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No Moore championships for Maya
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Even Maya Moore's magic wasn't enough for Connecticut this time.
Sophomore guard Skylar Diggins scored 28 points and hot-shooting Notre Dame upset UConn 72-63 on Sunday night, ending the brilliant career of Moore and the Huskies' quest for a third straight national championship.
Ten years after their last title, the Irish will be playing for another one Tuesday night against Texas A&M, which beat Stanford 63-62 in the first semifinal.
Notre Dame was 0-3 against its Big East rival this season but the Irish had all the answers this time for the Huskies, who lost for just the second time in three seasons. Notre Dame had already beaten Tennessee in the NCAA tournament, ending a 20-game skid against the Volunteers.
Now the Irish have knocked out the two-time defending champions.
Moore finished with 36 points, including 12 straight as she tried to rally the Huskies from a 12-point deficit in the final 6 minutes, but it wasn't enough.
The four-time All-American and AP player of the year was overshadowed by Diggins, the South Bend native who felt right at home in Conseco Fieldhouse, where she led her high school to three straight championships. Now she can add a NCAA championship to that list with a victory Tuesday night.
"We had to be poised, I mean, we had to try to make Maya take tough shots, and I think she did," Diggins said. "And at the end we said, 'We have to stay poised on defense and we have to execute on offense.' We showed a lot more poise than we did in the first three games against Connecticut."
Trailing 34-26 early in the second half, Diggins' three-point play started a 15-4 run by the Irish. Devereaux Peters' added her own three-point play that gave Notre Dame a 38-37 advantage — its first lead since midway through the first half.
Diggins capped the burst with another three-point play that made it 41-38 with 13:17 left and brought the pro-Irish crowd to its feet and left Geno Auriemma's team reeling.
The Irish extended their lead to 47-40 a few minutes later before UConn cut the deficit to four on Bria Hartley's 3-pointer.
Brittany Mallory and Natalie Novosel hit consecutive 3-pointers to make it a 12-point game with just over 7 minutes left. Moore did her best to try to rally her young team, but the Huskies fell short.


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Reports from the Road – Site 12 Luding Bridge, Dadu River, Sichuan Province2002.8.28 - 9.01
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List of Works
Yao Ruizhong, Turning the World Upside-Down, photography, 2002
Qiu Zhijie, Left/Right, performance, 2001-2002 (also realized throughout the whole course of Long March)
Wang Jianwei, Interspace, performance/video, 2002
Long March Event
Blind Man Crossing a Bridge, performance, 2002, Luding Bridge
Homage to Performance Art (Ten Farewells to Avant-garde), performance, 2002, from Anshunchang to Luding Bridge
August 29, Luding Bridge
Long March Event – "Blind Man Crossing a Bridge", 2003
The meaning of the Long March Event "Blind Man Crossing a Bridge" was in its connection to a personal experience that unfolded at a rather large distance from the historical narrative, and in discussing these topics from this perspective. A blind man cannot see the countless propaganda paintings and sculptures of the "flying battle at Luding Bridge," nor can he view the countless reconstitutions of these events on film and television. His connection with Luding Bridge is more fundamental, more visceral. He crosses the bridge holding onto the iron chains, his ears filled with the rushing sounds of the Dadu River. His connection with the historical narrative of this place is remote, and his blindness exposes a reality: our historical consciousness, like his perceptive ability, is built on a certain degree of illusion, and the role of visual culture in developing that consciousness and guiding that discourse is not insignificant. The relationship between personal experience and historical consciousness is at least food for thought. How, then, does the blind man see the avant-garde?
At 9:30, Lu Jie and company set out from Moxi for Luding, greeted as soon as they stepped off the bus by Qiu Zhijie and Blind Masseur Deng who had been waiting for hours. They immediately crossed Luding Bridge, walking and talking simultaneously.
Blind Masseur Deng had a very definite response to the avant-garde: if twenty-two soldiers had not crossed Luding Bridge, he thought, the overall direction of the Chinese revolution would not have changed, but it would have been influenced greatly. The place of the avant-garde is to speed up the development of history: this was Deng's theory.
After talking with him, at 10:30 and again at 16:30, Qiu Zhijie donned a blindfold and walked across Luding Bridge, realizing his work Left Right. The difference between everyday behavior and theatricality, between artwork and non-artwork, the vagueness of the border between intention and non-intention made this work become randomly apparent and invisible, appearing and disappearing with no regularity. His walking became a dialectic of forgetting and remembering: walking is inherently continuous, only consciousness is fragmented. Today, amidst the theatricality of Luding Bridge, Qiu Zhijie decided to leave some intentional traces.
He placed segments of wet cloth at five intervals across the bridge, and covered his eyes with a black blindfold. He walked wobblingly across the bridge from the west to the east tower, leaving clear footprints in water on the wooden planks.
The story of Luding Bridge is perhaps the greatest legend of the Long March, just as the Long March is the greatest legend of the Chinese Revolution. The story of the "flying battle at Luding" blends physical limitations and intellectual choices, personal feelings and bravery into one unbelievable myth. Learning from the mistakes of Taiping commander Shi Dakai, the Red Army scored here a victory of theatrical proportions. Especially notable was that so many soldiers gave their lives for the good of the entire army, which has made the story of Luding Bridge into a myth of heroism. This Long March used Luding as a site to discuss the notion of the avant-garde in contemporary art. Is the avant-garde a necessary creation of history, or does the avant-garde decide the fate of history? The very important high modernist notion of the avant-garde still deeply influences thinking about contemporary art, no matter the extent to which it has been deconstructed by postmodernism.
Qiu Zhijie's Left /Right and Discussion on
The danger of walking Luding Bridge turned this work into a commentary on the fate of the avant-garde. As an artist and at the same time a curator of the Long March, every step Qiu took in thought was as adventurous as a physical step across the bridge, and as the work suggested, involved a constant negotiation between left and right. Every step involved a clear choice between left and right, radical and conservative, right and wrong. If judgments were so clear, was there any need for a Long March?
That evening, Lu Jie and Qiu Zhijie talked late into the night, figuring out how to continue with the Long March plan. They had the progress they had already made clearly in mind. They were completely confident in their ability to finish the Long March on schedule, as twelve of the twenty sites had already been completed. They had some regrets, but more important, they had grown accustomed to life on the road. What were the possibilities of the Long March? A larger kind of doubt filled their minds.
They knew clearly, this sort of doubt would lead to a certain kind of action, and this action might set off a chain reaction. They were between a rock and a hard place, and the work Left Right seemed to have taken on a fateful role. But the Long March could not become a matter of fate.
They called in Lisa, Shen Xiaomin, Jeff, and Yang Jie to participate in the debate. Shi Qing, as an artist on the site, also took part.
Democracy had not confused everyone, and by 4:30 on the morning of the 30th, a bold new idea had taken shape.
August 30
At midday, on the west side of Luding Bridge, next to a marker commemorating the Kangxi emperor, the Marchers undertook the second monthly vote count for Qu Guangci's work Model Soldier of the New Long March. As always, this procedure was led by "Qu Guangci," with Lu Jie calling out the ballots and Qiu Zhijie recording them. In the end, a tanned, thin Qiu Zhijie was chosen as the second "Model Soldier of the New Long March."
After the ballots had been counted, the camera crew interviewed "Qu Guangci."
"Qu Guangci" bashfully said, "I had a dream, I dreamed that my daughter grew up and became an artist."
That night, Beijing artist Wang Jianwei reached Luding, uncontrollably excited.
By night, Luding Bridge already had the subtle cold of early autumn. Lu Jie and Qiu Zhijie brought up the things they had been considering to Wang Jianwei. They recalled how eleven months earlier, the three of them had been sitting in the garden behind Lu Jie's house in New Jersey, eating crabs and drinking, similarly talking about the Long March.
Wang Jianwei said in a flash, "Contemporary art requires us to keep ourselves confused; laying things out too clearly is dangerous."
The three didn't speak, rubbing their hands along the mottled chains of the bridge, listening to the river roar beneath their feet. Wang Jianwei at that moment pointed out that the historical Long March was divided into two segments. With Luding Bridge as the dividing line, the first half involved the Red Army's struggle against the Nationalist Army, while in the second half they had shed the pursuing army, and were concerned only with carving the right path for themselves. As Deng Xiaoping said, here they were "going with the road." Unexpectedly this conversation became prophetic, and Wang Jianwei's work titled Middle Segment became this Long March's first punctuation mark.
Qu Guangci, Model Sodier of the New Long March, performance, 2002
August 31
Homage to Performance Art (Ten Farewells to Avant-garde), performance, 2002, from Anshunchang to Luding Bridge
Wang Jianwei, Interspace, performance/video, 2002
Upon arriving last night, Wang Jianwei openly accepted the curatorial idea to incorporate the Long March Happening Homage to Chinese Performance Art into his own work.
They decided to stage these ten performances on the road that Wang Jianwei would travel, establishing an interactive relationship with Wang Jianwei's work. As Wang walked forward along the route traveled by the true avant-garde of the Red Army, he would also look back at a history of style among Chinese avant-garde performance art.
The curatorial team settled on the substance of the ten performances and spent a day preparing the necessary objects. Yang Jie gathered ten people to play the roles, taking their pictures at the head of the bridge. They included local residents, and even a butcher. At 16:00, in front of the west tower of Luding Bridge, Qiu Zhijie assigned the roles to the performers, and distributed their props. As he explained the substance of each performance, the surrounding viewers burst into laughter.
Qiu Zhijie required that each performer review his act in order, to insure that everyone understood his job. At this point it was already 17:30. Lu Jie and Wang Jianwei were waiting at the head of the bridge, and the truck for which Yang Jie had negotiated appeared on time.
The workers and the Long Marchers hopped into the back of the truck. Lu Jie and Qiu Zhijie sat up front, measuring the route kilometer by kilometer with their GPS reader. Each kilometer they would call to the driver to stop the truck, and let out a performer in an appropriate location beside the road, instructing them to wait for Wang Jianwei to come close before beginning their performance.
At 18:30, Wang Jianwei was standing at his departure point. The road ahead was full of mountains, and the real distance to the bridge was actually only slightly more than six kilometers. After a short rest, he began racing toward Luding Bridge.
In front of him appeared the first performance, a man wrapped in red cloth standing beside the road, twisting his body back and forth. Wang Jianwei only turned his head and looked for a minute, and then moved forward.
At 18:16, Wang passed the second performer. This one was a naked man standing on a hillside, solemnly staring ahead, no expression on his face. Two foreign looking baby dolls had been tied to his body using leather threads, one blocking his chest, the other his belly. Again, Wang Jianwei didn't stop.
At 19:02, Wang Jianwei passed a small grove of trees. A man hung on a string from a bent tree, his body parallel to the ground, looking down. He was continuously eating a balloon. Wang Jianwei stopped to watch him inflate several balloons, turned his head, and walked on.
At 19:10, Wang Jianwei turned past a ridge, followed the road down a hill, and a small stone bridge appeared before his eyes. A naked man stood on the bridge, and as soon as he saw Wang Jianwei, he picked up a dish of yellow paint and splashed it on himself. Once all the yellow paint had been splashed, he moved on to blue, and then to black, with the colors flowing down from his chest.
Wang Jianwei laughed to himself and kept walking forward. Ahead there was an open cornfield. Here, there was a man dressed as a young girl, who had been sitting down, but who stood up to face Wang Jianwei and smiled obsequiously. "She" was wearing a tattered flower-print dress, silk stockings, and high heels, with a little flower cap on "her" head. "She" stood in the cornfield, scratching "her" head and playing with her makeup. Wang Jianwei again turned to look and then kept walking forward.
At 19:17, Wang Jianwei walked past a cluster of county government buildings. On the roadside there was a man diligently rubbing two bricks together. Taken with his task, the man never even turned to see Wang Jianwei walk by.
Ahead came a stretch of road that was in the process of being fixed, with a long line of cars waiting to pass. Wang Jianwei passed through the spaces among the cars. The sky was gradually getting dark, and the flashlight in his hand was put to good use.
Alongside the road a man was squatting, writing his name, Yao Zaigang, repeatedly on a mirror. He had been writing for a few minutes, and his characters were covering each other on the mirror. Wang Jianwei stopped and watched him write, observed that his own reflection was invisible, and turned to leave.
By 19:50, the sky was dark. Ahead were visible a group of shadows, and Wang Jianwei used his flashlight to see them. He saw a man whose eyes were covered with red cloth holding a toy panda. As soon as the gathered people saw the light of Wang's flashlight on the panda man's body, they began to throw tiny stones at him. The man used the panda to cover his own head, and moved back and forth to avoid their attacks.
Precisely at 20:00, Wang Jianwei came over a mountain ridge, where on top of a precipice lay ten or so people arranging themselves into a human pyramid. By this time the sky was entirely black.
At 20:07, Wang Jianwei reached the head of Luding Bridge. The last performer, who had been waiting there, grew excited, pulling a live fish from a tank and fiercely throwing it against the ground. He threw the fish so hard it bounced back up. He then pulled out another squirming fish and threw it, and then another, killing three fish altogether. The Long Marchers rushed over to watch. They had been either walking or riding in the truck, moving ahead of and behind Wang Jianwei, orchestrating the ten works of "performance art."
Yang Jie called to the man to stop throwing fish. The man couldn't control himself, and kept picking up the fish and throwing them at the ground, picking them up and throwing them again. Yang Jie, as person in charge, calculated that in addition to being fodder for a performance about "violent tendencies," the fish could also become the group's dinner. They learned that people's hidden violent tendencies are a scary thing once liberated. The three fish had been smashed to bits, their faces were now invisible, and the ground was stained with their blood.
One other performer turned the fake into the real, and discovered his own "true self": The young man charged with dressing as a woman wore his dress all evening, excitedly scurrying back and forth. Wang Jianwei projected his video and sat back on a ladder by a small store. As the light reflected back on the ground, he looked around, satisfied.
As they projected the video, the bridgehead filled with villagers. Wang Jianwei had clipped segments from historical movies about Luding Bridge and edited them into a short film. The red star logo of the movie studios of old constantly appeared. Different eras had different readings of Luding, some of which were vehement, others romantic. The interesting question was what these locals, who crossed the bridge every day, felt about it. To most Chinese, Luding Bridge is a legend, but to these people it was a road home. To the villagers who rented out Red Army uniforms to the tourists, the bridge was a way to make a living. The video was projected onto a wall of the bridgehead built in the traditional style, and these people, utterly familiar with Luding Bridge, grew absorbed in the watching.
Yao Jui-chung at Luding
September 1
At the dinner table, everyone eagerly praised the ten brave souls who put on the evening's performances. A phone call came from Chengdu, where artists Yu Ji and Dai Guangyu were waiting for orders, and from Beijing where Sun Yuan and Peng Yu needed to know whether or not to set off for the next two stops. The Long March curators had decided to change the original plan to conclude at Yanan in October, and they declared an end to the first half of the project. Everyone knew that this meant an even greater challenge, and an even longer road. Lisa Horikawa, director of international communications and a Japanese-American, asked, "Does this mean I have to keep marching forever?"
Lu Jie and Qiu Zhijie climbed this morning to the top of the temple to the Buddhist deity Guanyin on the west side of Luding Bridge. This was a former machine gun and artillery position for the Red Army. The Kangxi emperor (1662-1723) named this place the Guanyin temple in the forty-fifth year of his reign. During the "Clearing the four olds" campaign of the Cultural Revolution, it was almost completely destroyed and renamed the Red Army Building. In 1985, the Red Army commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of its crossing Luding Bridge, and Yang Chengwu, leading troops to revisit the battle site said, "This was the temple of Guanyin, why is it called the Red Army Building? We must respect history!" And so because of the protection of the old Red Army, the Guanyin temple regained its original name.
It is said that at the Guanyin temple Lu jie and Qiu Zhijie pulled a slip of bamboo for divination.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the Long Marchers chartered two small buses, left the town of Luding, passed the Erlang Mountain Tunnel, and for the first time realized the beauty of the landscape. The clouds disappeared from the sky, the birds disappeared from the mountains, and without a word, the group left the route of their historic Long March.

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As his new book, The Player, demonstrates, Brad Parks weaves hard edged crime fiction and comedy together. His investigative reporter, Carter Ross, covers the mean streets of Newark, Jersey. We asked Brad a some questions about the town where he used to work as a reporter.
MYSTERYPEOPLE: What is the best thing about writing about Newark, Jersey City?
BRAD PARKS: That it's not some tranquil town in Vermont where, ten books into the series, people are going to say, "Really? Another murder? Seriously?" It's a sad but true fact that Newark has one-third the population of Austin but drops nearly four times as many bodies a year. I would never make light of the horrible human cost of that–and I certainly don't in the books. But, on the plus side, it means I'm never going to run out of plausible crime to write about.
MP: How does Newark inform Carter as a character?
BP: One of the ever-present tensions in the series is that Carter is this straight-laced, upper-middle-class white guy–raised in suburban comfort and privilege–who plunges into the roughest housing projects and worst tenements. But he does so while remaining completely true to himself. "You have to know what flavor of ice cream you are in this world," Carter says in The Good Cop. "And I am vanilla."
MP: What is the biggest misconception about the city?
BP: That crime is the only thing that happens there. I realize I run the danger of perpetuating that stereotype by setting a crime fiction series there. But any balanced presentation of Newark needs to report that yes, there is crime; and, yes, there are urban ills of all stripe; but there are also a lot of well-meaning people who are working hard to make Newark a better place. In every book, I'd like to think I present a healthy number of those people, too.
MP: Thanks to HBO and the news, we tend to associate the mob and corruption more with new Jersey than with New York now. What do Jersey gangsters have over New York gangsters?
BP: Fongool! Loro sono fottuto conigli! (Warning: do not run this through Google translator around your mother).
MP: What can you write about in crime fiction set in Newark, that you can't anywhere else?
BP: The thing I love about New Jersey–and, by extension, Newark–is that it really loads a writer's toolbox with possibility. New Jersey has every ethnic, religious and immigrant group out there. It is the second richest state in the country, by per capita income. It also has, in Newark and Camden, two of the poorest cities. Yet because it's the most densely populated state, all those people–representing every color, creed and class–can't help but bump into each other with a frequency and magnitude that they don't in other places. Those intersections are where you find great stories.
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Judith Johnson, Emmett Practitioner based in South Wales writes:
The EMMETT Technique is an unique form of body therapy developed by experienced Australian practitioner, Ross Emmett. This simple method of muscle release works as an effective stand-alone therapy or integrated with all other known bodywork systems to ease pain and discomfort and improve muscle restriction.
In 2007, Ross Emmett came to the UK for the first time to instruct a group of therapists in Emmett Technique. I was lucky to be in that first group and I still find myself telling people that this technique is new. When I reflect on why this is still so after 7 years of practise, I firmly believe that it is because the results are sometimes so astonishing that I am constantly surprised and delighted at how clients respond. Every result feels 'new' and every treatment session retains the excitement factor that I felt at the start of my own Emmett journey.
Ross continues to develop and refine his technique, travelling the World to share his work with health and therapy professionals.
Fully qualified practitioners in the UK now number over 300 with a large number of therapists in training. Included in this group are people from a range of backgrounds including complementary therapists, doctors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, chiropractors, midwives, nurses, massage therapists, sports & fitness trainers, Pilates & Yoga instructors.
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What is Emmett Technique?
A neuromuscular technique aiming to encourage the body to perform in a balanced way, an EMMETT move creates change within minutes by the application of light finger pressure at specific points. The pressure required to stimulate the EMMETT points does not need to be firm or painful. "No pain no gain" has no place in EMMETT Technique philosophy.
Each treatment session is customised to the individual, matching the exact needs of client at that particular time.
Treatment is generally performed through light clothing with the client standing, sitting or lying down, depending on their comfort. This means that it can can be carried out anywhere and anytime, as no special equipment if needed – we just need to take our Emmett fingers.
What can Emmett help with?
Practitioners using the Emmett technique develop skills in assessment both by sight and touch, applying their work to those areas that most need to be released, to achieve the maximum potential for each person to overcome their discomfort.
The typical issues addressed include:
- Back pain
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Emmett in My Practice
My youngest client has been 6 weeks old [with feeding problems] and the eldest has been an elderly lady aged 94 who came regularly to maintain her mobility and level of comfortable movement to retain an enviable level of independence.
A Typical Day in the practice :
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- My next client arrived with acute back pain. Being over 6 foot tall, he was spending a lot of his day at a desk, driving to see customers and then going home to help with three very active little boys. All this contributed to his mid and low back pain. Having battered his body playing Rugby he was amazed at the pain-free simplicity of the Emmett Treatment. There was great improvement in comfort during the first session. A follow up session solved the immediate issues and changes to his work and driving posture have helped his back. He continues to attend for maintenance as needed.
- An elderly client arrived for help with her balance before going on holiday. She felt less secure on her feet and there was difficulty in maintaining her posture. Working with the core Psoas Muscle and also with the muscles of the lower legs and feet her balance was greatly improved. Feedback from family was that she had gone away and walked about happily without discomfort throughout her holiday.
- A committed runner came in for what he called 'an MOT' before his first Iron Man competition the following week. For sportspeople, Emmett Technique is great for checking balance and adjusting any muscles that are not as flexible as they could be, bringing easier and less laborious swimming, cycling and running actions. Later feedback was that he had successfully completed IronMan Wales – a fantastic achievement.
- The last client of the day was a singer having acute problems in his neck and upper back. It seems he had been singing in a choir for some years and due to a shortage of tenors he was asked to sing above his normal singing range. He had strained his neck muscles until they felt absolutely solid! He was unable to sleep or work and could not drive his car as he couldn't turn his head. 20 minutes later he was comfortable within a normal range of movement and left the clinic with a promise not to sing the high tenor part again!
Wouldn't you enjoy being able to help your clients this quickly and this simply!
How can I learn Emmett Technique?
Emmett Practitioner Course
EMMETT Technique Practitioner training is designed for qualified medical professionals and complementary therapists interested in extending their skills. All practitioners are encouraged to enhance their existing practice by integrating the EMMETT Technique with their prior training. Undergraduates and non-therapists may also attend.
The practitioner training runs over 11 days and is modular in form, allowing time between modules to practise and develop skills learnt. More detailed explanation of what procedures are included in the practitioner training can be found at www.emmett-uk.com
EMM-Tech or Easy Muscle Management
The EMM-Tech Short Course was created by Ross Emmett so that non-therapists would have the opportunity to use some of his work to help themselves, friends and family. The course contains 11 moves which have been specially selected from the EMMETT Technique Practitioner Course. No prior knowledge is needed but many therapists use this as an ideal starting point before going on to complete the practitioner course. The course is delivered over 8 hours, either in one day or two half days.
Where will I find more information?
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About the Author
Author: Judith Johnson MA, PgDip, BTAA
Biography: Every Body's Better with Judith Johnson
Judith has been practising Emmett Technique since 2007, when Ross Emmett made his first visit to the UK to share his knowledge with a small number of therapists. With a background in health and social care and also in higher education, Judith draws on this knowledge and her training in Bowen Therapy to provide individualised treatment programmes for her clients.
Based at therapy centres in Llandeilo, Neath and Cowbridge, Judith also offers a service to local businesses and at charitable events by arrangement.
Judith has been a tutor for the short introductory Emmett course called Easy Muscle Management or EMM-Tech. She continues to study with Ross Emmett on a regular basis, as well as with the UK instructors.
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Barbecued Pork
Slow Cooker Recipe
Serves 6
3 pounds pork, cubed
2 cups onions, chopped
3 green peppers, chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
6 oz can tomato paste
1 1/2 TB chili powder
1 ts dry mustard
2 ts Worcestershire sauce
2 ts salt
Grated Cheese
Cole Slaw
1. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.
2. Cover. Cook on HIGH 8 hours.
3. Shred the meat with a fork. Mix into sauce and heat through.
4. Serve on hamburger buns with grated cheese and cole slaw on top.


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Thematic Units in the World Language Classroom
Last week's #langchat focused on how to incorporate thematic units in the world language classroom. Participants discussed inspiration for successful themes, prioritizing structures and vocabulary, and integrating instructional elements and assessments into successful thematic language lessons.
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Inspiration for Successful Themes
#Langchat teachers have found inspiration for successful themes through a variety of sources. It is often important for teachers to get creative and think outside of the box when determining thematic units for the world language classroom. @dressurleben shared, "Lately I've been finding inspiration from my students' other classes, trying out the interdisciplinary support angle." Many #langchat teachers agreed that "looking at AP themes and sub themes" proved to be successful sources for thematic content (@bjillmoore). Also, it is helpful to take a deeper look at student life while asking "what are their interests at each level?" (@bjillmoore). @SraWienhold said, "I find inspiration for themes in culturally rich novels!" While @SraDentlinger said, "I LOVE teaching culture as a theme! [There is] lots of Content-Based goodness in it. Talk about self, others, and the in-between!"
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Prioritizing Structures and Vocabulary Within a Unit
#Langchat participants shared thoughts on how to prioritize structures and vocabulary used within a unit.
- @SraDentlinger said, "I think about what final product will be. Want to recommend change? Subjunctive work. Want to make a recipe video? Commands."
- @rahanagan said, "Start with the end assessment in mind and see which vocab and grammar are needed to accomplish the tasks."
- @welangley looks at "high frequency words!"
- @angardner06 uses:
backwards design" and considers "the Proficiency Levels and desired outcomes. Look at what [students] need to comprehend and [prepare] them.
- @pretty14572003 said, "If I can see I can go beyond what is given to me, I will. For example, my unit was health and I included body parts."
What Instructional Elements are Essential to Consider in Any Thematic Unit?
To begin, @rahanagan shared that the "ability to practice the vocab and grammar through all the modes (Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational)" was essential to consider in any thematic unit. "Input, checking for understanding, output, checking for comprehensible communication, formative assessments and reflecting" are several important instructional elements to also consider (@angardner06). @pretty14572003 said, "I think the anticipatory set is essential. We have to get them excited about learning the unit!" Making time for reading, writing, speaking, and listening proved to also be key components when considering thematic units. @SraWilliams3 said, "I try to always make time for writing and speaking. We already read a ton, and listen too. [I] work on putting all together."
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Using all Three Modes of Communication to Address a Theme
Using speaking, writing, and reading in order to address a single theme can be challenging; however, #langchat participants shared their strategies. @SraWilliams3 said, "Backward design helps me outline how I prepare for their performance tasks." Integration of the three modes can be attained "by allowing [students] to practice with each other and present a project based on a unit and having [students] read to me and check for comprehension" (@pretty14572003). @welangley suggested:
Intertwine a little bit of theme into each TPRS [Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling] story, an [Integrated Performance Assessment] might be a long ways off, but ALL modes are in TPRS.
How can assessments tie in with themes?
Assessments can connect with themes practically through real-life scenarios and applications. As "assessments guide the themes, they should be real-life situations and problems that [students] may have to face" (@rahanagan).
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Dracula (Castlevania)
Dracula as he appears in Symphony of the Night, artwork by Ayami Kojima
|Castlevania series
|First game
|Designed by
|Ayami Kojima
|Voiced by (English)
Scott McCulloch (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
Crispin Freeman (as Mathias Cronqvist in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence)
Douglas Rye (Castlevania: Curse of Darkness)
Patrick Seitz (Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Order of Ecclesia, Castlevania Judgment)
|Voiced by (Japanese)
|Norio Wakamoto, Nobuhiko Kazama (as Mathias), Mahito Ooba, Hiroya Ishimaru, Jouji Nakata
Dracula (ドラキュラ Dorakyura ), whose full name is Dracula Vlad Tepes, is a fictional vampire from the multi-platform Castlevania video game series. He is the main villain of the series and the final boss of almost every installment, the only exceptions being the first and last games in the series' chronology.
The Dracula of Castlevania is based on Bram Stoker's character in the novel of the same name, which was in turn very similar to the infamous Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia. The Castlevania Dracula draws some history from both, but instead of preying on maidens this one threatens whole realms with his armies at the least, and at worst is presented as the very embodiment of evil. He is, however, capable of loving relationships (his evil nature is partly fuelled by the loss of two women he loved) and despite their differences is fond of his son Alucard.
Conception and design[edit | edit source]
Dracula's appearance is very inconsistent throughout the series' history. It has been subtly revealed in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow that this is because of Dracula's physical body dying when he is defeated, and thus he is reborn with a new one which is then summoned, unbeknownst to the new host (Soma Cruz) itself, into Castlevania. In just about every game, he wears very aristocratic clothing, whether it be a tuxedo (a la Bela Lugosi) or some sort of royal garb (complete with medals and medallions). His face has evolved into many different forms. Initially, his face resembled that of Bela Lugosi's Dracula in the first few games (this appearance was reused in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin). Every few games, his appearance changed from one sort to another. In Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo and the beginning of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, he had the form of an anime character with medium length, dull purple hair. He has a more demonic look in Castlevania: Dracula X and Castlevania: Bloodlines. The more recent look of Dracula, starting with Symphony of the Night, gives him a beard or goatee of some sort and longer hair. His hair color still changes between a dark brown or black and a gray color. His facial proportions also change. He has a very heavyset and muscular looking face in the Nintendo 64 Castlevania games, whereas he has a more thin and elegant face in Symphony of the Night and the first two hand held games. In Curse of Darkness, Dracula wears a long robe of some sort, with a more realistic version of the Symphony of the Night face.
His most common form of attack is to teleport from one part of the screen to another, then opening his cape to fire a spread of three small fireballs at the player, whereas in later games he can also fire larger, meteor-like fireballs: these attacks are called "HellFire" and "Dark Inferno" respectively. Usually, he can only be damaged with strikes to the head or neck area. After being defeated in his humanoid form, Dracula usually morphs into a larger, more powerful demonic form.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Castlevania and Simon's Quest[edit | edit source]
Dracula had vowed revenge against mankind for the death of Lisa. However, during his rule over Wallachia, he would meet up with many members of the Belmont Clan whose cursed blood and enchanted whip allowed them to defeat Dracula.
According to the official Castlevania timeline (see the Castlevania article), the first Belmont to defeat Dracula was Trevor Belmont. When Trevor fought against Dracula, he was aided by Alucard who fought alongside him, a pirate named Grant DaNasty and a sorceress named Sypha Belnades. Trevor was most likely the one to land the final blow, due to Dracula's weakness being the Vampire Killer, and all games in the future reference Dracula as being defeated by Trevor.
Christopher Belmont, a descendant of Trevor, would become the second Belmont to defeat Dracula. First, Christopher defeated the vampire lord in one adventure, then prevented Dracula from being reborn in the body of Christopher's son Soleiyu in another adventure.
The most famous of all the Belmonts who would defeat Dracula is Simon Belmont. Before Simon, the Belmonts were feared for their supernatural physical prowess. But Simon, who came in a time of need, saved the land and made the Belmont name famous for killing Dracula and his minions once again.
During his defeat at the hands of Simon Belmont, Dracula played a trump card and placed a curse on Simon and the land of Wallachia. This curse would kill the land and Simon if not broken in time and would thus kill off the Belmont bloodline.
Simon had thought his job was done, but he would learn of this curse and once again set out with all the strength he had left. He had to collect the body parts of the deceased Dracula which were scattered all over the land by Dracula's minions and followers to attempt an early resurrection of the Dark Lord. After traveling throughout the land's various towns and manors, Simon was successful in collecting the body parts and reassembling them at the ruins of Castlevania in order to defeat the wraith-like Dracula, thus lifting the curse.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse[edit | edit source]
Through various actions, Dracula had gained immortality. Not only would he live forever, if his physical body was destroyed his spirit would live on and resurrect in physical form periodically as long as human wickedness existed to fuel him (the general timetable for his resurrection is every 100 years, but premature resurrections are not uncommon). Not much is known about what Dracula did during the time following the events of Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. It is known that he would have a relationship with a human woman by the name of Dr. Lisa Farenheits. The time frame of this union is still unknown. This woman looked exactly like his deceased wife, Elisabetha. The union would bear Dracula a son, who was named Adrian Farenheights Tepes, but would be later known as Alucard.
Despite emulating his father early in his life, Alucard decided that he did not want to follow in his father's evil footsteps and battled with him many times. It is said he chose the anagram "Alucard" ("Dracula" spelled backwards) for his new name as a symbolic gesture, reflecting his desire to oppose his father's designs.
Lisa was later taken from her home and executed as her expertise in medicine was called out as "witchcraft". This heinous act enraged Dracula beyond belief. Hurt deeply, he vowed to make humanity pay once he mastered the use of the unlimited power he now had.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence[edit | edit source]
Originally named Mathias Cronqvist (マティアス・クロンクビスト Matiasu Kuronkubisuto ), it was during this time when he was best of friends with a man known as Leon Belmont. (This name may be a reference to Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, a man known to have had ties with the real, historical Vlad Dracula.) Together, the two formed an undefeatable company, that fought in the name of God. Mathias served as the tactical genius, while Leon was a warrior without peer. However, shortly after losing his wife, Elisabetha Cronqvist, Mathias would become bedridden and would reveal to Leon that his own betrothed, Sara Trantoul, had been kidnapped by the vampire, Walter Bernhard, and taken to a castle within the Forest of Eternal Night.
It was a plot. Mathias had come up with a brilliant plan. Blaming God for taking his wife away from him, he turned to evil and was merely using Leon to kill Walter so he could steal the vampire's soul with the use of the Crimson Stone. After Leon defeated Walter, Mathias disappeared, changed his name to "Lord of the Vampires, King of the Night", and then became Count Dracula.
At the end of the game, it is revealed that Mathias was in possession of the Crimson Stone, an alchemical artifact that passes the spiritual essence of any slain vampire into whomever wields it. The power of the stone was what transformed Mathias into a vampire (not the traditional blood-gift). Possessing the stone over the course of centuries is what transformed Dracula into the world's strongest vampire and presumably what assures that he is resurrected whenever he is slain. (This strange loop suggests that whenever Dracula is killed, as wielder of the Crimson Stone, his power is transferred directly back to him every time.)
However, although his dark designs went down exactly as he had planned, Mathias had not counted on the grief and rage of his former best friend. At that moment, Leon swore an oath that he, his children, and all future generations of the Belmont family would "hunt the night" and protect humanity from supernatural evil. The whip that Leon used to destroy Walter, the Vampire Killer, which was created from alchemy fused with the soul of Leon's beloved Sara, would eventually be passed down through generations of Belmonts to become legendary in its own right.
The idea of Dracula becoming a vampire following the death of his wife is very similar to a major story point of the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula, where Count Dracula renounces God after his wife Elisabetha kills herself.
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow[edit | edit source]
In the Game Boy Advance installment of the series, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, it is eventually revealed the main character Soma Cruz is in fact something of a reincarnation of Dracula. Apparently in the year 1999, Julius Belmont, the modern day member of the Belmont clan was finally able to defeat Dracula for good and seal away his castle in a solar eclipse. These events have yet to be elaborated on other than a brief mention in Aria of Sorrow. This was not the end of Dracula however, as it seems that after death his soul had been reincarnated in an innocent young man named Soma Cruz.
As he has been sealed away, Dracula does not appear in either Aria of Sorrow or Dawn of Sorrow. However, the boss "Graham" in Aria of Sorrow, and the alternate final boss (Soma) in Dawn of Sorrow fight very similarly to him.
Reception[edit | edit source]
Dracula was listed as the third top villain of 2006 by Game Informer.[1] He was also listed as the number 7 most recurring video game character who has died repeatedly and been resurrected.[2] He is ranked third on EGM's Top Ten Badass Undead.[3] GameDaily ranked him number sixteen in their "Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time" article, noting his persistence.[4] His persistence resulted in him being ranked amongst the most persistent video game villains of all time by GameDaily.[5] IGN listed him eight in their "Top 10 Most Memorable Villains" article, noting his grudge against the Belmonts and calling him "the Timex of villains."[6] In a later article, they listed him as one of their favorite monsters in video gaming, stating a preference for the Castlevania representation of Dracula over others due to him having "a sense of fashion and style that few other versions possess."[7] They would also list him as the 23rd best video game villain, calling him one of the most prolific video game villains ever.[8] GamesRadar listed him first on their list of video game villains who never stay dead, stating that he has died more than any other video game villain ever and that like The Legend of Zelda antagonist Ganon, he never learns from his previous battles.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Top 10 Villains of 2006". Game Informer (Cathy Preston) (165): pp. 56. January 2007
- ↑ Sharkey, Scott (2007-04-08). They Is Risen. 1up.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-07
- ↑ Scott Sharkey, "EGM's Top Ten Badass Undead: Thriller Night," Electronic Gaming Monthly 233 (October 2008): 106.
- ↑ Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time. GameDaily. Retrieved on 2008-11-29
- ↑ http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/most-persistent-video-game-villains/?page=4
- ↑ IGN Staff (7 March 2006). Top 10 Tuesday: Most Memorable Villains. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-12-14
- ↑ Schedeen, Jesse (31 October 2008). The Monsters of Gaming. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-12-26
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/23.html
- ↑ The Top 7... villains who never stay dead. GamesRadar. Retrieved on 2010-01-05
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post4659903875993003282..comments2020-10-28T15:51:13.963-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Most Awesomely Bad Pattern Finalists!Gertiehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-82835843117909617662009-11-22T21:09:45.544-05:002009-11-22T21:09:45.544-05:00The cat stuff!! That is so funny. It really makes ...The cat stuff!! That is so funny. It really makes me laugh. I don't like clothes on animals but this is hilarious.

Poor kitty... I made my cat a t-shirt (he was licking himself so much his skin was raw so had to stop him somehow) and he HATED me for it. Do people really make these things?Jodi Wadehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-9559151468005011142009-11-20T12:27:23.180-05:002009-11-20T12:27:23.180-05:00The men's pattern could be made into an awesom...The men's pattern could be made into an awesome Star Trek costume so it still has some merit :)Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-6063714309220274072009-11-19T15:36:18.025-05:002009-11-19T15:36:18.025-05:00Um, I totally had #1. Maybe two of them. I'm...Um, I totally had #1. Maybe two of them. I'm a child of the 80s whose mother kept sewing way past when I asked her to. Saddest part? I ALWAYS got compliments on that outfit (in my defense, it was a lovely shade of olive with red ribbon trim on the collar in place of the lace, but still).Deborahhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-67839385451438239052009-11-18T10:35:37.326-05:002009-11-18T10:35:37.326-05:00I think it looks lovley!I think it looks lovley!JuliaBhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-47393396095229598852009-11-18T01:22:47.575-05:002009-11-18T01:22:47.575-05:00it's a contest between the apron chaps and the...it's a contest between the apron chaps and the bibbed jumpsuit but the bibbed jumpsuit won in the end. it's really tres awful.

the men's jumpsuits are not too bad considering how many people wear similar stuff on factory floors.

as for the cat accessories.....i can't imagine any feline willing to be subject to such indignities.jeanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-42512804062317372152009-11-17T15:58:13.616-05:002009-11-17T15:58:13.616-05:00the mental image of mustard jumpsuit guy trying to...the mental image of mustard jumpsuit guy trying to retain any dignity while using a urinal is hard to wipe from my mind, but the 90's adult baby jumpsuit wins by a hair..improper misshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-2158299233786161502009-11-17T13:40:11.232-05:002009-11-17T13:40:11.232-05:00My daughters wore those jumpsuits when they were t...My daughters wore those jumpsuits when they were teenagers and I personally thought they were so cute.
But the cat accesories yuck to each his own I email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-64882780974098552732009-11-17T04:49:13.669-05:002009-11-17T04:49:13.669-05:00Dear God. Imma let you all finish voting, but tha...Dear God. Imma let you all finish voting, but that women's jumpsuit is definitely some of the worst pattern of all time! OF ALL TIME!!!

I like the cat pattern too - seriously, it's cute. My three cats wore lace collars on my wedding day - bridesmaid's outfits.lucy tartanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-5396872157335531812009-11-17T01:08:52.309-05:002009-11-17T01:08:52.309-05:00Number two pretty much combines all the worst elem...Number two pretty much combines all the worst elements of every bad outfit I wore in the early 1990s as a little girl. Just add some cabbage roses on a black background, and you are set!
The Renegade BeanCatherine Shuhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-88943117676071399552009-11-16T22:33:50.682-05:002009-11-16T22:33:50.682-05:firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-89764930922762024952009-11-16T20:38:23.817-05:002009-11-16T20:38:23.817-05:00Hey! I like cat clothes!Hey! I like cat clothes!Bootzeyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-59749170079606352562009-11-16T19:27:13.781-05:002009-11-16T19:27:13.781-05:00I had to go with the 90s jumpsuit--if only because...I had to go with the 90s jumpsuit--if only because I remember things like this (and *gulp* wearing them!), and still cringe at the memory. lol!Caseyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-19526121116639175372009-11-16T18:07:45.544-05:002009-11-16T18:07:45.544-05:00Oh gertie, I'm sitting here shaking and crying...Oh gertie, I'm sitting here shaking and crying with laughter. This post has made my day! BTW my doggie Alf wants me to resize the cat pattern. Where can I get it!Gailhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-40197053401897340832009-11-16T18:06:49.149-05:002009-11-16T18:06:49.149-05:00I...wore #1. My grandma made that for me, but she ...I...wore #1. My grandma made that for me, but she took off the bib thing. D:firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-72625345322889149322009-11-16T17:26:41.554-05:002009-11-16T17:26:41.554-05:00Stunningly dreadful. I have a stash of my grnadmot...Stunningly dreadful. I have a stash of my grnadmother's mags from the 1950s-1980s with some wonderful awfulness - but nothing quite this terrific.Fionahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-53371504082460777442009-11-16T16:26:34.502-05:002009-11-16T16:26:34.502-05:00The 1st jumpsuit. I don't think fashion ever ...The 1st jumpsuit. I don't think fashion ever got more awful than that.PJhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-27467245419171846892009-11-16T15:52:45.807-05:002009-11-16T15:52:45.807-05:00OHMYGOODNESS... are you actually meant to wear the...OHMYGOODNESS... are you actually meant to wear the bib jumpsuit OUTSIDE!?!?!?!?! LOL!!RitaSmeetahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-6319563076152000072009-11-16T15:49:50.221-05:002009-11-16T15:49:50.221-05:00omg!! my mother made me that ladies jumpsuit--may...omg!! my mother made me that ladies jumpsuit--maybe the kids version of that very pattern!!--when i was 12!! it was made out of blue ticking with pink hearts--ugh!! now to make sure that no photos of me in that horrid ensemble exist....how embarrassing!oneredboothttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-26922684058504949022009-11-16T15:33:49.116-05:002009-11-16T15:33:49.116-05:00A televised debbate, Pattern Junkie? it sounds lik...A televised debbate, Pattern Junkie? it sounds like a surrealistic nightmare...
As men (and women, isn't it, Rosie the riveter?) actually sometimes have to wear these jumpsuits for work, I don't think it is that silly (but ok, styling is atrocious). And whatever it is, I can't figure an animal pattern that wouldn't be silly, so this vote would be for the whole category.
So I chose the ladies jumpsuit, as it is both impractical, toroughly ugly in its design, and that as a cherry on the cake (and even if I like stripes, polka dots and flowers) I find its styling email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-64057675045201998962009-11-16T15:18:18.845-05:002009-11-16T15:18:18.845-05:00simplicity did a whole line of pet patterns. If I...simplicity did a whole line of pet patterns. If I remember right, it included several that had matching human portions, so you and your dog could match. the drugs were so much better in the 70s.

http://sew-n-sewpatterns.mybisi.com/product/69503/Simplicity-3973-Dogs-Kids-Matching-Hat-Coat-PATTERN-Santa_695451.html

for instance, if you ahve an urge to buy one.davidhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-61907955427812551202009-11-16T14:55:33.348-05:002009-11-16T14:55:33.348-05:00Where do I lodge a complaint? I wanted to vote for...Where do I lodge a complaint? I wanted to vote for more than one! LOL But had to finally narrow it down to the last one. I can not even conjur up the image of some man with the bloused legs of this horrible jumpsuit. Horrible.Marthahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-37870076289485476862009-11-16T14:25:40.386-05:002009-11-16T14:25:40.386-05:00It was the cat backpack that clinched it for me.It was the cat backpack that clinched it for me.emmasfavouritethingshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-23148445119333025392009-11-16T12:57:25.407-05:002009-11-16T12:57:25.407-05:00Oooh, that jumpsuit is a sight to behold... I stil...Oooh, that jumpsuit is a sight to behold... I still don't believe anything can beat the 'pinnie-chaps' for surreal badness, but jumpsuit has to come a close second!

Coincidentally, I came across this site today which includes a wide variety of very funny vintage pattern covers - http://clothedminds.blogspot.com/
Some are just goofy, but others are really very awesomely bad! Had me chuckling for ages and I still haven't gone through half the posts.Nathaliehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-4112609970229778062009-11-16T12:14:51.638-05:002009-11-16T12:14:51.638-05:00ACK! that jump suit! AHHH! I wanted to elect it a...ACK! that jump suit! AHHH!

I wanted to elect it as awesomely bad.. but there is NOTHING anywhere near awesomely about it.

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Karine Romanelli's work is located at the crossroads of two worlds. Merging the photographic image with the painted image, the artist evokes the real in many of its possible forms of representation and interpretation. In this way, her collages superimpose frames, creating a spatial distortion, which brings her compositions closer to a kind of abstraction. The frames also bring together spaces, connecting urban landscapes, familiar indoor settings and everyday objects in a kind of cross section of reality that reveals, in a single frame, both th…
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Overview of Enhance Mind IQ!
Our brain is the most vital organ and it needs to be feed with nutrients daily to keep it in optimal condition. As we grow older the vital nutrients from our brain start getting lower and we start experiencing the mental decline. About 60% of the mental focus and concentration starts reducing after the age of 30. So, it is very essential to feed your brain with healthy and effective nutrients to retain the healthy functioning of the brain cells. Enhance Mind IQ is the all-natural nootropic supplement that boosts the power of your brain and maximizes its potential to perform at its peak. The formula stimulates the memory power and enhances the cognitive abilities.
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The men of 'Twin Peaks' want to be your valentine
Cancel your Valentine's Day plans — Special Agent Dale Cooper wants to take you out for a slice of cherry pie and some damn fine coffee.
Illustrator Emma Munger created a series of valentines reimagining the men of Twin Peaks as pin-up models.
Munger previously gave the women of Twin Peaks a pin-up makeover, so she felt it was only fair to give the men the same treatment.
"The classic pin-up ideal is something I'm also very interested in, especially in regards to how it's changing," Munger told Mashable, "it's a formula that can support any body shape, any gender and I am having so much fun plugging in my favorite TV/movie heroines, and heroes and seeing the result."


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Chess players can find that some of their Chess skills enable them to pick up Go quickly – also that some concepts need to be discarded. The section on Chess and Go [4] compares the underlying ideas and applicable skills.
The section More on the Rules [5] is not important for practical play and beginners should avoid it. It is mostly about the way different international bodies deal with obscure positions.
Pair Go [6] originated as a way of attracting more female players and in any event is a popular form of team Go.
We have a section about Go for the Blind [7] and partially sighted.
If you came here looking for information on other board games then see our collection of links for
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"Celebrating quilt stories" was the theme of the quilt show held Jan. 19 to Jan. 21 in the Apollo Room of the Student Union at Wright State University.
The fourth annual show featured hundreds of handcrafted quilts. Each quilt was accompanied by a story from the quilt maker, giving guests a glimpse into what inspired each artist.
"What we are trying to do is allow fiber artists to show off their work," said Linda Morgan, show organizer.
Members of the Wright State Knitting and Crocheting Circle made hats, gloves and scarves at the show. Students interested in a warm crocheted item can pick one up for free during Scarf Frenzy on Friday, Jan. 27. The event will be held on the second floor of Dunbar Library beginning at noon until supplies last.
An auction was held on Saturday, Jan. 21, with proceeds supporting a Wright State student scholarship.
The quilt show was organized by Wright State's Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.


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Princeton Review Backs Off From Test-Prep Claims
Maybe I was right to be skeptical of all the postcards that are flooding my mailbox with claims that SAT test-prep classes will boost my high school student's scores dramatically.
On Wednesday, the Princeton Review dropped ad claims for test-score improvement through its test-preparation courses. It was a voluntary action that the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus found to be necessary and appropriate, following a challenge by Kaplan Inc., a competing test-preparation service.
Kaplan complained the Princeton Review's score-improvement claims weren't based on improvement from one exam to another, but instead on the difference between results on Princeton's diagnostic test and students' self-reported scores on the actual exam after taking a Princeton Review course. Princeton agreed to permanently discontinue the claims.
Inside Higher Ed has a good piece giving some context to the issue.
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Abby Fromm is on our Partner Ops Team in San Francisco, and she helps businesses get set up with Pinterest Ads everyday. A couple weeks ago, she explained how traffic and engagement campaigns work on our blog—this week, she's here to answer questions about targeting and bids.
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We use a "second-price auction model", which means you'll only be charged what you needed to beat the next highest bidder in the auction. You won't necessarily pay the full amount that you bid (and you may actually see your average cost per click or engagement lower than your initial bid).
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Arthrodesis ups complications, costs for spondylolisthesis
(HealthDay)—For patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis, decompressive laminectomy and spinal arthrodesis is associated with lower reoperation rates, but with higher complication rates and higher overall costs than laminectomy alone, according to a study published in the Nov. 6 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Shivanand P. Lad, M.D., Ph.D., from the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and colleagues examined complications, reoperation rates, and health care-associated costs for 16,556 patients with a primary diagnosis of lumbar spondylolisthesis who underwent surgical treatment from 2000 to 2009, identified from the MarketScan database.
The researchers found that, compared with patients undergoing decompression alone, patients undergoing arthrodesis had significantly higher complication rates during the initial hospitalization (8.3 versus 4.8 percent; P < 0.0001) and at the 90-day follow-up (9.6 versus 5.5 percent; P < 0.0001), with no difference for instrumented versus noninstrumented arthrodesis. The rates of reoperation at ≥ two years were higher in patients who underwent decompression alone versus those who received arthrodesis (15.7 versus 11.9 percent; P = 0.034). Patients managed with arthrodesis had higher initial hospital costs and two-year and five-year overall costs (in 2009 U.S. dollars) than those who had decompression only ($102,906 versus $89,337; P = 0.0018).
"The long-term outcomes and costs of these procedures should be evaluated in conjunction with clinical efficacy to ensure the most cost-effective treatment is utilized," the authors conclude.
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Please note that it is necessary to have a minimum of £20 in your account before payment can be made, except where a member is closing their account, in this instance, a payment of any amount can be made, including amounts less than £20. This assumes that the member has complied with our Terms & Conditions and has given 28 days notice to terminate their membership.
In the event that we are notified by a members credit/debit card provider, that our request for a recurring payment has failed or been dishonoured, we reserve the right to withhold payment from a members wallet, to the extent of the amount unpaid for the 28 day notice period.
Where a member leaves without giving notice and fails to request payment of monies in their wallet, their account will after a period of three months, be deemed dormant and subject to a monthly charge of up to £3 per month until such time the account is exhausted.