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Altheda was one of the three female protagonists in the tale, The Fountain of Fair Fortune, written by Beedle the Bard.
Early life
During Altheda's life, her home, money, and wand had all been stolen by a Dark Wizard, leaving her to wallow in poverty and despair.
Quest for the Fountain
Altheda came to the Fountain, in the hope of finding relief from poverty and unhappiness after her possessions had been stolen by a Dark Wizard. After completing three trials, Altheda arrived at the Fountain with her companions Asha, Amata, and Sir Luckless. Before the four could decide who would get to bathe in the Fountain, however, Asha collapsed from exhaustion. Altheda quickly gathered some of the herbs that grew around the Fountain and prepared a potion for Asha. The potion not only saved Asha's life, but also cured her of the malady she suffered, which she had believed only the Fountain could heal.
Later life
In curing Asha's sickness, Altheda realized that she had the means to earn a living, and thus had no need to bathe in the Fountain. She left the garden with her three companions and went on to lead a long, happy life.
Altheda may be a variant of the name Althea, which derives from the Greek word althein, meaning "to heal."[1] In Greek mythology, Althaea was the mother of the Meleager, one of the Argonauts.
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (The Fountain of Fair Fortune)
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The spending plan cleared the House in a 45-18 vote, with only nine Republicans voting yes—underscoring a big contrast from last year when the budget had near unanimous support in the Colorado Legislature.
The budget for the upcoming fiscal year begins July 1 and will increase spending per pupil at public schools, but the exact figure will be determined later. State employees will also get a pay increase of 2 percent—the first in four years. And lawmakers agreed to use $2.8 million to pay victims of last year's Lower North Fork Fire in the foothills southwest of Denver, which was started by a state prescribed burn.
Lawmakers voted on the budget after lashing out at each other, with Republicans in the minority accusing Democrats of playing games with GOP amendments on Thursday evening.
At issue was one Republican proposal for 5 percent across-the-board spending cuts. Democrats easily defeated it. But knowing they had enough votes to kill it, they brought it up again later, this time to try to get Republicans on the record voting for it.
"That is decidedly partisan, to say 'We killed your amendment, but we're going bring it up again to put it in your face and spike it a second time,' is not bipartisan," said Republican Rep.
Speaker Mark Ferrandino countered by telling Republicans that they're not blameless.
"Partisan politics gets played down here. We all know that. We all do it," he said. He told Republicans that "we should not forget history" and reminded them about how, as the majority party in the House last year, Republicans killed civil unions legislation by refusing to bring it up for a floor vote.
Ultimately, Waller was one of nine Republicans to vote for the budget. As reasons for his approval, Waller cited budget provisions that pay down $140 million in state debt for police and firefighter pensions, and $30 million for water storage projects in rural Colorado.
Both chambers have passed the budget, but they still must rectify differences in the spending plan. Those differences include a House amendment that took nearly $500,000 from private prisons to pay for more parole officers. Lawmakers who proposed the change cited the shooting death of Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements, who authorities suspect was killed by a parolee who recently slipped through the cracks in the criminal justice system.
The money for wildfire compensation is another difference that will need to be rectified, as well as adding $1.5 million to the state's film incentives program.
General fund expenditures, which lawmakers control, were expected to be about $8.2 billion next year, compared with $7.6 billion in the current budget year. The state's total budget, which includes federal money and cash funds, would be about $20.5 billion.
The biggest areas of general fund spending would continue to be K-12 schools, at about $3.1 billion, and the department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which administers Medicaid, at nearly $2.1 billion.
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Sōsetsu Kazahana (風花早雪, Kazahana Sōsetsu) was the previous daimyō of the Land of Snow and the father of Koyuki Kazahana.
Sōsetsu used to tell his daughter about the beauty of the spring season, and that she would one day see it, in the Land of Snow, where it was forever winter. To this end, he created a generator to warm the climate and when it is done the Spring will come in the Land of Snow. This generator is considered to be the Kazahana treasure, and is activated by a hexagonal crystal, which is considered the key.
Sōsetsu lived in the beautiful Kazahana Castle until his brother, Dotō Kazahana, burnt it down, which killed everyone inside, and forcefully took control over the Land of Snow and for the treasure (which Dotō had no idea what it was), leaving Koyuki the only survivor and escaping with the hexagonal crystal. Sōsetsu's death would scar Koyuki for then next ten years, leading her to become cold and uncaring, putting emotions forward only as an act, as well as referring his dreams about spring to be a lie, all until the generator was activated to create the spring season, much to Koyuki's delight and Dotō's fury (the latter was angry at the treasure being a mere generator). Sōsetsu's death led Sandayū Asama to develop hatred towards Dotō, and tried to get revenge against the latter but unfortunately ultimately fail.


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The identity of boy spy extraordinaire, Zac Power, has remained a closely guarded secret for the past 7 years. His eye colour, hair colour and facial features all protected behind a dark silhouette.
During this time Zac rose through the ranks of the GIB, regularly saving the world and but still always completing his homework on time. Dastardly villains and evil masterminds have plotted, planned and schemed ways to outsmart Zac, but with no luck. He continues to overcome all obstacles put in his path, including rumours that BIG are threatening to expose his identity!
Zac has strong reason to believe that secret documents detailing his characteristics have been stolen from GIB. The suspected culprit is most likely BIG. So, to minimize damage, Zac decided to pre-empt the inevitable breach of security and reveal his face to the world first.
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A man, 30, and a woman, 25, were sitting in a parked car on the 3900 block of Labadie when the suspect, a dark-complected black male wearing a dark hoodie, approached the car and ordered the man out of the car.
The victim stated that he raised his arm to shield his face and pushed the accelerator to the floor. The suspect fired several gunshots as the car was speeding away.
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Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director at the Independent Institute, speaks with Lyanne Melendez of KGO-TV on city gun buy-back programs.
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11 News first reported the disappearance of Kara Nichols, 19, in late 2012. The aspiring model reportedly left for a job in Denver, and hasn't been seen since.
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"To not know what happened to our daughter and to have the grief we feel, it's just terribly hard," Julia told 11 News Thursday.
The past three months have been extremely difficult. Last November, investigators announced Kara's picture appeared in Las Vegas, a month after her disappearance. That lead, like all others so far, went nowhere.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- There are many numbers swirling around this week's North-South Football Classic.
The South, for instance, holds a 37-19-3 all-time edge in the series. The team, dubbed the Cardinals, has a three-game winning streak.
But perhaps the most sparkling number surrounding this Saturday's game is this one:
That will be the age of North Bears assistant coach Bill Hanlin next month.
"This should be a special moment for the North, but the South as well," said North and St. Marys High head coach Jodi Mote. "[Hanlin] is a legend in football in West Virginia."
Indeed, he is.
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1948 - The year Hanlin was graduated from Sistersville High.
1963 - The year he coached St. Marys High to an undefeated state championship season.
0 - The points allowed that season by the Blue Devils.
10-3 - The margin Hanlin's 1973 Glenville State team fell short of winning an NAIA national title, falling to Northwestern.
1985-88 - The years Hanlin served as the SSAC's executive director.
"I've been around a little bit," Hanlin said on Tuesday with a wry smile.
There's no doubt about that. In addition to his above duties, he's been a speaker. He started a helmet company with Bob Zide. He's been to a pair of Rose Bowls and saw Roger Staubach play in the 1965 East-West Shrine game.
Now, he's hanging with Mote, Martinsburg quarterback Cookie Clinton and the Bears.
"About five years ago, Coach Mote came to me and asked if I'd be interested [helping with the St. Marys team]," Hanlin said. "I'd worked a summer youth camp for him and worked with some quarterbacks. He said the word 'football,' so I accepted."
Thankfully, he also accepted the slot in the North-South game. It's a treat for the fans. It's a treat for the players. And it's a treat for Hanlin.
"It's just wonderful," Hanlin said. "I've been really fortunate health-wise. I had a little problem last year, but I guess I'm too old and too ornery to let it get me down. So I got over it ... survived it all and got right back into it."
Hanlin got back into football. The Coopers of Hurricane, meanwhile, haven't missed a beat.
First it was Kyle Cooper who made the North-South roster. Then it was brother Cameron. Now, Zach is taking his turn as a projected starting cornerback for the South.
"With my older brothers playing in the game, it makes you look forward to playing in it," Zach Cooper said. "It's finally here."
Kyle is now 22 and playing linebacker for Robert Morris University. Cameron, 20, is playing wide receiver for Bethany College. Zach is headed to Robert Morris to join his older brother.
"The first time I watched Kyle play, I was excited that someone in my family was in an all-star game," Zach said on Tuesday. "Then watching Cam play, it made it a family tradition. I'm glad to be carrying it on."
Hank Williams Jr. would be proud. And get this: There are three more Coopers brothers - Matthew, who will be a junior; Lucas, who will be a freshman; and Jake, who will be in the seventh grade - on the way.
"I'd like to say I'm the best," Zach said. "My goal was to be better than my older brothers. I'm sure my younger brothers will try to be better than me. I think it comes from our parents putting it in our heads that we were going to be athletes - and then us falling in love with it."
The sport. The all-star game.
"It's different because these [South teammates] are the guys you've been scheming against for the last three years," Zach said. "Now they're on your team and you have to learn to work with them. But these guys are a lot of fun. I'm just sad it's only going to be one game."
Yep. After all, they feel just like brothers.
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JAMA Study on Routine Episiotomy
Katherine Hartmann and colleagues have published a new systematic review about effects of routine episiotomy on women. It is important for pregnant women and their caregivers to understand lessons from this research, detailed below. Please see also Childbirth Connection's clear, simple advice for pregnant women on how to avoid routine episiotomy.
What did the new episiotomy study do?The new study used a rigorous systematic review approach to summarize the best available research about effects of routine episiotomy on mothers. Episiotomy is a surgical cut that is often made just before birth to enlarge the opening of the vagina. This practice has been widely used for many decades in the belief that it offers benefits to mothers.
What did the researchers conclude?The researchers found that routine episiotomy offers mothers no benefits and is associated with harms.
Depending on the circumstances, the literature reviewed found that routine episiotomy increased:
Midline episiotomy, the standard in North America, is a cut straight back into the perineum (see pelvic floor and episiotomy pictures below, or find more information on the effect of episiotomy on the pelvic floor). With this type of cut, women are vulnerable to tissue tears that extend into or through the anal muscle.
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What are some concerns about tears that extend into or through the anal muscle?This type of trauma increases women's risk of harm due to
Are concerns about effects of routine episiotomy new?No. The evidence has been clear and consistent for many years. Numerous past reviews have come to similar conclusions.
Why are so many episiotomies being performed on women when the best research has shown that they are harmful?Despite compelling research evidence, many maternity care providers still use this procedure liberally. This happens for many reasons. These include:
How often are episiotomies used with vaginal birth?The episiotomy rate has been falling off for some time in the U.S. However, when Childbirth Connection carried out its national U.S. Listening to Mothers survey among women who had given birth from 2000 to 2002, 35% of mothers with a vaginal birth had experienced episiotomy.
Episiotomy rates vary dramatically across providers and hospitals. So, choice of caregiver and choice of birth setting affect a woman's likelihood of this and other labor interventions.
What is a good rate of episiotomy?Authors of the JAMA study recommend that the U.S. could immediately achieve a rate below 15% of vaginal births. Providers with a conservative practice style have rates well below 15%. Midwives generally have the lowest rates, followed by family physicians and obstetricians.
How can a pregnant woman avoid a routine episiotomy?In this environment, a woman should not assume that she will only get an episiotomy if it is necessary. Apart from an urgent need to hasten a birth, there is no clear justification for episiotomy. Childbirth Connection has gathered tips to help women avoid routine or unnecessary episiotomies.
Is episiotomy a factor in the supposed "harms of vaginal birth"?Episiotomy is just one of the practices that contribute to the supposed "harms of vaginal birth". Research has identified concerns about other practices that may be widely used with vaginal birth. In addition to episiotomy, other practices that appear to increase risk of harm to the pelvic floor include pushing and giving birth on the back, forceful staff-directed pushing, use of forceps or vacuum extraction, pressing on the abdomen (by a staff member) during pushing, and epidural analgesia. Use of these practices could be greatly reduced, to the benefit of birthing women.
There is growing talk among professionals and in the media about supposed hazards of vaginal birth. In a large review of the best science, Childbirth Connection did not find a single study that minimized harmful management practices to try to understand whether vaginal birth in itself poses harm. It is wrong at this time to conclude that vaginal birth is harmful. Due to many increased harms associated with major surgery, an appropriate solution is to improve the way providers manage vaginal birth rather than shifting to cesarean section without medical need.
ReferencesHartmann K, Viswanathan M, Palmieri R, Gertlehner G, Thorp J, Lohr KN. Outcomes of routine episiotomy: a systematic review.JAMA 2005;293:2141-8.
Viswanathan M, Hartmann K, Palmieri R., Lux L, Swinson T, Lohr KN, Gartlehner G, Thorp J. The use of episiotomy in obstetrical care: a systematic review; summary. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 112.)
University of North Carolina, Center for Women's Health Research. Routine episiotomy does not provide benefits: the importance of asking questions about common things.
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AG009: Taming of the Shroomish
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Ash, May, Brock and Max have arrived at a small town (Rinshin Town) on their way to Rustboro City. Brock decides to stock up on supplies, while Max is eager to go hunting for city dwelling Pokémon. Max soon stumbles upon a very frightened Shroomish who is hiding in an alleyway. Ash, Max, Pikachu and their new Shroomish friend head off to find a Pokémon Center. On their way they pass by a deserted mansion that is being torn down. There, the gang learns that not long ago most of the city was just plant life and that many, many Shroomish lived in the area. They also learn that strange things are going on at the mansion, and many people believe that it's haunted. A little investigation reveals that the mansion is actually inhabited by all of the Shroomish who used to live in the forest. When the forest was destroyed, they had nowhere else to go. All of the strange noises and smells that the construction workers were hearing were actually the Shroomish! The grandson of the owner decides to tear down the mansion as planned, but to convert all of that land into a forest for the Shroomish.
May, Brock, Max and Ash arrived to a small town. Max is skeptical of all the smell, but May finds it quite interesting that they arrived into a new town. The gang makes plans what to do, but first Ash proposes to get some lunch.
A group of workers are shown working near an old mansion, which find it very creepy. Among them is Team Rocket, where James and Meowth argue. Jessie is hungry, but James reminds her that they need to work to get some food to capture Ash's Pikachu.
May is loking at the dresses and jewelry, despite Brock advising to get some supplies. Meanwhile, Ash and Max have gone out of the Burger restaurant. Max then searches for Pokémon in allies and finds a Shroomish. As May and Brock are going to the Pokémon Center (while Brock carries the supplies), they hear a mention of a cursed mansion named Green Lodge. May is interested in it, and the girl answers that the workers (including Team Rocket) are tearing the trees near the mansion. The girl also says that the workers see some footprints on the floor and while they are in, they can't breathe because of the smell and get confused. Brock is terrified at the idea of going in.
Ash then scans the Shroomish. Max notices that Shroomish is angry, so he takes some of Ash's Pokémon food and offers the Shroomish. However, the Shroomish releases a the Stun Spore, making Ash and Max go away. Brock and May are shown to go to the mansion, despite Brock's fear of scary places. Ash then places some of Brock's Pokémon food. Pikachu then eats a portion of it, proving that it is delicious, so Shroomish begins to eat it.
Max notices that Shroomish usually live in forests, not in cities. Ash then advises to go to Pokémon Center, but Max places a headband upon Shroomish's head, making it really happy. Brock and May enter the mansion, while May and Ash go around it. The Shroomish then becomes sad, and walks inside the mansion, with Ash and Max following it. Team Rocket spot them and go to capture Pikachu.
The Shroomish with the headband hops inside the mansion. Ash and Max reunite with May and Brock. A man comes, warning them that the trees are being cut down. Max explains that Shroomish came into the mansion, but the man denies the fact. The man makes a flashback, saying that Shroomish lived in the town, but with the expansion of the town, trees were cut down and Shroomish disappeared, with the town deciding to destroy the mansion for more buildings to be constructed.
The gang enters the mansion looking for Shroomish. Eventually, they find it, being shivering. The other Shroomish come to it and Brock explains that Shroomish must have gotten into the mansion, with the trees being cut down. Suddenly, an explosion reccurs, revealing to be Team Rocket. James brings his Cacnea and Jessie her Seviper out. Ash declares Pikachu to use Quick Attack, but the Shroomish stop the attack by yelling.
A strange noise is coming from the mansion - hordes of Shroomish come. Jessie declares her Seviper to attack with Poison Tail, while Cacnea attacks with Pin Missile. The Shroomish use Stun Spore and the gang leaves the area. Max explains that Shroomish want to play with the man again. Team Rocket got out as well and plans to take revenge on Shroomish. Max attempts to convince the man to stop the construction, but Team Rocket appear in a machine, destroying the mansion.
Team Rocket forces the Shroomish out and grab them one by one. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but the machine absorbs the electricity. The Shoomish use the Stun Spore, but Brock brings Forretress to remove the spores to enter the town. Forretress uses Rapid Spin, the spores are removed. In the machine, the air is getting stale, so meowht opens the windows, but the spores enter the machine. The Shroomish use Leech Seed on Team Rocket. Max brings her Torchic and declares to attack with Ember, setting the Shroomish free.
Pikachu uses Thunder to blast Team Rocket away. After the battle, the man says the mansion has to be destroyed, but promising to plant seeds to make another forest. The episode ends with the gang leaving, waving goodbye to the man and Shroomish.
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Oh yeah, gorgeous." - May and Brock.
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An unfortunate imbalance continues in college sport according to the latest report by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES): White men run the show, and women in particular, in spite of Title IX, are losing ground rather than making progress. TIDES Director Richard Lapchick said last week in "Mild Progress Continues: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2012-13 Academic Year" that key leadership in schools such as Minnesota, and major conferences such as the Big Ten "remain[s] overwhelmingly White and male."
The telling numbers: White men (92 of 120) hold 76 percent of the college president positions, 84 percent of athletic directors (101 of 120), and 64 percent of the faculty athletic representatives (81 of 126). Whites overall hold nearly 91 percent of the 366 campus leadership positions in America. Moreover, all 11 FBS conferences are run by White men. As a result, Lapchick points out, there's little change in the number of Blacks in leadership roles: Four of the five Black presidents are male, and all nine Black athletic directors are males as well. Also three of the five Black FARs are males. Continue Reading →


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November 6, 2002 -- Where can you find the strongest magnetic fields on Earth? Why do galactic nuclei spit out vast plumes of hot material into space? How can x-rays squeeze fuel capsules to generate energy? How can the turbulent flow of a plasma make itself stable and what does that have to do with the patterns on Jupiter?
These and many other questions will be addressed at one of the world's largest physics meetings this year: the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP), to be held from November 11-15, 2002 in Orlando, Florida. Around 1600 papers are scheduled to be delivered at this meeting.
Plasmas are gases of electrically charged particles such as electrons and protons. Plasmas make up astrophysical objects such as stars and supernovas, dying stars that collapse under their own weight and then explode. On Earth, they exist naturally as lightning bolts and the bath of charged particles in our upper atmosphere. In high-tech electronics factories, beams of artificially created plasmas engrave the sophisticated patterns in computer chips.
Fusion energy
In attempts to provide the world with an abundant source of energy, many physicists are working hard to make artificial suns—plasmas so hot and so dense that their particles fuse to release energy. This pursuit of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source is a major branch of plasma physics research.


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David Graham is a six-foot-six teddy bear will take any event to the next level. David Graham is a clean comedian who hits those hard-to-reach areas of the comedic nervous system. From family discipline to a spell-binding Temptations review with David doing all four-parts harmony acapella, it is the very definition of a "show".
May 13, 2016 at 7:30 PM Brian HicksBrian is one of the country's most sought-after stand-up comics. He has taken the comedy world by storm with his insightful views on what people find funny. The laughs come fast and frequently, since he has spent the last 15 years honing his craft at clubs and theaters across the country. Brian specializes in giving every audience a hilarious and singular comedic experience. His unique talent consists of clever material and unparalleled audience interaction, which he combines seamlessly with his lightning quick wit. Brian has incredible instincts and an undeniable ability to make audiences laugh.
May 20, 2016 at 7:30 PM Michael Thorne
Michael Thorne is an amalgam of culture and white trash raised on a greasy silver spoon in a borough of Minneapolis aptly nicknamed "Nordeast". He has brought his hilarious observational insights on evolution, (or lack thereof), human relations, marriage & parenthood to backwoods barrooms, colleges, casinos and A-list comedy clubs from coast to coast & border to border. Michael grabbed the attention of LA bigwigs at one point who urged him to leave Minnesota to further his career. "You're the funniest thing out of the Midwest. Now get out of the Midwest."But Michael favors the Midwestern family life. He will take you on a wild and hysterical tour of the minefield that is his life. Michael has shared the stage with comedy legends Steven Wright, the late Bill Hicks and the late Mitch Hedberg.
May 27, 2016 at 7:30 PM Andrew Rivers
Andrew's very personal and fun storytelling comedy, combined with his exemplary work ethic has earned him high praise from some of the best comedians in the business. Andrew has appeared as a standup comedian on the Seattle-based TV Show "Up Late NW" and contributed as a writer and actor to several of the sketches as well. Andrew has been featured on NBC, FOX, and the Bob & Tom Radio Show and is a regular opening act for Christopher Titus.
Andrew was also featured on the popular Buzzfeed webseries "Truth or Drink" and has performed in over 35 states. Check him out at andrewjrivers.com
June 03, 2016 at 7:30 PM Christine Stedman
Christine can best be described as one funny mother! She has a husband, a twenty-something son who lives at home, a divorced daughter and three grand-kids. This gives her a full portfolio of material to draw from. A lot of people ask Chris why she began a career in comedy so late in life. Well, it's not a coincidence that she started immediately after her daughter began having babies! Chris does not like to baby-sit! Sure, traveling around the country telling jokes to drunks in smoky nightclubs was not the most practical way to get out of baby-sitting, but she decided it was definitely worth a try. (It was either that, or go to truck-driving school and she hates the way she looks in flannel shirts! ) So far, this desperate attempt to distance herself from family obligations has worked out quite nicely. She's come a long way from her early years in comedy.
She currently headlines in some of the top clubs in the country and has become a favorite at "The Comedy Stop" in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. In 2006, she was chosen to compete in Nick at Nite's Search for the Funniest Mom in America. She appeared in six episodes and made it all the way to the finale where it came down to only 5 finalists. Ok, she didn't win—-but just ask anyone who has seen her perform and they will tell you that she is definitely one funny mother!


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Colby College hosted an address entitled "Guns and Politics". The speaker was Robert J. Spitzer, an author and professor at State University of New York, Cortland who discussed the role of gun ownership and politics in today's political landscape.
Dr. Spitzer is the author of fourteen books, and most recently "The Politics of Gun Control." He is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department SUNY Cortland. He explores the issue of gun control and politics in light of recent events. "Gun control has proved to be one of the most enduringly contentious, even acrimonious issues in American politics. I set out to discover why," he said.
This talk was recorded April 2, 2013 at Colby College in Waterville.
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The Chicago Tribune is reporting the states budget shortfall could still surpass more than $1 billion dollars.
The Blagojevich administration estimates the state's budget shortfall could still be between $1.5 billion and $2 billion.
Budget chief John Filan says the problem is something that happened over many years and isn't something that turns around in just a few months.
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skillll7 wrote:Sword Girls is terrible. Simply terrible. Not only is it a really, really luck-based game (more so than any other card game I've ever seen, barring standard 52 card deck games like Poker), but it is also heavily influenced by the rarities of your cards, where rarer cards are just blatantly better. The craft system makes it feel like it takes months just to get a rare card, and the accessories are annoying to get, especially since exploring in those areas takes tokens to buy, which I believe you can't get any other way than paying and is also what you use for buying from boosters. Getting the materials from fighting makes it feel like a grind game, and you need to do it a whole lot just to get any kind of success, even for crafting more common cards..
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22 U.S. Code § 2378 - Prohibition on assistance to countries that provide military equipment to terrorist states
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The President shall withhold assistance under this chapter to the government of any country that provides lethal military equipment to a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist government for the purposes of section 2405 (j) of title 50, Appendix, or 2371 of this title.
(2) Applicability
The prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 1 year after that government ceases to provide lethal military equipment. This section applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after April 24, 1996.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance may be furnished to a foreign government described in subsection (a) of this section if the President determines that furnishing such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States and, not later than 15 days before obligating such assistance, furnishes a report to the appropriate committees of Congress including—
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 620H, as added Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 326,Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1256.)
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April 24, 1966, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original "the date of enactment of this Act", which was translated as meaning the date of enactment of Pub. L. 104–132, which enacted this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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"2 a : having material existence : perceptible especially through the senses and subject to the laws of nature"
Raikiri is a physical ninjutsu attack but it is still a physical attack. It's not spiritual or transcendental it has a physical form perceptible through the senses and the fact that it beats Earth means subject to the laws of nature.
Secondly according to the words on the pages I showed you... the swords can go through "any defense" and "all".
Thirdly, it is still hype.In order for that to be valid, Kakuzu would have to be hit by every physical attack by every person that has ever lived to say whether or not any physical attack could do what he claims. As he is only 114 he wouldn't know that logically. Secondly nothing indicates whether or not he came in contact with Tsunade so he wouldn't know if she could break him. His statement is flawed by his own experience.


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He has been the subject of ongoing 2012 presidential speculation. His fiscal fortitude in Indiana has been widely covered, and his controversial "truce" remarks on social issues have sparked heated debate. But to date, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels has received very little national exposure for his most important policy initiative: taking Indiana from the backwaters of education reform in America to the forefront.
Jeb Bush has rightfully earned the reputation as America's most reform-minded governor on education issues. He introduced vouchers for students in failing schools, created greater accountability within the system, and based teacher pay on merit. His achievements have set the standard for subsequent would-be reformers such as Daniels.
But now Indiana's governor aims to go beyond Bush. The other week, Indiana's legislature passed the last of four bills that Daniels has been advocating for awhile in his effort to make Indiana the vanguard of education reform in America. Once implemented, his education agenda will be the most expansive school reform effort the country has seen.
Indiana's reforms are similar in many respects to Florida's focus on accountability, high standards, school choice, and teacher performance.
The Daniels reforms go beyond the Florida experiment, however, in two important areas: institutionalizing choice for families and establishing classroom-level performance as the key metric for schools. On the first point, Indiana has conceived choice more universally than was the case in Florida. On the second point, Indiana's policy is close to Florida's, but the Hoosiers have been able to go farther by overcoming political barriers that tripped up Florida's reformers.
Institutionalizing choice. Typically, when one hears the word "choice" in an education reform context, one thinks "vouchers." And while vouchers are indeed a centerpiece of the Daniels agenda, they represent only one essential component among several. The Indiana approach to choice is more properly understood as giving families educational options in the broadest, most universal sense.
In 2010, the state made it possible for students to transfer from one public school district to another. This set the stage for further reforms aimed at making families' choices, not school districts, the main unit of education policy. Indiana's new education laws build upon this emphasis on mobility and family intent.
Vouchers according to need, not school status. Before it was struck down by the Florida supreme court in 2006, Bush created the nation's first statewide voucher program for students in failing schools. Daniels's plan makes vouchers available to all students within specific income ranges, not just those in bad schools. It is the broadest voucher framework in the nation, aimed at both low income and lower middle class students. Linking the vouchers to family income rather than school performance infuses competition into the heart of Indiana's school system and sets the stage for all the other reforms.
Vouchers on a universal basis. The number of vouchers is capped at 7,500 for the first year, raised to 15,000 the following year, and then unlimited thereafter. This allows an appropriate phase-in period while ultimately aiming at universal support for qualifying families.
A pro-college-prep funding model. Families that choose to transfer their children from a public to a private school receive $4,500 per child in K-8, but no limit on tuition for high school so long as the family meets the means-testing requirements. This helps those who can get into high quality prep schools but cannot afford the gap between tuition and the voucher amount.
Expanding charters with greater parent empowerment and heightened accountability. Thousands of students are on waiting lists for Indiana's 60 charter schools. Daniels's reforms make it easier to start charters and increase the number of charter sponsors. They also install a "trigger" by which parents can convert failing schools into charter schools. Funding will follow the student rather than stay in a given school district. These reforms ultimately produce a vibrant marketplace aimed at disrupting the public school system's monopoly.
Encouraging private sector support of choice. Like Florida, Indiana offers a tax credit to those who donate money to organizations that provide choice scholarships to students. The new Indiana law raises the credit amount and aims at expanding overall participation.
Classroom performance. Central to the reform efforts in both Florida and Indiana is the notion that student performance and incentives for teachers should be meaningfully linked. While discussions about "performance" during the era of No Child Left Behind often focus on schools, districts, and states, reformers understand that performance at the micro level of the classroom matters most. Florida and Indiana have based their reforms on this idea.
Florida introduced a merit pay system under Bush, which has culminated in a new law that Governor Rick Scott signed in March linking merit pay to student test scores.
Indiana's new laws chart a similar course but go farther, mainly because Daniels and his new Republican majority in the state house have enjoyed a more favorable political environment.
Paying teachers by what they do, not who they are. The Daniels reforms end tenure for new teachers, establish merit rather than seniority as the basis for pay increases, and include objective student performance as one element in evaluating teacher performance. In this way Indiana's and Florida's new laws are similar.
Instituting a rigorous evaluation model. In order for the first point to work, the schools need a solid teacher evaluation process. Indiana's new laws establish yearly evaluations for teachers and principals, require student achievement to be one component of the evaluations, assess how rigorously teachers use the best tools, and give teachers a score on a four-point scale.
Limiting collective bargaining. The evaluations would matter a lot less, however, if collective bargaining were unchanged. The new Indiana law limits collective bargaining to teacher pay and wage-related benefits and removes all other extraneous matters (curriculum, class size, pedagogy, and a host of other provisions) from the bargaining process. Together with the first two points, this allows flexibility in focusing resources on the classroom, rewarding good teachers, and removing the underperformers. Adding the bargaining provision to the first two gives Indiana an advantage over the otherwise excellent merit pay bill Florida passed in March.
Taken together, these reforms have a simple objective: keep the focus on the students. By limiting bargaining, heightening evaluation standards, and instituting merit pay, Indiana has made the classroom – and the students comprising it – the center of its reform agenda.
When you roll Indiana's reforms together, you find yourself looking at a state that offers vouchers to all who need them, has made creating new charter schools easier, erased boundaries between districts, delinked teacher pay from seniority, limited collective bargaining, and made student achievement a central measure of teacher evaluation. Back when school reform efforts began in earnest in the 1980s, this combination of reforms would have seemed a utopian dream.
And, as if they aren't enough, Daniels has used the state budget to institute all-day kindergarten and a scholarship system for students who graduate from high school in three years.
The ink is still drying on the new reforms he has just signed, but Daniels already seems to be cementing his legacy as one of America's leading education reformers.
Ryan Streeter is editor of ConservativeHome.com, a distinguished fellow at the Sagamore Institute, and an adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute.
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Cubs only need (40-0) record to match Blackhawks' season-opening winning streak
Imagine if the Cubs, or any MLB team for that matter, could match the Chicago Blackhawks' NHL-record season-opening winning streak of 22 games, and counting.
Of course there's one very big difference, that being the Blackhawks (19-0-3) technically haven't lost a game in regulation. Three times they've fallen in a shootout this season.
With it unlikely baseball ever decides extra inning games with a home run derby contest, the comparison doesn't add up. But for the sake of having a little fun, let's do it anyway…
The longest winning streak in NHL history belongs to the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers who won 35 consecutive games without suffering a regulation loss—a streak that began three-games into the season.
Until the Blackhawks' magical run, the NHL's previous longest season-opening winning streak was set by the Anaheim Might Ducks in 2006-07 with a run of 16 games without a regulation loss.
The longest winning streak in Major League Baseball still belongs to the New York Giants who won 26 consecutive games in 1916. Baseball's longest season-opening winning streak, however, is 13-games, accomplished by the 1982 Atlanta Braves and later matched by the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers.
Another wrinkle with the Blackhawks' streak is that it's coming during a shortened regular season (48-games) due to the lengthy NHL lockout, which comes out to playing 58-percent of the league's normal 82-game regular season schedule.
So percentage wise, the Hawks have completed roughly 45-percent of their shortened regular season without a regulation loss. If, however, we calculate this out to what would be a full-length regular season (82-games), the Blackhawks would be roughly 25-percent of the way through the campaign.
By baseball standards, a 162-game regular season schedule condensed to 58-percent would equal 94-games, thus meaning a baseball team would have to win its first 24-games to match the Blackhawks' season-opening streak this year–which would basically double the longest season-opening winning streak ever to start a season (the Braves & Brewers, 13-games).
And when the numbers are punched out over an entire 162 game season, that season-opening winning streak, which would need to cover 25-percent of the season, would have to be roughly (40-0) to match the Blackhawks! Talk about incredible!
Professor of mathematical sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass, Richard Cleary, suggests the probability of another NHL team matching the Blackhawks' season-opening winning streak as once ever 700 years. The catch of course, is that every team only has one chance to start the season with a winning streak.
So what are the odds of a similar streak every happening in baseball? I have no idea, other than to guess it's on the doorstep of impossible.
As a side note, the Cubs hold claim to the second-longest winning streak in baseball history (not to open a season) spanning 21-games, and, they've done it twice: June 5-July 8, 1880 & Sept. 4-Sept. 27, 1935.
As for the Cubs' longest winning streak to open a season, that one I'm not sure of. But I'd be just fine settling for a win on opening day in 2013.


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A tough battle to the East African Legislative Assembly started officially here yesterday as the relatives of former prominent leaders fight to be elected to represent the country in the regional House on Tuesday.
The office of the clerk to the National Assembly yesterday released a list of 34 candidates expected to contest the seats and are to be elected by members of Parliament.
Only nine candidates must be elected from the list. The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi is expected to send eight members to the regional legislature while all opposition parties are expected to have only one seat.
The nominated women candidates are Angela Kizigha, Fancy Nkuhi, Dr Godbertha Sebastian Kinyondo, Janeth Mmari, Janeth Mbene, Maryam Ussi Yayha, Rose Daudi Mwalusamba (CUF), Sebtuu Mahammed Nassoro, Shy-Rose Bhanji and Sophia Rijaal.
The nominated CCM candidates from Zanzibar are Abdullah Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Dr Ahmada Hamad Khatib, Dr Haji Mwita Haji, Khamis Jabir Makame, Dr Said Gharib Billal and Zuberi Ali Maulid.
Nominated opposition candidates, with their political parties in brackets, are Antony Calist Komu (Chadema), Dr Fortunatus Lwanyantika Masha (UDP), Juju Martin Danda (NCCR-Mageuzi), Micah Elifuraha Mrindoko (TLP), Mwaiseje S Polisya (NCCR-Mageuzi), Nderakindo Perpetua Kessy (NCCR- Mageuzi) and Twaha Issa Taslima (CUF).
Other candidates from the Mainland are Adam Omar Kimbisa, Bernard Musomi Murunya, Charles Makongoro Nyerere, Dr Edmund Bernard Mndolwa, Elibariki Immanuel Kingu, Dr Evans Mujuni Rweikiza, John Dunstan Lifa-Chipaka (Tadea), Mrisho Mashaka Gambo, Siraju Juma Kaboyonga and William John Malecela.
A quick look at the list shows that some candidates were politicians who served as MPs in previous years or are close relatives of some former or current prominent politicians in the country.
Candidates vying for EALA seats have been spotted here in Dodoma, especially in the Parliamentary environs, campaigning by distributing leaflets and brochures detailing their curriculum vitae (CV).
A total of eight CCM candidates are expected to be voted for. This is according to Article 50 of the EAC Treaty which stipulates that the election of members to the EALA from each member state must be conducted based on the representation of political parties in the respective country's national parliament, shades of opinion, interest groups and gender.
Tanzania's National Assembly consists of 258 CCM legislators (about 74 percent), 48 Chadema legislators (about 14 percent), 36 CUF legislators (about 10 percent), four NCCR-Mageuzi MPs, a single TLP legislator and another UDP legislator- all comprising about 4 percent.
However, the envisaged election of members to EALA is likely to face petition after Chadema's director of Information and Foreign Affairs John Mnyika yesterday addressed reporters to protest against the decision by the office of the clerk to the National Assembly to allocate a single seat for all opposition parties represented in Parliament.
In his argument Mnyika, who is Ubungo legislator, said since Article 50 of the EAC Treaty wants members to EALA from each member state to be elected based on party representation in the House, opposition parties in general should have been allocated two seats instead of one.
In this respect, he said, CCM should have been allocated seven seats, a single seat for Chadema and another for CUF.
Mnyika also protested that, according to Parliamentary Standing Orders, the nomination of candidates for the election should have been carried out on April 10, 2012 and not yesterday as the clerk did.
By releasing the list yesterday, he said, the candidates would have no time to campaign; also individuals wishing to file petitions against certain candidates would also have no enough time to do so.
Mnyika said he had written to the clerk asking him to postpone the election in order to resolve certain anomalies, saying otherwise the election would not be free and fair.
Apart from the former leaders' relatives, there are also some prominent politicians in the ruling party who failed to win the National Assembly race in the 2010 election, but have found an opportunity to fulfill their political ambition through the East African Legislative Assembly.
While in other East African member states membership to EALA is about competency and deep understanding of the newly revived Community's affairs, it seems for Tanzania it's the same old story of nepotism, whereby retired leaders want their relatives to be elected.
There are also those who failed at the local government level when they served as mayors or ward councillors, but they are now gunning for promotion to the regional Parliament, thanks to the flawed system within the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
CCM has in the past been accused of influencing the election of people who had failed in elections, consoling them with EALA posts. Some critics have accused the party of using EALA as a jobs outlet rather than an institution through which its best brains, regardless of where they come from, serve the country's wider interests.


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Puff Up is Jigglypuff's Final Smash. When used, Jigglypuff slowly inflates itself to a very large size, enough to almost entirely cover a small custom stage. While growing, enemies and items will be pushed away. Once Jigglypuff reaches its full size, it shouts "JIGGLOO!!!", which causes a massive push that will KO any enemies too close to it. Jigglypuff then quickly deflates. While Jigglypuff is deflating, touching it causes 18% damage and powerful knockback, similar in power to the push effect. This is in effect until Jigglypuff is back to its original size, making contact dangerous until the final smash ends.
While the move covers a very large range, it loses potency quickly on larger stages, and it has no effect on anything below Jigglypuff. Also, it has the ability to KO teammates even when Friendly Fire is not enabled (disabled).
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Not familiar with Vue other than it's a 3D modeling program (I think), but this looks very interesting.
I have been trying out using Vue 7 to create a dungeon map. Here is the current version I am using in my online game. Let me know what you think. I use this as a base then add features in CC3 or one of my paint programs.
First off...Welcome Aboard!
Not familiar with Vue other than it's a 3D modeling program (I think), but this looks very interesting.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Hello Poserfiend, theres a few poser capable dudes hanging around here. "12 Rounds" aka Kimmo's stuff is worth a lookie. Anyone who can post some stuff out of Vue would be well received here. A couple of people have mentioned some experience with it but I think yours is the first actual image from the app. I have seen stuff in the past posted which is awesome so hoping to see some good results from somebody at some point in time...
Cool !, looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
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"If I give you a sovereign, can I see your thruppenny bits?"
Prior to decimalisation, when Great Britain and Ireland adopted a confusing monetary system based around a pound made up of one hundred pennies, a far more logical system known as LSD was used. L, S and D are the first letters of the names given to the different units of coin - L obviously stands for pounds and D stands for pennies (or pence). So far, everything is straightforward. Oddly however, S stands for shillings.
Though pre-decimal currency is thought confusing by people under the age of 40 and foreigners, it really was much easier than the current system - and will undoubtedly be reintroduced if right-thinking British people get their way - as we shall see here.
A farthing was equal to one quarter of a penny and would have been the weekly wage expected by the average working man up until the late 1920s when the Great Depression caused wages to fall dramatically. Very few women worked in those days (those that did were generally engaged in traditional female employment and were looked down upon by society); those that did were paid less than this amount because, strange as it may seem in these times of equality, it was then considered that a woman's work was worth less than a man's. However, as there was no coin worth less than a farthing, a group of four women would have to share one farthing between themselves and grocery shop as a group, splitting the purchases amongst themselves after buying. Although the farthing was insufficient to purchase anything at all post-1950, the coin was kept in circulation because the British population with their nostalgic love of pointless tradition had a great fondness for it and the cute picture of a wren on the back. Farthings were 13 inches wide, 4 inches thick and weighed 60lb.
Two farthings made a halfpenny which had a depiction of a galleon in full sale on the obverse as a reminder of our proud nation's glorious naval tradition which led to the Empire and all the good things that came of it. A halfpenny was what your grandad got for his weekly pocket money when he was seven years old back in 1920 and, as he's so fond of telling you, was enough money to see a western of a Saturday afternoon and still have enough change left over for a bag of chips and a packet of Woodbines on the way home. A halfpenny was much smaller than a farthing in order to be more portable, measuring just 10 inches across and 2.5 inches thick with a weight of only 36lb.
Four farthings or two halfpennies made a penny, an incredible sum of money to the working classes, and enough to buy a modern house with sufficiently modern facilities as to be hygienic enough that only four of your twelve children would die before their first birthdays. 240 pennies made a pound, with each coin measuring just under 41 inches wide and 11 inches thickness with a weight of 134lb. As previously mentioned, penny was abbreviated to d. As seen in the photograph, one penny was the state weekly pension for many years. However, as Britain has become more prosperous, the pension has risen time and time again with many elderly people now living luxuriously on pensions of as much as twenty times this amount.
The uniquely-shaped threepence coin, known as threepenny bit, was a convex regular polytope with a symmetry group of four-dimensional space, being a uniform star-polychoron the cells of which were 720 intersecting congruent pentagonal prisms of 120 vertices, 1200 edges, 1800 square faces and 720 pentagonal faces to connect the pentagonal prism cells to one another. Sixty cells came together at every vertex, and the squares were also faces of a uniform compound created of 75 tesseracts while the pentagons were also the faces of a standard star-polychoron. It measured a mere 8 inches across but was 10 inches thick and weighed 96lb.
Equal to Britain's entire defence budget in 1935, the sixpence was an enormously popular coin because, unlike those previously mentioned, it was made of a nice shiny metal and therefore looked all pretty and silvery. Interestingly, the modern 5p piece - which everybody hates and moans about because they say it's too small and gets stuck in the corners of your purse - is exactly the same dimensions as the old sixpence which was possibly the best-loved coin ever. There were 40 sixpences in a pound.
Two sixpences or 12d made a shilling. The British population were outraged when the coin was discontinued with the advent of decimalisation in 1971 as it had been a feature of the British way of life since time immemorial along with other popular venerable traditions such as cholera and smallpox. The word shilling gave us the term shillinglaw, a practise by which naval recruitment officers would enter alehouses and place a shilling into the flagon of any healthy-looking males. If the drinker was unwary enough as to accidentally swallow the coin, he would be deemed to have "taken the King's shilling" and as such was officially now signed up as a member of the Navy. He would then be hauled off to the nearest docks and put aboard a warship where his new career as a sailor would begin. So that it might be swallowed more easily, the shilling was a far smaller coin than those other mentioned here with a diameter of just 6 inches, a thickness of 2 inches and a weight of 14lb. 20 shillings made a pound.
A florin was equal to two shillings or 24d and was introduced during Victorian times in preparation for decimalisation, there being ten of them to a pound - in the usual British fashion, decimalisation didn't happen for another century due to having to pass through the House of Lords before being put into practice - and anything passing through the Lords, the members of which are generally well into their later years, can take a very long time indeed. A florin was slightly larger than a shilling, being 35 inches in width and 10 inches thick with a weight of 49lb.
Half Crown
The previous coins are all worth twice the amount of the coin below them in value with the exception of the threepence which was worth three times the coin below it. This was considered illogical and likely to lead to confusion, so the half crown was worth two shillings and sixpence or 30d, written as 2/6, and as such there were eight of them to a pound. Made of wrought iron, the half crown was 32 inches across, 10 inches thick and weighed in at 42lb. Rather than being melted down for metal to make the new decimalised coinage in 1971, half crowns were put into use as manhole covers.
Once again, the system returns to a coin being worth double the value of the coin below it as a crown was worth two half crowns - 60d, or one quarter of a pound. Crowns are still minted and remain legal tender today, and so as not to confuse anyone have a value of five pounds. Contrary to popular belief, the crown is not so-called after the symbol of the British monarchy but due to the fact that its size (18 inches wide, 4 inches thick) made it ideal as emergency headgear should one be caught out in a shower. Since they were made of gold-coloured metal, placing one upon the head would make the wearer look as though they were wearing a crown.
Half Sovereign
The half sovereign was worth ten shillings, 120d or two crowns. Half crowns are popular when made into rings, as worn by the wives and girlfriends of the sort of men mentioned in the section on sovereigns as females find the smaller size - just 19 inches wide, 9 inches thick with a weight of 73lb - more comfortable to wear.
Sovereigns are worth far more than their face value nowadays as they've become popular when set into rings to make a very tasteful and attractive item of jewelry available from high class jewellers. These rings are commonly worn by chavs and large, bald-headed men because, in addition to their aesthetic value, they serve as very effective knuckle-dusters. Sovereigns were 45 inches across, 19 inches thick and weighed 105lb - explaining why the people who wear them as rings tend to drag their knuckles on the ground while walking. The Queen is still paid in sovereigns. Every Wednesday, she and Prince Philip travel by a special Rolls-Royce bus run by London Transport just for them to Pall Mall Post Office where they collect their pensions which, combined, amount to some sixteen million sovereigns - a small price for the nation to pay in return for the hard work they do. Her Majesty then visits the same back-street hairdresser she has been going to since 1903 for her weekly shampoo, set and blue rinse while Philip puts a bet on at the bookies and then has haddock and a small portion of mushy peas for his lunch since he finds the crispy bits in chips uncomfortable to chew with his false teeth. This done, the bus conveys them to Morrison's supermarket where they purchase tinned food for their corgis and, if the gas bill doesn't have to be paid that week, treat themselves to a nice cup of tea and a bun.
Many a German spy was captured and imprisoned during World War 2 when they nonchalently strolled into a village shop to purchase those items essential to a Nazi abroad such as lager, Volkwagen spares and the Daily Mail. They'd probably have got away with it too, had the British not cunningly decided to pronounce the names of certain coins of the realm in peculiar ways that Johnny Foreigner would have no hope of ever coming to grips with. Every shopkeeper in the country knew that, should any shifty-looking types enter their premises and pronounce the names of any of the coins onomatopoeically, they should immediately phone the Home Guard. To pronounce the names properly and thus avoid looking like a foreigner, simply refer to the simple guide below.
- Halfpenny - hape-nee
- The penny was pronounced as the spelling suggests, but just to be on the safe side two pennies (2d) would be pronounced tuppence
- Threepence - thrup-nee or thrup-nee bit
- Sixpence - tanner
- Shilling - a bob
Such a system would reveal even fluent English speakers, as nobody but a true Britisher could ever linguistically cope with, " two shillings and thruppunce," "tuppunce hap-nee" or "'alf a bob" without becoming hopelessly tongue-tied and revealing their true origins.
Maundy Money
Also known by pedants and pub bores by its full name The Queen's Maundy Money and donated by her to deserving poor folks in a religious ceremony dating back to 600AD which is traditionally carried out on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter. Originally, the ceremony involved the Archbishop of Canterbury washing poor people's feet, to mark the washing of the Disciples' feet by Christ; this was rapidly changed to the charitable donation of money when it was decided that royalty should carry out the tradition as no British person would ever wish to see the hands of their beloved monarch touch something so vile as a poor person. Special Maundy coinage is produced yearly by the Royal Mint in the form of silver coins with denominations of one penny, two pennies, three pennies and four pennies (known as a groat). The amount donated is decided not by the recipient's need but in accordance with the monarch's age - thus in 2006, when Queen Elizabeth turned 80, 80 pence was donated to 80 poor people in a ceremony held at Guildford Cathedral. That year, in a display of astonishing generosity from the aristocracy, the selected poor also received a commemorative £5 coin marking Her Majesty's birthday and a special 50p coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross medal. As the grateful recipients filed out of the cathedral amongst much pomp and splendour, one lucky elderly gent was heard to mutter, "£6.30. That's going to keep the heating bills paid this Winter. Thanks, you tight ol' cow."
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Whitfield County sheriff's Maj. John Gibson says the deputy was placed on leave Friday after a routine check of area pawn shops revealed a shotgun and a rifle the deputy had been issued were pawned in Dalton.
Gibson said the pawn shop owner has been cooperative and isn't under investigation.
Gibson a criminal investigation into the matter is also ongoing. He said the sheriff's office will ask District Attorney Bert Poston to determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
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