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Poverty and Family Type
The old saw is that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics, as if statistics were in some way a variety of lie. Of course, the issue is not so much that statistics are lies, as that statistics represent an attempt to simply quantify a terribly complex reality, and with simplification comes the opportunity for error — often error confirming the biases of the person doing the analysis.
The other day I ran into a very interesting exploration of one of those statistics which is often discussed — that "more families are in poverty" after the last three decades than was the case in the past. In 2006 Hoynes, Page and Stevens authored a paper entitled "Poverty in America: Trends and Explanations" which was published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. One of the interesting things they do is look at the trends in poverty by family type. The findings are fascinating:
As you can see from the two columns on the right, the percentage of families of each type in poverty (according to the governments definitions of poverty) have decreased by significant amounts in every type of family. However, as the two columns of data on the right show, at the same time the types of families more prone to poverty have drastically increased.
For instance, in 1967 10.7% of married couples with children were in poverty and 51.2% of single mothers with children were in poverty. By 2003 those numbers had dropped to 8.1% and 37.3% respectively. The problem is that the percentage of households consisting of a married couple with children dropped from 67.3% to 44.2%, while the number of households consisting of a single mother with children increased from 6.2% to 11.9%.
Due to more people belonging to family types more prone to poverty, the percentage of households in poverty went up (although since those households are also smaller, the actual percentage of people living in poverty went down.)
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You'd think that the "actual percentage of people in poverty" measurement would be a pretty good middle ground between the two camps. ("Total family poverty then and now" vs "family poverty compared to those in the same situation, then and now.")
(For those wondering if there may be a thumb on the scale because of gov't aid– the paper is using the Census Bur's measure of poverty on pre-tax income. I don't know enough about child support to know if it would count, I believe social security counts and food stamps don't count.)
I don't believe child support is factored because it is not considered income. Theoretically, a recipient could be classified as being poverty, but objectively wouldn't be due to child support income (quite likely many divorced/single mothers fall in this camp). Likewise, a payer could be could considered above the poverty line due to gross income, but actually be living below the poverty line when considering the child support paid (quite likely a fair number of divorced/single fathers).
This phenomenon discussed in the OP is called Simpson's Paradox. Look it up, it is quite interesting.
The most interesting example I can think of is a lawsuit brought against Berkeley(?) by some feminist group, claiming their admissions discriminated by sex. The rate of admissions to the school were not the same, indeed with females getting in less frequently. But when broken down by school or department, it turns out females got in as frequently as males, or more, within each school/department. What's the explanation? Women tended to apply in much larger numbers to areas which had low admissions for everyone.
It is easy to lie with statistics. It is easier to lie without them.
46 million…23million, family of 3, 2, black or white. That isn't the issue; regardless of who it is or how many…It still needs to be resolved! Why do we get so bogged down with subjects "surrounding" the problem but no discussion on THE PROBLEM and a solution?
Very Confused!
The problem: sin.
The solution: repentance.
2nd Chronicles 7:14.
Very interesting.
The number of people in poverty as a percentage of total population has been more or less stable for the past 45 years. But I don't find that stat very useful. On the one hand it doesn't include things like health insurance, public housing, and food stamps. On the other hand, for political reasons, we haven't changed the laughably outdated measure of poverty. Officially, making $11K in NYC means you're out of poverty.
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Why do you think the definition is laughably outdated? While the definition has been relatively static, it requires that the thresholds be reset each year, and they are. So what is outdated about the definition and how would you change it?
The poverty guidelines are based entirely on food prices. That even sounds antiquated. If you were to come up with poverty guidelines from scratch today, nobody would even think go first go to the Department of Agriculture to determine how much a household spends on food then multiply it by an arbitrary number.
The preferred method in the developed world is to set poverty lines at some percentage of median income. This takes into account the reality that poverty is also relative.


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Actor(s): Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana
Genre(s): Drama
Bradley Cooper desperately wants to be a famous author, but just doesn't have the talent or opportunities to pull it off. So he steals someone else's book and lives out his dreams as a fraud. Yep, it's one of those movies.
Review Score: 1
The good news is that there are at least a few people out there who like The Words. It's one of those movies with a self-satisfied tone that treats every scene like the profound statement it isn't. Co-writers/directors Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal clearly thought they were onto some sort of thrillingly brilliant idea with this tale about a fraud author and a secret genius. What they made is boilerplate Oscar bait. I suppose it's fair that September should start off with a particularly grating example of that genre. We've got a whole lot more of these coming over the next few months and at least they can't get much worse than this.
The reliably mediocre Dennis Quaid stars as Clay Hammond, a famous author who pops up at a fund-raising event to read from his new book The Words. It's about a young author (Bradley Cooper) who went through the painful struggle of marrying his beautiful college sweetheart and moving to New York for a job at a publishing house. But he always wanted to be a famous author! Ouch! What a tough life. Fortunately, while vacationing in Paris (again, is he ever paying his dues!) his wife buys him a satchel that contains an unpublished manuscript from the 40s about a love affair between an American soldier and a Parisian waitress who end up losing a baby.
Even though it's mundane stuff, Cooper instantly recognizes the book as genius and gets it published as his own writing. He becomes a literary sensation overnight and one day an old man (Jeremy Irons) meets him in Central Park, claiming that the book is his own. He doesn't want to take credit from Cooper, he just wants him to know where the autobiographical story came from and live with the guilt. It tears up Cooper inside and at that point we flash back to Quaid at the reading and a pretty young grad student played by Olivia who crushes on the author and suggests that story of literary fraud might be his own (No! Really?!). Other stuff happens as well, but who cares?
The film slots into the "aren't we clever" genre of metafiction and suffers from the same problem that afflicts almost all of these stories. If you're writing something about a work of art so profound that everyone who looks at it is overwhelmed with uncontrollable emotion, never show it. After twenty minutes of everyone tearing up over the power of Cooper's found manuscript, when we finally hear the post-war melodrama it can't help but disappoint. Then again, the whole movie is a ludicrous fantasy, so that's the least of the problems. It's the type of movie where Irons' mysterious hermit can vaguely tell Cooper he "lives up north" and the author/fraud has no trouble finding the nameless man when the plot demands it. Everything about the movie is overly calculated to be some sort of "meaningful" experience and yet it fails at the simplest tasks of maintaining internal logic or creating something at least resembling entertainment.
That's what happens when filmmakers strive to self-consciously create a "great" movie, rather than simply working on a story that they feel compelled to tell and letting others determine how meaningful it is. Bradley Cooper does what he can with the fairly vacant role. He isn't terrible, he's just playing a character whose emotional range varies from slightly sad to slightly happy. Irons devours the dialogue as only he can and is a naturally compelling screen presence, but even he can't turn the writing device character into a flesh and blood person (and he should never be forced to do American accents). Wild is downright creepy as the fan/perverted stalker while Zoe Saldana looks pretty and concerned at the same time as Cooper's wife. Neither of the women have much of a character beyond being sex objects. Dennis Quaid is, well, just as bland as you'd expect. Yep, the acting can be rough, but that has to be attributed to the cardboard characters as much as the people trying to make them appear like human beings.
Now, The Words isn't a painful disaster of a movie like say Batman And Robin. However, when trash turns out to be trash it's far less upsetting than movies like this that so clearly want to be art and fail miserably. It's tough to watch a pair of ambitious filmmakers mount a slick production with star faces and yet fail so thoroughly in their attempt to do something meaningful. The Words is a bad movie, but thankfully at least one that will disappear quickly. It won't be a blockbuster or a misinterpreted critical darling. It'll just come and go, eventually living on Netflix to be discovered by light night viewers who love to ironically laugh at painful schmaltz. This thing at least has plenty of that.
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The Good:
Not much. Cooper is ok. Does that count?
The Bad:
The dreary writing, cardboard characters, lazy performances, terrible concept and...you know...everything else.


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|Cato Foreign Policy Briefing No. 7
|March 14, 1991
by Christopher A. Preble
Christopher A. Preble is an independent defense analyst who has written for a variety of publications.
Executive Summary
Japan remained aloof while the U.S.-led international coalition waged war against Iraq, and Tokyo's cautious policy has attracted a great deal of criticism. The contributions of the Japanese, relative to their capabilities and to what they stand to lose from a protracted struggle in the Persian Gulf region, have raised serious questions about the nature of the U.S.-Japanese relationship and about Japanese foreign policy as a whole.
Long before the onset of Operation Desert Storm, members of Congress, as well as the people who elected them, asked why Japan, a nation clearly capable of providing substantial military and economic assistance for the massive military build-up in the gulf, remained only a nominal player. With the federal budget deficit and other economic problems looming ever larger, there is no shortage of criticism of Japan. "The Japanese," said Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.), during the early weeks of the Persian Gulf crisis, "are laughing all the way to the bank."(1) Tokyo's initial pledge of $4 billion to help offset the costs of Operation Desert Shield and its subsequent pledge of an additional $9 billion to defray some of the $500 million to $1 billion a day expenses of Operation Desert Storm have only marginally placated American critics.
The reluctance of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu's government to provide greater support for the U.S.-led intervention in the Persian Gulf is not entirely due to the influence of domestic constituencies that have traditionally opposed the use of military force. To be sure, those constituencies remain strong, but Kaifu and his ministers have insisted that Japan, which receives over 60 percent of its oil from the Persian Gulf, has too much at stake to remain on the sidelines, and at one point the government cautiously proposed sending a small contingent of noncombat personnel to the gulf.
Resistance to Kaifu's message on the part of a significant portion of the Japanese population is one reason for Japan's relative inaction.(2) There is another as well--the policy "hangover" from the longstanding U.S. opposition to any manifestation of Japanese military initiative. It is inappropriate for U.S. leaders who created, nurtured, and insisted upon Japanese diffidence regarding military affairs for four and a half decades to now complain about that diffidence.
The Need for a Policy Change
The crisis in the gulf offers both nations opportunities for a complete reassessment of their security relationship. The imbalance between what is at stake for the Japanese and what they have been willing to contribute militarily and economically only underscores the imbalance in all U.S. security agreements with Japan.
Domestic political factors in Japan will not, alone, lead to a major foreign policy shift. Also needed is Washington's encouragement of a departure from the current security arrangement whereby the United States assumes most of the responsibility for Japan's defense. With budget pressures weighing heavily on President Bush and the congressional leadership, the push for cuts in the U.S. defense budget now that the gulf war has ended will inevitably affect the support given to overseas allies. The administration would be wise to ease the Japanese into defensive self-sufficiency.
The Bush administration is aware of the political pressures on Kaifu and his government. It is unlikely, however, that members of Congress, still smarting from the budget fiasco and facing even more red ink because of the expensive Persian Gulf operation, will deal with the Japanese so delicately. One early indication of growing impatience came in September when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to withdraw U.S. troops from Japan unless Tokyo greatly increased its financial support for the maintenance of those forces.(3)
Three months later the Japanese announced a change of policy. Presumably in response to U.S. objections, the Japanese agreed to increase their contribution to the cost of maintaining U.S. forces in Japan from 40 to 50 percent.(4) Whether or not a 10-percentage-point increase will constitute a "significant" increase in the eyes of U.S. congressional leaders remains to be seen. However, the Japanese response to U.S. demands does indicate that the Japanese are sensitive to and acutely aware of the new financial pressures that are being exerted on U.S. policy toward Japan.
A prerequisite to a shift in the current U.S.-Japanese strategic relationship is a change in attitude on the U.S. side. In spite of growing public sentiment demanding that Japan contribute more to its own defense and the defense of Western interests generally, some U.S. policymakers have been extremely reluctant to allow the Japanese to assume a more significant role in world affairs. In March 1990, Maj. Gen. Henry C. Stackpole, commander of Marine Corps bases in Japan stated: "No one wants a rearmed, resurgent Japan . . . so we are the cap in the bottle, if you will. . . . If we were to pull out of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, it would definitely be a destabilizing factor in Asia."(5) As long as America's policy toward Japan is based on such irrational and anachronistic assessments of Japanese intentions and abilities, no productive changes can take place. Simply put, Americans must overcome their latent fears of Japan, and American leaders must appreciate the degree to which U.S. opposition to greater Japanese military power unnecessarily increases America's own security burdens. Equally important, such reflexive obstructionism threatens to do irreparable harm to the relationship of trust and cooperation so carefully cultivated since the end of World War II.
Beginning in the late 1940s, Japanese will and determination, which only a few years before had made Japan a military power unrivaled in the Western Pacific, were directed to the task of reconstruction. One of the most important changes was a new aversion to the use of force and a determination on the part of the Japanese to forever maintain firm control over the nation's military. Those principles were institutionalized in Japan's "peace" constitution, which declares that "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation." That constitution, drafted by American occupation forces immediately after the war and initially imposed by force, is now extremely popular.(6)
Largely as a result of the pervasive Japanese aversion to an independent military capability, the need for an American military presence in Japan has been a foregone conclusion in Tokyo's military planning. Remnants of the American occupying force that presided over the initial rebuilding of Japan still remain in place. All told, more than 49,000 Americans are currently stationed on bases in Japan, along with another 24,000 sailors of the Seventh Fleet.(7) The tremendous success of Japan's recovery, and the special relationship between Japan and the United States that has grown out of it, provides the United States with the opportunity to reassess policy without fear of reprisals or resentment.
Japan's Capabilities
It is evident that Japan has the resources to once again become an active military player in the world scene. Indeed, the Japanese GNP ranks second only to that of the United States. In addition to its great economic strength, Japan has created the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, including a modern navy of over 200 ships. Although the use of the JSDF is ostensibly constrained by the constitution, it is a formidable force.
There is a growing inclination in Japan to play an active role in world affairs, in spite of the supposed constitutional restrictions on the use of military force. One manifestation of activism has been Japan's aggressive foreign aid budget. In 1989 Japan contributed over $6.77 billion in bilateral foreign aid and another $1.7 billion through multilateral aid programs--more than any other nation in the world.(8) It is also pertinent to note that Tokyo's military spending and the size of the JSDF have increased markedly since the mid-1970s despite the supposed strictures of the peace constitution.
Unfortunately, uneasiness about growing Japanese influence as the result of such activity is used by some Americans to justify the continuation of the U.S. military presence in Japan and Washington's dominant role in the overall U.S.-Japanese security relationship. In some cases, it has even reinforced fears of the resurgence of Japan as a military threat to the United States.(9) Consequently, arbitrary U.S. obstacles to a larger Japanese military role have remained entrenched. Some U.S. officials seem to believe that the Japanese nation is, by nature, inordinately oriented toward world domination.
Overcoming Old Animosities
Memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor persist and visions of the ruthless subjugation of virtually the entire Far East by the armies of imperial Japan still burn in the minds of millions of Americans. Those fears are even more deeply felt by the Asian nations that were occupied by the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s. Most Americans, except the roughly 1 million servicemen who fought in the Pacific during World War II, learned the details of Japan's actions largely from history books, photos, and newsreels. Koreans, Filipinos, Thais, and others, however, remember the barbarism firsthand. They would be the first to object to any alteration of the current U.S.-Japanese relationship, particularly if such a change allowed the use of Japanese forces abroad.
It would be unwise to discount the extent to which Japanese armies terrorized East Asia during the war years and unsympathetic to ignore the psychological impact the war had on the invaded nations. But it is also unwise to allow the ghosts of the imperial armies to forever dictate the conduct of U.S. policy on rearmament of Japan. With an appreciation for the special concerns voiced by Japan's neighbors, the United States can, in good faith, negotiate the specifics of a U.S. military withdrawal and a corresponding Japanese build-up.
The Japanese, for their part, are mindful of the continuing animosity of the nations of the Pacific Rim. Perhaps that is one reason such a large portion of the Japanese foreign aid budget has been given to the countries occupied by Japanese forces during World War II--Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, and China. Japanese business has also developed economic ties with those nations, investing billions of dollars yearly. In 1989 applications for foreign investment by the Japanese in Thailand alone totaled over $4 billion. Other nations that benefit from Japan's economic expansion include Malaysia, which received $992 million in direct investment in 1989, and China, which received $515 million.(10)
Accepting a Larger Japanese Role
With the decline of the Soviet threat, Japanese military forces should be capable of defending Japan's security and playing a wider security role with only modest expansion. The size and composition of the military must be decided by the Japanese government and people. But the United States should not oppose the development of Japanese forces capable of military actions in support of their interests abroad.
The economics of the current U.S.-Japanese defense arrangement cannot be overstated. Although Japan's contribution to its defense appears sufficient in absolute terms, roughly $26 billion, it is inadequate in relative terms. Tokyo's allocation of slightly over 1 percent of GNP to defense contrasts sharply with the 6 percent spent by the South Koreans, for example, and the 5.3 percent spent by the United States, Japan's protector. An appreciation of how the U.S. defense of Japan affects competition between the number-one and number-two economic powers in the world is paramount. Edward A. Olsen writes:
The United States cannot mandate Japan's future strategy any more than Japan can shirk its responsibilities indefinitely. Neither should the United States subsidize a prosperous ally's economy, providing funds for Japan's defense so that Tokyo does not need to spend from its own resources on Japan's defense and can allocate them to economic purposes.(11)
Much is still made of Japanese domestic fears of the resurgence of military power. At times the Japanese seem even more concerned about militarism than are the nations formerly occupied by the armies of the Rising Sun. And, given the resentment and mistrust of the military that still persist in Japan more than 45 years after the end of World War II, it could be argued that the Japanese will never willingly assume a greater military role. Today domestic opinion in Japan sends mixed signals. The Japanese people as a whole remain wary of military action; in a recent poll, 67 percent opposed sending Japanese forces to the Persian Gulf, even in noncombat roles.(12) At the same time, younger Japanese voters, those born after World War II, press for greater Japanese autonomy.
Japan's reluctance to assume a military role in the gulf must also be placed in a larger context. After all, the United States has obligingly assumed the costs and risks of defending Japanese interests there, thus sparing the Japanese government and people difficult decisions about how to defend their interests.
Moreover, even if there is still substantial Japanese reluctance to assume a larger military role in general, U.S. needs must also be addressed. The United States simply cannot continue to subsidize Japan's defense as it did throughout the cold war. Given America's pressing domestic problems, Washington cannot retain its vast global security commitments. Indeed, with the Soviet threat diminishing, the emphasis in the United States will be on "bringing the boys home." Both Tokyo and Washington must appreciate those realities and begin now to plan for the substitution of Japanese for U.S. military power where appropriate.
The Dangers of U.S. Obstructionism
If the Japanese inclination to influence world events, as indicated by recent foreign aid policy, develops into a more assertive military posture, the United States may simply be left behind. In that scenario, the Japanese resentment of perceived U.S.-imposed political barriers to Japan's military development--and the distrust of Japan Washington's obstruction implies--could do damage to the entire range of U.S.-Japanese relationships. Japanese discontent over domestic economic dislocations and Tokyo's obvious inability to orchestrate a favorable outcome of the Persian Gulf crisis through economic or diplomatic means could bring that latent resentment to a boil.
The probable reaction (both in Japan and in the United States) to Japan's military impotence in the gulf presents either an opportunity or a calamity for policymakers of both nations, depending on their responses. Now is the time for Washington to encourage, or at least cease opposing, Japan's departure from the obsolete policy of depending on the United States for the defense of Japanese security interests.
Latent American and East Asian fears of a resurgent Japan should be calmed by the commitment of the Japanese to their constitution and the underlying democratic values. There is no reason to believe that the domestic political forces that currently handcuff Japanese military policy would collapse and be superseded by rampant imperialism of the kind that was practiced in the 1930s. To the contrary, that domestic pressure will ensure that the use of military power is restricted to the resolution of specific foreign policy conflicts that have substantial connections with important Japanese interests. Japan may play a more active role in world affairs, but it will probably do so with relative caution and prudence.
The Persian Gulf crisis provides a catalyst for a critical break in precedent and a fundamental shift in Japanese strategy and policy. America's leaders must be alert to the forces at work in Japan and recognize the likelihood of change. Failure to do so threatens to perpetuate an increasingly untenable U.S. strategy based on fostering Japan's security dependence on the United States. Given the hostility already demonstrated by Congress and the American people toward Japan's limited military "burden sharing," refusal to adjust U.S. policy could lead to an acrimonious confrontation.
No one should be so naive as to think that the use of Japanese power will forever be dictated by American wishes or American fears. Japan is unlikely to remain a pliant U.S. protectorate indefinitely. U.S. leaders should not allow irrational fears of a long-since dead adversary to hamper sound, rational foreign policy. With America struggling economically to meet military commitments abroad, and with Japan beginning to struggle for military autonomy, a continued unwillingness on the part of American policymakers to accept, indeed to encourage, changes in the current defense arrangement may lead to an abrupt popular rejection of the status quo in both countries, with all the attendant bitterness and mutual recriminations.(13) American and Japanese leaders must appreciate the growing domestic pressures in their respective countries and respond with a new policy that not only more equitably distributes security burdens but restructures the entire Japanese-American security relationship.
(1) "Tin-Cup Diplomacy: As the Cost of Confronting Iraq Mounts, the U.S. Finds Donors," Washington Post, September 17, 1990, pp. A33-34.
(2) T. R. Reid, "Kaifu Abandons Bill to Send Troops to the Gulf," Washington Post, November 8, 1990, A-60.
(3) T. R. Reid and John Burgess, "U.S. Critics Not Satisfied with Japan's $4 Billion contribution," Washington Post, October 6, 1990, p. A24.
(4) Paul Blustein, "Japan to Pay More Costs of GIs Stationed There," Washington Post, December 21, 1990, p. A30.
(5) Fred Hiatt, "Marine General: U.S. Troops Must Stay in Japan," Washington Post, March 27, 1990, pp. A14, 20.
(6) Reid and Burgess.
(7) International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Mili tary Balance, 1989-1990 (London: IISS, 1990), p. 26.
(8) Japan International Cooperation Agency, Of(8) Japan International Cooperation Agency, Official Devel opment Assistance Report, 1989 (Tokyo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1990).
(9) Former army chief of staff Gen. Edward C. Meyer, for example, insisted that an assertive Japan (along with a reunified Germany) will replace the Soviet Union as the principal threat to U.S. security. George Wilson, "U.S. Begins Revamping the Military," Washington Post, November 26, 1989, p. A12.
(10) "Japan's Economic Might Still Is Growing Around the World," Washington Post, February 13, 1990, p. A15.
(11) Edward A. Olsen, "U.S.-Japan Security Relations after Nakasone," in Collective Defense or Strategic Independence, ed. Ted Galen Carpenter (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1989) p. 75.
(12) Reid and Burgess.
(13) Signs of bitterness are already emerging in Japan as well as in the United States. A Yomiuri Shimbun columnist noted in March 1990 that some American officials contended that U.S. forces in Japan were needed to contain Japanese rearmament at the same time Congress and the Bush adminis tration insisted that Japan pay more for those forces. "Some Japanese cannot feel good about paying for a watchdog that watches them," the columnist concluded. Quoted in Kenneth B. Pyle, "The Japanese Question," in Japan and the World: Considerations for U.S. Policymakers (Seattle, Wash.: National Bureau of Asian and Soviet Research, 1990), p. 7.
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Misha looks around to all present. "It's not pleasant, but maybe we should all have a bite and get some rest, if it's possible. When the storm gets out, we'll scout around. We need to find high ground to put out a signal, we'll find the spring so Rafflesia isn't consigned to water duty every moment, and..." she grins, "Let's find those ruins."
|Henry Walton
|Tshilaba Vadoma
The Varisian nodded along with the plans. "I will send Una up and see if she can find any high ground or see any water on the land. It should be easy enough for her to do that, at least it will give us a good direction to go. But I better wait until it stops raining before I send her. She will be more uncooperative in bad weather. I know I am."
|GM TerraNova
You can create all you needed. I had Rafflesia pegged as a druid mentally - otherwise I'd not have brough this up. :( Sorry
The jungle had grown both louder and a lot quieter all of a sudden. Louder because of the torrential downpour, but quieter since all the natural voices had grown lower. It was Henry who first realized what was off... a darkness moving between the trees, plates of black chitin whispering against one another. A centipede, easily as large as two grown man, had encroached against their makeshift shelter, and was tasting the air from two large feelers. It had approached stealthily, but seemed not quite sure how to proceed - attack a group larger than it had initially found wandering its territory, or abandon its hunt, and look for some prey with fewer chances of getting hurt.
|Henry Walton
"To arms my fellow castaways, already the island shows its teeth! Beware it's bite, the centipede almost certainly has poison in its maw."
Pulling his blade, Simon shifts to the front of the party protecting his less martial companions. He readies for the attack, hoping to strike the beast before it can strike at him.
if needed, initiative:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
|N'gawa Matije
N'gawa grabs the old longbow and a quiver of arrows, then jumps out of the side of the shelter. He circles around and pulls a bowstring out of a waterproof pouch, cursing as he exposes it to the rain. He strings the longbow and then begins making large motions with his arms. Those watching realize he's trying to cause the centipede to see him as a larger threat.
Wild Empathy check to scare the beast off 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Initiative, if needed 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
|Vargbrandr Ironheart
|Rafflesia Iff
|Siera Saltwater
|Tshilaba Vadoma
|Misha Keroun
Misha looks up and down, reaching for her swords in case things get out of hand.
"Well," she says, managing to sound amused despite staring at a horse-sized centipede, "At least it didn't catch any of us taking a piss."
Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
|GM TerraNova
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Alright, our first battle. :) Scaring the thing off would have been boring, too. Your average initiative beat its roll, so you can now act in any order you prefer or happen to post. I'll resolve round 1 on wednesday, unless all replies are in beforehand
The centipede tried to track all of the humanoids it was suddenly faced with, a task exceeding its insectile brain's capacity by a considerable measure. The further loud noises did the rest, and its previous somewhat cautious approach evaporated. It had to fight this out.
|Henry Walton
|Siera Saltwater
Hold on your panties, boys, let me distract the thing!
Siera jumps at the opportunity to vent her anger and frustration at a mindless monster.
Move action: Move adjacent to the centipede. Will try tumbling to avoid Attacks of Opportunity and get to the creature's back: Acrobatics check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Standard Action: Attack with Stunning Fist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 against AC for 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 bludgeoning damage. It needs to succeed at a DC 13 Fortitude save or get stunned for 1 round.
Moving nimbly, the sailor runs into the beast, narrowly avoiding a defensive bite while she jumps its long segmented body like a small fence. Staring at the back of the creature's head, she raises her arm, descending her elbow between the chitine plates. A loud crack is heard.
|N'gawa Matije
N'gawa curses as he sees the centipede rear up and hiss at many of the others. Disregarding Siera's words, he smoothly draws an arrow and launches it at the beast, trying not to hit any of those fighting it. Afterward, he takes steps back to put some distance between himself and it.
Ranged Attack within 30 feet into melee 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Damage 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Round 1:
Though armed with a sling instead of a bow, Zababa imitates N'gawa's attack of the giant centipede.
Ranged Attack into Melee: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 4 = 6
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2
"Bah, missed it by a mile!" he exclaimed. Throwing the sling to the ground in disgust, he drew his dagger. "Looks like I'll have to do this the hard way! Draw weapon as my move action.
|Misha Keroun
Misha rolls toward the centipede (move), taking a slash at it with one of her swords (attack). Reminding herself ever of her dream to be a star explorer, she psyches herself up for battle (Swift action to activate Archeologist's Luck - +1 to attack, damage, saves, and skill checks).
Assuming she can get into position. Can provoke if need be.
Attack 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
But the mad rush of 13 people to get at the centipede is enough to cause her to swing wide.
|Siera Saltwater
|Rafflesia Iff
|Tshilaba Vadoma
With all of the confusion in front of the centipede, Tshilaba realized that his spells weren't terribly useful in such a situation. Besides, if the rush of people couldn't take out the large centipede, his magic wasn't likely to help either. He decided to bide his time and save what power he had for the day in case this wasn't the only situation that might arise today.
|GM TerraNova
Never underestimate the sheer damage potential of many people rolling...
The Centipede could not withstand the sheer power arrayed against it. Henry's initial slash merely annoyed it, but Siera's fist was devastating, cracking open two segments of the creature and exposing its foul-smelling insides to the pouring rain. Rafflesia's icicle merely closed the deal, sending the already-dying creature into the depths of death so much quicker.
The creature's death did little to break the hold of the tropical rain, though. If anything, the absurd amount of water did grow that much more comical. The castaways were forced to huddle under their half-build shelter, with only Sasha in the mood for conversation. "Well, I suppose this could be worse. We could be in some underground ruin. At least we don't have to worry about dying of thirst, and we got bug meat to last us a week."
|Vargbrandr Ironheart
Varg stood out in the rain ignoring the water sheeting down around him, his eyes scanning the surround and his hand resting on his belt, right next to the handle of one of his waraxes. He turned back to the shelter at Sasha's words and offered the woman a crooked smile. "Tis just a wee bit of water. Ye should try manning the guard squads protecting the miners who be sittin' next to a magma falls fishin' for adamantium and gems. Nothin' like dodgin' magma blobs the size of a horse to keep ye on yer toes."
|N'gawa Matije
"Until that armor of yours all starts to rusts!" N'gawa chuckles as he sees the dwarf standing out in the rain. The hunter has unstrung his bow again and dried off the bowstring before placing it back into the pouch. He looks up at the sky, hoping the rain will not last all night.
|Henry Walton
|Misha Keroun
"You know how to prepare bug meat, Sasha?" Misha smiles. "I'm sure there's bugs to eat in the ruins too."
She turns and nods at Henry. "I'm all for surveying this place as soon as we're able."
|Siera Saltwater
"Do any of you think it's possible to get to the wreck? Sorry if I'm being a b!%!& about this, but I feel it's our respons'bility to check for other survivors and try salvaging anything out of there."
Siera thinks to the cargo holds of the Jenivere, making a mental inventory of the cargo being transported.
"We had ample provisions before leavin' port, and those can help us get by around here while we explore this place. Also, I'd like to try and wrap my head around what the hell happened to the rest of the crew for us to make such an idiot mistake to approach this godsforsaken island."
|Vargbrandr Ironheart
Varg winks at N'gawa. "No harm done. Me armor kit was in the chest with the armor so some rags and oil and I be good." he says. He turns to Siera and shakes his head. "Not right now lass. This rain be more then an inconvenience, comin' down this heavy it's a wall. Ye go too far out from shore and the island would vanish."
|N'gawa Matije
|Misha Keroun
"Yeah, we'd need to fix the rowboat first to get to the wreck, but... if no one's pulled themselves out by now, they're probably dead." Misha shakes her head.
"Problem is, Siera, the crew of the Jenivere was damned experienced. That means if someone aimed the ship at the Shackles, my guess is it wasn't a mistake. But then, I'm not always a trusting sort."
|Siera Saltwater
Zababa sheathed his dagger and picked up his discarded sling, returning it to its place.
"I don't know anything about ships, or carpentry, or how we got here. It's irrelevant, anyways, since what matters is what we do now to survive and either be rescued or escape to Sargava on our own. In that light, if there's even anything left of the Jenivere after this storm, it would be better for us if the ship were to break up completely so we could wait for the tide and waves to bring everything to us."
"Siera, I'm sorry, but from what we've learned about last night, I doubt there were any other survivors. Their bodies are likely either lost, or trapped inside what's left of the ship."
|GM TerraNova
The rain kept pouring down for another two hours, until the most opressive midday heat had run itself out. The downpour stopped as swiftly as it had begun, as if some mechanical contraption had been closed in the sky. It was still hot, but the temperature began to fall, becoming more bearable.
Ishirou, the Tian man, looked gruffly into the group. "Well, we'll need to set priorities. I've had my share of rough spots, and none was helped by not having someone in charge. So we get a clear leader, who puts up clear priorities. Not this silly tonguelashing and discussion about every move."
"And that leader would be you, old man?" Gaelik replied, his tone cordial despite the accusation he just levelled. "I think we best put off squabbles about responsibility until we have at least a roof over our heads. We can still play games of status once our bargaining chips are not who gets the shinies piece of driftwood." The self-proclaimed pathfinder had a way with words - or more correctly, a way to make even the simplest statement sound profound.
Sasha, nodded empathically. "He's right. We should put things for a vote. We can do it all, but we need to set priorities." She tossed a dagger into one of the trees stabilizing their shelter. "So we have 3 things to do - build up this shelter into a real camp. Repair the boat and check the Jenny. And get further inland for food, information and a chance to make it off the island. Did I miss anything?"
Alton, feaverish and pale from his wound, spoke up. "Fii... find the snake." he shook. "The snake, find it. It sheds skin..."
Sasha shrugged. "Or we can go inland to find 'the' snake, i suppose."
|Rafflesia Iff
|Henry Walton
"I'm liking the idea of fixing that rowboat and checking on the wreck of the Jenivere, something doesn't feel right about being this far off course and we might find some clues, or a least supplies, among the wreckage."
Henry volunteers for helping with the rowboat and making the perilous ride across the waves to the wreckage.
At the words of Alton, a grimace of disdain crosses Henry's face.
"Snakes! I hate snakes! Let's avoid those if possible."
|Misha Keroun
Misha squirms her way through the crowd of folks in the lean to, to check on Alton, putting her hand on his forehead--and noting immediately how hot it was. "Did you see something, Alton? Before the ship wrecked?"
|Siera Saltwater
I... I understand Zababa. I just hoped someone somewhere out there would still be alive.
Hearing Henry's response, she nods down, eyes alight with purpose.
I will get onto that. I've worked in the ship for a good three years now, and I'll be damned if I can't hammer in a few planks.
|Tshilaba Vadoma
The Varisian stepped out of the shelter when the rain was finished and dug into his arm like before to retrieve the small brown lump that came out of his forearm. It fluttered and tweeted once, flying up to his shoulder and spoke in her sing-song voice, "What now?"
"I need you to fly up and take a look around. Let us know if you see any hills or streams or smoke. And come back right away if there is any trouble. I have no idea what might try to eat you, so be careful.
The thrush looked at her master for a moment, cocked her head and said, "Get a girlfriend, creep." This reminded Tshilaba why he didn't bring her out much. As she flew off, he kept an eye on the sky just in case. Aside from his tattoos, she was the only thing he still had from his homeland.
Listening to the other's conversation, he chimed in with "I hardly think we need to worry about snakes. He probably hallucinated them anyway. Besides, what could they do in a jungle anyway? Without arms or legs, they couldn't even climb trees.
Bluff check 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
|Misha Keroun
Sense Motive 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Misha smirked. "Trying to catch someone out, are you, Tshilaba?"
|N'gawa Matije
Sense Motive 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
N'gawa looks up at the sky as the storm ends. Then he turns to the others. "I think we should make the shelter and the longboat the priorities. If we can salvage other things from the Jenivere, then we'll have a better idea of what we might need from the jungle. We have a few stores of food now, and as unappetizing as it might sound, Sasha's right. We might be able to get some meat out of this bug here.
"Siera, why don't you get a team together to help with the boat. Another group can work on the shelter and I'll see what I can salvage out of this corpse." He walks over to the centipede corpse and starts trying to butcher it with his dagger and shortsword to see if there's any usable meat.
Survival 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
|GM TerraNova
Aerys pursed her lips as the discussion began, nodded at Siera's suggestion. "The tide is high right now, so we should get the best conditions close to nightfall. So we might first finish our shelter here. I do not, honestly, consider splitting up an excellent idea."
Ishirou, still somewhat taken aback that his suggestion (or was it more of a demand) was so soundly rejected, added "I agree to her. We'd not have handled that beast as well as we have with half of us gone."
While the discussion was still ongoing, N'gawa set to butchering the centipede. There was plenty of gooey, strangely-smelling meat to it (which, despite some northerner's prejudice, should be perfectly safe to eat). Enough to feed a group twice their size for a week. The tricky part would be to preserve it for any period of time in the humid, hot environment they were in.
Jask listened passively to the discussion, checking Alton's condition. "We have another problem. Alton's not doing well. I am not much of a healer, but he's close to passing out, I can tell that much."
|Rafflesia Iff
Let me see about easing his pain..., Rafflesia said quietly.
Spontaneous Cast Cure Light Wounds, in place of Command. 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Rafflesia frowns. No, no, that won'd do at all. Gozreh is displeased... Is it because I've yet to find the natives worshipping his imitations? Because I've failed to bring him to these castaways in most need of it?
Channel Positive Energy (3/day; now 1 remaining): 1d6 ⇒ 6
Unskilled Heal check to find out more about what Alton needs: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
"I think we need to go inland, to see what we can see. It is unlikely we are going to find more salves in the wreckage, and I don't think a rocky raft or boat will do much for Alton's wounds... or my concentration. We either find help or medicine in the green, or this one will be cold soon."
|Tshilaba Vadoma
Sense Motive 1d20+4
Misha smirked. "Trying to catch someone out, are you, Tshilaba?"
Tshilaba winked at Misha, "Ah, I've been caught. It can't all be drama and gritty determinism. At least I got one smile out of the joke. I don't suppose that's too bad, a bard I am not."
And then he looked back at the sky. Where was that cursed bird? She should have been back by now...
|N'gawa Matije
N'gawa goes to work slaughtering the centipede corpse. Between blood, guts, and the general stench of the meat, very quickly, the others avoid the butchering area. The stinking meat gets cut out in large chunks, which the hunter assures everyone is safe to eat. He even takes several of the smaller centipede's plates and fits them into his own leather armor, though as added protection or as decoration, you're not sure.
By the hour's end, he is covered in gore and has several piles of meat cut from the bug. He covers each one with a cloth. "It would probably be good if we cooked much of this tonight." He begins making a large fire to roast the foul meat.
|Henry Walton
as requested by TerraNova in the discussion thread..."agree on a plan of action before announcing you split up...Also, it would help setting scenes". So to set our current actions and locations, here is a summary of where we are at the moment. If I have anyone's location or action wrong please correct it, just trying to keep a little cohesion among the large group and make things easier for our GM.
"Alright gang, Siera and I will set about getting the rowboat fixed, as soon as it's floating again we'll get together a group to explore the wreck." calls out Henry as he and Siera get to work on the rowboat down near the tide's edge.
Just a short ways from the shelter, N'gawa has done a fine job butchering the centipede and now prepares to cook the cloth covered piles of meat.
Tshilaba stands near the shelter, scanning the jungle skyline for his familiar and awaiting the birds return.
Zababa works to solidify the shelter, weaving large fronds through the hatching to help divert the wind and rain.
In the shelter, Rafflesia tends to Alton wounds, but she fears greater healing will be the only thing to save the man and urges the party to explore inland, rather than explore the wreck, in hopes of finding something to help the healing process.
Misha listens to the ramblings of Alton, trying to decipher some meaning, and considers helping either Zababa building the shelter, N'gawa cooking the meat, or Sierra and Henry working on the rowboat.
The always vigilant Vargbrandr keeps a hand near his axe and sets up patrol near the camp, determined to prevent the jungle's predators from sneaking up on the party.
|GM TerraNova
Tshilaba gladly saw his avian companion return to him half an hour later, while N'gawa was still busy butchering the remains of the centipede. Its chatter was excited, though not panicky. It reported there were multiple shipwrecks dotted along the northern coast, but most of them were "long dead", as it put it. Further inland, there were some small bodies of water, though none that would pose much challenge to cross. There was no smoke on the northern part of the Shiv, but it dared not go south because of some predatory birds looking funny at it.
After some more intensive consultation, Rafflesia was certain the wound itself was well and fixed - the nasty smell and the growing pains were not by torn muscle or rend flesh, but by a more insidious foe, one they might fall prey to if they were not careful: Infection. Some illness had taken the sailor, and unless it was stopped soon it might even kill him.
Anyone attempting to build the shelter, please make a profession: Woodworking or related check. Survival also counts
Work on the shelter progressed, and the group had a good feeling that it might last - though some shortcuts were taken, and missing material became a problem soon.
The rowboat grew back to some semblance of usefulness through the afternoon's work, and with the tide retracting, only a relatively narrow channel of water needed to be crossed in either case. The sun was now setting on the far western ocean, and the best time to cross to the Jenivere soon approached.
Survival to construct shelter: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
"Uhhh, not my best work, here," admitted Zababa in a sheepish tone. "I hope you'll be able to bring back some useful items, Siera, because I think we're going to need them!"
|Misha Keroun
Henry, thanks for the summary. There's a lot of people to keep track of!
Alton having fallen into a silent, fevered sleep, Misha purses her lips grimly. "We've no items or magic that I've got that can take his fever away, and I'm no physician. Maybe if there's anything else to find on the wreck, we can look for it once the rowboat's fixed."
She nods thanks to Rafflesia for looking after him, and moves to help Zababa with the shelter. She's no carpenter, but she has learned a few skills for surviving in the wilderness, hopefully they would be of use.
Survival 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22


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Liberty 2.0 Workshop: OpenLiberty Announced
By webshesh on Jan 22, 2007
OpenLiberty - A global Liberty Alliance Open Source initiative was announced today at the Liberty 2.0 workshop in Redwood Shores, CA.
The announcement briefed that "The OpenLiberty initiative will allow openSource developers to incorporate the security and privacy capabilities of Liberty Federation and Web Services into a variety of Identity based applications".
More information on OpenLiberty is available on the OpenLiberty site.
The initial focus is on WSF Web Service Consumer (WSC) libraries and SAML 2.0 libraries. The source code for the ID-WSF WSC libraries is available on Sourceforge.
For details on Project Liberty, check out the Liberty Alliance site.
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Lobster with Thermidor butter
Nutrition and extra info
- Butter only
- Easily doubled / halved
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal419
- fat34g
- saturates20g
- carbs3g
- sugars2g
- fibre0g
- protein24g
- salt1.62g
- 2 cooked lobster
The king of the crustaceans, lobster is a delicacy that commands a very high price, with white,…
For the butter
- 150ml dry white wine
- 1 shallot, very finely chopped
Related to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at…
- handful tarragon leaves, chopped
A popular and versatile herb, tarragon has an intense flavour that's a unique mix of sweet…
- handful parsley leaves, chopped
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- juice 1⁄2 lemon
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- pinch paprika
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- dash Tabasco sauce
- 5 tbsp Parmesan, finely grated
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- 140g butter, softened
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
First make the butter. Put the wine and shallot into a pan, then bring to the boil and simmer until nearly dry. Tip into a bowl to cool, mix all the ingredients together, roll into a log, using cling film or foil, then chill to harden. Can be frozen for up to 1 month.
Snap away the claws from the lobster. Using a large chef's knife, cut the lobster in half and wash the head cavity under cold water, then dry with kitchen paper. Lay the lobsters, cut side up, on a baking tray. Crack the claws and remove the claw meat. Divide claw meat between the head cavities. This can be done the day before and the lobster kept in the fridge ready for grilling.
Heat grill to high. Slice the butter into thin rounds and lay it along the lobsters so all the meat is covered. Grill for 5-8 mins until the butter is bubbling and starting to brown. Put the lobsters on plates, pouring any butter from the tray over them. Serve with new potatoes and some dressed salad leaves.
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As a very proud (and absolutely wonderful!) mother of five, I can testify that this recipe is like a gift from heaven, and beyond! I make this for my children's entrée every Thursday evening, and every time, without fail, it turns out perfectly, and of course goes without saying that every last bit is gobbled up!!! A 'must do' for all enthusiasts and beginners alike. Spoil yourself! Go on! x
Lidl have got their cheap Lobster's in again, whilst on the small side this excellent rich butter makes them go further. My dad hates seafood but even he enjoyed this recipe.
First time we had used lobsters at home, so it took us a little more than the 15mins to smash claws ect. Also I have a lot of butter left so with small lobsters perhaps make less of the thermidor butter.
I made it into a Thermidor sauce. When cooking the shallots and wine I added some fish stock and reduced it by 2/3. I then added double cream, english powder mustard and djon mustard and cooked for 2 mins. I then added tarragon leaves. I found that by adding the mustards almost last thing, you have an after taste which is warming yet pleasant. You could also add fresh breadcrumbs mixed with Parmasan, put on the sauce and flash under a grill for a different texture.
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Ovarian Cancer and Dairy
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We began this archive as a means of assisting our visitors in answering many of their health and diet questions, and in encouraging them to take a pro-active part in their own health. We believe the articles and information contained herein are true, but are not presenting them as advice. We, personally, have found that a whole food vegan diet has helped our own health, and simply wish to share with others the things we have found. Each of us must make our own decisions, for it's our own body. If you have a health problem, see your own physician.
Ovarian Cancer and Dairy
There have been three "prospective" (forward-looking) studies of the link between dairy intake and the risk of developing ovarian cancer, the silent killer--so-named because by the time the tumor is found, it is often too late. Every single study showed the same thing.
In 1999 the Iowa Women's Study, which followed 29,000 women for a decade, found essentially the same thing that the Harvard Nurse's Study found five years later.[1] Following 80,000 nurses for 16 years, Harvard researchers last year published a study indicating that those who consumed the most dairy (particularly skim and low-fat milk) doubled their risk of developing the most common and deadly form of ovarian cancer. Each glass of milk a day seemed to increase their risk 20%.[2]
The culprit seems to be the milk sugar lactose, which is broken down into galactose in the body, a substance found not only to be directly toxic to a woman's egg cells, but which may speed the growth of cancers by elevating the levels of certain growth hormones.
The third major study was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Swedish researchers followed over 60,000 women for over a decade and found the same thing. The researchers conclude: "Women who consumed >1 glass of milk a day had double the risk of serous ovarian cancer compared with women who never or seldom drank milk."
In response to this third major prospective trial again showing increased cancer risk from milk, the spokeswoman of the American Dairy Council stuck to the party line that more research was necessary.[3] As far as I'm concerned, though, three strikes and you're out.
[1] Kushi LH, Mink PJ, Folsom AR, et al. "Prospective Study Of Diet and Ovarian Cancer." American Journal of Epidemiology 149(1999):21.
[2] Fairfield KM, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA, et al. "A Prospective Study of Dietary Lactose and Ovarian Cancer." International Journal of Cancer 110(2004):271.
[3] Boyles, S. "Study Links Milk to Ovarian Cancer" WebMD Medical News. 3 December 2004.
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Yes, Grand Valley, There is
a Santa Clause
When I was a kid, Christmas was the highlight of the year. On my mind from the first day of school, it usually reached furor proportions by Christmas Eve. In the interim, we children made beaded ornaments, turned Reader's Digest magazines into golden angels, and bugged our parents until they finally put up the aluminum tree. I'd peruse the Sears' holiday catalog until it was ragged, and made sure my letter to Santa was the first on his workbench. And when Grandma Alonzi's annual box of Italian cookies arrived, we knew Christmas was near.
Author, left, sharing Santa's lap with twin, Robyne, 1962. Courtesy author
For Christians, the season surrounds
the birth of the Christ Child, but sometime in the early 1800s, Santa joined the
celebration. His legend is based on the real St. Nicholas, who gave gifts to
children. The modern version of this jolly old man is said to come from Clement
C. Moore's 1823 poem, "A Visit From St. Nicholas."
Many people struggle to believe in
Santa, but not me. How could I not? Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, Rudolph
and Santa pranced across my black and white television, while Santa promoted the
latest products during commercial breaks. I dreamed of pulling Chatty Cathy's
ring to hear what she'd say next, and Ronco's Veg-O-Matic sliced and diced
its way into my heart. At my step-father's company parties, Santa ho-ho-hoed
his way around the room, handing out mesh stockings stuffed with oranges and
nuts. I considered this a precursor to the glorious array of presents that would
surely appear under our tree on Christmas morn.
Santa did not forget the new pioneer town of Grand Junction, in 1882, when it officially celebrated Christmas for the first time. Two main events capped the holiday. The Randall House cleared their dining hall for a ball and buffet, while at the new Crawford House, the town founder, George Crawford, began their festivities with a little political speech. Following him were religious recitations and songs, and then Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus appeared. They removed presents from the candle-lit tree and distributed them to the children.
Our valley has never been shy of Christmas spirit. Main Street is annually spruced up with boughs of greenery and colored lights, and if we are lucky, a nice layer of snow. Pretty storefronts call to coated shoppers, and carols are sung on street corners. Around the turn of the century, William Moyer, owner of The Fair department store, invited Santa to greet the local children in his toy section. When Santa couldn't make it (due to Rudolph being sick or an elf uprising), his employee, Frank "Dad" Smith, sat in, and no one was the wiser. Santa made that his main stop until the mid 1930s, when The Fair closed.
Frank "Dad" Smith and grandson, Bill Moyer Orr, 1933, courtesy Sally Pahler Christmas lights on Main St, December 1940, courtesy Donna Patton
Soon after, Santa began arriving on
Main Street. He still does. In the crisp chill air, children of all ages sit on
his lap and share their desires. Santa's elves wait close by. During the rough
years of the Depression, Santa's helpers took on different personas. Firemen
repaired donated toys, which were handed out on Christmas Day, at the Avalon
Theater. There, the "Soup Eaters" program presented a free movie, and every
child ate a yummy bowl of soup. At the same time, the "Sub-for-Santa"
program helped fill pantries of the destitute. Today, Toys for Tots, the
Salvation Army, and many other organizations bring tidings of comfort and joy
into needy households.
One very special Christmas took place—not on a snowy winter day—but in the heat of summer. It was deep in the Depression, and a newspaper reporter discovered that a sick, young boy would not make it to December. The family was staying at a makeshift boxcar home at the depot tracks, like many families of that time. The Daily Sentinel didn't use names, but called out to the town's citizens for help. The boy was dying, and everyone pitched in to bring Christmas in July to him. They gathered money and toys and bestowed them on the boy and his family. That sun-scorched day saw a slew of "Santas" bring joy into a sad situation, and the experience rekindled hope for a world-weary town.
typical boxcar home of the Depression, inhabited by Moses and Susie Sherman of
Montana, Courtesy Susan Edminster
I'm nearly sixty-years-old now, but
my childhood Christmases are cherished and happy memories. Toys, cookies, Santa,
Christmas trees, decorations, goodwill towards man, and the Christ Child are
what I remember, and for those years when I, too, am world-weary, the thought of
Christmas transforms me. Happy holidays, and may you be transformed, too.


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Nicole Scherzinger attended the 35th anniversary tribute to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in Los Angeles this week wearing fishnet stockings, a black sequined skirt and midriff-baring red silk blouse.
The pop star says she felt uncomfortable in her early days as a scantily clad Pussycat Doll because the band's racy stage costumes were a far cry from her own "conservative" wardrobe.
Nicole is purportedly in negotiations to star in the new "Men In Black" movie. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Betty White have already signed on.
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Just as you might have inferred from the specifications table at the beginning of this review, the GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI configuration is indeed a viable solution for a gaming computer, yet there are a number of things that you must take into account in case you really want to build one for yourself.
First of all, you should make up your mind as to what games you are going to play. Unfortunately, the efficiency of any modern multi-GPU technology depends on the graphics driver's ability to effectively parallel computations between the two GPUs. Thus, everything depends on software optimizations.
Second, you need a mainboard with two graphic slots which may be costlier than a mainboard with only one such slot.
Anyway, if you really want to try a configuration with two GeForce GTX 550 Ti cards, here is what you can expect from it in games:
At a resolution of 1600x900, the average advantage of the SLI tandem over the single-processor GeForce GTX 570 varies from -70 to +22%. The large dispersion is due to the lack of SLI support for Total War: Shogun 2 in Nvidia's latest driver. Apart from this failure, the two solutions are rather similar to each other. We'd prefer the single GeForce GTX 570 since it helps achieve the same performance with less trouble.
Except for Total War: Shogun 2, the Radeon HD 6950 is an average 20% slower.The price wars of the GPU developers are constantly changing the market situation, yet AMD will be unable to compete with the pair of GF116-based products unless the Radeon HD 6970 steps down into the lower category.
Surprisingly enough, there are but few changes when we switch to the resolution which is perhaps the most popular today. The GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI cannot beat the GeForce GTX 570 and enjoys the same lead over the Radeon HD 6950. The summary diagram makes it clear how greatly the performance of a particular solution depends on the selection of test applications.
So, if you've already got a GF116-based card, purchasing a second one is quite a good way to upgrade. Spending $149 for a second GeForce GTX 550 Ti, you get the performance of a GeForce GTX 570. Of course, the first card cost you some money as well, but you can hardly return it to the seller at the same price. Selling your GTX 550 Ti, adding $149 and buying a GTX 570 ishardly possible.
But if you are building a new system and choosing between a GeForce GTX 550 Ti SLI setup and a single GeForce GTX 570, you may want to prefer the latter because it offers the same performance with fewer risks. Moreover, it would allow you to eventually upgrade to a GeForce GTX 570 SLI configuration if necessary.
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti cards come from different brands in different versions. Zotac's is a rather conventional offer. This card comes with a minimum of accessories but offers higher frequencies instead of free software or fridge magnets.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Edition is going to be a good buy for every user who values speed above everything else. The warranty-covered factory overclocking is the key advantage of this product. However, it's up to you to decide whether its 16% increase in speed is worth the increased level of noise. The Zotac card is fast enough to allow you to play most of today's games at the highest graphics quality settings.
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UTHealth nursing students pick Renae Schumann as teacher of the year
UTHealth Nursing Students Pick Renae Schumann as Teacher of the Year
HOUSTON – (May 13, 2013) – The graduating bachelor's degree students of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing have elected area resident Renae R. Schumann, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor in the Department of Acute and Continuing Care, as this year's winner of the John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award in the undergraduate program.
Undergraduate and graduate program honorees as teachers of the year were announced during May 10 commencement ceremonies at the
Schumann was lauded by her students as a "great professor, coach and motivator!!" and as "the most upbeat and supportive instructor in the program."
"She sends out pep-talk e-mails that are very uplifting!" one student nominator wrote. "I like the positive reinforcement and like how caring she is. When she teaches, she breaks the subject down to the most simple/logical way. She is perceptive about seeing that you understand and I appreciate a lecture that doesn't put you to sleep, which she provides with energy."
Schumann received both her bachelor's degree in nursing (1989) and master's in Emergency Nursing Education (1990) from UTHealth. Her career included duty as a trauma nurse at
"She truly cares about her students and is always there to help," another student wrote about Schumann. "Even though we move on in the program, and she is no longer our instructor, she still encourages us to keep going. She knows how to listen to our concerns, and she constantly seeks feedback from current and previous students to improve the learning environment for future classes."
On June 1, Schumann begins a new challenge as dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health at Houston Baptist University.
"I have worked with Renae since she was a graduate teaching assistant and have watched her develop into a seasoned professional. She is indeed unique and beloved by students," said Patricia L .Starck, D.S.N., R.N., dean of the UTHealth School of Nursing for the past 29 years. "She will make a fine addition to the nursing leadership in our community when she becomes a dean at HBU."
Students at each of the six UTHealth schools choose a John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher for stimulating curiosity, promoting professional development and contributing to students' abilities to think creatively. The awards, announced at commencement ceremonies, are made possible by an endowment from the John P. McGovern Foundation.
Two honorees were chosen from among 19 other
This graduating class of nursing students adds to the 8,973 alumni of the UTHealth School of Nursing as it celebrates its 40th anniversary as an institution.
Written by David Bates, Director of Communications, UTHealth School of Nursing
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If you ask me, marketing in general has grown exponentially over the past few decades; and the same can be said for the promotional tactics implemented in the fashion world. It used to be that all the fashion advertising never left the hard-plastic canvas we know as the mannequin, which have always been kind of creepy to me. All creepiness aside, now an individual can be hired simply to wear custom sweatshirts, hoodies, or even something as plain as a crewneck, in an effort to directly target a certain demographic. We see this a lot in movies too. For example, have you ever noticed how in every Twilight movie, the Cullens drive a Volvo. Believe you me, that is no coincidence; there is some sort of marketing agreement between the two parties.
Still, even with the rise of on demand sweatshirts and its obvious link to marketing boom, there are still high quality, no B.S. brands producing orig inal merchandise. One example is the "Polo Denim and Supply Sweatshirt, American Flag Hoodie" that is available at Macy's. It is a heathered indigo zip-front hoodie, made of 60% cotton and 40% polyester. The navy cuffs, waistband, and pocket trim help to give the front of the sweatshirt contrast. However, the real designer surprise is when you turn around and on the back is a weathered American flag sprawled across the shoulders. For $98, you have a unique hoodie that you won't see on every other guy on the street.
Another type of designer sweatshirt that never seems to go completely out of style is the vintage-looking sweatshirt. Tommy Hilfiger makes the "Proctor Full Zip Sweatshirt that is done in the styling of a baseball shirt with the dark navy sleeves, vintage lettering, and yellow body. The half-zip and kangaroo pocket keep the look sporty and easy going. So, if you are a fan of the vintage styling, you can pick this one up at almost a $30 discount at $59.99.
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Pailou (Cloud Pillar)
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The Pailou or the cloud pillars at the entrance of the White Cloud Temple outside the mountain gate, used to be a Gate of the Spirits (Lingxing Men) where the Taoist monks observed the stars and the weather. However, such a function of the Gate of the Spirits was gradually lost and became the present-day Pailou. The pailou was built in 1443, the eighth year of Zhengtong, Ming Dynasty. It consists of four pillars and seven overhanging gable roofs. There are four words "Dong Tian Sheng Jing" (literally, natural caves and fair view) inscribed on its façade. Dongtian is a divine place where Taoist True Saints (zhenren) observe Taoist doctrines in peace.


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