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Lisa Shoaf, director of physical therapy, attended a Quality Review Committee meeting for the Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy in Alexandria, Virginia, June 7–8, 2013. This committee reviews processes and data related to the credentialing process that foreign educated physical therapists must complete in order to determine their eligibility for PT licensure in the United States.
In June, she served as chief delegate for Virginia at the American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates in Salt Lake City.
Ben Herz, director of occupational therapy, was part of a physicians panel for the Columbia, South Carolina, area Parkinson Support Group April 21, 2013, discussing Parkinson's Disease and its effects.
As treasurer of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Herz attended the AOTA national Conference in San Diego April 22–28, 2013.
On May 18, 2013, Herz attended the Harrisonburg Parkinson Disease Support Group. On May 22, 2013, he attended the Augusta Area Community Health Forum. On June 1, Herz attended the Fishersville Parkinson Disease Support Group. Herz presented to the University of Virginia Movement Disorders Physicians Group in Charlottesville on June 7, 2013.
David Paulk, director of physician assistant studies, is member of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention work group, developing clinical diagnosis and management guidelines for pediatric acute mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). He is the sole PA in the work group.
Paulk also served as a guest lecturer at Drexel University in April on Child Maltreatment and at Philadelphia University in June on Child Maltreatment, mTBI, pediatric headache and pediatric seizures.
Paulk also presented four lectures at the College of Science, Health, and Liberal Arts at Philadelphia University to physician assistant students in June 2013. The topic of those presentations were "Pediatric Seizures," "Pediatric Headache," "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents," and "Child Maltreatment."


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This page is part of the Peace Heathens' Seattle Crisis Resource Directory.
Communications Resources
This page is provides a list of inexpensive resources for sending and receiving messages. The primary focus is on resources useful to those who lack a fixed abode or are short on money, and do not have the option of an ordinary phone line and mail delivery. Many of these resources are equally useful to other people as well.
Thanks to Wes Browning of Real Change, Seattle's monthly "homeless paper" for first getting us to think about this issue. We have plagiarized shamelessly from his magnificent 1997 article, "The Survival Guide You Hope You'll Never Need".
Snail Mail
P.O. boxes are much cheaper than commercial mailboxes but can't be used as legal addresses for some purposes. Cheaper still (free) is to tell everyone on your mailing list to write you General Delivery at your local Post Office. You'll get your mail but no credit for having an address at all. You won't be able to get Food Stamps, register to vote, get GAU or social security benefits, new ID when old expires, or even a library card.
If you are seeking work, a P.O. box or commercial mailbox looks a lot better than General Delivery.
Telephone and Telephone Messages
If you are receiving assistance from pretty much any DSHS program—General Assistance, SSI, TANF, DSHS Chore Services, etc.— you are likely to be eligible for the Washington Telephone Assistance Program, which will give you a discount on a home phone line and local telephone service. For information on this service in the Seattle area, call the telephone company CenturyLink at 1-800-244-1111.
Otherwise, don't overlook the possibility that some friend may be willing to function temporarily as your phone number and have you check in once a day for messages. The only cost is the "social cost" of asking for a favor.
Otherwise, there are a variety of phone message options. You can subscribe to message services providing voice-mail that cost about the same as basic home service. Or you can rent a pager. When considering a pager, add in the cost of replying to frivolous calls from pay phones. The pager will be more expensive but worth it if it can snag income. Weigh the chances.
If you are seeking work, voice mail (with or without a pager) is pretty much indistinguishable from an answering machine; this last few years, voice mail has been winning out over answering machines even for many people who can choose freely between the two, so it won't give anyone a clue that you might be homeless.
If you are homeless and working with a social services agency, you are probably eligible for free Community Voice Mail, a program of the Solid Ground (Verified 05/2012). Others who have no telephone service may also qualify for an inexpensive private CVM voice mail number ($4 per month or $10 for 3 months). Call 206-694-6771 for more information.
Laser Voice Mail (206-376-1000) provides free voice mail, but you have to listen to advertising while waiting to access your account.
A more recent program, the Lifeline Phone from Virgin/Assurance Wireless, provides eligible users with a free cell phone and 250 free usage minutes per month. Most recipients of public assitance, and some other people with low incomes are eligible (Verified 05/2012).
"Plain vanilla" commercial voice mail service costs around $12-$15 a month, including 24-hour access to your messages -- there are a handful of local services advertising low rates in the Yellow Pages under "Voice Mail." If you're not paying by credit card, most require several months' prepayment. Some also want to check your credit.
Basic numeric pagers can be purchased for about $50-$75 or can be rented for a few bucks a month. Some paging businesses include a few months' service in the cost of the pager. Ongoing monthly charges vary depending on whether you include voice-mail and/or other services such as the ability to receive text and/or e-mail messages; the range is $8-$20/month. "Activation fees" also apply in many cases. Credit approval can be an obstacle with some providers; with others it's not an issue. Check the Yellow Pages under "Paging Equipment & Service" or visit one of many pager/cell phone stores that have sprouted up in the downtown area. Smaller local companies seem to offer the best deals (Qwest requires that you already have residential service with them).
If you're looking for a cell phone, beware what's being advertised: low per-minute rates or "free airtime" can come with hidden costs if you exceed the maximums advertised. Cell phones can get expensive quickly if they're your only method of communication and you use them frequently.
If you have some money, but lack credit, you might want to consider pre-paid cellular. Typically, you purchase a phone for $70-100, then you purchase blocks of minutes. Several of these services offer voice mail as an option. Tracfone, AT&T wireless, T-Mobile, Cingular, Verizon wireless and Voicestream all offer pre-paid services. See http://www.nocreditcheckoffers.com/cellphone for more information.
Email and Internet access
All you need to access e-mail is a Seattle Public Library card and access to the library: this allows you 90 minutes a day online with a very nice graphics terminal. You don't need any account to access the Internet from the public library, just a library card. If you do not have a library card, a one-day guest pass may be issued. Consult your librarian.
The downtown Seattle Public Library has computers for Internet access throughout the building. A reservation may be made in person for that day, or if a computer is free, immediate use is available. The Library also offers free classes for people new to using e-mail and the Internet; call 206-386-4636 for information or pick up a monthly schedule at any library. The Library also maintains a list of other places where Internet access is available.
For those who lack a computer of their own (or who move around a lot) the most useful type of email is "web-based email," which keeps all your mail on a computer "somewhere out there." You can check your incoming messages and send mail from any terminal or computer that is connected to the Internet. Many of these services are very easy to sign up for instantly on line. Typically, they place a small self-promotional ad on the bottom of each email you send, but they are otherwise genuinely free.
Popular web-based email sites include Yahoo Mail or MSN's Hotmail. Some of the previously free email services are beginning to charge fees. Several websites list the still-free e-mail services and keep you up to date on which ones are beginning to charge or have closed. See the following for more information:
Seattle Community Network (SCN) was a pioneer in free email accounts, and is still a reasonable source of this service. SCN mail is totally free, contains no ads, and you can access it even from a terminal set up with a text-only interface. Unfortunately, SCN does not offer instant sign-up: you must apply for SCN e-mail accounts by US mail (application forms are available at any Seattle Public Library).
SCN maintains a page about public places in Seattle to access the Internet, some of them (such as libraries) providing free access.
For a good national list of sites offering free or cheap Internet access, see ConnectNet. You give them your ZIP code, they let you know what's nearby; around here it will mostly be the public libraries. They have a toll-free phone number, too: 866-583-1234.
Other Internet access sites (in Seattle and around the world) can be found through http://www.cybercaptive.com, or http://www.cybercafe.com. Typical Seattle prices range from $6-$9 hour.
If you have a computer and a telephone line, remarkably there is such a thing as free dial-up Internet access that supports a graphical web interface. One such option that we've heard generally good things about is NoCharge.com. They have quite a few access numbers in the Puget Sound area. All-free-isp.com lists a few other free dial-up services, and attempts to keep track of all such services in the United States.
If you do not have money to buy a computer, and can make a good case why one would be significantly helpful to you, contact The Computer Bank Charity, 206-214-7779 (Saturdays) or email@example.com. They have a limited number of machines to give away, but will consider worthy cases. (By the way, they are seeking donations of Pentium computers and VGA or better monitors. Verified 2/04)
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A while back we did a post on why we take a different approach to anti-bullying assemblies.
Most presentations try to "scare the kids straight". They hammer on the harmful effects of bullying and try to create change by making everyone feel miserable.
We've been skeptical of this approach from day one. We believe it makes a bad situation worse.
Turns out we're right. There's academic research to back it up. "Preaching" at the kids and following up with severe punishments doesn't work.
There was a peer reviewed article published on this back in October 2011. It's cited at the end of this post. Here are a few crucial bits that I feel are relevant.
Once school teams identify bullying behavior as a problem, the most common response is to implement a standalone, anti-bullying program. Such programs commonly include holding school assemblies with speakers who highlight the harmful effects of bullying and teach students how to identify bullies, then follow up with a focus on catching such students in the act and providing increasingly severe punitive measures…
Unfortunately, these practices have shown to be generally ineffective–they may actually be as likely to exacerbate problems as solve them.
To us that's always been obvious. It's nice to finally have actual academic research to prove it. While everyone else is trying to make the kids cry we're making a rubber chicken lay invisible eggs…
Everyone knows the harmful effects of bullying. Hammering on that doesn't help.
Rather than make kids fearful of consequences, we feel it's more powerful to inspire them.
Think about it… If you WANT to do something you're much more motivated than if you HAVE to do something.
Bottom line… Leaders inspire. Dictators threaten. People love a leader. They fear a dictator. A leader gets the best out of people. A dictator gets the bare minimum to meet his or her demands.
Still not convinced? Ok… Let's look at another part of the article…
Stand-alone, anti-bullying programs and curricula are often based on the premise that bullying can be reduced solely by increasing supervision, identifying perpetrators, and punishing them until they no longer bully other students. However, a program based on such an approach was shown to increase the number of students who reported being bullied by 20%.
Students who engage in bullying may obtain social prestige or desired attention from their targets, and these rewards are often immediate and outweigh later consequences. In addition, children who are labeled as bullies may draw self-confidence and self-identification from that label, which may, in turn, cause them to use such behavior more often.
Moreover, school discipline programs that rely on zero tolerance policies and increasingly severe punishment procedures for offenders have shown to increase instances of aggression.
So basically what you create is a cycle of fear and punishment. Bullies love fear. Typical anti-bullying programs actually create the types of environments that bullies thrive in.
So what's the solution? Character education. Specifically, Positive Behavior Support is showing very positive signs of reducing bullying.
Here's one more quote…
A promising alternative to the standalone, anti-bullying program is to include the anti-bullying program as part of a broader systems-level approach to preventing and addressing problem behavior. One such approach is Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support.
SWPBS is a proactive, systems-level approach that provides the tools and practices to help support students and staff and promote positive social and learning environments.
Randomized control trials have consistently shown significantly improved academic and behavioral outcomes for students in schools implementing SWPBS compared to control schools.
A lot of people are surprised that we updated Character All Stars less than a year after launching it. It's now focused around Positive Behavior Intervention Support.
Why? BECAUSE PBIS WORKS…
Remember… All this is coming from peer reviewed sources. It's significantly easier to prevent bullying from happening than it is to react to an existing problem.
It's our goal to give you the absolute best anti-bullying and character education assemblies possible. We want to create real change.
If the academic research says we need to throw out an entire script (which is what we did with Character All Stars), so be it.
Definitely check out the full article. It's about nine pages long, but well worth your time. The citation is below.
Works Cited
Good, Chris P., Kent McIntosh, and Carmen Gietz. "Integrating Bullying Prevention Into Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support." Teaching Exceptional Children 44.1 (2011): 48-56. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Mar. 2012.


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Take off the labels off the inside of the clothes, she might stand it better.
All my kids loved to be nakey. As soon as we were home, in the door, those clothes were peeled off. Spose I'd prefer to run around naked too. Its so free! :) At night we had to put their PJs on backwards (the zip up footy kind). We'd cut the feet off, put em on backwards and zip em up. Then they couldn't get em off. LOL
lol that's funny
My son was never one to be naked except bath time. Though in the summer he does like to run around naked in the yard when it's raining haha
p.s our yard is fenced so no one can see him....just sayin before I get my head bitten off :)


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UNIDO Energy Conference Urges Shift to Low-Carbon Green Industries
26 June 2009: The International Energy Conference 2009, held in Vienna, Austria, from 22-24 June 2009, concluded with a call for a shift to low-carbon green industries, as well as increased energy investment.
The Conference was organized around the theme "Towards an Integrated Energy Agenda Beyond 2020: Securing Sustainable Policies and Investments," and was co-organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy and the Austrian Development Cooperation. The Conference focused on energy issues in the context of the current global financial and economic crisis.
Speaking at the opening of the conference, UNIDO Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella said the current global financial and economic crisis must be used to bring about a green energy revolution. He urged including the promotion of domestic and international policies that encourage green investment as a priority in the future climate deal to be concluded at the climate change conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Rajendra Pachauri, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair, highlighted the importance of providing energy access in order to eliminate poverty.
Issues discussed at the Conference included: an integrated energy agenda beyond 2020; global energy challenges of the 21st century; energy strategies to combat climate change; global sustainable energy governance issues, including promotion of the transition to a low-carbon development path; renewable energies, including investment in renewable energy markets and the prospects for renewable energy industries and markets in 2009 and beyond; energy access for productive uses; energy efficiency in industry; and financing energy in times of crisis. Sessions also focused on specific regions, including West Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and small island developing States (SIDS). [UNIDO Press Release][Conference Website][IISDRS Coverage]


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text: Consistently delivering concentrated playlists for a range of moods, the latest HYPETRAK Mix comes courtesy of neo-soul outfit The Internet. The Los Angeles-based Odd Future affiliates have compiled a selection of tracks as eclectic as their very own sound, using "Summer" as the loose overarching theme. The songs range in genre from R&B to ratchet, flowing between modern classics from Disclosure and Schoolboy Q while also including staple selections from D'Angelo, James Brown, and Brandy. With the playlist prime for long summer days, enjoy the latest HYPETRAK Mix here. If unfamiliar, head over to HYPETRAK to indulge in some of The Internet's past work.


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Among those who are providing regular contributions are:
- William C. (Bill) Anderson, former assistant Secretary of the Air Force, on defense industrial issues, with an initial emphasis on supply chain issues
- Lieutenant General Deptula, former deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (till October 2010). He was the principle attack planner for the 1991 Desert Storm air campaign and the director of the Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001
- Admiral (retired) Ed Gilbert, Gilbert Associates, on US Coast Guard and homeland security issues
- Dr. Harald Malmgren, Malmgren Global, LLC, noted strategist and economist, on the interaction and impact of global macro economic developments on defense and foreign policy
- Vince Martinez, a retired U.S. Marine Corps aviator and President of Virginia-based Affinity Fidelis Consulting and Technologies, LLC, on defense related concepts, operations, systems integration and acquisition
- Richard McCormack of Manufacturing News on defense industrial and manufacturing issues
- Constantine J. Pappas, a Naval Academy graduate and a strategy and business development practitioner with a Maryland-based consulting practice
- Dr. Scott Truver, noted maritime analyst on maritime issues
- Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute
- Michael W. Wynne, former Secretary of the Air Force, on cyber war, air power, energy, and defense budgeting
- Dr. Alain Dupas, noted French analyst and author of space and technology issues, on global space issues as well as a regular contribution on rethinking strategy (France);
- Major General (2s) Alain Faupin has served for 40 years in the French Army in different operational positions (Foreign Legion), in the Defense Staff (Assistant Chief of Staff for International Relations) and abroad (Military attaché in Washington, D.C.). He is currently an international consultant in the security field (SPC).
- Lieutenant-General Jean Patrick Gaviard is the former French Air Defence and Air Operations Commander, he is now a consultant with French think tanks and since November 2008 a "senior concept developer" with Nato/Sact, Norfolk (USA).
- Hans Tino Hansen, founder and CEO of Copenhagen-based Risk Intelligence will provide regular assessments of how to cope with and manage maritime security risks (Denmark) ;
- DK Matai, founder Mi2g (UK);
- Thierry Malleret, French financial analyst (Switzerland)
- Admiral (retired) Pierre Sabatie-Garat on European security and defense issues (France);
- Francis Tusa of London-based Defense Analysis on European and American military developments (UK);
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Five Davis & Elkins College Elementary Education majors recently attended the West Virginia Reading Association's 57th annual conference titled "Olympians for Reading, Carrying the Torch for Literacy" at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs.
The sessions focused on student motivation and achievement, common core standards and increasing parent involvement, among other topics.
Lisa Papez, a senior from Beverly; Emilee Beckwith, a junior from Beverly; Markita Prieto, a senior from Belington; Rivanna Kyle, a senior from Mill Creek; Samantha Crabtree, a senior from Emmitsburg, Md.; and Sarah Shelton, a senior from Belington, were accompanied by their professor and past president of the association, Sue Talbott.
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Davis & Elkins College students attending the West Virginia Reading Association's 57th annual conference are, from left, Lisa Papez, a senior from Beverly; Emilee Beckwith, a junior from Beverly; Markita Prieto, a senior from Belington; Rivanna Kyle, a senior from Mill Creek; Samantha Crabtree, a senior from Emmitsburg, Md.; and Sarah Shelton, a senior from Belington.
"It is important to not only teach students the content of the subject, but to also instill a sense of professionalism and pride," Talbott says. "The conference gives the D&E students the opportunity to interact with professionals in the field as well as attend sessions to support best practices in teaching reading."
The students attended the author's luncheon with featured speakers and West Virginia authors Jim Strawn and Chuck Stump, and the keynote address "Explicit Instruction: Prevention and Intervention" by Dr. Anita Archer.
Strawn and Stump are the authors of the "Sad, Mad, Glad" book series which explores feelings and attitudes that affect learning. Archer presented information on practices for designing lessons, delivering instruction, and providing appropriate practices.
Additional sessions included: "The Common Core and Your Reading Classroom," "Working with Parents: Increasing Parent Involvement," "Changing the Course of the Struggling Reader," "The Role of Technology in Literacy" and "Reading Instruction."
The West Virginia Reading Association is an affiliate of the International Reading Association which supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, and professional development.
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Jagdish Chandra Bose was born in India in 1858. He received his education first in India, until in 1880 he went to England to study medicine at the University of London. Within a year he moved to Cambridge to take up a scholarship to study Natural Science at Christ's College Cambridge. One of his lecturers at Cambridge was Professor Rayleigh, who clearly had a profound influence on his later work. In 1884 Bose was awarded a B.A. from Cambridge, but also a B.Sc. from London University. Bose then returned to India, taking up a post initially as officiating professor of physics at the Presidency College in Calcutta. Following the example of Lord Rayleigh, Jagdish Bose made extensive use of scientific demonstrations in class; he is reported as being extraordinarily popular and effective as a teacher. Many of his students at the Presidency College were destined to become famous in their own right - for example S.N. Bose, later to become well known for the Bose-Einstein statistics. He retired from the Presidency College in 1915, but was appointed Professor Emeritus. Two years later the Bose Institute was founded. Bose was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920. He died in 1937, a week before his 80th birthday; his ashes are in a shrine at the Bose Institute in Calcutta.
The first remarkable aspect of Jagadish Chandra Bose`s microwave research was that he reduced the waves to the millimetre level about 5 mm wavelength. That was within a few octaves of visible light. He knew that long waves were advantageous because of their great penetrative power but realised their disadvantages for studying the light like-properties of those electric waves. One year after Nikola Tesla made the first public demonstration of radio communication in 1893, Jagdish Chandra Bose ignited gunpowder and rang a bell at a distance using microwaves in wavelength in milimetre of range. This was held in a public demonstration in the Town Hall of Calcutta in November 1894, in the presence of Sir William Mackenzie, the Lieutenant Governor. Jagdish Chandra Bose wrote in a Bengali essay, `Adrisya Alok` (Invisible Light), "The invisible light can easily pass through brick walls, buildings etc. Therefore, messages can be transmitted by means of it without the mediation of wires." He can rightly be called the inventor of wireless telegraphy. Bose was the first in the world to fabricate and demonstrate in public this.
In 1895 Bose gave his first public demonstration of electromagnetic waves, using them to ring a bell remotely and to explode some gunpowder. In 1896 the Daily Chronicle of England reported: "The inventor (J.C. Bose) has transmitted signals to a distance of nearly a mile and herein lies the first and obvious and exceedingly valuable application of this new theoretical marvel." The first successful wireless signalling experiment by Marconi on Salisbury Plain in England was not until May 1897. The 1895 public demonstration by Bose in Calcutta predates all these experiments. Invited by Lord Rayleigh, in 1897 Bose reported on his microwave (millimeter-wave) experiments to the Royal Institution and other societies in England. The wavelengths he used ranged from 2.5 cm to 5 mm. In his presentation to the Royal Institution in January 1897 Bose speculated on the existence of electromagnetic radiation from the sun, suggesting that either the solar or the terrestrial atmosphere might be responsible for the lack of success so far in detecting such radiation - solar emission was not detected until 1942, and the 1.2 cm atmospheric water vapor absorption line was discovered during experimental radar work in 1944.
By about the end of the 19th century, the interests of Bose turned away from electromagnetic waves to response phenomena in plants; this included studies of the effects of electromagnetic radiation on plants, a topical field today.
His next contribution to science was in plant physiology. He forwarded a theory for the ascent of sap in plants in 1927. The ascent of sap is the upward movement of water from the root to the top in the transport tissues. According to his theory the pumping action of the living cells in the endodermis junction were responsible for the ascent of sap in plants. His research in plant stimuli were pioneering. He showed with the help of his newly invented `crescograph` that plants responded to various stimuli as if they had nervous systems like that of animals. He therefore found a parallelism between animal and plant tissues. His experiments showed that plants grow faster in pleasant music and its growth delayed in noise or harsh sound.
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Unframed print, 8-1/2 x 11 in. $2.50.
Written in 1846, these rules for daily life show the
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as "prompt, cheerful, unquestioning obedience." Popular
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Mr. Alcott's "Maxims" for
Calligraphied Poster: 30" x 16 " $8.95; 8-1/2 x 11" size: $4.00
These 58 gems of wisdom were written by Bronson Alcott in the 1820s and are strikingly
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"To Anna" (poem), $9.95
"The First Robin" (poem),
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Apple Slump (recipe), $2.50
"Mood Pillows"
The story, as related in Little Women, is that when a "sausage" pillow such as this was placed upright on the couch, it meant that Jo (i.e., Louisa) was happy. But when the pillow was on its side, the observer had best beware, for Louisa was in one of her "moods."
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"Hope and Keep Busy" was the motto of Abigail
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folder. On the back is engraved Louisa May Alcott.
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Cat's Meow Orchard House
Authentic wooden Orchard House model from Cat's Meow, the
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Great Female Authors Umbrella
Includes the following writers: Alcott, Shelley, Dickinson,
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Pewter Orchard House Christmas Ornament
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May Alcott / Orchard House Christmas Ornament
Approximately 2 1/2" high.
Gold flashed brass.
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This large, off-white mug features views of Orchard House
and the School of Philosophy. Perfect for sipping your favorite beverage
while enjoying a good book.
See also Little Women mug, and Votes for Women mug.
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Votes for Women
Tea Set.
In the days before the 19th Amendment, a wealthy
Newport socialite ordered a tea set emblazoned with the phrase "Votes
for Women" to make a point to the influential guests who often
dined with her. The Alcotts were ardent supporters of the women's suffrage
movement, and today we offer replicas of this tea set and other items
bearing the "Votes for Women" motto.
and Pencils
Orchard House insignia "Little Women" pen. $1.50.
With images of each of the 4 "Little Women."
Floating Pens, $3.50
In colors of pink or green, a floating Jessie Wilcox Smith painting
against a backdrop of Orchard House and the Concord School of Philosophy.
Individual Views, each $0.60
Choose from color views of:
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study, Outside view of house.
Or a black and white view of Bronson in his study in 1870.
Louisa, $0.65
Photograph of Louisa sitting at a desk and writing.
Louisa, age 25, $0.65 (pictured at left)
Packet, $3.00
All the color postcards in one convenient package. (does NOT include
the portraits of Louisa or the black and white view of Bronson.)
Note Cards
Notecards with full-color art by May Alcott. $3.95
per card.
15 different
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Size of cards, about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, including white border around
Portrait of Louisa May Alcott, 1871, by
George Healy. $3.95.
Painting hangs in the Orchard House dining room.
Size of card, about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, including white border
around image
Orchard House Notecards $8.25
Package of 10 cards, 4-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches.
Pen and ink sketch of Orchard House by Concord artist Suzanne Altshuler.
Specify winter or summer view.
Louisa May Alcott Silhouette Notecards $8.50
Package of 12 cards 6-1/4 x 4-3/4 inches, with envelopes.
Depicts Louisa at her writing desk.
Needlework Kit
Orchard House Portrait $21.50
Counted cross-stitch kit, 8 x 6-1/2 inches.
Depicts Orchard House, named for the 12 acres of orchard land originally surrounding
it, home to the Alcott family from 1858 - 1877. Louisa wrote and set Little
Women in this house.
Embroidered Patch $2.00
Stitched with an image of Orchard House, and the text "Louisa May
Alcott" and "Orchard House," this patch is especially popular
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Oval and Out – 'fraid not
Harry McGee
Sorry, couldn't resist the sad pun.
We return to the row between the IRFU and Eamon Ryan.
1. The Figures
Here are the figures. The IRFU gets a total of €16 million at present each year for TV rights. €11 million of that comes from the Six Nations and €5 million from the Heineken Cup. The money comes from a pot shared between all six rugby unions. This is where the IRFU gets its figure of a loss of €12 million. It says if Ryan changes the status, the whole edifice will fall down. The other rugby unions will say to the IRFU: go away. It will then be in such a weakened position that it will left with no option but to do deals with the terrestrial stations in Ireland, RTE, TV3 and TG4. The most that will be worth is €4 million to €5 million: €3 million for the Six Nations and €1 to €2 million for the Heinken Cup.
Are the IRFU being up-front and straight-up?
France has free-to-air for the Six Nations and the Heinken Cup final. Wales may also get that designation?
Have the rest of the unions excluded them? Will they tell them to go way? No. Will they cut Ireland out of the deal? I just can' see it happening.
What the IRFU is presenting as fact is in fact the worst-case or doomsday scenario, when everybody else cuts all connections. It should be honest in telling us that won't happen.
The Heineken Cup was available free-to-air until 2006. And as Tom McGurk said yesterday, the sky did not fall in.
2. Is Six Nations Free to Air?
Technically, no. It's designated as a deferred broadcast. Terrestrial TV audiences have no right to see our international games live. Those of us (most of us) who don't subscribe to Sky Sports have ot wait an hour before we see it live.
In reality, we see it live. That's because the BBC and RTE won the rights for the UK and Ireland. That deal is good until 2013.
So what's the problem?
This is the nub of the argument. The IRFU has tried to muddy the water by bringing the less lucrative Heineken Cup into the argument as the Six Nations is the real money-spinner.
If the designation remains as it is (ie a deferred broadcast) the rugby unions can negotiate with Sky in 2013. So, if RTE wants to have the Six Nations it's going to have to outbid Sky. It suits the IRFU to have the threat of Sky there, as it makes sue that the RTE bid will be ramped up. But don't introduce a gun into the plot unless you intend to use it. The IRFU can't claim that it too wants free-to-air if it is prepared to let Sky into the bidding. It would be ludicrous to say that Sky should be allowed bid but that the rights would be ultimately free to air.
The reality is if Sky is allowed to bid in 2013 and if Sky wins the deal for the UK and Ireland, say, there will be nothing to stop it from taking those rights. That's if the designation stays the same. If RTE wants to buy the Irish rights from Sky, you can be sure that it will have to pay through the nose.
A free-to-air designation, as Ryan wants, won't stop Sky from entering into a deal with the six rugby unions. It will result in it having to make Irish international games available to Irish audiences free-to-air. It can sell those rights to RTE or to TV3 at market rates. But not at the ransom prices if the designation stays the same.
Simon Coveney of Fine Gael says that it will keep RTE honest. It will keep RTE hostage, more like.
3. The Social Aspects
Rugby is a commercial and professional sport in Ireland and needs to have as many revenue streams as it can to sustain its standards. And that includes cutting favourable TV deals.
But it seems that the union wants to have its cake and eat it. There was a touch of arrogance about Philip Browne's pronouncement that the Government had no right to designate what should be free-to-air and what shouldn't.
But the IRFU is not the only player. The weakness in its arguments is that it can't guarantee that the Six Nations will remain free-to-air if the current arrangement continues.
Should Irish rugby internationals in the Six Nations be available only to those who subscribe to Sky or should it be available to all. When sports goes to subscription, it excludes the poor, the elderly, and children.
It also leads to the socialy undesirable phenonmenon of kids being brought to pubs to watch games. The IRFU argument against this has been weak. It says that pubs are no longer drink-oriented but also serve food and teas and coffees. That is nonsense. The predominant ingestion in pubs during rugby games is alcohol, and lots of it in some cases. It's not a suitable environment for a kid. The IRFU has not really addressed this. It says that Sky is available in clubs. But I'll warrant that alcohol is served there too.
4. The Personalisation
Some of the language used at the IRFU press conference, and the personalisation of posters etc at the Leinster versus Munster game, were way over-the-top. One of the main characteristics of the IRFU argument has been emotionalism. At times it has bordered on hysteria!


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Harvest bulbs from mature plants late in the season when flowering is less frequent and leaves have begun to die off. Dig up each plant carefully, and shake out the loose soil.
Place plant bulbs in a single layer on a tray, and keep the tray in a cool, dry place for three weeks.
Separate the smaller bulbets from the mother bulbs, pulling them apart by hand. Keep the bulbets in a cool, dry place until fall planting.
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We Energies crews repaired a gas main break near a busy Wauwatosa intersection Friday morning.
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Michael Sfard
Michael Sfard (Hebrew: מיכאל ספרד; born 1972), is a lawyer and political activist specializing in international human rights law and the laws of war. He has served as counsel in various cases on these topics in Israel. Sfard has represented a variety of Israeli and Palestinian human rights and peace organizations, movements and activists at the Israeli Supreme Court.[1][2]
Life and work[edit]
Michael Sfard was born in 1972 in the Rehov Brazil public housing complex in Kiryat Hayovel, Jerusalem.[3] When he was five, his family moved to an apartment building in Ma'alot Dafna that was home to many journalists.[3][4] Sfard completed a law degree (LLB) at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[5] He was a reservist for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip while at law school.[6] He served in the Nahal Brigade of the IDF, mostly in Lebanon, as a military paramedic.[1][4] According to Sfard, before his reserve duty in Gaza, he believed "left-wing soldiers" should agree to patrol the Palestinian territories "to stop bad things from happening" rather than be conscientious objectors.[6] While serving in Gaza his views changed, and in a later reservist session, Sfard became a conscientious objector and spent three weeks in military prison because of his refusal to serve as escort for Israeli settlers in Hebron.[1][6][7] He was released from the army in 1994 and attended a course on Jewish-Arab encounters at Neve Shalom.[4] He started his legal apprenticeship with Avigdor Feldman in 1998 and worked with him for several years as an attorney.[4]
In 2000, Sfard and his wife moved to London so that he could pursue a master's degree, but he says it was also in order "to get away" from Israel.[4][6] He studied international human rights law, "discovered the subject [he] wanted to work in" and returned the following year having decided that emigration from Israel was "a tragedy".[4][6] He completed his Master of Laws at University College London.[5] Shortly after Sfard returned, he attended the first conference of the group Courage to Refuse, "saw 200 people who thought and felt like [he] did", and decided to be an activist.[4] In early 2004, Sfard opened his own office in Tel Aviv.[6]
Sfard has described Shulamit Aloni as a "major influence" who introduced him through her activities to the world of human rights in Israel.[4]
Sfard's has expressed his views on the role the media play in his work. He feels that "the media are an important part of the work. They are a tool." In addition, he said that media can influence or create the debate. But, he also said that "I, as any lawyer, have a fear of cameras entering the sanctified zone between the lawyer and the client."[4]
Articles by Sfard have been published by Haaretz,[8] The Independent[9] and The Observer.[10]
Sfard is the grandson of sociologist Zygmunt Bauman and writer Janina Bauman on his mother's side and of Communist Yiddish author David Sfard and Cinema Studies Professor Regina Dreyer on his father's side.[11] His father Leon is a mathematician and his mother Anna Sfard is a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Education at the University of Haifa.[12] His parents immigrated to Israel from Poland at the end of the 1960s, after they were involved in the University of Warsaw student rebellions against the Communist Government in 1968.[6]
Legal activities[edit]
Sfard has represented a variety of Israeli and Palestinian human rights and peace organizations, movements and activists at the Israeli Supreme Court.[1][2] His clients are "mostly Palestinians who live in the West Bank and need permits to come into Israel."[1] According to the New York Times, he has brought many cases to challenge the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, represented hundreds of Israeli soldiers who have refused to serve, with the work mostly being financed "by Israel's premier left-wing nonprofit organizations, which in turn are financed in part by European governments".[1] Sfard and his law office provide legal counsel for Yesh Din.[13] Sfard is also the legal counsel for Peace Now.[6][14]
The cases which Sfard has handled include:
- Sfard filed a petition on behalf of a group of Israeli Human Rights organizations against the IDF decision to reduce the size of the humanitarian "safety zone" during bombardments of Gaza.[15]
- Sfard has litigated a case on behalf of the Israeli human rights organization "Hamoked for the protection of the individual", against the "permit system" which governs the area between the separation fence and the 1949 armistice line.[16]
- Sfard represented Peace Now in a petition against settlement outposts. Sfard litigated the case for the demolition of nine houses built illegally on Palestinian private land, in the outpost known as "Amona".[citation needed] He also litigates the case in which Peace Now demands to evacuate an outpost called "Migron".[17]
- A case involving the International Solidarity Movement's (ISM) Brian Avery, who was wounded during the course of his activities in Jenin. Avery was injured in the head by IDF soldiers. Avery accepted a settlement for NIS 600,000 (USD $150,000) from the state of Israel in exchange for dropping the lawsuit. Shlomo Lecker was his Israeli lawyer and Sfard represented him as well.[citation needed]
- Sfard and co-counsel Carmel Pomerantz, represented 17 Bedouin, who live near Beer Sheva, claiming that the land they are on, including Al-Araqeeb, belongs to them rather than to the State of Israel. The judge ruled in favor of the State saying that the land was not "assigned to the plaintiffs, nor held by them under conditions required by law," and that they still had to "prove their rights to the land by proof of its registration in the Tabu". Furthermore, the judge said that the Bedouin knew they were supposed to register, but didn't, saying "the state said that although the complainants are not entitled to compensation, it has been willing to negotiate with them," and that "it is a shame that these negotiations did not reach any agreement." The court also ordered the Bedouin to pay legal costs of 50,000NIS.[18]
The New York Times described Sfard as "the left's leading lawyer in Israel".[1] The New America Foundation described Sfard as "Israel's pre-eminent legal expert on settlements and the challenges posed by the broader infrastructure of Israeli occupation to the daily life of Palestinians, to the two-state solution, to American policy and to Israel's democracy" and "Israel's most respected human rights lawyer".[19]
In 2011, a settler from Kiryat Arba was indicted after calling for his assassination in an Internet posting.[1]
Israeli Knesset Member Danny Danon says that Sfard is "trying to bypass democracy," and that he uses the Israel "legal system because his ideas are not welcome in Israeli society."[6]
Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor, said that Sfard "sees the courts as the way to force the changes that he perceives as necessary for Israel, [b]ut he doesn't convince the Israeli public. In any democratic process, you can't use just the legal system to impose an ideology."[1] Naftali Balanson, Managing Editor of NGO Monitor, said Sfard "is at the center of the NGO industry that exploits the rhetoric of human rights in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict."[6]
- The Last Spy (2007), the biography of the Soviet spy Marcus Klingberg, written by Klingberg with Sfard.[20]
- Homa v'mehdal (English title The Wall of Folly) (2008), about the West Bank barrier, written by Reserves Brigadier General Shaul Arieli and Sfard.[21]
- Dov Hanin, Michael Sfard, Sharon Rotbard, editors, The Refusenik Trials: The Military Prosecution of Hagai Matar, Matan Kaminer, Noam Bahat Shimri Tsameret, Adam Maor. The Military Prosecution of Yonatan Ben-Artzi, Babel, 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jodi Rudoren (27 July 2012). "A Champion for the Displaced in Israel". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "Michael Sfard". Haaretz.
- ^ a b Dan Izenberg (18 September 2009). "Young Israelis of the year: Michael Sfard, 37: A lawyer and a gentleman". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Interview with Michael Sfard". Just Vision.
- ^ a b "List of Attorneys" (PDF). U.S. Consulate General, Jerusalem. July 2012. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nathan Jeffay (6 May 2012). "Lone Lawyer Battles Illegal Settlements". Forward.
- ^ Peretz Kidron (2004). Refusenik!: Israel's Soldiers of Conscience. Zed Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1842774519.
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- Michael Sfard (14 September 2005). "Either High Court, or House of Lords". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (5 June 2008). "Welcome to year 41". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (29 April 2011). "The legal tsunami is on its way". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (8 August 2011). "In his father's name". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (12 June 2012). "Occupation double-speak". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (10 July 2012). "Occupation no more". Haaretz.
- Michael Sfard (25 July 2012). "Israel's crackdown on UN aid organization part of an assault on democracy". Haaretz.
- ^ Michael Sfard (3 February 2010). "Michael Sfard: Laws of conflict do not allow for killing civilians in this way". The Independent.
- ^ Michael Sfard (19 May 2002). "Why Israel's 'seruvniks' say enough is enough". The Observer.
- ^ Interview with Zygmunt Bauman
- ^ Anna Sfard
- ^ Yesh Din Website
- ^ Peace Now's Lawyer on Israel's Illegal Outpost Policy
- ^ Gaza Petition
- ^ Text of Speech about Separation Barrier Case
- ^ "Government proposes relocating Migron outpost to Adam settlement". Haaretz. The Associated Press. 4 November 2008.
- ^ Court rejects 6 Beduin Negev land lawsuits
- ^ "Settlements and the Occupation: An Israeli Legal Perspective". New America Foundation. 15 July 2009.
- ^ Yitzhak Laor (25 October 2007). "Not afraid to go all the way". Haaretz.
- ^ Shuki Sadeh (5 June 2008). "Waste not, wall not". Haaretz.
External links[edit]
- Ben Lynfield (17 May 2012). "Interview: Michael Sfard, the Israeli lawyer battling illegal settlements". The Christian Science Monitor.
- "Settlements and the Occupation: An Israeli Legal Perspective". New America Foundation. 15 July 2009.
- Recent New York Times article mining in the West Bank
- Haaretz article on mining in the West Bank


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We swore we wouldn't do certain things when we had kids.
We were convinced that we would eat dinner together every night when we were holding our 4-month-old in our arms - you know, the one who didn't have football or dance to go to after hours of homework, at least not yet. We thought we would never (OK, rarely) let a fast-food French fry pass our children's lips, swearing instead, to cook most meals at home.
But now, after life's chaos has crept in and taken over, some of these ideals have become unattainable.
What we have to realize, now that we have been dong this parenting thing for a little while, is that the perfect family doesn't exist. The perfect mother, wife, father, husband and children are not real. They live in our heads; they are the culmination of ideas pulled from fantastical movie images and unrealistic TV characters. What is real is your house, your partner, your children and your schedule, with its hectic pace. You don't have to grow your food in the backyard or make your children's clothing to make their life memorable or special (though if you can do that, I am in awe of you!). All you have to do is be present in both body and mind.
Here are some ways to nurture your children's spirit and rejuvenate your own at the same time:
Make sure there's no practice, no play date, no girls' night out and no UFC on the schedule. Then just be together.
Make dinner as a family - choose the recipe, shop for the ingredients and work in the kitchen. During and after dinner, talk. I mean really talk. Find out about what's going on in each other's lives. Remember what your learned so you can ask meaningful questions the next time you sit down together.
This is a great exercise for couples as well as families. Knowing that the people who love you also care about what is happening in your life gives a sense of self worth that can't be achieved any other way.
If you like board games, pull one out and sit around the family table. If video games are more your thing, turn on your game console and play something that allows you to work as a team or rival each other. If you would rather play something active, try Hide and Seek. It is just as much fun as an adult as it was when you were a child!
Pick a movie together and make sure there's popcorn nearby. Choose something that everyone will enjoy and settle in. Snuggling on the sofa watching movies with family creates memories that feel warm and cozy; those memories will feel like home.
Take a night every week or month to try a new restaurant together. Decide as a family and choose a place you have never been to. The new environment and excitement around trying something new will touch each of you in different ways.
After you've fueled up, do something to burn it off! There are many options for family activities in the area. Go miniature golfing, go-karting or batting. Learn about dinosaurs or steam engines. Go out and explore as a family unit and make the most of the time you have together.
Some of the ideals we held in place while we looked at our little angels in their cribs change over time. But those changes should be embraced and made to benefit the family. You don't have to do much to show each other how much you care. Schedule your family time and do something special with each other.
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Mr. J. Edward Naylor, a lifelong resident of the Twin Counties, is Vice President of Student Affairs and Legal Affairs. After graduating from East Carolina University with a degree in business education, he began his professional career as a teacher and coach in the Edgecombe County Schools. Later he earned his juris doctor degree from North Carolina Central University and practiced law in Rocky Mount for more than 22 years.
At Wesleyan, Naylor is responsible for daily operations and direction in the area of student life, and he serves as Dean of Students. In addition, he will assist the college with legal affairs.
Naylor grew up in Edgecombe County and has long been involved in many local civic and sports organizations as well as Englewood Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, where he serves on the board of directors. He and his wife, Sheryl Evans Naylor, have two children. She is a 1992 graduate of NC Wesleyan.
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Study says soy germ may stop hot flashes
January 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm in Healthy Living by VN Editors
Soy germ sounds like a horrible new bug rather than a cure to an age-old problem, but a new study suggests it may have the power to stop hot flashes. Anything that can do that is worth a try under any name, right?
Living with hot flashes
Women have plenty of reason to hate menopause. Painful intercourse, mood swings, hormonal night sweats and hot flashes are only a few of the challenges they will face. Many of these symptoms will fade away when menopause finally runs its natural course, but hot flashes may not stop for years after the menopause cycle is over. It's the most common menopause symptom and one of the most uncomfortable.
Living with hot flashes is a reality that, unfortunately, many women are forced to contend with. Arguably the most effective method, HRT, is also one of the most dangerous. It's the loss of estrogen that creates hot flashes, but using hormone therapy to replace that estrogen can increase cancer risk. Other methods of stopping hot flashes are not as widely effective, though much safer. Women all over the world want to learn how to stop hot flashes, and one study offers new hope.
S-equol study
A 12-week study involving postmenopausal Japanese women shows that the soy germ-based supplement S-equol may provide a way to stop hot flashes. The study, published in the Journal of Women's Health, studied the daily frequency of hot flashes. Women who took a daily dose of the soy germ supplement noticed more than a 34.5% reduction in hot flashes, compared to those in the study who received a placebo. Women who received the S-equol drug noticed a decrease in both frequency and severity of their hot flashes.
S-equol is extracted from soy germ during the fermentation process. The study was conducted among 160 post-menopausal women who did not take hormonal drugs or other menopause treatments. Each woman reported to experiencing at least one hot flash every day before participating in the study.
Vitamin supplements and other supplements, like Remifemin, address some of the symptoms of hot flashes. Causes are more difficult to address. Menopause is a natural process that lowers the estrogen in your body, but nothing about it feels very natural. It's a huge change to go through, and for several years you may experience pain and stress while your body attempts to adjust. A combination of supplements, diet, meditation and exercise will help to alleviate some of those symptoms, but nothing can prevent menopause.
Learn how to defeat your symptoms with our free special report, 5 Proven Remedies to Reduce Hot Flashes During Menopause.


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Report: Cavs To Sign Greg Oden
The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to offer center Greg Oden - who lives in Ohio - a multi-year deal, reports Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, via Sulia:
"The Cavs are expected to offer free agent center Greg Oden a two-year contract with a team option for a third year after the Feb. 21 trade deadline passes, a league source said?.
Oden is living nearby in Columbus. His agent, Mike Conley Sr., said last week Oden has been to see the Cavs a couple of times already, but was evasive when pressed as to what capacity.
'Greg has been up there (to Cleveland) before and he?ll probably be up there again in an official capacity,' Conley said Friday."
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These games are the top ten most popular, according to sales. No surprises here: the top ranked games have been around for thousands of years. Has your family played these, or do they gather dust in the cupboard?
1. Chess has its roots in India way back in the sixth century, though the modern game can trace its origin to around the year 1200.


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HLA?: Not quite....would've helped
Rated: PG-13 (for language, sensuality, drug use, violence and extended action sequences)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson (WHY?), Vin Diesel and some other assclowns like himself
Running Time: 124 minutes
Released by: Revolution Studios
Worth a Rent?: HA!
Worth a buy?: No, but America's crap consuming culture is gonna buy it up anyway
Steve Buscemi?: With a script this bad, Steve pisses all over the DVD
Desert Eagle appearance?: Shockingly, everyone in the movie uses scoped revolvers...why?
Here Goes..... NOTHING!!!
HLA?: Not quite....would've helped


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Danielle: Rare weather event happens in Japan
No injuries reported in this week's waterspout
Published 12:29 AM CST Nov 16, 2012
A tornado formed over the ocean in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, this week.
Tornadoes over water, called waterspouts, are typically weak and last a few minutes. This one lasted 10 minutes and never made it on land.
The meteorology agency in Japan issued warnings for the waterspout and even a hail storm.
No injuries were reported in this rare event.
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I am a fan of Vetiver Tonka (Hermessence). It's great for the spring season!
I do enjoy this old bean whenever it pops up, what are your recommendations for frags that are heavy on the old tonka?
I am a fan of Vetiver Tonka (Hermessence). It's great for the spring season!
Tonka Imperiale by Hermes. Have a sample of this and will be purchasing a full bottle very soon. Accompanied with a nice almond note, this is one to check out.
Chanel Allure Homme Sport...looking forward to Spring to start wearing this one again.
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I'm not big on tonka, but I do enjoy it in Hermes Vetiver Tonka. There's just the right amount of tonka in there, underneath all the vetiver, it's noticeable but not overly powerful.
One I like is Rem Pour Homme by Reminiscence
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1. Guerlain Tonka Imperiale
2. Hermes - Vetiver Tonka
3. Ramon Monegal - Umbra
Guerlain Tonka Imperiale gets my vote.
Ferragamo F Black...tonka overload!
Tonka Imperiale is amazing and I miss it!
My current top ten:
1. Oud Wood
2. Straight to Heaven
3. Epic Man
4. Santal 33
5. Tonka Imperial
6. Pure Malt
7. Jubilation XXV
8. L'air Du Desert Marocain
9. Envy
10. Terre D'Hermes
Allure and its flankers are notorious for tonka in the creamy, sweet drydown which I personally find to be a bit too much. Versace Pour Homme is a fresher version of tonka that I like. I really struggle with sweet fragrances and this one is pretty balanced to my nose. A lot of people say it is a AHS ripoff, and they do smell similar in the top but the respective drydowns are much different IMO
Why Tonka Imperiale of course.
Tonka Vetiver for men by Maroma
Vanille Tonka by Parfums de Nicolai and Hypnotic Poison.
I quite like Zegna Intenso, Eau des Bavx and lately, AHS Extreme has really been growing on me.
Royal Copenhagen, Halston 1-12, and my personal Tonka champion, Jaguar (vintage and modern versions are both great).
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Ookina hikari ni natte ku you ni
Kakinarashite wa kakinarashite wa inotteru." -Spitz,'Boku no Guitar'
One of my favs with a heavy tonka contribution is Bogart pH.
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Most Guerlain fragrances with a tonka note (almost irrespective of the gender)
L'occitane Eau de Baux for me.
Thanks for that folks, a great many frags to sample.
Guerlain Tonka Imperiale and Cartier Must Pour Homme.
^^^ Same here. I wear it year round. Though keep in mind, our winters are ~75F daytime, maybe 60F at night, so not exactly freezing cold like in some other parts of the world.
One that you can find anywhere - Armani Code.
Personally can't stand Tonka. Seems to give me a headache and I don't prefer its smell in general.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
So far not a fan of going the tonka, and I tolerate it as a supporting note, but I'm prepared to consider the possibility that there may be a tonka centric scent out there with my name on it.