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Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco.
Please provide your contact information below to register as a BGCSF volunteer. We look forward to welcoming you to our Clubs soon.
Note: This process is for adult volunteers (18+). Youth volunteers should contact their local Clubhouse for volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer Commitment
Generally, we need volunteers who are able to commit to one or two hours per week, for at least three months. The times of greatest need for volunteers are weekdays from 2pm – 6pm. Some short-term projects and single-event opportunities arise occasionally.
If you can't make a regular commitment, you may still want to consider engaging through Corporate & Group Volunteering or through our Friends of BGCSF group.
Volunteer Opportunities & Interests
In 2016, we will be looking for volunteers with skills or interests in fine arts, crafts, dance, music, sports, computer technology…you name it. Opportunities will be available at all eight of our Clubs and at our administrative office.
Art/Performing Arts
College Prep
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Art/Performing Arts: Art with Heart!
Share your love of art with kids by becoming an Art Assistant!
Volunteers are needed for at least one hour a week to help Club members in our Art Rooms.
Engage Club members in various art projects such as drawing, photography, graffiti art, ceramics and more, as well as help to set up and/or clean up art room spaces.
Our Clubhouses seek Art Room Assistants Monday through Friday between the hours of 4:30pm – 6:30pm. Volunteer needs and hours may vary by location.
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Teach kids about gardening as a Garden Helper / Cooking Helper!
Volunteers are needed for at least one hour a week.
Help Club members learn basic skills in gardening, such as: plant needs (water, food, light), soil quality, composting, nurturing, what role insects play, and more. Cooking skills that you can teach are basics of handling food and tools safely as well as exploring healthy food options.
Our Clubhouses seek Garden Helpers (any day) Monday through Friday between the hours of 2pm – 7:00pm. Volunteer needs and hours may vary by location.
Learn amazing skills as a Volunteer Program Admin Assistant!
Interested in developing your office or administrative skills in the non-profit sector? Then become a Volunteer Program Admin Assistant today and provide support to our Volunteer & Corporate Outreach Manager.
You will be exposed to a multitude of tasks & skill sets including, but not limited to: database management, supporting the planning and execution of volunteer events, creating presentations, developing program/ training tools, and other special projects, as needed.
Volunteers will also have the opportunity to interact with other administrative departments, program staff, community partners, Club members, and corporate contacts.
This is a GREAT position for a college student or someone interested in exposure to a youth development/non-profit setting.
BGCSF Main Office @ 380 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Hours are flexible between Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm; We ask for a minimum of FOUR hours a week.
Sports/Health & Fitness: Got Game? Teach Kids How to Play Sports & Be Active
Teach kids how to play sports and/or how to be physically active as a Sports Coach/Assistant Coach or Fitness Instructor!
Volunteers are needed for at least one hour a week to help Club members learn fundamentals of sports, new fitness skills, and a love of being active.
We are looking for either Coaches or Assistant Coaches for baseball, flag football, and girls' soccer.
And we are seeking Fitness Instructors who will help to run non-traditional sports activities to make sure that kids are being active and engaged regularly.
Our Clubhouses seek support Monday through Friday between the hours of 4:30pm – 6:00pm. Volunteer needs and hours may vary by location. If coaching, then occasional Saturdays will be required.
Technology/Media Arts: Music Production
Music Production volunteers are needed at least one hour a week to teach Club members that music & technology go hand-in-hand.
Teach youth (ages 10 to 18) some music fundamentals along with how to use a music production software (such as Reason & Pro-Tools) to make beats, record and edit tracks.
Our Clubhouses seek tech support week days in the window of 3pm – 8pm. Volunteer needs and hours may vary by location.
Teen Programs: Been to College? Help our Teens get there with College Prep!
Share your college experience by helping our Teens through College Prep! Volunteers are needed for at least one hour a week to help Club members prepare for their future.
As a College Prep volunteer you will be helping high school juniors and seniors in all aspects of the application process including advising on what school to apply to, editing personal statements and researching scholarships and financial aid resources.
Our Clubhouses seek College Prep volunteers to serve Tuesday 5:30-6:30pm or Wednesday 5-6pm. Volunteer needs and hours may vary by location.
Tutoring/Homework Help: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Homework Helpers & Tutors needed!
Homework Helpers & Evening Tutors are needed for at least one hour a week to help Club kids with their homework, which may include a variety of subjects, special projects, and/or engagement in learning activities.
Grade levels of Club kids vary but focus mostly on elementary school levels.
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In protest of a Nativity scene at the Florida Capitol, Chaz Stevens has put up a Festivus pole with beer cans around it. Sound ridiculous? Stevens agrees, but he did drive about 450 miles from the Fort Lauderdale area just to put up the pole.
"What's the point? There is no point. It's ridiculous. This is the most ridiculous thing I could come up with," said Stevens, an atheist. "This is about the separation of church and state."
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For My Pic - Fic I chose "The Stranger" by Chris Van Allsburg. This book was about a man [Mr. Bailey] who hit a man in his truck. The man who was hit had lost his memory! Mr. Bailey took this man home. The man Mr.Bailey hit was dressed as if he lived in the forest. The stranger stayed with Mr.Bailey, Mrs.Bailey [Mr. Baileys wife] and Katy.[Mr.+ Mrs. Baileys Daugter]
One day all the trees near Mr.Baileys farm and house had turned into fall colours.
Later on in the book Mr.Bailey found a note that said see you next fall from the stranger. I liked this book!
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Melvil Dewey is a great librarian and he created the "Dewey Decimal System. The "Dewey Decimal System" makes finding books a whole lot easier. This system makes finding books easier because first of all "The Dewey Decimal System" separates books into 10 different groups, then gives every book a number. I used this system to find a book for my Country Report.I think this system is very usefull.
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The Children's Choice Book award winners were
Lester L. Laminack [Kindergarten to Gr. 2]
Nick Bruel [Gr. 3 to Gr. 4]
Gary D. Shmidt [Gr.5 to Gr. 6]
Cassandra Clare [Teens]
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The author I chose is Gordan Korman. I chose Gordan Korman because I have read a few of his books. Gordan Korman was born on October 23rd, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec but he grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. Gordon Korman usually writes about Realistic Ficton, Adventure, and Comedy. Gordan Korman moved to New york to attend the University of New York.Now Gordan Korman lives in New York with his wife and three kids.
Some books / series Gordan Korman has written are:
I Want to Go Home
Losing Joe`s Place
The Chicken Doesn`t Skate
The Island Series
The Everest Series
The Dive Series
Some of the books / series I have read are:
The Chicken Doesn`t Skate
I really recomend the Island Series. I really loved the Island series. The Island series are full of adventure with a bit of suspense.
I think Gordon Korman is a great author. I hope he keeps writing great books!
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I Would like too read the book The Maze Runner. The author of this book is James Dachner. I would like to read this book because I really like mystery/suspense books.
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A book I am reading is "We can't all be Rattlesnakes" by Patrick Jennings. I like this book because the author explained how the gopher snake felt. The Gopher snake thought the boy who came along and found the snake would think The Gopher snake is a Rattle Snake and would be afraid of the snake. But the boy who came along definitely was not afraid. He even realized the snake was a Gopher snake. And so the boy took the snake home.
I would totally recommend this book.
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An act of Kindness some one has done to me is, be nice to me when I was really sad after my dog passed away. That is an act of Kindness others have done for me
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I would like Mrs.Danieli to buy the book ''The Ship of Lost Soles. I would like her to buy the book
''The Ship of Lost Soles'' because I just predicting what might happen next!
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A good book that I reccomend is Zoo Break by Gordan Korman.I liked that book because it was funny and a mystery book. Also because it had animals in it.
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3-19-06 - Emergency funds are now available for Oklahoma farmers and ranchers devastated by the recent drought conditions and wildfires.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture declared the entire state of Oklahoma a disaster area following the statewide droughts and grass fires.
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- Sen. Ted Cruz says GOP senators won't make same mistake in next fight
- Oct 17:
- Congress must OK return of money Colorado used to reopen national park
- Loss sinks in for House's hard-core conservatives
- Congress approves deal to end government shutdown, raise debt limit
- Deal lifts markets but does little for U.S. economy
- Short-term debt deal doesn't mask big hurdles ahead
- Oct 16:
- Colorado GOP congressmen split on Senate's government funding bill
- Senate shutdown deal includes Colo. road provision
- AP sources: Boehner, top GOP to vote for deal
- Fool's errand or heroic stand? GOP on Cruz, Lee
- Lawmakers want Colorado national parks reopened
House bill:
—Funds federal agencies through Dec. 15 at current spending levels. The rate equates to annual agency spending of $986 billion, and includes the impact of this year's sequester, or automatic spending cuts.
—Delays for a year the requirement that individuals and businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees buy insurance under President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law.
(Dropped from the bill were earlier provisions repealing a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices like pacemakers and scanning machines, and letting some employers with religious or moral objections decline to provide contraception coverage.)
Senate bill:
—Funds federal agencies through Nov. 15 at the same level as the House bill.
—Makes no changes in 2010 health care law.


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3. Muscle toning and building
Kickboxingworkouts consist of bag work, kicking and punching drills and conditioning exercises aimed at losing weight and improving muscle-tone and stamina. Kickboxing students typically burn between 800 and 1,200 calories an hour.
Kickboxing classes are dynamic with punching, kicking, and fitness drills constantly changing to keep the class fun, fresh and exciting. Often times Kickboxing classes are taught by aerobics instructors with no martial arts background and consist of choreographed routines in front of a mirror.
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A. We have classes for all ages and skill levels. Starting at 4 years old.
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The class starts out with a core blasting circuit for 15 minutes. This gets your blood flowing and hits the core muscles of your body. It focuses on obliques and abs to help you build power in your punches and trim the waistline. Along with the stomach the shoulders are the second most import muscles in kickboxing. Powerful punches and muscle endurance keep your heart rate in teh fat-burning stage. The final part of the warm-up will focus on the leg. It called "KICKBOXING" so you will need strong power kicks to keep you going through the workout.
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While the song of the humpback whale is a fairly well-known oceanic phenomenon, scientists have not yet pinpointed the meaning behind the chorus of calls bellowing from the males over and over again. Researchers believe the vocalizations are meant to alert other whales of their presence and vie for the title of dominant male. Their songs carry miles through the water column, and yet curiously, the humpback whale does not possess vocal chords. How, then, are these characteristic sounds being emitted from these ocean giants?
We associate the sounds we hear from the whale song with sounds we make with our own vocal cords and mouths, but nothing of the sort is happening with the humpback. The sounds are actually the result of air moving inside their heads, similar to stretching a balloon's mouthpiece after you've filled it to let the air slowly squeak out, creating a variety of different sounds. Male humpbacks will all sing the same song the same way during a given season, but it changes the following year, making each composition a one-of-a-kind piece.
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Two people, an army officer and a civilian, have been hospitalized after assailants suspected to be members of Somali militia Al Shabaab attacked Wajir town on Friday night.
Confirming the attack, Wajir East OCPD Odhiambo Wambia says police are pursuing the suspects who executed the vicious gun attack.
The injured Kenya defence force officer David Mugambi, who is admitted at Wajir county hospital, says he was shot on the back as he waited for transport to a Meru assignment.
Friday night's attack comes as Wajir County has experienced several incidences of insecurity and attacks by terror suspects in recent months.


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Do u have a period after u get your tubes tied?
I had my tubes tied in July,but I haven't got a period yet. Should I see my doctor?
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Public information statements from the Anchorage Police Department to citizens in the form of text messages or emails are now available from a subscription-based service, the department announced Tuesday.
Subscribers can sign up online for the free service, called Nixle, to get notifications on police activity and community events, among other things, police spokeswoman Dani Myren said.
Nixle separates messages based on the level of urgency to the public, and allows users to select which of the streams they want to receive, from highest to lowest urgency: alerts, advisories, community messages. The sign-up page can be found at www.nixle.com, where users can also see a list of notifications.
An alert, Myren said, might include a notice of an abducted child or a dangerous wanted suspect. Advisories would be information on, for example, a street closure, she said. Users of the Anchorage police Nixle channel could expect more general public service announcements in the community messages, Myren said.
"Historically, every message that came out of the police department went through traditional (news) media. And just like Facebook and Twitter, this is a more direct communication method," Myren said. "Obviously it pushes our information straight from the source, and if we're able to push it faster, we feel there's value in that and the public will appreciate that as well. But it's not a way of carving out the (news) media, it's just one more way of communicating directly with the public."
In Alaska, the Fairbanks Police Department and Kodiak Police Department, among others, are using Nixle. Larger police forces, including the Los Angeles Police Department and Chicago Police Department, also disseminate information through Nixle in the Lower 48.
Upgrades to Nixle to get more features carry a price tag, but the entry-level version Anchorage police are using comes at no cost to the city, Myren said.
It could, she said, create more work for the police department's public information officers, herself included.
"I think any time you add additional features, there's a work burden involved. However, our overall goal for the last year is to improve communication channels with the community," Myren said. "This is one more step."
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- consult the State Retention Schedules for the minimum retention (how long the records must be kept).
- request permission to dispose of non-permanent records whose retention period has expired by completing the request form (RC-108) and submitting it to Betsy Pittman (Unit 1205 or as an attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com) for review and approval. The request must be approved by the Public Records Administration of the Connecticut State Library. Departments should plan on the approval process to take approximately one month (may be longer at the end of the calendar/fiscal year).
- The signed, approved request is the department's permission to destroy the records identified. The completed and signed request form (authorization) is a permanent record and must be maintained by the department permanently.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman's body was found early Tuesday morning by the entrance to Jacksonville's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
The parking lot on the corner of Church and Ocean streets was cordoned off as a crime scene most of the morning.
Channel 4's Erica Rakow said when she arrived just before 8 a.m., a man was sitting on the steps near the woman's body. Police allowed him to remain there about 20 minutes before asking him to step away to be questioned as a witness.
Sgt. T.K. Waters could not provide the victim's name or say how she died, but he said there was no initial indication of foul play.
"It looks like she may have come here to go to sleep, but we're not quite sure just yet," Waters said. "Right now, it's an undetermined death."
Waters said a purse and other personal items were found near the body, but they don't know for sure they belonged to the victim.
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Mike's Olympic Triathlon
taking on an Olympic triathlon for East Anglia's Children's Hospices because they do such important work.
Event: Cambridge Olympic Triathlon on 12/08/2012
Michael Kingston
£585.00 raised of £250.00 target
28 donations
My Target:
£585.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Mikestriathlonchallenge
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Michael Kingston's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text CFWW82 £10
to 70070
After cycling through wind and rain, getting chased by pike and battling blue-green algae while swimming in lakes and sweating my way round north Norwich on my runs, I think I'm about as ready as I will ever be for my first triathlon.
Following a half marathon last year, I was looking forward to participating in another event, and this year it is the Cambridge Olympic Triathlon on Sunday August 12th. For those who don't know, an Olympic distance comprises a 1500m swim, followed by a 40km bike ride, topped off with a 10km run. I may not be up to true Olympic standard, but the aim is to finish and not be last!
I've decided to fundraise for East Anglia's Children's Hospices, who support families and care for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. It is a very good cause, and more information about their work can be found on the website at http://www.each.org.uk/.
Any donation you can make would really be very much appreciated, and will hopefully give me the extra motivation I'll need to make the distance!
Many thanks,
Mike Kingston – budding triathlete
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Raising money for
East Anglia's Children's Hospices
Charity Registration No. 1069284
We provide care and support for life-threatened children and their families across East Anglia and Essex - in their own homes, in the community or at one of our hospices in Ipswich, Milton and Quidenham. This year we need to raise almost £6 million from public donations to deliver our services.
Raising money for
Run by East Anglia's Children's Hospices
Charity Registration No. 1069284
Donations 28
Happy now?
Donation by Alastair MacLeod on 07/09/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Great stuff, Mike - Rio 2016!
Donation by David Nolan on 12/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
I love you buddy!
Donation by Robert Bakewell on 11/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Mikey from Auntie Mary
Donation by mary gamerman on 10/08/12
good luck
Donation by David gordon on 09/08/12
Good Luck Mikey. I hope our jog in Lerwick prepared you... x
Donation by Megan Metcalfe on 09/08/12
+ £3.75 Gift Aid
Good luck Mikey, we'll be there to support you! Love Mum and Dad xx
Donation by Kingston Gill on 08/08/12
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, you'll have a couple of weeks to recover ready for badminton anyway!
Donation by Ian Stennett on 08/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck and have fun!
Donation by Jonathan Frost on 08/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike!!
Donation by Miles Clement on 08/08/12
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
From the Frenchies in Banbury :-) Vas-y MJK!
Donation by francoise soleilhac on 07/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Bon Courage Mike!! nage, pedale et cours bien!!!
Donation by Les Frenchies de Nottingham on 07/08/12
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck Mikey! Enjoy the pain! :-P
Donation by Kelly Johns on 07/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike, you'll do great!
Donation by Rosie Harrison on 07/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike!
Donation by Amy, Dan and Beeston Bump on 07/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Surely you should do it on Tuesday, or are you just giving the brownlee brothers a chance?
Donation by Roger Birchall on 07/08/12
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike!
Donation by Greg Macdonald on 07/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
GO GO GO Mike!! You'll smash em, no worries. All the very best of luck for Sunday, we'll be thinking of you. Karen and Paul
Donation by Karen D and Paul S on 07/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck Mikey from Alison and I! We'll both be there to cheer you on, sure you will absolutely smash it!
Donation by Robert Kingston on 06/08/12
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Go For It Mike....We Know You Can Do It ! Good Luck x
Donation by The Paines on 06/08/12
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Here you go our kid. Good luck I guess, have the Brownlee's met their match?
Donation by Chris Allison on 06/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike!
Donation by Claire Allison on 06/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done for doing the race.
Donation by Maggie Weeks on 06/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Mike, will be thinking of you.
Donation by Judith Allison on 05/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Go Mike!!!!!! (Fab charity by the way!) x
Donation by Josie Dwyer on 04/08/12
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£585.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£585.00
- Gift Aid£138.75
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Preview: Gabourey Sidibe Lights Up Saturday Night Live
by Todd Gold | April 24, 2010 at 7:57 PM | Saturday Night Live, TV News
Bravo to 'Saturday Night Live.'
Why? For tapping Gabourey Sidibe as their latest headliner.
This week's all new episode has 'Precious' star handling hosting chores on a show with musical guest MGMT.
Since her Oscar nomination has passed, she's not an obvious choice. There's no immediate heat surrounding her. But she's got great personality, with a sense of humor to match. As Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker wrote, "Anyone who's seen Sidibe on a talk show promoting 'Precious' already knows that she's a funny charmer."
Sidibe might also prove a surprise. The trailer, which you can watch below, has already gotten a thumb's up. "it's hysterical!" said HollywoodLife.com. "Either Andy Samberg is capable of bringing out anyone's funny side, or there's a budding comedian inside Gabby that's just dying to burst out. I guess we'll find out when she hosts tonight!"
Let us know what you think and come back tomorrow to watch the full episode of 'Saturday Night Live' and all the best clips.


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Remember how excited Christians were about the book "Jewish Wisdom for Business Success"?
Well, that book won't suffice for a Chinese company. No, they're looking for their own tall, white, Jewish male who attended Harvard and speaks fluent Mandarin. An excerpt of the job-posting email received by a writer for the Foreign Policy blog:
The first requirement of the job is that you must be an advanced Mandarin Chinese speaker, since the meetings will all be with Chinese people. Also men only, no females. The other requirement is that you must have some sort of background that Chinese people typically value. My contact is (deleted) and is slightly obsessed with Jewish people and thinks they are the smartest, so he naturally prefers this person to be Jewish. If he can't get someone Jewish, he would also like someone who went to a famous university—Harvard, Yale, etc. Besides those 2 qualifications, I'm sure he'd be happy with someone who has some sort of connection to someone famous or important, or maybe someone who is really tall and handsome. Basically any characteristic that Chinese people are impressed by - he is looking for in this person.
Who knew the Chinese were obsessed with Jews? In fact, I thought China was obsessed with Hitler. Sounds like this is all just about money-making stereotypes. A little background on that here and here.
The email also said they're looking to hire someone with a "'white face' to give some more credibility to the project." Yowza.
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KUSA - Judge Carlos A. Samour, Jr. wants to hear arguments on how to advise Aurora theater shooting James Holmes on the rights he will give up if Holmes officially pleads "not guilty by reason of insanity."
This is a response to a defense motion challenging the requirement of cooperation with psychiatrists at the risk of being barred from presenting evidence of mental condition at a potential death penalty sentencing hearing.
The defense team argued in an earlier brief that requirement is unconstitutional.
Attorneys representing Holmes say they have an expert who says the suspect is and was mentally ill when he he killed 12 people and injured dozens of others in the July 2012 shooting. His defense team formally asked the judge to change Holmes' plea from "not guilty" to "not guilty by reason of insanity."
On Monday, the defense team came out and said they wanted to officially change the plea. The judge asked if the defense had "good cause to file a change" of plea. The defense said they did.
The prosecution argued that the defense took too long to change the plea. The team pointed out it's been 294 days since the defense was appointed and 62 days since the arraignment in March.
The defense team countered that point by saying "Mr. Holmes' mental illness hasn't changed in the last 60 days. No mental expert worth their salt will render an opinion until they have a chance to review all the material."
Prosecution raised the point that there are 40,000 pages of discovery to weed through in the case.
"I think allowing Holmes to change a plea is consistent with the fairness and justice," Samour said.
The hearing regarding the plea advisement will be scheduled soon.
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Ten Years in September
This season's must-Skip series!
Which "principal" comes across as having blabbed in the least team-playerish fashion: Powell.
In the most team-playerish fashion: Rice.
Least dramatic sentence: "For more than an hour, Daschle's staff did not know where he was."
Bush barking orders that don't get carried out: "We won't be held hostage. We'll fly at noon tomorrow."—Bush on 9/11. It actually took "three more days for commercial flights to resume."
Do W & B make sense of Bush's peregrinations before returning to the White House Sept. 12? Yes. The perceived threat to Air Force One, which caused the plane to sharply change course and fly to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, was prompted by a common game-of-telephone foul-up. "Someone inside the White House had heard a threat to Air Force One, perhaps in a phoned-in call, and passed it up the line using the code word 'Angel.' Others thought the threatening caller had used the code word ... "
But her husband didn't send around a boastful e-mail: Cheney's wife Lynne worked on the statement Bush was to read on 9/11 when he landed at Barksdale.
Signs of Bush subtlety: 1) As early as the evening of 9/11, he notes that "this is a great opportunity" to improve relations with other nations, including Russia and China. 2) He worries as early as 9/12 that the public's short attention span might be a problem—that soon Americans would be "watching football and the World Series," in W & B's paraphrase. 3) He tells W & B he was concerned that Powell, Cheney, and Wolfowitz—who had all been involved in the 1991 Gulf War that failed to oust Saddam Hussein—might let "their previous experience in this theater" distort their advice (presumably, by spurring them to go back and finish the job they left undone).
Possibly troubling Bush virtue: "You've got to be careful what you tell him, because the next day he'll ask you about it," says one aide. Do aides eventually learn not to tell him? Bush says, "I ask Bob [Mueller] every day, 'What have you done about, you know, Mohammed Jones, or you know, some guy you're following?' " Is this relentless follow-up the reaction of a man who knows too much, or too little (so he latches onto the bits he's given)? "The president finds out what he wants to know. But he does not necessarily find out what he might need to know," says a "senior administration official" who requested anonymity from W & B.
Untapped source of dramatic tension #1: The White House's failure, for several days, to erase the contrast between Bush's behind-the-scenes firmness and his public shakiness. Bush aide Karen Hughes' televised 9/11 statement, which conspicuously failed to close the confidence gap, gets only a short, bland mention. (You don't want to piss her off!) Readers can figure out how the private/public split happened—how Bush's personal desire to avoid early talk of war, plus a not unClintonian initial desire to comfort ("our mission is reassurance") made him seem vague and unfocused. But we don't see administration aides (except, in one instance, Powell) worrying that the president is flopping in public, and trying to correct it—though it's hard to believe that wasn't going on. Nor do W & B make Bush's 9/14 speech at Ground Zero into any kind of pivotal finds-his-voice moment in their narrative, though it was a turning point in the public campaign.
Untapped source of dramatic tension #2: Did we really want the Taliban to comply with our demands, thereby forestalling an attack? What if they seemed to comply and dragged out the process? Again, it's hard to believe nobody in the administration worried about this, although nobody in this series does. (Bush says only, "If they don't comply, we'll attack them.")
Untapped source of dramatic tension #3: Who got to get into what bunker? W & B report that some "who were told to go to the bunker Sept. 11 had no idea where to find it and still others who should have been on the list were left off until they received authorization. …" Was there no unseemly status-jockeying and rank-pulling? Similarly, "At the secure location outside Washington, there were too few phone lines for the congressional leaders. … Coordinating with lawmakers left behind in Washington was difficult, sometimes contentious." Embarrassing details, please!


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The science of personal success. Escape the willpower trap ; Be the scientist and the subject -- The six sources of influence. Source 1, Love what you hate ; Source 2, Do what you can't ; Sources 3 and 4,Turn accomplices into friends ; Source 5, Invert the economy ; Source 6, Control your space -- How to change anything. Career : how to get unstuck at work ; Weight loss : how to lose weight and get fit-- and stay that way ; Financial fitness : how to get-- and live-- out of debt ; Addiction : how to take back your life ; Relationships : how to change us by changing me -- How to change the world.
A new approach to how individuals can change their lives for the better, including (but not limited to) finding ways to improve one's working relationship with others, one's overall health, outlook on life, and so on. Why do 95% of all diet attempts fail? Why do New Year's resolutions last no more than a few days? Why can't people with good intentions make consistent and positive strides to improve their careers, financial fitness, physical fitness, and so on? Based upon the latest research in a number of psychological and medical fields, the authors show that traditional willpower is not necessarily the answer to these strivings, that people are affected in their behaviors by far more subtle influences. This book shows how individuals can come to understand these powerful and influential forces, and how to put these forces to work in a positive manner that brings real and meaningful results.--From publisher description.
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2013 Figure Line
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 10:16 PM
While I like the fact that I might be able to get a couple of figures I was wanting wihout having to pay extremely high prices, I do find it funny that Hasbro has always re-released SW figures that people want and had a hard time finding but can't do it with G.I.Joe or Marvel anything.
Special treatment for Star Wars. That's always been the case.
Though they did give us seconds of the Terrax wave as well. GI Joe will never see the love SW gets.
Posted 11 December 2012 - 11:06 PM
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 01:49 AM
Having said that this may also just be a way for Hasbro to keep the pegs full until they can actually ship a real "fan favorite" wave that they are working on. If they don't have anything to ship the stores will fill the pegs with something else and then when they offer them the "fan favorite" wave the stores won't have anywhere to put it so they won't order.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 06:22 PM
"...we have decided to rework our 3.75" figure program to create a line that is on-par with the quality and pricing of the Vintage Collection..."
So, $10 is now the standard
Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:35 PM
Hasbro Announces Cancelation Of 2013 Droid Factory Line!!!
"...we have decided to rework our 3.75 figure program to create a line that is on-par with the quality and pricing of the Vintage Collection..."
So, $10 is now the standard
They were all $10 in my area anyway.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 08:30 PM
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I would probably complain about the price point if I bought more SW figures, but the truth is that I have about every character I want in the form of a really good figure already. There just isn't much that Hasbro could do to make many of the already produced figures any better. Most are pretty spot on as far as liknesses go and you really can't sqeeze that much more articulation in to many of the figure either.
I'm in the exact same boat. I'm really all good as for as Star Wars goes. They could choose to make them $15 a pop and it really wouldn't matter to me.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 06:53 PM
I just noticed the Yoda packaging on the Lego A-Wing last night. I guess it won't be long before you see Maul, Yoda, Vader, and the clonetrooper at the same time, lol.
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Toy Fair 2013: Saga Legends 3.75" Inch Action Figures
Toy Fair 2013: 3.75" Inch Mission Series Action Figures
No interest in the vintage/POTF2 articulation, but, I still want the 'arena/battle damage' Padme'
Posted 11 February 2013 - 08:05 PM
This is opposed to all of the other Vader figures who only had one hand I guess?
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I showed my son a pack at TRU that has the new articulated figures and vehicles, asked him what he thought, and he said he'd rather have the more articulated figures, but if they were figures he didn't have, he didn't care if they had more or less articulation. His example were some of the crappy older PoTF2 figs I gave him, he liked them, but when a new one came out, he wanted to replace it, lol. So I'm glad most the stuff coming out he has already, so I don't have to get him a downgraded "new" figure.
I been thinking a lot of selling of the modest amout of modern, articulated figures I have to clear out space and make some money toward the 6" stuff, and hang on to all of my "crappy" older POTF2 stuff. This is after me bashing Hasbro for dumbing down their 3 3/4" stuff....now it's the less articulated SW figures that I want to end up keeping? I guess memories of driving around to TRU with my new drivers license in my POS first car in search of every POTF2 figure trumps articulation. Really, when you get past the overly muscled first wave, they're not that bad.
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Posted 12 February 2013 - 08:04 PM
GiJoe and MU are so much better than Star Wars. I cringe everytime I see the t-crotch
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Should LeBron James be considered a Legend? Maybe.
Should LeBron James's Mother be considered a Legend? ABSOLUTELY!
In what has become the resume of resumes, Gloria James, in 43 short years, has managed to accomplish the following:
- Commit a DUI offense that resulted in a reckless driving violation, speeding and disorderly conduct, and destruction of a police vehicle.
- Inexplicably assault a valet parking attendant at an upscale Miami hotel for no apparent reason whatsoever other than the fact she was 3 Mojitos under after 8 hours of drinking. Of course, this didn't stop her from lobbying the most overused, ill-fated D-list celebrity line in Hollywood when she declared "Do you know who I am?"
- Give birth to a 6'8 athletic freak who has managed to transform his image from the most beloved NBA athlete since Michael Jordan, to one of the most polarizing players in sports.
- Earn unanimous recognition as the world's most unattractive MILF by sleeping with paranoid schizophrenic, manic depressant, and former LeBron James teammate Delonte West, thereby changing the entire landscape of the future NBA.
You don't believe me? Follow my logic if you will.
Let's just assume that Gloria James refrains from sleeping with Delonte West during the 2010 playoffs. It is then fair to assume that Lebron goes undistracted during the pivotal Game 5 of the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals, and the Cavs successfully defend their home court and beat the Celtics in Game 7. It is also then fair to assume that the Cavs then proceed to beat the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals before engaging in a marquee matchup for the ages with the Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. For the sake of running crazy wild with this hypothetical, let's say that the Cavs maximize their home court advantage and win the NBA Finals, which is within the realm of possibility. I think that we can then make the following predictions:
1.) LeBron James instantly becomes recognized as the undisputed "Best Player in the NBA", and given his unique skills, talent, and accolades, one of the top 10 players of all time. More importantly, there is no "Decision", no 2010 playoff failure, and his positive standing in the eyes of NBA fans around the world not only remains in tact, but actually increases in popularity. The result is that Lebron begins knocking on the door of basketball immortality as the Michael Jordan comparisons begin to increase, and the fair-weather sports media begins counting down championships similar to a Space Shuttle launch.
2.) The Cleveland Cavaliers re-sign LeBron James who continues to serve as the cornerstone of their franchise, and face of the NBA for the next 5-7 years while winning multiple championships. The Cavs also retain Mo Williams, Zydrunas Illgauskas, and Delonte West, while potentially adding a legitimate #2 guy through free agency or via trade, or at a minimum, a strong complimentary player using their 6 million dollar Mid-level exemption. And while Dan Gilbert continues to reap the benefits of multimillion dollar profits generated by re-signing his Cash Cow, the world is deprived of what in reality became the single greatest "lover's scorn" moment in NBA history when Gilbert not only wrote a scathing letter that was similar to one that I received from my ex-girlfriend in 2001, but added insult to injury by decreasing the price of Lebron James Bobble head Dolls from $99.99 to $17.41, because 1741 is the year that Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold was born… You can't make this stuff up.
3.) 125 year old Betty White is mercifully allowed to retain her dignity by retracting her offer to "make it worth Lebron's while" should he stay in Cleveland instead of signing with another team. As such, White continues her life by doing exactly what she has been doing -retreading that same exact Golden Girls character from 25 years ago – except the productions are no longer called "Golden Girls".
4.) Downtown Cleveland's restaurant and bar establishments continue to benefit from another 5-10 years of record revenues, which also means that horny 21-37 year old men continue to benefit from the large post-game Cavs crowds that meander through 'The Landing' after every Cleveland Cavaliers game. More importantly, my buddy "Divorcee John", finally moves past the fact that his ex-wife cheated on him over Facebook, and gets himself laid.
5.) Kobe Bryant's legacy takes a hit as he fails to secure his 5th championship ring, and is held outside the velvet rope of the "Top 10 Greatest Players of All-Time" club, while again enduring the brunt of those unending Shaq vs. Kobe debates that still exist a decade later. The Lakers then break up the team by trading away either Gasol or Bynum, Kobe this time threatens to play on Jupiter, and 8 months later, the Lakers miraculously acquire Dwight Howard for Shannon Brown, Theo Ratliff, and a second round draft pick – once again proving that Laker magic happens once every 5-10 years.
6.) The Boston Celtics begin dismantling their team after a disappointing second round exit, confirming suspicions that their team has become too old, and invoking fears that if they do not act quickly and get value for their aging stars, they will become well….. The Boston Celtics (1992-2007). Ray Allen gets traded to Miami, Kevin Garnett to a non-contender, and Paul Pierce retires. Lastly Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson get traded to Oklahoma City for Jeff Green and a bunch of scrubs…… wait, that actually happened?
7.) Miami becomes odd man out, striking out in free agency as Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh end up in Chicago forming the new "Big Three", likely stifling the development of Derrick Rose, and changing the course of MVP history. Lebron wins his 3rd MVP – all hail the King.
So let's recap here – Within a single lifetime, Lebron's mom has been arrested for drunk driving and assault, given birth to an athletic freak, helped a valet parking attendant come to prominence, boned a paranoid schizophrenic, transformed the fate of multiple NBA franchises, altered the careers of countless NBA players, enabled Derrick Rose to win the 2011 MVP, shattered the economy of a major US City, destroyed the sex life of my buddy "Divorcee John" from Cleveland , educated 75% of the nation on the fact that human life actually existed back in 1741, and spared one poor Golden Girl from what would have been a period of excruciating and unending physical pain…. all within the course of a single lifetime. Gloria James not only changed the course of NBA history, but transformed the history of mankind, with feats that would make 85% of washed up rock icons envious.
If that's not legendary, I do not know what is.
But I digress……
Even today, a debate as to whether or not Lebron, at this stage of his career, should be considered a Legend.
To date Lebron's resume has consisted of the following:
- 8 Full Seasons in the NBA
- 2x MVP (2009 and 2010)
- 5x First team All-NBA; 7x All-NBA honors
- 7x All-Star (2005-2011)
- 3x First Team All-Defense
- Rookie Of The Year (2004)
- Scoring Title (2009)
- 4x PER Leader (2008-2011)
So should LeBron James be considered a Legend? The best way I can answer this is by offering the same response that every lawyer, consultant, plumber, and one-night stand has ever offered me when posed with this same exact question:
"It all depends".
It all depends on your criteria and reasoning, and there are 2 questions you should ask yourself:
1.) What are your criteria for "Legend"?
2.) Why wouldn't you consider LeBron James a legend, particularly when measured against other players who have been awarded the same status?
It certainly cannot be because of a lack of talent and skill, because LeBron James, while perhaps not the "best" player to ever play, is still arguably the most talented, skilled, and athletic player that the NBA has ever seen.
It certainly cannot be because of stats, because Lebron's career averages of 27.7 points, 7.1 rebound, 7.0 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks, 47.9% FG, and 74.4% FT, rival even the best of HOF stat lines.
It certainly cannot be because of an absence of individual awards or accolades, because his two MVPs place him in an elite category that only 12 others have achieved, and his multiple combined 1st Team All-NBA and All-Defense honors provide him with a distinction that most players have never attained.
It certainly cannot be because he has failed to make his team better; In 2009 and 2010, he single handedly led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the league, while in 2007, at 23 years old, he willed a mediocre Cavs team to the NBA Finals while putting on one of the most legendary single game performances in NBA history during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Is it because he has failed to win a championship? Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton, and Elgin Baylor all failed to win a ring, yet all are still considered legends. Moreover, players such as Oscar Robertson and Julius Erving may have won a championship, but neither did so as the Alpha-Dog of their respective teams (Oscar teamed with Kareem in 1971 while Julius rode the locomotive that was 1983 Moses Malone).
Is it because despite having 8 Hall of Fame seasons, Lebron has not yet put in his time? I would ask you to consider quality over quantity. As a comparison, Oscar Robertson played 14 seasons, but only 10 were of the legendary level that we remember him for.
Is it because in order to be acknowledged as a legend, you need to have a combination of each of the above? Great stats, ungodly talent, multiple MVPs, combined 1st Team All-NBA/All-Defense honors, lead your team to victory in the playoffs as an underdog, played more than 9 seasons AND won a championship? If so, that leaves you with only 5 legends in NBA History: Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Tim Duncan, Wilt Chamberlain, and Bill Russell.
Yup… 5 legends total.
In my mind, LeBron James is absolutely a Legend. However, most are not yet ready to award him with this distinction for 2 reasons:
1.) They hate him. Some hate him for leaving Cleveland, others for "The Decision". But most, whether they are able communicate it or not, hate him because they expected so much more from him. They wanted him to embrace the pressure that comes with being the defined Alpha Dog for a team, the person who we could declare to be the next Jordan, the definitive face of the NBA. Moreover, they wanted him to exude that uber-competitiveness that makes a superstar player want to compete against their rivals, not join them, while demonstrating the ego and selfishness that comes with demanding recognition and adoration. Instead, Lebron chose to team with another Alpha Dog, put his ego aside, and sidestepped the scrutiny that comes with Chasing 23. And because of that, there are some folks who will never acknowledge LeBron James as a legend.
2.) Some feel as if Lebron has not yet put in his time, played through his peak, grown older before our eyes, and invoked that reverential emotion that comes by watching a player will himself thought the twilight of his career. It's what makes us love them even more, reflect back on their careers with fondness, and appreciate their accomplishments. It's emotional, not logical, but nonetheless the reality.
Regardless, the fact is that there are more than 5 legends in NBA History, and an argument exists that LeBron James's career, up to this point has been as good, if not better than most. If so, we can confidently accept one thing:
LeBron James IS a Legend…….
And his mom is an undisputable Icon.


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text: As the emotional impact of the George Zimmerman murder acquittal begins to settle, the focus has once again returned to the importance of having healthy men in the lives of young Black boys. This has been the same focus since the 1980s. Rightfully so, as Black males are being targeted and victimized at alarming rates. This is true. However, I believe it is incumbent upon us, as Black folks, to not forget about Black girls as well. Continue Reading →


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When Christopher Paolini enters the pine forests of the rugged Absaroka mountains, he passes into the fantasy world of Alagaesia ...
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — When Christopher Paolini enters the pine forests of the rugged Absaroka mountains, he passes into the fantasy world of Alagaesia — the setting of his popular "Inheritance" series of children's books.
"That's Emigrant Peak. I climbed that one," Paolini says, pointing to a triangular spire.
The snowcapped mountain towers over Montana's Paradise Valley, where the 24-year-old with a passing resemblance to Harry Potter lives alone with his parents. Readers might recognize it as inspiration for Alagaesia's Tronjheim, a mile-high, underground peak that figures prominently in Paolini's stories.
"For 'Eragon,' I took these mountains and jacked them up a bit," he says of his first book. "When the clouds touch the top of the mountains, the scale changes and they literally look twice as big."
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The author recently hiked into the Absarokas (ab-SORE-kas) to soak up a last bit of Montana sunshine. A monthlong, 10-city book tour awaited that would separate him from the valley where he's spent most of his life awaited after the release of the latest installment, "Brisingr."
"I need to get sunlight while I can," Paolini says, adding his book tours leave him longing for the solitude of the Paradise Valley.
The "Inheritance" series chronicles the adventures of Eragon, a young boy whose discovery of a blue dragon egg launches him onto a quest as a Dragon Rider, destined to battle the evil Empire.
Paolini was just 15 when he started writing the first book — the same age as its hero. His parents helped him edit and polish the story and then self-published the work before it was picked up by Random House.
Despite mixed reviews, "Eragon" and the second book, "Eldest," have sold 15.5 million copies. "Brisingr" will have a first press run of 2.5 million books — the largest ever for Random House's children's books division, according to the publisher. It will be printed in 50 languages.
In 2006, 20th Century Fox released an "Eragon" movie, a widely panned production that nevertheless grossed an estimated $170 million worldwide.
Riding high on the series' success, the Paolinis moved into a larger house in the Paradise Valley about three years ago. The sprawling residence, at the end of a winding gravel road, sits upon a stark, sagebrush covered hillside, where vultures can be seen tracing endless circles in the midday heat.
Notwithstanding his legions of fans, Paolini remains firmly ensconced in the family life he credits with launching his career. The house has a separate wing where the author sleeps and works, and he has no plans to move.
"I just need a few square feet to sleep in, a quiet place to write, a place to do exercise and good food," he says. "And I've got good food here."
Paolini is intensely private about his personal life. In interviews and on book tours, he holds tight to details such as where his younger sister attends college, whether he is involved in a romantic relationship and how his family ended up in the Paradise Valley two decades ago.
"I don't talk about my private life," he says.
Growing up under the tutelage of his parents, Ken and Talita, Paolini had only infrequent contact with children other than his only sibling, Angela, now 22. His parents shared in teaching the children in their early years, then turned to a distance learning program, the American School, for their high school studies.
Within a year of graduating at 15, an age when most kids are plodding through their second year of high school, Paolini finished "Eragon." He was soon touring the country with his parents to self-promote the book.
"I grew up accustomed to interacting with adults," he says. "A lot of kids get traumatized in school and get beat down for being different. When I went out in public, I was not afraid. I was never afraid to pursue my interests because of what other people would think."
With his dark hair, glasses and boyish face, comparisons between Paolini and J.K. Rowling's boy wizard are frequent. But this boy prodigy is no longer a child; he has the thin whiskers of early manhood and is eager to dispel the notion that his writing is the stuff of boys, too.
With "Brisingr," he tried to streamline his prose, using fewer adverbs to let the action speak for itself. He also says he experimented with new points of view, including several chapters told through the eyes of Saphira, Eragon's dragon companion.
Standing about five feet eight inches tall, Paolini sports the athletic shoulders of an exercise devotee and is prone to sudden bursts of energy. During his recent hike in the mountains, he scaled an eight-foot-tall trailhead sign and balanced atop it while talking about his writing.
Still, his chalky skin betrays the significant time he spends indoors, fine-tuning his craft.
Seven days a week, he writes of swords and magic, elves and hideous Urgal monsters. After rising in the morning, he settles into a corner nook in his office, surrounded by bookshelves, replica swords and statuettes of dragons wrought from glass, ceramic and pewter.
While most of the writing is done on a laptop computer, about a third of "Brisingr" was written longhand, with a dip ink pen on thick parchment paper.
Paolini also produced the iconic dragon's eye drawing at the front of each of his books. While drawing, he listens to self-paced college courses on an iPod. "I think it's an economics course now," he says.
His hobbies revolve around the fantasy world he's created. They include making chain mail, a flexible medieval armor composed of interlocking metal rings. Paolini crafts the rings by wrapping lengths of fencing wire around a wooden rod, then cutting the coil into individual circles. Pliers are used to hook the pieces together. It is a painstaking process.
"Making chain mail and woodworking are not the things everybody in this country is doing, but I don't care," he says. "It's something I like and I put it to use."
As he heads out the door for his hike in the Absarokas, Talita Paolini makes sure her son is prepared. Over his objections, she gives him a bottle of water and a bag of mixed nuts. "Got to feed the beast," she says.
On the trail, the young author walks briskly, wearing a pair of flip-flops and carrying a wooden staff. He talks of how the grizzly bears and wolves that roam Montana's mountains shaped his books' "unsentimental" view of nature, where death by sword or monster comes at a moment's notice.
"I might have written fantasy if I grew up in New York, but it would have been a different fantasy," he says.


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On his way to building the dynasty of sports dynasties, UCLA basketball, the late John Wooden was fond of asking: "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
In the wake of Sunday's marathon effort by the Broncos' defense, when the Pittsburgh Steelers held the ball 10 minutes and 10 seconds longer than the Broncos, cornerback Champ Bailey said time isn't the issue. It's about doing it right.
"We have to find a way to get off the field, period," Bailey said. "We won the game, the offense put up the points, we got a big turnover from Tracy (Porter), but we have to be better on defense, a lot better.
"If our offense goes out and gets points in one play, that's what you want. Our job is to go out and give them the ball back in one play if we can. We want Peyton (Manning) and those guys to run as many plays as possible as fast as they want to."
Through the years, offensive coordinators have tinkered with various ideas to combat defensive specialization. They have put players in the lineup with very specific job descriptions, coming at them with a wide variety of coverage packages.
More and more NFL teams are running a no-huddle look. It prevents defenses from substituting and forces them to often play with the personnel grouping that started the possession, until a punt, a turnover or a score.
For the Broncos' defense, it meant they spent much of the night in a nickel package (five defensive backs) against the Steelers' no-huddle. The Broncos consistently limited the Steelers' offense on first and second downs, keeping it to an average of only 2.5 yards on 26 first-down plays. Third down was another story.
"A lot of our wounds there were self-inflicted," Broncos coach John Fox said. "We had some things we need to clean up, but it's the first game, you expect some of those things."
"We just have to close the deal," said Broncos linebacker Von Miller. "When we have that chance to get that ball back for our offense, we have to do that. It's our fault if we can't get off the field. Our offense can't worry about all that."
The Steelers were a knee-buckling 11-of-19 on third down — a 57.9 percent showing — with many of those long conversions. The Steelers converted four plays of third-and-9 or longer, including one on a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on safety Rahim Moore. In one stretch, the Broncos had outscored the Steelers, but Pittsburgh had run 27 plays to the Broncos' two.
But the Broncos' defenders say the amount of time the Broncos' offense does or doesn't have the ball in its no-huddle look is not their concern.
Fox lauded Manning's ability to control the pace and to eat up clock, even in the no-huddle, late in the game Sunday night.
"I think in my mind I really try to force myself to think it's always going to be a three-and-out just to get ready," said rookie defensive tackle Derek Wolfe. "When it's time to go back out, we go back out. If our offense scores in three plays, or it scores in one play, or 10 plays, we go out. What those guys are doing doesn't affect our job, I don't think.
"Our jobs are to get them the ball back. It's Peyton. You want him to have the ball as many times as possible. Same for Willis (McGahee) and all those guys. We all hope they score a lot."
The Broncos' defense exited the season's first week 29th in the league in third-down conversions, even as it limited the Steelers to 284 yards. But when the Steelers kept the ball, they scored.
Their four possessions of at least 10 plays also were the only possessions the Steelers scored — two touchdowns, two field goals. With the Atlanta Falcons expected to play plenty of the no huddle Monday, the Broncos will have some tinkering to do in their nickel and dime (six defensive backs) packages this week.
"It just shows you, we have to get off the field," Bailey said. "You get those guys in third-and-long, and you can't let those get away. That's on us."
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Total defense 284.0 ... T-9
Rushing defense 75.0 ... 9
Passing defense 209.0 ... 10
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Date published: October 1, 2011
Language: English
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David Albahari. Leeches. Trans. Ellen Elias-Bursac. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. 320 pp. Cloth: $24.00.
Leeches begins with its Serbian protagonist startled by the sight of a woman being slapped by a man on a riverbank, an incident he cannot explain or ignore. Witness as well to the larger calamity of the Milosevich regime in Belgrade, this unnamed hack subsists as a columnist for a local paper and generally hangs out with Marko, whose response to all problems is to roll another joint. Pursuing the slapped woman leads the writer to discover a slew of apparent signs that he seeks help to fathom, but his school classmate Dragan's abstruse mathematical hypotheses prove even more baffling. Then, out of the blue, an old manuscript falls into his hands, the tale of Eleazar, a Kabbalistic adept whose successive appearances presage some portentous event. Meanwhile, as tensions rise with a proliferation of skinheads, anti-Semitism threatens the local Jewish community. Disturbed by what he sees happening around him, the writer shares his concerns and the peculiar manuscript with a Jewish artist friend, Jasa, and his companions, whose suggestions leave him fascinated if increasingly bewildered. As his apprehension over these interwoven intrigues is aroused by further developments pointing to an underlying complex order, the writer encounters the slapped woman and, of course, falls for her. Urged on by her allure as well as her developing role in the drama in which he seems fated to star, the writer seizes upon the manuscript itself, a "living document" in which passages move, disappear, or change with a turn of the page, as the key to his self-realization. As these disparate strands knit together, the writer unexpectedly finds himself at the center of the Jewish community's attempts to defend itself against resurgent ethnic hatred. Albahari's seemingly offhand depiction of a mysterious web enveloping an unwitting, susceptible spectator is a subtle, brilliant achievement. [Michael Pinker]


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-- A two-day celebration of the 42nd Air Base Wing's 70th anniversary will kick off Nov. 5 with several events to mark the wing's years of service.
The 42nd ABW commander said the 42nd has a deep heritage, first as an Army bomb group during World War II, then as an Air Force wing.
Col. Brian Killough said one purpose of the celebration is to honor that heritage. He said that in 1941, the wing began flying sub-hunting missions off the coasts of Oregon and Washington in B-26s. During WWII, it moved to the Pacific Theater flying B-25 bombing missions. In the 1950s, the 42nd moved to Limestone/Loring Air Force Base, Maine, and flew B-36s and KC-97s before becoming a B-52 and KC-135 wing in 1956. For the next 38 years, the wing continued its tradition of service by flying missions during the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. In 1994, the 42nd Bomb Wing was renamed the 42nd Air Base Wing and moved to Maxwell Air Force Base.
"We treasure our proud heritage, the tradition of honor and the legacy of valor," he said. "We are here at Maxwell-Gunter as an air base wing, but our combat heritage continues. The latest example of that is the service exhibited by 42nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler Staff Sgt. Brent Olson and his military working dog, Blek, who just returned from Afghanistan."
The colonel said the 42nd ABW's primary mission may have changed over the years, but the No. 1 priority remains providing combat Airmen to combatant commanders.
"It's just a different delivery method," he said. "Meanwhile, here at our home-station, our mission is to enable all Maxwell-Gunter mission partners to accomplish their missions."
Colonel Killough said the 42nd ABW is about service to the nation, support to Airmen and their families and enabling the entire Maxwell-Gunter community to be great members of the River Region community.
"We provide the work environment and the opportunity to succeed," he said.
Colonel Killough said the wing does not plan to celebrate every anniversary, but did feel the 70th anniversary was worthy of recognition. He said this was "a significant opportunity" to recognize the heritage of the wing's great Airmen and their contributions to the history of the Air Force.
Capt. Cristy Long, 42nd Medical Group medical logistics flight commander, is helping spearhead the anniversary celebration. She said the wing has three events planned. Starting at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 5, there will be a 5K run beginning at the Maxwell Fitness Center. Also on Nov. 5, at 5 p.m., the wing will honor the past with a Retreat ceremony at the 42nd ABW Headquarters flagpole. The final event starts at 6 p.m. on Nov. 6 and is a dining out at the Maxwell Officers' Club.
"Thanks to Colonel Killough, who wants a spirited competition, there will be some surprises in the 5K run. They will be pleasant surprises," she said. "The run will be unit competition, but runners can also compete as teams of four members each with at least one female member per team."
Captain Long said the anniversary celebration has been in the planning phase for some time, initiated by the previous commander, Col. Kris Beasley. She said all former 42nd ABW commanders have been invited to the event.
"One former commander, retired Col. Bill Cole, who served the wing from 1996 to 1998, answered the invitation by saying it had been a long time since he had seen an e-mail from protocol, and it reminded him of 'the good ole' days' at Maxwell-Gunter," the captain said. "He said he really appreciated the invite, but had just returned from a high school reunion, was out of leave time and regrettably wouldn't be able to attend."
Captain Long said they are hoping for about 125 people for the dining out, and the guest speaker, retired Col. Gary Schneider, commanded the 42nd from 1991 to 1993 at Loring AFB, Maine.
"We wanted to get a guest speaker who led the wing during Desert Storm and Desert Shield, which was shortly before the wing moved to Maxwell-Gunter. Colonel Schneider was also involved in the wing coming here," she said.
The captain said being a part of planning the 70th anniversary celebration has been an education for her, and she hopes it will also be an education for other Airmen at Maxwell-Gunter.
"We are hoping this will give the younger Airmen a chance to understand the history and heritage of the 42nd Air Base Wing," Captain Long said. "I know I certainly would not know nearly as much about this wing had I not been involved in the celebration planning."
To sign up as a four-member team for the 5K run, contact Capt. Kimberlie Thompson at 953-5121. For general information about the anniversary celebration, contact Captain Long at 953-5901.