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Dragonscarred[edit | edit source]
Human-like figures driven mad by the powers of the dragons, the Dragonscarred are a result of a brutal calamity between man and beast.
|Average Height:
|5' 8" - 6' 3"
|Average Weight:
|145- 250 lbs
|Ability Scores:
|+2 Charisma, +2 Constitution or +2 Strength
|6 squares
|Common, Draconic
|Skill Bonuses:
|+2 Endurance, +2 Nature
|Dragonscarred Fury:
|While you are bloodied, you gain a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls.
|Draconic Heritage:
|While you are bloodied, your healing surge value is equal to one quarter of your maximum hit points plus your Constitution modifier.
|Dragon's Knowledge:
|You gain training in one skill of your choice.
|Dragon's Orb:
|You can use Dragon's Orb as an encounter power.
|Dragon's Orb
|Dragonscarred Racial Power
|The power of your most hated enemy burns within you, and you unleash that energy in the form of a small ball that explodes in a flurry of your kin, pelting your enemies with raw, vicious energy.
|Usage::Encounter ✦ Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison
|Action Type::Standard Action
|Ranged 10
|Primary Target: One target within range
|Attack: Strength, Constitution or Charisma Vs. Fortitude, You gain a + 2 bonus to the attack roll.
Increase to + 4 at 11th level.
Increase to + 6 at 21st level..
|Hit: 1d6 + Strength modifier, 1d6 + Constitution modifier or 1d6 + Charisma modifier Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison damage, and make a secondary attack against all enemies adjacent to the target.
Increase to 2d8 at 11th level.
Increase to 3d8 at 21st level.
|Secondary Target: All enemies adjacent to the target
|Secondary Attack: Constitution or Charisma Vs. Reflex,You gain a + 2 bonus to the attack roll.
Increase to + 4 at 11th level.
Increase to + 6 at 21st level.
|Hit: 1d6 + Strength modifier, 1d6 + Constitution modifier or 1d6 + Charisma modifier Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning or Poison damage.
Increase to 2d6 at 11th level.
Increase to 3d6 at 21st level.
|Special: When you create your character, choose Strength, Constitution or Charisma as the ability score you use when making this attack. You also choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison as the damage type for both primary and secondary damage rolls. These choices remains throughout your character's life.
In a quest for thirst of knowledge, Dragonscarred are focused warriors, channeling their energies to inflict harm to their enemies. They have a deep hatred to dragons, and will stop at nothing to exact revenge. They have a strong attraction to Arcane energies, and they use it to gain more knowledge and to seek out the missing links of their true heritage.
Play a Dragonscarred if you want...
- to feel the wild powers of the draconic kin surge through your skin, giving you focus.
- to become fine-tuned with the wild arcane energies and to be free from order.
- to be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Battlemind, and Warlock classes.
The Dragonscarred is a campaign-specific race, but can be used in other campaigns as well.
Physical Qualities[edit | edit source]
Dragonscarred are humans tainted by the powers of the dragons, giving them the ability to use the powers of their kin in which they fought against.
Many dragonscarred have a slight discoloration; a somewhat pale tinge of their draconic kin in which they have amassed their energies from. Sometimes, a dragoscarred skin may look like scales when they have goosebumps, giving them a sense of change. Though dragonscarred will never change into a full dragon or dragonborn, it is clear that their calamity did not end well with the dragons. Their most outstanding feature is the red or gold eyes, as a result of generational evolution.
Dragonscarred tend to live about as long as normal humans, yet they learn twice as fast, and at about the age of 10, they would have learn about as much as a 22 year old commoner. This is due to a dragon's thirst for knowledge. Dragonscarred make great loremasters, but all of that knowledge comes at a cost. Once learned, they must find more ways to expand on that, meaning that they are never quite satisfied with what they have; therefore, they keep on searching.
Playing a Dragonscarred[edit | edit source]
Dragonscarred are a result of a great war that left two great civilizations to ruin. Man and beast collided, as the humans and dragons fought ferociously with each other. The battle was very intense, and it resulted in the lord of dragons to become wounded. His blood spilt upon the blood of the humans, resulting in a sudden change in nature amongst the war-torn humans and their future generations. These generations suffered from an unending craving for power, and specifically arcane power. Most dragonscarred try to find a way to quench their never-ending thirst for power and knowledge in some way. Their constant struggle of satisfaction drives themselves mad, and may drive others mad as well.
Dragonscarred are fearless, determined, and proud. They will never give up hope, and have a strong will. The only weakness is that since they are humans, they are somewhat easy to deceive and corrupt. they are adaptable, and can survive in almost any place or anywhere. They have a deep hatred to dragons, but are extremely sensible towards dragonborn. Since they share similar personalities and ideas, dragonborn and dragonscarred have the potential to become inseparable allies.
Though the war is over, another has just begun, and this time it's personal.
Dragonscarred Characteristics: Ambitious, crazed, dissatisfied, enraged, mad, proud, robust, sensible, tolerant, troubled
Male Names: Argan, Balesh, Drevan, Kilgan, Nalhen, Nord, Ralkan, Salhon, Sohart, Trishtan, Valbert, Warlan, Zelben
Female Names: Celtan, Elahn, Frasika, Helna, Laste, Lodana, Palesta, Shalte, Ulnera, Welsa, Yeni
Dragonscarred Adventurers[edit | edit source]
Three sample Dragonscarred adventurers are described below.
Elahn is a Bard who enjoys the sounds of music and war. She is faithful to her allies, and a focused tactician to her adversaries. Her arcane skills give her the upper hand when testing her enemies' sanity. Once she knows what makes her enemies tick, she exploits this weakness by using her skills of song to divert their attention and to create an opening for her allies. It is an invaluable skill she has obtained, but she is ever looking for more ways to exploit her enemies. It is a never-ending quest to knowledge and glory for her.
Nalhen is a Battlemind that believes in the nature of psionic energies to be the grand wave to overcoming the never-ending thirst for more knowledge. He believes that toning his mid will keep his sanity under control, and that it will also allow him to focus more on the combat at hand. He is a firm believer, and his allies would say the same. He is the eye of the storm during combat.
Lodana, a dragonscarred Warlock, believes in the wildest of arcane energies to exist between the boundaries of chaos and order. She has atoned herself to use these arcane energies in wicked, eccentric ways. She is determined that following the path in between will help quench her thirst for knowledge, and ultimately to the road of enlightenment. Her persistence to follow the path of the Arcane has made her a deadly trickster to her adversaries.
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Sure, humans will still have their pets, but they probably will not thrive on their own and many will be genetically engineered. As for large mammals such as lions and tigers and bears, in Ward's world they will be driven to extinction by the loss of their habitats and global warming.
No, the real rulers will be rodents — and snakes. "The fossil record shows that they have the genetic capability of whipping out new species," says Ward, a biology professor at the University of Washington.
Oh yeah, cockroaches are also within the category he calls "champion speciators."
Ward is among the academics who focus on the future of evolution. Many agree that animal evolution will be shaped by urbanization, genetic engineering and climate change. But some disagree on whether humans themselves will continue as a species.
British geologist Dougal Dixon, in the book "The Future is Wild," creates a scenario millions of years from now in which humans become extinct and are replaced by an animal kingdom dominated by a giant land-based squid.
Why dabble in what Dixon himself calls "speculative biology?" For Dixon, it's a "novel approach to the instruction of science.
"To give fictitious examples of factual process and situations, especially in evolution, ecology and the other life sciences, gives people another way to look at those subjects — a way that has not been explored before," he says.
The future is now
In Ward's world, described in his book "Future Evolution," humans don't die off, but Earth as we know it sure has changed. "You've got to assume that humans are going to continue and at high population numbers," he tells MSNBC.com.
If that's the case, he says, then animals will have to evolve to thrive in two dominant environments — cities, where the masses live, and tracts of cropland cultivated to feed those masses.
Gone will be the vast grasslands that gave rise to large mammals. "I bet we'll never see a large animal species ever again," Ward says. "Give it a million years," he says, and lions, tigers and bears might all be gone.
Temperature swings over time in this world will favor species that can adapt relatively quickly, and animals will have to be able to survive in polluted air and water. A perfect world for rodents, snakes, cockroaches and foraging birds like crows.
Ward believes rats and snakes belong in the category known as "supertaxa," groups of organisms that create many new species while having a relatively low extinction rate.
Steve Stanley, a geobiologist at Johns Hopkins University who coined the term, agrees. Rats and snakes "are diversifying rapidly today," he says, "and if rodents continue to diversify, they will further stimulate the diversification of snakes, because many snakes eat rodents."
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A parallel track in this future world involves animals domesticated or engineered by humans.
Stanford biologist Stephen Palumbi, in his book "The Evolution Explosion," argues that humans have accelerated evolution with well-intentioned tinkering — and usually without thinking of the consequences.
He calls this tinkering "brute force evolution," writing that "we humans have a talent for upping the evolutionary ante and accelerating the evolutionary game, especially among the species that live with us most intimately — our diseases, food and pests."
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Palumbi does see a "movement towards greater awareness" of such dangers and suggests that society take them into account much as it does significant environmental changes that come with development. "There's no reason we couldn't do an 'evolutionary impact statement,'" he says.
Do we really need a cat-dog?
Ward agrees with Palumbi's concerns, saying it's one thing to mix dog genes to come up with a new breed, but another to mix genes from different animals.
"If you really want to see how fast evolution can be," he says, "just focus on dogs." In just the last 200 years of human domestication, dogs "are now the most widely genetic type of creature on the planet."
But, he asks, "What happens if the same ease in producing things gets caught up in creatures we don't like?"
"We're attacking things with an ax and we don't yet have the sophistication" to know the impacts, Ward says. "There will be an escape of genomes from good stuff to bad stuff ... (and) it's going to effect evolution."
Earth without humans
In "The Future is Wild," Dixon, the British geologist, and co-author John Adams create an animal kingdom in which humans no longer reign.
Dixon and Adams give whimsical names to the creatures they dream up, aiming not so much to predict the future but to show some possibilities.
In their vision, humans become extinct in an Ice Age 5 million years from now. "Shagrats," or giant rodents, and "gannet whales," large aquatic birds, have evolved during this stretch of time.
The Ice Age melts away 100 million years later, marking the beginning of the end of large mammals and giving rise to creatures like the "ocean phantom," a jellyfish the size of a truck; the "swampus," a relative of the octopus that emerges from swamps to feed; and the "toraton," a reptile bigger than dinosaurs.
In 200 million years, evolution brings bizarre animals like "flish," birds that evolved from fish; "bumblebeetles," beetles that fly; and "megasquid," multi-ton, land-based squid creatures.
"Squibbons," a hybrid squid-gibbon ape, live in trees, eat plants as well as flish and "represent the pinnacle of intelligent life on Earth," according to Dixon and Adams' vision.
But it won't be the last species on top. "Undoubtedly," the authors conclude, "the far future will be even wilder."
Rival worlds
Dixon says speculating about such a future helps educate people. "The public appetite for monsters and aliens and strange things of that sort can be a valuable tool and can deliver an audience that would be willing to be informed and educated," he says.
Ward isn't convinced and says his interest in the field of future evolution is driven by presenting scenarios that contrast with visions such as Dixon's.
'"I get tired of futurists so missing the mark, or so it seems to me," he says. "First, there is the sense that humans will soon be gone, or second, that we will produce some 'Blade Runner' world that is all pollution and Michael Jackson mouth masks."
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
The purplest
Why has that been on my mind?
Well, today is Bud's tenth birthday. Ten years old. A decade. He understands the significance of this milestone. Last night as we cuddled before bed, he asked me if I'd still cuddle with a ten-year-old. (I assured him I would.) This morning when he woke up, he was surprised to find that he still had his nine-year-old voice.
But this story really starts two days ago, when I picked Bud up early from school to take him to a doctor's appointment for medication management. On the agenda: a discussion about altering the timing of his mid-day medication in hopes of easing what has been a bumpy transition to fourth grade. Though the transition this year has not been as difficult as it's been in some other years, it has been marked by Bud's resistance to being in the classroom. It's clear to me that he likes his teacher, Ms. Walker, and the paraprofessional who works with him, Mrs. Nee. He likes the children in his class. He likes being in school. But, I think this is the year when the developmental gap between Bud and his peers has felt daunting to him. Though the atmosphere in his classroom is wonderful, the rest of it - the language, the concepts, the higher-level academic focus - has all been confusing for him. Even during down-time, his peers are all High School Musical, and he's all Clifford the Big Red Dog. It has been easier for him to choose to spend his time in the nest he's created in Special Ed with the team who is familiar, predictable, and comfortable.
And so, as Bud left school early on Thursday, Ms. Walker seized the opportunity, scrapped her plan for social studies, and pulled the rest of the class together for a little impromptu planning session. Most of the children in the classroom have known Bud for a long time, though some of them have never been in his class before. Ms. Walker told them that Bud was reaching a milestone this weekend - double digits, the marking of his first decade. She reminded them how hard it can be for Bud to manage things like birthday parties and she asked them how, as a group, they might help him celebrate in a way that would be comfortable for him.
They spent the rest of the afternoon putting their plan together.
On Friday, Bud arrived at school to find that his classmates, Ms. Walker, Mrs. Nee, and the whole staff in Special Ed were wearing purple, Bud's favorite color, in his honor. A little later, Bud's friends presented him a book they'd made. The book is purple, of course, and it features a two-page spread of each person in his class - each child, his teacher, and his para. The first page has the person's picture and name, to help Bud get to know the people he doesn't know as well. And the second page has a birthday message - in purple ink on purple paper - to Bud from that person.
As a class, they had brainstormed a list of things that make Bud special, so there are a lot of reoccurring themes on the pages of the purple book - you bring joy to our class, you always do your best, you are creative. But there are unique messages in there as well: "I like being your friend because you are funny, cool, and a good dancer;" "the songs you sing are great;" "I think you'r specal becase you'r joks are hulareaes." Two of the children, Travis and Kelly, wrote "you are one of my best friends."
While Bud was engaged in something else, Kelly showed Ms. Walker a CD she'd brought in and together they snuck to the classroom's CD player to cue up a track. They turned the volume up slowly and watched for Bud's reaction as Dierks Bentley's "Every Mile A Memory" filled the room. Bud raised his head, smiled, and started singing along:
"Texas stars in a purple night,
Not seein' 'em with you, baby, oh they never do look right..."
Bud's classmates from last year smiled in recognition. His new classmates listened to him, then spoke up in appreciation - "Hey! He really can sing!"
Then they sang to him - but knowing that a cacophony of fourth grade voices might be overwhelming for him, this rendition of Happy Birthday was delivered in a loud whisper. And according to Ms. Walker, it was the rockin'-est loud whisper she'd ever heard. And then, finally, it was time to eat the cupcakes Bud had brought in, and he even got to bring the extras down to his friends in Special Ed.
The magic didn't end with the celebration, though. It spilled over into the rest of the day. During math, the other children worked on complicated math tables that were beyond Bud's grasp, but Bud sat at a desk with Mrs. Nee and created a different kind of math table. One by one, the children approached Bud's desk, where Bud greeted them by name, and asked "Which do you like better: cats, dogs, or birds?" Each child gave a response (and sometimes an explanation), which Bud tallied, as the other child left to tap another friend to join Bud.
The children in the class also worked together to help Bud complete a fill-in-the-blanks poem about himself, offering up their suggestions for how to complete each thought. The poem, which Ms. Walker printed out for me in purple ink, goes like this:
Who is fast, funny, caring, and cool
Who finds happiness in quiet, country music, and computers
Who needs attention, Mom, and friends
Who is afraid of "boo," thunderstorms, and sudden loud noises
Who would like to play guitar, hang out with Dierks Bentley, and go on a hike
Who likes to wear purple crocs, his dino vest, and earplugs
The class commemorated the day with a group photo, which Ms. Walker printed and pasted on the last page of the purple book. It's quite an image - a sea of purple, in shades from pale lavender to deep violet; teachers and support staff framing and scaffolding around the back and edges; the middle swarming with beaming children; and, in the center, Bud, his old friend Kelly leaning in by his side, and his new friend Kallyn standing behind him, her hands gently but firmly on his shoulders, making him feel centered, and making him feel safe.
If you looked at the picture, you'd be hard-pressed to figure out which child was celebrating a birthday. The smiles are wide from edge to edge - wide despite the fact that Ms. Walker had been frank with the children: this was not to be the standard procedure for celebrating birthdays this year. This time was different - because in this class, in this school, ""fairness" does not equal "sameness." Fairness means making sure that every person gets what she needs to succeed, and so, by definition, to be fair, sometimes we must have different rules for different people.
And the children, because they are a product of this educational environment, don't just get it - they celebrate it. They celebrate it because they know that in a school in which helping a classmate get comfortable and feel included is just as important as social studies, they can be certain that every person matters. And if every person matters, then they matter.
The children in that classroom know that they are loved. Some of them feel loved the reddest. Some of them feel loved the bluest. And when they come together in that classroom, they create the purplest community they could ever hope to find.
61 comments:
- Christine said...
In a world where some people get voted out of the classroom for their differences, these children and those educators should also be celebrated!!!
It is a tough year for some of our most loved blog friends and their stories have been resting heavily with me this week. Your post reminds me that there are, indeed, just as many reasons to have hope for the acceptance of our very special children.
Thanks for this post.
- September 19, 2009 10:14 PM
- Melissa said...
Oh ... my ... word.
I am speechless at this post, which I could barely read through my tears.
If all educators could have a fraction of the special qualities that Bud's teachers and students brought to the classroom for him, on such a special day, then we would have a much better world, indeed.
Those kids learned more than their academic lessons that day, and I'm betting that they will remember this for a long, long time to come.
Bud continues to teach us all how to be better people. And so do you.
- September 19, 2009 10:17 PM
- Melissa said...
Oh ... one more thing. Happy Birthday, Bud!
- September 19, 2009 10:18 PM
- ghkcole said...
Please can I move next door, send my kids to that school, work there, and wear purple? Hhhhhappppy birthday. I really live this story, and am crying.
- September 19, 2009 10:44 PM
- Stimey said...
Oh my god, you have made me cry wonderful, happy tears. So amazingly wonderful. Happy Birthday, Bud!
- September 19, 2009 11:06 PM
- Karianna said...
YES! Awesome, super-awesome! Happy Birthday Bud.
My favorite: "Fairness means making sure that every person gets what she needs to succeed, and so, by definition, to be fair, sometimes we must have different rules for different people." LOVE IT.
What a fabulous story.
- September 19, 2009 11:17 PM
- Kristine said...
Wow! Absolute, positively and completely wow!
What a wonderful experience; for Bud and all his classmates!
- September 19, 2009 11:18 PM
- Navi said...
Fourth grade is hard. I remember having to tell my now 6th grade daughter to play with the boys, because the girls didn't want to play games involving magic or fighting.... (luckily, although her interests didn't match the girls, they did match the boys)
It's amazing how that teacher and students included him so well. Beautiful story.
- September 19, 2009 11:38 PM
- Ange said...
Now that's what school should be like - community (or the future of community). Happy birthday Bud.
- September 19, 2009 11:46 PM
- Robin said...
You made me cry!
Happy happy birthday to Bud- he has a wonderful mom, family, friends and teachers.
His school sounds like a marvelous environment. <3
- September 20, 2009 12:28 AM
- Club 166 said...
What a beautiful, uplifting story.
Happy Birthday, Bud!!!
- September 20, 2009 12:51 AM
- *m* said...
This is the kind of story that restores my faith in humanity.
Happy 10th, Bud!
- September 20, 2009 7:50 AM
- Jordan said...
This is what I wish for all kids - it's so beautiful. Totally made me cry this morning. Happy 10th birthday, Bud, you wonderful, lucky boy!
- September 20, 2009 9:04 AM
- Eileen said...
Wow, I am bawling over here! How wonderful!!!
- September 20, 2009 10:02 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow! Just, wow!
Happy Birthday, Bud. We love you!
- September 20, 2009 10:07 AM
- KAL said...
This is just the most wonderful thing ever. Wow, just amazing! Happy Birthday Bud!!
- September 20, 2009 10:09 AM
i'm so grateful to jordan for posting this on facebook.
thank god for the ms walkers and ms nees .. the kellys and the kallyns .. the communities that come together with love and compassion to truly include and celebrate our incredible children.
thank you for sharing this ... it's a precious gift.
- September 20, 2009 10:24 AM
- Christa said...
Happy Double Digits Birthday to Bud!
This sounds like the model of what an inclusive classroom should be. Kudos to the wonderful teacher for understanding that fairness isn't sameness. The rest of the children are learning that, too, and they will be more compassionate adults because of it.
- September 20, 2009 10:41 AM
- Niksmom said...
I had just been musing to myself that I missed your blog posts. Then...WHAM! Got me right in the heart (and the tear ducts),
I'm so happy that his class celebrated Bud and not just his birthday! What a beautiful and extraordinary gift. This will stay with me, for sure.
Please give your ten year old a hug from Niksmom? And tell his teachers that they've touched so many hearts beyond yours and Bud's.
- September 20, 2009 10:47 AM
- Susan Etlinger said...
Happy Birthday Bud!!!
[Can't stop crying. This is just the best.]
- September 20, 2009 11:10 AM
- Unknown said...
What a beautiful story!
- September 20, 2009 11:25 AM
- Deven Black said...
I am so happy for Bud and his classmates who are making their world the way the rest of it should be. I hope their sense of caring and community stays with them all their lives.
My high-achieving son had the privilege of being in an inclusion class for 3rd and 4th grades. He is unusually tall and has always enjoyed this difference. He immediately connected to and bonded with the other "different" kids in the class. He is not a high school sophomore and still refers to those years as his best school experience.
- September 20, 2009 11:37 AM
That is beautiful! I found this post through Two Hands and a Flashlight. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful purple filled story. Your family is very lucky to have such a supportive school!
- September 20, 2009 11:52 AM
- Mom of Kid with APD said...
What a beautiful experience! I cried reading it. Mrs. Walker should be commended for her ability to bring such an amazing experience into the classroom. Seems to me everybody benefited, not just Bud. There is something about loving people just as they are that really warms all souls. Thank you for giving me hope. Happy birthday, Bud!
- September 20, 2009 11:58 AM
- DB Congress said...
Happy Birthday, Bud! That is one of my favorite lyrics by Dierks, too! Texas stars in a purple night!" See the DBC blog--we all wish our DB Congressman Bud a very happy birthday!
DB Congress Chair
- September 20, 2009 1:29 PM
- Carol said...
What a special teacher! What a special kid! What a special class! Wow! This story made me cry.
- September 20, 2009 2:01 PM
- Chris and Erin said...
It is moments like you describe that help show how smart, kind, and well-brought-up many children are. What a great group of kids! Happy 10th Birthday Bud!
- September 20, 2009 2:11 PM
- Jodi said...
I am a special ed. teacher in Indiana. This post really made me feel special.
Happy Birthday to your boy.
- September 20, 2009 2:28 PM
What a special class, teacher, and most of all special boy - Bud! Happy Birthday.
Ironically, I read this this morning and then this afternoon at HPB there was the book I Love You The Purplest. So of course I had to buy it.
- September 20, 2009 5:22 PM
- Michael Edlavitch said...
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- September 20, 2009 6:01 PM
- Rachel said...
What a truly loving, insightful, welcoming group of people! I was just floored as I read this piece. Just when I was starting to feel completely old and cynical about human beings, I stumble onto your blog and find this amazing story.
Happy 10th Birthday, Bud! You clearly have a gift for bringing out the best in people!
- September 20, 2009 6:45 PM
- JoyMama said...
Happy birthday, Bud!
Y'know, Marla Cilley (otherwise known as FlyLady) has an expression for the kind of tears I'm crying right now. She calls it "great big purple puddles."
How fitting...
- September 20, 2009 9:42 PM
- kirsten said...
At this point I almost want to say 'You're making this up, right?'
Because that is nearly unbelievable. You have a truly exceptional situation there.
Happy belated to Bud - cheers for another great year.
- September 20, 2009 9:43 PM
- gretchen said...
Fairness does not equal sameness. Amen.
Something made me choose Dierks for my commute this morning. Now I know what it was.
We love you guys.
- September 21, 2009 12:29 PM
- Pia said...
My son is 2 1/2 years old, language delayed, mild autism diagnosis just made a couple of days ago. Aside from the obvious course of denial we are in, and the extreme variety of emotions I have, a post like yours lifts me up and gives me hope. Hope for our little man in the big bad world.
- September 21, 2009 2:08 PM
- Alex Bettencourt said...
I am so happy to hear that there are still some golden little hearts out there. It is really hard helping young ones manage medications.
Luckily we have met a lot of moms who have found relief with our text message medication reminders at RememberItNow!
But anyway, that is for those with children who have cell phones. I applaud this classroom and your son's peers. This was a great read. :)
- September 21, 2009 7:14 PM
- VAB said...
Thanks for letting me read that!
- September 22, 2009 2:53 AM
Hi there!
Although I can't remember how I first came across your blog, I have been following the adventures that you and Bud have for quite some time now. I often wonder about him, and can relate to many of the stories that you tell as I also have a son with PDD. I know that everyone is unique, with their own srengths and areas of need, but it is sometimes good to hear about similarities to help me remember that we are not alone in this, even though sometimes it feels that way.
There have been many times that your stories of Bud's triumphs and social successes have left me feeling proud of him, despite the fact that I have never met him. Often, reading your stories gives me hope-hope that as my son gets older and moves through life, he will be able to have wonderful, enriching experiences, and meet those people who care enough to show their support in a variety of ways. This post was such an amazing story of how Bud's classmates pulled together to give him an experience that would work for him. They demonstrated friendship and understanding which I wish was present in more situations today. I so appreciate that Bud's teacher approached the issue of fairness and sameness, as that is so important to address at a young age. I hope that my son will also be able to build such great relationships and be able to really feel like he belongs. Thank you for sharing this, and for inspiring hope! Best wishes to you and you son!
- September 22, 2009 3:54 AM
- mumkeepingsane said...
Well, gee. Make me cry why don't you. That's fantastic. Patrick goes to a great school that really does their best to meet his needs...but I have to say, what bud's class did was extraordinary.
Happy Birthday, Bud.
- September 22, 2009 6:43 PM
Wow, what a wonderful story! There are tears in my eyes. Happy, Happy 10th Birthday Bud!!
- September 22, 2009 9:14 PM
- Floortime Lite Mama said...
oh my how marvelous- this sounds like such a great classroom - Do I and he have the same birthday ( 19th)
- September 23, 2009 7:51 AM
Beautiful beautiful beautiful. THAT is what inclusion should be like for all our kids. I'm so happy Bud has such an excellent placement. My heart swells. xoxo
- September 24, 2009 2:25 PM
- Daisy said...
I have a lump in my throat. This is wonderful.
- September 24, 2009 7:26 PM
- Unknown said...
I've been missing your posts, though I can respect why you've scaled back.
Oh my, this one was worth the wait.
Third grade was the tough one for my own PDD-NOS son - he's the same age as Bud. We're hoping for better year in the fourth grade, and so far, it has been. I'm glad Bud has also found a place where people are willing to love and accept who he is, as he figures out just exactly what that means, for himself. You and Bud are so blessed to have such a fantastic teacher/class/school, and to have each other. Thank you so much for sharing this.
- September 26, 2009 10:40 AM
- pixiemama said...
Happy double digits a week late, Bud!
What a sweet group of friends!
- September 30, 2009 8:35 AM
- Moi ;) said...
Wow - this teacher is just amazing, heartwarming, fabulous....how can you get this woman the recognition she deserves? To make an example so that other teachers might be inspired to approach all our kids the same way?
How lucky Bud is this school year! Happy belated birthday to him!
(Can you believe it, my Bug is going to be *17* next month...OMG...)
- September 30, 2009 10:54 PM
WONDERFUL!! oh my god, so BEAUTIFUL!!! i love this!!
many huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY blessings to bud from our whole household.
- October 01, 2009 3:17 PM
Please touch base, we'd like to syndicate your blog on Autisable.com.
- October 02, 2009 1:34 PM
- Keen said...
I was completely overwhelmed by this post. I have one, and possibly two, boys who are on the spectrum. The story Christine mentioned, about people voting others out of their classroom for their differences, chilled me to the bone. This story gives me such hope.
Happy, happy birthday to Bud!
- October 02, 2009 10:44 PM
- David said...
Happy Birthday Bud!
Thanks for another wonderful post. Negotiating our differences is a huge part of growing up, and it sounds like Ms. Walker is doing a pretty spectacular job. As the kids get older, the differences get bigger, and yet our hearts all have the same needs. That never changes.
- October 03, 2009 11:12 AM
This is beautiful. This is what every parent with a special needs child hopes for. Congratulations on a school community that cares.
- October 05, 2009 1:21 PM
- Alicia D said...
This is amazing!! I love the definition of "fairness" and im committing it to memory.
happy birthday to your little boy!! :) All the best!
- October 07, 2009 2:30 PM
- cathy said...
How did I miss this last month? What an awesome teacher Bud has, and what a great thing his classmates did. Nice post, and happy belated birthday to Bud!
- October 13, 2009 6:47 PM
- Clay said...
Wow, that sounds terrific! What a different story from what we've been hearing lately, from other schools.
- October 28, 2009 2:04 AM
OK you and Bud have had me in tears all evening... I started w/the blog about meeting Dierks and now this one-- WOW.
I'm the lucky mom of a toddler who due to a virus his birth mother had-- is hard of hearing, has vision problems and is fighting w/sensory issues... so although he's not on spectrum I totally get how difficult it is when they aren't 'typical'... your blogs have made my heart happy!!!! I can't wait to read more--
Love to Bud-- and prayers of strength to mom!!!
Shonda (Adam's momma and DBC rep from Kentucky)
- November 08, 2009 8:35 PM
This post was a great way for me to start the day... Thank you!
- November 19, 2009 7:34 AM
- Muser Grace said...
wow--just wow--what a fabulous school. It makes me so glad and hopeful to know this sort of place exists.
- November 30, 2009 11:37 PM
The purplest part of your post whooshed me straight back to high school. We were told in church, Boys are Blue
Girls are Pink
There will be no PURPLING.
Hadn't thought of it for YEARS.
- December 15, 2009 11:08 PM
- yintibbies said...
This is the ABSOLUTE BEST BIRTHDAY I've EVER heard of!!! How cool is it that your son has a fabulous school that treats him so respectfully! These kids will NEVER forget Bud!
- May 22, 2011 6:44 PM
As the grandmother of a child coping with autism, I cried! If all children could have this kind of atmosphere, no mater what their differences might be, the world would be an incredible place for all! God bless you and Bud and all that are a part of his life!:)
- October 22, 2011 7:52 AM
This story was very heart warming. As a future teacher, I strive to help meet every child's special needs, whatever they may be. I am so touched that Mrs. Walker noticed all of the special things that Bud loved and enjoyed, and created a truly special day for all of his needs. Between his favorite color, his favorite song, personal messages, singing in a low volume, and overall having a day of learning dedicated to him. I am glad he was able to celebrate with his friends in special ed, as well as his friends in his general ed classroom. This takes inclusion to a whole new level.
Thank you for sharing this story. This has inspired me even more to be a teacher that goes the extra mile for each individual student.
- October 07, 2013 3:06 AM


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I have been playing Family Village on Facebook for almost a week now and while I thought I would really enjoy it it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The game is a spin off of a person's family tree. Players add their family into the program and have the opportunity to immigrate them over, purchase homes, and assign them jobs. They create their own little village.
Ok, before anyone bites my head off I DO realize it is still in Alpha testing but the game freezes often (sometimes for hours) and you end up getting totally frustrated as you lose coins which have taken hours to collect!
What also makes it annoying is that living people must confirm their relationship in order to continue so unless you allow the game to send them an email you can not move them forward (unless of course you actually purchase Family bucks with real money).
The game is confusing at best and too time consuming. I think I will put it away for now and perhaps revisit it once they get all the bugs worked out.


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Bhuj, a flourishing walled city is the most important town in the Kutch area. Bhuj was the capital of the former native state of Kutch and now it is the head quarters of the Kutch district. Bhuj was chosen by Rao Khengarji I as his capital in 1549. This city was greatly destroyed in the earthquake in the year 1819 and 2001. Bhuj derives its name from the Bhujiyo Dungar, a hill, overlooking the present day Bhuj town. The old walled of Bhuj presents a picture of contrasts with its narrow streets and ancient monuments in the vicinity of the planned township of Gandhidham and the modern port of Kandla.
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The Arizona group that dumped $11 million into California's ballot measure melee this week is led by a Republican activist who calls labor unions "the parasite that is killing our jobs."
Robert Graham, a candidate for Arizona Republican Party chairman, helms Americans for Responsible Leadership, a little-known group that delivered $11 million to a committee fighting a tax increase on November's ballot and supporting a measure that would weaken the political clout of unions. The money will either go toward opposing Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure, or supporting Proposition 32, which would ban the use of payroll-deducted dues for political purposes.
Americans for Responsible Leadership was formed last year by three Arizona businessmen, including Graham. The other directors are Eric Wnuck, who ran an unsuccessful campaign in the Republican primary in a 2010 congressional race, and Steve Nickolas, a bottled water entrepreneur.
"These are not household names even to politicos like me," said longtime Arizona political analyst Michael O'Neil. "This is not the political A-team."
O'Neil added: "It sounds like they are a front organization, and the real question is where do they get their money from."
The group is organized as a nonprofit organization that doesn't have to disclose its donors. The group's directors did not respond to requests for comment.
Beth Miller, spokeswoman for the Small Business Action Committee, which received the $11 million donation, said the committee does not know who funds the group.
"You'll have to ask them as to where their funding is coming from," she said.
Americans for Responsible Leadership has also injected money into two of Arizona's ballot measures this year. It gave $500,000 to oppose a 1-cent sales tax for education funding. And it spent $75,000 to oppose a measure that would create an open primary system where voters could vote for candidates of any party and the top two vote-getters would advance to the general election. California has a similar top-two system that voters approved in 2010.
"Outside special interest groups are trying to take away our freedoms," Graham said in a video opposing the top-two initiative. "Do you want California politics in Arizona? ... I don't want Arizona to have to deal with the same mess California is in."
Graham, who has a wealth management company in Scottsdale, is running to lead his state's Republican Party with a pledge to "respect the grassroots conservatives and Tea Party members who have infused our Party with energy and recommitment to conservative ideals."
Graham also ran an unsuccessful campaign in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary, as a relative unknown. He has a company called Freak Show Racing. And he is the author of "Job Killers," a book about "How Labor Unions are Destroying American Jobs and the Economy."
"Striking labor unions out of the business model is imperative to the economic success of today's ever-changing marketplace," he said in a video promoting the book. "Then, and only then, will we truly be able to free ourselves of the parasite that is killing our jobs."
Labor unions in California are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the same state ballot measures that Americans for Responsible Leadership is targeting – but on the opposite side.
The California Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union combined gave $16.5 million to Prop. 30, the governor's tax increase, according to campaign finance tracker MapLight.org. The two labor giants also gave $32 million to defeat Prop. 32.
Unions have much at stake. While Prop. 32 prohibits both labor and corporations from using payroll deductions for political purposes, critics say it would disproportionately hit unions, which commonly use member dues to finance robust political operations.
A new report by public policy group California Common Sense found that labor unions fund far more independent expenditures in state political races than other sectors.
Special interests can spend unlimited money on political ads if they are independent of candidate campaigns, and such expenditures have shot up over the past 12 years. Since 2000, unions spent $90 million in this way, compared with $27.7 million by the business sector, according to the report.
Businesses, however, tend to outspend unions when it comes to direct candidate contributions, said report co-author Mike Polyakov.
"I think the influence that money generally and independent expenditures specifically have on our political system is something that should cause concern to the public," Polyakov said.
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Brick strives to bring a combination of exceptional food and casual nightlife to San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Guests can expect high quality, Modern American cuisine, gracious service, and a lively crowd. Rotating art and our modern-rustic design create comfortable and energizing surroundings. Whether in our exhibition kitchen, at our communal table, or in one of our private rooms, the innovative, internationally influenced food will delight locals and travelers alike.
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Earlier this week we'd posted a story linking a Volkswagen Group chassis architecture guide published last week by Georg Kacher over at Automobile. Kacher's submitted another piece this week about the Porsche 551 - the so-called "Baby Boxster" that was slated to be a corporate cousin of the proposed Audi R5.
Kacher's got new details on
I am no doubt a product of my generation, the generation exposed to such ridiculous technological progress, we easily forget what we saw yesterday. I am 29, and when I was 14, the Intel Pentium Processor was blazing fast. We had just discovered 56k modem connections, and AOL turned the annoying dial-tone into something we looked forward to, so long as it was accompanied by the BONG! of a successful connection. The first modern desktop PC my family had featured a crankin' 486DX processor pushing
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The hardest part of any project car is parts selection quality parts are hard to come by. When I first started out with my Corrado, back in 2002, I relied heavily on the existing knowledge of Volkswagen veterans, scouring online forums and reading old magazines separating quality from crap. I began to process Physics 101, (despite not passing in three through College) reading The Way Things Work for the first time since I was five, and amassing some 10,000 posts on one of the largest automotive
We're very pleased to announce a new partnership that pulls Fourtitude just a bit into the brick and mortar world and one that brings one of our favorite print magazines further into the digital realm. When Audi Driver Magazine's 'American View' columnist Elaine Catton moved back to the UK from the States last year, Audi Driver editor Paul Harris reached out to me about taking over the U.S. column. It was a great honor and
We've just uploaded a comprehensive collection of photos from the 2012 North American International Auto Show. The mix includes the Audi Q3 Vail design study, the new updated Audi RS 5, S4, A4 allroad, A8 3.0 TFSI, A3 e-tron, R8 GT Spyder and more.
See them all via THIS LINK.
Tonight Audi has revealed the first photographic imagery of its upcoming Audi A2 concept bound for Frankfurt. Last week, several drawings of the A2 surfaced along with some press copy that described it. Below is the copy.
With the electric-only powertrain of the A2 concept, Audi is offering another peek into the future of electric mobility at the 64th International
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Volkswagen posted their first commercial for the new Passat entitled "The Force" on YouTube today. We love it!
McLean, VA based comedian GoRemy has just published his latest album entitled [i]The Falafel Album[/b] and we're particularly enjoying one cut on it entitled Saudis in Audis. Remy's become pretty well known, having appeared on MTV, Best Week Ever, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, Anderson Cooper 360 and more.
Watch his video then click the links below for his website or buy the cut and others from his new album on iTunes.
For those who can't get enough Audi A7 news and content or perhaps those who've already plunked down a deposit, you'll be interested to hear that the Audi A7 section of the German market Configurator is now complete. Up until now you could build and spec an A7 just fine with the exception of A7 S-line models. Perusing the website today we learned that this section has now also been enabled and through that we've now been able
As part of its Iron Man 2 movie tie-in that saw Tony Stark trading his R8 coupe for an R8 Spyder, Audi also ran the 'Audi Tony Stark Innovation Challenge' whereby it sought cool new tech developers and awarded one with a cash prize. A quick video from Audi of America's YouTube channel highlights the competition and shows a quick explanation of LuminAR technology that took the prize with its interactive tabletop projection


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I'm very excited that Wicked Burn re-releases today. If you haven't read it yet, or if you take a re-read, I hope you will let me know your thoughts.
Now, here's a first taste of Wicked Burn!
His dark brown hair fell over his brow as he bent to retrieve a bottle from a lower shelf. When he stood, her gaze brushed appreciatively across his ridged abdomen, the sweep of his wide shoulders, and the hard, delineated muscles of his upper arm. Most of the men that she knew would have put on a shirt in this situation. But Niall was glad that he hadn't. He was such a beautiful, sinuous male animal that it seemed a shame to cover his body.
He never responded to her attempt at small talk, but Niall found that his silence didn't make her feel awkward. When he handed her a glass through the window, she held it up in a brief salute and took a drink. Her sensual appreciation of the taste must have shown on her face, because he gave a small smile before he took a swallow of his own. Heat expanded in Niall's lower belly at the sight of the muscular movement of his throat.
"You approve," he stated rather than asked.
Niall blinked. Had he been reading her mind? A modicum of common sense returned to her, however, and she realized that he'd been referring to the liquor, not his beautiful body.
"I don't drink much, but when I do, I'm a Scotch drinker. This happens to be my favorite brand," Niall said. She realized that her voice had become unintentionally husky as she stared at his mouth. His upper front tooth slightly overlapped the one next to it. She thought of what it would feel like to run her tongue over that sexy little imperfection, and then wondered how many women he encountered every day who had the exact same fantasy.
She forced her eyes away from him and transferred her gaze to the windows. It unnerved her, this strong, unprecedented physical reaction to him. She felt awkward and foolish, like a gangly teenage girl.
She took a deep, uneven breath and tried to focus on what she saw. His apartment faced east, granting him a spectacular panoramic view of Chicago. The lights of the high-rises shimmered in the black, winding river. The Riverview Towers offered their residents every luxury and convenience: a concierge, a dry cleaner, grocery delivery, shopping, and a central location in downtown Chicago. Residents and the corporations for which they worked paid sky-high prices for the flexibility and conveniences of the apartments. But to Niall the temporary residences felt depressingly sterile. She longed for the stability of a home again.
"So what's your excuse for staying in this god-awful place?" she asked him when he came around the corner into the living room. She glanced up when he leaned his hip against the counter next to where she sat on a stool.
"I'm working in the city for a while. I sleep here Tuesday through Thursday nights and drive home on Friday."
"To the suburbs?" Niall asked as she took another sip of Scotch. With him standing and her sitting, her eye level was at his chest. His nipples were dark brown and even more
erect than she'd speculated when he was feet away from her instead of inches. She inhaled slowly, and the male scent that she recalled all too well from sharing the elevator with him filled her senses, more subtle, but nevertheless more potent, than the fumes of the Scotch.
The desire that he'd awakened in her reared its head, causing a shimmering sensation of heat to spread along her tailbone, only to surge and swell at her sex, liquefying her in a matter of seconds. His singular gray eyes flickered down to her lap when she stirred restlessly on her stool.
"I have a farm downstate. You?"
She blinked. "Oh . . . I'm waiting for my condominium to be ! finished. Hopefully, I'll be out of here in a month or two, but they keep putting me off." She shrugged and gave a shaky laugh. "It could be worse. I work downtown at the Chicago Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art, so Riverview Towers are convenient. If it weren't for the fact that I feel like I live in a beige and white nightmare, things would be great," she added with a chuckle.
"What's your name?"
She paused in her mirth. "Oh, sorry. I'm Niall. Niall Chandler."
She started to put out her hand for a friendly handshake but paused in surprise when he began to laugh. "What's so funny?" she asked in amazement.
He set his drink on the counter as he stilled his mirth.
"Your name. You're the most feminine thing I've ever seen in my life, and you've got a boy's name."
Niall inhaled sharply. He was usually so terse and impassive that it unsettled her to hear him compliment her—for that was undoubtedly what it had been, given the warm, husky tone of his deep voice.
Her anxiety mounted when he took her glass from her stiff hand and set it next to his on the counter.
"I'm Vic." His hand rose to cradle her chin, lifting her face until she met his gaze. Niall's pulse throbbed madly at her throat when she saw the heat in his gray eyes as they fixed on her
"Now that we've got that out of the way . . ." His head dropped slowly. "Let's get down to the good stuff, Niall."
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This B list mostly movie actor who plays one of those superhero types picked up the dinner and drinks tab for a table of two women over the weekend.
The bill was about $150 and when they refused to hang out with him after he paid he told the waiter he wasn't going to pay the bill after all and to give him his cash back.
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I find it annoying to read or hear assertions that human activity is causing climate change especially when the people making the assertions never even heard of the Milkovitch cycles and dont even know what makes some gases "greenhouse gases" while other gases do not create the greenhouse effect. Many articles on the subject give the impression the the author does not understand what he is writing.
One item that is less prevalent now than it was a few years ago is the
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They may not be as good as conspiracies, but many people that I have encountered love catastrophes, but they seem to prefer non-events and minor catastrophes, even though there have been some real dusies in the past. Right up there with the Biblical flood was the New Madrid earthquake, actually a series of earthquakes that began on December 16, 1811 and lasted until March 15, 1812. The USGS mentions three major quakes and series of aftershocks, while Jared Brooks recorded many shocks during that
I dont like repeating myself, but sometimes appropriate people do not hear, so repitition is necessary. Today I had the misfortune of hearing Obama making noise about trying to command the tide to stand in its place, specifically the tide of cyclical change in climate. Those who deny the validity of science still believe, in a few cases, the CO2 put into the atmosphere by human activities has led to an increase in surface temperatures. There are a few problems with that: CO2 is a very weak greenhouse
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Patriots QB Tom Brady skips practice with calf injury
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. >> Tom Brady is nursing a calf injury that forced him to miss practice for New England's opener Sunday at Miami.
The Patriots announced the reason for the quarterback's absence Thursday in their daily participation and injury report. He was the only player added to the team's first report of the week that was issued Wednesday. Tight end Rob Gronkowski and defensive linemen Michael Buchanan, Chris Jones and Sealver Siliga practiced on a limited basis Wednesday and Thursday.
"Practice is practice," safety Devin McCourty said. "I've been here now five years. It's not the first time he hasn't been out there at practice. So practice still goes on even without Tom."
Coach Bill Belichick did not meet with reporters Thursday.
The Patriots planned to practice Friday before leaving for Miami.
Brady appeared in good spirits at his weekly meeting with reporters Wednesday morning before that day's practice.
Rookie Jimmy Garoppolo, the Patriots' second-round draft choice, is the only other quarterback on the 53-man roster. He beat out Ryan Mallett, Brady's backup the past three seasons, for the No. 2 job, and the Patriots traded Mallett to the Houston Texans last Sunday for a sixth-round or seventh-round draft choice in 2016.


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The Plugin Site is proud to announce Version 4.0 of Harrys Filters for Windows. Harrys Filters is a free Photoshop-compatible plugin offering 69 image effects. Harrys Filters can be used with dozens of different image editing applications, e.g. Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Photo-Paint, IrfanView and many others.
New in Version 4 Harrys Filters 4 includes a 64-bit version, which can be used in Photoshop CS4/CS5 and Photoline. The window of Harrys Filters uses visual styles and is finally resizable, which means you can make the effect preview as large as you want. Six effects received speed improvements which range from 1.25 to 2.5 times faster.
Harrys Filters 4 offers improved compatibility with a few applications, e.g. preview scrolling now works in SignLab and Image Analyzer. Additionally an activated Data Execution Protection (DEP) system setting does not keep Harrys Filters from working anymore. One setup installs both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Harrys Filters.
About Harrys Filters The Harrys Filters 4 plugin includes 69 effect filters in one dialog. This lets you choose the appropriate effect without hassling through different menus and dialogs. It includes filters for changing the image color or mood, for creating artistic effects, producing colorful gradients or impressive patterns, warping images, adding special noise effects to images as well as encrypting and decrypting images. Furthermore, it produces various zoom, mirror or paint effects along with simulations of natural phenomenons like tornados, lightning and flames.
Harrys Filters is very easy and comfortable to use. It can be applied to 8bit/channel RGB and Grayscale images. A Play button plays back random slider settings as animations. Frame rate and speed of the animation are adjustable. In addition to its entertainment value this feature lets you create interesting random effects and explore the possibilities of each filter effect. There is also a Jump button for producing random settings without an animation. Options for saving and opening effect presets allow the user to store his favorite effects and reuse them later. More than 120 presets are already delivered with the product. An instant preview check box animates the preview while a slider is dragged, which facilitates effect adjustments.
Availability & System Requirements Version 4 of Harrys Filters is available for Windows. A MacOS X version of Harrys Filters is planned. Harrys Filters is freeware and can be downloaded from http://thepluginsite.com/. There is also a commercial and enhanced version of Harrys Filters with even more sophisticated effects called Plugin Galaxy.
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It's Rick Santorum's turn to win a caucus, and he is close to doing that in Kansas. Granted, this process of selecting a Republican presidential candidate is not a turn-based system, but in this case, Santorum does owe his competitors a debt of gratitude for giving him a big leg-up.
Romney and Gingrich have essentially ceded the Kansas race to Santorum, abandoning plans to campaign in the state ahead of the contest and instead focusing on Tuesday primaries in Mississippi and Alabama.
Well, there you have it. With the competition out of the way, Santorum is definitely the frontrunner.
But wait — let's not forget Ron Paul, who also campaigned in Kansas. He's just not doing so well. Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, suggests that Paul has the disadvantage of having a significant number of non-registered Republican supporters who can't vote in the caucus.
Regardless, it looks like a good day for Santorum, who proudly declared at a rally in Wichita Friday evening, "We chased all the candidates out of Kansas!" Well, that, or they left of their own volition. Either way.
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Tom Brady and Mario Chalmers named on People's sexiest men alive list
Joining teen heartthrobs Tom Brokaw, Patrick Duffy and Lance Bass, four athletes, including Tom Brady and Apolo Anton Ohno, were named on People's annual list of sexiest men alive.
This year, the magazine chose the sexiest man from each 50 states. The spread was called the "United States of Sexy," probably after an intense newsroom debate over other names like "U.S(exy).A", "Stars, Stripes and Sexy" or "Any Excuse to Show Channing Tatum shirtless." It included stars like Jon Hamm (Missouri), Patrick Dempsey (Maine) and Ne-Yo (Nevada).
Brady got the nod from Michigan, Ohno won from Washington, Mario Chalmers was the representative from Alaska and, in the biggest upset of all, Tim Tebow was not named Florida's sexiest man. We'll have to wait for ESPN to release its own list, I guess.
A huge bravo to the biggest winner here: Mario Chalmers' publicist. There's not exactly a stacked field from Alaska (it's either Bristol Palin's baby's daddy, Mark Schlereth or a 1995 photo of Trajan Langdon) but getting Chalmers on the list is impressive nonetheless. If I'm Chalmers, I'm walking into the Heat locker room reading the magazine and casually asking LeBron and DWade where he can find their photo spreads.
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Last month, the Washington Nationals of 2014 completed the 4th best season in DC baseball history, but a second division title — they ran away with the National League East still yielded a first round exit. In the NLDS, they faced the San Francisco Giants, winners of the play-in game and lowest seeded team in NL, but eventual world champions. Four games later, the Nats were eliminated, despite strong pitching. Some strange mental errors and an opportunistic Giants squad overtook the Nats for two reasons:
The Nats bats with four days off did not hit. Anthony Rendon and Bryce Harper, the two youngest hitters on the team, were able to handle being pitched to low and a way. The rest of the lineup was largely helpless and the manager of the Nats, Matt Williams made no adjustments to the lineup, leaving Harper at 6th throughout the whole series. Questions about that decision-making as well as hitting coach Rick Shu are there to be asked.
Williams decision making has been fairly scrutinized. I don't mind that he pulled Jordan Zimmermann in Game 2 with two outs in the ninth after yielding a walk. Facing Buster Posey for a fourth time with a tired arm wasn't ideal. It just didn't work out that Drew Storen did not get it done.
Game 4 proved to be much more baffling as Williams inserted Aaron Barrett into the 7th inning of an elimination game on the road instead of Tyler Clippard or Drew Storen. Stephen Strasburg, who had a decent Game 1 start, was also available, but my view is the best relievers available were the best choice. Williams never called for them and the Nats fell.
Sporting News announces Matt Williams is NL Manager of the Year in voting by peers. Voting, obv, in regular season: http://t.co/PJxXlEoqRY
— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) October 21, 2014
Was Williams management of the NLDS a fireable offense? Probably not, but I'm not saying I'd be disappointed; I could get used to spelling "Weird Wuss" with curly Ws, I think. His peers voted him NL Manager of the Year, perhaps in the way that I would suggest Hunter Strickland needs a larger stage, like closer on an NL East team. The Nats were not ready for playoff baseball, likely in part due to their success in the last month of season where the dominated weak NL East teams in the New York Mets and Miami Marlins. That schedule can't be helped – it's just the way it worked out. However, sticking to a lineup that wasn't producing and sticking to bullpen roles rather than game situations is hardly unique to Williams.
Or maybe it was the red jerseys.
Now, let's review the roster:
Denard Span's NLDS was a microcosm of the Nats year — when he hit, they tended to win. When he didn't, they lost. 2014 was his most productive season, setting a modern DC hits record. Unfortunately, he only hit in game 3.
Anthony Rendon put up superstar numbers, led the NL in runs and played third base well. He also hit in the NLDS, going 7 for 20.
Adam LaRoche had a typical streaky season, but still played 140 games, had a .362 OBP, hit 26 homers and drove in 92 runs. He also hit a walk-off against the Arizona Diamonbacks in extra innings. He is done in D.C. as there will be no spot for him with Ryan Zimmerman headed to 1st.
Jayson Werth had another strong season at the plate (.292/.394/.455), but was useless in the NLDS. Really useless. His defense is starting to slip, so perhaps a move to left is in order. He also drives too fast.
Bryce Harper garnered more controversy than he deserved and miss significant chunks of time, but after he returned he was pretty much the same outstanding player he's been his whole career. He also hit three homers in the NLDS. When he's healthy he's awesome.
Ryan Zimmerman couldn't stay healthy, first injuring his thumb and then tearing his hamstring. He's done playing third base on a regular basis due to his arthritic shoulder and will probably move to first next season. He's still a great hitter and not playing third may keep him in the lineup, though he got injured on the basepaths. He continues to be a consummate professional.
Ian Desmond strikes out a ton and tends to make more errors than he should, especially early in the season. He's in a contract year and with no viable second baseman on the roster, he'll probably be resigned and continue to put up 20-20 numbers for a few more seasons, but strike out a ton.
Wilson Ramos stared the season batting cleanup, couldn't make it out of the first game without a trip the DL. He only played 88 games and runs very slowly. Aside from the WILLLLLL-SSSSSSON chant, a forgettable year in several respects. It's still worth mentioning that the Nats traded Matt Capps for him.
Asdrubal Cabrera was solid at second base for the most part after being acquired from Cleveland for the stretch run and even had a decent NLDS compared to other Nats hitters (ejection notwithstanding) but is probably on his way out. A decent acquisition though, if only to keep Danny Espinosa out of the lineup.
Stephen Strasburg tried to hard to make a slider work, but in an up and down season still tied for the NL lead in strikeouts, pitched 30 more innings and walked fewer. He gave up more hits, but locked in during the stretch. His postseason debut was okay, but poor defense helped lead to an early departure.
Doug Fister got traded for Robbie Ray and hero to fans of a certain age Steve Lombardozi. Fister went 16-6 in 25 starts with only 24 walks and no stolen bases. He also won Game 3. Good trade Mike Rizzo.
Jordan Zimmermann had a very strong 2014, earning an All-Star bid, being arguably the Nats best pitcher and throwing the first no-hitter in D.C. since the Hoover administration. He had an unflappable demeanor and came within one out of a complete game shutout in Game 2, but he walked Joe Panik when umpire ___ squeezed the zone a bit and got lifted. So close…2015 will likely be his final year in D.C. as he is a free agent after the season and indications are he's ready for a change of scenary.
Gio Gonzalez can be an outstanding pitcher when he's trusting his curve ball. When he isn't, he runs into trouble. Always known for a high pitch count, Gonzalez has had trouble in three starts over two postseasons and is prone to brutal fielding lapses. He's signed the longest of anyone in the rotation.
Tanner Roark was the player the Nats got for the Cristain Guzman rental. If he never pitches another game, it was robbery. Thirty-one starts, 2.85 ERA, 15 wins. That's after going 7-1 in 2013.
Tyler Clippard, while pigeon-holed into the 8th inning with a lead spot, continued to be a reliable, durable reliever. He did not fare well when sent into close, but overall remained the most consistent fireman on the team AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU USE HIM IN AN ELIMINATION GAME, MATT WILLIAMS?
Drew Storen had a bounceback regular season that had him return to closing late, but that is overshadowed by his giving up the tying run in Game 1 and even giving up a run in Game 3. Seemingly, he's next year's closer though Clippard should get a shot.
Rafael Soriano had a strong first half as closer, but fell off the table and almost off the roster in the playoffs. He's not coming back.
Aaron Barret – Joe West broke him. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. He shouldn't have been brought in late in an elimination game.
Jerry Blevins was great against lefties. And only lefties. Why do I know this and #9 doesn't?
Craig Stammen had some big long relief appearances and continiued to be solid.
Ross Detwiler did not make the playoff roster and did not have the faith of the management. It's a far cry from 2012 when he made the best start of the playoffs that year. He's headed out of town.
There is some discussion that next year will be a last shot with the current core as Zimmermann and Desmond are in the final years of their contracts. I expect Desmond will be signed and Zimmermann will follow the money to a city not too far from a rural area. Span's option has got to be picked up because he provides value on the field or as a trade piece. Who plays second base is undetermined. Werth is showing his age in right and will be hard pressed to match those numbers again. Maybe switch him and Harper in the outfield. An extension for Fister wouldn't upset me and I'm okay with dangling Gio out to other teams. THe NL East should be more challenging as the Marlins and Mets are showing signs of ascendency. The Phillies are not a factor and the Braves stayed in it longer than they really should have in 2014. More divisional competition may help the Nats out and keep them sharp too.
It's been over two weeks since the season ended and I still miss it. We've got the hot stove, winter meetings and of course the court figths with the Baltimore Orioles ahead, but that's just not the same being able to turn on Charlie & Dave and listen to a game 5 nights a week.
It's 152 days until Opening Day.