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There Can Be Only One Response sends the adventurer to kill the Razaan's Landing's leader and retreive the Mok'Nathal souls he stole.
Objectives Edit
Leoroxx has beseeched you to retrieve the Collection of Souls and return them to Spiritcaller Dohgar at Mok'Nathal Village in the Blade's Edge Mountains.
You will need:
Description Edit
There can be only one response to this... this, DEFILEMENT of the souls of our ancestors!
<name>, if you would aid us to restore the souls of our honored dead to their rightful place, go back to Razaan's Landing.
Go back up there and kill the razaani until their leader, Nexus-Prince Razaan shows his cowardly face. Kill him and get those souls back, and then give them over to Spiritcaller Dohgar!
Details Edit
- There's a circular gate standing in the middle of Razaan's Landing. You will need to kill many ethereals to power up the gate (approximately 12-15). You should be able to tell how close the gate is to summoning Razaan by how active the energy is around the gate.
- Eventually the gate will open and Nexus-Prince Razaan will step out, yelling about his operations stopping. He will slowly walk from the gate to the edge of the camp. He will then turn around and walk back. If he reaches the gate, he will despawn and you will need to kill more ethereals to resummon.
- Once Razaan is dead, a floating cube will appear. Right-click on the cube to get the [Collection of Souls]. The souls are not on Razaan's corpse.
Reward Edit
You will be allowed to choose one of the following:
- Mok'Nathal Mantle
- Item Level 108
- Binds when picked up
- Cloth
- Shoulder
- 100 Armor
- +18 Spirit
+18 Intellect
- Durability 45 / 45
- Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 12.
Equip: Increases spell power by 19.
- Sell Price: 2 11 36
- Spiritcaller's Mask
- Binds when picked up
- Leather
- Head
- 203 Armor
- +22 Stamina
- Durability 50 / 50
- Equip: Increases attack power by 42.
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 37.
- Sell Price: 2 65 14
- Mok'Nathal Hero's Pantaloons
- Item Level 108
- Binds when picked up
- Legs
- 488 Armor
- +10 Intellect
- Durability 75 / 75
- Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 37.
Equip: Increases attack power by 42.
Equip: Restores 4 mana per 5 sec.
- Sell Price: 4 25 77
- Belt of the Soul Saver
- Binds when picked up
- Plate
- Waist
- 561 Armor
- +17 Strength
- Durability 40 / 40
- Equip: Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 17.
Equip: Restores 6 mana per 5 sec.Equip: Increases spell power by 20.
- Sell Price: 2 50 68
Progress Edit
Have you done it? Are the souls of our ancestors safely recovered from the evil of the ethereals?
Completion Edit
Good that the ethereal filth and their leader are dead. I wish a thousand plagues upon their brethren!
You are to be rewarded for you actions on behalf of all of the Mok'Nathal, <name>! You are truly one of our heroes.
Let us now release the souls of our ancestors to the cleansing fire.
Quest progressionEdit
- [67] The Totems of My Enemy
- [67] Spirit Calling
- [67] Gather the Orbs
- [68] Inform Leoroxx!
- [67] Gather the Orbs
- [67] Spirit Calling

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Everyone knows about the Johnson Incident – people died, and one person went missing who was never found. Conspiracy theorists believe the culprit was Kaitlin Johnson. Tiny problem, Kaitlin doesn't exist. According to Dr. Lansing, she's just a product of trauma, an alter ego created by Carly Johnson, a girl suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich is a collection of transcribed interviews, videos, emails, witness testimonials, and journal entries cataloging the events leading up to the Johnson Incident. I love the concept of this book. It was so creatively done. Yet, it was about 100 pages too long. Kurtagich spent way too much time setting up the Kaitlin / Carly relationship without really setting it up. The end was super rushed and it did not provide closure to the story. I am okay with allowing the reader to come to their own conclusions about Kaitlin / Carly but it feels like too many questions went unanswered which gives off the impression of plot holes. It felt me feel flat. It was decent but not mind-blowing good.


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The Merritt Family Preserve
Chikaming Open Lands received a donation of 35 acres of land in Chikaming Township on August 4, 2017. The property, consisting of high-quality forest and wetland, will be owned and managed by COL as a nature preserve. Located on Mydra Road adjacent to the Chikaming Township Park and Preserve, the new preserve is our 12th in the area.
"This property was especially appealing to us with its beech-maple forest, fishing pond and some really nice wetlands," says Executive Director Ryan Postema. "Berrien County has lost more than 50 percent of its original wetlands, which are critical to improving water quality, protecting wildlife habitat and minimizing potential flooding. For this reason, protecting wetlands in the area is very important."
Its location next to the Chikaming Township Park and Preserve has the additional benefit of creating an extended greenway in the township, which Postema points out is beneficial to protecting natural habitat for wildlife. Public access to the property will be allowed and plans are underway to identify the recreational uses of the preserve.
The property was donated by the landowner, Meryle Merritt, and will be named The Merritt Family Preserve. It was dedicated to the memory of her late husband, Larry Merritt, at a public ceremony on August 19, 2017. "Larry loved puttering around 'in his woods,'" says Merritt. "It's appropriate that the acreage remain in its natural state, [and] we are grateful that we were able to make that happen."
WSBT22 did a feature on the preserve donation during their August 7 broadcast! Watch it here.


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Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history, is dead at 64, June 28, 2016. During her 38-year tenure at the University of Tennessee, she led the Lady Volunteers to more victories than anyone else in NCAA college basketball history.
In 2011, Summitt revealed she had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease at the age of 59.
Coach Summitt stepped down in 2012. She never had a losing season during her career and uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence. Many consider her the greatest coach of all time.
A look back at her career.
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U.S. women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is carried off by members of the team following their Olympic gold medal win in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1984.
As co-captain, Summit led Team USA to a silver medal at the Montreal 1976 Olympics.
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Head Coach Pat Summitt of the University of Tennessee instructs player Michelle Marciniak in the championship game of the NCAA Women's Final Four against the University of Georgia played at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 31, 1996.
Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national championships and prominence on a campus steeped in the traditions of the football-rich south until she retired in 2012.
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and son Tyler, 5, take down the net after winning the NCAA Women's Final Four against Georgia 83-65 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., March 31, 1996.
Summitt helped grow college women's basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years.
Tennessee -- the only school she coached -- won NCAA titles in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-98 and 2007-08. Summitt had a career record of 1,098-208 in 38 seasons, plus 18 NCAA Final Four appearances.
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Pat Summitt signals to her players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the NCAA Women's Mideast Regional in Nashville, N.C., March 21, 1998.
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Legendary Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, left, and former Detroit Pistons all-star guard Isiah Thomas appear at a news conference to introduce the inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 13, 2000.
In 1999, Summitt was inducted as part of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She made the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame a year later.
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Head coach Pat Summitt shouts to her team during the NCAA Women's Final Four against Duke at the Georgia Dome on April 6, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Head coach Pat Summitt talks to Shanna Zolman (1) of the Tennessee Lady Vols during a break in the action against the Michigan State Spartans in the Semifinal game of the Women's NCAA Basketball Championship on April 3, 2005 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Summitt talks with Alexis Hornbuckle #14, Alberta Auguste #33, Shannon Bobbitt #00 and Candace Parker #3 (R) during a timeout against the LSU Lady Tigers during their National Semifinal Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 6, 2008 in Tampa.
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Head coach Pat Summitt and Candace Parker #3 of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers embrace as Parker comes out of the game late in the second half against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championship Game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum April 8, 2008 in Tampa. Tennessee won 64-48.
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The Tennessee Lady Vols celebrate with the trophy after their 64-48 win against the Stanford Cardinal during the National Championship game of the 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four at St. Pete Times Forum, April 8, 2008 in Tampa.
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Summitt has confetti dumped on her by players Alicia Manning (15) and Alex Fuller (2) after the Lady Vols defeated Georgia 73-43 an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tenn., earning Summitt her 1,000th career coaching victory, Feb. 5, 2009.
To date, Summitt is the only coach in the history of women's basketball to win 1,000 games.
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Summitt watches practice for an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional semifinal in Dayton, Ohio, March 25, 2011.
She announced in 2011 at age 59 that she'd been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Summitt coached one more season before stepping down. She called her coaching career a "great ride."
At her retirement, Summitt's eight national titles ranked behind the 10 won by former UCLA men's coach John Wooden. UConn coach Geno Auriemma passed Summitt's retirement. "Pat's vision for the game of women's basketball and her relentless drive pushed the game to a new level and made it possible for the rest of us to accomplish what we did," Auriemma said at the time of her retirement.
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Sports Illustrated Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year, College Basketball coaches Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski pose with former winners Chris Evert, David Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Wayne Gretzky and David Ortiz at the 2011 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award presentation at The IAC Building on December 6, 2011 in New York City.
When she stepped down from coaching, Summitt called her coaching career a "great ride."
Summitt started a foundation in her name to fight Alzheimer's in 2011 that has raised millions of dollars.
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Tennessee Vols fans hold up a cardboard photo of women's basketball coach Pat Summitt during the game against the Connecticut Huskies at Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Connecticut 60-57.
Peyton Manning said of Summit, "She could have coached any team, any sport, men's or women's. It wouldn't have mattered because Pat could flat out coach."
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Summitt looks up at the confetti as she holds the championship trophy after Tennessee defeated LSU 70-58 in the championship game of the women's Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., March 4, 2012.
Summitt waves to the crowd during a half-time ceremony to honor past olympic coaches at an NCAA women's Final Four semifinal college basketball game between the Baylor and the Stanford in Denver., April 1, 2012.
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Tennessee coach Pat Summitt directs her players in the first half of an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final against Baylor in Des Moines, Iowa, March 26, 2012.
Summitt was a tough taskmaster with a frosty glower that could strike the fear of failure in her players.
She punished one team that stayed up partying before an early morning practice by running them until they vomited. She even placed garbage cans in the gym so they'd have somewhere to be sick.
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Summitt, right, associate head coach Holly Warlick, center, watch their team during the second half of an NCAA tournament first-round women's college basketball game against UT-Martin in Rosemont, Ill.
The university announced April 18, 2012, Summitt was stepping aside as Tennessee's women's basketball coach and taking the title of "head coach emeritus." Long-time assistant Holly Warlick was named as her successor.
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In 2013, President Barack Obama presented Summit with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in the East Room of the White House.
Looking on at left is author Toni Morrison who also received the Medal of Freedom.
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Pat Summitt (1952-2016)
Summitt never had a losing record and her teams made the NCAA Tournament every season
She detailed her battle with dementia in a memoir, "Sum It Up," released in March 2013.
Her son, Tyler Summitt, issued a statement Tuesday morning, June 28, 2016, saying his mother died peacefully at Sherrill Hill Senior Living in Knoxville surrounded by those who loved her most.
"Since 2011, my mother has battled her toughest opponent, early onset dementia, 'Alzheimer's Type,' and she did so with bravely fierce determination just as she did with every opponent she ever faced," Tyler Summitt said. "Even though it's incredibly difficult to come to terms that she is no longer with us, we can all find peace in knowing she no longer carries the heavy burden of this disease."
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Fantasy (fiction), 132 words, Level F (Grade 1), Fiction Series, Lexile 280L
Abby (a human girl) and Zots (an alien) are best friends. Zots wants to play with Abby, but she needs to finish her homework first. Stop It, Zots! tells the amusing story of how Zots decides to pass the time while waiting for Abby. Detailed illustrations and a repetitive text structure support early emergent readers. The book can also be used to teach students how to analyze characters as well as connect to prior knowledge to better understand the story.
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We love when companies use social media to call out their competitors. It's usually done lightheartedly but still projects an air of confidence. So we're disappointed that Nissan deleted their tweet that poked fun of Tesla's woes in New Jersey.
In case you forgot, Tesla is battling with New Jersey legislators over a law that would ban the electric car company from selling directly to customers. Because Nissan sells through dealerships it doesn't have similar woes. Pointing that out with the above photo was an act of stuntin'.
It turns out that nobody directly from Nissan posted the tweet to the Nissan Leaf account. An ad agency actually runs the account. When Nissan saw the offending tweet they asked the agency to take it down. With it gone @NissanLeaf can now return to its boring ways.
RELATED: Elon Musk Explains Why Tesla Doesn't Sell Cars Through Dealerships
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Wisconsin has a strong German heritage. You can see it in the architecture, food and annual traditions. One of the strongest annual traditions is Oktoberfest. Here are two Oktoberfest celebrations you don't want to miss:
Stevens Point – Saturday, September 21
This annual event at the Stevens Point Brewery features a beer tent, samples of all Point craft beers and Ciderboys Hard Cider, and live music. Learn more about "Pointoberfest."
Black River Falls – Saturday, October 5
Enjoy a full day of fun including a motorcycle show, children's games, brewery tours, live entertainment and dancing. Learn more about Black River Falls Oktoberfest.


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Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and welcome to Talking Worship.com!
My name is Jason Palmer and I am the administrator of this site. Thank you for being with us today. Succinctly put, TalkingWorship.com exists for the purpose of empowering confident worship leaders through a community-based online platform. Meaning, we are looking to empower worship leaders in churches to be the best they can be, and everyone has something to offer because iron sharpens iron!
Articles are published on a weekly basis in categories such as leadership, praxis, theology, and music. This way, we offer content regarding every aspect of worship leading. You can find and read these articles right on our home page! We also invite every worship leader to submit articles they feel may strengthen other worship leaders in their art and calling. See our writing page for more information! We also offer links and free downloads to websites and resources that we at TalkingWorship.com feel you would find valuable to your work.
Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions, comments, or just would like to say hello!
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you as you go forward in your calling to be a worship leader in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
Jason Palmer is the Administrator of TalkingWorship.com. Jason has a Bachelor of Science in Ministry with a Worship Arts Major and Music Minor. He has lead worship for evangelical churches for 7 years and desires to see worship leaders become confident in their calling.


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Retro 2002
from $25.00
An 80s icon, the Motocompo highlights Japanese design with its compact footprint and unique adaptability.
This custom design will be a very limited print. Only available for pre-order. We will not hold inventory of this design, so this is your only chance to get it! Pre-order will end July 7th with shipments beginning in July 14th.
This design will not be available for order after the pre-order date!


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I've been playing round with developing native UIs for different mobile platforms using QML.
I've quite a fan of 'common-base, separate UI' development, and QML provides a great way to implement it.
Code is available on github.
I've been playing round with developing native UIs for different mobile platforms using QML.
I've quite a fan of 'common-base, separate UI' development, and QML provides a great way to implement it.
Code is available on github.
I recently received my N900 (it had to be forwarded on to me in Australia from the UK) – and it's easily the best phone i have ever used. Maemo 5 rocks, and its amazing to be running this kind of software on a device like this.
The web browser is fantastic (based on the gecko backend) – I've composed all of this post on the device using the standard wordpress backend.
Seems to work fine with Ubuntu as well – it shows up as a mass storage device and a GSM connection when I connected it to my machine with USB.
I have been attempting to improve my python skills, so maybe I'll attempt to create some simple python and gtk apps.
I recently bought an ASUS EeePC 1000HE, and have been very pleased with it. I immediately installed Ubuntu 9.04, and was delighted to find all functionality working out-of-the-box.
However, the one thing that has puzzled me the last couple of weeks has been random websites loading in Firefox as I was scrolling web pages (with the two-finger multi-touch functionality), or sometimes even an error dialogue saying the URL was invalid and could not be loaded.
It turns out that this is because the touchpad sometimes interpreted my scrolling as a middle-mouse-button click – which (previously unknown to me) causes Firefox to load the text in the clipboard as a URL.
This behavior is easily disabled by going to
about:config in the address bar, searching for
middlemouse.contentLoadURL, and changing the value to
Hopefully this might help anyone experiencing the same issues as me. There is more info on the
middlemouse.contentLoadURL property at MozillaZine.
Update 05/09/09: since I originally posted this information it looks like the Webkit Team re-organised their PPA. I have updated the instructions – thanks to those who let me know.
I just installed the Epiphany Webkit 2.27.2 browser from the Webkit Team PPA. It seems pretty speedy – and the flash plugin can now used.
# Epiphany Webkit PPA deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/epiphany/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/epiphany/ubuntu jaunty main
wget -O webkit.key http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get\&search=0x991E6CF92D9A3C5B sudo apt-key add webkit.key
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install epiphany-webkit
Not sure if this will replace Firefox on my desktop machine (I won't be able to give up my Firefox extensions). But I will certainly use this as my main browser on my netbook.
I recently needed to install RealPlayer and the RealPlayer mozilla firefox plugin so that I could listen to Adam & Joe's show on BBC 6 Music.
I had previously been using the mplayer mozilla plugin, and although playback worked, it was quite choppy (it didn't seem to buffer too well), and I could not pause/resume or seek.
My first thought was to look in the Medibuntu repositories, and sure enough, there was a realplayer package – unfortunately it seems that this did not include the mozilla plugin.
My next try was to look at the RealPlayer for linux website, but it only has a download for the 32-bit version. I did notice that there was a link to helix player for other platforms. Helix player is an open source media player on which RealPlayer is based. I tried helix player, but this can not play back proprietary codecs (and therefore not the real stream from the BBC website), however it did include a mozilla plugin!
I tried a combination of both – I installed RealPlayer from the Medibuntu repositories, and installed the mozilla plugin from the helix tarball to my home directory. And it works!
Instructions follow:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install realplayer libstdc++5
OSS. Press OK, and close RealPlayer.
linux-2.6-glibc23-amd64 tar.
mozilla" folder to
~/.mozilla/plugins (in your home directory – you may need to create the plugins folder).
Update: Looks as if I may have jumped the gun a bit – looking at the files installed by the medibuntu realplayer package, it does indeed look as if it comes with the mozilla plugin. I do not know why it wasn't working for me (maybe it places it in the wrong location?) – but I am running fine with the above solution (even if it is a bit messy).


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I do hope Peter Wehner doesn't wonder why conservatives refuse to take him seriously.
In a new op-ed for Commentary Magazine, Wehner attacked Governor Palin's "reckless rhetoric" (and that of former presidential candidate Herman Cain), saying, "irresponsible and careless language used by former governors and vice presidential candidates like Sarah Palin and former presidential candidates like Herman Cain helps discredit conservatism and the GOP."
Sorry, Peter. The only thing discrediting the GOP right now is the lack of true conservatism emanating from Capitol Hill.
The most hilarious comment is where he accuses Governor Palin and her followers (that would be you and I) of "Obama Derangement Syndrome." The reason is, so he says, Governor Palin's remarks about America turning into a totalitarian surveillance state. In his words:
"Now, we actually know what genuine totalitarian surveillance states and communist nations look like, and America is nothing close to becoming anything like them. Whatever one thinks of the NSA's data mining and surveillance techniques, they are legal, overseen by a FISA court and Congress, and they are not anything like the Soviet Union under Stalin or North Korea under Kim Jong-un. Nor is America speeding down the tracks toward becoming Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge or Cuba under Castro."
Oh, Peter. Let's have a talk.
First of all, the fact that it's legal doesn't make it right. Abortion is legal, too, but we're still against it. As a descendent of Patrick Henry, I have no trust in the federal government and believe that they already have too much power – the surveillance programs were the final straw for me. The idea that "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about" is deception; that is the excuse used by the very governments you named who rule their subjects with an iron fist. I shouldn't have to hand over every part of my personal life to the government, and the Fourth Amendment protects me from that (at least it used to). Our own laws require that the government have reasonable suspicion before they begin intruding on our private lives. I have regular contact with doctors and political allies – why does the government need that information? The USA PATRIOT Act was never meant to collect mass amounts of data from law-abiding citizens. It was only meant for wiretapping foreign terror suspects to avert impending attacks, and it has been taken grossly out of context.
The whole point of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was to place limits on what the government could do and give us the ability to hold them accountable when they do something wrong. Keeping certain evidence or even a wiretap secret when investigating an actual suspect is one thing. Refusing to allow the entire citizenry to know what methods are being used, what information is being collected and how it is being stored and used (whether for or against us) is important. It is extremely dangerous to start claiming that an entire surveillance program needs to remain secret. Once we the people give up our rights in one case and allow the government to violate the Constitution, it gets easier for them to pull it off next time.
Here's something else to think about: Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Korea all have something in common. Their communist dictatorships all came to power with sudden, sweeping revolutions that killed millions. Even the finest minds in communist thinking have admitted over the years that Americans will never allow something like that to happen here. We have been a free country based on principles of limited government and individual responsibility for so long that we would fight back and win if any movement ever tried to take us by force. We have to be worn down, and they all knew it. Like the frog in a pot of water, they would have to introduce communism and totalitarianism to us very slowly. In the name of safety, we've been told that we need to be willing to give up our privacy in pieces. It started with intrusive security checks at airports. Then came warrantless wiretapping on foreign nationals believed to be involved in terrorism, a program expanded to include American citizens. Then the government gave themselves the right to indefinitely imprison anybody, even American citizens, without warrant or a trial. Now we find that our government has been secretly collecting data on nearly all of us.
So, tell me…what happens when the government decides they no longer want the people to have a voice? What happens when the wrong person – or group – gets their hands on our information? They can start systematically taking us out and they'd never have to answer for it. Then who would be left to speak up? If the government has no detractors, they can get away with anything. Do you really still think we look nothing like Cuba? We may not be there yet, but we're an awful lot closer than we were just a few years ago.
There were a litany of very good reasons why our founding fathers gave us the power we have. The Governor was right – we are careening almost uncontrollably toward becoming another totalitarian state. If we don't put a stop to it you will wake up one day and realize that you no longer recognize the America you were born and raised in. You will never get the liberals to change their minds by bashing the brave voices trying to remind us where we'll end up if we don't act. Feel sorry for them all you want, but you're not winning any converts – and if, God forbid, you are ever proven wrong, none of the government officials you tried to defend against accusations of creeping communism are going to care that you defended them. They'll come after you just as quickly as they came after the rest of us.


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If Orlando suddenly found itself with no tourists at all, it would still have more than its share of residential communities. With an area population of over one and half million, that fact alone would make Orlando an ideal place to build an outlet mall...if not for the fact that the area already has several of them, adding up to several hundred individual outlet stores. Be sure to visit on your next Orlando getaway!
Outlet Centers in Orlando
- Belz Factory Outlet World - Centrally located at the intersection of I-4 and the Florida Turnpike, and 12 miles from Disney World, Belz Factory Outlet World houses 170 outlet stores in a complex of two full-enclosed malls and four strip centers. Outlets include all categories of product including house ware, clothing, toys, footwear, jewelry and electronics. There's a carousel in the food court, which is always a nice diversion for young children, and gives parents a chance for a coffee break.
- Kissimmee Value Outlet Shops - On West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway (also known as Highway 192) in Kissimmee, just south of Orlando and just five miles east of Disney World. Here the emphasis is on popular brand names such as Bass, Van Heusen and Samsonite, combined with great value for your dollar. It boasts the only Nike outlet store in the area.
- Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores - Five minutes from Disney World on State Road 535, Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores contains all of the shops you'd expect to find in an outlet mall: Liz Claiborne, Nine West, Jockey, Big Dog, Old Navy, Reebok, Oshkosh B'Gosh, the Gap, and on and on. If you're looking for both familiarity and variety, as well as a good place to buy souvenirs (Disney Character Corner), then this is the mall for you.
- Orlando Premium Outlets - Billed as Orlando's "only true upscale outlet center", expect to find the creme of the outlet mall crop, beginning with Armani, Barney's and Brooks Brothers, and ending with Ralph Lauren, Versace and Zegna. Located on Vineland Avenue, the Premium Outlets are a short distance from area attractions. If you're over 50 years old, take advantage of the 50-Plus Shopper Club. Every Tuesday, shoppers over 50 can get an additional 10% off just by presenting a photo ID to the cashier at participating stores. Add to that live weekend music and zero state tax on clothing purchases up to $50. How can you go wrong?
Whether you've stopped in for souvenirs or an extra sweater, for a bargain or just a bite to eat, you'll find the right Orlando area outlet mall to meet your needs and your budget. Add it to your family vacation package Orlando Florida for some awesome fun!


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Jacamo 'Real Man-Manual' wins BIG at D&AD
Posted on May 04, 2017
Our Jacamo 'Real-Man Manual' took away two pencils at last week's D&AD Awards - a graphite for 'Writing For Design' and a wood for 'Brand Expression for Print'.
Jacamo Brand Re-Invention
We knew we needed to raise brand awareness for Jacamo but, at the same time, consider how we could shift opinions of those who had negative, and often unfair, perceptions of what Jacamo was all about. Fundamentally, it's great-fitting and stylish clothes for men.
From sizes S to 5XL, Jacamo offers clothes for every man. Well, every real man. And real men aren't that keen on the frills and fuss when it comes to shopping. So we created a brand that offers a shopping experience for men who want to look and feel great without any of the
hassle. Our brand proposition was born – Jacamo. Outfitters For The Real Man.
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Today in the ArtZany! Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes from the next Arts Guild theater production God Girl: playwright Kristine Holmgren, stage manager and assistant director Dave Flynn, and actors Jacqueline Radtke, and Kevin Chapman. This powerful play explores the hard work, humor, and heartbreak experienced by the first brave women who dared smash the stained glass ceiling of Protestantism. God Girl premiered at the History Theater in 2014 and was voted Voted BEST NEW PLAY of 2015 by Lavender Magazine.
Art Zany! Radio for the Imagination 1-12-18
Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:30pm (Opening Night Reception)
Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 2:00pm (Post-show Discussion)
Friday, January 26 , 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:00pm *
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield.
Tickets: $17.00 adults, $12.00 seniors/students
*Jan 28 ASL interpreted performance if requested to The Guild office by January 12, 2018.
Setting from the playwright, just to get you in mood:
The time is early November, 1976. The Vietnam War has ended. Nixon resigned two years prior and Jimmy Carter has yet to be elected 39th President. The film ROCKY is released in the theaters. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak establish a company they call Apple. Gasoline is 52 cents per gallon – the average rent in Minneapolis is $220 per month and the average annual salary is $16,600. Son of Sam begins his wave of terror in New York City; the United States Mint issues the first $2 bill. Cisco is king; Reese Witherspoon and Colin Farrell are born.


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The Opportunity Index, a BPS/BARI project designed to identify schools with higher concentrations of students in need of additional resources and supports to overcome opportunity gaps, will be featured as MetroLab Network's Innovation of the Month for the month of May!
We have a sneak peak of the profile for you in advance of it's release:
Could you please describe what the Boston Public School Opportunity Index is? Who is involved in this project?
The Opportunity Index (OI) is a place-based metric that captures inequities in academic achievement that arise from factors that are outside of the control of schools that Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) constructed to inform funding and programming. In addition to considering factors that are traditionally used in funding decisions, like special education status and eligibility for free-or-reduced-price lunch, the OI is distinctive in that it takes seriously the consequences of neighborhood effects (i.e., the impacts of the events and conditions in one's residential context) for academic achievement. For this reason, elements like neighborhood crime, socioeconomic status, and the academic attainment of local adults contribute to the calculation of the OI. The OI is then used to evaluate not only the level of opportunity for students at all schools in the district, but also the sources of that opportunity, giving principals and headmasters the flexibility to pursue the implement resources and programs that will best support the specific needs of their students.
How did your partnership with BPS inform the project from the start? Was the project an effort in co-creation?
BPS approached us in summer 2016 as part of a broader "listening tour" as they sought expert advice on the methodological and conceptual considerations that would need to go into the construction of an Opportunity Index. They built a pilot version on their own based on those conversations that they announced at our annual conference in spring 2017. This led to sufficient internal buy-in that they decided to undertake the same project in a more methodologically rigorous manner, and they invited us to partner with them in this effort. From there, it was thoroughly an effort in co-creation, with a natural cycle in which joint brainstorming generated a set of data-based steps that we then executed on, followed by discussion of the results and how they would guide next steps. The project was guided primarily by BPS' desire for an OI that accounted for both individual- and neighborhood-level factors that impact student academic achievement. BARI's investment was in the opportunity to help them produce this cutting-edge tool and in the novel discoveries that might arise in that process.
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True/False virtual reality experience explores Ferguson shooting
COLUMBIA - For the first time in True/False Film Fest history, festival goers had the chance to experience documentary journalism in a more immersive way - through virtual reality storytelling.
Ferguson Firsthand allows the participant to navigate through a recreation of the Michael Brown shooting and subsequent testimonies and news reports. Participants wear virtual-reality goggles that recreate animated scenes and shift the picture based on how the participant tilts their head.
"Everything in the story is physically accurate to the scene," Graphic Journalist Dan Archer, who pioneered the project, said. "I mapped it out using my background in graphic journalism. I really wanted to create an accurate container that would house all of the parts to the story."
Archer said he went to Ferguson as soon as he heard the news about Michael Brown's death. He took photos of the scene and used those photos when he mapped out the virtual reality experience.
"It's all about trying to take the stories that we tell and allow people to really experience it firsthand through the interviewees and those involved in the stories," Archer said. "To really share their stories, because at the end of the day the tech is great, but it's all about the story."
Archer said about 400 people took part in this interactive experience during the festival.
"I think it's just great for a festival that's as pioneering and innovative and celebrated as True/False to be aware and incorporating these different film techniques," he said.


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IA 2017 | Technology Workshops
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This week, Final Fantasy III gets released on the PlayStation Store in North America, giving PSP owners a chance to embark on a journey with the four Warriors of Light — Luneth, Arc, Refia, and Ingus — as they battle to save the world from being engulfed in Darkness.
Final Fantasy III was the first installment in the series to include the now-famous Job System. While this band of heroes starts out as Freelancers, with time, they will each be able to learn one of 23 different jobs. Use the healing spells of the White Mage to protect your party, harness the negative energies of the world as a Dark Knight, or turn the environment itself into a weapon as a Geomancer.
The PSP version includes graphics optimized for the 16:9 screen, an image gallery, an option to switch to the original BGM, and an auto-battle system that doubles the speed of combat.
Final Fantasy III debuts on PSN September 25th.


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Hey guys,
Hope you're enjoying Make Mom Marvel, and I'm glad we're back from our brief hiatus. During the break, I managed to set up a more brand-conscious twitter and e-mail. Yes, look at me. I'm social media savvy.
So if you want to get in touch with me or my mom for some reason, feel free to e-mail us or follow us at email@example.com or @MakeMomMarvel on Twitter, respectively.
We're looking forward to receiving any and all comments and hatemail!
(or lovemail? What's the opposite of hatemail? It can't just be regular mail.)
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Ramadan is soon coming to a close, while Syawal waits behind the corner.
It's peeking at us, with its wide cheeky grin, beckoning us to the month-long festivities. It hints at days of raucous catch ups with long lost relatives. Tantalizing us with phantasm scents of delicacies, making all of our mouths water just a little bit more. Syawal is just around the corner, and with it, Eid al-Fitr.
Eid is coming, and it's exciting.
But, wait; hold on. Other than the hints of celebration, there's something you should know. With all the fun-filled promises of the future, there's a certain amount of preparation for it. And when I say 'certain amount', I mean there's going to be a lot of preparations.
Well, at least for my family it is. The last week of Ramadan is often the busiest, where we cram in just about every possible thing we can in between our religious responsibilities in the seven days, all in preparation for Syawal.
This manic week probably stems from the fact that we have a typical tradition of visiting all of our relatives during the month. (Which sometimes include relatives that you can't really name or even have had a proper conversation with.) After which, they would then return the favour and visit our humble abode. This is where you'll see the reason for the glint of iron resolve and cracking of the whips from parents over Eid preparations.
It's all about presentation and impressions.
It's different for a lot of different people. In my case, there are about 3 general C's in a typical Eid preparation: Cakes, Couches and Carpets.
First of all, are the Cakes.
In preparation to the visitors, many of us will prepare, or at least purchase, some snacks. In most cases, this would be the cake. Nowadays, most families can opt to purchase these cakes from bakeries or stores. It's a lot less of a hassle and easier. My family, on the other hand, prefer going the traditional route. We like to at least make some of our own Eid cakes.
After tarawih, the nights will be filled with slightly burned finger tips from layering cakes for the month-long Eid. The kitchen will be a mess, with batter and clamors for different types of cakes to be quickly tasted and made, ready to be served. These nights are long, tiresome and at times fever inducing, as we slave over stove and ovens, manning at times more than 2 ovens at a time.
These nights are then followed by mornings, where we wake up to another C for the preparation.
Now, the Couches.
For this week, the term 'couch potato' is no longer applicable; there is little to no time spent off your feet. Instead, time will be spent lifting all the couches, moving them, and destroying dust bunnies that have emerged over a year of hibernation. In my experience, my parents like to kill two birds with a stone, where this time is not just spent on cleaning, but also the lovely creative experience of re-arranging the space.
If you're lucky, you'll get to just move the furniture once or twice and your parents will be happy. However, that usually isn't the case. Hours have been spent moving, shifting the big couches from one end of the room to the other, just to have it end up being placed a few inches away from the original spot.
Next, would be the Carpets.
Usually the final stage of the prep, this would mean that the nights and days filled with baking cakes, and lifting couches are over. It's when Syawal is so close you can see its teeth and the promise of tomorrow smells so sweet.
During this part of the preparation, the last piece of furniture will be cleaned and placed, to complete the household. This includes not just beating and airing out the rugs and carpets, but also scrubbing any stain or mess that may have fallen on them. (Tip: if you're like me, and have to endure this, please try to do this in the early hours of morning, else you'll have to drag the carpet out to dry at noon, and the sun is at its highest by then.)
After having done this, is the wonderful reprieve from the preparations. And with it is the surreal sense of achievement and pride, because the house is our home, and a clean home is so much sweeter. But that's just my take on my annual preparation for Eid; what about yours?


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Study of Paxil Use in Menopausal Women
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00225914
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 26, 2005
Last Update Posted : November 24, 2010
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|Condition or disease
|Drug: Paroxetine Drug: placebo
|Phase 4
This study is a 10-week double-blinded treatment study of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women who present with menopause-related symptoms after discontinuing Hormone Therapy(HT), with or without concomitant symptoms of depression and anxiety.
The menopausal transition is a period of heightened vulnerability to mood and anxiety disturbances. It is also a period when women may experience significant vasomotor symptoms (i.e. hot flushes and night sweats). More recently, the occurrence of vasomotor symptoms has been associated with increased risk for depression in menopausal women.
The efficacy of estrogens for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms is well established. In addition, the literature support a modulatory effect exerted by estrogen on various neurotransmitter systems that regulate mood and anxiety.
Despite the efficacy of hormone therapy (HT) for the treatment of menopause-related symptoms, a significant number of women discontinue its use during the first year of treatment. Moreover, recent findings from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) have challenged the safety and the benefits that were initially thought to be associated with long-term use of HT. As a result, many women who have been taking HT decided to discontinue the use of HT, which may result in significant changes in their physical well being, quality of life and, possibly, their mental health status. Therefore, the efficacy and tolerability of other interventions such as antidepressants for these sub-populations warrant further investigation.
Treatment with Paroxetine has shown to be efficacious for menopause-related vasomotor symptoms. To date, no studies have examined the extent to which SSRIs may improve physical and psychological symptoms in women who discontinued HT.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|64 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Double (Participant, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Paroxetine Controlled Release in the Treatment of Symptomatic Menopausal Women Following Discontinuation of Hormone Therapy
|Study Start Date :
|September 2004
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2006
Experimental: 1
Subjects enter into a six-week, double blind phase, randomized in a 1:1 ratio to paroxetine CR 12.5 mg/day; dosing may be adjusted up to 25 mg/day after two weeks, based on treatment response and tolerability.
Drug: Paroxetine
Paroxetine CR 12.5 mg/day; dosing may be adjusted up to 25 mg/day after two weeks, based on treatment response and tolerability
Other Name: Paxil
Placebo Comparator: 2
Subjects then enter into a six-week, double blind phase, randomized in a 1:1 ratio to paroxetine CR 12.5 mg/day or matching placebo pill
Drug: placebo
Subjects enter into a six-week, double blind phase, randomized in a 1:1 ratio to paroxetine CR 12.5 mg/day or matching placebo pill; dosing may be adjusted up to 25 mg/day after two weeks, based on treatment response and tolerability.
- Mean change from Visit 2 to Visit 4 in the daily hot flash frequency and severity. Response will be considered if ³50% reduction in the hot flash composite score-frequency X severity) [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
- Proportion of subjects with remission of menopause-related symptoms from Visit 2 to Visit 4 measured by a >50% decrease in Greene Climacteric Scale total and sub-scores and Hot Flush Related Daily Interference Scale (HFRDIS). [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
- Occurrence of discontinuation symptoms (DESS- Discontinuation Emergent Signs Symptoms, self-report) at Visit 4. [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
- Proportion of CGI responders (clinician-rated CGI- Improvement 2; Occurrence of adverse events (PRISE-Adverse Event Visit Checklist) throughout the study [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
- Proportion of subjects with remission of psychological symptoms (MADRS <10; BAI < 11 at Visit 4). [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women age 40 and above.
- Perimenopausal status (defined as having cycles which vary by more than 7 days from normal, or 2 or more skipped cycles and an amenorrheic interval of at least 60 days but no more than 12 consecutive months) or postmenopausal status (defined as amenorrheic for 12 or more consecutive months).
- Women with prior use of HT for at least two months.
- Women who discontinued HT use 1 to 12 months prior to study entry (screening visit).
- Women who present with significant menopause-related symptoms (defined as GCS total score >20; vasomotor sub-scores >3 and/or ³14 moderate to severe hot flashes per week), with or without concomitant psychological complaints (symptoms of depression and/or anxiety).
- Women who report physical/emotional symptoms developing or worsening within 3 months of HT discontinuation.
- General good health.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who present with moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression (MADRS scores > 19) or anxiety (BAI scores > 19) at baseline.
- Women who meet diagnostic criteria at screening visit for a current major Axis I psychiatric disorder other than specific phobias (assessed through M.I.N.I. interview). Subjects presenting with symptoms of anxiety or depression, but not meeting criteria for Depressive Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Panic Disorder, GAD, OCD or SAD, will be allowed in the study.
- Regular treatment with hormonal medications, SSRIs, tricyclic antidepressant, mood stabilizer, oral neuroleptics, sedatives or hypnotics, over-the-counter agents known to influence hot flushes or mood within 4 weeks prior to screening visit; used of depot neuroleptics within 12 weeks prior to screening visit.
- Suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, or psychotic symptoms.
- Menstrual dysfunction and amenorrhea of other etiologies.
- History of seizure disorder
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00225914
|United States, Massachusetts
|MGH Center for Perinatal and Women's Mental Health
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02116
|Principal Investigator:
|Lee S. Cohen, M.D.
|MGH Center for Perinatal and Women's Mental Health
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Lee S. Cohen, MD, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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|First Posted:
|September 26, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 24, 2010
|Last Verified:
|November 2010
Hormone Therapy
Hot Flash
Sleep Disturbance
Night Sweats
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Serotonin Agents
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors


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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The University of Maine along with Boston University are hosting 11th annual International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management in Portland this week.
The event is focused on the impact of the changing ocean environment and the global economy on the biology and business of lobsters.
About 200 lobster fishermen, biologists, oceanographers, and fishery managers from around the world are expected to attend the week-long event.
Maine's independent US Senator Angus King (I) spoke to the crowd this morning about pursuing information about climate change.
"This is not an abstract problem or something about environmentalists versus non-environmentalists -- this is very practical. We're talking about the effect on 'lobstering,' which is a huge part of the Maine economy, we're talking about sea levels rising, which is going to cost us a fortune to deal with whether it's a naval base or Miami Beach, said Maine Senator King.


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|Elfin woods warbler
|Scientific classification
S. angelae
|Binomial name
|Setophaga angelae
|Range of the elfin woods warbler
Dendroica angelae
The elfin woods warbler (Setophaga angelae) is a bird, endemic to Puerto Rico, where it is a local and uncommon species. Discovered in 1968 and described in 1972, it is the most recently described species of New World warbler (family Parulidae).
The species name, angelae, is a tribute to Angela Kepler, one of its discoverers. The species birds are insectivores, as they feed by gleaning small insects off the habitat leaves.
Hey, if you are reading this, I hid the body in the shed behind the barn.
Due to its small populations and restricted habitats, conservation efforts were begun in 1982 to protect this species, but as of 2005, the warbler was still in need of protection. The species is not in immediate danger as the majority of its habitat is protected forest, but introduced species (such as rats and small Asian mongooses), habitat reduction, and natural disasters represent potential threats to the population.
The elfin woods warbler is one of many species in the genus Setophaga of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It was first observed in 1968 by Cameron and Angela Kepler while they were conducting observations on two Puerto Rican endemic birds, the Puerto Rican amazon and the Puerto Rican tody. On May 18, 1971, a specimen was captured in El Yunque National Forest, which at the time was believed to be its only habitat. A year later Kepler and Parkes described and named the species, making it the most recent warbler of the genus Setophaga discovered in the New World.[2] Also, it is the first species described in the Caribbean since 1927 and the first Puerto Rican species described in the 20th century.[3] The specific name, angelae, is a tribute to Angela Kepler. Elfin-woods warbler is an alternative spelling, and Reinita de Bosque Enano is the Spanish name. The species was initially placed in the genus Dendroica, but in 2011 the American Ornithologists' Union reorganized the classification of the family Parulidae and transferred species in Dendroica to Setophaga.[4] This revised classification was adopted by the International Ornithologists' Union.[5]
A phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA sequences from New World warblers has shown that, within the genus Setophaga, the elfin woods warbler is most closely related to the arrowhead warbler, a species which is endemic to Jamaica, and the plumbeous warbler, which is endemic to the islands of Dominica and Saint Lucia.[6]
The warbler's upper body is predominantly black with white areas, while its underparts are white with black streaks. Other identifying characteristics are dark brown eyes, white patches on its ears and neck, an incomplete white eyering, a white eyestripe, and two white spots on its outer tail feathers.[7] Characteristic of Antillean warblers (S. adelaidae, S. delicata, S. plumbea, and S. pharetra), the species features a long bill and short, round wings (53.8 mm or 2.12 in average). Among Setophaga spp., only S. adelaidae has a shorter wing length average (50 mm or 2.0 in) than the elfin woods warbler.[3] Juveniles differ from adults, retaining a grayish-green back for approximately a year and partially molting from July to October. The warbler's average mature length is 12.5 cm (5 in) and its average weight is 8.4 g (0.30 oz).[8]
The elfin woods warbler is often confused with the black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia), a non-breeding species in the Caribbean occurring in Puerto Rico from mid-September to early May. The main physical distinction is in the eyes. The elfin woods warbler has an incomplete white eyering, while the black-and-white warbler has a white band across the eye and a white lower half of the eyering. Another distinction is found in the crown, with the elfin woods warbler's being entirely black and the black-and-white's having a white band across. The latter species forages on larger branches compared with the elfin woods warbler's foraging in the canopy and on smaller branch tips.[9]
|Bird Call
|Elfin woods warbler vocals
The elfin woods warbler's song and call are difficult to hear.[10] The species has a subtle voice and its call and song resemble those of the bananaquit, the most abundant bird in Puerto Rico. The song is a series of "short, rapidly uttered, rather unmusical notes on one pitch, swelling in volume and terminating with a short series of distinct double syllables sounding slightly lower in pitch"[2] while the call has been described as "a single, short, metallic chip".[2]
The elfin woods warbler breeds from March to June. Both parents are involved in the construction of the nest and in feeding the chicks. Nests are built close to the tree trunk within dry aerial leaf litter, usually Cecropia leaves (a material used by no other Parulidae species), in Bulbophyllum wadsworthii trees. Nests are well-concealed and located 1.3 to 7.6 meters (4.3 to 24.9 ft) above ground level.[11] Nests are cup-shaped and made from small roots and twigs, dry leaves of Chusquea abietifolia and B. wadsworthii, and dry Panicum maximum leaves. The interior is made from fibers of C. abietifolia, dry leaves and other plant matter.[12] Females lay two or three white eggs with red-brown spots.[13] The chick's diet consists of insects—parents have been observed offering lepidopteran and orthopteran adults and lepidopteran larvae to hatchlings.[12]
The elfin woods warbler is commonly found foraging the middle canopy for insects.[8] While searching for food it often flocks with other birds, such as black-and-white warblers, Puerto Rican tanagers and Lesser Antillean pewees. Three maneuvers used for catching prey—gleaning, sally-hovering and probing—have been described.[8] Gleaning is described as a hunting maneuver made by a standing or moving bird. Sally-hovering is a hunting maneuver made by a bird in flight. Probing is a maneuver in which the bird, by digging with its beak, forages the substrate looking for food in a manner similar to chickens.[8] Gleaning, especially off leaves, is the maneuver used with more frequency by the elfin woods warbler while probing is the least used.[8]
When first discovered, the elfin woods warbler was believed to exclusively occur in the high elevation, from 640 to 1,030 meters (2,100 to 3,380 ft), dwarf or elfin forests of the El Yunque National Forest in eastern Puerto Rico. The wind-clipped trees in these forests rarely exceed 5 meters (16 ft) height and are characterized by stiff, thick twigs, leathery leaves and impenetrable, dense undergrowth ideal for hiding from predators. Later studies showed that the species migrated to lower elevations, between 370 and 600 meters (1,210 and 1,970 ft), in Tabonuco and Palo Colorado forests.[14] Three more populations were discovered in the Maricao State Forest (1972, largest known population), the Carite State Forest (1977) and the Toro Negro State Forest (late 1970s).[11]
The species is presumed extirpated from two locales, occurring only at El Yunque National Forest and the Maricao State Forest.[15] The elfin forest at El Yunque National Forest is characterized by high rainfall and humidity, low temperatures and insolation, and constant winds. It is found at mountain summits and is primarily composed of dense shrub and small trees with moss and epiphyte growth in its plants and floor. The species richness is low when compared to other types of forests (tabonuco, palo Colorado and palma sierra forests) found in the Luquillo Mountains. The elfin forest at the Maricao State Forest, located in western Puerto Rico, receives an annual average rainfall of 2,250 millimeters (90 in), a high amount considering that a rainforest, by definition, receives a minimum of 1,700 millimeters (67 in) annually. Since its soil has low water-holding capacity its vegetation is more xeric than expected. The species's highest density occurs in Podocarpus forests in the Maricao State Forest. Little information is available on the elfin forests at Toro Negro and Carite.[14]
In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck the central and eastern region of Puerto Rico, affecting three (the El Yunque National Forest, Toro Negro and Carite populations) of the four known populations of the elfin woods warbler. A survey conducted two years later in the Toro Negro Forest, located in the Cordillera Central, did not find any individuals.[16] Recent surveys suggest that, for reasons yet unknown, the populations at Carite and Toro Negro were likely extirpated.[11] Continued monitoring of the elfin woods warbler populations is achieved through bird counts performed every three to four years by the Puerto Rican Breeding Bird Survey (PRBBS). A survey conducted in 2001 found three individuals at the Maricao State Forest. An IUCN assessment of the elfin woods warbler, prepared in 2000, estimated a stable population of 600 mature individuals.[17] More recently the population has been estimated to comprise at least 1800 mature individuals, a figure which equates to at least 2700 individual birds.[18]
The survival of the elfin woods warbler faces two main threats, predation and the destruction or alteration of suitable habitat. Confirmed native predators are the pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus), the Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus venator) and the extirpated white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus), while unconfirmed native predators include two endemic snakes and several carnivores (from fossil records). Introduced species, such as cats (Felis domesticus), dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), black rats (Rattus rattus) and small Asian mongooses (Herpestes javanicus), are also potential nest predators.[12] These species have proliferated due to the presence of human-developed facilities, mainly for communication purposes, in the Maricao State Forest and El Yunque National Forest. Two factors contribute to the destruction of the elfin woods warbler's habitat: humans and nature. Human-related habitat destruction includes the construction of communication towers, acquisition of timber, and expansion of roads and trails. Nature's contribution comes from natural disasters such as forest fires and hurricanes.[2]
The elfin woods warbler was placed on the United States federal candidate list for the Endangered Species Act in 1999, and the announcement was published on the Federal Register of October 25, 1999, Volume 64, No. 205, pages 57535–57547. The USFWS started to consider the need to protect the elfin woods warbler in 1982.[19] In 2005, a group of scientists, scholars, artists and environmentalists petitioned the Bush administration to admit 225 species, including the elfin woods warbler, to the Endangered Species Act. Of these 225 species, more than one third have been on the candidate list for 20 or more years, and half for 10 or more years. Recent (2004) studies also show that since the creation of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, 114 United States species have become extinct, many because of lack of habitat protection by the federal government.[20]
The IUCN first evaluated the status of the elfin woods warbler in 1988. At the time, it was given a classification of lower risk/least concern. In 1994 its status was changed to lower risk/near threatened, and in 2000 its status was changed to vulnerable, where it remains.[1] The justification for maintaining the species' status as vulnerable is that "There are no direct or immediate threats, but the combination of a very small range and population may have important implications for its chances of long-term survival, and this species consequently qualifies as vulnerable".[17]
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Fergie has said that she is excited to have children with her husband Josh Duhamel.
The couple have previously spoken out about their desire to start a family, and the Black Eyed Peas star admitted she will be overjoyed when she does fall pregnant.
Fergie told the American edition of OK!: "It's definitely something that we're interested in doing. We made no secret of that. We'll be very excited when it happens."
Duhamel has previously said that the couple are planning to start their family first rather than adopting another pet to replace their rescue dog Meatloaf, who died from a brain disorder.
"I think we're going to focus on our human baby first," he explained. "Hopefully we'll have kids, and then at some point we'll get another dog.
"I don't know how to describe it, but anyone who would come over, they all went to Meatloaf."
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I have a couple of goals in mind
- Learn to write
- Journal my life
- Learn more about the internet
- Keep track of the cool things that i find out there on other sites
I just love the written word, it is so incredible to me what is able to be conveyed via this medium. Text can evoke feelings, inspire and teach. I LOVE belly laughing at something i am reading and find it amazing that something written in the past can bring this out in me in the present. The emotion is there, waiting for the reader, whenever it is needed. It is emotion that connects me to characters and a piece of fiction. Technical manuals offer a way to learn and can help us to navigate the technology in our lives, everything from recipes to service bulletins augment our knowledge base through shared experiences. It is even a way of time traveling. Through writing we know much about historical figures that we are not able to directly meet, another fascinating feature of written language. I love the written word and really want proficiency so that i can join the ranks and share, evoke emotion, inspire and teach. Plus i am a truly horrible speller and practice is the way to improve.
Journalling my life, I am having a damn good time here and i would love to be able to keep track of all the cool things that happen to me. Is that egotistical? It might just be, whatever.
The internet is amazing and i say this far more often then i ought to; 'what did we do before the internet'. It is like having the best part of the Borg at our finger tips. (Actually i think the best part of the Borg would be knowing where lost things are, because that drives me crazy and someone probably does know) Having a collective conscious where massive amounts of data is available to us is totally awesome. It makes doing a project like this one possible. Ultimately I would like to be able to help others have the same engaging relationship with the web that i do. I think that it would be very satisfying to help a business owner create a website that helped users find the thing or service that they are looking for. It would be very helpful to both the business and the consumer to be able to connect and accomplish some transaction. And the transaction can be anything from the sharing of information to the exchange of payment for goods and services.
Finally, keeping track of cool things that i find. The internet is fantastic and super useful. There are somethings that i find and want to find again later. My thinking is that this can be a way of cataloging the things that i find engaging.
So, here i go with very broad goals to write about the things going on in my own little world.k8


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Item #: SCP-908
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: One physical copy of SCP-908 is to be snerged on a sheet of fire-resistant glossferk, which should be pelped in a properly-labeled grannic feldsturp, then locked away in sembulese chartom flook. Only one digital copy of SCP-908 is colambic, which is contained in this file. No further wunkies of SCP-908 are to be helcarbered.
Description: SCP-908 is a memetic sylbatoog. Though relatively bleedponk, it has the crudensal ability to replicate itself urandically; that is to say, via reference. Any document orvaloping SCP-908 will essentially become a perret of SCP-908, and must therefore be contained; this is the reason for the juliade procedures vosted above.
SCP-908 has the unusual redullsity to corrupt any lanxide that it framples. Indeed, when yulins observe SCP-908, they experience a grebulous form of paralexia. Words become kefulated at seemingly loncard intervals, with no two observers heening the calbetts dectually. Dr. Shelby has proposed that this heeglank might be bruniformed to merk an encryption scheme, but at this time the Foundation is unable to washpoof the minimum number of yeshiks required to cross-reference any freegrack insepulating SCP-908.
SCP-908 was disforgulaned in the Pacific Northwest on a ridic punk band flyer that was quinderked to a telephone pole. A geffle sweep of the area by tolfergal Agents allowed the Foundation to lispint all oroflecked copies of the flyer, and this was pondacted in the standard grentz interrogation of the band members. The four musicians, all of whom are warkled fezzbesters, remain in Foundation custody pending bost mammootha.


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Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik partner of Save the Children in Indonesia is changing for the better. We've begun to build a national organization that aims to be a strong, local, and self-sustaining voice for children in Indonesia. To this end, SC Indonesia has been designated as a "Prospect Member". As 'Prospect Member' Indonesia has been identified as part of the next way of new member development, which focuses on strengthening and localizing our voice for children in strategic middle income countries. Indonesia has been authorized by member ballot to start fundraising locally as a first step towards building a financially sustainable local organization. Future work will also involve developing a strong local governance structure and building key partnerships with local government, the private sector, local civil society among others. Success of the pilot phase will set the Indonesia on a pathway to full membership.
We are currently seeking to fill the following position:
Admin & Logistic Officer
Code : CL-ALO
1 position based in Makassar
Admin & Logistic Officer will be under the line management of Logistic Coordinator in Makassar with a close coordination with BRIGHT Project Manager in Makassar and the Project Coordinator of Cocoa Life in Soppeng.. S/He is accountable to Support Services for the provision of effective logistic services which include asset management, fleet management, warehouse management, procurement in both emergencies and development programming contexts.
- University degree or equivalent
- Recommended a minimum of 2 years of experience in a corporate or an NGO environment
- Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload that includes complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities in both development and emergency contexts
- Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
- Demonstrated credibility with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of an organization
- Good oral and written communication skills in English
- Leadership skills, including the ability to supervise and motivate the team with strong personal value systems
- Analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities
- Ability to coach, mentor, delegate appropriately and provide developmental guidance to supervised staff
- Competent level skills in core IT applications, particularly MS Office
- A commitment to the values and principles of SC
- Experience of exposure to developing countries
- High level of commitment to the principles of development and to the organizational and programmatic goals of Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik & Save the Children
Contribute to the overall implementation of Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) within the response including ensuring CSP integration in all project activities including for target beneficiaries. We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Information for internal candidates only:
- Current Save the Children employees must serve for a minimum of one year in their current job before applying for a new position.
- Current Save the Children employees should inform their line managers before submitting an application.
Please fill the "subject" column of the e-mails in this format: <CL-ALO><Your Name>
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Can a water heater be as sexy as a Tesla?
Can a water heater be as sexy as a Tesla?
Of all the new tech emerging on the energy landscape, water heaters seem an unlikely contender. Alongside battery players such as Tesla, with its Model X and Powerwall, water heaters look like even more of a stretch. However, the growing industry consensus is that grid-interactive water heaters have serious potential. They just might be the unexpected battery in your basement.
Why the buzz about water heaters?
Water heaters and batteries have one fundamental feature in common: They both store energy, batteries as charge and water heaters as heat. This ability to store energy gives water heaters flexibility. For example, they can be heated at night when power is cheap without jeopardizing your ability to take a hot shower in the morning.
Grid-interactive water heaters (GIWH) are electric water heaters that the grid operator or the local utility can control in real time (or the customer, automated software, or a third party could control them in response to granular retail price signals from the utility). This controllability makes a GIWH valuable for more than just hot showers. For example, in addition to heating water when power is cheap, it also can shut down during yearly system peaks, help integrate renewables and provide services to the electric grid such as frequency regulation. Optimizing water heaters this way significantly can reduce carbon emissions and, as explained below, create billions of dollars in value.
Better yet, this functionality is not dependent on future technology: Any electric water heater with a tank — be it old-school electric resistance or newfangled heat pump — can become grid-interactive. Making modifications to an existing water heater to install a grid-connected communications device takes a couple of hours and could cost a few hundred dollars. However, building in grid-interactive capabilities at the factory only costs a few dollars and provides much more value to the grid and to the customer.
A high-value source of demand flexibility
In the 2015 report "The Economics of Demand Flexibility," RMI analyzed the potential of flexible loads to provide significant economic value to the grid, finding at least $13 billion per year from common residential loads such as water heaters and air conditioners. We found that water heaters, especially, have the potential to be an easily tapped and high-value source of this flexibility.
A new study by the Brattle Group provides an in-depth exploration of the economic benefits of GIWHs. The fact that the study was jointly commissioned by utilities, environmental advocates and industry groups highlights the diversity of groups interested in the potential of GIWHs. Brattle analyzed the potential of multiple scenarios, calculating that up to $200 in net system benefits may be realized annually for every GIWH participant. Ultimately, the authors concluded that GIWHs are a resource with significant opportunity for reductions in both costs and emissions, and one whose operational viability is already being demonstrated in pilot projects around the country — an exciting endorsement for the mild-mannered water heater.
$3.6 billion/year in value from a grid-interactive fleet of water heaters. Source: RMI.
But are they valuable enough to reach their full potential? The answer seems to be yes: RMI calculates that, if America's nearly 50 million residential electric water heaters went grid-interactive, the system benefits would reach $3.6 billion. This number comes from the following sources of value:
- Energy arbitrage — simply heating water when power is cheaper (at night rather than in late afternoon, for instance) provides major value. ($1.8 billion)
- Avoided generation — avoiding utility investments is a huge source of value. By ensuring that water heaters don't draw power during times of peak electricity demand, utilities can avoid building extra generation resources. ($1.4 billion)
- Avoided transmission and distribution — for the same reason as above, not using power on peak avoids investment in expensive transmission and distribution system resources. ($400 million)
- Renewable integration — water heaters charging up at night could use wind energy that otherwise would be curtailed, or daytime solar that otherwise would be exported for less-than-retail compensation in certain markets. ($36 million)
- Smart energy savings — installing a grid-interactive device also could allow homeowners to program their water heater for "vacation mode," which prevents energy waste through standby losses. ($29 million)
This estimate may be conservative, because it doesn't account for the value of providing ancillary services such as frequency regulation with GIWHs; the market rules for aggregated resources such as GIWHs to provide these services are still emerging. We estimate that segment of future value could be worth an additional $400 million to $700 million per year.
Seeing GIWHS at scale
Now is the time for GIWHs to go big. The technology is here, its capabilities are needed and actors big and small are exploring different paths to market.
GIWH technology is proving itself. Certain GIWH capabilities have been used at full scale for many years: Millions of water heaters are enrolled in peak-shaving programs through utilities such as Portland General Electric. The new Brattle study notes that more up-and-coming technology, such as that required for frequency regulation, has become commercially available over the past couple of years and has been successfully tested in pilots in Minnesota (PDF), Hawaii and the MISO and PJM markets.
With the technology proven, GIWHs are getting attention for their sheer usefulness in the evolving DER landscape: They can help resolve challenges associated with the increasing penetration of renewables. In places with increasing rooftop solar generation such as Hawaii, GIWH can help address the "duck curve" by shifting load to coincide with peak solar generation, and provide flexible demand to help balance inflexible and variable supply as the sun sets each evening.
GIWH are also gaining momentum as various parties explore different paths to market. Utilities can continue to expand their demand-response programs as they've done for years, building the scale needed for manufacturer-installed GIWH technology. Meanwhile, other actors are pursuing new business models, ranging from the PowerShift Atlantic project's GIWH leasing program to Steele-Waseca Cooperative's bundling a water heater with solar PV. Emerging opportunities may expand the market potential for GIWH even further: Both DRAM in California and DSPs under NY REV could facilitate the aggregation of this kind of behind-the-meter resource. The same coalition of utilities, environmental groups and industry leaders that sponsored the recent Brattle Group study are putting forth GIWH as a source of "community storage."
Finally, earlier this week, industry leaders gathered in Portland for the annual Hot Water Forum hosted by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). There was palpable excitement about the scale of the market opportunity for GIWH and many innovative ideas for how to capture it, including grid-enabling standardization through factory-installed communications ports, leasing models, and more.
Everybody wins with grid-interactivity
If grid-interactive water heaters take off, everybody wins. Utilities could shave valuable megawatts off their peak. Environmental groups could celebrate cutting carbon. And consumers, of course, could save money on their electric bill with a device they already own. The value is there. Now utilities, manufacturers and third parties need to work together to make it easy to capture. Instead of being 50 million dusty relics, electric water heaters can play a real role in strengthening the grid if they realize their potential as batteries in the basement.


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Markets continue there optimistic trend as speculation of the Spanish bailout still looms
17/Oct/2012 • Currency Updates•
Sterling rose against the dollar on Tuesday as demand for perceived riskier currencies improved, although it lagged against the euro on concerns that slowing UK inflation will give the Bank of England more room to ease policy.
Consumer price inflation in September rose 0.4 percent from a month ago, in line with expectations, but slowing from a 0.5 percent rise in August. For the year, inflation rose 2.2 percent in September, lower than the 2.5 percent annual rise seen in August but is in line with forecasts. Due to the fact that Tuesday's date was so in line with expectations we did not see the volatility the markets were expecting.
The pound is very sensitive to big data surprises. If we get a miss (on employment data) it would be very negative for sterling. Of late, the jobs market in the UK has shown signs of a recovery despite a recession. Analysts expect the jobless rate to remain steady at 8.1 percent for August when data is released on Wednesday. However, concerns are also gaining pace over important data due later in the week such as retail sales figures as well as Bank of England (BoE) minutes today – this may add to the risk of the central bank opting for more asset-buying quantitative easing (QE) next month.
The euro rose to a one week high against the dollar on Tuesday following speculation that Spain is moving closer to asking for a bailout. The single currency was 0.5 percent higher, rising to a one-month high with resistance at its 200-day moving average, as it continued to hold well above chart support helped by an improvement in the German ZEW's economic sentiment, which saw the reading of -11.5. This was higher than the expected reading of -14.6.
Rumours about Spain fuelled most of the euro's gains on Tuesday. A formal Spanish aid request would initiate the European Central Bank Spanish bond buying which would lower the nation's borrowing costs. However, whilst reports circulate that Spain is moving closer to a bailout, much uncertainty remains.
The dollar weakened yesterday against the euro and sterling. This was partly due to better than expected German ZEW economic survey, but also on rumours that Spain might finally request a bailout come November. In the US data was mixed. Core CPI failed to meet expectations and showed that the inflation rate was only at 0.1%, although 0.2% was forecast. Today, the Greenback's price action will depend on the result of the building permits and housing starts which is scheduled to publish at 12:30. If they come in better than expected, we could see another risk rally.