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Sheryl Crow inexplicably decided to shoot her mouth off recently about her friendship with Jennifer Aniston, insisting that neither of them were the "dumpees" in their respective high profile relationships:
"For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships.
Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don't say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven't had."As you would expect, Sheryl's remarks resulted in more attention paid to someone else – Aniston – rather than herself. Which is dumb. Why give an interview if only to redirection attention?
And why throw a pity party if no pity was required?
Why allow that slag Leslei Bennetts to portray her as a teary-eyed victim, whipping the MiniVan Majority into a solidarity frenzy against the most beautiful woman in the world? If her friend Sheryl is now playing the "I'm a strong woman, burn my bra" card on her behalf, why didn't she do it herself when the triangle first formed? Why scream at the ocean for Vanity Fair? Why permit her friends to paint the picture of a wounded faun, fragile but forgiving, brave but bruised? Why not just pull out the bra from the very beginning – the relationship wasn't right for me. So I decided to leave.
Because Jennifer Aniston is a fraud. We know this. We also know that these days it's a new Jen she's selling. A better Jen. A Jen I could consider buying. Jen the healthy. Jen the hopefully blow-free. Jen the strong single looking for love but not begging for love.
Jen with bangs!
Jen has the best hair ever. Seen here on set with Owen Wilson in Miami. Part Heather Locklear, part Linda Evans… and on Jennifer Aniston, it works. Any hair works.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
A Lizard For Daisy!
Mom saw this strange lizard at the Fort Worth Zoo, but it is originally from New Guinea. It is known for it's unusual colors, and it eats insects and lives up in trees. It has a 3rd eye to help with sensitivity to light and dark. It can grow up to 2.5 feet long!
I think my friend, Daisy, would like this lizard. She is a lizard hunter. She had better watch out for the 3rd eye though!
Before you go, please sign my GUESTBOOK, and stop by my SMALL WORLD too, thanks!
16 comments:
- Katherine and Pippa said...
That's nice. Mistress has a cool piccy of a chameleon in our garden but she needs to can it in.
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Katherine and Pippa said...
Scan it in I meant.
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Daisy said...
WOWIE! Look at that thing! I am a little bit nervous to read that some lizards have a 3rd eye.
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Kathryn and Ari said...
J.B., I can't begin to tell you how much we enjoy your animal posts! We'd be honored if you would consider yourself an honorary caninaturalist: we've never met a cat more deserving of the title!
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Lux said...
That's a cool-looking lizard!
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Deefor said...
Thanks for visiting. I don't hate cats. The giant ones kind of scare me.
- Monday, February 18, 2008
- Girl Girl Hamster said...
Hello JB, I'm Hana & Daisy's friend. That sure is a HUGE lizard and I'm sure Daisy would love to make soup out of it
~ Girl girl
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Tybalt said...
What a great looking lizard! I bet Daisy could make lots of yummy lizard stew with that one . . .
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Maya and Kena said...
Oooh!! That's a cool-looking lizard!!
But the 3rd eye thing is kind of creepy...
Wags and licks,
Maya and Kena
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Michele said...
Gosh JB... that is one handsome looking lizard. It almost looks as if it is smiling for the camera!
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Maya and Kena said...
Hi there JB!
Thanks fur the compliment on our latest post!!
You're so sweet!! But we only made the first picture... hee hee... Asta and Koobuss made the rest... and we should probably put that in our post.. whoops..
We'll go do that now!
Wags and licks,
Maya and Kena
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- NAK and The Residents of The Khottage said...
Thanks fur the visit -
Hmmmm - do I like khats?
It all depends how they are served!
Sorry, I'm a Siberian - it is what we do!
Yum - do lizards taste like chikhken?
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- JB's Big and Small Worlds said...
Please don't make soup out of my lizard friend!
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- Hana said...
What I wanna know is where is the 3rd eye? This eye discovery is kinda like discovering how giraffes have 4 stomaches! Well, at least they have only 1 tail, like me!
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008
- myonlyphoto said...
JB this is really nice photo of the lizard. May I ask what camera you use to take all your pictures. You seems to have really good eye photography, or just say you have a good eye. Excellent. Anna :)
- Thursday, February 21, 2008
- Lacy said...
woofies and burf's JB, dat lizzard is shure a big one...hmm JB, u need to haff a talk wiff Rocky me finks he mite b a kitty cat chasier, he wants to chase everfing else...
b safe,
Rocky and ;)angel lacylulu
- Saturday, March 29, 2008


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A masked Egyptian protester part of the Black Bloc, flashes the victory sign during clashes with riot police, background, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt s wave of political unrest, a mysterious group of black-masked young men calling themselves the Black Bloc. They present themselves as the defenders of protesters against the rule of President Mohammed Morsi, but Islamists have used them to depict the opposition as a violent force wrecking the nation. Credit: AP
CAIRO (TheBlaze/AP) --Reminiscent of many protests by various "Occupy" groups in the United States, a mysterious group of masked young men called the "Black Bloc" emerged in Cairo on Monday and presented themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule.
They boast that they're willing to use force to fight back against Islamists who have attacked protesters in the past - or against police who crack down on demonstrations. The youths with faces hidden under black masks have appeared among stone-throwing protesters in clashes with police around Egypt the past five days in the wave of political violence that has shaken the country.
During protests in Cairo on Monday, masked youths celebrated around a police armored vehicle in flames in the middle of Tahrir Square, waving their hands in V-for-victory signs and wearing the Guy Fawkes masks that have become common at Occupy rallies and other left-leaning protests.
Their emergence has raised concerns even among fellow members of the opposition, who fear the group could spark Islamist retaliation or that it could be infiltrated to taint their movement. Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi call the bloc a militia and have used it to depict the opposition as a violent force wrecking the nation.
Moreover, some Islamists have threatened to form vigilante groups in response, creating the potential for a spiral of violence between rival "militias."
The bloc's appearance comes amid increasing opposition frustration with Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, and the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists who critics say have imposed a monopoly on power.
The anger has fueled the explosion of violence that at first centered on Friday's second anniversary of the start of the uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. It accelerated with riots in the Suez Canal city of Port Said by youths furious over death sentences issued by a court against local soccer fans over a bloody stadium riot a year ago. Morsi has struggled to regain control, calling a state of emergency in three Suez Canal-area provinces.
The Black Bloc in Egypt models itself after anarchist groups by the same name in Europe and the United States that have participated in anti-globalization and other protests the past decade.
A protester part of the Black Bloc, holds the Egyptian national flag during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt s wave of political unrest, a mysterious group of black-masked young men calling themselves the Black Bloc. Credit: AP
An Egyptian protester holds a sign reading 'The Muslim Brotherhood's constitution is void' as other demonstrators, said to be members of Egypt's Black Bloc Anarchic group, burn tyres on the 6th of October Bridge in central Cairo near Tahrir Square on January 25, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
Egyptian protesters, said to be members of Egypt's Black Bloc Anarchic group, burn tyres on the 6th of October Bridge in central Cairo near Tahrir Square on January 25, 2013. Protesters stormed a regional government headquarters and clashed with police as mass rallies shook Egypt on the second anniversary of a revolt that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought Islamists to power. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
In Egypt, the group's secrecy and self-professed dispersed structure make it difficult to determine its actual scope. It communicates mainly by online social media. Its members' identities are unknown and faces unseen, so it's impossible to confirm the authenticity of those who claim to speak in its name.
It's even impossible to know whether every masked young man in the streets belongs to the block or is just a protester hiding his face - or if the distinction even matters. In Tahrir on Monday, vendors were selling black masks that young men crowded to buy.
"We are the Black Bloc ... seeking people's liberation, the fall of corruption and the toppling of the tyrant," proclaimed a video announcing the group's formation, posted online Thursday. It showed youths dressed in black marching in lines in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
"We have arisen to confront the fascist tyrant regime of the Muslim Brotherhood with its military wing," the video said, warning police not to interfere "or else we will respond without hesitation."
Brotherhood officials, Islamist politicians and pro-government media accuse the group of violence ranging from trying to set fire to the presidential palace and attacking Brotherhood offices to ransacking state buildings, blocking train tracks and even exchanging gunfire with riot police.
The mayhem of the past five days has seen such incidents - but it is unclear what role Black Bloc members have had, or whether claims the group is armed are true. Security officials say they arrested one suspected bloc member carrying ammunition in Cairo on Sunday.
The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, which has depicted the group as fueling violence, said that Black Bloc members tried to break into a five-star hotel near Tahrir, and fired guns in the air when other protesters tried to stop them.
A university graduate named Sherif el-Sherafi said he was a founder of the group in an interview with the El-Watan newspaper - though his claims could not be independently confirmed.
He said the bloc has 10,000 members nationwide, organized into groups of around 20 each, but with no chain of command. Members are trained in self-defense and how to deal with tear gas.
"Violence is not an action but a reaction," he said. He depicted the situation as an inevitable clash between the opposition and government. "What is coming is worse."
Members say the group was created in response to Dec. 4 clashes, when Brotherhood supporters attacked a protest sit-in outside the presidential palace, touching off hours of street battles that left at least 10 dead and hundreds injured.
Many in the opposition saw that incident as a turning point, a sign that Islamists and the Brotherhood were willing to use violence against Morsi's critics.
Monday night, a number of protesters praised the masked men in Tahrir Square.
"They aren't here for sabotage or vandalism, but to protect us from Brotherhood militias," said Ahmed Ali, an engineer.
Ali said police are now "suppressing the revolution on behalf of the murderer Morsi ... So we need these men to defend the revolution."
Hossam al-Hamalawy, a prominent lefist activist, said the Black Bloc youth are "sincere, they want change and they have seen their friends get killed... (So) they have decided to take the matter into their own hands."
But he said it "could be dangerous for the revolution," warning that "this could develop to people carrying arms" ostensibly in response to the Black Bloc.
"Those who topple the regime are the masses," not underground groups, said al-Hamalawy, of the Socialist Revolutionaries, a key group behind the anti-Mubarak uprising.
Morsi's office and the Brotherhood have contended for months that the opposition is using the streets to overturn results of elections that Islamists have consistently won.
Now they point to the Black Bloc as proof their opponents are willing to back violence.
On his Facebook page, Morsi's assistant for foreign affairs Essam el-Haddad accused the Black Bloc of "systematic violence and organized crimes across the country" and accused the opposition of condoning it.
The Brotherhood in a statement denounced "groups of thugs, militias of black gangs" that it accused of attacks on state institution, police and private property. "The silence of opposition political parties on such crimes ... indicates their support."
Morsi's more hard-line Islamist allies have been more vehement.
The Black Bloc "must be liquidated completely. These groups must be dealt with with violence and all force," said Mohammed Abu Samra, head of the political party of Islamic Jihad, which once waged a campaign of militant violence in Egypt.
Some ultraconservatives accused Christians of being behind the bloc, in line with their past attempts to fire up their base with warnings that minority Christians are trying to topple Morsi.
Another former jihadi group, the Gamaa Islamiya, threatened on Sunday to create a vigilante group.
Tareq el-Zomr, a leading figure in the group, said that if security forces don't bring quiet, "it will be the right of the Egyptian people - and us at the forefront - to set up popular committees" to protect property and "counter aggression."
A Facebook page also claimed the formation of a new militia called the "Muslims Brigade" - though it was not possible to confirm that the group exists.
In a video on the page, a group of masked men holding rifles warned of plots by enemies of Islam and a conspiracy by Christians to turn Egypt into a Christian state and accused the main opposition National Salvation Front of helping "burn Egypt.


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what are good books on hyperbolic geometry/hyperbolic surfaces that have good number of exercises, just to get a good understanding of the literature . I know John Ratcliffe's book will be one of them, but it is kind of encyclopedic. I particularly want to solve some exercises where they will be using free homotopy, isotopy, Arzela-Ascoli arguments, covering spaces, lifting of curves and homotopies, and will be actually using hyperbolicity of the manifold.
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In honor of the recent Cabinet confirmations of John Kerry, Jack Lew, and Chuck Hagel, it becomes apparent that Churchill's famous remark about Ramsey MacDonald as "the boneless wonder" is for once inadequate to the moment: Obama has installed an entire boneless chicken farm. To do full justice to the complete mediocrity that is Obama's second term, we'll need to roll out the entire repertoire of Churchill's dismissals of MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Clement Attlee, and Aneurin Bevan—all of which are a perfect fit for the Great O and his team of tiny toy men:
About MacDonald (in 1933):
We know that he has, more than any other man, the gift of compressing the largest number of words into the smallest amount of thought. . . On the whole his four years of control of our foreign relations have brought us nearer to war, and have made us weaker, poorer and more defenseless . . .
About Attlee (post-war):
Mr. Attlee combines a limited outlook with strong qualities of resistance. . . He is too wise [to go to Moscow]. He dare not absent himself from his Cabinet at home. He knows full well that when the mouse is away the cats will play.
About Bevan (1946):
There is however poetic justice in the fact that the most mischievous political mouth in wartime has also become, in peace, the most remarkable administrative failure.
About Baldwin (1936):
Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
And this bit about Chamberlain, from early 1938, applies perfectly to Obama:
When we have the Prime Minister here, what is the good of worrying about the Foreign Secretary? What is the point of crying out for the moon when you have the sun, when you have the bright orb of day in whose refulgent beams all the lesser luminaries hide their radiance?
Like I say, an entire boneless chicken farm is in place at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Hat tip, as always, to Richard Langworth's indispensable Churchill quote collection.


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but I was expecting at least a mention to AKGs K550s, which I thought had scored pretty high with you. Maybe they don't compare to the AKGs, but the price tag is about the same.
My open cans have gotten me some faces at home lately, so I thought a decent sealed pair of cans that wouldn't cost the money of an Edition 8 or a Denon D7000, would be just the thing for X-mas.
My candidates were the K550s and the Momentums, and I thought the natural contenders for the Senns were the K550s, but maybe I was wrong and the AKGs perform a lot better than the Senns (and the measurements sure show the differences).
I know I have the measurements to go on, but it's always nice to read the nuances of your impressions.
Looking forward to the next Amp batch to hit the test bench :)


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In Good Relationships Health Matters
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
There are a lot of people out there who are struggling to find and maintain a good relationship, a romantic one that they can enjoy that will make their life happier and more satisfying.
Good relationships are something we all want.
One of the things that may make a better relationship easier is to pay attention to good health. It's nice to look as good as we can, but it's WAY more important to be healthy and vital throughout life, regardless of age.
People who are in better health have more energy to give to making and maintaining a good relationship than people who are ill. Health problems and relationships don't mix very well.
Here is a bit of relationship advice that will keep you in the fun crowd.
1. Keep your weight normal. People who are normal weight are less likely to develop many of the chronic health problems that overweight causes. Diabetes, pregnancy issues, sexual dysfunction in men, high blood pressure and heart disease are all on the list of things that can make you and yours miserable. Losing a few pounds may very well mean you have more fun as well as living longer. It's SO worth it.
2. Get some exercise. Maybe you could even get exercise with your sweetie. It is more fun than you might think. Plus, if you are single and looking you might meet someone. Being strong makes you feel sexier, too.
3. Eat healthy foods. Eating nutritious food gives you the energy to have fun. It's also going to make you feel better. Best of all, your brain will work better. So will your sexual parts. It's great for relationships.
4. Avoid exposure to too many chemicals. Many are far more harmful than you might imagine. Watch out for drugs, too. Most of the illegal ones are bad for you and your relationships. Some legal ones, like alcohol, are bad, too. If you are living a healthy lifestyle you won't need them.
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They say it's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding, but he saw her anyways. She tried on her dress for him, and he told her she looked beautiful.
She was nervous. He could tell.
"Hey," he said to her, lying in bed beside her, "You're gonna be fine. It's just a day like any other, and you look gorgeous,"
"It's just…"
"Haven't you heard of cold feet?" he placed his hand on the outside of her thigh, his thumb playing with her white garter belt, "You're gonna be fine,"
"I'm just glad I can be with you tonight. I don't care about tradition, any of that. This feels right,"
"This feels right?"
"Of course. I wouldn't be going through all of this if it didn't…"
The bed squeaked. Its metal frame was painted white and wasn't the sturdiest of things.
"What happens tomorrow though? Do you and I change?"
"What do you mean?" she said, looking into his eyes, the way she had since the day she met him.
"You shouldn't lay on your dress. You're going to get it wrinkled…"
"Do you really care?" she said, standing up.
He sat up on the bed, facing the bathroom, and the empty closet.
"Maybe we should just forget the whole thing. Call it off. You go your way, and I'll go mine,"
"I can't believe you'd say that…"
"I'm sorry, I just know tomorrow's a pretty big day, and if you're not certain about everything, I…"
She removed her dress, laying it carefully on the cot. He lost his thought, as through her reflection, he saw her, drowning in white lace – a firm bodice fading down into sheer white stockings. She looked like an angel. A virgin.
"I'm certain about this…" she circled around the bed to his side. Her expensive heels brushing against the cheap carpet. She grabbed him by the tie and kissed him the way she always had. Like she knew for certain he was the man she was supposed to marry. The love of her life. He fell back on the bed, her body grazing over his. She ran her hands through his thick hair, but he places his just above her hips, stopping her,
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" she said, disenchanted, "Who could it possibly be? You can be so paranoid sometimes…"
A knock came at the door. He buckled his belt and opened it, leaving the chain on. A cold winter draft snuck in as he said,
"Can I help you?"
"Yes, sir. There's a call for Mrs. Lereaux…"
"Alright, well, thank you, you can send it through to the room's extension…"
"We tried, sir – it didn't want to go through. I believe your line may be unplugged,"
From the bathroom, she yelled to the doorway, her voice echoing,
"Who is it?"
"A mister James Thomas…"
"He's probably just calling about the wedding tomorrow," she said, "Tell him I'm asleep, and I'll handle it in the morning,"
"Will do, Mrs. Lereaux. Mr. Lereaux, I apologize for the disturbance,"
"Oh, um…" he laughed under his breath, "That's fine, thank you for stopping by,"
The door shut and the gentleman left, but the cold draft remained in the room. She was in the bathroom, wiping off her makeup, and he turned on the television.
She came out, a cotton swap still wiping her face,
"Really?" she said, "The night before the wedding and you're turning on the television?"
He didn't waste time with justification. He turned the television off and he smirked, because he knew he had her already. He looked straight on at her now plain face, and he said,
"You look gorgeous,"
She blushed.
He took her hand in his holding it up, and he said,
"May I have this dance?"
She nodded, smirking a bit herself, and she said,
"Yes, you may,"
They swayed back and forth, careful of the bags on the floor, cautious of the nightstands.
"I'd like to turn on the television again, but I know you won't disapprove…"
"Fine…" she said, curiously.
He grabbed the remote off the bed and pressed the power on. He pressed a button or two more, one hand still on her waist and he threw the remote back down on the bed.
"Ooh…" she said, "What's this?"
"Big Band, swing…" he told her, "They have music channels added to the hotel's programming, just for moments like this.
"Do you have a lot of moments like this, Mr. Harrison?"
"Never," he assured her, "And I doubt I'll ever have a moment like this again."
"What about tomorrow night?" she said hopefully, tragedy on the tip of her tongue.
"I'm sorry, I can't…"
"And why's that?" she said, her face pressed right up to his.
"I'll be at a wedding…"
"Oh, really?" she played along. She always did.
"Yes, really…"
"And who's getting married?"
"You are," he whispered in her ear, "You are."
She grabbed the remote and turned the volume up as high as it went.
"We might disturb somebody…" he said.
"I sure hope so," she said, "We'll never get another chance."


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Increased Medicaid demand felt across Connecticut
HARTFORD -- The larger-than-expected demand for Medicaid health coverage for needy adults, a contributor to Connecticut's latest budget shortfall, is being felt across the state, according to a review of Department of Social Services statistical reports.
Average monthly caseloads in cities and towns during the last three years show the state's three largest cities have the greatest jump in numbers of residents seeking coverage under Medicaid for Low Income Adults or LIA. However, wealthier communities, such as Greenwich, also are home to a growing number of adults without dependent children who are applying for coverage under the government-run health care program.
"With the way that the economy is, the job market is still not picking up," said Alan Barry, Greenwich's social services commissioner, who attributes the growth in applications to the town's changing demographics over the years. "More of the jobs are part-time jobs, so they're not getting the benefits."
Nearly 84,000 people across Connecticut are enrolled in Medicaid LIA, thousands more than anticipated. Ben Barnes, the state's budget director, recently told members of the legislature's Appropriations Committee that LIA caseloads for the month of October were 5.4 percent higher than originally budgeted. In addition, demand for other Medicaid services, such as hospital and nursing home care, also has climbed. The Department of Social Services' overall Medicaid budget this fiscal year is nearly $224 million in the red.
The bump in demand has prompted lawmakers to question why it is happening and when it could max out.
"It's the biggest single piece of the state's budget that has the largest impact on the most lives," said state Rep. Craig Miner, R-Litchfield, ranking House Republican on the Appropriations Committee. "One way or another, we need to get control of it, or at least better understand why it's trending the way it's trending."
In 2010, Connecticut became the first state in the country to gain federal approval to extend Medicaid coverage to about 47,000 low-income residents, ages 19 to 64. Most were previously enrolled in a limited state-funded program known as State Administered General Assistance or SAGA. Since then, about 37,000 people have signed up for Medicaid LIA, which offers more services than SAGA. The expansion qualified the state to receive 50 percent federal reimbursement.
To be eligible, a single adult can earn up to $508.48 a month and a couple up to $617.44 a month. The limits are slightly higher for Fairfield County applicants.
Before the expansion, there were an average of 107 recipients in Greenwich signed up for SAGA between July 2009 and June 2010, according DSS's report. The next fiscal year, when Medicaid was expanded to include the SAGA recipients, the figure jumped to 216. During last fiscal year, from July 2011 to June 2012, the average monthly caseload was 301.
Barry is not surprised by the numbers. He said the cost of living is high in the region, and about 43 percent of the town's applicants for local emergency assistance are Latino, a younger and less affluent population.
"I think Greenwich is much more diverse than what people view," he said, adding how the recipients are not necessarily newcomers to the border town. Greenwich has a six-month residency requirement for assistance.
Eileen Bronko, a social worker and a former co-chairman of the Naugatuck Social Service Network, is not surprised by the spike in applications either. Average monthly caseloads for needy adults in the blue-collar community of Naugatuck increased from 330 in fiscal year 2010 when SAGA was in place to 592 in fiscal year 2012.
"I think that anybody that thought that this wasn't going to happen was not really looking at the reality of how much people are hurting," she said. "Many, many, many people are without health care. So I think part of what you're seeing is that people can get health care through Medicaid. For the first time, many people are getting health care."
Hartford has experienced the greatest growth, with a monthly average of 6,838 SAGA clients in fiscal year 2010 and a monthly average of 9,866 Medicaid LIA clients is fiscal year 2012. The numbers are expected to grow more once Connecticut extends coverage further beginning in 2014 as part of the federal health care overhaul law. Those earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or $29,700 a year for a family of four, will be eligible.
But the state's budgetary issue may be abated because the federal government is supposed to cover 100 percent of the cost for all low-income adults on Medicaid living up to the 133 percent federal poverty level. That reimbursement level will last until 2016. After that, it will gradually be reduced to 90 percent by 2020.
Sen. Toni Harp, D-New Haven, co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said even though the state will receive 100 percent federal reimbursement, it still will have to budget for the Medicaid program, and therefore needs a way to plan for the additional growth.
"I think that what concerns me is, that we were led to believe that the LIA population had stabilized and had slowed down somewhat, only to find out we had 4,000 new people in the first three months," she said. "It's shocking."


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The Spring 2012 edition of the newly-revamped Anglo-Celtic Roots has just been received, and the new format lends itself very well to the writings of the members of BIFHSGO.
Under the title of "Family History Research" are four articles - Perhaps Love: A Postcard from the First World War; Little Girl Lost – and Found; The Yacht Armide; and Eleanor, Ellen and Francis.
In "Techniques and Resources" are the articles The Cream of the Crop, and The Bookroom.
There is the "BIFHSGO News" section in which they have put the Notice of Annual Meeting and Minutes of 2011 AGM; Website Access; Great Moments: June Meeting; and the Membership Report.
Anglo-Celtic Roots is published four times a year; this is in addition to an electronic newsletter issued once a month via email.
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The creation of the State of Israel and its subsequent victory over the assembled Arab armies arrayed against it was widely regarded as a modern miracle in 1948. Coming after the trauma of the Shoah and fulfilling an ancient longing for a return to Zion made for a heroic moment in Israeli and Jewish consciousness. In the years since, different historians have helped to uncover the more complex history of the war and its aftermath, even as that history has become an object of political debate. Our panel will discusses the developments in the historical research of 1948, the uses of that history and its impact on contemporary political discussions. This event took place on January 22, 2014 at Adas Israel Congregation as a part of Embracing Democracy. Use the player below to listen to the podcast or download it by right-clicking on this link.
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper's, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Commentary, among other places.
Panelists Include:
Professor Donna Robinson Divine, Morningstar Family Foundation Professor of Government and Director of Middle East Studies at Smith College
Shay Hazkani, Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
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'Spartacus: War of the Damned': Starz Considering Julius Caesar Spin-Off
Many a 'Spartacus' fan were both saddened and invigorated by the announcement that the hit Starz series would end its run with the final 10-episode season 'Spartacus: War of the Damned,' but their may yet be hope for the world created by show-runner Steven S. DeKnight. New reports suggest that Starz may be developing a spin-off of the blood-soaked series, to center on Todd Lasance's upcoming portrayal of Julius Caesar! Will the 'Spartacus' universe live on after all?
Liam McIntyre and Starz' bad-ass portrayal of 'Spartacus' may come to an end with the 10-episode 'Spartacus: War of the Damned,' premiering January 25 2013, but the story may not end there. According to Deadline, Starz is kicking around the prospect of developing a spin-off series to follow the rise of Julius Caesar, as portrayed by Australian actor Todd Lasance in the upcoming season.
If Starz opts to proceed with the spin-off, executive producer Robert Tapert would take the helm while 'Spartacus' creator and show-runner Steven S. DeKnight develops Starz' sci-fi drama 'Incursion.' Lasance's Caesar will be introduced in the coming season as a subordinate to primary villain Marcus Crassus (Simon Merrells), though historically speaking there was no evidence Caesar had any involvement in the Servile Wars that spotlighted Spartacus' rebellion.
A Julius Caesar spin-off would mark the next step in a fragmented history for the franchise, which followed up its first season 'Blood and Sand' with prequel mini-series 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' in order to allow star Andy Whitfield time to recover from leukemia. When Whitfield's health declined once more, Starz moved forward with star Liam McIntyre in the title role for 'Spartacus: Vengeance,' before opting to end the series with 'Spartacus: War of the Damned.'
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Monday, May 16, 2011
The music of WoW
Even when the music is beautiful, I find it distracting and after listening to it over and over, it becomes annoying. WoW has some great music and a lot of work has gone into it but I have only listened to it once when Wrath of the Lich King was released. I wanted to experience the flavor of the different zones but after I got a taste of that, I turned it back off.
Strangely, the one game whose music I really loved was Warcraft 2. The Human campaign had a very engaging tune and I would listen to it ad nauseum without getting tired.
So I'm the type of person who likes to concentrate on the ambient sounds and effects. I find that the experience is more immersive this way. If you think about it, real life doesn't actually have music coming from the background.
Despite what I said above, this is not the subject of today's post. I wanted to talk a little bit about the music which reminds you (or me) of WoW. What do you mean, Darth Solo? Well, for me there are two episodes which have imprinted in my brain certain music that will be hard to erase. Every time I head this music it reminds me not only of playing WoW, but of playing it during specific times in my life.
Even though I don't listen to WoW's score, I do rarely listen to my own music if I'm in the right mood. The first such period was during classic WoW, around 2006 or so. I vividly remember riding with my dwarf hunter around Stranglethorn, listening to The All-American Rejects. Those were the "good old" days when I was part of a proper guild and I even managed to get into some raiding action regularly. Whenever I hear songs by The All-American Rejects, it reminds me of those times, especially since I was going through a more difficult period in real life.
The second scene that is burned in my memory is at a later date, during Burning Crusade if I'm not mistaken. I recall playing very late at night with my rogue, leveling him up in Un'goro Crater, listening to Shinedown and getting buzzed on a sixpack.
So yeah, whenever I head these two bands, I'm instantly transported to WoW. It's a weird feeling but on the other hand there are certain songs which strongly remind me of other events in my life, some of them going way back into my early childhood.
What about you? Do you have any songs or bands which remind you of WoW or any other game?
13 comments:
- Redbeard said...
I do like the music, but I have it turned down so that it doesn't dominate my sound. When I do turn it up, however, is when I'm in one of my favorite sounding instances, like Grizzly Hills.
- May 16, 2011 at 11:43 PM
- Rades said...
I usually only turn it on in specific areas. Karazhan, for example, has INCREDIBLE music. In terms of world zones, though, the only area I make a point of actively turning on the music & listening to it primarily is Vashj'ir. That place has an amazingly beautiful, haunting soundtrack. I could listen to it forever. :D
- May 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- koalabear said...
Whenever I hear "Don't stop believing" by Journey I think about my guild's first Lich King kill because we played that song in the beginning of the pull.
Normally I play with game music on and my music playing either on my computer or my tv.
- May 17, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Darth Solo said...
Hmm, I don't even remember listening to Cataclysm's music. I might have, but I have no recollection.
@koala lol nice story. And I love Journey.
- May 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- World of Warcraft Paladin said...
I don't like listening music while I'm playing because I feel disgusted listening of it even-though it is hardcore.
- May 18, 2011 at 12:05 AM
I've almost always played WoW without music and sounds. Full silence. Why? Because I used to play at late night... and I loved the sound of silence :)
@Darth: will you be re-blogging and start a Diablo3Alone new blog? ;-)
- May 18, 2011 at 1:33 AM
- Darth Solo said...
@World of Warcraft Paladin does the music disgust you? I don't know... WoW's music is pretty high quality. I don't listen to music in games because it is distracting and breaks the immersion.
@Echo is that a veiled Simon & Garfunkel reference? :)
Haha I was thinking that if Diablo 3 is good enough I might just start another blog. Or I could stick to this one. I'm sure a lot of my readers are also Diablo fans. At any rate, it would be hard to separate myself from wowalone.
- May 18, 2011 at 8:03 PM
> At any rate, it would be hard
> to separate myself from wowalone.
Until the next-gen Blizzard MMO comes out. Then you (and everyone else, me included) will be screwed! ;)
- May 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Darth Solo said...
I think I'm just about done with MMOs. Unless it's really, really good, I doubt I'll be drawn into another MMO.
Blizzard's next MMO may be a genre that I don't like, but who knows. I might swallow my words later.
What I would like to play would be a really nice and complex space MMO. I was considering EVE Online a few years ago but that one is much too hardcore even for me.
- May 19, 2011 at 8:07 PM
I tried Eve a grand total of 4 times over the time (using the 14days trial). I couldn't go past the trial though. It's very complex and -to be honest- I felt really "alone" in the dark space.
I'm now playing Lego games with my children. I mean *real* Lego games. Oh joy :-D
- May 20, 2011 at 1:35 AM
- Darth Solo said...
Ah I'm almost tempted to buy myself some Lego games, especially Star Wars sets (the original episodes, not this new crap they farted out).
- May 20, 2011 at 7:27 AM
WoW music is under-appreciated IMVHO. I rarely get to do this, but when I can I have the option of playing WoW in hi quality surround sound. The engineers deserve real credit. They did a bang up job on the sound. It may be best to fish to if you want to appreciate, but they deserve credit.
- June 11, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Darth Solo said...
I agree, the music score is very high quality. Some people are just not that much into music though. If I hear a song too many times, no matter how good it sounds the first time, it ends up driving me crazy. So after listening to most of WoW's music once, I turned it off.
- June 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM


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Short-circuiting democracy
All of us know about herding cattle in a pen, right? You need a system. A good set of fences, sideboards to kind of act like the constitution to define where you and cattle can go.
Then, if you handle yourself right, you can control the biggest bull in the world. You just have to stay ahead of him. You watch him. You sense his intentions. If you want him to go north and he wants to go south, you stay ahead of him.
If you move quickly enough, you control him. He turns around. But if you don't move quickly enough, you get run over.
There. That keeps us from having to talk about slippery slopes in discussing this morning's New York Times editorial which celebrates the appointments of Gina McCarthy to head the EPA and Ernest Moniz as secretary of energy by suggesting their big challenge is to circumvent congress and impose energy policies despite "strong legal and political challenges from industry." That's not exactly how they say it, of course. They say:
"Both will be required to use their regulatory authority creatively and aggressively. There is zero chance that Congress will enact the 'bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change' that Mr. Obama called for in his State of the Union address."
This they say without apparently noticing the irony on this day after Hugo Chavez died. That's pretty much how Mr. Chavez ruined Venezuela. He used his "regulatory authority creatively and aggressively."
One does not have to be a "climate denier" to fret about that way of running the country. One reason this country has prospered through the years is the systematic checks and balances that require consensus to enact sweeping structural changes.
To have a clever lawyer—one, who, by the way has the power to choose the supreme court justices who comprise one third of the checks and balances—actively seeking loopholes in order to ordain his will is not how the system works best.
At the risk of overstatement by degree, Mr. Chavez did just what Mr. Obama has in mind. He took control of the courts and that allowed him the cover to impose his unchecked, unbalanced will. That let him make the rich pay their "fair share," the fruits of which he redistributed to the poor who, in turn, voted for him every chance they got.
Keeping it all in a context, we shouldn't compare Obama's desire to close tax loopholes with nationalization of private enterprise.
But there are folks in the administration's base who don't much like animal agriculture. There are administrative actions involving things like dust and meat inspection and nutrition guidelines that could cause considerable damage to the industry. The checks and balances are our friends.
Like I say, you have to stay ahead of the bull or you get run over.
Excellent news on the meat inspector thing
Secretary Vilsack talked to Congress about those inspector furloughs and it sounds like he thinks he won't be closing plants. He'll stagger the furloughs if the unions will let him.
the Huffington Post seems reassured, as is the LA Times.
From the cattle-selling angle, that should minimize the damage, even though there are still some folks with suspicions about the motives.
Even better news than the meat inspector thing!
I know you cowboys don't care about this, but if you had given TSA as many knives as I have over the years, you would deem it important and good news. I'm in the market for the most knife I can legally carry. I'll be able to open stuff in hotels again.
The National Farmers Union has adopted their policy guidelines. They'd still like the government to guarantee them parity.
Now it's eagles
It's a thrill to look out and see eagles where they haven't been in my lifetime. But, apparently, that moderation in all things is coming into play. It seems they've become the top predator of lambs in Wyoming, at least.
Less savings than predicted from farm bill
Here's a surprise: They overestimated the savings on a bill Congress passed. And they're usually so accurate.
We'll probably get blamed for this
Hospital-bred antibiotic resistance is getting worse.
--Steve Cornett


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Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves welcomed their third child together, Us Weekly reports.
Matthew McConaughey's so skinny! See other celebs who transformed their body for movie rolesAlves gave birth to a baby boy on Friday in Austin, Texas.Though they've been together since 2006, McConaughey and Alves didn't tie the knot until June. A few weeks later on July 4, the actor announced his wife's pregnancy on Twitter.
Photos: Everybody's posing nude! Check out Rihanna and other stars who've bared allThe couple are already parents to Vida, 2, and Levi, 4.


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Adopting cloud with conviction
March 2, 2018
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To drive innovation and profitable growth, more and more companies are embracing a cloud strategy—private cloud, public cloud or hybrid. When they do, they need to make a clear-eyed assessment about how to position the cloud organization in the larger enterprise. Here are some questions you'll want to ask:
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Which NFL Team Has The Hottest Cheerleaders? [ROUND ONE]
It's the first week of January and your favorite NFL team has already hit the golf course. Another year, another high draft pick.
This coming weekend of NFL playoff action got us thinking about something much more important than the game on the gridiron — the ladies on the sideline. Just which NFL cheerleading squad should get the most attention from fans? We decided to set up our own tournament to crown the hottest NFL cheerleading squad.
All this month, we're running our own playoffs with the ladies of the NFL sidelines. Round 1 will be a killer as division rivals (in most cases since not every team has cheerleaders) square off.
Which NFL team has the hottest cheerleaders? We will let the fans decide.
[Click on the team name to visit a photo gallery devoted to each squad.]
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New England Patriots Cheerleaders vs. New York Jets Cheerleaders
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders vs. Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
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DeKalb Police Det. Ray Davis says that the Georgia elementary school shooting suspect had "500 rounds of ammo with him."
The suspect in a Georgia elementary school shooting who fired six rounds in a front office before surrendering to police had nearly 500 rounds of ammunition with him, authorities said Wednesday.
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A jail booking photo of school shooting suspect Michael Brandon Hill, 20, in Decatur, Georgia, USA, on Tuesday. Hill is accused of entering the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy elementary school, armed with an assault style rifle.
Michael Brandon Hill, 20, walked into Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga., outside Atlanta with an AK-47 type assault rifle, along with bags containing hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a couple of magazines on Tuesday, DeKalb County officials announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, DeKalb County lead investigator Ray Davis and police chief Cedric Alexander outlined what could have been a massacre for the school, but ended with nobody hurt. The suspect surrendered peacefully to police after exchanging gunfire with them.
"He walked in with 498 rounds of ammunition. Fortunately this came to an end quietly, without incident," Alexander said. "I think we can all make a reasonable assumption he came here to do some harm."
Hill "did not have anything else in the bag that would harm people," Davis told reporters. Only one weapon was recovered, authorities said Wednesday, contradicting earlier reports that he had multiple firearms.
DeKalb police release a picture of Georgia elementary school shooting suspect Michael Brandon Hill carrying a rifle the same rifle they say he had when he was arrested.
As part of their investigation, authorities are looking to locate the owner of the AK-47, who they believe is an acquaintance of Hill's. Davis said officials believe Hill got the weapon from an acquaintance's house, although he wouldn't say whether the weapon was stolen or not.
A photo of Hill holding a rifle, believed to be the same one used in Tuesday's shooting, was found on Hill's cellphone, Davis said.
The rifle was a .762-caliber AK-47-style weapon, manufactured by Romarm/Cugar. Authorities don't believe Hill owned the gun, but rather obtained it from someone else who had purchased it legally from a licensed dealer. They were working to find the gun's owner, but wouldn't say if it was stolen or not.
Also Wednesday, the brother of Michael Brandon Hill, said Hill previously threatened to shoot him and that he suffers from mental disorders.
Timothy Hill told NBC News his brother "was bipolar and suffered from ADD," and that the two have not spoken recently.
Davis said Hill told investigators he was on medication.
"He indicated that he was on medication and had stopped taking it," Davis said.
NBC has not been able to independently confirm the diagnoses of Hill.
Hill waived his first appearance in DeKalb Magistrate Court Wednesday afternoon.
Hill is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, making terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was questioned for hours by police, but police have no clear idea of what may be a motive or whether Hill has ties to the school.
Police chief Alexander said Hill "may have had prior contact" with someone at the school, but the investigation was still pending.
No other individuals are expected to be charged.
A sheriff's official in Henry County, Ga., south of Atlanta, said Hill was also charged there in March with making terroristic threats — a felony in Georgia. The indictment is for an incident between Dec. 30 and 31 of 2012 to "unlawfully threaten to commit the crime of murder, a crime of violence, for the purpose of terrorizing another."
Timothy Hill told NBC News the charge stemmed from Hill threatening to shoot him. Michael Hill was issued a no-contact order afterwards, Timothy Hill said.
Court records show that Hill pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years' probation and anger counseling.
Buses transported elementary school students from their school to nearby McNair High School on Wednesday to resume classes, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, a day after a potential massacre was averted.
Students were greeted by counselors and a sign that read, "Welcome McNair Elementary School. Our prayers are with you," WSB in Atlanta reported.
AP Photo / David Goldman
A sign welcomes Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy students as they return to classes at McNair High School on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 after a man with an assault rifle and other weapons entered the academy yesterday and shot at police from inside.
Officials believe the gunman walked into the front office of the school Tuesday afternoon at about 1 p.m. ET with an AK-47, despite the school security system that requires visitors to be buzzed in. He may have followed behind someone who was authorized to be in the building, but never got past the front office.
Once he was inside, the gunman told a clerk to call Atlanta TV station WSB. The clerk told a WSB assignment editor, Lacey LeCroy, that the gunman wanted the station to "start filming as police die."
"All the time of doing this, I never experienced anything like this," LeCroy said. "It didn't take long to know that this was serious."
Inside the front office, he held one or two employees captive for a period of time. School bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff said she was one of the hostages.
In an interview with ABC News, Tuff said she tried to convince the gunman to put down his guns. She said the gunman told her he had no reason to live because nobody loved him.
"And I just explained to him that I loved him," Tuff told ABC News. "I didn't know much about him. I didn't know his name but I did love him and it was scary because I knew at that moment he was ready to take my life along with his, and if I didn't say the right thing, then we all would be dead."
Tuff also said the suspect told her he hadn't taken his medication.
In an effort to calm him down, she told him about her own troubles: how her marriage fell apart and about her struggles with opening her own business.
"I told him, 'OK, we all have situations in our lives," she said. "It was going to be OK. If I could recover, he could, too."
During the standoff, Tuff told ABC News the gunman "went outside several times and shot at police officers." He had a bag "full of ammunitions," she said, but after they had talked, she asked him to put his guns down and empty his backpack.
Police chief Alexander said the suspect fired about six rounds while officers from at least a half-dozen law enforcement agencies that raced from the school returned fire.
Ultimately, Hill surrendered without incident.
Tuff, who said prayer helped her get through the ordeal, is expected to be at work on Wednesday.
"Yes, I will be back," she told ABC News," sitting in that same seat, blessing that next person."
On Wednesday, Alexander sung Tuff's praises.
"She was in there, she was able to talk him down," he said. "She's a real hero in all this."
NBC's Tom Winter and Alex Johnson contributed to this report. The Associated Press also contributed.
Previous report:
This story was originally published on Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:03 PM EDT


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Jason Jackson has been one of the busiest and most respected trombone players in New York City since settling there 21 years ago. In addition to the two years he spent touring the world with Ray Charles not long after his arrival, he has been the lead trombonist in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band for the past decade and also currently plays that part in orchestras led by Roy Hargrove and Charles Tolliver. And on Mondays, his off-nights from playing in the pit bands of such Tony Award-winning Broadway productions as The Color Purple, Wonderful Town, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and presently Motown the Musical, he has been a member for the past 10 years of the Grammy Award-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard. He also teaches part-time at City College of New York, performs about once per month in a group he co-leads with his wife, vocalist Rosena Hill Jackson, and even finds time to occasionally sit in at jam sessions.View Archive →


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ALEGA and ALEGRADO
In the 2010 Voters list for Carcar, there are only 7 voters surnamed Alega. But Alegrado accounted for 115 voters, the 78th most numerous on the list.
3 Generations
Legend: pDn = pre-Decree (Claveria) name
Actually, an Alega Family Tree would already include the entire Alegrado clan of Carcar since the first Alegrado, Brigildo (from Cebu City), married Nicolasa Alega, Gregorio's daughter, presumably around 1820. Most Alegrados today would no longer know that Alega connection, or even the name Brigildo Alegrado (died 1852) for that matter, had not the clan started holding reunions for 3 or 4 years now.
But to say that the Alega family was a pure Carcar family is also tenuous, at this time, considering that I only have Gregorio and two children, by which condition of paucity of family members usually indicated that the starting person Gregorio came from elsewhere, too, although the subsequent records I found for his family did not name an origin other than Carcar.
And I did not follow my own rule for sequence of children here, by which rule Nicolasa Alega's children, who were born well ahead of brother Antonio's, would make Nicolasa probably older. I just let male primogeniture dictate on this one.
Gregorio Alega
=Joaquina Bersave
—Antonio Alega ( -1874)
=Alejandra Candiong ( -1896)
—-Vicenta Alega (1851-1876)
=Claros Sagolili
–—Liceria Alega
=2) Simeon Camomot Campanilla (1839-1927) pDn: Simeon Fortunato (bapt)
—-Hipolita Alega (1855–
=(1878) Dionisio Barayuga Barcoma (calc. 1854-
–—Tereso Alega (1857–
=(1880) Mariana Barga Renijani (calc. 1859-
–—Alejandro Alega ( -1861), child
–—Ynosencia Alega ( -1861), child
–—Cristita Alega (calc. 1864 -1897)
=1(1882) Benigno Barentos Caracol
=2) Florentino Aldevera
—-Romana Alega (calc. 1865-
=(1884) Basilio Barceló Barán (calc. 1864-
(see Ezequiel Barangan in Carcaranon page)
–Nicolasa Alega ( -1877)
=Brigildo Alegrado ( -1852) from Cebu City, pDn: Brigildo Silvestre
–—Hilario Alegrado (1820-1860) pDn: Ylario Camingauan (bapt.)
=(1851) Vidala Baquilir Alfafara ( -1876)
–—Basilio Alegrado (1823-1905) pDn: Francisco Bacilio (bapt.)
=Romana Cavan ( -1895)
–—Juan Alegrado ( -1899)
=Dionisia Aleson Alerre
–—Eustaquio Alegrado (1828– ) pDn: Eustaquio Pedro (bapt)
=(1856) Modesta Aleoguenz
–—Bernardino Alegrado (1830– ) pDn: Francisco Bernardo (bapt)
=Mamerta Barazon Pansan
—-Rafael Arcangel (1832–1837) pDn: Rafael Arcangel (bapt)
—-Guillermo Alegrado (1835-1899) pDn: Guillermo Mercado (bapt)
=Gorgonia Camates Cuison ( -1904)
–—Escolastico Alegrado (1837– ) pDn: Escolastico Ynosencio (bapt)
=(1863) Silvestra Alesna Lapasaran
—-Gregoria Alegrado (1841– ) pDn: Gregoria Pascuala (bapt)
=2) Nepomuceno Flores
=3(1876) Candelario Falcon Regis (1853-
–—Estefania Alegrado (1845-1879) pDn: Estefania Ma. (bapt)
=(1874) Anacleto Galan Rayla ( -1899)
–—Tomasa Alegrado ( -1906), unmarried


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Coming Soon: Starmongoose plays Adventures in Hentai.
Quote from: Starmongoose on February 24, 2014, 09:09:42 PMComing Soon: Starmongoose plays Adventures in Hentai.«Is there an option where I can just be that girl's friend?»=P
So what is this whole twitch thing? You watch other people play video games? That has the potential to be either colossally boring, or...I don't know what. I suppose depending upon the game it could be entertaining. Or if you can get a whole bunch of people streaming together. Still not something I would do. Time is already at a premium.
It can also be used for live commentary for gaming sessions. esports also use to to stream events.
Quote from: solidbatman on February 24, 2014, 09:37:45 PMIt can also be used for live commentary for gaming sessions. esports also use to to stream events. That said, I prefer Youtube now for the LoL tournaments.I find that Twitch has lag issues on huge events.Youtube on the other hand runs like butter.


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My research over the past 15 years has concerned a variety of themes and topics pertaining to the historical social sciences in general and world-systems analysis in particular. Such topics have included African pluralistic medicine, AIDS in Puerto Rico, slavery in Brazil, and urban education systems. This research has resulted in three books and a number of journal articles and book chapters. My principle contention is that there remains a stubborn division within the historical social sciences between those who emphasize political economy and those who favor cultural analysis, with many partial efforts to cross the abyss. I argue that this division is akin to that between the role of social structures versus the freedom of the subject within one's analysis. Commonly, this is framed as a fundamental duality between the global and the local or the universal and the particular. For this reason, my current research considers the continuing influence of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and Logic on the historical social sciences. It is my aim to demonstrate—via close attention to Hegel's interpretation of freedom and necessity—that bridging the gulf between political economy and cultural analysis is not only possible but that this is a necessary advance for a more complete understanding of the historical social sciences.