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Summer Camp Forms 2013
Rodney Brochure 2013, Handout, Medical Form Information, Medical Form, What to Bring to Camp, How to Get to Rodney
When is summer camp? Sunday June 23rd through Saturday June 29th
Where is summer camp?
Rodney Scout Reservation
400 Rodney Scout Road
North East, MD 21901
When do I need to register for camp?
- You need to register for camp and pay a $50 deposit by April 29th.
- Note that the 29th is not a regular meeting night so you may want to do this earlier.
When do I need to pay? We need to receive a $50 deposit or the full fee by April 29th.
What is the cost of camp?
- $360 if we receive your full payment by April 29th.
- $385 if we receive your full payment after April 29th.
Who do I see to register for camp and to make a payment?
Mr. Porter (Summer Camp ASM) or Mr. Thompson (Treasurer)
How do I sign up for merit badges?
Fill-in the Program Planning Sheet and return it to your patrol leader as
soon as possible. We would like to try to get them all back next week (April 8th).
At the end of the meeting the patrol leaders will give the forms to Mr. Porter.
When do I need to sign up for merit badges?
Please return them by the April 8th meeting. We will accept them after that meeting
but the longer you wait, the less likely you will get the merit badges that you want.
How can I get the merit badges that I want?
The sooner that you return your form, the sooner we can try to register you for the
merit badge. The sooner that we try to register you, the more likely there will be
an opening for the requested badge.
What if the merit badge is full?
We will let you know as soon as we can and ask you for additional choices.
What activities are specialties of this camp?
Camp Rodney is special due to its location on the upper Chesapeake Bay. Scouts who
swim well should consider making time for at least one of the boating related merit badges
such as Sailing, Motor Boating, Kayaking, Canoeing, or Rowing. Over in the Ecology
department, Rodney probably does a better job with Oceanography than the landlocked
camps. Scouts taking Bird Study or Nature merit badges will have an opportunity to
observe birds that are not common in our area. In addition to merit badges, Camp Rodney
also has "High Performance Sailing" classes for scouts who have previously completed
Sailing merit badges.
Merit Badge Instructions:
- The attached handout contains the following:
a. List of Merit Badges (pages 1 through 9)
b. Map of Camp (page 10)
c. Program Schedule (pages 11 and 12)
d. Program Planning Sheet (page 13)
2. Review the list of merit badges and pick badges that you would
like to take.
3. Look at the Program schedule to find out when the merit badges
are offered.
4. Fill in the Program Planning Sheet and return it to your patrol leader
next week.
a. Print all information clearly so that it can be easily read.
b. Include your phone number next to your name.
We will call you if we have questions.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
Best Regards,
Mr. David Porter
Summer Camp Forms 2013
Rodney Brochure 2013, Handout, Medical Form Information, Medical Form, What to Bring to Camp, How to Get to Rodney


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Sculpteo at NEXT Berlin: Changing the Face of the Manufacturing Industry
Sculpteo is at NEXT Berlin on May 8 and 9, 2012. We will be demonstrating one of our 3D printers and printing objects live at the show.
We will be giving two talks about the Sculpteo 3D Printing Cloud Engine and our vision for the future of e-retailing through 3D printing on the Arena Stage: Tuesday 8 at 5.30pm and Wednesday 9 at 9.30am.
NEXT is the leading European conference for the digital industry and a vital driving force across borders.
Sculpteo, pioneering online 3D printing, demonstrates at Next Berlin how the digitalization of manufacturing is ineluctably changing the face of the manufacturing industry.
You can follow the livestream of the event and our talks live here:
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What did we cover in the latest issues of ChessVibes Openings?
It's been a while since we last mentioned our PDF (+PGN!) subscription service in which we cover the latest developments in chess opening theory. Meanwhile, the Chebanenko Slav is under pressure, the 6.Bg5 Najdorf is back on top and the 9.Bxf6 Svesh is as complicated as ever. In this week's issue the great game Gelfand-Nisipeanu (a King's Indian Bayonet Attack) of only three days ago is analysed!
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Latest issues: #19-24, May 13-June 17, 2009
Issues #19-24 discuss all important theoretical opening novelties from the the last six weeks, or in other words: all you need to know about the latest opening developments from the Azerbaijan-FIDE World match, the US Championship, Bosna Sarajevo, Mitropa Cup, M-Tel Masters, Asian Continental Open, ACP World Rapid Cup, Ivanchuk-Navara, Leko-Anand, Chinese Championship, French League, Poikovsky, Sigeman, King's Tournament (Bazna), Ruy Lopez (Zafra) and the Capablanca Memorial.
ChessVibes Openings #19
The latest opening developments of the second week of May 2009. All about the Chebanenko Slav (5.e3 b5 6.c5) which is analysed in our Game of the Week. Other lines that are covered:
- Accelerated Dragon
- French, Rubinstein
- Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit
- Gr?ºnfeld, 3.f3
This week's opening is expert is GM Yuri Shulman.
ChessVibes Openings #20
The latest opening developments of the third week of May 2009. All about the 6.Bg5 Najdorf which is analysed in our Game of the Week. Other lines that are covered:
- Sicilian Najdorf, 6.Be3
- Sicilian Dragon, 12.Kb1 b5
- Slav, 6.Ne5
- Gr?ºnfeld, 4.Bf4
This week's opening is expert is GM Hikaru Nakamura.
ChessVibes Openings #21
The latest opening developments of the fourth week of May 2009. All about the Sveshnikov with 9.Bxf6 with which Alexei Shirov beat Magnus Carlsen, our Game of the Week, to win the M-Tel Masters 2009. Other lines that are covered:
- Petroff, 3.d4
- Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev
- Semi-Slav, Botvinnik
- Catalan/Benoni
This week's opening is expert is GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly.
ChessVibes Openings #22
The latest opening developments of the end May and early June 2009. All about the Slav with 6.Ne5 which is analysed in our Game of the Week. Other lines that are covered:
- Sicilian, Najdorf 6.Bg5
- Semi-Slav, Meran
- Gr?ºnfeld, g3-system
- King's Indian, 7.Be3
This week's opening is expert is GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev.
ChessVibes Openings #23
The latest opening developments of the second week of June 2009. All about the move 6.Qf3!? against the Sicilian Najdorf which is analysed in our Game of the Week. Other lines that are covered:
- Petroff, 8.Re1
- Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev5
- Sicilian Dragon 9.0-0-0
- Gr?ºnfeld, 5.Qb3, 7...a6
This week's opening is expert is GM Alexander Motylev.
ChessVibes Openings #24
The latest opening developments of the third week of June 2009. All about the Bayonet Attack of the King's Indian which is analysed in our Game of the Week. Other lines that are covered:
- Petroff, main line
- Ruy Lopez, Exchange
- Scandinavian, 3...Qd6
- Nimzo-Indian, 4.Qc2 d5
This week's opening is expert is GM Vugar Gashimov.
What is ChessVibes Openings?
Every issue consists of a ZIP archive file, including both the PDF Magazine and the accompanying PGN file. The PDF consists of four pages (A4 size) with the following contents:
- What's hot? A round-up of this week's important opening developments, with statistics about the frequence and score of the week's most important opening novelty (page 1)
- What's not? Which openings are not recommended at the moment, according to the top players? And why not? (page 1)
- Game of the week Each week you'll find the theoretically most important game analysed by our two IMs, with a detailed survey of the opening phase (page 2).
- This week's harvest Four more new important opening ideas from this week (page 3) revealed and described with explanation of the opening and early middlegame (page 3).
- Opening expert Every week an opening expert is covered (page 4. Examples from the first two issues: Teimour Radjabov (King's Indian with Black), Alexey Dreev (White: Nimzo-Indian; Black: Caro-Kann and Slav). (page 4)
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May 7, 2009: GM Hedinn Steingrimsson reviews ChessVibes Openings for Chess Today
In issues 3103 (Thursday, May 7) of Chess Today, the daily chess newspaper which also comes into your inbox by email in PDF, ChessVibes Openings was reviewed by GM Hedinn Steingrimsson from Iceland. Some quotes:
"What I like about ChessVibes Openings is their focus on the trend and discoveries that are revealed in super tournaments and by very strong players. It makes sense for all tournament chess players and opening theoreticians to follow these developments and getting an overview from ChessVibes Openings definitely saves time."
"I find it positive that there is consistency in the openings covered so that the readers will with time have a certain repertoire available based on different theoretical articles from ChessVibes about e.g. the Anti-Moscow Variation."
"For those that really want to find out how to get a better position out of the opening and are willing to enter complications and do some homework in order to succeed, ChessVibes Openings can be recommended."
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Queen's Diamond Jubilee send spirits soaring for over 50s
The mood and wellbeing of Britain's over 50s soared after the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations, lifting them out of one of their worst depressions for years, according to Saga's Quality of Life Index.
A snap survey after the Jubilee celebrations revealed a sharp rise in the proportion of over 50s who said they were happier than a year ago - 22% after the Jubilee, compared to just 12% beforehand.
In the lead up to the jubilee, however, Saga's latest Quality of Life Index had reached a record low (from -8.8 in Q2 last year to -16.2 in Q2 this year), while its new measure of over 50s wellbeing - the SMILE index - was in negative territory.
The SMILE Index (Saga Measure Indicating Life Enjoyment) used the same questions as the Government employs to track national wellbeing, asking about worry, loneliness, happiness, life satisfaction, feelings of self-worth and self-esteem.
The new SMILE measure is part of Saga's Quality of Life Index (QOLI) which reaffirms Saga's commitment to achieving better insights into the wellbeing of the nation's over 50s to ensure their needs are not ignored by policymakers.
Despite tentative signs that Quality of Life for the over 50s was stabilising in the first quarter of this year, the Index for the second quarter fell from 68.2 to 67.5 - a decline of 1%. This largely reflects loneliness and worry among women and lower socio-economic groups, and a fall in average reported life satisfaction across all age bands and socio-economic groups.
Dr. Ros Altmann, Director-General of Saga, commented today: "Britain's older generations have been finding it tougher than ever, but the Diamond Jubilee saw everyone come together in a national celebration and has notably increased the happiness levels of the over 50s.
"A blast of sunshine, pride in our country and time spent outdoors with family and friends may be just the ticket for millions of older people. Our hope is that the rest of the summer and the Olympics will help raise spirits further in the UK."
Dr Altmann warned however that the lift in the nation's mood was unlikely to be permanent. "Although older people were cheered by the jubilee, the fundamental problems remain," she said. "Inflation has hit them hard and their confidence continues to wane.
"The normally stoical older generations are finding it increasingly hard to remain upbeat, as our SMILE index shows. At the heart of these findings is a policy environment that is eroding the spending power and the livelihoods of Britain's older people.
"Policy makers simply must feature older generations more prominently on their agenda."


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- 8 slices American-style sandwich bread, crusts removed
- 8 (1/4-inch) slices mozzarella
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Top each of 4 slices of bread with a piece of mozzarella. Cover with the 4 remaining slices of bread to form sandwiches. Trim the bread to within 1/4-inch of the cheese and set aside.
In a wide, shallow bowl, whisk the eggs until smooth. Add the milk, thyme, and salt and mix until well blended. Dip the sandwiches into the egg mixture one by one to coat, and set aside.
In a 12 to 14-inch nonstick saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil until smoking. Place 2 sandwiches in the pan and cook slowly until golden brown on the first side, about 2 minutes. Flip each sandwich and cook on the other side for 2 more minutes. Remove sandwiches and set aside in a warm oven. Repeat process with the remaining oil and sandwiches. Serve immediately.


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Last weekend there were three murders in the Arab sector
Reducing crime in the Arab sector is a goal of the government
and it needs to be a goal of the country.
I appreciate the fact that there are increasing voices
from within the Arab sector, from its leaders, mayors and citizens
calling for stepped-up law enforcement
within Arab communities and villages
I think that this is an important change
I add to this my call for enlistment in the civilian service
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Core Health Announces New Health Information Security Practice
September 13, 2012 | Industry News ReleaseCore Health Technologies, a leader in healthcare integration (HL7/X12) solutions, announced today a new business practice focused on health information security to address the increasing concerns and challenges of the health IT market.
"Our clients made it clear that health information security is a top priority with increasing challenges. Our business model is ideal to respond with a new practice aligned to a market need in a focused technical discipline like health information security," said Charlie Rogers, Core Health Technologies CEO. "We believe our unique methodology and focus is critical for delivering strong results through a superior client experience."
Health Information Security is a key concern for healthcare provider organizations. As a result of incentives provided under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, healthcare providers have dramatically increased their implementation of EHRs and system connectivity. As significantly more protected health information (PHI) is brought onto and available on the expanding networks, data security risks have increased.
The 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data, released earlier this year, showed an increase in data breaches over the last six years with 27% of participants stating they had experienced a security breach in the last year, up from 19% in 2010.
In the 2011 Information Technology Survey of more than 1,100 participants, Core Health Technologies asked healthcare organization CIOs the open-ended question [in regards to your role as CIO] "what keeps you awake at night?" The topic discussed more than any other answer was information security. Since that survey in 2011, the company has invested in creating a practice that can meet the needs of their clients in the health information security segment.
Core Health Technologies is a provider of IT solutions for healthcare organizations with specific expertise in healthcare integration and health information security. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC and has employees and consultants throughout the United States.


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For people in the Rockaways, the new year brings new hopes and new challenges as they continue to work toward rebuilding.
It's been more than two months since Hurricane Sandy struck, and the recovery effort continues in the Rockaways.
People NY1 spoke to said for the residents and business owners in the area, new year's resolutions are a little different this year.
"A lot of people's resolution out here would be to restore," said one resident.
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Yes, I did see a profile for Mary Polly but I am not sure if that is the person who was married to Henry Thomas. The information I found showed that Henry married his first cousin Mary Polly Thomas, so Thomas would of been her maiden name also, not Boggs.
Now there is a niece of Henry who had the last name of Baggs. Her name was Elizabeth Baggs and she came to live with Henry's family in 1828. Elizabeth's father is John Baggs and he was a brother-in-law to Ezekiel Thomas and this is where I get confused.
Thanks for the info. I will definitely follow up with them. Thank you for all your help!
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Esther is not Oliver Taylor's wife. Ether Thurston Taylor is Oliver's father's second wife.
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Would u like me to transfer her to u? I would be happy to do that
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I'd be happy to update this if you give me her Memorial #, I have searched under her name, but haven't found anything.
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I have made the changes you suggest. Thanks for providing the information so I could update the memorial for Reeva.
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We submitted this bug to Adobe a long time ago but unfortunately they have just released an update and it seems they completely ignored our request to fix this bug. So now I'm posting this to the forum so everyone can see the buggy behavior.
Recreating the bug: Select a clip, modify the time remapping to something other than 100% speed, now try to pan/zoom the remapped clip. If your computer behaves like mine, any attempt to change the pan or zoom will be ineffective - the pan and zoom will remain unchanged. If you set the clip back to 100% speed, changing the panning and zooming will behave correctly. If you do not experience this bug then it might be particular to the type of footage being edited, in this case I am working on an R3D file (Win7 x64 Core-i7, 12GB Memory and an NVIDEA-GTX570).
This is a fairly major bug, the fact that Adobe ignored a request to fix it (a request sent to them several months ago) tells me that Adobe no longer cares about supporting their products. Likewise they never fixed the bug where the effects scrollbar slider goes wonky at high magnification (a bug we submitted months ago as well). From here on out I will be recommend to people that they avoid Adobe products.
This is a user- to- user forum, so it is unlikely that your expression of dissapointment will be of positive value. Please submit a feature request with Adobe to fix it. The more requests, the more likely we will see a fix in the next verson.
I assume you know of the workaround to do the time remapping in a separate sequence and then import the sequence to do your pan and zoom.
From here on out I will be recommend to people that they avoid Adobe products.
And what will you recomend to them instead?
Fixes at Adobe can take a long time. They never even fixed the "Pane creeps" in the Titler and that started somewhere back about CS2 or CS3!
Still irritates me because it should be simple. eg make it a fixed frame size.
Just asking for it does not necessarily mean it will ever happen.
any attempt to change the pan or zoom will be ineffective
Those are camera moves, not something you do in post. Are you referring to the Position and Scale parameters of the Motion effect?
If so, I see that keyframes set for those parameters do not seem to function on a time remapped clip. However, all you have to do is right click the remapped clip and hit Nest. You can then perform Motion keyframes as normal.
Yes, position and scale parameters are what I'm refering to. The problem with nesting is that it becomes a hassle to modify the speed within the nesting since it is not tied to the zoom/position outside the nesting. For example, if you have a clip running at normal speed, and let's say you've set the zoom to be 100% at the start of the clip and 0% at the end of the clip. If you then slow the speed of the clip down to 50% (within the nesting), you will now find that the zoom outside the nesting will not be stretched to accommodate. So the zoom will now start at 100%, reach 0% half way through the clip, and then continue with 0% until the end of the clip. Every change to the speed inside the nest will require manual modification to the position/scale outside the nest just to keep the outside and the inside in sync.
In terms of alternatives, I usually propose open source if it's available. In the case of Premiere there aren't any good open source alternatives so I will have to tell people to go with whatever other software app they're considering. Vegas Pro seems to be what people usually mention to me as their alternative choice.
A certain speed that looks good when it's a full-frame shot, does not necessarily when zoomed in. I like to tweak an approximate fit for the speed, then change the zoom/position, then tweak the speed, then tweak the zoom/position. Repeat over and over until I get things just the way I want them.


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77w, 5hThe Writer's Group
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The sky was cacophonous, and the air was filled with the sound of yellow.
The Self floated through a maze of lights, utterly lost and yet completely present. It knew the direction it must go; its path was lit with the scent of destiny. And so it drifted along, dodging and weaving and turning corners of its own accord, growing ever closer to its goal.
Dimly, it remembered being a pony, once. A tall, handsome stallion with a white coat, turquoise eyes, and a golden mane. Or was it a frail, weak colt made of wisps of gray cloud, empty and insubstantial? Both were true. Both were gone. The Self was only an idea now, a pair of stars overlaid, one silver and one gold, encompassing the universe and smaller than the eye could see.
It drifted through what passed for reality, only dimly aware that the shapes around it resembled trees and mountains. Monstrous phantasms leapt out at it, but it brushed them aside easily and continued on. On the other side of infinity, voices called the name that once belonged to the Self, shadows passing before the sun. It did not believe them real, and so it continued on in silence.
As eternities passed, it began to recall more of its former existence. Blueblood, its name used to be. A sad, pathetic creature with a core of potential buried away beneath endless layers of waste. It had grown up apart from others, knowing only an immortal goddess as a friend. It had lived in the shadow of that eternal, perfect beauty, and it saw all others as inferior and flawed in comparison, itself most of all.
As it had matured, so to speak, the shallowness and emptiness of the world around it asserted itself constantly. Nopony cared for the Self, only for the title attached to the name. Young fillies would attempt to charm it; young colts would attempt to conspire with it. But it never saw them as equals, as friends; it only ever saw them as shallow, pathetic imitations of Celestia's perfection. They were not worth knowing. And the Self was not worth sharing.
Except for her. Except for the one who shared Celestia's image. She was beautiful, staggeringly so, possessed of that same elegance of form and spirit that the Self so admired. But it had stood in the shadows so long that it could not see itself worthy of such grace. It knew it could never compare to her. And so its love turned to fear, and that fear turned to resentment, and that resentment grew and festered in the Self and made it less and less perfect, less and less like Celestia, less and less worthy of her love.
It ached when it thought of her. And it thought of her constantly. And it hated itself for its weakness. And then he came along, the heroic knight, somehow believing himself worthy of her. He was too stupid to realize how pathetic he was. Too self-centered to realize that no matter how brave and loyal and courageous he might be, he would never deserve even an ounce of her affection. Cadance was perfection. Cadance was the very goddess of love.
"I am standing on a cliff," the Self heard itself remark.
That was an odd thing to think, it observed. I wonder why I thought that?
And suddenly, reality snapped back into place.
"I am standing on a cliff!" Prince Blueblood shouted in surprise. He reeled back from the edge, the world spinning dizzily around him in a kaleidoscope of green, brown, white and gray. Utterly disoriented, the prince decided the only reasonable course of action was to vomit. He did so, not particularly noticing or caring where it went, and immediately felt the world begin to stabilize. He lay still for a long time, eyes closed, steadying his breathing as reality began to make sense again.
He was very cold. There was a sharp wind blowing, sinking right past his bare fur. Wait, bare fur? Why was he naked? He always wore clothes. He was a civilized pony.
He was particularly cold where his body was making contact with the ground, and dimly, he also realized that his fur there seemed to be wet. This was likely related to the small, cold puffs of water that kept blowing into his face. Snow. He was lying, naked, in the snow.
He opened his eyes. The world began to spin again, but not before he could make out a few more details. There was, in fact, quite a lot of snow around him. There also seemed to be a lot of bare, brown rock, and some sparse vegetation. The sky was overcast with gray clouds, from which flurries of snowflakes were billowing in a constant downpour.
This was odd. When he'd left Zecora's hut, it had been a rather warm, spring afternoon. Had he been in a haze for months? No, that couldn't be right. The zebra had only prepared him for a journey of a few days.
"Think, Blueblood," the prince told himself. It was cold and snowy. There was a lot of rock. And, oh yes, there was a cliff.
"...I'm on a mountain?!"
He opened his eyes again, and this time the world hardly wobbled. He was, indeed, lying prone on a mountainside. Far below, the endless expanse of the Everfree Forest stretched to the horizon. If he squinted, Blueblood thought he could just make out the distant spires of Canterlot on a peak dozens of miles away.
"Okay. I'm on a mountain," he observed. He took some comfort from the sound of his own voice. "Why am I on a mountain?"
"Eat but a spoonful of this special paste," called a voice from his memory, "and it shall guide you to your fate."
"Oh, right. I let the crazy zebra lady drug me. Fantastic."
Blueblood groggily pushed himself to his hooves and took stock of himself. His coat was dirty and he'd suffered a few cuts and scratches, but he seemed to have made the journey intact. He noted a chip on his right front hoof with dismay; he hated getting them filed, if only because hooficure specialists could never seem to just shut up and work. Well, that wasn't currently occupying a top slot on his List of Things to Be Concerned About. Being naked and freezing on top of a mountain seemed somehow more pressing.
He took a look around, trying to get a sense of why this place was so important to his "destiny." There wasn't much to see; almost everything was covered in layers of snow and ice. He noted curiously that the path he'd apparently taken up here was actually a long series of wide, carved steps, worn smooth by time and nature. They continued on further, rounding the side of the mountain and likely continuing on to the peak. Without much else to go on, Blueblood followed them up.
The stairs wound their way along the edge of the surprisingly wide mountain, rising only very gradually. As he walked, the prince began to notice small niches carved into the cliffside along the path, just deep enough for a pony to take some shelter from the wind. In one, he found a bouquet of some strange flowers he didn't recognize, preserved under a layer of permanent frost. In another, a few round bits, so tarnished that he almost mistook them for flat rocks, were scattered here and there.
"Some sort of offering?" he mused. "Or memorial?"
The wind didn't seem inclined to answer, so he continued on. Finally, the stairs wound around a blind corner to end abruptly at a stone archway. Blueblood took it for a natural formation at first, but a moment's examination revealed it to be stone-and-mortar, undoubtedly of pony make. A wall, then, one stretching across across the mountain's peak, its edges lost in the constant, billowing snowfall. Two heaps of fallen rubble flanked the opening from above, once guard towers and now little more than frost-coated mounds of rock. The prince's hoof clopped off something wooden as he passed under the arch; the frozen remnants of an iron-bound gate, battered into shards by wind and time.
Past the gatehouse was the ghost of a city. Blueblood was surprised at its size; it seemed that the inhabitants had simply sheared away the top portion of the mountain and put up buildings in its place. The rime-crusted ruins of stone buildings spread as far as he could see, arrayed in rigid lines along ancient boulevards now hidden beneath snow.
The wind shrieked at Blueblood as it whistled through the gaps in a half-fallen wall. The ghostly sound sent a chill up his spine with even more vigor than the temperature.
"Is... is anypony here?" the prince asked aloud. He hardly heard his own voice as the wind whipped the words back at him. "Hello?"
There was no response beyond the continued wail.
"Clearly, this place is just brimming with destiny," Blueblood observed. "Well, I think that's about enough of the creepy mountain ruins. I need to get to warmer climes before I freeze to... "
Oh, right.
Well, may as well keep looking, then.
A particularly strong gust of wind cleared the air long enough for Blueblood to spot a larger and more seemingly intact structure towards the center of the ruined town. The castle, he supposed. That seemed like a promising enough place to start searching. Steadying himself against the gale, the prince trotted onward.
The castle—or keep, he supposed, he wasn't entirely sure of the distinction—was only slightly more intact than the city around it. The walls circling it had likely once stood thirty or forty feet high, but had tumbled in so badly that the tallest segment barely rose to half that. The square bases of watch towers hunkered on each corner of the walls, in no better shape. An ancient portcullis, crooked and rusted but still solid, blocked entry through the old gatehouse; instead, Blueblood just climbed a slope of fallen stone and slid into the courtyard on the other side.
There, he found what had likely once been a wonderful garden; the frozen skeletons of trees and shrubs still reached out to him like clawed hands. He also saw his first real sign of life, so to speak: the snow-stripped remains of a long-dead unicorn, lying on its side among the petrified flora. No scrap of clothing remained on it, save a small, tarnished silver medallion depicting a silhouetted yet fiercely scowling unicorn's head, though with a spiraling ram's horn instead of a typical straight one.
The prince examined it without touching it. "I've seen that symbol before. In one of the books on pre-Equestrian history. This place... " He looked around again, his eyes wide with sudden appreciation. "This place must be thousands of years old. How is anything still standing?"
"Magic, of course."
Blueblood nearly leapt out of his skin. He whirled around, forgetting in his surprise all of the defense lessons he had largely ignored, his eyes darting around for the source of the voice. It took a moment before he spotted an old, gray-hided unicorn with a mane of faded gold looking at him calmly from beneath the hood of a burgundy robe.
"Who- Who are you?!"
The unicorn smiled; Blueblood detected a bit of mockery in it. "Just an old stallion, wondering who his young visitor he is, why he's talking to himself, and why he didn't dress a bit more warmly."
"I... " The prince eyed the stranger, trying to sense any hostile intent. "I am Prince Blueblood of Canterlot. So don't try anything."
"I've never heard of you. Or this... 'Canterlot.'"
Blueblood quirked his head, and then jerked it back up in surprise as his mind registered something his eyes had been trying to tell him. "The snow! It's passing right through you!"
The stranger glanced at the flakes dancing merrily through his shoulder, and shrugged. "One of the side effects of being dead, I'm afraid."
"Wait, you're... a ghost?"
The robed unicorn shrugged again. "Technically, I think I'm a spectre. I still have free will, you see. Ghosts are mostly mindless, tied to a specific location and essentially reliving the same events over and over. As a spectre, while I too am bound to a location, I maintain my ability to reason and communicate with the living. I... studied such things in my youth."
Blueblood shook his head. "So you've been here for... what, thousands of years?"
The spectre rolled his eyes. "That would be another side effect of being dead, yes. Thank you for not stealing my pendant, by the way. You likely would have popped my head right off. It's bad enough having to see my own corpse every day without having it decapitated."
"That skeleton is you?"
The spectre covered his eyes and sighed. "Couldn't have gotten a bright one, could I?"
Blueblood glowered at him. His surprise was quickly being replaced by annoyance towards this patronizing old goat. "Who are you, exactly?"
"You may address me as King Azure Throne, ruler of Castle Arctus and the unicorns of the Greatspire Mountains," he replied, puffing his chest and drawing himself up into a more regal pose.
"Yes, quite the lovely domain you've got, here."
It was Azure's turn to glower. "Yes, well, you should've seen it in its prime. Ours was the most wondrous and prosperous of unicorn lands. We produced feats of magical engineering unrivaled by any; our armies cowed even the brash pegasi, and earth ponies kept our tables filled in exchange for our protection and knowledge. Celestia herself feared to cross us!"
"You knew Au- er, Princess Celestia?"
"Princess?" the dead king asked. "She took a throne? After all her talk of uniting the races and living as equals, she deigned to rule over our people when the opportunity presented itself?" He barked out a laugh. "And everypony was worried Luna was the treacherous one."
"Treachery? Auntie Celestia would never... "
Blueblood cleared his throat in embarrassment. "Well, sort of. I mean, yes! In a spiritual sense, at least. I... Look, Celestia is kindness and benevolence incarnate, she would never betray anypony!"
Azure stared at the prince for a long moment, then burst out laughing. Blueblood glared at him in smoky silence while the dead king's mirth gradually played itself out. "Oh, my dear boy. What has she had written in the history books, I wonder? What lies has she filled your head with? Kindness and benevolence? She was never anything more than a freak and a revolutionary, willing to do whatever was needed to further her ambitions."
"I don't believe that."
"Oh, of course not. Not yet." Azure passed a ghostly hoof through Blueblood's shoulder, eliciting another chill, and began walking into the castle proper. "Come, boy. My old quarters are still intact. I'm sure you can find enough wood to start a fire and get warm. In the meantime, I'll tell you the true history of your beloved 'princess.'"
"Did you have to use my old armoire? I was rather fond of that thing. An earth pony woodcrafter made it for me in exchange for saving his wife."
Blueblood ignored the plaintive king, using a combination of telekinesis and old-fashioned hoofwork to break the rotting old wood down and shove it into the low-burning flames. He smiled grimly as a piece of the armoire's door took flame and began spreading it to the rest.
"Well, I'm in no danger of freezing to death now, ghost. Go on, tell me your version of history."
"That's 'spectre,' boy, and very well. How much do you know of Celestia's origins?"
The prince considered the question. "Not much. It's said that she and Luna were created at the dawn of time, to govern and sun and moon respectively."
"Really," Azure said with a mocking grin. "How strange. Haven't you heard that unicorns used to be responsible for raising the sun and moon?"
"I... believe I have heard that, yes." Blueblood frowned as he considered, for the first time, some of the implications of the traditional Hearth's Warming Eve story.
The dead king nodded. "As long as anypony could remember, it was the responsibility of a unicorn king and his court to take charge of the cycle of days throughout their kingdom. It was part of a delicate balance of power; without us, there would be no sun; without the pegasi, there would be no rain; without the sun and rain, the earth ponies could not grow food. This was the way of things since before ponies began recording history.
"But then, a freak was born. Two earth ponies, both with unicorn and pegasi bloodlines in their past, gave birth to a mutant who had both wings and horn. Some more... radical ponies took this as some sort of religious sign, and began claiming that this young filly, 'Celestial Light,' would become the great leader of all pony races. The fact that a second freak was born just a few years later did little to deter them. These poor, deluded girls grew up surrounded by those who convinced them that they were special, that they had a divine mandate to rule. Little surprise that they grew up so twisted."
Azure paced back and forth in front of the fire as he spoke, the flames dancing through his translucent form. "As I'm sure you've seen, Celestial Light—'Celestia,' as she began calling herself—received an image of the sun as a cutie mark. Her sister, Lunar Sky, received a moon. So, obviously, their followers began claiming that fate clearly wanted them to take charge of raising the sun and moon for the entire planet. This led to arguments, later to conflicts, and eventually to several outright wars. The sisters were rather popular among the earth ponies, and were ready and willing to whip up sentiments against us. They would send their peasant armies against our strongholds, and we would crush them and send them scurrying for cover.
"Eventually, it became apparent that in addition to their obvious physical defects, the sisters were functionally immortal. Neither aged past a certain point. And so they and their radical followers engineered war after war and coup after coup to further their ambitions. This went on for centuries, boy. The loss of life was... staggering. But then, one day, the sisters vanished. Their followers claimed that they'd left to deal with some great, malevolent threat. I was new to my throne at the time, but I knew better than to believe it. And I was right; within a year, the wendigos had arrived."
Blueblood looked up. "You knew what they were?"
The king shook his head. "Not at the time. You're familiar with this part of the story?"
"Yes. The wendigos led to the unification of the pony races and the founding... of... Equestria... "
Azure flashed a sharkish grin. "Ah. You begin to see."
"But... I can't... " Blueblood ran a hoof over his mane. "I mean, surely... "
"Keep listening, boy. As the famine worsened, we received word that a new land, a paradise, had been found. But in order to protect it from the wendigos, everypony would have to unite under a single banner and live in harmony." He chuckled darkly. "Oh, it was tempting. We were starving. We were dying. But as I pondered the decision, Celestia and Luna came. They said that they would help us evacuate, that they would bring their pegasi and earth pony followers to help us relocate, but we would have to swear subservience to them.
"I allowed my people to make their own decisions. Many of them, including my wife and daughter, left. For my part, I refused. I believed that once the sisters had their little empire, they would call off their wendigos and let the rest of us live in peace. I underestimated their ruthlessness.
"And so, we died," he sighed, sweeping a hoof to encompass the castle and city around them. "Slowly. Horribly. Clinging to hope that this would pass. I was the last to go. My loyal subjects refused to let me starve before them. I knelt out in what had once been my mother's beautiful garden, and I waited for death to take me. Imagine my surprise when it didn't last."
Blueblood stared at the dead king, and through him, into the crackling flames. This couldn't be right. He knew Celestia. She was, perhaps, the only pony in the world who loved him. She was perfect, beautiful, kind, gentle... But then, why wouldn't she be, if she had won? If she had everything she wanted? After all, she'd banished her own sister to the moon for a thousand years. Sure, Luna had been under the influence of Nightmare Moon, had been a danger to everypony... or so the story went. But a millenium was a long time. Nopony who'd been alive back then was around to refute Celestia's claims.
No... it couldn't be true.
No. That wasn't right. It was plausible. Understandable. Blueblood just didn't want it to be true.
"And now, it's your turn to tell a story, boy," Azure said, placing a chilly hoof on the prince's shoulder. "How did you come to be here? Why did you seek out this time-lost ruin?"
"I... I was on a vision quest," he answered, shaking his head free of his ruminations. "A mystic sent me here. Sort of. She said I would find my purpose... my destiny."
"Indeed?" the ghost asked, sounding genuinely surprised. "What destiny could you hope to find here?"
"I don't know."
"Hm." The dead king resumed pacing in front of the fire, a hoof under his chin. "There is something at work here. You are the first to find this place since my kingdom died. And you say you are a prince?"
"Technically," Blueblood said with a shrug. "I don't have any real power. I'm supposedly descended from the ruler of an ancient unicorn... oh."
The two met eachother's eyes. "Ah," said Azure. "There we are, then."
"This is insane. I can't possibly be your descendant."
"And why not? This mystic sent you here, did she not?"
"Yes, but... " Blueblood shook his head. "I just... I suppose I didn't really believe anything would come of this. I didn't think I'd really find anything here. Or even that I'd end up here."
"Magic has always been something of a mystery. Even Starswirl admitted such."
The prince just stared blankly into the fire. A brief look of sympathy crossed Azure's face as he looked at his young descendant. "Take heart, young one. You came seeking purpose. You found it."
Blueblood glanced up at him and laughed. "What purpose? All I've found is a dead kingdom and a dead king, a king who says that the only pony I've ever really loved is actually a liar and a monster. If anything, I've got less to live for than I did before."
"Then don't live for yourself. A king never does." Azure stopped in front of the prince, putting both hooves on—and partly through—his shoulders. "Live for your people, Blueblood."
"My 'people' are dead."
"They needn't be for long."
Blueblood tilted his head, looking up at his undead grandfather skeptically.
"I told you before, boy. I studied the nature of death. I even apprenticed under Starswirl the Bearded for a time. With your help, our people can live again. Our kingdom can thrive. You can lead them to a glorious new age. You can provide a haven for those who will no longer bow to Celestia's tyranny. Please, Blueblood." He paused, looking deep into the prince's eyes. "Please, my grandson."
"... What must I do?"
Azure's face split into a wide grin. "Just listen."
"Blueblood?" called an achingly familiar voice. It was high and sweet, and it pierced the howling wind like a velvet knife. "Blueblood, are you here?"
The prince stared towards the voice in shock. "... Cadance?"
[Author's Note: I don't know how many readers I've lost because they bailed at the slightest hint of "Tyrantestia." Let me just say, without spoilers, that it is generally never a good idea to take undead kings in creepy, millenia-old castles completely at their word.]
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^_^ YAY. first post. Time to eat away at the new Chapter. NOM NOM NOM Here is a link to the face i am making Amazing
Well, this is certainly taking a turn down a path which i did not foresee happening, but i like it. Keep it coming sir.
Yes, now that i have read this i am quite amazed. I love the left feild turn of events. If i could like this more than once i could but sadly i cant. Grrrr.
What if it turns out Blueblood is stil high, the ghost is his deeply repressed resentment towards Celestia, and the approaching Cadence delusion is his sexuality?
What a twist!
""And so, we died," he sighed, sweeping a hand to encompass the castle and city around them."
Lyra would be so jealous!
I kept thinking something similar- that maybe Blueblood was still drugged out of his mind when he met his "ancestor"; in other words, desperate to find some meaning to his life, he dreams up a legacy of betrayal and vengeance. Imagine how sad that would be, especially for Celestia, who only had her sister returned from the throes of madness a few years ago at most...
Whoops! I kept making that mistake, actually. Apparently, my subconscious thinks undead ghost kings are supposed to have hands. Stupid Shakespeare.
Welp, at least Azure Throne doesn't appear to have died from ear poison. I've always felt that was a humiliating way to go; barely above strangled with own bow-tie.
Oh, goody. Tyrantlestia. My favourite.
You're treading on dangerous ground, here. Be wary.
I'll be the first to say it, the part with him realizing he was on the mountain, and dozes of kilometres away was Canterlot gave me a Skyrimesque feel. XD
That. First. Sentence. I don't know what you're trying to achieve thre, but I like it. Why? Because it sounds cool .
Excellent lore-crafting and world-building you've got there, I'm more than impressed, I'm bedazzled! This was well-thought out, and certainly a pleasure to watch it all unfold. You've LITERALLY cast aside Prince Blueblood we saw at the Gala and in the Classroom for a pony that has embraced Tabula Rasa for his destiny. The vision quest bit was interesting, and made for an excellent sudden scenery change. Who knew how long he'd been wandering or where (which made me wonder why he wasn't starving, but hey maybe it was just for a day).
You've got some very, very strong lore-weaving to do. While some of your readers are going to scowl and squawk "Tyrant Celestia, bawwww!" I can see it from a more neutral standpoint. Sometimes for the GREATER good sacrifices have to be made. If its true, and Celestia/Luna really did bring about the wendigos, then they were playing the longer chess game. Many died, yes, but only so that ponies everywhere could live. Really live, and be happy. The longer game, as seen only from an alicorn's perspective, is no doubt cruel, dark, and filled with necessary death. But, a thousand years of peace and prosperity is nothing to sneeze at either.
I can only wonder how Blue Blood will incorporate this new knowledge into himself, however. Will he understand that to end all the pony wars, one banner had to unite them all? Or will he be vengeful and wish to stand against the Royal Sisters, out of hate for what happened to his ancestors? Did Celestia REALLY lay them low and leave their stubborn asses to die-- keeping their descendant basically as a pet? Dark stuff, indeed! I could go either way and this would make a rather interesting story. Right now, all we have is a naked stallion and an icy ruin. But, I could see it morphing into something far more than that. Perhaps the Windigo's are closer than we thought, still circling after all of the ponies there are long dead.
Looking forward to more!
Found the story today. As of now, I'm only at the end of the second chapter, I'll read the rest tomorrow, but for now, I'm going to sleep (it's pretty late around here).
As you see, I haven't finished reading the story yet, but I'll going to go out of a limb and guess it involves tyrant Celestia? That's not really my cup of tea, but the story is interesting enough to finish it even if it contains tyrant Celestia.
But I digress: what I really want to say, the story is good, but if it'll end with Blueblood leading an army, undead or not, against Celestia, then you might want to consider removing the [Comedy] tag. It's not bad, it's really interesting, but it's not comedy.
Celestia is baws. You bow or you get no sun. Although I prefer night time with rain, but then i'd die.
Even though the logic behind Celestia (usually quite spontaneously) becoming a tyrant is often under explained in my opinion, but I think you handled it very well. The little history lesson fit nicely and sort of made sense. Also, I like how you made Prince Blueblood sympathetic while keeping him in character; that can't be easy.
A very interesting turn of events. I disapprove of "Tyrantestia" as it were, but I had no intention of bailing, even before you confirmed my suspicions that Azure was probably a bit off his rocker.
I look forward to reading more. Just not tonight, because it's nearly 5AM. ^_^
I'm still here! And referring to the author's note, no, ghosts usually don't mean us well. The Spectre knows Prince Blueblood is vulnerable and not the brightest crayon in the box to begin with. You have an interesting concept here, with history as ponykind knows it being glossed over by the winners. But I'm not gonna start believing Celestia and Luna are bad ponies without proof.
I don't like Blueblood. I don't like stories that try to rewrite characters to make them look better than they are portrayed in canon.
... and yet I am loving this story.
You're not just taking Blueblood and saying 'he's actually a pretty cool guy' - you're taking him and his horrifically obvious flaws, but adding like... self-discovery to him. You're constructing an organic transformation as opposed to the all-so-convincing "Oh, okay, I'm good now."


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Type of Document Thesis Author Bailey, Dawn Allison Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-07112005-131027 Title The Use of Collaborative Goal Setting to Impact Instructional Aide Implementation of a School-Wide Behavior Management System Degree Master of Science Department Psychology, Department of Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2005-06-23 Availability unrestricted Abstract Years of research on various forms of goal setting interventions, specifically assigned versus participative, continue to yield inconclusive results. While many articles indicate that assigned goals produce results comparable to or even better than participative goals, others argue that even minute increases in employee satisfaction suggest that participation is worth any extra effort or time. Efficacy of classroom interventions developed to assist children with emotional handicaps is almost surely a result of how cleanly the interventions are applied. Token economies, with very specific reinforcement and correction procedures should be implemented with precision and consistency. In an attempt to increase the precision and consistency with which reinforcers, specifically prosocial points, were delivered by Instructional Aides, a further variation on goal setting was implemented. Classroom aides and the teachers to which they were assigned were formed into teams. These teams were given instruction in goal setting, and then asked to set collaborative goals, or goals that could be met with combined effort. Team members worked together to deliver prosocials in order to meet the goal they set together. Effects of collaborative goal setting were examined within a multiple baseline research design. Results indicate that increases in prosocial delivery were accomplished by all subjects. Supplementary measures indicate that improvements in prosocial delivery also made small improvements in student engagement in inappropriate behaviors. Finally, all subjects reported that collaborative goal setting was an intervention that they might use again, even for a different aspect of their jobs. Files
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I'm here to find them so you don't have to.
No. 20: Clare Carey - Coach
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No. 19: Sandra Oh - Arli$$
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She's got that sneaky kind of sexiness. It's the kind where you don't really notice it until she breaks it out at the right time and you find yourself going, "Ohhhhh."
No. 18: Sabriana Lloyd - Sports Night
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No. 17: Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights
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Not Connie Britton. She took a small part in the movie and turned it into an iconic coach's wife role in the show. She is smart, strong, and most of all she brings a sexiness that makes us want to be Kyle Chandler even more.
No. 16: Thea Andrews - Playmakers
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No. 15: Hillary Tuck - Hang Time
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The manager can't be gorgeous. She needs to be cute, but not too cute so that she seems just like one of the guys and not too attainable. Tuck pulled that off nicely.
No. 14: Aimee Teegarden - Friday Night Lights
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American Gladiators struggled with that concept when it first came on the air, but when they revamped the series two years ago, they hit a home run with Carano. The MMA fighter was the perfect blend of tough and hot.
No. 10: Brittany Daniel - The Game
The Game actually lasted for three seasons on the WB. Livening up our TV sets during that time was Brittany Daniels, the wife of the captain of the San Diego Sabers (a fake pro football team).
She played a former cheerleader and I can see why. She definitely has the, um, assets.
No. 9: Hilary Burton - One Tree Hill
Most people gloss over the fact that One Tree Hill focused a lot on the basketball team because girls don't care and guys didn't watch the show. If we did watch the show, it wouldn't be for the basketball scenes, which were preposterous at best.
It would be for the sexy ladies like Hilary Burton who played - what else? - a cheerleader. If it weren't for cheerleaders and town vixens, I'm not sure sports TV shows would be worth watching at all.
No. 8: Sophia Bush - One Tree Hill
Sophia Bush is another piece of eye candy from One Tree Hill. She plays the captain of the cheerleading squad, which means she of course takes things way more seriously, is manipulative, and absurdly hot.
In real life, the head cheerleader is the best cheerleader. In sports movies and TV shows, that duty just falls to whoever is the hottest. Honestly, I like that way much better.
No. 7: Ali Landry - The Superstars
The former Miss USA and Doritos Girl was paired with Jeff Kent during The Superstars. They may not have won, but at least she never claimed to have injured herself washing a car.
I may have injured myself watching her wash a car, but that's the extent of it.
No. 6: Laila Rouass - Footballers' Wives
Laila Rouass can play crazy just as well as she can play hot. This girl has faked her own kidnapping and suicide during her run on Footballers' Wives.
She's almost hot enough to get me to watch this show. Almost.
No. 5: Katy Mixon - Eastbound & Down
The latest and greatest sports show on TV would have to be Eastbound & Down. A big reason is Danny McBride's hilarious Kenny Powers. Two other big reasons are Katy Mixon.
She's got that hot little southern accent that just drives me up the wall. And any fan of the show knows that the picture above is right about when we really started taking a liking to her.
No. 4: Joanna Krupa - The Superstars
I didn't know who Joanna Krupa was before I saw The Superstars, but I fell in love with her not just because she's incredible looking, but for the way she handled T.O. She was probably the first person on earth to leave him speechless.
Just watch the clip below (with some NSFW language) to see what I mean.
No. 3: Adrianne Palicki - Friday Night Lights
Anytime you tell a story about high school athletics, you have to include at least one town vixen. Adrianne is that vixen.
Whether she's hooking up with Tim Riggins or Landry Clarke, she gets around like a carousel on steroids. We're not complaining one bit.
No. 2: Kristi Leskinen - The Superstars
Leskinen could be mistaken for one of the models that appeared on The Superstars, but she was actually one of the athletes.
This freestyle skier won the summer's competition, making her the best combination of hot, athletic, and successful.
No. 1: Minka Kelly - Friday Night Lights
Minka Kelly has got to be one of the hottest women ever to step into a cheerleader's uniform. Her character makes me wish I played football in high school.
She's the perfect mix of sweet and promiscuous. Just innocent enough to make us want her that much more, but she gives it up just enough to convince us that it's not a lost cause.
But most of all, she's just a pure, natural beauty, and that's why she's number one.
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Arthroleptis langeri Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson, and Hillers, 2009, Zootaxa, 2302: 20. Holotype: ZMB 74038, by original designation. Type locality: "Liberia, Mount Nimba, Nimba-East, forest, 567 m a.s.l., N 07.40806°, W 008.58436°".
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Used to love it, until one day I saw the owner washing her hair in the kitchen sink! Never go there again!
Used to love it, until one day I saw the owner washing her hair in the kitchen sink! Never go there again!
Sort of a hidden gem. Tucked WAY back in a strip mall you find this place. When you walk in you might say why did I come here? When you make you first bowl of BBQ and have it cooked right in front of you and taste it you will know why! I have eaten here several times a year... More
My family loves Genghis Khan. I have 4 teenagers who like to eat and at GK they get all they want of meat, noodles, and veggies. Everyone picks his own veggies and meat and chooses the sauces to put on. Then it is cooked in front of you on a large grill. Really delicious! The line gets long sometime on... More
We have been going here for 13 years. Great food and the restaurant is family-owned by wonderful people. The Chinese food is delicious, as is the Mongolian BBQ. Enjoy!
Great food and best friendly owners, we have been going there for over 20 years!
THis place used to be the family favorite for years. they have slipped a little but every now and then, still a great place to go and chow down some great mongolian BBQ.
Excellent prices and food. A little hole in the wall, but it's down right addictive
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"Carpets needed vacuumed and wild drunks"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Feb 26, 2013
All was great in the room except they hadn't vacuumed the carpet - there were crumbs all over the floors when we went in....then at 12 midnight I awoke to hear someone putting their card in the door....I got up and went to the door to look out and saw a young man jump up and kick the door karate style twice - I ran to the phone and called front desk. The young girl was there alone and said she would call police...heard friends down the hall telling the man that wasn't his room. He left. But 2 minutes later the room above me became a battle ground...people yelling...stuff being thrown around...women crying.....then like bodies hitting the floor...I called front desk to tell them. Don't know what happened as within 10 minutes all was quiet and no more problems. Won't be staying there again...scared me as I was staying there alone with my 8 year old grand-daughter who was woken up twice with all the noise.
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Staff was great. Good location for walking and exploring. Will go again.
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"Good for the Price....."
Great for the price and not far at all from the coast.. Room was clean and they even had the A/C in our room on and room was cold.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Really close Close to Galveston"
When we got to the hotel and checked in the staff was very quick and nice, only thing that I have to complain is the light to the bathroom was out and we didn't call about it since it was already 11:20pm we just left the door open and it was ok, the tv remote was no where to be found so that was a dummer, and the bed was a lil hard but hey you get what […] you pay for right good thing it was only for one night Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Kind of disappointing"
The staff was very friendly. The pool was not open and was very dirty when I looked at it anyways. The continental breakfast was a total joke. It was nothing but two kinds of cereal, honey bun, Little Debbie brownies or oatmeal cookie, milk and orange juice. The staff gave me good directions how to get where I was going the next day.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Very disappointed"
I was terribly disappointed. It was less than clean. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls. The mini fridge leaked all over the floor so the carpet was soaked when we woke up. The conference room was being used as a storage facility and there was no way to get to the pool without going all the way around (we did not try the pool because I was too […] scared to.) The man at the desk acted like I was bothering him by walking in. The continental breakfast consisted of frosted flakes or raisin bran cereal or frozen waffles (that were thawed in a plastic container) or prepackaged honey buns. The orange juice and milk were in gallon jugs in a mini fridge and the coffee was terrible. There were someone's dirty socks left at the edge of one of the beds from a previous customer. The only plus was that it is halfway between Kemah and Galveston. Next time we will be staying in the La Quinta across the street! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"We left after an hour"
The room had an unpleasant odor to it, maybe because the ac was not working 100%. We were looking for somewhere cheap for the night but not like this. beds were hard, for what looks from the outside to be a new place..the inside just did not seem to be maintainted..went a block down the road not much more a night....alot nicerGenuine Hotels.com guest review
we had a very nice stay, was close to the beach about 10mintues, would stay thier againGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Family Vacation"
We stayed at San Antonio, Galveston, and Great Wolfe during our vacation. Texas City is 10 min away from Galveston Island Beach with 1/3 of the price. Fishtales on 25th+Seawall was great food right on the beach!!! My son and I even surfed with a rented surfboard--41st +Seawall. Only at hotel to sleep but we also swam in pool or ocean. Walked around […] corner Taco Bell + Mac D's right around corner. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellent & Wonderful Stay!!!!!!!"
I and my wife decide to visit Texas City for vacation. I search on Internet and found this hotel ABVI. I was worried about my choice. But was surprised. The staff could not have been more welcoming. We took over their lobby and they did whatever they could to make us feel at home. The rooms were clean and very pleasant. The Breakfast was delicious and […] had Variety of Dishes. Loved the Swimming Pool. This Hotel made our visit enjoyable. This is my choice of Hotel. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good value"
This hotel is surrounded by stores and restoranes. The pool was cool and clean. Rooms were fresh and clean as well. I am very satisfied with the price and quality. Will stay here again.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Old and falling apart"
May 2011 - We stayed here one night on our way to Galveston to go on a cruise. We were looking for something inexpensive with two queen beds, something you can't find in Galveston. We were very disappointed the minute we drove up because it was really run down with only one car in the parking lot (not a good sign). The outside lights that run the length […] of the front above the sidewalk were bare bulbs with no structure around them, just big open holes. There was a 1-inch gap under our door and bugs in the bathroom. Will never stay here again! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Galveston Beach was full"
Hotel was clean. Night clerk was fantastic; very friendly and helpful. He gave us extra blankets towels etc. Breakfast included cereal, toast, milk and juice, and waffles. Decent place for families and close to beach.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Americas Best Value Inn & Suites In Texas City"
Our stay here was AWSOME!! Cleaness and The housekeeping was GREAT!! The room was very cold(which we like). The area was very convenience to all the local grocery stores and restaurants!! The morning breakfast was great, with great company. The hotel staff was very helpful of locations on what we were looking for. As for location its in the middle of […] everything, no need to drive far!! I will be coming back to this Hotel with my family!! THANKS FOR THE AWSOME/GREAT STAY FOR MY FAMILY!! We were there for SpringBreak!! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
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I was working at one of the oil refineries which made it convenient. Employees were very polite and helpful. Recommended place to stay at and location is close to Galveston Beach. Excellent experience!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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Adding Glow To Images
Step 1: Create a new Gimp image with a black background.
Go to File -> New or Ctrl+N (Make sure blackground color is set to black.) And set the options like I have in the photo below.
Step 2: Draw something
Create a NEW LAYER and name it something like 'Line1' or whatever. Then take the PATHS TOOL (if you can't find the PATHS TOOL, hover your mouse over the tool icons and it should show you their names) and using two clicks, create a line.
Step 3: Create some brushes
In the brushes tab, select NEW BRUSH and create two with the same features in the photos below.
Step 4: Make the lines
In the brush tab, take the thinner line you created and select it. Then go to EDIT->STROKE PATH. When the dialog box pops up, click the STROKE WITH A PAINT TOOL and press STROKE. Your line should turn white.
Step 5: Create a red line
Create a new layer and call it 'Red Glow'. Change the foreground color to a red color of your choice. Now, select the thicker line you created and repeat step 4. Your line should have turned red.
Step 6: Create a glow
Now go to Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and change the values to 10px for both Horizontal and vertical fields. And push OK. You should have a blurry red line.
Step 7: Make more lines or whatever you want
Create a few more lines using steps 2-6 above.
Step 8: Don't forget to back up your files.
Somehow, I've managed to delete the gimp file I was working on so I have to stop here. However, check back next time for tips on creating icons and buttons for your web page or blog.
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A fabulous week catching up with fellow AAPGAI'ers at our spring assessment event in Cockermouth, Cumbria. Some harsh and challenging conditions including rain, wind, snow and sleet set upon 9 candidates attempting a variety of Provisional, Advanced and Master assessments.
Our assessments are demanding & challenging at all levels and can be nothing less than well earned. Many were close but sadly not close enough to achieve their first or next improved level. Only 1 candidate passed from 9 participants… many congratulations therefore to Neil Lobban who attained his Salmon Provisional.
Despite the weather there was a tremendous turnout for the Open Day. By way of demonstrations we treat it almost like a celebration of a 'seasons past', share things that are new by way of techniques and tackle, also thoughts and teachings that have perhaps moved on for the better across all disciplines… trout, salmon and fly dressing. Following a hearty lunch it's all 1-2-1 and group instruction for the attendees to either develop some casting capabilities or go deeper for those interested in potentially becoming a future AAPGAI instructor. Thank you to all those attending, your company and feedback was most welcome.
Holding a 'Double Handed vermin rod' at the open day I chat to good friend and fellow Vision team member Jim Fearn. AAPGAI sec' Trevor Hayman slings a line in the foreground.
The rivers are now off limits here so it's a couple of weeks on stillwaters until our new season gets underway. Here's looking forward to some pleasant weather soon… may the 'fly life' be with you!


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The first computer I had bought for me when I was a wee nipper was a 48k ZX Spectrum (the rubber key type), and it came with that classic old Ultimate (who we now call RARE) game called Sabre Wulf.
It lasted for about two weeks before its first visit to the local computer shop for repairs, as I had pulled the Interface 2 out of it while I was playing, so fried CPU, and muggins here crying my eyes out for a week while I waited for it to be repaired. Once I got it back then everything was bliss
Off the top of my head, my fave retro gaming memory was getting through that damned Banyan Tree in Jet Set Willy without losing a life.
My least favourite memory (if you can consider PS1 games to be retro) was me playing Slash Mode on Bushido Blade. For those who don't know the goal of the game was to kill 100 opponents. Doing so would unlock a character who used a gun (a bit of a cheating barsteward in a game about swords!)
Anyway, I got to 99 kills. The only injury I had was I was limping. Be aware that you could get killed with one hit in this, or say if you'd been hit in the leg then you would limp. So the last guy comes towards me, and I'm getting nervous now as it had taken bloody ages to get as far as this. Then I go for it with a hit to the head. However, he thinks EXACTLY the same thing at EXACTLY the same time. We both go down. Game over. I unlock nothing. But I do throw a joypad so hard the neighbours heard it smash into 481 separate pieces followed by half an hour of swearing.
I still have my lovely Speccys and a pile of CRASH magazines dating from July 1984 that I just can't bring myself to get rid of...
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The whole graphics thing was somewhat different back then. The two main rivals (the Spectrum and the Commodore 64) both had advantages in graphical senses. The Speccy could handle 3D (yes, there WAS 3D back then, as primitive as it was compared to now!) better than the C64 but colour was a different story. Many games suffered from the famous "colour clash" as any self respecting Speccy owner will tell you.
The Commodore's advantage was that is could use colours much more effectively, however the disadvantage was it couldn't handle 3D quite as good as the Speccy. The Commodore also won in terms of musical ability too, with its now legendary SID chip.
The main mags I used to read were CRASH and Your Sinclair for the Speccy and Zzap 64 for the Commodore. Like I said, I still have a load of CRASH mags dating back to July 1984 around somewhere...
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Not the first I played on but the first computer etc I owned (jointly with my sister one Christmas). Bundled with 20 games, it was awesome. Our favourite was Icicle Works.
edit: We still have it at our parent's house somewhere in the loft!
on 20-01-2010 10:11 PM
I own the following games consoles...
Sega Master System
Sega Megadrive
Sega Mega CD
Sega 32X
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Gamecube
Nintendo Wii
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Oh a PC aswell!!
My favourite consoles are...
Sega Megadrive
Sega Dreamcast
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Wii
Sony Playstation 3
My best ever games are...
Golden Axe Warrior (Sega Master System)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Sega Megadrive)
Sonic CD (Sega Mega CD)
Knuckles Chaotix (Sega 32X)
Sega Rally (Sega Saturn)
Sonic Adventure (Sega Dreamcast)
Super Mario Allstars (Super Nintendo)
Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (Nintendo Gamecube)
New Super Mario Brothers Wii (Nintendo Wii)
Porsche Challenge (Sony Playstation)
God Of War 2 (Sony Playstation 2)
Grand Theft Auto IV (Sony Playstation 3)
Games consoles I'm still wanting...
Amiga CD 32
Atari Jaguar
Phillips CD I
Neo Geo CD
Anything before Sega Master System was too old and blocky for my liking. I probably would not buy any of these consoles.
Thankyou for starting this thread m8. Very interesting.
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Well, last time I wrote I gave you a hint as to where LB was headed next. Did you guess? Have you been waiting with bated breath? Well, it's time to reveal the answer. LB went to Canada! Wow! He sure gets lots of stamps in his passport!
He started out in Niagara Falls. This town is famous for it's really big waterfalls! Did you know that there is an American falls and a Canadian one there? You can even ride in a boat right up to the falls, but LB didn't do that, because the humidity does a number on his fur. He'd look like a big brown puffball. A long time ago, daredevils used to try to ride down the waterfalls in barrels. Today, the waterfalls are used to generate electricity. Pretty cool! There are other fun things to do in Niagara Falls too, like the Skylon Tower and the Butterfly House.
Next, LB went to Toronto, Ontario, where there is another really cool tall tower! The CN Tower is 1,815 ft, 5 inches tall, making it the tallest tower in the world! Woah! That's way taller than me. At the top there are glass floors that you can stand on, and then it looks like you are floating way up in the sky. LB is really brave. He took a nap up there on that floor! Next door to the CN Tower is the Rogers Centre. That's where the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball. The Blue Jays weren't there that day, but LB still got a tour. And then he ended the day at the harbour where there are some really tall boats! Everything is big in Canada it seems!
LB sure had fun! Remember, you can always see all of LB's pictures on the library Flickr account (and maybe you'll even see pictures of YOU!). LB's off on another adventure next week. Do you want your hint? He's got quite an itinerary, but one of the cities he's visiting is the home of another famous baseball team and the home of some pretty important people in our country's history. Good luck guessing! Until next time...
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To transform the emptiness of loneliness, to the fullness of aloneness. Ah, that is the secret of life.Sunita Khosla
I have known loneliness for most of my life.
For so many years, it consumed me like a wild fire. The more I reached out to others to quench my loneliness, the more intensely it burned. I didn't fit in. My words never came out quite right. My gestures went misunderstood. And love, for me, was always a confusing and unfulfilling thing.
Throughout my 20's I explored spirituality, subculture and relationships in an attempt to find that magic connection — the kind of connection that would make me complete. And yet my loneliness persisted in the midst of all of it.
It wasn't until I stopped pushing my loneliness away and sat with it that I began to understand its purpose, and began a different kind of journey.
I've found that loneliness is not something to be avoided or covered up, even though this is typically how we humans try to deal with it. Once you understand that loneliness is a teacher, pointing you inward where you are accustomed to looking outward, it becomes possible to transform it into something altogether different and beautiful.
The only solution for transforming that uncomfortable loneliness into fulfilling aloneness is self-love. There's just no other way around it. Without self-love, you look to others for validation and approval. You externalize your power. You wait for outside signals to let you know that it's OK to accept yourself, to love yourself, to be yourself.
You could say that this is loving yourself vicariously through someone or something else — whether it's a relationship, an ideology or a dogma that isn't in alignment with your truth. And the nature of this sort of artificial self-love is that it can never fulfill you. At most, it can only satisfy you momentarily. Loneliness will always be present where self-love is absent — sometimes murmuring quietly in the background, and sometimes weighing heavily upon you.
This loneliness is not your enemy. It is a compass, showing you that you've been looking in the wrong direction. And it's always pointing inward, because that's the only place in the Universe where you'll ever find the acceptance you're looking for.
Of course, we need the company of others. This is a natural human drive. But how much more fulfilling our relationships can be, when we approach them from a state of wholeness and self-acceptance! Already complete, already loved from within!
This is a worthwhile journey that you can begin today. Start by saying it out loud: No one in this world can ever give me more than I can give myself. Take hold of that understanding and let it empower you. Begin turning your focus inward — accepting yourself, loving yourself, validating yourself.
My journey in the transformation of loneliness has been both fulfilling and challenging. There's nothing easy about learning to stand strong in your own self-love. I still experience moments of intense loneliness, and I sit with it. I let it show me where I have room to grow in my self-love.
Once you begin this process in earnest, you'll find that when approval and validation do come to you from others, it feels beautifully complementary rather than vitally necessary. In time you'll discover that the burning loneliness that once consumed you is becoming a lush, fulfilling aloneness.
And, perhaps for the first time, you'll find yourself enjoying the breath-taking view from the top of that mountain, where you once only saw distance and emptiness.


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Here are 2 really easy dips you can make at your upcoming Superbowl party. Yes, even you guys can put this together.
Pickle Roll Up Dip
What you need: Sour Cream 8oz container, Whipped Cream Cheese 8oz, 2 packages Carlbuddig Corned Beef, 1/2 Jar Dill Pickle Relish, 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Cut up Corned beef into small pieces, mix all ingredients together stirring well in medium sized bowl. Serve with crackers (wheat thins taste great). Tastes just like eating a pickle roll up without the mess!
Ultimate Cheese Dip
What you need: 1 can Hormel Chili (with our without beans), 2 lb. box of Velveeta Cheese, Crock pot
Throw the hunk of Velveeta cheese in crock pot along with chili. Set on medium and let the cheese meltdown. Make sure to stir it every 10 minutes or so until ready to eat. Takes about an hour until it's nice and hot. Tastes great and is way too easy!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Easy Dips to Make for your Superbowl Party
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