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Department of Sociology
1810 Chicago Avenue
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Areas of Interest
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Quincy Thomas Stewart is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is interested in the dynamic processes that create inequalities in socioeconomic status, health and mortality. Stewart has published on quantitative methods for studying inequality, the estimation of mortality, and on racial and ethnic disparities in socioeconomic status, health and mortality.
His current work includes: 1) analyzing racial inequality using agent-based models, 2) examining the role of disease prevalence in mortality outcomes, and 3) analyzing racial disparities in attitudes, socioeconomic status and health outcomes.
Professor Stewart completed his undergraduate training (B.S) in Interdisciplinary Studies at Norfolk State University (1996). He completed his Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania (2001). He was a 2006 recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research fellowship at the University of Michigan. Before joining Northwestern in 2011, Professor Stewart was on the faculty at Indiana University for 9 years as a member of the Department of Sociology.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 101: Freshman Seminar: Experience of Racial Inequality
SOCIOL 208: Race & Society Syllabus
SOCIOL 276: Intro Topics in Sociology: Race & Society
SOCIOL 400: Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Software Syllabus
SOCIOL 401: Statistical Analysis of Social Data: Regression Analysis Syllabus
SOCIOL 476: Topics in Sociological Analysis: Theories of Race and Ethnicity Syllabus
The Cause-Deleted Index: Estimating Cause of Death Contributions to Mortality
Mathematical Population Studies: An International Journal of Mathematical Demography
Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Routledge, 2011
Is it Race, Immigrant Status, or Both? An Analysis of Wage Disparities among Men in the United States
With Jeffrey C. Dixon; International Migration Review, 2010
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San Francisco, CA (by Nancy Blair/USA Today) -- Zipper-dee-doo-dah: Google has unzipped its logo for a Google Doodle celebrating the birthday of the inventor of the zipper - an electrical engineer named Gideon Sundback.
Just a click unzips the Google home page - the effect is similar to opening a stage curtain - to reveal a roundup of search results for Sundback (born in 1880) and the history of the zipper.
Sundback is credited with improving upon the work of Whitcomb Judson to make the "separable fastener" (patent No. 1,219,881) that we know today.
Sophia Foster-Dimino from the Google Doodle team and engineer Kristopher Hom collaborated on the doodle, which uses the HTML5 Canvas element that allows for dynamic drawings. (Past doodles highlighting technology include the Bunsen burner doodle in honor of Robert Bunsen's 200th birthday, and a doodle of a mobile on Alexander Calder's 113th birthday.)
The effect works on limited Web browsers -- Internet Explorer 9, Firefox and Google's own Chrome. (It won't work on a mobile browser.)
The "unzipping" piece is built on Google Instant, the same feature that allows you to search as you type, Hom said in an interview. "We like to play with the idea of the home page and try to surprise the user," Hom said. In this case, the pair wanted to "play with the physics and structure of the page."
"We always knew we wanted to unzip the entire page," said Foster-Dimino.
This is the second interactive Google Doodle this week. To observe Earth Day on Sunday, the doodle team used time-lapse photography to create a flowering expression of the Google logo.

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Number Two: Governor Schwarzenegger breaking his leg skiing . . . in Idaho. Okay, this is a bit of an old topic, but I got to thinking of it again with the latest California Snow commercials . This is a Governor who loves to talk about how California has the best snow and about how we should buy California grown products. So, why was he skiing in Sun Valley Idaho and not in California? Why does he have his vacation house there and not in California? Seems like a Governor who is trying to tell us to spend our money on California products should do so himself.
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Tasmanian Hospitality Association joins national war on penalty rates
- From: Mercury
- June 22, 2014
TASMANIA'S hospitality association will back national moves to investigate the economic damage being caused by businesses staying closed on Sundays and public holidays because of "crippling" penalty rates.
Tasmanian Hospitality Assocition general manager Steve Old told the Sunday Tasmanian he would support a motion at the upcoming Australian Hotels Association national executive meeting to examine the economic and financial effects of businesses reducing their services.
The move follows revelations, in yesterday's Mercury, the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sought constitutional advice on the possibility of Tasmania breaking from the rest of the country to offer different rates of pay for many businesses.
Despite the push, Treasurer Peter Gutwein has remained firm, stating yesterday: "Penalty rates are a federal matter and we have no plans to take back from the Federal Government any aspects of Industrial Relations Laws."
Mr Old said the "sheer cost" of opening for business on Sundays and public holidays was causing some businesses to simply stay shut.
"Obviously, a business that is closed is not paying wages, isn't turning over revenue, and isn't contributing to the broader economy," he said. "What we want to do is examine exactly on what scale this is occurring and what the broader impacts of businesses being closed really is."
AHA national CEO Stephen Ferguson said, while the proposed study would be done on a national basis, it had particular relevance for Tasmania.
"Tasmania is a smaller economy, with arguably a greater reliance on the hospitality sector as an economic driver," Mr Ferguson said. "When you are as highly regarded for hospitality and visitor experiences as Tasmania is, the last thing you want to be presenting to customers is closed signs and locked doors.
"Commissioning a study such as this will be crucial in better understanding the lost economic opportunities on days that businesses are forced to reduce their service levels."
Mr Gutwein said the State Government was focused on doing what it could within its power to help local business.
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Jack Dean of Hobart Posted at 3:04 PM June 23, 2014
Some interesting interpretations here on "greed". Might I suggest the manufacturing unions who pushed regularly over the years for better wages & entitlements in the manufacturing industry were acting out of greed? After all, there virtually is NO manufacturing industry in Australia, due to excessive wages, now. Something to keep in mind.
Nicola Burnie of Hobart Posted at 9:49 AM June 23, 2014
I bet these so hard done by employers are not complaining about the patronage they received when dark mofo was on without having to market their business or contribute to the festival. You could not get a table in Hobart on Saturday night for dinner unless booked. The same thing goes when cruise ships are in port or any other festival is on the waterfront -ie- wooden boats, Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Just Greed.
Mike Stone of Now of Thailand Posted at 1:58 AM June 23, 2014
If you do not have a degree or associated qualifications for an essential service you do not deserve penalty rates. I'm sorry but I do not need a coffee or a pair of shoes on a weekend, but I do need doctors, nurses and ambos. Not to mention the IT guys who keep my internet going and the many others that we could not live without in this 24/7 day and age.


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For a good percentage of the football fans I know, that's incentive enough not to watch the NFL playoffs. A playoff season without Favre is like a night without stars or a hotel room without an attractive masseuse.
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After leaving school in 1998, Ben went on to study music, by which time he was already a frequent sight on the Irish music scene playing with groups and musicians of varying styles. He was also by this point already close friends with Conor Deasy, Daniel Ryan, Kevin Horan and Padraic McMahon with all of whom he would later go on to form The
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Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Thursday that climate change will drive job creation.
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In 1936, there was still time.
Kristalnacht was still two years away, and the Nazi empire had yet to reach its furthest expanses. Yes, the Jews were being persecuted, yes the Nuremburg laws had been passed and Jews were no longer citizens, and yes, the rest of the world at large seemed indifferent to Jewish plight, but merely being Jewish wasn't a death sentence.
The Nazi persecutions were not an unknown to the outside world; by 1938 a conference had to be held to discuss what to do about the growing Jewish refugee problem. Thirty-two governments sent representatives, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; of all of these, only one country agreed to take on Jewish refugees – Rafael Trujillo's Dominican Republic.
In 1936, though, with the Evian conference two years away, there was still a sense, however delusional, that some veneer of a normal life could take place for Jews in Nazi-held territories. That year, the concern of Americans was not so much anti-Semitism (and indeed, with the likes of Father Coughlin on the radio, one could say that many Americans were anti-Semitic), as it was the Depression, and all that went with it.
Baseball was an escape from the Depression, and, as the 1936 season dawned, it was a Jewish player – Hank Greenberg – who was the reigning American League MVP.
No matter what, 1936 would have been an odd year for baseball – the first year since 1914 that Babe Ruth would not appear as a player in a major league uniform. Although the Black Sox scandal and deadball era were past, baseball would still need a superstar. It could have Lou Gehrig, who for so long played in Ruth's shadow, but hit at least 30 home runs every year since 1929, or it could have Hank Greenberg, the Jew.
Greenberg's Judaism was important enough to him to bring about his famous decision to sit out on Yom Kippur in 1934 – a move that might not have otherwise been so potentially controversial save for Yom Kippur's mid-September timing. One wonders, as Greenberg sat in synagogue that year, how much he knew, and if word of the Nuremburg laws and intensifying persecutions had made their way to Michigan, whether or not he believed it.
The thing about the Holocaust that isn't always made clear is that the Jewish population in Germany itself was so small that many ordinary Germans had no experience of Jews, so for them the minority remained only a distant concept. The worst crimes of the Holocaust would not be carried out in Germany; they were carried out in Warsaw and Lodz, Babi Yar and the Baltic. It might seem like a long reach from 1930s and 1940s Eastern Europe to Hank Greenberg, but it shouldn't be: Greenberg's parents were Romanian immigrants.
Although Greenberg wasn't in danger of losing his United States citizenship, he was no stranger to anti-Semitism, even in a milder form: as Greenberg would later recall, "If you struck out, you weren't just a bum, you were a Jewish bum." It may be tempting to argue that when taunting, players and fans naturally gravitate to the opponent's most apparent vulnerability, and in Greenberg's case, this was his religion. The problem, however, is that 1930s America suffered from more than opportunistic anti-Semitism. While the American population may not have shared the Nazi viewpoint of Jews as rats trying to take over the world, universities, including the Ivies, still used a quota system to keep Jewish enrolment down, and America's greatest folk hero at the time, Charles Lindbergh, was not shy about his views that Jews held too much influence in public sectors.
So in 1936, Hank Greenberg's World Series win and MVP season the previous year did not absolve him of his great sin, which was that he happened to be born into a Jewish family. The anti-Semitic taunts and attitudes had disastrous consequences for Greenberg when, just 12 games into the season, the Senators' Jake Powell crashed into Greenberg, breaking Greenberg's wrist and ending his season*.
Powell was far from baseball's most savory character – his comments about "beating n—— with a nightstick" provoked such a response that necessitated a reprimand, even while baseball still remained segregated – and he would meet a less-than-glorious end in a police station in 1948.
The injury to Greenberg, though season-ending, would not end his career, but the incident is more significant than that. Even though the probable knowledge that two years later pitchers would intentionally walk Greenberg to keep him from breaking Babe Ruth's home record might, by some, be considered to be the bigger deal, the collision with Powell involved actual violence.
The line between teasing and taunting, and actual violence is often disturbingly thin. Blame mob mentality, blame human nature, blame an inherent need to "other" the outsider, but the pattern remains the same. In a prosperous world, deep-seeded prejudices remain hidden by a thin layer of decorum. The worse the situation, the more the veneer is eroded, until all that's left is blatant hate.
The Nazis, who never hid their anti-Semitism, came to power at such an economically desperate time for Germany. In 1936, the dehumanization of the their Jewish minority was already well under way, and more than once the taunts turned to outright violence. There was still time that year for Jews to emigrate from Germany — indeed, this was the Nazis' preference — but, for those in denial, for those who thought that their middle-class way of life could last forever, the window was closing fast.
In 1938, a series of pogroms took place over one night that became known as Kristalnacht. The synchronized vandalizing of Jewish synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses marked the shift from sporadic attacks to outright government-sponsored violence. Kristalnacht, it can be said, was the night the Holocaust began.
That year, Greenberg would hit his 58 home runs and years later, analysis would be done to show that Greenberg was walked at a greater rate than other batters later in the year, ostensibly an effort to keep him from breaking Babe Ruth's record. That Babe Ruth's record was involved has caused this incident to receive more attention, but this was not ultimately the most dangerous one Greenberg faced.
What if Powell hadn't been such an unsavory character? As it is, there's no record of Powell having ever been reprimanded for a collision that Greenberg would later opine could have been avoided. Was the violence acceptable because it was just a part of the game? Was it acceptable because the teams and the umpires and the fans believed it was inadvertent? Or was it acceptable because Greenberg was Jewish? What if Lou Gehrig had been the first baseman then, or Jimmie Foxx? Would it have been acceptable then?
There was never a Holocaust in America, but it would not have taken all that much to occur. After all, the United States did intern Japanese-Americans, and while they didn't build gas chambers, the concentration camp still denies its internees one of their most vital needs for emotional health: their dignity. American students are taught that the country is a melting pot, where all are welcome, but they are not taught that the man who came up with the melting pot term — Henry Ford — was himself a virulent anti-Semite.
Greenberg was baseball's first Jewish superstar, and it's tempting to think or teach that once Greenberg played and won the World Series and the MVP, all the anti-Semitism in baseball, and elsewhere, would dissipate because, well, Greenberg was just as good as the rest of them, but history isn't a fairy tale. Even after 1936, anti-Semitism still had yet to see its worst days.
*As an aside, that the broken wrist cost Greenberg the entire season so early on might, for those with an interest in such things, be interesting to compare to Albert Pujols' broken wrist of 2011, and the advances sports medicine has been able to make in almost 80 years.
I wish I could write like this. Really powerful look at what a messed up world we live in and definitely should be published professionally somewhere.
Fantastic article, I love connecting sports to history. We often talk about Jewish athletes and culture icons in my Judaism class. Today in class we talked about antisemitism in the United States, we talked about Ford and Coughlin. Then we had speakers and survivors tell us their stories. It was so harrowing.
As a historian and sports fan I really appreciate this.
Well done – a cousin of mine played professional baseball for (the most part) the NY Giants in the 40′s through the mid 50′s. Although not as big a star as Hank Greenberg (but then, who was?), he also experienced the venom of ignorant fans. I was quite young, but clearly remember players having dinner at my grandmother's (his Aunt) place – in those days players appreciated home cooked (free!) meals. Among the players, Jackie Robinson, who was always welcome in my grandmother's apartment.
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Boys soccer: Fort Pierce Central falls in penalty kicks
The Fort Pierce Central High School boys soccer team just fell short of its third win of the season.
The Cobras played Varela to a tie in regulation but came up short in penalty kicks to fall 3-2 Saturday in the Ransom Everglades Invitational in Coconut Grove.
Jose Morales and Carlos Castillo scored goals in regulation for Central (2-9-2), while Danny Garcia added an assist. Adam Rahman had six saves in goal, while Curtis Giebler added two saves.
Kevin Pizzolo and Brian Ocoro each scored for Varela (10-4), and Juan Grimaldo finished with seven saves.
Central returns to action after the holidays, playing at Okeechobee at 1 p.m. Jan. 4.
Martin County 3, Cardinal Newman 1: Zack Garland sored two goals as the Tigers won at West Palm Beach.
Ryan Voss added one goal and one assist for Martin County (7-5).
Fernando Cruz had an assist and Kevin Colman made five saves.
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Flea Market American Legion: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. American Legion and Auxiliary, 807 Louisiana Ave, Sebastian. Lunch will be available. Table $10. Reserve 772-581-4869; 772-882-7352.
Fort Pierce Orchid Society: Speaker, Ernie Gemeinhart, "Advantages & Disadvantages of Semi-Hydroponics." 10 a.m. Feb. 9. Garden Club of Fort Pierce, 911 Parkway Drive, Fort Pierce. 772-465-4674; email@example.com.
Indian River Woodcarvers Club: Open House to the public. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 9. Moose Hall, 226 43rd Ave, Vero Beach. 8+. $10/yr.,$1/per wk. 772-971-2188; joemillerwoodcarver.com.
Democratic Women's Club of Martin County: 10 a.m. The Clarion Inn, 1200 S. U.S. 1, Stuart. 561-389-8048.
Fort Pierce Orchid Society: 10 a.m. Garden Club of Fort Pierce, 911 Parkway Drive, Fort Pierce.
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Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club: HO scale, DCC model RR. 10 a.m.-noon. 273 S.W. Becker Road, Port St. Lucie. New members are welcome. 772-621-9636; tcmrr.org.
Indian River County Democratic Party: Coffee hour and discussion of political issues. 10 a.m.-noon. IRC Democratic Party Headquarters, 1410 East 19th Place, Vero Beach. Ages 18+. 772-226-5267; indianriverdemocrats.net.
Connecticut Yankees Of Brevard: Former/current residents, guests. 11 a.m. Golden Corral Restaurant, 1/4 mi. east of I-95 (exit 176) on Palm Bay Road, Palm Bay. 321-253-3458.
Democratic Women's Club: Monthly luncheon; speaker, Tass Bess, Florida's Water and Land Legacy. 11:30 a.m. Feb. 9. Culinary Capers, 737 22nd St., Vero Beach. Adults. $16. Reservation: 772-581-9158; twframe.
Submarine Veterans Base: Subvets from St. Lucie, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee counties. 1 p.m. social hour, 2 p.m. meeting. 3475 Douglas Road, Fort Pierce. 772-343-9971; firstname.lastname@example.com.
American Golf Club & Restaurant: Dancing, food, drinks. 5-9 p.m. American Golf Club Restaurant, 100 Vista Royale Blvd., Vero Beach. Ages 55+. Reservation: 772-257-6195; email@example.com.
Knights of Columbus Council 7514: Sunday Breakfast. 8-11 a.m. 451 Ravenswood Lane., Port St. Lucie. Adults $5, kids-10 $3. 772-631-2253.
Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered: Hereditary cancer support meeting. Panera Bread-outside table, 4540 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. 10 a.m. Feb. 10. Ages 18+. RSVP: 561-254-1867; email@example.com.
ASG-American Sewing Guild: Share techniques, holiday projects, make caps for cancer patients. 2-4 p.m. Joann Fabrics, 3563 N.W. U.S. 1, Jensen Beach. 772-283-3490; email@example.com.
Sunday Afternoon Tea Dance: Dance to a music mix, desserts and dips provided. 2-5 p.m. Save The First Dance, 881 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. $7. 772-934-6407; savethefirstdance.com.
MännerChor (Men's Ensemble of Vero Beach) Rehearsals: 6:30 p.m. Sundays. The Community Church of Vero Beach, 1901 23rd St., Vero Beach. 772-469-2306.
Maries Dance: Ballroom Dance to music of 40's-70's. 7-10 p.m. Shriners Hall, 4600 Oleander Ave, White City. Ages 50+. $8. 772-785-9034.
Sunday Night Dance: Couples/Singles, ballroom, swing, Latin, country music. 7-10 p.m. Save The First Dance, 881 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. $10. 772-934-6407; savethefirstdance.com.
Commodore Singles Club Dance: Latin, swing, country, fox trot, waltz, disco. 7:30-10 p.m. American Legion (side entrance), 3195 N.E. Savannah Road, Jensen Beach. Age 55+. $6-$8. 772-214-7276.
Hobe Sound MOPS Group: Kickoff meeting. 9:30 a.m. Hobe Sound Presbyterian Church, 1933 S.E. Juno Crescent, Hobe Sound. Moms. Includes baby-sitting. 617-515-9336; facebook.com/HobeSoundMOPS.
Sebastian Stepping Stone Quilters: Quilt with friends. Learn new skills, and have fun. 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Old City Council Chambers, 1245 Main St., Sebastian.
Minnesota Snow Birds: Meet Minnesota people for friendship, lunch. Various local restaurants, changes monthly. 11:30 a.m. Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Fort Pierce. Reservation: 772-335-8268; 772-871-0770.
Take off pounds sensibly. Noon. United Church of Sebastian, 1251 Sebastian Blvd.(CR 512), Sebastian. $5. 772-388-1025; email@example.com.
Republican Executive Committee: 6 p.m. Republican Headquarters, 1111 SE U.S. 1, Stuart. 772-286-0615; martingop.org.
Mondays,-Sept. 9, 2013 Vero Beach Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. C.J. Cannon's Restaurant, 3414 Cherokee Drive, Vero Beach. $15. RSVP: 772-567-6326; email@example.com.
NAMI Martin County Revitalization Meeting: Dr. Beverly Whiteley will speak. 7 p.m. Feb. 11. St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Pittenger Center), 623 E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. RSVP: 772-288-3135; email@example.com.
Indian River Bromeliad Society: Speaker, Dave Johnston of Bromeliads Galore. 7 p.m. Feb. 11. Garden Club of Indian River County, 2526 17th Ave, Vero Beach. 772-713-6007; irbromeliadsociety.org.
GFWC Sebastian River Junior Woman's Club: 7 p.m. Sara Wentworth Rose Memorial Clubhouse, 952 U.S. 1, Sebastian.
55+ Active Singles: Group get-togethers; newcomers welcome. 7-9 p.m. First Church of the Nazarene, 1280 27th Ave., Vero Beach. 772-778-2298.
Italian-American Civic Association: Member meeting. 7 p.m. 1600 25th St., Vero Beach. 18+. 772-778-1522; vbiaca.com
AMRA: American Military Retirees Association. 7 p.m. DAV Bldg., 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie. 772-342-2653; email@example.com.
Country Line Dance Class: Open Dance. 7-10 p.m. Save The First Dance, 881 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. $5-$8. 772-934-6407; savethefirstdance.com.
Treasure Coast Toastmasters: Communication and Leadership skills. 7 p.m. Ocean Palms Retirement Center, 2750 Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Visitors welcome. 303-618-0998.
PSL Speakers Toastmasters Club: Improve public speaking, communication and leadership skills. 7-8:15 p.m. Keiser University, 10330 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 772-497-6862; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Indian River Neighborhood Association: Luncheon; speakers, Sebastian Councilwoman Andrea Coy and City Manager Al Minner. Noon Feb. 12. Capt. Hiram's Restaurant, 1606 Indian River Drive, Sebastian. $15. Reservation: 772-794-4762; indianriverna.com.
International Police Association, Region 26, U.S. Section: Dinner meeting with speaker Chief Judge Steven J. Levin. 6 p.m. Feb. 12. Aegean Grill Cafe Greek Restaurant, 10457 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie. Age 21+. $22 per enter offered. Reservation: 772-288-1972.
Audubon Martin County: Speaker, Dan Martinelli discusses "Invasives vs Natives." 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14. AOMC House, 621 Palm Beach Road, Stuart. 772-288-2637; audubonmartincounty.org.
Port St. Lucie Angler's Club: Speaker Marty Baum, Riverkeeper. 7-9 p.m. Feb. 14. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie. 772-225-3113; pslanglers.com.
Port St. Lucie Arts League: Meeting, oil painting demonstration by Sue Porterfield. 1 p.m. Feb. 15. Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., Port St. Lucie.
German-Americn Club of the Treasure Coast: Masquerade Fasching Dinner Dance. 5-10 p.m. Feb. 16. Sons of Italy Lodge, 765 S.W. Dalton Circle, Port St. Lucie. Reservation: 772-460-2639.
League of Women Voters: Luncheon. 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18. Manero's Restaurant, 2851 S.W. High Meadows Ave., Palm City. $17. Reservation: 772-463-8089; LWVMartinCounty.org.
Woman's Club of Stuart: Monthly luncheon, hosting Children's Service Council Martin County. 11 a.m. Feb. 20. Womans Club of Stuart Clubhouse, 729 E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Reservation: 772-545-7780; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sebastian Area Historical Society: Historical Findings in the Sebastian-Vero Beach Area. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. North Indian River County Library, 1001 C.R. 512, Sebastian. Adult. 772-202-7488; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Barefoot Bay Marine Corps League and Auxiliary: Monthly meeting. 7 p.m. Feb. 21. Barefoot Bay, Building D and E, Barefoot Bay. 772-567-3416; erikabab@hotmail, com.
Rotary Club of VB Sunrise: Volunteers are need to help with the Florida Craft Brew & Wing Fest. Feb. 23. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Royal Palm Pointe, Vero Beach. Ages 21+. 340-690-5510; email@example.com; floridacraftbrewandwingfest.com/.
Children's Services Council of Martin County: 10 a.m. Feb. 25. 101 S.E. Central Parkway, Stuart. 772-288-5758; cscmc.org.
Leah Williamson Chapter of Hadassah: Brown bag lunch; meeting, speaker, Ellen Brazer. 12:30 p.m. Feb. 26. Temple Beth El Israel, 551 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie. Donations. RSVP: 772-340-0781.
Port St. Lucie Amateur Radio Association: General membership meeting. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 295 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie. Open to all interested in amateur radio. pslara.com.
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Lavinia keeps racking up world records
- From: Mercury
- March 10, 2014
MASTERS superstar Lavinia Petrie lit up the track for her second world record in as many days during day two of the Australian Masters Athletics Championships yesterday at the Domain Athletics Centre.
After breaking the women's 70-74 age group 10,000m world record the previous day, the Victorian continued her stunning form to break the women's 70-74 5000m.
Like her effort the day before, Petrie broke a record she previously held, with her time of 21min34.08sec shaving 0.15sec off the 70-year-old's previous best.
Tasmania continued its impressive championships with more gold medals won by the state's athletes.
Michelle Davis added to her wins in the 100m and the 400m hurdles with wins in the 30-34 200 and 400 metres in times of 26.75 seconds and 1min0.13sec with dominant runs, with fellow Tasmanian Kate Dix second in the 400m.
Alan Coleman and Kerry Johnson were also victorious in their 200m events. In the men's 65-69 event Coleman put in a good performance to win in 28.3 seconds while in the women's 60-64 event Johnson was victorious.
There were also wins for Todd Davies in the throwing events, Elizabeth Leach in the walks, Tasmanian-born New South Wales competitor Gavin Murray in the men's 55-59 hammer throw and Daniel Smee in the 40-44 5000m with fellow Tasmanian Andrew Winkel in second place.
Tasmania was also dominant in the 100m relays
A star team of Geoff Gibbons, Mark Nichols, Matthew Brooks and Dan Lemoto was too good in the men's 120-years-plus, and there was also wins in the women's 220-years-plus and men's 240-years-plus events with all four competitors age having to add up to the number of the event or more.
There was a strong performance from 39-year-old Ricard Meiring of New South Wales as he threw 60.34m in the men's 35-39 hammer throw, less than 5m short of a Commonwealth Games B standard qualifier.
The victor of the medal tally between Tasmania and New South Wales looks to go down to the wire in today's final day of competition that will include the race walks at 7.20am, the cross country at 7.45am, and more track and field events.


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Whenever I read blog posts about a new app that had Node.js involved, bloggers often write "the app was written in node."
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Now I'm beginning to ask whether or not Node.js is merely a runtime, or perhaps the creators are now planning to add more features that JavaScript doesn't offer, or maybe because it's much easier to say "written in Node" rather than "written in JavaScript, but runs on Node."
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- 3 cups chopped watermelon (seedless)
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp. red wine vinegar
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp. of salt
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|Parkway to be Open End-To-End By Week's End
|Written by Steve Frank
|Wednesday, 30 June 2010 06:40
As it celebrates its 75th year—and just before the Independence Day holiday, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway plans to be open end to end by this weekend—with caveats.
The Asheville Citizen-Times quotes Mike Molling, Parkway chief of maintenance as saying "This will be the first time the entire parkway will be open in about 18 months."
A feverish effort has been put forward to clear the roadway from debris from the harsh winter and clear rockslides and other troubles. Molling said that some areas would be single-lanes, but at least would be open without detours. Visitation at the Blue Ridge Parkway, the most-visited unit in the National Park Service, with nearly 18 million in 2009, was down about 36 percent from January through April over the same time period last year, according to Parkway numbers.
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The Bible, God's word to us, is central to our relationship with God and each other. While there are some areas where Christians agree to disagree [Romans 14:1-15:7; 2 Timothy 2:23-24; Titus 3:9], the Bible makes clear that certain truths are essential convictions of the Christian faith. To read more about these essential convictions ROCKHARBOR considers these to be, please see what we believe.
Through study of God's word and prayer, ROCKHARBOR's elders and pastors consider various culturally relevant topics and issues which may or may not be the source of disagreement amongst Christians. As these topics have been considered, we have arrived at positions which will inform the ways ROCKHARBOR leads and makes decisions.
These positions can be fully reviewed through the published papers found here:
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ROCKHARBOR's view on Corporate Communion.
ROCKHARBOR's view on Marriage and Divorce.
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Suzuki's introduction of the compact iV-4 is an indication of the future direction of the models that will be added to the company's SUV line-up.
Suzuki says the concept car was developed with a theme 'Grab your field', and that the model embodies the ruggedness and versatility of an SUV.
The iV-4 inherits certain design features from Suzuki's rich history in SUV design, such as the clamshell-shaped bonnet and the segmented front grille. Its overall styling conveys a sense of presence and innovation.
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Cranbourne trainer Ricky Maund has been found guilty of treating a horse on race day as Racing Victoria continues its crackdown on illegal activity in the industry.
Maund had been charged after stewards found fresh blood on the neck of Timely Truce following a stable raid on November 10.
The horse had been scheduled to run in a Listed race at Flemington that day but was withdrawn by stewards.
Maund faces a penalty, which under the rules can include disqualification and a fine of up to $75,000, but the case has been adjourned until Monday to enable the trainer to make a submission.
He claimed the puncture mark found on Timely Truce had been the result of a scab from an injection he had given the horse legally the previous afternoon.
Maund said the fresh blood was possibly the result of him pulling the horse's neck ring back over a scab shortly before stewards arrived at his stable.
He told the hearing he had injected Timely Truce with Aminolite, a legal mix of vitamins and amino acids on Friday evening, but his evidence was contradicted by RV veterinary surgeon Dr Grace Forbes.
Dr Forbes said an Aminolite injection left a small puncture mark which would heal in minutes.
"If the injection was given 15 hours earlier there would be no reason for bleeding," she said.
Maund claimed that he had tossed the equipment he had used to give the Aminolite injection into the back of his utility and it had blown off while he was driving.
RV Compliance Assurance Team member Dion Villella told the hearing that Maund had been in an "agitated" state when he and another steward walked into the stable area on Saturday morning.
Maund denied he had treated the horse on race day and said he stood by his word "110 per cent".
The finding follows Queensland trainer Nathan Schofield's 12-month ban and Robert Smerdon's $10,000 fine on similar charges.
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A competition thought up in 1980 has finally been won. The AHS Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter prize was won after 33 years by a team of Canadians.
If you're wondering why it took so long, that's because the challenge was to build the first completely human-powered helicopter.
While Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the first to envision a helicopter-like contraption powered by humans alone, it's only now, hundreds of years later that someone managed to do it.
There have been dozens of designs and attempts at the prize and a few teams came close, but AeroVelo's entry proved the best in the end.
"AeroVelo Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter captured the long standing AHS Sikorsky Prize with a flight lasting 64.1 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres," the AeroVelo group said.
It's not just a technical achievement, though the team used materials like carbon fiber tubes to build the very light craft which weighs just 54 kb (120 pounds), the real challenge was a physical one, lifting the craft off the ground requires quite a lot of pedaling and maneuvering it is even harder.


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UMass Versus Richmond Sets Up A-10 Championship Game
Minutewomen face Spiders with NCAA Tournament berth available for third consecutive season
UMass Challenges Lock Haven In A-10 Tournament Semifinals
No. 1 seed Minutewomen battle No. 4 Lock Haven at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7
UMass Faces Syracuse, Saint Louis For Regular Season Finales
Minutewomen play the Orange on Saturday, Nov. 1; Saint Louis the following afternoon
Minutewomen Duel Explorers In Friday Field Hockey Action
UMass to challenge La Salle in search of sixth consecutive A-10 victory
Minutewomen Host Davidson, Boston University For Next Competition
UMass faces the Wildcats at Garber Field on Friday, Terriers two days later
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Herzer was just getting out of his blankets in the predawn cold when Bast came striding back into the camp, obviously straight from a bath in the river; her hair was just starting to dry and her nipples were standing out so hard they were dimpling the leather of her halter-top.
"How come you were complaining about cold when you run around in a bikini all the time?" he asked, grumpily. He was sore in some very odd places; Bast had a grip like a vise and she sometimes forgot her own strength.
"I'm more or less immune to heat and cold," she admitted with a grin. "It doesn't mean I have to like it."
"So why do you run around in a bikini instead of something warmer?" he asked, perplexed.
"Do you know how many men I've killed who froze looking at my tits?" she asked, laughing merrily.
"Breakfast is on," Cruz said, walking past. "Bacon and eggs! New bread from town!"
"Sounds good," Herzer said, putting on his armor and checking that his sword was loose in its sheath. Their helmets were stacked on their crossed pilums and for the time being his could stay there.
Bast walked with him to the chow line and got only bread, then looked over at Edmund in the torchlight. "They're still where they stopped last night, about a kilometer and a half south," she said. "They weren't stirring yet when I left."
"Good," Edmund said, getting a full plate. "Thank you for checking."
"I thought someone should," she replied.
"There's a team of cavalry down the road," Edmund said.
"I know, I saw them as well," Bast chuckled, taking a bite of the bread and looking up at the stars in the clear sky. "It's a good day for battle. It will start cool but then get quite warm."
"You'll take a place with the archers?" Talbot asked, leading the group over to a large stump.
"Oh, yes, not for me the armored clash," she smiled. "I'll fill them so full they won't realize they're dead. I dislike these Changed intensely."
"I doubt it was their choice," Herzer said, sitting on the ground.
"No, but I still don't like them," she said fiercely. "They have slaves in the pack trains. You must rescue them, Edmund."
"First we have to win," Edmund pointed out. "We're sort of outnumbered."
"I'll take my quota," Bast said with a shrug. "Methinks I'll go find a good spot." With that she walked off into the darkness, whistling and occasionally spinning in place in dance.
"I'm glad she's so happy," Herzer said.
"She's like that," Edmund shrugged. "Battle is what she was bred for and she's just about as good at it as any elf I've ever met."
"We might have to retreat," Herzer said, looking at the defenses. "I hope not."
"I've got that covered," Edmund replied. "The militia is going to get to work today on fall-back positions for the archers. I've had extra pilums brought up as well and stashes placed along the way." He looked up at the sky and nodded. "Get your troops into position and down. It's getting on for dawn."
For much of the rest of the morning, Herzer and the Blood Lords remained crouched in the parapets. As Bast had predicted the morning cool had quickly been dispelled by the rising sun and by the time the mutters of the militia indicated that the enemy was in sight it was nearly noon and rising to a summer heat. He could see from his position the three horse scouts climb up the trail and then down, but he was out of sight of the enemy and vice versa.
Edmund walked over to his position and, without looking down, shielded his eyes and frowned. "What a gaggle."
"How's it look?" Herzer asked.
"They're all in a group. I think he's learning the term 'defeat in detail,' which means he'll try to rush us with the whole force. Ah, here he comes."
"As you can see, I'm waving a parley flag," McCanoc's ironic voice drifted up from beyond the low wall.
"I doubt you'd honor it in return," Edmund called. "But that's the difference between us. Are you surrendering this time? Tell you what, I'll guarantee that you are permitted to live and I'll even throw in not having you tortured every day for the rest of your miserable existence. All you have to do is disarm your force and have it stand down to be taken prisoner."
"You're so funny, Edmund Talbot!" McCanoc called. "I'll counter your offer. Send us out a shipment of tribute and we'll go back the way we came. Say, two tons of wheat and the same of corn and all the jewelry and other geegaws of the town."
"And you'd leave us alone from hence forward?" Edmund asked as if he was considering it.
"Well, not exactly," McCanoc replied. "Say, a quarterly payment. Oh, and we'd need some young ladies as well. Where you get them is up to you; remember you could always raid the other towns in your area for the tribute."
"Yes, very good point," Edmund said. "We could be senselessly destructive bastards just like you. But I think not. Last chance; surrender and I'll let you live. Your . . . men we'll have to consider."
"No, I don't think so," Dionys replied, venom in his voice. "Let me tell you what I'm going to do. First, I'm going to wipe out this pitiful militia. Your stupid Blood Lords and archers are still marching over here, aren't they? So all you have is this rabble militia, a bunch of has-been reenactors who can't handle reality so they hide in fantasy. Much good they'll do you against my army. And when they are gone, Edmund Talbot, I'm going to capture you. And the last thing that you'll see, before I have your eyes burned out, is me raping your daughter, the first of a long line of my men.
"Daneh, however, I will spare. I understand she is with child," he added delightedly. "I assuredly cannot kill my firstborn. After it is birthed, though, it may be different. And I understand that women can continue to have sex during pregnancy. Especially if it's up the ass!"
Edmund had listened to the diatribe in perfect calm and his voice retained it. "Is that all?"
"Isn't that enough?"
"Only for an amateur," Edmund sighed loudly enough to be heard all along the line. "It's so hard to find qualified opponents these days," he added in a mutter. The baron lowered his visor and lifted his hammer to the figure in black plate. "Are you going to spend all day talking? Because I'm going to give you five minutes to get out of bowshot. That's part of this whole 'parley' thing, too."
"Does she dream of me?" McCanoc shouted angrily. "Does she dream of me on top of her, Edmund, when you are holding her in her nightmares?!"
"Not anymore," Edmund called in a bored tone. "Frankly, Dionys, she's pretty much gotten it out of her system. Other important things to do. Sorry. Four minutes."
Herzer couldn't see what McCanoc was doing but from the injured squeal of the horse he guessed that Dionys had reined it around sharply.
"It's so hard to get good opponents," Edmund sighed.
"I think this force is just about good enough, Baron," one of the militiamen said. "As opponents I mean."
"Really? You call that taunting? I've heard better taunting from children. I was half expecting him to say 'neener, neener, neener.' That's the quality of taunting you get these days."
"Great," Cruz muttered. "Somebody want to tell me what's happening?"
"He's gone back to his force and is exhorting them," Edmund said. "Probably about as well as he was taunting me, from the looks on their faces. They don't like this one bit. Now he's riding around behind them. That's where he's got his men-at-arms, too, probably to make sure the Changed keep going. And now, they're moving forward. Right down the road. Blood Lords, archers, stand by!"
"When are you going to have us stand up?" Herzer asked.
"When they're in pilum range," Edmund replied. "I can't believe he didn't put me together with you guys. For the stupidity of our foes, may we always be thankful."
"Probably thought you rode ahead," Herzer said, listening to the approaching force. Their feet could be felt pounding the ground and there was a deep-toned continuous wah-wah-wah from them. "I wouldn't have believed we could march that fast, either, especially with the archers."
"Keep those pilums down!" Edmund called.
"Squat in your positions," Herzer added as some of the militia archers started firing their short bows. He could hear the sharper notes of Bast's bow as well and was fairly sure that each of the hissing shafts had found its mark from the occasional scream in the distance. "Pilums across your knees, shields leaning against the wall."
"Wait for it!" Talbot called, swinging his hammer idly in one hand. "Wait for it . . ."
"So, where are you going on your holidays?" Cruz asked the air.
Herzer stood up and in one smooth motion drove the pilum outward into the first shield he saw. The missile penetrated the shield, and the orc that had been carrying it was suddenly burdened by an additional weight out on a long shaft. He stopped to struggle with the weapon and an arrow took him in the throat.
Herzer hadn't really seen the by-play since he stooped to pick up one of the additional pilums at his feet and drove it, in turn, into a shield, then drew his sword and settled down to the serious business of survival.
The orcs came in wave after wave, most of them shredded by arrow fire before they could ever reach the defenses. The militia had fallen back, leaving a double line of the Blood Lords across the narrow strip of road, and although the orcs crashed into the line again and again, they could neither push it back nor run it over. They first had to clamber up the parapet and then face the shields of the Blood Lords with their swords licking out to rend faces, arms, bodies. Even if they made it into or through the first line, the second was there to finish them off as the unfortunate orcs ran into a threshing machine of stabbing swords from the front, back and sides.
A few managed to make it all the way through that, only to face a wall of polearms wielded by the infantry. These weapons, most of them axelike halberds, quickly chopped any survivors into gobs.
Herzer hadn't been able to follow the ebb and flow of the fight, but he could tell when the orcs finally started to break. They had three times faced the Blood Lords and on each occasion they had been chopped to bits. Now, in the face of the defenses and the steady line of legionnaires and the air filled with arrows, they could face it no more. First singly, then in groups, then enmasse they streamed back down the hill. Those that survived.
As the last orc fell back from the parapet, Herzer was able to look around. There were dead Changed everywhere, on the parapet, in the trench and in piles in front of the wall. There were some familiar faces missing as well and he vaguely recalled someone filling in the gap next to him. He looked to his right and instead of the accustomed Deann it was Pedersen, the third decuri leader.
"Deann?" he gasped, lowering his sword and reaching for his hip flask for a drink of water.
"Hit bad," Pedersen replied. "They took her back to the aid station."
"Where's the baron?" he asked, looking around.
"Group of orcs are trying to flank us down by the river," Stahl replied. "He rode down there to cut them off."
"Shit," was all he said, looking down the hill. McCanoc was reining his horse back and forth furiously and then finally pointed it up the hill and started to charge.
"Look at that dumb bastard," Herzer muttered, finishing off his water and pulling out a rag to wipe his blood-covered sword. "I bet he doesn't make it five meters past the first range mark."
"I dunno," Cruz said from his left. "He's running pretty fast. What are you betting?"
"Never mind," Herzer said, dropping the cloth. He had heard the twang of Bast's arrow and had seen it fly straight and true. And bounce off something in mid air. "I think we're in trouble."
More arrows flew through the air and the massive horse first faltered and then fell on its side, legs kicking in agony as it squealed in pain. But the figure in black armor hit the ground lightly, as if supported, and leapt to his feet, charging forward and bellowing incoherently. As he did a mist seemed to form around him, a black cloud that reached out to the wounded on either side, and where he passed they twitched and groaned no more.
When McCanoc reached the parapet he leapt into the air, an impossible, obviously enhanced leap that carried him well above the parapet and onto the ground beyond. He was wielding a two-handed sword as if it was a feather, and as he swept it from side to side the blade clove through heavy wooden shields and steel armor as if they were cloth.
In a moment, Herzer saw a half a dozen of the second rank of the Blood Lords fall and he charged forward, screaming, to slam into the back of his much larger opponent.
Dionys wasn't even rocked by the blow, but he spun around as a power field cast Herzer back with a shower of sparks. Herzer found himself enmeshed in a black cloud and he could feel his strength slipping away from whatever program was running the nannite cloud.
"Well, if it isn't my old buddy, Herzer," Dionys said raising his sword. "Time to learn the penalty of betrayal."
Dionys stabbed downward but Herzer was already on his feet with a back roll he would forever afterwards find impossible. He had dropped his shield and as the blade swept down he parried it despairingly only to have his sword lopped off just above the guard. He backpedaled and picked up one of the spare pilums but Dionys leapt the distance between them and slashed downwards just as he was raising it. The power blade swept around, cleaving through the pilum and taking off most of Herzer's left hand with it.
Herzer stumbled backwards clutching at his wrist and snarling. "You're going down, Dionys," he said. But he could feel the black cloud sucking his strength away as he said it and his vision was going gray.
"What are you going to do, bleed on me?" Dionys asked, just as a white maelstrom landed on his back.
Azure had been watching the battle with interest. He didn't really feel he had a side in it, but his humans were certainly having fun and tearing big strips of fur off their opponents. But something about the black figure struck a cord and when the air brought the scent of him to the cat, he recognized someone with whom there was a score to settle.
The power field apparently didn't recognize that claws could kill and it had no effect upon the enraged feline. The sixty-kilo cat landed on the back of Dionys' armor and scrabbled at it, hissing and spitting.
Dionys spun around but the cat had hooked his top claws into the armor's chinks and was raking for all he was worth. And no matter how McCanoc writhed he could not dislodge the house lion.
Azure, however, did not like the black cloud one bit. It was making him think of going and lying in the sun to sleep it off. Finally, the cat gave up. The armor was proof against his claws and the cloud, ill-tuned as it was to the biology of a feline, was making inroads on his strength. Finally, with a yowl of disappointment, the cat disengaged.
Dionys took a swipe at the white figure as it ran off but missed and turned back to Herzer, just as the boy launched himself through the air. He had watched Azure's attack and recognized that the power field did not recognize a body within its reach. Despite the pain of his hand and the weakness caused by the cloud he threw himself on Dionys' shield arm, clasping McCanoc around the waist with his legs and trying to work a dagger into the chink between his cuirass and gorget.
Dionys let out a bellow of anger, shook himself again, stabbing with his sword and trying to rid himself of Herzer. But when he felt the dig of the dagger on the cloth under the armor he threw himself on the ground, slamming Herzer on his back and driving all the air from his lungs.
Herzer found himself on the ground, totally spent. The cloud had seeped the strength from his body and the impact of Dionys on him was the last straw. He felt ribs crack under his opponent's weight and his dagger flew out of nerveless fingers. As Dionys scrambled to his feet he tried to stand up, roll, anything, but all he could do was lie on the ground and await his fate.
"That's it," Dionys muttered, stumbling to his feet and lifting his sword. "I'm tired of you, Herzer." He raised the sword again, point downward and prepared to thrust just as a saber slashed out from the side and struck his armor in a shower of sparks.
Dionys spun in place and cut back, fast and hard, only to have Bast avoid the blow with a laugh. "You'll have to do better than that," she said, dancing backwards. "Nobody roughs up my pretty-boy and gets away with it."
"Will you people just give up?" Dionys shouted and leapt forward but wherever he slashed the elf was never there, dancing in with a merry chuckle and raking her sword along his armor. "Faster, Dionys McCanoc, faster," she said. "You need to learn the dance."
And, indeed, it was a dance she led him as McCanoc furiously chased her around the encampment. Occasionally someone else would attempt to intervene but none of their weapons could pierce the power shield around his armor and Bast laughingly waved them off as blow after blow fell upon his plate. But though she could pierce the power field, she could make not a dent in the armor and after a while there was nothing but the grunting of the giant plate-armored figure and the laughter of the elf. The militia had at first fallen back but now moved forward, watching the swordplay and commenting on it. They were careful, however, to stay far outside the range of the black cloud around McCanoc that seemed to have no effect on the elf.
Herzer found himself lifted to a sitting position by Rachel who frowned at his hand. "This is a right mess," she said, waving at some stretcher bearers.
Herzer shook his head as they approached. "I want to see," he said.
"Okay," she sighed, wrapping his mangled hand in a bandage. "We'll wait. But I think we're all doomed. Bast can't get through his armor and all he needs is one lucky blow. Oh, hell."
"Bast," Edmund said, stepping to the edge of the duel. "Feel like tagging out?"
Herzer didn't know where he'd come from; it was as if he'd just appeared. The boy wasn't sure what the old warrior was going to do against the nannite cloud and the much larger McCanoc, but having him there was comforting.
"Not . . . yet," she replied. The elf, for all her stamina, was slowing down and McCanoc seemed to have unlimited reserves of energy.
"I'm going to kill you," Dionys said, panting. "Then all the rest of you. Rape Daneh again, rape that bitch daughter, rape your still warm corpse."
"I don't think so," Bast gasped but as she said it her foot turned on a stone. She tried to turn the slip into a cartwheel but Dionys darted forward, his sword licking out, and caught her on the upper thigh. As the bright blue blood spilled out on the ground he raised the sword up, point downward, for a killing thrust.
"My turn," Edmund said, stepping forward to interpose his shield as Bast scrambled backwards. Some of the militia grabbed her and drew her back into their midst, shielding her from McCanoc's view.
"Now you, old man?" Dionys said, stepping back and laughing. "Don't you people give up? My orcs will be up here before long and your damned 'Blood Lord' pussies aren't going to be able to stop them with me in their midst."
"I see you kenned some armor," Talbot replied calmly, hefting his hammer.
"Kenned hell, Fukyama could see a good deal when it was presented to him," McCanoc replied, lifting his visor for a moment. He was far enough back that the cloud barely reached Talbot but he appeared puzzled that it didn't seem to have any effect. The cloud seemed to be hovering just a short distance from the baron's armor as if it was afraid to touch it. He looked at it questioningly for a moment and then dropped his visor, dropping into a guard position.
"You can't defeat me, either, 'Baron' Edmund," he said, stepping forward carefully and jabbing at Edmund with his sword. The hypersharp weapon struck Edmund's shield but the baron turned the blow aside, letting the point slither off the metal surface.
"No weapon is proof against my armor," McCanoc continued, circling his smaller opponent. "My blade will go right through your armor and my cloud will kill you even if my blade doesn't. Nice, isn't it? It's a medical protocol that Chansa gifted me with. Your wife will like it, I think. Perhaps I'll feed her to it, after our child is born. You are going to die, here, Edmund Talbot."
"I think not," the baron replied, sighing. "Taunting, taunting, taunting. I halfway expect you to say 'neener neener.' So far your cloud doesn't appear to be working." He turned aside another blow lightly and stepped to the side, holding his hammer at the ready. "And, you know, Dionys, you really aren't very good at taunting."
"D'you think you can do better?" Dionys snapped, leaping forward and driving a blow against Talbot's shield. This time, Talbot caught the blow full against it and the sword rang as it was stopped by the metal of the shield.
"Oh, yes," Edmund replied. "What? You don't think I'd have standard armor, do you? I'm a master-smith. Of course it's power-armor you twit! As to taunting . . . Try this." He thought for a moment then cleared his throat.
"Dionys, thou art a coward. Sooth doth thou send others before thee and refrain from the strife thyself. Thou strikest women yet shirk to strike a man, lest thy pustulent skin be cut by a blade fairer than thy own. Sooth, thou art a coward, McCanoc."
"What?" Dionys shouted, slamming another blow into the shield. Edmund turned it aside as if it was of no importance and continued.
"Dionys, thou art a braggart. Braggart thou art for nought, for in every contest thou art defeated. Fighter of weaklings and braggarts like thyself, whensoever a true knight face thee, thou runs away. Yet, in sooth, from this cowardly retreat dost thou make brag. McCanoc, thou art a braggart."
Herzer watched in amazement as the smith started to dance around his much larger opponent, taking blow after blow unfazed and practically singing his taunts as Dionys began slamming out blows in naked fury.
"Dionys, thou art smelly. Thy breath stinks of the rotten ejacula of horses, which, sooth, thou dost love as thy morning drink. Thy body reeks with the stench of fear, and the manure of asparagus-eating goats is better than the smell from thy mustache. McCanoc, thou art a stinker."
At this Dionys let out a bellow like none before and began chasing Edmund around the defile. Others got out of their way, laughing now at Edmund's taunts. Despite McCanoc's size he could never seem to catch the smith.
"Dionys, thou art ugly. Thy orcs doth not run forward to the fight, but away from thy countenance. Sooth, in the history of the ill-favored, thy name is held in high esteem. Thy whore mother screamed at first sight of thee as the replicator burst open of its own accord in horror. The ill-fortuned persons that were forced to care for thee had to put a pork chop around thy neck to get the dog to play with thee. Further, sooth, when it did, it mistook thy ass for thy face and preferred it to lick. McCanoc, thou art ugly.
"Dionys, thou art stupid. Thrice hast thou attacked us and thrice have we thrown thee back, though we be but, forsooth, a fraction of thy number. Thou art unlettered and hath never read of the term 'defeat in detail,' for, assuredly, but those few letters would require all day and the use of both of your pustulent forefingers. But the veriest simpleton canst understand that thine tactics are those of a school-yard bully held back until his tutors at last release him as a man full grown yet unable to manage fingerpainting. The very fact that thou canst breathe must be by the arts of some homunculi or hob, smarter than thou, who doth sit upon thy shoulder and whisper in thy ear, 'breathe in, breathe out' else surely thou wouldst cease in this vital activity for lack of thought. Canst thou walk and chew bubble gum at the same time it is asked and I cry 'Nay' for I have found you, face down, the bubble gum before you upon the ground as proof.
"McCanoc, thou art stupid."
"And that," he finished taking another blow on the shield and stopping his dance, "is how a professional insults someone! Now, go away, or I'll start in on Arabic you miserable mound of gelatinous pus!"
Herzer wished that he could see Dionys' face; he figured he was just about to have a stroke. His voice was hoarse and it sounded almost as if he was crying.
"You're going to pay for that Edmund Talbot!" McCanoc yelled, slamming his own shield into Edmund's and then striking with his sword. Edmund turned both attacks with almost contemptuous ease and slapped the sword blade aside with his hammer. Herzer noticed that while McCanoc was winded, Edmund appeared as fresh as when the contest had started.
"And that is such a comeback," Talbot sighed, hefting his hammer. "Do you know why it doesn't bother me when people taunt me with the name Edmund?"
"No," Dionys said, stepping forward until the black cloud enveloped the smith. "And I don't care. I'm going to kill you."
"It's because it's not my name," Talbot replied, softly. "It's the name of my brother, who died in Anarchia. He went there like a lot of young men used to go, to try to find some true competition in this world. And, like most, he fell victim to the anarchy that it is named after, killed in some pointless skirmish. I didn't know that at the time, so I followed him in. It took me years to determine his fate. Years in which, in searching for my brother, I found what I thought was my destiny."
His voice had gone cold and hard and even McCanoc had stopped, awed by some depth he couldn't understand, hidden in the simple tones of the smith.
"My name, is Charles," Talbot snarled at last, and as he did he was enwrapped in a blue glow that drove back the cloud in flashes of silver light. "And you, Dionys, are about to find out why I am called THE HAMMER!"
The hammer slashed forward faster than the eye could follow, faster even than Bast's lightning sword blows and Dionys was smashed backwards in a blast of sparks. His shield was shattered and he tossed it off with a cry, cradling his arm as the smith advanced.
"King of Anarchia you wished to be, right?" Talbot said, catching Dionys' wild swing on his shield and shedding the power blade as if it were a zephyr of wind. "Wanted to destroy all of my good work, did you?" he continued, slamming the hammer into Dionys' shoulder and casting him backwards in another blast of blue sparks. "Want to take over my town, do you?" he asked, hammering McCanoc's sword arm as his opponent took another wild swing. The sword sailed harmlessly away as Talbot stepped forward relentlessly, pressing the much larger fighter up against the edge of the road cut. "Raped my wife, did you?" Edmund said, fury in his voice as Dionys ducked his head and charged. "Kill her just like bastards like you killed my brother?"
Edmund stepped easily aside and laid the hammer across the back of McCanoc's helmet with another shower of sparks that made the hammer ring like a bell. The black-armored figure was left stretched in the dust and Edmund raised the hammer over his head for a killing blow. "I don't think so."
"Edmund!" Sheida called from above. The battlefield was suddenly shadowed as a flight of wyverns, each with a lance-wielding rider on its back, landed on the hills. "Don't!" She dismounted and scrambled to the ground, waving at him frantically as her lizard flew down ahead of her. "Damnit, even if we didn't need him, you can't kill him that way!"
Harry was on one of the wyverns as well and waved a sardonic salute at Edmund before the flight took off down the valley. The orcs had, indeed, been reforming for another assault but as the dragons swept down on them they scattered for the trees. The wyverns passed on and from down the valley came frantic neighing from the pack train as the beasts flew over.
Edmund flexed his hand on the hammer and looked up at the council member angrily. Finally, he nodded curtly, then raised the hammer over his head and brought it down on the small of Dionys' back instead of his head.
"Fine," he snarled. "I never said I'd let him walk again. Or use his dick."
Sheida shook her head angrily and climbed down from the heights, running to McCanoc. As she approached she lifted a hand and concentrated for a moment until the black cloud settled and dissipated into dust. She then ran her hand down McCanoc's back, looking inward and rocked back on her heels.
"That was a pretty precisely calculated blow," she said, looking up at Edmund.
"Yeah, wasn't it," he replied. "And if you fix it, all bets are off." He turned to Herzer and shook his head at his hand, and the downed Blood Lords scattered around the recumbent figure. "Sorry about that. I guess I should have sent you guys to deal with the orcs. Nobody's perfect."
Azure stalked over to the downed prey and sniffed at the body, yowling angrily. Then he turned around and kicked dirt onto the body, which was the only way to deal with a defeated enemy in his opinion. With a sniff, he wandered off. It was time to find some food and a good place to curl up in the sun.


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300 more county jobs axed
Recession blamed as firms shut sites, cut workers
The recession has forced yet another Ventura County business to close its doors, while others are cutting jobs to increase efficiency and respond to changing demand.
It adds up to more than 300 additional county jobs that will be lost by the end of next month, according to a review of layoff notices filed with the state. The county's unemployment rate stood at 9.1 percent in January.
Celestica Inc. plans to close its Oxnard location, removing 81 jobs from the community next month.
Celestica is an international contract electronics manufacturer headquartered in Toronto. The Oxnard location specializes in flat-panel display repair.
A company spokesperson could not be reached for comment Friday.
At the start of 2008, the company announced it would make job cuts, plant closures and cost reductions in addition to ones made in 2007. It did not announce specifics at that time.
Celestica's revenue for 2008 was down 4.9 percent from the previous year.
In the company's earnings conference call at the end of January, company leaders spoke of Celestica's intent to accelerate its restructuring plan this year to more aggressively reduce costs and capacity.
The company reportedly is planning to close a plant in Minneapolis by November as part of the restructuring.
Oxnard also is losing jobs at Workrite Uniform, which sent a letter to the county last week stating it would permanently lay off about 75 people on March 6. The letter noted that employees would be "paid in lieu of notice."
The company was listed as one of the county's top employers in the Ventura County 2009 Real Estate & Economic Outlook. It was listed as having 415 employees in January.
Workrite, which manufacturers flame-resistant uniforms, is a subsidiary of privately owned Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. The company did not provide details about the cuts beyond stating they were done to "maintain business efficiency."
In the letter to the county Board of Supervisors, Workrite President Keith Suddaby wrote: "During 2008 and now into 2009 Workrite has experienced changes and fluctuations affecting the marketing, manufacturing and operational aspects of our company. Because of marketing trends and operational projections, it is necessary that Workrite carry out the reduction in force."
He added that the company had no alternative.
Three other local companies have sent letters to the state and local governments informing them of layoffs planned for April.
Farmers Services LLC in Simi Valley plans to cut 82 jobs April 10; Zebra Technologies Corp. in Camarillo plans to cut 44 jobs April 27; and Hollingshead International in Ventura plans to cut 35 jobs April 6.
Spokesmen for Farmers Group Inc. said the positions being cut in Simi Valley were announced in October. Employees who answer calls about auto and home insurance were told their positions would be moving to three locations: Hillsboro, Ore.; Olathe, Kan.; and Austin, Texas, said Jerry Davies, media relations director.
The company held job fairs and résumé writing classes for those who chose not to relocate, but gave employees until April 10 to make that decision. Several employees are still considering the relocation offer, but those who choose not to move will be given severance packages, Davies said.
About 20 people already have decided to relocate, while others have retired or taken other jobs with the company. The 82 positions reported to the state are what remains.
Farmers has close to 1,100 jobs at its Simi Valley building and, though the company is moving the 120 positions to its new service centers, it anticipates growing other jobs in Simi Valley in the coming years, said Mark Toohey, senior vice president of media relations.
"The Simi Valley facility for Farmers remains very important, very viable," he said.
Farmers has been in that location since 1982. The company will most likely grow jobs in commercial insurance for businesses in that location, Toohey said.
The cuts at Zebra Technologies are part of a larger plan for the company to move its U.S. printer production to a third-party manufacturer in China, said Marty Holtzman, human resources director. The company, headquartered in Illinois, announced the plan a year ago and is having to make the shift to keep up with competitors that have already made that switch, he said.
Zebra has between 600 and 650 employees in Camarillo, Holtzman said. Many affected by the cuts are production floor workers.
Holtzman said the company is providing an array of resources beyond a severance package to help employees transition to new jobs.
The company has brought in the county's Rapid Response to offer services such as job banks and résumé assistance, brought in an outplacement firm to help people find jobs, offered computer training, opened a career center on site and plans to have a job fair later this month with local employers and employment agencies.
More cuts will follow. The company plans to have all production moved by the middle of 2010, which Holtzman estimates eventually will leave around 200 employees in Camarillo, about one-third of its current work force.
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CUMBERLAND - Edward J. Gorman, 77, passed on July 19th, he was the longtime companion of Danny Savard.
Born in Maine, he was the son of the late Patrick O. Gorman and Jane (Blouin) McClaine.
He had been employed in the jewelry industry for many years.
Besides his companion he is survived by his beloved dog "Mollie", his aunts, Ester Morgan of Augusta, Maine, and Emma Watts of Alabama and many cousins.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10am in the Keefe Funeral Home, Five Higginson Ave, Lincoln. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket. Relatives and friends are invited. Calling hours will be held Tuesday from 5 to 7pm. For online condolences visit www.thekeefefuneralhome.com
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After placing my order I kindly asked Shannon, the creator of these fine tarts, if she would kindly extend some sort of discount to reader's of Musings of a Muse. And indeed, she gave me some great coupons for you guys to use!
- Scrub20
- Soap20
- Tart20
Put one of these coupons in the special notes section at checkout and for every $20 you spend you will a full size Holiday product for free!
If you spend $40 or $60…etc…you can combo codes to get another free product! The codes will work up until December 1st, 2011.
Hope you enjoy this coupon! I highly recommend checking her tarts out.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the Bathing Garden. The tarts in this post and my other post I purchased. I liked them so much I thought I'd reach out to the seller and ask for a discount for reader's of Musings of a Muse.
10/21/11 13:14 Nicole R.:
I just got my order from her today and her tarts are phenomenal!!! Thanks Muse for your original post on her a few weeks ago, I'm definitely ordering more!!!
10/21/11 13:44 Nicole R.:
Will do Muse, thanks again!!!
10/22/11 10:09 woots:
Hello can you recommend a couple of must-have scents? thanks <3
10/22/11 15:28 Olivia:
Try her body scrubs! You will not be disappointed. & I got a free scrub and a soap sample from her too
10/22/11 18:32 Kerri:
Damn, she only ships to US:(
Guess they would be heavy/hence expensive shipping to Australia
10/24/11 17:13 Kimryan8:
Hi Muse
I am so glad to see you pimpin' the Etsy stuff. I sell on Etsy too and love buying things from fellow Etsy-ers. I am also glad to hear of the good review. I love tarts! Thanks for asking for the 20 offers!
12/5/11 22:18 Rose heart:
Got an order a few weeks ago and while the scents are strong there were a few I hated the smell and because it was so strong i could not just blend it with another one.