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Dafydd, Gwilym ap
Dafydd ap Gwilym c. 1320-c. 1380
Medieval Welsh poet.
The following entry provides criticism on Dafydd's poetry from 1978 through 1995.
Dafydd ap Gwilym is recognized as one of the most innovative European poets of the Middle Ages. His refined and erudite verse introduced a unique brand of poetry into the turbulent society of Wales during the aftermath of its loss of independence. While drawing on the contemporary elements of bardic poetry, his themes of love and nature embedded in original metric forms was a revolutionary technique. Though his work is relatively obscure outside of Wales today, largely due to difficulties in translation, Dafydd is still recognized as a radical poet of great significance in his era.
Biographical Information
Much of the information known regarding the life of Dafydd ap Gwilym has been inferred from his own poetic writings and those of his contemporaries. Verifiable historical data is scarce from this period, but it is estimated that Dafydd was born circa 1320 at Brogynin in Wales. A few years later, he and his parents moved to nearby Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth. His father, Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym, traced his ancestry to Gwynfardd Dyfed, who is reputed to have sired numerous families in southwest Wales. Dafydd came from a family of fair wealth that included several high government officials under the English crown. As such, he was a self-described member of the "clêr," or peripatetic intellectuals of affluent families, never possessing nor needing a steady occupation. He appears to have traveled extensively throughout Wales and Anglesey visiting friends throughout his life; however, only one poem, centered in Chester, indicates he ever journeyed beyond the borders of the country. Much of his work suggests he generally remained near Aberystwyth for the greater part of his life, very close to where he spent his childhood. Dafydd was known to have been closely acquainted with contemporary poets Gruffudd ab Adda, Madog Benfras, and Gruffudd Gryg, among others. However it was his uncle, Llywelyn ap Gwilym, who is credited as having the greatest influence on Dafydd's development as a writer. The constable of Newcastle Emlyn, Llywelyn was responsible for his early education as well as his introduction to traditional bardic work and romantic Anglo-Norman poetry—the amalgamation of which comprised Dafydd's later work and gained him his infamy. Dafydd died around 1380 and was buried at Strata Florida monastery, near Pontrhydfendigaid. Though the building itself is now in ruins, a slate memorial remains there, dedicated to the native poet.
Major Works
Dafydd ap Gwilym is best known for his utilization of cywydd, or a contemporaneous form of metric poetry consisting of couplets of seven-syllabled lines, rhyming asymmetrically. As one of the greatest proponents of what was a newly-developed style, he played a vital role in its rapid evolution into a popular and accepted form of praise-poetry, gaining timeless esteem. Dafydd generally tailored his own cywyddau to thirty to sixty lines, almost always focusing on his two passions: love and nature. These themes have become synonymous with his work, appearing most often together in scenarios of romantic affairs taking place in idealistic woodland settings. His characteristic plot entails his building a shelter of leaves or branches to which he retreats with his lover—generally the golden-haired Morfudd or the dark-haired Dyddgu—as a haven from the conventions of society. In these poems, it is very difficult to distinguish to what extent Dafydd is speaking of reality or his imagination, as it is believed that much of his work was fantasies on his own love life. However, ultimately it is the forest setting itself which is his true focus. Dafydd often invented "love-messengers" in the form of various woodland animals or natural forces, in which he incorporated the stylistic technique of dyfalu, or a protracted depiction of an entity through an extended string of similes or comparisons, also closely linked to the development of cywydd. Through these heralds, Dafydd was able to fully convey his ardor for nature and exploit his creative imagery. In one of his most famous poems, "The Wind," thirty of the poem's thirty-five lines are devoted to the personification of the title "character" while persuading it to fly faster to the poet's mistress. Dafydd's contribution to cywydd and dyfalu was a true revolution in fourteenth-century Welsh poetry, inspiring contemporaneous poets to rise to a new level of imagination and style.
Critical Reception
Dafydd's critical reception in his own time may only be deduced from elegies composed for him by his contemporaries, such as Gruffudd Gryg, Iolo Goch, and Madog Benfras. His work was initially condemned for its departure from traditional verse and its introduction of irrelevant and inappropriate personal sentiments. However, following a lengthy heated written debate among his contemporaries, Dafydd was finally recognized as the master of a new love poetry, deemed an "architect of words" and an "architect of song." Today, Dafydd's work has not been widely acclaimed outside of Wales primarily due to difficulty in translation. Alteration of the metric flow of the poetry as well as loss of meaning through inexact phrasing has caused the English version to dull the brilliance of the original text, written over six centuries ago. However, those modern critics who have successfully analyzed Dafydd's writing have extolled it for its considerable ingenuity and comparative importance in the historical development of European poetry, especially in the areas of love poetry, informal addresses to fellow poets, and objective verse.
Principal Works
Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym (edited by Owen Jones, William Owen, and Edward Williams) 1789
Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr (edited by Ifor Williams and Thomas Roberts) 1914; revised edition 1935
Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym (edited by Thomas Parry) 1952; revised edition 1979
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse [contributor] (edited by Thomas Parry) 1962
Fifty Poems (translated by H. I. Bell and David Bell) 1942
A Celtic Miscellany [contributor] (translated by K. Jackson) 1951
The Burning Tree (translated by Gwyn Williams) 1956
Medieval Welsh Lyrics [contributor] (translated by J. P. Clancy) 1965
The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse [contributor] (translated by A. Conran) 1967
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English [contributor] (edited by Gwyn Jones) 1977
Twenty-five Poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym (translated by Nigel Heseltine) 1982
Dafydd ap Gwilym: A Selection of Poems (translated by Rachel Bromwich) 1985
House of Leaves (translated by Rachel Bromwich) 1993
Dafydd ap Gwilym: His Poems (translated by Gwyn Thomas) 2001
Helen Fulton (essay date May 1978)
SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "The Love Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym." Aumla, no. 49 (May 1978): 22-37.
[In the following essay, Fulton compares and contrasts the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym to that of Chaucer, suggesting that while both are creative yet traditionalist, Dafydd distinguishes himself with his unique praise-poetry of love and nature.]
In retrospect, the literary scene in fourteenth century Britain seems dominated by the figure of Chaucer. His poetry marked a new phase in the native tradition, reviving it with new blood from France, and establishing the English language finally as a major literary medium. But in another part of Britain, a poet writing in a...
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Rachel Bromwich (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Bromwich, Rachel. "The Earlier Cywyddwyr: Poets Contemporary with Dafydd ap Gwilym." In A Guide to Welsh Literature, pp. 144-60. Wales: Christopher Davies Ltd., 1979.
[In the following excerpt, Bromwich analyzes the metre of the works of Dafydd and his contemporaries, and its societal and artistic implications.]
The following lively fragment describing a horse is quoted in each of the four early versions of the Bardic Grammar as an example of the metre cywydd deuair hirion, which was to become the increasingly favoured medium of fourteenth-century poets:
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Stephen Knight (essay date March 1981)
SOURCE: Knight, Stephen. "Welsh Poetic's Well-Shaped Art." Journal of European Studies 11, no. 41 (March 1981): 18-28.
[In the following essay, Knight highlights the key attributes of Dafydd's work within the context of various translations and their ensuing repercussions.]
This paper discusses problems and possibilities in translating a poem by Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely regarded as the greatest Welsh poet. The wit and beauty of Dafydd's themes and the subtlety of his poetic form make his work both fascinating and difficult to translate—impossible to translate, in the opinion of some Welsh poets and critics. Various attempts have been made in the past, however,...
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David Johnston (essay date summer 1983)
SOURCE: Johnston, David. "The Serenade and the Image of the House in the Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym." Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies no. 5 (summer 1983): 1-19.
[In the following essay, Johnston comments on the significance of the house and its prominence in Dafydd's narrative serenades.]
A serenade is a poem addressed by a lover to his beloved as he stands outside her house begging to be let in. Dafydd ap Gwilym's work contains only one example of the genre, "Dan y Bargod" (89).1 There are however a number of poems describing Dafydd's nocturnal visits to the girl's house in the past tense, which might be called narrative serenades. I shall discuss...
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Katharine T. Loesch (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: Loesch, Katharine T. "Welsh Bardic Poetry and Performance in the Middle Ages." In Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives, pp. 185-90. Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 1983.
[In the following excerpt, Loesch provides a rough background of Dafydd and illustrates some of his most famous verses.]
Dafydd ap Gwilym still stands as the greatest poet that ever wrote in Welsh and as one of the greatest of medieval poets. He lived from about 1320 to about 1380 and is said to be buried under the great spreading yew that still grows among the ruins of Strata Florida, the Cistercian Abbey where many of the princes and nobles of the south of...
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Helen Fulton (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "Living the Good Life: A Medieval Fantasy." The Anglo-Welsh Review 80 (1985): 76-85.
[In the following essay, Fulton correlates Dafydd with Colin Muset, a thirteenth-century French poet and musician, citing similarities in their themes of the "good life" and their functionality in addressing social inequalities.]
Dafydd ap Gwilym and Colin Muset are two poets distanced in place and time. Colin Muset was singing in eastern France in the first half of the thirteenth century, while Dafydd was a Welsh bard composing in the second half of the fourteenth century.
The work of the two poets is comparable, however, in two...
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Helen Fulton (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "Dafydd ap Gwilym and Intertextuality." Leeds Studies in English 20 (1989): 65-86.
[In the following essay, Fulton explores the concept of intertextuality, or the idea that writings refer only to each other and not directly to reality, and how it operates in Dafydd's work.]
One of the unique aspects of Early English Literature and Language studies at the University of Sydney under the professorship of Leslie Rogers has been the promotion of modern English courses—including grammar and semiotics—alongside more traditional courses in Old and Middle English.1 Such a combination has encouraged the practice of looking at medieval...
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Morgan T. Davies (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: Davies, Morgan T. "'Aed i'r coed i dorri cof': Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Metaphorics of Carpentry." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, no. 30 (1995): 67-86.
[In the following essay, Davies traces the use of carpentry as a metaphor in various genres of literature, centering his argument around the way Dafydd ap Gwilym may have been influenced to use such a metaphor in his own works.]
In the first cywydd of his ymryson with Gruffudd Gryg, Dafydd ap Gwilym responds to Gruffudd's opening attack with various countercharges of his own. Among the more substantive of these is his accusation that Gruffudd is derivative, a plagiarist, a poet who can...
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Further Reading
Bromwich, Rachel. "Dafydd ap Gwilym." In A Guide to Welsh Literature, edited by A. O. H. Jarman and Gwilym Rees Hughes, pp. 112-43. Wales: Christopher Davies Ltd., 1979.
Provides a lengthy background on Dafydd's life and work.
Breeze, Andrew. "'Bear the Bell' in Dafydd ap Gwilym and Troilus and Criseyde." Notes and Queries 237, no. 4 (December 1992): 441-43.
Discusses the metaphor "Bear the Bell," found in both Troilus and Criseyde and Dafydd's work.
———. "Dafydd ap Gwilym's 'The Clock' and Foliot...
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I try to listen to your program every Sunday and I really
I try to listen to your program every Sunday and I really love this program. I come from Mississippi. I grew up in a household with a Southern Baptist stepfather and a Catholic mother. My stepfather was intolerant of our Catholic upbringing. I went to the University of Southern Mississippi and got my B.S. in History and Philosophy/Religion with a minor in English and I also became certified as a Secondary Education Teacher. I really believe my upbringing led me toward a strong Liberal Arts education. I furthered my education at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama and got a Masters in Theological Studies. Despite the fact my training in graduate school was in Catholic theology, I am profoundly interested in other faiths and what they can offer in the narrative of interfaith dialogue. I just bought Krista's book at Books a Million. I can't hardly wait to read it. I think that the majority of the shows on this program are "graced moments" in a culture of distractions. I also think that Repossessing Virtue may be the wrong way to describe it. I don't want to argue semantics but it believe we are in the process of becoming virtuous only we have both understand and rid ourselves of unvirtuous habits and ideas. I thought this was a profound show and especially Palmer's discussion on teaching and trust because that made it especially relevant to my profession and I plan to buy some of his books in the future.

Don't 'lend' it! 'Spend' it!

America doesn't
Don't 'lend' it! 'Spend' it!
America doesn't need to rely on bank loans to have money. We can have liquidity by creating money and 'spending' it into circulation rather than creating all money as loans and 'lending' it into circulation.
We can 'own' our money rather than 'owe' our money. Minnesotans can simply demand passage of proposed legislation that would enable the state-regulated banks to create the new money as book entries the way they do when they make loans. The state bank will then forward the new numbers (money) to the state which will spend them into circulation debt-free as payment for the maintenance and production of public roads and bridges in lieu of taxation or bonding (borrowing).
'Spending' newly created money into circulation rather than 'lending' it into circulation will increase the money supply with a corresponding increase in new production and provide an immediate increase in liquidity and cash flow with no inflation, no new debt, no new taxes and create high-paying jobs, commerce and a bright future!
Let's stop beating the 'special interest debt horse'! It will not get up and run again. Loaning all new money into circulation and the resulting unpayable, compounding debt it creates has almost killed us. More borrowing, if more borrowers can be found, will only make our growing problem worse. Borrowing more money to pay last year's debt plus the interest will not solve our debt problems. Money produced, as a debt-free representation of wealth to all of society is the only workable, just and true solution.
We gave our Congress the authority to "coin money" and to "provide post roads."
Don't 'lend' it! 'Spend' it!
'Spending' is only a problem when all money must be borrowed first! Our 'financial crisis' is the result of creating all new money as loans and lending the principal into circulation. The principal is uncreated when it is repaid. The process allows no means to create the interest that must also be paid. That is why the indebtedness and money shortages constantly grow.
"The actual creation of money always involves the extension of credit by private commercial banks."
Source: Russell L. Munk, Assistant General Counsel International Affairs, Dept. of the Treasury.
Money for paying interest on borrowed money "… comes from the same source that all other money comes from."
Source: Russell L. Munk, Asst. Gen. Counsel Intl. Affairs, Dept. of the Treasury.
"Money that one borrower uses to pay interest on a loan has been created somewhere else in the economy by another loan."
Source: John M. Yetter, Attorney-Advisor, Dept. of the Treasury.
Money is sterile. It has no natural reproductive abilities. It must be manufactured like homes, cars, furniture, etc. Once money has been created (manufactured) there are only 3 ways to move it into circulation. It can be:
·'gifted' in, destroying the incentive to produce.
·'loaned' in, eventually destroying our lives.
·'spent' in, debt-free as payment for production.
From 1792 to 1934, our medium-of-exchange was switched from an evidence of wealth to an evidence of debts. Congress unlawfully delegated its authority to 'coin money' to the banking industry.
Congress' authority to 'coin money' meant that it was to monetize (make into money) our production as a debt-free asset to us thereby creating a debt-free medium of exchange, an economically free and prosperous people. All of society benefited.
Unlawfully giving this authority to the banking industry resulted in the banks creating and 'lending' the new money into circulation rather than 'spending' it into circulation. This forces us to incur unpayable interest-bearing debts to have a medium of exchange to save and use in commerce.
The solution to our inevitable destruction is not in fiscal, budgetary or tax policy but in monetary policy. Just one principle must change. We must stop 'lending' all new money into circulation and start 'spending' all new money into circulation as a payment for production that unquestionably benefits everyone equally (that could be public roads and bridges) in lieu of taxation or bonding.
This way, the money supply increases with the increase in goods (production). No inflation! No new debt! No new Taxes! Tax reductions! Liquidity! Cash Flow! High-paying jobs! Commerce! Life!
How bad will we let things get? You can help stop the injustice, chaos, hardship and destruction. State legislation titled, the Minnesota Transportation Act, has been written to implement this solution in Minnesota.
Contact your state Representatives. Tell them you want new money 'Spent', NOT 'Lent' into circulation and to support passage of the Minnesota Transportation Act or send them this pamphlet.
Gregory K. Soderberg, Austin, MN.
"America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past."- Barack Obama June 3, 2008.

The Solution to our economic crisis is to create money
The Solution to our economic crisis is to create money and spend it into circulation as a debt-free payment for production that benefits everyone rather than continuing to create it as loans. When all money is created as a loan it creates economic servitude. When interest is added it creates a debt that is greater than the money supply. This debt must constantly grow and accounts for the constant and growing spread between the money supply and our ability to make ends meet. Hopefully, this Christmas, we will focus on, learn about and act accordingly against the 'usury' that our Lord was so opposed because it is unjust, immoral and destructive.

Jessica's story is one that encourages us to open our
Jessica's story is one that encourages us to open our hearts and minds. When we encompass a belief system that does not speak to the ultimate realities of life, I believe we become sheltered and judgemental of the people and world around us. How can we become connected and understanding of one another if we do not allow ourselves the opportunity to do so? Especially when it comes to relating spiritually.
I believe we are a people ment to learn and love on this planet. When our own religious beliefs come in the way of this, there is something wrong. Is not religion about humanity?
Her story should enlighten, empower, and encourage us to want to understand one another, and respect where we come from on our paths to faith, freedom and justice for all.

Thanks for sharing your story. I appreciate your honesty
Thanks for sharing your story. I appreciate your honesty and the reminder of how people can change.
My perspective on poverty was shaped by two and a half years in the Peace Corps in Africa where I learned two things: 1) Not having much stuff doesn't necessarily make you poor (In fact, I came home more alert to the spiritual poverty in the US); and 2) much of the world's poverty is not the result of laziness or poor individual choices. It's clear to me that I got much more out of that experience than I gave anyone else.

Thank you for reading my essay. I appreciate your
Thank you for reading my essay. I appreciate your interesting comments and kind words.
Thank goodness for the Peace Corps and those who serve in it. What an experience!
I agree with Christopher that we are meant to learn and love and respect. Many have a faith that is inflexible, but none of our paths are — there is so often a turn, a dead end, or a bump in the road. Being unloving and judgmental is frustrating and very painful, and I think it either begins or ends with self condemnation.
I'm grateful to SOF and to a few people who did not look down on me, but engaged me in thought provoking conversations. This essay began as a "thank you" to SOF, and given this opportunity, I also thank Rev. David Hinrichs and his wife Claire Rene, Rev. Colleen Natalie-Lees, Sarah Bartz, and Meg Scholberg. I learned a lot from the example of Annamary and David Dean and my grandmother, Jean Johnson.
Update: I am no longer the Volunteer Coordinator at A Center for the Arts
Correction: I have recently learned that my church history was incorrect. The two churches began to worship in the same building one year before the tornado. I am sorry for the error.

One of the reasons Jesus came was to challenge the
One of the reasons Jesus came was to challenge the domination system of the time. We live in a time when the poor are being dominated by the rich. The middle class is being squeezed from both ends and we need to challenge the system that allows this to happen instead of just buying into their system. So, being more spiritual and less materialistic is a good way to go.

What a beautiful and "teachable" spirit is the author of
What a beautiful and "teachable" spirit is the author of this essay. The hardest thing is to change, people around us, even family, do not like the out of balance it gives them for us to change. I commend you for being open and able to see what your own life was trying to teach you.
I am much older, and I have observed that those who refuse to have empathy seem to find themselves living a life of emersion in that which they were unable to understand. If that's what it takes to finally appreciate the path of another and withhold judgement, then so be it. May love continue to light your way like a shining star.

Jessica Sundheim! I was so surprised to see your name on
Jessica Sundheim! I was so surprised to see your name on my SOF email today. What a wonderful, wonderful essay!
Lisa Zahn
St. Cloud, MN

Sadly, but truely, Jessica is a lost soul campaigning for
Sadly, but truely, Jessica is a lost soul campaigning for the socialist agenda of Barak Obama. She is another NPR statistic who has lost her faith in fundamental Christianity. Why do you only interview those former Christian believers who convert to Judaism or Islam or Buddism? Does anyone see the light and convert from paganism to Jesus? Why are Christian defectors applauded and celebrated? Does anyone get any exposure who has been changed by power divine from a life of sinful folly and falsehood to a new life in Christ with inner renewal and "joy unspeakable and full of glory?"


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About the Author: Gregory L. Garland serves as Media and Outreach Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs.
Two great leaders of the struggle against apartheid have recently passed away, leaving South Africa and the rest of the world a better place for their heroism: Miriam Makeba and Helen Suzman. In fact, it is impossible to imagine modern South Africa without these two very different women who devoted their lives to ending state-sanctioned racism.
Miriam Makeba, who died November 10 at the age of 76, burst onto the world scene starring in a 1959 anti-apartheid documentary, Come Back, Africa. In the 1960s, she gained fame as a recording artist in the United States and was banned from returning to South Africa because of her activism. For Americans of that time, Makeba was the face and voice of black South Africa.
She lived a life that wrote the book on what we now call "citizen diplomacy". She spoke especially to other Africans and the African Diaspora, the descendants of Africans brought as slaves to the Americas. Her marriage to Trinidad-born black power advocate Stokely Carmichael in 1968 resulted in the cancellation of commercial record deals in the United States, but cemented her image as a leader in the struggle for freedom in South Africa. It also symbolized the marriage of the twin struggles for racial justice on opposite ends of the Atlantic. She can claim much of the credit for planting the seeds of the anti-apartheid movement in the United States.
Helen Suzman, who died on New Years's Day at 91, could have lived a quiet, comfortable life as an academic in the heavily Jewish Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, which she always called home (and where Nelson Mandela has chosen to spend his retirement). Yet, she chose a different path. For 36 years, she sat in the all-white parliament as a member of the anti-apartheid opposition. For 13 of those years, she was the lone anti-apartheid parliamentarian, and often the lone woman in a chamber filled with white men. She used her parliamentary privileges to the full extent to shine light on injustice.
Her canny ability to use international media contributed enormously to the education of much of world about the evil of the South African system. I can remember listening as a teenager to Suzman on my jerry-rigged short-wave radio that always managed to get the BBC World Service. Her eloquence and biting wit always cut to the chase of apartheid. Her lonely voice, repeated over decades, goaded us Americans to take South Africa seriously as an affront to our own values.
These two extraordinary women represented the best of South Africa. Neither ever gave up the fight against injustice, even after the cherished goal of majority rule had arrived. They deserve more than our thanks. They deserve to be remembered for generations to come for what two human beings can accomplish despite the bonds of race, gender, religion and nationality. I for one will tell their stories, for they truly belong to all humanity.
Cathy in Illinois writes:
Thank you for your coverage of two leaders who made a difference! I knew of Ms. Makeba, but to learn of Ms. Suzman and to see that she was Jewish, was wonderful. CW
Karen writes:
Thank you so much for writing this piece! I think that we forget how much women contributed to the anti-apartheid movement, and to world progess in general.
Martina in Benin writes:
Thank you for your heartfelt testimonial. Very timely and eminently well-deserved in both cases. Their accomplishments will live on!
(When I worked in the consulate in Jo'burg ('97-'00), Ms. Suzman came, very humbly and like everybody else, to get her visa -- something some newly minted dignitaries (of both colors) did not "deign" to do.
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quote ChaoticYeah your right their home world is Thessia.I don't remember going to the Asari homeworld either...
quote AndyI don't remember going to the Asari homeworld either...I remember a conversation in the bar on Illium, where the Turian watching the stripper mentions that female Turians rarely leave the home planet.
Hopefully we'll see Palaven in ME3. Turians and Humans are the only two "main species" where we haven't seen their home world.
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quote Fatherbrain30I'm pretty sure they have roles if I remember my conversations with Kaiden in Mass Effect 1 right.quote PhluXxThey don't have gender roles, bioware was just lazy.quote rasberylTurians come from an Imperialistic culture with heavily emphasized gender roles in their society with it also being a patriarchal controlled society. To answer your question.Do you think they will include the females and males for each race in ME3 or maybe in a spin off? Also If they hadn't had enough space, why males instead of females? And why not instead of lots of appearences of both genders, why not just one or two shows of a female character?
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Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with 14 basketball coaches from India as they kicked off their Basketball Sports Visitor Program, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) SportsUnited Division. These visitors, who coach predominately 8-16 year olds, are in the United States for 11 days to take part in basketball workshops with American athletes, participate in a Special Olympics clinic, and engage in activities focused on team building and youth development. The program also includes discussions on conflict resolution, sports fitness, and sports psychology. The group spent five days in Washington, D.C., where they had a "behind the scenes" tour of the Capitol, traveled to Mount St. Mary's University to observe a college basketball practice, and participated in a wheelchair basketball session. They are now in Orlando, Florida to attend coaching clinics and leadership sessions focused on the NBA All Star Weekend. They will also visit an American school and attend a session with the Boys and Girls Club of Orlando. As was described by The Hindu newspaper, this program shows that "the two nations (India and the United States) continue to score slam-dunks in terms of bilateral sport diplomacy."
In my conversation with the coaches, I explained that ECA bridges cultures and promotes understanding between the United States and other countries through a diverse range of exchange programs. Exchanges with youth, emerging leaders, academics, athletes, and the arts community, send Americans abroad and bring participants to the United States. International participants meet directly with Americans and experience American culture and values first-hand. I reminded our visiting group of coaches that it is equally important for them to share their background and culture with the Americans they meet. It is this mutual sharing of cultures, ideas, and practices that leads to a better understanding of our counterparts around the world.
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ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Tuesday said that they had taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The two companies completed the implementation from RTL to tape out in six months using TSMC's open innovation platform (OIP) 20nm design ecosystem.
Building on this tape out, ARM will optimize its physical IP technology to specific TSMC 20nm process technologies for power, performance and area (PPA), driving the specification of the Cortex-A15 processor optimization pack (POP). TSMC's 20nm process provides more than a two times performance increase over preceding generations.
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Q: Can you tell us about G.A. Family Services?
A: We're a not-for-profit organization that provides an array of programs for at risk youth and families in the surrounding counties. We offer a residential treatment center, schooling, therapeutic foster care and preventive in-home services. Youth are placed at G.A. by family court, the Department of Health and Human Services, or public school districts. We're founded on a tradition of caring and compassion toward youth that goes back to 1886. Our services are individualized, child-centered and permanency-focused. Our website address is www.lutheran-jamestown.org/ga-family
Q: What is your educational background?
A: I received my master's in social work from Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., and my bachelor's in sociology from Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y.
Q: What is one characteristic that you believe every leader should possess?
A: I think a leader should have a vision for their organization and not settle for complacency.
Q: What are the biggest challenges facing leaders today?
A: One of the biggest challenges is keeping abreast of what is happening in your field and its potential impact upon your organization.
Q: What is one mistake you witness leaders making more frequently than others?
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Q: Can you explain the impact, if any, that social networking has made on your organization or you personally as a leader?
A: Social networking sites have provided organizations and individuals the opportunity to share their thoughts with the masses through a simple touch of a button. They have definitely changed how we communicate with each other. Social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn have allowed me to keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. I am a firm believer in developing a network of influential people who can impact you down the road. I work hard to collect "friends" and avoid collecting enemies. You never know when a friend can/will help you down the road.
Q: What are a few resources you would recommend to someone looking to gain insight into becoming a better leader?
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Q: What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?
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- 2 teaspoons garlic flakes
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium beef broth
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Heat a stove-top grill pan or griddle with cooking spray over medium-high heat to preheat. Place peppercorns in a plastic bag and smash with the flat side of a meat mallet, or bottom of a heavy skillet, until finely crushed. Season both sides of flank steak with crushed peppercorns, salt and garlic flakes.
Place steak on hot pan and cook 5 minutes per side for medium doneness. Remove from heat and let steak rest 10 minutes. Slice meat crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices.
While the steak is cooking, Place diced bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crisp. Add vinegar and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes, or until liquid reduces. In a small bowl, add broth and cornstarch, whisking until cornstarch is completely dissolved, and add to skillet. Simmer 2 minutes bringing to a full boil, until sauce thickens. Remove from heat, spoon sauce over steak slices and top with parsley.
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Satellite-Based Landing System Begins Operations at Frankfurt Airport
Germany's Frankfurt Airport has begun operating a new generation satellite-based landing system, the NORMARC 8100 CAT III Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), designed to increase runway capacity under low visibility conditions.
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The NORMARC system, developed by Indra Navia, was implemented under the European SESAR program. GBAS augments signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), making them accurate enough to use during airport approaches and landings, the company said.
Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), in cooperation with EUROCONTROL, is beginning system validation testing with the Frankfurt GBAS.
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Ireland's best Wayne Partridge went with such an elegant and captivating curled out hairstyle going with a platinum white color which really brings out the curls and might not be as easy as it looks to get a white looking this flawless! We are excited to see more gorgeous looks in 2014 from Wayne which definitely made his mark last year as Ireland's best hairstylist.
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Saturday night, Showtime.
Regardless of whether or not you are an obsessed boxing fan that watches fights every Friday and Saturday night, or the casual fan that just tunes in for the biggest bouts, do not miss this one.
Rafael Marquez was the established king at 118. Israel Vasquez was tops at 122. Last January, it finally became inevitable. These guys, both Mexican, both on top pound for pound lists everywhere ... had to meet.
The fight was amazing. Got another chance to see it last night. Both guys are so quick, and very powerful for this weight class. So many times at the lower weight classes ... you'll see guys beat each other up without bloodying each other. Not these guys. In the 1st round, Marquez had completely busted Vasquez's nose, and soaked his face in blood. The fight looked over. Then Vasquez fought back, dropping Marquez in the 3rd after a couple of ferocious hooks. The two went toe to toe for four more rounds, landing power shot after power shot. After 7, Vasquez's nose stretched from ear to ear. It was so badly broken he could no longer continue.
Fast forward to August. The rematch. As amazing as the first fight was, this one was even better. The 3rd round of this fight was the greatest round of boxing I have ever seen, save only the classsic Hagler/Hearns 1st rd of their one fight where they just came out and killed each other for three minutes from the opening bell.
And then my thoughts were validated when ESPN called it the best round of boxing last year.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing ... id=3173658
Many columnists also called the second fight the top overall fight of the year. It made every top 3 list.
Vasquez ended up winning the second one with a series of vicious left hooks in the 6th.
Despite their stature, these are two of the most violent knockout artists in the sport. And the first two fights have been amazing. The third is certain to be as well.
The trilogy is going to go down as one of the greatest in recent boxing history, right up there with Gatti/Ward and Barrera/Morales.
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This week, right-wing polling firm Rasmussen Reports heralded a new poll which supposedly revealed that 64% of Americans think that "Supreme Court decisions should be based on what is written in the Constitution," whereas only 27% think the decisions "should be guided by fairness and justice." Yes, you heard that right, Rasmussen conducted a poll which pitted "fairness and justice" against "what is written in the Constitution" and then blasted out a press release about their amazing findings.
The media all too often treats pollsters like they're interchangeable, and that's a shame. Rasmussen is infamous among pollsters for its automated polling method – computers, not people, ask the questions – which is frowned upon by mainstream practitioners. And sometimes I have to wonder whether the computers are doing more than just asking the questions. It's almost as if they're writing the poll questions and sending out the press releases too.
But back to this week's poll. Focus on the Family quickly chimed in to say it "reveals that the American people are much more conservative regarding judges than our president is or any of the liberals in Congress." This is laughable, but we can't just laugh it off.
The Right has convinced millions of Americans that the Constitution is inherently conservative and that woolly-headed liberal judges disregard the Constitution and our laws in order to reach their desired outcomes. But these are just myths they've created to help prevent what we, and the overwhelming majority of Americans, really want: a Supreme Court that interprets the Constitution in a fair and just way. There is no need to choose between "fairness and justice" and "what is written in the Constitution." We want both.
And as for Rasmussen, it's clear enough to see the game they're playing. If you ask people ridiculous questions they're going to give you ridiculous responses. You don't need a poll and a press release to tell us that.
Kathryn Kolbert is president of People For the American Way Foundation


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Anti-bullying strategies addressed
MARSHALL – Bullying is something many have painful memories of from school if they were perceived as outsiders.
Representatives of the Safe Schools for All coalition and Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays came to the Marshall Adult Community Center on Saturday to talk about identification and prevention of bullying in schools and the proposed Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act.
"I do this work because I had a pretty rough experience growing up," said Justin Anderson, safe schools organizer with OutFront Minnesota. "But I found my voice. I didn't just walk away after I graduated because I knew shat it's like not to have a voice."
The seminar wasn't focused exclusively on bullying of gay students, but of any kids perceived as unattractive, unpopular, disabled or nonconformist in any way.
Katherine Plotz, a former seventh-grade language arts teacher in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, now coordinator for MN Safe Schools for All, described how she got involved after she found school district policies were inadequate to deal with the issue.
"In the district where I worked there were some significant problems with bullying and I think of them when I do my work," Plotz said
The speakers talked about what bullying is, and how to deal with it, and just as importantly what it's not, and what are ineffective strategies for educators in dealing with it.
Bullying in not conflict, a harmless rite of passage, nor inevitable, according to Plotz. Bullying can be physical social, verbal, or cyber, and is always aggressive and repeated.
For educators effective anti-bullying strategies revolve around:
Stop it, immediately,
Name it, call it what it is and clearly communicate it is unacceptable.
Claim it, remind students of our values and promote them.
These steps should be followed up with: Report it, and Revisit it.
Finally, Nicque Mabrey associate director of policy for Outfront Minnesota and a former legislative assistant for State Sen. Linda Higgins (DFL) gave a summary history of the drafting of the Safe and Supportive Schools Act, introduced in the legislature in February.
According to Mabrey, the act defines bullying, enumerates protections, requires school policies include policies for handling prohibited conduct, requires training in prevention and intervention, and establishes a School Climate Center within the state Department of Education.


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