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The Royal Bermuda Regiment Junior Leaders (RBRJL) is a voluntary youth organization which exposes young people to military life and promotes leadership development, teamwork, discipline and fitness.
Any boy or girl who is in M2 (or equivalent) and is less than 18 years of age can join the Royal Bermuda Regiment Junior Leaders. Junior Leaders gain insight into the Regiment and are encouraged to join when they are 18.
When can I join?: You can join at any time during the year. However, we suggest that you sign up at the beginning of the school year as this ensures that you get the full training curriculum.
Command and Instructors
The BRJL is led by an Officer Commanding (OC) who is appointed by the Commanding Officer. The OC (Major David Madeiros) works with the Commanding Officer on policies and practices.
Weapons: All junior leaders enjoy the excitement of weapon training. As a junior leader you will learn safe handling procedures, proper care and firing techniques. Safety and security are a priority at all times.
Drill: This is the lesson that everyone thinks is the hardest, but it's not! Drill forms the basis of discipline and plays a key role in the life as a Junior Leader. Troops learn basic drill requirements and as they advance through the ranks they learn more complex movements. The RBRJL displays its skills annually at The Queen's Birthday Parade, the National Service of Remembrance and the Junior Leader Church Parade and Drill Competition.
Physical Training: PT typically takes the form of an early morning workout, yet is also incorporated into some of the other training you will do. Stretching, calisthenics and running help prepare Junior Leaders for not only the day ahead but athletic competitions and a healthy lifestyle in general.
Adventure Training: Junior Leaders also enjoy an adventure training package, which includes kayaking, abseiling, diving, and invigorating outdoor activities. Training is done in various locations around the island and is supervised by certified Regiment instructors.
Fieldcraft: The RBRJL will teach you how to construct shelter, cook and otherwise live in the field...with proper field hygiene, of course! Using equipment issued by the Junior Leaders, you will learn camouflage and concealment, harbour drills and field discipline.
Other Training: The RBRJL prides itself on a well-rounded curriculum and junior leaders can expect a wide variety of training. You will learn signals, map reading and even etiquette.
Local and Overseas Camps: In addition to the local two-week Annual Junior Leaders Camp in July, the Junior Leaders send contingents abroad to train and learn with other units in the UK, Canada and the Caribbean.


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The Galaxy S3 is being touted as the biggest smartphone of the year and a genuine challenger to Apple's iPhone 4S. The newly unveiled next-gen Galaxy smartphone is by far the best product from the South Korean giant in recent times.
The device is already being compared to the likes of HTC One X and the Nokia Lumia 900, as well as the Galaxy Note, in our earlier IBTimes UK reports. Now, we measure it against another mighty Android smartphone - HTC Titan.
The S3 brings some exciting features to the table, like Eye-Tracking, Wi-Fi Direct, S Voice (a Siri alternative) and Direct Call. It undoubtedly has set a seriously high benchmark for any forthcoming high-end smartphone.
On the other hand, the HTC Titan is a dual-core Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device. It sports a mammoth 4.7-inch Super LCD display with capacitive touchscreen and powered by 1.5GHz Scorpion processor running HTC Sense 3.5 User Interface.
Check out the two Android smartphones going head-to-head:
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs. HTC Titan: Display
The Galaxy S3 features a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with capacitive touch-screen running at 720p (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution and a pixel density of 306 pixels per inch (ppi).
In contrast, HTC Titan sports a relatively smaller 4.7-inch Super LCD capacitive touchsreen with 480 x 800 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 199ppi. Both the smartphones feature multi-touch support and damage resistant Corning Gorilla Glass for protection against scratches.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Titan: Processor
The Galaxy S3 is powered by the company's own Exynos 4 System-on-a-Chip (SoC), which features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor. While this is yet to be fully benchmarked, Slashgear carried out some tests at the launch and it seems the Exynos chip will blow away rivals with its raw processing power. Hardware demonstrations at the launch seemed to add weight to Slashgear's expectations; the Galaxy S3 was superfast when carrying out all operations, including being able to play HD videos while browsing.
In comparison, the HTC Titan features a dual-core 1.5GHz Scorpion processor and Adreno 205 GPU for graphics applications and games.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Titan: Memory and Storage
The S3 flaunts three storage versions - 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, besides supporting microSD expansion slot up to 64GB. It also ports 1GB of RAM onboard. On the other hand, the Titan features just 512MB of RAM and comes in a single storage model of 16GB. The Titan has no support for microSD expansion.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Titan: Operating System
The Galaxy S3 ships with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS) onboard with TouchWiz 3.0 skinned on top. This is a basic prerequisite for any high-end smartphone, so as to get the best out of its powerful hardware. The dual-core and quad-core devices particularly will benefit from the updated interface. In contrast, the HTC Titan is powered by the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS with HTC's Sense 3.5 UI on top.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Titan: Camera
Both S3 and the Titan offer eight megapixel rear cameras with auto-focus and LED flash with geo-tagging. While the former supports 1080p video recording at 30fps, the latter supports only 720p recording at 30fps.
The Titan features 1.3 megapixel front camera, while the S3 flaunts a more powerful 1.9 megapixel camera for video calling. the The S3 also features advanced camera functions such as touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilisation.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Titan: Battery
The S3 comes with a powerful Li-Ion 2100mAh battery. The HTC Titan is powered by a relatively smaller 1600mAh Li-Ion battery with up to 360 hours of standby time and almost 12 hours of talk time on 2G, while supporting up to 460 hours of standby time and close to seven hours of talk time.

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And the winner is....
Johnny Fucking Borrell
what a surprise!
Johnny Fucking Borrell
what a surprise!
Re: Twat of the yearHe's a fucking bell end, it's true.
Re: Twat of the yearUsher - I fucking hate him so much.
Re: Twat of the yearBeyonce fucking Knowles. And the rest of Destiny's Child. For doing those FUCKING MacDonalds adverts when we all know Beyonce eats like two tomatoes a day.
'Look girls - you can eat MacDonalds and be as thin as me (even though I still have a big fat arse)'.
Re: Twat of the yearwould still give her one...
Re: Twat of the yearreally? she would crush you like a bug twixt those mighty thighs.
i have to say robbie williams for the sake of tradition.
Re: Twat of the year...while eating a Big Mac...;)
Re: Twat of the yearDoubt she'd have the energy to do much....
Re: Twat of the yearYes. Beyonce is a prize Twunt. As is Jo fucking Whiley and all the other Radio 1 douche-bags.
Re: Twat of the yearActually, you're right on radio 1 DJs - Vernon Kaye needs to be garotted, and those fucking dickheads JK and Joel.
Re: Twat of the yearI concur. Vernon Kaye is a complete waste of spunk.
Re: Twat of the yearHow was this ugly, talentless dickhead ever a model and a TV presenter?
Re: Twat of the yearhahahahurgh
you made me coughlaugh for a whole 10 seconds with "waste of spunk". thats one of the big book of putdowns.
Re: Twat of the year*for (not of)
Re: Twat of the yearYou used to be nice, what happened? Behind the smiley profile pic is the root of all evil. Brainlove was never nice though hence his love for Selfish Twunt.
Re: Twat of the yearis doherty a close second?
i cannot believe people are paying £13 to go see that babyshambles rubbish. pff.
Re: Twat of the yearooh i'd go for prole_art_threat too
followed EXTREMELY CLOSELY BY
the fat singer from keane
peter doherty
Re: Twat of the yearWhy Prole?
Re: Twat of the yearBecause he always seems to pop up and say really boring, cuntish things to people about their music taste.
"you only like x band because nme said so"
"bet you think you're well clever for liking GYBE"
or whatever.
He is not ghetto!
Course, he could just be a troll.
Re: Twat of the yearALL of The Shitness (The Darkness) especially Ugmo Hawkins.
Re: Twat of the yearchris fucking moyles. i wake up to him every morning, and the only reason i put up with him is that buzz off keeps my timings right so i'm not late. *pokes chris moyles with a big pointy stick*
*poke poke*
Re: Twat of the yearooo can i have a go?
*poke poke poke poke poke stab*
*stab stab*
Re: Twat of the yearImagine if you could tie him up like a pinata?
Hitting him with a giant stick sounds fun,
He might even spew goodies
Re: Twat of the yearHe'd probably spew out all the babies he's eaten.
The repugnant fat bastard.
Re: Twat of the yeareeeeew, moyles pinata. imagine what would come out of him!
a whole load of shite probably....thats what he's full of.
yeah, lets all join in the chris moyles poking game, woo!
*poke poke pokity poke*
Re: Twat of the year*poke poke poke whack!*
Oh shit i killed him, oh well better string up some other twat
Re: Twat of the yearThis thread is truly scathing. Great stuff.
My vote goes to "the fat singer from Keane" who I think is called Tom Chaplin, not that anyone refers to him by his name. His dancing makes me want to eat my face.
Re: Twat of the yearI met someone the other week that calls him pigface. Harsh, but fair.
Re: Twat of the yearhey, if this level of abuse continues, the dadrock acoustic wankathon a-minor loving scum sucking fuckin student loving shitbag bands of the world will be forced underground. like the conservative party. keane are right wing music. illiberal. uncreative. backwards, regressive, retro. i wanna change my vote to that moon faced singing school-disco-dancing 'ruddy' prick guy. at least his face makes a big target. someone should paint a bullseye on his nose while he's asleep.
Re: Twat of the yearPolitically, what is it that you don't like about him?
Re: Twat of the yearWhat would your policies have been in his position then?
Re: Twat of the yearCompletely agree. It's become trendy to dislike Blair (congratulations Mr Murdoch) but the majority of the people who are against Blair are uninformed Sun readers. Yes, he has his obviously faults, but at least he's not Michael Howard. Or Ian Duncan Smith.
Re: Twat of the yearAs I said earlier, I wouldn't say no!
Re: Twat of the yearOr Gordon Brown (shudder)
Re: Twat of the yearNah, If it's gonna be a politician, it has to be Blunkett.
What a fucking twunt.
Re: Twat of the yearyeah your'e right Tony Blair is ace.
*tumble weed slowly rolls past*
Re: Twat of the yeari don't even wanna get into this really, but tony is slowly undoing a huge swathe of how our democratic system actually works. he has castrated the parliamentary system and adopted a dictatorial presdent system in which word from number 10 is law. playing on the fears of the party - having been locked out of power for so long, it must have been like taking candy from a baby. problem is, all the checks and balances went out of the window with it. all the scrutiny. i think he means well. but i think he is unintentionally ruining the british political system.
Re: Twat of the yearamen sister!
*snaps fingers and weaves head*
Re: Twat of the yearAND lets not forget the people in the "Waste of space" category:
Lauren Lavern
Shaun Keeving or whatever the hell his name is
Eamon Holmes
The Blue Peter Presenters aka Keane
Christian O'Connell
Mark & Lard (How was that funny? Someone explain to me)
Busted, McFly and Rooster
Edith Blowman (NOT a spelling mistake)
Stuart Cable (Absolutely disgusting)
And about a thousand others whose names there isn't room to put here. There is no mountain high enough from which to adequately show my contempt of any of those people - or the Shitness, in particular Ugmo Hawkins and his disgusting Catsuits.
I feel sick....here comes my stomach.....*Vomit*
Re: Twat of the yearAye, they could have recorded a really good new song that people actively wanted to listen to....
Re: Twat of the yearFor christmas ?
Don't you know it's shit song time ?
Re: Twat of the yearwould it have to be on a christmas theme though? they could write about vegetables, or something.
Re: Twat of the yearDominic Mohan and the lizardy bloke in the studio from "Most Haunted Live". He used to be the DR on Newsround.


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Isaac and Jenna were going to travel back to San Francisco Friday afternoon. Isaac wanted to hike one more time, so we had planned to hike early in the the morning. We had to get into the Valley before 9am, hike the trail and be back to the cabin before 1pm. We were close.
Here is the buck we saw in the parking lot at the visitor center in the valley!
Waterfalls are powerful. They are beautiful and enticing, but need to be respected for their strength. As we began out hike, we learned that three hikers had been swept away over the falls earlier that week. One woman had tried to walk across the pool at the top to get a better photo opportunity. The story is that she slipped, two men tried to help her and they all were swept away. We began our hike learning of this story and seeing their photos along the trail. It was a scary reminder of how powerful nature is and our need to respect it..
This is a panoramic photo I put together of the falls.
The sound of the falls was so loud. It is amazing how much water was still flowing in August.
We asked another hiker to take out photo. We were getting wet from the spray of the falls.
The spray enabled me to take great photos of the rainbows.
The stairs we climbed to go up to the top of the falls. There were few people coming down when we were going up. On our way down the volume of hikers had quadrupled. The staircase is narrow, just wide enough for two people, but the railing was a bit wobbly.
View of the falls from the top.
Here is Vernal pool. A beautiful view.
Tobin and Abram
A gorgeous blue bird. There were several flying around us. I was lucky to capture this one.
The whole time we were traveling in and out of the valley we would see these signs:
Tobin thought it was great. After our vacation, Jenna had a shirt made for him with this sign on it.
It is difficult to put into words how beautiful Yosemite was. We saw and did so much I am trying to capture each part in different sections. As I have said before, there is much more to come!


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We are introducing the Kindle Touch to our 7th grade inclusion students in one week. From a list of summer reading text-to speech books, they will choose titles they want on their Kindles and after 2 weeks of practice, they will take them home for the summer. We are interested in this small group of students and some of our teachers sharing their thoughts about what they are reading while away on vacation
My big question ... does anyone know the best way for students to share their notes and highlights with other students & teacher? Is there a way to transfer motes and highlights into document form? I noticed that there is a share for FB and Twitter, but am not sure I want to go that public.
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Hi Rich,
Thanks for the comment.
I like the gorilla glue as it expand and fill any gap. It also allow me enough time to verify everything aligned before it dry. Last, it is also very easy to clean and is not staining the wood too much. I used it on my last project a canoe and I was very happy with the results.
I am planing to glass it inside and out.
As to the paddle, I am not an expert. There are many types, sizes and shapes each coming from different region and tradition. I am not sure if these are specific for racing but I liked the shape, the ergonomic and the challenge in building one.


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Alex Cross -- This season's WTF casting coup puts Tyler Perry into the role of novelist James Patterson's homicide detective, shown here on the trail of a serial killer played by Matthew Fox (taking time out from his Twitter-documented hobby of beating women to play the bad guy for a change). Having a beloved icon of the black female demo go up against a white misogynist might seem like a scenario better suited to a presidential debate than to a wide-release popcorn flick , but director Rob Cohen is the quality maven who gave us Stealth and xXx, so get those award ballots ready. (PG-13)
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Increasing Ground Awareness for Internal Strength
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Re: Increasing Ground Awareness for Internal Strength
Some of the very basic tai sabaki in aikido are great methods for practicing the fundamentals of "ground awareness" if you have been shown how to train the ground/gravity/you components (there's more considerations, but those are important to start with).
For example - in funekogi undo, how you are opening and closing your body, how purely you have a connection inside your body from the feet through the fingers (and up out the top of your head, for that matter), how you manage the external forces acting on you (ground/gravity) as you move through the shape of the exercise - these will all impact 1) How you express these considerations as you move 2) How you feel to someone else when they touch you.
I've recently started to look at irimi-tenkan with renewed interest from a training/expression perspective and there's some interesting stuff there. But that said, I think you have to understand how the very basics work before you can get the benefit of doing them through an aikido form or technique.
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A new sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is unveiled today. Elbowing Marc Quinn's Alison Lapper Pregnant out of the way (rudely ignoring all the current efforts of Team Nice) is German artist Thomas Schütte's Model for a Hotel 2007 and it replaces Quinn's cool, white, serene statue of a round-stomached Lapper with something distinctly more colourful and quirky.
After a two year gestation period, Alison Lapper Pregnant has been taken down and today, Schütte's sculpture will go up. The multi-coloured glass sculpture is the second in the Mayor of London, Arts Council England, London, and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation funded programme for specially commissioned new artwork on the empty plinth. It has been empty since original designer Sir Charles Barry ran out of money in 1841 and couldn't have the equestrian statue he wanted; his loss is London's gain, thanks Chuck!
Equal parts art, architecture and model, Model for a Hotel 2007 looks like it might topple over and scatter colourful Lego-like bits among the pigeons and tourists. It is a model of 21 storeys, a big lobby and a horizontal block which extends over the sides of the plinth; because it is made of 2cm thick pieces of coloured glass, it's hard to tell how substantial and steady it is. The glass captures and reflects light and will sparkle through the grey months of winter and even manages one of those clever tricks of perspectives, looking different from eery angle.
Who the hotel is meant for is up to us to decide; we've got many months ahead to look up and think of who would go there, why they would go there and what would happen in a place like that. If you see it, tell us what you think.
More information about the new sculpture and the fourth plinth is available here.
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Bollywood actress Genelia D'Souza has said that actors become more evolved with age. She said she became more experienced with age and felt that has become a better actor.
Speaking at an event event to launch India's first only "Baby & Mother Wellness Centre" on Wednesday, the mother of two kids said that there are many emotions that come across when they become parents.
The bubbly actress also said that she doesn't think pregnancy as a drawback.
"At a certain level, India is evolving. Primarily what is important is to understand that this is a part of nature and life. The more we accept that, the more we will able to do better films.
"I am sure the thought process is changing. You can see many mothers like Aishwarya (Rai Bachchan), Konkona (Sen ) are coming back to screen," she said.
The exuberant actress is married to Riteish Deshmukh and they have two kids together.
On being asked for tips for soon-to-be mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, Genelia said: "No mother needs tips. There is enough information everywhere."
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Lake Tapps level is expected to stay at approximately 541′ to 542′ through mid to late January, when Cascade anticipates completing installation of a new valve at the Powerhouse. Around Feb. 1, Cascade plans to test the new $2 million valve, which has been installed to ensure even more reliability and safety in operating the reservoir. To do so, Cascade will draw the reservoir down approximately 6′ to 8′, reaching an elevation around 535′ in late February. The reservoir level will then be maintained around 535′ through early to mid-March. If homeowners choose to consider any improvements to their property or begin new projects, the period between early February and early March might be the time to do so. However, Cascade reminds residents they must obtain all appropriate permits as well as a Cascade license prior to beginning any construction. The time to apply is now. Active fill will begin about mid to late March with full recreational levels of elevation 541.5′ to 542.5′ being reached in early to mid-April. Cascade will bring the Lake Level up to elevation 543′, which is the maximum permissible level for Lake Tapps, for a short time during the spring.
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To understand the character of WCC – our institutional culture, identity and guiding principles, it is important to look at our inspiring development from a medium size college based in Quezon City, Philippines to an emerging educational system with firm linkages and partnerships abroad.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
I've always been fascinated by the notion of Hastings ever since I read 1066 and All That. Although the battle did not take place here (rather in a place now called Battle), the name conjures up the history of the time. I have seen the Bayeux Tapestry in France and love the feeling of walking the area where these historical figures may once have walked. The castle (built in 1070), or what remains of it, was one of the first of a series along the coast that the Normans built after the conquest.
A second reason for visiting Hastings is that my spouse and I have been watching Foyle's War which takes place in Hastings during World War II. It was fun to wander some of the streets and try to imagine where parts of episodes may have been filmed.
We took the funicular up to the top of the hill. The castle grounds were closed until some time in April but the view was certainly open! Hastings now seems to be a fading seaside town. Along the shore are a number of amusement facilities from mini-golf to rides. The oldest part of the city has narrow winding streets.
Once a major fishing town, it is now much less so. It was fun to stroll around and see a slightly different part of England.
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Thank you for sharing. It gives us immense pleasure reading your posts and viewing the pictures. All beautiful !
Used to go to Hastings quite often, too when my husband's aunt still lived there. Poor pier, it's still closed, isn't it? We used to stay in neighbouring Eastbourne, which has the prettiest castle-like pier but, unfortunately, big parts of it burnt in a fire last year! So few of the coastal piers left any more.ReplyDelete
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Well, here is the one we have all been waiting for—Lady Gaga on the cover of Vogue magazine's September 2012 issue. Inside, Gaga discusses her new fragrance and her music.
On her new fragrance, Fame: "The fragrance is called Fame. It must be black. It must be enticing. You must want to lick and touch and feel it, but the look of it must terrify you."
On her music: "I don't really make records for people to listen to and go, 'Wow, she's a genius." I'd really like you to order a drink, maybe kiss the person you came with that evening, or rediscover something about your past that makes you feel even more brave."
Also inside the September 2012 issue: a fall fashion spectacular. For more, pick up the issue when it arrives on newsstands on August 14 or head to Vogue.com.


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Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) – social reformer and campaigner.
Plus a theory about the nature of what is valuable -
On Bentham - Man is never recognised by him as a being capable of pursuing spiritual perfection as an end; of desiring, for its own sake, the conformity of his own character to his standard of excellence, without the hope of good or fear of evil from other source than his inward consciousness.
The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.
To give a clear view of the moral standard set up by the theory, much more requires to be said; in particular, what things it includes in the ideas of pain and pleasure; and to what extent this is left an open question.
But these supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded - namely, that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.
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A sculpture on exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC that captures a child's attention. The artist is Ron Mueck, whose sculptures reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images. This sculpture is part of an exhibition called "Strange Bodies" and its permanent home is now in DC at the Hirshhorn.
Thanks so much, shured, for the nomination of Photo of the Week! I'm most grateful!
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Davide Simone (Deleted) gave props (13 Apr 2012):
great image awesome !!!!
Katherine Nak gave props (13 Apr 2012):
absolutely awesome! Fab capture!
Sarah Springer (Deleted) gave props (13 Apr 2012):
This would probably give me nightmares if I were that kid.....marvelous capture
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Steve gave props (15 Apr 2012):
Fantastic capture! I love the selective color.
Donna Mullins (Deleted) gave props (16 Apr 2012):
Very cool photo!
chuck vona gave props (19 Apr 2012):
Scares me! great work
Marine Mukherjee gave props (23 Apr 2012):
quite imposing ! fantastic shot !!
Aldo Raziel said (5 May 2012):
This truly makes me say wtf?! Great shot!
Ted Wright said (8 May 2012):
This is pretty creepy.....
Andrew Kelly gave props (31 May 2012):
Well done.
Burnell Yow! (Deleted) said (21 Jun 2012):
Amazing capture and treatment. Wonderful!
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Mark Rosenbaum gave props (4 Jul 2012):
What a great shot.
Joe Dunckel gave props (10 Jul 2012):
Bet she doesn't sleep for a few months...what a great story shot!
Margan Zajdowicz gave props (15 Jul 2012):
Great capture!
Kristina Krause gave props (27 Jul 2012):
What a terrific image!
Lynn E. Harvey gave props (1 Aug 2012):
Great entry for this!
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Resistance to chemotherapy is a major obstacle limiting the successful treatment of cancer patients.
The discovery of a novel antioxidant compound by a group of University of Arizona researchers led by pharmacology and toxicology assistant professor Donna D. Zhang has proven its ability to combat chemoresistance and enhance the efficacy of current chemotherapeutic drugs.
Zhang also is a member of the Arizona Cancer Center.
The finding, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, represents a breakthrough in the effectiveness of cancer treatment.
The key to the discovery is an understanding of the transcription factor, or movement of genetic information of the protein Nrf2. Nrf2 regulates a multitude of genes that promote cell survival under detrimental environments, such as oxidative stress.
Oxidative stress is associated with an imbalance between the production and removal of chemically reactive molecules containing oxygen known as reactive oxygen species. During times of oxidative stress, the body's ability to detoxify and repair damage is disrupted and has been implicated in cancer and other diseases.
The ability of cells to properly regulate the Nrf2 defense response is important to protect against the damaging effects of oxidative stress.
Normally, Nrf2 is expressed at very low levels in most organs of the body. But recent studies have shown that high levels of Nrf2 are present in many types of tumors.
These studies, Zhang said, "suggested that Nrf2 has a dark side."
"Clearly, the control mechanism of Nrf2 has been hijacked by the cancer cells, and the high levels of Nrf2 are creating an environment for cancer cells to survive and thrive and promote chemoresistance," she added.
Her team searched for antioxidant compounds that were able to inhibit the Nrf2 defense response mechanism and found that brusatol, a quassinoid isolated from the fruit of the Brucea javanica tree, is a unique inhibitor of the Nrf2 pathway.
Zhang's team showed that brusatol can combat chemoresistance associated with cisplatin treatment, a platinum-based chemotherapy drug. Through a reduction in the protein level of Nrf2, brusatol is able to sensitize cancer cells to therapeutic treatments.
Their results show that when brusatol is used in combination with cisplatin, there is an increase in cell death, reduced cell proliferation, and a reduction in tumor growth compared to cisplatin treatment alone.
Zhang said, "As a result of this study, interest has been raised to develop brusatol into a commercial product that can be used in the clinic to enhance the effectiveness of current cancer treatments and combat chemoresistance."
This study was supported by grants from the American Cancer Society and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.


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I cannot believe I have never posted this recipe here. It is the easiest recipe in the world and there are never any leftovers when I make it.
1 pkg Garden Rotini (or the plain rotini works also)
1 pkg Hormel Pepperoni minis (you can use regular or turkey pepperoni too)
1 pkg Mozzarella Cheese (diced)
1 bottle Bernsteins Cheese Fantastico OR Bernstein's Cheese and Garlic Italian (both are delicious!)
Boil the noodles. Drain and set aside to cool.
Dice the pepperoni (or pour the bag of minis right into the bowl) and dice the cheese. When the noodles are cool, add the meat and cheese and mix well.
I use about 3/4 of the bottle of dressing. Stir it all up, cover and refrigerate 1 hour. When you're ready to serve, pour the remaining dressing on and stir once more.
Good eats!
Variations: I've added chopped olives, onions, bell peppers and pepperoncinis and my family hated it each time. So, feel free to tweak and add and make this recipe your own.


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If there's a positive that came from Duke's loss Thursday night to North Carolina, it's the re-emergence of sophomore center Marques Bolden.
Bolden, who was playing in his third game since returning from a knee sprain, gave the Blue Devils 17 minutes and eight points on 4-for-4 shooting against the Tar Heels.
It's the most points he has scored since Dec. 5 against St. Francis, although he missed seven consecutive games in January with the injury.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski went to a three big-man lineup in the second half for the first time this season, using Bolden, Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. on the court at the same time.
"We tried to look at that at practice," Krzyzewski said. "We would have looked at that earlier if Marques wasn't hurt for that long, not a long look, but something that might be a little different for us."
On Sunday night against Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils will see a team mostly led by the play of its guards, although senior center Ben Lammers averages 11.3 points and 8.6 rebounds.
While this game might not be the time to utilize the three-big lineup, Krzyzewski said Duke could look to use it other times.
"We'll see. We are trying a few different things. Marques did well," Krzyzewski said. "He gave us a huge lift in the first half. He still isn't in the optimum playing shape that he hopefully will be in soon. He did a good job for us."
Where Bolden might be more effective against the Yellow Jackets is coming off the bench to give Bagley and Carter a rest.
Bagley has played 34 or more minutes in seven of the Blue Devils' 10 games in 2018, and he sat for just one minute against the Tar Heels.
Without Bolden, Duke has relied on Jack White and Antonio Vrankovic, among others, to step in and give Bagley and Carter short breaks.
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Who: No. 9 Duke (19-5, 7-4) at Georgia Tech (11-13, 4-7)
When: 6 p.m. Sunday (ESPN)
Where: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta
Series: Duke leads 71-23, including victories in the last 10 meetings


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Tina Pratt of the Anita Borg Institute is inviting you to not only attend the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, but to present a poster as well. Can't afford to attend, but find your interest piqued anyhow? Read on: there's the possibility to attend for free.
The mission of the Anita Borg Institute (anitaborg.org) is connecting, inspiring, and guiding women in computing with each other and organizations that view technology innovation as a strategic imperative.
By attending the Grace Hopper Celebration (gracehopper.org) for Women in Computing (GHC), students have the opportunity to connect with resources that can help them find jobs, internships, and academic programs in computing.
So why might you want to submit a poster presentation?
Students can present their work to other women in the field and expand their network of potential collaborators. They may also inspire future research ideas.
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Submission Deadline: March 14, 2014
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- Read books that promise guys making you melt
- Mark down quotes
- Lastly, whatever you do, don't forget to insert a Melina Marchetta quote somewhere... kind of like Meryl Streep at the Oscars ;)
ft. Virgil from Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
He shakes his head and looks away. He's going to leave now. Of course he is. Isn't that what I want? But he doesn't. He takes my hand in his and holds it and says nothing. We just sit there. Together. It feels stupid and awkward and I don't know why he's doing it until suddenly I do. he's going to wait for me to tell him and he won't let go until I do.~I think Virgil is awesome. He's just so lovely (and he rhymes!), and I definitely enjoyed the romance in this incredible novel :)
ft. Brian from Front and Centre by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
He looked up and gave me a smile, this really adult-looking smile. Like we were both already wise. "You're brave, you know. You're a lot braver than you think. And if you don't do this, you'l never get the chance to become the player -- to become the person, really -- to become the person that this amazing girl named D.J. Schwenk was always meant to be."~I just adore this quote, I'm not the biggest fan of Brian but this quote just speaks volumes. That last line? Beautiful.
ft. Étienne St. Claire from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
"I'm here." St. Clair is angry. "I'm just sorry I'm not there. With you. I wish there was something I could do."~oh sweet lord, do I need to explain? It's not that St. Clair oozes sex right here right now* (too forward?) but he's just... *sigh* so amazing. I can't even.
ft. Tom Mackee from The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
[Tara:]'…So either find yourself a good punk band or move on, Tom. Because it kills me to say this, but you're actually a tiny bit gifted.'
'How would you like it if I said to you, "It kills me to say this, but you're actually a tiny bit beautiful"?' he had asked, pissed off.
She hadn't said anything then, which was rare for her.
'Would you have been lying?' she said, after a long silence.
'Lying about what?'
More quiet.
'About me being a tiny bit beautiful.'
'Shit yeah.'
But later that night he had sent her a message on MSN.
Of course I was lying. The 'tiny bit' part anyway.
~Oh god, someone fetch a defibrillator my heart just stopped. I LOVE YOU TOM MACKEE (Nic, go away! Mine! xD)
Well, I hope you liked! Which ones were your favourites? And make sure to suggest some swoony boys in books with swoony quotes! :) Maybe there can be a part trois?
*Saving Francesca reference anyone? ;)


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Gilbert Arenas had 36 points and 11 assists to lead the Washington Wizards to a 104-99 win over the Detroit Pistons in National Basketball Association action Tuesday.
DeShawn Stevenson scored 15 points, while Caron Butler added 13 points for the Wizards, who remain in first place in the NBA's Eastern Conference.
But the win was a costly one for Washington, due to a knee injury to star Antawn Jamison.
Meanwhile, the New York Knicks downed the Los Angeles Lakers 99-94. Eddy Curry scored 27 points for the Knicks, while teammate Stephon Marbury scored another 22 points. Los Angeles was playing without Kobe Bryant, who was suspended for one game Tuesday after striking the San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili in the face during a game on Sunday.
Tuesday's other NBA winners include Miami, Indiana, Cleveland and Dallas.
Dwayne Wade scored 28 points as the Miami Heat rolled to a 110-80 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. The Indiana Pacers beat the Boston Celtics 103-96, handing Boston its 12 straight loss. The Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Golden State Warriors 124-97, with Sasha Pavlovic scoring a career-high 24 points in place of injured superstar LeBron James. And the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Seattle Super Sonics 122-102, stretching their home court winning streak to 14 games. Austin Croshere scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Mavericks.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.


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Last week I posted my review of the book Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, a book in which the main theme is fan fiction and fan culture – something which, over the years, has been a big hobby of mine. A few years ago I used to spend quite a big portion of my free time reading and writing fan fiction – but for the past couple of years I haven't touched it. I haven't read it, written anything or even logged in to my accounts. I don't really know why; either I haven't had time, or I just haven't felt involved enough in fandoms to want to write or read fan fiction.
However in the past couple of weeks I've really started to get back into it again, and I'm beginning to rekindle my love for it! So, this week I wanted to explore fan fiction and why people enjoy writing and reading it.
My first fic was written in about 2011. The only ones I've written to date are for BBC's Torchwood, because since then it's always felt like the show that I'm closest to, I know the characters well so I can characterise them well when I write, and I could write about it for days. I've written a whole range of lengths, too: I have quick stories that are maybe two or three paragraphs and set one quick scene between two characters, slightly longer ones (between 1000 and 2000 words), and I started writing one that is currently 8000 words and has only just begun. Before I wrote them, especially the very short ones, I had a few doubts as to if anyone would actually read them – what's the point in publishing one scene that is only a couple of hundred words long? But I soon realised that people love them.
Take one of my stories for example. It's called 'Lock The Door (Janto Drabble)'Â ('Janto' is the combined 'couple' name of characters Jack and Ianto, and a 'drabble' in the fan fiction world is what I explained above: a short scene that doesn't add anything to the story, but is just a fun exploration of the characters or the world), and it's only 211 words – but it has almost 1000 hits and 30 favourites. Another one called 'Good Morning, Ianto'Â is even shorter – only 126 words – but it has almost 600 views and 9 favourites. These numbers don't seem massive but when the text is only a few lines long, it's astounding how many people love them. (You can read these stories and a few others of mine here).
So what is it exactly about fan fiction in general that sparks interest and keeps people reading and writing? For me, it's the perfect way to stay creative, and also stay involved with a great community of other fans who always have something to discuss with you. If someone wants to write a story with their own characters, their own world creation, then that's great. If others want to 'borrow' the characters the world from something pre-existing, like a TV show, a film or even a game and write their own stories that happen with those characters, then that's wonderful too. It's all creative writing, and it all fuels the imagination of both the writer and the reader.
In terms of reading fan fiction, in my mind it's almost on the same par as reading a book. I love to read a good book but for some people, to pick up a long book and read it is somewhat of a daunting task. To open an internet browser on a phone, tablet or computer and choose a fan fic to read, however, is quick, easy and sometimes a lot more fun. It's a great time-filler if you only have ten spare minutes to read something, and it builds a great reader-writer relationship within the fan community to be able to comment on and review the stories you read.
I was interested to find out what other people within the fan fiction community like about both writing and reading fan fiction, so I asked on the forums of the massively popular fan fiction website, FanFiction.net.
"One of the biggest reasons I go to fanfic, I've realized, is because a character in canon really didn't get the justice they deserved – in my opinion. Or maybe the storyline took a turn for the worse… Certain fanfics can alter that inevitable end, and if not, I'll write it myself. Alternate universe fanfictions allow us authors and readers to explore the side of canon the writers cannot, due to various reasons." – 115SecretsToUnveil
"Most authors can only publish one version of a story, and, due to length and time constraints, only focus on a limited amount of characters within that story. It's up to the fandom to explore the unanswered questions, the gaps, the missing pieces. Imagine the Deathly Hallows from the perspective of an eleven-year-old Muggle-born who has no idea what he's about to get into, or how different Game of Thrones would be if Arya was the older daughter betrothed to Joffrey, not Sansa. The original authors don't have that freedom to rewrite – but with fanfiction, you can come back to the same world over and over again and see something new each time." – boomvroomshroom
"I'm new to fanfiction but I enjoy it because it explores character dynamics and relationships that might not be looked into very deeply in the cannon story. It is also allows us to explore different possibilities. What if this character survived? What if B happened instead of A? What if the hero failed?
Fanfiction is viewed as being something for Otakus and major die hard fans. It's similar with all new media forms. look at youtubers many have become major celebrities in their own right, but are generally treated as strange, weird and are dismissed as fringe by most traditional media.
The reality I think it is more for people interested in reading and exploring different views and ideas on their favorite shows, books and stories. For example, Two characters who have no interaction on the actual show actually become a couple in one of my favorite fanfiction. The dynamics are very interesting to see play out as their personalities are very different. The relationship would likely not happen in cannon, but if it did I think it would improve the show overall." – DeamonHunter
"There are several reasons I like Fanfiction.You can explore options and story ideas that didn't, and would never accure to the canon writers of a fandom. You can change the basic premise, or create what if scenarios.
But the main reason is Crossovers. I read mostly crossovers and never even bother checking out the non-crossover section. The only time I read a no-crossover is if I found it under a favorites tab of an author I like. All the above reasons a doubled with the idea that you can create mixes of you favorite fandoms that even if the canon writers thought about it, couldn't write for legal reasons. No matter how much the writers of nBSG might like SG:SG-1, they couldn't write a story combining them. We can." – killgore444
"I have to say that in the couple of years since I first came across fan fiction, I have found the much-stated contempt for it to be mostly apocryphal. I have seen a lot of articles and discussions about it and on the whole it is very positive. The most criticism seems to come from writers of original fiction who are either offended about their characters being appropriated or offended that no one wants to make fan fiction of their stories in the first place.
I would dearly love for it to come out of the shadows – and I think it will do soon.
That said, yesterday I read one of the worst pieces of fan fiction I have ever seen, so I do feel that there needs to be some sort of gentle peer pressure to improve standards at the very bottom of the pit. How you go about that though, I have no idea. I'm not a great fan of having a validation process. I know some sites do it, but I have reservations about how effective that is. What really needs to improve is reader discrimination. Everything else would follow from that. Change has to happen from the bottom." – chinaglaze
"I have to agree with china. My experience is that the vast majority of people aren't negative towards fanfic – they've simply never heard of it, they have no opinion on it at all. The only place I've encountered negativity towards fanfic is on serious original writing sites. Even there, people expressing such opinions are in a minority. I'm always suspicious when someone posts with claims of how they're so misunderstood by everyone they meet, all of whom are intimately familiar with the same subset of fanfic urban myths.
I think fanfic as a hobby is fun. It's a good way for a really wide variety people to interact online about something they have in common.
Fanfic as a collection of written stories? Most of it is pretty bad, and very little of the rest is high quality – the wonderful is few and far between. I think it's not great that there are some people who are so obsessed with fanfic that their definition of good writing has dropped to mean something that would have spaces between the red ink if a schoolteacher marked it. This does seem to be a largely fanfic-based phenomenon – child footballers don't stop watching the pros and assume that the best player in their school is world class, child artists don't stop looking at paintings by pro artists and instead think that the best 18 year old they know is up there with Picasso… but child fanfic writers often stop reading anything by pro authors and claim that their favourites are as good as anything you'll see on a library shelves." – cathrl
"This. I took a piece of fanfiction to my creative writing evening class a couple of weeks ago (yes I did!). Before I read it out, I had to explain to the rest of the class and the tutor what fanfiction is. Everyone was polite." – chinaglaze
"Nice to hear china, it takes both bravery and willingness to want to share your fanfics IRL… At least if you ask m, so kudos to you.
There's thousands of fanfics out there, yes I admit I generally like fanfiction but to say I love all fanfictions… Now, that couldn't be further from the truth. I admit I have my favorites but doesn't we all!?
Correct me if I'm wrong but reading fanfiction is not the same as writing fanfiction although chances are someone who reads fanfiction, might write their own eventually if they don't already.
I really enjoy writing fanfics but I also like to read occasional fanfictions that's outside my comfort zone. I have this thing were I prefer to not read fanfics in the same fandoms that I'm currently working on myself." – AuntieAusten
"I like fanfiction because it is not required to comply with the taste-dictatorship of the publishing industry, especially its obnoxious "show, don't tell" command and its prohibition against editorial omniscient narration, adverbs, purple prose, nominalisation, passive voice, Mary-Sues, straw characters, self-inserts, author filibusters, et cetera." -Â schillingklaus
"Because I want to see the villains win and rule with an iron fist. *evil laugh*
Okay the 2nd part was a joke but yes, I honestly do read FF because I want to see the villain's side of the story." – Bryce405
"I enjoy reading and writing fanfic because it's fun. I especially like the thought-provoking stories that consider canon material from different perspectives, or bring up interesting ideas that I didn't think of before. Sometimes I get frustrated with certain episodes or some showrunner/writer's take on things and like to have a fix-it (both reading and writing.) Or I didn't like the officially published spinoff novels and am hoping for something better (either someone else wrote some or I'll have to try it myself).
I also agree with the person who cited crossovers. Yeah! I love crossovers. That's definitely something I enjoy which is hard to find in official material.
And a bit of the villains side of things, actually, yeah, I agree. (I'm the type of person who used to play the bad guys in my childhood games with my friends.) Though I find original fiction has a lot more of showing the villains' point of view and possibly having them win, it's nice to have fanfic with better developed villains than some of the flat boring "I IZ EVIL MONSTER! U DIE NOW!" you get in canon sometimes. Also I find amusement (when writing) in turning previously "good" characters into the "villain" of my story (doing that currently in my WIP, ha ha ha)." -Â ArkTaisch
Thank you to all of the people who responded – there are some great opinions and reasons why fan fiction is a wonderful form of writing, and a great way to get involved with today's fandom culture. You can see the whole forum thread here.
What do you think about fan fiction? Let's have a discussion in the comments, and share your fan fiction accounts if you'd like! I'm currently in the process of editing and rewriting my currently-8000-words Torchwood fic that I wrote in 2013, and remembered only a few days ago. If anyone would be at all interested to read it please let me know.


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NEW YORK — Music and dancing ruled on the airwaves last week, as "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Voice" tuned up to score five out of the 10 most-watched shows.
ABC's "Dancing" took the top two slots, followed by a pair of regular broadcasts of NBC's "The Voice." A third, special edition of "The Voice" ranked ninth.
Adding to the chorus of unscripted fare, CBS' "Survivor" took fifth place, according to the Nielsen ratings company.
Cable crept into the rankings courtesy of TNT's telecast of Sunday's NBA playoff game between Atlanta and Cleveland. That game, with 7.8 million viewers, rounded out the week's Top 10.
Perhaps the week's most unusual special, "Red Nose Day," seemed to blow it with viewers. The first outing of what is hoped to be an annual entertainment-charity fundraising event averaged only 3.2 million viewers during its three star-studded hours.
For the week overall, CBS averaged 6.2 million viewers in prime time, ahead of NBC's 5.6 million, ABC's 5.4 million and Fox's 3.8 million. Univision had 2.2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, the CW had 1.2 million and ION Television had 1.0 million.
As the NBA playoffs continued, TNT remained the most popular cable network, averaging 3.00 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.45 million, USA had 1.74 million and TBS had 1.51 million.
The see-saw ratings race for evening news viewers continues. After the previous week's loss, NBC's "Nightly News" reclaimed the lead with 7.59 million viewers. ABC's "World News Tonight" had 7.54 million and CBS had 6.90 million.
For the week of May 18-24, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Dancing With the Stars" (Monday), ABC, 14.35 million; "Dancing With the Stars" (Tuesday), ABC, 13.49 million; "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.56 million; "The Voice," NBC, 11.32 million; "Survivor," CBS, 9.74 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 9.33 million; "NCIS," CBS, 9.15 million; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 8.11 million; "The Voice" (special), NBC, 7.83 million; NBA Playoffs: Atlanta/Cleveland (Sunday), TNT, 7.76 million.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TNT is owned by Time Warner.
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Susan S. Elliott and her new book "Across the Divide: Navigating the Digital Revolution as a Women, Entrepreneur, and CEO" were featured in the Fall 2011 issue of "Business Today", a publication of Princeton University. The article, entitled "A Businesswomen's Uphill Battle", discusses Susan's journey from IBM punch card programmer to founder of System Service Enterprises, Inc ( SSE) – a St. Louis based technology and education firm. Her book, "Across the Divide" highlights this journey and challenges Susan faced along the way while building her technology company in a fast-paced, ever-changing world.
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"Today I had pancakes for breakfast. It was good. Then I went to Sarah's house and watched a lot of movies. It was fun. But then I had to go home and do my chores which were not fun but my mom said I did a good job".
Teachers everywhere recognize this type of writing. After assigning a writing prompt or diary entry they are faced with sentence after sentence of 'good, fun, bad, a lot,' and other 'really, really, really' boring and generic word choices. Though this is obviously fine at certain levels and for certain students, for writing to evolve it is important to encourage colourful and descriptive word choices. But how can we encourage descriptive word use?
-Keep a classroom thesaurus handy and direct students to it when they get stuck in a word rut.
-Use descriptive language while teaching.
-Take a well known passage or book that your class likes and go through it as a group to notice where the author uses descriptive language. How did it make the passage more interesting? Are there areas where students think there should have been more description?
-I'm a big fan of classroom labelling activities. What objects in your classroom can you make more interesting through descriptive language? Are your classroom's curtains 'horrendous' or 'unsightly', is the teacher's desk 'cluttered' or 'disastrous', is the upcoming pizza lunch 'going to be fun' or will it be an 'enjoyable and exciting experience'?
I'm also a fan of desk strips. They serve as a visible reminder for students while they write. When they see a list of words they often use they can make the conscious choice to improve their writing and use a more descriptive word. I have made a Word Choice Desk Strip: student aid to remember synonyms for commonly used words, you can get it at my TpT store here.
What do you do to encourage descriptive language use in your classroom? Let me know in the comments below and I hope that your future holds more delicious pancakes, hilarious movies, and tedious chores"...


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It's war Jim, but not as we know itIt appears as if Britain really is at war with Iran - well, a war of words to be more precise - and mealy-mouthed words at that. However, it seems that no one can hardly accuse the British government of being disproportionate in its response to this apparent act of war by Iran, or how the Times (London) puts it 'casus belli'.
Well, what else could you call the latest Iranian military actions? If anything, the ambush of some 15 British soldiers by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards represents something of a propaganda and military coup for the ever increasingly embattled Iranian authorities. When it comes to the art of war, the British government's image in the eyes of the world is increasingly perceived as second-rate and 'softly-softly'. Such a military strategy by Britain will only succeed in encouraging even more ambushes.
A week has now passed and the British government have failed to set any deadlines for the immediate release of the soldiers, it's as if our political class have been struck down with a chronic case of 'risk aversion'. There is a serious flip side to pursuing a cautious approach - such a risk averse strategy is actually bordering on moral cowardice in the face of the enemy.
It's as if the British government have fully and wholeheartedly embraced a cautionary strategy, that is remarkably similar to the doctrine commonly known as the Precautionary principle, much loved by the environmental movement, which states that under no circumstances should action be ever taken, unless you can be certain, without doubt that there will be no negative consequences as a result of your actions.
More recently, risk averse societies like Britain would tend to strike first on the basis that pre-emptive action was a legitimate form of self-defence. Today, the adoption of a precautionary strategy seems to have led to paralysis in policy making. It appears that our political elites are relying more on the words of lawyers in terms of strategic and political leadership. Our government itself seems paralysed in the face of a blatant act of war - they are fearful that any military action against Iran could have a negative 'boomerang effect' - so, instead of 'going in' and saving the marines, thereby averting a disaster, they fear that action would only realise another catastrophe - not the kind of things politicians really desire. (1)
Britain's precautionary approach to Iran has only succeeded in slowly dragging this whole affair along, rather than settling it - none of this has been lost on the Iranian authorities who have used the past few days to ratchet up the political and military stakes. With a government like ours, there is one thing we can be certain of, their increasing obsession with risk, and aversion to risk, will only succeed in inviting even more ambushes, and other such 'gestures of defiance' in the not so distant future.
(1) The Risk Society at War: Terror, Technology and Strategy in the Twenty-First Century By Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen - p93 and p199.
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- Born 21st June 1949, Guyana
- Afro-Guyanese poet, playwright, author and children's writer
- Wrote first poetry when he was in sixth-form
- Left school in 1967 to pursue career as a librarian, sub-editor and feature writer in the newspaper Guyana Sunday Chronicle.
- He wrote two books which were published while still in Guyana.
- Left Guyana in 1977 and travelled to England, still lives there today with his long-term partner Grace Nichols (also renowned poet).
- Worked for the Commonwealth Institute and the BBC in London.
- Became poet-in-residence at the National Maritime Museum in 2008
- His poem Half-Caste featured in the AQA English GCSE Anthology since 2002 and has been studied by pupils aged 14-16 across the country for their GCSE qualification.
- 1982: Casa de las Américas Prize (Cuba) for Man to Pan
- 1987: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist) for Lend Me Your Wings
- 1995: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Bronze Award) (6–8 years category) for We Animals Would Like a Word With You
- 1997: Paul Hamlyn Award for Poetry
- 2003: Cholmondeley Award
- 2007: British Book Awards Decibel Writer of the Year (shortlist) for We Brits
- 2009: Centre for Literacy in Primary Education poetry award for The Young Inferno.
- 2012: Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry


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This is the fifth installment of BEAVER'S LODGE, a series of video essays narrated by actor Jim Beaver which will offer critical takes on some of Beaver's favorite films. Jim Beaver is an actor, playwright, and film historian. Best known as Ellsworth on HBO's Emmy-award winning series DEADWOOD and as Bobby Singer on SUPERNATURAL, he has also starred in such series as HARPER'S ISLAND, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, and THUNDER ALLEY and appeared in nearly forty motion pictures. You can follow Jim on Twitter.
A great deal of effort was apparently put into making this the worst movie ever made. They didn't pull it off, but the effort certainly shows.
It's a Western with rockabilly songs. It's a Civil War-era movie that was originally released with footage of motorcycle gangs edited into it. It's a movie where single bullet holes look like exploding steak tartare. It's a movie with a black character played by the whitest-looking white woman you can imagine. It's a movie with 20 people in the cast, 18 of whom are the worst collective gathering of actors in the history of motion pictures.
Fortunately, one of the other two actors is John Carradine, who could be one of the best actors alive or one of the worst hams ever to set foot on a stage, depending on the material. Carradine, who should have had an Oscar for THE GRAPES OF WRATH and was reportedly a great Hamlet in his day, is in semi-hammy mode here, but it's more or less right for the character, a preacher/bounty hunter. It's one of the larger roles of his late career, when he clearly took anything that came along. If there's anything worth watching in this collection of uncut banjo picks, it's he.
Scott Brady, who is the only other bearable (or recognizable) actor in the cast, is Justice Cain, a former Confederate officer who is worshiped by his troops, but that doesn't keep them from raping his wife and killing her and his son when he refuses to join them in restarting the war, long after the rebel surrender. So Cain sets out to avenge himself on the men he once led, joining forces with Preacher Simms (Carradine), who spouts Bible verses and keeps a collection of human heads in a barrel of brine.
The movie is nowhere near as good as that description sounds. In fact, it's nowhere near as good as choking to death on a drill bit.
But at least there's a chance at one point to see John Carradine in drag. And Carradine, brilliant or hammy, always brightens up a movie.
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The Post and Courier's Andy Paras is reporting that an alleged intoxicated driver hit a pedestrian outside of the annual Skinful Halloween party.
Here's what the P&C says:
The victim was taken to the Medical University Hospital with life-threatening injuries following the 3:13 a.m. incident on Folly Road near South Grimball Road, Maj. Jim Brady said. The man's name was not released.
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A witness who asked not to be identified said it happened as many of the Skinful participants were leaving the party. The impact threw the victim as high as 12-feet into the air, he said.
This year's Skinful took place at the Brick House Kitchen on Folly Road on James Island, the same location as last year's party.
According to Skinful's website, no coolers were allowed at the event, but there was a cash bar.
The party has typically been hosted each year by Mt. Pleasant veterinarian Brian King.
In 2007, members of a James Island neighborhood criticized the event because the Halloween bash encouraged attendees to go "as nude as you dare," according to the P&C.
The P&C report does not note if either the victim or the man charged with felony DUI attended the party.Update
City Paper contributor Stratton Lawrence was at Skinful covering the event for the paper. He says that he was leaving the Halloween party an estimated 45 minutes after the accident and that traffic was blocked on Folly Road. He spoke with a security guard who saw the accident and told him what happened. "There were hundreds of people filing out of the party into the shuttles, and no one had any idea it had happened," Lawrence says, "We got on the bus to the parking lot where we'd left our car ... No one on it was talking about the accident or even seemed to be aware of it."Update, Mon. Oct. 24
According to Maj. Jim Brady of the Charleston Sheriff's Department, an incident report about the accident has yet to be completed and officers are still investigating the accident. Brady says that officers have not been able to confirm if either or both parties involved in the accident were at Skinful Halloween.
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When will American men embrace robotic sex companions?
Here are excerpts from an Outer Limits episode on a robotic girlfriend/companion:
I think the timing of the show, 1995, was too close to the earlier Terminator movies and thus, didn't have a sort of realistic vibe with the world around it & was thus, somewhat camp & cliche ridden.
Today, many folks have their lives online, see Facebook, World of Warcraft, Second Life, etc, and are in effect, only one shade away from interacting with digital interfaces in place of flesh/blood humans.
The following is the 1st robotic version of the realistic doll (realdoll.com) for commercial sale starting 2010 ...
and then there are the independent R&D types who're doing it for themselves ...
Ok, given the nature of this site, i.e. realization of the fact that many male-female relationships in America have fallen apart and the raise of ever lowering cost of computing faculties, how far are we from a world where people are in effect, dating cybernetic companions instead of real persons?
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Well, mainstreamers consider robotic lovers to be a creepy concept.
Honestly, I think mainstream American relationships are even creepier, if not downright pretentious (see 'American Beauty') and/or dysfunctional (see Jerry Springer).
Yeah, while I'm stateside, I'd want a robot over a real person. I'll keep all my flesh/blood relationships abroad.
i hope you realize all that stuff is politically motivated. your thoughts are the result of conditioning.
humans are naturally repulsed by humanoids. evil is a synonym for dehumanization
japan, as they're a media powerhouse and create anime, leads the world on this front of human meets machine, but star trek was predictive programming as far back as the 70s
this caller goes into it, but the agenda goes way back at least a 100 years to hg wells, huxley, etc.
the big picture is not really hard to see once you dip into it.
Ah, here's what's missing in the above ... feminists (see places like Northampton MA/Smith College) are actively recruiting hetero women to leave their men. The best way for a femi-nazi lesbian to do this, with today's tech, is to use a strap-on dildo, to convince the formerly hetero woman that a man is irrelevant. The male 'Rocky' robot, however, is a far more realistic scenario and in time, will allow the femi-nazis to have a menage-a-trois without a real male in the scenario. This is why robotics will work with both the feminists and for the normal hetero men. Realize, it's the gay men who'll probably do fine, with or without a cybernetic companion. They have established subcultures in America (Provincetown MA, Key West FL, San Fran CA, West Village NYC, etc) and Toronto Canada.
And even if feminists don't like the *notion* of a female 'bot, well, let's be honest, will capitalist robot makers limit themselves to only a Rocky droid when there's a multi-billion (if not trillion) dollar market for feminine Farrahs, Barbaras, and Jessicas. I would think not, since it's highly likely that many will use similar financing models, as today, for buying real estate, businesses, boats, and cars. So an ultra-realistic $80K droid could be a $500/month type of payment installment plan with software updates and hardware modifications over time.
I already know of two divorced women, who're waiting for 2020, when the male android is as realistic as a real man. I believe the stake is in the ground, heterosexual relationships will decline in America and the advancement of robotics will hasten it.
Ok, this has got to stop.
I click on a thread by S_Parc that is titled: "When will American men embrace robotic companions?" and there in the fourth reply is some Conspiracy Bullshit posted by Linux Only. His crap is polluting more and more threads and I cannot even avoid threads I don't like or his posts because he posts irrelevant nonsense in ones that reveal no clue as to ANY CT content, derailing the discussion constantly.
Honestly, it's not that big of a deal & the Futurama reference was kinda funny.
All and all, his stuff is predictable and easily ignored. We can still talk about robots and avoid the Illuminati stuff.
transhumanism = eugenics
Hey buddy, how about you stop acting like a brat and not get furious at other people every time they mention something you haven't a clue about. I know it's tough to change but please try, I grow weary of your egotistic ramblings. My interest is saving humanity, and I'm not going to stop because some jackass over in China can't handle the truth. Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is the reason you've had to leave your home. I wasn't even born yet when America was still a free country. It didn't fall on my watch! That's right, I blame you and stupid and stubborn jackasses like yourself.
S_parc is fed up with American "women" so his 'natural' reaction was to disassociate and look for an intimate relationship with an inanimate object. I'm here trying to explain that it's anything but natural, but the result of social engineering with a political agenda. If one is unaware of this agenda, then one is victim to it. We Americans have drifted quite a ways from our human nature, and why is this? As result of natural progression?
WRONG ANSWER SLAVE! We were susceptible to manipulation by those at the top, susceptible to things like feminism, due to our ignorance, due to our cowardice (when we see the truth and run the other way), and due to neuro-linguistic programming and other psychological techniques used on us for thousands of years.
What they ultimately want from us, is all very simple once you see the big picture. I frantically dug for "truth" before, read the books, but now I see things as they really are. It's almost funny how everything lies in plain site and yet goes unnoticed. Of course the power structure relies on self-censorship and I know just as well that the vast majority of people will simply ignore me, (as S_parc has just said) so it makes no sense to write an essay. But I'm still compelled to write a response when there's a topic about dehumanization because the truth needs to be said. Maybe it will plant a seed in the one or two people who will read this who still have some hope. "The end will come with a whimper not a bang." Ya well not with me spamming it won't!
Aldous Huxley candidly talked about how they will f**k us over. His brother Julian Huxley coined the term Transhumanism, referring to the future of eugenics. Fortunately for them, the masses (i.e. you), are so dumbed down that they can simply call the warnings of Huxley & Orwell dystopian fiction, and have you not care. Star Trek showed exactly how this agenda will be sold to us back in the 1970s. The appeal to men is that they can have 10 or 20 gorgeous girlfriends, always ready for sex. And to women it's that they can be beautiful forever, if they get implants or transplant themselves into a shell. Remember that the media starting around the 1950s convinced women that what they should want is to have everlasting beauty, and what every man ultimately wants is to be a heterosexual version of Hugh Hefner with young women all around him.
The funny part is that they've done such a great job of emasculating men and turning them into future homos, that the men will want eternal beauty when it's offered just as much as the women. And they've done such a great job convincing women that they're men, that women will want 10 or 20 gorgeous boy-toys just as much.
Sounds about right.
Re: transhumanism = eugenics
Not everyone is a 4-5 hr drive from Montreal venues , if one has a tight schedule, a 'bot may be in the cue.
The goal or the destination is the corporate state. Now, regardless of how you or I personally feel, it's already in effect. Think about it, only 50 years ago, one could live one's entire life in let's say Rochester NY, get married, have kids, and retire from some subsidiary of a stable Kodak Corp. Today, that same person will probably re-locate 2 or more times per decade, have his kids lose friends w/ every business downturn, and possibly be divorced, thanks to all the uncertainty around him. While the above is going on, everyone is hooked into some 'Third Life' VR platform, and very soon, lovers become these digital partners across the net. And finally, when the Eliza/Watson or what have you software achieves strong AI, that digital partner in effect, replaces a flesh/blood female partner. Now, couple the software development paradigm with advances in robotics, real doll, etc, and I think the destination is clear ... people will be worker bees for XYZ multinationals and when they go back to their studio apartments, be shagging up with a robot. Yes, it's Blade Runner/THX-1138 and there's little we can do about it besides retiring abroad, while there's still a community of humans out there.
Re: When will American men embrace robotic companions?
When they have the cash, I'm afraid...
...Cash that would be better spent travelling abroad!
Re: When will American men embrace robotic companions?
I think the 'cash' or financing options are already in place. Think about it, if you can't afford a root canal w/ crown, you can pay up to 5 years at $80/month for the procedure thanks to credit. And that's a $5K procedure. I suspect a droid won't break the bank for the regular worker bee.
Likewise, when this tech becomes mainstream and readily available, the financing options will kick in.
Well, I sense a bifurcation here. There will be the patrons of this site (and others like it), who'll clearly decide that retiring abroad (South America, SE Asia, E Europe, etc) is preferable to becoming a 'THX-1188' or 'American Beauty' drone of the 21st century. For us, plan A is to save/invest/trade enough money/capital so that we set up a second life, away from the mindset of mainstay America.
For others, the stresses of daily life plus addictions like alcoholism, will keep them in a stupor state where weekends are basically spent being cooped up in front of an X-Box or Satelite Dish/TV. I suspect that this will be the main market for the fembots, outside of the Lesbian/femi-nazis and the male robot to convert heterosexual women.
This will go on from here till let's say 2090. By then, most of us will be gone and our children/grandchildren will be living in a world run by multinational corporations. I suspect that that's when the robot phenomena, which will be a dominant fixture of the American landscape, will start to infest the world where in effect, starting with replacing hazardous labor, like mining or simple manufacturing, it'll weave it's way into everyone's lives.
Such robots could not possibly cost less than a car, and that kind of many would finance some amazing adventures to Brazil, Philippines or Thailand.
"b***y is so strong that there are dudes willing to blow themselves up for the highly unlikely possibility of b***y in another dimension." -- Joe Rogan


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The problems of the Vietnamese refugees continue....but nearly 300 of the so-called "boat people" have?
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The problems of the Vietnamese refugees continue....but nearly 300 of the so-called "boat people" have found a new life this week (25 June). They are the 295 people rescued at sea in May by the freighter Roach Bank and now accepted on Britain.
SYNOPSIS: A British airliner was sent to Taiwan's southern port of Kaohsiung to pick up the Vietnamese and to fly them direct to London on Monday (25 June). The refugees had spent one month aboard the Roach Bank, anchored just outside Kaohsiung while the authorities negotiated their future.
After Britain announced it would take responsibility for the families, the Taiwanese authorities allowed the Roach Bank to enter port so the refugees could prepare for their flight. Before their rescue, the Vietnamese had endured an eleven-day ordeal at sea during which six people had died. It is the second time Britain has accepted Vietnamese refugees taken to Taiwan by a British ship. Last October the bulk-carrier Wellpark brought 346 boat people into the port.
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text: Pauline K. Baker (Zimmer), 96, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of South Bend, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Her family and friends know she is in no more pain, but will miss her greatly. She was born on April 23, 1909, in Fairbury, Ill., to the late Louis and Mary Troesh. As Pauline Troesh, she married Christian Zimmer Jr., in 1935. He died in 1966. She then married Orville Baker in 1987. He died in 2004. Pauline is survived by two daughters, Norma (Roger) Horn of Mishawaka and Mary Lou Hartter of Midland, Texas; two sons, Neil (Barbara) Zimmer of Lexington, Ky., and Larry C. Zimmer of South Bend; two sisters, Edid Cobb of Kentland, Ind., and Marilyn Slabaugh of Kokomo, Ind.; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Pauline will be remembered for her faithfulness to her Lord, who was her daily bread. She was patient and understanding, and had a great sense of humor. She was the greatest grandmother and great-grandmother, and it helped that she made the best sugar cookies and potato salad. She worked a short time at Cira's Restaurant, and Zimmer's Food Market, but her place was at home with her family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the McGann Hay Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Drive from 4 to 7 p.m. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, December 14 in the Hillcrest Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at the Bremen Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.forestghay.com.


text: Ford Recalls 53K Trucks Over Rolling Issue F-250s can roll away even when parked By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 2, 2017 11:12 AM CDT Updated Apr 2, 2017 11:31 AM CDT 13 comments Comments In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, photo, a customer looks at a 2017 Ford F-250 Lariat FX4 at a Ford dealership in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (Newser) – Ford is recalling 53,000 2017 F-250 trucks because they can roll away even when they are parked due to a manufacturing error, reports the AP. Ford says drivers should use the parking brake to make sure that parked cars don't move. Dealers will also replace the defective part for free, but Ford doesn't have the replacement parts yet. It will notify owners when the parts are available. The recalled trucks have 6.2-liter engines. They were built at a Kentucky plant from October 2015 through Thursday and sold in North America. The company says it is not aware of accidents or injuries due to this defect. (Read more Ford recall stories.) My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 20% Hilarious 17% Intriguing 11% Depressing 4% Brilliant 36% Scary 12% Ridiculous