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Our worship service starts off with spirit filled worship music to set the mood. Before our Sunday message we dismiss our children for Childrens Church for ages 3 by sep 1st thru 5th grade. The nursery, for ages newborn through 2 yrs old, is provided for the entire service time.
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Anatomy of a Turkish Bus Ride
This is how it goes. I usually buy my ticket in advance from a bus company office in town, and they are always kind enough to make sure to seat women with women and men with men. (This is much appreciated, since the passenger beside me often ends up asleep on my shoulder!) Inter-city buses in Turkey are pretty cushy - you almost feel like you are on an airplane, and, contrary to any "rural images" you may have conjured up in your mind, there are most definitely no chickens roaming the aisles. There's a seat for everyone, usually with headphone jacks for the TV, which you have to hope will be playing something benign like the news or a game show and not the horror films Turks seem to be so fond of. (On my most recent ride, there was a national team soccer game on and I got swept up in the collective cheering every time we scored a goal.) :)
After the bus attendant comes through to check tickets and find out where you are getting off, he comes down the aisle with a little cart and serves coffee, tea and snacks. Kamil Koç, my preferred bus line, has the jumbo sized Tutkus (my favourite chocolate-filled cookie) and ice cream in the summer. It's easy to see how they earned my loyalty... :) I love the fact that when you get coffee, they have special "half-sized" 3-in-1 Nescafes - perfect for those little cups you get on the bus. I always enjoy them going down, and then come to regret them later when they make their way to my bladder and I have to wait for hours til the next potty break!
Smoking is "forbidden", though the driver seems to be exempt from this rule, and happily puff away all night long. The other smokers pile off the bus en masse every time we stop to pick up new passengers in order to hurriedly satisfy their nicotine cravings.
Around eleven o'clock they shut the lights off, and I always seem to be the only one with my reading light on. Once my lids start to get droopy, I contort my body into some semblance of a comfy position and attempt to get some sleep. (Tylenol PM is often added to the mix if I am too wired from the craziness of getting ready for whatever journey I am embarking on.)
Every couple of hours, the lights come one and the little man at the front of the bus and gets on the microphone to announce that we are pulling into a rest stop, usually for half-an-hour. (Back in the day when I didn't know Turkish, these announcements always scared me cuz I didn't know how long we were stopping and was afraid of getting left behind in the bathroom!) Rest stops are kinda like mini-malls - a department store, market, souvenir shop and food court all rolled into one. (Since I almost always travel with the same company and they always stop at the same places, they are pretty familiar, which is good since I am often groggy and my contacts are, by that point, sticking to my eyes. Once, a waiter even recognized me from a previous trip and asked me how my trip home to Canada had been! Talk about being a regular!)
I am usually about to burst from my previously ingested Nescafe and make an immediate beeline for the bathroom. Bus station bathrooms can be pretty ghetto, but the rest stop ones are normally decent and clean, even modern, with automatic flushers and hand dryers. There are usually a couple of western toilets, and then a bunch of "squatty potties" - porcelain holes in the ground. (I have yet to see a squatty with a sensor-flusher, but I think that would be pretty nifty!) At some places, the bathrooms are free, but at most stops you have to pay 50 or 75 kuruş to the guy in the booth on your way out.
Next comes the food. They always have a yummy array of my favourite home cooked foods, like patlıcan (eggplant) and kuru fasulye (white beans), but those tend to be pretty expensive, so as of late, I am more likely to opt for soup. I have to say, there are few things more comforting in life than a hot bowl of yayla corbası (a yogurt, rice and mint soup) in the middle of the night! This little pause is always my most relished part of the trip. A cup of Turkish tea would be the perfect companion, but I have learned by now that my bladder can't handle both soup and çay!
Then comes a browse through the market, where there is always an amusing variety of tacky gifts, cheese and nuts, self-help books, and Turkish delight, just in case you forgot to pick something up for whoever is collecting you at the other end. What always tempts me is the bags of Konya Şekeri - this chalky candy that tastes kinda like those French mints you used to get at weddings. I love the stuff, but I have been accused by my roommates of eating half the bag and then leaving it to rot for months afterward, so I have been forbidden to buy any more. :)
This leaves just enough time for another potty trip (just to be sure) and a stroll outside for some leg-stretching and fresh air (difficult amongst the crowd of smokers.) An announcement over the loud speaker lets you know it is time to get back on the bus. (After accidentally boarding the wrong one once, I have learned to carefully check the signs on the front!) The attendant guy checks to make sure no one is missing and then, as we head off once more into the night, he goes around with a bottle of lemon cologne and splashes it on everyone's hands to freshen up. Sometimes they even spray it into the AC vents for good measure!
Throughout the night, unless it is an express bus, there are stops at otogars (bus stations) in every city along the way to drop off passengers and collect new ones. These are always a chaotic flurry of activity, even in the middle of the night. Tearful relatives bid each other farewell, girlfriends press their faces to the glass to blow one last goodbye kiss, and (my personal favourite) crowds of well-wishers pound drums and wave flags and throw their young men up in the air before sending them off to their askerlik (compulsory military service) to shouts of "En büyük asker bizim asker!" ("The greatest soldier is our soldier!")
By the end of the ride, in the early hours of the morning, either the Antalya seascape or the infinite Istanbul skyline comes into focus through bleary eyes. My knees are sore and my bladder ready to explode. It's off to collect luggage and either head for home or embark on the next leg of the neverending journey....


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So i have finally decided to make my first pneumatic cannon. During math class i was devising a "story" to tell one of the workers at home depot to help me find the parts. I arrived at the store ready to go. I find a worker and it goes like this:Worker(old fellow) can i help you.Me- Yes iam making an "air cannon" that uses compressed air for my ping pong table at which i will fire at the ball so i dont have to hit it. Worker- ummm, i dont know how to help you, but i know how to make spud guns.Me- thats not what iam looking for thanks.
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Team Fox is a coalition of animals groups united to keep the hunting ban in place. Fox hunting is not a 'tradition' that needs to be protected
The humane sport of drag hunting, in which the hunt follows an artificial trail, has all the tradition withoutany of the cruelty. Nevertheless, traditions are measured in more than years. They have to reflect the values and attitudes of a society and the vast majority of the British people today oppose hunting with dogs. To bring back fox hunting is to bring back cruelty.
Hunting is not humane
Hunted animals suffer fear and exhaustion from the chase which can go on for hours. They may escape the hounds but die slowly from injuries suffered during the chase. Those that are killed by the hounds may be torn apart while still alive.
A government inquiry into hunting with dogs confirmed this back in 2000, stating:
- 'We are satisfied that this experience [being closely pursued, caught and killed above ground by hounds] seriously compromises the welfare of the fox`
- `... hunting with hounds is a challenge to the welfare of deer that would not be tolerated in other situations of animal husbandry`
- `... hare are hunted to the point when they can no longer escape from the dogs, with consequent concerns for welfare.'
Hunting is not a form of wildlife management or population control
Hunting has never been about population control, it has always been a bloodsport, plain and simple. The argument that hunts are required to control foxes is simply a way of diverting from the truth of the issue.
If you want to stop foxes – in town or country – the best methods are humane deterrents and a good fence.
The reputation of foxes as 'vermin' is based on prejudice, not fact. Less than 1% of annual lamb losses can be directly attributed to foxes. In fact, many farms benefit from the presence of foxes which kill rabbits, which in turn do a lot of crop damage. It is estimated that just one fox can save a crop farmer £900 a year.
Multiple exposés by anti-hunt campaigners have highlighted the fact that hunts actually manipulate fox numbers to ensure the hunt always has access to foxes when required on a hunt day.
Over the years, there have been many exposés of hunts building and maintaining artificial fox earths and providing supplementary food for foxes. This widespread practice was even acknowledged by hunters in submissions to the Burns Inquiry. The Inquiry's response further undermines hunters' claims of 'fox control':
'…it is hard to reconcile any use of artificial earths by the hunts with the argument that foxes are a pest and that their numbers need to be controlled through hunting.'
Brown hare numbers in Britain have declined by 80% since the 1880s and they are now a conservation priority in the UK. A return to hunting could see them wiped out in many parts of Britain.
Deer hunts typically killed a deer on only half of their hunting days, making it an extremely ineffective method of population control.
The Hunting Act works
The Hunting Act is the most successful piece of wild animal welfare legislation in England and Wales and out-performs all other wild mammal legislation, having both the highest number of convictions since it was introduced (over 430) and the highest conviction rate (64% of charges laid under the Act have resulted in convictions). Many more people have been deterred from chasing and killing foxes, hares, deer and mink with dogs for pleasure. This is something to celebrate.
Hunting is not 'popular', even in the countryside
Eight out of ten people across both rural and urban areas are opposed to fox hunting. Even more, nine out of ten, are opposed to deer and hare hunting. There is also very little variation in results based on the political persuasion of respondents. This research was carried out by Ipsos Mori in December 2014 and has been repeated every year for several years with very similar results.
Hunting is not 'natural'
Being chased by forty dogs under human control while surrounded by shouting, horn-blowing hunters is not natural for any species. This was recognised back in 2000 the Burns Inquiry). They concluded:
The research we commissioned on the welfare of hunted deer indicated that close contact with human beings, including attempts at interfering with its flight, had a noticeable effect on the deer. Such interference, whether it relates to deer or other animals, also seems to sit uncomfortably with the notion that hunts usually embrace hunting an animal in its 'wild and natural state'.
Red deer are a relatively sedentary species and are not equipped for a forced chase lasting an average of three hours and covering 12 miles or more. Scientists have concluded that the physiological and psychological stress this causes 'could hardly be more severe in welfare terms.'
Hares have evolved to sprint at high speeds for short periods to escape predators. Hounds under human control will continue the chase as long as they are told to and are aided in their pursuit by hunters who keep them on the hare's trail.
Foxes escape predators by going underground, but hunts employ staff to block up underground escape routes the morning before a hunt meet, forcing an unnaturally long chase. If a fox does succeed in escaping underground, hunt staff send terriers down the hole to trap the fox while they dig it out and then shoot it. Scientists have concluded that the inability to escape dogs underground causes the fox 'extreme fear' and is a 'serious compromise of its welfare.'
Please go to the Team Fox website for more details www.teamfox.org.uk


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During the summer, I visit my school library once a week to water plants. One June day as I strolled through the library, I noticed how many "sets" of books were sitting on the YABA and fiction shelves.
Each year I order multiple copies of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (SCYABA) nominees and often recommend them (as well as non-nominee titles) to our book club officers for consideration.
Once the book club officers and sponsors select a title for discussion, I order more copies to ensure all book club members will have the opportunity to read it before our meeting. These two factors (book club-selected title and SCYABA nominee) mean we have five or more copies of certain titles.
Why not?
Several discussions over the last year with my book club co-sponsor have focused on the lack of enough class sets of YA titles for her English II classes to read and discuss.
Light bulb moment: why not examine the titles with multiple copies in the library to determine if they contained common themes? When I did, I realized that many were either based on abuse or dystopia. Why not suggest using these titles in classroom literature circles?
I emailed Barbara, my book club co-sponsor, with the idea and she loved it.
So the year's first collaborative effort was born.
Literature Circles
I admit that in order to ensure we could offer each of her two classes six titles from which to choose, I had to stretch each theme just a bit. Listed below are the titles we are using.
Abuse: The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin, What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Things Change by Patrick Jones, Hate List by Jennifer Brown, and Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Dystopia: Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Epitaph Road by David Patneaude, and Epic by Conor Kostick
On the first day of the collaboration, I would visit the class and booktalk each of the titles being offered as a selection for them. Students would complete the Title Choice Sheet I provided and Barbara and I would each take one class's set of Title Choice Sheets and record the students' first, second, and third choices. I would use those sheets as I created each class's literature circles.
After I left the classroom on the first day, Barbara would explain literature circles to the students and assign "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. This piece would be the basis for lit circle practice.
On the second day, students would practice two things:
- preparing for a lit circle discussion using one of the roles (Discussion Director, Illustrator, Summarizer, Fortune Teller, or Literary Luminary)
- participating in a lit circle
Barbara would assign a role to each row in her class. The rows would circle up and, using the role handout, decide what their role would bring to a lit circle discussion. Barbara and I would listen to each group as they planned. If we felt it was needed, we would provide direction.
After twenty minutes, Barbara would disband the role groups and have them regroup in lit circles composed of students representing the five roles for which they had just prepared. Barbara and I would would visit each lit circle and provide guidance as needed.
On the third day, I would announce the literature circles and distribute the books I had already checked out to each student. When I left class, Barbara would again discuss the purpose and workings of a literature circle and allow each lit circle to meet to plan how they would progress (the roles each would assume and the pages that would be read for each of the circle's five meetings).
Ready, Set, Go!
We put our plan into motion on Aug. 16th (the first week of the 2011-2012 school year). The students were excited about having a choice in their first class read and did exceptionally well on the second day as they took part in the small group discussions. I looked forward to checking in on their progress and asking for their feedback on this venture.
Overwhelming Success!
Students made class presentations on Friday, Sept. 2nd. Each group sat in front of the class and shared a summary of their book, real life lessons they had gleaned from it, and then explained the posters that each individual had made on their book. (The requirements for the poster included three symbols, five quotations, and three things that represented a character.)
I was able to join both classes on Friday and listen to several presentations. Impressive! But I didn't have to wait until that day to know that our lit circles were being successful: just a week after the students received their book, several boys came to the library to check out the sequel to their novel. They had finished well in advance of what we had planned and wanted to know what happened next in the story.
Mrs. DeLac is the co-sponsor of our book club and had shared with her classes the novels we would be reading for our September meeting. One young lady read Angry Management by Chris Crutcher and asked if she could present that novel to the class rather than create a poster on her lit circle novel. She still assisted her lit circle group with their presentation, but she was so blown away by Crutcher's book that she wanted to share it with others. Mrs. DeLac's flexibility in allowing this student to share another book demonstrated her desire to encourage her students to read for pleasure and talk with others about what they read.
Passion, enthusiasm, and the desire to read for pleasure. A winning combination for our first attempt with Literature Circles!
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ROWLAND HEIGHTS – The Bonita High School boys basketball team just seems to have Rowland's number.
In fact, the Bearcats (13-4, 1-0) have had everyone's number since they entered the Hacienda League in the 2010 season.
The visiting Bearcats, behind a game-high 21 points from junior forward Dane Hollar, reeled off their 25th consecutive league victory and defeated Rowland, 57-47, on Wednesday in the league opener for both teams.
"The last tournament (San Gabriel Classic) my shot wasn't going and I don't what happened," Hollar said. "But (Wednesday) I just started feeling it I guess, and got my shot back."
The Bearcats, who went 12-0 in the last two seasons in league, connected on nine baskets from behind the arc. Hollar contributed five while sophomore guard Kyle Gray had 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Leading the way for Rowland (10-5, 0-1) was senior guard Chris Arzadon with a team-high 15 points and five assists and senior forward D.J. Jackson, who had 10 points and six rebounds.
"This was a big one," Bonita coach Greg Eckler said. "I felt coming in with all of their senior returners that if you're going to win a league title it's got to go through them."
Rowland, which has five starting seniors in its lineup, got into an early hole and trailed 16-8. Most of Bonita's scoring to that point came on four 3-pointers.
The Bearcats led, 22-14, after the first quarter.
"The first quarter we shot the lights out and we were scorching hot in the first half," Eckler said. "In the second half we didn't shoot as well, but luckily we picked it up on defense."
Rowland began the second quarter with a 9-0 run, highlighted by a 3-pointer from senior guard Jacky Tu. Most of those points came from steals by the Raiders, who had nine in the game.
Bonita led by only four points at the half, 33-29.
The third quarter was a low-scoring affair, but Bonita outscored the Raiders in the fourth quarter, 15-8, to win going away.
Hollar hit a 3-pointer with 1:20 remaining that gave the Bearcats a six-point lead at 52-46.
"We didn't play to our standard and that's what cost us," Rowland coach Gordon Hamlow said. "I thought Bonita played hard, they played well and adjusted when our point guard went out.
"I don't feel that Rowland played to their standard, and then we will have trouble."
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Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration
The Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration held at Charlotte Motor Speedway was insane to say the least and with thousands of Ford Mustangs in the general vicinity, it was hard to pick just ten cars for my top ten. The event took place from April 16 – 20, 2014 and it was jam packed with horses of all different colors, shapes, sizes and generations.
Some of the Ford Mustangs on this list are stock and some are heavily modified. I seem to embrace the builds that the traditional enthusiasts might shake their fists at. With that said, here is my top ten in no particular order.
10. 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra "Terminator"
I may be biased but for those who know me personally, I have a tremendous soft spot for the color Sonic Blue, especially the '03 Sonic Blue SVT Cobra. The '03-'04 SVT Terminators are one of my all-time favorite Mustangs and I just can't pass up a clean SB Cobra by any means.
Sonic Blue was only offered on the SVT Cobra for one year – 2003. Is it rare? No, not really. It's just a super sweet car.
9. 2014 Saleen 302 - Lizstick Red
So maybe color matters to me a little bit. This gorgeous red hue on this '14 Saleen Ford Mustang -- Lizstick Red -- is so deep that it looks as if it is dripping paint off of that pristine S197 body. The name LizStick Red was named after Steve Saleen's wife, Liz Saleen.
8. Terminator-swapped Shelby GT500
As much as I love the traditional muscle car, I also love builds that bring something different to the table. Some might consider it blasphemy to mix the likes of two completely different eras while others might embrace the build if its in good taste.
So, how does this classic Shelby GT500 stir the pot? It is powered by a modern supercharged 4.6L SVT Cobra motor known as the Terminator. See number 10.
7. Modern S197 – Dipped and Bagged
We've thrown Rob Rabon's S197 Ford Mustang GT up on MM&FF's Facebook page a time or two where it received mixed reviews. While people believe it is a vinyl wrap, it is actually sprayed head to tail with chameleon-like Plasti-dip. What's fun about the Plasti-dip "paint job" is that if you get sick of the color, peel it off and spray on a new hue and Rob changes his up quite a bit.
While riding on airbags does not settle well with hardcore traditionalists, many don't realize that bags are adjustable and can be lifted and lowered to preferred ride height.
If you have the 2014 AmericanMuscle.com calender, the matte blue bagged Mustang is this same exact car.
6. MMD / AmericanMuscle.com Mustang
AmericanMuscle.com and Modern Muscle Design (MMD) collaborated on this build and it served as our cover car in our May issue. This white beast was built at the AmericanMuscle.com headquarters in Malvern, PA.
In October of 2013, only one month was given to this stock 'Stang to get ready for the SEMA show. This Mustang build was documented in stages. It features air lift suspension, White Matte finish, MMD pre-painted parts. In Stage 3, the guys installed a black-finish V-3 Si supercharger kit bumping the MMD Mustang up to 589rwhp and 480 lb-ft of torque on 8 lbs. of boost.
What's awesome is that you can win this car. Americanmuscle.com and MMD are holding a sweepstakes. Enter here.
5. 1969 Chop 1 – Classic Chop Top Fastback
Another car that might have those same traditionalists shaking their heads in disbelief is this sweet Ford Mustang -- a chop top '69 fastback, or as the license plate says "69CHOP1". If you think the roof line is a bit off from a factory fastback, you are correct. There has been a 211/44-inch chop out of the roof with the surgery performed by Jim Voorhees of Lake City, Minnesota.
After researching the Chop 1 online, this car has participated in a few Hot Rod Power Tours.
4. 1993 "Roush Tribute" Fox LX
Here's something you don't see every day, a "Roush Tribute" Fox-body. Using the original factory Performance White paint and 5.0L engine with goodies, this Fox-body owned by Jamie Marsh of Indian Land, South Carolina stepped his hatch up a notch. Get it?
Mods on this car include FRPP 3.73 gears, '95 Cobra front and rear brakes, Steeda Race Springs with KYB shocks and struts, Maximum Motorsports caster camber plates, and a rare Roush Racing intake (Serial #0007). A nice helping of horsepower comes from a Vortech SQ V-2 supercharger and GT-40 Iron Heads giving this pony 419hp/401tq from a stock 5.0 short block.
3. Dark Sage Green Four-Eyed Saleen
While I didn't get to speak with the owner, there was not a blemish on this four-eyed Saleen Fox-body. Painted a beautiful Dark Sage Green, I had to add this to my top ten.
2. Factory Boss 429
One badass car that came straight from the factory is this 1969 Royal Maroon Boss 429 Mustang. These Mustangs were developed for NASCAR to compete with Chrysler's Hemi 426 in what is now the Sprint Cup Series.
The body of the factory Boss 429 had to be modified to fit the massive power plant so Kar Kraft from Dearborn, Michigan was hired to modify the existing 428 Cobra Jet and Super Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang.
1. Mid-engine Mustang
Some people may recall the classic '69 Mach 40, the mid-engine Mustang that graced SEMA's showroom floor a couple years ago.
Here is yet another mid-engine classic, this one sporting "Ford GT" across the rear. The amount of work put into such a ride is no joke, and sure, it's not your normal run-of-the-mill classic 'Stang, but it is super impressive to say the least.
Honorable Mention - 2015 Anniversary Mustang
The 2015 Limited Edition Mustang had to be included in this list. It's the first time I've seen the '15 in person and to say the least, I was blown away. This anniversary edition featured layered-glass window louvers and chrome bezels around the tail lamps. This beast was just a beauty to behold and I couldn't leave it out.
So, there you have it. There's my list from the Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration in Charlotte. I don't expect everyone in attendance to agree with this top ten and to each their own.


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TO gain a sense of place it really helps to walk around a lot. That is what Hope Cooke did when her world turned bleak and rotten 20 years ago and now, as a result, the 52-year old Brooklyn resident, who is also the last reigning Queen of Sikkim, says she feels more rooted than she has ever been.
"I can honestly say I really know where I am," Ms. Cooke said in the cozy and sweet-smelling ground-floor kitchen of her 1878 house on the periphery of Brooklyn Heights.
Upstairs, her second husband, Michael Wallace, a history professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was working on a manuscript. Her own book of walking tours of New York City has just been issued by Temple University. Now she is hoping to put together a video series describing issues of city life like immigration, racial division and gentrification in their historical contexts. She has lectured on the social history of New York and organized walking tours.
About a month ago she was at a party where there were many local history buffs. "At one point," she recalled, "I was introduced to a young man who, as he shook my hand, blurted out, 'Oh you're Hope Cooke, the Hope Cooke? Hope Cooke, the walking tour guide?' It made me so happy. It was a real turning point."
Over the last 30 years there had been so many other introductions drawing responses, spoken or silent, that were very different. Hope Cooke? Oh, yes, the New York debutante, the Sarah Lawrence student, the one who met and married the heir to the throne of that tiny kingdom tucked between Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India. Wasn't she the Grace Kelly of the Himalayas who in 1963 went to live in a palace in Gangtok as the bride of the Chogyal, a man revered by his subjects as the reincarnation of an ancient Buddhist holy man?
And later there must have been many others who tried to fit the name with what they could remember of old newspaper accounts. Yes, she had lived as the Queen of the remote kingdom with its steep paths, silk-clad archers and prayer wheels. She had borne a son and daughter, but then, despite predictions of court astrologers, the marriage turned stormy.
But the little country was running into greater problems as India moved to absorb it. Crowds, organized by agents from New Delhi, marched on the palace calling for an end to the monarchy. Ms. Cooke fled with her children, coming back to New York, a city she hardly knew. "It was a period of intense and painful dislocation," said Ms. Cooke. "I literally did not know where I was."
She had been born in the city but her experience with it was very limited. Her mother died when she was 2, probably a suicide. Her mother's well-to-do parents kept her father away. She was raised by Scottish governesses whose lilt and burr still mark her speech.
"I don't remember ever going to the zoo or walking anywhere as a child," she said. "We would just take the Chapin school bus down Park Avenue and back. Those of us who lived on the avenue felt sorry for the Chapin children who lived on the side streets. Later there were dreadful dancing classes." After that there was boarding school, Sarah Lawrence and then the palace at Gangtok.
One of the news articles that appeared at the time of her marriage quoted a Sarah Lawrence classmate of Ms. Cooke's as saying, "Hopey was always a little out of place in the West." Ten years in Sikkim could not possibly ease the alienation.
"That's when I started walking and looking," she said. "At first it was a matter of orientation and diversion. Later it grew into a passion. Now it is what I do."
When she first came back, she says, her major concern was being a single mother, living in an apartment with very little furniture and a constant flow of guests from Sikkim. The king was then under house arrest back in Sikkim, which had been swallowed up by India. For a while she lectured about her experiences and then she wrote about them in a book "Time Change." And all the while she was venturing out into neighborhoods, figuring out where she was and how she and her fellow New Yorkers had gotten here.
Eventually, she lectured on New York City history at Yale and at one time wrote regular columns on city landmarks for The Daily News. Her children finished school, the son becoming a banker, the daughter a public relations representative. Her marriage grew estranged and then ended in divorce two years before the dethroned Chogyal died in 1982. She met Michael Wallace at a meeting of historians and 10 years ago they moved to the house in Brooklyn.
Now, quite clearly, she has grown into the city, taken on a new identity. She really is "Hope Cooke, the guide to New York." And though her newest book traces the destinies of immigrants, bankers and writers, it also marks another passage -- her own. "I am rooted here," she said. "Life has become sheer fun."
(A version of this article appeared in print on Wednesday, February 24, 1993, on section B page 3 of the New York edition.By Michael T. Kaufman)
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The Sacrifice Power Rankings: April
Here's another idea I'll probably drop real quick: Every month, I'm going to go over which players are giving the owner-less Padres the most bang for their buck. As the season hasn't started yet, this is based on projections but as the season goes on, I'll update it with real numbers.
1. Cameron Maybin
The centerfield stud with the new contract is still making less than a million dollars and is one of the best bargains in baseball.
2. Cory Luebke
The starting pitching stud with the new contract is still making less than a million dollars and is one of the best bargains in baseball.
3. Chase Headley
The third base stud who probably won't get a new contract until he's with another team is still one of the most underrated players in baseball.
4. Tim Stauffer
This ranking is a bit generous and Stauffer needs to show that he can put it all together and doesn't need to lean on Petco to get results, but let's hope he rewards our faith in him.
5. Yonder Alonso
The Reds just announced that they think Joey Votto is $225 million better than Alonso. Let's hope that fires him up a bit.
6. Nick Hundley
Don't be surprised if Hundley jumps up this list as the season progresses. Even now, you wouldn't be out of line arguing that he needs to change spots with Stauffer.
7. Andrew Cashner
This ranking assumes Cashner stays in the pen but he wouldn't be the first Padres pitcher to make the transition from reliever to starter. He's the only one who throws triple digit heat with nerve-racking shoulder, though.
8. Clayton Richard
Who? Just kidding. Not really. Who? With Volquez starting Opening Day, it sounds like Richard needs to be looking over his shoulder at Kelly and Co.
9. Will Venable
This is the year! His swing's looking good! He's got it all working! Words that have never been said about Will Venable before!
10. Edinson Volquez
Like I said, Volquez is starting Opening Day. For a former pitcher, Bud Black sure doesn't think that starting Opening Day is a very big honor.
11. Luke Gregerson
Remember him? He's the Clayton Richard of relievers.
12. Orlando Hudson
Hopefully he'll have said something ridiculous on Twitter by the time I run the May ranking.
13. Carlos Quentin
Starting the season the DL won't help Quentin jump up the list very quickly.
14. Jason Bartlett
There's really nothing to say here. He's bad and we've got no one else.
15. Huston Street
The Padres' highest paid player will play maybe 60 innings this year, if he's not traded, and that's how small market teams maximize their resources.
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Liberals must commit to protect vulnerable
Posted on January 30, 2012 in Inclusion Debates
Source: Winnipeg Free Press — Authors: Charles Huband
WinnipegFreePress.com – opinion/columnists
Posted: 01/30/2012. By: Charles Huband
It would seem that the Liberal Party of Canada had a very successful gathering in Ottawa a few weeks ago.
There was lots of enthusiasm. The convention attracted a large slate of delegates, including a good number of youthful members. Delegates were pleased with the way Bob Rae has handled his responsibilities as interim leader. Party finances look encouraging. An energetic yet experienced individual was elected as party president, and delegates passed a few resolutions to prove to the world that they are concerned with policy issues.
It did not hurt to have a newly elected NDP member of Parliament from Quebec defect to the Liberals on the eve of the convention, which speaks volumes about the thinness of the surge in NDP support in that province in the recent federal election.
Yet some observers continue to predict the demise of the Liberal Party as being bereft of new policy ideas, and still married to the concept of a strong central government imposing the taxes to pay for it all (in contrast to the Harper Conservatives who seek to empower the provinces and back down, if not out, of big-ticket national undertakings.)
There is no doubt that the Liberal party will have to come up with more substantial policies than legalizing marijuana.
I recall the first time I met and conversed with Michael Ignatieff, before he became leader of the party. He spoke of what he hoped would be the major objective of the Liberal party — protecting the vulnerable. After he became party leader he continued to enunciate that theme on a consistent basis.
Protecting the vulnerable is what liberalism is all about.
In today's terms, it means improving the level of support to those who must rely on social assistance. It means increasing the inventory of affordable housing for low-income tenants. It means assisting those who face a future perplexed by dementia.
It means generating meaningful employment opportunities for the unemployed and under-employed. It means helping those criminal offenders who are candidates for rehabilitation to find a productive and law-abiding future. It means a health-care system that provides quality care to all our citizens.
It means creating educational opportunities for young people who lack the financial means of attending a post-secondary institution. It means finding new ways to address issues of poverty and hopelessness that still afflict so many of our aboriginal communities
Obviously, protecting the vulnerable is an enormous task. All who require protection cannot be accommodated at the same time. A government must have priorities, and must recognize that there are some sorts of vulnerability that are not susceptible to short-term solutions.
Protecting the vulnerable is expensive. Progress will be made only when the economy is healthy enough to generate the necessary tax revenues. It cannot be achieved without a strong central government, but one that allows the private sector to prosper and generate revenues.
Unfortunately, Ignatieff was unable to convey his concept of liberalism. He was so damaged by pre-election negative advertising that he was not perceived as a credible messenger. He was too easily thrown off the message in the heat of the election campaign, and particularly during the leaders' debate.
In the United States, one of the potential Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney, accused President Barack Obama of trying to create a European-style social democracy where the role of government is to take from the rich and redistribute to the poor.
That does not strike me as being too bad as long as it is not carried to excess.
Yet Romney, with an annual income — together with his wife — of about $21 million, seeks the leadership of a party that opposes any and all tax increases even on the super-wealthy. The role of a revived Liberal party must be to ensure that this county does not drift in the same direction.
So, yes, it may seem old-fashioned to some, but the future of the Liberal party depends on its steadfast commitment to protecting the vulnerable.
Charles Huband is a former Manitoba Appeal Court judge and former leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.
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Miranda Lambert and Billie Joe Armstrong Pay Tribute to Phil Everly at 2014 Grammys
Miranda Lambert paired up with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day at the 2014 Grammys for a special memorial performance to honor the late Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers.
The memoriam portion of the Grammys is always emotional, as it highlights different music greats who have died in the year priod. 2013 held the passing of many well-known country music stars, including Ray Price, Mindy McCready, Cowboy Jack Clement and others in addition to Everly, who passed away Jan. 3 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Lambert and Armstrong, an unlikely duo, paid a special tribute to Everly with a Sunday night performance (Jan. 26), singing 'When Will I Be Loved,' which was a hit single for the Everly Brothers in the summer of 1960.
The duet was made extra special as the late singer's family was shown on camera at the awards, looking understandably emotional throughout.
Lambert and Armstrong's rendition was subdued, but held a touch of spunk that the country songstress is known for. The 'Mama's Broken Heart' star looked glamorous in a floor-length black gown with a deep V-neck and long, leaf-shaped earrings, while Armstrong also chose to wear black, letting both their voices do the talking.
As she stated prior to the 2014 Grammys appearance, Lambert was understandably excited for the collaboration. "Doing the original version is really cool," she said. "We were listening to Billie Joe and Norah [Jones] on the way here, and his voice sounds so amazing on this kind of music."
The pair's hard work paid off, and they put in a fantastic performance -- and, even better, gave props to Everly, a truly great musician who will be forever missed.


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Noriko Satake, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Associate Professor
Ticon II Building
2516 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Clinical Interests
Dr. Satake's research focuses on the development of targeted therapies for pediatric cancers, with a special emphasis on leukemia and neuroblastoma. She is currently developing targeted therapies using nanoparticles, chemotherapeutic drugs, and siRNA, with leukemia-specific ligands and antibodies.
She has developed a human leukemia xenograft mouse model and used this model to evaluate markers for leukemia stem cells. Through a collaboration she initiated with a local company, she has also developed a mouse model of a rare pediatric cancer, which will be used to study this cancer and evaluate new therapies.
Her other research focus is translation of bioengineering technologies into clinical applications. She has establisthed strong collaborations with bioengineers at the UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, particularly in the application of Raman spectroscopy in the clinic. In a previous collaboration, she studied leukemia cells in cerebrospinal fluid using Raman spectroscopy as an objective measurement of central nervous system leukemia. More recently, they have begun to focus on red blood cells.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Center/Program Affiliation
Stem Cell Research Program
Stem Cell Transplant Program
UC Davis Children's Hospital
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
M.D., Asahikawa Medical College, 1990
Children's Medical Center, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 2003
Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, 1994
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1998
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2001
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 2006
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 2004
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2006
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Thampi S, Salmi D, Imashuku S, Ducore J, Satake N. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus. ,em>J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Apr;33(3):221-3.
Marsh RA, Satake N, Biroschak J, Jacobs T, Johnson J, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Zhang K. STX11 mutations and clinical phenotypes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in North America. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):134-40.
Salmi D, Bhat A, Corman L, Raff G, Satake N. Diagnostic challenges in native valve fungal endocarditis producing a massive septic pulmonary embolus. Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi. 2010;51(4):207-10.
Salmi D, Patel C, Imashuku S, Shimada H, Satake N. Neuroblastoma of unknown primary site with periorbital bone metastasis in a child. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):361-3.
Satake N., Yoon J. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. e-Medicine. 2009
Zheng Y., Rozengurt N., Ryazantsev S., Kohn D.B., Satake N., Neufeld E. Treatment of the mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis I with retrovirally transduced bone marrow. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 79(4): 233-244. 2003
Skelton D., Satake N., Kohn D.B. The enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) is minimally immunogenic in C57BL/6 mice. Gene Ther, 8(23): 1813-1814. 2001
Anderson C.P., Seeger R.C., Satake N., Monforte-Munoz H.L., Keshelava N.,Bailey H.H., Reynolds C.P. Buthionine sulfoximine and myeloablative concentrations of melphalan overcome resistance in a melphanlan-resistant neuroblastoma cell line. J Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol., 23: 500-505. 2001
Anderson C.P., Keshelava N., Satake N., Meek W.H., Reynolds C.P. Synergism of buthionine sulfoximine and melphalan against neuroblastoma cell lines derived after disease progression. Med. Pediatr. Oncol., 35: 659-662. 2000
Inaba H., Kawasaki H., Nakamura S., Yamamoto H., Kaneko Y., Satake N., Komada Y., Ito M., Sakurai M. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with Sjogrens syndrome. Leuk. Lymphoma, 32: 183-188. 1998


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I received an email from reader Brian telling me about an error on posters at MIT. (I love the errors at the top universities in the U.S.! Just wait until you see the errors I saw in Harvard Square the other day!)
Brian took his action one step further and actually stole stuff (so he could scan them and send them to me).
Here is his email to me:
Hi again Kate,
You have inspired me!
I've been working at MIT for the past few weeks and lately I've seen these signs all over the place advertising a plant sale. You can see the problem in the before photo, and what I have done to some of them with a black magic marker in the after. Since I don't have a camera, I stole one of them (there were two right next to each other at this location) so that I could show you my handiwork.
You may vandalize, but I steal in the name of good grammar. Which of your readers will be the first to kill?
The error lies in the line that reads, Come to one or both plant sale to pick your favorite plant! Click on the picture to see a close-up.


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Vocalist/banjoist Sam Simkoff leads the indie rock collective Le Loup, whose six members combine varied instruments and full-band harmonies to create an orchestrated, experimental sound. Simkoff spent the latter half of 2006 indoors, using his home computer to record the music that would soon constitute Le Loup's debut album. Featuring hypnotic loops, banjo riffs, and lyrics inspired by Dante's Inferno, the songs attracted the attention of several other Washington, D.C., residents. By January, Simkoff had assembled an expansive lineup comprised of Jim Thomson (guitar), May Tabol (guitar), Robert Sahm (percussion), Dan Ryan (bass, percussion), Nicole Keenan (keyboards, French horn), Mike Ferguson (guitar), and intermittent member Christian Ervin (programming, guitar). The new band immediately attracted attention from Sub Pop Records, whose founder, Jonathan Poneman, flew east to attend one of Le Loup's earliest shows. By spring 2007, Le Loup had signed with the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art, becoming the second band on the upstart label's roster.
Simkoff's bedroom recordings were subsequently mastered, and The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium Assembly marked Le Loup's official debut in September 2007. Tabol and Keenan left the lineup ten months later, Ervin signed on as a permanent member, and the revised group continued to tour while working on new material, much of which emphasized acoustic instrumentation and vocal harmonies. Le Loup returned home in early 2009 to work on a sophomore album. Recording sessions took place in a mountainside cabin and a city basement, with Simkoff and Ervin handling production duties themselves. The resulting Family was released that September, featuring Le Loup's full lineup for the first time on record. It also expanded the sound of Nations' Millennium Assembly, emphasizing the singing talents of multiple members while making room for a lush mix of tribal, rural, and urban sounds. ~ Andrew Leahey
Composer, Remixer


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Thank you to the students and families for participating in the 10th Annual Bridge to Kindergarten Summer Academy.
Updates for next year's program will be released in 2019.
Participation in the program is FREE but registration is REQUIRED.
Bridge to Kindergarten is a literacy-based program that is designed to increase school readiness and parent involvement by preparing children for the transition to kindergarten and supporting them in the first year.
Depending on enrollment, transportation may be provided from Crouse and Helen Arnold Schools.
For more information or to register for the program, please fill out the Interest Form and contact Laurie Curfman, Project GRAD Akron's Director of Programs, by telephone at 330-761-7952, or by email at email@example.com.
Registrations are being accepted for students entering kindergarten in the fall of 2016. Preferences for students attending Crouse, Schumacher, and Helen Arnold Community Learning Centers (Elementary Schools) in the Akron Public Schools. For additional information, please call 330-761-7952, 330-761-3113, or email email@example.com.
Summer program dates: August 1 - 12, 2016. Location: Schumacher CLC, 1020 Hartford Avenue, Akron, OH 44320.
Students attending Crouse, Schumacher, and Helen Arnold Community Learning Centers are eligible to participate in the program.
Held: August 3-14, 2015 at Schumacher Community Learning Center, 1020 Hartford Avenue, Akron, OH 44320
Students who entered kindergarten in the fall of 2015 participated in the summer program. Many opportunities for parents/guardians to participate in school year activities. For additional information, please call 330-761-3113 or contact your child's school office.
August 4-15, 2014 at Schumacher Community Learning Center, 1020 Hartford Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44320
Students who entered kindergarten in the fall of 2014 participated in the program.
Students who entered kindergarten in the fall of 2013 participated in the program.
The Bridge to Kindergarten (B2K) program was established in the summer of 2009, this year marking our 4th year of programming. The B2K program is for in-coming Project GRAD kindergarten students and their parents, offering educational, enrichment, and support services to not only ease the transition into kindergarten, but also to deliver knowledge, skills, and school engagement activities with long-term benefits.
This year we welcomed forty-one (41) students and their parents to our summer academy which was held at Schumacher Community Learning Center (CLC), August 6th through 17th. Our program partners, Akron Public Schools and Kent State University, have continued to be integral to our successful program outcomes. Dr. Janice Kroeger, Assistant Professor of Early Learning at Kent State, has provided expertise in strengthening early learning and has designed our curriculum to promote kindergarten readiness with a strong focus on literacy. Additionally, our classroom teaching assistants from Kent State University join us through the federal work-study America Reads program. Akron Public Schools has provided not only the space for our program, but also our students received breakfast and lunch each day of the program through the Akron Public Schools' Child Nutrition program. Both Schumacher and Crouse CLC's staff have supported our recruitment process and continued with outreach efforts to parents whose children participate in the program.
Of the forty-one students who attended this summer's academy, twenty-five were enrolled at Schumacher CLC and 16 were enrolled at Crouse CLC. Of the students, thirty-six had attended pre-school and our gender ratio of boys to girls was almost even. Our average daily attendance rate was 95.4 percent.
Our daily classroom schedule included music and movement, math, literacy, social emotional, self expression, gross motor play, and phonics work. Children learned in small-group centers and also received individualized teaching. As children moved through the daily activities, they were guided to understanding the importance of transitions, from center to center, from classroom to another location, and received instructions from the building principal on hallway and cafeteria etiquette. This year we collected data through the AIMSWeb Benchmark and Monitoring System to determine the efficacy of our literacy and math curriculum. The data is currently being analyzed through Kent State's research department.
In addition to the student focus, we have continued to provide a parent program to encourage parent involvement in their child's education. This year we oriented parents about the program with a parent workshop that included program expectations, daily routines their children would follow; and we provided an opportunity for parents to hear from and ask questions of several Project GRAD kindergarten teachers and Schumacher's principal, Ms. Brandi Davis. Additionally, this year we provided a field trip for Crouse students and parents to Crouse CLC so they were able to tour the building and meet key staff to increase their knowledge of the building and increase their comfort level.
On the last day of the program, we welcomed over one hundred seventy-five (175) guests to our Culmination Ceremony. We enjoyed breakfast, fellowship, and a program featuring students' work and songs performed using American Sign Language that the children had learned. Each child received a B2K Backpack complete with school supplies. Additionally, each child received a parent-child activity book, a family reader, Small Smiles toothbrush, and a voucher from PNC Bank redeemable for a family math kit. Children were very excited to present their parent(s) with a memory book of their work compiled over the two week program.
The Bridge to Kindergarten program will continue during the school year with monthly workshops for parents. Each workshop is designed to address parent questions and concerns, as well as provide parents with activities they can do at home with their child to encourage reading and continue to cultivate their relationship with their child's school and academic journey.
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La Gomera, an island of secrets
Viewing point in the Garajonay National Park with views over the 'sea of clouds'
Garajonay National Park, in La Gomera
- 自治州 : Canary Islands
- 県/島 : La Gomera
We suggest a few days' break in La Gomera, known to many as the Canary Islands' "magical island", a place where time seems to stop. You'll be able to experience the wonderful sensation of immersing yourself in a legendary natural setting on a visit to the Garajonay National Park, which has been distinguished with the World Heritage designation. You'll be able to relax on beaches with dark sand and crystal clear waters. You'll have the chance to discover ancestral traditions and explore the extensive network of trails to see for yourself why the UNESCO has declared this place a Biosphere Reserve.
Standing on top of the clouds. Can you picture it? This is just one of the secrets La Gomera holds. You'll be able to experience this sensation in the Garajonay National Park, a vast unspoilt rainforest with a dense vegetation of laurisilva trees, where you'll have the chance to see what is known as the "sea of clouds". This atmospheric phenomenon is caused by winds blowing in from the sea, and means visitors often find themselves standing on top of the clouds. You'll find several viewing points to enjoy this fabulous spectacle. Laguna Grande lake is one of the most popular spots in the Park. Legend has it that on nights with a full moon, witches used to call out the devil here. The stone circle in the centre of the open space symbolises this story. For the most spectacular views, we recommend the viewing points of Igualero, César Manrique, Los Roques and La Punta. This last viewing point offers vistas along the coast, while the others are facing inland.
Other secrets of La Gomera include its numerous species of endemic flora and fauna. The best way to see them for yourself is to come and explore one of the many paths in the extensive networks of trails, where you're guaranteed to discover animals and flowers you've never seen before. One of the most representative species is the giant lizard of La Gomera, in danger of extinction. Work is currently under way to recover its population and hopefully it will be shown to the public in the future with the opening of a Lagartarium. Cliffs along the coastline Thanks to its numerous gorges, the island's scenery is especially spectacular when viewed from the sea. For example, a boat tour offers the chance to see the natural monument known as "Los Órganos" ("the Organs"), a cliff which is volcanic in origin and recalls a giant organ with towering pipes. There are also boat tours which will take you to some of the whale sighting areas. Naturally, in La Gomera you can enjoy the sea all year round thanks to the mild temperatures typical of the Canary Islands. You'll find beaches and coves, mostly with black sands, crystal clear waters, and –in many cases– in practically undisturbed natural settings. An island of traditions Did you know that the inhabitants of La Gomera have their own language, and that it has been used for centuries? This is the language of whistles known as the "silbo gomero", a technique which reproduces the Spanish language by means of a series of whistles. It is taught in schools, appears in numerous festivities, and is featured in demonstrations and competitions designed to raise awareness of this cultural phenomenon. Its importance has been recognised by the award of the UNESCO Intangible World Heritage designation in 2009. Even Christopher Columbus himself is sure to have been familiar with this curious language, thanks to his stopover in La Gomera on his voyage to the Indies. If you visit the capital, San Sebastián de La Gomera, you'll discover a secret with an ancient history: the well from which Columbus obtained the water for his voyage across the Atlantic. The flavours of La Gomera You can't leave La Gomera without sampling its gastronomy. Its most famous products include 'almogrote' and palm honey. The first is made with the delicious cheese of La Gomera, and the second is derived from 'guarapo' (palm sap), and is used in desserts, cocktails and dishes such as baked milk pudding. We also recommend the watercress potage, delicious when served in the typical pinewood bowls, in keeping with the local custom.
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Exactly as the title says.
I want to trade for any and all UNOPENED or Opened but COMPLETE Spongebob sets (except the Flying Dutchman ship). Opened sets DO NOT have to come with original instructions or box (although you will need some way to verify with me that you have all the pieces). I will offer more for the original instructions and boxes.
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Leading tablet maker Wacom has always pushed the envelope when it comes to creative expression. However, when the company wanted to extend its brand from the physical world to the virtual one (targeting the mass consumer market) they decided to go with the Adobe Flash Platform given its ease of use and broad reach.
After bringing on the help of digital agencies Gugga and Fantasy Interactive, Wacom created Bamboo Dock, a downloadable Adobe AIR desktop application that holds, manages and launches applications for Wacom's line of Bamboo tablets. Aside from AIR, Bamboo Dock was developed using Flash Platform tools, including Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst. (Bamboo Dock even won an Adobe 2010 MAX Award in the 'Social Computing' category).
With the stroke of a pen, users can open and minimize the Bamboo Dock as well as open and add applications—providing a fast way to access fun, easy and useful tools for everything from note taking and doodling to gaming and sharing work with friends. Wacom turned to the Flash Platform to inspire users, drive hardware sales and bring creative users together through a growing lineup of applications.
In its first year, Bamboo Dock helped Wacom sell 30 percent more Bamboo tablets than the previous year, and they received 3 million application downloads plus 600,000 dock downloads. Strong technology integration across the Flash Platform allowed Wacom to quickly make updates and deliver results in a third of the time they anticipated. Already in the works, Wacom plans to transfer its applications across multiple devices and platforms. Find out more about how Wacom used Flash Platform technologies to deliver Bamboo Dock here.


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Tagged: Franchise Folding
Philadelphia Phillies – Year 3: Finishing in the first division for the first time, at third place.
With Harry Wright still the team's manager and with second-year pitcher Charlie Ferguson becoming a rising star, the Quakers/Phillies would begin 1885 attempting its first serious run at the National League pennant, with a chance to meet the winner of the other recognized major league, the American Association, in a post season playoff system, which would be a precusor to today's World Series, which was first established in 1884, where the National League Champions Providence Grays would end up defeating the American Association Champions New York Metropolitans, 3-0, in a best of three games series.
The Phillies would face a National League that would be slightly different from the one that they had joined in 1883, as the Cleveland Blues franchise would fold early in the year, while the New York Gothams would change their name to the Giants, based on a comment that was suppose to have been said by their player/manager Jim Mutrie, after a victory over the Phillies in the previous season: "My big fellows! My giants!" The franchise that would replace the Blues in the NL would be the best team from the failed third major league of the previous season, the Union Association Champions, the St. Louis Maroons. Along with the Maroons, the Giants and the 'World Champions' Grays, the Phillies in 1885 would face the Beaneaters, the Bisons, the Wolverines and the White Stockings.
The Phillies would begin the 1885 season with a twenty-three games home stand that would cover all of May and their first game in June. During this long home stand, they would play a game with the league champs Grays, followed by two with the Beaneaters, another game with the Grays, then two more with the Beaneaters, before playing eight straight two-games series with the Wolverines, the White Stockings, the Wolverines again, the White Stockings again, the Maroons, the Bisons, the Maroons again, the Bisons again, and then a single game with the Giants. The Phillies would start the season off on a sour note as they would lose their first three home games by scores of 8-2, 2-0 and 9-8, before going on a six-games winning streak, which would include a 15-5 crushing of Boston, followed by 10-3 and 17-8 drubbings of the Wolverines. After dropping two straight games to their western nemesis, the White Stockings, they would then win two straight games against the Maroons, winning the second game by the lop-sided score of 12-1, before losing the first game in their two-games series with the Bisons. The Phils would then go on a five-games winning streak, thus ending May with a winning record of 14-8, the team's best start in its short history.
The Phillies would start off June, and end their home stand, with a lost to the Giants, giving them a 14-9 home stand. This game would be the start of a four-game, Philadelphia to New York and back again series between the two clubs. After defeating the Giants in New York, the Phillies would drop their second home game with New York, before dropping the second game in NY. The Phils would then go on an eight-games road trip to the east coast, meeting the Grays for two-games, the Beaneaters for two, and then going to Providence, Boston, Providence and then Boston again for the last four games of the trip. The Phillies would lose both of their games with the Grays, before finally breaking their four-games losing streak with a victory over Boston. After losing their second game with Boston, they would defeat the Grays, before losing the next two games in Boston and Providence. They would then end their nine-games road trip with a victory over the Beaneaters, thus ending their Eastern trip with a 3-7 record. After splitting another Philadelphia to New York series with the Giants, losing at home and winning in New York, the Phillies would go on their first trip to the west, planning to meet the White Stockings, the Maroons, the Bisons and the Wolverines for several four-games series, for the rest of June and the start of July. After losing the first two games, the Phillies would end their visit to Chicago with a series split, as they would win the last two games. Going to St. Louis for the first time in the organization's existance, their would lose the first three games of the series, thus ending the month with a sour record of 7-14, while having an overall record of 21-22 for the season.
July would begin with the Phillies winning the final game of their first road series in St. Louis. After losing the first game of their series with the Bisons, the Phillies would sweep a July 4th doubleheader from them by the scores of 10-5 and 7-2, the first doubleheader sweep in the franchise's history. The Phils would then lose the last game of their series with the Bisons, then lose their first two games with the Wolverines, before splitting the last two games, thus ending the road trip with a 6-10 record. The Phillies would then come home to play a twenty-games home stand for the rest of July and early August, in which they would play seven straight two-games series with the Beaneaters, the Grays, the Wolverines, the Maroons, the Wolverines again, the Maroons again, and the White Stockings, before playing a single game with the Bisons, followed by two more games with the White Stockings and then three more games with the Bisons, before they would go on another east coast road trip. The Phillies would start the home stand by splitting their series with Boston, before being swept by Providence. After splitting the next two series, they would sweep their second two-games series with Detriot, including a 19-2 rout, before being swept themselves by both the Maroons and the White Stockings, with the later two games being 2-0 and 9-0 shut outs. The Phillies would thus end July just as badly as they had ended June, with a 9-14 record, while their overall record would now be a somewhat respectible 30-36.
After starting August by defeating the Bisons, the Phillies would be swept once again by the White Stockings, before ending the home stand by winning two of their three games with the Bisons, thus ending the home stand with an 8-12 record. The Phils would then visit Boston, Providence and New York for three straight two-games series on the road. The Phils would sweep the Grays, then spilt their series with the Beaneaters, before being swept by the Giants, to end up with a 3-3 road trip. They would then participate in a six-games home stand with the Beaneaters for two games, the Grays for three and the Giants for one. After splitting the series with Boston, the Phillies would then proceed to sweep the Grays, starting it with a 2-0 blanking in the series' first game, and ending it with Charlie Ferguson pitching a 1-0 no-hitter against the Grays on August 29, the first no-hitter in the franchise's history. The Phils would then end their home stand by losing to the Giants for a 4-2 home stand and ending the month with an 11-11 record. The team's overall record would now be at 41-47.
The Phillies would start off September by visiting the Giants, before playing against them at home for two more games. After losing the game in New York, the Phillies would sweep New York at home, which would be their last home games of the year, as they would now spend the rest of September and all of their October games on the road. With their two wins over the Giants, they would end the year with a 29-26 mark at home, while their overall record at this point would be 43-48. Their long twenty-games road trip would include two straight two-games series with the Grays and the Beaneaters, before ending with four four-games series with the four western teams, the Bisons, the Wolverines, the Maroons and the White Stockings. After splitting the series with Providence, they would sweep the two-games series with Boston. After losing the first game in Buffalo, they would win the next three games against the Bisons, before going to Detroit and losing the series with the Wolverines, 1-3. The Phillies would then go to St. Louis, where they would win their last game in September, to end the month with a 10-6 record, and an overall record of 51-53, now just two games under .500.
The Phillies would start October with a 3-3 tie against the Maroons, before sweeping the next two games to take the series at 3-0-1. In their last series of the year, against Chicago, after losing the first game, they would win their last three games of the season, to end the month with a 5-1-1 record, and the road trip at 13-6-1, as they would end the season at 56-54-1. This would land them in third place for the first time in the team's history with a .509 winning percentage, three games ahead of the fourth place Grays, 28 games behind the second place Giants and 30 games behind the 1885 NL Champs, the White Stockings. The team's road record would end up being 27-28-1.
The Phillies would meet the other teams in the National League sixteen times each, except for the Grays, whom they would meet fifteen times. They would have winning records against five of those teams (Beaneaters, Bisons, Wolverines, Grays and Maroons) with their best record being against the Bisons at 11-5. Their worst records would be against the White Stockings and the Giants, both ending up at 5-11. The Phillies would be 10-9 in shut outs, 13-12 in 1-run games and 17-19 in blowouts. The Phillies would play 55 games at home before 150,698 fans.
In 111 games played, Phillies batters would end up being second in doubles (156), fourth in walks (220), fifth in at-bats (3893), runs scored (513) and home runs (20) and sixth in hits (891), triples (35), strike outs (401), batting average (.229), slugging percentage (.302) and on-base percentage (.270), while also having 327 rbis. Among pitchers, the team ended up second in hits allowed (860), third in ERA (2.39), wins (56), complete games (108), shut outs (10), runs allowed (511), home runs allowed (18), walks given up (218), fourth in innings pitched (976), fifth in saves (0) and strike outs (378) and sixth in loses (54), while also finishing three games, giving up 259 earned runs, throwing 63 wild pitches and being called for three balks.
Individually, the team leaders in offensive categories would be Joe Mulvey at Batting Average (.269), Slugging Percentage (.393), Hits (119), Total Bases (174), Doubles (25), Triples and Home Runs (6 each) and RBIs (64), Ed Andrews in on-base percentage (.318), runs scored (77) and singles (94), Sid Farrar and Jim Fogarty in games played (111), Jack Manning in at-bats (445), total plate appearances (482) and walks (37) and Charlie Bastian in strikeouts with 82. Among pitchers, Charlie Ferguson and Ed Daily would be tied for the team lead in wins with 26, becoming the first pitchers to win 20 or more games in the same year in franchise's history, while Daily would become the team's second twenty-games winner. Daily would also lead the team in ERA (2.21), games pitched (50), innings pitched (440), home runs allowed (12), walks (90), hits allowed (370), loses (23), earned runs allowed (108), and wild pitches (40), while Ferguson led the team in strikeouts (197), shut outs (5) and games finished (3).
The Phillies' third place finish would, for the moment, place them among the league's elite, while they prepare to compete for a league pennant in 1886.
Sources: Wikipedia, Baseball Almanac.com, Baseball-reference.com, Baseball History: 19th Century Baseball.com


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Joint Initiative Will Develop Best Practices for Coordination of Federal and State Enforcement Activities
Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2003) — Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson and NASAA President Christine A. Bruenn today announced a joint initiative to address issues of coordination and cooperation between federal and state securities enforcement authorities. The initiative will focus on enforcement activities relating to regulated entities, such as broker-dealers and mutual funds, and will explore protocols, procedures and best practices for facilitating cooperation and coordination of such federal and state activities.
Chairman Donaldson said, "Investors will benefit from better coordination between federal and state regulators. By working toward a systematic protocol that will allow us to maximize our collective resources, we can be more effective at pinpointing and addressing the fraud and abuse we've seen in our securities markets over the past few years. Additionally, we can do a better job of ensuring consistency in our laws and regulations affecting the securities industry."
President Bruenn said, "This initiative formalizes the long-standing complementary working relationship between state and federal securities regulators. It should lead to more effective and coordinated efforts in significant enforcement actions."
Pursuant to the joint initiative, a working group consisting of six representatives of the Commission staff and six representatives of NASAA will be convened to study and propose ways to improve federal and state cooperation in significant enforcement activities affecting the regulated community.
Among the goals of this joint effort are to foster the efficiency of the national markets by promoting federal and state communication. Enhanced communication should result in greater coordination and consultation between federal and state regulators undertaking enforcement activities that may potentially impose requirements on the regulated community outside a single state. Enhanced communication will also assist in building regulatory consensus regarding enforcement remedies.
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Benedict will be 'Pope Emeritus' after resignation
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "Pope Emeritus" after his retirement on Thursday (Feb. 28), and will continue to wear white vestments, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.
Ever since Benedict's surprise announcement that he would become the first pope in 600 years to resign, there had been wide speculation about seemingly small issues, such as what he would be called or whether he would retain the title of "pope." Such details, however, carry great symbolical value within the tradition-bound Roman Catholic Church.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's chief spokesman, told reporters that Benedict will continue to be called "His Holiness" and that his title will be "Pope Emeritus" or "Emeritus Roman Pontiff."
He said Benedict had decided the issue himself, after consultations with experts.
According to Lombardi, the former pope will wear a plain white cassock but will renounce his trademark red shoes. He will settle instead for the brown loafers he received as a gift during his 2012 trip to Mexico.
With his Tuesday decision, Benedict again went against what had been the conventional wisdom in Rome in the past two weeks, which said Benedict would go back to wearing the traditional black vestments of clerics and that he would assume the title of "bishop emeritus of Rome" to lessen confusion between the old pope and his successor.
Benedict's private secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, will remain as head of the papal household -- a move that already had raised questions about the unprecedented situation of two popes living a few hundred meters away from each other inside the Vatican walls.
Gaenswein will continue to have a key role in setting the new pope's agenda and appointments, while continuing to live at Benedict's side in the Vatican convent where he will retire after the conclave is over. The new pope, of course, could give Gaenswein a new job at his discretion.
Benedict has said he will remain "hidden from the world" in retirement. The Vatican has said that he will lead a life of prayer and study.
As attention now moves to the process to elect Benedict's successor, Lombardi said that the daily cardinals' meetings that will govern the church during the interregnum period won't likely begin before March 4.
On Friday, the first day of the "sede vacante" -- the period when the papacy is vacant -- the dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, will issue an invitation to Rome to all cardinals, as prescribed by church law. But the cardinals are likely to wait until after the weekend to start their daily "general congregation" meetings before the opening of the conclave.
The exact start date of the conclave remains unclear; church law calls for a conclave between 15 and 20 days after the death or resignation of a pope, but Benedict issued a personal decree that gives the cardinals the option to start the conclave sooner.
There are 117 cardinals under age 80 and thus eligible to vote for the new pope, but two have announced they won't be in Rome for the conclave.
Most cardinals are expected to be in Rome by Thursday morning, when Benedict will meet them for a final farewell before flying off by helicopter to the popes' summer residence in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome.
While there won't be an official act or ceremony to mark the end of Benedict's reign, Lombardi said the colorful Swiss Guards protecting the entrance of the papal villa will leave their posts when his resignation becomes effective at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Swiss Guards are charged with protecting the pope; when he's no longer pope, Benedict will no longer be under their watch. Lombardi said Benedict's security will be guaranteed by Vatican police manning the Castel Gandolfo complex.


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Most people know exercise is good for kids, but do they know why? Not usually. Below, we've outlined some of the specific ways exercise helps kids develop healthy bodies, brains, and bones.
- Adopting good exercise habits at a young age reduces kids' risk of developing some diseases later in life. For example, studies have shown that colon, prostate, uterine and breast cancer risk is reduced by exercise. By starting healthy exercise habits early on, your child will be well on their way to reducing their risk of disease.
- Thanks to its ability to release serotonin and endorphins, exercise helps children's mental well-being.
- In addition to its emotional effects, endorphin release, like that provided by exercise, improves alertness and cognition. One study even showed that kids who exercised 10-20 minutes before a math test performed better than kids who were inactive before the exam.
- Exercise prompts muscles to transform glucose in the bloodstream into energy. This reduction of sugar in the blood lowers kids' risk of diabetes.
- Kids' self-confidence and motor skills both get a great boost from steady exercise.
- Bones develop through a person's mid-20s, so it's key to ensure healthy bone development at a young age. Exercise helps strengthen bones and increase bone density. This helps prevent osteoporosis later in life.
- Team sports are a wonderful way to help children develop key interpersonal skills needed in all areas of life.
- Aerobic exercise has interesting neurological benefits. Not only will it help prevent brain tissue loss as your child grows old, it boosts substances essential for the growth of brain cells, spurs the birth of new neurons, and increases the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that helps with memory, spatial navigation, and the regulation of emotions.
- Exercise strengthens the heart, and lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. These benefits will help protect your child from heart disease, which is the leading cause of death among American adults according to the US Department of Human Services.
Incredible information, isn't it? We hope this article inspires you to get your children (and yourself!) out there and moving. And if you need some extra motivation, treat everyone to a few fitness-ready finds from our athletic apparel section! Or, help girls get the exercise they need by shopping our Girls on the Run Collection.


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It's been a busy week here in Hossland. I really want to salute our raid team for the week thus far, as I feel that we have come a long way in a very short time since our first 25/normal raid in Siege of Ogrimmar just 3 weeks ago.
I set a small personal goal for our raid on Tuesday (which we met), by clearing through Iron Juggernaut on our first raid night (keeping in mind that we had yet to attempt Galakras in 25/normal), and that we met that goal with time to spare really started the week off right.
Enter tonight, and I set another hopeful goal of simply getting 1 more boss killed. After several close attempts (even had them to 12% on our first try), the Dark Shaman fell soon after. As we pressed on toward General Nazgrim, I felt the night would be a great success if we managed to get *close* to winning after a few tries before our raid time ended. As we fought Nazgrim and his forces, everything just seemed to fall into place, and down he goes on our first attempt.
So as we complete the first half of the instance, I would really like to congratulate everyone on stepping things up and helping bring Hoss back a bit closer to where I feel we should be in status. Yes, it's only normal difficulty and we have 6 more bosses to go - but I finally feel that our raid has gotten it's legs back and can finally begin to run again.
Here's some pics... hopefully more to follow tomorrow!