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Fried shrimp with five-spice salt: Indecisive diners, beware Chinatown! A long list of restaurants with even longer menus offer Chinese cuisine from seafood to dim sum, Cantonese to Shandong. Stay focused enough to walk south on Wentworth blocks past the Chinatown gate, and the reward is a generous heap of fried shrimp with five-spice salt at Evergreen. Also known as salt-and-pepper shrimp ($12.50), these beauties are served with the head, shell and veins. While they can be ordered without (the staff will ask which you prefer), it's precisely the heads and shells you're after. The fried legs are crispy and slightly oily like the dregs of a bag of potato chips. The plump shrimp, served piping hot on a bed of jalapenos and scallions, ooze moisture through a salty shell almost as crackling as a piece of fried chicken. Those feeling truly adventurous can pluck off the head and suck out the rich, briny entrails. Portions are large, but the crisp is lost after a night in the fridge, so revitalize them as leftovers by chopping and refrying in oil to add to a stir fry or top a salad. 2411 S. Wentworth Ave., 312-225-8898
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Countries Close to Deal on Flu Virus-Sharing, Vaccines
Countries are close to a deal to speed up their response to the next flu pandemic by sharing virus samples in return for access to affordable vaccines, diplomats at the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Diplomats told journalists they were in talks with drugs companies and other member states to clear obstacles identified in past outbreaks.
Officials are hoping to reach an agreement by Friday on a political deal for health ministers to approve at the WHO's annual meeting from May 16 to 24, said the two co-chairs of a WHO working group.
Negotiations began four years ago between the WHO's 193 member states after the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus emerged in southeast Asia.
A year later, Indonesia stopped sharing flu virus samples with the WHO's network of laboratories, demanding its share of vaccines.
"We have to ensure that vaccines are both affordable and accessible," Mexico's ambassador and co-chair Juan Jose Gomez Camacho, told a news briefing.
"We need to ensure that we have a legally-binding instrument that will regulate the exchange of influenza viruses and the access to benefits ... This should be the last round of negotiations," he said.
Gomez Camacho and co-chair Norway's Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen said they met senior officials from 30 drug companies last week, including GlaxoSmithKline , Sanofi-Aventis and Novartis .
They said they learned that current production capacity for pandemic flu vaccine was 1.1 billion doses, forecast to rise to 1.8 billion in four to five years. That was up from 500 million doses during the H1N1 pandemic.
Drug makers struggled to make a vaccine against H1N1 after it emerged in early 2009. By the time the vaccine was widely available late that year, the pandemic's first wave had passed.
"We are being very, very careful in the handling of this because there are many sensitive issues that pertain to pricing and intellectual property," Angell-Hansen said.
"We are trying to have a more predictable system for pandemic times," she added. "Industry is really giving very positive signals back to us."
Gomez Camacho said countries needed to coordinate policies and cut red tape.
"There were vaccines available (in 2009), either in the market or donated by the industry to WHO, and very often these vaccines were not able to be deployed, sometimes because there wasn't infrastructure in countries or there were regulatory challenges," he said.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, in a speech last month, blamed the pharmaceutical industry and drug regulators for delays in distributing vaccines to poor countries during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.
The working group's draft document calls for having deals in place ahead of a pandemic, including pre-purchase agreements with industry and governments to reserve a certain percentage of production capacity, for example 10 percent, earmarked for countries without access to vaccines.

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Yehuda Bauer visits campus for Holocaust Remembrance Day
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Yehuda Bauer, a pioneer in the field of Holocaust studies, spoke on "Holocaust and Genocide: A Historian's Viewpoint" Tuesday, April 21 in the International Lounge of the Usdan Student Center.
Bauer, a deep and dynamic speaker, serves on the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem. He has been widely recognized for his work on the prevention of genocide. In 1998, Bauer was the recipient of the Israel Prize, the highest civilian award in Israel.
For more information, call (781) 736-2125, or visit the Tauber Institute Web site.
Presented by the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry and Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness with the support and cooperation of the Center for German and European Studies; the Holocaust Remembrance Committee, Brandeis Hillel; and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.


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As you probably already figured out, ferrets are very playful, intelligent creatures! Toys are necessary to keep them occupied and to help stimulate their natural intelligence and problem solving capabilities. A ferret that has no toys to play with can become unhappy, bored and depressed which can lead to destructive behaviors (eating fabric, digging in the litter box, etc) and health problems. Consider toys to be a kind of therapy for your fuzzy. When you provide interesting toys for your ferret to play with, you also help to keep him out of the things in your house that you don't want him to play with. So what kinds of toys are best? What can you do to keep your ferret from getting bored with his toys? How can you make sure that the toys you choose are safe?
What kind of toys should I get for my ferret?
Ferrets find toys that stimulate their natural, instinctual behaviors - hunting, digging and tunneling - to be the most interesting. Toys that move work very well to challenge their hunting instincts. These include toys on an elastic string, cat teasers, battery powered toys, and wind up toys. All of these will give them the sensation of the hunt and stimulate their natural hunting drive.
Toys that make noise are also popular with our fuzzy friends. They are more interactive, and the ferret will find them more interesting. Ferrets like to get your attention, and likewise, they think they are getting a reaction out of their toys when it makes a noise in response to their actions. Balls that jingle or rattle, toys that crinkle or rustle, toys that vibrate - these are all very attractive to a ferret!
Squeaky toys can also be very popular with ferrets, but we would recommend that while you always have one around the house, you save it for times when you are trying to locate ferrets or in case of an emergency. Most ferrets (unless they are deaf) will usually come running to the sound of a squeak toy. Some speculate that the ferret either thinks he needs to protect a kit being attacked, or he's hearing the noise of a predator attacking another ferret. It is a good idea to train your ferret to come running at the sound of a squeak toy, as having a way to gather your ferrets to you quickly could save their lives someday.
One of the best toys for a ferret is a dig box. Ferrets are always going to dig in or at something, so dig boxes work very well to help eliminate digging at furniture, at the carpet, and in the litter box. They provide the ferret with a safe, fun, non-destructive place to satisfy his digging instincts. Some fillers for dig boxes include long grain rice, potting soil, sand, ping-pong balls, shredded newspaper or paper, dried beans and pebbles. Never use Styrofoam peanuts. Ferrets cannot digest the Styrofoam, and it can cause a life-threatening blockage. Likewise, steer clear of instant rice. If eaten, it will immediately swell up in your ferret's stomach and cause problems. No matter what you fill your dig box with, always supervise your ferrets in the dig box initially to make sure they aren't eating the filler!
Another favorite ferret toy is any kind of tunnel. Ferrets have long been used in a tunneling capacity, for "ferreting" (hunting animals in their burrows) and to lay cable. Ferrets were even used to run sound and TV cables for the wedding of Prince Charles! The shape of their bodies - long with a very flexible spine - lends itself well to running through tunnels.
Obviously, these aren't even close to all the toys available to keep our fuzzies occupied and happy! It's up to you to find the toy your ferret prefers most. Avoid purchasing toys that are made from soft rubber or latex, as these could easily be ingested and cause blockages. Do not give your ferret any toys with small parts unless you can remove the small parts first. As with all toys, supervise your ferret's play time.
My ferret gets bored with his toys, what do I do?
Because of their intelligence, ferrets will quickly map out their surroundings and all the things in them that occupy their time. This means that if your ferret has access to a toy all day every day, he's going to get bored with that toy very quickly. Then you will see your ferret either hide it somewhere and leave it there, or ignore it completely!
A major part of giving your ferret toys is to continuously give him something "new" to play with. This doesn't mean that you have to have an endless supply of toys! It just means you need to be creative with the ones you do have. The easiest way to get this variety is to group the toys into two or more groups. Then rotate the toys once or twice a week so the toys are effectively "new" again because the ferret hasn't seen them in a few days. If you have a dig box, only give your ferret access to it a few times a week. You can also try giving a toy a new scent by spraying it with scented water or putting it in a plastic bag with some potting soil or other outdoor item. There are many things you can do to keep your ferret's toys new and interesting, it just takes a little imagination!
How do I make sure my ferret's toys are safe?
You should perform regular "toy maintenance" to determine whether or not the ferret's toys are safe for him to play with. Inspect them on a weekly basis (more often for serious chewers) and look for torn seams, exposed stuffing or foam, cracks in the plastic, or any parts that are loose and could be ingested. If there is anything wrong with the toy, throw it away immediately and replace it.
It is our responsibility as ferret owners to make sure that our ferrets are the healthiest and happiest that they can be. Part of this is providing them with a stimulating environment and fun, interesting playthings. The toys listed in this article aren't even close to the number of toys available. The important thing is to provide your ferret with the toys that will allow him to exercise his natural instincts and abilities!


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Vitamin E-rich vegetables could slow cognitive decline
Decision News Media by Stephen Daniells
October 24, 2006
Eating about three portions of green leafy, yellow and cruciferous vegetables every day could slow loss of mental function as we age by 40 per cent, suggests a new study.
"Compared to people who consumed less than one serving of vegetables a day, people who ate at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day saw their rate of cognitive change slow by roughly 40 percent," said study author Martha Clare Morris, ScD, with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
"This decrease is equivalent to about five years of younger age," she said. (Source)
I like only a few cooked vegetables, but I could happily eat a big salad for supper every night. I like a salad with a mixture of raw vegetables, several kinds of greens, and a little shredded cheese, boiled egg, or chopped chicken breast or ham.
My husband is a skinny guy who can eat anything and never gain weight, and he wants something more substantial than salad for supper. He wants cooked vegetables, potatoes, and meat, and he'd love to have some rolls or cornbread with it. If he's going to eat something raw, he'd rather eat fruit than vegetables.
Supper is the main meal that I cook each day. I don't enjoy my kitchen enough to prepare two meals for supper, so I usually fix the sort of food Dennis wants. I should be eating the big salad, though. It would be a much healthier meal for me for various reasons.
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Counseling / Personal Development Classes
The Counseling Division offers a variety of Counseling/Personal Development (CPD) classes. Many of these classes do not require prerequisites and will transfer as university electives. In addition to the traditional in-class format, counseling offer online, hybrid, and late-start classes.
- CPD 150 (Strategies for College Success; 3 credits)
- CPD 102AB (Career Exploration; 2 credits)
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7 Easy Ways to Decorate the Table with Burlap
Burlap is an inexpensive material that at once lends a seasonal color and texture to the holiday table. If you're entertaining for Thanksgiving and are looking for some ways to add layers to the tabletop without spending a lot of money, check out these ideas:
- Table runner: Cut a length of burlap to make a table runner. You don't even have to finish the edges if you want a literally rough-around-the-edges look.
- Placemats: If you're going without a tablecloth, consider burlap placemats. This is an easy DIY that would be a great way to show off a rustic wood table.
- Votives: The naturally open weave of burlap filters light beautifully. Exploit that characteristic by wrapping plain glass votives with burlap strips.
- Napkin rings: These are a special touch and all it takes to make them is burlap and a paper towel roll!
- Printing: This is a little bit more involved, but print a seasonal motif on burlap. Then use it as a banner or a vase (images 5&6).
- Place cards: We're not sure about actually using cut and frayed burlap as napkins, but they make a beautiful place card.
- Centerpieces: Burlap-wrapped tree seedlings make beautiful natural centerpieces. Plus, friends and family can take them home at the end of the celebration.
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Talk:Bed & Breakfasts, Hotels
From Midwinter2007
Can someone please post additional good hotels for Midwinter, with notes as on the first page? I'd like a bit more say in where to stay than ALA is offering for those who missed the first opportunity. The Convention Bureay web site wold be great if it was linked to a map...
Thank you!
Judy Myers
Judy -- I just posted the link for TripAdvisor's interactive hotel map for downtown Seattle. Not the perfect thing, but this (combined with the ALA map, Convention Bureau list and TripAdvisor recommendations) should help.


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No one today can overlook that it's California's self-indulgent initiative process that's attracting the big political bucks into the state, the way a magnet attracts scrap iron. Year in, year out, the torrent of spending on initiative campaigns swamps the money spent on traditional candidates.
Tuesday's ballot, with 11 propositions attracting $350 million in campaign spending, is another data point. Not even Meg Whitman's gubernatorial campaign in 2010, in which the candidate spent $144 million of her own money on her way to a $160-million bottom line, comes close — and that exercise in futility set a spending record.
You'll hear people arguing that this is a virtue, or at least that it should be accepted as the new normal in California politics.
Times voter guide: Propositions
"We are moving toward direct democracy," says Thomas F. Steyer, a San Francisco hedge fund manager whose $28.6-million contribution accounts (as of Oct. 25) for 95% of the war chest for Proposition 39, which closes a costly state corporate tax loophole. Steyer was also a major donor to the 2010 effort to defeat Proposition 23, which would have overturned the state's pollution control laws.


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This edition: Orangutans & the Last Trimate
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This stunning, high definition documentary is a compelling account of the work of Dr Biruté Galdikas and her lifelong fight to save the diminishing world of Indonesia's wild Orangutans - a habitat threatened by rampant deforestation and palm oil plantations. In the late 60s, legendary anthropologist Louis Leakey appointed three women to study and care for the great apes of the world: Dian Fossey was asked to study the gorillas, and her murder by poachers led to the making of "Gorillas in the Mist"; Jane Goodall was allocated chimpanzees, and to this day travels the world raising funds and awareness; and Biruté Galdikas was sent to Borneo to document orangutans. Thirty-five years later Biruté is still in Borneo, based in the appropriately named Camp Leakey, and is responsible for the longest study of an animal species by a single person ever conducted. Known as the "Trimates", Biruté is the least recognised of the three women, yet her crusade is no less compelling. No-one knows more about Orangutans than Dr Galdikas.
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Golf courses in Nevada band together to attract tourists
Like the old-time casino operators who tried to steal each others customers with freebies and special jackpots, golf courses in northern Nevada traditionally promoted only themselves.
But today, course managers around Reno and across the border in California are increasingly turning to cooperative ventures aimed at establishing Lake Tahoe, the Carson Valley and the northern Sierra as a regional golfing destination.
Tourism officials say the more than 40 golf courses within a 90-minute drive of Reno are an important selling point as they work to diversify the casino-driven economy while competing for travelers in a slow economy.
"Twenty years ago, people used to come to Reno just to gamble. Now the casinos are big on golf packages," said Tom Brooks, director of golf at the Carson Valley Golf Course near Gardnerville.
"It has changed drastically, all in just the past six or seven years," said Brooks, whose course was the only one in the Carson City area when it opened in 1963.
"We went from being starved for golf to being healthily spoiled. Instead of butting heads and trying to rob rounds from each other, we decided to form a co-op," he said.
The Carson Valleys "Divine 9" and Golf the High Sierra are two of the co-ops formed in and around Lake Tahoe and the Sierra.
Co-op officials claim their variety of golfing opportunities is hard to match from a $35 round under the shade of tall cottonwoods along the Carson River to a $50 outing among the high-desert sage brush, a $75 mountain course meandering through towering pines or up to a $200 investment to play on the breathtaking shores of Lake Tahoe.
Courses include designs by Robert Trent Jones, Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller and Peter Jacobsen
"The variety of courses is one thing. The variety of climate is another," said Don "Snoshu" Thompson, a local businessman and golf writer who has dreamed up a few promotional stunts of his own over the years.
"If you go to Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in the summer, its always going to be muggy. In the desert, if its hot, its hot everywhere in the desert.
"Here, if its hot, we go up in the hills to play. If its cold, we go down in the valley," he said.
Thompson hit tee shots at 40 different courses in a 13-hour span in August 1998 to bring attention to Reno-Tahoe courses. In April 1999, he teed off at 27 courses and made runs at 13 ski resorts in the same day.
"Ive played golf in five continents and 12 countries. I hit a golf ball off the Great Wall in China. But I dont think you could do this anywhere else in the world," Thompson said at the time.
Since then, he said hes seen more cooperation among former competitors.
"There is more organization than there has ever been before. Now theyre going after a national market," Thompson said.
More than a dozen travel writers and sports reporters took part in this years recent "Divine Nine" promotion. The tour stopped at each of the nine courses in the Carson City area, with golfers playing two holes at each.
"The tour really helps increase the awareness of the variety of golf courses we have and the proximity to lodging properties," said Bill Henderson, sales and marketing director of the Carson Valley Inn. "Weve gotten some excellent coverage in the media, major travel magazines and golf magazines as well as newspapers."
The writers have different views about whether the region will succeed in becoming a recognized golf destination.
"They already have," said Ted Johnson, a Sports Illustrated writer who took a tour sponsored by Golf the High Sierra this summer. "There are some very good courses with stunning settings. The value is there, too."
But Johnson said the courses are quite spread out.
"It takes awhile to get from, say, Coyote Moon (near Truckee, Calif.) to Genoa, or from DAndrea (in Sparks) to Whitehawk (in Clio, Calif.)," he said.
Mike Bailey, equipment editor for PGA Magazine, said after a "Divine Nine" visit last year that hotel-casino lodging combined with reasonable green fees makes the area attractive to golfers.
"People dont think of this as a golf destination," he said. "But if you get some hard-core golfers to come here and play six or seven courses, its going to be a place they want to return."
Golf the High Sierra: (877) 332-4465, www.golfthehighsierra.com. Packages range from $89 per person, double occupancy, for a nights lodging and a round of golf, to $699 for two, including one hotel night and golf for two.
Golf the Divine Nine: (800) 638-2321, www.divinenine.com. Packages begin as low as $64 per golfer, double occupancy, including one midweek night in a casino hotel and a round of golf.
Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority: (888) HIT-RENO, www.renolaketahoe.com


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A Sandwich a Day: Squash and Mushroom with Kale Tofu Pesto Sandwich at Found
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Most sandwich places now offer vegetarian options, whether that be a simple grilled cheese or a slightly more exotic Caprese or portobello filling. However, never have I had as tasty and hearty a vegetarian sandwich as the squash and mushroom with kale tofu pesto ($9) at Amy Morton's new restaurant, Found, in Evanston.
This open-faced sandwich is served on a hefty miche from Bennison's Bakery. A slab of French sourdough holds up solidly under a multitude of toppings, including squash, mushroom, and kale. I'm impressed that the bread doesn't become soggy at all, even with a thick smear of pesto made with raw kale, walnuts, garlic, and tofu on top. The chewy crust offers a nice textural counterpoint to the juicy toppings. Executive chef Nicole Pederson uses butternut, red kuri, kabocha, and/or buttercup squash, depending on what's available, for the puree under the sandwich. Regardless of what blend of squash is used, you can be sure the result will be delicious.
The sandwiches at Found are listed under the apt heading, "knife and fork sandwiches." Each sandwich is easily big enough to constitute an entire meal. Yet there are so many tasty small plates that it's hard to resign yourself to simply one sandwich, no matter how outstanding. You're probably best off splitting a sandwich and trying a few other dishes too.
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Life in 2009
"I wonder if I have a text message. Where's my cell phone?! I just had it. Now what did I do with it?"
"Oh, I forgot. I'm talking on it."
I wish I'd overheard this conversation. But I'm glad to you did.
When a technology becomes so familiar that we forgot we're using it, I worry a bit.
Oops — that you did.
CONTENTMENT: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much, sing often, pray always, forget self, think of others and their feelings, fill your heart with love, scatter sunshine. These are the tried links in the golden chain of contentment.
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IT IS STILL BEST to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasure; and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.
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'Holiday Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign results announced
- Written by Woodinville Weekly Staff
KING COUNTY — The results are in from the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement campaign conducted from November 27, 2013 through January 1, 2014.
In King County, 656 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI), and statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 2723 drivers for DUI.
Last year in King County, during the same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols arrested 795 people for DUI.
In King County, the Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Clyde Hill, Covington, Des Moines, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park, Maple Valley, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Normandy Park, North Bend, Pacific, Port of Seattle, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, Seatac, Seattle, Snoqualmie, Tukwila and Woodinville police departments, the King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Patrol participated in the extra DUI patrols, with the support of the King County Target Zero Task Force. The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
The holiday season is an important time for these patrols, given the number of holiday festivities that often involve alcohol.
These and all extra patrols are part of Target Zero — striving to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in Washington by 2030. For more information, visit www.targetzero.com.
Additional information on the Washington Traffic Safety Commission can be found on the website, www.wtsc.wa.gov.


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|2012-07-17, 10:36
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Hail the power of Fujoshi
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: hahahahahahahahaha
Age: 29
I am deeply touched that Yoshimine no Munesada is willing to forgo his feelings for her and allow her to pursue what she wants instead. Sure, he doesn't have high hopes of her succeeding in that era, but he supports her in the end. A gentleman indeed. I read his biography after watching this episode to find out why he became a monk.
There are similarities between Ono no Komachi and Shuurei, but Shuurei strikes me as the more mature of the two. Shuurei's idealism stems from the desire to work and contribute to the country as an official, while Ono no Komachi's idealism stems from the desire to be recognized. Ono no Komachi is also much more "sheltered" than Shuurei who has quite a tough childhood.
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|2012-07-17, 11:05
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Liked the episode, was interesting than the other 2 due to the conflict of interests.
I noticed too the similarity between Shuurei and Ono no Komachi, wanting to leave aside love until they succeed in their dreams even if they are women.
MUAHAHAHA also said about Shuurei being more mature. Ono no Komachi's dream seems more "childish" in that way if you compare with Shuurei.
BTW the poem that she recited during her childhood was the one which is always said at the start of the karuta games?
|2012-07-17, 13:00
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|2012-07-17, 13:06
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Age: 57
|2012-07-17, 15:34
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
As well as being a great poet, Ono no Komachi was known as a great beauty, and as having many affairs and treating men badly. The word "komachi" in Japanese came to mean a beautiful woman. But she supposedly ended her days as an poor and ugly old crone, living alone in a shack. There is a Noh play about this.
Her passionate nature is revealed in this poem:
This moonless night,
There is no way he can come to me.
I rise in longing --
My breast pounds, a leaping flame,
My heart is burnt in the fire.
Her most famous poem, and the one in the Hyakunin Isshu, is this late one:
The flowers' beauty
Fades away.
I have spent my life in the world
In idle mischief.
And the long rains keep falling.
Here's a page with a number of her poems.
I was trying to think of some Western figure analogous to her, but I couldn't. One of the most famous of all Japanese poets, and a romantic historical figure, living around 850 AD. If the Roman poet Catullus were a woman...?
EDIT: @Anh_Minh -- It's okay. The anime story about the hundred nights is almost as likely to be true as the legend, lol.
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|2012-07-23, 15:55
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
I came to this series for the romance, not the bromance. Episode 4 by far the weakest IMO, although it's nice to see more of Mr. Badass Surrogate Father before he became that way.
And next week we have Komachi's poem about growing old and withered? Interesting.
|2012-07-23, 16:23
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Hail the power of Fujoshi
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: hahahahahahahahaha
Age: 29
It's nice to watch "follow-up" from episode 3. Komachi still depends on Munesada for advice. They might not be lovers, but I think they still care for each other deeply.
While this episode does not focus much on romance, I don't mind the bromance since I got to watch a number of LOL moments, particularly the interaction between Narihira and Yasuhide.
|2012-07-24, 05:27
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
That was definitely the weakest episode so far, but it was still enjoyable. I didn't expect Komachi to appear in this one. What's even better is that the next one will focus on her again! Her poem sounds a bit depressing.
|2012-07-24, 10:55
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I've made a characters/seiyuus page for this show. Pics of characters and their seiyuus, with info about each seiyuu.
Yes, this was not my favorite episode. But even with silly humour instead of romance, it was somehow still enjoyable. And Endou Aya (Komachi) and Suwabe Junichi (Narihira) were glorious together.
|2012-07-30, 16:33
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Join Date: Sep 2006
That was kind of a sad episode, in a philosophical sort of way.
Possibly the best so far, although I think it will have much more of a resonance to the older viewers.
I could listen to Endou Aya read the phone book all day and still enjoy it.
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|2012-07-31, 00:26
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
A continuation of last episode? At least better in comparison, as now you have Komachi reminiscing on what could've been. But overall, still not very interesting nor even touching for me. I want my romance, dammit.
|2012-07-31, 06:55
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
I thought this episode was excellent. It more than made up for last week. It was a bit depressing as expected, but the conclusion was uplifting. There a few very funny moments thanks to Narihira too. He and Komachi are definitely my favorite characters in the series so far.
|2012-07-31, 08:39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Age: 24
Well I for one didn't think last week's episode was weak, so I didn't think Uta Koi had to make up for anything, but this week, it really delivered. I loved this episode. While I also enjoyed the ones about love, these two episodes were about friendship and a lot of other things. This trio of characters are possibly my favourites, I love their interactions! I have nothing but positive words to say about this episode (and the whole series so far). I just hope the rest of the episodes are as good
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Onorato will be working with at least 10 other students and Dr. Wessel from Brown University to study egg-sperm binding in starfish. Students will learn how to keep an ePortfolio to keep track of their experiment documentation and one student will be selected from the group to spend 10 weeks at Brown University's Biology lab in Providence, Rhode Island, to continue research.
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Elizabeth M. (Betty) Gausman, 90, died Thursday evening, Oct. 4, 2012 at Highland View Nursing Home in Brockway, following an illness of the past nine months. She was born July 15, 1922 in Carman, daughter of the late Joseph P. and Mary F. Oresko Griech. Betty grew up in Carman and graduated from Portland Mills School in 1939 and from Ridgway High School, Class of 1940. She worked at the A&P grocery store and at Smith Brothers Department Store before marrying Howard C. Gausman on June 22, 1946 at St. Leo's Church and starting a family. They celebrated 45 years together before his death on Dec. 11, 1991.Betty was a devout member of St. Leo's Catholic Church, a 47-year member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and served with many religious and civic organizations including the St. John of God Society, altar guild, hospital auxiliary, Red Cross and Meals on Wheels. She was a past member of the Elk County Historical Society and the Elk County Council of the Arts, having contributed her love of pressing flowers that she used to make greeting cards shared generously with family and friends. One of her later enjoyments was singing with the Sentimental Senior Chorus at the Ridgway Senior Citizens Center. Above all else, it is important to remember her as a loving mother and good friend; well-known for her excellent cooking and baking, especially her homemade bread.Betty is survived by her children, Stephen H. Gausman and his wife Georgina (DeChano), Allen G. Gausman and his wife Roseanne (Quattrone), Karen E. Yonker and her husband Bill, and Eugene Gausman and his wife Bonnie (Steger), all of Ridgway, George L.Gausman and his wife Mary Kay (Cunningham) of St. Marys, Joseph E. Gausman and his wife Linda (Myers), and Mary D. Teufel and her husband David of Waterford, and Theodore J. Gausman and his wife Laura (Hommel) of Concord, Ohio; 22 grandchildren, Stacey, Erika, Jodie, Andrew, Glenn, Kurt, Matthew, Bethany, Allen Jr., Brian, Gregory, Jennifer, Heidi, Charles, Emily, Mary Anne, Ellen, Holly, Paul, Jessica, Brooke, and Sarah; 18 great-grandchildren, ages 11 years to 11 days; numerous nieces and nephews; and by a special friend, Sophie.In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by seven half brothers and sisters from her father's first marriage, a half sister, Mary Lesky; seven brothers, John, Peter, Andrew, George, Edward, and Francis Griech, and Thomas Grieggs (nee Griech); and a sister, Julia, who died shortly after birth.A loyal Catholic all of her life, a Mass of Christian Burial for Elizabeth M. (Betty) Gausman will be celebrated at St. Leo's Catholic Church on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 at 11 a.m., with Fr. Brian E. Vossler, pastor of St. Leo's, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Leo's Cemetery. Friends will be received at the Meehan-Shilk Funeral Home on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to St. Leo's Catholic School, 117 Depot St., Ridgway, or in her memory and spirit, send someone a card.


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GlitchingGecko's Congrats Game, Round 3
Posted 24 August 2010 - 11:05 AM
Round 2
Round 3
It's three years later, and you have just finished your first year at college.
You've met a new guy, and he loves spending time with you and your child.
College Guy
First Name
Middle Name
Last Name - 30 to 40
Degree (Roll for Both, and be specific)
1 - Art/Drama/Music
2 - Biology/Chemistry/Physics
3 - Language/Literature
4 - Law/Accounting/Business
5 - Social Care/Teaching
6 - Computing/Engineering
Eye Colour
1 - Blue
2 - Green
3 - Grey
4 - Brown
5 - Hazel
6 - Amber
Hair Colour
1 - Brown
2 - Black
3 - Blonde
4 - Red
5 - Light Brown
6 - White/Grey
Posted 24 August 2010 - 11:33 AM
Me: Violet Pearl Phillips
DS: Ethan Paul Phillips
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:17 PM
My name is Roan Imogen Murphy. I am a junior in highschool in my hometown of Hartford, Connecticut. I have bleach white hair and brown eyes, but my boyfriend, Clay Zachary Foster, says they are amber. His eyes are more grey than blue and he has black hair.
Just after Christmas break of my junior year I discovered that I was pregnant! Unfortunately, Clay doesn't want anything to do with the baby, but my parents are very supportive in my decision to keep the baby and they promise to help me in any way they can while I am still in school.
I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, August 18th the summer before my senior year of highschool. She has grey eyes and black hair and looks just like her father.
Jane Imogen Murphy
Jane (Age 3)
Jane is now three years old and I will be a sophmore in college! Most of my time is spent at school and with Jane, but I recently met someone who I really like. His name is Brian Abel Green, he is studing business and hopes to one day be his own boss and have his own buisness. He has brown hair and blue eyes and loves spending time with both me and Jane. We met in my freshmen computer science class. It is also where I decided to major in Computer Science.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 01:37 PM
Jade Margaret Campbell
Amber eyes and black hair
Majoring in music education. Hoping to teach music in a school.
College Guy
Brian Caleb Scott
Grey eyes and brown hair.
Majoring in chemistry. Hoping to get a job as a chemist.
Owen Jay Campbell
Amber eyes and light brown hair
Owen's Dad
Cody Matthew Simmons
Green eyes and light brown hair
Decided when I was pregnant he wanted nothing to do with Owen
Hartford, CT
Brian Scott and Jade Campbell; Owen
Posted 24 August 2010 - 02:02 PM
I recentley discovered I'm pregnant with a baby boy! Christian decided he doesnt want anything to do with the baby so I'm raising him with the help of my parents. His name will be Ethan Joesph. Joesph being a variation of my middle name Joesphine. Ethan was born just a few days ago, he has brown hair and green eyes.
Its been 3 years since Ethan was born and I've just finished college. I recentley met a wonderful guy by the name of Andrew Noah Wright. He's majoring in chemistry. He has green eyes and light brown hair.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 05:21 PM
Round 1
My name is Jade Imogen Carter. I have grey eyes, and blonde hair.
My boyfriend is called Kai Jacob Griffin. He has blue eyes, and black hair.
We're 16 years old, and have just started our junior year of high-school in Boston, Massachusetts.
Round 2
I'm pregnant! Unfortunately, Kai wants nothing to do with the baby. My parents said they'll help me though.
I have a little girl who has my grey eyes and blonde hair. I name her Madeline Jade Griffin-Carter.
Round 3
Three years later, and I've finished my first year at college doing a degree in Physics.
I've met a great guy named Ethan Noah Adams who has amber eyes and light brown hair.
He's taking a degree in English Literature.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 06:38 PM
Main character has a major in law.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 07:43 PM
I found out that im pregnant and having a boy. His name is Nathaniel Caden Foster. He goes by Nate or Nathan though. Too bad Caden doesn't want anything to do with him): He looks just like me:D
I met this wonderful guy named Ethan Caleb Wright at college! I am majoring in acting and hope someday to become an actress. Ethan is majoring in teaching jounior high. He loves kids! He has grey eyes and blonde hair.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 08:19 PM
Posted 24 August 2010 - 09:26 PM
Poppy Agnes Campbell (red hair and hazel eyes) majoring in biology
Imogen Callie *Ginny* Campbell (blonde hair and hazel eyes)
Everett Gideon Baker (light brown hair and green eyes) majoring in art
Posted 24 August 2010 - 10:49 PM
Both of us were 17 when I found out I was pregnant. When I told Cade, he decided I didn't want anything to do with the baby, su I decided to keep it anyway, after my parents promised they would support me. I had a little boy who I named Henry Cade. I believe he looks exactly like his father, with green eyes and light brown hair.
Three years after having Henry, I finished my first year of college studying biology and I began seeing I new guy called Arsenio Jonah Green. He is a professional guitarist and is studying music. I was a bit worried when I introduced him to Henry, but it turns out he loves to spend time with both of us. Arsenio has blue eyes and white hair.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 05:44 AM
When I was 17 I fell pregnant. Eli didn't want anything to do with the baby, and we broke up. After a lot of deliberation and research I decided to keep the baby, and my parents totally supported my decision. Mum even said she'd look after it when I was at school. I knew I owed my parents a lot after that, and decided to honour my parents by naming the baby in their honour. I had a baby girl, who I called Evianna Nora. My father's name is Evan, and my mother is Nora. My middle name honoured my mothers, and Evie's sort of honours mine. I couldn't ask for a more beautiful little girl. She has my light brown hair and grey eyes, and in a way I am glad that she doesn't look much like Eli. My parents love her to bits, and Evie goes crazy over her Mum-Mum and Dad-Dad. Life couldn't get any better.
Evie is 3 and I have just finished my first year at college. I have started dating a guy at my college called Griffith Saul Adams. Griff has black hair and grey eyes, and loves spending time with me and Evie. Evie loves him too, though she can't say Griff yet, and wanders round calling him Jiff. Griff is majoring in Chemistry, while I am majoring in English Language. He wants to be a high school teacher and teach Chemistry, and I think he'd be good at it. He's great with kids, especially Evie, and he just loves teaching. I am looking to be an authoress, so I am majoring in English lanuage. I think Griff thinks I am mad, but if that doesn't work out then I'd love to teach kindergarten, I think I'd be good at that.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 08:12 AM
We just recently found out that we were expecting a baby, but Camden decided he didn't want to be a part of the baby's life, but my parents said that they would help support the baby, so I have decided to keep him. William Matthew Parker is his name:) Liam has hazel eyes like me, and light brown hair like Camden.
Three years after Liam was born I was in college and met Quinlan Jonah Baker, Quin has blonde hair and blue eyes, and a great personality, he enjoys spending time with Liam and myself. Quin is persuing a degree in [b]Law.
Posted 25 August 2010 - 02:58 PM
Hazel Frances Campbell (20)
Brown hair and green eyes
Elementary School Teacher
ex: Caleb Aaron Hayes (21)
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Dbf: Andrew Levi Carter (22)
Light brown hair and amber eyes
English Literature Professor
DS: Ethan Kaleb Campbell (3)
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Posted 25 August 2010 - 11:44 PM
Round 1
Emerald Margaret Campbell but everyone calls me Emmie. I have brown eyes and blonde hair
Kristofer Jacob Hayes. Most people call him Kris, but I call him KJ. He has hazel eyes and brown hair.
We are 16 years old and live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Round 2
I found out I was pregnant, not that KJ wanted anything to do with our little boy, Nathaniel Jacob aka Nathan. Nathan has brown eyes and blonde hair.
Round 3
Im in college and Nathan is now 3. Ive met a wonderful guy named
Andrew Levi Nelson but everyone calls him Drew. He has green eyes and black hair. He is getting his law degree.
Im getting my degree in Computing
Posted 26 August 2010 - 05:05 AM
Hello, I'm Sienna Iris Campbell. I'm currently in junior year, my boyfriend is Cameron Matthew Russel, whose in my year. We live in, Albany, New York. I have Brown eyes, and light brown hair, and he has blue eyes and blonde hair.
Round 2
Not long after I found out I'm pregnant, I'm shocked and overwhelmed. Unfortunately Cameron doesn't want anything to do with me or the baby. It's a girl and I name her Ava Charlotte. She has the most beautiful brown eyes, and blonde hair.
Round 3
Three years have past, and Ava is a happy and healthy three year old. I've finished my first year of college and I've decided to get a master in drama, so I'll teach drama to high school kids. I've met a great new guy, and we spend all our time together. He's called Andrew Levi, he's a real lovable and sociable geek whose getting his masters in computer programing. He has grey eyes and light brown hair.
Posted 27 August 2010 - 10:24 AM
I can't believe that I'm pregnant! Even worse, Christian doesn't want anything to do with me or the baby. Thankfully I have my parents who promise to help out while I'm at school. I have a little girl and name her Imogen Lily, with Lily after myself. She has her dad's amazing amber eyes and my black hair.
Three years after Ginny was born I had just finished my first year in college. I met a new guy named Griffith Levi Green. He's majoring in German and hopes to become a German teacher. I love Chemistry and I'm going to be a Chemist. He has grey eyes and he's a ginger!
Posted 29 August 2010 - 12:33 PM
Hey! My name is Henna Josephine Perez. I have been dating Cai Benjamin Bryant for a little over six months.
We live in Trenton, New Jersey. I have brown eyes and long light brown hair and Cai has brown eyes and short blonde hair.
When Cai and I were seventeen we discovered that we were pregnant. I was scared but ecstatic at the same time. However, Cai was the complete opposite.
He wanted nothing to do with me or the baby. After talking to my parents, I decide to keep and raise the baby with the help of my parents.
Sophia Hanna Perez-Byrant was born with brown eyes and light brown hair, and looks just like me.
Sophia just turned three years old and I have just finished my first year at college. I met an amazing guy that loves spending time with me and Sophia.
His name is Griffith Asa Wright. My major is elementary education and Griffith is studying mechanical engineering.
Griffith has brown eyes and brown hair.
Posted 29 August 2010 - 02:19 PM
1 year later: About 10 months ago I found out I was pregnant. Casey didn't want anything to do with the baby. After many long talks with my parents I decided to keep the baby. They promised to help me while I was still in school. Two months ago I gave birth to a healthy baby girl. I named her Ava Ruby. She has black hair and blue eyes. She is beautiful.
3 years later: I just finished my first year in college. I'm majoring in music and hope to be a music teacher one day. I met an incredible guy, his name is Andrew Levi Nelson. He has brown hair and green eyes. He is getting his teaching degree, he wants to be a history teacher. Drew is so great with Ava, he loves spending time with both of us.
Posted 10 December 2010 - 07:56 PM
About one year later, I found out I was pregnant. I knew right away I wanted to keep him or her, but Klayton didn't want anything to do with it. My parents promised to help while I was in school. 9 months later, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. He has my green eyes and Klayton's blonde hair his name is Henry Isaac Collins-Diaz.
3 years later, I met a great guy at school named Everrett Gideon Baker. He loves Henry and plays with him nicly! He majors in Law, he wants to be a lawyer and he has the most loving brown eyes and hair to match. I have dicided to major in Engeneering.
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The Kingdom Day Parade always started with Larry E. Grant cruising down a boulevard in South Los Angeles with a procession of colorful floats, marching bands and dance troupes trailing behind.
Grant traveled the three-mile route on the back of a convertible, waving at the throng of spectators who lined the streets to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader. Then Grant would hop out of the car and climb into the bleachers to watch the rest of the parade.
But he never stayed there long.
There was always something that required his attention, like a drill team basking too long in the parade's spotlight and threatening to slow the procession.
"Keep it moving," he would yell.
Grant, who co-founded the parade commemorating King that was the first in Los Angeles and became one of the largest in the nation, died Saturday of
Grant created the yearly event as an entertaining way to unite the community. It also became a means of mending wounds. In the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, when tensions were still thick between Korean store owners and black residents, Grant appointed a Korean taekwondo master to serve as co-chair.
"The parade tries to make a difference," said Teri King, whose father, Celes King III, helped bring the event to Los Angeles. "It's not just this day of fun. It's more than that." Grant "tried to bring harmony to the community."
A short, outspoken man with a deep love for his country, Grant was driven by passion when he set out to stage the first parade. He had no experience but wanted to create a platform to showcase black leaders in the community, and hopefully inspire the youth.
He drew from the leadership skills he acquired in the Army and his connections as a banker.
Grant was born March 14, 1926, in Sherman, Texas, and moved to Carson as a teenager. He was later drafted into the Army, where he served for 20 years, including during
In 1979, he was the chief executive officer of Pacific Coast Bank in San Diego, living there during the week and returning to Carson on the weekends, when he shared with the bank's president his idea of honoring King with a parade.
His colleague encouraged Grant to form the nonprofit National Cultural Corp.
A year later, Grant threw the first King parade in San Diego, before the civil rights activist's birthday was recognized as a national holiday.
Grant stopped commuting to San Diego in 1983, but his nonprofit organization continued to organize the annual parade there. Each year brought increasing public attention to King's birthday as the drive to make it a national holiday gained momentum.
Grant was eager to bring the parade to Los Angeles.
In a chance encounter, he ran into a former banking client, Celes King III, a prominent bail bondsman and longtime activist in civil rights issues and
The two men combined forces, and on Jan. 20, 1986, hosted the first Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles. It was also the first year that King's birthday was celebrated as a federal holiday.
The Los Angeles parade grew each year despite a noticeable lack of support from City Hall.
Mayor Tom Bradley, the city's black mayor, didn't take part for its first six years. And only one city official showed up in the early years. Some questioned whether the celebration was an appropriate tribute to the slain leader.
Eventually, the parade would blossom into one of the largest celebrations of King, attracting tens of thousands of spectators, and becoming a huge draw for politicians, along with high school marching bands, equestrians and even mariachi bands.
Grant's wife of 63 years, Nancy, died in 2010. He is survived by two daughters, Deborah Grant Lacy and Nancy
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Central Baptist Church in Carson.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th Feb 2013 18:27 UTC
"Imagine a phone that could run real Remote Desktop. Real PowerShell. Anything that can run on your desktop PC. Imagine 'phablet' form factors, similar to today's Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which could dock to a desktop setup and utilize an external display, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals. Imagine a single set of APIs that work everywhere. Imagine that Phone isn't a whole separate platform, but an app. An app that runs on Windows. Real Windows. The Windows Phone team could never make that happen. But the Windows client team? You betcha. Make it happen, Microsoft. It's time to take the phone seriously." I have never agreed with Thurrot as much as I do right now.
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9 million listeners in 16 countries receive weekly messages about how to promote conservation in their communities through a project of PCI-Media Impact, headed by CEC member Sean Southey.
Loss of biodiversity, devastating tropical storms and mismanaged natural resources are no laughing matter. Or are they?
Media Impact-produced Entertainment-Education soap operas are tackling serious environmental concerns around the world through intriguing plots. In 15 Caribbean countries, listeners tune in twice a week to hear Callaloo. The drama, named for the region's famed soup, serves heaping spoonfuls of gossip-worthy anecdotes of twisted love triangles and strained relationships while promoting ecosystem conservation and resource management.
"Callaloo intends to expose and profile many of the issues critical to the wellbeing of our people, but within the context of everyday life of mainstream society," said Keith Nichols, Head of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Unit at the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
Similarly, Biribireba, now airing in the six coastal districts of Western Ghana, contains the elements of a good story: intrigue, corruption, temptation, chaos and love, and is infused with important messages about ecosystem governance and coastal resource management.
And the fun doesn't end there.
Both dramas are played as part of talk shows that engage listeners in conversations about the issues in the drama. Community mobilization campaigns compliment the programs, making it easy for residents to support positive action.
More than 60 national and regional partners support My Island – My Community, of which Callaloo is one part. In addition to national call in shows, campaign planning is underway in each participating country. Biribireba is part of the five-year USAID-funded program Hɛn Mpoano, meaning Our Coast in Fante, a local language. The team in Ghana is focused on spreading the messages from Biribireba through billboards, radio spots and community events, including cook-offs, soccer games and theme song competitions.
Brenda Campos, Programs Director, Media Impact said, "Preaching about issues and threats wasn't working but showing people, through fictional characters in a drama and community activities, that small behavior changes are not overwhelming is already motivating people to take action to improve their community."
We are excited to grow this exciting work to promote sustainable development next year in Nigeria and Cameroon, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mexico.
My Island-My Community was made possible with the financial support of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, KFW on behalf of the German Financial Cooperation, Global Environment Fund Small Grants Programme, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme, USAID and The Nature Conservancy. Hen Mpoano is funded by USAID and executed by the Coastal Resources Center of the University of Rhode Island, Media Impact through SustainaMetrix, Friends of the Nation Ghana and the World Fish Center.
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Marcy's poignant story follows Grace, a girl whose father passed away a couple years before. Through conversations with family members and journaling, Grace begins to piece together who her father was and the ways in which she is similar to him. The story was very personal for Marcy, who also lost her father when she was younger; she details more about the story on her blog:
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My process of illustration for Am I Like My Daddy? began with conceptual drawings and photographing models for Grace and her mother.
I hand-drew the illustrations with pencil and subsequently inked them with Pigma Micron pens.
Each intersection between lines is contoured to resemble leading between stained glass panels. I then scanned and completed the illustrations in Photoshop.
After photographing the windows of Grace Episcopal Church in Anderson, South Carolina, I used the computer to "paint" the colors and textures from the stained glass into each "pane" within my drawing.
The backgrounds of the illustrations are watercolors that I created with my children. The one below on the right was painted by my two year old daughter.
Illustrations of Grace's "constructed memories" were then printed onto canvas, treated with watercolor crayons, sewn with a sewing machine, and re-scanned into the computer.
In depicting Grace's personal and hopeful journey of discovery, I explored the support system of grief, in which parent and child support each other. Physical artifacts from her father surround Grace, and I used Grace's journaling to comprise the form of her father as she learns about him through loved ones' memories.
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Am I Like My Daddy? - $12
by Marcy Blesy
illustrated by Amy Kuhl Cox
ISBN 978-0-9819591-3-9 • 40 pages (6" X 8") paperback © 2012
publication forthcoming in December 2012
by Marcy Blesy
illustrated by Amy Kuhl Cox
ISBN 978-0-9819591-3-9 • 40 pages (6" X 8") paperback © 2012
publication forthcoming in December 2012
Am I Like My Daddy? is an important book in the children's grief genre. Many books in this genre deal with the time immediately after a loved one dies. This book focuses on years after the death, when a maturing child is reprocessing his or her grief. New questions arise in the child's need to fill in those memory gaps.
Grace is a little girl who wonders if she is anything like her daddy. She uses the process of journaling to discover more about her deceased father.
The 40-page book is available for $12 plus $2.50 postage. This is a pre-publication order, with your book being shipped asap.
(Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for special orders or quantity discounts.)
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Poptropica - Brought to you by the geniuses at FunBrain, Poptropica is a safe interactive world for kids age 6 to 15. On Poptropica Island, kids can play games, go on quests, and read digital books, plus lots more. Most activities are book-related, so kids can engage in books on the page, and online!
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Babies"R"Us is celebrating the birth of the Prince of Cambridge, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with a new collection. The company introduced the My Little Prince and Princess line from Tommee Tippee, a U.K.-based manufacturer. This new collection is available in the U.S. exclusively at Babies "R" Us, and honors the arrival of the royal baby with regal graphics, such as a Royal Guard and horse-drawn carriages. The assortment includes a 9 oz. bottle, a first sips cup, and a gift set. They are available in pink and blue. In addition to two 9 oz. bottles, the gift sets will include two pacifiers.
Shoppers can now order My Little Prince and Princess merchandise online at Babiesrus.com. The collection will become available in Babies "R" Us stores nationwide on August 20.


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Dave Bezotte: The Library's French Connection
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Heidi Bostic is happy to finally sing the praises of Librarian David Bezotte, whom she calls Michigan Tech's "unsung hero."
"He is very quiet, and he doesn't take credit for anything," says Bostic, chair of the Department of Humanities. "But he does so much."
Bezotte has come to the rescue many times for faculty in the humanities, whose research depends not upon experiments but upon others' original work. In Bostic's case, she was searching for two pieces of art to include in her upcoming book, "The Fiction of Enlightenment: Women of Reason in the French 18th Century."
"Last fall, I had to get busy finding the illustrations," she said. "The problem isn't getting permission to use them--they are in the public domain. The problem is finding the libraries that have them and then getting them scanned."
One of the images is the frontispiece to the 18th century French Encyclopédie. Another depicts a female writer of the time in conversation with Socrates.
In science and engineering research, graduate students are often available to help with research projects. Less so in the humanities, where faculty tend to work in lonely splendor.
"I was casting about, wondering who could help me, and then I thought, of course! Dave Bezotte. He speaks beautiful French, and he is so helpful."
It wasn't the usual query, Bezotte recalls. "We very seldom get requests for works of art. It's more likely for data on the properties of materials, that sort of thing."
Using the worldwide catalog World Cat, he located both works at several libraries and started tapping his fellow librarians for help. It took awhile to find two who would take the time to locate and scan the illustrations, but finally the University of Chicago and Michigan State University came through. The process took nearly three months.
"Those illustrations are absolutely pivotal to the book, and if he hadn't helped me, I'd probably still be sitting here trying to find them," Bostic says. "Dave was a dream come true."
Bezotte came to Michigan Tech in 1968 as a student and joined the library staff after graduating, working at the reference desk. He earned a master's in library science in 1984.
"I always liked the atmosphere and the positive people at the library," he said. He also enjoys working with students, including teaching them that research extends beyond the offerings of Wikipedia.
A Chassell native with French-Canadian roots, he speaks fluent French and actively promotes French-Canadian culture throughout the community.
"Dave has always been one of the most approachable librarians," said Christa Walck, interim director of the J. R. Van Pelt/Opie Library, who first worked with Bezotte as a faculty member in the School of Business and Economics. "A lot of faculty and students really appreciate him.
"When he staffed the reference desk, he always gave you service with a smile, so I wasn't at all surprised that he'd gone out of his way to do something that most librarians wouldn't be able to, in part because of his excellent French."
He has also been a pillar of strength for the Sigma Rho fraternity for over 30 years.
"Dave is the most reliable alumnus; he never misses a beat," said Mark Rogalski, chair of the Sigma Rho Communications Committee. Bezotte has taken many responsibilities as a member of the fraternity's incorporate board, including treasurer. "He's the glue that pulls everyone together," Rogalski said. "When there are lots of different voices, he's the voice of reason. Kids trying to run a fraternity need that. The quiet calm he brings to the table is just amazing."
Bezotte has been a mentor to a couple generations of pledges and brother, providing guidance and passing on traditions. And Sigma Rho benefited from his librarianship when Rogalski started to compile a history of the fraternity. "Dave helped me get documents from the Copper Country Archives, and the jewels we found go back to early 1900s," he said.
Plus, he's a hoot. "Dave's famous for saying 'You scallywag!' in a pirate voice," said Rogalski.
Bostic concurred. "Dave is one of those people who has made me glad to be at Michigan Tech," she said. "Hats off! Merci beaucoup!"
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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A problem that had plagued California's tree fruit industry during harvests a decade ago has resurfaced — this time in the packinghouses of the nation's leading peach and nectarine region in the Central San Joaquin Valley.
Fortunately, this time around solutions to the challenge appear to have been found by Carlos Crisosto and colleagues at the Kearney Agricultural Center in Parlier, Calif.
Just as the term indicates, inking is the presence of brown or black spots on the fruit skin. It's as if a leaking pen might have been passed over the fruit. A problem in production areas worldwide, it results in blemished, unmarketable fruit.
"Inking has been around for awhile," said Crisosto, postharvest physiologist with the University of California Department of Plant Sciences based at Kearney. "Packinghouse inking is a little different.
"We have been getting calls on this problem from packers who say they are losing as much as 70 percent of their fruit to this problem in peaches and nectarines. They can lose their reputation and sales if it reaches the retailer."
It was that degree of concern that brought dozens of growers and packers to Crisosto's postharvest facilities at Kearney for a talk on inking that followed a variety display at which visitors tasted offerings of new fruit from nurseries.
Crisosto talked of work he and other researchers have done on inking and white flesh skin burning disorder that appear to be triggered by the combination of physical damage during harvesting and hauling and what he termed "postharvest stresses."
Researchers looked at a dozen approaches to packing fruit and their findings indicate that stresses that can lead to the cosmetic damage include exposure to high air velocity during forced air cooling, dehydration and high water pH during washing.
And it appears that certain varieties are more susceptible to the marking.
Crisosto conceded that using room cooling rather than forced air is not necessarily a simple solution. "Room cooling takes longer, and packers want to sell the fruit right away," he said. "It takes longer to cool the fruit, and retailers want it delivered cool."
He said as much as 70 percent of peach packing lines have a water pH level of around 8. His recommendation is for levels between 6.5 and 7.5.
At the Kearney field day, he showed pictures of damage to fruit packed at high pH levels.
A decade ago, results of a study on inking by Crisosto and colleagues that included Kevin Day, UC farm advisor in Tulare County, were published in California Agriculture magazine. The study found that physical injury combined with contamination can cause the skin discoloration. Among the serious contaminants were heavy-metal materials that included iron, copper and aluminum.
Among recommendations released at that time were to handle fruit gently, avoid hauling distances and keeping harvest containers free of dirt. It was also recommended that water quality be checked for heavy-metal contamination and that foliar nutrient sprays containing heavy metals should not be used 22 days before harvest unless there was a deficiency.
"This is a serious problem, the variables keep changing all the time," said Gary Van Sickle, director of research and regulatory compliance for the California Tree Fruit Agreement in Reedley. "One time, it's out in the field and you do things there. Then it's in the packinghouse. One house is doing things the same way as the other and not having the problem. It's a difficult problem."
The Reedley-based industry group this year spent $89,000 to fund the research by Crisosto and others. It's the first of three years of funding on research into the problem, and Van Sickles calls it "one of the most extensive projects we've ever embarked on."
Inking is among the harshest examples of ways in which purely cosmetic problems can cripple an industry. And Van Sickle said there is no doubt that shoppers — and not merely buyers for retail groups — are very selective in their purchases.
"Go to where the peaches are, on the shelf," he said. "Watch the people pick them out and see how critical they are. They're the best graders in the world."
The Kearney event, which featured tasting of new varieties, gave a good look at the tough sell the industry can sometimes face because of a fruit's appearance.
"We love these as farmers," said Eugene Enns, a principal in Enns Packing in Dinuba. He was referring to two delicious pluots on display from Dave Wilson Nursery. "But who's going to buy these? They look funny."
Gary Kozuki, a Parlier grower, said people can often be won over by taste. "Sometimes weird is good," he said.
It's not uncommon for growers to bemoan the fact that oddly shaped fruit or fruit that is curiously colored may not be readily accepted by the consumer. The taste could win them over, but that's not an easy sell either.
"Tastings at the retail level are expensive to do," Van Sickle said.
The tastings during the variety display at Kearney are one way to reach growers large and small, said Dale McHaley, with Bright's Nursery in Dinuba.
"They get a chance to peek at their neighbors and see what they're doing," McHaley said.
And such events are particularly important in a year like this, which has been marked by the closure of several high profile packinghouses.
"Our sales are off 70 percent," said McHaley. "Growers don't have money to plant, they're trying to heal."
Though it's not uncommon for growers to push out varieties that have lost favor with shoppers, the industry also seeks to look at ways to keep trees in the ground. Van Sickle explained that is among the reasons for the research into inking: Is there a way to handle fruit differently from vulnerable varieties and still keep it marketable, thereby avoiding the cost of ripping out and replanting an orchard?
Not all the fruit that was available for tasting left participants with a smile. Some was purposely flawed.
Gayle Crisosto, associate specialist in plant science with UC Davis, stood at a table where visitors could sample fruit that had some degree of chilling injury.
"We wanted to show people physically what the symptoms of chilling injury are," said Crisosto, who is the wife of Carlos Crisosto. "They get to see and taste mealy fruit, fruit that lacks flavor or is off flavor or has internal browning."
Crisosto said those qualities are often the subjects of consumer complaints "fruit that looks great in the store, but …" When the fruit ripens, she said, the symptoms "are expressed."
"That's a poor experience, and the person will think twice about going back and buying a peach again," she said.
The industry has made considerable strides toward remedying the chilling problems with "pre-conditioning" protocols that seek to avoid internal breakdown of the fruit.
Just as with inking, some varieties may be more vulnerable to chilling injury, Crisosto said. She said the injury is most likely to happen during shipping, but it could also occur at a distribution center. "It's not as likely in the packinghouse," she said.
Unlike cosmetic damage, chilling injury is a death sentence.
"It's serious, it affects the whole fruit," Crisosto said.
Also discussed at the Kearney event was research on the use of SmartFresh, a chemical being applied to some fruits to increase shelf life. It will be registered for use on tree fruit in October, said Carlos Crisosto.
He will present findings on how effective SmartFresh is Feb. 25-26, at Kearney during the 16th annual Fruit Ripening and Ethylene Management Workshop.


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Robert J. Videtich
Robert J. Videtich, 82, of 256 N. Cedar St., Manistique, Mich., passed away quietly at his home amongst his loving family on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
He was born May 22, 1930, in Manistique, the son of Matt and Catherine (Barr) Videtich. He attended St. Francis de Sales School and was a graduate of Manistique High School with the Class of 1948.
During the Korean Conflict, he proudly served in the U.S. Army in Korea and was honorably discharged as a Sgt. Bob sailed the great lakes for a number of years following military duty.
On Jan. 18, 1958, he married the former Wilma D. Hellsten in Manistique. They made their home a raised their family in Manistique.
For 38 years, Bob was the owner/ proprietor of the King Koin Launderette and Dry Cleaners in Manistique. He retired in 2000.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening and bird watching. He was a hard worker, spending many hours at his business but also enjoyed fixing things and tinkering at home.
Bob is survived by his wife of 54 years, Wilma D. Videtich of Manistique; children, Donald Videtich of Ionia, Mich., and Susan Videtich of Manistique; grandchildren, Ryan Videtich of Ionia and Jillian (Nate) Videtich of Ionia; and great-grandson, Hudson Hawley of Ionia; along with nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, George Videtich; and sister, Katherine Dorman.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, at St. Francis de Sales Church in Manistique with Father Glenn Theoret officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Manistique.
Memorial donations may be directed to St. Francis de Sales Church or to St. Francis de Sales School.
Messier-Broullire Funeral Home of Manistique is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mbfuneral.com.
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