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First receive our greetings from here Kenya under the Lord's name.
I am happy to contact you through this Email.I wish that we share in Christ and Denounce Satan.Iam from kenya and I love to kwow more about God.I request that you assist me materially christian literature so that we can share with our church members and fellow christians.Pray for all of us and support us where possible.Be blessed always .
My names are Francis Mangera Ombogo
P.o.Box 298,Ogembo Gucha,Kenya.
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Our F/friend Tom Goodridge of Morningside Friends Meeting in New York City sent an e-mail with a host of questions about our personal feelings and experiences on our walk, which we though deserved answers for all of you.
I wonder about how you feel being nomads? So much of our consumption and sense of security seems to be bound up with making a safe and secure nest/home. How does it feel to be heading each day into the unknown and spending each day on a new (or no) pillow? It is clear from your accounts that this endless web of supportive hosts and supporters along the way become your net of nurture..
Surprisingly, we don't have an insecurities about heading off into the unknown each day. In fact, we begin each day with a sense of optimism and excitement about what may happen. After each day's walk, we're so tuckered out and with sore leg muscles that we can sleep in any and all beds we're offered. We look forward to each encounter with new hosts and aren't really seeking the privacy of hotels or campgrounds, but just enjoy that alone time as it comes. A big part of the difference between our experience and a homeless person is that we are in a web of relationships based on receiving and giving. This walk is also an opportunity to grow in awareness that the earth is our home, a truth that is harder to come by when we are focused mainly on establishing and maintaining our individual domiciles.
How about your clothing and your shoes... how do you look at your wardrobe differently from when you were at home and selected your attire on a very different basis? What is important now ( weatherproof gear or socks or headgear) how do you look at these differently from your pre- nomadic days..
Someone recently asked us whether we were tired of our clothes
How about health and hygiene...what food sustains thee? What about elimination? Isn't it hard to deal with a new bathroom every night... What do you need as a minimum to travel with... toothbrush soap toiletries,,, you are in a sense field testing products--what has passed the test?
Since we have access to bathrooms every night, hygiene isn't a problem. We tend to shower every other morning. We're taking daily vitamins and extra vitamin c to help keep us healthy. Since we're exercising so much our elimination is regular, and we aren't affected by being in a different bathroom each night. The personal products are the same we use at home, just in smaller quantities.
You are also reviving a Quaker practice of traveling ministers.... How is it to come to new settlements and new folks each day and to be able to minister to them..? How is it to face a new "audience" each day with the same message and how many have the message? How has your message changed as you walk it as well as talk it?
Our "message" comes naturally
One other thought was how the nomadic life affected your relationship. I loved it when you expressed appreciation for getting the cart fixed just so you wouldn't have to hear anymore about it.... Does the nomadic life wear on you both differently.... do your different strengths become even more apparent and appreciated since you've only each other and the path.... Oops there's another potenial theme... the spiritual life as a path or journey.... How is your spiritual life affected by not having the sanctuary of your home or the solace of daily rhythms rituals?
Since we work together, play together, and homestead together in our regular life, we already have the experience of spending an enormous amount of time together. We know that our relationship is being strengthened by our pilgrimage
Thank you Tom, for your curiosity and caring questions. We'll now turn back to our walk experiences:
We were delighted to be worshiping with Grass Valley Friends again and were happy to see old Friends. Harry Bailey, our Grass Valley contact, did such an outstanding job with maps and details for our walk to Sacramento. He even indicated on the maps where there were restaurants, quick stops, portable toilets, gas stations, and dangerous stretches of road. We are very grateful to his hard work on our behalf. All 12 of the Wool man Semester students attended our presentation at Sierra Friends Center, which swelled the attendance to about 50. One young woman was willing to partake in our interview process but the query was different
We spent Sunday night with Mary and Gordon Starr, who live in Applegate. We again had so much in common that we felt like old friends right away. Gordon is a life-long Quaker and it was great hearing some of his stories of growing up with activist parents. Gordon and Mary are in the process of looking for community in some way or another, and we explored what that meant to them. The meals were terrific and we felt well cared for. It really was a great evening and morning and it was hard saying goodbye.
Our 16-mile walk the next day to Newcastle was spectacular. The weather was in the low 60s and the sun was out. Ruah changed to her sandals, and we both took off our vests. It was mostly downhill, with only a few small hills to get over. There were places to stop and rest all along the way and plenty of spots to look at birds. How much more perfect could it be? Our hosts for the evening, Stuart and Jennifer Smith of Grass Valley Friends, gave us lots of space to rest and work on our computer, fed us wonderfully, and shared some of their dreams and plans of doing energy-efficient renovations to their house that Stuart grew up in
The next day was a planned 17-1/2 mile day, and we were met by our next hosts, Paul and Judy McClish at our lunch break. Judy drove much of our heavier gear on ahead and left Paul with us to walk the remaining seven miles. We felt so light not having our backpacks weighing us down! We continued with the stripped-down cart (i.e., minus the tent and various equipment) and the Earth flag, since they are good visuals of our purposed walk. Paul and Judy attend the Sacramento Friends Community Church (affiliated with Southwestern Yearly Meeting Evangelical), and we learned much from Paul about their pastor's good works in the congregation. He leads "Quakerism 101" courses and emphasizes the Friends Testimonies as guides for right living. The fifth Sunday every month is open (unprogrammed) worship. We really enjoyed getting to know Paul and appreciate what a thoughtful man he is. We then appreciated our evening with Paul and Judy and took the fun photo of finally being in the land of palm trees, orange groves, and sunshine. Judy's soup and salad were the perfect meal for the end of our day. The next morning Paul walked for about the first five miles with us. We knew we'd be seeing both of them that evening at the church event, so goodbyes weren't necessary yet.
We were met at lunch time by our next host, Robin Aurelius, and Laurie, both of the Sacramento Friends Community Church. They walked the last five miles with us and we so enjoyed our time with them. Once again we were amazed at how close we felt with Robin and Laurie over the several hours of walking with them. At Robin's we were warmly met by Mary McGrath, Robin's wife, and after a short rest they took us to the church for the evening's potluck and presentation
We spent two nights with Robin and Mary, with a day of rest and catch up in between. On our second night they invited us to come with them to visit their son Matt and plan Scrabble. We never pass up a chance to play Scrabble so happily climbed into their car and headed out. Their son had been hit by a car when he was ten years old (he's now about 40), leaving him with a sever head injury, so that he now is a hemiplegic, with full use of only one side of his body. We were very impressed with Matt's artistic works, which were on display throughout his apartment. It was so good we felt he should have his work in a gallery. We were touched by the opportunity to share in a host family's personal life in this way. Mary and Robin are also very creative people through story telling and music and are community activists as well.
The next day we walked with our full gear to Claudia Kirkpatrick's home
The conversation following our presentation that night was full-ranged and exciting. On this evening a few people from the church attended who hadn't been able to attend when we were there. Again we were told how much they appreciated the chance to engage with the "cousins" in the Quaker family. And, incidentally, for the second time on this trip we found someone who claimed ancestry going back to the family of John Woolman. When the evening was over our next hosts, Jim and Kristy Updergraff, drove us to their home. We had a short time with them, but enjoyed coming to know them. Kristy is a birthright Friend and Jim traces his Quaker roots back more than 300 years
In the morning there was a breakfast at the Meeting, followed by worship. Then we commenced that day's walk to Davis with some Friends from the Meeting. Folks turned back at various points along the way, and Claudia hung in there until we crossed the Sacramento River. We are very grateful to Claudia for her good care and for her and Robin's mapping out our walk to Santa Rosa. It was a sunny and warm day, and we had a nice little picnic along the way. Just as we were about to approach a bike/recreation path, we were greeted by a woman on a bicycle. This turned out to be Margaret Eldred, our Davis host. She was concerned about our progress and was checking up on us. We agreed that due to the late start in Sacramento we would complete another four miles on the path, which crosses a massive wetland on a causeway. Her husband, Bob, then picked us up, allowing us to complete 16 miles of walking. As a special treat, Bob took us on a detour to a wildlife area, where we were thrilled to see Burrowing Owls and Black Phoebes for the first time.
Bob and Margaret are retired from teaching at UC Davis, and they had invited some of their friends over for dinner that evening
Again our day was absolutely beautiful, with sunshine and warmth and blossoming almond trees. We found a little spot for lunch. In the early afternoon, a car pulled over in front of us, and we were greeted by Allan MacLeod, who had been present at our Sacramento Friends Meeting event. He was on his way to the same home we were walking towards, to take part in a practice session for some local musicians. He offered a ride, which we declined, but we accepted a ride for some of our gear. We felt like we could fly, we were so light! Walking into Carol and Dick Holdstock's home was a delight. There were about a dozen musicians (including Claudia, our Sacramento contact, who had arranged this host site) practicing Irish folk tunes for a gig on St. Patrick's Day. Instead of excusing ourselves for our usual nap time, we were totally engrossed in the music. We thought how wonderful it would be to always be greeted at home stays with such wonderful music. After dinner out with the crowd, some of the musicians returned with us to Carol and Dick's to jam for the evening (see video)
The next morning, after breakfast, Carol and Dick give us a lift part of the way to Napa to get us past what we all thought was basically an unsafe section of the route, consisting of twisting, narrow mountain roads with narrow or non-existent shoulders. After being dropped off, we started off hoping at each bend in the road that we were coming to the end of the dangerous section. Instead we walked about seven miles of more mostly unsafe routing, with steep hills, narrow shoulders, and curves with poor visibility. At times our only way to decide whether it was safe to venture around a blind curve was to stop and listen for the sounds of cars coming before scurrying ahead with our bright-colored warning flags flying. We felt very vulnerable at times, and our nerves were quite frayed by the time we reached town. Louis called this day the longest 11-mile day we've experienced. At one point we were taking a break where a group of bicyclists had stopped, and we heard one of them comment that he felt the route was so that he would never come that way again. In spite of these conditions, we were also in awe of the beauty that surrounded us and we found an exquisite overlook for our lunch.Once we headed down into the Napa Valley we began to see all the vineyards for which this place is famous.
In Napa, after one night in a hotel, we stayed with Joe and Diana Wilcox who are part of the Napa-Sonama Friends Meeting. They graciously offered their home though it was on short notice once we realized we'd be walking through Napa on our way to Santa Rosa and then walking back the same way for our presentation in Napa. Joe is a resource person for high schools and Diana is a reading specialist mostly in a high school but sometimes in elementary schools as well. Diana cooked an incredible meal which was visually very pleasing as well. We felt very at ease talking with them and look forward to seeing them again when we return.
The next morning's walk to Sonoma turned out to be a bit scary. We've decided that the California drivers are the worst of our trip. They drive very fast and often wander over the white line of the shoulder area, oblivious to the possibility that a cyclists or pedestrian may be needing that space. We kept motioning them back inside their lanes with the flag and our hands. At one point Ruah began to wonder wether we should even continue our walk in California! She mused that we could take public transportation to each of our host sites instead. But then we turned off the narrow but busy road and felt a bit calmer with less traffic (though the driving wasn't any better). When checking into our hotel in Sonoma, a woman approached and said she had done several long walks some 20 years before to promote peace between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union. She was running some errands but had seen us walking and asked us to call her when we were settled. Louis called her and after both of us had talked with her she offered to host us when we walked back through Sonoma on our way to Napa. This was a relief since we were in a pretty pricey area and needed to conserve our funds. The rolling hills of the vineyards are exquisite as were the sky and sun and colors that surrounded us.
That brings us to another miracle of this trip. The contributions we receive at each presentation and from various contributors who send money to our Friends Meeting have been just sufficient so far for us to keep going without using our personal funds! There are many blessings to be thankful for.
The next morning we headed for Oakmont. We were given directions that appeared to be better for walkers because they took us off the main highway. However, after about an hour of of uneventful walking we found ourselves on yet another twisty, narrow road with no walkable shoulders because of lots of erosion past the edge of the pavement. Also, lots of residents had left recycling bins at the ends of their driveways, which we often had to walk around. We were nervous at every turn, and the off-and-on rain made it even more hazardous because it reduced visibility for the drivers. At one point a man who had stopped to get his newspaper from the roadside box asked us about our purpose, and as we talked we learned that he was a third-generation inhabitant of the land. His grandfather had raised dairy cows, but his father had turned to outside work to support his family. He now was a vinter on the land, while his son, an agriculture student, raised organically grown vegetables that he sold through a farm stand .At the man's suggestion, we stopped at the next house to visit the son and see his beautiful organic gardens. He wimsically had placed two windows and a glass door as part of the fence surrounding the garden. He had broccoli, onions, and garlic growing in February, a wonderment to us.
When we finally arrived at Dorothy Lucken's house (she's the mom of Claudia Kirkpatrick) it was almost time for the Democratic presidential candidates' debate, and so we drank our tea and watched our first debate. Dorothy has been a life-long hiker and has a delightful perkyness about her. She was so supportive of us and fed us and took care of us royally. We loved visiting with her.
In the morning Barbara Moulton, our contact from Redwood Forest Friends Meeting in Santa Rosa, biked to Dorothy's house so that she could walk with us the five miles into town to her cohousing community. We found in Barbara someone who is very well informed on the issues that are dear to us, so the five miles whisked right by. Barbara had moved into Santa Rosa from a nearby rural community to lessen her carbon footprint by not needing to use her car as much. The Yulupa Cohousing Community is in the city and just a block from a whole foods market and other small businesses. We were very taken with the whimsical and colorful facade of the cohousing buildings and so we immediately stopped to take a photo to share with you.
There are 29 residential units, another which has been split into a guest unit and an exercise room. The common space includes dining area, kitchen, and a wonderful, cozy library/movie room. We felt right at home. After settling into the guest room, we voted in the Vermont primary with absentee ballots that had been sent to us in care of Barbara, then went off to the post office to complete our good citizen rolls. We had relaxing afternoon and then Barbara and her friend Tom drove us to Friends House, a retirement community that was founded by the late Bob Schutz and his wife, Marie, who were also cofounders of Quaker Earthcare Witness about 20 years ago. We encountered many Friends we knew through QEW and Quaker circles during the dinner meal. We were also surprised and delighted to see Paul Burks, a Methodist, who for many years had been editor of EarthLight Magazine, a "sister publication" of BeFriending Creation.
After dinner we gave our presentation to a packed audience of residents of Friends House, many of whom were not Friends. It was interesting to be speaking about simplifying lives as a necessary step to sustainability to a group of elderly people who have already simplified their lives quite a bit. So we geared our comments to things that all people can be doing regardless of their place in the cycle of life. They were very responsive, and the questions were showed they had been quite moved by what they heard. It was very poignant to hear from some quite elderly Friends who had appreciated and supported Quaker Earthcare Witness over the years.
Saturday was a day of rest for us. Louis finished working on the newsletter, e-mailed it off to the printer, and then worked on updating the QEW website. Ruah read and relaxed on the rainy and windy day. Part of the day she spent with Barbara while uploading videos to the blog. This time was a gift in getting to know Barbara more and having fun together. In the early evening we and Barbara walked about a mile to a church where there was to be a showing of a video, followed by conversation with the film maker, on the issue of Christian love and Third World poverty. It included evocative footage from Tanzania and interviews with leading Christian authors and Tanzanian church leaders. We were touched by some of the interviews. When one person talked about our challenge to really see Christ in another's eyes ("the least of these"), it awakened much in Ruah. When we truly see Christ, or God, or Spirit. in all that lives, won't we act differently in our lives? How can we continue with "business as usual" when we know and feel the suffering of life on this planet? Louis thought that the film also raised some important population, consumption, and economic justice issues that have been addressed in various ways through QEW publications. One of the video's speakers recited the saying, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." Louis commented that this works in the long run only if you also teach him how to limit his family size. Because of population pressures, many Third World countries are running short of potable water, arable land, and other resources. On the other hand, the U.S., with its relatively low population density, can be considered one of the most overpopulated countries because of its extremely high per-capita consumption. People at the viewing generally agreed that inequality is being maintained not only by a shortage of compassion on the part of those who are privileged but also by national policies that institutionalize poverty and oppression.
On the way home we stopped by the whole foods market for some deli items for an evening meal that we shared with Barbara in her apartment. We were feeling like we were old friends already.
Sunday we attended worship at Redwood Forest Friends Meeting and followed it with our presentation. We were moved by the discussion following the presentation. One question, which had not been asked before but which is on many people's minds, is about how people retire who have been living simply. Can we live on social security income and be satisfied with medicare? Louis and I plan to live on two social security incomes, but what happens if, or when, one of us dies and we're left to live on one income? Are there ways that a Friends Meeting can be involved in aiding the elderly to at least get by regardless of their reduced income? We all need to ponder these questions as we try to simplfy our lives. We'd like to hear from others on this.
We were delighted that our old F/friend Brian Lloyd, a member of Burlington Friends Meeting living in Santa Rosa, was present for the presentation. Later he came to the home of Andrea English and Tom Whiteman, our new hosts. We had a stimulating conversation on a range of topics with Brian, Tom, and Andrea and the afternoon sped by. We met Andrea and Tom in 2004 when we visited with the Eco-berries, a group of Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting in Berkeley, Calif. They have been supporters of QEW and we were appreciative of their offer to host us since we wanted to spend time with them. Since moving to Santa Rosa Tom has been dedicating much of his time to rehabilitating birds at the Bird Rescue Center. His stories of the various birds coming through the center were so fascinating. Andrea is busy with various committee work, but is working hard to find the still and quiet place in her life as a path toward spiritual simplicity. We had a wonderful evening with them. We were looking forward to the next morning when they would walk part of our day's journey with us.
We leave you now and will post again next week when we are in San Francisco. Many blessings are sent your way as we enter the last two months of our pilgrimage.
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Skip to comments.Country music star Mindy McCready commits suicide: report
Posted on 02/17/2013 6:59:09 PM PST by SMGFan
Country music star Mindy McCready has reportedly committed suicide. The 37-year-old singer has died Sunday night, her brother confirmed to the Daily News.
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Behind all the glitz sometimes lurks deep gloom.
A very troubled woman..everyone pretty much saw this coming. I feel horrible for her two small children
Ah, the love of God is so near... yet so far from many.
Celebrities are well paid to pretend. Often they lose touch with the real world. She had the resources to get the best healthcare and mental health money can buy.
She chose to kill herself.
I do not feel sorry for her, her kids and those who loved her are the victims of her selfish act.
Did I ever mention I don't like celebutards?
What a shame! RIP.
I feel sorry for the victims, not her. IOW
RIP Mindy
The article is less than a dozen lines and only takes a few seconds to read.
I heard it was a gun that killed her......
"Last week, a judge ordered McCready be sent to a treatment facility for mental health and alcohol issues on the same day that her two children, Zander, 6, and Zayne, 10 months, were placed in foster care. In January, McCreadys boyfriend, David Wilson, Zaynes father, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound."
No. She really didn't have alot. She was pretty big for about a year, about 15 years ago. Since then her life has been one drug or alcohol fueled disaster after another.
Prayers up
What a shame. Prayers for her soul. RIP.
I feel sorry for the kids she didn't think enough of.
How does what you posted change anything? She still killed herself.
Police suspected that she killed her boyfriend..an accusation of course she denied..maybe that pushed her over the edge who knows
"I feel sorry for the victims, not her. IOW"
For heaven's sake,she was a troubled woman. I DO feel sorry for her.
I understand that she was a suspect in her boyfriend's recent death.
oh my gosh—that baby boy isn't even a year old yet and both his parents have killed themselves... damn...
its very sad..you just know the media will focus on how she used a gun to kill herself..instead of the fact that she was a very troubled woman. Those poor children, they are now orphans at such a young age
that is common thought on suicide... i used to hold that same thought... but those who commit or attempt suicide are in such a different state of mind... a really dark place... i no longer believe it's selfishness... it may seem that way, especially for those left behind...
Such a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Very sad.
Mindy McCready involved in murder probe following boyfriends death, report says
She released her first album in a long time just a couple of years ago. The consensus among the critics was that the material was weak but her voice was very good, better than when she was really popular. It briefly charted, and I think people were hoping she had her life cleaned up and might make a comeback.
Sounds a bit selfish to me...
why kill the dog too?!
According to the report, neighbors heard gunshots at her house and called the police.
She shot herself and the dog, the source said.
Crawl down off your high horse. I think she released one CD, so star is a bit of a reach. She had a real nice voice.
She also married a man that beat the crap out of her. As far as I know, she wasn't some pompous (witch) that demanded to be taken care of, though it may have been better for her if she had been. Her husband was arrested for beating her, so it isn't just speculation on my part.
She seemed to have a lot of unfortunate self-destructive personality traits. I hate that those two kids are going to grow up without both of their parents. I feel the same way about the kids down the road, their father is in jail for killing their mother.
I have to say it's rare these days that I come across any headline that evokes a gasp within, but this one did. So, so, sad— all around.
right. not something very sympathetic
You are correct IMO in your assessment of suicide. Thanks. Not a day goes by that I am saddened by how dark and distraught those are that commit suicide. I personally have had my life literally turned upside down by a loved ones' actions.
All the rush, rush to be the first to report! And no care taken to be accurate.
McCready's two children were removed from her home by a judge on February 6. The woman had been committed by her father 10 days ago, released a few days later for outpatient treatment. Attempted to commit suicide twice in the past 2005 & 2008. Trouble with the law for her and her boyfriend, career on the skids for the past decade.
"I think she released one CD"
Overall, McCready's four studio albums have accounted for twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the Number One hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top Ten hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)". Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her personal life. McCready's critically acclaimed fifth studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records and is available on Amazon & iTunes.
McCready had sold over 3 million albums according to the RIAA.
She reportedly shot her dog before turning the gun on herself.
Well, that's certainly true -- no one's posts will bring her back to life. I was simply pointing out that at least some efforts had been made toward treatment.
She was also being investigated for the death of her boyfriend who she claims committed suicide. The investigation is still ongoing.
I appreciate that she knew she had a problem
That wasn't meant to sound so sarcastic
Condolences to the remainder of her family and her friends.
It's a sad story anytime someone commits suicide. I never heard of her.
She never admitted she had a problem, her father had her put in treatment ten days ago but she was released for outpatient treatment a few days ago.
I still don't know why she would shoot the dog. A good thing her children were in foster care, she could have taken them out too!
i'm surprised they are not with family on either side... anyway, we adopted our two boys (brothers) together when they were 5 y.o and 8-months old... and they are great! i hope these boys will be able to be placed in a loving family soon...
There was once a song (country, of course): "Would you catch a falling star".
My hunch is she wanted the dog "with" her. :(
As sad as it sounds, I believe that she just had another baby, with a man who recently committed suicide.
Or possibly she didn't know how long until she'd be found.
Simple one of those things we'll never know...
Careers in pop music don't last long. Pop, which is what she played, even if it was produced in Nashville. Country singers like Emmylou, on the other hand, have staying power.
Simple = simply
((((Hugs)))) Me too my oldest Child.
Well said.
A family friend took his own life after a life long struggle with depression ... gun in the mouth. His oldest son found him in the back yard on his birthday. His dad was obviously not in his right mind to do such a thing. Truly a tragedy ... that case and this one.
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Version 1.0.0 is released. It has all the features I presently need. Junk has been removed and fat trimmed over the past few releases. It has been tried and refined in several Pyweeks, and the API seems to have settled.
HUD has been slightly revamped. It uses the wonderfully precise str.format now instead of str % best_guess.
The SuperMap API has had some changes, the internals are improved. See the Mercurial change log. This feature has not been tried in a game yet. It has only seen demos. (Waiting on my wish list feature: a Tiled map loader that spreads the load out over multiple game cycles. DR0ID *poke* :)) SuperMap is the feature that enables arbitrarily huge realms with on-demand loading and unloading.
The biggest volume of changes in 1.0.0 are to bring the code into PEP 8 compliance.
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Gummworld2 is a light pygame framework for a scrolling game, where the map is larger than the display. It emphasizes simplicity, freedom, and performance. You add the display elements and game logic, the engine provides the framework for timing, events, updates, and rendering.
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Source and documentation, plenty of uncomplicated examples included at Bitbucket. Also, some moderately complex demos are there, and the wiki cites completed games.
Compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.
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Ãbel Blatt is back!
Chapter 100
Going to have to read this manga from the start since i can't remember anything due to the hiatus.
Isn't it chapter 100?
It's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
<3 the fan service!
not much service imho, but yeah, nice to see it's still being translated.
It's nice because we don't get it in colored pages usually.
Great to see people remember Ascheriit for who he was.
Hell yeah !!! Guts might be badass, but Koinzel is superior, nothing beats a badass that doesn't look like one ;P. It was great to read it once again, perhaps, if I have some time, I might reread the whole thing.
Oh, right, anyone knows what plans Square has with this work ? IIRC they have the rights to make a game of it, I think ;P. What type of game would like it to be ?
It's gonna be an eroge, definitely.
Awesome manga, nice treat to read especially since the next chapter of berserk won't be appearing during my life time. Like how the main character straightforward to the point and doesn't have the corny quirks the keeps other protagonists from doing what ever the f*ck they want to do. Glenn definitely ain't dead and I'm really enjoying how things are unraveling with lebonled w/e his name is ruling the army. At this point I just see Altea just for fan service, cuz peepi can use magic pretty good and Ato just got a new weapon. I think Konzeil is gonna kill 2-3 of those hero's at the same time the ones that hide behind Lebonleds back. Also when fairy mutated Glenn returns the story probably gonna take more of a course towards the Miasma part. Especially with the Imperial army waging war against it now.
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OTTAWA (May 17, 2013)– Volleyball Canada is pleased to announce Sportsnet as the Canadian host broadcaster for the FIVB Volleyball World League 2013 season which will include mostly live coverage of Canada's home matches.
The FIVB Volleyball World League is the most prestigious tournament in the sport and features 18 countries this season including the top-12 in the world. Canada returned to the World League circuit last year and placed 12th and is primed to improve on that result in 2013 with an experienced and professionally-seasoned squad.
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Canada competes in pool C and will face its five opponents twice with six of the matches held in Canada.
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Should homeschooled children be required to sit for state exams to ensure minimum competency in reading and math? And what should happen if they fail? Indiana University School of Education professor Robert Kunzman, who studies homeschooling, proposes in the journal Theory and Research in Education that states require a basic skills test for homeschoolers.
Seconding Kunzman's article, Miller-McCune magazine asks, with as many as 2 million students currently being homeschooled, whether "it might be time to consider some sensible oversight." In theory, the magazine notes, a required basic skills test "could be a useful tool to help homeschooling parents understand which areas their child is excelling and struggling in and, if constructed properly, could illuminate where to focus additional attention."
Above all, it's essential that the test be crafted by individual states (just as individual states create tests for public schools in compliance with federal testing mandates) and be viewed as "neutral" (evolutionary science off-limits?) by parents and students. Then perhaps local homeschool organizations could work with the state to create a skills assessment that contains no ideological or moral "litmus test." The result, as Kunzman conceives it, "would involve computation skills (adding, subtracting, multiplication, division) and reading comprehension." In other words: a simple, rudimentary, noncontroversial test that even a serviceably educated student could pass.
Even that won't be simple, however. At the website Homeschooling Research Notes, Milton Gaither, a professor at Messiah College sees several problems with Kunzman's proposal:
First, he is not clear about exactly when these tests would need to be administered or what would happen if a student failed them. By what age must a child be able to read, write, and cipher? For some unschoolers such skills are not deliberately taught until a child wants to learn them, which could be as late as 10 or 12. Such children would fail the Iowa test of Basic Skills, perhaps repeatedly. What then? Kunzman says in a footnote that failure doesn't mean kids should be forcibly placed in public schools, for they might do even worse there. All he says is that repeated failure shoud prompt "a closer look by the state into that particular homeschool context, the quality of instruction, and the needs of the student before deciding how best to protect his or her educational interests." (p. 328) This I find unhelpful and vague. Why bother administering the test at all if there's no clear consequence for failing it?
Kunzman's website has a lot of interesting information and resources about homeschooling (his state-by-state chart of homeschooling regulations is fascinating). While I understand the impulse behind his proposal–he points out we really have no objective information about how homeschooled students truly perform academically–but I think it's unlikely that many, perhaps even most, homeschoolers will see mandated testing as anything other than an unwarranted intrustion. "The underlying assumption of this proposal seems to be that the citizen is somehow subject to the standards set by the state," writes one homeschooling blogger. "Or perhaps that the state has a more compelling interest in the well being of the child than the parent. As any homeschooling parent can tell you, we don't need a test to tell us how our child is doing. They are not a name on a roster, they are our focus of attention."
In short, prepare for a fight. Given the relatively low performance of most states, it will also be hard to make a credible case that they know best or are even minimally competent to gauge, let alone assure academic success.


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In a Binghamton University laboratory, Behavioral Neuroscience Professor Patricia Di Lorenzo has taken a first step toward understanding how we make decisions about food by studying how the brain encodes information about taste.
Her research focuses on how nerve cells in the brainstem convey information about what tastes are present on the tongue. These cells receive information directly from the nerves that stimulate taste buds and represent the earliest stage of central processing of taste information.
To understand these cells, Di Lorenzo pursues two related research strategies. The first records and analyzes neuronal responses to taste stimuli bathed over the tongue. The second plays these recorded responses back to the brainstem. From her experiments, she has found that individual neurons in the brainstem can discriminate among different taste qualities (sweet, sour, salty and bitter) by using spike timing, known as temporal coding. Much like a Morse code communicates the alphabet, temporal coding works when taste nerves send a certain number of electrical spikes in a certain pattern to the brainstem, where neurons interpret taste qualities based on that pattern.
Interestingly, when two taste stimuli evoke the same taste quality, such as two sugars or two salts, neurons use temporal coding to differentiate between them. And when mixtures of two taste qualities are presented, the resulting temporal code is a combination of the temporal codes for each of the components.
However, Di Lorenzo's most intriguing finding is that when playing a recorded temporal spike pattern back to the brainstem, the brain will interpret the pattern of electrical pulses as having a taste. So, even though a subject might be licking water, the brain will perceive the taste of sugar, salt, sour or bitter.
This ability to influence the central processing of taste has major implications for how we treat common diseases like obesity, diabetes, bulimia and anorexia, making Di Lorenzo's research especially attractive to the National Institutes of Health, which continues to provide major funding for her lab.
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Asthma and Its Growing Impact on Children and Women
Will My Child Outgrow His Or Her Asthma?
Asthma is on the rise in both pre-school and school-age children, causing almost 3 million physician visits and 200,000 hospitalizations per year. In 50-80% of children, asthma starts before the age of 5. When a physician tells parents that their child has asthma, one of the first questions the parents ask is "Will my child outgrow asthma?" The answer is a resounding, "Maybe, maybe not."
Researchers are looking at factors that can help distinguish between the child who has episodic asthma early in life that never recurs verses the child who goes on to have persistent asthma. Dr. Fernando Martinez and his colleagues in Tucson, AZ have looked at a large number of young children with asthma. Three patterns of disease occur.
- Children who have asthmatic symptoms before age three but not at age six.
- Children who have asthmatic symptoms before age three and continue to show symptoms at age six.
- Children who have onset of asthma after age three.
Children in the first category, who seem to "outgrow" their asthma, tend to have siblings or attend day care, have mothers who smoke and have decreased lung function from birth. Those children in the second category who start to have asthmatic symptoms as infants and continue to wheeze and cough throughout childhood tend to have allergies - especially atopic dermatitis or eczema - and mothers who have asthma. These children start out with normal lung function and end up with abnormal lung function. This suggests that early and aggressive treatment could alter the development of airway changes that accompany persistent asthma.
There are several ongoing studies of toddlers with asthma that should give us definitive answers in the next two to three years about early and aggressive treatment with inhaled steroids. Overall, Martinez found that approximately 60% of children are like those in that first group, who wheeze with viral respiratory infections early in life, but do not continue to wheeze beyond age 6.
What Helps To Predict Which Child Will Have Persistent Asthma?
While there is no definite way to predict the onset of asthma, the following information has been gathered from a growing body of data and can give us clues about who may be susceptible to the disease:
- Boys have more asthma than girls before puberty.
- Atopy (sensitivity to allergens) is strongly associated with persistent wheezing. Babies with severe atopic dermatitis and positive allergy skin tests have a greater risk of persistent asthma. Egg allergy may be a strong predictor of future persistent asthma.
- If a child has bronchiolitis (RSV) or multiple episodes of croup in early childhood their chances of having persistent asthma increase significantly.
- There is definite evidence to link parental smoking with persistent asthma.
- Wheezing tends to abate in patients with less wheezing/asthma during the first years. If asthma is severe at the onset, this child seems to be at increased risk of more severe persistent asthma
Most studies show that as many as 50% of adults who report having asthma in childhood no longer have symptoms. Is their asthma gone completely or just in remission? Have they outgrown their asthma? Interestingly, some studies have shown totally asymptomatic patients who by all appearances are "cured" of their asthma continue to have ongoing inflammation without any outward signs of asthma. Under the right circumstances - such as in areas with high concentrations of asthma triggers like dust and pollen, or during intense exercise - this inflammation intensifies and the patient again suffers from coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Several long-term studies following patients with childhood asthma have found relapses of asthma later in adulthood. So, even if you or your child has ceased showing signs of asthma, you may not be out of the woods yet! Research is continuing to identify markers of inflammation that could help us to identify those children who will have persistent asthma. With this knowledge, we will be able to target those children with the greatest chance of having persistent asthma with aggressive early intervention to help prevent the progression of the disease.
Asthma - A Growing Problem for Women
While asthma affects 5 million children, there are 12 million teenage and adult Americans who suffer from the disease as well. Asthma does not discriminate, affecting men and women, boys and girls of all ages and nationalities. When asked about the diseases that have a major effect on the lives of women in particular, most would list breast cancer, osteoporosis and heart disease. Few are aware of the problems women have with asthma when compared with men.
Some of the statistics about asthma as it affects women are staggering!
- In a recent report from the CDC, doctors reported that significantly more women than men have asthma in the United States: 9.1% of females vs. only 5.1% of males.
- In the last decade the death rate from asthma increased 54% in women compared to only 23% for men.
- Doctor visits increased 8% for females with asthma but decreased 23% for men.
- A 10-year study in the Yale New Haven Hospital found that females with severe asthma were admitted to the hospital almost twice as often as men with severe asthma. These same females stayed in the hospital almost a day longer than their male counterparts.
Are Hormones To Blame?
No one can explain these differences for sure. However, research is focusing on the role of hormones and the menstrual cycle. The hypothesis to explain the relationship between sex hormones and asthma is that the changes in estrogen and progesterone levels that occur during the menstrual cycle may cause constriction of the airways.
For years doctors have recognized a definite change in the pattern of asthma from childhood to adulthood. As was said above, asthma is more common in boys than girls. At the time of puberty, asthma occurs in boys and girls equally. After puberty, women are more likely than men to have asthma. Therefore as a woman's hormonal system matures it may play a role in the changing prevalence of asthma.
Studies have shown that approximately one third of women think that their symptoms are worse just before or during menstruation. Further evidence of the hormone-asthma link was discovered after a lengthy study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They found that hormone replacement therapy may as much as double the risk of developing asthma in postmenopausal women.
If you are a woman and have asthma what can you do?
- Keep a diary of your symptoms and compare it to your menstrual cycle. See if there is any pattern.
- If symptoms worsen consistently during a portion of your menstrual cycle, talk with your doctor about increasing preventative medication during this time.
- Some women who suffer from the menstrual/asthma connection may benefit from manipulation of their cycle with birth control pills.
- Aspirin and other non-steroid medications such as Advil and Aleve can worsen asthma symptoms. These drugs are commonly used for relief of menstrual cramps. Be sure to note if there is a pattern with your asthma symptoms flaring up with the use of pain relievers.
Asthma And Pregnancy
Asthma affects 7% of women in their childbearing years and is the most common serious medical condition to complicate a pregnancy. It is rarely fatal but could cause serious problems for the mother and baby including high blood pressure (toxemia), premature delivery and retardation of fetal growth.
If you are pregnant and have asthma what can you do?
- See your asthma specialist early in your pregnancy to discuss an appropriate asthma treatment plan.
- Know that most medications prescribed to treat asthma are safe to take during pregnancy, as are allergy shots.
- Know the "Rule of 3's"
- One third of pregnant patients with asthma get better
- One third of pregnant patients with asthma get worse
- One third of pregnant patients with asthma stay the same
- Monitor your asthma, particularly in the late second early third trimesters.
- Know that rarely will asthma be a problem at delivery.
Hope For Asthma Sufferers Of All Ages
Controlling the possible asthma triggers in your environment is another way to control your symptoms. Asthma sufferers and parents of asthma sufferers can start off on the right foot by not smoking! Also, covering beds with dust mite-proof encasings and taking other measures to limit exposure to household allergens are important steps to help you or your children feel better.
Both children and adults can control their asthma and lead normal lives by educating themselves about the disease and forming good habits. We at National Allergy Supply believe that children and adults who suffer from asthma should be able to SLEEP, WORK, LEARN and PLAY without persistent coughing, wheezing and worrying. The following are some products available from National Allergy Supply to help children and adults cope with asthma. Follow the links on each product to further educate yourself about these asthma management tools and products.
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Lulu Townsend Yanka Platform Sandal
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Step out in high style in the Yanka by Lulu Townsend. This multicolor sandal is perfectly paired with denim and skirts for a chic look.
- Faux leather upper
- Heel strap with an adjustable buckle
- 1" platform, 4¼" braided rope heel
- Synthetic sole
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By: SarahA007
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June 03, 2013
"So cute, picture does not do these shoes justice. Very comfy and look awesome once you get them on."
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Location: Boston, MA
May 18, 2013
Very cute, not so comfy
"These shoes weren't made for walking, but they're wicked cute. I have yet to find a strappy sandal that doesn't dig into my toes - if you're okay with that, then definitely get these because the colors are awesome and they'll go with all your summer dresses."
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May 10, 2013
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"The straps that crosses over the toes are a little uncomfortable and it is not stationery so as you walk it slides."
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Strut your fierce warm weather style in the Madden Girl Looop sandal. This chic pump has a sultry silhouette covered in glitter that is sure to shine on your next night out.
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Dividers & CompassesCombination Instruments
While many compasses have been made and used strictly for drawing circles, some compasses have removable ends so that the user may change between pen and pencil points or may insert two needle points to operate the instrument as a divider.
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Safe-T mmArc Combination Compass, Protractor, and Rule, Group of Two
- Description
- These clear plastic instruments are roughly rectangular in shape, with a semicircular side at one end. A rotating disc is inset at that end. The disc has holes at distances of 10 to 19 mm from its center. The rectangular part of the instrument has ten rows of ten holes, at distances of 22 to 120 mm from the center of the disc. To draw circles, one fixes the disc at the center, places a pencil or other writing implement at the desired radius, and rotates either the disc or the rectangle.
- The semicircular edge is divided to degrees and marked by 20s from zero to 180 in the clockwise direction and by 20s from 10 to 170 in the counterclockwise direction. The disc is marked: SAFE-T PROTRACTOR ™. It directs students to look at the upper, black numbers for angles facing left and at the lower, red numbers for angles facing right. A scale of 11 centimeters, divided to millimeters, is along one edge, and a scale of four inches, divided to 16ths of an inch, is along the other edge. The lower left corner is marked: mmArc ™ (/) by SAFE-T ™ (/) #46110.
- One of the instruments is marked in the lower right corner: U.S.Pat#5,615,485 (/) "And Other Pats. Pend." It fits into a two-sided white cardboard of instructions. The bottom of this card has a label covering the mark: Part # 45759. The label is marked: Part # 46109. The card is also marked: Made in China.
- The other instrument is marked in the lower right corner: LaGrange, IL 60525-0692 (/) U.S.Pat#4,353,166 (/) "And Other Pats. Pend." It is still sealed in its original display packaging, which describes the object as model number 46111 and indicates it was manufactured in China.
- According to a company catalog in the accession file, Safe-T model number 45759 was the Safe-T Compass, so that mark on the instruction card is apparently a typo. Number 46109 was the mmArc that sold individually for $2.50 around 2000. Number 46110 sold in sets of 30 for $64.80 for classroom use. Number 46111 is not listed in the catalog but apparently was distributed to retail stores. Patent number 4,353,166 refers to a patent received by John S. Kettlestrings of Wheaton, Ill., in 1982 for the design of the disc. Patent number 5,615,485 refers to a patent received by J. Bruce Stoneberg, the president of Extra Measures, Inc., for the entire Safe-T Compass. For information on Safe-T Products and Extra Measures, see 2000.0160.04.
- References: John S. Kettlestrings, "Toy-Like Instrument for Drawing Circles" (U.S. Patent 4,353,166 issued October 12, 1982); Bruce Stoneberg, "Instruments for Drawing Circles" (U.S. Patent 5,615,485 issued April 1, 1997); accession file. See also Bruce Stoneberg, "Compass" (U.S. Patent Des. 378,359 issued March 11, 1997).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1995-2000
- maker
- Safe-T Products, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2000.0160.06
- accession number
- 2000.0160
- catalog number
- 2000.0160.06
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Young guns, or just young?
January 18 2008 12:41AM
The Edmonton Oilers are a young team, the third youngest in the league. But should the Oilers be considered a good young team?
Looking at the current youth movement in Edmonton, I'm not convinced. Sam Gagner has three goals—I know he's probably one of the best shootout performers in the league, but put five angry millionaires in front of the opponent's net and the breathtaking moves start to look a lot more like dump-ins. He's only 18 years old and there's certainly room for growth. But take age out of the analysis; Gagner is responsible defensively, smart, great hockey sense and occasionally does something that makes you say "wow."
I just described Toby Peterson.
Of the others in the group—Robert Nilsson, Andrew Cogliano, Kyle Brodziak, Dustin Penner, Denis Grebeshkov and Ladislav Smid—only Penner looks like a player who could be dominant one day. Don't forget Robbie Schremp, the one-time blue chipper couldn't crack the Oilers line up this year. Ouch.
Certainly all of these players have the potential to develop, but keep in mind every team that isn't winning now will tell you how much they love their young players, and whisper about growing pains and development. Take the Kings for example. They're in 30th place, but with Anze Kopitar, Mike Cammileri, Alexander Frolov, Patrick O'Sullivan, Dustin Brown, Jonathan Bernier and Jack Johnson as their young core, the Kings have a lot more to be excited about than the Oilers.
There are, however, reasons to smile if you're an Oilers fan:
- Ales Hemsky: 'nuff said.
- Matthieu Garon: a team as prone to defensive lapses as the Oilers needs a gymnast in goal, and they have one.
- Dustin Penner: Started the year to a chorus of uh-ohs, Penner looked more like a white Laraque without the pugilistic resumé than a player worth a first-, second- and third-round draft pick. He deserves a lot of credit for turning it around in year one.
- Joni Pitkanen: Can't figure out whether he looks more like a giant baby or Finnish Frankenstein. Cheap shots aside this guy could be the next Scott Niedermayer.
January 18 2008, 09:23AM
My fingers are fighting with each other about which point to discuss first!
1) Please explain to me how Pitkanen could be the next Scott Niedermayer. Pitkannen is an offensive defenseman with limited defensive or physical abilities. He is prone to injury, and has been traded for failing to show consistent effort.
Scott Niedermayer is a defensively sound offensive defenseman who is tough as nails. Anyone who questions the fact that Niedermayer brings consistent effort should look to the game on November 19, 2001. Niedermayer scored 3 goals, had 4 fights, 21 saves 12 penalty minutes and acted as usher in section 111 for most of the third period.
Pitkanen might be a good player, but he is no S.Niedermayer.
2) The Kings core is WAY crappier than that of the Oilers
3) Toby Peterson is a chump
4) Ladislav Smid is probably one of the most underrated young defenseman in the league. Patrick O'Sullivan? Isn't he the barternder at the Irish Pub Shenanigans.
I'll go get a broom
I think Tom Gilbert is an awesome young defenceman. The Oilers were right to trade Tommy Salo for him.
I also agree that Pitkannen is no Niedermayer. I cant understand why that Schremp doesnt deserves more of a chance. You never even hear about him anymore


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A perfect boat shoe for all seasons, the Down Islander slip-on from Margaritaville is a sure bet! This classic boat shoe is great for casual outings and goes with just about everything.
- Leather upper
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"I really like these shoes for looks, but they make my feet sweat like there's no tomorrow. Not a good trait for a shoe mainly worn in the summer! I've never own a pair of shoes that did that to my feet. I took the removable insole out and they improved quite a bit, so it must be whatever material the insole is made from that causes the problem. Also, I wore a hole through the sole after only 4 months of use. Generally, I can go YEARS before that happens when wearing other brands of deck shoes. So, the sole material is really poor quality and that's obviously where the company tried to save some money on this shoe, in addition to the sweat inducing insoles!"
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