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Looking at the Future of 'E-Politics'
Blogs, online commentators and viral videos have shaped the debate in the current election season. But "e-politics" still faces at least one major obstacle: Internet access.
Last week in New York, a group of prominent bloggers and technology experts came together at the annual Personal Democracy Forum to discuss the evolving relationship between technology and politics. Many of the comments zeroed in on American broadband access.
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein noted that the United States lags behind the industrialized world in Internet access. "It's clear that what we're doing in Washington isn't working," he said.
In 2001, the U.S. ranked fourth in the world in broadband adoption. Today, it is 15th, behind countries like Canada, Iceland, Belgium and the United Kingdom. In rural America, only 39 percent of residents have broadband access.
Adelstein said there was a need for a new national broadband policy. In order for the Internet to "reach its highest potential, we've got to make it accessible and affordable to everyone," he said.
The idea that the Internet provides a "civil right" to express one's opinion is a mantra of both conservative and liberal bloggers.
During a panel discussion on new media, Chuck DeFeo, vice president and general manager of the Web site Townhall.com, and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington talked of how the bustling culture of blogs and online magazines was enhancing the political climate.
DeFeo said the Web is the natural evolution of the independent, participatory printing press heralded by earlier political leaders. "What we are finally seeing," he said, "is a realization of that ideal that Adams and Jefferson and Paine and before him Voltaire and Plato had... that ideal of having everybody have a shot at participating in this discussion."
Townhall.com was the first conservative Web community when it was launched in 1995. Today the site has hundreds of regular commentators and almost 9,000 grassroots bloggers.
Huffington may represent the other end of the political spectrum, but she agreed with DeFeo's conclusions about the role of citizen journalism.
"The pursuit of truth, no matter what, without any kind of flavor — that has always been the heart of good journalism," said Huffington, whose Huffington Post site has become a destination for political junkies. "And we proved that when we posted a story, which was reported by one of our citizen journalists, Mayhill Fowler, during a fundraiser in San Francisco, which turned out to be Obama's 'bitter gate' as it is now known."
Huffington was referring to comments by Sen. Barack Obama in which he said people in small towns cling to guns or religion as a way to express their frustrations. Fowler caught the remarks on audiotape, underscoring the Internet's evolution from a news aggregator to an increasingly dynamic news outlet.
Political campaigns are only beginning to harness the capacity of online activism, said Lee Brenner, political director of the social networking site MySpace.
Brenner said the goal for online communities such as MySpace is "to bring the conversation that is offline, online and then bring it back — to effect change, ideally."
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London Banks Seen Rigging Rates Losing Credibility With Markets
Every workday morning in London, at about 10 o'clock, representatives from 19 banks make a series of decisions that affect financial transactions around the world, from what homeowners pay on their mortgages to the underlying value of credit-default swaps and corporate bonds.
The bankers' power is unsettling, says Tim Price, who helps oversee more than $1.5 billion as director of investment at PFP Group LLP, an asset-management firm in London.
"It's a kind of Wizard of Oz surrealist nightmare," he says.
It could hardly be more real, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its January issue. What the bankers are deciding on is Libor, the London interbank offered rate. Libor is based on what each participating bank says it would have to pay to borrow money from another bank.
The rate, produced under the auspices of the century-old British Bankers' Association, represents the average of the collected figures, minus several of the highest and lowest quotes.
The resulting benchmark determines interest rates on an estimated $360 trillion of financial instruments around the world, according to the Bank for International Settlements.
Unelected and lightly regulated, the Libor panelists have come under increasing scrutiny from money managers such as Price who say Libor is biased in favor of the bankers who submit the quotes.
"The whole system is rigged," Price says. "The banks are able to say, 'Let's just collude and set rates, and we have the sanction of the authorities to do it.'"
Market Manipulation
In a series of lawsuits filed in 2011 and now winding their way through courts in Europe and the U.S., investors have accused a number of banks represented on the Libor panel of distorting market prices by hiding the banks' true borrowing costs since as early as 2007.
In August, for example, Charles Schwab Corp., a San Francisco-based brokerage firm and investment manager, sued 11 major banks, including Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., claiming they conspired to manipulate Libor, depriving investors of fair returns.
The banks conspired to depress Libor by understating their borrowing costs, thereby lowering their interest expenses on products tied to the rates, according to the lawsuit. The banks "reaped hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in ill-gotten gains," Schwab said.
"We believe the suit is without merit," Danielle Romero-Apsilos, a spokeswoman for New York-based Citigroup, told Bloomberg News at the time.
Concealing Distress
In addition, regulators and prosecutors in the European Union, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. have been investigating whether banks manipulated Libor to conceal the extent of their financial distress from lenders and shareholders.
Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc disclosed in August, for example, that it had received requests for documents from EU and U.S. regulators.
Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and RBS all declined to comment about the lawsuits and inquiries in which they were defendants or targets.
Misgivings about Libor have been gathering momentum since the early days of the financial crisis in 2008. Analysis of Libor over time shows that the spread between low and high rates submitted by bank panelists widens most at times of greatest financial distress.
Widening Spreads
That was the case in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 15, 2008, collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., when the difference in the rates submitted by Libor panelists on three-month loans in dollars increased from 7 basis points to 115 basis points by the end of the month. (A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.)
It was also the case more recently as the European sovereign-debt crisis deepened and concerns mounted about banks exposed to economically fragile debtor nations such as Greece and Italy.
In November, the spread between the lowest and highest rates being submitted for three-month dollar loans was at its widest in more than two years.
The difference reached 30 basis points on Nov. 8 with Credit Agricole SA saying it could pay 0.575 percent to borrow funds, while HSBC said it could pay just 0.275 percent. The Nov. 8 spread was the widest since a bout of market volatility in May 2009.
Parking Cash
While the BBA says it's willing to consider changes to Libor, its response to criticism has been muted so far. Just days before Lehman's bankruptcy, BBA Chief Executive Officer Angela Knight said the trade association was moving at a "good, steady pace" to improve the scrutiny of the rate-setting process.
In March 2011, the BBA said in a statement, "We are committed to retaining the reputation and integrity of BBA Libor, which continues to be the authoritative benchmark of the wholesale money market."
Libor, inaugurated in 1986, arose out of a need for a dollar rate to be set outside the U.S., says Christopher Wheeler, a banking analyst at Mediobanca SpA in London. In the 1970s, London was growing as a center for financial transactions. That was partly because, during the oil crises, Arab and Soviet producers were looking to park proceeds from their dollar-denominated sales of crude with London banks to shelter revenue from confiscation by U.S. authorities.
Big Bang
Several early versions of benchmark rates evolved into BBA Libor, set in dollars and pounds, in 1986. The birth of Libor coincided with then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Big Bang financial deregulation program and the consequent growth of bond and syndicated-loan markets in London. Thomson Reuters Corp., which competes with Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, in selling financial and legal information and trading systems, calculates the rate.
While the suite of currencies has since expanded to 10 and the collection process is now electronic, Libor has changed very little in the past quarter century.
The banking industry, on the other hand, has been transformed by the proliferation of new financial instruments and by the vanishing separation between commercial and investment banks.
In March 2008, after the sub-prime mess began spreading beyond the U.S., the Bank for International Settlements, known as the central bank for central bankers, questioned the accuracy of Libor quotes, suggesting some could be biased.
Threat of Expulsion
"If there is uncertainty about the liquidity position of a contributing bank, the bank will be wary of revealing any information that might add to this uncertainty for fear of increasing its borrowing costs," the BIS said in its quarterly review. "Banks' quotes are determined by strategic behavior as well as credit quality and funding needs."
Responding to such criticism, the BBA decided in June 2008 to review the system for setting Libor. It subsequently increased the number of banks on the dollar Libor panel to 20 from 16. (German bank WestLB AG has since stopped contributing quotes.)
The BBA also added three noncontributing members to the Foreign Exchange and Money Markets Committee, the independent group that oversees Libor. And the BBA said it would expel any firm that was found to be deliberately misstating its borrowing costs.
The attacks on Libor continued unabated. The U.K. Financial Services Authority, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have all launched investigations.
Distorting Value
"The complaints are substantially similar and allege, through various means, that certain members of RBS Group and other panel banks individually and collectively violated U.S. commodities and antitrust laws and state common law by manipulating Libor and prices of Libor-based derivatives in various markets," RBS said in a note on its Aug. 26 financial statement.
In April, a European asset-management firm and two related funds accused 12 banks, including Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase, of conspiring to manipulate Libor.
FTC Capital GmbH of Vienna, FTC Futures Fund PCC Ltd. of Gibraltar and FTC Futures Fund SICAV of Luxembourg alleged in U.S. District Court in New York that the banks had distorted the value of futures contracts used by traders and investors to speculate on the direction of interest rates.
'Not Fairly Priced'
"My client's trading of eurodollar futures was harmed as Libor was not fairly priced," says David Kovel, a partner at the law firm Kirby McInerney LLP in New York who represents FTC Capital.
Kovel didn't identify specific trades that resulted in losses nor did he reveal how much FTC Capital is seeking from the banks.
Marco Bianchetti, who holds a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed-matter physics from the University of Milan and works on the market risk management team at Intesa Sanpaolo SpA in Milan, says quantitative analysts who engineer financial transactions need a reliable benchmark to do their work.
He says a rate based on actual transactions would be more trustworthy than Libor. U.K. Debt Management Office Chief Executive Officer Robert Stheeman agrees.
'The Real issue'
While he says he doesn't question the integrity of Libor, Stheeman says he's concerned about its authority as a benchmark.
"That, to me, is the real issue," he says.
In that spirit, the search is on for Libor alternatives. In the U.K. in June, the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association launched a new reference rate called the Repurchase overnight index average, or Ronia. It's based on actual money-market deals struck from noon to 4:15 p.m. London time.
Roberto Verrillo, a managing director of U.K. interest-rate products at Nomura International Plc in London, helped to develop Ronia. He says Ronia's advantage over Libor is that it's based on real deals.
"That's why Ronia is going to be an appropriate benchmark in the market," he says.
Eila Kreivi, head of capital markets at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, which manages investments for the EU, says she's seen a gradual increase in demand for reference rates outside of Libor.
'Less Relevant'
"It's not a huge trend yet, but it's there," Kreivi says. "As an issuer, we don't tend to analyze the usefulness of Libor. But it seems that Libor has come a long way from its original intrinsic purpose. One hears once in a while from the market that Libor has lost its relevance."
BBA Director John Ewan says Libor doesn't need an overhaul.
"We're not dogmatic," he says. However, he adds that the BBA has a duty to borrowers who have taken out long-term loans based on Libor.
"If we suddenly switched the benchmark radically, that may give them problems," he says. "We do have to think about that."
As influential as Libor is today in determining interest rates around the world, Peter Hahn, a professor of finance at Cass Business School in London and a former managing director at Citigroup, says its authority may slowly ebb away.
"As it becomes less relevant, it becomes even more unreliable," Hahn says. "It's up to the market to come up with alternatives that have a lot more integrity and aren't as influenced by the conflicted interests of their participants. The battle is on for a new, more credible alternative to Libor."


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No player in the Inland Empire has improved his stock among college recruiters than Corona Centennial quarterback Michael Eubank.
He has helped the Huskies to a 3-0 start by piloting their high-octane offense to three consecutive one-sided victories. And these aren't cupcakes Centennial is playing, its last two wins have come against Mater Dei and Temecula Chaparral.
The 6-foot-5, 220-pound senior threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns in the victory against Mater Dei in Week 2, and had 113 yards rushing and three touchdowns Friday night against Chaparral.
Eubank's size is what's most noticeable. He uses his strength to finish off runs, evident by his surge toward the pylon at the end of this drive.
But he also has light feet that enable him to dodge tackles and break away on long runs. Here's a 55-yard touchdown run that salted the victory against Chaparral.
Centennial Coach Matt Logan said Eubank is a combination of Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dennis Dixon.
"Mike is 6-5, but it looks like he's 6-8 when he's out there," Logan said. "It's amazing how tall he looks. I can never find him on the sidelines though. I can't figure that out."
In the following clip, Eubank spoke about the keys to Centennial's fast start, what personally motivated him against Chaparral and the progress of his recruiting.


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Emaciated British (Indian) army soldier in WW 1 (POW)[edit]
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- This photograph shows an emaciated British (Indian) army soldier who survived the siege of Kut (December 1915-April 1916) in WW1 . It was probably taken in July 1916, after he and other British POWs had been released from Turkish captivity in Baghdad during a prisoner exchange. The soldier's skeletal frame indicates not only the appalling conditions inside Kut during the siege, but also the harsh treatment meted out to 'other ranks' while in enemy hands afterwards. About 8 million men surrendered and were held in POW camps during the WW 1. All nations pledged to follow the Hague Convention on fair treatment of prisoners of war.
As opposed to WW2, very few images of WW1 POW abuse exits probably due to the lack of photography equipment. This is one of the rare images
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- Siege of Kut , British Indian Army ,, World War I.
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- Unknown photographer probaly from british gov
- Support as nominator — Preetikapoor0 21:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, this isn't eligible because it is a fair use image; featured pictures have to be free images. Enuja 01:43, 21 July 2007 (UTC)I was just going by the image page, but since the copyright has, indeed, expired, then it is, indeed eligible. Sorry. Enuja 19:42, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hasn't the copyright expired (1916 + 50 years)? J Are you green? 01:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- This is a free image as copyright has expired. For photographs taken before 1 June 1957 Crown copyright protection expires 50 years after creation [1], [2].Preetikapoor0 02:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hasn't the copyright expired (1916 + 50 years)? J Are you green? 01:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- (Reluctant) Oppose - it's an amazing image, very enc. However, there simply has to be a higher res version out there. This one is too small and has JPG artifacts. If someone found a better version, I would support it instantly. Zakolantern 02:21, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Support Though it does not fulfill size requirements, I believe that this is exceptionally encyclopedic and rare. The quality is not so low as to diminish the educational value of this photo. Remember, when considering the size rule: "Exceptions to this rule may be made for historical or otherwise unique images." Jellocube27 18:16, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose only due to scan resolution. It would be great if a better scan could be obtained. Spikebrennan 19:06, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose resolution. --Mad Max 23:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- Support, unique image with significant historic value. Per above a better scan would be great though. --snowolfD4 ( talk / @ ) 01:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Support, while the pixel count is low it is perfectly sufficient for the picture's message to be put across. Compression artifacts exist but are not immediately visible, or visible at all to most people. Very strong and powerful image. Central2 12:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose, due to size, but instant support for higher-res scan of original. tiZom(2¢) 19:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose on size, would support a better version with everyone else. The size exemption for historic images is there so as not to disqualify images that don't (and will never) exist in better versions; where we do know there is better quality available, we should hold out for it. ~ Veledan • Talk 22:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose on size, support very much for a better version. Point about lack of WWI photography of this subject matter well taken. --Dhartung | Talk 12:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Not promoted MER-C 08:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


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The Angelina Jolie-starrer "Maleficent" looks to be beneficent for Disney at the box office.
The live-action "Sleeping Beauty" reboot is on track to open to north of $60 million on May 30, according to early estimates. The $175 million-plus production needs to do strong business overseas to see a profit.
"Maleficent" comes on the heels of "Frozen's" mega success and thereby revived interest in Disney princess movies. It also follows several other Disney re-imaginings: 2010's "Alice in Wonderland" and last year's "Oz The Great and Powerful." Both of those movies were box office hits, although "Oz" underperformed overseas. "Maleficent" would need to match "Oz's" $493 million worldwide cume to make an impact.
Meanwhile, "Alice in Wonderland" bowed to a record-breaking $116 million and went on to haul over $1 billion worldwide. But that VFX-heavy Disney fantasy pic was bolstered by the brand value of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
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Is there an easy way to get the Detail ID when doing a Group By on the Master ID (SQL Server 2005)?
Here is what I am doing currently:
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#ApplicantDetail') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #ApplicantDetail
CREATE TABLE #ApplicantDetail (
[ApplicantDetailID] [int] NOT NULL,
[ApplicantMasterID] [int] NOT NULL,
[DateEffective] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[CorrespondenceTypeID] [int] NOT NULL,
[Value] [varchar](20) NULL
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (197542,37046,'2003-05-13 00:00:00.000',34,'8')
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (217963,41145,'1994-03-11 00:00:00.000',34,'')
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (217965,41145,'1994-03-21 00:00:00.000',34,'NS')
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (238961,45536,'2003-10-22 00:00:00.000',34,'')
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (238963,45536,'2003-12-03 00:00:00.000',34,'4')
INSERT #ApplicantDetail VALUES (244910,46764,'2003-12-03 00:00:00.000',34,'NS')
SELECT ad.ApplicantDetailID
SELECT ad.ApplicantMasterID, MAX(ad.DateEffective) AS MaxDateEffective
FROM #ApplicantDetail AS ad
GROUP BY ad.ApplicantMasterID) AS gbad
#ApplicantDetail AS ad
gbad.ApplicantMasterID = ad.ApplicantMasterID AND
gbad.MaxDateEffective = ad.DateEffective
ORDER BY ad.ApplicantMasterID, ad.DateEffective
This works but it takes a lot of keystrokes. Is there some way to just return the ApplicantDetailID that goes with MAX(ad.DateEffective) in the GROUP BY SELECT statement?
If there is then it would elimante having to JOIN ON the key fields and go right to the ID.
Or is there an easier/simpler way to do the same pattern?
I do this pattern a lot and it would be nice to cut down on the keystrokes.
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We used to shop in Fargo all the time. At one point, everything was cheaper in the States. Now that the situation is reversed, we do not visit as often, but we went back recently to buy shoes (I bought size 14's and my son 4 pairs of 15's). Spent our duty-free limit!!
Fargo has the West Acres Mall, and a number of box stores in the same area (Target, Walmart, etc.). Fargo is still a better place to find shoes for taller people than Winnipeg.
I have heard people say that the people in Fargo talk just like they do in the movie Fargo. I don't agree. Perhaps in rural ND, but not in the city.
Fargo has lived though a flooding Red River a few times. We were quite worried in 1997 when it literally flooded most of Fargo and Grand Forks (and a huge amount of Southern Manitoba north of them). I believe they have added better flood protection since then.
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Did you ever get a chance to stop at Sarello's in Moorhead in Fargo? I've eaten there 4 times and it is fantastic!!! The owner even does a live radio show on internet on Saturday.
i stopped briefly in fargo on my way across the states once, but had little time to explore. hopefully next time i will have more time.
Hi, You have to try Toscana it's a new place at 202 Broadway Fargo It is Italian and French, the food is awesome they have a chef from Tuscany I would have to say it is far better than Sorello's and and has no competion in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Canadians are the most rude & annoying customers any business could ever ask for. Ask anyone who works in customer service?eh?
Nice Fargo pages. If it's in the song on my homepage, I'll have to visit there someday, and build a VT page for it. At least now I know to bring a bag lunch with me to Fargo.
It can be a lot of fun touring these small mid-west towns and cities (every so often)! Nice page Lats!
It is funny you say that about the accent. I grew up 90 miles from Fargo, and when we went to Europe, everyone thought we were from Canada because of our accents...
I found that accent so elusive. Nice page and great tips.
You`re right. They DON`T talk like the movie.
Wierd for us to have countries so close together.
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I'd like the images in the attachment pages you reach via gallery shortcode thumbnails to link to the next attachment page of the post - now, they link to the media itself.
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|Reviews for Warder tales
| Scendera chapter 6 . 10/14/2015
Absolutely ingenious way of handling the question about Haqon. Entirely true words, completely misleading in meaning.
| Terminally Ill chapter 15 . 4/29/2015
I battled to read The Wheel Of Time before I died. Now I have read it and I am (for now) still alive. Thank you for giving me something else to live for. Its easier battling the cancer if you have something to aim for, and it helps you forget the pain too.
| Guest chapter 13 . 4/28/2015
I want your babies!
| Welshmullen chapter 7 . 4/28/2015
These stories are absolutely amazing. I would pay to continue reading! Please come back :-(
| Guest chapter 18 . 12/24/2014
| Guest chapter 33 . 12/21/2014
Brilliant brilliant could not agree more. Purr purr. Where's the rest?
| Guest chapter 31 . 12/21/2014
Thorough ly thoroughly enjoyed that, I love your writing. WoT r the best books ever but I really am enjoying your take on the warder relationship. Really excellent writing I am dreading it coming to an end, just like the series, I hate having nothing decent to read. Love this series!
| Guest chapter 29 . 12/21/2014
Brilliant, if I sometimes don't review its because I can't wait to read on. Really enjoying warders tales and love these two especially!
| Guest chapter 27 . 12/21/2014
!big grin here!
| Guest chapter 20 . 12/19/2014
Me too, that was a really feel good finish. The part where Talanee shed a tear was excellent ly dealt with. I really think you have the Aes Sedai and Warder relationships balanced brilliantly . I personally would like to see Rand and Alanna's relationship explored, I always felt his other 3 women over shadowed the proper 'warder bond' that they had.
| Guest chapter 18 . 12/17/2014
I am really enjoying your writing, excellent idea, written well but not too wordy like RJ used to be at times (RIP). And did not see that one coming at all, well done you.
| Guest chapter 10 . 12/14/2014
I am really enjoying the story and like the idea of Aes Sedia being more 'human' and having a sense of humour. I don't recall the fact of healing giving u a bond, is this my memory or have u invented it for your story? But as I said I am really enjoying it and at least u get to the point and don't use too many descriptives to say one thing!
| Loopylou chapter 7 . 12/13/2014
I like the idea of siblings being Aes Sedia and warder and cleverly thought out to make gentling the reason. Although you did seem a bit mixed up once or twice regarding Reds feelings towards men. Can't imagine any red no matter how much she needed to dance n relax, actually feeling comfortable with a man putting his arm around her. But all in all a really enjoyable n easy read. Looking forward to reading more.
| Guest chapter 6 . 12/13/2014
I really like the idea of Haqon. Your writing is east not too wordy. All I'm all I will read on
| Lakshmibai chapter 33 . 11/26/2014
I know it's been almost a year since this was updated, and even longer since Aes Sedai was updated, so I suspect you've moved on to bigger and better things, but having reached the end of this epic, I had to comment. I love your writing, how different it is to RJ's style, and yet how compatible with the world he created. I'm sincerely impressed by the sheer amount of OCs you created, each distinct personalities in their own rights (with the possible exception of Vaston and Durrak, but that's understandable), each entirely believable as Aes Sedai / Gaidin, and not a single Mary Sue amongst them. Channelers have believable and entirely reasonable skills and power levels, Gaidin are likewise suitably skilled with a blade and general sneakiness, and no one is unrealistically brilliant without some sort of reason. Bravo!
I particularly loved the chapters about Sathamon - something about seeing a boy learning how to be Gaidin, the challenges of the work and all its dangers and then coming back to him years later to see the man he had become - loved that. If I have a nitpick, it's that people from Tear are called Tairen, not Tearen, but that's rather picky of me, considering the general brilliance of everything else.
Lomiel and Haqon scare the pants off me - I'm glad they are of the Light, and suspect we might have a new Forsaken had Lomiel ever been tempted. Intelligence-wise, she could certainly have taught the crew Rand and company came up against a thing or two. Jahra made me want to scream with frustration (or laughter, depending on the moment), I liked the sweet story of Feyon and Dakeel, despite the sad end, and I did like Yamela's spirit and fire. Being her Gaidin would give grey hairs to anyone - poor, brave, utterly reliable Anthared.
As I said at the start, I suspect this might be the end of this story, and Aes Sedai, but I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for an update anyway. Here's hoping!


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Hi Kelly! Such beautiful places! Wonderful! I look forward to see your world. I will go to Venezuela (and first to Mérida) on July. Quizás nos vemos en algún arepera... Gerry
The landscape around Merida looks really beautiful! I hope to go there one day.
What a lovely place and beautiful photos! Best wishes from Lithuania! :)
I loved this mérida area - and the chapel indeed is unique.Greetz from Belgium.
Great photos and tips on Merida.. It's interesting how there are many Meridas in various countries such as Spain and Mexico.. Been to Mexio Merida and loved it!! Thanks for sharing!!
Hola Kelly, que buenas tus paginas!!! Aunque me dan un poco de nostalgia del tiempo espectacular que he tenido como tu en Chile y por su puesto en tu Venezuela! Nostalgia positiva.... :-)
Hi Kelly - thank you for sharing your experiences and travel tips from Merida. So many names of places, food etc. that I have never before heard of. Its amazing what we can learn here at VT. Take care Martin
The valley on your opening picture here in Merida is a great one. Where do you cook and stuff now? Are you doing it for a living? Cheers from Labrador, Canada :-)
thanks for you tips was very helpfull :-) you should go to cable car the next time you go..........see you
I never got to Venezuela on my S America trip, but your pages convince me that I should have!
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Get Your Lifestyle Back!
We address the cause of your back pain, not just the symptom and
we believe that education is a big part of our patients success.
Tucson AZ Chiropractor
Welcome to Synergy Chiropractic located at 5675 North Oracle Road #3202 in Tucson, AZ. We understand that choosing a health care provider is a big decision. This article about chiropractic will give you some of the basic knowledge you need to understand what we can do for you, but this entire website is dedicated to helping you understand the full scope of what our team can do. Please don't hesitate to contact our outstanding chiropractic team with any further questions you have.
The vast majority of people equate chiropractic with back pain, but the circumstances under which the science was discovered actually had little to do with back pain. DD Palmer believed that many conditions could be addressed by removing pressure from the nerve that was involved with the affected area. He proceeded to make it his life's work, turning this belief into the science of chiropractic.
At Synergy Chiropractic, we use Myovision© brand technology to assess muscular tension. Dr. Cynthia Gerszewski uses the data gathered to facilitate identification of spinal imbalances.
Adjusting Hours
|9-12pm, 4-6pm
|9-12pm, 4-6pm
|By Appt. Only
5675 North Oracle Road #3202
Tucson, AZ 85704
Health Benefits of Chiropractic Care
If you have been dealing with chronic pain or have been injured chiropractic treatment may be the best option for you. The benefits of chiropractic care can be experienced for a variety of health conditions. Even those relatively "healthy" individuals with few, if any, health conditions can see the benefits of chiropractic care. The impact of life's daily grind adds up stressing the human body in far greater ways than you might realize. Regular chiropractic adjustments can restore and maintain balance within, allowing the innately intelligent human body to heal itself, leaving you better prepared to live life to its fullest.
Routine chiropractic treatments can help maintain the body at the high level of activity life calls for, allowing the body to self-heal through proper alignment. Your spinal column serves as a conduit through which the human brain sends messages throughout the body. It is easy to see how protecting the integrity of this important structure is vital to the body's optimal function and overall health.
Chiropractic Scientifically Explained
If you are looking for a scientific explanation of how chiropractic care works this paragraph is for you. A concise scientific explanation of chiropractic is that adjustments directly affect musculoskeletal structures, by reducing pain and increasing joint motion.
This is done through the effect that chiropractic adjustments have on joint capsules, and the body's proprioception mechanism (sense of where one is space) through the mechanoreceptors (provide information regarding mechanical changes within the body) in the joints and periarticular tissues (tissue surrounding the joint).
That's a lot to take in, but it is the explanation as to why some chiropractic patients in Tucson report improvement in organic function, not only musculoskeletal benefits. To reiterate, this is not a claim that chiropractic adjustments treat systemic pathology, but does suggest that some who have systemic symptoms may see results from chiropractic treatment even without the presence of pain.
What is Chiropractic in General?
Chiropractic is a profession within the health care field that deals with the neuro-musculoskeletal system of the human body. A doctor of chiropractic will diagnose, treat and prevent injuries and disorders of the nerves, muscles and bones. While a chiropractor will diagnose and treat these resultant injuries and disorders, the main objective of the chiropractor is the removal of nerve interference allowing the body to heal itself without invasive procedures and/or drugs. As would be the case with any other field of care, our patients at Synergy Chiropractic receive a thorough consultation including history and examination of their major complaint. After considering possible causes of the patients' condition a diagnosis is established and a treatment plan is created. Should a patient require treatment outside the scope of chiropractic care they are referred to the appropriate medical specialist in our area. As the science of chiropractic has evolved so have the techniques used within its practice. Common treatment methods have grown to include nutritional counseling, orthotics, lifestyle modification / exercise programs and physical rehabilitation programs. While these adjunctive treatments are certainly beneficial, spinal and joint manipulation remains the primary and most effective mode of treatment by our clinic. Statistics reflect that nearly 95% of patients that seek chiropractic care in Tucson do so as a result of musculoskeletal pain.
The Education of a Chiropractor
Most patients don't realize how much schooling chiropractors in Tucson have to go though before they can start practicing? Chiropractors are held to some of the most intense educational requirements of any health profession. In fact their schooling requirements are very comparable to that of medical practitioners. After completing a heavy emphasis of basic sciences in and undergraduate program, potential chiropractors may be accepted into a five year chiropractic college.
Are you curious to know if chiropractic is the right treatment for you? Please do not hesitate to call our team of dedicated professionals at Synergy Chiropractic in Tucson. Chiropractic care coupled with our outstanding, caring team can produce incredible results. Take advantage of our services today and take control of your health. Our team is here to help you today.
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I have been making fast progress since I've been seeing Dr. Cindy. I feel more balance in my spine, less soreness in my neck and feel like an old pain is healing more deeply.
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Just wanted to say how much I LOVE you! I felt better immediately upon leaving the office and am feeling a LOT better now. Whatever you did really calmed everything down in there. I could definitely feel the energy waves sloshing around while you were working on me.


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2015 Magic Cup
Rules and Procedures
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This tournament will be played in accordance with US Club Soccer and FIFA rules unless modified by the following:
Tournament Information:
Name of Tournament: Magic Cup
Name of Hosting League: Central Valley Youth Soccer League
Date of Tournament: August 22-23, 2015
Number of Teams: TBD
Age Group(s), Classification(s) and Gender(s): Girls U11 – U19
Credentials Requirements and Mandatory Credentials Check-in
Please plan to have a team manager or representative arrive early for credentials check-in. Teams DO NOT need to be present. Credential check for teams playing at the Morgan Hill Complex will be located in front of the complex outside of the gates. Teams playing their first games at San Jose locations will have their credentials check in at their San Jose field site. Failure to check in one hour prior to your first game will result in disqualification from tournament play. At credentials check-in all the players' passes will receive a sticker. After initial check-in, players with passes that do not have our sticker will not be allowed to play.
The following credentials are required at check in:
· Laminated 2015/16 player passes with photo for all players
· Medical release forms signed by parent or guardian for each player (not needed if they are on the back of the CYSA passes)
· Official Roster - US Club Soccer/Gold Rod/other USYSA official roster
· Guest/Loan player forms in hand as necessary, properly signed and complete
We strongly suggest you bring 2 sticker or paper copies of your roster to be used if you advance to a semi and/or final match - this will avoid having to hand write your roster onto the game cards.
Roster sticker template - complete and print 2 copies
Ensure your GotSoccer player roster is complete and up-to-date b y Tuesday night Aug 18th.
Roster limit - the max. number of players you can check in for the tournament = 26. Only 18 may dress for any game. Game cards will be printed using gotsoccer rosters.
Gotsoccer roster is not the official roster. It will make it extremely easy for your team and the field marshals if your roster is complete and accurate by Tuesday night 8/18. If not- you can hand-write players prior to each game or print 4 copies of the stick-on roster form:
Roster stick-on for teams that did not update their roster by 8/18 - fill in and print in 4 copies
Guest Player Policy:
Five (5) Guest players will be allowed in accordance with US Club Soccer/CYSA Guest Player Policies. Maximum number of players per team rostered is 26. Only 18 can be dressed per game.
Length of Games (list each age group):
Age Group Preliminary Games Consolation and Championship Games
U-11 and U-12 50 minutes 60 minutes
U-13 and U-14 60 minutes 70 minutes
U-15 and U-16 60 minutes 70 minutes
U-17, U-18 and U-19 60 minutes 70 minutes
In preliminary games ties will stand. If a championship or consolation game is tied at the end of regulation play, two 5 (five) minute overtime periods will be played in their entirety, no golden goal. If still tied at the completion of the overtime periods, the game will be decided by penalty kicks as per FIFA laws of the game. At the discretion of the Tournament Committee, overtime periods may be shortened or eliminated if the game has been significantly delayed at the start. The length of any game may be shortened to shorter but equal halves if the Tournament Committee deems it necessary due to field conditions, weather or darkness.
Mandatory Rest Periods
Teams must be given a minimum rest period of one and half hours between games. The rest period will commence when a team's match ends and will end when the team's subsequent match begins.
Unlimited substitutions are allowed with referee approval in the following situations:
Prior to a throw in for either team
If it is not your team's throw in you can sub if initiated by the other team
Prior to a goal kick by either team
Prior to the restart of the game following a goal being scored by either team
Prior to the restart of the game for the second half
Prior to the beginning of an overtime period
Prior to the restart of the game following an injured player being removed from the field (either team may sub)
Any player, coach assistant coach or registered team official who is sent off will automatically be suspended from their next game. The sendoff report will be forwarded to the Tournament Director and Tournament Disciplinary Committee and will be used to assess the minimum mandatory penalties. Additional penalties may be imposed. Send-off reports and member passes, which must retained if the penalty has not been served in its entirety, will be forwarded to the team's District Commissioner. Each ejection will result in a deduction of 1 point for players and 2 points for coaches from the team's tournament total.
Scoring System: Maximum number of points allowable per game: 10
__6__ Points for a win:
__3__ Points for a tie:
__1__ Bonus points for shutout win
4 Points for 0-0 ties
__1__ Points per goal (maximum of 3 points)
__1__ Points deducted for red cards
Forfeited games will be scored as 1 to 0 (8 points) in favor of the team that did not forfeit. In the case a team withdrawing at the last minute or not showing, all preliminary games for that team will be scored as a forfeit.
Tie Breaking Procedure:
In case of a tie in tournament points following the completion of preliminary games, the advancing team will be determined based on the following criteria in the order specified:
Head to head
Most wins
Goal differential- up to 4 goals
Goals for -limit 5
Goals against
Penalty kicks
Tournament Format:
4 team divisions will play each other in pool play. Top 2 play championship game, next two play in consolation
5 team divisions will play 4 games in round robin format. 1st and 2nd place will be determined on total points.
6 team divisions will consist of 2 brackets of 3 teams each. Saturday pool play for each bracket with reseeding on Sunday. Top 4 teams will advance to championship game and consolation game.
8 team divisions will consist of 2 brackets of 4 teams each. Each bracket will play each other in pool play. The winner of each bracket advances to championship game with 2nd in the bracket playing in a consolation game.
9 team division will consist 3 brackets of 3 teams Saturday pool play for each bracket with reseeding on Sunday. Top 4 teams will advance to championship game and consolation game.
10 team division will play a guaranteed 4 games and the champion will be determined by overall points
12 team division will consist of 4 brackets of 3 teams Saturday pool play for each bracket with reseeding on Sunday. Top 4 teams will advance to championship game and consolation game.
Type of Awards: 1st Place: Championship one medal and one trophy 2nd place: medals
Awards will be given in these categories: 1st and 2nd place
Participation award will be given to: Each coach will receive a participation pin for each player
Start Times and Forfeitures:
Teams must be at the field 30 (thirty) minutes prior to the scheduled start time of their game in order to be checked in by referees or appointed tournament officials. Games will be started at the designated start time. If a team has not taken the field with a minimum of seven (7) players within the 10 (ten) minute grace period, the game will be forfeited to the team that has taken the field with at least seven (7) players. If neither team takes the field within the 10 (ten) minute grace period, no points will be awarded to either team and the game will be declared a double forfeit.
The referee and/or Tournament Committee may terminate a game and award a forfeit if a team leaves the field during the game without the approval of the referee, the referee abandons a match due to excessive violent conduct and/or misconduct by the players, coaches or fans, or a team is deemed to be in gross violation of US Youth Soccer, US Club Soccer, or rules of this tournament.
Games will start at their specified start time with no stoppage time for any reason including injury. If a player is injured game time will continue and if necessary the referee can blow the half or end of the game whistle while play is at a standstill for an injury. If the tournament finds any team abusing this rule they can and will score the game as a forfeiture for the winning team.
Home Team:
The team listed first on the game schedule is the home team and shall have their choice of the side of the field. Conflicts in jersey color will be resolved by the home team being required to change jerseys. The referee will determine if there is a conflict in jersey colors or keeper jersey colors. The home team will be responsible for providing the game ball.
Sportsmanship and Conduct:
Good sportsmanship is expected of all teams, officials and fans. Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their players, staff, parents and affiliated spectators.
Injuries and Medical Assistance:
Any injuries must be reported to a tournament official so that an accident report form can be completed. A tournament official will call 911 for an injury at the coach's or parent's request.
Weather Conditions:
If deemed necessary by the Tournament Committee, games may be shortened or cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.
Tournament Cancellation
If the tournament must be cancelled due to inclement weather, acts of civil disobedience, war, destruction of facilities or other circumstances deemed by the US Club Soccer State Tournament Committee to be beyond the control of the hosting league, the tournament may retain up to 30% of the entry fee once the tournament's expenses are verified and approved by the US Club Soccer Tournament Committee Chairman. Refunds of no less than 70% of the team's entry fee will be postmarked and mailed to the teams within 45 days of the approved tournament date.
Housing and Hotel Information:
Housing will not be provided. The individual teams must arrange hotel accommodations. A list of local hotels will be provided to accepted teams upon request.
Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages or controlled substances is expressly prohibited at any of the sport fields or complexes. Any team (including players, coaches, parents and affiliated spectators) found violating these rules will automatically forfeit all games played, face possible expulsion from the tournament and will not be invited to any future tournaments hosted by this league.
Dogs are prohibited at this tournament.
Use of tobacco products is prohibited at this tournament. Use of tobacco products on the grounds of any public school facility is a violation of California State Law.
Referees will be instructed to abandon a game if, after being asked to do so, any person affiliated with the team refuses to remove a dog from the area of the soccer field, or if after being asked to do so, any person affiliated with the team refuses to cease the use of tobacco products in the area of the soccer field.
All Portable Shelters (EZ ups, tents, etc.) must be secured with either stakes or sandbags.
Tournament Committee:
The tournament committee shall consist of the Tournament Director and any other pre-designated Tournament Officials.
*Updated 8/19/15


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She says I smell like safety and home
I named both of her eyes "Forever" and "Please don't go"
I could be a morning sunrise all the time, all the time yeah
This could be good, this could be good
Those words are just a small sample of Mary Lambert's lyrics in her single "She Keeps Me Warm." The singer-songwriter found herself in the national spotlight after teaming up with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to write the chorus for "Same Love." "She Keeps me Warm," was Lambert's follow up to her collaboration and can be thought of as the "extended version" of the "Same Love" chorus.
Now "Same Love" is nominated for a Grammy and Mary Lambert has become an inspiration to many in the gay community all over the U.S. and worldwide. Growing up in the Evangelical Church, Mary struggled to break away from the Church that disapproved of her but now says she is closer to God than ever having embraced the side of herself she was taught to be ashamed of.
It wasn't just the church that Lambert was afraid of being rejected from. After first coming out, Lambert thought she had to change her style and attitude to fit in with the queer community. Now she's embraced her feminine side and it's fair to say what you see is what you get when it comes to Mary Lambert.
Lambert newest release is her EP Welcome to the Age of My Body which dropped in December of 2013. The EP features spoken word as well as singing. In the words of a fan, this EP "glitters confidence, beauty, talent and love."
Mary Lambert will be performing in Seattle at The Showbox on February 1st and The 'Burg is giving away tickets! Listen to The Wake-Up Call tomorrow (01/23) between 6 and 8 a.m. for a chance to win tickets!


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Brooke Scott of La Habra, Calif., putts the ball across artificial grass on the frozen Bering Sea on Saturday during the Bering Sea Ice Classic golf tournament, as a plywood sheep stands in the background. The annual event in Nome raises money for the Lion's Club scholarship fund.
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