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The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - All News
Thursday - May 07, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - On Hold - Official Statement
CD Projekt Red has finally announced the official status of Rise of the White Wolf, in a statement on the Witcher site:
After recent technical evaluation of The Witcher: Rise of The White Wolf, CD Projekt RED has decided to suspend development of the project. This decision was made because the company saw a high risk that the final product will not meet the quality expectations of CD Projekt RED. We have already started to look for other possible solutions to address this situation.
A comment from Adam Kiciñski, CEO of CD Projekt RED:
"This decision was one of the hardest we've ever had to make as a company. We have put our hearts, a lot of our time and energy into this project. Because of that, development was in a very advanced stage. However, there was serious danger that we would miss our target release date, but more importantly to us, that the project would not meet our own expectations of quality. Our main goal is always to make every release better than the previous one. Unfortunately, this project was not going in the right direction. We are now looking into all possible scenarios, and we will do all we can to retain our fans' confidence in us. We simply will not let them down; the quality of our games remains the highest priority."
Since The Witcher's release in October 2007 most of the CD Projekt RED team has been working on another major project. Information about this title will remain secret for the time being.
CD Projekt RED will reveal the new project in the coming months.
Wednesday - April 29, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Development Frozen - Mud Starts Flying
A public spat has erupted between CD Projekt and the French company contracted for the console version, Widescreen Games. Let's start with GameBanshee, who let us know about a French press release put out by Widescreen Games. Here's a snip from GameBanshee's translation, saying the development is on hold:
The development of the game The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf was suspended for the duration of the resolution of financial problems between the various partners of the project. We regret this event particularly in regards to the fans who awaited this title impatiently. I hope that we will find a solution in good understanding with our recent and historical partners on this ambitious project.
VG47 then posted Widescreen's point of view, claiming CDPR had not paid them for some time:
After having a payment being broken by CD Projekt - a big payment that we were supposed to receive - and after having committed to the project but not being covered financially on it for three months, I hold no choice but to put the team on hold," said Widescreen boss Olivier Masclef in a phone interview this afternoon.
Masclef also said CD Projekt's deal with Atari was out of kilter with Widescreen's agreement with CD Projekt in terms of milestones.
The suspension came after a meeting between the three parties, called by Masclef.
CDPR CEO Michal Kicinski hit back in the comments (scroll down):
It is sad that we cannot talk with WSG in normal business way, but communicate through media. It is absolutely not our style of making business, and we answer here as we feel forced to do this to clarify the unclear information:
1. All payments were done on time according to milestone plan.
2. Truth is that payments were later than originally planned but this was solely due to delays in production. The delays were growing in the project due to WSG continued to miss the deadlines.
3. Delays and risks of further development by WSG were unacceptable by CD Projekt (this happened even though CDProjekt RED was constantly increasing main team involvement to help in the production). The most important fact is that development process didn't make planned release date possible and moreover propositions of the new release date were changing few times. Besides the schedule, technical incapability created a risk of missing planned quality which is absolutely unacceptable. And this brought an end in our cooperation with WSG.
4. Currently the works are on hold. We are evaluating all possible options to continue the production.
Making this decision was extremely difficult and sad as we know that many people are waiting for this project. We do our best to find a way out of this situation. But final decision must guarantee high quality of the product, otherwise we won't continue the production no matter what consequences it will bring. We are committed to the highest quality of all our games, and this is unnegotiable for us.
So no matter what the final decision or solution we will find, please be sure that it will be the best for the game quality, and satisfaction of gamers, which is the most important for us!
Michal Kicinski
Joint CEO
CD Projekt Group
Tom Ohle pointed this post out on the official forums, so he remains with them but has reduced his work load.
CDPR has similarly responded in other interviews. From Polish site Polygamia, who first revealed the issues (thanks, GameBanshee):
From what you're saying, I gather that WSG is hugely responsible for this situation. In spite of that, the company accuses you of not paying and blames you for suspending the project.. Can you explain what happened, from your perspective?
WSG behaves in a way that is far from our business ethics. But their accusations are serious and, what is most important, untrue that is why we published a correction under the article on vg247.com. We paid for all the milestones on time, just after they had been accepted. Of course, it was later than planned, because the milestones were presented for acceptance with delays and they were inconsistent with the specification. We put an enormous effort to make sure the production goes the right way, and still the plans were becoming invalid, and there were new delays? After a few such incidents, we sent a large team over to Lyon. The group consisted not only of people involved in the project, but also of technology managers from RED and Metropolis. They spent one whole week to examine thoroughly the whole project and its technology. As a result, we found out that WSG's promises had no grounds in reality and that the game's premiere date and quality cannot be guaranteed. So, after a long discussion, we decided to suspend the cooperation with WSG, because we understood there is too much risk in it. And actually we haven't paid for the last milestone, but only because it wasn't complete and we have already started the termination of the contract.
Tuesday - April 28, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Canceled, Witcher 2 Starts Production?
GameBanshee claims The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf has been canceled, according to an "inside industry source". The newsbit says CD Projekt Red started three simultaneous Witcher developments after the PC version shipped - Rise of the White Wolf, The Witcher 2 and a new game altogether:
As the financial crisis hit, the studio was affected as well, finding itself incapable of managing all three projects and forced to lay off a significant portion of its staff. The third Witcher IP project was cancelled, and its entire crew was let go or left of their own volition. A second round of layoffs followed as The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf was cancelled, including around two dozen people losing their jobs yesterday.
The piece goes on to say resources have been concentrated behind The Witcher 2.
Meanwhile, Edge Online is running a similar story with the source stated as a translation at IncGamers from Polish site, Polygamia. From the IncGamers translation:
Roughly translated, the post reads: "We're sorry to give you this information. Our sources report that the console edition of The Witcher has been cancelled and the game will not see the light of day." The site reiterates that right now this is only rumour and that readers should wait for an official line before taking it too seriously.
A little later, polygamia posted an update from developer CD Projekt Red, which (again, very roughly translated) appears to say that the company is not commenting right now, but will make an official statement soon.
A lack of outright denial might be seen to add credence to the claims.
Wednesday - April 15, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - The Hero, Geralt
The latest update at The Witcher site is another in-character piece from Dandelion. This one describes the hero, Geralt:
You see, somewhere in Geralt's training and mutation, something went wrong. Certainly the elder witchers, like Geralt's master, Vesemir, perceived some of the personality traits he retained as flaws. After all, what sort of ruthless killer could he be if his emotions are constantly there to cloud his judgment? He still does his best to be the heartless murderer the people expect him to be, however, for he has quite a reputation to uphold. You don't gain a nickname like the Butcher of Blaviken by planting daisies, after all.
Wednesday - April 08, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Guide to the World
The Witcher has has received a Rise of the White World makeover and the first new article aimed at the console release is Dandelion's Guide to the World of The Witcher. Here's a sample:
Kindest greetings, fellow knowledge-seeker. I am Dandelion, your humble and undeniably attractive scribe – a tour guide, if you will, on this journey through a treacherous world rife with horrible beasts, gluttonous monsters and foul demons – and that's just the humans, hah! In all seriousness, I'm no different from everyone else in this world, in that life has thrown its share of peril my way. None of us are safe, and to take that fact for granted is to beg for an early trip to the grave. I've often relied on the help of my closest friend, Geralt, to make it through, and indeed, he has saved my neck on more than a few occasions... Oh, I could go on for days about our amazing adventures, about the monster-slaying brotherhood of the witchers, and about how Geralt has become the most famous of all… thanks in no small part to my *ahem* wondrous retellings of his adventures. But that's a tale for another day.
Friday - March 20, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - New Screens
The official site has a short update and three new screens for Rise of the White Wolf.
Friday - February 27, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - New Screens
CD Projekt has released three new Rise of the White Wolf screens, which you can see at the official site.
Thursday - February 26, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Latest Screenshots @ Official Site
The official site for CDProjekt's cRPG The Witcher has assembled a few new screens for their console version of the game, Rise of the White Wolf. You can check them out here.
Friday - February 06, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Kicking it Off Blog, Screens
The Witcher's IGN blog has a not-so-serious blog entry on console development:
Everyone knows that any big venture will have some causalities, and it's no different with the production of RotWW. Since the beginning of production, 7 gamepads have made their journey to the fiddler's green. We hope that after leaving this vale of tears, they'll find themselves in a better world, where people won't spill tea on them, hurl them at the floor ten times a day and where dogs don't think they would make a wonderful toy to play with.
...and Worthplaying has a handful of screens from Rise of the White Wolf.
Wednesday - January 28, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Dev Profile Interview
PanKarol has a new dev interview over at The Witcher site, with Pawel 'Eriash' discussing his background.
Friday - January 23, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Interview @ IGN
IGN has a Rise of the White Wolf interview with lead developer Adam Badowski:
IGN: We're used to seeing successful PC RPGs ported over to consoles, but CDProjekt Red and Atari are doing something a bit different with The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf by essentially rebuilding the game from the ground up for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Why tackle such a task rather than simply move your code from one platform to another?
Adam Badowski: Yeah, "port" is such an ugly word. We're avoiding it altogether because we think this project is much more than just bringing the game to a new platform. It has practically involved us building the game from scratch, with a massive list of new features, changes and improvements. It would have been a lot easier to do a straight-up port, but anyone familiar with our company knows we generally don't take the easiest route. From a marketing standpoint it was always going to be a challenge to say, "here's a game that shipped on PC in 2007" and to get people excited about it all over again two years later. So we need to make sure Rise of the White Wolf stacks up against the best RPGs this year, too.
We realize that PCs and consoles are very different, each with their own strengths and limitations. It's not just about using the pad as a controller… but about delivering a game that makes the best use of the tools available to the player. We want to bring gamers one of the deepest role-playing games they've played, but we've redesigned most of the gameplay to keep the action flowing, too. Rise of the White Wolf will have a brand new interface to make up for the lack of a keyboard and mouse… but that doesn't mean we're about to dumb down the experience. Everything there will be intuitive and easily accessible. Fortunately there are a lot of buttons on the controllers, so you'll be able to do almost anything on the fly.
Monday - January 19, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Dev Profile
CD Projekt Red has kicked up a developer profile interview for QA lead Piotr 'Xymek' Szymanski. There's nothing particularly revealing, so this one is for the hardcore fans.
Thursday - January 15, 2009
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Preview @ VideoGamer
CD Projekt's Rise of the White Wolf has been previewed at VideoGamer:
It's worth mentioning at this point that Rise of the White Wolf is looking really rather nice. Thanks to the game's new DaVinci engine, the console Witcher outing will benefit from normal mapping, which makes low polygon models look better, and dynamic weather changes - but it was the quality of the animation that caught our attention the most. Both Geralt and his enemies have been given a selection of new animations, with the bad guys also getting new moves and a boost to their A.I. Hopefully this will make for some interesting, dynamic swordplay. Geralt certainly looked pretty darn cool as he slickly despatched a small group of guards that had surrounded him - killing the last with a series of blows that ended with a slash across the back of the legs, dropping the poor sod to his knees before the final strike was delivered.
Monday - December 15, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Q&A @ GameBanshee
We overlooked this interview last week between GameBanshee and Tom Ohle to discuss Rise of the White Wolf. On the relationship with Widescreen Games:
GB: How did you wind up working with Widescreen Games? Can you give us a quick overview of what exactly they'll be contributing to RotWW?
Tom: We obviously had a few options for how we could approach Rise of the White Wolf's development… do it all internally or find a studio that could help us out. Given that this was to be our first console title, we figured it would make more sense to find a studio with console experience – and importantly, console technology – to work with. We looked at a number of options and decided to go with Widescreen, as their tech fit our needs and they were enthusiastic about the project. They're providing the technology base and handling implementation of assets and new design elements into the new engine. They're also making sure everything actually works.
Thursday - December 11, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Q&A @ Gamecyte
Tom Ohle pops up at Gamecyte to talk about Rise of the White Wolf, explaining a little more some of the changes to this console version of The Witcher:
We've completely redesigned the combat system to be more in-line with players' expectations on consoles. We've gone back and motion-captured a lot more combat animations for the new combat actions, like parries, counter-attacks, enhanced evasion, special attacks, etc. We're also enhancing the enemy AI to make them more aggressive and perform a wide range of offensive and defensive actions to make the combat a bit more action-oriented.
We wanted to meet console users' expectations, so we're giving them full control of Geralt during combat. They'll determine how and when Geralt parries enemy blows, ripostes, evades them, makes lunging attacks, and which foes he attacks. In general, combat will be more dynamic and will give players more potential for combat mastery through practice.
Tuesday - December 09, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Video Interview @ GameSpot
The Witcher site is pointing out a video interview with Tomek Gop at GameSpot. Here is their sumary:
Today we would like you to present a short interview that Gamespot arranged with my personal hero, Tomek Gop. It was recorded a few days ago In London during the official announcement of The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf. You'll find there some details about the game itself and some of the reasons we're bringing Witcher to the consoles.
Thursday - December 04, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Interview @ VG247
Tom Ohle steps up for a short interview with Videogaming247 about Rise of the White Wolf. Here's more clarification on the project:
Aren't owners of the PC version going to feel a little miffed that you're saying the console SKUs are essentially better than the PC game in both graphics and control?
I think that's probably a bit of a misinterpretation of what we're doing with Rise of the White Wolf. We simply weren't able to efficiently move the existing engine to consoles, so we've worked with an external studio to make a new engine. We're taking the same story from the PC game and essentially building everything else from scratch to take advantage of the consoles' controls and features. The combat is really deep, but it plays more like you'd expect a console game to play. The graphics look great, but of course we have to work within the capabilities of each console. Basically it's a console game through and through… any PC gamers who get upset about missing out on the features are hiding a dark secret: they actually prefer console games and controls.
Wednesday - December 03, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Newsletter
CD Projekt has whipped up a newsletter for Rise of the White Wolf, again emphasing this is a built-from-scratch title and not just a port. That said, they've got this to say to PC fans:
Before you PC die-hards throw up your hands in revolt… please remember that RED is still working on two unannounced games. For now, give Rise of the White Wolf a second look, even if you're not a console gamer. We're not into dumbing things down in future PC releases… as an example, we're not even dumbing things down for a console release. We think that all gamers – regardless of platform loyalty – want deep story-driven games, and we're delivering what we think is the deepest console RPG yet.
Tuesday - December 02, 2008
The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf - Official Announcement
Here's the official announcement from Atari, which also reveals the assistance of French developer Widescreen Games and their cross-platform DaVinci engine:
- Award Winning, Million-selling Role-playing Franchise Coming to Consoles with Thrilling New Dynamic Combat, State of the Art Visuals and Unparalleled Story -
NEW YORK, NY – December 2, 2008 – At the ATARI LIVE showcase event in London today, Atari and CD Projekt RED announced plans for the global release of The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf on PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in autumn 2009.
Based on the story of multi award-winning million-selling PC role-playing game The Witcher and completely rebuilt pixel by pixel for the new generation of consoles, The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf brings the unrivalled RPG experience to Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 with a brand new combat system for thrilling dynamic action, and a new engine delivering matchless state-of-the-art visuals. The game is underpinned with the evocative and enthralling story which helped secure the original game's status as PC role-playing game of 2007, based on the mature and compelling universe created by renowned Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski.
"The creative vision and dedication to the quality of the player experience that CD Projekt RED bring to the Witcher games is extraordinary, and it's great to be working with them to bring the Witcher universe to console gamers," said Phil Harrison, President of Infogrames Entertainment, the parent company of Atari. "Taking this brilliantly realised world to PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 gamers for the first time is a breakthrough in the development of this important franchise."
"We're thrilled to continue our great relationship with Atari, whose refreshing focus on quality fits squarely with our own, to bring Geralt and the Witcher franchise to an even larger audience – fans who expressed to us very clearly that The Witcher would be a natural fit on consoles," said Adam Kiciñski, CEO, CD Projekt RED. "Console gamers' tastes are maturing; they're looking for deeper story-driven experiences that are very hard to find in today's console market. We're developing this remake based upon the compelling narrative that helped The Witcher on PC sell more than a million copies and win more than 100 awards, building everything else from the ground up to be the definitive console RPG."
Based on the universe created by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf puts players in the role of Geralt, a professional monster slayer who exists on the fringes of a complex society troubled by the kind of problems more commonly found on the front pages of newspapers than in a fantasy universe. Taken as a child, mutated, and trained in the arcane ways of the witchers, Geralt is a reluctant hero, who nonetheless finds himself all too frequently in the heat of battles that are not his own. In this world there is no right or wrong, only decisions and consequences.
With The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, the best PC RPG in recent years is being completely remade as the ultimate console RPG. The title is being developed by a core team from CD Projekt RED working alongside France-based Widescreen Games who provide their cross-platform DaVinci engine technology. For more information about The Witcher visit www.thewitcher.com and for more details about Atari's entire product line up visit www.atari.com.
Information aboutThe Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf
Developer: CD Projekt RED
SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: RPG
Combat: Pausable Real-time
Play-time: 40-60 hours
Voice-acting: Full
Regions & platforms
· Platform: Xbox 360
· Canceled
· Publisher: Atari
· Platform: PS3
· Canceled
· Publisher: Atari


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IF a customer doesnt provide a tip, but writes that the music is too loud, then the music is too loud.
Had reservations, was there 30 minutes early, got seated an hour later with no where to sit with a 4 year old. Loud, loud music while manager was trying to explain the specials. Server forgot our sides which when, they finally came were terrible. I have never had such bitter spinach or collard greens in my life. Food was okay but when you order the Sterling selection you would think you would get offered everything except for just the same five items coming around. The whole experience seemed controlled by a staff that had no communication. This place charges the same as Texas de Brazil but as much as I hate to say it, will never compare.
Adam & Ana (owners) are FANTASTIC!! it was extremely busy but they still found the time to check on all the guests as well as us & then helped their servers/hostess' as well. Our server Ricardo is the ultimate in service. His customer service is like no other THE BEST!! again considering how busy they were Ricardo still managed to give us great service. their were a few cuts of meat that were a little tough but the attentiveness of Ricardo & the owners made up for it. this is why we LOVE THIS PLACE! FANTABULOUS customer service!!
This is the best Brazilian Steak house in Las Vegas. The food n service is beyond 5 stars. Great place for celebrations n large gatherings. Recently there celebrating my oldest son's birthday. Anna the owner is the best. Highly recommended!
Hubby and I had wanted to try a Brazilian Steakhouse for a while. We were fortunate to find two in our neighborhood and decided to try Via Brasil first. The ambience was clean, well-lit and casual. We decided to go for their Sunday brunch. There were various salads, fruits and appetizers on the buffet along with the basic scrambled eggs, bacon and spicy sausage. This was unremarkable, although all items were fresh and the buffet and hot tables were kept very clean. But the stars of the show are the meats that are cut and served at your table! Every one of them, the turkey, the ham, the roasted pork and different cuts of beef were all tender and tasty! You leave a coaster on the table that reflects that you want more of the meat and sides, like cooked apples, delivered to you. The pork and cooked apples were my favorite! Hubby was all about the BEEF! The marinades enhanced rather than owned the different meats accentuating their natural flavors! Just typing this up makes me want to return! Service was impeccable; we were never bothered, but they always seemed aware of when we might want our drinks filled or more food delivered to our table. Look forward to my next visit!
Es gibt viele bessere Steakhäuser in Vegas. Ich empfehle das Restaurant nicht!
My family and I went for Sunday brunch. We were seated quickly but it took awhile for our waiter to greet us. He explained the way the brunch worked and took our drink order. It took ten minutes for the drinks (iced tea) and then we had to ask a busboy to have the gentlemen come to the table to bring the various meats. The buffet was limited and uninviting. The made to order omlet /waffle bar was a joke. When I ordered a waffle I was told they had 4 people in front of me and to come back. After 15 minutes it was still not ready . I stood another 5 minutes and when I received the waffle if was half cooked. The person making the waffles apologized but stated that he is only give 1 waffle maker and he gets behind. I will never go back to this restaurant even though it is less than 5 minutes from my house
Another visit to Via Brazil. We arrived at 5:00 for our reservation and were seated after a short wait. The hot food on the salad bar was not warm enough. If this is because it was opening time then perhaps they should cook the food a little hotter before they put it out. Excellent selection though on the salad bar. Service at Via as always was superb. Came to celebrate my birthday and was gifted a free desert which we split. Excellent.
We went to dinner on Mothers Day. It was okay. Been there before so we know the drill.Over priced for sure. On mothers day a flower for the lady, champagne and desert ought to have been included. Convenient for us and friendly staff. Better than going to the strip.
I'm normally raving about this place, food, and service BUT made the mistake of going on Mother's Day for brunch. It was chaos! Service was at best par, although, everyone tried their best- they were understaffed. Took us an 45 mins to 1 hr to get out mimosas. Sugar and creamer for the coffees took about 1hr after asking two bussers, waitress, and mngr/supervisor. On a normal Sunday exceptional but this past holiday unspeakable. It was way too much for the staff to handle
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FRESH calls have been made for action on a major road after its eighth closure in five years due to a landslide.
Nearly £5 million has already been invested in improving the A83, including a local diversion route at the Rest and Be Thankful.
But the latest landslip at Butterbridge was beyond that point, so the diversion could not help. Once again motorists were left with the options of a 50 mile plus detour using the A82 to Crianlarich and Tyndrum, or travelling by way of the Gourock to Dunooon ferry from Sunday midday till yesterday morning.
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It was the same with the last closure in October, when again the landslip was beyond the diversion route.
Jamie McGrigor, Tory Highlands and Islands MSP, said that as one of the key routes in and out of Argyll & Bute, any closure was serious. He said: "It is of real concern that this landslide and October's occurred at locations outside the area where the emergency relief road can be used. The Transport Minister previously assured me that studies are under way at the Glen Kinglas, Cairndow and Loch Shira sections of the road with the aim of providing these locations with a similar level of risk reduction."
He said he would be writing to the Transport Minister Keith Brown to push for these studies to be completed as soon as possible and for practical landslip prevention measures on these sections of the roads to be implemented without delay.
John Semple, SNP councillor for Kintyre also thought it time for the wider area to be looked at again. He said: "I think we have got to now extend the scope of our thinking beyond the Rest and Be Thankful. I would welcome the reconvening of the A83 Taskforce. "
A spokeswoman for Transport Scotland said: "We have always been aware that there are other landslide risks along the A83 and that is why we are having the surveys at Glen Kinglas, Cairndow and Loch Shira carried out. We will be in a better position to decide what the most appropriate action will be when they are completed."


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Conversations is a central concept in Seam. Seam allows conversations on WEB Layer as well as at EJB Layer. My question is which layer is most appropriate place for hosting my conversations? If I restrict usage of conversational context to EJB layer what am i loosing? Hellow seam users How are u using conversations? and how is it working for you? What is the right place to use Seam Conversations ? Important objectives of my application design are Promote re-usability of my business logic by supporting multiple presentation clients . Clients include A) JSF b) Local/Remote c) Standalone java clients d) Desktop application using web-services. from seam documentation A conversation is a unit of work from the point of view of the user. It might span several interactions with the user, several requests, and several database transactions. But to the user, a conversation solves a single problem. For example, "book hotel", "approve contract", "create order" are all conversations. You might like to think of a conversation implementing a single "use case" or "user story", but the relationship is not necessarily quite exact. A conversation holds state associated with "what the user is doing now, in this window". A single user may have multiple conversations in progress at any point in time, usually in multiple windows. The conversation context allows us to ensure that state from the different conversations does not collide and cause bugs.
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'Labor Day Sale On Abercrombie' After Lower Q2 Sales
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) shares are off nearly five percent after it posted disappointing second-quarter sales earlier this week and some analysts questioned its prospects.
"The number-one fear that prevents investors from owning Abercrombie is concern that the brand is becoming irrelevant," Macquarie's Liz Dunn said in a note Friday maintaining a Neutral rating and $45 target.
So on Thursday, Chief Executive Michael Jeffries, said the company is "looking to take the North American logo business to practically nothing."
Although logo sales have recently fallen considerably, UBS' Roxanne Meyer sees a downside to de-emphasizing the segment in an increasingly crowded fashion market place.
Meyer fears that "Abercrombie will become less differentiated versus other global fast fashion retailers, Meyer said in a note maintaining a Neutral rating and $40 target.
And with total U.S. denim sales down six percent last year, Meyer thinks Abercrombie's current plan to make the category a centerpiece of its fashion lineup is "risky."
But Oppenheimer's Anna Andreeva maintained a Buy rating and $50 target Friday, calling Abercrombie "one of our favorite names."
Andreeva's modeling a same-store sales decline of three percent to four percent in the third quarter, but raised her 2015 earnings estimate to $2.35 from $2.25 a share, citing lower operating costs.
Abercrombie closed Friday at $41.80, nearly unchanged.
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What has emerged from the story of Richie Incognito of the Miami Dolphins tormenting fellow teammate and rookie Jonathan Martin so much that the latter left the team is that there is a vicious culture of hazing in the NFL (see here and here) that has come to be accepted as normal.
But it is not only football. It seems to be a feature of many cultures where there is a strong divide between insiders and outsiders and where a sense of belonging is seen as a reward by insiders that is bestowed on the initiates. Recall the case where a member of college marching band died two years ago as a result of a hazing ritual. And we can be sure that such disgraceful practices are going on in many other venues.
I hate the practice of hazing and went on a rant against it back in 2006 when the massive torture abuses by the US that were emerging at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere were dismissed by apologists as mere pranks akin to hazing. I said that when hazing is accepted as the norm, it inevitably leads to greater and greater abuses because it accepts the dangerous principle that one person has the right to force another to submit to their will and that their immediate community condones and even supports that practice.
In Sri Lankan universities, hazing of incoming first year students has long been a serious problem, sometimes going so far as to cause deaths, either by "accidents" such as alcohol poisoning due to new students being forced to drink excessively, or suicides when they could not take the degradation anymore.
As a student and later as a faculty member, I personally hated the practice of hazing and would speak out against it, with the result that a pro-hazing leader once threatened to assault me. Those in favor of it said that it formed bonds of camaraderie. I found this to be a specious argument since it is unlikely that a good friendship can be built on an initial humiliating experience for one person at the hands of another. I have always suspected that hazing was a means for emotionally insecure people to find an outlet for their sadistic impulses, and that the people who enjoyed being hazed and subsequently became friends with those who hazed them had to have at least a streak of power-worshiping masochism.
When I was a faculty member in the university in Sri Lanka, I once came across a group of senior students hazing a first year student at the beginning of the academic year. They had forced him to put on a pair of shoes on his hands and run around on all fours like a dog. Since I was opposed to hazing on principle (and it was against university policy anyway), I stopped it and took the student to my office to get him away from the others. Although what he had experienced would be considered very mild by anyone reading the above description, the student was shaking with fear and crying. I think the fact that he was at the mercy of other people who seemingly had the power to humiliate him and make do anything they wished to him was what was terrifying, more than any single thing that they made him do.
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report all covered the Incognito story and although they got laughs out of it, they also revealed, for those who did not know it, the very dark underside of the football culture.
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November 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Calling itself a "discussion group for the insatiably curious," the Midnight Metaphysical Society will convene a meeting at the Southworth Planetarium on Wednesday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m.
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In a new collaboration fragment design has teamed up with Vanquish to work on a capsule denim collection. Featured in the line are heavily distressed styles, coming in several washes with print details. For our taste there is a little too much going on in the collection.
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"Fragrance of breeze,novel smell of dust after a drizzling,tin tin sound of squirrels,dried leaves floating with the wind... want me to feel I must sense all the possibilities of aesthetics during this moment of living."
"The moment you realize that your own life is not in your hands & that you can sleep this very night & not wake up,you begin to do things in a more rational way."
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Union Township seeks to rehire Geis as administrator
February 7th, 2010 Author: Marsha Mundy Filed Under: News
The Union Township Trustees voted to consider rehiring Ken Geis to the position of township administrator when they met Thursday, Jan. 28.
Former administrator Geis has expressed an interest in the position. He held the job previously until his retirement in 2006.
According to the Ohio Revised Code, in order for the board to rehire Geis into the same position which he held previously, a public hearing must be held. It is scheduled 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10.
If the board decides to move forward by hiring Geis, he could begin work on March 29.
In other business:
The board of trustees approved a recommendation by Cory Wright to hire Linda Staderman for the position of part-time post office retail clerk. They also approved hiring Milton Gross for the position of part-time clerical fiscal assistant. Both will be hired effective Feb. 1.
The board approved a $24,000 contract with Focused Capitol Solutions LLC for annual professional consulting services. The company acts in a representative capacity on behalf of the township with agencies of the federal, state and local government.
Wright recommended that the board approve an annual HVAC maintenance agreement with Bachman's. The board agreed to grant Wright authority to execute documents with each of the buildings separately.
The board approved a resolution authorizing service department director Matt Taylor to perform emergency snow removal in the Terrace Ridge subdivision when warranted. Since the streets have not been dedicated and the developer has not been taking care of snow removal, the township will clear the streets and charge the developer at a cost of $ .07 per linear foot. The resolution is in effect until April 15, 2010.
The board approved an addendum to a contract with Duke Energy Retail Sales which amends and increases a guaranteed generation rate savings of 15 percent for 2010 and 15 percent for 2011. The initial contract called for savings of 12 percent in 2010 and 7 percent in 2011.
Wright reported to the board that nine interviews were scheduled for the position of township mechanic. One candidate had withdrawn his name. He expected to have a candidate for board approval at the meeting on Thursday, Feb. 11.
The board changed their second meeting date to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23.


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Goodyear Girls Camp: Teens learn about a career in firefighting
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (KSAZ) - As part of International Women's Day, we're celebrating with female firefighters.
You don't see many in the field right now, but the Goodyear Fire Department is hoping to change that.
It's a daunting sight to look down when you're 80 feet up in the air, but it's a view every firefighter needs to get used to, no matter your gender or your age.
"They're really supportive here, they help you. It's really hands-on, you get really involved," said 16-year-old Hannah, one of a group of teenage girls spending their spring break at the camp, learning the in's and out's of how to be a firefighter -- a field that to this day, is still dominated by men.
"We just have to work a little bit harder on the physical side of it, but it's definitely something a female can do if they work hard," said Lora Davis, who has been a part of Goodyear Girls Camp since it started in 2015.
Firefighters brought the camp to Station 181 after seeing big success in Tucson's Northwest Fire District.
"They start out a little bit kind of shy and timid and aren't really sure how to think of everything. And as the days go on, and by the end of the week, they're all out of their shell, and it's cool to see them gain confidence and do something that they maybe didn't think they could do," said Davis.
Something like climbing 80 feet high -- a brave task that every girl successfully completed -- proving that bravery isn't bound by gender.


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Stella Adler once stated "The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and a social situation." I not only believe this to be true, but I believe it to be my motto. What is the point of putting ourselves out there if we are not creating magic, and telling a story? This is why I want to be a theatre educator. I want to be able to produce that story, but also help my students BE that story.
This is the second paragraph of a scholarship I am applying for this weekend, so I thought I would further explain why I think it is important to teach theatre.
Theatre is the universal sign of acceptance. Right? Anything you hear about the theatre is about how it is a place for anyone, and everyone can join. Is it though? I have had so many conversations and experienced that this isn't necessarily true. As directors become comfortable with their students, I've noticed that type casting comes into play and also favoritism.
This is why I feel it is my duty to become a theatre educator. I believe in the underdogs. I believe in the under AND overprivileged. I believe in working with students who are scared. Most importantly, I believe in working with students who wonder and who dream.
I want to create magic. I want to make magic with students, with an audience, and with a stage.
I will be a theatre educator because I believe that the theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and a social situation.


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FIREFIGHTERS were called to remove an unsafe chimney stack at a Hartlepool pub.
The chimney, on top of The Globe pub, in Northgate, on the Headland, had become unstable due to the strong winds yesterday.
Cleveland Fire Brigade were called about the structure and sent a fire engine from the Headland Station and an engine, with a hydraulic platform, from Stranton Fire Station, at around 11.42am.
Crews used the hydraulic platform to get to the top of the building and removed the chimney pot.
They then checked that roof area was safe and left at about 1.08pm.
A brigade spokeswoman said "We were called to The Globe to reports of an unsafe chimney pot.
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Gunther Schrack , University of British Columbia
Hamid Farhoosh , University of California, San Diego
Existing specification systems, such as the hue/ lighness/saturation system, use triples of numbers to spec1fy color, which can be tedious to work with. The Color Naming system allows users to specify color in natural lanuage phrases or words and is a siperior way for humans to select colors. the problems addressed in this article is how to map the linguistic values of the CNS to the numerical values of the HLS system so that the CNS can be part of an integrated graphics system. The algorithm used is based on fuzzy set theory and is implemented for the Tektronix 4027 color display terminal.
Gunther Schrack, Hamid Farhoosh, "CNS-HLS Mapping Using Fuzzy Sets", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 6, no. , pp. 28-35, June 1986, doi:10.1109/MCG.1986.276739


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I decided to make this costume after I bought the wig in Japan. I've never seen Macross Frontier, but the wig matched and I wanted to try making a corset style top. I put boning around the entire top, to make it flat and supportive. The top is a bit looser than it should be, as I lost weight while I was making it ^_^; can't really complain about that, at least it still fits. The bow is reinforced with wire- I hate saggy bows!! In-accurate parts are the shoes and the lack of red stripes on the top of the thigh highs.
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Some, such as Wild Landscape II, a closely cropped view of the trunks of young trees glowing in the white/gold sunlight of a wooded glade, reveal photorealist traces in their artfully posed luminosity. But look again and the light and colors seem to have a life of their own. It's an animist quality that may be more obvious in Primeval, in the patterns of light and color defining a stand of cypresses in a swamp, and especially in Forest Floor, a composition of sinewy coiled foliage in seemingly random arcs and whiplash patterns that suggest nature's own Jackson Pollock moment. It's a far cry from her former views of dreamy-eyed urbanites lost in the steam of their cappuccinos, but life is change, and this is a time of exploration in the art world.
Another response to changing nature appears in Uncertain Territory: Losing Louisiana, a group expo of nature-based art at the Delgado College Fine Arts Gallery. While including somewhat familiar works by local artists such as Carlos Zervigon, Mary Jane Parker, Jeremy Jernigan and Sallie Ann Glassman, there is also much interesting work by less familiar south Louisiana artists, many veterans of the related Grand Isle Juried Exhibition that has risen to unprecedented prominence in recent years. Surprisingly, perhaps, the result is a very cohesive ensemble in which all of the constituent parts contribute to a kind of collective installation piece. If the science and poetry of the natural world " especially the natural world of coastal wetlands " is the overarching theme, there is also a hint of the lingering shamanic mysticism from which the first art is thought to have evolved.
In that vein, Sallie Ann Glassman's Grand Bwa altar and its accompanying poetic wall text invoke the ruling spirit of the forests and swamps, according to the vodun tradition. Its moss, plants, feathers, voodoo flags and images of St. Sebastian invoke the Tree of Life connecting the heavens and the earth for the benefit of all. Works ranging from Yvonne James's Offering Bowl, crafted from barnacles, to Carlos Zervigon's Dangling House of cast glass suspended from a branch of a sculpted metal tree underscore a sense of human destiny hanging in the balance of mysterious natural forces " a new order that reveals the natural world we thought we knew to be far less familiar and malleable than we had heretofore imagined.


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Back to School, Back to Family
I am so excited. It is back to school time. Not for Sammy, he's been in school since late August, for me.
Several years ago, I received a call from my friend Renee who is a teacher at our congregation inviting me to participate in a new class. She was going to be teaching a pilot of a Florence Melton Adult Mini School curriculum called Foundations of Jewish Family Living. It was designed as a course to help parents understand how Jewish values influence daily life. It was going to be taught on Sunday mornings during religious school hours.
It sounded interesting, but my first inclination was to say no. Sunday was my day to sleep in, food shop and practice yoga. I wasn't interested in committing to something that felt like an obligation. I had enough of those.
But the course material sounded interesting, and Renee is a friend and excellent teacher. I was torn – guard my Sunday me-time or do something to indulge my intellectual curiosity. I chose to take the class, but not because I had a burning desire to expand my Jewish mind. While I love learning, I made my decision because of Renee. A personal invitation from a friend is hard to turn down.
Dr. Ron Wolfson, in his book Relational Judaism, says that people "come to synagogues…and other Jewish organizations for programs, but they…stay for relationships." I came to adult Jewish education because of relationships and have stayed for the same reason.
When I arrived on the first day of class, I found old friends and new faces, Jews and those who are not Jewish, born Jews and Jews-by-Choice. A diverse group united by the common theme of parenthood, and the shared goals of raising good, decent children within Judaism and creating more meaningful lives.
As we studied together this varied group bonded as we shared deeply personal stories, debated ideas, offered each other inspiration and saw the world – Jewish and otherwise – through each other's eyes. We expanded each other's minds, but also each other's hearts. After 10 weeks we were more than classmates, we were like family.
I began to look forward to getting to the room that was my new Sunday morning home because I enjoyed both the social and intellectual aspects of the class. I wasn't alone, others felt similarly connected, and after completing the parenting curriculum we decided that we wanted to continue to learn together.
Over the past two-and-half years, we have explored the Jewish experience in America, Judaism's denominations and the challenges they face, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. We have also deepened our connection to one another supporting each other during the good times – births, celebrations, conversions, new careers and moves – and bad – deaths, illness and job loss.
For the transplants among us we have become, in a way, each other's Dallas family; and for the Jews-by-Choice and those who aren't Jewish among us we have become each other's Jewish family. But it is not just familial ties that have kept us together. The freedom to choose what we learn has been an important factor too.
Rather than being limited to topics selected by synagogue leaders, we have been allowed to select the subject matter we study. This ability to indulge our group's Judaic curiosity has resulted in a classroom filled with people who are excited to learn and eager for discussion.
This combination of community and learning has been a powerful force in strengthening our connection to our congregation, and made a large organization (Temple Emanu-El has over 2,500 families) smaller. I suspect that the engagement and relationships developed through our class are an example of the Relational Judaism Dr. Wolfson speaks of.
But whatever you call it, it is one of the things I look most forward to each week. Now after the summer break, I am eagerly anticipating getting back to school and to my family. We have a lot to catch-up on.
I converted to Judaism about five years ago. But I still feel a bit like a fraud sometimes. Not in my spirituality, because I thought long and hard about conversion and what it meant for me, and for my family. Not just my Jewish husband and children who were growing up as Jewish, but also my mother, my sister, my aunts – the family that wasn't Jewish and would be confused and possibly hurt by the decision. In the end, the decision to convert was easy – because I was Jewish, I was raising my kids in a Jewish home, and wanted it to be official.
But I still didn't grow up Jewish. I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, with entirely different foods, traditions, expressions and holidays. And a dip in the mikvah doesn't change that. I still feel vaguely… new, and when people slip into Hebrew or Yiddish, I have to nod knowingly and hope nobody realizes I have no idea what they just said. It's not entirely comfortable, not all the time. But it's there.
Which is why I'm still somewhat surprised by the fact that I'm the new Sisterhood President at my synagogue. I volunteered for it, because nobody else did, and I wanted to make sure that there was a Sisterhood. I want my kids to see Judaism as something that we do, not just something we pay lip service to once a week. If I want them to have a strong connection to their synagogue and their spirituality, I need to model that. Part of what I love about Judaism is the sense of community, even if I don't always understand the language or the food.
I'm a little bit in over my head, but I'm swimming. I'm figuring it out, and maybe by the time I'm done, and my two year term is over, I won't feel quite so out of my element at the synagogue. And my kids will know that Judaism is more than just going to religious school and having challah on Friday nights. It's about a community being together, raising money and celebrating life's passages. It's about friendship and learning and growing together. Judaism will be part of who they are, not just activities that we attend.
My Resolution to Unplug
A warning to you, kind reader: You have read this story before. It's about unplugging from technology and reconnecting with your family. It's not a new idea, in fact I know I'm late to jump on the train. But it's also about resolutions, and Shabbat, so hopefully I can bring in a little something new to the conversation. And if not, please indulge my unplugging declaration, and a Sweet and Happy New Year to you.
So here's my story:
I am not a big believer in New Year's Resolutions. It's not that I doubt people's ability to change – quite the opposite, as my resume reflects a career in pursuit of change. It's just that when it comes to resolutions, I think people have a tendency to set their sights too high, to pick a goal for a 12-month period that is rarely sustainable for more than a few weeks. Change is an iterative process, and if we've never done something very well before, it is rare that we can go from not doing something to doing it well every day. By setting ourselves up like that, by saying "I am never going to lose my temper with my kids," instead of saying "I'm going to remember to breath more deeply when little Frankie gets me frustrated," we fail to set up enough small victories to keep fuel in our tanks. In measured steps, I think anything is possible, but in huge bounds, as least for me, the hit rate is not always as good.
This year, there's a change I really want to make. Technology, especially in the form of Eric's and my pretty little iPhones, is getting in the way. It all started out rather innocently – when Ruthie was a baby, I started taking my phone out more and more to snap pictures of her – she was so phenomenally, well, phenomenal, and I loved being able to take a snapshot and immediately send it off to her grandparents or her dad. When Chaya was born, it seemed harmless to hand the iPhone over to Ruthie to play a shape-sorting game so I could buy five minutes and finish nursing in peace. And when we try to track down two or three friends at the hectic gate at the zoo, its great to have the tool of texting to save five minutes of searching with two hot kids hanging around my neck.
But despite its innocent beginnings, it is still getting in the way. Too often I catch myself taking the phone out to snap a photo of the girls and accidentally being caught up in an email that really could wait until nap time for a response. Or I complain about not having time to talk with Eric, and then get distracted by a news alert on the phone during our ten minutes of quiet together before bedtime. So how can I blame Ruthie for asking for a video more than I think she should, or begrudge Chaya's fascination with the lit-up screen of the phone when the alarm sounds in the morning?
It's not that the touchscreen has no place in my girls' development – I believe that their comfort with technology will play a role in their future academic and professional success. And in my own childhood memories, anything that parents forbid became an obsession, so I think parenting around technology should be about limit setting rather than prohibitions. Truthfully, though, after reading lots of blogs and articles about unplugging (see introductory note), I don't know what those limits should be.
So here's our resolution, or perhaps experiment: This year, we are unplugging on Shabbat. Eric and I started talking a couple of months ago about the technology issue, but unplugging every day sounds like a bound to me, something so grand that we'd quickly fall short and taste progress-deterring failure. I started to ponder a middle ground – a set of small steps – and as the High Holidays approached, I realized that that small step is handed to me by Jewish tradition. Shabbat is not just a day of rest – it is a chance to practice a different way of living, and a different way of being as a family. So committing to do something differently 1/7 of our year is a natural thing to do as a Jew, and a great way to try on this no-technology thing.
I am not a dummy, and I know that tons of Jews have been doing this forever – that many believe we are not fulfilling the commandment by using electricity at all on Shabbat. But we are not becoming Shomer Shabbos – that's not where we are as family, or as Jews. So rather than saying to my kids "Cell phones and computers off because we don't use any electricity on Shabbat," I am going to try this on: "Cell phones and computers off because we are going to be together as a family on Shabbat," to sing our own songs, tell each other our own stories, play games that require sharing a game board or using our bodies.
I see this experiment as twofold. First, I hope it lets us see how we like life without technology, and to inform what the best limits are for our family. As I said before, I don't anticipate our final rule will forbid technology, but I hope that living without it for a controlled period every week will help us figure out how much we'd like to live without it over the course of a whole week. And second, I hope it will teach us some new things about how we want to be on Shabbat. Maybe we'll hate it and decide we want to be on our phones all of Shabbat…or maybe we'll love it and next year will decide to turn something else off for 24 hours.
The initial rules are no cell phones, no Internet, no TV – landline is OK. We'll see how it goes, and hopefully I'll let you know on this blog.
What do you think? Have you tried this, or do you have a different resolution? How do you make Shabbat a different day than the other six?
Pray for Rain
My family is looking forward to Sukkot after the serious work of the Days of Awe. As I wrote about in my essay Beyond the Lulav and the Etrog, it is an easy holiday for my interfaith family to embrace. It emphasizes the concept of gratitude, a universal sentiment that is prized by many faiths and people, including those who subscribe to no religious tradition, and it directly connects to my family's daily life.
We are avid vegetable gardeners and Sukkot is the perfect opportunity for us to express appreciation for each other's work maintaining our garden space – Cameron turns the compost and prepares the beds, and I plant and weed with Sammy's assistance. During the holiday we give thanks for the produce we produce and the elements of nature that enabled us to grow such a delicious bounty.
This year we are especially thankful because Texas is in the third year of drought with most of the state experiencing severe to extreme conditions. We see the effects of the water shortage in the cracked soil surrounding our tomatoes and okra, and in our dry rain gauge. We also notice the impact of the weather on our neighborhood pond, which has large areas where most of the water has evaporated.
Recently, while walking our dog near the pond Sammy gasped when he noticed the water level. "Mommy, look at the pond!" he exclaimed. "There is almost no water in some areas. What's going to happen to the ducks, geese and herons if the water gets lower? Someone needs to do something!"
"I heard someone the other day ask if water can be pumped in, but that isn't feasible because of the city water restrictions and the energy it will require. We really need rain," I said.
Sammy was quiet the rest of the walk and I could tell he was thinking. When we got home he said, "I'm really worried about the water. We need to do something. What can we do to make rain?"
"Short of cloud seeding which is a method used to increase precipitation, not much. We could pray for rain…actually, that would be an appropriate thing to do during Sukkot. Have you learned about the Water Drawing Ceremony?" I asked.
"According to the Talmud, Sukkot is the time of year when God judges the world for rainfall. The Water Drawing Ceremony, conducted in ancient Israel each morning during the holiday, asked for God's blessing for an abundant rainy season," I explained.
"What was the ceremony like?"
"It was very joyous. Water was brought from an area near Jerusalem in a golden flask to the Temple's Water Gate. The shofar was sounded and the water was poured over the altar."
"Well, I learned to make rain at camp," he said demonstrating the hand and foot sounds designed to mimic a rainstorm. "But that's not a ceremony and let's face it, it won't fill the pond with water." He thought for a moment and then said, "I know, the next time it is supposed to rain we can put buckets outside in different areas of the yard and collect rain. Then we can bring the buckets over to the pond and pour the water into it helping to fill it up again. It can be our own Water Drawing Ceremony!"
"I like that idea," I said.
"Me too," Sammy replied. "I feel better knowing that we're going to help."
This year as you celebrate in the sukkah and give thanks for the abundance that fills your plate remember the precious natural resources that helped to make your meal possible. Show some appreciation for them too and please, don't forget to pray for rain.


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Interstate 16 east in Macon has reopened.
13WMAZ's Kristen Swilley reports that traffic is now moving again.
Macon police closed the highway this morning to continue its investigation into the fatal traffic accident last week on the Spring Street bridge.
The accident happened when a Mack tractor trailer changed lanes, police said.
That truck hit a 2005 Buick LaCrosse causing it to hit the driver's side of an S-10 pick-up driven by Michael Anthony Thorpe, 47, a Steak-Out delivery driver, police said.
Thorpe, who was delivering food to Coliseum hospital, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 81-year-old driver of the Buick ran off the roadway and was transported to the Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Police did not release the name of the truck driver or say if charges would be filed.


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Carson Palmer's season is over for the Oakland Raiders after he spent Sunday night in a hospital because of broken ribs and a bruised lung suffered on a hit by Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers.
Coach Dennis Allen is not ready to name Palmer's replacement for the season finale against the San Diego Chargers, as he has Matt Leinart and Terrelle Pryor as his options. Leinart finished up Sunday in the loss to the Panthers.
"Our plan right now is to work both of them this week," Allen told the Oakland Tribune, "and then we'll see how practice goes. Later in the week, we'll be ready to name a starter."
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I recently became familiar with the story of Jason and Angie Berger, whose daughter Sunni (pronounced "Sunny") was born with a disorder causing her to be severely disabled. I was so touched by their story that I asked if I could do an interview with them. I hope that you find their answers as inspiring and thought-provoking as I have.
Q: Tell us a little bit about your daughter, Sunni.
She has Mitochondrial Disease, an energy disorder affecting her at a cellular level. She has stalled at less than one year of development, cognitively and physically. This means she is unable to sit up on her own or bring food or drink to her mouth. She is blind, diabetic, and suffers from seizures that are kept under control with medication.
She has no real means of communication, although we have learned to decipher her different cries or vocalizations. Until recently, she suffered from bouts of severe pain, as is common with other children having this disorder. We were in and out of the ER every two to four months trying to isolate a cause. It appears to be due mainly to general neurological pain and to gastrointestinal pain due to very slow "motility" (digestion) and frequent constipation. A local pain specialist has been able to help us reduce the intensity of these episodes.
On the other hand, she is a beautiful child with her angelic face and striking blue eyes. She often looks skyward in the pose of a medieval saint. Sometimes, for no apparent reason, she giggles and laughs with glee. It is pure, unadulterated joy!
Q: Give us a glimpse into your daily life. What are some of the challenges you face as a result of Sunni's medical condition?
We rely heavily on our Personal Care Attendant/Nanny, Melissa, who has been with us for over 4 years. She takes excellent care of both girls, along with Angie, who works three days per week. I work full time, but mostly from home, which allows me to take breaks to play with the kids and help Melissa from time to time.
Sunni requires continuous care, as she is unable to do even the most simple thing for herself. We constantly battle constipation, and keep a running "Sunni Poop Log." She is classified as a brittle diabetic with blood glucose ranging from 30 to 600+. We have a pump now so that helps. As Sunni grows older, it becomes more difficult to bring her along in every situation. She can cry or laugh and carry on very loudly, which can be very disruptive, depending on time and place. Frankly, we end up doing a lot of "tag team" parenting. This has the effect of separating us so that we can run errands without having to bring Sunni and all of her gear, or spend time with our other daughter, Ava, in situations where we can't leave her alone.
We have a volunteer one night each week who takes care of her while we spend special time with Ava. Sunni goes to school every day at one of the best school districts in the country for special ed. Not long ago, and today in some areas of the country, she would have been institutionalized, or at the least not be included in these programs, due to her low functional state. She receives various kinds of therapy and interaction with other kids. Although her actual interaction is limited, she just loves hearing the sounds of other kids playing. She has also become a distinct favorite among her teachers. We hope that this will plant seeds in their hearts as well.
Q: You mentioned in an email that you used to be staunchly pro-choice, but that after you had Sunni you became pro-life. Tell us about that process.
So dedicated to the pro-choice cause, that as a Senior in high school and freshman in college, I and a friend vandalized a "Choose Life" bill board out on the interstate that had been sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. We attacked the thing three times, as they kept putting it back up.
This attitude continued for years, despite growing more conservative politically. I was active in the local Republican Party and spoke out against the "abortion litmus test." Angie was liberal enough to have voted for Al Gore in 2000. Since that time, she has become much more conservative and active in local politics. The best way I can explain it is this: Our dear little girl is probably one of the best arguments for abortion available. She is completely dependent, with a low quality of life that represents a tremendous burden to her parents and society in general. We were fortunate to have received a small revelation of sorts. It became clear that she was a powerful witness to the beauty of life, and certainly didn't deserve to die. If she should not be aborted, then to argue for killing a beautiful, healthy child is a monstrosity.
When asked how he created such stunning works of art, a famous sculptor once said that he instills in his mind a clear image of the form and then removes everything that is not a part of it. In a way, God has shorn from Sunni nearly all of the adornments that would be considered part of a basic human life. She cannot act on her own, communicate, or possibly understand even simple concepts. She is left as a nearly pure example of human life without anything to distract us from its elegant beauty.
My wife and I both ended up converting to Catholicism. We could no longer stay in the Lutheran church, because they did not stand out against abortion. When you make the decision to leave the mainline Protestant churches behind, you are left with the two major, pro-life groups: Roman Catholic and Protestant Evangelical. I had been part of an Evangelical church (Assembly of God) in my youth, with the laying of hands, speaking of tongues, gifts of the Spirit, etc. It has become clear to us that the "born again" churches can offer no guarantee that they will not drift in the same direction as the mainline Protestants. I honestly don't know what they will believe in another 20-30 years. There is no authority or hierarchy that is empowered to conserve the truth.
Another thing that attracted me to the Catholic Church was the rigor of its thinking. Writers like G.K. Chesterton and Fr. John Neuhaus really helped me along the road. Catholics aren't simply submitting themselves to an all powerful, out of touch Pope with a list of antiquated rules. There are not only highly developed reasons for everything they believe, but they fit together into this seamless garment. I'll have to admit that my view of Catholics wasn't very high to begin with.
Q: There is an argument out there that sometimes abortion is the best thing to do for unborn children who are diagnosed with serious physical disabilities, on the grounds that it would save them suffering. What would you say to that?
In objective terms, yes, it would save a great deal of suffering for us as well as her. Had she been born healthy, there is much we would not have learned. Some of what it has revealed has been awesome, some of it ugly. Regardless, this suffering is redemptive.
It has already lead us to the Catholic Church, the one institution that would reliably fight for her right to life. Sunni, and the way we care for her, is a witness to others. I sense in people a revulsion to seeing a person, especially a child in so damaged a condition. That is a natural reaction, and one that most labor hard to conceal. But it is important to Angie and I that Sunni be seen by others and that we be seen caring for her and enjoying our lives despite the sadness that it can bring.
Q: Unfortunately, our society might look at your daughter and say that she's a "burden." Some people might even imagine that your lives are worse for having had her. What would you say to that?
In objective terms, she certainly is a burden, emotionally, physically, financially and so forth. In subjective terms, she is our beautiful child and this is a burden we will carry for as long as we are able.
We are very grateful for the medical assistance, special ed, and other programs we may qualify for in the future. It has opened our eyes to the generosity of our culture. I think our lives would have been easier, and probably more shallow in some ways. I suppose we would have gone on to suffer other hardships, but they may not have brought us closer to God or caused us to ask the questions that we have.
Q: What would you say to any parents out there who have recently received a grave medical diagnosis for their child and are feeling scared about what the future might hold?
That this child will bring you closer to the mystery of life; that he or she can bring to you a deeper joy. If they were Christian, I would point out that this regard for human life, even damaged or limited, is what set early Christians apart from the pagans that came before them. In the more enlightened parts of the world, children like Sunni may be aborted or simply allowed to die in the hospital.
Q: Would you choose to have a child like Sunni?
I have a hard time answering this truthfully.
You may remember when Christopher Reeve became paralyzed, and word came out from his publicist within the matter of a couple weeks that said, basically, that this crippling incident was a great gift, that it taught him so much, and that he looked forward to whatever the future had to hold. I was skeptical when I heard this. Just once, you'd like to hear someone say, "This is obviously the worst thing that I could have imagined, I'm angry at God, and I wish I were dead." That's something we can all empathize with.
Hopefully, I'll come to feel, deep down, the same way that I've been writing about it. No, I'd never willingly subject myself, my wife, or other child to the hardships that we've seen. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. But it happened, there's a reason it happened, and our job now is to do the best we can to live it out and let it be a blessing to our family and others.
I want to thank the Berger family again for sharing their thoughts with us. I pray that their story will be a blessing to others, and please keep them in your prayers as well.


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Release Date: 2012 |
Album Rating: 4.0Also posted at http://www.muzikdizcovery.com/
Album's streaming here (for now) http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/16
If this sounds like it'd be up your street then please give it a go. Lots of people here will love this.
Now this does seem interesting. Great review/ sales pitch - gonna get right on this.
It didnt sound like it would up my street but it was. Enjoyed the stream.
Pos'd review.
Nice to see you getting these guys some attention, man. It sounds like something I would definitely like - awesome review, and I'll have to check this out very soon. =]
Really good review. Have a pos'sy. I'mma finds this and steals it.
Album Rating: 3.5Looks good, man. Thanks for taking my criticism.
I edited this down since it's not really necessary any longer.
Pos'd like I promised. :D
Digging: Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly
Album Rating: 3.5Album's pretty cool so far! "White Birds" has a real George Harrison feel to it.
Heil Hitler!
This album's stellar so far.
Thank you so damn much for reviewing this Ali. I listened to the stream before commenting and this is one of the best things I've heard so far 2012. It is just so beautiful, it's almost as if Kid A had sex with Sigur Ros "Valtari". I'm so impressed, a 4.5 indeed.
I'm actually a little underwhelmed by this on the first listen, although it's definitely very pretty.
Album Rating: 3.5I think it might just be a little too mellow and sleepy for me. But I think it's a personal thing - this is definitely well done.
Just saw this
recommended by reviewer
Beach House Bloom
Sigur Ros Ágætis Byrjun
Radiohead Kid A
Youth Lagoon The Year Of Hibernation
The Antlers Burst Apart
Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver
I'm actually a little underwhelmed by this on the first listen, although it's definitely very pretty.
Yeah it is underwhelming but that's the point. It is a very sweet record enhanced by subtle nuances. I just changed my rating to a 4 - It's incredible but not superb- there are things that could be improved. One thing's for sure - gonna listen to this before I got to sleep tonight :]
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks guys
@Jonny: Our tastes don't seem to overlap much but you should definitely give this a go. I'll check out that 17f record in exchange ;)
@AtomicWaste: Thanks for the nitpicks, much appreciated. One or two I don't see the issue with but fixed the others up.
@Jacob: It was probably about a 3.5 for me after one listen. It really started to click second and third time around though
@GianGXGX: Excellent! glad you enjoyed it. Spread the word etc.
Pretty much every time I've listened to this I've been barely awake, be it early morning or late night. I think that helps.
This sounds excellent.
Album Rating: 5.0this, for me is the best album so far this year.
Album Rating: 4.0Provided it doesn't wear off, I'd be tempted to agree.
Had you heard/heard of these guys before?
Album Rating: 3.5The couple things you didn't change were just a matter of style, so it's no big deal - just suggestions. Review looks good.
Album Rating: 3.0not sure what to think of this
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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disappointed in my kid
I just signed my son's IEP. Is it bad that i'm slightly disappointed?
I never had any problems in school. In fact, it was so easy for me I didn't even have to TRY to get straight A's. For my oldest son, however, school is torture. He has been diagnosed with a social anxiety. If he's not fully confident in his answer or is wrong it causes him great distress and puts him into what we call his "shut downs". Sometimes he'll stay in his shut down mode for hours, sometimes just a few minutes. Either way it takes him away from learning time. It's so bad that he is now a full year behind in school.
I wish things could be easier for him. He has to work so hard for something that just comes naturally for most kids.
The testing placed him at below average intelligence. They think this is mostly because of the anxiety experienced during the testing but it allows the school to get him the IEP which means he now gets 30 min 1-on-1 time with a reading teacher and 30 min 1-on-1 with a math teacher every day. So, it's good, I guess... but it makes me feel like my kid is dumb. And he's not. He's so not. He's an amazing kid. Everyone has problems, right? This is just something he struggles with. I'm allowed to be sad about it thought, right?
ETA: ok, ok, disappointed was the wrong word to use. i'm very proud of my son and who he is. he's capable of so much but this anxiety he has is crippling him. i'm sad that he'll have to struggle with this his whole life.
You're disappointed in your kid? Seriously? It's okay to be sad that your kid can't do better in school, but don't be disappointed in your kid.
So it's not your kid you're dissappointed in, it's just circumstances, right? Just trying to clarify. Because being dissappointed in your child for something they can't control is just not cool.
Yes it is ok to be sad. Try not to be disappointed, your son is doing the best he can. Your son sounds like mine was. He also had IEP even though we knew he was a smart kid; any expectations of him would make him anxious and less likely to do well in school. The school also had a counselor he saw both in kindergarten and then again in 4th grade. He is now a well-adjusted 15 year old. Try not to worry too much and just do everything you can for him.
Of course you can be sad about this. My son has an IEP, too (actually, we just had his annual ARD yesterday, lol). I know how you feel. My son has CP, so he doesn't have a specific learning disability, just overall learning difficulties. He's averaging at the C-D level. Failed all of his state testing last year and is primed to fail again this year, apparently. It's so hard.
The one thing you have to do is just not let him see this side of you. It's not their fault, and we just have to make sure that they know that. But yeah, it's really hard, sitting there while 6 or so people grill you about your childs performance. Sigh.
Aw, I'm sure he is doing the best he can. Just support him.
I think your feelings are valid and normal. You'll be able to feel better about this as you see the improvements in him. 8)
It doesn't mean you don't love him or anything like that.
I cried when youngest DD was found to have learning disabilities. I was one who didn't even have to try in school to get good grades. I was reading at age 3, I love to learn, I love school (still do and can't wait to go back). I have three children who are the same way. I knew very early that my youngest just wasn't catching on like my other children and got her into services early, but once we got a firm acknowledgment that she did have issues I was devastated.
I was never disappointed though and definitely not in her because she has no control over her learning disabilities. She is very smart, she tried very hard and she is an awesome kid.
Absolutely you can be sad! That's heartbreaking for you as a parent and I can understand your feelings. I was like you, never had any problems in school. Everything came pretty easy for me. I did have to work at the higher level maths, but I still got straight A's. So when my 10 year old is having trouble with basic multiplications and division it drives me nuts and I have to really work at being patient with her.
Everyone has their struggles though. For me, it's public speaking. Honestly, even in school, that's the only thing that gave me any problems. I would get so worked up and anxious that I would have panic attacks. No idea why. I just kept working at it though. I still have public speaking anxiety, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. Hopefully your son will also overcome these struggles!