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When you're starting a new project, you need the right tools for the job. A pocket flashlight is the perfect way to keep things light when you're on your feet. These pocket light products are durable, bright, and small enough to make the perfect crafting companion. With an impressive battery life (especially when coupled with some of our rechargeable batteries) and a range that can shed light up to 69 feet, you will never have any reason to be left in the dark.
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Casualwear brand LOOPWHEELER is known to many for their focus on high-quality sweatpants and sweaters. Many fans however, are unable to grab certain designs and pieces after they are released. The 'LOOPWHEELER Vintage Service' aims to change that, by offering the brand's hard-to-find items in a small concept store in Tokyo's Shibuya district.
The minimalist storefront was designed by a local firm called Wonderwall, and now acts as the perfect space to feature the brand's most coveted items, sold-out collaborations and its highly sought-after Nike pieces. The vintage shop is located above LOOPWHEELER's flagship store and shares many of the same aesthetic elements. The theme of a workshop is quite prevalent, with vibrant cotton reels hanging from the walls and antique sewing machines spread disparately throughout.
Branded Vintage Boutiques
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Futuristic Fresh Food Shops
Rustic Americana Concept Stores
Modular Kitchen Pantries
Clothing Store Diners
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'LOOPWHEELER Vintage Service' is an Exclusive Concept Store in Tokyo
- By: Christopher MagsambolJan 26, 2016
References: highsnobiety & hypebeast
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This property is 2 minutes walk from the beach. Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, offers accommodations in , just 3.4 km from Monterey.
Certain units include a private bathroom with a spa tub, and others have free toiletries and a hairdryer. Some rooms feature a sitting area to relax in after a busy day. A balcony or patio are featured in certain rooms. A TV with cable channels is featured.
There is ticket service at the property.
There are lots of activities in the area, such as biking and hiking. The inn also provides bike rental. Carmel is 8 km from Centrella Inn, and Santa Cruz is 38.6 km from the property. The nearest airport is Mineta San Jose International Airport, 83.7 km from Centrella Inn.
Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.
This property is also rated for the best value in Pacific Grove! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.
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I bought one of the Cosmos holograms, which I believe is the hard part, and since I used to do 3D CAD modeling for Apple and Next, I believe it will be quite easy to replicate the bezel to create a replica. (Even though I have a Makerbot, I'd rather use an SLA printer and mold/cast to make quality realistic parts.)
The LED array and double 7-segment display seems simple enough to replicate without any special hardware. (Perhaps I can find a generic calculator of the era that has the segmented numbers for the score display.) Ideally a replica will contain an emulated COPS411 processor just to make the historical aspects of the device slightly more authentic. What I (think) I know:
512 bytes ROM acting as eight pages of 64 bytes each - hence eight built in games?
128 bits of ram
IO using a 4-bit shift register
42 instructions
Does anyone have any information on how the games played? Do any manuals exist? There was a Cosmos sold on ebay about five years ago, that apparently had pictures of it disassembled, is there any chance someone here has archived those?
Archive.org, Google, & wikipedia so far are dead-ends, with only the already generally known information, most of the results are verbatim copies of Wikipedia's entry, though a few sites also claim the AdventureVison by Entex used the same processor, which seems to be incorrect.


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(oui, je suis allergique aux mailing list qui sont un vrai calvaire archaïque à gérer correctement)
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Hello Cricri,
Thanks a lot for contributing to the OSM-Wiki! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how: You can pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
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For example, if you are uploading a Road sign, you add the following code:
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This will make the File show up in the categories "Road sign".
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Category:Categories.


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I have a few observations to make about this article. I'll start off by saying that incest should continue to be illegal and that this group pursuing the decriminalisation of it, are typical of the cultural marxist 'sexual liberation' brigade who would probably also support lowering the age of consent.
Apart from the obvious health issues that come with children born in an incestuous relationship, it is morally wrong for society to even consider sex between siblings as acceptable or normal. It is a continuation down the slippery slope which began with the Frankfurt School strategy of normalising all kinds of sexual behaviour in order to break down Western society and morality.
'The family was forced to live apart after the courts ruled that there was a duty to protect their children from the consequences of their relationship.'It isn't the content in relation to the story I find hypocritical, it is the fact that the same truth is not stated in relation to children forced into same sex households to be raised by homosexuals.
Do the courts not have a duty to protect children from the consequences of a homosexual relationship? Do they not have a duty to the children who are forced into these situations to satisfy an ideological agenda? Do they not have a duty to protect the rights of a child to have both a mother and father figure raise them?
Yes people can say that not all children are raised in a mother father household and many are rasied by single parents. That doesn't justify the forcing of children into an environment that they have no choice or say in. It is the state who decides for them and in the process turns these children into ideological trophies of the militant homosexual agenda.
If it isn't right for children to be raised in an incestuous household, then surely it isn't right for them to be raised in a homosexual household either.
A spokesperson for the ruling Christian Democrats in Germany said:
"Eliminating the threat of punishment against incestuous acts within families would run counter to the protection of undisturbed development for children."
These same people hypocritically support children being forced into adoptive homosexual households. The protection of undisturbed development for children should also be applied to the militant homosexual agenda and their targeting of children for indoctrination and homosexual adoption.


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Changing the world is a complicated business. You need a powerful mission that will inspire and motivate people; you need a problem that needs solving and an effective way to solve it.
But you also need funding. It's critical, but rarely the part that inspires people. The fundraising teams of most nonprofits work behind the scenes, searching (and competing) for donations and grants to fund the organization. That's the traditional approach, and while it has been effective in some cases, it's not the way forward.
Nonprofit social enterprises are flipping that model around using collaborative disruption—they are putting the funding component front and center by making it an integral part of the core mission, and working with for-profits and other nontraditional partners to deliver on that mission.
These kinds of approaches take some people by surprise, particularly those used to a traditional charity model—we give you some money, and you go off and do some good work with it. But it's challenging—and ineffective—to create real, lasting social change with the old model, because you're always working uphill against market forces instead of making them work for you. The collaborative disruption model, where nonprofits invest in for-profits to drive mission-related advances, can be effective no matter the scale.
One well-known social enterprise working along these lines is Living Goods, which employs rural Ugandans to sell health products such as de-worming pills at a fraction of the market cost. The local agents—themselves advocates for community health—pay Living Goods for the products and sell them at a profit. The agents (all women) are able to join the program through a fixed capital, no-cost loan that lets them buy necessary tools such as a uniform, storage chest, and thermometer, as well as a low-interest loan of $75 a year for purchasing inventory.
We're also seeing more direct investment in mission-related goals from some well-known and well-funded organizations. The Gates Foundation is bridging the gap between the public and private sectors by investing in biotech companies and creating what are effectively purchase guarantees, giving pharmaceutical companies such as Liquidia Technologies a market incentive to develop and manufacture new vaccines.
But collaborative disruption of the nonprofit funding model is not just the work of large-scale organizations like the Gates Foundation. I recently spoke with a determined young social entrepreneur who was starting a nonprofit grocery store in his community to remedy the problem of access to affordable, nutritious food for his neighbors.
At First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise I lead, we are in the business of ending knowledge poverty for children in low-income neighborhoods by supplying their classrooms and community programs with brand-new, high-quality books and resources. We aggregate the voices and purchasing power of 50,000 local schools and programs, turning their tiny, individual book-buying budgets into a market force that commands attention from the publishing industry.
In the beginning, the teachers and program leaders we work with told us that among the many uphill battles they face in helping their kids become readers is the desperate lack of stories relevant to their kids' lives and identities. The traditional audience for children's literature has been largely affluent and white, and, to no one's surprise, the characters and settings of most kids' books reflect that.
To address this, First Book went to the publishing industry with a request for proposal. We put $500,000 on the table and asked to see a list of multicultural titles that included black and Hispanic characters in urban settings by authors from diverse backgrounds—books that would resonate with many of the children we serve.
We received dozens of proposals, and the quality was so high that we selected not one, but two, doubling our investment to $1 million. And this wasn't a one-time deal; we're already planning future purchases to expand this needed resource.
This program, The Stories for All Project, was a deliberate act of what we are calling "collaborative disruption." By actively investing in the publishing industry and promoting the needs and preferences of our network of consumers, we're actually building the market we need and giving the publishing industry a real reason to produce more diverse titles. It's a market-driven solution, and that means it's permanent.
The fact that more of these books don't exist isn't a failure on the part of publishers, of course. They've done what every responsible business in the world does; they've responded to their perception of the market. This is why the solution isn't to wring our hands and wish that things were different, but to roll up our sleeves, put our money where our mouth is, and chart a new way forward—one where everyone benefits—by changing the market.
Over time, as we build the market for more diverse titles, that content will be available to all children, not just the kids in the schools and programs that First Book works with. Every child needs to experience the full spectrum of cultures and life experiences. The Stories for All Project will, in the end, benefit all children. Collaborative disruption of industries will build new markets—and that is the way forward for social issues.
Here are some things to think about if your organization is considering creating markets through collaborative disruption:
1. Forget the myth that entrepreneurs are born, not taught. The top executives in your organization need to think more like entrepreneurs—and that often means taking time to research the industries that impact your organization's work. Logging the hours is the only way you come to know an industry inside and out.
2. Invest in analysis that will capture the dynamics and opportunities of the greater market. This analysis should further define how fulfilling a need can create market opportunities, and determine what price points the market will bear for goods and services. A good starting point for this is the work of C.K. Prahald and Stuart L. Hart, and their seminal study, "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid."
3. Identify how you can add value to the industry to help solve the needs that your organization is working to fulfill. Social sector organizations often do not understand that corporations don't have unlimited resources. Understanding everything about a company and an industry—including customers, competitors, and how they interact with your mission—can help you understand what investments your organization should avoid.


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I will also enter it at the Kraft Journal; Buttons and Bows and for those of you who follow my blog - you know that Kraft is my favorite "color" - it always inspires me!!! so I'm entering this for Creative Inspirations too and at Simon Says Stamp and Show; it's anything goes.
At Clear it out Tuesday it's ; Ribbon or trim. I'll be back tomorrow, when light is better with a better picture!
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Corvette, Birth Of An Automotive Icon By Robert Morgan
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Published on www.expatica.com
On 16 September, the Cabinet presented its 'Miljoenennota'budget for 2004, which contains a raft of financial proposals. Arjan Enneman of Expatax summarises the main changes that will come into force from 1 January 2004 onwards if accepted by Parliament.
The combined rate for the first bracket will change from 33.15 to 33.40 percent, and the second bracket will go up from 38.65 to 40.35 percent.
The personal tax credit will be rise to EUR 1, 829, the labour deduction will be EUR 1, 214, an extra combination credit of EUR 290 will be introduced and the child credit will be raised with EUR 68.
A special deduction for employees who will go on parentship leave using the new 'levensloopregeling' will be introduced. With the 'levensloopregeling' an employee can save a maximum of 12 percent of the salary which can be used to pay leave to support the family or for other personal matters.
Rules for company cars will be simplified. All the kilometres from home to work and back will be treated as business kilometres again. The percentage will be fixed at 20 percent instead of the different percentages we currently have (10 percent, 15 percent, 20 percent and 25 percent).
Besides a car registration, a statement from the employer may be sufficient to prove how many kilometres were driven with the car for private purposes. Since the graduations won't exist anymore this is only beneficial if the private kilometres are below 500.
In exchange the travel allowance for use of a personal car for business purposes will be reduced from EUR 0.28 to EUR 0.17 per kilometre. The allowance for kilometres from home to work and back can be given independent of the distance. Currently an allowance can only be paid if the distance is more than 10 kilometres. The allowance will now cover all the business trips. If an employee uses public transport the employer may decide to reimburse the actual costs or a maximum of EUR 0.17 per kilometre.
Pre-pension and other ways to retire earlier won't be facilitated with tax benefits anymore. This means, if the government gets its way, that the right for future payments will be taxed the moment the right is granted to the employee. Result on the other side is that payments themselves will be tax-free. Also the possibility to receive a redundancy package tax free will be terminated. The changes are scheduled for 1 January 2005 .
There is a big discussion in the Parliament going on about this subject. MPs want to keep the pre-pension but it is unclear how it must be paid.
When a person sells a main residence he can only get a tax deduction for the interest which has to be paid on a mortgage that covers the selling price of the old property plus the higher value of the new property.
In other words, the proceeds must be invested in the new property completely. If part of the proceeds is used to buy something else or to invest in stocks the interest on the part of the mortgage that sees on these amounts can't be deducted.
Current mortgage EUR 200,000
Selling price current property EUR 250,000
Buying price new property EUR 300,000
Maximum new mortgage will then be EUR 250, 000. The realised equity of EUR 50,000 in the current property is expected to be reinvested in the new property.
On the other hand people who don't have a mortgage anymore or have a very low mortgage will be favoured. The fixed income (0.8 percent of the WOZ value of the property) will never be more then the deductible interest and costs of the mortgage.
The long term disabled who have no income or a negative income because they can not deduct their costs may receive a special allowance.
The budget debate in Parliament had ended but the government has already indicated that it may be willing to compromise on some issues so while most of these proposals will likely come into force in January 2004 there is still a lot of house trading to be done.
19 September 2003
Expatax is a Dutch company handling all aspects of corporate and personal financial and fiscal issues.


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Today's article is all about the best gift ideas on mother's day for the new mother and she may be your daughter or wife or sister. New moms are the one who recently come into the 2nd phase of life by becoming a mother of her own child. First mother's day for the new mothers are very exciting for them as this day symbolize her as a women and a new entry into the world of motherhood and to welcome the new member of family. So today's post is dedicated to all the new moms who are excited about celebrating their first mother's day with their moms, husband and loved ones. Here we are giving best first mother's day gift ideas for daughter and wife which will make this day even more special. As this would be their first mother's day present, so select the gift that touches her heart emotionally and physically. The new mother will be overwhelmed by the idea of celebrating the mother's day for the first time and she must be expecting something unique and lovable gifts from their loved ones. So here we have selected for the first mother's day gifts ideas for daughter and wife which they would really love to have it. Do let us know what you are planning to gift your first time mom, wife or daughter or sister on their first mother's day in the comment box.
10 Unique & Lovable First Mothers Day Gifts / Presents Ideas For Daughter & Wife
1) An acrylic photo block and frames: this would be one of the best gifts for new mothers. This is very unique and different gift and its worth.
2) Baby hand prints and foot prints keepsake kit: this kit will help to save your baby's 1st footprints and handprints forever. Just have to press baby's hand and foot in the soft clay which is nontoxic. This gift is just awesome and absolutely beautiful.
3) Different colors of baby shoes keychain: this is the most beautiful and affordable gift for new mother, as this present is the best for everyone.
4) A cute photo frame: this frame has the most adorable quote for the new born baby. We can engrave baby's name, birth date, weight and height.
5) Sonography photo frame: this gift is extremely heart touching and emotional as it has the sneak pick of the baby which yet to be born. Plus you can engrave any one line message on it.
6) Photo canvas: this gift helps to keep a record how much your baby has grown up in his 1st It has total 13 small photo collages in it. You can treasure you baby's month wise growth at one place!
7) A peaceful sleep: this one thing is the most important for every new mother as she had many sleepless nights and they always feel tired. This would be a perfect gift from all the husbands to their wife as a way to express their love and care.
8) A relaxing spa: for at least one day let them go to the relaxing spa. This gift will surely melt her heart and she will love it a lot.
9) Present her a precious jewelry: as we know that women's like jewelry the most, so gift them some special jewelry, which she can wore every time. Some of the best "only for moms" jewelry can be a great option.
10) Pamper her: the last gift is to pamper your wife with an appointment to her favorite salon or spa where she can get her facial, manicure or pedicure done, or her nails done. After she has enjoyed all this surprise her to the most romantic candle dinner in her favorite restaurant and do not forget to arrange a baby sitter. She will remember this throughout her life!
So this was all about happy mother's day gift and present ideas for new mother like daughter, wife or sister. For more updates, stay connected!


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Pitching Novell to the Powers That Be
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Posted: 19 Nov 2004
We have a winner!
The judges have reviewed all the entries, and after much deliberation have selected a grand prize winner. There were several excellent submissions, and we will be posting all the finalists over the next weeks, and sending t-shirt to all who get published.
The grand prize ($1000) was awarded to Duane Fish, the creator and master of the www.iwantnetware.com website. You should take a look at his site: it's packed with great links and information, and we've seen several new additions over the past weeks.
Here's what he said about his entry:
I created and keep current the website, www.iwantnetware.com, out of frustration in not having enough information to fight off the M$ FUD Machine.
It has had great results for me, as well as for others. Since it was too much to put in a single document, the website was created.
I'm not sure if this fits your criteria for entry, but I really want a Novell shirt!
|About the Contest
Heads Up: With one week left in this contest, we're upping the ante. The top prize has been replaced with a $1000.00 (US). We've gotten a few good entries, but we're betting (a thousand bucks) that a lot more of you have something cool to enter in this contest, and we're hoping this cash prize will be a bit more inspiring duing this pre-Christmas season.
Note: In case you're wondering, all entries previously received are eligible for the $1000-dollar prize as well as anything else we receive before the contest deadline.
You've got fabulous odds -- so don't be shy.
We've been in on lots of pitch meetings where people sell their bosses on a new technology, and we're fascinated by the endlessly creative ways people approach the Powers That Be. From diagrams scribbled on napkins over lunch, to flow charts done in 3D, to slide decks with every available transition animation, we've seen enough to know that when it comes to selling up the chain, one size definitely does not fit all. Bottom line: if it worked for you then it is, by definition, a great pitch.
So we thought it would be fun to have a contest to see how you've been pitching Novell products up and down the org chart in your company. And we thought you'd probably love to see what's working for everyone else, so you could rip off ideas shamelessly (in the spirit of open source) when it's budget season again.
The Contest
Send in a description of how you pitched Novell, NetWare, SUSE Linux, or Open Enterprise Server (OES), to get your boss to see the value and at least agree to evaluate it, and we'll put your entries before a panel of seasoned IT managers and let them pick three or four of the coolest presentations. (If you are a boss who was successfully pitched to, we'd love to hear what your employees/colleagues used to make the case.) .
Plus, the first 50 valid entries we receive will also receive a t-shirt.
Here are the kinds of things we're looking for:
- Documents
Memos, Emails, briefs, anything you sent them to get their attention
- Presentations
Slide shows, movies, iambic pentameter, whatever you used during the pitch
- Total Cost Studies
Most of you have to prepare some kind of cost analysis at least yearly. We've heard some poor saps have to do it quarterly. Make the most of your hard work by submitting it here.
- Downtime Comparisions
Most people pitching NetWare love to show how reliable it is.
- End User Satisfaction Surveys
If you've conducted any surveys, send the results in.
- Useful Websites
If you've found sites that have provided great fodder for your pitch, we'd like to know about them.
- Competitive Studies
Do your bosses like to see how Novell stacks up against competitors? Show us what you showed them.
- White Papers
If you've found (or written) anything that helped sway the decision, fire away.
- Security/Vulnerability Comparisons
This is another hot button for most executives.
- Architecture Diagrams
We saw a cool one last year where they showed in a diagram how many fewer boxes they'd need by switching to a new configuration. Very persuasive to the bean counters as well as CIO types.
- Feature Comparisons
This is an old standby in the pitch department. Show us what worked for you.
- Scalability/Capacity Comparisons
This is particularly interesting for companies who expect to grow their business fast. If that's you, we'd like to know how you addressed that issue.
- Strategic Direction Documents and Presentations
IT Managers have to make these puppies a lot. Dig out your best ones and send 'em in.
- Analysts Recommendations
We're wondering if anyone really pays attention to what the analysts say.
- Administrator to End Users Ratio Comparisons
Don't know if you have this kind of thing lying around, but if you do, we'd like to take a peek.
Note: You'll probably want to sanitize all the top secret stuff out of any of these (company name, people's names, company revenue, etc.).
You've probably got folders full of these things. Just dig them out of your archive, clean them up for public consumption, send them in, and we'll take them before the judges to see how they stack up. We'll be posting the best ones for ripping-off purposes (aka "leveraging"), so please don't send anything in that you're shy about seeing on the web.
Submission Process
- Create a cover letter/email that explains who you are, what company you work for, your IT role, and the country in which you work.
- Make sure you explain what you're submitting, how you used it, and how well it worked for you.
- Be sure you attach the document you are submitting (put them in a zip file if there are multiple documents in your submission).
- Send it to us.
eMail your entry to email@example.com with Pitching the Boss in the Subject line.
Note: Anything we receive in this contest we consider fair game for posting.
If yours is one of the first 50 valid entries, we will contact you for shipping info, and send you a t-shirt. The contest will end on November 14, 2004. The judges will select the winners, and they will be notified by email.
We respect your privacy -- your personal contact information will not be used for any purpose other than to administer this contest and award prizes. Your personal contact information will not be published with your entry without your express permission.
Novell Cool Solutions (corporate web communities) are produced by WebWise Solutions. www.webwiseone.com


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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ Docks and Harbors Board of Directors plans public hearings on two items up for action at Thursday evening's regular meeting.
One calls for adopting regulations governing anchoring on city owned submerged lands, according to Port Director Carl Uchytil. He said the regulation will provide his department the ability to govern the use of the city's tidelands and will be consistent for the most part with how the State Department of Natural Resources regulates its submerged lands.
"In summary, if anyone wants to anchor for a day, that's fine, people can anchor up to 14 days without a fee and after that we will limit anchoring to no more than 90 days and for a specific reason."
There have been problems here and around the state, according to Uchytil. "Back in 2015 we had the tug Challenger that sank in Gastineau Channel. Fortunately for CBJ Docks and Harbors that vessel sank on state lands." He explained the Coast Guard was able to draw over $2 Million from its Oil Spill Trust Fund to raise, clean and dispose of the vessel.
Uchytil said their regulations are also consistent with Senate Bill 92 under consideration by the State Legislature that deals with abandoned, derelict vessels. "Throughout the state there's been a move to be more proactive with the aging fleet," he said. "With our regulation and the support for SB 92, we think these will benefit the boating and maritime community."
The other action item deals with an appropriation for the Auke Bay Marine Station. The Docks and Harbors Department will share the surplused federal property with the University of Alaska Southeast.
Uchytil said he's requesting the board to authorize the use of $200,000 from its harbor fund balance. He said $150,000 would be devoted to construction of a 100 foot float. It would be connected to the existing 125 foot float to expand the capacity at Statter Harbor. The other $50,000 would be used for maintenance.
Uchytil says they received a quit claim deed to the property during the first week of this month.
The board will be updated on the Archipelago property, the dirt lot south of the parking garage and library, that is home to food stands during the tourist season. That property is part of the department's Urban Design Plan that includes the area from Marine Park to Taku Dock. In that process Uchytil says Morris Communications, which owns the lot, came to them and requested a collaborative effort. He says Morris wants to develop the lot for retail use. Uchytil says the department wants to lend support to cruise ship staging and passenger loading and would like to construct a 15 space bus parking area there.
Uchytil said the collaboration with Morris Communication on developing the property will require a land trade.
Thursday's meeting is scheduled to convene at 5 p.m. in Assembly Chambers at City Hall.


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There's nothing like Christmas to bring families together. And, if you're lucky, this may happen all under one roof, with many members of the same family getting together to celebrate and break bread en masse. In today's society, where family members no longer live near to each other in the way that used to be the norm, it's often the case that large family gathering will invariably end with several people needing to stay the night.
However, this is where a problem may arise for the host who doesn't quite have enough space to provide comfortable beds for sleepy guests. But no-one likes the idea of ending up in a sleeping bag on the floor, so it's therefore imperative that hosts who are expecting overnight guests be aware of what they can do to make their guests' experience more enjoyable.
Furniture Options
The first thing any host should do is to take stock of their existing furniture, and consider the possibility that they may have to invest in some new pieces. This could be either to add to their furniture collection, or to replace existing furniture with pieces that are more practical.
The most practical item of furniture, in this context, is of course the sofa bed. But sofa beds come in all shapes and sizes, from the foam filled single to the plush un-foldable double or even the space age slide out. So your next step should always be to assess how much space you have available in your home.
Space Saving Solutions
Modern furniture is all about maximizing the space potential of your home, so there simply isn't any excuse any more to not be able to provide a bed for your guest. Soft foam beds can be laid on floors then stored away easily in cupboards. Sofa beds can be slept on at night and then converted back into seating during the day. And slide out beds can be easily hidden underneath permanent beds, providing a fast, simple solution which won't impinge upon your day-to-day activities. Whatever the space in your home, there's a solution ready to save it.
Luxury Extras
If you've got the cash to flash and you fancy the idea of really treating your guests then you might want to consider investing in some optional extras, such as beautiful bed linen, personalized pillow cases or soft slippers which they can wear around your house. Little gestures such as these will really show your family that you care about their well-being, and will make their stay much more comfortable for both you and them.


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Health Fair is Perfect Prescription for Community
As MDC's Medical Center Campus completed its sixth consecutive Community Health Fair this spring, a great feeling of pride for the College's service to others overcame Madeline Pumariega, dean of Students and Administration.
"A lot of health fairs come and go," Pumariega said. "But we have been able to sustain ours over time because of the dedication of faculty and students. The students, under supervision of the faculty, do all the screenings and are able to put into practice what they have learned in the classroom."
Each year, the Health Fair provides free medical services, including screenings for heart disease, glaucoma, high blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels, along with mammograms and analysis of a wide variety of other medical issues.
Only Check-Up, for Many
"We see some patients who come in and say, 'I come to your Health Fair every year. It's my annual checkup,' " Pumariega added. "It's sad that it's the only access to a doctor they get. But it's also inspiring that we are really changing people's lives."
At this year's Health Fair, seminars conducted by MDC faculty covered issues such as asthma, diabetes, prenatal care, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, dental care, heart disease, cancer prevention and smoking cessation. Chair massages and dental screenings were also provided to those who attended.
"This year's Health Fair provided an opportunity to improve our community's health and develop new strategies that will impact so many lives in a positive manner," said Dr. Armando Ferrer, president of MDC Medical Center Campus.
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An added element in this year's event was the presence of on-site doctors, sponsored by Care Access.
"The doctors were there to talk to any attendees who had above-average screening levels," Pumariega said. "The doctors were able to discuss what further tests would be needed and helpful ways to reduce those high levels."
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|Cornus florida
|Flowering dogwood in fall with fruit
|Scientific classification
|Cornus subg. Cynoxylon
C. florida
|Binomial name
|Cornus florida
|Natural range of Cornus florida
|Synonyms [1]
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. [2] The tree is commonly planted as an ornamental in residential and public areas because of its showy bracts and interesting bark structure.
The flowering dogwood is usually included in the dogwood genus Cornus as Cornus florida L., although it is sometimes treated in a separate genus as Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach.
Two subspecies are generally recognized:
- Cornus florida subsp. florida – eastern + south-central United States.
- Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana (Rose) Rickett – northeastern Mexico ( Nuevo León, Veracruz).
Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) high, often wider than it is tall when mature, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (1 ft). A 10-year-old tree will stand about 5 m (16 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, simple, ovate, 6–13 cm (2.4–5.1 in) long and 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) broad, with an apparently entire margin (actually very finely toothed, under a lens); they turn a rich red-brown in fall.
The flowers are individually small and inconspicuous, with four greenish-yellow bracts 4 mm (0.16 in) long. Around 20 flowers are produced in a dense, rounded, umbel-shaped inflorescence, or flower-head, 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) in diameter. The flower-head is surrounded by four conspicuous large white, pink or red "petals" (actually bracts), each bract 3 cm (1.2 in) long and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) broad, rounded, and often with a distinct notch at the apex. The flowers are hermaphroditic ("perfect flowers") .
When in the wild they can typically be found at the forest edge and frequently on dry ridges. While most of the wild trees have white bracts, some selected cultivars of this tree also have pink bracts, some even almost a true red. They typically flower in early April in the southern part of their range, to late April or early May in northern and high altitude areas. The similar Kousa dogwood ( Cornus kousa), native to Asia, flowers about a month later.
The fruit is a cluster of two to ten separate drupes, (fused in Cornus kousa), each 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and about 8 mm (0.31 in) wide, which ripen in the late summer and the early fall to a bright red, or occasionally yellow with a rosy blush. They are an important food source for dozens of species of birds, which then distribute the seeds.
Flowering dogwood does best horticulturally in moist, acidic soil in a site with some afternoon shade, but good morning sun. It does not do well when exposed to intense heat sources such as adjacent parking lots or air conditioning compressors. It also has a low salinity tolerance. The hardiness zone is 5–9 and the preferred pH is between 6.0–7.0. [3] In urban and suburban settings, care should be taken not to inflict mower damage on the trunk or roots, as this increases the tree's susceptibility to disease and pest pressure. [3] The common flowering dogwood has been placed on the endangered species list in Ontario. [4] [5] [6] In regions where dogwood anthracnose is a problem, homeowners and public land managers are encouraged to know the symptoms and inspect trees frequently. The selection of healthy, disease-free planting stock is essential and transplanting trees from the forest should be avoided. Sites should be selected for reasonably well-drained, fertile soils; full sun is recommended in high-hazard areas (such as stream or pond banks). New plantings should be mulched to a depth of 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 in), avoiding the stem. Dead wood and leaves should be pruned and completely removed and destroyed yearly. Plants should be watered weekly during droughts, with watering done in the morning, avoiding wetting the foliage. Registered fungicides can be applied when necessary, according to manufacturers instructions and advice of local Extension Service. [7]
Flowering dogwood is grown widely throughout the temperate world.
- Selected cultivars
- 'Amerika Touch-O-Pink' – large bracts, tinged pink; large leaves; good disease resistance.
- 'Appalachian Spring' – large white bracts; red fall foliage; resistant to dogwood anthracnose.
- 'Autumn Gold' – white bracts; yellow fall color.
- 'Barton' – large white bracts; blooms at early age; resistant to stem canker and powdery mildew.
- 'Bay Beauty' – double white bracts; resists heat and drought; good for Deep South.
- 'Cherokee Daybreak' – white bract; vigorous grower with variegated leaves.
- 'Cherokee Chief' – red bracts; red new growth. [8]
- 'Cherokee Brave' – Even redder than 'Cherokee Chief', smaller bracts but dark red color; consistently resistant to powdery mildew.
- 'Cherokee Princess' – vigorous white bracts, industry standard for white flowers.
- 'Cherokee Sunset' – purplish-red bracts; variegated foliage.
- 'Gulf Coast Pink' – best pink flowering dogwood in Florida – northern part only.
- 'Hohman's Gold' – white bracts; variegated foliage.
- 'Jean's Appalachian Snow' – large, overlapping white bracts w/ green flowers; very resistant to powdery mildew.
- 'Karen's Appalachian Blush' – delicate white bracts edged in pink; some powdery mildew resistance.
- 'Kay's Appalachian Mist' – stiff, creamy white bracts; red fall foliage; good resistance to powdery mildew.
- 'Plena' – double white bracts; spot anthracnose-resistant.
- 'Purple Glory' – red bracts; purple foliage; spot anthracnose-resistant but susceptible to stem canker.
- 'Weaver White' – large white blooms; large leaves; candelabra shape; good in north-central Florida.
Cornus florida is easily propagated by seeds, which are sown in the fall into prepared rows of sawdust or sand, and emerge in the spring. Germination rates for good clean seed should be near 100% if seed dormancy is first overcome by cold stratification treatments for 90 to 120 days at 4 °C (39 °F). [9] [10] Flowering dogwood demonstrates gametophytic self-incompatibility, meaning that the plants can't self-fertilize. This is important for breeding programs as it means that it is not necessary to emasculate (remove the anthers from) C. florida flowers before making controlled cross-pollinations. These pollinations should be repeated every other day, as the flowers must be cross-pollinated within one or two days of opening for pollinations to be effective. [11]
Softwood cuttings taken in late spring or early summer from new growth can be rooted under mist if treated with 8,000 to 10,000 ppm indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). In cold climates, potted cuttings must be kept in heated cold frames or polyhouses the following winter to maintain temperatures between 0 and 7 °C (32 and 45 °F). Although rooting success can be as high as 50–85%, this technique is not commonly used by commercial growers. Rather, selected cultivars are generally propagated by T-budding in late summer or by whip grafting in the greenhouse in winter onto seedling rootstock. [10] [12]
Micropropagation of flowering dogwood is now used in breeding programs aiming to incorporate resistance to dogwood anthracnose and powdery mildew into horticulturally and economically important cultivars. Nodal ( axillary bud) sections are established in a culture of Woody Plant Medium (WPM) amended with 4.4 µmol/L 6-Benzyladenine (BA) to promote shoot growth. [13] Rooting of up to 83% can be obtained when 5–7 week-old microshoots are then transferred to WPM amended with 4.9 µmol/L IBA. [14]
Historical uses
Other old names now rarely used include American dogwood, Florida dogwood, Indian arrowwood, Cornelian tree, white cornel, white dogwood, false box, and false boxwood. This species has in the past been used in the production of inks, scarlet dyes, and as a quinine substitute. The hard, dense wood has been used for products such as golf club heads, mallets, wooden rake teeth, tool handles, jeweler's boxes and butcher's blocks. [15] [16] Cornus florida is the state tree and flower of Virginia, [17] the state tree of Missouri, and state flower of North Carolina. [18] [19] It was used to treat dogs with mange, which may be how it got its name. [19] The red berries are edible, but do not taste good. [20]
In 1915, forty dogwood saplings were donated by U.S. to Japan in the 1912-15 exchange of flowers between Tokyo and Washington, D.C. While the cherry trees survived the ensuing sour relations of these two countries and are the main feature of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, all dogwood trees in Tokyo died except the one that had been planted in an agriculture high school. In 2012, the United States sent 3,000 dogwood saplings to Japan to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Washington D.C. cherry trees given as a gift to the U.S. by Japan in 1912. [21]
- ^ The Plant List, Cornus florida L.
- ^ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
- ^ a b Cappiello, P and D Shadow. 2005. Dogwoods: The Genus Cornus. Timber Press, Portland. pp 98-100.
- ^ https://www.ontario.ca/page/eastern-flowering-dogwood
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Environment. "Species Profile (Eastern Flowering Dogwood) - Species at Risk Public Registry". www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca.
- ^ https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_cofl2.pdf
- ^ Anderson, RL, JL Knighten, M Windham, K Langdon, F Hendrix, R Roncadori. 1994. Dogwood anthracnose and its spread in the South. Project Report R8-PR 26. USDA Forest Service, Atlanta, GA. 10pp.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'". Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Cappiello, P and D Shadow. 2005. Dogwoods: The Genus Cornus. Timber Press, Portland. pp 100-102.
- ^ a b Hartmann, HT, DE Kester, FT Davies, RL Geneve. 2002. Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. pp. 769.
- ^ Reed, SM. 2004. Self-incompatibility in Cornus florida. HortScience 39(2): 335-338.
- ^ Cappiello, P and D Shadow. 2005. Dogwoods: The Genus Cornus. Timber Press, Portland. pp 102.
- ^ Kaveriappa, KM, LM Phillips, RN Trigiano. 1997. Micropropagation of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) from seedlings. Plant Cell Reports 16: 485-489.
- ^ Sharma, AR, RN Trigiano, WT Witte, OJ Schwarz. 2005. In vitro adventitious rooting of Cornus florida microshoots. Scientia Horticulturae 103: 381-385.
- ^ Petrides, George A. 1972. A field guide to trees and shrubs; field marks of all trees, shrubs, and woody vines that grow wild in the northeastern and north-central United States and in southeastern and south-central Canada. The Peterson field guide series, 11. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. page 106.
- ^ Cappiello, P and D Shadow. 2005. Dogwoods: The Genus Cornus. Timber Press, Portland. pp 100.
- ^ "White Dogwood". Virginia Department of Forestry. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ^ "Cornus florida". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "State Flower--Dogwood" (PDF). North Carolina Museum of History. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ^ "Dogwood Questions and Answers". United States National Arboretum, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. eyes 3,000 dogwoods for 'sakura' anniversary. The Japan Times. Posted: Jan. 17, 2012". Japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- [1] Dogwood placed on Endangered List
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornus florida.
|Wikiversity has bloom time data for Cornus florida on the Bloom Clock
- Missouriplants: Cornus florida
- Bioimages: Cornus florida
- Floridata: Cornus florida
- University of Connecticut Plant Database: Cornus florida
- United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service: Cornus florida
- University of California @ Davis, Integrated Pest Management Online: Dogwood pest management
- Cornell University, Integrated Pest Management, Dogwood Borer
- United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office, How to Identify and Control Dogwood Anthracnose
- Virginia State University Cooperative Extension, Foliar Diseases of Dogwood
- flowering dogwood - Interactive Native Range Distribution Map of Cornus florida


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Scotland under-20 head coach Rob Moffat has rotated his squad ahead of the side's penultimate IRB TOSHIBA Junior World Championship match against Fiji at the Hanazono Stadium, Osaka (kick-off 7am BST).
Two of the eight changes to the side that defeated Japan 12-7 on Saturday were forced when Scotland captain Fraser Brown and lock Nick Campbell returned home after sustaining injuries in the match and have since been replaced by Alun Walker (Currie) and Tom Drennan (Edinburgh Accies) in the touring squad.
Scotland under-20 head coach, Rob Moffat, said: "Some of the players have played three games a short time apart and, while they're physically prepared and willing to play, we have rotated the squad to make the best use of the 26 players we have in Japan.
"Fiji will be similar to Samoa which was a game which I feel we should have won but we have to work on developing a style of play that suits us."
In a shuffled back division, Tom Brown makes his first start of the tournament, Henry Pygros returns to start at scrum-half, Ashleah McCulloch comes back to his familiar outside-centre role while the versatile Alex Dunbar starts on his inside.
Robert Harley moves into the second-row to partner Richie Gray following Campbell's withdrawal while Struan Dewar joins the back-row at number eight.
The front-row changes mean that Gavin Cameron will start for the first time since the Championship opener against Samoa while Finlay Gillies comes in to hook in place of the departing captain, whose armband goes to flanker Chris Fusaro.
Moffat added: "When developing players we need to work hard at developing leaders and it's important that you give young players responsibility.
"He [Fusaro] has played very well and has impressed a lot of people, I'm sure he'll handle it well. He has a lot of respect from the players because of the way he conducts himself both on and off the field."
Scotland team to play Fiji at the Hanazono Stadium, Osaka on Wednesday 17 June (kick-off 7am)
15 Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
14 Grant Anderson (Ayr) *
13 Ashleah McCulloch (Aberdeen Grammar) **
12 Alex Dunbar (Selkirk) **
11 Tom Brown (Edinburgh Accies) *
10 Andrew White (Glasgow Hawks) **
9 Henry Pyrgos (Wimbourne)
1 Gavin Cameron (Stirling County) **
2 Finlay Gillies (Heriot's) **
3 David Morton (Bridgwater and Albion)
4 Robert Harley (West of Scotland) *
5 Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
6 Ryan Wilson (London Scottish)
8 Struan Dewar (Heriot's) **
7 Chris Fusaro CAPTAIN (Heriot's) *
16 Alun Walker (Currie)
17 Grant Shiells (Kelso)
18 Grant Gilchrist (Stirling County) *
19 Stuart McInally (Watsonaisn) *
20 Peter Jericevich (Glasgow Hawks) *
21 Robbie McGowan (Stirling County)
22 James Knight (Bedford)
Peter Jericevich (Glasgow Hawks) *, Henry Pyrgos (Wimbourne), Andrew White (Glasgow Hawks) **, Alex Dunbar (Selkirk) **, Robbie Johnston (Leeds University and Leeds Carnegie), James Knight (Bedford), Ashleah McCulloch (Aberdeen Grammar) **, Steven Aitken (Aberdeen Grammar) **, Grant Anderson (Ayr) *, Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Tom Brown (Edinburgh Accies)*, Robbie McGowan (Stirling County)
Alun Walker (Currie), Finlay Gillies (Heriot's) **, Gavin Cameron (Stirling County) **, David Morton (Bridgwater and Albion), Douglas Orr (Haddington) **, Grant Shiells (Kelso), Tom Drennan (Edinburgh Accies), Grant Gilchrist (Stirling County) *, Richard Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Robert Harley (West of Scotland) **, Struan Dewar (Heriot's) **, Chris Fusaro (Heriot's) *, Stuart McInally* (Watsonians), Ryan Wilson (London Scottish)
* Denotes a member of the Scottish National Contracted Academy
** Denotes a member of the Scottish Rugby National Academy supported by the Scottish Institute of Sport
Scotland under-20 continuing match schedule
Wednesday 17 June – Scotland v Fiji, Hanazono Stadium, Osaka (kick-off 7am BST) Sunday 21 June – Scotland v Tonga or Argentina, Hanazono Stadium, Osaka (kick-off tbc)


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Classics question: when does a novel gain this status?
The Guardian May 20, 2014
Sitting on this privileged shelf in a bookshop confers a lot of kudos, but close examination leaves you wondering why
At the first bookstore I worked in, The Great Gatsby wasn't a classic. Fitzgerald slugged it out in general fiction, side by side with Faulks and Fleming. Fleming wasn't even in crime and thrillers; no, James Bond languished in fiction too.
These decisions, as is the case with all bookstores, had a lot to do with space issues, but our own prejudices came into it. The usuals – Homer, Dostoyevsky, Austen – had at least half a shelf each in classics, while other authors, arguably of the same calibre and importance – Vonnegut, Conrad, Kesey – were kept in fiction.
Undoubtedly important as a figure of his time and of the western literature canon, Fitzgerald just wasn't dead enough or prestigious enough for us to put him in classics. We weren't one of those bewilderingly elitist bookshops that insist on keeping a "literary fiction" section separate, but we were still dictating how customers saw books for the sake of our own reading tastes.
In another shop I worked in, we avoided the issue by defining the "classic" chronologically: anything written before 1960 was kept in "classic fiction" and everything written after went to "modern fiction". But then there were the problem authors, the ones who straddled the two periods. Mary Renault, Gore Vidal and Isaac Asimov skipped over the fence depending on who put them in the system.
Then, because publishers must toy with us, there are "modern classics". Enjoyable oddballs such as John Kennedy Toole and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry get the attention they deserve with this label but meanwhile, Morrissey managed to get his biography published as a Penguin Classic - a move justified by Penguin because it was "a classic in the making".
Like Morrissey, some customers feel their reading choices are more admirable if they come from the classics shelf. I remember one woman snapping, "I refuse to believe that you only have four of the brilliant JD Salinger's books, your classics section is appalling." We had to break it to her that JD Salinger had only written four books. ("The next one comes out in 2060," we told her cheerfully).
After five years selling books, I find the word increasingly meaningless. Unavoidably, booksellers and publishers are gatekeepers, making these decisions to suit their market and make their product easier to buy. What one person regards as an outstanding example of literature, another will consider drivel. The label "classic" is increasingly bandied about with wild marketing abandon. As a bookseller specialising in modern fiction, I look at a lot of new releases with a slightly jaundiced eye. These days any amiable-looking book garlanded with just one or two admiring reviews looks positively rubbish.
Reading forward, what will stand the test of time? Which current authors will, like Dickens, come to dominate whole shelves, and who will be remembered for only one book? In a year or decade, will genre-hoverers such as Burgess, Kesey, Vonnegut and Bradbury be officially elevated to classic status? That's a burden for future booksellers. At least they won't have to shift shelves online.


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- Sex is the real villain of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer universe.
- Giles is totally in love with Buffy.
- Willow's magic is utterly useless (this one won't be an issue until season 2, when she gets a chance to become a witch)
- Xander is a textbook Nice Guy.
- The show isn't as feminist as people claim.
- All the monsters look like wieners.
- If ambivalence to possible danger were an Olympic sport, Team Sunnydale would take the gold.
- Angel is a dick.
- Harmony is the strongest female character on the show.
- Team sports are portrayed in an extremely negative light.
- Some of this shit is racist as fuck.
- Science and technology are not to be trusted.
WARNING: Some people have mentioned they're watching along with me, and that's awesome, but I've seen the entire series already and I'll probably mention things that happen in later seasons. So... you know, take that under consideration, if you're a person who can't enjoy something if you know future details about it.
This is one of my all-time favorite episodes of BtVS, because it's about one of my biggest fears: ventriloquism. I am terrified of ventriloquists and their dummies. The only one I've ever really liked was Lamb Chop, but only because she was really a sock puppet. Sherri Lewis remains suspect, even in death.
It's also, dare I say, one of the least problematic episodes. Sexual Harassment Dummy aside, there's really nothing glaringly wrong in this episode, and hardly anything on our handy list of issues gets used! Huzzah! We can just enjoy ourselves!
Anyway, I really liked the way this episode duped me into believing one thing for a really long time, then flipped it, and genuinely surprised me.
We get a weird angled shot of a stretching ballerina's crotch while a scary voice promises that he will be whole and new. Then the camera zooms around a bunch of kids practicing various talents, from the tuba to magic to an awkward looking kid holding a really scary ventriloquist's dummy:
Giles: "He thought it would behoove me to have more contact with the students. I did try to explain that my vocational choice of librarian was a deliberate attempt to minimize said contact, but he would have none of it."WTF is wrong with this school? Remember, from the vantage point of an outside observer, Giles is spending a lot of time having hushed, urgent conversations with these three students in the library, sometimes after hours. One of these girls has a picture of the two of them together in her locker. And they think this guy needs to spend more time around kids? Yes, we know he's a Watcher and he doesn't want to be one, and he certainly doesn't like spending time around teenagers, but nobody else in Sunnydale knows this. Without that crucial piece of evidence, things are just getting creepier and creepier.
Hey, there's an interesting angle of Giles that I've actually never considered before... he told Buffy in "Never Kill a Boy on The First Date" that he didn't want to be a Watcher. So, in a way, Giles and Buffy are living parallel lives, enslaved to destinies they had no say in.
Anyway, Buffy has to crack on Giles a little bit, because that's their schtick:
Buffy: "Giles, into every generation is born one who must run the annual talentless show. You cannot escape your destiny."Giles tells Buffy that if she had any decency, she would help him, and she tells him she's going to do what he usually does, and just watch. Willow and Xander get in on the teasing, too, but their satisfaction is short-lived, because HEY IT'S QUARK!
Morgan's dummy starts sexually harassing the girls and insisting that he's real, and Buffy threatens to burn him. Because as we all know from her transcripts, Buffy is excellent and burning stuff down. Giles walks in, enduring Principal Snyder's lengthy diatribe about how fucking awful teenagers are:
Snyder: "Kids today need discipline. It's not a popular word these days, discipline. I know Principal Flutie would have said, 'Kids need understanding, kids are human beings.' That's the kind of wooly-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten."Giles listens to all this and tries to stammer a word in edge-wise, but it's clear from his reaction to Snyder's monologue that what Giles is really thinking is, "Jesus, this guy hates kids even more than I do." There will be no bonding here.
Tuba Girl: "I didn't know her too well. There's that whole dancer/band rivalry, you know?
Snyder: "There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed. And also smoking.Dedication to the future of America.
Buffy insists she doesn't do anything from the proscribed actions list, and Snyder warns her that he knows something is up with her, and he's going to figure out what. So, basically he's the only person in Sunnydale that actually notices what the students in the high school are doing, ever, but he's also the person who hates them the most.
Buffy tells Snyder she's supposed to get something from Morgan's locker, but when she opens the dummy's case, it's empty.
So, who was watching this go down?
Buffy: "It was like it pounced on my face."
Xander: "Like a cat?"
Buffy: "Yeah, exactly. But when I turned the lights on it was already gone. I think it went out my window"
Xander: "Like a cat."
Buffy: "Yeah. No!"Giles suggests that Buffy had a nightmare about dummies, and despite her insistence that she's the Slayer and she knows something funny is going on, they all pretty much agree that Morgan is probably just murdering people. But to err on the side of caution, Giles has researched a group of demons who masquerade as teenagers and need to steal certain human organs every seven years to keep from reverting to their original, ooky forms.
Hey, isn't it funny that Anthony Head was in an episode of Buffy where people were getting their organs stolen, and then he was in Repo! The Genetic Opera stealing people's organs?
Anyway, Giles tells them about how the demons are super strong, and Morgan is getting weaker and weaker. So no choices have really been eliminated here. Morgan could still be the murderer, he might just be the murderer who kills people because he needs to conceal his demon bits for another seven years.
Buffy is in class when Morgan's dummy (who is sitting at Morgan's desk with him, and no one seems to have a problem with this) turns his head all the way around to creepily stare at her. Cordelia tells Buffy the dummy digs her, and they should tour together in a freak show. But Buffy doesn't have time for Cordelia's bully shenanigans at the moment, because this is an evil dummy emergency. When the teacher calls on Morgan and Sid smarts off to her, the teacher confiscates him and sticks him in a cupboard. When Morgan returns later to get the dummy, the teacher tries to connect with him, asking if there are problems at home. Morgan just wants Sid, but when the teacher goes to the cupboard to get him, he's gone. Morgan flips out, saying Sid knew to wait for him and demanding to know what the teacher has done.
Willow: "Once again I'm banished to the demon section of the card catalogue."Remember when people knew what those were?
Giles: "You concentrate on reanimation theory, I'll peck about in organ harvesting. Unless, of course, you prefer-"
Willow: "That's okay. You can have the organs."
Willow: "Look what I found in the section on toys and magic: 'On rare occasions, inanimate objects of human quality, such as dolls and mannequins, already mystically possessed of consciousness, have acted upon their desire to become human by harvesting organs."Oh, well, as long as it's rare then. Jesus, I'm not going to sleep for weeks, and I'm giving my rag doll John Denver the serious stink eye right now.
As she backs away from the horrible murder scene, a chandelier falls on her. Because it's the theatre, and a chandelier always has to fall on somebody. When Buffy regains consciousness, we run into yet another example of how Slayer strength can conveniently fall by the wayside in favor of dramatic tension. In the past, we have seen Buffy rip doorknobs off with her bare hands, punch a lock into a locker to open it, easily pry the lid off a crate her mother couldn't dislodge with a crowbar, and, oh yeah, fight vampires. But now, she can't lift the chandelier off herself, even when a dummy starts attacking her with a knife. Come on, show. Regular, non-Slayer humans have been known to rise to enormous feats of strength in times of stress. You hear all the time about some random bystander lifting a burning car off an injured and trapped victim.
Sid: "You win. Now you can take your heart and your brain and move on."
Buffy: "I'm sure they would have made great trophies for your case."
Sid: "That would have been justice."
Buffy: "Yeah, except for one thing: you lost, and now you'll never be human.
Sid: "Yeah, well neither will you."
Buffy and Sid together: "What?"Back in the library, Sid shares his origin story with the Scoobies, who are all, well... they're talking to a dummy. Just look at them:
Sid tells them he was a demon hunter who ended up cursed into the body of a ventriloquist dummy. Like you do. He's been tracking down and killing these organ harvesting demons in the hopes of getting his curse lifted. He noticed Buffy's super strength, and that made him believe she was the organ harvesting demon. Since the demon already has the heart and brain, he should move on. Sid is pretty sure the demon was in the talent show, so by process of elimination. whoever doesn't show up is the demon. Giles heads to the auditorium to get all the students in a "power circle," a theatre warm-up that Sid suggests. It's all pretense to gather them in one place, so they can play "spot the missing demon."
Backstage, Cordelia is having a freakout:
Cordelia: "I... I can't go out there. All those people staring at me, and judging me, like I'm some kind of... Buffy. What if I mess up?"
Giles: "Cordelia, there's an adage that, um, if you're feeling nervous, then you should imagine the entire audience are in their underwear."
Cordelia: "Ew! Even Mrs. Franklin?
Giles: "Perhaps not."Worst pep talk ever.
Buffy and Sid are up on the catwalk, keeping an eye on the situation on the stage. To kill time before the talent show contestants assemble, they discuss their demon-fighting lives. Buffy tells Sid she's the Slayer, and he fondly remembers banging a Slayer in the 30's, before he was a dummy. Buffy correctly deduces that when Sid kills the demon and is freed from his curse, he'll die. But Sid tells her not to be sad, because he's lived longer than most demon hunters, or Slayers. This is one of the first times we're reminded of Buffy's tenuous mortality. That'll be important at the end of this season, and then it will be a running theme through the rest of the show. It's worked in really slyly here. We're not talking about the danger of Buffy's life, but the fact that Sid is going to die. But the seed has been planted, we know a little more keenly now that Buffy's life is destined to be brutal and short.
The talent acts assemble on stage briefly. None of the students are missing. Buffy jumps down from the catwalk to confer with Giles, and they both agree that the demon isn't a part of the talent show. But it's almost time for curtain, and Giles has to run the show. He sends Buffy off in search of the demon, and spots Snyder lurking in the wings. Sid has gone missing, and while Buffy looks for him she finds...
Buffy: "So it probably is one of them, and- and Giles doesn't know it. He's with them all right now!"
Xander: "Giles can handle himself. I mean, he is really... smart."So, where is this allegedly smart guy?
Giles: "S-shouldn't it be aimed at my neck?"
Demon Magician: "No. This way your scalp gets sliced off, and your brains just come pouring out."
Giles: "What exactly is the trick?"
Demon Magician: "Trick?"Here's the thing; the first half of the episode leads us to believe that the demon is Morgan, or Morgan's dummy, or possibly the new Principal. When it turns out to be random Magician Guy, we as an audience should be pissed off at all the red herrings, right? Not necessarily, because this is what this episode has done so brilliantly: in every scene involving the talent show, we have seen Magician Guy. He was in the very opening. He was interviewed by Giles after the murder. We saw his trick with the disappearing cabinet go wrong. He's been constantly in the background, in the pool of possible demon offenders. So, when the big reveal happens, we don't feel like it's coming from out of left field. I know some commenters have said they read these recaps to learn about writing, so there's a big one for you: you have to put some work into a "gotcha" moment, so the reader/viewer doesn't feel cheated or like you're pulling some serious Deus Ex Machina nonsense on them.
So, Magician Guy starts chopping at the rope for the guillotine. I feel like it would have been more effective to just untie it and let go of the rope, but whatever, I'm not a demon or a French executioner. I assume they did it this way for the dramatic potential of watching the rope fray a little more with each strike of the hatchet. It's nearly cut when Buffy tackles Magician Guy and starts fighting him. The rope breaks, but Xander grabs it, saving Giles from certain death.
One good thing about Xander: he saves people's lives like crazy. And he never gets any credit for it, which is a shame.
As Buffy fights the now totally demonriffic Magician Guy, aided by Sid- who has a fuck-off huge knife and will star in all of my nightmares from now on- Willow frees Giles from the guillotine. Buffy manages to get the demon under the blade, and they decapitate it. Sid says they have to get the heart in order to make sure the demon is dead.


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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Programs
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ETSY! Yes! I have opened an Etsy shop, currently it is still under "holiday mode" because I am still creating items to sell. Currently all my items will be digital downloads (a lot easier for a college student to manage), but I am hoping to eventually get a Silhouette and be able to sell physical planner kits. What I plan on selling includes:
1) Downloadable Planner Kits
2) Computer wallpapers (a custom option will be available)
3) Printable A5 Planner Inserts


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Scientists Create Transparent Mice with See-Through Organs
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have re-created the body horror of the television show Fringe, but with mice.
[Credit: Fox]
Yang et al published their research in the journal Cell, which stated that they had successfully created whole transparent mice whose entire bodies are see-through, with the exception of their bones. Previous studies had used similar methods in order to make the brain cells of mice transparent, but this study marked the first time the treatment had been applied to the entire body. The result looks unsettlingly like a blob of rodent-shaped gelatin.
In order to create these transparent mice, the researchers euthanize the mice and remove their skin before beginning the process. They then pump their blood vessels full of chemicals that dismantle the fats in the vessels that cause the organs to block light. The entire process takes approximately a week. This method allows the researchers to observe the anatomy of mice in much more detail than other technologies, such as X-rays or MRIs.
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