of his horrendous deals.
Bob Gainey was a tool.
Thanks for the history lesson, Guy Smith. Too bad all you can do is live in the past and use your perfect 20/20 hindsight to complain about every draft mistake we've made over the years. Keep trolling, kid.


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Wheels and ladders
Two things.
First, this: Drakkashi's Ability Wheel for The Secret World, shamelessly stolen from Sheep The Diamond on whose post I found it.
I haven't logged into TSW in two weeks, for various reasons to do with work and other exploratory procedures (small world, since Dragonchasers seems to have gone through a very similar experience just recently). On the bright side though, I haven't had that little Subscription Gremlin sitting on my shoulder telling me I should be playing to justify the cost of my sub. In that respect the lifetime sub is very liberating – I realise I'm still paying and that it'll take a while to actually 'pay for itself', but psychologically I don't feel any pressure to play simply because I need to justify the expense.
For me at least, a single (admittedly large) one-off payment has become a thing in the past and now I'm playing the game for 'free'. Which means that when I can't or don't log on for whatever reason, I'm not feeling as though I'm wasting my monthly fee.
I still miss the fact that I haven't had time to give the game I've waited so long for, but I also know it'll be there when I have time to pick it back up. And of course the first monthly update should hit tomorrow, if they're still on schedule. I admit I also haven't been checking forums.
Second, this: Zubon's post about Asheron's Call allegiances and patronage. AC was my first MMO and I'm always interested in posts about it, but I think Zubon may have represented only one side of things. The comments section for that post is rife with "eww, this is creepy!" type reactions, and I'd like to show the other side of that.
In a nutshell: In Asheron's Call, allegiances were pyramidal. Every player in an allegiance had a 'patron' (the player 'above' them in the hierarchy) except the 'monarch', who sat at the top and was effectively the guild leader, and any player could have 'vassals' (players directly 'below' them in the hierarchy). Vassals passed up a certain amount of experience to their patrons who would pass up some of that to their patrons and so on up the "chain" all the way to the monarch. There was an equation for it, so it wasn't a simple 1 for 1 or even 10 for 1, but that's the basic system.
The allegiance setup is odd, looking at it from the outside now, though coming in to my first MMO I had no clue and it seemed perfectly normal to me. Yes, there were allegiances set up explicitly to wring as much xp out of the system as possible for the maximum possible pass-through. But the vast majority of allegiances I knew were really bog-standard guilds with a different name and slightly different mechanics.
The guild I joined in Asheron's Call is still the guild I'm in these days, even though we've long moved on from the game. Joining was about playing with like-minded folks and NOT about how much xp you could generate for the shark-like gestalt. Effort were made to match newbies with like-minded patrons if they didn't already have connections, to make sure they'd be tied to someone whose playstyle and availability matched their own. It's about as casual and laid-back as a guild can get, and even in AC there was no talk of having to produce xp or needing to do X, Y or Z to be considered useful.
In any case, how is this substantially different from raiding guilds who require their players to be online on certain days and for a certain amount of time in order to run certain raids and obtain whatever loot it is they're after?
Personally I'd rather be passing up virtual xp to a virtual patron than have to give my guild my real-life phone numbers so they can make sure I'm adhering to my raiding schedule. Now that's creepy.
(WoW) Huntard no more!
I can't believe it took me so long to find this site. Well actually I can, because it's me and because I can be pretty oblivious sometimes — and, as I shamefacedly admit, because my theorycrafting usually comes down to "Ooo shiny!"
However, since Eloise is now 85 and *gasp* doing Tol Barad PvP battles on a pretty regular basis (ahem, 5 in the last 24 hours), I'm going to have to pay at least a little bit of attention to what she's wearing, how she's specced, and what she does with her abilities. Yeesh, this is WAY too much like hard work.
Next thing you know I'll be doing heroics and raiding.
Anyway – if you're a huntard in WoW, this — Warcraft Hunters' Union — is a lovely site. I'm sure there are tons of lovely hunter sites out there, but this happens to belong to a guild that also happens to be on my server, Icecrown, so they're extra-special lovely.
That's all for today, I have about a million words of reading to do and a million people saying "L2P nub!" to avoid.
Halp! I need somebody, halp!
Okay, that title was maybe a little more histrionic than I intended.
WFS's Gordon made me laugh yesterday when he said "Time to start an alt" — just taunt me a second time-a why don't you?
My name is Hyperbole and I am an Altoholic.
The long and short of this post is that it's a shameless begging post. I already have my 9 alts made (duh!), a few of whom date back to 2004 and whom I can't bring myself to reroll while the rest are fresh off the cookie-cutter line. I can't put them all in Knights Who Say Ni because, well, that's just greedy — I'm not the only altoholic in town and I already have 3 or 4 chars in the guild as it is, which is probably more than I should. Ni has an alts guild, but, meh.
Okay fine. I just want my own damn guild bank. Happy?
Cue begging: if anyone (well, 3 anyones) has a spare character slot and can make an Alliance char on Icecrown for as long as it takes me to get the 3 signatures we need, I'll be eternally grateful and, um… will say something nice about you every week till August 2014. How's that for a deal?
EDIT — Okay, blogging power and Twitter power are sometimes rather awesome. Many thanks to Shawndra, Stargrace and @R0NlN for the guild-creation help! There's nothing quite like being helped out by total strangers (physically-speaking) to remind me why I love my MMOs. It's not the game, it's the people. <3
I'm a chump for virtual real-estate
With a name like GUILD Wars, you'd expect at least semi-decent Guild Halls in this game — but damn, these aren't just halls they're entire islands! There's something for every taste, from simple pre-Searing to moody-Goth via bow-down-to-my-Imperial-power Eastern.
And because I can't help acting like Twoflower whenever I visit a new game (or revisit an old one, for that matter), here are a couple more screenies. Sadly you can't go into all the cool-looking buildings up on the cliffs of the Imperial-POWA Guild Hall, but it still looks the shiz. I smushed them down to 1440×900 but can provide 1920×1200 if anyone wants a larger size to download. I'm using Imperial-POWA as my desktop right now, though that's changing daily as I take more screenshots.
I can't afford a guild hall yet, of course — I'm only a noob! — but oh, someday. Something to save up for!
I was going to write "ding" but for one thing, people announcing that every 5 seconds in games kind of gets on my tits, and for another thing, it's only a crafting max level so I'm not sure it really counts. (No, I'm not so curmudgeonly that I hate people who announce their levels, not at all. But Ding 1! — Ding 2! — Ding 3! — and so on just seems a little narcissistic to me, especially when it's from people who then also get really pissy if the entire universe doesn't shout instant and sincere congratulations. I love congratulating people; I just don't like it when it's forced down my throat. Anyway, moving on…)
Fairuza, my EQ2 Fury/Provisioner hit 80 a few days ago. It was oddly anticlimactic — I wasn't expecting it, being busy throwing out crafting writs here and there whenever I could manage a few minutes online, and I hadn't really been tracking my progress. It meant I wasn't prepared to take the spiffy "hey! lookit my sparklies!" screenie most people seem to manage when they max-level a char in something; at least I remembered to record the moment for posterity, even if it's not well-framed and a little over-exposed. Posterity, or until I next change my hard drive and forget to port my pictures.
I hit 60 (crafting) when that was the max, then 70 when that became the max in EQ2, so it's not actually the first time. Given my crafting-hoishness, it'll probably be more noteworthy if I ever hit adventuring max level. Don't hold your breath.
That said, Fairuza has also gone from 38 to 43 (adventuring) in the last couple of days, which I'm rather proud of since that's the highest combat level I've ever managed in EQ2. I'm sort of an accidental tourist as far as levelling in MMOs goes: when I level, it's usually because I need to do so in order to be able to harvest or craft or do something else not really combat-related (like clear critters from harvester drop-sites in SWG). And as in most MMOs, raw materials often end up costing more in EQ2 than the finished product — all hail the grindy nature of craft levelling — so buying what I need for the rest of the Army of Craftness (who range from 40 to 61) isn't really an option. I don't mind spending money in games, but I do mind being ripped off for raw materials, or indeed anything else. Besides, I'm strange and I actively enjoy harvesting — I just need to be able to do it a little more safely in some of the higher-level zones.
Back in 2006, my swashbuckler was going to be my primary adventuring/harvesting char, but after a glorious run into the 30s, she seemed to become harder and harder to play — or rather, squishier and squishier, and picking up where I left off was tough. I'm sure a lot of that is having forgotten how to play her, and I should probably upgrade her gear, spells, achievement stuffs and whatnot… but playing the Fury again was like getting into old, comfy clothes (gear and spells or no gear and spells), so Fairuza is currently my "main" in all the traditional senses of the word, since she's the highest-level all round.
As some of you may remember, I was going to fess up about alts and resubbing the old account when I'd solemnly sworn that I wouldn't. I should have known myself a little better; in any game where a single character can't explore most of the offered crafting (or to a lesser extent adventuring content), I will end up with alts, just so I can try everything out. I like to make stuff, and the more chars to make stuff the better.
Right now the new account has three characters on it, one of whom is probably destined for the delete bin sooner or later. The other two, however, I've been playing with the spousal unit. The first is a Warden (mirror of the Fury only more defensive), paired with hubby's ranger, both of whom are now 30; I don't enjoy the warden nearly as much as the fury, sadly, but I'll carry on with her for now. The other char is a Troubador that's paired with hubby's new Illusionist. Thanks to this last weekend's xp-extravaganza in some of the old-world zones and to the refer-a-friend xp'o'rama — which, with rest xp, added up to something like 400+% xp per kill — they went from 1 to 20 in just a few short hours. The troub is fun, as I expected, since I already have a dirge on the old account. I'd mentor down on some of the existing characters, but that extra xp bonus from the friend-referred accounts is just too tempting right now. That'll go away in a few weeks anyway; I believe it only lasts 90 days, so sooner or later we'll be back to plain old normal xp and then I'll be happier mixing and matching with the old account. Until then, god knows I need all the adventuring xp bonuses I can get!
I'm glad I don't know how to 2-box and probably couldn't do it on a single machine — certainly not this 3+ year-old rig — because otherwise I'm sure I'd be pretty tempted. As I've said elsewhere, 2-boxing doesn't particularly bother me, and it enables the ever-more common couple or friends-duo to tackle stuff that's normally reserved for bigger groups; it's 4 or 5 or 6-boxing that really irks me, because usually the only reason it's done is to exploit, farm gold, or otherwise do stuff I tend to feel runs counter to the spirit of MMOs. (Yeah, we all have different opinions of that "spirit" — whatever floats your boat. Me, I'll continue to be irked by conga-lines of 5 chars slavishly following the one in the lead.) I still don't get how anyone can successfully run two active chars at the same time when I have enough trouble hitting all the right buttons for just one — or does the second char just follow along? That's always puzzled me.
Knowing me and the spousal unit, we'll be mulling over more alts sooner or later, and as usual I'm totally torn on what to pick. I'm going to try not to remake classes I already have, but that still leaves a ton of choices and when everything is equally tasty it usually takes me forever to make up my mind. Maybe I'll just jab a pen at the char creation screen and see where it lands…
As I said a few weeks back, the Halasian Empire guild is a wonderful home for anyone on Lucan DLere looking for a casual, grown up, supportive but not smothering atmosphere. It's not a very big guild, so if you need to see 26 people online every time you log on, it's probably not for you — but I know many of you out there with similar play- and social-styles to mine, so if you're on LDL or planning to try out EQ2, give us a shout!


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'Service is something we can all do'
As the rain came pounding down around them and the puddles under the gazebo grew larger, the black-suited brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha stood in a tight circle and slowly, proudly sang their fraternity anthem.
There was a seriousness to their purpose, just as there was to the entire Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation at N.C. Central University Thursday. The celebration, which ended with an abbreviated ceremony at the University Bowl with the fraternity brothers honoring the man who had been one of their own, featured retired N.C. Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson.
Timmons-Goodson posed a serious challenge to the students and others who packed the B.N. Duke Auditorium.
"A lot of people have marched and died for you," she said. "I hope you will take up the yoke and march yourselves — in whatever form you choose."
Timmons-Goodson pointed out, particularly to the young people in the audience, that when King died — at the age of 39, in 1968 — he was just barely older than they were. To them now, he is only a video clip and a sound bite.
"He is now gone from this earth longer than he lived on this earth," she said. "He accomplished much, but he left many things undone. And we are challenged to pick up the work that he left undone."
That can seem, Timmons-Goodson acknowledged, to be a very daunting challenge.
"It is easy to say that I am no Dr. King," she said. "But he was, after all, just a man, not a superman."
What made him special, the former judge added, was his willingness to serve.
"That is such a humble-sounding concept," she said. "But service is something we can all do. It's something many of you do already."
Everybody can be great, Timmons-Goodson argued, because everybody can serve.
"Look outside yourself,:" she advised. "Help others. Work in your community. Do something, do anything, for somebody else. It doesn't matter what you do. Just take some action."
Those of her generation, she concluded, are not going to be around forever. And so, she told the young people, "we need you. We need your energy. We need your enthusiasm. We need your boldness. And we hope you will not let us down."
Speaking after Timmons-Goodson, NCCU's interim chancellor Charles Becton noted that making a difference in the lives of others is not just a benefit to those others.
It is, he said, "a gift to you as well."