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A Contest! Design our New Door Hanger
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Have you heard? We want YOU to help us design our new door hanger! If you haven't seen our current door hangers, grab a look as the new one will have the same die cut and will most likely also have the Breastmilk Storage Guidelines on the reverse side.
Just leave a comment on the wall of our Facebook Fan Page with your slogan and/or design idea and you will automatically be entered into the contest.
To get your creative juices flowing, here are some of the slogans that we've come up with in the past. Note that we've never used any of them... this is just to give you a "feel" for things. In other words, we need your help as we're not too jazzed about any of them. We know you can do better!
There's a really good reason NOT to knock right now!
Please Do Not Disturb - I'm Expressing in Style!
Please Do Not Disturb - Mammaries at Work!
Please Do Not Disturb - Pumping Zone!
Please Do Not Disturb - I'm in a Milky Way!
Please Do Not Disturb - I'm Pumping for the Cause!
So submit a sassy idea for our new door hanger and if we choose yours, you win!
What will you win if we pick your entry? A PumpEase Sampler Pack featuring a PumpEase in your choice of size and print, a Breastmilk Storage Guidelines fridge magnet, one of our Do Not Disturb door hangers, one of the NEW door hangers that YOU designed and a Nursing Mother Goddess Necklace (coming soon to our site)! Retail value $75.00!
Contest closes January 15, 2010.
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Jael Custom Designs says:Saw this on twitter and thought it was great! I left a comment on your FB Fan Page. I'll keep thinking on it. I'm sure I can come up with more!
- Jen
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Posted on December 28, 2009
Wendy Armbruster Bell says:Thanks for your entries Jen... please pass the link along to anyone you think may be interested in entering!
Posted on December 28, 2009
Wendy Armbruster Bell says:Update on the "Design our New Door Hanger" contest... ... we have it narrowed down to 5 entries and will make a final decision this week! Thanks to all who entered!
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1Denoting outer clothing made of a fluorescent or reflective material intended to ensure that the garment's wearer can be easily seen by other people: a high-visibility orange jacket
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- Safety is also a key trend, with more and more people recognizing the importance of wearing high-visibility apparel, whether riding a bicycle through town during broad daylight or taking out the dog for a nighttime walk.
- If you look at European golf tournaments, all the marshals are wearing high-visibility garments.
2Denoting something intended to attract a great deal of public attention: a high-visibility advertising campaign
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- Although competitive Irish dancing has been around for years the form became broadly popular with such high-visibility shows as Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance and Riverdance.
- The best way to advance through the ranks as a technology manager is to constantly look for high-visibility projects.
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Generation Y
The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, comprising primarily the children of the baby boomers and typically perceived as increasingly familiar with digital and electronic technology.
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The "Gator in the Bay" has a new look.
NBC 6 has your guide to seeing Art Basel events and local parties for free.
Some of the artists of Art Basel are cats.
Art Basel began at the Miami Beach Convention Center Thursday, with buyers, sellers and art fans milling about as they checked out sculptures, portraits and artists' letters. "Every single painting or sculpture...
Kanye West took on the art world in Midtown Miami Wednesday night.
For the second year in a row, the magazine has set up ShopBAZAAR at Soho Beach House, a pop up shop that will be open Wednesday and Thursday during Art Basel.
Thousands of people flocked to the Miami Beach Convention Center Wednesday for a preview of Art Basel, as the 12th edition of the event again grabs the world art spotlight.
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Artist Tracey Emin opened her exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami titled "Tracey Emin: Angel Without You." The exhibit, with more than 60 peices, is her first ever at a U.S.
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Cougars Kick Off New Year at Rose Bowl Regatta
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The No. 4-ranked College of Charleston coed sailing team will begin the New Year with the 29th annual Rose Bowl regatta hosted by the University of Southern California and the US Sailing Center on Jan. 4-5 at the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, Calif.
The Cougars will be one of 32 collegiate sailing teams from a competitive field to participate in the two-day event.
All of the sailors for this regatta will not have to travel far as they are all Southern California residents who will be home for the holidays. The brother-sister Newport Beach duo of sophomore skipper Ryan Davidson and freshman crew Bayley Davidson will make up the A-Division squad with some help from sophomore crew member Katie Dowling (Coronado, Calif.). The B-Division team will be made up of sophomore skipper Jack Jorgensen (La Canada, Calif.) and freshman crew Chloe Dapp (Newport Beach, Calif.).
"We'll be taking our best west coast talent to this regatta," CofC Head Coach Ward Cromwell said. "We came in second behind Stanford last year so we'll look to be competitive again. There will be a high school regatta going on at the same time so this is also a good chance for us to get a jump on recruiting."
CofC will look to challenge top-ranked Georgetown who has squeaked by the Cougars in a couple of their recent regattas. Racing will start at 11 a.m. (PT) each day with a forecast calling for light winds.
This will be the final fall season regatta for the College. The spring season will begin with the SAISA Open on Feb. 8-9 in St. Petersburg, Fla.


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9th Annual Creative Collaborations Conference Includes Multimedia and Robotic Presentations
How can the recycling of computers, monitors and other e-waste become more efficient? Will the 2012 summer games in London become the first "digital Olympics?" And does the "Make It Right" initiative in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina provide a model for affordable, sustainable homes for middle and lower-income families?
These are just a few of the innovative research projects to be presented at "Creative Collaborations," the University of San Diego's annual research conference on Thursday, April 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the University Center Forum.
Along with posters and exhibits, there will 10 interactive, multimedia exhibits, including theatre performances and robotic vehicles maneuvering through a maze. An Ethnic Studies project on San Diego's Chicano Park murals will also include several lowrider cars on display in front of the University Center.
Supported by a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, USD has become a model for the nation's universities through the establishment of an Office of Undergraduate Research last fall. This year's conference features more participation than ever before -- a total of 175 posters and exhibits presented by 282 undergraduates. USD offers students a number of opportunities for research, including the honors program and the McNair Scholars Program, which prepares underrepresented and first-generation college students for PhD programs and careers in higher education. USD is also an enhanced institutional member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, a national council that promotes research, scholarship and creative activities.
"Creative Collaborations celebrates the intellectual life of USD and showcases the vibrant student-faculty interactions that are the hallmark of a USD education," said Sarah Kriz, PhD, director of USD's Office of Undergraduate Research. "Many of our students who participate in Creative Collaborations also publish their work in academic journals and present their projects at national, international and regional conferences," she said. "These projects often lead to graduate school acceptances and prestigious scholarship awards. The high-quality research reflects the outstanding mentoring abilities of USD faculty, as well as the intellectual curiosity of our undergraduate students."
The presentations represent work from all of USD's undergraduate units, including the physical and natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts, engineering, business and education.


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Okazaki says that FIRST Jujitsu is a way to perfection of character, secondly self-defense. This is true, because hurting others as a reason to do the arts is never satisfactory. Mind you, we are a fighting art, of that there is no doubt! But the day to day practice of Jujitsu isn't supposed to be an experience in joy of seeing others get hurt. Rather, Jujitsu is our vehicle to put to rest the inner turmoil of fear, anger, tension, and many other dark aspects of our character. And to replace it with qualities such as calmness, satisfaction, compassion, centeredness, in other words heading towards ``Effortless Perfection.''
For me, the practice or training in Jujitsu produces a feeling of flow, a grace within movement. Or as the Chinese say, an increase flow of Chi! This allows me to see the tension in my partner as never before, and this causes me to want to guide them through my movement versus destroying them. This has come as a natural development from years of training. Danzan Ryu therefore, is not about hurting others, rather, it is a way to find harmony in action. To find a way to resolve conflict by peaceful means, we always feel better for it! Again, Shibumi is a natural urge that needs to find expression.
So Shibumi is a way to conduct ourselves in all our activities to whatever extent we understand it, or can express it in our lives. Striving to develop Shibumi in our training is a noble cause and through Jujitsu is found to be a place of strength versus weakness as many may misinterpret it. We are lucky indeed to have an art such as ours to enable us to practice and find such wonderful qualities within ourselves!
May this convention be for you a deeper grasping of the fine principle of Shibumi!
From the AJJF 49th Annual National Convention program.
". . . Tell me, Nikko. Will you miss Shanghai?"
Nicholai considered for a second. "No."
"Will you feel lonely in Japan?"
Nicholai considered for a second. "Yes."
"I shall write to you."
"No, not often. Once a month. But you must write to me as often as you feel the need to. Perhaps you will be less lonely than you fear. There are other young people studying with Otake-san. And when you have doubts, ideas, questions, you will find Otake-san a valuable person to discuss them with. He will listen with interest, but will not burden you with advice." The General smiled. "Although I think you may find one of my friend's habits of speech a little disconcerting at times. He speaks of everything in terms of Go. All of life, for him, is a simplified paradigm of Go".
"He sounds as though I shall like him, sir."
"I am sure you will. He is a man who has all my respect. He possesses a quality of . . . how to express it? . . . of shibumi."
"Shibumi, sir?" Nicholai knew the word, but only as it applied to gardens or architecture, where it connoted an understated beauty. "How are you using the term, sir?"
"Oh, vaguely. And incorrectly, I suspect. A blundering attempt to describe an ineffable quality. As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming. And in the personality of a man, it is . . . how does one say it? Authority without domination? Something like that."
Nicholai's imagination was galvanized by the concept of shibumi. No other ideal had ever touched him so. "How does one achieve this shibumi, sir?"
"One does not achieve it, one . . . discovers it. And only a few men of infinite refinement ever do that. Men like my friend Otake-san."
"Meaning that one must learn a great deal to arrive at shibumi?"
"Meaning, rather, that one must pass through knowledge and arrive at simplicity."
From that moment, Nicholai's primary goal in life was to become a man of shibumi; a personality of overwhelming calm. It was a vocation open to him while, for reasons of breeding, education, and temperament, most vocations were closed. In pursuit of shibumi he could excel invisibly, without attracting the attention and vengeance of the tyrannical masses.
Kishikawa-san took from beneath the tea table a small sandalwood box wrapped in plain cloth and put it into Nicholai's hands. "It is a farewell gift, Nikko. A trifle."
Nicholai bowed his head in acceptance and held the package with great tenderness; he did not express his gratitude in inadequate words. This was his first conscious act of shibumi.
Although they spoke late into their last night together about what shibumi meant and might mean, in the deepest essential they did not understand one another. To the General, shibumi was a kind of submission; to Nicholai, it was a kind of power.
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If the above is correct, then I am not per se against this view/system. It works very very well for a short time.
So perhaps it could work very well for a short time again. Like in Ireland now. However, what with the dreadful increase
in obesity, the Irish might look a bit camp in those uniforms, and that would merely increase our collective sense of shame. OK, maybe not increase. That, I admit, would be difficult. Perhaps we could have a kind of burqua on over the uniforms.
As with many human endeavors the problems start when the Citizens engage in collective hubris. See Ireland c.2007. Hubris, of course, traditionally contains stong psycho-sexual elements. But let's not go there yet.
Again, as with many human endeavors, there are many ways to do something badly, and invariably very few ways
to do something well. Mugabe or Milošević might be considered modern examples of how not to do it.
The Germans, post WWI, were in a life & death struggle for the survival of their nation.
Britain and France had huge empires to sustain them, and had understandably played hardball with any and all interlopers. As an aside, Ireland played a very important role in Great Britains' strategies.
See Collins Barracks. The building alone is our monument, and the contents fill in the details. Meticulously.
Russia, a country historically regarded by it's western neighbours (even today) with dread, was a hot-bed of revolution.
Remember that by that time the people in the know (globally) could see it was going to be a cock-fight for the oil, and by extension the whole shooting match. Germany had both a strong tradition of great thinkers, cohesive civil population, and a very bold martial history. With that combination it was no wonder what happened happened.
Cometh the hour, cometh the Man.They saw what they had to do with characteristic clarity. The rest is history.
Some of it was glorious, some of it was shameful. On both 'sides'. That's war.
I am Irish and was born long after the events. My only reference has been through a history written by the victors
and the victims of the vanquished. This has been the way since Livy 'documented' the war with Hannibal.
Indeed earlier if you look at Darius I or the murky tale of the Troad. Man's fascination with "wealth"
(however he defines it Rory Carr) is well documented and not just in history. Many early fantasy and sci-fi novels also
trumpet Man's great prowess in the field of bloodly-mindedness. For example the Bible itself is chock full of this
particular theme, as is the Quran, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and of course the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
My interpretation of Nazism is meaningless, except for my own intellectual curiosity, or entertainment.
Let's discuss the trans-atlantic slave trade next. Only joking. Back to the OP's wonderful post.
Are you really 'shocked' to discover that Paris is so awesome that praying in public is forbidden?
Or that in the Netherlands religious slaughter of animals is frowned upon. Really Toman13?
You should travel more. I mean, they chop people's hands off for far less elsewhere. As for closer to home,
in Ireland women are still forced to become shameful wretches to avail of medical services that have been
freely available to their peers throughout the civilized world for decades. Imagine the humiliation.
Is your main concern the unstoppable march of Science & Engineering?
For me the sentence "and that (thank God) our politicians aren't considering it" sums up the
approach Ireland will no doubt take should any action at all be taken by our politicians.
Thank Gold indeed. Sorry I meant Dog of course. Goddamnit, I meant Bog.


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Renewable-loving Los Angeles is showing that even the power of billions of dollars in taxpayer "stimulus" cannot overcome the dominant hand of government regulation, and ironically it's costing President Obama more green jobs.
In an unsurprising, capitulatory move last week, Walmart joined several other major companies and withdrew its membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council, which advances the principles of free markets and limited government at the state level through legislative idea exchanges.
The move preceded Friday's annual shareholder meeting, in which executives emphasized their commitment to principles of integrity. That came into question especially since April, when the New York Times revealed that company officials authorized millions of dollars in bribes in order to expedite building permits and other favors in Mexico.
This story has been updated below.
The three top U.S. tycoons on Forbes's "Green" billionaires list have received billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for their clean technology companies, after they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for political campaigns and lobbying.
President Obama said in his State of the Union speech last month that he would not "walk away from the promise of clean energy," and according to a Politico report, he "doubled-down" on the promise by highlighting (more) commitments to federal grants and incentives for wind energy, solar power and natural gas vehicles in quasi-campaign speeches out West.
In a year where Solyndra became the face of the solar industry's chronic failures, even the holiday season could not prevent one last flurry of layoffs in 2011.
The Mountain Enterprise (based in Frazier Park, Calif.) reported over the weekend that First Solar, Inc. – which the media sometimes identifies as the largest solar company in the world – laid off half its employees on Friday at its Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One project. The facility has been the subject of controversy in the local community over the effects it will have on land use, wildlife, and water usage.
BP Solar, the alternative energy subsidiary of the oil industry giant which received a $7.5 million Department of Energy grant only four years ago, announced last week it would exit the solar business.
The competition in corporate America to show who is "Greenest" or "most sustainable" has spun out of control, with the Alinskyite effect that drives corporations to spend vast amounts of time and money trying to address the whims and requests of every Leftist niche group that waves some kind of scorecard in their faces.
No matter how much Walmart officials pander to liberals and their institutions, or how much they implement alternative energy gimmicks, or how much they earn fawning media attention for "corporate responsibility" and "sustainability" gestures, a giant segment of the political Left will still resent the retail giant.
We told you so. Last week Walmart announced it will severely cut back health benefits for its employees, proving that the Obamacare law that the company endorsed will not save the day for its many low-income workers.
Under the new company policy, new part-time associates will no longer be eligible to receive health insurance. Reuters also reports that the amount Walmart puts in employee healthcare savings accounts will be cut in half.
A lot has been said about the ties of George Kaiser, a campaign contribution bundler for President Obama's 2008 campaign, to the Solyndra bankruptcy scandal that likely has cost taxpayers $535 million thanks to a Department of Energy loan guarantee. Kaiser's investment firm, Argonaut Venture Capital, held over 35 percent of the failed solar company's stock – more than anyone else.


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Let kids know God is always there to hold their hands and guide them through any situation. An ideal addition to bedrooms, playrooms and more, this uniquely shaped hardboard plaque is painted and features a printed facing. Ready to hang. A great combination with Footprints for Children Plaque. 9 1/2" x 11".
Text reads: "Hold my hand, God, lead the way, Help me be good every day. Let me know what's wrong and right, Keep me safe all through the night. Let me know what you have planned, Lead the way, God, hold my hand."
|Mary Lynne Lamarche (Ottawa, July 8, 2015)
|Great gift for my 7 year old grandson.
|Vicki (Caledonia, New York, June 17, 2015)
|This was a Baptismal gift I had sent right to the family. I thought is was a bit different kind of gift that a child could have in his/her room as a reminder of God's love as they grow.It was well received.
|Anne the cake baker (Delaware, May 30, 2012)
|Goes nicely in child's room, message can be used as a prayer Cons: Not available in Pink; Pros: Goes nicely on the wall, Terrific message, Very Eye Appealing
|Cathy (Chippewa Falls, WI, August 22, 2011)
|Very happy with product. Compliments the Child Footprint plaque.
|Diane (Illinois, September 6, 2010)
|Best Uses: Baby Gift, Baptism Gift; Cons: Poem applied better; Pros: Colorful, Perfect Content
|maria (San Jose, May 24, 2009)
|This is perfect in message and style for a baptism gift. And it's non-standard! It was a hit with mom and dad. The only downside is that it looks more "handmade" in the photo than it is in reality. (I gave the foot version of this to my other nephew. It is a great set!)


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Fidelity to Help Advisers With M&A
Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services is hustling to develop a mergers and acquisitions program for financial advisers, and it's playing from behind, according to Brooke Southall of the Web site RIABiz.
The Boston-based asset custodian is creating the service to respond to growing requests for information about M&A options from its RIA clients, Southall quotes Fidelity officials as saying. He says Fidelity declined to specify when it plans to launch.
The decision by the industry's #2 custodian to jump into the M&A game comes after TD Ameritrade rolled out an M&A program in May. Schwab's M&A program, Schwab Transitions, has now had 1,000 of its clients participate during its six years in existence, according to David DeVoe, director of advisor transition support for Schwab.
Though the M&A tsunami is still in its gathering phase, custodians need to gear up for it, says Paul Lally, president and co-founder of Gladstone Associates LLC, an M&A consulting firm in Fort Washington, Pa.
Lally sees a palpable shift in advisor attitude about M&A, Southall reports.
"Two years ago, firms were doing transactions for opportunistic reasons – they didn't have to do anything" unless someone made an offer they couldn't refuse, he says. "Now they're looking into the future and saying: the status quo is no longer an option for my company."


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Retail gas prices keep falling. And travel industry officials predict that Americans could take to the roads in record numbers over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Retail gas prices have fallen more than 20 cents per gallon nationwide in the last two months.
A AAA travel survey in October said that a 25-cent drop in prices would encourage 60 percent of Americans to increase their plans to travel by automobile during the holidays.
As of Monday, the average price nationwide for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is just over $1 and 51 cents.
But prices are still about five cents higher than they were a year ago.
The biggest component in the cost of gasoline is the crude oil price. That's now at about $29 a barrel -- down from $32 in September.


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Thursday, September 15, 2011
From grief to relief to anger. 0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds
The old woman next door, hair so white it almost seems colorless, back so bent her stance resembles an upside down letter J. We speak across the backyard fence from time to time. She tells me she and her husband were the first people to move on the block, in the mid 50's, a few years before I was born. The couple who originally owned our house, both long dead, were friends of hers. Our house sat unoccupied for close to 8 years, all the utilities stayed on and the children of the previous owners came by every couple of months to check the pipes, maybe to visit the ghost like memories that fill a childhood home, everything seeming so much smaller than they recall. Not long after we moved in I found hundreds of time cards in a box. 35 years worth. The mans name, small square holes punched in the cards, marking time like a convict making x's on a calender. The yard went to seed, the once manicured lawn grew ragged and bare in spots. The flower beds, just like the former occupants, died, leaving behind an empty impression lined with rocks and bricks. They were all friends and neighbors. Now it's just the old woman next door, and another across the street who rarely ventures outside. When she does come out, wearing those giant black sunglasses that practically cover the entire face, the two old women will meet in the middle of the street, talk, then retreat back inside their respective homes.
The woman's children show up about once a week. sometimes it's the son, other times it's the daughter. The son lives down in the Ozarks, has the look of an aged hippie. The daughter drives a high end imported SUV with JoCo tags. This week it's the daughters turn. She is standing just outside the front door of the house as I'm leaving for work.
"Mom " "Mom" She leans inside the doorway, like a frightened child peering inside a closet trying to see what's back in the darkest corner of it. I make myself look busy like I'm looking for something in my car. I don't want to appear to be intruding on her moment even though I am. Her voice gets softer after about the 4th or 5th "Mom". As I watch it all unfold, I wonder if this visit will end with an ambulance out front. No sirens, no rush to leave. The daughter seems to want to walk through the door, one foot is over the threshold. she is frozen in place. She is on her 10th or 20th "Mom" at this point, reduced to little more than a whisper. Just as I'm about to walk over to see if I can help, the old woman comes around the corner of the house. She gets within a few feet of her daughter. She speaks, but I can't make out what she says. The daughter jumps. she goes from concern, to relief, to chewing the old woman's ass for scaring her. As they go inside the softness gone from her voice, I hear bits and pieces. "Door" "Unlocked". The tone is like that of a parent scolding a child, the roles reversed now.
As the door closes, I hear "Mother". The tone no longer soft. The moment seemingly forgotten.
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- AnonymousThursday, September 15, 2011
Ain't that a bitch?!ReplyDelete
My folks moved to Arkansas when my Pops retired. They were still there, in their upper-seventies, when we had our first kid. Drove all the way up to Chicago to meet him.
I was going to go somewhere with them, and I refused to let my Pops drive, told him the city traffic would mess him up.
It would have, but I regret that to this day. He's been dead these 15 years, and it still humiliates me to think of it.
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You're STILL an apologetic White man, but you're getting better!
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Dang, man, killer writing.ReplyDelete
Funny how we lose our perspective--and so quickly--isn't it? One moment we may have lost someone, the next, we're scolding the person we were concerned for.
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We bought this house in July 1997. Both DH and I had full-time jobs. In March 1998, I lost my full-time job, not to have one again until September 1999. That teaching position went away in August 2003, and I have not had full-time work since. Even before the economic crash, it took two full-time incomes to maintain a house in the S.F. Bay Area.
We've hung on to our house. It hasn't been easy. DH's job has been a blessed constant, while I've stitched together some part-time jobs, but my skills at
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May your 2012 be less stressful than 2011 was. My 2010 and 2011 are, thank the Powers, in the rearview mirror. A third such year in succession will probably qualify me for some kind of stress-related disorder.
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It's not every year that you see pretty much all of the Premier League's big-hitters, as it were, make such swift moves in the summer transfer window.
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Champions Manchester City, for instance, have had their summer moves restricted by UEFA Financial Fair Play and as a result cannot exceed a certain net spend. And yet, I feel that it would have been in their best interests not to mass-recruit even if they could.
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Runners-up Liverpool's main issue has not been financial punishments but instead dealing with the departure of star player Luis Suarez to Barcelona. Brendan Rodgers has, as expected, continued to recruit younger players as per his philosophy, but though I have warned against them spending like Tottenham did last summer after Gareth Bale left, expect at least a couple more defenders to follow Dejan Lovren into Anfield.
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When Mourinho indicated a desire to add to his midfield options, many were flabbergasted because Chelsea have tons of midfielders, especially of the attacking variety. Nonetheless, he moved for Cesc Fabregas who somehow was deemed surplus to requirements by Barcelona. With Frank Lampard gone, that was a great move to replace the club legend. Ashley Cole was also part of the Stamford Bridge furniture but another Atletico star, Filipe Luis, is more than qualified at left-back.
With all that done, Mourinho promptly declared Chelsea's transfer window as 'over' last week.
Given his (and other Chelsea bosses) previous struggles with Roman Abramovich, who pretty clearly demanded the arrival of certain players from time to time, the efficiency and authority of their transfer business is an ominous sign, in my opinion.
Most of these five sides will add more players between now and the start of September, no doubt. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Chelsea were the only one of them not to add further big recruits to their ranks by then.
However, until things are a little more clear, the early front-runners will surely be the Blues as they now gear up for the new season with a strengthened-yet-cohesive squad and a manager who has done it all there before.
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RALEIGH, NC – The National Hockey League today released the 2012 NHL All-Star Fan Ballots for voting for the starters of the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game to take place in Ottawa, Ont., on Jan. 29. The Carolina Hurricanes are represented on the ballot by forwards Jeff Skinner and Eric Staal, as well as goaltender Cam Ward. All three of Carolina's representatives played in the 2011 All-Star Game in Raleigh.
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Paul Stastny and Gabe Landeskog had combined to score just five points through the Avalanche's first five games this season, and all those points had come on assists
Assists are nice, of course—they only result when your team has scored, after all—but for Colorado's captain (Landeskog) and alternate captain (Stastny) were looking for a higher level of production.
Consider that internal struggle a thing of the past.
Stastny scored a pair of goals Friday night—including hitting the game winner for the second straight game—and Landeskog found the back of the net, too, in the Avalanche's 3-2 win in Dallas' American Airlines Center.
DALLAS -- Paul Stastny scored the first goal of the game and the final one Friday for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-2 overtime win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center.
Stastny scored 8:22 into the first period and ended the game with 1:24 remaining when he beat Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen.
Colorado has won five in a row and is 11-1-0.
"Right now, we're playing very good. We're playing solid hockey" Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. "We work hard. The thing that I like is before games we're always really well-prepared and we focus. When we jump on the ice, we have good starts, and that's what we want."
Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy asked defenseman Nick Holden earlier in the week if he had ever played at forward.
Holden said he had a couple of times, and Roy responded by saying, "I was hoping you would say no, because now you are going to start Friday night in Dallas. Good luck."
While Roy was joking that Holden would start, he was dead serious on Holden playing left wing for tonight's game against the Stars while the club is dealing with a smaller roster than normal.
"It's been over a month since I played a game so I'm obviously itching to get in," said Holden, who last played Sept. 26 in Colorado's preseason game at Dallas. "When I got the opportunity to play left wing I jumped at it, and hopefully I can contribute a little bit up front."
With Jamie McGinn out with a knee injury and Cody McLeod out for one more game while serving a five-game suspension, Roy had to mix up his lines this week. Among the many moves he made to his lineup was placing Holden with Marc-Andre Cliche and Patrick Bordeleau on the Avs' fourth forward line.
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Big story: The Avalanche are winners of four straight, a League-best 10-1-0 and off to the best start in franchise history, but that didn't stop the club acquiring forward Maxime Talbot from the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday in exchange for forward Steve Downie. Talbot, 29, has one goal and one assist in 11 games, and had the highest average shorthanded ice time per game among the Flyers' forwards at 3:35.
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HOW TO: Add a Civ/Unit/Building in BTS (Modular XML Modding)
Since people seem to want a concise tutorial that helps them to add civs, units or buildings to BTS, I'll try to write one. I'm taking most of my infos from another tutorial, the Modders Guide to Beyond the Sword by Kael, Impaler[WrG] and Solver.
Purplexus will publish a more detailed guide soon. Check his Plug and Play Project for more.
This guide is purely concerned with how to make a mod work with BTS. To see how to make the art or what the XML entries mean, check the existing Vanilla or Warlords tutorials.
Modular Modding
Until now, the most common way to add a unit, civ or building (I'll just say custom content from now on) to the game was to take the original files, copy them to a mod folder and add your custom content there.
With BTS, there is a new, cleaner and easier way to add your custom content. It's called Modular XML Loading. You find a more detailed instruction in the guide mentioned above, I'll just give a step-by-step guide how to use it.
Step 1: Enabling Modular XML Loading
Modular mods only work if the setting "ModularLoading" in your mod config file is set to 1. The config file is created automatically in your mod folder when you start your mod.
Step 2: File structure
This is a classical file structure for a Vanilla or Warlords Mod:
This is the same structure for a modular BTS Mod:
Assets\Modules\Switzerland_CIV4CivilizationsSchema .xml
Assets\Modules\Switzerland_CIV4ArtDefinesSchema.xm l
There are four important changes:
1. Everything is in a folder called Modules, not XML. You can make subfolders, but they are no longer needed for the game, so I would advise to maybe use one folder per civ instead of splitting up the ArtDefines and CivilizationInfos that belong together.
2. Every modular file needs a "*_" at its beginning. In my example case, I used "Switzerland_". You could replace "Switzerland" by anything you want, but I suggest you use something that is a good description of your module.
3. Every modular file needs to have its schema in the same folder. If you want to know what schema a file needs, look up its first line (except for the comments). It will look something like this:
<Civ4ArtDefines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4ArtDefinesSchema.xml">
<Civ4ArtDefines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4ArtDefinesSchema.xml">
<Civ4ArtDefines xmlns="x-schema:Switzerland_CIV4ArtDefinesSchema.xml">
4. Notice that most GameText files will be called something like CIV4GameText_AnyName in non-BTS mods. However, you can't call your modular GameText file Switzerland_CIV4GameText_AnyName.xml. Just remove everything after CIV4GameText and you will be fine.
Modular Art
You can freely change the path of your art files as well, as long as you change all the references to them in the corresponding XML files. If you want to make a module that can easily be deleted (including all art files), it is recommended to put them all into a single folder. Here is a slightly modified version of the Switzerland Civ for BTS as an example.
Step 3: File content
A modular file will look like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Firaxis Games (Firaxis Games) --> <!-- Sid Meier's Civilization 4 --> <!-- Copyright Firaxis Games 2005 --> <!-- --> <!-- Civilization art path information --> <Civ4ArtDefines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4ArtDefinesSchema.xml"> <CivilizationArtInfos> <CivilizationArtInfo> <Type>ART_DEF_CIVILIZATION_SWITZERLAND</Type> <Button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Civilizations/Switzerland.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Civics_Civilizations_Religions_Atlas.dds,5,7</Button> <Path>Art/Interface/TeamColor/swiss.dds</Path> <bWhiteFlag>1</bWhiteFlag> </CivilizationArtInfo> </CivilizationArtInfos> </Civ4ArtDefines>
Please tell me if you still have problems using modular modding, I'll be glad to expand this tutorial if you do.
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Very good guide, thank you
|Jul 31, 2007, 05:11 PM
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OMG! If this works then modding will be a BILLION times easier!!!
|Jul 31, 2007, 05:13 PM
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It Works
Yeah Men! it works.
I'm working on Brasil Civ with 3D LH right now.
Thanks Dude! You're the Best!
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Thanks! Now for an even more basic question... I've downloaded & played around with it, but can't figure out how to get it to load in game. I have it in my BTS assets folder, and created a folder called Modules to put it all in, but I don't see switzerland or my civ in the single player games (custom & play now).
Did I put it in the wrong folder?
EDIT: put it in the Mods & got it mostly going... Switzerland seems to work fine, but the one I did keeps crashing... says that imperialistic is not a alid civ trait. Grrr.
Last edited by earthwulf; Aug 01, 2007 at 01:15 AM. Reason: New info
|Aug 01, 2007, 01:13 AM
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I don't think the game searches for modules in the game's Assets folder. Try the CustomAssets one (C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets) or load it as a mod (C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Switzerland\Assets). And don't forget to set ModularLoading to 1.
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|Aug 01, 2007, 01:16 AM
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Thanks for the info, by the way... and your civ works, mine is having difficulties.
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What's the difference between Switzerland Mod.ini and Switzerland.ini?
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You can delete both if you want. They are generated automatically when you start a mod for the first time, and I renamed the mod once - that's why there are two config files.
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|Aug 02, 2007, 07:40 AM
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How do I do to put original leader music and speaches for units??
|Aug 02, 2007, 08:01 AM
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I have never done that. Does another tutorial cover sounds? There is one problem though:
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Is there a schema file needed for Civilopedia text?
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Teg, your Civilopedia text doesn't work.
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No, the GameText XML files don't need a schema.
Thanks for pointing out that the Civopedia didn't work. Apparently, you can either call your GameText file GameText_bla or bla_GameText, but not bla_GameText_bla. I corrected the Switzerland Mod.
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|Aug 02, 2007, 05:56 PM
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Teg please advise others to rename the schema with the name of the module and update the reference on the necessary files, though not strictly necessary its considered good practice as it isolates the schema to that module alone preventing the possibility that it will 'pollute' other modules that have modified schemas. These errors are especially onerous to track down so taking a few seconds to prevent them is advised.
P.S. Purplexus can answer questions and is working on a detailed guide at this time, here is a link to the new plug and play forum http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=255
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OK, done. Fantastic work BTW, love it
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As I understand it so far, modular elements are combined together into one mod. They cannot be easily removed from the mod.
When I first learned of this method of modular mod elements, my impression was that these elements could be removed or replaced as needed. I think that this is not the case.
Sure, it's easy to simply delete the XML files from the Modules folder. Especially if their file names include the name of the modular mod element. (For example, in the case of the Swiss civilization that Teg has provided for us, all the XML files have a name that contains the word, "Switzerland.") This is extremely useful for mod construction.
But what about the files in the Art folder?
Let me try to discuss this in terms of a hypothetical mod that I might create. I'll call it GRAPE, named after my user name. And suppose I want to add two civilizations to my mod, Switzerland and Phoenicia (a modular civilization that I am actually working on right now).
As I understand it, if I wanted to add Teg's Switzerland modular civ to my GRAPE mod, the Switzerland modular XML files are placed into GRAPE\Assets\Modules and the Switzerland art files are placed into GRAPE\Assets\Art. Then I put my Phoenicia modular XML files into GRAPE\Assets\Modules and the Phoenicia art files into GRAPE\Assets\Art, just like I did with Teg's Switzerland files.
But what if I decided that including the Phoenicia civ was a bad idea? What if I wanted to remove Phoenicia from my GRAPE mod? Removing the modular XML files from GRAPE\Assets\Module is easy. All of those text files are in one directory and are clearly labeled with the word, "Phoenicia." But removing the Phoenicia-related art files from the GRAPE\Art subdirectories is not as easy.
Don't get me wrong. I know that it only takes a minute or two to pick through the subdirectories of GRAPE\Art and delete files that I know are components of my modular Phoenicia civ. No problem for me. But what about other people who download my modular Phoenicia civ? Unless they are familiar with the ancient Phoenicians, they might not recognize file names containing the word "Hiram" or "bireme." Someone attempting to remove my modular Phoenicia civ from their own mod would easily recognize art files named with the word, "Phoenicia." But files related to the leaderhead, Hiram, or the Unique unit, bireme, might be left behind.
When I first learned of modular mod components, I was under the impression that properly-constructed mods could be somehow combined together and removed at will. I had it fixed in my mind that a "parent mod" would contain some sort of script that would "include" modular mods. Perhaps lines of code would be added to the parent mod's .ini file. But as far as I can tell, this is not the case.
I've taken a look at the Purplexus' Plug and Play Project forum. From what I generally understand, that requires the use of some programs that properly install modular mod elements. I'm willing to learn more about this but I'm not sure I like it. On the surface, it seems rather complicated. It isn't immediately obvious to me how it works. Perhaps it seems simple to others, but for some reason it reminds me of the flawed file registry system that has plagued Microsoft Windows from day one. To me, the term "plug and play" simply means adding one file or directory with the ability to delete or remove it at will. Not the installation of a third-party public domain program that is relied upon to properly install modular mod components. I could be absolutely wrong about the Plug and Play Project so I'm not rejecting the idea altogether.
However, I have an idea that might work. (I haven't successfully tested it.) I've noticed that Civilization IV and a few of the extremely popular mods employ the use of .pak files. Could a modular mod have all of it's art assets stored in one .pak file? Could all of the individual modular mods have their art .pak files stored in one folder for easy removal?
I still have much to learn but I wanted to express some of these thoughts and ideas.
|Aug 03, 2007, 09:06 AM
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You can also put your Art files into the Modules folder. You have to change the references in your XML files though.
It is probably not a bad idea to do explain this in the tutorial, since this is actually the recommended way of doing things. I just left it out for simplicity's sake.
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|Aug 03, 2007, 09:25 AM
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Holy cats! This is amazing!
The idea of putting the art files in the Modules directory hadn't occurred to me.
As for using PakBuild, I just tried it out and it works like a charm. In fact, I'm able to combine everything together into one FPK file. If people were to make modular mods and put them into FPK files, in my humble opinion, this would truly make them "plug and play." Just don't include the Schema files in the FPK otherwise it would create redundancy when combined with other modular mods. If all possible Schema files are placed in a "parent" mod's Modules directory, then it's just a matter of adding and removing ONE file.
Going back to my GRAPE mod example, I put all of my Phoenicia mod into one file, Phoenicia.FPK and put it in GRAPE/Assets. When I run my GRAPE mod in Civ4, all of my Phoenicia components work normally. If I decide to remove the Phoenician civ from my mod, all I have to delete is that one file!
Brilliant! This is fantastic! With carefully crafted modular mod elements, this makes things so much easier!
|Aug 03, 2007, 09:56 AM
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I found Kael's tutorial on how to use PakBuild:
I'm convinced that using PakBuild could be the best way to employ the use of modular mods.
Perhaps-- and this is only a suggestion-- all of the Schema files could be put into one FPK file. Anyone who wants to use modular mod components could just flip that switch in the CivilizationIV.ini file, place a ModuleSchema.FPK file in a mod/Assets directory, and then the mod would be ready to use modular mod components that can be added or removed as needed!
There are a million ways all of these modular file components could be configured. The trick would be getting the entire Civ4 mod community to agree upon a convention.
Or has someone else already thought of all this and I'm just reinventing The Wheel?
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"Programs like Box Girls are teaching these girls about self-confidence and protecting themselves, but they're also changing their perspectives on what they're capable of and what they're worth."
"The girls have learned so much through all of these programs. This girl is fighting in the national boxing competition—she's the representative for all of Kenya. And another girl actually put into action what she learned in Box Girls. She was attacked and fought off her attacker with what she learned at this program."
"Box Girls was started by this man who saw how dangerous it was for girls in the area. They're getting raped and he wanted to teach them how to protect themselves."
"Taking care of a girl and giving her hope at an early age is incredibly important. So many decisions about life start that early."
"The biggest thing that I took away is that we take so much for granted. I'm really happy that I was able to see these programs and all the great work that CARE and other organizations are doing. We're empowering women who are going to be the leaders of the future."
"One of the remarkable things we saw was how the programs are changing the men in the community. A father at the Kibera School for Girls said, now I see the value of my daughter going to school. Before, only the boys could go to school." To help, go to HopeToShine.org.
"Now these girls finally have someone telling them, 'You can dream. You can go to school. You can have a career and take care of your family and be important in your community.' It was so inspiring to see."
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