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|This is a large corner café in Kirkland with a lot of seating inside on various tables and chairs, including a giant communal long wooden table and even the sawed-up midsection of a giant tree stump. Outside there is a lone metal table along Central Way near bronze public sculptures of wrestling rabbits in front. The laptop zombie factor is heavy here, as even this spacious café with its tall ceilings is packed with people who don't appear to work for a living. They use Mazzer grinders, a Hario Buono drip kettle with Bonmac drippers, and the wall sells everything from beans to Bodums to Chemex. They had a two-group Slayer machine when we visited, but they were packing it up to ship to an alternate Seattle location because of "underuse" here. (It's a three-group La Marzocco GB/5 instead.) The signs proclaim "19g of espresso extracted for all espresso drinks," and they use their Espresso Paladino for pulling shots (ours was from a five-day old roast). The shot has a mottled medium brown crema of average thickness. It has a smooth and simple flavor of blended spices, herbs, a touch of molasses, and runs very fruity (stone fruit). Combined with a little bit of chocolate on the finish, there's a bit of chocolate-covered cherries going on. But clearly this is no brightness bomb. The flavor is blended well and somewhat understated - almost too understated compared to the shots of Paladino we used to have at SF's defunct Cafe Organica. There is definitely an Old World dimension to the working espresso blend here.


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…one… we are headed back to school this week with a whole week of inservice ahead of us. i hate inservice, but it's nice to get back to work in a way. i've been working on my classroom some this week. i don't do as much as elementary school teachers, but i like to make my high school room cute. i spend most of my day there so it better look cute! it's kind of a mess right now, but it's coming along. more pics next week!
….two… my august birchbox came yesterday. and it was great! i am seriously considering buying the perfume. it is a grapefruit sandalwood blend, which is right up my alley. it smells amazing, and it's only $55. the bb cream golden glow and bronzer are a little too much for me, but i think i can use them sparingly and make them work. i think i might try adding the bb cream to my foundation and see what happens. the mango lotion smells amazing, and it leaves my skin so soft. i have yet to try the anti-wrinkle cream, but it smells like grapefruit too so i'm sure i'll like it.
…three… i've been struggling with my workouts lately. i just haven't had much motivation. however, this week i did a decent workout each day. they weren't the longest or best workouts, but it was something every day. i really think i'll do better once school starts…
…four… i found this song a couple of weeks ago and i just can't quit playing it. it's so cute and very texan.
…five… i was staring into my closet and i hated everything hanging in there. so i signed up for stitch fix this week. i am a strict budgeter so i decided to wait until last month to get my first box. i am terrible about shopping. i buy things i don't even really like and second guess myself. but i've been trying to invest in better pieces and things i really love. i even made a pinterest board specifically for my stylist, as they suggested. but i'm super excited! i'll share my pieces when i get my first box next month. (if you have any experience with stitch fix, let me know in the comments!)

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CLEVELAND — A Texas judge has granted Johnny Manziel's ex-girlfriend a protective order against the troubled quarterback, according to WFAA.
Manziel is to stay away from Colleen Crowley for two years and must pay $12,000 in legal fees. He cannot be within 500 feet of her home or work either.
If he violates the order, he could face up to one year in jail and fines up to $4,000.
The news comes after we learn more about an altercation between the couple in Fort Worth, Texas over the weekend.
According to the police report, Crowley said the Cleveland Browns quarterback became aggressive towards her Saturday night at a Dallas hotel. She told officers Manziel hit her several times on the head and behaved like he was "on some kind of drugs."
Manziel drove the pair back to Crowley's apartment. The police report said she ran to a neighbor to get away from Manziel, while he took off on foot.
Police used a helicopter to search for Manziel, but were unable to locate him. No charges were filed in the incident.
This was not Manziel and Crowley's first run-in with police. Avon police found the pair on the side on Interstate 90 in October. A police report said Crowley threw Manziel's wallet out the window of his car so he pulled over to find it.
She told police Manziel pushed her head into the window and struck her. Police did find a small cut on her arm, but the former Heisman trophy winner said he was trying to keep Crowley in the vehicle.
Also on Friday, Manziel's agent Erik Burkhardt announced they were parting ways. In an interview with Dallas Morning News, the quarterback's father Paul Manziel said he believes if his son doesn't get help, he won't make it to his 24th birthday.
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We're Going On Birthright Israel, and Blogging the Whole Way Through
Stay tuned for blog posts, photographs, and videos from our editor's Birthright Israel trip Read More
Jewcy editor Stephanie Butnick is joining three Tablet Magazine staffers for a Birthright Israel trip, which they will be documenting with blog posts, photographs, and videos from the road. Tablet's Bari Weiss and Marc Tracy explain:
We're calling it The Roll, and as our bus churns along we'll be bringing you updates on what we are told at the top of Masada, in the shadow of the Western Wall, and at the Lebanese border; profiling the American participants and the Israeli soldiers who join us; and telling stories about what goes on after the sun sets.
Quite apart from our daily commentary about Israeli politics—about the peace process; the crisis with Iran; the increasing role of Haredi and Russian political parties; etcetera, etcetera, etcetera—Birthright is a story in and of itself. And we intend to cover it in a way it literally never has been covered before.
You can follow their journey over at The Roll, which will be updated frequently throughout their 10-day trip. Stephanie's first post, about Birthright for the Facebook generation, is already up. Tune in for an inside look at the free trip that, by 2013, 51,000 Jews will have gone on.


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Davido's girlfriend, Chioma has finally denied rumours on the break up between herself and Davido.
Recently, there had been allegations that the the two lovebirds- David Adeleke and Chioma Avril- had broken up over alleged infidelity on the part of Davido.
But in a reaction on Friday, Chioma on her an Instagram simply said "still together" and posted a video of two of them.
Meanwhile, Davido, the super star and Nigerian musician has reacted to rumours on his break up with his girlfriend, whose song "assurance" was waltzed in her honour has recently gone viral.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Maine Lags Behind Europe in High-Tech Credit Cards
According to a recent news report Maine lags behind most of Europe in adopting high-tech credit cards. Europe has moved to a more secure chip system. Credit card fraud rates in the U.S. have doubled in ten years. More secure credit cards carry a computer chip and security software that hides important information. It is estimated to take ten years and about $8 billion to catch up with Europe's technology. In the meantime crooks will target U.S. consumers because of their weak credit card security system. Read more in "U.S. slow to adopt high-tech credit cards", Portland Press Herald, January 21, 2014.
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For all questions relating to Product Replacement Plans, please contact Domestic and General directly on customer services on 0800 597 8600. Alternatively, you can write to them at: Domestic & General Services Limited, Leicester House, 17 Leicester Street, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV12 8JP or email: www.domesticandgeneral.com.
Calls cost up to 7p a minute plus your phone company's access charge, except calls to 0800 numbers which are free. Calls may be recorded and monitored for quality and training purposes. Lines are open, at a minimum, from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).
It is important for your benefit and protection that you read these terms and conditions (including the 'Special conditions' section). These and your certificate, and any changes we notify you about (at renewal or otherwise), form your agreement with us. We intend to rely on the terms and conditions set out in this document.
plan: this contract of services.
product(s): the appliance(s) protected by this plan, as shown on your certificate.
we/us/our: Domestic & General Services Limited, the provider of the plan.
you/your: the person named on your certificate.
your certificate: the personalised section of your plan documentation, sent to you once you have taken out a plan or at renewal.
You must be at least 18 years old and resident in the United Kingdom to be eligible. Your product must be in good working order when this plan starts.
Contract of services
This plan is not categorised as an insurance product and therefore insurance regulation does not apply. This plan is a contract of services and is governed by UK laws and regulations concerning service contracts.
Important conditions and your obligations
The following conditions apply to this plan:
- You must provide us with any information that we request when you apply for the plan. All information you give must not be false, exaggerated or misleading;
- Your product must have been installed, maintained and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;
- Your product must be owned by you and kept only for domestic use;
- Your product must be used in a private home, solely occupied by a single household (at the address you gave to us);
- Your product must be easily accessible and meet all relevant safety standards and be safe to work on; and;
- Your product (if it is able to store data or images, e.g. laptops or PCs) must not contain any content that may be considered to be illegal, and if we find any content we consider to be illegal, we reserve the right to inform the relevant authorities.
Your obligations
You must arrange any work required to make your product accessible and compliant with all relevant safety standards and safe to work on, e.g. you will be responsible for carrying out work required to fix a gas leak.
Where you have requested services from us, you must also notify us if such work is required, let us know when it has been completed and provide us with the relevant certification (if applicable). We won.t provide our services until you have fulfilled these obligations.
If you do not comply with the conditions and the eligibility requirements above or do not fulfil your obligations above, we will end your plan.
What this plan includes
If your product suffers a mechanical or electrical breakdown after the end of the manufacturer's parts and labour guarantee period, our customer services team will try to resolve the problem over the telephone. If we are not able to resolve the problem, we will, in our discretion, decide whether to approve a replacement. Where a replacement is approved, we may (at our option), decide to pay the cost of replacing your product in vouchers, in each case subject to these terms and conditions.
Damage caused by accident
Both during and after the end of the manufacturer's parts and labour guarantee period, if your product suffers damage caused by accident (i.e. physical damage as a result of a sudden cause so that the product is no longer in good working order), we will try to resolve the problem over the telephone. If we are not able to resolve the problem, we will, in our discretion, decide whether to approve a replacement. Where a replacement is approved, we may (at our option), decide to pay the cost of replacing your product in vouchers, in each case subject to these terms and conditions.
How to request a replacement
To request a replacement please contact us as soon as possible by telephone. The telephone number will be shown on your plan document.
- If a request is approved, we may (at our option), decide to replace your product with a new product of the same or similar make and technical specification.
- If we decide that your product needs to be replaced but we cannot reasonably arrange a replacement, we may decide to give you vouchers instead. The vouchers will be for the full retail price (from a retailer chosen by us) of a replacement product of the same or similar make and technical specification.
- All vouchers will be redeemable from a retailer of our choice and will be valid for 12 months from the date of issue. Voucher settlements will be sent to the last address you gave us. If vouchers are not available we may provide a cash equivalent.
Product disposal and delivery, installation and other costs
- If we decide to replace your product, you must pay the supplier's delivery charge. This will vary depending on the make and model of the replacement product, but will be the cost the supplier charges us without any mark up. When we discuss the replacement with you we will tell you the exact cost.
- If the product is taken or sent away from your home for repair and is then replaced, the original product will become our property and we will dispose of it. If your product remains in your home but is replaced, you will be responsible for disposing of it at your own cost.
- In all cases you will be responsible for installing the new product and paying any related costs.
What happens if your product is replaced?
If the manufacturer replaces your product under a manufacturer's guarantee, the plan will continue on the replacement appliance as if it were the original product.
If we decide to replace your product (or to give you vouchers for a replacement) any unpaid fee for the current plan period will become due. No fee paid will be refunded. When your product is replaced (or you have received our contribution) your plan will end immediately. For cash or voucher settlements we will deduct any fee outstanding for the duration of your plan from the voucher settlement.
What happens if we decide not to approve a replacement request?
If we decide not to approve a replacement request which would otherwise fall within the terms of your plan, we will inform you. All fee payments you have made in the current period of your plan will be refunded and your plan will end immediately. No further amounts will be payable. We'll confirm this in writing to the last address you gave us.
General exclusions
Unless they are listed under the 'Special conditions' section or the 'What this plan includes' section, the following are excluded from the plan, and we will not pay for repairs which relate to:
- Damage during delivery, installation or transportation of the product by a third party who is not our agent.
- Any breakdown cost already covered by any manufacturer's, supplier's or repairer's guarantee or warranty on a product.
- Replacement or recall of the product (or any part) by a supplier or the manufacturer.
- Modifying or making a product comply with legislation, work on the product that is only required due to legislation changes or making it safely accessible.
- Your failure to follow the manufacturer's instructions.
- Any problem with the supply of electricity (unless you are protected against food spoilage), gas, water, broadband or broadcast content.
- Routine maintenance, cleaning, servicing and re-gassing.
- Repairs carried out outside of your country of residence.
- Costs or loss arising from not being able to use your product (e.g. hiring a replacement TV), or incidental costs caused by breakdown or repair (e.g. costs to remove or reinstate built-in or fitted equipment).
- Damage to any other property or possessions, unless it is our fault.
- Cosmetic damage such as damage to paintwork, dents or scratches.
- Any loss, damage or impairment to functionality caused by: theft, attempted theft, neglect, deliberate damage or damage caused by animals, plants or trees.
- Any loss, damage or impairment to functionality caused by: earthquake, flood, lightning, fire, wind, humidity, weather conditions, salt spray, storm or other natural events or catastrophes, abnormally high or low temperatures, plumbing problems, corrosion, chemical exposure, radiation, explosion, sabotage, terrorism, insurrection, revolution, war, riot, armed conflict, civil commotion, rebellion, man-made events or catastrophes or technological hazards (such as computer viruses or date change faults).
- Any appliance not registered under the plan.
- Repairs, maintenance work, or use of spare parts, where not approved by us.
- Damage to ceramic or glass surfaces (unless caused by an accident protected by the plan).
- Files lost due to a repair or replacement and your failure to back them up.
- Commercial or business use including use by charities, not-for-profit organisations, local government or other such similar organisations (unless we agree to the use in writing beforehand).
- Fraud or attempted fraud, or where the condition of the product is not consistent with the request you made.
- The cost of replacing any accessories including: external fuses, lawnmower belts, batteries, rechargeable batteries, power cells, light bulbs changeable by the user, fluorescent tubes and related starter components, filters, attachments, cables and cable joints, plugs, light covers, grills, removable parts, glass and enamel parts, catalytic panels, external piping, rain covers, starter connections and straps, 3D glasses, vacuum cleaner bags, brushes and tubes, audio pick-up systems including scanners, printer toner or ink cartridges and printer ribbons.
- For products that include software: external data carriers, other input devices (scanners, joysticks, mouse devices), other external controllers (if not included when purchasing the product), installing, modifying and upgrading software.
- For products with screens: repairs due to pixel failure where the number or location of pixels does not exceed the manufacturer's acceptable limit, marks on the screen, or burned screens.
- For televisions: the change from analogue to digital broadcasting including terminating analogue transmissions, software interface problems, satellite or cable systems or gaining access to cables within the fabric of a building or wall.
Special exclusions
In addition to the 'General exclusions' above, the following are excluded from the plan, and we will not pay for repairs which relate to:
- AGAs and gas tumble dryers.
Paying your fees
- If you pay the monthly fees (inclusive of all applicable taxes) by Direct Debit, you must make regular payments in accordance with the 'Payments schedule' set out in your plan documentation. If we are unable to collect a payment from your bank we may attempt to request payment again unless you advise us otherwise. When you have paid the monthly fees by Direct Debit for the number of consecutive months shown in the 'Payments schedule', if the initial plan period has not yet expired, no further payment will be taken for the remainder of the initial plan period, unless and until your plan renews for a further period (see 'Duration and renewal of your plan' below).
- If instead you choose to pay all the fees for the period in advance in one payment, you must pay this amount (inclusive of all applicable taxes) before the plan will start.
- We may use a collection agency to recover any amount owing to us.
- If you do not pay for your plan on time, it will be suspended from the due date. Any requests for repairs past this date will not be considered for approval unless payment is received.
Duration and renewal of your plan
- The initial plan period begins on the 'start date' and continues until the 'renewal date', as specified in your certificate (unless ended in accordance with these terms and conditions).
- Before your plan ends, we will write to you about renewing. Your renewal notice will show the new amount to pay. The fee payable may increase at renewal.
- If you pay by Direct Debit, each year your protection will automatically continue for another year with a new plan at renewal, unless you tell us otherwise. Unless you have advised otherwise, the renewal fee will again be collected from your specified bank account, to ensure you are always protected.
- If you pay by any other means, you will need to make payment for your plan to continue.
- A cooling off period (lasting 14 days from renewal of the plan or the day on which you receive your renewal documentation, whichever is the later) applies at the renewal of your plan.
- We reserve the right not to offer you a renewal on your plan.
Cancellation and ending of the plan
Cooling off period – Changing your mind
- The 'cooling off period' is the fourteen (14) day period from receipt of your documentation or from the plan start date, whichever is later.
- If you change your mind during the cooling off period, you can cancel your plan and we'll refund any fee paid.
- We will also give you these rights during your manufacturer's parts and labour guarantee period.
- If your plan automatically ends or is cancelled by us, these rights do not apply (see 'Our right to cancel your plan or bring it to an end' below).
After the cooling off period
If you cancel your plan after the cooling off period and after the manufacturer's parts and labour guarantee period, then we'll refund the fee paid by you for the remaining full months of your plan. If you pay for your plan by Direct Debit, you will only receive a refund if you have already paid for any future months of your plan.
How to cancel
If you wish to cancel your plan, please contact us on 0800 597 8615 (8am to 8pm, 365 days a year). You can also cancel by using the cancellation form on our website, or by writing to us, at the addresses specified in the 'Customer services details' section. If you are paying by Direct Debit and tell your bank to cancel your Direct Debit Instruction, but do not contact us first, we will not immediately cancel your plan. If you do wish to cancel, please contact us directly to avoid any communications regarding outstanding payments.
Our right to cancel your plan or bring it to an end
- If at any time we replace your product (or give you a voucher settlement), your plan will automatically end and no refund will be due (see 'What happens if your product is replaced?' above).
- If you fail to comply with certain conditions and obligations (see 'Important conditions and your obligations' above) we may bring your plan to an end and we won.t provide any further services to you under the plan. We'll refund all fee payments you have made during the current period of your plan. You must pay us for any call-out and repair costs we have incurred in the current period.
- We reserve the right to cancel your plan by giving you fourteen (14) days' notice. If we cancel your plan using this provision, you will receive a pro rata refund of the fee paid for the remaining unexpired days of your plan.
- In each case, we'll confirm any such ending or cancellation of the plan in writing to the last address you gave us.
Customer services details
For customer services: call 0800 597 8600, write to us at Domestic & General Services Limited, Leicester House, 17 Leicester Street, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV12 8JP or email us by clicking on 'contact us' on our website: www.domesticandgeneral.com Calls cost up to 7p a minute plus your phone company's access charge, except calls to 0800 numbers which are free. Calls may be recorded and monitored for quality and training purposes. Lines are open, at a minimum, from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).
How to complain
If you wish to complain or you are unhappy with the service provided, please contact our customer services team (see 'Customer services details' above).
Transferring your plan to a new owner
With our permission you may transfer your plan to a new owner of the product by giving us their details either over the telephone or in writing. You cannot transfer it to any other appliance (except for replacements of your product provided under a manufacturer's guarantee).
Changes to these terms and conditions
We may modify or replace these terms and conditions in order to:
- Comply with the law, regulations, industry guidance or codes of practice;
- Rectify errors or ambiguities; and
- Reflect changes in the scope or nature of the protection provided to you.
We will give you thirty (30) days' written notice of any change that could have a material effect on your rights or obligations. The new terms and conditions will take effect from the date specified in the notice. If you do not agree with the changes, you may cancel the plan by notifying us within that notice period and you will receive a pro rata refund of any payments that you have made for the unexpired period of your plan.
Important Data Protection Information
Domestic & General Services Limited and its business partners will use your information (which you or others have provided to us) to provide the requested service and for administration (including the recovery of any amounts owing, where applicable), marketing, market research, customer surveys, regulatory reporting, to check and verify your identity and analytics and testing purposes. Your information may also be shared with other members of the Domestic & General Group of Companies and selected companies acting on our behalf.
We, along with other members of the Domestic & General Group of Companies, its business partners and third parties may use your information to tell you about any offers, products or services which may be of interest to you. You may therefore be contacted by mail, telephone, email and/or other electronic messaging services unless you have asked not to be.
You may (for a small fee of £10) request a copy of your data. If your personal details change, if you wish to change your marketing preferences or if you wish to opt out of receiving marketing information, please let us know by writing to: Freepost Plus RTKS-CLRA-GRYE, Data Protection Officer, Domestic & General, Leicester House, 17 Leicester Street, Bedworth CV12 8JP. If you do not wish to be contacted for marketing purposes by mail or telephone write to us at the address above.
Exclusion of third party rights
This plan is only for your benefit. No rights or benefits will be given to any other third party under the plan.
Governing law and statutory rights
We will communicate with you in English and English Law will apply unless we agree otherwise with you. Nothing in the conditions will reduce or affect your statutory rights; for further information about your statutory rights contact the Citizens Advice Bureau: www.adviceguide.org.uk or 03454 04 05 06.
Customers with disabilities
We offer a number of services for customers who have disabilities including providing our documents in Braille, large print or audio formats. For further information please contact us (see 'Customer services details' above).
Special conditions
See plan document.
Company information
This plan is provided by Domestic & General Services Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Company No. 1970780. Registered office: Swan Court, 11 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 4JS


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simple sugar (monosaccharide) containing six atoms of carbon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
sugaror saccharidecontaining six carbon atoms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
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Warburg had shown that this yellow pigment is involved in catalysis of the oxidation of hexose-monophosphoric acid during yeast metabolism.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms
Harden and Young also demonstrated that the process stops before all sugar (glucose) has been used up, but it starts again on addition of inorganic phosphate, and they suggested that hexose phosphates are formed in the early steps of fermentation. von Euler had done important work on the structure of co-zymase, shown to be nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD, earlier called DPN).
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry
In 1936, extending their quantitative analytical methods to hexose monophosphates in glycogenolysis, they discovered a new intermediate, glucose-1-phosphate, the Cori ester.
Therefore a ring opening step will be the first step catalyzed by isomerases for any pentose or hexose substrate.
As explained earlier, dilute acid hydrolysis is very effective in breaking the glycosidic linkages between component hexoses, but it also breaks down the sugar hexose units.
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol) is produced by yeast fermentation of hexose sugars (such as those derived from cereal grains, sugarcane, or sugar beet) and subsequent separation from the aqueous solution by distillation.
Potentially, any source of hexose sugars can be used.
Nirenberg's thesis, performed under the guidance of Dr. James Hogg, was a study of a permease for hexose transport in ascites tumor cells.
Of Meyerhof's many achievements, perhaps the most important is his proof that, in isolated but otherwise intact frog muscle, the lactic acid formed is reconverted to carbohydrate in the presence of oxygen, and his preparation of a KC1 extract of muscle which could carry out all the steps of glycolysis with added glycogen and hexose-diphosphate in the presence of hexokinase derived from yeast.
These were the hexose constituents of the hydrolysed complex, the pentoses (or 'furfuroids') surviving intact.


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Last week, I gave an overview of some of the more general misconceptions presented at the FARM Animal Rights National Conference that I attended during my internship here at the Animal Agriculture Alliance.
As I am studying to become a veterinarian, I want to break down some of the over-simplified misconceptions presented at the conference. I hope you'll see that science and animal husbandry are too complex to describe in the rudimentary—and baseless way—which the animal rights community often does.
Misconception: Calves are ripped from their mothers.
On dairy farms it is often the wiser choice to separate the calf from mom because: 1) The dam (mother cow) could be Johne's positive, and 2) You have no idea what the dam's colostrum quality is. So, let's get scientific. Johne's disease is a contagious, degenerative bacterial disease that does not present symptoms until later in life. It is contracted from Johne's-positive manure, mostly as a calf when the immune system is most susceptible. There is no cure, leading to early culling of cows, so to separate the calf early is protecting the herd later. Second, colostrum is the first milk that calves receive that is dense with immunoglobulins (immune-supporting proteins) to build their immune system. There is a threshold for the concentration of immunoglobulins in colostrum where the concentration can be so low it leaves the calf susceptible to illness. The only way to test the quality of colostrum is by collecting it from the dam – a first and second collection – discarding anything less than excellent. Which leads to other misconceptions…
Misconception: Calves are denied their first milk.
What the animal activists fail to acknowledge is an essential practice in the dairy industry: collecting and feeding colostrum. Colostrum quality is measured several ways, one being with a hydrometer to see the density of the colostrum: the denser, the more the hydrometer will float in the milk and therefore the more immunoglobulins present. The best quality colostrum is frozen to be fed to a future calf while the calf of that current dam is fed thawed, high quality colostrum from a previous cow. Formula colostrum is also available for purchase, but that is less recommended. Basically, before jumping to conclusions, ask a farmer or do the research.
Misconception: Sick calves are left to suffer without veterinary care.
At the conference, Taylor Radig, a previous undercover investigator with Compassion Over Killing, was applauded for her story of "jumping the fence" into a sick calf's hutch because no one was giving it love. Well, Taylor, your ignorance may have cost several calves their lives if you then proceeded to track scours-manure into other hutches. This is a matter of biosecurity, something we have addressed before as a serious danger associated with these undercover investigations.
Scours is an illness in young calves characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, and fever. In most cases, farmers are able to get the calf through this with proper identification protocol and replacing milk feedings with electrolytes. For farmers, it is critical that they have the knowledge to identify and treat an animal, acting promptly. Having the ability to do this means minimizing that animals' suffering while waiting for a veterinarian.
Misconception: Cats make great vegans.
The term is "obligate carnivore," and that applies to all cats – felids – both domestic and exotic. I was made aware of this misconception not only by the pictures of emaciated cats on the news, but in the conference session "When is Killing the Lesser Evil?" The dilemma presented was, how owners can feed their animals meat if they themselves don't agree with it morally? This, my friends, is irrelevant: if you are a responsible pet owner and want your companion to prosper, work with your veterinarian to understand their nutritional requirements. As obligate carnivores, the cat's metabolic needs are met by the nutrients found in animal-protein, such as the amino acid taurine. And this doesn't even consider cats' biochemical physiology, having virtually no means of digesting complex carbohydrates: aka plant starch.
Misconception: Veterinarians today are only motivated by money.
This is news to me because I don't know many wealthy veterinarians, and yet it was referred to on several occasions. One instance was when LA Councilman Paul Koretz spoke about working to end declawing of domestic and exotic cats in Los Angeles, his efforts being compromised by veterinarians in opposition; he credited this to the fact that "this is where they make a lot of money." Again, clearly people need to reevaluate their ideas of a veterinarian's salary. Not only that, it is an issue of medical necessity, not money.
Then, Gene Baur mocked veterinarians when explaining that they only agreed to examine rescued farm animals after being offered some "green stuff" – the audience snickered, the idea being that if you truly loved animals you would help them for free. This is not a new obstacle for veterinarians, who have to be realistic with clients regarding finances, but to have the animal rights activists claiming these medical services should be pro bono is only fueling the misunderstanding. The veterinary community is made up of kind-hearted individuals knee-deep in debt, and whether they are vegan or like chicken is irrelevant.
Misconceptions are a foundation of animal rights
Ultimately, these misconceptions and more are the foundation to the animal rights movement, as exemplified at the FARM Animal Rights National Conference. What I ask is that if you are someone with an undefined opinion of where you stand on the issue, educate yourself. Do not just listen to the first person ready to rant on the subject of animal agriculture. The people in attendance believed that they somehow loved animals more than the people who worked with said animals every day, and that is hard to imagine.
Animal welfare and animal rights are essentially different, the first complementing a utilitarian view that the interests of all living beings should be considered, with the latter providing inalienable rights to animals. Just because I eat meat and love working on a dairy farm does not mean I am going to aim for the next turtle I see in the road, or kick a cat just for the fun of it. On the contrary, I will continue to work to engage others, debunk misconceptions and be the best "agvocate" I can be.
An official report on the conference (with more misconceptions) will be published by the Animal Agriculture Alliance soon! As for me, this blog serves as my farewell, saying a sad to goodbye to DC as I pack up for one more year at the University of Vermont! Thank you all, and as always, have a #dairygood day!
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Y'all, I'm so sorry, but there will be no podcast today with Mitchell L. H. Douglas. Some nasty computer virus has got his poor computer all sick and so he can't connect with the podcast sight, Talkshoe.com this evening.
BUT WE WILL BE RESCHEDULING HIS "You Gotta Read This" PODCAST!
Mitchell will be our only man podcasting in March, Women's History Month, after he heals his computer. And that will be after the NAACP Image Awards, so he may have good news about the award. But even if he doesn't, COOLING BOARD (his book of poetry) is still so good you think he channeled Donny Hathaway.
But I'M still here! And there will be another "You Gotta Read This" podcast next Tuesday, February 16! You know I can't leave y'all hanging like that for two whole weeks, cause some of y'all have gotten addicted already to the crack known as "Good Books About Black People."
And what an addiction to have, right? That's one of the only addictions I know that's not gone kill you. The other one is saving your money for when the Revolution and/or Revelation comes. If it's the Revelation, you can just hand Saint Peter a big old check, and that will cancel out all the times you had premarital sex, hopefully.
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Is Lisa Robertson of QVC engaged to be married? Does she have a boyfriend? Some people say she is g*y, is that true?
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Lisa Robertson is far from gorgeous, she IS stuck on herself (as proved by the way she is always looking at herself on the camera monitor) and she is obviously g*y. Can't stand the way she talks. She either needs her adenoids removed or just needs to clean out her nose.
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Those of you who have the time to question anything about Lisa Robertson - need to Get a Life of your own -
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We are so glad Lisa herself decided to respond, round of applause everyone for the giddess
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I WANNA BE LISAS HUMAN ASHTRAY!!! ;o)
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Yes she is married but little people realize this even though it is obvious. Lisa is married to QVC (the company). Have you even noted all the different hours she puts in at QVC? All hours and at all different times, she is nearly an icon for the company. Her on air time like most host is only part of the time they are working, they have to meet with vendors, other staff members and some other business meetings. How can anyone find the time to have a decent relationship with all those hours over the years.
In all honesty she is a hard working person (not that the other host aren't, they are too) but as for as Lisa's personal life. Well let's just say it is personal and leave it at that, repsect the woman and all the work she does. Whether she is g*y or straight (I personally think she is staight) she is a good person. I have met her and she is a fine individual, friendly and courteous with no arrogant qualities, at times she can be quiet and reseve but always friendly. Yes she is gorgeous but not stuck up like some other women with her looks can be. If she has a mate that is her business and if you are a fan than just wish her happiness and a good life. If you are attracted to her then admire her on TV and respect her privacy, she has earned the rights to that!
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Who is Gayle?
Gayle Montgomery lives and works in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, a border community to Port Huron, Michigan.
Gayle's credentials
Gayle holds a B.A. from the University of Windsor, Ontario, and has over 35 years' experience working in the social services sector.
Work history
Gayle started her career in the mid 1980s as a crisis counselor at a women's shelter. She then took employment with the Municipal Social Services Department and supervised all aspects of front-line service provision.
Gayle's aha! moment
Gayle had the opportunity to attend Ruby Payne's two-day training, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, in 2002. It was a life-changing experience. Since that time, Gayle has concentrated her efforts on the implementation of staff training and client programming based on the Bridges Out of Poverty philosophy.
Gayle's passions
"I have seen the results when delivering services and engaging my community through this lens. It has been a privilege to witness the incredible journey that so many of our participants have taken to get their families to sustainable, economic self-sufficiency!"
Gayle's best training
Gayle delivers full-day Bridges Out of Poverty sessions as a Canadian National Consultant with aha! Process and travels throughout Canada sharing Lambton's journey with other communities.
In 2009 Gayle brought the Circles Initiative to Canada, and under her leadership as the national recruiter for Circles Canada, it has expanded to many other Canadian cities.
Gayle has served on numerous community committees and boards of directors and is currently the past-president of the Sarnia-Lambton Children's Aid Society Board.
What does Gayle do for fun?
Gayle is a dog lover who enjoys traveling, camping, and creating long-lasting memories with her spouse, her two adult children, and her three grandkids.
What are people saying about Gayle?
I was not prepared to learn all that I did that evening. It really put a whole new perspective on poverty especially generational poverty for me. We as members of the SSVP like to think we deal compassionately with our clients but I am sure there are times we feel it is beyond our understanding what is really going on in some of these households we service. It would be so wonderful if you or someone from your organization could come and give us the Bridges out of Poverty presentation. I think sometimes it is time for fresh eyes and understanding and that is certainly what your presentation did for me.
–Member, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Gayle's discussion and presentation hit me like a ton of bricks!! I had so many "aha Moments" and left with so much passion and motivation toward my career as a social worker. The entire discussion triggered me emotionally in a BIG WAY, touching on both my professional life, personal life and past life experiences growing up. I did a lot of reflecting afterwards and I can honestly say I have had several doubts in the most recent months and felt I was no longer in the right line of work – however after listening to Gayle, I remembered why I was in this field and I felt like going forward, I would be able to help my clients to accomplish anything, that nothing is impossible!….I sat and thought a lot about what was discussed after I left that day, and I can't even begin to express how important that day was to me. These presentations are something that I feel all young aspiring social workers/youth workers should experience.
–Social Worker, Social Service Agency
I had the pleasure of participating in your presentation provided through Lambton College and I have to say that it was a life altering session for me. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a middle class family and regret to admit that I ignorantly believed several of the "stereotypes" that were discussed regarding generational poverty. What an amazing perspective this information puts on their life and the barriers that they face. I am very excited that Lambton County has adopted these concepts and ideas and I would like to take this opportunity to commend you on bringing this forward. I am sure as with any new idea or concept it has not been without persistence to get it to the place where it is. As a mother now raising my own small children in a middle class family it brings a new perspective to me as to what is "valuable" not in terms of monetary items but what my education and background provides to them.
–Instructor, Lambton College
As an individual growing up in generational poverty I am letting you know that being in attendance of the "Bridges out of Poverty" workshop has opened my eyes to the "other side" being the middle class side. I understand how frustrating it can be for front line workers of middle class to deal with those of generational poverty. What you are doing is giving back to "us" – not speaking directly from a First Nations point but non-natives alike – an identity that has been long [overshadowed by] poverty and all the dysfunctions that come right along with it. To clarify my meaning; the understanding that those of front lines will acquire by taking this workshop is immeasurable, as workers begin the application of understanding to those frustrated, hurt, lost, un-confident, and minority. WOW! I once again thank you for taking the time to understand and the strength to deliver to those in "suits."
–Native Liaison Worker
I am writing to express how exciting it was to participate in the training. Gayle was so inspiring and I had so many of those AHA moments that now I want to send all my staff to the next trainings. We are a large youth organization that serves and supports hundreds of young people with transitions, career and social enterprising.
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A story is told of a journalist who made arrangements to come and observe Sargent paint. The journalist came and sat to watch what he thought would be a flurry of flailing brushes and paint. Instead, Sargent would look carefully, mix up a color on his brush, raise it to the canvas and hold it there for a few moments without making the stroke. He would do this a few times and then finally lay on a beautiful stroke. The journalist thought Sargent was teasing him, until he realized: that's how careful Sargent was to get the right color, value and intensity in each stroke. That's what I like in this painting, the beautiful transitions of tone that portray the light falling over the form-without obscuring the brush strokes! No smoothing out. Each stroke is perfectly modulated in it's value and hue creating the beauty of form plus the beauty of one stroke of color against another stroke of color.
Finally, a painting by Walter Ufer, one of the early Taos Artists. Ufer's paintings intrigue me because of the luminosity in the form shadows. He puts so much reflected light into them that they often become as light in value as some of the areas that are illuminated by the initial light source. That is usually considered a bad thing but he pulls it of by controlling all the other values and changes of hue. As a result, there is an interplay of figure/ground that doesn't often happen in figurative/realist work. The B/W version below makes this even more apparent. Notice the masterful arrangement of values. In some areas, the figures are lighter than the surrounding shapes, darker in others and same value in still others. (James Gurney calls this the Windmill Principle and gives a good explanation.}


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From Poisonous Plants to Chinese Tea
Legend says that the first person to discover Chinese tea was Shennong, a legendary emperor of China born around 2700BC. He was the 2nd of the 3 legendary Chinese emperors (Fuxi, Shennong, Hungdi). Shennong, whose name litteraly means "Divine Farmer", established an agricultural society in China.
In his quest of discovering plants that were edible, poisonous or had medicinal benefits, Shennong ate 100 plants in just one day. 72 among them contained different types of poison. Fortunately enough he also consumed Chinese tea leaves who countered and removed the poison from his body.
The Chinese emperor was blessed with a transparent belly, so he could perfectly observe what each plant would do to his intestines and stomach. In that way he could determine wether the plant was harmful or not. Knowing that in these times people knew little about plants and their effect on the body, so this experiment was extremely beneficial to the medicinal knowlegde.
Shennong could conclude that Chinese Tea leaves cleansed his stomach and intestines, and neutralised all poisonous effects of other plants he had eaten.
These Chinese Tea leaves were reffered to as "Cha" by Shennong, the same word still used for "Tea" in China.
A Second Version of the Legend
People also have a second version of the story, a story that strokes reality a bit more. Story tells that Shennong was resting under a tree after a long walk and boiled some water to drink. (He has always encouraged Chinese people to boil their water before drinking it.) While the water was boiling, some leaves from the tree fell into his cup, which changed the colour and taste of the water.
After drinking this cup of boiled water, Shennong felt energized and refreshed.
The tree the emperor was resting under, is said to be growing Chinese Tea.
This coincidence brought Shennong to the conclusion that drinking Chinese Tea makes a person recover quicker, move lighter, see clearer and sleep better.
Until today it is uncertain wether Shennong was one person or a group of people. Most researchers think Shennong was a tribes leader position.
To my opinion this does not matter. Teabee is grateful for Shennong discovering this blessed drink and bringing it to our lives!
If you want to find out more about Shennong, check out: Shennong on Wikipedia


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Location, location, school catchment
We once asked a school receptionist when they thought that new families start coming to look round the school and area with a view to starting in the next academic year. "Usually just after Easter" was the response, and they were not wrong. We have noticed a big jump in the number of families looking for new properties, and more often than not it's all about the children.
Some families need a home within the catchment area of a certain school while other families would just like to be nearby so that the school-run is as painless as possible. Interestingly, in the last couple of weeks two of our landlords have put their own property on the market to let in order to rent a property closer to the school of their choice.
One family have three children, although only one of them has yet to 'fly the nest' and is still at school in Oxford. Fed up with running back and forth from their home in Horspath to the centre of Oxford, they have decided to move to the city centre for the next two to three years (until their son finishes school). This allows for their son to be able to make his own way with minimum hassle.
Oh, and did we mention that they also had three dogs? You may have read our previous blog post regarding the tricky matter of pets in rental properties. This time we were in a slightly unusual situation because we had visited the tenant's own house in Horspath (as we are renting it out for them) and so were able to honestly advise their new landlord that they are likely to keep the house in immaculate condition – even with three dogs, one of which is a Newfoundland! Their new home has the added bonus of being close to Port Meadow – perfect for walking their pets.
Our second landlord is moving from their home on Five Mile Drive to a property which is in the catchment area for their desired primary school, so that their three year old can attend next year. They also have a one and a half year old, and a third child on the way so this could also be extreme forward planning!
They were really pleased with our applicant matching on their own home, as we found them an ideal tenant on the day they instructed us. The house was let (before hitting the market) to a family from the USA who have taken the property unseen.
We are always keen to help families move, whether it is a move within Oxfordshire or whether they are new to the area, or even to the country! To this end, we added the 'schools' function to our new website which allows applicants to see whether a property matches their needs. In April, this prompted someone in Canada to complete our website feedback form, saying "[I like that] I can get to the information I want very quickly. Love the information about school catchment."
As far as we know, nobody else in the UK provides the information about state school catchment areas or lists the 15 nearest fee-paying schools on each home. Of course, this eagerness to help doesn't end with a search function on our website. If you are looking to move, and it's all about your kids, come in and see us!


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I am disappointed and appalled at the Supreme Courts rulings on gay marriage. If twenty years ago someone would have said that one day two men could marry I would have thought they were nuts. I would have thought that had as about as much chance of happening as polygamy being legal, or incest, or a person marrying their dog. As Merle Haggard sang, "We are going downhill like a snowball headed for hell." Below are the opinions of some of my friends and local prominent people. Rod
Lets just be clear as it gets. The Holy Bible is very clear that a marriage is a sacred union between a man and a women and homosexuality is a sin. The Supreme Court has once again made an attempt to shred the very fabric of my Christian Faith and those who uphold the Christian Faith in this Nation. In my Faith, my heart and soul, and my morality as a Christian American the Supreme Court has disgraced the Majority of the Nation and the Supreme Court should be disgraced. Regardless what the Supreme Court states a marriage to be, I hold the sacred meaning of the Lord my God to be the only acceptable way of life and I refuse to let the ridiculous decision of the Supreme Court to change my views.
Dear God Please Help Our Nation.
Pat Carl, First Vice Chair, Davidson County Republican Party: I don't know if you heard Governor Huckabee's radio show Wednesday. His response to the Court ruling on gay marriage was "Jesus Wept". I thought those 2 words really summed it up.
Dr. Sam Boyd, Pastor, Forest Hills Baptist Church: Remember 6/26/2013......America already under God's discipline for abortion and its support of anti-Israel entities (among other things) .....now has redefined marriage and unleashed an invitation for increasing divine judgement....... If Jesus and His affirmation of Biblical truth is for real, He as God, cannot and will not sit back and allow an arrogant, immoral America to prosper as they mock eternal truth.......
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann: "While the Supreme Court's ruling was disappointing to me personally, I will continue to believe in the importance of traditional marriage. The marriage debate will continue at the state level, and it has been my experience that the vast majority of Tennesseans believe, as I do, that marriage is between a man and a woman. (link)
Sen. Lamar Alexander said the opinions were correct in that they left the decision on whether to recognize same-sex marriage to individual states. "The Supreme Court's decision preserves the right of states to define marriage and for that definition to be respected by other states, and that's the way it should be."(link)
Richard Upchurch, scholar and blog contributor, writes: It seems to me, the
US Congressman Jim Cooper is pleased: WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) praised today's Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8 and issued the following statement: "I'm pleased with today's Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8. Equality under the law should apply to all Americans, and now we're one step closer towards fulfilling this promise."
Russell Moore, president of the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said he was not surprised by the court's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, per se, but he was surprised by the "sweeping language" used by the majority.
"It grounds the decision in equal protection and uses language of human dignity that has far-reaching implications," he said. "...Ultimately it's headed toward challenging the way states define marriage." (link) "This decision demolishes the myth that orthodox Christianity represents some kind of moral majority in this country." (link)
David Fowler, former State Senator and President of Family Action Council of Tennessee wrote in a statement. "In Tennessee, marriage will remain the unique, timeless, and universally defined relationship involving a man and a woman that provides the optimal environment for the well being of children.
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This years festive mini collection includes the Gingerbread Man. It is a Korean-made beauty refiner perfect for sensitive skin.
Cute and compact, it hangs perfectly from the tree branch. The Mini Gingerbread Man gets deep into stubborn pore-harbouring areas and nourishes for a smooth, satin complexion.
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This 3D printing pen allows you to draw in thin air
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While museums around the world are putting a lockdown on selfie sticks, a museum in the Philippines wants visitors to be part of the art on display.


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IT professionals with high-demand skill sets are likely to have plenty of job prospects in 2014, similar to 2013. In 2014, 32 percent of companies are expected to increase their head count in IT departments, compared with 33 percent in 2013, according to Computerworld's annual Forecast survey.
With cloud-based technology and mobile application development driving enterprise companies, the most in-demand cloud-based skills for 2014 support building out or replacing organizations' data center architecture.
However, the demand for cloud technology skills still outpaces the supply of workers. Nearly 1.7 million cloud-related jobs went unfilled in 2012, and over the next few years, millions more will remain open, according to a joint study from Microsoft and IDC on cloud computing's effect on IT organizations.
Businesses implementing or utilizing cloud technology are focusing on migration and deeper integration with existing enterprise systems, said Seth Robinson, CompTIA's Director of Technology Analysis, to CIO.com. Robinson and other technology professionals listed these as the cloud skills businesses need most in 2014:
- IT professionals with migration, integration and developer knowledge of different cloud providers' application programming interfaces (APIs)
- Amazon Web Services skills
- Open source skills, from Linux to configuration management systems to Ruby
- Development Operations engineers
With Salesforce.com hitting sales records each quarter, demand also remains strong for technical talent fluent in Salesforce.com administration and development. Consultants with integration skills will be in favor as companies connect Salesforce to other cloud apps and legacy solutions.
Other hot IT skills in demand include enterprise mobile application development, application interoperability and cyber security compliance and governance, said Kent Landry, a Senior Consultant at Windstream in an article on Help Net Security.


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12 classic PC games begging for a remake
Just think what modern technologies could do for these old favorites!
What's old needs to be new again
Repeating the past isn't always a bad thing, and a recent rash of new-school remakes of old-school games have ensured that today's gamers won't forget the classic titles of yesteryear. In the past few years we've gotten reboots (Tomb Raider), remakes ( Rise of the Triad), HD re-skins ( Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition , Age of Empires II ), resurrections ( XCOM: Enemy Unknown), reincarnations (Black Mesa), and spiritual successors (Shadow Warrior ).
Not a bad start! But there's no reason to stop there. These 12 classic PC games are just begging for a breath of fresh life—and an introduction to legions of new gamers.
Planescape: Torment
Ah, the best of the Infinity Engine role playing games. Planescape took the focus off combat, focusing instead on dialogue and story. You can even play as a near-pacifist, with the game only requiring you to kill two enemies. It was a bold move that paid off: Over a decade later. Planescape is still rated as one of the best game stories of all time.
An unofficial spiritual successor, Torment: Tides of Numenera, is coming sometime in the near future. Still, Beamdog did a fairly good job of updating the Baldur's Gate games for modern platforms, and a similar project for Planescape (the best of the Infinity Engine RPGs) doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility.
System Shock 2
You want atmosphere? Oh baby, did System Shock 2 have atmosphere—the spooky, derelict spaceship kind of atmosphere, with backstory told through breathless audio logs and ghostly encounters. The sublime gunplay and roleplaying elements could almost be considered icing on the story's delicious cake, if they weren't so juicy in their own right.
The problem is—like so many games on this list—outdated visuals can really hamper the conveyance of that atmosphere, especially if you're not wearing nostalgia-tinted glasses. But hey, System Shock 2 wasn't even on sale through any channels whatsoever until last year, so I guess we should celebrate the minor victories before calling for a reboot. (You can pick it up at GoG.com now.)
Every few years we get an updated version of Myst (including this year, incidentally). But what of its younger, more challenging brother Riven?
When we spoke to creator Rand Miller a few months back, he told us not to hold our breath for a Cyan-crafted remake. The game's simply too big and complex for them to consider building in 3D. All is not lost, however: A fan undertaking, known as The Starry Expanse Project, is slowly crafting the real-time 3D Riven remake I waste every shooting star on.
Grim Fandango
Is this what it takes? Do I need to call on Disney to make an HD version of Grim Fandango so I can finally and legally buy one of the best games of all time again?
This is Tim Schafer's best adventure game, and Tim Schafer is legendary for his adventure games. Grim Fandango is silly in all the right ways, the writing is simply superb, and its Day-of-the-Dead-inspired art style is iconic. It's a shame you still can't purchase it in any reasonable fashion.
Ah, well. Until the day this itch is scratched, Grim Fandango fans can tease themselves with the colorful, automatically generated poems from the Manny Calavera bot on Twitter.
Descent was released on Steam literally days ago, which reminded me: Descent looks terrible nowadays. Out of all the games on this list, it's probably showing its age the most.
That's incredibly unfortunate, because Descent is still one of the most thrilling games ever released. You pilot your vessel down into the depths of an infested mine, fighting off robots and throwing up because your brain can't decide which way is up anymore in Descent's 3D, no-gravity environment. There's nothing else like it, and there probably never will be.
Unless we get the Descent HD remake we all deserve, that is.
Empire Earth
How would cavalry do against tanks? Not well, as it turns out, as Empire Earth proved.
Age of Empires II gets a lot of love, and for good reason, but chances are most real-time strategy players also spent a decent amount of time with Empire Earth back in the day. Where Age of Empires II spanned from the Dark Age to the Renaissance, Empire Earth's tech trees went all the way from the prehistoric age through to the near-future nano age. It made for some great alt-history conquest—and ridiculous scenarios like cavalry-on-tank warfare.
Freespace 2
With so many space games on the horizon (Elite: Dangerous, EVE: Valkyrie, Star Citizen, Enemy Starfighter) it seems only fair to call for an appearance from the long-lauded ruler of the space sim genre, FreeSpace 2. The deep space combat of FreeSpace 2 wowed gamers in 1999, thanks to its epic scale and semi-freeform approach to completing missions. Alas, the series has languished since then despite its universal acclaim.
On the other hand the mod community has done such a good job at keeping the game up to date, thanks to Volition's releasing the source code in 2002, that we can maybe let this one lie.
Master of Orion II
The Antarans broke free from prison, and now all they want to do is ruin your day. Crush the dastardly Antarans. Take back their star systems. Blow up their planets. Fight them on land and in the air. Demand tribute. Dabble in diplomacy? Ha! Forget to sleep. Forget to eat. Spend the rest of your life playing Master of Orion 2.
One of the most complex and satisfying 4X games ever developed, Master of Orion 2 made all your dreams of galactic conquest come true. You'll hear people debate whether they prefer Master of Orion 2 or its predecessor, but I prefer the added complexity of the second game. Did I mention you can blow up planets? It'd be sleepless nights all over again if you could do it all in HD.
Clive Barker's Undying
I love horror games, and Undying's tale of World War I veteran Patrick Galloway's hunt for the Undying King is one of the best ever made. Unfortunately, horror games age worse than other genres because lackluster graphics make suspension of disbelief harder. And Undying looks...well, pretty lackluster, especially since this psychological scream-inducer is dressed in a first-person shooter's virtual clothing.
It's unlikely we'll ever see an update to Undying, considering how poorly it sold, but a man can dream for a return to nightmares, can't he?
Chip's Challenge
Chip's Challenge is easily one of the best puzzle games of all time, filled with 149 levels of bloodthirsty monsters, keys, and locked doors a-plenty, and you got it for free. How's that for value? Creator Chuck Sommerville released a semi-successor last year, but it's just not the same. And while we're talking Chip's Challenge, can we get remakes of Jezzball and 3D Pinball, too?
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
There was a time when adventure games ruled over the gaming world, as evidenced by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. 1) It's based on a deep and troubling 1968 story by acclaimed sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison. 2) They got the guy who composed the score for The Usual Suspects (John Ottman) to do the music. 3) Harlan Ellison co-designed the game and even voiced one of the characters.
I Have No Mouth's mature subject matter, ethical turmoil, and branching endings would feel right at home in today's market. This game made you question your humanity in pixelated, 1995-era graphics. Imagine how keenly this torturous (in a good way) title would cut if honed to HD sharpness.
Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Rest in peace, LucasArts. You didn't hit it out of the park often, but when you did...
X-Wing and TIE Fighter dropped you square in the space-shoes of a Rebel and Galactic Empire pilot, respectively. These combat "sims" featured some of the most famous spacecraft ever invented, in some of the most famous scenarios ever put to celluloid (Death Star trench run, anyone?). Fans have been clamoring for remakes of these two classics for years now. C'mon, Disney: Rebooting these games would be a license to print money!
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text: My father used to play the ukulele, so perhaps I am always drawn to music that has it. The Springails is a husband and wife duo from Michigan: Andy and Julianna Wilson. He plays the ukulele, she sings. She sings with a no-frills style with a just a bit of country twang (it reminds me bit of Iris Dement's) and they play mostly standards and songs from the vaudeville era. I am listening to their newest album 'Rain Or Shine,' and I am drawn to it. I love the light swing of 'I Cant Give You Anythig But Love,' it gives a 70s AM radio vibe, sort of like what I call NPR music. At times there are perfussions and bass, and it's a full quartet, as in "Look At Miss Ohio,' And 'Swing Brother Swing,' and in that last part, they do swing so hard like from a chandelier. My favorites, though are the quieter tracks, like 'I Wish You Love' where Wilson's plaintive reading proves that simple singing packs more of a wallop. It's been raining this morning, and this album has been the perfect soundtrack for it.


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HOME 〈 Links to useful disaster prevention information
Links to useful disaster prevention information
|Listed here are the links to disaster prevention information provided in multiple languages and other useful information at the time of a disaster.
|●Japan Meteorological Agency Japanese/にほんご English
|This is a portal website of information on weather, earthquakes and natural disasters.
|●Fire and Disaster Management Agency Japanese/にほんご English
|You can check out information on large-scale disasters and announcements of damage.
|●Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Japanese/にほんご English
|You can check information on disaster response and disaster prevention that are related with weather, rivers and roads.
|●Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice
|Japanese/にほんご English Chinese (simplified Chinese characters)
|Taiwanese (traditional Chinese characters) Korean/한국어 Spanish/Espanol
|Information on immigration, visa status and other procedures is provided.
|●Council of Local Authorities for International Relations
|Japanese/にほんご English
|Information necessary for foreigners to live in Japan is provided in multiple languages.
|・Multilingual Living Information Emergencies/Disasters
|Languages available: English, German, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian, Japanese (with furigana).
|・Information on support for foreign residents during natural disasters
|・Multilingual Information Creation Tools for Times of Disasters
|●Aichi International Association's "Translation System for Multilingual Disaster Prevention Information"
|Information necessary during a disaster, such as information on disaster prevention and evacuation, will be translated into multiple languages.
Languages that can be translated into: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish
|●Hirosaki University's Sociolinguistics Laboratory
|Necessary information will be provided in simple Japanese during an emergency or a disaster.


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To save a single life, is to have saved the entire world...The Talmud
If I am not for myself, who will be for me. But if I am only for myself, what am I?...Rabbi Hillel
We need to teach our children not to be passive in the face of evil. Yes bullying is evil. I do not need to describe to the parents who come to this site what it is for a child to be bullied, for so many of our children are the victims of such ignorance and not just from children but from adults too. Read some past posts on the issue here, here, here, here, here. Meanwhile lets put our heads together and come up with some real solutions to the problem instead of just lip-service. If you want, you can start with some of the websites listed in my sidebar.
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