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Liberty News
New Global Studies chair shares her passion for the world
Liberty University recently appointed Melody Harper as its new department chair for the undergraduate Global Studies program.
Harper has been to 36 countries, and when she steps foot on Antarctica in November, she will have been to every continent. As the new chair, Harper will teach Global Studies classes and coordinate the course development of the Global Studies degree program.
"My background includes professional global studies experience combined with a recognition that God's heart is for all nations, all people groups. I want to equip students with the interpersonal and intercultural skills to make an impact in the global context in which we now live," Harper said.
Harper graduated from Samford University with a B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies and a B.A. in History. She also has an M.S.W. in Social Work from the University of Alabama and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Union University.
She started her position at Liberty in January and was formally introduced to the entire student body by Johnnie Moore, vice president for communications, during Convocation on Feb. 11, as Global Focus Week kicked off on campus.
During Global Focus Week, a biannual event at Liberty, the university hosted more than 100 missionaries and held special seminars and events throughout campus. The theme of the week was "Make Your Degree Global" with students from all areas of study encouraged to meet with advisors to learn how to use their talents, gifts, and passions to share the Gospel.
"Regardless of whether students are called into full-time ministry, education, business, nursing, or youth ministry, the ability to interact with people of other languages and cultures is a skill that is necessary, and it is a skill that can be learned," Harper said. "We want to equip students at Liberty to be the best professionals they can be and to be effective disciples of Christ in communicating and sharing the Gospel."
In addition to the Global Studies major, Liberty offers a minor in Global Studies, which Harper hopes more students begin to view as a key component for any degree program.
Harper went on her first international missions trip when she was in the ninth grade. Though she would not disclose the location, the trip not only caused her to expand her view of the world, but to delve into Scripture and realize that "from Genesis to Revelation God has called us to spread the Gospel."
"If we are followers of Christ, we are the descendants of Abraham, and we are heirs to Abraham's promise (see Genesis 12:1-3)," she said. "God can accomplish His purpose without us. He does not need us, but He allows us to be involved, and He calls us to be involved. When I looked at Scripture, and realized all the way through that God is redeeming the nations, that is what has impacted me most and given me passion for the world."
Harper will work closely with Liberty's Center for Global Engagement, which brings together the academic Global Studies program through the School of Religion and the extra-curricular global opportunities Liberty offers, including trips, retreats, internships, and Global Focus Weeks.
"At Liberty University, we want to prepare students as followers of Christ, teaching them God can use our individual gifts, abilities, our academic majors and our professions, and allow us as Christians the avenues to meet people, to serve people and to both show and share the love of Jesus all over the world," she said.


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Friday, April 27, 2007
Places That Make Me Say NEAT-O!
Rethinking Schools is also an interesting publication that has an online version as well.
Gliffy is a site where you can create and share diagrams and graphic organizers online while Slide helps you to create slideshows with your images. Go have some fun!
Finally take seven minutes and PAY ATTENTION to this video from Teacher Tube. Feel free to share it with those folks in your building who think the computer in the corner is a great shelf or even worse…..the place where "that" kid can keeps himself busy with a reading "game". After you view the video go check out the other great things to view, learn from, and use at Teacher Tube and check out their blog here.
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- M-Dawg said...
I just watched the video from Teacher Tube. Wow! Some of those stats are amazing! Technology is the way to go in the classroom today.
I use all forms of technology in my classroom. Unfortunately, my current school is not "tech friendly." I came from a high school that did everything technology so I feel like I've stepped back in time. At my current school, they don't even use email! We have an email account set up but we were told to not give out our email addresses to parents or students. Every thing is given to us in paper format. The majority of our faculty doesn't even check their email accounts. And, to quote one teacher at my school, "Until our contract forces us to check our email accounts, I'm not doing it!"
I went out and bought my own LCD projector ($700) so that I could continue to do PowerPoints and Internet activities with my students.
I have three blogs to post homework assignments for my students, I do WebQuests with the kids, and show video clips that I find online that relates to what I'm doing in my curriculum.
Great post! :-)
I stumbled across teachertube recently and love it! Great idea!!!

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Do you want to add custom navigation menus in your WordPress theme? By default, many WordPress themes come with pre-defined menu locations and layouts. In this article, we will show you how to add more navigation menus in your WordPress theme.
When Do You Need this WordPress Navigation Menu tutorial?
Most WordPress themes come with at least one spot where you can display your site's navigation links in a menu.
You can manage menu items from an easy to use interface inside your WordPress admin area.
If you're just looking to add navigation menus on your website, then follow our beginner's guide on how to add a navigation menu in WordPress.
This tutorial is geared towards DIY users who are building a custom WordPress theme or someone who needs to add additional menu locations to an existing WordPress theme.
Having said that, let's take a look at how to add custom WordPress navigation menus in your theme.
Creating Custom Navigation Menus in WordPress Themes
Navigation menus are a feature of WordPress themes. Each theme can define their own menu locations and menu support.
To add a custom navigation menu, the first thing you need to do is register your new navigation menu by adding this code to your theme's functions.php file.
function wpb_custom_new_menu() { register_nav_menu('my-custom-menu',__( 'My Custom Menu' )); } add_action( 'init', 'wpb_custom_new_menu' );
You can now go to Appearance » Menus page in your WordPress admin and try to create or edit a new menu. You will see 'My Custom Menu' as theme location option.
If you want to add more than one new navigation menu location, then you would need to use a code like this:
function wpb_custom_new_menu() { register_nav_menus( array( 'my-custom-menu' => __( 'My Custom Menu' ), 'extra-menu' => __( 'Extra Menu' ) ) ); } add_action( 'init', 'wpb_custom_new_menu' );
Once you have added the menu location, go ahead and add some menu items in the WordPress admin by following our tutorial on how to add navigation menus for beginners.
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Next, we need to display the new navigation menu in your WordPress theme. The most common place where navigation menus are usually placed is in the header section of a website just after the site title or logo.
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If you need further assistance with the CSS and menu layouts, then we recommend using one of these WordPress starter themes to build out your custom themes.
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With the increase in usage of mobile devices, you may want to make your menus mobile-friendly by adding one of the many popular effects.
You can add a slide out effect (above), dropdown effect, and even a toggle effect for mobile menus.
We have a detailed step by step guide on how to make mobile-ready responsive WordPress menus.
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WordPress allows you to do a lot more than just displaying links in your menu. Try these useful tutorials to extend the functionality of navigation menus on your WordPress site.
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The Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet is the world's first all-wheel drive crossover convertible. That also makes it one of the weirdest and most pointless cars on the road.
Ever the diplomaticos, MotorWeek says the styling is a bit awkward but it has been growing on them.
On the backroads of Maryland, MotorWeek's test driver is decked out in a quite awesome hat that looks like something a cartoon character on vacation would wear. Gotta defend against that sun so you don't turn orange like John Davis.
I really have nothing I can add to this. Take a closer look as the CrossCabriolet is run on a drag strip and through a slalom for some reason, making this the only time a Murano of any sort will be in a motorsports situation.
MotorWeek Theater is our showcase of some of our favorite classic reviews from public television's finest motoring program. How does this video have 19,023 views on YouTube? Seriously. How?


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Alabama Counties: Dallas County
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Dallas County was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on 1818 Feb. 9, from portions of the Creek cession of 1814 Aug. 9. It was named for Alexander J. Dallas of Pennsylvania, U.S. Treasury Secretary. Dallas County is located in the Black Belt region of the west-central portion of the state, and is traversed by the Alabama River. Dallas is bordered by Perry, Chilton, Autauga, Lowndes, Wilcox, and Marengo counties. It currently encompasses 975 square miles. Originally, the county seat was at Cahaba, which also served as the state capital for a brief period. In 1865, the county seat was transferred to Selma. Other towns and communities include Marion Junction, Sardis, and Orrville.
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Entrance exam: Web attack prevention and defense
Test your knowledge of Web security to see if you'd benefit from our Intrusion Defense School lesson, "Web attack prevention and defense."
by Michael Cobb
Sure, IIS has its fair share of problems, but you could be your Web server's No. 1 vulnerability if you aren't Web security savvy. Take this exam to see if it's time to go back to school -- Web Security School, that is!
1.) What is SSL used for?
a. Encrypt data as it travels over a network
b. Encrypt files located on a Web server
c. Encrypt passwords for storage in a database
d. Encrypt specific elements of data for application-specific purposes
e. Encrypt digital certificates used to authenticate a Web site
2.) Which port does HTTPS use?
a. 21
b. 53
c. 80
d. 137
e. 443
3.) True or False: An IT security risk analysis is the same as an IT vulnerability assessment.
4.) Phishing differs from adware and spyware because…
a. it is not a problem for organizations but individuals.
b. it installs malicious software on your PC.
c. it uses social engineering and technical subterfuge whereas the other two do not.
d. it is easier to stop.
e. None of the above
5.) Which is the recommended setting for auditing policy settings to audit Object Access?
a. Success: Off, Failure: Off
b. Success: Off, Failure: On
c. Success: On, Failure: Off
d. Success: On, Failure: On
e. None of the above
6.) As the administrator for a Windows-based network, you are installing Windows 2000 Server on a computer, which will run IIS and be connected to the Internet. Your domain name is mycompany.com. During the setup the installer asks whether you want this computer to be a member of a domain. Which option do you select?
a. No, this computer is not on a network or is on a network without a domain.
b. Yes, make this computer a member of the following domain: mycompany.com.
7.) Which of the following services is not required to run a Windows server solely configured to run IIS and publish a Web site?
a. IIS Admin Service
b. Performance Logs and Alerts
c. Protected Storage
d. Server Service
e. World Wide Web Publishing Service
8.) By default, IIS is configured to support many different common file name extensions that are related to a variety of features in IIS. Your site uses Active Server Pages and PHP for creating pages on the fly. Besides .asp and .php, what other file name extensions should be mapped to IIS?
a. .htw
b. .printer
c. .sthm
d. .idq
e. None of the above
9.) Which is the recommended log file format for logging IIS events?
a. Microsoft IIS Log File Format
b. NCSA Common Log File Format
c. W3C Extended Log File Format
10.) Web server A is set up to log system and IIS activity. Which is the best set up from the list below?
a. Log File Directory: %WinDir%\System32\LogFiles
b. Log File Directory: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\LogFiles
c. Log File Directory: E:\Inetpub\wwwroot\LogFiles
d. Log File Directory: E:\Inetpub\LogFiles
e. Log File Directory: F:\LogFiles
11.) Which of the following network designs is considered the most secure?
a. Flat network
b. Triple-homed perimeter network
c. Back-to-back perimeter network
12.) Which of the following steps is not required to configure IIS to handle encrypted sessions?
a. Create a public-key pair in IIS to submit to a Certificate Authority (CA) when you request a certificate.
b. Request a server certificate from the CA.
c. Sign for the certificate when FedEx delivers it.
d. Install the certificate.
e. Configure the directories and pages that you want to secure.
13.) True or False: You don't need a digital certificate installed on your Web server to be able to securely manage it remotely using Windows Terminal Services.
14.) True or False: You can use the Microsoft Event Viewer snap-in to view your Windows and IIS log files.
15.) Which of the following is the best definition of risk analysis when discussing IT security?
a. Risk analysis looks at the probability that a hacker may break in to your system.
b. Risk analysis looks at the probability that your security measures won't stop a hacker breaking in to your system.
c. Risk analysis determines what resources you need to protect and quantifies the costs of not protecting them.
d. Risk analysis looks at the probability that a vulnerability exists in your system.
e. Risk analysis looks at the consequences of being connected to the Internet.
16.) Which is the correct set of network components that need to be available for the Internet-facing network card of a dual-homed IIS Web server running on Windows 2000?
a. Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
b. Client for Microsoft Networks, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
c. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
d. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
e. None of the above
17.) Which is the correct definition of the Windows user right assignment "Log on locally"?
a. Determines which users can log on at the computer
b. Determines which users are prevented from logging on at the computer
c. Determines which service accounts can register a process as a service
d. Determines which users and groups are allowed to connect to the computer over the network
e. Allows a user to be logged on by means of a batch-queue facility
18.) What are the correct ACLs for IIS-generated log files?
a. System (Full Control), Administrators (Full Control), Everyone (RWC)
b. System (RWC), Administrators (Full Control), Everyone (RWC)
c. System (Full Control), Administrators (Full Control)
d. System (Full Control), Administrators (RWC)
e. System (Full Control), Administrators (Full Control), Guest (RWC)
19.) Which one of the following components does not need to be installed to run IIS on a Windows server?
a. Common Files
b. Internet Information Services Snap-in
c. Networking Services
d. World Wide Web Server
e. They all need to be installed
20.) The Security Accounts Manager database stores usernames, account privileges and security context information for every user allowed to log on to a Windows machine locally. Which copy of the SAM database should you delete on a Windows Web server?
a. Program Files\Microsoft\SAM
b. WINNT\SYSTEM32\SAM
c. WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM
d. WINNT\REPAIR\SAM
e. None of them


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The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning
by TeachThought Staff
Projects in the classroom are as old as the classroom itself.
'Projects' can represent a range of tasks that can be done at home or in the classroom, by parents or groups of students, quickly or over time. While project-based learning (PBL) also features projects, in PBL the focus is more on the process of learning and learner-peer-content interaction that the end-product itself.
The learning process is also personalized in a progressive PBL environment by students asking important questions, and making changes to products and ideas based on individual and collective response to those questions. In PBL, the projects only serve as an infrastructure to allow users to play, experiment, use simulations, address authentic issues, and work with relevant peers and community members in pursuit of knowledge.
By design, PBL is learner-centered. Students don't simply choose between two highly academic projects to complete by a given date, but instead use the teacher's experience to design and iterate products and projects–products and projects that often address issues or challenges that are important to them.
The chart below by Amy Mayer is helpful to clarify that important difference between projects and project-based learning. Ultimately, the biggest difference is the process itself.
What's the Difference Between 'Doing Projects' and Project Based Learning? Image attribution flickr user josekevo; The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning; © Amy Mayer, @friEdTechnology, The Original WOW! Academy, www.friEdTechnology.com


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- amber cowan glass sculpturePhiladelphia-based sculptor Amber Cowan scours markets and garage sales for American molded glass knickknacks and fires them into intricate, swirling art pieces that are deeply mesmerizing. Using techniques such as flameworking, blowing, and hot-sculpting, Cowan turns decorative pieces of glass from the 1940s-1980s into relics of femininity that are tinged with a dangerous beauty.1
- amber cowan glass sculptureCowan began creating beautifully detailed and delicate flower-like sculptures that look as if they would actually sway in the breeze. The remarkable beauty of her pieces shined through as they grew into larger, complex systems. Upon closer examination, what looks to be a bed of curling glass is composed of thousands of twisted, spiked, pieces that seem to fight each other for space.2
- amber cowan glass sculptureShe likens her work to a siren's call - entrancing and sweet yet menacing up close.3
- amber cowan glass sculptureCowan also creates other pieces with deeply layered meanings. Her series called "Reincarnate and Wreckage" features classic white molded glassware like vases and bowls that are smashed into pieces and put back together in a haphazard way.4
- amber cowan glass sculptureIn this practice she redefines the meaning and story of these home decor pieces.5
- amber cowan glass sculptureHer "Suspension" series consists of over 300 pieces of glass blown into a sort of rope that loops over and over a set of cables.6
- amber cowan glass sculptureHer complete mastery of the medium has won her numerous awards and she exhibits pieces in museum collections and galleries all over the country.7


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Starting at: West Harrow
Arrive at: Belmont
Journey time between West Harrow and Belmont averages at 114 minutes
Stations passed through from West Harrow
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Fares between two stations may vary depending on the direction of travel, time of day and day of the week.
We charge higher fares at the busiest times of the day (usually between 06:30 and 09:30, and between 16:00 and 19:00, Monday to Friday).
When you pay as you go, you must touch your contactless or Oyster card on a yellow reader at the start and end of your journey.
Some journeys are charged via Zone 1 regardless of the route taken.
If your journey avoids Zone 1 and you see a pink card reader when changing trains, touch your contactless or Oyster card on it to pay the right fare.
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Irving Oil
Founded in 1924 by K.C. Irving, Irving Oil is a family-owned and privately-held regional energy processing, transporting, and marketing company headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, with U.S. marketing operations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. With over 900 fueling locations, operations from eight distribution terminals, and a delivery fleet of tractor-trailers, we serve wholesale, commercial, and retail customers in Atlantic Canada, Qubec, and New England.


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Rightmove is the UK's top real estate website, attracting over 29 million visits a month. Rightmove aims to be the first choice for UK home movers seeking details regarding properties for sale or rent.
Rightmove's website offers up-to-date property information, available for free, 24 hours a day to anyone with Internet access. Their database is far more complete in terms of the number of properties and depth of detail provided than listings available through other traditional advertising media. Rightmove.co.uk connects more people with more properties than anyone else.
A site whose core business depends on the performance of its technology platform and the quality of its search results must be completely reliable and offer advanced search options: EXALEAD CloudView satisfied all of these criteria.
Launched seven years ago, Rightmove is the UK's largest and busiest property website, listing 90% of properties for sale in the UK. Rightmove's inventory holds details of over 2 million properties. The site processes 400 queries per second and attracts over 29 million visits from active home movers every month, who between them view over 523 million pages.
In order to better serve their customers, Rightmove wanted a solution that met the following requirements:
The strength of the EXALEAD CloudView platform means that despite the size of the property inventory, navigating around the site to find the perfect property is quick and intuitive, avoiding the potential for users to become discouraged and abandon their search.
The natural desire of the home-hunter is to leave no stone unturned; therefore a long list of results is preferable to the user.
However, alpha users then want to filter the list to get to the matching properties quickly. "Alpha web users, who have more sophisticated search requirements, make up a smaller proportion of visitors to the site. Still, the core functionality needs to be built with all levels of visitors in mind," adds Mr. Brooks-Johnson. EXALEAD's unique patented assisted navigation system removes the last barrier to unifying sources of information. CloudView automatically creates a customized table of contents based on each search results page, allowing alpha users to further refine results and explore related topics.
Key Facts: Rightmove + EXALEAD CloudView
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Many parents will let their kids spend more than 20 HOURS in front of a computer screen this half term, according to new research.
And one in six mums and dads (16 per cent) even believe it's acceptable for kids to use digital devices whilst having a family meal out.
But two-thirds of parents are concerned about a growing over-reliance on electronic devices.
More than half of parents find it "challenging" to keep their kids entertained during half-term.
And with many mums and dads wracking their brains for activities to keep children occupied during the October break, one in 10 admitted they'll let their children spend more than three hours a day staring at screens.
And, although 56 per cent of parents worry about what their children are looking at, a third still don't know how to monitor what their children are viewing or what apps and services they are accessing.
More than 1,000 mums and dads were quizzed for software firm Avast about their families screen time and device usage - revealing that both the adults and their kids are spending longer and longer than intended online.
Peter Turner, Senior Vice President of Avast, said: "Perhaps the most worrying finding from our latest research is that there is still over 40 per cent of parents who think their oldest children have too much screen time.
"This suggests a serious lack of control or a problematic responsibility gap.
"The poll also revealed that 25 per cent of parents of children aged 16 and under think their kids are responsible for the data and content on their own digital devices."
The survey showed that dads are generally less concerned about the impact of devices on their kids than mums, while 16 per cent of adults feel it's acceptable for kids to stare at their iPads and tablets at family meals.
The most accepted use of devices by children is on long journeys, providing much-needed relief for parents battling the holiday traffic.
Acceptable Use Of Electronic Devices By Children, According To British Parents:
1. When on long journeys (80 per cent)
2. If the weather is too bad outdoors (76 per cent)
3. If it's genuinely educational (73 per cent)
4. When they are relaxing (72 per cent)
5. If they are playing their favourite games (66 per cent)
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4 slices bacon
2 lb ground turkey thigh
2 stalks celery, diced
1 onion, chopped
1 zucchini, diced
10 oz shredded red cabbage
2 serrano peppers, diced
1 cup chicken or turkey stock
2 1/2 cups cooked white rice*
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
chopped flat leaf parsley
Cook the bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Drain all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat. Add the onion, zucchini, celery and peppers and saute until the onion is just translucent. Add the turkey and cook, breaking up any large chunks. Add the cabbage and cook until the zucchini and cabbage is tender and the turkey is nearly fully cooked, about 10 minutes. Stir in the rice, spices and stock. Stir until the liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Crumble the reserved bacon and stir it in. Stir in parsley. Serve.
*I used leftover rice from Indian take-out that I allowed to come to room temperature. Alternatively, use freshly cooked (hot) jasmine or basmati rice.


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Series: #1
Published by: Nemesis Publications
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Futuristic, Horror, Sci-Fantasy, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy
Now they were about to get schooled at the University of Serious Bell Ringing by Dr. Crow and his elite faculty of kick-your-ass-and-make-it-count.Josiah Crow
Main Character: Josiah Crow
(English) Intercepted Broadcast 2190
The virus ran swiftly on the hot summer breeze. Unseen. Unheard. Unknown. It swept through the entire earth in a matter of months, having mercy on no one. Young—old—it didn't matter.
Brought to us by the Drabs, it was the last thing we expected. But the Drabs knew. They even fought a war over whether or not they should save us.
In the end, it was decided that we were diseased insects who were unfit to breathe their air.
Our air.
So they left the human race to die a miserable death of agonizing pain. Left us with no doctors or medicine. Their plan was to rid the earth of us and to take our home as their own.
What they never expected was the change that would come after the plague. We didn't all die as they'd planned. Those under the age of twenty somehow managed to survive the disease.
We managed to pull through it, even alone, and we learned to hide ourselves while our bodies changed. Still human, but now something else. Something more powerful. More intuitive.
More pissed off.
We're still here, on this earth, and we're not leaving. This is our home.
Our planet.
Drabs take note and learn to be afraid. You've had a hundred years here on earth, but now your time here is done.
You called us rodents. Insects. Diseased animals. The scraps of humanity—and that, my Drab friend, we certainly are. But what you should have realized is that you can't kill a Scrap. Humanity isn't dead. Not by a longshot. We still have our soldiers and we have our conviction.
Most of all, we have hope.
And we will win in the end. Whatever it takes. Whatever it costs. We won't allow you to take our planet from us. So count your days, Drabs.
The war is on.
**Please note that Insurrection is a novella. It was meant to be an ebook, but was made available as a hardback for those who don't read ebooks and who wanted a physical book to hold in their hands.
Also in this series:
Chapter 1
"Well that little hissy fit is certainly going to get their attention. So much for keeping a low profile, huh? You might as well have just set fire to your nuts on the Capitol lawn."
Leaning back in his chair, Josiah hated to admit just how right Anjelica Shepherd might be. Except for one thing . . . "This didn't leave me sterile."
"No, but if they catch you—" she gestured at his crotch— "They're going straight for your no-zone, buddy. Trust me, those little friends of yours will be the first thing they take and fry up for a main course."
He flashed a grin at her. "Then let's make sure they don't, shall we?"
She rolled her dark brown eyes at him. And shook her head so forcefully, it made the beads in her Nubian braids jingle. "Don't even go there, Old Man Crow."
He ignored her play on his last name of Crow and the fact that he was half Apsáalooke. Anjelica was one of the few who knew that little tidbit about him— along with the major secret he kept as sacred as a vestal virgin matron in charge of her convent's vault of chastity belt keys.
Just as he was the only one who knew she and her daughter, Kyisha, had made their way from the refugee camps out of Louisiana to the hills of Tennessee where they were currently in hiding.
And she was lucky. He killed most people who knew anything about him. A necessity he'd learned a long time ago.
Keep your secrets close and you live longer. Keep your enemies dead and you live longer still.
But that was neither here nor there.
"I didn't start this war, Anj." The Drabs had, a hundred years ago when they'd brought their disease to the earth and left the human race to die out in utter misery.
Had left him an orphaned mutant with skills that defied everyone's expectations. Even his own.
Yeah, you should have made sure I stayed dead.
Their mistake.
Shakespeare had once written that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. He was wrong. Hell hath no fury like a human forced to watch everything he or she loved be ripped away while the one who did it stood back and gloated in selfish, smug satisfaction.
Male. Female. Made no never mind.
If the history of humanity had any lesson to be learned whatsoever it should have been that no one fought harder than the home team. Whether it was the Athenians at Marathon, the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Spartan Three Hundred, Alfred the Great, the Colonial Americans, or even the Native Americans who'd kicked Eric the Red's ass out of Vinland— humans were capable of overcoming unimaginable odds and superior technology and tactics whenever they were protecting their own.
No one got the better of them. It was never about the size of the dog in the fight, but all about the size of the bite in the dog.
Too bad the Drabs had burned all human literature and history books instead of reading some.
Now they were about to get schooled at the University of Serious Bell Ringing by Dr. Crow and his elite faculty of kick-your-ass-and-make-it-count. Because Josiah had no intention of stopping until he hand-delivered the bill that was long past due, and shoved it down their gray, Drab throats and made them choke on it.
This was personal. They had made it so.
His gaze fell to the latest report that had prompted his declaration of war. And his throat tightened around the bile that rose up in angry indignation. "Did you hear? They burned Phoenix last night."
Anjelica winced. "I saw the footage. Did anyone escape?"
He forced himself to mask the kick-in-the-gut he felt over her question. "If they did, they haven't surfaced yet. No doubt they're in hiding. Afraid of being caught."
"Yeah. I'd dig in deep, too. And pray hard for the hand of death to pass me by." She jerked her chin toward his secured laptop that he'd used to post his message on the Drab's network. "That the real reason for your declaration of war tonight?"
He nodded even as disgust, fear and hopelessness threatened to overwhelm him. The human race couldn't afford such strikes against them. It'd taken a hundred years of hiding from the Drab tracesakers who'd been assigned to hunt them down, to rebuild their underground population back from the near-extinction levels that had almost wiped them off the planet.
Another hit like this and they might become history, after all.
"My little tantrum should get the heat off the survivors. . . . If there are any. The tracesakers will start looking for me now." It was what the Drabs always did whenever they sensed a threat.
Any action required a swift and direct overreaction.
Anjelica tsked at him. "Boy, you're insane. You done bought yourself all kinds of hurt."
"Perhaps, but remember what William Blake said. The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow. If I can buy them even an hour of peace, I will give up my life for it."
He meant that. Yet he had no intention of dying. Not to today.
Not tomorrow.
Not ever.
He was, after all, a crow. And crows were sacred to his people. They were messengers and harbingers. A gateway from this world to the next. As his mother used to say . . .
One crow caws for sorrow.
Two crows sing of joy.
Three crows fly to borrow.
Four crows are a ploy.
Five crows warn of tomorrow.
Six crows bring much gold.
And seven crows caution you of all the stories left untold.
Josiah had been the seventh crow born in his family. His mother's youngest.
Her deadliest and most unpredictable.
I swear, Joey, you came into this world backwards and fighting, and you've been that way ever since. Cantankerous and stubborn as the day is long. Ain't no one ever been born what could tell you what to do.
But then that, too, ran deep in his blood. Deeper still in his people and his family.
Again, the Drabs should have learned something of the culture they sought to destroy. It was easy to hate without context. To destroy without understanding how difficult it was to build something.
Unlike them, he'd taken his time to carefully study his enemies. Intimately. He knew how they thought. How they lived and how they'd developed into their current collective mind-set.
Now he was going to use that to destroy them.
Once and for all. Starting with the one who'd delivered the deepest blow to his heart.
Without a word, his gaze fell to the poem he'd written just before his declaration. This particular bit of his writing, he would forever keep to himself.
A silent promise. Just between the two of them.
Her name he didn't speak. He didn't have to.
She knew who she was.
He knew who she was. That was all that mattered.
And he would have her throat. Come hell or high water. Come nuclear devastation. Even if he had to fight his way back from death again.
Josiah would bathe in her blood and he would feast on her heart. After all, that was where his middle name had come from. His mother's original maiden name.
Given to their ancestor who'd been known for coating himself in the blood of his slain enemies and reveling in the violence of war. Her entire family had been peace-loving until crossed. Then it was on to such an extent that his father used to joke their unwritten family motto was: I'll kill you.
And Josiah wouldn't rest until he saw this through . . .
Tick tock rang the clock. The talons of death came nearer nigh.
In the dark, all was stark. And only your breath was heard as a wretched sigh.
On the wall, the shadows fall. As you ran the entire hallway's span.
Yet with every step, you continually wept. For you knew the end would be coming soon.
No matter how hard you tried, or deep you cried, still you felt your impending doom.
You felt it there, beneath the stair, or lurking in the shadowed pane.
And still you tried. Still you vied. Ever seeking to grow your infernal fame.
All the while, you lived in denial. Knowing for you there'd be no reprieve.
Not for ye who always deceived.
Coward, liar, thief and whore.
May you get all you deserve and more.
To hell I hope you will soon be bound.
And never again will ye be found.
May your name forever be stricken from each and every tongue.
And may never again let any praise for you be sung.
For you have spread poison and lies upon this land.
And you deserve nothing save utter misery and deepest reprimand.
In time I hope you come to wear,
All the shame you once dispensed with giddy flare.
For this to the heavens I do so decree.
And know in my heart that so will it be.
"From me to you, bitch. From me to you."
They Are Among Us
Daria Stazen shivered at the electronic signs being broadcast all around their school. Images flickered on the walls and lockers, showing all the shapes and sizes and disguises those creatures could take, and how they could easily blend in without anyone ever knowing.
It was such a chilling thought that one of her classmates could be one of them in hiding.
A human being.
She shuddered in revulsion and fear. Then glanced about suspiciously at everyone in her hallway. How would she ever know? Could it be the strange girl on her right whose gray skin was a shade darker than the others? Or the boy to her left whose skin was a tiny bit bluer? Or the teacher whose lips held more black to them? Was it cosmetics, or genetics? Or what about the custodian whose black eyes had pupils that didn't seem to dilate properly? He said it came from an accident in his youth.
But what if it wasn't?
What if he were a human using some kind of magic or drug to disguise his real features? The documentaries all warned that humans were extremely cunning.
Highly dangerous.
"Are you all right?"
She almost screamed as Tamira came up behind her to speak in her ear. "Don't do that!"
"Do what?" she asked innocently.
"Sneak up on me when I'm scaring myself with really creepy thoughts about humans being here!" Daria waved her hand in front of her unit to open it automatically and pull out her sweater and gear for gym. Like her, Tamira was slightly taller than average and rather muscular, with pale gray skin and dark ebony eyes and hair. They were both from warrior caste families, but Daria's father had been granted a special dispensation to attend university after he'd scored exceptionally high on his entrance tests in upper primary.
Now he was one of their top rated scientists— like her mother. Daria was hoping to follow in their footsteps. If she could stop being late to her classes all the time . . .
She closed her unit and paused as she caught Tamira staring at the images, too.
They were mesmerizing. As all good nightmares tended to be.
Tamira jerked her chin at the human they showed transforming himself into the unerring image of a Materian, right down to the dual noble birthmarks Daria had been fortunate enough to inherit in perfect symmetry at the edges of her mouth. It was something all of her friends envied her for.
"You think we'll ever see a real human?"
Daria clutched at her designer bag that her father had brought to her all the way from their homeworld on his last trip there. "Hope not."
Tamira arched her brow at that. "Why? Aren't you curious about them?"
Not even a little. "They're disease-ridden, for one thing."
She laughed. "Oh please! How can you say that? We're the ones who brought it to them. Besides, it was a simple cold."
"Exactly! They were so weak a species, the sniffles killed them off. How can you admire a race that can't even survive a mere head cold?"
Tamira scoffed. "You are so cynical. No wonder they chose you for the committee."
Lifting her chin proudly, Daria patted her badge that proclaimed her chairwoman of HELL – Human Extermination Licensing Leaders. It was now officially her job to help investigate and find any humans who might infiltrate their school or youth community. "Yes, well, the humans are a threat we need to eradicate."
"Why? You just said they were so weak as to be ridiculous."
Daria growled in frustration of her friend's continued churlishness. Sometimes she swore Tamira would argue with a sign post! "That doesn't mean they couldn't mutate it into something worse. Like bird flu and wipe us out with it!" That was, after all, what their people had fought a civil war over when they'd first landed on this planet a hundred years ago.
Rodents and humans. Same thing. Parasites could do all kinds of damage to higher organisms.
Basic biology.
Why any Materian had ever thought a single human would be worth saving, she couldn't imagine. Everything she'd read said they were a barbaric lot who'd been on the brink of war with each other all the time back then. No culture. No higher tech. They'd never done anything particularly noteworthy as a race.
Mass extinction had been the greatest kindness for them.
Not that it mattered. They were gone and the Materians were here now. This was their planet and it would remain so. It'd been theirs since the last of the major human cities had succumbed to the final wave of plagues and her people had burned the last of the human bodies and shed the planet of their feeble disease-ridden remnants.
All that was left now were bits and pieces that only the most daring Materians collected as curiosities.
"Hey Day!"
She paused as she heard Frayne's deep voice. Her heart quickened.
Tamira's eyes darkened with jealousy an instant before she caught herself. As did most of the girls in the hallway. But then Daria was used to that. Frayne was one of the most eligible boys in their city. The son of their territorial regent, he would one day rise to a seat of political power to rival or surpass his mother's. And because she was a third cousin to their ruling family, he had his eye on her.
Daria liked to pretend he had other interests in her as well, but she wasn't completely stupid. If she were someone else, he might still talk to her and date her from time to time.
But . . .
He pressed his cheek to hers and took her bag. "Did you not get my message?"
"What message?"
He tsked. "My mother's been called out of town tonight." He wagged his eyebrows at her. "Want to come over and study some biology? Up close and personal?"
She snorted at his less than subtle innuendo. "Nice. I'm surprised you didn't announce it over the intercom."
"Want me to? I will!"
"No, thank you. I don't have anywhere to hide your body and prison doesn't look good on my university applications."
He laughed. "But it would give you a leg up for the military."
"Possibly." Daria sobered as she glanced over his shoulder and caught the strange expression on Xared's face as he stared at her badge. "Something wrong?"
A full head taller than Frayne and even more ripped and better looking, there were a number of people who speculated that Xared was the more accomplished athlete, but because of Frayne's social status, Xared pulled back in matches and let Frayne take the best shots to win. Some claimed he did the same on tests, too, making sure he always took second place to Frayne, in all things.
She wasn't so sure about that, but right now there was something strange going on. She could feel it deep in her bones. And since she'd known Xared since birth, they were more akin to family than friends. In fact, he was the closest thing to a sibling she'd ever known.
"Hadn't heard about your promotion. Congrats."
Yet the chilly undertone of his voice didn't match those words.
At all.
Something was bothering him and she didn't like to be the cause of his strife.
"Thanks. I think. Although, I'm feeling a little frostbite." He blinked and offered up a half-hearted smile. "Sorry. I was hoping I'd get it. Last I heard it was mine, so I was a little shocked to see you with the badge."
Oh, that explained it. And it made her feel even worse that she'd deprived him of anything. Unlike Frayne, she didn't take joy in beating others out of their dreams. "I had no idea, Xed! I'm so sorry. If you want, I'll decline it for you and you can take my place."
He held his hand up. "It's fine. Really. They obviously wanted you for it, and I am happy for you to have it. It just shocked me, but I'm over it now." The warmth returned to his eyes. "Couldn't imagine it going to a better, Materian. Peace to my sister." He clutched his hand to his heart in a symbol of eternal kinship.
She duplicated the gesture. "Peace to my brother. Always. You know I love you."
"Love you, too." He clapped Frayne on his arm. "I'm headed on to class. Roundabout!"
"Roundabout!" they said in parting.
As they headed the opposite way, Frayne handed her a small silver charm. The unexpected gift delighted her. However, there was one tiny problem. "Thank you! But . . . what is it?"
"I found it in the bathroom. It's a human symbol."
Her stomach shrank. "What?!"
Nodding, he jerked his chin in the direction Xed had gone. "Xed dropped it from his bag. I had to look it up to find out what it was."
"And what is it?"
"An ankie or something like that. The humans use it to identify each other and sympathizers to their cause."
Suddenly, she felt nauseated with fear and dread. "What are saying?"
"That either Xed is a human being in disguise or he's in league with their cause. Whichever it is, you have to report him. It's your job."
She shook her head in horror. "He's like a brother to me!"
"And you swore an oath. Loyalty above everything."
Daria wanted to weep at his dire tone and the cruel light in his dark eyes. One that was mirrored by Tamira's. Worse was the unspoken threat that hovered in the air between them.
If she didn't report Xed and see him arrested, the two of them would report them both.


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Re: st: RE: Tracing dofile execution
Eric Booth <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: RE: Tracing dofile execution
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:28:38 -0600
On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
> <>
> To be honest, I cannot see what the -program- adds to Stata in terms of
> functionality - you can -trace- the execution of a do-file. I am sure I am
> overlooking something...
Also, the -set trace- help file already includes options for modifying the depth and hiliting.
Anyways, to answer your question, this won't work in OSX.
The copy command in OSX is "cp" and has different options than DOS's "/y /a".
(There is a "copy" command but it's not a file copy command, it's for kernal copying.))
The "cp" command doesnt append files together before the copy, as is the case in
the DOS version of "copy". There's probably other *nix commands to do this, but it might be a better
idea if you can write them all into the same file from Stata using -file write-. Or you could add them together
first using something similar to "appendfile" (from SSC).
If you could get the OSX version of "cp" to do what you need, you could write a platform specific command
for each OS, something like:
if "`c(os)'" == "Windows" {
!copy "`top'"+"`using'"+"`bottom'" "`c(sysdir_personal)'dotemp.ado" /y /a
if "`c(os)'" == "MacOSX" {
!cp "`top'"+"`using'"+"`bottom'" "`c(sysdir_personal)'dotemp.ado" -R
*( you'd need to explore the help file for "cp" to see if it could append the files first)
Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
Office: +979.845.6754
Fax: +979.845.0249
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firstname.lastname@example.com
> [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of David Elliott
> Sent: Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010 20:35
> To: email@example.com
> Subject: st: Tracing dofile execution
> A frequent frustration I have is not being able to have -set trace on-
> trace the executing lines of a dofile. I've seen some discussions on
> the list regarding this but no definitive solutions. Michael Blasnik
> created a little -stepdo- utility to emulate the trace function but it
> chokes on //comment lines and multiline commands. I decided to stop
> whining and write a little utility of my own. Basically, it turns the
> dofile into a temporary adofile and then runs it under -set trace on-
> conditions that can be user modified for depth and hiliting. The
> output is identical to an adofile trace because it IS an adofile
> during the run.
> x------------- begin code -------------x
> program define dodebug
> version 9.0
> *! version 1.0.1 2010.02.09
> *! Run a do-file with trace
> *! by David C. Elliott
> syntax using/ [, Depth(integer 1) Hilite(string)]
> capture program drop dotemp
> tempfile top bottom
> file open top using `"`top'"', write text
> file write top "program define dotemp" _n ///
> "version 9" _n ///
> `"noisily di "{res:{hline 10} begin debug {hline}}""' _n
> file close top
> file open bottom using `"`bottom'"', write text
> file write bottom _n "set trace off" _n "end" _n
> file close bottom
> !copy "`top'"+"`using'"+"`bottom'" "`c(sysdir_personal)'dotemp.ado" /y /a
> set trace on
> set tracedepth `depth'
> set tracehilite "`hilite'"
> dotemp
> set trace off
> noisily di "{res:{hline 10} end debug {hline}}"
> erase "`c(sysdir_personal)'dotemp.ado"
> end
> x------------- end code -------------x
> This runs fine under Windows but I have no way of testing in Mac or
> *nix environments so I don't know if the file appending shell command
> will work in all settings.
> I experimented with trying to -file write- above and below the
> existing text of a dofile without success leading me to apply the
> !copy kludge to wrap the dofile wolf in adofile sheep's clothing. If
> someone can educate me how I could do this with -file write- in text
> mode, I'd be most grateful.
> Feedback would be appreciated and if there is a favorable response
> regarding usefulness I may whip up a helpfile and submit this to SSC.
> Regards,
> David Elliott MD, MSc
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Homemade Jalapeno Black Beans | This Is Why I'm Full
These Homemade Jalapeno Black Beans are a very versatile thing to always have ready to eat, you can make a whole bunch and keep them in your freezer and just pull them out and defrost when you need a quick and easy side dish! The reason the recipe calls for so much stuff is that when we make them we make a lot. that way we don't have to spend 45 minutes making them every time we want some!
The really cool part about this Homemade Jalapeno Black Beans recipe is that you don't have to eat them just as a side dish, you can add a can of tomatoes and a pound of ground meat and boom you have homemade Chili! Or you can add a little more broth and some shredded chicken and you have spicy chicken soup. These beans are a staple in our little household, and we eat them all the time!
Another really great thing about these is that you can also make them in the crock pot! Just cook up the veggies and dump it all in the Crock Pot and walk away! This truly is a great recipe! Think of all the things you can make these beans into!
Let us know what you think of our Homemade Jalapeno Black Beans and comment below with any questions/suggestions! Be sure and sign up for our Newsletter where we will be posting and sending out recipes we are going to make and giving you the opportunity to give us suggestions for what we should make next! Enjoy!
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Homemade Jalapeno Black Beans
- 6 can black beans 16 oz can, drained
- 3 large jalapenos seed them if you don't like it too spicy
- 1/2 whole green bell pepper
- 1/2 red red bell pepper
- 1/4 whole Yellow onion
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 1 cup chicken broth you can use whatever broth you like best!
- 2 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- Put your jalapenos, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, onion, garlic and cilantro into your food processor
- Process until they are finely minced and mixed together
- Put a large pot on the stove and turn up to high heat
- Add your olive oil and add the food processed items and cook until soft
- Add your drained beans to the pot and stir thoroughly
- Add broth and salt and pepper (we used a lot, but that's just us!)
- Turn heat down and simmer on low heat for at least 20 minutes
- Enjoy!


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What are some of your favorite books?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Belly Bustin' Books for the Holidays
What are some of your favorite books?
10 comments:
- Hope Adela PasztorDecember 20, 2011 at 11:51 PM
Great lipstick! =)ReplyDelete
Congrats on being featured! Isn't it great to be asked to guest blog? Actually, I wouldn't know the feeling, but I imagine it to be an honor. LOLReplyDelete
I'm looking for a book to read on my Nook and since I LOVE Amy Sedaris, I should check out her brother, David. Naked seems like a book I would like.
- Gwen EdwardsDecember 21, 2011 at 1:42 AM
Go LMo and Rachel! Love this:)ReplyDelete
- Diana TeodoroDecember 21, 2011 at 1:32 PM
I'm a 1900's novel kinda a girl, so I love Jane Austen and a Portuguese author named Eça de Queiroz. He's brilliant and my favorite ever! I also love George R.R. Martin, who is a fantasy author with a great imagination and beautiful writing!ReplyDelete
- marina di guardoDecember 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM
wonderful and interesting post...ReplyDelete
I love Hemingway and Palahniuk.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year dear Rachel!!!
- chillairandperfumeDecember 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Yay, I love you both! Great post. I really like David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, but I'm reading a book of Nabokov short stories over break. Can't wait!ReplyDelete
- vogue_or_bustDecember 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM
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White Sox bats stay quiet in rare loss for Sale
Southpaw stung by familiar foe Rosales in otherwise strong effort
CHICAGO -- A recurring theme has left White Sox All-Star Chris Sale scratching his head.
The Cy Young candidate gave up a two-run homer to Adam Rosales in the second inning that proved decisive in the White Sox 3-1 loss to the Rangers on Wednesday at U.S. Cellular Field.
The homer was Rosales' third in 10 at-bats against the White Sox ace.
"I guess I jinxed myself, I checked it yesterday just to see -- and sure enough, he had two homers," Sale said. "Everyone's got their guy, I guess."
Rosales, who hails from nearby Park Ridge, Ill., said: "I feel like I've always picked up the ball pretty well against Sale. I'm an aggressive hitter and he just comes right at me."
Sale picked up his 14th quality start in 18 tries, allowing two earned runs over six innings, but lost just his second game of the season, and first since June 12. The homer was just the seventh he's allowed this year, and first since June 28.
Yet the long ball was one of just three hits allowed by Sale, who tossed 111 pitches with nine strikeouts and two walks. It was the second time in a row Sale left that early after going seven or more innings in his previous five outings.
"I was kind of sporadic through the whole game," Sale said. "It's been the last couple starts where my fastball command's been kind of off. Just work on that between here and next week and hopefully be able to get a little bit deeper into the game next time."
Rosales' homer proved costly to Chicago in more ways that one. Center fielder and leadoff batter Adam Eaton, a .305 hitter, left the game with a bruised lower back after colliding with the outfield wall on the play. X-rays were negative, though his status for Thursday's opener in Seattle is in question.
"I've been better," said Eaton, who said he will reassess with manager Robin Ventura after the team's flight to Seattle. "I've never done that before. I'm a little embarrassed. But my back kind of took a beating a little bit there. I'm very happy that it wasn't my head."
Said Sale: "I'd hate to be the guy that takes one of your top guys out. He's going to work hard to get back. I'll buy him some dinner or something."
Chicago was able to bail Sale out with 10 runs in his last start on Friday, but it mustered just one on Wednesday --Dayan Viciedo's solo homer in the seventh, the White Sox only run over the last 18 innings.
Jose Abreu finished 0-for-4, and was pitched to and retired as the potential tying run by lefty Neal Cotts with one on in the eighth.
"We were able to close some things down when they presented themselves," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We haven't always done that, but today we did."
The White Sox outhit the Rangers, 8-5, but stranded five runners and were plagued by three double plays from Rangers starter Nick Tepesch.
"Couldn't move it over to the other side, just kept rolling over," Ventura said. "It's a rally killer and everything else, but it's a big lift for him to be able to double us up that many times. We had some opportunities late with some guys on, just couldn't get that big hit when you need one."
Nick Tepesch notched his third scoreless start of the season by going 5 2/3 innings while allowing six hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
Alexei Ramirez went 3-for-4 but was picked off once and caught stealing another time. Alejandro De Aza went 2-for-2 before getting pinch-hit for by Paul Konerko in the seventh.
Chicago opens a six-game, seven-day road trip in Seattle on Thursday, having dropped consecutive series with four losses in six games.
"Either way, we're going to play better -- whether it's here or on the road," Ventura said. "Put this behind you and start focusing on playing better baseball. You get that hit to fall in, but we need to be able to play a little bit better."


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As a deputy was gathering information from witnesses, Saunders County authorities said, Lewin slipped off her handcuffs and drove away in the patrol car.
After a short pursuit, Lewin jumped out of the car and hid inside a van at a nearby farmstead, authorities said.
Lewin was taken into custody and charged with terroristic threats, escaping, flight to avoid arrest, felony theft, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and driving under suspension.


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I grew up, like many, blowing cartridges and spending hours reading through game manuals. Then came the boxy jewel cases and CDs. The more I loved a game, the more scratches and nicks the back of a game would suffer.
I'd show these off like happy scars on my knees gained from letting loose on a playground—the natural outcome of having fun. The games eventually become unplayable, but I didn't care. I liked the games so much that I destroyed them. If that's not love, well, I don't know what is.
The jewel cases then became slim DVD boxes and the manuals gradually thinned and eventually even the CDs themselves became a thing of history. Nowadays, more and more, my games reside entirely within the memory banks of a console, a handheld, or a computer.
But this isn't about how I miss the good old days when I longingly held a new game in my hand, breathless at the idea of what was encoded within. This isn't about how I miss the anchor to nostalgia that physicality provides.
I actually like the way so much of gaming is moving into the cloud.
Don't get me wrong, I have many reasons to like physically owning a game. I can lend them. I can sell them. Usually, they're not as expensive as digital games—have you seen the prices on old games on the Xbox marketplace? Cripes. They're ridiculous. And it's nice to not have to need an internet connection to do every little thing.
But overall? The benefits of the cloud outweigh the drawbacks for me.
But this isn't about how I miss the good old days when I longingly held a new game in my hand, breathless at the idea of what was encoded within. This isn't about how I miss the anchor to nostalgia that physicality provides.
Everything feels more convenient with the cloud. I can buy the games from my home, without having to go anywhere. I don't have to worry about space, which tends to be sparse for me. And even if it wasn't, if you've played games as long as I have, then you've accrued a sizable collection. Turns out, there's such a thing as too many games! With the cloud, I don't have to worry about weight—that's huge for someone who travels and moves around a lot like I do.
I never have to worry about a game not working—there's no CD to scratch or cartridge to muck up. If something becomes corrupted, welp, I can just redownload the game and hey—my save files are online, too! Great.
This might sound like a sad case of pragmatism and practicality winning over sentimentality. Not quite, though. The biggest reason I look forward to a gaming future that has no physical media is actually a romantic one.
To remove the cartridge, to get rid of the disc is like erasing the physical proof that something exists as a game. It helps remove the acknowledgement that the worlds I lose myself in have very acute boundaries, and denies the idea that, say, the Mushroom Kingdom can be reduced to something as ordinary as a disc. That's not the future I want to live in. My ideal, super sci-fi future has the most minimal physical interface possible.
The worlds games allow me to frequent are vast and fantastical. I don't want to say they're contained within a CD, or hell, even a console. I want to say I dive right into my games one day.
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I'm back in the US, and as such, I no longer write from China. I may occasionally update with something China-related, but for the most part I probably won't post very much anymore.
I have started a personal blog, but it won't be as visible as this blog has been. It won't be protected, and the posts won't be imported into Facebook, but you can have the posts emailed to you if you'd like. If you'd like the link to it, just drop me an email at juliekhull at gmail dot com, or leave me a comment at the bottom of this post.
It's been an amazing adventure, and I'm so thankful for everyone who kept in touch and prayed for me along the way. I did my best to chronicle my time in China between the summers of 2007 and 2010, and the journey has been incredible. Thanks for reading along the way. 🙂
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Bill Gross: Credit Markets 'Somewhat Exuberantly' Priced
By Patrick McGee
Pimco chief Bill Gross says credit markets are overheating, but he wouldn't abandon ship just yet.
"On a scale of 1-10 measuring asset price 'irrationality', we are probably at a 6 and moving in an upward direction," Gross writes in his March investment outlook. "Corporate credit and high yield bonds are somewhat exuberantly and irrationally priced. Spreads are tight, corporate profit margins are at record peaks with room to fall, and the economy is still fragile."
But Mr. Gross doesn't recommend selling en masse, only lowering return expectations. After double-digit returns on junk bonds last year, he says 3%-to-4% returns are more likely this year. Prices are too high and yields are simply too low for the market to continue delivering such high returns.
Mr. Gross—often dubbed "the Bond King"—spends much of his March outlook referring back to a Feb. 7 speech from Federal Reserve governor Jeremy Stein, who expressed concern that "we are seeing a fairly significant pattern of reaching-for-yield behavior emerging in corporate credit."
For Mr. Gross, those comments harked back to the famous "irrational exuberance" talk in 1996 from former Fed chief Alan Greenspan. Now, as then, the market is trying to determine whether certain assets are overvalued and what to do about it.
His conclusion: be cautious.
"We join with Governor Stein and perhaps Alan Greenspan in encouraging not an exit but a reduced expectation," he says. "Be rational, be optimistic if so inclined, but temper it with a commonsensical conclusion that we have seen something similar to this before, and that previous outcomes seldom matched the exuberance."
Mr. Gross's comments come a day after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke weighed in on the question of overheated markets in his speech to Congress on Tuesday. "Although a long period of low rates could encourage excessive risk-taking … we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more-rapid job creation," the chairman said.
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Her name isn't on the ballot, but Manorama Joshi has suddenly become one of the most intriguing people in the Bay Area's hottest congressional race this year.
The Newark woman is at the heart of a controversy over Republican candidate Joel Vanlandingham's last-minute entry in the race -- perhaps as a foil for well-funded Democrat Ro Khanna in his bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, as some critics claim.
Early on, Joshi appeared to be a fervent Khanna supporter.
Manorama K. Joshi signed Khanna's nomination petition in early February. She also gave $351 to Khanna's campaign last May, Federal Election Commission records show. A photo from a May 3 Khanna fundraiser, published in the India Post, depicts her with Khanna, and a more recent edition of that newspaper pictures Joshi again at another Khanna event held Feb. 23.
But just a few weeks later, "Manorama J. Kumar," whose address is the same as Joshi's, collected and submitted almost a third -- 14 of 48 -- of Vanlandingham's nominating petition signatures from Alameda County.
An intercom system at that Cedar Boulevard apartment complex lists the occupant's name as "Joshi." Asked through the intercom to discuss the race Tuesday, the occupant replied, "No, I don't want to talk to anybody, thank you."
Vanlandingham, a tech industry job recruiter from San Jose, said he doesn't know her.
When asked why someone who attended Khanna's fundraisers and signed the Democrat's petition would suddenly work to get him on the ballot, Vanlandingham replied, "The only thing I can guess is that she changed her mind."
The mystery has intensified the intrigue in a race that has made national headlines ever since Khanna, a former Obama administration official, launched his campaign one year ago Wednesday to unseat the seven-term incumbent Honda in a district that's both the heart of Silicon Valley and the first Asian-American majority district outside Hawaii.
When Republican Vanila Singh entered the race in January, analysts said it could help Honda by stripping Khanna of GOP votes in June's top-two primary election. In fact, a poll in February found Singh -- largely by dint of her party -- had leapfrogged slightly ahead of Khanna.
But then Republican Vanlandingham stepped forward. Political analysts say that having multiple Republicans in the race might split the district's small GOP base, helping Khanna surpass the Republican candidates in June and go one-on-one with Honda in November.
"This evidence that Ro Khanna's supporters actively worked to get a Republican on the ballot is really troubling," Honda campaign manager Doug Greven said Wednesday. "The voters deserve answers from Ro Khanna."
Leah Cowan, Khanna's campaign manager, said Wednesday that Khanna has met Joshi "a few times but has never spoken to her for more than a few seconds. He only learned about her involvement in another campaign when he read about it last week and he feels bad that she's being maligned for political reasons."
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In an op-ed published online Wednesday by India-West, Khanna lashed out: "Some party operatives have engaged in the worst form of racial stereotyping, assuming that every Indian American living in the Bay Area must be a part of my campaign," he wrote. "Could it not be that Indian Americans have enough judgment and independence to support candidates based on their own values?"
Vanlandingham said Joshi was recruited by his campaign adviser, a Hindu, Indo-American man whom he refused to identify lest there be backlash from the mostly Democratic Indo-American community. "He asked me to keep that confidential," Vanlandingham said.
But Singh points to a prominent local Indo-American she says is behind the Joshi-Vanlandingham gambit: Romesh Japra, chairman of the Fremont Hindu Temple, where Joshi serves on the board. Japra is also a staunch Khanna supporter and a former family friend of Singh.
Japra and his wife, Sunita, have given $7,400 to Khanna's campaign since 2011. Japra said Wednesday he's not aware of Joshi's personal political activity and doesn't know how or why Vanlandingham became a candidate, but he acknowledged he's doing "everything in my capacity" to help Khanna's campaign.
Singh said she has seen Japra and Khanna together at various public and private events in recent months, and claims that at one point she heard Khanna supporters intended to run another Republican into the race.
Federal law prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits such as the temple from participating or intervening in political campaigns.
Japra's e-mail invitation to the Feb. 23 fundraiser he hosted for Khanna carried the temple's logo, a notification of the temple's tax-exempt nonprofit status, and a footer saying the message came from the temple. Still, Japra insisted Wednesday that the invitation had been sent from his personal email.
Last week, an Alameda County Republican committeeman represented by the law firm of California Republican Party Vice Chairwoman Harmeet Dhillon asked a Sacramento County Superior Court judge to kick Vanlandingham and another last-minute GOP candidate -- Vinesh Singh Rathore -- off the ballot due to petition irregularities. The judge gave Rathore the boot based on signature irregularities in Santa Clara County but didn't act on Vanlandingham because neither he nor the Alameda County registrar was able to attend the hearing on short notice.
However, the judge did say no state law prohibits "the fact that one circulator signed a nomination paper for candidate A and then circulated for candidate B."
Khanna summed it up in his op-ed piece: "The current campaign for Congress has turned ugly."
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The folks at Feministing just posted a link to the blog Overrated List, a spectacular illustration of the principle that the most brilliant ideas are often the simplest. Overrated List draws its inspiration from well-known tool Christopher Hitchens, but I forgive it, because it goes on to be both funny and intriguing:
According to a 2006 New Yorker profile, Hitch once declared, apropos of nothing, "that the four most overrated things in life were champagne, lobsters, anal sex, and picnics." Like all of Hitch's opinions, this one offends everyone, for different reasons. Still, you can't help but admit there's something to it.
Now, thanks to the magic of the internet, we can all disseminate Overrated Lists of our own. The rules are simple. Each List contains exactly four (4) items. You only get one List, so take your time and make it good. While every List should be unique, try not to make yours too idiosyncratic ("the deli on my corner"; "stuff I am allergic to"). And keep in mind: overrated things are not just bad things (global warming and impetigo and Cleveland, for instance, would not make the cut, because they were never rated highly in the first place). In fact, most overrated things are good — just not that good, for crying out loud.
Reading the lists, which are cited only by first name, location, and age, is kind of amazing — they're not only funny and thought-provoking, but they give insight into people's minds with surprising clarity. My favorite list so far comes from an 85-year-old New Yorker:
- Open-mindedness
- Baseball
- Mushrooms
- A hot bath
Kate and I were discussing this last night; she said "so far, I've only got Cormac McCarthy and olives," and I busted out laughing. Neither of those is particularly dear to my heart one way or the other, but somehow the combination of the two caused a very "I knew I liked you for a reason" moment. I've sent mine in already and since it'll be credited I don't want to post it here, but second-stringers included Lord of the Rings, bacon, internet fame, and positive attitudes. I'd love to hear what you guys come up with (and when you're sure you're done, send it on to overratedlist at gmail!).


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But none of the aphorisms on the list is the aphorism I am looking for. You know the feeling that there is an aphorism that's already out there for something you're trying to say in aphorism form. You can say it briefly, but not in the words that must be in the aphorism.
Here's as close as I can get to saying what seems to me to be a rough paraphrase for a reasonably well-known aphorism: He who lies about small things will lie about big things. Or: Little lies foretell big lies.
What I'm looking for is the "Where there's smoke, there's fire" of lying.
There should be a word for the feeling that there is already an aphorism for the idea that you could express in your own words. That feeling inhibits the composition of one's own new aphorism. I mean, if you were trying to remember the aphorism "Where there's smoke, there's fire" and instead wrote the notion up in your own snappy words, it would never replace "Where there's smoke, there's fire." "Where there's smoke, there's fire" is so perfectly apt. Hence the inhibition.
It's a separate question whether the idea expressed in the aphorism I'm looking for is actually true. I did find this old Metafilter question, asked by a woman who worried her husband's little lies. She expressed certainty that he wasn't lying about anything big (like infidelity), but she was catching many little lies, such as the fact that he'd said he'd carry a bag lunch to work, when in fact he ate at a restaurant. She also worried about her own worrying, since her husband was "a wonderful, patient, generous guy who treats me well and loves me more than anything," and she didn't want to be like the "extremely controlling parent" he grew up with and who probably caused him to develop a habit of telling little lies.
I thought of another aphorism in the vicinity of what I'm searching for: "Don't sweat the small stuff." Do little things not matter? Or can we tell something important about a person by the way they handle the details?
"God is in the details"... right? Or is it "The Devil is in the details"? Maybe if I knew which of those 2 expressions is the right one, I'd know the answer to the question whether the idea expressed in the searched-for little-lies aphorism is true. Interestingly, both "God is in the details" and "The Devil is in the details" have their own Wikipedia page.
According to the "God" page, "God is in the details" (or "detail") seems to date back to Gustave Flaubert (written in French), and the Devil version is a variant. Satisfyingly, the "Devil" page backs up the theory that God came first.
Google's n-gram function reveals that the phrase "the devil is in the details" does not appear in print before ca. 1975.Flaubert died in 1880, and it's quite clear that "God is in the detail" was often attributed to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who died in 1969. Perhaps it was around 1975 that we began to lose our veneration for detail, the sense that the little things mattered. Now, to fret over details is prissy and fussy. You're a stickler. A controlling parent. A person who sweats the small stuff is... sweaty.
There's this, which I quoted the other day:
Wittgenstein once said that the following bit of verse by Longfellow could serve him as a motto:The quote is from that book "On Bullshit," which I've been reading and which actually isn't the origin of this morning's search for an aphorism. The origin of that is a discussion we had yesterday about someone — nobody you know.
In the elder days of art
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part,
For the Gods are everywhere.
IN THE COMMENTS: JackOfVA and Kit Carson come up with what I'm sure I was trying to think of: "Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus" ("False in one thing, false in everything").


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Nazem Kadri netted the game-winner with Toronto on the power play 2:51 into overtime, as the Leafs outlasted the Boston Bruins, 4-3, at Air Canada Centre.
Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron both lit the lamp in the third period to bring the Bruins even, but after Boston failed to score on a power play that stretched into overtime, the Leafs capitalized on their chance on the man- advantage.
With Boston's Torey Krug in the box for holding, Cody Franson fed the disc from the left point to the low left side, where Kadri roofed a shot over Chad Johnson to send Toronto to its second straight victory.
Paul Ranger, James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak each scored once for the Leafs, who kept pace with Columbus for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Blue Jackets, who blanked Philadelphia on Thursday, have 85 points, giving them a one-point lead over the Leafs with two games in hand.
Jonathan Bernier made 25 stops over two-plus periods for Toronto before leaving the game with 11:38 remaining in regulation after Bergeron landed awkwardly on top of his left leg. James Reimer stopped 10-of-11 shots in relief.
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USA plans to expand military presence in Azerbaijan close to Iran
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Azerbaijan (an Asian republic of the former USSR) on April 12th. It
became Rumsfeld's second visit to the republic in four months -- that is why it can hardly be treated as a formal
visit of no particular importance.
One may probably distinguish two major reasons, which make the US administration develop active cooperation with the regime of the incumbent Azeri President, Ilham Aliyev. It is worth mentioning, though, that Mr Aliyev does not match the "democratic standards" of the US Department of State.
The first reason includes the transportation of the Caspian oil and the security of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is directly connected with Mr Rumsfeld's department.
Secondly, the USA is interested in establishing mobile army bases on the territory of Azerbaijan, which is stipulated in the plan to re-deploy US troops in Europe and Asia.
As for the oil pipeline is concerned, there has been a certain plan elaborated for the implementation of security
measures. The USA is ready to assign not less than $ 100 mm during the coming ten years for the development of the
so-called Caspian Guard (founded in the autumn of 2003). Guaranteeing security to the pipeline, which is currently
undergoing the construction process, will be the prime goal of the Caspian Guard.
The Caspian Guard will represent a network of police detachments and special military units in the Caspian region. These troops will be capable of showing efficient reaction to states of emergency, including attacks against oil objects. The European command of the Defence Department in Stuttgart, Germany, coordinates the efforts of various departments and provides the training for military men to defend the new pipeline.
The pipeline system will enable the transportation of oil from the Caspian Sea via the Caucasus to the Turkish port
of Ceyhan. The system is said to be put into operation during the current year. The radar-equipped command centre in
Baku, the capital ofAzerbaijan, will also be included in the Caspian Guard.
The centre will give the Azeri government an opportunity to monitor sea traffic in oil areas of the Caspian Sea. The Guard will also assist in the struggle against the smuggling of arms and drugs, Colonel Mike Anderson, the European Division Chief of the Plans and Policy Directorate said.
Judging upon the views of the Azeri government, the second point of Rumsfeld's program in Azerbaijan (about the
deployment of mobile army bases) will apparently lead to no problems either. Donald Rumsfeld will coordinate certain
dates for such mobile groups to appear in Azerbaijan. Rumsfeld will settle the time issue with the president and the
defence minister of Azerbaijan.
Azeri experts believe that the question will be solved within several weeks. It is noteworthy that spokespeople for the US Department of Defence say that the Pentagon apparently wishes to use only runways and sea ports, at which small groups of US military men will guard ammunition depots.
A lot of experts in Azerbaijan estimate the cooperation between Baku and Washington against the background of intense
relations between the USA and Iran. The US government has supposedly been trying to talk the government of Azerbaijan
into close cooperation on the matter.
The USA is interested is airbases, from which it would be good to strike targets in Iran. Azerbaijan does not have anything against such cooperation: it is afraid of the Iranian ambition, especially when it comes to resources of the Caspian Sea.
All events, which happen in the Caspian region, touch upon Russia's interests directly. One has to acknowledge,
though, that Moscow's position regarding the expanding military cooperation between the USA and Azerbaijan remains
indistinct. On the one hand, Russia has always been against the US military presence in the Caucasus. On the other
hand, such objections were generally made about Georgia.
At any rate, Russia is not showing any vestiges of active resistance. Probably, there is nothing fatal about it. However, if Russia were tougher as far as the protection of its interests is concerned, US European Command deputy commander Charles Wald would not release such statements, which he made at the end of February. Wald said that the Pentagon wished Russia did not protest against the US military presence in Azerbaijan and Georgia.