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The case was adjourned by resident magistrate Devotha Kisoka because the presiding magistrate, Lioad Chamshama, was carrying out other official duties.
Prosecution led by state attorney Ladislous Komanya claimed in court that investigation into the case was going on.
Other accused in the case are Senator Mirelya (60), a resident of Kimara on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, and Webhale Ntagazwa (29), a resident of Kimara Temboni.
According to the charge sheet, the accused committed the offence on October 22, 2009 at Msasani Mikoroshini in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam City.
Komanya alleged that on the material date the accused, with intent to defraud, obtained 5,000 T-shirts and 5,000 caps, all valued at 74,950,000 from Noel Severe by falsely pretending that they would pay for the goods within one month.
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State troopers say they charged a Washington woman who they say caused a fatal accident this weekend.
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Highway Patrol out of Craven County is investigating an accident they say killed the rider of a motorcycle when a car pulled out in front of him.
Trooper M.A. Riggs says that the accident happened on Highway 43 at the intersection of Wilmar Road, about 5 miles north of Vanceboro.
Officials say that 41-year-old Brian Bowden of New Bern was killed when his motorcycle collided with a passenger car driven by 20-year-old Angela Heath of Washington.
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This is the second accident in a week on Highway 43 that has resulted in a death. Last Sunday, Troopers say 2 men were killed, and 2 were injured in a head on collision about a mile north of Vanceboro.
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At this rate, the road to the nation's capital is going to be mighty crowded with people calling attention to everything from failed school policies to shocking suicide rates among military veterans.
Last month, Jesse Turner, the director of Central Connecticut State University's Literacy Center contacted me about his one-man trek to Washington he's dubbed "Children Are More Than Test Scores."
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Since Monday morning, police were busy interrogating three other party's leaders for similar counts.
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The newly elected MP, disembarked from his personal vehicle with registration number T722 BCR. He was detained for interrogation.
The other three Chadema leaders, who were arrested on Monday, include John Heche, national chairman Chadema Youth Council (Bavicha), Ali Bananga, former CCM follower who crossed over to Chadema recently and Alphonce Mawazo, former CCM ward councillor.
When asked latter on the day, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Isaya Mngulu hurriedly said, "We are still interrogating the MP, so, I have nothing to comment right now."
On Monday, police announced that they were hunting for the youthful Chadema MP for allegedly uttering seditious words during the public rally.
Nassari allegedly incited the people to rally against the sitting government and declare a new nation formed by northern regions if the police won't arrest people suspected of killing Chadema chairman for Usa River ward Msafiri Mbwambo.
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Evil Togepi saw Team Rocket in their Team Rocket Tower and ate three of their food supplies. When they found out, she tricked them into thinking she was a different Togepi. She also tricked Ash Ketchum and his team, until Team Rocket was knocked down their prison and her cover was blown. She used Attract to control Pikachu, Piplup, Croagunk and Meowth, though it was ineffective against Yanmega because it was female. Using Team Rocket's rocket, they made their way into outer space and she got into a fight with Happiny. She saved them and went home, but not before blowing up the rocket. She laughed when Team Rocket was trapped, possibly meaning she will return to prank them again.
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- Togepi may have a dream to see the end of the universe, which is why she hijacked the rocket.
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text: Coconut Pet Set (2000-2014) Aug 13, 2006 16:06:02 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by QNPoohBear on Aug 13, 2006 16:06:02 GMT -5 Coconut the pup was first released in 2000. First runs of the Coconut character were heavier, like a paper weight, and did not have the magnetic mouth. The next year, Coconut was changed to have a magnet right under her nose that could hold her toys. Later her weight lightened. In 2009 Coconut again went through a minor change and the magnetic mouth feature was removed.Coconut is everything a little Westie should be. She has shoe button eyes, a little black nose and lots of white fur. She has a hard plastic body, and older Coconuts are said to feel like a paperweight but the newer ones are light. She has fabric "paw pads" on the bottom. Her "fur" is soft and fluffy. I had to fluff and smooth to make her look like a real Westie. Her most endearing feature is a little head tilt, which our Cairn Terrier, Mischief, used to do when she was listening to us.Coconut's collar is made from vinyl and the "tag" is plastic. The older leash (2001-2004) is made from braided embroidery floss with a jewlery clasp. The current leash is a more rope-like material. Both leashes have loops to hook over her mom's hand, so she doesn't run away, as terriers are prone to do. They were bred to hunt small game and vermin on the estates of the Highlands in Scotland and can never be trusted off leash because of their high prey instinct. I love that AG recognizes this and includes a leash for Coconut.She has a magnet in her mouth that holds her toys. It can be a bit tricky to find the magnet because of all her fur. On my older Coconut, the magnet is buried under too much fur and doesn't hold well. On Traveling Ruthie's newer Coconut, the magnet holds fine. Negatives: Her plastic body isn't good for cuddling and she tends to get dirty after awhile, but that's OK because the only WHITE Westie is one that's been freshly bathed or brushed with baby powder (in shows). She is a sweet little pet for any American Girl, big or small! Grade: A


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Higgs and Liebowitz on Causes of the Economic Crisis
Recorded: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Economists Roberts Higgs and Stan Liebowitz join the panel of the McCuistion Program on PBS to discuss causes of the current economic crisis.
Experts: Robert Higgs, Stan J. LiebowitzType: TelevisionIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
Experts: Steven Greenhut, Timothy SandefurType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Housing, Land Use, Property Rights


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November 20, 2011
Matt Dorsey
This weekend Michigan State hosted one of the top players on their recruiting board for the class of 2012, safety prospect Jordan Diggs of Island Coast High School in Florida. SpartanMag.com caught up with him and got some details on his visit and his recruitment.The 6-foot-0, 195-pound Diggs has been one of the top targets for Head Coach Mark Dantonio and his staff since the ink was barely dry on the class of 2011. Rated a 4-star prospect and the #12 player at his position in the nation by Rivals.com, Diggs has been selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.Diggs camped at Michigan State this summer and was a standout performer. After attending camp, Diggs spent a few extra days in East Lansing getting to know more about the program. We asked Diggs what he liked about his official visit this weekend to see the Spartans clinch the Legend Division title."Getting reacquainted with all of the guys I met when I was up there this summer," Diggs said. "I have kept in touch with some of the commits and players I met this summer so it was good to see them again. Just making sure Michigan State is a place I can see myself playing the next 4-years."Who are some of the players and commitments you have gotten to know and spent time with this weekend?"I have gotten to know quite a few guys," Diggs stated. "Johnny Adams is someone I have spoken with. My host this weekend was R.J. Williamson. I hung out with him and some other guys like Trey Waynes and Shilique Calhoun. I have kept in touch with MacGarrett Kings by text and Facebook. He keeps telling me to keep Michigan State in mind. Josiah Price is another guy I have kept in contact with. This weekend I was also able to meet guys like Ezra Robinson and Se'Von Pittman so that was good."The visit to Michigan State was Diggs' 4th official visit so far. He has already been to Nebraska, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Diggs has one more visit scheduled for this coming weekend when he will travel to Columbia to see South Carolina. The Gamecocks will host arch-rival Clemson. SpartanMag.com asked him about what he is looking for on his visits."I am trying to learn as much as I can about each school, asking questions to the coaches about the program. I also ask them how they envision me fitting into the system and what type of plan do they have in place for success. I also talk to the players and ask them about what they think about things. I would like to have an opportunity to play early so that is something I am looking at as well."The Spartans graduate All-Big Ten safety Trenton Robinson and Isaiah Lewis will be a junior next fall. Diggs talked about his thoughts about his chance to play early at Michigan State."I have talked with Coach Barnett, Coach Dantonio and Coach Narduzzi about things. I know they are graduating Trenton Robinson. I know R.J. Williamson is a talented guy who could step in and play for them, but I also know that the opportunity is there to get on the field. I am confident in my ability and I know the staff is going to play the best players no matter what class they are in." As many people know, Diggs has family ties at South Carolina and at Michigan State. His father was a Gamecock and his brother was a Spartan. We asked him if his dad or brother have given him any advice."Yes, they have encouraged me to take my time and enjoy the process. They know how things can change so much. They have told me just to take a close look at each school and make a decision that is best for me. I know they would love to see me at their alma maters, but I know they will be supportive of me no matter where I attend."Diggs went on to state that Coach Barnett and Coach Dantonio are expected to come down and see him in the coming weeks. Coach Barnett will be down pretty frequently due to recruiting that area. Coach Dantonio will be down for the in-home visit.Diggs plans on making his college choice known at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in early January.Note: SpartanMag.com asked Diggs about the weather. He mentioned that it was "cold", but not that cold." Diggs understands that playing on Sundays means cities such as Green Bay, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh or Chicago. He also knows that his brother went from East Lansing to the NFL. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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Giants Win World Series, Get Respect -- Finally
- Friday, November 5, 2010 2:50 PM
- Written By: Larry Yee
We were supposedly underdogs, written off by all but the Giants' faithful through that tough August stretch. ESPN's Rob Neyer liked to remind everybody how unlikely it was, not just that we were there, but we were winning.
The Braves had the better rookie, you know, the guy who ended up going 2 for 16 in the NLDS. They had the well-tested stalwart of many playoff teams, Derek Lowe. They had the hottest pitcher in the second half, Tim Hudson, though if you listened to ESPN, anybody besides one of the three Giants' aces was hot in the second half. But they couldn't field and the experts said we "Brooks Conrad-ed" our way into the Championship Series.
The Phillies had Vegas behind them, as well as the best trio of pitchers in the National League. We beat each one of them, making Halladay look particularly human after his no-hitter. They had more run-producers than Japan has car-manufacturers. Howard, Utley and Werth were going to crush the ball like Redskull supposedly could crush Captain America. But they couldn't hit and the experts said the Phillies were just cold at the wrong time.
Then the Rangers came along and they had fact behind them. The American League was stronger, they beat the Rays and the Yankees, and so what were the measly, lightweight Giants going to do? The likely AL MVP had caught fire and Nelson Cruz was on his way to setting postseason hitting records in the middle of the powerful Texas lineup. But they couldn't hit either.
Tim McCarver said during Game 5 of the World Series, "This may sound simplistic, but the Rangers aren't hitting because the Giants are pitching well."
It's us, not them. The Phillies weren't cold, we just pitched better. The Rangers weren't cold, we just pitched better. The experts, well, the experts finally said the Giants were clicking and deserved it.
To me, the Giants run through the playoffs to their first trophy on the West Coast was about respect. We didn't have any coming into October. The Padres had handed us the division and we were a likely sweep from the Phillies away to heading back home and enjoying the view from our barcaloungers. But we won. And we kept on winning. And along the way, we picked up more and more support and respect (as well as several million bandwagoners) on our way to the World Series.
Tim Lincecum, the ace of the Giants' staff was the reigning two-time Cy Young award winner, but Lowe was playoff-tested and wily, and Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were machines that had no match. A funny thing happened. People seemed to forget that Tim Lincecum was good, writing him off and taking the other guy almost unanimously. Timmy beat each one of these guys. That in itself, sums up this whole experience. We were forgotten or unknown. Just ask Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner, or Cody Ross or any of those other misfits. But we sure as hell won't be forgotten anytime soon. And people better start learning our names.
Awesome Feeling
The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series.
A blogger by the name of "Grant" on McCovey Chronicles, a San Francisco Giants blog, suggested writing that very sentence a few times. He said it would feel good.
He lied. It doesn't feel all that good.
It feels great.
It feels surprising.
It feels frickin' awesome.
Having followed the Giants since second grade, I only can claim ownership of this team for 13 years. I've only listened to Kruk and Kuip just over a decade. I've only known the teams of the late 90s and the 00s. My heroes are Bonds, Schmidt, Nen and Snow. My heroes are Timmy, Matty, Bum and Posey. So, no, I can't say I've been as title deprived as the oldies that have followed the San Francisco Giants since their very first parade down Market Street. I might not have had to deal with the torture of the 50s and 1989, but I was there for 2002. But, I can still say, with evidence, (I ran around the block of my apartment, then carried a Giants flag through Safeway) that I was more than happy when the Giants won.
I had a choice Wednesday morning. I had one class to attend that day, a two-hour lecture. My other option was to ditch the class and go into the city I grew up in, the city I called home, and join the celebration along Market Street. A minute after the party in front of city hall ended, I realized I had made the right decision. I hadn't been there for the first parade, but I can now say I've been to the other parade, the championship parade.


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The Goonies
|Release Date: June 07, 1985
|Running Time: 114 mins.(MFB)
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sean Astin
Josh Brolin
Corey Feldman
Jeff Cohen
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Summary:A rag-tag group of friends are about to mourn the impending demolition of the homes in their beloved coastal Oregon neighborhood. When the discovery of an ancient treasure map leads the kids into the clutches of dysfunctional family of criminals and a vast cavern filled with deadly booby traps left by the legendary pirate "One-Eyed Willie," their greatest Goonies adventure might just be their last.


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David Foster Wallace on Life and Work
Adapted from a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace to the 2005 graduating class at Kenyon College.
There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys, how's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, "What the hell is water?"
If at this moment, you're worried that I plan to present myself here as the wise old fish explaining what water is to you younger fish, please don't be. I am not the wise old fish. The immediate point of the fish story is that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about. Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude -- but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance. That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense.
A huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded. Here's one example of the utter wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of: Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence. We rarely talk about this sort of natural, basic self-centeredness, because it's so socially repulsive, but it's pretty much the same for all of us, deep down. It is our default-setting, hard-wired into our boards at birth. Think about it: There is no experience you've had that you were not at the absolute center of. The world as you experience it is right there in front of you, or behind you, to the left or right of you, on your TV, or your monitor, or whatever. Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real -- you get the idea. But please don't worry that I'm getting ready to preach to you about compassion or other-directedness or the so-called "virtues." This is not a matter of virtue -- it's a matter of my choosing to do the work of somehow altering or getting free of my natural, hard-wired default-setting, which is to be deeply and literally self-centered, and to see and interpret everything through this lens of self.
People who can adjust their natural default-setting this way are often described as being "well adjusted," which I suggest to you is not an accidental term.
Given the triumphal academic setting here, an obvious question is how much of this work of adjusting our default-setting involves actual knowledge or intellect. This question gets tricky. Probably the most dangerous thing about college education, at least in my own case, is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize stuff, to get lost in abstract arguments inside my head instead of simply paying attention to what's going on right in front of me. Paying attention to what's going on inside me. As I'm sure you guys know by now, it is extremely difficult to stay alert and attentive instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monologue inside your own head. Twenty years after my own graduation, I have come gradually to understand that the liberal-arts cliché about "teaching you how to think" is actually shorthand for a much deeper, more serious idea: "Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed. Think of the old cliché about "the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master." This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in the head. And the truth is that most of these suicides are actually dead long before they pull the trigger. And I submit that this is what the real, no-bull- value of your liberal-arts education is supposed to be about: How to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default-setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone, day in and day out.
That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense. So let's get concrete. The plain fact is that you graduating seniors do not yet have any clue what "day in, day out" really means. There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration. The parents and older folks here will know all too well what I'm talking about.
By way of example, let's say it's an average day, and you get up in the morning, go to your challenging job, and you work hard for nine or ten hours, and at the end of the day you're tired, and you're stressed out, and all you want is to go home and have a good supper and maybe unwind for a couple of hours and then hit the rack early because you have to get up the next day and do it all again. But then you remember there's no food at home -- you haven't had time to shop this week, because of your challenging job -- and so now after work you have to get in your car and drive to the supermarket. It's the end of the workday, and the traffic's very bad, so getting to the store takes way longer than it should, and when you finally get there the supermarket is very crowded, because of course it's the time of day when all the other people with jobs also try to squeeze in some grocery shopping, and the store's hideously, fluorescently lit, and infused with soul-killing Muzak or corporate pop, and it's pretty much the last place you want to be, but you can't just get in and quickly out: You have to wander all over the huge, overlit store's crowded aisles to find the stuff you want, and you have to maneuver your junky cart through all these other tired, hurried people with carts, and of course there are also the glacially slow old people and the spacey people and the ADHD kids who all block the aisle and you have to grit your teeth and try to be polite as you ask them to let you by, and eventually, finally, you get all your supper supplies, except now it turns out there aren't enough checkout lanes open even though it's the end-of-the-day-rush, so the checkout line is incredibly long, which is stupid and infuriating, but you can't take your fury out on the frantic lady working the register.
Anyway, you finally get to the checkout line's front, and pay for your food, and wait to get your check or card authenticated by a machine, and then get told to "Have a nice day" in a voice that is the absolute voice of death, and then you have to take your creepy flimsy plastic bags of groceries in your cart through the crowded, bumpy, littery parking lot, and try to load the bags in your car in such a way that everything doesn't fall out of the bags and roll around in the trunk on the way home, and then you have to drive all the way home through slow, heavy, SUV-intensive rush-hour traffic, etcetera, etcetera.
The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing comes in. Because the traffic jams and crowded aisles and long checkout lines give me time to think, and if I don't make a conscious decision about how to think and what to pay attention to, I'm going to be pissed and miserable every time I have to food-shop, because my natural default-setting is the certainty that situations like this are really all about me, about my hungriness and my fatigue and my desire to just get home, and it's going to seem, for all the world, like everybody else is just in my way, and who are all these people in my way? And look at how repulsive most of them are and how stupid and cow-like and dead-eyed and nonhuman they seem here in the checkout line, or at how annoying and rude it is that people are talking loudly on cell phones in the middle of the line, and look at how deeply unfair this is: I've worked really hard all day and I'm starved and tired and I can't even get home to eat and unwind because of all these stupid g-d- people.
Or, of course, if I'm in a more socially conscious form of my default-setting, I can spend time in the end-of-the-day traffic jam being angry and disgusted at all the huge, stupid, lane-blocking SUV's and Hummers and V-12 pickup trucks burning their wasteful, selfish, forty-gallon tanks of gas, and I can dwell on the fact that the patriotic or religious bumper stickers always seem to be on the biggest, most disgustingly selfish vehicles driven by the ugliest, most inconsiderate and aggressive drivers, who are usually talking on cell phones as they cut people off in order to get just twenty stupid feet ahead in a traffic jam, and I can think about how our children's children will despise us for wasting all the future's fuel and probably screwing up the climate, and how spoiled and stupid and disgusting we all are, and how it all just sucks, and so on and so forth...
Look, if I choose to think this way, fine, lots of us do -- except that thinking this way tends to be so easy and automatic it doesn't have to be a choice. Thinking this way is my natural default-setting. It's the automatic, unconscious way that I experience the boring, frustrating, crowded parts of adult life when I'm operating on the automatic, unconscious belief that I am the center of the world and that my immediate needs and feelings are what should determine the world's priorities. The thing is that there are obviously different ways to think about these kinds of situations. In this traffic, all these vehicles stuck and idling in my way: It's not impossible that some of these people in SUV's have been in horrible auto accidents in the past and now find driving so traumatic that their therapist has all but ordered them to get a huge, heavy SUV so they can feel safe enough to drive; or that the Hummer that just cut me off is maybe being driven by a father whose little child is hurt or sick in the seat next to him, and he's trying to rush to the hospital, and he's in a way bigger, more legitimate hurry than I am -- it is actually I who am in his way. Or I can choose to force myself to consider the likelihood that everyone else in the supermarket's checkout line is just as bored and frustrated as I am, and that some of these people probably have much harder, more tedious or painful lives than I do, overall.
Again, please don't think that I'm giving you moral advice, or that I'm saying you're "supposed to" think this way, or that anyone expects you to just automatically do it, because it's hard, it takes will and mental effort, and if you're like me, some days you won't be able to do it, or you just flat-out won't want to. But most days, if you're aware enough to give yourself a choice, you can choose to look differently at this fat, dead-eyed, over-made-lady who just screamed at her little child in the checkout line -- maybe she's not usually like this; maybe she's been up three straight nights holding the hand of her husband who's dying of bone cancer, or maybe this very lady is the low-wage clerk at the Motor Vehicles Dept. who just yesterday helped your spouse resolve a nightmarish red-tape problem through some small act of bureaucratic kindness. Of course, none of this is likely, but it's also not impossible -- it just depends on what you want to consider. If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and what is really important -- if you want to operate on your default-setting -- then you, like me, will not consider possibilities that aren't pointless and annoying. But if you've really learned how to think, how to pay attention, then you will know you have other options. It will actually be within your power to experience a crowded, loud, slow, consumer-hell-type situation as not only meaningful but sacred, on fire with the same force that lit the stars -- compassion, love, the sub-surface unity of all things. Not that that mystical stuff's necessarily true: The only thing that's capital-T True is that you get to decide how you're going to try to see it. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship...
Because here's something else that's true. In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship -- be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles -- is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things -- if they are where you tap real meaning in life -- then you will never have enough. Never feel you have enough. It's the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. On one level, we all know this stuff already -- it's been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every great story. The trick is keeping the truth up-front in daily consciousness. Worship power -- you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart -- you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on.
Look, the insidious thing about these forms of worship is not that they're evil or sinful; it is that they are unconscious. They are default-settings. They're the kind of worship you just gradually slip into, day after day, getting more and more selective about what you see and how you measure value without ever being fully aware that that's what you're doing. And the world will not discourage you from operating on your default-settings, because the world of men and money and power hums along quite nicely on the fuel of fear and contempt and frustration and craving and the worship of self. Our own present culture has harnessed these forces in ways that have yielded extraordinary wealth and comfort and personal freedom. The freedom to be lords of our own tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation. This kind of freedom has much to recommend it. But of course there are all different kinds of freedom, and the kind that is most precious you will not hear much talked about in the great outside world of winning and achieving and displaying. The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day. That is real freedom. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default-setting, the "rat race" -- the constant gnawing sense of having had and lost some infinite thing.
I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational. What it is, so far as I can see, is the truth with a whole lot of rhetorical bullshit pared away. Obviously, you can think of it whatever you wish. But please don't dismiss it as some finger-wagging Dr. Laura sermon. None of this is about morality, or religion, or dogma, or big fancy questions of life after death. The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head. It is about simple awareness -- awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over: "This is water, this is water."
It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.
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Blog Assessment Information for 40S Transcona (and others that would like a refresher...)
There are three general areas that I consider while marking your blog assignments:
· Meaningful and Relevant Blogging /4
· Explaining and Supporting your Ideas in Blogs /4
· Meaningful and Respectful Blog Interaction /4
You will be given progress reports throughout the semester with 'to date' blog marks, in order to track your personal progress in each of these areas. At the end of the semester, upon review of your entire blog, I will assign final marks in these areas, worth 20% of your final mark.
The following 'big questions' guide me in assessing your blogs. Please consider them when completing your blog assignments:
Are you addressing the questions asked of you?
Are you making meaningful, thoughtful and authentic blog entries?
Are you supporting your ideas with specific evidence and/or logical reasons?
Are your ideas clear and fully explained with consideration of your audience?
When asked, are you able to meaningfully reflect on your assignments and identify areas for improvement?
Are you making meaningful, thoughtful and authentic comments on other people's blogs?
Are you being respectful when discussing others' ideas in your blog and when commenting on others' blogs, even when you disagree with their ideas?
Is there evidence in your blogs, comments and discussion that you are seeking out and using others' ideas to develop your own ideas?
Are you publishing thought-provoking 'choice blogs'?
Do your 'choice blogs' represent well thought out and insightful ideas and opinions?
In order to fully meet these expectations, each blog should be no less than one full paragraph. 'No less than' = that is the absolute minimum you should be doing, otherwise you are likely not explaining your ideas in full!
Note: Your blogs are not assessed for technical aspects (such as spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.) however, you are encouraged to present your best writing, as your blog will be published for others to read.
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Dear Ron MacLean. Dear Coach's Corner. I'm writing in order for someone to explain to my niece the distinction between these mandatory pre-game group rites of submission and the rallies at Nuremburg. Specifically the function the ritual serves in conjunction with what everybody knows is in the end a kid's game. I'm just appealing to your sense of fair play when I say she's puzzled by the incessant pressure for her to not defy the collective will, and yellow ribboned lapels, as the soldiers inexplicably rappel down from the arena rafters (which, if not so insane, would be grounds for screaming laughter). Dear Ron MacLean, I wouldn't bother with these questions if I didn't sense some spiritual connection. We may not be the same but it's not like we're from different planets: we both love this game so much we can hardly fucking stand it. Alberta-born and prairie-raised. Seems like there ain't a sheet of ice north of Fargo I ain't played. From Penhold to the Gatineau, every fond memory of childhood that I know is somehow connected to the culture of this game. I can't just let it go. But I guess it comes down to what kind of world you want to live in, and if diversity is disagreement, and disagreement is treason, well don't be surprised if we find ourselves reaping a strange and bitter fruit that sad old man beside you keeps feeding to young minds as virtue. It takes a village to raise a child but just a flag to raze the children until they're nothing more than ballast for fulfilling a madman's dream of a paradise where complexity is reduced to black and white. How do I protect her from this cult of death?
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I sit here in a nearly empty classroom, waiting for the my last few 40S Transcona students to finish exams, drop off last minute assignments, and publish their final blogs, knowing I should be working, but not really wanting to. Something about that looming deadline slows me down, though I know I'll regret spending my time writing this when I'm sitting in a quiet house at 3:30 am trying to focus my eyes on research essays and exam responses. Right now, all I seem to be able to focus on is how I haven't put anything on my blog in nearly a month. Every time I open this page, that counter taunts me. At first glance, it seems that this blog is quite popular, with over 1800 reads (presumably by students), though in reality it is more likely a total of 18 students who have been on this page 100 times each to complete blogs and comments, that have repeatedly endured the distorted image of the speaker's face below. Really, Ted? You couldn't have frozen the video on a more flattering still of the poor guy? Yes, this may be a frivolous waste of my precious time, but I can't move on with my morning until I reset that counter to zero. Irrational? Obsessive? Procrastinating? Maybe so... but I can take solace in the fact that I know I will get it all done. I always do. Obstinate dedication eventually beats out procrastination.
I touch my name-tag, should say, "HELLO, I'M too tired to smile today." - From the song Relative Surplus Value, by The Weakerthans
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As blogs are worth 20% of your final grade, it is important for you to know and understand exactly how I am assessing them.
There are three general areas that I consider while marking your blogs:
You will be given progress reports throughout the semester with 'to date' blog marks, in order to track your personal progress in each of these areas. At the end of the semester, upon review of your entire blog, I will assign final marks in these areas (this is where the 20% of your final mark comes from).
I assess the blogs based on the curricular outcomes at each grade level (therefore, I have slightly different expectations of a grade 10 blog than a grade 12 blog). Having said that, the following 'big questions' guide me in assessing all blogs. Please consider them when completing your blog assignments:
Note: Your blogs are not assessed for technical aspects (such as spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.) however, you are encouraged to present your best writing, as your blog will be published for others to read.
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Welcome new students! This is the class blog. All student blogs can be accessed through this page. Additionally, I will post important and/or interesting information on this page periodically. Please check back often! I am simply continuing with the same blog that I have had for a while now, so be aware that anything prior to this post does not apply directly to you, though you are welcome to read it if you are interested.
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In recent weeks, there's been talk of three types of genetic testing transitioning from targeted populations to the general public: carrier screens for recessive diseases, tests for BRCA mutations, and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to spot extra chromosomes in fetuses from DNA in the maternal bloodstream.
Are these efforts the leading edge of a new eugenics movement? It might appear that way, but I think not.
When I began providing genetic counseling 30 years ago at CareNet, a large ob/gyn practice in Schenectady, NY, few patients were candidates for testing: pregnant women of "advanced maternal age" (35+), someone with a family history of a single-gene disorder or whose ethnic background was associated with higher prevalence of a specific inherited disease. Their risks justified the cost and potential dangers of the tests.
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Music performance at Volunteer State Community College covers a variety of styles, including rock, jazz, classical, blues and bluegrass. Those styles will be showcased with a holiday theme at the annual Christmas at Vol State concert. The show will feature holiday classics, original student songs, and dance routines performed by the Vol State Showstoppers, the Commercial Music Ensemble, Bluegrass Ablaze and songwriting class students. The concert also celebrates the release of the annual Christmas music CD spotlighting student performances.
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Six major strains (genotypes) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause infection. You may be infected with more than one genotype at a time.
- Genotype 1 is the most common strain in the United States.
- Genotypes 1, 2, and 3 are found worldwide.
- Genotype 4 is found throughout northern Africa.
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Genotype testing is done with a blood test.
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Although genotype tests are not used to diagnose HCV infection, they may be done before treatment begins. Knowing the genotype may help a doctor choose the best treatment plan. You should know your genotype before treatment starts.
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For people who have genotype 1, another medicine, such as boceprevir or telaprevir, is used along with peginterferon and ribavirin to treat hepatitis C.
If blood tests show that you have responded to antiviral therapy (the virus is not detected in your blood) after 6 months, treatment may be:
- Continued for another 6 months, if you are infected with genotype 1.
- Stopped, if you are infected with genotype 2 or 3. Prolonging treatment does not seem to provide any more benefit.
The genotype of HCV does not appear to have any effect on the severity of HCV infection or to affect your risk of developing cancer of the liver.
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Death is such a cruel part of life. You can't have one without the other. I struggle with the thought that I wish I knew exactly what to do to make it all go away but I have just been reminded that I certainly did not wish this illness on her and this situation is way beyond my capabilities. I was overestimating my powers. We must remember that it is simply a case of God calling his beloved friends home. However I wish that He could do more gently in everybody's case though! There is nothing easy about it especially when it brings up the painful memories about those that have gone before
Hugs to gorgeous Gambler!!
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My first Golden was 5 1/2 years old when he started having big greasy bowl movements and just seemed off a little. I made an appoinment for Mondays, it was a friday at the time. It was Father's Day weekend 1989.
Sunday night, Sam went out to the fenced yard and did not come in. He usually went outside for only a short time. I found him laying in the yard groaning and covered with Mosquitos, we lived in Michigan at the time. I brought him in the house and started calling vet clinics. One vet finally answered and said to bring him in, he would meet as at the clinic.
We went there, lifted Sam out of the car and he walked to the clinic. The vet examined him, saw he had pale gums and decided to see if he could tab his belly with a syringe, because it seemed a bit extended at that time. Nothing but blood in the syringe.
The vet said, that he must have been hit by a car. I said, no way, he is never out by himself. The vet said, he had to open him up to save his life, see what is going on. He did not have staff on hand, so my husband and I had to assist.
I was not a licensed tech yet, so I had no experience. As soon as Sam was put under, he crashed and stopped breathing. I was in charge of breathing for Sam, bagging him, my husband assisted otherwise. I really did not know what I was doing and the vet was injecting Sam with something but to no avail. Sam was gone.
The vet asked if he should open him up to see what happened. We agreed. As soon as the first cut was made, blood gushed out, tumors everywhere.
The vet said it had to be the spleen originally and suspected lymphoma. We were devastated and had to leave Sam there, since we lived in military housing, no way to bury him.
Oddly enough, years later I went to college, became a technician and started working for that particular vet. He still remembered Sam.
Sam number two, was 12 1/2 years old when he had routine bloodwork and vaccinations done. He had started getting a bit picky eating and I told the vet. We were now in Tennessee. Bloodwork showed decreased number of red blood cells and slightly elevated liver values. The vet said to repeat bloodwork in a month.
Okay, Sam continued to be picky about food and did not eat a lot. I talked to the vet about it, he said to keep an eye on it. Less than a month after the initial bloodwork, Sam started moaning and groaning one evening and we took him to an emergency clinic.
They drew blood, said that his blood was not clotting anymore, his blood plasma was yellow and he was diagnosed with DIC. X-rays were taken, showed irregularities on the liver and possible heart. He was injected with Heparin for the DIC. Since Sam was stable, he was sent home with us with instructions to take him to our regular vet in the morning.
I spent all night on the floor with Sam,listening to every sound he made. He moaned and groaned all night. It was breaking my heart.
First thing in the morning, I took him to my regular vet. Sam was unable to walk and little ol me had to carry a 85 pound dog to the car. My husband had gone to work already.
More x-rays, blood drawings, IV catheter and fluids. The heart did looks like it had growths on it, as well as the liver. Blood clotting got worth. I was to take Sam to another clinic for an ultrasound. Okay, went to the other clinic. Sam was groaning and painful. Ultrasound showed possible tumors on the liver, heart. The word was, he had lymphoma.
Went back to the other clinic and had to leave Sam there for more fluids, prednisone and other meds. I was to pick him up in the evening, because of no-one being on duty during the night and I was a technician by that time. The vet was actually confident that we could get Sam through this with chemo. He said it is not a death sentence.
I picked Sam up that evening, he could not walk, finally had got something for pain. I somehow managed to get him into the house. He was hooked up to IV fluids, I kept monitoring him. He started becoming more and more painful and restless. I took his face in my hands and I knew he was going to die. I told him that I loved him and that he can let go if he has to, mom will be okay and does not want him to suffer. Sam let go. He started bleeding from the nose after he passed. I suppose between the blood not clotting and tumors bleeding, he did not have a chance.
When I notified the vet the next morning, he was shocked and said that he did not think Sam was going to die.
I am already paranoid about what the future will hold for my current 9 year old Golden and my senior lab mix.
Doug, I don't know if this helps you, probably not. I am sorry. But, it helped me a bit, getting it out, even after all those years, when it seems like it just happened yesterday.
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...iosarcoma.html Toby's thread
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I lost my Tess last year to hemangiosarcoma. She turned 11 years old March 2, 2011. Of those 11 years she only went to the vet for well being checkups. Never was sick a day in her life, could still jump in the air and spin around. Around April 1 she stopped eating, I took her to the vet the day after, he thought it might be pancreatitis, started some meds. Several days later I took her back to the vets, she still wasn't eating, he did a abdominal x-ray, which showed some suspicious crowding of her stomach. He referred me to a large animal practice, on April 15 she had an ultrasound which showed multiple nodules on her liver and spleen, probably hemangiosarcoma. We got sent home with more meds, can't remember what now, they said she may have a couple of months or so. Five days later she collapsed with a bleed, probably a heart based tumor had burst and I made the difficult decision to let her go. I guess if we had to lose her to cancer, we were lucky in that she didn't suffer, and wasn't sick for a long time, in total less than three weeks from stopping eating to passing away.
Jake, our first but not our last. Gone far too soon.
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We lost our 2nd golden rescue (11-12 years old) to leukemia, which, unbeknownst to us, he had when we adopted him. Palliative care (prednisone, blood transfusions, a 'cocktail' of steroid/B vitamins, etc.) made him to feel better and have energy. 7 months from diagnosis to his passing.
Our 3rd golden rescue (also a senior) was healthy and full of play, but 6 months after we adopted him he quit eating and drinking one day. An X-ray showed a massive cancerous tumor in his stomach. We helped him to the Bridge that day.
Our current rescue, Andy, was 1 or 2 when we adopted him 10 years ago. He was diagnosed with lymphoma last December 1st. After 22 weeks on the Madison-Wisconsin chemo protocol he fell out of remission and was hospitalized for several days, refusing any food - even broiled chicken and his other favorites - for over a week. A big dose of a rescue chemo drug, Adriamycin, last April brought him back into remission.
Since April he's doing very well on a maintenance chemo protocol of 20mg of Prednisone daily, and every three week CeeNU (now every 4 weeks). I believe the Denamarin (a powerful antioxidant/liver protectant) is also helping to fight the lymphoma. It's his own body that really has to fight the cancer cells. Antioxidants are proven to help the immune system fight.
Cancer is such an unpredictable an insidious disease. Some respond well to treatment, others do not. Others doing exactly the same regimen Andy's getting have not responded as well, others have. I surely never expected Andy to live this long when we were slammed with the diagnosis last December 1st. However, some stories (like Meggie on GRF - link at top right in Most Viewed Threads, "Lymphoma" gave us hope.
Like you, I've poured over dozens and dozens of articles online, mostly in the early days. I must have read 400 pages in the first 2 days. Some provided hope he could live with lymphoma, others not so much. Besides the medicine and supplements he's been prescribed, the only change we made was switching to a 'no grain' diet (glucose=sugar=cancer loves sugar) and double filtered water (Brita filter on faucet filtered again through Brita pitcher). We've added some lightly steamed broccoli and cauliflower to his food and home cook for him 2 or 3 days out of the week (chicken/veggies/a little brown rice). His food is Natural Balance kibble mixed with Natural Balance and/or Soup For The Dog Lover's Soul canned. We had to try a few different ones because he turned up his nose at some of the other high end dog foods like Honest Kitchen. Every meal, we add something that smells really good (chicken, brocolli, and always splash chicken or beef broth on top). When he sniffs around his bowl and smells different things he really seems excited about eating.
Our MO is and has been: "Carpe Diem" (Seize The Day .. and any treats offered ). At any time the drugs could quit working and we'd have to say goodbye. Not today. Living in the 'now' - today - is something Andy's journey has taught us around our house. We learn so much from him. Like being reminded how little we need to be happy in life - shelter, love, food - and how every moment is a gift. As M. Scott Peck said so aptly in "A Road Less Traveled" - "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why they call it 'the present'.
BTW, Andy is somewhere around 11 or 12 now. He acts like a young boy except for napping more the past couple of years. Like middle aged me LOL.
We wish you all the best. What treatment/supplements is your golden receiving?
Rudy's Gotcha Day is February 1st, 2014 ANDY - You'll never be forgotten sweet boy
******* Andy was proof Canine Lymphoma Can Be Beaten! - Have Hope *******
Tennessee Valley Golden Retriever Rescue ------------- Andy's Canine Lymphoma Thread
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love never never dies
I documented my case in this thread when I joined the forum.
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ever-dies.html (Love Never Dies)
I joined this forum because I felt I was alone and no help and lost - mixed emotions - guilt, anger, depressed... Why me and my Bentley? After I read others' heart broken stories, I realized my case was so similar to others (my opinion). But I was so childish and immature at that time...
For The Love Of Bentley: http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/golden-retriever-rainbow-bridge/118720-love-never-dies.html
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Oh Christa you have been through so much! I am so sorry. I know what you mean about it feeling like it happened just yesterday.
My4goldens It makes you wonder if going quickly and sparing the prolonged mental and physical torture is the kindest way to go but then you miss out on all of those extra special moments that suddenly carry more meaning. It is a tough either way.
Dborgers I admire your strength to go through this so many times. Through all of the worries it looks as though you have learned so much and are so inspiring to others. Andy's journey is simply amazing. Keep up the great work Andy!! We wish you many many days of joy together ahead.
LND - Thank you for sharing your story again in such detail so people can be educated. Im so sorry, I had no idea, it was so recent. Where have I been? I think that I have worked out how to use the forums properly now. A lot of what you said brought back some heavy memories for me. However I cannot imagine the pain and sadness of caring for and losing such a large being. I applaud you for still being around to help others when your wounds are so raw. Thank you. May the fog lift for you a little further for you each day.
I have no idea of what the future has in store for us but at least I feel a little more prepared when reality hits.
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I do know one thing, that being with people who TRULY understand the pain we feel when we lose one of goldens is extremely important. I don't know how I would cope without my golden friends here. I think when we are entrusted with our precious goldens the love is so great between us that the grief once we have to let them go is a very slow process that takes years to work through. Some days are good and some are not but the reward was the days we spent with each and every one of our fur kids. Not a day goes by that I don't think of my goldens at the bridge and for some of them it has been 20 + years that they have been gone. Then I hug Gambler and he knows I need that hug.
Dis is da Gussee an angels BoBo, Emmikins and Gamboi
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I just joined this week after losing my heart dog to cancer last month.(Oct. 21)
His name was Fletcher. In November 2011 I noticed a small black lump on his upper lip. It was removed and biopsy showed malignant melanoma. Regular vet suggested monitoring monthly to make sure there was no regrowth and to check lymph nodes for swelling. That was not good enough for me so I consulted an oncologist and apparently the rate of multiplication (I forget the jargon now but I was well-versed last year) of the cancer cells was high so he recommended "scar revison"...basically another surgery to remove more tissue. Original vet did get clear margins but oncologist said he did not remove enough and recommended second surgery. We went ahead with second surgery plus all the staging tests and found out his WBC was elevated. After many many tests , included one called flow cytometry. it was revealed that Fletcher had a second cancer...chronic lymphoma. Poor guy.
While researching melanoma online I read about the oral melanoma vaccine which has shown to boost immune system of dogs with this particular cancer. It is given after diagnosis in a series...twice a month for two months and then every 6 months for the rest of the dogs life. Fortunately we live 15 minutes away from a board certified oncologist that can administer the vaccine and started Fletcher on the vaccine two weeks after his second surgery. He was never treated for the chronic lymphoma...the WBC never increased to a high enough count to warrant chemo.
Looking at him...you would never think he was a dog that was fighting cancer or a senior dog at 10.5 years!
On October 21 Fletcher woke up normal with a healthy appetite, full of life acting like his playful self. During the late afternoon he curled up on my bed with me and fell asleep. At 5:00 he wouldn't come downstairs for dinner and he had pale gums. He didn't want to move and he was panting. My husband picked him up (all 90lbs. of him) and we brought him to emergency vet. Bloodwork showed normal RBC (vet thought he was anemic) and tests showed fluid around his heart. They tried to drain it but was unsuccessful...his heart began throwing arrythmias. It was hermangiosarcoma. Knowing there was no cure and he would suffer we made the difficult decision to send him to the bridge. He did not suffer. I take comfort knowing I didn't have to watch the cancer slowly drain the life out of him.
Hermangio is scarily common in goldens. He lived almost one full year after the melanoma diagnosis but it was a different cancer that took him from us.
When I got Fletcher 10.5 years ago I made sure he got all his clearances. I didn't want to worry about having a dysplastic dog...honestly that was my biggest worry! How ignorant...at the time I wasn't even aware of the prevalence of cancer in goldens. Now I know but I still plan to get another golden next summer. I love them that much and I hope my golden girl Gracie(8 years) stays cancer free.
Carolyn in MA
Mom to Gracie (8 years young)
Fletcher, my heart dog at the Bridge (5/02-10/12)
When Beau was diagnosed with osteosarcoma for the longest I could not believe it was true. I finally came to terms with it and let Beau reach the stars before he could suffer. Sorry, Doug but I can't travel down that road again but here is his thread:
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ured-list.html (Beau joins the injured list)
I also started this thread in celebration of his life:
http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ting-life.html (Amazing Beau, Celebrating Life!)
I have no regrets for the decisions I made for Beau and I live each day cherishing the special moments we shared together.
"Beau" Mr. Beaujangles Dancin on a Wim CD, RN , ASCA CD, CGC (RIP my shining star 1-17-11)
"Baylee" UCD Baylee Golden Butterfly Wings CDX, RN , ASCA CD, CGC
"Baxter" U-CH Promise's Purpose Driven Vision CGC (looking toward the future)
"Blayze" U-CH Promise's D'Best Aim For The Goal'd(the new kid on the block)
Carolyn, what a tough journey you have been through! Isn't it amazing that things never turned out the way you think that they will? Life always throws an unpredicted curve ball.I was sure my boy was going to die of renal failure but it turned out to be lymphoma in the end. It is also amazing that no matter how painful this cancer ride is most of us are willing to do it all again once we lay our eyes on another browned eyed beauty. The many years of joy and love over rides the pain in the end.
BayBeams - I hear ya. This is all too surreal for me right now. It is difficult to prepare yourself for the worst when your pup has the brightest smile, is doing the happy dance before rolling in the grass! Your thread has me in tears for you both
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Good work RobA
I was diffing through some resources and found this cavern wall tileset I made back in 2006.
I don't recall sharing it here, so figured I should. Attached is a zip of the 128x128px transparent png files that have every combination possible I could come up with to make cavern walls. You will have to rotate them, but I created mirrored version, so no need to flip them (except for variations).
Here is a proof sheet:
Just set your software to a 128x128 snap and draw away!
[edit]A couple of examples of maps using thee tiles:
-Rob A>
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My tutorials: Using GIMP to Create an Artistic Regional Map ~ All My Tutorials
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
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Good work RobA
My Battlemaps Gallery http://www.cartographersguild.com/al...p?albumid=3407
These are great.
Thanks for the cavern walls! Im using them plus some other things to fancy up a forum rp I've got going on, and these are great for what I needed!


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