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Top Story: A Pagan temple under construction in Poltava, Ukraine, was vandalized, and its keeper hospitalized, at the end of September, sparking waves of sadness and outrage among the global Pagan movement. M. Horatius Piscinus at the Patheos blog Religio et Pietas had the first report on October 1st, identifying it as a Nova Roma temple dedicated to Jupiter Perennus.
"The Kalends of September proved long and full, and now another Kalends comes upon us. The Ides (13 Sept) celebrates the anniversary of the dedication of the Temple of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva atop the Capitoline Hill of Rome. It is therefore especially sad to learn that the Temple of Jupiter Perennus that is being built for our community in Poltava, Ukraine, was attacked last Monday night by a group of Orthodox Christians. Our chief priest of Jupiter, the Flamen Dialis Marcus Corvus was injured while defending the altar of Jupiter and has been hospitalized. This comes after news that another Christian band attacked a Romuva sanctuary in Lithuania. Even here in Ohio, some years ago, Christians attacked a sanctuary that was erected by a CUUPS group on the grounds of a Unitarian church in Fairlawn, a suburb of Akron. While sad to hear such events continue today, it is no shock to learn of them. Not when ministers like John Hagey preach that "Tolerance is a sin," when Pat Robertson, among others, blamed the 9/11 attacks on pagans, or when Rev. Billingsly, the former minister of the Akron Baptist Temple, once preached from the pulpit to his congregation that they ought to burn pagans at the stake. Such is the face of the "New Christianity" that we are met with each day, and now it has touched my friend Corvus and his family."
The next day, the Cultus Deorum Romanorum blog posted photos of the desecration, and Kenaz Filan pointed out that this isn't an isolated incident in the Ukraine.
"Despicable as this crime is, it's not the first such attack in Poltava. On April 13, 2002, some 50 young men leaving a soccer game attacked a nearby synagogue: hurling stones and yelling "Kill the Jews," they broke some twenty windows and beat up two people, one the son of Kiev's chief rabbi. In July 2008 a Holocaust memorial was smeared with paint and anti-Semitic graffiti. And in October 2001 a Roma family's house was set afire: five people died in the conflagration, including a six-year old girl and three-year old boy. The Poltava police showed little interest in finding the responsible parties, which is unsurprising since a Poltava police officer allegedly led the assailants."
Filan also points out that Pagan groups in the Ukraine aren't completely blameless, and that some nationalistic strains of Paganism in that country have engaged in attacks on Orthodox churches. Still, the deeds of some Pagan groups in the Ukraine do not excuse violence towards any or all Pagans by Orthodox Christian mobs. At his personal blog, P. Sufenas Virius Lupus said he was "horrified", but not surprised at this incident.
"With the way worldwide Christianity is progressing at present, particularly in some areas that don't have the same views on religious liberty that the U.S. supposedly enshrines in its highest laws of the land, insecure Christians with something to prove (mostly to themselves, which is truly sad) feel the need to lash out at others. May their vandalism and intolerance be met with redoubled efforts on the part of the Flamen and his associates to honor their gods in the face of adversity, and may all of the gods of healing (perhaps including Ares) assist him in his recovery."
You can find more commentary from a variety of Pagans and polytheists at Sannion's blog as well. For those wanting to donate toward the rebuilding of what was destroyed, you can donate here.
In Other News:
- Star Foster notes the passing of Lord Merlin (aka David John White), an elder high priest of the Ravenwood tradition for almost three decades. Lord Merlin was the longtime consort and companion of Lady Sintana, who passed away a year ago. Foster also makes note of the fact that Lord Merlin was gay, and worries that Craft secrecy would mean that his identity as a gay many might be erased from history by future scholars and historians. A memorial festival is being held later this month.
- Andrew Bowen at Project Conversion (now hosted by Beliefnet) is now starting his month living and practicing as a Wiccan. So far he has made an introductory post, a post about making his altar and altar tools, and a bad experience he had with some from-the-book "shamanism" he engaged with in 2003. Star Foster isn't exactly pleased with how Bowen is handling things so-far, though Bowen protests that he is engaged for the right reasons, and wants to bring more understanding of Wicca to the masses. I'm personally withholding judgment until the month is over, though I do think religion-hopping like this is problematic even under the best and most well-meaning circumstances.
- Now that Amanda Knox has been acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher on appeal, more than a few have been noting the ties to "Satanic panic" that marred the original conviction. However, a bizarre editorial from Brendan O'Neill in The Telegraph says that the Satanic panics were started by feminists, not Christians, using one whole data point (and Oprah) to feed his narrative. In truth, this moral panic incubated, at least in the United States, in Christian churches, not feminist gatherings. The textual evidence for this is so pervasive that I can only think that O'Neill has an ax to grind.
- As I've reported previously, there has been much discussion over structural improvements to the area around Stonehenge, especially as the Olympics are coming to London in 2012. A public inquiry into improvements, and the closing of roads nearby, has just finished. While the inquiry seems to be recommending less traffic near Stonehenge, this has met with opposition from controversial Druid leader King Arthur Pendragon (no, not that Arthur Pendragon), who claims seeing the heritage site from the road is a "human right". Quote: "We will be robust against any such change; other groups may procrastinate or demonstrate but we will leave no stone unturned. We have fought long and hard for what little rights we have in and around Stonehenge and we will not give them up lightly. We will not go quietly into the night." It remains to be seen what improvement, if any, gets started before the Olympics are under way.
That's all I have for now, have a great day!


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Richard Dean Huffman 1947 - 2010
Bonner Springs — Services for Richard Dean Huffman, 62, of Bonner Springs, were Monday, April 26, at Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, Bonner Springs. Private graveside committal services will follow at a later date in Lenape Cemetery in rural Bonner Springs.
Mr. Huffman died Sunday, April 18, 2010, in a car accident.
He was born Sept. 23, 1947, in Kansas City, Kan., and lived most of his life in the Bonner Springs area. He graduated from Linwood High School.
At one time Mr. Huffman worked with his father at Nipak Fertilizer in Gainesville, Texas, where he later became a manager. He was retired from Procter and Gamble in Kansas City, Kan.
All three of his children preceded him in death: Michael Dean Huffman in 1988, Sara Ann Huffman in 1990; and Robert Wayne Huffman in 1993.
Survivors include his wife, Karen Marie Huffman, of the home; and a brother, Floyd Allen Huffman, Linwood.

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Read the original article in The Oregonian.
Mary Tooze loved the arts and loved young people. For decades, she supported Portland's young artists, but not just with money.
Tooze, who died Thursday, also opened her home, inviting young pianists to play one of her two Steinway grand pianos for groups of friends. Whether they were preparing for their first major public performance in town, or coming home on a break from major conservatories or concert careers, a trip to Tooze's house was welcome.
"She liked them to be serious about what they did," said her longtime friend, Dorothy Fahlman. "She wanted it to be extremely high quality."
Tooze also supported the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Piano International and other arts groups. A pianist herself, she hosted a monthly playing group where participants played for one another.
Fahlman, whose piano students regularly win competitions, is a member of Tooze's playing group going back some 30 years.
"She was feisty, opinionated and you didn't sway her," Fahlman said.
Tooze graduated from Lincoln High School in 1940, at a time when faculty entered the building through the main entrance and students were expected to use a side door, she recalled in a Portland State philanthropy publication. She became a music major at Mills College in California and came back to Portland where she won a 1949 Bach competition, performing with the Portland Chamber Orchestra.
When PSU remodeled Lincoln Hall in 2010, she gave $50,000 for a new piano teaching studio. In the 1990s, she gave the Oregon Symphony the money to record Tomas Svoboda's Marimba Concerto, which earned a Grammy nomination in 2003, with Niel DePonte as soloist.
"I feel like I've known Mary my whole life," DePonte said. "She loved great pianists, she was a great supporter of (former symphony conductor James) DePreist and she was on the search committee for (current conductor) Carlos Kalmar." Each year, she sponsors a young artist in DePonte's MetroArts Inc. annual concerto competition.
"She was there for us for so many years," DePonte said.
Tooze also supported the Portland International Piano Festival, attending the full week of events at the World Forestry Center, "every hour of every day," said founder Harold Gray.
"I will miss her spirit," Gray said.
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Four top finishes at Sports Racket highlight Flames weekend
October 28, 2012 | Lynchburg, Va.
Preliminary standings reveal the Liberty Flames men's and women's racquetball teams posted four first-place wins and 10 more top-three finishes — six on the men's side and eight for the women's — in nine divisions at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Racquetball Conference tournament Oct. 26-28 at Liberty's home facility, The Sports Racket.
The final team results of MACRC tournament will be released next week, though preliminary standings for each division are available. The following is a recap of Liberty's preliminary results.
Thea Beaty took first in Women's Collegiate Singles Division 2 for Liberty, and teammate Abigail Lindsey finished tops in Women's Collegiate Singles Division 3. Amanda Liebig of Liberty finished behind Lindsey in Division 3 singles.
Flames pair Liebig and Samantha Futrell claimed first in Women's Collegiate Doubles Division 3/4. In the same division, Liberty's Courtney Sharp paired with Alexis Dupont of North Carolina State to claim third.
Beaty and Lindsey were paired in Women's Collegiate Doubles Division 1/2 where they finished third.
Futrell took second in Women's Collegiate Singles Division 4, right ahead of Sharp, who claimed third place.
Jonathan Davis and Ryan Moore teamed up in Men's Collegiate Doubles Division 3/4 and took first place for Liberty, while Daniel Bass and Sam Montgomery claimed third place for the Flames.
Davis also took second and Moore third in Men's Collegiate Singles Division 3, and Montgomery finished second in Division 4.
In Men's Collegiate Doubles Division 1, Flames Joel Denney and Shawn Furman earned third place.
Liberty hosted the Liberty Invitational Fall Collegiate Tournament to begin the season Sept. 28-30.
Liberty's next scheduled event is an MACRC tournament at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Nov. 16-18.


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Police release ID on woman found dead
Des Moines police released the identity of a woman found dead in an apartment on Monday.
Police said Cynthia Rouse's, 47, death is considered suspicious and the case is being investigated as a homicide.
Police said detectives worked late into the evening and their investigation continues Tuesday.
Rouse was found dead inside an apartment at 1050 21st St. about 9 a.m. Interviews of friends and neighbors were conducted.
A police crime scene investigation team was also called to the home.
"Based on things that we found there and the way the scene looked, we classified this as suspicious and the crime scene unit was called out as well as the detectives," said Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Steve Woody.
A neighbor told KCCI's Todd Magel that the woman was seen on Sunday. They said she was middle-aged, and always nice and talkative. Another neighbor said it was a shock to see so many police cars in the normally quiet area.
"Scary,it is. Because I've never experienced this in this neighborhood. I've been here probably six months and this is the first time I hear of something like this going on around here," said Edgar Salazar.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to call the Detective Bureau at 515-283-4869.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and fantasize about the 1984 version of Eddie Murphy hosting the Oscars instead of the 2011 version. LET'S GO!
GOP DEBATE – 8:00PM (MSNBC) Live from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The reason to tune in tonight is because this may be your first glimpse at shiny new candidate Rick Perry on the stage. Yes, Rick Perry! He'll be up there shootin' guns in the air and ropin' calves and doing all sorts of cool things to dazzle the moderating panel. So if you're a conservative, tune in for a little bit of hope. And if you're a liberal, tune in so you have something to complain about to Media Matters the next day. NOTE: Perry may bow out of this debate to tend to the current wildfires in his home state. ANTICIPATION: PERRY!
SAVED – 9:00PM (Animal Planet) Animal Planet's new series features poignant stories of people bonding with animals to help cope with personal tragedies, and your premiere episode deals with the mother of them all: 9/11. Find out how people left bereft by the attacks found solace in their pets. Makes me want to go hug a puppy right now. ANTICIPATION: TOUCHING!
PAWN 90210 – 10:00PM (E!) Sure, you've got your "Pawn Stars" and your "Hardcore Pawn," but I ask you: Has there ever been a reality show about a pawn shop for rich people? THERE HAS NOT! Which is why E! is unleashing this new show on you tonight. It's totally different from all those other pawn shows, because now the customers are even more horrible people! ANTICIPATION: PAWNY!
PRIMETIME NIGHTLINE: MY (EXTRA)ORDINARY FAMILY – 10:00PM (ABC) The only thing the guide says about this episode is "Family Fat Fight," which is a great fantasy team name. Anyway, I wonder what that subtitle portends. Is it a family fighting each other with large handfuls of suet? Or is it a really fat family fighting each other in an Octagon? I like both options. ANTICIPATION: FAT!
Wednesday Watch List: Rick Perry's Debutante Ball
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and fantasize about the 1984 version of Eddie Murphy hosting the Oscars instead of the 2011 version. LET'S GO!


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The report titled �Global Commercial Vehicle Portable Tire Inflator Market � Trends, Opportunities and Forecast 2013 -2023� has been recently added by Apex Market Research. The study is a professional and an in-depth tool that focuses on the current state of the market as well as a past walk through findings for the industry.
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Dana Limited
Hendrickson (Boler Company)
Nexter Group (KNDS Group)
STEMCO (EnPro Industries)
Tire Pressure Control International
Aperia Technologies
Pressure Guard (Servitech Industries)
PTG (Michelin)
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Do you like caramel apples? Do you like the fancy (and quite expensive) ones available at specialty shops?
I am a fan of caramel apples! I have never made them before, but when I was at Downtown Disney and watched the awesome dessert chefs (there must be a name for them) at Marceline's Confectionary create these beautiful Disney-themed apples, I knew I had to go home and attempt to make one!
I was mesmerized by how these chefs worked with the apples and the designs and really wanted to attempt the simple Mickey design.
First I made sure I had all the ingredients:
-caramel squares (after scouring the supermarket candy aisles, I finally found some at Target!)
-chocolate chips
-large marshmallows
-wooden sticks
-red fine sanding sugar
-small yellow jelly beans (this is where candy shops come in handy... you can pick and choose which colored candies you need!)
*I made MANY mistakes during my first trial-and-error so if I included a "tip", it probably means that I am asking you to learn from my mistakes! Haha!*
First up, washed the apples (to remove wax) and stabbed a wooden take-out chopstick into each apple. I started with five because I know I will need back-ups in case I messed up. Then I unwrapped all the caramel candies and slowly melted them in a sturdy pot, adding only 2tbsp of water (or milk if you prefer). The caramel melted very slowly at first, but eventually quickened into a nice creamy texture. Holding the apple by the stick was difficult because the apple was really heavy! I managed to cover each apple with sticky caramel and laid them to rest on a waxed paper-covered cookie sheet. TIP: Make sure the caramel is nice and smooth (almost runny texture) before dipping apples because I was impatient and my caramel-covered apples were pretty lumpy. Also, if you want to stop here with the caramel apples, you can... just add chopped nuts or sprinkles!
After the caramel apples have slightly hardened, I placed two large marshmallows on each side for the "ears". TIP: Use melted chocolate as glue because caramel does not hold up marshmallows well. Also, another TIP: make sure the marshmallows flat circle side (base/top of the cylinder) is facing towards the front because the ears looks cuter this way. Leave the caramel apples with marshmallow ears in the refrigerator to stiffen. Tip: Be patient. I lost one of the caramel apples during this process because the marshmallows slid down. One down, four to go.
(One down, four to go)
Once the caramel and the marshmallows are firmly in place (and not stick anymore), you can cover them with chocolate! To melt chocolate, there are many ways, which includes using a microwave, the boiling water/bowl method, or just SLOWLY melting them in a pot, adding water and vegetable shortening when needed. You want the chocolate to melt all the way and having a runny consistency so it will be easy to pour over the apples. I covered the four caramel apples with marshmallow ears with the melted chocolate and let them sit in the fridge on waxed paper. TIP: This is where "gluing" your marshmallows is important-- apparently the hot chocolate caused the marshmallow ears to melt and slide down the apples. Sadness. Lost three more apples in this process so there is only one left.
(My sister secretly took this picture of my trying to peel the caramel apples from the wax paper)
(As you can see, the warm melted chocolate caused the marshmallows to melt and slowly slides down.)
After leaving the chocolate-covered caramel apples with marshmallow ears in the fridge overnight (again, be patient), you are ready to decorate! I copied the Mickey design from Marceline's Confectionery because it seemed to be the easiest (and cutest) to do!
(Ugh, three down, only one more left.)
Sadly, my only surviving apple had crooked ears.... oh well. I covered the bottom half of the apple with whipped vanilla icing, although I think any thin icing would work. Then I added two yellow (lemon) Jelly Belly jellybeans where Mickey's pants buttons are located. Let the jellybeans sit for a few minutes. Finally cover just the icing area with red fine sanding sugar. (I wish my sugar would have been more red than a translucent red.)
Ta-da! Your very own Mickey Mouse Chocolate-covered Caramel Apple!
(Pretty proud of my first attempt with caramel apples!)
(Here are the failed apples: sliding marshmallows due to warm melted chocolate [left tray] and sliding marshmallows during initial caramel covering [right dish].)
I will definitely attempt this again in the future!
Ingredients: soft caramel square candies, large marshmallows, dark chocolate semi-sweet chips or dark brown/black candy melts, green tart apples, wooden sticks, dark red fine sanding sugars, small yellow jellybeans


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Ricki Lake Too Busy To Think About DWTS All Star Season
Ricki Lake is too busy to think about doing the Dancing With The Stars All Star Season. This is from USA Today who gave us a cool plug today. THANK YOU USA Today and right back to ya!!xx
Dancing With the Stars alum Ricki Lake stepped out last night in L.A. for 2012 Outfest opening night screening of Vito, about Vito Russo, a pivotal figure in both the early gay-rights movement.
Lake is too busy with her new talk show to think about being part of Dancing With the Stars' fall All-Stars edition,…
Great take of Ricki too. Be sure to see it and read more at USA Today.


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Vincent Fournier is a photographer of the future—both the one that's actually happened, and the science-fiction future that we hoped would come to be. In his earlier work, the French artist plucked robots out of laboratories and staged portraits of artificial life forms like Sony's Asimo going about their business in the human world, drinking from a water fountain or playing basketball. In his sprawling "Space Project," Fournier—who used to visit the Paris museum of science as a child—traveled to world's centers of space exploration, places like the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia and NASA's venerable Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Fournier's photographs make the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah look like the forbidding alien landscape it was meant to stand in for, while his shots of technicians in bubble-helmeted space suits are mined from the same visual vein as Stanley Kubricks's 2001: A Space Odyssey. These are glimpses of Tomorrowland, the space age that never quite took off. Even his work on Brasilia—the custom-built capital of Brazil, that perpetual "country of the future"—show an obsession with classic visions of tomorrow, with humankind's effort to bring the universe to heel. "I love machines, the ones that fly, speak, count or observe," Fournier has written. "I'm fascinated by the magical aspect of science, which seems to reduce the complexity of the world to a few mathematical formulae."
In his new work, Fournier is still looking to the future—to the hard lines of the man-made—but he's moved to things that are living. Or at least, things that may live. In his "Engineered Species" project, part of his recently released book Past Forward, Fournier explores how life itself tinkers with its own design, changing DNA to make species better, faster and stronger. Fournier took pictures of taxidermy specimens—stuffed and pinned animals—and brought them to animal geneticists to find how these species were evolving in real time as the environment, thanks largely to human action, keeps changing.
The result are new engineered species like a global warming-tolerant pangolin, a rodent-like Asian mammal with a tougher keratin skin that enables it to maintain a constant body temperature, even in a hotter climate. An ibis—a long-legged wading bird—evolves longer, stronger claws that help make it more resistant to both drought and frost. A rabbit—one that stares at the viewer with expressive blue eyes—is engineered for higher intelligence thanks to neural stem cell treatment.
None of these species are real yet, and like Fournier's earlier space-age work, they may turn out to be a vision of a future that does not come to pass. But I doubt it. We're already on our way to engineering new life forms, to tinkering with the DNA of the species around us—and eventually ours as well. We may have no other choice—the environment is changing more rapidly than wildlife can adapt to, and the result is a wave of extinction happening faster than any this planet has witnessed for millions of years. For nature to survive, it may have to become artificial—though even Fournier, who says he loves machines, has his doubts about our ability to control these metamorphoses. "The universe is not as well ordered as our machines," he writes. "It acts in an irrational, chaotic, violent and mysterious way, and even though there are computers that can design our forests, the control remains artificial." Our engineering, after all, can exceed our wisdom.
Vincent Fournier's limited edition monograph Past Forward was recently released by IDEA BOOKS.
Additionally, Fournier's photographic work will be on display as part of the Les Rencontres d'Arles photography festival in France through September.


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Wow…so this is probably the last progress report of the year. That's weird to think about. I guess I should also start thinking about what next year's goal setting/tracking will look like. These updates worked somewhat well this year — the idea was to stop allowing "achieved vs un-achieved" be the only barometer of success and celebrate PROGRESS — but I think the first half of the year was slightly more successful. There is going to be lots of thinking done on that front — what do I want next year to look like, what do I want to focus on — but honestly I just don't think I'm in the right head space to start planning that just yet.
Maybe in a week or two.
November was a rough month, you guys. 50% success as far as intentions go: We had some fun meals with my family and Garrett's mom's visit was definitely a success in that it happened and we all made the best of it. But obviously with Garrett's grandma dying and all of that it was a much different visit than I think any of us thought it would be. But I think that was even more powerful, actually. I can't tell you how many times Garrett and I said to each other during that week, "Can you believe a week ago we were concerned with dust bunnies and meal planning and now…NOW all of that sees SO IRRELEVANT."
Time is weird that way. I mean, I am a planner. There is no way I will ever NOT be someone who makes lists and sets goals and makes plans. (More on that later this week in my monthly book update. During November I read this book which was so interesting!) But the time is going to go by whether we make plans or not. Most of the time I find that sentiment super motivating — time is going to go by anyway, might as well get stuff done. But something about this November has just made me realize that I spend a lot of time planning for the future and that definitely does make it challenging to live in the present.
I posted this picture on instagram last week and I have literally been thinking about it daily since I originally saw it.
I do a lot of thinking about the future and it helps me in a lot of important ways. But one of the consequences of that is that it also creates a very particular anxiety in me that has just sort of weaved its way into my lifestyle. And I think I want to work on that. So with that,
December Intentions
I'm just going to aim for some peace.
I would like to try and finish this year being focused on the present. Sure there are lots of things I want to accomplish, and I don't plan on sitting on the couch for 31 days doing nothing, thinking about nothing, and going where the wind takes me. But I just need to be in the moment a little bit.
What that looks like? I have no idea, but I'm willing to throw my plans out the window and find out.
I'm hoping that this will help me narrow my focus for 2013 and give me a little bit of clarity. I have done A LOT of thinking about how I thought 2012 would look and how it actually looked and definitely have some things to say about that soon, but I want to make sure I close out what has been an awesomely successful and challenging year in a peaceful place, so that I can start a fresh page next year.
How are you doing with living in the present? Did you have a phenomenal 2012? Are you planning for 2013 yet? What's on your plate?


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I realy like the idea of RoP. But there are simple things that I can't do or understand.
I have a force under prince Mauritz, with 10.000 men, with 1pion. Bn. and 1 genie Bn and... I just can't construct a fort in Chemnitz. So, I sent Keith and he did. Why?


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Calories, Fat and Exercise
So what happens if you take in more or fewer calories than your body burns? You either gain or lose fat, respectively. An accumulation of 3,500 extra calories is stored by your body as 1 pound of fat -- fat is the body's way of saving energy for a rainy day. If, on the other hand, you burn 3,500 more calories than you eat, whether by exercising more or eating less, your body converts 1 pound of its stored fat into energy to make up for the deficit.
One thing about exercise is that it raises your metabolic rate not only while you're huffing and puffing on the treadmill. Your metabolism takes a while to return to its normal pace. It continues to function at a higher level; your body burns an increased number of calories for about two hours after you've stopped exercising.
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12:44 p.m.: Rogers, 76, is the father of State Trooper Jackie Rogers. According to the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office, Sandy Bottom and Southwood volunteer fire departments reported to the scene at 4:49 a.m. LCSO Chief Deputy Chris Hill said in a statement the fire is not believed to be suspicious.
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- fat30g
- saturates18g
- carbs66g
- sugars51g
- fibre1g
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Tonton (トントン, Tonton) is Tsunade's ninja pig (忍豚, Ninton), often kept in the care of Shizune.
Above all else, Tonton is a highly devoted, and dutiful pet pig.[1] Her devotion to Tsunade was noted during her master's battle with the other Sannin, which she watched in earnest as Gamakichi and Gamatatsu bickered. This even surfaced during the Fourth Shinobi World War, where, in her earnest to aid the Logistical Support and Medical Division, Tonton carried around several large sized crates around the camp ground, eventually spraining her foot.
Tonton does not speak in any human language, but still manages to get her point across by whining in her own unique tone (a "buhi" or "oink" depending on the language). It seems that Tsunade and Shizune are able to understand what Tonton is trying to say. Tonton's nose also seems adept at tracking things, so much so that Pakkun has some familiarity with her.
Tonton is of a light pinkish colour, much like any other ordinary pig. Her cheeks blush in a darker shade of the same tint as her skin. She is always seen wearing a pearl collar and a dark red jacket.
Tonton's sense of smell is noted to be even finer than that of a ninken. She has reportedly smelled debt collectors coming and saved Tsunade from them countless times while they were not in Konoha.[1] She was also able to direct Shizune, Jiraiya, and Naruto to Tsunade's location after she was locked in battle. Also, despite her small size, she is strong enough to carry several crates at least as large as her.[3]
In the anime, Tonton once performed a Transformation Technique to appear as Tsunade. However, while doing so, she was still unable to speak.[4]
Part I
Search for Tsunade
While travelling with Shizune and Tsunade, Tonton encountered Orochimaru and Kabuto, who were hoping for Tsunade to cure Orochimaru's arms. She is later seen on the battlefield watching the battle along with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu.
Mizuki Tracking Mission
In the anime, Tonton was seen during the escape of the criminals from the Konoha Strict Correctional Facility. She used her keen sense of smell to find the escapees until she was relieved of these duties by Pakkun.
Part II
Pain's Assault
Tonton was present when Naruto was informed of his master's death, with Shizune holding her in her arms.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown
When Tsunade awakes from her coma, Tonton looks pleased to see her up until Shizune mistakenly believes that Tsunade wanted to eat Tonton to regain her stamina, much to their panic.
Main article: Power (Arc) In the anime, Tonton was present when Tsunade tasked Team Kakashi with the mission to investigate the massacre of the Tonika Village.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tonton remained by Shizune's side in the Logistical Support and Medical Division. When Shizune introduced her to the division members, she expressly told them that Tonton was not food. During the night when the Allied Shinobi Forces had retreated for protection and treatment at the division barracks, Tonton busily carried crates around the compound despite Shizune's behest to not overdo it.[5] Tonton had to later be tended to by Shizune when she had sprained her right front leg after carrying too many heavy crates.
In Other Media
Naruto Shippūden the Movie
Main article: Naruto Shippūden the Movie Tonton made a minor appearance, when Tsunade and Shizune was giving Naruto and his team-mates a mission regarding stopping Mōryō's revival.
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Main article: Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Tonton is completely black in the Genjutsu World, and also far more aggressive, seeming almost scary.
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- In the video games Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: Phantom Fortress, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4 and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5, Tonton is used by Shizune in "Hog Release: Tonton", which is a technique that throws Tonton at an opponent while spinning upward. In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4, Tonton is used as a partner to Shizune, helping her out in her Ultimate Technique by transforming into an image of Shizune and attacking the enemy to distract them from Shizune's main attack. In Shizune's Chakra Sword: Great Intersecting Wound, Tonton butts the opponent in the stomach to knock the enemy back for Shizune's main attack.
- In Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2, Tonton could be summoned to break rocks in the player's path.
- Tonton shares the same voice actress in both English and Japanese versions of the anime as Shizune.


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House Democratic leaders are refusing to apologize for the confusion caused when millions of Americans received health insurance cancellation notices as a result of the Affordable Care Act, even after President Barack Obama's contrite press conference on the matter and a clear statement of apology last week.
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Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill,the top four House Democrats — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Assistant Leader James Clyburn, Whip Steny Hoyer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra — were asked if they would apologize to any constituents who felt misled by Democrats. Each declined.
"I don't think there's anything for us to apologize for," Clyburn said after explaining that once enough Americans switch to exchange-based insurance plans, they will appreciate "what they did not have" through their prior insurance plans.
Their defensive tone was a stark contrast to Obama's earlier Thursday, when he accepted responsibility for the myriad problems associated with the rollout of his signature domestic policy measure. And last week during an NBC News interview, he said of those getting cancellation notices that he was "sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me."
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Hoyer added that the law didn't force insurance companies to extend plans, but that people interpreted the Democrats' "keep your plan" talking point incorrectly.
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How does a watchmaker improve on one of its best-selling watch models? If you're Maurice Lacroix, you give it more "cinq." Or, as the Cinq&Cinq name suggests, you take five and add five. Unveiled at the BaselWorld watch fair in April, the Masterpiece Cinq&Cinq is the latest in Maurice Lacroix's Masterpiece Collection. Watch enthusiasts will recognize its resemblance to the Masterpiece Cinq Aiguilles, but while the Cinq&Cinq pays due respect to its predecessor, it also takes luxury watches to a new level.
The Cinq&Cinq has the same sleek and sporty appearance as the Cinq Aiguilles, which means "five needles" in French, and features five hands (hour, minute, second, weekday and date) running off a similar centralized dial—a complication designed especially for the watch. One crown controls all of the hands, each of which has a different shape to avoid confusing the hands. Silver-colored hands indicate the time, a red-tipped hand tells the days of the week (located on the outermost ring), and a hand with a half moon at its end shows the date (on the innermost ring). The face of the watch, which measures a generous 42 millimeters in diameter, and its design also allow for easy viewing.
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BOSTON -- The return of former Red Sox outfielder Dave Roberts provided an emotional lift to the capacity crowd at Fenway Park prior to Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday.
Roberts received a standing ovation when he walked onto the field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to catcher David Ross. It was a fitting tribute to a player who played a big role in one of the biggest comeback stories in postseason history.
Roberts helped change the outlook of the series when he was brought in to pinch-run for Kevin Millar. Roberts promptly stole second base off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and then came around to score on an RBI single by Bill Mueller.
Boston went on to win the game in 12 innings and stave off elimination. That was the first step in the remarkable comeback that saw the club win the next three games in their eventual run to a World Series championship.
Roberts retired from baseball following the 2008 season. He was a career .266 hitter with 243 stolen bases and 437 runs scored. The native of California is now a first-base coach with the San Diego Padres.
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Up in the air: The Coalition is playing for time on the financial advice regulations. Photo: Quentin JonesThe Abbott government has held off tabling its watered-down financial advice rules in the Senate as it seeks to use the coming days to lobby new Palmer United Party senators for support for the proposals.
Labor senators took the unusual step on Tuesday to try to table the Abbott government's future of financial advice (FoFA) regulations, saying the Senate needed them to be introduced so the entire chamber could consider whether or not to disallow them.
But the Coalition refused, leaving Labor to accuse the government of wanting to give lobbyists more time to "work on" Clive Palmer and PUP senators.
The Coalition's amended financial advice laws have fallen into disarray this week after Mr Palmer said he "would never" support them.
The government needs the support of Mr Palmer to get its amendments through the Senate.
It has until next Tuesday to table its regulation changes.
But on Tuesday, Labor senator Sam Dastyari tried to get the Coalition to table its own FoFA regulations but it refused.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has repeatedly declined to say when the government will table the regulations, even though they took effect on July 1.
Senator Cormann this week said that if his regulations were thrown out then he would consider extending some requirements, such as making advisers disclose fees charged in previous years, to financial advice provided through industry super funds.
David Whiteley, chief executive of Industry Super Australia, said there was "genuine bewilderment" in the industry on that threat on Tuesday, because intra-fund advice was offered to members of every, not just industry, funds.
Senator Cormann also ruled out any prospect of an immediate royal commission into Commonwealth Bank or the financial planning industry, saying he wanted to see how the CBA compensation scheme for fraud victims would work.
His comments follow an explosive Senate report examining the performance of CBA and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which recommended a royal commission into the CBA over allegations of widespread fraud and misconduct in its financial planning division. CBA apologised to customers last week for misselling financial advice.
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June 1 is "Children's Day" in China. It's a day when every child can feel important—celebrated with parties and music and sweet treats by parents, schools, politicians, and the media.
In 2000, before Half the Sky's nurture and enrichment programs for orphaned children began to roll out across China, for those who must spend their childhoods inside China's welfare institutions, it was pretty much the only day their very existence was acknowledged.
When Half the Sky came along offering an innovative approach to bringing the love of family to orphaned children, the days got considerably brighter, but only for a handful of the hundreds of thousands just waiting for life to begin. Still, even on a small scale, we were making real change.
And the Chinese government was watching. On Children's Day in 2006, then President Hu Jintao visited an orphanage in Beijing and made a pronouncement that took our quiet revolution to the entire nation. He spoke of the plight of orphaned and disabled children:
"They are the weakest and neediest group in our society. They need most care and love. Party committee and government at all levels must put these special children in their hearts—improve their care and education. We must mobilize the whole society to share in care and love for the orphans. We must bring them to the same level as other children, to live and grow happily under the same blue sky of the motherland as us all."
And change would follow. Not overnight—China had other priorities, for sure. But from that day, the Chinese government's cooperation with Half the Sky gathered steam. And five years later, in 2011, on another Children's Day, a ceremony took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that changed everything.
The hall was filled with dignitaries and donors and Half the Sky staffers and a few dozen singing children. On the screen before us, more children sang—adopted Chinese children who lived all over the world and children who still lived in orphanages. They sang about wanting the world to be filled with love. For orphans in China, that wish was about to come true on an only-in-China scale. The Rainbow Program was officially launched.
China's Rainbow Program is a groundbreaking partnership between government, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, private family foundations, and Half the Sky—the first national child welfare initiative in China. Its mission is to train every single child welfare worker in the country in a proven approach to providing family-like care to children who've never known love. To help China reimagine its entire child welfare system.
Providing a caring adult in the life of every orphaned child in China was, not so long ago, my "impossible" dream. But here it was utterly possible—even likely to be realized—in the Great Hall of the People, no less.
So, how are we doing?
Three years later, through 159 training sessions in 18 of the country's 31 provinces and municipalities, we've trained 5,446 child welfare workers and administrators from 350 welfare institutions. We've already exceeded the original goal of 377 institutions trained over six years.
But, of course, those are only numbers, and training is only the beginning.
To ensure that orphanage directors will have the support they need when they try to replicate our approach, we've placed Half the Sky child development experts in each of our model children's centers, usually in the provincial capitals. Those permanent Half the Sky staff, along with their government counterparts, continue promoting professional development among welfare workers throughout the province, offering workshops, mentorships, and in-service training to caregivers who wish to create Half the Sky–inspired programs in their own orphanages, shelters, and medical care facilities.
Through the Rainbow Program, we launched 1jiaren.org, a nationwide online learning platform that brings the child welfare community together to discuss best practices, view a video resource library, and take online courses for further certification. We've established a sister foundation in China, so that Chinese citizens can support programs in their communities offering quality care for marginalized children. With government, we've developed national standards for care and will soon be offering courses and accreditation through Beijing Normal University.
All of this is about professionalizing what was once a demeaning job, assigned to those who could do nothing else.
The Rainbow Program has inspired caregivers and administrators to make concrete and lasting changes at the orphanages where they work, changes that indicate that the much-publicized failings of institutional care in which children fall behind developmentally because they do not receive the responsive care that is crucial for healthy development, will one day be a distant memory.
Vice Director Liu Fang of the Zhuzhou Children's Welfare Institute is one of a number of orphanage administrators who believe that the new dawn for child welfare in China has arrived: "Rainbow trainings are like a pebble thrown into the lake. Each of the ripples created represents a change that training brings to the institutions."
Those ripples start with interactive trainings that include lectures and small discussion groups, and then progress to hands-on work with the children. Many of the younger trainees lack practical experience with children and many of the older trainees have experience only with basic care and feeding, so at first they keep their distance.
But when Half the Sky's trainers, who are chosen not just for their knowledge and experience but also their inspirational teaching skills, sit down on the mat, intently focusing on one child, the trainees lose their hesitancy. They learn to carefully observe each child, develop a secure attachment, and create a learning environment that encourages the children to explore rather than simply recite "a bunch of numbers and facts," as one trainee said.
Trainees come to understand why, like children in loving families, institutionalized children should not languish in cribs: "After our Rainbow training, we immediately bought comfortable mats with soothing colors. They free the children from their tiny beds," said caregiver Ye Hong from Sichuan Province.
Invariably trainees are stunned to see the juxtaposition of photos of shattered children when they first enter Half the Sky's programs with joyous family photos of the children they have become. The caregivers gain a new appreciation not only of the potential of each child in their care, but also about the importance of their jobs.
"I was greatly touched by the story of little Feifei. They gave up on her because they believed she had brain disease. Now she is a happy teenager in Holland. I never thought our simple work could change the life of a child," said Zhou Jijun after her training in Hunan Province.
The simple yet profound message that nurturing children transforms their lives is the essence of the Rainbow Program that province by province and orphanage by orphanage is ushering in a new era for the Chinese child welfare system. It won't be long before every day in China is Children's Day. For all children.
• Jenny Bowen is founder and CEO of Half the Sky Foundation.
• This article originally appeared at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, the premier international platform for accelerating entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions to the world's most pressing social issues.


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Don Quixote, a retired gentleman travels the roads of Spain searching for glory and grand adventure. Accompanying him is a somewhat bewildered labourer named Sancho Panza who he has persuaded to accompany him as his faithful squire. In return, Don Quixote promises to make Sancho the wealthy governor of an Island. Don Quixote gives up food, shelter and comfort all in the name of a peasant woman Dulcinea del Toboso who he envisions as a princess.
Don Quixote was first performed in Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1869. Since then it has been performed all over the world by Russian and international ballet companies.
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company will bring this flamboyant and festive ballet to Australia & New Zealand in 2014.
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company was formed in 1994 by the Bolshoi Theatre soloist, Gediminas Taranda. They have staged classic masterpieces in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and the Mossovet Theatre. The home venue for the troupe when they perform in Moscow is now the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre.
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King Middle School Gets New Cafeteria, Berkeley Unified Gets New Kitchen
Until earlier this month, students at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley could pretty much eat lunch anywhere they wanted.
Most preferred the baseball field, the steps of the amphitheater, or, as a former King middle-schooler put it, "behind the trucks for maximum shade."
Berkeley Unified School District's $8.7 million King Dining Commons project is all set to change that.
Students will now have access to tables, chairs, plates and silverware and, most important, their very own cafeteria. Part of the $36 million King campus modernization and development plan, the dining commons will also serve as the district's new central kitchen, preparing 3,000 hot lunches and 8,000 meals daily for hungry children at each of the city's 16 public schools.
The project, originally scheduled for completion last fall, ran into a few minor hiccups along the way but is finally up and running.
Chef Ann Cooper, Berkeley Unified School District's director of nutrition services—who will be with the district through June—was busy supervising her team Friday as they prepared pizza crusts and marinara sauce from scratch in the state-of-the-art kitchen before the new school year starts Aug. 27.
"I am very excited about the space," Cooper said of the 14,000-square-foot building. "The scale of the place is just amazing. We also have new equipment. The equipment that we had at our old central kitchen at Jefferson [Elementary] was old and broken. It could not handle the quality and quantity of food that we were preparing. Moreover, there wasn't any room for people to move around. All the aisles were crowded together and you couldn't get anywhere without bumping into something."
Cooper currently supervises 55 employees from the district and 30 more from Network for a Healthy California.
The new kitchen and cafeteria will serve 600 hot lunches to middle-schoolers at Washington every day and the rest will be packed and transported to the city's 15 other public schools.
"We want more kids eating our food," Cooper said. "Breakfast is up, but we want parents to urge their children to eat lunch at school."
The 2008-09 school year will see Cooper serving 852,000 breakfasts compared with 58,000 in 2003-04, when she first took over the district's nutrition services program.
Cooper said the implementation of the Universal Breakfast program, which delivers free breakfast to all Berkeley Unified students in their classrooms, has played an important role in the increase.
Lunch is only up 2 percent in the same time frame but has increased 18 percent since 2006-2007. That's 416,000 lunches in the new school year compared with 351,000 in 2006-2007.
Cooper has plans to start a campaign to promote school lunches and is working to make the menu more attractive to students by introducing more exotic entrees, such as Moroccan and tandoori chicken and locally grown brown rice.
District Executive Chef Bonnie Christensen, who started out as a sous chef under Cooper two years ago, said she was already in love with the new dining commons.
"Just look at this place," said Christensen, who has worked at restaurants in San Francisco and Marin. "It's breathtaking. You walk in here and realize that a lot of time and thought and craft went into it. You walk in to eat and you pause for a moment, and that matters. You can almost smell the wood."
Designed by Baker Vilar Architects, the new dining commons may be less kitchen than cathedral, with its high vaulted ceilings, tall glass windows, soft earth tones and old fashioned hardwood furniture.
"You are not going to see these kind of facilities in too many public schools," Christensen said. "We are the model to say to the rest of the country that this is the way it's done."
Christensen said the King Dining Commons project started five years ago with a lot of input from local culinary icon Alice Waters.
"She [worships] food, and that's what we are trying to do here," Christensen said.
Waters' Chez Panisse Foundation is also behind King's Edible Schoolyard, which teaches students to grow and cook their own food.
King's main academic building housed a cafeteria which was closed down in the 1980s, district officials said, leaving students with no place to eat lunch and paving the way for a new dining commons.
The district's original plan, Christensen said, was to use the King Dining Commons to cook meals for the middle and high schools only.
"We were going to remodel the old central kitchen at Jefferson Elementary but realized that we didn't have the staff to run two kitchens right now," she said. "So we decided to see how everything works out of here [King] and put plans for Jefferson on hold."
Christensen proudly showed off the sleek beverage station inside the cafeteria which will serve organic milk and water to students.
"We are doing away with water bottles because we don't want landfills," she said. "Some schools even sell children water bottles. Everything is wrong with that scenario."
Other features in the $2.3 million equipment package include a blast chiller, a custom-made salad bar, an elaborate recycling station, steam jacket kettles for soups and sauces and walk-in freezers for dairy, meat and produce.
"You probably won't see a blast chiller in too many public schools," Christensen said smiling. "It cools down the food pretty fast. It can cool down 60 pounds of rice in 20 minutes and 50 pounds of chicken in 15 minutes. When you are feeding thousands everyday, something like this comes in handy."
The garde manger—French for keeper of cold food—section helps to keep the bacteria at bay, Christensen said, by separating the meat preparation room from the vegetable sauces and salads.
"The thing is, salmonella spores can float all around," she said. "This isolates bacteria and prevents cross contamination. In a district kitchen that's really important."


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"See What Stacey Started" Live Model Drawing Session.
Date(s) - 10/16/2019
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Phoenix Cafe
Sessions are now starting at 8pm and going until 11pm.
this is an informal drawing session with a live model (usually clothed, bikini or similar) Anyone is welcome to attend, as long as you are there to create art. Any medium is welcome, as long as you can clean up after (no photography, just doesn't fit the setting here.) If you are interested, please get in touch with Brian Lewandowski or Steven Gamburd and let us know you are coming.
there are no drawing boards or drawing tables at the Phoenix ( we're working on that,) but we can use the cafe tables and chairs, along with some smaller tables that we have been collecting. this is very informal, just something fun for anyone interested in drawing from a live model. there is a $10.00 fee for the model and for The Phoenix Cafe Hazel Park fees.
we will have the usual coffee and soda available for donation (no outside drinks or alcohol, please.) let us know if you have any questions. we hope to see you there.
See What Stacey Started is a weekly live model drawing session that was started in June of 2013. It was created to fill a hole in the Phoenix Cafe schedule, and to get more of the artists and the local Detroit area community involved with the Phoenix Cafe. It was modeled after weekly live model sessions that ran in the art department at Central Michigan University. That was a place where ANYONE could go to draw, no matter what skill level or experience, in a comfortable, welcoming setting."
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" After our first couple sessions at the Phoenix, we decided to give our little drawing group a name, since, well, it needed one. "See What Stacey Started" This name means a lot to me and I hope that it sticks with everyone who joins our sessions. Long story short, Stacey Skiera was one of my best friends at CMU, and the entire reason I started doing figure drawing. She dragged me to one of those weekly open figure drawing sessions in the art department, and I instantly fell in love with it (even though I HATED drawing the figure prior to that. Unfortunately, Stacey passed away in 2004 due to complications from Multiple Sclerosis, and I never got the chance to really tell her how much it meant to me that she convinced me to go to that first open figure drawing session. I have been working with the human figure, in my own art, for over 20 years thanks to Stacey. This is my way of showing the world the effect she had on me. I also find it appropriate that she is now indirectly influencing everyone who comes to OUR sessions. So come draw with us and –
See What Stacey Started! "
– Brian Lewandowski, Phoenix Cafe Gallery Coordinator/'94 CMU Alumni.