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Skip to comments.Courtney Friel is the hottest woman on Cable News. Oh, shut up. We just said what you were thinking.
Posted on 03/20/2009 8:35:45 AM PDT by slomark
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Courtney Friel of Fox News was interviewed recently by SoupCans. The anchor goddess answered the following question:
Soup: How did the gig with Fox News come about?
Friel: Well
I went on a date with Roger Ailes....
(Excerpt) Read more at ihatethemedia.com ...
A close second to Megyn Kelly. Heh.
Megan's prettier.
Warning ... safe search off...
Slacks must NOT be an option for the ladies of Fox News. Why do they always dress like a street hooker? Show some "class", will you? If I want to see chicken legs, I'll go to KFC.
I think what you consider to be looking like a hooker, probably is way different than what many others consider to be looking like a hooker.
She could be dressed in a burlap sack and still look yummy! Skirts and blouses are the standard dress code for women on Fox News. Outside of work she can wear whatever she wants.
an endless supply of incredibly hot young women is the basic operating theory behind the Fox News Channel. And country music.
"I'm glad she seems to have gotten her life together. She took it pretty hard when I dumped her," said fso301.
That's funny, very funny .... LOL
Good, go!
...would wear her like a beard
Not Guilty.
Poker tour? I wonder if there was liquor involved.
That would make you dumber than Obama...and that is pretty damned dumb :-)
Just damn.
And never trim it... :)
I agree!!!! 2nd to Megyn all the way
I have no idea what her voice sounds like. My mind's usually elsewhere...
You are either a fat chick, or a bearded guy married to a fat chick, right?
She's not even the hottest on Fox. That honor goes to Jenna Lee, of Fox Business:
That's what helps make them 'fair and balanced'...you decide
Best comment of the day.
i second ainsley. she was on fox nad friends on monday in this orange outfit and i had real dirty thoughts
Back in the day...when I first got "The Dish" I thought Lori Dhue was strikingly beautiful. And very smart too. You know Rush says that Fox gets their anchorettes from Bikini Island, a special place that cranks out gorgeous smart anchorettes just for Fox. At this time, I'd have to say the beautiful, spunky and smart Megyn Kelly is my favorite. Alas for us gals, the number of male anchors on Fox who are outstandingly handsome are not so numerous. No one comes to mind. That Shepard Smith is SO annoying, what a smarmy twerp. He always has that smirky look, and what's with the attitude on him? No likey.
I think that Shep is super handsome with the twinkle in the eyes and the big southern personality. He is funny, and he is definitely sexy. Six feet; dresses well, cute features. yum ; )
Just from a female perspective (I am a pretty female as well ;) but a true brunette), I do think that Courtney Friel, although a little slow, is by far the prettiest of them all. Stunning. But Fox is all about bleached blondes! A lot of those gals wouldn't show so well with their real hair color - mousy brown or dirty blonde! Deep brown is striking but mousy brown...? ugh. Can't blame them for the peroxide there to cover the bland locks, but one wonders if the Fox stylists are in cahoots with Clairol or Loreal!!! Whole Lotta Bleachin' Goin' On!!!
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Doreen Reid Nakamarra was born near the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia in the mid 1950s. As a young girl she walked with her parents and other family members to the Lutheran settlement of Haasts Bluff, which had been serving as a ration depot since the early 1940s. Her family later spent time at the nearby community of Papunya, where she attended school. Following this they returned to the south-west to live at the Warburton community, enabling them to be closer to their traditional homelands. As a single woman, in the early 1980s Doreen travelled to Kintore, where she met her husband, George 'Tjampu' Tjapaltjarri, who later established himself as a painter with Papunya Tula Artists. They eventually settled further west at the small isolated community of Kiwirrkura in Western Australia, to be closer to George's country. George passed away early in 2005 but Doreen continues to live and paint in Kiwirrkura, occasionally travelling south to visit relatives in Warakurna and Warburton.
In 1996 Doreen was one of a small group of women in Kiwirrkura who painted their first works through Papunya Tula Artists. She was a very occasional artist from 1996 until 2000, producing only a handful of paintings during this time. In the following years, however, her artistic output increased as her confidence and desire to participate grew. Between 2001 and 2003 she completed more than sixty works. Today she approaches the largest canvases with no hesitation, and demonstrates a high level of expertise.
During the course of her developing career, Doreen's style and compositional range continued to change. In the early period, the iconography in her work was typical of her contemporaries in its representation of women's food-gathering stories. By 2003 she had developed a particular composition that satisfied both her cultural interpretation of the ancestral stories referred to in her paintings, and the audience's love for contemporary minimalism. This development marked a pivotal moment in the market's recognition and appreciation of her work. Her style was influenced by her late husband, who also painted in a dichromatic minimalist manner. His work was best known for its mesmerising optical effects, illustrated in the larger canvases executed towards the end of his career.
Nakamarra is a quiet achiever who has been gradually honing her skills over the last decade. Currently she is leading a group of relatively young women painters from Kiwirrkura who have continued to explore intricate line workand subtle colour shifts. Her combination of fine brushwork and precise technique has ensured that even her smallest works are highly detailed. On the larger formats, her current style of finely drawn zigzags combined with broken lines of alternate coloured dotting creates an optical effect in which the canvas appears to rise and fall like a series of meandering ridges and valleys. These are tali, or sandhills, which surround all the major women's sites at Kiwirrkura that Doreen refers to in her work. Doreen has expanded on the theme and recently has introduced an even more subtle use of colour, using two or sometimes three slight tonal variations, and combining them with the complex, wavering line work that has become synonymous with her signature pieces.
Nakamarra's exhibition history peaked last year when she was represented in twelve shows, including Right here, right now at the National Gallery of Australia, the Melbourne Art Fair and Pintupi at the Hamiltons Gallery in London. Her paintings have an appeal that attracts the viewer from a purely contemporary perspective, and have succeeded in introducing new audiences to Western Desert art.
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Ulster extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 13 thanks to a comprehensive 25-6 Heineken Cup victory over Northampton.
Ulster extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 13 thanks to a comprehensive 25-6 Heineken Cup victory over Northampton at Franklin's Gardens.
In a battle between the competition's last two beaten finalists, Ulster crossed for two tries in each half to claim a maximum five-point haul on their travels.
Ulster, the 1999 champions and runners-up to Leinster last season, opened the scoring at Franklin's Gardens after 10 minutes through winger Andrew Trimble.
Paddy Jackson released his team-mate with a clever, delayed chip ahead which fell perfectly for Trimble to beat Northampton full-back Ben Foden to the ball and touch down.
Jackson missed the conversion before opposing fly-half Ryan Lamb fluffed his second penalty of the night.
Jackson then went wide with a penalty from just inside the Saints' half before Lamb finally found his length and direction with a long-range penalty to make the score 5-3 to the Irish side.
Ulster won a penalty straight from the restart for a line-out infringement and this time Jackson hit the target to put his team 8-3 to the good.
Lamb's poor night continued when he missed a third penalty just before the half-hour mark when veteran centre Paddy Wallace was punished for a dangerous tackle on Northampton winger Ken Pisi.
Ulster scored their second try in the 33rd minute through winger Tommy Bowe.
The move was created by Kiwi full-back Jared Payne's pinpoint kick ahead which rocked Northampton back on their heels. Ulster created the overlap with Wallace putting Bowe in space for his try as the visitors went 13-3 ahead although Jackson again missed the conversion.
Lamb at least kept the Saints in touch with a 20m penalty as Ulster went in at half-time with a 13-6 lead.
That advantage quickly became 18-6 early in the second period when Payne grabbed Ulster's third try, collecting Trimble's pass before nipping inside the Northampton defence with a smart dummy to score.
Jackson added the extras for 20-6 but then went short with an optimistic long-range penalty shot.
Northampton piled on the pressure in the closing stages but were unable to breach a resolute Ulster defence with the visitors even surviving having flanker Ian Henderson sin-binned for not releasing a tackled player on the ground.
Lock Dan Tuohy added the bonus-point try in the last minute for 25-6 with Jackson's conversion out wide missing the target.
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Pens: Lamb 2
For Ulster:
Tries: Trimble, Bowe, Payne, Tuohy,
Con: Jackson
Pen: Jackson
Yellow card: Iain Henderson (71 mins)
Northampton Saints: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Dom Waldouck, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7 Tom Wood, 6 Calum Clark, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Samu Manoa, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: 16 Mikey Haywood, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Mark Sorenson, 20 Phil Dowson, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Steve Myler, 23 Tom May.
Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Roger Wilson , 7 Chris Henry, 6 Iain Henderson, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Johann Muller (c), 3 John Afoa, 2 Rory Best, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Callum Black, 18 Ricky Lutton, 19 Robbie Diack, 20 Nick Wiliams, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Luke Marshall, 23 Craig Gilroy.
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)


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This June, PHA traveled the country with PHA on the Road: PH Patients and Families Education Forums, making stops in Seattle, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and wrapping up on June 18 in Minneapolis. What does it mean for a local support group when PHA On the Road comes to town? We checked in with the leader of a local Minneapolis support group to see what effect PHA On the Road had on her group.
The Twin Cities Support Group is no stranger to events such as this; Minneapolis was, in fact, the location of PHA's 2006 International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions. Six years later, and with many new faces, the group couldn't be more thrilled to have its city selected for PHA on the Road. Twin Cities Support Group leader Stephanie Layer loves what these events have done to strengthen the group: "[They are] well-orchestrated, full of information, very fun and educational. I met a lot of people, and a lot of information was shared."
At PHA On the Road, attendees got a chance to listen to area doctors speak about different aspects of living with and treating PH, and they also got a chanceto ask doctors questions about the disease. This interaction helped build relationships between those living with PH and the medical professionals who treat them. Stephanie emphasized this as one of the top reasons for attending a forum: "[It is] important for the doctors to know the patients in a setting outside of the office. After you're diagnosed, you have a lot of time to think, time to think of more questions, and this is a more relaxed atmosphere to talk in than the office."
Leading up to PHA on the Road, support group meetings helped prepare members for the experience so they could get the most out of it. Stephanie encouraged patients and their families to come to the events ready to sit in on as many talks as possible, and she also encouraged them to ask questions: "This is the time to hear about new treatments and connect with other patients. It's like a mini-conference."
Support group presence at educational programs like PHA On the Road can also increase involvement and participation in local support groups. For those who had never met another patient before attending PHA on the Road, the forum helped show them that there is a lively community and other people dealing with the disease.The forum provided an ideal time for support group leaders and their members to reach out to potential new members who could benefit from the groups. The Twin Cities Support Group members hope to see an increase in group participation later this summer when they host their annual celebratory picnic for PH patients and family members. In 2010, 131 people attended, and they are certain that advertising at PHA on the Road will bring even more people this year.
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It also makes it easier for the state to recover overpayments made to the unemployed by allowing audits of beneficiaries, repeals a program that allows claimants to receive an additional 26 weeks of benefits if they're enrolled in vocational training and bars inmates in work-release programs from collecting unemployment.
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She says stalkers can find where you live, where you work, and even what stores you shop at. "The abuser starts to lose control when they go to all lengths to find their victim...If they feel like they are losing control…they have nothing else to lose," explained Melissa.
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Patty got the name from one of her favorite stories.
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"This ain't no joke out here," said Tom Quandt, Jr., the owner of Bulldog Off-Road Recovery Service. "I do get nervous, and today's a day I'm nervous because of the ice conditions."
That nervous energy is what likely helps Quandt and his crew carefully cross the ice and get sunken vehicles back above water level.
It's not easy. Quandt and his crew set nerves aside, driving in a bombardier about two miles off the shore on Willow Dam Road to get to the truck, which was near an island.
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The crew tried a few times to get the truck back on safer ice, but the car fell through again. The crew then decided to drill a trench to a nearby island and pull the car out that way.
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The team got the car out and onto the island around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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All Blacks boss Steve Hansen has waded into the debate over Gareth Anscombe's future in a bid to keep him in New Zealand.
All Blacks boss Steve Hansen has waded into the debate over Gareth Anscombe's future in a bid to keep him in New Zealand.
The Chiefs star, who can play both at full-back and fly-half, has been strongly linked with a move to Cardiff Blues with a view to representing Wales at Test level, for whom he qualifies via his mother.
Anscombe is understood to have spoken to Wales head coach Warren Gatland late last year, and visited the national team's state of the art training camp at Vale of Glamorgan.
But it has emerged this week that Hansen, having publicly criticised players who leave New Zealand in search of a less daunting path to international rugby, has been in touch with the Chiefs back.
And while the Blacks boss sings his praises, behind the scenes, reports suggest that the Blues are preparing to dangle a carrot in front of the versatile Anscombe by offering him a deal to stay in New Zealand and represent them as their first-choice pivot.
The 22-year-old has time on his side, and admits that fly-half is his preferred position, though he must compete with an outrageously talented pool of tens to get near Test rugby in his homeland.
"For now I still see myself as a 10 that can play 15," said Anscombe.
"It's always nice to be able to play a couple of positions, have a bit of utility value.
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Snap a picture of your desktop. Here's mine:
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PC One...(hometown)
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PC Two...(view from childhood backard) I don't use desktop icons.
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This is what I like to see when I turn on my computer.
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
You guys are to neat and tidy....mines a mess
Here's the same computer of mine this time with a picture. THe first one is generic wallpaper that came with the OS, although I liked the color and texture. (I have another computer with the same OS--- this is my laptop)
I loaded up my desktop to photo bucket but i get the message that it is too big to put here? Anyone got advice on the right way to do this?
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These desktop snap-shots seem to upload better straight from your pc pictures file.
You hit the Insert Image icon, 3rd from the right above, (in your posting box) then select from computer then select from your pictures files.
Another thing you can do is copy the img code from PhotoBucket, then Paste here directly without going through the Insert Image function.
There is sometimes a problem with the PhotoBucket transfer.
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Re: What is the best modelstructure and routes?
Yes I know that I better render some pages. but it was just pointing out how my site looked like in html
I did in my application.html.erb this:

<%= link_to "Home", root_path %>

<% if current_customer %>
<% end %>
<% flash.each do |name, msg| %>
<%= content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"%>
<% end %>

<%= yield :right %>

<%= yield :main%>

<%= yield :left %>
<%= yield %>
Some thinks will be adapted because I just want to have a standard look of how some things will look like.
You should design your views with the best user experience in mind. If you do that then, the controllers and actions you needt will become clearer and you will find the controllers and actions you need will just flow.
Focus on the user experience rather than the code, write the code to make the uer experience work rather than making the user experience fit how you want to write the code.
Yes, I just want that my user has his selection criteria at the left hand side:
If chosen a category:
x Electric
x Category A
And so on, so they have a nice structured way of looking into the products.
In my main content area, on the first page there will be the selection of Electric/Motoric, some recent products the customer has looked at or ordered and a little history of his orders.
At the right hand side, there will be his accout info and his current order list.
So this will be the user experience normally. I will look where for I need a controller, but I'm still having some trouble with those controllers and how to use them correctly. After all, I will get along with everything I hope because I like the RoR framework. It's a matter of time and learning the basics + advanced things.
For layoing out your site using css you can't go far wrong if you use one of the layouts from the total css god that is Matthew James Taylor
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perf … id-layouts
I will definitely look at this! Thanks for the tip!
They should be partials rendered from your main layout positioned using css
That is also my intention! I already have (now in my sessions folder):
_accountinfo.html.erb --> right sidebar account info
_classeswidget.html.erb --> main page (showed when selecting electric/motoric)
_login.html.erb --> Explains itself
_prodgroupwidget.html.erb --> main page (showed when selecting a category within classeswidget.html.erb)
_startwidget.html.erb --> main page (when logged in, this will be shown)


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This is a fragment of a story that I have wanted to write for a long time. In sequence, it's out of order from any of the materials I have put together or intend to publish in the near future. That presented a challenge in how to write this, put it out there to be read, and yet still avoid giving too much away or spoiling it.
I took the perspective of an outside storyteller here who tells things from their perspective with a bit of motivated self interest involved. So, the narrative details will later be different but it's interesting to know some of the characters presented and to see where it all moves to.
Without any further wordiness, I present: History Lesson
Dell sat out on the porch overlooking the farmland. It stretched out further than his old eyes could see and beyond that point the sun was setting off on the horizon. He held a wrinkled hand out as if to push the heavenly body down further but the burning mark of the sky disobeyed him yet again.
Dell's wife approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Even after all this time she still caught him off-guard. He wondered if she still practiced her soft footfalls or if it was so ingrained that it was merely habit now.
"The grandchildren were asking when we would leave for the parade. You promised them Dell."
"I know. I know… I wouldn't miss it. Fifty years, can you believe it Jacki? She has reigned for fifty years and tomorrow is the end of it. We were there. You remember don't you?"
She smiled but Dell did not see it. "I remember."
"And the way you used to dress! Those days… It's hard to imagine…" he looked back over his shoulder to see Jacki's smile turn crooked with embarrassment.
From inside the house a powerful gust of wind threw open the door and a child blew out of the entryway, laughing all the while. The gust of wind literally lifted the boy up and out of the building. It was quite graceful the way in which the boy bent with the blast of air up until the child met with his landing. He fell unceremoniously to the porch and rolled off the short series of stairs to the ground below. Behind him, two young girls gave chase on foot.
The first one reached out and touched the other on the arm. A burst of energy was shared between the two and then at once the older girl leaped a distance of ten feet or more to finally grasp the boy and retake a doll that had been stolen in jest.
Dell looked on with amusement. His wife, their grandmother, was far less tolerant.
"How many times have I told you that you will NOT use your powers in my house or on my porch?"
The children stopped their game of chase at once and shared a collective look of guilt.
"We are sorry Grandmother." the older girl began.
"Just passing some time until we go out to the parade. It's so quiet here in the countryside…"
The boy plead his case.
Dell looked to Jacki with a knowing smile, "Do you remember the time when there was no one who would complain of such a thing."
His wife laughed, "They are young and…it's been a long time since the wall was taken down."
Dell nodded at this. He asked the children, "Do you know why they are celebrating the Governess and her fifty years of rule?"
"Because she's not dead?" the boy hopefully responded.
"That's… not a bad answer." Jacki grinned at Dell.
Dell chuckled and began a story, "There was a time when people who lived in Britania did not have the luxury to live in the countryside you know. There was a time when all of our people lived behind a massive wall that protected us from the outside world. The Governess was one of the heroes who helped to cast Envy out of this world."
When he said those words, the children made a motion over their hearts as if to ward off the evil that had been mentioned.
"We know all that Grandad…they teach it in school."
The girls shook their heads in agreement and the little one added, "It's booorinnngg…"
Dell laughed out loud and even Jacki could not help but to reveal a smile at this.
"Do you know the story about when Britania went dark? Do you know about the Long Night?"
Again the children shook their heads.
"It's something that they won't tell you about in school until you are much older. Even then they may not tell you what really happened the night that Governess Wellington took over the whole City State."
Jacki nodded her agreement, "There aren't even many who remember much less know the whole story. There may be a handful of us still alive…"
"What…what happened?" It was the younger smaller girl who finally asked.
Dell picked his youngest granddaughter up onto his lap, "Well, when your grandad was a boy, they used to require special little children like you to join up with the Elemental Guild."
He let his words have a hint of playful mirth to them despite the serious nature of what he was telling the child.
"Special children with special talents had to do their part and serve the State."
"I wouldn't like that…" the girl admitted.
Dell had to look to his wife and smile at that.
"There were some people back then who did not like it either. People who could hear the dance of the elements, who could see the magic in the world around us…were very rare in those days. They were so rare that the State got to pluck you right out of your home so that you would be helpful to everyone else…even if you did not want to be helpful to everyone else. Families that did not do their duty, they were put in a place called Southwall and kept away from everyone else."
The other two children sat down and began to listen.
"Back then there was a boy who had control over wind, much like you do boy. He taught the people in Southwall who would listen and prepared them for a time when they might be free to live as you do now. That boy was named Vavian. It was he and the would-be Governess who brought freedom to everyone in Britania by showing how far the Guild had fallen and how corrupt the Elemental Master of Fire had become…"
50 Years Ago…
"That confirms it. We have to act now. Tonight."
Vavian looked at the young mage who was tied down to the table with regret. He knew this boy. The child was named Joshua. He was a water mage of reasonably potent abilities. Vavian had helped the boy awaken to and control his powers. Now the child was writhing in agony and shouting as though possessed. The Guild had captured him in a recent raid and awakened something inside him that drove his powers to the brink of insanity.
The twins, a boy and his sister approached both Vavian and the captured boy. It was the male twin who voiced his concern first.
"What does this mean for us Vavian? It was bad enough that the Guild was rounding us up, that they had actually brought the Templars into Southwall…but this? What the hell is this?"
Vavian had no answer for him. He turned back to see the gathered mass of people who had sided with he and Sarai in Southwall. There were the free-wielding magi, they were in the most danger if this boy was an example of things to come. There were Jacki and Sarai's Black Cats, they were in this out of loyalty. There was probably more to it than simply that. Jacki was clever. She and Sarai had probably come to realize that if the Guild was hunting down free-wielding magi, they were probably at risk too.
He did not have to answer to the question. Sarai knew what needed to be said.
"Vavian's right. We move tonight. We take the State House by force. Our girls will provide the chaos that will allow enough of Vavian's free-wielders to escape into the streets. We move to the State House and remove that filthy Master of Fire from office by throwing him into the street…from the fourth floor window."
The girl twin objected immediately, "And just whom will be left in charge when you've gone and done this thing hrm? You? Will it be you Governor's daughter? I would not fear leaving Vavian in charge of the Guild but that's not what you're planning is it?"
Sarai frowned. The wind mage was too smart for her own damn good.
"Yes, I plan to take my father's place as the executive of the city. Removing Richter is only a single step on this path. Despite his villainy, there are many on the Senate who agree with what he has been doing. In their eyes, Southwall is a problem to be fixed, not a people to be saved…"
Vavian moved to quickly smooth over tensions. He could see some of Sarai's girls moving around to the girl's back-side in the event this turned into a forceful argument.
"Whoa. Whoa. Hold on Sarai, you're scaring them."
Vavian turned to the collection of young magi who hung on his every word. He closed his eyes and tried to center himself.
"There are things transpiring that are even worse than the conditions we find ourselves in here. The fact that the Guild is now actively hunting our kind down is no coincidence. We only need to look at Joshua here to know what kind of future awaits us."
All eyes moved towards Joshua who was raging at something or someone and struggling against the bindings that kept him from injuring himself. Vavian nodded towards one of the twins who cautiously approached the boy and used his powers to tune Joshua out of his elemental powers. The effort nearly exhausted the young water mage but the effect of being separated from his power actually seemed to help Joshua.
Vavian continued despite the distraction, "Many of you have come to know Sarai. I know there are some of you who have families so injured by the State and the Guild that you will never trust those in positions of power. The choice we all face now is clear. We move together tonight, with the promise of a better future when Sarai takes her father's place in the State House or we surely face death tomorrow when the Templars come back. Every confrontation with them means that more of our kind end up like Joshua there. You know well that life and its choices are never easy. Everyone here has the power to create change. I'm asking you to have faith in me one more time."
A quiet murmur ran through the collected young magi. The girl stepped back and stood next to her brother. She had relented. If Vavian's words could reach her, there was hope for the rest too. After a few moments where no one spoke or made a move to leave, one of the twins spoke.
"Then what would you have us do? How will you take the State House?"
Vavian's faith in his own words was restored as his friends rallied around him now.
"We attack the power grid."
That got their attention. The pride of Britania was the complex integration of magic into its city buildings. All throughout the City-State a complex series of delivery systems were set up to provide magical current that brought light to the citizen. It was a living testament to Guild power and influence. Where Britania hailed itself as the light of the civilized world, there was literal truth to that claim.
Even Sarai blinked her eyes at this proposal, "You're serious aren't you Vavian? How?"
Vavian nodded, "One free-wielder per sector. They find the Guild Station in the area and tune-out the elemental power reserves. They've all trained in it. It should be simple actually. The difficulty is in getting them out into public to do it. That's where you come in Jacki."
The young girl, clad in black with the bored expression on her face finally found something to be interested in.
"Let's hear the plan Mr. Magic Man."
The other Black Cats began to giggle. Mischief was soon to be in their hands. The gravity of the situation no longer mattered. It would be fun.
Vavian returned their enthusiasm.
"I think it's been far too long since your girls were sent out into the city-proper to play. I'd like you all to go out and have a good time. The only rule is that everyone needs to come home when you're done. That means working in pairs and keeping an eye out for one another."
Going out to play meant that Jacki and the Black Cats would be let loose on Britania to vandalize, steal, and generally cause havoc. The girls often used play time as a means to distract the authorities while a select number of them went about acquiring food and supplies. The order and prosperity that Vavian and Sarai had helped bring to Southwall had all but put an end to the need for such activities. The girls grinned with anticipation to finally cut loose once again.
"Make a show of it ladies. Stir up the bee's nest. That's the only way that the free-wielders will make it to their targets unhindered."
"Oh, it'll be a show alright daddy…"
Jackie winked and pointed at Vavian. He was glad it was dark enough in the building to hide his embarrassment.
It was the male twin, the one with control over water came to understand something that the others had not put together yet.
"Vavian…how will you and Sarai gain entry into the State House? Some chaos in the streets will only go so far. The House Guards aren't going to leave their posts and I know that you can both fight but…"
"I was hoping that you and your sister would come with actually. Some borrowed skills would be most useful. I hesitate to bring anyone with fire based abilities…I think somehow Richter can affect them."
The twins looked at one another as though they knew somehow that the conversation would end up this way.
"We're with you but…the four of us still isn't what I would consider a threat to a Guild Master."
Sarai stepped forward, leaving behind what little shadow was obscuring her features. She moved towards the magi and the Black Cats all at once ceased their idle chatter.
"I've got that covered Actually."
Sarai snapped her fingers and from the shadows she left behind a slender vision of death and darkness slipped down from the ceiling above. It was a woman, clad entirely in black with a pair of swords strapped to her back, and a wild look about her. Her hair was unkempt and somewhat dirty but that only served to make her appearance even more threatening.
Sarai smiled, "This is LeKitaoli. I call her Kit. Her job is to protect me…no matter what."
LeKitaoli took a knee next to Sarai and as she did, every one of the Black Cats with the exception of Jacki did the same.
"By your will Mistress."
"Kit, we're going to storm the State House. A man is waiting for us there who intends to hurt my friends and kill me if given the opportunity."
Kit pulled her hair back behind her head into a single strand and pinned it into place on her head with a small sheathed dagger.
"This man will never lay a hand on you."
The others could now see that Kit was not human. Her elven features were revealed to everyone, even the Black Cats who had suspected but never confirmed this were in awe.
Sarai approached the twins and offered them her hand.
"I promise. With the help of you and the others, we will change this place. The Curtain Wall will come down and your families will be free to live as they like. I can make no other promises to you other than the chance to fight for your own future."
Vavian nodded at her words. Whether Sarai knew it or not, a chance at something better was all these young people had ever wanted.
Vavian and Sarai followed Kit up the steps to the grand State House. Vavian knew what Kit was, he knew what she was capable of. The two younger magi that followed in their wake found that they were unprepared for the brutal savagery that the dark elf engaged combat with.
Sarai had been explicitly clear with Kit. Unless our lives are a breath away from death, you will under no circumstances kill these men and women who are merely doing their job.
Kill, she did not.
With the need for death removed, Kit let all of her effort fall into other forms of victory. She shattered swords, hamstrung those slower than her, and delivered injuries that made continued combat nearly impossible.
As Vavian and Sarai approached the grand door to the State House, they found themselves standing next to a blood drenched and wordless Kit. At her feet were two unconscious Templars and just beyond them were another two, still conscious but crippled never the less.
One of the more dedicated Templars attempted a last ditch attempt at preventing these intruders from gaining entry into the building. His reward was a prompt kick to the chest that stole the breath from his lungs.
Sarai looked concerned but did not utter a word of complaint over the way Kit was handling things. There would be time for apologies and recompense later. Too many people were making sacrifices now for her resolve to weaken at the sight of pain. These men were alive and that would be good enough.
The twins did not object to seeing Templars finally get rewarded for the brutal way in which they had persecuted those in Southwall however, they were still essentially children at this point in their lives and the bloody truth of combat did nothing to relieve the sickened sensation in their stomachs.
Vavian had a better vantage point at the top of the entryway to evaluate how things were progressing out in the open city. He opened up his connection with wind and allowed the sounds of the city to come to him. Chaos was indeed being strewn through out. The streets were beginning to take on widespread panic. Forces had been dispatched to deal with the civil unrest that Sarai's Black Cats were creating. Everything was moving according to plan.
"I need you." He waved the water mage to come forward. "Lend me your strength."
"You got it Vavian."
The water mage reached out and grasped the hand Vavian offered to him. A flash of light came forth and both men staggered back slightly.
"What is this?" Kit quietly asked of Sarai.
"Human elemental magic can be shared, offered to another. It confers onto the one who receives the power enhanced abilities according to the element. Water for strength, Fire for precision, Air for reflexes."
"Strength then?"
"Strength." Sarai nodded knowingly.
Vavian approached the grand door and placed his hands into the seam of the two great wooden panels. With a considered effort and after a few seconds of prying, Vavian threw the doors off their hinges. The sound of cracking wood and tearing metal made an awful sound that caused the others to clutch at their ears.
Vavian fell to a knee panting. He had used up the entire boost of power in one tremendous effort. The twins quickly moved to his aid and lifted Vavian up to continue on.
The interior of the State House was luxurious and fully lit with numerous lumen devices integrated into the room. It was somewhere that Sarai was all too familiar with. Vavian had been here once before and the return now felt far more ominous than his first daring adventure into the seat of Britania's power. The twins never imagined they would be in such a place. Seeing the splendor and wealth that was revealed in every corner was almost too much for young people who grew up in squalor and filth.
Sarai held up a hand to stop the group from moving forward.
"Guardian, ready yourself."
The dark elf drew her second sword and moved several bloody strands of hair from her face. The room slowly found itself populated by Templars and guards who quietly and efficiently surrounded the group. They entered from any and every available door and another group stood ready at the top of the stairs that would deliver them to the second of the four flights they would need to ascend.
The Templar at the top of the stair spoke for the rest.
"Sarai? You? We did not believe Richter when he assured us that you were somehow behind these attacks. We had…faith in you my lady. I am saddened that it has come to this. I am Sidar Malachi. I am sorry to say it, but you will go no further Ms. Wellington."
"Things are about to change Templar. You are not the true Sidar. You do not bear the ring and you do not…well… Enough of that. Stand down. Escort me to my father and to Richter. It is time for a reckoning."
Malachi shook his head reluctantly, "I am sorry for this my lady. Guards, arrest the young governess. You may dispatch of the others as necessary."
"Wrong move."
Sarai looked to the twins and asked the wind mage, "The lights if you'd please."
From her pockets, Sarai produced two handfuls of small rocks and pebbles. She threw them up into the air and as she did, the girl immediately understood what she was getting at.
Centering her powers, the girl twin grasped the element of air and created multiple currents of wind to separate the stones before flinging them about the room. The tiny clouds of projectiles danced on her gusts of wind and shattered the lumen containers. Darkness began to spread through the chamber. Like a conductor before a symphony, she waved her hands about and the stones swam through the currents, shattering the remaining sources of light as they went. Only the lights that lit Sarai's path remained in place.
Sarai began walking forward, unconcerned about the armed Templars waiting for her. All around them the room began to fill with the anguished cries of injured men. The water mage caught glimpses of Kit moving with superhuman speed through the shadows, winning fights against men who had neither the training or capacity to fight within the darkness as the Elf of Deep Shadow had.
The Templars still standing beside Malachi recoiled slightly. It was the first time Malachi could ever remember seeing his men move in fear of something. He began to consider that Sarai was correct in her assertion that he had made a mistake. Moving now before him with a deadly purpose, the cries of his men ringing out amidst the darkness, and this girl walked forward still. Unconcerned with the possibility of injury or death, her determined eyes locked onto his while her followers made embarrassingly short work of his trained soldiers.
With only several yards separating Sarai and her companions from Malachi and his men, the young woman stopped. The darkly clad warrior appeared before her as if she had melted out of the shadows surround them.
Malachi did not understand why he was hesitating to engage them now except for the nagging suspicion in the back of his mind that any attempt to do so would be futile at this point. He watched as the dark woman knelt before Sarai and quietly spoke.
"Your way is clear. Shall I remove the others?"
Sarai shook her head, "No. They must bear witness."
Looking past her servant, Sarai calmly and evenly addressed the Templar who claimed to be Britania's Sidar.
"You can't stop what will happen here. Take me to Richter. I have instructed my Guardian to spare the lives of your men. They are…injured but they will live. In return, do as I ask now and take me to the Master of Fire. That bastard has to answer for his crimes. And if you still feel the need to fight us, you can then do so with his support. I think that's a fair compropmise when the only other option I offer you is defeat."
As if in response to Sarai's words, the dark servant turned and growled at the Templar.
It would be as Sarai demanded. Malachi relented, regrouped his men, and began to lead them to where the Master of Fire held council with Britania's Senate.
The door to the fourth floor meeting chambers of the Senate was kicked in and as it slammed open against the old stone walls of the State House, every one of Britania's nine Senators recoiled at the site they saw before them.
Kit held the Master of Fire aloft by what remained of his robes. Richter hung without moving in her grasp. She threw the powerful mage on to the table where the Senators had gathered to discuss the civil unrest that was brewing like a storm outside their window in the city below.
Kit's flesh was bruised and cut. Her hair had been singed such that most of it was gone now. The stench of burning hair was pungent in the otherwise clean and sterile room.
Sarai stepped out in front of her Guardian. Vavian accompanied her and his two magi followed behind with great trepidation. In the hallway behind them, Malachi and his Templars stood waiting. The memory of what they had seen only moments before had burned a loyalty into their blood that reminded them of the true meaning of duty and honor. They watched the scene play out with pride.
One of the Senators rose up from his seat to protest the brash intrusion. He had not moved half way out of his seat when Vavian stepped forward and commanded him to sit back down.
"No. There is not going to be any discussion this time. You've kept generations of families in a pen of your own design. Silenced their voices and crushed their dreams. You've done this all while shaking a finger of rebuke at them, shaming them for refusing to give up their children to State interests…to the Guild."
Vavian moved forward and stood up on the table where Richter's body lay unmoving.
"You accepted the rule of a mad man out of fear. You joined with him to persecute a people who have never even raised a hand in their own defense. You never even knew what it was you sided with…"
Vavian reached down and tore off the rest of the cloak and mask that hid Richter's face. To the shock and horror of the Senators present, they found that the mage had been dead for some time. His skin had rotted and hardened against his bone. A great wound could be seen on his neck where a blade had severed his head at some point in his previous life. What Britania had feared they encountered when LeLayhilani had entered their realm, had been welcomed with open arms in the form of Richter.
The Senators sat silently disappointed in their own failing. Vavian was not done rebuking them yet though.
"In your blind greed and lust for power, you saw fit to remove the one man from office who actually had some inclination that things were not right. Siding with Richter you arrested Governor Wellington and locked him away in the very dungeon where his daughter had been held just months before. Right now, each and every one of you is trying to figure out a way in which you walk out of this room alive. Well, do not fear. Though you are stupid and clumsy, the lady Sarai has no intention of either killing you or removing you from office. Oh no…you are going to bear witness to what is to come. Just like the Templars waiting in the hall, you will understand by the end of this night…"
Vavian was a frighteningly effective public speaker in spite of his youth. Seeing him face the Senate now without fear or regret made the twins proud that they had followed him all this time.
Sarai gently took Kit's hand into her own.
"Thank you. You have gone beyond what your duties require of you. It is time for me to go beyond my own."
Kit nodded her understanding and watched as the child she knew to be a hero of legend took Britania into her own hands.
"The Guild is dead." she proclaimed.
Taking Richter's body from the table, Sarai cleaved its head off and threw the bloody stump out of the window overlooking Britania. She heaved the remainder of his body out with it seconds later. Glass and thick corrupted blood outlined the shattered glass.
"What ever experiment was planned for Southwall, it ends tonight. Join me in observing how our path forward will be lit not out of fear but out of hope for our own greatness."
She beckoned them to stand and watch, then requested Vavian to send out the first signal.
Vavian approached the window but not before bringing the twins along with him to bear witness.
"You have just as much right as anyone you know…"
They smiled and took one another's hand.
Vavian stepped out onto the balcony and lifted his hands to the sky. A single but expansive burst of heat lightning appeared over the Capitol Building. Seconds later, as if in response to the flash of light, Britania began to go dark. Its man-made lights, powered by Guild magic, fueled by fear and tradition…all began to go dark. Within a moment, the city was almost completely without the magical power that was the central pride of its existence.
"This is the darkness you have left your own kind in for hundreds of years. Bask in the fear and terror that comes with it just as those families have done for generations."
Vavian's condemnation of Britania's social structure was damning.
One of the Senators turned to Vavian and laughed.
"This…this is your grand justice? You would condemn us all to the same fate as those unfortunate souls in Southwall? You would destroy everything we have built to ease your sense of social justice? Boy you are no better than the creature you threw before us tonight. And as for you Ms. Sarai Wellington, you are not fit to stand in your father's house…"
"I will decide who is welcome in my home and who is not."
The resounding voice of Virgil Wellington caught them all by surprise. He was escorted and slightly supported by one of Malachi's Templars. The man was in poor physcial shape but still carried himself with as much dignity as his injuries could afford.
"Father?!?" Sarai pushed her way through to see the man.
He shook his head, "Finish what you started girl. You promised me that you would prove your worth. So show them."
Sarai nodded.
Vavian smiled, "Of course."
Lifting his hands yet again to the night sky, he let loose another volley of heat lightning into the air. It was a signal yet again.
This time the signal was to those still residing in South Wall. All at once the quarter of the city became alive with light and magic. Free-wielding magi from all corners of the slum worked to illuminate their homes, light their furnaces, and cast fire into the night sky. It was a spectacular display.
"Each one of them, a human in control of his gifts. Every one of them a point of light in the city. All of them offer hope for a future that may be frightening but also holding the gift of potential in all of us."
Sarai's voice softened.
"They hold no malice. This is not a victory. There are no sides. There is only us…US. A people united for once in our miserable existence. There is worse yet coming than what we saw in Richter. My Guardian warns me that an army is being raised in secret in the south. We must be ready. We must be whole and it must begin now."
To her amazement, a few of the Senators took to a knee before her. The one who protested so openly to her but a moment before was the first. As his old knees sank uncomfortably to the floor, the man looked to Virgil.
"You were right my old friend…you were right."
Virgil looked down. Being right did not change the fact that the truth was more frightening than any of them truly knew yet. As the fifth Senator took a knee to acknowledge Sarai's ascendance to the executive office of the city, it was confirmed. Sarai would lead the great City-State of Britania. There was much to explain and far more to do but a revolution had ended here without true bloodshed and the city would unite as one.
Sarai looked about and wondered where it would all go next. She caught sight of Vavian, and the twins taking a knee before her as well.
It was sudden anger that made her words sound fearsome in this company. She pointed at the twins and commanded them.
"Never! You will never kneel before me."
She grasped Vavian and pulled him up, firmly holding his hand in hers.
"You especially. We…I, owe you all a debt that will never and can never be repaid. You and anyone else who has shown me kindness over the past two years will never be anything other than equals in this house."
Years of her training in politic and governance were shining through now, polished by experience and colored by love, Sarai made no attempt to hide her emotions. They looked out together at the changing scene of night in Britania.
"It is just as you said once…a thousand points of light, a thousand chances for a future."
Present Time…
Dell had become so wrapped up in telling the story that he had failed to notice how late it was getting. They would have to hurry now to make it into the city in time for the celebration.
If his grandchildren noticed they were in risk of missing out on the parade, they made no sign of it. To his surprise, they were full of questions about the two magi who accompanied Vavian and Sarai into the State House that night.
Dell could not help but smile at this. It was something that went without discussion in his family. There would be time to tell them later.
Jacki had gone into the house and come out again with a glass of water. She knew Dell would be parched from the long story but in her own sly way she was giving him an opportunity to reveal the truth to the children. Dell just sipped the water and returned the sly glance to Jacki.
With the story concluded, the children rose up, began their back and forth fussing at one another again, and ran towards the house to gather their things.
Dell pulled Jacki close to him. The story brought back a lot of memories for them both.
"You spared them the worse of it." Jacki said quietly.
"That's because the victor gets to decide how competent the opposition was in hindsight."
"You left me out entirely." she chided him.
"It would not do well for our grandchildren to hear how their grandmother went about slitting throats and using foul language."
"Oh…I don't know about that. The girls could use a role model."
They laughed but Jacki's hand instinctively moved to her side where the Guild Master's fire had left a permanent reminder of that night.
Dell saw it and straightened her hair to move her attention away from the wound.
Their embrace was interrupted when they heard one of their grandchildren running back through the house and again bursting out of the door. It was controlled this time. The boy stopped in front of his grandfather and pointed a finger at him.
"It was you! You were the water mage!"
Dell grinned and flung what remained of his glass of water at his grandchild.
The little boy shrieked in surprise but when the liquid stopped mid flight and returned into the glass as the old man righted it in his hand, the shriek turned to laughter.
The little boy turned and ran back to his sisters bragging that he was right.
Jacki gave Dell a smirk, "If you get to show off to them, I should be allowed to swear around them."
Dell laughed and together they prepared to join the celebration of a revolution that history would not remember their parts in.


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Every day, everywhere you go, you are reminded of the things that "normal" kids can do. Normal kids who stare at mine while we are out and about. Normal kids who ask questions while being hushed by their parents. Normal kids who can do things so simple, like walking and talking, that my child will never be able to do.
There is a constant absence of time in our lives. Things that might be no big deal for other families require specific planning on our part. And with Isaiah being in a wheelchair, he literally can't go everywhere we want him to go (like hiking, one of our previous favorite activities).
Isaiah's little sister, Belle, is 18 months old. It is so fun experiencing "firsts" with her! Like her first words, first steps, first tastes of food, first dances, first run, etc. Even her first taste of chips and salsa today (she's mom's girl). But it is hard not to be reminded of all the firsts that Isaiah doesn't get to experience. I'll take out my camera to capture one of Belle's firsts, and realize I haven't taken a picture of Isaiah in a while. Then I feel the mom guilt. Guilt that I am happy for Belle's first, how crazy is that?
We learn to celebrate the small things. Our children are miracles. Isaiah had a 3% chance of surviving past birth, and a less than 50% chance of making it past his first birthday, and now he is almost five!
Little things I never would have thought of are a reason to celebrate in our house. Isaiah slept through the night? Score! Isaiah pooped today? Hooray! Isaiah went three days in a row without throwing up? Let's party! These things seem mundane, but they make our lives a whole lot easier when they happen.
Things like getting refitted for his wheelchair, when he can finally sit comfortably again. Getting a stander adjustment, so he can stand up for over an hour at a time. And working with a communication device, which proves that although he can't traditionally communicate, he can process the world around him (more to come on this later).
|One of our joys: what a good little sister Belle is to Isaiah.
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Flow Toxicity and Liquidity in a High Frequency World
David Easley
Cornell University - Department of Economics
Marcos Lopez de Prado
Guggenheim Partners, LLC; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Harvard University - RCC
Maureen O'Hara
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
February 20, 2012
Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 1457-1493, 2012.
Order flow is toxic when it adversely selects market makers, who may be unaware they are providing liquidity at a loss. We present a new procedure to estimate flow toxicity based on volume imbalance and trade intensity (the VPIN toxicity metric). VPIN is updated in volume-time, making it applicable to the high frequency world, and it does not require the intermediate estimation of non-observable parameters or the application of numerical methods. It does require trades classified as buys or sells, and we develop a new bulk volume classification procedure that we argue is more useful in high frequency markets than standard classification procedures. We show that the VPIN metric is a useful indicator of short-term, toxicity-induced volatility.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 71
Keywords: Flash crash, liquidity, flow toxicity, volume imbalance, market microstructure, probability of informed trading, VPIN
JEL Classification: C02, D52, D53, G14
Date posted: October 23, 2010 ; Last revised: April 15, 2012
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Listed below are a number of resources to help you learn more about the behavior of livestock:
- If this is your first visit to our website, I suggest viewing Using Livestock on Your Operation. It overviews the principles of animal behavior along with videos on youtube that demonstrates principles of animals behavior.
- Want to give a talk about behavior? You can download powerpoint presentations, videos, etc. from BEHAVE: Instructor Resources.
- Our newest resource is Saving Money and Improving Landscapes. It is a series of videos and print material that examines the economic benefits of changing animal behavior.
- We also have fact sheets which highlight a single behavioral principle or application.
- An online book and video entitled Foraging Behavior.
- Behavior facts is a list of the main findings from a variety of scientific studies on behavior and their references.
- Lastly, we have an online course. It's free. All you need to do is register to access the course.
Fact Sheets: Highlight a single behavioral principle or application. Each two-page fact sheet is available for download in PDF format.
Saving Money and Improving Landscapes: The Economics of Using Animal Behavior: Discusses the economics of teaching cows to eat weeds, letting animals balance their diet, using low-stress handling, and using molasses blocks to extend the grazing season
Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change:This 62-page booklet is filled with information and case studies that explain how herbivores learn what to eat and where to live.
Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change (DVD): In this six-part series, Fred Provenza and land managers discuss how herbivores cope with changes in their environment and the implications for those managing landscapes.
Using Livestock on Your Operation: Outlines principles of behavior and their application. The CD also contains video clips of livestock demonstrating behavioral principles.
BEHAVE: Instructor Resources: This CD contains everything you'll need to prepare several lectures on how livestock learn what to eat and where to live.
Behavior Facts: This is a list of facts and references on how experience, feedback, social interactions, and learning affect diet and habitat selection of ruminants.
Using Livestock Behavior to Improve Landscapes, Productivity and Profitability: This online course was developed for producers and land mangers for the website Forest and Range.org. Clicking on this link takes you to the forestandrange.org website.


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Germantown - Germantown boys basketball coach Steve Showalter got what he wanted out of the hair-raising, 66-64, Luke Fischer-inspired nonconference victory over Brookfield Central on Saturday.
It came at the end of a long first week of action for the defending WIAA state champions, as they had also gained a critical step up in a run for a fourth straight North Shore Conference title by beating both prime competitors Homestead (78-62) and Whitefish Bay (107-65).
In this reloading season with many questions, Showalter wasn't certain if he had his team's full attention yet with those surprisingly easy wins.
But thanks to his old coaching friend Mark Adams and the Central Lancers, that little problem has now been solved as Germantown now gets into the meat of its schedule.
'Yeah, I think I might get their attention now (in practice),' Showalter said. 'I think they were thinking that they were pretty good, but they (the Lancers) always play us tough. He's (Adams) had six months and four days to prepare for this one (it was Central's opener) and we had just 24 hours (after the Bay game).'
And all-in-all, Showalter was not entirely unhappy with this opening week, one in which he unveiled a brand new guard line after the graduation of all-state son Zak, Josh Mongan and Zack Kumbier and tried to answer a whole pile of questions about exactly how good this team would be after the 28-0 championship run of a season ago.
'It was great,' he said. 'We got the experience without a loss. It really brought us back to reality. We had to figure out a way to pull out a (close) victory. That's a big positive without having to deal with the big negative (a loss).'
That is something that the Warhawks haven't had to deal with in 31 games. Now Showalter gets some badly coveted practice time this week before hosting Grafton in another North Shore tilt 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Central game was a bit of an anomaly for Germantown in that the Warhawks built a 16-point second quarter lead, only to have the feisty Lancers, a preseason pick to challenge for the Greater Metro Conference title, roar back, using a big, muscular front line (6-8 and 6-5) to gain some critical rebounds against the taller Germantown squad, which could not get to the line (only four of seven chances as compared to 12 of 17 for the visiting Lancers).
Junior guard Riley LaChance did not hurt matters either for Central with a game-high 32 points as the Lancers packed in a tight zone and the Warhawks, which had won the first two games with a devastating inside-outside combination, could not buy an outside shot in the second half, scoring only nine points in the fourth quarter.
'They killed us on the boards at key times, putbacks and and-ones,' Showalter said, 'while the basket got smaller and smaller in the second half.'
Central only had one brief lead in the second half but Germantown could never put the Lancers away either.
So it came down to a rarely used offensive tactic by the Warhawks after a frenzy of events left the Warhawks with the ball and 40 seconds to go with the score tied at 64.
'We had the ball virtually the entire last minute and we decided to hold it (for the last shot),' Showalter said. 'Dearionte (junior guard Hudson) drove the left side of the lane and threw up an air ball, but Luke (Fischer) grabbed it and threw it up off the backboard off glass and it went in at the buzzer.'
'He reversed it with his left hand. It was kind of neat. It was like the reverse of the Appleton East game (the infamous last-second WIAA Super Sectional defeat in 2011 in Oshkosh, which was Germantown's last loss).'
Those were the last of Fischer's Germantown-high 22 points as Hudson hit four 3-pointers for 12 points and Brian and Lamonte Bearden had 10 points apiece.
'Central just played very well,' Showalter said. '… They also had Riley (LaChance) and we did the best we could against him but we gave him way too many easy ones. And when they (the Lancers) got after the boards, that made it difficult for us to get out and run.'
It was a much different case than on Friday night, when the Warhawks handed a good Bay team (3-1) its first loss of the year in emphatic fashion.
Blue Dukes coach Kevin Lazovik knew it was a calculated risk to try and use his Blue Dukes new, up-tempo style on the defending state champions.
He knew that what worked for a nice rally and win three nights earlier against Nicolet may not work so well against the high-octane Warhawks.
Unfortunately for Lazovik and the Blue Dukes, that was the case and then some, as they were buried under an offensive avalanche from the Warhawks.
Lazovik was astounded by the result because it happened even with the 7-0 all-state Indiana-bound Fischer sitting on the bench for 11 minutes of the first half with foul trouble.
'We're obviously trying to play at a different tempo,' Lazovik said, 'and trying to play at their speed. That was obviously a miscalculation. They're just so tough to defend with their overall size and their ability to shoot.'
It's by design, Showalter said.
'Press, press, press, run, run, run, that's what we do,' Showalter said. 'It looks helter-skelter, but it's not. … There's a method to our madness.'
That high-speed method led to a 55-point first half, despite the fact that Fischer, who had scored 28 points in the Warhawks' opening night win against Homestead on Nov. 27, took a seat with 2:58 left in the first quarter with two fouls and would not return until the start of the third period.
When he sat down, the Warhawks were already well in control at 17-5, having scored the first 13 points of the game, including the first five by Fischer.
His teammates did not let up, stretching the advantage to 25-7 at the end of the first quarter and scoring 30 points in the second period despite Fischer never moving an inch off the bench.
It was 55-27 at the half, as Germantown hit 10-of-13 shots in the first quarter and 19 of 33 for the first 16 minutes.
'It's going to come up from time-to-time this season,' Showalter said. 'We need to be able to take one guy out of the lineup (with injuries or fouls), maybe two and still do what we do. Our team is clearly more than one or two guys.
'So when we run nine or 10 guys in (in a quarter or half), it's clearly to our benefit.'
Lazovik, who had another good team last year that was run out of Dodge by the Warhawks, said this game was like looking in a mirror.
'It was like Yogi Berra said, 'it was déjà vu all over again,' ' Lazovik said.
The lead never came close to dropping below 20 in the second half.
Jake Showalter finished with 24 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead all scorers. His father, Steve, was pleased with his aggressiveness.
Jake Showalter was one of six Germantown players in double figures, as Lamonte Bearden had 14 and Brian Bearden came off the bench for 10.
Starting forwards 6-6 Jon Averkamp (11 points) and 6-7 Evan Wesenberg (10) also got into the act while Fischer still broke into double figures with 15 points despite limited minutes, including two powerful crowd-pleasing dunks at the end of the third quarter.
Reserve forward Cole Karcz added nine points.
'I've been thinking about this (past) week for six months,' coach Showalter said. 'We usually are able to get a nonconference game in beforehand, but then the scheduling changed.
'Looking back, this week turned out to be a great thing, but it wasn't when I had to think about it a lot (laughs).'
WHO: The Warhawks are at home against Grafton (2-1) on Friday and then head to Cedarburg on Dec. 11 for their first road game against the Bulldogs (3-2). Both North Shore Conference games are at 7:30 p.m.
HOMESTEAD DETAILS:The Highlanders scored 11 unanswered points to take a 16-14 lead at the quarter and were still up 18-16 early in the second period when the Warhawks took control with a 20-4 run as Fischer had 10 of his 17 first half points in the second session. Germantown closed the half on an 8-0 run to make it 36-22. Homestead made one last strong push, going on a 12-0 run early in the third quarter to cut it to 39-34, but then Germantown went on a 9-2 run to make it 48-36. The advantage never dropped below eight again as Fischer had seven blocks to go with his game-high scoring. Jake Showalter added 24 points while Dearionte Hudson, Lamonte Bearden and Wesenberg all had seven points each. Coach Showalter thought that Averkamp did a great job defensively on the Highlanders' BYU recruit Luke Worthington (just nine points).


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16 rental units, 7 including kitchenettes
America's Best Value Inn - Effingham
Meeting facilities, handicap access, free breakfast, small pets allowed, indoor pool, bus parking, meeting services available, free movie rental.
Anthony Acres Resort has picturesque views of Lake Sara. The resort is only five minutes from Effingham, so you can come into town and enjoy some food or shop.
Attractive, two story updated home with a fenced backyard. Minutes from Lake Shelbyville and just blocks to downtown. House has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a queen sleeper sofa for up to 8 guests. Fully equipped kitchen, washer and dryer, towels & linens provided. Streaming TV, Wi-Fi, A/C. Deck with seating, charcoal grill, Two night minimum Open Year round. Please call for pet policy.
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Suites available, meeting facilities, handicap access, small pets allowed, free breakfast, cable, bus parking,free access to outdoor pool and fitness center, adjacent to restaurants.
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Best Western offers free breakfast, pool & spa, non-smoking and smoking rooms, and is pet friendly. If you want to go out diner you don't have to travel to far, because the Raintree Restaurant is located next door and it is owned by the same family.
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Come out to Camp Lakewood and enjoy the views of Lake Pauline plus all the creature comforts. Camp Lakewood is an RV campground. The sites include cable, WiFi, 30/50 AMP. They also offer a one and two bedroom cabin that is fully furnished and self contained. The newest cabin sleeps five and includes Cable TV. They do offer tent sites as well for those who want to be a little closer to nature.
Comfort Suites offers suites with kitchenettes, handicap accessible rooms, free internet and breakfast. They have a very nice lounge where you can play a family card game, enjoy some television or just enjoy a warm fire.
Seven clean and comfortable kitchenette rooms with living room, kitchen, bedroom and bath within walking distance of Coon Creek Beach and Boat Ramp. Rooms are equipped with pots and pans, table settings, coffee maker & toaster, towels, and bed linens. Only 1/2 mile from Lake Shelbyville. Open April - November.
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The delightful, historic colonial was built in 1858 and sits on a 1/2 acre parcel that boast beautiful views of a mini orchard. There are 4 nostalgic rooms on the 2nd floor. There is boat and RV parking. Open all year and has Wi-Fi. No pets allowed.
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At Country Inn & Suites, guests can enjoy cozy, comfortable rooms equipped with modern amenities, such as free high speed internet access, cable television with premium channels, an in-room coffee maker, and iron/ironing board. other features include a fitness center, swimming pool, lending library, and a free breakfast.
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The 39-year-old left-hander made his season debut for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday and allowed five runs -- three earned -- on eight hits in five innings in the Yankees' 7-5 loss to Pawtucket in Rochester, N.Y. He also struck out a season-high five, but issued two walks for the first time during his stint in the Minors.
Pettitte, who did not pitch professionally in 2011 before signing with New York in the offseason, allowed two doubles and two singles to the first four Red Sox hitters he faced in the first inning. After a coach's visit to the mound, the three-time MLB All-Star struck out the next two hitters and picked off Lars Anderson at first to end the frame.
He struggled again in the second, allowing three of the first four batters to reach before surrendering a bases-loaded walk to No. 11 Boston prospect Jose Iglesias to give the PawSox a 3-0 lead. At that point, he had thrown 52 pitches in the first two innings.
"We try to pull positives out of it. It was good for me that I really had to work hard that [first] inning," Pettitte told MLB.com. "In the back of my mind, I'm like, 'I'm throwing a lot of pitches here,' and I come in the dugout and the guys are like, 'Hey, you threw a lot of pitches that inning, let us know if you feel gassed or whatever over the next couple.' But I felt good. I felt as strong in the last inning as I did in the first inning."
After giving up two more runs in the fourth, Pettitte retired six in a row to conclude his outing after 92 pitches, 56 for strikes.
Although the results weren't quite there, the veteran said he was most proud of being able to limit the damage Sunday.
"It's good just to get out there, it's good to get into trouble and have to work my way out of trouble," Pettitte told MLB.com. "Just going through what you've got to go through to get game ready. I feel good. I felt like I was ready to go after my last start."
The four-time World Series champion has a 3.71 ERA after four starts in the Minors, but has not tossed more than five innings at a time. Still, he told MLB.com that he'd like to move onto the Majors soon if he can.
"I'll let [Yankees management] know what we've got going on," Pettitte said. "I feel like I'm ready. I feel like I'm ready to go up, and I think they're ready for me to come up. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
Iglesias went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and has two hits in five straight contests. In that span, he has raised his average from .185 on April 29 to .253. Anderson finished 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
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By Charlie Mitchell
OXFORD – How did you find out about the new pope? What about the pummelings central Mississippi has been taking from hailstorms?
If you're like an increasing proportion of the world's population, you didn't get the initial information from a scheduled newscast or from a newspaper.
You got a nugget from "social media" and, if you were interested, sought to learn more either on the Internet, by watching a 30-minute, fixed format newscast or reading a newspaper.
Media evolution continues. The role of TV and newspapers is less to "break" stories these days and more to supplement. How effectively they do this predicts their success, perhaps their survival.
The first people outside the Sistine Chapel to hear about Pope Francis were those who "follow" the Vatican on Twitter. Enrolling to receive instant alerts on their phones is also how CNN, Fox and all the other news organizations got their information. The first papal tweet was at 12:33 p.m., Rome time. The networks then scurried into action, but for hundreds of thousands of viewers, they were repeating, not reporting.
Similarly, all over the central part of the state last week, residents were uploading pictures and video of hail to Facebook while the storm clouds were still roiling across the state.
Last week was also when the Pew Research Center for Excellence in Journalism released the 2013 edition of its comprehensive State of the News Media report. Drawing any single conclusion from the report is impossible. It tracks "indicators."
One distillation of the narratives, charts, tables and graphs, however, is that while there's lots of angst in corporate offices about declining viewership of TV news and readership of big-city newspapers, the shift is not in response to less public interest.
If anything, people are more attuned than ever to what's going on in the nation and world.
Witness that the New York Times, which long struggled to reach 1 million printed editions per day, added 600,000 paying customers when it started charging online readers last year. That translated to a 40 percent subscriber increase.
But there's more to tell: Part of the evolution is that people can go straight to the source.
Here's how it works: When the Roman Catholic church selected a new pope, the Vatican immediately posted his biography. When an NFL team picks a new coach, it can do the same.
What this does is give institutions of all types more control over their messages than ever. People (including reporters) who hear a tidbit of information – a new hospital, a new law, a coming flood – search for the source of the information.
A medical corporation's website might tell a curious person everything he or she wants to know about an expansion. A complete explanation from the governor about why he signed a bill is just as available as a news service story about the same bill. River stages and forecasts are instantly available 24/7. People don't wait for media reports. They can go straight to the scene of the action, as it were. And implicit in this is that institutions can limit information to what they choose to share.
The headline on the Pew report was that media companies are responding to the evolution by hiring likable personalities, offering cheerful banter and "lite" stories. TV especially is attempting to hold audiences by entertaining them more while informing them less. That's not a workable approach because (1) entertainment is best left to entertainers and (2) every indication is that the public craves solid news and information from neutral, trustworthy sources as much, if not more, than ever.
What the mass media can do in response to being scooped left and right by social media – and what community papers have been doing all along – is to provide context and explanation. What do others who know the new pope have to say about him? What are the repair options or insurance implications of a hailstorm? Don't tell people what happened, but what it means to them.
News organizations that are doing this effectively – and many are – will likely continue to prosper. Those who aren't need to ponder why, exactly, they think people should tune in and be told stuff they already know.
The key and constant component is relevance. Be valuable to viewers and readers – or don't be surprised when you are no longer part of their day.
Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at Box 1, University, MS 38677, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Joe Bastardi Departs AccuWeather 2/21/11, Forecaster had 'Distinguished 32 Year Career'
Joe Bastardi Departs AccuWeather 2/21/11, Forecaster had 'Distinguished 32 Year Career'
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Well after hitting the WeatherBell site for several weeks now, one thing is clear: JB's staying clear of his constant AGW focus that made his AccuWx columns not worth reading anymore. Not sure I've seen a single mention of AGW there at all.
That sure is interesting. As is his present focus on providing his services to hedge funds and commodities speculators, pretty much the worst economic pirates in this country as well as the rest of the planet.
I don't know Eliot's or Paul's or Henry's politics, and I like it that way. JB is a Tea Party guy, a Fox News zombie, pro-corporate predation yet pro-Jesus, anti-environmentalism, etc. Couple that with his endless yammering about climate change as a conspiracy / hoax, and you have the complete Far Right Wing Package .
As a scientist, I'm all for skepticism, but I'm all for the Precautionary Principle, too. Joe refused to consider the PP and chose to feed the Fat White Guy on A Couch Watching Fox News 24/7 with just enough substantiation of unproven BS to make him dangerous.
That's my $0.02.
+ .02 Finally...someone said what I dare not!
Perception is everything
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there". ~ Lewis Carroll
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" ~ Lao Tzu
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I should be getting ready for bed. Tired today!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
i actuall have nothing better 2 do believe it or not its also 10.37 pm so
And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.
- St. Luke ii.
............doing the housework..
Merry Christmas to all...
...not sure yet what.
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
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Merry Christmas to all...


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Chapter 16
The utter ruin of Judah is foreseen—Israel is rejected and scattered for serving false gods—Fishers and hunters will gather Israel again, and the people will serve the Lord—The gospel is to be restored.
1 The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be
5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of
6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them,
7 Neither shall men
8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of
10 ¶And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee,
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
12 And ye have done
13 Therefore will I
14 ¶Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The
15 But, The Lord liveth, that
16 ¶Behold, I will send for many
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their
18 And first I will
19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the
20 Shall a man make
21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall