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The Middle Plantation Treaty of 1677
Between Virginia's Indian Head Chiefs and Charles II (The King of Great Britain, France and Ireland)
With the several Indian Kings and Queens and Assignors and Subscribers hereunto made and Concluded at the
Camp of Middle plantation, the 29th day May, 1677; being the day of the most happy birth and Restoration of our
said Sovereign Lord, and in the XXIX year of his said Majesties Reign.
By the Right Honorable Herbert Jeffreys Esquire Governor and Capt. General of his Majesties Colony of Virginia;
Present the Honorable Sir John Berry, Knight and Francis Morrrison, Esquire his most Sacred Majesties
Commissioners appointed under the great Seale of England for the Virginia affairs, And the Honorable Council of
State of the said Colony.
Whereas his most Sacred Mantle hath of his own Royal grace and mere motion entrusted to my care and endeavors
the Renewing management and concluding a good peace with the Neighbor Indians in order whereunto with the
advice and Assistance of the honorable Sir John Berry, Knight and Francis Morrison, Esquire I have here caused to
be drawn up these ensuing Articles and Overtures for the firm grounding and sure establishment of a good and just
Peace with the said Indians, and that it my be a Secure and homing one founded upon the strong Pillars of
Reciprocal Justice by confirming to them their just Rights and by Redress of their wrongs and injuries that so the
great God who is god of peace and Lover of Justice may uphold and prosper this out mutual League and Amity. It is
hereby Concluded, consented to and mutually agreed as follows:
[The following is an abbreviation of the 22 agreements between the Indians and the English]
I. That the respective Indian kings and queens acknowledge their immediate dependency on and their subjugation to
the great King of England, his heirs and successors when they pay tribute to the governor for the time being.
II. That the said kings and queens and their subjects shall hold their land and property by patent under the seal of
his majesties colony, without any fee gratuity or reward for the same in the manner of his majesty's subjects, and
paying yearly, three arrows for the same.
III. That all in agreement with us (the English) the Indians shall have sufficient land on which to plant and shall never
have this land taken from them or disturbed therein so long as they maintain obedience and subjugation to his
majesty, his governor and government and remain in friendship to the English.
IV. The mutual discontentment, complaints, jealousies between the English and Indians caused by violent intrusions
of various English into their lands, forcing the Indians to seek revenge by killing English cattle and hogs, whereby
both sides offended and injured each other and caused the peace to be broken. The late unhappy rebellion caused
so much ruin and misery, that there must be as much as possible the prevention of injuries and evil consequences.
So we conclude and enact that no English shall seat or plant within three miles of any Indian town. Anyone who
encroaches on Indian lands shall be removed, and proceedings shall be brought against them by the Governor and
the laws enacted by the Assembly.
V. That the said Indians shall be protected, their persons and goods defended from injuries by the English. The
aggrieved Indians should first address themselves to the governor without rashly taking hostile action themselves.
VI. That no Indian king or queen shall be imprisoned without a special warrant from his majesty's governor and two of
the Council. That no other Indian shall be imprisoned without a warrant from a Justice of the Peace and without
sufficient cause of commitment.
VII. That the said Indians have and enjoy the convenience of oystering, fishing and gathering Tuckahoe, wild oats,
rushes, pecans, or anything else for their natural support that is not useful to the English or from which the English
obtain revenues. For any lawful occasion, to always obtain a certificate from a magistrate, to return the certificate
when they are through with their business, to then go directly home, not to wear or carry any weapon during the
conducting of business, or not to lodge in any Englishman's house at night.
VIII. That no foreign Indian comes to an Englishman's plantation without a friendly neighborhood Indian in his
company and without the previously mentioned certificate. And that no Indian king refuses to send a safe conduct
with the foreigner upon the lawful occasion. And that no Indian paint or disguise themselves when they come in.
IX. That all Indian Kings and Queens tributary to the English having notice of any march of strange Indians near the
English quarters or plantations do forthwith repair to some of the next officers of the militia and acquaint him of their
nation, number and design and which way they bend their Course.
X. That if necessary a convenient party be presently sent out by the next Militia to aide and strengthen and join with
Friendly Indians against any foreign attempt, incursion, or depredation upon the Indian town.
XI. That every Indian fit to bare arms of the neighboring Nations in peace with us, have such quantity of powder and
shot allotted him as Right Honorable the Governor shall think fit on any occasion, and that such members of them be
ready to go out with our forces upon any march against the enemy and to Receive such pay for their good services,
as shall be thought fit.
XII. That each Indian King and Queen have equal power to govern their own people, except the Queen of Pamunkey
to whom several scattered Indians do now again own their ancient Subjection and are agreed to come in and plant
themselves under power and government who with her are also hereby included in this present League and treaty of
peace and are to keep and observe the same towards the said Queen in all things as her subjects as well as towards
the English.
XIII. That no person whatever shall entertain or keep any Neighbor Indian as Servant or otherwise, but by license of
ye Governor and to be upon the obligation answerable for all injuries and damages by him of them happen to be
done on any English.
XIV. That no English harbor or entertain any vagrant or Runaway Indian, but convey him home by way of pass from
Justice to Justice to his own town under penalty of paying so much per day for harboring him as by the Law for
entertaining Runaways is Recoverable.
XV. That no Indian of those in Amity with us shall serve for any longer time than English of the like Ages should serve
by act of Assembly, and shall not be sold as Slaves.
XVI. That every King and Queen in the month of March every year with some of their great men tender their
obedience to the Right Honorable his Majesties Governor at the place of his residence, whenever it shall be, and
then and there pay the accustomed rent of twenty beaver skins, to the Governor and also their quit rent aforesaid, in
acknowledgement that they hold the Crowns, and Lands of the great King of England.
XVII. That due care be had and taken that those Indian Kings and Queens their great men and attendants that come
on any public business to the Right Honorable Governor Council of Assembly may be accommodated with provisions
and houseroom at the public charge. And that no English Subject shall abuse, revile, hurt or wrong them at any time
in word or deed.
XVIII. That upon discord or breach of Peace happening to arise between any of the Indians in amity with the English
upon the first appearance and beginning thereof, and before they open Acts of hostility or war one against another
they shall repair to his Majesties Governor by whose justice and wisdom it is concluded such difference shall be
made upon and decided, and to whose final determination the said Indian shall Submit and conform themselves.
XIX. That for preventing the frequent mischiefs and mistakes occasioned by unfaithful and corrupt interpreters , and
for more Safety satisfaction, and advantage both of the Indians and the English, that there be one of each nation of
our neighboring Indians, that that already can or become capable of speaking English, admitted together with those
of ye English to their own interpreters.
XX. That the several Indians concluded in this peace forthwith restore to the Respective English parents and owners,
all such children servants, and horses, which at any time taken from them, and now remaining with them ye said
Indians, or which they can make discovery of.
XXI. That the trade with the said Indians be continued, limited, restrained, or laid open, as shall make best for ye
peace and quiet in the Country, upon which affair the Governor will consult with the Council and Assembly, and
conclude thereon at their next meeting.
XXII. That it is further agreed that all Indians and English in the Province of Maryland are included in these Articles of
peace, And that neither party shall offend the other without breach of his Majesties peace.
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The following documents provide an insight into the history of the Powhatan Confederacy tribes' cultural
survival in historic Virginia Territory, which includes the present day states of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina,
and Washington, D.C.
There have been annual treaty ceremonies in Virginia between the chiefs of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey
(reservation tribes) and the governor of Virginia (who was once the King of England's official representative in
Virginia) since 1646. Although the original treaty signing was observed by a ceremony conducted in the month
of March, the current ceremony is held during "Thanksgiving Week" in November. The Middle Plantation Treaty
of 1677 is representative of a universal treaty format commonly used between indigenous populations and
European colonial powers. A Maori from New Zealand, upon reading the treaty, was struck by its familiarity.
Virginia's Indians continued to struggle for survival into the 20th century. In 1924, the General Assembly of
Virginia directed the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to lay the foundation for a more systematic process of
"document genocide" practiced against Indians residing in the state. The brutal enforcement of the "Racial
Integrity Act of 1924" enabled state officials to destroy Virginia Indians' records and reclassify them and their
descendants as "colored", and later, "black". If you called yourself "Indian", you could be imprisoned, denied the
right to go to public schools, refused employment, forbidden to obtain a marriage certificate, or barred from
having your newborn child released from the hospital to go home. Other states adopted this heinous practice.
Even today, in the 21st century, descendants of indigenous Virginia Indians born in Washington, D.C., Maryland
and Virginia have been denied the right to be recorded as "Indian" on birth, death and marriage certificates. This
legacy of racism continues to have a negative impact on federal and state recognition of Indian communities
that have survived despite "document genocide". The following "Act to Preserve Racial Integrity" reveals how
"document genocide" promoted racism.
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the State Registrar of Vital Statistics may as soon as
practicable after the taking effect of this act, prepare a form whereon the racial composition of any individual, as
Caucasian, negro, Mongolian, American Indian, Asiatic Indian, Malay, or any mixture thereof, or any other
non-Caucasic strains, and if there be any mixture, then the racial composition of the parents and other
ancestors, in so far as ascertainable, so as to show in what generation such mixture occurred, may be certified
by such individual, which form shall be known as a registration certificate. The State Registrar may supply to
each local registrar a sufficient number of such forms for the purpose of this act; each local registrar may
personally or by deputy, as soon as possible after receiving said forms, have made thereon in duplicate a
certificate of the racial composition as aforesaid, of each person resident in his district, who so desires, born
before June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, which certificate shall be made over the signature of said
person, or in the case of children under fourteen years of age, over the signature of a parent, guardian, or other
person standing in loco parentis. One of said certificates for each person thus registering in every district shall
be forwarded to the State Registrar for his files; the other shall be kept on file by the local registrar.
Every local registrar may, as soon as practicable, have such registration certificate made by or for each person
in his district who so desires, born before June fourteen, nineteen hundred and twelve, for whom he has not on
file a registration certificate, or a birth certificate.
2. It shall be a felony for any person wilfully or knowingly to make a registration certificate false as to color or
race. The wilful making of a false registration or birth certificate shall be punished by confinement in the
penitentiary for one year.
3. For each registration certificate properly made and returned to the State Registrar, the local registrar
returning the same shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents, to be paid by the registrant. Application for
registration and for transcript may be made direct to the State Registrar, who may retain the fee for expenses of
his office.
4. No marriage license shall be granted until the clerk or deputy clerk has reasonable assurance that the
statements as to color of both man and woman are correct.
If there is reasonable cause to disbelieve that applicants are of pure white race, when that fact is stated, the
clerk or deputy clerk shall withhold the granting of the license until satisfactory proof is produced that both
applicants are "white persons" as provided for in this act.
The clerk or deputy clerk shall use the same care to assure himself that both applicants are colored, when that
fact is claimed.
5. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any white person in this State to marry any save a white person, or a person
with no other admixture of blood than white and American Indian. For the purpose of this act, the term "white
person" shall apply only to the person who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian; but
persons who have one-sixteenth or less of the blood of the American Indian and have no other non-Caucasic
blood shall be deemed to be white persons. All laws heretofore passed and now in effect regarding the
intermarriage of white and colored persons shall apply to marriages prohibited by this act.
6. For carrying out the purposes of this act and to provide the necessary clerical assistance, postage and other
expenses of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, twenty per cent of the fees received by local registrars under
this act shall be paid to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics, which may be expended by the said bureau for the
purposes of this act.
7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed.
(Please note that 5. is sometimes referred to as the "Pocahontas Clause", since many prominent white Virginia
families are proud to claim "the Indian Princess" as an ancestor.)
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The Signe of the Queen of Pomunkey on behalf of
herself & the severall Indians under her Subjection.
The Signe of the King of the Nottowayes.
The Signe of Capt. John West, sonne of the Queen
of Pomunkey.
The Signe of Peracuta, King of Appomattux.
The Signe of the Queen of Wayanoake.
The Signe of the King of the Nanzomond Indians.
The marke of Pattanochus, King of Nansaticoen.
The Signe of Shurenough, King of the Manakina.
The Signe of Mastegone, young King of the
The Signe of Tachapoake, Chiefe man of the
The Signe of Tachapoake, Chief man of the
The signe of Norehannah, next Chiefe man
of the Meherians.
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The Boston Globe's thumbnail review for Captain America says the movie "packs a powerful, but predictable, patriotic punch." How is that different from saying that it "packs a predictable, but powerful, patriotic punch?"
I'm curious about which construction you all think is the more positive, because this is a trick reviewers use all the time, choosing between
a powerful, but predictable, patriotic punch
a predictable, but powerful, patriotic punch
a powerful but predictable patriotic punch
a predictable but powerful patriotic punch
a powerful--but predictable--patriotic punch
a predictable--but powerful--patriotic punch
to hedge an opinion or (more frequently in our circles) to "say something nice" even when you don't feel particularly enthusiastic. But I'm not sure readers agree about which placement does what. I think that the second adjective generally has more of an impact than the first, but you could argue that the phrase set off by commas will be read more parenthetically and thus more readily dismissed. And if you don't use the commas, do the adjectives become equal?
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
September/October starred reviews
The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine.
The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (Dutton)
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade)
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar)
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (Dial)
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick)
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Holt)
A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson (Atheneum)
Orani: My Father's Village by Claire A. Nivola (Foster/Farrar)
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick; color by Hilary Sycamore (First Second)
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Scholastic)
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (Houghton)
The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (Dutton)
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade)
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar)
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (Dial)
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick)
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Holt)
A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson (Atheneum)
Orani: My Father's Village by Claire A. Nivola (Foster/Farrar)
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick; color by Hilary Sycamore (First Second)
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Scholastic)
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (Houghton)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Marvin Redpost v. Stanley Yelnats
This Guardian article about authors famous for the wrong book has me turning children's authors and titles over in my head. I do think Paula Fox's best book is One-Eyed Cat, not The Slave Dancer or Desperate Characters. I like Lois Lowry's Autumn Street more than The Giver, and Hilary McKay's The Exiles has it all over her books about the Cassons. In wake of my re-immersion in "Laura World" courtesy of Wendy McClure, I'm going with The Long Winter over any of the Wilder books with Little in the title.
Any iconoclasts feel like knocking something over?
Any iconoclasts feel like knocking something over?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Harry 76.5
Kazia Berkley-Cramer reviews the new Harry Potter movie over at Out of the Box. We just watched the first part of Deathly Hallows on TV the other night and I am still a little confused about the Horcruxes. Richard wanted to know why Voldemort and Harry were enemies, so I was at least glad to be able to know something about that.
[Cindy points out that the new movie is actually the second half of the seventh, not the sixth. Having given up halfway through the third I plead ignorance.]
[Cindy points out that the new movie is actually the second half of the seventh, not the sixth. Having given up halfway through the third I plead ignorance.]
Monday, July 18, 2011
With churned butter
Am reading @HalfPintIngalls' (aka Wendy McClure's) really engrossing The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, and I find myself unseasonably wishing for Laura's gingerbread.
Shocking? I hope so.
The Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature is gearing up for its biannual Summer Institute, this year themed "The Body Electric" and taking place July 28-July 31st. Simmons' favorites Jackie Woodson, Jack Gantos and M.T. Anderson will be there along with a host of others; hope to see you there.
Simmons College
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
July Notes
The July issue of Notes from the Horn Book is out, featuring "Five Questions for . . ." Sophie Blackall, a recent BGHB Honor honoree who seems to be everywhere these days and doing some great work. Also: new picture-book bios (talk about something that's everywhere), middle-grade fiction, and a roundup of the kind of YA novel the Wall Street Journal loves to hate.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Where Be There Dragon Ladies?
Margaret Tice has an article in the new SLJ, querying what the de-funding of supervisory youth services positions might mean for children's librarianship. If you missed them, take a look at Barbara Bader's acute portraits of two of the greats from NYPL: Anne Carroll Moore and Augusta Baker. In the latter, BB also has a good observation for those who think libraries can do without children's coordinators: "library work with children loses a spokesperson on the inside, and a representative to the outside: politically nullifying its two bases of support. Who's to say, then, what's good for children?"
Great Ladies,
School Library Journal
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Five Questions for Paolo Bacigalupi
It was kind of neat to talk to Paolo in New Orleans, which, in Ship Breaker, is underwater. He said he wasn't nervous. The Printz Award winner and I discussed how far away the future of his book actually was, a fact left undetermined for readers to sort out for themselves. (Some people like their dystopias, far, far away; others like to believe they could occur tomorrow.)
I asked Paolo his thoughts about the infamous Wall Street Journal article and was happy that the first thing out of his mouth was not "YA Saves" but "that writer owes Sherman Alexie an apology." Amen--Megan Cox Gurdon took a gratuitous swipe at The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian while skirting around the issue of whether she had read it or not. Paolo agreed with Alexie (and me) that "books should give you a boner." (No, not THAT kind. Necessarily.)
Congratulations, Paolo! I think Mike Printz would have loved Ship Breaker--he liked books that were rough and tough. Fans will be pleased to know that a book featuring the half-man Tool is forthcoming.
Science Fiction,
Five Questions for Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
Hee hee, Nic is afraid of ticKs. I think someone should write a picture book, A Tick for Nic. I told our Sibert Medalists that I would speak on their behalf to The Grobster, aka Betsy Groban, publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Books, about funding the intrepid pair for a trip to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, from whence they will return with a terrific book about squids and penguins. Or maybe that's two books. And I'm also happy to inform you that both Sy and Nic think (some) animals can love us back.
Congratulations, you two, and safe travels.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Five Questions for Brian Selznick
Brian has been a busy boy--not only is his Wonderstruck coming out this fall (I'm reviewing it for the September Horn Book) but Martin Scorsese's film of The Invention of Hugo Cabret will be out before Christmas. (In color AND 3-D, obviously intent on making miracles of a very different kind.)
I asked Brian if he had any plans for a little book (Wonderstruck being about a hundred pages longer than Hugo) and heavy-lifters will be happy he said "no, not really." But fans of his picture-book bios with Pam Muñoz Ryan will be happy to hear that the two are going to be working together again.
I also asked him if the boys in Wonderstruck were as, er, happy, as I thought they were and he didn't say yes, he didn't say no--but I'll save further speculation for my review, which I should be writing RIGHT NOW.
Picture Books
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Five Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia
Poor Rita--three times in PUBLIC I made her join me in singing the first line of "It Was Right on the Tip of My Tongue (and I Forgot to Say I Love You)" by Brenda and the Tabulations, a group referenced in One Crazy Summer. Rita, I promise I will learn the rest of the song, and I'm working on "Dry Your Eyes," too.
Fans will be pleased to know there will be another book about Delphine, but not just yet--Rita is working on a novel about virtual reality. I like it when writers step out of their boxes, even when it's just to write about mice.
Rita is the same age as I (thus our overlapping mental jukeboxes), and I asked her what she thought was the most important lesson of the 1960s. She said that the 60s made everyone make choices--the status quo was so indeterminate that you had to find your own way. I'm sure glad she found her way to writing.
Thanks for stopping by, Rita--and thanks to to HarperCollins, who threw a swell dinner for Rita's Scott O'Dell win. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Hall, Odell's widow and the award's administrator, was defeated by the weather and could not join us, but I had a fine time singing (again) with Rita, meeting her daughter, and spending some time with her sworn sister, Rosemary Brosnan.
Great Ladies,
Monday, July 04, 2011
Five Questions for Bryan Collier
It was clear from the start of our interview that Bryan Collier sees Dave the Potter from the point of view of one artist to another--their eras were different, their circumstances, their mediums, but what compelled Bryan was the (open) question of just what caused Dave to create his pots and--even more mysteriously--inscribe poetry into their clay. Why do people make art? More prosaically, Bryan also told me how he found a model who looked like his vision of Dave, whose likeness remains unknown. Congrats to Bryan Collier on his Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor; agent Marcia Wernick profiles him here.
Picture Books
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Five Questions for Tomie dePaola
At last! I have loved Tomie's books since being a children's librarian (even thirty years ago, he seemed to have picture books about everything), and we've worked together on some articles and two Horn Book covers, but we had never met. He looks like he drew himself. And a man of firm opinions: his favorite own book? Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. Favorite fellow Wilder winner? Ashley Bryan. Digital future? Picture books will never go away. And--in another self-interested question--he said he'd love to illustrate a book of opera plots, and with his editor Nancy Paulsen sitting in the front row, I told him I wanted to write it. Tomie's old friend Barbara Elleman introduces him here.
Great to finally meet you, Tomie!
Great Guys,
Picture Books
Five Questions for Erin and Phil Stead
Way to make me feel old. These two are completely adorable and I want their lives (and dog). When I asked them who their favorite Caldecott winners were, I loved that they both reached back to Evaline Ness, a choice both fresh and true to their DIY aesthetic. And despite being joined at the hip since high school, they each maintain a clear sense of artistic self, working in the same studio but (at least as I pictured it) back to back. Thanks for stopping by!
P.S. To the person who made my heart stop after the interview by insisting that it was pronounced "STEED," wrong.
Picture Books
Five Questions for Clare Vanderpool
With Clare, her being from Kansas and writing about Kansas and loving Kansas and all, I got to reminisce about Mike Printz, who ran an oral history project with his Topeka West High teens, documenting the lives of famous Kansans. (We did an SLJ article together called "E.T.'s Mom Phones Home," about how Mike's teens got Kansas actress Dee Wallace to come to their school.) But I was thrilled to hear that Clare's next book will be set in Maine, Vanderpool regarding Abilene's story as "finished" and laudably resisting the trend toward sequelization.
Her kids and husband were there, her sister was there, and, wow, is she poised. And, as she also demonstrated in her Newbery speech the next evening, very funny. Thanks for coming, Clare!
Friday, July 01, 2011
Five Questions for Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan, pointing out where he gets his ideas. |
Rick Riordan, first up in our Live Five series at ALA, has to be one of the nicest people in the world. When I asked him if he had problems with people worried over "false gods," he couldn't even offer me a stern lecture for the would-be censors, saying that his books have mostly stayed off that particular radar, perhaps because his Percy Jackson and Kane Family Chronicles never take their source material too seriously. In my first of a few self-interested questions, I asked Rick if he had any plans to head north to Valhalla--my favorite pantheon--but he said no, the Greco-Romans and the Egyptians kept him busy enough. AND popular--the stage area was packed well before the interview began.
Thank you, Rick!
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Pairing food & wine | How to choose wine for dinner and other meals
Matching Food and Wine – Best food and wine matches
Matching food and wine is something of an art. However, even the novice can follow a few guidelines that will definitely improve their ability to appropriately pair a wine with a meal.
Wine Pairing Rule One
One guideline to live by in pairing food and wine: Light foods go with light wines. Heavy foods go with heavy wines. Delicate meals need a light wine. Heavier meals need a bigger wine.
Example: Filet of Sole goes nicely with a Sauvignon Blanc, not a Zinfandel.
Example: A pesto pizza with prosciutto and cheese goes nicely with a Zinfandel, not a Sauvignon Blanc.
Wine Pairing Rule Two
If you like your everyday red or white wine, don't worry about trying to match the food you are eating with that particular wine. What matters most is that you like how your wine tastes. Not every meal requires the perfect match with a wine.
Wine Pairing Rule Three
For that special bottle of wine, whether it be a gift, an expensive wine, a highly-rated wine, or sentimental wine, plan the meal around that bottle of wine. Let's say it is a California Cabernet Sauvignon. Check out our pairing list for Cabernet and then plan your meal. The pairing list is below.
Wine Pairing Rule Four – Practice, practice, practice! Here is how!
Experiment with two or more wines
Cook up a great entrée and open a couple of bottles or more of wine that follow the rules above. Taste each wine without the food. Taste the food without the wine. Taste one wine and then the food. Taste the other wine, then the food. Does one wine match better with the food? This is really fun to do with friends and discuss what each likes.
Go to a Restaurant that has a food and wine pairing menu
Many restaurants now offer food and wine pairing meals. They are a delight and a good way to start to learn about pairing food with wine. You pay a set price and receive three or four different servings, each paired with a different wine. We have done this several times and we find it is fun and very educational.
Visit a winery that has an educational wine pairing
Two examples are: The Mayo Family Winery Reserve Room in Sonoma and the Robert Sinskey Winery in the Napa Valley.
Open a bottle of Chardonnay, for example. Taste it after biting into a slice of apple. Taste it after a piece of soft cheese, then a hard cheese. Squeeze a bit of juice from a lemon on a cracker. Just look around your kitchen and try different foods. You will discover right and wrong combinations.
Last and Final Rule
Don't worry too much about all the fuss, just enjoy a beautiful glass of wine.
Food and Wine Matches – Examples
Sauvignon Blanc – white or light fish, mild cheese, fruit
Chardonnay – grilled chicken, salmon, shellfish, and grilled fish, anything with a cream sauce.
Pinot Noir – light meats, chicken, grilled anything, salmon.
Merlot – pasta, red meat, duck, smoked or grilled foods
Zinfandel – tomato pasta dishes, pizza, pesto, red meats, chicken with heavy sauces
Cabernet Sauvignon – red meats, especially a juicy barbequed steak, grilled and smoked foods.
Syrah – red meats, spicy pizzas, herbed sauces on red meat, turkey, smoked meats
Dry Rosé – salads, pasta salads, BBQ chicken or fish, light spicy foods
See the Varietal Chart for information on the weight of the various varietals.
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Nifty car. Keep it original.I saw an engine on e bay a while back. Parts are around.Be sure not to overtighten the timing belt. People used to do that and it resulted in a cam locked up in the head after a few minutes of running and pretty much trashed them out. Not meant to scare you by any means , just want to make you aware. Tensioning a belt is not as difficult as one might think, so dont let that worry yourself either.
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Had a '68 LeMans w/the Sprint engine. Used to blow people's minds when they saw the Q-jet sitting atop the engine! I also had a 3-speed w/OEM Hurst shifter. Not caring about originality (this was in the early '70's, you could buy these cars anywhere) I quickly replaced the 6 w/a 428 and never looked back. But for its size (250ci/215HP) it ran pretty good. The OHC engines were known to leak oil. If yours does, it's most likely going to mean replacing the gasket between the block and the "accessory drive" that has the oil pump, fuel pump and distributor drive. While you're there, go ahead and replace that old cam belt- you'll be glad you did. |
Your '67 OHC Firebird sure brings back memories. Dad helped me buy a car for college and my heart was wanting a Sunbeam Tiger, Ford V8 powered British car. His reply was none of our family cars needed a V8 except the one that will be towing our travel trailer. So, I hit him up for a Jag XKE (6 cylinder) and used back then was really cheap, around $2,000.00. No dice, as he said we weren't the Rockefellers. So I did my research and discovered the OHC Firebird, found one with 24,000 miles and a 4 speed, like new condition and bought it for $1,600.00. Great car, with the same hp as a 289 Ford. One thing you might want to try, if you are using the stock air cleaner, turn the lid upside down and screw back on. This allows the engine to pull filtered air from the 1/2" gap instead of the snorkel, and when the secondaries open up, gives that great secondary growl. |
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Cop throws out charges in exchange for oral sex from pornstar
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has suspended a trooper who allegedly received a sexual favor from a porn star and recorded the act with a camera from his cruiser in return for ignoring her possession of illegal painkillers.
The woman, who goes by the stage name Barbie Cummings, said that at a traffic stop, trooper James Randy Moss found illegal painkillers in her car, but decided not to bust the woman in return for a sexual favor.
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Rolling Stone's Top 25 Road Trip Songs:
1. "Immigrant Song," Led Zeppelin
2. "Born To Run," Bruce Springsteen
3. "Highway to Hell," AC/DC
4. "Runnin' Down a Dream," Tom Petty
5. "Truckin'," Grateful Dead
6. "Ol' 55," Tom Waits
7. "Radar Love," Golden Earring
8. "Tush," ZZ Top
9. "The Passenger," Iggy Pop
10. "Wanted Dead or Alive", Bon Jovi
11. "Passenger Side," Wilco
12. "Turn the Page," Bob Seger
13. "No Particular Place to Go," Chuck Berry
14. "Going Back to Cali," LL Cool J
15. "Born to be Wild," Steppenwolf
16. "Running On Empty," Jackson Browne
17. "Take It Easy," Eagles
18. "Award Tour," Tribe Called Quest
19. "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks
20. "Roadrunner," Modern Lovers
21. "Rearviewmirror," Pearl Jam
22. "Gravity Rides Everything," Modest Mouse
23. "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," Beastie Boys
24. "Pink Houses," John Mellencamp
25. "Travelin' Band," Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Dude busted while drunk driving in wheelchair
A wheelchair-bound German stunned police when they pulled him over for using the road and found he was 10 times over the legal alcohol limit for drivers.
"He was right in the middle of the road," said a spokesman for police in the northeastern city of Schwerin Tuesday. "The officers couldn't quite believe it when they saw the results of the breath test. That's a life-threatening figure."
The 31-year-old told police he had been out drinking with a friend and was a little over a mile from home when a squad car stopped him as he passed through the village of Ventschow. Police said that because the man was technically traveling as a pedestrian, he could not be charged with a driving offence. Article here.
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Why are so many people out on the street all day not working?
How come there are so many people out on the street all day, seemingly not working? Having pitched a work, and not a soap, column, I recently attempted to answer the latter.
Because look out your window. Who are these people? At any given hour on any given workday, well, it turns out it's not a workday at all. Not for these hordes roaming free, anyway. By rights our parks and movie theaters and stores should be minor ghost towns between 9 and 5 -- chanced upon by the occasional tourist or late-night bartender but otherwise peaceful. Instead, they're inexplicably packed. I didn't doubt that the packers had sound explanations. I just wanted to hear them.
It occurred to me last night that you can learn as much about a city from what its people don't do as you can from what they do do. So I drove to as many parts of San Francisco as I could and interrupted as much leisure as possible to find out. Continue reading the full article here.
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Viagra cures the jet-lagged traveler?
The male impotence drug Viagra may be useful for treating jet lag as well, according to Argentine researchers who gave it to hamsters made to feel like rodent globe-trotters.
The researchers manipulated the schedule of turning lights on and off to induce jet lag in the laboratory animals, they reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Adult male hamsters given Viagra, also called sildenafil, recovered from jet lag up to 50 percent faster than hamsters that were not given it, the researchers said.
The scientists stopped giving the hamsters the highest dose they had been using in the experiment due to a certain side effect. Full article here.
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Dude gets DWI at McDonald's drive-through
A man who was a little slow in picking up his fast food has been charged with drunk driving. Police said they found Terrance Forte, 32, asleep behind the wheel in the drive-through lane at a McDonald's restaurant.
Restaurant employees called police about 12:30 a.m. Saturday after waiting 15 minutes for Forte to drive from the first window to the second window in the drive-through. In a police report, Officer William Mahon said he found Forte asleep inside the car with the engine running and his right foot on the brake. The report said Forte offered Mahon $10 for his food order when Mahon tried to wake him. Forte's blood alcohol level was registered at 0.19, more than twice the legal limit. Article here.
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Nearly half of Americans lose their vacation days
Almost half of American workers did not take all of their vacation days last year, even though many reported being "burned out" by their jobs, according to a survey conducted by Yahoo Hot Jobs.
The online recruiter said 45 percent of the 1,800 respondents did not use all of their days off for 2006, while 39 percent said they were too exhausted to take a "real" vacation.
Among the top reasons cited for the lack of interest in taking time off were having too much work (36 percent), cost (34 percent) and wanting to save vacation time for emergencies (32 percent). Article here.
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Meet the BBC team
BBC Sport Online profiles the BBC's World Championship team.
Over the nine days of LG Cup, the BBC team will bring you expert analysis, news, views and interviews from the Guild Hall. The BBC team: Hazel Irvine | Clive Everton | Steve Davis | John Parrott | Dennis Taylor | John Virgo | Willie Thorne
Irvine's broadcasting career began in 1986 as a production assistant with Radio Clyde in Glasgow. Her move into sport came a year later when she joined Scottish Television as a reporter. She worked as a presenter on ITV's coverage of the 1988 Olympics and reported for the ITV Network on the 1990 World Cup Finals. Irvine joined BBC Scotland in August 1990 as presenter of its Friday night sports preview programme Sportscene. She went on to work as part of the BBC's award winning team covering the Barcelona Olympics, and in the same year reported in Sweden on the European Football Championships. Later that year she joined BBC Sport in London.
His network TV commentary career began at the 1978 World Championship. As a player, he reached the 1975 and 1977 world amateur billiards semi-finals, but in the latter he exacerbated a back problem which later needed surgery, ending his hopes of a professional career. Everton reached a high of ninth in the world billiards rankings, and is still 20th despite rarely playing. In a varied career, he has also covered Wimbledon for The Times of India, rugby for the Sunday Telegraph and football for The Times. He played tennis for Worcestershire for 13 years until 1974 and wrote a book with Ann Jones following her 1969 Wimbledon triumph. He also managed Jonah Barrington when he was world squash number one.
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Davis is one of the greatest players ever seen in the modern game.
The "Golden Nugget" will also be remembered for taking part in one of the greatest televised matches of all time, when he lost on the black to Dennis Taylor in the 1985 Crucible final. His run as world number one ended when a Scottish teenager by the name of Stephen Hendry arrived on the scene. John Parrott With his role as a captain on BBC TV's Question of Sport programme, Parrott has become one of snooker's best-known faces.
He has an impressive record in the major events, with nine ranking event victories during his long career. Parrott, a passionate Everton fan, has also reached eight world quarter-finals, one semi-final and two finals. His crowning moment at the Crucible came in 1991 when he won the title before clinching a UK Championship victory in the same year. More recently he led England to victory in the 2000 Nations Cup at Reading.
The Irishman turned professional in 1972. He reached the World Championship semi-finals in 1975 and 1977 before making the final in 1979, where he lost to Terry Griffiths. Although he became one of the most consistent players on the circuit, a major title eluded him until he won the Rothman's Grand Prix title in 1984. He never quite matched the heights of his famous triumph over Davis in Sheffield, but did win the 1987 Masters title and remained in the world's top 16 until 1994, having entered it in 1976. John Virgo John Virgo is known to millions as Jim Davidson's trickshot-playing partner in BBC TV's Big Break. He was also no mean player as a pro.
In 1979 he reached the semi-finals of the World Championship where he lost to Dennis Taylor, but ended the season with a career-highest ranking of 10th. He claimed the UK Championship crown in the same year, beating Terry Griffiths 14-13 in the final, but that proved to be the pinnacle of his playing career. He reached two ranking-event semis in 1982, and the last four of the British Open in 1986, but subsequently dropped down the rankings and finally quit the circuit in 1994. John has remained a big exhibition draw, however, thanks to his reputation as one of the game's great entertainers. A former WPBSA chairman, he found his niche on national TV in the mid-1990s with Davidson and is a regular commentator on the BBC's snooker coverage.
The following season was also a good one for Thorne as he reached the final of the UK and British Open. During the 1986-87 season he also won the Hong Kong Masters and the Matchroom Championship. Thorne is now a fully-fledged memeber of the Seniors Tour and won the World Seniors Masters in 2000. |
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Performance Comparison of Loading Algorithms for 80 MHz IEEE 802.11 WLANs
Wireless local area networks are known to apply the same transmit power and modulation type over all employed OFDM subcarriers. Recent studies show that this can lead to significant performance degradations. As future WLANs will employ even larger bandwidths - 80MHz and above - the authors study in this paper loading strategies to improve the system performance. In particular, they study the performance of adaptive modulation, power loading and bit loading not only from the physical layer point of view but also by accounting for necessary protocol extensions to accommodate the required control overhead.
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Fourteen chancellors have led NC State since its founding in 1887. Under the leadership of Dr. Randy Woodson, North Carolina's largest university has bolstered its reputation as a pre-eminent research enterprise.
Dr. Randy Woodson, the 14th chancellor of North Carolina State University, is a nationally recognized scholar and academic leader and oversees the largest university in North Carolina with more than 34,000 students and a budget of $1.4 billion. Under his leadership, NC State has built upon its reputation as a preeminent research institution and has witnessed many transformative changes – The opening of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus, the launch of the College of Sciences and the completion of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
Even in the face of unprecedented financial challenges, these advances were made possible thanks to Woodson's Strategic Plan, which aligned the university for greater effectiveness, efficiency and most importantly, greater student success.
As the landscape of funding for public universities continues to change, NC State consistently ranks in the Top 5 best values among public universities in the U.S., according to publications like the Wall Street Journal and the Princeton Review.
Chancellor Woodson has extensive experience as a member of university faculty and administration with a reputation for consensus building throughout his 30 year career in higher education. He came to NC State from Purdue University, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Woodson is an internationally renowned plant molecular biologist specializing in reproductive processes in agricultural crops. He earned his undergraduate degree in Horticulture from the University of Arkansas and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Physiology from Cornell University.
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As a top-tier research university, one of the many outstanding opportunities that NC State offers students is the ability to engage in hands-on research throughout their academic careers.
The many examples of exciting discovery happening across campus every day is one of the key reasons we are the "Think and Do" university. For instance, the undergraduate students in Alice Lee's Microbiology 360 course recently tested soil to see if they could isolate microbes to produce antibiotics, and then educated others about the problem of antibiotic resistance. They captured their research and its impact in "Crowdsourcing Antibiotics," which won first place in the CDC and Small World Initiative's "Do Something about Antibiotics Challenge."
I am also pleased to share that Christopher Cooper, a senior majoring in chemical engineering and economics, has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Churchill Scholarship. His current research looks at ways to create soft electronic devices, such as liquid-metal fibers, that can be used as sensors. This is the second consecutive year NC State has had Churchill scholar.
Research doesn't need to win awards to have significant impact, though. Lisa Johnson, a PhD student, is researching farm-level food losses and working to reduce them. She found that at least 20.2 million pounds of edible crops in United States are wasted ever year, and she's collaborating with the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering to create a low-tech harvest aid to help farmers retrieve the last portion of produce out of their fields. This has a real impact for family-owned farms, the larger agricultural industry, and the grand challenge of food insecurity.
Academic discovery such as this would not be possible without exceptional faculty dedicated to scholarship, teaching and outreach. Our faculty's work is far-ranging. Mary Haskett is conducting life-changing research on the mental health needs of children experiencing homelessness. Across campus, Afsaneh Rabiei is working on composite metal foams that can shield against X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation – and turn bullets into dust.
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Our outstanding students, faculty and staff enable NC State to Think and Do the Extraordinary. I hope, like me, you are proud to be part of this great university community – one that daily makes our region, our state, and our world a better place.
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COLBERT – Janie Marie Huff, 66, died Friday, January 21, 2011, at the Athens Regional Medical Center.
Born in Athens, she was the daughter of the late Troy and Cora Jane Alewine Huff.
Survivors include her husband, Sam Huff, Colbert; sons, Keith Huff, Hull, and Clay Huff, Royston; brother, Dennis Cowart, Huff; sister, Carolyn Dutton, Carnesville; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Monday, January 24, at 2 p.m., from Word of Life Congregational Holiness Church in Colbert with the Revs. Herman Nation and Clay Huff officiating. Burial will be in the Colbert City Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church on Monday from 11 a.m. until the time of service.
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My most sincere sympathies go out to Sam, Keith, Clay and all of the family. I worked with Janie at Sky City in Athens from 1979-1980. Janie taught me quite a lot about bookkeeping and those experiences better prepared me for other jobs I'd have later on. Janie's upbeat and humor-filled personality made her easy to get along with and the world will be a little bit more empty without her now.


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They were all marked $12.99 a pair.
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A girl can never have too many pairs of sunglasses right?
I like to tell my husband,
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Project by racerglen | posted 01-06-2011 05:21 PM | 2274 views | 2 times favorited | 14 comments |
A few views of my entry..
It's a mystery wood, donated by a friend from his mom's woodpile. I left
the chainsaw marks on the top and bottom, and used my bandsaw to square off the sides and slice the top.
Next a forstner bit, 2"3/4" for the pot hole.
The lid's attached with a brass shouldered screw, the hold down's a 1/4-20 thumbscrew with a modified end..
ground to make a wedging effect as you turn rather than screwing it in.
overall it's about 6" long by 4" wide and about 3.5 high.
The grease is more of a hard wax, a mix of parafin canning wax and old, old bee's wax.
The bottom has one of my brand markings, my initials.
Made the iron from a file cabnet's guide, bent the end after cutting off the threads, flattened the top of the hook and carved the initials with a dremel.
-- Glen, B.C. Canada
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#1 posted 01-06-2011 05:48 PM |
Welcome to GBOC. I think that's Box Elder. James |
#2 posted 01-06-2011 06:01 PM |
That is a beautiful grease box, nature is so present. -- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking. |
#3 posted 01-06-2011 06:10 PM |
I've got some Green Ash from Alberta that looks a lot like this, but it's a whole lot heavier, this stuff for all it's very hard, is quite light.
Oh, forgot the finish..Shelac with a no no over top..waterborn varathane, but it did work ! ;-) -- Glen, B.C. Canada |
#4 posted 01-06-2011 06:33 PM |
If it's boxelder it won't stay red if you leave it out in the light. -- Jeff, |
#5 posted 01-06-2011 06:50 PM |
a buty of a grease pot :-) Dennis |
#6 posted 01-07-2011 01:59 AM |
Nice greasebox :) Its that a dutchmans meterstock i see in the background ? Looks like that with the brasshenge :) -- Boatbuilder&blacksmith |
#7 posted 01-07-2011 04:40 AM |
Nice greasebox…. |
#8 posted 01-07-2011 03:17 PM |
I think the rule in the background's actualy a British boxwood 'n brass rule altho I do have a Dutch version. -- Glen, B.C. Canada |
#9 posted 01-08-2011 12:52 AM |
Glen, My opinion is that this is "box elder" from near the stump of the tree. That's the part where the annual rings get a little confused with regard to which way "out" is when theyre still part of the tree and growing. Box Elder is actually a member of the maple family, the least dense and the least durable of the lot. The red stain is a key indicator that another part of the tree (a branch or a knot) was damaged and the tree was under fungal attack. So long as you keep the box away from bright fluorescent lights, the red should still be visible for ~8 months to 2 years. All pretty wood eventually gets darker, and dramatic color eventually fades. Sorry. |
#10 posted 01-08-2011 01:01 PM |
I know about the fading and darkening over time, but this stuff's been chunks of chainsawn -- Glen, B.C. Canada |
#11 posted 01-11-2011 05:43 AM |
Great wee grease box jamie -- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
#12 posted 08-08-2011 01:32 PM |
Hi Glen, nice greasebox. Now you are a member of the club with Mads!! -- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!! |
#13 posted 08-08-2011 02:58 PM |
It's nice alright, the wood that is..strange stuff in some ways, -- Glen, B.C. Canada |
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Update.. -- Glen, B.C. Canada |
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Posted in On The Web on 07/03/2011 by chrishA few more online reviews for our debut single:
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Posted in Radio & Podcasts on 03/03/2011 by chrishThe latest Was Ist Das? podcast from Ned of Hebden Bridge features another excerpt from our improvised gig with Damo Suzuki back in December, along with more great sounds from the likes of Cluster and Faust and a top 5 from the fabulously-named Volcanic Tongue records.


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A Risk Survey is a thorough examination of a companys whole security initiatives and installations in relation to specific risks.
It describes in details what have been done (and what have to be done) to obtain a recommended or required level of security.
These Risk Surveys are, of course, very individual:
One company wants to uncover the risk of fire, the possibility of evacuation through logical escapeways or emergency exits and how to limitate directly and consequently damages and injuries.
Another company looks at burglary as their largest risk.
A third company handles great values or large sum of cash.
In the fourth company, the immaterial have most value: Knowledge, trademarks, brands, strategies and important documents.
Each of these 4 invented companies, have specific risks.
The purpose or goal is different in every company.
They have to be treated individually.
This requires different demands of the Risk Survey.
A Risk Survey is adapted to every customer.
What are you willing to risk?
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My guests in this special episode of Filmwax Radio are director Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming, Greenberg) and the actress Greta Gerwig (Hannah Takes the Strairs, Lola Versus). Together they wrote the script for Frances Ha which is being distributed by IFC Films. The two will be on hand for a Q&A after their Rooftop Films screening of their film this Saturday, May 11, 8PM. The film then opens theatrically on May 17th.
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WELCOME to the 3rd Annual Give Up Your "Shoulds" Day! I couldn't be happier to celebrate this holiday again and to hear all the "shoulds" that people are willing to give up for a day. Remember: Giving up a "should" does not necessarily mean you are going to do drastically different things. It may mean doing the exact same things differently. Either way you get to wake up on a Monday morning without having all the "shoulds" weigh you down. So here's how it works:
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Ling Long Magazine Cover
Recently I did a little project to help out a friend, they were based on these old women's magazines in China from the 20s! I had never seen these covers before, but I totally fell in love with their vintage style and romanticism of the era. The magazine is called "Ling Long" and they're really fantastic! Google image search it sometime when you're in the mood for something girly
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Started taking a life painting class at LAAFA with Natgan Fowkes! I'm learning so so much about this medium!
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Posted on 04/13/2007 8:52:40 PM PDT by VxH
Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today.
Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue.
The researchers said they had already produced early sperm cells from bone-marrow tissue taken from men. They believe the findings show that it may be possible to restore fertility to men who cannot naturally produce their own sperm.
But the results also raise the prospect of being able to take bone-marrow tissue from women and coaxing the stem cells within the female tissue to develop into sperm cells, said Professor Karim Nayernia of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Creating sperm from women would mean they would only be able to produce daughters because the Y chromosome of male sperm would still be needed to produce sons. The latest research brings the prospect of female-only conception a step closer.
"Theoretically is it possible," Professor Nayernia said. "The problem is whether the sperm cells are functional or not. I don't think there is an ethical barrier, so long as it's safe. We are in the process of applying for ethical approval. We are preparing now to apply to use the existing bone marrow stem cell bank here in Newcastle. We need permission from the patient who supplied the bone marrow, the ethics committee and the hospital itself."
If sperm cells can be developed from female bone-marrow tissue they will be matured in the laboratory and tested for their ability to penetrate the outer "shell" of a hamster's egg - a standard fertility test for sperm.
"We want to test the functionality of any male and female sperm that is made by this way," Professor Nayernia said. But he said there was no intention at this stage to produce female sperm that would be used to fertilise a human egg, a move that would require the approval of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
The immediate aim is to see if female bone marrow can be lured into developing into the stem cells that can make sperm cells. The ultimate aim is to discover if these secondary stem cells can then be made into other useful tissues of the body, he said.
The latest findings, published in the journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, show that male bone marrow can be used to make the early "spermatagonial " stem cells that normally mature into fully developed sperm cells.
"Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatagonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three to five years of experiments," Professor Nayernia said.
Last year, Professor Nayernia led scientists at the University of Gottingen in Germany who became the first to produce viable artificial sperm from mouse embryonic stem cells, which were used to produce seven live offspring.
His latest work on stem cells derived from human bone marrow suggests that it could be possible to develop the techniques to help men who cannot produce their own sperm naturally.
"We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further," Professor Nayernia said.
Whether the scientists will ever be able to develop the techniques to help real patients - male or female - will depend on future legislation that the Government is preparing as a replacement to the existing Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
A White Paper on genetics suggested that artificial gametes produced from the ordinary "somatic" tissue of the body may be banned from being used to fertilise human eggs by in vitro fertilisation.
>>Scientists are seeking ethical permission
permission denied.
Feminist Lesbians: "We don't need you men anymore. We can bear our own children now."
Men: "Um, ok. Whatever. We still think you're shrill, rude, hairy, and entirely unattractive with the buzz cuts and weird smock...whatever's you like to wear. Now excuse us while we go look for some *nice* girls..."
(I've spent a great deal of time around feminist lesbians, unfortunately. I know what I'm talking about).
>>We can bear our own children now.
And they demand the "right" to use our health insurance premiums to do so.
Can't wait to see what androgeny this produces.
It only works if they let guys watch.
What? Have we run out of diseases that need cures, or is that not a god-like enough pursuit for some researchers?
Satan is working overtime to push his agenda.
Let's see, now that the lesbians can reproduce free of "evil" men, I wonder how long it will be before one of them gets the idea to create Neo-Amazonia and purge all who possess the Y chromosome?
I wouldn't be surprised if they have a website for it already up somewhere.
Hillary surely would have preferred this to being raped by Bill.
Theyd have to get past Islam to do it.
Once the homosexuals succeed in destroying whats left of Western Civilization, there will be nothing to protect them.
so, for the first time in human history there will be babies who will not be the product of one man + one woman.
It seems this will be imposing a terrible burden on the poor children who are conceived in this manner.
Thank goodness our heterosexual women will protect us heterosexual men against these sperm producing lesbians.
What bone marrow are they talking about? If they want bone, they should not be looking for it in all the wrong places.
Nothing worse than a sperm producing lesbian,the next thing you know , all ejaculations will require a government permit and a third party observing scientist.
Its the end of the human race as we know it.
( Heavy Sarc. tag)
[so, for the first time in human history there will be babies who will not be the product of one man + one woman.]
It reminds me of Jurassic Park:
Just because you can do something that doesn't mean it's wise to go ahead and do it.
Frankenstein. Obsession and Tragedy.
Cool, they can screw each other over in family court for a change!
imagine how the children themselves will feel to learn the circumstances of their conception someday!
How could they not feel separated from the rest of humanity?
I would imagine it would be very difficult for them to live with.
Gee, I wonder: Do maies have a bone that might come in handy to lesbians who want to have kids?
[How could they not feel separated from the rest of humanity]
Civil wars have been caused by less.
it wasn't too long ago there were threads about the children from in vitro procedures born to gay couples.
Some of these kids were bitter because they felt they were automatically denied one parent right from the git-go.
They had the same problem that kids who are adopted have...wondering about their biological parents, but had bitterness towards their parents because they deliberately chose to deprive them of a father or mother.
I think of those threads and apply to this strange situation...these kids won't be wondering about their unknown/lost father. They will look at the rest of humanity and wonder why they don't HAVE a father at all.
How could that not make you feel freakish and resentful towards your "mothers"?
I'm more worried about the 'mutants' this might produce myself.
There is no way this can be a good thing for the continuation of the human species.
OKAY....I'll say it.....THIS IS SICK!
One can look at the state of morality in the world (degrading) and look at how close to "playing God" that humanity's arrogance about our knowledge has become, and realize that the desire to play God, to arrogantly act "God like" over human life - because we arrogantly believe we have learned "how to" - is part and parcel of the low state of morality itself.
[How could that not make you feel freakish and resentful towards your mothers?]
Under Transhumanist doctrine, they would be taught that they are superior and an evolutionary step forward.
One of the primary requirements for speciation is the ability to identify a member of the same species with which to create viable offspring. If you can't identify and acquire a mate - you don't get to procreate, simple.
Transhumanists want to radically change rules that were created by Nature via 4.5 billion years of evolution.
Obsession and Tragedy.
[There is no way this can be a good thing for the continuation of the human species.]
I agree.
The thought had crossed my mind that any progeny may be brainwashed into a sick type of Hitler Youth that considers the male half of the species as anomalous, something to be discarded.
Somewhere Goebbels is laughing.
Doilies everywhere.
Come on, are you telling me that Slot A and Slot A aren't compatible? Or, that when I try to find electricity for my three-pronged electrical cord, I can't just plug it into another three-pronged electrical cord? What do I need an outlet for, anyway??
This stuff is like freaking me out and stuff.
That is like really good advice and stuff. Thanks, guy.
Don't forget Josef Mengele.
Yep,,,Just as soon as they can figure out how to skreeeww
some guy for child support...;0)
Ah yes, the Holy Grail of Feminism. They won't even need men anymore to produce their own little trophy children.
You're like welcome, fer sure.
Oh, the irony!
I don't know about the rest of the gals on here,but I do not want to end up with a bunch of crazy,lesbian women!I for one appreciate men.
She probably sat on his toilet seat by mistake...;0
I hope more women like you begin to speak up and let them know that they don't speak for you. Especially in the work place. People need to know they are not alone.
>>I new this day was soon approaching.
Me too. Get ready to rock.
"Satan is working overtime to push his agenda."
Rev 12:12 ... Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time left.
The real question about an all female community is which would come first —
Self distruction during an episode of Mass PMS — it could make mass hysteria look tame. How long would it take before most would be on the same cycle? Anyone want to visit this place at THAT time?
Mass immobilization due to lack of guYs around to fix things.
I don't need no stinkin men!
And don't look at my crotch, bitch.
Little Johnny askes his dad " can you get pregant thru Anal sex"
His dad thinks and replies "yes son, that is where lawyers come from"
Hey justlike Jurassic Park! Werent all the cloned dinosaurs female?
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In my opinion, Chick Hearn is the greatest pro basketball announcer ever, and he was voted California's sports-caster of the year in February 1995. He had a streak of calling 3,338 consecutive Lakers games, between Nov. 21, 1965 and December 16, 2001. His 3000th consecutive game was Jan 19, 1998.
Here is a biography from the LA Times
In the '50s he was the local sportscaster in Peoria, Illinois, and was the voice of Bradley University and the Peoria Caterpillars. Born Francis Dayle Hearn, the Aurora, Ill., native began his Lakers broadcasting career in 1961.
He has invented many descriptive phrases, called Chick-isms.
Also, Chick was the first to describe the distance of a shot in feet.
Here is a list and definition for many of them.
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Iron Snakes
The Iron Snakes are a Space Marine Chapter. Their primary mission is the safeguarding of the area of Imperial space referred to as the Reef Stars[1], although they are also known to have contributed forces to wider conflicts, such as the Sabbat Worlds Crusade[2] and the Imperial response to the 13th Black Crusade.[6]
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The first days of the Iron Snakes are difficult to pin down; reportedly a Second Founding chapter, their Legion of origin is unknown. Although they pay respect to Roboute Guilliman, it is uncertain if they are an Ultramarine descendant, particularly as they are a non-Codex Chapter.[Needs Citation] The current Chapter Master, Seydon, is the eighteenth to bear that title since the foundation of the Iron Snakes.[Needs Citation]
The first-ever squad-leaders of the Chapter have become immortalized within its ranks, as their names have been retained as the official designation of the squads they first led. Every squad in the Chapter is therefore known by the name of its first commander and careful attention is paid to recording the deeds of each squad and the glory they have accumulated.[Needs Citation] Over the centuries, several squads judged to have accumulated particularly impressive and glorious histories became referred to as "Notable" squads and are seen as the pre-eminent units in the entire Chapter. There are at least five Notable squads within the Iron Snakes: Skypio, Parthus, Veii, Thebes and Damocles. Skypio is the senior squad of the entire chapter and is the closest thing to a Codex First Company the Iron Snakes could be said to have.
The Iron Snakes recruit from Ithaka, a world largely covered in very deep oceans home to a variety of sea-life, including the great Wyrms. Ithaka does possess significant landmass, including tropical islands and viciously cold polar regions. Iron Snakes are therefore able to train in a number of environments, although the sea is most precious to them, to the point where each marine carries a vial of Ithakan seawater with him when on active duty, and with which he anoints the soil of any other planet he steps on. Their actual Fortress-Monastery is located on Ithaka's moon, Karybdis, and features a great bell as large as a Space Marine Drop Pod.[1]
The Reef Stars
The Iron Snakes appear to have been stationed in the sector of space known as the Reef Stars many thousands of years ago, and charged with its protection as their primary mission. The inhabited worlds of the Reef, while varied in their technological development, each appear to have some form of summoning aid from the Iron Snakes ritualized into their society. The Iron Snakes are a myth or legend to some worlds, an awe-inspiring reality to others. Regardless of how they are viewed, the Iron Snakes of Ithaka take their duty to the Reef Stars as seriously as only Space Marines can, and will go to any lengths possible to protect the sector and its citizenry.[Needs Citation]
The actions they have fought in the Reef Stars are numerous, as the whole area appears to be under constant threat by Dark Eldar raiding parties. As a result, the Iron Snakes have amassed considerable experience fighting these particular xenos, whom they (and the people of the Reef Stars) also refer to as the primuls.[1]
The Iron Snakes also fought a ten year all-out war against a supremely large Ork invasion. The Ork forces, made up of multiple Waaagh!s, were so large that it was impossible for the Iron Snakes to defeat them in conventional battle. However, through the guidance of Librarian Petrok, the Iron Snakes were able to discover that the Dark Eldar had lured the Orks into the Reef Stars by planting the suggestion that a relic sacred to the Orks was there. With a replica of the same relic, planted in the Dark Eldar territory, the Iron Snakes tricked the Orks into turning their Waaagh! away from the Reef Stars. The remainder of the Orks were expunged, and the Reef Stars were judged greenskin-free for over a thousand years.[1]
The Sabbat Worlds Crusade
The Chapter contributed over 300 Marines towards the Sabbat Worlds Crusade and fought with considerable distinction. Amongst the battles fought in that Crusade were: the relief of the Imperial Guard on Ambold Eleven, where the Iron Snakes lost only 8 marines in a campaign that cost the forces of Chaos twenty-nine thousand casualties, the assault on Pelbury Civitas, the cleansing of the daemon-infested Fornax Aleph, the support of the final extermination of the Zoican horde on Verghast and, of course, the destruction of the mechanised mutant army of Presarius.[2]
The Thirteenth Black Crusade
They were one of the many chapters of Space Marines who participated in the defense against the Thirteenth Black Crusade.[6]
Other Battles and Campaigns
While the nominal fighting strength of the chapter (or "fratery" as it is referred to by the Iron Snakes) is kept at the Codex-approved 1,000 marines, the Iron Snakes do not appear to use the Codex's Company structure, instead basing their organization around that of the simple 10-marine squad.[1]
The Phratry Squad
Each squad, named after its first-ever squad leader, is treated as an individual tactical formation held equal in placement in the line of battle with almost all of the other fratery units. Only those squads referred to as the Notables are seen as an elite, and even then the Notables do not properly represent a pooling of veteran Marines. This is due to the way in which the Iron Snakes field their new recruits. Recruits, referred to as "petitioners" with the chapter, do not appear to take to the field as Scouts; instead they operate as Chapter staff and personal servants for the full Battle-Brothers.[Needs Citation] When casualties incurred require the elevation of petitioners to the rank of full Marine, the petitioners try out for the positions by engaging their potential squadmates in single combat competitions. Winners of these competitions, or those judged particularly skillful by the squad-leader, are chosen to become full Brothers and fratery-members. Places in the Notables are competed for in the same way as in other squads, which means that the Notables are just as likely to have new recruits in their ranks as they are to have hardened veteran marines. Of course, the petitioners that manage to win a place in a Notable squad are likely to be the best of their generation.[Needs Citation]
When a squad is completely wiped out, it is reconstituted under the original name, with its new squad-leader being promoted from the ranks of the elder and more veteran Battle-Brothers of the other squads. Each squad-leader is expected to eventually nominate a successor from within his squad, who will be chosen to accompany him to officer-level briefings and take over command in the event of his death. This Brother will likely remain tied to his squad until his own death, as such 'seconds' are not promoted out to command other squads. Each squad will also contain a standard-bearer, who fixes the squad colors to a special mounting upon his armor, and a support weapons trooper (with the Plasma Gun and Flamer appearing to be Chapter favorites). The Notable squads also appear to customarily include an Apothecary as one of their number, and such specialist Marines are a common feature of other squads as well; the number of field-Apothecaries in the Iron Snakes appears likely to be higher than that of a Codex chapter.[1]
Tactics and Equipment
When a mission, referred to within the chapter as an "undertaking,"is decided upon the Chapter Master announces how many squads he believes are required to ensure its success. All squad-leaders who wish to volunteer their units for the mission then place their tokens into a kylix (a form of drinking cup whose origins lie in ancient Terra). The Chapter Master then decides which squads to assign to the undertaking based upon which tokens he finds in the kylix.
Though the Iron Snakes are able to deploy an acceptable number of vehicles, and also include Dreadnoughts and Librarians amongst their forces, the primacy of the combat squad means that they concentrate on infantry tactics in battle. The Chapter armory is able to issue Combat Shields short-swords, and sealances (javelin-type fighting spears) to all brothers, enabling them to close up and use phalanx-style tactics. They are particularly skillful with the sea-lance, as part of a petitioner's training on their homeworld of Ithaka involves the hunting and slaying of the large, predacious sea-wyrms native to the planet.[1]
One of their unique battle practices is that they trained to use dogs in combat, especially in tracking and attacking Dark Eldar.[1]
While the squad is the principal tactical unit of the Chapter, sometimes even less manpower is deployed. In cases of responding to general aid requests from the worlds of the Reef Stars, it is customary to dispatch only one Battle-Brother from the closest squad to investigate. The Brother chosen is often either the newest member of the squad, or a member being considered for the role of successor by the squad-leader; a one-person undertaking is seen as a fitting challenge for such marines. Historically, only one warrior usually suffices in cases of general aid requests, though it is no shame for the individual to request the presence of his fratery-brothers once appraised of the specific situation.[1]
The Iron Snakes are unique in their Tactical squads in the fact that all squads are attached with an Apothecary unlike other codex Astartes who are assigned one per company.[1]
Their power armor is gunmetal and the Chapter's symbol is a Triple-Hooped blue snake on a white background with thin red trim.[1]
Notable Members
- Seydon - Current Chapter Master[1]
- Petrok - Librarian[1]
- Nector - Chief Librarian as of M41.456, and instructor to Petrok[5]
- Phobor - Hero-Captain (veteran officer)[1]
- Cules - Brother-Captain, commanded Iron Snakes forces during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade[2]
- Pheus - Brother-Captain[2]
- Priad - Brother-Sergeant, commander of Damocles squad.[1]
- Autolochus - Venerable Dreadnought[1]
- Phareous - Deathwatch member during the War of the Beast.[8]
- Although it has not been confirmed whether the Ultramarines are the founding chapter of the Iron Snakes, an Ultramarines Captain named Saur Damocles is mentioned in Know No Fear, also by Dan Abnett; the insignia of Damocles' company, the 6th, is a white figure-eight serpent, similar to the Iron Snakes' current chapter symbol.[4] Whether Captain Damocles is the founding leader of Damocles Squad has yet to be confirmed.
Related Articles
- 1: Brothers of the Snake (Novel), by Dan Abnett
- 2: The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book) by Dan Abnett, [Needs Citation]
- 3: Insignium Astartes, p. 52
- 4: Know No Fear (Novel) by Dan Abnett, Target//Acquisition, Chapter 3, p. 32
- 5: Strategium: A Tale of the Iron Snakes by Dan Abnett, Warhammer Monthly #30, pp. 14-23
- 6: Codex: Eye of Terror, p. 16
- 7: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 89
- 8: The War of the Beast Chapter 5