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The objectives of Agricultural Livelihood Support Services component are as:
The livelihood activities broadly include improvement in agriculture, horticulture, livestock, fisheries, foreshore plantations and agri-business..
Objectives: In the above context, the project plans to take up agriculture and horticulture interventions with the following objectives:
Technology demonstrations
This intervention will mainly focus on intensification of the existing cropping system and Promotion of market led cropping systems through demonstration of high yielding varieties, integrated nutrient and pest Management, improved agronomic and water management practices and introduction of new crops/varieties depending on emerging market opportunities.
Demonstration and adoption plots
The project considers the best way to build capacities of the tank command area farmers in terms of orientation on technology aspects and adoption of improved technology is through demonstration and adoption. These demonstrations will be conducted in the selected lead farmer's field. The indicative list of demonstration will be on SRI cultivation, integrated crop management, NADEP pits, Vermi compost units, Integrated Pest Management, IPM demonstrations in vegetables, Vegetable cultivation, Seed production, Fodder Demonstrations, and Fodder multiplication plots etc.
Capacity building
Capacity building of line department staff, project staff, SO staff, WUA and farmers will be undertaken. Important activities under this are exposure visits, within and outside the state and trainings.
Objectives: The main objective of the livestock component is to improve the productivity of the livestock in an integrated manner to ensure increased contribution from the livestock to family income. This will be achieved by the following measures:
Other objectives include the development of sheep and ram-lamb rearing activities for poor and vulnerable groups in the tank areas.
Identification of the milk routes
The project considers identifying the existing milk routes, super impose with the tank map and concentrate in those tanks which converge with the milk route. Interventions are planned to develop the livestock to maximum potentiality and increase the milk yield in the identified tanks in the selected milk routes.
Identification of the Gopal Mitras and their training
Gopal Mitra is a local person from community, trained in the animal breeding, and health management and is the link between the line department and community to supplement efforts of the line department in terms of outreach.
The project plans to provide support to about 1000 such existing Gopala Mitras by providing refresher training and logistic support to DAH for monitoring and technical backup. The project also plans to introduce 500 new Gopala Mitras over a five year project period. The project aims at producing 1000 cross bred cattle by each gopala mitra area over the project period of 5 years. This will necessitate proper selection of tanks, close monitoring of performance of Gopal Mitra and continued technical backup.
Animal health management
The project would support positioning of well trained gopala mitras and conducting animal vaccination camps and de-worming camps, every year to build capacities of the cattle farmers in animal health management and availability of the medication at door step. The Kisan Melas planned in the tank areas will also be used as one of vaccination event on yearly basis. These arrangements will ensure regular vaccination of animals and lead to reduced incidence of diseases.
Fodder development
Specific interventions planned for nutrition improvement include:
Ram-lamb rearing
The project proposes to promote ram lamb rearing units for Common Interest Group (CIG) in the drought prone districts having high sheep density on a cost sharing basis. Setting up one ram lamb rearing unit involves a shed (sheep pen), 20 animals, medicines, equipment, insurance and feed supplement.
Training is proposed for various stakeholders such as farmers at tank level, gopala mitra, department staff and project staff on various aspects of cattle management.
Objectives: Improved income from fisheries is likely to result from the increased amount of lease rights adding to WUA corpus as per the existing Government Order. Therefore fisheries Development component adopts a broad livelihood framework designed for the Project and interventions are categorized accordingly:
Interventions for adopting extensive approach in 1000 selected tanks
Physical Infrastructure: Revival and restoration of tank system will have improved condition for fish growth and harvesting. The WUA and FCS would also resolve for mutual understanding and cooperation in maintaining the tank bed accordingly in future.
Strengthening dialogue process between WUA and FCS: Due to differential interest between WUA and Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) arising out of stake and seasonality of operation, it is essential to initiate and strengthen a dialogue process between FCS and WUA. In this regard, project proposes the following interventions:
Technology introduction for production enhancement: Technology introduction for production enhancement includes promotion of fingerlings and provision of supplementary feed to the fish. Usage of fingerlings in place of seed and feed supplement after 2-3 months enhances production significantly.
Capacity Building: Project envisages capacity building of fisher folk includes orientation and skill trainings on production and management aspects of fisheries.
Interventions for adopting intensive approach in 70 selected tanks
Intensive approach will be adopted in selected 70 tanks where additional inputs will be provided to these active FCS and fisher folk beyond production enhancement. The inputs include institutional strengthening, marketing support and capacity building in production and marketing management. Business development opportunities in these tanks will be firmed up by supporting the working capital requirement and building the capacities accordingly.
Some of the specific interventions that are proposed are:
Objectives: The foreshore plantations sub-component has the following objectives:
The success of plantation of forestry will depend on selection of appropriate sites and size, identification of plant species and survival of plantation by sustaining interest of CIG and WUA members during the gestation period. Accordingly the following interventions are envisaged in the project:
The aftercare activities during the first and second year will include, casualty replacement, weeding, soil working and watch and ward of the plantation.
Regular watch and ward of the plantation will be responsibility of the WUA and CIGs. Need based mechanism will be set up by the WUA under the facilitation of the Support organization,
Marketing of the produce plays a very critical role in the farm economics and livelihoods. There have been very few models where farmers get assured and remunerative price on his produce. On the other side there are a number of agro processing companies and food industries which require timely and adequate, quality agricultural produce. Lack of supply chain integration and lack of integration of the farmer with the other end of supply chain i.e. choice of the consumer is the core issue. There is a need of integrating the farmer with supply chain and reduce the length of the supply chain. To achieve the integration of supply chain and reduce the length of supply chain, the best possible way is public – private partnership. The project aims to intervene in the tank area agricultural marketing system to enable the command area farmer to utilize emerging market opportunities. At present the various problems that farmers face in realizing the optimum farm gate price include:
The agri-business component of the project envisages bridging these gaps through various targeted interventions.
Identification of new business opportunities
The project is keen to study the possibilities of utilizing the emerging business opportunities and prepare the location specific and commodity specific business strategies from the point of view of partners, market scenario, supply and value chain analysis and its linkage with tank level farmers.
Updating market information
Buyers-sellers meets: The buyer-sellers meet will be conducted annually to have interactions between buyers and sellers, develop long term business relations, exchange views on the market situation, enter into partnerships, identify opportunities, and solve the problems and pricing etc.
Public Private Partnership building: Annual public private partnership workshops are planned for mutual understanding of public and private partners, identify opportunities, define partnership areas, and design the partnership modalities etc.
Market intelligence: Market intelligence covers various aspects like information, analysis and recommendations on the area of cultivation, international trends, rain fall and weather situation suitable for each commodity, international market trends, and future prospects for the specific commodity in local language. This information will help the CIG in decision making of crop selection, storage decision, market decision etc. The project plans to identify suitable partners for the supply of market intelligence and update the web site with this information for the use of the WUA members.
Dissemination of market information to users
Market information and Market intelligence: Market information is very crucial in decision making and price fixation for collective marketing. The project intends to spread the market information among the CIG members, by leveraging availability of advanced technology such as:
The market information will cover the daily market trends in the 5-6 major market rates of each commodity at state and national market situation. It will also cover improved production technologies of different crops and cropping practices which can help the farming community to take right decision in right time.
Development of market infrastructure
The collective marketing process involves procurement of the produce from members of WUA. To perform this activity WUAs require some basic equipments depending upon the type of activity. The project proposes to provide these equipments to WUA and other stakeholders following a selection criteria. Different types of equipments that are planned at different level are as follows:


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Like every other vehicle in Mazda's catalog, the CX-9 now wears the handsome, suave stylings of the company's Kodo design language. We think it looks great, but feel free to disagree in Comments.
The second-generation CX-9 is the perfect example of Mazda's growing interior design prowess. As is so often the case, it's not so much the style but the choice of materials that stands out. Nappa leather can be paired with real Japanese rosewood and aluminum accents to craft a cabin that feels far more expensive than what you might expect from Mazda. The quality is impressive, even on the pre-pre-production prototypes we tested (drive impressions coming soon).
The other headline, aside from the gorgeous interior, is the powertrain. The heart and soul of the operation is a new 2.5-liter, turbocharged Skyactiv engine. Although it only produces a modest 250 horsepower, that figure is complemented by a whopping 310 pound-feet of torque. Importantly, torque is easy to access in the lower part of the rev range, with peak twist coming in at just 2,000 rpm. It drops off rather suddenly north of 4,000 rpm, but as Mazda tells it, most consumers rarely venture above that figure. Mazda expects the CX-9's core market to be perfectly happy with the robust low-end output.
A six-speed automatic is responsible for doling out that grunt, and is meant to play nicely with the same i-Activ predictive all-wheel-drive system found in the CX-5 (although the two cars don't share any AWD components). Using 22 different sensors, the system measures road conditions 200 times every second and will even send up to half the engine's power to the rear axle. The entire car, meanwhile, rides on the same Skyactiv architecture as the CX-5 and Mazda6, meaning a multi-link rear suspension has been paired with MacPherson struts up front. Eighteen-inch wheels will be standard, although 20s will also be on offer.
You can expect to hear much more on just what the new CX-9 is like to drive next week. Until then, enjoy the official images from Mazda, and keep an eye open for live shots from the LA debut, headed your way soon.


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Cartoon of the Day – DADT
Posted by Corey Kaster on May 28, 2010
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What does your bank believe in?
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Our Marriage Matters Video
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The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court took over Q Center!
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Video – Gay Marriage = Religious Freedom
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Mexico City Approves Gay Marriage
Posted by Corey Kaster on December 21, 2009
Mexico City's legislature today approved gay marriage, an aide to a city lawmaker told AFP, in the first such law passed anywhere in Latin America.
"It was approved overall by 39 votes in favor and 20 against, with five abstentions," said a spokesman for the bill's chief sponsor, assemblyman Davi Razu.
Spokesman Oscar Oliver said the city's majority leftist legislators also defeated an opposition amendment to the gay marriage bill that would have prevented same-sex couples from adopting children.
"For centuries, unjust laws prohibited marriage between whites and blacks or Europeans and (indigenous) Indians," Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) lawmaker Victor Romo said.
"Today all those barriers have come down." (Source – AP) via WGB
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Q Center has signs now! Woohoo!
Posted by Corey Kaster on December 17, 2009
Just learned the signs are from Delia, right by our house off Rosa Parks!
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HRC 2010 Buying for Equality Guide Released. Download here!
Posted by Corey Kaster on December 14, 2009
Buying for Equality 2010 helps us support businesses that support us with every purchase we make.
Despite the economic downturn, more businesses than ever rated 100 percent on the HRC Foundation's Corporate Equality Index — the basis for this guide — through banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, providing benefits for LGBT employees and their families and supporting LGBT equality publicly. Find out more about the criteria.
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[box]Singer/Songwriter/Mentor Aline Shader (1936-2002) was a wildly creative woman. With great pleasure we feature her glorious mentoring story through the thoughts and memories of her remarkable mentee Julie Silver. Here at Over My Shoulder Foundation we are preparing for National Mentoring Month this January, and we are so amazed and inspired by the dynamic mentoring duo in this post.
Julie, who is also a Singer/Songwriter/Mentor like Aline, makes keen observations about mentoring. She and her reflections are a true testament to Aline's legacy of using music to break down barriers: generational, cultural and religious.
Armed with both talent and imagination, both Aline and Julie brilliantly connect the disconnected while inspiring greater confidence, self-expression, self-esteem, and self-worth. Their careers demonstrate how music connects, heals and has the ability to stimulate great ideas.
Aline Shader understood that by fostering creativity, by mentoring, she could change lives and move her young students towards a society of greater inclusion, integrity and value. Now, without further ado, Over My Shoulder Foundation presents an exclusive interview with Julie Silver. Please don't hesitate to share your own stories and inspirations with us, especially this January during National Mentoring Month. Enjoy the interview!
-Dawn Carroll, Over My Shoulder Foundation Co-Founder [/box]
Julie, you are one of the most celebrated and beloved performers in the world of contemporary Jewish music today. Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. At Over My Shoulder Foundation (OMSF), our mentoring organization uses the Jimi Hendrix quote "If there is something to be changed in this world…then it can only be done through music". Can you talk a little about how you've noticed your music, and the music of others, become a change-making catalyst?
That's a great Hendrix quote. Music really is a universal language. Music can bring large groups of people to an idea, to new information, to communication, to changing the world. Think of the Bob Dylan song, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" and it's all there in black and white.
As it relates to mentoring, teaching a child to love music, to sing, to write, to express their feelings in song can change their world. Music helps people find their own buried treasures. Most importantly, music gathers historically marginalized people and includes them in the conversation.
I write contemporary songs based on ancient Jewish texts. I also write about my every day observations. When I was younger, I mostly wrote what people taught me. As an adult, I write my own story. Of course, I want people to hear my songs and feel like they've arrived home, that they're finally included, that they might raise their own voices in protest and celebration. But beyond the concert, I want my students to become teachers. I want my listeners to become singers—especially the ones who sing off key! I want people to actively participate in their own growth and healing and maybe even return the favor and help others who are in need of strong mentors. I was taught from a very young age that it's my responsibility to repair the shattered fragments in the world. Becoming a full time touring singer/songwriter has introduced me to a life beyond my own and has allowed me to be of service at any moment, anywhere in the world.
You currently live in Southern California, but your roots come from New England. You grew up in Newton, Massachusetts where your mentor Aline Shader also lived and raised her family. Can you tell us about how you and Aline met?
Aline was my teacher. I was a student at the Bowen Elementary School in Newton, and Aline was a parent/volunteer who wrote beautiful songs and original musicals which we performed throughout our time at Bowen and beyond. We were fortunate to grow up in a time when public schools fostered creative arts. She soon moved to a position with the entire Newton Public School system and was teaching and writing and directing in every school in the city, K-12. But she started teaching with my classmates so we always felt like that was a pristine time for her and us. She would write a song, and then come in the next day and try it out on us. Later in my life, I became a music teacher and used to do the same thing; I'd write a song and then teach it the next day to see if it worked.
When did you realize that Aline was your mentor?
I fell in love with her music when I was about 6 years old and her songs followed me everywhere I went and they still do. In fact, any time we get together, anywhere in the country, Aline's old students sing her songs. Her songs solidified our group. She wrote really interesting, smart lyrics and beautiful, unforgettable melodies. I graduated college and it was my mother (another great mentor of mine) who suggested I walk over to her house and see if she could help me with my music. Over the next decade, I sat by her side, wrote songs under the shelter of her wings, spent hours in her home singing, learning, playing and dreaming.
Aline was an artist, a dancer, a composer who wrote from a very deep well of love and intellect. There was nobody like her in the world.
Many of my old school friends credit Aline for inspiring them to great careers in acting and music. We knew we were lucky back then and we celebrate those golden moments whenever we gather.
I knocked on Aline Shader's door in June of 1988 and as far as I'm concerned, l have never left. After she died in 2002 her house was sold, I had already moved to the West Coast, but in my heart I'm still at the piano in her living room, my great mentor always looking over my shoulder, showing me what I could achieve.
Can you remember anything specific about how Aline might have also believed that music can change the world?
Listen to her song "For Love to Grow" and you'll never feel the same way about adoption. Listen to her song "Partners" and fall in love. Listen to her song "Happy Birthday World" and try not to be inspired to take care of the earth. "Una Luna Brilla" is a song about building bridges between Spanish and English speaking people. "One voice is not alone, el mundo canta una cancion…"
Yo-Yo Ma said of Mrs. Shader's music and CD that "Aline Shader provides a wonderful opportunity for children to become involved with music." Can you reflect about why she focused on children, and how creative minds may provide answers to the many problems we have in this world, and how creative solutions can re-connect the disconnected?
I know first hand that if I had never been exposed to her songs as a small child, I wouldn't be the adult that I am today. Her lyrics were inviting and instructive and empowering. They made people think and laugh and sing along. Aline kept it simple so that children would become engaged. Getting children to think a new way, building their confidence in telling their own stories, is the single most important thing we can do for them. Aline knew that choral singing can move mountains, in many ways like no other kind of music can. I recall a line from the psalms: "The stones that the builders rejected should become the chief cornerstones". When songwriters and performers use this text as a mantra, we engage people who might not feel included and solve problems creatively, taking diverse opinions into account.
Without a major record label, you have sold more than 80,000 CDs, among your 8 current albums. "For Love to Grow" is your tribute to Aline. How has her influence allowed and encouraged you to flourish as a musician?
She encouraged me to do my own thing. She wasn't a Jewish singer/songwriter, but she knew that it was an important element of my life's work and she pushed me to be good at it, to be better at whatever I wanted to do. In the almost 40 years I knew her, I watched her successfully raise a family, be a grandmother, be a wife, be a full time songwriter, director and teacher. This was hands down, the most extraordinary model for me as I was making my way. So I am lucky enough to work every day, make a living, and pass on the most valuable piece of myself to anyone who might need it: my life's experience.
At OMSF, a couple projects, including the Over My Shoulder song (performed by Patti Austin and her mentee Lianna Gutierrez), the Bulacards Project and our Mentorology Logo Project have taken the concept of Mentorology (the art and science of mentoring) and positively influenced the lives of many children – especially high school students. Of the Mentorology Logo project, the mentor and teacher David Messina said, "I saw kids that hadn't done anything all year take charge and kick butt on this little project." All these projects illustrate how mentoring can move us all toward a society of greater inclusion, integrity and value. Mentoring also helps us get across messages that might otherwise go unheard. Can you tell us what mentoring is to you? And how it has affected your life?
I have had many special Mentors and over the years who have taught me well. In music, my great mentors were Aline Shader, Livingston Taylor, and the late Debbie Friedman who was a giant in the world of Jewish music and passed away suddenly about a year ago. I have had amazing teachers in the world of music and all of them have taught me to be a better student, musician, and ultimately a mentor.
Last year, I volunteered teaching lyric writing/journal writing at a school in the Watts area of Los Angeles, one of the most underserved communities in America. I will never be able to articulate what happens to a student (and a teacher!) who is encouraged to simply write down and share their story. As if a light-switch has been flipped on, suddenly they are writers! Suddenly, their words and voices have merit and the stories of their classmates are of equal importance. I used to tell them that the loudest voice in the room is not necessarily the most important voice. Watching these young people write and hearing their stories changed all of us for good.
It might be important to point out that I am a lesbian, married in the State of California, and Mary and I are mothers to a 7 year old daughter and are expecting another baby in late January. I stand upon the shoulders of the ones who came before me, the pioneers who have arrows in their backs, the ones who walked towards the Promised Land but were ever allowed in. I sing for them. I live openly and try my best to teach and encourage others to do the same. Certainly, being a stage performer has given me the confidence to be open about everything I am. But it was my close relationships with members of my faith community that urged me to come out and realize my fullest potential. I pray and work that others might have the same experience I have had, or BETTER.
Music is the universal language with the ability to arouse great introspection and activism. What is the best example of this in Aline's work? How about yours?
In 1993 I wrote a setting called "Shir Chadash", in English "a new song". Psalm 96 compels us to Sing a New Song unto God. This is the great challenge and opportunity in our lives, to see things a different way, to sing with our own voices, to be the change we wish to see in the world. I write songs to include and inspire people to find their voices and repair the world.
Where Am I? (a song about inclusion in the stories of the Bible)
The Barefoot Sisters (a song about climbing a mountain in Ireland and having two nuns (of all people!) help me reach the summit)
Thank you, again, Julie, for the time you took to talk with us about your music, your mentor Aline Shader, and the power of mentoring and music to add value to our lives.
National Mentoring Month is celebrated every January and January 26th is National Thank Your Mentor Day. Over My Shoulder Foundation hopes you all are as inspired by the story of Aline Shader and Julie Silver as we are. It is an opportunity for us to start thinking about who we should be thanking this January during National Mentoring Month. Who has looked over your shoulder, and sheltered you under their wings? We invite you to share your stories with us. So, tell us, who mentored you?


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Every so often it is nice to get away for no reason other than to get away. Last week we took a little mini vacation and headed down to Jackson, Mississippi for the week.
We stayed at the Country Inn and Suites in Pearl, Mississippi and I was really impressed with this hotel. It was not super fancy, but we had tons of room and were very well taken care of.
Having 2 kids and 2 adults in one hotel room can be crowded. We had plenty of room.
But first lets talk about all the hotel has to offer.
On each side of the front entrance, they have a nice little porch set up with benches and rocking chairs. It was a great spot to sit outside in the shade and let the kids have a little spot to play. They both loved the rocking chair.
They also have an indoor pool with a separate hot tub. The pool starts out at 3 feet deep and increases to 5 feet deep. It was large enough to actually swim in but small enough that it was not hard to keep up with the kids.
The pool also opened up to an outdoor patio. This patio had a couple of tables, chairs, 2 charcoal bbq grills, and a grassy fenced in area. You could easily cook a meal outdoors and have an area for the kids to run and play.
The hotel also has a fitness room but I didn't get a picture of it.
In the main lobby is a nice seating area and a bookshelf full of lots of children's books and a few adult books. These books are free to all hotel guests. While we didn't take advantage of the books, it was a very nice touch.
Breakfast is included in your stay every morning and they have a nice dining area or you can grab something and take it back to your room. Choices include everything from pastries, to oatmeal, fresh fruit, make your own waffles, yogurt, cereal, and a hot selection that changes daily. We had everything from biscuits, sausage, bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, and french toast. They also offer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk and a selection of juices.
Our room itself was huge. As soon as you walked in the door on the left there was a wall of cabinets with a small sink and lots of counter space. We had a mini fridge as well as a microwave. Having a spot to store milk, juice and snacks was invaluable. And the sink came in very handy for washing out sippy cups.
To the right was a closet and the bathroom.
The living room area had a couch that also pulled out into a bed. It also had a king sized bed, a desk, an end table, and a TV. My husband and I claimed the bed in the living room.
Besides having all of these features, it was very well laid out and had a lot of empty floor space. Perfect to allow the kids to have room to play.
This suite also had an adjoining bedroom. We let the kids take this room. It had a closet, a king sized bed, 2 end tables and a TV. There was a perfect corner in the room for Miss Stalin's portable bed and Genghis was in heaven having that big bed all to himself.
Rooms run anywhere from $73 a night up to $120 a night for the whirlpool suites.
If you find yourself in the Jackson, Mississippi area, make sure you stop in Country Inn and Suites. You will not regret it.


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Kindergarten Program Canceled for College Prep
May is finally here, and do you know what that means? School is coming to an end! Temporarily, of course. But the school year will finally be finished up, and the kids will be enjoying a much-deserved break. And with the end of the school year comes end-of-the-year parties, dance festivals, choir concerts, and every other sort of loud-and-proud way to send off the 2013-2014 school year.
Kindergartners easily have the best time. I mean, they are celebrating their first year at the elementary school, which is a huge deal! The kindergartners that live in my neighborhood celebrate the end of the school year with a dance festival. Every year, without fail, 60 5-year-olds do the "Crazy Chicken Dance." Because what on earth else can you do to celebrate kindergarten?!
{ MORE: Are Summer Babies More Likely To Have ADHD? A New Study Has Surprising Results }
Well, I guess you could celebrate just like the kindergartners did at Harley Avenue Primary School in New York.
They didn't.
"And why didn't they celebrate?" you may ask. Because they had to get ready for college.
Wait, what?
Yeah. The faculty of Harley Avenue Primary School canceled their end-of-the-year program because the kids weren't learning anything whatsoever, nor were they making strides towards a college education. The self-proclaimed ever-so responsible staff of the school wrote this letter in response to the outraged parents:
"We are responsible for preparing children for college and career with valuable lifelong skills and know that we can best do that by having them become strong readers, writers, coworkers and problem solvers."
So yes. Instead of parents being able to see their little guy or little guy sing their heart out in celebration, they get to kick it at home or work while their children sit at school and "prepare" for college.
Oh yeah. The staff also mentioned that they didn't want to be heckled for "making professional decisions." Inspired by this move, Melissa Sher at the Huffington Post gave some suggestions of things that babies could do to further prepare for college, instead of celebrating kindergarten.
{ MORE: 5 Ways to Send Your Love to School }
What do you think? Is this completely over the top and ridiculous, or is college a lot closer than kindergartners realize?


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Has the Concept of a Modular Phone appealed to you? The first rumblings of a modular smartphone sure made waves with its first serious concept presented: Phonebloks.
The Phonebloks idea seemed to resonate with many when Dave Hakkens presented the design initially, back in 2013. The idea shook off the 'Vaporware' title when later that same year, Google adopted the concept, and brought the Phonebloks design under its wing under the new name: Project Ara.
Since that time we have seen a steady stream of updates, and even a working prototype demonstrated on more than one occasion. But as with any good idea, we quickly saw other companies moving to bring a device to market.
Today sees one of the newest competitors: PuzzlePhone, an idea with a much simpler approach to the concept; instead of focusing on many different parts, it will accommodate just 3:
Battery//Display and mainboard//CPU and Camera.
While the Idea is not new, the implementation seems to show promise. While we will have to wait till 2015 (at the earliest) before they expect to have completed PuzzlePhones, one thing is encouraging: So far, there is no crowd-funding campaigns to get it off of the ground. Rather, the Finish company seems to be pressing forward on their own funding.
This may have you asking, how many have been released? I have counted at least 10 different concept designs. It appears that we are entering the 'me too' phase of the Modular Smartphone, let us hope that the best design wins.


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Today we are wrapping up the Overcome Series with a special guest post from my friend, Ashley Shepherd. She is beautiful, loads of fun and has a relentless love for God and His people. Her heart to serve others has connected her with thousands of women all over the world through her amazing online bible study group.
I will never forget the day someone asked me what I liked to do for fun.
You would have thought they asked me a math question (math was always my least favorite subject). I sat there in silence…. thinking. It soon dawned on me that I had no idea what I liked to do for fun. I was a stay at home mom of 2 boys and had a husband who traveled for a living. To say I was lonely would be an understatement. My idea of "fun" was getting the laundry done by Friday. I may or may not have had a victory dance when ALL of the laundry was actually put away.
I felt completely lost.
I didn't know who Ashley Shepherd was anymore. I had been reduced to titles: Wilson and Levi's mom. Ryan Shepherd's wife. My identity became wrapped up in my roles rather than who God created me to be. As my smile faded my friends and family could tell I was starting to distance myself. I was the heaviest I had ever been and to be perfectly honest, the number that showed up on the scale each day began to define me. Not only was it stealing my identity, but my quality of life as well. I was exhausted most of the time and I would have melt downs looking in the mirror or when trying to find clothes to wear out in public. The majority of the time I chose yoga pants and a t-shirt and stayed inside. My kids were missing out on birthday parties, lunches, and fun because I was too exhausted and insecure to leave the house.
I knew something had to change.
My best friend Amber Brock invited me to a MOPS group (Mothers of Pre-schoolers group). I said yes, not because I wanted to go, but who can turn down free food and childcare? Let's all be honest with each other, THAT SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN. As I wrote my name on the name tag, I felt a tinge of emptiness. It seemed like I was writing it for someone else. Ashley Shepherd had gotten lost somewhere between the laundry and the scale.
As I walked into the small group, I had no desire to share. No one could possibly understand what I was experiencing. Yet as I sat listening to the brief stories of each of the women sitting in that room, I noticed a trend. Loneliness. Lost Identities. Emptiness. By the time it was my turn to introduce myself, I felt like I was home. Every single woman in that room was in the same boat as me. JUST SURVIVE THE DAY. It felt like a breath of fresh air knowing that some of the thoughts I had were "normal" and I truly wasn't alone. We opened up the Word of God together and our mentor mom poured life back into our aching hearts.
I left there different.
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Being part of a community that is centered around God has a way of doing that. Changing our perspectives. The more I read God's Word, the more He washed over me and began to renew my hope for a beautiful future. He slowly began to peel back the labels that sought to define me. Even the ones that were positive. The titles of mom, wife, friend, and sister are great roles, but are incomplete pictures of who we are. Fat, tired, exhausted, worthless were negative labels I had been confessing over myself that God wanted to replace with His Word. He saw the real me. My identity needed to rest in HIM.
My husband Ryan and I ended up joining the church that housed that mom's group that I faithfully attended. My relationship with Jesus Christ grew leading me to a greater understanding of who I am in Christ. DAUGHTER OF THE KING was my new label. God created me, not for my husband or my children, but for HIM. I became a Christian as a little girl and loved Jesus my whole life, but this realization changed me. I had overcome my loss of identity by God's gentle reminder that I am HIS and HIS only.
About the Author
I am a small town girl with a dreamer's heart. My husband Ryan and I raise our 2 boys in East TN, where we have a huge plate full of life that we wouldn't trade for anything. I grew up a preacher's kid and have always had a heart for the Word. I am the type of personality that needs accountability, so when I launched an online Bible study last fall God brought over 9,000 women to one community in 4 weeks. I named it Beautifully Designed and now have over 16,000 women from all over the world reading the Word together, praying together, and giving each other HOPE. You can learn more about our community on our website. , we would love for you to join us as we all fight to live our purpose for HIM.


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Fenton Winery & Brewery's public taproom is situated in the middle of all the action. This cozy, inviting atmosphere overlooks the brewery with a view of the winery. Wine and beer is available for tasting on a sampler tray or by the glass. House made sodas, craft beer cocktails and sangrias are also on the menu. Food is available and includes amazing pizzas, scratch made appetizers, charcuterie, and delicious baked sandwiches. Gluten free pizza is always an option! And the menu changes seasonally offering unique salads in the summer and house made soups in the winter, stop in for dinner soon!
Tues-Thurs 3pm-10pm / Fri & Sat Noon-12am / Sun. Noon-9pm / Monday Closed
The kitchen closes one hour earlier than the taproom bar.
Order in the taproom and head outside to the courtyard area between the buildings or the expansive Wine and Beer Garden during the beautiful Michigan Summers. There are picnic tables up for grabs or bench nooks, depending on your mood. The acre of outdoor space is the perfect spot to take a little walk, play your favorite game, or just relax and take in the sunshine. You may enjoy your beverages and food outside in our garden, weather permitting, until dusk anytime the public taproom is open.
Our taproom does not take reservations, it is a casual atmosphere where guests seat themselves. Open seats are yours for the taking inside or outside and the taproom staff works as a team to ensure you are provided tasty craft beverages and scratch made foods. Since we have very limited seating, we cannot hold tables at any time for people who call ahead.
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I've collected a few adorable sewing projects for the upcoming holiday.
Many of these projects are simple enough that even a beginner could do them. Hope you enjoy!!
- Beautiful Transformations Using Paint
- Don't forget the birds. 5 DIY bird feeders
- Organizing Your Fabric
- DIY Rag Rug
- Sewing 101 - Tips & Tricks For All Levels
- 15 Creative Uses For Flea Market Cups, Bowls, & Plates
- 9 Glow-In-The-Dark Projects Perfect For Summer Nights
- What Can You Make From One Yard Of Fabric? Try These 7 Tutorials.
- 14 Simple Hacks That Will Make Your Home Amazing


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Remember my post back during the A-Z challenge about Learning Experiences and how I go through many drafts and trials and errors before my final projects are ready to go?
Add one to the list.
Yes, I had hoped that the steps I took last Friday were the first steps to the final product, but that, alas, is not going to be the case. Since that time I have been pinning, cutting, snipping, stitching, trimming, and sneezing (satin sheds little dusty fibers like nobody's business) my head off with not-satisfactory-enough results, alas.
Now this is what the first layer of the garment looked like when I'd finished putting together all the pieces. It was to be the inner layer, but it looked so nice on the dress form that of course I took a picture in my inspiration.
This is what it looked like after I repeated the same process for the outer part of the garment and my third muslin lining, and put them altogether, necessary trim included. Notice the difference?
Problem #1: Do you see how the bottom part of the edge is sloping severely outward from the waist to the hip? That is not a trick of the camera angle, my friends. That's pretty much how it actually turned out.
Somehow, one of the two lavender linings ended up being extremely shorter from edge to edge than the other two. I'm still not exactly certain how because it felt like I repeated the same process (and, more importantly, in-seams) exactly the same way all three times. As a result, I did my best to try and line everything up with reference to the smallest layer, but that just made everything terrible and out of line.
(One thing I did wrong was not to cut out the very back of the shirt on the seam, which meant I had to sew two pieces together that otherwise would've been a single piece and that was one more seam to throw off the consistency of the three layers in the final lie).
The error in size is the biggest reason that my first attempt did not work out, but there are others:
Problem #2: I didn't really understand the best way to make the trim turn a corner, and not only ended up with those unsightly gaps you see there but the bias tape I was using for this bit had the raw edge up on the horizontal section.
(I have since figured out a very good way to turn the corner. It involves seam-clipping, of a sort, a trick of physics and geometry that I am coming to respect more and more with each passing day).
Problem #3: (More of a nitpick, really, but a strong one). The combination of pink + lace actually ended up working really well, as you can see on the neck lining above, but the lace I chose is really a bit too narrow and you can't see it well. I have a slightly wider lace on hand that I was planning on using for the petticoat, but I could always go and buy more. I think it will look nicer with the other choice. Plus, on this particular seam I had to pick it apart and put it back together twice: Once because I got the pink and lace in the wrong order and the second time because I didn't pick up the inner liner.
Problem #4: The idea to put in an inner lining of muslin was one I thought to be inspired, but I've decided to drop the ambition. I don't really think it's any better a lie than my last test bustier which just had the inner and outer lining of purple, plus it (1) makes everything more clumsy and (2) it makes the seams themselves unnecessarily bulky. I will make a small, more conventional lining for the curve of the sweetheart neckline, but that's all.
So, in conclusion, I am going to try one more time, and improve in the following areas:
(1) Forget about the middle lining.
(2) Don't cut two pieces when I only need one.
(3) Be triple-quadruple careful cutting out my pieces and matching my inseams and making the two layers match properly in size.
(4) Use a better lace choice.
(5) Turn proper corners with my trim.
There are a few things that did work out in an encouraging way, though. I think I'm getting fairly good at making darts that don't "bubble" or "pucker" on the bust. The overall look of the bustier is inspiring, despite all the weaknesses, and check this out:
The lace on the hem looks amazing!!!!
(Hey, small victories, right?)
And so, we begin again. I'm handling it better than I might have in the past. That is to say, not crying. I wish I could take a day or two or even a week off, but alas, I think I'm going to start pinning and cutting all over again as soon as I get home from work tomorrow. I have exactly one month to finish this thing, and quite frankly, I'm starting to feel a wee bit panicked.


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|A Conversation With Victoria Strauss
|An interview with Cindy Lynn Speer
| May 2004
The very heart of The Burning Land seems to be about religion, especially about how two different groups see the same deity. This is a very generalist way to put this, but, what were you trying to say about religion?
The Way of Ârata, my invented faith, isn't one of those fantasy religions where the god intervenes directly in the plot and winds up being just another character, albeit a very powerful one. As in real life, Ârata remains offstage throughout. There are no infallible signs or revelations to tell the characters what to do or how to think -- they have to make their own choices, based on the imperfect information that's available to them. Again as in real life, what matters is not so much the literal existence of a god, which can never be proven, but what people believe about the god, and how they act on their faith.
The Burning Land isn't a religious book, but a book about religion (an important distinction, as I realized during one radio interview when it became apparent that the host thought I'd written a Christian fantasy), and it explores a number of different viewpoints, from orthodoxy to heresy to atheism to faith lost and then regained -- and also the clash at the intersection of religious and secular life, and the deeply vested self-interest of religious institutions, which often places them at odds with the faith they're supposed to guide and guard. I try to give each viewpoint equal weight, and leave it up to the reader to make up his or her own mind.
I know the above sounds rather dry and academic -- so I'd like to say as well that the book is epic fantasy, and the serious themes are set within the framework of an adventure plot, with perilous journeys, unusual magics, world-shaking discoveries (no earth-devouring evils or dark lords though), a love story, and a dramatic twist at the end. Something for everyone, I hope.
It isn't a series but a duology. The sequel (untitled at present) explores the questions raised in the first volume (who is the Next Messenger? What's his purpose? Has Ârata really woken from his long slumber?) and follows the protagonists, Gyalo and Axane, as they're sucked even deeper into the conflict unleashed by the revelation they brought out of the Burning Land. There are some interesting new characters, including Sundit, a Daughter of the Brethren (the perpetually reincarnated leaders of the church); her part of the story is told in first-person journal entries, an interesting departure for me as I haven't written anything in first person since my first novel.
My agent wasn't able to sell the book either. I put my writing hopes on hold, and resigned myself to a boring day job. But my agent never quit. Eventually, six years after taking me on, she did get an offer, from a small publisher that has since been gobbled up by one of the large conglomerates. I had an incredibly generous and insightful editor, who saw promise in a very imperfect novel and was willing to work intensively with me to make it worthy of publication. I learned an enormous amount from her, not just about craft but about discipline and dedication. She really taught me how to be a writer, and I'll always be grateful.
I was fascinated and appalled by this strange alternate universe of scams and schemes, and when I saw a call on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's website for a volunteer to develop a cautionary resource on literary fraud, I jumped at the chance. Around the same time, another SFWA member, A.C. Crispin, was putting together a Writing Scams Committee. A mutual acquaintance put us in touch, and Writer Beware was the result.
In addition to maintaining the website (which is updated at least quarterly with new information and links), we collect complaints and documentation on questionable agents, publishers and others. Right now we have files on more than 350 agents, nearly 200 publishers, and assorted editors, contests, and services. It's the largest and most complete database of its kind in the world, and we use it to provide information not just to writers who contact us with questions (we get upwards of 50 letters a week), but to law enforcement officials, with whom we're currently at work on several ongoing investigations.
I'd say the chief lesson of Writer Beware is this: do your research. Don't query an agent unless you know s/he has a track record of selling books to legitimate publishers. Don't approach a publisher unless you're certain it's able to edit and market its books. Don't hire a freelance editor without reviewing his/her qualifications. Don't enter a contest without checking its bona fides. Don't hand over money for any service unless you're sure that service is of true benefit (unlike, for instance, the many "book marketing" services that have sprung up in response to the enormous rise in print-on-demand-based self/vanity publishing). I often get despairing letters from writers who are convinced that the world is full of sharks and it's impossible to avoid them. It's actually very easy to avoid them, if you educate yourself about the publishing industry -- a step, I have to say, that many writers seem to want to skip.
My YA books are less complex, plot-wise, than my adult books, though that's mostly a result of the length restrictions that applied to YA fiction when I was writing it. Nowadays, post-Harry Potter, it's okay for YA books to be pretty hefty. My YA books also are less dark. This too has to do with the needs of the market when I was writing YA, and one of the main reasons I switched to adult fiction was that I wanted to be able to delve deeper into darker themes. Again, though, the YA market has changed quite a bit in the past decade or so, and books that deal with dark themes and disturbing subjects are far more acceptable than they used to be.
It has affected my reading. I used to know a music critic, who told me that he sometimes regretted his career choice because he wasn't able any longer to listen to something for pure pleasure -- he felt compelled to analyze it. I feel the same way. I have to remind myself, when I'm not reading for review, not to work so hard.
If I were in a wild Gothic mood, I'd make a date with Bron, the dark and brooding hero of The Arm of the Stone. He'd sweep me off my feet -- until I got fed up with his egotism and his obsession with revenge, and booted him out the door. If I wanted a girlfriend, I'd meet up with Alexina, the heroine of Worldstone -- she's smart and kind, and has some kickass magical powers that could come in very handy. And if I were on the run from the Mafia, I'd definitely want to hook up with Teispas, the cavalry captain from The Burning Land. He's a loyal companion and a valiant fighter, with a cynical sense of humor much like my own. He'd have to update his weaponry, though.
Writers' associations can be valuable for networking and exchanging knowledge; many also produce informative newsletters and other materials, or put on good conferences. For someone who's still seeking publication, though, I really don't know how much benefit they provide that you couldn't manage on your own (apart from interaction with your peers, which is not always a positive thing, depending on the fragility of your ego).
Cindy Lynn Speer loves books so much that she's designed most of her life around them, both as a librarian and a writer. Her books aren't due out anywhere soon, but she's trying. You can find her site at www.apenandfire.com.
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May 29, 2017
We caught up with Drea and Devon and talked about what they do as a Boutique PR Firm and Booking Agency, what their agency can do for your band, and I get schooled on ASCAP, BMI, and other P.R.O·s! These were two awesome ladies who really know what the fuck their doing! Check them out at: www.lockjawmedia.com
Apr 24, 2017
We caught up with SIDE SHOW musican Johnny Bentonamo in North Philly and discussed the PHILLY SIDE SHOW SCENE, touring the west coast, and his album GREATEST SHITS! You can learn more about him here:
Mar 31, 2017
We went to Manayunk and caught up with Solar Circuit and discussed setting up shows in Philly, the awkward return to work after playing awesome sets, and violent Mormon House Parties!
Feb 22, 2017
JD & Shawn of Know Hope Records discuss topping Billboard Charts, Touring on Vans Warped Tour, the day to day operations at label, 360 Deals, Valencia Reunion Shows, and the Do's and Don'ts for bands and labels.


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On the 9th of December I made my way Scartaglen (Co. Kerry) for the weekend, together with my friend Christoph. This has, in a way, become a regular trip for us as we have a good reason to go to that part of the world on a regular basis! As aspiring fiddle players with a predominant interest in the music of Sliabh Luachra, we try to attend the yearly World Fiddle Day celebrations as well as the so-called Handed Down lecture series on the music of that area.
In Scartaglen, a small team of dedicated people led by PJ Teahan introduced this unique concept of hosting a regular lecture series with a strong focus of placing the music in the proper historic and cultural context. The ingredients for each instalment are twofold: live music performances by musicians of various generations and a presentation by an experienced musician. Since the beginning of the series, numerous well-known musicians, like Matt Cranitch, Liam O'Connor, Charlie Piggot and Bryan O'Leary to name a few, have shared their knowledge about the music to the audience.
This weekend's talk was presented by Máire O'Keeffe who, in 2010, received a PhD from the University of Limerick for her work entitled "Journey into Tradition: A Social History of the Irish Button Accordion". For this talk she decided to take that work as a basis for her presentation and connect the history of the button-accordion with the rich button-accordion tradition in Sliabh Luachra. The fact that this topic was chosen was a good incentive for me to travel to Scartaglen as I have started learning the button-accordion a while back!
Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions – cold and pouring rain – many people made their way to Scartaglen Heritage Centre where the lecture series is held. At 8 PM all seats were filled and the evening was opened by PJ himself. PJ started the evening by saying thanks to the loyal supporters of the event as well as the Kerry Arts Council for their support throughout the year. There were both musicians and non-musicians in the audience which shows that these talks attract a diverse audience.
The first part of the night was devoted to live music performances of which a few in particular stood out for me. The first was the performance of Haruaki Saito – a now familiar face in the music scene. Haruaki came from his hometown Tokyo to live in Ireland especially to learn to play the button-accordion and in particular the Sliabh Luachra repertoire. He is a regular guest in sessions and takes part in as much workshops as he can and it is amazing what he has achieved in his playing. Not only is he a supporter of the Irish music scene in Ireland, he also organises a workshop and concert tour in Japan by bringing Bryan O'Leary to Tokyo. Haruaki played two very nice selection of tunes and as he said himself: "When I arrived two years ago <…>. I never imagined playing at the concert here.".
Another impressive performance was given by Micheal Healy, a young lad who is extremely talented on the box. His two sets, one set of jigs he got of Bryan O'Leary and a set of slides, were executed with great precision and musicality. It is great to see that the younger generation of musicians get a chance to show case their talent at a setting like this!
The playing of Eoghan O'Sullivan, the Cork box player who was joined by guitarist Paul de Grae provided some lovely sets as well. The playing style of Eoighan is so relaxed and laid-back which makes it a joy to listen to.
After the musical performances, Máire started her presentation. A good part of her presentation was devoted to the history of the instrument itself and also in relation to the development of the concertina. Next came what can only be described as an extensive account of influential accordion players who have helped the continuation and progression of the instrument in Irish traditional music. In many cases audio and video clips were shown which enhanced the presentation very much.
It was great to see the level of knowledge that Máire had to share about the instrument and their players. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, she was not able to show us all that she had prepared for us as the lecture could have gone on longer! This shows that this topic has so much interesting stories and clips to tell that I hope a continuation of this night will be planned for a future Handed Down lecture!
I would like to thank PJ Teahan and his team for putting in all the hard work in organising these events! Also, the volunteers of the Scartaglen Heritage Centre always do a superb job of arranging tea and coffee on the night!


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America has always had a thing for dogs, and not just the coney kind. They're our best friends. They're our most loyal companions. And they give us all somebody else to blame when we fart. They're kind of the best.
But dog owners? Well, they're not always the best. In fact, some of them are kind of the worst. These are the dog owners who deserve to have their licenses revoked.
The furry fashionista
This dog's wardrobe costs could clothe an entire third world nation. Probably the same one whose children were tasked with making the $400 cashmere sweater/hat combo that your Pomeranian will later chew to pieces. Probably out of spite.
The off-leash idealist
Yes, in a perfect world, everybody knows that your dog is extremely friendly and is just running up to people to say hi and deliver daffodil-scented kisses. But sometimes, what they actually see is a potentially feral beast bounding toward them at attack speed, saliva dripping from a mouth that just discovered a mound of cat shit in a patch of flowers. Which is to say, not everybody's a dog person. So maybe leash it.
The baller
This man can toss a tennis ball farther than most people can fire a Chuckit!, and he manages to do so for approximately five straight hours, resulting in the world's happiest dog. He may or may not be the kid from Rookie of the Year, all grown up.
The over-ambitious dog walker
We get that you're being paid per dog for your job, but you might want to limit your terrifying dog cluster to 30 at a time, for the sake of everybody you encounter.
The outsiders
This family loves its giant, frightening dog. They just don't like it when it's inside the house. So it stays outside. All day, barking. All night, while they're asleep, barking. But they love it so much!
The treat machine
Every dog in the park flocks directly to her, and for good reason. She's got a pocketful of treats. More specifically, it's a smorgasbord of treats for dogs of all shapes and sizes. Hell, she even brings one for the labradoodle that's gluten free.
The dog-park abuser
To this wonderful paragon of responsible ownership, the dog park doubles as doggie daycare, and they'll blissfully show up, drop the dog over the fence, then wander off, leaving other people to deal with their animal as it attacks and humps every dog in the area, then takes three or four atomic dumps in the middle of the play space. Best-case scenario: he's on his phone in the corner. Worst-case scenario: he's at work for the day.
The hump-day auteur
Yep. Dogs like to randomly hump things. But maybe put down your camera phone and get it off that lady's leg.
The social media star-maker
Ever since the dog was a puppy, it's had an Instagram, Tumblr, Blogspot, Facebook account, and was briefly on Tinder in the hopes that it would gather a cult following and start generating meme-based income, just like Bub and the Shiba Sommelier. This person is basically the pet owner equivalent of Honey Boo Boo's mom.
The proud parent
The dog is constantly subjected to baby talk and intense cuddles. The owner, meanwhile, is blissfully unaware that each time she calls the dog her child, she's making us envision her conceiving her progeny with a canine. It looks adorable in that BabyBjörn though!
The life partner
The whole "man's best friend" thing is personified by this dude, who takes his dog everywhere, from hiking trips to fine-dining meals. That's all fantastic, until he inevitably berates business owners for their antiquated, exclusionary practices of not allowing an animal that pees wherever it goes into a business. Eventually, he will get a tattoo of his dog. Disturbingly, the dog will be forced to get a tattoo of him, too.
The purebred elitist
Oh, sure, that dog's beautiful, and you exclusively own nothing but purebred animals, taking great pains to make sure the dog only mingles with others of fine stock and pedigree. But consider this: if that dog were a person, it'd be so inbred it'd make the Royal Family's seem like the most sprawling family tree in history.
The shame monger
If your dog wasn't rescued from an ISIS-run puppy labor camp, you're a horrible piece of human garbage that has no regard for animals at all.
He got the dog for one reason and one reason only: to bring it to parks in order to meet girls. And it works sometimes, too... until he forgets what dog is his and blows it.
The fine-diner
Look, we're all for dogs in restaurants… where they're allowed. But we're a little weirded out when the dog sits at the table with you, eating off a plate as if you just met it on Tinder and you're trying to impress it.
The aggressive owner of an aggressive dog
Hey, look, brah, why don't you mind your business and just worry about your dog. You know, your dog who's pinned to the ground underneath his 150lb rot who's "just playing" by locking its teeth on your terrier's throat. You got a problem with it? That's what dogs do, you know? If your dog can't handle playing rough, maybe don't bring it to the park.
The beach bomber
Whoever taught people the philosophy that you don't need to clean up dog shit on a beach should be forced to be buried in the sand… sand that his dog has sullied like a cat in the world's biggest litter box.
The clothes-liner
That extra-long leash sure gives the dog extra freedom… to dominate the sidewalk and take more people out at the knees than an entire defensive line.
Cesar Millan
She's checked out every dog-training book in the library. She's watched every episode of Dog Whisperer, including the DVD extra features. And she has no qualms with disciplining the shit out of your dog, despite the fact that you've never met her and she's counteracting a lifetime of your own training. Tssssssp!
This man's dog is his shadow. If follows him everywhere. It obeys his every command. It brings him the newspaper in the morning and a beer at night, and he needs only glance at it out of the side of his eye for it to stop whatever it's doing and come to his side.
Exactly the same as Alpha, except the species are swapped.
The accessorizer
Your small, rat-like dog belongs neither in a movie theater nor in a small purse that you carry around everywhere.
The apartment kenneler
He has somehow managed to fit four dogs of varying size in his studio apartment, and leaves them while he works his 12-hour day, commutes an hour, and hits happy hour. The sounds emerging from his abode are the stuff of nightmares.
The garden waterer
His dog will urinate only on the freshest of produce, the brightest of flowers, and the greenest of grass. He is frequently found strolling community gardens, and seldom looks down at his dog in order to maintain deniability when sighted.
The anti-disciplinarian
We get that you don't want to yell at your dog, but between the thing tearing up your friend's couch, humping the neighbor's cat, peeing on everything it sees, and barking until its throat bleeds, maybe it's time for a little obedience school?
The half-measure pooper scooper
So, wait... You took the time to bag the dog poop, then… left it on the grass, 3ft from the garbage can? Is this some sort of modern art statement? Even worse are the people who do this on hiking trails, claiming they don't want to walk six miles with a bag of poop in their hands, so they'll pick it up when they get back. Thanks a ton, John Muir. You've made our portrait of nature complete with your random bags of feces.
The lookalike
Do people who look exactly like their animal plan it that way, or is it some weird part of evolution that causes a bulldog's owner's cheeks to sag and bottom teeth to protrude like that over the course of their companionship?
The service-animal faker
Dude, we get that you don't want to board your dog when you travel, but we're pretty sure that three-legged, half-blind Chihuahua isn't going to be guiding you anywhere, so you can take off your sunglasses now.
The anti-Bob Barker
You don't believe in neutering the dog? Totally cool. But that doesn't mean you constantly need to point out its gigantic balls. We can see them clacking together perfectly well from 200 yards away.
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Bushell survived several early scrapes to run out a comfortable winner ahead of an emotional Max Coates – mourning the loss of his grandfather yesterday – and Senna Proctor who finished in third.
At the start Bushell's Pyro car and the JamSport machine of Luke Kidsley made slight contact exiting the first bend. Kidsley went spinning off the track as his JamSport team-mate Whorton-Eales took advantage to pounce past Bushell into the lead braking for the Wilson hairpin.
WDE Motorsport's Paul Rivett also looked to take advantage but as he approached Wilson his car failed to stop and ran into the back of both Bushell's and Whorton-Eales's machines.
While Whorton-Eales emerged from the corner in front ahead of Bushell, Rivett's car was too badly damaged to continue and the three-time Champion suffered a costly retirement. However Whorton-Eales's car had also been wounded in the impact and a loss of pace for him was all Bushell needed to have regained the lead by the end of lap one.
In fact the two title rivals then ran side-by-side inches apart across the start-finish line before Whorton-Eales dropped to fourth when passed by both Ciceley's Coates and Team BMR with Pyro's Proctor. He would soon reclaim third from Proctor but then frustratingly called it a day when ordered to pit to have damage to the rear of his car repaired.
Up front Bushell was able to gradually edge clear of Coates for his second win of the season. It puts him 29 points clear of Whorton-Eales at the top of the table heading into this afternoon's second race at Snetterton. Second place for Coates, who set a new lap record during the race, moves him past Rivett into third in the standings.
Behind, Proctor just fended off team-mate Josh Price to take third in the race while Cooksport's Lee Pattison followed in fifth – both Price's and Pattison's progress had been nothing short of electrifying after they had started back in 11th and 12th on the grid. Sixth was Pyro's David Dickenson but only just as, behind him, Ciceley's Dan Zelos kept up the pressure en route to a career-best seventh at his home circuit.
Bushell said: "That was an incredibly fraught opening lap and I was very happy just to survive it. But once I got in front I was able to put in consistently fast lap times and that was enough to take the heat of any fight with Max. It's a very important result."
The most entertaining battle in the closing stages was that for eighth place. JamSport's Chris Smiley took the position on his debut but only after fending off a menacing pack behind which was headed by PP Motorsport's Anton Spires and Cooksport's George Jackson in ninth and tenth respectively. Spires had briefly been up to fifth in the early stages before an error dropped him down the order; like team-mate Pattison, Jackson also put in a storming drive having started way back in 20th.
Also in among this group at the end were Finesse's Paul Streather and WDE's Charlie Ladell but they tumbled to an eventual 13th and 14th in the result because of time penalties for exceeding track limits. This promoted Vanquish/WDE's Paul Plant and Cooksport's Rory Collingbourne to 11th and 12th.
Cooksport's Shayne Deegan survived a brush with WDE's Rory Green to take 15th on his debut. Ciceley's Ollie Pidgley – also with a track limits time penalty – was 16th, followed by Green, 20Ten Racing's Craig Milner and, after a pit stop, the wounded Kidsley.
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As Cleric is announced to play an intimate gig at The Buyers Club, Getintothis' Ste Knight gets terribly excited at the prospect of more nosebleed techno hitting Liverpool.
Liverpool seems to be making somewhat of a return to proper Voodoo-style blistering techno. Perc & Truss, Randomer, Drumcell, Ben Klock and Rebekah have all stormed through the city in the past year or so, and many more alongside them have brought their pulverising techno sound to our underground clubs.
Next up we've got the guys from Tribe excelling themselves by bringing another hard techno aficionado to our hallowed dancefloors in the form of Cleric. The night is booked in for November 11, so get your diary out and pen it in.
Those familiar with Cleric's sound will understand that he is particularly unforgiving in both his productions and his DJ sets, pulling out some full on spine snappers out of the record bag. His recent outing with Dax-J, their Lost in Bermuda EP, showcases Cleric's production style perfectly, but one need only have a listen through his back catalogue in order to realise that he pulls no punches. You can check the EP out, below.
Check out our Footsteps on the Decks archive for even more techno wonderment
The guys at Tribe are also showing promise in the 'pull no punches stakes. They've recently had Cari Lekebusch gracing their decks, and we have it on good authority that there'll be plenty more where that came from. Which is really quite awesome.
Those generous chaps have kindly offered you the chance to win a pair of tickets to this intimate gig. All you need to do is follow @GetintothisHQ on Twitter and retweet this post! Get on it kiddas.
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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
- For the version of this character before the Super Genesis Wave, see Speedy (Pre-Super Genesis Wave).
I appreciate fellow nobility who'll get their hands dirty.
— Speedy, Sonic the Hedgehog #284
Speedy is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a mobian bird who serves the Battle Bird Armada, and the son of Battle Lord Kukku XV.
Speedy is a mobian lime green bird with red eyes and a yellow beak. His attire consists of a white leotard with red stripe patterns on the sides and legs, a red ascot, brown gloves, matching goggles with red lenses and long brown boots. In his exoskeleton suit, Speedy wears a lime green helmet with the Battle Bird Armada's insignia on the front, a pair of white and red gauntlets with sharp metal claws, and a white jetpack.
Speedy joined the rest of the Battle Bird Armada during their operations on Cocoa Island, during which he clashed twice with the interfering Miles "Tails" Prower. In the end, Speedy and his comrades were defeated and their operations foiled by Tails.[2]
Shattered World Crisis
Act Two
- Note: From the readers point of view, this picks up from where Speedy's original timeline ended.
Speedy was seen alongside his father, Battle Lord Kukku XV, when Dr. Eggman requested his father's assistance to reclaim Eggmanland from the Naugus Twins.[3]
Speedy joined the rest of the armada in a surprise assault on the Sky Patrol. Donning his exoskeleton suit, Speedy and two troops navigated through the ship's interior to find and secure the Light Gaia Chip. Although he is met with some residence from Sally Acorn, Chip's attempt to help her allow Speedy to easily capture the spirit. Speedy thanked Chip for his "cooperation" before taking him back to the Battle Fortress.[1]
By the time Speedy had returned to the Battle Fortress, he had encased Chip in a capsule and asked the battle lord if they should move in for the kill. The battle lord told him that they could not as there was no time to do so. Speedy later delivers Chip to Dr. Eggman in Apotos. He and the Battle Bird Armada is then tasked with taking down a G.U.N. carrier that was trailing the mad doctor.[4]
Powers and abilities
Speedy wears a white exoskeleton armor built by Dr. Fukurokov[5] that comes with a jet pack and huge claws on his hands, which he can scratch opponents and throw powerful punches.
- Speedy is based on the Battle Kukku XVI who appeared in the video game Tails Adventure.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #284, "Panic in the Sky Part One: The Best Laid Plans"
- ↑ Tails Adventure
- ↑ Sonic Universe #83, "Eggman's Dozen Part One: Hostile Takeover"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #285, "Panic in the Sky Part Two: Falling into Place"
- ↑ BumbleKast - Episode 37 - Batman & The DC Animated Universe. YouTube. BumbleKing Videos (20 February 2017). Retrieved on 7 March 2017.
External links
- Speedy at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.


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''[[Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U]]'' ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' }} '''Vegetable''' (野菜ひっこ抜き, ''Uproot Vegetables''), also known as '''Turnip''', is [[Daisy]] and [[Peach]]'s [[Down Special Move]]. Daisy/Peach plucks a turnip from the ground, which can be thrown at opponents. == Overview == The turnips function similarly to items, though they disappear if they touch the ground. The faces on the Vegetables depict the damage and knockback that will be given, and are picked randomly, though better faces are rarer. Vegetables fall very slowly, and as such, it is very easy to grab one after having been hit by one. As such, turnips will disappear in mid-air after a certain amount of time. In ''[[Brawl]]'', Vegetables have a shorter overall presence. They disappear when they hit the ground rather than going through it. If Peach is interrupted while plucking one from the ground, it will remain in the ground for a brief period, during which anyone can pluck it out. They also disappear upon hitting a shield or attack, rather than bouncing. In addition, the chances of Peach pulling out something other than a turnip is greater. Size scaling is more refined in ''Brawl'', so if Peach grows/shrinks while she is holding a Vegetable, they will also change in size with her. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]'', Vegetables last longer on the stage than in Brawl. They will linger on stage if they touch the ground for a few seconds before vanishing and can be picked up by fighters while it is on the ground. To compensate however, Peach takes longer to pluck one out of the ground, making it easier to predict and punish. ==Damage Output== [[File:PeachRareVeggie.jpg|thumb|right|Peach, with the rare "Stitch Face" Vegetable.]] * Smile 5-13% *Circle Eyes 5-13% *Line Eyes 5-13% *Carrot/T Eyes 5-13% *Upward Curve eyes Eyes 5-13% *Wink 9-17% *Dot Eyes 15-23% *Stitch Face ("Gaddish") 33-41% (These percentages vary depending on the distance between you and the opponent when you throw the vegetable. The closer you are, the more damage is dealt. How you throw the vegetable decides how much damage is dealt. Throwing the vegetable to the left or right deals the most damage as opposed to simply pressing the attack button) ==Other Items== ===In ''Melee''=== Sometimes Peach will pull different items from the ground, including [[Beam Sword]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s and [[Mr. Saturn]]s. However, the chances are very low (1/300). ===In ''Brawl''=== Peach has a combined 4/58 chance of not pulling up a regular Vegetable, but instead getting an item such as a [[Beam Sword]], [[Bob-omb]], [[Mr. Saturn]], or the "Stitch Face" Vegetable. Individually the chance of pulling one of the four items is 1/58. ==Custom Variations== ===Light Veggie=== '''Light Veggies''' is one of [[Peach (SSBWU/3DS)|Peach]]'s [[Down Special]] Moves than be used via [[Custom Moves|customization]]. It travels slowly and stays in the air longer, but can only be used a certain successive number of times. ''Strengths'' *Can stay in the air for longer *Can be pulled up faster *Greater range when thrown ''Weaknesses'' *Disappears faster *Deals less damage *Less launch *Unreliable for spamming or camping Light Veggie has Peach pulling out turnips that are much floatier, falling slower, staying in the air longer, and being able to be pulled up from the ground faster. Although they stay in the air for longer than regular turnips they will vanish sooner. If the move is used in rapid succession, there is a chance that Peach will use the move but pull nothing from the ground, leaving her open to a punish and making the move a poor choice for spamming or camping though it does have an increased range. These turnips deal less damage and knockback and due to their slow speed cannot be integrated into combos, but the fact that they have such slow falling speed can make for some interesting edge-guarding strategies such as tossing the turnip downwards off an edge so that it stays near the edge for longer, potentially gimping recovering opponents. ===Heavy Veggie=== '''Heavy Veggies''' is one of [[Peach (SSBWU/3DS)|Peach]]'s [[Down Special]] Moves that can be used via [[Custom Moves|customizations]]. It won't go far, but will launch any opponent they hit. ''Strengths'' *Faster when thrown *Deals more damage *Higher launching power ''Weaknesses'' *Takes longer to pull from the ground *Less time in the air *Spamming or camping leaves the user vulnerable to attacks *Goes almost no distance The Heavy Veggie is the polar opposite of the Light Veggie, having less range, air time, and taking longer to pull from the ground do to its increased weight. The move cannot be spammed because of the high starting lag that can leave Peach vulnerable to punishes. The heavier turnips are much faster when thrown, which can make for a speedy projectile if the turnip has already been pulled from the ground, but once thrown it steeply falls downwards and vanishes once it hits the ground. Due to the move's high falling speed, damage, and launch, it is a great tool for gimping off-stage opponents by throwing it downwards; since it falls very quickly anyway, throwing it downwards will result in its path not changing, and if timed correctly, can result in a successful hit that will launch opponents out of range of the stage. <gallery> Light_Veggie.png|Light Veggie Heavy_Veggie.png|Heavy Veggie </gallery> {{Peach Custom Special Moves}} ==Origin== Vegetables were some of the main weapons in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', the others being the enemies themselves. Though they closely resemble Daikon radishes, some players identify them as turnips. ==Trivia== *In ''Brawl'', if one plucks out a Beam Sword while using this move, the sword's range will be severely decreased. After about a minute of wielding it, the picking up an item sound will be heard and Peach will be able to use it normally. This effect can also be cancelled by dropping the sword and picking it up again, as well as taunting or using [[Toad (move)|Toad]]. After doing so, the sword will have all of its range back. *The ''Bob-omb'' is Peach's strongest attack, since it does 25-38% damage in ''Melee'' with severe knockback and doing 25-36% damage in ''Brawl'' also with severe knockback. Peach's 2nd powerful move is when opponent got caught in the explosion. **Peach's Bob-omb also has the 2nd highest KO potential following the Peach's Up Smash Attack with the highest KO potential at 50% (When sweetspotted with fully charged does 23%). {{Peach Special Moves}} {{Daisy Special Moves}} Templates used on the current version of this page: Template:Daisy Special Moves (view source) Template:Infobox Special Move (view source) Template:Peach Custom Special Moves (view source) Template:Peach Special Moves (view source) Return to Vegetable. 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