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I grab my backpack from my locker, shamming my books into it and swinging it over my shoulder. I loudly shut my locker with my foot and hurry from the school, hoping for some sushine. When the doors open and the air hits my face, I'm greeted by girlish shrieks and rain drops. I bite my toungue in order to refrain from laughing at the many girls screaming at their wet hair. One girl is wearing a white top and there is a crowd of hollering guys around her. I roll my eyes and pull a rain jacket out of my bag, zipping it up tight and putting on the hood. Ahh, waterproof goodness.
"Talyn!" I call the the boy standing under the Pine tree on the school lot. He doesn't go to my school, technically. He's the same age as me, and yet he's already graduated while I'm in Gr. 10. I waved and ran over to him, my converse becoming slightly soaked, but not as badly as the stupid girls in sandals. I couldn't control it anymore, by the time I got to Talyn, I burst out laughing.
"Hey Alice, what is it?"
"Look at them! They look like drowning rats! Idiots! It's just a little rain," as I said that the heavens opened up and cries filled the air. All I could do was laugh. Once I'd caught my breath, I looked at Talyn. "So, no skiing then today?"
"Guess not, stupid global warming,"
"Amen to that!" he shot me a funny look but I just smiled. I had really wanted to go skiing today, but I guess idiotic green house gases and global warming weren't on my side, they prefered to play the cruel game of puppet and puppeteer. I watched girls run into cars or back into the school, all the while imagining how they'd survive without a straightener. "So, you been running?"
"Yeah, I went today," Talyn had introduced me to free running. I'd immediately feel in love with it. We'd known each other since gr. 6, even though he was in gr. 8. He'd only introduced me to it a few weeks ago, but I was slowly getting better.
"Any marks?"
"Nope! Got out without a scratch! Come on, we should go meet Mr. Murphy inside, bastard's probobaly not going to come out in this weather," I laughed and followed Talyn inside, awaiting Mr. Murphy's plans for today, if he even ahd any.


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Sweetheart Fudge Pie
Happy Healthy Holidays!
A rich and deliciously chocolate Sweetheart Fudge Pie for your valentine. But eat in moderation as this pie is not dieter friendly!
Recipe Ingredients
1 unbaked pastry shell(9-inches)
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, melted
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1/4 teaspoon vanilla or rum extract
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup flour
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons chopped red maraschino cherries
Recipe Directions
Line pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450-degrees for five minutes. Remove foil; set crust aside.
In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate, coffee and extract. Stir in walnuts and flour. Pour into crust. Bake at 375-degrees for 28 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream and confectioners sugar until stiff peaks form; fold in cherries. Spread over pie.
Nutrition Information
Recipe makes 12 to 14 servings Sweetheart Fudge Pie.
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MET College Ed Tech Colloquium Series: Deterring & Detecting Plagiarism
On Wednesday, September 27th, Metropolitan College hosted the second in an ongoing series of presentations on the integration of various educational technology tools and techniques in online, blended, and face to face classes. This series has been organized by a group consisting of staff from Metropolitan College departments of Educational Technology & Innovation and the Office of Distance Education. Specifically, this session looked at a variety of methods and means for deterring and detecting plagiarism. We want to thank all who attended. If you were not able to attend the event, please feel free to watch the recording or view the slides from the presentation.
The presentation covered a range of methods, from more traditional strategies and best practices, to a demonstration of the Turnitin tool, its latest incarnation Turnitin Feedback Studio, and its integration into Blackboard. The questions and discussion that followed illustrated how important a topic this is for us to be focusing on at this time. Special thanks to Andy Abrahamson, Yuvaraj Gunasekaran, Emily Heffernan Helter, Dan Hillman, and Shannon Rose McAuliffe for presenting on such an important topic.
Be on the lookout for an announcement about October's installment of this series on the topic of tools and techniques for incorporating video into your courses.
All presentations take place in Room 109 of the Fuller Building, 808 Commonwealth Avenue. Attendees who cannot come in person can attend virtually. Please direct any questions you may have about this series to Emily Heffernan Helter, Assistant Director of Educational Technology and Production, in the Office of Distance Education firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Content Collection in Blackboard Learn
The Blackboard Content Collection is an area of the blackboard server where files are stored. A unique characteristic of the Content Collection is that the files "saved" and/or "stored" on the server are accessible via the Internet. If you were to upload a file, e.g., a syllabus or a paper that you are writing to the content collection, you would have access to those documents as long as you have access to the Internet. These files can be linked into courses and/or shared by the owner with other users on the system.
Instructors use the Content Collection to store, share, and publish content within personal user folders, course folders, and Institution Folders throughout Courses in Blackboard. In Blackboard Content Collection, you can
• Store content for multiple courses you teach.
• Share content across courses and with other users.
• Students may have access to store or share files.
The Content Collection contains multiple repositories for users and courses to organize and share their content. Detailed information about the about the structure of the Content Collection is addressed in Blackboard Help. If you'd like an in-person consultation on how to do it, you can contact us to ask.
Recording studio for all faculty in Mugar Library
Interested in recording video lectures and other digital content but want higher quality than what you can make on your phone? As BU faculty, you have access to a studio in Mugar Library with high-quality recording equipment and software such as Camtasia. You can learn to use it by signing up for a consultation with an educational technologist. Once you've done that, you can book and reserve the room to use it at your convenience.
Digication Site Map
If you'd like your students to use ePortfolios but you don't want to go through the setup process for assignments, there's a simpler way to track what your students did when. Every Digication portfolio has a site map, accessible in the upper right of the portfolio below the BU logo. You can look at this site map to see all the pages in the portfolio, when they were last updated, and which student last updated them.
Non-repository submission on Turnitin
Are you interested in Turnitin, for academic integrity or the time-saving GradeMark features, but do not want your students' papers added to the company's proprietary database? There is a simple way to accomplish this. When creating a Turnitin assignment within Blackboard, press the Optional Settings button, and then select Submit papers to:. Change the drop-down option to no repository and papers will no longer be added to the database.
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The EdTech Blog now has a Facebook page as well as our Twitter feed. New posts are now automatically pushed to both these pages, so you can keep up with the blog via your preferred social media site. And you can still get our posts in your email inbox or on an RSS feed, as before. There are now lots of ways to keep up with educational technology at BU.
In addition, we now have Share This options at the bottom of every post, so if you're excited about a particular new edtech development you can share it on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, or by print or email.
Scripting online videos
The BU Digital Learning Initiative has recently posted helpful guidelines about scripting videos for a MOOC (massive open online course). The guidelines may be of help for any use of prerecorded video in a teaching context, such as a "flipped" classroom. The infographic below identifies the multiple steps of the process.
Social-media recommendations from students
A group of BU faculty and staff met with students in early May to hear their recommendations on uses of social media in the classroom. The students were all seniors, from COM and Sargent College (previously from CGS). We are summarizing their recommendations here for the wider BU community.
These students recommended not to force particular uses of social media in the class: let students use a closed course Facebook group as they see fit to build community, not grading them on it (or at most grading their participation pass-fail). They also recommended that faculty acknowledge and integrate ongoing current events into their classes, as a way of moving the focus off grades and into applied learning, and that Facebook and Twitter are appropriate platforms for this. For more informal discussions, they preferred closed course Facebook groups to Blackboard discussion forums.
There will likely be another meeting before the summer is out. If you're interested in attending and have not already been invited to this group, please contact Amod Lele (he can be found via the BU Directory).
Posting YouTube Videos in Blackboard Discussions
Do you currently use the discussion board tool in Blackboard? If so, you may be looking for ways to increase student engagement and participation inside your discussion forums. A common complaint about discussion boards is that unless they are graded or required by the instructor, students do not want to participate. The conversations between students are full of flattery and follow the leader, and often lack the depth that is found in the face-to-face classroom environment.
One possible solution is through the use of YouTube video postings to the discussion board in place of the traditional text responses. To set this up, students will need to create their own YouTube channel using a Google Account. Luckily, anyone can create a Gmail account or for added features, BU students and faculty are also able to set up Google Apps for Education accounts through BU: (http://www.bu.edu/tech/support/google/).
Once a YouTube channel is created, students can upload their video from either a smartphone or computer to their YouTube channel and copy the video's Share URL into the Blackboard discussion board thread by clicking on the "Insert/Edit Embedded Media" button. Students who are concerned about posting personal information on YouTube have the option of saving videos as "unlisted."
Google module now available in Digication
Digication, BU's ePortfolio software, now allows Google app documents, including Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Forms and more, to be embedded within an ePortfolio module. Students can create, share, and collaboratively edit a document in Google Docs and have the result be pushed to the portfolio, with the original revision history still available in Google Docs. You can find this function in Digication by pressing Add A Module, selecting the Google option, pressing Add This Module and following the instructions.


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one single receiver who was really fast and could only run one route really well their first couple years and lasted really long in this league. I'm sure once he turns 32 and starts losing a step seven years from now, he'll be all washed up.
BTW, on the off-chance you missed the heavy sarcasm drip there, you're also wrong about the "one route" thing. Wallace caught 74 passes last year. Two of them were rendered meaningless due to penalties. Regardless, of those receptions, 49 of them were thrown less than ten yards in the air. He gained an additional 378 yards in YAC on those 49 receptions less than ten yards from the LoS. 29 of them went for first downs, and three of his eight TDs were on receptions caught less than ten yards from the LoS, including one from behind the LoS.
Toss in another 13 catches from between 10 and 19 yards and you've got just short of 84% of his receptions that aren't on go routes. Does Wallace run an incredibly effective go? Sure does. Is that the only route he runs well? Not even close.
He's a Steeler. Some of you folks need to get over your blinders and accept the fact that the team we hate more than anything actually has some pretty friggin' good players on it. As it happens, a few of them happen to be among the best at their position. Wallace is one of those, whether you like it or not.


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Letters to the editor
From the issue of March 23, 2013
By Science News, 13:28 PM March 7, 2013
Grand Canyon rising
If the geology of the Grand Canyon dates back to 70 million years ago "Grand Canyon's age pushed back," (SN: 1/12/13, p. 15), that would be around the same time the Rocky Mountains were being pushed up by the subduction process originating off the western continental coast. Could the lifting of the Colorado Plateau be related to the lifting of the Colorado Rockies?
Joe Flynn, Spanaway, Wash.
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A Kingly IntroductionMature
Lokidae Laufidus heard the guards' feet thundering after him, the agonised screams off in the distance, the firing of guns and explosions. He smelt the dusky scent of gunpowder, acrid in the air, the metallic tang of copper and blood, the harsh burn of smoke and the cloying sweetness of burnt flesh. The clash of metallic boots against stone faded slowly, but still he ran, ran until he fell, forward into muck. Much which tasted of metal and salt, a puddle that dried flaky on his skin, a cesspit that flashed red in the fading lights which felt sticky on his hands… a pool of blood that laid shared beneath both him and a corpse. He staggered to his feet, nails catching on the ash laden cobble wall beside him. Again he started to run. And once again he ran until he was caught…
This was the city of Sanctuary; the central hub of activity from around the lands, the trade capital… and the home of the Monarch. The unconquerable, the Silver City, the Gem of Na'Kiforia. Tall white walls eclipse the outer ring of the city known to all as the Outer Wards or the Black Smog District. Home to what the Aristocrats called the Lowbloods and those who had no class as they sit cast in the cities' unforgiving shadow. Voiceless to all. Unheard and uncared for. An industrial way of life, their streets caked in ash and dust from the spiralling chimneys spewing black smoke into the sky. No man or woman who lived in the Outer ring had been observed to live past three hundred years of age, killed off by infection or smoke-lung or starvation. Every eye glances over the bodies lining the street, and only in the depths of the night do they mourn for the littler bodies; the unseeables, the children who also lie glassy eyed with flies crawling from sore filled mouths. One could barely move through the area without a mask or cloth pressed to their face; the scent of unwashed, mud caked bodies and Ryt Rot and sickness made the air unbreathable and toxic to all. This was where all riots and rebellions began. Only the monthly raids by the city guards could keep them from uprising. But a darkness was rising from the hearts of these people, a rage that lunged and coiled and flamed within the streets. The flames of rebellion. The monster of war.
The third ring sat above; shielded by large air cleansing constructions, separated by a large wall from the Black Smog District and covered in large exotic parks. Its plants were imported from all over Na'Kiforia and beyond, from the abyss of space and the alliances they held. It housed the Middleclass and those of Mixed Blood. Laughing gaily and adverting their eyes from the wall separating them from those below, they lived their lives cared for and pampered. Pets. Doing what they're told for expensive trinkets from their king… pawns in his little Game. The ring itself was split into four districts, Garden, Market, Arcaden and Eterna. Each pretended all that resided within was perfection. Rarely did they desire to uprise, but with the scent of war on the wind, rarely grew closer… and with a single event their scenic lives were thrown into chaos. That day the shield generators came down, the wall was infiltrated and rebels stormed the Garden District.
Beyond the middle ring was the Ethereal Ward or the Upper Wards. The centre of the Game; a constant battle of words and trade, each person spitting pleasantries in place of curses and waiting to one-up the others. Large manors circle shopping districts and community plaza's, and private armies train secretly behind closed doors. At its centre lay the Seat of Power for Na'Kiforia; The Silver Citadel, or the Monarch's Throne. On the very day the Middle wards were destroyed and the black ash rained down upon their streets they ran; drawn from the skies in mercenary ships… and laughed at the fools who remained.
The streets were filled with carnage and chaos. Rebels leapt from buildings, raining fire down on the Guards who drew blade and gun against them. Magic was wrought and used, blood splattered like crimson rain from below and above as Military Vehicles were shot down from the sky. Their wings crumpled and groaned, before carrying themselves and their passengers to Void's eternal embrace. Buildings crumple beneath bombs and rubble. Then the King's Rosa Commanders were released… and a fight became a war and the streets were painted with blood.
And the Monarch… King Laufidus? Where was he when his land needed him most? Dead? Lost? In fact it was none of those.
He was running. He was scared. He was arrogant and foolish and most of all… He was a target…
To think that not hours before the city was quiet and peaceful… Long live the King;
The King is Dead; and a man now takes his place.
[Not a few hours earlier]
Waiting, waiting why is it that I am always told to wait? I am king am I not? So why is it the council always sends me off to wait whenever they are in session? Like a petulant and disrespectful child, all of which I'M NOT! Laufidus the current king of the Seraphim and ten times self-elected for the Seraphim 'most benevolent' award, crossed his arms in disgust, glancing around himself as he waited for the bumbling fools who called themselves the archangel committee, or the 'Council'. Resisting the urge to stomp his foot his face twisted briefly into a scowl, before it smoothed over into an unreadable and slightly disdainful mask. Cold chartreuse yellow eyes narrowed as he took in the burnt steel and amber colour theme that surround him in the lobby of the Council's room of business. He clicked his fingers, a sharp snap sounded, echoing in the vast space surrounding him, before it was dwarfed in the sound of running feet.
"Yes your majesty?" Came the breathless voice of his newest serving boy. Laufidus looked at him icily, letting the anger he felt at being abandoned in the room shine down upon the boy. After all, if the Council wasn't here to bear his wrath, the lad would have to do. The boy flinched under the force of the glare, "Your majesty? Have I done anything to offend you?" One of Laufidus' eyebrows raised itself, perfectly manicured and elegant.
"Did I ask of you to talk?" He murmured down to the lad. The boy quailed and opened his mouth to speak… probably to spew apologies and kiss the ground at his feet. He rose a hand, stopping the boy in his place. "Fetch me a mirror if you will, and ask the maids to make their way here. I am in need of a refurbishing. The amber is putting me off, and conflicts with my outfit. Understood?" The boy nodded, looking everywhere at him and around him, but in the eye. "Well then, scram! Bye! Off with you! Pourquoi êtes-vous encore là? »
He turned and sighed, if the boy kept that up he will be sacked in but a week. He looked towards the door, and to his surprise, saw it begin to open.
"Your highness, we are all deeply sorry of the wait we put you through, we were just finishing our discussion." Laufidus' eyes narrowed yet again, an arrogant sneer spread across his lips.
"And are you going to enlighten me to these… discussions?" He asked in an almost cloyingly sweet voice. "We were discussing about the immediate rise in taxes that we were planning to put into play. After all we all know how much you love money." His eyes narrowed at that news, and a wide smile extended across his face as he chuckled.
"Great now I can finally buy that estate in haven that I wanted, and those boots, maybe a seventh pool? Ooh how about a new council?" Several of the members glanced at him with hostility. The rest ignored the thinly barbed threat. They all however looked at him with sick fascination.
"But, my lord, don't you already have a ridiculous amount of spare cash? Shouldn't you already be able to buy the boots you desire?" Laufidus looked at them in irritation, and disappointment.
"No, you fools, it's not the boots that cost an unholy price. It's the estate… Why in the blazes would you think the boots would cost that much? Although they are most definitely worth more than any of you." He trailed off into a mutter. The council members turned to look at each other with cold eyes and barely hidden sneers.
"My lord the last pair of boots you bought were priced at over 2 Million Credits… We assumed…" One of the Council members stuttered. Their voice was that of low silk and gravel, but it was a definite female tone, sexless however within the robes they wore.
"You assumed incorrectly. As per usual." Laufidus snarled, before calming himself with a single, deep breath.
"How much do the boots cost this time then?" That council member continued with an accusatory tone in their voice. Laufidus looked down at his hands and counted his fingers. He murmured something under his breath and looked up. "Well it depends on whether I want them thigh high or calf high. But calf high, which is what I desire, is around about 62 billion credits."
"For a PAIR OF BLOODY BOOTS!?" One of the council members yelled out in shock, the hood that normally sat upon his head had fallen around his neck during his outburst, revealing a ruddy face flushed in anger. Ah, he is so plain and oh… that's why I asked them to wear the hoods again… what's his name? Nial? Nedai? Neval? Nadial! That's the one! Laufidus turned to him with dark eyes, anger seemed to radiate from him in waves. "No Nadial, it's for one boot, not bloody as of yet." Laufidus purred in a cloyingly low tone, though it will be when I'm done with you.
"It's 124 billion for a pair. By the way, it seems I need to remind you yet again to keep your hood up. You now I cannot stand the sight of your faces." Nadial looked at him with hate in his gaze. That one will need to be put down before he goes rabid and bites back.
"It's Neil, your majesty." He spat. Laufidus shot him a cool look in reply and he paled.
"How much does the estate cost then?" The previous Council Member asked. Laufidus merely smiled indulgently, before turning towards the sound of running feet. The lad was back and it looked like he had brought a mirror- and an entourage. Laufidus relieved the mirror from the boy's trembling grasp, before holding it up to his face. Oh I am a looker. He brushed a strand of green hair behind his ear, running a hand through the rest of his otherwise raven locks. He looked up at all the maids whom had respectfully decided to bow. "What is it you want done, your majesty?" One of the maids asked. He looked over at her and flashed her a charming smile.
"See all the amber?" The maids nodded dutifully. "Good, well I want it replaced with emerald by this afternoon. All of it." All the maids looked at each other with dismay.
"But your majesty! There is no way-" One of the maids began.
"Pardon?" Laufidus cut her off, eyes flashing and sparking with magic at his anger. "If I tell you what I want done, it will be done by you!"
"But-" Laufidus looked at her, eyes going from angry to kind in a moment, before he laughed. A soft hand reached out to brush her cheek, and he whispered, "You're fired. Get out now. If anyone else has any problems please speak up." The maid in question burst into tears before running off, and all the rest held their tongues. "Great, well then, start. Please." They couldn't get moving quick enough.
Walking swiftly through the halls and glancing haughtily over at any maid or serving child that dared glance his way, he pushed open the large, heavy, silver-wood doors that signified the Throne Room. The doors hit the wall with a thundering crack, and in a flurry of movement he was surrounded by an adoring crowd of servants and nobles. With the anger slowing ebbing away to a dull glow of satisfaction at the awe of his subjects, he made his way past the large tapestries falling in gentle waves from the ceiling and the guards standing stoic like statues around him. Nodding gracefully in agreement to the idle chatter surrounding him, he turned on his heels and slumped down into his awaiting throne. Black and silver spires arced from its back and twisted together into his crest. Light filtered down from the large stained glass windows behind him, illuminating the moss green satin covered pillows resting around him. With a lazy wave of his hand the court was set into motion.
"First up." He called in a drawl, eyes flickering down at the man cowering before him. Watery eyes, a pale, blotchy face, thin lips and lank hair- He's obviously not a farmer, too pale for that, plus the gold chain half hidden around his neck suggests that he is wealthier than his unkempt appearance suggests. The fact that he's hiding it; or trying to, indicates that he doesn't want it known… Let me see what you have to say. The man drooped into a low bow and raising himself nervously he began to speak. "My lord, your radiant majesty; ruler of this wondrous land…" He lamented simperingly, and Laufidus chuckled; nothing made him more pleased than praise, however his smile dropped slightly, but this was going on for a bit too long.
"Enough, cut to the chase; we all know how wonderful I am… I don't need you to affirm it." His court giggled politely; women dressed in long ballroom gowns, ruffled up to the neck in lace and silks with colourful masks upon their faces, cooled themselves with decorative fans and twittered sly replies behind their hands. The men merely snickered, glancing over at the bumbling fool who lavished their king with praise from a lead tongue. "Ah, yes… of course your exaltedness…" At this moment his eyes were darting around him like flies in a vacuum… Laufidus could see him sweating from above… he gulped weakly and began once more to speak. "I… am a farmer f-from the Har'iri plains, just outside of Haven's city borders…Just last w-week my b-brother Stephaan, stole my prized Ravarran Cow[1]. Without it I can't-" Laufidus rose a hand, and the man stopped as if he had been struck. He glanced up at the hand and a flicker of trepidation danced across his face.
"Your name… It's Varqui, isn't it?" The man gulped, his eyes seemed to bulge from his skull and his skin went an unhealthy grey colour. He nodded, and glanced at the guards around him. "You're a crook who scams people using this very story… you are quite infamous. But a charlatan shouldn't use the same trick twice-fold. Very unprofessional." Laufidus shook his head in mock disappointment, before a cold cruel smile stretched across his face. "What do you have to say for yourself?" The man's, Varqui's eyes narrowed in anger and a scowl flashed across his face. Before the Guards could react he pulled a gun out from his coat and pointed it at Laufidus' head. Damn, the weapon detectors appear to be down again. I thought I asked the Council to look into that after the last break? Imbeciles. I wonder if the cook made those wonderful tiny cakes for dessert? Wait, gun, deal with that, then dessert. "You try to take me!" he screamed, gun raised threateningly, yet shaking from fear and rage in his grasp. "And I'll blast his head in!" The court had started whispering at the sight of the flourished weapon, and started giggling once again at his maniacal cry. Their voices twirled into a monotonous whisper… The Game has gotten exciting… A weapon? Oh my!... What's his majesty going to do...? Laufidus' own eyes had narrowed, and with an almost bored look he drawled "Really? An Iro 45[2]? If I was going to be killed I would at least want it to be by a stylish weapon. But what can I say; I shouldn't be surprised that a piece of trash would own trash." He snickered darkly, fingers rising to touch his temple.
"Shut up! Don't move!" Varqui screeched, stepping backwards and raising his finger to caress the trigger.
"If you are going to shoot me, can you hurry it up? I have a tailor appointment in an hour and I still have other people to see to so…" Laufidus glanced him over dismissively, "Or you could leave… I really don't like killing people." Varqui snarled and his finger bit the trigger… or tried to, for as his finger glanced the cool metal he was encased in a shimmery green mist and thrown violently against the wall. He shrieked and struggled against the translucent mist… the magic… as it tightened around him in a vice grip and panicked his eyes met Laufidus'. Fear, always fear, sharp, thick, choking. He hissed, head throbbing lightly against the onslaught. They were lit with an ungodly spiralling glow from deep within; overflowing with pure magic and Varqui gasped and screamed and was silenced with one. Sharp. Snap. With a soft noise of disgust Laufidus released the grip he had on the corpse. With another wave of his hands the Guards leapt to action, carrying the body from the room. Then with a forced cool voice, they can't hear the trembles, they can't, he called "Next.".
Forty minutes and one impromptu colour change later, Laufidus was walking once again towards his private quarters. His eyes were sunk deep, and exhaustion shook his hands. Three more assassination attempts, one by the cook! He did enjoy those little cakes too… to be honest, he was tired. What is my schedule for this evening? Ah yes, the tailor's last fitting for my boots, a customary signing, trade route planning, glance over the Alliance network… sign some things… Dinner? No there is… huh, oh yeah, the diplomacy meeting with that riot ringleader… he wanted to meet about something or other… Damn, and all I want to do is sleep. He chuckled before, mentally scoffing, Sleep? Not bloody likely, his eyes going from ahead to glance down at his Timekeeper. I should have about 20 minutes after my tailors meeting by myself… Maybe I can reschedule… no… He frowned and continued walking, his feet leading him past familiar doors and halls until he stopped afore his own. Well let us get this over with. Before he pushed open his doors and entered.
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Billy Sunday, the famed evangelist, once wrote a letter to the mayor of a large city where his next crusade was scheduled. He told the mayor he wanted to have his team pray for the meeting. He requested the names of individuals who had spiritual problems and needed prayer. The mayor sent him a city telephone directory.
That might not sound too surprising. There are a lot of people with problems in this world. Especially in big cities! Before coming to Vandalia, Rose and I lived in one of those cities. Aurora, the third largest city in Illinois, had a reputation for being a pretty tough place--much of it deserved. No one drove through certain parts of town after dark. Police patrol cars never entered some neighborhoods except at least two at a time. It was not unusual for us to hear gunshots in the middle of the night. And it wasn't the sounds of deer hunters!
Big cities contain lots of people with problems. But small towns are an exception. Right? Did you hear about our own Boyd Haddock's experience? As you may know, Boyd served as a municipal judge in Bowling Green for a number of years. Once when he was holding court, a local attorney called his first witness to the stand -- an elderly woman. Wanting to appear friendly, he approached her and quietly asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"
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On Saturday, defeat took four hours and 10 minutes with the winning run scoring on a fielder's choice.
The Atlanta Braves beat the Phillies 5-4 in 12 innings before 41,164 fans at Citizens Bank Park. Atlanta won despite not producing a hit in extra innings.
"When you play 12 innings of baseball and you don't do a lot of hitting and there's not a lot of action, the game looks slow," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "But our effort was definitely there. It (the defeat) wasn't from a lack of effort. We just didn't get it done."
The numbers marking Philadelphia's downward spiral are alarming.
Philadelphia has lost four straight and 12 of its last 13 games. The Phillies (50-60) trail the first-place Braves (66-45) by 15.5 games in the National League East.
"Anytime you're losing it's going to affect the clubhouse," said pitcher John Lannan, who started Saturday and threw 4.1 innings. "Losing is not fun. But you can sense the guys are not giving up. You have to keep on going. We haven't caught any good breaks."
Some extra-inning games are filled with drama. That was not the case Saturday.
Phillies reliever Jake Diekman pitched a scoreless 11th inning but then became his own worse enemy.
He walked the bases loaded with one out in the top of the 12th inning. The crowd groaned with each ball.
Manuel brought in Justin DeFratus to pitch. He got Dan Uggla to ground to shortstop Jimmy Rollins, who flipped to Chase Utley for a force play at second. But Utley's relay throw pulled first baseman Kevin Frandsen off the base, allowing the winning run to score.
The Phillies trailed 4-3 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning. Jimmy Rollins tied the game in that inning with an RBI double.
But the Phillies were 1-for-15 after that inning.
The Phillies did manage to tease their fans with some long outs. Delmon Young hit a fly ball to the 401-foot sign in center field in the bottom of the ninth inning. Frandsen lined a ball to the left center field wall in the bottom of the 10th.
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With careful and consistent attention to Lee, NU has placed itself squarely in the running. The top-25 outside linebacker has obviously received significant attention, and holds more than 10 high-major offers.
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Paula, from Anaheim, Calif., has lost 60 pounds and is working to keep it off. She's doing this by eating more vegetables and finding recipes that are lower in calories. Bravo, Paula! She occasionally has "cheat days" on the weekends, and one of her favorite foods is eggs Benedict. Even though she has already done her own mini-rehab on this recipe by substituting egg whites and turkey sausage, she feels guilty about the rich hollandaise sauce. She would like to be able to start the weekends on a healthier note by reducing the calories of this dish even further.
Hollandaise sauce is horribly high in calories due to the large amount of butter needed to make the thick, creamy sauce. For my rehab, I will reduce the amount of butter by replacing it with fat-free buttermilk. Adding a little bit of cornstarch as a thickener will make the sauce just as creamy as the original without all the calories.
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2 whole-wheat English muffins, toasted
4 slices low-sodium turkey bacon, cooked
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On evidence here, Lisitsa has formidable technical chops, with playing distinguished by quick tempos that hew close to Rachmaninov's own, exceptional clarity of texture, and razor-sharp rhythm and attacks (along with a penchant for full-bodied, Horowitz-style chords). These qualities come forth most strongly in Concerto No. 3, where the pianist's accuracy and detail at such high speeds [impresses] . . . in No. 4 Lisitsa's focus and drive does lend shape and clarity, making the music sound less discursive than usual. Concerto No. 2 comes off best, as Lisitsa exhibits genuine feeling and tenderness in the enchanting Andante second movement. Conductor Michael Francis at last makes his presence known in this work, pointing up Rachmaninov's gorgeous orchestral colors and dynamic shadings.
Record Review / Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com / 01. August 2013
. . . a warm, engaging and admirable disc of Liszt's florid, self-indulgent transcriptions. The Schubert song treatments are lovely . . . She does have a good vision . . . for this music. Bravo to her for "El contrabandista" . . . and for "Erlkoenig" . . .
Record Review / Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News / 16. October 2013
Anyone who heard pianist Valentina Lisitsa . . . knew right away she wasn't just a passing YouTube wonder, but an artist deserving a place at the head table of the world's most interesting classical soloists. The latest keepsake of her highly individual, overtly expressive approach to the piano is [this new disc] . . . Lisitsa's selection of pieces is as interesting as her interpretations . . . The journey drags us from the drawing room to the concert stage and then back again as well as taking us from introspection to extravagant shows of emotion -- and back again, as well. Lisitsa's interpretive contribution impresses on many levels: The first, the most obvious, is her unbelievably fluid technique, which doesn't recognize any obstacles; the second is in an absolute clarity in teasing out every musically important idea in each score; the third is making the piano sing seductively from beginning to end. This is not just about sparkle and cascading runs and crashing chords. This is about gorgeous [music] . . . [Verdi/Liszt & Schubert/Liszt]: They capture everything that makes the original music so captivating, including the singing, while enhancing it with colours and textures that take advantage of everything a modern concert-grand piano has to offer.
Record Review / John Terauds, Musical Toronto / 05. December 2013
The transcription of "Des Mädchens Klage" conveys a tragic, lyrical power -- attend to Lisitsa's prowess in the bass line -- of any of his "Liebesträume". The emotional as well as digital abysses of "Der Erlkönig" hardly need review: Lisitsa takes it a rapid tempo, capturing the fury of the storms natural and psychical . . . A quiet stasis ensues in "The Miller and the Brook," a kind of enchanted occasionally scintillating nocturne illuminated by Lisitsa's affecting parlando. Lastly, the ubiquitous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, with its eight motifs of tragic and whimsical affects, wrapped by rhetorical fervor. Lisitsa certainly produces cimbalom and music-box effects in the course of the music's luxurious development, alternately declamatory and soaring in its evocations.
Record Review / Gary Lemco, Audiophile Audition / 23. December 2013
One could hardly guess . . . [that Lisitsa] can make a piano roar and thunder in the way she does in Liszt's B minor Ballade . . . [nobody] matches the enormous wave of sound produced by Lisitsa . . . Confirmation of Lisitsa's iron-clad technique comes in the ferociously difficult and rarely recorded "El contrabandista" . . . as a virtuoso showpiece, designed to whip an audience into a frenzy it is a complete success. Lisitsa is able to exploit its superficial dazzle to the full . . . the remaining items are five Schubert song transcriptions -- their delicate passagework skilfully executed -- and lastly the "Hungarian Rhapsody" No 12, scintillating and idiosyncratic in equal measure . . .
Record Review / Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone (London) / 01. January 2014
. . . in the "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 12, besides her power and remarkable accuracy, [Lisitsa] conjures a Lisztian sparkle and crystalline clarity that sound exactly right. In the transcriptions she finds beautiful colours and line (you won't hear Schubert's "Der Müller und der Bach" played with more poignancy) . . . her instinct for searching out wide musical spaces suits the B minor Ballade impressively . . .
Record Review / Malcolm Hayes, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. February 2014
Valentina Lisitsa has a reputation as an overwhelming pianist -- and for good reason . . . Certainly, no one looking for white-knuckle virtuosity will be disappointed by this album: by the bite of the high-intensity "Erlkönig", by the crushing bass sonority in the Ballade, by the dazzling finger work and brilliant rhythmic definition in the rarely heard "El Contrabandista". But this is far from empty technical display. Even in a strenuous work like the Ballade, Lisitsa manages to balance the volcanic eruptions against moments of gossamer beauty; even when faced with the criminal demands of "El Contrabandista", she manages to convey an impish lightness of spirit; and throughout the recital, but especially in the transcriptions of the Schubert songs, she reminds us of her gorgeous tone, sumptuous legato, and superb responsiveness to subtleties of mood . . . Listen, for instance, to the seductive curl she gives the "orientalisms" in the Verdi transcription, or to the subtle coloration with which she brings out the dark anxieties behind "Gute Nacht" . . . Balances are keenly judged, so that even the densest passages don't clog; and in part because of her attention to harmonic weight, in part because of her expert rubato, the music has a consistent sense of progress -- a soaring momentum that never degenerates into impatience . . . but she's never unfeeling or bombastic, and the sheer joy of the music-making is almost palpable. In sum, a superior Liszt recital . . . Strongly recommended.
Record Review / Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare (Tenafly, NJ) / 01. March 2014
. . . hers is always real caution-to-the-winds music-making of flawless technique and great imagination . . . [Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12]: there's a quality to her virtuosity that smacks not of egotism but oft he need to push herself just because she can. I've rarely heard anyone make the keyboard explode with the ferocity and power of this woman, yet never does it sound like mere banging or showing off -- instead, as if she's testing the limits of self, of instrument, and of the music. But it's not all about strength and loudness either -- she's capable of a poet's intimacy with a real lyric impulse, as the Ballade readily demonstrates . . . There is no pianist whose next recording I anticipate more eagerly than Lisitsa's.
Record Review / Paul Seydor, Absolute Sound / 01. April 2014
. . . played very well -- Lisitsa has splendid technique . . .
Record Review / Robert Benson, Chicago Classical Review / 18. April 2014
Virtuos und erfüllt . . . [Lisitsa legt] ein Liszt-Recital vor, das man getrost als außerordentlich bezeichnen kann . . . [ihre Liszt-CD bietet neue, verblüffende] Beispiele entfesselter Oktav-Galoppaden oder hauchzarter Pianissimo-Glitzereien, wie man ihnen so unangestrengt und alles Handwerkliche "transzendierend" (um einen Ausdruck Liszts zu gebrauchen) nur selten begegnet. Mehr noch beeindruckend, wie lebendig und farbig sie jeden Titel zum Singen bringt, ihm einen ganz eigenen und tief romantischen Klang mitzugeben vermag, wie hinreißend eindringlich sie zum Beispiel Schuberts quasi szenische Vertonung von Goethes "Erlkönig"-Versen klavieristisch umgesetzt hat. -- Schlank heraus: Für mich ist dies die attraktivste Klavieraufnahme seit Langem. Überzeugendes, adäquat räumliches Klangbild.
Record Review / Ingo Harden, Fono Forum (Euskirchen) / 01. March 2014
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Ganesh, Linux installations do not respond to WMI requests and do not enumerate their running services/software the same way Windows machines do.
If you want to run an indepth query on Linux machines, consider trying a tool such as nmap(www.insecure.org), or Nessus(www.nessus.org).
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There is a setting here that will allow you to gather Linux software information. It is still in experimental mode but it might be worth a try for you. Let us know how well it does or doesn't work for you.


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The iPierian approach begins by selecting a patient population to represent a disease. The company's iPSCs associate genotype with disease and are associated with contextual information that includes the pathology, medical history, and demographics directly associated with the patients within each disease cohort.
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my first acc. was in the US region, tried the code, didn't work, noticed that it needed to be in the Asia region, made an account from hong kong redeemed it, worked, pressed "multiplayer" and it STILL asked me that i needed to have an online pass, i tried to redeem it again and now it WONT work i need some help on this, i really want to try going online in GoW
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
The machine is a faithful reproduction of legendary Maldwyn Jones' hand-built racer, as assembled during the winter of 1912/13 and raced until 1915.
Maldwyn Jones was picked up by Merkel in 1909, and soon proved himself an ace tuner and rider, beating the immortal Cannonball Baker (and doesn't it help to have such a memorable monicker) in his first year on the track, and going professional in his second year racing. Merkel's front forks became the standard racing fork of the day, on dirt or board tracks, and the firm achieved great things with Jones in the saddle.
In 1911, the firm was sold to the Miami Cycle and Mf'g Co of Ohio, and the firm no longer supported racing, but allowed Jones free run of their parts and obsolete motorcyles, which he modified heavily, creating this machine. Keeping the Merkel chassis and 500cc engine, he added an overhead-valve Jefferson cylinder head, and built up his own high-performance camshaft. In the 1913/14/15 racing seasons, the bike ran 42 races total, winning 24 outright, placing second 10 times, 3rd thrice - the rest were DNFs or crashes. A truly phenomenal record during an extremely competitive period of American track racing.
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- daveinnola said...
what a bunch of codswhallop it looks a little like the welshmans bike , but the all important providence and patnia ?lol why didnt you photoshop the picture to show the difference? , its got my goat wanna sell my joe craig manx norton made by sears ? i,m taking you to task about this , this aint right its a con to put your name to this dave
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- vintagent said...
Haha Dave, it's a REPLICA! Yes, I'd prefer the original, but it doesn't exist anymore. The same could be said of half the machines currently in the National Motorcycle Museum in England, post their disastrous fire. Many replicas now, even if they are based on some of the original (melted) metal.
Speaking of Manxes, you seem to like the new Norton Manx, which is pretty much a replica as well, eh? But, of course, it's from Norton, so it's a Norton...even if Norton sold the manufacturing rights and Manx name to John Tickle in 1963. I wonder if the new Norton Co. sorted that out...
We've accepted replicas in our universe, and as long as it's explicit that they ARE reproductions, I have no issue with them.
But of course, I prefer patina and originality any day.
- December 07, 2009
Are there more reproduction board track racers now than there were authentic racers in 1920?
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-short septum, this is seen by the high upturned tip of your nose; treatment with massive septal lengthening technique-severely retracted nostril rims and very high alae, which creates septal mucosa exposure and hughe nostrils, and contributes to the upturned look of your nose; treated with lateral crura neo-grafting (hand made parts)
-poorly defined tip, it is like "absent"; Sheen grafting or other variations are the solution-unclear by the photo but maybe a low dorsum, makin you look flat; treated by dorsal en bloc grafting
-at the end of the procedure and based on the final assembly we could consider wedge resection of your alae, to make them better looking and harmonious
Yours is a rhinoplasty of extreme difficulty, no less than 4-5 hours surgery, and only achievable in the best hands, do research well, it is a fantastic case for the right surgeon.
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Open rhinoplasty candidate, some advices:
The harmony between facial parts makes us instinctively recognize the beauty... without knowing it, without defining it, just a perception that surprises and captivates us. In this regard, After having analyzed all the info. and photos provided to us, i recommend you perform an Open Full Rhinoplasty, includding narrowing of the nasal base and nostrils, with nasal bones treatment (controled fracture) and alar + triangular nasal cartilages re-shaping.
With this procedure you get a delicate nose, better harmonize with your other facial features.Kind regards
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