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Contextual education director at Columbia Seminary stresses that leadership means not being a lone ranger
The Rev. Dr. Kimberly L. Clayton, director of contextual education at Columbia Theological Seminary, helps students understand the importance of shared leadership in congregations and ministry as a whole.
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Columbia Seminary at a Glance
701 S. Columbia Dr.
PO Box 520
Decatur, GA 30031
(404) 378-8821
Students: 387 (243 FTE)
Faculty: 22 full-time, 11 part-time
Degrees offered
Master of Divinity, Master of Arts (Theological Studies), Master of Arts in Practical Theology, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling, Doctor of Educational Ministry
Special programs
Evening/weekend Master of Divinity classes
Center for Lifelong Learning offering courses and other educational opportunities for church professionals and lay leaders
Columbia Theological Seminary is an educational institution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It is a community focused on theological inquiry and ministry formation in the service of the church of Jesus Christ. Its mission is to educate women and men for leadership in ordained and lay ministries through graduate degree and continuing education programs. In addition, the seminary strives to provide theological resources for the denomination, the ecumenical church and persons with a variety of theological concerns.
History and Location
From its 1828 founding in Lexington, Georgia, Columbia Theological Seminary has nurtured and been nurtured by the Presbyterian Church in the South. Its first permanent location was Columbia, South Carolina. In the 1920s, when the population growth of the Southeast began to shift to Atlanta, the seminary moved to Decatur, Georgia — six miles from the heart of that growing industrial, cultural, educational and commercial center.
The seminary's beautiful 57-acre campus invites peace, contemplation and involvement in the rhythms of one of our nation's largest and busiest urban environments. Here churches, colleges, hospitals, shelters and housing projects serve as the context for intensive professional development.
What programs does Columbia offer?
387 students are enrolled in Columbia's seven degree programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts (Theological Studies), Master of Arts in Practical Theology, Master of Arts in Theological Education, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, Doctor of Theology and Doctor of Educational Ministry.
Columbia is widely recognized as a pioneer in crosscultural and international theological education. In addition, its Center for Lifelong Learning offers courses for church professionals and lay leaders, faith and arts discussions and events, travel with purpose (pilgrimages and trips) and a spiritual formation certification program.


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The Hows, Whys & Whens of Transitioning a Co-Sleeping Child
Dear Amy,
Topic: Co-sleeping. I have an almost-three-year-old who I did NOT co-sleep with when he was teeny tiny but a series of life changes and events (that I shall not bore you with) got us to a point where we actually tried bringing him into our bed when he was around 18 months and we've never looked back. For now, we all enjoy our cozy little arrangement and sleep blissfully through the night. I have a second baby on the way and I guess for the first little while we will have BOTH boys in our bed (oy). I'm truly not a hemp-skirt-wearing, incense-burning, breastfeeding-until-they're-5 kinda girl and even saying the words "family bed" makes me envision these poor boys who, in high school, won't be able to score a girlfriend cuz I've effed them up with a whopping Oedipal complex. But for right now, despite how I thought I'd feel prior to becoming a mom, I LIKE co-sleeping with our son (we'll see how it goes with two), so does my husband and it's truly the only way I've managed to get any sleep in 3 years.
SO I follow your blog and I know that you co-sleep with Ezra and did as well with Noah. My question is, when did you decide to move Noah into his own crib/bed and did he go willingly? Did you WANT to get him sleeping on his own or did you just feel like it was the right thing to do? Did you ever have to resort to crying it out? My son's struggled with sleeping from about 3 months onward (he had a really sleepy period right at the beginning and we thought we'd scored with an awesome sleeper. Clearly not the case) and I've never been able to Ferberize or do the cry-it-out deal. I know it's controversial but are you willing to share your true feelings on the family bed/co-sleeping issue?
Much obliged,
The Closeted Hippy
Isn't that always the way with kids? You have all your grand parenting ideals and plans all perfectly mapped out, and then THEY show up and mess everything up with their PERSONALITIES and OPINIONS and stuff.
So I've already sort-of addressed a few of your questions earlier this week about my personal history with co-sleeping, which honestly, is pretty brief and hardly hippy-like either. Noah slept with us for just his first few months — since I had a terribly low milk supply and was never able to exclusively breastfeed him, he generally only nursed for comfort and a big fat bottle before bed would conk him out pretty darn well. Once he no longer demanded boob in the middle of the night, we decided it was time for the crib. And by "we" and "decided" I of course mean that he just sort of…fell asleep in his crib one night and stayed asleep until morning. Huh. By three or four months old, he was in the crib every night, all night. I missed it, but I was (admittedly) a nervous co-sleeper. It wasn't something I'd ever intended to do (hence the unused Pack-N-Play bassinet) and I was duly terrified of 1) smothering the baby, or 2) turning into one of those families on Supernanny who can't get their six-year-old to sleep in his own bed without tantrums and tears and hysterics.
This time…eh, I'm way more chill about the whole sleep thing. Ezra IS exclusively breastfed (which: YAY. LOVE. HAPPY.), and that means more frequent meals around the clock. And THAT means co-sleeping works best for me, right now. He is starting to sleep longer stretches at night, however, and yes, I do fully intend to transition him to his own bed sooner rather than later. As I mentioned in Monday's column, we do occasionally have him start the night in his crib. We don't expect him to stay there all night yet, and we retrieve him at the first sound of fussing. I'm noticing less and less of a sleep-time disparity between the nights in the crib and the nights in bed with us, so…that's pretty good, I guess.
As for our "plans" to transition him to the crib, well…obviously I hope he'll simply start sleeping in the crib longer, bit by bit, on his own. (OH HAI NAIVETE.) Not really forcing it, but gently and repeatedly encouraging it. I do think that little babies sleep how they sleep, and there's really nothing you can do to change those habits much. But I also think that sleep IS a skill, a valuable skill, and that at some point we as parents need to move beyond the "good night sleep at any cost" survival mode and start thinking about our children's long-term sleep habits. And in our culture, since kids don't generally move from their parents' house to their own place, complete with a spouse to sleep with, children DO need to be okay with sleeping alone and gain the ability to put themselves back to sleep if they wake up prematurely. Personally, I'm kind of lazy and find imposing parental decisions on babies to be easier than dealing with the ironclad will of a toddler, so that's my primary reason for the "sooner rather than later" approach. (My toddler's will and resistance to change is TERRIFYING. I will go up against a dozen squalling infants instead of dealing with that.)
I'm not, however, advocating any particular sleep training plan here. It's so not one-size-fits-all. Noah was a Fuss It Out baby — he needed to let out a few squawks before settling down. It wasn't really crying, lasted less than five minutes, and if we went and picked him up we would basically reset the bedtime clock to zero and need to start over with a wide-awake but overtired baby. Ezra is not a Fuss It Out baby. His fussing escalates into full-on screaming within minutes, and that screaming is NOT leading to sleep, no way, no how. Cry It Out would be disastrously cruel, and most likely ineffective. If push comes to shove, we'll try the No Cry Sleep Solution, or something similar that will keep the tears and anxiety (for him AND me) to an absolute minimum.
It's a total balancing act of following your child's lead and particular personality…and yet also remembering that you ARE the parent, and if you believe your child is ready to sleep in their own bed, it's up to you to make that happen, even if it's occasionally less than pleasant.
Now! After spending soooo many paragraphs talking about myself, let's get back to you. You don't really want to move your son to his own bed yet. That is wholly and totally your call. My sister co-sleeps with her two-and-a-half year old, and is also sort of grudgingly starting to make plans for a Big Boy Bed sometime around his third birthday. Personally, I cannot imagine having Noah in bed with us — I would not sleep at ALL with the way that kid sleeps all spread-eagled, occasionally whacking my head with his jabby limbs. But I listen to my sister talk about what a wonderful, treasured experience co-sleeping has been for them, and I admit that I will be terribly sad when I no longer wake up to Ezra's lovely little body next to mine.
Here would be my concerns, however, about keeping both kids in your bed:
1) Safety for the new baby. Three-year-olds aren't going to possess that natural instinct and awareness of an infant's body in their sleep, or understand the importance of keeping blankets down and away, or always remember that they can't just climb over Mama to get out of bed without checking to make sure they aren't going to land kneecaps-first on Baby Brother's torso. I'd go with a bedside co-sleeper, to give the baby his own safe area away from Big Brother's.
2) Sleep disturbances for the older child. So babies CRY. They wake up a LOT. You and your husband will wake up a lot. And so will your son, most likely, if he's in the room. It's hard enough for adults to deal with the sleep deprivation of life with an infant, and it will not be any easier for your son if he's waking up at night too. And oh my God, is there anything more hideous than an overtired toddler? I've sensed that Noah occasionally wakes when Ezra is getting a middle-of-the-night diaper change in the next room over, and sure enough, the next morning is an endless parade of drama and I-don't-wanna-get-uuuup and meltdowns over the Wrong Kind Of Waffle.
You didn't really ask about whether it would be better to move your older son to his own bed before or after the baby, and I'm glad you didn't. Because the hell if I know. Just this week, Noah started coming into our room in the morning and crawling in bed with us, then falling sound asleep for another hour or so. He has never, EVER done this or expressed any interest in being in our bed before. But he's figured out that Baby Brother gets to sleep there, so here we are. It's a little crowded.
So…to answer this one last question: Did you WANT to get him sleeping on his own or did you just feel like it was the 'Äúright'Äù thing to do?
For Noah: Yes. And yes.
For Ezra: No, not yet. And then mostly yes, sort of, but I'm still fluid in my plans and intentions and prepared to be completely humbled by a baby who has his own agenda.
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7 Responses to "The Hows, Whys & Whens of Transitioning a Co-Sleeping Child"
citymama Dec 19 at 3:05 pm Reply
Our now 3 and a half year old slept exclusively with us until he was crawling. THen he had a futon on the floor in our room and would do his best to climb his tiny baby self into bed with us when he woke up in the morning or if he woke up in the night. He has a big boy (very tiny) Ikea bed at the foot of our bed now (we live in miniature loft in the city).
But let me say the transition to fully sleeping on his own from getting in our bed in the early hours of the morning took TIME.
I am also expecting another one, and while my son will sometimes want to snuggle in the morning he no longer gets in our bed at night, even after a bad dream, and I am so so glad.
If you don't want both kids in the bed together for a long time, start the transition now as it will likely take much longer than you expect. Remember you don't have to move your child out of the room, baby steps! When the new baby comes making changes to your toddlers routine, whether it's the potty or food or sleeping will be a lot harder, because lets face it, a baby is a big effing change for everyone.
Jess Dec 20 at 12:21 pm Reply
I had the same situation with a baby that slept wonderfully for the first few months, then decided that night-time was awful. He was also a screamer if left on his own in his crib while he was awake, and would happily sleep most of the night without wake-ups if he was in bed with us.
HOWEVER – both my husband and I slept terribly with him in bed with us. It was awful, I don't mind saying, and after several months of severe sleep deprivation (which no one had any sympathy for since the baby was past the "newborn" stage), we bit the bullet and tried cry-it-out. We did wait until he was a full year old before even considering that, though – old enough to understand about night-time and sleep, but young enough to not be as stubborn as a full-fledged toddler. And it worked, but was stressful and something I would have avoided if I could have.
He does fine now (16 months old), but clearly still prefers to sleep with us. We give in once a week or so, especially if he wakes up within one or two hours of the alarm going off in the morning. Other than that, he sleeps in his crib from 7 pm until 6 am with normally one wake-up around 10 or 11 pm (he's still nursing, so I feed him and he goes back to sleep – I assume this will stop when he weans), and rarely another wake up later on (2 or 4 am).
If I could have dome it comfortably, I would have had no problem with co-sleeping for several years, it just didn't work for us.
Tamara Dec 20 at 6:09 pm Reply
I had such a difficult time with even the concept of Ferberizing – the idea of letting my son cry for any extended length of time just broke my heart, and I didn't sleep well with him in our bed, so we struggled with sleeping for a long time. It wasn't until he was 9 months old that someone recommended a book called Good Night Sleep Tight by Kim West (the Sleep Lady) – and it was exactly what I was looking for. It talks about putting your child into bed and then sitting by them, talking and patting and shushing, but not picking them up. So they're learning to sleep on their own, but you're there with them through it all, providing love and support without providing any sleep crutches. And then you slowly work your way out of the room, until tada! I really can't recommend it enough – my son is a champion sleeper now. We sleep so well, I may just have another!
A good way to do a gentle transition is to let your child nap in their own bed, even if they're still in your bed at night. Toddlers are generally very keen to be independent, and they LOVE the idea of their own bed, even if they're not developmentally ready to be away from mommy for an entire night yet.
As long as they're keen on the idea, letting them nap in their own bed is a great first step towards eventual sleep independence. One day, they'll decide they like their bed so much they'd like to try spending the whole night there. That might be at age 2 or at age 5. But trust me, they will NOT still be exclusively co-sleeping by the time they're teenagers, even if you do NOTHING to 'encourage' them out of your bed.
There are safety concerns about a baby and an older child in a bed. There are ways to be safe. Do some research on this topic to be prepared if he does not want to leave anytime soon.
How you get your child to sleep is up to you, and even the methods often decried as "spoiling" or causing "too much dependence" are just fine. They will outgrow them. My son nursed to sleep until he was 2.5. He started the night in his own bed then joined us when he woke up in the night. At some point, he stopped joining us. He's 10 now, he does not still nurse to sleep!
My daughter is now 2, she has never been in a crib, nasty raised cages that they are (think about why they're way up off the ground — solely for convenience of parents, it has nothing to do with safety or comfort or sleepiness!) We have a single bed beside our bed which she has used since about 14mo to start the night, then joins us when she wakes. She also has a mattress on the floor in her bedroom, where she naps. She nurses to sleep most nights, or we wear her to sleep in a sling. We're completely relaxed and confident that she will move to independence when SHE is ready, and that forcing her to do it before she is ready will only result in her needs for attachment and dependence increasing and manifesting in other areas!
Nicole Dec 25 at 8:45 am Reply
Our baby is almost 7 months old and has co-slept since he was born. He still wakes up a couple times during the night to nurse. The other night after a day of traveling, and exhausted parents, he fell out of bed! Thankfully I had a stack of pillows for him to land on and then roll off, but it was one of the scariest moments of my life. After some tears, from both of us, he was fine. The next day we got an extra-long bed rail, and that has worked great for us. We're very lucky he wasn't hurt, and I wish we had gotten the rail sooner.
lydia Dec 26 at 7:43 pm Reply
When the second baby came, we just split up the whole family. Me and baby in the queen bed, and Daddy and the big girl in the kids room. Later, it turned out the baby slept better by himself in a crib, so now he's down the hall by himself and me and the committed co-sleeping big girl are in the queen with Daddy camping on a floor mattress nearby (which is supposed to be daughters bed…but you know). Now that they're almost two and four my next project is to get them in a room together. We'll see how that goes. I don't think I've actually slept alone with my husband in 3 plus years.
JD Dec 08 at 1:18 am Reply
We are now facing the same issue. How did it work out?


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PHOTOS: Florida's rejected license plates aren't always offensive
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Florida -- In an attempt to get the case thrown out, the lawyer for the mom accused of taking the infamous baby bong photo claimed the device wasn't really a bong after all.
Original story: Baby bong picture on Facebook leads to mom's arrest
In a motion to dismiss, lawyer Steven Whittington wrote "no bong was ever seized, or even seen by law enforcement...No evidence exists that the device was, in fact, a bong."
Whittington represents Rachel Stieringer, the 19-year-old Keystone Heights mom accused of a misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Our partner station in Jacksonville obtained the latest documents in the case, which show that motion to dismiss was denied.
Instead, both sides agreed to refer Stieringer to a diversionary program. Whittington said once she completes the program, the court case will be over.
Whittington said Stieringer didn't want to comment.
Someone tipped off authorities after seeing the picture on Facebook last year. DCF started an investigation and Stieringer was eventually arrested.
In response to the motion to dismiss, prosecutors countered that Stieringer's Facebook name was "rachelxreefer." Prosecutors say Stieringer told investigators the baby found the bong and started playing with it.
Prosecutors say Stieringer admitted the device was a bong.
Stieringer still has her Facebook page active, under her real name. But her Myspace page is still titled "rachelxreefer."
Her story gained international attention last year, with the picture being show on outlets like Sky News of London and Radar Online in the U.S.
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Portrait of Adam Christopher Lĝvenskjold. Taken by photographer Theodor Larsen, Tĝnsberg. The Norwegian and Swedish consul general, Lĝvenskjold, had been assigned to give an offical report about conditions among Norwegian settlers. His report to the Norwegian government is dated October 15 1847; the following year it was published in Bergen as a book.
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Lĝwenskjold, Adam Christopher
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Really bad call.
as adept at catching a cheater as a brick and mortar casino.
Ashley Mitchell, a 29 year-old IT expert from the U.K., learned that the hard way this week when he was apprehended for hacking into a
server and stealing 400 billion chips from Facebook hit, Zynga Poker.
The hacker posed as a game administrator in 2009, reports the BBC, as a way to access the game's backend and siphon off chips. The large volume of missing chips raised a red flag for Zynga, who set up a sting operation to track him down.
Mitchell only managed to sell off about one-third of the chips -- earning roughly $85,000 -- before being caught. At his going rate of about $700 per billion chips, Mitchell stood to make a good $300,000 for the whole lot -- substantially less than the $12 million they're worth in-game.
Still, it's a hefty enough sum to put Mitchell in some seriously hot water, particularly since he had previously been handed a 40-week suspended sentence for hacking into the website of the local city council.
According to his attorney, Mitchell had been dealing with gambling issues when he committed the Zynga Poker crime. He's pled guilty to five counts of converting criminal property and faces substantial jail time if convicted.
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Knee Injury
The knee is a hinge joint that has a simple purpose. It needs to flex (bend) or extend (straighten) to allow the body to perform many activities, like running, walking, kicking, and sitting. Imagine standing up from a chair if your knees couldn't bend.
Knee Anatomy
While there are four bones that come together at the knee, only the femur (thighbone) and the tibia (shinbone) form the joint itself. The head of the fibula (strut bone on the outside of the leg) provides some stability, and the patella (kneecap) helps with joint and muscle function. Movement and weight-bearing occur where the ends of the femur called the femoral condyles match up with the top flat surfaces of the tibia (tibial plateaus).
There are two major muscle groups that are balanced and allow movement of the knee joint. When the quadriceps muscles on the front of the thigh contract, the knee extends or straightens. The hamstring muscles on the back of the thigh flex or bend the knee when they contract. The muscles cross the knee joint and are attached to the tibia by tendons. The quadriceps tendon is special, in that it contains the patella within its fibers. The patella allows the quadriceps muscle/tendon unit to work more efficiently. The quadriceps tendon is renamed the patellar tendon from the kneecap to its attachment in the tibia.
The stability of the knee joint is maintained by four ligaments, thick bands of tissue that stabilize the joint. The medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) are on the sides of the knee and prevent the joint from sliding sideways. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) form an "X" on the inside of the knee and prevent the knee from sliding back and forth. These limitations on knee movement allow the knee to concentrate the forces of the muscles on flexion and extension.
Inside the knee, there are two shock-absorbing pieces of cartilage called menisci (singular meniscus) that sit on the top surface of the tibia. The menisci allow the femoral condyle to move on the tibial surface without friction, preventing the bones from rubbing on each other. Without this cartilage covering, the friction of bone on bone would cause inflammation, or arthritis.
Bursas surround the knee joint and are fluid-filled sacs that cushion the knee during its range of motion. In the front of the knee, there is a bursa between the skin and the kneecap called the prepatellar bursa and another above the kneecap called the suprapatellar bursa (supra=above).
Each part of the anatomy needs to function properly for the knee to work. Acute injury or trauma as well as chronic overuse cause inflammation and its accompanying symptoms of pain, swelling, redness, and warmth.
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Laverne & Shirley (CBS, 1976-1983)
A spin-off of "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley" starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as its titular women, roommates who worked at a fictitious Milwaukee brewery. Set in the 1960s, it's considerably more goofy (and less influential) than the aforementioned shows, but stands as an forerunning example of the single-gal-in-the-city sitcom nonetheless. Laverne and Shirley supported themselves financially, and relied on each other emotionally largely over any male characters (the series' primary male characters, Lenny & Squiggy, were more sidekicks than anything else). For two seasons in a row, it was also the highest rated series on television.
Murphy Brown (CBS, 1988-1998)
A full decade after "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" went off the air, it found its truest successor in "Murphy Brown." Candice Bergen starred as the title character (and won a whopping five Emmys for the role), an investigative journalist and news anchor who enters the series fresh from rehab after suffering from alcoholism. Single and forty-ish, Murphy caused a huge stir outside the show when she became unwed and pregnant. After the show made it clear Murphy would raise the child alone, then-Vice President Dan Quayle infamously spoke out against the show's disprespect of family values.


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30 Day BC – Day 30 : The Book By Your Bed Right Now
I bet you didn't think I'd finish this, did you? (Confession: I didn't either.) But here we are, finally, day 30 and thankfully for me it's a nice easy one. By my bed at the moment are:
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar – borrowed from Hayley, I've actually finished this one and yes, I enjoyed it. Guilty pleasures by damned, I enjoy slightly trashy books, okay?
Zero History by William Gibson – I read one of his books and really loved it but I haven't been able to get into this one. Eek.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov – this is a bookgroup book. I've barely started it and have never read a Russian novel before, hopefully it won't be too hard.
My Kindle also has 173 'to read' books on it. Er, oops?


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Grey's Anatomy
Sandra Oh on Her Grey's Anatomy Exit — And Her Hopes For a Return
We're still trying to cope with the prospect of Grey Sloan Memorial without Cristina Yang and Grey's Anatomy without Sandra Oh after yesterday's big news. And so is Sandra, by the sound of it.
"Letting go of such a huge part of my life … I want to cry right now," she tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Grey's has been the most important role of my life … Learning the rare opportunity of what it is to work on one project for 10 years — that's like being married in television years for like a thousand years."
Her exit isn't for another 24 episodes, granted, but Sandra is already thinking about the end of the season and wants on the happiest of endings for Cristina.
"I want this to be a celebration," she says. "I want us to get to that point where we see this character ride off into the sunset … Playing Cristina and growing her and growing myself in her, I want to usher her into the next section of her life in the best way possible. It's got to be Cristina Yang's happily-ever-after."
But don't think that the end of Season 10 will necessarily be the last you'll see of Cristina. Should her character live on, Sandra definitely wants to be back for the series finale, whenever that should be. "There's no way that no one could keep me away from that," she says.
And in the meantime? "I'm just going to focus on every single day. I just can't think about [leaving] right now."
She also reveals that she'll probably steal Cristina's stethoscope and ID badges from the set as mementos. And then she'll relish in reliving all the (fictional) drama of her greatest role.
"I feel like, in 10 or 20 years, when I'm lounging around in my muumuu with a martini, I'm going to watch Grey's Anatomy from the pilot to whenever it ends, and I'm going to enjoy myself thoroughly and enjoy seeing all those moments and being able to see it with a new perspective."
We're onboard for any and all martini-muumuu parties, Sandra!
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


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One of the topics that students need to familiarize in math is logarithms. Many students would initially think that logarithms are difficult to understand. This is because the initial equations that they see are composed of letters, numbers, bases and exponents.
log10x is a number n such that 10n = x
Today, people may use a log calculator that can simplify this process and save time in determining the logarithm of a number to a certain base. Unfortunately in school, these calculators may only be used at a later part of the lesson since students should know how to calculate logarithms by themselves in the earlier stages. This is done to let the students familiarize the process and for them to know how the calculator came up with that answer. In addition to that, a logarithm chart may also be used for easy memorization. In fact, scientists in the past memorized the log chart so that they can simply give out the logarithm of a certain number without the help of manual counting or a calculator.
In the seventeenth century, John Napier was the person who made logarithms known to everyone. This was the time when the most basic mathematical operations were confined to addition, subtraction, multiplication and of course, division. Addition and subtraction were known as the easiest operations while multiplication and division where the operations that people found difficult.
The introduction of logarithms was propelled in order for these mathematical operations to be converted into a simpler form. During that time, there was no log calculator that can perform different complicated logarithmic functions yet so the people relied on log charts instead. But even so, many professions have found the use of logarithms very useful and it was instantly adapted by mathematicians, engineers and scientists too. Aside from logarithm charts and tables, slide rules were also utilized.
To calculate log to a base other than 10 use this calculator:
The use of logarithms has evolved over the years. In the eighteenth century, logarithms were already associated with exponents. So instead of just simplifying multiplication and division, logarithms were also used in place of exponential numbers. Today, the use of logarithmic functions is still widely used. However, the actual use of logarithms and its calculations have diminished when computers and calculators were invented. Today, different disciplines aside from mathematicians use logarithms in their regular work. Some of these people may still use a logarithm chart but many people use sophisticated computers for automatic computation and even a log calculator. These people may be astronomers, physicists and even engineers. Regular people may not realize that logarithms are important but the jobs of these people may never be complete without logarithmic functions.
When students encounter a log calculator, they are introduced to a scientific calculator for more complicated mathematical equations. You will be able to see the 'log' button amidst all the extra buttons on top of the numbers. This is the function used to calculate logarithms. But aside from that the 'ln' button is also important because it signifies natural logarithms. The 'log' button is mainly used to generate the common logarithm which is in the base 10. If a different base is used, the 'log' button can still be used but the new base number must be entered right after the 'log' word enclosed in a parenthesis. The 'ln' button us basically used for logarithms that have base e. Students may already graph the logarithm through the answer generated by the calculator. As the students learn the lesson, they will realize that logarithms actually simplify large number equations by making the numbers appear smaller.


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I first tried this delicious pie at a church potluck dinner and was immediately hooked. I've spent many years perfecting my own recipe.
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
- 1 unbaked pie crust (9 inches)
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Whipped topping or ice cream
- In a bowl, blend sugar and spices. Beat eggs; add milk and vanilla. Combine the sugar mixture. Stir in potatoes; beat until smooth. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Combine topping ingredients. Remove pie from the oven; sprinkle with topping. Bake 10-15 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Store in the refrigerator. Serve with whipped topping or ice cream. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Sweet Potato Pie in Country October/November 1991, p47
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"One of our favorites for Fall. I puree the sweet potatoes in my blender so it is much creamier. I chop the nuts FINE so it's easier to cut."
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"This was a winner in our household. Easy to make and so flavorful, it disappears quickly!"
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"I served this at Thanksgiving to guests who have never had sweet potato pie and it was a big hit."
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"everybody absolutely loved this pie. It was a huge hit."
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"I made this for my son-in-law & he said itwas the best sweet potato pie he has evertasted."


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2.2 The dbinstall Script
When run, the dbinstall script creates the Mimer SQL database for your application.
The dbinstall script performs the following:
- Adds the Mimer SQL database to the /etc/sqlhosts registry file.
The sqlhosts file contains a list of Mimer SQL database servers and is used for database lookup. If the /etc/sqlhosts file is missing, dbinstall will create it.
- Creates the initial database, that is, the system databanks and the multidefs configuration file.
The SYSDB databank and the multidefs file are created in the database home directory. The TRANSDB, LOGDB and SQLDB databanks are created in the directories you specify, or if no directories are specified, in the database home directory.
For more information on recommended databank locations, see the section on organizing databank files in the Mimer SQL System Management Handbook.
- Creates the license key file /etc/mimerkey if it is missing and adds the default key.
- Installs procedures for autostart in /etc/init.d, or corresponding.
- Starts the Mimer SQL database server, operating under the given operator user account. If no operator is specified, root is used. When the server is started the mimer.log server log file is created in the database home directory.
2.2.1 dbinstall Script Syntax
The following section describes the dbinstall script syntax.
dbinstall Usagedbinstall [ -s database password home_directory [ transdb_directory logdb_directory sqldb_directory operator ] ]
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Victorious Chris Walker returns to top step of rostrum with clinical ride in difficult conditions at Oulton Park
Tommy Hill - "I was robbed" lolz
Delighted for yer 'Stalker'!!! You've made my day. I shall look forward to seeing you win more though....
@1050cc. Thanks, great news. Now I can fully bask in Stalker's glory
bloody brilliant.well done chris,i even had a few quid on you when i saw the conditions.
Well done chris, suberb. Strange, no posts saying the stalker is past it and the ride should have gone to a young rider...
Great to see Chris have a win again after all these years, and I dont think it will be the last win or podium this year for him.
I have followed stalker since i started going to bsb years ago i always back his corner as i did years ago against a the neil hodgson fans,well my Hodgson fans the stalker is still on the top step,Its only fun but today was one for stalker fans so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.I had to work today so came home miserable watched the first race and never shouted at the tv so much thanks chris,still think hodgson robbed him off title lol.
Well done Chris. What great ride, especially as the track was drying and you still managed to push on and pass Shakey!No mean feat on any day.
Agree with Kneeslider about shouting at the tv, even the wife joined in (usually miserable as the racing's on all day) Brought a tear to the eye!
this has made my week. so chuffed for chris.
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Actor Wasn't The First Choice For 'Immortals,' But Tarsem Insisted He Was The Man
If you didn't know who British actor Henry Cavill was six months ago, you do now thanks to the 27-year-old actor landing the coveted Man of Steel role in Zack Snyder's "upcoming Superman" reboot.
And while it seems like a no-brainer move now -- Cavill has the looks, chops and build; he had tested for Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" and Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" and seemed poised to eventually score one of these plum roles -- the actor's name carried very little weight at the time and to hear the producers of the upcoming "Immortals" tell it, confidence in the actor leading their swords and sandals fantasy epic wasn't exactly high.
"Henry tested for us and then we stayed with it," Marc Canton, one of the producers of "Immortals," said this past weekend at WonderCon of their lead acting choice. "There was a lot of debate about him, because we got pushed back many months in making the movie and eventually we went and we stayed the course [with Henry]."
One person who was absolutely certain about Cavill the entire time and from the moment he met him was director Tarsem Singh, the filmmaker behind the fantasy films, "The Cell," and "The Fall," who had hand picked the actor himself after he ruled over all others in screentests.
"They very much hoped that I would have cast a star, and I didn't," Singh said, noting that bigger actors had audtioned, but he felt Cavill was exactly right for the part. "I took one scene when I met Henry I just had him read something. Out of ten things [he read] he was there, in six takes, he was there and I just said 'Okay. I said some piggy's have it and some don't and that piggy had it.' So I pointed, and said, 'This is the man.'"
"Everybody was like, 'Okay, he's kind of not known', " Singh continued, noting the initial reluctance of his producers who were concerned about Cavill's lack of marquee bankability. "But they stuck by me and said, 'Okay, if you change your mind we'll go with you, and Henry never gave anybody a reason to [change their minds]."
Then of course, everyone started singing a different tune once Snyder and Christopher Nolan had cast him as the new Superman. "Until three months ago, everybody was kind of like, 'We wish it was a bigger guy, we wish it was this thing,' and suddenly he's cast as 'Superman' and suddenly I look like a genius," he laughed. "[I didn't tell anyone] I told you so, because I'll tell them later," he smirked. "None of [the producers] claim that that conversation happened so I'll remind them publicly."
Are the producers happy now? "Yeah! I started yelling out the car window! What am I supposed to do? Thank you god," Canton exclaimed in a separate interview. Will it help 'Immortals'? "No question," he said. "Were you out there [in the WonderCon panel]? The [audience] went crazy."
"Immortals" hits theaters on November 11th. "Superman" goes into production later this year and won't hit screens until December 2012. --Reporting by Sean Gillane


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- Engineer on troubled Neenan schools gives up license in settlement
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- Colorado regulators say engineer of faulty Meeker school broke rules
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- Big campaign contributors land lucrative Colorado school building contracts
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- Big campaign contributors land lucrative school building contracts
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- Fort Collins company Neenan stands by designs, buildings after outside firm finds issues in hospital center
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- Engineers who sounded alarms about Meeker school face complaints
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- Board of Ed chief Schaffer backs embattled Neenan, cites past dealings
Structural issues of varying degrees of seriousness have been identified in every Neenan Co. school project that has received money through a state grant program meant to make school buildings safer.
"Corrective actions" are being carried out at each of the 15 school buildings at various stages of completion in eight districts across Colorado, officials said Wednesday at a meeting of the board that oversees the Building Excellent Schools Today program.
Although several of the issues had previously been made public, others were newly disclosed — including a project at Mapleton Public Schools in Adams County involving the largest grant in BEST history.
Meeker School Extras
- Read the letters sent to engineers by DORA (PDF).
- Read the Neenan Co. memos outlining structural issues discovered on BEST-financed schools.
- State of Colorado letter of admonition to Gary Howell and Howell's reinstatement application
- The Meeker school district's contract for owner's representative Jim West's services
- The school district's contract with The Neenan Company for a facilities assessment
- A letter from Neenan to the state describing repairs to the Meeker school gym
- A Nov. 4, 2010 letter from structural engineer Luke Studer to the district first raising concerns about the school's structural integrity
- Studer's Dec. 16, 2010 letter recommending an outside review of the school's design
- Neenan engineer Gary Howell's Jan. 17, 2011 letter challenging and criticizing Studer
- Studer's May 13, 2011 letter likening part of the school structure to a giant teeter-totter
- Howell's May 31, 2011 letter contending the school is stable and safe to occupy
- An Aug. 2, 2011, report from Structural Consultants Inc. detailing problems with the building
- Fire Safety Division Chief Kevin Klein's Oct. 29, 2010 letter seeking to fire the plan reviewer on the Meeker school project
Neenan officials described the structural issues detailed Wednesday as ranging from "minor" to "moderate." A state official, however, suggested Neenan was downplaying the seriousness of the situation of a school that faces evacuations if winds reach just 25 mph.
In all, schools designed and built by Neenan have received $150 million in money through BEST, which was created in 2008 to help school districts replace and repair worn-down buildings.
"It's very clear to me they are actively taking care of their customers and they're going to continue to take care of the school districts," said Ted Hughes, a Colorado Department of Education official who heads the BEST program. "They are stepping up and taking care of this."
Hughes has said he asked Neenan to arrange independent structural reviews on all of its BEST projects after a review found serious design defects that closed a non-BEST Neenan school in Meeker.
Neenan agreed to arrange and pay for the additional reviews, which company representatives have emphasized they are not required to do. Neenan also has agreed to review non-BEST schools if requested.
"The Neenan Co. is committed to making this right," said Mike Daley, an architect with the Fort Collins-based firm, which has designed and constructed about 100 schools in Colorado.
He said that some BEST projects were not carried out to the company's standards, that Neenan operates with honesty and integrity, and the the company is taking responsibility because "it's really the right thing to do."
Neenan has agreed to pay for fixes at the schools. Some repairs at the Neenan BEST schools are already complete, and the rest will be finished by August, Hughes said.
One under-construction school requiring more work is the Mapleton Early College- Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts building, part of a construction project being paid for by a record $34 million BEST grant and $22 million local bond issue.
Whei Wong, spokeswoman with the school district, said a third-party engineer found that a beam needs strengthening in the Skyview campus building. The review has yet to be completed.
Wong said Neenan also agreed to the district's request for a new engineer of record on the school, which will be "completely re-engineered."
The original engineer was Gary Howell, who also was responsible for the now-closed Meeker school. Neenan fired Howell in November, and a state regulatory board voted last month to suspend his engineering license. Howell has defended his work as sound.
On Wednesday, Daley — the architect with Neenan — said Howell was not the only structural engineer working on BEST schools. He did not go into specifics. He also said Neenan is no longer doing structural engineering in-house.
In Alamosa, two elementary school buildings open since last fall have columns that need strengthening, Hughes said.
The review said the buildings should not be occupied if it snows more than 12 inches. Snow will be removed from the roof until the repairs, scheduled to be complete by the weekend of Feb. 20, Hughes said.
Neenan termed that structural issue "moderate."
Neenan also uses that term to describe problems with Sargent Junior-Senior High School near Monte Vista, which was questioned by Kevin Klein, head of the state Department of Homeland Security.
"If we are taking kids out of school because the winds are blowing, I would consider that a serious problem," Klein said.
So far, that has not happened. The school did devise an evacuation plan after an outside engineer found the building was unsafe to occupy if winds hit 25 mph. Repairs and an inspection are expected to be completed this week.
The state Division of Fire Safety, which is part of Homeland Security and oversees school plan reviews and inspections, so far has found only minor issues in its own third-party structural reviews of Neenan and non-Neenan school building projects, Klein said.
"We haven't found anything that shows this is a widespread problem," he said. "So far we haven't found anything that suggests it is anything beyond the Neenan projects."
Mary Wickersham, chair of the board that oversees BEST grants, proposed Wednesday that Education Department staff conduct a "root-cause analysis" of what happened with the Neenan projects.
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Some of the issues that Neenan said were discovered during third-party reviews:
Sources: Ted Hughes, Colorado Department of Education; Neenan Co.


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It's a Four Color Post, Charlie Brown
There are a few things that I really regret in my life. My performance in college, failing Chemistry in high school, a few relationships that I royally screwed up (and the ones I never let happen). Among those is that I never wrote to Charles Schulz. This past month, BOOM! Studios (through their children's line, KaBOOM!) began a new Peanuts comic book series, which follows last year's graphic novel, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown. For a long time… Read More »


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As I sit on my porch step writing this, an unwieldy handful of fat is hanging over the waistband of my jeans. Since my husband finally returned five weeks ago, I've been eating healthier and riding my mountain bike more than ever. Yet, if my instinct is right, I don't have a scale, I have gained five or six or seven pounds in less than a month.
And it's all located around my middle. I've never had fat around my middle.
I've maintained a consistent body weight with no major fluctuations, barring during pregnancy, since I was in my late teens. Sure I've had my "chubby years," but that chub never attached itself to my stomach. Not like this. What's happening to me?
I blame birth control.
I went back for my one-month-out post-Mirena insertion checkup a few weeks back and discovered I had gained 3 pounds in the four weeks since having it inserted. Unconcerned, I joked about it at the time:
Three pounds? Is that how much the IUD weighs?"
But, ever since that day, I've been having the strangest Alice in Wonderland-type experiences with my clothes and body.
First I noticed my bra cups weren't baggy anymore. The only times in my life when my boobs have been bigger than my biceps were when I was a 20-something beer-fed college student, when I was pregnant and when I was lactating. Otherwise, it's humble-boob club, lifetime membership, for me.
Then, while driving the other day, I had to reach down and undo the button of my shorts because they were so tight. I blamed it on gas. But then, while mowing the lawn in my favorite just-stretchy-enough jeans, the ones that are normally a bit tight right out of the dryer, but then yield, over time, to a comfortable slouching, baggyness –I had the sensation of being a walking sausage in a casing. Not only that, I could sense something jiggling just above my waist band as I walked. I reached down and, to my horror, felt what people must be referring to when they say muffin top.
Now, six weeks after what I hoped would be a liberating experience, getting my Mirena inserted, I'm walking around, holding my stomach in and feeling like I want to kill someone because I'm in bondage all the time. I haven't weighed myself again, as I said, I don't own a scale, but I'm guessing I've gained a minimum of five pounds, probably more, in a month and a half.
So I finally got the courage to Google, "Is my Mirena making me fat?"
Google regret!
Now, as you might imagine, I'm in a total panic. I found plenty of reference to Mirena-induced weight gain, some of it extreme. One blog post highlighted a young bride to be's 40-pound weight gain in like six months. It's absolutely frightening. As was reading the 263 comments, all but a few saying that, "Yes, we all gained significant amounts of weight, regardless of our diets or exercise routines, after getting the Mirena.
I'll admit, I did very little research before getting the Mirena. I had tried, and failed, the Paragard and was advised, by a trusted midwife nurse, that the Mirena might be just the thing for me. I blindly took her word for it. Now I have impulsive shoppers' remorse.
And if it's true, I'll only know if and when I have it removed, they should consider re-naming the Mirena, the "excess adipose tissue enhancer."
Has anyone else had an experience like this with birth control? What did you do?
An old BabyCenter Community thread tells me I'm not alone.
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The Trendiest Guy in New York City
I slept with 30 pillows, wore my hair in a "man bun," and waxed my pubic hair, all thanks to New York Times trend stories.
I can honestly say it was the best, and only, dance party I've ever attended. The trendy trappings helped camouflage what was otherwise a fairly rigorous workout, involving 30 minutes on the treadmill and 30 minutes of rhythmic dumbbell work, with a break in the middle for energy drink "shots" served from a tray. "So trendy, so trendy," I told myself, breathing heavily, as I struggled to run a mile without fainting. The session concluded with ab work and some light stretching. As Barry praised our collective efforts, I collapsed on a mat and listened to the sound of my own heartbeat. It sounded trendier than ever.
"Generation Gap: Look Who's Smiling Now" and "Spare a Hair Band? A Man Bun to Go": In seventh grade, my parents sent me to the orthodontist and paid for braces, which, as it turns out, is yet another way they ruined my life. The Style section reports that the year's trendiest fashion accessory is gap teeth: "These days gap-toothed smiles are regarded not just as a mark of fortune or, as they have been since Chaucer's day, a sign of sexual rapacity, but also as a positively enviable fashion calling card." And as everyone knows, nothing goes better with gap teeth than a stupid hairdo: "In certain arty neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Bushwick, some men are twisting their long hair into a form more famously worn by librarians, schoolmarms and Katharine Hepburn. But don't call the male version an up-do or a chignon. Call it a man bun."
Coincidentally, one of my recurring fantasies involves a gap-toothed schoolmarm inviting me to her Bushwick apartment to watch On Golden Pond. I bunned my longish hair, bought a tube of tooth black, and went to the Agenda: NYC streetwear trade show to mingle with designers and purveyors of trendy fashion accessories. I strolled the aisles baring my blackened teeth at everyone I met. A vendor exhibiting crocheted hats went on and on about how each hat was inscribed with the name of the Ugandan woman who made it. "What do you think of my teeth?" I asked when he finally finished. "Do you think they're trendy?" At another stall, where a barber was giving free haircuts, I scoffed when I was offered a trim. "My hair is trendy as-is," I said. "It's in a bun, you see."
But they didn't see, and after several similarly frustrating encounters, I realized that my outfit was unconvincing. I had bought cheap tooth black that smeared when it got wet, and it got wet often, thanks to my untrendy salivary glands. At a stall displaying winter hats that were also earphones, the exhibitor appeared nervous when I asked him to assess my teeth. I knew immediately what was wrong. "Don't worry, I can fix it," I said, unsheathing the tooth black and smearing it all over my mouth, such that I looked like a fashion-forward railroad hobo. "What do you think? Is it trendy now?" I asked. The exhibitor didn't immediately respond, but he didn't need to. The New York Times had told me everything I need to know.
"A He-Wax for Him": As I understand it, sexual promiscuity is very trendy these days. But the only woman I've been able to seduce lately is my wife. I blame this on my pubic hair. As the New York Times explains, more and more trendy men are taking the time to clean up their crotches. "The below-the-belt treatment—which, just like the women's version, removes either some or all pubic hair—is becoming increasingly popular, and not just among competitive swimmers or underwear models."
Though the headline confused me—is there such a thing as a "she-wax for him" or a "he-wax for her"?—I pressed on in the knowledge that my groin area would soon resemble that of famed Olympic douche Ryan Lochte. Several New York day spas offer male bikini waxes, with services ranging from basic touch-up services to full Brazilian front-to-back depilatory treatments. You can even go in for "pejazzling," which gives new meaning to the term "rhinestone cowboy."
I made an appointment at a downtown location of the Bliss day spa and signed up for the basic brief bikini wax, which would tame the edges of my pubic thatch and leave an inverted triangle of hair pointing directly at my junk. The process was quick and surprisingly painless. The technician covered my genitals with a hand towel, spread hot wax on my crotch with a popsicle stick, and kept up a soothing conversation throughout to stop me from squirming, flinching, or thinking better of it and attempting to flee. "Any particular reason why you're getting a bikini wax?" she asked. "Just heard it was trendy," I told her.
About 30 minutes later, I left with attractively sculpted crotch hedging and a warning to avoid scratching or violent rubbing, lest I invite whiteheads or ingrown pubes (so not trendy). I kept my hands to myself and went to sleep proud as could be. But I found it difficult to share the news. As it turns out, it's hard to work the phrase "I waxed my pubes" into casual conversation. I tried parading around pelvis-first, as if to subliminally encourage people to ask me about my crotch, but I think it just looked like I had a spinal disorder. When I disrobed in front of my wife, she was horrified. "It's trendy," I assured her. "It's weird," she replied. We were both right.


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Staff Cup #3 Into playoffs
posted by Sun_Tzu, 2 years ago
As games for the third Dota 2 Staff Cup will kick off today at 19:00 CEST, the groups have been made known, splitting the field of 16 teams into groups of four for the first days games on three different fun modes, before tomorrows playoffs which will pit the top two teams from each group against each other.
Groups and schedule
Group A: 4G1G, 4PL, jD #2, Fnatic
Group B: GD Studio, Team Liquid, Keita League, Twitch
Group C: Gosugamers, readmore, EU Managers, Liquipedia
Group D: jD #1, AS France, Tryhard, Prodota
As a reminder for those who have forgotten, the teams lineups are as follows. Tryhard Contributors will be replacing the NA Managers, who had to bow out of attending the cup.
- 4 guys, 1 girl and a DOTA cup: TobiWanKenobi, Purge, B2RU, Durka, the capitalist
- 4PL: MF, Norl, Vaana, Marv, Tenacious_D
- As France Staff: LuCiqNo, Val, Elha, Syaska, Llyth
- EU Managers: breakthedeskplz, DrunKin, Inmate, CaspeRRR, lolka
- FnaticRC: Vortex, MMd, StreeT, Kahit, Iyonic, Nachi
- Gd Studio: Draskyl, skrff, Weppas, Bruno, 2GD
- GosuGamers: Angel, Tjernobyl, Skim, Trisnt, Probutlagz
- joinDOTA #1: HolyMaster, HamSandwich, P4iN, Dezix, Epi, Nincompoop
- joinDOTA #2: hjort, Kibyu, Marre, Hilium, tower, Adrian
- Keita-League: Mikeylicious, Avent, profdrmartin, SowlEye, laowai
- Liquipedia: tofucake, blahz0r, shz, tephus, miwi, pholon
- Prodota: Faker,St1gma,Sword_Art,lvlephisto, boo!k
- readmore: luq,Nico,Nebu,liebessaft,Rmc,mylife
- Team Liquid: hotbid, heyoka, kipsate, kupon3ss, theemulator
- Tryhard-Contributors Kahmu,Najsman,Kanaz,Swordz,Dagda
- Twitch: moldy leftovers, Brew Swillis, shiftkeyisbroke, hernandez.d, tcntl
Groupstage - May 7th
Each round of games for the groupstage will be played on a different mode, with each being a best-of-1 affair. The time for each round and the corresponding modes are as follows:
19:00 CEST - Playday 1 (Traitor Mode)
20:00 CEST - Playday 2 (Reverse CM)
21:00 CEST - Playday 3 (Limited Options)
The rules for the different modes can be found in the original announcement. The rules for Traitor Mode have however been specified further since and the specifics can be found here.
Playoffs - May 8th
19:00 CEST - Quarter-Finals (Best of 1)
20:00 CEST - Semi-Finals (Best of 1)
21:00 CEST - Finals (Best of 3)
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#1Valomerkki wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:41 CEST:
#2longhoanluong wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:41 CEST:
GO GO 4G1G! In Tobeh and Purge we trust!
#3laowai wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:42 CEST:
GLHF everyone :-)
#4jerok wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:44 CEST:
GD studio fightinguuuu
#5DkN- wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:44 CEST:
No BTS, no RU Casters, no Team Valve.
Just waiting for an all star staff cup. kappa
Just waiting for an all star staff cup. kappa
#6Firenter wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:47 CEST:
My money's on JD #2
#7Torchy wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:48 CEST:
WHERE THE FUCK IS BTS? no legendary bts vs gd?
#8Gpm wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:52 CEST:
Go Tobi & Purge :)
Hope the VOD's get uploaded here
Go Tobi & Purge :)
Hope the VOD's get uploaded here
#9shiraishi2012 wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:53 CEST:
no v1lat and co ?
#10fiey.tech wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:55 CEST:
Markeloff :D
In Markeloff I trust!
In Markeloff I trust!
#11kay_enn29 wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:56 CEST:
no BTS?
#12ElderBuu wrote at 07.05.2013, 15:57 CEST:
one does not simply ignore Purge's team. MY cheese is and always will be 4g1g
#13Dzaaaajna wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:04 CEST:
GD got this
#14breakthedeskplz wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:05 CEST:
Markeloff cannot play at least today after all, due to an important prac, so he will be replaced by CaspeRRR.
#15SlaYoU wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:07 CEST:
France staff got this ;)
#16Arentweet wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:07 CEST:
GD Studio and hotbid <3
#17healmex wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:09 CEST:
no BTS? HOME IN TROUBLE!!! :(
#18Softclocks wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:09 CEST:
Easy win for GD!
#19aparath wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:17 CEST:
i thought Purge was in Gosugamers
#20Erock wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:27 CEST:
readmore got this!
#21Layne wrote at 07.05.2013, 16:57 CEST:
Erock wrote:
readmore got this!
readmore got this!
Toadie, stop trolling.
#22genji812 wrote at 07.05.2013, 17:03 CEST:
is Markeloff the cs:go player from na'vi?
#23DrunKin wrote at 07.05.2013, 17:24 CEST:
genji812 wrote:
is Markeloff the cs:go player from na'vi?
is Markeloff the cs:go player from na'vi?
Yes he is
#24enlight10ment wrote at 07.05.2013, 17:27 CEST:
no vykrmond and el pres? And why isn't sun_tzu playing for jd lineup? dodging?
Edit, and who exactly is casting the casters?
edited by enlight10ment at 07.05.2013, 17:31 CEST
Edit, and who exactly is casting the casters?
edited by enlight10ment at 07.05.2013, 17:31 CEST
#25jerok wrote at 07.05.2013, 17:32 CEST:
All gdstudio needs for round one is to insert brunostatman.exe to the enemy team.. suddenly all stats revealed.. enemy ded
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- "This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its keeper."
- —Galadriel to Frodo Baggins
Galadriel was the co-ruler and Lady of Lothlórien along with Lord Celeborn. Neither she nor Celeborn took royal titles as they saw themselves but guardians of Lothlorien. Galadriel was the only daughter and youngest child of Finarfin, prince of the Ñoldor and of Eärwen, whose cousin was Lúthien. Her elder brothers were Finrod Felagund, Angrod, and Aegnor.
She appears in The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. She was referred to as The Lady of Lórien, Lady of Light, The Lady of the Galadhrim, or The Lady of the Wood interchangeably. In Peter Jackson's version of The Fellowship of the Ring, Gimli initially referred to Lady Galadriel as an elf-witch. Within the realm of Lothlórien, she was referred to as simply Lady Galadriel or The Lady. When she and Celeborn were being referred to collectively, they were known as The Lord and Lady. Galadriel was undoubtedly one of the greatest of the Eldar in Middle-earth, and surpassed nearly all others in beauty, knowledge, and power. She was also the bearer of Nenya, one of the three Elven rings. Tolkien thought of her, along with Gil-Galad the Elven-king, as one of the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves left in Middle-earth. She was highly praised for her beauty- particularly her hair, which, said to have ensnared the light of the two trees, Telperion and Laurelin, was a deep and radiant gold, shot with silver. It has been speculated that her hair inspired the creation of the Silmarils by Fëanor. She was also the tallest of elf-women, standing at around 6 feet 4 inches, or 193 centimeters. Her power and intellect delegated her an imperative role throughout the history of Middle-earth, especially during her time in Eregion and in the midst of the War of the Ring.
The main part of this article relates to the last versions of Middle-earth's history, and as such may controvert parts of The Silmarillion. See Middle-earth canon for a discussion. This subject's portrayal in earlier or alternative versions is discussed in the other versions of the legendarium section.
The First Age
Galadriel was born in Valinor during the Years of the Trees, before the First Age had even begun. Much of Galadriel's story is confusing, and there are several distinct tales told about her collected in the Unfinished Tales. According to the older account, used in the published Silmarillion, Galadriel is an eager participant and leader in the rebellion of the Ñoldor and their flight from Valinor due to her desire to one day rule over a patch of Middle-earth herself. However, separated from Fëanor and his kin, she and her people do not take part in the Kinslaying at Alqualondë. Once in Beleriand, she lived nominally with one of her brothers, but spent much time at the court of Thingol and Melian in Menegroth where she arrived in FA 52 and where she was welcomed because of her family relationship to Thingol's brother Olwë (Galadriel's maternal grandfather). She met Celeborn, a kinsman of Thingol, in Doriath. She also traveled to visit her brother, Finrod, in his realm of Nargothrond multiple times. All four of her brothers were killed during various battles in the first age. She played a relatively insignificant part in the wars of the First Age, as she thought that defeating Morgoth was beyond the power of the Eldar. However, Morgoth was defeated by the coming of the Valar out of the West; she, for playing no part in the Kinslaying, was offered safe return to her home, although she, being prideful, stayed in Middle-earth.
The Second Age
Celeborn and Galadriel traveled first to Lindon, where they ruled over a group of Elves as a fiefdom under Gil-galad. Later they moved eastward, and established the realm of Eregion, or Hollin, which they ruled under Gil-galad since he was the High King of the Noldor. Eregion, to the west of the Misty Mountains near Moria, was a prosperous kingdom during this time, and had open trade with a civilization of Dwarves. At this time they made contact with a Nandorin settlement in the valley of the Anduin, later to be known as Lothlórien. Later they left Eregion by way of the mines of Khazad-dûm, and became lords of Lothlórien. Celebrimbor now ruled over Eregion. In Lórien Galadriel and Celeborn had a daughter, Celebrían, who later married Elrond, half-elven of Rivendell. They gave Galadriel two grandsons: Elladan and Elrohir, and a granddaughter, Arwen.
During the Second Age, Annatar, the "Giver of Gifts", guided Celebrimbor and the other Ñoldor of Eregion in the creation of the Rings of Power. Galadriel took an immediate distrust to Annatar, and it later turned out that this mistrust was justified, as he was finally revealed to be Sauron. It was she that counseled Celebrimbor in the hiding of the rings, and when Eregion was attacked, Galadriel was entrusted with one of the Three Rings of the Elves. Her ring was Nenya, the Ring of Water. Conscious of Sauron's power, and wishing to thwart it, she did not openly use the powers of her ring as long as the One Ring was in Sauron's hands. However, during the Third Age, when the One Ring was lost, she put it to good use protecting the borders of her realm; the powers of her ring were protection, preservation, and concealment from evil.
The Third AgeFor many centuries in the Third Age, we hear little of Galadriel or of Celeborn; it is not until the formation of the White Council in TA 2463 that she puts forth her might in opposition of Sauron. She played a pivotal role in the formation of this council, and wished for Gandalf to become the head of it. After Sauron was ousted from his fortress of Dol Guldur, Lórien kept vigilance over the region until the time of the War of the Ring.
In The Lord of the Rings, Galadriel hosted the Fellowship of the Ring after their escape from the mines of Moria. Once in Caras Galadhon, Galadriel allowed Frodo and Sam to peer into the Mirror of Galadriel, enabling them to glimpse possible events of the future. She, in turn, was tested when Frodo Baggins later offered to place the One Ring in her keeping- to whom she presents an image of herself corrupted by the ring declaring; "And now it comes to it at last. You will give me the One Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord, you will set up a Queen, and I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night. Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain...all shall love me and despair!" Swiftly after showing her terrible form to Frodo, she shrank back to her original form, seemingly smaller and frailer than before. Recalling the ambitions that had once brought her to Middle-earth, she declared, "I pass the test," and refused the Ring, accepting her fate of diminishing (as the time of the dominion of men had come) and returning at last to Valinor. When the Fellowship departed, she gave each member a gift and an Elven cloak as well as outfitted the party with boats and supplies. Gimli, in particular, is touched by Galadriel's lordliness and beauty, and asks for one strand of her golden hair as an heirloom of his house; she so generously gives him three, which he later sets in crystal. Apart from the hairs given to Gimli, she gifts a Mallorn seed and a small box of earth from her garden to Samwise Gamgee, a green stone set in silver to Aragorn, along with a scabbard for his sword, three belts to Boromir, Merry, and Pippin, and to Legolas is given a short, stout bow of the Galadhrim. The most important of her gifts is that which is given to Frodo, specifically the Phial of Galadriel; without this gift, Frodo and Sam would have been unable to pass through Shelob's lair and the quest would have ultimately failed. It is likely that these gifts were planned out through her gazing in the mirror.
After the departure of the Fellowship, she acted so as to ensure the success of the quest; it was she that summoned Gwaihir to rescue Gandalf off the peak of Celebdil and it was she that nursed him back to health, dressing him in the white of his order. Later, she sent word to Aragorn about the Paths of the Dead, and messages to the Rangers of the North, asking for their aid in the war.
As Sauron put forth all his power during the end of the War of the Ring, he was aware of the threat of the Elves and their ancient potency, sending armies to besiege many of their settlements in the North while simultaneously assailing the major cities of Men and Dwarves; Lórien itself was assaulted three times, but the armies of Mordor were driven back due to the courage of the Elves and the power of Galadriel's Ring. It is said that the power of her ring could not be overcome unless Sauron himself would come to do battle. After the fall of Sauron, she, alongside Thranduil of Mirkwood and their elven allies, crossed the Anduin into Dol Guldur wherein she tore down its walls and laid bare its pits.
She traveled to Minas Tirith fo
r the wedding of King Aragorn and Lady Arwen, and continued living in Lórien until TA 3021. It was then that she went north and west, and, with the remaining ring-bearers, took a boat and returned at last to the Undying Lands whence she had come so long ago.
She was originally named Artanias ("noble woman") which was her Father-name and Nerwen ("man-maiden"), which was her Mother-name (referring to her height and strength). Galadriel is the Sindarinized version of Telerin Quenya Alatáriel, the name given her by her lover Celeborn, meaning "maiden crowned with a garland of bright radiance", which referred to her hair. The elves of Tirion said it captured the radiance of the
Two Trees Laurelin and Telperion themselves. It was greatly admired by Fëanor and may have inspired him to create the Silmarils.
The name Galadhriel was used outside Lórien by the people who did not know the ancient days and Galadriel's history, confusing her name with the Elvish word galadh ("tree") and the name of the Galadhrim, the people of Lórien.
Galadriel wielded an incredible amount of magical power. She was a friend of Melian and it is possible that Melian taught her many things. The nature of her magic is much unknown. Her hair is said to have captured the light of the Two Trees, and some said it was her hair that inspired Fëanor to create the Silmarils. She was also able to communicate telepathically and foresee the future. Her mirror could reveal events from the past, present and future. She was the one that destroyed Dol Guldur, a fortress whose power was multiplied by Sauron's magic. Besides her magical powers, Galadriel was very wise and intelligent, for she was able to avoid being fooled by Sauron in the Second Age by suggesting Celebrimbor to hide the Three Rings. She had great physical beauty and charisma, so much that within few seconds they managed to charm the dwarf Gimli, who had a deep grudge against the Elves. Whatever Galadriel's powers, they were such to bring doubt in the minds of the non-elven inhabitants of Middle-earth.
Portrayal in Adaptations
Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings
In Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings film, Galadriel was voiced by the Scottish character actress Annette Crosbie.
Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
- —Galadriel to Frodo Baggins
In Peter Jackson's movie trilogy beginning with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel was played by Cate Blanchett. In the movie
adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel narrates the Prologue, explaining the creation of the Rings of Power and the War of the Last Alliance. Earlier plans considered were to have either Frodo or Gandalf narrate the Prologue, but this was dropped: Frodo was not alive until thousands of years after these events happened, and although Gandalf was alive, he was not present in Middle-earth at the time, the Wizards came some one thousand years after the Prologue ends. Thus, Galadriel narrates the Prologue, because she had first-hand accounts of this history and actively participated in its events. Later in the films, Galadriel frequently seems to be consulting telepathically with Elrond; there is some indication from the books that the two were able to communicate in some way, but the specific instances in the movies (particularly the discussion with Elrond in The Two Towers) have no direct counterparts in the books. However, some of the posthumous writings of Tolkien reference the osanwe — the "thought speech". She does at one point send messages to Aragorn and certain members of the Fellowship, which do not make it into the movie. Further, the notion that Galadriel would send her warriors to assist at Helm's Deep is practically unthinkable in the context of the books, where Lórien is itself under threat of attack at the time. By the same token however, as the Films did not show the Elves to be under any threat, this sequence in the film did serve to show that the Elves were still involved in the world and fighting against Sauron. She is seen again in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in a meeting of the White Council. She supports Gandalf's claims that Sauron is becoming a bigger threat and that something must be done with Dol Guldur.
Radio series
Galadriel was voiced by Marian Diamond in the BBC's The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series).
In Video games
Galadriel appears in the The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth as one of the ring heroes, making her one of the two most powerful units in the game. She has the appearance of her corrupted image in Jackson´s films. She fights using magic which can swipe dozens of units in a single hit. Her power was to summon a tornado as the one she used to destroy Dol Guldur.
Galadriel also appears in The Lord of the Rings Online, in Caras Galadhon.
In the books
- The Fellowship of the Ring (novel)
- The Return of the King (novel)
- The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
- Unfinished Tales: The History of Galadriel and Celeborn
In the movies
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Galadriel in popular culture
The name Galadriel has moved outside of Tolkien's work and into the wider world; parents occasionally give it to their daughters, and at least one high-end shop has adopted it as their own. The Led Zeppelin songs Stairway to Heaven and The Battle of Evermore contain many references to Galadriel. The band Barclay James Harvest also wrote a song named "Galadriel." Galadriel was the given name of the main character in the Katherine Paterson novel The Great Gilly Hopkins. In the novel Panic, there are a group of computer hackers known simply as Galadriel Jones and the elves.
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'There is honey in honey. There is money in honey.' This is one of the key remarks that kept recurring at the four-day national honey exhibition which ended in Dar es Salaam at the weekend.
Elaborating on the marketing potentiality of the product at the local and international levels, Tanzania Trade Development Authority (Tantrade) acting director Jacqueline Maleko said beekeeping offers lucrative business opportunities which even youths leaving college can translate into well paying jobs with relative ease.
Although it is a fact that few young graduates tap this largely latent endowment, two simple explanations adequately show why honey has many jobs to offer.
One is that Tanzania is better placed than any other country in the world to produce honey and beeswax owing to the prevalence of abundant forests and huge colonies of honey bees.
Tanzania boasts 13 million hectares of forest cover, 42,000 sq km of which is protected, and has some 9.2 million colonies of bees scattered across the expansive country.
The country has roundabout 2 million beekeepers but produces only 7,800 tonnes of honey annually. Experts meanwhile put the country's potential at a yearly 138,000 tonnes of honey and 9,200 tonnes of beeswax able to earn the country a combined 1.5trn/- in foreign exchange. This may appear to be small but it comes to a handsome 17 per cent of the government's budget – which is substantial indeed.
This means that there is a whopping 130,000 tonnes which remains untapped and which our people, especially youths, can step in and produce.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, who used much of his time and energy to counsel youths during the exhibition week, said that one good thing about honey production was that it does not cost much to start up a project.
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For our youths, many of whom lie jobless after school, this is an excellent area where that they could develop into a reliable source of income.
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"Puglia's beautiful coastline, historic towns and abundant, flavorful cuisine made it a great fit alongside our other tours of Italy," said Christy Waller, Go Ahead's vice president of marketing & analysis. "We're always on the lookout for secluded destinations, and we think our travelers will enjoy discovering a side of Italy they may not have experienced before."
The trip begins at $2,299, including airfare. (www.goaheadtours.com)


text: Folsom High had a few athletes and alumni participating at the Stanford Invitational last Friday and Saturday. Individually, Doug Vernon led the way as he placed second in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 45 feet, 10 inches, third-best in school history by 17 inches. As for relay teams, the 4x800-meter team of Aaron Burkhead, David Hanson, Cristiano Bobiles and Blake Shaw placed 14th in 8 minutes, 45.09 seconds. The distance medley team of Sam Scheuer (1,200, 3:23.4), Jake Goodwin (400, 59.7), Vinnie Morin (800, 2:09.6) and Mike Kinoshita (1,600, 4:56.9) also ran well as Scheuer and Morin posted personal-best times. Courtney Anderson, Jazmin White, Gianni Vernon-Reynolds and Chris Hamilton represented Folsom High alumni, as did Andrew Ninow, a throwing coach at Stanford. Anderson, from Cal State Stanislaus, placed 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:32.82. Her time was a 22-second personal-best mark and met the NCAA qualifying time, which means she will compete at the NCAA Division II National Championships in May. White, who attends the Academy of Art in San Francisco, set the school record in the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 56.26. Vernon-Reynolds, who attends Soka University and is Doug Vernon's brother, completed the 400 meters in 48.46, while Hamilton placed second in the discus (157-0) and seventh in the hammer throw (184-7).