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I've never had a specialist specifically look for polyps but the few doctors I've ever seen for a check-up have looked in my nose and ears and all that jazz. I likely should consider seeing a doctor soon as I haven't been to one in years. I was really taken by surprise at being hit so hard this year.
Yes, thank you. I'm realizing that I'll actually have to go to a doctor because I sure don't want to live through another round like this.
God is punishing you for being an atheist!
All kidding aside I finally just went to an allergist and went through the regimen of shots to desensitize myself with gradually building doses of the stuff I was allergic to. A good thing since otherwise I'd be the proud owner of 38 acres/15 hectares of shit I am allergic to.
I've been reading about the shots. How long did it take to desensitize?
It ran over 3-4 months if memory serves. I ended up needing two shots each time and they were twice a week for a while then once a week.
The shots aren't particularly deep (they are not aiming for a vein) and one of the nurses would actually stand behind you and throw them like a dart over the inch or so separation and that was typically less painful.
I took those shots for at least three years in my late childhood. I quit because I got tired of it. Now I'm allergic to other things. So, I guess it worked but had I known I would develop other allergies, I might not have treated the original ones.
Allergy sufferer here. I'm always clearing my throat this time of year. For me, it's chest congestion, Benedryl works but makes me sleepy. Claritin doesn't do a thing for me at all.
To make matters worse, I have a condition for which my doctor wants me to stay away from antihistamines.
I noticed a long time ago that after about a month any new medicine wouldn't work worth shit. Turns out though I just had to go off that medicine, and go to another one. Then when that stopped working, change to a third one. Then when THAT stopped working, I could return to the first medicine again; my body had forgotten it.
I have horrible allergies - to the point that I started going into shock when they did the scratch test. I live in California, so the allergies are pretty much year round for me. I take Zyrtec every night. I started to develop asthma as well, so now I also take Singulair every night. On top of that I use a saline spray regularly, and I use a non-steroid nasal spray twice daily. My allergist says that on particularly bad days I can take more than one Zyrtec. They say that the goal is that I don't have any symptoms, but I really hate taking as much as I do already. My allergies are still there now, but manageable. Sadly they expect that they will continue to get worse as I get older, which means I will need to do more and more to control them.
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A Nobody (ノーバディ Nōbadi?) is what remains of those who have lost their hearts to Darkness. The first generic Nobodies are seen in Kingdom Hearts II, when Roxas encounters a Dusk in the Virtual Twilight Town. They are made of body and soul.
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In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Xemnas makes an appearance as a secret boss, in the room where Maleficent's dragon form was defeated, although it was not known that he was a Nobody. Also, during Kingdom Hearts, unknown to Sora and the rest of the characters, two Nobodies (Roxas and Naminé) were created during the story, when Sora released his and Kairi's heart with the Keyblade of People's Hearts. However, this would only be discovered in Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix is a game on PS2 that was originally a Japan-only release but was recently released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 with Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMix.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
Organization XIII begins its campaign towards creating Kingdom Hearts, simply known as the Organization. No lesser Nobodies are found in this game, the only ones being the human-like Nobodies: Naminé, Axel, Marluxia, Larxene, Vexen, Lexaeus, and Zexion. Axel and Naminé are the only two that survive this game. Vexen alludes to Roxas's existence when recreating Twilight Town, a place Sora had not yet visited, in saying that it came from "the other side of [Sora's] heart."
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The first mention of a Nobody was at Mysterious Tower when Yen Sid talks to Sora, Donald, and Goofy about the types of enemies he would encounter. Using magic "holograms", he shows the image of the most common Nobody, the Dusk, and then the human-like Nobodies of the rest of Organization XIII (Demyx, Xaldin, Xigbar, Luxord, Saïx, and Xemnas), the main antagonists of the game.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
While the term "Nobody" was used very rarely in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, two varieties of lesser Nobodies, Dusks and Samurais, appeared in endurance or pot-smashing missions such as Mission 10, Mission 33, Mission 71, and even appear to stop Roxas from escaping in Mission 91. Organization XIII also make its debut in this game, but this time showing all its integrants, unlike in the other games.
Nobodies are born when a Heart is swallowed by darkness and becomes a Heartless. They are the remaining parts left behind by the heart: the body, giving a Nobody form, and the soul, giving the Nobody life. However, only those with a strong will in their original forms such as Sora are actually able to continue on as Nobodies. Those with the strongest wills manage to retain human forms (under special circumstances, sometimes the Nobody is formed with some slight changes to their appearance,) while the rest possess malformed, barely humanoid appearances; such examples as Nobodies like the Creeper and Dusk.
Therefore, the more humanoid the Nobody, the stronger its will. This works the opposite way for Heartless, whose form is more monstrous the stronger the original heart is (with the exception of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, who retained human form because he gave into the darkness willingly).
All Nobodies vanish from the Realm of Light upon their creation at the loss of a heart and the creation of a Heartless. They are born in a world in-between the Realms of Light and Darkness, such as Twilight Town or Castle Oblivion. However, because of this and their lack of hearts, they are shunned by both Light and Darkness, and do not truly exist.
Though, recently near the end of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, it is revealed that Nobodies can form hearts of their own as they become more self aware, and that Xehanort had been lying to the rest of the organization about this fact all along.
List of Nobodies
Organization XIII
Special Nobodies
General Nobodies
See also
|Organization XIII
|I. Xemnas - II. Xigbar - III. Xaldin - IV. Vexen - V. Lexaeus - VI. Zexion - VII. Saïx - VIII. Axel - IX. Demyx - X. Luxord - XI. Marluxia - XII. Larxene - XIII. Roxas - XIV. Xion
|Enemy Nobodies
| Sorcerer - Sniper - Dragoon - Berserker - Assassin - Dancer - Gambler - Reaper - Ninja - Samurai
Dusk - Creeper - Twilight Thorn
|Special Nobodies
|Naminé - Riku Replica - Absent Silhouettes - Organization XIII Replica Data - Anti-Saïx - Data-Naminé - Data-Roxas


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New Panel Preps for Pittsfield Superintendent Interviews
The School Committee has created an ad hoc panel to screen another round of interviews to fill the superintendent's post.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A newly convened school subcommittee will begin the process of screening candidates for the position of superintendent of schools in what has been on ongoing quest to secure a replacement for Howard "Jake" Eberwein.
Eberwein resigned last year and was later named dean of graduate and continuing education at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
The group, which includes local educators as well as community leaders and one parent representative, met Thursday at the Mercer Administration Building to go over the leadership profile drafted for this position and begin crafting the questions that will be used in interviewing candidates this month.
The committee is part of the third search for a superintendent in less than a year, following Eberwein's announcement last January that he would leave at the end of the school year. The School Committee hopes that the offer of a raised salary offer of $150,000 to $170,000 (a $25,000 to $45,000 increase) and utilization of a professional consultant service will lead to a successful outcome this time around.
Future Management Systems was hired in September to aid in the search at a cost of $22,000, one of three bids received.
School Committee member Kathleen Amuso was elected to chair the ad hoc screening committee, which also includes Stearns Elementary School Principal Jean Bednarski, teacher Joseph Maffucio, United Educators of Pittsfield member and teacher Gina Gazzaniga, Central Office staff member Stephanie Case, parent Kellie Meisl, Berkshire Chamber of Commerce President Michael Supranowicz, former Superintendent William Travis and community leader Van Shields, director of the Berkshire Museum
Most of the committee's work will be done outside of the public view, with all interviews conducted in executive session until the field is narrowed to three finalists. Only when these finalists are chosen will the candidates names become public.
William Garr of Future Management Systems urged the committee to "treat the entire process with absolute and complete confidentiality," pointing out that a lack of confidentiality has resulted in the loss of good candidates in some superintendent searches.
"If you're looking at candidates on your laptop, don't do it in Starbucks," stressed Garr, extolling them to avoid any scenario in which such information could be "leaked."
Garr said one of the key expectations that had been laid out by members of the public surveyed was an understanding of a diverse student population and staff.
"The ability to work with diversity loomed very large in almost all of the focus groups," said Garr, among other key competencies outlined. The consultant encouraged the committee to look closely at these when evaluating candidate resumes.
The committee will meet again next week to finalize its interview process and begin considering more than two dozen candidates who've applied, including current superintendents, assistant superintendents, and principals who responded to expanded advertising of the opening this time around.
Garr described the superintendent candidates they'd attracted as "ones who are not dissatisfied with their jobs" but may be looking for a more urban district, more money, or a challenge.
A previous superintendent screening committee last Spring produced only one finalist candidate, Reza Namin, out of four interviewed; six other candidates removed their application prior to screening. The regular School Committee voted unanimously not to offer the job to the sole finalist, though Namin indicated he had already called to remove his name from consideration following his interview with them.
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In the refined woodwork schemes of fashionable Neoclassical and Federal-style interiors of post-Revolutionary Philadelphia, elegantly ornamented mantels such as the one served as the central element. Decorations consisted of carved motifs and applied "composition," a plasterlike material popularized by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-1792) as the best material for conveying the fine, delicate lines of the neoclassical style. The popularity of neoclassical ornaments and furnishings was inspired by the art of ancient Greece and Rome, found in the 1760s at the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy.
Robert Wellford was born south of London and apprenticed in composition-making with John Jacques, the famous Paris-trained composition maker who brought the craft to London in the mid-eighteenth century. In about 1796 Wellford immigrated to Philadelphia, where he established the finest and most prominent ornamental composition manufactory in the United States. The crisply defined details characteristic of Wellford's work were achieved through the use of brass molds rather than wooden molds. Wellford supplied carpenters and house builders in Philadelphia and as far away as Charleston, South Carolina, with a wide range of composition ornaments and instructions for properly "tempering and fixing" them to interior woodwork. This mantel--one of thirteen in the Museum's extensive collection of architectural woodwork--is signed by Wellford on the central sarcophagus.
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I knew Bob Rawlings of Tempe, Arizona only a short time. It was an acquaintance of car shows, handshakes, great conversation, and a single car project involving a Vintage Burgundy '65 Mustang Hi-Po fastback that appeared in Mustang Monthly back in 2009. This project was where I came to know Bob more intimately. He wrenched and I shot images of the rebuild and engine compartment detailing. He was a true craftsman who liked massaging old cars to perfection and making them nice again. We were in the company of sportscaster Paul Calvisi who owned the car, and Rob Walker, who owns a rare Raven Black '66 Hi-Po T-5 hardtop.
As Bob detailed the engine we chatted about everything under the sun from politics to his most intense passions—aviation and automobiles. Bob was a professional aviator—a crop duster pilot—which he did for most of his flying career. He was a razor sharp seat of the pants stick and rudder aviator who knew flying like few others. While a lot of us speak of doing great things, Bob did great things with an overwhelming entrepreneurial spirit. He brought great ideas to fruition. His powerful eyes employed great intelligence, courage, and conviction.
We lost Bob to an apparent heart attack on December 7, 2009 during a business trip to his native Dallas, Texas. It seems fitting he passed in the place where he was born and lived most of his life prior to retirement to Arizona. When we wrapped up the Vintage Burgundy Hi-Po rebuild project under a warm Arizona sun, Bob rolled out a couple of treasures from his personal collection—a pristine low mileage '64 Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe and this Prairie Bronze '65 Hi-Po fastback. "I acquired this Hi-Po fastback in 2001 from a seller in California," Bob commented, "And from what I could determine the seller was the second owner, which made me the third." Bob added the car was solid, but in need of a lot of work. "I specifically wanted a non-GT Hi-Po car and especially this one due to the Prairie Bronze/Palomino color and trim combo," he reflected, "it was a January of 1965 car built at San Jose."
Bob infused some of his own ideas into this car to make it enjoyable to own and drive. He added factory under-dash air conditioning as a means to living with extreme Arizona summer heat. "Bob Mannel's great Small-Block Ford book was a big help in terms of references," Bob told us. As Bob molded this car to his personal tastes, he looked for unique Ford dealer accessories available in 1965 and went with them where he could. Because he loved driving this car, he shelved the original Top Loader four-speed, opting for a Tremec T-5 five-speed for a nice combination of performance and economy. The original 9-inch Ford axle still held its 3.50 gears, which made for the sweet combination of wide-open throttle fun and fuel economy on the open road.
Another item Bob stored away for safe keeping was the Hi-Po's original manual choke Autolite 4100 carburetor and iron manifold—replaced by Ford's own Buddy Bar cast aluminum dual plane tri-power induction system topped by three Holley 2300-C atomizers, which was a hot dealer item back in the day. Because Bob wanted the 289 Hi-Po tri-power to live up to its image, he opted for a Ford Le Mans mechanical flat tappet camshaft, which gave his Prairie Bronze fastback a rabid dog persona. All this working in concert with stock Hi-Po heads and valvetrain.
When Bob popped the hood so we could take a closer look, the adrenaline flow into our bloodstream was amazing. The engine room looked as though it was caught in a period of time from a half-century ago with dealer add-ons that excited the senses. We're not used to seeing a Tecumseh cast iron air conditioning compressor bolted to the front of a 289 High Performance V-8, yet it certainly happened at Ford dealers around the country. The Ford tri-power induction system and Bob's close attention to detail make us lust to see more. Even the most finite details like hose clamps and hardware were carefully chosen and positioned. Note the hot-idle compensator on the PCV hose. And because this was a California car from the get-go, Bob opted for the closed crankcase emissions system with the tri-power setup.
Inside are the raw beginnings of Mustang in its infancy with the horizontal sweep 0-120 mph speedometer and twin pod fuel/temp instrumentation with humble warning lights. That's Palomino vinyl with the early clip-style door handles used prior to March 8, 1965. Some folks skip those pesky kick panel screws. Not Bob. We like the early style Rally-Pac with its chromed eyebrows. The deluxe woodgrain steering wheel is a nice accent to the warm Palomino vinyl.
Bob Rawling's story is certainly about a slippery Hi-Po fastback dressed to the nines and a legacy of striking classic cars. However, it is also a message of service to others, which he did generously. Bob didn't just restore classic Mustangs; he showed enthusiasts how to restore theirs. And that is easily what we have missed most about Bob Rawlings—a fellowship trust enthusiasts around Phoenix will long miss.


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(CNN) -- Holiday-makers around the world are facing up to the fact that, in times of recession, large travel expenses are difficult to justify.
German huehotel 'Zum Alten Marstall' is at the foot of an 11th century castle and has adopted a medieval theme.
While for some this has meant the end of life as we know it, for a new generation of nature lovers and eco-conscious tourists, it has prompted the discovery of a cheap and unusual alternative.
In Germany and its European neighbors Austria and Switzerland, a long weekend in a converted barn - sleeping on a bed of freshly raked hay -- is fast becoming the 'staycation' of choice.
Heuhotels ('heu' is German for hay) offer exactly what their name suggests. For as little as eight euros ($11) a night backpackers, couples, families and, in the case of one "hay hotel" in central Germany - 'groups of up to 60' - can rest their heads in a way nature intended.
With private bedrooms and the option for "real" beds, the 'Zum Alten Marstall' is at the "luxury" end of the market. It also takes advantage of its position at the foot of the 11th century Castle Guttenberg by adopting medieval styling throughout. Here staff wear embroidered tunics and woolen cloaks and male guests are referred to as "Knights."
While not all hay hotels provide such elaborate extras, many offer a range of activities. These typically include horse riding, canoeing, mountain biking and archery. Foodies will also get the chance to buy fresh meat, cheeses and other farm produce on site.
Types of accommodation range from open lofts stuffed with bales of hay, to feed stalls furnished with wooden platforms. And while some hotels include more civilized amenities like privacy curtains and bottles of wine to take to 'bed,' most still require that guests bring their own sleeping bag and towels.
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NEH and JISC working together to digitize scholarly resources
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) celebrated transatlantic collaboration in the field of digitization on January 21 at an event at King's College London.
The event marked a further stage in a collaboration between the two organizations that began formally with a joint call for proposals in November. The call invited scholars in the United States and England to collaborate over digitization proposals. The aim of the $730,000 (£360,000) program is to unite scholarly collections split between the two countries, explore innovative approaches to digitization, and match expertise in one country with collections to be digitized in the other.
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole led a delegation to the U.K. this week to explore international approaches to the digitization of scholarly resources and to take forward the collaborative program with JISC. The joint JISC/NEH program is funding Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants, which will be awarded to one-to-one partnerships in the U.S. and England, with the possibility that these grants will provide the foundation for larger-scale partnerships in the future.
The grants are part of the wider International Partnership of Research Excellence (IPRE), an initiative instigated by the late Professor Sir Gareth Roberts of the University of Oxford. The second strand of the initiative recommends undertaking collaborative digitization initiatives, of which these grants will be a part.
"The NEH has long recognized that the humanities are a global endeavor—and this is especially true in the burgeoning new field of the digital humanities. By partnering with our colleagues at the Joint Information Systems Committee, together we will begin to build a 'virtual bridge' across the Atlantic through our support of projects that use digital technology to unify collections of artifacts, documents, manuscripts, and other cultural materials," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole.
"This is a particularly exciting and important program which has already generated a great deal of interest from scholarly communities on both sides of the Atlantic. We look forward to taking forward new funded projects which we hope will demonstrate innovative ways of working between the two countries," said Dr. Malcolm Read, JISC Executive Secretary.
Dr. Malcolm Read, JISC Executive Secretary, welcomed the delegation during the event, and also speaking was Robert K. Englund, Professor of Assyriology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. A report on the event will be distributed later this week.
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Debunking The Faulty Premises Of The Pirate Bay-Criminalization Treaty
from the this-again? deptThe entertainment industry's lobbying efforts for stronger intellectual property laws is incredibly sophisticated. The more you follow their efforts, the more impressive you realize they are. Every time one aspect is somehow blocked, another almost immediately pops up somewhere else that has been simmering below the surface for months. While many more are aware of efforts to directly lobby politicians to change copyright laws, what gets less attention is the work that's put into various "international trade" treaties. Two years ago we wrote about how this was a favorite tactic of the copyright lobby. They basically write up a treaty for the government, who then signs the treaty with a bunch of countries, without anyone realizing all of the details. Then the copyright lobby starts using the crutch that all of the countries involved have to strengthen their copyright laws in order to "comply with our international treaty obligations."
Kevin Stapp writes in to let us know about the latest such proposed treaty that has been leaked to Wikileaks. The document is (not surprisingly) a wishlist for the entertainment industry and, as Wikileaks notes, it was distributed only to pro-stronger-copyright lobbyists for comment, and not to any consumer rights groups or those who recognize that stronger copyright can be quite damaging. Slashdot talks about what Wikileaks calls the "Pirate Bay Killer" clause that would force countries to criminalize significant facilitation of infringement, even if it's not for profit. Why countries should be criminalizing what is, in actuality, a business model question is never explained.
However, there are many more problems with the paper, including the fact that many of its most basic assumptions are either untrue or unproven. When you base an entire international trade treaty on questionable (or outright incorrect) assumptions, bad things will result. It starts out by noting:
The proliferation of infringements of intellectual property rights ("IPR") particularly in the context of counterfeiting and piracy poises an ever-increasing threat to the sustainable development of the world economyExcept that two recent government studies have shown no such thing. Both the GAO and the OECD have noted that both the magnitude and the impact of counterfeiting is greatly exaggerated by lobbyists. The paper goes on:
The consequences of such IPR infringements includes (1) depriving legitimate businesses and their workers of income; (2) discouraging innovation and creativity; (3) threatens consumer health and safety; (4) providing an easy source of revenue for organized crime; and (5) loss of tax revenue.Let's go through those one by one. On point (1), this is simply untrue. As we've pointed out in the past, there's no such thing as "depriving" someone else of income -- otherwise convincing someone to go to a pizza shop instead of a deli would be considered a crime (you've "deprived" the deli of income). Where money goes is a marketing issue, not a legal one. If companies are having trouble convincing people to pay them for their products, that's their business model problem. Nothing is being taken from them.
On point (2), this is also simply untrue. Study after study have shown no corresponding decrease in innovation or creativity when intellectual property laws are weakened (or even removed entirely). In this day and age when so much creativity takes place outside of traditional intellectual property realms, it seems ridiculous to even suggest that creativity is somehow impacted.
The closest the paper comes to having a reasonable point is on point (3), but that really only applies in very narrowly defined cases (specifically involving dangerous counterfeit products that may not be safe). Yet, that's an extremely narrow area, and can be dealt with via other means, including anti-fraud law. And, when dealing with international trade issue, it seems like the sort of thing that ought to be handled by customs, rather than with some big intellectual property treaty.
Point (4) is a favorite claim by the industry, but it's never been backed up with any significant evidence. I'm sure there are some organized crime groups that traffic in counterfeit products -- but again, that can and should be dealt with by other laws. Strengthening intellectual property laws to combat organized crime is a misuse of intellectual property laws.
The question of tax revenue (5) is also a favorite of the industry that relies on only counting the ripple effects in one direction. That is, it assumes that the lost tax dollars come from things like the sales tax on software products that would be bought, but fails to count the economic growth and additional tax from businesses who are able to more rapidly grow the economy through the use of cheaper software.
So the entire underpinning for the argument in favor of these "trade agreements" is a house of cards (if that much). But for those who aren't all that familiar with the space (or whose political campaigns are funded by the entertainment industry), these claims are all taken as a given. That should be seen as a serious problem.
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Airlines Charge Thousands Extra for a Few Inches of Legroom on Long Flights
FRANKFURT—For fliers, the ideal seat is usually in first or business class. For airlines, the sweet spot on long-haul flights is, increasingly, farther back in the plane.
A new hybrid class, called premium economy, is appearing on more planes due into its attractive economics. The seats generally give passengers a bit more space than traditional coach and often come with extra amenities like better food. Tickets are pricier than for basic economy, but still much cheaper than flying up front....


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Like THIS, Not Like THAT
Fellow Cake lovers, I've come to a crisis of conscience.
You all know my stance on cupcake-cakes, and it's a stance that I thought nothing, no matter how delightfully sugar-encrusted, could change.
Then, Wreckporter Iliea S. sent me this photo:
And I have to admit, my friends, I am torn. Torn, like an old sweater! You see, yes, this is a cupcake cake. Yes, it is that crime-against-nature shade of blue, destined to stain, well, everything. By all rights I should treat this "cake" with contempt and move on.
And yet... and yet... I LIKE IT! I really do! I think the googly eyes are adorable! I even caught myself fantasizing about making this for John's birthday in a few weeks! ACK!
There, I said it. [shifty eyes] Now I feel like I need to go to cake confession or something.
Ah, but this post wouldn't be a complete without a Wreck, would it? So if I can't bring myself to label the above CCC a Wreck, I'll just have to go with...
This one!
Woohoo! Now, here the world has returned to its natural order, 'cuz this sucker is as Wrecktastic as CCCs come. Are those side wings supposed to be jowls, or arms? Huh. [head tilt] Well, considering there are cookies impaled in them, I'm going to have to guess 'arms'.
Now, those cookies in the middle - are those supposed to be lips, or is Cookie Monster just choking to death? I mean, overall he does kind of have that death-throes look about him, doesn't he? Still, I wouldn't even want to guess what the white icing in the middle is supposed to be - teeth? Foam? (Ewww.)
And while I'm at it, I really should throw these guys in:
It's a whole host of choking cookie monsters! And Kate S., I DO see the difference, I really do.
And look at this: apparently there are lots of decorators out there who have bad childhood memories of Mr. Monster:
Not only do these guys have a pleading look of terror on their faces, they also have their mouths stitched...open? Wait, that can't be right. What is that, then, a mustache? Oh, and would you please get a load of the icing to cupcake ratio? I mean, daaaang.
Sonya G., did you put them out of their misery?


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Passover - From Slavery To Freedom
Every Jewish holiday is an opportunity for growth and self-discovery. Passover is the time to experience the freedom which comes from being in a relationship with G-d. On Seder night, "every Jew must feel that he himself has gone out of Egypt." Freedom is not acquired once. It needs to be continually learned and reacquired.
The essence of slavery is self-concern. Preoccupation with ourselves, our success or failure, our comfort, and others' opinion of us rob us of our essential freedom. We become a slave to anxiety, fear, compulsion, and insecurity. We have become slaves to masters of flesh and blood.
G-d enjoins us to worship Him and Him alone. The concept is outlined for us in Parshas Mishpatim from Sefer Shmos.
Parshas Mishpatim focuses on the issues of halochos pertaining to a Hebrew slave. A Hebrew slave was someone who may have committed theft and was unable to make financial restitution. He was therefore obligated to pay off his debt by working for the person of whom he had stolen. The master is obligated to support the slave and his family and not to degrade or humiliate him. The slave is not in servitude forever. As a matter of fact, his master must encourage him to leave his master.
If the slave refuses to leave his servitude behind, he must be persistently encouraged to do so. If this is to no avail, and the slave insists on staying on as a slave, then his ear must be pierced. He is now considered to be someone who has chosen to serve a man rather than Hashem. His ear is pierced because this is the ear in which he heard at Sinai, the 10 commandments and the Torah and agreed to abide by these laws and remain committed to them for perpetuity. The slave now acknowledges by his adamant refusal to leave his master, that he has thrown off the yoke of Heaven and wishes to be enslaved to a man.
What can we learn from this? In todays world we are are slaves to our taivas and inclinations. At times we are slaves to our yetzer hara. We make our hobbies and interests our new god. We become enslaved to people and worship them and fear them, more than we do the Almighty. Perhaps these people or interests are meeting our immediate needs and we are afraid to part with them. We forget that our needs are being met by the Almighty and the people in our lives who supply us with material and emotional comforts are sent from Heaven.
Ultimately, it is Hashem who provides for us. Once we place man ahead of G-d, once we fear man and his vacillating will above that of the Almighty, we have voluntarily thrown off the yoke of Heaven and have reneged on our committment to observe Hashems laws. This can only lead to depression and self destruction. We degrade and humiliate ourselves as we obsequiously grovel before human masters. The master has no respect for the people pleasing slave and even displays contempt toward him that can manifest itself in severe emotional and sometimes physical abuse.
We also bring upon ourselves the wrath of the Almighty, who will punish us for serving humans rather than Him. Every day we say in the Shma Yisroel, Beware, lest your heart be deceived and you turn and serve other gods, and worship them, for then Hashems wrath will blaze against you, and He will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce, and you will quickly perish from the good land which Hashem gave you. This can also mean that Hashem will not reveal himself to us in our personal lives and everything that we attempt to do will be frustrated.
Once we come to the realization that it is only Hashem who we must fear, and once we have the courage and faith to take that leap will we truly free ourselves. How liberating it is, to break the shackles of human bondage and serve the One true creator, Hashem Yisborach. His kindness endures forever. His ways are the ways of pleasantness and His paths are the paths of peace.
It has been reported that in World War II, the rich suffered most in the concentration camps because they were devastated by the sudden loss of social position and respect. Their precarious sense of self could not withstand the loss of other people's esteem.
How can we achieve inner freedom? The Haggadah recounts G-d's redemption of the Jews from Egypt. The Haggadah repeatedly declares: "We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, but God brought us out of there with a strong hand and an out-stretched arm." The first ingredient of true freedom is the recognition of G-d's action in our lives.
Implicit in this recognition is the acknowledgment of God's immediate care and involvement with us. The Haggadah states: "The Lord brought us out of Mitzraim-not by an angel, nor by a Seraf, nor by a messenger, but the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself." G-d is directly involved in our lives, an expression of His love and caring.
Recognition of this yields the courage we need to risk freedom. When the Jews stood at the sea with the Egyptians at their backs, many of them thought the end had come. G-d told Moses to instruct the people to go forward and that He would split the sea for them. One man, Nachshon ben Aminadav, had the courage to jump into the sea. Only when the water reached Nachshon's nose, did the sea split.
From where did Nachshon get the courage to jump into the sea? The miracles of the plagues and the Exodus had convinced Nachshon that G-d intervenes for their welfare. It was not a theological point for him, but an immediate experience, which he could trust and rely on. His faith in G-d's love for him gave Nachshon the daring to take the plunge.
A significant and often skipped part of the Haggadah is the recitation of Hallel. Hallel is a series of psalms praising and thanking God. Hallel, which begins before the meal and continues afterward, is preceded by the statement: "Therefore, it is our duty to thank, to praise, to glorify, to exalt . . . the One who did all these miracles for our fathers and for us."
A relationship must be two-sided. Once we have experienced the flush and thrill of all G-d did/does for us, we must respond with acknowledgment, appreciation, joy, and love.
The introduction to Hallel ends: "We will sing before Him a new song." G-d is not interested in old songs, rehearsals of the last generation's sentiments, recitations of last year's thanks. Hallel is meant to be an outpouring of our own fresh enthusiasm once we have re-experienced God's love and intervention in our lives:
As Hallel proclaims: "How can I repay G-d for all His benefits toward me?"
The effect the Seder should produce is encapsulated in one phrase of Hallel: "Because His lovingkindness has overwhelmed us." The Seder should leave us with the feeling of being overwhelmed by G-d's love and salvation:
"If our mouths were as full of song as the sea and our tongues could sing joyously like the endless waves . . . we still would not be able to give You sufficient thanks, O G-d, . . . for even one of the thousand thousands and myriad myriads of favors which You have done for our Fathers and for us."
From the confidence of G-d's love, we gain the courage to be free.
G-d's love was also manifested in His commandment to sanctify His name and to remember the vengeance that He brought upon our enemies. We must remember His strength, glory and omnipotence by declaring these words from the Haggada, as we let Eliyahu HaNavi in our homes:
"Pour forth Your wrath upon the nations that do not recognize You and upon the kingdoms that do not invoke Your name. For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his habitation. Pour forth Your fury upon them and let Your burning wrath overtake them. Pursue them with anger and destroy them from beneath the heavens of the L-rd."
Make no mistake about it. Passover is the ultimate demonstration of G-d's love for his people and it a holiday to remember that this vengeance is from G-d. "The L-rd is a G-d of vengeance; O G-d of vengeance, arise!" (Psalms 94). And the rabbis say: "Yes, when vengeance is needed, it is a great thing" (Berachot, 3a). Or "let the high praises of G-d be in their throat and a two edged sword in their hand - to execute vengeance upon the nations..." (Psalms 58).
Passover is a holiday that was created to commemorate the sanctity of vengeance; the punishment and the destruction of Pharoah and Egypt that mocked and humiliated G-d by crying: "Who is the L-rd? I know not the L-rd..." Vengeance so that the world shall know the L-rd and cry, "Verily, there is a G-d that judgeth in the earth..." and: "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth vengeance, he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked" (Psalms 58). And why? For it is only vengeance that proves that there is indeed a G-d in the world, that there is good and evil and punishment for that evil.
Let us remember and speak of these holy concepts. Let us teach them to our children and our children's children. In this merit, may G-d continue to have mercy upon us and may we have the strength and faith to hasten the Final Redemption.
Thank you for the post. G-d, indeed, is the only source of true freedom. The natural man is a slave to sin and, through G-d's grace and according to His will, one will leave spiritual slavery and worship Him in truth.
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Pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the [messiah] out of a pure heart. (II Tim 2:22)
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Freshman forward Alan Williams was supposed to be a bit player for this year's UC Santa Barbara basketball team. He would pick-up minutes where he could, maybe three or four at a time, do what he could in those short spurts, and then return to his place on the bench.
Through the first nine games of the season, Williams never played more than 12 minutes and usually he played more like seven or eight. In a game against nationally-ranked UNLV, he didn't play at all.
When Williams did play early in the season, two things stood out. First, he was unusually productive in his limited minutes. He had five points and five rebounds in seven minutes against Chapman, seven points and four rebounds in eight minutes against Santa Clara, eight points and eight rebounds in 12 minutes against Portland and six rebounds in 12 minutes against San Diego State.
Secondly, each time the 6-foot-7 Williams walked onto the court, he carried with him a huge smile and unabashed enthusiasm.
"It's something that's a part of who I am," he said. "I get really excited. I'm still the kind of guy that walks into the arena and looks around and says 'man, it's so nice to have the opportunity to play such a great sport.' I just love the game of basketball and I'm blessed to be able to play it. I just try to take it in as much as I can and have as much fun as I can with it."
Williams' enthusiasm is contagious and almost immediately, he became a crowd favorite.
"The fans have really taken to him," said UCSB head coach Bob Williams. "He plays with such great energy and effort and is so relentless. He has so much enthusiasm for the game and has such a great time playing. The fans see, and appreciate, that."
Soon enough, Coach Williams saw that as well and rewarded Player Williams. He played Alan 14 minutes on Dec. 22 at BYU, the last game of the Gauchos' 12-day, four-game pre-holiday road trip. At the time, it was the most playing time he had received in any one game.
After several days off, UCSB began Big West Conference play, and that's when Alan Williams really took off. In the opener at Cal Poly, he came off the bench and played 29 minutes, scoring 13 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
"It was a matter of production," Coach Williams said. "Alan was giving us productive minutes and we had to get the most productive players on the court."
The next game, Alan was inserted into the starting lineup and the rest was history. As a freshman, he had worked his way into a major role with the Gauchos. Even when he was playing sparse minutes, he kept his attitude positive and continued to work hard in practice.
"It's my personality," he said. "I'm playing in a position where I feel like I had to fight my way to get some playing time. I had to fight against two really big players ahead of me (Jaimé Serna and Greg Somogyi). I felt like I had to prove myself to my teammates and the coaches. I had to prove that I could go and just never stop, and once I had to prove that once I got there, I still wouldn't be satisfied and I'd continue to work."
Williams is not one who shies away from hard work, and its no wonder. Last spring, his mother Jeri was named Police Chief for the city of Oxnard, a culmination of many years as a police officer and commander in Phoenix. His father Cody was a City Councilman in Phoenix for eight years, the head of the Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce for five years and in 2007 was appointed Justice of the Peace in Maricopa County, becoming the only African American among the 25 Justice Courts in the county. Cody also played basketball as an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma.
"They (his parents) always taught me to be careful about that I'm doing and to be as positive as I can be," Williams said. "I'm not just carrying my image, but the image of my family. Our family was always so well known in Phoenix and I had to make sure I was handling myself well. I do the things I do and am the way I am to make my family proud and to make myself proud."
Williams became a Gaucho after a decorated high school career at North High School in Phoenix. While at North High, he was a two-time All-State selection and following his senior season, he was named Arizona State Player of the Year. Still, despite his achievements, Williams was not recruited by either Arizona or Arizona State, and that fact is one thing that can wipe the smile off his face.
"Going into my junior year I hadn't gotten a letter from anyone," Williams said. "I was confused and questioning myself. It's hard to put into words, but I just kept working hard, working hard. I figured God would put me somewhere, wherever I was supposed to land, and whatever place that was would be the right one. My parents just kept telling me to keep working hard and I did that."
Even with his career seemingly headed in the right direction, Williams continues to work as though he's still got something to prove.
"I try to go after everything as hard as I can so that I can show what others are missing out on," he said. "I like to work hard and to keep doing it. I like the results that it brings. I like the fact that it leads to success. That's what I think I have drawn the most from my parents: to work hard and learn, that's what leads to success in life."
While Alan Williams went un-recruited by his local schools, Bob Williams liked what he saw almost immediately.
"I was watching one of his games and it's on a fast break," Coach Williams said. "Someone throws him a pass down near his ankles and he reaches down, catches it and goes in for a lay-up. The work-rate and enthusiasm were the first things I noticed about Alan, but he has incredible hands too. For a big man to go down like that and catch a ball almost at his feet is huge."
And because of his hard work and boundless enthusiasm, Alan Williams is proving to be a huge part of a veteran Gaucho team, and that's not lost on his teammates.
"Alan is like a big kid," said senior Orlando Johnson. "He never lets the game get too serious. He enjoys it."
Johnson said that the team feeds off of the energy that Williams brings to the games, whether he is on the court or on the bench.
"His personality and hustle make him fun to play with," Johnson said. "We really feed off of that. Even at the beginning of the year, when he wasn't playing, he was bringing something to the team. For us, when Alan's around, there's never a dull moment."
And there is no doubt that the Gaucho fans have come to realize that too.


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