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Injustice 2
Power up and build the ultimate version of your favorite DC legends in INJUSTICE 2. With a massive selection of DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, INJUSTICE 2 allows you to equip every iconic character with unique and powerful gear earned throughout the game. Experience an unprecedented level of control over how your favorite characters look, how they fight, and how they develop across a huge variety of game modes. This is your super Hero. Your Journey. Your Injustice.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will feature a variety of exciting and accessible single player modes and rich multi-player content for new players and longtime fans alike. In addition to single player Arcade, Training and Mission modes, a visually stunning and immersive cinematic Story Mode will put players at the center of both universes as they battle for survival against a sinister new threat. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is being built to highlight a combination of iconic locations and fan favorite characters from both universes, including Captain Marvel and Iron Man from the Marvel side, and Ryu and Mega Man X from Capcom.
Tekken 7
Experience the epic conclusion of the Mishima clan and unravel the reasons behind each step of their ceaseless fight. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, TEKKEN 7 features stunning story-driven cinematic battles and intense duels that can be enjoyed with friends and rivals alike through innovative fight mechanics.
Tanki Online
Tanki Online is a free multiplayer, browser-based, free-to-play game in the arcade tank simulator genre.
Players plays as customized tanks on different maps to defeat opponents in team battle or alone. Other game modes include capture the flag and retain a strategic position. Based on overall performance game credits in form of golds are provided.
Credits can be redeemed to upgrade tank performances.
Specialized communities are based on the game especially from Eastern Europe , Russia and South Asian nations.
Game graphics can work perfectly on decade old pc without any dedicated gpu, that makes for it high demographic appeal.
Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat X (pronounced "Mortal Kombat Ex") is an upcoming fighting game currently in development by NetherRealm Studios. It is the tenth main title in the Mortal Kombat series and is being developed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with a release scheduled for 2015.
Like previous entries in the series, Mortal Kombat X is a fighting game in which two players fight against each other using a variety of attacks, special moves, and gruesome Fatalities. The energy meter, first introduced in the previous title, once again allows players to perform techniques such as brutal X-Ray moves, with some refinements made to the system. Similar to NetherRealm Studio's previous title, Injustice: Gods Among Us, fighters can now interact with the environment, bouncing off areas to reposition themselves or using parts of the environment as weapons. Each fighter now has three different variations, each featuring a different set of moves they can use during the match. For example, Scorpion can use the Ninjutsu variation, in which he wields dual swords, or the Hellfire variation, which relies more of fiery special moves. There also plans for fully connected online functionality.
NetherRealm Studios started publicly hiring for the eighth generation development in April 2012. In July 2013, a new Mortal Kombat game was announced to be in development and was said to be released alongside the film series' reboot in September 2015. At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, Lance Sloan, producer of the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, confirmed the next Mortal Kombat game to be in production, and that there were intentions of a simultaneous release between the game and a new Mortal Kombat film.
In February 2014, actor Kiefer Sutherland revealed his involvement in this "huge game." According to Karen Strassman's (the voice of Kitana and Mileena in 2011's Mortal Kombat) acting resume, the game's working title was Mortal Kombat 2. The game's poster was leaked and an updated version of the series' iconic dragon logo was revealed on May 28, 2014. Series creator Ed Boon posted daily riddles on his Twitter account that constituted a countdown suggesting a June 2 announcement date with the game's title speculated to be Mortal Kombat X. One of the Twitter clues left by Boon teasing this title was the image of a Lincoln MKX emblem posted with the comment, "I wonder what the X stands for?"
On June 2, 2014, the title was indeed officially revealed as Mortal Kombat X, alongside an official reveal trailer featuring a fight between the iconic characters Scorpion and Sub-Zero. The game made its first public appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014, starting on June 10, where four new characters were revealed, apart from the two already revealed by the trailer. NetherRealm Studios themselves are working on only the PS4 and Xbox one versions.
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Superfighters Deluxe
Superfighters Deluxe is a multiplayer 2D action game where little flat-headed men fight to the death in small and highly destructible arenas. Surviving each round takes skill, strategy and luck.
Street Fighter V
The legendary fighting franchise returns with STREET FIGHTER V. Stunning visuals depict the next generation of World Warriors in unprecedented detail, while exciting and accessible battle mechanics deliver endless fighting fun that both beginners and veterans can enjoy.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us
What if our greatest heroes became our greatest threat? Injustice: Gods Among Us introduces a bold new franchise to the fighting game genre from NetherRealm Studios, creators of the definitive fighting game Mortal Kombat. Featuring DC Comics icons such Batman, Cyborg, The Flash, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman and Wonder Woman, the latest title from the award-winning studio presents a deep original story. Heroes and villains will engage in epic battles on a massive scale in a world where the line between good and evil has been blurred.
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Tekken 3
Tekken 3 maintains the same core fighting system and concept as its predecessors, but brings many improvements, such as significantly more detailed graphics and animations, fifteen new characters added to the game's roster, more modern music and faster and more fluid gameplay.
Perhaps the most noticeable change from Tekken 2 fight system is movement reform - whereas the element of depth had been largely insignificant in previous Tekken games (aside from some characters having unique sidesteps and dodging maneuvers), Tekken 3 added emphasis on the third axis, allowing all characters to sidestep in or out of the background by lightly pressing the arcade stick (or tapping the controller button in the console version) towards the corresponding direction. Another big change in movement was that jumping was toned down, no longer allowing fighters to jump to extreme heights (as was present in previous games), but keeping leaps to reasonable, realistic heights. It made air combat more controllable, and put more use to sidestep dodges, as jumping no longer became a universal dodge move that was flying above all of the ground moves. Other than that, the improved engine allowed for quick recoveries from knock-downs, more escapes from tackles and stuns, better juggling (as many old moves had changed parameters, allowing them to connect in combo-situations, where they wouldn't connect in previous games) and extra newly created combo throws.
Tekken 3 was the first Tekken to feature a beat 'em up minigame called "Tekken Force", which pitted the player in various stages against enemies in a side-scrolling fashion. If the player succeeds in beating the minigame four times, Dr. Bosconovitch would be a playable character (granted that you defeat him first). This was continued in Tekken 4 and succeeded by the Devil Within minigame in Tekken 5 - but Boskonovitch was dropped as a playable character after Tekken 3. There is also a minigame "Tekken Ball", similar to beach volleyball, where one has to hit the ball with a powerful attack to hurt the opponent or try to hit the ball in such a way that it hits the ground in the opponent's area, thus causing damage.
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations
The title will power the series into the future by revolutionizing online play and ramping up the number of playable and support characters far beyond any NARUTO game in the wildly popular franchise. Players will compete in a variety of online battle modes with their favorite NARUTO characters, including Naruto and Sasuke. NARUTO fans have been waiting to see more of Zabuza and Haku since the launch of the original Manga, and now they will have their chance!
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Several years after his last adventure, retired fortune hunter, Nathan Drake, is forced back into the world of thieves. With the stakes much more personal, Drake embarks on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. His greatest adventure will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.
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Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
The lovable martial arts panda bear, Po, and his many friends and adversaries in the Valley of Peace will face off in the ultimate martial arts challenge ... the first-ever Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends! Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends will bring fans a fresh and fist-pumping way to experience DreamWorks Animation's beloved franchise with explosive, fast-as-lightning action! With a variety of challenging multiplayer levels, familiar film locations and 20 playable fan-favorite Kung Fu Panda characters, the game will appeal to gamers who like their brawler games served up with a side of laughter.
SoulCalibur II
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the fourth console-based entry in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games. With an even larger roster of fighters than its predecessors and the introduction eight player battles, Smash for Wii U continues to add to the formula that gamers have loved since 1999.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
A classic and legendary Nintendo title, this game was the number one seller of all time for the Nintendo GameCube. To this day, this game still maintains a very strong competitive following.
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Steel Division: Normandy 44
Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a Tactical Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game, developed by Eugen Systems, the creators of titles like Wargame and R.U.S.E. This new game puts players in command of detailed, historically accurate tanks, troops, and vehicles at the height of World War II. Players can measure their tactical skills against several opponents in big multiplayer battles or against enemies in a challenging single-player campaign. Steel Division: Normandy 44 allows players to take control over legendary military divisions from six different countries, such as the American 101st Airborne, the German armored 21st Panzer or the 3rd Canadian Division, during the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Battle Raper II
Battle Raper II is a weapon-based 3D fighting game in which the players are able to knock female opponents' clothing off. Every character has unlimited guard, a move that can not be blocked, as well as a super move. The game also features a variety of alternative clothing items and weapons for all the characters that can be used to edit their models.
The game includes a single-player story mode, a multiplayer mode, and an Extras mode which is unlocked after finishing the storyline. As opposed to the first Battle Raper, the sequel actually does not feature rape but only consensual sex. Once a fight against a female character is won, the game enters a special mode where the unconscious woman lies on the ground in front of the player who now has to heal her wounds. The Replay mode allows the player to have sex with a chosen female character.


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Zuma acknowledges rift between Gordhan and Sars chief Moyane
ANC pressure has forced President Jacob Zuma to act decisively to end a damaging power struggle between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his tax chief that has battered the rand, increasing the likelihood of a downgrading of the country's credit rating.
Yesterday Zuma, accused of using SA Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane to wage a proxy battle against Gordhan, acknowledged the rift between the two men but stressed that the minister ''remains the minister of finance'' and that his job was not on the line.
Reports that Zuma and Gordhan were in conflict were "a total fabrication and mischievous sensationalism," the Presidency said.
Barely an hour earlier the Hawks said it was not investigating Gordhan ''per se'', over a ''rogue unit'', formed at SARS while he was tax commissioner in 2009, that had allegedly spied on politicians and others, but was merely seeking his assistance.
It emerged last week that, days before Gordhan delivered his Budget speech, the priority crimes investigation unit had sent him 27 questions relating to the SARS unit and had instructed him to deliver his response by hand by tomorrow.
The revelations - and Gordhan's disclosure that Moyane, a Zuma loyalist, had flouted his instruction to halt the restructuring of the revenue service - hammered the rand on Friday amid concerns that the minister would lose his job.
The collapse of the currency - and the ruling party's intervention in the debacle - are both eerily reminiscent of events in December when Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene and appointed an ANC backbencher as finance minister before being forced to reappoint Gordhan.
Last night the rand strengthened to R15.77 to the dollar at 6pm, after plummeting to R16.23 on Friday.
Yesterday senior ANC insiders told The Times the party had to step in and provide direction. ''We could not allow this conflict to collapse the state. That is why we had to take charge and impress upon the president about what needs to be done,'' one leader said.
''If not handled properly the state will collapse and this will lead to our people taking to the streets. We can't afford that, not at this time when our economy is on its knees.
''While the president can't interfere in the work of state institutions, he, however, is expected to provide leadership.''
The party's intervention follows fierce criticism of the Hawks' actions by ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe who on Friday questioned the timing of the police unit's questions to Gordhan, suggesting that it was ''an effort to destabilise the economy", but Zuma's office dismissed ''rumours and gossip which insinuate some conspiracy'' against the minister.
On Sunday the SACP joined the ANC in supporting Gordhan.
Yesterday, the Presidency said: "Media reports demanding that the president should summarily dismiss the SARS commissioner or interfere with the work of government agencies are unhelpful.
"There are prescripts within government which stipulate the processes to be utilised to resolve labour-relations issues or disputes ..."
It said the difficulty in the relationship between Gordhan and Moyane ''is being dealt with through the correct channels using the correct legal prescripts''. Zuma had begun discussions with Gordhan and Moyane ''long before the State of the Nation address and Budget 2016", the statement said.
The Hawks earlier dismissed as "unsubstantiated" reports that Gordhan was the target of its investigation, arguing that "it is not in the interest of justice when matters under investigation are blown out of proportion and in the process victimising certain individuals".
The unit said: ''We can confirm that as the Hawks we are investigating a case concerning the alleged illegal operations by a so-called 'rogue unit' within the SA Revenue Service, not Mr Gordhan per se.
"Mr Gordhan was the commissioner at SARS at the time the covert unit was allegedly established. As part of our thorough investigations into the operations of the said unit we needed some clarity and Mr Gordhan ... was the suitable man to talk to, hence we sent him a set of questions."
Frosty relations between Gordhan and Moyane follow the latter's insistence on restructuring SARS, which Gordhan had helped turn into a world-class institution.


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Hi, I'm new here and my big question is how to know if cooking/baking is right for me. I am 16 years old and have about 2 years cooking experience in a soup kitchen. Recently I've been interested in cooking and baking as a career because it's really the only job that makes sense to me.. (Only thing I'm good at really). I visited the CIA and loved the school but obviously school is not the real world. Please give me any input or advice you have. Thanks
Is cooking/baking right for me?
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You have to do what's right for you. I'm not a cook in a restaurant or a baker, but my family did own a restaurant when I was growing up and I worked there everyday all through school. The food industry is the hardest industry to work in in my opinion. The hours are long, the pay is not great. And forget about having friday and saturday nights free. You'll be the guy working on Christmas, New year's eve, weekends and holidays.
I find that being a "chef" now is glorified on television. I wish I could tell you it would be glamorous but it's not. It's hot in the kitchen and not everyone gets to be Mario Batali. Think more along the lines of Hell's Kitchen contestants, that's a bit more real life people. CIA is pretty expensive, no?
"You are what you eat, so don't be fast, cheap, easy, or fake."
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That's what it cost for a four-year degree
at CIA @ Hyde Park?
That breaks down to $29,700.75/year
That's a lot of money, you could buy a house!
What about at the end of the country?
$13350.00/year for a AS in Culinary Arts @ the University of Hawaii Kapiolani Campus (KCC) for a Non-resident
Both schools price point includes room and board,
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UH-KCC also includes transportation and personal costs.
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Whatever you want to do in your heart sweetie :) i say go for it, i'm also persuing a career in catering, i want to work for a company or resturant that organizes parties and events (doing it on my own has nothing in it for me to live off at all), cooking for sure is awesome :D i'm only 22 and i love to cook, do whatever you find fun to do.


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Fuentes, Carlos 1928-
Mexican novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter, critic, and essayist.
Fuentes is regarded by many as Mexico's foremost contemporary fiction writer. His abilities in the short story genre have been acclaimed by critics, though his short fiction has generally received less attention than his novels. Nonetheless, Fuentes's overriding literary concerns are the same in both genres; in both he explores the issue of Mexico's national character and attempts to more firmly establish the country's cultural identity. To accomplish this, he incorporates myth, legend, and history into his work, probing the past events of his homeland and the essence of modern Mexican society. His short fiction features unusual treatments of time and the use of fantastic, seemingly supernatural, events. He is also known for the ironic twists that he frequently places at the conclusion of his short narratives. His deft handling of this classic short story tool has helped to establish his strong reputation in the genre.
Biographical Information
Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama, the son of a Mexican career diplomat living abroad. Because of his father's work, Fuentes spent much of his childhood in foreign countries, including the capital cities of many Latin American countries and also Washington, D.C., where he lived for much of the 1930s. He attended high school in Mexico City and later entered the National University of Mexico. While studying law there, he published several short stories and critical essays in journals, thereby launching his literary career. After graduating from law school, Fuentes travelled to Geneva, Switzerland, to study international law, and in 1950 he began a diplomatic career that has included two appointments to Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the position of Mexican ambassador to France from 1975 to 1977. In 1959 he married Rita Macedo, a film actress. The marriage lasted ten years, and in 1973 he married Sylvia Lemus. Fuentes has three children, a daughter from his first marriage and a son and a daughter from his second. In addition to his writing and his diplomatic assignments, he has served as a lecturer at universities all over the world, including the University of Paris and Columbia University.
Major Works
Los días enmascarados (The Masked Days), Fuentes's first collection of short fiction, appeared in 1954. The book contains two stories that have received significant critical attention: "Chac Mool" and "Tlactocatzine, del jardin de Flandes" (which has been translated as "Tlactocatzine, in the Garden of Flanders" and "In a Flemish Garden"). Both stories reflect the author's fascination with Mexican history and his use of fantastic occurrences to demonstrate the continuing influence of the past. "Chac Mool" takes its title from an ancient rain god sacred to pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico. A statue of the god is obtained by the protagonist Filiberto, a contemporary Mexican who collects native art. After installing the statue in his basement, the Chac Mool seems to come to life, disrupting Filiberto's existence and eventually killing him. Much of "Chac Mool" is related in the form of Filiberto's diary, and this form of epistolary narration is employed in a number of Fuentes's stories. "Chac Mool" also incorporates the commentary of Filiberto's friend who first thinks the tale of the living god is the product of Filiberto's imagination. This theory is brought into question, however, by the story's surprising conclusion. "Tlactocatzine" is also set in Mexico in the mid-twentieth century. A man named Carlos moves into an old house in Mexico City and soon encounters an old woman in the garden of the residence. She turns out to be Cariota, the wife of Maximilian, the short-lived Hapsburg emperor of Mexico in the 1800s. At the story's conclusion, Carlos finds himself trapped in the garden with Carlota, unable or unwilling to return to the present-day realities he finds unpleasant. A similar situation unfolds in the novella Aura, published in 1962. Here, the main character Felipe becomes a secretary to an old woman who lives with her young niece, Aura. Felipe and Aura become lovers but, in the end, the old woman and Aura seem to be one person, and Felipe comes to believe that he is some kind of reincarnation of the old woman's deceased husband, a former Mexican military leader.
Fuentes's second major collection of stories Cantar de ciegos (Song of the Blind) signaled a new development in his short fiction. The narratives show less concern with historical figures and supernatural elements, instead featuring detailed character studies of individuals in contemporary society. "Las dos Elenas" ("The Two Elenas") concerns a mother and daughter who seemingly have different attitudes in many things—the daughter expressing a cosmopolitan openness to new experiences, the mother upholding a more conservative code of behavior. The story's conclusion, however, contains a surprise that shows both women's actions are at odds with their statements. An unexpected conclusion also figures in "La muñeca reina" ("The Doll Queen"), in which the nostalgic narrator attempts to return to his youth by finding a girl he knew when he was a child. When he does track down the woman, the result is more grotesque than idyllic; she is now physically deformed and is kept hidden by her parents who cannot accept her imperfect condition. The theme of compromised ideals runs through many of the stories in the volume. The narratives seem to suggest that those who cling to sentimental notions or espouse sharply defined codes of conduct are prone to ironic twists that leave them disappointed.
The works in Fuentes's later short fiction collections have received less critical attention than his early stories. He has continued to experiment with the genre, however, focusing primarily on novellas and extended narratives. Constancia y otras novelas para vírgenes [Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins] again employs elements of the supernatural while presenting characters that are obsessed by past events, both historic and personal. The Orange Tree takes a panoramic view of history, using five novellas to address such topics as the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés, Columbus reconsidering his discovery of the new world, and Roman rule in ancient Spain.
Critical Reception
Fuentes's short fiction has been well-received. While his novels have sometimes been criticized for being inaccessible and overly intellectual, the stories have received nearly universal acclaim, partly due to their brevity and the classic short story mold that Fuentes employs. At the same time, the unusual mix of bizarre occurrences, social commentary, and mythological allusions have given critics much to puzzle over. "Chac Mool" has been analyzed as a prime example of fantastic literature, and surreal eruption of the past into the present in this and other stories has invited many critical explanations of the author's intent. Several studies have linked Fuentes's characters to various archetypal figures, including those of the Great Mother and the witch, with Aura being the focus of many of these analyses. The depiction of females in the stories has also generated a fair amount of criticism; several observers have praised Fuentes's work for making transparent the power struggles which create inequalities between the sexes. Of the few negative comments about the stories, the one most often heard is that Fuentes occasionally places too much emphasis on making satiric political statements. Because of this, some critics claim, certain stories become less effective as fiction. Complaints of this kind are rare, however. Fuentes has assumed a respected position among contemporary short story writers.
Principal Works
Short Fiction
Los días enmascarados [The Masked Days] 1954
Aura (novella) 1962
Cantar de ciegos [Song of the Blind] 1964
*Dos cuentos mexicanos [Two Mexican Stories] 1969
†Chac Mool y otros cuentos [Chac Mool and Other Stories] 1973
†Agua quemada [Burnt Water] 1980
Constancia y otras novelas para vírgenes [Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins] 1989
The Orange Tree (novellas) 1994
La Región más transparente [Where the Air the Air is Clear] 1958
Las buenas consciencias [The Good Conscience] 1959
La muerte de Artemio Cruz [The Death of Artemio Cruz] 1962
Cambio de Piel [A Change of Skin] 1967
Zona Sagrada [Holy Place] 1967
Cumpleaños [Birthday] 1969
Terra Nostra 1975
La cabeza de hidra [Hydra Head] 1978
Una familia lejana [Distant Relations] 1980
El gringo viejo [The Old Gringo] 1985
Cristóbal nonato [Christopher Unborn] 1987
La Campaña [The Campaign] 1990
Other Major Works
The Argument of Latin America: Words for North Americans (nonfiction) 1963
Pedro Paramo (screenplay) 1966
Tiempo de morir (screenplay) 1966
Los caifanes (screenplay) 1967
Paris: La revolución de mayo (nonfiction) 1968
La nueva novelo hispanoamerica (criticism) 1969
Casa con dos puertas [House with Two Doors] (nonfiction) 1970
Todos los gatos son pardos (play) 1970
El tuerto es rey (play) 1970
Poemas de amor: Cuentos del alma (poetry) 1971
Tiempo mexicano [Mexican Time] (nonfiction) 1971
Cervantes; o, La crítica de la lectura [published as Don Quixote; or, The Critique of Reading] (nonfiction) 1976
Orquídeas a la luz de la luna [Orchids in the Moonlight] (play) 1982
High Noon in Latin America (nonfiction) 1983
On Human Rights: A Speech 1984
Latin America: At War with the Past (nonfiction) 1985
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Invention of America (criticism) 1987
Myself with Others: Selected Essays 1988
The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World (essays) 1992
*This volume is made up of two stories originally published in Cantar de ciegos.
†These collections contain stories published in previous volumes.
Joseph Sommers (essay date 1966)
SOURCE: A review of Cantar de ciegos, in Books Abroad, Vol. 40, No. 1, Winter, 1966, pp. 69-70.
[Sommers was an American educator and critic whose books included After the Storm: Landmarks of the Modern Mexican Novel (1968). In this review of Cantar de ciegos, Sommers praises the "wide ranging variety" of the stories in the collection.]
One of Mexico's most accomplished young writers (born in 1928) confirms his admirable penchant for experimenting, almost always successfully, with new themes and styles, in this second volume of short stories [Cantar de ciegos].
Equidistant between earlier fictional works—the novel La...
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Richard M. Reeve (essay date 1971)
SOURCE: "Carlos Fuentes and the New Short Story in Mexico," in Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Winter, 1971, pp. 169-79.
[Reeve is an American critic and educator and the author of An Annotated Bibliography of Carols Fuentes (1970). In the following essay, Reeve traces the trajectory of Fuentes's short fiction, noting his preoccupation with Mexico's colonial past.]
If asked to list the important Mexican short story writers of today, one would no doubt call to mind the names of the dual deities of short fiction. Juan José Arreola and Juan Rulfo, who during their heyday in the mid-fifties represented the universal-fantasy tendency on one side and the...
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Richard J. Callan (essay date 1971)
SOURCE: "The Jungian Basis of Carlos Fuentes' Aura," in Kentucky Romance Quarterly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, 1971, pp. 65-75.
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Anthony Julio Ciccone (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: "The Supernatural Persistence of the Past in Los días enmascarados [The Masked Days] by Carols Fuentes," in Latin American Literary Review, Vol. III, No. 6, Spring/Summer, 1975, pp. 37-48.
[In the following essay, Ciccone focuses on three of Fuentes 's stories from Los días enmascarados in order to discuss the author's treatment of temporality and the supernatural]
Carlos Fuentes, the brilliantly successful Mexican author, is a novelist, playwright and short-story writer. In the period of fifteen years, 1949-64, he wrote seventeen shorter narratives. Besides his two collections, Los días enmascarados (1954) [The Masked Days] and Cantar...
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Evan Connell (essay date 1980)
SOURCE: A review of Burnt Water, in The New York Times Book Review, Vol. LXXXV, No. 42, October 19, 1980, pp. 9, 34, 36.
[Connell is an American novelist and author of short stories and nonfiction whose books include the novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969), as well as the collected short story volume St. Augustine's Pigeon (1980). In the following review of Burnt Water, he praises Fuentes for his ability to fully describe the destitution of the working class near Mexico City, though he finds certain stories in the collection to be less successful than others.]
Reading these 11 stories is somewhat like watching people on a...
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Gloria B. Durán (essay date 1980)
SOURCE: "Aura and its Precedents in Fuentes's Earlier Works," in The Archetypes of Carlos Fuentes: From Witch to Androgyne, Archon Books, 1980, pp. 43-63.
[Durán is an American educator and critic. Here, she presents a survey of critical responses to Aura and offers her own analysis of the novella. Durán finds that Fuentes uses the figure of Aura/Consuelo as an archetypal witch or, more accurately, a sorceress. The critic argues that this figure encompasses both creative and destructive elements and serves to address the human need to transcend space, time, and identity.]
Aura: The Plot
Aura is a fairy tale...
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John S. Brushwood (essay date 1982)
SOURCE: "Los dias enmascarados and Cantar de ciegos: Reading the Stories and Reading the Books," in Carlos Fuentes, A Critical View, edited by Robert Brody and Charles Rossman, University of Texas Press, 1982, pp. 18-33.
[Brushwood is an American critic and educator specializing in Mexican, Mexican American, and Spanish American literature. In the following essay, he examines the reading experience of two Fuentes story collections and proposes a new ordering for the stories so that would make the volumes more effective. In the process, he analyzes the narrative techniques employed by Fuentes.]
Several characteristics of Carlos Fuentes' fiction vie for...
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Wendy B. Faris (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: "Short Fiction and Theater: Magical Realism, Symbolic Action," in Carlos Fuentes, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, pp. 69-100.
[Faris is an American critic and educator. In this excerpt from her book-length study of Fuentes's work, she comments on the elements of magical realism that she detects in Aura and in Fuentes's short fiction collection Burnt Water.]
Fuentes has always been fascinated by what he calls "the world of the second reality": "I have always attempted to perceive behind the spectral appearance of things a more tangible, more solid reality than the obvious everyday reality." He claims that this continuing interest stems from...
(The entire section is 6130 words.)
Cynthia Duncan (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: "Carlos Fuentes' 'Chac Mool' and Todorov's Theory of the Fantastic: A Case for the Twentieth Century," in Hispanic Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall, 1986, pp. 125-33.
[In the following essay, Duncan attempts to place Fuentes's story "Chac Mool" within the tradition of "fantastic" literature as the term is defined by the critic Tzvetan Todorov. While Todorov reserves the genre for certain writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Duncan believes that "Chac Mool" and the work of other Latin American writers also fit Todorov's definition of fantastic literature.]
Tzvetan Todorov, in his landmark study The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary...
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Janet Perez (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "Aspects of the Triple Lunar Goddess in Fuentes' Short Fiction," in Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 1987, pp. 139-47.
[In the following essay, Perez examines how Fuentes uses the ancient myth of the "White Goddess" or "Mother Goddess" in his short fiction.]
Any reading but the most superficial will reveal the special, symbolic nature of female figures in Fuentes' works. Few of his women characters can be classed as mimetic portraits of individuals drawn from life, although there is usually a mixture of elements drawn from reality with ingredients of the mythic, magical or occult. The real tends to give way before the unreal at the story's end,...
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M. E. de Valdes (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "Fuentes on Mexican Feminophobia," in Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer, 1988, pp. 225-33.
[In the following analysis of the story "Mother's Day, " Valdes describes how Fuentes portrays masculine characters who stereotype the females in their lives, allowing the women only one of two roles, that of the virgin mother or that of the whore. The critic concludes that Fuentes 's story effectively portrays the emptiness and violence that are related to these stereotypical views.]
"Mother's Day" is a long short story (thirty-three pages) by Carlos Fuentes included in a collection of his short stories with the title Burnt Water translated by...
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Amanda Hopkinson (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: "Out of Juice," in New Statesman & Society, Vol 7, August 26, 1994, pp. 37-8.
[In this review of The Orange Tree, Hopkinson finds Fuentes's ideas "predictable" and "tired" and declares that the book is only partially redeemed by its humor.]
Carlos Fuentes needs little introduction. The hype on the covers of his novels, plays and essays lists his prizes and awards, his global scattering of posts as Mexican ambassador and as professor. It was during his post at Cambridge in 1992—the quincentennial of Columbus' landings—that he delivered the lectures that form the nucleus of these five novellas: perhaps that is why they have a familiar, not to say a...
(The entire section is 674 words.)
Carlos Fuentes (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: "A Son of Scheherazade," in Book World—The Washington Post, Vol. XXXVI, No. 17, April 28, 1996, pp. 1, 8.
[In the following essay, Fuentes describes his perceptions of the short story and his literary influences in the genre. In the process, he discusses his desire to mesh the "realistic" with the "fantastical" and how this desire resulted in the stories "The Doll Queen," "Chac Mool, " and "A Garden in Flanders."]
The novel is an ocean liner; the short story, a sailboat hugging the coast. Writing a novel requires an Olympic team. Singular as he or she may seem, the novelist is a team of painters, city planners, gossip columnists, fashion experts,...
(The entire section is 1522 words.)
Further Reading
Reeve, Richard M. "An Annotated Bibliography On Carlos Fuentes: 1949-69." Hispania, Vol. 53 (October 1970): 595-652.
Focuses on criticism published primarily in Mexico and the United States with less attention paid to works from other areas of Latin America and Europe.
Carter, June C. D. A review of Burnt Water. Latin America Literary Review IX, No. 19 (Fall-Winter 1981): 66-8.
Favorable review that finds the book to be "public evidence of Fuentes' meritorious skill in short fiction writing."
Chrzanowski, Joseph. "The Double in 'Las Dos Elenas' by Carlos...
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up to states to design their own systems—and determine whether they want to use
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LYNCHBURG — Some might think LEGOs are child's play. Randolph senior Wai Sze Cheung, (Winncy) knows better — especially when the LEGOs are being used in robotics.
The economics and physics major has spent the semester leading the first ever robotics team from Lynchburg's Jubilee Family Development Center. Jubilee is a nationally-recognized center for at-risk children in the heart of Lynchburg.
Winncy is no stranger to robotic competitions. As an exchange student in an Atlanta high school, she joined a robotics team that won the rookie award at the regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition and competed at the championship level.
"I still remember telling myself that I had to be a coach for a robotics team one day to spread this joy to someone else," she said.
With the help of Randolph's Society of Physics Students and as part of her senior capstone project for the Susan F. Davenport Leadership Program, Winncy volunteered to head a robotics team at the Jubilee Center. The team of middle schoolers has met every Saturday since September preparing for the Nov. 15 competition.
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Thousands of homeowners will still be able to take out insurance against flooding after insurers reached a deal with the government, it was announced today.
Under the agreement, insurers will guarantee to provide protection to any property deemed to have a risk of less than one in 75 from flooding.
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To achieve this the government has committed itself to a long-term, 25-year strategy to improve flood defences, said environment minister Phil Woolas.
The government said its plans to improve defences and encourage homeowners to protect their properties would mean that an existing statement of principles agreed by insurers could end in 2013.
The deal comes a year after floods hit areas of Hull, Gloucestershire and the Midlands, resulting in 180,000 claims for flood-damaged homes, businesses and cars, and payouts totalling £3bn.
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Woolas declined to estimate how many homes may fall outside the one-in-75 risk bracket and be classed as undefendable against floods, saying only: "That is not for government to declare."
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Do I dare to eat a peach?1915 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock' (first published in Poetry magazine, collected in Prufrock and Other Observations, 1917).
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What is charm, it is not a moral quality.. it is not intellectual for no man by much thinking is able to add a grain of it to his personality. One either has it or has it not, it cannot be acquired or even cultivated. It is not physical even.. it seems to be added to the human personality, an aura, a glow, the gold dust upon a butterfly's wing, the bloom upon a peach.flora thompson
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Playstation Network still "Under Maintenance"
Hey fellow PS'ers.
For the last two weeks straight, every single day I try to access the PSN store, either on my Vita or on the PS3, I always get a message saying that PSN is still undergoing maintence.
Now I just got off the phone half an hour ago with a Sony representative about a different matter regarding the Vita and the "An error has occurred", however I'm not here to talk about that. The representative told me that the maintenance was completed already and should be working 100%. (Basically told me in a political way to bug off, everythings fine)
Is anyone else having this problem? I can't get on the PSN store long enough to download Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and it's getting to be very annoying.
Also, it might be worth mentioning that I'm Canadian. Since Playstation.ca doesn't have a forum of it's own, we're limited to the US forums or nothing.
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There is currently no SEN (PSN) maintenance, the system is running fine.
I can only assume that the "issue" is a more localized one.
What happens when you perform an internet connection test, what results do you get?
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Here's what happens.
I connect to the PSN (SEN) store on my PS3 to take a look at the PSP games to get onto my Vita.
I get a message saying that the servers are under maintence, so I'm still in the store but nothing loads. Shortly after I get a message saying "Lost Connection with the Server" and get the boot.
This has been happening since the maintence two weeks ago. And ever since then, my PSP Vita's NEAR application hasn't worked at all, even with a factory reset and all that. The girl who took my call at Sony even hadn't the slightest idea why NEAR wouldnt work.
Thanks and sorry for the long reply.
Re: Playstation Network still "Under Maintenance"
I've tried connecting to the internet using the Vita at my College wifi. Before when I started using my Vita, it worked flawlessly. Now it just gives the same error.
Im hoping the next firmware update addresses this. I like having a system that works 100%
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I'm sorry to double post, but I had to comment on the current situation.
The PSN store seems to be clearing up, today I could finally get on the store to download the MGS Digital Graphic Novel and a load of other PSP games to load onto my Vita. Awesome!
However, the Vita problem with the NEAR application is still persisting. I've been googling this problem and other people have had it, but I'm not sure how they fixed it for themselves, a soft format was recommended but didn't do squat.
I've uploaded some pictures to IMGUR and I'll post them here if it would help any.
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I cannot add funds to my wallet, been trying several different times this weekend, all I get is that the system is under maintenance.
It always seems to be something with the PSN Store....guess I'll spend my future money with Xbox Live.
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It 3-16-13 And i am having the same thing.Talked to a psn person online and on the phone and they said things were fine they are not still having trouble they told be like you said nicely to buzz of.


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The school noted in last week's front-page story, "Autistic 12- Year-Old Cuffed, Shackled At FR School" was misidentified by the Department of Education as PS 253 in Far Rockaway. In fact, the school involved in the incident was PS 256 at PS/MS 43 on Beach 29 Street in Edgemere.
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When Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) released the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), it was touted as the foundational platform for HP's server and storage management. It is a mature systems solution that provides fault monitoring, inventory reporting and configuration management using a Web-based GUI or command line; and, it paved the way for similar solutions. Now, HP is hoping to do the same for hybrid cloud initiatives.
Recently, the company announced its Converged Cloud, a stealth portfolio of services designed for enterprise customers with hybrid cloud environments. Cloud computing enables companies of any size to achieve greater measures of business agility and cost effectiveness. It offers a range of advantages for transforming an IT department from a source of expense to a tool for greater corporate profit. But along with the benefits that accrue with implementing a cloud solution, new issues can arise. Security, data integrity, and high availability (HA) are just some of the concerns. For that reason, companies have felt more secure using hybrid cloud solutions. A hybrid cloud combines aspects of a public and private cloud to extend the infrastructure integrity.
The HP Converged Cloud converges elements and services for private, managed and public clouds with traditional IT for providing seamless access to cloud-based infrastructures, applications and information anywhere at any time. HP Cloud Services is based on the open source OpenStack cloud fabric. It has five core components: the Nova compute controller, Swift (News - Alert) object storage, Horizon administration dashboard, Keystone identity manager, and Glance image service.
According to Thomas Ryan, vice president of marketplace and ecosystem within HP's Cloud Services unit, "HP has come up with its own Cloud Block Storage analog to Amazon's Elastic Block Storage service that will complement the Swift service." HP Cloud Maps will be part of the new service being rolled out. It offers a set of pre-packaged templates to produce apps ready for push-button deployment as well as virtual application networks for combating the bottlenecks in workflows seen with older, legacy networks. HP will offer the new solution in beta mode as a public Infrastructure-as-a-Service on Thursday, May 10.


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[quote user="dezzzR"][quote user="bigblue4417"]The New York Giants will remember the Seahawks loss in late December.
While were busy figuring out tiebreakers in a four-way NFC East race,
Tom Coughlin will be having flashbacks to the game that got away.
This is about as miserable a feeling here as weve had in a long time, coach Tom Coughlin said after the game.

This game that got away figures to be a miserable memory for the Giants all season long.
[/quote]ohhh whats this? the point iv been trying to make all along? would ya look at that...
lol i love when a writer that u kill writes something u agree wtih all of a sudden hes a genious lol.
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Somehow my daughter made it to the age of four without ever playing with water balloons. We're going to remedy that this summer! After I tossed a pack of water balloons into our cart at the store recently and told her what they were, her eyes sparkled with excitement. I know she's going to love them, so I want to have a lot of ideas to keep us playing throughout the summer.
Today for the Discover & Explore Backyard Games theme I'm sharing some fun ways to play with water balloons. These are just a few of the ideas that come to mind when I think of water balloon games, but I would love to hear some more more suggestions in the comments.
Explore: Give kids (especially younger kids and those who've never used water balloons) some time to freely explore filled water balloons. They'll probably have more fun than you might think just playing with them for a while. They might:
- Feel the surface of the balloon
- Compare the weight of a balloon full of water and a balloon full of air
- Push on the balloon to see how it changes shape slightly
- Try to carry them around
- See what happens when you drop them
Fill It Up: Let the kids help you fill up the balloons and turn it into a game. You could:
- Set a timer and see how many balloons each kid could fill up in a certain time frame
- See who can fill the largest balloon without popping it.
Catch: Try many variations of catch. Kids could:
- Toss the balloon into the air and try to catch it themselves
- Play catch with a friend
- Play hot potato with a group
- Put soap or shaving cream on their hands and try to play catch
Water Balloon Yo-Yo: Make a simple yo-yo from Preschool Alphabet. I bet my kids will have a lot of fun trying these out!
Water Balloon Hunt: Hide water balloons like an Easter egg hunt. See how many each person can find and place in their buckets without breaking them
Water Balloon Fight: Of course there will be a water balloon fight at some point!
Balloon Drop: Experiment with dropping balloons from different heights. See what kind of splatter patterns they make on the ground.
Water Balloon Launcher: Make this DIY balloon launcher featured on Waterworks Canada. Use it for play or try to see who can launch a water balloon the longest distance.
Water Balloon Painting: Use water balloon with paint in them to make a large mural and enjoy a little active play at the same time. For a great visual example, check out this paint and play post from Growing a Jeweled Rose.
Play Water Balloon Sports: Use water balloons instead of balls to play your favorite sports. Try water balloon basketball, volley ball, or this water balloon baseball idea from Spoonful.
Experiments: You know we love our science experiments, so I can't wait to try these water balloon experiments from Train Up a Child. All three of them look awesome, but I think we'll have to try the water balloon eruptions experiment first!
Play and Learn: Add a little learning to playtime with these water balloon math ideas from No Time for Flashcards or this water balloon number target practice from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas.
If you are still looking for more water balloon inspiration, check out these collections of water balloon games and play ideas.
Super Fun Water Balloon Games from Family Fun in Omaha
15 Water Balloon Games from Posh Sitting
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A Kenney Mencher painting is like a man crying on a bus. You aren't supposed to watch, but something nags at you to look closer. Maybe you'll find out the full story.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Interesting person this Kenney Mencher, born in the Bronx, NY he was a dropout from HS, now a professor and artist, his work is something of a mystery, possiblely some are self-portraits? This theme of glasses half-full, is he battling his own demons? His works seem to be revolving and I continue to be amazed with his work.


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Location: Range Management ResearchTitle: Sound management may sequester methane in grazed rangeland ecosystems) Author
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|Wang, Shiping
|Zhai, Xiajie
|Brown, Joel
|Havstad, Kris
|Ma, Xiuzhi
|Wilkes, Andres
|Zhao, Mengli
|Tang, Shiming
|Zhou, Pei
|Jiang, Yuanyan
|Lu, Tingting
|Want, Zhongwu
|Li, Zhiguo
Submitted to: Scientific Reports
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/7/2014
Publication Date: 3/24/2014
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/58691
Citation: Wang, C., Han, G., Wang, S., Zhai, X., Brown, J., Havstad, K.M., Ma, X., Wilkes, A., Zhao, M., Tang, S., Zhou, P., Jiang, Y., Lu, T., Want, Z., Li, Z. 2014. Sound management may sequester methane in grazed rangeland ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 4:4444. Interpretive Summary: Methane is a gas that is produced from natural processes such as feed digestion by humans, livestock and bacteria. The amount of methane that is naturally produced has increased in recent decades in part due to increased numbers of humans and livestock. Methane gas does accumulate in the earth's atmospheric gas (especially in comparison to CO2), methane makes a large contribution to the heat trapping effects of increased gases in the Earth's atmosphere. There has been interest in funding ways to store methane naturally in soil and reduce its contribution to greenhouse gas concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere. This collaborative study conducted in China, and which has application to the management of US rangelands showed that rangeland with proper numbers of livestock reduced methane losses from soil and reduced the amount of methane that would enter the Earth's atmosphere. This study provided another reason why rangelands should not be overstocked with livestock.
Technical Abstract: Considering their contribution to global warming, the sources and sinks of methane (CH4) should be accounted when undertaking a greenhouse gas inventory for grazed rangeland ecosystems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mitigation potential of current ecological management programs implemented in the main rangeland regions of China. The influences of rangeland improvement, utilization and livestock production on CH4 flux/emission were assessed to estimate CH4 reduction potential. Results indicate that the grazed rangeland ecosystem is currently a net source of atmospheric CH4. However, there is potential to convert the ecosystem to a net sink by improving management practices. Previous assessments of capacity for CH4 uptake in grazed rangeland ecosystems have not considered improved livestock management practices and thus underestimated potential for CH4 uptake. Optimal fertilization, rest and light grazing, and intensification of livestock management contribute mitigation potential significantly.


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Eco-Journey is the blog of the Environmental Ministries Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It includes a wide array of environmental topics: upcoming environmental events, links to interesting articles and studies, information on environmental advocacy, eco-theology topics, and success stories from churches that are going "green."
Author Rebecca Barnes is the Associate for Environmental Ministries at the PC(USA). She is a graduate of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary with an MDiv and Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) dual degree.
Saint James Presbyterian Church (Bellingham, WA) voted to protect the environment, curb climate change, and stand in solidarity with the Lummi Nation whose lands are at risk of being developed for a new coal terminal.The Mission and Social Action Committee felt called to take a position and the church signed the solidatrity statement (below). All of these efforts hope to protect sacred lands and treaty rights, to reduce coal exports to China, and to decrease the shipping of coal across the continent as well.
Inter-faith statement of solidarity with Lummi Nation
Respect for sacred places is intrinsic in most religious traditions, often at places where a sense of the divine was manifested or experienced. Sacred sites for Christians in Jerusalem include the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional site of Jesus' burial and resurrection. For Muslims, there is the Dome of the Rock where the prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven. For Jews, there is the area associated with the second temple including the Temple Mount.
There are countless examples on all continents. Buddhists hold as holy the places where Buddha was born, enlightened, and died. The Ganges River is sacred to Hindus. Shinto shrines throughout Japan are used for the safekeeping of sacred objects as well as marking sacred spaces. Phiphidi is part of a network of sacred sites in South Africa. In Whatcom County, the Lummi Nation's sacred sites are thousands of years old.
More recently, sites in the US are considered sacred where there have been mass deaths including Gettysburg in PA, Hawaii's World War II Memorials, and Ground Zero in NYC, which have pivotal meaning for a whole nation.
Cemeteries are hallowed places for Christians, Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims. Hindus burn their dead and pour their ashes into the sacred Ganges River. Even among the secular there are the burial places of historical heroes and of fallen soldiers. Sacred are the memories of loved ones who have passed from this life. There is a strong moral presumption to oppose disrupting any of these sites and the sacred meanings attached to them.
We are deeply indebted to the Lummi and other indigenous peoples for reminding us that we are part of a living, dynamic cosmos. Creation has a dignity and purpose that goes beyond human quests for economic gain. We violate this when we refuse to accept the limits of Creation and our responsibilities to it, or when we are complicit in practices that result in the further destruction of the wellbeing of the creation for all.
We pray for help to see this beloved garden in the same way as our Lummi neighbors do—as sacred ground, sacred water, sacred air, mother of us all.
Thus, as people of faith, we stand in solidarity with the Lummi Nation in opposing any developments that disrupt their sacred lands and waters at Cherry Point.
Absolutely wonderful! My appreciation and gratitude for the congregation at St. James Presbyterian for taking this on!


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The Book of Earth
by Marjorie B. Kellogg
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This is the first of four dragon-themed novels, one for each of the 'elements': earth, air fire and water.
It's an entertaining but unexceptional fantasy novel. Young Erde, heiress of a barony, is also heir to mystic dragon magic, but her powerful aunt died before she could pass on her knowledge. Erde is now prey for her insane and potentially abusive father, who is being frighteningly influenced by an Inquisitorial priest who is preaching against both witches and dragons, and is incidentally also behind a rebellion against the king.
Necessity demands that she run away - which she does, and she nearly immediately encounters a dragon, who bonds himself to her (in an Anne-McCaffrey-influenced manner). Unfortunately, the dragon, named Earth, although he knows there's a reason for him to be around, doesn't know much else. He seems to be lacking memory, and is very immature. Erde and Earth will just have to muddle along and figure things out. Luckily, they run into a royalist baron who is a big fan of dragons, who's willing to help them.
The novel's pro-feminist, pro-pagan stance is not something I disagree with, but it became a little predictable at times. Also, although the author went out of her way to very specifically set the story in Germany, giving everyone German names and specifying the city of Erfurt, nothing about the characters, their behavior, or the setting feels German it all - it's just a generic fantasy-medieval setting
Erde, a young girl of royalty, finds herself in a most terrifying predicament. She escapes and joins up with two of the most unlikely traveling companions...
This was a good page turner for me. I was engrossed with the characters and fell in love with them from the start and found myself cheering them on from time to time. I found myself not wanting to put the book down.
Really good book. I've also got Volume Two.
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Virgin Media is putting the pedal to the metal, boosting broadband speeds from today to see some customers connecting to the Web at up to 120Mbps.
As part of the Double Your Speeds programme, your speeds should go up. If you're on a 100Mbps plan, your top speed is getting a shot in the arm, up to 120Mbps, to create a new top-tier service.
Virgin has upgraded nearly half of its network to improve speeds, offering greater bandwidth to fit more streamed video and music, uploaded Instagram snaps and other online carrying-on into your Internet pipes.
Virgin Media's line-up now includes packages promising maximum speeds of 30Mbps, 60Mbps and up to 100Mbps or 120Mbps.
Of course, these numbers are a theoretical maximum, and your actual speeds may be much less. That said, Virgin Media has in the past managed to be the only ISP to not only deliver the speeds advertised but even exceed them, according to telecoms watchdog Ofcom.
Last week, however, the Advertising Standards Agency rapped Virgin on the knuckles over misleading claims in adverts claiming the service would not buffer when watching video online.
Earlier this year, Ofcom also found that Virgin Media's up to 50Mbps package has the best performance, averaging 49Mbps. Virgin Media is also consistently one of the best broadband performers in terms of customer satisfaction, although not everybody loves the supplied SuperHub router.
You'll see the full benefit of the speed boosts by the middle of next year, when work is completed. How's your broadband? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our blisteringly fast Facebook page.


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(BOSTON) — The Boston Bruins came to terms on a contract extension with head coach Claude Julien on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In five seasons with the Bruins, the 52-year-old Julien has a record of 228-132-50. He led Boston to the Stanley Cup title in 2011.
"I'm extremely happy to remain here in Boston," Julien said. "Love the organization, love the city, I think my family is extremely happy here, so I couldn't ask for a better situation for myself, personally."
The Bruins have not missed the playoffs in Julien's five years at the helm.
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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 04/13/2017 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel like to sift through this fresh data and order the underlying components of the S&P 500 by "days to cover." There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded. The number of shares short is then compared to the average daily volume, in order to calculate the total number of trading days it would take to close out all of the open short positions if every share traded represented a short position being closed.
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If you have ever left your guinea pig out to play in your home you will know that they have a penchant for chewing anything in sight. This includes carpet, cables, toys, furniture and of course paper.
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So is it okay for guinea pigs to eat notebook paper and will it do them any harm?
Yes its absolutely fine for them to eat it and it won't do them any harm at all. They always need something to chew on so it will help in that instance, but because it isn't that tasty, they will probably leave it alone once they realise it isn't up to their usual taste requirements.