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At the National Museum for Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz, internships and volunteering options are possible in research, librarianship, media production/video production, and directing courses of dance, theatre and arts.
Project Details
The National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore of La Paz is active in the subject areas of museology, distribution of culture, and research. The museum is visited by around 100,000 people per year, most of whom are school classes; there are around 10,000 foreign tourists at the museum every year.
The department of museology ("Museología") primarily conserves and expands the collection of cultural artifacts which have been produced by the various ethnic groups of Bolivia; further, the collection includes archaeological artifacts and objects from colonial time.
The department of distribution of culture ("Extensión y Difusión Cultural") runs the library which specialises in anthropology, cultural sciences, popular culture, ethnohistory, ethnology, ethnomusicology, history, linguistics, sociology, agriculture and archaeology, with a focus on indigenous people. It features around 15,000 printed works, including rare historic book. The Centre of Ethnological Documentation (CDE) hosts around 4500 documents of scientific relevance. The collection of journals encompasses around 14,000 scientific journals from Bolivia and other countries. The collection of maps includes historic maps from the 14th century until today; the audiovisual archive includes around 72 million pictures, 2000 illustrations, 2360 films, 1350 videos in various formats, and 10,000 audio recordings. At the video library, around 3000 titles can be viewed. Most titles of the library, the video library and of the archive are accessible through an online catalogue. There are 4 full time librarians at the library.
Volunteers and interns of librarianship can participate in the following subject areas: Indexing of the library's assets such as books, journals, audio recordings, moving images, and digitalization of the archive's historic documents. For the indexing of books, the library works with the systems MARK 21, ISIMARK and SCDD23. Magazine articles are indexed in an alphanumerical way. Further, you can translate historical documents from German to Spanish.
The museum does audiovisual media production, particularly video documentaries about ethnological and folkloric topics related to Bolivia. The museum has already produced some 1500 documentaries which are not only being provided at the video library, but which are also available for sale. The revenues from the sales however cannot cover the production costs, so the video production is being subsidized.
Interns and volunteers of video production can assist with the design of storyboards, video editing and postproduction, 2D animation, 3D animation, and indexing and digitalization of materials from the archive. For video editing, Final Cut Pro 7 is used, for 3D animation, Maya and 3DMax, for 2D animation, Anime.
The office of editorial and graphic design produces texts for publications and exhibitions, and is doing graphic design. The museum's PR is also part of the responsibilities of this department.
Interns and volunteers of this subject area work on printed items for the museum such as brochures, leaflets, catalogues but also signage, information boards etc.
Part of media production is also exhibition technologies, primarily dealing with the lighting of the museum's exhibitions.
The research department does research related to Bolivian culture. This department further participates in educational tasks such as offering various courses.
Students of history, ethnology, archaeology, anthropology, architecture and sociology can participate in their specialty subject area at a large research project which has the aim to investigate and describe the characteristics of all churches and local festivities in all villages of Bolivia.
The museum also offers courses of activities such as modern, classic and folkloristic dance, arts, pottery and drawing. These courses take place from Monday to Friday and target various groups such as youth, disabled children and senior citizens (twice a week for each target group) from February to November. Volunteers who can teach these courses can also stay for a shorter duration and the start is possible at any time.
Info Box
Location: La Paz, Bolivia
Availability: All year, Start date flexible
Minimum Duration: 1 Month
Maximum Duration: 6 Months
Language Requirements: Average knowledge of Spanish
Shared Accommodation, Room with Host Family
Supervision Possible: Yes
Qualification Of Supervisor: Qualified professionals from all areas mentioned
Minimum Qualification Of Intern:
Relevant studies or experience
Further Contribution To Project: None
Volunteering Possible: Yes
Required Qualification For Volunteer: Specialists in mentioned areas
Further Contribution To Project: None
Professional Conduct, Do you have the "right" attitude?
Accommodation in La Paz
Shared Accommodation in La Paz
The apartment is located in Sopocachi, in the city center of La Paz. The district Sopocachi is located between the historic neighborhood of La Paz and the southern part of the city (La Zona Sur). The area is a popular living, working and entertainment district. The accommodation for volunteers and interns can be reached via a steep staircase, at the end of two houses opposite each other, separated by a green courtyard. In both houses, there are a total of eight rooms for trainees, volunteers and travelers from all over the world. The view is stunning; both of La Paz and the enchanting snow-capped Illimani, which is considered to be the highest elevation of the Cordillera Real, and a symbol of La Paz. The view can be enjoyed from the front porch of the rear house; where there is seating for socializing. The room available is a single room. Depending on the size and amenities of the room, the monthly rental costs differ. In general, there is a bed, a storage space for clothes, a small table and a chair. In both houses, there is one kitchen and bathroom to be shared. There is also Internet.
Host Families in La Paz
Accommodation in La Paz is with host families, where you have a separate room of average standards. You have either a private bathroom or one shared with the family. In general, both parents work and therefore, offer breakfast only. You can use the kitchen or purchase cheap food in the city.
I. World Unite! Service Package
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|up to 31 Days
|32-60 Days
|61-90 Days
|91-120 Days
|5 Months or longer
1 Person
2-4 Persons
(Rate per Person)
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The World Unite! Service Package includes:
- Individual Consultation and Preparation prior to your arrival
- Access to the World Unite! Online Resource Centre which has Preparation Materials including Intercultural Preparation, compiled particularly for your destination (PDFs, Videos)
- Assistance with visa extension in Bolivia or arrangement of visa (depending on duration of stay) and other official permits (if required), but not the official government fees for it/them
- Pick-up and Transfers from/to La Paz/El Alto (LPB) on arrival and departure
- Assistance with the booking of domestic connection flights within Bolivia if you arrive in Cochabamba or ViruViru
- Personal support staff at your location and at our international office
- Orientation and Introduction in La Paz
- Accompanying you to your placement on your first day
- 24 Hours emergency support by local support team
- 50 USD Contribution to your project
- Local SIM Card with 60 Bs. air time
- Issuance of Confirmations/Certificates for your university, scholarship, insurance, etc. and filling out/signing Internship Contracts for your university
The Rates do NOT include:
- Accommodation and Meals (see below)
- Travel to/from Bolivia (you book it on your own; we can assist you)
- Official fees for Visa (see below)
- Insurance (Travel Health Insurance, Liability Insurance, Travel Cancellation insurance; you book it on your own, we can assist you)
- Personal Expenses
- Vaccinations
- Local Transport (Estimated amounts see below)
- Please note that for supervised/mentored internships, some organizations charge further contributions. You find this information in the "Info Box" below the respective internship description.
II. Accommodation Costs
You can choose between the following options:
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| Some Rates in EUR/US-Dollar.
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|Short-time stay
(1-31 Days)
|Long-time stay
(32-365 Days)
(You pay proportionally per day)
|Shared House or Hostel
House shared with other participants
|1 Person
(Single Room)
|8 EUR/Day
|150-190 EUR/Month*
|2 Persons p.p.
(Double/Twin Room)
|5 EUR/Day
|80-120 EUR/Month*
|Host Family
Host Family of Middle Standard
on Full Board
|1 Person
(Single Room)
|15 USD/Day
|300 USD/Month
|2 Persons p.p.
(Double/Twin Room)
|15 USD/Day
|250 USD/Month
*Rate depending on Room Size. Incomplete months are charged proportionally per day.
In case of 3-4 person: Same rate as in case of 2 Persons. 5 or more persons: Contact us for group rates.
In case of 3-4 person: Same rate as in case of 2 Persons. 5 or more persons: Contact us for group rates.
Overview of other costs:
- For most citizens except US Citizens, no Visa fee for a stay of a maximum of 90 days per calendar year. Any time you stay in excess of 90 days within a calendar year, 20 Bs. fee per day. US Citizens pay currentyl 135 USD Visa fee.
- If meals are not included: around 70-150 EUR /100-180 USD)/month
- Small local expenses (e.g. Internet, local transport): around 30-50 USD/Month (Estimate)
- Insurances around 30-50 USD/Month
How do I pay?
Once all your questions have been answered and you confirm that you want to participate, we will email you an invoice. You can pay it via bank transfer or via Paypal. You will pay a deposit 200 EUR when the invoice is issued. 3 months prior to your arrival you will pay the remainder for your Service Package and for the first month of rent.
Rent from the 2nd month, possible further contributions to the NGO or for internship supervision (see info box of the respective project description), and costs for visa and possibly further official permits you pay directly at your destination. There are ATMs.
Other Projects That Might Interest You:
These projects are suggestions for alternatives that may interest you or those that could be chosen as COMBINATIONS. The combination of projects in different organizations is often possible and usually cheaper than two individual bookings. Please contact us to know more! Check out our other listings in the areas of "World Learner" and "Active Travel" at your travel destination to make your stay even more interesting.
Travel Health Insurance
We recommend the following travel insurance that is meant specifically for participants of internships, volunteering, language study, working holiday, and courses abroad. It is available for travelers of all nationalities and usable for all countries, except your home country. You can also add a journey liability insurance.
Just click on the link, fill in the form and you will get a confirmation email.
La Paz
La Paz is located at an altitude of around 3600 meters (11,600 feet) within the canyon of the Río Chokeyapue, deeply cutting into the surrounding Altiplano highland. On the highland west of La Paz, the city of El Alto has been built, which during the last years, with more than 1 million people, has grown larger than La Paz; in El Alto you find the international airport of La Paz-El Alto. The difference of altitude between the southern parts of La Paz, which are located further down the canyon, and the upper parts of the valley, is almost 1000 meters (3300 feet), resulting in spectacular views when driving down from El Alto into La Paz.
Coordinator in La Paz
Our coordinator in La Paz is Sandra, a housewife and mother.
Recreational Activities in La Paz
La Paz is a metropolis and offers similar recreational opportunities such as some European cities.
Popular, but also dangerous are Mountain Bike Trips on the "road of death" in the Yungas, a narrow and unpaved mountain range with hundreds of deep chasms. An abstruse spectacle is the wrestling matches of Cholitas, the women who wrestle in traditional indigenous garments, in El Alto. In cooperation with the Center "Vive Bolivia", we offer a variety of courses and cultural activities.
Getting There
Getting To La Paz
You fly to La Paz El Alto (LPB), where you will be picked up and taken to your accommodation. Often, there are cheaper international flights to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (ViruViru Airport, VVI). In that case, you can fly there and then take a connecting flight to La Paz, booking separately with Aerosur or BoA. The tickets between these cities are quite low (30-50 EUR / 38-63 USD), but you cannot pay by credit card from overseas. We can buy you a ticket in Bolivia.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Are there fixed start dates for the project, which I must adhere to?
No, you can arrive at any date and you can hence, plan your trip according to your availability and the prices of flights. We can pick you up from the Cochabamba airport even at night. You cannot start a project during certain holidays, of which, we will inform you in advance.
Can I stay longer at my accommodation after my volunteering/internship or arrive earlier?
Yes, this is possible and we will give you our best rates. Just let us know when you arrive and leave and we will let you know the costs.
During my stay, can I travel around the country?
Of course, you can do this - most of our participants do so. However, when the travel destination is too far away, it may not be possible over a weekend; these, we would recommend you keep for before the projects begins or after the completion. You could even plan these out during holidays (e.g. Semana Santa). We will notify you of the destinations and the recommended time to visit.
Is it safe to travel in Bolivia alone as a single female traveller?
About 80 percent of our participants are women and many of them 18 to 24 years old. Not a single instance of any serious security issue has been reported. Our supervisors on site will advise you on how you should conduct yourself in order to avoid problems - issues such as clothing style, carrying valuables, and in dealing with machismo and patriarchal societies. Our preparation material brings attention to these issues. It is very important to follow these basic rules, that are just as applicable to many other places, in order to reduce risk as much as possible.
Will I be the only volunteer/intern in the project or in Bolivia?
The total number of participants that participate simultaneously with an organization depends on the size and activity of the organization and responsibilities of volunteers/interns. We try to avoid too many volunteers/interns in an organization at the same time. It may be that you are alone in your work site, but usually there are, throughout the year, other participants in Cochabamba, who you can meet in your spare time, if you desire so. In addition, there are also many tourists on the road, whom you can easily meet at bars, shops, etc. You can also meet a lot of local and foreign students in the lively city of Cochabamba.
What vaccinations do I need?
Our Info - PDF that you get as a participant, gives detailed information on health care. Also refer to Recommended Vaccinations
Where will I live?
You can go through the housing options in the tab "Accommodation".
Can I choose my accommodation?
You can send us your preference and we will try our best to organise that for you. However, some Organizations provide accommodation, in which case, you can only opt for that.
How free or bound am I in my accommodation with the host family?
While you will have your privacy, in Bolivia, it is customary to let your host family know when you will leave or return to the house so that the doors can be unlocked, due to safety reasons. It is unacceptable to have casual acquaintances visit you. The level of closeness or privacy with the family can differ.
Does my accommodation have internet facilities?
The shared accommodations in Cochabamba and in Sopocachi, La Paz have internet, as does the hostel in Cochabamba. As for the host families, Internet is not always available, and the same applies to the boarding offered by some Organizations. You can find information about the availability of internet in the tabs "Accommodation". If there is no wifi internet, you can buy yourself a USB modem stick or surf the Internet with your smartphone.
How can I do my laundry?
In general, clothes are hand washed in Bolivia. Many households have someone employed for the purpose, while others have washing machines. There are also laundromats.
Can I cook in the accommodation?
Yes, the families allow the use of the kitchen, but may charge a small monthly fee for additional consumption of electricity and gas. The families also offer meals for you, if you want to eat with them. This, you can decide when you arrive. Details are in the tab "Accommodation".
I am a vegetarian. Can I get vegetarian food?
Yes, host families are familiar with vegetarian meals and allergies or food intolerances can be considered. It is also possible to buy vegetarian food.
What language skills do I need?
In Bolivia, Spanish, as well as indigenous languages such as Aymara or Quechua are spoken. If you have little or no knowledge of Spanish, we recommend that you begin your stay with a Spanish language course. We can also organize Skype Spanish lessons with a Bolivian language teacher. The majority of the volunteering/ internships expect basic to medium level of Spanish at the start of the activity. That is, you should be able to communicate and express yourself during your stay, at a basic level. Please let us know what you level of knowledge of Spanish is, so that we make sure we organise your stay/project accordingly.


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You may remember a few months ago that I posted a video showing Chelsea Wolfe performing "Flatlands" from her upcoming acoustic record, Unknown Rooms (October 16th). Well now you can stream the extremely gorgeous and melancholic studio version of the track below. I am extremely excited to hear the record in full but I am also afraid that it will make me cry. Forget I said that. Check out the song and get the tissues ready.
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Just remember... According to Martin, you should not be aware of your surroundings or have any fear at all of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and getting attacked.
I, unlike Martin, just want everyone to be aware.
1. Don't misrepresent what I have said, darling. It isn't nice to be dishonest. I forgive you.
2. You owe me 20 dollars fom our bet. you may choose to give it to a charity of your choice, but let me know who I am helping. Whilst you were spreading misinformation I was winning bets for charity, so I feel pretty good about that.
One attack was in Central Park, the other in Crotona.
But I want to applaud you for managing to monger fear, call out and attack a fellow forumite while misrepresenting his opinion, and also get the facts wrong; all in the first post.
I knew I missed this place...
seakris, could you quit misinforming the universe and pay me the money you owe me from our bet? I pay my bets immediately, what is up with you?
(jumpymcgee is seakris)
you may remember when we made this bet, I was so confident, I pre-spent my winnings on a big tip for a sexy bartender girl on my street. Now I have won, so I should be even again, but I am down 20, and had plans to donate that 20 to girls on the run, one of our favorite charities. So seakris could you get it together and pay my 20 that you owe me to girls on the run on my behalf?
seriously what kind of person refuses to pay off their bets?
maybe everyone should try to be aware of their surroundings whether or not there is a crime reported in a given week?


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|Financing Mechanisms
|End-user payment , Grant , In-kind
|Qualifying Projects
|Mitigation, Energy , Energy Efficiency , Low-Carbon , Renewable Energy
|Renewable energy & energy efficiency projects in the Mediterranean/Balkan region as defined by UNEP and partners.
The Mediterranean Investment Facility (MIF), is a joint initiative under UNEP and the Italian Ministry for Environment Land and Sea (IMELS) which aims at developing a vibrant, sustainable renewable energy market system in the greater Mediterranean and Balkan regions, removing project, policy and trade barriers and strengthening the market system, thereby contributing to poverty alleviation through the provision of modern energy services to populations and to climate change mitigation.
The Mediterranean Investment Facility (MIF) develops and tests different options to increase available financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency systems, such as Solar Water Heating equipment (SWH), in Tunisia, Egypt, FYR Macedonia, and Montenegro and Compact Fluorescent Lamps in Morocco.
The objectives of the MIF are to lower the charged interest rates to the customers, to ensure financial institutions' participation by reducing the risk in entering a new market segment, to support the development of partnerships between commercial banks and suppliers of (SWH), as well as to lower the up-front cost for energy efficient appliances.
With the cooperation of local governments and public and private financial institutions, the MIF implements a range of financial support mechanisms and policy enhancements, including:
For more information on MIF financing, please see the Project Examples section below.
Please visit the UNEP website for more information on participating in this programme.
The MIF finances renewable energy and energy efficiency projects throughout the Mediterranean region, including Solar Water Heating (SWH) systems, CFLs and other efficient end-user energy solutions.
In addition, the MIF will engage in policy enhancements in two components:
The MIF is a cooperative effort under the direction of the following authorities:
The objectives of the MIF are to lower the charged interest rates to the customers, to ensure financial institutions' participation by reducing the risk in entering a new market segment, to support the development of partnerships between commercial banks and suppliers of (SWH), as well as to lower the up-front cost for Energy Efficient appliances.
In Morocco, MIF is helping to transform the market for energy efficient lighting, paving the way for phasing out incandescent lighting and huge energy savings. The project is working to boost policy incentives, establish standards for compact fluorescents and other energy efficient lighting stimulate end-user financing, and raise consumer awareness. Thanks to an innovative financial support mechanism, 2 million households will be able to switch from ILs to CFLs. Customers will repay the cost of the lamp through their electricity bill over 21 months. The suggested incentive under the Project is set to 3 MAD per CFL (35 US cents per CFL) for customers that will use the proposed scheme for ILs disposal. This incentive will lower the cost of each CFL by 12.5%.
In Egypt, MIF is encouraging the hotel sector to install SWH systems through a combination of subsidies (25% capital cost subsidy and maintenance program for the SWH installations over 5 years), awareness raising, and training workshops, and by establishing quality standards for SWH suppliers. Of the 300 hotels contacted, 100 have declared their intention of participating in the programme. Two projects have been already implemented with a total 130.46 m² of solar collectors installed; corresponding to more than 100,000 kWh of energy produced every year.
In Macedonia, the aim of the MIF is to address investment barriers hampering SWH market development in Macedonia and to remove them through the implementation of an innovative financing mechanism able to create a long-term stable market environment by catalyzing and scaling up commercial investment and financial sector participation. The feasibility study to address these investment barriers in ongoing, the results of the feasibility study will help tailoring an appropriate financial mechanism.
In Montenegro, MIF is allowing local banks to finance SWH end-users through preferential terms such as direct subsidies and low-interest loans and thus activate the SWH market. These incentives will permit end-users to spread the cost over up to seven years. The incentive mechanism is to provide a free loan to end-users to install solar panels over a period of 3, 5 or 7 years to the be repaid to lending institutions (NL bank and HypoAlpeAdria bank).
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MIF funds will subsidize the interest rate for the entire duration of the loan. The end user will pay a monthly installment equal to the net value of the loan divided by the number of payments selected. For each installation, between 180 and 697 € of interest rate cost will be subsidized, depending on the length of the loan and the amount requested.
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The Star's editorial "Stem-cell research is step ahead for science" (3/10, Opinion) characterized President Bush's executive order limiting federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research as "illogical." I'll see your illogical and raise you unproductive and unethical.
Embryonic stem-cell results are sketchy, including tumors in patients and no cures. Adult stem cells show promise for more than 80 diseases without the same effects. Embryonic stem cells are less promising, more costly and controversial. Their only logic is convenience.
At what point should we confer human rights? Not at birth. A mother begins labor based on her health, age, chance and medical convenience. If not at conception or the presence of a heartbeat, spinal cord, eyes and legs, when? Nothing more is required than the fusion of two cells and a willing partner. A full-term child requires no less.
Embryonic stem-cell research kills our society a little bit each time as it slips further from a culture of life, and that is illogical.
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As a former embryo myself, I am grieved that experiments are taking place on my kind, especially when no harm could be done by using other types of stem cells.
Science and the state, when they overstep their limits, must be opposed by people who have been allowed to grow into mature human beings.
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ALBUQUERQUE -- Hated by ranchers and revered by environmentalists as a symbol of the American Southwest's wildness, the Mexican gray wolf has struggled over the past 15 years to find a foothold in the forests of Arizona and New Mexico.
But federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday that the predator has made its biggest stride yet. Annual survey results show there are at least 75 wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, the most since the federal government began efforts to return the wolves to their historic range in 1998.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regional director Benjamin Tuggle attributed the boost in population to management aimed at reducing conflicts between the wolves and ranchers and other rural residents.
Over the years, the number of wolves has gone up and down, and Tuggle acknowledged that more work needs to be done to tackle the persistent challenges that have prevented the program from being more successful.
"We recognize the largest threats to the populations that we have on the landscape continue to be genetic diversity and illegal mortality," he said.
The plan this year, he said, is prevent more wolf shootings and to infuse more genetic diversity into the population. That could mean more releases of captive-bred wolves into the wild.
The estimates released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are based on ground and aerial surveys done in recent weeks. At least 38 wolves are in New Mexico and 37 in Arizona. Last year, the estimate stood at 58 for the two states.
The survey also indicated three breeding pairs among the 13 packs that were identified. There were twice as many breeding pairs last year, but officials noted that 20 pups were born in 2012 and survived through the end of the year -- the 11th consecutive year in which wild-born wolves bred and raised pups in the wild.
Larry Voyles, director of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, said one of the keys to success is increasing the percentage of the population that's born in the wild. Now, all but one of the wolves on the ground in New Mexico and Arizona were born in the wild.
Environmentalists argued that building a sustainable population isn't likely when there are so few breeding pairs. They said Mexican wolves are facing a "genetic crisis."
The Mexican wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, once roamed New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Mexico. Hunting and government-sponsored extermination campaigns all but wiped out the predator. It was added to the federal endangered species list in 1976.


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The Self, Habit, And Character.
( Originally Published 1899 )
THE term self has been used frequently in the foregoing pages. It may now be more clearly explained. By the self is meant the child, the man, as the subject from which conscious phenomena constantly rise. It is that which responds to the stimuli from the outside world; that which feels and thinks and wills. Its manifold activities constitute what is called mind. The self is distinguished from them only as substance is distinguished from its qualities or attributes. Essentially the self is as its attributes or activities. Knowing them, we know ourselves and other selves also.
In speaking of the various mental activities, there is frequently a suggestion that they are more or less independent parts of the self, and that as one of them is acting the others are at rest. Mod-ern psychologists are agreed, however, that the self acts as a unit in all cases. If apperceiving, it is the whole self that apperceives; if recollecting, it is the whole self that recollects. The interdependence of all the intellectual activities is thus made more evident.
Whatever the self does reacts upon it, giving it the power to do the same thing again with more ease and more rapidity than before. The more frequently the fingers perform certain movements, the more successfully do they perform each succeeding movement. What is it that is stored up in the fingers as a result of each effort? Nothing but ability to do it again, possibly a little better and with a little less exertion. In the course of time the fingers become organized, as it were, to execute those particular movements, and their efficiency is thus greatly multiplied. In the same way the reaction of mental activity upon the self is constantly organizing it and increasing its power to act. In this way skill comes, and readiness, and comprehension. In this way also come tendencies and dispositions. Though the child be working objectively, thinking about things outside of him-self and making forms and colors to his fancy, he is really making himself. It is this that gives a child's environments, a child's companions, a child's books, and a child's plays such tremendous significance in character-building. The nature of mental food and mental exercise affects the nature of the mental organism far more prfoundly than the nature of physical food and physical exercise affects the bodily organism. Read Hawthorne's Great Stone Face, and then verify what has been said by a study of the children in your circle.
The .study just suggested will possibly reveal some puzzling problems. Apparent contradictions of these statements may be found, but their explanation will usually appear in the hereditary dispositions or in the influences at first over-looked. Read J. G. Holland's Social Undertow for further enlightenment.
You have already seen that, as these activities organize into and become a part of the self, they become what is called habit. At first they are more or less strange and unfamiliar, more or less difficult of execution. That which makes them familiar and easily executed also makes them a part of the self. Nothing is familiar which has not been converted into terms of the self. Understanding and repetition are the two factors that best bring this about, though the latter often does it in a mechanical way. Habit is defined as activity resulting from the identification of an action with the self through repetition. When conditions similar to those originally accompanying an act occur, that act automatically that is, without conscious effort tends to repeat itself. This is in accord with the law of physical and mental activity that when any element of a series recurs, the whole series tends to recur also. The momentum of habit thus carries an act on to completion, leaving the mind free to give attention to any unfamiliar element present. For illustration, when the child has learned to walk, he moves about the yard looking at the birds and talking about them to his little friends, all the while unconscious of efforts at walking. He is watching the birds and is absorbed in them, and yet he is constantly talking to them or about them, words coming as needed, no effort now being required to recall them or to pronounce them.
All education takes the form of habit. Nothing is valuable as knowledge or skill that is not so fully possessed and assimilated with the self that it reacts spontaneously and directly to its appropriate stimulus. Habit makes apperception possible. Control is attained with habit. It ex-plains the marked differences among men in their ability to perform certain kinds of work. Ability is called skill, but it becomes skill only as it becomes habit. Both mental and physical skill comes from practice that makes it habit. A man's strength or weakness lies in his habits of thinking and doing. His habits re-veal his character, or, better, his habits are his character.
Activities that take the form of habit become permanent characteristics of the self as well as its controlling forces. From certain activities come all that brood of evil habits so common among people of all ages laziness, shiftlessness, procrastination, listlessness, slovenliness, skepticism, faithlessness to promises, lying, instability, fault-finding, scolding, self-indulgence, etc. Most fortunately also come from others the habits that make for righteousness industry, thrift, punctuality, neatness, accuracy, interest, stability, self-denial, truthfulness, gentleness, courage, etc. These facts make it possible for the child to realize any ideal of character he may set up. They also show the part the teacher and parent may take in the process.
Children easily form and easily break habits. Their imitative instincts serve them well. It is usually otherwise with adults. The second part of the first statement is disputed by many moth-er's. By sad experience they have learned how hard it is to break some bad habits into which their children fall. When, however, they have secured the co-operation of the children, the work is less difficult, so the statement is permitted to stand. It is admitted, though, that there may be some hopeless cases. A boy, a neighbor of mine, when but seven years of age gravely confided to his playmate the conclusion that he had chewed tobacco so long that it would be impossible for him to abstain from it! Another of still more tender years had formed such a habit of lying that correctives proved of no avail. Another fell to fighting nearly every boy he met. Probably every household has its truant and its child that goes into spasms and turns "black and blue " whenever punished or denied anything it craves.
Many of these so-called habits, however, are superficial, and mere temporary stages in the growth of the child. A little friendly counsel re-enforced by wise punishment, if necessary, usually corrects them. Dr. D. M. Harris, of St. Louis, tells me that he spent a few hours one afternoon and a short time on the following morning in showing a little girl how she could talk without stammering. She had stammered so long that it was supposed to be a physical defect, and efforts at its cure had been abandoned. Imagine her mother's delight at the dinner table to hear her speak without any hesitation or defective enunciation whatever. Children often insist that they can not overcome certain bad habits that some re-minder will readily assist them in correcting. A friend of mine tells me that a little nephew of hers would swear like a trooper when angry. He agreed with his mother that it was very wicked, but he " got so mad." At the conclusion of a loving talk with him one day about the habit, she tied a string around one of his fingers and secured a solemn promise that as long as that string was there he would not swear. Early in the after-noon of the day after he came rushing into the house, crying, " Mamma, mamma, cut this string off my finger quick!" She said, " Why, my boy?" " Oh," he replied, " I am mad at a boy out in the alley, and I must swear at him; cut it quick! "
As has been remarked already, children's habits, whether good or bad, are easily formed; hence the danger of indulging them too frequently in certain cute expressions and willful pranks. The first "I won't do it! " often provokes a smile, but too often it is not long before it brings hot, scalding tears. Study the habits of your children, and discover the circumstances under which they have risen. Why do some of them lounge constantly? Why do some walk with a light, elastic step and others in a shuffling way? Why do some chew their tongues when they write? Why are some tidy and neat and others dirty and slovenly? Why are some always losing things? Why are some invariably ahead of their fellows and others as surely behind them? Why are some always alert and attentive, and others diffident and listless? Why are some constantly complaining and grumbling? Why do some always speak in a loud, self-important way? Why are some so reserved and shy? Why are some habitually blundering, while others seldom make a mistake? Why are some frequently breaking things and others not? Why are some hurting themselves daily and others seldom meeting a mishap? Why are some continually asking questions, while others seldom do it? Why do some usually forget, while others seem to remember everything they meet? Why are some habitually open and frank, while others are reticent and re-served? In seeking answers to these questions, you should not overlook the valuable assistance each child's family may give you, especially the father and mother. Remember that the mere discovery that such habits exist will be of little value. You know that now. Their origin and their correction in each case are the special objects of this study.
Experiment with the children in habit-breaking and habit-forming. Discover the relation of the understanding and the emotions. Find under what conditions a child will promptly break a habit. Is a bad habit more easily displaced by suppressing it directly or by building up other habits of an opposite tendency, thus accomplishing it indirectly? What classes of good or bad habits appear to affect habits in general? What methods do you find helpful in building up right habits of thinking and doing? What elements in the child seem to give him stableness of character?
What effect have children's plays upon their character? Review now the functions of physical, intellectual, prudential, and moral control in the process of character-forming. In what way are they interdependent?


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|Mirror Image
|Usable by
|Offensive, Utility
|3 min.
|Related buff
- "How do you know which one is real?!"
Mirror Image is a Mage spell of the Arcane tree. Casting it creates three copies of the Mage around him that cast spells at his current target and have a fraction of his health and spell power. This ability was added in Wrath of the Lich King and is trainable at level 50.
This spell was previously not affected by the global cooldown nor triggered it. However, since Patch 3.1.0 this spell is on the global cooldown, making its activation a slight DPS loss. However, it does not trigger a GCD on every other Mage spell that doesn't have a global cooldown such as Cold Snap, Icy Veins, Combustion and damage trinkets.
The images created do low damage and receive a percentage of the Mage's spell power. They cast 3.0 second Frostbolts and occasionally shoot Fireblasts. Mirror Images inherit the spell hit rating on their master's gear (but not that of talents like Elemental Precision).
Mirror Images inherit 33.33% of their master's spell power each. their Frostbolts do 163-169 + 30% of that spell power as frost damage and crit for 150% of their normal damage (aside from snaring their target by 40% for 4 secs), while the Fireblasts do 88-98 + 15% of that spell power as fire damage and crit for 150%.[2]
Tips and tactics
The Mirror Images inherit the Mage's threat lists, and the Mage also gains a 90M threat reduction debuff like Fade. This makes it useful as a last-ditch threat dump. The images do an average of 15k damage over 30 seconds with no spell power, which is highly useful for single-target DPS in raids and sustained PvP burst.
Known bugs
At recent moment (Patch 3.2.2a) there are multiple reports that Mirror Images still sometime break crowd control even with instant spells (Fire Blast), whereas Patch 3.1.2 notes say that Images "should no longer cast Fire Blast or Frostbolt on targets that are affected by crowd control debuffs that break immediately on damage unless they are already casting these spells when crowd control is applied.". Considering that Fire Blast has no cast time, Mirror Image must acquire already crowd controlled target to cast it and break control.
Proof from recent worldoflogs.com report (translated): [23:35:49.605] Mirror Image's Fire Blast breaks Maz'dinah's Polymorph[3]
Patch changes
- Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Health on the mirror images has been increased.
- Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009):
- Images will no longer trigger the death sound when their time expires.
- The mirror images will no longer complete casts of Frostbolt on targets which are Polymorphed at the time their Frostbolt channel finishes.
- Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): The images summoned by this spell will now target the creature that most hates the Mage, and should no longer cast Fire Blast or Frostbolt on targets that are affected by crowd control debuffs that break immediately on damage unless they are already casting these spells when crowd control is applied.
- Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Mirror Image will no longer cast Polymorph.
- Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Mirror Image now triggers a global cooldown on all spells.
- ^ Roywyn 2009-11-04. WotLK - Complete Mage Compendium (3.2 Updated). Elitist Jerks. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Report (Query - spell id 28271, "Interrupt/Dispel" checkbox) (2009-11-18).
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Editor's Note: Wouldn't it be nice to have a quick way to write Urdu comments on Facebook, or for that matter on any website? Or to be able to browse Hindi websites written in Devangari script? Syed Ghulam Akbar, an innovative software developer, has written a bookmarklet that allows you to do just that, without any cumbersome installation. In the following, Akbar describes his tools and their use.
Dynamic Language Tools is a bookmarklet application which I have developed, which helps users read and write Urdu easily on any web page without installing any software. This tool uses the Google Transliteration API to do the on-demand transliteration of the roman script to Urdu script. This tool also provides on the fly Hindi to Urdu transliteration on the web-pages making all the Hindi content (in the Devanagari script) readable to Urdu readers.
As this application internally uses the Google Transliteration API, so, all the supported Google transliteration language pairs are available via this application. To use this application, one first need to save its bookmarklet in their web-browser, similar to creating a normal webpage bookmarks, and that's it. The one main advantage of using the bookmarklet technique is that you don't need to install anything on your machine, plus it automatically updates itself on the next load, so users will always see the latest version without running any updates.
How does it help in writing Urdu? To write Urdu in any text box on web-page, one needs to first load this application by clicking its saved bookmarklet link. Once the application is loaded in that page context, the user may enter text in Urdu using roman script in any text box on that page. To activate the Urdu Entry mode, one needs to simply press 'Ctrl' and click in a text box. When the Urdu mode is activated, the text-box orientation is changed from left to write, and an آ image is displayed in the background of text box indicating that Urdu mode is now active. In the Urdu Entry mode, if a user enters roman text like "Ye to bhat shandar khabar hai.", it will be auto-transliterated and displayed in Urdu script i.e. "یہ تو بہت شاندار خبر ہے.".
This Urdu mode entry works nearly on all the web sites pages, and all types of text boxes, i.e., one-liner, multi-liner, dynamic, and rich-text editors (as used in Google and Yahoo web mails). Using this tool, one can comment in Urdu on any website, can send emails in Urdu, can set their Facebook status in Urdu or can even chat with friends on Facebook in Urdu. These are just few examples of how and where this tool can be used, but basically using this tool you can write Urdu on the web everywhere you can currently type English without installing or changing any thing on the website.
How does it help in reading Urdu? The main inspiration behind this tool development was not actually Urdu writing. In fact, there are many existing tools and applications which let users type Urdu either using a special keyboard layout or by using roman script transliteration. What actually inspired me to develop this tool was to provide a way to easily convert the roman content on all the existing web-pages to Urdu script so that it is more readable. For example, there is a good poetry archive on www.urdupoetry.com, but all of that is in roman script. This is where this tool comes handy, and it lets user perform on-page transliteration of the existing roman Urdu content on the web-page without leaving that page. The transliterated text is displayed in place of the original text keeping the same format and layout. One can do this transliteration simply by just highlighting the text, and clicking the "Transliterate Selected Text" button in the preferences dialog of the bookmarklet. It also displays the original text (before transliteration) when the user moves the mouse over the transliteration text. Another handy feature is that one can also view alternate transliteration options and apply those by double clicking the transliterated words.
Why Hindi to Urdu transliteration? Hindi and Urdu languages share grammar, morphology, and a huge vocabulary, yet the majority of readers of both languages can't read the other written language mainly because Urdu is written using the Arabic script while Hindi is written using the Devangari script. The speakers and readers of these two languages combined are more than a billion. So, if we can provide a good transliteration between these two languages, it can serve a very large community. Some very good work has already been done in this field, notably the Hindi to Urdu Transliterator by CRULP, and Hindi Urdu Machine Transliteration by M G Abbas Malik. Even though the results of these transliterations are good, they are not excellent because Urdu language has more than one equivalent character for a Devanagri character. For example, the character त (ta) in Hindi has two equivalent characters ت (tay) and ط (toey) in Urdu. Similarly, the Devanagari character ज़ (za) could map to ز (zay), ض (zoad), ذ (zal) and ظ (zoay) Urdu characters depending on the context and language rules. This becomes tricky to handle without complex language processing rules and dictionary. What I have done for this tool is a two step process. First, I transliterate Hindi to the corresponding roman script using the combination of the ITRANS and IAST transliteration rules to produce a roman script which is best for the transliteration. The transliterated roman text is then passed to the Google Transliteration API for English to Urdu transliteration and as a result the Urdu script you get using his technique is almost accurate. Of course, similar to other transliterations supported by this tool, one can perform Hindi to Urdu transliteration on the fly (without leaving the page), and you can also do the transliteration corrections on the transliterated words.
What's next? It's not the end; it is actually just a start. I have been getting a lot of feedback and suggestions from friends and the community. Other than tweaking and improving the interface, I'm also working on the Google Translation integration. I also plan to integrate dictionary and image lookup-up for selected words. So stay tuned and keep sending your valuable feedback and comments.
About the author:
Akbar has been developing software for more than 12 years. He is an Application Architect at Jin Technologies Pvt Limited. He also does software development as hobby and some of his freeware utilities/projects are available at his site. He maintains a blog to share the software tips and tricks with community. When he is not doing software development, he loves to spend time with his family, watch movies and fly & build R/C planes!


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The Stow Municipal Court is operating today despite weekend flooding that
damaged thousands of court records and parts of the building.
Courthouse officials discovered a ruptured water line Saturday evening that sent water flowing
over the security station, into the Clerk's office and the Records Room in the basement.
Closed case files are stored in the secured Records Room. Under Ohio law minor
misdemeanors must be saved for five years after they are closed. More serious offenses
require storage for fifty years after the cases have closed.
"Our staff is identifying case files that can be dried out and salvaged," Clerk of Courts Kevin
Coughlin said. "After consulting with the Ohio Supreme Court, I have established a protocol for
determining and documenting if a file cannot be saved. In these cases, the file will be
destroyed. I estimate the number of records to be in the thousands."
Coughlin was elected Clerk last fall and has made modernizing the Court a priority.
"This incident only strengthens my resolve to transform the Court and implement a paperless
records system," Coughlin said. "Over the last few weeks, I have visited other courthouses to
observe their use of technology and met with several software vendors with the goal of going
paperless within the next eighteen months."
Court Administrator Rick Klinger and Stow Building Department personnel were first on the
scene Saturday, spreading saturated records throughout the courthouse basement in an effort
to dry them. Coughlin and Clerk's office staff began clearing materials and sorting records
Sunday. Building Department staff worked throughout the day and night to dry out the Clerk's
"Thanks to very professional and dedicated staff the Stow Municipal Court is fully operational
today," Coughlin added. "As we manage the damaged case files, we will strive to preserve as
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The Journal ran an article (Oct 3, 2013) about the levy for the Pioneer School District and there were two editorials supporting the levy. But if the voters pass the levy they should also elect new board members. Without voter approval, previous levy funds were bargained away during collective bargaining negotiations to provide additional "wage enhancements" or to "enhance the employee health benefits pool" . The school board made the objectives of the levy more difficult to achieve by those actions.
If the voters want new a new middle school building and additional primary school classrooms, how will they protect that goal when collective bargain comes again (and it is right around the corner). Will your incumbent school board members focus 100% of levy funds into the new buildings and classrooms? How much are they willing to divert in bargaining? Then what, another levy to cover the plundered amount? Kids and parents in the Pioneer School District deserve board members who won't allow plundering of the levy funds.
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The Howell Rebels captured their first national championship Friday in Kissimmee, Fla.
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It's often that championship games evoke a lasting memory of a single definitive play that sets a certain tone or shifts momentum in favor of the victor. It's just not often that event takes place on the very first call from scrimmage.
As Howell's Josh McKenzie set himself behind the line, we may never know if the talented tailback realized how his forthcoming efforts would affect the outcome of this National Division 2 Pee Wee title game in Florida, but his ensuing 50-yard scamper to the end zone was telling of how the meeting with the Southeast Sting would result.
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• Talk to your healthcare professional about your ABCS - Aspirin use for those who need it, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, Smoking cessation. Know your numbers and work with your provider to manage them.
• Choose foods which are low in saturated fats, low in sodium and high in fiber. Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Be physically active. 2.5 hours of moderate physical activity every week is recommended. That is 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
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Congers Elementary School was closed Thursday after a rear wall was found to be structurally unsound. (Khurram Saeed/The Journal News)
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Razr On A Roll
by Paul on 04/25/15 at 09:08 PM ET
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Suffragette City
by IwoCPO on 04/25/15 at 04:00 PM ET
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There is no recovery from this. We need to be very clear about that. You need to know that going in. Teams don't recover from losses like...that. Teams don't "bounce back" emotionally. They don't "put it behind them."
They don't. They can't. They will not.
It's important that you breathe and that you simply understand that simple fact.
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Min-Preview- Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Game 5
by Paul on 04/25/15 at 07:27 AM ET
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Puck drops just after 6:00pm ET.
from Brian Hunter of NHL.com,
TV: NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports, FS-D, FS-F
Best-of-7 series is tied 2-2
Instead of attempting to avoid elimination from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning find themselves with a chance to push the Detroit Red Wings to the brink when Game 5 of their Eastern Conference First Round series takes place Saturday at Amalie Arena.
The Red Wings must put a potentially devastating Game 4 loss behind them and come up with an answer for Lightning forward Tyler Johnson.
Johnson, one-third of the "Triplets" line that includes Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov, has a series-leading four goals. He started Tampa Bay's rally from down two goals with less than six minutes to play in Game 4 and finished it by scoring 2:25 into overtime for a 3-2 win.
"All we did was put ourselves back in the series. We didn't win the series," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Friday. "Clearly, [Game 5] is a pivotal game."
Despite the note of caution, the Lightning are in prime position at home, where they were an NHL-best 32-8-1 during the regular season and won 5-1 in Game 2 after losing Game 1 3-2.
"At this stage there aren't many surprises left," Lightning center Brian Boyle said. "We've seen their best and they've seen us play some good hockey too. It's all about who wants to do those little things and who can take advantage of the breaks."
The good news for Detroit is forward Luke Glendening will be available. Glendening's line has been matched against Johnson's, but Glendening left in the third period of Game 4 because of a hand injury and Johnson scored twice and set up Palat for the tying goal. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said Friday that Glendening will play in Game 5.
from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
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Will The Detroit Red Wings "Get Regrouped And Get On With It"?
by Paul on 04/24/15 at 08:17 AM ET
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from Craig Custance of ESPN,
Just like that, the series took a completely different turn. The Lightning celebrated in the corner, the Red Wings headed to their dressing room, stunned at what just happened. They went from having a stranglehold on the series to a series now locked up at 2-2.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock doesn't typically address his team after games, but he did this time. He felt the Red Wings stole Game 1 in Tampa Bay. He felt the opposite in Game 4. This one was stolen from the Red Wings and in the process, this series was exactly where Babcock thought it should be -- even at two.
"Here it is, it's the best of three," Babcock said. "Let's play. ... Let's get up and get regrouped and get on with it."
more on last night's game...
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If You Need Him, He'll Be There Again…Hank Is The Key
by IwoCPO on 04/23/15 at 04:30 PM ET
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I don't like to talk about the Blackhawk series. That one damaged me. Fortunately for me, I believe it damaged one Hank Zetterberg worse. I believe that one hurt worse than any other.
I say fortunately, because I think the pain of that series is what will keep the Wings from losing this one.
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No Preview, No Notes, Just Talk
by Paul on 04/23/15 at 07:47 AM ET
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George Malik put together a full look at tonight's Wings/Lightning game at The Malik Report.
We know the Tampa Bay Lightning will come out tonight trying to create more offense and the Detroit Red Wings will need to match or even improve their play from game 3.
The power play may be the key tonight for both teams.
It should be a high intensity game, one which will keep us on the edge of our seats.
Your thoughts?
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The Good Or Bad Petr Mrazek On Thursday?
by Paul on 04/22/15 at 08:19 AM ET
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We all know the recent history of Petr Mrazek, good game, bad game, good game.
So what do you expect from him on Thursday night and has anything changed regarding your opinion of his play.
Jamie McLennan of TSN on his review of Mrazek last night...
Mrazek had an outstanding bounce back game, looking sharp against Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Brian Boyle - who he robbed on a breakaway. He played with confidence and poise and his crease management was better as it was not as aggressive and he didn't overplay pucks.
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Well, Here We Are
by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/21/15 at 05:30 PM ET
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Game Three of the first round, and all tied up at one win a piece. How many saw that coming? At least 19 of us saw that coming. Right? We had to make the post season, cause that is the only way to "get in" in order to compete for the Stanley Cup.
Well, here we are, and the Cup Champs and the former President's Trophy winners are where right now? They are out. Gone.
The plan, the goal, is always to go all the way to the final. But first, you have to make the Playoffs.
Well, here we are.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
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Start Scoring
by Paul on 04/21/15 at 07:38 AM ET
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The puck drops tonight just after 7:00pm ET and is on NBCSN, TVA Sports, SN, FS-F, FS-D.
The Malik Report has a great preview of tonight's game so let's concentrate on scoring...
Detroit needs better, overall play in many departments but I truly feel more offensive pressure will lead to better defensive coverage tonight.
Detroit needs some goals from some unexpected players, just like in years past.
"Your second tier players must play well if you're to win in the Stanley Cup Playoffs" - Gary Thorne at the halfway point in the video below.
via awood40,
Every Goal by Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, Darren McCarty and Joey Kocur from the 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Video- Practice Report From The Wings Side
by Paul on 04/20/15 at 02:23 PM ET
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John Forslund files a practice report from the JLA.
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A girl with a thin, pale face and reddish brown hair tied up with a blue bell in a ponytail sat quietly, observing the scenery around her. She was outside in the cold, sitting amongst wet grass close to a forest. With a small grin and closed eyes, she tilted her head back, enjoying the rain from above slide down her face and neck…
"Angel!" a voice behind her caused the girl to quickly open her blue eyes and turn to see a tall man with a long white cloak wave to her from afar. With a grin on her smooth face, Angel got up and hurried over to the person who had called her, "Angel at your service, sir!" The aging man chuckled to himself at how immature and childish the girl in front of him appeared as she tried to act serious when she saluted, "What are you doing out here all alone?" Angel shrugged with a hidden grin, "Looking out for any spies like I'm supposed to. I wasn't goofing off or anything." The man, upon hearing this, ruffled her hair and rolled his blue eyes, "Sure you weren't. Listen, the captain wants to see you. He says it's about a job down at a city far from here." Angel nodded and saluted once again, trying to stand tall, "Well then, co-captain. I'll see you later."
"Go on, daughter. And don't act foolish, all right?" The girl chuckled in response and ran off, her boots stomping on the wet ground as she hurried over to a tall, looming building up ahead. Officers stood around the entrance, holding big guns over their chests and looking around cautiously behind dark helmets.
As Angel passed them and entered the building, it always fascinated her to see how huge and beautiful the inside really was: 550 feet of steel carrying a maximum of at least 1,000,500 people.
Angel walked by some individuals and entered into an open elevator, watching the doors close in front of her with strange excitement. As the room started to move, her thoughts ran loose, anticipating her next great 'adventure'. What mission would the captain have for me next? Whatever it is, it's bound to be fun!
A 45 year old man looked up from the papers on his desk to see a young, tall, pretty woman walk into his office, a smirk of excitement painted on her lips. The woman wore dark boots and semi-tight badge shorts above her mid thigh. Her shirt was a tight, black tank top and a silver necklace adorned her neck. "Angel? I'm guessing your father sent you here."
"Yes, sir." The man, who was the head captain and owner of the entire building they were in, got up. He walked over to Angel, eyeing the faint freckles across her nose that only appeared when closely examined. "As you may have heard, there are spies lose, killing innocent civilians at different cities around here. I'm a bit concerned that they may-"
"I'll go!" Angel rose up her hand fast with a determined look that other would think childish. The captain laughed at this and sat back in his seat, trying to stifle the chuckles, "You don't even know what your doing, yet." The girl shrugged, tapping a large black gun strapped to her thigh, "Well, I just shoot a few guys and our worries are over."
"Heh, Angel…I don't want you to kill them. I want you
to bring them alive, at least, so we can question them."
"Oh…ok." Angel sighed and sat on a nearby leather coach with a huff, "So, do you want me to leave right now or do I wait a bit."
"Now will be best. Oh, ah, I forgot to mention…" The captain called for someone to enter his quarters and a tall, handsome 21 year old man walked in. He wore a black shirt with dark pants and a big sword strapped to his back. With gray eyes, he examined Angel, then the captain and bowed, "At your service." Angel crossed her arms over her chest with a frown, "Uh, who exactly are you?" The older man behind his desk turned to the girl with a sorry grin, "This is Rein. He's going to assist you in your mission today. I'm sure you've seen him around the halls before."
"I don't really need help, though. I can do this myself."
"I just thought it would be nice if he would be put in this mission with you." Angel sighed and turned to Rein with a serious look of discontent, "Don't expect me to lag behind, newbie. I've done a total of 5, 679 missions ever since joining here. Therefore, I'm more skilled than you." Rein returned her glare with a disinterested shrug, "Really? I've done 8, 298." Angel's jaw dropped to the floor and she fumed in jealousy, "Bastard!"
"All right, you two. I want you to behave and work together." The captain smiled sadly as he watched Angel roll her eyes as he spoke of harmony and peace. Rein, however, nodded with a serious look, "I believe in your philosophy, captain. I'll try my best to put up with this woman whose name contradicts her personality." Angel spat her tongue out at him and stamped her foot on the rug floor, "Ok! Let's just go all ready."
"How old are you exactly?" Rein asked Angel as the both of them walked down a wet road far away from the building they had left behind. Angel shrugged, "20. Why?" Rein nodded to himself and kicked a stone with his black boot, "You act like your 10. That's all." The 20 year old woman stopped dead on her tracks and pointed a finger at Rein who didn't seem to care, "Listen, you. I demand respect."
"Because I'm a woman."
"That's not a good reason." Angels eye twitched and she rose up her fists, "Want me to give you a good reason to respect me?" Rein sighed, then looked past her, suddenly throwing her on the floor. "Hey!! What-?!"
"Shh. There's someone coming." Angel rolled her blue eyes, but
took out her silver crossbow behind her back, "Well of course
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Geoffrey A. Moore is the author of two bestselling books on the development of high-tech markets: Crossing the Chasm and Inside the Tornado. He is chairman of The Chasm Group, which provides marketing strategy consulting services to hundreds of high-tech companies. He is also a venture partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures, a venture capital firm. Moore was recently named one of the "Elite 100 leading the digital revolution" by Upside magazine.
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Week Two: January 13-17
This is the last of the three recipes Caitlin and I ate during a week of hearty soup packed lunches. Egg drop soup is about as simple as it gets, and is a great recipe to remember if you are in a bind for a quick meal to make at home or to take for lunch.
Quick egg drop chicken soup with veggies
For two servings you'll need:
- 2 cups of frozen Brussels sprouts, or veggies of your choice
- 4-5 cups broth - I collect veggie scraps like the ends of onions and garlic skins, and people's turkey carcasses at holidays and stash them in the freezer - throw these things plus sea salt and pepper in a crock pot on low for 12 hours, strain into pyrex containers you can freeze, and voila! Almost more broth than you can stand!
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Gestures Of Kindness, Part 15: Honoring Those Lost By Sharing From The HeartThursday, December 26, 2013
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A police report shows officers seized a 9mm handgun and ammunition when North Carolina basketball player P.J. Hairston was arrested on a marijuana possession charge.
Durham police released the incident report Friday from the Wednesday night traffic stop during which Hairston was arrested. Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael says the pistol was found on the ground outside the GMC Yukon during the search. Also seized were three cigars and a plastic baggie later determined to contain less than a half-ounce of marijuana.
Hairston and his passengers — Miykael Lael Israel Faulcon and Carlos Devone Sanford — were charged and released on $1,000 unsecured bonds.
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After 55 years in the business, Barnett has retired.
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