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Blythe Danner Gossip
Blythe Danner gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Gwyneth matches with her ma
It's been a week since Gwyneth Paltrow's goop published an open letter in defence of their wellness recommendations with commentary from their doctors. Both Maria Full Story
Gwyneth goes to Washington
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Gwyneth Paltrow and her mother, Blythe Danner, were in Washington, DC yesterday to support the Just Label It coalition opposing the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. Basically they want GMOs to be listed on your food label. "I'm not here as an expert. I'm here as a mother, an American mother, who honestly believes that I have the right to know what's in the food I feed my family. Full Story
Gwyneth's plus one
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Gwyneth Paltrow supported her mother, Blythe Danner, at the premiere of I'll See You In My Dreams last night in LA. Man, Blythe looks so good. And I love the two prints she's mixing here. Will G get Blythe's genes? I'd want Blythe's genes. G wasn't there alone though. Full Story
Gwyneth's night out for mom
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Gwyneth Paltrow was in New York last night for opening night of The Country House on Broadway to support her mother, Blythe Danner. Variety called Danner "effortlessly lovely and irresistibly charismatic" in their review of the play. Full Story
Gwyneth Cozies Up to Mommies
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Mother's Day is this weekend and as we scramble for last-minute reservations and stress out about the slim pickings in the drugstore greeting card aisle, Gwyneth, via GOOP is all about Ending the Mommy Wars. She starts off her newsletter with her usual personal note and mentions how a few weeks ago she gave an interview about being a working mom and preferring a 9-to-5 schedule, which she thinks gives women an opportunity to project their feelings about the subject onto her. Full Story
Sold out by her ma!
We've been talking about Gwyneth Paltrow's face all week. Click here for a refresher. Her mother Blythe Danner was at the premiere of the Fockers movie last night and spoke rather candidly about Botox. Blythe is getting a phone call from my G pretty soon, if not already. Full Story


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|How does this medication work? What will it do for me?
Budesonide belongs to the family of medications known as corticosteroids. It is used to treat seasonal allergic rhinitis, allergic and non-allergic perennial rhinitis, and vasomotor rhinitis that have not responded to usual therapies. Budesonide works by reducing inflammation in the nasal passages. It relieves symptoms such as congestion (blocked nose), runny nose, sneezing, and nasal itching.
It is also used to treat nasal polyps, prevent new polyps from appearing, and prevent recurrences of nasal polyps after surgery to remove polyps. The effects of treatment with budesonide nasal spray may not be noticed until after 2 to 3 days of treatment.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are using this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop using this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to use this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
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The usual adult dose for adults and children over 6 years of age is 2 sprays into each nostril once daily in the morning, or 1 spray into each nostril morning and evening. After the symptoms have been brought under control, the smallest amount necessary to control the symptoms should be used.
In rare cases, the full effect of budesonide therapy will not be reached until after 2 weeks of treatment. Treatment of seasonal rhinitis should, if possible, start before exposure to allergens.
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Continuous long-term use: If you are using this medication continuously over a long period of time, your doctor should inspect your nasal passages regularly.
Medical conditions: Because the use of corticosteroids such as budesonide may have a negative effect on wound healing, if you have had recent nasal surgery or trauma you should be monitored closely while using this medication until healing has occurred. Budesonide may mask the signs and symptoms of an infection, or an infection may start while on budesonide therapy. If you have advanced liver disease or hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone) you may experience increased side effects with budesonide use.
Treatment withdrawal: Treatment with budesonide should be tapered off gradually and not stopped abruptly.
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Nuclear policy in Japan: PM Kan, Masayoshi Son and Yoshito Hori. Who do you trust?
Nuclear & Energy policy in Japan: PM Kan, Masayoshi Son and Yoshito Hori. Who do you trust?
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
The March 11 earthquake which unleashed the potent tsunami continues to cause problems for parts of Japan. However, these problems are multiple and this applies to housing, restructuring, helping orphans, and a host of other important areas. Therefore, the knee-jerk reaction to either dismantle nuclear power or to fundamentally change Japan's energy policy needs to be considered much more deeply.
Softbank President Masayoshi Son clearly supports the "alternative energy" theory but given the reality that earthquakes are nothing new to Japan; then what were the policy statements of Masayoshi Son in the last twenty years about this issue?
This is a very important question because the Kobe earthquake killed thousands of people and clearly it was the tsunami which killed the overwhelming majority of people on March 11, 2011, and the following days. The death count from radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant is zero but the death total from the tsunami and earthquake totals around 25,000 people.
Dr. Vojin Joksimovich who is a PhD holder in nuclear engineering and is a retired nuclear safety specialist is rightly skeptical. Dr. Vojin Joksimovich in his article titled EU, US, & Japan: Dysfunctional Leaderships are Gambling with leading Capitalist Economies, comments in the area based on Japan that "In mid-July Kan stated: "Our nation should aim to become a society that can manage fine without nuclear power." A leading contender to replace Kan, Seiji Maehara one of the most popular figures in the ruling Democratic Party, said that Japan should phase out nuclear power over the next two decades and that construction should "basically be stopped." This policy would have far reaching implications for the energy sector providing one third of the nation's electricity. Nuclear technology companies: Toshiba, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries would be severely hurt while the existing prospects for international orders would all but disappear. Like Chancellor Merkel in Germany, PM Kan sees adoption of anti-nuclear policy as a way to rebuild his image as well as that of his party. It is understandable that triple reactor meltdowns after the reactor cooling systems were wiped out by tsunami had shaken the Japanese faith in nuclear safety. The Japanese nuclear establishment has overlooked the need to provide a need for adequate tsunami protection. San Onofre nuclear power plant in my neighborhood is protected by a 30 foot high tsunami wall. The Tohoku earthquake originated in a subduction zone and the tsunamis generated in a subduction zone are much larger than those resulting from earthquakes in a strike slip geologic fault systems such as faults near San Onofre."
Dr. Vojin Joksimovich raises many important points and how is it that San Onofre is better protected than the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant? After all, the greater danger applies to the Fukushima coastal region but despite this the tsunami wall and other important areas were much more modern and prepared for the ravages of nature?
Therefore, the nuclear crisis was based on the failure of past Japanese governments, TEPCO and nuclear related agencies which allowed such folly in the first place.
The anti-nuclear lobby or business individuals who may see a fresh killing to be made by government subsidies are clearly lining up. However, while the anti-nuclear lobby will have been consistent, irrespective if rhetoric or not. Can the same be said about politicians and business individuals who see opportunism?
The founder and president of Globis Management School, Yoshito Hori, appears to be skeptical by the motives of elements within the government of Japan and he certainly does not follow the logic of Masayoshi Son.
Masayoshi Son is a very powerful business leader and all of a sudden it appears that he is a great follower of "alternative energy." Others may point out that this issue is nothing new and why is he plugging for this now in such a bold way?
Also, given the reality of huge government subsidies behind the thinking of Masayoshi Son with regards to his projections and the power he holds within Japan; then is this based on sincerity, opportunism, half-baked thinking, manipulating de-regulation, easy source of government subsidies or does he truly believe in alternative energy?
It is also factual that government subsidies aided the nuclear sector in Japan. However, with the failure of one monolith then is it justified to create another subsidized monolith and all under the name of "a new way?"
Yoshito Hori comments that Masayoshi Son"is using his political connections to lead us in a direction that's good for him but bad for Japan." Yoshito Hori refers to a too-hasty policy in the energy sector and implies that change for the sake of change will further hinder the economy of Japan.
It must be stated that Yoshito Hori is not against alternative energy but he is concerned about the possible direction that it may take under the short-term Prime Minister Kan and the business savvy Masayoshi Son.
In the Sankei Shimbum it is clear that Yoshito Hori is alarmed by ongoing events and the possible "annihilating blow" towards the nuclear sector. On July 16 in the Sankei Shimbum and which was republished on Japan Today under the title Softbank's Son, Globis' Hori trade blows via Twitter; it states that "Hori stresses that he favors increasing reliance on alternative energy – "on two conditions," he tells Sankei Shimbun. One: No subsidies. Two: If power companies are to be obliged to purchase surplus power generated by homes and businesses via renewable energy, as would be the case under a proposed law backed by Kan and Son, the price should be in accord with market standards and not imposed as what, in effect, would be a subsidy in disguise."
Turning back to Dr. Vojin Joksimovich then he states that "Japan's short-lived PMs, five in five years, compare with pre-Berlusconi Italy. Existing PM Naoto Kan has survived a Diet no-confidence vote at the price of a vague promise to resign. It is irresponsible that even after the largest disaster after the WWII, the Japanese political elite is more interested in squabbling over how long Kan should stay in the office as opposed to addressing the burning issues of reconstruction. The Diet has failed to approve new bond issues needed to fund government spending beyond a few months. Ryu Matsumoto, Kan's long-awaited choice for the cabinet post leading to tsunami reconstruction resigned nine days into the job. With millions of tones of debris yet to be cleared and tens of thousands of residents still confined to the evacuation centers, the north-east coast residents deserve better treatment by their government. There is vast disconnect between the magnitude of the problems facing the third largest world economy and the political response."
In the same article published on July 16 it states that "(Masayoshi) Son in May announced an 80 billion yen project to build 10 large-scale solar power plants, and in July enlisted the participation of 36 prefectural governors in a new council to promote alternative energy. Almost simultaneously, Prime Minister Naoto Kan made his dramatic declaration that "We should aim to be a society that does not depend on nuclear power."
However, like Dr. Vojin Joksimovich comments it is clear that political infighting and petty point scoring remains part and parcel of Japanese politics. This reality, to an astute businessman, and the fact of so much disinformation by the mass media with regards to the nuclear issue, means that it is an opportunistic time for anyone with grand plans and who happens to have political and business muscle.
Yet, is the dismantling of the nuclear sector in the interest of Japan? Also, was the nuclear crisis because of nuclear power or because of past mistakes by political leaders in Japan, TEPCO, the designers who built the nuclear reactor and nuclear bodies in Japan?
If the current crisis in Fukushima can be completely blamed on nuclear power then Masayoshi Son will become vindicated. However, if the answer is negative, and with the past role of nuclear power helping the modernization of Japan; then Yoshito Hori will be vindicated because the dismantling of the nuclear sector in Japan will be based on falsehood and short-sighted policies which will eradicate a potent source of energy.
Dr. Vojin Joksimovich comments that "Nuclear power plays an important role in the world's energy mix. It is clean, as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions. It is steadier than renewables, such as solar and wind, which require a more expensive and sophisticated power grid. In addition, the solar and wind energy storage facilities still need to be developed. The nuclear power, like coal, provides inexpensive source of base power, while solar and wind are useful as supplementary energy sources. The third largest world economy cannot afford to abandon nuclear power. Japan in future could focus on building inherently safe high-temperature gas cooled reactors."
Dr. Vojin Joksimovich also comments about the crisis in Fukushima and where the real blame belongs. In his article called Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Tsunami Induced but Man-Made Disaster many powerful comments are made. Dr. Vojin Joksimovich states that "Initially, severity of the accidents was not grasped and no adequate staff was provided to handle probably the most complex accident in the commercial history of nuclear power. TEPCO and NISA seem to have believed that such an accident scenario was not credible and thus no adequate precautions were in place. There was obviously a lack of emergency drills as several missteps took place. The response boiled down to hesitation, delays, and indecision. The coordination between TEPCO and NISA were inadequate. The Japanese law must be amended to address clearly a division of responsibility between the utility and the government agencies. The PM was mad at both of them and hired his own advisers. Some of these inadequacies were of course recognized as the public apologies were offered. The media in Japan has zoomed in on cozy regulator to utility culture, the culture of complicity or an amakudari system. An example was given that 68 former government bureaucrats assumed executive posts in utilities. In addition, the author wishes to point out a lack of safety culture as well as stifling Japanese top-down culture, which doesn't empower lower levels to make decisions in these types of situations when timing of decision making is crucial. Management training courses including in particular responses to severe accidents, beyond the design basis should also be on the agenda. Once the damaged plants have been stabilized and brought to the safe shutdown level, an independent team of international and national experts should be assembled to provide a thorough accident assessment and propose applicable lessons learned. This should then be shared with operators of the remaining 442 power reactors operating in over 30 countries worldwide as well as 109 forthcoming. A due attention should be paid to multi-unit site in excess of, say, four units."
In The Daily Mainichi News in the article called Softbank, 35 prefectures launch council to promote renewable energy it states that "With the backing from the 35 prefectures, Son wants to help Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) push for the enactment of a bill obliging utilities to buy power from green sources at fixed prices. In the longer term, Son also envisages building a smart grid next-generation electricity transmission and distribution system."
"I had never thought of going into electricity business before the quake-triggered disasters," Son said. But he said when he visited Fukushima in late March; he had the impression that local residents were not complaining because they were caught in the grips of government subsidies and jobs. Therefore, he said he came to think more strongly about the need to reduce dependence on nuclear energy."
The same article also states that "…some people are concerned about the way Son has positioned the business. Son has sought changes to systems hampering the expansion of his business, involving politicians and public opinion in debates on such issues as the opening NTT Corp.'s fiber optic networks to third parties. "If a major company seeks special treatment on farmland regulations or start a new business with the help of local governments, it may disable fair competition with other companies," said Toshinori Ito, a senior analyst at UBS Securities.
Therefore, it is apparent that Masayoshi Son "…had never thought of going into electricity business before the quake-triggered disasters" and this business applies to "the enactment of a bill obliging utilities to buy power from green sources at fixed prices."
In a nutshell Masayoshi Son never really concerned himself about this business sector before and this implies that he was not overtly against nuclear energy. Also, getting involved in this new business is based on "obliging utilities to buy power from green sources at fixed prices" and issues related to "fair competition" and "seeking special treatment on farmland regulations" leads to a sour taste.
Therefore, Yoshito Hori is right to be skeptical and Dr. Vojin Joksimovich also raises serious doubt about the sincerity of PM Kan. Added to this is the fair comment made by Toshinori Ito.
It would appear that one monolith and a comfortable relationship with central and local government, to be replaced by a new comfortable relationship with central government and local government, happens to be dynamic to Masayoshi Son and others who follow the same logic.
However, is the dismantling of the nuclear sector in the interest of Japan and if so, then is the Masayoshi Son idea the right way or should more time be taken seriously in order to consider important questions related to the future of Japan?
Alternative energy can enhance the energy demands of Japan alongside a well maintained nuclear sector but the phasing out of nuclear energy appears to be over dramatic and ill-considered in such a short space of time.
Dr. Vojin Joksimovich : PhD in nuclear engineering and is a retired nuclear safety specialist. Also, an author of several highly acclaimed books and a specialist in many fields.


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Obituary: Amanda Lynn Smith
Amanda Lynn Smith, 46, of Breckenridge, passed away Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. She was born, Jan. 9, 1967, in Rockingham County.
She went on to work as a real estate agent, for Century 21, in Colorado. Previously, she won the Miss Rockingham County title in 1983.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Robin Sue Roadcap.
Her surviving family includes her parents, Karen Furrow French and Kirk L. French; and two sons, Matthew Yetzer and Joshua Yetzer.
A celebration of life service was held Feb. 22, 2013, at the First Church of the Nazarene, in Harrisonburg, with Pastor's Roger Dove and Margaret Mitchell officiating. There was a visitation at the church prior to the service. The burial will be private at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Back to Roots Education Foundation, 2215 Jacquelin Drive, Pittsburg, CA 94565, to help build schools in third world countries.
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Name : Jay Jays Morayfield Store (Contact Details)
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Jay Jays Store Address: Shop 96, Morayfield S/Cent, 159 Morayfield Road, Morayfield, QLD 4506
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This information release is a replacement for release PP 2007-01 and RP 2007-01 issued September 2007. It is being issued to correct the classification of certain types of property used for storage. The corrections are found in items 24 and 30, below.
The purpose of this information release is to provide guidance regarding the proper classification of certain business assets. With the phase-out of the personal property tax in Ohio, the classification of what constitutes personal property or real property has been heightened in importance. While this release is being issued to address some types of property, this information release is not meant to, and it should not be construed to, encompass all types of property potentially subject to personal or real property taxation in Ohio. This information can also be found in Amended County Auditor Bulletin No. 290, issued December 18, 2007.
The Department of Taxation recently has reviewed the county auditor bulletins that classify assets as either real property or personal property. In light of recent case law and statutory amendments, many of these bulletins were found to be obsolete or unnecessary. In order to align the property classifications reflected in these bulletins with current law, the Tax Commissioner has rescinded them pursuant to Amended Bulletin No. 288 (Bulletins 33, 70, 74, 77, 80, 85, 110, 135, 154, 166, 247, and 284) issued September 7, 2007 and is replacing them with this bulletin.
The classifications set forth below are not intended to alter the sales/use tax consequences of the purchase or installation of real or personal property. In the case of purchases of personal property, Ohio sales/use tax will apply unless the taxpayer has some statutory claim of exemption. While transfers of real property are not normally subject to Ohio sales/use tax, construction contractors continue to have sales/use tax responsibilities for any personal property or taxable services used in performing a construction contract.
Further, Ohio's sales/use taxes apply to certain enumerated services. For example, R.C. 5739.01(B)(3)(g) includes landscaping and lawn care services within the definition of a "sale" for sales/use tax purposes. In transactions where such services are being provided, the service may be taxable regardless of the fact that the service results in an improvement to real property. Other services that are subject to sales/use tax (not inclusive) include the repair of personal property, installation of personal property, exterminating services, and private investigation and security services. This bulletin does not address the existence of any services that may be subject to sales/use tax at the issuance or after the issuance of this bulletin.
The following classifications of certain business property are intended to supplement, expound upon, and comport with the definitions set forth in R.C. 5701.02 and 5701.03, and the classifications set forth in Ohio Adm. Code 5703-3-01. This bulletin does not address the classification of assets on residential property. In addition, property classified in this bulletin as "real property" still may be deemed to be personal property if it meets the definition of a "business fixture" and/or the property does not meet the definition of a "fixture" (e.g., certain property subject to an operating lease).
The following business property is properly classified as personal property:
1. Air conditioning systems that utilize specialized cooling equipment to maintain specific environmental conditions in computer rooms, manufacturing areas, research areas, storage areas, or other areas that require specific environmental conditions for the business that is conducted on the premises. But, see 26 below.
2. Amusement park rides.
3. Bank vault doors unless an integral part of the building and the removal of which would damage the structural integrity of the building. Also, see 13 below.
4. Boilers and ancillary equipment such as, but not limited to, feed water heaters, pumps, steam traps, steam lines, and return water storage tanks, that are used for any purpose other than environmental control for buildings or structures housing people or animals. But, see 26 below.
5. Chemical lines used for fire protection of business equipment.
6. Concrete fire walls and earthen structures surrounding oil and gasoline storage tanks.
7. Drive-in windows, but only that portion that constitutes the window itself and not the framing.
8. Electrical lines and ancillary equipment that are specialized and used in manufacturing processes.
9. Fuel storage tanks, whether above ground or below ground.
10. Generators when used as a power source for manufacturing equipment or when used exclusively to maintain specific environmental conditions, e.g., in computer rooms. But, see 32 below.
11. Internal communication systems, including public address systems.
12. Kilns used in the drying, burning, firing, baking or similar processes of brick, grain, pottery, ceramics, lumber, and similar products.
13. Modular bank vault rooms. Also, see 3 above.
14. Pneumatic tube systems.
15. Portable grain storage bins regardless of size. But, see 30 below.
16. Process water transportation equipment used to transport water from a well to a processing operation of a business establishment, including equipment, lines, and pipes whether above ground or below ground used to transport manufacturing process water. This classification does not include equipment used to transport water for the general use of the building, such as for drinking, bathing, cooking, or fire suppression.
17. Pumps, motors, or pipes used in connection with cooling towers, manufacturing equipment, spray ponds, storage tanks, or irrigation related to the business, e.g., golf courses.
18. Refrigerated cold areas, including equipment such as panels and insulation and the enclosure around or incident to the equipment, excluding supporting structures.
19. Service station canopies, all electrical wiring for the canopies, any appurtenances to the canopies, and any concrete pads or islands used as foundations for the canopies.
20. Signage, including neon signs and billboards.
21. Skip hoists and tipples. But, see 37 and 38 below.
22. Sliding boards, diving boards, diving platforms, lifeguard stands, lighting, rails, ladders, and filtration and chlorination systems associated with swimming pools. But, see 39 below.
23. Special purpose lighting and associated electrical wiring, whether inside or outside, including lighting for miniature golf courses and lighting for illuminating or displaying inventory, e.g., on automobile dealer lots. But, see 31 below.
24. Storage silos, bins, or tanks, whether above or below ground, and regardless of the type of facility where used. But, see 30 below.
25. Water softening equipment when used for industrial clothes cleaning or in a manufacturing process. But, see 40 below.
The following property is properly classified as real property:
26. Air conditioners, boilers and ancillary equipment such as, but not limited to, feed water heaters, pumps, steam traps, steam lines, and return water storage tanks primarily used for environmental control for buildings or structures housing people or animals. But, see 1 and 4 above.
27. Carpet installed and attached to a finished or unfinished interior surface so as to indicate permanent affixation for the useful life of the carpet. For sales tax purposes, note that the installation of carpet is taxable. See R.C. 5739.01(B)(5).
28. Cement parking pads, driveways, and walkways in use at trailer courts.
29. Chemical and water lines used for fire protection installed within and an integral part of a building or structure. But, see 5 above.
30. Elevators, storage bins, and storage silos used in agricultural operations. But, see 15 and 24 above.
31. General parking lot lighting. But, see 23 above.
32. Generators that have been installed as an integral part of a building or structure and that supply power for general usage to the building or structure. But, see 10 above.
33. Greenhouses attached to permanent foundations.
34. Powder magazines and any other buildings or structures constructed in compliance with R.C. Chapter 3743 for the storage of fireworks or other types of explosives.
35. Pump houses.
36. Pyrometer houses.
37. Skip hoist houses. But, see 21 above.
38. Supports for cranes, skip hoists, tipples, or similar property that are an integral part of the building or structures. But, see 21 above.
39. Swimming pools. But, see 22 above.
40. Water softening systems when used in relation to potable water. But, see 25 above.


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I have a WordPress site installed in the root folder. Beneath the root is a /docs folder with a bunch of older html files. I'd like to allow only logged in WordPress users to be able to have access to those /docs html pages (not to be confused with WordPress 'pages').
I created a WordPress 'portal' page which displays links to the /docs pages if the visitor is logged in. I would also like to put in a textual search function (which I know how to do) so logged in visitors can get a list of relevant /docs html pages
What I don't know how to do is prevent not logged in visitors from direct access to the /docs pages for both links and searches?
I know I could do these if I converted the html pages to php and checked a referer. But I don't want to have to redo all the old html if possible (if I have to do that I'll just import them into a WordPress taxonomy -- but I hope to avoid that!)
I looked at .htaccess and I was hoping to perhaps set an ENV variable or use REFERER, but I keep reading that such things are not reliable.


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Summery: The direct sequel to Trial of the Phoenix. One year after the events that led to Ash capturing Ho-Oh, Ash and Misty travel to the Sinnoh Region. Things start out like any normal Pokemon journey, but soon Ash and Misty become involved in a plot that may destroy the world. Character death in a later chapter.
Introduction: After Trial of the Phoenix I ended up doing the story of my OC, Noir Mask, along with a Pokemon horror story that I can't post here due to it being not quite PG-13, to put it mildly. But now I'm more or less picking up where I left off. First thing I should mention is that I've skipped the Hoenn Saga completely, partly because I ended up moving the stuff concerning Team Aqua and Team Magma further down the timeline of the AU. I did have an idea for a story I was going to do, but I didn't like where it was going so I dropped it. I may do a Hoenn Saga story later on, but for now I'm moving on with my original plan for this AU.
The other thing I should mention that is that this story will focus mainly on the encounters with Team Galactic, which will be a blend of those in the anime and the games, with my own personal twist of course. So I won't be focusing on the gym battles very much. I may show parts of a few, but they aren't important to this story. That pretty much covers it I think. Enjoy the story.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon. If I did, Ash wouldn't have started going through female traveling companions like Doctor Who.


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Hey guys,
Well, I've now taking my jibbersh and gone pro with it. This blogger deal just wasn't cutting it for me. For those of you that do read this, I thank-you, but the fact is, this entire blog is sitting out in cyberspace. It receives no traffic, no matter how many things I link it to, the visitors just do not come through.
I now have a hubpages account, and before you say anything, I agree, I will receive less adsense money from a hubpages account than I would from a blogger adsense account. But let's be honest, 100% of 0 is still 0. At least with Hubpages, it will be a 60/40 split of SOMETHING!
So far, things are off to a good start, I've already made my first $1 on Week 1. It's not a lot, I agree, but you have to realize that it took me almost 2 years before I made my first PENNY with my youtube videos. So, $1 on the first week with only 5 hubs written, I'll take that all day long. I'm trying to make myself realize that this is a time thing, yet again. I'm trying my best to write what are called "Evergreen" hubs, that aren't related to current events and will therefore be relevant forever. So, as time passes, they should receive more and more views, and slowly but surely make their way up through the search engines. Time will tell.
Anyways, for those that still read these things, I will post the links here. Who knows, maybe I'll get some traffic from randomly posting back links into the outer realms of our world, but as of right now, I highly doubt it.
Here is the link!
Thanks guys! Happy reading!
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Crypt: P1 solved - Winner please return.
P2: 4 is N 1st letter is H.
P3 A SEQ IS TSULAO 1st letter 2nd line is T
Vote for most helpful, knowledgeable, authentic, fun merchant. Thank them for making Pennsic wonderful. Vote @ Cabochons #17 Bow. Ends Thursday at noon.
Events Open to All
Memorial Ship burning: Thursday, Aug 9. Paint shields at Folump Enterprises Merchant Space 67, Market St., Starting 7:00 PM. Process to lake at 8:30 PM.
RIVER WAR- "NEW BEGINNING" - September 28-30
Tall Pines Day Camp, Barony of Iron Bog- East Kingdom. A small wager and bragging rights are at stake- Brave souls are asked to come to show support to the Barony of their choice. See Lord Sterling De La Rosa
(email@example.com) for questions.
For Sale
10x14 Panther wedge tent with super ground cloth, 2 pole hangers and 2 rafter hangers $400 obo. Camp Big Yellow House N18
12x18 Marquee with dining fly. Ropes, poles, stakes inc. Good cond. $1200. House Argent Fist (B4)
12x20 Panther double bell wedge pavilion. Used once and carefully stored since. Includes tent, poles, stakes, ropes and awning. $900 OBO INQ at Hunters Home or call 858-735-0113 lv message
15X15 Regent with Fly. Excellent cond. All trimmings inc. $900. House Argent Fist (B4)
18 Ft Yurt. Great shape, $900 or best offer. Will trade or barter. Call Erica 617-653-1963
20x30 Pavilion. Ropes-Poles-Stakes included. $950 obo. See at Northern Cross on Runestone Hill or leave message. 814-881-8097. Karsten.
Bad Garb Old Maid card game - Yes we have 'em! - from Claus the Toymaker (who else?)
3 Ladies' Rings, made by Master Gaulkner, history-based. Blue sapphire, sz 7, $100; Citrine , sz 7, $100; Amber, sz 6, $100. Brun @ 703-597-8724
30 years in business - so we are taking 30% off everything but tents. Mediaeval Miscellanea, Space 28
32 foot former NASA touring trailer for sale! Trailer has two personnel doors with stairs and safety railing, an awning on one side and can be wired for electric. Perfect for storage or merchanting! Asking 6K, price negotiable. Call 814-897-6830 or email email@example.com
9 yard saris 7 yard: Just Plain Plunder #18
A new shipment of hair sticks just arrived at Lady Guen's. Space 121
Acer Iconia Tablet A500 10S32 with case $250. Sp #185 LaWrensNest. Ask for WREN or Julie
Agate Burnishers - bone ivory & horn handles - hand carved - also dog tooth and carnelian. Guild of Limners, #26.
Ask Mawsho about real estate and romance at Merchant Site 2. All accessories for your camp. Read my ad in the merchant book.
ATTENTION WOAD WARRIORS! Feeling a little blue? I have the real thing? Genuine woad imported from Scotland. $4, limited supply, buy early. Guild of Limners #26.
BAD GARB I and BAD GARB II - Now AVAILABLE from Claus the Toymaker - How do you know you are not in them unless you read them?
Beading needles and wire now in space 121
Benefit the Chirurgeons – buy an original Pennsic 41 T-shirt, $12. Available from Claus of Burzee, #26 Merchants Row.
Blank Books - hand bound in leather, handmade paper, thick and chunky. Fair trade products. $8-$32, limited supply - Guild of Limners. #26.
Bosch water heater for sale! Inquire for details at E04 Blood Moon Clan. Offers considered. You need details on this one. See Lorelei of Solace.
Claus' Guide on "How Not to Get a Laurel" - Audacious and naughty - the truth is hard and very funny. See Claus the Toymaker. #26 across from the Barn.
Cloaks- 10% off to celebrate our 10th War. MTF #28
Combat archers, Siloflex tubes are available at Viking Archery Supply, Merchant #13 on Bow St.
Complete set of A. Kent's novels about Richard Bolitho. 24 vols., paperback. Mediaeval Misc., Space 28
FABRIC! From the collection of Animal X! Internationally known costumer.
Feed your spinning habit! Gorgeous fiber at MTF #28
Folding knives for sale! I have lots and lots of folding knives from $1 to $8. I don't want to take these home. Costumes by Loren, 166 Fleet Street.
For sale - Bad garb, bad garb, What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when the punchline's you! - Claus the Toymaker
For Sale: Ink - Oakgall, walnut hull, also gallo-annic ink, absolutely perfectly opaque. $4 per bottle. Guild of Limners #26.
For sale 2 teak x-chairs. $300. Vair & Ermine (N18). Ask for Ysane
For sale 7'3"x13'6" enclosed trailer. On-site. No title. Does not leave Cooper's. Includes large counter unit with cold storage for kitchen/bar and deep sink with counter space. $500 or best offer. Contact Hunters Home in B-6 or call 724-679-1325
For sale: ATTENTION ALL AT PENNSIC! Claus the Toymaker would like to suggest that next year at Pennsic XLII that we choose one day and on that day everyone must dress in his medieval clothes and treat Pennsic as if it were an SCA event. Please stop by and let him know what you think of this idea.
For Sale: Bosch 250-LP tankless electric pilot water heater w/GoPower RV solar kit & inverter. Installed in solidly built 4x8 storage/utility house w/ shingled roof. Plumbing will support 2 exterior shower stalls + sink. Room for plumbing expansion. Used at Pennsic '06-'10, in enclosed offsite storage since. Requires flatbed trailer or similar to transport. Needs new batteries, filtration. $1000. Inquire at Pit of Despair N21. Ask for Anastasia or Elizabeth.
For Sale - Glass muller & burnishers from England, also Mitchell nibs, vellum, parchment and hand bound leather books - The Guild of Limners, #26
For Sale: Good Gentles...How much have you spent on your armor? How much have you spent on your garb? How much have you spent on your children? This has been a public service announcement from Claus of Burzee, Toymaker
For Sale: Vellum - opaline vellum (sheepskin) direct from England. Finest quality. Sale price $20 per sheet. The Guild of Limners, #26 across from the Barn.
Full Chain Mail Coif $75 See Farasha & Suad Merchants Space 60
Good garb - Bad garb PAPER DOLLS - even more humorous than the works of Beaumont and Fletcher! From Claus the Toymaker.
Half Gallon Pennsic Party Flasks! Don't run out of your favorite beverage! Hamish's Dreck Booth 175
Hangover, Headache, Heat Exhaustion COLD Neckcoolers could be the cure $5 BRIAR PATCH GARB #73
For sale: SCA Road Signs - "Fighter Practice Area", "Danger: Viking Territory", and many others, some new and very silly. $5 each. Claus the Toymaker. #26.
Henna art at Your Inner Vagabond. Specializing in fine-line detail and custom designs. Kids badge #s tattooed for $1. Ask for Heather (thru Thurs).
Hot off the press, The Inkle Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon is available at Ursula's Alcove #166.
Kids garb at Neverland Designs #121 Plunder Lane
Knitting needles & accessories. Misty Tower #28
Laptops for sale at cost. Inquire at Mystic Mail.
Last chance to buy Dragonspire books! 50 cents each or 2 for a dollar! Folump Enterprises, Booth 67!
Leather armor kit for sale. Optimized for CA but useable for heavy. See THL Eamon Barony of Roaring Wastes/Darkyard. $180 OBO
Leather at a pottery shop? The madness ends this war. Midnight Madness sale at Dancing Pig Pottery - Leather inventory clearance up to 80% off! Archery arm guards, wallets & much more!
Leather Works. Save your hands. Compound Action Revolving Punch 70% less pressure required to operate. See Isak - Booth 56 Leather Crafter
Madness! 30% off almost all! Mediaeval Misc., Space 28
Mama Thunder dresses for sale @ Hobbitronics (#8)
Marquee tent 10x21 2yrs old Sunforger $1200 complete. See Anton #83 Street of Gold
MASKS, hand-carried from Venice. Unique. Space 28
Master Hector's Red Album and That Reminds Me Of A Story: On sale at Camelot Treasures on the Street of Dreams
Midnight Madness special! Buy a Pennsic 41 T for the chirurgeons and choose a free T from a past year - from Claus the Toymaker
Midnight Madness Specials Aplenty at Dancing Pig Pottery 16 Bow St. 50% off select pottery seconds & insane pricing in our leather clearance sale.
Mint Carousel pavilion 18' Panther. Purple & gold asking $2000 OBO. Also a storage/box trailer. 6'x8'x5' upgraded to larger one. Great onsite storage $150. Contact Garraed Harpwood E24 or 206-419-6640.
New Learning CD by Mistress Rosalind Jehanne. Available at Camelot Treasures #30. Street of Dreams.
Panther 16x16 Regent, super ground cloth, 12x12 awning, poles, stakes, ropes. $1000 OBO. Call/txt 405.659.6737. Available Fri.
Paternosters from simple to divine. Space 121
Pavilion company for sale. Est. 1982. Set own hours, full/part-time turnkey, everything incl. See our ad in the gatebook. Period Pavilions, space 28.
Penners at long last! Beautiful handcrafted leather cases for your pens. Durer wished his was as nice as these. Guild of Limners.
Pennsic Virgin badges- $3. Prior years also. Space 28
PERIOD PAVILIONS, new and used for rent and sale. 3 on site for immediate delivery and 12 more on site at end of war. Others in stock, can ship. We do custom pavilions - colors and intricate shapes and faux buildings our speciality. More details and pics plus free catalog at space #28.
Porcelain dolls, stamped + gilt leather, woven tapestry panels, 24" hair pieces, 1066 t-shirts. Space 28
On-site lockers for cheaper than off-site! 8x8x10 - $500, & 16x8x10 - $750! See Baron Petreus, Full Moon Canada S.E. Corner B-09
Professional cabaret dance costumes including Madam Abla $200.00 and up. Ask to see at merchant space 4.
Riveted maile shirt, large, 3/4 length sleeve, $250. Chalkman Pub E18 Stefan
Rubber stamps hand carved by Mistress Briana - Unique to the SCA all from period sources. Only at the Guild of Limners.
Sharp shiny objects! Low prices! New Selection of Handmade Axes! Keep your raiding Vikings happy! Hamish's Dreck #175
Snoods in silk, cotton and metallic. Custom orders welcome. Space 121
Tent for sale: 10x20 canvas...Inquire at Polyhymnia N10...Ask for Alaric...Pick up at end of Pennsic.
Tentmasters 12x18' pavilion, poles, ropes and stakes. $1500 obo. See at Lochmere Camp on Battle Row. Viking Slat Bed (queen) $250 also available.
Tentsmiths double-bell wedge tent (21x11 plus large awning) for sale: $450 or best offer. Come see it at the Black Dragons N15, ask for Shannon.
THE GUILD OF LIMNERS habitantes in platea marcatores vendunt encausto, penna, libri, pigmenti, colorum diversi, rubia, quadone, omnimodes tinctori et instrumenta clericis necessaria.
Totes on sale! Celtic- $14. Other- $17. MTF #28
Trailer 4 Sale: 8 x 16 custom trailer, 2 axle. Rear ramp, side door. Interested leave msg @ Midrealm Royal for THL Briana Exchequer $500 OBO
Two full-size pub bars, exquisite marble tops. Original price $3000. On sale for only $300 or best offer. You must pick up and move. Call 850-933-9300 or see Mairi or Octavio at E5.
Univ. of Carolingia Varsity Melee Team Tshirts now at Lady Guendalina's Closet, #121, Plunder Lane.
Unused set of armor and ironmonger helmet $400 OBO. See Gareth at Axes & Arrows in N09
Used good condition Boy Scout tents, fit one person plus gear. $35, all proceeds to troop. Cloak & Dagger, 13 Bow Street.
Viking archery supply, merchant #13 on Bow St. Midnite Madness Special - Archery t-shirts are 20% off, free Christmas tree ornament with $10+ purch.
Warm cloaks, lots of styles, custom made on site. CLOAK AND DAGGER, 13 Bow Street
We have lots of new merchandise at Costumes by Loren! Earrings, necklaces, gemstones, doll clothes, teddy bears, and more. 166 Fleet Street. We take credit cards.
Why melt? Cool comfortable cottons in bright knotwork or middle eastern patterns. Shop early for best selection. Costumes by Loren, 166 Fleet Street.
Woad, Madder, Cochineal, Brazilwood, Longwood - dyes to die for. Guild of Limners, #26.
www.SimplyTapestries.com Great Tapestries, Great Prices...
Yard sale block E18 in Misty Highlands on 8/9 & 8/10 from noon - 3pm. Books, goblets, and a small gorget. Yard sale prices! Ask for Lady Asta.
Yurt for sale $400 or B/O. See Jimmy the Brewer Camp Biernmead N22
Yurts 4 Sale. 10, 12, 15, 18' Rich 815.641.1189 msg/txt
12 Step Meeting E07 Denys the Decadent's Camp. 4:00 PM Daily. AA NA OA SA GA All welcome.
88.3FM Radio Free Mongolia. Background sounds for the Pennsic War.
Attention Occupiers! HQ for Occupy Pennsic is at Bard's Haven/E19. Come by and tell us your stories!
Barbarians! Bellydancers! Get your tribal on with Harquus temp tattoos. FDA approved, safe, BLACK! Ask for Heather at Your Inner Vagabond thru Thurs.
Costumes by Loren now takes credit cards. 166 Fleet Street.
Driving thru MO? SCA friendly campground near I-44. Visit MTF-space 28 for more info.
East Kingdom Seneschals meeting - Thursday 9. August 4-5 P.M. East Kingdom Royal
FABRIC TIP: Choose twill fabric when you need more flexibility - Dragons Magic #27
Knives sharpened, cleaned, small repairs, sheaths- Cloak & Dagger, 13 Bow Street.
Losing your cool? Hot under the collar? Get your reusable cooler at Designs By J, space 162. Free recharge service!
Master José aka Mathew Gnagy will be signing books and showing off his unique technique at Ursula's Alcove 166 Fleet St on Tuesday from 4pm to 6pm. Pick up or bring your copy of his new book, "Knitting off the Axis". He will also be available Friday at noon for those who can't make the reception on Tuesday.
MIDNIGHT MADNESS starts at NOON so you can SEE THE COLORS! Dragon's Magic #27
Photography Roundtable AS 14 4 - 6pm Wed. Come discuss any photography topics. All skill and equipment levels welcome. Sponsored by Master Phillip.
Portrait photographer seeks models for Pennsic portfolio. Maidens, warriors, nobles, wenches. All types. No events, lg groups, children. Text name, picture, concept to 215-808-8480. Limited spots.
Sewing machine free. Needs tune up. Too heavy to carry around. Inquire at Wulfden. Ask for Malkyn.
SUPER SECRET Wizard Rock Show for Potterheads! Thurs, Aug. 9th @9pm behind booth 30, Camelot Treasures. Featuring Efenwealt & Aenor as the Blibbering Humdingers. It's a secret.
Tent for sale 11x18 oval marquee w/custom 9" canopy blue trim dags N08 (15 foot red Japanese banner) Ask for Ruttiger
The Honorable Lord Giacomo Vincenti Provost of Atlantia hearby announces the prize of the Honorable Lord Arghylle Buchanan that he be tested by all members of the Honorable Order of the White Scarf, Warders of the Bronze Ring, Ogrs and diverse others to prove his merit upon his prize upon his assumption of our Order. The prize fight will begin directly after the rapier war point on Thursday on the main rapier field.
Thunder Dinner will be on Thursday Aug 9 at Trimaris Royal at 7pm/1900 followed by circle at Brigadoon.
Time change - Ritsuryo: Rank Title and Government in Medieval Japan (850P) will meet Wed 8/8 at noon
Help Wanted
CARPENTER NEEDED for contract to alter Pennsic House. PA/OH preferred. Merchant Space #24
Lost & Found
Lost: custom ramshead torc. Reward for return
Anastasia Petrova Chernaya: Please join the Shire for dinner, 6pm Wed. E13 Come to Howard's Fenway and ask for the camp.
Cat and Braap of Black Talon - Congratulations on your marriage - Aug 4, 2012
Best Pennsic souvenir EVER, Snuzzler says
Celebrating the anniversary of a Pennsic fling that grew to blissful matrimony! For Rosalind with love, your Andreas
Claus the Toymaker misses his pigs! A free Pennsic magnet to anyone returning his little swine. No questions asked!
Congratulations to Laird Claymore on receiving his AOA at Æthelmearc War Practice! XO Thunderrrrr!!!!!
Dear Pella or Harley or Susan-whichever
Just a small note to make us seem clever
Despite yurt and tent leaks thou remain oh so chipper
For without thee we never can find the Big Dipper.
And for poison ivy destruction thou art the most
We miss thee, we love thee, where's our French Toast?
Kisses & Hugs from the Chateau.
Dona Francis seeks old Trimaris friends. N13 Club Aed
For Lady w/ 3 knee operations. I have ur purchases 703-973-3491
Little Bear, my toe is fine. Bear licenses are cheap.
R...I mean A...Thank you for the best first Pennsic ever. 4X3 <3 <3 <3
Rajni would like to thank all of her wonderful Tribal Odyssey Students. You made my war very special. firstname.lastname@example.com
Tyrvi, my love Happy 5th Anniversary. You are the best husband a woman could ever have!! Love Always Kelly Shannon <3 <3
Wanted to Buy
WANTED: Trailer, at least 4 x 8 wih 1.78 ball hitch. Ours broke down & stolen from roadside. House Barra Camp N07 ask for Brock or Isabelle.


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Is this U0? Because if not, I'm getting totally lost here.
- Jarylan
The_Fox wrote:Aye, that's what I thought. The art was very similar to U0. (Good work by the way.) But...I didn't recognize any of the chracters, even if the setting seemed familiar.
- Jarylan "I like U0..."
allan_ecker wrote:I'm more or less planning to devote the entirity of my 28th year to a single 60-page graphic novella in the same universe, starting on my birthday May 28th. THAT sucker has to stand on its own, and I think lots of people will dig it.
Kesh wrote:My only problem with UO was that the pacing was off. Never really got to the point where I knew who was who, and what they were doing. Aside from that, the concept was cool.
allan_ecker wrote:... "going to get to that" stage...
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At twelve Soyinka left Aké for Ibadan to attend that city's elite Government College and at 18 entered its new university. But in 1954, his ambition focused on a career in theater, Soyinka traveled to England to complete a degree in drama at Leeds, under the well-known Shakespearean critic, G. Wilson Knight. After graduation in 1957, Soyinka extended his European apprenticeship by working several years as a script-reader, actor, and director at the Royal Court Theatre in London. This period also saw the composition of Soyinka's first mature plays, The Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel, and their successful staging in both London and Ibadan. In 1960 a Rockefeller research grant enabled Soyinka, now 26, to return to Nigeria. There he assembled his own acting company, produced a new play, A Dance of the Forests, and timed its opening to coincide with the country's official celebration of independence in October.
Though Soyinka's return from England had been widely welcomed, A Dance of the Forests at once placed him at odds with Nigeria's newly installed leaders as well as with many of his fellow intellectuals. Thematically, the play presents a pageant of black Africa's "recurrent cycle of stupidities," a spectacle designed to remind citizens of the chronic dishonesty and abuse of power which colonialism had bred in generations of native politicians. Stylistically, A Dance of the Forests is a complex fusion of Yoruba festival traditions with European modernism. Hostility greeted the play from almost all quarters. Nigerian authorities were angered by Soyinka's suggestion of wide-spread corruption, leftists complained about the play's elitist aesthetics, and African chauvinists -- those proponents of pure Negritude whom Soyinka labels "Neo-Tarzanists" -- objected to his use of European techniques.
What Soyinka's critics failed to appreciate was the radical originality of his approach to liberating black Africa from its crippling legacy of European imperialism. He envisioned a "New Africa" that would escape its colonial past by grafting the technical advances of the present onto the stock of its own ancient traditions. Native myth, reformulated to accommodate contemporary reality, was to be the foundation of the future, opening the way to "self-retrieval, cultural recollection, [and] cultural security."
From this perspective, the critics of A Dance of the Forests appear unwitting neocolonialists, their ideas mere replays in African costume of the West's own indigenous myths of liberalism, Marxism, and regressive racism. Soyinka dreamed instead of a truly de-colonized continent, where an autonomous African culture assimilated only those progressive elements of recent history that were consistent with its own authentic identity.
Over the next seven years, from posts at the universities in Ife, Lagos, and Ibadan, Soyinka pursued his hopes for a reborn Nigeria with inventiveness and energy. He wrote and directed a variety of plays, ranging from comedies like The Trials of Brother Jero, a popular exposé of religious charlatans, to a series of politically charged tragedies, The Road, The Strong Breed, and Kongi's Harvest, each of which turns on the modern world's interruption of ancient ritual practice. Beyond these full-length plays, Soyinka composed satirical revues, organized an improvisational "guerrilla theater," and wrote for radio and television. He also published his first novel, The Interpreters (1965), and his first book of poetry, Idanre and Other Poems (1967).
Not only did much of this large body of work openly challenge Nigerian authorities, but Soyinka also involved himself in practical politics. His actions led to a brief detention, trial, and acquittal in 1965. Then in 1967 came extra-judicial arrest and imprisonment for more than two years, much of it in solitary confinement. Soyinka recounts this trauma in The Man Died (1972), another of his autobiographical works.
Following his release in 1969, Soyinka went into voluntary exile and soon after entered a second period of intense creativity. Among its highlights were a book of poems, A Shuttle in the Crypt (1972), a new novel, Season of Anomy (1973) -- both bitter reflections on his years of confinement -- additional street satires, and, perhaps most important, two extraordinary tragic dramas, Madmen and Specialists (1970) and Death and the King's Horseman (1975).
Complementing this literary outburst, Soyinka delivered lectures and wrote essays that discussed the nature of his art, traced its roots in Yoruba tradition, and compared his aesthetic principles and practice to those of other writers, both African and European. Some of this criticism Soyinka revised and published as Myth, Literature and the African World (1976). Most of the rest he collected a decade later in Art, Dialogue & Outrage (1988). The political history that animates Soyinka's cultural thought in these two volumes is the subject of The Open Sore of a Continent (1996). This book traces Nigeria's decline into increasingly inhumane military governments, a deterioration epitomized by the 1995 execution of fellow playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa as well as by the death sentence pronounced on Soyinka himself in 1997.
For Euro-American readers, these three books form an indispensable introduction to Soyinka's art. At its center and guiding its artistic mission lies the idea of "organic revolution," which Soyinka contrasts with the neocolonial practices that black Africa absorbed from European imperialism. As he defines the concept, organic revolution is a process of communal renewal reached in moments of shared cultural self-apprehension -- moments whose manner and content are particular to each society. Such revolution is inherently local and cyclical, qualities more appropriate to African culture, Soyinka argues, than the global teleologies of either Marxist communism or capitalist nationalism. Indeed, Soyinka's mode of liberation ultimately displaces the logic of Western politics with the rhythms of native ritual. For the revolution he advocates rejects the abstractions of both dialectical materialism and market economics for the particularity of ceremonial healing -- of the divisions that isolate individuals from society and sever both from their sustaining integration with nature.
The god whose ritual Soyinka offers as the model for this organic restoration is Ogun, who risks his own life to bridge the abysses that separate the three stages of Yoruba existence -- the world of the ancestors, the world of the living, and the world of the unborn. Ogun, as Soyinka reads the myth, is unique among tribal deities because he is at home in none of these three structured states of experience. Rather, his realm is the chaotic region of transition between them, what Soyinka calls the "fourth stage" of the Yoruba universe, a condition where opposites collide without resolution in "a menacing maul of chthonic strength that yawns ever wider to annihilate" all social and natural order. Ogun's heroic passage through this realm not only preserves the connections between the ancestors, the living, and the unborn. It also revitalizes the Yoruba cosmos by benignly channeling into it fresh energies from the fourth stage.
This model of social revolution is essentially one of recurring crisis, where novel and alien forces are regularly mastered and integrated into the matrix of tradition and custom. It is to the challenge of this crisis that Soyinka commits his art, and only within its context can the signature gestures of his style achieve their full meaning. But once seen in the framework of Ogun's encounter with the fourth stage, Soyinka's discordant mixing of genres, his willful ambiguities of meaning, his unresolved clashes of contradictions cease to be the aesthetic flaws Western critics often label them and become instead our path into an African reality fiercely itself and utterly other.
By William McPheron
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Our Tax System—Time for Reappraisal
by THOMAS J. GRAVES Partner, Executive Office
Presented before The Tax Society of New York University, New York City—November 1962
THE DIVERSITY of your program today is a good indication of the complexity of our tax structure and of the many conflicting interests
that must be resolved in measuring and dividing available sources of tax revenue. You will hear talks on several of the important recent changes in the Federal income tax laws, changes brought about through court decisions, as in the taxation of estates and trusts, legislative changes, and changes in administrative attitude, such as the introduction of the new guidelines for testing depreciation allowances.
While the changes made this year in the Federal tax system may seem at first glance to be unusually broad in their impact, they are only surface indications of the ever-sharpening conflicts among the special interests of different taxpayer groups and between taxpayers
themselves and the tax-collecting bodies of the Government.
The history of the Revenue Act of 1962 is a good example of the impact of the social, political, and economic forces that tend to make our tax laws complex because of the difficulty of resolving their conflicts.
On April 20, 1961 when the President sent his Tax Message to Congress he sought stimulation for a lagging economy through the investment tax credit. This was intended as an aid to business and it probably was a great shock to those who proposed it when they learned that many businessmen would prefer not to receive this particular
gift but would rather shop for another one instead. In the same message the President sought payment for the gift through a series of changes that would close what he regarded as loopholes. Perhaps the public was surprised by the controversy that followed. You should not have been. It was evident at the time that the package requested was unusually full of items that would be regarded by many taxpayers as unnecessary and unfair. Congress did not give the President
some of what he asked, such as withholding on dividends and interest, and some of his proposals were changed drastically. The result is more of an undistinguished compromise than a great victory,


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Obama and the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama must demonstrate executive experience, but he remains strangely silent about his eight years (1994-2002) as a director of the Joyce Foundation, a billion dollar tax-exempt organization. He has one obvious reason: during his time as director, Joyce Foundation spent millions creating and supporting anti-gun organizations.
There is another, less known, reason.
During Obama's tenure, the Joyce Foundation board planned and implemented a program targeting the Supreme Court. The work began five years into Obama's directorship, when the Foundation had experience in turning its millions into anti-gun "grassroots" organizations, but none at converting cash into legal scholarship.
The plan's objective was bold: the judicial obliteration of the Second Amendment.
Joyce's directors found a vulnerable point. When judges cannot rely upon past decisions, they sometimes turn to law review articles. Law reviews are impartial, and famed for meticulous cite-checking. They are also produced on a shoestring. Authors of articles receive no compensation; editors are law students who work for a tiny stipend.
In 1999, midway through Obama's tenure, the Joyce board voted to grant the Chicago-Kent Law Review $84,000, a staggering sum by law review standards. The Review promptly published an issue in which all articles attacked the individual right view of the Second Amendment.
In a breach of law review custom, Chicago-Kent let an "outsider" serve as editor; he was Carl Bogus, a faculty member of a different law school. Bogus had a unique distinction: he had been a director of Handgun Control Inc. (today's Brady Campaign), and was on the advisory board of the Joyce-funded Violence Policy Center.
Bogus solicited only articles hostile to the individual right view of the Second Amendment, offering authors $5,000 each. But word leaked out, and Prof. Randy Barnett of Boston University volunteered to write in defense of the individual right to arms. Bogus refused to allow him to write for the review, later explaining that "sometimes a more balanced debate is best served by an unbalanced symposium." Prof. James Lindgren, a former Chicago-Kent faculty member, remembers that when Barnett sought an explanation he "was given conflicting reasons, but the opposition of the Joyce Foundation was one that surfaced at some time." Joyce had bought a veto power over the review's content.


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The Vault is moving
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Dear Vault Dwellers, both anonymous and registered,
The Vault has been around as the best source of information about the Fallout series for more than six years, originally at Duck and Cover, and then at Wikia. We, The Vault bureaucrats, have now decided to open a new chapter in its history and again move the wiki, which will now be hosted by Curse at FalloutWiki.com. Some of you might have heard about my new job as Curse's Lead Wiki Manager, but it was just one of many factors that influenced the decision to move. While we have enjoyed our relationship with Wikia in the past, given the direction Wikia has been taking lately, we feel that it is no longer the direction we want. The wiki now has more space for content (with 807 compared to Wikia's 660px width), and the move gives us more freedom to decide how the wiki is run. We will be able to create a more user-oriented environment, with fewer advertisements, new forums and a host of other, exciting new features (coming soon).
All of your user pages, user rights, forum posts, talk page entries and, of course, articles and media files have already been transferred to the new server and the site is fully functional. The transition is still a work in progress and we, The Vault's bureaucrats and administrators, as well as Curse staff, are still working hard on some of the functionality. All users who contributed to The Vault with their Wikia accounts can reclaim their usernames using this account migration tool. We are confident that The Vault, now at its new address, will remain the prime source of information about Fallout game, especially once the next game in the series is released.
Wikia will continue to host a copy of all of the wiki's content (up to this date), and any users are, of course, free to go with us to the new location or to stay at Wikia. As the people who created The Vault, including its name and logo, at Duck and Cover before we brought it to Wikia, we now intend to keep it, and we expect Wikia to respect our rights to these marks and to rename their copy of the content to just "Fallout Wiki" or anything else they wish to name their site.
All things considered, we thank Wikia for their years of providing hosting for The Vault. We bear no ill will towards you, and part on good terms. All of Wikia staff members and users will always be welcome at The Vault. We hope that the same will be true for any Vault users and staff members that may have responsibilites on other Wikia wikis. Thank you and farewell.
The Vault (the Vault of the Future, if you wish) is now available at FalloutWiki.com and is open and free to all! Ausir 17:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
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Gothemasticator, a longtime Vault administrator and bureaucrat, is sadly departing the wiki.
I would like to say goodbye. My time is simply not ample enough to keep up with such a lively site.
I have enjoyed my time here immensely. I have grown in respect for the admins here, who all give so generously of their time and expertise. I have enjoyed seeing new users find their way around, gain proficiency, and finally become major contributors. I have also enjoyed contributing, which I hope has been more often helpful than not.
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Hanigan, Molina known as pitch-framing specialists
Baseball Prospectus study ranks catchers in top five of run earners
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was sitting on the edge of his desk earlier this spring when he was asked about the skill, or perhaps a better word would be art, of pitch-framing. What are some of the finer points of receiving a pitch, of turning a ball into a called strike? Can you teach it to younger catchers?
Ausmus said it's definitely a skill, and to a certain extent, it can be taught. And the first name that came out of his mouth says a lot more about the value of the Rays' backup catcher than his .233 batting average last season.
"I think across baseball, they're still trying to figure out what exactly, for instance, does Jose Molina actually do that makes him get calls?" said Ausmus, a three-time Gold Glove Award-winning catcher. "I think they're still trying to figure that out."
Over the past few years, various studies have attempted to measure and quantify the impact pitch-framing can have on a team's run prevention. During his time in the Padres front office, Ausmus said, they spent a lot of time looking into it, talking about it and breaking down film.
If there's one consistent theme, however, it's that Jose Molina is among the game's elite pitch-framers. So, what did the Rays go out and do this offseason? They traded for Ryan Hanigan, another catcher who's well regarded for his ability behind the plate, specifically when it comes to stealing strikes.
Harry Pavlidis and Dan Brooks of Baseball Prospectus published a study in early March about the value of pitch-framing. Their report found that from 2008-13, Molina earned the second-most runs in baseball (116) solely through that skill, while Hanigan saved the fifth-most (74). Molina ranked first among all catchers in terms of the most runs saved via framing per 7,000 opportunities, or roughly a season's worth of work, with 35.9, and Hanigan (23.3) finished eighth, according to the study.
It's not exactly the game's most glamorous stat. Most fans would rather point to the 38-year-old Molina's two homers in 2013 or his 11 double-play grounders and jump to conclusions. But these numbers certainly satisfy Molina.
"That's my game right now," Molina said. "I need to use it, got to use it. [Pitchers] like it. ... Right now, it's just about doing the best I can do to give my pitchers strikes. I've got to do whatever it takes."
Molina also said he's pleased to see that people are attempting to quantify the impact of such a skill, and not just for himself. The 14-year veteran pointed out that catchers used to be judged solely by their caught-stealing percentage, which is hardly a fair indication of their overall ability behind the plate.
"I've done it for many years, and guys just noticed it lately," Molina said. "Now, we can add another number out there and another thing to help us, whatever you want to see from it. I'm glad to be a part of it."
The thing is, it's not an easy skill to pass on, as Ausmus noted. Molina said he'll talk about it to anyone who's willing to listen, but he had a hard time explaining and showing how to successfully frame a pitch while standing next to his locker in the home clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park.
Molina said he stresses consistency above anything else when instructing catchers how to receive the ball. Beyond that simple rule, though, he has to look at the way a catcher lines up behind the plate, the way his hands move, how his body is positioned and so on.
"There's certain similarities and things that they do that seem to cross-match," Ausmus said of Molina and several other catchers among the game's pitch-framing elite. "You can probably teach some of that to catchers, probably better off at a younger age at the Minor Leagues so they're not trying to learn it and catch a 95-mph fastball at the same time. ... I guarantee Jose Molina never practiced it. It's just the way he catches the ball."
"He's right," Molina said, laughing that he didn't know exactly how to teach a younger player. "It's hard to teach, to put [other catchers] in a position where those guys can be the same way. But you can learn and try to pick up different stuff about that and use it in the game and become better."
Fortunately for the Rays, they shouldn't have to worry this season about teaching a young catcher how to frame pitches like Molina. They have two of the best in baseball, statistically, when it comes to helping out their pitchers.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said Friday that he hasn't decided yet how to deploy his catchers. Molina started 87 games last year, with Jose Lobaton getting the nod in 76 games. It seems Hanigan will get the majority of the starts this time around, but Molina won't just be a once-a-week starting catcher.
Either way, their ability to steal strikes figures to be a boon to Tampa Bay's pitching staff.
"I haven't gone deeply into that, regarding if there is a benefit for one guy over the other. I think it's going to be more based on hitting matchups," Maddon said. "If I had to guess, I'd say Hanigan should get 51 percent or more of the snaps.
"Having both of them back there is a benefit for us."


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As more people live in urban environments and along coastal stretches, recognizing the impacts of water management from source to sea is vital. These links, across multiple habitats and ecosystems are often poorly understood.
Yet the impact of polluted freshwater flows can be devastating for estuaries, wetlands, and the marine environment. These areas will come under increasing pressure, as climate change impacts freshwater flows and meteorological conditions, threatening biodiversity and the livelihoods dependent on them.
Important functional relationships exist between river basins and coastal areas. The two systems are linked through both natural processes (water flows and sediment) and human activities (urban development, rural activities, infrastructure, waste and pollution). Coastal areas are valuable as they concentrate a rich diversity of natural habitat areas and a large variety of natural resources. River basins are important as natural ecosystems, providing a range of direct and indirect services to people, flora and fauna. The geography of coastal areas and river basins provide opportunities for a wide range of human development activities.
Following the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) Initiative in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, new developing Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) work will address some of the critical root causes of unsustainable practices in watersheds which flow into the marine environment. The IUCN Mesoamerica Region and Caribbean Initiative will take the lead, together with the IUCN Asia and Oceania Regions in developing a global initiative on Ridge to Reef water management practices to support ecosystem services and improve riparian and coastal livelihoods. A workshop in Punta Leona, Costa Rica will take place in May to understand Ridge to Reef water management processes and their roles within integrated water resource management (IWRM) and coastal zone management (ICZM).
Coastal zones are essential parts of a river basin, yet they are often managed in isolation. Better recognition and approaches are required to manage river basins and their coastal areas in an integrated manner, based on ecological, hydrological, and socio-economic relationships. Recognising the close connection between rivers and their catchments leads to healthier flows and better watershed management approaches. However there is also a need to extend these approaches to include estuarine and marine areas. This is especially important where the population is supported by the marine-freshwater interface, such as in large deltas, islands, and reef and lagoon systems.
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Wild Adelie penguins have killer appetites – and they rarely miss a target. Neither fish nor krill can escape the Antarctic seabirds, according to scientists who outfitted them with cameras to spy on their feeding habits.
Understanding an animal's feeding patterns can be crucial to gauging the population's health and survival. The study, published this week in PNAS, provides a look at the foraging patterns of these penguins and provides future researchers with a way to study other penguins' mysterious eating habits.
The scientists equipped 15 Adelie penguins with accelerometers and cameras (though some of them malfunctioned along the way). They watched the seabirds snatch prey in their beaks underwater while chasing krill and a fish called Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Most of the penguins had two accelerometers, one on the back and one on the head, which would allow the scientists to measure when a penguin's head darted out to catch a bite.
They found that penguins made fast work of their meals – they could gobble 244 krill or 33 fish in under an hour and a half – and in swarms they were incredibly quick, capturing two krill per second.
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The Zambezi and Victoria Falls National Parks, in Zimbabwe, are undoubtedly amongst the most impressive wildlife areas in Southern Africa. This project is a collaboration between the African Lion & Environmental Research Trust the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and Lion Encounter to research and protect these vital ecosystems.
Throughout your stay you will participate in various research and conservation activities within the National Parks. Please note that some activities, and some research methodologies, are seasonal and you may not be able to take part in every activity during your stay:
Large Predator Research – the Zambezi National Park is home to lions, leopards, cheetah, African wild dogs and spotted hyena. Your role will be to assist in collecting baseline data on each species that are used to improve species conservation management plans. Data collection is undertaken by a variety of means including driven transects, observations at water holes, remote camera traps, baited call-in stations and community questionnaires. When animals are sighted you will attempt to take photographic evidence for individual identification, record the GPS location and other information useful to the research effort.
Elephant Research – the populations of elephant in this region are huge, but little is known about their seasonal behaviors. You will be assisting in documenting the location, size and structure of elephant herds, helping to build up a database of individual animals using their ear notches and tusk size and shape as identification markers. We will also be looking at feeding behaviors to assess the species' impact on the vegetation of the Park.
Biodiversity Assessment – to complement the large predator research you will assist in monitoring the number and distribution of other species within the Park. Data is collected by driven transect surveys on historically used routes to allow for comparison over time.
National Park Management – you will be assisting the Park's staff in many aspects of management including; invasive alien plant species removal, waterhole and fire management programmes, snare sweeps, creating maps for visitors to the Park as well as helping out in the Park's offices with general administrative duties and visitor management.
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Political lobbying is an important element of PR and is particularly important at times when energy policy is in flux or when the details of new standards or incentives need to be hammered out. For example, in Germany there are several factors supporting continued growth in wind energy, including the existence of a suite of renewable energy subsidies, a planned nuclear energy phase-out and political commitment to replacing an increasing proportion of fossil-fuel generation with renewable sources. However, this does not mean the wind energy sector in Germany can relax. It needs to continue to state its case at the political level, not least because the wind industry must be ready to negotiate adjustments to feed-in tariffs and overcome difficulties in securing sites.
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Individual companies active in the wind sector can also initiate lobbying, either on their own or together with other firms that share similar concerns. Contacting political decision makers is a useful approach and it is often easier for a company located in a particular region to educate their local member of parliament or other elected official than it is for a national trade association.
It is important to involve politicians in PR-related events such as inaugurations and open-door days. A good politician wants to understand the businesses that operate in his or her constituency, and a professional PR firm can be highly effective in ensuring politicians are kept up to date with corporate developments.
Wind companies can also air their views on energy policy, timing statements to coincide with key political decisions or debates. Local and regional media outlets will generally welcome a local firm's views on changes to national policy. Other target audiences for PR include potential investors and firms in the same supply chain. Such audiences tend to value concrete facts, financial and technical details, and well-founded arguments. This makes PR an ideal tool to employ, as it is more likely to succeed than advertising with such audiences.
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OCC Bulletin 2005-7| March 24, 2005
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA): Final Rule: Prescreen Opt-Out Disclosure
Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the attached final rule in the Federal Register on January 31, 2005. The final rule seeks to improve the required notice to consumers regarding their right to opt out of prescreened solicitations for credit or insurance. The final rule becomes effective on August 1, 2005.
Section 615(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires, among other things, that prescreened solicitations sent to consumers contain a notice with information about the offer and instructions on how consumers can opt out of receiving future prescreened offers by calling a toll-free number or writing to a specified address. Section 213(a) of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) amends section 615(d) of FCRA to require that the notice be presented in such a format as to be simple and easy to understand, as established by the FTC, by rule, in consultation with the federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration.
The final rule requires that each prescreened offer contain a short statement (short notice) that provides basic opt-out information, a toll-free number to call to opt out, and a separate longer statement (long notice) that provides additional information. The final rule also establishes criteria relating to location, type size, manner of presentation, and other matters for both the short and long notices. The final rule also sets forth model notices in English and Spanish.
Questions concerning this final rule may be directed to your supervisory office or to Carol Turner, compliance specialist, Compliance Department, at (202) 649-5470.
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Do we have a stake in what is happening in Europe? Some countries, particularly in southern Europe are having trouble paying their debts in a recession. It shouldn't be a surprise – taxes shrink in a recession. Of course in some places it is pathological – Greeks refuse to pay the taxes they owe in such large numbers that they are bankrupting their country. But the problem is wider, with deep roots in the recession.
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