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Introducing new T&T Ultimate Adventure Uniform and Award Emblems for 2014-15!
As a result of feedback from churches and families, we are happy to announce the new Ultimate Adventure uniform available July 1, 2014. This durable, lightweight jersey-style shirt offers your 3rd and 4th graders their own distinct identity and complements the popular Ultimate Challenge uniform.
T&T clubs will also have a new emblem-based Ultimate Adventure award system that is safer and easier to use. No more pins!
These new emblems will come in multiple colors and can be used with any Discovery in either Ultimate Adventure book. In addition, for those clubs that desire it, the new Ultimate Adventure uniform award system will enable kids to creatively customize their award experience by arranging emblems in unique designs and patterns on their uniforms!
We will continue exploring other ideas to upgrade the T&T ministry as we seek to serve you and your clubs more effectively.
To learn more about this T&T update, download the FAQ page.
How can I use the T&T uniforms and awards I have on hand to work with the new system?
T&T engages third- through sixth-graders by answering their questions about God and the Bible, guiding them through this pivotal life stage to grow in Christ's grace.
Handbooks and large-group lessons deepen a child's knowledge about God and His Word and teach how to put that knowledge into action in everyday life.
T&T is different from other Awana programs. It is comprised of two clubs with distinct curriculum, uniforms and awards:
- T&T Ultimate Adventure™ for third and fourth grades
- T&T Ultimate Challenge™ for fifth and sixth grades
Local churches can run the T&T clubs separately or combine them for Large Group Time and Game Time. In any case, the two clubs are designed to help kids stay plugged into T&T as they move into the preteen years and continue growing in their relationship with Christ.
Today, 10- to 12-year-olds, known as tweens, face unique pressures, demands and distractions. These factors can result in a marked increase in discouragement, apathy and disengagement. Christian children are not immune.
Awana has responded by updating T&T to reinforce commitment, identity and community for these kids and to give third- and fourth-graders a new club stage to anticipate. These updates also focus the attention of leaders on the unique challenges and needs of this age group.
The ultimate message to kids of every age group is that nothing is more important than their relationship with Christ and following His way of living in the Scriptures.
Parents play the pivotal role in a child's spiritual nurturing.
In T&T handbooks, every "Discovery" or "Challenge" begins with a parent page that explains how you can reinforce the truths taught in subsequent sections and help your child succeed.
T&T Bookwalks are online tools that walk you through your child's handbook to help you help your child. Optional parent handbooks (Ultimate Adventure Book One and Book Two; Ultimate Challenge Book One and Book Two) from Awana at Home correspond to your child's handbooks. These books make it easy to learn more about the Bible and answer your child's questions as well.
T&T Ultimate Adventure™ teaches third- and fourth-graders that salvation in Christ is the ultimate adventure!
Kids in T&T learn that the Bible is true and they can firmly trust what it says. Each Ultimate Adventure handbook answers four questions about God and the Bible that third- and fourth-graders frequently ask. Clubbers learn eight answers to each of these questions along with verses to back up these answers. The handbooks include Bible studies and activities that allow children to go deeper into the subject matter. Before working in a handbook, kids new to T&T complete a short booklet that explains God's plan of salvation.
T&T Ultimate Challenge™ trains fifth- and sixth-graders that walking faithfully with Christ is the ultimate challenge!
Each Ultimate Challenge handbook answers four questions about God and the Bible that preteens typically ask. Kids learn eight answers to each of these questions, memorizing verses that back up the answers. Bible studies, activities and service opportunities take them further into the subject matter. Before working in a handbook, kids new to T&T complete a short booklet that explains God's plan of salvation.
Uniform awards play a big part in the Awana Clubs experience. They motivate and reward curriculum and service achievements.
T&T Ultimate Adventure™ In T&T Ultimate Adventure, clubbers earn an emblem for each Discovery completed. These Discovery emblems can be placed on the jersey to form shapes and patterns using either the Standard Method or Custom Method.
1 Discovery emblems
2 Extra-Credit emblems
3 Book completion pins
4Special Events & Awana GO Emblems
5 Passport Collector pins
6 Handbook Review Emblems
T&T Ultimate Challenge™ In T&T Ultimate Challenge clubbers personalize their jerseys by choosing an award emblem and placing it anywhere in the white areas of the jersey. Clubbers earn an emblem for ach Challenge completed.
1 Challenge emblems
2 Book completion pins
3 Special event emblems
4 Extra-Credit emblems
5 Passport Collector pins
6 Handbook Review Emblems
7 Awana GO Emblem
Excellence Award
This award is given to those who have completed two handbooks or studies between third and 12th grades. The amount of work for the Excellence involves completing 2 handbooks and includes all associated activities. The recipient must have completed fourth grade or higher.
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Timothy Award
This award is presented to those students who have completed any four of the third-through 12th grade handbooks or studies, which involves completing 4 handbooks and includes all associated activities. The recipient must have completed the sixth grade or higher.
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UCSD shows off colorful mural that pays tribute to Chicano culture
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UCSD Press Release
The Chicano Legacy 40 Años mural, which covered the east wall of Peterson Hall on campus for two years, has been installed as a permanent mosaic. The 17-by-54- foot mural, made up of thousands of pieces of colored glass, was unveiled on May 25.
The art project was envisioned by students of UCSD's Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) several years ago as a way to express Latino/a culture, and then brought to fruition by world-renowned San Diego-based artist Mario Torero.
Torero created the conceptual mosaic; after a long search, he found an art group in China — the Panyu Muralists Art Collective — who created the tiles for the mosaic.
The mural is a collage of vivid colorful images and features iconic figures such as César Chávez and Dolores Huerta, founders of the United Farm Workers Union, and San Diego landmarks Chicano Park and the Coronado Bridge. It is named in recognition of the 40th Anniversary of Chicano Park and of the Centro Cultural De La Raza in Balboa Park. It features icons of Chicano/a and Latino/a San Diego, the Coronado Bridge, the kiosk at Chicano Park and the border wall.
Torero said the iconic figures continue to resonate today not only for Chicanos but for all working families.
"These figures help convey to students that they have a choice to be a service to humanity. We are "artivists"— a connection between arts and activism. It's a bridge, not confrontation, but the 'mortar' for change."
Designed as an educational artwork for current students as well as future generations, the mural represents the Chicano/a movement and the historic struggle of individuals who fought for human rights.
For the first time in its history, UCSD has a permanent outdoor art installation that reflects the history of a minority community," said literature Professor Jorge Mariscal, a driving force behind the Chicano Legacy 40 Años project from start to finish.
"The changing demographics of the 21st century soon will make Chicanos/Latinos a majority and the number of Chicano/a and Latino/a students at UC San Diego is rising. It is only fitting that the university celebrate these realities with a representational piece of art for the entire campus community, and, indeed, for all Californians."
One of the champions of the mural was UC San Diego Vice Chancellor¬¬ – Resource Management and Planning Gary Matthews.
Originally commissioned as a temporary art project, Chicano Legacy demonstrates the diversity of California and symbolizes the campus commitment to providing a public education and a welcoming environment to all groups in both our region and state.
The mural was made permanent as part of the initiatives to embrace diversity, foster cultural awareness and improve the campus climate at UC San Diego.

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Blues President John Davidson announced that the club has relieved Head Coach Andy Murray of his coaching duties (something I eluded to just three days ago). The team has in turn named Davis Payne the interim head coach.
"I would like to thank Andy Murray for the job he has done here the past four seasons," Davidson stated Saturday morning. "He was an integral part in turning the St. Louis Blues around. He is a true professional and I wish him the best of luck in the future."
Murray registered a 118-102-38 record as leader of the Blues, including one playoff berth for the better part of four seasons. The Blues' best time behind Murray came last season, when the club catapulted from the NHL cellar all the way to the sixth seed in the playoffs. In that stretch, the team went 27-10-7, which put them as one of the hottest teams in the league before losing to the Vancouver Canucks in four games in the opening round of the playoffs.
Things seemed to stay sour this year for the young club after their dismal playoff performance. The Blues have recorded just 40 points in 40 games this season, putting them nine points out of the final playoff spot. Production from players have seemed to drop as well. Reigning Blues' leading scorer Brad Boyes posted 33 goals last season; he has just nine at this moment. Seven-time All-Star Paul Kariya was expected to put up big numbers after an injury-riddled 2008-09; he has just eight goals and 19 points. Probably the biggest disappointment is 21-year old Patrik Berglund. Expected to pick up from his 47-point rookie season, Berglund has just 12 points in 34 games played. He has been a healthy scratch at times and has even seen games where he plays less than ten minutes a game on the fourth line.
There had to be a change in the Blues organization; it just made more sense to release the 58-year old coach. But the Blues, much like their roster, have decided to bring in the youth.
The 39-year old Davis Payne has been the head coach of the Blues' AHL affiliate, Peoria Rivermen, since July 2008. With Payne leading the way, the Rivermen have posted a 62-44-3-6 record. He was also an important piece for the team to return to the playoffs last April after a two-year drought. Payne was also an assistant coach in Peoria before being placed at the helm, and was an ECHL head coach before that. Needless to say, Payne has a lot of experience with younger players.
"Davis is very knowledgeable of the players in our organization and we feel he is the best candidate to coach our team," added Davidson. "He has nine winning seasons at the minor league level which includes an ECHL Championship in 2006."
With Payne behind the bench, the young players in the Blues organization could be seeing more playing time. Currently, veterans Eric Brewer and Barret Jackman are leading the team in time-on-ice per game (Brewer with 22:51 and Jackman with 22:34), but that could be a trend that changes over time. In one of Murray's final games as coach, youngster Erik Johnson was a healthy scratch due to a poor performance as of late, despite veteran Eric Brewer posting a team-worst -10 and playing in every game that he is physically able to. With Payne calling the shots, that type of favoritism may be a thing of the past.
Payne has only been brought in on an interim-basis with low expectations, but the same was said for other AHL coaches that were brought in midway through an NHL team's season. Joe Sacco was brought in during the off-season to coach the Colorado Avalanche after coaching their AHL affiliate Lake Erie Monsters for two years. The Avalanche, after finishing last season 30th in the league, are currently first in the Northwest division and third in the Western Conference. Dan Byslma was hired as the interim for the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 15th, 2009. Just five months later, the Penguins are skating around Joe Louis Arena with the Stanley Cup in Detroit.
Maybe there is something to say for AHL coaches taking over NHL clubs. The league has changed over the years and maybe these younger coaches have adapted to the newer style. Murray did his job valiantly; it was just time to get some new blood behind the bench.
Don't underestimate Payne; he wants a NHL job and he will do whatever it takes to keep it.
Keywords: andy murray, brad boyes, dan bylsma, davis payne, eric brewer, erik johnson, joe sacco, john davidson, nhl, patrik berglund, paul kariya, st louis blues


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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo Fate vs. Free Will Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"See: misfortune has turned my hair grey and my eyes have shed so many tears that there are dark rings round them; and my forehead is furrowed. But you, Edmond, you are still young, still handsome and still proud. You did have faith, you had strength, you trusted in God, and God sustained you. I was a coward, I denied Him, so God abandoned me; and here I am!" (112.105)
In invoking the concept of "faith," Mercédès suggests that there is an element of choice, of will. If she had had faith, things could have been different – she was not fated to end up the way she did.


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Coach's Corner - A Letter From Coach Priore
Oct. 22, 2008
Stony Brook, N.Y. - To begin, I would like to congratulate every member of our Stony Brook community on Saturday's victory over Charleston Southern University. After struggling for a full month, the outcome of the game was a true testament to a team overcoming adversity by just playing the game and not over thinking on each play.
In looking back at the game, I can point to five key plays - two on defense, two on offense and one on special teams -- that embodies how you win close games. On defense, the first of those plays was the goal line stand in the first half that saw Arin West '11 (Toms River, N.J.) break up a fourth down pass. Following that play, we marched 98 yards for a touchdown, a drive that was highlighted by a key catch from Dwayne Eley '09 (Bowie, Md.). The second big defensive play took place in the fourth quarter. Down 19-13 late in the game we needed a stop and third-and-four in our territory. Up front, we put great pressure on the quarterback and forced CSU to punt, giving our offense a chance to win the game.
The offense took the ball back on the 12-yard line and put together an 88 yard drive that culminated with the game-winning pass from Dayne Hoffman '12 (Ada, Mich.) to Adrian Sawyer '10 (Oakland, Calif.) with just over a minute to play. Lastly, we secured the win with a key play from our special teams. Luke Gaddis '09 (E. Patchogue, N.Y.) executed his best kick-off of the year, pinning the Buccaneers deep and allowing our improving coverage unit to stop the Buccaneers at the 25-yard line, thus not allowing CSU a chance to set up for a game-winning field goal attempt.
As the head coach and someone who has been a coaching college football for 25 years, there is one simple formula for success - hard physical work combined with mental preparation. We preached for the last month that we had to have faith and believe. We just needed to do it in a game and I am proud that our team did so last Saturday.
As we prepare for a very talented and well coached Coastal Carolina University team this week, we will emphasize that good football teams need to bottle the excitement of victory and go right back to improving on the basics. A team cannot look back on what has been accomplished but instead look forward and prepare for what one wants to become.
Coastal Carolina will be a huge challenge for Stony brook Football as we are taking one of the elite and class programs of the Big South Conference. I know that our preparation, work ethic and focus will have us ready for the challenge on Saturday.
If you can't make it to the game, please listen to us on the radio at WUSB 90.1 FM or on the web at www.GoSeawolves.org.
Thanks again for all of your support. As always, wear RED and Go Seawolves!
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Facing an Uncertain Past
Excuses, excuses, excuses!
Facing an Uncertain Past
Excuses, excuses, excuses!
Stan Kelly-Bootle, Author
Using my favorite Greek passive-present-neuter participle (I trust you have one, too), I offer a dramatic prolegomenon to this overdue column. To wit, an apology and an explanation for its tardiness. (You'll notice the potentially unending recursion,1 since both column and excuses are late.) The apology is easy: we Brits just say "Jolly sorry, actually,"2 and project a pained sincerity, whether we mean it or not.
In the broader political context, though, I have mixed feeling about the epidemic of generic apologies for past sins committed by my distant ancestors. I'm prepared to be jolly sorry, really, that we burnt the White House in 1814, provided that similar regrets are received on behalf of the damned Yankees who torched and looted York (now Toronto) in 1813. No doubt, with more Googling, I can backtrack all past tit-for-tat sequences (using Feynman's sum over histories?), although the cause-effect chain ultimately hits the prime-cause brick wall with a Big Bang. I haven't wikied Big Bang lately, but guess it's a stub entry demanding expansions (super-inflationary?) and first-hand, eyewitness citations. Failing these, we are left with an unsatisfactory scapegoat for all our woes: a random quantum fluctuation in vacuo that somehow went badly wrong. Who to blame for that?3
Photoshop Scalability: Keeping It Simple
Clem Cole and Russell Williams discuss Photoshop's long history with parallelism, and what they now see as the main challenge.
Photoshop Scalability: Keeping It Simple
Clem Cole and Russell Williams discuss Photoshop's long history with parallelism, and what they now see as the main challenge.
Over the past two decades, Adobe Photoshop has become the de facto image-editing software for digital photography enthusiasts, artists, and graphic designers worldwide. Part of its widespread appeal has to do with a user interface that makes it fairly straightforward to apply some extremely sophisticated image editing and filtering techniques. Behind that façade, however, stands a lot of complex, computationally demanding code. To improve the performance of these computations, Photoshop's designers became early adopters of parallelism—in the mid-1990s—through efforts to access the extra power offered by the cutting-edge desktop systems of the day that were powered by either two or four processors. At the time, Photoshop was one of the only consumer desktop applications to offer such a capability.
Photoshop's parallelism, born in the era of specialized expansion cards, has managed to scale well for the two- and four-core machines that have emerged over the past decade. As Photoshop's engineers prepare for the eight- and 16-core machines that are coming, however, they have started to encounter more and more scaling problems, primarily a result of the effects of Amdahl's law and memory-bandwidth limitations.
Tackling Architectural Complexity with Modeling
Component models can help diagnose architectural problems in both new and existing systems.
Tackling Architectural Complexity with Modeling
Component models can help diagnose architectural problems in both new and existing systems.
Kevin Montagne
The ever-increasing might of modern computers has made it possible to solve problems once thought too difficult to tackle. Far too often, however, the systems for these functionally complex problem spaces have overly complicated architectures. In this article I use the term architecture to refer to the overall macro design of a system rather than the details of how the individual parts are implemented. The system architecture is what is behind the scenes of usable functionality, including internal and external communication mechanisms, component boundaries and coupling, and how the system will make use of any underlying infrastructure (databases, networks, etc.). The architecture is the "right" answer to the question: how does this system work?
The question is, what can be done about the challenge to understand--or better yet, prevent--the complexity in systems? Many development methodologies (e.g., Booch1) consider nonfunctional aspects, but too often it stops at the diagram stage. The mantra of "we can address [performance, scalability, etc.] later" can be crippling. Individual components (applications) in a system can typically be iterated, but it is often far more difficult to iterate the architecture because of all the interface and infrastructure implications.
Thinking Clearly about Performance
Improving the performance of complex software is difficult, but understanding some fundamental principles can make it easier.
Thinking Clearly about Performance
Improving the performance of complex software is difficult, but understanding some fundamental principles can make it easier.
Cary Millsap, Method R Corporation
When I joined Oracle Corporation in 1989, performance—what everyone called "Oracle tuning"—was difficult. Only a few people claimed they could do it very well, and those people commanded high consulting rates. When circumstances thrust me into the "Oracle tuning" arena, I was quite unprepared. Recently, I've been introduced to the world of "MySQL tuning," and the situation seems very similar to what I saw in Oracle more than 20 years ago.
It reminds me a lot of how difficult beginning algebra seemed when I was about 13 years old. At that age, I had to appeal heavily to trial and error to get through. I can remember looking at an equation such as 3x + 4 = 13 and basically stumbling upon the answer, x = 3.


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This charmer is the Infant Colorful Caterpillar Costume. One day your own little one is going to get into their chrysalis and turn into a beautiful butterfly, but in the mean time you should dress them up in the cutest things possible! There's no better time than now and there's almost no costume cuter than this one! And if you're going to make your little one look cute, you might as well make them be the cutest!
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KNOVILLE Tn. (WYMT) - Former Breathitt County running back and current Tennessee Volunteer Channing Fugate is beginning to find his rightful place on the roster.
He began his career as a fullback and did not get significant playing time at the position. During the spring, Channing made the switch to linebacker, and the move has paid off. Channing may be a backup, but according to head coach Derek Dooley, will see the field early and often.
"He is a real tough, hard nosed, dependable player. And, I am glad we switched him to defense. He is going to play a lot for us", said Dooley.


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Make Cultured Veggies – But in What Kind of Jar?
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.Thorin Oakenshield from the movie - The Hobbit
I often make fermented vegetables using a canning jar with a lid, but there are many methods and vessels you can use to make cultured vegetables. Some say you should only use an airlock jar to culture vegetables. They claim that the canning jar method doesn't seal well enough to remove the oxygen (removing the oxygen creates an anaerobic environment for the fermentation) and, therefore, doesn't produce enough good bacteria to create all the health benefits of fermentation. In addition, there are some suggesting this method is not safe. I have been making and eating these foods for the last 13 years and I will shoot straight with you. I'm always going to tell you the truth.
Generations of people have been fermenting foods for thousands of years without special vessels or fancy equipment. If your vegetables are submerged under the water or brine, then they are in an anaerobic environment and are perfectly fine and safe – period! Don't let anyone try to convince you that you have to buy fancy equipment in order for your fermented vegetables to be safe. This story – that a simple, inexpensive method of making cultured vegetables is not safe – is very disheartening, because it scares people and keeps them from reaping the millions of benefits from these foods.
You can make these foods in canning jars, clamp down jars, crocks, or airlock vessels. I want you to make these vegetables and discover the benefits. Don't be afraid. People have a lot to gain from promoting these types of negative news stories. Negative news sells and can drive a lot of traffic to their blog. Always follow the money when in doubt, and in this case people have much to gain from promoting this inaccurate story. If I can help people find wellness in the simplest, safest, and most affordable method as I have done, by golly I'm gonna tell them, and then we all can reap the benefits. Happy, healthy people make the world a better place! Okay, I'm done stomping my foot.
Let me explain what I use so that you can choose what's best for you.
A clamp down jar is what I use quite often to make cultured vegetables. I have so many of these jars and I think they work great to make cultured vegetables. I also like that they come in a variety of sizes and fit well in my fridge.I have also used canning jars with plastic lids in all different sizes. You can use jars with metal lids, but I prefer the plastic lids. If the ferment touches the lid, a plastic lid won't leave a metallic taste. Also, it is better for you not to have metal touch the food during the fermentation process.
The airlock jar is my favorite method to make cultured veggies. What is an airlock jar for fermenting cultured vegetables? An airlock is a special gadget that facilitates the process of gas escaping your fermented vegetables while keeping air out. This allows you to make fermented vegetables while greatly reducing and often eliminating the threat of a harmless yeast that can form on cultured veggies. I also think they taste a little better and make the veggies more crisp. I also sell the airlock jars and lids in my store.My least favorite method is a crock, because I have discovered that the cultured vegetables often, but not always, develop a white yeast called, kahm. This happens because the lids on crocks are not tight, but there is an easy way to remedy this if you still want to use a crock. My favorite fermentation guru, Sandor Katz, recommends that you ferment food the old-fashioned way – by pouring a thin layer of olive oil or coconut oil over the top of your ferment. The top layer of oil will keep oxygen off the ferment's surface. When you're ready to eat the ferment, a coconut oil layer will pop right off as a solid, removable hunk as long as the temperature is below 76 degrees Fahrenheit. If you use olive oil, for instance with a fermented salsa, you can just mix it right into the ferment for added flavor. I have not tried this method so I am not sure how it would work, but it might be an option for you.
These are the methods that I use every day and I wanted to share them with you. I hope that I can make it easier for you, so that you will discover what fun it is to ferment foods and enjoy the benefits.


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FILM REVIEW; A Dysfunctional Family With Wounds Exposed
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: November 10, 2000
For all the bullying inspirational slogans hurled at us about never giving up on your dream, following your bliss and today being the first day of the rest of your life, the fact remains that most people's lives run on fairly narrow tracks. And in the real world, as opposed to self-help fantasyland, once you find yourself on a track, it's awfully hard to get off, even if it's headed nowhere in particular.
The way so many lives coast along on familiar but frustrating paths is one of the themes of ''You Can Count on Me,'' the perfectly pitched directorial debut of the playwright (''This Is Your Youth'') and screenwriter (''Analyze This!'') Kenneth Lonergan.
Because it arrives near the end of one of the most dismal film seasons in memory, this melancholy little gem of a movie, which won two major awards at the Sundance Festival, qualifies as one of the two or three finest American films released this year. If nothing better comes along between now and the end of December, it could reap some more honors.
What distinguishes ''You Can Count on Me'' from almost every other recent American film is its modesty. Although visually handsome, it is about the furthest thing from an event movie and would fit as comfortably on television as it does on the big screen. Its biggest strength is a steadfast integrity that sharpens as the story goes along. Steering clear of the shrill melodramatic confrontations and kitschy spiritual uplift that Hollywood routinely confuses with profundity, it proposes no pat solutions for its characters' problems. One significant character, a likable but cautious young boy, is the refreshing antithesis of the psychically gifted, problem-solving superchild that is becoming one of Hollywood's most obnoxious cliches.
''You Can Count on Me'' is an exquisitely observed slice of upstate New York life that reminds us there are still plenty of American communities where the pace is more human than computer-driven. The movie dares to portray small-town middle-class life in America as somewhat drab and predictable. Without ever condescending to its characters, it trusts that the everyday problems of ordinary people, if portrayed with enough knowledge, empathy and insight, can be as compelling as the most bizarre screaming carnival on ''The Jerry Springer Show.''
The two main characters, Samantha and Terry Prescott (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo), are a grown-up brother and sister who reunite after not having seen each other for some time. Samantha (known as Sammy), a single mother with an 8-year-old son, Rudy (Rory Culkin), works as a loan officer in a bank in the fictional New York town of Scottsville. A quiet, slightly wilted place with a sleepy main street whose vitality hasn't entirely been co-opted by shopping malls, it is a typical middle-to-working-class New York State community. Country music dominates the local jukeboxes, and the soundtrack serves up a generous helping of Steve Earle's country-rock.
Samantha and Terry share a childhood trauma, recalled in the film's opening scenes, of having lost both parents in a car accident when they were very young. In remembering this event the film exercises a stunning restraint. We see the parents having a banal conversation in the car moments before the accident and then the looming disaster. Cut to an anxious policeman about to bear the horrible news to the children who have been waiting at home. Sparing us their reaction, the movie cuts to the sermon at the parents' funeral service, where we see the priest's lips moving while no words are heard on the soundtrack except for the ethereal cry of a children's choir.
These early scenes demonstrate an unerring sense (one shared by the best screenplays) of when it is best to leave things to the imagination. And as Ms. Linney's and Mr. Ruffalo's grown-up Samantha and Terry reunite, quarrel and reminisce, you retain a lingering image of the two of them as children, silently clinging to each other, still mute with shock.
In their beautifully harmonized performances, Ms. Linney and Mr. Ruffalo evoke this sibling bond with an astounding depth and subtlety. Ms. Linney's Samantha may be a responsible mother and churchgoing Catholic, but we learn that she was a wild teenager who has had to choke back her rebellious instincts in order to bring up her son. Even now, her innate rebelliousness still manifests itself in ways both small (she secretly smokes cigarettes) and large (she recklessly initiates an affair with her new boss, a persnickety straight arrow with a pregnant wife).
Mr. Ruffalo's Terry is a classic overgrown adolescent. A good-hearted drifter with a perversely self-destructive streak, he has recently spent time in prison after a bar brawl and has also impregnated a suicidally inclined girlfriend in Worcester, Mass. The main reason for his visit to Scottsville is to borrow money from his sister to deal with the situation. Samantha is furious and disappointed by her brother's lack of direction and behavioral sloppiness. He in turn is contemptuous of her for remaining stuck in Scottsville, whose small-town atmosphere he finds suffocating.


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Regulatory Agenda
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
NASA's regulatory agenda describes those regulations being considered for development or amendment by NASA, the need and legal basis for the actions being considered, the name and telephone number of the knowledgeable official, whether a regulatory analysis is required, and the status of regulations previously reported.
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OMB guidelines dated June 30, 2011; "Fall 2011 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions" require a regulatory agenda of those regulations under development and review to be published in the Federal Register each April and October. This edition of the Unified Agenda includes NASA's Statement of Regulatory Priorities, which appears in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register. The complete Unified Agenda will be published at www.reginfo.gov.
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Abstract: The purpose of this rulemaking action is to update NASA's regulation (14 CFR 1251) implementing the federally-assisted provisions of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504), as amended, 29 U.S.C. section 794 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by recipients of Federal Financial Assistance from NASA. Under Executive Order No. 12250, the United States Attorney General has the authority to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of a variety of civil rights statutes by Federal agencies such as NASA, including section 504. Recent rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that revised the standards that determine whether structural elements of buildings and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities requires NASA to revise its section 504 regulations in alignment with DOJ's implementing regulations incorporating the new accessibility standards.
On September 15, 2010, DOJ issued revised regulations under title II (28 CFR part 35) and title III (28 CFR part 36) of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including the promulgation of revised Standards for Accessible Design (commonly referred to as "2010 Standards"). See 75 FR 56164 and 56236. On March 11, 2011, DOJ published certain corrections to the revised regulations. See 75 FR 13385 and 13286. The revised ADA title II and title III regulations became effective on March 15, 2011, and are published in the 2011 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. However, the 2010 Standards are not required for new construction and alteration projects until March 15, 2012. See 28 CFR sections 35.151(c)(2) and 36.406(a)(2). On March 15, 2012, the 2010 Standards will replace the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) as the accessibility standards for new construction, alterations, program accessibility, and barrier removal under the ADA, and consequently, for section 504. Currently, the accessibility standard implemented by NASA for its federally assisted programs under section 504 is UFAS, which is located at 14 CFR 1251.302. As a result of DOJ's rulemaking actions, NASA proposes to: (1) Replace UFAS with the 2010 Standards as the accessibility standard under section 504; and (2) clarify the applicability of accessibility standards according to the time period when a recipient starts new construction or alterations on buildings and facilities. Accordingly, NASA proposes to revise 14 CFR 1251.302 and adopt the 2010 Standards effective March 15, 2012 as the only enforceable accessibility standard. NASA also proposes to revise 14 CFR 1251.302 to clarify that (1) any new construction or alterations commenced by a recipient before September 15, 2010, shall comply with UFAS; (2) any new construction or alterations commenced by a recipient on and after September 15, 2010, and before March 15, 2012, may comply with either UFAS or the 2010 standards; and (3) any new construction or alterations commenced by a recipient on or after March 15, 2012, shall comply with the 2010 Standards.
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I'm trading in my forecasting duties on Thursday for a trip back to Geneseo where we will feature my hometown for the day. It's what we are branding as Kansas Proud and taking an opportunity to showcase our hometowns and giving you a look back at our childhood days.
Photos of Ross and Millie in Geneseo
Just like so many small towns around Kansas, they have a hard time attracting young people to move back to the area. Unless the town is close to a bigger community that has more job opportunities, or it have ties to agriculture, it can be hard to live in these very small towns. I grew up just one mile outside of town and while I didn't spend a lot of my free time in town, I certainly did take part in many activities the city had to offer. As you'll hear in my story tomorrow, the city had a baseball team that I was on for a few years. We also had an annual "Play Day" with a parade and kids' activities in the park. The activities included box turtle races (yes.... you had to find your own turtle for the race), the money dig (tearing through a pile of straw searching for quarters), relays ... Just to name a few. The adults had mud volleyball.
There are a lot of great things and good people who helped raise me still living in Geneseo. As is the case with many small towns, it's the connection you have with the people that make it special and I'm grateful for my small town upbringing. Be sure to catch our stories tomorrow starting at 4 p.m. on the KSCW, and we will be live at 5 and 6 from Geneseo. I hope you get a chance to watch. It's something different on our newscasts for a change... and we hope you like it.
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Webroot Internet Security Essentials review
A solid, usable package with online backup to boot.
Webroot Internet Security Essentials - or WISE, as it cleverly abbreviates - is the company's first home security suite due for release in January 2009, but it feels like a mature product. The interface is clean and sensibly laid-out, and we found its green and grey colour scheme calming. It's a shame, then, that getting to the front-end after booting was such a drawn-out affair, with nearly 30 seconds of CPU activity while WISE was initialising.
Still, our impressions improved once the package was up and running. In our malware detection test, WISE scored 88% - equal with Kaspersky, although slightly behind the frontrunners. Its 57% score in the web test was respectable too, placing it joint fourth along with BitDefender. And while it didn't make our test PC wholly invisible or invulnerable to network attack, it did lock it down so that only one serious vulnerability could be detected.
The suite has a few rough edges: we don't expect a firewall to ask whether Internet Explorer can access the internet. And when a new version of the program became available, it required us to re-enter our licence key - which it helpfully provided in the same requester. We were also nonplussed by its offer to add an Ask toolbar to our browser: we don't expect pushy advertising like this in commercial software.
The price isn't bad, though, considering you get a backup module with 2GB of online storage - not enough for a media collection, but ample for the important files. In all, it's a well-conceived, functional package - not a top performer in every area, but if you have a fetish for green and grey you could do a lot worse.
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Idaho-based Western Power Sports Inc. (Booths 3213, 3313 and 3413) continues to achieve its growth initiatives by adding KBC to its roster of manufacturers. (KBC also is distributed through Motorcycle Stuff and Tucker Rocky.)
In August 2006 Western reported that it was now distributing 550 brands, 48 of which had been added during the previous 12 months. Three of these recent acquisitions were PIAA, Progrip and Silkolene.
Dealers stopping by the distributor's booth will also get to see the 2007 Fly Racing and Fieldsheer apparel, as well as the latest stuff from semi-exclusive brands Gmax, Kings Tire and Shinko.
Gmax's GM46Y youth off-road lid now comes in with special-edition Lizard graphics in five colorways. The helmet is marketed as lightweight (a large weighs 2.2 lbs.), highly vented (There are 19 vents!), and affordable ($79.95 retail). Removable, washable cheek pads and liners are available in different sizes for a custom fit.
Shinko has two new tires: 224 Series dual-sport rubber and 421 Series tires for minibikes. The tube-type dual-sport tires are DOT-approved, have a 4-ply rating, and are designed for front and rear fitment. Sizes are available to fit most off-road and enduro motorcycles. The minibike tube-type tires feature a tough nylon carcass with dimpled knobs to provide traction in a variety of terrains. They come in 8- and 10-inch rim diameter sizes. — Arlo Redwine
KBC's flagship model, the VR-2, has a shell constructed of fiberglass, carbon and Kevlar for an "extremely lightweight helmet," according to the manufacturer. The lid has two intakes for ventilation, and its flat polycarbonate racing visor (tear-off posts are optional) is optically correct, scratch-resistant and anti-fog. The shield releases via a one-step, tool-free system.
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Adventure time! The search for the Water Crystal
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Banner by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
Our adventurers were enjoying a nice walk through the local market when they came across a notice from their very own Leader, Dextrus Flagg, asking his citizens to find the fabled Elemental Crystal of the land. Never the ones to turn down such an assignment, they quickly began brainstorming ideas on where to seek the crystal.
"I know the crystal must be in the deepest part of the desert, for that is where one would hide something so valuable." Said Belfurth
"No No!" exclaimed Ruaidhri, "The best place to hide something is in plain sight, I know it has to be hidden somewhere within the capitol, for that is where I would hide it."
"That's ridiculous, if something was in the capitol, then it would have been found already." Argued Elwin. "The best place to put it would be in the forest, most of it hasn't even had a human visitor for ages."
"Since it is a water crystal, shouldn't it be near water?" Asked Amelia. "Maybe we should try the coast; there are many caves and islands that it could easily be hidden on."
The debate went on long into the evening with every conceivable place thought of, from the highest peaks of the mountains, the salt lakes, the underground Dwarven mines, the gnome village in the east, the southern jungles, and even the fabled city of Lost Vegga.
"Humpf!" Ruaidhri said with a sigh, "There are too many places to look; no one can be expected to search the whole country to find this crystal. We need more information to go by or we will certainly be wasting time wandering around."
Silent for the whole time, Nell finally chirped in and said something. "I know someone who could tell us where to look."
Startled by her sudden statement, they all looked at her suspiciously.
"Please tell me you are not talking about him?" replied Elwin, "Please let it be anyone but him."
"Who is him? That isn't a proper name. If she knows someone who can help us find the crystal, then we should listen to her." Said Ruaidhri
"You don't understand she is talking about her uncle, Professor Tobias Felix Moniker the third." Said Amelia
"What!?! He is your uncle Nell? I don't know him personally, but from what I heard he is… well how do I put this nicely?" Said Ruaidhri "One goat short of a herd."
"Well, he is very eclectic you could say. But I distinctly remember him telling me a story about an old king, and a magical crystal when I was a girl." Said Nell
"Oh, I bet he knows all about magical crystals, and their various uses." Elwin said sarcastically.
"Is he really our only choice? Is there no one else?" Belfurth moaned.
In fact, there was no one else. The Professor was the head of the Kirin Academy of Higher Learning and Historic Preservation. If anyone in Historica knew about the legend and where to go, it unfortunately was him. With heavy hearts, they all agreed: Come morning they would set out for Kirin and see what the professor could tell them.
The sun was just rising as everyone woke up for a hearty breakfast and copious amounts of tea. Now the question was, where did they find the Professor at? Kirin had many outposts throughout the land and they had no way of knowing which one he would be at.
"The Professor prefers the cooler air this time of year, so I think a good place to find him would be the Kirin Archives. It is built into the side of a cliff, so the inside stays incredibly cool all the time." Said Nell
With nothing else to go by, they all agreed that is where they would start. The journey was neither exciting nor noteworthy, unless you consider another sand dune to be something special.
Photo One by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
The Archives were a site to behold, the attractive orange and green stone building paired spectacularly with the cool sandstone that surrounded it. As they approached the door Belfurth spoke up.
"Can I wait outside?" Belfurth grumpily said. "What could possibly be worse than this?"
Photo Two by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
"You really you can't think of anything worse? What about that time you ate that rancid camel meat and hallucinated that you were the king of the market and then stripped off all your clothes and fell asleep in the fountain in the middle of the square." Remarked Elwin
"Or that time you got lost going to Petraea and had to drink your own pee for two whole days." Added Amelia
"What about that one time you got cursed by Jenitra, the one legged gypsy fortune teller, for smashing that huge scorpion with her wooden leg." Said Nell
"Or that one time at weapons camp…" Ruaidhri didn't get to finish his sentence before Belfurth cut him off.
"All right, all right, I guess there are worst things in life than talking to this old man. Can we just go in and get this over with?"
As the front doors opened, and a cool breeze swept over the party, a voice echoed through the hallway around them.
"HELLLLLLLLLLLLLO! TOP OF THE MORNING to all of you… wait no that's not right, it is nearly lunch time. It can't be morning if I already had breakfast correct? You are correct, yes you are. What kind of greeting do proper people give each other at this time of day? I can't very well say good afternoon since it is not nearly afternoon yet. Well then: TOP OF THE MID MORNING, BUT NOT QUITE AFTERNOON BECAUSE IT ISN"T LUNCH TIME TO YOU!"
"Uncle Tobias, it is so good to see you." Said Nell
"Well if it isn't my favorite niece Nell, of course you have to be my favorite niece since you are the only one I have." Said the Professor.
Looking over their small group he exclaimed "My my, why would you bring two little children all the way out here in the heat? It is much too hard a journey for ones so young."
"We are not children!" Snarled Belfurth "Haven't you ever seen a dwarf before, old man?"
"My pardons, little one, without my glasses you sure look like a child. Then again you are awful hairy for a child, but I have heard of a tribe of natives that live in the far west who are incredibly hairy, you could very well be a child from that tribe."
"It is very nice to meet you, Professor" Interrupted Amelia " But I can assure you my friends are dwarves. We hate to bother you, but we have come to ask you about-"
"My goodness, who is this pretty lady you have with you?" Asked the Professor
"Uncle, that is Amelia." Said Nell "And over there is Elwin."
"Elwin say you, that is a very peculiar name for a girl, but those elves do have a way with funny names."
"I am not a girl." Exclaimed Elwin "I don't look like a girl, I have short hair and swords, I look nothing like a girl. I am the pinnacle of everything manly."
The whole group was rather worked up at this point when Nell stepped back in.
"Uncle, could you tell us everything you know about the fabled Water Crystal?" Asked Nell
"Water Crystal you say? I can do you one better, I can show it to you, yes I can." Said the Professor
He then sped off to the hallway down the right, and left everyone standing in a daze.
"Should we follow him?" Ruaidhri asked "The sooner we find out about this crystal the faster we can leave."
Photo Three by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
They took off down the same hallway as the Professor and soon found him standing in front a regal pharaoh, flanked by two dog-like guards. Bursting from the pharaoh's spear was a twinkling blue crystal.
"Is that the real Water crystal?" Ruaidhri couldn't take his eyes off of it.
" Oh yes, it is real alright, as real as you and me. I found it on one of my journey's North, bought it off of a nice mummy in the local market place. Very friendly you know, I think his name was Alaikazeem, very peculiar stone that is. I do believe the back says property of Vegga Gaming Committee. Alaikazeem was one the most polite mummies I have ever met, why he even invited me back to his house for tea... " The Professor kept going even has Belfurth interrupted.
" Wait, you mean to tell me that Crystal isn't the real Water Crystal, it is just a fake gambling token." Belfurth's face got redder as he spoke. " We came all this way and all you can give us is a fake crystal?"
"Well, yes this crystal is not the one you are looking for, but it sure is pretty right?" Said the Professor " Besides it looks just like the one you are looking for, only a different shade of color. The Fabled Blue Water Elemental Crystal of Kaliphlin is a beautiful deep sapphire blue."
" Do you know anything about where it could be in Kaliphlin, we would be grateful for any help you can give us." Said Amelia.
" Well, yes I have an idea. Let me tell you, this information wasn't easy to come by. It started in my youth, ah back when I was young, I had the world at my fingertips." The Professor stated.
" I have a feeling this isn't going to be an easy answer." Elwin whispered to Amelia
" Back then, all you needed was some water and a good camel. I bought a camel once from a gypsy lady. I wonder what happened to her? Did you know back then you could buy a camel for just a few bags of spice, yes sir you sure could. One of the best camels I ever had was names Fiachra, lovely camel… much sturdier than a horse out here in the desert…" The Professor rambled.
…..Four hours, 27 minutes and 12 seconds later….
"… and then she said " Oh no, you are not doing that to my llama." One of the nicest ladies you could meet that woman, but she wasn't going to give me that dagger for anything." The Professor laughed to himself. He turned back to the group, realizing they had been quiet for a while.
Photo Four by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
" Why are you all on the floor? Taking a nap before the big journey, haha, yes that is what you should do now that you have all the information you need."
" All the information? I don't think you gave us any useful information' Belfurth said under his breath.
" Uncle, could you tell us once again where you think the crystal is at?" Asked Nell
" Were you not paying attention? I clearly said you wanted to head to the delta area down south. There is a small jungle area, I believe you will find what you are seeking there. But wait here, I have something very important you need for the journey." The Professor disappeared down a nearby hallway, and as he went you could still hear him chuckling to himself.
" Its about time, why couldn't he have just said that to being with?" Ruaidhri said to Belfurth. " I knew he was off his rocker."
"I'm BACK!" Screamed the professor so loudly that everyone gave a little jump. " I have exactly what you need."
Photo Five by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
He held out an old mangy bone and light colored ball. Everyone stared at him in disbelief.
" This is supposed to help us how?" Said Elwin
"Is it a magical ball?" Asked Belfurth
" Does is cover itself with spikes when you throw it at enemies?"
" Does it talk? Hold magical secrets? Shoot slime when its scared? Belfurth asked clearly agitated.
" No, its just a ball and a bone." The Professor replied.
" Does it at least bounce?" Asked Amelia.
" No, I don't believe it does anymore." Replied the Professor.
" Well what do we do with them then?" Asked Elwin clearly confused.
" When the time comes, you will know what to do with them. I am sure of that." The Professor looked serious for a moment, and then said " Well, I must be off, I have a dinner to get to, one of the Nobles from Petraea has come and I really must be gone now. Take these and have a safe journey."
With that the Professor turned around and disappeared down the hallway.
" What a peculiar man he is. " Amelia said to no one in particular. " I guess we should get going then. We are going to need to head South and find some boats if we want to find this crystal."
She picked up the bone and Elwin took control of the very light ball. As the group headed for the exit, Ruaidhri hung back every so slightly.
Photo Six by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
" I think we may find more of a need for this." He said as he gently took the map off of the display.
Days flew by as they floated around the various streams and rivers of the South. After a particularly harsh day, in which one of their boats was sunk by a very angry creature in the muck, they were about to give up. You would give up too if you were stuck in a very small boat with two dwarves who hadn't bathed in days.
" This is hopeless." Belfurth said "We should cut our losses now before we all starve to death out here."
" We can't give up now." Amelia said. " We just can't. We know the crystal is out here somewhere."
" We have been saying that for days now. We are no closer now then we were before." Said Nell " If only we had some clue as to where to look. We should have asked the Professor to be more specific, drawn us a map or something.
Now Ruaidhri wasn't known to have the best memory, but then Nell mentioned a map, a light went off in his head.
" Wait, before we left Kirin, I took this off the display." Said Ruaidhri " Do you think it could be any
He handed the map over the Elwin who looked at it, and then looked back at Ruaidhri, then back at the map, then back at Ruaidhri.
" Do you mean to tell me you had this the whole time and didn't remember it until now?" Elves were always known to have a even temperament, but the whole boat could feel the tension in his voice. " We have been out here for days roaming around and you had this the whole time? We could have already been on our way home!"
" Well, no one asked about it before now." Ruaidhri briskly replied. " Besides we have it now, will it help?"
Elwin took a deep breath and steadied his voice " Yes, it will. In fact I don't think we are too far off from where the map is pointing. That is if this map is the real thing."
A few hours later, and a few more turns they came across a massive wall of rock. On the right side was a small opening, just big enough to pass in the boat if they were careful.
" I think we have to go through there." Elwin said.
The tunnel was dark and damp, and the group had a very difficult time seeing where they were going. After floating aimlessly it seemed Nell spoke.
" I don't know if it is my eyes but does anyone see a faint light ahead?"
In fact they had all seen it, straight ahead the murky darkness was receding and a golden glow was becoming prevalent. As they approached they knew that the tunnel was ending and they would soon be free of the darkness.
As their boat passed the narrow opening, the small stream opened into a beautiful clear blue pool. The light was cascading off of the temple walls, and reflecting off the water giving the area a golden hue.
Temple 1 by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
" Its really beautiful." Amelia barely whispered.
For once even Belfurth didn't have a word to say as they took in the magnificence of the temple. It was Nell who finally broke the silence.
" Look up there, what is the statue holding?
They all looked that direction to see the statue holding the most glowing blue crystal they had ever seen.
" That has to be it." Said Elwin " I think I can get up there, do we still have the rope or did we lose it?"
Photo Seven by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
The climb to the summit was easy for an elf who spent his childhood climbing every tree in sight. For Ruaidhri, it wasn't the same story. However, not to be bested by an elf, made it to the top of the temple as well.
" Should we just take it?" Asked Ruaidhri.
" I don't see why not, although something doesn't feel right." Replied Elwin
" I don't have any weird feeling, fine let me take it, let the history books say the dwarf found the Water Crystal." Jested Ruaidhri
"Wait what is that!" Exclaimed Elwin as he pointed in the distance. As Ruaidhri turned Elwin snuck the crystal from the statues hand. Slowly the statues head began to turn an awful black color.
" Um, Ruaidhri, I think we should probably leave now!" Elwin voiced cracked ever so slightly as he talked.
Photo Eight by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
It was too late as they heard a most ferocious sound come from the surrounding jungle. Something large was tearing through the brush straight towards them. Before they could even think, a dark red creature broke crashed through the far end of the pool and stared down the thieves. For the second time that trip, Elwin actually showed some emotion.
" I told you we should have left! This is all your fault." Yelled Elwin
" My fault, how is it my fault? You are the one who took it!" Ruaidhri yelled back
" I don't think my knives are going to make any difference in this fight." Said Elwin " We have to think of something else. Why didn't that stupid professor mention him? Elwin said while pointing at the creature that was slowing and steadily climbing towards them.
Standing on the far bank, Nell, Amelia and Belfurth could only stand in horror.
" What are we supposed to do now!?! That thing is going to eat them!" Nell said.
" I don't know, but I know what little weapons we have will be useless against him. We need to distract it so they can get away." Said Belfurth
" Distract? We don't have anything helpful at all with us!" As Amelia said those words she thought of the two most useless things they had brought with them. " You don't think he meant for us to use those right? I don't think it would ever work."
Left with no other choice or ideas Amelia yelled at Belfurth " Here throw the ball up to Elwin once I get the creature away."
" Are you crazy woman? This is no time to be playing with silly nonsense!" Snarled Belfurth.
" Just do it, so far that crazy old man has been mostly correct. Just trust me, he said we would know when to use them." Amelia pleaded.
She grabbed the bone from the boat and moved over to get the creatures attention. " Hey you, yeah you big guy! Come here big guy over here! Look what I have for you!" Amelia felt extremely silly for talking to such a ferocious creature like that, but at the time it was all she could do.
Like a moth to a flame the creature turned his sights to Amelia and what was in her hand. Slowly it turned and started towards her with a light spring in its step. Amelia started backing away back towards the boat as Belfurth snuck behind her.
" Here big guy! What a good boy… I think you are a boy… anyway, here big guy come over here!" Amelia said to the creature.
It was at this point Amelia realized she had backed herself into a corner with no where to go. The creature advanced on her to the point she could feel its hot breath on her body and see the saliva sparkling on the creatures razor sharp teeth.
Photo Nine by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
" Um, anytime, YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING AT ANYTIME NOW!" She screamed.
" HEY YOU! BIG GUY! Over here big guy! Look what we have!" Elwin yelled. "Do you want the ball? Huh, huh do you want it!"
At any other time, you would have laughed at such a sight. A grown elf, jumping up and down with a ball in his hand, beckoning a monstrous creature to him.
A sound came from the creature that startled everyone, instead of a ghastly roar, a tiny little happy yelp came out. It sprang away from the boat, completely forgetting about Amelia.
Elwin sat the ball on the ground and instructed Ruaidhri to kick it as far as his little legs would. This was an easy feat for the small dwarf as he was the undefeated champion at a local game called kick the ye olde can. He brought his leg back and with a mighty kick he sent the ball flying far into the jungle until it disappeared out of sight. The creatures eyes lit up, and forgetting all about the thieves invading his temple, ran blinding back into the jungle yelping all the way.
Photo Ten by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
" I can't believe that actually worked. That old man is absolutely crazy!" Amelia exclaimed.
" He may be crazy, but he saved all of us. How did he know that would work?" Said Nell.
" Who cares? We should get out of here before that thing remembers we are here. Besides we have exactly what we came for." Belfurth said as he handed the crystal over to Amelia.
" Belfurth is right, we should leave now." Amelia said while staring at the clear blue crystal. " We do have what we came for."
" HAHA, that was just what the doctor ordered! My spirit is so energized from the fight, I could take that creature on and win with my bear hands if he came back!" Ruaidhri excitedly said.
" Well, if you have so much energy, why don't you paddle us back home then?" Elwin said as he held out the oar.
Photo Eleven by erynlasgalen, on Flickr
The party laughed as they all climbed into the very small boat to start their journey home. The voyage home was not nearly as exciting as their near death experience in the temple, but the slow pace gave everyone plenty of time to wonder about the real reason they risked their life for this seemly small blue crystal.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:17 AM
I had a very similar idea to build water, good to see this in reality!
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 10:00 AM
The moc with the splashing water effect is to die for! So good! The fact that you build the moc high is also very nice and the whole moc feels old and overwhelmed by plants!
Edit: Oh! Almost forgot in all my praise to praise you more! That guardian is truly magnificent! Very well done!!
Great job on this and good luck in the contest!
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 12:23 PM
The temple itself is magnificent
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 01:34 PM
This is one epic story ;) Reminded mi a little to the Iliad :) Bravo :) good luck
Posted 08 May 2012 - 09:57 PM
I like photo one the most, it has a nice ancient feeling!
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:13 PM
I great job on the main build. It doesn't quite feel "ancient" but it is pretty darn close! It is very detailed and ornate
I like your guardian too. He is so mean and cute at the same time.
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zcerberus, on 09 May 2012 - 01:13 PM, said:
That actually turned out to be my favorite part about him, he was supposed to be a great fearsome, bloodthirsty beast but after I sat looking at him he became too cute to be so incredibly mean, lol.
Mikel Kalores, on 09 May 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:
You are right, I went through all my hair pieces and they all either did not fit with the beard or left a weird gap which I didn't like. I actually was just playing around when I stuck that one on, and was surprised it worked so well. It can pop off every once in a while, but I think because it is one of the soft hair pieces makes it work better with the beards.
Posted 10 May 2012 - 09:05 PM
A beautiful entry
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Posted 11 May 2012 - 02:09 PM
I am glad he helped you to find the crystal. Maybe you should visit him and thank him? Or did our youth not learn any manners?
Your entry is very nice, I especially like that you presented your story like a movie (the first picture of the characters, all text as dialogues, action pictures...) but also the build is excellent . Well done for Kaliphlin!
Posted 13 May 2012 - 03:46 AM
Firstly, the photography is impeccable, and your photo editing really adds value to the MOC (the banner particularly).
The temple is pretty cool, very good sense of scale.
My favourite part is the guardian though...very well done!
Good luck in the contest. It's good to have you in our guild!
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Christoph, on 11 May 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:
I am glad he helped you to find the crystal. Maybe you should visit him and thank him? Or did our youth not learn any manners?
Oh yes, we did go back to thank him, and um.. return some property back to the Archives that mysteriously disappeared.. however once we go there all we found was a note stating he had urgent business in the Wither Woods all of a sudden...
I'm sure we will run into him again in our journeys to give him a proper thank you.
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 04:07 AM
The build are well done too. I really like the temple, the fountain/river through the temple and the guardian.
Excellent entry!
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Moving toward a transportation system that fuels healthy people and a healthy planet.
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MAX, 100 mpg, streamlining, fuel economy, nose, fiberglass, mold, Jack McCornack
Man, I'd better get this right.
Those who've been following the MAX Updates know how hard it was to build this body, and how hard it was emotionally to build the rear fenders twice. To avoid ever doing that again, I made molds for the second set of rear fenders (see MAX Update No. 73: Fenders Sans Benders) and now I can pop out replacement rear fenders like Pepperidge Farms pops out cookies.
Now that MAX has shown its stuff, there's been a bit of clamor from DIYers who want to make similar* cars, and it's clear that the streamlined body is a key factor in MAX's fuel sipping ways. I've shown how I made MAX, and the nose alone took two solid months, and other builders could duplicate my steps or we could make a mold of the entire nose and pop out noses too.
As long as you're making a few of them, molded parts aren't much more expensive than start-with-a-block-of-foam-and-knock-off-everything-that-doesn't-look-like-a-car parts. You use the same amount of resin and glass in either one, and there wouldn't be any cost difference at all except A) the mold itself takes about triple the materials that go into a part (the mold has to be substantially stronger than the part) and B) you have to make the first part first anyway so you can have something to make the mold off of, and if you're only making one part, you're done, and if you're making a mold, your work has just started…and if you mess up on making the mold (hey, it happens) you don't have a part or a mold and you get to start over anyway. To thoroughly abuse the metaphor, you have to make a lot of cookies to pay for an industrial cookie forge.**
The long story short is, I figured if I spread the cost of the mold over ten cars, it would be just about as cheap*** for builders to buy the body parts as to make the parts themselves, and when people asked if I'd be making (and selling) copies of the MAX body, my answer was: when three people commit to buying bodies, I'll make the molds.
The third builder committed about a month ago, so I've taken the nose off MAX and am transforming it into a pattern, or "plug" as it's known in the colorful patios of the fiberglass industry. The scary part is, once I'm done converting it from part to plug, it will never be a nose again. I'm having to fill every hole (including the headlights and radiator air intake and the hole in the hood where the turbocharger sticks up), and having to brace it inside with bonded plywood panels, and bond flanges to the edges and…if this doesn't work, MAX will never look like MAX again, and win or lose, MAX is out of the picture for a few months.
Of course, it's going to work out great, and the first nose out of the mold will go on MAX, and I'll use all the lessons I've learned from this prototype to make MAX prettier and slicker than ever, but it's still a little scary. I've already looked like a dork at one Mother Earth News Fair (in Seven Springs, 2010) and I'd hate to double-dork.
Whew. I feel better, getting that out of my system, and I should stop with my "what if…" worries, since I'm already past the point of no return. MAX's nose is hanging in my hangar (hence the name), upside down, getting its braces installed and its holes fiberglassed flat; it's happening and that's that. And maybe it's a good thing that I can't cruise around in MAX for a couple of months, because that allows me to work on the enclosed cabin without distraction.
*If you have a Cocker Spaniel named Trixi, her puppies are Cocker Spaniels, they're not Trixis. MAX is only the name of this one specific car, and we need a name for this model of car. You can help; our lines are open, and operators are standing by.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former substitute teacher in the Sand Springs school district has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting a student, child porn charges and providing alcohol to a minor.
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Kindle Fire owners dreaming of the day when Spotify will officially launch an app for their beloved device need not dream anymore. The application is available now from the Amazon App store. As with all Spotify apps, the app is free, but users are required to have a Spotify premium account to use the service after their trial period has expired. It seems like only yesterday that Spotify launched on iPad, and now it is spreading on to the Fire.
As you would expect, the Kindle Fire version of Spotify is rich with features. Spotify's radio service is implemented right at launch. This feature, which only recently rolled out on iOS, allows users to create and listen to custom stations in a way that feels very similar to Pandora.
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NFL Week 13 is upon us, and the playoff races in both conferences are heating up. There are plenty of huge, must-win games for teams trying to play their way into January relevance, and this weekend is no exception. Division races are still wide open for the most part, and the Wild Card pictures are all heavily clouded as things stand currently in the league.
Even teams that are virtually out of the playoff race still have a huge impact, potentially playing spoiler and having a hand in deciding extremely tight playoff races. Fans of even the worst teams in the league still live and die week-to-week, so every team deserves equal time to tell with every teams' stories.
This week, there are plenty of major story lines to keep track of, whether it's injuries, benchings, or emerging players that could wreak havoc this Sunday. Here we'll try to cover all the big issues heading in to the heart of Week 13 in the NFL, providing a run down of each of the 15 remaining games on the schedule.
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When Savannah was 5 years old, a brain tumor was found on her pituitary gland. Her young age ruled out radiation therapy, so doctors surgically removed the tumor, though they worried it would return. Worries were confirmed a year later when the tumor began to grow again. Though radiation therapy did not achieve the desired effect, the tumor is now dormant and is no longer growing. Unfortunately, the tumor has damaged the part of Savannah's brain that controls hunger and appetite. She feels hungry all the time, but has learned to keep her mind busy to combat the hunger she feels.
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A Yahoo! User Dec 17, 2009 00:25 Flag
Who would you rather get rid of?
Obviously a lot of people on here what rafa out the door but if you had a choice between getting rid of him and the yanks who would you get rid of?
To make this debate a bit more interesting lets for arguments sake say that you cannot say get rid of the yanks then we would have the money to pay to get rid of rafa. So lets say we have to give rafa one more season under the new owners.
Me personally i would get rid of the yanks and see what rafa could do with a city of chelsea size budget.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Dec 17, 2009 23:32 Flag
Neither. We came pretty close last season and i would stick with what we have.I would rather scouse owners obviously though.
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Dec 17, 2009 02:25 Flag
As most on here already know, I'll say get rid of H&G.
But, it also really depends on who comes in. It's easy to say owners with deep pockets, but I'd actually want stable owners with a real and verifiable vision and business plan. Yes I want the debt gone, but I'd be happy with a clear plan of how to pay it down without hurting the on field product. Yes I want a new stadium yesterday, but I'd be happy to know we are going to get it, and the actual date. I'd also like to have huge funds Rafa (or anyone else) can spend, but I'd at least be happy with someone with a clear budget and plan from which we all can set expectations. Yes it would be nice to spend like City, but let's at least make sure we're going in the right direction, rather than an effective net spending of zero which is what we got this summer.
Rafa or the Yanks. Got to be the Yanks, everytime. Even the Moores family regret selling to them.
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Crocodile tears in my opinion, it was also the Moores family (another branch) who screwed Everton too and changed them from the "Mersey Millionarios" to bankrupt virtually overnight. These people live on another Planet from us mate, they just take their cash and move on leaving us ordinary genuine fans to pick up the pieces, just same as Stadler and Waldorf (alias Hicks and Gillette) will do hopefully sooner rather than later and while the Liverpool FC "product" is still one which carries a "to be sought after" tag to it.
DANIEL B...get rid of Pugwash ! Its conceivable the Yanks would stump up new funds for King Kenny in just the same way they did forPugwash UNTIL HE LOST HIS CREDIBILITY IN THE TRANSFER MARKET...Dossenya Kiriyagos Ngog al Zhar Degan and on and on.
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A Yahoo! User Dec 17, 2009 01:55 Flag
fair point colin but i think if rafa were to go kenny would only be caretaker until the summer so would the owners stump up the cash like you say?
and are you going to reply to me on the paisley shanks the legend thread or not? Here's the link if you don't kno what i'm talking about:


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