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convention coverage report of
Dragon-con 2006!
Welcome to another edition
of Linus Lam Network News for 2006! This news report covers our trip
to Dragon-con 2006 for a huge weekend of anime and manga enjoyment and
a whole lot more for 2006! Held at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency, Marriott Marquis, and Hilton Towers
over the weekend of September 1-4, 2006, Dragon-con 2006 saw lots of attendees ready to party on with a bunch of
dedicated artists, live performances, and plenty of opportunities to hang
out with fellow sci-fi, fantasy, and pop culture fans. Our exciting trip to
Dragon-con 2006 starts here! Coverage you can count on, here at Linus Lam
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|Highlights: Featured Guests included such recognized big-screen celebrities such as Adam Baldwin, Erick Avari, Nicholas Brendon, James Callis, Yvonne Craig, Anthony Daniels, Mira Furlan, Summer Glau, Erin Gray, Dean Haglund, Virginia Hey, Grant Imahara, Gary Jones, Christopher Judge, Brandy Lunford, Rachel Luttrell, Lee Meriwether, Ray Park, George A. Romero, Kiran Shah, Kevin Sorbo, Alan Tudyk, Anson Williams, Marv Wolfman, and lots more! Inside the big ballrooms and hosted outside of the hotels, attendees can watch the annual Dragon-con Costume Parade, Lips Down on Dixie and Great Luke Ski live performances, and see some really amazing costumes at the Dragon-con Costume Contest and Dawn Look-Alike Contest. Catching up on the Programming Schedule, numerous panels included American Sci-Fi Media, Anime and Animation, Art Workshops, Autograph Sessions, British Sci-fi Media, Buffly: The Vampire Slayer, Comics, Costuming, Electronic Frontiers, Filking, Gothic Shadows, Independent Films, Podcasting, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Robotics, Science Fiction Classics, Sci-fi Fantasy and Literature, Asian Cinema, Space and Science, Stargate: Offworld Fandom, Star Trek, Star Wars: Matters of the Force, Tolkien's Middle Earth, Forth North American Tribal Gathering, Weyrfest, Writer's Track, X Track, Young Adult Literature, and lots more.
This year's trip to Dragon-con saw lots of inspired costumes from numerous sci-fi, horror, and fantasy characters and more! Chart-topping displays for this year included characters from Star Wars, Chronicles of Riddick, Dawn, Marvel/DC Super Heroes, and much more!
Please check out more cosplay photo coverage from our Dragon-con stock convention archives!
|Miscellaneous: From Artists Alleys to Art Shows, Anime Music Videos to casual conversations with esteemed Guests of Honor, shopping inside the Dealers Hall to participating numerous panels, you can always find something to do at Dragon-con. Additional sights to explore were the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, Robot Battles, Charity Auction, Comic Artists Reception, 20th Annual Dragon-con Independent Short Film Festival, Guest of Honor Banquet, Wrestling, RPG and tons of Tabletop Gaming, and lots more.
Come check out more cosplay and events photo coverage from our Dragon-con stock convention archives!
Be sure to visit the next Dragon-con!
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When too much is never enough
I just re-read My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok for the first time in twenty-five years. It was required reading for a Religious Studies course taken in my first year of college, and I thoroughly enjoyed it then. Now, however, it seems to have taken on dimensions that my 18-year-old self could not comprehend. I had not yet lapsed as a Catholic then, so the appropriation of iconography was not something remotely relevant. I had not yet been scarred by the traumas to come, so issues of personal safety were nil. I had not felt the rifts, natural and unintended, from my family unit; the cleaving away from one's parents was a non-issue. Most notably, I was not yet a parent, so the exquisite pain of a mother's love was not yet mine to understand.
As if these were not enough, the author captured something that resonates more now than ever-- the feeling of longing during the act of creation, of dispossession, of feeling apart from oneself in the best and worst ways. There is a passage in which the titular protagonist, a young Hasid boy with a much-maligned gift for painting, recognizes his ability to see things differently for the first time. He is convinced that it is physiological and asks to see an eye doctor. I distinctly the first time I was able to flatten space and reverse the figure and the ground. I found it entertaining, but when I went to explain my game, most people didn't get it. Disenfranchisement and misunderstanding-- yeah, I may know a few things about it.
This passage, though, is everything:
"I looked at my right hand, the hand with which I painted. There was power in that hand. Power to create and destroy. Power to bring pleasure and pain. Power to amuse and horrify. There was in that hand the demonic and divine at one and the same time. The demonic and divine were two aspects of the same force. Creation was demonic and divine. Creativity was demonic and divine. Art was demonic and divine."
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Term: stromatolites
Literally meaning: "layers of stones"
Origin: Anc Greek
στρώμα/stroma(=layer, mattress) > στορέννυμι/storenymi(=to spread the clothes over a bed, to strew or spread with )
+ λίθος/lithos(=stone, rock)
In 1908, by Kalkowsky while describing coastal paleoenviroments of a Lower Triassic epicontinental sea.
(Source: Kalkowsky E (1908)Oolith und Stromatolith im norddutschen Buntsandstein. Zeiitschrifit der deutchen geologischen Gesellschaft 60: 68-125. )
Stromatolites, are rock-like laminated structures formed by the trapping and precipitation of particles of microorganisms such as bacteria and algae. Srtomatolites include the oldest known fossils, dating back some 3.5 billion years.


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Favicon: complete guide to create and add to WordPress
Learn how to create favicon, the importance of this icon and how to add it to WordPress. Create free website and put into practice what you just learnt!
Favicon is a little icon that appears in front of the page title in the browser tab, up there on the screen. This image represents your site/company's brand.
It helps the user to identify the page, especially if there are multiple tabs open or he is browsing on small screens such as mobile or tablet one. It also strengthens website's brand and complete its visual identity.
Improvements in user experience is another benefit from favicon.
This question raises others that we answered below:
- Favicon size: 128×128 pixels.
- Favicon format: PNG or ICO, because of the transparency, if the image is not a square (ex.: WordPress logo is circular).
- Image to favicon: company's logo or product.
Now we are going to create a favicon!
We choose one method, but there are others not listed here:
One option is favicon-generator.org, favicon generator directly from your browser.
Follow all steps written there to create a favicon for your website.
It's almost ready!
In WordPress panel, verify if the tab "Theme options" allows you to change the favicon. Once found this option, upload the file or enter the URL of it (you will have to add it to the Media Library).
The plug-in All in one Favicon brings upload or URL options.
Visit your control panel (youradress.com/admin).
- Open the "Advanced Mode" on top bar.
- Add the image of the favicon to the library, in the "Media" option.
- Copy the URL of the file.
- Find "Theme options" in the sidebar.
- Click on the "Logo and favicon" tab.
- Add the URL favicon in its field.
- Save all changes.
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Washington: Scientists have solved one of few remaining fundamental mysteries about how the Sun works.
The mechanism, known as meridional flow, works something like a conveyor belt. Magnetic plasma migrates north to south on the Sun`s surface, from the equator to the poles, and then cycles into the Sun`s interior on its way back to the equator.
The rate and depth beneath the surface of the Sun at which this process occurs is critical for predicting the Sun`s magnetic and flare activity, but has remained largely unknown until now.
The solar scientists used the Stanford-operated Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) - an instrument onboard NASA`s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite - to track solar waves in much the way seismologists would study seismic movements beneath the surface of the Earth. Every 45 seconds for the past two years, the HMI`s Doppler radar snapped images of plasma waves moving across the Sun`s surface.
By identifying patterns of sets of waves, the scientists could recognize how the solar materials move from the Sun`s equator toward the poles, and how they return to the equator through the Sun`s interior.
Lead author Junwei Zhao, a senior research scientist at the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory at Stanford said that once they understood how long it takes the wave to pass across the exterior, they determined how fast it moves inside, and thus how deep it goes.
Although solar physicists have long hypothesized such a mechanism, at least in general terms, the new observations redefine solar currents in a few ways.
First, the returning currents occur 100,000 kilometers below the surface of the Sun, roughly half as deep as suspected. As such, solar materials pass through the interior and return to the equator more quickly than hypothesized.
Zhao said that more startling is that the equator-ward flow is actually sandwiched between two `layers` of pole-ward currents, a more complicated mechanism than previously thought, and one that could help refine predictions of the Sun`s activity.
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text: I noticed when I moved from my old Supercard to my AKRPG (stock 4.11 firmware) that the GBA saves didn't work. This turned out to be because the 3in1 code prepends a header to the save file. I manually added this to my saves as required, but now I have begun playing with gelu's source I would like to remove the need for this to exist if at all possible. However, I'm a little confused, as my reading of the code ( and looking through the logs and experiments with the menu itself ), seem to suggest that the code was modified to load headerless save files, but it always adds them back in when it saves to disk. Is this correct and what everyone is experiencing? I just wanted to make sure before I add writing out to lastgba.ini if the save is headerless or not and writing it back appropriately. ...also, while I have your attention, does anyone know if any more thought has been given to releasing akaio's *menu* source (I'm aware of the situation re: the loader side of things, i.e. ak2i suport and korean editions etc.)? There's a lot of really nice work that exists in akaio that I'd like to have in my custom hackjob menu (settings menus, save prompts, etc.), but it currently looks like I'm going to have to reinvent the wheel for them using the features offered by gelu's code, so to speak. Just seems a waste of time, that's all.


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100 Years Ago – 1918: Chester postal authorities are pleased with the news from Washington that an effort is being made for a 10 to 20 percent increase in pay for carriers and officials throughout the United States. But it is pointed out that the increase is not sufficient, as compared with boosts in the industrial world and other branches of employment in the past few years.
75 Years Ago – 1943: A warm sun today melted icebound Chester streets, and turned the central business section of the city into a sea of mud and slush. Water and slush in some places several inches deep made walking a perilous feat, and countless pairs of silk stockings were spotted as passing cars threw jets of black slush over the sidewalks.
50 Years Ago – 1968: A 26-year-old expectant mother dropped her two children to safety form a second-story window, then jumped to escape a fire at their Sharon Hill home early today. "The living room was just a blazing inferno," said Patrolman James Monteith who caught Mrs. Louis Dellaso, 322 Greenwood Road, after she jumped the window. Monteith said Mrs. Dellaso awoke shortly after midnight and discovered the fire. She awoke her 33-year-old husband, who jumped from a rear window, then caught the two children from his wife before she jumped.
25 Years Ago – 1993: The crowd at September's Place in Springfield for Super Bowl XVII was disproportionately pro-Buffalo Bills yesterday. The pre-kickoff comments from some of the patrons seemed to indicate that the playoff-whipping the Delaware Cowboys put on their arch-rival Philadelphia Eagles three weeks ago might have a little something to do with Buffalo's sudden popularity around here.
10 Years Ago – 2008: With applause breaks befitting a State of the Union address, Gov. Ed Rendell and state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi announced the commonwealth's plan to kick $47 million toward the construction of a new soccer stadium and mixed-use development along the Chester waterfront. "When Dominic and I appear at a press conference, everybody's winning," Democrat Rendell said of the GOP Senate leader during a thoroughly collegial afternoon press conference at the Wharf at Rivertown development. "This is utterly amazing," said Chester Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr.


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After a hard day at the office, the last thing Harvey E. Kettering II wants to look at is clothes.
Who can blame him? After all, he spends most of his waking hours surrounded by some 200,000 garments. That's life for the president and chief executive officer of Baltimore Goodwill Industries Inc. He says there's nothing he enjoys more than watching the profits from donated clothing help train the disabled.
Mr. Kettering stands by his merchandise, too. The 62-year-old has been known to jog around his Phoenix home in a warm-up suit he bought at Goodwill for $4.99.


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Lingzhi Honey
Natural tonic for anti-tumor
Product Description
Supplement Facts
Directions To Use
Pharmacological actions:
Lingzhi honey contains polysaccharide compounds ganoderan A, B and C which are beneficial to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetic subjects. It also contains ganoderic acid which has inhibitory effect on cancer cells.
Each bottle contains
Lingzhi extract
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♦ Prevent metastasis of tumor
♦ Promote immunity
♦ Control of hypertension and ischemic heart diseases
Child – one teaspoonful two times daily
Adult – two teaspoonfuls two times daily half an hour before meal
Store at 15 – 25 °C.
Protect from direct sunlight.
Do not keep in refrigerator.
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Features of Flash APK
- This app is excruciatingly similar to Snapchat, offering a host of features like picture messages, stories and even filters.
- Face modifying filters are associated with this application.
- The 'Your Story' option is also available with this application along with the middle-facing camera interface.
- Other features include timed messages, face masks and video support.
- File size for the same is less than 25MB— 22MB to be precise.
Download Flash APK v1.0.3
Steps to Download, Install and Use Flash APK v1.0.3
- Head over to the device settings and click on Security
- Turn on download from Unknows Sources as the Flash APK is only brazil-centric for the given moment.
- Once enabled, the APK needs to be downloaded straight onto the mobile or shall be transferred if the download is initiated via a PC.
- As per the current scenario, you must ensure that you have an Android powered device at your disposal.
- Once downloaded, you can login via Facebook and start using the Flash App.


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Welcome backFinish your .
We have all heard the nightmare story: an unsuspecting homeowner pays thousands to a contractor only to be left with an unfinished kitchen. The homeowner then spends the next couple of months trying to recover financially. So, what can you do to protect yourself when you want to make home improvements? Here are a few of our tips to finding a contractor you can trust.read more
Sex selection has become a hot topic not only because of the legal and ethical and legal issues involved but also for where it is available. The United States remains one of the few places in the world where the procedure is not regulated. Who is right—the United States or most of the rest of the world?read more
There is a saying "tall fences make good neighbors." For many people this could be true. However, there are some neighbors who do not respect tall fences or any other border. There are a few sayings for that type of neighbor as well. So what can you do to prevent or stop encroachment? Read more on neighborhood border disputes.read more
The practice of reselling tickets at prices above face value is commonly called scalping, and whether it's legal depends on the state in which the event is located—whether the sale happens online, on the phone, or in person. So, what do you do with your extra tickets?Read more to find out about scalping laws.read more
A green card holder can live in the U.S. indefinitely, work, enlist in the armed forces, or start a business. The only things a green card will not provide are the right to vote, receive government benefits, and protection from deportation. However you obtain your green card, it is the first step to becoming an American citizen.read more
Having a baby is one of the most life changing events you will ever experience. So, once you get past the initial excitement about the impending baby, it is important to consider the practical matters of bringing a new life into the world - legal preparation. Read more to find out how you can protect yourself and your baby.read more
Since a majority of Americans live in urban centers, chances are many of us confront the challenges of living in close proximity to our fellow citizens. But the insomniac upstairs who insists on vacuuming at 3 a.m. or the never-ending kegger next door need not be insufferable nuisances. A little legal knowledge and a good set of earplugs will help you get your hard-earned z's. Read more on how to handle a noisy neighbor.read more
Beyond financial concerns, a domestic partnership agreement can help set other parameters in the relationship. Many couples never get around to discussing day to day life matters--- let alone setting them down on paper--- and the creation of a legal document defining the relationship could arguably help clarify and strengthen the relationshipread more
Among all 50 states, California grants the most rights and protections to same-sex couples through its domestic partnership law. Recent changes in the California law are giving same-sex couples the opportunity to enjoy many more of the same benefits often linked with marriage.read more
Why did 200 breastfeeding mothers gather in the middle of New York City? Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but no one was laughing at ABC headquarters when nursing mothers protested with signs like "Mama's latte is best." The mothers had gathered to object to comments made by "The View" talk show host Barbara Walters, who said she felt "very nervous" when a woman near her on an airplane breastfed her baby without covering up. Moments later, so-called "lactivists" around the country began organizing the New York City "nurse-in."read more


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The Wizard of Oz
Selections From the Original Motion Picture SoundtrackMusic CD - 1995
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the San Bruno copy is damaged.. cannot listen to some of the tunes
*Lyrics Excerpt* - "We're off the see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!"
To be sure - The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have certainly taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time. And, this film's principal song, Over the Rainbow, is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow".
Released in 1995 - This 2-disc set features not only all the songs, but also all of Herbert Stothart's background music, as well as outtake pieces of music, the opening and closing credits music, all of the songs cut from the film during its sneak previews, and demos for the songs.
Unfortunately, the one vocal not heard on these discs is the guards' chanting of "O-Ee-Oh! Yeoo-Oh!" outside the Wicked Witch's castle, since only the instrumental music track is included here.
Anyway - If you're a nostalgic fan of The Wizard of Oz, then listening to the many tracks on this 2-disc set will certainly bring back some very fond memories of the motion picture.
(*Watch "Over The Rainbow" music-video*)
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Reason #1: More Money, More Problems – Don't Overpay for Your Real Estate CRM
We have all been guilty of letting lack of time, or the "convenience factor", dictate which tool we choose for our business. When it comes to choosing a real estate CRM, there many good choices that will save you hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars per year. And here's another shocker: some of the less expensive real estate CRMs are even better than the super pricey ones! The key is to look for a CRM with confidence. How do you know which ones have confidence? Here are some questions to ask yourself:
- Does it require you to commit to a certain length of time? You should be able to cancel anytime, for any reason.
- Does the value you receive far outweigh the cost? This should be a "yes", without hesitation.
- Can you try the platform for free? A real estate CRM with confidence wants you to try it and be happy with your decision.
Make sure you are confident in your real estate CRM. Make sure it is confident in itself.
Reason #2: It's Difficult To Work With
Would you consider your CRM to be "clunky"? Ever feel like your CRM requires too much of your time and attention? You should not have to babysit your CRM! Nor should your CRM need you nurture it in the beginning to the point of actually being useful. It should walk you through the setup process and have you up and running in no time. Even better is to find one with a support team that can help take care of the setup process for you. Look for a CRM that can be easily integrated. You have way too many other things demanding your attention!
Also, you want to make sure that the people behind the scenes are easy to work with as well. Does your real estate CRM have real people that you can contact via your preferred method? Can you get ahold of them during the hours that you are likely to be working? Don't buy into the idea that customer service is a hot commodity, and that you need to pay money or purchase tokens in order to access a real person to help you out. Quality service should be readily available to you. This says a lot about whether or not a CRM really wants to provide excellent customer experience to its users.
Reason #3: It's Cramping Your Style
If your real estate CRM just isn't doing it for you, it is time to look for a new one. Your business is only as strong as the tools that you use, so make sure you are staying on top of the best of the best available to you. A quality CRM will be super intuitive and enhance your business in a way that aligns with your style of doing business. Even if you are using the "latest and greatest" CRM that you are seeing all over the place, that doesn't mean it is the one for you.
There could be a number of reasons why you are not meshing well with your CRM. Maybe it is way too clunky or complicated for your needs. You might find that "clean and simple" are the most powerful for you, so "clean and simple" is what you should look for.
Reason #4: It's Not Real Estate Specific
If your CRM is not real estate specific, chances are it is not providing you with nearly the support that it could be. Did you know that some real estate CRMs have the capability of connecting agents with lenders, so that both can work within the platform to create a seamless transaction? Let's face it, the real estate world is a unique one. One that speaks a specific language, and one that requires a specific knowledge base. Make sure your CRM speaks your language and provides you with the right tools to get the job done.
Reason #5: It Doesn't Look Towards The Future
One red flag that you want to avoid when considering a real estate CRM is whether or not it is aligned with the current AND future status of the real estate industry. Choose one that has an excellent customer service department. You should be able to get in touch with an actual person via phone or email, and that person should be able to discuss the technical as well as real estate-related elements of the CRM.
Many are too focused on the technical aspects, and do not consider the wide range of knowledge that every good agent has. The future of real estate is changing quickly, and you want a real estate CRM that will keep up with these changes without skipping a beat.


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Hi all! I am posting a simple abstract that works well as a desktop wallpaper or as a blog background. I liked this abstract because it makes you realize the mysteries of space, or could that be a spider web from an arachnid on LSD? Shucks, it might even be a birds nest from far into the future, but it is an image I enjoy looking at and letting my mind wander. And today - I am too tired to wander far! See ya'll Friday!
You can download the zip file HERE.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday Freebie - Abstract
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Samuel Guillotel is a French Multidisciplinary designer & Art Director.
Based in London, while very diverse, his aesthetic approach often merges minimalism with a distinct sense of play and rooted in a vast spectrum from digital experimentation, conceptual ideas to craft experiences.
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My life is in upheaval now. Okay, I'm being melodramatic. I do have a new job however. A variety of things came together--I'll call it the perfect storm to continue in the melodramatic vein--which required a larger cash flow into my life. So I returned to teaching. On the one hand, I truly enjoy teaching. On the other, it's sucking away all my time and energy. As you can tell by my lack of posting last week. But I'm hoping I'll fall into a routine soon, that things will level out quickly and I'l be back regularly.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Balloon Fiesta
Guessing game today. Today was the last day of Balloon Fiesta, an annual event here in Albuquerque. I've been just about yearly since we moved here and take far too many pictures when I go. Don't worry, I won't subject you to them all here (Go to my Facebook page if you want to see the 77 I posted out of the 137 I took), but here are two shots. Can you guess what they are?
Here's the other (This one's easier):
And here are your answers:
I don't think that's the real name for the balloon (they all have names, but I don't know them). Half the fun is making up names for the balloons you see. Of course, it's really hard to be original when you wake up at God-awful thirty to get to Balloon Fiesta Park (worth it, but I love my morning sleep).
And here's number two:
The Balloon is always awesome--when the weather cooperates. I don't think I'll ever tire of it, and as long as I'm in Albuquerque, I'll attend.
And one more random shot, because it's the coolest balloon (da-da-da, da-de-da, da-de-da --you'll understand the tune when you see the picture):
Books I'm reading now:
Only Yours by Susan Mallery
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Math is Your Friend
Lately I've been reading contemporaries, and I've found errors. Not grammatical, although there have been some of those as well, but math errors. Many of us authors are older, shall we say middled-aged, and what I've noticed is our age peeking through. What I mean is we haven't been careful with our math.
Math, you say? That's why I'm a writer: so I don't have to do math. Not so fast, grasshopper. Math is everywhere, and it's important to the logic of the story.
Here's an example. A character appears in a contemporary and likes or enjoys something that they are too young to like. Recently I read a 2011 novel where the 30 year-old heroine blasted Bon Jovi. Now she can like Bon Jovi but some consideration or explanation was necessary to explain her predilection for that particular band. It's 2011. Subtract thirty years, you get 1981, the year she was born. Most likely her favorite band would be someone she listened to when she was, say, 15-18. Late teens. That's the band she would rock out to. Someone like Alice in Chains, Nirvana, or whatever . While Bon Jovi was performing in the 1990's (and still is), the choice of it still feels a decade off.
Second example: a story from 2012. A seventy-five year old women is described as being cool and calm, someone who wouldn't even swoon over Valentino. Valentino was a heartthrob in the 1920s. A seventy-five year old would have been born in 1937, after Valentino was dead. Let's say eighteen again for the age of swooning. That puts us at 1955. GIrls swooned over Brando and James Dean in the 50's. Or Rock Hudson if you liked the clean-cut type. Or even Elvis. But not Valentino.
have a third example from a historical manuscript I read. The author made allusions to actors who would have been children (9 or 10) at the setting of the novel. Not good.
So do the math. Really. Even in writing.
Books I'm reading now:
Finding Her Son by Robin Perini
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Time | We only have so many hours in a day, days in a week, and so on. Once they're gone, there is simply no way to get them back. Scary isn't it. So we schedule and plan according to time. We make appointments and arrangements. We calculate travel time, meeting time, mealtime, bed time and wake up time. We use a schedule because the last thing we want to do is waste time. We even try to schedule some down time and vacation time.
What does all this scheduling say about the value of time? Well let's see we even buy it and sell it as if it was the same as any other commodity, but it's not. We can change how we use it and who we spend it with, but once we run out there is no way to get more. So we use our clocks and our watches to keep track of this precious and limited commodity. On the surface, it all seems very reasonable, especially from a productivity standpoint. However, the trouble is, time is more than productivity. Time is not just something we exchange for money and I think it is absolutely vital that we fully comprehend that.
Time is the essence of life | There are plenty of things you can get by without, but time is not one of them. You can live at a week without food and maybe days without water. But you cannot live for one second without time, and that's the true no matter who you are or where you are. No amount of influence, power or money can change the fact that, when your time is up, you are done.
Time is not limited to the productive side of life because everything in life requires some of our precious time. Relationships are built from time. Every experience represents a certain amount of time. Amazingly, we spend about a third of our total time allotment sleeping. Our humanity is all about how we spend our time.
Is time management according to the clock beneficial to our quality of life or does it have an adverse effect? These are great questions to ponder because we have all been convinced that the clock is our friend, even though it doesn't always seem that way. It is true that the most financially productive people on the planet are generally strong proponents of time management. The results they produce seem to speak for themselves, don't they?
What about all the other aspects of their lives? Things like their family life, recreational activities, health and fitness levels, and sense of enjoyment and satisfaction. Well, for the most part we don't know about those things. We just know that they have made a lot of money.
So obviously, time management has its place in a balanced life. We would never want to assume that being financially successful means neglecting other important areas of life. Many times, the exact opposite is true. The skills that lead to a successful mindset can be applied across the board. A truly successful life includes all those other aspects.
I think it is healthy to allow room in our lives for a more casual view of time. We all have natural rhythms and cycles, and living by the clock can cause us to lose touch with this part of life.
- Is it better to eat when we are hungry or when the clock says it's time? Sure, we can condition ourselves to be hungry at certain times, but is that really the healthiest way to live?
- Do we know how much sleep is actually best for us personally, or does the clock control our sleeping patterns? Eight hours may work for the majority, but what does that have to do with your needs as an individual?
Summer has more hours of daylight and this affects everything around us; it is a time of increased activity. The amount of daylight has an undeniable influence on the natural world.
Is it practical to think that we can completely break free of the clock and let nature take over? Probably not, but is there something we can do to get more in touch with our place in the natural rhythm of life? If you can make room for it, why not try this. One day a week try to avoid letting the clock run your life. On that day, don't set the alarm or wear a watch, and don't make a schedule. Wake up when you feel like it, eat when you get hungry, and let your day unfold at its own pace.
Try to spend extra time in meaningful conversation and contemplation. Avoid the temptation to crowd your day with activities. Instead, relax and let go. The rhythm of life will make itself felt if you choose to allow it.
Who are you
Although I'm trying really hard to resist, but who are you?
No, it's not a trick question and I am not asking you for a date nor your marital status, or you life history. "I don't give a shit about the trick question," because it's not the whole truth. People, I'm asking how well you actually know yourself as a person. In other words, who are you underneath all the trappings and titles, make-up, life's mask?
"Ok", now I have your attention. What do you see when you look at your very inner core?
Why most people are not in touch with their true self and some are? From a very young age we are asked: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I think the true question and emphasis should be more on "WHO" you want to be when you grow up. Come on, people am I right or what?
How can we align our life with our true self if we don't really know who we are? How can we harmonize our environment with our deepest values and passions if we have never discovered our innermost true self? Our ability to find meaning and purpose in this journey we call life hinges on how well we actually know ourselves. Discovering our true self can open the door to a life that feel fulfilling and exciting.
Discover yourself
- Values, these are the things that matter most to you on the deepest levels. What are your personal values and your priorities and your beliefs?
- Strengths, what natural abilities do you possess and which ones do you want to cultivate and develop? It becomes your personal assets.
- Passions, what are you passionate about? What is it that gets you excited or demands your undivided attention? Making sure that your passions align with your values and standards is vital when trying to create internal harmony.
- Identify your tendencies; your tendencies often become habits, either good or bad. Knowing your habitual tendencies can help you to analyze areas that need some improvement. It can also help you identify which tendencies most contribute to your strengths and successes.
- Acknowledge your limitations; you will never be the very best at everything. It's better to know which skills or activities are beyond your ability for now. That way you can delegate those things to others while you focus your energy where it's the most effective.
- Set your goals, goals need to be specific, measurable, achievable, and realistic. Clarity is a key ingredient when it comes to setting your goals. Clarity leads to action, lack of clarity leads to confusion and inaction.
- Establish your direction, once you understand your values, strengths, passions, tendencies, limitations and goals – you need to have a destination to move toward, a direction.
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Tom Hardy's Oscar nod could be inching closer.
The versatile thesp is set to play legendary British war photographer Don McCullin in "Unreasonable Behaviour", says Deadline.
An adaptation of McCullin's autobiograhy, the flick will chronicle the photog's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood in wartime London to becoming one of the most famous war photojournalists. Working for the Sunday Times from the late 60's to the early 80's, he risked his life to photograph the harsh realities of war from Vietnam, Cambodia, to Biafra and Uganda, one black and white image at a time.
"'71" scribe Gregory Burke wrote the project, which Hardy, Dean Baker, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce.


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Our Pre-K students had the opportunity to learn about Fire safety on November 9th, 2015 (Monday). Hattesburg finest firefighters taught our learners about proper procedures to use if they ever encounter a fire. Special thanks to our Hattiesburg Fire Fighters taking time out to teach our little ones. Check out the hightlights of our Pre-K learning adventures.
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Students accepted into this selective cohort immersion program will:
Students will participate in a 40-hour internship at medical institutions and/or community health organizations. Our partners include Mercy Medical Center, Bon Secours Hospital, Kennedy Krieger Institute Neuropsychology Research Laboratory, Powell Recovery Center, Mosaic, Inc., Keswick Senior Center, Weinberg Housing and Resource Center, and Healthcare for the Homeless. The service-learning takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Usual daily length of service is four hours.
In addition to exploring Baltimore on an Urban Health and Faith Bus Tour, students will hear from visiting speakers on a variety of topics including public health and medical ethics.
Pre-health lunch workshops will feature discussions of patient interaction, patient privacy, healthcare professional conduct and teamwork, cultural competency and social justice reflection, creating a resume and personal statement, and meeting with Loyola's Hauber and Kolvenbach student scholars.
Faculty will also offer students individual pre-health guidance.
The courses do not require psychology or theology pre-requisite courses. For Loyola students, TH273 fulfills second-level theology core course and the diversity course requirement, and is a service-learning course. PY261 fulfills a social sciences core requirement.
Tuition cost with housing is $6,800.
Tuition cost without housing is $5,576.
The program benefits include courses and academic guidance, internship arrangements, experiential program, books, breakfast and lunches on teaching days, and access to Loyola's athletic facility.
Visiting students from other four-year colleges are welcome! We will assist you in the visiting student application process.
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I don't know how much I can provide that you don't know, but maybe I can help with some dates.
In 1920 Viola, Sedgwick, Kansas, George W. Boyer, age 69 born PA PA IRELAND is listed with his wife Nellie, age 37 KS MI NJ. The children are Clara 16, James 15, Laura 12, Mary 10, and Ethel 2.All of the children were born in Oklahoma.Also living with them is Neal Allen, age 22, a boarder.He is also born in Oklahoma, but parents are from PA and NJ.It would appear that George was born about 1851, and Nellie about 1883.
Oklahoma didn't become a state until 1907 so that makes it a little harder.I searched several areas but couldn't find your Boyers.If you knew where even one child was born, it would help.
In 1930 the other child you mentioned, Cornelius,that isn't in the home in 1920, is a ten year old in the home of Olath and Laura Campbell and their 1 7/12 son Kenneth. Cornelius is shown as the brother-in-law.
Since Nellie was born in KS about 1883, I went to my 1880 census CDs and looked for a Cornelius J. Allen born in Michigan. I found one born in Michigan in 1852, but living in Osage, Allen, Kansas in 1880.He was single at the time.
I can also see a George Boyer, age 28, living in Clear Creek, Pottawatomia, Kansas.He is single at the time and listed as a laborer in the home of Adna Inglebee.
I think that I can provide you with the family of Cornelius, if you will write to me.Carol
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What's going on? Well, we've been putting food at your fingertips for a while now, and we feel it's time to take our relationship to the next level. So consider our new look a celebration of the tasty times we've had together, and all the delicious dishes to come. We were going to buy a ring…but onion rings just taste so much better.


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The scope of "The Expanse" is much bigger than just Sci-Fi and it's been continually proving that throughout the series. The second season has been churning out amazing episodes one after the other and 'Cascade' continues that trend.
Arrival at Ganymede Station
Although the crew of Rocinante arrived at Ganymede in the last episode, their journey at the station starts now. This week's episode "Cascade" is mostly divided into two parts – the crew trying to locate Prax's daughter Mei & Dr. Strickland and Avasarala desperate to figure out what actually happened on Ganymede.
Fortunately for the Rocinante crew, Mei and Strickland are only missing and not dead, thus giving them hope. The same can't be said for Earth and Mars as they struggle to keep their peace talks sane.
As Holden and Naomi look for clues regarding Protomolecule infestation on the station, Amos and Prax found out about a man called 'Roma' who searches for people in exchange for food. Prax also found some irregularities with plants coloring.
Generally, Amos is quite disconnected with people other than his Rocinante peers. However, he connected with Prax within a short time probably because the search for her daughter reminds him his own past.
The crew regroups to ask Roma's help in their search. However, he refuses to help unless they provide him with 'Chicken'. Angered, Amos nearly bashes his head-in but he is stopped by Prax.
Later, Amos tells Prax how young girls like her daughter are forced into prostitution and how their kids are handled the same way. This sheds some light on Amos' past, as he has grown up in Brothels and dealt with bullies his whole life.
Meanwhile, Alex is bored-to-hell waiting back on the Rocinante and passes time with help from zero-gravity and a lot of soda. He also receives notification that all ships are now on lockdown.
After searching through loads of camera footage, Roma finally finds Dr. Strickland and Mei. They seem to be entering the oldest part of the station which lacks any camera installations.
Back on the Earth
After Gunnery Bobbie Draper slipped and referenced the 'Man without a Vac Suit' during her last statement, she is asked to stay in her room. Possibly liable to face Court-martial on reaching Mars, she is denied the only request she places 'to see the Ocean' before going back.
She retaliates this restraint by breaking out of her quarters. While climbing down, she is frightened by a bird's cry and experience a terrible fall. However, she starts running as if nothing much happened.
Although Martian marines have a strict training routine that might prepare them for any situation, I personally thought it was a bit much to see her survive the fall without any injury at all.
As Avasarala look at Bobbie's service record, she is approached by Errinwright. Moved by the recent ordeal at Ganymede and the near destruction of Earth by Eros, he confesses to have been working with Jules-Pierre Mao. Aware of the Protomolecule based weapon research on Ganymede, he says it started as a Peace conversation regarding the safety of the Earth. Hearing this, Avasarala argues with him and says that he will be liable for his actions.
As Bobbie searches for 'Ocean' in the bright sunlight, Avasarala is made aware of her disappearance by Cotyar. She asks him to find Bobbie discretely before others can reach her. She also suggests that Errinwright is more helpful outside the jail at this time.
Wandering, Bobbie encounters a man who can help her reach the Ocean in return for Osteo-X. He says that he can trade it to get medicine for radiation affected kids and probably some Chloroquine to prevent at least some people from dying. After the exchange, he guides her to the pathway and also helps to adjust her walking stance for Earth's gravity.
At this point, Bobbie might have also realized that all Earthers are not as bad as they have been told.
After traversing through a tunnel, Bobbie finally reaches the Ocean and sits on its shore. However, Avasarala reaches there and shows her Project Caliban's data about the creature Bobbie had seen. She further tells her that it is a kind of weapon tested on Ganymede by the Martian government. Bobbie rejects her accusation, although she is not sure what to believe in.
Cotyar then receives notification that Martians have found her and nearing-in. He along with Avasarala leave the scene.
The Expanse "Cascade" Review
Since 'The Expanse' started, people have been comparing it to 'Game of Thrones'. In my opinion, except GOT inspired opening theme, Expanse is a whole another beast.
With strong writing and an incredible cast, the show has been turning heads all around. Although, the pace has slowed during the last few episodes, the scope of the show has greatly increased.
This week's episode 'Cascade' proves the show-runners' ability to handle multitude of situations effectively. It also pushes the premise of the show to the season showdown which we'll be seeing soon.
The show returns next week with the episode titled 'Here There Be Dragons' on Syfy channel.


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I just did a quick count, and I picked up more mini comics than I did full sized books. It's not surprising, as it's a format I truly enjoy. Still, the amount I have in front of me makes me think that I should be writing more reviews and less about how much I dig these comics. Though, in the end, aren't I doing that anyway? The Surviving the World guide to creeping people out / guide to college by Dante Shepherd
"Wait a minute," the astute reader says. "Is this Surviving the World, where the guy takes a picture in front of a blackboard with something funny written on it? Isn't this supposed to be about comic books?" Well, let's see. I believe the common definition of "comic" (for this blog, anyway) asks only for Words and Pictures. Well, check and check. Moving on...
Dante Sheperd channels some hilarious and occasionally poigniant observations in both of these books. Beyond the chalkboard, Dante is an active character in his own panels, changing it up between staring menacingly at the reader, or sympathetically at his own work. These are two hilarious volumes that I am happy to own. Check out more at his site.
As an added bonus, he graded my creepy stare and my creepy smile at A-/A+ respectively. Ladies...
Stay away from other people by Lisa Hanawalt
Here's a personal note: when I break a fever, I immediately lose whatever tenuous grip I had on reality and hallucinate. Next time I am sick, it is the duty of those I love to keep me far away from this book. Until then, however, I'll keep it nearby. I love the surreal trip taken in Stay away, which acts as a sketch book for Hanawalt's ideas. Animals dressed in hipsterish casual wear appear on pages about strange things to think about in traffic, or the ideal week. It's non sequitur after non sequitur, but it is more than worth the purchase. It's hard for me to put her work into words; please check out her website to see what I am talking about.
As an aside, I also bought something from Lisa that ended up being one of my favorite con purchases. Namely, the Krang-Pug.
The ABC's of irrational fears by Jason Struz
This is a simple little book: illustrated phobias between a gorgeously stamped cover. If I had to guess, it was drawn using charcoal, and the character design is kept very simple to emphasize the point. I feel weird saying this, but I expected it to be much more grim than it turned out, but that is largely a matter of taste. Jason Strutz worked with Firetower Studios, and I'll be reviewing his illustrations for The Order of Dagonet later in the week.
Another favorite take home from the con came from Strutz's table, the magnificient combination of one of my favorite heroes and one of my personal heroes. I present: Benjamin Flashkin.


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Every planned MACS or open surgery for abdominal or thoracic cancers must start with a diagnostic scopy to assess the feasibility and benefit of the major surgical procedure that is planned. Diagnostic scopy works as an extension of imaging modalities that are used for staging and thus can be called Staging Laparoscopy. As the organs are directly visualized, the sensitivity and specificity are much higher. Added to this the procedure related morbidity and complications of staging laparoscopy are negligible compared to the benefits that it offers. On many occasions it has been noticed that the cost of therapy is significantly reduced (by 55%) when staging Laparoscopy was performed instead of exploratory laparotomy.
The utility of diagnostic laparoscopy can be classified below. This site will only discuss staging scopy for cancers.
(*Most of the matter under diagnostic laparoscopy is modified from 'Diagnostic Laparoscopy Guidelines' by SAGES group, 2007)


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A big congratulations to Cents G Harrison May (89) after being named Interior Conference MVP at the BCHL All Star Game last night in Vernon. May made 21 saves on 24 shots as the Interior lost 13-5. Crazy that final shots in the game were 71-33 for the Coastal Conference and although he only faced 24 of them, there must have times when Harrison felt like he was back playing with the Cents. All kidding aside, May's performance showed to the rest of the league why he was deserving of the All Star honor and how he's been the Cents MVP this season as well.
I had the chance to chat with Centennials assistant coach and director of player personnel Bill Birks earlier this week regarding everything from the trade deadline and the Cents leadership core to affiliate players and the future considerations owed to the team. The interview is here with a summary of the topics below.
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The Cents have named D Codie Kightley (88) as an alternate captain for the rest of the season. It's not expected that the Cents will assign the 'C' to another player since F Jordan Grant (90) was traded on Saturday to Powell River. I'm not sure if it's a rule that teams have a captain, but the next few days should clear that up. F Alex Goodship (89) also wore an 'A' for the Cents, but he was traded to Prince George. Kightley and F Paul Forster (88) should be the only two Cents players with letters on their sweaters when the team rolls into Westside against the Warriors.
D Jimmy Geerin (89) has still not reported to the Cents and has been suspended by the team. He's still their property and may still play this season with Merritt if he decides to join the club.
F Ryan Aynsley (90) wasn't able to be moved at the trade deadline and is still at home. The Cents won't release him and if he wants to play at all for the rest of the season with a junior B team or elsewhere, Aynsley will need the Cents permission. It's too bad that it hasn't worked out for him in Merritt as there were a few games earlier this season when he was dominant. Aynsley remains on the Cents roster.
F Scott Kirkham (90) who's played eight games as an affiliate player has been returned to the Kamloops Storm of the KIJHL. Kirkham is pointless with the Cents this season, but is third on the Storm in scoring. He'll play two more games for sure to reach the AP maximum of ten and will likely be carded for next season.
The four 88-born affiliate players listed on the Cents roster actually contacted the team themselves to ask if they could play some games at the junior A level. There are no KIJHL games on the schedule this Sunday because of their All Star break so I would expect all of Jose Reyes, David Gore, Mick Ludvig, and Spencer Brooks to play for the Centennials against Surrey. They're also not likely to be the only AP's the Cents have that day.
Sunday's game against the Eagles is part of Minor Hockey Week here in Merritt and the arena will be crawling with minor hockey players who get into the game for free if they're wearing their own team sweaters. The intermissions will feature a mini-game and also the RBC Toonie Toss.


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Title of Bulletin Board: Spring Into PE
Category: Seasons (Fall, Spring, etc.)
Suggested Grade Level: K-5
Materials: Construction paper, pictures
This is the bulletin board I created and used to welcome students to my class during the Spring. It was posted in the hall just outside my activity area. I did not use it as an instructional tool. It was just a colorful bulletin board I used to welcome students into my PE class.
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What happens when you find out your website has been hacked? The short answer is that someone has to clean up the mess, and make sure the hacker doesn't just get back in the same way. The web development site Smashing Magazine has a good article that asks, "Are You Prepared Against A Hack?", though the content of the article is really a recovery plan. Even if there are no visible signs that your site has been compromised, you'll want to have it cleared because your search rankings will suffer. Some site visitors may see large ominous-looking warnings before they enter your site, and will report that they can't get to it.
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TETON COUNTY, Idaho – While many were enjoying 4th of July celebrations, the day started off as a scary one for our TV family here at Local News 8 & Eyewitness News.
Early in the morning, Stephanie Hale-Lopez was driving herself and fellow reporter, Christina Jensen, from Idaho Falls to Driggs to cover the Teton Valley Balloon Rally when they struck a moose on US 26.
5 a.m. on an Idaho mountain road, Stephanie knows every bend in the pavement is a chance for something unexpected.
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Stephanie kept her hands firmly on the wheel and slowly kept driving.
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This morning I did the very unglamorous but somehow highly satisfying chore of washing the kitchen trash cans.
I love having them tucked away in the cabinet like this, but I hate when I pull the door open and it instantly smells like garbage. So gross. I spray them with disinfecting spray often but after a while it can only go so far to freshen things.
So about once a month I put the trash cans in my bathtub and wash them out. I start by rinsing them out really well in hot water, then sprinkle the insides with baking soda and pour in some vinegar. I let that sit for a minute then add some dish soap and scrub them out. After they are rinsed I dry them completely and spray them all over with a disinfecting spray. When that's dry I sprinkle some baking soda in the bottom of the cans and they're done. If I skip any of these steps it's not as effective, but the combination of all of them works really well. Nothing like not having your kitchen smell like last week's dinner.


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This is provided to you not only as a source of information, but also
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Art Room/Art Show:
Chairperson: Melanie Hammond
artistic talent needed. Helps in the art room and assists in displaying
students' art for show in May. Help can be used throughout the year in
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after school, evenings, daytime. Whenever you can! 2nd VP chairs the Art Show event.
Book Fair:
Chairperson: Jennifer Long
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Daytime and evenings.
Campbell's Soup Labels/General Mills Box Tops:
Chairperson: Brittani Poirier & Lindsey Plessinger
soup labels and box tops from teacher's classroom once a month, take
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school and put in label bin in the office. Now that's easy! Hours to
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Hospitality Committee:
Chairperson: Jodi Brown & Allison Lebouitz
with the preparation and serving of meals to teachers during
conferences in November and February. The Teachers are at the school all
day non-stop through the evening – a great way to show our
appreciation! Simple and tasty! Coordinating food/donations for staff
appreciation week. Helping teachers when needed in their classrooms.
Spreading good cheer!
Grade Level Activities:
Help organize and run a grade-level event.
Kindergarten: Candy Land Chairperson: Kelli Brooks
1st grade: Winter Wonderland Chairperson: Lindsey Plessinger & Susie Lewis
2nd grade: Beach Party Chairperson: Jenifer Talbert
3rd grade: Glow Party Chairperson:Jennifer Long & Erin VanDagna
Please indicate which grade you are interested in helping with. Many parent volunteers are needed for each activity. Co- chairs are needed for each activity. Hours to help: as needed to coordinate and help at event.
Holiday Shop:
with the set-up, act as shopper assistant, and clean-up of holiday
shop. Held in December. Great holiday giving activity. Takes many
volunteers (elves!). Hours to help: Friday Evening and Saturday Morning. Co-chairs welcome!
May Fair:
Chairperson: Jenifer Talbert
with the organization, set-up, staffing, and clean-up of this spring
event. Event includes rides, games, auction, food, book sale, raffles,
etc. Requires approximately 200 volunteers day of event. Always need committee Co-chairs!
We are in need of volunteers to coordinate this exciting Ore Valley
event. Organizational skills. Delegating. Hours to help: days, evenings,
day of event.
Chairperson: Jenifer Talbert
Help establish and implement a membership drive to get families more involved with PTO. Hours to help: mostly evening. Fall.
with the copying and distribution of PTO's monthly newsletter, Cat
Tales. Hours to help: Usually daytime – one day each month.
Parent Advisory Group:
Chairperson: Jennifer Long, Jenifer Talbert
Photography/Memory Book:
Chairperson: Erin VanDagna
perfect! Help to photograph student events and school activities.
Organizational skills. Must use a good 35 mm or digital camera. Hours to
help: daytime, evening.
flyers, count orders, organize and distribute products. Ore Valley
holds 2 major fundraisers each year -- one Fall and one Spring. Hours to
help: daytime and some evening. Many parent volunteers needed.
School Spirit/ T-Shirt Sale:
with the selection, sale, and distribution of school spirit
merchandise. This sale is NOT a fundraiser. Sales are in the Fall/Spring
and during May Fair. Hours to help: some daytime and at May Fair.
Student Directory:
Chairperson: Lindsey Plessinger
Help chairs copy, assemble and distribute student directory. Hours to help: daytime in the Fall. Co-chairs welcome!
Web Site:
Chairperson: PTO Board
Posts minutes, Cat Tales, monthly events and student work to the Dallastown Area School District's Web Site (www.dallastown.net).
Works with the PTO President with regards to posting information
relevant to Ore Valley PTO. A Computer and basic computer knowledge
necessary. Hours to help: evenings at convenience.
Refer to the Ore Valley Student Directory for contact numbers.


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Find The Mecki
Starts Thursday, September 6, 2018
The MECKI is a fictional character that loves tricks and practical jokes. The Mecki is a 3-1/2 to 4 inches high doll that resembles a hedgehog dressed in German clothing. The Mecki is hidden in the Jefferson area in a public place. Will you find him and take him home with you?
Mecki Hunt Clues will be posted here daily after the start of the contest around 3:00 p.m.
The Gemuetlichkeit festival is just days around the corner, and the Mecki contest is on – starting September 6th, 2018.
Mecki is the German Hedgehog cartoon character that for decades has been the unofficial mascot of Jefferson's German heritage festival, which takes place September 14-16, 2018.
Clues are posted in the Daily Jefferson County Union, Watertown Daily Times and also at the Jefferson Public Library after 3 p.m. When Mecki is found the finder should take the Mecki to the Jefferson Public Library. The Library will contact the Gemuetlichkeit contest chair person.
A $100 cash prize and the Mecki will be awarded to the lucky winner.
2017 Clues
Clue #1
Guten Tag! It's me Mecki! I'm wearing long sleeves and my wool vest to keep the chill off my back. I brought extra luggage in case the weather gets warm. Weather can be unpredictable, especially for a traveler like me! Now to look for a nice place to unpack my bags and rest my head. I have noticed a few nice hotels in this town, maybe they will have a vacancy?
Clue #2
Guten Tag! It's me Mecki! I've been walking around and taking in all the smells around town. I can smell the bakery and I can remember being home sweet home. There is even a burger stand that reminds of being in Munich! Oh no there goes that siren again. Whenever I hear that noise it makes me run and hide. I sure hope I can cross this busy street and find a safe place to hide?
Clue #3
Today I am on a lederhosen mission! I need to find a new pair because mine are all wrinkled from my travels you see. If I could buy another pair in time for the festival, maybe the Queen would dance with me. If I buy a new pair I could give these as a donation somewhere. I know there are people always looking for German clothes. I better shop quick as I don't want to show up in just my robe!
Clue #4
Guten Tag! Lichterfest will be flashing with lights and pretty Frauleins! I cannot wait to fill my stein at the ceremonial tapping of the first keg! Polka music will be all around in true Octoberfest fashion. This year I pray that I don't get caught by the Polka Polizei again! I have learned to dance, maybe this time it will bring me romance?
Clue #5
Guten Tag! I was practicing for the Pretzel Polka Run/walk, when out of the blue came a TOM CAT! Now here I am kneeling in the bushes trying not to be his lunch! If he gets to close I will clock him with the Nagelspielen, but if I miss I will be marching with the saints!
Clue #6
Guten Tag! Day 6 of my adventure is here and I need to find something fun to do. I wanted to go downtown for a brew and instead found myself drinking the wine here. Now I sit enjoying a swill up on top of this old hill. The reflections here are beautiful and it's even better when the music plays! I could stay here all weekend, but the Gemuetlichkeit festival is where I'm meant to be.
Clue #7
Today I am packing my bags and heading out to Gemueitlichkeit days. Glad I am about to head out because it is so noisy here in the morning. I'll hitch a ride on the bus when it stops by. I will tell the driver to go West to Lichterfest. Tap the keg and fill your stein it's going to be a memorable time!


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Statoil acquires a 12% equity stake in Lundin for US$540 million
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Statoil has acquired an 11.93% equity stake in Stokholm-listed Lundin Petroleum. No new equity was issued; the stock was acquired in the open market. The acquisition adds to Statoil's core portfolio in Norway at what could be a low point in the price cycle. With the Lundin family still controlling 31.4% of the company, the move effectively heads-off any threat of a rival bid for Lundin, and gives Statoil a position from which it might build a bigger stake over time. The deal signals Statoil's confidence in the Johan Sverdrup project, which is a crucial project for both companies. The deal may also help align interests in the Barents, where a joint development between Statoil's Johan Castberg and Lundin's Gohta and Alta discoveries could improve the economics of both areas.
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I append without further comment one of the propositions in my statement and his response.
A "conspiracy theory" is required to explain why mainstream science and much of mainstream theology condemns creationism, often emphatically. Creationists frequently suggest that their opponents have fallen prey to Satanic onslaught, and make no distinction between Christian and atheistic opposition to their views.
Comment: No conspiracy theory is necessary to explain why so many people prefer evolution. In part, this is due to human nature, and the desire to be independent and reject any idea of being answerable to a Supreme Being. Scientists who are committed to "naturalism" have already excluded the possibility of a Creator from their thinking, and must interpret everything within an evolutionary straight-jacket. There is no such person as an "unbiased scientist" — we all approach the evidence with a bias, whether evolutionist or creationist. Most Christians who accept evolution do so because they believe what the secular scientists tell them. However, personally, I do believe that evolution is a Satanic lie.


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Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street,
New York, NY
An evening of new music written for The Bowers Fader Duo
Created in 2009, The Bowers-Fader Voice and Guitar Duo (Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar) performs in New York City and across the US. Recent concerts have taken them to Washington State, Virginia, Vermont (Manchester Music Festival), Pennsylvania (Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania), Make Music NY, and Spectrum NYC.
The Duo performs classical works by Mozart, De Falla, Brahms, Schubert, and Weill, as well as contemporary works written for them by Judith Sainte Croix, Martin Rokeach, Frank Brickle, Melissa Grey, David Claman, and Paul Salerni.
Outreach activities for the Duo include free concerts each year for the Lighthouse Guild for the Blind, and Beginnings, a social program for seniors supported by Renewal Care. In autumn of this year, the Duo will present a special concert at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City, featuring several world premieres written for them.


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P.F.J.: Yeah...
JUDITH: Splitters.
P.F.J.: Splitters...
FRANCIS: And the Judean Popular People's Front.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA: And the People's Front of Judea.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG: What?
LORETTA: The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.
REG: We're the People's Front of Judea!
LORETTA: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
REG: People's Front! C-huh.
FRANCIS: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
REG: He's over there.
P.F.J.: Splitter!
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Preventing burns in seniorsSeptember 19, 2014
Hot-water scalding comes when a person accidentally turns on the hot water and the pre-set temperature for the water heater is too high. As an administrator or caregiver at an assisted living facility, you may have seen first-hand what can happen if a senior accidentally turns on water that is too hot. Reducing injury can save both pain and suffering of residents and help facilities avoid potential litigation.


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Free Comic Book Day Plans - 2007
What comic shops are doing this year for you and your family on May 5th's FCBD. I have highlighted the things that I thought were great and original ideas that promote literacy, family fun, etc.
Note: The links provided by the comic shops may not be suitable for younger readers.
Atomic Comics (in ARIZONA) will have creators signing and sketching at all four locations from noon to 5PM. Spider-Man will also be visiting our Mesa, Chandler, and Paradise Valley stores to take photos with kids. Everyone gets a free FCBD comic book.
Click HERE for a list of what creator is going to be which store.
Shawn and Monica at SpazDog Comics, Arizona
For Free Comic Book Day, we will have a number of artist and writers showing
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Monthly political analysis on nations in
economic or political transition
Newnations since 2000, has been offering observations about the geopolitics of world events. As a UK based enterprise, it is alarming to us that it is our home country which after 43 years of membership, is now at the centre of this self-induced crisis of potentially quitting the European Union. We analyse in this issue three important aspects of the present situation, due to be resolved by referendum on June 23d. Peter Crisell looks at the effect on the United Kingdom itself, as well as on our other alliances, particularly that with the USA.
Clive Lindley considers the question of whether nations can be friends, and how such relationships might fare for the UK, in the changed circumstances looked for by proponents of EU withdrawal. After that, will we have any friends internationally?
Then we look with Sara Bielecki, at the effects of Brexit on the EU's newest members in Eastern Europe. Many of these having escaped Russian domination in 1991, are seriously apprehensive about how a British withdrawal from the European project, would be interpreted by a resurgent Moscow.
We do not fail to allocate blame within the UK for this tabloid-induced over-reaction, not only to the westwards migration of war refugees from the south and east, as seen on TV. That in truth has hardly touched us. But this has been encouraged to converge in the public consciousness, by the tabloid media and the Brexiters, with those EU citizens who by treaty right come to UK to work or live, just as after 43 years, between one and two million Brits now work or reside in Europe.
Clive Lindley - Publisher/Editor
Britain is one of 28 countries
that belong to the European Union (EU). The EU operates a single market which
allows free movement of goods, capital, services and people between member
states. With a population of more than 507 million, the economy of the EU
generates a GDP of around €14.303 trillion, according to the International
Monetary Fund. If this were the economy of a single country, it would be the
largest in the world. The EU's economic goals are underpinned by a set of
founding principles shared by its members:- liberty, democracy, a respect for
human rights and the rule of law. On June 23rd a referendum will be held in
Britain to decide whether it should continue to be a member of the EU. If
Britain decides to leave, there will be considerable repercussions not only for
itself and the EU, but in its relations with the United States and other
countries around the world. But why would Britain want to leave in the first
To those unfamiliar with the British mentality, a decision to leave the EU would seem to be very strange indeed. It is true that the EU currently faces the almost intractable problems of the Eurozone's euro currency and the migration crisis, but Britain is not a member of the Eurozone and the migration crisis would not disappear with Britain's departure from the EU. Even though the benefits of membership are often taken for granted and quickly overlooked, Britain's economy and culture have benefited hugely from membership of the EU. And it fully subscribes to its founding principles.
The fact is, however, that Britain has long been ambivalent about Europe. [continues...]
"America has no permanent
friends or enemies…only interests." Henry Kissinger.
The referendum asking whether the UK should leave the EU, if it were to result in 'Exit,' would justifiably be seen by the other nations of the EU and doubtless many others, as a great mischief, causing a quite unnecessary crisis and as a result, probably leaving this nation at that point, friendless in the world.
It is clear that the subject of this referendum is not a British inspired initiative, but an English one.
It was not due to British pressure to test the waters, but to English politicians, in particular English nationalists in the worst sense of that word, being a sizeable segment of the Conservative Party, made up for the most part of old imperialists and new careerists. Plus the tabloid fodder of the press, playing on all the prejudices that give the nation a certain reputation of being, at heart, racist.
Such a UK would most likely not long remain a 'United' Kingdom. The dominant politicians in Scotland have made it very clear that they would, in such circumstances, seek to dissolve the UK by leaving the Union, to negotiate their own national membership of the EU. (The Queen is also and separately the Queen of the Kingdom of Scotland).
That separation between England and Scotland, the two biggest players in the present UK would add to the rancour in these islands, particularly since the Brexiters have had it made clear to them, that any short term ballot success for them, would spell ruin for the structure of the United Kingdom. But for all their patriotic posturing, that has not been enough to deter them from pursuing their absurd, alarmingly disruptive English nationalism, over and above a UK loyalty.
The distinction (for our non-British readers), is that England is easily the largest of the four 'home' nations, which include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, incidentally served by different newspapers, TV and radio and unsurprisingly with a range of different attitudes.
Thus it would be England, together with a wavering Wales and the British enclave in northern Ireland, that would in the absence of a UK, need to represent itself to the world under a new name.
It becomes inevitable that a vote to quit the EU becomes in these circumstances, a vote to break up the United Kingdom. [continues...]
The prospect of a Brexit seems to
solicit at best indifference from some of Europe's newest members and at worst,
mute panic. The referendum to be held on June 23 will see Britons vote, as per
the pledge of Prime Minister David Cameron upon his election, as to whether to
stay in a union with which Britain has had a somewhat turbulent relationship.
Concerns among fellow EU members about the effects of a British exit, spring
from a variety of sources and for a variety of reasons.
There are fears about how the move would impact European security, given the resurgence in Russian militarism on Europe's eastern flank, observed in recent years over the course of the crisis in Crimea and Ukraine. There are economic concerns about a drop in trade, as Britain would look to other markets, and about the withdrawal of the €5 billion the UK contributes each year to the union's coffers, which, in 2014, represented 19% of total net contributions to the EU budget. There are also pressing concerns about the fate of immigrants who have legally travelled to the UK over the past ten years to find jobs, many of which now have them.
Much anxiety has been generated around the idea that a British departure might precipitate a wholesale unravelling of the union, leaving the entire European project, one based on the possibility of reaching convergence and consensus, in a precarious and debilitated state. What these factors mean to each EU member state differs in accordance with the level of trade ties, the number of migrant workers in Britain, their own geographical proximity to Russia, and the political character of the government in power. Nonetheless there are some strong patterns that can be identified. [continues...]


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Canada's top special forces soldier is facing a court martial after accidentally firing his rifle while loading it during a visit to Iraq last December.
Maj.-Gen. Michael Rouleau, commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces, says he reported the incident right away and was charged under the National Defence Act after an investigation.
Officials say a date has not been set for the court martial.
Rouleau isn't the first senior officer to be court-martialled after accidentally firing his weapon. Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard was ordered to pay a $3,500 fine after his rifle fired two bullets at Kandahar Airfield while he was commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan in 2010.
Another officer, Lt.-Col. Gilles Fortin, was also fined after accidentally firing a round from his pistol in the Kabul International Airport in 2012. Fortin was forced to pay $1,500.
Up to 200 Canadian special forces troops have been deployed to Iraq where they are helping Kurdish peshmerga forces fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. The commandos have been active in other parts of the world in recent years, including Belize and Niger.


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