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Argo kindly took his offer for free food. Although she received some Col from the previous Boss fight, she is practically spent. Most of the money was used to repair her equipment and stock up on her crystals. "It would also be nice to start conversing with other people to increase my network of information" she thought to herself as she followed Wolf.
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"Well while we're here, let's start with me," Wolf said taking a seat by the balcony. He looked down at the main street and stared at a few of the players before looking back at her.
Their food had arrived and Wolf caught himself before he drooled. A giant piece of steak sizzled upon his hot plate. Before her began his steak adventure, he looked back at the girl. "What would you like to know?"
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Once appearing from the portal to the fourth floor, Mizuko, a girl who looked 15 with long wavy blonde hair and eyes the color of clear deep sea water stepped out. Once she had heard about the clearing of floor three, she had immediately rushed here, knowing that she may be of some help here to the others. She had felt that maybe she could've been there to help at the last boss battle, which she heard that the boss was The Kobold Lord. She walks into town and sees the other players, resting and having happy faces.
After taking one last glimpse at them, she quickly exited the town,out of the safe zone. Then she started to space out, thinking up many questions, but having no solutions, no answers to the questions. "Why is this to happen to us?" she kept thinking, thinking up ideas, but then waved them away. "What is going through Kayaba Akihiko's head right now? What is he thinking? Why putting us through this?" she kept thinking. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she encountered several monsters and quickly snapped out of it just in time to block the first monsters attack. With extraordinary skills and speed, she and her rapier took down the monsters, one by one, until all of their HP went down to 0 and exploded into various polygons and disappearing in sparks. She quickly caught her breath and put her rapier away smiling as she walked towards the lake.
Roses of the Night
Blacknife had seen the very young woman show up on the floor and had been taken aback. He didn't even know such a young woman would be stuck in a place like this. This was truly a cruel world to take away the life of someone that should have been playing with friends, or planning a birthday party, not worrying about monsters and death. He was concerned but was unsure how to approach this new player, despite her size she appeared to be able to handle herself but he was kind of worried. Following her would just be creepy so he noted the direction that she went, noting with despair that she was headed towards the large lake.
"The damn lake again eh?" he mumbled as she walked off. Well if she wasn't back when it got dark or if he heard of any large monsters he would go and see how she was doing. While he was out he would check out the other woman that he had seen after he had... his thoughts stopped. He couldn't deal with that quite yet so instead he just started checking his weapons. His throwing weapons were secure and his sword was in its scabbard. Still thinking about how this world was becoming more and more unfair he started shopping for some new clothing. His had about enough durability to withstand a gust of wind before it disappeared. Looking for the store his thoughts wondered as he browsed and kept glancing at the sun.
One must never forget ones past.
Vyse wandered through a thick forest to the east of Parma. He had already explored the north area of the floor, and now wanted to find a good area to test his strength and his new armour. The forest was wild and overgrown, with stout vines often blocking his path -they were easy enough to dispatch but they were definitely a hinderance to his advance- and a number of small beasts had often tried to face off against him. Finally, he came to a large clearing, and in the center was a small camp set up with a few stores and a makeshift forge. Vyse approached the little camp, and when the NPC's noticed his presence they stood and greeted him.
The tents and small stalls were set up in a half circle around a campfire, and a few of the NPC's sat around it, poking it with sticks and telling tales. Vyse first inspected the food stall, purchasing a number of berries and fruits, as well and a handful of cured meats. "That should keep me fed for a day or two." he thought to himself before closing his inventory and moving on to the next tent. The heat from the forge prickled his face as a burly man worked the bellows. Upon seeing Vyse, he left the fire and stepped forward.
"I see your chestplate could use a bit of repair," He said in a deep voice. Vyse looked down at his armoured chest to see that it did indeed need some work. "Or if you're looking to put a bit more bite in your sword, I can also manage a few enchantments."
The latter sounded better to Vyse, as he still carried an old chestplate from previous floors incase he needed it.
When the upgrade was complete and the smith handed the blade back to Vyse, he inspected it closely. The blade no longer glittered gold like it did before, but instead had a green-blue hue about it. The new colour suited him more, now matching the deep blue of his cloak and shirt.
"The attack stat has been boosted a little, and the durability has been reset." the smith explained. Pleased, Vyse paid the man for a job well done before setting about browsing the rest of the camp.
After seeing that there was not much else to the small settlement, he bid the smith farewell, thanking him again for his services, and disappeared back into the forest.
We are soldiers, stand or die.
After the group parted ways Zuloo had decided to talk the long and easy path around the lake. He had spent the day mining and gathering ores. With a nice haul and a whole day spent out in the combat area he had a big stockpile. Along his way he ran into the occasional small woodland creature nothing he couldn't handle. He took every opportunity to walk around large packs. it was now getting dark the sun was setting not quite gone yet.
Zuloo appeared at the entrance to <<Parma>> and proceeded to head to the inn, he had been out all night and day. He was so very tired and ready to smack his face on a pillow.
It was nearly another half an hour of trekking through rough terrain, monsters and various obstacles before he finally arrived in a clearing. It was nearly impossible to find because the forest around it was designed like a maze. There was thick thorny brush everywhere, enormous trees, and ruins covered by various nature all added up to a maze like forest. Though within this maze was a clearing he managed to discover, fairly peaceful at first appearance but with two other entrances where patrolling mobs would frequently enter from. It was at a fairly rapid rate and if one stayed hidden on the far side they could, at least he could, go undetected if he needed a rest. Glancing down to his companion wolf he smiled as a red arrow appeared in his vision, a patrol was getting close.
"Let's start!"
He moved up as the first group of robotic humans entered the clearing. There were three of them, two of which equipped with large broad swords and the third a scimitar. "Hum.. more than I was expecting.." though he was leveled enough he should be fine, quickly charging in with a speed they had trouble keeping up with. As he passed the first one it proceeded to swing downwards, which got interrupted by the wolf tackling the humanoid to the ground. Ravus didn't even look over to the event that was happening on his left, instead focusing on the next heavy sword that was swinging horizontally towards his neck. Bending backwards underneath the blade as he unsheathed the blade strapped to his back with his right hand and counter-attacked by slicing across the gut of the second humanoid. As he started to regain his balance and straightening himself out the third one proceeded to slice down at him.
"Too slow."
He mumbled as he pushed off with his left foot, rolling to the right behind the second humanoid and slashing upwards as he ended the roll by springing back up for a second hit on the second humanoid. His movement didn't stop though, as the second one started to turn Ravus already had his blade to the side as it started to glow orange before he released the sword skill skill,a Twin-hit called <<Snake Bite>>. The sword slashed right, and immediately slashed back left again. The last of the life of the humanoid vanished as it broke into data. The scimitar capitalizing on the moments pause after a skill and proceeded to slash at Ravus. Move damnit Move.. he thought to himself as that second seemed to take forever to unpause, attempting to dodge left the second he was released and barely failing to do so. Wincing slightly as the blade cut into his left shoulder and watching as his life dropped a decent amount, rather he just didn't have that high of a max life.
At that point his wolf let out a bit of a yelp as it was finally thrown from the first pinned automaton. It took a little damage but was quite sturdy, unfortunately for the mob which wasn't nearly as undamaged as the wolf since it was able to claw and bite him. Letting out a whistle as his blade came down on the scimitar user, rather the scimitar itself as the third creature moved up to block his strike. That was the trap though, with it's arms occupied holding off the incoming blade the wolf sprinted past the first mob, whose broadsword was much too slow to catch the wolf, and jumped on latching it's mouth onto the arm. The mobs Hp started to tick away and its defense was weakening quickly, with one more hard downward swing Ravus broke the defense of the scimitar mob and cut deep through it's HP but his attack wasn't done. He had the speed and reflexes to instantly cut back upwards and a slight angle removing the other arm from the creature, enough to finish the last of its life.
The pair turned to the third mob who was now mid-swing sideways at the wolf who had been hanging from the other mob, dropping underneath the blade the wolf escaped harm before moving up and latching itself to the leg of the last creature. Ravus wasn't nearly as ready to deal with the sideways swing that would clip him if nothing was done, instead he held his blade up and used his second hand to brace the blunt side of the blade. Blocking the swing which proceeded to push him as it finished, the robot moving to swing at the wolf only to get pierced by Ravus and finishing off the last of it's HP.
Letting out a breath, the battle that took no more than 50 seconds was finally over. It still felt like an eternity during the actual combat. Looking down to his pets HP before checking his own.
"Alright! We can do the next group. Let's try flawless this time."
The last light of the sun slowly disappeared leaving the forest dark, the thick canopy blocking out most of the light of the rising moon. Vyse's eyes slowly adjusted, but his vision was still poor, for he had not put much time nor effort into his «Night Vision» skill. He kept on moving forward, still slashing vines and small plants in his path, all the while making a ruckus as his boots crushed fallen twigs and leaves. Traveling alone often gave Vyse a lot of time to think, his mind conjuring up innumerable questions which he never had answers for.
Soon Vyse could see light shining in the distance through the wall of trees before him. Moonlight bathed his as he emerged from the forest. Before him was an open field, covered in craters that gathered small pools of water. As he moved between the holes, examining each one, he wondered what kind of event could leave the land so scarred. Whatever had done this, he did not want to meet it.
He had not long finished his chain of thought when the sound of a blade being drawn caught his ear. Drawing his sword, he spun around searching for the source of the sound. Behind him stood a human figure, eyes glowing red in the dim light. In its left hand it held a dagger with a jagged blade. The figure advanced, and Vyse noticed that its movements seemed peculiar.
"A robot..?"
We are soldiers, stand or die.
... Huh?
Yuuki opened her eyes, cursing herself when the onslaught of sunshine practically murdered her scarlet orbs. Her senses started to come back to her and she cursed again when her a sharp throbbing resonated from her back. Stretching her arms high above her head, Yuuki felt a twitch in her lap, startling her so badly she almost fell, catching both the item and herself before they both fell into the branches below. Pulling herself back up, Yuuki's eyes, now having considerably gotten used to the damn sun, widened when she saw exactly what she was holding. It chirped at her, sticking it's spiked, sloppy tongue on her cheek and licking upwards. She looked at the little dragon.
It was... cute. The dragon was a deep golden color, like flowing honey. It had little spikes prodding from the top of it's head, long, feathery tendrils smooth as silk popping out behind them. The dragon's eyes were the deepest hue of white she had ever seen, and they stared up at her expectantly. Why had it hatched so soon?
Reaching out to pet it softly on the head, the dragon bit her finger lightly. She retracted her fingers and chuckled lightly. It was obviously hungry. Hopping down from the tree, Yuuki set off, back to the village, dragon perched in her shoulders.
It was a new day, set with new promises.
As Wolf finished exchanging information with the cat-like woman, he said his farewells and headed towards a shop. Browsing the two handed weaponry he found nothing that was as heavy as he preferred. He knew he would have to see Zuloo for that. He exited the shop and checked his inventory for food goods. 'Meat on a bone' filled his 'use' inventory almost to full. "Yeah, I'm not picking up any more of that," Wolf thought to himself.
He headed towards an inn, calling it a night.
Sitting in pretzel position on top of his rented bed, Wolf used his <<detection>> skill and tried to expand his radius. He wore nothing but his casual pants as he focused on his technique. There were many, many people still residing in town. Eventually he found a gap where no people stood. That must be near the outskirts of town. Then eventually he felt the presence of a few more players just a bit farther. That's as far as he could go.
This was good enough. It was quite the range even though he had to concentrate on it harder than orange juice can concentrate. Either way, he lay back and let the "dream world" take over. Long battles lie not too far off, he must be physically and mentally prepared for them.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
100% Mapped! A Boss Monster Appears!
[Boss Monster] «The Dragon Slayer»
Urbus, The Dragon Slayer
1-handed Sword/1-handed Axe
Hits to Kill
15 times
El Psy Congro
The humanoid figure lurched forward, and the blade in its hand flashed in the moonlight. Vyse shifted his weight and managed to avoid the stab, dropping his shoulder beneath the enemies extended arm. With his free hand he grabbed the attackers wrist and delivered a sharp blow to its cheek with the pommel of his sword. Dazed, the humanoid stumbled forward before correcting its stance and again turning to attack. The second attack was faster than the last, and the blade came rushing downwards from above. As the dagger swept down, Vyse pointed the tip of his blade down, forcing the dagger to glance off his sword and away from him. As the humanoids weapon traveled past him, he stepped to the side and in a swift motion, whipped his sword downwards. The blade connected and cut the robot from shoulder to hip, and Vyse watched as it stumbled and fell to one knee.
Vyse circled his opponent, and the humanoid slowly rose again, still not finished. It held its dagger outstretched, ready to strike again, but as it moved forwards, it fell, no longer able to support its own weight. It could not keep going. He watched on as the almost human shape before him struggled to stand once more, and before it could rise to its full height, he cut it down.
Vyse watched as the mechanical body that lay sprawled in the grass before him began to break apart, and the pieces wafted upwards into the night sky. With a disappointed huff, he sheathed his sword and began to walk away. Before he could reach the treeline on the other side of the field, a message appeared in front of him. It was a notification, informing him that a party of scouts had located the boss room. "Already?" He thought, surprised at what little time it had taken to locate the final room. Without much more thought, Vyse produced a crystal from a pouch in his cloak and held it above his head.
"Teleport, Parma!"
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Zuloo woke up well rested and herd the people in the <Rum Runner's Inn> talking about the boss room. He made his way to stock up on crystals and the like beforehand. Afterwords he posted a notice on the bulleten board in <<Parma>>
-Any and all who would be or are part of the lead group, Meeting for boss room at the <Rum Runner's Inn> back room 12 p.m.-
He came down and gently rapped his fist on the bar. "Barkeep I'll be using the back room today! Keep any eye out for members of the lead group and send them to me. I will be waiting in the back room, also here is some col for some food and drinks for us." The large man handed the barkeep a small coin pouch and smiled thanking the barkeep.
Zuloo went to the back room of the Inn and waited patiently.
Asuna delivered the final blow upon the humanoid. Once it was defeated, it dispersed into polygons. The rapier user was breathing heavily since she just faced against two humanoids at once. It was already tough going against one, so two was much more challenging. She felt that she already did enough at the combat zone and decided to head back to the safe town, Parma.
It took her a while to get back to the town, where she immediately headed to the inn she checked into earlier. There was some excited chatter about how the floor was completely mapped and the boss room was found. That meant one thing, that the boss raid would be happening soon. This was her opportunity to really help out with the front line movement. Usually she slept only 2-3 hours a night because she spent most of the night improving her sword skills. This night would be different than those training nights because she would need to be well rested for tomorrow's potential boss fight.
Once she woke up, she exited her inn and saw an interesting post at the bulletin board. Apparently one of the players had taken the initiative to organize a meeting to discuss strategies before the fight. She saw she had some to spare before the meeting time at 12 PM.
Wolf, after a nice rest, passed the bar seeing a familiar body inside. "Zuloo?" He said as he made his way in. "The boss room appeared," Wolf thought to himself. "We should definitely meet up first."
With that in mind, the big bodied, two handed sword user went to meet up with the other bodied warrior. Having two tanks in this next boss battle might just keep everyone else alive.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.


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I may not have reached the level of Elton John's floral arrangements but I've had tulips spilling out of vases. ~
Peonies have brightened window sills ~
The last roses are tinged with frost and far from perfect, ~
but they will stay on my desk until the last petal falls. ~
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- Page 3 ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2: The Card
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What can we say about Counter-Strike: Source that hasn't already been said before? It is quite simply the benchmark for team-based online shooters and, four years after its release, it's still one of the most popular games in its genre. In complete contrast to Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, it focuses on small environments and incredibly intensive small-scale battles with one-shot kills the order of the day. If you want to test all elements of your first person shooter skills in one go, this is the game to do it.
We test using the 32-bit version of the game using a custom timedemo taken during a game against bots on the cs_militia map. This has a large amount of foliage, so transparency antialiasing has a significant impact on image quality and performance, and is generally one of the most graphically intensive maps available. We find a frame rate of at least 60fps is required for serious gaming as this game relies massively on quick, accurate reactions that simply can't be compromised by dropped frames.
All in-game settings are set to their maximum and we test with 0xAA 0xAF, 2xAA 4xAF, and 4xAA 8xAA. Transparency anti-aliasing is also manually turned on through the driver, though this is obviously only enabled when normal AA is being used in-game.
This game simply isn't a challenge for any of these top end cards any more and even at the highest resolutions we're largely CPU limited. With this in mind it would be unfair to draw too many conclusions about the performance of the HD4870 X2.


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As usual life has been a round of ups and downs but I am happy to be sitting at my Mac again this morning! We got up early and went down to the beach! Now of course I live very close to the beach but so rarely go because I have always got other 'chores' to do! But today was different - today I decided to make the most of what I have on my doorstep (for which I pay a premium in rent I might add!!!) Oh what a revelation - at 7am its glorious, just warm enough before the searing heat of an Abu Dhabi day at the end of May sends you inside running for the air con! The fish were out in abundance and swam around our feet and we watched the Grey Herons getting their fill for breakfast (although Freddie is never too happy when he sees the reality of the food chain!). I swam and read my book and then we rushed back home before our feet burnt on the sand!
I went through a bit of a quiet side on the knitting front, but am happy to say that I have some knitting news to share with you!
My Hitofude is slowly coming along - have taken a little break from that for gift knitting as you will see - I still love it and hope to have it finished for our trip back to the UK at the end of June..... Still looks a bit small but I am praying that blocking will allow it to fit my 'sturdy' arms into it!!
Then for some gift knitting!! I have never made a Rebecca Danger monster before so I thought this would be an ideal little gift for a colleague who is shortly going off on maternity leave. For her last baby I made a cute hat and matching socks out of Sirdar Stripes - so this time I kept with the Sirdar Stripes theme and made Kevin the Monster. He's very cute and I am very pleased with him - as she was when she opened the wrappings! I love the feeling when people appreciate what you make for them - its true, giving is so much more rewarding that receiving (although don't tell Keith that - I am not quite ready for him to give up on the very few and far between gifts I get nowadays!!!!).
Finally - as another gift I am making a baby blanket for my good friend who went through a truly horrific time with her first pregnancy - resulting in her losing the baby at 21 weeks. Having lost a first child myself I know how absolutely terrible it is and that you think you will never go on to have a baby and remain unhappy for the rest of your life - luckily for me and now for her things have turned out well!
This little baby blanket is of a similar design to my Lantern Shawl (which is currently unavailable on Ravelry because I need to fix a few things - sorry folks!) - but I have made it slightly less 'holey' so that its a little bit warmer! I had a good reaction on Instagram so I will be writing that up as a pattern just as soon as I have finished it! Knitting up in Plucky Knitter Worsted (I am slowly but surely using my stash of Plucky up!! - there is a lot of it, even though its gorgeous!)
Im about a third of the way through at the moment so I will update you on progress......
Well thats about it for now! I have just made an order from Knit Picks for some yarn to make the 'Bigger on the Inside' shawl - which I have wanted to make for ages - I am missing Doctor Who at the moment so hopefully that will help with the separation anxiety!
Oh and Roscoe the puppy is growing by the moment!! He did unravel my Hap Shawl - but then I wasn't very happy with how it was turning out so perhaps that was for the best - so until next time here he is in happy mood!


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|Ally talking to the crowd!
I am so very excited for this book, for the addition and the conclusion of Cassia's story! Hopefully I will find the time to read it fast and get my review to you ASAP! But I wanted to share with you the things that went on at the party, and the Q&A session.
First Ally talked to us for a while and here are the notes I got (please remember these are not all direct quotes. I try my best to write them down exactly as she said them, but it doesn't always happen.)
|Loved the stage set up and the bubble! See below!
- I may be really emotional because it's the last book.
- The one was special to me because it was the end. I knew it always would be the end. Even as it got longer and longer I knew there would not be a split to four books.
- Xander gets his time on the page in this one.
- Xander is a nice guy. And writing the nice guy is hard. The nice guys don't get the credit they deserve.
- My editor said at one point that it was good go see xander suffer, because the good guys always suffer.
- Xander is a medical official in this and I don't know a lot about medical things
- It's that moment when you think "Why am I writing about anything other than stay at home motherhood?"
|Ally signing books!
- But I had two neighbor friends one a pathologist and one an immunobiologist that really helped. They sent me photos and notes on different diseases.
- It got to the point that I thought "what have I gotten myself into?, Have we gone too far?" Especially when the pathologist sent me his great idea for weaponizing fish.
- Also Greg Burton a BYU professor who does a lot of work and research with the HIV virus helped me a lot.
- So many people help me out. Like a father of a childhood friend sending me picture after picture of himself holding different fish so I could pick just the one I needed for a scene in the book.
- There is nothing more exciting to an author than something she's written, something she's put out there being wanted.
- Sometimes you write all day just for yourself.
|The flowers Ally's husband bought her!
A: They are complex and I hope you can see something in them for yourself, but for me when I look at them I mostly see the things we talked about. That they are the colors of the tablets green, blue and red. That they symbolize her escape from that bubble. Oh and by the way the model is the same in all the photographs and she is also the photographer, they are self portraits.
Q: Can you tell us about the movie rights?
A: Disney bought the movie rights and there are screenwriters but no cast yet. People ask me who I would cast and I say I'm too old to know who would be good now, but I have ideas for the dad. Like Nathan Fillion. Nathan Fillion needs to be involved somehow.
Q: Did you know where you were going with the entire story before you started writing?
|Me and Ally!
Q: Are you going to write more?
A: Yes I am working on another YA that is set in the future/is a dystopia. But that is all I can say.
Q: When did you know you wanted to write?
A: I was always writing and telling stories but I never could finish. So in High School I decided to become and English Teacher so I could be surrounded by stories but not wrote my own. After I was done with teaching for a few years I thought maybe I'll try to finish a book finally, and I haven't stopped since.
|Me and my friend Sara B Larson stuck in the bubble!
Q: Do you hand write or type your novels first?
A: I definitely type. But if I do get blocked I pull out paper and write by hand. It like restarts my brain. (MPB note -- I loved this answer and how it ties in with words and writing and how that affects Cassia!)
|Me trying to bust out of the bubble.
Q: Are there other creative things you like to do?
A: I'm really bad at everything. But I say I am a great appreciator. I love art, but I'm a terrible artist. I love food, but I hate cooking, etc. So I have a lot of interests, but little talent.
Q: What is the hardest part of the process for you?
A: The hardest part for me is always revision. But it is also my favorite part because revision is where the story becomes a book.
Q: Other than having your books published, what's the best experience in your life?
A: By far, having my kids. Even beyond my books they are the most important thing.
And then as you see we had a great time with the bubble cover photo shoot booth! It was so so cool!
Ally as ever was WONDERFUL!
And now! As reward for reading through all of that a surprise giveaway! Ally also had buttons of the bubble photos on the cover, and I have a set of all three buttons to give away!


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You'll also be close to Bristol, where you can enjoy some of its great shopping facilities including Cribbs Causeway and Cabot Circus.
A short distance away from Oakwood View is the Hutton Moore Leisure Centre, which boasts a 25m swimming pool and 92 station gym. Alternatively, there's the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Gym, which has excellent facilities which include a sauna, one-to-one personal training sessions and physiotherapy is also available. @Worle is another activity centre which is great for enjoying a game of football and tennis on its state-of-the-art pitch and courts.
Oakwood View is also not far away from a great choice of other leisure activities. A short distance away is Odeon cinema, a state-of-the-art cinema chain featuring the latest blockbusters in both 2D and 3D, and the 5843 yard Worelbury Golf Course, designed by the legendary six times Open Champion Harry Vardon. Puxton Park is a farm and adventure park you can visit to enjoy a fun and memorable day out with the family.
There are many local bus stops that are only a few minutes walk away. There's a bus stop on Somerset Avenue, with buses frequently going towards the coast of Weston-super-Mare and towards Bristol International Airport. There are also bus stops on South Lawn (0.5M) and Kempe Road (0.6M) where you can catch a bus to nearby shops and schools.
Weston Milton Train Station is also less than one mile away, with frequent trains available to Bristol and Cardiff. Worle Train Station (1.6M) and Weston-super-Mare Train station (1.8M) are also situated close by.
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It's that time of the month again… no, I'm not having my period; "Yes, I Said That!" has been updated for October. For those of you who don't know what it is, this section is merely a collection of CRAZY things I've said over the past month on Twitter,
Kik (feel free to add me over there, sneakily1), and text messages. I've been notoriously doing this with friends of mine for years ( see The Chub), and it's always been funny for myself and those involved whenever we get to go back and reflect on the actual conversation. Many times things aren't quite as they appear, which inadvertently makes the conversation (or lack thereof) even funnier. So make sure to check back every month, leave comments, or hell… if we had a great conversation and you think it belongs here just let me know, and I'll see what I can do. Perhaps you too can be a part of "Yes I Said That" history here on Sneakily's Realm.
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I wrote this nearly three years ago, when I was blogging with Mama Isis. This post was cathartic for me. But for people who think what happened in Berkeley is unique, I am here to say, it's not (take a look at the comments from the original post). For people who think academic in particular lets people get away with this because of tenure, you are wrong. For people who think it's just about women, that's wrong too.
The world is not changing fast for many. And I hear lots of "the message of Berkeley is that it doesn't matter and you can get away with it". I see something else. If think that right now that whole department is filled with unhappy puppies. Things don't ever change fast enough. But they are changing and that makes me happy.
I had a rough time when I got my Ph.D. My degrees were not in life sciences (that came later), and in fact I was just about the only woman in my major in college, and usually the only woman in my major's classes. One of the hard lessons I learned, and painfully at that, was that no one cares if it is someone else's bad behavior that elicits your own stupidity. I did stupid things, things that did not help my career, frequently in response to male professor's unpleasantness (much of which would be actionable, now). It's the Mommy Solution writ large ("I don't care who started the fight, you are both in time out for the rest of your life"). For women in science, there is a very real conflict here: it doesn't matter what he did, you cannot use that as an excuse for your unacceptable behavior. BUT… we shouldn't have to deal with HIS bad behavior to start with.
When I was a grad student, I was rather crudely propositioned by a senior male faculty known for tearing through the few female grad students like spoiled fish through a tender digestive tract. I went to the (only) senior female faculty member in the department. She was quite the feminist and supporter of students. She sat me down and said that I wouldn't like her advice. I didn't. She said "My recommendation in general to take this up the line and fight it. This guy is a jerk and has done this to many others. However, my advice to you in particular is to forget it. If you fight it, 1) it is his word against yours and you will lose. 2) you will lose at least a year of time in your program, if you are able to graduate at all and 3) even if you do finish, you will also be known as the 'women who filed a grievance against…' rather than by your science". I did nothing. It was horrible for a while, and then I finished and got over it and became successful. The senior woman ended her advice to me with "and… you will outlive him and that will be a good thing".
The schmuck died recently. I'm not sure that it's a good thing. But, he doesn't, and hasn't for a long time, really mattered to me.


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WASHINGTON - The United States and Poland reached a tentative pact Wednesday on a controversial missile defense shield, part of which Washington wants to site in the former communist country, a senior State Department official said.
"At this point, I am really happy that we made real good progress in the past few days," said the official who asked not to be named, adding that a "tentative agreement" had been reached after two days of talks between Polish and US officials.
The United States wants to base 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar facility in the neighboring Czech Republic to ward off potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states, notably Iran.
The agreement, of which no details were given, was the result of talks in Washington between US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and two high-ranking officials from the Polish defense and foreign ministries.
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, a former ambassador to Poland, said the talks had made real progress but refused to confirm that an agreement had been reached.
"We are satisfied with the way things are going but I don't yet have a bottom line," he said.
"I want to be very careful. We are very satisfied with the way we left things and we want to hear the next words, the next stages, from Warsaw," Fried said.
In the Polish capital, foreign ministry spokesman Piotr Paszkowski said the ministry could not confirm that the two sides had reached an accord, and said the decision on the Polish side rests with Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Washington and Warsaw began talks about Poland housing missiles for the defense shield in May last year, but the negotiations have been slowed by demands from Poland for substantial aid to modernize its armed forces.
A deal under which the Czech Republic would house the missile shield's radar base was concluded in April.
Russia is opposed to having the US missile shield on its doorstep, and public opinion in Poland and the Czech Republic is generally opposed to the defensive system.
The shield would complete a broader US system already in place in the United States, Greenland and Britain.
Designed as a defense against ballistic, or intercontinental, missiles that can fly more than 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), the shield includes a ground component of 12 missile interceptors in Alaska and three others in California.
The Missile Defense Agency is developing an orbital surveillance system to track missiles and allow ground-based interceptors to shoot them down.
Outside the United States, radar bases have been set up in Fylingdales in Britain, and Thule in Greenland, which is Danish territory.
The interceptors, to be set up in an area the size of a football field, would destroy their targets at extremely high altitude through sheer speed and carry no explosive warhead, US experts have said.
Washington has said it expects the system up and running by 2013, with costs for the European extensions ranging from 1.6 billion to 2.5 billion dollars.
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Today I am left with more questions than conclusions about this profession.
I felt that film of anxiety that I thought I'd shed over break creep back over me.
It happens when I give students time to write and revise, and neither of those things really happen to the extent that I wish they would.
It happens when the student that I thought I had finally gotten to a good place with in terms of respect rolls her eyes in response to a direction.
It happens when the aide in my classroom whispers that she saw a student snap a photo of me.
I am not just trying to learn how to respond to these moments, but I'm trying to learn how to respond to them in a way that makes sense with who I am as a person.
It is exhausting.
But, when tomorrow arrives, I will have had those experiences.
My teacher reflexes will be one more step toward cat-like.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
SoL Challenge Day #21
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Oh boy, we all have these moments, these days.ReplyDelete
Tomorrow you will start anew. Tomorrow will be better.
I'm singing the same song lately! Some days just feel so hard. But I try, try again tomorrow.ReplyDelete
I really like the idea that we teachers have reflexes that we use - and sometimes they need readjusting or realignment with what is happening. I hadn't thought about it like that. Thanks.ReplyDelete
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Some of these measures were implemented on very rare occasions, whereas others were used on a massive scale over very long periods of time. Thus, there were legal punishments ordered by the courts, following an investigation or trial: deportation, a political punishment used in particular against the insurgents of the Paris Commune in 1871; or hard labour, with convicts sent to penal colonies. There were also measures implemented by the administration or political powers: "transportation," a measure created for insurgents of June 1848; or internment, aimed at opponents to the 1851 coup d'état.
Lastly, "relegation" (or exile) was a punishment created in 1885 for repeat offenders. i
Algeria held a marginal place in this punitive system because it did not need penal colonisation to become a settlement colony. It was conquered and colonised in the period 830-80, when Europe was a land of emigration.
Its proximity with Europe also gave it an advantage over other potential destinations for migrants, especially Spaniards and Italians. The men and women sent to the colonies for various penal reasons were sent to New Caledonia and French Guiana – it is estimated that 100,000 people were sent to penal colonies between 1852 and 1938.ii
Nevertheless, Algeria was affected by the penal system linking it to mainland France and to other colonies. These movements of people have given rise to various legends that researchers can now examine to verify what is true and what is not.
A Land of Exile for Republicans? A powerful, but misleading, image
In June 1848, General Cavaignac, the former Governor General of Algeria named Minister of War, led the bloody repression of the uprising in favour of a social Republic. He created the punishment of "transportation," with offenders being sent "to overseas possessions other than those along the Mediterranean." Algeria was not included in order to keep it away from any contagion by revolutionary ideas.
However, as this measure was not applied consistently, around 500 individuals, out of 16,000 arrested, were eventually sent to Algeria. iii
Much more significant was the repression of opponents to the coup d'état on 2 December 1851, led by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the founder of the Second Empire (1852-70). Thousands of dissidents were sent to Algeria. iv
At first, these prisoners were held in several prisons or forts, in Algiers and Bône (present-day Annaba), they were broken into groups based on their degree of resistance. While the most virulent opponents were kept in confinement, the others were sent to two "depot camps" and various "colony camps." The two depot camps, near Algiers, were disciplinary camps where the prisoners had to work on terracing projects, road works or irrigation projects. v
The colony camps were mobile building sites. Their number varied over time, and they were set up in rural areas, notably to clear land. The fate of these prisoners was decried even at the time, thanks to documents that reached a republican in exile in London, who published them in a work entitled Bagnes d'Afrique (The African Penal Colonies). vi
Moreover, some of these republicans met up with convicts transported in 1848 and sent to the Roman ruins of Lambèse (Lambaesis) in south-eastern Algeria. They were to take part in the archaeological digs at this site, and to help build a penitentiary that would remain an important part of the colonial prison system until Algerian independence, and is still a prison today. The grandfather of ethnographer Michel Leiris was one of the labourers on this site. vii
However, these repressive measures led to a very limited number of colonists. In 1859, the
Algiers Government-Genera estimated that, of the 6, 258 people sent from mainland France,
5,465 had already left Algeria. So the image of Algeria colonised by fervent republicans deported from the mainland is merely a myth. However, colonisation plans sketched out by the authorities in the same period – in 1848-49, to be precise – were very successful. At least 14,000 people went to Algeria voluntarily. The authorities, sorting through the candidates, were careful to avoid any form of contagion by refusing people who had been classified as agitators. viii
In the memories of French colonial families in Algeria, seeking a legend, these departures were probably mixed up with forced deportation for political reasons, giving birth to the myth of Algeria colonised by republicans that mainland France wanted rid of. So this is a powerful image, but is misleading when we consider the numbers of colonists.
"Biribi" or the Universe of Military Punishment Algeria is unique among other colonies because it was the main venue for the execution of military punishment. The resulting "universe" of military punishment was very loudly denounced by Georges Darien, a soldier punished there, who described the hellish conditions he lived through in Biribi (1890). ix
"Biribi," according to Dominique Kalifa in a book on the topic, was a "sort of penal archipelago where the French Army sent offenders." X
This is an archipelago that Albert Londres also denounced in 1924, under the evocative title Dante n'avait rien vu (Dante hadn't seen anything). xi
At the heart of this universe depicted by Dominique Kalifa were acts of violence against men subjected to the crapaudine (forced into a painful position on the stomach with feet and wrists tied together behind the back), the "tomb" (held under a stifling small tent) or the "silo" (held in holes dug out in the ground to store harvested grains and produce). In addition to these forms of violence, they were subject to hard labourat an exhausting pace in a naturally trying environment. The men worked in quarries and mines and on public building sites (for ports, roads, fortifications, etc.). They could also be hired out to individuals, entrepreneurs or municipalities, where they were generally used as farm labourers.
These soldiers had been assigned to various institutions, all created in the nineteenth century to punish undisciplined soldiers, to rein in insubordinates, or to get rid of draftees that had had a brush with the authorities before being incorporated. These were disciplinary companies, battalions of Africa (known as the "Bat d'Af"), colonial disciplinary companies, sections of "excluded" personnel, as well as prisons, penitentiaries and public workshops for those who had been tried by military courts. However, in reality, these soldiers ended up on the same building sites depending on the projects they were working on. Those from various companies and battalions could also take part in combat if needed. They notably participated in the colonial campaigns. We can only make an approximate assessment of such an archipelago. According to Dominique Kalifa, it covered 7,500 men under the Second Empire,
10,000 in 1875-85, 13,000 in the following decade, then 9,000 in 1905, 5,000 in 1925 – i.e. 1-2% of army personnel, depending on the period. xii
This system, roundly decried and gradually reformed, then began a slow decline.
From Algeria to Other Colonies: Lesser known penal movements
In a context where the history of France and that of its colonies are considered separate fields, the level of knowledge is unequal. While the history of penal movements from mainland France to Algeria is very well known, we know much less about movements from Algeria to other colonies. Yet Algerian residents were also subject to forms of punishment involving exile.
All Algerian residents, regardless of their status ("Muslim" colonial subjects, foreigners of various nationalities, French colonists, or naturalised Jews), could be tried by courts that applied the same penal code as in mainland France.
Thus, they could be sentenced to deportation or hard labour. They could also be sentenced to "relegation" (exile). We know for certain that criminals from Algeria were sent to French Guiana for hard labour – escapees from Cayenne who became bandits once they returned to Algeria were mentioned in speeches about public safety in the early twentieth century.
Yet no research has been carried out on this topic. Transportation to New Caledonia has received much more attention, for two reasons. Firstly, the Algerians who stayed there left a substantial mark on New Caledonian society – they brought with them the date palm tree, whose cultivation has been studied by Mélica Ouennoughi.
Associations of descendants who get back in contact with Algeria, or local authorities seeking to find out more about this part of their past, also bring this history to light. This is the case in particular for the town hall of Bourail, the site of a penal colony where many Algerians were sent. xiii
Secondly, Algerian collective memory has focused on the heroes of the colonial resistance who rebelled during the uprising of El Mokrani in 1871 and were deported to New Caledonia. This is the topic of a book by Medhi Lallaoui, who also produced a documentary film. In New Caledonia, Algerian rebels encountered Paris Commune deportees such as Louise Michel. The vast majority were detained on the Isle of Pines, on plots of land that were difficult to farm.
They worked on public works projects and had official representatives in the 5 towns on the island. Some were allowed to travel between the Isle of Pines and Nouméa. They were granted amnesty in 1895 after receiving support from former Communards, but many of them did not return to their homeland. They had built ties in New Caledonia, notably with French women, and this encouraged them to stay.
This focus on the rebels of El Mokrani and their ties with Communards obscures a more complex history, which Mélica Ouennoughi has pieced together. Thus, these rebels were not the only ones – before them, there had been the Ouled Sidi Cheikh tribe, and after them, the rebels of El Amri and partisans of Bou Amama, as well as men from the south who took part in revolts in Tunisia and were later deported. Ouennoughi accounted for just over 300 men in all. xiv
Furthermore, accounts by descendants eager to defend their origins make a clear distinction between political deportees and those sentenced to hard labour for ordinary crimes.
But this distinction is erroneous. The Ouled Sidi Cheikh rebels were indeed considered to be criminals and sentenced to hard labour. Lastly, so me Algerians were very quickly pardoned for their role in helping put down the major Kanak uprising in 1878 – and this also contradicts the idealised memory passed down in the community. Anyone could be sentenced to hard labour, deportation or relegation.
In addition, the colonial subjects, i.e. the Algerians, could be sentenced to other punitive measures reserved for the "indigenous peoples" in the French colonies. Notably, under the Code de l'Indigénat, they were subject to administrative internment. This measure was applied upon orders from the governor general and could result in an Algerian being sent to southern France. xv
This practice originated with the very first transfers of prisoners by the French Army during the war for conquest of Algeria (1830-47), then when putting down uprisings in the period 1850-70. This interned population in France included many women and children during the war and during uprisings. These people were taken prisoner during razzias or were held hostage.
Their number varied depending on the military operations and uprisings, but could be in the range of a few hundred. Several forts along the Mediterranean were requisitioned as needed
However, they were mainly detained on Île Sainte Marguerite until this site was abandoned in 1884; today, you can find Muslim tombs there, which are a testimony to this history. xvi
Aimed initially at opponents to colonisation, these internments in France also involved "criminals" that the authorities had trouble punishing effectively. They believed that sending these criminals abroad to a Christian country was a major form of punishment for Muslims.
However, internment in France became rarer when the uprisings died down. The number of
Algerians concerned gradually declined to a few dozen, all at Fort Toretta, in Calvi, Corsica, the only site for internment in France, from 1884 to 1902. Then, the colonial authorities abandoned this form of punishment. The status of these interned individuals, based on treatment of political prisoners and prisoners of war, was too liberal to be suitable for offenders under normal criminal law. For example, the individuals interned in Calvi could travel around town freely during the day and were not compelled to do any activities.
To conclude, we see a need to reassess the place held by Algeria in the French Empire's "punitive archipelago." Not to give it greater importance than it actually had, but to rebalance historiography that has focused chiefly on prisoners sent from mainland France to Algeria (republicans and soldiers), thanks to work done by historians specialised in nineteenth century France.
Yet our current knowledge of penal movements from Algeria to other colonies is very promising. It shows an interconnection between different territories of the French Empire, whereas historiography of colonial Algeria has always favoured that colony's links with the mainland, to the detriment of possible ties with other regions. While the number of people involved was fairly low overall, these penal movements nevertheless had a substantial impact on the societies concerned. Those that have not been forgotten even hold a symbolic place in the memory of colonial violence.
Lastly, while historical knowledge of the punishment of Algerians, as colonial subjects, has moved forward, knowledge of other populations in Algeria is still lacking. A history of the punishment of Europeans in Algeria would increase our understanding of how colonialism ranked men into a hierarchy, through their different statuses and how they were treated.
How were these differences reflected in the penal field? This question remains unanswered.
i http://criminocorpus.revues.org/181
ii http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ark:/61561/ov287byvz
iii http://criminocorpus.revues.org/148
iv http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5447105n.image.f36.tableDesMatieres
v http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=LMS_1992_161_0007
vi http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1099073
vii http://www.cairn.info/revue-l-homme-2010-3-p-307.htm
viii http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5446212t.r=katan.langFR
ix http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k91297t/f9.image
x Dominique Kalifa, Biribi. Les bagnes coloniaux de l'armée française (Paris: Perrin, 2009),
xi http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204574z
xii Kalifa, Biribi, (180-81)
xiii http://www.mairie-bourail.nc/decouverte/histoire/larrivee-des-arabes/listes
xiv Mélica Ouennoughi, Les Déportés maghrébins en Nouvelle-Calédonie et la culture du
palmier dattier, 1864 à nos jours (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005), 125.
xv http://criminocorpus.revues.org/2922
xvi http://islamenfrance.canalblog.com/archives/2009/05/19/3699024.html
Further Reading
Dominique Kalifa, Biribi. Les bagnes coloniaux de l'armée française (Paris: Perrin, 2009).
Medhi Lallaoui, Kabyles du Pacifique (Bezons: Au Nom de la Mémoire, 1994).
Mélica Ouennoughi, Les Déportés maghrébins en Nouvelle-Calédonie et la culture du palmier dattier, 1864 à nos jours (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005).
Jacques-Guy Petit et al., Histoire des galères, bagnes et prisons (Paris: Bibliothèque
historique Privat, 1991).
Sylvie Thénault, Violence ordinaire dans l'Algérie coloniale. Camps, internements, assignations à residence (Paris: Odile Jacob, 2012).
To Cite this Essay: Sylvie Thénault , "Algeria:On the Margins of French Punitive Space?", translator Christopher Mobley, www.convictvoyages.org


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Wearing: Pink skirt c/o Make Me Chic, Aeropostale crop top, Heels c/o Nina (old, similar), Target hat, Rue 21 necklace (old, similar), Earrings c/o Jewelry Habit.
I was without a doubt going for a fun, girly look when I put this outfit on today, and I'm sure you can tell! I'm mixing prints, wearing sparkly jewels, and of course I've got on my big pink midi skirt that I love so much from Make Me Chic! Last year I got my neon green one, and this year I just had to have another in pink! I love these big skirts because you can just have so much fun with them and they make any outfit look extravagant and fun! I just knew I had to really accessorize to compliment this gorgeous skirt, so I wore a big floppy hat and these darling gold earrings from Jewelry Habit along with other sparkly jewels!


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I flew out to Arizona last week to watch some spring training baseball. Since I was thinking about baseball and tickets, I wanted to explore the naming of sections within a stadium. In my experience, the naming of sections is not as calculated at it might appear (or should be). In other words, come up with a name for a section that sounds neat or luxurious and run with it. Although this isn't a spring training example, let's take a look at Angel Stadium. The Angels have the following section names in their upper deck: [Read more…]
On Time Versus Late: The Effect of Framing on Subway Delays
After reading this post on Gawker about New York City subway delays, I was intrigued by how the information was (or could be) framed. The article mentions that 78.8% of New York City subway trains were on time in 2014. Mathematically, that suggests (as the article mentions as well) subway trains are late 21.2% of the time.
This got me thinking…what do people perceive as an acceptable rate for trains to be on time? What do people perceive as an acceptable rate for trains to be late? Look at those two questions again. Virtually the same question but framing the information in a slightly different way may influence perceptions. Thus, half of the people who answered the survey saw the following:
One report estimates that New York City subway trains are on time 78.8% of the time. Given a variety of potential issues (weather, construction, etc.), what do you think is a reasonable percentage for trains to be on time? [Read more…]
Framing and Issues With Nutrition Labels
All of my #1QFriday questions thus far have focused on a numerical response. How few miles is it from Eugene, OR to Philadelphia, PA? What percentage of 40-yard field goals does the average college kicker make? All of them required some sort of numerical estimate. This week's question switched to choice. Specifically, the task was to choose between two cans of soup:
Assuming you plan to eat the entire can of soup by yourself for dinner, which soup do you think is the healthiest choice?
Anchoring and The Effect of Survey Answer Format
A lot of the effects I have demonstrated thus far in my #1QFriday series have been on the question side of things. For example, "How many miles…" versus "How few miles" is a markedness effect built into the actual question. This week's survey looks at the answer side of things:
What do you think is the average attendance at a (FBS) college football game?
How Few Miles? Markedness & Distance
Markedness. Kind of a funny word. I barely knew how to pronounce it when I first saw it. But it has a serious influence on numerical perceptions. I have said on multiple occasions that words matter. A lot. This week's question continues to explore that idea:
How many miles do you think it is from Philadelphia, PA to Eugene, OR?
As you might be used to (if you're signed up to receive my surveys), there was more than one condition. Here are the other three options you might have seen: [Read more…]
Precision and Conversational Norms
Last week, I asked about differences in perception between a 39-yard, 40-yard and 41-yard field goal. The primary goal was exploring how people perceive various distances and differences between those distances. In other words, we might have some rough understanding of how hard a "40ish-yard field goal" is and thus lump in 39 yard and 41 yard field goals into one big perception of "40ish-yard field goals" as opposed to truly recognizing differences in difficulty between 39, 40, and 41 yards. Furthermore, it showed the psychology behind round numbers (such as 40) and their potential to change behavior. This week's survey explored a similar consumer psychology idea but in a different way: [Read more…]
(Potential) Power of Round Numbers
The majority of my research interests involve the relationship between words and numbers. How do words influence our (numerical) assessment of a situation? Last week, I asked what you expected a player's shooting percentage to be when a player's shooting was referred to as "good" vs. "not bad". On that note, I was in New York City this weekend and heard someone refer to the weather as "not hot". It was about 20 degrees outside. Apparently that idea plays out in the real world in terms of how people and businesses communicate. This week's survey explores the same broad idea (linguistic influences on perception) but in a slightly different way:
What percentage of 40-yard field goals does the average college kicker make?
The Psychology of Not
Words are extremely powerful. One word can be extremely powerful. We tend to throw out words without always thinking about how they are perceived. It can be interesting though to take a step back and think about what we are really trying to say and how people interpret the words we use. That leads us to last Friday's survey:
Why do prices end in .99?
Many of the questions people ask me are about pricing. One of the most popular questions is why do prices end in .99? It seems like everything from coffee to televisions and shoes to computers end with .99. So why do marketers do this? [Read more…]
What is the length of the Mississippi River? Depends on the line you draw first.
What is the length of the Mississippi River? Sounds like a fairly straight forward question but a concept known as anchoring (or magnitude priming) makes people respond to that question in unexpected ways.
Anchoring is psychology theory that suggests when people see a number, they are biased toward that initial number. What does that mean? Let's try an example. Consider the following question:
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Last spring I wrote about "Learning to Love the Phone" in my Japanese MFL class. It has been a journey for me from banned item to ubiquitous tool. As I wrote before I have a simple rule. It is out on the desk, upside down unless being used. Your phone is on mute and if it goes off, you apologize and rectify it immediately. If you are caught sneaking texts or Facebook updates you will not be using your phone for the week.
My students use dictionary apps that are free to download and provide character readings. They also use the phone to record quick conversations to show mastery of a topic. With 5 minutes to record a conversation that utilizes the particular point, they can immediately send me their 'proof of learning'. My senior students also use the phone to access Edmodo as a class discussion tool. They are quick to respond to posts using their phones; much faster than if I relied on them being at a station. Next semester I am branching out to use polling and other phone based options – like Socrative.
However it isn't just my students that have their phones at the ready. Mine is now out on my desk full-time. My phone is a great tool in documenting my classes. What do I use it for?
Activities in Progress – Photos and video of activities as they unfold are great. They give life to the 'word based' lesson plan and add key details into 'how it went'. I not only use the visual option for my own records, but also in promoting department activities (note: student faces/identifying features are always blurred – I use iPhoto/iMovie options for this). It's not only the sights but also the sounds of the room that are important. I take advantage of the recording function, and the ability to discreetly hold it in my hand to sample student interaction. It's quick, easy and when I collect enough snippets – easily merged into an 'audio collage' of the activity. My students know that I do record on the fly and will never publish anything that identifies them.
Final 'boards' – My language lessons can be quite organic – driven by thematic topic, or student need. Sometimes, instead of the computer, I use the whiteboard for these kind of notes. My phone helps me to quickly capture what the boards end up looking like. I have a record of not only what happened but information for the next time that I plan to do the activity.
Evernote Access– This year I am committed to using Evernote to record my year in teaching. One of the reasons is the ability to use my mobile to access and add to anything in my notebooks. Photos from class can quickly be added to notes. My audio clips are also easily added to my daily lesson plans. No need to load/transfer etc. Simple and effective for me – and one of the selling key features for me of Evernote.
Leading by Example – I have my phone out and open on my desk. I use it just as the students are asked to do in my class. My phone is out and upside down unless its being used. What I am not doing is texting or checking Twitter or Facebook during class time. Perhaps the most powerful thing about using my phone – modelling proper etiquette and use in the class environment.
There are many more phone possibilities that I hope to explore in the future. What do you use your phone for?


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Litigation Release No. 18816 / August 2, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Anthony P. Postiglione, Jr., et al., Civil Action No. 04-CV-3604 (E.D. Pa.)
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") announced that on July 30, 2004, it filed an emergency civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Anthony P. Postiglione, Jr. ("Postiglione"), of Malvern, PA and William J. Lennon ("Lennon"), of Media, PA, sole shareholders of defendant Fountainhead Asset Management, LLC ("FAM"), the general partner of, and unregistered investment adviser to, a hedge fund, defendant Fountainhead Fund, LP ("the Fund"), located in Wayne, PA. Pursuant to the Commission's motion, the Honorable Legrome D. Davis issued an order temporarily enjoining the defendants from violating the antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; freezing the defendants' assets; appointing a receiver; granting expedited discovery; and scheduling a hearing on the Commission's motion for a preliminary injunction for August 5, 2004.
The Commission's Complaint alleges that, from November 2001 through the present, Postiglione and Lennon have raised approximately $5 million for the Fund from at least 18 private investors. Through a series of fraudulent acts, defendants Postiglione and Lennon, acting through FAM, have obtained assets fraudulently, have lulled investors into keeping their assets in the Fund, and have misused investor funds. The Complaint alleges that, from the inception of the Fund through the present, Postiglione and Lennon have sent false quarterly statements and newsletters to investors, consistently overstating the Fund's value and performance. In addition, they have overstated the amount of Postiglione's personal investment in the Fund and the Fund's performance in order to lure new investments. Further, in violation of their fiduciary duties to their clients, Postiglione and Lennon excessively traded several Fund securities accounts for the sole purpose of generating soft dollar credits, which they then withdrew as cash and used for, among other things, their own personal living expenses. The Complaint alleges that, during the course of this fraud, Postiglione and Lennon also misappropriated several hundred thousand dollars of Fund assets for their personal use. As of the date of filing, investor funds in the Fund totaled approximately $1.7 million.
The Complaint alleges that defendants Postiglione, Lennon, FAM, and the Fund have violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and that Postiglione, Lennon, and FAM have violated Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act. The Complaint seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement together with prejudgment interest, and civil penalties.


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Zipurksy poses with three SACH patients, including Houzanoul (left) after his heart surgery.
Meet Jonathan Zipursky DMS '12:The 2011-2012 Syvertsen Fellow
Discovering the Heart of Medicine
It was a three-year-old boy named Houzanoul who helped Jon Zipursky understand and feel the gravity of congenital heart diseases in children. The summer after his first year in medical school, Zipursky had traveled to Israel to volunteer with the nonprofit organization Save a Child's Heart (SACH).
"I vividly recall watching Houzanoul run around the yard behind the SACH house, stopping every few minutes in tears to catch his breath while squatting low to the ground," wrote Zipursky in a Spring 2011 feature article in Dartmouth Medicine magazine. Zipursky is the 2011-12 Syvertsen Fellow, an honor given to a fourth-year medical student who exhibits the qualities that Dr. Rolf C. Syvertsen embodied, such as academic excellence, scientific rigor, and humanism.
Zipursky's experience in Israel was "formative," he says, not because he plans to pursue pediatrics--his interests lie in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and oncology--but because it showed him the toll an illness can take on a family. It's not just the patient that a physician cares for, he learned, "it's everyone around them, too."
That realization is one of many that Zipursky experienced during his four years at DMS. With a degree in biochemistry, he entered medical school with a passion for the science of medicine. But it was his passion for delivering excellent and compassionate clinical care that really blossomed during his time as a student, thanks, in part, to his experiences in Israel and his DMS mentors.
Zipurksy was particularly moved by how much DMS physicians care about their patients and how much they enjoy their work. He found that especially true when he took an elective rotation in gastroenterology at DHMC. The faculty and the fellows "were really excited and enthusiastic about what they were doing and that really pulled me in." Zipursky credits Assistant Professor Corey Siegel, who directs Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, with sparking his interest in gastroenterology and giving him the opportunity to learn how to design and carryout a research project. Under Siegel's guidance, Zipursky developed a survey to test the effectiveness of an interactive, online tool in educating patients about colonoscopies.
"He's guided me through the whole research process and helped me to develop my own ideas," says Zipursky. So often medical students are asked to help with a project that is already in progress, he says, but Siegel "helped me create a project for myself." That has been "an invaluable experience," says Zipursky---an experience that will serve him well, no matter which field he chooses.
As for being named a Syvertsen Fellow, Zipursky says the honor meant even more to him after attending an honorary dinner with his fellow Syvertsen Scholars and the Syvertsen Memorial Alumni Committee. "Hearing the way former students talked about him," he says, "you could see how inspiring he was."
But what resonates the most with Zipursky when he thinks of this legendary DMS professor and mentor is Dr. Syvertsen's "love of learning and passion for medicine." So far in his medical career, Zipursky embodies both qualities--and many more.
January 2012
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I met author A.M. Hargrove at UtopYA and decided she would be the first author I would spotlight. She has many books and I was lucky enough to purchase most of them. *squeel I can't wait to start reading them. I am going to list each of her books with a brief synopsis. I hope you enjoy and find a new book to add to your TBR list. At the end of the post I have a giveaway for a tote, shirt and some swag.
The Guardians of Vesturon (5 books)
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The eye can be taken a look at with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional examination includes the ability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye may be evaluated in numerous methods. The patient may be asked to identify illuminated letter or items of differing sizes on exactly what is referred to as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye may be made in numerous methods. Tension within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific diseases, particularly in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased markedly.
It ought to be well remembered that a client with an eye problem may have other problems. Often other physical conditions are main and affect the eye as a effect. The look of the eye can inform the patient and the physician to difficulties in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
One's dependence on sight is emphasized when one faces a possible or temporary irreversible loss of this vital sense. When corrective steps are looked for, certain forms of vision correction such as contact lenses or spectacles are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgical operations were established to encourage reduced usage of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgery.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgical treatment is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another kind of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this kind of surgical treatment, one's vision is remedied completely.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are completely changed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The main function of this surgical treatment is to develop a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade known as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is finally reformed, allowing better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
Amidst the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgical treatment, there are still disadvantages that individuals need to understand. Probably, the discover this info here main reason this kind of eye surgical treatment has become well accepted is because most of its cases had achieved success.
In spite of its success, there are still some disadvantages. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most delicate part of the eye
Due to the fact that LASIK eye surgical treatment includes the operation of the retina, which is among the most sensitive portions of the eye, many people say that the operation can be very risky.
In other words, a simple error might practically cause an individual's lifetime blindness. It is crucial to think about lots of aspects before deciding whether LASIK eye surgery is the best corrective step one has to go through.
2. It is not a ideal procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment might correct your vision but it does not always suggest that it can give you a twenty-twenty. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the clients may have 20/20 vision, this does not necessarily imply they have perfect vision too.
Provided all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK might not constantly Look At This be the ideal eye surgery the method many people view it
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. It must be well remembered that a patient with an eye issue might have other issues. Often other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can alert the physician and the patient to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other symptoms present themselves.
Like its concrete equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another kind of vision correction.
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687 Maple Tree Ln Erlanger, KY 41018
Super adorable low maintenance all brick ranch situated on a beautiful lot! Charming hardwood floors accent this home! Updated kitchen and baths to include newer flooring, hardware, appliances and fixtures, pt finished LL includes spacious family rm and plenty of storage, 1-car garage w/keyless entry, Large Deck allowing for endless outdoor entertainment possibilities, FREE 1-Year Home Warranty!
NOTE: This property was sold on 5/31/2016 and is no longer available. The details listed below are believed accurate to the date of the sale and are subject to change.
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|F (Level: 1)
|Bath 2:
|P (Level: 1)
|Room Dimensions
|Bedroom 1:
|13 x 10 (Level: 1)
|Bedroom 2:
|12 x 9 (Level: 1)
|Bedroom 3:
|9 x 9 (Level: 1)
|Family Room:
|23 x 11 (Level: L)
|15 x 13 (Level: 1)
|Laundry Room:
|20 x 13 (Level: L)
|Living Room:
|15 x 12 (Level: 1)
|Boone County
|0.18 Acres
|Dishwasher, Garbage Disposal, Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Washer
|Concrete Floor, Part Finished, Walkout
|Basement Type:
|Brick, Stone
|Central Air
|Built in, Front
|Garage spaces:
|Forced Air, Gas
|Inside Features:
|Multi Panel Doors, Natural Woodwork
|Eat-In, Other, Vinyl Floor, Walkout, Wood Cabinets
|1 Story
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|Bath Adjoins, Other, Wood Floors
|220 Volt, Busline Near, Cable TV, Ceiling Fan, Garage Door Opener, Home Warranty, Pets Allowed, Recess Lights, Smoke Alarm, Sump Pump
|Deck, Porch, Wood Fence
|Driveway, Off Street
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About Erlanger
Erlanger is third-largest city in Kenton County with a population of 18,000+ residents. The area was settled around 1807 with a log cabin. The community grew through time and was originally called Timberlake, then Greenwood and Silver Lake. The city was finally named after the Parisian family bank of Emile d'Erlanger that helped finance the town's development.
Erlanger is called "The Friendship City" and as one of the older communities in the area, it is predominately a residential area with many old family businesses and new enterprises lining the two major highways running through the city. Older homes of all sizes and styles can be found in this community. Also, new development is still available offering a variety of home styles.
Erlanger is situated in the middle of the Northern Kentucky area bordering on I-75 and I-275. T.A.N.K. buses serve Erlanger at about 20-minute intervals. Donaldson Road leads off Dixie Highway to the I-75 interchange. Driving time to Cincinnati is about 15 minutes. The Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is is located in Hebron, Kentucky and is a short drive away.
St. Elizabeth West is on Turfway Road in Florence. St. Elizabeth South is on Dudley Road in Edgewood. Hospitals are 10 minutes from Erlanger. There is also an Erlanger Rescue Squad available through the Erlanger Police. Children's Hospital is located in Cincinnati.
There are several shopping centers in the area including Crestview Hills Town Center in neighboring Edgewood, which offers more than a dozen restaurants and 50+ retailers. The spacious Florence Mall, with two-level shopping, offers approximately 125 stores. Restaurants are only a few minutes away.
Activities for youths include little league baseball, knothole baseball, and pee wee football. Roller skating and bowling establishments are in the area. Other activities convenient to the area are golf, tennis, and dancing. The public library is on Dixie Highway. The Silver Lake Recreation Center offers fitness and exercise equipment, gymnastics, youth programs, senior programs and an aquatic center.
There are 12 parks in Erlanger: "Center Street and Locust Parks" are across the street from each other and offer a basketball courts and play areas. The "Railroad Depot Park" is the home of the Erlanger Historical Society and the Depot Museum. Also find a play areas, grass field and a picnic shelter there. "Flagship Park" has a climbing wall volleyball court, play areas, unpaved walking trails, grassy areas, picnic shelter and a fishing pond. "Stetter Park" has a basketball court, swingsand a grassy field. "Locust Street and Mistry Creek Park" both feature a basketball court and swings. "Rainbow Park" offers a basketball court, picninc area, practice soccer field,and a climbing center. "Sherbourne Park" has a climbing area and swings. "SilverLake Park" has two basketball courts, play areas, tennis courts, sand volleyball court, soccer and baseball fields, picnic areas and is located near the Silverlake Rec Center. "Spring Valley Park"has a walking/bike path, baseball and soccer field, play area and is near the Nature Park. "Maywood Park" features a basketball court. "The Glades of Erlanger Park" is a nature trail park.Erlanger hosts quite a few community events throughout the year including Valentine's Day, Easter, Heritage Day, Halloween and Christmas. There are also many events throughout the warmer months including concerts.


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Good picture clarity both still and video
Though the order said free 4GB card i received an 8GB card
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Canon IXUS 145 camera is a very nice product it has got a separate charging option but having an 8 GB card for the storage of the Photos is nice. Thanks to the Deal given by Amazon and the seller..Read More
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8GB Memory Card + Case (Not a Hard one) included inside the box pack.
The make is not upto the mark. Ixus series is known for the same but unfortunatly It dosnt
This is a very nice camera.....
Its image quality, pixels, flash and main thing its video recording is very good.
It has echo mode which can handled and is really helpful in saving energy so
Bought it on December 3rd 2014. Has been serving me since! Really amazing camera! If you want a low range point and shoot go for the IXUS series. IXUS truly works out wonders! The video and pictureRead More
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Its a budget camera and worth for its price. LCD Screen resolution could have been better however for this price it is good enough.Read More
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Great Build Quality
Awesome Zoom
Nice Auto Camera Mode
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Struggles badly at night.
After few montha of use, the zoom got sluggish and for it
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So I am a little (LOT) late posting these....so I'll just get right to it!
These are two of my swap for my stamping group's Valentine Postcard Swap.
Close to My Heart Cardstock (pink & red both retired colors)
Black CS is DCWV
Basic Grey Bittersweet 6"x6" pad
Cricut Love Struck Seasonal Cartridge (heart)
Distressed Hearts Background by Unity Stamp Company
Sentiment is cut from a piece of paper I got at Hobby Lobby (unknown manufactorer)
This was our Valentine's surprise when we woke up. Valentine's Day is always a day Keith has to work being in the Restaurant business. So we peeked at our presents, went to church and then he had to go to work. We went to dinner the next night to celebrate. :o)
This was the card I made for Keith.
KI Memories Kiss Me Collection Papers
Trees stamp is by Unity Stamp Company, it was in a kit of the month and the kit is listed as KOM-9 on their site
you + me = happy sentiment from Unity Stamp Company you + me = happy set
Trees were colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits)
This is part of Keith's present, though I doubt he will use it. Last Spring we had our pictures made for the church directory and I used a wallet sized to make him this sweet little momento.
Supplies are KI Memories Kiss me Paper Collection
I tried a new format with the post today, and am not sure I like it, so we'll see. Thanks for stopping by. NOW GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!


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Edinburgh Council property: Criminal proceedings being considered
A police investigation into corruption at Edinburgh City Council's property care department could result in proceedings against 17 people.
Prosecutors have received a report which includes allegations of criminal conduct.
The department is responsible for repairs to council owned properties in the capital.
The Crown Office is now considering whether it will pursue criminal proceedings.
In June, it was revealed 15 people had been arrested and charged with offences including fraud and money laundering, but it has now emerged two further people have been identified by the inquiry.
A Crown Office spokesman said: "Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's Serious and Organised Crime Division has received a report from Lothian and Borders Police alleging criminal conduct by 17 individuals in relation to the work of the property care services department of the City of Edinburgh Council.
"The report is being given detailed consideration and a decision as to whether criminal proceedings are to be raised will be made in due course."