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Correspondence, Clippings &
Relating to His Appearance in the Original
Broadway Production of "Dark of the Moon"
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Sherod Jennings Collins
(1900-1981), son of Madison Franklin and Belle (Whitworth) Collins, was born
March 5, 1900 in Putnam County, MO.
From 1918 till 1930, Collins taught in rural schools while attending
school part-time himself. He
enrolled as a full time student at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
(now Truman State University) in 1930 and two years later received his BS with a
double major in Speech and Political Science.
For the next five years he worked on his MA in Psychology of Education at
the University of Missouri while serving as Superintendent of the Queen City, MO
High School. He then joined the
NMSTC faculty as speech instructor and director of debate in 1937, retiring in
1969 as Assistant Professor of Speech. He died May 18, 1981 in San Antonio, TX.
Collins spent the summer of 1942 doing additional graduate work
in drama at the University of Iowa.
While there, he had a role in "Dark of the Moon", an experimental drama
based on the folk ballad "Barbara Allen", by Howard Richardson and William
Berney. Two years later, the
authors asked him to take the role of "Pa" Allen in the Lee Schubert Broadway
production which was to go into rehearsals that December.
Collins accepted and took a leave of absence to appear in the production in
Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston and New York; he returned to the role for
four months in 1946.
While on leave, Collins corresponded with his NMSTC Speech Department colleague Clifton Cornwell (1895-1965) who later donated the letters and memorabilia he received to Pickler Memorial Library. Photocopies of correspondence in President Walter H Ryle's file for Collins were later added to supplement the collection.
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|Photo by Ehrenberg-Picture Features
Preacher: "There ain't a man in the church can make corn liquor as good as
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|"Dark of the Moon" Playbills
|National Theatre, Washington, DC, for the two weeks beginning Monday, Feb 5, 1945
|Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York City, for the week beginning Wednesday, Mar 14, 1945
|Sherod Collins
Photographs -
Photos by
David Robbins, Picture
Features, Inc.
[See Collins' Apr 5, 1945 letter in C6/5]
|Director Robert Perry, Sherod Collins, Stage Manager Ross Hertz
|Co-author Howard Richardson, Sherod Collins
|Actress Carol Stone, Sherod Collins
|Scenes from "Dark of the Moon" -
Photos by
Graphic House, New York City
["Private Copy / Not to be used for publication or advertising purposes without prior permission"; see Collins' Mar 20, 1945 letter in C6/5]
|Preacher Haggler shares a
drink of Allen's corn liquor
(Winfield Hoeny, Conrad Janis, Sherod Collins, Maidel Turner)
|John, the witch boy, asks
Barbara to dance
(John Gifford, Sherod Collins, Carol Stone, Maidel Turner, Richard Hart, Roy Fant)
| John lifts the apple
barrel by magic after Marvin has lifted it by
(Winfield Hoeny, Charles Thompson, Carol Stone, Robert Pryor, John Gifford, Richard Hart, Roy Fant, Frances Goforth John Gerstad, Allan Tower, James Lanphier)
|John proposes to Barbara
(Carol Stone, Richard Hart, Sherod Collins, Maidel Turner)
|Church members persuade
Barbara that it is the will of God that she
forsake John
(Kathryn Cameron, Sherod Collins, Gar Moore, John Gerstad, Carol Stone, John Gifford, Winfield Hoeny, Maidel Turner, James Lanphier, Lil Liandre, Robert Pryor)
|Barbara dies and John is
turned back into a witch
(Carol Stone, Richard Hart)
|John returns to the mountain
to ask for more time as a human
(Richard Hart, Iris Whitney, Ross Matthew, Georgia Simmons, Marjorie Bell)
|Scenes from "Dark of the Moon" - Photos by Ehrenberg-Picture Features, New York
|Preacher Haggler shares a
drink of Allen's corn liquor (2)
(Conrad Janis, Winfield Hoeny, Sherod Collins, Maidel Turner)
|Pa Allen returns from trying
to get someone to marry Barbara so as to avoid
(Sherod Collins, Maidel Turner)
|Barbara sings her song about
the witch boy as he enters
(Sherod Collins, Norman Thompson, Maidel Turner, Carol Stone, Roy Fant, Marguerite de Anguera, Conrad Janis, Allan Tower, Robert Pryor, Agnes Scott Yost, Richard Hart)
|Preacher Haggler prays for
the soul of Barbara who has been bewitched by
(Agnes Scott Yost, Kathryn Cameron, Winfield Hoeny, Carol Stone, Maidel Turner, Sherod Collins)
|Preacher Haggler prays for
the soul of Barbara who has been bewitched by
(Agnes Scott Yost, Kathryn Cameron, Winfield Hoeny, Carol Stone, Maidel Turner, Sherod Collins, Richard Hart)
|Correspondence (Jan [27] – May 1, 1945), Reviews & Press Releases
|Letters (10) to Cornwell from Collins while in Boston, Washington and New York discussing the play, his other activities, NMSTC Speech Department concerns and transmitting photos (see notes in C6/2&3), ads & reviews from: Philadelphia Record, Jan 26; Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 14 & 26; Washington Post, Feb 6; Washington Daily News, Feb 6; Boston Traveler, Feb 21; Boston Daily Globe, Feb 21; Boston Daily Record, Feb 22;Boston Sunday Post, Feb 25
|Press release (carbon copy) issued by University of
Missouri Alumni Association of New England re luncheon honoring Sherod
Collins to be held at Hotel Touraine, [Boston], Mar 8
|Draft of press release re Collins' background and
involvement in "Dark of the Moon"
|Review of "Dark of the Moon", Newsweek, Mar 26, 1945
|Article re Collins' return to NMSTC from New York, Kirksville Daily Express, May 16, 1945
|[Note: All newspaper clippings were yellowed, brittle and deteriorating; they have been discarded and replaced with acid neutral photocopies]
|Addendum: Documents from President Ryle's File for Collins (Photocopies)
|Articles re Collins' appearance in "Dark of the Moon", Kirksville Daily Express, Dec 10, 1944, Feb 6, 1945, Feb 10, 1946
|Letters (5) to Ryle from Collins while in New York, Philadelphia & Boston (Dec 31, 1944-Apr 26, 1945) sharing his experiences, requesting extension of his leave to June 1, and transmitting reviews from the Mar 16 New York Daily News and Daily Mirror
|Ryle's responses (4) to Collins (Jan 3-Mar 29, 1945) granting the extension and relating news of campus activities
|Letter to Ryle from Ross Matthew, New York City, May 11, 1945, extolling Collins' talent and professionalism; Ryle's June 22 response [Matthew, a professional actor, was in the "Dark of the Moon" cast with Collins]
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|The play and Collins' autobiography, both of which contain several of the photos in this collection, are available in Pickler Memorial Library:
|Richardson, Howard and William Berney.
"Dark of the Moon". The
Drama Library. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1974.
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Baku: Russian President Vladimir Putin, staring down the deepening unrest in Ukraine, tried the role of peacemaker by brokering the first meeting in nine months between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan following the deadliest clashes between the ex-Soviet republics in 20 years.
The talks, which yielded little beyond a promise of more negotiations, showed Mr Putin playing statesman with a war raging next door in Ukraine, where he's faced accusations of stoking the conflict. Two days of meetings at his retreat in Sochi were marked by another fatality on the frontlines of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, with an Azeri soldier killed late on August 9 by Armenian fire, according to the Defence Ministry in Baku. That brought the death toll to 24 since July 26.
"No way do they need a war in Karabakh," Thomas de Waal, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said. "Russia has a strong incentive in preventing a new conflict, as it would cause massive instability in its southern tier. It also has treaty obligations to defend Armenia militarily and would therefore also destroy its carefully developed relationship with Azerbaijan."
Failure to break the deadlock threatens to unleash war in a region where companies led by BP have invested more than $US40 billion to develop Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields. Russia's role in Ukraine is complicating an effort by Putin to assert his sway in the former Soviet Union, according to Matthew Bryza, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan in 2010-2011.
The government in Moscow has repeatedly denied any involvement in the unrest in eastern Ukraine.
"Until President Putin reverses course in Ukraine, his efforts to reduce military tension in the South Caucasus will lack credibility," said Mr Bryza, who now heads the International Centre for Defence Studies, based in Tallinn, Estonia.
The recent clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia are threatening to ignite another conflict on Russia's doorstep as the worst geopolitical standoff since the Cold War intensifies over Ukraine. Russia, which annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in March, has demanded urgent humanitarian assistance to areas of eastern Ukraine engulfed by the insurgency as government troops press their offensive there.
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"The nature of the clashes is totally unprecedented," said Lawrence Sheets, an analyst on the Caucasus region and the author of 8 Pieces of Empire, a memoir that deals with the post-Soviet wars in the region. "What has changed is that over the past weeks, we have seen the first instances of the use of high-calibre weapons, not just small arms as had previously often been the case. The verbal threats have also hit an unprecedented peak."
The meeting between the Azeri and Armenian leaders, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, was "useful," with both presidents reaffirming their commitment to "seeking a solution exclusively on the basis of a peaceful approach," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Sochi.
"Conflict management rather than conflict resolution is best suited for Russia's interests," said Lilit Gevorgyan, senior analyst at IHS Global Insight in London. "The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a convenient leverage both on Armenia and Azerbaijan. Therefore ensuring the status quo in the conflict is likely to be the only outcome from the recent Russia-mediated talks."
The South Caucasus countries, which border Turkey and Iran, signed a cease-fire brokered by Russia in 1994 after more than 30,000 people were killed and more than 1.2 million were displaced.
Armenians took over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war after the Soviet breakup in 1991. The truce left 20,000 Armenian and Azeri troops, dug into World War I-style trenches sometimes only 100 metres apart, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The conflict is part of the region's "Soviet legacy," Mr Putin said as he opened negotiations yesterday.
"We must show patience, wisdom and respect for each other to find a solution," he said.
The Azeri and Armenian leaders traded accusations in Mr Putin's presence, blaming each other for violating international agreements on Karabakh. Even so, both presidents said they support a peaceful solution to the conflict and praised Putin for his mediation efforts.
About 700,000 Azeris were forced to leave the districts, 200,000 Azeris left Armenia and more than 360,000 Armenians fled Azerbaijan. The two nations' presidents last met in November in Vienna, the first talks in two years.

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ST. PETERSBURG — By Jan. 1, it could get more expensive — and inconvenient — to ignore city parking tickets.
The City Council gave initial approval Thursday to devices that can immobilize cars owned by people with certain ticket violations. A car could get the "boot," as the devices are known, if the owner has three or more unpaid city parking tickets or one unpaid ticket for unlawfully parking in a handicapped space. The board will take a final vote Nov. 4. If approved then, the devices would begin to be used by the new year.
"This is the only way to get some people to pay up," said council member Bill Dudley. "Unfortunately, it's a necessary evil."
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Based on a 2000 anime film of the same title which was produced by Production I.G and Aniplex, "Blood: The Last Vampire" centers its story on Saya, a 16-year-old girl who was born to a human father and a vampire mother. Growing up as a loner, she is obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. Sent onto an American military base in Tokyo, she sees it as the opportunity to destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Soon after befriending the young daughter of the base's general, she learns about her true power.
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In the film, Mulligan plays the cousin of Maguire's Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. Meanwhile, DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby, a billionaire who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion in West Egg and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night.
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My mate and I were in the mood for some spring roll, because it was so quiet and the owner seems not to care much about the customers' experience, I doubted the spring roll to be fresh, I was hoping the filling wasn't off or mouldy. To our surprise, the spring roll was the highlight, it was fresh, juicy, crunchy and nicely seasoned. The chef wasn't stingy in putting those filling in, unlike those frozen spring roll you get from the shop, which was doughy and filled with unidentified fillings. The spring roll skin were light and crisp, it was fried to perfection and dipping into the sauce just makes it taste even better.
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On the other hand, my beef pho was quite pleasant, the broth was pack full of flavour. It was exactly like what one is looking for in a beef pho. Having said that, the standard was just above average when compare to other Vietnamese restaurant in Perth.
The ambient and the service was a major let down, whether the food quality are able to turn my bad impression to a positive? Probably not! The sense of walking into an empty and quiet (no ambient music playing) restaurant while the lady owner doesn't seems to care, can be quite daunting. There are many other Vietnamese restaurant in Perth that do really good pho and provide a rather friendly service, some even have a comfortable environment to make you feel at ease.
We were using the entertainment card discount, which makes it a really cheap lunch. So, I guess we paid for what we get!
Food quality: 3 outta 5 spring roll
Service: 0.5 outta 5 spring roll
Ambient: 1.5 outta 5 spring roll
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The Advanced Tactical Course was a course at the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy on Saganami Island that was taken so that officers could command larger vessels such as light cruisers.
The course was housed in the Advanced Tactical Course building, and was informally known as The Crusher. Very few officers were given the opportunity to wear the White Command Beret of a hyper-capable starship commander prior to taking the ATC. Failing to pass the ATC nearly always guaranteed that the officer would never again be assigned a hyper-capable command. (HH9)
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The Omnitrix, short for Omni-matrix, is an alien device which is attached to Ben's wrist in the series, and is the device that the series revolves around. In the episode "The Visitor" it's revealed that the Omnitrix was supposed to be given to Ben's grandfather Max, but ended up in the hands of Ben by mistake (due to Ben's DNA being similar to Max's, which it was locked on to). According to Vilgax, the Omnitrix is supposed to be the ultimate weapon.
The purpose of the Omnitrix is to let other lifeforms experience how other lifeforms live. Azmuth created the Omnitrix with the objective of developing better understanding between all species in the universe and establish peace and harmony among them. It does so by letting the original lifeform that the Omnitrix is attached to walk a mile into another species' shoes. Its secondary purpose: the Omnitrix was created as the countermeasure against the Highbreed. The Omnitrix has the DNA of all sentient lifeforms in the galaxy and serves as a means as to repopulate the lifeforms that are destroyed by the Highbreed. To Azmuth this function was so important that he decided to forbid Ben from fighting the Highbreed. He also compared the Omnitrix to Noah's ark and Ben to Noah.
The Omnitrix looks like a wristwatch, primarily black and grey in colour, with a green dial in the middle which has a shape like 4 triangles with their point-ends facing each other and joined. When it recalibrated it gained a more watch-like shape, it had a green wrist, it was quite smaller and thinner and the triangles were black and green. The inside of the two vertical triangles glow in different colours at special moments. These colours signify the state that the Omnitrix is presently in. They are:
- 1. Green - Active Mode. Meaning it can be used. Actual usage time is unknown (between ten and twenty minutes) and can time out at humorous or dramatic moments. Seems to time out faster the more it's taxed such as fighting. However if regular time is tampered with, Ben can't turn back. (Ditto, for example, isn't allowed to revert, or let Ben transform multiple times.) After the Omnitrix was recalibrated, the symbols on the aliens were also this color on their chests.
- 2. Red - Recharge Mode. When the Omnitrix times out. Takes around 10 minutes to "recharge", though it may take more time if tampered with. It's main purpose is said to keep the original alien's personality from overwhelming the user (Such as the case of Ghostfreak.)
- 3. Yellow - Capture Mode. When a new DNA sample has been uploaded to the Omnitrix Database for future use. Can also reclaim lost alien forms that may have escaped the Omnitrix.
- 4. Orange - Self-Destruction Mode. Meaning the Omnitrix is put on S.D.M. (Self-Destruction Mode).
- 5. Purple - Eon Tampering. When Eon used his powers to stop it from working and/or put his DNA inside the Omnitrix. Changed to this color during the live action film, Ben 10: Race Against Time.
- 6. Blue - Recalibration Mode. The Omnitrix begins transforming whilst selecting an array of new aliens forms.The Omnitrix makes a beep-like noise ,then it changes to black and green (just like when Upgrade merged with other machines) and then morphs into it's more watch shaped form.This can happen vise-versa as shown in The Vegeance of Vilgax the watch turns from it's new form to it's old (From Ben 10). What triggered the Recalibration Mode is unknown, but it is speculated that since the Omnitrix bonded with Ben's DNA again, and since Ben was five years older than he was before, the Omnitrix changed to fit Ben's age. Dwayne McDuffy said it recalibrated due to his matureness .The abilities of his old aliens were recognized by the Omnitrix and therefore "upgraded" as well, bringing 10 new aliens with the same abilities as the old aliens. Dwaume Mcduffie confirmed that the Omnitrix has hundreds of different forms(i.e. Alien Force and Ben 10,000 Omnitrix appearences).
Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix is a Galvan (Grey Matter's species) from the planet Galvan Prime. He has tentacles protruding from his face resembling a beard and walks with the help of a stick. Myaxx, a female Chimera Sui Generis (Vilgax's Species) helped Azmuth create the Omnitrix by collecting the DNA of aliens for the Omnitrix. Azmuth created the Omnitrix with the objective of developing better understanding between all species in the universe and establish peace and harmony among them.
In Ben 10: Alien Force, in the episode Good Copy, Bad Copy of season 2, a Galvan named Albedo builds his own Omnitrix that matched Ben's. As a result, he was turned into Ben due to that being the default. In an attempt to reverse the situation, Albedo travels to Earth to steal Ben's Omnitrix. In order to trick Ben, he claims that Azmuth was a liar, and he (Albedo) was the true creator of the Omnitrix. Ben saw through his lie, and began a chase creating a battle of back and forth transformations. During the fight, Albedo's form is damaged, turning him into a Ben with white hair and a red jacket. Azmuth had detected their near-universe ending battle and disabled Albedo's Omnitrix. Albedo was then sent to a Plumber's Jail.
It is revealed in the season finale that the Omnitrix can also be used as a countermeasure against the Highbreed, who have wiped out many races across the galaxy. The Omnitrix has special restoration powers that can repair genetic damage completely, reverting anyone under the influence of the Highbreed back to normal. The Omnitrix also contains not 10,000, but 1,000,903 alien forms "that are sorted into sets of ten for simplicity" which was the essential key to saving the universe. For this specific confrontation of epic proportions, Azmuth automatically unlocks the Master Control for the Omnitrix, giving Ben instant access to all of the million forms contained inside the watch, but altered so that he has access to 10 at a time. After confronting the Highbreed's highest council and learning of their ultimate plan due to the tampering of their DNA (tampered because of inbreeding), Ben unleashes a massive energy pulse that uses up all energy in the Omnitrix to repair the genetic structure of every Highbreed within a massive range by combining samples from each of the alien forms within the watch, saving the Highbreed from extinction. The ensuing burst resets the Omnitrix. The reset also gave Ben access to whole new 10 alien forms in the process. In Ben 10 Evolutions he is 16 years old with 10 new aliens.It was also revealed in "Primus" that the Omnitrix is actually a wireless receiver to Primus's Codon Stream, which contains the DNA of every sentient alien species in the universe.
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- It provides a black silhouette of the desired alien, when upgraded it provides green holograms. Dwayne Mcduffie confirmed by changing the settings on the Omnitrix, either display can be used on either one of the Omnitrix's forms (i.e. Original and Alien Force forms).
- Once attached to a host, it cannot be removed through conventional means.
- Can turn the wearer in 1,000,904 different alien species. The person's gentic code is rewritten on a quantum level, and matter is created from energy, or reconstituted to energy, as needed.
- Can adapt the clothing of the wearer to suit the selected alien form. Ben lost this function in Ben 10 Alien Force because the Omnitrix recalibrated . Now, nanomachines break them down and store them until his transformation ends.
- Can change its own shape and size to accommodate the wielder's size.
- Can absorb a sample of alien DNA if any species comes into physical contact with the Omnitrix. (Presumably this actually unlocks already present DNA, although Dwayne Mcduffie confirmed it could sample and use alien DNA that is not already in the omnitrix database.)
- When the user is transformed, a button with the Omnitrix symbol on it appears on the chest which can be used to switch to another form while already transformed into a specific alien. This is because, the symbol is the actual omnitrix itself, because many species don't have wrists.
- When near its creator Azmuth, it has been shown to pin-point the direction to reach him by turning its dial.
- Has Artificial Intelligance
- If someone tries to tamper with it against the host's will, it creates a large feedback pulse for defense.
- Has a self destruct feature which is powerful enough to destroy the entire universe.
- Can read the mind of the wearer,and transforms he/she into the alien it thinks is right for the situation when activated.
- Can repair genetic damage to any lifeforms' DNA. It uses this feature to repair the Highbreeds' DNA by fusing DNA from several alien species within the Omnitrix with the Highbreed's DNA.
- It can reset itself, giving the wielder access to 10 different aliens, and other aliens gained through DNA Scraping are locked again.
- Can show a database image of all aliens available at the time, or show a database image of aliens that escaped the Omnitrix.
- Creates a map hologram, which is similar to the one in plumber badges.
- Has a 2-way communication system with plumber badges.
- Communication circuts allow the wearer to understand alien languages. This works both ways, so certain species(ex.Brainstorm) that don't talk like most aliens do(physicaly through their mouths) can be understood by other people while the user is in their form.
- Apparently if tampered with, it will remove DNA samples from itself and they run off in the form of the species the DNA belongs to. They can, however, be re-absorbed within 24 hours,it will also use DNA samples of 2 aliens each to make combinations of all aliens available.
- Universal Translator (translates alien writing to English. Dwayne McDuffie confirms that Ben learned how to activate it, thus explaining how he could read Vulkanus' paper in "Inferno").
- Can teleport the user to Primus.
- During reconstitution(transformation) all information on the alien is dumped into the user's mind(this is how ben appears to already have a name for the alien even if it's his first time turning into it).
- Has a blank setting so it can deactivate(lid pops back down) without transforming. Also, the face needs to be hit hard to activate.
- When suffering from EM interference, the omnitrix can cause unintentional transformations, and the omnitrix will be unable to deactivate until the source of the interference is gone. This is how the tiffin was unintentionaly sending signals that caused the omnitrix to malfunction.
Note that the Master Control is not a function. It's actually the Omnitrix's true state with perfect control. It's just that Azmuth has programmed a protection system so that it doesn't get easily used wrongly when in the hands of evil. The protection system limits the transformation time to 10 minutes, stops from changing to any alien at will, makes the Omnitrix run out of energy (otherwise it would never run out of energy, actually it doesn't need any), also has a self-destruct feature which can be activated by Azmuth, and overall gives the wielder complete control over the Omnitrix. Sometimes the protection system is actually needed so that aliens like Ghostfreak don't get control over the wielder by any possible accident. The Omnitrix has also been seen to automatically "loose-up" the restrictions and automatically fully charge-up when the wielder is attacked or is angry. Azmuth can voice-activate the Omnitrix Master Control. When voice activated, it unlocks everything, including all alien forms within the Omnitrix, and the ability to restore any alien species stored in it, but when done through a code (like Ben did in Back With a Vengeance or like Ben 10,000 did in Ben 10,000), it only unlocks the ability to switch between alien forms and does not need to charge and does not time out. Although, as confirmed by Dwayne Mcduffie, Ben can voice activate the Master Control, but he would have to unlock it mannually first.
As revealed by Azmuth in Primus, the Omnitrix does not actually contain any DNA sample. It simply acts as a wireless device, connecting itself to the artificial planet Primus, where all the DNA samples of sentient life forms are held. Without Primus, the Omnitrix would be completely useless. When in danger, Primus can send a distress call to the Omnitrix, which teleports to Primus with its host in order to protect the planet.
The Omnitrix Aliens
Ben 10
Original Aliens
The Omnitrix originally had 1,000,900 but Ben accidentally added 4 new ones.
These are the 10 alien forms that Ben started with when he first obtained the Omnitrix in the original series.
Ben's Additional Aliens
Additional alien DNA was obtained later on by means of either a code, physical contact with an alien, or other random means.
- Cannonbolt
- Wildvine
- Benwolf
- Benmummy
- Benvicktor
- Upchuck
- Ditto
- Eye Guy
- Waybig
- Eon (Only appeared in Ben 10: Race Against Time)
Future Aliens
These alien forms belong to Ben 10,000's Omnitrix
- Spitter
- Buzzshock
- Articguana
- Atomix (Off screen)
- Shellhead (Off screen)
- Snakepit (Off screen)
- Toepick (Off screen)
- Sandbox (Off screen)
Ben 10: Alien Force
Original Aliens
These are the 10 alien forms that Benstarted with when his Omnitrix recalibrated into an array of new aliens
Additional AliensHere are the additional forms in Ben 10 Alien Force season two, season three and the movie.
Other Aliens
Here are some aliens who don't seem to have a significant role in the show. They include fusions, franchise-based aliens, aliens with unconfirmed appearances, and those that didn't appear but were revealed by McDuffie.
- Squidstrictor
- Rocks
- Mystery Alien
- Unknown Dolphin (Omnitrix)
- Unknown Primate (Omnitrix)
- Unknown Elephant (Omnitrix)


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Hoko Jan Karnegis explains how nyoho, or the dharma of thusness, guides the menu at a Zen kitchen.
It was the last day of sesshin, and something about the teacher's dharma talk puzzled one of the members of my kitchen crew. "If we are supposed to avoid picking and choosing, and not have opinions, how can we go to the grocery store?" he asked.
Nyoho: The Dharma of Thusness
Many of us are first introduced to the idea of nyoho, or the dharma of thusness, when we sew rakusus. We are taught about the nyoho of tai (material), shiki (color) and ryo (size). Our robes are made from cast-off material to which no one has any attachment. The color is a blended shade that does not excite any feeling of greed or jealousy. The size is just right for the particular wearer—neither so large that fabric is wasted nor too small to cover the body.
The Nyoho of Tai: Choosing Ingredients
In Dogen's Tenzo Kyokun, or Instructions to the Cook, he gives us some help in making nyoho choices. With regard to the tai—in this context, the materials chosen to make meals—he writes that whether you're cooking coarse greens or have the resources to make a cream soup, you should maintain the same state of mind. Of course, it's possible to become just as attached to the greens as to the soup. The coarse greens can seem to represent "good" or "diligent" practice, while the cream soup can come to represent dissipation and greed. But a steady diet of nothing but coarse greens is not nyoho, just as my bland and undercooked boiled vegetables were barely in accord with Buddha's teaching. The mark we're shooting for is appropriateness, not extremes of richness or poverty.
The Five Pungent Herbs
Dogen further warns, "Do not come into the zendo smelling of onions!" Thus, my grocery list doesn't include aromatics: onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, or chives. The five pungent herbs are considered by Hindus to be rajasic (expanding) foods that stimulate passion and the intellect, clouding the mind and interfering with meditation, and traditional Zen cooking also avoids them. In the Surangama Sutra, the Buddha explains:
Ananda, all beings live if they eat wholesome food and die if they take poison. In their search for samadhi, they should abstain from eating five kinds of pungent roots (i.e. garlic, the three kinds of onions and leeks); if eaten cooked, they are aphrodisiac and if raw, they cause irritability. Although those who eat them may read the twelve divisions of the Mahayana canon, they drive away seers in the ten directions who abhor the bad odor, and attract hungry ghosts who lick their lips.
A disciple of the Buddha should not eat the five pungent herbs. This is so even if they are added as flavoring to other main dishes. Hence, if he deliberately does so, he commits a secondary offense.
The Five Colors and Six Tastes
Aromatics aren't the only flavors we're concerned with at sesshin. The meal chant says, "The five colors and six tastes of this meal are offered to dharma and sangha." Those six tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, salty, mild, and spicy, and they all need to be present. Sweet fruit, sour yogurt, salty soup, mild rice and gingery vegetables may all help to fill the bill, as well as bitter tea either used to wash the oryoki or sipped during the break after the meal.
Serving and Eating Without Trouble
As one last source of guidance for my grocery decision-making, I turn to the teachings of my dharma grandfather, Kosho Uchiyama. In the final talk of his life, he discussed seven points of practice. These have become the foundation of my own practice, and the seventh point holds particular interest for me: "Cooperate with one another and aim to create a place where sincere practitioners can practice without trouble." If I buy this and cook it, can servers manage it in the zendo? Am I causing trouble for the kaisshiki (director of serving)? Can practitioners eat it using spoons and chopsticks? Will it support or hinder practice? Putting myself in the place of those who will have to get the food into the bowls, and then in the place of those who will be eating, helps safeguard sangha relationships. Casseroles with a lot of stringy cheese are difficult to serve neatly. Spaghetti noodles in the first bowl might serve easily with tongs and look and taste delightful, but they're nearly impossible to eat with a spoon. Much as we might personally love these foods, they're poor choices for zendo gyohatsu.
How We Choose
I originally came to Zen practice looking for the answer to a fundamental question: how do I make decisions? On what basis do I choose one action over another? On some level, many of us may feel that our own opinions are a shaky foundation for making the many choices we face every day. Indeed, our texts and teachers remind us that "the way is easy for those who do not pick and choose." Dogen tells us that "a monk's mouth is like an oven," accepting whatever is put into it without discrimination or likes and dislikes. Are they all telling us to become dull and wishy-washy, floating through life without strong feelings about anything? That's a disturbing idea, especially when we hear every day about the suffering going on in our own neighborhoods and around the world. Are we really to have no opinions about such things, just accepting them without comment or action? And how do we carry out the little tasks that we need to take care of every day?


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Those of you who see me particularly in the bipolar forum know I like to bang on about early warning signs as I think these can really help in knowing when things are going wrong with your mood. I have a whole list of them that I know about but seem to have totally missed them in the last few weeks.
I saw my psych today as I thought I was a bit low and she is concerned. She has increased my meds and wants to see me again in a week. This is unusual for her. She said if I had called a few weeks ago perhaps things would be better tho she did say I am getting the hang of early warning signs.
So I feel a bit cross with myself as I really dont want to deteriorate further and I wonder whether I missed something a while back - well clearly I did.
I also talked to her about my meltdown on Friday and she was surprised as from that pov I have been well for so long. i am not sure if that is partly why she is worried.
Anyhow, I have my lists of early warning signs, perhaps I need to start paying better attention.
Hope you all are well.


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About 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day, becoming eligible for Medicare and considering retirement.
Here are four potentially serious mistakes that many boomers are making when they sign up for Medicare, according to Medicare advisory service Allsup. This will affect their retirement planning as they get older.
Bad timing. Medicare guidelines are clear. You get a six-month window to sign up -- three months before your 65th birthday and three months after -- but some people can't seem to get the timing right. Signing up in hopes of getting coverage early doesn't work, and signing up late -- even though you're still working -- could mean you face penalties. "Timing is a critical factor. It pays to pay attention," says Paula Muschler, Allsup Medicare Advisor manager.
Taking COBRA and ignoring Medicare Part B. If you are 65 or older when you leave your employer and your employer offers you the opportunity to keep your health insurance through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA, chances are you should say "no thanks." That's because Medicare expects you to sign up and start paying for Part B within eight months after you leave your employer. If you take COBRA and miss the grace period, then you can't sign up until Jan. 1 and coverage won't start until July 1. Plus, you'll pay a Part B penalty -- probably 10 percent -- for the rest of your life.
Failure to shop for coverage. For most people, their first Medigap choice is their lasting choice because their options diminish once they've made an initial selection. In many states, it is particularly difficult to switch from one Medigap plan to another because insurers can charge higher rates, impose conditions or even refuse Medicare recipients who are shopping around. Before you enroll in any Medicare plan, ask for information and read what you're sent carefully. "People should make an effort to initially enroll in a plan that best meets their needs," Muschler says. "If you don't choose carefully, you could pay too much or get coverage that doesn't really meet your needs" -- and find it hard to extricate yourself.
Choosing Medicare Advantage because it seems easier. Medicare Advantage plans offer all-in-one options that are very similar to the health care coverage many people had at work. Traditional Medicare with a Medigap plan and Part D prescription drug insurance is more complex, but Muschler says it probably is the right choice for someone with a chronic condition or a serious illness. That's because you can see any participating physician anywhere, making second opinions and alternative treatments more affordable options. Most Medicare Advantage plans are less flexible, and you'll have to pay extra under most plans if you go outside your network for any reason.


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It's a common tax season frustration: You file your tax return in March hoping to get an early refund, only to have more tax slips show up in April.
Edward Steger, chairman of Stetron International Inc., knows the feeling well. Last year, Mr. Steger and his accountant had to redo his tax return several times as various investment receipts and amended tax slips arrived, one as late as July. "Both of us were very frustrated about the whole thing," Mr. Steger said.
Mark Goodfield, a tax partner at Cunningham LLP in Toronto and author of the Blunt Bean Counter blog, says the problem in Mr. Steger's case was the Canada Revenue Agency's staggered deadlines for tax slips. While T4 and T5 tax slips must be mailed out by Feb. 28, tax slips for mutual funds, flow-through shares, limited partnerships and income trusts are not due until March 31.
It creates a heavy backlog in April, when accountants must rush through claims without giving them the attention they deserve.
"It drives the clients nuts," Mr. Goodfield says. "I just don't understand why Revenue Canada doesn't just make all the forms due [on the same date]"
Mr. Goodfield recommends active investors prepare their tax returns early but wait until mid-April to file. He also suggests they familiarize themselves with some of the more problematic tax slips:
Year-end trading summaries
Banks and brokerages use year-end trade summaries to report proceeds and commissions on each sale. However, the proceeds reported are sometimes net of commissions, which can lead investors to erroneously deduct the reported commission number a second time. Also, many banks issue multiple slips for each investment account, but send a consolidated summary of the slips to the CRA, which causes havoc when there is a missing slip or a question regarding one of them, Mr. Goodfield says.
Gain and loss reports
Many privately managed bank funds prepare gain and loss reports for clients. However, where there are U.S. stock sales, often the cost reflects the U.S. dollar purchase amount at the current year's exchange rate, rather than at the time of purchase. The onus is on the tax payer to figure out the historic exchange rate, Mr. Goodfield says.
T3 and T5013 tax slips
These two slips are not mailed out until March 31. T5013s are often issued late and then amended, causing confusion as to which is the correct slip, Mr. Goodfield says. Also, box 42 on the T3 slip - return of capital - reduces the adjusted cost base of the security, and is often overlooked.
T4 salary slips
Some people who started working with their employer before 1996 may have a tax-free transfer to their Registered Retirement Savings Plan on termination payments. The eligible retiring allowance portion, reported on the T4a, is often missed, Mr. Goodfield says. Other often overlooked deductions on the T4 are the stock option deduction benefit at the bottom of the form and the T4 OAS, Statement of Old Age Security, which includes income tax deductions and net supplements - any allowance, allowance for the survivor or Guaranteed Income Supplement you received during the year.
T5 investment income slips
If you earn U.S. interest on your investments, it will show up on your T5, with a note at the bottom saying that the interest is in U.S. dollars. It's not always clear to the taxpayer that this figure needs to be converted at the average exchange rate for the year, as set out by the CRA. Also, T5 slips have both eligible and ineligible dividend boxes, which taxpayers often accidentally reverse on their returns, Mr. Goodfield says.
Investment loan interest
Most banks do not issue receipts for interest on investment loans unless specifically requested, resulting in a missed deduction for the client. Borrowers should request receipts well in advance of the tax-filing deadline to ensure they arrive in time.
T2202a forms for students
Nowadays, tuition forms are not mailed and must be found on students' school websites. Most students pay no attention to these deductions and miss them at tax time.
Editor's note: An earlier online version of this story and the original newspaper version of this story incorrectly stated that RRSP tax slips must be mailed out by Feb. 28. This online version has been corrected.


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This post will have to be the "travelogue" variety -- there is so much to say and so little time to say it. I will be catching a train this morning to go back to Rome to resume my time with the "Rome Experience" after my break to come to Pollone and Turin to see the sites associated with Bl. Pier Giorgio and to meet some of his family.
On Saturday, before leaving Rome, the seminarians and priests of the Rome Experience met with Archbishop Raymond Burke, the prefect of the Apostolic Signatura -- basically the Church's Supreme Court. Archbishop Burke has just recently come back to Rome from St. Louis. He was very gracious as well as very informative. (I think that I learned more canon law in that brief time than I had in seminary!) He is a real champion of the faith, and it was an honor to be with him. He is also a very warm and gentle man.
In the afternoon, I got on a train to come to Pollone, the site of the Frassati summer home. Other than having a train cancelled in Milan, the trip was uneventful. I was picked up at the station in Biella by Wanda, Bl. Pier Giorgio's niece with whom I had had lunch in Rome the previous Saturday. She brought me to Pollone and the Frassati home, where I have been staying. It is a surreal experience in a way. I will go into more details when I can.
On Sunday morning, I went with the family and Chris Wohar, the director of Frassati USA, to the dedication of a Pier Giorgio trail in the mountains of the Val d'Aosta. These trails exist in almost every region of Italy. It was incredibly beautiful! Mass was celebrated on the mountain -- a true Frassati experience. Then there was a lunch for all involved back down the trail in a little village.
In the afternoon, Wanda, Chris, and I went to Turin. We first visited the Cathedral, where the Shroud is, to visit Bl. Pier Giorgio's tomb. We also visited a number of churches that have some role in his life. We also visited the church of St. John Bosco -- and had an interlude there when we thought that we had lost the car keys!
Monday was spent seeing Pollone and going to the sanctuary of Oropa, an ancient and beautiful Marian shrine in the mountains where Bl. Pier Giorgio often went when he was in Pollone. Last evening, there was the Mass I posted about earlier and then a long dinner and conversation with the family members here. Amazing.
23 June 2009
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Wowza!! You stayed at his home!
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Judge orders 15 years prison in totem pole death
INTERNATIONAL FALLS – The man who pleaded guilty to unintentional second-degree murder for killing his wife with a 17-foot-long, 700-pound totem pole was sentenced Monday to 15 years – the maximum allowed under court guidelines.
Carl Muggli, 51, of Ray, admitted in a plea hearing in State District Court last month that he raised a 5-foot wooden-handled cant hook – used for lifting, turning and prying logs – two-handed over his head in a threatening motion while his wife recoiled in fear, fell backward and knocked a 17-foot-long, 700-plus-pound totem pole out of its cradle system onto her head and chest, leading to the injuries that caused Linda Muggli's death.
Muggli said that he and his wife were in a heated argument about his Internet romance with an Alabama woman at the time of the incident.
Koochiching County Sheriff Brian Jespersen was the lead investigator in the case when he was his office's chief deputy. Jespersen told the News Tribune that the defendant's version of events didn't square with the results of an investigation done by his office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. He said the manner of Linda Muggli's death isn't exactly known, but he doesn't believe that it was an accident that the log landed on her.
Margaret Gonzalez, 58, the online "other woman" said in a phone interview from her Dothan, Ala., home last month that she was shocked at Muggli's admission because she didn't initially think he murdered his wife. She also said she is ashamed of herself for her actions in the romance.
Muggli was scheduled to stand trial last month in Beltrami County District Court on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder and intentional second-degree murder. He reached the plea agreement with the Koochiching County Attorney's Office and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, which were jointly prosecuting the case.
The lowest guideline sentence for unintentional second-degree murder for someone with no criminal history was 12½ years in prison. The maximum guideline sentence was 15 years in prison. The prosecution argued for the maximum and the defense argued for the minimum, with Judge Charles LeDuc handing down the sentence.
Gonzalez said she first contacted the Mugglis because she was interested in buying a totem pole. She said she started to communicate more with Carl Muggli, and their relationship turned romantic.
"He was trying to talk sex talk with me, and that's where it started," Gonzalez said. She said she sent Muggli nude and partially nude photos of herself and another woman and she said he sent her a half-dozen nude photos of himself.
At his plea hearing, Muggli admitted that he started to communicate with Gonzalez and their relationship turned romantic on-line and that he engaged in Internet sex with her.
Charges were brought against Muggli after investigators learned of the romantic Facebook conversations between Gonzalez and Muggli. Gonzalez, who is identified in court documents as M.L.G., told a Koochiching County sheriff's deputy that she was on the phone with Muggli on the day his wife died and she heard him arguing with his wife about getting a divorce. Gonzalez said Muggli called her back 30 minutes later and told her an accident had happened and emergency medical technicians were working on his wife.
The Koochiching County Sheriff's Office began investigating Linda Muggli's death the day she died. Carl Muggli initially told investigators the totem pole wasn't lying level in a cradle as they worked on it, so he placed two or three two-by-fours under the pole to keep it level. He said they were turning the pole with a hook when it suddenly fell to the floor on top of his wife.
Six months later, Carl Muggli was arrested in Texas, where he and his late wife spent part of their winters and where he hunted wild boars.