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Crock Pot Lemon Chicken
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Crock Pot Greek Lemon Chicken
This really tastes like restaurant greek chicken we get here in the Chicago area. Moist chicken, lots of flavorful sauce. Start with frozen chicken breasts...
oregano, +chicken, +chicken broth, +cornstarch, +garlic, +lemon juice, +lemon zest, +black pepper, +salt
Crock Pot Chicken and Sausage Cassoulet
This is a hearty stew of white beans, chicken and sausage. This recipe was developed for a 3 quart crock pot. If you use a larger one, you will need...
oregano, +basil, +bay leaves, +chicken, +carrot, +celery, +garlic, +onions, +salt, +turkey, +juice, +white beans
Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore
The easiest Chicken Cacciatore yet! Throw it in the crock pot and run all day to come home to the savory smells coming from your kitchen. Spice it up to...
oregano, +celery, +chicken, +red pepper flakes, +basil, +white wine, +garlic, +green pepper, +olive oil, +onions, +salt, +mushroom, +tomato paste
Crock Pot Greek Chicken and Potatoes
This turned out great and is one of the best crock pot meals I've ever had. When I was throwing it all together in the slow cooker I decided to add in...
oregano, +carrot, +chicken, +chicken broth, +garlic, +lemon juice, +onion powder, +black pepper, +potato, +salt
Crock Pot Chicken and Vegetables
This is a good one from menus4moms.com. My crock pot is faster cooking than most, so I don't need 8 hours.
oregano, +baby carrot, +green pepper, +chicken, +cream of mushroom soup, +garlic powder, +onions, +paprika, +salt, +water, +white potato
Greek Chicken Pita Pockets - Crock Pot!
I have been making a lot of greek food lately, and was looking for a hot sandwich filling I could use. I found this on another site, and it looks very...
oregano, +chicken, +lemon pepper, +onions, +pita bread, +yogurt
Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Roll-ups Recipe
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Crock Pot Chicken - Greek Style
I'm not Greek, but love the food. This is my take on one of their dishes. UPDATE: After the first two reviews of chicken being a little dry (perhaps breasts...
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Crock Pot Chicken Marsala Recipe
An easy way to do Chicken Marsala. Prep:10m
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This has to do with the concept of parsing the contents of a string into a useable value.
Let's assume that we what to parse an Integer value.
What about CInt?
Dim text As String = "10" Dim value As Integer = CInt(text)
Value contains 10.
But you're assuming that the text contains (or that user enters) valid information, so what happens if we use invalid data.
For example an empty string. ""
Dim text As String = "" Dim Value As Integer = CInt( text )
What does that do?
What about using Integer.Parse
Dim text ="" Dim value = Integer.Parse(Text)
So why use TryParse?
{T}.TryParse parse a string into a value for a specific type {T} but not does that but returns a Boolean (True/False) value to indicate that parsing produce a valid value. Note that it doesn't return the value as the function return type, but passes it back via the referenced variable supplied as the argument for the result parameter.
The basic pattern for .TryParse is a following, where {T} is replaced by the type.
Dim Value As {T} = Nothing If {T}.TryParse( Text , Value ) Then ' Is a valid parse and thus a valid value. Else ' Not Valid End If
This doesn't throw an Exception or produce an error, for invalid text.
It allows you to act on the valid parsing information to do something for invalid string content.
If you check for False or Invert the output you can have of all of your validations at the start of the method. Once you know you've got valid date proceed to process or act on it.
Dim a As Integer Dim b As Integer If (Not Integer.TryParse( NumberA.Text, a )) OrElse (Not Integer.TryParse( NumberB.Text, b )) Then MessageBox.Show("Invalid input") Else ' End If
A lot of the type that parses a string input into a value provide a .TryParse function.
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100m x 7mm Audio Braided Cable Wire Sheathing Sleeve Harness for Car
- Product Name: Braided Cable Sleeving; Dimension: 100M/ 328Ft
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- The sleeving will be big when the length will have the contraction, when DIY please in advance do suffice the length.
- Sleeving ends can use insulating tape, heat shrink or zip ties. Safety and stability, plug and play.
- Braiding polyester PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) is good replacement for your old or broken ones and will fit most car models
- The easy lead wire operation, to have the good elasticity, the flame retardance, the resistance to wear and heat-insulated.
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Mattel has a problem. Sales of its three toy car lines—Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Tyco R/C—have remained stagnant for the past three years. The toy maker is still pulling in $1 billion a year but that number isn't going up.
Mattel thinks moms are the problem. Women don't understand cars the way they do a Star Wars figurine, which is essentially a doll, or blocks, which are obviously meant for building. But pushing cars around on the floor and making them crash into each other as explosive sounds spew from your mouth—moms don't get that, Mattel speculates.
And why don't moms get Hot Wheels? Simple. Mom "has never played with them," Matt Petersen, a Mattel vice president who runs its North American boys' toys and games division, told Business Week.
"She doesn't get why cars, engines, and all the shapes and crashing and smashing are so cool," he added.
To address its "mom" problem, Mattel is making an effort to reach out to moms, who are known to do most of the toy shopping in the house these days. They're hosting events for mom bloggers and expanding their website to include content explaining the benefits of playing with toy cars (they're great for hand-eye coordination) and tips on how to play with them (you can use them to play math games). Mattel thinks moms won't buy a toy unless they understand how it works and see its benefits.
The campaign seems to be backfiring. Some moms are saying they feel insulted.
"It assumes that moms are stupid and that just because we don't play with Hot Wheels we don't understand the cars," Magda Pecsenye, a mother of two and a parenting writer at AskMoxie.org, told Today Moms. "That seems like an enormous leap — to ignorance on the part of the consumer — especially of such a basic product."
"I'm not a down-on-the-floor mom, so even if I were CEO of Mattel I still wouldn't be having long play sessions with Hot Wheels with my kids," Pecsenye added. "It's not my style. That doesn't mean I'm ignorant or stupid or need to be 'educated' on the product. It's a toy car. I get it."
Another mother, Rina Neiman, chimed in and told Today Moms: "[We] can be blamed for many things, and I tell my son that he will eventually blame me for many things in his life, but falling toy sales? Please! Not due to our household, that's for sure."
I actually think Mattel is onto something. Thinking back on the toys I've bought my son and told grandparents to give to him, I'm always looking for products that encourage building, creating, critical. I remember when my son was about 4 and I splurged on a set of Magna-Tiles for him because the manipulatives were so obviously good for spatial problem-solving tasks, logical thinking and math reasoning. We had lots of puzzles and blocks.
Now it's all about Legos and my son loves these kits because first he can build something by following the instructions, and then he takes it all apart and builds something of his own. For his last birthday, my husband and I got him a Maker Faire kit that teaches him how electricity works.
Yes, my son has been through a lot of the fads like Poke Mon cards and Beyblades and these toys he acquires mainly through his friends at birthday parties or by spending his own money. But Hot Wheels? He got a track for Christmas back when he was about 4 or 5 from a relative, but unlike the ones I remember boys playing with from my youth that were hand-powered, this one required batteries and broke within weeks. This turned me off from the brand. Hot Wheels certainly hasn't been getting any money from my pocket book.


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Lawful evil: "That bitch."
I think the term typically used here is, "THIS."
If I didn' tuse that correctly, forgive me.
is it geeky in here or is it not
this is just so badass
I love BankGothic.
Chaotic Neutral all the way
Thanks for this chart
Awesome <3
D&D + BCB = ^#%$#^% (calulator broke from sheer awesomness)
dude, switch chaotic with lawful in almost every case. lawful means he would punish her for her crimes no matter what, chaotic means that who cares as long as it is doing good.
chaotic evil would be ****ing him just because its an evil thing to do, lawful evil would be manipulating people and being evil through a set of established rules ie: a game.
Not my favorite character or alignment, but Chaotic Neutral has the best line. The characters of the two evil alignments fit. The CE guy was the cause of the Confrontation chapter. Those two know how hated Tess is and use it to make her life worse.
"Ovaries." That is my favorite line from EVER.
damn... way to perfect
hmm... How does Paulo beat Mike on the "not a Douche" scale?
Neutral isn't a douche. It's what said neutral person does. Currently, Paulo is kind of beating Mike. It makes me sad.
Good idea, especially for this comic. I do find it a little mixed up, though. To be chaotic generally means to lack honor (societal morality) versus Good and Evil (personal morality), so putting Lucy at Chaotic Neutral in particular seems random (remember her risking her life for Mike, even to the point of possibly getting raped for it?). Mike has definitely slid to Lawful Neutral these days, though.
I liek this, as a D&D player this brought two of my more favoured things together
Holy ****... bottom right is hyper ultra rape mode
Alejandro's quote is oddly chilling.
David seems more like the Chaotic Neutral type to me. Lucy is just Neutral.


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Badger-brock was an individual of the Badger-folk, mentioned only in Hobbit verse. He had a "snowy forehead" and "dark blinking eyes", and lived with his wife and many sons in a secret house near the Withywindle. On one occasion, Badger-brock caught and pulled down Tom Bombadil to the burrows of the Badger-folk under earth. But Tom displayed his power using chant, which caused all the Badger-folk to become frightened, and they showed him out again.[1]
[edit] Etymology
Brock is an Old English and Middle English word for badger.[2]
[edit] Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Only mentioned briefly, the Badger-brock of the Withywindle is one of the Creatures of Faerië.[3]
[edit] See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"
- ↑ "Brock" at Webster's Online Dictionary (accessed 23 November 2020)
- ↑ Wesley J. Frank, et al. (1997), Arnor: The Land (#2023), p. 63


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The Extremely Quantified Self
AllThingsD's Liz Gannes asks about the 21 wearable trackers of Rebecca Kalmar, data scientist at Misfit Wearables.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Every rose has its...ah shucks, you know the rest.
Poison frontman Bret Michaels and his fiance and mother of his two girls, Kristi Gibson, have decided to call off their engagement, E! News can confirm.
Rock of Love apparently it wasn't.
Remember when Bret Michaels was dating "with benefits?"
"Although the couple have separated they remain great friends and are committed to jointly raising their two daughters Raine Elizabeth and Jorja Bleu," Michaels' rep said in a statement.
No reason was given for the split.
What caused Bret Michaels' brain hemorrhage
The 49-year-old musician-turned-reality star first hooked up with the 41-year-old Gibson back in the mid-'90s. And after 17-plus years in which they were mostly on, save a brief fling Michaels had with Pamela Anderson, the "Nothin' but a Good Time" singer got down on bended knee and proposed to his longtime gal-pal during the finale of his VH1 reality series, Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, in December 2010.
That same year, Gibson was also by Michaels' side during his recovery from a brain hemorrhage and an operation to close a hole in his heart.
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- Atramedes yells: I have no need for eyes to see my enemies. Your clumsy footsteps and foul stench give you away!
- Atramedes yells: This miserable existence finally ends.
Tooltips and dungeon journal reflect ability values for one encounter version. Please refer to "Effect" section on spell pages to see values for all raid sizes and difficulties.
Atramedes is blind and hunts based on sound. Players begin the battle with 0 Sound and gain Sound when taking damage. Atramedes channels Devastation on targets with 100 Sound and quickly kills them.
Using an Ancient Dwarven Shield resets the Sound on all players.
Ancient Dwarven Shields
Ten Ancient Dwarven Shields are positioned around the room. Any player can strike one of the shields and cause a Resonating Clash. This interrupts Atramedes' casting, resets the Sound on every player to zero, and gives Atramedes a case of Vertigo. When Atramedes recovers from Vertigo, he destroys the shield.
In Heroic Difficulty Lord Nefarius destroys an additional shield whenever Atramedes destroys one.
- Resonating Clash – The sound resonating from the Ancient Dwarven Shield interrupts Atramedes' casting.
While Airborne, Atramedes switches the target of his Roaring Flame Breath to the player who used the Ancient Dwarven Shield.
- Vertigo – The Resonating Clash places Atramedes into a state of Vertigo, increasing damage taken by 50% for 5 sec.
Grounded Abilities
Atramedes begins the fight on the ground.
- Sonar Pulse – Atramedes periodically sends out discs of sonic energy to locate players. Players struck by a Sonar Pulse gain 3 Sound.
On Heroic Difficulty a Sonar Pulse also inflicts 11 Arcane damage.
- Modulation – Atramedes casts Modulation, inflicting 34 Shadow damage.
Modulation inflicts 34 additional Sound, and the damage inflicted on a player increases with higher Sound levels.
- Sonic Breath – Atramedes tracks on a random player, breathing fire as he turns towards that player. Sonic Flame inflicts 21 Fire damage to all players in its path and adds 20 Sound.
- Searing Flames – Atramedes channels and fills the room with flames. The flames inflict 21 Fire damage every 2 sec. and increases Fire damage taken by 50% for 6 sec. The damage increases by 2% for every point of Sound on the target. Resonating Clash interrupts the channeling of Searing Flames.
Searing Flames leaves behind patches of Roaring Flames on the ground for 4 sec.
- Roaring Flames – Searing Flames produces patches of Roaring Flame on the ground. Players crossing the Roaring Flames take 11 Fire damage and an additional 8 Fire damage every 1 sec for 4 sec. Roaring Flames also adds 5 Sound.
- Devastation – Atramedes channels Devastation on all players with 100 sound, inflicting 26 Fire damage every 0.5 second.
Airborne Abilities
Atramedes periodically flies up into the air during the fight, raining destruction down on his enemies from above.
- Roaring Flame Breath – Atramedes breathes a gout of flame that follows a random player around the room. The Roaring Flame Breath inflicts 16 Fire damage and leaves Roaring Flames in its wake. The movement of the breath speeds up over time.
A Resonating Clash temporarily halts the progress of breath, but Atramedes then retargets the flames on a player that used the Ancient Dwarven Shield.
- Roaring Flames – Roaring Flame Breath produces patches of Roaring Flame on the ground. Players crossing the Roaring Flames take 11 Fire damage and an additional 8 Fire damage every 1 sec for 4 sec. Roaring Flames also adds 5 Sound.
- Sonar Bomb – Atramedes launches Sonar Bombs at the locations of random players. The impact of the Sonar Bomb inflicts 21 Arcane damage to players within 6 yards of the targeted location and increases their Sound by 20.
- Sonic Fireball – Atramedes launches Sonic Fireballs at the areas where his Sonar Bombs landed. Sonic Fireballs inflict 32 Fire damage to all enemies within 50000 yards of the target.
- Obnoxious Fiend – Lord Victor Nefarius meddles in the fight, randomly opening portals and allowing Obnoxious Fiends to enter the fray. Each Obnoxious Fiend jumps on the back of a random player and tries to increase that player's Sound.
- Phase Shift – Obnoxious Fiends are immune to spells when not on a player's back.
- Obnoxious – When an Obnoxious Fiend jumps on a player's back, it casts Obnoxious to increase that player's Sound by 10.
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The Wowhead Client is a little application we use to keep our database up to date, and to provide you with some nifty extra functionality on the website!
It serves 2 main purposes:
- It maintains a WoW addon called the Wowhead Looter, which collects data as you play the game!
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UWF Accreditation Information
Listed below is the list of specific colleges and/or programs that are nationally accredited by the agencies dedicated to reviewing within their discipline.
For information about the University's institutional-level accreditation status, visit http://uwf.edu/sacscoc.
|UWF Colleges and Programs
|Accrediting Agency
|Athletic Training, B.S.
|Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
|Chemistry, B.S.
|American Chemical Society (ACS)
|Clinical Laboratory Sciences, B.S.
|National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
|College of Business, B.S.B.A., M.Acc., M.B.A.
|AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
|Computer Engineering, B.S.
|Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
|Electrical Engineering, B.S.
|Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
|Exercise Science, B.S.
|Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
|Music, B.M., B.M.E.
|National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
|Nursing, B.S.N., M.S.N.
|Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
|Psychology (Counseling & Industrial Organizational Programs), M.A.
|Master's in Psychology Accreditation Council (MPAC)
|Public Health, M.P.H.
|Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
|Social Work, B.A., M.S.W.
|Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
|*Teacher Education/Professional Education Unit, B.A., M.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.
|National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
|*Teacher and school administrator preparation programs are also reviewed and approved by the Florida Department of Education.


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Even Parents Who Use Booster Seats for Their Child Sometimes Neglect to Do So When Carpooling
By Rita Rubin
WebMD Health News
Latest Healthy Kids News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Jan. 30, 2012 -- Parents often skip using booster seats when carpooling with preschoolers or young school-age children, increasing the risk of serious injury in a crash, a new study shows.
"I think it's a complex issue of convenience, expectations, and peer pressure," says researcher Michelle Macy, MD, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan. Macy and her co-authors of the study say theirs is the first study to explore issues related to carpooling and booster seat use among parents of 4- to 8-year-olds.
Macy and her co-authors conducted a national, web-based survey of U.S. parents in January 2010. They asked parents 12 questions about booster seats and carpooling. The researchers based their findings on responses from almost 700 parents of children in the 4- to 8-year-old age group.
Overall, about three-quarters of parents said their child uses a car safety seat.
More Carpoolers Need to Put Kids in Booster Seats
In Macy's study, about two-thirds of the parents said they carpool. Those parents were significantly more likely to report that their child uses a safety seat in accordance with their state law.
And nearly two-thirds of parents of child safety seat users reported always using booster seats for the children of others, compared to only about a quarter of parents whose children use a seat belt.
But only half of parents who report using a safety seat always have their child use one when riding in their car if their friends don't have boosters -- and 1 in 5 parents don't always ask other drivers to use a booster seat for their child.
If possible, Macy suggests, stow a spare booster seat in the trunk of your car. Or for about $40, you could buy an inflatable booster seat that, when deflated, can fit into a backpack.
Laws Make a Difference
Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that children use a booster seat from the time they outgrow their forward-facing car seat until they're 4 feet, 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years old. With shorter children, Macy says, the shoulder belt might not hit the middle of the collarbone, spurring them to put it under their arm or behind their back.
But the two states with the highest cutoff for child restraints, Wyoming and Tennessee, require their use only in children 8 and younger, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia require child restraints in children 7 and under. Florida has the lowest cutoff of all, with child restraints required only for children 3 and under.
Macy's study shows that children living in states that required them to be in a safety seat were more likely to use one.
"You need some enforcement, but I think that is an area where laws have a lot of influence," says Anne McCartt, PhD, senior vice president for research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "Most parents want to do the safest thing."
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From hailing a cab to healing the sick, digital disruptions are transforming virtually every aspect of modern life, rattling formerly stable industries and offering new, profitable growth opportunities. There's little wonder, then, that digital solutions will play a major role in bringing the concepts supporting the circular economy, with its focus on sustainable growth, into the mainstream.
Businesses have traditionally exploited resources in a linear way, extracting raw materials to manufacture products for customers worldwide who then use and ultimately discard them. Today, however, critical nonrenewable inputs like metals, minerals and energy supplies are increasingly scarce, while the regenerative capacity of forests, land and oceans is under mounting pressure. As a result, these conventional straight-line business models can expose firms to unacceptable levels of risk, including wild price volatility.
Consequently, leading companies have begun to adopt new, more circular approaches to using resources. These approaches focus on reuse and repair, on upgrades and refurbishments, on capacity sharing and renewability. We have identified more than 100 companies that are guided by circular economy principles, and they range from massive global enterprises to feisty, fast-moving startups.
Five primary circular business models have proven successful and scalable.
Circular Supply Chain. Provide renewable energy, and bio-based or fully recyclable materials in place of traditional inputs to enable regenerative use of the same resources again and again
Recovery and Recycling. Recover useful resources or energy from disposed products or byproducts, effectively turning waste disposal costs into resource management revenues for any business
Product Life Extension. Extend the working life of products and components by repairing, upgrading or reselling them to transition from product to lifecycle revenue generation
Sharing platform. Enable, for a transaction fee or access to a similar device, increased product utilization by making it possible for consumers and/or companies to co-use and exchange goods on a central service
Product as a service. Offer product access rather than ownership to let customers pay for performance only, and integrate incentives to make products that last and can be effectively upgraded and serviced
Digital technologies provide remote visibility and asset control, making them perfect enablers for three of the five circular economy business models: product as a service, sharing platform and product life extension. By enabling "dematerialization" (e.g., replacing physical newsprint with virtual online content or physical stores with direct-to-consumer retail) and changing how people interact with physical and virtual assets, digital technologies can transform value chains so that they no longer need additional physical resources to grow.
Five key digital technologies enable the circular economy.


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The Taming of the Shrew is a play within a play. It's a story told by a man, Sly, in an alehouse in England, and his story is set in Padua, Italy – in a public square, in Baptista's house, and in Lucentio's house. Other scenes take place in Petruchio's country house and on the road between there and Lucentio's house. Read more about The Taming Of The Shrew settings.
Date written: 1592
Genre classification: The Taming of the Shrew is a is a Comedy play.
Main characters in The Taming of the Shrew: The action revolves around Katherine (Kate), the daughter of Baptista and the older sister of Bianca. Katherine has no suitors because she is not conventionally attractive but more seriously, she is notoriously shrewish, and seems to hate men, which makes it difficult for any man to deal with her. Bianca is sweet natured and beautiful but can't marry until her older sister does.
Petruchio is a gentleman from Verona who agrees to marry Katherine because of her large dowry. The action is mainly concerned with his efforts to tame her.
Lucentio, a young man from Pisa, falls in love with Bianca and because she can't marry, they elope.
The Taming of the Shrew themes: This is an interesting play in that Shakespeare explores the relationship between men and women intensely – more so than in any other play. The way women are treated and the effects of that is the main theme of the play. Baptista has complete domination over his daughters and dictates to them on every matter. Katherine is 'tamed' by her husband as though she were a wild animal. Men and women are rude and cruel to each other. Even Bianca, the sweet sister, at one point calls her husband a fool. Petruchio is alarmingly cruel to Katherine. It's funny, but Shakespeare is making a serious point.
Money and the greed for it, is another major theme. Dowries and their size, and how much women are worth features strongly.
As usual in Shakespeare, the theme of appearance and reality is strongly expressed. Nothing is what it seems to be. Even the shrewishness of Katherine conceals a compliable nature: her shrewishness is a reaction to the hurt she feels at the treatment she has received from men. The action is largely driven by people disguised to conceal their identities and achieve their goals, which are not always what they seem to be.
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Fate started as a "house rules" project for the Fudge system during a car ride Rob Donoghue and Fred Hicks had back in 2001. After seeing some success with it in their home games, they created a free, downloadable version for anyone who cared to grab it. They figured a few dozen people would have a look. Instead, hundreds did, and it fast became one of the most popular variants of Fudge out there, spawning its own thousands-strong discussion list and eventually helping to launch Evil Hat as a commercial game company.
From there, Fate grew into new revisions and iterations, showing up in Evil Hat's own Spirit of the Century in 2006 and the Dresden Files RPG in 2010 (each one leading to a temporary shortage in the supply of Fudge dice as demand spiked), as well as dozens of third-party Fate games and a few other popular games that borrowed ideas from Fate, if not the whole system.
Today, Evil Hat is proud to bring you Fate Core: the latest evolution of the Fate role-playing game system. Inside you'll find refined, clearer language about every part of the game -- ranging from streamlined language about aspects and skills, to a unified approach for game actions and outcomes, to our trademark, rock solid GM and player advice.
Simply put, Fate Core is the best version of Fate we can possibly make, built upon over a decade of play and design experience by Evil Hat, and with the Fate player community at large, taking the best lessons from all of gaming and distilling them into a cohesive, compelling whole.
With Fate Core, you'll be able to drive right to the heart of your characters, using simple-yet-deep rules to make the most of those stories. Throughout, you'll use Fate Core's mechanics to model how fiction, not physics, operates, producing an experience that's better than "realistic" -- it's authentic.
After the kickstarter campaign concludes and the game's text, art, and layout are finalized, the PDF of Fate Core will be made available to everyone on a "pay what you like" scheme. We'll also be selling a printed version of the game, and will use the system to power upcoming games like the Atomic Robo RPG.
Upon publication we'll place near to 100% of the Fate Core text into the Open Gaming License as open content, once again continuing our commitment to supporting third party efforts to build the Fate games everyone wants to see.
In the meantime, as a backer of this Kickstarter campaign, you will get immediate, early access to the laid out text of Fate Core as it currently stands (see the link right below the video). You will have the opportunity to tell us what you think, and help us determine the final shape of the game.
It's an exciting time for Fate, and for Evil Hat, and we hope you'll join us as a backer, a fan, and a member of the Fate community. Let's rock this thing!
cover art by Kurt Komoda
We've set the project timeline on this to the maximum because we want a solid two months for our backers to have a look at the Fate Core preview, give it a whirl, and let us know what they think. We'll be iterating through the feedback you give us in that time to make any necessary tweaks to the text and the layout.
As project funding progresses, we'll continue our efforts to get the art buy and execution put together for Fate Core. At launch time we don't expect to have all of our art done, of course -- but we believe in getting a head start when we can afford to do so. Depending on complexity and speed of execution, art creation and placement into layout may run past the end of the Kickstarter campaign; we're giving it about a month.
Once the art is in and the text and layout are final, we'll charge hard on getting the print run complete. We'll be going with one of our established, fast-on-execution-and-quality domestic book printers for this. Setup and proofing will eat a week; manufacture shouldn't run much longer than a month, if that.
After that point, it's all about shipping, which is probably the most potentially elastic part of our timeline. But we'll be shipping out the copies we owe to all of our backers before we put the book on sale anywhere else.
Signed copies, consultations, and fudge dice will take a bit longer to get out there, due to the added steps involved.
The PDF: As a backer of this project at any level, you'll get immediate access to the early preview PDF (see the link at the top of this page, under the video) before the kickstarter campaign even concludes.The final PDF that will be released after the conclusion of the kickstarter will be available on a "pay-what-you-like" basis -- which includes free for those so inclined. (But folks who don't back this project will have to wait a few months before they'll get to see that.) We're doing this because we want you to see what's already been done -- and for you to get a chance to provide us critical feedback that will improve the game in its final form.
The HARDCOVER Book: Those backing at $30 and higher will receive a 6"x9" formatted hardcover, black and white interior version of the Fate Core rule-set, with a page count somewhere in the lower 300 range. Shipping in early spring 2013.
The Digital Expansions: Backers at $10 or higher will get access to a digital expansion pack that starts with a fantasy adventure playable with Fate Core. Our stretch goals on this kickstarter will add more expansions into that pack at no additional cost to the backers! The higher we soar, the more awesome the expansion set gets. After the kickstarter concludes, each individual PDF in this expansion pack will sell for about $5 each, so this has a chance of being a real steal.
UNLOCKED: The Fate System Toolkit Book: A $20 HARDCOVER book containing the Magic System Toolkit and other unlocked "system-tinkerer's" content. See Update #5 for how to add this to your pledge. Shipping sometime in summer 2013.
UNLOCKED: The Fate Worlds Compilation Books: A two-volume set of softcovers for $30 total containing the non-Toolkit expansion content from the Fantasy Adventure on up through Camelot Trigger. See Update #5 for how to add this to your pledge. Shipping around mid-spring/early summer 2013.
UNLOCKED: The Fate Accelerated Edition Book: A $5, 32-ish page softcover book containing the very basics of Fate for fastest learning and use. Shipping by early spring 2013.
UNLOCKED: Sally Slick and the Steel Syndicate: A $15 softcover, 200-ish pages, of the Young Centurions-set young adult novel by Carrie Harris, shipping late in 2013.
UNLOCKED: Strange Tales of the Century: A $40 softcover by rockstar nerd-researcher Jess Nevins, hundreds of pages, filled with pulp character archetypes and timeline material to bridge the gap between Spirit and Shadow.
Fred's Fudge Dice Stash: Folks who pick a reward that includes Fred's Stash will get four fudge dice of one random color (i.e., all four dice will be the same color, and that color will be picked randomly) included with a signed-by-Fred copy of the Fate Core book. The six colors include the three bronze, copper, and gold tones of Grey Ghost Games' Olympic Fudge Dice set, and the translucent red, translucent blue, and glow-in-the-dark yellow-green of the no-longer-available Wizard Fudge Dice set that Evil Hat produced.
Fred's stash includes the largest quantities of the front row pictured here (the Wizard dice), and a smaller number of the back row (the Olympics). We will try to take requests if it seems feasible, but can't offer any guarantees about the color you'll get. Supplies will dictate!
The Consultation: Got a particular thing you want to do with Fate Core for your home game? We'll pair your ideas with an Evil Hat approved expert who will help you sort out your Fate Core implementation for your home game, and will also write up to 2,000 words so you'll have an official reference document to work from. Part of your contribution will be used to pay the experts for their time and wordsmithery. You'll share rights to the document with Evil Hat, or we can simply agree to enter it into the available open content surrounding Fate Core (assuming it's viable for us to do so) -- your call. This will be carried out either by a Skype call or an exchange of emails (or a mix of both), as fits the schedule of those involved. If it turns out your ideas exceed what's feasible in 2,000 words, consider this a starting point rather than a total solution -- but we'll do our best to cover the essentials!
Feel like you need a spreadsheet to figure your pledge level out? We've got a Backer Pledge Calculation Sheet right here!
We have a number of stretch goals in mind. Below, we reveal some of the ones that lie ahead. Stay tuned for updates as the project continues to learn of more!
The Fantasy Adventure (Tower of the Serpents): When our project hits its first funding goal, we start the roster for our set of digital expansions with a fantasy adventure playable with just a few friends, some dice, and the Fate Core rulebook. This will be written by Brennan Taylor, author of the Bulldogs! Fate game published by Galileo Games. [Learn More][Preview & Playtest]
Kriegszeppelin Valkyrie: Our first stretch goal travels to a mini-campaign set in a World War One that isn't quite like you read about in the history books. You play the multinational barnstormers and daring fighter pilots of the era, crewing the biggest airship that ever flew, as you take on the forces of a mad scientist and his army of galvanic automatons. It's one part pulp, one part Battlestar Galactica, and100% high-flying zeppelin-and-biplanes action, from Evil Hat's own Clark Valentine. Once unlocked, the Valkyrie will join forces with our EXPANSIONS package for our backers. [Preview & Playtest]
Magic system toolkit: In one of our earlier incarnations of the Fate system, Evil Hat co-founder Rob Donoghue lost his damn mind and included a chapter of over half a dozen different magic systems for use with the game. With this stretch goal, Rob will create a new supplement doing exactly that for Fate Core to be added to our EXPANSIONS package for our backers. This will be included in our Extras Toolkit (see below)! [Learn More] [Preview & Playtest]
Multiple electronic formats: You've made us commit! We will release the final electronic version of Fate Core in multiple formats -- PDF, ePub, and mobi (for Kindle) at the least.
Wild Blue: From Bulldogs! co-author Brian Engard comes this setting of six-guns and superpowers, monsters and outlaws and keeping the peace on the frontier. It's a dangerous world out there, but opportunities abound in the Blue Lands for those willing to help themselves. You're one of the Queen's Wardens, a newly inducted recruit into the land's most elite law-enforcement team, a team made up entirely of Powers, people born with unique capabilities beyond those of the common folk. You're a superhero, a law-bringer, a Warden. But all power comes with a cost, and being a hero is never without danger. [Learn More] [Preview & Playtest]
Court/Ship: The court of Louis the XV of France was a weird place. He had a place called a "Deer Park" where he kept a stable of young mistresses, he kept his court in the cramped and weird living situation of his palace, and from all reports lived a crazy and decadent lifestyle. Women would come to court to become his mistress to gain a title and lands. This was also the time of the "gentlemen scientist" when there was growing interest in science and technology, as well as new systems of government. Into this environment... an alien invasion begins. This Fate Core expansion by J.R. Blackwell will explore themes of identity, hierarchy, and what it means to be human. [Learn More]
Hardcover upgrade: It's our first mega-stretch goal. We've gotten a lot of inquiries about a hardcover option for Fate Core. When we looked into it, it wasn't terribly workable as a partial thing, where some books would be softcover, others hardcover. So with this stretch goal, we're gunning hard for hardcovers -- hit this mark, and we'll be able to add enough extra cash to the print budget to make the whole Fate Core print run a hardcover affair, while keeping the same cover price of $25 that we would have charged for the softcovers!
Burn Shift: From the Mindjammer mind of Sarah J. Newton, a post-apocalyptic vision of the future! The Age of Space is gone, blasted to atoms in a devastation which buckled continents and boiled seas. Now the sky flickers with many-colored lightning and roiling clouds, and the air is heavy with poison. Twisted by strange energies from forms already geneered beyond natural adaptation, the remnants of posthumanity struggle to survive in the ruins of a once-glorious civilization. But for every one who succumbs to the curse of the Wounded Earth, another thrives with the Burn Shift -- the new power which gives survivors an edge in this harsh and nightmarish world. Where most post-apocalyptic RPGs stop, Burn Shift starts: it's not about wallowing in the devastation, but about pushing through it, reforming and rebuilding communities, going beyond... Whatever the future will be, it won't be like the past. [Preview & Playtest]
Fight Fire: Fight Fire expands Fate Core's handling of objective hazards, answering the common question "the warehouse has the On Fire aspect... now what?" Not only is this answered -- literally -- but it is enhanced and expanded in the form of a mini supplement that tackles both the day-to-day operations of urban firefighters (using tactics cribbed directly from the FDNY) and their lives off the clock. Raised in a firefighting family, Fiasco author Jason Morningstar takes Fate Core in a direction that tempers hard-researched realism with drama and danger. [Learn More]
No Exit: From writer Shoshana Kessock, take a journey into psychological horror, "Lost" style. Characters find themselves living in an apartment building they can't leave, and must come to terms with who has put them there and what they did to deserve it. Dark truths will come to light, in No Exit. [Learn More] [Preview & Playtest]
The Ellis Affair: In May of 1923, an American businessman dies while abroad. Investigators are dispatched to try to make sense of it, and uncover a hidden world of conspiracy, diplomacy, and covert operations gone awry. Who was Earl H. Ellis? Businessman, or spy? Was his death accident, or murder? And why was the last man to have contact with his ashes found catatonic and weeping while clutching them to his chest? It's up to you to solve this real-events-based mystery from author Lisa Steele. [Preview & Playtest]
CrimeWorld: Leverage television show head writer (and series co-creator) John Rogers uses his extensively-researched knowledge of cons and capers to craft this sourcebook for running grifts and heists in your Fate Core games. Use CrimeWorld to run a game in the world of the ultra-criminal, or apply it as a toolkit to give added depth and adventure to confidence games and thievery in any game based on the Fate Core RPG system. [Learn More]
Fate Core Dingbat Font: In the final digital release, we'll include a font (used to create the little pictures you see next to the headers on this project) that sports the icons for the four actions, icons for fudge dice, and strings-of-boxes you can use to create a stress track quickly. Maybe more!
White Picket Witches: Small towns are cauldrons full of family secrets. In Salem, those cauldrons bubble over. Inspired by paranormal cozies like Practical Magic and the Witches of Eastwick, White Picket Witches give the players magic and charms to deal with small town pressures... and sometimes, the forces of evil. It's about accepting the past, fitting in, or breaking out. It emphasizes friendships, brother/sisterhood, community, and a touch of romance. Designed by Filamena Young of Machine Age Productions, who has worked with Margaret Weis Productions, White Wolf, and many others. [Learn More]
Timeworks: "Want to have developed the iPhone? We can make it so that your firm had the idea before Apple. Want to get rid of a tricky rival? We'll make sure his parents never met. After all, it's only murder if someone gets killed. Not getting born doesn't count. Our time technicians are experts at moving the timestream in revenue generating directions. We're discreet, careful, and always on time. After all, we know you expect the best. Timeworks. Making time work for you." From game designer Mark Diaz Truman. [Learn More]
Extras Toolbox: We'll take the Magic System Toolkit and absorb it as one chapter -- then go beyond the field of magic, doubling (or maybe even tripling) the word-count, to create the Extras Toolbox, a series of collections-of-extras that will illustrate in greater depth how to construct full add-on options for your game. Each collection will be viable as a plug-and-play addition to your game, if it turns out to be a fit. We'll look into exploring ways to implement powers, vehicles, gear, and more, with a few system-tweaks and variants for extra spice. If funded to this level, we'll also be taking your suggestions -- and maybe even contributions! -- to make sure this covers, at least lightly, all the "gear-head" topics you're hungry for. [Learn More]
And better yet...
Extras Toolbox IN PRINT: ...Backers at $30 ("The Book" level) and up will also get the option to add more to their pledges to get a printed copy of this book. See above for details and [Learn More]
Camelot Trigger brings a mecha setting to your table. The One and Future King returns to a solar system filled with battles between knights in 80-ton armor on the field of honor. Duel a Venusian princess for her hand. Hunt outlaws in the asteroid belt. Travel to Earth to joust for a seat of honor next to the High Orbit King. Star Wars Saga Edition writer Rob Wieland remixes Arthurian legend and big stompy robots in a setting featuring courtly intrigue, duels of honor, and XTE-78 Lancepack missile launchers. [Learn More] [Preview & Playtest]
Creative Commons for Fate Core: One of the things we've done with Fate Core is write the rules up from scratch. This got us the clearest text possible. It also meant that absolutely none of our rules text uses text written by someone outside of Evil Hat. With that kind of ground-up ownership of the text, it frees us up to do more than just the Open Gaming License (OGL) if we want -- and the most popular other-license request we've gotten over the years has been for some kind of Creative Commons licensing alternative. With this goal funded, we'll put the time in to make that a reality -- we will choose a commercial-friendly, non-viral license that fits our vision for others using Fate Core (likely CC-BY), and provide documentation for how to properly follow the license if you decide to go that path with your own derived material, as well as protocols for commingling your CC-derived work with others' OGL materials if you happen to design like Frankenstein.
More Words for the Toolbox: We'll add 10,000 words (about 30-40 pages in the 6x9 Fate Core format) to the wordcount budget for the Extras Toolbox if we hit this goal.
Compilation Book for all non-Toolbox Expansions: If we hit this goal, all the expansions up to this point (from the beginning, up to Camelot Trigger) that aren't in the Extras Toolbox will get bundled together in a softcover compilation book that will ship at least a few months later than Fate Core. Our rough estimate suggests this will be a 6x9 softcover book with at least 300-400 pages of content -- bigger than Fate Core itself! [Learn More]
All Expansions in Multiple Digital Formats: All the expansions will be released in ePub and mobi (Kindle-friendly) formats as well as the originally-promised PDF.
Even More Words for the Toolbox: We'll add another 10,000 words (about 30-40 pages in the 6x9 Fate Core format) to the wordcount budget for the Extras Toolbox, putting us at a minimum of 40,000 words all told (~130-160 pages), about half the word count of Fate Core itself.
Shadow of the Century: The Spirit of the Century setting moves forward to 1984 -- where the world is poised on the brink of explosive technological advance... and the end of all things! If we hit this stretch goal, we'll put Shadow of the Century on the 2013 development docket, all backers at $10 and up will get the PDF of this project when it completes in late 2013 or 2014. [Learn More]
Deck of Fate: We'll put the Deck of Fate into production in 2013. You can learn much more about the Deck of Fate in Update #9!
Hardcover Toolkit: If we hit this stretch goal, all copies of the Fate System Toolkit will be in hardcover instead of softcover -- at the same price!
Fate Accelerated Edition: At this stretch goal, we will produce Fate Accelerated Edition: a compact (32-ish pages) lighter-weight version of Fate with all the dials cranked towards ease of use and learning. Fully compatible with Fate Core! When we hit this goal, backers will have the option to add to their pledges ($5 per copy, plus shipping charges as needed) to add a copy of the printed version. The electronic version will be made available on a pay-what-you-like basis, just like Fate Core. [Learn More]
Do: Fate of the Flying Temple: Adapting the setting of Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple to the Fate Accelerated Edition, this unlockable goal will feature tiny worlds, big hearts, young heroes, a lost temple, and trainable dragons. The PDF will be made available to all backers at $10 and up if funded. [Learn More]
Fate System Freeport Companion: Evil Hat will partner with Green Ronin Publishing to create the Fate System Freeport Companion. Combine this with Green Ronin's Pirate's Guide to Freeport and fight cultists, pirates, and serpent people in the streets and tunnels of their legendary Freeport campaign setting! [Learn More]
Young Centurions RPG: Spirit of the Century finds a Fate Accelerated prequel in the young-adult-oriented RPG Young Centurions! [Learn More]
The Day After Ragnarok: Fate Core Edition: Kenneth Hite's post-pulp-ocalyptic setting comes to Fate Core under the guidance of Leonard Balsera! [Learn More]
Sally Slick and the Steel Syndicate: A Young Centurions young adult fiction novel written by Carrie Harris! [Learn More]
Strange Tales of the Century: Superstar nerd-researcher Jess Nevins updates the Spirit of the Century timeline, builds a bridge to Shadow of the Century, and tours an entire planetfull of pulps in this massive supplement. [Learn More]
Dresden Files Accelerated: Can we do it? In 2014, with your funding, we can! [Learn More]
Lead System Developer: Leonard Balsera
Assistant Developers: Brian Engard, Ryan Macklin, and Mike Olson
Editors: Jeremy Keller and Ryan Macklin
Layout & Graphic Design: Jeremy Keller
Fate Core System Logo: Fred Hicks
Cover Art: Kurt Komoda
Video Editing: Jeremy Keller
Brand Marketing: Chris Hanrahan
We love answering questions! If you have any for us, please ask in the comments, and we'll do our best to give you an answer quickly. You can also follow us on twitter at @EvilHatOfficial and on Facebook.
Risks and challenges
Evil Hat is an experienced RPG publisher. We've produced multiple printed role-playing games in a variety of physical formats over the past six-plus years. This puts us in a fine position to take on the risks and challenges that will arise -- and as with any project, experience tells us a few problems and bugaboos likely will.
Here's what we can anticipate as potential problems.
The Art: The art could take longer to execute than we're hoping it will, or could simply manifest in a fashion we find unsatisfactory (requiring a 'do-over'). Artists are people with real lives and those lives come with schedule-complicating problems. If any delay looks like it will be short, we'll likely roll with it, and we'll let you know what's up. If it looks like something long, we have an assortment of other artists we've worked with over the years who we know can execute quickly and on-time for a deadline.
The Text: While the editing and layout of Fate Core is largely done, it's possible that you will identify some glaring issue that we need to address before we take this fully to publication. That can add time, for sure. Luckily we have several Fate-savvy writers available if we need a fix, and our editor is also our layout guy, so making changes should proceed quickly.
Printing: Our company has grown up alongside the big boom in digital short-run printing technology. Thanks to the advances made there, we'll be able to print the softcover, affordably, in any quantity we need. We're also adept at working with domestic hardcover suppliers to get product quickly. But printers can run into problems all the same: supply shortages, unexpected delays due to company holidays or industry events, or simply goofing up the manufacture or shipping of the books in some way. With a number of potential domestic printers to use, we'll always have a back-up we can go to in the event that our first choice printer has to be set aside. In the event of defective product, we will send a replacement at no cost to you.
Shipping: Packages get lost. We'll send replacements. Shipping can take longer than expected. We won't put the book on sale until they've shipped out all backer copies. Shipping costs can end up higher than expected. We'll absorb the overage.
Finances: Thanks to the success of the Dresden Files RPG and our other projects, Evil Hat is a -- for the game industry -- perhaps atypically solvent RPG company. We've already spent $10,000 on getting Fate Core to this point, and our bank account continues to look plenty healthy. If an unexpected cost arises, we've got the cushion to take the hit.
If there's any risk or challenge YOU can think of that we haven't mentioned here, please write in and ask. We love to answer questions, and we do our best to provide an unparalleled customer service experience whenever possible. We intend to impress you.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Team USA
Placed ninth at the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Umag, Croatia.
Freshman • 2013
Tallied five kills, a .444 hitting percentage, five digs and two blocks at Stevens (Jan. 1) in his collegiate debut ... Totaled six kills, a .625 hitting percentage and three blocks at NYU (Jan. 19) ... Registered 10 kills and five digs at St. Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 25) ... Turned in seven kills, six digs and two aces at No. 6 Penn State (Feb. 26) ... Named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame/Morgan Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 4.25 kps with a .529 hitting percentage for the tournament ... Led the Crimson with 15 kills against Loyola-Chicago (Feb. 1) ... Recorded a career-high 19 kills and had a .630 hitting percentage versus Juniata (Feb. 2) ... Compiled 14 kills against Rivier (Feb. 5) ... Notched nine kills in a winning effort over No. 9 Penn State (Feb. 16) … Had four kills against St. Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 17) ... Had eight kills and registered a .455 hitting percentage in a win against NJIT (Feb. 22) … Scored a match high 12 kills and posted a .625 hitting percentage, three aces, three digs, and two blocks in a team victory over Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 23) ... Tallied five kills and nine digs against George Mason (Mar. 1) ... Credited with six kills versus Princeton (Mar. 2) ... Posted five kills, two blocks, and five digs in a victory over MIT (Mar. 5) ... Tallied with 13 kills, eight digs and four blocks in a victory over Sacred Heart (March 13) … Posted five kills, three digs and two blocks against California Baptist (March 18) … Credited with six kills, four digs and two blocks in a matchup with Concordia (March 19) ... Recorded four kills and three digs in a win over Erskine (March 30) … Tallied eight kills, five digs and two blocks in a victory over Princeton (April 5) … Registered a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs while also recording two blocks against George Mason (April 6) ... Posted two kills, one service ace and six digs in a victory against NJIT (April 12) … Credited with three kills, five digs, two blocks and four service aces in a win over Rutgers-Newark (April 13) ... Tallied seven kills, five digs, one assist and one block in a victory over Sacred Heart (April 20) ... Tallied 12 kills, nine digs and four blocks in the EIVA semifinals against George Mason (April 25) … Registered three kills and one dig in a matchup with Penn State (April 27).
Before Harvard:
Four-year letterwinner and starter at Carmel High School … Named team captain as a junior and senior … Led Carmel High School to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior … Placed third at the Indiana State Tournament as a freshman and sophomore … Carmel High School finished ranked in the ESPN Fab 50 in 2011 and 2012 … Named Indiana State MVP and to the Indiana State All-Tournament Team as a junior and senior … Won the 2011 AAU Beach U18 National Championship and the 2010 AUU Junior Olympic Games Beach Championship … Took third at the 2011 USA Volleyball Indoor High Performance Championships … Took ninth at the 2011 Junior National Indoor Championships U17 Open Division … Placed fourth at the 2009 Junior Nationals U15 Club Division … Represented the USA at the Russia/USA Bilateral Beach Volleyball Tournament in 2010 … Participated in the High Performance A2 Camp in 2011 … Named the High Performance A3 Camp MVP in 2010 … Selected to the Junior Olympic Games All-Tournament Team Club Division in 2009 … Also named to the Smack Attack and Lafayette Invitational All-Tournament Teams … Ranked among the top 3% for GPA at Carmel High School in 2011 and 2012 … Honored as a Distinguished Graduate and Scholar-Athlete from 2008-12 … Member of the National Honor Society and named an AP Scholar with Distinction … 2012 Academic All-State selection … Received the French 4 Student of the Year Award in 2011 and named Academic All-Conference … Served as a French tutor for four years and a Greyhound Kickoff Mentor for two years.


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I am getting really excited for you!! Soon you will be holding your little guy in your arms!! Can't wait to read the news...
That is great that you are planning some time out with DH because that'll be with the little guys decides to make his appearance!
Enjoy your weekend however you spend it. Can you believe that this time next week your life will be completely different.


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One of the West's most important allies in Africa, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, has died unexpectedly without leaving a clear successor, raising fears of increased instability in a volatile region.
Mr. Meles died late yesterday from a "sudden infection" following treatment in Belgium for an unspecified illness, state television reported. His body was expected to arrive back to Ethiopia tonight.
A period of national mourning was immediately declared and a state funeral would be planned "in due course," said Bereket Simon, the country's communications minister and a long-time friend of Meles.
Bereket refused to specify what illness the prime minister was being treated for, telling reporters in Addis Ababa only that he "has been quite ill for some time."
"He has been struggling to be healthy in the last year," he said. "One of the best things about him was that he never considered that he was ill and he was up to the job every time, every day, every evening."
The US counted Meles as one of its closest allies on the continent, and USAID has given an average of $700 million in development support a year to the Ethiopian government for the last four years, most of which was devoted to health and education spending.
He was a leader who managed both to lift millions of his country's citizens from poverty and to play the role of regional power-broker and anti-terror hawk. He was also a central figure in peace negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan, boosted the presence of the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, and was regularly called upon as a "voice of Africa" abroad.
When he was president, Bill Clinton called Meles one of a "new breed of African democrats" and Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, said he was a "visionary leader."
That friendship has developed further amid the US's growing concern about terrorism in Africa. Washington says terrorist groups have found safe haven in neighboring Somalia, and under President Obama, Meles has allowed US unmanned drones to take off from his country's airports for spying missions over his chaotic neighbor. He has also twice invaded Somalia to pursue Ethiopian domestic rebels and their ally, the Islamic Courts Union, which the US believes has harbored Al Qaeda.
Crackdowns on personal freedom
He was, however, facing growing criticism over new laws on media, advocacy groups, and aid agencies that his detractors claimed were designed to stamp out all opposition to the ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). An anti-terror law gave police extra powers of arrest.
"Ethiopia's government should commit to respect for human rights and core rights reforms in the coming days and weeks," said Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "The country's new leadership should reassure Ethiopians by building on Meles's positive legacy while reversing his government's most pernicious policies."
The prime minister's increasingly hard line against opposition intensified after the 2005 elections, largely seen to be the most democratic in the country, in which parties opposing the EPRDF won a surprising number of seats.
When opposition supporters gathered to protest alleged vote rigging, Meles ordered specialized army units onto the streets to disperse them forcefully. As many as 200 people died. Since then, repressive new laws have severely restricted the work of aid agencies, advocacy groups and the media, critics argue.
The State Department criticized Meles's government in 2011 for a litany of human rights abuses, including arresting opposition figures and torture by security forces.
'A large hole' left behind
Hailemariam Desalegn, the deputy prime minister, took the reins of the country today, as stipulated in the constitution, but he is not expected to be Meles' long-term successor.
There is no clear candidate for the job. The ruling EPRDF is a coalition of parties formed along ethnic lines representing markedly different corners of the country.
Discussions of a successor could unearth tensions between politicians from different regions. Northerners have run Ethiopia since 1991, and sources suggested that southern candidates would push to succeed Meles.
"The next few months will be really critical," says Richard Downie, deputy director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "We could see rivals emerge, and there's the wildcard of opposition outside the ruling party, and whether they will see this as a chance to assert themselves.
"The EPRDF could ride out the storm, but I feel that he's left a large hole in the center of government because of the way that Meles's managed the country.
"It's been such an authoritarian style leadership based on his individual personality and force of character."


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Recent News
July 02, 2014
Oriya Organics, LLC Recalls Oriya Organics Superfood Protein Medley Containing Sprouted Chia Seed Powder
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of Oriya Organics Superfood Protein Medley which contain Organic Sprouted Chia Seed Powder due to possible health risks related to Salmonella contamination.
Products were sold in retailers in Texas and Louisiana. Products were sold directly to customers through the internet in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Florida, New York, Louisiana, and Virginia.
The products in this recall include: Oriya Organics Superfood Protein Medley, 21.2 oz, UPC Code: 85370100401, with Lot #: A14314 and an expiration date of 05/23/2015. Lot codes and expiration dates are located on the bottom of the container.
The full recall can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm403695.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery.


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Read the story behind this historic house.
Welcome to The Bishops' House.
The Bishops' House is a 3-story building built in 1889 for the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho, which was remodeled with an expansion in 1899. The house remained the residence of the Episcopal Bishop of Idaho for many years.
Every year, The Friends of The Bishops' House work towards restoring and sustaining the house. We also sponsor many events for the public, from Lecture Series to open tours of the house.
So much of what the house is today, and where it stands, would not have been possible without grants, fundraisers, donations and volunteer work from our generous community.
"The Friends of The Bishops' House" is a non-profit organization dedicated to the historic preservation of this grand old building. This beautiful building was once home to a succession of the Episcopal Bishops of Idaho. Each of the men who served as the head of Episcopal Diocese of Idaho lived in this home with their families while serving in the capacity as the Episcopal Bishop of Idaho. The original house was built in the late 1880's and was remodeled to its current stately, towered Queen Anne style Victorian home in 1899.
To schedule your event The Bishops' House, please give Amelia Berg a call at (208) 342-3279.
Preserving pART OF BOISE'S HERITAGE
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Speech and debate: Making a difference for students
No matter a student's planned career field, effective communication skills are crucial. Speech and debate prepares students for college, careers and life. The South Carolina Forensic Coaches Association believes that the skills learned through forensics — speech and debate — offer lifelong benefits to students.
Today, it's more crucial than ever that teens develop the skills to speak in front of an audience as well as learn to think critically, explore all sides of an issue and formulate evidence-based points of view. Beyond the improvements in their academic performance that prepare them to excel in college, speech and debate students change in ways that influence every aspect of their lives. It gives them the social and academic confidence they need to grow as individuals, achieve educational goals, pursue meaningful work, and improve the lives of others — and our world.
Speech and debate helps students:
- Improve reading, listening, speaking and writing skills
- Develop critical-thinking skills and intellectual curiosity
- Increase engagement with other students
- Excel academically and personally
The goal of the South Carolina Forensic Coaches Association is to provide the opportunities of speech and debate to as many students as possible. The association acts as a resource to member schools, recruits new member schools and helps coordinate and schedule state tournaments.
Consider the people who got their start as student members of the National Forensic League: Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito; media visionaries Oprah Winfrey and Ted Turner; actors Brad Pitt and Renee Zellweger; and TV personalities Stephen Colbert and Tom Lennon.
More than just debate
In South Carolina, there are basically two types of competition: individual events and debate. Students often choose to participate in one or the other, though there is no reason they cannot do both.
Individual Events is a type of speech competition characterized by individuals competing in a variety of different events. These events span the areas of public speaking, acting, reading and interpretation. Individual Events is often referred to as IE.
Debate is a type of competition in which students debate pre-defined topics. In South Carolina, Debate competition generally includes Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate and Lincoln Douglas Debate.


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Posted March 22, 2012
Dr. Robert Schwartz, current interim provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named chief of staff for the University of Missouri System, UM President Tim Wolfe announced today.
"This is an important position for the UM System, and Bob is exactly the right fit to serve as a trusted advisor to me and the university's leadership team," Wolfe said this morning. "He will help execute the priorities of the UM System and the university's mission statement, represent me and the Office of the President in a variety of settings, and coordinate various staff and office support. I am delighted he has accepted the position."
Schwartz also will serve as the Custodian of Records for the UM System, assist in the university's strategic planning process, coordinate with the Office of Strategic Communications in advancing the president's statewide communications, and serve as a liaison with general officers and the board of curators. He will begin his duties April 1.
Since becoming interim provost at Missouri S&T last September, Schwartz has been instrumental in recent budget preparations and strategic planning, student recruitment, eLearning and enhancing international partnerships. While serving as academic affairs vice provost since June 2007, he helped with the academic restructuring of the campus, enhanced corporate partnerships, established cooperative degree programs with another institution, led campus efforts for ABET accreditation, and served on various task forces and committees.
Schwartz joined Missouri S&T in May 2002 as professor of ceramic engineering, and later became the associate chair of the department and served as faculty senate president. He began his career as an advanced research and development engineer at the B.F. Goodrich R&D Center and later as a senior member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.
"I have worked closely with Bob for several years now, and however complicated the task or important the priority, Bob's integrity and commitment, creative thinking and steadfast nature have been a major factor in the success of whatever he was doing," said Missouri S&T Interim Chancellor Warren (Kent) Wray. "He will be a missed daily presence on our campus, but his leadership will be a major asset for the entire University of Missouri System."
Bob received his doctorate degree in ceramic engineering from the University of Illinois and his bachelor's in science education and master's degrees in chemistry from North Carolina State University. He has received numerous honors and awards, including several faculty excellence and teaching awards, and he holds the rank of fellow in the American Ceramic Society. He currently serves on the American Ceramic Society Board of Directors.
Following the arrival of new Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl Schrader on April 2 and Schwartz's new role as chief of staff, Wray will return to his previous position as provost. Because of Bob's appointment, Dr. Philip Whitefield will continue to serve as interim vice provost for Academic Affairs at Missouri S&T, and Dr. Klaus Woelk will continue to serve as interim chair of the Chemistry Department. Current UM System Chief of Staff Kathy Miller is leaving to spend more time with her family.
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LIRR's Quiet Car Program
The LIRR's Quiet Car program includes all peak single-level electric trains that operate to/from Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal during the rush hours.
Remember: the westernmost car on designated trains is the Quiet Car.
- During the AM Peak, the FIRST CAR of your train is a Quiet Car.
- During the PM Peak, the LAST CAR of your train is a Quiet Car.
Customers Traveling On Quiet Cars Should:
- Not use cell phones.
- Disable sounds on all electronic devices.
- Speak in a subdued voice.
- Use headphones at a volume others cannot hear.
Quiet Cars will be available on the following weekday trains: AM and PM Peak single-level electric trains to/from Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn.
The Quiet Car program is voluntary in nature. Conductors in designated cars will hand out special "Shh" cards to customers who are non-compliant.
In the event of a service disruption:
If there has been a change in normally scheduled service (such as a canceled/combined train, service suspension or if a train is operating with a reduced number of cars), we will be unable to designate a Quiet Car. As always, we urge all customers to be considerate of their fellow passengers in all cars.
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Game 106: New York at Toronto
Today's lineups:
First place AL East, — GB
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Melky Cabrera, CF
9. Eric Hinske, RF
Starter: LHP Andy Pettitte (8-6, 4.51)
Fourth place AL East, 12.0 GB
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Adam Lind, DH
4. Kevin Millar, 1B
5. Vernon Wells, CF
6. Alex Rios, RF
7. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Jose Bautista, LF
Starter: RHP Roy Halladay (11-4, 2.68)
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Crap play by Millar, why is he here?
Sending this lineup against the New York Yankees is an embarrassment. Does anyone really expect we can beat these guys with Millar hitting 4th (.178 in July) and playing first base? The guy hitting 4th for the Yankees is Alex Rodriguez. The guy playing 1st base for the Yanks is Mark Teixeira and we have Millar. His error cost us the first run and no one beats the Yanks by giving them extra outs, they're too good and they "always" capitalize on mistakes.
Oh ya, and Millars 0 for 3 didn't help either, nor has his recent 8 for 51 clip in which he knocked in a whole 4 rbi's help much either. Imagine, a guy we're putting in the 4th hole who's knocked in a grand total of 9 rbi's for the two months of June and July. 2 months-9 rbi's and we put him in the 4th hole, how good is that. Snider and Dopirak both knocked in more rbi's than that in the last 4 games.
Of course, we can't put Wells in that spot because he pisses his pants, he gets so scared with runners in scoring position. Although, he does deserve congrats for tonight; that had to be his first meaningful hit of the year and if it wasn't, the last one was so damn long ago I forgot it actually happened. What is pathetic about that is, we're hung with this post steroid era loser until the end of 2014. Thanks for that JP!
We need Snider and Dopirak here and in the lineup, have everyone in the lineup playing on all 8 cylinders and it'll still be one hell of a dogfight to beat these guys.
Come one Beeston, for Christ sakes do something already.
We have another prospect who's gotten very hot in the last 10 games, Balbino Fuenmayor in Lansing AA. Balbino, was a 16 year old we signed out of Venezuela in 2007 as our Latin bonus baby of the year.
He struggled in 2007 at the GCL and only hit .174, which probably isn't surprising given his age and background. In 2008, he repeated with the GC Jays and improved greatly, hitting .307/.360/.458 and was promoted to Lansing A for 2009.
He had a forgettable April in Lansing hitting only .152, bounced back in May (.307), struggled in June (.227), and then started taking off in July (.308).
In the last 10 games he's turned it up a bunch and is hitting .450 with 5 doubles, 1 hr and 9 rbi's. Maybe he just doesn't like spring weather or took some time to get used to those damn large mosquitoes in Michigan, lol.
There's a number of things to like about Balbino, first he's only 19, second he's 6'3″ and 235 pounds, third, he hits L & R pitchers almost equally, forth, he's hitting .364 with risp for the year, fifth, he's hit 6 hr's and 13 doubles in 83 games so far in a tough hitter's league.
I suspect the way he's heating up, he'll be well over .300 with reasonable power numbers by the end of year and we might finally have a legitimate 3rd base prospect.
He has also been positioned at 1st base on occasion, which might end up being his final position, time will tell. I think at one point the Jays penciled him at first thinking Ahrens would be the 3rd base guy-but that plan surely must be either out the window or on the shelf by now.
Next year will be an interesting one for Balbino, since I'm sure he'll be promoted to Dunedin-that is if Ahrens doesn't block him.
I suspect, he'll thrive there with the warm weather and could get off to a fast start. I also expect his power numbers will jump dramatically next year and we could see him turn into a rapid riser sooner than later.
He certainly is tuning into one to watch.
Snider was named PCL 'Player of the Week' last week. These were his stats for the week:
Pacific Coast League
Travis Snider, Las Vegas
I'm glad to see him back wraking again first of all! I really hope he can carry this into next season. For the short he was with the club, in April at least, he did provide a new, exciting and legitimate threat in the Jays lineup.
I feel bad for Doc through these tough times now. Even though he's happy the trade rumours are done, i'm sure deep down he was really looking forward to going to Philly (or any contender) and winning this year. But instead he is stuck here with this team, and as per JB's Tweet "Doc's last 7: 1-4, 3.00, 9 IP 3x, 2.6 runs of support, team record 1-6 w/ 3 1-run Ls and every game separated by 3 runs or less." They've been sucking big time for him again! Any kind of run support would have turned those losses into victories. This team can't even seem to get up for the games Doc pitches now, to prove to him that they are happy he is still here a team member.
These games are hard to watch, but it must be even more difficult for Doc.
And I agree with the above comments, there is no way way we can continue to put Millar batting 4th, it's a joke. Yes, the guy was a clutch hitter back in his prime, but those days are gone. It's time to bring the kids up and give them the rest of the season to play!
I agree Millar is not doing well at all. It might be fun to let Adam Lind play more left field and bring up Brian Dopirak as a DH, with some time at First Base
Speaking of third basemen, Kevin Howard is back with the 51s. Big kid – 6′ – 2″, 190, 28 yrs old. He has hit .341 with 10 HR in 60 games with Las Vegas this year, and had excellent numbers last year bouncing between organizations at A and AAA. In his last 10 games he has had 16 hits in 37 at bats (.432), with 8 RBI, 8 walks and only 3 strikeouts. He is hitting .611 so far in August!
It always amazes me how these guys can go through 6 or 7 seasons in the minors and never get a look at a big league callup, while the major league teams spend millions on their first round draft picks, and about 40% of them never get to the majors.
Does anybody know what happened to Michael Barrett? I can't find him on any of the affiliate rosters, and there is nothing in the news.


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redthor needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 110 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Want to influence the direction of a young business?
We're looking for a new logo that conveys Professionalism, Clarity, & Collaboration.
R&D Knowledge Services OR RDKS
Desired Color Scheme:
Blues desired
Desired Style:
New v. Old, see description
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff); psd or xcf
Hi there!
The name of the business is R&D Knowledge Services but it might also be shortened to RDKS.
We're a consultancy in the document, content management sector so we are a professional services firm (think Boston Consulting Group brand with it's old-style Times Roman-type font) in a new field and industry (think friendly Skype-like Web2.0 brand).
Is there something in between the old-style business assured BCG type and the flexible new Web2.0 type? I hope you can find what that is!
Only other point is that we're looking for colours in the Blue area. But as with all that's said here - if you create something we like that doesn't reflect anything we've said then so be it!
Just to repeat the short summary:
Professionalism, Clarity, & Collaboration (in this tech world!)
By the way, here are some of our attempts:
 http://rdks.com.au/all.php
The main site is work in progress so don't look at it just yet!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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|Not my photo. I stole it from here.http://flowergardengirl.wordpress.com/
After a week of fantasizing about delivering a festering couch and various other scraps of junk to the new front lawn of my pesky rental tenant, I pulled into my drive this evening to discover that said couch, which my grunting dad and I hoisted and dragged out to the porch, and those other unsightly life scraps, were gone. My porch was empty again. Mine again. Exhale.
The boy was good on his word. Guilt.
Of course the infamous minifridge is still in the attic bedroom and there was that onerous pile of dog puke on the porch where the couch had been, but I'm choosing to overlook that at this point.
More important still, on the way into the practically-vacant supermarket I was beckoned by a forlorn, but bright, hanging geranium plant by the front door and plopped it down in my cart before I went in to shop.
On the way back to my parent's cabin, the one I have been feeling like I may never move out of, I instinctively pulled onto our road and into my driveway and stepped out into the watery evening to hang the geranium from the wrought iron plant hanger by the front steps.
Symbolism is a good word, a word that feels right and safe in my mouth at this very moment. Having the energy and optimism and motivation to stop and hang that plant up on my porch is nothing to be ignored.
This is progress. This is something. This.... is noteworthy.
On another worthy note, I went into ask to the post mistress to hold my mail, since I discovered the mailbox was not actually attached to its post--I tried to open it and it fell into the ditch-- and she said she would. I told her I was working on getting a new mailbox and post set up, but just needed to find myself a rent-a-husband. At that very moment, my neighbor, one of the many handsome carpenters in town, walked in the door. (I mention that he is handsome simply because, well, he is.)
"There is your rent-a husband right there," the postmistress said, laughing.
He told me he would put a new post up for me and I should keep my eye out for exactly which model of mailbox post I wanted and now I can't stop commenting on each and every mailbox post I pass.
Who knew there were so many styles to choose from.
All this to say, things are happening.
And, just in case my real, not rented, husband reads this, here is a love song to reassure him.
|Essie and Isla are in charge of custom designing our new mailbox.
More oversharing over here at Momformation.