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If the feel-good stories of Nashville Prep and LEAD could compete for Hollywood treatment, the sagas of some other Nashville charters are more A Dangerous Method than Dangerous Minds. Take the dire example of Nashville Global Academy. In its first and only year last year, the school mismanaged funds and owed money to teachers before the MNPS board padlocked its doors.
A more frustrating case may be Smithson Craighead Middle School on Brick Church Pike, where students have posted the lowest TCAP math scores among local schools with an 80 percent poverty rate or higher. Reading scores are only nominally better. According to Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), Smithson Craighead ranks among the worst charter schools in Tennessee and has a statistically significant effect on student scores — for the worse.
The school's struggles are particularly painful, as its founder, Sister Sandra Smithson — a celebrated black educator who has taught in Latin America and run a school in Costa Rica — cuts a folksy, inspirational figure. She's had success with charter schools too. Her lower school, Smithson Craighead Academy, has posted solid scores and was one of the groundbreaking charters in Nashville.
So what happened with the middle school? Simultaneously candid and grandiose, Sister Sandra (as she refers to herself) takes full responsibility for her school's failures. In hindsight, she says, she should have started one grade at a time, not opened up the entire middle school at once.
"It is my own fault that the middle school has not been what I've wanted it to be," Smithson says. "I had so much pressure from parents to please take their kids, please take their kids — and it was kind of hard for me to say no.
"I know how hard those kids were suffering, and I know what I need to do to bring them forward, but I needed more time."
Another struggling charter school, Drexel Preparatory Academy, is on probation in its first year. Alan Coverstone, who oversees charter schools for the district, recommended that the school board close down Drexel, citing a laundry list of problems including its failure to hire properly licensed teachers. Coverstone also told the board the school failed to adhere to federal guidelines governing the education of English as a Second Language learners and special needs students — two major lapses that constituted violations of the Civil Rights Act.
"Whether or not services are now being provided, the charter was violated, and the damage to the children has been done," Coverstone said, quoted in The City Paper.
But the primarily African-American leadership of the school seemingly mobilized every black politician in Nashville, including state Sen. Thelma Harper and state Rep. Brenda Gilmore. Joined by several prominent black pastors, they showed up with an overflow crowd at the critical board meeting and exerted enough pressure to keep Drexel open — for now.
After the board's decision, the school's website heralded the good news with a message that didn't exactly inspire confidence:
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Even the brightest lights among the established charter schools suggest Nashville has room for improvement. While LEAD Academy and East Nashville's KIPP Academy rank as the top two charters in Nashville, according to the CREDO study, there are 10 charter schools in Memphis posting higher results.
Here in Nashville, traditional public schools Antioch and Apollo Middle School rival if not outperform the charters, even as they also serve predominantly low-income students. Among the 20 Metro middle schools with an 80 percent poverty rate or higher, LEAD's TCAP math scores ranked third and KIPP's seventh. In reading, each fared slighter lower — fourth for KIPP and eighth for LEAD — though it bears saying the two charters are still a vast improvement over the schools their students used to attend.
"These schools are doing a good job," school board member North says of KIPP and LEAD. "But they haven't done such a good job that they're deserving of worship."
Claire Smrekar, associate professor of education and public policy at Vanderbilt, says that charter schools vary wildly in how students fare.
"The most consistent finding in charter school research is a set of inconsistent or mixed outcomes in terms of student achievement and sustainability and teaching environments," Smrekar says.
The charters that tend to thrive, she says, are those that place high expectations on their teachers and constantly monitor their progress. Successful charters also require competent leaders, she adds, who know how to handle complex operating budgets.
"This is like starting a new business," Smrekar says. "Starting a new school depends heavily on experience and expertise."
Although the debate over charters is unlikely to ease anytime soon, some people are searching for middle ground that acknowledges their potential as well as their limits. One is Coverstone, who oversees charter schools for the district and has considerable power to influence which ones open and which ones return their dry-erase boards unwrapped. That makes him one of the more influential people in Nashville, though the plain-spoken administrator might cringe to hear it.
A longtime believer in charters, Coverstone says the objective can't be merely to add more of them. Instead, he explains, the ultimate goal should be to increase the number of high-performing schools, no matter what their type. Charters can be a means to that end.
As an example, Coverstone says that Metro's traditional public schools will soon try to emulate some of the more successful charters, while still retaining their traditional character. This could mean more autonomy and flexibility for school principals or longer school days, key components of the charter concept.
"I think charter schools demonstrate some things that can work and that district schools can learn from," says Coverstone, a former MBA academic dean.
Chris Barbic, the superintendent of Tennessee's new Achievement School District, which runs some of the state's lower-performing schools, echoes Coverstone's sentiments. Instead of replacing traditional public schools, Barbic, the founder of the lauded YES Prep charter schools in Houston, says charters should pressure traditional schools to adapt and evolve.
"If you go back 20 to 25 years, there was a time when the post office swore they couldn't deliver packages overnight. Then FedEx, UPS and other companies came along and started doing it," Barbic says. "And they did it consistently well. While this was happening, the post office gave excuse after excuse as to why they couldn't. Then something happened. FedEx, UPS, and others grew and reached about 30 percent market share. It was at this time that the post office stopped making excuses and figured out how to do next-day air."
While no one thinks that public schools are facing a U.S. Postal Service-style crisis anytime soon, the charter management organizations that are coming to Nashville could provide for a parallel structure of options — much more so than what we have from the city's scattered collection of charters.
In late January, officials with Arizona-based Great Hearts Academies held a series of meetings in on the west side announcing plans to open five to 10 charter schools. (SouthComm board president Townes Duncan was among those who recruited the group to consider Nashville.) To put that number in perspective, the city currently has 11 charter schools.
The Great Hearts folks made quite an impression. Last month in the Cohn Adult Learning Center, 150 or so people attended a standing-room-only meeting. Just about everyone was white, making the one black couple and a solitary Latino man particularly noticeable.
The audience listened eagerly as Great Hearts officials outlined the approach they've taken with their successful schools in Arizona. Students learn Latin in high school. Fellow students address each other as "Mr." or "Ms." All are required to play sports, evoking an image that's equal parts Rushmore and Atlas Shrugged.
"Even if you're nerdy or gawky ... you gotta get out there and play!" exclaims Dan Scoggin, the chief executive officer of Great Hearts Academies. The audience chuckles.
After detailing the school's attributes, Scoggins turns to the stats. At its Arizona schools, Great Hearts Academies boasts an ACT average of 27.9, an SAT math average of 609, and SAT writing and reading averages of 622. It has also launched roughly a dozen kids into the stratosphere of National Merit Scholarships.
Interestingly, school officials said at the Nashville meetings that they would not be providing transportation to their charters, though they have since indicated the matter is still an open question.
"In Tennessee it seems like there was more of a focus of bringing diversity into each school," says Great Hearts board president Jay Heiler, among the dignitaries who met with Nashville parents, "whereas here we try to serve a diversity of communities."
That sounds good in theory. But in practice, by failing to provide transportation to students in the city's poorer neighborhoods, a charter school situated on Nashville's west side would likely draw primarily from private academies as well as the white students in the Hillsboro and Hillwood cluster of schools. This could lead to a new generation of white flight, only this time to public-funded schools in the same county. In general, the idea makes MNPS board member North uncomfortable.
"If the idea is, 'We want to go to school with our types of kids and avoid the other children and have government pay a big chunk of it' — that's troublesome," North says, referring not to Great Hearts specifically but to the implications of placing a charter school in a wealthy part of town.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Scene, Heiler tried to strike all the right chords. A prominent GOP operative in Phoenix, who recently served as a spokesman in Ben Quayle's successful congressional campaign, he downplayed his recent support for Arizona's widely denounced and potentially unconstitutional anti-immigration bill — saying only that he didn't think the measure was executed well. (See the related story "Hearts and Minds," Jan. 26.)
But the reception given Great Hearts in Nashville indicates how the city's attitude toward charter schools is changing. Just a few years ago, Heiler and Great Hearts probably couldn't have found anyone to take their calls, let alone recruit them. Now they're addressing standing-room-only public meetings with the mayor in attendance. That doesn't mean they can expect a free pass — or that Nashville shouldn't continue to ask hard questions of charter schools, as much promise as they show.
"We'll scrutinize very heavily schools that don't have an appreciation for the role that diversity plays in a school in the 21st century," Coverstone says. "We have to prepare kids for college and prepare them to achieve at a high level, but we also want them to do it in a diverse environment."
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News Releases Blyth, Inc. Reports 4th Quarter Sales and EarningsCompany Ends Year With Nearly $150 Million of Cash On Balance Sheet
GREENWICH, Conn., April 3, 2009 -- Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH), a leading multi-channel designer and marketer of home fragrance products, home decor products and household convenience items, today reported that Net Sales for the fourth quarter ended January 31, 2009 decreased approximately 16% to $313.4 million compared to $373.8 million for the prior year period. Foreign exchange had a 5 percentage point unfavorable impact on fourth quarter Net Sales. International sales represented 47% of total sales in the fourth quarter this year versus 42% last year. Commenting on the Company's financial results, Robert B. Goergen, Blyth's Chairman of the Board and CEO, said, "The effect of unprecedented events in the U.S. economy, including the credit crisis, the deterioration of consumer discretionary spending and increased unemployment had a material impact on Blyth's sales and profits. Consumers across each of our distribution channels became increasingly reluctant to spend during the course of the fourth quarter. Mr. Goergen continued, "Conversely, consumer spending held up well for PartyLite Europe during the fourth quarter, with continued growth in our French and Nordic markets. Moreover, consultant productivity across most of Europe remained strong." The following paragraphs discuss fourth quarter and full year profitability as compared to last year. In an effort to assist the reader, a summary reconciliation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) earnings and earnings per share to Non-GAAP earnings and earnings per share is presented in the attached table. This table is included as an additional reference to assist investors in analyzing the Company's performance and should be considered in addition to, not a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In presenting comparable results, the Company discloses non-GAAP financial measures when it believes such measures will be useful to investors in evaluating the Company's underlying business performance. Management internally reviews the results of the Company excluding the impact of certain items as it believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful for evaluating the Company's core operating results and facilitating comparison across reporting periods. The Company implemented a 1-for-4 reverse stock split of its common stock at the end of January 2009. References to earnings per share have been retroactively adjusted and give effect to the reverse stock split. Fourth Quarter Sales and Earnings Fourth quarter net sales declined in each segment. Total Direct Selling segment sales declined 14%, with sales for PartyLite U.S. down 31%, reflecting the challenging economic environment and fewer active independent sales consultants versus last year. Fourth quarter sales for PartyLite Europe increased 9% in local currencies, which translated to a decline of 1% sales growth in U.S. Dollars. Sales declined 13% compared to prior year in the Catalog & Internet segment. In the Company's Wholesale segment, excluding the BHI North American mass channel candle business, which was sold during the first quarter last year, fourth quarter sales declined 30%. Operating Profit for the fourth quarter was $25.4 million this year versus an operating loss of $3.9 million last year. Fourth quarter operating income includes non-cash pre-tax goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges of $2.9 million this year and $49.2 million in last year's fourth quarter, resulting from a revaluation of goodwill and other intangibles associated with Blyth's Catalog & Internet businesses. This year also includes a Blyth HomeScents International restructuring charge of $0.5 million pre-tax, whereas last year's fourth quarter included Blyth HomeScents International losses of $5.3 million pre-tax. Excluding the goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges in both years, as well as the Blyth HomeScents International unusual charge this year and operating losses last year, fourth quarter Operating Profit would have been $28.8 million this year versus $50.6 million last year. This decline reflects the impact of lower sales for Blyth's U.S. and Canadian businesses, higher commodity and postage costs, freight surcharges and the impact of an ERP system implementation for the Miles Kimball Company. Net Income for the quarter was $9.7 million compared to net loss of $10.4 million for the prior year. Diluted Earnings Per Share for the fourth quarter were $1.08 this year compared to a loss of $1.12 last year. Excluding the impact of the goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges in both years, as well as Blyth HomeScents International's unusual charges for the current year and prior year losses, fourth quarter earnings per share would have been $1.42 this year versus $3.84 last year. Fourth Quarter Segment Performance In the Direct Selling segment, fourth quarter net sales declined 14% to $215.2 million versus $248.8 million for the same period last year. Sales for PartyLite U.S. declined 31%, reflecting the impact of a lower base of active independent sales consultants and difficult economic conditions that resulted in lower levels of activity among existing consultants. Active independent sales Consultants (measured on a 60-day basis - please see paragraph below) totaled over 21,000 in the U.S. this year versus over 27,000 in last year's fourth quarter. In PartyLite Canada, fourth quarter sales decreased 14% in local currency during the quarter, which translated into a decline of 31% in U.S. Dollars, with active independent sales Consultants totaling over 5,000 this year versus 6,000 last year. Fourth quarter sales for PartyLite Europe increased 9% in local currencies, which translated into a 1% decline in U.S. dollars. PartyLite's European active independent sales Consultants increased to over 32,000 in this year's fourth quarter versus over 27,000 in last year's fourth quarter. Fourth quarter operating profit in the Direct Selling segment was $37.3 million versus $48.3 million in the same period last year and was primarily driven by lower sales and higher promotional costs within PartyLite U.S. and Canada, as well as the impact of higher commodity costs. As of the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, management has updated its approach in calculating active independent sales Consultants to reflect the number of Consultants who have placed an order within the past 60 days. This change is in keeping with PartyLite's promotional strategy, which is utilizing multi-month performance metrics in addition to monthly promotions with the intent to keep new Consultants engaged for a longer period and thus have greater success in establishing their business. Prior year Consultant figures have also been updated to reflect the new calculation. In the Catalog & Internet segment, fourth quarter net sales decreased 13% to $64.3 million versus $74.1 million last year due to the impact of lower consumer discretionary spending, as well as the continued impact of the ERP system implementation. The fourth quarter operating loss in this segment was $3.1 million versus an operating loss of $43.6 million in the prior year. The segment operating loss this year reflects the aforementioned $2.9 million goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges, the ERP implementation, sales shortfalls and increases in printing, paper, postage and freight costs. Last year's operating loss includes $49.2 million in goodwill and other intangibles impairment losses. In the Wholesale segment, fourth quarter net sales declined 34% to $33.8 million this year versus $51.0 million for the prior year, the latter of which includes sales from the Blyth HomeScents International North American mass channel candle business. Excluding sales from Blyth HomeScents International, which was sold last year, fourth quarter Wholesale segment Net Sales would have declined 30% versus the prior year, driven by lower sales in each of this segment's business units. Fourth quarter operating loss in the Wholesale segment was $8.7 million compared to $8.6 million last year. Excluding the aforementioned pre-tax losses and charges of $0.5 million this year and $5.3 million last year, this segment's operating loss would have been $8.2 million this year versus a loss of $3.3 million last year, driven by the sales decline. Fiscal 2009 Sales and Earnings Net Sales for the year ended January 31, 2009 declined approximately 10% to $1,050.8 million from $1,165.0 million reported for the same period a year ago. Excluding the sales of the Blyth HomeScents International North American mass channel candle business, Net Sales would have declined 7%. Operating Profit for the year was $4.0 million versus an operating profit of $30.9 million a year earlier. Excluding (on a pre-tax basis) the adverse effect of the goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges of $48.8 million this year and $49.2 million last year, Blyth HomeScents International's unusual charge of $1.9 million this year and losses of $17.2 million (including unusual charges) last year, Operating Profit would have been $54.7 million this year versus $97.3 million last year. Net Loss for the year was $19.1 million compared to income of $11.1 million last year. Diluted Earnings Per Share was a loss of $2.13 compared to income of $1.14 last year. Included in this year's results are the aforementioned goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges of $48.8 million pre-tax, equating to $42.1 million after tax, or $4.69 per share. Also included in this year are costs totaling $1.9 million pre-tax, equating to $1.2 million after tax or $0.13 per share, associated with an unusual Wholesale charge and a charge of $5.2 million (pre-tax and after tax), or $0.58 per share, in the first quarter related to the write-off of the Company's investment in RedEnvelope. Included in last year's results was the aforementioned goodwill and other intangibles impairment charges of $49.2 million pre-tax, equating to $42.7 million after tax, or $4.38 per share. Also included last year were losses and unusual charges related to Blyth HomeScents International totaling $17.2 million pre-tax, equating to $11.2 million after tax, or $1.15 per share (including unusual charges). Excluding the aforementioned items, earnings per share for the year would have been $3.28 this year and $6.67 last year. The sum of the segment amounts does not necessarily equal that reported for the quarter for Blyth overall due to rounding. Management noted that the Company repurchased $1.4 million of 7.9% senior notes during the fourth quarter. For the full fiscal year 2009, the Company retired $12.4 million of 7.9% senior notes. In lieu of quarterly teleconferences, management conducts informal Question and Answer sessions periodically via dial-in calls, the next of which will take place on Friday, April 3rd at 2:00 pm Eastern time. The date, time and dial-in information will be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website, www.blyth.com, no later than one week prior to the next scheduled session. Management will not present prepared remarks during such calls and will cover no material, non-public information. Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, is a Home Expressions company that markets an extensive array of home fragrance products, decorative accessories, seasonal decorations and household convenience items. The Company sells its products through multiple channels of distribution, including the home party plan method of direct selling and one-on-one direct selling, as well as through the wholesale and catalog/Internet channels. Blyth also markets tabletop lighting and chafing fuel for the Away From Home or foodservice trade. The Company manufactures most of its candles and chafing fuel and sources nearly all of its other products. Its products are sold direct to the consumer under the PartyLite(r), Two Sisters Gourmet(r) and ViSalus Sciences(r) brands, to retailers in the premium and specialty retail channels under the Colonial Candle(r), CBK(r) and Seasons of Cannon Falls(r) brands, to retailers in the mass retail channel under the Sterno(r) brand, to consumers in the catalog and Internet channel under the As We Change(r), Miles Kimball(r), Exposures(r), Walter Drake(r), The Home Marketplace(r), Easy Comforts(r) and Boca Java(r) brands, and to the Foodservice industry under the Sterno(r), Ambria(r) and HandyFuel(r) brands. In Europe, Blyth's products are also sold under the PartyLite(r) brand. Blyth, Inc. may be found on the Internet at www.blyth.com. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. Actual results could differ materially due to various factors, including the slowing of the United States or European economies or retail environments, the risk that we will be unable to maintain our historic growth rate, our ability to respond appropriately to changes in product demand, the risk that we will be unable to integrate the businesses that we acquire into our existing operations, the risks (including foreign currency fluctuations, economic and political instability, transportation delays, difficulty in maintaining quality control, trade and foreign tax laws and others) associated with international sales and foreign sourced products, risks associated with our ability to recruit new independent sales consultants, our dependence on key corporate management personnel, risks associated with the sourcing of raw materials for our products, competition in terms of price and new product introductions, risks associated with our information technology systems (including, susceptibility to outages due to fire, floods, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, break-ins and similar events) and other factors described in this press release and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008. |


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Brooklyn resident David Siller, currently studying in Israel at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah in Beit Shemesh, was awarded a trophy for finishing 3rd in his age group (14-18) in a 5-kilometer race for the benefit of the Benjamin Children's Library of Beit Shemesh.
Today is day six without a phone.
Besides for feeling slightly isolated, it's not too bad.
I've been doing things that I know I would not be doing if my phone was sitting next to me, shiny screen beckoning.
Is anyone else alarmed by the way extended warranties are sold on just about anything and everything? It means one of two things – either someone has found a great way of getting consumers to part with more of their hard earned dollars or manufacturers have no faith in their own products. Neither of those options is particularly heartwarming.
As I described Gaon in a review in June 2001 ("In Search of Ancestors, Sculpture by Simon Gaon" at Yeshiva University Museum), his Bukharian Jewish roots are deeply embedded on both sides of his family, echoed in his early yeshiva education.
Let me begin by congratulating my dear machatunim, Soraya and Jay Nimaroff, on being the recipients of the Community Service Award at the Sderot Hesder Institutions 18th annual anniversary dinner.
Think of your issues this way: due to those different backgrounds, you have a "shovel" to deal with difficulties while he has a "spoon".
Do you remember the good old days when kids were kids and there was never anything to worry about? Those days never really existed, but today there are issues kids worry about that weren't issues for some adults. They include fear of bullying, natural disasters, divorce, and violence.
In Part I talked about celebrating 30 years of Regesh Family and Child Services providing services to children, teens and families. I shared the agency's origin and the many lessons I have learned through this journey. As I mentioned, it is my hope that my experiences will add to your toolbox of life skills.
Unfortunately, a map of the Middle East with no mention of Israel is nothing new… It is surprising however, that the world's largest publisher of children's literature, Scholastic Books, has joined in this trend.
About six months ago my parents and I started discussing ideas for a mitzvah project in honor of my bat mitzvah. I wanted to do something unique that would be meaningful to me and also do something that my friends could participate in. Immediately I thought of an organization called Sharsheret.
"I'm disappointed that the agreement reached with Iran leaves our unfulfilled our ultimate objective: a complete dismantling of Iran's nuclear program and related activities.
Southern NCSY will be holding a leadership training Shabbaton at the Young Israel of Bal Harbour December 6 and December 7. Rabbi Steven Weil, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, will be the special guest speaker.
Is there a beginning and an end to the universe? What role can medical breakthroughs play in conception or genetic engineering? Can science help us pinpoint the end of human life? Does the soul emanate from the brain or vice-versa?
American society as a whole has accepted the view of the medical establishment that childhood vaccinations are both safe and necessary to protect the health of our children. But there are parents who accept the views disseminated over the Internet and social media by a small but vocal minority of doctors and researchers who claim that current vaccines, and the way in which they are administered, present significant risks to the health of very young children.
Between 1997 and 2008, the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) increased almost fourfold, according to the National Health Interview survey. The 2007 National Survey of Children's Health indicated that 1.1 percent of all children born in this country are on the autism spectrum.
By 2015, 46 million Americans will be over the age of 65. As members of the baby boomer generation pass the traditional retirement age, our standards for aging are steadily changing.
One of today's fastest growing new dietary trends is the proliferation of foods labeled "gluten free" on the shelves of supermarkets across the country.
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We have all been raised in a culture which we are taught to believe in the "miracles of modern medicine."
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one thing absolutely for sure......nationally, this is turning out to be a very very strange d-1 basketball season
who's gonna qualify for the NCAA Tournament ?....no one knows
there are possibly 3-5 teams that are a Tournament lock....the rest of the spots are up for grabs
at the rate UT is going, they may not qualify for any tournament.....Kentucky is an injury away from not qualifying either
Memphis (simply put) is not a 'physical' team (in d-1 ball, you have to be willing to pound/punch/scrap/bump/etc), plus they're very very very young
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Reglue Your Climbing Skins the Easy Way
Just removed the old glue and re-glued my skins. It was quick and easy with a heatgun, iron and the G3 Glue Renew! I read up on some troubles folks were having, but using a HOT iron and some patience, you get a nice result.
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It is not about relaxing the whole day, Do your work but find some time for your self, and that can be found only in relaxation. And you will be surprised that if you can relax for an hour or two out of each 24 hours
Relaxation has incredible powers. It is not laziness. The lazy man may look from the outside, as if he is not working at anything, but his mind is going as fast as it can; and the relaxed man - his body is relaxed, his mind is relaxed, and his heart is relaxed.Your body recovers, your intelligence recovers, you will not be frantic anymore - you will go directly to the point where you want to go, do things that are needed to be done; one will eliminate procrastination. Relief of Restlessness and Tension When: Every night before you go to sleep Duration: at least 20 minutes Step 1: Mouth Breathing Sit in a chair and rest your head (like you do on a dentist chair). You can have a pillow, so you are in a resting posture. (lay down on the floor on a blanket if this is not possible) Then release your lower jaw, just relax it so the mouth opens slightly, and start breathing from the mouth, not from the nose. A natural steady breath. The first few breaths will be a little hectic. By and by it will settle down and the breathing will become very shallow. It will go in and out very slightly, that's how it should be. Keep the mouth open, eyes closed, and rest. Step 2: Leg Loosener Then feel as if your legs are being loosened, as if they are being taken away from you, broken from the joints. Feel as if they have been taken away from you and start thinking that you are just the upper part; the legs are gone. Step 3: Hands Then the hands: think that both the hands are becoming loose and being taken away from you as well. Feel the sensation of them 'disappearing'. Then just the torso remains - at this point relax your legs and hands completely. Step 4: Release your Head Then bring awareness to your head - that it is being taken away, that you are being beheaded, that the head is broken. Then leave it loose: wherever it turns - left or right - you cannot do anything just leave it loose. Step 5: Totally Torso Then you have just your torso - feel that you are only this much - this chest, the belly, that's all. *Exercise taken from Meditation Inc. (144 Techniques to Transform the Quality of Your Work and Life) This activity distributes your energy from your upper body and most importantly your head - where tension gathers - throughout your relaxed, taken away parts. |
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Three-cheese taste test
Mozzarella is the standard cheese found on nearly every pizza, fresh and frozen. Provolone pops its head up every once in a while and gets to be the fromage du jour (cheese of the day) on occasion, but other than these two cheeses, nobody seems to give any of the others their day in the oven.
This is a shame, especially here in Wisconsin. Mozzarella is a wonderful cheese, but it needn't be the only one.
Just as you may change around what vegetables or meats you put on your pizza, I think the cheese should be changed around too. I probably use Swiss cheese as often on my pizzas as I do mozzarella but even this gets a little monotonous.
The cure for monotony? The West Allis Cheese Shop, located in the Milwaukee Public Market just inside the Third Ward neighborhood. With over 100 cheeses available you'll surely find a few alternatives to get excited about. I made a pizza with three different cheeses all lined up next to each other on the same crust. A true side-by-side taste test!
The three cheeses I selected were just a bit off the beaten path, nothing too exotic and not way off into the woods. The cheeses: Butterkase, Smoked Swiss and Tomato-Basil. Butterkase is a German cheese with a nice buttery flavor that melts really well. I've used it before on cheeseburgers and to make beer cheese soup, but never on pizza. I was excited to see if the Smoked Swiss would perform any differently than regular Swiss, both in melting ability and taste. I chose the Tomato-Basil to see if I could possibly replicate a Pizza Margherita, lazy style. I used ground chicken as my protein of choice for this three-cheese pizza because of its general neutrality, taste-wise.
I decided to arrange my slices of cheese in a column, one next to the other, rather than in triangular-type portions. The slices were rectangles so it seemed easier to make the pizza this way and avoid cross-contamination of cheeses. Oftentimes I do use thin slices of cheese instead of grated. I get a more even coverage this way and tend to use less cheese at the same time.
Besides the different arrangement of cheese, I also had to shorten the baking time for this taste-test pizza. With no vegetables and just a little bit of chicken covering the cheese, I had to keep on eye on the pie to make sure the cheeses wouldn't completely bubble over and become one homogeneous mess.
Then it was time to eat, in alphabetical order.
Butterkase – As advertised, this was a nice, deep, buttery cheese with a light yellow color. But, it wasn't so rich that you felt like you were eating a stick of butter. It was just mellow enough so that it wouldn't over-exert itself and become too dominant of a flavor. Like a chilled-out alpha dog, Butterkase knows it rules but doesn't need to bark about it.
Smoked Swiss – I love Swiss cheese; it is my No. 1 cheese for sandwiches, burgers, tacos and burritos. It's also delicious on pizzas, but I've never tried using Smoked Swiss cheese before. The melting cheese in the oven mimicked the smell of a charcoal grill; it was very pungent. My nose set me up for a letdown. The smokiness of the cheese was a bit too heavy for the delicate pie.
Tomato-Basil – This cheese was just the opposite of the Smoked Swiss. It melted great, just like the other two, but didn't have enough of the tomato and basil to stand up to the rest of the pizza. The tomato sauce seemed to drown out the tomato in the cheese, and the basil wasn't sharp enough to stick out either. It still was great on the pizza, but I couldn't discern the individual flavors in the cheese – that is to say, I wouldn't have known this was any different than provolone cheese, for example.
All of the cheeses were very unique when sampled alone, but the Butterkase was the one that left me with an impression, and indeed a great desire, to use it again – and soon! It's a bit pricier ($11.99/lb.) but because it is very rich in flavor you don't need to cover every square centimeter of your pizza with it. Maybe keep this ace in your back pocket and save it for a time to go "all in." You'll hit blackjack every time with this cheese!
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Hey, I was looking for a new pair of headphones (not earphones) to use for my computer PC. I want something that I can power with an amp to listen to my music with its fullest potential. My budget is around $100. Any recommendations? Thanks!!We've covered matching headphones, portable and even stylish ones, but never looked deeply into the sonics (given our budgets ourselves) to determine an all-around "perfect" budget headphone.
But that doesn't mean we don't have options. The first, being one of my top favorite headphones of all time, is the Grado SR60's. It's priced ridiculously low for the great sound it produces (and even better with a decent amp) at a spectacular $69 right now at Amazon. Just bear in mind that these do leak sound quite a bit, which isn't optimal for a subway station, but is perfect for home use. Other options include the Sony MDR-7506 Professional Headphones ($95), which some say are much more comfortable and matches the quality of the Grado's as well.(Image: heymynameispaul licensed by Creative Commons license)


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We live in interesting times!
In the next fifteen years, because of the decline in world oil production, as well as the need to meet Scottish Government Climate Change targets, we will need to at least halve our fossil fuel consumption.
That means each of us reducing our consumption by about 5% per year, every year.
As oil production declines, we can expect the oil price to increase and to become increasingly volatile and for supplies to be subject to disruption. Major changes (at the very least) to the workings of the global economy will be inevitable.
We can also expect an increasing number of extreme weather events due to the raised level of energy in the atmosphere as average global temperatures increase.


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Shaddows - 11:40 am on Dec 2, 2010 (gmt 0)
This thread is great.
Just to refer back to the OP, our site was lauched in 2001. 99% of early growth was Google, and we're now a multi-million pound company. We are now diversified, and have Sales teams and are just beginning to gainfully exploit SM (VERY late to that party). But the fact remains, this small business thrived on Google.
We've watched competitors outgrow us, only to die; others just fall behind in the ranking arms race; others price themselves too low to survive. Our success has been a blend of Business planning, content authoring, and SEO.
Keeping records of competitors (I mean spreadsheets here people), ranking, movements, deep churn, non-related niches, adjacent niches, individual page referrals, sectional ranking changes is a key part of what we do.
Referral logs, visitor behaviour analysis, subtly varied hierachial structure and Title composition. These are the tools we use to make our site 'robust' to intermittant SERP disruption.
It would be hard, if not impossible, for a non-targetted algo change to take out our entire site. But if it did, our direct traffic would just about pay our non-wage outgoings, and our sales people should still be able to turn an operating profit.
Google is not responsible for the economic doldrums. If your neck of the woods is looking messy, most are not. For every bad SERP (and there are plenty), there are 20 or 50 that are good, and 5 or 10 that are great.


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Part 2: Mike Alexander, the Atlanta Regional Commission
Mike Alexander is a people watcher. As division chief of research for the Atlanta Regional Commission, part of his job is to chart the movement of groups into, out of, and between different sections of metro Atlanta. Whether it's Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans, Californians, New Yorkers, urbanites or sub-urbanites, Alexander will crunch some numbers and paint a portrait of the changing face of Atlanta.


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From catalogue product shots – for your brochure or website – to conceptual images, I will make you and your business look great. I can come out to you, source a location, or shoot in my well-equipped studio.
Photoshop wizardry
A magazine article commission required a photographic image of a girl trapped inside a bubble. Finding a bubble proved to be quite difficult - so I built my own environment, digitally, instead. A couple of initial images were shot (below) of a model pretending to be in a bubble against a white background and an overhead view of some floorboards for the bubble to sit on.
Finished artwork
A number of hours later the finished artwork was completed. The floorboards were distorted to give the impression of perspective and the model's left hand slightly moved so that it realistically pressed against the bubble. The bubble itself was constructed entirely in Photoshop, as was the wallpaper and skirting board. Final touches including making her palm & fingers whiter to give the impression of them being pressed against glass.


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The yarn is all photographed (a surprisingly long and tedious task) but before I got much further than that, the children whirled into the house in a flurry of frayed nerves and reactive tears. Consequently, I'll be engaging in high level parenting rather than completing the store update tonight. There is (yet another!) teacher professional day tomorrow which means that conventional productivity is off the table but I should be able to rise early and work on the site with a clear mind while the kids sleep in.
As for the ornament... it is indeed my own design / improvisation, and I'll see about writing it up properly when I make another. It is quite simple to knit, since I was in no mood for fiddly things when I made it.
In the meantime, the Wild Kingdom outside our window continues to delight and entertain - the Whiskey Jacks are new favorites, with their soft whiskery faces and gracious manners.


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This page contains answers to some of the most common questions, along with some
tips and tricks that you may find useful ...
Who should I talk to if I have a problem with the registration process?
Before you access SOLUS, be sure to read the relevant sections of the Engineering and Applied Science Calendar (Registration Guide, Fees, etc.) and regularly check for the latest announcements on the List serv and MECH Undergraduate web site. If you run into problems with your course registration, come to the Student Information Counter on the third floor of McLaughlin where you will find many necessary forms and applications you may need, and/or drop into Reception in the Mech Main Office, McLaughlin Hall Room 319, and we will try to help or guide you to the best point of contact. You can also email the Undergraduate Program Assistant, J. Brown or your academic year advisor.
It may become necessary for you to contact your year advisor for guidance and advice. If after this meeting you disagree with your year advisor, or your situation is particularly complex, then you should arrange to see the Undergraduate Chair.
The Head of the Department is normally the last point of contact with your academic concerns. The Head's immediate response will most likely be to ask if you have seen your year advisor and/or the Undergraduate Chair first.
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Who do I talk to if I have a problem with one of my instructors?
You should first make every effort to discuss your problem directly with the instructor as many issues can be resolved by talking directly to them. If after this meeting you are unhappy with the response of the instructor, then the next step is to speak with the Head of the Department. Complaints about an instructor are NOT dealt with by the office staff, year advisors or the undergraduate chair. If the problem turns out to be more course specific than a problem with the instructor, the Head may consult with the undergraduate chair or the appropriate year advisor.
Is there anything that can't wait until September?
First off, try not to panic if in summer you don't manage to get things dealt with in time on SOLUS ... just about everything can wait until September and year advisors are typically unavailable during the summer months with their research. Here are how to deal with some of the common things that may arise:
Prerequisite waivers for courses outside the department ... complete a CRRF (Course Registration Request Form) and have the course instructor sign (or attach an email) approving that the pre-requisite can be waived. Afterwards, return to Reception in the the Mech Main Office where the UG Chair's approval will be sought and the registration request processed if possible.
Prerequisite waivers for courses inside the department may or may not be allowed. In some cases students have the prerequisite but SOLUS doesn't recognize as it may have been an approved substitution (e.g. CISC 101 for APSC 142); if this is the case students are to follow the same approach as above except the instructor or chair do not need to approve as the paperwork is already on file.
Substitutions are explained under a separate link on this site. If it is a common substitution, or a substitution for a non specific complementary studies course (eg. List A, B, C or D) from another university, then a substitution form must be completed by the student with an attached (detailed) course description submitted to J. Brown's attention in the Mech Office. For more complicated situations you should do the same paperwork, but it may have to wait until the course instructor is available for approval to be sought.
In almost any event, if you have not managed to get everything sorted out by the beginning of classes in September, be sure t attend class regardless so valuable course content is not missed. Note that students have the first two weeks of classes to add courses to their registration.
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What do I do when a course requires "Permission of the Instructor" as a prerequisite?
Email the specific course instructor to ask permission to take their course regardless of whether you can register for the course yourself, or not. Be sure to keep all the emailed correspondence between you and the instructor as you may need this to attach to a CRRF (Course Registration Request Form) if administration is to register you into this course.
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Can I take two courses that are in conflict? (UNDER REVIEW)
SOLUS does not allow students to put themselves in conflict and it is never recommended. You also may not be able to carry a conflict if you are a regulation student or a required to withdraw student who has been allowed re-admission the following academic year. The Department is currently reviewing the manner in which conflict requests are being allowed and dealt with, and students will be informed of the policy decision. At present, students complete a CRRF which requires the approval of both course instructors of the conflict; the form is then dropped to the attention of J. Brown in the Mech Main Office for registering in the course is room is still available.
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Can I take a course if I don't have the pre-requisites? (UNDER REVIEW)
Currently this depends, but is typically not allowed if you are missing pre-requisites from first year. The core courses build on and from each other, and the background is essential to success in the following courses and years. Exceptions are sometimes made to allow you to take the pre-requisite course at the same time as the follow-on course, but the department does not recommend this action. A CRRF (Course Registration Request Form) is required and must be approved by the course instructor and signed by your year advisor or UG Chair. As with conflicts, the Department is also reviewing the manner in which pre-requisite requests are being allowed and dealt with, and students will be informed of this policy when determined. At present, students complete a CRRF which includes the approval of the course instructor of the course missing the pre-requisite ... this can be an email or signature and when complete the form is then dropped to the attention of J. Brown in the Mech Main Office for processing.
- There will be no waiver of first year prerequisites for MECH designated upper year courses unless the student has passed another similar course; or the student has transferred into the program from outside of Engineering and Applied Science and is taking the prerequisite course at the same time.
- There will be no waiver of upper year MECH course prerequisites unless the student has demonstrated strength in the related areas and is taking the prerequisite course (or an approved substitution for it) at the same time.
- We will rely on the advice of the instructors when waiving prerequisites for courses outside the department.
- No prerequisite waivers will be approved unless, in our judgement, the approval is in the student's best academic interests.
Exception: It is quite common for waivers to be granted for technical electives that are outside the department. Normally, students who have completed all the core requirements will be allowed to enroll in the electives from other departments that are on the electives lists. Complete a CRRF and submit to the attention of J. Brown in the Mech office.
Can I take this course as part of my complementary studies requirements?
Only if the course appears on the approved lists A, B, C or D in the academic calendar the year the student took the course. Exceptions to this are for courses at other institutions that fit the requirements, or perhaps a new course at Queen's that hasn't made it to the list yet. In either case, a substitution must be approved first for the student to receive CR in their Queen's program for taking the course.
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Why do the complementary studies requirements contradict themselves?
Fact is, they don't, even though they appear to -- the complementary studies section in the calendar is often generalized to cover all engineering programs and typically tends to mislead the student. To complete the complementary studies requirements OUTSIDE OF YOUR CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS (OF WHICH SOME INCLUDE CS COMPONENTS), you need to take a total of 9 credits ... 6 credits of List A (Humanities and Social Sciences, HSS ... typically two 3 cr courses are taken, and the remaining 3 credits ... typically one 3 cr course being allowed from any of the lists A (HSS), B (Linkage), C (Performance Arts and Language, or D (Management).
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Can I take Materials and Biomechanical courses without being in the Specific Options?
Yes, provided the pre-requisites are met to take the courses. The program actually tries to accommodate this as much as possible as Option choices of students sometimes change midway through a students program meaning that new option core courses are required with the previous ones (that have perhaps been taken already) become technical electives.
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What might stop me from graduating?
There are the obvious things like missing or failing a required course, but less obvious possibilities include:
- counting number of courses rather than the number of credits, typically the case for technical electives. Although we sometimes talk about the usual number of tech elec courses being 8 if an ME1 student, the actual requirements to graduate are in academic credits.
- being short on credits because a substitution was allowed for a course with fewer credits than the required course.
- taking the wrong complementary studies courses. Check the approved lists in the current academic calendar to ensure the Arts and Sciences courses you have registered in are on the allowable lists.
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How do I find out about my academic standing?
Go to SOLUS and review your transcript as the department does not provide this information. One exception is that we will provide a letter certifying that a student has completed the degree requirements prior to the degree being actually granted; this typically being the case for students who complete their degree requirements in December but cannot graduate until the following May. Students may require this letter for starting full-time work or grad school.
We do not release any information about a student's academic standing or program to anybody except the student without explicit authorization from the student first.
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What happens if I don't take a full load of courses?
It may prolong your ability to graduate on time, i.e. in four years. A normal full load for 3rd and 4th year is one that meets the minimum unit requirements stated in the calendar for their particular year of study. It is also important to note that some scholarships and awards may only be available (or continue) to students taking a full load of courses.
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Can I speed up the process by getting approval from another Advisor, the Chair or the Head?
It is not recommended as in most cases anything requiring signature approval, either by your year advisor or UG Chair, should go to the attention of J. Brown in the Mech Main Office. For advice, or more complex issues, students should make every attempt to meet with their year advisor, but if the issue is complex the student should contact the UG Chair. Only in rare cases is the HEAD of department involved.
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What if I disagree with my Year Advisor?
On the rare occasion that you feel you have been misguided by your year advisor, or you have further concerns with respect to your academic query, please contact the current MECH UG Chair.


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There are three important titles linked to the god wife God wife, Hand of the god, the divine goddess The god wife The oldest title of these titles, the first appearance was on one of the seals which is dated to the first dynasty for the god wife Shedet also this title was carved on a wooden statue for a women which may be the queen Nefru wife of the king Entef the second from the 11th dynasty
Ancient Egyptian gods
Gods and Goddesses
The caves in Meteora, Greece, had inhabitants for fifty millennia, but due to raids, "hermit monks" moved to the safety of sandstone rock pinnacles in the 9th century and began building monasteries. More monks and nuns came, building more monasteries perched high upon the cliffs. Wikipedia reports, "Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith — the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only 'when the Lord let them break.'"
Mystical, Magical & Magnificent Monasteries in Meteora (20 Pics)
In 1848, an archaeological expedition working in Egypt discovered strange hieroglyphs on a ceiling beam at an ancient temple in Abydos, several hundred miles south of Cairo. The hieroglyphs were carefully copied and brought back to Europe. The mysterious images gave rise to heated debate amongst Egyptologists. Eventually, however, they were dismissed as bizarre objects that nobody could adequately explain and were forgotten. In the mid 1990's photographs and videos, taken primarily by tourists who had visited Abydos, began to appear on the internet.
Mystery at Abydos - Hall of Gods
Mystery Disks
Alien Connection One of the news stories finding its way across the World Wide Web of late is about a team of Chinese scientists traveling to the remote western province of Qinghai to investigate reports of a mystery pyramid that local legend claims is an ancient launch tower left by aliens.
Egyptian Archaeologist Admits Pyramids Contain Alien Technology |Latest UFO News| UFO 2011 Sightings|Alien Pictures|2011 Solar Flares|Disclosure Project|Web Bot
UFO Aliens may have helped build Pyramids of Giza says, Cairo university archeologist Head of the Cairo University Archaeology Department, Dr Ala Shaheen in December 2010 had told an audience that there might be truth to the theory that aliens helped the ancient Egyptians build the oldest of pyramids, the Pyramids of Giza. On being further questioned by Mr Marek Novak, a delegate from Poland as to whether the pyramid might still contain alien technology or even a UFO with its structure, Dr Shaheen, was vague and replied "I can not confirm or deny this, but there is something inside the pyramid that is "not of this world". Delegates to the conference on ancient Egyptian architecture were left shocked, however Dr Shaheen had refused to comment further or elaborate on his UFO and alien related statements.Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. While these stories are in modern times usually considered a component of Babylonian religion, their purpose was not necessarily religious in nature. Often these stories explained a mystery of nature, depicted the rewards for proper behavior, illustrated punishments for taboo behavior, or performed a combination of these or other purposes.
Babylonian World Mythology
The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical King of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BCE). The translator chose to eliminate Tablet XII for personal reasons, with support from many literary, archaeological, and linguistic experts because it appears to be more of a sequel to the first 11 tablets, containing a story about Enkidu volunteering to retrieve some objects that Gilgamesh dropped into the Netherworld.
The Epic of gilgamesh
The Babylonian/Mesopotamian creation myth, Enuma Elish, When on high, was written no later than the reign of Nebuchadrezzar in the 12th century B.C.E. But there is also little doubt that this story was written much earlier, during the time of the Sumerians. Drawing some new light on the ancients, Henry Layard found within the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, texts that were not unlike the Genesis creation in the Bible. George Smith first published these texts in 1876 under the title, 'The Chaldean Genesis'. Akkadian text written in the old Babylonian dialect.
Enuma Elish
Dennis Bratcher The Enuma Elish is a Babylonian or Mesopotamian myth of creation recounting the struggle between cosmic order and chaos. It is basically a myth of the cycle of seasons. It is named after its opening words and was recited on the fourth day of the ancient Babylonian New Year's festival. The basic story exists in various forms in the area. This version is written in Akkadian, an old Babylonian dialect, and features Marduk, the patron deity of the city of Babylon.
Enuma Elish
Norse Mythology
The Nords liked nines. So their cosmology consists of nine worlds, or realms, most of them home to a different race of beings. The Norse universe is based around YGGDRASIL , the Tree of Life.
Major Gods and Goddesses
An A-Z of the world's major deities Greek and Roman Gods | Fast Facts About the Greek Gods on Mt. Olympus Gods of the Moon | Love | Sun | War Throughout history, humans have ascribed various powers to supernatural beings. Such creatures include the immortal gods and goddesses.
Welcome to my home, a site dedicated to the study of word origins. Specifically, I am focusing on those modern English words whose origins reach far back into Ancient Greek and Roman mythology . Take me to the Dictionary! Elizabeth Wallis Kraemer is an Assistant Professor in the Library at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She received her Master's degree in Library and Information Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Etymological Dictionary
www.satanshimmel.de "Die Goetia" oder "Ars Goetia" ist ein Grimoire/ Zauberbuch der schwarzen Magie aus dem 17. Jahrhundert (Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis oder Schlüssel Salomons). Ein Großteil des schwarzmagischen Manuskriptes erschien schon früher, darunter Texte aus dem 14. Jahrhundert.
When you click the name of a god, you'll see his/her story. Sometimes gods have only one parent. For example, Amateras was born from Izanaki's eye. There are numerous generations between Susanoh and Ohkuninushi but Ohkuninushi was visiting him because they're immortal. Each god has a lot of brothers, sisters, and children which are not shown here.
Japanese Myth
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Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
Index of Celtic Gods