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On 23d June I will teach a workshop at the SIMP (Paris) on how to make a miniature primitive doll.
The little girl has jointed arms and legs and is just 28mm (1.10") tall.
The cost of the workshop is €50 and will last for approx 6 hours (it depends on how quickly you can crochet LOL). You must be able to crochet with a small hook (1.10 mm) and work in rounds.
I will supply all the required material: thread, hook, stuffing, pattern, fabric and coffee too, you only have to bring small sewing scissors.
I will not have a table at the show (I was late in reserving it - silly me!) but my friend Lory will have some of my items on sale on her table (she's a sweetheart!).
If you don't think you can crochet so small, just tell me when you subscribe and I will provide a bigger hook and a bigger thread.
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Authorities are investigating the beating of a 15-year-old girl outside of Dunedin High School Thursday afternoon.
The student was accosted by three female teenagers at about 2 p.m. across the street from the school at 1650 Pinehurst Road, according to Pinellas sheriff's deputies.
The attackers drove up in a car, got out and began to beat the student, knocking her to the ground and kicking her in the face, then driving off, deputies said. Deputies said there was no apparent reason for the attack.
The victim took herself to a nearby church, where she called her mother, who in turn notified school resource officers, deputies said. The girl was transported to a local hospital for serious but non-life threatening injuries.


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Summary: For one semester/quarter or two semester/quarter Introductory Sociology courses.John Macionis, like many college students, found his passion and life's work after taking an introductory sociology course. Sociology helped him make sense of the world around him. John shares his enthusiasm, excitement and teaching experience through a clear and engaging writing style that connects with students.This is the introductory ...sociology text that shows students how sociology is relevant in their daily lives. Sociology, 12/e, has an innovate new design, contemporary and relevant student applications, plus a wealth of supplemental material. This revision elevates Sociology's high standard of excellence, ensuring that it remains one of the foremost comprehensive introductory sociology resources for students and instructors alike.Sociology, 12/E strengthens the Macionis tradition of helping students see sociology in their everyday life! [read more]
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Milanovic recently spoke with the GC about inequality and globalization, including why the latter "should neither be worshipped nor vilified — it is not going to transform the world into a world of plenty or a conflict-free Arcadia." Read more
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Click on the links in the table below to get to the First Lines template for the series. Click here to see the script used to create the First Line Templates.
One of the most common problems collectors of old time radio series face is that of multiple episodes floating around under various titles. The problem is compounded by the fact that many groups do distributions of the same series and because there is no hobby-wide accepted agreement on naming episodes that have no 'official' titles, many of these round robins contain many duplicates. To add insult to injury, some dealers sell series with many duplicated episodes, but try to pass them off as different episodes.
Thus, it can be a real pain when you find out that you have nine copies of the same episode, all with a different title!
Some series announce the title of an episode in the beginning of a show, while others mention it at the end, and others don't mention the title at all. Some shows don't even have official titles, with collectors and distributors creating one on their own. One way to help identify episodes that cannot be easily identified is by the first line of dialog. To this end, some great work has been completed by various enthusiasts and collectors, some of which has been posted on our website, on the First Line Page. The downside of this method is that it may take months for someone to go through the episodes and record the first lines, and that is only after time is spent ensuring that their shows are correctly named and dated, and so on.
To help speed up the process, The Old Time Radio Researchers Group have set up this wiki. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with wikis, a wiki is a webpage that is editable by anyone. A good example of this is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [As an aside, Wikipedia has some very interesting entries about various OTR personalities, including George Burns, Jack Benny, Orson Welles, and others.] The coolest thing is, if you find any mistakes or wish to add information, you are free to do so. Just edit the page.
The idea is that instead of having one person work on an entire series by themselves, distribute the work amongst anyone interested. Hopefully, this will enable people help out even if they can't commit to a whole series (due to lack of time, etc.). People who have not spent years researching and collecting Old Time Radio can still help out. All they have to do is listen to an episode, record the first line, and post it on the wiki.
The wiki will help this out in a couple ways:
2) We are setting up templates for the information entry, based on the Otter Database Logs. All episodes will be listed on the page, whether they have been "First Lined" yet or not. This is different than the way it has been done till now (for the most part), with people adding episodes to the list only after they have recorded the first line for the show. By letting people see which available episodes have not yet had their first lines recorded, they will easily be able to pick up where someone has left off.
Please Read Stewart's Message regarding first lines. He brings up some very good points that should be taken into account before adding First Line information.
In order to make it easier to tell which episodes were already edited, please edit the color of the episode. If you are sure you got it right, use blue. If you have any doubt about the information, use red. Instructions to do so can be found on the bottom of this page.
Feel free to add any information to the episode that you feel may be of value. AKAs and Guest Stars come to mind.
Editing Text Color
To edit the color of an episode, put %COLOR% at the beginning of the episode [The %COLOR% must go right at the beginning of the paragraph], where COLOR is either RED or BLUE (they must be capitalized).
Basically, the blue or red colors are an indication of how you feel about the information you provided for the program. If you are satisfied that your information is correct, change the color of the episode information to blue. If, for whatever reason, you are not 100% sure that your information is correct (for example, you couldn't quite hear all the words in the first line or you aren't 100% sure that you have the episode correctly named), mark the episode information in red. This will make it easier for other people to know which episodes are already done so they can work on other ones.
For an example of this, take a look at the Pat Novak First Line page. The episodes that are definitely correct are marked in blue and the episodes that are questionable are marked in red.
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About 30 autistic children and their parents viewed a special screening of "The Croods" at Cinergy Cinemas on Saturday.
Unlike regular movie showings, the lights in the theater room were kept on and the sound effects were lowered to accommodate the sensory needs of the children.
"Today is about rewarding our children, who work so hard every day to catch up and continue to learn in their own ways," said Fefee Franklin, co-director of Combatting Autism Through Community Help & Unified Parents. "We're showing appreciation for all that they go through."
CATCHUP, a local nonprofit, organized the event and works regularly as an advocate group to increase autism awareness. It also supports and assists families dealing with autism to live enriched lives.
"It makes my heart smile that our children can come and actually enjoy something as simple as a movie," Andrea Dykes said.
Dykes took her 7-year-old son, Amare, to the movie and was glad they didn't have leave early, she said.
"We normally don't get out to the movies much because we've had to leave regular showings early a lot of the time," Dykes said.
The group wants these showings to become a regular occurrence at other theaters in the area, Franklin said. She believes the need is present because of the increased rate of autism diagnoses in the United States.
"So far, this is the only theater in the area that has allowed us to do this," Franklin said.
Cinergy Cinemas was honored to oblige the group with the modified screening, said Chris Villarreal, general manager.
"I'm always happy to help to accommodate different groups," he said. "I have no problem giving them a special showing that the kids can enjoy … actually I'm surprised that no one else helps them out."
CATCHUP will conduct a fundraiser breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. May 4 at Applebee's in Killeen. Tickets are $8. For more information, got to www.catchup4autism.org or call (254) 535-0738.


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Mary is an editor and publishing consultant. She was formerly Chair of Adoptive Families of Hong Kong (AFHK), a support group for adoptive families of all nationalities living in Hong Kong. Mary was acquisitions editor for Asian Studies and Sociology for Cambridge University Press in New York and prior to that, commissioning editor for Asian Studies at Oxford University Press in Hong Kong. A long-time freelancer, her recent book projects include: Creating Across Cultures: Women in the Arts from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (March 2017); and The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan by Tianjian Shi (2014, Cambridge University Press). Mary holds an M.A. in China Studies and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She is the mother of four daughters born in Guangxi, China: Sophie (1995), Nora, Alice and Anna (2004). Mary and her husband David Youtz have been active in, and grateful members of FCCNY since 1997.
Gary joined the board of FCCNY in 2010 with a particular interest in promoting the organization's charitable initiatives. He and his wife Eve Cohen, are the proud parents of 5 year old Micaela who was adopted from Jiangxi Province in 2006; the family resides in South Orange, NJ. Gary holds an MBA in Marketing from Baruch College as well as a Professional Certificate in Fundraising and Development from NYU. Gary currently works as an independent consultant specializing in the development of business conferences, meetings, special events, and fund raising initiatives.
Tim has been an active member of FCCNY since 1995 when he and his wife Kathy Urbina returned from Wuhan with their daughter Zoe. He held the position of treasurer on the initial board of directors from 1995 until 2000 and returned to the board in 2004. He has been involved in the work of FCC's Charitable Initiatives Committee from the outset, and has helped to organize the database, financial structure, and the web site to continually upgrade the information and resources available to members. As a member of the Brooklyn regional group, Tim and his wife, Kathy Urbina have organized many local events and waiting family potlucks. He holds a BFA from Hampshire College and is an account executive for Coloredge , a graphics firm involved in printing and displays.
Lisa is the first Chinese adoptee who has grown up with FCCNY, to serve on our board. She was adopted from China in 1992 and as a young girl participated in many of FCCNY's events. She grew up in Manhattan and went to Bronx Science for high school, during which she participated in Girls Connect at its inception, as a senior mentor. She graduated from Cornell with a BS in biology and is currently working at Northwell's (formerly NSLIJ) research institute in a neuroscience lab.
Barry serves as an advisor to the Board on legal issues. He became involved with FCC in 1996, when he finalized our status as a Section 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Since then he has periodically served on our Board and has been involved in organizational, policy, and legal issues, including the revision of FCC NY's by-laws. Barry and his wife, Sloane Elman (who is also a lawyer), live in Manhattan with their daughters Olivia (Shanggao, Jiangxi Province, September, 1995), and Julia, who also resides in Portland, OR where she dances with a contemporary dance company. He also has two sons (both lawyers) and four granddaughters. Barry has previously served on the Boards of Children of China Pediatric Foundation, Doctors of the World (USA), The Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program, the Parents' Association of The Bank Street School for Children, and other not for profit organizations. Barry retired as a senior partner from his law firm in 2000 and is currently a Managing Director in the NYC office of an international business advisory firm.
Marcia, LMSW, MPPA, is a frequent speaker, writer, and conference presenter on issues surrounding infertility, adoption, and the Jewish family. She holds both an MPA and MSW degree from Columbia University. With over 10 years of policy and program experience at the national level in the areas of health, mental health, and human services, and over 15 years in Jewish communal service, Marcia has been at the forefront of policy, practice, advocacy, and research in many areas, including family/work balance, mental health, changing family structures, infertility and adoption. Marcia previously served as both the Post-Adoption and the Jewish Outreach Coordinator of the Ametz Adoption Program of JCCA. She also provided counseling to singles and couples both pre and post adoption and ran several support groups in the community. Prior to JCCA, Marcia was the assistant director and co-founder of the Department of Jewish Family Concerns of the Union of Reform Judaism where she worked with over 930 congregations, families, and individuals bi-nationally on issues of health, mental health, the changing Jewish family, adoption, infertility, special needs, and inclusion. Marcia is the parent of two girls, one who joined the family through biology and one who joined through adoption.
Marina was born, raised, and attended school in Rome, Italy. She moved to London for first job in Reinsurance industry, which involved doing business at Lloyd's of London. She continues to work in the same industry to this day. After 8 years in London Marina moved to San Francisco and 5 years later to NYC. She adopted Olivia YuHong from Chongqing as a single mom in December 2001. Marina started getting involved with FCC during the adoption wait and believes that it can still play a very important role in the adoption community. She is active in the adoption community as list-owner of two Orphanage Yahoo Groups and member of several other on line groups. She is passionate about Chinese culture and actively involved with NYCCC. Marina enjoys reading, going to great movies, more reading, traveling, and dining with friends.
Maureen Farrell and her husband Alan Kenny live in Montclair NJ. Maureen is mom to Lily from Shangrao, Jiangxi age 11 and Cali age 8 from Changzhou, Jiangsu. She has been the Regional Director for FCC Northern NJ since 2010. Maureen has a Masters degree in Finance and Operations Management from NYU. She worked for 15 years in the Wine & Spirits industry as VP of Financial Planning &Analysis and later as CFO for a wine company. In 2013 Maureen made the decision to devote her career to working in the not for profit sector. She is currently the CFO for the NJ Family Planning League—a not-for-profit that funds women's health clinics across the state of NJ. Maureen has been on the Board of Directors of OCA (Organization of Chinese Americans) since 2011 and is an active member of the FCC/OCA Leaders.
Paul is a native of the New York area who runs an executive coaching and consulting firm in Manhattan. He adopted Juli from Taiha, China, in 1998 when he and Juli's mother were living in Hong Kong. Juli was raised in Hong Kong and New York and currently attends college at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Paul, originally a journalist, served as an economic development commissioner in the New York City government before joining Deloitte, where he became a Managing Director. He founded Tribeca Leadership in early 2011. Paul is grateful for Juli's participation in FCCNY's activities and enjoys the board's focus on adopted children's challenges and opportunities as they grow into adults.
Following a 25+ career at Citigroup, Deborah is taking time off full-time work to focus on her family, which includes her daughter adopted in 2007 from Jiangxi province, husband, and elderly mother. At Citigroup, she implemented and managed a variety of financial products serving corporate clients globally and is experienced in marketing and business development, program management, global team building, and strategic communication. Deborah is currently a freelance consultant for CEO Connection, a membership organization focused on mid-market companies and a board member for SPOP (Service Program for Older Persons), where she serves on the fund development committee. In the past, Deborah has conceived and run events for FCC Manhattan, and her daughter participates in Girl's Connect. Deborah holds an MBA from Columbia University.
David is a non-profit executive and former president of FCC of Greater New York (2000–2007) who now serves on FCC's Advisory Council. Currently at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York, he was previously the CEO of the Hong Kong-based NGO, Mother's Choice, and headed Morgan Stanley's Asia Desk for six years. He held other leadership and programming positions at Asia Society, the Yale–China Association, and the Manhattan-based think tank, EastWest Institute and has spent twelve years living and working in Greater China. David has a B.A. from Oberlin College, an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and is the father of four girls born in Guangxi Province, China.
Mary is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and currently the Coordinator of Student Health at The School at Columbia University, a position which includes responsibilities in the areas of student health, faculty/staff health, health education, school-wide safety and parent and staff education. Mary has created and teaches The School's Gender and Sexuality curriculum (grades 4-8) and the Middle School Life Skills curriculum. Prior to working at The School since its opening in 2003, Mary was a Columbia University officer of clinical instruction in the department of pediatric neurology caring for children with epilepsy and their families, as well as a pediatric nurse at Hackensack Hospital and Rodeph Sholom School (nursery – 8th grade). Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Mary worked on and off-broadway, managing and producing theatrical shows and not-for-profit fundraising events for 15 years. As part of her past charitable work, Mary served on the Board of Directors of GLAAD for 6 years, during which time she served as co-chair for 3 years. She has also helped create and organize educational symposiums and workshops for students, parents and teachers on bullying, adolescent and pre-teen development, gender and sexuality education and family diversity. Mary is the proud parent of 2 daughters, Cece (21) and Gabie (13), who were both adopted from China, as well as partner for 22 years with Vivian Shapiro. Mary served as co-president of FCCNY, an organization that has been an invaluable resource and network for Mary and Vivian in raising their 2 daughters.
Ross is an installation artist and arts educator. He received a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College. His study of Chinese landscape painting, calligraphy and the Mandarin language in China and Taiwan over a ten year period has had a lasting influence on all of his artistic endeavors. Public art works in NYC include: "Parallel Motion", a 96-foot long mural, based on Chinese calligraphy and dance, PS/IS 89, Battery Park City and "Roto-Sphere", a 22 foot kinetic steel sculpture, New York Hall of Science. He has lectured and conducted workshops on Chinese calligraphy and landscape painting at such cultural institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, China Institute, and public and private schools in the tri-state area. An FCC board member since 2002, he and his partner, Peter Herbert, are the proud parents of Anwen (born 1998), from Chuzhou, Anhui, China and Lilah (born 2001), from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.


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Two beauties side-by-side on the boulevard
This is what part of my boulevard garden looks like today with two of my favourite spring plants at their best: Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem', with the beautiful new pinkish variegated foliage. and 'Spring Green', one of the best viridiflora tulips you can plant.
I planted the Sorbaria sorbifolia last year and this is the first spring I have been able to watch it leaf out. It is just as good as I imagined.
The tulips don't quite look the way they normally do, perhaps because of the rain, but they still have their light green stripe which gives them such a classy elegance.
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TV Asahi is the Japanese TV channel which airs Super Sentai. The Kamen Rider series is also shown on the channel, which makes up the Super Hero Time block along with Sentai. The Metal Heroes series was also shown on the channel from 1982 to 1999.
The channel was formerly known as NET, it was renamed on April 1, 1977 in between the finale of the original Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and the premiere of J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai.


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– TNA has announced that "due to a number of issues with the voting," they have suspended the Gut Check Challenge. The competition included over 300 indy names divided into sixteen brackets and has seen a few adjustments since it kicked off. It was determined that people figured out how to vote more than once, so TNA decided to allow anyone to vote as many times as they wanted for a bit before halting it today.
TNA announced that that the re-launched challenge will include a "new voting system that will eliminate the voting issues."
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Johannesburg - Stormers flank and hooker Deon Fourie says the young players in the squad coming through the ranks will help improve the performance of the Cape outfit in the Super Rugby competition.
The Stormers lie second from bottom on the log with just one win from their opening five games.
On Tuesday, rookie Super Rugby players Tazz Fuzani and Sikhumbuzo Notshe arrived in Brisbane as replacements for injured players, having joined fellow young guns Jurie van Vuuren and Stephan Coetzee before them.
Van Vuuren and Notshe are still eligible for the Western Province under-21 team this year, but could find themselves pressed into action in some way in the Stormers' final tour match Ä
against the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.
"It's never great to lose players to injury, but when you see the youngsters arrive with a spring in their step it keeps you feeling positive," said Fourie.
"I remember my first Vodacom Super Rugby tour, having flown over as a replacement myself, and you can see that these guys are determined to make their mark and challenge for a full-time place.
"For us, as the senior guys, we try to help and guide the newer guys as much as possible, but having these new guys in the mix, learning their trade at Super Rugby level, can only be a good thing for WP rugby in the future."
Fourie looks set to return to the front row, having served the team well in the back row to date this season, but injuries have necessitated yet another enforced - and injury-related - switch to the Stormers pack.
"I haven't played at hooker since last year's 1/8Super Rugby 3/8 tour, but it's not as if I've never played there before," he said.
"It's all about getting one's rhythm back 1/8as a hooker 3/8 and once you've got that back it's kind of like riding a bicycle - you never forget the finer details."


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Based on the popular Japanese book series that teaches kids how to draw by combining basic shapes, Let's Draw! offers a perfect mix of learning and entertainment. With more than 100 objects to draw and fun art related mini games, young players can learn to draw anywhere, at any time.
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- Touch and Animate your pictures: Once a drawing is completed, touch it and bring it to life with animation and sound. Watch the elephant running, the rocket taking off, bird chirping, and more!
- Kid-friendly voice instructions: Even a small child who has not yet learned to read can play by simply following the voice instructions throughout the menus and game.
- Play fun mini games, with YOUR creations!: Play 10 fun-filled mini games such as "Car Racing", "Whack-a-Mole" or "Air Hockey" featuring the very characters you've drawn.
- Flex your creative muscles: Once you've mastered your drawing skills in "Learn to Draw" mode, it's time to unleash the creativity! Draw whatever you like! Once completed, each picture is stored in the Album for you to view later.
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Girls basketball playoff roundup: Red Oak stuns McKinney North
Texas Tech signee Diamond Lockhart scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Red Oak girls basketball team to a 47-41 victory over state power McKinney North in a Class 4A second-round playoff game.
McKinney North (30-4), ranked eighth in the state, saw its winning streak end at 23 games. Red Oak (27-9), the No. 3 seed from District 15-4A, led by 11 entering the fourth quarter and held on to advance to a regional quarterfinal matchup with Arlington Seguin.
In other area-round games:
Class 5A
Duncanville 66, Hurst L.D. Bell 29: Ariel Atkins scored 21 points as defending 5A state champion Duncanville (37-0) extended its winning streak to 65 games. The state's top-ranked team led, 20-2, at the end of the first quarter and will face Cedar Hill in the regional quarterfinals.
Plano West 75, Garland Naaman Forest 41: Natalie Chou scored 14 points as Plano West (35-3), the state's eighth-ranked 5A team, advanced to play Mesquite Horn.
Mesquite Horn 52, Plano East 37: Lauren Bradshaw had 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks for Horn (25-6).
Skyline 56, Garland Lakeview 38: Marina Lilly had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Chrisalah Lyons and Dai'Ja Thomas also scored 13 for Skyline (28-9). The state's 19th-ranked team next plays No. 21 Plano.
Plano 60, Rowlett 41: Seattle signee Wilma Afunugo had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Plano (26-7) outscored Rowlett, 16-5, in the fourth quarter.
Mansfield Timberview 67, Lewisville 49: Terriell Bradley scored 19 points as Timberview (31-5), the state's 13th-ranked 5A team, moved on to face Flower Mound Marcus.
Flower Mound Marcus 47, Killeen Ellison 35: Vanessa Jones scored 13 points as Marcus (29-7) beat the state's 11th-ranked 5A team.
Class 4A
The Colony 72, Woodrow Wilson 52: Libby Waddell scored 19 as The Colony (20-14), the No. 4 seed from District 9-4A, advanced to face Lincoln, the state's second-ranked team.
Arlington Seguin 37, Lovejoy 31: Alarie Mayze had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Seguin (28-7), the state's No. 17 team.
Mansfield Summit 61, Wylie 47: Taylor Jones scored 13 points to help defending 4A state champion Summit (22-12) advance.
Frisco Liberty 62, Bryan Adams 35: Bria Frierson scored 23 points — 18 in the first half — for the state's ninth-ranked team. Liberty (33-5) advanced to play District 9-4A rival Frisco Heritage.
Frisco Heritage 57, Carter 37: Montoria Tripp scored 19 as Heritage (23-10), the No. 3 seed from District 9-4A, beat 11-4A champion Carter.


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ECJ Chairman Herbert Thompson resigns
Herbert Thompson has resigned as Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ).
The resignation takes immediate effect. He will, however, continue to serve as a member of the ECJ.
Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, in a release states that he has accepted Thompson's resignation from the Office of Chairman, thanking Dr. Thompson for his service to the ECJ.
The King's House Jamaica release further goes on to state that Dr. Thompson informed the Governor-General that the controversy which surrounded his receipt of the People's National Party Award, on behalf of the ECJ, left him no option but to resign.
Thompson also reiterated his conviction that the award was meant to honour the work of the ECJ in building Jamaica and was never meant for him personally.
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Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Was Utah's redistricting process fair and open?
Rifleman Salt Lake City, UtahOct. 25, 2011 11:36 a.m.
Re: one old man | 11:52 a.m. Oct. 24, 2011
"Don't all citizens of Utah have the right to ask questions and receive answers?"
As a school teacher you should know that you have a 1st Amendment right to SAY anything you want within reason. (You can't yell "fire" in a theater and you can't joke about bombs at the airport.) But no, you don't have any "right" to receive responses from Jason Chaffetz or anybody else. You're going to have to get used to being ignored by Mr. Chaffetz for a long long time.
Brer Rabbit Spanish Fork, UTOct. 24, 2011 12:16 p.m.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, just as "fairness" is in the political eye of the beholder when it comes to re-districting. Relax this will be a non-issue before the end of the year.
one old man Ogden, UTOct. 24, 2011 11:52 a.m.
No Rifleman, no one in Chafetz's office ever saw my email. It was automatically rejected by his computer system because my zip code indicated I was out of his district.
You need to answer the simple question: How can a "Representative" live outside the district he "represents" if other citizens have no right to question him no matter what district we live in? Don't all citizens of Utah have the right to ask questions and receive answers?
I could understand this response if I had been writing from southwestern Alabama, but last time I checked, I'm still in Utah.
homebrew South Jordan, UTOct. 24, 2011 10:11 a.m.
Fair and open?? Kinda like Fair and balanced reporting from fox news. Its just a sound bite. Closed door practices from the GOP legislaters gerrymandering districts, I hope the voters make them pay but we all know this is a pretty red state. Between the caucus system and this process the crooks in the GOP have a stranglehold on pollitics in the state. Get off your duffs Utahn's and show these people we arent going to take it any more.
John Jackson Sandy, UTOct. 24, 2011 5:25 a.m.
"Office-holders expend resources and effort to be elected, and they deserve (and the constituents they serve are entitled) to have incumbency a consideration when redrawing boundaries."
Where are the Occupiers when you need them? Surely, they would protest such an arrangement. And, the rest of us should, also. It simply isn't a good thing to encourage public offices to be bought and sold. Our redistricting should not endorse such a practice, but instead seek to draw the lines just to suit the public.
To the victors go the spoils? And, we say they are entitled to lay aside the betterment of the public so they can draw the lines for the betterment of themselves, the politicians? No, I don't think we need to grant them such a thing. They are elected to serve us, not themselves.
Rifleman Salt Lake City, UtahOct. 23, 2011 7:34 p.m.
Re: one old man | 3:36 p.m. Oct. 23, 2011
Rob Bishop is the congressional representative for Utah's 1st District which includes Ogden. Perhaps Mr. Chafetz' staff sensed that your e-mail was frivolous and rightfully determined not to waste his time responding to it.
one old man Ogden, UTOct. 23, 2011 3:36 p.m.
The Tribune reported that Becky Lockhart stated that the only request for special consideration in drawing new boundaries came from Jason Chafetz who asked that his district lines be drawn so that he will actually live in the district he is supposed to represent. It seems it's not necessary for a representative to actually live in their district.
But this morning, when I tried to send an email to ask Chafetz a question, it was rejected. Why? Because I don't live in the Third District.
Do I smell a bit of Republican hypocrisy here? Sort of smells like the elephant enclosure at Hogle Zoo.
I also don't believe Lockhart, either.
goatesnotes Kamas, UTOct. 23, 2011 3:03 p.m.
"Redistricting" - "Fair" - "Open" - all oxymorons that do not belong in the same sentence anywhere in America. If your party wins the election in the year the census is taken you are free to draw the boundaries anyway you choose. It's the consequence of election victory. The pretense that it's going to be any of those oxymorons is simply stating facts not in evidence anytime, anywhere, anyway.
Instereo Eureka, UTOct. 23, 2011 12:53 p.m.
There is plenty of blame to go around about the redistricting process. Of course you can say it was open because of all the statewide meetings. You can also say it was rigged because of all the closed caucus meetings. You can say it's fair because districts are "equal" in their numbers and political composition. You can also say they were rigged because they divided communities along arbitrary lines. I think the bottom line to whatever you say about the process, it would be much harder to criticize a non-partisan commission.
EJM Herriman, UTOct. 23, 2011 4:08 a.m.
I always thought public office was a public service. That one served because they wanted to contribute to the betterment of all. I didn't realize that they deserved the right to incumbency, after expending resources (in the words of Mr. Pignanelli). Maybe this the root of our problems. When are we going to ever revisit term limits, not only locally but nationally? Get away from this sense of entitlement and get back to a sense of service.


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In this year's contest, students are asked to draw traffic safety-related illustrations that will become part of a new children's storybook written by local author Dana Mentink. The story, "Way Out Visitors," is about aliens who visit Earth and leave a young alien behind. The alien journeys to find a way home and learns about wearing seat belts and helmets, and using crosswalks safely.
Winners of the contest will have their artwork featured in the eight-page storybook. The final book will be unveiled at the Poster-Storybook Contest Awards Ceremony at the San Ramon Community Center on Feb. 28, and distributed at bookstores and libraries throughout the San Ramon Valley. Last year's contest drew more than 275 entries and nearly 500 community members to the awards ceremony.
Street Smarts is a traffic safety education campaign involving the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, Danville, San Ramon, Contra Costa County and the San Ramon Valley Council of PTAs.


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Research Topics
Genomes and Genes
J M McClung
Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Calpain-1 is required for hydrogen peroxide-induced myotube atrophyJ M McClung
Dept of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, Univ of Florida, Rm 25 Florida Gym, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 296:C363-71. 2009..Collectively, our data provide the first evidence for an absolute requirement for calpain-1 in the development of skeletal muscle myotube atrophy in response to oxidant-induced cellular stress...
- Apocynin attenuates diaphragm oxidative stress and protease activation during prolonged mechanical ventilationJoseph M McClung
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, Center for Exercise Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Crit Care Med 37:1373-9. 2009..To investigate whether apocynin protects the diaphragm from wasting and oxidative stress during mechanical ventilation (MV)...
- p38 MAPK links oxidative stress to autophagy-related gene expression in cachectic muscle wastingJ M McClung
Exercise Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 298:C542-9. 2010....
- Redox regulation of diaphragm proteolysis during mechanical ventilationJ M McClung
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 294:R1608-17. 2008..In summary, these data are consistent with the notion that the protective effect of antioxidants on the diaphragm during MV is due, at least in part, to decreasing myofilament protein substrate availability to the proteasome...
- Antioxidant administration attenuates mechanical ventilation-induced rat diaphragm muscle atrophy independent of protein kinase B (PKB Akt) signallingJ M McClung
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Room 25 Florida Gym, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
J Physiol 585:203-15. 2007..Further, these results also indicate that differential regulation of diaphragmatic IGF-1-PI3K-Akt signalling exists during the early and late stages of MV...


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Erdenet (Mongolia): Eight hundred years after Genghis Khan's marauding hordes conquered armies from Beijing to Budapest, Mongolians are seeking once again to prove their martial prowess - this time in the Olympic arena.
This barren nation of desert and grassland is aiming for its first Olympic gold medal at this year's Sydney Games to reclaim its pugilistic pedigree and pep up a nation demoralised by wrenching economic reforms and a devastating winter disaster.
Whether wrestling, boxing or grappling on the judo mat, when it comes to fighting, Mongolians punch well above their weight. The former Soviet satellite won five silver medals and nine bronzes in the eight summer Olympics it has entered since 1964 - not bad for one of the world's poorest countries with a population of just 2.4 million.
Eight medals were in wrestling - a national obsession encouraged by Genghis to keep his troops in shape as they swept across much of China, Central Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe.
"We are experienced in fighting sports because of our long traditions and because Mongolian-style wrestling is our national sport," said national coach Ganbold, an enormous former wrestler and Olympic judoka.
"It is in these sports that our people expect a lot from us and have placed great hopes in us," said Ganbold, fending off a cloud of mosquitoes during a workout at Mongolia's Olympic training camp - a cluster of log cabins in a forest near Erdenet, about 800 km (500 miles) north of Ulan Bator.
Olympian funding feat
In a country where a third of the population live on less than $ 10 a month, finding the funds to send a national squad to Sydney is an Olympian feat in itself.
Mongolia's economy, fighting to shake off seven decades of central planning under Soviet patronage, has just emerged from the worst winter in 30 years, which killed millions of livestock.
Companies privatised under economic reforms begun in 1990 are struggling to stay afloat and the government is under pressure from international lending bodies to cut its budget deficit.
"The changes in our society and the recent switch to the market economy has meant there isn't much funding for sports," said Ganbold. "In the last four years we've had insufficient resources for training, facilities and equipment, as well as participating in competitions."
Yet thousands of fiercely proud Mongolians have bought tickets for a "Sydney Our Hope" lottery to help fund the Olympic mission. Local firms such as Gobi Cashmere and the national air carrier MIAT have poured 100 million togrogs ($ 93,000) into refurbishing sports facilities.


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A Guide to Open Lighthouses in NJ
Situated in some of the most scenic areas amid the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware River, the New Jersey's historical lighthouses attract thousands of visitors every year.
While there are 18 total lighthouses in the state of New Jersey, 11 are currently open to the public, welcoming visitors from all over to explore their rich history and majestic views. Discover all of New Jersey's open lighthouses in this detailed guide with information included facts, locations, hours, admission and much more!
One of Greater Atlantic City's most popular attractions, Absecon Lighthouse is over 150 years old and is the tallest lighthouse in all of New Jersey (and the third tallest in the US). Ascending the 228 steps of the Absecon Lighthouse is well worth the trip – you'll get breathtaking views of the Atlantic City skyline while examining its original first-order Fresnel Lens, first lit in 1857!
Hours: July & August: Open Daily from 10am – 5pm, Sept. – June: Thurs – Mon from 11am – 4pm
Parking, Admission To the Keeper's House Museum, Exhibits and Grounds: FREE
Cost to Climb Absecon Lighthouse:
$7 to climb, $5 for seniors 65+ to climb, $4 for children ages 4-12 to climb, $3 Atlantic City residents with ID to climb, Active military & kids under 4: FREE
Dogs are welcome. For events and updates, follow Absecon Lighthouse on Facebook!
With a panoramic view of beautiful Island Beach, Barnegat Bay, and Long Beach Island, Barnegat Lighthouse, or "Old Barney" stands at 165 feet tall and has been symbol of New Jersey's proud maritime heritage since it was built in 1835.
Hours and fees: The lighthouse is open daily from 10 AM to 4:30 PM (weather permitting) from Memorial Day through Labor Day. There is a $3 fee per person to enter the lighthouse from Memorial Day through Labor Day. There is a $1 fee for children ages 6 to 11 and children ages 5 and under are free (must be accompanied by an adult).
Visitors can also catch the views from the top without climbing the 217 steps thanks to four cameras that transmit live images of the view to a display in the adjacent Interpretive Center.
Check out more information about Barnegat Lighthouse State Park here.
Standing 157.5 feet above New Jersey's southernmost tip, the Cape May Lighthouse's beam flashes once every 15 seconds and is visible 24 miles out to sea. The lighthouse was built in 1859 and is located at the popular Cape May Point State Park, where tourists and locals alike are drawn to enjoy natural scenery, great trails and unique migrations of birds and butterflies.
Hours: Open Daily from 9AM to 8PM.
Get event details and learn more about New Jersey's last remaining World War II tower here and follow Cape May Lighthouse on Facebook!
East Point Lighthouse was built in 1849 and is the second oldest lighthouse in New Jersey. Located on the east bank of Maurice River in Cumberland County, it was originally used to help guide mariners to the river from the Delaware Bay.
The two-story red brick structure gives East Point Lighthouse distinctive "Cape Cod" features that were the inspiration for many of the early lighthouses built on the Pacific Coast.
Group tours available every third Sunday from 1pm – 4pm.
Visit eastpointlight.info for more information about hours, schedules, directions and more.
Originally constructed in Buffalo, New York, Finns Point Rear Range Light was later transported to Pennsville, NJ by way of train and mule-wagon. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, its unique wrought-iron, open-frame composition cost just $1,200 to construct in 1876 and still stands today at 115 feet tall.
Call 856-935-1487 for hours and visitation protocol.
In addition to its rich history, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse is known for it's breathtaking Victorian architecture, featuring five fireplaces and beautiful living quarters for its well appointed original keeper and his family. Still a beautiful sight, the lighthouse is surrounded by a beautiful flower and herb garden that is enjoyed by passersby each day.
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse now offers a small museum and is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
Hours: Open daily (Summer/ Fall) from 9AM – 5PM.
Tour Admission Fees: Adults 12 yrs. and up $4.00
11 yrs. and under $1.00. Call for 609 522 4520 group rates. Free to visit gift shop and tour gardens.
Get directions and more information about Hereford Lighthouse at herefordlighthouse.org.
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is a well-preserved, unique octagonal tower that dates back to the 18th century and has been in service since 1764, making it the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States! Part of the popular historical collection of sites at Sandy Hook, the tower offers amazing views of New Jersey's popular park and beach area that overlooks the New York City Skyline.
Owned by the National Park Service, the U.S. Coast Guard maintains the light.
Hours: Open to the public on weekends April – Oct. from Noon – 4:30 PM, Nov. – mid Dec. from Noon – 4:30 PM, weekdays in July and Aug. from 1PM – 4:30 PM.
Admission is free. Tours are available by calling (732) 872-5970.
Based at another great Victorian building by the sea, the Sea Girt Lighthouse began shining in 1896 to bridge the 40-mile gap between Barnegat Light and the Twin Lights of Navesink. Sea Girt Lighthouse is the last live-in lighthouse built on the Atlantic Coast and was restored by a local citizens' committee and furnished in keeping with its historical period.
Hours: Guided tours of Sea Girt Lighthouse are conducted Sundays 2-4 p.m. through November 24, except holiday weekends. Tours are free; donations appreciated.
Groups tours are conducted year-round by prior arrangement. To arrange a group tour, submit your request here or call 732-974-0514.
Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse was first lit on New Year's Eve of the year 1880 to guide ships heading north along the Delaware River toward ports at Philadelphia and Camden. Situated in Paulsboro, its fixed red light and 1,000-watt lamps exhibit 500,000 candlepower from atop an 85-foot-high tower.
Hours: Open the third weekend of each month from April – Oct., Sat. 10 am – 3 pm, Sun., noon – 4 pm. Free admission; donations requested. Call (856) 423-1505 or (856) 423-2545 for more information.
Originally built in 1848, the Tucker's Island Lighthouse that we see today is actually a re-creation of an Atlantic Ocean lighthouse that fell into the sea in 1927 after years of pounding surf and beach erosion. Now located at Tuckerton Seaport, the lighthouse is a maritime interpretive center with exhibits of the history of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, Barnegat Bay pirates and the bay itself.
Hours: Open daily from 10 AM – 5 PM. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors (62 and older), $5 for children ages 6 – 12, children 5 and under free.
Offering what some will argue are the best ocean views in the state, the medieval-style Twin Lights is located in Highlands, towering 250 feet above Sandy Hook Bay, on one of the highest points along the coast. The home of several pioneering innovations in the lighthouse industry, this is where the first Fresnel lens was located in the United States and where Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated the first practical use of the wireless telegraph from Navesink in 1899. Plus, Twin lights used the first lamps fueled by kerosene in 1883 and in 1898, it was one of the first electrically lit seacoast lighthouses in the country. Click here to discover the meaning between its two lights!
Hours: Open daily from 10 AM – 4:30 PM during the summer and Wed. – Sun. from 10 AM – 4:30 PM during the rest of the year.


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25 days of giveaways: progressive international dry ingredients keepers set
Today's giveaway features a perfect place to store those flours and whole grains from yesterday — this wonderful "Dry Ingredients Keepers" set from the creative folks at Progressive International.
It is a fantastic way to stay organized. And it provides all sorts of perks that cooks will appreciate, such as built-in levelers in each keeper for easy measuring, airtight seals, and shakers for decorating. Definitely a step up for normal storage containers!
The lucky winner of this giveaway will receive four keepers, including:
So check out these great new keepers over at the Progressional International site, along with so many of their other amazing products that I love. And enter today's giveaway below!
***This giveaway is now closed. The winner's information is posted below. Thanks to everyone for participating!!!***
Progressive International Dry Ingredients Keepers Giveaway Rules
Giveaway Prize: One Progressive International Dry Ingredients Keepers Set, including a Flour, Sugar, Powdered Sugar and Brown Sugar Keeper (with built-in levelers), shipped free to the winner.
Entry requirements: Leave a comment on this page about your favorite Progressive International product, or why you would love to have this set of dry ingredients keepers!
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- Contest ends December 27, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.
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Brewer Wadworth has announced it will donate the Chancellor's penny cut in beer tax to charity.
The Devizes firm's sales and marketing director, Paul Sullivan, said: "Our customers are always hugely generous when it comes to supporting local charity causes.
"So we feel confident that they will back our decision to spend the penny saved on each pint on a charity of their choice."
Until June 30, a penny will go to a charity for every pint of draught ale or lager sold in a Wadworth-managed pub.
The pennies will accrue in a house "penny pot" and customers buying a pint will get a voting slip to nominate their favourite charity.
Votes will be counted and the pot's contents will go to the cause with most support.
Mr Sullivan said: "We could be helping 44 charities, if every managed house decided to nominate a different charity.
"We are delighted that the Government listened to the campaign to awhich Wadworth actively supported."


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Posted by admin on May 21, 2008
ProGenealogists, Inc. released the results of a study that identifies, for the first time, the 50 most popular genealogy websites.
36th place is GeneaNet, French website dedicated to family trees, community, and submitted records.
The list uses a "places rated" approach to average the website traffic rankings from four major web analytics companies.
ProGenealogists is already looking forward to publishing 2009's list…
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So I wrote an article tonight, just like the hundreds before it. Everything was exactly the same as ever, all paragraphs look as planned in both the visual and HTML tabs. But both when published and in a preview, all of the paragraphs are gone and everything is in one gigantic chunk of text. I obviously cannot publish like this… help!! Thanks in advance.
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Here's a brief abstract video I've made – nice and short – entitled Full Speed.
I have been making quite a number of videos, and posting them on Vimeo – free to view for all – and here's one I made two years ago that seems particularly popular. I check my viewing stats on a relatively daily basis, and re-order the playlist in order of changing viewer preferences – not necessarily my own favorites, but the ones that get played and loaded the most. Actually, our tastes coincide most of the time, and I'm drawn, especially these days, to my lighter, more accessible work.
Full Speed is a brief abstract animation, nice and bright, to add some color and cheer to your day. You can see my front page on Vimeo by clicking here, which includes my latest works, just posted today – Dome and Flowers – along with a batch of other popular videos, including Serial Metaphysics, DJ, Dana Can Deal, Numen Lumen, Beat Box, Real & Unreal, Life of Luxury, Escape and about 300 more videos from 1974 to the present. They cover a wide range of approaches, from documentary to abstract and nearly all the possible stops in-between. Most run about 5 minutes or so, with some longer works in the 20 to 30 minute range.
My films have been screened at The Maryland Institute College of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Anthology Film Archives, The Microscope Gallery, The British Film Institute, The Jewish Museum, The Millennium Film Workshop, The San Francisco Cinématheque, The New Arts Lab, The Collective for Living Cinema, The Kitchen Center for Experimental Art, The Filmmakers Cinématheque, Film Forum, The Amos Eno Gallery, Sla 307 Art Space – see the video for that screening here – The Gallery of Modern Art, The Oberhausen Film Festival and at numerous universities and film societies throughout the world.
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The best part is that SF release their music under Creative Commons, so you are free to download and share their songs -legally :)
*From left to right:
Jim Addams: Guitar
Jono Bacon: Vocals, Guitar
Jim Walls: Drums
Ron Crockett: Bass
By the way Jono turned 33 years old last Monday -September 17. (Happy Birthday!)
2008 – Denied by Reign
2010 – Nightmares by Design (Demo)
2012 – Liberate (Full Album)
I only have one favorite band, Belle and Sebastian, so you understand that for me is impossible to listen to Thrash Metal. However cover song of Liberate (Machines of War) isn't bad -is one of the most soft of the album.
Get a break from metal with Musician, Please Take Heed by "God Help the Girl" which is a musical project authored by Stuart Murdoch, leader of the Scottish indie pop group Belle & Sebastian.
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favorite song!
For free downloads, photos, wallpapers, tour dates etc etc, visit the official page of Severed Fifth.
*is the band picture/names right?


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In his early thirties now, Hasan Laughing Typhoon is far from the impetuous youth he once was, though he still possesses considerable confidence in himself and believes that everything will turn out right eventually; he tries to appreciate all things for what they are, no matter how terrible the circumstance.
Like his mother, his eyes are a sparkling storm of iridescent raindrops, his long hair a shawl of jungle mist, and condensation drips from beneath his fingertips; all of this clashes with his otherwise unappealing seeming of a swarthy Varang mortal, looking quite the wiry old rogue or bandit. Even so, he has a charming smile and a gift for understanding people that has assured his welcome in many a situation.
Over many years he and his mother have made themselves known to the gambling houses of Yu-Shan; visits to some in Creation, especially the Varang City-States, are also common enough that they are remembered as all-too-skillful customers and a scourge on the pockets of the unwise. This reputation seems to please Mahiya-Varsha immeasurably, while quiet Hasan holds pride in his abilities without such obvious glee.
Of course, with such overconfidence as they both possess, they are a quiet joke to those more prestigious venues they frequent, where even more skilled clientele make a sport of preying on the two; always Mahiya-Varsha comes away from these establishments feeling cruel fate has robbed her, for she was oh-so-close to winning every time. Hasan is more understanding of the situation, knowing he is simply far outmatched by the older gods in some games, but can rarely resist trying again anyway.
And so it goes, with Hasan and Mahiya-Varsha supplementing their own resources with quintessence and favours from minor gods, and inadvertently trading those favours and sometimes even pledging their own in payment to gamblers more savvy than they.
While gambling is the preferred occupation of Mahiya-Varsha while shirking her duties, it is not her sole vice; whimsical as the sudden rainstorms she throws at southern jungles, she is prone to staging elaborate parties she can barely afford and overindulging in all manner of intoxicants - most deities of entertainment and artistry know her well, and Burning Feather in particular views her with a sense of pitying fondness... and though he shows it not, Hasan has a certain sadness within him when he finds that same pity for her, though only in his rarest moments of reflection, as he has been gradually realising that she is almost entirely lost to her dissolute existence; it now falls to him to tie up any loose ends so that she does not unravel them both on her way down.
These days, Hasan has found himself in Creation more often than not, meeting with local gods and elementals responsible for managing his mother's directives upon the weather systems or locating and delivering party invitations to pretty gamblers his mother actually remembers, in the event she is organising an event somewhere in Creation; she has a coastal Manse in the Southeast where such things can be hosted. Sometimes the favours he or his mother owes oblige him to enact more dubious deeds; he is rumoured to be proficient in certain methods of acquisition, though he does not speak of such errands - and as he lacks the license to freely reenter Yu-Shan, he tries to work them around official business rather than be stranded in Creation too long.
Hasan Laughing Typhoon, son of Mahiya-Varsha the Cyclone Puppeteer
Heritage: God-Blooded
Nature: Judge
Anima: Swirling aura of iridescent raindrops and mist spilling from his eyes and fingertips
Concept: Gregarious Gambling Groundskeeper
Experience: 8
Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2
Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 2
Perception 2, Intelligence 3, Wits 2
- War
- Athletics 1
- Awareness 1
- Brawl 4
- Endurance 1
- Resistance 1
- Life
- Craft (Architecture) 3
- Larceny 4
- Linguistics 2 (Old Realm, Flametongue, Forest-tongue)
- Performance 1
- Presence 1
- Socialise 1
- Stealth 2
- Survival 4
- Wisdom
- Bureaucracy 1
- Lore 2
- Occult 2
Backgrounds: Artifact 3, Celestial Manse 1, Contacts 2, Inheritance 3, Patron 3, Resources 3, Savant 3
Compassion 2, Conviction 2, Temperance 2, Valor 3
Willpower: 5
Health: -0,-1,-1,-2,-2,-4,Incap
Essence: 2
Essence pool: 9 Personal, 9 (20) Peripheral
- Valour
- Affinity Element Control: Air and Water (6m, S, scene)
Equipment: Shiny new machete, stick to part vegetation, pack containing various other survival and cooking equipment, tough travelling clothes, heavy mechanised wind-jade boots (with The Lion's Heart socketed on the left shin), hooded elephant-hide buff jacket dusted with dark moss-green jade. Stored Elsewhere he has a mottled black and green jade cache egg containing jade bits and small gemstones for use as currency, decks of cards and counters for gaming, a couple of sets of more refined clothing, toiletries etc.
Merits and Flaws:
- Merits
- Awakened Essence (5pt Merit)
- Magical Attunement (4pt Merit)
- God-Body (7pt Merit; Soak Lethal w/ half Sta, staunch bleeding and resist poison etc as Exalted)
- Prodigy (4pt Merit; 2 additional Favoured Abilities)
- Flaws
- Aura of Power (4pt Flaw; 2/3 of Essence pool causes anima flare like an Exalt)
- Unusual Appearance (1pt Flaw; iridescent rainwater for eyes and jungle mist for hair)
Quick Combat
Base initiative: 5
Soak: 7B/5L/4A (Chameleon Coat)
Dodge: 3
Wind-Hammer Boots: Spd 3 Acc 9 Dmg 8L Def 8 Rate 3
Punch: Spd 5 Acc 8 Dmg 2B Def 9 Rate 5
Grab: Spd 1 Acc 7 Dmg 2B Def 7 Rate 1
Barefoot Kick: Spd 2 Acc 8 Dmg 5B Def 4 Rate 3
Expanded Backgrounds
Artifact •••
Wind-Hammer Boots
Artifact •• Blue jade god-kicking boots Speed -2 Accuracy +2 Damage +6L Defense +1 Rate 3 (PowerCombat, excluding material bonus) Commitment: 5, jade
- Bulky articulated boots with tiny air-spirits bound into their mechanisms, enabling the wearer to leap extraordinary distances with easy grace. Doubles leaping distance and aids Athletics rolls to jump and balance etc; add three dice to relevant rolls.
Chameleon Coat
Artifact •• Jade buff jacket Soak 4L / 5B Mobility -1 Fatigue 1 without jade bonus? Commitment: 4, jade
Cache Egg
Artifact •• 2' diameter black and green jade cache egg, as per AB:E p79 Commitment: 2 motes
Celestial Manse •
The abode of his mother Mahiya-Varsha, which despite all tinkering and attempts to fill it with ostentatious rain-themed decorations remains at its heart a Solar Manse, producing The Lion's Heart.
Contacts ••
Hasan knows many people, owes many of them favours and is usually owed as many in return. Virtually none of these are capable of being plot-relevant, but a couple of useful bits of information might chance his way. You never know.
Inheritance ••• and Patron •••
Hasan is the son of Mahiya-Varsha, the Cyclone Puppeteer, Goddess of Tropical Rainstorms and Taisho of Resplendent Water, who operates under Nasri in the Bureau of Seasons. The two are and always have been close, though Mahiya-Varsha's dissolute lifestyle is beginning to strain things.
Resources •••
A combination of a small allowance from his mother and his winnings from gambling with various little gods in Yu-Shan.
Savant •••
Hasan is a product of a fine Heavenly upbringing - he even remembers most of the lessons battered into his mind by First Age tutoring devices his mother owns. This should enable him to fulfil his (perhaps self-appointed) task of tinkering with the Manse, maintaining any First Age technology they find, and so on, although other than the technology he doesn't know much of the First Age.
Comments, thoughts etc.
I have a strange mental image of Hasan wearing mighty jade god-kicking boots, leaping and kicking at enemies while manipulating a rainwater thread cat's-cradle spread between his fingertips that directs a drizzle of homunculi to harry at the ankles of those he fights. I hope that sounds cool, because frankly, if we find ourselves under attack he'll need every stunt die he can get.
In any case, directing little humanoid puffs of elemental essence by tweaking a cat's cradle formed of rainwater kind of appeals, so figure that for a standard manifestation of his one charm.
Oh, and I hope everything else checks out; I realise that splitting Artifact 3 like so is a bit heretical but I'm hoping you'll turn a blind eye on this occasion... and I don't think there are any surprises in there beyond the artifact boots I wrote up for the aforementioned whimsical mental image - they okay with you? ~OrigamiFox
Character sheet altered as discussed; no more dodgy spreadsheet God-Blooded for me! - OrigamiFox


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Servings: 1
- 1 can (385 mL) carnation evaporated Lowfat milk, divided Water
- 1/4 c. Minced onion
- 3 c. Uncooked macaroni
- 1 can (10 ounce) cream of mushroom soup
- 3 c. Shredded "old" cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Dry mustard Salt and pepper
- Set aside 1/2 c. e. lowfat milk. Add in water to remaining e. lowfat milk to make 4 1/2 c.. Pour lowfat milk mix into large saucepan. Add in onion. Bring mix to a boil, stirring frequently. Add in macaroni, simmer, uncovered over med-low heat till pasta is tender (about 15 minutes); stir frequently. Don't drain.
- Add in soup, cheese, Wor. sauce, dry mustard and reserved e. lowfat milk. Cook and stir over low heat till cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Add in salt and pepper to taste.
- Makes about 5 1 1/2 c. servings.
- Variation: Mexicale Mac and Cheese: Brown 1 lb. lean grnd beef; drain fat if necessary. Add in to Creamy One-Pot Mac and Cheese along with 1 c. of your favourite salsa.
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Jacoby Ellsbury
Editor's note: The temperature gauge is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters are. We will spotlight Red Sox and opposing team temperatures on game days.
Jacoby Ellsburycontinues to remain sidelined by some cryptic "situation" which won't allow him to play, and that's unfortunate for the Red Sox as they open their second-to-last series of the year, being that the center fielder remains the hottest hitter in the Sox' lineup.
That being said, Dustin Pedroia is right on his heels, as over his last five games the second baseman has gone 7-for-19 with three doubles, living up to his billing as the "laser show."
Since coming back from missing a few games to be with his family for the birth of his second child, Pedroia had cooled down significantly after a hot stretch that lasted the better part of August and first couple weeks of September. However, Pedroia looks to be right back on track, and though some hand issues early in the season have tempered his overall numbers a bit, for most of the season Pedroia has been his same old self with the bat.
Behind those two, the hottest hitters in the Red Sox clubhouse are those seeing irregular-to-sporadic playing time, save for Scott Podsednik, who's seen a lot of time in center field and the leadoff role with Ellsbury riding the pine. James Loney also continues to show a hot glove at first base, but a lukewarm bat at the plate.
For the Orioles, Chris Davis clocks in red hot, posting a .959 OPS over 93 plate appearances in September. Behind him, rookie Manny Machado has been a revelation at third base, not just solidifying the position but adding another weapon to Baltimore's arsenal.
Check out the temperatures for both the Red Sox and Orioles for Friday, Sept. 28 below:
Boston Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury 81
Dustin Pedroia 78
Ryan Kalish 73
Guillermo Quiroz 72
Mike Aviles 71
Scott Podsednik 70
James Loney 68
Danny Valencia 66
Che-Hsuan Lin 65
Ivan De Jesus 64
Mauro Gomez 62
Daniel Nava 61
Cody Ross 60
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 58
Pedro Ciriaco 54
Jose Iglesias 50
Ryan Lavarnway 48
Baltimore Orioles
Chris Davis 92
Manny Machado 83
Nate McLouth 78
J.J. Hardy 74
Ryan Flaherty 73
Luis Exposito 72
Nick Markakis 72
Matt Wieters 72
Bill Hall 72
Xavier Avery 71
Wilson Betemit 71
LJ Hoes 70
Taylor Teagarden 70
Steve Tolleson 69
Lew Ford 68
Jim Thome 68
Adam Jones 66
Mark Reynolds 66
Omar Quintanilla 66
Robert Andino 63
Endy Chavez 60
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Francis of Assisi: a pair of reappraisals
Joan Acocella of The New Yorker reviews two recent books on St. Francis of Assisi, and, in the best tradition of long form book reviews, gives us a crash course on the subject at hand. Of particular interest is the dispute over Francis' legacy.
The schism that opened between Francis and the centrist members of the order has never healed. The minute he died, the Church redoubled its campaign of annexing this revered man. Within two years of his death, he was canonized, and work began on the basilica to be raised in his honor in Assisi. It eventually became a vast complex. In addition to a double church—one structure laid on top of the other (Francis's crypt was placed in the lower church)—there was a sort of palace to house visiting dignitaries. Popes stayed there. Later, stained-glass windows and the now famous frescoes by Giotto were added.
This was the Church's tribute to the man who never possessed more than one tunic and who forbade his men to own even the roof over their heads. With the construction of the basilica, Franciscan poverty, the order's foundational precept, became a pious fiction. Soon the superiors were allowed to handle money; priests within the order were given privileges denied to lay brothers; the yearly "general chapter" was restricted to the friars' representatives; and so on. It is hard to think of a single important Franciscan principle that was not violated. Vauchez calls this period Francis's "second death."
Some of Francis's companions survived him for many years and remained true to his code, as did other, later recruits who joined the order because of the code. From these loyalists came the so-called Spirituals, who loudly opposed any abandonment of Francis's rules. The Church eventually disciplined them. In 1323, the Pope declared that anyone who claimed that Jesus and his disciples lived in absolute poverty (part of the inspiration for Francis's rule) was guilty of heresy. Some of the Spirituals were put to death.
What images come to your mind when you hear Francis' name? Why? Do you think they are true to the spirit of the man, or are they the creation of later writers with agendas of their own?
Terrific post - and great questions.
Still thinking about 'em - but for now: I, too, think of Franciscans....
I find myself thinking of Bill Clinton's words (re "Lincoln") last night at the Golden Globes: about Commitment v Compromise. Francis had one kind of commitment, (some of) his Franciscan successors had compromise. At either end of the dichotomy, were they too extreme? I can't say.
JC Fisher
From a sermon on St. Francis I preached last year:
….In church, it's as if the sun never burns anyone, and the earth never smells bad. In church, it's as if all of Creation is a soft-focus nature movie in which animals with big soft eyes trot obediently onto Noah's Ark or gaze tenderly at the baby Jesus… and never eat each other, or look gross, or make a mess. It's the tyranny of cuteness.
Francis was not a sentimental animal-lover of the cute-puppy kind. He was the kind of holy man technically referred to as a nutcase. While you may have been taught to think of him as that sweet lawn figurine with the bad hairdo holding the birdbath, Francis was in fact a wacked-out mystic, a compulsive anorexic and self-mortifier, a bleeding stigmatic with no boundaries whatsoever. And a passionate lover of all creation.
Francis may well have been a fool, an infant; not wise or intelligent. But Francis wanted to follow God. And somehow he understood that the most important thing was God's love for his whole creation, without exception. God's love for the sun and moon and wind, the leper with open sores, the angry soldier, the scary wolf menacing the townspeople. Francis saw that God had made all these things, and loved them all, and that God had said they were all very good.
Francis, the dog, the fool, also understood that God is not an idiot. I mean….do you think that God doesn't see how we throw up on the living room carpet? How we snarl and growl and bite each other? How we make a mess in the beautiful garden God has planted for his people?
Really: do you really think God loves us because we're cute?
And so Francis, whose unsentimental love of God's creation I yearn to follow, thought that he, too, should love the apparently unlovable. That he too should kiss lepers, and hang out patiently with people who hated him, and be kind to unattractive, slobbery, mean animals. He thought he should look with great attention at the world and the creatures God made, and try to see what it was that God loved in us all….and then act on that love.
Francis was not a saint, in the sense that saints are supposed to be as inoffensive as kittens in a Sunday School book. He was bossy and crazy and beautiful and visionary, and he yearned more than anything else to join his life, through Christ, to God's great work—which is restoring all of creation, as it really is, to wholeness.
"I have been all things unholy," said St. Francis before he died. "If God can work through me, he can work through anyone."
And so on Francis' day we bless the animals: the smelly ones, the scary ones, the cute ones––all of them beloved. We bless the sun and the earth and the hurricane winds–– all part of God's creation, even when they hurt us. We bless each other, unholy and holy, ugly and sublime, in the name of our brother and teacher Francis, who said simply, "We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way."
When I hear the name of St. Francis I think of some of the wonderful Franciscans I have known especially Brother Richard Jonathan Cardarelli of the Society of St Francis


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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas is holding town hall meetings in five cities across the state to talk about the federal health insurance marketplace. They will meet in Hays at Fort Hays State University Memorial Union at 6:30 this evening.
The 90-minute meetings will feature an introductory presentation to answer the most common questions about the Affordable Care Act, often referred to Obamacare.
BCBS of Kansas is one of three companies in Kansas selling health insurance plans on the new insurance marketplace — HealthCare.gov. The other companies are Coventry Health Care of Kansas and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, which offers coverage only to residents in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.
As many as 200,000 Kansans – including many who currently are uninsured – are expected to purchase coverage through the new marketplace. Many of them will qualify for federal tax credits that consumers can use to directly offset the cost of their premiums.
Blue Cross of Kansas has already held seven town-hall meetings and people have been pleasantly surprised at the size of the tax credits, said Blue Cross spokeswoman Mary Beth Chambers.
"I think people understood that there were going to be tax credits available, but didn't really understand just how much per month families might be eligible for," Chambers said. "I think seeing (this information) has opened people's eyes a little bit.
She said the example used in the opening presentation is for a family of four with household income of $50,000 a year. The family is eligible for $550 each month in tax credits to purchase insurance on the marketplace.
The credits are available on a sliding scale.
A tax credit calculator for all family sizes and incomes is available at insureks.org.
Kansas, however, is one of the states where political leaders have chosen against expanding the state's Medicaid program, which means those with incomes below 100 percent of federal poverty guidelines won't be eligible for subsidized coverage. The Affordable Care Act was written assuming most states would expand Medicaid, so the tax credits are available only for those who lack affordable employer coverage and earn between 100 percent and 400 percent of poverty guidelines.
Chambers said the other recurring theme at the meetings is having to dispel misinformation about how seniors are affected by the law. The short answer is that if they are covered by Medicare, they are not affected at all, she said.
Nonetheless, the misconception seems deeply ingrained.
"At some meetings, we've had to answer that same question four of five times," she said.—KHI News


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