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UPDATE: We've had tremendous response from this post (yet the comments are lacking.. Hmmm…) and I realize that some are still very uncomfortable with T&A, even though it is relevant. I'd hate for our fellow gamers to miss out on an important discussion over something so trivial. So I have changed it.
Sorry fellas.. But the show must go on!
Here is a parody video that should lighten the mood for those that find this subject matter a bit touchy. I'm sure many of you have seen this already (Seth Green, Michelle Boyd, etc.):
The previously featured image of GamerGirl90 (read on) is what some guys imagine (or hope) your average gamer girl would look like. This is not very realistic, for a few reasons. The reality is that we gamers come in different shapes and sizes, folks. Besides, jaded gamers tend to expect the worst in the faceless entities they play with over the interwebz. Apparently, all us gamers are fat, lazy slobs with acne.. Or at least that's the stereotype.
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Over at Be Like Water, they have a Woman Crush Wednesday theme. We shared the Lady Sif / Jaimie Alexander Woman Crush Wednesday post here because, let's face it: that's the sort of stuff that draws people in. Sure, there are list posts, cute-overload animal photos, silly memes, cheats, and other SEO, traffic-boosting subject matter but those are not particularly evergreen. The female form is art: timeless, beautiful, and intriguing to most of the world.. I know even some gay guys that find boobies (I'm more of a booty guy myself) appealing.. It must be a guy thing!
Now let's set the stage further: this is the story of the disappearance of GamerGirl90 and the drama that ensues when geeks as a whole can't play nice together. GamerGirl90 used to be a DeviantArt contributor (here is some of GamerGirl90's DeviantArt work). Sadly, she was scared away due to trolls and clients who refused to pay her for commissioned work (after she delivered the goods, mind you). She was a very engaging individual. Not only is she easy on the eyes but she is quite talented as an artist. DeviantArt, hell, the geek community has suffered a great loss.
This sort of thing happens all the time.. And it's a bummer.
Cynical geeks may think that people like GamerGirl90 are attention-starved, inauthentic posers. The most prevelant stigma dictates that attractive women can't possibly be "true gamers" or real geeks. But look at that artwork – the coloring is beautiful.. And that is a rough work. What people fail to see is that geek culture is so pervasive that we're no longer the minority. Heck, jocks and pop culture junkies are more of a minority now.
So let's look at heard numbers to prove a point. Wikipedia confirms what a lot of studies have suggested. Almost half of the gaming populice are women!
In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30 percent) than boys age 17 or younger (18 percent)." Entertainment Software Association's 2013 study found that 45% of game players are female, 2% decrease from last year's figures.
Thank goodness for that because, let's face it: the screechers are the worst of them all. Seriously, though, this just goes to show that we should not longer be shocked that we encounter women in our favorite games. Sadly, biases continue and the assumption is that women only play social or casual games. The statistics speak for themselves: gamer girls run the full gamut in terms of gaming preferences, appearance, personalities, and more. There are more differences within sub-groups than gender yet some folks will desperately hold onto their ignorant assumptions… Why?
Is this sort of thing classy, tacky, or just plain pathetic? Is this just a mere marketing stunt?
It's easy to let our biases guide us towards hasty judgments and bitterness. The general assumption is that women that make themselves known online are attention whores but that is not always the case. Let's be honest: if you got it, flaunt it.. More importantly, we all like attention and doting to a degree (hello, social media). We humans are social creatures, after all.
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Parents of children enrolled in a Maryland public school may have heard about the new Common Core standards, which are meant to prepare students in the early grades for college and a career. Common Core also comes with a new test.
The test will replace the one used now known as the Maryland School Assessment.
The new test is called Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers, or PARCC. It's a next-generation test for students from grade 3 to high school. Students will give it a test run next spring.
Maryland is one of more than two dozen states where educators have agreed to use PARCC. It's an English/language arts, literacy and mathematics test that the state's chief academic officer said is built for progress.
"Twenty-eight states have come together to work together to develop an assessment that's more engaging for students. It's a better test of how students learn and what they learn and how they can apply it," Maryland Chief Academic Officer Jack Smith said.
The PARCC test will be computer-based and will deliver real-time results. It's designed to support educators in the classroom by making better use of technology, and it advances accountability on all levels but may also take some time to catch on with students when they officially start taking it next year.
"The scores are probably going to drop because it's not quite aligned yet with the curriculum. The curriculum is first being introduced now, so it takes a while for those things to be put into place," said Abby Beytin with the Teachers Association of Baltimore County.
The state's teachers union has launched an online campaign to help explain Common Core. Next week, the State Department of Education is taking Common Core on the road, holding a number of regional forums. It'll also have to take questions about the new PARCC test as well. Some said the test will finally catch up with the times.
"There need to be assessments that match the 21st century, so they involve technology and different ways of looking at information than when I was a student in school in the 1960s," Smith said.
The PARCC test will be field-tested in schools across the state in the spring.
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Opinion: Why Rand Paul is Wrong on Syria
Global View columnist Bret Stephens makes the case for U.S. intervention in Syria. Photos: Associated Press
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I ... it's a mistake to get involved in the Syrian civil war and what our Sean Carriers ... Kennedy's famous for saying you know how the U S command to the last one to Dr a mistake ... I would ask John Kerry up in U S demand ... for it ... welcome to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel hope everybody had a good labor day ... that was Senator Rand Paul making the case for non intervention ... in Syria civil war ... global view calmness Bret Stephens is here to make the opposite case ... Brett welcome ... to the speaker on the ... last one first class Visa demagoguery and ... with all the so the theocracy cases Senator Rand Paul because ... his point is that there's a civil war it's going to keep going on white you wanna put ... U S troops on the line ... look let me ask you ... do we want ... Assad to win ... do we want Hizbollah so when ... do we want Iran to consolidate its position in the Middle East ... do we want Vladimir Putin to have a new client in ... the Middle East as the Soviet Union and this area as reliable client in the Middle East ... people warranty against this intervention ... need to make a clear case why they are okay with the idea of a cyber remaining in power ... and by the way ... do we really want I mean I know that that Brock Obama says for the on this editoral page no one's idea of the best president we've ever had ... okay ... the deal we want the president ... to be ... had his forty his executive authority and future presidents executive authority ... being undercut by this false constitutional argument ... that somehow the president needs to go with us for Congress's permission ... um up for any kind of military intervention ... and started on here ... for thirty years Republicans fought acts like the war powers Act which permits a constraint presidential authority when Ronald Reagan invaded Grenada he did not consult a single member of Congress's is Rand Paul to stay low rated should of been impeached for that well look I hear a lot of strands of argument there I wanna focus less for focus first on the president there is a Wall Street Journal news story today that sent ... President Obama has even follow through on his promise to arm the rebels so why should we trust that this president is go with it he does go into Syria will follow through I and that is a legitimate question we have a very shaky commander in chief was allowed one red line after another ... to be ignored erased of the moves ... and that is that that that that is real issue but now what what is at issue ... is whether we are going to have a Congress essentially issue a no confidence vote ... in presidential authority ... when we have a meal of real issue on the line does does push our Assad ... take the signal ... that he used chemical weapons ok in violation of law ... and in violation of American well ... and got away with that with the consent of the American Congress that it's an interesting is that the message to be sending a practice push our Assad but every other to bits of who is looking at whether the United States to the police world order or withdraw from that will ... if you love to know if the region prior to this use of chemical weapons Charlotte side ... nominally a friend of the nine states but not really a lot of Iranian influence there ... let's say we let them stay in power ... Tehran's influence how is that housing increased breath I mean if they had influence over the region before has accepted this time because one ... they had defied the United States they have defied international community ... it defied an effort by the Sunni Arab world's overs so that overthrow a menorah Terry dictatorship ... and they have won and they are already on the cusp of having the ability to produce nuclear weapons but in small numbers but in large numbers there creating an industrial scale ... nuclear capability ... by the way whatever influence we have remaining in Iraq and this is largely Obama spoke to be squandered the gains that we made in Iraq ... Iraq wonder stand ... that it now exists as part of an art in a Shiite crescent ... and it will increasingly come under the rain Aeon's sway ... so even that ... limited game budget however much that was squandered is going to be in euro did completely if we allow that to eleven lesson thirty seconds left what is it mean for Israel it's people like Senator Rand Paul in his argument for males ... what it means that this film is now ... it now one now understand will take the lesson ... that when the United States this president says ... I will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon he doesn't really mean it or he's going to consult Congress or the United States is going to chicken out one where the other ... that is going to be an incentive for is filled to take a highly risky ... unilateral strike to do with a rent the rainy Nuclear prom because United States for ... that is the likely source of the Week serious regional conflict ... then ... then then American tactics Sophia still is taking lessons United States is an unreliable ally and bodily SOEs Taiwan ... South Korea and every other country that relies on us for securities located global view calmness Bret Stephens thank you so much for your comments


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"Seventeen year old Eric Forrester was a generational reparations offender from a family of generational race criminals. His denial of reparations for the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade was rooted in white supremacy and this nation's legacy of historic and contemporary racial terrorism.
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Umm- yeah. It is freaking cold here. I know what you must be thinking. "Hello Lea?! You live in the north, and have for the majority of your 28 years of life. You should be used to it by now, so get over it." But seriously...who actually gets over -15 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill factor of -30? It makes me shiver just thinking about it. Do you know what else makes me shiver, but not from the freezing cold? The thought of opening our power bill next month. Yep...that one is going to hurt.
I wanted to repost some layouts that have been previously published. These were in the August 2008 issue of Scrapbook Trends Magazine. Two of my favorite layouts ended up in this magazine...the football layout and the cousin layout. Still love those ones after all this time. Be sure to click on them if you want to see more detail or read the journaling!!
So, did everyone have a good weekend and beginning of the week? Our arctic cold front hit late on Friday night. We went to Drummond on Friday night to watch Casey play basketball, then we stopped in at Swedes to watch the rest of the Griz game. They beat the #1 seed James Madison University...and are headed to the national championship!! The players left today for Chattanooga, TN and us fans couldn't be more proud of them! We haven't been to the national championship since 2004, and we haven't won it since 2001. I think we are due for another flag to fly in Washington Grizzly Stadium. ;) Good luck Griz...we will be glued to ESPN2 on Friday night!!
The freaking arctic front rolled in very late Friday night/early Saturday morning...and the rest of the basketball tournament ended up being canceled. So, we did some Christmas shopping at the mall, and then went to Hooters for lunch. So not my choice, but it was me and 7 men/boys...guess who picked? I couldn't care less about Hooters to be honest...you see much more skin at the lake or on the river in summers...but the food is not wonderful. I guess it doesn't have to be when your waitress is named "princess" and wearing a push-up bra two times too small. :) Yes Casey and Tyler...she did have eyes.
I am now in the middle of a pretty busy week. My mom was here last night. Tonight was my lazy night. Tomorrow night I am going to Twilight with two gals from work. On Thursday night Josh and I are going to some midnight showing of a newer movie...it is a private thing that the movie theater is doing for Best Buy employees and their significant others. Then Friday I have some church outreach stuff to take care of. So- it is a very busy week...if only I didn't have to work. Hee hee!
Well, I better get going for now! Have a happy rest of the night!
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I'm all about leveling slowly (or not at all) while picking up as much über twink gear as possible.
I suggest checking out the Lock blogs on my ReadByGnome page – they are bound to have leveling tips.
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'Repo men' face tougher times in resurgent economy
- The auto repossession business is down
- More buyers are making their payments on time
- Some professionals are leaving the business
With the economy on the upsurge, it's a tough time to be a repo man.
More car buyers are keeping up with their auto payments or coming up with the cash if the repo man -- or woman -- shows up in their driveway. As a result, fewer vehicles are being hooked up for a tow to the impound yard.
An estimated 1.3 million vehicles were repossessed last year, the lowest tally in 12 years, says Manheim Consulting. That's down 31.8% from the recessionary peak year of 2009.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, repossessions were down 27.6% compared with the same period the year before, says Experian Automotive.
"I've been in the business for 20 years, and it's never been like this," says Les McCook, executive director of the American Recovery Association, a trade group for auto repo industry. "We're at the low point."
Repossessions have fallen because fewer cars were sold during the recession. In addition, many people lost jobs and weren't eligible for financing. With fewer cars being financed, there were fewer to repossess, says Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim.
He also notes that lenders dramatically pulled back on subprime lending -- the making of loans to buyers with shaky credit histories who are most likely to default. However, subprime loans are creeping back into the market, Webb says. He's predicting that vehicle repossessions could rise 26.9% through 2015 as riskier buyers default on their loans.
So far this year, auto buyers have kept up their good habits when it comes to paying off their auto loans. Experian says the number of borrowers who were more than 30 days late on a car loan fell 2.9% in the fourth quarter, compared with the year-earlier period, although they rose 3.5% for 60-day delinquencies.
That's good news for lenders but not so much for the mostly mom-and-pop shops that rely on repo work. Some of the more talented repo professionals are leaving the business and finding other lines of work. "You can drive a truck in the oilfields today for three times what we pay," McCook says.
In Canton, Ohio, the president of Central Ohio Recovery and Auto Auction, Bob Nicewander says business has picked up for him in the past eight months, in part because some of his smaller competitors are getting squeezed out.
But he says repo companies are under pressure to pick up more cars for less money. "We're getting paid a lot less," Nicewander says of his auto repo and sales operation.
There are fewer repossessed cars and trucks for him to offer at his auto auctions because more owners are showing up with cash to reclaim them. "The business has changed tremendously."


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According to officials, the algorithm is capable of expert level detection of 14 cardiac output classes, including 12 arrhythmias as well as sinus rhythm and noise from artifact. The collaboration leveraged the iRhythm data science and clinical teams' knowledge in electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis, as well as iRhythm's ECG data set to produce an arrhythmia detection algorithm.
Because deep learning models are dependent upon vast amounts of reliable data, the company provided an annotated data set of about 30,000 unique patients, 500 times larger than standards-based databases utilized in previous studies, officials noted. This enabled the Stanford researchers, in collaboration with iRhythm machine learning specialist Masoumeh Haghpanahi, Ph.D., to develop the 34-layer convolutional neural network, comparable to artificial intelligence (AI) models used in computer vision and speech recognition, officials stated...
The Stanford Statistical Machine Learning Group is a blend of faculty, students, and post-docs spanning AI, systems, theory, and statistics. "The group's work spans the spectrum from answering deep, foundational questions in the theory of machine learning to building practical large-scale machine learning algorithms which are widely used in industry," it states.
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I'm new to java, and need to write a program where the program asks the user to think of a number between 1 and 10, and then the programs generates random guesses until the user confirms with y that the number is correct, and then displays the results, including number of attempts.
I'm using a counter, I know how to print introduction and results. I'm having a problem though. I need to create a method that takes a prompt String and a Scanner as input and returns a char. If kb was the scanner object, the call would be:
char ans = promptYN("Do you want to play against", kb)


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The 2013 Slam Dunk Contest's five biggest problems
Despite plenty of advanced billing, the Knicks' James White completed only one dunk in the competition. (Eric Gay/AP)
By Ben Golliver
HOUSTON -- The Slam Dunk Contest was on the precipice of disaster Saturday before a solidly entertaining final-round showdown between eventual champion Terrence Ross and defending champion Jeremy Evans saved the night. In sum, 2013 will go down as an average contest: It certainly wasn't a threat to break into the five worst of all time, but it wasn't sniffing top 10 greatest status either.
Here's a look at the top five biggest problems that held back the contest. Without these five issues, the event as a whole would have had more staying power and the Ross/Evans head-to-head would have been easier to savor.
5. The Conference Versus Conference Format
A rule change this year pitted the conferences against each other in a running contest throughout the All-Star Saturday events, with the winner earning a larger amount of money to donate to charities of their choice. When this change was first revealed, it seemed a bit needless and complicated, but it actually played out just fine. It wasn't overbearing and Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul did OK in their limited roles as "captains."
The larger East versus West set-up also changed the dunk-contest format, turning into a two-round competition that incorporated the conference rivalry. The first round saw the three East dunkers compete against each other and the West dunkers compete against each other in order to set up a one-on-one, East versus West final round. The big problem: If the two best dunkers in the first round happened to be from the same conference, the runner-up would get sent packing in favor of a weaker option from the other conference solely for the point of preserving the charity battle gimmick.
This wound up not being a huge issue because Ross easily won in the East and there wasn't any real controversy when Evans advanced from a close race in the West. However, it's a looming problem for future dunk contests if this format is maintained. There's absolutely no reason to unnecessarily sacrifice the sanctity of the dunk contest simply for the sake of a made-up charity competition. Next year, the contest should keep an evenly split field of West and East participants (a four-man or six-man field, either way) but ditch the first-round split between the conferences. Throw everybody into the same pool in the first round, have the top two overall advance regardless of conference and then dole out the charity points to the winner's conference.
Is this actually a big deal? Imagine if Dominique Wilkins and Michael Jordan hadn't faced off in 1988 because they both played in the East and one had to be eliminated in the opening round to fit the charity game. Checkmate.
4. Kenneth Faried Forgot About His Signature Skill
Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried was a wild card in this competition as the designated high-flying big man. Faried went off the backboard to himself on both of his dunks, drawing more recognition with his second effort because he went between his legs. He didn't embarrass himself Saturday, but he definitely left some points on the table.
Faried's best attribute as a dunker is his ability to finish alley-oops. Gerald Green, Evans and Ross all relied on teammates to set up their dunk attempts. Why not Faried? The alley-oop game would have offered him the opportunity to really get creative. What about a full-court or three-quarter-court lob pass where he took off like a wide receiver from near midcourt? What about catching and finishing two alley-oops from two teammates on the same attempt? What about a pass from the stands set up by a fan wearing his jersey and a dreadlock wig?
Who knows what the the best idea could have been and whether it would have been enough to carry him to the final round. The point: Faried needed to stick to what he did best rather than attempt to go off the backboard and then between the legs when leapers like Vince Carter, Jason Richardson and others have already set the bar so high on those maneuvers.
3. Jeremy Evans Needed One More Trick
Evans' easel dunk -- when he jumped over a painting to finish a left-handed windmill before revealing that the painting was a picture of himself executing a left-handed windmill -- was perfectly meta and so creative. This was a true 50 and it will likely go down as the most memorable moment of the contest. Huge kudos to Evans on that one.
The only problem? Evans undercut the concept slightly by jumping over things all night. He hurdled something on three of his four dunks in the contest, jumping over Jazz center Mark Eaton in the first round and Mavericks guard Dahntay Jones during his second dunk of the final round. The only exception: a two-handed, two-ball 360 that was quality but not jaw-dropping. Let's not forget: Evans' best dunk in 2012 saw him jump over Gordon Hayward as well.
So much of dunk-contest greatness is about momentum. The easel dunk was well-placed as the first dunk of the final round, as it ratcheted up the excitement and set a high bar, but Evans simply needed one final closer. His leap over Jones didn't leave you feeling like you had to vote for him. Meanwhile, Ross opened with a nice variety of alley-oops and spinning dunks before closing by leaping over a ball boy and going through his legs.
When it came to their two final dunks, there was no question that the leaping effect worked way better for Ross, in large part because he hadn't used it earlier. If Evans had just one unique concept -- one more different look -- he would have been in position to be a back-to-back champion.
2. Gerald Green Couldn't Pull Off The Double Dunk
This was the most lamentable sequence of the night. Green, the creator of 2008's Cupcake Dunk, arguably the best dunk in a losing effort in contest history, was back with another sensationally creative idea. The plan: Remove the net so as to facilitate a double dunk. He would dunk the ball with his right hand into his left hand and then finish a second dunk with his left before returning to earth. Green was the only competitor with the imagination, hang time and vertical to make this concept a reality. This was tantalizing.
Sadly, he just couldn't get it to go, no matter how hard he tried. The timing wasn't quite right and he couldn't get his left hand back up over the rim high enough to complete the second dunk cleanly. This was the dunk-contest version of the "million-dollar move, 10-cent finish" line you hear about players who blow layups after breaking an opponent's ankles with a killer dribble-combination move on the perimeter.
You can't bash Green, not after his 2007 win and his 2008 classic performance. A journeyman who has played overseas and in the D-League, he's worked his way back into the NBA and he approached this contest with an excellent attitude. Ultimately, you feel badly for him. If this net-cutting dunk goes down, it's the talk of the contest. Some of the other problems on this list were fixable and some were more conceptual; this one just came down to a matter of inches (over and over). Those inches made all the difference in the world.
1. James White Totally Flopped
I'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to hyping James "Flight" White, who made his contest debut at 30 after becoming a YouTube sensation for his previous work in contests at other levels. Wait, scratch that. I'm not as guilty of hyping White as White himself, who guaranteed a win in the run-up to the contest's selection process. On Friday, he told reporters that he had "six top-10 dunks of all time" and boasted that he has put up "LeBron stats" during his dunk-contest career.
I don't think White was referring to 2011 Finals Game 4 LeBron James when he made that statement, but that's the only version of James who came close to approximating what White looked like on Saturday.
White opened with a great idea -- setting up two lines of "flight attendants" for him to run through -- but he simply couldn't finish the slams. Time and again he missed dunk attempts, clearly losing confidence in himself and failing to rally the energy needed to keep the crowd going as the miscues piled up. After all the self-generated pre-contest excitement, White bowed out in the first round without even completing a dunk from behind the free-throw line, a move that has been his calling card for years. Forget about all time; White didn't even have a dunk in the top 10 of this contest, and there was a total of only 16 dunks between the four competitors. Brutal.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Colorado Rapids striker Omar Cummings has had a tough 2012 season from day one.
First, because of an injury to Conor Casey, he was forced to play the target-man position in the 4-3-3 formation installed by first-year manager Oscar Pareja. Cummings never truly appeared comfortable up there.
Casey returned from injury in late April and the Rapids returned to a 4-4-2 formation. But then nagging injuries hit Cummings. On May 6, he suffered a left ankle sprain, forcing him to the sidelines for six weeks. Since then, he has suffered through injuries to both of his ankles, and has struggled to find the consistent form that made him one of the league's most feared strikers and a 2011 MLS All-Star.
All in all, it's been a frustrating season.
"It's a little bit more difficult," Cummings, 30, told MLSsoccer.com this week. He had both ankles heavily taped as he spoke. "When you're in a rhythm and you're doing well, it's a lot better. When things aren't going right, you're in and out, it feels like you never get going."
Cummings, who signed a multi-year contract extension with the Rapids in May, is still fighting through ankle pain. He missed out on the Rapids' match with San Jose last Saturday, a 4-1 loss, and on Tuesday estimated that his right ankle was about "80 percent" healthy.
"We've tried to accelerate the recovery process so he's OK," Pareja told MLSsoccer.com. "But it's something you can't control. You have to be patient. But it's been a difficult season in that sense [for Omar]."
Cummings battled through ankle injuries in 2011, as well, limiting his production to just three goals in 26 games. In 2010, he posted a career-high 14 goals, good for 4th highest in the league. The year before that he scored eight goals and added 12 assists, which was tied for most in the league.
But while Cummings' production is trending up again — five goals and one assist in 21 games — the pain in his right ankle, which he re-injured just last week, remains strong.
"It wasn't ever swollen really. It was a bone bruise," Cummings explained. "Run on it, jog on it, you feel that pain. But it wasn't really swollen at all. [But] once the bruising went down, I felt like I could do a lot more."
Cummings returned to the practice field on Tuesday and hopes to be available for Friday night's match away to Portland (10:30 pm ET, NBC Sports Network). But the real question for Cummings — and for the Rapids — is whether he can remain healthy and thereby allow himself a chance to re-discover his usual form.
Chris Bianchi covers the Colorado Rapids for MLSsoccer.com.


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Steve Rubel posts about his information saturation.
He writes:
We are reaching a point where the number of inputs we have as individuals is beginning to exceed what we are capable as humans of managing. The demands for our attention are becoming so great, and the problem so widespread, that it will cause people to crash and curtail these drains. Human attention does not obey Moore's Law.
My attention has reached a limit so I have re-calibrated it to make it more effective. I think this issue is an epidemic. We have too many demands on our attention and the rapid success of Tim's book indicates that people will start to cut back on the information they are gorging. If this happens en masse, will it cause a financial pullback? Possibly if ad revenues sag as a result.
Stowe Boyd writes in response:
No, I think we need to develop new behaviors and new ethics to operate in the new context.
Most people operate on the assumption that the response to increased flow is to intensify what was working formerly: read more email, read more blogs, write more IMs, and so on. And at the same time motor on with the established notions of what a job is, how to accomplish work and meet deadlines, and so on.
In a time of increased flow, yes, if you want to hold everything else as is — your definition of success, of social relationships, of what it means to be polite or rude — Steve is right: you will have to cut back.
Who is right? Who is wrong? Maybe Steve is just old and Stowe is divining the new social consciousness.
Maybe Stowe is just being an extreme purist (Stowe? Never!) and just needs to recognize that there is middle ground.
Maybe the middle ground – Flow based tools that help to refine the stream.
Our eyes can handle the sun – but sunglasses are nice too.


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TIR intermodal survey: last chance to give your opinion!
27 February 2013
To allow more respondents to provide their views on the intermodal aspects of the TIR procedure, the deadline to reply to the survey has been extended until 21 March 2013. The questionnaire is available in English, French, Russian and Turkish (thanks to the assistance of the Turkish guaranteeing association).
All companies dealing with transport (any mode) or logistics are strongly encouraged to fill-in the survey.


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Teen Court
This is a peer sentencing program designed to provide an alternative method of dealing with first time, non violent offenders between the ages of 11 and 17, who have committed misdemeanors. The program is based on the idea that peer influence in the court setting will have a more immediate and meaningful effect upon the individual than the traditional juvenile justice approach. Interested 9th-12th graders may apply as volunteers to act as attorney, bailiff, clerk or juror. Volunteer applications are accepted in May.
Community Service/Restitution
This program offers adjudicated and sentenced youth appropriate life skills and work opportunities to learn logical consequences for their negative behaviors and to earn and repay court ordered restitution to victims. Parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from work sites and helping to ensure the youth is successful in completing their court requirements.
Students of Success (SOS)
Students of Success is an after school prevention program for middle school students held at three middle schools in Rockingham County. Goals include improving academic performance, developing civic responsibility and increasing parental involvement. Program includes tutoring, mentoring and enrichment activities. Begins in October and continues throughout the school year.


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MONTREAL — You accepted an invitation to a dinner party at the home of a friend — but it turns out that now you can't make it. Maybe the babysitter cancelled. Or the basement flooded. Or a family member had a health emergency.
Whatever happened, chances are you wouldn't dream of not contacting your host to say that, regretfully, you had to cancel. That would be so totally rude.
And yet a growing number of people have no qualms about not honouring restaurant reservations — and about not bothering to call to inform the establishment that they won't be there.
They're known in the business as no-shows. And they are an ever-deepening thorn in the side of restaurateurs in Montreal and elsewhere, particularly those who own much-buzzed-about places with only a few dozen seats.
They're bad for the bottom line, for one. Profit margins are slim enough in the restaurant business that even a single table of no-shows can cost a restaurant its profit for the evening.
"It's the single thing that hurts our business most, apart from hockey playoffs," said Jon Bloom, one of three partners in Tuck Shop, a happening 40-seat bistro-style restaurant in St-Henri.
"When it really hurts is when it's a four- or six-top early in the night," said Ryan Gray, one of three partners in Nora Gray, a 40-seat southern Italian restaurant, using industry parlance for a table of four or six diners.
"We could have sold that table a few times over. Seven o'clock; out of 40 seats, six people: Do the math."
Because the Griffintown restaurant, like other popular — and small — establishments, is booked a week or so in advance for the early seating on Fridays and Saturdays, Gray has been turning people away for a few days now. "Today, I have already said 'no' to I don't know how many people," he said on a recent Friday afternoon.
"It's not just the small business owner you are hurting, but all the potential diners who really want to come to your restaurant that night, who have been trying to get into your restaurant and can't. It's just the worst feeling. And it's impossible not to take it personally.
"And maybe they don't try again next time," said Gray, 31. "So we are all getting screwed because this jerk didn't have the common courtesy to pick up the phone. And it sucks when the place is full and there is this big, gaping hole where a table is empty."
An empty table in place of the six jovial diners you'd hoped would be seated around it can interfere seriously with the vibe a place is trying to create: Think of the searchlight that shone down on Steve Martin in The Lonely Guy when he was seated at a table for one. It's glaring.
As people who dine out have no doubt observed, it has grown increasingly common for restaurants to phone the day of a reservation to confirm it — in much the same way as someone from your dentist's office calls to remind you that you have an appointment.
"We find some people genuinely forget," said Amelia Stines, one of the partners in Tuck Shop.
Occasionally, when she calls to confirm a reservation, she is told, "I was just about to call to cancel."
"I'm a mind reader," she usually replies.
What is particularly galling, though, is when diners confirm that very day that they'll be there — and then don't show.
"I have spoken to someone at 5 p.m. to confirm a table of 10 for 7:30," said Stephen Leslie, chef and partner at Tavern on the Square in Westmount Square. "Then you call back when they don't show up — and they don't pick up. A table of 10 represents 10 per cent of my night's sales."
"Some people don't have the guts to say 'I changed my mind at the last minute,' " said Tuck Shop's Bloom, "or they don't have the courage to say that there was a last-minute change of plans. It's easier to just not turn up."
For restaurant owners and staff, who go out of their way to create a dining experience that will please their customers, one in which the food and ambience mesh and make for something memorable, it's personal.
"We're prepping all day," said Stines of Tuck Shop. "It really does hurt us when people don't turn up: It adds a lot of stress to service."
When a party has not yet arrived and it's 15 minutes after they were expected, they try to call. They could be running late, "and we are all waiting on them," she said.
That can be stressful — for several reasons. If they're late for a reservation early in the evening, then there's a good chance the diners who are set to occupy the table after them will be kept waiting. And because the Tuck Shop people won't give a table away until a party is 30 minutes late, sometimes Stines has to tell walk-ins that she has no space for them — despite the fact that they're all staring at the same empty table.
Recently at Tuck Shop, a table of six didn't show or call to cancel. And the following week, the person who had reserved the table called to make another reservation. Stines recognized the name — and didn't want to give him a table.
"Last week, I gave you a reservation for six and you didn't show up," she told him. "At first, he was mad," she recalled. He asked to speak to the owner; she replied that she was the owner and explained, "I run a very small business, and I have to have a way to protect myself."
Ultimately, she accepted his reservation — and he didn't turn up for that one, either. But he did call to cancel.
One reason for no-shows is that there are diners who like to book tables at multiple restaurants "and hedge their bets," said Brandon Bidlack, head of restaurant marketing for OpenTable, the largest online reservations service in the industry.
"They want to have a place, so they reserve a few weeks in advance, and then decide at the last minute where to go," said François Meunier, vice-president of public and governmental affairs for the Association des Restaurateurs du Québec.
"The effects are extremely negative," he said. Restaurateurs take into account the number of reservations in ordering food and in staffing — "and then you can have 10 per cent no-shows. And you can't always fill the places at the last minute."
Because they tend to be busiest on Fridays and Saturdays, restaurants usually have extra staff those nights. With no-shows, there is less work for the staff — and less in the way of tips.
Increasingly, people reserve tables online, through websites and services like OpenTable and Bookenda; perhaps because these reservations are made without contact with an actual person, it's simpler for people just to blow them off. But "in not bothering to cancel, they are showing a lack of respect for the restaurant owners, a kind of nonchalance," Meunier said.
Restaurateurs grumble to one another about no-shows, and occasionally take to the Twittersphere to grumble to their followers. "It's 7:30 and I'm at 25 no-shows and last-minute cancellations. #bullshit." Leslie of Tavern on the Square tweeted a couple of Saturdays back. His establishment has 88 seats, plus seats at the bar.
After a table of 10 failed to show earlier this year, Antonio Park, chef and co-owner of Park, a high-end 48-seat Asian restaurant in Westmount, tweeted: "Hate Hate Hate no shows!!!! WTF!!! Can't you just call and cancel?!?! I had 30 pple on the waiting list! Absolutely no love nor respect!!"
His hope for the tweet, he explained, was "that somehow people would see it and understand, 'Next time, call.' I wanted to educate people, to let them know I come here six days a week, every lunch and dinner. If someone works 100 to 120 hours a week and puts all his love on a plate, have a little respect."
Stines, 33, divides no-shows into three categories: There are those who had a genuine emergency; those who make multiple reservations and think nothing of not honouring or cancelling them; and those who call at the last minute, during service, and book a table for two, say, in half an hour — and then don't show. "Meanwhile, I have to turn people away at the door," she said.
And that's deeply frustrating.
Occasionally Bloom will text no-shows or email them the following day to say how much he would have appreciated hearing from them that they wouldn't be there. His intent is to show people that their actions have repercussions — and to get them to think twice before not calling to cancel the next time.
Some people are receptive — and apologetic. Others let him know there was an emergency. Still others say, "Who do you think you are?"
Bloom, 37, believes that, among no-shows, many are people who were unable to secure a reservation for the time they wanted. Say they want a table for four at 7 — Montrealers tend to eat earlier than diners in New York or many European capitals, he said — but no table is available at 7. So he offers a table for 8:30. They book it, but half-heartedly; really, they don't want to wait until 8:30. And perhaps because they didn't get their first choice to begin with, they might not feel that they owe the restaurateur the courtesy of a phone call to cancel.
"If people sound a bit flaky, we will warn them that we have to hear back from them the day of their reservation," he said.
Another situation that plagues restaurateurs is partial no-shows — the party that reserves for 10, say, and shows up with four. "I understand," Bloom said. "It happens. All we are asking is for people to call."
Some restaurateurs have suggested taking deposits from large groups. At the Restaurant de l'Institut at the Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec, for instance, a policy was introduced three years ago whereby a contract is signed with groups of more than 10 and a credit card taken as a guarantee. Cancellations can be made as late as 48 hours before the day of the reservation.
"We would be taken by people who had reserved for 20 and then only some members of the party would turn up," explained director Marie-Claude Simard. That meant losses in terms of food, and it also meant having too much staff on hand.
"We want to protect ourselves, optimize our space and seating and be best able to plan our lunch or supper service to meet the needs of the client," she said. "The more precautions we take, the better."
The reservation is confirmed the day before and an email is sent the day of the reservation. "We are in touch with them a minimum of twice," Simard said. A charge of $10 per person is levied for no-shows, but in all the time the policy has been in place, fewer than five people have been charged, she said.
Some restaurants keep lists of repeat no-shows. For those people, the restaurant is likely to be full whenever they want a table. But apart from that, restaurateurs have little recourse.
Leslie of Tavern on the Square said he'd love to see a reservation system in place in which all Montreal restaurateurs participate. That way, there would be a record of chronic no-shows, and restaurateurs would be able to say, "You can't keep doing that to us."
Some restaurateurs have been flirting with the idea of asking for credit-card numbers to guarantee reservations — and informing people that if they cancel with less than 24 or 48 hours notice or don't show, there will be a charge. Some high-end restaurants in cities like New York and Chicago do this.
Meunier said his association is waiting for an opinion from the Office de la protection du consommateur about whether restaurants have the right to do this. But even if the OPC were to give them the go-ahead, the downside is that such a practice would no doubt annoy some diners.
There is also the concern that customers, particularly the regulars on whom many of these places rely for a good portion of their business, would be offended. "They feel their word should be enough," Leslie said.
That's not to say there aren't regulars among the no-shows. "It's a little surprising, I know," he said.
But he said he would be prepared to have a conversation with those customers about how hard it is on the restaurant when one makes reservations and doesn't turn up.
As Meunier observed: "The idea is to make them understand the serious nature of what they are doing, to understand that there are consequences to their simply not showing up without calling."
During lunch service one day last month at Tavern on the Square, a table of 15 was being held for a 1 p.m. reservation — regulars, it happened. Partner Don Lovell had confirmed the reservation that morning with the fellow who had made it. It was a busy day, and during the early part of the service they turned away 20 people. Then at 12:50 p.m., the man's secretary called to say they weren't coming, that they'd been held up in a meeting.
Annoyed, Lovell wanted to speak to the man, to say that to cancel like that at the 11th hour "is not cool" and that he had turned away a lot of diners because he was holding a table for them — but he was unavailable.
Because it was so busy, they were able to break the large table up into a few smaller ones and fill them. Lovell calmed down. "Unfortunately, the secretary got the brunt of my anger," he said. "But in the end, they're customers. We can't get too mad at them."
Some Montreal restaurants obviate the problem of no-shows by not taking reservations. The Monkland Tavern in Monkland Village, with 38 seats and more at the bar, is one.
"You get more people in and out the door without reservations — and it is full almost all the time," said Leslie, who is chef and partner there as well as at Tavern on the Square. "If a six-top doesn't show, that's nearly a quarter of your dining room."
A no-reservations policy, mind you, is not feasible for restaurants without walk-in traffic.
Some high-end restaurants in the United States accept reservations from regulars only, Meunier said; others overbook, in much the same way airlines do, to protect themselves against no-shows.
Overbooking is an option in a place with enough seats, but potentially troublesome in a small restaurant. To Park, 38, the practice is discourteous to diners. What if everyone who has reserved turns up? "You can't promise something you can't deliver," he said.
Many popular places have waiting lists — but if anyone on them is to score a table, someone who already has a reservation that can't be honoured has to call to cancel.
"I tell people to call at 4 or 5 p.m. on Saturday," said Gray of Nora Gray. "That's usually when people are getting around to checking messages. And maybe they learn that a friend's babysitter cancelled.
"All I need to hear is, 'I have to cancel.' People come up with these crazy stories; I am sure half of them are true, but I don't care. I tell them, 'Thank you so much for calling. It is very much appreciated. You are about to make someone else really happy.' That's the beauty of calling. I am happy and someone else is really happy. It's a best-case scenario. It is just the simplest thing."
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Getting Our Terminology Straight
Dave Hornstein takes Martha Gore to task for describing Barack Obama's health care reform plan as "nationalized health care." "Let's get our terminology straight," Hornstein argues. "Nationalized or socialized medicine is a health care system that is publicly financed and delivered, such as Great Britain's National Health Service. That is not part of Obama's proposal or the Single Payer plan."
Yes, let's get our terminology straight. Socialized medicine exists to the extent that government controls medical resources and socializes the costs. What matters is who controls the money. Whether we nominally call doctors or hospitals private or public doesn't matter. If they're getting most of their checks from the government, that's who's in control.
If government controls the resources, it's socialized medicine. The government can funnel the money through insurers and keep all the doctors and hospitals private and it would still be socialized medicine. If they have the money, they run the show. Everything else is just window dressing.
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Tween Reads
December 2016
"Music surpasses all distinctions between people."
~ from Pam Muñoz Ryan's
Recent Releases
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II
Alan Gratz
Historical Thriller. In World War II-era Germany, 13-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey,
the son of the Irish ambassador to Germany,
is in the perfect position to be a spy. Pretending to be an eager young Nazi,
Michael joins the Hitler Youth to gain access to information he
can share with the British Secret Service. The tense first-person voice will draw you in to this high-adrenaline tale as Michael describes his daring discoveries of German plans and blueprints -- until he's assigned to a team of junior Gestapo assassins, and he has to ask himself how much he's willing to sacrifice to do the right thing.
Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape
Ron McGee
Thriller. Ryan has been training his whole life for this moment, although he didn't know it until now. His dad has gone missing and his mom has just been kidnapped when eighth-grader Ryan learns that not only are his parents operatives for the Emergency Rescue Committee, a secret international organization dedicated to risky rescues, but also that they've quietly taught him the skills he'll need for his first mission: to rescue them. Far-flung locations, breakneck pacing, and an action-movie plot make this thriller (the 1st in a series) a sure bet for fans of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books or Bruce Hale's School for S.P.I.E.S. series.
Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella
Megan Morrison
Fantasy. In this clever fractured fairy tale, romancing a prince is an accidental side effect of a quest for justice. Though her stepmother forces her to attend Coterie Prep, talented seamstress Ella Coach remembers what it's like to be poor and hates being surrounded by rich, spoiled students who don't care about the kingdom's workers. Struggling to figure out how she can change things, Ella finds unlikely allies in Prince Dash (recently un-cursed) and Serge, a high-level fairy godfather. Though this sequel to
is a stand-alone story, it holds special appeal for readers of the earlier book who've been waiting to revisit the land of Tyme.
Long Reads for Lazy Days
At over 400 pages each, these boredom-busting books will grab your attention and keep you busy for a long time.
The Glass Sentence
S.E. Grove
Fantasy. Thirteen-year-old Sophia and her uncle Shadrack live in 1890s Boston -- but it's not the 1890s in the rest of the world. During the Great Disruption, different parts of the globe were plunged into different points in time, making Shadrack's profession of magical mapmaker especially valuable. So valuable, in fact, that he's kidnapped by an organization hunting for a legendary map. With the help of some pirates, Sophia ventures through various
times and
regions in search of her uncle, encountering outlandish (sometimes nightmarish) creatures along the way. The 1st book in the Mapmakers trilogy,
The Glass Sentence
presents a cleverly re-imagined world, complete with geographic quirks and a unique, inventive system of magic.
Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge
Historical Fantasy. Ever since she fell in the pond, odd things have been happening to Triss Crescent. She's ravenously hungry. Objects around her come to life. And she has trouble remembering her family: her protective parents, her hostile sister Pen, and her brother Sebastian, who died in World War I. Triss just doesn't feel like herself anymore…but if she's not herself, then who -- or what -- is she? Complex characters and touches of shivery horror give
Cuckoo Song
a dark, sophisticated edge. For another British historical fantasy in which magic collides with the everyday world, try Laura Amy Schlitz's
Splendors and Glooms
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Historical Fiction. One enchanted harmonica, four intertwined lives. Otto, a boy lost in the woods, uses the harmonica to break a spell; Friedrich finds bravery in the harmonica's music while trying to escape Nazi Germany; in Depression-era Pennsylvania, the harmonica proves a useful tool for orphaned piano prodigy Mike; and in 1940s California, the harmonica helps Ivy survive injustice and find her musical talent. To find out how these four very different characters finally come together, pick up this lyrical story about "the power of music to inspire beauty in a world overrun with fear and intolerance" (
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The Marvels
Brian Selznick
Fiction. In 1766, shipwreck survivor Billy Marvel finds a job at a fancy London theater. In 1990, Joseph Jervis runs away from school to look for his uncle in London. Billy's story is presented entirely through lifelike, carefully shaded pencil illustrations, while Joseph's is told only through words. The way in which these two characters connect might surprise you, even if you're already familiar with Brian Selznick's multi-layered, award-winning storytelling. Based in part on a true story,
The Marvels
is a bittersweet tale of lost love and found family that's sure to stay with you long after the final page.
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|An Amputation Below The Knee. From Gerssdorjf*s woodcut, reproduced in Gurlfs "Geschichte der Chirurgie"
As you may know, infection control today goes without saying--hand washing, cover your mouth when you cough, use sterile everything when doing surgery...
So obvious, right?
'Twas not always so. Hold on to your hats, yo.
Medieval Era (5th to 15th Centuries)
For background, remember that in the mid 1300's, the bubonic plague killed 1/3 of the population in Europe.
- Hospital death rates were so high that sometimes a requiem mass was held for people entering the hospital, as if they'd already died. (Can we say "glass half empty" any louder?)
- Some wounds were treated with cautery. A burning iron was pushed into a wound until it hit bone, or boiling oil and treacle was poured into the wound. (And you though salt was bad.)
- Corpse removal was not immediate. We take this for granted. During this time, immediate removal would be thought odd. Sometimes, bodies in rigor mortis remained in the same bed with with other living patients for over 24 hours. (*looks for trashcan; dry heaves*)
Early Modern Era (1500-1800)
Infectious diseases continue to be the most common cause of death in Europe and the U.S. Yellow fever hit, (you must read Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793 for a great fictional account of this time), measles and smallpox were serious killers, and massive outbreaks of cholera hit in the early 1800s.
- The first "clinical trial" for smallpox happens in 1796--an 8 y/o boy is inoculated with blisters from a milkmaid with cowpox. The boy then survives a smallpox challenge.
- Bloodletting is a common form of treatment. One woman is described to have been bled 1309 times before dying at age 31. (Gee. I wonder why she didn't make it to #1310.)
- Most women undergoing Cesarean section died.
- 40% of those undergoing amputation died from infection. Most instruments such as metal probes and saws were not cleaned between patients and were caked with pus and blood. (Under these circumstances, 60% survival rate is not that bad...)
- There is a proposal to ban spitting on the hospital wards. (Yay! Personally, I'd like to ban spitting all the time.)
This paper is such a great find for writers doing any historical research! Healthcare is always an issue in historical fiction. If you would like to read more, you can download the PDF here.
("Infection control through the ages." Smith et al. American Journal of Infection Control. 2012; 40:35-42)
Congrats Phil, Kristen, and Dr. Hewlett on your publication, and thank you for doing all that exhaustive research!
I hope some of you will find this helpful if you ever need research for your novels during any of these eras. Happy Monday!
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Saturday, April 15, 2017--10:35 pm CST
I saw the recent Tweet from Jim. The picture is very cute. But Jim doesn't look all that well. I also liked his Tweet and picture. I hope Jim is okay. He's smiling and holding a bunny, but he doesn't look all that well. I hope he isn't sick. He used to be pretty tanned, but now he looks a little pale. He's smiling but his eyes look a little sad.
Happy Easter,
Terry Marvin, (Dallas, Texas, USA)
P.S. I hope yall don't think I'm cutting Jim down. I'm not. Just a little concerned about him.


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Athletics Day 2013
On Tuesday 22nd October, Russley School held their Athletics Day. It was a wonderful occasion for everyone and many children achieved personal bests. Below are some photos featuring some of the Room 7 kids in action!
Room 7's Blog
A place where you can find the latest information about all the things we are doing in and around Room 7!
Who's viewing now?
Total Number of Visitors
Team 3 Hub Entry
100 Word Challenge
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Want to comment or ask us a question?
We'd really love to hear from you! Room 7 has compiled some helpful hints on how to leave quality comments on our blog. Click on the picture below to check them out. Then comment away and join Room 7's learning conversation!
Who's Reading our Blog?
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What people are saying!
Theresa: Hey everyone! I love this page! This is such a great idea, looks like you guys have a lot of fun! Will definitely be checking to see what you guys are up to, looks so exciting! Have a great day :)
Adele : Well Room 7 I am super impressed with your class blog and all the neat activities you have been doing! I am overwhelmed that you have THIRTY NINE guidelines! But not suprised because I used to know Mr Walker and he never did things by halves! Keep up the great work! From another teacher at another CHCH
school. (Paparoa St).
Leilani: Dear Room 7, I am very impressed with your class website. I was particularly interested in your class rules--you must all be amazing, shining examples of "Kiwi" students. I will be very proud to show my Bahraini students your website when they come back to school. All the very best with your studies Room 7!
Danielle: WOW!!!! What a fabulous room of people Room 7 is!!!!! You all look so smiley and happy...
Briar: Hi Room 7 I just wanted to let you know that I think your website is fantastic! You look like you are having so much fun with your learning, so keep up the great work and be good for your teacher!
Barbara: Great website, the kids look like they are having a great time. Well done.
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Grand works of art on display at the Great Hall
Photo by Lady Kathryn de Wrytar
Lady Kathryn de Wrytar
Features Writer
The excited chatter of the Arts and Sciences Fair attendees created a musical background to learning and increased fascination about the supportive craftsmanship of our past. To understand the complexity, work, talent and passion needed to produce a single garment, embellishment, chair, lace, arrows, or even libations is to love and appreciate the artisans in attendance.
Vivianne Dunbar (Heather Fox) has spent 96 hours in her pursuit of an authentic 14th century surcoat and she is only halfway there. The process of transforming raw dirty wool through the washing, carding, spinning, weaving, felling, teaseling and sewing process has given Vivianne a deep understanding and knowledge of what clothing meant to people in the 14th century. After 20 years in the SCA she has been encouraged to share her talents and her project with the greater Society for the first time.
Lady Ruth Baraskaya (Ruth Burkoswky) has been a consistent attendee at war since Pennsic 7 and this is her first A&S display in 20 years. Encouraged by her friends to participate, she shared a smock embroidery pattern based on a book from 1632 which took her three years to complete. She also displayed a blue tiger pillow top to be presented to East Kingdom royalty. On another pillow top she will embroider a documented floral border and include her husband's device in the center.
Keely the Tinker displayed her arts and sciences entries including beads based upon period dragon pieces. Driven by the 50 year challenge, Keely set out to make 50 beads of 5 designs, but her abilities developed so quickly that she is starting another challenge of 50 different bead designs.
Lady Larissa Mikhailouna of Barony of Bright Hills displayed stitching and embroidery. Lady Amie Sparron of Atlantia displayed a German Peasant work jacket for a woman. Lady Grazia Morgano from Altlantia displayed a Milanese gown from the 1580s.
Katheryne of Bakestondone, Æthalmearc, displayed a group of Laurel and Pelican hoods that she has been giving as gifts. Her talents, developed over a short four-year period are the envy of even her mentors. One entrant in the fair was only 12 with a wonderful display of handmade moccasins which show the interest of our society youth to partake in this wonderful event and development of their own interests.
Also displayed was a four-by-two foot tapestry based on depictions of the early years of the Shire of Heronter in a Bayeaux tapestry style. Renata Rouge of Æthelmearc explained the process of her tapestry as well as offered information about how to construct a tapestry stand. If you missed a class, it is likely that you would find the presenter at the A&S Display as well. Many of the artisans were happy to offer information about classes and also handouts to promote their craft.
If your interests revolve around the more personal, presenters also offered documented evidence, process, and uses for reusable prophylactic devices; yes, I said reusable. With recreated examples, complete with a silk ribbon to tie it on, the presentation gives thought to the understanding of human interactions, and perhaps a desire to learn more about our past, whatever your interests may be.
What was apparent was that each artisan had something to offer to everyone. Whether visitors were looking for clothing, food, drink, embellishments, or weaponry, each presenter was very aware of the importance of their craft in the time period we embrace. The value of the items created was so great that these persons of talent were revered in period. Indeed they are revered today. The talents of the presenters raise the awareness of Society members to the complexity and commitment of our medieval counterparts to live daily life.
Looking to the AS 50th year Anniversary Challenge, perhaps it is time for you to develop 50 examples of your artistry, interests, or develop one of your own. It is difficult to imagine that anyone who attended the display could leave without a renewed or new passion for the arts and sciences that supported the medieval period. My challenge to you is to honor, support, and encourage those members who you know to be artisans. Provide for them the feedback that builds confidence to display their talents, no matter their age. Our Society is built upon a place and interest for everyone. Support our artisans; they would have fed, clothed, housed, produced weapons, and healed you in the past. Embrace them. Celebrate them. Become an artisan yourself.


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Save a Soul TODAY!
I have shown you my Lock, now show me yours!
Yeah folks, that's right, there is little time left if you want to get your hands on one of the two cards up for grabs.
At this very moment in time, your entry could easily be a winner… but only if you get it to be before the 18th of May.. this Tuesday!
I haven't checked in with the Warlocks to see their Mage kill count, but I'd hate them to win this with a few little do
Twisted Nether Blogcast has moved it's Live recording to Tuesday nights, the 1st show… Tuesday 18th of May.
Unfortunately this time coincides with my Wednesday working day, but if you get your entries to be before the show starts, I will (try to) drop a line to Fim and maybe your win can get squeezed onto the show.
The prizes:
for Best Screenshot of you turning Warlocks into Non-Combat pets, is Papa Hummel's Old Fashioned Pet Biscuits
For best 10 step program, is The Footsteps of Illidan (Yeah, take that Locks… here's you pin-up used to sell our 10 step program!)
Sheep'em, Shoot'em or Rehab'em
At the end of the day I don't care how you get them back on the right path… just don't wait too long, or I will have to give the cards back!
Gnomer and Out!
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OCA Bishop Paul of Chicago & Rev. Father Andrew Harrison on a Holy Land Pilgrimage
Tour Starts
May 27, 2019
Tour Ends
June 5, 2019
Tour Leader
Bishop Paul & Rev. Father Andrew Harrison
Package price includes:
- Round-trip airfare – ORD/Tel Aviv **
- All transfers and luggage handling in Israel
- Accommodation in first class hotels: double occupancy
- Breakfast and dinner daily
- Hotel taxes and service charge
- Sightseeing in deluxe motor-coach with a professional English speaking licensed tour guide
- Personal earphones for guiding purposes
- Entrance fees to sites as per the itinerary
- Boat ride across the Sea of Galilee
- Complimentary St. Peter's Fish Lunch
- Farewell dinner on last evening in Israel
Package price does not include:
- Airport departure taxes and fuel surcharge (as of July 2018: $418 Exact amount to be determined five weeks prior to final payment due date) **
- Gratuities to guide, bus driver and hotel staff (suggested $120 per participant)
Payment & cancellation policy:
- Handling fee of $75 per person from sign up day to 10 days after. (if applicable).
- Thereafter: up to 75 days prior to departure: $350 per person service charge.
- Cancellation between 74-60 days prior to departure: $1,000 per person
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Hi all! We will be at the Seaside Yardsale on Saturday February 9th. What is the Seaside yardsale? Maybe this photo explains it!
What will we have there? Lots of items from the 2012 Southern Living Idea House and other items from our shops. We will have mostly the small items from the house. The upholstery from CR Laine and the Barbara Cosgrove Lamps will be available soon(all of the Ballard items were sold at their outlet in Atlanta). On the blog we will have photos and pricing for the larger items from the 2012 Southern Living Idea House that are available through Tracery. Many items were returned to vendors or sold with the home. The items we have available will be priced and available at our warehouse for pick up in Santa Rosa Beach (they will not be available in the store or by phone so keep checking the blog for updates). We have so many fun finds….. Come see us on Saturday!


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Insafe resources: The Digital Universe of Your Children - Ireland version
- Awareness
- 01/06/2015
- BIK Coordination Team
European Schoolnet (host organisation of Insafe), together with Liberty Global, has created an animation aimed at educating parents on children's safety online: The Digital Universe of Your Children. Here, the resource has been localised for Ireland.
- Privacy on Social Networks
- Online Gaming
- Blocking
- Risks Online
- Online Friends
- Meeting Strangers
- Personal Information
- Online Reputation
The three-minute animation tackles the parental concern of 'Who are your kids talking to online?', providing practical tips for parents to help their children stay safe.
Related news
eSafety Label Conference at the Flemish Ministry of Education
- Awareness
- 24/09/2015
- eSafety Label
On 22 September 2015, the Flemish Ministry of Education organised a conference about the eSafety Label project. Around 100 participants – ICT coordinators, teachers and experts – from across the Flemish Community came together in Brussels to learn more about the implementation of eSafety standards in school.
Third edition of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) bulletin now published
- Awareness
- 03/10/2015
- BIK Coordination Team
The third edition of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) bulletin has now been published. This quarterly bulletin aims to keep you informed of safer and better internet issues and opportunities across Europe and beyond.
Online radicalisation as a new challenge for Safer Internet trainings
- Awareness
- 30/06/2015
- Austrian Safer Internet Centre
At present, all educators, trainers or other people who work with children and digital technologies face the same situation. Digital media's ever-evolving challenges – such as users' fast changing online behaviour as well as a constant flow of new tools, new internet technologies and new ways of online communication – raise new questions and demand new solutions. Therefore, it is essential for people engaged in Safer Internet trainings to stay up to date and constantly gain expertise in new topics. Online radicalisation and online jihadism are among the most challenging topics from recent months.


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Imagine being caught in the middle of a nuclear war. You're terrified of the fall out and all you want to do is spend time with your family. You know you may never see them again, so time is precious. Then imagine that your work inform you that you can't go home (just when you thought you had the perfect excuse not to have to work for a very long time), you can't see your family one last time, because unbeknown to you, you'll be serving queen and country for just a little while longer. Only this time you don't get to see the light of day, well not much light gets through the walls of a nuclear bunker.
Atomic Handbook
This December, on BBC Radio 4, a programme was aired that detailed the visit to an old nuclear fall out bunker, hidden in the most unlikely place, the Wiltshire countryside. Normally associated with chocolate box houses and English rose gardens, rather than the last bastion of the British Government, the sleepy shire is the now not-so-secret location of a huge underground city complex.
Underground Streets
Code named Burlington, the immense city was set to be the seat of the emergency Government during the war; should nukes be involved. Created to house the Prime Minister of the time, Harold McMillan, the entire Cabinet Office, civil servants and any support staff, the hidden city could accommodate up to 4,000 personnel, but, unfortunately, not their families. Apparently, the site was so secret that many of the workers had no idea they were allocated a desk.
Seats Still Wrapped and Waiting
Built in the 1950s in a former stone quarry, Burlington covers 240 acres and has a network of around 60 miles of roads, which were laid out New York-style, making travelling around below much easier to master than the winding above. It even has its own railway station and pub; although one pub for 4,000 Brits doesn't seem quite right.
Prepared Hospital Beds
The bunker was equipped with enough supplies so the inhabitants could survive up to three months in total isolation. Three generators powered the whole city and the air was kept to a comfortable 20 degrees. There were hospitals, canteens, a water treatment plant and an underground lake. Burlington also boasted Britain's second largest telephone exchange and its very own BBC studio, so the PM could address the nation, should he need to.
Radio Studio for Prime Minister's Address to the Nation
This extraordinary city was kept in working order for 30 years, just in case, but in 1991, at the end of the Cold War, the MOD took over management of it until it was decommissioned last year. Since then all memorabilia has been removed and today the only guard protecting the entrance to this remarkable piece of British history is a solitary garden gnome.


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Beve Perenolde is the oldest child of Aiden Perenolde and his dead wife, Isolde. She was sent to Lordaeron City to study magic as a young woman, but left the school voluntarily to join her family in exile, lending her magical skills to their cause. She is fiercely devoted to her family, but disagreed with her father on many issues. She knew she was in line to inherit the holdings when he died, and she fully expected the leadership of the Syndicate to be her birthright as well. She thought her leadership would be so beneficial that the Syndicate and her brothers and sisters would not miss Lord Perenolde for long. Her father was constantly surrounded by several bodyguards, so it was unlikely she could have attempted an assassination. This didn't stop her from continuing her magical studies and looking for an opening in his defenses. She believed he was blind to her machinations, but he was well aware of her desires. She was valuable to the Syndicate as the most powerful of the few mages within the ranks. She is in her forties, of average size with blonde hair and serious brown eyes. She commonly wears mage's robes.[1] Following her father's recapture by the Alliance, her brother Aliden took control of the Syndicate.[2]
It's unclear what has happened to her since that time.
- ^ Lands of Conflict, 173
- ^ Alliance Player's Guide, 159
| Preceded by:
Aiden Perenolde
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Ruler of Alterac
(Fighting for control against Aliden Perenolde and Isiden Perenolde)
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Incumbent, Beve Perenolde Fighting for control against Isiden Perenolde (presumed if Aliden Perenolde is dead)