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Hello M4ND0N, greetings and welcome to the Narutopedia! Thanks for your edit to the Tobi page.
We do hope that you will stay for a long time. Enjoy your stay as we work to become the best Naruto info site out there. BELIEVE IT!
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Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Omnibender (Talk) 00:45, 20 October 2011
Re: Tobi Article
What you are writing otherwise than being unnecessary, makes it sound like we're gotten definitive proof of who exactly Tobi is. There is still great uncertainty going from the storyline and the information that we have who exactly he is and your revisions is making it sound like it's been said definitively that "Tobi is not Madara Uchiha". None of what is there needs to be there. Also, please remember to sign your posts using four tildes (~~~~) or the signature button--Cerez365™ 00:31, December 13, 2011 (UTC)
I never said he didn't, because it's more than obvious that Madara hated the Senju. However, I don't support copying and pasting the information from Tobi's article. Simply making a note that he did in fact carry hatred for the clan and Hashirama etc... is more than sufficient. I also don't think that any of us are in a position to classify anything as false information in either article.--Cerez365™ 00:54, December 13, 2011 (UTC)
- you have misinterpreted my statement. — SimAnt 22:51, September 18, 2012 (UTC)
Re: Regarding your Tobi edit
If we simply remove things on the basis that he might have been doing that to keep the Madara cover, we might as well remove 80% of the page. I think the best way out is to better word those bits. I'm trying to find a way of doing that, though the edit conflicts are getting in the way a bit. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:43, December 13, 2011 (UTC)
Tobi said each of the things that are present in his personality section. He clearly showed his disdain for the Senju in 3 separate occasions: When explaining the truth about Itachi to Sasuke, in the Land of Iron to Naruto, and when he was fighting Konan. Also, he never actually said he wasn't Madara. All he said was that he didn't care whether or not they referred to him by that name as he didn't care. In fact, there is quite a bit of evidence that Tobi is Madara, more so than there is doubt that he isn't:
-The 3rd Databook states that they're the same in both of their articles. -He told Konan-- whom he was about to kill and thus would have absolutely no reason to lie to her-- that he's Madara and that he fought Hashirama at the Valley of the End to gain some of his DNA (which the Edo Madara claimed to have done as well. -Some of the most famous and powerful ninja to ever live in the series--specifically, Minato, Itachi, Onoki, A, Tsunade-- believe that no one but Madara could be responsible and have the motive to do all that he's done. Even Jiraiya, who had no idea of Tobi's existence or claims believed that Madara must be alive and be behind Akatsuki. The largest piece of evidence is the fact that the Kyubi never referred to anyone but Madara controlling it, and Onoki (who fought Madara in the past) never cast any real doubt on Tobi's claim of being him, and upon seeing Madara resurrected was at a loss to think of anyone else that it could be. even though I believe that Tobi could be Madara in some way (a la Splitting Technique), the wiki presents this information because it is ambiguous in this case since we don't know for certain that he isn't Madara, since this has only recently come to light. Skitts (talk) 01:20, December 13, 2011 (UTC)
Infobox images
Changes to those have to go through discussions before being carried out. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 04:15, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
Which change? The Itachi one? Fair enough, I kinda went on assumption that everyone would prefer a more recent photo of Itachi to represent the article. I'll ask next time. --M4ND0N (talk) 04:27, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
- And again. We don't want Shippuden images of characters in the infobox unless they appeared from Shippuden and Naruto / Sasuke appeared from the very beginning of the series so images from them are wanted. Also, your images have no license metadata or rationale for use anyway --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 16:14, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
Unsigned comments
If someone is leaving unsigned comments, rather than just threatening them, use the {{Unsigned}} template. It's there for a reason. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 19:20, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Animefreak 55's signatures on that thread are not in line with the Signature policy, just leaving a link to your talkpage is not permitted as a valid signature. That is why the Unsigned template is there. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 20:43, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Obito and shit around that
It's cool, I got the best possible explanation for Obito turning this way, "Curse of Hatred"--Elveonora (talk) 22:43, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Please keep the character named as "Tobi" in the article, if it is during the time that that was his alias. — SimAnt 00:36, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I didn't get any indication that this was the course of action. It was my mistake. --M4ND0N (talk) 01:01, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
That was like the worst chapter in the series...
- Flashbacks
- Retarded reason for turning a villain
- Madara and Obito working together, like wtf?
Seriously, I really do believe that Kishi must be smoking some damn weird **** these days.--Elveonora (talk) 08:59, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
Well to be fair, Madara and Tobi working together was already established. But I agree that Obito's reasons aren't at all well thought out, Rin's death, really? I can tell he planned on Tobi being Obito for years now, I take solace in that fact. --M4ND0N (talk) 17:16, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
There's still more to it... I simply can't swallow that good old Obito turned to this due to a chick 0_o he is sure under Madara's control or something, or Izuna in Obito's body... just wait ;D--Elveonora (talk) 12:23, September 7, 2012 (UTC)
Image policy
M4ND0N, we have become aware that you have violated one or more rules that have been listed out in the Image policy. Please make sure to read the policy again so that you are not blocked for ignoring the policy. Any queries about why you are receiving this message can be directed to my talkpage.
The part of the policy which you violated is quoted before for reference:
All images must have a fair use rationale as well as license metadata before they can be used.Many thanks for your co-operation. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 16:00, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
Repeated violations of Image policyM4ND0N, this is the second warning regarding a violation of the Image policy. Please read over the Image policy again as well as the other policies listed in the Rules Index, before you continue to edit, otherwise you may be blocked from editing for a short time. Any queries about this message can be sent to my talkpage. Thanks. --http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 07:23, September 19, 2012 (UTC)
They like it when you add Fair use and rationale to your images.--Cerez365™(talk) 10:26, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
618 Hokage Image
Shave a little more off the top please, to get rid of the watermark.--Cerez365™(talk) 06:53, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Last Warning Regarding Image policy
|M4ND0N, this is your last warning warning regarding a violation of the Image policy. Please read over the Image policy again as well as the other policies listed in the Rules Index.
|If you continue to vandalise or otherwise disrupt the wiki with violations of the above policy, you will be blocked by an administrator.
|Many thanks for your co-operation.--Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 20:59, January 31, 2013 (UTC)
- You were given a warning and you didn't read the policy. Your image is against the rules and I don't care if your one is better and is what the manga depicts. My image is in full HD and came first. As long as the characters are depicted, it does not matter what image is used. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 18:55, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
The only case where you should make use of the re-upload feature is when you are uploading a better quality image of the same image (same media, same episode/chapter, same scene/page, same basic frame of the episode/manga) on top of another.
- Sums it up just fine. Obviously you don't understand how things work here. We use the first scene they appear in and not just the exact same scene that was shown in the manga, as long as it depicts what it is trying to depict. My image quite clearly depicts Nagato and Itachi just fine so there's no need for your image. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 19:03, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Considering the fact you've been told two times before about image policy, I would've thought you'd have checked the policy first before you started a revert war over the image. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 19:09, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Just to be clear: the only portion of the image policy you violated this time was uploading the image over an existing image. That should only be done when the image is the same. So if you upload the image under a new name, you'd be fine. ~SnapperTo 19:42, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
If you want to advocate for the image to be changed feel free to head over to a talkpage and start a discussion about it. See what the rest of the community thinks. Also in the future use Special:Upload function to add your images, fill out the section that says summary and license as best as possible, someone else will correct them if necessary. You can also take a look at the summaries of the images you've recently uploaded, those have been fixed. That's what your image details should look like.--Cerez365™(talk) 08:24, February 2, 2013 (UTC)
PTS Sasuke Boss battle: What do you think?
I kind of figured that the PTS character rumor was true. But I wanted to ask you something. Since you're the one who edited the Storm 3 roster to say they're in it, There was a video I saw on Youtube where a person showed this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FaXEyrnBE . If you can't see it, it's a picture of what could be Storm 3: a boss fight between PTS Naruto and PTS Sasuke in their awakened states. The reason this confuses me is that I don't think it's fake; it has ring out boundries and it has the same character portrait "red fire" art the bosses have, not to mention the art style of the life, chakra, and sub bars. I just was wondering; do you think this is real, and if that's so, shouldn't PTS Sasuke mentioned as a boss fight?
MrAwesomeMatty (talk) 02:59, February 27, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Why shouldn't the Nine Tails' Attack be mentioned under Rin's legacy section?
Technically, the root of all the problem was the Sage's choice of heir, but as far as Rin is concerned, Obito's involvement with Akatsuki and with the Nine-Tails' attack is at least indirectly mentioned in that section, because those were both parts of putting the Eye of the Moon Plan into play. And despite Obito's clan, we have yet to see exactly how he created Akatsuki. I don't recall if the Ame orphans already had clouds in their cloaks when Obito approached them, but seemed to be about the same age as they were when we saw them in other flashbacks, those with the cloud print on their cloaks. We know he was speaking as Madara when he said he gave Nagato the Rinnegan. His involvement with Akatsuki has less to do with its creation and more to do with steering it into becoming a terrorist group. The question is, is it really necessary to explicit his role in events, when we know them to be pivotal for the grand scheme he's already mentioned as putting in motion? I don't inherently have anything against listing those, but I find it rather redundant. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:22, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
Hey sorry for bothering again my friend :D i just wanted to ask you how can i get permission to edit Info Box in some characher ? :) Thanks for answering mate.
Not bold at all. They're both Kurama. Look no further than the second thing the black Kurama said; "Begging myself for help... This is getting weird." Even they know they're the same people. One is Yin and one is Yang. That's all. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 07:56, August 18, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Sasuke's EMS
Well I looked at that point and the episode preview image does not match the scene you are referring to. They're two different scenes entirely depicting the same thing. All I'm saying is that the specific scene shown in the episode preview does NOT appear in Episode 331. Please stop acting high and mighty over that image, just because you don't like 1080p images: to be frank and blunt about it, the episode preview image you are holding hostage, as it were, is technically inferior quality to my image. So no, I am not convinced your "episode preview" image is suitable. If you want a better image of the eyes, then ask someone to get a 1080p grab of a closeup of them from Episode 331 itself. I can clearly see that you think that image quality is unimportant from my own observations.
And on another note, when I looked at that scene, the anime has depicted the EMS on Sasuke wrongly so it would be wrong of us to use that scene. So if you can find a scene in that episode where the EMS is not depicted incorrectly, then I'd be happy to upload it. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel 07:07, September 20, 2013 (UTC)
- Just ignore all of that, I looked again. The closeup is just simply a cropping of the right side of Sasuke's face from the scene you showed. However, the closeup is in poor quality and it could easily be sorted by someone uploading a higher quality stream of it. On another note, you don't need to act so high and mighty over the images that people upload, I can tell that a lot of your uploads are generally bad quality in the first place (due to whatever stream you use and all the pointless cropping at times) so I would consider trying to find a better source for watching the series so you can upload less blurry images. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel 08:59, September 20, 2013 (UTC)
Relationships in infoboxes
You don't have to manually enter things such as siblings. Based on who is listed in the "parent" field, the infobox automatically inserts other close relatives. Adding them manually in the "other relationships" only causes them to show up twice. Take a look at the infoboxes for members of the Sarutobi and Senju clan for example. From Sasuke Sarutobi to Asuma's child, everyone that is connected by blood shows up. All the Senju brothers show up on each other's infoboxes and in Butsuma's. If we were to be introduced to whichever of Tsunade's parents that was Hashirama's child, we would be able to remove her and Nawaki from "other relationships", since we'd have enough information so that the infobox would add them on its own. Same would happen if we were to meet Konohamaru's Sarutobi parent. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 13:49, March 26, 2014 (UTC)
Violation of the Image policy
Ok, now we need an intervention. You literally have to stop adding a new picture for Obito whenever it fits your fancy, because now we are at the point that you will go and upload a new image of the man at the drop of a hat. The current one works, he does not need a new image every other week.-TheUltimate3 (talk) 21:33, July 5, 2014 (UTC)
Could you upload...
Madara's Perfect Susano'o covering Kurama from the Anime please?--SuperSaiyaMan (talk) 04:21, July 25, 2014 (UTC)
The only time this wiki doesn't use DCM is when it's the wrong coloring. There was nothing wrong with the 3 images you reverted. --Sarutobii2 (talk) 01:49, October 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, Saru is correct. We've used many DCM images on this wikia, for example, the Susanoo article. Please don't revert them again, they were officially colored and the correct color. • WindStar7125 [Mod] 04:59, October 15, 2014 (UTC)
- Minato's Ying Kurama tailed beast mode is different color that Naruto's Ying Kurama tailed beast mode. Chapter 690 Minato's tailed beast mode is fairly dark in color compared to the most recent chapter were its white like Naruto's original tailed beast mode in the manga. Despite what half of Kurama Naruto has, his tailed beast mode is going to remain light orange. --Sarutobii2 (talk) 07:25, October 15, 2014 (UTC)
Again, Saru is correct. Yin Kurama's chakra shroud is a darker grey in the manga. When Naruto clashed with Sasuke, it was white in the manga, not grey. Again, please don't revert any of the pictures. They are not fan-made pictures, as far as we're concerned, they're accurate.
- Minato's Ying Kurama tailed beast mode is different color that Naruto's Ying Kurama tailed beast mode. Chapter 690 Minato's tailed beast mode is fairly dark in color compared to the most recent chapter were its white like Naruto's original tailed beast mode in the manga. Despite what half of Kurama Naruto has, his tailed beast mode is going to remain light orange. --Sarutobii2 (talk) 07:25, October 15, 2014 (UTC)
- Edit: Okay, seems like you've calmed down. And after looking at your talkpage, it seems you have a history of being a little disruptive with photos (to the point where TU3 commented on your page). According to FF-Suzaku, the last chapters of the manga will be colored, so please don't revert them when they're uploaded unless the are obviously incorrect. Due to your history with photos on this wiki, if you do so again to pictures that are accurate like you have recently just done, I'll have to report you. Please, don't create a revert war with photos. It's not a good use of time. Thanks. • WindStar7125 [Mod] 11:00, October 15, 2014 (UTC)
Please do not change characters' statuses or add events from the movie until it has actually been released. ~SnapperTo 21:13, December 1, 2014 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure I don't need to remind you that you need a community consensus on the article's talkpage before you just change character infobox images. --Sajuuk [Mod] 11:37, June 25, 2015 (UTC)


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Everybody said the old Bosworth mansion was haunted. At this very moment, standing before the door, I'm inclined to believe the rumors I've heard throughout my childhood.
My phone rings, announcing 'Mother is calling'. I look around nervously, half-expecting someone to hear it. I chide myself for such a silly thought. At most, I might be disturbing a ghost inside but other than that, I don't think I have anything to worry about. My eyes scan the darkness as I put the receiver to my ear.
"Yes, Mother," I hiss.
"Are you in yet, dear? Have you made it inside? Oh, this is so exciting! I can't wait to tell my friends how brave my daughter is!" her voice babbles in my ear.
"Exciting, Mother? I am breaking and entering. That is not exciting. I'm breaking the law and I don't need you telling your gossiping cronies. Besides, isn't Ingrid's grandson on the police force?"
"Oh Ingrid smingrid. She isn't going to tell her grandson one word. She's mad at him for marrying that floozy. So, are you inside yet, dear?" her excitement bubbles over with each word.
"Not yet. I'm at the front door."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Open the door!" she practically yells in my ear.
"Okay, Mother. I will call you when I get inside." I hit the disconnect button with triumph. I shake my head and put the phone in my pocket. I still haven't figured out how Mother has managed to talk me into checking out the Bosworth mansion.
I stare at the front door with its black paint peeling. I lean in closer and think to myself, even in ruins this house holds a certain standard of elegance. I reach to pull a paint chip from the door when it swings open by itself.
Run, run like hell, the common sense in me yells. Get out of here. Are you crazy? If your mother wants to know about the haunted mansion, tell her to come here herself!
No, no, I promised Mother I would find out if the rumors are true. Surely they aren't. Just a little town gossip embellished over the years, the more practical side of me counters.
Either way, I gulp, I have to go in.
I hesitate before pushing the heavy door open further. It does enter the back of my mind a door so sturdy and heavy shouldn't open on its own. I turn to look behind me. The leaves in the trees aren't moving from any type of wind. In fact, this is one of the more peaceful nights courtesy of mother nature. Pushing aside the fear mounting in my heart, I take a step forward.
"Hello?" I whisper. "Is someone here?"
I hold my breath, counting to twenty. My ears take on the uncanny ability, much like a dog, to pick up sound. The stillness echoes off my skull as I strain to catch any noise that might resemble a ghost or footsteps. Although, truth be told, I have no clue what a ghost sounds like. I exhale quietly, feeling light-headed. My heart is galloping at full speed and I feel it smashing against my chest. I look down expecting to see it trying to escape through my black jacket.
My phone rings again. I let loose with a full-fledge scream. Between the insistent ringing and the new location of my heart pounding in my ears, I can't hear anything else. I reach for the phone, dropping it from my shaking hands. As I step forward to retrieve the phone, my left shoe kicks it out of reach. I stay put. I swear I can hear laughter muddled with whispering.
I review my two choices in bionic mode.
I can grab my phone and run out the door.
I can forget my phone and run out the door.
The phone stops ringing. Silence amplifies even more but I'm having a hard time distinguishing between my heart beat, my breathing and what I think is supposed to be silence. I nervously scan the entry way, straining my near-sighted eyes for clues to run like hell. I make a mental note to call for an appointment for my over-due yearly eye exam.
As I grab my phone, it starts ringing. I click the on button to hear my mother yelling.
"Get out of the house now!"
The call drops as the front door slams shut.
I do what any sane person would do.
I faint.
SAM at BMWW has put a different spin on things this month. I like it. A Lot! We're given 5 different prompts to link up for the month of October. This is the first prompt I picked out of the five.
Everybody said the old Bosworth mansion was haunted … is behind this short story. I don't really have any plans to do anything further with this piece. I've been a little blah with writing lately so this is me dipping my toes into the writing pool.

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Kia ora Canterbury, it's time to dust off that old camera, get out and about and show the rest of your neighbours your favourite, treasured spots in your region. It could be an awesome view, the shy wildlife or even the old buildings that are wanting their stories to be told.
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Police: Man Spotted Littering Also Had Crack Cocaine, Marijuana | News
FREDERICK, Md. (WUSA) -- A man spotted littering in a Frederick, Md. park was arrested and charged after officers found marijuana, crack cocaine and other drugs, say police. Some of those drugs were hidden in baggies and gum packages, according to police.
Police say at approximately 10:29 p.m. on Tuesday, the Direct Patrol Unit were in Carroll Creek Linear Park watching a group of people after receiving complaints of loitering, alcohol use, and drugs there. One man moved away from the group near the Carroll Creek suspension bridge, turned around and flicked a cigarette onto the grass, say police. The man, identified as Arthur Eugene Lancaster, was then placed under arrest for littering.
During a search of Lancaster "incident to arrest", police say they found the following items:
- a prescription bottle containing 8 baggies of suspected marijuana
- an Altoids mint container with suspected synthetic cannabinoid
- a package of Mr. Nice Guy, containing suspected Synthetic cannabinoid
At the Frederick County Adult Detention Center, police say they also found these items on Lancaster:
- 6 individually packaged baggies of crack cocaine within a prescription bottle
- a gum package were 7 pills of Acetaminophen/Oxycodone hydrochloride (Lancaster did not have a prescription for the drugs,say police).
Lancaster is now charged with:
- Littering
- Possession of Marijuana
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana
- Possession of Paraphernalia X2
- Possession of Crack Cocaine
- Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
- Possession of Contraband in place of confinement
- Possession of Acetaminophen and Oxycodone Hydrochloride
- Possession Synthetic Cannabinoid/Synthetic Cannabinoid Analog/ Synthetic Cathinone X2


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"Maybe aliens will save us"
Spunky girl or fearless flirt, the Canadian actor can play anyone. Ellen Page talks about (super) heroes, dogs and films that make her cry.
Ms. Page, Superheroes have been part of pop culture from the very beginning and now, in the Netflix series "The Umbrella Academy," you have also gotten involved with them. How do you explain their unceasing popularity?
Maybe because right now a lot of people are feeling quite hopeless and can identify, in a real way, with characters that are dealing with insecurities, difficulties and a sense of isolation and loneliness – apart from discovering who they are and becoming comfortable with that. Also, it coincides with the discovery of their power, and that is what makes them unusual. So we end up with deeply human stories that are very accessible. And then you have this element of super secret power that we all at some point dream of having.
Do you find playing a superhero inspiring?
No, it's just an acting challenge. The character I play doesn't actually have powers, anyway. She has been left out, ostracized, and treated pretty horribly by her father.
Do you have to be careful not to let a character like this get under your skin?
Yes, because it can be unconscious, you don't even notice it happening. If you are in a space where you are living through things physically and mentally all day, you have to remember to step back a little bit.
How do you shake off a role once you've finished a film?
By walking my dog, throwing the ball for my dog, hugging my dog …
Do you learn things from him, too?
Sure! My dog teaches me to notice stuff: "Dude, that tree is awesome!" Or "Dude, come over here, look at this cool path." He is always stoked about everything. Spending time with him reminds me to get out of my head and drop back into reality and go: "I'm walking my dog right now."
Does your dog have any superpowers?
He definitely has powers, because he can communicate with me telepathically.
Okay, fun aside: Who are your real heroes?
In terms of classic superheroes, I liked Batman when I was a little kid. Now, there are so many people that I look up to and admire, activists and people around the world who do extraordinary work for other human beings. The list is endless.
You yourself became a hero for many people when you came out publicly in 2014. Are you aware of that?
I feel fortunate when I meet people on the street who tell me my documentary series "Gaycation," in which I reported on queer life around the world, has helped them in some way. I feel grateful to be able to reach people.
Do you actively choose roles that allow you to throw light on important issues?
What I really do is choose parts that excite me. It can be a gut feeling. I loved the pilot for "The Umbrella Academy" and the moment I finished the screenplay, I wanted to know what happened next. I knew it was a good story.
Do you stream movies and shows?
To be honest, I am not a big watcher right now but I love "Friday Night Lights," which is funny, because I'm from Halifax, Nova Scotia, up in Canada, and I don't watch American football. And here's this show about high school football in Texas, and I watched each episode twice. Another of my favorite shows is "Six Feet Under."
It would benefit the film industry to take more risks
Those shows all finished long ago. What do you watch now when you get the chance?
Old films like Harold and Maude or Rust and Bone, which I love. Marion Cotillard is so good in that. My wife wasn't into movies that much, so I've been showing her old favorites of mine. So far we have very similar taste. We recently watched You Can Count On Me together, and we were just sobbing.
Do you cry easily?
It depends. Certain things move different people, but when I am moved by a movie, I don't hold back. I am grateful for the movie and for the feeling. I feel like it's part of the plan.
Some people fear that streaming will replace the cinema experience. What do you think?
For the most part, it's a wildly positive development. Two years ago I did a film called Tallulah, a very low-budget, independent movie that I loved doing, but it might never have been seen if it had been shown in theaters. Netflix bought it and it was out in 80 countries. The project I am working on with Netflix right now is called "Tales of the City" and is a revamp of the shows of the early '90s. It's about LGBTQ characters having a platform and the resources to tell their stories. Something like this was really not happening in the film industry back then. So there are all these incredible positives that would also benefit the film industry in terms of taking more risks and telling stories from different people's perspectives.
Is that your goal, to tell new stories?
No, I don't want to direct a movie, I'd like to spend more time with my wife. I want to do things based on connectedness, like love and friendship.
Is that why we're here, to connect?
We can't know the meaning of life. But all the division and discrimination and exploitation of people causes nothing but pain and suffering. That's why it's important to connect. Maybe some friendly aliens will show up and save us.


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Shortly after writing the cold cuts post [1], in which I gave Applegate Farms some praise for being "one of the good ones," I received an email from a perceptive reader who had a slightly different appraisal of the situation. Applegate Farms, it turns out, doesn't raise any animals themselves. There's no farm to visit. They source all their animals from outside farms. Now, there's nothing wrong with sourcing meat [2] from outside sources, especially when you make a concerted effort to procure good meat [3] from well-raised animals, but I'll admit that this does change things a bit for me. My idea of the ideal meat producer, however romantic, outdated, or unrealistic it might be, is one that handles every single aspect of the business in house: from raising the animals to feeding them feed grown on site, to tending their pastures, to slaughtering them (or, as the law requires, having them slaughtered at a USDA-inspected "harvesting site"), all the way to curing, slicing, and distributing the meat and related products. I like shaking the hand that castrated the calf, scratched the pig's snout [4], and collected the egg [5], as the other slides me a vacuum-sealed package of short ribs at the Saturday morning farmers' market.
Am I being overly romantic about a messy, bloody process? Perhaps. Unimportant in the big scheme of things? Maybe the farming practices responsible for your burger don't matter on some cosmic scale, especially next to wars, poverty, unemployment, or even your mortgage, but on a personal level they certainly do. Unrealistic, on a wide scale? For now, yes, but without customers demanding it become more common, it will remain so indefinitely. That means it's on you and it's on me to make it realistic.
There are also solid, less "idealist" reasons for supporting farms that do it all. For one, you know what you're getting. Or, to be more accurate, they know what they're selling. As much as a company pledges to maintain strict standards of quality and care, if they aren't personally caring for, observing, and raising the animals, there is room for error. And as business grows and they're forced to draw on more sources to maintain supply, things get dicier. Corners may be cut. That one ranch might feed grain [6] on the sly to get weight up in time for slaughter. Or it might be that the truly grass-fed farmers simply can't keep up with the demands of the distributor. Whole Foods just doubled their grass-fed hot dog orders for next month; what if the Uruguayan beef isn't available in time? As one Paleohacks user noted [7], his package of Applegate Farms roast beef via Trader Joe's was discreetly labeled "Vegetarian Grain-Fed," contrary to their website's strong implication that all Applegate Farms beef is grass-fed. He sent some emails and made some calls, eventually speaking to someone who confirmed that sometimes they will release grain-fed when grass-fed "is not available." It's a little odd that they push the grass-fed thing on the website only to discard it in practice. Well, maybe not odd, exactly, but it's too bad that grass-fed isn't always available. Ultimately, money wins out.
The reader who alerted me thought I could, and should, have focused on those meat producers that were really doing it the right way. I'm inclined to agree, with a caveat. Applegate Farms is serving a valuable purpose. They're offering (mostly) grass-fed beef products and various other animal products (the sources of which vary in quality and pedigree) to large markets, and that's a good thing. When the kids want to BBQ hot dogs, I like that grass-fed dogs are widely available. That said, let's look at some producers who keep things in house. Surprisingly, they aren't always tiny family farms with a distribution composed solely of high-end restaurants and farmers' markets.
Like Diestel Family Turkey Ranch [8], located in the Sierra foothills and run by the same family that's run it since 1949. While young turkeys are kept penned in for their own safety, after six weeks the turkeys live on the range, using shrubs and trees for roosting and shelter. In fact, the Diestels coined their own term – "range grown" – to differentiate their methods from "free range [9]," a term that frankly doesn't mean a whole lot at this point. They're fed a "vegetarian diet," but I doubt the birds turn up their waddles at the delicious grubby bugs sharing the range with them. Diestel processes hundreds of thousands of turkeys. They raise them all. They process them all using their own facilities. This is a massive operation, but it's run like a smaller farm. They distribute the whole turkeys themselves, make deli products from the meat, and distribute that, too. I've purchased whole turkeys (delicious), cases of frozen turkey hearts (Buddha's favorite snack), and used their deli meat (wrapped around a slab of aged cheddar and some young goat cheese is the way to do it). In case you're skeptical a massive operation can maintain quality while keeping everything in house, consider that when a Sacramento food co-op (think patchouli, a preponderance of vegetarians, smugness, and awesome bulk grain bins!) looked into Diestel's practices [10] (PDF), they left very impressed. (Full disclosure: I'm a big fan of Diestel farms so I reached out to them to be a sponsor of PrimalCon. They're donating meat to this year's event [11].)
Fork in the Road Foods [12] is an example of the Applegate Farms-esque model done right. CA-based, they're a bunch of chefs, foodies, and farmers who obtain only pasture-raised beef, heirloom pork, and pasture-raised chicken and turkey from small family farms and turn it all into delicious hot dogs, sausages, and deli meat. I've run across their miniature pastured wieners at Whole Foods before, marveled at the novelty of a grass-fed Vienna sausage lookalike, and was forced to make the purchase. I'm glad I did. It's quality stuff. Knowing that they only work with real stewards of the land helps, too. Of course, they remain pretty small and agile, and if they reach Applegate Farms proportions, things might change. But maybe not. We'll never know unless we keep supporting small operations like Fork in the Road Foods. To see if they distribute to your area, enter your zip and find out [13].
Going even more local, I wanted to give some love to one of my favorite beef and pork farms. It's Rocky Canyon Farms [14], located in Atascadero, CA, so old-school that they don't even have a web presence yet (if ever). They sell mainly at SoCal farmers' markets and to high-end restaurants. The owner, Greg, is a husky, friendly farmer who feeds his cattle grass [15] and leftover veggies and lets his pigs roam. His main representative at the Santa Monica market is a slightly crazy, extremely enthusiastic dude named Mike. Mike will often toss in some melons (they grow several varieties), squash [16] (again, many varieties), tomatoes, or sweet potatoes [17] with my meat for free. Mike will also eat sweet potatoes raw. Seriously, if you're ever at the Saturday morning SM farmers' market [18], look for the lanky dude with a sleeveless T and wild eyes hawking meat, fruit [19], and juice. If he's selling sweet potatoes that day, casually mention that you heard some people actually "eat these things raw." That should be enough of a cue to get him to chomp down on one, skin and all. It's a sight that must be beheld before you die. As for the actual meat, highlights include pork breakfast sausage (buy it in bulk, rather than pre-made patties), chuck steaks (economical, flavorful, fatty, tendony cut), bacon [20] (arrive early for this, cause it sells out fast), various jerkies [21], beef tongue, ground beef w/bacon, and the various roasts. The prices are really quite reasonable, especially compared to a place like Whole Foods, and you're cutting out the middle man. The money goes directly to the guy who raised the meat.
Anyway, those are three examples from California. One's a massive operation with national distribution that manages to retain its autonomy. Another is an up and coming confederation of idealistic farmers, chefs, and eaters who want to make food the right way with the right ingredients, while the last is a hyper-local entity that will probably never see wide-scale distribution but who likes it that way. All take personal responsibility for the quality of the product, from beginning to end. All are to be admired (and supported). These work for me, in my neck of the woods. If you don't yet have your own go-to farmer, visit EatWild [22] to search and find one today.
Now tell me about your area. Where do you get your meat? Your eggs? Whose bloodstained (in the best way possible!) hand do you shake? Is there a larger operation in your neck of the woods that you trust and can look to with pride and say, "Those guys are doing it right in a big way"? Tell me – tell us – all about it in the comment section, so others can support them, too.


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Put Down the Duckie! is a Sesame Street album released on cassette in 1990.
Track listing
Side One
- Put Down the Duckie - Ernie and Hoots
- Elmo's Song - Elmo, Big Bird and Snuffy
- The Word is "No" - Maria, Gina and the Company
- Furry Blue Mommy of Mine - Herry Monster
- It's Zydeco! - The Oat Bran Zydeco "Je Ne Sais Quoi" Band
- The Batty Bat - The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats
- Handful of Crumbs - Cookie Monster
- Oscar's Junk Band - Oscar the Grouch and His Junk Band
Featuring Grundgetta and Telly Monster [sic]
- Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons - Bert and the Company
Introducing Dick Maitland and His Amazing Singing Pigeons
- I Go to School - Chrissy and the Alphabeats
Side Two
- Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree - Ernie, the Honkers, a Dinger and Ernie's Rubber Duckie
- Wake Up! - Lillian
- Good Morning, Mister Sun - Big Bird
- It Sure is Hot! - The Anything People
- One Fine Face - Ernie and Elmo
- The Monster in the Mirror - Grover
- Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart - Polly Darton and her Dog
- Captain Vegetable - Captain Vegetable with Eddie and Andy
- Reach Your Hand Up High - Lillian
- Do De Rubber Duck - Ernie, Telly Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Gladys the Cow and the Count
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How to get access to the Beethoven Gateway
The Beethoven Gateway (formerly the Beethoven Bibliography Database) is maintained as a separate reference database in the San Jose State University Library's online public access catalog, which uses the Millennium system designed by Innovative Interfaces of Emeryville, California.
The Beethoven Gateway is freely available on the web.
This URL will connect you directly to the Database. If you wish to create a link to the Database from a web page, we recommend that you link to the Database page on the Beethoven Center's home page rather than directly to the Database itself.
Occasionally, users will be denied access to the database because their institutions are blocking access to port 83 on the San José State University Library's server, or because the library server is down for maintenance or other reasons. If you have repeated access problems, please check with your internet service provider or contact us.
Detailed instructions on searching the Database are printed in the User's Guide.


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Six Nations
Robinson demands high tempo
ESPNscrum Staff
February 4, 2012
Andy Robinson: Scotland must manage chaos © PA Photos
Head coach Andy Robinson will demand his Scotland side play with pace, but with composure amid the mayhem, in Saturday's Six Nations clash with England at Murrayfield.
Scotland were seeking a second win in 13 attempts on the opening day in order to continue England's wait for a first success in Edinburgh since 2004 and reclaim the Calcutta Cup. Robinson said: "That's how you win rugby matches - it's about the speed you play the game at.
"To disrupt the opposition with that speed and the chaotic nature of the game is important. It's also about being able to keep your heads as well, to play within that chaos."
Scotland and England last met in Auckland in October, with Robinson's team eliminated from the World Cup as a result of a last-gasp 16-12 defeat. The former England head coach is eager to improve on his two wins in ten Six Nations matches as Scotland boss - a record he has described as "unacceptable" - and knows a successful opening weekend is key to a strong championship.
"For everybody in the championship you want to get off to a winning start," said Robinson. "We've not achieved that in the two years that I've been here. People talk about the potential and the ability we have, but it's about delivering results.
"We've not done that in previous championships and it's important we do that on Saturday. What we haven't done in the World Cup and in previous championships early on is take the opportunities. When we create those chances, it's time for us to take them."
Robinson is set to persist with the expansive tactics which have so far failed to bring consistent success. Much of the focus will be on fly-half Dan Parks, who in his 66 previous caps has proven his ability as a kicking playmaker, but questions remain in some quarters over whether he can command a running game.
Parks is included as one of eight changes to the side which began the Eden Park match, with wing Lee Jones set to win his first cap and lock Jim Hamilton, flanker Ross Rennie, number eight David Denton, scrum-half Chris Cusiter, centre Nick De Luca and full-back Rory Lamont all promoted to the starting XV.
Cusiter, making his first start since the 2010 tournament, said: "We've come on the wrong side of so many close games, it's so frustrating and quite sickening at times. We simply have to win."
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In an elementary-school professional development program, a group of primary teachers and a university consultant reviewed the research on morphemic analysis and then explored ways to give pupils in grades 1, 2, and 3 an early start on using prefixes, suffixes, and roots to construct word meaning. The teachers examined some middle-grade strategies for teaching morphemic analysis and modified these methods to make them suitable for use with younger children. The strategies included direct teaching of the meanings of affixes, finding and deriving meaning from roots in popular reading materials, disassembling and reassembling words with meaningful parts, using affix posters both informatively and interactively, employing Venn diagrams to compare and contrast the meanings of prefixes, and using contests and games to promote word study. Then teachers formulated three guidelines for instruction in morphemic analysis at the primary level: (1) When you teach a word, also gradually teach its derivative forms; (2) when you teach an affix, introduce it on words that carry its most common meaning, and then present other meanings; and (3) when you teach a word that has meaningful parts, deconstruct and reconstruct the words with your students, pointing out the meaning of each part.
Mountain, L. (2005, May). ROOTing Out Meaning: More Morphemic Analysis for Primary Pupils. The Reading Teacher, 58(8), 742749. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.8.4
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Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
In this lesson, students use morphemesEnglish words that have been formed by combining common word partsto explore word meanings.


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Howard debuts 'Bass: the Movie' in California
Remember those old television fishing shows–- the ones that aired on weekend mornings with long droning music and scant narration? Charlottesville filmmaker Jamie Howard does, and he's trying to reinvent the genre with a more cinematic perspective. He recently returned from the California premiere of his latest film, Bass: The Movie, which was previewed early this year via snippets on ESPN. Howard last appeared in the Hook in 2004 after bringing his first picture, In Search of a Rising Tide, to the Jackson Hole Film Festival. We photographed him in the lobby of the soon-to-open Jefferson Theater on November 17, a month after his film's debut. The film's not yet on DVD, but he's taking orders on his website.
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I recommend that seemingly unimportant detail be added to your articles. Your article was found off of the Yahoo front page news feed. The part about "...soon-to-open Jefferson Theater..." interested me. Unfortunately, a quick search on Google shows that there are many Jefferson Theaters. It took me four mouse clicks to finally learn that you are talking about the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA. Perhaps your reader base is in Charlottesville so you don't really care. However, if you would like your reader base grows by virtue of the Internet, little details will be nice.


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It wasn't the biggest or most important issue at the Capitol this year, but it certainly was one of the noisiest and most emotional.
This week, Gov. Jerry Brown cast his lot with animal rights groups, signing a bill to stop the use of pack dogs by hunters pursuing bears and bobcats.
Senate Bill 1221, from Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, takes effect in January.
U.S. & World
"There is nothing sporting in shooting an exhausted bear clinging to a tree limb or a cornered bobcat," Lieu said.
The bill, signed Wednesday, was sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. Spokeswoman Jennifer Fearing praised Lieu via Twitter "for his humane leadership."
Brown himself offered no comment, letting his signature on the bill do the talking. But there's been plenty of comment -- mostly arguing -- in recent months.
Hunters maintained that this was an attack on a sport by urban groups. They packed committee rooms at the Capitol this summer, where they clashed with animal rights activists who said the practice was cruel to both dogs and their prey.
In a statement, the California Houndsmen for Conservation said, "The use of hounds is the oldest, most fundamental and most natural form of hunting."
The issue took on an even higher profile in light of the controversy over Daniel Richards, the former president of the California Fish and Game Commission. Richards was forced to step down after photos surfaced of him holding a mountain lion he had killed in Idaho. Hunting mountain lions is banned in California.
So the hunters found themselves treed as a result of this legislative and PR war.
Come January, they'll have to try another state.


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"I am the guy children are afraid of"
Mr. Cranston, playing Walter White in the TV series Breaking Bad made you a household name around the world. Do you miss this character?
Of course I do. "Walter" changed my life. I even have a little tattoo now that reminds me of the show.
Chemistry teacher Walter White slips into the meth business to pay for his expensive cancer treatment. How would you describe his character?
Walter White was a different man from where he started and where he ended. Out of necessity. He was pushed against the wall, he was going to die in two years. He had to fight. He had nothing to lose. He had to come out fighting.
How did your life change after Walter?
It created great opportunities for me, and I am forever grateful for that. I am still negotiating my relationship with fame. I feel better when I am working. When I am not working and at home I have a tendency to become more reclusive.
Being famous is that bad?
The avalanche of attention that comes from working is something I am trying to get away from. If someone taps me on the shoulder and wants to give me an award, I deeply appreciate that, but it's definitely not what I work for.
Can you still sit in a coffee shop these days and watch people?
I used to go anywhere, sit down and study people. Now, I have turned from being the observer to the one being observed. It's a big change, and it's not that much fun. I don't like going through life hiding.
What do you miss most?
I long for normal conversations, like meeting at a bus station and starting a conversation about life. I always look for older people at an airport and talk to them. They have a lesser chance of knowing who I am.
If you hadn't become an actor, what do you think you'd be doing today?
I feel like I would do something outside, in a National Park. I have an enormous appreciation for the outdoors.
You once said that you feel you have a face that scares people.
Yes, I do (laughs). I am not the typical Hollywood guy that just flashes a smile in a second. I am more the guy children are afraid of when they first see him. But that's okay, because I know that underneath it all lies a decent human being.
You found worldwide fame in your 50s. Did that make it easier for you?
In some ways it did. I don't get so excited immediately any more. I know that fame is a fickle beast. I wish sometimes I had had fame in my earlier years because I would have made more money.
Is wealth important to you?
I don't mind money, but I never make professional decisions based on the paycheck that's attached to the project. I don't own a lake or a big yacht, but I am quite comfortable now.
How do you choose your projects?
I only want to do stuff I really believe in. I want everybody to believe in my movies and to go and see them.
How important is it for you to get a message across in a movie?
I like small movies like Trumbo, where it's all about embracing somebody else's opinion even though you might not agree with it – whatever that may be; sexual orientation, or anything else. We may not agree with it, but that's not the point. The point is to let them have that voice. As the author, Trumbo, says to John Wayne in the movie: "We both have the right to be wrong."
Is it easy for you to play a flamboyant character like the prolific and successful scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo?
In some ways it's not easy to do, but it's easier to grab on to a big character. It's better than playing a smaller guy.
Can you describe yourself as an actor?
We all have different abilities. If you are open to it, you can play extreme roles, be an exhibitionist, be egocentric. I have this ability to change. As an actor you want to go in – and you do that with your own abilities and emotions.
You play very stubborn characters. Are you just as stubborn?
I have been told that I can be (laughs). I don't like to call it stubborn, I like to call it "able to argue." That sounds better. I am always open for discussion – as long as I win the argument in the end (laughs).
It's said that you like to be the boss on the set. Is that true?
Let's put it this way: I like having a set that's friendly, where everybody is respected. That's the way I like to work.
You are hard-working …
I work hard, I work a lot. I have a tendency to be a workaholic.
How do you keep healthy?
Good DNA, I don't know. I don't smoke, I try to sleep well. I run a lot to stay healthy.
You seem to buzz with energy. It that your normal default state?
There's an old saying: "Make hay while the sun shines." At 26, I was very happy to become a professional actor. It's the only thing I wanted to do, the only job I've had since then and I make a living doing this. I am very proud of that circumstance alone. There are too many people who don't make a living doing what they love.


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Henry Grabar
Henry Grabar is a staff writer for Slate's Moneybox and a former fellow at CityLab. He lives in New York.
In his final year at the Design Academy of Eindhoven, Tom Loois received a vague assignment: "Design your personal definition of silence." Loois, whose training is in product design, had no idea what to do. He found himself, as the deadline approached, wandering around the city searching for inspiration. Then he noticed a little alley near his route home from school.
"I stopped my bike," he says, "and I thought, 'I've passed by here so many times but I've never been here.' I don't know where it goes, where it might lead." It was a eureka moment for the Dutch designer. "I found my silence in the places I'd never been."
Loois's final project ended up being a smartphone app called BlankWays, which charts your progress through the city, noting which paths you've come down before and suggesting itineraries to cover new ground. The app indicates and measures which parts of the city you've traveled, and which you haven't:
Loois, who calls himself a translation designer, liked the idea of putting three-dimensional experience onto a map; translating from one medium to another. When he began to think about silence as blank spaces on the map, he started to revisit — with the help of a bicycle and Google Streetview—his own journeys from his time in Eindhoven. The results were underwhelming. Loois's weekly paths were limited to the mundane routines of daily life:
"I noticed when I made those maps," Loois says, "That normally, moving yourself to a supermarket or a school or a bar is really a functional thing. Now, I started looking and thinking, I always take the same routes to school, but if I go left here I'm in a completely different neighborhood I've never been to."
Here are his cumulative maps of his years in Eindhoven. The degree to which they follow our intuition - that long, connecting streets would be checked off all around town and smaller streets unseen, except towards the city center - is remarkable. Places visited:
And not visited:
Loois isn't the first person to meticulously chart his travel through the city. There's a guy in New York who has made it his goal to walk every single block in the five boroughs. (It's supposed to take him two years.) And technology corporations like Google and Apple regularly keep track of their clients' movements. But Loois' app will make it easy for everyone to do so, on a street by street scale, just for fun. He claims that he's not consistently late as a result of the detours, but we're not so sure - filling in those white spaces looks like it could become an obsession.
"Just the fact that you go somewhere you've never been is quite refreshing," he says. "All your senses get opened up. Whether it's beautiful doesn't matter—it's the fact that you're experiencing things."
*Addendum: There is not yet an "app for that" available to the public--stay tuned for updates via Twitter and on Cities.
All images courtesy of Tom Loois.
Two new studies have revived the long-running debate over how police respond to white criminal suspects versus African Americans.
A new report fleshes out the controversial demand to cut police department budgets and reallocate those funds into healthcare, housing, jobs, and schools. Will that make communities of color safer?
Despite new research on police brutality, we still have no idea whether violence toward African Americans is fueled by racial prejudice. That has consequences.
For low-income buyers, new predatory lending techniques may make it easier to get behind the wheel, and harder to escape a debt trap.
Stressful commutes, unexpected routines, and emergent wildlife appear in your homemade maps of life during the coronavirus pandemic.


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I have found a nice site with all the old textbooks for the FIVE different types of Hakka spoken in Taiwan...
http://www.hakka.gov.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=1 ... &BaseDSD=7
I have a small description of each as far as I know about them.
四縣 Si Yen dialect. This is the major type of Hakka spoken in Taiwan, about three quarters of Taiwanese Hakkas spoke it. It has a translation of the Bible and Le Petit Prince, and many teaching materials. It has six tones, and is fairly close to the Moi-yen 梅縣 dialect, considered the standard form in China.
海陸 Hoi-liuk dialect was spoken by about a quarter of the Taiwanese Hakkas, it has seven tones, distinguishing two 去聲 qu tones just like Min. I remember they say kong voi 講譮 and shit-phon 食飯 for "speak" and "eat." I am guessing from what Penang Hakkas have told me that they speak something close to this.
The last three were spoken in small areas by fewer people.
大埔 Thai-phu I don't know so much about this one, other than that it was spoken near Tungshih 東勢 near Taichung and was an inland dialect spoken to the north-east of Moi-yen 梅縣.
饒平 Ngieu-phin This one says fi 水 for water and fe 水 for sleep! I read that it has been slightly influenced by Teochiu.
詔安 Tsau-on This one has been isolated from other varieties of Hakka for so long that it has retained lots of old vocabulary lost in other varieties. It has also been heavily influenced by Hokkien. It has no -k ending, but retains all the others. It also has a b- initial.
The materials are a list of basic vocabulary plus a sound file for each section. Each word has an example sentence, and all of these are read out on a free MP3 - what an amazing teaching resource. I wonder which one I want to learn......
Free Hakka textbooks with sound
Topics related to learning Hakka Chinese.
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College Football's best teams (based on 2013 Draft talent)Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, NFL, T.J. McDonald, top draft prospects 1 Comment
I have done a few scouting reports now and have over 200 players on my big board and now I am going to rank the top teams in the nation next year simply by looking at their draft prospects.
1. Alabama – Top Draft Prospects: D.J. Fluker, Barrett Jones, Dee Milliner, Nico Johnson, C.J. Mosley, Jesse Williams, Robert Lester, Jarrick Williams, Michael Williams, Chance Warmack, Eddie Lacy, A.J. McCarron
- Alabama is loaded in the trenches with three early round offensive linemen and an early round defensive linemen. Johnson and Mosley give them two stud linebackers and the secondary is stacked with three possible early round picks. The offensive backfield is talented and young.
See the rest of the rankings after the jump
2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports – Kawann Short, DT, PurduePosted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Kawann Short, Scouting Report Leave a comment
Kawann Short, DT, Purdue
Height: 6'3″
Weight: 310
Class: Senior
2011 Stats: 54 tackles, 6.5 sacks
Draft Projection: First Round
Draft Grade (out of 100) – 91.5
Player Comparison: Cullen Jenkins – Short is similar to Jenkins in size and ability as a pass rusher. I see Short being very similar to Jenkins in that he will give you 5 to 8 sacks a year and will deflect a lot of passes.
2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports – Tyler Wilson, QB, ArkansasPosted: May 12, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Philip Rivers, Phillip Rivers, Scouting Reports, Tyler Wilson Leave a comment
Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas
Height: 6'3″
Weight: 220
Class: Senior
2011 Stats: 277 for 438 – 3638 yards – 63.2 completion % – 8.31 YPA – 24TD – 6INT
Draft Projection: Top 10 – Wilson will need another similar year to last year to solidify himself as a top 10 pick but if he does have another great year, he could be in discussion for the #1 overall pick
Draft Grade (out of 100): 94.0 – I have Barkley rated slightly higher than Wilson (95.0) because he is more polished and more proven. Wilson can raise this number with another strong season.
Player Comparison: Phillip Rivers – Like Rivers, Barkley has a cannon for an arm and can make all the throws. I would say that Wilson takes better care of the ball than Rivers did and he is smaller than Rivers but in terms of skill set, they are similar.
2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports – Robert Lester, S, AlabamaPosted: May 11, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Alabama, Rahim Moore, Robert Lester 2 Comments
Robert Lester, S, Alabama
Height: 6'2″
Weight: 210
Class: Senior
2011 Stats: 24 tackles, 2INTs
Draft Projection: First to Second Round – Notice that I have a first round grade on him (above a 90) but because of the talent at the safety position and the fact that you won't normally see 3 safeties in the first round, I could see him going in round 2. I currently have T.J. McDonald and Tony Jefferson above him and I only see 2 safeties going in round 1.
Draft Grade (out of 100): 91.0 – I have Lester graded as a late first rounder because of his upside to be a ballhawk. Despite getting only 2 INTs as a Junior, he had 8 INTs as a sophomore and I think he returns to that form.
Player Comparison: Rahim Moore
2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports – T.J. McDonald, S, USCPosted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Nick Collins, Scouting Reports, T.J. McDonald Leave a comment
T.J. McDonald, S, USC
Height: 6'3″
Weight: 205
Class: Senior
2011 Stats: 69 tackles, 3INTs, 37 yards, 2PDs
Draft Projection: First Round, potentially top 10
Draft Grade (out of 100): 92.5
Player Comparison: Nick Collins, S, Green Bay Packers
2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports – Barrett Jones, OG/C/OT, AlabamaPosted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft Scouting Reports | Tags: 2013 NFL Draft, Barrett Jones, Maurkice Pouncey, Scouting Reports Leave a comment
Barrett Jones, C/OG/OT, Alabama
Height: 6'5″
Weight: 302
Class: Senior
Draft Projection: Top 15
Draft Grade (out of 100): 95.5
Player Comparison: Maurkice Pouncey, C, Pittsburgh Steelers
3 Round 2013 NFL Mock DraftPosted: May 8, 2012 Filed under: 2013 NFL Draft | Tags: 2013 NFL Mock Draft, Jarvis Jones, Matt Barkley, Robert Woods 4 Comments
This order is based on Walter Football's mock draft. Focus more on the prospects and less on the order. I have indicated the player's class at the end of each pick. That is what the player will be this season.
- Minnesota Vikings – Matt Barkley, QB, USC (SR)
- Cleveland Browns – Robert Woods, WR, USC (JR)
- Miami Dolphins – Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia (JR)


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What is chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)?
Venous insufficiency is a disease in where the flow of blood through the veins is insufficient, making blood to pool in the legs.
What causes chronic venous insufficiency?
The commonest causes of venous insufficiency are earlier instances of varicose veins and blood clots.
Symptoms of Venous Insufficiency
Who is affected by chronic venous insufficiency?
Approximately 40 % of people in America have chronic venous insufficiency. It takes place more often in those over age fifty, and more frequently in women compared to men.
How is CVI chronic venous insufficiency diagnosed?
To diagnose CVI, your physician will carry out a physical examination and a whole medical history whole. During the physical examination, the physician will carefully analyze your legs.
A test known as a vascular or duplex ultrasound might be used to check out the flow of blood in your legs. During the vascular ultrasound, a transducer (small hand-held gadget) is placed on the skin over the vein to be assessed. The transducer discharges sound waves, which bounce off the vein. These sound waves are recorded, and a picture of the vessel is made and shown on a monitor.
Risk factors for CVI
How is chronic venous CVI managed or treated?
Nonsurgical Treatment
Nonsurgical treatments are sclerotherapy and endovenous thermal ablation.
Sclerotherapy entails the injection of a solution straight into spider veins or small varicose veins, which makes them collapse and vanish. Sclerotherapy may be done in the doctor's office. Sclerotherapy may get rid of the discomfort and pain of these veins helping to prevent complications like ulceration and venous hemorrhage. It's also often done for cosmetic reasons.
Endovenous thermal ablation is a more recent procedure, which uses a laser or high-frequency radio waves to produce intense local heat in the affected vein. This treatment shuts off the problem veins; however, leaves them in place so there is very little bruising and bleeding.
Surgical Treatments
When is surgical treatment needed?
Ligation and stripping usually are done in combination. Vein ligation is a technique where vascular surgeon cuts and ties off the problem veins. Many patients recover in a couple of days and may get back to their normal activities. Stripping is the surgical removal of bigger veins through two small incisions. Stripping is usually a more extensive treatment and might need up to ten days for recovery. It often leads to bruising for several weeks after surgery.
Microincision/ambulatory phlebectomy is a minimally invasive treatment where needle punctures or small incisions are made over the veins, and a phlebectomy hook is utilized to take out the problem veins.
Vein bypass in the leg resembles heart bypass surgery, though in a different place. Bypass is utilized for treating chronic venous insufficiency in the upper thigh and only in the most extreme situations when no other treatment is effective.
Can CVI venous be prevented?
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It's never a good thing when the radiologist calls you when you are on shift. Radiologists are, to the best of my understanding, subterranean cave dwellers who prefer to communicate with the living via fax machine. When they do call you, it's never to discuss how great the weather is or to offer you free ice cream. No, when they call you it's because in the seclusion of their underground bunkers they have found something Very Bad[tm] on one of your patients.
In this case it was this:I am not a radiologist, but even I can read this. It is a CT scan of the abdomen, formatted in the coronal plane, which can be said to slice the body into "front" and "back" portions. The thing in the upper left hand of the image is the liver, which is infiltrated with several very large tumors. (Below, crudely outlined in red)(see a more-or-less normal liver on coronal CT here)
This finding was not a particular surprise to the patient or her family. She had been seen in another ER in the past and had been told she probably had cancer, and had even been referred to an oncologist. She said she was turned away from the oncologist's office because she had no health insurance. I strongly suspect that she was turned away in error by a poorly-informed clerk or receptionist. In my experience, oncologists are the specialty least likely to discriminate based on finances. But there you have it. So, being poor, and, it must be said, not terribly intelligent or assertive, she had simply accepted that it was her fate to have cancer (she didn't even know what type). She kept working her low-wage menial job until the pain prevented her from working any more, and after she had been bed-ridden several days, the family brought her in against her will.
She now has a lethal disease. It is impossible to know whether the original oncologist could have offered her curative treatment. It is impossible to know whether she could have been detected earlier by standard screening techniques. Very likely she simply has a bad disease which was going to kill her regardless of her socioeconomic status. What we do know is this:
- She has no health insurance.
- As a result, she had no access to primary care and no chance at early detection.
- The lack of health insurance presented a barrier to access to care even after diagnosis.
- She will not live to see her 55th birthday.


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Here are my picks from the nursing literature over the past few months. SJO and CHOC employees have access to the full text of many of these articles through the Burlew Medical Library.
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Is It Really Necessary?
Elliott, Rowena W.;
Nephrology Nursing Journal, 2011 Jul-Aug; 38 (4): 309-36
Clinical nurse research consultant: a clinical and academic role to advance practice and the discipline of nursing.
Currey, Judy; Considine, Julie; Khaw, Damien;
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2011 Oct; 67 (10): 2275-83
Abstract: Clinical nurse research consultant: a clinical and academic role to advance practice and the discipline of nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(9), 2275-2283. Abstract Aims. This article presents a proposal for the Clinical Nurse Research Consultant, a new nursing role. Background. Although healthcare delivery continues to evolve, nursing has lacked highly specialized clinical and research leadership that, as a primary responsibility, drives evidence-based practice change in collaboration with bedside clinicians. Data sources. International literature published over the last 25 years in the databases of CINAHL, OVID, Medline Pubmed, Science Direct, Expanded Academic, ESBSCOhost, Scopus and Proquest is cited to create a case for the Clinical Nurse Research Consultant. Discussion. The Clinical Nurse Research Consultant will address the research/practice gap and assist in facilitating evidence-based clinical practice. To fulfil the responsibilities of this proposed role, the Clinical Nurse Research Consultant must be a doctorally prepared recognized clinical expert, have educational expertise, and possess advanced interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills. This role will enable clinical nurses to maintain and share their clinical expertise, advance practice through research and role model the clinical/research nexus. Implications for nursing. Critically, the Clinical Nurse Research Consultant must be appointed in a clinical and academic partnership to provide for career progression and role support. Conclusion. The creation of the Clinical Nurse Research Consultant will advance nursing practice and the discipline of nursing.
The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses.
Gerrish, Kate; McDonnell, Ann; Nolan, Mike; Guillaume, Louise; Kirshbaum, Marilyn; Tod, Angela;
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2011 Sep; 67 (9): 2004-14
Abstract: The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(9), 2004-2014. Abstract Aim. To identify approaches used by advanced practice nurses to promote evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Background. Barriers encountered at individual and organizational levels hinder clinical nurses in their ability to deliver evidence-based practice. Advanced practice nurses are well placed to promote evidence-based practice through interactions with clinical nurses. However, little is understood about how advanced practice nurses might realize this potential. Method. A multiple instrumental case study of 23 advanced practice nurses from hospital and primary care settings across seven Strategic Health Authorities in England was undertaken in 2006. Data collection comprised interviews and observation of advanced practice nurses and interviews with clinical nurses and other healthcare professionals. Data were analysed using the Framework approach. Findings. Advanced practice nurses acted as knowledge brokers in promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Knowledge management and promoting the uptake of knowledge were key components of knowledge brokering. Knowledge management involved generating different types of evidence, accumulating evidence to act as a repository for clinical nurses, synthesizing different forms of evidence, translating evidence by evaluating, interpreting and distilling it for different audiences and disseminating evidence by formal and informal means. Advanced practice nurses promoted the uptake of evidence by developing the knowledge and skills of clinical nurses through role modelling, teaching, clinical problem-solving and facilitating change. Conclusion. The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering is complex and multi-faceted. It extends beyond the knowledge management, linkage and capacity building identified in the literature to include active processes of problem-solving and facilitating change.
The impact of Nursing Rounds on the practice environment and nurse satisfaction in intensive care: Pre-test post-test comparative study.
Aitken, Leanne M.; Burmeister, Elizabeth; Clayton, Samantha; Dalais, Christine; Gardner, Glenn;
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2011 Aug; 48 (8): 918-25
Abstract: Abstract: Background: Factors previously shown to influence patient care include effective decision making, team work, evidence based practice, staffing and job satisfaction. Clinical rounds have the potential to optimise these factors and impact on patient outcomes, but use of this strategy by intensive care nurses has not been reported. Objectives: To determine the effect of implementing Nursing Rounds in the intensive care environment on patient care planning and nurses' perceptions of the practice environment and work satisfaction. Design: Pre-test post-test 2 group comparative design. Settings: Two intensive care units in tertiary teaching hospitals in Australia. Participants: A convenience sample of registered nurses (n =244) working full time or part time in the participating intensive care units. Methods: Nurses in participating intensive care units were asked to complete the Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) and the Nursing Worklife Satisfaction Scale (NWSS) prior to and after a 12 month period during which regular Nursing Rounds were conducted in the intervention unit. Issues raised during Nursing Rounds were described and categorised. The characteristics of the sample and scale scores were summarised with differences between pre and post scores analysed using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. Independent predictors of the PES-NWI were determined using multivariate linear regression. Results: Nursing Rounds resulted in 577 changes being initiated for 171 patients reviewed; these changes related to the physical, psychological – individual, psychological – family, or professional practice aspects of care. Total PES-NWI and NWSS scores were similar before and after the study period in both participating units. The NWSS sub-scale of interaction between nurses improved in the intervention unit during the study period (pre – 4.85±0.93; post – 5.36±0.89, p =0.002) with no significant increase in the control group. Factors independently related to higher PES-NWI included intervention site and less years in critical care (p <0.05). Conclusions: Implementation of Nursing Rounds within the intensive care environment is feasible and is an effective strategy for initiating change to patient care. Application and testing of this strategy, including identification of the most appropriate methods of measuring impact, in other settings is needed to determine generalisability.
Maintaining a Full House for Research Involvement Among Float Pool Nurses.
Egbert, April; Lincicome, Amber; Elam, Ashley; Shinkle, Mary; Long, Lisa English;
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2011 Aug; 26 (4): e24-5
Advancing Nursing Research Through a Mentorship Program for Staff Nurses.
Gawlinski, Anna; Miller, Pamela S.;
AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2011 Jul-Sep; 22 (3): 190-200
Nurse Champions: A Key Role in Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice.
White, Carole L.;
JEN: Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2011 Jul; 37 (4): 386-7
Research using blogs for data: Public documents or private musings?
Eastham, Linda A;
Research in Nursing & Health, 2011 Aug; 34 (4): 353-61
Abstract: Nursing and other health sciences researchers increasingly find blogs to be valuable sources of information for investigating illness and other human health experiences. When researchers use blogs as their exclusive data source, they must discern the public/private aspects inherent in the nature of blogs in order to plan for appropriate protection of the bloggers' identities. Approaches to the protection of human subjects are poorly addressed when the human subject is a blogger and the blog is used as an exclusive source of data. Researchers may be assisted to protect human subjects via a decisional framework for assessing a blog author's intended position on the public/private continuum. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 34:353-361, 2011.
Four rights for focusing clinical nurse specialist research: right focus, right projects, right level, and right resources.
Albert, Nancy M; Fulton, Janet S;
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 2011 Jul-Aug; 25 (4): 165-8
Engaging and Developing Research Leaders in Practice: Creating a Foundation for a Culture of Clinical Inquiry.
Stanley, Terry; Sitterding, Mary; Broome, Marion E.; McCaskey, Marjorie;
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2011 Oct; 26 (5): 480-8
Abstract: This article describes the first formative year experience of a research council in a children''s hospital within a Magnet-designated hospital system. The vision, transformational leadership structure, and implementation strategies used during the first year of formation of a Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Council (NREBPC) are delineated and reflect Magnet components and sources of evidence (American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC], 2008). The use of the nursing excellence framework (ANCC, 2008) coupled with principles of adult learning to expand the knowledge and skills of nurses on the NREBPC are described and examples provided. Initial outcomes in terms of nurses'' leadership for research studies and planned documentation of additional metrics that have the potential to improve care through the development of a culture of inquiry are proposed.
Can You Hear Me? Facilitating the Voice of Frontline Nurses Through Nursing Research.
Vogelsmeier, Amy;
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2011 Oct; 33 (6): 743-4
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Danielle's Picks from the Literature - October 2011
Posted by Danielle Linden, MLIS, AHIP at 11:59 AM 0 comments
Social Networking & the Nurse
The American Nurses Association has just published a new guideline, Principles for Social Networking and the Nurse. The guideline is intended to cover the benefits and risks of social networking and include the following six principles:
- Nurses must not transmit or place online individually identifiable patient information.
- Nurses must observe ethically prescribed professional patient-nurse boundaries.
- Nurses should understand that patients, colleagues, institutions and employers may view postings.
- Nurses should take advantage of privacy settings and seek to separate personal and professional information online.
- Nurses should bring content that could harm a patient's privacy, rights or welfare to the attention of appropriate authorities.
- Nurses should participate in developing institutional policies governing online contact.
A free electronic version of the complete guideline is available to all ANA members.
Posted by Danielle Linden, MLIS, AHIP at 11:08 AM 1 comments
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