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What is this class all about?
I think this class is about learning how to think differently, so I will be able to create lessons for the special needs students in my future classroom.
What do I hope to learn in this class?
I hope to learn as many techniques as possible when it comes to teaching special needs children. There are so many different types of special needs learners that I know not everything can be covered in this class, but I hope to learn some skills and ideas that can become a solid foundation for me to draw from in the future.
Do I have preconceived notions about Special Needs Learners?
I don't think that I have preconceived notions about Special Needs Learners. I have been fortunate to be around several Special Needs Learners through my job as a para-educator. I have seen how they each have their own learning issues, and have learned to deal with those issues in their own way.
How do I plan to be successful in this class?
In order to be successful in this class, I plan on completing all my assignments on time, participating in all discussions, and stretching my creativity by learning how to use new technology tools.
What do I expect of myself as a student, a future teacher?
As a student, I expect myself to be willing to put in the time and effort to learn all I can from this class. The instructor has sacrificed time to create lessons, I need to make the time to fully complete each lesson. When I am a teacher I have to be willing to keep working until I figure out the best way to present things to my students so that they will be able to understand whatever topic we are learning about.
Will the kind of student I am now impact the type of teacher I might become?
I think the type of student I am now could impact the type of teacher I become. If I am not willing to put in the time and effort now, as a student, to learn new things, why would that suddenly change when I become a teacher? I feel that in order to be an effective teacher I will always be learning. Teachers have the opportunities to attend conferences, read studies, and work with other teachers to get new ideas. I feel that my commitment to my current studies will carry over into my teaching.
What issues might I face on my journey to become a teacher...how can this class help me overcome them?
I think the biggest issue I will face on my journey to become a teacher is adapting to all the new technologies that have been developed recently. Knowing how to create word documents, power points, and spreadsheets used to be all that was expected of students. In today's ever changing world, I am constantly realizing how little I know about developing technologies. This class will help push me to learn many different ways to present information, which will help me become a creative teacher.


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Composer: Hindemith
Publisher: Schott (Germany)
Edition: 3676
Composed in 1938, Paul Hindemith's Oboe Sonata is one of the essential pieces in the repertoire. The piano part for the Oboe Sonata is not as rhythmically or technically challenging as the piano parts for many other Hindemith sonatas.
This sonata is a two movement work, with a total performance length of about 12 minutes.
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Australia permits a huge coal mine, despite fears of environmental damage. We analyse the economic merits of the project, which Greenpeace says will damage the Great Barrier Reef. Europe's migrant crisis has once again dominated an EU summit in Brussels. Millions of people have fled conflict in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to seek a new life in Europe, while politicians struggle to get to grips with the challenge of dealing with the influx of migrants. We hear about the plight of migrants from the BBC's Ed Thomas, who has spent the past few weeks with many of them in Macedonia, Hungary, Serbia and Greece. Italy's centre-left government has approved an expansionary budget, designed to ensure economic recovery takes off next year. But will it work? We hear the view of Lorenzo Codogno, from the London School of Economics, formerly Chief Economist of the Italian Treasury. British MPs have been grilling the head of Volkswagen's UK operation, as the scandal over cheating emissions tests continues. VW's Paul Willis has apologised again, but what are British politicians making of it? We hear from the chairman of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, Huw Irranca-Davies. India is renowned as a nation of tea drinkers, but coffee is fast becoming the beverage of choice, with more cafes opening signalling a change in the country's culture. We get a report from the BBC's Yogita Limaye on the beverage choice that is becoming big business for chains of cafes in India.
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New York - Bombay Company, once a retail chain with more than 450 doors and now a home decor brand, will debut its first full collection at QVC.
The 250-piece collection includes globally-inspired furniture, tabletop, top-of-bed, embellished accessories, textiles, and gift and novelty items. Seasonal products will include holiday florals and wedding collections. Retail prices start at $7.00 and run up to $1,500 for investment furniture pieces.
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Native Arts of the Pacific Northwest from the Rasmussen Collection of the Portland Art Museum (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1949). This book reveals the beginning of what is art-anthropology, a field that differentiates from archaeology and ethnology as they re-evaluate the materials within this collection. Axel Rasmussen spent a quarter century collecting masks, blankets, and carvings amongst other artifacts and the collection was then purchased by the Portland Art Museum.
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The restaurant scene in Bethpage is rife with change. Now, Watawa Sushi & Lounge has opened in the former digs of Sumou, which lasted less than a year before closing. Prior to that, the space was occupied by Ozumo, another Japanese restaurant.
The sleek-looking Watawa offers an all-you-can-eat option for $21.95 Monday to Thursday and $23.95 Friday to Sunday. Order from a special menu of sushi and kitchen items and, when you're finished with one dish, you can order more. What you can't do is leave with a doggy bag. There's also an a la carte charge for over ordering and not finishing food.
You can, of course, opt to order from the regular menu, with such choices as black pepper tuna tataki ($10), a mango Hawaii roll with salmon, avocado, mango and eel ($12), chirashi ($18), shrimp teriyaki ($16), beef sukiyaki ($16) and a chicken tempura bento box ($19)
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I was lucky enough to be able to attend the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen during the 70's. 1973 then from 1977 through it's final year in 1980.
It was a historic time for the Grand Prix, now better know as Formula One, it was a time when you had access to the drivers and could witness wheel to wheel competition from some of the best drivers in the world.
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- Michael The Molar Maven said...
I had this discussion with a friend today. This is what he said: Extending unemployment for 13 months may directly stimulate the economy in the short run, but in the long run it perpetuates the laziness that got them unemployed in the first place. So, to solve the deficit issue it is much better to give tax breaks to wealthy people who don't need to save because they really don't need the money. They will, in turn spend it, re-creating the need for the goods. Manufacturers will then re-hire those unemployed who are not lazy and the wheels will begin to spin again. Can you believe it? He really believes that most of the unemployed will choose to remain unemployed until their benefits run out. We will be doing them a favor by cutting off their benefits right now. Now there's a man bread with compassion, don't you think?
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This friend of yours doesn't know what he's talking about. People are unemployed because they're lazy? The wealthy create jobs with their tax breaks? That's really worked well over the past 10 years, right? The best thing we can do is cut off benefits? His lack of compassion is matched by his lack of knowledge.
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Pac-12 Football: 10 Bold Predictions for the Rest of the Season
The second set of BCS rankings were released last Sunday, which means the home stretch of college football is upon us.
Out west, everything is falling into place for a November 12 showdown in Palo Alto between the Oregon Ducks and the Stanford Cardinal to determine the winner of the Pac-12 North and the eventual host of the inaugural Pac-12 championship game.
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Utah Will Play in a Bowl Game
The Utah Utes had been successful versus Pac-10 opponents in the years leading up to their invitation to join the conference.
They posted a 7-3 record over their final 10 games versus Pac-10 foes before joining the newly formed 12-team conference.
However, life as a member of the Pac-12 hasn't been such a smooth transition for the Utes. They currently are 0-4 and tied for last place in the Pac-12 South with Colorado, the conference's other new member.
Besides inter-conference play, it hasn't all been doom and gloom for the Utes 2012 football campaign. They beat their arch-rival Brigham Young 54-10 in one of the most lopsided scores in the history of The Holy War.
Then they travelled back east and got a big win over the Big East's Pittsburgh. That win improved the Utes record to 9-0 all time versus the Big East. Maybe they should have waited for an invite from them.
More good news for the Utes is that they conveniently avoided Stanford and Oregon when the schedule was released for their debut season in the conference, which means their remaining five conference games are against teams in the bottom half of the Pac-12 standings.
If the Utes can get three conference wins, they will still be bowl eligible and possibly build some momentum entering their sophomore season in the conference.
Colorado Will Lose 10 Games to Pac-12 Opponents by Season's End
I don't know if a team has ever lost to 10 teams from the same conference in a season before, or if it will ever be mathematically possible to happen again. However, the 2011 Colorado Buffaloes have that 'feat' in sight.
The reason that the Buffaloes may lose to 10 other Pac-12 teams is that one of Colorado's non-conference games this season was versus Cal, who the Buffs had scheduled before they received an invitation to join the Pac-12.
Although the Pac-12 hasn't been very hospitable to their newest members, I believe the conference as a whole should look at Colorado as a long-term investment. The Buffaloes have a rich college football history that includes numerous Big 8 championships, a Big 12 championship and a national championship in 1990.
The Buffs have always recruited heavily out of California, and playing in the Pac-12 South should help recruiting and improve Colorado football moving forward.
The Pac-12 Will Have 5 Teams in the Final Associated Press Top 25 Poll
This may not seem like an overly impressive number of ranked teams at first glance, but it is much more respectable than the total of two ranked teams the conference ended with in 2010 and started with in 2011.
Last year the conference may have been deeper and more balanced. However, the top-heavy nature of the 2011 Pac-12 should finish with Stanford, Oregon, USC, Arizona State and Washington all in the final poll of the AP Top 25.
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The Pac-12 has long been known as the conference of quarterbacks, and this year the conference is absolutely loaded with talented signal callers.
Andrew Luck, Matt Barkley and Nick Foles were all on the top five of Mel Kiper's Big Board before the season started and they have all been as good as advertised. However, several other quarterbacks in the conference are putting up monster numbers as well.
As of today, five Pac-12 quarterbacks are on pace to throw for over 30 touchdown passes. That list includes: Matt Barkley of USC, Andrew Luck of Stanford, Nick Foles of Arizona, Keith Price of Washington and Darron Thomas of Oregon.
Brock Osweiler of Arizona State and Marshall Lobestael of Washington State are just off pace to throw 30 touchdown passes.
Considering Darron Thomas' health is unknown outside of Eugene, I'm predicting five Pac-12 gunslingers to throw for over 30 touchdown passes. However, don't be surprised if the conference ends up with six or even seven breaking that mark.
The Pac-12 Will Have Two BCS Bowl Teams
Last year the Stanford Cardinal received an at-large bid to the Orange Bowl while the Oregon Ducks played for the BCS National Championship. Expect those same two teams to receive BCS Bowl bids once again.
Although college football arguably has a two-team playoff and every other bowl is just a glorified exhibition game, some of the exhibition games are much more lucrative than others. The payout of a BCS bowl is over $17 million more than that of any other bowl that the Pac-12 is currently affiliated with.
Even though the Pac-10 only had four teams play in bowl games last year, the conference profited much more off its post-season games than the 2009 season when the conference received seven bowl bids.
The bowl money is split between the entire conference, so all 12 conference athletic directors will be hoping for two BCS bowl bids once again.
Andrew Luck Will Shock Us with Another Unconventional Jaw Dropper
NFL scouts have been drooling over Andrew Luck since the end of the 2009 season. The cliché about Luck is that he is a surefire, can't-miss NFL quarterback prospect. He is smart, can make all the throws, doesn't make mistakes, has a rocket arm, is a good leader, has a booming voice and every other possible description of the ideal, video game-esque quarterback.
Even though the aforementioned qualities are enough to assure his position of the #1 pick in next year's NFL draft, some of Andrew Luck's most amazing highlights have nothing to do with the skills that an NFL quarterback needs to possess.
Last year when Shareece Wright of USC recovered a fumble in a 14-14 tie versus Stanford, Wright thought for a second that he was off to the races. About 1.5 seconds later, Andrew Luck flattened Shareece Wright in a play that had the announcers in shock and awe.
Later that season in "The Big Game" vs arch-rival Cal, Luck decided to tuck and run when none of his receivers were available. He eventually forearmed a Cal cornerback who thought he was going to tackle him at midfield. Instead, the Cal defender was knocked on his back and Luck paused for a split second and gave him a stare.
At the end of last season, it appeared that Luck could play linebacker or fullback in case of an emergency. This season versus UCLA, we learned that he could play wide receiver, too. During a play in the first half, Stanford worked an end around to a receiver, who then threw the ball back to Luck for a 15 yard pass. It was overthrown and appeared to be headed out of bounds for an incomplete pass, until Luck stretched with one arm to make the grab.
Who knows, maybe Luck will throw a pass to himself one day.
Andrew Luck Will Also Win the Heisman
Considering Andrew Luck has been leading every Heisman poll since this past spring, this isn't the boldest of predictions.
But we all know there are no guarantees in college football. There are many voters out there that for geographical, personal or whatever reasons won't vote for Stanford's junior quarterback.
Cliff Harris Will Have No More Driving Citations
This may be the boldest prediction of all, but I believe that Cliff Harris is done getting in trouble behind the wheel.
This past summer, he was pulled over driving 118 mph with no driver's license in a rental car. He was suspended for the LSU game and has had limited playing time this season since being reinstated.
The missed games and lack of playing time didn't seem to deter Harris from continuing to drive on his suspended driver's license. He was pulled over again on Monday, October 24 for failure to wear his seatbelt. He was cited for the seatbelt, driving without insurance and driving on a suspended license.
While it is uncertain as to whether Harris will get pulled over again for another traffic violation, it is certain that the pre-season first team All-American has been, as in the words of his coach Chip Kelly, "disappointing" this season.
There Will Be No More Talk of Pac-12 Expansion in 2011
Ever since Larry Scott invited half of the Big 12 to join the Pac, rumors have been swirling about who the newest members of the conference will be. Last year Larry Scott cast out his net in an attempt to add six teams to the conference, but instead added just two.
The two added teams proved to be sufficient to complete the master plan that nearly demised the Big 12, which was to land a monster TV deal. Commissioner Larry Scott ended up signing the largest TV deal in college sport's history. This year, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech hoped the offer to join the Pac-12 was still on the table.
The Pac-12 voted to keep things how they are for now. However, once another conference tops the Pac-12's television deal, expect the commissioner to be on the hunt to add teams once again.
The National Championship Will Be Stanford vs the LSU-Alabama Winner
The latter part of my prediction seems to be quite obvious at this point in the season. LSU and Alabama are the top two ranked teams in the country and between them they have received just about all of the first-place votes in every major poll.
Stanford, however, does not seem to be in control their own destiny as of yet. Although they are tied with Oklahoma State for an average ranking of 3.5 in the human polls, the computers have Stanford at an average ranking of nine. The Jeff Sagarin computer needs to invest in some anti-virus software, because it must have a virus if it believes Stanford is currently the 21st best team in college football.
The Cardinal should move up in both the human and computer average rankings if they are to win out. That would include wins over USC, Oregon, Notre Dame and the Pac-12 South champion (probably Arizona State) to end the season. Even if Oklahoma St wins out, I predict that this will be enough to cement the Cardinal into the No. 2 spot in the BCS rankings.
Whether my prediction comes true or not, one thing that isn't debatable is the dominant run that the Cardinal have been on. After the 65-21 win over Washington last Saturday, the Cardinal became the first team in the poll era to win 10 straight games by 25 or more points. One of those games was the 40-12 thrashing of the Virginia Tech in last year's Orange Bowl.
Also, if my prediction is to come true, then the national championship will feature the SEC champ versus the Pac-12 champ. This will only be the the second ever national championship between the two conferences, which is shocking when you consider Pete Carroll won six BCS bowls during a time period in which the SEC won four national championships.
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Marcus Giles and DeWayne Wise are healthy again, but unfortunately for Wise getting injured was a bad career move, because Charles Thomas is performing so well that he's keeping the roster spot, and Wise was sent to AAA Richmond. Jesse Garcia was also optioned to the minors when Giles returned. Now that it seems the Braves are finally over .500 to stay and will put in a good run for the division title, it's time to figure out just how they've done it so far and what needs to happen for the Braves to stay in the hunt after so much has gone wrong. I can think of a few things. 1. JD Drew is now batting .313 with 21 homers, and he is among league leaders with a 1.050 OPS and about 75 runs created in only 79 games. He is definitely the Braves' MVP of the first half, picking up the offensive slack where injuries and slumps to Giles and the Jones boys slowed us down. 2. I still can't help talking about Johnny Estrada. The Braves' only All-Star (though Drew was more deserving than at least a couple of the NL's outfielders) has kept his batting average around the .330 mark, and he continues to drive singles and doubles past the opposition when runners get on base. His .448 average with runners on base and .452 with runners in scoring position still lead all MLB hitters. 3. What happened to Eli Marrero?! Injuries nagged him for the first two months of the season and held him to a .115 batting average, but he's batted .411 in June and July to bring his average over .340. The other Braves left fielder, Charles Thomas, has done an excellent job as well, batting .385 in his first 18 games as a major leaguer. Since May 31, the combination of Marrero and Thomas is batting .401 (57 for 142) with 14 doubles, 2 triples, and 7 homers (.676 sLG). Add 11 walks and 2 HBP, and they've got a .452 OBP, which helps translate to a 1.128 OPS. Their 39 runs created in only 155 plate appearances is also something worth cheering for. 4. Finally, our pitching has seen its ups and downs, but at least four of the Braves' six starters are showing signs of finding their groove for the home stretch. Russ Ortiz had allowed one run or fewer in three straight starts until giving up four to the high-octane offense of the Phillies just before the All-Star break, and he still won that game. Jaret Wright has become our #2 guy, with a 1.42 ERA in three starts in July, winning two of three starts while allowing only 13 hits and 3 runs in 19 innings. Paul Byrd has been very impressive -- since coming back less than a year after Tommy John surgery, he has pitched very well, allowing only 11 runs and 3 walks in 28.1 innings, but unfortunately has split his record at 2-2 in five starts. Mike Hampton and John Thomson, on the other hand, both had a horrendous June with ERA's over 6.00 and a combined 3-7 record. Only Travis Smith, now safely back in the minors, had a worse time on the mound, although Braves fans recognize that the worst time off the mound is probably spent by Horacio Ramirez, whose 2.28 ERA has been sorely missed since his last start at the end of May. There is still no telling when Ramirez might return; the tendinitis keeps coming back. 5. The last key ingredient to the Braves' success to this point is the bullpen. John Smoltz, Kevin Gryboski, Antonio Alfonseca, and Juan Cruz have been especially impressive, and Tim Drew and Sam McConnell look very good in limited time on the mound. If the bullpen can continue to slam the door as it has been doing most of the year (which might mean keeping the ball away from Chris Reitsma in game-crticial situations), the Braves will be in good shape. If Ramirez, Hampton, and Thomson come back strong and pitch consistently well in August and September, the Braves will be in great shape. If the lineup remains consistent and Chipper and Andruw start producing as we all know they are capable, the Braves will be unstoppable.The Braves have won 9 of 12 games so far in July, easily their best stretch of the year, which landed them in a tie for first with the Phillies for a single day before losing to the Expos last night and dropping back to a game out.


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Hoboken411 reader Andrew said:
"I came home from work today and looked out my window to find the craziest scene on the little league baseball field at Sinatra and 4th. Apparently the city is plowing the baseball field. Why would this ever be necessary? I can't figure it out? Waste of city resources? I am very curious as to the story behind this."
Anyone know?


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The Unwinding of Ebenezer Scrooge
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Vertebrate, complex nervous system, aquatic and terran forms, sentient native
Aborian Empire
Name: Abor (Planet) Aboria (Nation/culture) Aborians (The people)
Created By: Ken Strickland interpreted by Jay P Hailey
Appearance: ST-OM 26: New Neighbors
Short Summary:Edit
A race of beautiful, haughty humanoids with a kink
Aborians are very similar to humans, except that they are generally beautiful people. They are tall and appear regal, graceful, healthy and attractive to humans - Aborians who fall outside of this appearance range almost always are skeletal, bony and faintly spooky looking.
Aborians are largely fair skinned, with light colored hair that ranges from Silver and gold through a lustrous auburn.
Aborian style is baroque, complex and exquisite - a wealthy or high status Aborian will fight hard to avoid being seen in any condition but perfectly arranged and all together.
There is a subculture of Aboria, which thrives on motion, casual style, semi-rebellion and the appearance of danger - this culture springs from Abor's multiracial or "half-breed" population. The High status Aborian and Half-breed Aborian styles and preferences often inform and influence each other.
Aborians are humanoids - technically they should be classed as a variety of humans - their biology is fundamentally similar. The Physiology of Aborians is within acceptable ranges of variations for humans, mostly.
However genetically, the Aborians are a good deal different - their biology uses a complex and very different set of DNA instructions to accomplish the same things a Human's DNA does - the two are not compatible. A transplant between a human and an Aborian will always be rejected, despite seeming compatibility.
Aborians live longer than humans, up to 250 years
Aborian reproduction has a special case. Aborian DNA eats foreign DNA and then expresses qualities of the Creature so sampled - a sort of Chameleon reflex. Biologically such a child is fully Aborian on a bio-chemical basis, but will express traits of the donor - creating a virtual half-breed.
The Aborian reproductive system does this with almost any humanoid "Donor".
Some Aborians (Not all but a sizable minority, perhaps 1 - 5%) find non-Aborian facial features and body structures exotic and attractive. The act of seducing non-Aborians and producing "Half-breed" Aborian children became a force in Aborian culture.
Abor. Abor Sector, between Earth and Romulus, offset a good deal from the original Romulan war theater.
On their home world 11 billion, slowly declining. Up to half a billion on various colony worlds.
Approximately 1% of Aborians are "Half-breeds" Aborian Children from matings with non-Aborian Humanoids. A further 5% of the population shows some effect of non-Aborian descent.
There are 5 major Aborian languages and dozens of minor ones - Most of them are falling out of use. Federation Standard is spoken widely and a number of colloquial Earth phrases have been adopted.
The Main Language of Abor is called "Aborian" and descends from the language of the Merskrit Islands and their enormous trade empire - they were the dominant culture on Abor as their industrial revolution took off - and became more dominant through technology and trade.
Two other Aborian languages, Seskan and Blono are preserved by arch, touchy and irate cultural minorities. Seskan and Blono Plays, novels, radio dramas and other works are used to keep these languages alive by the remnants of the Seskan and Blono ethnic minorities.
Universal translators have almost every Aborian Language programmed already from early scholarship
The Aborian Culture is stratified by Social Status. At the top, the Royalty and closely related nobility at one time controlled the lion's share of money, trade, industry and development on Abor. Over the last 300 years this has been slowly evolving into a corpocracy arrangement - however in the last 100 years, the Development of Earth's technocracy style energy economy has thrown Aborian culture in a slow motion panic. Aborian observers expect an evolution to an egalitarian earthlike culture over the next several centuries, unless something happens to change things.
Noble and Royal Aborians cling to their current status. Poor and low status Aborians push for more rapid reform.
The Government of Abor is a constitutional Monarchy with overtones of corpocracy. It is complex and takes an expert watcher to make heads or tales of it.
Below the noble houses, the administration of Abor is a solid, conservative and almost arthritic bureaucracy makes sure services are provided and that chaos does not erupt.
The Noble houses of Abor descend from major trading houses. Over time they became semi-publicly held trading companies. One had to be of the proper social status to buy stock in another Noble trading house.
Between blood and marriage relations and ritualized mergers the noble houses of Abor became a complex intermeshed zaibatsu of interrelated interests.
This condition holds to the present day - although Aborians are wandering away from it as a general thing.
The Aborian Military was refined and reformed while fighting the Vicharrians and the Orions . It is a modern, effective force. It forms a quiet virtual house in the Aborian set up - if the Aborian Noble houses wanted to turn port and the military wanted to go straight - the military would probably dictate the outcome, although outsiders would have a difficult time perceiving the discussions and negotiations.
Public or secret?Edit
Abor is public, but not as well known as they think they should be.
Publicly Stated Goal:Edit
To become filthy rich with grace and class.
In the 20th and 21st centuries, Abor was a technological and economic powerhouse in their region.
In the later 21st century and 22nd century cultural stagnation hampered the Aborian economy, they became a second string world and never recovered.
Currently firmly in the second rank of Federation economic powers, Abor has largely transitioned to energy economy, although distribution and ownership issues mire Abor in the 22nd century.
Aborian heavy transport ships dominate regular scheduled cargo traffic in their region. Abor itself supports several colony worlds.
Aborian free traders abound, but to thrive in the Galactic economy they must adapt away from the Aborian Point of view somewhat and so become outsiders on Abor.
Relative Influence:Edit
Abor is a large, well-populated member of the Federation core - but because of economic and cultural stagnation, doesn't wield the influence it would like to in the Federation council. Aborian diplomats make a point of being standoffish and difficult - in order to make more active factions court them for support in coalition building.
Relative Wealth:Edit
Compared to Average Federation World - Large - well populated and developed, Abor commands large resources,
Compared to other Federation Core worlds (Earth, Alpha Centauri, Andor, Vulcan) Below Average
Compared to an individual - enormous - Abor can build and support entire fleets.
At first, the Aborian Military was a scattered group of the remnants of national Militaries, royal and noble guards and corporate security firms.
When the Vicharrians arrived (Recalled in Aborian History as a mix of Blitzkrieg and land rush) these forces either were shattered or refined.
Eventually under Corporate and Noble Pressure the Aborian Emperor of the day, Gale Ston-Petron founded the Aborian defense force - unifying scattered forces and reforming training and operational practices.
The Aborian Military came back strong and fought the Vicharrians to a standstill. A tense cease-fire was declared.
To defend against Vicharrian incursions the military required a huge share of resources and organizational power - it became a faction of its own in Aborian politics.
When the Orions discovered the Sector and began to raid in earnest - the Aborian Military fought bravely but was undone by technology lag.
Things eventually got so bad that Aborians and Vicharrians (Both each other's favorite enemy) formed an alliance against the Orions and combined technology and tactics.
This - accompanied by Orion collapse led to Victory for the Abor/Vich-Arr alliance. The two powers quietly stuck to the alliance even though it's cause had disappeared.
The Military fought bitterly to stay funded and to stay powerful in the realm of Aborian Politics and largely succeeded.
After Joining the United Federation of Planets in the 2170s, Abor's military found itself declining. It has fought this every inch of the way - to this day Abor is one of the more militarized planets in the Federation Core. They love to find excuses for Military patrols and peacekeeping operations for the Federation.
Although technically allied services - the Aborian Defense Force genially resents Starfleet. Starfleet Ships are technically welcomed at Abor's Space stations and military support bases, but find themselves served slowly.
Starfleet exchange officers are shuffled around the Aborian Military and given difficult assignments - Aborian officers don't seek exchange assignments on Starfleet ships but tolerate them when they cannot be avoided.
Some Aborians join Starfleet, and return with a point of view that annoys the Aborian military. There is an ongoing struggle for the hearts and minds of the Aborian Military between Aborian old guard and Aborians with Starfleet experience
Many half-breed and low status Aborians who join Starfleet don't ever return to Abor, except for brief visits.
The Aborian Military works hard to be an effective force and do well at peacekeeping missions. Aborian Frigates train hard to equal or exceed Starfleet standards. Aborian ground forces train hard to meet or exceed Starfleet expectations. If they don't they risk loosing funding and political power. But they are standoffish and don't socialize much with Starfleet.
Aborian Frigates are modern Starfleet models - Aborian Peacekeeping and ground force missions are equipped to modern Federation standards.
Abor grew into a centralized world government mainly due to greed and a desire to dominate economically rather than from a threat, such as what drove the Unified Earth or Vulcan Governments.
Abor's interstellar history was formed by a drive to replicate their economic domination on an interstellar scale and informed by cultural and military clashes with the Vicharrians and the Orions.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Abor was beset by ethnic and class strife. Half breed Aborians and Lower class Aborians came close to open rebellion and warfare.
A controversial Aborian half Breed noble name Mikal Jon Ston-Petron stepped in and oversaw needed reforms in Aborian culture - he became a hero of Abor and later served as Emperor - the first half-breed to do so.
But Ston-Petron's reforms never reached quite the scale he'd hoped for. He stabilized Abor and ruled until 2070, whereupon he retired and became a social commentator agitating for a more equitable society.
Abor's Culture is founded on two elements - Social status and supremacy. Aborians consider themselves a naturally superior form of people and Noble Aborians represent a superior form of Aborian.
Although this concept has been steadily eroding for 300 years, it's not gone yet. Aborian nobility and royalty work hard to be superior, and to stay superior.
Social status is the measure of this superiority. The higher the social status, the more pure and superior the Aborian blood.
At least this was the theory. Low class Aborians were dissolute. They had faded, inferior blood. But they were still superior to half-breed Aborians.
The Aborians built a cultural, governmental and social history on enforcing this concept.
So then Thail Ston-Petron acknowledged and adopted his half-breed son Mikal; it threw centuries of stratified culture in well-deserved disorder.
The effects of this upheaval are still working their way slowly through Aborian society.
Modern Aborians consider the concept of the purity of blood a quaint, antiquated notion, but the majority of Aborians chafe and struggle under an economic system that is not distributing control of wealth very well or very quickly. The effect is that descendants of Nobles still disproportionately control the Aborian economy.
One of the highest priced and most demanded objects on Abor is a Starship ticket to somewhere else - Aborian leaks settlers and colonists under high pressure, sadly a planet of eleven billion cannot shed a sizable portion of its population using starships.
Rising standards of living do undercut this dynamic and result in slightly negative population growth.
Ever since the Aborian discovery of star flight - and contact with humanoid neighbors, there has been a growing population of "Half-breed" Aborians - Aborians who exhibit qualities adopted from other races.
Until the Reforms of Mikal Jon Ston-Petron, these people were considered inferior and to have tainted blood. The culture and government of Abor were openly racist towards half-breeds and people of such descent.
Space travel and the seduction of alien people was considered an amusing, slightly kinky, slightly dirty habit of Nobles. The Nobles suffered little or no sanction, but their offspring were treated as second class people, worthy only of being abused and exploited.
Since the Reform period, this attitude has been changing, but too slowly for many Aborians.
Aborians of "mixed blood" often found a more welcoming reception on other Federation worlds and in space than on their putative homeworld.
In modern times, people of "mixed blood descent" are considered legally equal. Most Aborians consider the old prejudices distasteful and ugly remnants of the past -
Among older Aborians the old prejudices have a strong hold. The fact remains that people of mixed descent are disproportionately poor and held as being inferior.
There are areas where Aborians of Mixed descent find success. Sports - often qualities of mixed descent give sports players an advantage. Entertainment and popular culture. Among young "Pure blood" Aborians, the popular culture of the Mixed Descent people enjoys wide appeal and popularity. Successful creators of music, video, holographic and other media are often of Mixed Descent and they often join the ranks of the Nobility in the traditional way - Purchasing shares. The Military - the Military wants competent bodies and doesn't care who the parents are. Talented and aggressive Aborians of Mixed descent can make a place for themselves in the military and even gain status in the bureaucracy.
This is part of the Origin of the tension between Starfleet and the Aborian Military - Aborians of low social status and of mixed descent feel that Starfleet would shut down the Aborian military and deny them a method to escape the operation of the noble classes.
Aborians of all stripes who return from Starfleet insist that Starfleet would do the same but more so, but they are largely ignored.
The last method of escape for mixed blood and low status Aborians is to become starship crew on commercial vessels, especially on small adventure cargo ships and free traders.
Abor's commercial space academies have their pick of applicants- they only choose the most intelligent, sensible and competent people to train as Starship crews.
This makes Aborian crew people one of the more popular exports of Abor. The commercial academies are huge and often employ retired Aborian Military and Starfleet veterans to train Cadets.
Even with all these, the relative percentage of low status and mixed descent people who can take advantage of these opportunities is small. Most people wind up working stiffs.
- Earth - The Aborian nobility of 2170s alternated between fierce resentment of Earth and terra-philia. Earth was popular because it was the birthplace of Mikal Jon Ston-Petron, the great reformer. But Aborians also saw Earth taking over a central role that they, themselves coveted (records of the day contain many references to the "chubby upstarts")
In modern times the relationship between Earth and Abor means money to Aborian Trade houses, and so a reserved friendship in maintained. Noble Aborians are fairly arch and uptight about maintaining their own culture and if pressed will reveal that they feel themselves to be superior.
Among the Lower classes and half-breed communities - Abor looks like a suburb of Earth. Earth is seen as the promised land where egalitarianism reigns, and so the large part of the population tries to recreate their image of Earth on Abor. This antagonizes the upper class that struggles to maintain their culture.
- Alpha Centauri - Abor was an early trading partner of Alpha Centauri. They get along very well. The Alpha Centauran tendency to be slightly reserved about their culture lends itself well to Abor's preferred interactions.
- Vulcan - Abor and Vulcan get along well on one level - as long lived humanoids, they understand the slow rates of change seen on both planets. But in private, Vulcan is a staunch promoter of immediate reform on Abor.
- Tellar - originally trading competitors of Abor, these two peoples have formed numerous economic alliances to fend off aggressive exploitation and development by Ferengi and Orion competitors.
- Andor - Andorians and Aborians don't mix much. Andorian Military and Starfleet people who have worked with the Aborians respect their abilities, but there isn't much cross-pollination.
- Vich-Arr - These humanoids have been favorite foils, adversaries and rivals of the Aborians for three hundred years - this isn't about to change.
- Romulans - the Romulans sent a quiet diplomatic feeler towards the Aborians early during the Romulan war - the results of this meeting have never been released but in the end Romulus ignored Abor and Abor sat out the war, when they were good bet to join with Earth. The Romulans have always felt this gave them an "in" with the Aborians, something the Aborians are really not comfortable with - if the Romulans were to contact anyone in the Federation - Earth is first because in the Romulan Mind, Earth rules the Federation and they aren't going to waste their time with the also rans.
The Romulans would contact the Vulcans because while hopelessly misguided and deeply evil, they still are people and not aliens
Third on that list would be Abor due to that early contact. Abor doesn't want to advertise this.
- Klingons - the Klingons were a godsend to the Aborians in the 23rd century. The threat of Klingon attack meant that the Aborian Military would be called to reinforce planets alongside the Klingon frontier - which justified the continued existence and high budgets of the Aborian military, and military transportation contracts were mana from heaven for Aborian trade houses. Since the peace, Abor has been largely quiet about the Klingon Empire - they'd love to provide space transportation services for the Klingon Empire, but haven't made much progress towards landing any contracts there.
- Orions - The Aborians dislike Orions intensely. The primary target of the Aborian Military has been Orion Pirates and raiders since before the founding of the Federation. There are a disturbingly large number of Orion/Aborian people of mixed descent - they are still viewed in some quarters with suspicion and hostility. Aborian/Orions are treated even worse in Orion space. When Aborian Military units meet with Orions the results are usually pretty intense.
There are occasional scandals where it is revealed that an Aborian noble house has been cooperating with an Orion house for mutual benefit - these Aborians are lucky to escape Abor with what they can carry and begin lives as refugees elsewhere in the Federation.
Those who don't escape can expect financial ruin and long jail terms.
- Cardassians - in the 24th century, the Aborian military once again saw a new enemy as a godsend, or at least a fortuitous excuse for larger budgets and increased political power.
However, when assigned the task of liberating a Federation colony from the Cardassian 2nd Order, the Aborians discovered the expense of long distance war. Aborian units traveled for four months to engage the Cardassians - Aborian frigates fought a hard battle to push the Cardassian fleet away - the Army engaged the trapped Cardassian ground forces - this turned into an expensive and destructive quagmire. The colony infrastructures was destroyed, the damage was incredible and after years of terror and guerilla warfare, the Aborian military declared victory and fled, leaving ruins, and the traditional clutch of mixed descent Aborians behind.
The Aborian Military has been shrinking ever since.
- Ferengi - the Aborians consider the Ferengi their most dangerous competition in the economic arena - the competition is intense. But the Ferengi, true to their lust for latinum will hire Aborian ships and crews when it benefits them to do so.
So far there have been no known Ferengi/Aborian half breeds, but this possibility is cause for much nervous laughter, low comedy and subconscious anxiety among the Aborians. Everyone knows it's only a matter of time.
As a well-populated world Abor never lacks for manpower or brains
As an economic power, they don't lack for available ships and people
Because of the odd nature of Aborian reproduction - Aborians in the long run tend to absorb qualities of races they meet - they are evolving at an incredible rate relative to other races in the galaxy.
Their snotty attitude of superiority is often a put off
On worlds all over the Aborian sector, the perception is that an Aborian will bed anything to make an amusing half-breed monster and then abuse the poor thing. Some people lock up their live stock and hide their pets from Aborians, let alone loved ones and children.
Group advantages:Edit
Membership in the UFP means plenty of help, back up and economic support.
Being part of a culture near the core of the Federation means it's unlikely that the boogey men will attack Abor first.
The Federation, The Orions, The Romulans (hush, hush)
Special Abilities:Edit
The Aborians can breed with almost anything humanoid and create a half-breed - this creature will be bio-chemically Aborian but Aborian DNA has a chameleon ability which adopts qualities from the donor/host person.
Suggestions of the Aborians being a created race or perhaps the result of Rishan tampering are met with harsh anger on Abor - but expatriates, especially mixed blood geneticists agree that it makes sense.
Some Aborians have psionic abilities. It is slightly more probable among Aborians than Earth humans.
Aborians can, with deep and intensive training use biofeedback techniques to perform amazing physical feats. This is more available to Aborians than humans - Humans can't do it as consistently, most won't be able to do it as well, and the techniques are not as well known on Earth. It is known but rare on Abor
A very rare minority of Aborians can awaken a racial memory. Usually this involves psionics who undergo the rigorous biofeedback training, but people who are not known to be psionic can awaken these abilities under massive stress.
The racial memory is said to follow the subject's male or female Aborian ancestors back into pre history. (Males follow male ancestors and females follow female ancestors) Such people seem to have access to skills, memories and perceptions of their ancestors. The exact mechanism of this is not well understood. Such people invariably resist invitations to take part in studies. People possessing these abilities are forbidden from holding political office or holding any official power. But they wander all over at will and often become advisors to Aborian rulers and nobles. They have access to anything they want. It is considered horrible luck, an admission of guilt and a sign of impeding self destruction to deny access to such a wizard - often a self fulfilling prophecy
The greatest number of such wizards ever known at one time was 5. It was felt that people of mixed descent could not develop these abilities but that was disproved by Ralton Ston-Petron, son of Mikal. Ralt still serves as advisor, wizard and general whackjob to the court of his grand nephew.
Group disadvantages:Edit
Considered snotty and arrogant
Beset by cultural and economic stagnation
Occasionally crippled by outbreaks of racism among the critically stupid.
Special Disadvantages:Edit
Considered Galactic horndogs and disreputable ones at that.
Those who favor them:Edit
Trade partners, Federation worlds who can request peacekeeping missions or reinforcement from an Aborian Military desperate for an excuse to justify itself. People who like to have sex with regal, elegant people.
Those opposed to them:Edit
Mixed Descent people
Orions and Ferengi
Generic enemies of the Federation
Area of Operation:Edit
Federation core, opposite of Andor, at the edge of the core-zone
Headquarters Location:Edit
Royal Palace of Abor.
Public Face:Edit
Haughty, arrogant, traders who deign to do business with you Or, wildly variable can do space roustabouts.
Notable MembersEdit
Gale Ston-Petron - Emperor of Abor who formed the Aborian Defense forces and reorganized the Military of Abor.
Thail Ston-Petron - a noted intergalactic horn dog, eventually adopted all his bastard children and named his Mixed Blood son Mikal as his heir. Upset the applecart rather badly
Mikal Jon Ston-Petron - Followed through as heir to the throne with amazing grace, energy and zeal for reform.
Ralton Ston-Petron - Court wizard proved that Mixed Blood people can achieve the heights of accomplishment and bravery of pureblooded Aborians - if not a little more.
Game Role:Edit
Have a bucket of Half-breeds!
Snotty, regal people, who get naked with minor provocation
World Role:Edit
A Federation core world - a population and economic center - and a source for weird peoples the galaxy over.
(Time Line pending)


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Seasons provides examples of:
- Animated Tattoo: Calm and Claires markings.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: Of the four seasons.
- Facial Markings: Not limited to just the face and dont appear on regular humans.
- The Mafia: It appears that Claire was supposed to be the new head but bolted and her brother Owen took the position instead.
- Magically Binding Contract: Claire enters into one with Calm.
- Really 700 Years Old: Calm quite likely (since cities arent built in a day).


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