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I currently live in the great state of South Dakota. Why do I live in a place with such nasty winters, I don't know. Since most of my family lives far away in more exotic places than I do, my life revolves around my four dogs, Sampson, Raphael, Seamus, and Mayhem. They are a min-pin, a toy poodle, a teacup Malti-Poo, and a Great Dane, respectively.
I've always had a fascination with the mental illness aspect that characterizes Bellatrix Black Lestrange. My first story is her story. On one site I was sorted into Ravenclaw but I think the hat made a mistake. Most days I feel like a Slytherin!
*Nominated for a Quicksilver Quill for Best Romance- Canon.*
That was too wonderful. I think Sirius would be more shocked. I am sitting here teary-eyed. That was too cool. I've owned huge dogs--Newfoundlands, Great Pyrenees, St. Bernard--and there's nothing like sleeping with them--knowing they'll protect you to the death and love you unconditionally. I think a wolf would be like that. Hey, I'll take a canine any day. This chapter was too incredible for words. Excellent.
Author's Response: I think his years in Azkaban have given Sirius a "don't sweat the small stuff" mentality. Protecting Harry is is top priority. He considers Tonks a grown woman (most of the time, heh) so I couldn't see him pulling a Ron and overreacting. :D
This was too cute. I can't believe she's got to impersonate Priscilla Parkinson. I'm just going ewww. I've always pictured Sirius as a Newfie. I was disappointed in the film version of his animagus form. I can see Sirius still flirting with the ladies as a dog. I love canines. This was a great chapter, I really liked the interplay among the three characters. I still thin Sirius was more shocked. Excellent chapter.
Author's Response: I'm not trying to say that Sirius will never make comments or be uncomfortable with his friend and little cousin dating (Sirius is in 4 out of the 5 canon chapter fics, so there is ongoing adjustment and growth in relationships) but he knows life is short and after what he's lived through, not a lot truly shocks him anymore.
How is Tonks gonna get out of this one? How does Evan know? Maybe he cared for Tonks more than she knew? Or is this some weird game he's playing? Does he like to pretend Prissy is Tonks and does Prissy let him do that? Can Remus intercede as her father? Probably not. This was very good. I'm on the edge of my seat though. Great chapter.
Author's Response: Thank you! Evan did care for Tonks more than she thought (he just loves himself and his business more than anything else) but she's not perfect, she gives little things away that Evan picks up on because he's a cunning Slytherin.
Well, that sounds ominous. You aren't going to make something hideous happen in these last few chapters are you? Tonks is so talented. I can't believe how she got out of her last situation with Evan. He really thinks all of these people are Tonks--and they are:) I'm sure he misses her more than he realizes. Great chapter.
Author's Response: Ta, thanks! The books were about Harry, so we didn't really get to "see" Tonks in action, much. I had fun creating her work life, and the jobs that bleed over into personal life. Nothing hideous will happen, just a lesson Tonks needs to learn, and a debt she'll have to pay in the next chapter fic. :D
Whenever I think of Sirius in his dog form I think of my Newfoundland, Sampson, who died in the summer of 2000--gone but never forgotten. I've been checking into getting another Newfie. They're great dogs--very loyal and intelligent. I'm glad Cami just needed a distraction from the bottle. That's important but I thought something worse was going on. And now we know what Sirius was doing when Harry was in the triwizard tournament. Great chapter. See you tomorrow.
Author's Response: Thank you! Sampson sounds like a big sweetie. Did he have a Delilah? :)
Somehow, I didn't quite expect that. It appears that Tonks didn't either. I guess I expected Evan to come on like a raging Death Eater, but as you said before he's in love with himself and his business. It's so sad that what gave Tonks away was the look of pity in her eyes. Sadder still, is the fact that Evan knows she pities him. To answer one of your questions, my Sampson never had a Delilah. He had a big heart full of love and he was totally devoted to me. He died way too young, we'll never know why, and he's still missed. Great chapter by the way. I was just looking up where to go next in this series. I'm so glad your Scorpius/Rose story was featured and I became familiar with your work.
Author's Response: I'm so glad you read featured stories! (I've sometimes wondered how many people actually do, :D) The next story in this series, A Wolf in the Moonlight was a featured story once upon a time. It's more of a mystery/romance that takes place over a couple of weeks in December. Had to have a Christmas ending. :D
I know why Tonks didn't share her "mission" with Remus, but maybe it would've been better if she had. I'm sitting here cringing because I can just imagine the hurt look on Remus' face and the pain in his voice. And even if you try to tell the truth after the fact, it's still hard to rebuild that trust. I really like that CCR oldie by the way and I really liked this chapter, aside from the fact that Remus got hurt feelings.
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Absolutely, it would have been better, but Tonks has to learn the hard way, sometimes, like the rest of us. :D
Yay for you liking CCR!
Actually, I smiled at the neutering comment. I say that to Fynn at least once a week. Although I was charmed that Snuffles seemed to be trying to interfere in Tonks' relationship. I also chuckled when Tonks leaned over the side of the bed to grab her hangover potion, that the bartender had thrown in for free. She must have really looked like she was going to get pissed. Again, I'm struck by what a gentleman Remus is. Great chapter.
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And what does Fynn do to deserve the "Bob Barker Treatment" ? :D
I bet there is a look on people's faces a bartender can read, heh.
Thank you!
On her 21st birthday, Coach Johnson gets a Halloween treat from the Harpies...the chance to deal with a ghost from her past. Locked in a cellar with Fred and George, Angelina proves there's something about Fred that sets him apart. His kiss.
This story was light and funny and just the thing for this morning. The thought of the "brave and gallant" twins locked in the basement was hilarious. I'm giggling over the imagined sounds of them "screaming like girls." Angelina's lucky her arms didn't get bruised from the twins "comforting" her in the dark and helping her to the table. At least they were locked in the wine cellar. That can't have been too bad. Wonderful story.
Author's Response: Good morning! Yay for you giggling! When do you leave for you New Moon field trip? I read a review that said the werewolves are more fun than the vampires, and like to dress in long shorts and go shirtless because their abs are so hot. :D An actor I loved from the Underworld films, Michael Sheen, plays one of the Volturi. You'll have to tell me how he looks with red eyes, heh.
A kiss is not just a kiss. After a disastrous Valentine's date with Cho, Harry finds himself alone with Luna and discovers what a kiss should be. Humour and Romance in a story that started with canon and went What If?
This story reminded me of when I first started reading the Harry Potter books. I always had the impression that Harry was rather clueless about so many things; that he seemed to just be along for life's ride; that he took life as it came and did nothing to shape his fate. This story brought back those thoughts. I chuckled at the "unholy sight" of Snape smiling. And again, when Harry realized that Luna wanted (wait for it)--him?? Harry and Cho were worlds apart in what they expected from the date. I feel so sad for Cho--she needs to let Cedric go. After all, it was Harry who was with Cedric when he died and he's not brooding over it overly much. I didn't even think Cho loved Cedric that much--I think she was just in love with the idea. Wonderful story.
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I think of Cho when I hear Garbage sing:
I'm only happy when it rains
I'm only happy when it's complicated
And though I know you can't appreciate it
I'm only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
Why it feels so good to feel so sad
I'm only happy when it rains
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
I thought that way about Harry, too, that he was along for the ride,
until he figured out he had to be proactive, not reactive!
(As he did in the dungeon with Luna, heh)
This was another take on one of my favorite chapters. I remember, once again, Evan's pathetic attempt to get back at Tonks by exposing Remus as a werewolf. Great one-shot. Loved it.
Author's Response: Thank you! Evan is very much dog in the manger...which isn't a nice thing to say about dogs. :D
Poor Remus--drowning his sorrows in the bottle. I know things are bad when that happens. I didn't know Remus lost his job that afternoon. I'd like to kick Evan's pureblooded arse--in public, screaming obscenities. It would be a verbal trouncing. The Prophet would cover it. Death Eaters would be frightened and cross to the other side of the street when they saw me coming. Well, that was kind of fun for a while. Excellent one-shot. My heart goes out to Remus. Thank goodness Tonks came back and knew just the right words.
Author's Response: When you hit the bottle, romance has hit the skids! :D Evan's punishment is Prissy, but your verbal trouncing would be fun to listen to!
*Sequel to Once in a Blue Moon*
*Ch 20 Quote*
It was the happiest Christmas of my life.
I thought I'd at least get started on this book before turning off my computer for the night. I don't know how you do it but you even make Remus" transformation sound romantic. And the single red rose--Ahhh:) I love roses. I really like what you do with Arthur Weasley in this series too. He sounds so true to character. Excellent chapter as always. To answer your earlier question, Fynn gets threatened with neutering usually after inciting a brawl or trying to hump his brother. And one of these days we'll get around to it. It's just what we do.
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Men don't think outside the box enough when it comes to roses. A dozen on a special "day" is nice, but it's the single rose for just-between-us reasons that are swoon-worthy. :D
Thank you for liking Arthur! He's such a sweetheart. I thought Molly treated him horribly in the books and didn't like her until I realized that Harry was seeing her in moments of stress and that doesn't bring out the best in most people.
So Fynn has dominance issues? :D
Somehow, I really like Rory and Jimmy. I also found Remus' comment, that he'd track Tonks down, to be sexy. I know he could do it and would do it. Now I'm hungry for a breakfast involving bacon and ice cream sundaes for dessert. I feel bad for Sirius, having to maintain his dog persona, but I feel less bad than I did when Harry described him as on the run, hiding in caves, and eating rats.
Yes, young Fynn has dominance problems. He doesn't realize he only weighs about 5 lbs., if he's lucky. I bought him from a woman who was selling him because he kept antagonizing (trying to dominate) her two bull mastiffs and she was afraid he'd be eaten. I don't know what'll happen when I do get big dogs again. Fortunately, most big dogs have big, sweet personalities. Great chapter, by the way.
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I have a soft spot for bad boys with good hearts. :D
In the AU fic, that's what Remus is doing, tracking Tonks. Not by scent...yet...but I'll find a way to work some kind of scene dealing with that in. "Scent of My Woman" LOL.
Poor Fynn, I was imagining him much larger, although don't they say it's the size of the fight in the dog? ;)
Hmm--wizard parchment?? The wand discussion was interesting:) The interplay between Sirius and Remus is that of old friends who know each other very well. I thought that Remus being there under a Disillusionment Charm was very sexy. Great chapter.
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Don't worry, :D, parchment isn't animal skins, it's made from cellulose fibers prepared from fir trees or plants such as cotton or flax. It's thick and smooth and wizards use it rather than thin Muggle paper.
Remus is sexy. So let it be written . . . .heh.
I was just thinking--to write as you write you really have to know a lot about a lot of things. I'm thinking that's what an English professor meant when he told me once--if you're going to write a novel write about something you know. Remus and Tonks are so cute together as detective partners. I thought it was very sexy when Remus perked up when he thought Tonks was being threatened. But still, wizard parchment? And is Snuffles going to get his chow mein? Great chapter.
Author's Response: I think "write what you know" is as much "write about what you want to know" because you can do research and find out almost anything, but you have to have that desire. Parchment is just fancy paper most wizards take for granted and most Muggles would have to go to a high end shop to find so they don't even think of using it. You'll see about the chow mein. ^_~
I thought I'd try to get at least one more chapter in for the day. I usually save stories from this website for work since I can pull this one up. Then it depends on whether I have a lot of other stuff to focus on or whether I can sneak a chapter in. But sometimes I can't resist and I have to read at home too. Your stories are so entertaining that I try to sneak more reading in:) I kept carrying on about wizard parchment (and maybe wrongfully so) because didn't it show up in a muggle environment? So is this mysterious "J" a wizard or witch? Why are they pursuing muggles? It just seemed like a big clue to me but maybe I focused on it and it wasn't that important. Remus is getting so possessive. Normally I don't like that sort of thing but he's making it seem so sensuous. I'm glad Snuffles got his Chinese take-out:) Great chapter.
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Thank you so much for reading at home as well as sneaking in a chapter at work!
Jenna, the girl that's missing, is Muggle, so our wizarding Scooby Gang has to investigate her friends and family hoping they'll find a lead that leads to the mysterious 'J' and Jenna. Whether the parchment is a vital clue or a red herring will be revealed in time. :D
That was pretty funny. After I realized she knocked down Remus but didn't recognize him and then went into Evan's office, I kept saying "Oh no." I was sure Evan was going to take advantage of Tonks. But he didn't. Maybe he's not so bad. He's still pitiful but maybe not totally bad. What's Snuffles gonna say? Great chapter.
Author's Response: Evan would have snogged her silly, but he isn't a total slime. He's redeemable . . . somewhat, heh.
You know, I don't think we ever knew what happened to Remus' parents. Sometimes people have suffered so much pain and they still go on. I loved how Tonks was "teasing" Jerry's mother. It doesn't take much to shock some sense into some people. And how cute, Tonks is worried about her Gran going out on a date. Great chapter.
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I think Jo did a great job giving us the bones of secondary characters and letting our imaginations create their inner dialogue and history that weren't needed in the books. Mrs. C will be seen again (although I can't remember if it's in this fic--definitely in the next one). She's a formidable witch, heh.
I think grandchildren tend to see grandparents as sexless and any hint that might not be the case is troubling...deeply troubling, LOL.
I didn't have much time to read today. So I missed your book. I love your descriptions of the French bakery. I haven't been in one of those in a long time. I live in a very small town and nowhere close to a French type bakery or coffee shop. Oh well, it's probably better to use my imagination anyway. Less calories. Poor Uncle Morty. I could be good to Morty--just send him my way:) That Sirius and his puppy tricks. If he doesn't watch it, someone will throw him in the pound. Great chapter.
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You had to work at work? They should be glad you don't pull an Office Space and stare at your computer pretending to work. When you read you warm up your brain and thereby increase productivity (and if the government would pay us to conduct a "study" we could prove it, heh). Imagination. The calorie free treat. Why hasn't a weight loss plan picked up that slogan? :DMorty is lovable, and Uncle Colin isn't bad, either. Sirius can't help himself. He'll always do what he shouldn't.


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It's that wonderful time of year in Hockeytown when snow falls in April and the Detroit Red Wings take the ice for playoff hockey.
For the 23rd straight season, the Wings will suit up for hockey's second season, this time as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference—their lowest finish during the streak.
The No. 8 associated with the Wings' playoff seed is just a number to Detroit as it prepares to make its 23rd appearance a special one. The Red Wings have stabilized recently, balancing their veteran leadership with a newfound abundance of youth.
With veteran guidance comes experience, savvy and the drive to return Detroit to its former glory. Its youth brings confidence, energy and the ambition to see their names engraved next to the champions of yore.
For Detroit, there are a number of players who will need to contribute in multiple facets. Pavel Datsyuk, Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar will be significant figures in Detroit's first-round series against Boston, but five others will need to step up if Detroit is to survive.
Hockey kicks up to a higher level come playoff time. No lead is safe and no victory comes hollow. Players define themselves as heroes or goats, and the fate of a season can change in mere seconds.
These five players are key to the team's system, and their intangibles can be the facilitators for an opening-round upset.

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Rayne - Funeral services will be held at Gossen Funeral Home Chapel, Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. for Elridge Credeur, 87 who died Monday, March 26, 2012 in American Legion Hospital, Jennings, LA.
Interment will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery #2, Rayne, LA.
Surviving are wife, Elvie Davy Credeur of Rayne, two daughters, Beatrice Melancon and husband Mitt of Crowley, Arlene Broussard of Rayne, two sons, Patrick Granger and wife Deanie of Sulphur, Kenneth Credeur, Sr. and wife Vickie of Rayne, thirteen grandchildren, thirty-five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his one step son, Timson Terro, parents, Sostene Credeur and Alida Cormier, nine sisters, three brothers.
He was born Wednesday, January 28, 1925 in Rayne, LA, son of the late Sostane Credrue and the late Alida Cormier Credeur.
A rosary will be recited Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 6:00 p.m..
Friends will be received at Gossen Funeral Home, Inc., Rayne, LA. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m..
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141.


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It's snowing outside! Our Siberian Husky is much more excited about it than the fellow who wakes up at quarter of six to walk her. The four-year-old in the house was thrilled. Mommy isn't feeling well and is rather indifferent to things happening outside the sofa. So, that's the weather report.
|A house for all seasons.
When I traveled to Chicago a few weeks back, I drove into a beautiful, clear Indiana sky and drank in the colors of the sunset. It occurred to me that I rarely, if ever, see sunsets in Grove City. Between the cloud cover and my house being nestled in a grove of trees, we just don't see them very often. God must have heard my murmuring because the past two weeks have been filled with brilliant skies.
|Unfortunately, this was before 5pm, but it was brilliant!
|The sun was going down in Pittsburgh.
|The skies we magical the whole ride home.
On another note, I shared a book and some treats in Asha's pre-school class. They made me a giant Thank You card. It felt really, really, really good. Gratitude feels good when you are the one offering it, or the one receiving it.
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And neither does Steven Spielberg.
While talk of a sequel to the iconic 1985 film has been heard before, original Goonies director Richard Donner recently doled out a few interesting details, notably that Steven Spielberg apparently came up with the sequel's plot.
"Hopefully we're going to get this done, period," Donner told TMZ. "Spielberg came up with the idea of doing a sequel after 30 years. You don't do it without him, and he came up with another storyline and he's right on."
As to the likelihood of the film's original cast members returning, Donner said: "It's up to them. If they have any sense, they will. If they don't, they won't."
Sounds like we might get one last Goonies weekend after all. Good enough!
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He was an Oscar-winning superstar, but around his neighborhood of Tiburon, in the San Francisco Bay area, Robin Williams was known as a friendly cyclist who loved to walk his pug, Leonard, and share quiet dinners out with his wife.
And in the week before his death on Aug. 11, Williams stuck to many of his familiar routines. On Aug. 5, he and his wife, Susan Schneider, had dinner at one of their favorite local spots, Joe's Taco Lounge in Mill Valley, before attending the Mark Pitta & Friends comedy show at the Throckmorton Theatre, where the couple stopped by most Tuesday nights.
"He looked fine, just like he always does," Julian Kaelon, director of marketing at the Throckmorton, tells PEOPLE. "He was the same bubbly, fun, kind-hearted guy he always was. He came up to the concession and bought his regular Coca-Cola. He always insisted on paying and would never allow us to give him anything for free."
"He would ride his bike Tuesday nights to the theater, and he loved going into the small green room and imparting words of wisdom about the art of comedy, or the business," adds Kaelon. "He encouraged the next generation of comedians to find their voice. He told them a lot of comedians don't get out of the standard joke box, but they needed to grow and not be complacent."
On Aug. 10 – just one day before his death – the star kept his Sunday morning date with legendary comic Mort Sahl, 87, at The Depot Bookstore & Cafe.
Although he was always an affable presence in the bayside area, one neighbor who saw him walking Leonard on Aug. 8 says he appeared more subdued than usual. During an outing last month, another resident said the star looked unsteady.
"He was moving really slow, and his wife was assisting him," says the resident.
On Thursday, Schneider revealed in a new statement that the actor had quietly been battling the early stages of Parkinson's disease.
Johnny Steele, a local comic and cycling buddy, told The San Francisco Chronicle that in recent months Williams had seemed frail and Steele "worried that he was not well ... I had started to get concerned that he had some physical malady, not telling anyone."
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The two men then ran away, but police caught up with jones a short time later. The other man is still at large.
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From the late Roman Empire all the way to our own time, no continuously existing institution or belief system has wielded as much influence as Christianity, no figure as much as Jesus. Worshipped around the globe by more than a billion people, he is undoubtedly the single most important figure in the story of Western civilization and one of the most significant in world history altogether. Yet who was Jesus of Nazareth? What was he like? It's a question that's been pondered by people and groups of varying convictions for more than 2,000 years. And everyone with even the faintest knowledge, says Professor Ehrman, has an opinion - with those opinions differing not only among laypeople but even among professional scholars who have devoted their lives to the task of reconstructing what the historical Jesus was probably like and what he most likely said and did.
This series of 24 lectures from an award-winning teacher and scholar approaches the subject from a purely historical perspective, with no intention of affirming or denying any particular theological beliefs. He explains why it has proven so difficult to know about the "Jesus of history" and reveals the kinds of conclusions modern scholars have drawn about him.
He begins with a discussion of the four New Testament Gospels - our principle source of knowledge about Jesus - and other sources, explaining what they are, how they came to be written, and how biblical scholars plumb them for historical understanding, before integrating them into the historical context of Jesus' life and a scholarly reconstruction of Jesus' words and deeds in light of the best available historical methods and evidence.
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If you've read Reza Aslan's book on Jesus, or Bill O'Reilly's, and want to see a recognized expert on the historical Jesus at work, check this out. It's not current; comments on the audio make it clear that it was recorded pre-2000; but it's aged well, and to date remains the most comprehensive summary of the subject available on audio.
Bart Ehrman has strong opinions on the subject, and he's not shy about voicing them here. But he returns again and again to the historical evidence and to the methodologies historians have developed for dealing with that evidence. These are the footnotes Aslan left out (and the ones Bill O'Reilly, in his rush to market, never bothered to look up). Ehrman's lectures are solidly grounded and delivered with the enthusiasm of someone who loves what he's doing.
About those strong opinions. Jesus was, says Ehrman, a millennial prophet (that was, in fact, the title of one of his first books on Jesus). Jesus expected God to intervene in history in his own lifetime and bring about the Kingdom, a Kingdom in which Jesus himself expected to play a prominent role. He expected his 12 disciples to play significant but subordinate roles: in Ehrman's view, statements made by Jesus about his disciples judging people from the four corners of the earth are to be taken literally as a description of his agenda. Unfortunately - says Ehrman - Jesus was wrong, and his mission was a failure.
This isn't the Jesus most believers want to hear about, but it's the Jesus who appears from a dispassionate examination of the evidence. It's the Jesus most consistent with the work of John the Baptist who preceded him and the apostle Paul who followed him. It's the Jesus of mainstream New Testament scholarship and has been so for a hundred years.
Traditionalists aren't the only ones whose ox is gored by Ehrman. The Jesus Seminar - a group that argued Jesus was an inoffensive philosopher of the Greek Cynic persuasion - comes in for a strong dose of forensic dissection. John Dominic Crossan's reliance on the gospels of Thomas and Peter is discussed and criticized at length. Scholars who argue for a multilayered "Q" document, earlier layers of which are non-millennial, are resoundingly refuted. Over and over again, Ehrman demonstrates how the view of Jesus as a millennial prophet makes better sense of more evidence than any of the rival views.
Every statement Ehrman makes in this "great course" is backed up by citations of evidence, a clear explanation of pros and cons, and careful reasoning. I'm not sure this is the first place to look if you want an easy introduction to the subject, but if your appetite is already whetted, Ehrman will give you a well researched and coherent vision of Jesus.
(Last time I'll say this, though: Great Courses - please - enough with the canned applause already.)
"Great History of time and place"
As a Christian I was glad to listen to this historical view of Jesus. This does not attack my faith and explains well the Historical Approach.
"A compelling case for JC as an apocalyptic prophet"
These lectures are fantastic. I couldn't get enough. Dr. Ehrman builds a very well-reasoned and carefully constructed case which explains how the historical evidence for JC clearly depicts him as an apocalyptcist.
I am thoroughly agnostic, and listened to this because I realized I had no good reason to believe that Jesus was God, but I also could not satisfactorily explain him any other way. After reading some Christian apologetics, like Lee Strobel's "Case for Christ," I didn't feel satisfied, so I pursued a more "scholarly" route.
Ehrman is a great narrator with solid facts. He doesn't appear to suffer heavily from confirmation bias, as do the militant atheists and Christian apologeticists. I am happy with what I have taken away from this series, and would highly recommend it to anyone dissatisfied with their knowledge of the historical (rather than purely theological) validity of the accounts of Jesus' life.
"Excellent Series"
Big fan of Ehrman's work. His knowledge of the subject is impeccable, as is his research. His delivery is authoritative yet easy for the lay person to understand. Highly recommended.
"Scrupulous Examination of the Historical Record"
This was a thoroughly fascinating listen. Anyone with an interest in what history can say about the life of Jesus would love these lectures although those with an unshakeable theological agenda may have difficulty with Professor Erhman's historical perspective.
Myth and contradictions obscure our sense of who the real Jesus was. For one thing, the sources can be clouded by the agenda of the writer. Furthermore many of us come to the subject with agendas of our own. Professor Erhman meticulously describes the criteria used by the historian to evaluate the record. Then he patiently examines that record (biblical and non-biblical) to create a picture of the world in which Jesus lived and the task which Professor Erhman believes the Jesus of history hoped to accomplish. Professor Erhman then explores the way in which the death of Jesus compelled his followers to re-evaluate that task and re-make the message and meaning of Jesus's life and teaching.
This isn't a novel so the question doesn't apply. But I think that my favorite part was the convincing case Professor Erhman makes for an apocalyptic Jesus.
I wandered everywhere I could in my daily life with my earphones in so that I could keep listening. I do regret that I am not one of Professor Erhman's students because, as I became so engaged with the topic, I began to want to ask questions myself and explore the topic further.
"what I always wanted to know"
this is what I wanted to hear in church but never did. well done.
"I wanted to like it more than I did."
I love the GREAT COURSES, but will not partake of another Ehrman book. Don't get me wrong. Ehrman is knowledgable and a good speaker. I appreciate the distinction he makes between his role as historian versus the role theologian's role. I value his stated standards of evaluation. What I did not care for was the time he wasted in the last chapter of the book. He spent the entire final lecture talking about things that had nothing to do with the historical Jesus. I also object to his claiming to know the mind of Jesus. We have no writings of Jesus. We only have the commentary of some who might have known him and those who heard stories from those who might have known him. You simply cannot know the mind of a person based on that kind of detail. It makes me a bit suspicious of Ehrman.
Yes. It inspired me to drop other Ehrman lectures from my wishlist.
"Not what I thought it would be"
No, The information was great. Prof. Ehrman's discuss in length methodology and historical criteria used by scholars and historians. Most of the lecture was spent looking at discrepancies in gospels. It was very interesting, just not what I thought it would be.
Reading is not always about enjoy. I would be nice to include recent facts (if it is possible) discoveries, hypothesis about historical Jesus.
When I drive, I read... uhm listen. I like SciFi, Fantasy, some Detective and Espionage novels and Religion. Now and then I will also listen to something else.
"Pre-Celeb Scholar Ehrman - One of his best"
Before Prof. Ehrman became a real celebrity with works like "Misquoting Jesus," "Jesus Interrupted," "God's Problem" and "Did Jesus Exist?" or more recently "How did Jesus become God", he wrote a book called "Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium" (OUP: 1999). For me, this book towers above the others. "The Historical Jesus" course in the Great Courses series is based on this book.
Much of Prof. Ehrman's ideas seems somehow still fresh. So while it is one of the older courses in the Great Courses series, it is excellent and of great value. The lecture series starts of with the various ways in which people depict and think of Jesus, where after it looks at its sources to get to know something about Jesus. He discuss the historical criteria used by critical scholars and historians to discern who Jesus was. He then gives his own reconstruction of Jesus which include his early life, the context within which he lived, his apocalyptic message, his words and deeds and his last hours.
As an ancient historian he limits his understanding of Jesus to the natural phenomena that could take place, while Ehrman leaves the rest to 'theologians.' He follows in the German Albert Sweitzer's thesis that Jesus was a failed apocalyptic prophet.
What I like about this course, is that Prof. Ehrman gives a thorough and honest overview of the current state of Jesus research while he is empowering listeners to do their own investigation. But be warned, he might not be everyone's cup of tea. If you are a committed Evangelical for instance, you might find is lectures offensive.
Still, it is an excellent place to start if you want to find out more about the historical Jesus.
"Great Lecture"
Definitely. This series gave me a completely new mental framework to view the Bible and the life of Jesus.
The professor paced his lectures well and did a fantastic job stating his assumptions and allowing for disagreement.
"An interesting concept, needs the visual element"
This was a very interesting lecture, with lots of intriguing concepts. It was very balanced and for such a sensitive topic the author/reader managed to keep most of his personal bias out it, which for such a topic is a monumental achievement.
Unfortunately the problem with the reader is that he is presenting in a visual medium and this is an audio recording. Irregardless the whole thing has ended up as a smooth finished product.
There is one or two chapters where the author/reader feels a little 'preachy' I urge listeners to try and cope with his presentation and push past these; it is well worth it in the end.
"Needed to Push Myself to Stick With It"
I would recommend it as it was interesting but it took a while to get there as the author spends an awful lot of time discussing methods of historical research in terms of what is reliable and what sorts of parameters are used to decide the reliability of documents. This does become quite tedious at times
The information regarding other people involved in the story was interesting. The least interesting part although relevant, was the constant discussion of the historical method
The narration was repetitive to reiterate points which was alright but again sometimes a little irritating
No, I think the author covered everything I anticipated based on the title and description
Good overall and glad I listened to it but at times I thought of fast forwarding or giving up entirely
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Jerusalem artichoke is the star of this Moroccan stew
Serves 4. Prep: 20 min. Cook: 40 min
2 medium onions
Large knob of butter
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tsp ras al hanout
Generous pinch saffron stamens
4 organic chicken thighs
250g Jerusalem artichokes
1 salt-preserved/pickled lemon or 1 lemon
50g coriander
400ml water
Halve and peel both onions. Chop one and finely slice the other. Melt the butter in the olive oil in a lidded saut? pan. Stir in the onions and cook for 5 minutes. Add the ras al hanout, pinch of saffron and splash of water. Stir and cook for a further 5 minutes.


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A drunken (usually female) wombat.
Damn man, that's one hell of a big prite!
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For some reason this word really offends people, maybe because of the exceptionally crude sound of the word, or maybe because talking about the female genitalia is still considered unnaceptable. Either way, people cannot seem to comprehend that it is just a word, making it a great thing to say around tight ass pussies to piss them off.
my ex is a pritee
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Android Jelly Bean arrives on T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy S3
Google's long-awaited Android Jelly Bean (4.1.1) is currently rolling out to T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy S3.
T-Mobile is the second US carrier to deploy Jelly Bean for its Galaxy S3 handset, following Sprint's roll out of the OS update last month. Remaining carriers, such as Verizon, are expected to introduce Jelly Bean for Samsung's GS3 over the next few months.
There are obviously plenty of leaked versions for those who want Jelly Bean now, and even though 4.1.1 isn't the latest iteration of Jelly Bean, it can be used as a base to install updated core Android 4.2 apps. Yes, the lucky folks who already have the first iteration of Jelly Bean can take advantage of a recent Nexus 4 system dump.
As TG Daily previously reported, the leaked data was picked through by XDA Dev member Droid Hack, who managed to extract all core Android 4.2 apps as well as the latest Google Apps from the Nexus 4 dump, deodex them, and prep them for installation on any device running Jelly Bean 4.1 or later.
According to the folks at XDA Devs, the apps in the package include Camera, Desk Clock, Chrome, Maps, Street View, Gmail, Play Store, Play Music, Google Talk and all other core Google Apps and Android system apps. In addition, all the required libraries are also included in the package for functionality.
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
Photo essays: Your stories in pictures
Morning Subway Ride
What do usually people do on the subway early in the morning traveling to work? The answer may surprise you.
I snapped those photos of the guy in the subway today. He was.... smoking!
It was 6:00am. Train filling up with passengers going to work. And one guy who didn't care and probably had no idea what was going on around him. He just lit his... cigarette(?). (Or was it something else?).
What made me mad was the fact that there was none who would ask this guy to get of the subway. Everybody just moved back from him,avoided to stay close to him. But none,not even one person commented on his behavior.
Subways are already the least pleasant way to travel (long wait, crowd, dirt) and here we got another thing to worry about on our plate. Can't a trip to work be just relaxing anymore? With your ipod on,or morning paper in your hands,not disturbed by smell of the smoke? I always say there is nothing anymore that can surprise me in NY. How wrong I am.


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With less than a month before the start of free agency on March 12, teams are busy getting their houses in order. From balancing the budget via salary cap cuts to prioritizing potential unrestricted free agents that could leave the organization, as well as assessing players' possible retirements.
We've already seen teams like the New York Giants release veterans such as running back Ahmad Bradshaw, linebacker Michael Boley and defensive end Chris Canty.
The Detroit Lions let go of defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch while the Buffalo Bills cut loose safety George Wilson and linebacker Nick Barnett.
And veterans such as linebacker Ray Lewis and wide receiver Donald Driver have walked away from the game following magnificent careers.
So we're taking a look at what could or will indeed happen this offseason as teams prepare for the 2013 seasons. While the focus will be on free agency, we'll sprinkle in a little NFL draft talk and team philosophies as well, which all coincide with the makings or makeovers of the 32 teams.


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A Mason City man has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison in connection with the death of his 19-month-old son.
The Globe Gazette reports Judge Gregg Rosenbladt sentenced 30-year-old Kenneth Adams on Friday to up to 50 years after his conviction of child endangerment resulting in death.
Adams was arrested after the death of his son, Owen, last fall.
Prosecutors say Adams put the boy face down in a pillow to try to calm him during a temper tantrum, cutting off his breathing.
At the hearing, Adams' wife, Tiffany Adams, stated that, "No amount of time putting him in prison is going to bring my son back."
The judge says Adams' sentence could be reduced for good conduct and credits earned by prison work.


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Middle school pupils are set to benefit from a new literacy scheme which Berwick Academy has funded in each of its feeder schools.
Accelerated Reader (AR) is an online tool for managing independent reading practice. It produces an average of two years' reading age growth in just one academic year, while promoting reading for pleasure.
Using information generated by the software, teachers can help students select books that are difficult enough to keep them challenged, but not too difficult to cause frustration.
It also helps teachers to monitor students' vocabulary growth, literacy skills development and reading skills taught through other reading schemes.
Alexis Widdowson, headteacher at Berwick Academy, explained: "We have given the middle schools money for Accelerated Reader licenses because we know it is effective in getting children to read.
"Unlocking their capacity to read is key and will help greatly when they move up to high school.
"We've funded site licenses for all of our middle schools as it's quite a big fee for some of the smaller schools to fund, and it has been proven to have a massive impact."
Mrs Widdowson said that improving reading at middle school level would help students for when they arrived at Berwick Academy.
"We're a community school and we are committed to supporting the students in our community," she said.
"We feel that this is the best way to ensure that students coming to us come with a good level of literacy. It has been proven to have a massive impact and it also tells teachers about how a child's reading age is developing."
The decision to fund Accelerated Reader in Glendale, Berwick and Tweedmouth middle schools is part of the Academy's efforts to improve standards in response to Government changes to the GCSE exams, which produced "volatile" results nationally in English and Maths this summer.
"Going forward we have changed the curriculum to increase the amount of time that our students have for English and Maths quite significantly," Mrs Widdowson explained. "From this year, years nine and 10 will have more dedicated time in English and Maths.
"We feel that these are the right strategies to respond to the challenge we have got."


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someone who tosses off - another name for a Wanker (one who suffers from chronic masturbation)
A Tosser - (A Wanker)
A Tosser - (A Wanker)
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a tosser is similar to a wanker, well, its really exactly the same. tossing and wanking are both different words for masterbation. if you dont know what any of those words mean, dont use them.
you're such a tosser jimmy
king_jimmy tarafından 21 Ağustos 2005, Pazar
as above but more like wanker than dickhead, as the toss in tosser refers to the tossing motion of masterbation (or tossing-off). A tosser is someone who masterbates.
Dave is a tosser, he keeps tossing-off
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Half Sleep Half Death
Half sleep
half death.
My hands in springtime
my heart in mud.
Thus I transform myself.
Between spring and not spring
where trees are deep
and waves strike root.
Thus I transform myself.
Half Nikos
half death.
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Standing on the grassy idyllic hill overlooking a massive canyon, Nariko must find a shinny, sparkly white dot floating above a pile of rocks near the left edge of the cliff, in order to trigger a Hero Sequence.
Isn't riding down a tenuous rope with a rather large sword behind your back kinda, uh, dangerous?
The next scene involves multiple controller prompts displayed on screen, each command vital to your success as Nariko deftly slides down and around ropes. The timing is pretty lenient, so don't worry about executing the commands at the exact time they're presented.
Next, a small platform populated by eight soldiers. Get rid of them quickly, and return to the bottom edge of the platform, where you'll see another sparkly orb -- and another Hero Sequence.
Nariko falls into a room filled with men and barrels and tables. More importantly, however, is the red vase at the bottom left of the room containing new artwork. If you're having difficulty with brutes in the room, throw the countless debris at them, even the dead corpses on the ground. It's amazing how much damage you can inflict just by throwing stuff.
Throw the barrels at the men if you're getting overwhelmed. And don't forget to grab the vase by the corner.
Walk through the arch onto the cobbled bridge. At the end of the bridge is a red vase with health by the mountain. Just ahead of the bridge is a puzzle involving a gong, a gate, and a statue holding a shield.
Here's another simple gong and gate puzzle. The objective? Hit the gong by throwing an object at it. Climb the ladder to the top of the platform, where you'll conveniently find a box of shields. Place yourself in line with the statue, and throw the shield towards it, using the Aftertouch to guide the shield accurately towards the statue's shield. The shield will bounce off the shield, veering into another direction. This is the important part: steer it towards the gong. Ta-dah! The gate opens.
Climb up the ladder where you'll find a box full of shields. Then throw the shield at the gong using Aftertouch.
Beware of Fox
Flying Fox is really, really easy. Remember his cronies, those good-for-nothing insolents on the ground? Their deaths mean fortune for you, since you can use their bodies as a weapon against Flying Fox. A single body thrown at the Flying Fox takes off an inordinate amount of damage. Try it!
Before you kill Flying Fox, look for the red vase at the top of the ring containing new artwork, and another red vase with health on the top right.
With little life, Flying Fox will have a Hero Squence appear whenever he's close to you. Activate the situation by pressing the O button, then follow the on-screen prompt. Make sure to time your inputs as soon as possible, otherwise you'll repeat the situation. Even worse, Flying Fox regains a lot of health if you mess up during the Hero Sequences. Here are the commands during the sequence:
Input early: The game won't penalize you if you jump the gun and input a command before it appears on screen. Use this to your advantage by preemptively planning your routine, inputting the next command before it appears on screen!
Prison Approach
Before the prison, Nariko must run up a dangerous hill. What makes it so dangerous? At the top are hoodlums throwing random things down the hill, from wheel barrels to boulders, making things a bit tricky. Use the Roll-cancel technique to ascend up the hill quickly, and whenever you spot a projectile rolling your way, head off to the sides for cover.
Turn the wooden handles to open the gates, then proceed up the stairs for the prison.
The Prison
Throw the debris -- chairs and knives and tables -- to clear the room of men. Next up: a funny cut-scene with Bohan and his men joking candidly about their plot to rule the world!
After the cut-scene, find a way to get upstairs in order to free the prisoners. A ladder sparkling by the top-right corner is your first clue. Approach it and let Nariko pull down the ladder from the second floor. Now, on the second floor, push the crank forward to open the cages. The hallway gates, however, remain closed. At this point, the game arbitrarily generates an item near the crank, for which Nariko must use to hit the gong. One of our experiences yielded a small yellow rock at the far corner of the small alcove, while the other had a sword before the crank. Long story short: there should be something around the gong.
Inside the first cell sits a box of shields. Grab a shield and return to the ladder near the corner. Across from your position on the adjacent wall is a gong that controls the other hallway gates. Using the Aftertouch technique (hold the X button after the throw), you must guide the shield across the room to the gong, thus opening the other hallway gates. Return to the prison floor once you unlock all the gates and cells.
After the short cut-scene, you'll find yourself on a long stoned bridge populated by large solemn statues in a kneeling position, their hands obscuring their faces. Grab the Fire Rocket from the ground, and fire at the enemies on the side of the bridge. But don't be too crazy with the shots; you're limited to 10 rockets. That's it!
The Main Gate
Standing before the gigantic main gate, Nariko must somehow open the doors, but unfortunately they're shut tight. In order to open them, you must complete a sequence of events in the right order.
There are two paths up the gate: left or right, as indicated by the sparkling white orbs hovering above ground. Choose the right path, first.
Right Path
Climb up the ride side of the gate by initiating the Hero Sequence through the sparkling orb. Perform the commands displayed on screen to land at the top of the gate, where several enemies wait for your arrival. Beat them and head through the side arch, into an area consisting of a box of shields, a gong, and a lever.
1. Pull the lever. The bars across the gate will slide back into the walls, but the doors still remain locked.
2. Stand before the box of shields across the gong. You can't see it yet, but there's another gong in a separate building far in the horizon. Facing the horizon, grab a shield and throw it straight, using the Aftertouch to guide it towards the gong stationed in the building far, far away from you. The sonorous gong melody opens a gate on the left side of the Main Gate.
Left Path
Make your way to left side of the Main Gate. Drop down to ground level, head to the left towards the sparkling dot above ground, then trigger the Hero Sequence in order to scale the wall. (If you're having troubles scaling the wall during the Hero Sequence, hold the directional inputs when you see them, releasing pressure only when you see the next input.) Now, plow through the enemies and head through the arch, where you'll see a lever that opens the Main Gate. Pull it and the Main Gate will open.
Bait and Trap
Defeat Whiptail's guards. The -- almost -- overwhelming number of guards makes this a great time to unlock new combos by continuously attacking the enemy without getting hit. While some enemies will block your attacks, the rest will simply stand there, allowing you a free hit. Use your range attack to score several hits at a time, then cancel the attack with a roll to the side, just in case the enemy decides to counterattack. Or you could stay in Power Stance, land one powerful hit on the enemy, then cancel the lag-stun by rolling to the side.
Combo fun: Don't let this rare opportunity go to waste! You can unlock lots of new combos if you combo the enemy without losing health.
Boss: Whiptail
Long Waves: Don't dodge them, but break through the wave by attacking in Range Stance. One attack in Range Stance will "break" the wave. Make sure to cancel the lag animation after the attack in Range Stance by rolling.
Use Range attacks to break a long wave.
Small Wave: Stand in one place, but roll to the left or right, perpendicular to the wave, at the last second before the wave hits you. Rolling is the quickest way to travel in the shortest amount of time.
Roll to the sides when a short wave approaches you.
As soon as the match begins, Whiptail jets off to the other side of the room shooting her Long Waves. Break through the waves by using an attack in Range Stance. She'll repeat several Long Waves in a row, then stop to catch her breath. Here's your moment -- moment! -- to capitalize on the lull by smashing her face with a few good attacks in Power Stance! Three clean hits in Power Stance take off over a quarter of her life. If Whiptail recovers from her daze, switch stances from Power to Speed, simply because the extra speed in your moves allows you to interrupt her Power Moves. The orange glow, a sign for Power Stance, around her body should illicit an immediate reaction: to hit the attack button. Mash the attack button in Speed Stance, which should interrupt her flow of combat. But if you're feeling timid about the whole situation, retreat off to the sides by rolling or running away from her. Whiptail will repeat the same attack pattern, returning back to her previous attack plan: death by Long or Small waves.
Whiptail will eventually deviate from her routine, combining both Long and Small waves in her pattern. When breaking through a Long wave, be sure to roll immediately during the attack to cancel the pause animation. By rolling, you'll be better prepared for a follow-up small wave.
Shen's Escape
Master Shen, injured, needs critical help as he struggles to get across the cobbled bridge. And to make it worse, blood thirsty men rush towards his locations.
As Kai, protect Shen by shooting your arrows at the men, picking off each man before they reach Shen. Remember, just one hit from the enemy will cause you to fail the mission.
Fortunately, you have a secret weapon: the Aftertouch. Guide the arrows at the head or body of the enemy, killing them in one hit. Using the Aftertouch, immediately kill the two archers on the guard tower to the left of the stage.
At first, the enemy will appear from the bottom, but later appear from the top, sometimes both at the same time. Keep a sharp eye on the in-game HUD for clues on the enemy location. (Sometimes, you can see enemy soldier trying to sneak behind Shen in the HUD.)
Recycle the strategy used in your first encounter with Whiptail.
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Suddenly, they find themselves in what appears to be a fictional landscape, menaced by lifesize clockworks soldiers and meeting characters like Gulliver and Rapunzel.The Doctor discovers that they are in the Land of Fiction, a realm of a different dimension presided over by The Master of the Land (not ''that'' Master, thankfully): an English writer from the 1920s who has been yanked out of his own time and is being controlled by the Master Brain computer. The Master wants the Doctor to take his place and the two enter a battle of wills using fictional characters.Zoe and Jamie arrive and succeed in overloading the Master Brain, which is then destroyed in the confusion by the White Robots, freeing the Master and allowing the Doctor and friends to escape.This is the only serial to use episodes of 20 minutes rather than the usual 25. [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoy8x6_the-mind-robber-part1_shortfilms?search_algo=2 Watch it here.]]!!Tropes* AllJustADream: Some fans explain some of the unexplained elements of the ending (the TARDIS reforming, the Master of the Land's unexplained fate) as implying that the whole of the story from the point that the TARDIS is destroyed is a shared dream for the Doctor and companions, brought on by exposure to the extra-dimensional void.* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Parodied; the Doctor manages to disarm the Karkus by pointing out that his weapon of choice, the "Anti-Molecular Ray Disintegrator" would never work or exist in real-life. Unfortunately that doesn't stop the Karkus from trying to beat the crap out of the Doctor and Zoe.* BattleOfWits: The Doctor and the Master battle by ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome telling a story]]''. Complicated by the fact that the Doctor can't mention himself without becoming a character in the story, which would give the Master complete power over him.* BottleEpisode: The first episode, which was added at the last minute after the previous serial was shortened.* CreativeSterility: The reason why the Master brain needs a human. Or even better, a Time Lord.* FingerlessGloves: The Master wears them.* {{Flynning}}: Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac and D'Artagnan engage in this in Episode 4.* GeniusBonus: Viewers with a detailed knowledge of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' will recognize Lemuel by his first few lines of dialogue, even if they're just ''reading the transcript''.* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Jamie is falling victim to the illusions in the white void, Zoe breaks him out of it by slapping him.* HistoricalDomainCharacter:** The Master identifies himself at one point as the creator of the popular adventure hero "Jack Harkaway". Assuming that the Whoniverse version of Harkaway is the same as the real one, this would identify him as the nineteenth-century pulp writer Samuel Bracebridge Hemyng (1841-1901).** Cyrano de Bergerac and Blackbeard are double (triple?) examples: real historical figures who've become this trope in ''other peoples''' fiction, which allows the Master of the Land to employ their images in his storytelling duel with the Doctor.* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:--> '''Doctor:''' This world that we've tumbled into is a world of fiction. Unicorns, minotaurs, Literature/GulliversTravels - they're all alive here.--> '''Zoe:''' Well then what are we doing here?* ALoadOfBull: The Minotaur.* MaleGaze: [[http://community.livejournal.com/ihasatardis/621849.html Zoe on the revolving TARDIS console.]] From the DVD, we learn that one attempt to film this sequence was brought to a halt by a WardrobeMalfunction. Amusingly, Wendy Padbury apparently considered it a good costume - easy to move in, comfortable, etc.* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover* TheMaster: ''Not'' the Time Lord, but just an ordinary writer from the 1920s.* MindScrew: The first episode. To an extent, the following four as well. * MyCarHatesMe: The Doctor had to use the emergency unit to escape from the lava flow because the TARDIS's normal engines chose that moment to break down.* NoOntologicalInertia: {{Justified|Trope}} since the computer maintained the fantasy world. Less justified is the fact that the TARDIS un-explodes after the computer is destroyed.* TheNthDoctor[=/=]RealLifeWritesThePlot: Fraser Hines took ill, and Hamish Wilson filled in. Since they don't look alike, Jamie lost his face and the Doctor reconstructed it wrong. It doesn't feel at all out of place in this particular story.* PuffOfLogic: The way the Doctor deals with the various monsters: If everyone present stops believing in them, they just vanish.* {{Railroading}}: How the Master of the Land tries to coerce the Doctor into taking his place.* RapunzelHair: Attached to Rapunzel herself, of course.* RealityWarper: Anything the Master writes becomes true. In the fifth episode, the Doctor is wired into the computer, giving him the same powers.* SchmuckBait: The Doctor tells Jamie and Zoe on no account to leave the TARDIS. The moment his back's turned, they are both tempted outside with visions of their homes.* ShapeShifterShowdown:** The Doctor and the Master do this by proxy. The Master conjures Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac, the Doctor [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers D'Artagnan]]. Then the Master changes Cyrano to Blackbeard, and the Doctor counters by replacing [=D'Artagnan=] with Lancelot.** In a sense, their whole fight can be considered this, with both of them shaping the fictional world towards their goal.* SpaceBrasilia: Zoe's vision of her home city.* SpeaksInShoutOuts: Gulliver.* {{Superhero}}: The Karkus is from a superhero comic strip in Zoe's era, although it's not stated if he's an actual hero or a supervillain.* TakenForGranite: The unicorn becomes a statue when the heroes disbelieve in it. The Doctor and Zoe are threatened with this fate when Medusa manifests, but she too reverts to inert marble when the Doctor persuades Zoe that she's just acting out a myth.* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: The ball of thread version, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum again]]. This time the circumstances are much closer to the version of Myth/ClassicalMythology, what with the [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]] and all...* TrappedInAnotherWorld* {{Unicorn}}: Jamie dreams of one, and they later encounter it for real. It's one of the wild and violent sort.* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The setting of the first episode.* WaifFu: Zoe versus the Karkus.* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out for sure what happened to the Master of the Land of Fiction. However, since the Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe wound up back where they belong (the TARDIS), he presumably returned to his home in the 1920s.* WrittenSoundEffect: In the novelization, the Karkus's more violent actions are accompanied by words like "BAM" and "ZAP" appearing ''in midair''.----


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Princeton High School's ice hockey team has flown under the radar for much of the CVC season.
The Tigers quietly have put together a 12-4-2 season, playing well for first-year coach Terence Miller.
As the fifth seed in the Mercer County Tournament, Princeton had to play a first-round game Monday. The Tigers beat Nottingham 14-0, setting up a quarterfinal game at 4 p.m. Tuesday against a Hopewell Valley team they defeated twice already this season.
Hopewell Valley beat out Princeton by a half a point for the fourth seed, despite the fact that Princeton had the two victories over the Bulldogs and had a superior winning percentage.
"I just told our guys that we are in the playoffs and we wipe the slate clean," Miller said. "We are going to come to the rink tomorrow as the underdog. They are the higher seed. They got the four seed. We are expecting a battle, as we always do, against Hopewell."
For senior Spencer Reynolds, this time of year is always the most fun.
"It is certainly exciting," Reynolds said. "These are going to be some of my last high school games, so I want to go out every match and give it all I got. I don't want to have any regrets, like could I have skated harder, or could I have made a better pass, when the season is over. I want to be absolutely sure that I did everything I could these last few games."
George Seneko scored his first goal of the season to end the scoring for the Tigers last night, and is looking forward to the game Tuesday, trying to help his team survive and advance to a semifinal.
"I am very excited for the game, as I always am," Seneko said. "As far as I am concerned, and it's the same with everyone in that locker room, this is a clean slate. We played well all year, but we have to just play like this is a new season. We need to come out and play hard."
Princeton, along with the rest of the state, will see where it's seeded in the state tournament today, and the Tigers are hoping for at least one home game from the committee.
"We are eager to see where we land," Miller said. "It's interesting, because it comes in the middle of the county tournament when we are so focused, but it will be nice to see where we land. We hope to get at least one home game, but we will see."
Nottingham (0-17-0) 0 0 x—0
Princeton (12-4-2) 10 4 x—14
Scoring: FIRST PERIOD — P: Chris Munoz (Eamonn McDonald, John Reid) 13:07; P: Spencer Reynolds (Brendon McCormick, Jack Andres) 12:13; P: Nathan Drezner (Connor McCormick) 11:58; P: Jack Andres (John Reid, Eamonn McDonald) 8:34; P: Nathan Drezner 6:33; P: Connor McCormick 5:07 pp; P: Zacharie Bouchenoir (Becket Tovar, Anthony Trainer) 4:18; P: Matt Cirillo (Connor McCormick, Anthony Trainer) 2:20; P: Jack Andres 0:32; P: Patrick McCormick (Nick Palmer, Spencer Reynolds) 0:01.
SECOND PERIOD — P: Eamonn McDonald (Tookler Callaway, Nick Palmer) 13:30 pp; P: Alex Chen (Chris Munoz) 12:45 pp; P: Anthony Trainer (Alex Chen) 10:18 pp; P: George Seneko 1:39.
Shots: N 2; P 48.
Saves: N — Kyle West 12, Jaiiden 20; P — Robert Quinn 2.
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Bama Six Cinemas
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Bamas Six Cinemas opened on June 11, 1982. This was part of the Consolidated Theatres Inc., out of Charlotte NC. The design was one of the "U"-shaped designs. All auditoriums were the same size, 300 seats. All were equipped with Kintek sound systems, and wall to wall screens.
Some of the films that the theatre opened with included "E.T.", "Annie", "Bambi", and a few others.
Carmike took over operations in 1989, when it acquired most of the Consolidated chain. The theatre closed in either 2006 or 2007.
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The F5 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa yesterday probably took this building out. It was about a block away from a main point of devastation.
The tornado was actually 2 blocks away. I believe the building was spared.
The 2011 tornado did not strike near this building.
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KEARNEYSVILLE - While most people begin to consider retirement around age 65, Kearneysville resident Harley Potter knew that a life of leisure was not the life for him.
Potter, 91, is three weeks into his final retirement, not because he grew tired of working, but to care for his wife of 69 years, Virginia, who recently had a stroke.
"I decided it was time for me to leave, to be with her and take care of her," Potter said.
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Kearneysville resident Harley Potter enjoys cake and company at his retirement party, celebrating Potter's decision to permanently retire at the age of 91.
Jan. 1 marked Potter's first day of retirement, saying farewell to his 12-year custodial job at the West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center. The moment was bittersweet for Potter, saying goodbye to the company that was his last, and his first, job.
Potter took his first job at the center in 1946 as a mechanic and remained for 13 years before leaving in 1959 as an assistant foreman.
In 2000, Potter was three months into retirement after a career as a mechanic for Mack Trucks when he learned that the first company he worked for was in the process of hiring a custodian. It was only a week after learning of the opening before Potter started his first day back with WVU Experiment Farm.
Since he was a child, Potter said hard work is all he has ever known, so it never occurred to him to permanently retire at the traditional age.
"I've got to be doing something with my hands. I can't sit there and read or watch television, my hands have to be doing something," Potter said.
At the retirement party, Potter was surrounded by friends and co-workers, both current and former, who wished him well in the next phase of his life.
"He's just a special person," said Patricia Knighten, Potter's daughter. "He's taught all six of us kids that you don't quit, you live honestly, you work honestly and you work for what you want and work for what you get. I think it was being raised in the era of the Depression. That's how they were made to live, to have to go out and work."
Planning for this to be his final retirement, Potter still aims to stay active both in the community and at home, in addition to helping care for his wife.
Ever year, Potter gardens an acre of land, primarily of sweet corn that he sells. Knighten also lists Potter's hobbies as working with wood and restoring tractors.
- Staff writer Samantha Cronk can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 132, or email@example.com.


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Chris Brown accused of shouting a homophobic slur at a fan
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Chris Brown, you mean the pleasant individual who hospitalised his former girlfriend in a brutal act of domestic violence is also a raging homophobe? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
I'm not shocked at all. If you elevate to celebrity status people who lack taste, judgment, manners etc. you deserve what you get. This guy Chris Brown – who he?! – clearly lacks mental balance and is not worthy of publicity to fuel his ego and pocket.
This fan was clearly being a total pain, and was lucky he only got insulted by this guy and his bodyguard.
That doesn't excuse the homophobic abuse, but it was in response to provocation from an over pushy and insulting individual.
I agree with both paragraphs you wrote above CC.
Him and his bodyguard could easily said no thanks or just gave the autograph, I don't see any indication that the fan was pushy and good manners cost nothing
That Chris and his bodyguard reacted like this says a lot about the two of them, Chris could have resisted being rude even with the Rihanna remark
Well, Rihanna did walk into his fists.
At the worst, it's true. At the least, it's Donna Summer revisited. At least now we live in an age where it can be verified, and not have to depend on someone's neighbour's cousin's best friend's coworker to relate the details.
Well ain't this a surprise; NOT! From woman beater to homophobe, what next I wonder for this ignorant piece of shyte.
How is it that so many of these so called "rap artists" are almost all misogynists, homophobes and just generally repulsive ignorant pigs?
How can these minor, show-business, wannabe celebrities possibly demonstrate to the world that they are str8 hetero alpha males if they can't beat up women and call other guys fa**ots I wonder?
Guys I have a petition next time you go to a gay bar and see the DJ playing his music or any other bigot's please ask them not to and complaint to the manager I do it all the time its how show them we don't like either , we as community need to stay stronger and united by being more vocal and tell them to go and f..k themselves .
Autograph hunters are creepy. Why would anyone want someone famous to sign something? I don't get it.
Especially a famous wife beater.
Seems when he didn't get the autograph his true opinion came out so it begs the question why did he want the autograph in the first place?
It's certainly pretty odd all round.
I wonder how Mr Brown would feel if I walked up to him and yelled N****R!!!? He'd probably hit me since I'm 'P***Y'
Don't you just hate w*****s?!
Except that's not at all what happened. Read the article properly.
Of course, that would be a mature thing to do…
Actually I DID read it…don't like my reply then that's fine. I'm not here to impress anyone, only give an opinion.
Oh and yep he did yell homophobic abuse at him!!
"His bodyguard stopped me and said Chris wouldn't be signing, so I told him Rihanna signs all the time. That's when Chris stopped in the garage by the parking pay stand and yelled 'f***ot' at me."
A pathetic, ignorant, immature and insecure little man. He's clearly learnt nothing from his previous actions (ie the assault). He needs to grow up big time. I have no idea why anyone is still buying his music at all.
Seriously? You call that shyte music…..?
I actually like his music – well, I did and his stuff is played in gay clubs. The whole incident is pretty unfortunate.
What a low-life! Now I dislike him even more and as for Rihanna taking him back, something is clearly wrong with her. Perhaps she enjoys being abused. Either way, doesn't say much about her either. They're well suited. No great talent there either, just lucky.
I doubt she enjoys being abused, that's a pretty careless comment to make and one that many women of domestic violence would condemn. It's more to do with insecurity and low self-esteem as opposed to relishing being beaten black and blue
What do you expect? He's wife-beating scum with no talent
The biggest shock here is that he has a fan.
He's not a fan. He's an IRL troll… a good one too.
"His bodyguard stopped me and said Chris wouldn't be signing, so I told him Rihanna signs all the time."
this smells like a set up, I'm not convinced this guy was actually a fan. Any way wheres the proof of what Chris said? any one to corroborate this claim?? the bodyguard?? I didnt think so. So it his word against Chris and his bodyguard;)
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Employment during the 2007–2009 recession
May 04, 2011
The U.S. economy officially entered a recession in December 2007. Nonfarm employment peaked in January 2008 and then entered a period of steady decline.
During the first 9 months of the recession, nonfarm employment decreased by 1.2 percent, a change that fell in line with the relatively modest losses of the 1990–1991 and 2001 recessions. In addition, the distribution of job losses by industry during the early stages of the most recent recession was similar to that during the two previous recessions. During the first half of the 2007–2009 recession and the entirety of each of the previous two recessions, a little more than half of job losses occurred in manufacturing and construction (which both tend to be sensitive to the business cycle).
The shallow employment declines did not last, however. The economic downturn intensified in September 2008 when the economy was jolted by trouble in the Nation's financial system. In the aftermath of the turmoil, credit markets constricted and banks tightened lending standards. The recession rapidly deepened, and job losses spiked.
Monthly job losses averaged 712,000 from October 2008 through March 2009—the most severe 6-month period of job losses since 1945, when WWII was ending. During the final 3 months of the recession, April through June 2009, job losses remained severe but moderated somewhat to an average monthly employment decline of 516,000. Despite the official end of the recession, nonfarm employment declined by another 1.2 million until reaching a trough in February 2010.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program. To learn more, see "Employment loss and the 2007–09 recession: an overview" (PDF), by Christopher J. Goodman and Steven M. Mance in the April 2011 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment during the 2007–2009 recession on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110504.htm (visited September 30, 2016).
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