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Terrapin Station http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/ Some rise, some fall, to get to Terrapin en-US 2016-06-24T07:13:19-05:00 Friday Five: Friends (and Facebook) http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/06/friday-five-friends-and-facebook.html My friend Monica says at RevGals: As a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, one of the vows I took at my ordination read, in part, "Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry?" I've been reflecting on that lately...
My friend Monica says at RevGals:

As a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, one of the vows I took at my ordination read, in part, "Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry?" I've been reflecting on that lately and thinking about my friendships with colleagues. And I've been reflecting on our ministry here at RevGalBlogPals and how much friendship and support it has brought to my life.

I invite you to reflect on your own friendships with colleagues (if you're a Rev) or fellow church members (if you're a Pal) using these questions. You can play at your blog (be sure to post a link–it doesn't have to be fancy–just copy and paste) or in the comments here.

Who is your longest-term church-related friend? Besides members of my own family, it must be Sally Williams. She and her kids were part of the church I grew up in Houston. Sally was the first female usher there at about the same time that my mom was the first female layreader. Her daughter Laura (who is an equally longtime church friend) was the first female acolyte, paving the way for me to be one a few years later. Sally later became a member of my home church (by which I mean the first church I chose and attended as an adult) so we have many more friends in common. Now she lives in another city and belongs to the church that was my husband's church home in a previous life. (It's a small, small Episcopal world.) Through the gift of Facebook I get to stay in touch with these two great women.

Who is a friend that inspires you to be a more faithful Christian? How do they do that? Amy Haynie does that by following the call God has marked on her life...no matter what...and having a great sense of humor all the while.

Who is a friend with whom you have significant disagreements? Hm. My spouse and I disagree quite markedly, politically. We are still friends.

Who is someone with whom you would like to be better friends? There are several folks at my church (where I am fairly new) I'd like to know better. I live about 45 minutes away so I am not often there for non-Sunday service work and events. I hope to step that up a little in the months to come.

Who is your newest church-related friend, and what hopes do you have for this friendship? In particular there's a new friend that I've become better friends with via Facebook. It's one of those CS Lewis "you, too!?" things. Courtney Mullaney, we need to go out for that drink.

 Friday Fives Mary Beth 2016-06-24T07:13:19-05:00 Friday Five: Love is Love is Love http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/06/friday-five-love-is-love-is-love.html Julie writes at RevGals: Previously when composing a FF in the wake of a disaster or outrage there has been a tendency to try to find something uplifting, or light, or amusing to break the mood. But this week, I...
Julie writes at RevGals:

Previously when composing a FF in the wake of a disaster or outrage there has been a tendency to try to find something uplifting, or light, or amusing to break the mood.

But this week, I am struggling to do this; so many of my friends have been directly affected; some have decided to leave social media behind for a while; others have felt forced to remove and block; others have written with great passion and sensitivity; others still have simply posted that they have no words. I was (almost) one of those, in that I have no words, but did not even want to tell the world that I had no words.

On Monday my prayer echoed words spoken by Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Love is, love is, love is…. LOVE" and also those spoken by Martin Luther King, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness"

Other quotes which have come to mind, and brought a little (a very little) comfort or insight included, the serenity prayer by Reinhold Neibhur; and our own Martha Spong, who wrote "When you read an op-ed or blog post about the mass shooting at Pulse, a gay club in Orlando, on Latin Night, during Pride, and the prayer or post or essay fails to mention LGBTQ people or People of Color, please don't share it. I implore you: do not erase the people who lost their lives."

And I feared that by not being explicit enough I had done exactly that in my Monday prayer…

So for today, let our Friday Five, echo love and inform and encourage each other.

What five quotes, or memes, or friend's posts, or actions by others have helped, informed, encouraged, or comforted you this week?

This terrible, awe-ful, week that has impacted more on the LGBT community than any other.

1. I attended a vigil at the local university last night. It was beautifully done and during the open mic time several courageous, beautiful people came up and shared from their hearts, including one of our Muslim students. What a gift.

2. This statement from RevGalBlogPals.

3. As an ally, being asked to describe my first gay friend ("the person who showed you the glitter") and my first gay nightclub experience. My college boyfriend was that first friend (that I knew of...I had lots of gay friends in high school who were not out to me). He is a joy and we got together recently after 20 years. It was like we'd never been apart. The nightclub was in College Station, Texas, in the mid 1980's. A very scary time to be gay, and a very scary place for it. The club was entirely nondescript on the outside, no sign, no name that I ever knew of. We were fearful going there. But once we got inside, it was an explosion of joy and energy and life.

4. The story about the shooting victim who held another victim on top of him to stanch his bleeding on the way to the hospital, and offered to pray with him.

5. And the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. Finally, finally, someone is doing something about gun control.

 #IAmQueerOrlando Mary Beth 2016-06-17T11:59:43-05:00 http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/06/ken-always-converses-with-the-squirrels-around-our-texas-home-and-they-chatter-back-animatedly-especially-if-one-of-our-dog.html Ken always converses with the squirrels around our Texas home and they chatter back animatedly - especially if one of our dogs is out. Here at the coast, there are many squirrels outside the porch, specially at the bird feeders....
Ken always converses with the squirrels around our Texas home and they chatter back animatedly - especially if one of our dogs is out.
 Here at the coast, there are many squirrels outside the porch, specially at the bird feeders. At least two albinos and many more. But they are silent, even when spoken to. Perhaps they have nothing to say.
 It strikes me that here, we are blessedly free of the noise pollution that is our daily round.
 Unlike city squirrels, these don't really fear us...hawks and other predators, yes.
 And what we have to say probably isn't interesting.
 Or maybe it's our Texas accents. :)
 Last night we went swimming at 2:30 am (a long story, maybe more on that later.) It was a new moon and the phosphorescent creatures in the water were everywhere. It was like being human sparklers. What a gift.
 Retirement in the 21st Century Mary Beth 2016-06-05T07:50:11-05:00 Out to Lunch, then just...Out. http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/out-to-lunch.html Thoughts on my last day at work: I've been taken out to lunch twice this week and will be again today. Retirement is like that. :) Lots of laughing, lots of calories. It's very odd because all my personal stuff...
Thoughts on my last day at work:

I've been taken out to lunch twice this week and will be again today. Retirement is like that. :) Lots of laughing, lots of calories.

It's very odd because all my personal stuff is not in this office any more

it's all in boxes at my house

I'm doing last things but these days are taking FOR. EV. ER. to go by

A colleague opined today that I am busying myself with finishing the tasks and I am not really realizing that today's the day.

Oh, my friend, I realize it.

Clearly, there will be many days ahead when I will grieve the loss of this identity, these colleagues, this workspace.

But today...today it is time.

 Retirement in the 21st Century Mary Beth 2016-05-26T08:23:29-05:00 Friday Five: All The Things!!!! http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/friday-five-all-the-things.html Julie in Scotland says, at Revgals: Gosh but the days are flying by! I love this time of year – the days are lengthening now, and in my part of the world it means we have light from around 4am...
Julie in Scotland says, at Revgals:

Gosh but the days are flying by!

I love this time of year – the days are lengthening now, and in my part of the world it means we have light from around 4am to around 9.30 pm – O Wondrous Light!!

What is occupying you this weekend? And what five words could you use to describe it? Play in the comments or on your own blog, and don't forget to post a link so we can join in too!

(For those who may not have been following along at home, I'm in the last days prior to my retirement. After today, I'll have four more days of work.)

PACKING and PACKED. This weekend was intended to be very free and simple. On Saturday, I would go to Jazzercise, and was then going to pack up my office and get everything personal moved home, with the help of my husband. On Sunday, I was going to acolyte at one service and then my friend Val was coming over to help me unpack into the new home office.

BUT: it turned out that I need to attend a Safeguarding class each day, to ensure that I will be fully trained prior to going on a 2 day mission trip in July. I'm excited about the mission trip! It just seems like everything is happening all at once. There's also a brief acolyting gig on Sunday.

LIMINAL. I'm in that odd place where have so few work days left. I'm almost finished writing up standard procedures to leave behind; most of my personal detritus is in boxes. In my mind, I am partly here and I am already partly gone. Yesterday I did a great deal of the procedures work and it was just exhausting, emotionally. Yesterday evening Ken and I attended the 100 Club Banquet supporting our local police department. It was a great event and I ran into some former associates who were surprised to hear I was retiring. I was thrilled to tell them! But it's sad, too.

SUITCASE. My last day of work is Thursday. On Friday I head to San Angelo for my niece's high school graduation. I'm trying to figure out what to pack and what to leave home. Also, graduation gifts for the young lady who has everything...!!

FAREWELLS. As noted, I'll be acolyting on Saturday, at a funeral for a man I did not know. However, I know his wife slightly, and she has been extremely gracious to me. I'm honored to be able to serve in this capacity. Shortly after that, I'll be going on a trip with my parents, who are elderly. I am so greatly anticipating getting to spend unrushed time with them. They live 5 hours from me, and I know that every time I see them might be the last (before we meet in glory!). It's just a fact. So I want to sink into our oasis of family, in a treasured family place.

SELF CARE. I have just described how there is no extra time in the weekend, but I know that I must have it. Today, after my 5:30 Jazzercise class, I went to a pond in a park on my way home. I just parked there for 10 minutes, lowered the windows, opened the sunroof, and listened to the birds. It was incredibly revitalizing. I realized that I have been going like the Energizer Bunny for the past 2 months...since I decided to retire in early April. There has been so much to do, and I have neglected exercise and stillness. I don't think I'm going to make it 5 more days if I don't take some purposeful breaks. Or, I might...but it might not be pretty!

 Family Retirement in the 21st Century Mary Beth 2016-05-20T09:31:27-05:00 The Recycling of the Paper Trail http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/the-undoing-of-the-history.html The month after I started working at UNT, two of our students were involved in a car accident in Mexico, and one of them was killed. I had a file on that. I also had a file on the rape,...
The month after I started working at UNT, two of our students were involved in a car accident in Mexico, and one of them was killed.

I had a file on that.

I also had a file on the rape, and one on the vandalism. I had a file on the fatal heroin overdose in Amsterdam.

When I left my job in Study Abroad, I took them with me. They were all at least 10 years old and, as it happened, the next person who held that job threw away all the files I left in that desk.

Anyway, this 6" stack of files has been following me around for many years (almost certainly not in keeping with the standard policy on record retention).

Today, I was clearing out my files, knowing that most of what I had in there is not going to be useful or used. Making huge piles for the recycle bins.

And there they were. Letters from the grieving mothers. Obituary notices and Mass cards. Faxes and legal advice.

I had labeled the first of the files "One Time" meaning, "this isn't EVER going to happen again." But there was a "One Time II" for a different problem.

Something about keeping those files seemed really important to me.

Now, they are gone. I've put them in the shredder (I had a little cry, first, for all the tragedy and stress and worry of them.)

I will never read or need to read them again. It's time to walk away from those old, scary times. It's time to walk away from this place.

There's been a lot of good here, and some bad.

Either way, it's time to open my hands and let it all go.

(or, it will be time, in 7 days).

 International Retirement in the 21st Century Sleeping with Bread Mary Beth 2016-05-17T18:15:00-05:00 Retirement Thoughts http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/retirement-thoughts.html As of today, I have 10 more days to work (my last day in the office is May 26). Not that I'm counting....Seriously, I'm both sad and happy. And more than a little scared. And deeply interested in the process...
As of today, I have 10 more days to work (my last day in the office is May 26). Not that I'm counting....Seriously, I'm both sad and happy. And more than a little scared. And deeply interested in the process and how it plays out.

One of the many things I'll miss is the really fantastic spam protection that UNT's IT group has provided over the years. I almost never get spam on my work account, and it's never email about my male organ. My spouse, on the other hand, gets TONS of email spam messages. In the hundreds per day.

However, in the past week the floodgates seem to have opened and I am getting spam of this nature at work:

Pursue Culinary School

Study Cosmetology

Senior Walk-In Tubs

Yacht Rentals

Private Charter Aircraft

Patriot Health Alliance

Breast Augmentation

Arthritis Treatments

Patriot PowerGreens

and finally, and most discouraging,

COPD Relief

They all look sort of alike. I'm so very curious about what the sender(s) think I will be doing in my retirement...that  I'm retiring from the Gottrocks Co.? That I'm 100 years old?

Did HR send my email to these people? or is there a list of retirees that automatically get this stuff? IT is puzzled and looking into it.

To further my paranoia, I also received in this week's mail a wig catalog:

REALLY? Wigs?

I continue to be aware of how excessively privileged I am to have this opportunity to retire at 51. At the same time, I worked hard all these years, with this as my goal during some bad times. I earned it to some extent.

I just want you to know: I'm not wearing any wig. If I go bald, that's how I'll stay.

 Retirement in the 21st Century Mary Beth 2016-05-13T06:32:00-05:00 Friday Five: School Days http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/friday-five-school-days-.html Michelle writes at RevGals: May marks the end of many academic years. If we are scrolling through our newsfeed, we've begun to see photographs of our friends and family members in their caps and gowns. For me, there are days...
Michelle writes at RevGals:

May marks the end of many academic years. If we are scrolling through our newsfeed, we've begun to see photographs of our friends and family members in their caps and gowns.

For me, there are days in which I miss taking a class to continue my education, whether the course is in theological studies or something more hands-on, like computer courses. As I see photos reminding me of my days in the classroom, I wonder what type of class would I like to take next? I know chemistry was my toughest course, so I would probably stay away from the math-based science classes. Maybe I would retake a course on the history of the human language or anatomy and physiology…

So, as students wrap up their years or maybe their academic careers, let's reflect upon our school days in today's Friday Five:

Favorite class during your many years of schooling: My first semester in my MA in English I took a course called Bibliography and Literary Criticism. It was taught by Harrison T. Meserole, then the editor of the World Shakespeare Bibliography. In addition to that, he was the former editor of the MLA International Bibliography, and that's a big old deal if you know literature research. He was very much larger than life to me, and he was an absolutely incisive teacher. The huge lesson I learned from Dr. Meserole was that in life (i.e. grad school) I wasn't going to be given specific instructions for everything. I presented my research in a way that made sense to me and I got a good grade. (Dr. M. did not have any teeth by the time I knew him, and he never wore dentures to class...but I never knew that until much later, because his diction was impeccable.) Here's a tribute to him that you will enjoy if you have time to read it.

Toughest class you have taken: Statistics. I didn't take it in my Master's degree, because it was in Literature and we didn't do that there. When I took some Ph.D. classes and had to take it, I had another dear and wonderful professor, Dr. L. Fred Thomas, who understood my trepidation and continued to tell me, "I believe in you! You can do this." I managed to get through the class on the basis of that belief. What a gift.

Class you would love to retake: I'd love to go back and do again, then, one of the ones from my first semester in college, that I got a C or D in. Texas history, Political Science. DUMB, DUMB, DUMB. That's all that was. When I retook them later, I loved them.

Favorite seminary or theologically-themed class: None of those so far. But many poetry classes approached it.

Dream class – if you could design the ultimate undergraduate/graduate course, what would it be? As I retire, I'm planning to earn a MSW degree with a goal of being a hospice social worker. My passion is for helping people and their families through the process of their greatest journey. I'm also deeply interested in fostering conversations about aging, death, and dying well before the time comes. I hope and plan to study these things in my degree, but a class focused on this is my dream.

Earlier today I watched the live stream of the commencement ceremony at UNT, which has been central to my life for the last 19 years. I'll never really leave school, because learning is the joy of my life.
 Friday Fives Lifelong Learning Mary Beth 2016-05-13T00:52:00-05:00 Transitions http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/05/transitions-.html 3dogmom writes at RevGals: My life is overflowing with transitions at this time: losing a beloved family homestead, welcoming a new grandchild, starting a new call next month, packing up our home in anticipating of a move 1000 miles away......
3dogmom writes at RevGals:

My life is overflowing with transitions at this time: losing a beloved family homestead, welcoming a new grandchild, starting a new call next month, packing up our home in anticipating of a move 1000 miles away... Those are the markers that are easy to identify. Inner transitions are taking place, too, which leads me to offer this week's Friday  Five:

What transitions are taking place in your life? Consider physical, vocational, spiritual, psychological, educational, geographical... you get the idea. Please share five transitions that are most present  with you at this time in your life.

1. Well, largest and most is that I will be retiring this month. THIS MONTH. After 14 more workdays, I will no longer be employed by the state of Texas nor a university therein; I shall be a retiree.

Following on that,

2. I will be going to the beach for two weeks

Following on that,

3. I will come back from vacation and NOT return to the university. I'll be working for \\\STRIPES/// Parking Lot Service. The goal is to take the burden off of Ken so that he can get out of the office and occasionally do a job himself; also to support Brandon, who does most of the outside work. It will involve answering the phone, talking with customers, managing estimating, invoicing and collections (all in conjunction with our unparalleled part-time accountant, Billy.)

After a few months,

4. I will be starting graduate school all over again. I've been accepted into the MSW program at UT Arlington. For many years I've said that I loved college so much that I never left it, and this is true. So, starting with Fall 2016, I shall be in the 45th grade.

And all in between times,

5. I will be being retired. I will be going to Darlene's 9:15 Jazzercise class 3 days a week. I will be going to restorative yoga some days (they only do it during the week...clearly only retired people need restoration). I will be cooking more, decluttering the house (especially the second floor) and riding motorcycles with Ken. I will go see my parents DURING THE WEEK so I can go to doctor appts. with them, and not just on weekends. I hope to see my grand-girl more.

The emotions of all this are so enormous that I can't begin to describe them. Leaving my profession of 30+ years, leaving colleagues at UNT whom I've known for 19+ years, planning to work at home...planning for a new career...being more available to my family and myself...it's thrilling and it's exhausting. I need to go lie down with a rag on my head...just thinking about it.
 Friday Fives Retirement in the 21st Century Mary Beth 2016-05-06T06:45:00-05:00 Houses http://marybethbutler.typepad.com/terrapin_station/2016/04/houses-.html Monica says at RevGals: We are in the process of purchasing our first house, ever. In the process, we've realized how much we don't know and are ever so grateful for our realtor. We've also reflected on what we need...
Monica says at RevGals:

We are in the process of purchasing our first house, ever. In the process, we've realized how much we don't know and are ever so grateful for our realtor. We've also reflected on what we need and/or want in our new home. Here are the Friday Five questions about your home. Play in the comments or leave a link to your blog.

This is my house, photo taken at the end of March. It looks entirely different now, with all the trees fully in leaf! Note our new, GREEN roof.

What is the most important room in your home? What requirements do you have of this room? (Sure, you can answer "bathroom," but we can stipulate that as a reasonable assumption and you can pick the second most important room). I think it's a tossup between the kitchen and the office. We spend most of our time there. As it's an older (1924) home, the kitchen is separate and not conducive to gatherings. But I do a lot of my best moving meditation there.

What is the least important room in your home? The one you use the least, or are not very picky about? Well, the upstairs is like no-man's-land. We moved in and our two kids each staked out a room. Our (grown) daughter didn't stay long, and that's the guest room. Brandon's room is a combination of "old stuff he left behind when he moved out 9 years ago" and "junk I piled up there rather than putting it in the attic." Mostly I never go up there any more. One of my projects for the coming months is to clean out all the Brandon and other detritus. :)

Do you have preferences for your neighborhood? What are they? I love living in an old home. When I first moved to this city, I used to drive down Oak Street (the historic district) and yearn for one of those houses. Since 2001, I've lived in one! It still has much work to be done, but I adore it.

If your elementary aged offspring were to choose colors for their rooms, would any color be off limits? any dark color that's difficult to cover later. Brandon's room is painted dark green with white trim. It looks like a golf course. I'll be priming forever!!!

What is your best piece of packing or moving advice? Get someone else to help! In the words of my sister, "I can't pack my own stuff because I am always saying, "oh, look, there's my little thingy I forgot! and then it takes forever."

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Researchers studying the after-effects of a volcano which erupted in Chile last year see lessons for this country, including the continuing impact fine ash can have months after it is erupted.
The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex erupted a year ago, and among its impacts it disrupted flight schedules in this country and elsewhere in the southern hemisphere.
Prevailing westerly winds carried most of the ash from the event into Argentina.
A field team, with members from Canterbury University, Britain and Argentina, travelled to the affected area in February and March to look at what could be learned about reducing vulnerability to volcanic eruptions.
The Chilean eruption is considered to have similarities to a potential large eruption in this country.
Among the places visited by the researchers was the town of Jacobacci, which received about 5cm of ash. It is on the windy Patagonian steppe about 240km from the volcanic vent. Because it is downwind of thick ash deposits closer to the volcano, it has continued to be affected by fine wind blown ash since the eruption.
Dr Carol Stewart of Canterbury University said the team visited about eight months after the eruption, on a windy day. Ash in the air reduced visibility to about 200 metres and destroyed a team member's camera.
"It was just miserable," Stewart said.
While she said a similar eruption in New Zealand would leave a blanket of ash, Stewart also pointed out that the steppe was drier and windier than New Zealand.
In this country ash would be likely to wash into the soil more quickly, although there was a risk it could form a cement-like layer.
The visit showed the need to draw up plans for preparing for ash fall before an eruption occurs. In particular cleaning up ash from urban environments can be challenging and requires forward planning, Stewart said.
A fleet of trucks and earth moving machinery needed to be mobilised, and a place needed to be identified where ash could be moved to.
In San Carlos de Bariloche, a city of about 110,000 people 100km from the vent of the Chilean eruption, it had taken two months to clean up after nearly 5cm of ash fell. With tourism an important industry for the city, a considerable effort had been made to get the job done.
Dr Tom Wilson of Canterbury University said a major risk with widespread deposition of fine ash was that it could erode and wash into waterways.
"It will get into rivers and potentially could cause flooding, and in extreme cases this could generate lahars," he said.
Ash coming down from the high country close to the volcano could block rivers and cause flooding of farm land in Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki.
Ash would also cover farm animals' feed and water, and in extreme cases it could be necessary to send stock away, or even cull some animals. But in most cases, with some planning and support, most farms would successfully manage an ash fall.
A major project was under way to find out how Auckland would be affected by volcanic activity.
The city was built on a volcanic field where small volcanoes could come up, causing problems in the immediate vicinity. Core samples taken from lake beds also showed ash from the central North Island had reached the Auckland area in the past.
Cone volcanoes, such as Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe tended to have quite frequent small eruptions., Wilson said.
Taranaki was another cone volcano, although it had not erupted since at least the 19th century and possibly not since the end of the 1700s.
While such volcanoes tended to have small eruptions, there was evidence they had infrequent larger events, during which around one cubic km of material was ejected. That was about 1000 times more material than in the smaller eruptions.
Caldera volcanoes, such as Taupo and Okataina which includes Tarawera, erupted "incredibly" infrequently with hundreds of cubic kilometres of material being ejected. Such an eruption would devastate the central North Island.
There were also intra-Caldera eruptions, such as the 1886 Tarawera , when one to 10 cubic km of material was ejected. Those probably happened every 2000 to 10,000 years on average.
The event studied by the team which went to Argentina had been of the size of an intra-caldera eruption or a very large cone eruption.
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Cleveland - Richfield, Richfield
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We stayed one night and the only thing that stuck out in my head is how hot the halls and stairwell of this hotel was.
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Too many ads. Dont even bother No point in even trying to see if it's worth it to pay for it. Doesnt even give it self a chance to w0w you so you would but the full version. This is wack. Might as well call is the Ad King and then have the game as a pass time between ads. Thumbs down.
Ads Adds pop up every other 5 seconds. If there were a couple of ads here and there how ever it would be a great game..
It's to hard to get into plus adds They should at least have an easy level. They just start the game off with hard. And to go to the next level you shouldn't have to get 30 seconds, 20 seconds is hard enough. And also the features Shake reverse and flip are impossible. I know it's supposed to hard, but it almost makes it impossible to play. And the adds are ridiculous. Every 2 games a video pops up😒
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AUDLEY HARRISON wants revenge over David Price for the defeat that almost *ended his career.
Harrison returns to the ring at Londons York Hall on Saturday in the eight-man Prizefighter event at the ripe old age of 41.
He hasnt fought since British and Commonwealth champion Price destroyed him in 87 seconds in Liverpool last October.
Many people thought the 2000 Olympic super-heavyweight champ would call it a day after that defeat and he admits he *considered retirement.
But he said: Im back and I would love to fight David Price. He took me out and I would like the *opportunity to avenge that.
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Audley cracks me up! You have to admire the audacity ! The best salesman in boxing, he should be a promoter !
The irony is, every time he fights i am willing him to win. Whilst itll never, ever happen, just the thought of him proving everyone wrong and becoming world champion would be the ultimate redemption story.
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A source close to both Tobey and Jennifer tells US Weekly, the couple is "thrilled" over the new addition into their family. "They can't wait to expand their family with another little one," the source claims.
Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer, who's a jewelry designer, met in 2003 and engaged in 2006. They got married in a secret Hawaiian ceremony on September 3, 2007. Their first kid, daughter Ruby Sweetheart Maguire, was born in November 2006.
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What if Sophia, Spike and Harmony curated their own music festivals?
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Be sure to RSVP to the party that includes Miss June and Dune Rats in their first New Zealand show.
This New Post Punk Tape from Carbon + Is As Cold As the Melbourne Living Room It Was Recorded In
The Canberra pair gifts us "Reaction", the opening track from their debut tape.
Come Party in July with Alba, Daze, Phile and THUMP
THUMP like to think they know how to throw a pretty good dance party. After all, it's kind of their business.
New York Punks Vanity's Ripping New Track Is Not Quite As Expected
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The Shifters' 'Creggan Shops' Is the Best Song About Irish Paramilitary Kneecap Punishment
Two songs from the Melbourne band's cassette are being reissued on vinyl through new Oakland label It Takes Two.
There's Nothing Leisurely About Leisure World's Raw and Jarring Noise Rock
The Orange County punks share 'Cut Me Loose', a track taken from their new cassette release.
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Vic Mensa's 'Free Love' Features Lil B, Le1f, Halsey, and Malik Yusef
The new pro-LGBT song is released to coincide with Pride Month.
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Second Sight Returns With More Dark and Ominous Synths and Drum Machines
The Adelaide producer and musician gets colder and darker on his latest track 'Exit Toorong'.
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Investigators trying to piece together a motive in December's killings in Newtown, Conn., believe that 20-year-old shooter Adam Lanza may have been inspired by a similar 2011 massacre in Norway.
The Hartford Courant and CBS News report that authorities searching through Lanza's belongings after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary discovered several news articles about Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in July 2011.
CBS, citing unnamed investigators, reports that Lanza saw himself in direct competition with Breivik, who set off a bomb in Oslo and also shot dozens of teens at a youth camp. CBS says Lanza was obsessed with topping Breivik's body count.
According to The Courant, this is just one theory that investigators are pursuing.
CBS also reported that Lanza, who shot his way into Sandy Hook, gunning down 20 students and six staff members before shooting himself, had targeted the school because it was the "easiest target." Earlier, he had shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza.
In a joint investigation by The Courant and the PBS investigative program Frontline, reporters interviewed friends and family of the Lanzas and sifted through a decade's worth of Nancy Lanza's emails.
According to the newspaper:
What emerges in this exploration of a still unfolding story is a portrait of a mother, apparently devoted but perhaps misguided, struggling to find her son a place in society, and a boy, exceptionally smart in some areas, profoundly deficient in others, who never found a place in the world.
The paper also confirmed that during a search of Lanza's belongings, authorities had found "thousands of dollars worth of graphically violent video games."
And detectives working the scene of the massacre are exploring whether Adam Lanza might have been emulating the shooting range or a video-game scenario as he moved from room to room at Sandy Hook, spewing bullets, law enforcement sources have told The Courant.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Sep 6, 2005
|Filing date
|Dec 20, 2002
|Priority date
|Dec 20, 2002
|Fee status
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|Publication number
|Chin-Sung Chang
|Original Assignee
|Chin-Sung Chang
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (9), Classifications (5), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
(a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an amelioration of a mouse button structure, and more particularly, to a structure that designs mouse buttons as moving eyes, such that the movements when using the mouse stimulate the bottom roller thereof, thereby swaying the "moving-eye" buttons with an entertaining effect. Furthermore, the amelioration of a mouse button structure accompanied with the shape of the mouse thereof may be further utilized in shape designs of animals, cartons or human bodies having ingenuity and originality.
(b) Description of the Related Art
A mouse is a common utensil in the computer peripherals. The operating principle and function thereof have presumably reached their limits after some years of improvement, and are not expected to have other breakthrough due to current related facilities in the short-term. Any probable amelioration that can be made most likely pertains to the entertaining effect in the shape and the degree of comfort for grasp. A prior computer mouse is usually provided in an arched body for an easy grasp, or has a streamline shape in a smooth and contour body, both lacking any entertaining effects. Or a prior mouse perhaps is an ergonomic concavo-convex body offering temporary amenity for grasp, however, the shape nevertheless strikes as geometric with unavoidable dreary visual effects. The prior simple and motionless form, especially, is somewhat too uninteresting to stimulate consumers' purchasing.
Suppose a mouse that combines entertaining dynamic buttons into an ergonomic structure is designed, it would not only provide convenience to the user, but also gives a feast for the mind when operating it; such mouse is the ultimate design that accommodates to the modern times.
Therefore, an object of the invention is to provide a mouse, without losing the fundamental structure, has an especially designed shape that offers dynamic and esthetical visual effects, and entertaining purposes, as well as being easy to assemble, thereby accomplishing the intention of stimulating consumers' purchasing.
To achieve the above object, the invention is completed by the method described below. An arched main body suitable for the grasp of the human hand is provided. On the main body are provided with at least two buttons, and at the top end are provided with two container having openings leading to an interior. On a circuit board within the interior is provided with a pressing switch slot for connecting to the buttons. The characteristic of the invention is that the mouse buttons are designed as dynamic eyes such that the movements when using the mouse cause the eyes to move, thus providing an entertaining effect.
To better understand of the contents of the present invention, detailed description shall be given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The structure in accordance with the invention provides an amelioration for mouse buttons, thus giving instant significant improvement in the visual aspect. Referring to
The button includes a pedestal 20 and a button body 30. The pedestal 20 therein is provided with a concave 21 on the top and an inserting element 22 corresponding to a slot 13. The button body 30 is provided with a spherical case 31 and a rotatable ball 32 having a smaller diameter within the interior. The rotatable ball 32 is provided with an eye graphic at one end and a small weight 34 at the other end. Between the spherical case 31 and the rotatable 32 is provided with a liquid 33 such that the rotatable ball 32 floats on the liquid in the spherical case 31, whereas the weight constantly stays at the bottom and the eye graphic constantly stays at the top. The structure above is utilized along with the shape of the mouse body 20 varied for matching the buttons, so that the mouse body 20 is transformed into a "big-eyed frog" or a "big-eyed octopus" having ingenuity and originality, thus giving the entertaining effect—the main characteristic of the invention.
When using the mouse provided by the present invention, the mouse is stimulated by the left-right movements, making the rotatable ball 32 sway within the spherical case 31, hence contributing the entertaining effect while the pair of "eyes" sway up-and-down. In addition, because the eyes are composed of the spherical cases 31, the fingers are able to press or click with minimal effort.
The present invention is designed with ingenuity and originality having the following advantages:
1. The invention provides a dynamic button structure, wherein an image of "animal eyes" is implied, giving an entertaining effect, which is also the main advantage of the invention.
2. The spherical buttons according to the invention enable the fingers to more easily control when pressing or clicking, which is another advantage of the invention.
The invention is a result of continual improvement and enthusiasm, as well as constant development and devotion. The invention provides not only an esthetical visual effect but also easy control when pressing or clicking, both add an entertaining effect and practicability, and conform to the criteria of a new type patent. Therefore, the application is brought forth with an expectation of given a new type patent with respect to the appended claims.
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|Allan Adler
|Computer mouse cover
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|Chin-Sung Chang
|Animated ornament
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|Apr 16, 2002
|Slowinski Et Al.
|Computer input device having precious metal shell and protective bumper
|Aug 12, 1999
|Aug 6, 2002
|Kimberly Vaghefi
|Child friendly computer mouse
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|Accord Publishing Ltd
|Spherical toy ball bags
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|Smith David Edwin
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|Computer mouse
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|345/163, 345/156
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Mar 16, 2009
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|Sep 6, 2009
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Oct 27, 2009
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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True greatness - part 4,
This review is from: Beethoven: Symphonies 3 'Eroica', 6 'Pastoral' & 8 - Overtures (Audio CD)
From the late 1970's through to his eventual retirement and untimely death in the early 1990's there was a conductor, working regularly in London, who was the greatest Beethoven conductor since Klemperer. His name was Klaus Tennstedt. An exagerated claim? I think not.
There is a world of difference between performances (as has become the modern way) where precision, tidiness, fleetness, accuracy etc replace passion, meaning, truth, grandeur, as this music was understood to contain by Tennstedt and those that preceded him. One skims the surface, the other digs deep. Beethoven's music, more than anybody elses, breathes character, life, truth. He is the greatest "Yay" sayer of all creative artists. His music embraces life, whatever it brings, sorrow or joy, and affirms that it is noble and worthwhile. He is a giant. Performances of Beethoven's music which do not recognise this about him, which seek to shrink his message, to bleach out the meaning, to consign him to a trivial "historically accurate" pageant, ought to be consigned to the bin - the bins would be very full!
No conductor in the past 40 years has brought more insight to these extraordinary works than Tennstedt.
For a contemporary review of one of Tennstedt's concerts - go to ...
I do not know another recording of the Eroica that so successfully communicates the staggering, and at the time entirely novel, range of feeling that the Symphony contains. Yes, it is a dynamic, thrustful, revolutionary and powerful work. But it is also richly and deeply beautiful. These different facets are presented in very close proximity to each other so that it is easy for performances not to delve deeply enough, and to sell the lyrical and beautiful aspects short. The piece can often sound either dramatic and craggy (Bernstein NYPO, Karajan) or it can sound too much like a comfy armchair (Sawallisch, Giulini), or it can lack gravitas (Haitink LSO, Mackerras). Rarely is the true balance found (Klemperer finds it).
Tennstedt's is the most succesful of any performance I have heard at balancing the heroic with the lyrical, and the result is both profoundly moving and deeply satisfying.
There is nothing radical about any tempos here. The playing, and recording, are superb. It is Tennstedt's care to illustrate the different facets of the work, to illuminate it from within so to speak, that raises this performance to the level of greatness. Examples could be legion, but why bother.
The Pastoral Symphony achieves the same feat. It manages to be at once vigorous, AND joyful AND lyrical. Tempos are relatively swift, the recording is gorgeous.
Whilst the Eighth is not on this level - it is also a very good performance.
It is for the Eroica that you should buy this. It is one of the Penguin Guides "1,000 Greatest Recordings" and ...
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It's a funny thing, but the older you get, the more the Pastoral seems to mean. Is there a more purely beautiful, seraphic even, piece in the whole repertoire? Where did it come from? - it is not like any other Beethoven, it is not like anything else at all; it is a sunbeam from heaven. The last movement in particular, which once seemed to me to be merely pretty, now sounds to me like an invocation of some kind of pure, spiritual joy, utter and transcendent in its beauty. Wave upon wave breaking on some celestial beach, each wave more joyous than the last.
Tennstedt, by playing the piece with both vigour and great beauty, hits the nail on the head. Genius.
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Wagner's 133 tackles are just shy of the WAC's single-season top 10 list and are the most by a USU defender since 2002 when Jesse Busta logged 135 stops. Wagner is No. 12 on USU's single-season tackles list.
For his career, Wagner now has 299 tackles, needing just 19 more to crack the WAC's career tackles list as well as 28 more to reach Utah State's career list. Last season, Wagner led the WAC with 115 tackles, for a 9.6 tackles per game average.
Marsh, a Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS/Naval Academy Prep) native, ranks second in the WAC and sixth in FBS in passes defended with 1.25 per game, with 15 total on 13 pass break-ups and two interceptions. He had three pass break-ups in two different games, against BYU and Boise State, while logging two in the Idaho game.
"With Curtis, it is tough deal when a coach asks you to move positions. It is not easy, especially when he had the success he did at the position he was playing. It worked out the best for him. He is one of the best corners in our league and the coaches obviously feel the same way," Andersen said.
In only his second season as a defensive back after playing running back for the first two years of his USU career, Marsh's 13 pass break-ups this season are a career-high, nearly tripling last year's total of five.
"I believe he is a next level defender. Curtis could get himself into a post-season bowl game, I think he should get that opportunity and I hope he does. He should get himself into the combine and he will test there very well. Time will tell, but he did a tremendous job of adjusting," Andersen said.
Additionally, Marsh had 45 tackles (37 solo, eight assists) with one tackle for loss this season.
"Being all-WAC is a tremendous honor, I am very grateful to everyone who voted for me," Marsh said. "There are a lot of great players in the conference and it is an honor for me to be on the list with those players."
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Utah State concluded the season with a 4-8 overall record and 2-6 WAC mark.
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WASHINGTON – Back at the dawn of the dinosaur era, a quick-moving predator set the stage for the famous and fearsome giants that followed in its footsteps, according to new research.
"It was a little dinosaur, but it carried a big evolutionary stick," said Paul C. Sereno of the University of Chicago, a leader of the team that discovered Eodromaeus.
The 4-foot-long hunter lived 230 million years ago in what is now South America and appears to be the ancestor of such creatures as Tyrannosaurus rex.
"It is stunning," Sereno said of the find, reported in today's edition of the journal Science.
Its features, such as a balancing tail and air pockets in the skull, show it was closely related to T. rex, he said.
But while it stood on two feet like T. rex, Eodromaeus was a lightweight at just 10 to 15 pounds.
"This is a very exciting find indeed," said Oliver W. M. Rauhut, a curator at the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology in Munich, Germany.
"The origin and early diversification of dinosaurs is still poorly understood," said Rauhut, who was not on the research team.
Nick Longrich of the department of geology and geophysics at Yale University agreed: "It's very significant, because it helps give us a better idea of what the ancestor of carnivorous dinosaurs – including Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus and the birds – would have looked like."
"A new species of early dinosaur is always an exciting find, especially when the specimens are so complete, like Eodromaeus," added Randall B. Irmis, a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah.
It shares many features with an early carnivorous dinosaur named Tawa from New Mexico and reported last year by Irmis and colleagues.
The similarity supports the idea that these early carnivorous dinosaurs moved between North and South America during the Late Triassic period, said Irmis, who was not part of Sereno's research team.
In addition to the discovery of Eodromaeus – which means dawn runner – the researchers proposed reclassifying a previously known dinosaur called Eoraptor.
It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N. Martinez of the National University of San Juan in Argentina, and their co-authors.
"The reclassification of Eoraptor actually makes perfect sense … the teeth have always made me wonder," said Longrich, who was not on the research team.
Added Longrich, "this paper helps sort out the origin of several major groups – the big carnivores like T. rex, the birds, and the giant plant-eaters like Apatosaurus," formerly known as Brontosaurus.
The new find brings scientists to within a few million years of the original "Eve" dinosaur, Sereno commented. But now the search gets elusive because of the lack of bones below the level where Eodromaeus was found.
Lower, there are footprints but not bones.
The Eodromaeus' fossils were discovered in the late 1990s in the Ischigualasto formation in northeastern Argentina.
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Widow remains in custody over death of Onderneeming man
The widow of Dennis Harris, the man who died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after slashing one of his wrists while trying to force his way into his house, remains in police custody, her daughter said.
Sabrina Wray said she was frustrated that her mother, Yonette Gumbs of Lot 1525 Onderneeming, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, is still in custody.
"The police told us that they are waiting on the post-mortem but I can't understand why they keeping her there," Wray said. "Right now, I'm stressed out and it's frustrating because I was there and she didn't do anything," she said. "When the post-mortem come out they will see. It's his relative who tell the police that is my mother and we did that to him."
Harris, 45, of Lot 1525 Onderneeming, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara told his family minutes before dying that it was "Yonette and she children do this to me."
Wray told Stabroek News that her mother and her stepfather were arguing when they returned home on Thursday from a family reunion. She said Harris was drunk and also high on marijuana. "It was around ten pass eleven when they come home and he cuss her up and tell her a set of hurtful thing," she said, recalling Harris waving scissors in her mother's face and saying he would kill her.
"He was so drunk she pushed him out of the house and we lock the door and then he cuff the window and I see his hand and blood spill up all over. The window thick and one cuff he bruk it," she related.
Harris and Gumbs were together for seven years.
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