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The civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart's sentence was increased Thursday after an appeals court ruled that two years and four months of prison time was too light. Stewart was found guilty in 2005 of distributing press releases on behalf of her jailed client Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh." We play excerpts of Lynne Stewart's last broadcast interview before she was jailed in November and speak to independent journalist Petra Bartosiewicz. [includes rush transcript]
AMY GOODMAN: Civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart has been ordered to prison to begin serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence after a federal appeals court upheld her conviction on Tuesday.
Lynne Stewart was found guilty in 2005 of distributing press releases on behalf of her jailed client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the "Blind Sheikh," who's serving a life sentence on terror-related charges. Prosecutors had sought a thirty-year sentence, but Stewart was sentenced to two-and-a-half years after the judge rejected the prosecutors' argument that she threatened national security and ruled there was no evidence her actions caused any harm.
On Tuesday, a three-judge appeals court panel ordered the trial judge to revoke Stewart's bond and said she must begin serving her twenty-eight-month sentence. The panel rejected Stewart's claim she was acting only as a "zealous advocate" for her imprisoned client when she passed messages for him. The appellate ruling said, quote, "a genuinely held intent to represent a client 'zealously' is not necessarily inconsistent with criminal intent."
The panel also described Stewart's twenty-eight-month sentence as, quote, "strikingly low" and sent the case back to the trial judge to determine whether she deserved a longer prison term. The ruling said Stewart, who's seventy years old, was to surrender to US marshals immediately, but her lawyers won her an extension until at least 5:00 p.m. today.
Well, Lynne Stewart has come to our studios here in New York. And we welcome you, Lynne, to Democracy Now! Can you describe your reaction to the ruling?
LYNNE STEWART: Well, in its sweeping and negative tone, I must say I was first a little bit shocked, because we had expected, or had hoped, at least, that some of these important constitutional issues would be decided, and then very disappointed, on my own behalf, certainly-personally, you can't discount-but actually, for all of us, Amy, because these important constitutional issues-the right to speak to your lawyer privately without the government listening in, the right to be safe from having a search conducted of your lawyer's office-all these things are now swept under the rug and available to the government.
AMY GOODMAN: Can you, for people who haven't followed your case, explain exactly what happened, why you were charged?
LYNNE STEWART: I represented Sheikh Omar at trial-that was in 1995-along with Ramsey Clark and Abdeen Jabara. I was lead trial counsel. He was convicted in September of '95, sentenced to a life prison plus a hundred years, or some sort-one of the usual outlandish sentences. We continued, all three of us, to visit him while he was in jail-he was a political client; that means that he is targeted by the government-and because it is so important to prisoners to be able to have access to their lawyers.
Sometime in 1998, I think maybe it was, they imposed severe restrictions on him. That is, his ability to communicate with the outside world, to have interviews, to be able to even call his family, was limited by something called special administrative measures. The lawyers were asked to sign on for these special administrative measures and warned that if these measures were not adhered to, they could indeed lose contact with their client-in other words, be removed from his case.
In 2000, I visited the sheikh, and he asked me to make a press release. This press release had to do with the current status of an organization that at that point was basically defunct, the Gama'a al-Islamiyya. And I agreed to do that. In May of-maybe it was later than that. Sometime in 2000, I made the press release.
Interestingly enough, we found out later that the Clinton administration, under Janet Reno, had the option to prosecute me, and they declined to do so, based on the notion that without lawyers like me or the late Bill Kunstler or many that I could name, the cause of justice is not well served. They need the gadflies.
So, at any rate, they made me sign onto the agreement again not to do this. They did not stop me from representing him. I continued to represent him.
And it was only after 9/11, in April of 2002, that John Ashcroft came to New York, announced the indictment of me, my paralegal and the interpreter for the case, on grounds of materially aiding a terrorist organization. One of the footnotes to the case, of course, is that Ashcroft also appeared on nationwide television with Letterman that night ballyhooing the great work of Bush's Justice Department in indicting and making the world safe from terrorism.
The course of the case followed. We tried the case in 2005 to a jury, of course sitting not ten blocks from the World Trade Center, and an anonymous jury, I might add, which I think went a long way to contribute to our convictions. And all three of us were convicted. Since that time, the appeals process has followed. The appeal was argued almost two years ago, and the opinion just came like a-actually like a thunderclap yesterday. And to just put it in perspective, I think, it comes hard on the heels of Holder's announcement that they are bringing the men from Guantanamo to New York to be tried. That-I'll expand on that, if you wish, but that basically is where we're at. It's said that I should be immediately remanded, my bail revoked.
AMY GOODMAN: We're talking to Lynne Stewart. She could be going to prison at any point. Lynne, I wanted to read to you from the Times, their description, saying, "In addressing whether [Ms.] Stewart's sentence was too lenient, Judge Sack wrote that Judge Koeltl had cited her 'extraordinary' personal characteristics, and had described her as 'a dedicated public servant who had, throughout her career, "represented the poor, the disadvantaged and the unpopular."'
"But Judge Koeltl had declined to determine whether Ms. Stewart had lied at trial, a factor he should have considered in weighing her sentence, Judge Sack wrote. 'We think that whether Stewart lied under oath at her trial is directly relevant to whether her sentence was appropriate.'"
What they talking about? What is their accusation about you lying at trial?
LYNNE STEWART: Well, of course, I'm not rendering a legal opinion here, Amy, because I'm officially disbarred. But I will say that my understanding of the law is that the judge may consider whether or not a client or a person who testified in their own defense lied or even shaded the truth to their own benefit. And my sense of reading-and I haven't read them over recently, but my sense of the sentencing was that the judge did consider it, at least in a manner. He basically said he did not think it was relevant, and the court of appeals argued with this.
I, of course, committed no perjury. I spoke on my own behalf. I described what I did. I'm not sure that the court of appeals may have liked what I said, but that is, you know, because the US attorney went into my politics at great length, as if to say, "See, she has radical politics, so we know she would have done something radical." I've always said my politics are very, very different from the sheikh's politics, and that was an unfair cut. But notwithstanding that, they do have the right to consider it. It can be something, if the judge believed you lied, that can increase your sentence.
I have every reason to believe that Judge Koeltl, who is a most careful judge, a most-a judge described, in the opinion by Judge Calabresi, as being someone who makes very wise decisions, considered it-considered it, rejected it, and went ahead. This was the number-the sentence he arrived at, twenty-eight months, and we hope that he will retain the courage that he had in making that sentence, to stick with it now that the government, through the Second Circuit, has challenged it.
AMY GOODMAN: Lynne Stewart, as you were being sentenced in 2006, you had breast cancer. How are you today? How's your health?
LYNNE STEWART: The breast cancer is good; I have no recurrence. I just had a mammogram, even though I'm seventy. I don't know how that falls into the new warnings. But at any rate, I'm cancer-free. I have some other aging problems, woman plumbing stuff, which I actually am scheduled for surgery on December 7th. My lawyers are hoping to be able to go to the Second Circuit and ask them to extend the period of time that I would have to surrender, in order that this surgery may be accomplished right here in New York at Lenox Hill Hospital. We're not sure of that. It does seem that they're-
AMY GOODMAN: Can you explain how this happens today, because at this point you have an extension until 5:00 p.m. today-
LYNNE STEWART: Yes.
AMY GOODMAN: -before going to prison? What will happen today?
LYNNE STEWART: Well, the judge has asked the lawyers to research whether he has the power at this point-I mean, this is like ancient English Magna Carta law. You know, the case has been appealed. It's in the Second Circuit. In order for him to order me to prison, it has to be before him. In other words, the papers, I guess, have to be carried from the upper floor to the lower floor to the district court. He wanted them to research whether or not he can do anything before he has that mandate. He, of course, can decide that I'm turning myself in tomorrow. He can also decide that he doesn't have it until-usually the mandate takes a week to ten days to come down. So we're sort of on the edge. It will not preclude my lawyers from going to the circuit directly and asking them to stay their order of my immediate remand and revocation of bail. So we're sort of on the edge. We're-
AMY GOODMAN: Do you know where you will be imprisoned?
LYNNE STEWART: Say that again?
AMY GOODMAN: Do you know where you will be imprisoned?
LYNNE STEWART: No. See, that's one of the other reasons. It's not only my surgery. It also is the fact that I've never been designated and also the fact that the pre-sentence report on which they usually base these designations is three years old at this point. It doesn't take into account anything that has happened since then.
So we think there are some grounds for extending the time, but I think it's fair to say that at this point I have brought my books and my medicines with me to go to court this afternoon, and I expect-I expect the worst, being Irish, but hope for the best, because I'm a leftist and always optimistic.
AMY GOODMAN: What books have you brought with you?
LYNNE STEWART: I have Snow by-I never pronounce his name right-Orhan Pamuk. I have The Field of Poppies; I can't remember the author, terrible, given to me by a dear comrade, Ralph Schoenman. And I have a couple of mysteries, because I'm an addict of mysteries, and it passes the time quickly for me.
AMY GOODMAN: Lynne, would you do anything differently today, or would you do anything differently back then, if you knew what you knew today?
LYNNE STEWART: I think I should have been a little more savvy that the government would come after me. But do anything differently? I don't-I'd like to think I would not do anything differently, Amy. I made these decisions based on my understanding of what the client needed, what a lawyer was expected to do. They say that you can't distinguish zeal from criminal intent sometimes. I had no criminal intent whatsoever. This was a considered decision based on the need of the client. And although some people have said press releases aren't client needs, I think keeping a person alive when they are in prison, held under the conditions which we now know to be torture, totally incognito-not incognito, but totally held without any contact with the outside world except a phone call once a month to his family and to his lawyers, I think it was necessary. I would do it again. I might handle it a little differently, but I would do it again.
AMY GOODMAN: Lynne Stewart, I want to thank you for being with us. I hope we can talk to you in prison. Lynne Stewart has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail, to be served beginning today, unless a judge is able to intervene. Thanks so much for being with us.


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Monday, July 18, 2011
My Full interview with Andy Martino
-Andy, after returning to the Mets after writing for the Phillies, which team have you enjoyed reporting on the most in your career?
Both provided unique and rewarding experiences, but I have to say--covering losing and dysfunction last year in New York, and the transition that it led to, provided richer material than covering a World Series run in 2009. Plus, after being a transplanted New Yorker living in Philly for a year, it was nice to get home to family and friends in New York.
-What was it like to return to the Daily News after beginning your career there as an intern?
It felt more like a continuation than a new beginning. Because I knew nearly all my colleagues well, it was an easy transition. The only difficult part was staying in a buddy's extra bedroom in Brooklyn while my wife and I looked for somewhere to live on short notice (the offer from the Daily News came rather suddenly, and left us scrambling).
-In your Midseason report card, you gave both Chris Capuano and Daniel Murphy a B, the same grade given to Joba Chamberlain by Mark Feinsand, given that Murphy is batting over .300 and has 19 doubles and Capuano has been the victim of bad defense on numerous occasions, do you think that grade was a bit low for them?
I suppose it depends on your rubric and standards, which we did not articulate in our midseason report cards. So the end result comes out pretty much all over the place and based on gut feel.
-As a BBWAA writer, who do you believe is a Hall of Famer that is on the 2012 ballot?
I am a BBWAA member, but I don't support the idea of journalists voting for the Hall of Fame. I think it's a conflict of interest, and I also think the questions of "who is a Hall of Famer" is impossible to answer, because there is no set standard. I am not eligible to vote yet (you have to be a BBWAA member for 10 years), but will not vote once I able to. To be honest, I don't think about the HOF much, and don't really know who is on the 2012 ballot.
-Do you think Pete Rose should be allowed onto the ballot for the Hall? If he is permitted, would you vote for him?
See my above answer about the HOF, but I will say this: It is good to ban gamblers from the game for life. If gambling were in any way acceptable, the sport would become untenable. You have to take a hard line.
-Would you ever vote a baseball player into the Hall who has been proven to take steroids? Someone like Clemens or Ortiz who were accused but deny the accusations?
This is one of the issues that I have with the Hall of Fame. How are they going to deal with this? There is no good answer. It would probably be better if it were just a museum, rather than something that involves elections. Then we could focus not on issues like "do steroid cheats belong in the Hall of Fame," but on questions more relevant to society like, "should the MLB All-Stars who spoke out last year about Arizona's immigration law have boycotted the game?"
Wherever one stands on that issue, we should be talking about stuff like that more often, when we talk about sports.
-In you opinion, is Mike Piazza a first ballot Hall of Famer in 2013? When he ultimately does make the Hall, does he go in as a Met or a Dodger?
He probably does go in. Not sure when, but he seems more identified with the Mets, and he wore a Mets hat last week when he managed the Futures Game.
-Out of Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter and Mike Piazza, do you believe any of them should have their numbers retired by the Mets?
Those are three of the most important players in franchise history, so if anyone deserves it, they do.
-What was your take on the K-Rod trade? Was it just a salary dump? Who is the winner in this deal?
It was a good deal for both teams. A total salary dump for the Mets, who had to get out from under that $17.5 million vesting option for next year. So they found a taker for much of the contract, and the Brewers--who were a championship caliber team except for their middle relief--get bullpen depth during a year that they're going for it.
The Mets were worried that the market for K-Rod would drop later in July, as more closer became available, so this really was the right time for both teams to make the move.
-Does the moving of K-Rod increase the chances of re-signing Reyes? If so, by how much have their chances increased?
It certainly doesn't hurt, but that is still going to be a tall order for the Mets. Reyes will be seeking close to top dollar, and the Mets have budget constraints. But moving K-Rod does clear payroll space, and probably slightly increases their chances of resigning Reyes.
-Was the K-Rod trade a waiving of the white flag on Alderson's part for the 2011 season?
He claims it wasn't. If you ask me, Beltran represents the white flag. But I would hope that, in a division with Atlanta and Philly playing so well, the Mets front office understands that this is not s playoff year, and that they plan accordingly.
-After the July 31st deadline, where do you believe Carlos Beltran will go or stay? Mets? Giants? Redsox?
I think the Mets will shop him aggressively, but hold out for a favorable deal. Let's say it's 65-35 he is dealt. Giants, Red Sox, Phillies, Tigers, Indians--there are a lot of places he would fit.
-The Phillies have interest in acquiring a right fielder with a power bat and the Mets have just that on the market in that of Carlos Beltran. Do you think that Alderson, a GM who traded Jose Canseco to the Rangers during a pennant race back in his Oakland days, would deal Beltran to the rival, first-place Phillies?
If Alderson judged that a deal with the Phils was right for the Mets from a baseball standpoint, I do not believe that the "rivalry" would in any way hold him back.
-Have you heard anything about Mets rental players on the market other than Beltran that could be dealt before July 31st such as Capuano or Byrdak? Any rumblings about Pelfrey as a possible trade candidate?
Byrdak and Isringhausen could go. Capuano makes sense, although there haven't been a whole lot of rumblings there yet. As for Pelfrey, the Mets would be selling low now, after a spotty first half, but maybe this winter.
-Who is more likely to remain a Met in 2012, David Wright or Jose Reyes? Which of the two are more valueable to the Mets as far as building a team around?
Wright is far more likely to remain a Met next year. Reyes has taken his game to such a high level this year, it's hard to call almost anyone more valuable
-Who is more likely to return from injury in 2011, Ike Davis or Johan Santana?
Tough one. We'll know more about Davis soon. If he has surgery,he's done, so I'll go with Santana.
-Out of the top Mets prospects, who do you think will have the biggest impact on the 2012 Mets? The Mets in years to come?
Matt Harvey.
-Based on the age of current players, financial situations and farm systems, who do you think has the brightest future 5-10 years down the road, Mets or Phillies?
Wow. The Mets' financial situation makes them a wild card, but assuming the franchise finds a way to stabilize, I'll choose them. There is a cyclical nature to contending in baseball, and the Phillies are on the backside of their run.
-Is Domonic Brown the next Fernando Martinez? A prospect who so far has yet to pull it together at the major league level?
He has struggled to live up to the hype so far. There is a lot of talent there, though, so
-Will the Phillies eventually regret the Roy Oswalt trade because of the young talent they gave up in that of J.A. Happ?
Happ is a solid pitcher, but at the time that was the trade they needed to make. It didn't work out last year for the Phillies, of course, but that's the risk you run with deadline deals. Ruben Amaro Jr. is not the kind of guy to express regrets.
-What was it like, from a reporter's standpoint, to lay witness to Terry Collins' now infamous post-game tirade in late May? Were you hesitant to ask a question to the Mets skipper in that post-game?
Collins is an emotional guy, but it's always controlled. The few times he has gotten angry publicly, he hasn't pointed it at reporters.
-You have been accused of being too critical of the Mets in comparison to other writers and overly praising of the Phillies by some readers, what is your response to that?
Many readers in Philly accused me of being a Mets fan. Many readers in New York accuse me of being a Phillies fan. Both are, of course, ridiculous. I'm a reporter.
-Finally, Do you think Brian Wilson's spandex tuxedo at the ESPY's out-did Lady Gaga's egg arrival at the Grammy awards?
Ha. I'd have to say so. You expect it from Lady Gaga, but from an athlete? Good for Wilson, for always being an interesting character.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Francisco Rodriguez has been traded to the Brewers for 2 players to be named later. There is apparently a list of 5 prospects the Mets will chose from, but don't expect much as the Brewers farm system ranks 28th in all of baseball. This trade was more of salary dump than anything else. It also increases the likeliness that Beltran gets traded.
Here is what K-Rod said on his twitter account in regard to the trade, translated into English:
Here is what K-Rod said on his twitter account in regard to the trade, translated into English:
"I want to thank all the Mets fans for their great support during these 2 ½ years he wore his shirt
And to all my fans I would say that I continue to support this new phase of my life and as he says the war cry of my team"
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Pelfrey Pic:
Mike Pelfrey has been unhittable lately, most recently in his complete game 5-hitter in tonight's 6-1 Mets win. His recent stretch of dominance has inspired me to make a picture you might get a kick out of:
Uh-Oh: Reyes Meets With Scott Boras
If Reyes ultimately does become a client of Scott Boras, that will greatly decrease the chances that the Mets retain the 28-year old speedster. Boras is infamous for getting top dollar for his clients, in most cases exponentially more than the player's true worth. Boras rarely allows for his players to give their former teams "home-town discounts", which is what the Mets are counting on to keep Reyes past 2011. Boras creates situations to get the most money out of any team interested, many times going into bidding wars, which the Mets in no way can afford to do.
The action of becoming a Scott Boras client, is a move for someone NOT looking to stay with their current team. Reyes has stated several times that he wants to be here, yet a move like this would prove to be the exact opposite of his statements. Scott Boras tends to have his clients hit the open market to go to the highest bidder. His clients very rarely return to their former teams, unless their old teams have the cash to retain his clients, which the Mets do not.
Not to mention, the Mets probably do not want to have to deal with Boras. After deals such as Oliver Perez's and Carlos Beltran's huge, overpriced contracts that were at the hands of Boras, the Wilpons will likely prefer not to deal with him.
Maybe Reyes is starting to see cash symbols now that he is on pace for such a monstrous year. Maybe he is starting to see the incredible amount of money he can command. If this is the case, Reyes knows that in order to squeeze the most money out of whatever ballclub he ultimately signs with, going to Scott Boras is the best way to do so.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
June 3rd, 2011 "Don't Trade Jose Reyes Day" at Citi Field
In an effort to show the Mets Front Office that we do not want to see Reyes gone, Mets fans have agreed to make "Don't Trade Jose Reyes Day" on June 3rd 2011 in the series opener against the Braves.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Killed By American Forces
I know this has absolutely nothing to do with baseball but who cares! Osama Bin Laden has finally been killed by U.S. forces. US officials reportedly have the body. They are awaiting test results to be 100% sure that it is indeed the monster who planned the 9/11 attacks. It is hard to believe but America has finally gotten our guy. It took us nearly 10 years, but we have finally found the one low-life who almost got away.
Barrack Obama received a tip on Osama Bin Laden's possible location in Pakistan. After verifying this report, the U.S. went into action, sending in a special team in Pakistan and killing Bin Laden in an incredible showdown. No US forces or civilians were harmed in the assault.
This is not only the killing of leader of Al Qaeda, but a symbol of American triumph and will no doubt create an overwhelming sense of patriotism in the hearts of every American. As I write this article in complete and utter shock, all I can think is: Justice has finally been served.
To associate this with baseball somewhat, during the Mets vs. Phillies finale, the broadcasters had trouble keeping up with the game as they kept trying to give updates to viewers. When the fans slowly began to hear the news through texts and mobile updates, they spontaneously broke out into chants of USA USA USA! I personally got chills, as I am sure anyone else watching did aswell.
Think of all the closure the families devastated after 9/11 must feel right now. Although the loss of their loved ones can never be filled, this must be such a boost to their morale that we finally got the sick person responsible for this.
Think of where you were when you heard this news, on this day, America won.
This is truly an incredible symbol to the world and a message: Don't mess with America.
God Bless America!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Mets 2011 Rotation: A Force To Be Reckoned With. Part II
After taking a look at the three pitchers who will be the immediate impact at the front of the 2011 rotation, we will now look into the back end of the rotation and Johan Santana who will return in the later part of the season. These guys can keep a hot streak going or stop a losing stretch from continuing when the premier guys in the rotation can not get the job done. With some newly acquired arms, the back of the Mets 2011 rotation looks pretty formidable.
The back end of the Mets rotation will feature Chris Young and either Chris Capuano or Dillon Gee in 2011. These three arms have come from utter insignificance to key pieces of the 2011 staff. While the front three arms had breakout seasons in 2010, they aren't bonafide top-tier pitchers. That said, depth is a crucial factor to the 2011 season, something these three must provide.
Almost certain to fill the 4th spot of the rotation is RHP Chris Young. Young is the perfect example of Alderson's under-the-radar signings that have a very high reward situation. Although I would not classify Young as a low risk situation, when healthy, Young is a top of the rotation quality pitcher. He has battled injury the past few seasons, failing to complete 20 starts each of the past three season. but when he is healthy, he is locked in. Young has a career 48-34 record with a 3.80 ERA. He pitches best with little run support, a pattern he will become very accustomed to on the Mets. He has posted a 2.61 ERA when his own team scores two or fewer runs for him. Young, coming from the Padres is already used to little run support and large ballparks, if he stays healthy, could be the best off season signing of the Mets this winter.
Chris Capuano and Dillon Gee appear to be the two major contenders for the 5th spot in the 2011 rotation.
Capuano before 2010 had not pitched since 2007 due to injury. He came back healthy with the Brewers in 2010 and pitched to a respectable 4-4 record and a 3.95 ERA.
Gee has never been considered a blue-chip prospect for the Mets, but with little options down the stretch in 2010, Omar Minaya decided to give him a chance. Gee flourished in his 5 major league starts going 2-2 with a 2.18 ERA. Gee had a quality start in every single one of his outings including his major league debut in which he no-hit the Nationals through his first 5 innings en route to a 7 inning gem in which he only allowed one run and 2 hits.
Alderson and Collins may want to give Capuano the job to allow Gee to further develop, but if Gee can continue the success he had in September 2010, he would likely win the starting role.
The best pitcher on the team is without a doubt 2-time Cy Young award winner Johan Santana. The 31-year old Venezuelan native has been the ace of the staff since he was acquired from the Twins before the start of the 2008 season. Now going into 2011, Santana will start the year in Port St. Lucie rehabbing, following the surgery to repair a tear in his shoulder that sidelined him since September. Santana has since begun to rehab, starting with playing catch and soft tossing.
The question is, is when he returns, estimated somewhere from June to July, will he still be the Johan Santana of old? Shoulder injuries like this have proven detrimental to pitchers' careers in the past, and with Santana being the highest payed player on the team, his full recovery is crucial. These questions will just have to wait until mid-season when Santana takes the the mound in orange and blue once again.
With low expectations at an all-time high, the Mets could be looking at a few bottom-of-the-barrel arms with hidden potential, possibly catching lightning in a bottle in 2011.
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About: Willow Darling, unlike the rest of the her Darling ancestors, hates Peter Pan. Her whole entire life, his adventures with her mother in the past have caused her and her family nothing but pain. And it's those very adventures that lead to her mother's ultimate death. So when Peter shows up by her window Willow is furious. Until she comes up with the ultimate plan, to make Peter Pan finally grow up-thus never allowing him to ever enter Neverland again.
"You know that place between sleep and awake;
That place where you still remember dreaming?
That's where I will always love you.
That's where I'll be waiting."
-Peter Pan
Chapter 1:
Willow sadly looked out her window into the crystallized night sky. It was nights like these where her mother would read her fables of the past about a boy who never grew up. But not tonight, nor will her mother ever be able to read to her any other night. Today was a day of mourning. Today was Willow's mother, Winnie Darling's, funeral. Willow's eyes gazed down to the patch of dirt where her mother lay just beneath her window.
They couldn't even afford a proper grave. It was the twentieth century for Christ's sake, one would think that Willow's Uncle Martin would have the decency to supply proper burial grounds. But no one cared about the crazy woman who spoke of another world where the things of a child's dreams existed. No one cared about the complete and utter trauma that a child, of just fifteen years of age might be going through after watching her mother cruelly die in her arms. To the world, Willow would always be the 'crazy lady's daughter'. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Apparently, according to the doctors, her mother had something called Schizophrenia, some new mental illness where you saw things that didn't exist. Willow never cried when the news of her mother's death reached her, she never cried at her mother's funeral, and she wasn't about to cry now. In her opinion, her mom should have just kept her mouth shut. Then they wouldn't have taken her away and sent Willow to Uncle Martin's house. She would have had a normal childhood like everyone else, instead of one in isolation. But her mother was gone now and there was no changing that. All that was left were the many books she used to read to her, books about the boy who never grew up.
Willow scoffed at the thought. Who wouldn't want to grow up? Growing up for Willow meant finally being able to do whatever she wants, and getting far, far, away from England and all the bitter memories. Willow gently rubbed her finger over one of her mother's many books. On the cover was a younger version of her mom and a boy, flying off into the stars. Sometimes, if Willow was feeling deeply cynical, she would start thinking of bad things. She would think that her mother resented her life with her daughter and when her father was still around, him as well. Whenever Willow would catch her mother looking out this very window, when she 'thought' Willow was asleep, she could almost feel the yearning in her mother's body. And if she looked closely in her mother's eyes, there was always a hint of regret.
Maybe this is why Willow hated the very idea of Neverland, because without it even existing, it had stolen the rest of her mother's love from her. It had stolen her sanity and happiness. Willow grabbed a pen and began to scratch out the boy's face on the cover. She hated him. She hated him for taking her mother; she hated him for making her go crazy. The tears slowly began to form, but she bit her lip and held them back. She refused to give the boy on the cover the satisfaction that he had effectively hurt her. The satisfaction that he had finally gained all of her mother.
Willow whipped her head to the window and screamed in terror as she saw the very boy, whose face she had just violently scratched out on the cover of her book floating outside in the midnight sky. There was no mistaking him. His hair was a light shade of brown -as her mother had described many times- with second tones of copper and gold, if he was in the right light. He wore an outfit of all green and his eyes were many different kinds of blue. Mother was right when she said it was impossible to truly discover what the exact shade of blue was before you got lost in the deep sea of his eyes. But what mother had said wasn't what truly mattered to Willow. What had mattered was that the boy floating outside her window, with his arms crossed and fury in his eyes- was the very boy of her mother's tales. Peter Pan.
The boy who never grew up, existed.
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I am totally perplexed by the Legendary Tracker (Epic) feat found in the Complete Adventurer. Now, I really don't ever play or DM in an epic level campaign so perhaps I am missing something here, but how is a character supposed to make a DC 120 check? I mean, that seems really absurd for even the most munchkinny of munchkin players.
The legendary tracker feat allows an extremely skilled woodsman to track prey across virtually any surface, including underwater and through the air. The DC for tracking an opponent through the air is 120! So how does one go about making that roll? I have no idea but I am willing to try and find out. First off, any character that qualifies for this feat is no joke. The requirements are Track, Wisdom 25, Knowledge (Nature) 30, and Survival 30. That is one serious ranger, but even then can he really track an opponent through the sky? Let's be generous and say that our tracker in question is 40th level, and has 43 ranks in Survival (the skill that track is based on). Realistically I would think that anyone who is 40th level is probably friends with a wizard that has other ways of locating this person, but we'll say that they are out of town. Our Tracker's Wisdom is very high, somewhere around 30. That is another +10 as his ability modifier. He also has a Periapt of Wisdom +10, to give him another +5 to his Track check. Even though it is not entirely legit I would be more than happy to give him another +2 as a synergy bonus related to his Knowledge (Nature). 25 ranks of Knowledge should be enough to cover some atmospheric conditions that will help in this particular example. This man is also so serious about tracking that he has taken Skill Focus (Survival) for another +3 to his roll. I can't think of an item that gives a bonus to tracking, but I'm sure it exists. And this guy has it. And it gives a +10 to his track. All together that puts his modifier at +73. We will assume that he rolls a 20 on his attempt for a grand total of 93. He is still 27 points short of tracking the elusive airborne creature. So how does he do it? Any ideas?
Thursday, September 3, 2009
One if by sea, two if by land, 120 if by air.
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The thing that you've missed is that an item that gives him +50 (fifty) to tracking would only cost a measly 250,000 gold pieces, which is chump change at level 40. Take a look at the formula for creating magic items in the DMG. (Or you could click here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/creatingMagicItems.htm )
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Perry Fina, 59, had owned Hearthstone Kennels
Mr. Fina was born Oct. 30, 1948, in New York City, son of the late Joseph Daniel and Dorothy Faye (Ward) Fina.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving with the U.S. Navy as a Navy Seal.
Mr. Fina was a vice president of North Shore Animal League America since 1994. He also owned and operated the Hearthstone Kennels in New Milford, along with his wife Linda, for 29 years.
In addition to his wife of 36 years, he is survived by a son, Joseph Jack Fina of North White Plains, New York; two daughters, Nicole Dianne Fina and Kathleen Elizabeth Fina, both of New Milford; a sister, Dianne Fina Otteson and her husband, Christian S. Otteson, Sr. of Grant, Fla.; a nephew, Christian Otteson, Jr. and great-nephew, Albert Otteson, both of Fla. He is also survived by his step-mother, Jane C. Fina of Redding.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 3 p.m. at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge St., New Milford.
Friends may call at the Lillis Funeral Home on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the North Shore Animal League America, 750 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington, N.Y. 11050, attn. Valerie Fields, or to the New Milford Hospital, 21 Elm St., New Milford, CT 06776 or to the Melanoma Research Foundation, 24 Old Georgetown Road, Princeton, N.J. 08540.


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and just in time I cleaned out my scrap drawer and decided to use the excess for the next bunch of challenges.
First the Lawn Fawn...
I started with a white card stock base card and added a piece of blue textured card stock for the sky on the front.
Next I die cut the green striped Lawn Fawn card stock using Lawn Fawn's "Simple Stitched Hillside Borders" die, twice.
From the bottom piece I die cut the Lawn Fawn "Happy Birthday Border" and then attached it to the bottom of the card front.
I glued the pieces back in to form the words correctly.
Then I glued the second piece of green striped hill behind the first.
I die cut the tress using Lawn Fawn's "home for the holidays" coordinating dies.
I know the trees look at an odd angle but we had this wind storm two weeks ago and it's all that the trees look like now!
Finally I stamped the car from the Lawn Fawn
Home for the Holidays" set using StazOn jet black ink and white linen card stock.
Home for the Holidays" set using StazOn jet black ink and white linen card stock.
I colored it using Prismacolor pencils and die cut it out using the Lawn Fawn "home for the holidays" coordinating die.
I glued it on and the card is complete!


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"I only drink to celebrate, commiserate, or to make something happen."
It's been a hell of a week. For whatever reasons, one or two turned into three or four after work, and it happened almost every night. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun. Canada Day, a post-softball party with work, an old friend visiting town - three excellent reasons to sink a couple. Last night, we finally opened our outdoor bar at work, and it was the perfect spot to sit with others who had finished for the day.
At the end of it all, though, I'm the guy that brought up the fact that Whistler citizens in the hospitality industry imbibe too much. Jesus, I was even on the news.
Well, here I am, eating my words.
It has to stop. But consider: I don't bike, I don't drive, I don't skateboard... How the hell am I supposed to meet strangers apart from at a bar?
So I'm on the 2 week soda train. A fellow bartender recently did this, and it's a great idea. I can drink soda water anyway, and more often than not, it's free.
I guess that's it for now. I'm forcing myself to get more writing done. Maybe some of it will make it to this site.


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With Reliance Jio 4G services having cemented its place in the Indian telecom market, all eyes are on the company's upcoming JioFiber home broadband services. The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service was mentioned by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani when the Jio operations were officially launched in September last year, and was again mentioned in an earnings call in April. The company has been teasing the service, but has not revealed many details of JioFiber broadband yet. So it comes as a surprise when the Reliance Jio customer care team officially revealed the names of the cities in which JioFiber trials are being run.
Replying to a Twitter user from @JioCare handle, the Reliance Jio customer care team said the JioFiber Preview Offer is being launched in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat, and Vodadara. It added the company is in the process of rolling out the home broadband service to other cities in the country, but did not specify any names. A Twitter user in September had said the preview offer is available in Pune as well.
Several users who have had early access to the JioFiber Preview Offer have tweeted about the service in the past. One such user in Mumbai had reported in January speeds between 70Mbps and 100Mbps on the 1Gbps connection. In the Pune instance, however, speeds of up to 743.28Mbps were recorded – implying a 1Gbps connection. While the service is said to be free for the first 90 days, users will have to pay a one-time, refundable sum of Rs. 4,000-4,500 for the JioFiber router.
The wired JioFiber connections will not be for home users only though, as Ambani had mentioned in his September AGM that the multi-gigabyte service will be launched for enterprises as well, and will cover the top 100 cities of India. The home broadband service has been listed on the Jio.com website on the Quick Recharge page, but there are no details on the page as of now.
There is no word on the launch date and price of Reliance Jio home broadband service, but customers can expect another wave of high-speed Internet access, free for the first few months at least. Notably, Jio is already the leading provider of broadband connections in India, according to TRAI data.


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Puddipole, muddy-hole,
Jumped into the river,
Dead or quick, the soul is sick,
And the body bound to shiver.
Wall of poisons built in the gut,
One last chance, life's final cut,
The Angels aid fools and drunks,
For a limit, to call it time.
Squirming, worming,
Suddenly swimming,
Sinking, bouncing,
Carefully turning.
Uncomfortable confrontation with fact.
Not a Naiad, gripping jacket,
Shincutting bruisemaking
Balance and terror.
Sheer Idiocy,
Never Again!
Rescue, Blessed Rescue,
Kindness of Strangers
And Friends,
How ever to thank those
That save your life?
By keeping to Never Again!
This is my personal blog,
with poems, journal-posting,
art-work, and many other things.
Sunday, 28 September 2014
"Never Again"
Puddipole, muddy-hole,
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A bizarre scene unfolded opening night* in 1972 of The Godfather at the Empire Theater in Kansas City. I was seated far enough back to the left that I could pretty clearly see the right side front rows of the audience. At that angle I witnessed irony.
The film began, and Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone mumbled in widescreen closeup to a thug disciple about making an offer not to refuse. Simultaneously, a tardy movie patron—a burly guy—was cutting his way across the third row from the front aisle, making people stand in the process and blocking others from watching the movie.
It pissed off another burly guy so much he screamed at the interrupter to get the hell out of the way. A fist fight immediately began between the two, juxtaposed with the godfather softly talking on the screen, stroking his kitty cat. Meanwhile, ushers (remember when movie theaters had ushers?) made their way to quell the disturbance. Surprisingly, no police were involved, and the two quarrelers finally, quietly settled down a few seats apart, and the focus was back on The Godfather and its own tale filled with fist fights and endless killings. Life imitates art imitates life imitates ad nauseam.
Igniting the audience's edginess was the fact we all had to wait in line so long to get in, and it was a sold-out showing. The Godfather was also a highly publicized and anticipated event. Anxiety reigned.
As it turned out, excitement about the movie was justified. Director Francis Ford Coppola's gem is now film lore, a classic in the truest sense.
When I watch it at home now, I keep looking around to see if any fist fight has broken out.
*Even though I attended what I thought to be opening night, it has been reported that the actual opening night was the night before. KC's Italian-American Unification Council "felt the movie was harmful, so harmful that two of its leaders spent their own money buying every ticket to the premiere showing." Therefore, opening night played to an empty house. Maybe that fist fight in the audience the second night was a planned event?
Here is an offer you cannot refuse...the trailer to The Godfather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1S34973zA
Here is an offer you cannot refuse...the trailer to The Godfather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1S34973zA


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Education: Documenting Impact in Sindh
James Goel attended CWS-P/A's summer camp in 2003 in Mirpurkhas District, Sindh. In 2005, James, who prefers to go by first name, shared that he was elected as the General Consular of the district for minorities. Recalling a childhood incident during which he saw his mother mistreated by her employer he said, "No one wanted to listen to our complaint for her rights." He added that this incident sparked the enthusiasm in him to work for the minority community.
James described his services working for minorities in the district despite the challenges involved. He said that they were able to get members of the minority community registered with national identity cards, repaired local infrastructure, and worked for the empowerment of women. "The work was never easy, but we put in our efforts and people started to get to know us." He shared, "For the position of the next General Consular I had recommended, Rano Singh. Rano is a member of the Hindu community and I knew him."
Noteworthy is the fact that James credits CWS-P/A for nurturing in him self-confidence to participate in electoral processes. Realizing the years of work in reaching far-flung communities and with hopes for further project expansion to other areas, CWS-P/A project staff members recently conducted a study to gauge the successes and impacts of the project in Sindh Province. A total of twenty-one participants attended the event from various districts across the province. While participants remembered their learning from the camp in the form of training topics, activities, role-plays, and stories they all shared that the trainings churned much confidence in them.
During the study, project staff members interacted with participants who had attended the camps during its initial years, and they began to share their experiences from the camp and how the learning was put into practice. Interactions with participants like James and others demonstrated the impact the project had made in fostering communities to take ownership of their roles as active citizens.
Since 2003, CWS-P/A has been working in Pakistan to bring awareness on democracy, human rights, child rights, citizen participation, and elections among others to teachers and students in Sindh. These initiatives have recently expanded to the country's province of Punjab. This year the initiative is being expanded to Afghanistan and a training camp is underway.
While the project continues, staff members hope that communities are able to think critically about the various topics on state and democracy, child rights, human rights, and gender. CWS-P/A also hopes that communities are able to contribute positively to overall democratic processes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.


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Climate Change Awareness Begins with Me
Goal: To encourage youth to engage in interactive learning on Global Warming & Climate Change which may be translated into education outreach in their specific communities and/or organizations.
1. To encourage youth from youth organizations, schools and communities to learn/learn more about global warming and Climate Change concepts (Think Green) and engage in simple Green Solutions at the individual/community level. 2. To assist young people in understanding the Commonwealth initiative as it pertains to Education for Sustainable Development. 3. To provide opportunities for experiential learning on the environment through nature appreciation, work group activities and other interactive knowledge elements. 4. To assist youth in developing their critical thinking skills.
Problem Statement
The long-term alteration in global weather patterns, especially increases in temperature and storm activity, and the potential of sea-level rise, will have a detrimental impact on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Like all countries of the world, Trinidad and Tobago will need to play its part in decreasing its carbon emissions and encouraging its population to: "Think Green, Then Act to Impact (TGTAI)." Additionally, there is an urgent need to address the gap between information-on-the- street and knowledge leading to action at the micro-levels in communities. In a preliminary baseline survey conducted by TGTAI's volunteers, on conceptual knowledge of Global Warming & Climate Change, 77% of the persons surveyed either did not know what was global warming this included mistaking the circumstance of ozone layer depletion for global warming. Among this group, the youth also had difficulty expressing these concepts. Presently there is no collective ESD initiative which provides opportunities for youth to learn through a learning environment that is more natural, to learn basic concepts associated with global warming and climate change, while enabling them with opportunities to engage at individual level, simple energy-saving and conservation activities within their home/school units. Additionally very little exposure has been provided for youth to engage in understanding the role of the Commonwealth in supporting ESD initiatives among local youth.
Project Description
"Climate Change Awareness Begins With Me" is a One-Day highly interactive ESD Collaboration which seeks to jointly engage youth in exposure to (and in some instances), concretizing their Global Warming/Climate Change knowledge. Youth will be engaged in four (3) ESD learning areas/modules:
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□ Global Warming & Climate Change
□ Commonwealth & ESD Initiatives
□ Green Solutions
1. Nature and Ecosystem Appreciation
Participants will learn about overall environmental awareness by encouraging learning in a natural setting with opportunities provided to interact and learn from nature, a trail experience and interaction with wildlife elements. This preliminary intervention will hopefully help the young people to gain a deeper appreciation of the importance of existing ecosystems and to see themselves also playing a responsible role in their conservation/protection.
2. Global Warming & Climate Change
Participants will learn basic global warming and climate change concepts and will be able to demonstrate linkages between anthropogenic (man-made) activities and their emerging/existing impact on human well-being and the natural environment.
3. Commonwealth & ESD Initiatives
Participants will learn the structure of the Commonwealth, to determine its benefits and to understand the existing/emerging role of the Commonwealth for ESD Initiatives.
4. Green Solutions
Participants will develop and be exposed to simple Green Solutions that they can individually carry out in their homes while...
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Restrictions Gun Owners Want?
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While I'm mostly against arbitrary gun restriction (type of gun, mag capacity) there was one thing I found out recently about a local gun advocacy group that bothered me.
They successfully helped kill a bill in NC that would have required a mental health check for those buying guns (not sure if it was only handguns or any gun) if they don't have a concealed carry permit.
I'm actually FOR a mental health check....rarely are people suffering from mental illness aware of it, and I don't think someone who is clinically depressed/bi-polar/etc should be handling a firearm.
Is there a reason why that viewpoint is out of line or anti-gun?
I think any right-minded adult should have a gun...but we are having a serious problem with massacres in this country with firearms by mentally ill people that I think could be prevented if those people are identified.
It is my considered opinion that the emboldened statement precludes you from owning firearms due to mental incapacity...
See how easy it it would be to abuse such a 'law'?
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Focus on Kids Online Program
Many children today experience parental divorce or have parents who never married and live apart. Divorcing and never-married parents face unique challenges in parenting their children while living apart. Conflict between parents, whether they live together or apart, is associated with many negative outcomes in children. The purposes of the Focus on Kids program is to help parents learn how to nurture and support their children through the divorce/separation process and to help parents who are living apart develop ways to effectively work together as co-parents.
In some areas, the Focus on Kids program satisfies the Missouri law that requires parents who are divorcing, creating, or modifying a custody order to complete an educational parenting program. It is important to check with the court in the county your case is filed in to see if Focus on Kids may be an option for you.
The program will take about 45-60 minutes to complete.
If you have a Focus on Kids Online username and password, or for information on how to obtain one, please click the "Online Program" tab.
For more information or questions about Focus on Kids Online, contact Jeremy Kanter at (573) 424-0482.


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Food and Fitness Advisory Committee
Members of Food and Fitness Committee are committed to advancing policies and programs that reduce the risk of diet-related disease and increase physical fitness in the SFUSD community. In the past, this included removing junk food from the schools, increasing participation in the National School Lunch Program, reducing the dependence of schools and school-related organizations on food-based fundraising, expanding and improving opportunities for physical activities for students, and increasing the nutrition education offerings to students and families. The FFAC envisions SFUSD students having access to healthy, appetizing school food and regular physical activity, and understanding why both are important for their wellbeing, their ability to learn, and their environment.
This year, our Committee has focused primarily on the updating of our District's Wellness Policy. We provided extensive recommendations to SFUSD Wellness Policy Leadership Team in December 2013, and a follow-up response in August 2014. We welcome all and any public engagement on this important issue!
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San Francisco, CA 94102
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Children's feet and going back to school
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Children's feet and going back to school
School is back in session and many kids are starting their sports related activities after school. This means lots of running, jumping, and increased stress on their feet. It is super important that they have good supportive tennis shoes to accommodate all of this stress. A lot of children begin to experience foot pain due to this new surge in activity. Make sure they are stretching properly prior to their activities. If they begin to walk differently or have increased pain bring them to a podiatrist for further evaluation. They may be a good candidate for a custom insert device to hep maintain the child's foot arch and to keep their feet straight when running.
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on responsibility
7 . November . 2012
preparing to teach my first
biblical parenting seminar
friday night with patricia,
and this is what i'm
working with today:
Responsibility is completing a job without being reminded.
Responsibility reports back when the job is done.
Responsibility is the ability to stick to a job without having someone prodding you.
Responsibility abides by family values even when no one is watching.
Responsibility considers the intent of the request and does a thorough job.


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I can't believe it's been over a year since I returned back from my adventures back to the daily grind of life. It initially was difficult to come back and start working after not needing to pay attention to a calendar. But you easily get back into the routine and can't believe how the refreshed feeling easily gets replaced by the daily stresses. Not surprisingly, it took me a while to save up and get back out there to travel. Unfortunately, this next trip was just a short one, but a much needed one. My friend and I headed to Sri Lanka to escape the cold dreariness of the UK during winter. We decided to take in some culture, some wildlife, some hill country and some beaches. Sri Lanka is known for having some beautiful beaches and while the popular ones are getting developed, you can find miles of coast that are untouched. It was here, on one of these beaches, that we were able to take part in some fishing with locals as they went about their normal daily lives.
We found ourselves on the beach of Tangalle which was an interesting beach town. Despite the fact that there were guesthouses lining the coast, more foreigners were to be found in the town than on the actual beach. Maybe because it was a dumping beach, which I love, the people came to just relax but stayed out of the water.
On our first morning in Tangalle, on our way to explore the coast and grab some breakfast, we were called over to help by some fisherman. Of course, these men call out to all the tourists who walk past them; and some continue walking while others help for a few minutes. My friend and I helped for 30 minutes. These fisherman who were doing their days work, had cast a large net in the sea by boat and on the beach had 2 lines of men pulling a never ending line of fishing net. For 30 minutes we kept on pulling on this net and pulling and pulling thinking that we'd never see the end. On each side, one was man was the anchor for the net and the rest of the people pulled on the rope like we were playing tug of war with the sea.
When the actual net finally surfaced on the beach, we were more happy than the fisherman. We may not have been benefiting from the catch but we were finally finished and about to see the fruits of our effort. The net was substantive in size and within it was fish of all different varieties; mainly small little fishes, but there were squid, jelly fishes, tuna, and medium sized fish, but we didn't have any large catches that day.
Once the net made it to the sand, we stood back and gave way to the fisherman to do their job. They went about collecting and sorting fish. Half of the catch would be sold, we were told, while the other half would be split amongst the men who had worked to take home. It was interesting to see how they distributed the fish amongst themselves. Everyone helped to collect the fish into one communal bag and then an elder handed out the fish equally to the fisherman. While this was happening, some the guesthouse and restaurant owners started to congregate so that they could purchase some of the fresh catch. This included our guesthouse owner. One of the younger fisherman, took some time to show us the different fish in the net and decided to collect for us some squid. He handed them off to our guesthouse owner. That night we were able to eat the squid that we worked so hard to catch 🙂


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Porcelain > A Russian porcelain oyster dish from the Raphael Service
A Russian porcelain oyster dish from the Raphael Service, Imperial Porcelain Factory, ST Petersburg, 1899. Of circular shape with rounded, molded handle, the center with a finely painted vignette of a centaur regarding a classical herm en grisaille against an iron red ground in a circular reserve, surrounded by nine radiating panels decorated with foliate trophies and grotesques, the handle with a winged dracon en grisaille against an iron red ground, the underside with gilded rim and foot and with gilt Slavonic Imperial cipher of Nicholas II dated 1899. Length 5 5/8 x w. 4 3/4 in. (14.3 x 12.2 cm)
Emperor Alexander III specially commissioned the Raphael Service in honor of the 400th anniversary of the Italian painter Raphael Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520) in 1883. Intended for use in Great Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, the Raphael service was perhaps the most important service produced at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The ornament is derived from motifs in the Hermitage's Raphael Loggia, which had been copied for Catherine II after frescoes by Raphael and his students in the loggias of the Vatican. The service's primary decoration alternates panels with human and animal figures interwoven with scrolls and foliage and medallions with antique figures en grisaille set against gray, celadon, iron red, or light blue backgrounds. The project was so complex that Leonard Leonardovich Schaufelberger (1839-1894), head of the factory's painting workshop, oversaw the designs, and Emperor Alexander III personally approved most of them. Pieces from it are uniquely marked with large, stenciled ciphers of the ruling monarch in tooled gold Slavonic script. The ornately painted service was completed in 1903 after twenty years' work and included only fifty place settings. The following year, the service was moved to the Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg for use by the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. On the service and its history, see T.V. Petrova's note in Pod tsarskim venzelem, St. Petersburg, 2007, pp. 200-201.
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Last time we took a detailed look at the type of movement offensive players make on the court to increase their chances at scoring. This time, we're going to look at the other side of the court - defense. Just as we described the offense's main goal as scoring points, we can just as simply characterize defense's main goal as preventing the other side from scoring points.
We'll start by looking at the different types of defensive schemes, then we'll see how screens affect how the offense and defense interact with each other, and we'll finish by comparing our systems.
Defensive Schemes
Defense can be categorized under three major types: man-to-man, zone, and hybrid man-zone. We'll begin by identifying these three types and then we'll compare them.
Probably the most straight forward defensive schemes is man-to-man defense. The defensive scheme operates as the name suggests - each defensive player matches up with a single offensive player and defends him.
Let's look at an animation to demonstrate.
In this animation the SF is setting a screen for the SG and the SG's defender attempts to stay with him.
Man-to-man defense is ideal if your team's roster has excellent individual defenders that are able to stay close to their man. However, as we saw in part 1 and we'll continue to explore, offensive systems are well suited to take advantage of man-to-man defense by setting screens to free up offensive players. For this reason, teams rarely play strict man-to-man defense.
Zone Defense
Generally, zone defense prefers to assign areas of the court to individual defenders rather than a specific player.
For example, here we see the zone of responsibility for each defender in a 2-3 zone.
The animation above illustrates a strategic double team on the Center to take away a perceived advantage that he has. The defense rotates to force the player furthest from the ball open and attempting to force a dangerous pass. If the Center is able to locate the open SF, due to the distance of the pass, the defense has more time to react appropriately. Let's look at a longer animation and a video clip to demonstrate how this works.
The other type of hybrid defensive scheme is called a match-up zone. This system weighs the balance between man-to-man and zone more heavily toward zone. A match-up zone will attempt to force a specific individual match-up similar to man-to-man but will do so within a zone defense.
Both systems of hybrid defense can be criticized as high risk/high reward systems. Hybrid systems have all the benefits of man-to-man and zone defense but also have all the risks of both systems. Execution is the balancing factor between the benefits and risks - good execution is able to minimize the risks while maximizing the rewards.
Reading the Screen
Before we compare the different defensive schemes available, it's helpful to understand the options that come out of screening. As we discussed in part 1, there are a variety of different screens but no matter the type of screen, the goal remains the same - free up the offensive options. Let's look at how both the offense and defense react to screens and from this we can more easily compare our schemes. It is very important to remember, especially when we move to analyzing plays, that good players do not run off of screens - they read them. What I mean by that is offensive players do not simply run through a designed play as if they were following a pattern, they will move based on how the defense is playing them.
For simplicity's sake we're going to start with the SF setting a screen for the SG and the SG's defender attempting to contest. We'll go step by step through the animation to show where our different options open up.
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Closing Thoughts
Obviously there is much more to defense than I covered but hopefully this gives us a starting point in discussing how defense sets itself up and interacts with the offense. Eventually, we'll move along we'll take a more in-depth look at specific defensive situations but we now have the foundation we need to examine full plays. In part 3 we're going to start with some very basic plays that are found across different offensive systems and then we'll look at a few popular offensive systems.
If you're wondering about the different cuts from part 1 at the bottom, the ones I spotted were a UCLA cut by the PG followed by a back cut by the SF, a curl by the SG, then a cross cut by the C, a banana cut by the PG, and a flex cut by the SG. If you saw something different let me know, it's very possible I missed something.
Before we end here let me give you a hypothetical situation to think about.
Suppose you're a defensive coordinator for an NBA team and after some scouting you determine that the key to the opposing team's offense is defending a low screen set for the SG by the SF similar to what we examined above with effective isolation of the PG, SG, and SF. Similar to this diagram:
The SG is quick, reads screens well and can convert in the lane or out along the perimeter. The SF on the other hand is fairly slow, has bad hands, and is very poor at low post scoring. Your SF is of average speed but definitely slower than the opposing SG and your SG is similarly of average speed and slower than the opposing SG.
What defensive scheme would you rely on to defend against this scenario? How would you instruct your players to react to the screen set by the SF? Can you identify how you have allowed the offense to attack you?
Next time I'll give you my thoughts on this scenario and we can see how they compare to your own.


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With its straight-faced tone and humorous narrative, this parody would be a great family read-aloud as it follows the four Willoughby children, who have read all the classic children's books and decided they'll have more fun if they're orphans. Their parents, meanwhile, inspired by "Hansel and Gretel," decide to abandon their children. Add a "melancholy tycoon," "an affable baby" and a gritty nanny for much fun.
Williams as a little boy liked to observe nature—a trait that he retained as a medical student and then as a physician and poet. His goal was to write clearly, not abstractly. Jen Bryant's spare words are well crafted, and Melissa Sweet's multimedia collages help us see Williams's world with new eyes.
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In its first year of operation, the Immigration Clinic at Mississippi College School of Law has provided legal help to immigrant families in the metro-Jackson area in a number of children's immigration cases, including asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and U visas.
"Through this clinic, MC Law is not only supporting immigrant children in Mississippi, but also continuing to foster a new generation of lawyers committed to service in our state," said Amelia McGowan, program director of the Migrant Support Center at Catholic Charities in Jackson. She practices immigration law and serves as the adjunct clinical supervising attorney for the Immigration Clinic at MC Law.
The Immigration Clinic is a partnership between MC Law and Catholic Charities of Jackson. The clinic focuses on the representation of "unaccompanied alien children," or children who enter the United States alone to flee abuse and persecution in their countries of origin. Through the clinic, student attorneys learn how to solve their clients' real-life legal problems under the supervision of Professor McGowan, who conducts weekly progress reviews with each student in the clinic.
In the Immigration Clinic, one of eight at the law school, MC Law students step into the role of practicing attorney and provide direct representation to clients of Catholic Charities.
Third-year student Laura Barton recalled a day in class when she learned one of her motions had been granted.
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As part of her BTEC Business Studies Diploma, the class were set a task, and the degree of success counts towards their grades – important to get it right, right?
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ok hang onto your seats cos this is kinda long
a motorbike and a car are waiting side by side at traffic lights.
when the lights turn green, the motorbike accelerates at 2.5 ms^-2 up to a top speed of 20ms^-1 and the car accelerates at 1.5 ms^-2 up to a top speed of 30ms^-1. both then continue to move at a constant speed. draw (t,v) graphs for each vehicle, using the same axes, and sketch the (t,s) graphs.
A. after what time will the motorbike and the car again be side by side?
B. what is the greatest distance that the motorbike is in front of the car?
for A I followed the (t,s) graph and tried to find the intersection of the two curves after 8 seconds, point at which the bike ceases to accelerate. i found 24s but my book says 22s. can somebody check this out? i did my calculations over and over.
for B i avoided using the (t,v) gaph but turned up with distance after 8s = 64m. this didnt fit in and the result was wrong, so i used geometric formulae on the (t,v) graph and got distance after 8s = 32m and the correct answer to the B (53.3 m). can somebody go over the same calculations and tell me where things went wrong?


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Authors: Various
Published by: Zest Books
Pages: 192
Source: Library
Format: Paperback
Dear Teen Me is a powerful book filled with many issues that teenagers deal with everyday. Each of these authors wrote a letter to their teen selves. Some were funny, some heartbreaking, but each one important to not only the authors but to many teens going through the same issues.
Instead of a real review on this book I thought I'd open myself up a bit and write a letter to my teenage self. This was quite difficult for me to do, but it was therapeutic at the same time. I encourage each of you to do this also. It really is quite powerful.
It's your future self here. Ok, I know you don't believe it's me because you are super skeptical, but stretch your imagination and trust me (and yourself) this once. Please!
Ok, we're all good right? Well we better be because there are some things you need to hear. The amount of worrying you do is not normal. This is something you are going to struggle with and truth be told we still do. The worrying and anxiety will just lead to dark and lonely places you don't want to be. You cannot control every aspect of your life. Stop trying...you will be so much happier when you just let yourself experience the moment without analyzing everything about it. Stop hiding behind your perfect facade and go talk to someone. It will help.
I know you have everyone fooled, but not me. You are scared of what people will think, but I'll let you in on a secret...they don't matter. Seriously you will only keep in touch with three people from high school and they love you unconditionally no matter how messed up you are.
Let it all go. You don't have to be perfect. That little chant you tell yourself about being perfect so that when you are the first lady they won't dig up any incidents to hold against your husband is RIDICULOUS. Let me spell it out. You are not going to be the first lady so instead of trying to be perfect, have a little fun instead of pretending you are having fun. Don't hold yourself to those impossible standards....no one else does. You will look back someday and realize that you missed out on so much. Please don't continue to let your life pass by without living it.
You may not believe this but you have a great life and it's only going to get better. So stop worrying about your future and what tomorrow may bring...instead find the good in everyday and every situation. Oh yeah, and that boy...you know the one. Stay away from him. Trust me on this one.


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Nicolette at the orphanage
Contemporary Issues, second prize singles
December 22, 2013
Nicolette sits in the corner of a room at an orphanage where she lives with her four brothers in Warsaw, Poland.
A few months earlier, their mother Ania had been sentenced to time in jail, and the courts did not consider their father a suitable carer for the children. Ania had been out of work for five years, had fallen into debt, and faced a number of other court cases.
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His work has been exhibited in the US, Mexico, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece and Poland. His work appears in the Smithsonian, L'Espresso, Stern, Newsweek , Polityka, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others.
His awards include honors from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International (2011 and 2013), NPPA The Best of Photojournalism (2010, 2011, and 2012) and multiple awards in his native Poland.
In 2012, he was awarded a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage to continue his project on Nazi camp survivors worldwide, which was published in 2013 as a book called The Irreversible.
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