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Ryan Porteous is ambitious but realistic. As a lifelong Hibs fan, the moment he makes his first-team debut can't come quickly enough.
However, at the age of just 18 and up against the likes of Darren McGregor, Efe Ambrose, Paul Hanlon, Liam Fontaine and Jordon Forster for a place in head coach Neil Lennon's central defence, he knows that's not likely to come any time soon.
And, having spent last season – highly successfully – on loan at League Two newcomers Edinburgh City, Porteous admits he'd happily be farmed out again if the Easter Road club believe that's in his best interests.
He said: "Obviously, it's going to be an exciting season with Hibs back in the Premiership but, on a personal level, although I'd love to be part of the gaffer's plans, when you look at the central defenders we have it's not going to be easy to break into the first team.
"There might be the opportunity for me to go on loan again and I'd be happy with that. I have to trust what Eddie May, Grant Murray and the gaffer say. They have been right with everything so far so I trust them."
Porteous has no doubts he is a far better player thanks to his season with Hibs' near neighbours, the exposure to the rough and tumble of professional football having helped improve his game in every aspect.
He said: "I have to thank City manager Gary Jardine and his backroom staff for having a lot of faith in me. I was only 17 so it was a bit of a gamble to throw me in. But I think after a few games I showed what I was capable of and as the season went on I got more confident.
"My physicality not only improved but also my brain, playing against guys like Peter Weatherson and even playing with and in training against Craig Beattie. The biggest striker I played against the development league was probably my size, but in League Two there were guys a lot heavier than me.
"You do struggle for a bit but having a big bloke like Joe Mbu alongside helped. There's the technical and tactics side but then you have to learn about the physical side and the competitiveness of it all."
There was also the benefit of being initiated into the darker side of the game. Porteous said: "You quickly learn a few of the dirty tricks, an elbow in the face, nipping. Playing against experienced strikers you have to take the rough and tumble, learn to dish it out as well as take it. They aren't going to hold back just because you are 17."
Porteous combined playing for City with turning out for Hibs in the SPFL Development League which, along with games for Scotland's Under-19 side, saw him clock up more than 70 games last season, one day returning from international duty to pull on a green-and-white jersey a few hours later and then volunteering to play again that night for City, only to be over-ruled by Jardine. He said: "At my age, all you want to do is play and I did feel as if I could play the two games that day and I'll be happy to play as many matches as I can again this season."
No disrespect to City, but Porteous believes playing for a side newly promoted to the SPFL and favourites to be relegated was of particular benefit.
He said: "I think you learn more as a defender being in a team that needs to defend – you learn the tricks of the trade.
"It was a big responsibility playing central defence at 17. Strikers my age can grab themselves a headline with a first-team goal but for us one mistake and the opposition can be through on goal and you have cost the team. With pressure comes consistency."
There were moments, though, when Porteous created his own headlines, scoring the only goal of the game that secured City's first league win at their Meadowbank home and then claiming a last-minute winner away to Arbroath which guaranteed they were safe from the threat of relegation.
Porteous said: "Scoring for our first home victory was good but it was a great feeling that last-minute goal at Arbroath. You could see what it meant to Gary and everyone with the celebrations afterwards."
Dumbarton boss Stevie Aitken has already expressed an interest in taking Porteous on loan for the coming season and the youngster admitted another spell with a part-time club which would allow him to continue training with Lennon's squad at East ~ Mains appealed. He said: "I haven't spoken to anyone but if it happens then a step up I'd be happy with as long as Hibs believe it's the right move, the right club, right manager and so on.
"I don't think there's a better place to develop as a young player than at Hibs, training alongside the guys we have here. I was a season-ticket holder and grew up watching the likes of Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson so to train with them and the likes of Efe who has played at the highest level, beating Barcelona and so on, is a terrific education."


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Since I last posted, holidays have come and gone. Here is a brief summary of everything..
I went to go visit this fellow ^ in Louisiana. It was such a wonderful visit.
What is a trip to Louisiana if you don't see a gator?
We did all sorts of things like: Spent time with some of my family, visited a local museum, I got a tour of his childhood neighborhood, we ate Canes chicken, fed ducks, went to the boardwalk, and got lots of Christmas shopping done.
My friend Destrea came to visit me and we had a great time together. I spent Christmas with my family and then came back to school for another semester.

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Oral Probiotics
7.11.17 in General
Healthy Mouth Sounds- Oral Probiotics
There are 3 determinants of the severity of infection. 1. The quantity of infective agents (eg. How many bacteria); 2. The virulence of the infective agents (how "nasty" are the bacteria); 3. Host resistance.
For example, as we evaluate the periodontal tissues of the mouth we assess the presence or absence of inflammation, in the presence of bacteria, and determine a plan that will eliminate this very common infection. Gingivitis and periodontitis is a very common finding in many mouths, and based on the above understanding of infection, treatment often starts with reducing the quantity of bacteria causing the infection. This can be done mechanically by cleaning the infected surfaces, or by adding antibiotics in various forms to the treatment. A bacterial pathogen is the wrong bacteria in the wrong place at the wrong time. Even though we can diminish the quantity of wrong bacteria in our periodontal tissues, we then leave a void- to be filled in with whatever infective agents are present. For this reason pro-biotic therapy is now recognized to be of value.
We have previously known and used probiotics to replace gut bacteria, for instance, following antibiotic therapy that may wipe out the normal gut flora. Well, much like that concept, yet specific for the oral environment, we can utilize replacement of oral bacteria to assure healthy tissues.
EvoraPro- a probiotic for oral care is the first probiotic for oral care. Backed by 30 years of clinical research, EvoraPro tablets are a combination of 3 strains of beneficial bacteria for the oral cavity.
Probiotic bacteria are the right bacteria in the right place at the right time.
So, by decreasing the quantity of bacterial pathogens , followed by replacement of beneficial bacteria with EvoraPro, we can greatly improve the health of the oral environment. We also see other beneficial effects, namely, fresher breath, and whiter teeth.
One tablet is dissolved on the tongue after brushing daily, and you will be on the way to fresher breath, whiter teeth, and healthy gums. Call us at Family Dental Care, 610-863-8988, to start your oral probiotics.
Stay tuned in and keep smiling. Dr.W


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Avantium will attend this event jointly organized by TKI-BBE and RWE. The convention covers two days. Topics for the first day include the origin and availability of various types of biomass, technical developments and potential uses of biomass in the circular economy. Ed de Jong, VP Development, will present on this first day. Ed de Jong, VP Development Strategic […]Find out more »
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To all parents of Year 11s, especially those going through it for the first time,
Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy few months.
It's that time of year again, the run up to the most fraught time of the year for parents pupils and teachers –
Exam season.
So I thought I'd write a short(ish) guide to Year 11s from the perspective of a teacher.
In my Rossall days, the Easter holidays were a time for relaxation, a short trip and then intense preparation for the exam period ahead.
My preparation involved working out a plan of attack for each individual year 11 with one aim and one aim only,
How can I get the very best out of them?
Or, more accurately, how can I best contribute to their success in German?
(Please note: the following is based on my experience of my own subject, this may not be the same for all subjects, plus see my disclaimer)
Each pupil had a unique set of requirements and it was up to me to structure the next term to meet as many of them as possible.
I have to point out that I had it easy, I was in a private school and therefore had the benefit of not being tied to the ridiculous demands of Ofstead and I had small class sizes (although they were getting bigger and had I stayed, I would have had to adapt).
The Easter holidays were also the time I mentally prepared myself for the annual destruction and devastation of the German Language, also known as 'German Orals'.
I was always guaranteed a couple of outstanding performances, a couple of delightful A grade performances, a couple of quirky or left field performances and a few solid Cs, but mostly it was an audio horror show, the like of which…
oh God, please don't make me relive it…
I'd tended towards a way of teaching that took them as far as possible away from memorising. I wanted them to work with the language, not simply regurgitate it.
And the Speaking exam was the one I, as a teacher, had the least control over.
I could give the vocab, I could correct the grammar, force them to practice in class as much as possible, but they have to actually learn it, they have to put the time in.
How well they do, depends ENTIRELY on how much time they put into it.
The main problem was that the German Orals always happened early in May and the 'EXAM SURVIVAL REVISION INSTINCT' hadn't properly kicked in yet.
At the end of the speaking exam, I could tell you exactly who could be bothered and who couldn't. I knew exactly where they were at and usually I had an accurate target grade in mind for each of them. I could clearly identify who would achieve their target and who likely wouldn't, without a serious kick up the backside!
A Short(ish) Guide to Year 11s
Year 11s come in many types. I've come up with a few pairings.
Each pair illustrates the ends or extremes on the scale.
Like a bell-curve, (which, dear DfE/Ofstead, is how everything, except State School levels/targets, works)
Most can move up or down the scale during Year 11 depending on a variety of outside sources/pressures (i.e. parents, teachers, friends, emotions).
The types outlined here are the extremes, I believe there are always advantages and disadvantages of the extremes and the more successful option is to be in the middle. The further you get to either end, the higher the disadvantages.
NOTE: Their position on the scale can differ depending on the subject/teacher. There were Year 11s who were realist slackers in German, but highly ambitious, over-achievers in other subjects and vice versa.
As a little educational exercise, those of you with Year 11s in the house, see if you can pinpoint where your one is on each scale, ask your Year 11 where they think they are on the scale, have that discussion rather than the "How's your revision coming along" discussion.
The High/Over-Achiever vs The Realist
This scale relates to their self-belief or ambition.
The High/Over-Achiever values themselves highly and has high self-belief (they know they can achieve the high grades) and show high levels of successful habits. (see here for explanation of what these are)
They know what they want to achieve and by Jingo, they're going to achieve it.
The Realist believes that they are what they are and there's nothing they can do to change things. Full stop, end of story. They have goals and ambitions, but firmly believe they are out of reach and therefore do not even dare to dream.
In my experience most Year 11s lean closer to the Realist end of the scale, unfortunately.
The Slogger vs The Optimist
This scale relates to their attitude to revision
The Slogger will have a strict revision schedule and adhere to it religiously. They have fixed goals and usually have something to prove, to themselves or others. They tend to over-revise and become a little bit obsessed with being in their revision space at exactly 12.20pm because they only have a half hour window to learn the irregular verbs
The Optimist will have their own system which involves turning up to the exam and the information will just appear in their minds at the right time. They are often prone to over-confidence, have a history of success, but never seem to be doing much work at all. They are masters of the 'Look Busy' attitude to work.
(NOTE: For some people this style is so successful at school, it persists into adulthood and explains many useless politicians, overpaid executives and CEOs who fail spectacularly, destroying entire companies in the process.)
The Ambitious Year 11 vs The Slacker Year 11
This refers to their work ethic.
Some pupils start working hard in September of Year 11
The Ambitious Year 11, however, will start working hard on day one of Year 10. They make copious, neatly-organised notes, they re-write essays after marking so that they have the original and marked version in their files. Homework is done on time or early. They attend all extra sessions, they stop doing hobbies because 'exams are coming up I have to revise'.
Come Easter time, they start to forget to do things, such as eat, sleep and, occasionally, breathe.
The Slacker Year 11 group can also be split into the workshy (or lazy) and the resigned (I'm rubbish at this, so what's the point). The Slacker Year 11 usually only starts working during the Easter holidays, traditionally the time when parents realise that exams are coming up and they've never seen their Year 11 even crack open a book. This prompts 'the exam revision discussion'. This leads to 'parental-observed' revision, which is essentially
when a Year 11 ensures that they are studiously revising whenever observed, or when there is a possibility that they are being observed, by their parents.
Although essentially for show, it has the unexpected benefit of them actually looking at the book and therefore actually revising, even if subconsciously.
It is not unusual for a Slacker Year 11 to immediately transform into an Ambitious Year 11 after a shock. This is almost always around the time that they are getting the results of their mock exams in December/January.
I tried not to be alarmed when a pupil, who I thought hated German, suddenly started handing in homework on time or asking for more work. I simply suppressed the urge to be sarcastic and went along with it.
It is also not unusual for an Ambitious Year 11 to transform into a Slacker Year 11. This is usually due to stress or burn out. The solution is reminding them that there is a world outside of the revision bubble and it can be fun.
Whenever I saw my class lose the joy of German, I used to let them watch a German film, one with a frisson of fun/excitement, you'd be astonished what Germans consider appropriate for a 12 certificate!
No, seriously, you'd be astonished…
The key for me was working out where on each of the scales, each pupil is and giving them the tools to reach their potential.
As an overview here's some strategies I used.
The High/Over-Achiever needs to chill the F out and relax. I would remind them that life needs balance, warn them of burn out and I force them to relax as far as possible, usually by suggesting they (re)start a hobby that has nothing to do with school.
The Realist needs constant positive reassurance and I would work with them through a task they don't believe they can complete successfully, showing them that they can. This usually involved breaking each task down into smaller achievable tasks.
After a couple of years, I accepted that Year 11s on the far extremes sometimes can't be helped. Their beliefs are too fixed and certain. These pupils tended to underperform because they put too much or too little pressure on themselves.
The Slogger usually needs to learn to revise smarter. I used to explain how you can use past paper work to focus revision on weaker topics, thus they can be more effective, in less time.
The Optimist needs to be shown that they can't just walk into an exam and what I usually did was give them a pre-mock surprise test and then I would shave around 10-20% (sometimes up to 30%) off their marks. There's nothing more guaranteed to shake up an optimist, who generally gets around 80% without even trying, than a mark of around 65%. Sometimes this happens naturally, but sometimes a little bit of harsh marking is necessary to achieve the desired %. Either way, it shakes them up a bit.
As for work ethic and the The Ambitious Year 11 vs The Slacker Year 11
This is the only pairing where my approach was the same.
The entire class would receive my
"Get Your Head In The Game"
Some of my former pupils are very familiar with this speech, as it was often given many times in the Summer Term.
Essentially it involved reminding them that this is their first opportunity to take control of their lives, this is the first time when the amount of effort they put in, shows directly in the results they receive in August.
I told them that they can make the choice what they want to do, but be aware that there is nothing worse than seeing that look on results day. That I-Wish-I-Could-Go-Back-In-Time look. That look when they see a grade and they know they could have got a better one, had they just done a tiny bit more.
Please let me know in comments if you think it'd be good to post, in another article, a more in depth look at strategies I tried and what results I got.
All I can say is that the results were, like the Year 11s themselves, always varied, often unexpected and occasionally surprising.


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But I've gotten kind of stuck and wanted to get out of this rut. I LOVE trying out new recipes and really like stepping out of our typical meals. Or taking a typical meal and changing it up a bit. This recipe took something I'd normally do with chicken and used fish. And boy was it tasty!
For those readers on Weight Watchers, if you'd like to reduce the points in this meal you can reduce the fish size to 3 ounces. I just prefer a larger portion of fish when points allow so I feel more full.
I'm hoping to try a few more fish recipes before the end of Lent. If you have any to suggest please do!
Inspiration: What's Cookin, Chicago?
Teriyaki Salmon
- 4 6 ounce salmon fillets
- 1/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 minced garlic cloves
Mix all of the ingredients in a ziploc bag and let marinate in the fridge for 6-24 hours. Preheat grill (or grill pan) and spray with cooking spray.
Remove the salmon from the bag and place on grill. Cook on each side until opaque and flakey, about 5 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets.
Serves 4 | 9 WW+ Points


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The next morning Carolyn showed us the way she walked to school at Cornell. Could this place be any more gorgeous?! I couldn't believe it!
That's Rory in the red, and their beautiful Llewellin Setter.
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Beautiful photos - nature sure is amazing! And that house! Wow!ReplyDelete
All of this is breathtaking. Just when I think nature trumps anything man-made, you show us this house!!! Incredible! If the world is ending, I'm glad that he is going out in such great style!!!ReplyDelete
that house is amazing
and the fall colors
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text: CRAZY!!!! He Drives His Jeep Into His Pool! Power Zone Staff Not much to say here, but this one if funny! It starts with the Jeep in the distance and people cheering…. and you think to yourself "no he couldn't"…. "he wouldn't"… And then in the blink of an eye it happens….. Watch… Prev postNext postSee the next post Check Out These Diesel Truck Deals! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Post navigation ← Previous Next →


text: Well, charms have been thwarted. I am freaking out about finding a place to live. I'm actually fighting tears. I don't want to try to find an apartment! Maybe I can start teaching special ed and get a housing subsidy--or look into those apartments on Craigslist where you only pay $200 but live with a dirty old man and are encouraged to wear very little when lounging around the apartment. It is not fair that something that shouldn't matter can be so stressful. It is not fair.


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The 12D group worked on the project that explored how people's needs and interests have been changing throughout centuries. Each group researched on the chosen times and worked hard on reconstructing popular in these eras objects and products. These have been used to compose the 'still lifes from the different times'. The final outcome are the photographs that take us on the journeys to the Golden Age of Piracy and to the 1960s.
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West Virginia State College, Drain-Jordan Library, Circulation Department Manual of Circulation Desk Procedures.
West Virginia State College, Drain-Jordan Library, Circulation Department Manual of Circulation Desk Procedures. - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
This manual is designed to prepare and aid the staff for expected duties working at the circulation desk at Drain-Jordan Library at West Virginia State College. The manual is divided into sections to help with a quick review of procedures and policies. Topics discussed include an overview of the circulation department; patron registration; circulation of library materials; computer downtime and manual circulation system; delinquencies and fines; additional services, including holds and recalls; reserve collections; money accounting; student assistants; monthly and annual reports; bindery; public service needs at the desk; and emergency procedures. (JLB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Education, Library Personnel, Library Role, Library Services, Library Standards
Autor: Brooks, Monica A.
Fuente: https://eric.ed.gov/?q=a&ft=on&ff1=dtySince_1992&pg=11405&id=ED366354


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Applesauce – extremely versatile, sugar-free apple sauce
This applesauce is a simple, healthy and sugar free marmalade/condiment. Perfect with pancakes, to be used as a substitute for sugar or oil in many recipes for muffins and cakes, to be used as a base for sweet and sour sauces or simply to be eaten (still warm) with a spoon as a healthy and delicious snack.
- 1.5 kg apples
- 120 ml water
- 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
Istruzioni: Applesauce – una salsa di mele senza zucchero estremamente versatile
Rinse your apples. Divide them into quarters and remove the core part but leave the skin on. Put them in a saucepan along with water and cinnamon.
Turn on the flame, cover the pan with a lid and bring the mixture to a boil. Uncover and cook on medium heat for 30 to 40 minutes (depending on how much juice your apples have produced) until all the apples are dissolved.
Turn off the flame, let cool down and blend until smooth in a stand mixer or by using a hand blender. Consume within a few days as it is sugar-free or you can divide this applesauce into containers, freeze it and then use it as needed. If you want to keep it longer transfer boiling hot applesauce to sterile, airtight containers. Close the lid and turn the jars upside down to create the vacuum effect.
lot of love. B.


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Penguins — Level 1
This class is for the novice swimmer. skills will include water adjustment, breath control and rhythmic breathing, underwater submersion, floating and gliding, beginning arm movements for front and back crawl, kicking and water safety.
To Advance To Sea Lions:
Demonstrate water comfort, under water submersion, bubble blowing, 10 bobs (rhythmic breathing), jumping in, float comfortably on both their front and back without support for 3 seconds, kick on front and back on their own for 5 seconds and safe entry and exit from water.


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// Photography: Anastasia Strate Photography // Lace Top: Macy's (similar here) // Dress: Love for LA // Shorts: CottonOn // Necklace: c/o Moose & Nigel // Watch: Betsy Johnson // Earrings: c/o INPink // Ring: Top Shop //
I love spring/summer for the fact that I get to wear a bajillion different boho styles! I love letting my inner flower child go crazy. 🙂 Style the fun crochet swimsuit tops with a bandeau or dress, then pair it with fun bangles and pendants.
This week brings much reflection as I leave a major chapter in my life and begin a new one. I leave The Color Run and Salt Lake City and start fresh. I've made some of my most cherished friendships and memories here. I'll forever be grateful for the kindness, acceptance and constant push to better myself. I've learned a lot of valuable lessons that will continue to boost me through to the next phase. Live life to the fullest and remember that the memories you make today will be the ones that shape who you are in the future. I'll miss you all! The next time I post, I'll be in my new home! Until then, my girl Sara B. said it best,
You said, remember that life is
Not meant to be wasted
We can always be chasing the sun!
So fill up your lungs and just run
But always be chasing the sun!
All we can do is try
And live like we're still alive!
-Sara Bareilles (Chasing the Sun)


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Originally Published: February 4, 2016 1:11 p.m.
Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity released new video Thursday, Feb. 4, of the only known wild jaguar currently in the United States.
Captured on remote sensor cameras in the Santa Rita Mountains just outside of Tucson.
This is the first-ever publicly released video of the jaguar, recently named 'El Jefe' by Tucson students.


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What should your high school junior be focusing on to prepare for the college process right now? For helpful direction, review some of my junior year posts:
"Your 11th Grader's 11 Steps to Success"
"11th Grade Parents' Reading List"
"The Next Six Months of College Visits"
"Preparing for College Essays by Journaling"
"High School Testing Strategy and Timeline"
"Should I Take the SAT, the ACT, or BOTH?"
"What Is Important to Colleges? Top Ten Factors"
"Do You Need a Passion to Get Into College?"
"College Consultants? Who Needs'em?"


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New Platform Fees are hurting small businesses
We've talked about how Upwork's new fee structure, which was launched on June 21, will hurt both freelancers and clients, take a look at that story here, but what we failed to mention in that article is that many of Upworks clients are small business owners. Additionally, other platforms, like Square, allow for small businesses to process mobile card payments for what used to be a fair fee. Many small businesses look to these platforms to supplement small workforces and to make payment for their services easier. Now, these recent changes to Upwork's and Square's fee structures could prove disastrous to small business owners as they need to save every penny they can.
Square is now incorporating a 2.75% swiping fee, they used to charge a much cheaper $275 a month for their services. While Upwork is charging 2.75% for every payment made through the platform. "An entrepreneur could use their Square credit card reader to process up to $21,000 in monthly transactions for a flat-fee of $275 per month. That's just .013 percent. Compare that to the industry standard charges that can be as high as three percent and it's easy to get excited about those massive savings. But the fun times came to an end when Square made the decision to pivot to a 2.75 percent swipe fee. Those $21,000 in transactions are going to cost you $577.50 in transactional costs". Reports Muhammad Azam of business.com.
As small businesses look elsewhere, it's freelancers who will pay the biggest price.


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On behalf of BC Living Arts, thank you for your interest in volunteering with us.
BC Living Arts could not operate without the collaborative efforts, commitment, and dedication of our community. In particular, our volunteers play a critical role in the success of our events and we are grateful that volunteers like you are willing to commit their time and energy to our organization.
We are currently seeking volunteers to assist with the following:
On July 10th and 11th, BC Living Arts needs help to execute a large scale music and arts festival. Jobs such as fundraising host, refreshment garden host, art installation host, and other positions are available. Please click here for more information. To sign up to help, please see below for contact information.
We also have ongoing, short-term opportunities to assist with poster distribution, office administration, and selling raffle tickets at the Saturday Farmer's Market throughout the summer of 2015.
For more information on these and other volunteer opportunities, please email: firstname.lastname@example.com or call: 250-571-5151. (This is a message line only. Please leave your name, phone number and indicate your interest in volunteering. We will get back to you soon!)
We look forward to hearing from you!


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Allow me to go off-topic a bit today and talk about e-book readers.
I've been reading e-books for almost a decade now, starting with a Handspring Visor running Palm OS and now on my iPhone. I've also used a dedicated e-book reader, so I've experienced e-books in many formats.
The big problem with the current generation of e-book readers is the format wars. Yes, it's Beta vs. VHS and HD vs. Blue Ray all over again.
There are three big contenders in the e-book reader world:
Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Noble Nook
Sony Reader
There are more books available in Kindle format than in .ePub, which is the format used by the other two. But library e-books, which are in .ePub or .pdf format, can't be read on Kindles.
So what is an e-book reader to do? Simple. Buy an iPhone or iPod Touch. These devices are now the most universal e-book readers. There is a Kindle app, a Nook app, Stanza for everything non-DRM, and iBooks, if you simply must buy from Apple.
And now there is BlueFire Reader, which plays nicely with Adobe DRM and allows reading library books. I downloaded and tested it this week, and it works well.
Except for a handful of Mobipocket DRM titles, which can be found in other formats, I can read anything on my iPhone.
Yes, all these also work on the iPad, and I expect BlueFire or a similar app will soon be available for Droid.
Why buy a dedicated reader when your smart phone can read anything? And before you say size does matter, remember that I started reading on a 160 by 160 pixel device. Modern smart phones are way beyond that. And most people have them with them all the time.
Any format. Any time. What's not to like?
Amazon is now selling more e-books than hardbacks. Some recent titles have sold more e-books than hardcovers, including sales from sources other than Amazon. It's a great time to be an author of e-books. What's stopping you from writing one?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
NaNoWriMo a Waste of Time?
I read an article yesterday that argued it is.
Briefly, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, and it happens every year in November. I wrote last week about my unofficial participation this year. Obviously I don't think it's a waste of time. Why did the author think it is? There were two main reasons given.
1. Amateurs often participate, and they focus on writing 50K words and ignore the editing process. Then in December, they spam editors and publishers with bad manuscripts.
2. The ones who do what they "should do," namely put the manuscripts in a drawer and forget about them have wasted the month.
I have sympathy for #1. I've read plenty of bad writing. It's painful, and any participants who ignore the revision part of the writing process are doing themselves (and unlucky readers) a disservice.
But #2 is unbearably arrogant.
Writing is something anyone can do. It doesn't require special tools or equipment. All you need are paper, pencils and an idea.
Writing 50K words in 30 days is hard work. I've been writing all my life, and I've never written that many words that quickly. It takes planning, discipline, determination and sacrifice.
All those are worthy things to learn and practice. 3 days in this exercise, and I've already had to juggle time to meet my goal. Last night, I wrote instead of watching TV because I was determined to make my goal. Even though the latest episode of Hawaii 5-O was calling. Loudly.
I'm learning I can write quickly. I don't need to agonize over every word. I had a character go in an entirely unexpected direction because I'm not stopping to self-edit. Will I keep that development? I don't know. That decision is for next month when I start editing.
There's value in writing 50K words in 30 days. Even if those words are never read by anyone else. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Total words so far: 5864. I'm still on track!
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Callum spelled out Charlie's name in the poem. (Photo: @luciedunne_/Twitter)
When he found out his teacher had lost her beloved dog, Charlie, little Callum of Glasgow, Scotland, wrote her a letter. The note was so thoughtful that the teacher's daughter shared it on Twitter.
"Mum's been so upset about the dog being put to sleep and stressing about having to go back into school today, and she got this from a wee boy in her class," Lucie Dunne wrote.
"To Mrs. Dunne," Callum wrote on the outside of the card. "Sorry if you don't like it or it makes you emotional."
Inside the card was a poem. It started, "I'm sorry about your dog. I want to say that your dog was..."
Then Callum spelled out "Charlie," along the side in an acrostic, pointing out the pup's many attributes.
And because kids can be so awesome sometimes, Callum wrote, "But most of all know your dog was special and your dog is in a better place and is looking over you."
Callum ended his letter with, "Charlie was a great dog."
At the time of publication, the tweet had been shared more than 22,000 times with 114,000 likes.
Of course, the young boy's thoughtfulness is tugging on quite a few heartstrings:
Whoever Callum's parents are they need a good pat on the back for raising a lovely, thoughtful child.— Kissing Frogs (@findaprince) February 20, 2018
made me emotional, this little one sums up the fear we all have of saying nothing about loss or saying the wrong thing, #NobelPrizeplease— Imelda Finnerty (@blisswords) February 20, 2018
What a wonderful young man! Faith in humanity's future restored.— Mary Diedrich (@marydslp) February 20, 2018
One commenter summed it up perfectly: "We need more Callums in the world."


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So I may have fibbed a little, just a teeny bit. I promised you a book-based blog this week, and while that one is ready I thought I'd delay it until next week - if only to talk about something a little topical, which by next week would no longer be as topical, and we'd have a topical-less blog. Now that's not something anyone wants is it?
Unless you've been living in a cave, you can't have failed to notice that the nation seems to be gripped with Jubilee fever. Other than sounding like a horribly itchy rash, it also makes me unsure as to how I should feel towards it.
|© Mike Penlington
Even the bus shelters have caught it. Nasty stuff.
I'm not entirely sure where to stand on this issue. As difficult as it apparently is for many to swallow, I'm not a royalist by any means. I have nothing against the Queen or the Royal family in any way, but as I favour a more socialist form of government, she's not my cup of tea when it comes to choosing my lords and masters. And that's not to say I don't realise I'm the only one living here, take David Cameron for example. I personally happen to think he's an arrogant public schoolboy with more money than sense, who doesn't care who he steps on provided his mates are doing okay. But it would seem lots of other people disagreed with me, and he got voted in, and I have to live with that.
Now while she doesn't have as much power as we might associate with a monarch, I'm still not a fan of someone who wasn't elected being in charge of things. I realise she and the other royals have done a lot of charity work, and are symbols of our heritage and culture and all this, but do we really need a celebration to mark it? Will I get the whole country throwing me a huge party after 60 years of me sitting on the throne? (That's what I like to call my toilet, it makes me feel important.)
We're meant to be in a recession, millions are jobless and we apparently have no money to fix it all. Yet we have enough to do all of this. Not that I'm against big celebrations mind, the Olympics are costing ridiculous amounts to fund but there are many readily apparent benefits to offset the costs (increased tourism, bigger interest generated in our country, etc).
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However, ever the optimist that I am, perhaps we can look at the good points of all this. Whatever else it's doing, it's bringing the nation together (in a manner of speaking). Whether you're celebrating or rebuking, it's being talked about. And as I'm reminded by the loud screams and smell of burgers emanating from my neighbours garden, people are gathering to celebrate. And while I'm not a fan of the reason, I do think it's good that people are getting together and being in each other's company. It's one of the things I somewhat envy America for, the idea of Thanksgiving has always appealed to me (regardless of it's dodgy roots and thievery of turkey from Christmas dinners everywhere).
But what do I know, I'm just a citizen. Just a lowly worker. Though I'll be honest, I wouldn't mind a national holiday on my birthday, or maybe just when I'm dead? I think I'd be okay with that. In any case, tomorrow is the day and soon it will be over, and we can go back to looking forward to the important things (Euro 2012, Christmas and the impending end of the world, yay!). And of course, next week's exciting instalment of what excuse I'll use to cover up not having written a proper blog.
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About the swim
online REGISTRATION
All swimmers can register online prior to the event at Malabar on 17 February 2019. You can register as an individual and then create a team of 4 swimmers once each individual has registered. Each swimmer or team will have the opportunity to raise funds online for Rainbow Club Australia.
Race day
Late registrations will be available on the day from 7.00am. Registration will close at 8.30 am for the 1km Swim and at 9.30 am for the 2.5km Swim. Entrants will be issued with a race kit - swim caps, race numbers and timing chips - which must be worn during the swim.
The 1km Swim starts at 9.00am and the 2.5km swim starts at 10.00am.
The course
The Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim course offers a choice of a 1km swim or a 2.5km swim, or a combination entry in both swims. The start and finish is on Malabar Beach. Marker buoys are positioned to indicate the course for each swim.
Swimming with a disability
The Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim is the only ocean swim event in NSW with its own disability category! 'The Magic' has a Junior and Senior category for both the 1km and 2.5km swims. If you would like a companion swimmer to join you in your training or on the day of the swim, or require a beach wheel chair on event day, please let us know by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
1km swim: Swimmers aged 10 years and above who have adequately trained for the event.
2.5km swim: Swimmers aged 13 years and above who have adequately trained for the event.
Team Entries (4 swimmers per team)
Teams of four may enter in either the 1km or 2.5km swims in the Open Category (no age restrictions). All members of a team enter as individuals (enter your exact team name when you register as an individual to connect with your other team mates). There is no extra charge for team entries. Team entries must be entered by Wednesday 13 February 2019. No team entries will be accepted on the day.
Teams and individuals are encouraged to combine their networks to fundraise and raise money for Rainbow Club, supporting children with a disability learning to swim.
Set a target to raise funds for Rainbow Club, you can get an info sheet on fundraising tips from firstname.lastname@example.com , just ask us.
preferred Wave Start
Only the 2.5km swim will offer an Elite Wave Start. The first wave into the water will be the Elite Wave. Top ranked swimmers may elect to participate in the Elite Wave and will not be eligible for age category prizes.
Swimming Aids
Swimmers may use extraneous swim aids such as flippers, snorkels, wetsuits or other flotation devices and will be entered in the relevant age category. However these entrants will not be eligible for age category prizes (unless the swimmer is also entered as a swimmer with a disability).
Cold Water
Wetsuits will be permitted if the water temperature drops below 18 degrees on the morning of the swim.
Safety and Risk
For the protection of all swimmers, water control and safety will be under the authority of Randwick Council lifeguards and district surf clubs. The course will be patrolled by IRBs, jet skis, ski and board paddlers. Qualified personnel in emergency first aid and medical procedures will be on site.
It should be noted that ocean swimming is a demanding sport. Swimmers enter at their own personal risk and are responsible for their physical condition by undertaking adequate training and having a medical check prior to the event.
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4) Boyer, B. Mitton, T. Vorkink, K. (2010). Expected idiosyncratic skewness. Review of Financial Studies, 23: 169–201.
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9) Fama, E. F., French, K. R. (1993). Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds. Journal of Financial Economics 33, 3–56.
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These are some scary quotes from Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson. It looks like the Clinton campaign will try to steal the nomination with "superdelegates" if they lose with legitimate delegates from primaries and caucuses.
From the February 13 Boston Globe:
"I want to be clear about the fact that neither campaign is in a position to win this nomination without the support of the votes of the superdelegates,'' Wolfson told reporters in a conference call.
"We don't make distinctions between delegates chosen by million of voters in a primary and those chosen between tens of thousands in caucuses,'' Wolfson said. "And we don't make distinctions when it comes to elected officials'' who vote as superdelegates at the convention.
"We are interested in acquiring delegates, period,'' he added.
If the Clinton Smear Campaign and the party insiders steal the nomination by using illegitimate "superdelegates," they will have sent a message of utter hatred and contempt for Democratic voters and grassroots Democrats.
Also, if the Democratic Party steals the nomination to keep a man who is half African American off of the ballot, the Democratic Party will openly proclaim itself as racist as the Clintons and the rest of the GOP.
If Clinton actually gets away with this vicious attack on democracy and civil rights, the following will happen.
1) Many Democrats will stay home.
2) Many other Democrats will vote Green.
3) Many Democratic-leaning independents and pro-Obama Republicans will vote for John "Keating Five" McCain.
4) Clinton will lose at least 40 states.


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5 Things To Do After Work This Week #TheTicket
SUNDAY 7th JAN
Watch Toruk – the first flight which is an Avatar themed Cirque du Soleil show.
It's a prologue to the Navi world that we discovered in the award winning James Cameron film.
WHERE: Dubai World Trade Center
WHEN: 4-16 January
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MONDAY 8th JAN
Spot some Manchester United, Liverpool, Celtic, Aberdeen players around town!
They're all in Dubai for some training in the sun.
Maybe around the Burj Al Arab beach – Jumeirah Beach hotel, Zuma perhaps, Barasti – watching some football around there, or at the Jebel Ali Golf & Resort or Dubai Sports City?
TUESDAY 9th JAN
Watch a movie outdoors at The Backyard Dubai.
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WHERE: Steigenberger Hotel, Business Bay
WHEN: 7.30pm
COST: AED 75 including unlimited popcorn, HotDog and soft drinks
WEDNESDAY 10th JAN
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But they only have space for 20 people so first come first served.
WHERE: Taijitu House of OM, Jumeirah
WHEN: 7.30pm
COST: Free
THURSDAY 11th JAN
McGettigan's annual Comedyfest, is back for its eighth year with four of Ireland's top stand-ups taking the stage including Fred Cooke, Karl Spain, Barry Murphy, and Fair City star and comedian Eric Lalor who will MC the event.
WHERE: McGettigans JLT
WHEN: 10 pm
COST: AED 50 before 10pm and comes with one free burger and a selected drink.
FRIDAY 12th JAN
Watch India's Oscar entry this year, Newton, at DIFF 365@VOX
It's a Hindi political comedy with English subtitles and has received glowing reviews since its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival where it won the CICAE Award.
Since then the movie has been well received on the global festival circuit including Tribeca, Hong Kong and Edinburgh.
WHERE: Cinema 9 at VOX Cinemas, Mall of the Emirates
SATURDAY 13th JAN
Head to the Sharjah World Music Festival to watch Vincente Amigo perform as part of the Andalusian night.
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So many things, so many things. I've forgotten half of them already. Let's just hit the highlights and see what else I can remember.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to Work I Go.
Had to go back to work. Money is just too tight right now. Me not working for 8 months has finally taken a toll on our finances and if we want to continue in this Land of IF, then we can't do without my paycheck.
My first week of job hunting was really me just talking to recruiters. I figured I had put enough off during my travels to India, that now was the time to dig deep. That's always an adventure, but by week 2 I had a job - fortunately my area of expertise has an extremely low unemployment rate. It's a contract to perm position in IT, doing what I have over a decades experience experience in. I will be making over 10% more than what I did at my last job and for a company that has a big name all over the world.
What about my dreams to do some sort of humanitarian thing in the non-profit industry? Selfishly, our dreams of a family rates higher on the scale, thus I had to give up on a career choice that would pay just over 1/3 -1/2 of my current salary. All is not completely lost as the project I am working on helps people from 9/11. At least I can believe in the project. Some of the companies that wanted me to interview were BLECH. (Have had enough of soul sucking from my last job thank you very much!)
Speaking of Land of IF...
1.) Just starting reading the book Navigating the Land of IF: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options by Melissa Ford of Stirrup Queens fame. Only on chapter 3 (have had to study for work - <sad face>), but it is pretty awesome. Have my own mini-collection of IF books, but this is the one that most interests me right now. Probably because it's not all doom and gloom fact based. Melissa does an excellent job of making the reader far more relaxed over a very NON-RELAXING subject and everyone is included. It's a hard road and the recurring theme is that we are not alone. And that it's ok to be all emotional. I'll write a full review when I'm finished.
2.) Our friend and her husband who offered to do surrogacy for us are "both feet in". YAY!!! That's the first hurdle. We've consulted with our local clinic and there are a couple of things we have to address, almost all of which we expected. Then there is the insurance issue. We don't know yet if her insurance has a surrogacy clause. Trying to find that out without sending up red flags. They aren't known nationally to cover these things...One step forward, two steps back.
The item I had not thought about was that my doctor wants to retest my FSH. It was high last january (12.4) and with the decrease in my AMH, she wants to make sure that it hasn't shot up to the high teens. I know, I know, it's a Big If. Wish me luck. If it comes back too high, then we could be in holding pattern for years for the DE as I've previously mentioned here and in other places.
Proud Parent
Some of you might remember that I have a 20 year old son. What I don't think I have ever mentioned is that he is in seminary school. Which is perfectly natural since his father is Jewish, my husband is an ex-Hindu, and I have had a lifetime of "trying to figure it all out". (Try not to laugh.) Anyhow, my son has a religious podcast now and I am very happy to see him do something he enjoys so much! Of course as the proud mama I had to listen to it right away and I was tickled in doing so. He was great! Very few people in life get to have the career that they absolutely love and I think he will be one of the lucky few. We have the best discussions and I'm thrilled that not only am I his mother, but also his friend. He dives into projects where he can bring help to those who need it and I am so incredibly proud of him.
Well, that's all I can remember right now. Still recovering from the flu, which is interesting with starting a new job. I'm exhausted.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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LOS ANGELES — Some California sheriffs are pushing back against a proposed state law that would bar law enforcement officers from detaining illegal immigrants for deportation if they have not been charged with serious or violent crimes.
The bill, which the Legislature sent on Friday to Gov. Jerry Brown, would create what opponents have called a "sanctuary" for illegal immigrants statewide. It sets up a new fight over immigration enforcement that comes as Republicans vow at their national convention in Florida to impose sanctions on states, cities and counties that adopt similar measures.
Known as the Trust Act, the bill would require police officers to ignore requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants for deportation, except when suspects are charged with serious or violent crimes. Mr. Brown has not indicated where he stands on the proposed law; he must sign or veto it by Sept. 30.
But some local authorities, including Sheriff Lee Baca of Los Angeles County, say that they will continue to enforce federal policy regardless of what Mr. Brown does. "It's pretty simple: Federal law pre-empts state law," said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for Sheriff Baca.
Law enforcement officials in San Diego and Riverside Counties have also expressed dismay with the Trust Act. Sheriff Robert T. Doyle of Marin County said his "gut reaction would be to ignore it," adding, "If someone comes to the county jail and he is not here lawfully, I think he should be turned over" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"We are forcefully pushing for a veto," said Nick Warner, legislative director for the California State Sheriffs' Association. "The sheriffs of this state are actively, unalterably and vehemently opposed."Continue reading the main story
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat from San Francisco who sponsored the Trust Act, said "some of the more reasonable sheriffs" are in favor of the law. "There is always going to be that alpha-male posturing," he said of Sheriff Baca and other opponents. "The governor has been quiet, but we've been working with his staff to address concerns, and we know that he knows doing the right thing here has political cachet," Mr. Ammiano added.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Brown had no comment.
The Trust Act has been endorsed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, the police chiefs of cities like Oakland and San Francisco, immigrant-rights groups and California's Roman Catholic bishops, among others.
The clash over the Trust Act involves a federal program called Secure Communities, under which local authorities share fingerprints with federal immigration officials of everyone booked. Federal agents run that information through immigration databases and, if a suspect appears to be in the country illegally, they can ask police to detain the person for deportation.
The Obama administration has expanded the Secure Communities program rapidly across the country, saying that it helps federal agents identify illegal immigrants arrested by local authorities who have criminal histories. Under a policy started in June 2011, administration officials have sought to focus their enforcement efforts on deporting criminal convicts, while steering away from illegal immigrants arrested in minor offenses like traffic violations.
But many immigrants' rights and Latino groups say Secure Communities, which aided in the deportation of nearly 400,000 people last year, has not operated as the administration said it would, instead sweeping up and deporting many illegal immigrants arrested for minor violations, separating families.
Dozens of cities and counties — prominently Cook County in Illinois — have adopted "sanctuary" ordinances that limit police cooperation. Politicians like Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, who is pushing the adoption of such an ordinance in his city, argue that Secure Communities erodes trust between police and immigrant communities; when every arrest is a potential deportation, immigrants might be afraid to report crimes or cooperate with investigators.
"We are also trying to bring some sanity and clarity to a program that I frankly think has gone rogue," Mr. Ammiano said. "We want police to distinguish between the woman selling tamales and the gang member who has a record."
Mr. Ammiano was referring to Juana Reyes-Hernández, a Sacramento tamale peddler who became a focal point in the Trust Act debate here after she was arrested for trespassing in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Ms. Reyes-Hernández spent 13 days in jail while authorities considered a deportation case. A judge eventually dismissed the misdemeanor charge, and she remains in the United States.
The implementation of Secure Communities — which, opponents to the Trust Act note, Mr. Brown supported as state attorney general — has become a hotter political issue as the presidential election approaches. Republicans meeting in Florida adopted a party platform that states, "In order to restore the rule of law, federal funding should be denied to sanctuary cities that violate federal law and endanger their own citizens."
Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress are pressing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to force Cook County to comply with Secure Communities, including by freezing some federal funding for jails — something that California sheriffs worry awaits them if the Trust Act is enacted and they follow it.Continue reading the main story


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Chapter 160: Mourning of the Three Fire Dragons
Charlotte's fight looked extremely difficult.
Her metallic war avatar was continuously melting under the onslaught of her opponent's burning dragon head, while her opponent, the boy wearing Three-Headed Dragon Academy's uniform, was sprinkling a great amount of arcane particles from his hands, a dark, moss-green fire revolving around him.
Along with the combustion of this dark moss-green fire, the undulation of arcane power around this Three-Headed Dragon boy also seemed to become greater and greater.
"Blaze of Heart and Soul." This was a taboo skill from Three-Headed Dragon Academy that could continuously enhance one's power through the ignition of arcane particles.
No matter what arcane skill he would launch next, its might would definitely surpass the power it would usually have manyfold.
However, Charlotte wasn't the one in the direst spot from what Ayrin saw. It was Joyce instead.
His opponent was the shorty from Wind Whisperer Academy.
This Wind Whisperer shorty was presently standing not far away from Joyce, facing him, his arms undulating like waves. There was a black light at his feet that seemed to flicker as though it were breathing. Facing him, Joyce also stood still, but he seemed to be in extreme pain judging by the look on his face, as though he couldn't breathe at all, as though there were countless invisible things wrapped around his body.
At this time, the only pair that hadn't genuinely started their fight yet was Ferguillo and Shinro.
The feathers glinting with gem-like luster quietly floated around Ferguillo, while Shinro also stood facing him without moving a jot.
There was no trace of shyness on Shinro's face now. Seemingly guessing Ferguillo's thoughts, he revealed shining-white teeth in a "sincere" smile and told Ferguillo, "Don't even think about helping Joyce, your opponent is me."
"Is that so?" Ferguillo faintly answered.
Among the several dozen feathers quietly floating around him, one of them suddenly floated away, shooting toward the Wind Whisperer shorty.
At the same moment, Shinro's figure suddenly vanished, bursting forth with an abrupt, fearsome force.
Ferguillo's expression didn't change at all.
That feather that'd already flown away increased its speed all of a sudden, instantly vanishing.
There came a "Hiss."
Shinro's figure appeared five to six meters away on Ferguillo's left.
There was a tiny wound on his forehead. Fresh blood dripped down from the wound.
Shinro stretched out a finger and wiped away some of the blood that'd flown down to the corner of his eyebrow. He quietly said with a frown, "Mind Reading?"
A few seconds ago. Ayrin's figure flashed like a shadow, nearing Charlotte.
"This guy's always doing whatever he wants! I told him to go and block that Hawkmoon guy, why's he running back now?!"
The pounding sound of heavy ions was already resonating inside Charlotte. When she saw Ayrin rush her way, she was filled with the urge to puke blood.
"Switch opponents? What the hell is this guy plotting now!"
Charlotte immediately discovered from Ayrin's lip movements and his hand gestures that he wanted to switch opponents with her.
Apart from Audrey's enemy Massay from Abel Academy, Ivan's enemy Chirade from Sea Gale Academy, and Ferguillo's enemy Shinro, the other three were all substitutes without any fame in the national tournament. But the three of them had clearly been hiding their astounding strength, and all of them were celebrity-level opponents with at least three open gates.
Facing opponents like these at around the same level, she couldn't understand what was the meaning of switching opponents.
"Oh well, let's switch if you want to switch. Not like I have a choice anyway."
She chose to believe in Ayrin at this instant. With the cracking sound of heavy particles reverberating inside her, she shot in the air like a cannonball, firing at Hawkmoon's Lindon still standing there a little dazed because of Ayrin's actions.
"I don't fight with nameless people. What are you called, brave warrior?" Ayrin shouted at the Three-Headed Dragon boy.
Wrapped from head to toe in the dark moss-green Blaze of Heart and Soul, the Three-Headed Dragon boy arrogantly replied, "My name is Herry!"
"Skunk Devil Summoning!" Ayrin shouted again.
Everyone felt the urge to puke blood.
Just how much did he like this skill… He actually had to keep using it every now and then.
The one called Herry subconsciously held his breath.
But what no one imagined was, there was no release of stench with Ayrin's loud shout. Instead, a black cloud of bats rushed in Herry's direction.
"Shooting Inferno!" Herry chanted.
Flames ignited in front of him and quickly shrank into a fireball about the size of a fist shooting at Ayrin's direction, as fast as a blink.
However, the black bats immediately stuck to this meteor-like fireball whose power was clearly leagues above Ayrin's. It became extremely heavy, even deviating from its trajectory. With a whoosh, it brushed by Ayrin and flew past.
"What? Isn't that the skill from Oeness of Golden Stag Academy? Why can he use the same skill?!"
Not only Herry, everyone else who glanced their way was greatly startled.
Ayrin, the object of their shock, was immersed in the excitement of a great battle. He shouted in his mind, "Now!" The flow of arcane particles inside him suddenly sped up. Dazzling arcane particles collided with each other even faster between his palms, making faint crackling sounds.
Many faint sounds rose in the air. Several black bats who didn't look like they had any great power suddenly accelerated and instantly crashed on the dark moss-green blaze around Herry.
This Blaze of Heart and Soul didn't seem to have any defensive power. The bats directly passed through the green fire.
Herry had never imagined Ayrin's skill could be used like this as well. He couldn't muster any timely reaction. The black bats struck him.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Amidst the series of explosions, he was directly sent flying backward.
"One duel already… He was the first one to be done with his fight?"
"Where did he get so many strange skills from?"
Opposite Audrey, Massay's face had previously taken on the proud expression of one with victory in his grasp before Ayrin sent Herry flying away.
With her ice dragon bloodline, many skills Audrey had were formidable destructive area skill. On top of that, he only needed to damage the edifice, while the opponents had no choice but to stop every single one of them. So they'd very easily transformed the battle into six individual confrontations.
Among the six one-on-one confrontations, Shinro had suffered some light wounds against Ferguillo, but he didn't look perturbed in the least, so it seemed he should be able to handle Ferguillo.
Joyce had obviously fallen downwind against Wind Whisperer Academy's Gullit. If everyone else was blocked and prevented from giving Joyce any assistance, then Gullit might directly kill him.
Ivan against Charade, both of them still seemed to be probing each other. Neither of them was going full out, but they seemed about equal.
As to him and Audrey, because he'd taken the opportunity to counterattack Audrey after she'd become distracted while intercepting Lindon at the start of the fight, he was confident he could stall Audrey and not be killed even if he wasn't entirely assured he could defeat her.
So, as long as a victor emerged between Gullit against Joyce, or maybe for Lindon and Herry against Ayrin and Charlotte, then the current short-lived status quo could be broken.
The instant prior, he'd been fully aware that no matter Gullit, Lindo, or Herry, all of them were existences at the same level as himself. So in his opinion, apart from Audrey, none of those people from St. Lauren could be their match.
But now, Ayrin, the one who he believed to be the weakest, had actually sent Herry flying away in the blink of an eye!
Ferguillo and Shinro were once again deadlocked in an immobile confrontation. When he saw at the periphery of his vision Ayrin instantly sending Herry flying away, Ferguillo faintly said, "It seems the situation is turning around."
"It doesn't really matter. A victor will soon emerge between us." Shinro turned his head slightly. "Also, a victor won't be so easily decided yet between them."
After sending Herry flying away with a stolen skill, Ayrin's eyes fell upon Gullit; the latter was continuously firing some unknown skills at Joyce.
Dazzling arcane particles sprayed forth from his hands.
He was about to send an Evil Flaming Eye at Gullit first thing.
"You have some broken bones already, you can still stand up?"
Just then, however, he saw that the Blaze of Heart and Soul hadn't extinguished around Herry ye. Herry'd fallen on his feet and stood upright when he landed.
Herry's chest was indeed already slightly caved in, traces of blood visible at the corner of his mouth.
However, a peculiar ashen-iron luster appeared on the surface of his skin. Apart from a malevolent expression, there wasn't much pain to be seen on his face.
"It's the Evil Dragon followers' 'Pain Eradication'! Those people are all Evil Dragon followers who've turned their backs on the beliefs of an arcane master!"
Audrey's body faintly shook when she took in this sight. Like a blaze, a strange surprise and anger soared in her chest.
"A very interesting skill, but you're still a one-gate arcane master no matter what. You're sorely lacking in power!"
"Now, you're going to die!"
Standing steadily on the ground, Herry's started floating forward. The dark green Blaze of Heart and Soul quickly vanished around him. Instead, three huge figures appeared from thin air above his head and on both sides of him.
These were three huge fire dragons.
Every strand of fire on them was condensed, as though they were made of scalding stones.
"Three-Headed Dragon Academy's taboo skill! Mourning of the Three Fire Dragons!"
"Ayrin, hurry up and dodge!"
A shriek brimming with horror escaped Charlotte's lips just then.
However, Ayrin didn't retreat in the slightest. Instead, his body radiated an unprecedented power while he charged at the three huge fire dragons at a speed completely exceeding his usual limits!
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In the video here Rebecca Watson from Skepchick, the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, Curiosity Aroused, etc, addresses the question "What does atheism have to offer?" Her answer? It's a bullshit question. And she's absolutely right.
The kind of question about which she's talking here is of a type that is often posed by people from a number of sides of various issues, and it's always bullshit. The presumption in such a question is that there must be some sort of benefit to conferred upon the holder of the position at issue, else there is no good reason to hold it. Worse, in that case, there is reason to hold the opposing view. But this concern from some practical benefit has nothing to do with the truth of the issue. Nothing.
In a clear way this hits at the practical vs. the principled concern that I've noted here a few times, including a post dedicated just to that issue. If you're in an argument with someone about the truth of something, it is completely improper to ask what the benefit of holding that belief is. What does it matter? How does that affect the truth of it? It doesn't. In terms of the way things are, your happiness is completely irrelevant. You might be utterly miserable believing some particular truth. It might cause an existential crisis of such a degree that your life is irrevocably ruined, but that would not change stop the truth from being the truth.
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Let me be clear about what I'm saying and what I'm not saying. I'm not talking about atheism here, even though that's the question that provoked the response Watson gives in the video. Whether or not atheism is a justified view is completely beside the point I'm making here. I'm saying that in a debate about a principled issue, the practical concerns of the consequences of the issue are just not relevant to the discussion. So, in terms of the question of atheism, it just does not matter if not believing in a god makes you unhappy when the concern is which position is epistemically justified. The same goes for theism. If you're a theist debating with an atheist about whether or not one is justified in believing in a god, and if that person says something like "But what good does it do to believe in you god?" tell them that they are asking a bullshit question and skirting the real issue. It's a red herring, and it should be pointed out as such.


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A horrific tragedy occurred Sunday when a deranged leftist with a history of violence opened fire in a church in a small town in Texas, murdering 26 innocent people and wounding over a dozen more.
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I agree my prior tweet could be better. So here: I pray for the victims in TX. Also, screw the @NRA & can you help Dems take back the House.
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historicalzg - 1ReplyDavid, thanks so much for the Herculean task of scanning all of these Theatre magazines and sharing them with us! jane
THEATRE MAGAZINE Vol 49 (Jan-Jun 1929) Profdash Mar 12, '10 8:19 PM
by David for group historicalziegfeld #243
Broadway enjoyed the last indulgent months before the Stock Market Crash of October 1929 with a healthy run of productions. THEATRE had gotten over its infatuation with film, confident that the rise of the talkies would lead to a situation in which the performers schooled in stage speech would dominate the shooting sets of Hollywood.
Russell Ball & Harold Dean Carsey remained the movie photographers of choice for the magazine, with William E. Thomas of Pathe running third. The editors of the journal came to rely on a quartet of photographers in 1929: Maurice Goldberg remained the reliable chronicler of dance & foreign fare; Nickolas Muray contributed dynamic portraits; Ben Pinchot took the place of Edward Thayer Monroe as the visual neoclassicist; Hal Phyfe supplied covers and half-lengths, including one of the two photographic masterworks published in this volume, the portrait of Basil Rathbone as Judas. Maurice Goldberg's multiple exposure modernist portrait of expressionist dancer Harold Kreutzberg was the other great image. Tommy Vandamm remained the chief supplier of production stills. Alfred Cheney Johnston as Don Diego remained the magazine's fashion photographer of choice.
The other noteworthy development in terms of visual display was the years fashion for oval portraits. Nineteen such images appear below.
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