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Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) is a voluntary program designed for Section 8 and public housing residents to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency through education, job training, supportive services and employment. With the support of local programs and agencies, FSS combines case management and life skills training with the FSS participant's individual plan for education, training and employment.
FSS Vision Statement The Family Self-Sufficiency Program will offer guidance in a trusting environment for families to dare to challenge themselves and be stimulated through education and learning to achieve independence and joy.
Family Self- Sufficiency Guiding Principles
We believe:
ALL people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect
Families have a right to a safe and secure environment.
Education and learning are the key to independence and success.
In taking the initiative to find answers with the people we serve.
In celebrating our diversity and differences.
In the importance of holistic health to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual well being.
That each individual, family and employee should conduct themselves with integrity and honesty.
In promoting a positive atmosphere that fosters creativity, encouraging individuals to discover their own ways to overcome barriers.
The Contract of Participation
When you complete your application and are accepted into the FSS program, you will be required to sign a contract of participation. This contract is an agreement between the Housing Authority of Alameda County and you that lasts for five years. The contract sets forth the provisions of the program and the obligations of your family. It is long and written in legal language. It can be simplified as follows:
The contract specifies the head of the family who will be responsible to sign the contract. Further, it states the purpose and effective date of the contract, the date when the contract will end, your annual gross income, your annual earned income and your Total Tenant Payment on the effective date of the contract.
Terms of the contract are stated. The Self-Sufficiency Action Plan for the head of the family and any other participating members must be completed within a five-year period.
The Contract of Participation lists the services to be provided to the participants to aid in achieving their goals. While some of the goals initially identified may be changed during participation in the program, ultimately the designated family head must seek and maintain employment during the terms of the contract.
The contract states what may happen if the terms of the contract of Participation are violated. These consequences can include termination of services under the FSS program.
Join the FSS Program
If you are a current participant in the Berkeley Housing Authority's Section 8 or Public Housing Programs, and are motivated to set and achieve your self-sufficiency goals, you may be eligible to join the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. The Waitlist for the Family Self Sufficiency Program is closed at this time.
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One thing that I am not getting any information or clarity on is the trouble that I have been having with my eyesight. I noticed a definite change in the acuity of my vision as well as a greater difficulty reading in dimmer light toward the end of chemotherapy. It is not getting any better, and I wonder if it is related to the chemotherapy, arimidex or tamoxifen. There is really nothing concrete about any of these treatments to back up my concern.
I did have an eye exam this spring, and the result is that I only need reading glasses of 1.25. When I compared this prescription to others it turns out to be minimal, so this result doesn't explain the fact that I experience what I think is limited vision, less focused and obscured at times. It is one of those at least I'm alive kind of things; you just deal with it and go on.
You have helped me understand my symptoms in the past by relating your experience with symptoms. And so I appeal to you, dear readers and friends, to tell me if you have experienced anything similar with your eyesight, either during or after chemotherapy or with hormonal treatment such as Tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor? What you don't need to remind me of is that I am getting older and these things start to happen. Actually, the needing reading glasses maybe, but the other annoying things that occur like limited or obscured vision – well, I just don't get that.
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JW Marriott Marquis celebrates India's Independence Day
JW Marriott Marquis celebrates India's Independence Day at Rang Mahal with a specially crafted modern and innovative Indian four-course menu
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the tallest hotel in the world with more than 50 industry and media awards, is pleased to announce a three day celebration of India's 70th Independence Day.
From August 14–16, the Michelin-starred restaurant Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar will host guests for a US$68 (AED250) four-course modern Indian menu, with each course dedicated to a hero in Indian history.
- The specially crafted first course, Gujarati Farsans, is paying homage to Vikram Sarabhai, the scientist and innovator. From the Maharashtra and Gujarat regions, the dish is made up of Dhokla, Khandavi, Phaphada and Dhabeli.
- The second course, Dakshin Ke Sawad, is honoring the Professor C.V. Raman, who is remembered for his knowledge on physics and his Nobel Prize in 1928. This dish involves Chicken Chukka, Pepper Mutton and Meen Pollichattu.
- The third course is Khana Naush Farmayen, made up of Kofta Curry, Murgh Badami Korma and Khumb Mutter Malai. This dish is a tribute to Birbal Sahni, the great visionary, teacher, and researcher.
- The final course will satisfy guests' sweet tooth with Bangla Mishti Mishti, which is coconut rice pancakes, baked yogurt and textures of Bengali sweets, and has been crafted in honour of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and his prominent experiments and laboratory work.
Indian Independence Day, observed annually on August 15, is a national holiday in India, commemorating the nation's independence from the British Empire on 15 August 1947.
- Venue: Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
- Date: 14 – 16 August 2016
- Time: From 6pm until 11.30pm
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Feb 12, 2008 | ISBN 9780345492616
Advance praise for Self Storage
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–Barbara Kingsolver
"If you doubt that a deadly serious thread–also somehow all but laugh-out-loud funny–can connect the pillage of metal storage units, the fierce devotion of family, the rape of human sensibility, and the pursuit of art, read Self Storage by Gayle Brandeis. Or better yet, just take the hand of its greathearted and deeply bewildered heroine, Flan, and hang on for the ride."
–Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of Cage of Stars
"The personal and the political collide in Gayle Brandeis's complex and witty new Self Storage. [The] novel illuminates the way we define our loved ones, our neighbors, and ourselves."
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Breath of Fire II
One of my favourite games, a classic of the genre.
Breath of Fire 2 for gameboy advance
Breath of Fire II (?????????II, Buresu obu Faia Tsu?) is the second role-playing game in the Breath of Fire series. It was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan in 1994 by Capcom, and was later brought to North America in 1995 by Capcom, before Laguna released it in Europe in 1996. It was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan under the name Breath of Fire II: Shimei no Ko, which translates to Breath of Fire II: The Fated Child. It was re-released in North America and Europe in 2002 under the original title.
Note: Spoilers!
The story is linear and begins in a flashback sequence of when Ryu, the protagonist, is six years old and living in the town of Gate. He goes off to find his sister, who sleeps under the dragon guarding the entrance to the underworld because the dragon ends her messages from their dead mother. The dragon is actually his mother who sacrificed herself to save the village from demons. During this sequence he becomes an orphan as his father and his sister disappear, and no one in town remembers him. He goes to the orphanage, which is run by the dominant church of St. Eva, and another orphan named Bow, who came to the orphanage to rob it, goes out in the middle of the night, with Ryu following him. They enter a cave, and are soundly defeated by a demon named Barubary.
In the present, Ryu and his best friend Bow have recently been accepted into the ranger's guild. They wish to go on a mission to prove themselves as rangers, but initially are given an easy task of retrieving a pet pig. Bow balks at such an easy task, until he learns that Mina, princess of Windia, on whom he quickly develops a crush, is the one hiring them. Bow and Ryu travel through Mt. Fubi, defeating a trio of harpies in the process. He reaches the ruins of a house, where a destitute old man named Niro is being attacked by some cockroaches. After defeating them and the giant cockroach that leads them, Bow and Ryu learn that Niro is planning on cooking the pig, but they realize that it is Suzy and stop him. They return home, and Bow is disappointed to learn that Mina is leaving.
That night, after Ryu goes to bed, a man named Kilgore gives Bow a job to steal a Magic Hood from Trout. Unfortunately, a bat-winged thief named Patty has already stolen it, and Bow gets discovered. Ryu learns what has happened, and smuggles him out of town, to Niro's house. Bow apologizes for causing Ryu trouble, and asks him to find the thief. Ryu's search takes him to Coursair, a town with an arena in it. Ryu takes the identity of Baba, a warrior whom he defeats in the TagWoods, and signs up for the tournament. A Fullen (or Woren) gladiator named Katt is his opponent, and "Baba" learns that a poisoned needle will be fired at Katt during the fight. A Shell Clanner named Rand, who works at the coliseum, learns of this, and procures two antidotes, one for "Baba" and one for Katt. However, Katt refuses to take the antidote. "Baba" fights Katt, and after defeating her, the player is given an opportunity to shield Katt from the dart. Rand and "Baba" confront Augus, the promoter, and if the player saved Katt, he can use her in the ensuing fight. Augus turns into a two-headed wolf demon, but the party defeats him
The hero returns to Niro, where Rand and Katt learn his real name. Rand stays behind to work on the house, and the party eventually builds TownShip (as is later learned, a pun) around Niro's house. In Home Town, a group of Jokers attempt to take a magic student named Nina back to her house, but Nina repels them with magic. The Jokers have, however, kidnapped her sister Mina, and Nina goes to their hideout. Ryu and Katt follow, and join up with Nina when she faces the boss of the Jokers, who turns into a fat, purple demon with a long tongue and wide mouth. Having saved Mina, they travel back to Windia, where the guards claim that Mina does not have an older sister. In the town of Windia, a Highlander magician named Sten supposedly traps Ryu in another dimension to extort a date out of Nina or Katt. The hero escapes, and Sten joins to make up for the trouble. The party enters a village named Capitan, and defeats a massive Terrapin while saving a lost child. A Paladin of St. Eva named Ray helps them stop a rushing wall of water, while the party defeats monsters that are possessing villagers. Ray teaches the hero an ability as a reward.
The party comes to a giant frog in a lake, who was cursed by a witch named Nimufu. The party climbs the witch's tower and defeats her, ending the curse. The frog turns into Prince Jean of Sima Fort, who actually is a humanoid frog. When the party reaches Sima Fort, an impostor prince throws Jean in the dungeon. The party plans on leaving, but Petape, princess of Sima Fort, sinks their boat and urges them to clear her brother's name. After speaking with Jean, they learn that he has a ring that proves that he is the prince, but he gave it to Nimufu. The party learns that Nimufu went to the Wild Cat Cafe, and fights their way through the bouncers to reach the kitchen. The party is ordered to deposit their items in the front, equip forks, napkins, and plates, and smear themselves with salt, or fight guards. When they reach the end, they find that they were being prepared for dinner, and, although weakened, defeat the chef. They recover the ring, but find out that the impostor has one like it. The party then enters a competition to prepare the best dish, a competition in which the loser is executed. The party defeats a Worm, a Fly, and a Roach to prepare Gold Fly Pudding, but the biased judges hand the victory to the impostor. Petape rushes to blow up the castle, and the impostor follows and catches her. The hero learns that the impostor is a demon named Kuwadora in the service of the St. Eva Church, and defeats the demon. Kuwadora activates what he believes is a self-destruct mechanism, but actually reveals the hidden treasure of Sima Fort. Jean's name is cleared, and the party finds Patty in the kitchen of Sima Fort, having been caught trying to find the treasure.
The party turns in Patty and Kilgore celebrates Bow's innocence. Kilgore asks a favour of Bow to investigate Trout's dealings. Bow (with Ryu, if the player so chooses) enters Trout's house, dispatches his men, and finds Patty in a dungeon. Trout arrives, and turns into another demon, but is defeated. The party realizes that the demon attacks are part of a greater disaster at hand, and are told to investigate what is happening to the forest around Gate. The party gains the service of Grandpa Whale after defeating a demon inside him, and sails to a Carnival where a GrassMan named Spar is being held. The owner reveals that he will feed Spar to a demon if the party doesn't procure an UpaRupa or a large amount of money. The party captures an UpaRupa, and the player can decide to let it go or turn it over to the owner. In either situation, the owner turns into a mammoth-like demon and attacks, but is defeated. Spar frees himself, and joins the party, offering his skills at communicating with trees. A Great tree named Gandaroof has amnesia and needs the Therapy Pillow, which is in Tunlan.
However, the party is unable to speak the musical language of Tunlan, so they travel to Highfort to find a flute. Sten leaves the party, which, proceeding without him, overhears an official named Shupkay plotting to use Highfort's technology to take over the world, and is dropped into a cell. Sten goes to look for his friends, but runs into a soldier named Trubo at a bridge between two towers. Trubo is angry with him for running from a battle in the past. During their fight, the bridge collapses. They reconcile and split up to look for Shupkay and the Princess, whom Shupkay is using in her scheme. Sten reunites with the group and defeats Shupkay, who transforms into a demon that looks like a snake with bat wings and long, clawed arms. Shupkay engages the device, but Trubo damages the control room, causing her death and the destruction of portions of Highfort. The party escapes in time with the rescued Princess. Sten is thought to be dead, but had faked his death. The party, having acquired the flute, proceeds to Tunlan, and helps the morbidly obese Queen lose weight by defeating the Fatty demons inside her, and gains the Therapy pillow. Using the pillow, they enter Gandaroof's Mind and defeat the Memory Demon, Aruhamel. Before the battle, Aruhamel reveals that he was responsible for erasing the memories of the citizens of Gate, causing them to forget Ryu.
The party plans on heading south to Namanda, but a thick fog blocks their way. They enter the Sky Tower out at sea and, going through the underwater passages, end the fog. They travel through a twisting canyon to Namanda, where Rand notices that an agent of St. Eva's Church is trying to convert his mother, Daisy, and acquire her land. Daisy is not happy that her son has left, and orders him to work on the land with his friends. They do so, and then make an offering at Namanda Temple. When Rand returns, a Foot Soldier is in his fields, claiming that Daisy converted on her own free will. Rand fights the soldier, but Ray steps in and takes the soldier away.
The party then must reach St. Eva, but they are prevented from doing so by the fact that Evrai, the main city, is on an island. They return to Windia, where the king has fallen ill and a messenger of St. Eva wants the King to accept the religion in order to recover. The King reveals that he had banished Nina because a prophecy predicted doom if she was born with black wings, which she has. Nina asks to undergo the trials, and enters a maze full of monsters and boulder traps, eventually defeating a Guardian. The Guardian is Nina's ancestor of the same name, who caused her people to lose their powers of the Great Bird when she married a non-Windian. Nina is told that the powers will require a sacrifice to use, and is given the Mark of the Wing. That night, Mina steals the Mark, locks herself inside the tower for the ritual, and sacrifices her humanity to become the Great Bird.
Riding the Great Bird, the party reaches Evrai, but finds themselves unable to enter the Grand Church or leave the town. A resident named Claris, however, helps the party escape by going down her toilet into a network of caverns beneath the city. The party exits the caverns and enters an inn outside Evrai. The party heads to Cot Land, headquarters of the Resistance, where they meet the leader of the resistance, a Fullen named Tiga, who is smitten with Katt. He notes that his organization is short on funds, and sends the party to find the group's sponsor, who is in Thieves' Tomb. The party enters the tomb and rescues Patty, who turns out to be the sponsor. Tiga proposes to Katt, and attempts to challenge the hero to a duel. If the player accepts, he is easily defeated, but the game continues. Tiga and Katt, who does not know if she loves Tiga or not, decide to sort out their feelings at a campfire that night. The party then reaches a church named Bando with the resistance, and enters the catacombs beneath the church. The party pursues the priest through the catacombs, and learns that the members are in trances, if not already undead. The party then catches up with the priest, who reveals that the St. Eva Church is attempting to bring their master, a demon, into the world. He unleashes zombies on the party and transforms into a skeletal dragon known as "Necroman" (presumably short for "Necromancer"). The party defeats him, obtaining the Evrai Rod in the process, which allows them to enter the sealed Evrai. They reunite with the resistance members in the sanctuary, who have obtained disguises, and suggest that the party learn the teachings of St. Eva, in order to prove that they are worshippers when asked.
The party heads to Evrai to infiltrate the Grand Church, and things go wrong from the beginning. Claris, an agent of the resistance, is missing, so the party enters the Grand Church without her, the party being forced to answer the question of what St. Eva's god's name is, which is something they may not have learned at the churches (the player needs to donate to a church 20 times to get a key item that reveals the name to be Evans). Habaruku, the high priest, reveals Claris as a hostage and he attempts to learn the secrets of the resistance. Tiga reveals that he truly loves Claris, and charges Habaruku, only to be struck down; the high priest then drops Claris from where she hovers above the church, no longer having any need of her. Tiga and Claris share their love before Habaruku finishes them off with a lightning bolt. The party pursues Habaruku, but Habaruku forces Ray to fight them. Ray turns into a Purple Dragon, and insists that Ryu use his dragon powers. Upon doing so, Ryu discovers a new power, Gold Dragon, which he uses to defeat Ray. Ray dies, hoping that Ryu builds a church that works for good instead of evil. The party catches up with Habaruku after climbing up the church and he reveals that he took Ray in as his son and insults Ray before collapsing floor tiles to prevent the party from reaching him. The party frees Daisy, and climbs the tower, but a crushing wall trap triggers, and Rand props it open so that the party can escape. Daisy, however, saves him from the trap, but is crushed herself, and Rand rejoins the party. The party continues to chase Habaruku, defeating his archers, and finds themselves in a room with a large machine being powered by an old man. Ryu destroys the machine and frees the old man.
The party returns to TownShip, and if the party did not injure the old man, he recognizes Ryu's voice and remembers his name, introducing himself as Ganer, Ryu's father. According to him, on that day when he and Yua vanished. Aruhamel made the entire town forget his family and abducted him. Ganer attaches himself to the machine from Highfort, which was discovered below the town, and enables TownShip to fly. The party returns to Gate, where they learn that the trees are dying and the people have an almost zealous religious fervour, as the seal is almost broken. An attempt by Father Hulk to destroy the dragon with a bomb fails, and demons are released onto the world. Father Hulk urges the hero to find Patty, a member of the Dragon Clan (who could be Yua, given her age and the fact that she, like Ryu's mother, has wings). The hero does so, but it is a trap; Habaruku plans on sacrificing Patty, but Ryu defeats him.
At this point, the dragon turns back into Ryu's mother, and offers the player a choice. The Gate is safe for now, but the demons could break free the next day. If the player decides not to enter the seal, he or she receives a "bad ending" in which the demons destroy the world. If the player chooses to face the demons, Ryu's mother sacrifices herself to open the gate. The hero enters the Infinity Dungeon, and reaches a lost village of dragons called Dologany. He learns about his mother's life, as well as a power known as Anfini that he needs. The hero gains the power by choosing not to sacrifice his companions, and descends into the bowels of the Infinity dungeon, which resemble the innards of a giant creature. The hero faces Barubary, and defeats him twice, once with his party, and one more time when the hero can either face him alone, or face a stronger version of him with his party.
The party finally reaches the bottom of the Infinity Dungeon, where Evan confronts them. He destroys the hero's companions, and freezes the hero. However, the hero breaks free, and charges after him, dodging magical explosions, and cutting down Evan. However, Evan rises as a massive purple demon, and challenges the hero in the final battle. The hero uses Anfini, and after thinking about the world, and his friends, revives his companions. The party reunites and defeats DeathEvan, who cannot understand why the world continues to survive.
The party makes final remarks, and visits the people of Dologany before exiting the dungeon. At the entrance, one of two endings occurs. If the hero did not help TownShip to fly, he will turn himself into a dragon like his mother did, and his friends will mourn his loss. If he helped TownShip fly, he plans on doing so, despite his friends' protest, but Ganer lands TownShip over the mouth of the cave. He tells Ryu to spread his belief in justice, and if he does so successfully, Death Evan will never return.
Notes about the story
The story of Breath of Fire II is also notable for featuring a religion bearing a distinct resemblance to Catholicism, whose "God", Saint Eva, is ultimately revealed to be a demon named Evans. Ironically, there are "priests" in every village who will speak to you on behalf of Saint Eva. Also, some of the priests are actually demons in disguise who are well aware of what is going on. The internal structure of the religion is clearly that of one that almost mirrors Catholicism, with emphasis on the priests and the one archetypical pope, Habaruku. Not all worshippers of St. Eva are evil or demons; a prominent NPC in the game is Ray, a worshipper of St. Eva who helps the main characters save the people of a village at one point, who later is revealed to be a member of the Dragon Clan.
The story also has a slightly lighter tone than Breath of Fire. Although the fate of the world rests in the hands of Ryu and his companions, and several heroic characters are killed during the quest, there are more than a few humorous moments in the quest, such as a cafe that serves those that are unable to survive to those who can, a frog with a French accent who turns into a frog prince, and others.
This game takes place chronologically after Breath of Fire. Evidence of this is that four characters from Breath of Fire – Bleu, Bo, Karn, and Nina – make appearances. Bo and Karn appear as an Easter egg on Monster Island; the playable Bleu is the same character as in the original Breath of Fire; and the original Nina appears in one portion of the storyline. The latter's storyline poses a possible explanation for Nina's black wings and Mina's blue hair.
Playable characters
The characters of Breath of Fire II for the SNES. Starting from left: Katt; back left: Sten; front left: Bow; in back: Rand; front center: Ryu; front right: Nina; next to Nina: Jean; back right: Spar.
Breath of Fire II has nine playable characters, including one secret optional character.
- Ryu, (Japanese: Ryu Bateson) The blue haired protagonist. He is a member of the legendary dragon clan.
- Bow (Japanese: Boche Doggy), a humanoid dog, and Ryu's best friend since childhood. He is not related to Bo from Breath of Fire.
- Rand (Japanese: Land Marks), a young member of the armadillo-like Shell clan and manager of the coliseum.
- Katt (Japanese: Rinpoo Chuan), a sassy young competitor at the coliseum. She is a member of the Fullen (or Woren) tribe (originally named Furen in Japan).
- Nina (Japanese: Nina Windia), princess of the city of Windia, exiled because she has black wings, where as the rest of her people's wings are white.
- Sten (Japanese: Sten Legacy), a once famous soldier of the monkey-like Highlander tribe. He regains his bravery after a visit to his hometown.
- Jean (Japanese: Ekaru Hoppe de pe Tapeta), the prince of Sima Fort who is transformed into a giant frog by a witch's spell. He speaks with an exaggerated French accent.
- Spar (Japanese: Aspara Gus), the legendary "grass man" of ambiguous gender, waits for people who know something is wrong in the world, unfortunately, this causes Gandaroof to lose his memory.
- Bleu (originally named Deis in Japan), the powerful sorceress from the original Breath of Fire returns as a secret character.
Other characters
- Ganer Bateson is Ryu's father who mysteriously disappeared.
- Yua Bateson is Ryu's sister who disappears at the same time Ganer does.
- Valerie is Ryu's mother who supposedly died before the events of the game.
- Ray Bradoc is a member of St. Eva church who helps you several times on your journey.
- Mina Windia Nina's sister who provides a side-quest for Ryu. She later plays a major role in awakening the Great Bird. She owns a little piglet named Suzy Q.
- Patty "the Phantom Thief" Smith is a bat-winged thief who Ryu's party runs into several times during the plot and is the focal point for much of the beginning of the game. She also appears to be Ryu's long-lost sister Yua. While it's never outright confirmed in the game, such factors as her appearance, her being a member of the dragon clan and her having an older brother strongly suggest it.
- Niro, a homeless old man who lives in ruins of an abandoned building. He gladly offers to share his place as a hideout for Ryu and his friends and eventually they build their own town there and attract many kinds of people from around the world to live there.
- Gigli Ziz an old shaman lady that helps Ryu and his party fuse with other Shamans.
- Baba (Babadel in Japanese) is a woodsman who was suppose to fight Katt at the Colosseum. He gave his spot to Ryu after he was defeated. It's interesting to note that after this, he would appear in the later Breath of Fire games with his name translated to Bunyan.
- King Kenny and Queen Hina Windia are the king and queen of Windia and Nina and Mina's parents. They gave Nina up and moved her to the magic school in Home Town so they won't have to kill her because of her black wings.
- Petape, is the Princess of Sima Fort and Jean's sister. She is rather loud and nagging because she feels that she needs to be responsible for both her and her brother.
- Potopo is the king of Sima Fort and Jean and Petape's father. He seems to be a bit senile now and only worries about what he's going to have for dinner.
- Nimufu Mani (Nympho Mani in Japanese) a witch that lives in witch's tower. She collects cute boys and has a tendency to turn them to stone. She also turned Jean into a huge frog, but turned him back to normal when Ryu defeated her. Her name is a mistranslation and the proper translation is Nympho Mani, an obvious pun on the word Nymphomaniac.
- Wildcat is the owner of the Wildcat restaurant which is well known all across the world. His philosophy is to feed the weak to the strong, thats why when Ryu and his gang first enters his restaurant, he tries to cook them. He teaches the party the secret magic spell known as chopchop. Known patrons to his restaurant are Patty the Phantom Thief and Old Dame and her Witch's club. It is unknown if he and his partner are considered as Furen/Worens since they resemble cheshire cats more than tigers. He and his partner are known as Mitibag and Ru-San-Jin in the Japanese version.
- Elforan (Herfarann in Japanese) is the princess of the warrior nation of Highlanders and Sten's fiancée.
- Trubo (Turvoe in Japanese) an imperial guard for the highlander clan that fought in the war and led the demolitioners. He fought alongside Sten, Woolman, Yohan and Tselner during the war of Goonheim, a war that was thought out by the "big shots". He considers Sten his rival and holds a grudge since the Princess chose Sten over him to be her lover. His name is inconsistently translated through the game, and is sometimes translated as Torubo.
- Poporo, the queen in Tunlan. She was always a spoiled brat always got what she wanted. She became so fat because of her glutton and was slowly being possessed by a demon, but thankfully Ryu and his friends save her in time before the transformation began.
- Daisy Marks is Rand's mother. She is a believer of Namanda and thinks that the Church of St. Eva is full of hogwash. She is later kidnapped when she refused to let the St. Eva build a church on her land. She later dies when saving her son Rand.
- Tiga Lee (Tigger Lee in Japanese) is Fullen leader of the resistance against Evrai. His group is sponsored by Patty. It is mentioned that the Fullen clan is extremely small and that Tiga is the only other Fullen that Katt has encountered in all her life. He asks Katt to marry him but later recants it when he realizes that he was in love with Claris. He is killed by Habaruku when he attempts to save Claris from being executed. He suffers from claustrophobia, which is why he doesn't accompany Ryu and his party into the dungeons of Bando.
- Claris, one of Tiga's subordinates who is secretly in love with him. She is a mole within Evrai that provides the resistance with inside information, but she was captured and used as bait to lure Tiga into the open. She and Tiga were both killed by Habaruku.
- Gandaroof (Gandharve in Japanese) the wise tree filled with much knowledge of past events and knows of the Legend of the 8 warriors. When he was still young, he was told that the Dragon Clan had a mission to accomplish, soon after that all the Dragons disappeared. Since he has vast knowledge, a demons erased much of his memory so that he couldn't effectively aid the heroes.
- Grampa, a gigantic sperm whale that understands the human language. He provides transportation for anyone who wants to cross the vast seas. He can be summoned with the "whale bell". When Ryu first finds him, he is lying dormant at Whale Cape, but Ryu awakens him by exterminating the nightmare that lurks inside him.
- Eichichi, a mechanical whiz from Guntz who discovers that the machine underneath TownShip is used to make it fly. She serves as the pilot of the TownShip.
- Ryu Rider, the elder of the Dragon clan in Dologany/Dragnier.
Deathevan and his demons in Breath of Fire II on the SNES.
- Augus Cont (Algus in Japanese) is the manager of the Colosseum. He conspired to have Katt killed when she was to fight Baba so that he could send all the negative energy of the audience to his God.
- Joker Heart is the leader of the Joker Gang, a band of thieves composed mostly of his family members. He kidnaps Mina to blackmail Nina into becoming his slave. His lust and obsession over Nina is what probably led him to be possessed by a demon.
- Kuwadora (Quadar in Japanese) is a demon that impersonates Jean as the prince when he was away as a means for his people to follow his God. Only Petape noticed the difference between the impostor and the real Jean and was actually willing to do something about it. His plans to take over the kingdom is foiled by Ryu and Petape when she attempted to activate the self-destruct machine in the castle.
- Trout Barm is a rich and stingy man who lives in Home Town. He's so stingy that he doesn't even hire any maids. He hires thieves to steal from other people so that he can be the richest person in the world. His greed allowed him to be possessed by a demon.
- Thon owner of the Circus. After the mysterious grassman display stopped attracting people, he decided to feed him to a demon so he could have a bigger audience and send those negative feelings to his God.
- Shupkay (Spuke in Japanese) is the general of the Highlander Army. She took charge after Sten left and has been hiring out her army as a mercenary force for the highest bidder. She seeks to resurrect the hidden secrets of Highfort by manipulating the princess into powering an ancient machine, which she could use to take over the world.
- Aruhamel (Alzheimer in Japanese) was the demon that erased everyone's memory at Gate 10 years ago so they forgot about Ryu, Ganer, Yua and the Dragon. He captured Ganer and forced him into sending his life energy to Deathevn. He later was responsible for erasing much of the memory of Gandaroof. His Japanese name is Alzheimer, a reference to the disease that causes memory loss.
- Manson was the priest at Bando. He would take those he deemed worthy to the Grand Church of Eva. Before that though, he would lock them up inside a dungeon until they grew so depressed and miserable that their only hope for salvation was their faith in St. Eva.
- Habaruku (Habalq in Japanese) founder of St. Eva and worshipper of the demon Deathevn. It was he that ordered the attack on the people of Gate so that he could install himself there as the local preacher, disguised as Father Hulk. He raised Ray Bradoc when he found him many years ago but only treats him as a tool. He laters attempts to open the seal into Infinity by killing the Dragon but was ultimately defeated.
- Barubary (Balbaroy in Japanese) is the great demon that Ryu and Bow encounters at the very start of the game. He went easy on Ryu that night because he wanted him to grow strong and open the Gate to Infinity. Ryu has constant nightmares about him. Unlike the other demons, he seems quite honorable and does seem to have some code of ethics.
- Deathevan is the offspring of Myria (also known as Maria and Tyr), the Goddess of Destruction in Breath of Fire I. He is known under the alias of Evan, St. Eva's god.
As the game progresses, the combat element of gameplay becomes progressively more difficult and more drawn out, a general trend in RPGs. A notable feature in the game's combat system is Shaman fusing, which allows the player to fuse multiple elemental Shamans to a character. If this process is successful, the character's appearance, statistics, and abilities are altered. There are six Shamans is the game, two of which you find during the plotline; the other four are hidden.
- Sana (Sanamo in Japan): the Fire Shaman
- Seso (Sesso in Japan): the Water Shaman
- Spoo (Spoona in Japan): the Wind Shaman
- Solo: the Earth Shaman
- Seny (Seiny in Japan): the Holy Shaman
- Shin: the Devil Shaman
(It is interesting to note that when you locate the Holy Shaman she is rather rude and obnoxious, while the Devil Shaman is sweet and polite.)
All of the shamans in the official art depicted as beautiful females, while the Earth shaman is depicted as a heavy, round woman, an allusion to Mother Earth.
- Capitan is a town with many carpenters. It also has a ferry that takes people to the western continent.
- Cot Land is a small village located in between two mountains south of Farm Town. It is the home base of the resistance against St. Eva.
- Coursair a big city known for the fights it hosts at the Colosseum.
- Dologany (Dragnier in Japan) is the village of the Dragon Clan that is located underground in Infinity, the area sealed behind the gates of Gate. The Dragon Clan moved there in order to keep a watch on Deathevn.
- Evrai is a large city where the most devout believers of St. Eva are taken to live. It is also the location of the Grand Church, the main headquarters of the Church of St. Eva. In the basement of the Grand Church, there is a machine that transforms human life energy and sends it to Deathevan.
- Farm Town home of the Shell-clan and as the name suggest, is a farming community. It is located pass Fog Valley which just south across the bridge from the Sea of Trees. The people of this town don't believe in St. Eva but instead practice the Namanda religion.
- Gate is Ryu's hometown. The village was attacked by demons that escaped form the seal 3 years ago, but they were stopped by Ganer and a dragon that appeared from nowhere. The Dragon now sleeps in the forest behind Gate to protect the seal and keep the demons trapped inside.
- Guntz is the hometown of the Iron Orge Clan. Located on an island at between the Eastern and Western continent, the town is known for their excellent blacksmith's and has the world's finest armory.
- Home Town is a village located on the eastern continent. The town has a magic school where aspiring wizards attend and is also the home base of the Rangers. It is known as a particularly boring town as the only jobs being offered to the Rangers there are for domestic chores such as laundry and house cleaning.
- Highfort is a fortress belonging to the Highlanders where the Famous Flute is kept. There are many mysterious machines and cogs all through out the fortress that is said to be the true power of Highfort, but has been forgotten about through the generations. The blood of the Royal family is required in order to activate this secret.
- Sima Fort is a fortress located at the center of lake which is powered by a windmill. This is the home of the Creeping Clan/Creepers and ruled by King Potopo. The forts basement is filed with monster that are used for cooking delicacies for the royal family. A magical sword is sealed within the city, but to keep people from stealing it, the royal family started to spread a false rumor that it was a self-destruct machine that would blow up the entire fortress if it was tampered with.
- Town Ship is a town founded by the player. TownShip starts off as a small village but grows in size as the character donates zenny and recruits characters. Eventually, TownShip offers shops that sell the best equipment, as well as a savepoint, inn, and a building that allows characters to fuse. However, the player can pick characters that add nothing to TownShip, such as a cat, or someone who gives you the same clue no matter where you are in the game; thus, the player has to be careful who he picks to live in TownShip, since there are only 6 houses to fill. One other remarkable thing about TownShip is the "Flying TownShip." At one point in the game, demons are released, and your "only" means of flying transportation is cut off from you. However, if you can find one special character, plus save another from a boss fight, rather than just killing all the targets, they use their powers (the first's knowledge, and the second's body) to power a machine hidden under TownShip that enables it to fly. If the flying TownShip is unlocked, then an alternative ending will be shown.
- Tunlan a village on a tropical island inhabited only by women. They communicate through music and melody and are ruled by a fat queen who eats too much. The village's treasure is called the Therapy Pillow, which allows its users to enter dreams.
- Windia is the town of the Wing Clan and ruled by the Windia royal family. At the center is a huge castle that houses many of the clan's secrets and is guarded by the Guardian. There is a legend in this town that if someone with black wings is born into the royal family, it would mean disaster for the nation. The basement of the castle which is connected directly to the eastern side of the continent is built like a maze to keep intruders out.
Relations to other Breath of Fire Games
- The main antagonist of the story is a demon spawned from the Goddess Myria, who was the final boss in the first installment of the series.
- This game signals the debut of Babadel (Baba in most parts the English translation due to space constraints), who will later occur in every game after this installment, playing the same role as a woodsman. It is unknown if he is the same person in every game, or merely just descendants of the original. Since he appears in the fourth installment as well, it has led many to think that he is an Endless like Deis. His name in the later games is translated as Bunyan in English.
- The town of Guntz (known as Gant in BoF I) is still home to the Iron Ogre Clan and serves as a side-quest area.
- The town of Tunlan remains largely unchanged, although it is ironic that in BoF I, the queen was vain and cared only about her beauty, while the current queen only cared about food and didn't give any thought on how fat she is.
- The Thieves' Tomb where you first meet Karn in BoF I is still being used by thieves today (including Patty) to prove their worth as thieves. The desert surrounding the area however has widened and the town of Arad, which was also located in this area, is nowhere to be found. The desert area may also become what is later known as the Desert of Death in BoF III.
- What remains of the town of Wisdon, where the Great Sorceress Deis/Bleu slept is now merely a hole in the desert sand. Deis was one of the Eight Heroes who helped defeat Myria/Tyr in BoF I. The spirits that guarded Deis in BoF I are still there.
- The Wing Clan of the Kingdom of Windia (known as Winlan in BoF I) has been gradually losing their power. In BoF I, they had large wings and could use the power of the Great Bird. Now their wings are much smaller. Later in BoF III, they have completely lost their wings.
- Nina of Breath of Fire is blamed for the Wing Clan's lost of power because she married a man from outside her clan. She is the great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother of the current Nina and now serves as the Guardian for the Mark of the Wing. You meet her when the current Nina tries to transform into the great bird but must prove herself worthy to the Guardian. According to an official manga from Capcom, that man was the Hero from BoF I Ryu. That could explain why Mina has blue hair and the current Nina has black wings.
- The Spyre from BoF I is now known as the Sky Tower and is almost completely submerged in water.
- Dologany/Dragnier/Drogen is now home to the entire Dragon clan, not just the Light Dragons as in BoF I. Now even the Dark Dragon clan lives together with Light Dragon Clan. What is more interesting is that the elder of the clan is a dragon named Ryu Rider. It is unknown if this is the very same Ryu from BoF I since we were never given his last name. In BoF III, Dragnier is partially underground to keep it from Myria's prying eyes.
- The Dragon clan originally did not have wings, but because of their long exposure to Deathevn, their appearances changed. This theme of gaining power by merely being near a God for a long period of time is a theme heavily developed in the fourth installment, and is used to explain how the Windians gained their wings and as well as the powers of the other clans.
- It is implied that Township is, or was built atop, the remains of the Obelisk, the flying fortress of the Goddess Myria in BoF I.
- The party of BoF II explores Gandaroof's dreamworld in the same manner that the party of BoF I did with Mogu. The item used to accomplish both feats is the Therapy Pillow (called the Bolster in BoF I), the royal treasure of Tunlan.
- The Magic Hood (known as Cowl in BoF I) and the Famous Flute (known as Maestro in BoF I) are still required to communicate with the people of Tunlan. The Magic Hood has been in Kilgore's family for many generations now, while the Famous Flute is a keepsake of the Highlanders at Highfort.
- The Gills' powers have been reduced, as they only allow users to breathe in shallow water, and the user could drown if they were in deep water too long. The gills in the first game allowed users to breathe even when they were at the bottom of the ocean, and there was no limit to how long they could stay underwater.
- Breath of Fire II contains remixes of a few tracks from the original Breath of Fire game.
- The Creeping Clan makes their debut in this game. What should be noted is that although they did not appear in the first game, there were sentient, talking frogs. It could be that they evolved from these frogs after eating the Golden Fly, a quest item.
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There is increasing evidence that "talent" is highly over-rated. Simply hiring the best talent and letting them loose to do their jobs is not the formula for success. Instead, evidence on expert performance is showing us that the key to becoming exemplary in anything — whether its music, sports, medicine, or leadership — is directly related to how much people engage in disciplined practice. Those who engage in more disciplined practice are higher performers than those who are engage in less practice.
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The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Jan. 13 demonstration was followed by another protest march by labor groups on Saturday. While the DPP's political motive was to launch a bid to recall President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), workers are struggling against unfavorable political and business conditions.
What worries workers the most is the practice of unpaid leave, what hurts them most is the planned reduction in labor retirement pensions, what confuses them most is that part-timers — but not full-timers — have to pay a 2 percent supplementary premium under the Second Generation National Health Insurance program, and what irritates them most is that each Taiwanese is saddled with an average national debt of NT$220,000 (US$7,570).
The social unrest will not be relieved by the DPP's call for a change of government, because a change in government will not bring a change in thinking.
Let us use a recent controversial issue as an example: The government has fiscal problems, and Taiwan's national debt is almost as high as Greece's. The government and the opposition have argued about canceling year-end bonuses and the 18 percent preferential interest rate for retired military personnel, civil servants and public school teachers, but their focus is on whether these measures should be written into law, whether such a law should be retroactive and whether key officials should resign to take responsibility.
In the end, they cut the bonuses of retired government employees and state-owned enterprise workers to make it seem as if they were determined to push for reform, but the measures fell short of public expectations.
Of all the public complaints, the greatest is about high housing prices. Workers earning NT$30,000 a month will only be able to purchase an apartment in Taipei if they work for 28 years without eating and drinking.
Meanwhile, an insurance company that obtained a large tract of public land in downtown Taipei several years ago made a profit of several billions of New Taiwan dollars by selling it to a construction company.
Without a capital gains tax and a property tax that is based on market value, the government could do nothing to stop speculators from driving up housing prices.
The income gap between the rich and poor is fueling social conflict. The government's social insurance programs and mutual help organizations for the disadvantaged are unable to provide a sustainable social security net for the needy. The result is that salaried workers and government employees blame each other for having to pay more to fund the pension system, while getting smaller payments in return and having to retire later.
As government revenues decreased and it continued issuing new debts to service existing debts, total hidden government debt might be as high as NT$20 trillion. This debt translates into each Taiwanese owing NT$900,000 — almost NT$700,000 higher than the official debt per capita.
The wages of 90 percent of employees at small and medium-sized enterprises have regressed to the level of 14 years ago. Meanwhile, government lobbying remains rampant, and corrupt officials and their families continue to make illegal profits. The government's reorganization efforts have also proven to be a big disappointment.
Lastly is the Second Generation National Health Insurance program, which took effect on Jan. 1. Despite a NT$10 million cap on taxable supplementary income, enterprising individuals have thought of various tactics to avoid the tax. It has been less than a month since the program was implemented, but Minister of Health Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達) has already proposed new amendments to push for a "third-generation national health insurance" program by 2016 to close the loopholes.


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The Chicago Dancing Festival, now in its 7th year of end of summer celebration of the best of dance in Chicago and beyond, just keeps getting better and last week offered something for every taste: tap, Flamenco, hip-hop, classical, jazz, modern, Indian, and contemporary. A world class festival with four days of programs at four different venues, free to all comers, culminated in a crowd pleasing finale Saturday, a perfect, balmy summer evening outdoors at the Pritzker pavilion in Millennium Park.
The huge appreciative crowd showed their approval and gratitude with loud applause and cheering, standing ovations, and an extended curtain call for the final piece, Bolero, a 17 minute tour-de-force that gets your blood boiling, danced by Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater to the insistent rhythmic pulsing, continuously rising crescendo, repetitive-sensual music of Maurice Ravel and ending in an almost ear-splitting, brass heavy climax. It was truly a Bravo finish to a lush evening.
The superb display of dance technique by the 13 companies, coupled with humor, fragility, anxiety, or yearning, or playfulness, sometimes live music, colorful costuming, and stunning performances attested to the wide range of styles and diversity, and spanned more than 100 years of choreography, from the earliest – The Dying Swan (1905), to In the Beginning (2013) - always adhering to the most important aspect of the festival—excellence. Would that that diversity will soon include a representation of the newer artform--physically integrated dance--the companies that create danceworks combining dancers with and without disabilities.
I attended all performances and Friday's, Solitaire – A Game of Dance, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, did not disappoint. The clever conceit, the game of Solitaire, set the tone for the evening's works, seven solos, by introducing each number not with an announcer, but with a backdrop of a highly decorated deck of cards, which, when a random card was turned over to display its face, showed a Q or K, and the name of the dancer typed below.
As Lar Lubovich and Jay Franke, co-artistic directors of the Festival, say in the program notes for Solitaire, "In the game of dance, there is nothing more difficult than playing the game alone…it is the solo dance, just as in a soliloquy by Shakespeare, that seeks to reveal the supra-personal and innermost truth of the story it seeks to tell."
Mikhail Fokine's 1905 The Dying Swan, was performed exquisitely by the Joffrey Ballet's Victoria Jaiani. I was entranced by how her arms seemed to dislocate back from her shoulders to become wings. Jaiani's delicacy and classical poignancy was enhanced by the addition of a piano as counterpoint to the always lovely lyrical cello.
In/Side, performed by Samuel Lee Roberts, of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, to choreography by Robert Battle, was powerful in its slow, superb physicality. A strong, supple dancer, Roberts was wonderful to watch as he threw himself up, around, and to the floor or lay perfectly still, his arm and fingers extended forward, reaching towards the audience, searching or pleading, I'm not sure which, then once more moving wildly.
Julia Hinojosa's Ensuenos de mi Caribe, a Flamenco work with themes of love and nostalgia, accented with increasingly complicated Zapateado (sharp, percussive footwork) and fan work, was accompanied by onstage guitar, drums and singing.
What a Wonderful World was the music for The Real Cool, an excerpt from Mr. Tol E. RAncE, with choreography by Camille A. Brown, who performed the entire piece in a close circle of light, crouching close to the floor, dressed in dark brown/black and wearing white gloves, reminiscent of minstrelsy.
Hubbard Street's Pacopepepluto, to three songs sung by Dean Martin and choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo, was a raucous romp by the terrific Johnny McMillan, Jason Hortin, and Jonathan Fredrickson, wearing only reinforced dance belts, thereby appearing nude, individually in dim lighting and performing soaring leaps and jumps, turns, and a frenetic comical ending that had the audience laughing and cheering.
Rounding out the program were Krithika Rajagopalan of Natya Dance Theatre performing Sthithihi – In the Stillness, a beautiful Indian work, and Brian Brooks performing his own I'm Going to Explode, is a study in anxiety and the capacity of strength and endurance, with arms rapidly pulsing close to his body, then expanding his movements from the uptight confines of suit coat, shoes, and chair to freer, larger gestures and movements. I would have liked for him to really explode, however, before returning to that coat and shoes and sitting down in that chair again.
Taken as a whole, the evening, and entire festival were a resounding success. I can't wait until next year!


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If ever there were a case of "Medice, cura te ipsum!" I'd have to say that I've been living it these past few weeks. For those who did not join me in the exercise that was five years of Latin study at school, the translation is "Physician, heal thyself!" It's time for me to start listening to my own advice.
When the web designers loaded the MS Learn Online videos to my webpage, I got a chance to see and hear myself give sage advice to those searching for answers about living with MS. It seems that the Sage needs to hear his own words.
This exacerbation has been tough to handle. Caryn and I have agreed that it's the most substantial since we've met. Not only have there been new physical symptoms, and aggravation of old battle wounds, some of the cognition and even my speech has been affected this go 'round.
In listening to my words and the words of others in the videos, I realized that I just need to stop fighting to do the same things (see, Rusty, I didn't say "…be the same person") that I used to be able to do without thinking. That I not only accepted help – A BIG "Thank You" to Rusty, Rose and our production editor Jeff for stepping in when just stepping forward was difficult for me – but reached out was kind of a big step for me. I know it's a big step for many of us.
I've talked about energy reserves, budgeting time and listening to our bodies for well over six years. It's time I started listening to my own sermons. Maybe it's time for the Honorable Right Reverend Trevis L Gleason to sit in the pew now and again.
While I'm not ready to swallow with everything Rusty wrote in her posting last week (I'm just not as Zen as our Aussie friend… YET), I will say that I am listening to things differently. Maybe that's partly due to the fact that the act of speaking and being understood is a bit hampered right now.
We all cope the way we cope. No one has your version of MS; no one has mine. We'll all take a little from here, a bit from him and a pinch from her as we find our own Coping Cocktail. As a writer must read other authors' works and a chef must eat other's foods in order to become better at their craft, so too must I learn to listen to other peoples strategies in order to live my life as well as possible.
Tall order, but one I'm really going to work on.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and our new group on MS Connection.org. Check out our bi-monthly blog for the UK and look for our Very Special new monthly blog for the National MS Society.


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We're probably 2/1 because the bookies noticed we didn't have a shot at goal until injury time, against a team in 19th, who haven't won any Prem game since mid August.
These conceded three goals against West Ham.Sad to see some of the stuff getting chatted in this thread. I won't be having any meltdown of we draw like, but let's not pretend it's a good result of we do. We should be beating these with relative ease.
Don't think its easy like, weve had better EFC sides go there and get nothing
How about we just wait and see what happens first?
Surely no one actually thinks this
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September 2000 - Newsletter 65
Musical Allsorts
People have been asking us to make an instrumental album for years and, at last, yet 'tis. We've called it 'Musical Allsorts' because that really is the only way to describe it. There are tunes that we first played when we were The Ranters Dance Band in the early sixties right up to some that we have only just learnt and haven't yet played in concerts. Some of the tunes you will know, like The Skye Boat Song, The Wounded Hussar and the Bluebell Polka and the jigs reels and polkas will be familiar to folks who come to our dances. There's a very nice tune called 'The Shepherd's Wife' played on the bowed psaltery, an Irish air 'Morning Star' on penny whistle and 'My Florence' on accordion accompanied by Cyril White on piano. Our good friend Richard Helson joins us on fiddle and mandolin and Cecil Robins (who used to play in Sherborne Town Band) plays drums. There are 18 tracks in all - a real musical allsorts of tempos and styles. We're pleased with it - I think you will be too.
Along The River Stour Video (Part 2)
We have just about finished filming this, which is just as well. The weather has been distinctly damp the last few days and, although this is good for me runner beans, it's not so brilliant for running up and down The Stour. People have been very co-operative once again, chipping in with ideas, checking our facts and giving up their time for interviews etc. Subjects covered so far include: The Roman invasion, conservation, fishing, mills, beautiful old bridges and their upkeep, Bailey bridges and a book about a trip down the river dodging the water bailiffs in 1892. These are mixed in with lovely film of the river, aerial shots and of course there is a fair bit of the Ahhhh! factor as well - baby coot, ducks and swans. Editing it all down to an hour is going to be a real problem but we hope to have the finished product by late autumn.
Sherborne Christmas Concerts & New Years Eve Ceilidh
I know, it only seems two minutes ago we were endeavouring to spell Millennium and anticipating all the computers packing up and expecting all the planes to drop out of the sky but the time has come to sort out the annual Sherborne celebrations. All three events are at The Digby Hall and start at 8p.m. The concerts are on the 8th and 9th of December and the New Year night is on Sunday the 31st. For the Millennium do last year people brought their own food and this proved to be very popular. We had one table absolutely groaning with goodies and decorations including a rather impressive candelabra. This could be your opportunity to finish off the turkey. You don't have to worry about the booze, Mark and Chris Williams run a very good bar. Tickets are available from the PO Box; The Abbey Pharmacy, Cheap Street, Sherborne; The Sweeterie, Middle Street, Yeovil or ring 01935 814611. Tickets for the concerts cost £6 for adults and £5 for children and senior citizens. Those for the New Years do cost £10.
The Millennium Year
I know it's a bit early to start doing an appraisal but the years events seem to have had such a negative press that I thought I would stick my oar in and tell our side of the story. We have been to so many communities that have been united by the drive to make the year a bit special and seen so many enterprising schemes come to fruition through long hours of hard work that I am full of admiration. New halls built, old halls renovated, play areas for the youngsters, weeks of music and entertainment in the smallest of villages. Great stuff. My message is 'There's life outside The Dome and it's thriving'.
Dorset Association For The Disabled
We were asked last year if we would get involved with this splendid organisation on some sort of official basis so we are now, would you believe, co-Presidents of D.A.D. It's a very easy going appointment, no one has had to make any speeches yet, thank goodness, but members from all the branches gathered at Weymouth in early June when their Presidents duly sang them a song or two. A good time was had by all.
Sponsored Walk
Last Sunday I did a sponsored walk to raise money for five girls who are leaving The Gryphon School in Sherborne this year. Before going off to university they have all chosen to go to places like India and China to do jobs such as helping with orphan children. You chipped in with £340 at our concerts so Emma, Rachel, Kitty, Hannah, Laura and I say thank you very much indeed.


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Special operators to anti-Obama groups: zip it
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of retired special operations and CIA officers who claim President Barack Obama revealed secret missions and turned the killing of Osama bin Laden into a campaign centerpiece are coming under criticism from some of their own.
Some special operations officers say the activist veterans are breaking a sacred military creed: respect for the commander in chief.
"This is an unprofessional, shameful action on the part of the operators that appear in the video, period," U.S. Army Special Forces Maj. Fernando Lujan wrote on his Facebook page, to a chorus of approval from colleagues.
A Green Beret who returned last year from Afghanistan, Lujan says that attaching the title of special operator with any political campaign is "in violation of everything we've been taught, and the opposite of what we should be doing, which is being quiet professionals."
On its website, the group called Special Ops OPSEC, short for operational security, says that Obama has taken too much personal credit for the Navy SEAL raid that killed bin Laden and hasn't recognized sufficiently the SEALs who actually carried out the raid. The group also claims that the Obama White House released classified details of the raid for the making of a Hollywood film, a claim that has not been proven.
"This is not to criticize the president personally, and the president himself," the group's founder, former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor, said in an interview Tuesday. "But at the same time, we feel he is ultimately responsible for cracking down on these leaks."
Known officially as a Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, the group is listed as a social welfare organization, which allows it to receive unlimited financial contributions without disclosing the donors. Its identified members have Republican ties.
The group is one of a handful of groups of special operations veterans formed in the past few months that criticize the president.
Special Ops OPSEC's 20-minute video selectively edits the speech Obama delivered after the bin Laden raid, deleting the times he thanked the intelligence and military teams for the operation, and ending on reverberating repletion of his phrase "I directed."
Taylor says the president's use of the word "I" overshadowed his few lines thanking the team.
"Mr. President, you did not kill Osama bin Laden," Navy SEAL Ben Smith says in the video. "The work that the American military has done killed bin Laden."
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command sees it differently.
"Make no mistake about it, it was the president of the United States that shouldered the burden for this operation, that made the hard decisions," the leader of the raid, Adm. Bill McRaven, said at this summer's Aspen Security Forum.
"I don't take these folks too seriously," President Barack Obama told the newspaper The Virginian-Pilot on Monday. "One of their members is a birther who denies I was born here, despite evidence to the contrary." Special Ops OPSEC member ret. Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, who appears in the group's film, has publicly questioned Obama's birth in Hawaii.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., compared the group's campaign to the "Swift Boat" attacks that questioned his service during the Vietnam War. Though later discredited, the claims were partially blamed for unseating his 2004 presidential campaign.
"I honor and appreciate the service of my fellow veterans, but a false attack is a false attack -- no matter who's making it," Kerry said in a statement Monday.
Transcripts of interviews obtained by Judicial Watch showed minimal information was revealed to the Hollywood filmmakers, but Taylor claims that battlefield protocols were changed as a result of briefings to both the filmmakers and the media.
A similar group, Special Operations for America, openly advocates "for the election of Mitt Romney and like-minded candidates." Registered as a super PAC, the group is run by former Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke, a Montana state senator who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the Republican primary.
"They have a good point. I wish there was better OPSEC (operational security), and fewer leaks," said retired Navy SEAL Capt. Rick Woolard, who commanded several SEAL units. "But I would prefer that SEALs and other special operators would sit down and shut the hell up."


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Colonial Williamsburg
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Guests of Colonial Williamsburg explore dozens of original buildings, homes, and shops reconstructed on 301 acres - most on their original foundations. Rare animal breeds, historic trades, and lovingly restored gardens add layers of authenticity to the Colonial Williamsburg experience.
Dawn of America | Historic Sites | Museums
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Dawn of America
Colonial Williamsburg is the only place that takes you back in time to the dawn of America. This isn't just a place where things once happened. They're happening, right now, here in the 18th century. Step back in time and meet the people who made America—sing with them, dance with them, eat with them, and have fun with them. For every person who wants to understand this country, this is your place.
Expanded experiences at some of our most famous buildings give you a new understanding of life in the 18th century and you'll feel as if you stepped off a time machine. At the George Wythe House, you'll be transported to the Age of Enlightenment, when students of George Wythe, such as Thomas Jefferson, were introduced to revelations in science and the arts. Families play games, dance, and participate in daily chores at the James Geddy House. Enter the Peyton Randolph House and gain a deeper knowledge of slavery and the early African American experience. At the Public Armory, you'll learn about simple machines and find out what it took to support the Revolutionary War.
On May 15, 1776, from The Capitol of what was England's first permanent colony in the New World, Virginia legislators instructed their delegation at Philadelphia's Continental Congress to introduce a resolution to make the colonies independent from Great Britain. The gentlemen at Williamsburg sat in the oldest representative assembly in what was then the world's newest nation. The assembly traces its beginnings to 1619 when the House of Burgesses first convened at Jamestown.
- Nearby: The Gaol * Benjamin Powell House * Presbyterian Meetinghouse * Christiana Cambell's Tavern
Standing as evidence of the position the king's representative enjoyed in the capital of England's largest American colony, the Governor's Palace was the third largest public building in Williamsburg. The 3,380-square-foot Georgian home included an 11-bin wine cellar. The immaculate grounds offered a formal garden and natural park that stretched to the north. The stable, carriage house, kitchen, scullery, laundry, and an octagonal bathhouse were arranged in service yards. It was an elaborate household requiring 25 servants and slaves to tend.
- Nearby: Everard House * Play Booth Theatre
Raleigh Tavern was the center of events and a gathering place where plans were made to join other colonies in the American Revolution. Meet people from the past and then enjoy freshly baked gingerbread cakes in the adjacent Bakery.
- Nearby: Silversmith * Printer * Apothecary * Prentis Store * Tarpley's Store * Milliner * Wigmaker * Shields Tavern * King's Arms Tavern
See The Magazine, the colonial arsenal housing a collection of muskets and cannon. Take part in musket-firing demonstrations and drills, watch the militia, and listen to the fife and drums.
Pretend you are justices, defendants, and witnesses at The Courthouse, and then swing into Chowning's Tavern, one of the most popular places for BBQ, beers, and ales.
Bruton Parish Church was the Anglican church of the capital and is still active today.
- Nearby: The Colonial Garden and Nursery * Geddy House and Foundry * Mary Dickinson Shop * Wythe House * Greenhow Store
Richard Charlton's Coffeehouse re-creates the 1765 hotbed of political, business and social activity adjacent to the colonial Capitol.
Explore the 18thCentury
Explore Colonial Williamsburg and become a citizen of the city. Engage with the community and experience firsthand the triumphs and struggles of people from all walks of life.
Historic Area
When you visit Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century city, you'll discover why Williamsburg was the capital of Virginia, the largest and most prosperous American colony. At the Capitol, independence was declared before all other colonies, setting the pace for the American Revolution. Men and women from all walks of life walked these streets, and you're following in their footsteps. Our Historic Area truly takes you back in time.
Historic Trades
Tradespeople use real 18th-century tools and techniques in their crafts, many of which have been around since the beginning of our civilization. These skilled men and women are true apprentices, journeymen, and masters and they hone their skills with every hammer, needle, or plow. There are opportunities for you to get a real, hands-on experience within our trades.
Lil' Patriots Kids Club
Keep your little patriot entertained and educated during your visit to Colonial Williamsburg Resorts. With games and activities for a half day or Friday night out, adults can have time to themselves while the kids have a whole lot of fun.
The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum features an extensive collection of American and British antiques, showcasing furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, painting, prints, firearms, and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Young patriots can enjoy hands-on activities and exhibits throughout the year, such as Wee Folk, Map Quest and Crack the Code. Also see the Public Hospital exhibition depicting the treatment of mentally ill patients. Visit the Museum Shop and the Museum Cafe, too.
Under the same roof, you'll find the award-winning Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the oldest institution in the United States dedicated solely to the collection and preservation of American folk art.
Bassett Hall was the home of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Aldrich Rockefeller during the restoration of the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area. Tour the house and walk among the gardens and the woodland trails established during the 1940s.
- See Colonial Williamsburg: Plan for events, suggested itineraries, maps and more.
Places to Stay
Colonial Williamsburg is an experience that doesn't have to end when you check in for the night. These properties are within walking distance of the Historic Area:
Places to Shop
In addition to the Historic Area shops offering period clothing, silver, pottery, foods, and gift items, Merchants Square on Duke of Gloucester Street features more than 40 shops including jewelry, pewter, quilts, quality clothing, restaurants, and a theater.
- Williamsburg Prime Outlets - national name-brand stores within a short drive from the Historic Area.
- More Williamsburg Shopping
Plan your authentic Colonial Williamsburg vacation!
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Q: My koi seem to be gasping for breath at the surface of my pond. Why are they doing this? – Bill in Louisiana
A: If your koi are coming to the surface of the pond to gulp for air, they're doing more than just saying hi. They're employing a survival strategy! Due to a lack of aeration or poor water quality, your pond's water probably does not have enough dissolved oxygen in it for the fish to "breathe," so they're gasping for oxygen from the air.
This lack of sufficient oxygen can then cause the fish to stress, which then inhibits their immune systems and opens the door for parasites and disease. But you can prevent that from happening by aerating the water and keeping the water quality as crystal clear as possible.
Koi breathe by pumping water over their gills to extract dissolved oxygen from the pond water. Depending on their activity level, koi require varying amounts of oxygen. For instance, a koi's active summer metabolism will require more oxygen; a hibernating winter metabolism will require less oxygen.
This can be a challenge during the warm summer months, when the pond's water temperature rises. Warm water holds less dissolved oxygen, so just when the fish need it the most, it's at a lower concentration!
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