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Rich F
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(TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
February 04, 2008, 02:27:05 AM »
I'm working on a version of TSOY that draws from D&D's Eberron campaign setting, and I'm hitting something of a creative block at the moment. I'm hoping some discussion here may spur me on.
I'm using identity, rather than love, as my core species concept, but keeping the human focus on love (and relationships) as the centre of their identity. For the Shifter race, I'm thinking of using the Vulfen pretty much wholesale as I love the idea of identity as heirarchy. For the Kalashtar I'm using TSOY Elves as a base and looking at the dream / dreamer distinction with elements of the Cartesian cogito.
For the Changelings (shapeshifters) I'm using the TSOY goblins as a base but with a focus on the nature of identity. The source material has a 3 way split on Changling culture which I quite like, and I'm looking to shape keys which hit the right buttons. Passers seek to blend in with another culture - which seems to be covered by the Key of the Impostor. Becomers embrace their shifter nature, constantly changing their form (and allegiances) I think that a Key of the Traitor may best embrace this concept. Reality Seekers try to remain in their 'true' form, and this is the one that is causing me to hit a wall. I think the problem is I haven't got the base concept for them clear in my head, so any help here would be good.
I'm twisting the warforged into an organic slave race, grown in alchemical vats with a Dwarven physique. I'm thinking along the lines of Bladerunner / BSG / Feet of Clay and examine the concept of created / creator as identity. I'm wanting to use the AD&D Dark Sun idea of focus, and giving them Tireless as a Species skill - don't sleep, rest or take breaks. As far as keys go, I'm quite liking The Key of the Craftsman and the Key of the Perfection, maybe even the Key of the Scavenger, with the idea that they want to make their mark on the world, leaving something behind after they are gone (these can cover ideas and relationships as well as material goods). This would go hand in hand with giving them a short lifespan (grow fast - die fast) and whilst this is hitting the classical Dwarf concept, I don't feel I'm hitting the created element of the concept. Perhaps I'm just not focused enough on my core concept?
Finally, for halflings, I'm working on a the basis of some of the discussions on Dwarves in TSOY with a Drow twist. Really focusing on the concept of family as identity, with matriarchal family clans who control all marriages and breeding. Add in a twist with their blood being a god in material form awaiting for the time they return to the heavens when their messiah is born and I can add in cultural conventions of the mafia and a family you can't leave or escape.
As far as the gods go, I'm looking at the Planescape concept of a mutable reality that is determined by consensual belief, with elements of Unknown Armies avatars / godwalkers - but that is probably a discussion for another time
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Re: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
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February 04, 2008, 10:47:50 AM »
As someone who really digs the Eberron setting but is feeling less and less love these days towards D20, I totally dig what you're doing. You say you're stumped, but it looks to me like you have good ideas already.
What did you mean by "identity" being the key element for humans. Can you elaborate on that? "identity" is such a generic term that I'm not sure what you're using it to express.
I once made a stab at doing some Eberron stuff in TSOY, but I don't have my notes with me. I can show you what I was thinking, if you're really interested, but you shouldn't use the ideas if they're lamer than your own. I was staying *very* purist to Eberron's core conceits, and I think you're doing something a little more ambitious.
I think my Changeling design was like this:
Changeling - Mimicry (I):
This ability represents a changeling's ability to emulate the mannerisms and voice of other people. While it is used for many changeling Secrets, in its pure form, its all about being able to pass yourself off as another person, even without relying on supernatural forms of disguise.
Their core Secret actually let them spend Instinct to actually physically metamorph into the features of others. I believe my cost spectrum was 1 Instinct to have generic features which didn't particularly look like anyone else, but let you hide your changeling identity, and 2 Instinct to copy someone else. Mimicry ability checks were required when anyone tried to penetrate your disguise.
There were Secrets which branched off from this that let you even temporarily emulate the Secrets and Abilities of others, doing all sorts of fun stuff with your doppelganger nature.
If you want a Key for the "Reality Seeker" concept you're talking about, then increase the amount of hostility, mistrust, and scorn that changelings receive for being in their true form. Why would anyone trust a shapeshifter, when the species has a reputation for mischeif and lies? Its natural for them to disguise themselves just to get along in a dangerous world which reviles them. Give them Key options about earning the genuine trust of others, or for dealing with the contempt that others heap on them. Decent XP hits for staying in your "true" changeling form even when you're facing opposition which would be easier to deal with by tricking them (an angry changeling-hating mob, for instance, or a situation you could lie your way out of but have decided not to).
My *very* traditionalist Warforged design went like this:
Warforged - Constructed (V):
This ability represents the durable, construct nature of the warforged, and their design for warfare. It can be chained to any ability check used to inflict damage in melee combat, and to Endurance checks to Stay Up in conflict. Certain warforged Secrets also draw on this ability to represent the warforged's living construct nature.
And their core Secret gave them a bevy of immunities (poison, drugs, disease, no need to eat/sleep/breathe--the suite of benefits that warforged receive in Eberron), and a +1 natural armor towards physical harm, but also placed some restrictions on their healing. First Aid checks provided no benefit for them, but Crafts checks could be made in their place. If you want things to get really interesting, you can potentially deny them the ability to recover from physical harm naturally, and force them to seek repairs, either on themselves or through the attention of others.
Additional Secrets are pretty easy to think up from there, I think-- natural armor and weapons, some fun with special materials (silver? cold iron?), and a bunch of other fun ideas that are suitable for constructs. I'm always a sucker for the "Tin Man" concept, so those were easy for me. Keys about wanting to understand the human condition are always such fun.
Having seen the construct ideas which got created for the whole TSOY/steampunk Petrana campaign, though, I think you'd do a lot better with that. I swiped those same ideas and came up with two pools for the constructs, adding "Data" as a second pool to the already extant "Fuel" pool. It makes for some neat options, particularly if you want to cross the boundaries of what it means to be a machine or alive, which the warforged could be a fascinating way to explore.
My Kalashtar build, which wasn't so thrilling, went something like this:
Kalashtar - Mindlink (R):
This ability represents a kalashtar's connection to the quori soul with which he shares his body. It can be used to establish a telepathic link with any language-using being a kalashtar can see, allowing him to converse in the mind of that character.
Their core Species Secret was something like "Secret of Dual Spirits" which was about relying on their quori soul for benefits. They receives a bonus die to resist mental coercion, as well as making Will checks to Stay Up vs Harm. I also granted them a single floating pool point, which could be used in place of either Reason, Instinct, or Vigor, whenever they needed it, drawing on the power of their quori essence.
There were additional Secrets which expanded that quori "pool", and let them do all the fun mental stuff they should be able to do. I always felt D&D was brutal on their limited use of their mindlink ability, which is why I made it the species Ability, and made it free. Honestly, in a setting like TSOY, it's not even remotely dangerous.
Let us know what particular elements you're kicking around, and I'm sure people can help. The Forge has become really fun for crunchy brainstorming of late.
-shadowcourt (aka josh)
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Re: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
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February 04, 2008, 04:41:23 PM »
Don't you hate it when you write a long post, then lose it without saving when you try to post
2nd attempt (hope it makes sense)
What do I mean by identity?Tireless The dwarf is an untiring physical body. He may pay Vigor costs from any other Pool until his next refreshment scene. Cost: 2 Vigor and
, and their Secrets are based around their 'holy blood', primarily
Blood Inheritence
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Re: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
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February 05, 2008, 08:22:28 AM »
Neat stuff. I like the ideas possible with the halfling concepts you're discussing. A creepy way for some group mind focus stuff.
Does "nationalism" factor into the human "identity" concepts? I know that it tends to be an important thing in D20 Eberron, and its got some nice overlap in TSOY, as well. Might be something worth exploring, but it really depends on if you want to go to the trouble of creating cultures for the major Eberron nations you'll be playing with.
Of course, you couldn't tear me away from the idea of wanting to port Breland, Aundair, Cyre, and particularly Thrane and Karnath over to TSOY cultures. Just coming up with the Ability lists alone would be a delightful challenge. The Talental Plains alone would make me giddy... yay, Dinosaur Handling (Instinct)! But, again, its all about how much effort you want to put into this for the return you'll get, and whether or not you have your own nations in mind, or are 'porting over the Eberron ones.
No matter what, if you're making "identity" the core focus for humans, and its about how they relate to others, I'd be playing around with groups and organizations. The axes of exploring those relationships, such as religions, guilds, gangs and criminal organizations, noble houses (hello, Dragonmarked), and the like are a rich field for that. But does it mean, then, by extension, that other species don't explore their identity in the same way? Is what makes a human a human their ability to easily forge and break such allegiances, whereas groups like dwarves and halflings find they are crafted/born into such relationships, shifters are defined by their strict heirarchies, and changelings find that level of attachment difficult to explore? I'd say that if something is the core human concept, we should see its absence, aberrance, or exploration subtly different and distinct in the other non-human species.
-shadowcourt (aka josh)
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Re: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
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February 17, 2008, 01:52:35 PM »
To be honest, I'm not going to do too much detail on the cultures. I want to port them, but I don't think my players will be keen to wade through hundreds of pages of background. I need to be able to detail each culture on a page, with perhaps 1-2 keys, a couple of Secrets and a couple of Abilties to give a flavour of each culture.
I see where you're coming from on terms of social interaction via family groupings, but I'm going to leave that for play. I don't want to constrict the players in how that happens, and as I plan on making the players the focus, I'll leave that to play.
I'm not sure whether I'll be using the Dragonmarked Houses, in part because of how I intend to do gods and clerics. I like the religions in Eberron and the doubt involved, but I'm planning on porting Unknown Armies Avatars into Eberron. It ties in well, at least in my view, with Planescapes idea of a mutable reality, and also contrasts well with my WoD style Mage's (1st Ed) that I want to use. For those who don't know, UA Avatars channel archtypes. Each archtype is personified by an Ascended being (god) but they can be thrown down from heaven and replaced by another person ([player) who better represents the archtype (which sounds a lot like TSOY transcendence to me). The god can influence reality, but is also a reflection of it. Nicely limiting their power, but enabling the players to be able to interact with them in a number of ways.
I'm still working out how best to represent this in the game, but the basic principle is as follows.
Avatars, through their Avatar ability, imitate the gods in order to fool the universe and gain their powers (secrets). However, if they break taboo, they weaken their connection to the archtype.
I really want to include the taboo idea, but I currently have 2 theories as to how to implement it.
Option 1 - The avatar must undertake ritual actions (like a key) in order to generate / refresh Avatar points (a 4th pool) with which they power their Avatar Secrets. If they break taboo, their Pool drops to zero and must be refreshed.
Option 2 - No 4th pool, the Key of the Avatar just provides XP. If the character breaks taboo, then their ability level drops one level.
Option 2 seems harsh (though I'm playing around with slightly more ability levels) but is simpler than Option 1. Option 1 seems to have more colour, but does complicate things. Perhaps I needs to keep the Key for XP and simplify the refresh? I did think about a temporary loss of Avatar secret use for breaking taboo - but couldn't find a formula I was happy with.
Any thoughts would be welcome. I'll post below a couple of sample gods.
Key of TruthTaboo: The Messenger must never deny the truth when confronted. He can passively conceal, he can lie by omission but he cannot deny it.
Secrets of Truth
Secret of the Truth
- You can force someone to confront the truth when you deliver it to them with a successful Avatar check, and 1 Instinct. The message must be true, and the messenger must believe it to be true. They will know it to be true, though how they deal with that can vary.
Secret of Stripping Away the Mask<
Secret of Messenger <
Secret of Divination<
Key of War
1 XP whenever you oppose the Enemy
3 XP whenever you deal a serious defeat to the Enemy
Secrets of War
Secret of Inspiration<
Secret of the Warrior<
Secret of Emnity
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Re: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
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February 17, 2008, 02:09:28 PM »
A quick note, here's how I'd do the avatar pool and the taboo thing:
Secret of the Avatar
The character has avatar powers he must upkeep by keeping onto some taboos. He may use an appropriate Ability check to add the result as dice into a special Avatar pool. This pool can then be used for appropriate actions as bonus dice. However, if the character breaks some predetermined taboos related to the type of avatar he is, the dice pool changes into penalty dice - and the SG will determine their use, putting some into checks in most situations the character faces. The pool can be again reversed with appropriate ritual and such, akin to a refresh scene.
1 appropriate Pool to charge the pool
(That's all very vague, you can clean it up easy enough and tie it to specific abilities and whatever easy enough.)
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The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing. ISVC seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization.
Of particular interest are papers that combine technologies from two or more areas. ISVC'13 will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition to the main program, the symposium will include several keynote presentations, special tracks, and a poster session. Significantly extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) (ISI/SCIE indexed). Also, a "best paper" award ($500) will be sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). The symposium's proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.


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Burdock Arctium lappa
Burdock is a tall member of the thistle family native across Europe and Asia, while naturalized virtually everywhere else.
Burdock is known as a 'fixative' plant as it's long tap-root brings minerals, particularly calcium and potassium, up through the soil and 'fixes' them in its fleshy root. It was eaten in medieval Europe as a nutritive vegetable, and it is still eaten as a food in Japan where they call it 'gobo'.
Famed as a traditional spring food and in the great northern drink, 'Dandelion and Burdock', we use it root in Glow.


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1872-S $1 MS64 Certification #21572807, PCGS #6970
Owner's Comments
Gorgeous electric blue-green periphrial toning surrounds warm golden red centers. A stunning example of this very rare date!
Expert Comments
Q. David BowersThe following narrative, with minor editing, is from my "Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia" (Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., 1993).
Coinage Context
Distribution: Many 1872-S silver dollars probably were held by the Treasury until at least autumn 1876, when upon the resumption of specie payments sequestered bags of earlier dates were released. I believe that most circulated in the American West through the early twentieth century. However, it is also likely that numerous coins were held at the San Francisco Mint and melted after April 1873. Still others were probably exported to the Orient in the year before the trade dollar became a reality.
Numismatic Information
Circulated grades: The 1872-S is rarer than the mintage indicates, a situation that can be laid at the doorstep of melting and exportation (see preceding text). It has been my experience that worn specimens of 1872-S are considerably scarcer than those of 1870-CC. Examples of the 1872-S are elusive in all grades and are very rare in Mint State.
Mint State grades: In Mint State the 1872-S is an extreme rarity. Neither numismatists nor members of the public saved them at the time of issue, many were melted or exported, and the survival of Uncirculated coins is a matter of chance.
I remember a particularly nice gem I was shown in the 1960s by Vincent O'Brien, who was working in a coin shop in Boston. It was satiny and prooflike and was probably originally an Assay Commission coin (Just a guess, but it was so nice that this is a possibility). Presumably, this coin has never been certified.
Some coins described as high Mint State examples in auctions years ago apparently have not resurfaced in the market since the advent of certification (in 1986). John Dannreuther has expressed the opinion that just two or three Mint State coins are known.
Estimates of rarity by others: The Gobrecht Journal has printed several commentaries concerning the rarity of 1872-S. In March 1977, Ron Severa considered the 1872-S to be relatively common in lower grades but rare Extremely Fine or better. In July 1982, Donald Vettel called the issue "scarce, but overrated." Dale Phelan stated that included in a bag of mostly Morgan dollars opened in 1963 were over 30 worn 1872-S Liberty Seated dollars, mostly averaging EF grade. (Letter to the author, May 27, 1992.) In 1978, Dr. John McCloskey had the opportunity to examine a small hoard of about 75 different 1872-S dollars. In 1992 a client of Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc. reported owning over 65 coins of this issue. Of course, it is likely that these groups do not represent different specimens; some may have passed from one group to another.
Among students of the Liberty Seated series, opinions on this subject vary widely. Estimates have ranged from a couple hundred pieces existing in all grades, to 1,000 or more. (The 1,000+ figure is the estimate of Dale R. Phelan in a letter to the author, April 28, 1992.)
Circulation strikes:
1. Normal Date: Breen-5492. Only one variety seen. Reverse: S punched, not hand-engraved, unlike the die for 1870-S.
Dies prepared: Obverse: 2 or more; Reverse: 1 or more
Circulation strike mintage: 9,000
Estimated quantity melted: Unknown; many probably melted at the San Francisco Mint after April 1873.
Characteristics of striking: Varies; often with slight weakness on Miss Liberty's head and stars 8 and 9 on the obverse, and the sinister leg and talons of the eagle on the reverse. Often with semi Prooflike surface.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: None
The 1872-S is the only readily collectible San Francisco Mint Liberty Seated silver dollar of the With-Motto type.
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I love taking pictures of things in the grocery store.
Not good photos. Not of colorful produce or smiling kids. Not of friendly workers or fresh baked breads.
I like pictures of the most vile, frozen, processed, absurd products that come out of the dingiest, decrepit New Jersey food mills.
(Also, I like pictures of abundance. Like the deodorant section at the Publix in St. Pete which, I kid you not, is at least 7 ft tall and 15 ft long).
I'm constantly amazed at the things that my local Publix adds to their shelves. There is so much stuff that defies logic, and I just can't imagine anyone (and I mean anyone) buying it.
And, despite the embarrassment it causes to my wife, I'm not going to stop taking pictures of this stuff. I've talked about the wyngz already and the frozen bagels pre-stuffed with goo can wait. I've got a couple of doozies from today's trip.
First up – perhaps the least appetizing bag of chips I've ever seen.
Chips can't taste like chips anymore. They've got taste like pizza or chicken wings or chili and cheese, and I don't know why. Frankly, I'm surprised there is an audience for these. But, for the record, there were only two bags left on the shelf. Including this one, which I put back.
Next up: (really, I don't know what to say about this)
How bad does your food have to be before you start adding imitation macaroni and cheese flavored topping to it?
I passed this in the aisle, realized what it was in hindsight, walked backwards with the cart, picked it up and stared at it.
"Please put that down."
"I can't."
"Please don't take pictures of that."
"But I have to…"
I just can't believe this exists. And it exists at Publix – not at Spencer's Gifts, but Publix. Not at a prank shop next to the whoopi cushions. At Publix. It's mainstream.


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Click to watch the new trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street...the remake.
Monday, September 28, 2009
10 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
I am not sure about this. I like to see it cause I like to see how Freddie Kruger started out and how he became the boogie man he is, but then they show the rest of the original movie redone.
Its like Halloween, I enjoyed seeing the early stages of Michael Myers, but then the rest was old news.
Maybe they should just make a movie about the life and times of these guys before they became the popular killers we grew to love.
- September 28, 2009 at 7:13 PM
- Grim said...
I hate it that I am almost always disappointed with most remakes. I can never resist watching them though, hopefully this one will be a good one.
- September 28, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey im not sure about this remake either. Although the originals are pretty hokey!
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- September 28, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Jon Glassett said...
On the one hand, Jackie Earle Haley is the man.
On the other, Michael Bay should be put down for the benefit of all mankind. Hopefully his name is the only thing of his that is associated with this movie.
Otherwise, I'm psyched to see Freddie get a makeover. The character has great potential but he got turned into such a clown over time.
- September 28, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- Nev said...
Freddy looks TERRIBLE!!! Google his new look, theres a make up test.
ANyways, he looks like a real burn victim who was just released from the hospital. Not the demonic nightmare haunting monster he is.
And as for the trailer? Meh, nothing grabbed me at all. I think its gonna be a big FAIL.
- September 29, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Sara said...
Well, at least I'm not emotionally attached to Freddy like I am to the Halloween franchise so I have some sort of hope for this.
Second reaction, uhm since when do burn victims have to sound like Christian Bale's Batman?? I don't like his lips being burned to the point of not opening his mouth. Freddy's tongue was like a second character, I'm gunna miss that,lol.
Third rection, I think the rest of the movie looks bad ass and I'm digging it.
THANK YOU for posting this! I'm so busy that I rarely have time to seek out movie trailers like I used to. Who knows *when* I would have seen this. It totally made my day!!! :D
- September 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Rot said...
I feel the same way.
I'm not too attached to the character so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I'm mixed on the burn makeup. It actually made me feel badly for burn victims, which probably isn't the desired effect.
I was joking with Bean about the voice sounding like Colonel Tye from Battlestar Galactica.
And I had the strange feeling he's not the child killer and is erroneously burned. I hope that's not the case.
- September 29, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Sara said...
Dude, you took the rest of the words out of my mouth. I, too, fear him being erroneously burned. I was actually going to add that above but figured my post was already long enough. I don't want to feel sorry for Freddy and I already do since he looks so realistically burned...GAH Michael Bay! *shakes fist*
I'm still totally excited though, lol. Just phoned my little brother and we went all fangirly over it all. :) Horror brings families together!
- September 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- The Gill-Man said...
I've read the script, so I can tell you if you really want to know! I won't post a spoiler here, but I will say that the script is pretty solid, although it has some of the worst dialogue I've ever read! It is a return to Freddy being more like his depiction in the original Wes Craven film. He's more of a frightening figure, instead of the Henny Youngman of Horror.
- September 29, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Black Friday said...
Hopefully this movie turns out to be good...i'm getting a bad feeling though. I'm not digging the new Freddy look or his new voice. See the thing with Jason and Michael it's a little bit easier to replace them because they have masks and don't talk however that's not the case with Freddy.
- October 1, 2009 at 11:35 PM


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WEBSTER, N.Y. - An ex-con gunned down two firefighters after luring them to his neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze early Monday, then took shots at police and committed suicide while several homes burned.
Authorities used an armored vehicle to help residents flee dozens of homes on the shore of Lake Ontario a day before Christmas. Police restricted access to the neighborhood, and officials said it was unclear whether there were other bodies in the seven houses left to burn.
The gunman's sister, who lived with him, was unaccounted for. The gunman's motive was unknown.
William Spengler fired at the four firefighters when they arrived shortly after 5:30 a.m. at the blaze in Webster, a suburb of Rochester, town police Chief Gerald Pickering said. The first police officer who arrived chased the gunman and exchanged shots.
Spengler lay in wait outdoors for the firefighters' arrival, then opened fire probably with a rifle and from atop an earthen berm, Pickering said.
"It does appear it was a trap," he said.
Spengler had served more than 17 years in prison for beating his 92-year-old paternal grandmother to death with a hammer in 1980 at the house next to where Monday's attack happened, Pickering said. Spengler, 62, was paroled in 1998 and had led a quiet life since, authorities said. Convicted felons are not allowed to possess weapons.
Two firefighters, one of whom also was a town police lieutenant, died at the scene, and two others were hospitalized. An off-duty officer who was passing by also was injured.
Another police officer, the one who exchanged gunfire with Spengler, "in all likelihood saved many lives," Pickering said.
Emergency radio communications capture someone saying he "could see the muzzle flash coming at me" as Spengler carried out his ambush. The audio posted on the website RadioReference.com has someone reporting "firefighters are down" and saying "got to be rifle or shotgun - high powered ... semi or fully auto."
Spengler lived in the house with his sister, Cheryl Spengler, and his mother, Arline Spengler, who died in October. He had originally been charged with murder in connection with grandmother Rose Spengler's death but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.
A friend said William Spengler didn't seem violent but hated his sister. Roger Vercruysse lived next door to Spengler and recalled a man who doted on his mother, whose obituary suggested contributions to the West Webster Fire Department.
"He loved his mama to death," said Vercruysse, who last saw his friend about six months ago. "I think after his mama passed, he went crazy."
Vercruysse also said Spengler "couldn't stand his sister" and "stayed on one side of the house and she stayed on the other."
The West Webster Fire District learned of the fire early Monday after a report of a car and house on fire on Lake Road, on a narrow peninsula where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario, Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn said.
The fire appeared from a distance as a pulsating ball of flame glowing against the early morning sky, flames licking into treetops and reflecting on the water, with huge bursts of smoke billowing away in a brisk wind.
Two of the firefighters arrived on a fire engine and two in their own vehicles, Pickering said. After Spengler fired, one of the wounded men fled, but the other three couldn't because of flying gunfire.
A police armored vehicle was used to recover two men, and eventually it removed 33 people from nearby homes, the police chief said. The gunfire initially kept firefighters from battling the blazes.
The dead men were identified as police Lt. Michael Chiapperini, 43, the Webster Police Department's public information officer; and 19-year-old Tomasz Kaczowka, also a 911 dispatcher.
Pickering described Chiapperini as a "lifetime firefighter" with nearly 20 years in the department, and he called Kaczowka a "tremendous young man."
Kaczowka's brother, reached at the family home Monday night, said he didn't want to talk.
The two wounded firefighters, Joseph Hofstetter and Theodore Scardino, were in guarded condition in the intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, authorities said. Both were awake and alert and are expected to recover.
Hofstetter, also a full-timer with the Rochester Fire Department, was hit once in the pelvis, and the bullet lodged in his spine, authorities said. Scardino was hit in the chest and knee.
At West Webster Fire Station 1, there were at least 20 bouquets on a bench in front and a bouquet of roses with three gold-and-white ribbons saying, "May they rest in peace," ''In the line of duty" and "In memory of our fallen brothers."
A handwritten sign says, "Thanks for protecting us, RIP." Two candles were lit to honor the dead.
Grieving firefighters declined to talk to reporters. At an impromptu memorial vigil Monday evening, about 100 people stood in the cold night air, some holding candles. A fire department spokesman made a brief appearance, thanked them all and told them to go home and appreciate their families.
Cathy Bartlett was there with her teenage son, who was good friends with Kaczowka. Bartlett's husband, Mark Bartlett, has been a firefighter there for 25 years but missed the call this morning.
"Thank God my husband slept through the first alarm and didn't get up until the second one went off," she said.
The shooting and fires were in a neighborhood of seasonal and year-round homes set close together across the road from the lakeshore. The area is popular with recreational boaters but is normally quiet this time of year.
"We have very few calls for service in that location," Pickering said. "Webster is a tremendous community. We are a safe community, and to have a tragedy befall us like this is just horrendous."
O'Flynn lamented the violence, which comes on the heels of other shootings including the massacre of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"It's sad to see that this is becoming more commonplace in communities across the nation," O'Flynn said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the State Police and Office of Emergency Management were working with local authorities.
"Volunteer firefighters and police officers were injured and two were taken from us as they once again answered the call of duty," Cuomo said in a statement. "We as the community of New York mourn their loss as now two more families must spend the holidays without their loved ones."
Webster, a middle-class suburb, now is the scene of violence linked to house fires for two Decembers in a row.
Last Dec. 7, authorities say, a 15-year-old boy doused his home with gasoline and set it ablaze, killing his father and two brothers, 16 and 12. His mother and 13-year-old sister escaped with injuries. He is being prosecuted as an adult.


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Television: ESPNU
The Game: Johns Hopkins (5-1) heads to the University of Virginia (6-2) for a key top-10 battle with the Cavaliers. Faceoff is set for 4:30 pm with a live national television broadcast on ESPNU.
A Look Back: Johns Hopkins slipped from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 12-10 loss to Syracuse at Homewood Field last Saturday.
Virginia dropped its second straight as the Cavaliers fell at Notre Dame, 18-9 on Sunday.
Series History: Johns Hopkins and Virginia are meeting for the 87th time in a series that dates to a 9-0 Johns Hopkins victory in 1904. The Blue Jays have currently won three straight against the Cavaliers, including an 11-10 win in 2012 in JHU's last trip to Charlottesville.
These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Virginia with an all-time record of 938-304-15 (.752). The Blue Jays own nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 44 national championships.
Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked ninth in this week's USILA Coaches Poll and eighth in the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll as well. Virginia enters this week's game against Johns Hopkins ranked 10th in the coaches poll and 10th in the media poll.
Playing for the Cup: The winner of this week's game between Johns Hopkins and Virginia will be presented with the Doyle Smith Cup, which goes to the winner of the annual regular season game between the two teams.
Doyle Smith arrived at Johns Hopkins from Corvallis, Oregon in 1962 and served as the manager of the lacrosse team throughout his tenure at Homewood. He graduated from Johns Hopkins Phi Beta Kappa and worked under the guidance of Hall of Fame coach Bob Scott before moving to the University of Virginia, where he served as the Director of Media Relations for the men's lacrosse program for 30 years.
Doyle's devotion to the sport of men's lacrosse was remarkable. He served as the information director for the USILA for many years and was the official statistician at the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships for over two decades. He also was responsible for the standardization and accuracy of men's lacrosse statistics and became the face and voice of the USILA during his time at Virginia. In 2000, he became the first non-player, non-coach to be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
By a joint acclimation between Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia, it was established during the 2006 season that the regular-season game contested between the Blue Jays and the Cavaliers be known as the game for the Doyle Smith Cup.
Closing on Mr. Scott: Dave Pietramala picked up his 152nd victory as the head coach at Johns Hopkins with the recent 15-8 victory at UMBC and he continues to close in on the record for most career coaching victories at Homewood. Only Bob Scott, who won 158 games as the head coach at JHU from 1955-74, has won or coached (214) more games than Pietramala at Johns Hopkins.
Career Win Number 175: In addition to notching his 152nd victory as the head coach at Johns Hopkins with the win against UMBC, Dave Pietramala also reached a milestone as the win against the Retrievers was the 175th of his coaching career. In addition to his 152-51 (.749) mark as the head coach at JHU, Pietramala also postd a 23-17 record in three seasons as the head coach at Cornell and now boasts an overall record of 175-68 (.720). Pietramala's 175 wins rank 10th among active Division I coaches.
New Blue: The Johns Hopkins lineup features six new starters after a large senior class departed Homewood last spring. The six are spread throughout the lineup and include Eric Schneider (G), Rob Enright (D), John Kelly (D), Bronson Kelly(M), Connor Reed (M) and Ryan Brown (A). Brown did start four games at midfield last season, but made the move to his natural attack position this season, and Enright had five career starts through his first two seasons.
New Blue II: In addition to the six new starters in the lineup, the overall Blue Jay roster is also vastly different than a year ago. Gone are 11 seniors who exhausted their eligibility and in their place are 17 freshmen.
Youth Will be Served: Johns Hopkins is fielding one of the youngest rosters in the nation this season as 17 of the team's 49 players are freshmen and 29 are either freshmen or sophomores. Only nine of the 49 are seniors and two of those nine – Eric Schneider and Phil Castronova – have an extra year of eligibility and are planning to return for the 2015 season.
For Starters: Entering the 2014 season, the entire 49-man Johns Hopkins roster counted a total of 132 combined career starts to its credit. Of those 132, Rob Guida (38), Jack Reilly (30), Brandon Benn (29) and Wells Stanwick (17) accounted 114, or 86.7%. No other returning player had started more than five games for the Blue Jays. By contrast, last year's 11-man senior class graduated with a combined 321 starts with six of those 11 players earning 45 or more starts during their careers.
An Offensive Group: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Virginia averaging 13.17 goals per game and the Blue Jays have scored at least 10 goals in every game this season. JHU ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense, third in assists per game (8.17) and fifth in points per game (21.33).
Class Rank: The Blue Jays have gotten production from each of their four classes through six games. Each class has registered at least 11 points thus far, with the sophomore (52 points), junior (34 points) and senior (31 points) classes leading the way.
Must be the Speech: There must be something about the speech that head coach Dave Pietramala gives before the Blue Jays take the field at the start of the game and at halftime. For the year, Johns Hopkins holds a 22-13 scoring advantage in the first quarter and a 25-14 scoring margin in the third quarter. In the second and fourth quarters, JHU is a combined +7 in scoring margin (31-24).
Schneider, Defense Growing: While the offense has grabbed a majority of the headlines this season, the Blue Jay defense has been consistent thus far as well. Johns Hopkins is currently ranked 13th in the nation in scoring defense (8.5) and has held five of its six opponents to nine goals or less. Eric Schneider continues to impress in goal as he sports an 8.10 goals against average and a .581 save percentage.
Attack Driven: Johns Hopkins' starting attack unit of senior Brandon Benn, junior Wells Stanwick and sophomore Ryan Brown will be counted on to lead the way offensively for the Blue Jays this season and the trio has been up to the task thus far. They have combined for at least four goals and nine points in all six games this season, with 11 goals against UMBC and nine goals against both Towson and Princeton. The trio has a pair of 16-point games to its credit (Towosn, UMBC) and a 14-point effort as well (Princeton).
Kennedy Shines: Junior faceoff specialist Drew Kennedy continues to enjoy a standout season for the Blue Jays as he is 93-of-136 (.684) through six games and also has a team-high 64 ground balls thus far. He ranks third in the nation in faceoff winning percentage and first in ground balls per game (10.67) after winning 21-of-25 faceoffs with 15 ground balls in last week's game against Syracuse. The 21 faceoff wins and 15 ground balls are both career highs. Kennedy won 18-of-22 (.818) faceoffs in the season opener against Ohio State and came back and won 16-of-23 with 10 ground balls against Towson. After winning just 1-of-6 in the first quarter, he was 15-of-17 over the final three quarters against the Tigers.
Second-Longest Game in School History: The triple overtime game against Ohio State in the season-opener ranks as the second-longest game in the history of the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse program. The longest game in school history was a four-overtime game against Virginia on March 24, 2001.
In Overtime: Johns Hopkins improved to 20-10 all-time in overtime under head coach Dave Pietramala with the 10-9 triple overtime victory against Ohio State. The Blue Jays have now won four of their last five overtime games dating back to late in the 2011 season.
Poll Position: The Blue Jays are ranked ninth in this week's USILA Coaches Poll. The Johns Hopkins Athletic Communications Office uses the USILA Poll to represent JHU's official ranking at the time of a game. Prior to falling out of the top 20 of the USILA Poll on April 26 and May 3, 2010 (JHU was receiving votes in both polls), the Blue Jays had been ranked in the top 20 in 367 consecutive polls dating back to the first poll in 1973.


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February 19, 2010 in BITE ME | Tags: basil, beer, Blue Moon, egg yolk, fear, fear of flying, Fontina cheese, Food Rules, HBO, How To Make It In America, lunch, Michael Pollan, Napa, Patron, Polish, Russian language, San Francisco, sunny-side-up, tequila, toast | 2 comments
My balls are shrinking. Age, like cold water, morphs my GUTS into small and shivering little nuts.
I was an adventurous and stupidly brave kid who would climb trees and roofs of garages with my older brother's friends, despite an ever-growing collection of bruises and boo-boos all over my limbs. I was the one whose back all the girly girls would use for shelter hiding from the boys who wanted to pinch their arms and pull their plaits when we were all in second grade. I was the one to stand up to a teacher when the whole class felt mistreated and no one would rise to speak for themselves. I was also the one to scratch my Russian teacher's car (she was an old and grumpy Pole who taught Russian) with my house keys at the age of 11 when the woman called me a STINKY BUM in front of my entire class for not having memorized new vocabulary SHE HAD NEVER TOLD US TO!
No, I'm not so proud of the latter. At least now I'll know what to teach my kids NOT to do, specifically. Scratching your Russian teacher's car with your keys will lead to everlasting shame and will potentially ruin your only chance to enter your own house. At least until parents come home. I can always prevent this from happening by NOT enrolling my kid in Russian classes. Instead, let's focus on mastering your mama's native tongue my child – Polish.
Where was I? Oh, yes, the FEAR. The fear that has emerged out of a thick fog as I entered my thirties. Flying has never made me feel like being on top of the world. There used to be a thrill associated with that activity, but frankly, when younger I would get excited just as much when riding a shopping cart across a super market. Ok, that still is a source of a massive glee. In order to fly, however, without breaking into a showering sweat I need a sedative.
Last weekend, when we were flying to San Francisco, one shot of Patron helped me loosen up enough to cheerfully enter the tunnel leading up to the plane. Right at the door of the machine there were standing two police officers and chatting with an older couple. Apparently they were escorting a passenger who got warped in a loop of time and was not sure where he was anymore. However, as I walked up to the group, all I heard was:
I looked at the police officer TERRIFIED and asked with crawling panic in my chest:
An explosive of laughter tore the air around and strangely enough that sound instantly comforted my shaken insides, a loud sigh escaped my wide-open mouth.
After a wonderful and unintentionally romantic weekend in Napa we found ourselves at the airport all over again. Our flight was delayed two hours due to the weather. The only way I knew how to keep my composure was to hit a bar next to our gate and sip on a perfectly chilled Blue Moon with a slice of an orange tucked on the rim of the glass, while I read through Michael Pollan's food rules he had recently put into a book by the same title. Thirty-two ounces of the golden nectar later I was perfectly joyful and frankly could not stop laughing, for any reason and at anything. I was ready to board.
Before I knew it, Tuesday rolled in and we quietly dispersed back to our offices. Since lunch wasn't provided at my work that day, as all the big shots (a.k.a. producers) were absent, I drove back home to let Cosmo out and had about fifteen minutes to feed myself. I opened the fridge and heard the wheels turning in my head. It only took seconds and I had the plan.
Two slices of bread with a thin layer of butter, a few slices of Fontina and a tomato went into a toaster oven. Two eggs were cracked, one after another, yolks separated, and then dropped gently onto a hot skilled greased with butter and olive oil. I seasoned the eggs with chili powder, sea salt, black pepper, and let them set. As soon as the bread was ready, I slid one SUNNY-SIDE-UP on top of each toast, garnished it with a fresh basil leaf and a few slices of fresh avocado. A handful of baby carrots completed that landscape art on my plate.
The bread with melted cheese and toasted tomato was embedded within the frames of the perfectly crunchy crust. I broke the egg yolk with the tip of my knife and let it ooze all over that open sandwich like a warm mist on my face during a facial treatment.
Oh, the delectable bliss.
Fifteen minutes on the dot. Prepared and consumed. Done. Haul my arse back to work.


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Write a program that has an array of 5 Strings, and determines which ones are
palindromes (letter-case does not matter)
The main should only initialize the array, and
print the palindrome words found. You can break your problem into smaller pieces
dealt with in separate methods. For example you might need a method that determines
whether a String is a palindrome or not
public class Palindrome { public static void main(String [] args) { String[] s = new String[5]; } public static String Reverse(String x) { String hold = ""; char [] c = x.toCharArray(); for (int i = c.length-1; i>0; i--) hold = hold +c[i]; return hold; } public static boolean pallindromCheck(String n) { String x=Reverse(n); if (x==n) return true; else return false; } }


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Madrid, Spain, Oct 18, 2012 / 02:55 pm (CNA).- Spanish pro-life leader Josep Miro, who is president of e-Christians and a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, said the trial of Doctor Carlos Morin has put a spotlight on the tragedy of the abortion industry.
Speaking to CNA on Oct. 16, Miro said the trial of the Spanish doctor accused of performing more than 100 illegal abortions has revealed "the tragedy behind this. There are women who see their children as a burden, from the economic point of view, and there are some groups of people who are dedicated to this for the sole purpose of making a lot of money."
Dr. Carlos Morin, together with 12 collaborators, performed dozens of illegal abortions in his clinics in Barcelona. Morin is accused of engaging in the falsification of records, doing late-term abortions without consulting a psychiatrist, and asking patients to sign false statements that they were not more than 22 weeks pregnant, the legal limit in Spain.
Miro said the impact of the trial will go far beyond the borders of Spain, since "it the largest abortion trial that has ever taken place in Europe," with the largest number of defendants and the greatest amount of years ever requested by prosecutors (more than 300) as a sentence.
He also said the case has exposed the cruelty of those who participate in abortions, as demonstrated by the "mere fact of the shredders" used to dispose of babies' remains at Morin's abortion clinics.The trial is shedding a light on an otherwise hidden place, "so that society can become aware of the human miseries that occur there," he said.
Miro called it surprising that in "a case on abortion there would be protected witnesses."
"This is not usual, as even in criminal cases there are no protected witnesses, and this is only allowed when there is a fear, deemed reasonable by a judge, that harm could come or that there is an organization capable of causing this harm," he explained.
He also noted that the evidence against Morin is extensive and includes "hours of recorded phone calls that have been admitted as evidence, confiscated documentation that clearly shows that ultrasounds were manipulated."
Miro, whose group is part of a coalition that is suing Morin, said donations to help fund the lawsuit against Morin have been ongoing. "We have been able to cover two extra expenses that we have … which are the attorneys, because the trial has lasted a long time, and we have set up a small news service for the media, so that we can respond to them and provide background information that can help them become familiar with the matter."


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What do you do if you're a soft-voiced wolf, a raccoon who can't see in the dark, or a duck who has trouble flying? In this photo series, the answer is simple: strap a machine to your body and let it do the work.
David Emmite created this photo series, where technology stands in for animals' natural adaptations: the stinkifying powers of the skunks, a squirrel's innate nutcracking, a wolf's powerful howl. I can only assume that the halo is a stand-in for the angelic appearance of deer that keeps some people from picking up a rifle. Either that, or it's a macabre nod to Bambi's mom.
[David Emmite via Design You Trust]
G/O Media may get a commission


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Gov. Herbert announces a technology audit and a health data security ombudsman in response to a big data breach discovered last month on a Utah Department of Health server.
A serious breach of health and Medicaid data within the Utah Department of Health has taken down the state's CIO, Steve Fletcher.
Fletcher's departure was part of Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's coordinated response Tuesday, May 15, to the breach, which was discovered April 2 and is believed to have compromised 280,000 Social Security numbers other personal information of an estimated 500,000 people, including names, addresses, birth dates and some details contained in patient health records.
Herbert said Deloitte & Touche has started a comprehensive security audit of the state's technology systems. Sheila Walsh-McDonald also has been appointed to a new position called the "health data security ombudsman. "
"The compromise of even one person's private information is a completely unacceptable breach of trust," said Herbert in a statement. "The people of Utah rightly believe that their government will protect them, their families and their personal data. As a state government, we failed to honor that commitment. For that, as your Governor and as a Utahn, I am deeply sorry."
Fletcher, who led the state's Department of Technology Services, was appointed state CIO in 2005. He will be replaced on an acting basis by Mark VanOrden, the IT director for the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
Fletcher is a past president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, and has garnered recognition over the years for leading innovative and collaborative IT projects. He is past recipient of Government Technology's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers award. Fletcher is credited with leading Utah's enterprisewide IT consolidation and centralization, lauded by many as a public-sector success story.
The data breach was found to have occurred on March 30, made possible by a weak password that allowed hackers to break through the department's security and steal the personal information of as many as 780,000 people. USA Today reported that cybercriminals are believed to have launched the attack from Eastern Europe.
The Utah Department of Health moved quickly to shore up its IT processes and notify potential victims, offering them free credit monitoring. The new health data security ombudsman will oversee individual case management, credit counseling and public outreach, the governor said Tuesday.
Fletcher told Government Technology on Tuesday afternoon that the breach was preventable, and that the incident shows that more funding is needed to protect government's IT systems.
From a larger perspective, Fletcher said, the breach in Utah also is an example of a challenge that CIOs face: Ask for security funding before nothing has happened (and oftentimes get rejected), or wait until a breach happens (when it's too late). Another factor to consider, Fletcher said, was that cyberattacks targeting Utah have spiked by 600 percent during the past four months — too short a time frame, especially during a legislative budget cycle, to pursue more funding that would be used to stave off the attacks.
According to Gov. Herbert's office, there are nearly a million attempts each day to infiltrate the state's IT network.
Fletcher said he's disappointed that the security incident will likely overshadow much of the progress Utah has made. During the past five years, the state has reduced its IT operating costs by $73 million, Fletcher said. Utah also has made transparency gains, has developed a well regarded Web presence, and now offers more than 1,000 online services, he said.
The Utah Department of Health has set up a hotline (1-855-238-3339) to answers questions about the breach and to assist victims of the identity theft.


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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 0
Braids – Bunny Rose
A video I directed for Braids is out!
"We take a contemplative journey through London in this ethereal and enigmatic video for 'Bunny Rose' by Canadian band Braids.
Over the course of a long and lonely night in the city, and in her fragile state, a spirit pulls herself together - from dust and cobwebs, tears and dew - to finally become whole as dawn breaks."
With some lovely delicate 2D animation by Diana Gradinaru
Labels: 3D, animation, character design, colour, Music video


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Projects Abroad Human Rights Office Accra, Ghana - Monthly Reports
Monthly Reports from 2013
Accra High School
In November, the team focused on the rights of the child. Due to various scheduling conflicts, it was only possible to conduct two sessions this month but both the volunteers and the children strived to ensure that the most was made out of these two sessions.
Dealing with emotional distress and maintaining optimism
In the month of September, the volunteers continued to divide their lessons into social skill training and teaching English, mathematics, and geography. This approach has proved successful as the boys clearly benefited from reflecting on their lives and individual qualities whilst also improving their knowledge of various subjects.
Addressing fear and uncertainty
In the month of August, the volunteers amended the format of their bi-weekly sessions in order to better suit the needs of the boys in the centre. At the beginning of the month, each session consisted of teaching the boys English and mathematics and the boys were eager to improve their skills, as they seemed aware of how essential it is for their future.
Girls' Correctional Facility
The Girls' Correctional Centre is a juvenile remand centre for girls convicted of a criminal offence, such as petty theft or rostitution. Although in a government institution, the girls are denied access to education, so the volunteers hold classes in basic mathematics and English, as well as training in human rights, responsibilities and life-skills.
Community Advocacy
This past month, the Community Advocacy project has focused its outreach in the rural community of Dodowa, which is a 2 hour drive from Accra. One presentation was on Marriage and Intestacy; the other seminar focused primarily on Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse.
Legal Services Desk
Another PAHO operation in the Old Fadama Slum, the Legal Services Desk is a rudimentary drop-in legal service for a community with effectively no access to legal resolution. It is run in conjunction with WISEEP, a local NGO concerned with the economic empowerment of women living in Old Fadama.
The Death Penalty Project
Article 13 of the Constitution of Ghana states that '[no] person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted." The Death Penalty Project is PAHO's contribution to the Coalition for Abolishing the Death Penalty in Ghana ('the Coalition), an advocacy group coordinated by Amnesty International.
Social Justice Projects
The Accra High Club held some great sessions this in March. Each lasted nearly three hours and involved some very lively debate. Our resident journalist Sarah accompanied the team to conduct video interviews, and we are looking forward to seeing the final product.
Social welfare facility
The Social Welfare Facility is an institution for Ghanaian children who are in trouble with the law, who have found themselves in a dire situation. The Boys' Remand Centre is a detention centre for boys awaiting trial, while the Girls' Correctional Centre is detention centre for girls who have already been convicted of a criminal offence, and the Children's Shelter is for the boys and girls who have been abused or who have run away from home.
Social Justice Projects
The Human Rights Clubs Project was created by the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office (PAHO) through an Amnesty International initiative. It involves teams of our volunteers visiting Accran high schools to lead the student members of their respective Human Rights Clubs in discussion and debate on a broad range of past and present human rights issues.


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Students who were interested in spray painting our shells met me outside during their recess a couple of weeks ago. We had large groups of very enthusiastic kids who wanted to learn how to apply spray paint. They were willing to wait on long lines just to have a chance to put on the safety goggles and spray a shell gold! One group decided to sing winter carols while waiting.
We will be selling these shells as ornaments ($5.00 each) at the East Brunswick Craft Fair this Saturday from 10am - 5pm at East Brunswick High School! 100% of all purchases will be donated toward Hurricane Relief through our Shells for NJ Shores project.
Flyers about this event were sent home with students last week. I've added a copy of this flyer below featuring the details. We are hoping many families will be able to attend.


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Abby Joseph Cohen's Contrarian View on Deficits
Goldman's senior investment strategist puts an optimistic spin on the federal budget deficit, explains why stocks are cheap, and makes the case for investing in Bristol Myers.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve in some way around SQL Server. As Tom brought up, the saying is that "there are no stupid questions." I have long disagreed with that statement. I think many people would disagree but it is a tool used by instructors to invoke questions from the crowd. I think there are plenty of stupid questions. For me, a stupid question is simply a question to which you already know the answer.
A common question that I hear that could fall into that category is "How do I select information out of table ZYX?"
For that question, pick your response du jour. Typically the response may be preceded with at least one question trying to garner more information such as "Well, what data do you want to select from the table?" If they can answer this question, then the first question seems a bit on the stupid side since they already know the essential pieces to the answer of their question. This holds true, so long as the data retrieval is a basic SELECT.
So there you have it, short and sweet.


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I saw a guard, as alone as all the others. What's happened? I asked him. He was confused, shaking his head. He would not look at me. Something's happened, he said. Something there was a collapse ... nothing works properly ... there's been a a breakdown ... He was being very inexact. That wasn't his fault. It was a very inexact apocalypse.
Between the time I had dosed my eyes on the train and the time I had opened them again, some organising principle had failed.
I've always imagined the occurrence in very literal terms. I have always envisaged a vast impossible building, a spiritual power station with an unstable core shitting out the world's energy and connectivity. I've always envisaged the cogs and wheels of that unthinkable machinery overheating, some critical mass being reached ... the mechanisms faltering and seizing up as the core explodes soundlessly and spews its poisonous fuel across the city and beyond. ...
The Gaumont State is a beacon, a lighthouse, a warning we missed. It jags impassive into the clouds as the city founders on rocks. ... The Gaumont State exerts its own gravity over the changed city. I suspect all compasses point to it now. I suspect that in the magnificent entrance, framed by those wide stairs, something is waiting. The Gaumont State is the generator of the dirty entropy that has taken London. I suspect there are many fascinating things inside. I'm going to let it reel me in.
Looking for Jake and other stories, China Miéville, 2005 - wikipedia article - I have bought the book and I can recommend it. Other books by China Mieville are relevant too, especially Kraken and The City & the City. They change the way you see the city.


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Impoverished Woman Moves from Subsidized Housing to Master's Degree and Dream Job
Monica LaFaye Rockward 's path out of poverty demonstrates how perseverance and some help from a Community Action Agency can turn a person's life around.
When Ms. Rockward first became a client of Gulf Coast Community Services Association (GCCSA), she lived in subsidized housing with an income below the poverty line. Gulf Coast offered her a full menu of services over five years—help with her rent, courses in financial literacy, assistance with taxes, an Individual Development Account , even toys for her children at Christmas.
Ms. Rockward applied her IDA funds to her education, completing her bachelor's and master's degrees in special education, a lifelong dream.
She is now a certified special ed teacher in Houston. Ms. Rockward called her association with GCCSA a "pivotal" moment in her life and proudly invited her friends and mentors from the agency to her graduation.


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The OECD and WTO have come up with trade in value added database covering mostly OECD countries. It presents an entirely different picture of the ongoing trade related debate, especially the huge trade surplus (gross) of China and the charges about currency manipulation (deliberately keeping value of currency low). The RCA, which gives an indication of comparative advantage in export of individual product, is also quite different than what is shown by gross trade figures. Value added data could be a better measure of trade flows.
The new value added database shows that China might not have the as large balance of trade surplus as it appears to be when we look at gross trade figures. In fact, the US deficit with China appears to be 25% smaller than is suggested by conventional gross trade figures. Surprisingly, Japan's surplus with the US is 60% larger than suggested by gross trade figures. Even more surprising is the revelation that only 4% of the value of an iphone is attributable to China itself, with the rest being imported for final assembly (physical components and technical services).
It will be interesting to see the value added export of Nepal when the database includes Nepal as well.