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Few days ago, UNESCO was about to vote in favor of the latest ritualistic anti-Israel resolution, this time presented by the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan over the situation of the Holy places in Jerusalem. The Israelis braced themselves for the inevitable automatic majority against them -- but not this time. It was Russia, of all member states, which pulled the chestnuts out of the fire for Israel. The Russian Ambassador intervened, and the vote was delayed, at least for half a year, clearly with a view to quietly remove this artificial issue from the agenda of UNESCO. The Israelis, of course, expressed their gratitude, and this is just the latest example of the ever- improving relations between the two countries, which until the dissolution of the Soviet Union were at constant odds.
It was not always so, as the Soviets supported the UN Partition Plan in November 1947, and moved later to recognize the newly-established State of Israel, and also to supply it with much-needed arms in its war of independence, given by their then satellite state of Czechoslovakia. But then, the Soviets changed horses, adopted the rising tide of radical Arab nationalism, led by Nasser of Egypt, and became Israel's worst enemy in the international arena. What helped them pursue this policy was also the fateful decision taken by Israe l's first PM David Ben-Gurion to side with the US in the Korean war, much to the chagrin of a lot of left-wing Israelis, who considered themselves part of the international Socialist camp. That was then, but it all changed after 1990, and diplomatic relations first, and later thriving commercial relations, were established between the two countries, and in the background was the exodus of previously oppressed Soviet Jews to Israel, something which has had a profound impact on every facet of life in Israel, including its domestic politics.
Former Soviet Jews constitute almost 20% of the voting population in Israel, and the vast majority of them seem to be firmly in the column of the nationalist right-wing in Israel. It was former President Bill Clinton who caused ripples in Israel when he stated that the influence of these people is becoming an obstacle to a compromise solution of the conflict with the Palestinians, as they tend to strongly object to such a solution. It was an exaggerated observation on the part of the former president, but not totally baseless. Nor is it baseless to argue that these people can be, and probably already are, a factor in the growing friendship between Israel and Russia. President Vladimir Putin picked Israel for its first international visit after his recent election. What seemed to be a diplomatic fantasy years ago seemed almost natural in May of this year, as the Russian leader inaugurated a stature commemorating the fallen Soviet soldiers in the "Great War" against Nazi Germany, many of whom were Jews.
During the visit, Putin had a long session with PM Netanyahu, the contents of which remained unknown, but not for too long. It has been published that the Russian natural gas, state-run monopoly Gazprom, which is the world's biggest natural gas exploration and production company, is very keen on investing a substantial amount in some of the newly-discovered natural gas resources off the shores of Israel. While the Netanyahu government is not in a position to decide all by itself whether to admit Gazprom as a senior partner in the new project, it sure does wield enough influence to enable the Russians to be involved. It is this possible partnership which arouses a lot of interest in the Middle East and could become the linchpin of a new strategic realignment in the Mediterranean. The Israeli plan is to incorporate Cyprus in the production of the gas and oil and the two countries have vastly improved their relations, even though the President of Cyprus is a member of the Communist Akel Party.
There is possible profit to share in the background, but also a joint adversary, and this is Turkey under PM Erdogan and the AKP party, which have targeted Israel, since the tragic Mavi Marmaraincident, as a rival country, and whose relations with Cyprus have been adversarial since the illegal Turkish creation of the Republic on Northern Cyprus in 1974. But then there is also the big shadow of Russia in the background. The Russians make it abundantly clear that they will not tolerate Turkish attempts to torpedo a joint Cypriot-Israeli project, as well as expressing growing impatience with other aspects of Turkish policy, not least the interception of planes flying from Russia to Syria.
While Russia and Turkey agreed in December 2011 to grant Gazprom permission to construct the South Stream pipeline project in the Turkish waters of the Black Sea, it is well-known that the Russians do not want to be too dependent on Turkey in terms of being able to export their gas and oil, so the option of taking part in the Israeli and Cypriot projects is highly appealing to them. It can and may very well prove also highly appealing to Israel, and could become the anchor of new, strategic relations between the two countries. Yes, Iran may prove a major stumbling block, and Russian objections to stricter sanctions against Iran are not popular in Israel, to put it mildly; but the Russians are not in support of Iran developing nuclear weapons, and they are very sensitive about fu ndamentalist Islamic influences over their own Muslim population.
It is clear therefore that Israel and Russia may have enough in common to further develop their relations and create a stable friendship based on a variety of interests.


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This Lobster Mac and Cheese recipe post is sponsored by Barilla Canada. I've been compensated monetarily but as always, all opinions are mine. #ProntoNight
This one-pan mac and cheese is an ultra decadent dish for a date-night-in or special occasion but without the all the fuss of a fancy dinner (and minus the extra dishes!). Fresh lobster and delicious pasta, nestled in a rich and creamy 3-cheese sauce with a crispy breaded topping browned to perfection. This seafood mac and cheese dish is quick and easy to make, but it's deliciously indulgent. Lobster Mac and Cheese is a restaurant-worthy meal that's ready in minutes!
Time Saving Lobster Mac and Cheese
It's not very often I make a meal that's ultra decadent and worthy of a date night because, well, we have two kids under 4 years old, so our date nights usually consist of Netflix, pyjamas, and maybe a cup of tea and some popcorn if we're lucky. But on all too rare an occasion, I'll pull out an indulgent recipe and whip up a restaurant-worthy meal just for the two of us after the kids are asleep for the night.
The thing is though, ultra decadent meals usually require all kinds of fancy ingredients and that one little thing we all seem to never have enough of…time!
Which is why I'm so glad to be partnering with Barilla Canada again today to bring you this absolutely divine One-Pan Lobster Mac and Cheese recipe, featuring their brand new Barilla Pronto one-pan, no boil, no drain pasta!
Let me tell you, this product is my new favourite time saver! If you've been around here for a while, you already know that I'm a huge fan of one-pan meals. I've shared many of my favourite quick and easy one-pan pasta dishes with you already, like this Pepperoni Mushroom Pizza Pasta, and this Creamy Ricotta Pasta Primavera with Chicken, which are both fantastic weeknight meals. I've had such a blast using the new Barilla Pronto pastas over the last month and they have saved supper in our house on more than one occasion!!
And I don't know what it's like in your house, but for me even the most special meals I make need to be simpler than they used to be, just because with two little ones running around my kitchen I can't give cooking the undivided attention I could before I became a mom.
I had so much fun making this One-Pan Lobster Mac and Cheese for my husband and I to enjoy because not only is it crazy decadent and indulgent and something that we'd usually only order in a restaurant, it was far simpler than most recipes like this, thanks to Barilla Pronto.
Lobster Mac and Cheese Recipe Tip:
Another great time-saving tip is to have your lobster steamed for you at the supermarket. Most supermarkets that sell fresh shellfish will be able to steam it for you, often at no extra charge. Just ask at your local seafood counter!
And because this dish is made in one-pan, it comes together quickly on the stove and then bakes for just a few minutes to get that crispy breaded topping. While it's baking just throw together a salad to make your dinner complete!
This seafood mac and cheese recipe serves 6-8, so it's a great dinner for two with lots of yummy leftovers but it's also a great dish for a dinner party with friends or a summer feast! Just don't tell anyone you made it all in one pan, and they'll never know how easy it is!! If you're a fan of comfort food (and who isn't, really??) I know you're going to love this easy Lobster Mac and Cheese recipe as much as we do!
Equipment Needed for Easy Lobster Mac and Cheese Recipe
To make the seafood mac and cheese, you'll need:
- large, oven-safe skillet
- large pot to boil pasta and lobster
- strainer
- measuring cups and spoons
One-Pan Lobster Mac and Cheese
- 400 g Barilla Pronto Cut Macaroni feel free to use Barilla Pronto Penne, Rotini, or Half-Cut Spaghetti for this dish too!
- 3 cups cold water
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 cup heavy cream or whipping cream
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- a pinch of nutmeg
- a pinch of paprika
- a generous pinch of both sea salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 cups extra sharp aged cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 cup smoked Gruyere cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 large lobster steamed, shucked and chopped into large chunks
- 1 cup coarse breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp parsley flakes
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- fresh chives chopped (optional, for garnish)
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place a large, oven-safe skillet over medium high heat and add the Barilla Pronto cut macaroni and the water. Stir until all the pasta is submerged and let the mixture come to a simmer.
- Simmer the pasta until almost all the water is absorbed, but the pasta is still moist (this should take less than 10 minutes).
- Turn the heat to medium low and add the Dijon mustard and heavy cream and stir well. Stir in the parsley, the nutmeg, the paprika and the sea salt and pepper.
- Add the shredded cheeses one at a time starting with the cheddar and ending with the Parmesan, stirring carefully as you add them to make sure the cheese melts into the warm cream sauce that's forming. You'll notice the cream sauce thicken at this point, so add the whole milk a little bit at a time to keep the mixture from becoming too dry. You may not need to add the whole amount, depending on the specific kind of cheeses you use, so watch the mixture carefully to be sure the sauce is thick and creamy and not dry or soupy.
- Once the sauce has reached your desired texture, add the chunks of lobster and stir them in until they're distributed throughout.
- In a small bowl, stir together the coarse breadcrumbs, garlic powder and parsley flakes. Sprinkle this breadcrumb mixture over the pasta mixture in the skillet and drizzle the melted butter over the top.
- Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10-15 minutes until the breaded topping is crispy and light brown. Garnish with some fresh chives, if desired, and serve!
This dish is great for those days that call for something special! The sauce is so creamy and smooth, and the breaded topping has the perfect crunch!

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- Alphabet Challenge - 2W, 1E, - (W1 of 2) - Y for You Choose
- Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E - No.7 - Anything Goes
- Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
- Creative Fingers - 2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.125 - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
- Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E - No.176 - Anything Goes
- Simply Papercraft - M, last Fri - Anything Goes
- Craft Rocket Challenges 2W,3E #33 Anything Goes
- Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes
- Star Stampz Challenge 2W,3E,SIO 2 Or More Patterned Papers
- Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E - #335 Always Anything Goes
I love Promarkers - 2W, 3E Must use Promarkers - #328 CAS
- Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
- The Crafty Addicts M, 3E, #33 Anything goes
Inky Chicks 3W, 3E, cards & altered items - #78 - Clean and Simple Passion For Promarkers Challenge W - must use promarkers - #382 Clean & Simple
Friday, 17 February 2017
Crafty Catz #358 - Anything Goes with a twist
19 comments:
- tilly said...
love those papers with your image and I love pancakes lol
Tilly xx
- 17/2/17
- Janette said...
Morning Sue, I love your fabulous card, super cute and a great layout.....
Have a happy weekend my friend,,,xxx
- 17/2/17
- Margarets designer cards said...
Brilliant and fabulous card, I love the chef,
Have a lovely weekend
- 17/2/17
- Marlene Atkinson said...
A gorgeous card Sue. Marlene
- 17/2/17
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Fabulous and wonderful card Sue great paper's and colour's have a lovely week end
Dianne xx :)
- 18/2/17
- Naomi Johnson said...
Me! I want pancakes! Great card. Have a great weekend. Naomi xx
- 18/2/17
- NickScrapShack said...
This look awesome Sue! I love the way you coloured her and the cast shadow underneath. Great choice of papers and design too. Simply perfect!
Hope your weekend is great
Crafty hugs
- 18/2/17
- Wendy L said...
Great card / invitecard, thanks for joining us at Craft Rocket, xxxx
- 20/2/17
- Unknown said...
Great fun card. Makes me want a pancake. Thank you for joining us at Week 7 of the Colour Crazy Challenge. Helen DT
- 20/2/17
- The Crafty Den said...
Super cute CAS card Sue. I love the adorable image and your colouring is perfect. Thanks for joining us at PFP this week. Hugs, Denise x
- 20/2/17
- Eekers said...
Beautiful clean, crisp invite! Love it :) Thanks for joining us at The Crafty Addicts and Good Luck! :)
Annabel - Crafty Addicts DT.
- 20/2/17
- Rainey's Craft Room said...
A super card with a gorgeous clean and simple design. Thanks for joining us at Passion for Promarkers this week.
Lorraine DT
- 20/2/17
- Furrbster said...
Great card - love the colours too!
Very best of luck in the draw,
Tinz - I {heart} promarkers
- 20/2/17
- Andie's Space said...
Hi Sue,
This looks fab. Love your image & your doodling around the edge completes it perfectly. Thanks for joining us at Passion for Promarkers this week.
Andie xx
- 21/2/17
- Anna-Karin said...
Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations. Hope to see you back soon again. Anna-Karin DT
- 22/2/17
- Julie O'Neil said...
Yum pancakes! Love the card, thanks for joining us at Star Stampz!
- 22/2/17
- Basslady said...
a wonderful invitation!
thank you so much for playing along with us at alphabet challenges!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
- 23/2/17
- Nicola Gold said...
This is a lovely card. Can you please make sure your watermark goes across the centre of the KennyK image as per TOU. Once you have done this please join us at Club KennyK on Facebook for our latest challenge, where you will also be able to request this month's challenge freebie. Nicola, KennyK DT
- 24/2/17
- Nicola Gold said...
I love your theme, layout and colour choices. You are making me hungry for pancakes now, lol. Thank-you for joining us at the Crafting with an Attitude Challenge 'Anything Goes' February 2017.
Nicola DT Amethyst Lily Designs
- 24/2/17


text: I got my Iphone 4g yesterday while I was home sick. Good timing. I also got my mother, who turned 80 this year a new Iphone on my plan. I set her up with email and her own facebook account so she can keep up with all the family news. She has taken to checking her facebook everytime somebody else friends her. Took to it better than I thought. Soon she will be just as attached to her phone as I am to mine.


text: J.H. Dieterich A.A. Barka R.S. Stein 1996 Ten M???6.7 earthquakes ruptured 1,000 km of the North Anatolian fault (Turkey) during 1939-92, providing an unsurpassed opportunity to study how one large shock sets up the next. Calculations of the change in Coulomb failure stress reveal that 9 out of 10 ruptures were brought closer to failure by the preceding shocks, typically by 5 bars, equivalent to 20 years of secular stressing. We translate the calculated stress changes into earthquake probabilities using an earthquake-nucleation constitutive relation, which includes both permanent and transient stress effects. For the typical 10-year period between triggering and subsequent rupturing shocks in the Anatolia sequence, the stress changes yield an average three-fold gain in the ensuing earthquake probability. Stress is now calculated to be high at several isolated sites along the fault. During the next 30 years, we estimate a 15% probability of a M???6.7 earthquake east of the major eastern center of Erzincan, and a 12% probability for a large event south of the major western port city of Izmit. Such stress-based probability calculations may thus be useful to assess and update earthquake hazards elsewhere. ?? 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. application/pdf 10.1016/S0079-1946(97)00039-6 en Role of stress triggering in earthquake migration on the North Anatolian fault article


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Documentation/Dashboard/Help Style Guide
From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
< Documentation | Dashboard
- 1 How-tos (Help guides)
- 1.1 Effective Document Structure
- 1.2 Formats
- 1.3 Content
- 2 Calc functions
How-tos (Help guides)
Effective Document Structure
Structuring Documents
Readers are goal oriented and scan for information. Scannable documents help readers to locate information quickly. To structure your documents accordingly, do the following:
- Write meaningful headings and subheadings.
Headings and subheadings should be short, precise abstracts of the associated content because they are often displayed out of context and may be truncated in search results lists.
Do not go beyond fourth-level headings and try to have at least two headings at each level.
Avoid meaningless headings such as "Overview" or "Introduction".
Try to use parallel construction when writing headings at the same level.
- Keep paragraphs short.
To emphasize main points limit each paragraph to one idea and do not write more than three to five sentences per paragraph (or a maximum of 75 words).
- Use bulleted and numbered lists.
Bulleted and numbered lists help to break up hard-to-read screen text and provide white space that gives the eyes a visual break. Therefore, use more lists online than you would on a typical printed page.
Avoid having more than nine items in a list. If that is not possible try to divide the list into two or more lists.
Lists must include at least two items.
Use numbered lists when the entries are dependent on the sequence in which you present them (for example a step-by-step procedure). Use bulleted lists when the entries are not dependent on sequence (for example action alternatives).
- Replace text with tables and figures, when possible.
Make tables short and simple to improve online readability and reduce load time. Consider using a table instead of a bulleted list for long lists with repeating elements.
Writing Short Self-Contained Topics
These guidelines help readers find needed information quickly:
- Create self-contained topics and link them to other topics.
Make each topic clearly focused and coherent so that it answers one question about one subject for one purpose.
If necessary, repeat contextual information within each topic to help orient readers so that they know what the current topic is and how it fits within the larger document structure.
Links to overviews or similar explanatory information can help readers who need more background.
- Include transitions within each topic.
Use transitions between and within paragraphs to show how ideas relate to each other. But do not repeat the heading content in introductory sentences.
Preserving Context
Online readers jump around through traversing links choosing their own path through the documentation. To preserve context follow these guidelines:
- Offer contextual cues.
Help readers understand where the information belongs within the larger structure of the document. For example, you could indicate to readers that a certain topic is part of a broader topic or offer them a link to it.
- Make assumptions about reading order.
You usually do not know how readers come to your document. They might arrive through a table of contents or a search machine. Or they clicked a link that lead them there. When you make few assumptions here, you are better prepared to offer readers the necessary contextual cues.
Using Links
Gender-Neutral Language
Present Tense and Active Voice
Procedure Description
Date Format
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Grammar and Punctuation
Consistent Use of GUI Elements
Calc functions
A typical help text for a Calc function should follow this scheme of paragraph styles:
|hidden text
|Index entry
|<BOOKMARKVALUE>DATE function</BOOKMARKVALUE>
|Second level heading
|Function description
|This function converts a date written as year, month, day to an internal serial number and displays it in the cell's formatting. The default format of a cell containing the DATE function is the date format, but you can format the cells with the 0 number format, which displays the internal serial number of the date as a number.
|Third level heading
|Syntax definition
|DATE(Year; Month; Day)
|Explanation of function arguments
|Year is an integer between 1583 and 9956 or 0 and 99. In Tools - Options - StarOffice - General you can set from which year a two-digit number entry is recognized as 20xx.
|Third level heading
|=DATE(00;1;31) yields 1/31/00 if the cell format setting is MM/DD/YY.
Distribution of Function Descriptions in the Help (see also issue 71289)
- One file for every Calc function: Every Calc function should be presented as a self-contained entity as we have it already for some functions like DATE, HOUR, YEAR and some others.
- One function list for every function category (main_{categoryname}.xhp): The individual Calc functions should be bundled in a category file. These category files should contain a list of the related functions, each with a short description (that can be taken from the Calc function file) and a link to the corresponding Calc function file.
- One list of categories (main_functions.xhp): Overview of all categories with links to the categories pages. Therefore it would be better to name it main_categories.xhp.
Checklist for the Completeness of Function Descriptions
Here are some hints related to the contents that should be considered in every function description although they are sometimes missing in the actual help files.
- Think global when you give examples. The english documentation is an international one.
- Give unambiguous examples.
- Mention differences to Excel.
- Advise of argument types that are silently converted.
- Advise of general settings that influence the result.
- Mention the mathematical formula, which is used to calculate the result.
- Advise of incorrect arguments that generate no error.
- Tell the user, if named ranges, named formulas, labels or named data ranges are not resolved to their content or are forbidden.
- Tell the user if internal underflow or overflow is not automatically detected. Tell about the accuracy if possible.


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Have you ever stopped and thought to yourself: I'M TURNING INTO MY MOM/DAD!?
Or how about: Man, my parents were right?!
I feel like I have the mom moment nearly every day at this point, and as scary as that may sound, it's actually REALLY calming and fills me with joy!
But, that's not the one I want to talk about today. I want to talk about when parents are right. Not because I am one. And not because this is the first time I have thought this. It's because when I realized my dad was right about ONE thing in particular (out of plenty, believe me), that is when things started to come together for me.
It was something he used to say when I was growing up. When he coached me in multiple sports, and through school. He said it would make me a better person, player, and scholar. He never told me it would follow me into adulthood...but he knew it.
It is a saying that is always hanging out at the back of my mind, creeping forward like a life coach every time I need it most. It guides EVERYTHING I do today (seriously, everything).
Are you ready for this transformative, life-changing, necessary wisdom from THE Steve Schneider?!?!
"Repetition. Repetition. Repetition."
It reminds me of the consistency I need to be successful. To be seen and heard. The practice I need to be - not just better - but the BEST at what I do and what I love. It has, unknowingly, become so ingrained in me, nearly the center of my existence.
And it came from my DAD!
Now, stop and think about it. Is there anything that a parent, teacher, or guide said to you as a youngun that has just inherently stuck with you, becoming a central life lesson you never knew you needed? Please share below!
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Professional Indemnity for Scouts
Professional Indemnity (PI) or Professional Liability insurance provides protection against a claim made by a third party for an error, omission or alleged breach of professional duty resulting in a loss.
A professional duty would be when a Scout Group provides a service to others, often for a fee, where they are acting as experts passing knowledge on. If someone alleges that the Scout Group provided advice incorrectly, resulting in a financial loss caused from professional negligence, the Scout Group could find themselves facing a claim.
What cover you already have
Scout leaders who provide training to other people in Scouting or Girlguiding are covered under the Scout Public Liability policy.
What cover you may need to consider buying
If your Scout Group provides training, advice or other services to people or groups outside Scouting or Girlguiding – particularly if you charge a fee – you may need to take out additional Professional Liability cover. This type of training wouldn't fall under the Scout Public Liability policy.
What's covered?
Professional indemnity insurance covers against a wide range of scenarios, including:
- Professional negligence (i.e. providing incorrect advice)
- Loss of documents or data
- Unintentional breach of copyright and/or confidentiality
- Defamation and libel
- Loss of goods or money (your own or for which you are responsible)
'They understand the issues which we need to address in arranging insurance for a Scout Group.'
1st Fosseway Scout Group


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Here's my special treat for you. 🙂
Hurry up! It's only for a limited time.
Enjoy your summer with
"Tell me, Matthews," he said as he dropped his arm to the pillow and tilted his head to my side. "Why do I have you in my bed, when I'm not allowed to touch you?"
If she gets her foot into this game with me, she won't get out of it single.
After studying me for a couple of seconds, his expression softened even more. "You're not going to get me into trouble."
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Several athletes with area ties at London Olympics
Thu., July 26, 2012
Tomorrow, the world.
Including Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
Athletes from 206 nations – one competing under the flag of five interlocking rings because South Sudan has no Olympic organization – are assembled for the Games of the 30th Olympiad, the opening ceremonies officially launching the action in London on Friday.
And there will be some chances to wave the flag for a handful of athletes who either got their competitive start in our area or whose stay here pushed along their Olympic dreams.
Nothing new about that.
Spokane made its mark in the Olympics as far back Olympiad No. 7, the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium. That's when a slender Lewis and Clark High School graduate named Carl Johnson won a silver medal in the long jump.
Since then, the results have ranged from gold medals to grinding despair, and the flags have fairly multiplied – athletes who attended area colleges have represented more than 30 nations in the Olympics.
Launi Meili of Cheney won a gold medal in the always-overlooked discipline of rifle shooting. John Stockton the first of his two with the Dream Team, probably the most hyped Olympic development in history. Gerry Lindgren was a sad footnote in one of the most famous of races. Boxer Toby Gibson, a gold medal favorite, was upset by a Ghanan fighter in his second bout.
Julius Korir carried on the great Kenyan running revolution by winning gold as a student at Washington State. Dan O'Brien was crowned the World's Greatest Athlete for winning the decathlon, a few years after attending the Community Colleges and Spokane and the University of Idaho.
All of the following athletes with area connections – listed in order of competition dates – are headed to London with gold medal dreams.
It's the only way to go.
Ronny Turiaf (basketball)
Will any athlete embrace the Olympic experience more than Ronny Turiaf? During his Gonzaga days, the Martinique-born basketball star – competing for France in London – was a virtual ambassador-at-large. Now Turiaf, 29, is going from winning an NBA ring with the Miami Heat to shooting for gold with pals like Tony Parker and Boris Diaw. (Basketball competition begins Sunday)
Jamie Redman (rowing)
A Lewis and Clark High School graduate, Jamie Redman has called her Olympic assignment "bittersweet" – she's an alternate on the Team USA women's eight boat. Redman, 25, had been among the top contenders to row in London before suffering a concussion in a January auto accident. (Women's eight races begin Sunday)
Aron Baynes (basketball)
He's been bouncing around the best basketball clubs in Europe since leaving Washington State in 2009, but Aron Baynes, 25, is part of Australia's beloved "Boomers" in their run for an Olympic medal. Joining him on the Aussie squad are two guards familiar to Spokane basketball audiences, Patrick Mills and Matthew Dellavedova of Saint Mary's. (Basketball competition begins Sunday)
Kristin Armstrong (cycling)
Can she make it two in a row? Cyclist Kristin Armstrong, 38, will compete in her third Olympics and is the defending champion in the women's time trial. But three days earlier, the 1995 University of Idaho graduate will compete in the women's road race, an event in which she finished eighth in 2004. (Women's road race is Sunday, time trial is Aug. 1)
Adrienne Lyle (equestrian)
Raised on Whidbey Island, Adrienne Lyle interrupted her schooling at Washington State for a chance to learn under Olympic dressage rider Debbie McDonald in Hailey, Idaho. Now 27, Lyle and 13-year-old Wizard will compete in their first Games after five Grand Prix level victories this year. (Dressage competition is Aug. 2)
Eric Uptagrafft (shooting)
It's been 20 years between Olympic appearances for Eric Uptagrafft, 46. The University High School graduate finished 30th in the 50-meter prone rifle event at the Atlanta Olympics as something of a part-time shooter. Now a member of the U.S. Army's Marksmanship Unit, this time he's going to the games as a team: his wife, Sandra, has qualified in the 25-meter pistol competition, the first husband-wife duo to do so. (Men's 50-meter prone rifle competition is Aug. 3)
Amanda Furrer (shooting)
Once a wannabe Shania Twain, Amanda Furrer carries on Spokane's long tradition in Olympic shooting, aiming for a medal in the women's 50-meter three-position (prone, standing, kneeling) event. The Mead High School graduate, 21, was an Olympic alternate in 2008 and has medals from the World Championships and Pan-American Games – that bronze won at age 16. She's a student at Ohio State University. (Women's 50-meter rifle competition is Aug. 4)
Brad Walker (pole vault)
One of the gold medal favorites in the pole vault in Beijing, Brad Walker didn't clear a height in a qualifying round that stretched on for hours. The American record holder (19 feet, 9 3/4 inches) and twice a World Champion, the 32-year-old University High and University of Washington graduate has vowed that he won't lose his cool the way he did in China no matter what the circumstances in London. (Men's qualifying is Aug. 8, finals Aug. 10)
Bernard Lagat (distance running)
One of the most enduring middle-distance runners in history, Bernard Lagat is making what's likely to be his last Olympic run – this time at 5,000 meters. But it would be his first games medal as an American – the Washington State alum won bronze and silver at 1,500 meters for Kenya in 2000 and 2004 before becoming a U.S. citizen. Lagat, 37, also suffered Beijing disappointment, getting eliminated in the 1,500 semis and finishing ninth in the 5,000 while nursing an Achilles injury. (Men's 5,000 qualifying is Aug. 8, finals Aug. 11)
Ebba Jungmark (high jump)
Her stay at Washington State was short – just a year – but Ebba Jungmark made her mark as the 2008 NCAA Indoor champion in the high jump. Competing for Sweden, she'll be among the contenders with a best of 6-5 and coming off a silver medal finish at the 2012 World Indoor Championships. (Women's qualifying is Aug. 9, finals Aug. 11)
Christine Amertil (sprints)
Yes, North Idaho College used to have a track team, and a good one, and one of the best was Christine Amertil. She affirmed it in 2004 by finishing seventh in the women's 400 meters at the Athens Olympics. Now 32 and the mother of a year-old daughter, she'll compete in her fourth Olympics as a member of the Bahamas' 4x100-meter relay team. (Women's 4x100 relay qualifying is Aug. 9, finals Aug. 10)
Just passing through
A sampling of Olympic athletes you may have seen when they competed in Spokane:
Sue Bird (USA) and Lauren Jackson (Australia) starred when the Seattle Storm brought a regular-season WNBA game to Spokane during Hoopfest in 2004.
American track Olympians Cyrus Hostetler (men's javelin) and Becky Holliday (women's pole vault) set meet records when they won NWAACC championships at Spokane Falls in 2008 and 2001, respectively.
Two-time beach gold medalists Misty May-Treanor (Long Beach State) and Kerri Walsh-Jennings (Stanford) competed at the Arena in the NCAA Volleyball Championships in 1997, won by the Cardinal.
The U.S. boxing trials at Northern Quest in February sent Marlen Esparza (flyweight), Queen Underwood (lightweight) and Claressa Shields (middleweight) to London.
Field records in the women's shot put and men's hammer at Whitworth's Boppell Track belong to Jillian Camarena-Williams and Kibwe Johnson from a meet staged at the prestigious Ironwood Throwers Camp back in 2006.
Dathan Ritzenhein will run the 10,000 meters in London, but he cruised to an easy victory in the USA Cross Country Championships at Plantes Ferry in 2010.
She's considered the best female goalkeeper in the world now, but in 1996 Hope Solo scored the winning goal for Richland in the State 3A soccer playoffs against Ferris.
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Facebook launches PMD Center to help marketers find vendors and software
Facebook today launched the Preferred Marketing Developer Center to serve as a more robust directory of companies, tools and apps for social marketing and advertising.
PMD Center attempts to solve pain points for both developers and marketers. With so many companies offering tools and services for Facebook advertising, analytics, competitive analysis, monitoring, promotions, publishing and more, it is difficult for brands and agencies to sift through and find what's right for them. A lot of time is spent seeking information and listening to pitches. For PMDs, it can be tough to get the right contacts and leads.
PMD Center introduces expanded company profile pages including case studies, white papers and other links. There's also an integrated contact form for marketers to reach out to individual PMDs or submit an RFP to multiple vendors. The previous directory did not have these capabilities and was less intuitive to navigate.
The PMD program, launched in April, certifies developers with badges in up to four areas: ads, apps, pages and insights. There's also a Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer classification, which gives 12 companies access to alpha and beta products, as well as more support from Facebook's business, product and engineering teams. PMD Center allows marketers to search or browse companies by these categories, as well as more specific services or specialties.
Companies that are not officially qualified as PMDs but build on the Facebook Ads API or sell inventory through the Facebook Exchange are now included in the new directory, giving these companies more opportunities to reach potential clients.
Another significant change is that developers can update their own pages through a self-serve dashboard. This means PMDs can keep their profiles up to date and upload new white papers and case studies as they want, rather than having to request that Facebook make changes to its directory.
As we wrote about last month, PMD Center is one of a number of efforts Facebook is looking to make to help developers and marketers in the coming year. Facebook recently hired a sales liaison to help the internal sales team understand the capabilities of each PMD so representatives can connect brands and agencies with the right vendors. The company also hired a PMD marketing communications manager and has other open positions for a PMD business development manager and a few partner managers.
PMD Center follows in the footsteps of App Center, the improved apps and games directory launched in June. These centers feature more visuals and rotating content to draw users in and help them discover things of interest, even if they're just browsing. For users who do know what they want, Facebook offers more options for searching and filtering results.
A difference with PMD Center and App Center, however, is that Facebook contracted out the development of PMD Center. UK social media agency Gamaroff Digital built the new directory, so it got a call out in Facebook's latest developer blog post and appears as a "PMD highlight" on the homepage. This might not sit well with other PMDs.


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After a few weeks without editorial access to our blog we're back online !
Just as Mercury went retrograde, as fate would have it, our computer "went down" and had to be sent off for repair.
We've come back and found all kinds of email and questions and updates needing to be implemented. So we hope you'll bear with us whilst we catch up.
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Happy Nonfiction November!! This week, we're discussing how 2015 has been for our nonfiction reading, hosted by the wonderful Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness. Don't forget to head over to Kim's blog to add your link!
This has been an unusual reading year for me. Now that I don't live in the city and I don't commute for work, I've lost a big chunk of my reading time. A typical day for me in 2014 involved almost two hours of uninterrupted reading time a day on the subway. Now that my commute is from my bedroom to my home office, I'm having a hard time carving out the same amount of time to read! I've only read 44 books so far this year. A typical year for me has usually been well over one hundred. I don't mind that I'll probably only get to just over 50 books read for the year, but let me just say, it makes me so much pickier about what I read. And so much more upset when I read a book I didn't like!
Now, reduction in reading aside, I've actually read more nonfiction so far this year than any year before. I definitely attribute this to Nonfiction November's influence! I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks and I've found that I really enjoy nonfiction on audio. Here is what I've read or listened to so far in 2015:
- brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Liar Temptress Soldier Spy by Karen Abbott
- Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
- Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M. Blow
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- On Immunity by Eula Biss
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
What is your favorite nonfiction read of the year?
I was absolutely blown away by brown girl dreaming, Jaqueline Woodson's memoir in verse. It's a beautiful book of poetry, memoir, and shows that nonfiction can be more than just prose. It's a powerful piece of writing.
Being Mortal by Atul Gwande is also a powerful book about death and dying in the United States in three parts. I have to admit, this was a difficult book to listen to in some parts. The first section is all about the human body and the aging process. The second focuses on problems in the nursing home and assisted living industry and what can be done to increase quality of life in the last stage of life. Finally, GaMwande analyzes the ways medicine has failed the dying, especially those suffering from terminal illnesses. While Being Mortal was not always the easiest book to listen to, it's the most important nonfiction books I read this year.
What nonfiction book have you recommended the most?
If we're not just talking about books I've read this year, I'd say Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer. It always, weirdly, seems to come up in conversations. Parasites are everywhere!
What is one topic or type of nonfiction you haven't read enough of?
So much!! But this year, especially, there seems to be a lack of comics nonfiction in my reading. Unfortunately, my new library system is really lacking in the comics department. I usually read quite a few, but this year just one: El Deafo by Cece Bell. I also really want to read more biographies and history books.
What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?
Reading more nonfiction, of course, but also reading all of your blog posts! You always recommend such great nonfiction and I can't wait to add to my ever-growing TBR. I'm currently reading And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts and up next on the TBR is I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai for our readalong discussion. I've also downloaded The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (a book I found out about through Nonfiction November), H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor, and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott on audiobook. I doubt I'll get to all four of those, but I do have quite a bit of work driving this month, so I should at least get through two.
What about you? I can't wait to read through your Nonfiction November posts this week! Be sure to stop by Sophisticated Dorkiness to add your link to the list so we don't miss out.


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Effingham Selectmen Meeting | July 10, 2018
Meeting Notes
Effingham NH Selectmen meeting 7/10/18. The Selectmen: Michael Cahalane, Leonard Espie, and John Meisner convene their meetings at the Effingham Municipal Offices, 68 School Street, Effingham. This meeting began at 5:00 pm. Town Administrator: Claudia Lamphier. Administrative Assistant: Cheryle Feirick. Office Assistant: Chris Holbrook
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Call to order: John Meisner; Michael Cahalane; Leon Espie;
MANIFEST REVIEW: General discussion file: b_oBEp27.10.2018
Pledge of Allegiance;
LANDTECH: Fire station septic design; 1500 gallon tank; 600 gallon per day system; Effluent pump versus grinder; Well location; High water table;
MOTION: M-Meisner To move forward with Landtech septic system for the Fire Station. 2nd-Cahalane----- V-Meisner-Y; Cahalane-Y; Espie-Y;
MOTION: M-Meisner To accept the manifest: $17,183.33 2nd-Cahalane----- V-Meisner-Y; Cahalane-Y; Espie-Y;
MAIL FOLDER: Zoning officer report; (2) letters;
MOTION: M-Meisner To approve the meeting minutes from July 3, 2018; 2nd-Cahalane----- V-Meisner-Y; Cahalane-Y; Espie-Y;
MOTION: M-Meisner To approve the work session meeting minutes from July 2, 2018; 2nd-Espie----- V-Meisner-Y; Cahalane-Y; Espie-Y;
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Thursday morning at 10:00 am; Library; Door keys; NH Preservation Alliance; Building assessment; Grants; National Historic Register; NHDES grant funding;
PUBLIC COMMENTS: School budget committee proposal; Apportionment formula;
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Right of Way ordinance; Time Warner franchise agreements; NH Municipal Association legal policy conference; Purchasing ordinance; Scheduling of work session; HEB Engineering of Elm Street Bridge;
PUBLIC COMMENT: Road contractor: Green Mountain Rd; Estimates; Champion Hill Rd; Engineer cost budget line; White Mountain Survey;
MOTION: M-Meisner To move into a non public session per RSA 91-a: 3, II (a) 2nd-NO AUDIBLE SECOND----- V-Roll Call-Meisner-Y; Cahalane-Y; Espie-Y;
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Re: Need to lay off an employee, need adviceLUCKIEST May 5, 2008 6:55 PM (in response to Bluesuit)Need to lay off an employee. Yes it harder than you think.1 of 1 people found this helpful
Getting fired is one of those things that happen to just about everyone eventually
But never when you expect it. DO NOT MENTION "underperforming"
Do you have an employee handbook?? Is there a section on termination??
Give the person praise, support, a good reference, leave the door open for this person
to return if the company business or economy picks up.
You might want to have a second person in the room as backup.
Letting somebody go is a learning experience.
This might be hard, BUT better the underperforming employee than you.
Re: Need to lay off an employee, need adviceLighthouse24 May 6, 2008 1:02 AM (in response to Bluesuit)
First, ensure that there is no employment contract (written or implied). Next, review your Employee Handbook. In CA, if there is no employment contract, the handbook should state that employment is presumed to be "at-will" -- which means that both you and the employee are free to end the employment relationship at any time for any reason so long as the reason isn't illegal. The at-will relationship doesn't make firing someone any easier, but it does reduce the landmines you have to avoid.
You say the employee doesn't suspect it, which suggests that you have not been telling this person that he/she has been underperforming, nor have you been documenting the performance shortfalls and the efforts you made to help the employee succeed. So firing this person for underperforming would be a surprise and therefore somewhat unfair -- and it may be perceived as unfair by the employee and by his/her coworkers (and probably by a jury, if the employee finds a reason to sue). So I would avoid saying that the termination is because of that, unless you have been saying it and documenting it for quite awhile.
Instead, I would call the person in (it is best to have another manager or HR person in the room to observe, if possible) and come directly to the point: "John, your job is being terminated, effective immediately. The company is cutting expenses and simply can't support such a large team anymore." Then briefly tell the person how and when he/she will receive the final paycheck and payment for any unused vacation or other benefits. Finally, discuss an arrangement that will let the employee collect any personal effects without humiliation and without risk to company property or resources (in other words, don't march the person out the door in front of everybody, but don't give the person unsupervised access either).
Be brief, but compassionate. Let the person ask questions or talk about what went wrong if he/she wants. Listen, paraphrase, and empathize -- but don't apologize, sympathize, or explain the decision to terminate beyond your initial statement. If necessary, just calmly repeat, over and over, "The company is cutting expenses and we simply can't support your job anymore."
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Re: Need to lay off an employee, need adviceTheMan May 6, 2008 4:42 AM (in response to Bluesuit)Not performing to expectations....if you were laying off someone that was PERFORMING to expectations..you should have a problem...if they are not...get someone else....or they will replace you for keeping someone that is a drain to the company. That is a no brainer.
Re: Need to lay off an employee, need adviceLUCKIEST May 12, 2008 12:14 PM (in response to Bluesuit)Need to lay off an employee
Bring us up to date. Did you lay off the employee YET??
How do it go?? and how do you feel??
Re: Need to lay off an employee, need adviceMRFINANCE May 12, 2008 12:36 PM (in response to Bluesuit)Do it like removing a band-aid...call them in on a Friday afternoon and JUST DO IT!1 of 1 people found this helpful
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I have been asked to let go an underperforming employee due to budget cuts. We simply can't support such a large team any more. This person has been with our company for over 5 years. To make matters worse this employee probably doesn't suspect it which makes this even harder for me. I've never had to let any one go before. Can someone please give me advice? I know it sounds odd that I am having anxiety over this conversation.


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Two country giants released a collaboration album early this year. I didn't realize it. I'm glad I finally discovered it thanks to CMT Edge.
One of the tracks getting attention is this one and I think it's rightfully getting attention. The song makes you think about the world right now and what's going on with it.
Have a listen and we'll talk about it later…
The Weight Of The World – Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Really cool groove on this one. It's kind of bluesy and really not like anything you'll hear anywhere today. It feels like lounge music kind of. I can see sitting in a lounge-type bar watching these two perform this song. I'd be sitting there drinking some kind of cocktail instead of a beer. It's cool. These two are cool.
The lyrics are about all the things going on in the world right now. Emmylou describes that inspiration on the CMT Edge interview. She said they were getting together on the groove and talking about all the things they had been seeing on the news.
And that's where the inspiration for the song came along. She said it seems like people today aren't worried about the future and what choices today will have a negative impact in the future.
Maybe it's a folly to watch the news. I had to pull away from watching it and limit the places I go for news online. There is just too much negativity in the world and it's always been that way. You can only take so much. There have always been negative things, but there are also positive things.
The best we can do is to do our part to make the world a positive place.
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OSU selected by NSF for UAS Weather Project
NSF awards OSU and three partner universities $6 million to develop weather research UAVs
The National Science Foundation has awarded Oklahoma State University and three partner universities $6 million to collaboratively develop an integrated unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to improve weather forecasting through the study of atmospheric physics. The four-year grant will be shared by OSU and the universities of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kentucky.
The interdisciplinary project involves more than a dozen faculty from the four universities in fields as varied as meteorology, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design, sensing and imaging, computer science and data management. The goal is the development of small, affordable unmanned systems, along with a knowledge base, to be used by government and university scientists and private companies to expand the understanding of atmospheric conditions and improve weather forecasting.
Each of the four universities brings its own unique expertise needed to make an ambitious project on this scale successful, Jacob said. OSU brings its strength in developing unmanned aircraft and autonomous control systems together with OU's strength in meteorology, Nebraska's understanding of atmospheric physics and Kentucky's development of sensor technologies and systems integration.
OU will support this project through its established strengths in meteorology and radar engineering. OU has considerable experience in boundary layer meteorology and the addition of small UAS will considerably impact future studies. Additionally, OU will begin to explore the challenging question of how small UAS can be integrated into studying the impacts of climate change on our society.
Currently, meteorologists primary rely on radar and ground-based instruments that are unable to collect necessary data in the atmosphere to build better forecasting models. Weather balloons provide information but are limited by how often they can be launched. Though scientists have used large UAVs, like the Predator, to study hurricanes, the cost is prohibitive for more widespread study of atmospheric conditions.
Along with the four universities making up the core of the collaboration, the project also involves other universities such as the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as government agencies including NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Center for Atmospheric Science. Private companies are also providing expertise.
Calling the project CLOUD MAP, for Collaboration Leading Operational UAS Development for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Jacob said the effort will likely mean the development of new technologies and the use of currently available systems, though it is too early to know what the UAS will look like. For more information, visit http://www.cloud-map.org.


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There are many different awards opportunities for businesses that encourage innovation and excellence in the field of tourism. Visit Sunshine Coast encourages members to enter the awards as listed below.
Operating for 32 years, the Queensland Tourism Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of the state's tourism industry, including individuals, businesses (industry operators) and events. The awards are a submission and inspection based program and provide the opportunity to publicly acknowledge and showcase Queensland's finest tourism operators. The awards cover 29 categories ranging from attractions, events, tour and transport, accommodation, restaurants, culture, marketing and more. Please visit the Queensland Tourism Awards website for more information.
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The Australian Event Awards is the pinnacle awards program for the events industry in Australia. The program is open to all Australian events, event managers and support service providers and it is the only opportunity for Australian events and event organisers to be acknowledged on a level playing field, across the entire national events industry. The Australian Event Awards will also be held on the Sunshine Coast from 2016-2018. Please visit the Australian Event Awards website for more information.


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|Thank you to those who take the time to write a review. I read every one carefully, whether they are from long-established readers or those who started reading my stories recently; they are the inspiration for me to continue writing this space saga.
Tales in Tarrasade continue the space saga that began with In the cold of space you find the heat of suns. The saga is also continued in Iteration. At the time of this posting (Sept 2010) chapters of Iteration are being posted twice weekly. Additional Tales are only posted erratically (usually when I have writers block with Iteration).
Remember, if you want to be emailed every time there is an update, you need to give me an email address. My email address is in my profile.
Thanks to Small Fox for being my beta.
Apologies if the characters have grown differently in their new environment.
This is posted in the Naruto/Sasuke section because it is part of a Naru/Sasu/Naru space saga. However, it does feature many other pairings (and a few threesomes). This episode is Dan/Rin.
This tale contains spoilers for Iteration chapters 1-16. I recommend you read Iteration 1-16 first.
Authors note: I have written this because more than one reader has pointed out that Rin gets a raw deal in this space saga. I agree. It is because the main characters do not understand her. I tried writing something from her point of view but could not get it to work, because Rin does not really understand Rin either. So, instead, I decided to write something from the point of view of the character who loves her.
Tale Fourteen: Medico
This is set after the Silver Leaf returns from his mission to Natushiboshi (during Iteration chapters 13-16)
Dan watched Rin work.
There was the way her brows were drawn together on the middle when she concentrated. There was the contrast between her purple medicos tattoos and her spacer pale skin, the tension in her muscles like a fighter preparing for action and the way a few strands escaped the untidy bun into which she had scraped back her hair.
She would come up with a way of deactivating the kill-net in Ranmarus head, Dan was sure of it. Shikamaru would supply key pieces of information and Rin would work every available minute until she linked them together into a treatment.
It would be time for the evemeal soon. Dan moved his position so that he was within Rins peripheral vision. Then he sat in the way she found most difficult to ignore.
Over the last five standards he had refined moves like this one. Rin hated being interrupted, but it was important that she attended the evemeal. Left to herself she would tell Iruka-san she was too busy and he would send one of the cats with a tray. That increased her separation from the rest of the crew, which was already too great.
He pushed his hair behind one of his ears, flexing the muscles of his arm. Dan always wore sleeveless shirts, precisely for moments such as these.
The tip of Rins tongue brushed her top lip, indicating that she had seen.
He was about to move towards her when Shizunes voice distracted him. Are you and Rin-san heading for the crew room?
Well be a little while longer, Dan answered. You and Moegi-kun go ahead.
When he looked back Rins little frown had deepened into a scowl and she was staring at the screen. Dan sighed. Now a more interventionist strategy would be required.
He glided over until he was directly behind her. She did not object, which was a good sign. When she put her hair up he could access her neck. Dan liked Rins neck. He liked every part of her but her neck was particularly attractive.
He breathed on the junction between her neck and her shoulder and was rewarded by Rin giving a small shiver. He pursed his lips and pressed them gently against the skin.
Stop that, Rin scolded.
So he stopped. He waited.
Sure enough she turned away from the screen and looked at him. She was still scowling.
Shizune does not find me attractive, he reminded her. She likes me as a person but she does not find me attractive.
Dan suspected that Shizune was female-only. She probably found Rin more attractive than she did Dan.
Rin turned back to the screen but it was only to bring what she was doing to a conclusion.
Dan waited patiently.
As soon as she was finished he pulled her towards him and gave her lovely neck the attention it deserved. To his surprise she relaxed into him instead of grumbling as she normally would.
Then he remembered that Shikamaru had visited the infirmary; he and Sasuke had been there to discuss the thing in Ranmarus head.
Being with Shikamaru always left Rin feeling vulnerable. Dan was not certain why. Rin had once told him that Shikamaru was terrifyingly clever, but it was more than that. She cared what Shikamaru thought of her and, while he respected her intellect and expertise, he did not think much of her as a person.
He did not understand her as Dan did.
Walking to the crew room alone meant that they could hold hands. Not that Dan would hesitate to hold Rins hand in front of others but it was one of the things Rin did not like doing.
Dan only insisted on things that truly mattered to him or to them as a couple.
He swung their linked arms, as if they were children. Rin smiled at him.
He stopped and, with a practiced twitch, pulled her into his arms. He kissed her thoroughly.
I love you, he reminded her when he finished.
After the kiss she was a delightful shade of pale pink and she flushed more at his declaration. She did not reply but she squeezed his hand when they resumed walking.
They only had time for a quick wash and brush up before going to the kitchen. Rin liked being a little early because it ensured they could sit in their usual places. Otherwise it could be difficult finding two places together that were far enough from Itachi.
Rin loathed Itachi. Dan doubted she would ever forgive Sasuke for making a place for him within Uchiha instead of slitting his throat.
It was one of those things Dan chose not to mention. Dan felt sorry for Itachi. He thought that Sasukes solution had shown amazing judgement for one so young.
Rin had never lived in Fugakus household. She could not understand that it was a miracle that Itachi was sane and that Sasuke had grown into who he was.
They took their usual places. When Kakashi entered the place next to Rin was still unoccupied. He took it.
Dan saw Rin pink with pleasure.
It was fine with Dan that Rin still had her adolescent crush. Over half the people in the room had suffered from such an obsession with Kakashi, Dan included. The difference was that Rin had clung to the remnants of hers for so long; it had been one of the ways she had survived during those standards when she had nothing but her work.
Dan studied Iruka, the man who had the prize so many had wanted. Iruka had earned Kakashis love rather than claiming it. Somehow that made it acceptable to them, even to Rin.
And Iruka had been Kakashis choice to fill the void Mikotos death had left in their lives, including in Sasukes. To Irukas credit, he tackled the impossible task well.
Kakashi was waving Inari into the place on the other side of him. Dan waited for Rin to remember he was there; for that moment when she realised that she had been basking in Kakashis attention with Dan sitting beside her. His smile had to come at exactly the right time. Too early and it would seem like a reprimand. Too late and it would appear that he was delaying his approval.
A perfectly timed smile would be reassuring.
Sasuke and Naruto arrived. Dan watched Rin drinking in Sasukes image. For her Naruto did not exist while Sasuke embodied the Uchiha to which she had hopelessly aspired for so long. In addition Sasuke had, without hesitation, made that goal possible for her. Rin, a female, was Chief Medico of Uchiha.
Rins attitude to Naruto had worried Dan when they had first met. Did she see him as less than human because he was a hybrid? If so, could Dan have a partner who thought like that?
The answer had been no, he could not have had a partner who thought like that. Happily, the other answer had also been no, Rin did not see Naruto as less than human.
She dismissed most purebreds in the same way.
It had taken Dan a while to understand it. He only fully understood once he had observed Rin treating Itachi. She had been exhausted by the tension between her loathing of him and her duty as a medico to do her best for him.
Dans hypothesis had been confirmed when Shikamaru had been hurt during Kabutos raid. She had cared enough that her hands had trembled as she had carried out the brain scans. The thought that he might have to live in the shadow of having lost that magnificent intellect had kept her awake at night.
It was easier on her if she had no relationship, good or bad, with the people she might treat. She could not afford to look at Ranmaru and see either a spy or a neglected boy. She saw a patient; a person with a kill-net in his head that had to be switched off for the good of Uchiha.
So Rin did not want to care for anyone and the list of the living who had breached her defences was short: Kakashi, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Dan and, maybe, Kisame. The others were kept at a safe distance. That way her hands would not tremble when she yielded her scalpel and she would not hesitate when the hard decisions had to be made.
She also tried not to hate. She managed not to hate Jiraiya. She did not manage not to hate Itachi.
Shikamaru and Neji were late. The meal had begun. Dan knew the reason for it; he could see the marks Shikamarus goggles left around his eyes. He felt Rin relax slightly. She was pleased that Shikamaru had begun looking for a solution to the problem. She had been annoyed when Sasuke had prioritised the childrens bedtime over researching the kill-net.
What Rin did not understand was that there would always be another urgent problem. She did not see that life had to go on, or there would be nothing left worth working for.
The children were the future of Uchiha. They needed to grow up as Sasukes and Obitos and Mikotos, not Itachis or Fugakus. To do that their parents had to put them to bed, sing them lullabies and tell them stories.
After the meal, he managed to persuade her that there was no point returning to the infirmary because she could make little progress without Shikamarus input.
You will need to be on top form tomorrow when Shika-san turns up with the information you need, he reminded her.
Her brown eyes were uncertain. Do you think he will have found time to spend on it? she asked.
He just looked at her. She flushed.
They played cards with Tenten, Ibiki and Suzume. Anko and Shino were looking after Akemi, Misora and Keitaro so that Asuma and Kurenai could have an evening and night to themselves. Moegi was visiting from the other crew room so that Shizune could go over some of the medical concepts the youngster was finding confusing.
Dan wondered if Moegi would be good with Shizune. Perhaps not, the youngster was still besotted with Inari.
Inari: the Kakashi of his generation.
The more Ibiki drank the more demonstrative he became. Suzume was embarrassed but happy; in the end they gave up on the cards so that she could drag him off to their room.
They tidied away the cards and the cups.
Dan raised one eyebrow and waggled it suggestively.
Rin hit him on the arm, but she was smiling.
Unlike the other fighters of the old Uchiha, Dan had insisted on giving up his room in Hakus crew room when they had built the third crew room; he had wanted to emphasise that he saw his relationship with Rin as permanent.
Instead he and Rin had three rooms in the new crew room. Rin transferred her room from Irukas crew room. Dan began anew. He made a sleeping room and a sitting room for him and Rin to share. If Rin needed to sleep in her own room, Dan slept in the room they shared and waited for her return.
Usually Rins room was unoccupied.
They had their small, domestic routines. For Rin and Dan, who had lived almost all their lives alone, they were precious.
Rin showered first, then wrapped herself in a fluffy robe and sat in one of the two chairs in their sitting room, the one which was positioned so that she could see through the open doorway into the bedroom.
Dan showered next, then moved about the bedroom with only a towel around his waist.
He had a robe. He was careful not to wear it.
Rin watched him hungrily.
He judged the nature of her hunger.
First he sat on a small footstool and massaged her feet using her favourite peppermint lotion. Then his fingers ghosted up her inner thighs and she, blushing, leaned back and spread her knees.
Once she had climaxed once he carried her to bed. His towel was abandoned on the floor; her robe on the chair.
As always, he heard her get up, shower and go to breakfast. Dan could have gone with her but never did; breakfast was the one time that Rin might speak freely with Iruka and the others who had crewed with her on the Silver Leaf.
Later he passed through the kitchen and collected whatever was available that could be eaten on the move. He consumed it on the way to the infirmary. When he arrived Rin made him a cup of coffee.
He showed Moegi how to operate one of the scanners and then pottered. Shizune continued the stocktaking. Rin investigated possibilities for using nanobots to treat Ranmaru and waited for Shikamaru.
Considering that it was Shikamaru, he was laudably early. Dan heard Rin offer him a coffee and then the door was shut.
Dan saw his face when he left. Rin had said something to upset him. He wondered if she had realised.
She had not. Her mood was buoyant.
He had to go to spend some time with Haru, she told him. But we have a plan. I will work on the details but we think it has a good chance of success.
He listened carefully to the plan and asked questions. It was one of his roles to give her the opportunity to talk things through at her pace rather than one chosen by Shikamaru.
The thought that Ranmaru might not survive the process was horrendous; Dan understood why Rin could not afford to dwell on it.
He really loves Haru, she said suddenly when there was nothing else to say about deactivating the kill-net.
This was dangerous territory. You met Shikamarus parents, Dan reminded her. He must have had a very happy childhood. It is good that he wants to create a similar happy childhood for Haru and the other children.
Rin was silent. Dan knew that her childhood had been a desert of unreachable standards and emotional neglect. He had chosen not to speak about his childhood to her. She assumed that it had been awful, because he had ended up being given to Uchiha.
In truth it had been a golden time of love and comfort, brought to an unannounced end by a government official collecting Dan from school. He had been one of five boys chosen to seal an agreement between planetary officials and Uchiha.
What if I wanted a child? Rin asked, her voice trembling.
The conversation had never reached this point before.
This was one of the moments Dan could not afford to be kind.
Only if you go to C-san and talk through your motives, he told her.
She did not speak to him for two days. She hid in the infirmary, designing and testing the nanobots for Ranmarus treatment. She slept in her own room.
The evening before Ranmaru was due to receive the nanobots Dan waited for Shizune to leave and then walked into Rins office.
Come with me to the evemeal, he said.
I am too busy, she replied. At least she was speaking to him.
It was a lie; he knew it was a lie. Everything was ready for the next day.
He sighed. With Rin it was often necessary to accept defeat before victory became possible. I had no right to tell you to see C-san, he told her. I have no right to say if you should or should not have a child. It is your business not mine.
She stared at him. Of course it is your business, she retorted. I dont want my child. I want our child. She looked away. I know I will not make the ideal mother.
It was the opening he needed. Normally you are willing to work at the things you find difficult, he reminded her. That is what makes you such an exceptional medico.
You think seeing C-san is working on it? she asked.
I think seeing C-san would be a good starting point, Dan admitted.
C-san is very professional, Rin conceded. I shall think about it.
After the evemeal, Tayuya started to play her flute in the other crew room, which led to Sasuke fetching his biwa and Tenten being invited to bring her drum. Dan and Rin ended up sitting with Anko and Shino at the table in the galley, the door to Irukas crew room open so that they could listen to the music. Once the singing started Shino and Anko moved into the crew room so that Shino could contribute.
After the singing, Dan and Rin retired to their sitting room. Neither of them mentioned that Rin had not been there for two days. They listened to music and read for a while before Rin said she was going to bed.
Dan waited and then followed. Rin was naked under the covers.
The next morning was hard. The idea had been to treat Ranmaru quickly, without fuss, and hope that the Lady decided to follow the probabilities.
But Konohamaru had worked out what was happening. Instead of Ranmaru not telling him making it better, because it was over before Konohamaru knew, it was worse, because Konohamaru had to wait knowing that he had been given no chance to say goodbye.
Every so often Dan would go to where he could watch him sitting, waiting, with Naruto and Sasuke on one side and Inari on the other.
Then, thankfully, it was over.
That evemeal was special. Ranmaru sat between Konohamaru and Tayuya. He was tired but happy. Konohamaru could not keep his eyes off him. Everyone had forgotten the small, everyday problems that vexed them and was focused on how good their lives had become.
Dan looked around the table. Haku was here because Rin had brought him back from the dead. Naruto was still in his prime because she had unlocked the secrets of hybrid gene expression and created the nanobots that kept the symptoms of aging at bay. Nejis burden of scars, physical and mental, had been lightened by the treatments she had given him. Sumaru was able to function as one of the Chosen because Rin had worked for standards on the problems caused by his symbiote. Ranmarus kill-net had been deactivated by Rin and Shikamaru working together. Itachi was alive because Rin had fought to keep him so when Kisame first brought him home, even though she loathed him.
It was amazing that one small, fragile human could achieve so much.
He was so proud of the woman he loved. He squeezed her hand under the table and then took the risk of raising it to his lips.
For once she did not mind. She smiled at him, happy.
He smiled in return.
He was the luckiest of men.
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Can't believe it's finally here.
I just want to say thank you to National Community Church for allowing me to be apart of this congregation for the past 5 years. I truly love and will miss this church terribly. It's been a joy and a privilege to serve you. I hope that you've enjoyed the work that I've put on the screens or in your hand while I've been with you. I hope it entertained, intrigued, provoked, and taught.
This church is truly special and I've been blessed to aid in leading it with a tremendous staff. You guys don't know how lucky you really are. Thank you.
In my place, NCC has hired Brad Wolf, a phenomenal designer and motion artist.1 If you enjoyed some of the trailers and animations I've done over the years, buckle up because you haven't seen anything yet. This guy is legit; I'm so excited to see him come in as I exit. Show him some love when you see him around.
One thing Pastor Mark has mentioned in our announcements to the staff and such is that I am a shareholder in what God has done and is doing and will continue to do at National Community Church. I feel that, definitely and am very proud of it. NCC is where I met my wife2, found my voice, and became the man I am today. Every single NCCer is a permanent shareholder in Jeremy and Adrienne Sexton.
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This will include police officers, soldiers, members of the prison and judicial guard, members of the criminal department of the Financial Administration and customs officers, the ministry specified, as reported by the SITA newswire.
The police have been awaiting the rearmament for long. The plan is to exchange the weapons of every police officer. The new guns should have unified 9 mm Luger calibre. Currently, the police are using Makarov 9x18 mm handguns which were introduced in 1992, SITA wrote.
The Interior Ministry originally planned to buy the guns together with the Defence Ministry as it can buy the handguns from Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod armament firm directly, based on the agreement signed between Slovakia and the Czech Republic last summer.
"The public procurement of a higher number of weapons for several forces may (or does not have to) generate a lower price, which is the essence of the public competition," Interior Ministry spokesperson Ivan Netík said, as quoted by SITA, when explaining the plan.
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The Interior Ministry has already started with rearming its special police units. In the end of the year it ordered 430 new submachine guns type B&T. They also have 9 mm Luger calibre, SITA wrote.
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kentx12 wrote:RynMan wrote:I would drop Delgado, mainly because I think Shea will take a toll on his numbers. Call me crazy but I might take Howard over Giambi in the bandbox that he plays in.
Even if Delgado looses some of his hr's I still dont see anything else dropping and maybe even the Avg and Rbi's going up a little in Shea. He had a decent lineup around him last year but he is going to be in an allstar lineup this year that still could get even better before the start of the season. I dont believe he looses any value in this move to the Mets.
Delgado moved from Florida to New york, i think thats actually an improvement in terms of the park factor. Plus now he has Beltran and Reyes to drive in and maybe Wright and Floyd to hit him in.
He hit .301 in '05 which was only the 3rd time in 10 full seasons in the majors he hit over .300. He is a .284 career hitter. What makes you think his AVG will actually improve in Shea? Apparently (correct me if I'm wrong as I'm sure someone will) in Shea visibility is an issue, which is in part why it is a great pitcher's park.
Why would his RBI's increase? In 2005 here is who hit in front of him:
Castillo - .391 OBP
Pierre - .326 OBP
Cabrera - .385 OBP
In 2006, if he hits 3 (which you are suggesting), these guys will be in front of him (2005 OBP's):
Reyes - .300 OBP
Beltran - .330 OBP
Even if you factor in that Beltran returns his OBP to around a .360 clip, that still leaves the pitcher, Reyes and Beltran in front of him. How does that improve his RBI opportunities?
If the Mets get a clue and hit David Wright 3, then maybe there is an argument here.


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In 10th year, Treasure Island fest offers East Bay shuttles for first time
The festival itself is moving to the east side of the island, which makes it easier to run shuttles across the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, said Allen Scott, executive vice president of Another Planet Entertainment, which produces the festival.
"It's giving Oakland and the East Bay its due," he said of today's announcement.
Free shuttles were previously only available from San Francisco, leaving East Bay residents to battle traffic onto the small westbound off-ramp, or to commute into San Francisco and wait for a shuttle. The shuttles from San Francisco will continue.
The festival is marking its 10th and final year on the island just east of San Francisco, on which massive construction project just got underway. Organizers say the festival will continue in an as-yet named location.
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