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As a college Dem attending that convention (and longtime Plank reader), I kind of resent the notion that we're a 2nd-tier stop on the campaign trail. The GOP has always taken their young supporters far more seriously, from the caliber of their speakers to the money and time that their leaders invest in CRNC elections. Frank Foer's "Swimming With Sharks" is the definitive article on this, but it doesn't mention the other groups, like Heritage, etc. that spend tons of money investing in their college students.
It's about time we get some recognition from the political figures, and ideally the financial figures will come along. Too often, we're looked at as free labor. The (very) least the national party can do is to have the major political figures of the party speak to us.
Fair enough. And as commenter jsb39 notes, a College Dems event is a potential source of votes and free labor activist support in a way that the DLC convention probably is not. Still, there was a time when Democratic candidates climbed mount DLC with great fanfare to trumpet their sensible centrism. And clearly that practice is now, at a minimum, on hold.
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"Worldwide we're running at around two to 2.5 per cent in profits and in EMEA we're at around 2.5 to three per cent. In the last quarter we were also profitable on smartphones and tablets which was an area that we weren't profiting from for a few years. We plan to grow from 2 and 2.5 per cent profits to 3 to 3.5 per cent profits in the next 12 to 18 months," he said.
Lanci is the former CEO and president of Taiwanese firm Acer, and is now focusing all of his efforts on what is deemed by research firm IDC as the second largest PC company in the world, Lenovo.
His relationship with his ex-employer deteriorated over several months leading to Lanci resigning in March 2011.
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"*** ALERT *** APPALACHIAN TRAIL HIKER FOUND!," by BackpackingLight.com Staff. BackpackingLight.com (ISSN 1537-0364).
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Donald Johnston
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|Some thoughts. on 05/03/2009 14:20:26 MDT
I can understand the comments of some members of the general public to the newspaper articles. They don't have the perspective, don't understand and don't really want to. It's easy to judge and even easier to judge when you don't have anything more than general information or broad overview from one perspective. Whatever mind set is currently popular in the general public due to current events will also have it's influence.
Dondo .
Locale: Colorado Rockies
|Re: Some thoughts. on 05/03/2009 15:42:54 MDT
Nicely said, Photon. Your post should be required reading for any of us who are tempted to rush in with Monday morning quarterbacking. For myself, I'm happy that Ken is safe, and I'll wait for his own post-trip analysis.
Edited by Dondo on 05/03/2009 22:34:57 MDT.
Tom Clark
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Locale: East Coast
|Re: KEN KNIGHT IS MISSING ON APPALACHIAN TRAIL IN VA on 05/03/2009 16:26:12 MDT
Hey, you live & learn. Nice to learn from others' mistakes, but it doesn't always work that way.
Dana S
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Locale: Richmond, Virginia
|Welcome back on 05/03/2009 16:33:38 MDT
Humbled at the way our community has banded together to support all the SAR operations. Thank you to everyone involved in the search for Ken.
Joshua Billings
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Locale: Santa Cruz,Ca
|Good news on 05/03/2009 16:50:32 MDT
Glad you made it out safely. Good to know that BPL can be used to rescue people. I should hope my name would never be in a red band above the screen but its nice to think that BPL would be there as a tool in my rescue.
Matt Lutz
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Locale: Midwest
|Re: Good news on 05/03/2009 16:55:18 MDT
I'm still floored by the amount of support that went out from non-BPL sources. Twitter, for example, had this news flying around very quickly after Ryan posted it here.
Lisa Tompsett
(nativecherokee) - F
|Prayers Answered on 05/03/2009 17:09:58 MDT
Thank God Ken was found and is alive to tell the story!
Ron Hedlund
(papamuskrat) - F
|Why people do SAR on 05/03/2009 17:11:57 MDT
Life is a gift from God. It is precious and priceless, and that is why so many people put so much into the SAR effort. Many situations I see, I realize it could easily have been me in the ringer. Mistakes get made. Sometimes, even when we learn from them, we make them again.
Mary D
(hikinggranny) - MLife
|Looking forward to Ken's analysis on 05/03/2009 17:24:11 MDT
Yes, I hope someone will get the red banner off the home page! Of course it is a weekend! With the entire BPL staff either looking for or worrying about Ken for most of yesterday, they deserve a rest day.
Edited by hikinggranny on 05/03/2009 17:50:46 MDT.
Matthew Roberts
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Locale: San Fernando Valley
|Red Alert on 05/03/2009 17:36:13 MDT
I have also been following Ken's progress. I am excited to hear the wonderful news.
Edited by matthewjamesroberts on 05/03/2009 17:39:27 MDT.
James Walke
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|Re: Some thoughts. on 05/03/2009 17:55:26 MDT
"Never did anything"? What are you talking about? If you had not been there, who would have rocked that mesh shirt to represent the UL community?
Derek Anderson
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|freinds on 05/03/2009 18:44:51 MDT
I think it was also great that many of his friends and family traveled a very long way to help look for him.
Timothy Foutz
(glad777) - MLife
Locale: Virginia
|Re: Re: Nasty Comments online on 05/03/2009 22:13:53 MDT
Hey Nate you are as big an idiot on this as everything else. Everything is about politics with you. You are nothing but a typical whining leftist. You want to take shots at people in Virginia pal come hear and do it on the ground. You will find we don't take well to being insulted by leftists from a shall we say manhood challenged part of California.
Edited by rcaffin on 05/03/2009 22:33:32 MDT.
cary bertoncini
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Locale: N. California
|moderator needed - personal attack on 05/03/2009 22:23:55 MDT
timothy - i think you forgot to count to ten first.
Lawton Grinter
Locale: Rocky Mountains
|positivity on 05/03/2009 22:58:15 MDT
Ditto what Dave T said.
Craig W.
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|Re: positivity on 05/03/2009 23:04:32 MDT
Dave .
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|Timothy Foutz on 05/04/2009 07:57:04 MDT
Firstly, I'm glad Ken Knight was found. I'm also glad that BPL could mobilize its resources to help in the rescue efforts.
Mark Eggeman
(Mark_Eggeman) - F
|Thank You on 05/04/2009 09:15:44 MDT
I just wanted to take a moment to thank Ryan Jordan and the others who assisted us with the search for Ken. I know you had to tolerate a lot of questions and long interviews, but your insight as to Ken's routines and hiking habits were a huge advantage to us. Thanks again for all of your help, and please convey our best wishes to Ken.
Ken Helwig
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Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
|Re: Thank You on 05/04/2009 09:33:40 MDT
Timothy, have you ever been to California? Orange County which seems to be about half of Los Angeles as well as the bread basket area of our state ie The Central Valley vote conservative. Oh, we also have a Republican Gov. too. Your damnation of all things California sounded rather heavy handed and not too informed. I think that the next time you spout off about politics, you should get a degree in it first, then you and I can talk trade so to speak. I have been to Virginia many times passing through on I-95. Richmond is a wonderful place and the scenery is quite beautiful. I really feel the shot you took at Nate was not cool. BTW he is a California transplant, like alot of people that live here. Which means that he is from another state.
Kathleen B
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|Ken Knight is Found on 05/04/2009 09:40:43 MDT
Here's an article from an Ann Arbor newspaper that has a little more information about what happened to Ken.


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Mirror Image: Palestinians Continue to Mimic Zionism
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In a 1994 article, "Mirror Image: How the PLO Mimics Zionism," I documented how Palestinians have repeatedly imitated the Zionist movement. "Muslim Zionism" followed this up in 2006 with a specific look at Palestinian attitudes toward Jerusalem. Here follow updates on this theme of Palestinians as the Doppelgängers of Israelis.
Birthright Israel came into existence in 2000. It
And now, in 2008, comes Birthright Palestine. It intends
Comment: The difference in tone between these mission statements represents a much deeper difference. One builds, the other destroys. (January 10, 2008)
Mar. 30, 2008 update: For a century and more, Zionists built their movement by purchasing land from Arabs. Now something like the reverse process is underway, as the "Saudis discover Jaffa." Ofer Petersburg tells about Jaffa, the historic Arab town just south of Tel Aviv:
July 30, 2009 update: In a striking new imitation, the Palestinians are working on their own planned city in the West Bank. Ari Shavit explains that Rawabi, to be built nine kilometers northwest of Ramallah, is to be
July 5, 2010 update: Now, it's a currency, as described by Ziv Hellman in "The Palestinian 'Shekel'," The Jerusalem Report (not on line).
Sep. 14, 2010 update: Beyond Rawabi, a rich Saudi is buying up land from distressed Israeli farmers. Arutz 7 interviewed Roni Cohen, head of the Yavne'el Local Council in Northern Israel who told of a visit about four years ago from a "Jewish gentleman" who
Cohen believes the Arab buyers have purchased several parcels of land and registered these "in the name of an Islamic organization that most likely belongs to a northern branch of the Islamic Movement." He called on the parliament to address this issue "before we lose this country."
Oct. 27, 2010 update: And now the Palestinian Authority is "Encouraging the diaspora to invest in Palestine," according to a speech carried by Rateb Rabie to The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation and carried by the Ma'an News Agency. An excerpt:
Jan. 2, 2010 update: The "Palestine National Orchestra" made its debut with concerts in Ramallah, eastern Jerusalem, and Haifa, playing under a banner proclaiming "Today an orchestra, tomorrow a state." The 40-member orchestra had, according to Agence France-Presse, "full houses and enthusiastic audiences," for whom it played Mozart, Ligeti, and Beethoven – after, of course, starting off with the Palestinian anthem.
This brings to mind the 72-member Palestine Symphony Orchestra, debuted in Tel Aviv in December 1936 with Brahms, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. Time covered that event:
Apr. 2, 2011 update: I just became aware of another Doppelgänger: The National Council of Presidents of Arab-American Organizations, an organization that came into existence about 1980 and ineffectively faded soon after, is a direct emulation of the far longer-lasting and important Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, founded in 1956 and going strong.
June 6, 2011 update: Zvi Hellman writes in "Liberty, Equality, … and Solvency," The Jerusalem Report, pp. 33-34 (not online) about Palestinian emulation of the yishuv:
Dec. 2, 2012 update: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that "One day, a young Palestinian will raise the Palestinian flag over Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the state of Palestine!" The later formulation, of course, mimicks the Zionist phrase, "Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Israel." Yitzkak Rabin in particular was fond of using it (see here, here, and here).
Aug. 8, 2013 update: Four years on, Edmund Sanders provides more specifics about Rawabi in the Los Angeles Times:
Feb. 19, 2014 update: More emulation of the Zionist precedent in Rawabi:
May 24, 2015 update: Declaring Jerusalem "the eternal capital of the state of Palestine" as Abbas did in December 2012 (see above) is one thing, but calling it the "eternal capital of the independent Palestinian state and the Islamic nation as a whole," as Ezzet Resheq of the Hamas Political Bureau just did, is quite another. Still, this enlargement too mimics Zionism, which always portrays Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and the Jewish people wherever they are.
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Watch list updated for The Bowerman
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the second update of the official 2010 watch list for The Bowerman on Wednesday.
Oregon's Ashton Eaton and Andrew Wheating remain on the men's list, while UO's Brianne Theisen is on the women's list. Duck freshman Jordan Hasay was among those athletes also receiving mention.
You can check out the entire list with individual profiles of each athlete right here.
Curtis Anderson covered UO track and field for The Register-Guard from 1990-96, and again since 2005. He covered the 2012 Olympic Games in London, in addition to the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in New Orleans (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Hayward Field (2008 and 2012). He is the winner of the Jesse Abramson Award, presented by the Track & Field Writers of America for excellence in coverage in 2008.


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An Indiana woman is asking for an apology after she was reportedly told she couldn't swim at a Michigan water park because of her swimwear.
Jill Sweeney visited the WildWater Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, on July 9.
Sweeney says she was enjoying a bachelorette party with her wife, when a supervisor said that her swimsuit was not appropriate. She was wearing men's swimming trunks and a tank top.
Sweeney said she feels she was singled out because she is a lesbian.
However, the park's manager says it had nothing to do with her sexual orientation, but that her clothing was not considered swimwear.
Sweeney is asking for an apology from the water park, and she has also contacted several attorneys who handle discrimination lawsuits.


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Best Bed Buddies 4 Ever:
We are extremely compatible in the you know what department. He's very affectionate, loves cuddling, and eagerly matches my high you know what drive. What endears me the most is that Tony ain't a frigid bitch. If I suddenly decide to flip him on the side and spoon with him at 3am, he doesn't scream bloody murder. Similarly, when I am jarred awake at 5am because of you know what, I just lie there and accept it because I shouldn't have slept nude
However, finding common ground with our dueling personalities has been a bit of a challenge. For example, my PERFECTION has been an issue. I was raised in a disciplined environment where the parental units doled out punishments like kneeling down on concrete or shell rocks for an hour, whipping the shit out of us with belts, and screaming "SILENCE!" if we dared speak at the dinner table. We were to be seen, not heard. Fear of Dad reigned supreme, but it was a necessity I now realize.
My Dad had four kids in his early twenties and four jobs. He was rarely home. My parental units had no choice but to raise us as North Koreans. We were not showered with love or given praise. No Siree! It was more like -- "You dummy! Gawd dammit. Whattya mean you don't know how to do XYZ?! Are you stupid?! Have you no common sense?! I guess you'll be a ditch digger when you grow up!" I'd bow in my rice paddy hat and take the browbeating. "Yes, Father. I'm sorry. I have brought great shame on the family. I will do better."
So, when Tony (aka Mean Cub) told me early on I needed to do something about my belly, I wasn't phased one bit. Without any emotional response (weakness), his concern was duly noted and I took care of it. I have brought great shame on you. I will do better.
On the other hand, any critiques of his lifestyle choices get met with an impenetrable wall of resistance. Have any of you DARED tell an Italian, Hispanic, or Italian/Hispanic Mix Mutt what to do? DON'T! No matter how sincere your intentions are, you'll be screamed at -- "I'm sorry I am not perfect like you!!" Doors slam. Walls get kicked. You panic and search for the nearest emergency exit as they go full cray cray
Then there are sexting issues. It's perfectly okay to peek at your boyfriend's cell phone while they are passed out. Hey, if he doesn't passlock his phone, then he was asking for it. Right? You are amazed at the sheer number of flirty pics and strong sexual innuendos exchanged with HOT friends. What's this? Oh, every text to your BFF is a scathing bitchfest against mean things I, the douchenozzle boyfriend, just said or did. GASP!
God has a sense of humor. All the righteous indignation fades away when, to your sheer horror, your boyfriend knows your passlock code! OH SHIT. Of course, my flirty texts are abundant... I am a Gemini. Yes, I DID text more flirty pics than you did because... well... look at me! I have a porno bod. Wouldn't it be a waste not to share with the poor squishy bastards out there? It's... my... do good charity work. I am totally full of shit. Sorry. :(
YEAH! Relationships, especially between two men, are FUN FUN FUN! :) Despite the bumps, I think we are progressing in a normal and upward trajectory. With Southern Decadence, the trashy New Orleans festival, a mere two weeks away... things are about to get even more interesting. If we can survive a weekend together with 100,000 gay men, then we can survive anything. (crossing fingers)


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The article that started P2AB
March 10, 2013 in Site News, Uncategorized
On January 30, 2013 I read the following article. I live in northern Minnesota and most people I know don't have a very high opinion of "The Cities" – Minneapolis and St. Paul. With this being a rural area largely dependent on farming people tend to be conservative in their views regardless of party affiliation.
I was so angered by the article that I decided I had to do something. I decided on a web site. Great, first decision down. Now what to call it? After some thought I decided that if boycotting gun manufacturers was a good enough tactic for the gun grabbers then it was good enough for me too… except my boycott would be pro 2nd amendment instead of anti-2nd amendment.
And that is how and why P2AB was created.
Rybak wants support from firearms manufacturers against gun violence
by Brandt Williams, Minnesota Public Radio
January 30, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS — Mayor R.T. Rybak has introduced a way for cities to gain leverage in their efforts to pass stricter gun control laws across the country.
Rybak told members of the City Council's Public Safety and Civil Rights Committee that he and mayors from approximately 60 cities are taking a closer look at the companies that manufacture the guns and ammunition that cities buy for police officers.
He said over the past eight years the city has spent nearly $800,000 on guns and ammunition. Rybak, who supports stricter gun control laws, wants to work with firearms manufacturers to reduce gun-related crime and violence. He wants to know if those companies also are lobbying against tighter gun laws.
"If we find out they're not partners, and if we find out they're working against us, then we all ought to have a conversation as taxpayers about whether our dollars should be used for people who are not working to reduce gun violence," Rybak said.
Minneapolis buys ammunition from two metro area suppliers, Streicher's in Plymouth and Federal Premium Ammunition in Anoka, Rybak said.
Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Travis Glampe said the department recently signed off on a deal making Smith & Wesson its exclusive supplier of handguns. Officers purchase their own guns and they are instructed to buy Smith & Wesson M&P semi-automatic pistols, Glampe said. Officers can choose from either 9 mm or .45-caliber models.
Glampe said the department's range master tests different guns and determines which gun officers will be required to buy.
"They will make the determination and recommendation to the chief that this weapon is the one we are recommending," Glampe said. "Ultimately it is the chief's decision what gun is going to be authorized for use by the department."
The policy only applies to new officers buying their first service weapon or officers buying a new gun, Glampe said.
Rybak did not propose specific changes to city laws or purchasing rules, but said any changes would have to be examined by the city attorney. There are city ordinances and state laws which regulate procurement of goods and services, according to City Attorney Susan Segal.
"The city can always set reasonable specifications for purchases that it's making," Segal said. "The question is what is included in those specifications."
Rybak said he mentioned this approach to President Barack Obama during a recent visit to Washington, DC. He said Obama and his staff were delighted by the idea.
Obama plans to speak in Minneapolis on Monday to promote his plan to reduce gun violence.


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ok well i just got diablo "the first one" from a friend cause i havent play'd it in forever,i instaled it and open'd it. it plays the video at the start and then crashes. then my pc asks me to send an error report. i dunno why it wont play. i can play starcraft fine and i can play other games, i know my pc is really crappy but it should at least play diablo.... oh yeah the system requirement's are
windows 95: windows 95 or NT 4.0,Pentium 60 MHz, 8 MB RAM, double-speed CD-ROM drive (diablo cd must be in drive to play)windows 95-Compatible sound card and mouse,local bus SVGA Video Card (directX Compatible).... well i hope i can get help with this cause i wanna play diablo again...lol, thx alot guys
www.blizzard.com there's a lot more help there then here. it's funny how some ppl come here to post when they should go to the game's official website to request support first.
the system requirements are clearly not the problem. your system configuration is more than likely sub-optimal or there is a hardware incompatibility.
they're not going to release any newer patches either. why would they?
You said you wanted to play Diablo. Just buy Diablo II. Same game just 20x better.
could be that Diablo won't run on Windows XP.
Right-click on the icon on your desktop, and press properties. After that change system compatibility from Windows XP to Windows 95/98 then it shuld work fine.
"As hard as a rock, as fat as a cock".
oh yeah i forgot to say, i got it to work. All i had to do was go update my graphics card's driver
Yeah, Diablo works in XP, I tested that theory about 4 1/2 years ago. Just don't use a burned disc; Blizzard games won't run with burned discs.
This computer is f---ed...


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WASHINGTON – Meet Poinsettia, a darling, petite, 3-year-old pit bull terrier mix.
When Poinsettia arrived at the Washington Animal Rescue League in December, she had just been rescued from the streets of Baltimore by a partner shelter and was skin and bones.
Today, thanks to good food and lots of love, Poinsettia is the picture of health and vitality.
She's a happy girl, full of joie de vivre
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Big Sean to Headline Engage Music Festival 2014
With all the music festival announcements popping up the past few weeks, here's another to add to the list. Engage Music Festival taps Big Sean as the headliner for the fest's first night on April 25.
Along with the rapper, DJ Scott Melker with his Melker Project and Gosteffects will be representing New York City. Italy's EDM duo Playin'Fields will also perform.
The music series will take its show to various cities throughout Massachusetts in hopes of merging technology, art and culture to form a full experience for concertgoers. The festival ends in September with a closing show in Boston.
"We are the Millennials, Generation Y. We live in a world where we are always connected by technology," the festival's founder says in a statement. "However, we've learned that connection through technology is not a replacement for the human connection, and we have found our own way through music. Around the world, tens of thousands of us are convening at music festivals. And now it's Boston's turn."
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on the festival's website.


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United States Bankruptcy Court
Metre, Hanson & Meyer, Plaintiff, v.
United States Bankruptcy Court
May 19, 1994
John D. Hanson, Van Metre, Hanson & Meyer, Madison, WI, for plaintiff.
Robert D. Martin, United States Bankruptcy Judge.
On January 22, 1990, Judith Wiesner filed a paternity suit in the Dane County Circuit Court. The debtor, Norman Charles Thompson, Sr., admitted paternity of Ms. Wiesner's son and a judgment was entered on May 5, 1990. At a May 29, 1990 hearing, Ms. Wiesner obtained sole legal custody of the child and settled past and current support and expenses for pregnancy. Subsequently, the debtor brought an action to obtain visitation rights and attorney John D. Hanson was appointed the child's guardian ad litem. On March 12, 1993, the state court action was dismissed due to the debtor's noncompliance with a court order. The state court approved Attorney Hanson's application for guardian ad litem fees and costs totalling $1,682.80 and ordered the debtor to pay one half of the fee, or $841.40. On July 22, 1993, the debtor filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The guardian ad litem fees remain unpaid. Attorney Hanson brought an adversary proceeding to challenge the dischargeability of the guardian ad litem fees pursuant to 11 USC § 523(a)(5).
11 USC § 523(a)(5) provides, in pertinent part, that:
(a) A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt--
(5) to a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor, for alimony to, maintenance for, or support of such spouse or child, in connection with a separation agreement, divorce decree or other order of a court of record, determination made in accordance with State or territorial law by a governmental unit, or property settlement agreement, but not to the extent that--
(B) such debt includes a liability designated as alimony, maintenance, or support, unless such liability is actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support;
The party asserting the objection carries the burden of proof. Bankruptcy Rule 4005; In re Coleman, 37 BR 120, 125 (Bankr WD Wis 1984). The definition of child support under 11 USC § 523(a)(5) is not affected by the type of action, be it for divorce or paternity. See In re Balthazor, 36 BR 656, 657-58 (Bankr ED Wis 1984); In re Barbre, 91 BR 846, 847 (Bankr SD Ill 1988).
Courts have differed in their definition of "support" based upon whether the fees were incurred to represent the child's interests in disputes regarding economic or noneconomic factors. In In re Lockwood, 148 BR 45 (Bankr ED Wis 1992) a guardian ad litem was appointed pursuant to Wis Stat § 767.045 and guardian ad litem fees were incurred to represent the debtor's children in a custody and visitation dispute. The court held that the debtor's portion of guardian ad litem fees were nondischargeable under 11 USC § 523(a)(5), reasoning that even though the state court proceeding focused on custody and visitation, a child support request was included in the debtor's petition. The court distinguished between the spouse and the child in defining "support" under 11 USC § 523(a)(5). The court states:
For former spouses, the line between nondischargeable support and dischargeable property division is often blurred, but the substantive difference between the two may justify the continued distinction under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5).
Child support does not exist in a vacuum either, but child support is fundamentally different from spousal support. Former spouses often are not economically dependent; minor children almost always are. Both economic and noneconomic factors can be vital to children's interests, and separating these factors is not realistic. Children's welfare is influenced by whom they live with, how much money the family has to live on, where they live and go to school (often dictated by finances), and countless other factors. Children are entitled to legally enforceable noneconomic support (such as visitation) after dissolution of a marriage; adults are not. "Support" for a former spouse is not synonymous with "support" for children, and it is appropriate in the bankruptcy context to recognize that difference.
Id at 48.
The court recognized other bankruptcy court decisions holding that noneconomic issues are unrelated to "support" under 11 USC § 523(a)(5), but concluded by stating that "this court is persuaded that virtually all services related to the children's interests, including custody and visitation, also relate to their support." Id at 48.
In Matter of Dvorak, 986 F2d 940, 941 (5th Cir 1993), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals seems to agree with the Lockwood decision by finding guardian ad litem fees were nondischargeable when incurred for representing a child's interests in noneconomic support disputes. In Dvorak, a guardian ad litem was appointed and incurred fees for a child during a custody dispute. Ms. Dvorak subsequently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy while still owing her portion of the guardian ad litem fees. The bankruptcy court found the fee nondischargeable as child support based upon two Texas bankruptcy cases, In re Snider, 62 BR 382 (Bankr SD Tex 1986) (holding that a custody proceeding was necessary for the child's best interests and fees in connection with the proceeding were for the child's support) and In re Laney, 53 BR 231 (Bankr ND Tex 1985) (holding that all guardian ad litem fees incurred in a custody and support proceeding were support). The district court agreed with the bankruptcy court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision because the debt was incurred [1] for the benefit and support of the child, and [2] the debt was incurred due to a court order.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in In re Peters, 964 F2d 166, 168 (2nd Cir 1992) also seems to agree with the Lockwood decision by holding that the guardian ad litem fees incurred for a child in a custody dispute were nondischargeable support. The court affirmed the reasoning of the district court that "support" is to be broadly construed and any service to benefit the child in a matrimonial dispute is "support" pursuant to § 523(a)(5). See In re Peters, 133 BR 291, 295 (SD NY 1991). The Second Circuit emphasized the statement in In re Spong, 661 F2d 6,9 (2d Cir 1981) that dischargeability must be determined by the substance of the liability rather than its form. See In re Peters, 964 F2d at 167.
In Matter of Coleman, 37 BR 120 (Bankr WD Wis 1984), the court did not adopt an absolute rule as in Lockwood, but held that guardian ad litem fees are rebuttably presumed to be "support." In Coleman, a guardian ad litem was appointed to represent the debtor's child in a custody dispute. The guardian ad litem moved for nondischargeability of her fee, which included a guardian ad litem fee of $832.50 and a fee for services regarding a contempt order imposed under Wis Stat § 785.03(1)(a) totalling $1,000.00. The court concluded that the debtor did not meet her burden of rebutting the presumption that all guardian ad litem fees are incurred for nondischargeable support. Id at 125.
Although some courts have disagreed with the Lockwood and Coleman holdings, (1) they do not compel me to abandon the views eloquently expressed by other Wisconsin bankruptcy judges.
Upon the foregoing, which constitute my Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this matter, the claim of Van Metre, Hanson & Meyer shall be held to be nondischargeable.
1. See In re Lanza, 100 BR 100 (Bankr MD Fla 1989); In re Aughenbaugh, 119 BR 861 (Bankr MD Fla 1990); and Matter of Shaw, 67 BR 911, 914 (Bankr MD Fla 1986).


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|Lake, Smith Elimiated In Opening Round
|Written by Mike Kelly
|Friday, 13 May 2011 16:43
Steve Lake and Michael Smith of Watauga High were eliminated in the opening round of the Class 4A state championships at Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh.
Lake and Smith lost to Will McDonald and Josiah Boda (Scotland County) 1-6, 6-1, (10-6) in their first-round doubles match. Lake and Smith turned in a successful season for the Pioneers. They were doubles champion in the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference, and they finished third at the Class 4A Western Regional in Charlotte last week. Lake, who will play tennis at Appalachian State University next season, was a four-time state qualifier for the Pioneers. He was also a two-time regional champion in singles play the last two years before he teamed up with Smith in doubles this season. Overall, it was a tough day for the NW3A/4A Conference.
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The Hawaiian Church Chronicle ends 128 years of keeping members of the Episcopal Church informed with the publication of its December issue.
The Chronicle's editor, the Rev. Canon Liz Beasley, said the church's Executive Council decided in October to cut funding for all print publications.
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The Chronicle is printed as a "wrap" around the national Episcopal News Monthly, which also ceases publication in January, she said. Originating as the Anglican Church Chronicle in 1882, it became the Hawaiian Church Chronicle in 1908 and now has a circulation of 3,700, Beasley said.
The Chronicle will continue to be "published" through e-mail. It makes sense, she said, based on the feedback she has received "that fewer and fewer people actually read the Chronicle."
But she is concerned that there is a large segment of people in the diocese who do not use a computer. Beasley urged churches and clergy to print out the E-Chronicle and other E-News, and post printouts on bulletin boards or insert them in their newsletters.
Beasley told the Star-Advertiser she has been the editor for eight years, serving off and on since 1999. The biggest change she made was to include more local congregational events.
An ongoing discussion once was whether the Chronicle's purpose was to provide investigative reporting and breaking news or be "a PR or mouthpiece for the church and the diocese," she said.
"We haven't taken the route of trying to contradict prevailing thought" in the diocese, although the Chronicle has always published differing viewpoints, she said. Because of the time lag in publication, its primary purpose has been reporting on past events.
"It's fine with me. I am not trained to be an investigative journalist. I work for the bishop. My job is to promote the agenda of the governing body and make the diocese the best it can be. Our aim is to grow the congregation by inviting people to discover Jesus Christ. Our intention is to strengthen people in their faith and by doing so strengthen our congregation," she said.


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Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center Accredited with Commendation
18 August 2008
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Kevin Robinson
(802) 447-5003
BENNINGTON — Patients seeking the best in cancer care look for programs accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS). Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center recently received renewed accreditation with commendation. Only one in four cancer programs in the country are accredited by ACoS. Even fewer receive commendation, the highest level of accreditation.
"This accreditation is the gold standard of cancer care," explained Dr. Orion Howard, director of medical oncology. "Receiving commendation on top of our accreditation places the cancer center among the best community cancer programs nationwide."
To qualify for accreditation, cancer programs must pass a rigorous examination of 36 standards. These standards pertain to quality and thoroughness of cancer care. ACoS accreditation ensures that cancer care is comprehensive. To be approved, cancer programs must include prevention, early diagnosis, pretreatment evaluation, staging, optimal treatment, and rehabilitation. In addition, they must provide checks for the return of disease, support services, and end-of-life care. Approved programs also must demonstrate that surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists communicate regularly about patient care.
Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center provides patients access to clinical trials. Through them, patients have access to the very latest treatments. Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center works with the National Cancer Institute and drug companies to offer hundreds of trials. Many are the same treatments found at major cancer centers throughout the country.
According to ACoS, five elements are key to the success of a Commission-approved cancer program:
- Clinical services provide state-of-the-art care for cancer patients.
- A cancer committee leads the program.
- Cancer conferences allow patient consultation and contribute to physician education.
- The quality improvement program is used to evaluate and improve patient outcomes.
- The cancer registry and database is used to monitor quality of care.
"Approval by the American College of Surgeons demonstrates what we and our patients already know… our cancer center provides the best care possible in our setting," explained Alan Blier, cancer center administrator. "It is unusual for a small community hospital to have such a fantastic cancer program available. This program is a wonderful resource for Bennington and the surrounding area."
As part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care's not-for-profit family, Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center is supported in part by the generosity of donors. To make a donation call, Southwestern Vermont Health Care at 447-5017.


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Two city of Las Vegas utilities department employees were killed Wednesday morning when the ditch they were working in collapsed on them, City Attorney David Romero confirmed.
Gene Hern and Frank Romero died at the scene.
"We are still in shock and trying to address the needs of all concerned, including family members and coworkers," Romero said. "The primary concern now is for the families of the deceased."
He said Hern and Romero were working on a sewer line near Cinder Road and Palo Verde when the accident occurred.
A divided Las Vegas City Schools Board voted to not hire any of the four finalists for the superintendent post.
Board member Ricky Serna made the motion, explaining that he was looking for someone who could take the district from where it is to a model for education reform. He said that based on the interviews, he did not think any of the remaining finalists could do that.
A handful of West Las Vegas Schools district employees will soon be looking for a job, according to superintendent Ruben Cordova.
Cordova said budget problems are keeping the district from rehiring some first- and second- year employees. Those employees do not have tenure.
The district, meanwhile, is taking steps to ensure it can lay off tenured teachers, should budget problems require that at a future date. Districts officials stressed that there are currently no plans to lay off tenured teachers.
By Barry Massey and Jeri Clausing
The Associated Press
The state Supreme Court on Monday suspended a judge who was indicted on bribery charges in what the governor and a prosecutor said is just the beginning of the latest investigation into pay-to-play allegations against former Gov. Bill Richardson's administration.
The court issued an order Monday that suspends state District Judge Michael Murphy immediately without pay. The suspension remains in effect until further action by the court.
The 11-page supplemental report chronicling the investigation of Judge Michael Murphy states that a Las Vegas judge urged a colleague to think carefully about turning Murphy in, warning that she could damage her career by doing so.
Judge Lisa Schultz told authorities that as she was grappling with how to proceed with Murphy's request for payments to a Gov. Bill Richardson insider, she contacted Supreme Court Justice Petra Maes in 2009 and asked for advice. Maes reportedly told her that they could discuss the matter at the Judicial Conclave in Albuquerque.
It was 9:26 a.m. on a Monday morning this past July when the first 911 call came in alerting police about an active shooter inside an Albuquerque business they would later learn shot six people, killing two.
Las Vegas police spent two weeks recently training on how to deal with an active shooter situation like the one that played out at Emcore and others that have played out at schools across the country.
It's training Las Vegas Police Chief Christian Montaño hopes his officers will never have to use, but training he knows could be critical.
Battery charges filed against the Robertson High School girl's soccer coach and his wife were dropped last month because of insufficient evidence.
Coach Ray Parks was facing a petty misdemeanor count of battery, and his wife, Brenda Parks, was facing a misdemeanor battery charge.
Senior trial prosecutor Donald Sears Jr. filed motions to dismiss the cases against Ray and Brenda Parks on April 15. The pleadings state that besides having insufficient evidence to move forward with the cases, the witnesses were uncooperative.
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Thursday, May 18 — Thomas McGovern and P.J. Ryan of Pueblo, Colo., were last night awarded by the city council the contract for the construction of the sewer system in the district established some time ago upon recommendation of the citizens' sewer committee. The contract price is $20,663. Bids were opened at a special meeting of the council held yesterday afternoon. These were taken under consideration and the final decision was made at a regular session which was called to order at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Glimpses of the Past presentation Thursday
Fort Union National Monument will have its monthly "Glimpses of the Past" presentation titled "Rancho de las Golondrinas: An Intimate History" at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the CCHP/Santa Fe Trail interpretive Center, 116 Bridge St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information call 425-8025.
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy, with a west wind 10-15 mph, increasing to 25-30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a west wind 15-25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent.
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Tokyo - Japan
If a contest were held for the World's Most Entertaining City, Tokyo would certainly rank among the finalists. Night and day, on a shoestring budget or with a big expense account, you can find fun on every corner.
Observation Decks
Those who enjoy sightseeing may want to begin their Tokyo experience with a view from the top. The best observation decks are located at Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro, the Municipal Government Building in Shinjuku, the World Trade Center in Hamamatsucho, and Tokyo Tower in Shiba. Whether to view the city's magnificent, sprawling landscape by day, or dazzling light-covered visage by night, each of these places offers a very different view of this iconic metropolis, but all are sure to have an equally stunning panorama that you won't soon forget.
Perhaps more than any other Japanese city, Tokyo is jam-packed with famous landmarks, each of which offers unique insights into the culture, history and heart of the Japanese people. Among its most notable spots for sightseers are the seismically active island nation's first modern skyscraper, the Kasumigaseki Building, that houses the heart of the nation's government, and the Tokyo Dome (the so-called "Big Egg") at Korakuen, home of the national champion Yomiura Giants baseball team, as well as the popular Tokyo Dome City. At night, the colorfully lit Rainbow Bridge that spans Tokyo Bay is also not to be missed.
For those looking for sightseeing that's a little more cultured, the Imperial Palace grounds are located at the very center of both the city and Japanese cultural identity, while the 100-year old Ueno Zoo to the northeast is great for kids and adults alike. And, of course, always on the southwestern horizon is the picturesque Mt. Fuji, the most iconic feature of the Japanese landscape.
Gardens & Parks
If you're looking to get away from the city, there are many beautiful parks and gardens to visit, even in this most densely packed of all major Japanese cities. The Hama Rikyu Garden and Kiyosumi Garden are both beautifully ornate and dotted with ponds, sculpted bonsai trees and exotic flowers. Hibiya Park is located just outside Ginza, while Tokyo's largest, Ueno Park, is home to several museums, temples and even a zoo that is popular with children. Even amidst the brightly lit districts and thoroughfares, finding a spot for quiet repose in Tokyo is not a problem.
Amusement Parks
For those who require more active entertainment, the city teems with amusement parks and recreation centers. Tokyo Disneyland is the biggest attraction to the east; Toshimaen with its water park and carnival zone stakes out the west. At mid-town is Korakuen, featuring roller coasters, parachute rides, off-track betting and much more.
For family adventure indoors, there is an enclosed amusement park at Sanrio Puroland in Tama City, or take the kids out to the National Children's Castle in Omotesando.
Thanks to an incredible array of museums and galleries, Tokyo can be extremely entertaining even on a rainy day. The two major museums are arguably the National Museum of Western Art and the National Museum of Japanese History. Both will keep you occupied for the day. There are also a number of small museums that specialize in unique artistic forms. From the Bicycle Culture Center and the Museum of Tin Toys, to the Iris Button Museum and the Kite Museum, each houses an interesting collection of pieces that will teach you something new.
Cinema & Theater
Of course, there are cinemas all around the city, some new and many old, each different and interesting. Cine Front in Shibuya, Nichigeki Plex in Yurakucho and Tower Hall Funabori all show first-run road-show films, as well as art movies and classics.
Tokyo also has its own opera house, a Shakespearean playhouse, and many venues for dance, such as the beautiful Spiral Hall, or the more modern Session House and Space Zero. Huge concert halls like the Ariake Coliseum, On Air East, Tokyo Opera City and Zepp Tokyo have a regular schedule of live acts ranging from rock bands to orchestral quartets. In the evening you can sample some unique indoor relaxation at the National Noh Theater in Sendagaya, Kabuki-za in Ginza, the Puk Puppet Theater in Yoyogi or the Theater Tram for contemporary dance and dramatic performances.
Sports buffs will be happy to find all their favorite pastimes here. Professional baseball, sumo, soccer and volleyball are the major spectator sports in Tokyo, and betting is allowed on horse races, cycling and speedboat racing. Toshimaen is a water-themed entertainment complex, where visiting teams from the USA come regularly for exhibition football, basketball and baseball.
Rugby and tennis, ice hockey and boxing, all have their seasons here, and many of the world's top athletes make regular stops in Tokyo for track and field events. There are marathons for amateurs and pros alike, and locations abound for bowling, golf, billiards, darts, mah-jong and even ballroom dancing; check out the Shinagawa Prince Sports Complex and Tokyo Dome City to get started exploring the city's many sporting options.
Additionally, what would a metropolis be without an exciting club scene to party the night away? Serving up various kinds of popular and underground music, an array of different clubs around the city are open all night on the weekends to give clubbers a healthy dose of nightlife action.
Located on the outskirts of Tokyo and certainly the most sizable in comparison, Ageha is one of the top venues for fans of the electronic genre. However, if you're looking for something closer to the heart of the city with the same taste of music in mind, Womb is an excellent place to catch top notch DJs and sounds, while anyone who's looking for a good hip hop club should step over to Club Harlem. Alternatively, clubs such as Flower and Muse are good spots for all-mix selections and international crowds. Don't like dancing the night away, when you could be playing video games until late into the night? Sega Joypolis in Odaiba is for you.


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A Conspiracy of Goodness
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The Promise of God's Presence
Out of the blue, the old man heard the voice of God. This wasn't one of the gods his people tried to placate in fear. This one talked. What did He want? The old man's name was Abram …Read More
The Holy of Holies
"That I may dwell in their midst" (Ex. 25:8). Israel's tabernacle was a piece of astonishing architecture. Its whole purpose was to incarnate the immense and infinite presence of God. Until it was built, God's presence was …Read More
The Lord Was with Him
The Bible says that "the Lord was with" Abraham, Joseph, David, and Hezekiah. We're also told that Enoch and Noah "walked with God." These are two sides of the same coin, two perspectives on the same experience of God …Read More
A Dwelling Place for God
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The Sovereignty of God—Has God Lost Control?
The condition of our world is such today that many are questioning whether the classical doctrine of the Absolute Sovereignty of Almighty God can still have any meaning. Human society is in a state of seething unrest. Quite apart from …Read More
Soli Deo Gloria
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|Water restrictions- mandatory in some cities
|Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:00
Mandatory water restrictions are popping up all over the state- a reaction to the drought.Cities with restrictions include Blowing Rock, Hickory, Greensboro, Charlotte and Raleigh. Mandatory water restrictions currently affect over 2 million people across the state- and are in effect for 57 of the 592 water systems, the state Division of Water Resources released yesterday. While restrictions in most of the High Country are still voluntary, officials do not know how long it will stay that way. According to Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson, Public Utilities officials are monitoring water intake daily to identify when, and if the need for mandatory water restrictions arises.
In Caldwell County, however, mandatory water restrictions have been issued for all municipalities. Watering is only allowed on Wednesday and Saturday. Sprinkler systems may be used between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. on the designated watering days, and residential car washing is prohibited. More restrictions may follow if conditions do not improve. Residents who do not comply will be fined.
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Diablo 2 Blizzard Sorceress Build
April 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under Diablo 2 Builds, Sorceress
Using a Sorceress in Diablo 2 gives you the ability to have a strong character that can deal with a range of magic. Figuring out the spells which are best suited to your ideal game play can help you build a strong Sorceress that you will have fun using. The Sorceress will be one character that you will come back to over and over again because of everything she offers you.
Basic Character Info:
The Sorceress character is one that can be given a range of magic to use during her offensive and defensive positions. When you use a Blizzard Sorceress, however, you are focusing all of your energy into one form of the magic, leveling it up to its highest possible potential. While you may run into a few situations where this type of character will have problems, in the vast majority of the time, a Blizzard Sorceress can effectively deal with anything coming her way.
Character Stats:
It is important when building a Blizzard Sorceress that you allocate your character stats in a way that will keep her protected and strong while her magic skills are still low, but that you have enough emphasis on the attributes that you need to help her fully grow.
Strength: The only strength points that you really need are enough to handle all of the equipment that you want to use. Not very many points should be used in the strength category, for even if you want to carry items with a high strength need, you should lower those points as much as possible with runes.
Dexterity: When building dexterity with a Blizzard Sorceress, you are either going to want to have a high or a low dexterity. Building up your dexterity as much as possible will help you to avoid taking both ranged and melee hits. This will also keep you from putting these points into Vitality, however, which will turn into the amount of health that you have. It is a fine line to walk.
Vitality: The vitality of a Blizzard Sorceress is one that every point you put into vitality turns into only two health points. This makes it important to put as much vitality into your character as you can, at least until you can build up your dexterity into as high of a block as you can. Otherwise, you could very easily die with one hit.
Energy: Energy levels will directly relate into how many spells you can cast and how effective they will be. The more points that you pour into energy, the better you will be toward casting spells frequently. Of course, as you start to level up, you can naturally gain energy and mana through leeches and other tools. Using potions often can keep you from having to attribute any points into energy.
Character Skills:
When building up the specific skills of a Blizzard Sorceress, you are obviously going to need to pour everything you have into the cold spells that are available. From here, you will be able to make your character as strong as possible.
Fully Charged Spells – Building up blizzard, ice blast, glacial spike, and cold mastery will help you to have the strongest influence possible when fighting enemies. Getting each of these up to level 20 will help you with that.
Lesser Spells – You should have your Ice Bolt to a level of 10 or higher, although it does not need to get much higher than that. You will need to fill pre-requisites, static field, teleport, and warmth to also keep your Blizzard Sorceress as strong as she can be.
You will also need to choose a form of armor for your Blizzard Sorceress and the type that you choose will be more of a skill than an accessory. Three types are available to these Sorceresses.
Chilling Armor – This is an armor which will shoot an ice bolt at any ranged attacker who fires upon you. It will also give you a large defense bonus.
Frozen Armor – This armor only gives you a small bonus to your defense, but will completely free any melee attacker who manages to strike you.
Shiver Armor – This armor will give you the highest defense bonus possible from this form of armor and will deal cold damage to any attacker who happens to hit you during a melee attack.
Character Equipment:
The equipment that you give your Blizzard Sorceress will help her in becoming the strongest sorceress possible. The helm that you give her will aid with her mana leeching, give additional skills and slots for runes. The weapon you place in her hands can add to the cold damage possible as well as the number of skills that you can possess. Some will add to your highest possible spell casting rate and your dexterity as well.
While a shield may take more strength points, it will also help you with avoiding taking more hits. Belts, gloves, boots, and rings will add to your dexterity, strength, and energy levels. They can also easily boost your skills. All of these features will come into play when you need to make your Blizzard Sorceress as strong as possible. When looking for a place to start, however, using this basic guide will start you out on the right foot.


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Greek giants Olympiacos pencil down Jonathan Mensah
Posted: Tuesday, 21st January 2014 1 comment so far - add yours!
Greek top-flight side Olympiacos Piraeus are looking at snapping up Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah.
The 23-year-old plays for French Ligue 1 side Evian Thonon-Gaillard and is contracted to the club until June 2015.
Mensah has been in top form this season for Evian and made 17 Ligue 1 appearances with one goal to his credit.
Olympiacos currently on top of the Greek Super League table with an 11-point advantage with 14 matches remaining.


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We make our collards from homemade chicken stock, with a little more water added. No bones, but we do add pulled pork, so its not vegan.
After collards are served, I'd LOVE to find some way of using the remaining juice - I can easily have 3-4 quarts that we normally throw away.
We recently started making white Calrose rice with 100% GREEN BEAN Juice - and thats really yummy. After that rice (was 3 cups dry rice) finishes, I normally add another 8 oz. of additional green bean juice just to "lubricate" the rice a bit. If it stays on heat for an hour it will get sticky, but its delish right away. I have my first batch on now with collard juice, but I'm hoping y'all can give me some more ideas.


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Robert Sarly and Abby Raeder, two people with deep pockets and perhaps an even deeper fondness for the arts, have no trouble imagining the decrepit century-old structure becoming an attraction for tourists from across the Northeast starting this fall. / CALEB KENNA for the Free Press
CHESTER — Art is all about imagination. And it takes a lot of imagination to picture the gutted old American Legion building at 15 Depot St. living up to its lofty future name — the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Robert Sarly and Abby Raeder, two people with deep pockets and perhaps an even deeper fondness for the arts, have no trouble imagining the decrepit century-old structure becoming an attraction for tourists from across the Northeast starting this fall. That room on the main floor that until recently contained a beer-soaked carpet that served the American Legion hall for so many years? That's going to hold dozens of art lovers attending a reception for the latest exhibition opening.
The second-floor space that on a recent visit turned up more holes than art on the wall? That will be a space for artists to live and wannabe artists to take workshops. The cramped third-floor attic that's still closer to demolition than fruition? That's where the brain trust for the organization known as VTica will have its offices, and where plans to keep the nonprofit thriving for years to come will be hatched.
Sarly, VTica's president, and Raeder, the executive director, envision a place that will not only revive this community of 3,000 residents but will become the linchpin in an art trail stretching across southern Vermont into New Hampshire and upstate New York. They're convinced that well-off travelers from New York City and Boston who now pass through Chester on busy routes 11, 35 and 103 during the foliage and ski seasons will actually stop to savor the art created largely by undiscovered Vermont artists. They're sure those savvy art consumers will buy edgy, contemporary pieces in a state with a reputation for producing representational visual art with barns and covered bridges in it. And they're positive that now is the time to create an ambitious rural arts center showcasing Vermont artists, even in a down economy.
"The vision is grand in several ways that I hope will change the world," Sarly said. His confidence made Raeder chuckle.
"And he's serious about that," she said.
Creative thinking
The arts brought Sarly and Raeder together as a couple and as business partners. They met at a fundraiser for the nearby Weston Playhouse. where, out of the blue, Raeder walked up to Sarly and asked what his hopes and dreams are. He responded that he wanted to open an art gallery. Years later, his gallery is taking shape with Raeder's help in the old American Legion hall on Depot Street.
Sarly, 66, earned a degree in architecture from MIT and worked for the World Bank before starting a successful career in the financial-services industry in Boston. He's also a painter who has exhibited and sold many of his acrylic works, and he's combining his art experience with his professional skills in building design, economics and global issue into his work with the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Raeder, 59, is a Long Island native who has worked in the retail, construction and design fields. She has spent much of the past five years traveling the world, most recently to Laos where she spent time at a nonprofit silkworm farm.
"It's the creative energy I love," she said while wearing a flamboyant yellow scarf made from that Laotian silk.
The two own homes in the neighboring town of Andover; Sarly splits his time between Massachusetts and Vermont while Raeder moved full-time to Vermont eight years ago. On a recent day they talked about their plans for VTica while standing beneath sun-soaked skylights in the future gallery. That burst of sun was book-ended by a pair of nasty thunderstorms — a meteorological illustration, perhaps, of the hazards that surround their bright vision.
It's a vision that includes not just visual art but film, gallery talks and live performances in the first-floor space. Upstairs, the former apartments are being converted into lodging that will literally allow for artists-in-residence as well as classroom space that will lure developing artists for workshops. Sarly plans on turning an adjacent barn into a community space and museum that will permanently house some of the work created by the artists highlighted in the gallery.
All that will take money, mostly from Sarly's pockets. "I've put half a million at risk," he said of his investments in the building and its renovation. He and Raeder, though, have assembled a board of directors they believe will give the nonprofit arts center the mix of business and marketing acumen it needs to keep it thriving, including Debra Boudrieau of the Vermont Small Business Development Center for Windham and Southern Windsor counties; William Dakin Jr. of the Chester law firm Dakin and Benelli; Marji Graf, executive director of the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce; and Chester accountant and art collector Ronald Thiessen.
That money and expertise will be needed in an economy that seems to be teetering on the edge of yet another recession. But Sarly and Raeder believe the art center could be just the boost Chester has been waiting for.
"Now it's needed more than ever," Raeder said, adding of hard times, "The way we get out of it is by creative thinking."
Representing Vermont
Sarly said Chester was a great town until the mills and machine shops left decades ago. Despite that, the community in southern Windsor County has maintained its classically cute Vermont patina, with a long, serene green that provides a buffer between the cars churning on Vermont 11 and the rows of Victorian buildings that house bookstores, eateries and, yes, art galleries along the main drag.
Sarly said Chester has more independent galleries than any of the 14 towns along the art trail he envisions across the state, a ribbon that includes Manchester, Grafton, Bellows Falls and Ludlow. One of those galleries, tucked behind the Hugging Bear Inn and Shoppe along Main Street, belongs to contemporary artist Scott Morgan.
"They're thinking big. I'm totally excited about it," Morgan said of VTica. His paintings are just the sort Sarly and Raeder want to display in their gallery — he alternately describes his art as "Rothko-ish fields of color" and "natural forms twisted inside-out." But he said his paintings also create the same comfortable feeling a seascape might generate. "It's accessible. I'm not just throwing paint."
Morgan, 54, who grew up in Florida and moved with his family three years ago from Seattle, said that whenever the Vermont Arts Council puts together a traveling show of Vermont artists, it always favors more realistic, representational art. "I represent Vermont, too," he said. VTica, according to Morgan, will help him and other contemporary artists gain an artistic and economic foothold in Vermont.
"I'm just hoping for one big fish from Manhattan or somewhere else," said Morgan, who will be exhibiting for the new gallery. "They're going to offer some credibility to all of us."
Sarly points to Vermont and its embrace of what's known as the "creative economy," which should provide spill-over for other businesses in Chester once VTica opens. Jacki Restmeyer, owner of the Moon Dog Cafe off Main Street near the green, is hoping for that.
"If it brings tourists to town and people want a sandwich or a coffee, here I am," said Restmeyer, who has spent the past eight years with her business in what she calls a "quintessential Vermont town with a green."
Alex Aldrich, executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, sees the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts as the best economic driver a town like Chester could ask for, even if the financial picture is gloomy these days. "Vermont's small towns are not going to survive by trying to attract manufacturing plants," according to Aldrich. "The arts are a catalyst that attracts a whole host of other people to them."
He has met with the VTica organizers and says they both recognize the obstacles they face and, as indicated by their board of directors filled with veteran business people, have a strong plan for the future.
"There's a great opportunity there to make that a destination," Aldrich said. "The challenge for them is going to be to draw audiences that really appreciate contemporary art."
A comfortable, safe space.
Sarly, echoing that "change the world" dream he has for VTica, talks about how words are "dysfunctional" and that people waste energy arguing over their interpretation. Art, on the other hand, has the power to unite people in troubled times, according to Sarly.
"There needs to be a comfortable, safe space for that exhibition of interpretations to happen," he said.
Contemporary art can accomplish that dialogue in Vermont, according to Sarly. The state is not a museum locked in time like Colonial Williamsburg, he said, but is at the cutting edge of discussions on how to make sense of complicated times. He believes the scenery will continue to draw urban visitors to Vermont, but the art at VTica and other communities along the art trail he envisions will keep them coming back.
"The Green Mountains," Sarly said, "are the sugarcoating on the pill."
Vermont is rife with artists — the state ranks in the top 10 for the number of visual artists per capita, according to Aldrich — so it won't be difficult to find locals to fill the gallery. "We don't have to get these people here; they're already here," said Sarly, who estimated there are about 750 contemporary artists in Vermont.
He and Raeder are planning a "soft opening" for VTica in early October, followed by the first official showing around Christmas and a grand opening in early 2012. Considering the still-disassembled state of the old American Legion hall, that ambitious schedule is causing trepidation in the minds of VTica's founders "every night," according to Raeder.
"We're wide awake at 3 a.m. thinking of all the things we have to do," she said. "But it's a labor of love."
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