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Can Janet Napolitano Fail Upward to the Supreme Court?
Here we go again. With the announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the buzz is that the White House wants to pick a non-judge female to become one of the nine. So of course this means some analysts with nothing but time on their mitts are suggesting that current Homeland Security honcho Janet Napolitano is on the list of possible appointees.
She sure ain't high on the list, certainly not higher than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor (a contender despite the fact she wears a black robe), or Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.
But that hasn't prevented Nappy from keeping her name in the ring. When Chris Wallace grilled her about it on Fox News Sunday, the Napster did her best not to rule herself out. (Are you listening, Barack?)
"I've got my hands full with the flu right now, and I'm just going to stick with that," she told Wallace, who said she wasn't answering the question, a tactic Napolitano's perfected during her decades in public life.
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"I think the president has many, many excellent choices before him," she replied, hopefully. "And that's his choice to make."
Napolitano, of course, would be a disastrous choice for the White House for a boatload of reasons, many of which I enumerated in a blog post in February when pundits like Jeffrey Toobin were suggesting her as a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This was when Ginsburg was being treated for cancer, and folks thought she might not recover. Toobin recently suggested Nappy again during a CNN interview. (Maybe they're palls from the 1991 Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas scandal. Toobin wrote a book about it. And Nappy was Hill's legal beagle back then.)
"If Toobin knew anything about Nappy," I wrote in February, "he'd know she's a gutless, careerist cipher, who left Arizona with a billion dollar deficit, a rock-bottom ranking in education, and a legacy of hate and intolerance spearheaded by nativist pols such as state Senator Russell Pearce and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom she never really took on during her six year tenure."
To be sure, the right would go ape if she's nominated. She incurred their wrath over that unclassified assessment on rightwing extremism, which DHS sent out to cops nationwide. And she's been prone to flubs in its wake. Personally, I think the DHS assessment was correct to warn America's local law enforcement providers that a new Timothy McVeigh may be lurking out there. Nonetheless, nominating Nappy to be a Supreme would be like thowing the Limbaugh-ites a hunk of raw meat. So I'd be surprised if it happened.
On the other hand, Nappy has a talent for failing upward. Despite her do-nothing approach to local politics, Arizona Dems slavishly worshipped her, and the populace in general awarded her with reelection. Never mind that she shortly thereafter fled the state, leaving it in dire economic straits. That's classic Nappy, putting her own self-interest above all others. And that's why you can never totally count her out.
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take the gloves off
to argue or compete without controlling your actions or feelings If they're willing to take their gloves off, US peanut producers could compete with anyone in the world.
Usage notes: also used in the form with the gloves off: In this fearless essay, she goes at some respected poets with the gloves off.

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Q: We made an over-list price offer on a short-sale listing that was still occupied by the sellers. Our offer collected dust for more than seven weeks on the desk of the lender's loss mitigator. Frustrated, we pulled our offer. Sure enough, the poor family went through the foreclosure process. Now it's been relisted as a bank-owned home with a different realty company for $30,000 less. Once again, we put in an over-list price offer, which is also collecting dust on someone's desk. What is going on?
A: A: Loss mitigators supposedly know all about real estate financing and can help prevent a foreclosure. They think they are saving their bank thousands of dollar in additional losses on the disposal of each property by employing deft negotiating skills. Unfortunately, every day these individuals convince the real estate community and their clients that they actually cost banks big money. Their delays result in losing the best buyers and sale prices, which also repeatedly create lower prices in a given neighborhood.
The vanguard of this housing mess was the army of commission-only loan officers who were handing out the bank's lousiest loans. This resulted in the lender's having to pay for outside asset management companies or in-house loss mitigators. It is bad business to engage in risky lending. It's also bad business for the banks that should have hired a small force of better-trained loss mitigators. Had they done so, neighborhood values would have improved and so would the bottom line of lenders.
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Mac OS X Developer Preview Update, Available
Apple has recently released another software update under the name Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview. The update is suggested for all users currently running Developer Preview 4 and represents the first update to the software platform, interestingly, not referred to as Developer Preview 5.
The update will focus on bug fixes, and will include a restyled login screen, displaying the Apple logo over the linen-looking wallpaper that has previously been seen on Lion. The version of the login screen was briefly shown at WWDC 2011 when Phil Schiller logged into OS X.
Apple is moving closer and closer to the scheduled release in July of OS X Lion, and the new operating system will still cost you only $29.99 and will be available for purchase through the Mac App Store.
Shoot, for $30, will you even think twice about spending $200-$400 for a Windows operating system? With the money saved on an Apple operating system, you can use the savings towards purchasing Mac productivity applications.
Are you guys excited for Lion's release? The operating system is touted to have over 300 new features. Let us know some of your thoughts on our fan page @ www.facebook.com/techmento and give us some feedback. In the meantime, take a look at the elephant photo, it's actually one of the awesome new OS X Lion wallpapers. Have a great Friday, folks. The video below represents a sneak peak of the Developer Preview, without the commentary.
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|Part of the Viper's Venom continuity.
| Juji's fine. He comes back to life in the end when the doomsday device shifts the polarity of the Earth. Oops. Spoiler. Sorry.
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|enemies = |profession = |position = |affiliation = Team Air (leader) |masters = |apprentices = |bounty = |appearance = Chapter One (Viper's Venom) |lastappearance = |voice = |actor = }} Jinora is a kind, calm girl and one of the very few airbenders left. She is also the founder and leader of Team Air. Her involvement back during the Harmonic Convergence had made her connected with the spirits a bit more, since Raava helped her out in saving not only Korra, but the whole world too, although she refuses to get any credit on the matter, mainly because it was Korra who stopped Vaatu directly while she just recovered Korra's strength.
She is more understanding and patient than her two siblings, Ikki and Meelo, and is often the one to deal with her siblings troubles. She has a very kind heart, pure, and will try to make someone better and to solve their problems, even towards a demon like Nahash. Jinora is caring for her friends and will go to great lengths to help and protect those she holds close. Ever since her Harmonic Convergence event, her life has become more connected to the spirits than before, making her more fun-loving.
Her abilities as an airbender are overall the same, but her connection with the spirits had heightened. Her communication with them has grown as well, able to understand many different spirits to a large extent. Her connection with Raava meant that she can make any dark spirit normal again, if only for long enough reaction with the spirit.
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Unfortunately my waters had broken but labour stalled so couldn't continue at the New Forest Birth Centre. I reported to Princess Anne the next day for induction. This was my 1st baby so didn't have a clue what to expect but didn't expect the first class, amazingly personal service I received from such a large and busy hospital. Things didn't follow any common path apparently and the stress levels in my room should have been very high but they were not. Staff from the morning were extremely professional and calm in a potentially very precarious situation with 2 very clueless parents. We can't thank them enough for our wonderful, beautiful, son born on Sat 24th Aug 2013. How they do that day in and day out I'll never know. Found out afterwards Aug Bank Holiday weekend is apparently famous for being the worst weekend to go to hospital due to new junior doctors' rotation beginning but this obviously doesn't apply at The Princess Anne. Spent 3 wonderful days afterwards at the New Forest Birth Centre with amazing breast feeding and other aspects of maternal support which gave me the confidence to go home feeling prepared for the consequences of the weekend's life-changing events, something most people are not fortunate to have on offer. And I actually don't live in Southampton but was lucky enough to have had the knowledge you can choose where to give birth on the NHS, even if you live in a different county.
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MOBAFire Inhouses (Come Play!)Creator: Mowen
March 10, 2014 4:56pm
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Win RP by playing with other MOBAFire members!
What are MOBAFire Inhouses?
MOBAFire Inhouses are Custom Games hosted by MOBAFire Referees. In these Custom Games we play together with other MOBAFire members. The goal of these games is to have fun, meet other MOBAFire members, and hopefully learn something! :)
We also sponsor these inhouses by having a raffle drawing at the end of every month for 1380 RP. If you participated in any official MOBAFire Inhouse, you're in! You get 1 ticket for every inhouse game you play in.
How does the raffle work?
How to Join
Sign up for an inhouse ahead of time to reserve your spot and get counted towards the inhouse raffle. You can find the sign up forms and schedule below. If you sign up less than 3 hours before the scheduled inhouse then it does not count as a signup, and you do not get priority over others waiting to join.
You must have 200+ Normal/Ranked wins (combined) in order to join our inhouses. If you are newer to the game but still want help / mentoring be sure to check out our New Player Help forum.
If you signed up for an inhouse please join the appropriate chat program or contact a referee to let the host know that you are here. Please be on time or leave a note saying you will miss the first game!
We currently only do inhouses on the NA and EUW servers due to lack of interest on other servers. If you are on another server you are welcome to play with us on NA or EUW if you have a level 20+ account, or you can pm me / leave a comment to let us know you're interested and what server you're on.
NOTE: If there's 5 or less users signed up 20 hours before the inhouse starts it will be cancelled unless a Referee is willing to risk there not enough people and show up anyways. However, neither I or the Referees will obligate themselves to come if there's not enough signups, so sign up people!
Signing Up
Before signing up, please make sure that you have read and understand our rules!
We use google forms / docs to sign up for inhouses and keep track of points. Please make sure you sign up using the link appropriate to your server. The sign up form links are listed below. If you end up having to cancel just leave a comment in this thread.
The dates of the next inhouse and who is hosting them will be displayed below for your convenience. :) If you can't make this one check the calendars by clicking on the calendar links below.
If you have an idea for an event, please leave a comment! If enough people like your idea we will try to schedule an event! The event does not have to be LoL, it can be another game.
Thanks to GrandMasterD for my sig!
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i should really come and play with you guys at some point hahaXD iv'e been around mobafire for like... quite a while now yet havent participated in anything:(
I think my wins are understated if Khazem has 3,5k lol.
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I want to join...you'll all laugh at me
And bully me tho :(
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I want to join...you'll all laugh at me
And bully me tho :(
I joined Inhouses when I was still in Bronze. No one will make fun of you.
Except me.
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Yeah when the inhouses started back then, the highest was Gold (Wintermond?) and now everyone improved.
A good example was egiboiga, he joined unranked and learnt alot from the inhouses :p
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I want to join...you'll all laugh at me
And bully me tho :(
don't worry, everyone is welcome in the inhouses and noone is going to bully you. Those who do will just get kicked.
In the end, the goal is for the community to have some fun games together and to have the lesser experienced players learn something from the more experienced players.
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^ And free RP, everybody loves that.
But in all seriousness, inhouses have brought me some unnusual friends and a lot of fun ^^
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Not gonna lie, balanced games are actually pretty fun :)
It's just that I don't like "having" to play on a set time and date, but if it's no problem for you then it's awesome!
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Mar 17, 2009
|Filing date
|Sep 18, 2003
|Priority date
|Sep 30, 2002
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|Publication number
|Michael G. Polan, Marika Joannidis, Stephen P. Roberts, John W. Stephenson, Gabi Rothenstein
|Original Assignee
|International Business Machines Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (21), Referenced by (27), Classifications (20), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to the field of web services, and in particular to the provisioning of web services.
Web services are computer operations or functions that can be invoked remotely using an Internet based protocol over the web.
Communication between the client and server takes place over the Internet using standard Internet protocols. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is commonly used. A web service can be invoked from any machine that has Internet access, and the services themselves can be hosted in any data center that provides HTTP access.
As well, web services are currently defined using the Web Services Definition Language (WSDL). WSDL is a meta-description of web services. In addition to being readable by a human user, WSDL is easily read and processed by computer applications. This enables better web service client and server composition tools, as well as dynamic discovering, binding and use classes of applications.
Web services exchange data through the use of text based XML documents. These documents may be specified in a fashion that is computer language and computer platform neutral. As a result, web services may be invoked from any client to any server without requiring the client and server to utilize the same language or operating system.
Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) is a standard that supports the composition of web services into business process models. It does this by capturing the orchestration and choreography of a given composition of services.
Many computer applications exist for the modeling of business processes. These applications enable the creation of the models to automate the business process. The modeled processes are called workflows. The component of an application, which performs the process automation, is called a workflow engine.
Certain web services, particularly those for which fees and financial accounts are involved typically require significant provisioning or preparation of associated resources.
Accordingly, the inventors have recognized the need to provide systems and methods for provisioning web services.
An aspect of the present invention is directed towards a web service provisioning system for provisioning at least one web service.
The provisioning system includes a subscription system having web service description data correlated to the at least one web service, and provisioning processes data correlated to the at least one web service. The provisioning system also includes an invocation system operatively coupled to the subscription system.
The provisioning system may also include a service catalog system configured to select at least one web service. The service catalog system may also be configured to determine user profile data. Preferably, the invocation system includes a workflow execution engine configured to receive user profile data and provisioning processes data, and configured to invoke provisioning processes data.
Another aspect of the present invention is directed towards a method of provisioning at least one web service, the method comprising the following steps:
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, With reference to the following drawings, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts and In which:
The procedure used to complete a task within a business is called a business process. Consider the process followed when a request to purchase a stock is performed over the phone. The customer representative (CR) first verifies the identity of the caller who is requesting the purchase, and finds the customer account. Next the CR forwards the request to the trader to make the purchase. Once completed, a confirmation of the purchase must be provided back to the customer, and the customer's account debited for the cost of the transaction. There maybe an approval step involved, for example if the purchase was for a significant number of shares, or for an amount that exceeded the customer's current account balance.
A business process can be represented with a process description language. If the steps of the process can be automated, a program that can interpret the process description language may be used to manage the process from start to completion. A description that represents a business process is often referred to as a workflow.
Consider the process to purchase stocks on behalf of a customer described above. Each of the steps of that process could be implemented as a web service that can be invoked remotely via the Internet. Such a complex process could be described as a composition of web services. As will be understood by one skilled in the art, the Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) can be used to represent compositions of web services.
A simple web service could be developed to determine a stock quote: getStockQuote(String symbol);
A service of this type is a remote procedure call (RPC) that would be invoked by a client application. As will be understood, the stock "symbol" is a parameter which is required to invoke the procedure call. A typical implementation of this web service would be the conversion of the request into a proprietary call over a local connection to retrieve the current stock price from an application which keeps track of stock prices. The result would be converted back to SOAP format and returned to the client application.
Such a web service can be invoked without requiring information about the identity of the caller. As noted, the only required parameter is the stock symbol. Many organizations offer this type of web service free of charge.
Consider now the implementation of a web service that is used to purchase a stock. This call might appear as:
purchaseStock(String symbol, String accountID, Int numberOfShares);
In this example, the required parameters include the referenced account ("accountID"). The account must be known to the system providing the web service beforehand, in order to verify the account information and to assign the ownership of the purchased stocks appropriately. Typically, a commission would be charged against the account (often based on the value of the stock purchased), in addition to a fixed charge for using the web service.
Accordingly, before a customer can use the purchaseStock web service, an account must be established for that customer, and other information such as the customer's name and address must be provided. The data center network infrastructure must be configured to route the web service requests and responses appropriately. These steps are a business process. Configuring a system with account and other information sufficient to allow a particular consumer to access a particular web service is referred to as "provisioning".
The components 12 of the web service system 10 may include a Security System 20 or module, which will need to be provided with a user identity and/or password in order to authenticate the consumer 14 when using the web service 16. The Security System 20 will also often require a list of the system 10 resources to which the consumer 14 will need access to use the web service 16. A Billing System 22 or module may also be required in order to charge the consumer 14 for the use of the web service 16. Accordingly, the Billing System will need to be provisioned with a billing account for that consumer 14. A User Profile System 24 or module is also common. Typically, the User Profile System 24 will be provisioned with and record personal information or user profile data about the consumer, such as the consumer's name, address and phone number. While not shown, other components will often require provisioning for elaborate commercial web services.
As will be understood, the steps in the provisioning process for the web service system 10 would typically include: configuring the Security System 20 with the consumer's 14 identity and/or password; creating an account for the consumer 14 in the Billing System 22; storing the consumer's 14 user profile data in the User Profile System 24; and informing the component providing the web service 16 that the consumer 14 is ready to access the web service 16.
The subscription system 110 includes a service catalog system or module 114, as well as a web service provisioning database 116. The provisioning database 116 contains web service description data 118 (ie. a WSDL description correlated to each web service 16), and WSFL provisioning process (or workflow) data 120 corresponding to the web service steps required for provisioning each web service 16. The service catalog module 114 is configured to present to the user 14 each of the available web services (including web service 16), as well as the correlated WSDL description for each available web service. Through the service catalog module 114, the user 14 may then select one or more desired web services 16.
The service catalog module 114 is also configured to determine and store user profile data 122 (shown on
Once the user has selected a web service 16, the service catalog module 110 passes the WSFL provisioning process data 120 correlated to the web service 16, as well as the user profile data 122, to the invocation system 112. Typically, the WSFL provisioning process data 120 and the user profile data 122 are stored and transferred as text based XML documents.
As illustrated in
By way of example only, the following illustrates a simple provisioning workflow. The first node 134 may be designed to invoke a web service which establishes a user identity and/or password on the security system 20 corresponding to the consumer 14. Similarly, the second node 136 may invoke a web service for storing the user profile data 122 in the user profile system 24. The third node 138 may invoke a web service for creating a billing account corresponding to the user 14 on the billing system 22. A fourth node 140 may also be required to invoke a web service for informing the component providing the web service 16 that the consumer 14 is ready to access the web service 16. As noted previously, however, a comprehensive commercial web service system 10 may include other components which require provisioning, and which will result in additional corresponding nodes 132 in the provisioning process data 120.
As will be understood, one or more of the nodes 132 in a provisioning process may be interruptible. Such interruptible workflow steps may require decision-making or other human interaction by the service provider. For example, an interruptible workflow step or node 132 may be provided which allows the service provider to determine if the web service 16 for a particular user 14 will be operate on a fast server or a slower one, possibly based on the user's 14 anticipated requirements.
Referring now to
Thus, while what is shown and described herein constitutes preferred embodiments of the subject invention, it should be understood that various changes can be made without departing from the subject invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims.
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Jay is right, showing up, be there for you kid no matter what it takes. What he did for Manny was pretty good and I'm sure he was feeling terrible about giving him such a bad news that he had to do something even when the kid had been telling how a great and awesome man his dad is. The stolen bicycle plot was a lot of fun. Only Phil could get in that kind of trouble. The girls weren't around, but I like Luke and I think the writers could make him more funny.
The gay couple had their funny moments too, not my favorite one but still.


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So I know I talk about JorBabe a lil here and there but have never really done anything relationship-y on the blog. I'm no expert but I know that Jor and I are prettyyy good at keeping things fresh and exciting. I think the number one thing for us is to always always always have date days/nights. Never stop dating your mate. Always dedicate at least one night a week to get dressed up and celebrate life and each other!
We love to be out around people and we love to try new things so we are constantly researching new things via Yelp and Google. We will do anything whether it's a hike, breakfast, drinks, desserts, plays, golf, day road trips, theme parks, etc. etc. etc.
We are also HUGE on babecations but more on those later.
Another fave of ours is to put together a little food/drink tour. Sometimes we will pick a place that we've heard has amazing cocktails and we'll start with a drink there. Next, we'll head to a new place we heard about for the main dish and then another lil hip place for dessert!
A few weekends ago we decided to do a Tour De Tustin and grabbed our beach cruisers and headed out for a lil day drinking.
We started at Tustin Brewing Company because they have the BEST red ale you'll ever have. If you're in the area, you MUST go there and you MUST get the Red Hill Red. It's seriously the best. Their steak nachos and buffalo wings are also TO DIE FOR. They are slightly healthier than the normal nachos and wings so you don't feel as guilty eating them. JorBabe and I spend all of March Madness here. They have a ton of TVs and it's within walking distance so we can enjoy ourselves a little more than normal.
After our the Red Hill Reds, we decided to bike down the street to Old Town Tustin. OTT is seriously SO cute. The entire El Camino Real street is lined with beautiful trees, quaint shops and fun bars/restaurants!
We talked one of our friends into coming out with us and we all headed to Quinn's for some mimosas. Quinn's is a super cute lil Irish bar that used to be one of the hippest places in T-town. The owner decided to get rid of the live music so it's no longer a destination stop but more of a little refresher stop.
After a mimosa…or two… and some reminiscing, we walked on down the street to another fave new place called The Black Marlin.
This place is a ton of fun! They are always putting on new events and always have live music. It's become very popular and is near to impossible to get a seat unless you show up early. The food is pretty decent but the Coronado Mermaid Red is where it's at.
JorBabe and I both had the red (and tons of water) and then we all decided it'd prob be a good idea to get a meal in us. We went for a cup of their chili and were all in heaven. If you're ever looking for a great chili, go hereeee!
<<<Side note: The Black Marlin has the best breakfast burritos we've found near us but they only serve them until 11am. These suckers are huge so make sure you split one if you're not a big eater!>>>
The Swinging Door was our last and final stop. It's a total dive bar but can be a blast if you're with the right crowd. The pros of this place are the jukebox and the pool table. The cons? The jukebox. We had to take it over and fill up a few hours worth of music to avoid having to listen to the awful music some random guy kept playing.
Our little Tour De Tustin was such a blast! There's something about discovering new things with your mate that just keeps everything exciting. I mean, we also have our faves that we go back to but the newness is where it's at for us. We are both so adventurous and there is so much out there to see so it works out:)


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The RELIGION AND AMERICAN HISTORY blog welcomes its first contribution by our first contributing editor, John Fea of Messiah College. John is an historian of early American history whose best-known work thus far is a fine piece: "The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian's Rural Enlightenment." The Journal of American History (September, 2003), 462-490. He's completing a book for the University of Pennsylania Press about Philip Vickers and the Enlightenment in rural America, and is also working on an edited volume entitled Christian Faith and the Historian's Vocation for Notre Dame University Press. John was in the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts from 2000-2002; I'm an alum of the same program, 1993-95. In 2002 he joined the History Department of Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. John has also been very active in public presentations, op-ed pieces, and speaking engagements, listed here. Most recently we spent an enjoyable weekend together at the Lilly Fellows Program reunion, held in Indianapolis, where John gave a presentation about the relationship of the evangelical scholar to the academy.
John will be sending along contributions as the spirit moves--and I hope it will move often! His first post concerns an issue I took up a few days ago, and that is current discussions of religion and the common good, especially those coming from a possibly (big IF there) renascent evangelical center/left.
7-7-07: Our lucky day!
Religion and the Common Good
I want to thank Paul H. for inviting me to contribute to his blog. I look forward to the conversation.
I have noticed of late that the "common good" seems to be making a comeback in American political discourse, especially among Democratic presidential candidates. Edwards, Obama, and Clinton are calling people to sacrifice their interests for the larger national community and they are using religious discourse to do it. This was certainly evident among all three candidates last month at the CNN/Sojourners "Presidential Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty" and it has been a staple of the Obama campaign ever since he announced he was running.
A few weeks ago I made a modest case in an op-ed piece that the Democrats are tapping into the longstanding relationship between Christianity and civic humanism in American history. They were returning to the "small r" republicanism of the revolutionary era and doing a better job than their Republican rivals of reflecting the Founders' understanding of the relationship between religion and the citizen's role in public life.
This idea has been developed in Lew Daly's excellent essay in the recent Boston Review, "In Search of the Common Good: The Catholic Roots of American Liberalism." Daly makes a compelling case that New Deal liberalism was the product of Catholic social teaching, particularly the views of Leo XIII as channeled through the Catholic progressivism of Father John Ryan. Catholics of Ryan's stripe, Daly reminds us, were responsible for bringing immigrant Catholics into Democratic fold, a shift in loyalty that began with the populism of William Jennings Bryan and reached its height, of course, with Franklin D. Roosevelt. His essay is worth a look.
None of the current Democratic frontrunners are Catholic, but it seems that Father Ryan's understanding of a "common good" rooted in the dignity of workers, a critique of what John Paul II used to call "savage capitalism," the defense of the family, and the importance of the "moral law" as a check to autonomous individualism just might resonate with values voters in 2008 and provide a much needed theological and intellectual boost to their religious rhetoric.
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The Alaskan Laundry
Author : Brendan Jones
Publisher : Mariner Books (April 26, 2016)
Genre : Literature & Fiction
In waters as far and icy as the Bering Sea, a fierce, lost young woman finds herself through the hard work of fishing and the stubborn love of real friendship.
Tara Marconi has made her way from Philly to "the Rock," a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons. Her mother's death left her unmoored, with a seemingly impassable rift between her and her father. But in this majestic, rugged frontier she works her way up the commercial fishing ladder—from hatchery assistant all the way to king crabber. Disciplined from years as a young boxer, she learns anew what it means to work, to connect, and—through an unlikely old tugboat — how to make a home she knows is her own.
A testament to the places that shape us and the places that change us, The Alaskan Laundrytells one woman's unforgettable journey back to the possibility of love
Editorial Reviews
"Tara Marconi has made her way to "The Rock," a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons and the demands of the world of commercial fishing. She hasn't felt at home in a long while―her mother's death left her unmoored and created a seemingly insurmountable rift between her and her father. But in majestic and mysterious Alaska, she begins to work her way up the fishing ladder―from hatchery assistant all the way to king crabber. Disciplined from years as a boxer in Philadelphia, here she truly learns what it means to work and to connect. And in buying and fixing up an old tugboat, she learns how to make a home that is her own." —Library Journal
"Debut novelist Jones draws on his real-life experience living and working on an Alaskan tugboat to craft the tale of Tara Marconi, a Philadelphia woman who runs away from the depression and anger that have taken over her life. Desperate for a change, Tara leaves boxing, her family bakery, a deceased mother, a rage-filled father, and a boyfriend with hurt feelings for a foreign landscape where the men come with guns and questionable senses of humor. She arrives with anger "hot in her chest" and feels, "at the far end of the flame's heat, something new. Quieter, reassuring." She's committed to working for one year at a hatchery on Archangel Island, Alaska, also known as "The Rock" because that's what it is—a 15-by-50-mile stretch of rock that reeks of dead fish. After a late start on her first day and learning that her training as a boxer is no preparation for the hard work she's taken on, Tara starts to feel confident and comfortable in her new environment—so much so that a tugboat for sale catches her eye. Once the first year at The Rock passes successfully, it's clear that Tara is not ready to leave Alaska. By allowing herself to be vulnerable, she builds and rebuilds relationships, setting herself up to heal past wounds. The novel is a long collection of short chapters, which amplifies the step-by-step nature of Tara's hard-earned personal and professional accomplishments. The compelling tale of a woman's journey from hopeless anger to genuine empowerment, made richer by its immersion in the world of commercial fishing."—Kirkus Reviews
"This is a truly towering debut novel. Brendan Jones charts new novelistic territory and sends back moving dispatches from the frontiers of the human heart." — Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son
"This book will pick you up from wherever you are and transport you to Sitka, Alaska; drop you in the hurl of its waves, winds, and weather; educate you in its secret language and slant codes of conduct; introduce you to a cast of characters you don't meet anywhere but the Great North. More importantly, maybe, it will re-convince you of the power of wilderness to heal a human heart."—Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted, Cowboys Are My Weakness, and others
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"There are the easy journeys, the ones that take us where we mean to travel, and there are those we shy from, the dark and uncertain treks of the soul. Without flinching, nineteen-year-old Tara ventures from South Philly to the male-dominated "Rock," an island off the coast of Alaska. True to her boxer instincts, Tara comes out swinging, unsure what the island will make of her. As layers of her former life wash away, she proves as raw and tender as the landscape, as striking and unforgettable. A promising debut, true to the core — a novel of grit and redemption." — Deb Vanasse, author of Cold Spell and Out of the Wilderness
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Impact of the Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase on the Male Fertility
Antityrosine - kinases, such as imatinib are presently the gold standard therapy of chronic
myeloid leukaemia (CML), with complete cytogenetic responses being achieved in 70-90% of
patients receiving the drug as first -line monotherapy. Imatinib selectively inhibits the
hybrid oncogen BCR/ABL involved in the genesis of CML and other tyrosine kinases, such as
c-kit and platelet derived growth factor receptor (PGDF-R), involved in malignant gastro
intestinal stromal tumours (GIST) . Despite its good tolerance, in vivo animal studies
have proved that imatinib induces teratogenesis and dose-related effect on spermatogenesis.
In humans, few pregnancies involving male CML patients have been reported with one
spontaneous abortion, one case of gut malrotation and 15 healthy children. However, in the
absence of detailed and definite evidence of the lack of deleterious effect of imatinib on
spermatogenesis and sperm nuclear integrity in humans, specific studies are warranted. Male
patients (38) will be included in this study if they are 18 to 60 years old, presenting with
chronic myeloid leukaemia or malignant GIST and receiving for the first time a treatment by
imatinib, a tyrosin-kinase inhibitor, preceded or not by hydroxyurea therapy for less than
one month. These patients should have signed the informed consent and be covered by the
French social security system. In this open prospective study, each patient will be his own
control. The effect of imatinib on the spermatogenesis will be evaluated by the
concentration of spermatozoa before the beginning of the treatment and after 6 months of
imatinib, representing 2 cycles of spermatogenesis. Patients will be recruited by the
onco-haematologists (5 corresponding centres) and referred to the CECOS Tenon. A medical
investigator will collect the informed consent and fill the study file. A classical sperm
analysis, according to OMS, will be performed. A sample of the ejaculate will be fixed for
further analysis of the percentage of sperm nuclei with fragmented DNA (TUNEL procedure).
The rest of the semen will be frozen, packaged in straws and stored in liquid nitrogen to be
used, if necessary, by the patient if an ART is mandatory to conceive a child.Another sperm
recovery will be performed after a period of 6 months under the anti tyrosine-kinase (ATK)
therapy and the same sperm analysis will be carried out and the results compared to the
first evaluation, before ATK. The plasmatic concentration of imatinib will be determined,
for each patient, the day of the second sperm recovery to check the efficiency of ATK
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Average difference of the concentration of spermatozoa in the ejaculate measured before treatment and after 6 months of treatment.
At the inclusion and M6 visits
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The True Beginning is the first chapter of World at War.
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Well, here's the first chapter of my new fanon series, World at War. I figured since Flash is working on the next chapter of Kyoshi Revolts, there's no harm in giving up a little sneak peak. Well, that's all I gotta say on the subject, since this is probably the only Author's Note I'll ever make. Enjoy, and be sure to catch the thirteenth chapter of Kyoshi Revolts, The Forsaken Son, when it comes out!
6 AG, 13 Years Ago
Outskirts of Garsai
The rain poured, as the sounds of rumbling earth and lightning echoed through the mountains. Fire Lord Sozin looked on to the landscape of the city. At this point, there wasn't a doubt in his mind that his men had lost. The great Earth Kingdom city of Garsai would not fall today.
"Fire Lord Sozin." A messenger runs over to the elderly man, who, by the age of 88, was still the greatest living Firebender on the planet. "The battle...has failed. All of our men have been captured. You must flea with the Royal Procession, or they could capture you as well!"
"Retreating is not my strong point." the Fire Lord says to the weary messenger, bluntly. "I intend to return to this city another day, and burn it to the ground. General Sun, do you recommend a retreat?" Sozin looks out to a large man of his 40s, donning the prestigious clothing of a High Fire Nation General.
"Your highness, you know I would have no problem in staying and fighting out these savage Earthbenders. But the Fire Nation depends on your survival. A 6 year old heir would not be sufficient enough to run an entire nation!" the General says.
"Very well. I will pay you with my trust General. We shall retreat tonight." Sozin says, while looking on to the city. "First, we must cross the Bay of Garsai. Hopefully, the Earthbenders have not yet reclaimed the area."
Garsai Bay
"We're almost there, honey. I can see the city." Says a Water Tribe man, no older than 30.
"You here that Ganku, sweetie, we're gonna be safe." Says a beautiful Water Tribe woman. In her arms, a small baby begins smiling, though his giggles turn to cries when he hears his mother scream.
"It can't be!" Says the Water Tribe man. "The Fire Nation has invaded Garsai!" The woman holds her baby to her chest, as the eerie figures of Fire Nation soldiers approach them.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Says an elderly man, garnered in expensive Fire Nation clothing. Unfortunately for these Water Tribe immigrants, this man was Fire Lord Sozin himself.
"F-Fire Lord Sozin!" The Water Tribe man exclaims, seeing the very Ruler of the Fire Nation in the flesh.
"General Sun, it appears we have Water Tribe immigrants. Why don't we give them a proper greeting?" Sozin says to the General, smugly.
"Very well. Men, take out the Water Tribe refugees!" Sun orders. The terrified family looks on to see five members of the Royal Procession surround them.
"Su, take Ganku and get into the city! I'll take these men on myself!" The Water Tribe man jumps onto land, and bends two water whips on each side of the guards, throwing four of them in the water. He approaches the final guard, and shoots an icicle right through the man's forehead. "Su, GO!" The man says, noticing his wife is still near.
She runs away with the baby, though Fire Lord Sozin pursues her. "No, Su!" The Water Tribe man attempts to help his wife, though he is shot in the back by Sun. "Game over." Sun says as the man falls to the ground.
Su, with Ganku in her arms, runs over to the city. "Please, soldiers! I need Earth Kingdom soldiers!" Sozin suddenly stops, and quickly generates a large bolt of lightning. He shoots it at Su, though she jumps up, and the lightning is only able to hit her legs. In a moment of sheer pain, Su's grip on her baby loosens, and she accidentally lets go of him. The baby goes airborne, and falls - right down a well.
"NO!!!!!!!" Su screams in horror as she sees her baby fall into the well.
"Oh, what a pity. Not very good with your hands, are you mommy?" Sozin says, taking pleasure in seeing the woman's pain.
"You lowlife bastard!" Su screams, while looking at Sozin's cold eyes. A spark of lightning shoots from the clouds, making Sozin's rough wrinkles and leathery skin visible.
"Arrest this woman!" Sozin shouts as General Sun and his Imperial Firebenders make it to the scene. The soldiers quickly handcuff the crying widower.
"Now let's go. I'm sick of this entire city!" Sozin says, as the rain pours down into the well.
At the Well, Morning
"Now Youn, remember to get two buckets of water." Says a man, stepping outside of his house.
"Okay Gal, I got it." The woman says back to her husband.
She walks over to the well, and begins winding up a bucket of water. She notices the bucket is unusually heavy, and, looking down, she sees a baby at the bottom of the well. The poor thing was dead. But wait - she heard crying. Yes, the baby was alive, and it was crying! Youn begins frantically winding up the bucket. She finally sees the baby, and lifts it out of the bucket.
Youn looks at the baby with an unsure look. The baby, looking back at her, smiles, and reaches for her nose. Youn laughs. She looks around for a moment, and then looks back down at the baby.
"Gal! I think your going to need to set up a new crib!" The woman says, while looking at the baby, thoughtfully. She looks down at his clothing, and sees the name "Ganku" etched in it.
19 AG, Present
Garsai, Governor's Palace
Ganku looks down at the flowing stream. This was no ordinary day for Ganku – today he turned thirteen, which was, in his city, the age of a man. He puts his hand in the stream, and begins freezing small balls of ice. Did I mention that Ganku was a Waterbender?
"Somebody looks lonely." Says a girl, walking over to Ganku. She was dressed in expensive Earth Kingdom clothing, and had a distinctive head piece in the shape of a stone on her head. "Ganku, it's your birthday, be happy."
"But Tasha, it's this whole 'becoming an Imperial Earth Soldier' thing. I just feel...weird about it. I feel like an outcast. I'm not an Earthbender. I'm a Waterbender. I'm...different." Ganku says, while looking out to the stream.
"Oh Ganku, your anything but! Our city needs you. My father always talks about how you were our precious gift from the Spirits of the Earth." Tasha says. "Your Waterbending is what makes you who you are."
"Thank you, Tasha." Ganku says, while looking into the eyes of his thoughtful, beautiful friend.
"I mean, at least you can join the army." Tasha begins. "You're a man. They prohibit women from the Army. I don't even have the political influence over any part of the Earth Kingdom Military! And I'm the Governor's daughter."
"Some things are hard to get even when your royalty." Ganku says.
"But not for Man-"
"TASHA!!!" Yells a girl, who seems to be about sixteen years of age. This was Mandee, Tasha's sister.
"What do you want Mandee?" Tasha says to her disgruntled sister.
"Where are my shoes? You know I hate it when you wear my shoes!" Mandee yells while running around frantically.
"I didn't take your shoes, airhead. Earthbenders don't wear shoes." Tasha says, while Mandee lifts up Ganku's legs, trying to find her precious shoes.
"Mandee, what are you doing?" Ganku says.
"Looking for these?" Says a boy, seemingly about the same age as Mandee. In his hands dangled two bright, sparkling shoes.
"My shoes! Gimee gimee gimee." Mandee says, grabbing the shoes out of the boy, Ro's, hands.
"How about a thank you?" Ro says to the mean heiress.
"Whatever Ho." Mandee says, while trying to put on her shoes.
"My name is RO! We've known each other for 15 years and you still don't know it!?" Ro says to a disinterested Mandee.
"Do I look like I care? No. Now move!" Mandee says, pushing Ro away.
While Mandee walks away, Tasha pushes the ground under her feet backwards, causing Mandee to fall forward. Using Waterbending, Ganku places a layer of water over the dirt, turning into mud. Mandee splats face-first into the mud, soaking her entire body in it.
"Haha, you guys always know how to cheer me up." Ganku says to Tasha and Ro, while Mandee seethes in rage.
Fire Nation Palace, War Room
A very old Fire Lord Sozin sits prominently on his thrown, as fire dances around him. On one side of him is General Sun, who has aged, and Sozin's nineteen year old son, Prince Azulon.
"Admiral Min, your report." Sozin says to one of his men.
"Thank you, sir. Recently, we have been expanding our tactics. The Earth Kingdom continues to be our greatest match. We have been able to conquer three of its seven best strongholds, but we still have Han Tui, Garsai, Omashu, and of course Ba Sing Se left in our path to victory. If we can't conquer Han Tui and Garsai, access to the Eastern Earth Kingdom will be impossible, leaving an attack on Ba Sing Se out of the question. With Ba Sing Se in the picture, we will never be able to achieve complete victory. As for the Water Tribes, we are currently considering raids on the Southern Water Tribe, but first we must capture its Waterbenders. If we don't capture the Waterbenders from the South soon, they will be able to mobilize and possibly create a city as high-security as their Nothern counterparts." The Admiral says.
"Your words mean nothing and your logic is flimsy." Says General Sun, standing before the man. "You speak of defeating the Southern Water Tribe, of conquering Garsai and Han Tui, but yet you make no effort of mobilizing your ships in an attack on those cities. Obliteration is our only method." This final sentence ctaches the attention of the Fire Prince, Azulon.
"You are wrong, General. To win a war, you must be sneaky, conniving, precise, and deadly. With that way, you lose little armies, and you'll have more to conquer than just rubble." Azulon says sharply to the General.
"War comes with sacrifice, Prince Azulon! And I know your father would agree." Sun declares. With those words, all eyes in the room turn to Sozin.
"...I have no opinion on the matter! But since the two of you seem so determined, fine! I shall order up an organization with the objective of conquering Garsai. And you two are going to lead it. Sun, you are my best General. Azulon, you are a prodigy. I know you both won't fail me." Sozin says.
"But father-"
"Enough. I want no more of this discussion. You do as I say, Azulon." Sozin says to his son, with a cold, chilling glare in his eyes.
"Alright, I'll be the bigger person here, Fire Lord Sozin." Sun says.
"Then shut up and leave!" Sozin yells.
Azulon and Sun leave the room in respect.
"Okay, listen here, Sun." Azulon says to the General when the two are out of the room. "We're gonna try this by my rules. And I promise you, in a few days Garsai will be history."
"And what if your wrong, Prince Azulon? About everything?" Sun says, smugly.
"Then I hand control over to you." Azulon says to Sun.
"Very well." Sun says. "I trust you."
Azulon walks away. Sun can only watch him with a suspicious glare.
- The war methods argued over by Sun and Azulon are somewhat reminiscent to the different behaviors and methods of Azulon's grandchildren. Prince Zuko was originally very destructive in his quest to capture Avatar Aang. He was very outright, and used straightforward attacks to achieve his goal. Princess Azula, on the other hand, was sneaky and precise. A famous example was how she used a coup d'état to conquer Ba Sing Se.
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I am attempting to set up a direct integration to webmerge.me, but the problem appears to be the lack of ability on Jotform's end to generate the proper POST command with name/value pairs.
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This is a re-post of a comment on How to Setup a Webhook with JotForm
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Hi Welvin,
I have also been trying to integrate Jotform with Webmerge for awhile. I am going to attempt to write a custom php script again after reading more of Jotform's webhook instructions, but in the meantime I had found the Zapier solution. My only problem is that my form contains signature fields, and the url of the image that gets transmitted to Webmerge through Zapier is not complete - so that the image is missing in the merged document.
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Thank you for the information. This should help.
donadioj, so did you get the web hook to work with WebMerge? If so, did it require a PHP file? I contacted WebMerge and they sent me this link: https://www.webmerge.me/blog/integrate-wufoo-forms At least with Wufoo it looks like you just need to name the variables the same and it works. No PHP required. I tried that just now using JotForm with no success. If you ended up using a PHP file, where did it fit into your workflow? Thanks!
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I corresponded with the WebMerge team some more. It sounds like WuFoo is sending each item as a separate variable, where JotForm is currently sending it as a single variable with all the data embedded in the JSON. It would be great if the Web Hook integration could be updated to send separate variables as well. For now, I will continue to use Zapier. Thanks.
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Dear staynerm, I was able to accomplish the integration customizing the webmerge php sample files with my webmerge api keys https://www.webmerge.me/manage/account?page=api and jotform fields. This is what my php file looks like which I added as a webhook to my form. Hope that explains better.
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Thank you for the information and for the PHP file. I have saved it here for reference. It's definitely helpful.
Thank you!
@donadioj, yes, THANK YOU!
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Civil War Journal
By: Kyle Chong
Journal Entry 1:
My beloved parents-
Today was the first battle of Gettysburg and it was very devastating and one bloody battle. Today me and my cousin David fought in that battle, and with the new weapons that were just made, t'was probably one of the bloodiest battles in American history. At least I think. I am writing to say that David and I are alive and still fighting. We are losing now, but we have a plan to win the next. We are going to attack them at dawn, wish us luck that we win the next battle and don't die. We are safe for now and if I live the next battle, I shall write to you again. Until then fair well.
Major Jayden Lundqvist
Journal Entry 2:
Mary Virginia Anne: Where did the pepperbox shoot you?
Major Jayden Lundqvist: I was shot in my left arm by a hailfire of hornets in the battle of Bull Run by dem' nasty greycoats!
Thomas Davidson: Uh oh, it looks like you've been played out.
Mary Virginia Anne: I'm going to have to wallpaper you, so I can saw your arm off.
Major Jayden Lundqvist: I was just toeing the mark and it was a pretty hard case game, but I lost.
Thomas Davidson: This looks like a hard case, do your best sawbones.
Mary Virginia Anne: Give me the joy juice.
Thomas Davidson: Here ya go.
Mary Virginia Anne: As soon as I cut off your arm, you'll be as fit as a fiddle!
Major Jayden Lundqvist: (Scared) Ugh
Mary Virginia Anne: This will be the best for you, but you might be a little hard knocked for a while.
Major Jayden Lundqvist: I would agree so…
(Major Jayden Lundqvist's arm is now cut off)
Journal Entry 3:
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am in Virginia now and we are expecting a battle to happen soon. I hope that everything is OK and that I don't die. But in case I don't come back, I want to travel the tale of how camp is like. Camp is for the strong, the weak would never survive. Every day we have drills, from sunrise to sunset. It is very tiring and I do not like it along with some of my fellow soldiers. Some have complained and didn't even show up for the drills and warm-ups. So they get punished real bad. I was lucky not to go along side them. The only reason for that was because my gut said not to and that it would leave to a bad outcome, and well it did. I know that they only mean the best for us, and that is why I am going with it. Some of the things that they make us do for drills is they make us run, march in formation up and down hills, bayonet practice and rifle drills. It is very tiring to do this everyday, 365 a year. Right after drills we have to do chores. You might say that that should be easy for me because you made me do those as a kid. But no it is not the same because they are a lot harder and takes a lot more "elbow grease" to do these. Some of the chores that we all have to do are building a fort around the entire city of Washington. or making roads all around camp for our convenience, and also we have to make sure that we keep our camp nice and clean. As I said before of how people do not listen, they do get punished, severely. One of the punishments is that you are put into a horrible position and have to stay like that for a long time. Another is that you have to carry a log around all day. I heard that is very tiring. I know that I am not breaking the rules any time soon.
-Major Jayden Lundqvist
Soldiers Playing Cards
Sunrise at Camp
Journal Entry 4:
Jeremiah Interview Questions
1. Jeremiah, when you chose to join the Confederate Army, what caused you to make that choice? What caused me to make this choice is I am not a very good farmer and I could not leave the farm unattended, and I was told by my mother to go as well and I had no choice.
2. Jeremiah, looking back what is something in your life that you are proud or happy about? I am proud of the fact that I fought strongly and that I am here, living and that I am not dead. I am greatful for just about anything left in my life at the moment.
3. Jeremiah, what is one thing about your life that you wish had been different? I would have had my mom be healthier and my brother not go to war, because it was a bad change in my life and I lost them both. I wish that I would've known better and have been smarter about my choices.
4. Jeremiah, do you think your brother is dead?
Yes, sadly I believe I have lost my long beloved brother and I mourn him so. I am hurt by his death, and know that I am the only one left. But I am acting strong about it and I know that it is a thing of the past, and that the future holds a lot for me. I know that if I am not dead, then I god has a reason for me to still be here.
Journal Entry 6:
Civil War Music
Home Sweet Home
A day passes, and a day comes,
It feels like it goes on forever, this war,
But we all know that it will come to an end,
It may take days,
It may take weeks,
It will probably take years,
But we will all look forward to the day that it ends.
Our home sweet home,
The beautiful little place,
Where our family is,
Our friends,
And Pets are too,
The wonderful little place,
Where we can't wait to go,
Home home home,
The nice little place to be.
The flag goes up,
The men go forward,
The music rises up,
March march march march,
We are on our way to victory,
So that we can go home,
Home home home,
The nice little place to be.
Home is the place,
Where warmth is spread,
And love is within the air,
With our wonderful children,
Our lovely wives,
And our amazing friends,
Home home home,
The nice little place to be.
A day passes, and a day comes,
It feels like it goes on forever, this war,
But we all know that it will come to an end,
It may take days,
It may take weeks,
It will probably take years,
But we will all look forward to the day it ends.
A Civil War Battle Picture
Journal Entry 7:
Dear David Lundqvist-
I have seen many sicknesses here at the hospital today and some of them include pneumonia, stomach problems, colds, the flu, gunshot injuries and more. To treat pneumonia they usually applied burning alcohol to the patients chest or applied hot bricks to the patients feet. They also compressed their stomachs to help stop stomach problems. That is only two ways to stop a sickness of some sort. There are some ways, but not many because we don't have much knowledge on how to cure people so many are dying as you read.
Journal Entry 5:
Dear David Lundqvist-
At camp, it is very boring and they are super stupid to not let us gamble on games. So we had to be creative and create our own games to gamble on. You might say that I should listen to my commander but today we are all outliers and are all against the rules. Today I bet on a rooster battle and I won. My favorite food here is the hardtack that they give out. Even though that they might have bugs and dead leaves and such, it tastes good when you are starving. The recipe for hardtack is:
- 2 cups flour
- ½ to ¾ cup water
- Salt (5-6 pinches)
- Mixing bowl
- Rolling pin
- Cookie Sheet
- Fork
Hope to see you soon-
Major Jayden Lundqvist
Journal Entry 8:
Dear Journal,
I got home today and, well, it was different to me than before. The war has raged on so long that my family looks completely different and older since the last time I have seen them. It was nice to rest and be able to sleep for as long as I did. It's probably the best amount of sleep that I've had since I joined the army. When I finally got home, I was able to eat, what I thought was our whole supply of food. Best I've had since the beginning of the war as well. Everything is getting back to normal now and I am glad of that. I just always want to remember the looks on everyone's faces when the soldiers and I came back to the town. It was so nice to see all of the happy faces that showed their gratitude for our hard work and all of the effort that we put in to win the war. It was such a nice sight, and I shall remember that forever.
-Major Jayden Lundqvist
"Civil War Battle." Benjaminfeenstra.com. Benjamin, 2014. Web. 12 May 2014. <http://benjaminfeenstra.com/2013/11/civil-war-stupid-strategy/>.
"Sunrise." Kimo. Kimo, n.d. Web. 6 May 2014. <http://captainkimo.com/sunrise-at-pine-forest-and-palm-scrubs/>.
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The GNW-100A Sakibure is the mass-produced workloader[3] that was shown in the epilogue of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer and was featured in Mobile Suit Gundam 00N and Mobile Suit Gundam 00I 2314.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Sakibure is a workloader produced 50 years after the ELS Conflict. It is officially classified as a workloader due to the fact that it was not built for combat.[3] However due to its high performance, it is regarded by many people as a mobile suit.[3] An interesting design feature is that the cockpit hatch and color schemes contains faint aesthetics to the GNX-Y802T Neo-Hed. Because the unit wasn't purposed for war, the series is lightly armored and its joints are exposed. It has a pair of thrusters in the back and wings attached on its legs for controlled high-speed propulsion. This MS is noted for having ELS components inside its head unit, but its purpose is undefined. The Sakibure does not feature any weapons, the boxes on its arms are storage boxes for tools.
These mass-produced units are also using various forms of power plants and utilized differently relative to their masters. There's five versions: Condenser-type, ELS-type, GN Drive Tau-type, Human-type, and GN Drive-type. Because of advancements in artificial control, the Sakibure's don't need human pilots and they're capable of making decisions based on their commands, however, there are still units available for manual piloting.
The units traveling with the Sumeragi utilizes GN Drives and their technology exceeds that of the units ESF had produced 50 years ago. As utilizers of true GN Drives, they have unlimited energy potential (like the Gundams) and have Trans-Am to increase their overall performance capabilities. The units are capable of quantization, a variation of the ability that the Twin Drive 00 units possessed,[2] however, it's not clear if it is a function tied to Trans-Am due to technological enhancements in the past 50 years.
Special Equipment & Features
- Quantum Teleportation System
- The Sakibure can also perform the same Quantum Teleportation as the GNT-0000 00 Qan(T). The Sakibure creates a portal through the chest condensers and the condensers on the palms, then teleports through it.
Interstellar Expedition
A group of this work-use mobile suit was assigned to the deep space exploration spaceship, Sumeragi, in A.D. 2364.
- GNW-100A Sakibure Non-ELS Condenser Type
- A variation of Sakibure that has no ELS components and utilizes a GN Condenser for power.[2]
- GNW-100A Sakibure GN Drive Tau Type
- A Sakibure that uses GN Drive Taus for power.[2]
- GNW-100A Sakibure ELS Type
- Sakibures used solely by the ELS, has no human pilot.[2]
- GNW-100A Sakibure Human Type
- Sakibures that are operated by the Humans.[2]
Notes & Trivia
- It was mentioned in a Great Mechanics DX interview that another deep space exploration ship named the Tieria was made 50 years after the ELS conflict. It is unknown whether it carries Sakibures along with it too.
- "Sakibure" (先触れ) is the Japanese word means "a sign".
- Although the wing-like protrusions on the legs of the GNW-100P Gundam Portent are basically large clavicle antennae, it is unknown if the same also apply for Sakibure. Furthermore, the Gundam Portent only looks like Sakibure and not said to be based on it.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam 00I: 2314 Chapter 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Great Mechanics DX pg.71.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mobile Suit Gundam 00N Chapter 16
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- El Paso Zoological Society (Texas, USA
- Happy Hollow Park and Zoo (California, USA)
- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (Arizona, USA)
- Micke Grove Zoo (California, USA)
- Nashville Zoo (Tennessee, USA)
- Niabi Zoo (Illinois, USA)
- Out of Africa Park (Arizona, USA)
- Pacific Whale Foundation (10% discount) (Maui-Hawaii, USA)
- Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society (Florida, USA)
- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Z (Pennsylvania, USA)
- Pocatello Zoo Society for Zoo Idaho (Idaho, USA)
- Potawatomi Zoo (Indiana, USA)
- Santa Ana Zoo (California, USA)
- Sea Life Kansas City (Kansas, USA)
- Waikiki Aquarium (Oahu-Hawaii, USA)
Where to Purchase
Annual Journey Passes can be purchased online, at the Front Entrance, via email, or call (808) 270-7075. Children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by a registered adult.


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James Dockins
James E. Dockins, 82, of East Wenatchee, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.
He was a longtime resident of the Wenatchee Valley and had worked at Alcoa for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen Dockins of East Wenatchee; his children, Steve Dockins of Leavenworth and Debbie Dockins-Jones of East Wenatchee; and his sister, Ruth Brewer of Wenatchee.
A private family gathering will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.