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Again, I got a chance to wander alone! Well, this time it was in Kharagpur, West Bengal, which boasts longest railway platform in the world! On the first day, I was wandering within walkable distance from where we stayed. Later I was in for luck, and made friends with an inspiring personality. She suggested that I use rickshaws for exploring Gole Bazar, a place worth visiting to get a local feel of market and savour mishti (sweets in Bengali), from local's favorite shop.Though the ride was bumpy and slow, the open top helped me to capture life on the way to Gole Bazar.
Predominantly, the locals either spoke in Bengali or Hindi. English was hardly understood. Somehow, I managed to communicate with the rickshaw-wala (rickshaw-driver!) in my broken Hindi. The 5 KM ride cost me only Rs 60 (around RM 3.5!!!).
Predominantly, the locals either spoke in Bengali or Hindi. English was hardly understood. Somehow, I managed to communicate with the rickshaw-wala (rickshaw-driver!) in my broken Hindi. The 5 KM ride cost me only Rs 60 (around RM 3.5!!!).
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Rickshaw wala was quite talkative. As we approached the bridge over Kharagpur railway station, he told that his son was working at the Eastern Railways garage. He added that 2 trains (with 20+ carriages each) can be parked back to back on this platform! Well, it could just be local lore, as I could not verify this information online.
|Longest platform in the world - 1075m
My expectation of the bazar, was that of a crowded vibrant market, but When I reached Gole bazar around 11 AM, weather was a bit chilly and the bazar seemed to be lazy like this...
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A push-cart with small earthen cups attracted me. He was just opening his business and I wanted to take a picture, but was not sure how the vendor would react, if I don't buy anything. So, I asked him for what purpose that cup was used and if I could just buy 1 cup. He replied that he sells tea in that cup for Rs 4. Surprised at that cheap rate, I asked again, if he was telling the rate of the cup or tea. He gave a weird look and told that the tea and cup together was Rs 4!!!
|Matka Chai - Teh Tarik - Rs 4 or just around 20 sen per cup!
Then I understood that this cup was meant for one time use ONLY! What an environmental friendly disposable cup! I dared to take a sip, and fell in love with the tea as the flavor and fragrance was enhanced because of the earthenware:)
By now, slowly the market was coming alive and I bought a couple of duppattas.
When it was about time to leave, I stopped by the mithai (sweet) shop, which my friend recommended to.
|Jamuns, rosgullas, sweet yogurt...
Later, I decided to take a 'share auto', as there was a lonely stretch on the way back. There I met two Midnapur university students (fellow passengers). I learned that one of them were married and continuing education! Well, marrying at young age is still prevalent, but at least education seems to have gained importance.
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For the first time since C.J. Anderson's breakout performance in Game 9 at Oakland, the Broncos will have their full complement of running backs for their divisional playoff Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.
Anderson, Ronnie Hillman and Juwan Thompson will all dress to give the Broncos a one-two-three running punch against the Colts. Expect the No. 1 back, Anderson, to get the bulk of the carries.
Hillman suffered a Lisfranc foot sprain during that Nov. 9 game against Oakland and didn't return until the season finale against the Raiders, on Dec. 28 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Thompson played every game this season until the final against the Raiders, when he rested his sore hip and knee.
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Just wanted to let people know that vol 5 was updated, still amazed at the power the gremory group hold
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I'm going to check it out, I need to update myself in the High School DxD world to familiarize what has happened.
even though i know Akeno was just playing with Ise while they were on the train about her saying "he might get in trouble for touching Rias intimately" i think that may have gone abit overboard on Akeno's part (though Ise's reaction was hilarious).
Think about when in vol 6 Ise on koneko's word asked Akeno to go on a date with him and rias got mad . Akeno told rias to give up on Ise and the love between the two (Ise and Akeno) is stronger than (Ise and Rias), she was proably teasing rias but subconsciously you never know agirls hard to understand.
Why would it be subconscious?
In Volume 4, Akeno already decided to be Number Three.
She knows exactly what she is doing.
@zzhk I guess with me old habits die hard, despite how awesome Akeno is and how this is a harem series with a true harem end as the final goal, i guess i still hold that state of "i dislike when someone tries to stop the mc's affection towards another so they can have the affection themselves", Akeno is still my 2nd fav girl in Ise's harem it's just i'm having a hard time getting past the fact that the position she is going for is the one that does "that" cause in most cases "that" is unacceptable but in this case it is in a very strange yet awesome way.
"Eh!? U-um, y-yes, of course I like her!"
"……..That's a given, right, she's serious as well so legal wife is impossible. There's a possibility of Asia-chan being the legal wife as well so……. The first and second position can't be shaken I guess……"
Dont you think if Rias and asia were not serious about Ise she would aim for top spot .
If she could but can't would aim to be Ise 1 after all though she maybe teasing or provoking rias she did say "I am really jealous of the number 1 candidate Rias Buchou."
I think she like the affair thing or affair point because she like's provoking
rias jealousy and also because of her S side.
On another subject , I have wonder what would have happend if Ise and Akeno in vol 7 during their date when they went to the love hotel did go in and had sex what would have happend between the two would they have become a couple and what would rias and the other girls have done or reacted or felt ? What are your guys thought's on this?
@Sky hard to say, very hard. i can't help but have this feeling that Rias would have found them at the last second and stopped them somehow, she's not stupid, she'd probably figure out that since Akeno is highly seductive and loves stealing things from her (especially Ise) that since Akeno has now stolen the first date and they ditched them while they were pursuing them, that she must be trying to steal the biggest thing she can from Rias, thus she'd instantly send everyone to all nearby love hotels looking for the two and (due to plot) Rias would find them in a room naked about to get it on when she appears aura blazing and probably punishing both Ise and Akeno severly.
But I wonder if they had done it already when she found them or found them while they were having sex what would have happen then?
one thing I do know is that Akeno and Ise would no longer be virgins in both cases.:heh:
@sky If that's the case i'm pretty sure Rias would demand that Ise take her virginity at that moment, obviously she won't take no for an answer even if she showed up with the entire harem she'd probably declare that (of course then we'd have Akeno parading around flaunting the fact that she took Ise's first in front of everyone resulting in never ending death glares for Ise). At least when he finally does it with Rias it's pretty obvious he won't receive death glares from any of the main harem (his friends and the school, that's another story).
And " Akeno parading around flaunting the fact that she took Ise's first" I can see her doing that and her saying" no matter what you do rias I will always and forever be his first . He took mine and I took his " .
Of course rias will pissed and saying something like "FINE THEN I WILL BE THE ONE WHO HAS HAD SEX WITH ISE MORE THEN ONCE AND HAVE HIS FIRST CHILD HOW ANOUT THAT !".
Then I can see Xenovia chiming in saying " Wait a moment Rias Buchou thats my position I will have Ise's child".
Asia then comes in to the argument saying all teary eyed saying ' No! I want to bear Ise san's child".
Then Akeno counters with this statement " But I already had sex with Ise for all you know I can already be pregnant".
Rias and the other reaction::eyespin:
dragonroots@ Honestly i have to agree with you 2 here (you and sky black swordman) . Still you ask something like the one I have ask in the old topic some time ago. And i have to admit i do ask myself what would happen If Ise and Akeno do *that* that time. But time ago i ask myself(and even ask on the topic) what would happen if Rias in vol 2 ,after Ise say his epic line and after he won again Raizer and say all those thing to Rias when they where on the griffin, what would happen if Rias say something like*Wait Ise. I have to take what you say before and what you say now as a confession of love?* pity she don't say this that time in vol 2. Anyway even if this are good question to ask we will never know what would happen if this 2(the one you say about akeno and the one i say about rias)really happen at that time. But at least now the situation seem become better and we know pretty well what Ise feel toward both of them and what this 2 feel toward him(then again this can be say about Asia and Koneko as well).
Deikan@he say *Rias Gremory Sama virginity belong to me* before Raizer ,Rias brother and all the pure devil that where there.lol
Talk about epic line.
About the nosebleeds ...i'm sure this will not stop Ise to lose is virginity with Rias and the other.I mean they already try more than one time also there is always the heal section in vol 10. the girls where naked and i don't remember Ise have nosebleeds that time. The same can be say about the sauna scene.(with Rias even if end badly).
Well the chance for him to "graduate" is still within his grasp. In his case it's either you shoot or reload, and we all know what Ise will be gunning for.
and maybe because he now has dragon pheromones, a lot of mythological females would want to get a hold of that gene of his.
And the status that comes with being the child of the oppai dragon.:heh:
I don't how they'll even manage to finish sleeping with him,He'll just collapse from lack of blood as usual,probably
I think you guys are too much deat set about his nosebleed . that part it's more like for comedy. He don't have every time the nosebleed like I already say I don't remember he have again nosebleed in the sauna scene(with a naked RIas ready to do *that*) or in the heal scene. I think he get more and more use on them(the girls) and will not have nosebleed anymore.
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Emily Plotkin's final report from CES 2018.
Today marks the last full day of CES 2018—and boy, was it a great show! Though CES 2018 is almost over, the excitement around the show, displays, and announcements sure hasn't died down. Here are some of the announcements we just have to mention before the show concludes:
It has been a great CES this year (despite the minor blackout), and we already can't wait to be back next year, to see the latest advancements in technology.
Emily Plotkin is an account executive in Grayling's Los Angeles team.
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She was born on June 30, 1974, in Herington to Steve and Sandra (Fike) Deines. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Monett, Mo., and an elementary teacher in Webb City, Mo., Shawnee Mission, Dimond, Mo., and Monett, Mo.
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March 17–21, 2014 | Vol. 119, Week 1
The days might still be cold and short, but the best cure for cabin fever is a field trip! This week on Home School Heartbeat, host Mike Smith and a special guest from the Smithsonian Institute explore lots of options for finding—or creating—a museum field trip for your homeschooled students.
"It is much more productive for a child to be able to focus on one exhibition or even one area of a single exhibition: to really be able to take their time, to take breaks and really explore deeply."—Stevie Engelke
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Ready to get out and explore the world of museums this spring? Our free resource sheet has lots of ideas to help you get started.
Have you seen a little too much of your kitchen table by this point in the school year? Well, if winter weather is keeping you indoors, it might just be time to give your homeschool a change of scenery! This week on Home School Heartbeat, host Mike Smith explores a world of learning at the museum.
Mike Smith: The long winter months are a perfect time to explore museums in your area. The various kinds of museums offer a great chance to learn in a different way. It's a more hands-on, up-close approach to education!
There are many different kinds of museums. Maybe you immediately think of fine art—and that's one great kind of museum to visit! Art museums are a wonderful place to explore what has been beautiful and thought-provoking to humans for centuries. And don't forget to bring a sketch pad and a pencil to the art gallery—all that inspiration could just unleash the budding artist within your student!
But maybe your child is a little young for the look-don't-touch kind of museum. In that case, you'll want to check for a children's museum near you! Here, your child can explore the way things work, or find hands-on activities, or crawl through a space designed just for them.
If you have a student who never lost that curiosity about what makes things go, check out science and history museums! You might never have thought of visiting the birthplace of a notable invention, but often you'll find an exhibit showing that object's progress through the years—whether it's trains or telephones!
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Start exploring, and watch your options for a midwinter field trip blossom! Next time, we'll talk about how to prepare your student for a trip to the museum! And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Today, our guest is Stevie Engelke, [associate director for education programs at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access]. Stevie, thanks so much for joining us!
Stevie Engelke: Oh, I'm happy to be here!
Mike: Stevie, the Smithsonian family of museums are an incredible resource for learning. And you and your team provide resources to help educators and families make the most of those museums. So would you give our listeners some tips on how home educating parents can prepare their children for a great learning experience, before they ever get to the museum?
Stevie: Yes, well the internet makes it very easy to prepare for a trip to the museum. So, I suggest you start with the museum's website. Museum trips can be very fun but it helps to really focus on a purpose for the visit, to either look at a special object that connects with something your child has been reading about, to be able to have an opportunity to talk to someone doing research in an area that your child is excited to learn more about, or simply to explore an area that might have a connection to a future career choice. Our website at the Smithsonian, smithsonianeducation.org, has a section that's for families specifically, and that's a good place to start, with activities that you can do with your child before you ever get to the museum.
Mike: Well, thank you so much, Stevie! We'll talk next time about actually visiting museums. And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Stevie Engelke, [associate director for education programs at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access] joins us again today. Stevie, visiting a museum—especially a big museum like the Smithsonian—can be overwhelming! There's so much to see! How can parents help their students to get the most out of a museum visit?
Stevie Engelke: Well, you're absolutely right. A museum, any museum, can be very overwhelming. And lots of times, I think that parents feel that it has taken so much effort and planning to get to the museum that they have got to do everything possible once they're there. I think that it's much more productive for a child to be able to focus on one exhibition or even one area of a single exhibition: and to really be able to take their time, to take breaks and really explore deeply. And one thing that we have in our family section at smithsonianeducation.org, which I think is just charming—it's an example of a family that came to the Smithsonian, and their children did "learning journals" while they were at the Smithsonian. So, in the family section, you can find that, and it gives you just lots of ideas of how your child can personalize what it is that they're doing while they're exploring all of the wonderful resources at the museum.
Mike: Stevie, thanks for sharing with us again today. Those are great tips! And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: I'm joined again today by Stevie Engelke, from the Smithsonian Center for [Learning and Digital Access]. Stevie, for families who don't live near a major museum, their field trip may be just a one-time adventure. Do you have some good tips on how to keep the learning going, even after they get home?
Stevie Engelke: Lots of museums now post resources on their websites, as do we. We have in our student section—we have activity sheets that you can download that really relate to any museum exhibit. There are also videos that you can watch of curators and museum specialists talking about the work that they do. But what I'm particularly excited about is that we have a series of online conferences that are interactive conferences with Smithsonian experts that are free of charge to anyone, and we have a large homeschooling audience for these. So if you go to shoutlearning.org, you'll find that we have upcoming environmental discussions revolving around the use and protection of our water sources. We have podcasts, and we have student activities that are prompts for students to do things at home and then post them on a sharing website.
Mike: Well, thanks so much, Stevie! That's very helpful. You've given us some great suggestions for making the most of a museum field trip. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: This week, we've been talking about heating up your midwinter homeschooling routine with a day at the museum. Now, you might be thinking, "This would be great if I lived near DC, New York, or LA. But our family is in the middle of nowhere!"
Not so fast, my friend! Do you live near a college or university? You might discover anything from an inspiring collection of fine art, to a natural history treasure trove, to an exhibit of engineering feats.
If you're far from a big city or college town, take a close look at the local scene. Is there a collection related to a local agricultural or manufacturing invention? Many historical societies have museums or historical houses related to a famous local figure. See if they have regular tours or educational days, or if someone from your local historical society would arrange a special tour, just for your homeschool!
And with today's online resources, if you can't road-trip to a bigger town for some museum action, you aren't stuck! Want to take a tour of the Louvre? It's at your fingertips! Or explore the architecture of Rome with a virtual tour! Our friends at the Smithsonian offer great help for learning, and we'll have some special resources from them available online for you.
The only limitation on what you can do as a homeschooler is your imagination. So start dreaming! And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
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Lynn-Steven (Stevie) Engelke is associate director for education programs at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access. She manages Smithsonian Quests, an online education conference series and student digital badging program; has created exhibitions and museum learning centers; and written and published museum-based education materials in science, social studies, and the arts. Stevie has a BA in anthropology and an MAT in museum education from the George Washington University and has completed graduate programs at Columbia University, the University of Lausanne, and Maryland Institute College of Art. She is a board member of the American Alliance of Museums' Education Professional Network (EdCom), has served on the faculty of Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Future of Learning Institute, been a Fellow at HGSE Project Zero, and is a coach for the HGSE WIDE World online learning program. Honors and awards include Phi Beta Kappa, American Alliance of Museums' Media and Technology MUSE Award, and the Maryland Peabody Award.
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The Surfrider Foundation's Board of Directors and Staff gathered at the Talega Golf Club in San Clemente, California, to honor its 2013 Wavemakers. During this annual awards ceremony the Foundation recognizes individuals and companies for their outstanding volunteer efforts and support to fulfill Surfrider's mission of protecting oceans, waves and beaches.
The Surfrider Foundation 2013 Wavemaker Awards. Photo: Rich Cruse Photography
The Surf Channel Television Network was honored to be recognized as Wavemakers accepting the Outstanding Contribution Award.
Thanks to all the supporters of the #SaveTrestles campaign, which helped spread awareness about the toll road threatening Trestles and San Onofre State Park. It was our job as surfers and video producers to share the story about Surfrider's fight to protect the California coastline and the last clean watershed in the state.
The Surfrider Foundation 2013 Wavemaker Awards recipients are as follows:
Chapter Leadership Award (West)
Peter Snell
When approximately seven tons of crab gear and boat remains washed ashore at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (a marine protected area), Peter determined that the need to remove the debris was immediate, given the nature of the sensitive habitat and federally protected species that would be nesting in the area soon. Working quickly and efficiently, he organized numerous cleanups over dangerous and rocky terrain for three months. More than 2,000 volunteer hours were logged in the removal of all seven tons of debris from the protected area through successive cleanups.
Chapter Leadership Award (East)
Steve Tamar
Steve is the Vice Chair and Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) Coordinator of the Rincón, Puerto Rico Chapter. The chapter's BWTF program is the largest in the Surfrider network. In 2012, volunteers tested 534 water samples accounting for nearly 20% of all tests performed nationwide. He has led the program since 2006 and writes and sends weekly, bilingual water quality reports to a list of 1400+ recipients. Under Steve's seven years of leadership, the chapter has established itself as an authority in Puerto Rico providing some of the only beach water quality data available island-wide.
Development Award
Kay Treakle
Kay is the Executive Director of the Harder Foundation and has been actively involved in Surfrider's efforts to promote healthy coasts in Washington since 2007. Among our funders in the Pacific Northwest, she is the strategic leader and central organizer, identifying needs and providing financial resources for important and underfunded projects. She frequently advocates on our behalf and on the value of grassroots organizing in achieving coastal conservation. Kay works tirelessly to connect us with new funders and other NGOs to create new partnerships and increase our effectiveness.
Environmental Leadership Award
LA Bag Ban Crew: Graham Hamilton, Juli Schultz, Craig Cadwallader and Alan Walti
These four activists led the efforts that resulted in the Los Angeles City Council voting 11-1 to ban plastic checkout bags at grocery stores and large retailers. The ban made LA the largest city in the nation to ban single use bags and is expected to eliminate a significant portion of the billions of bags that were consumed in the city each year that were creating a blight of litter in open spaces including parks, beaches, streets and rivers. Graham and Juli represented the West Los Angeles/Malibu chapter while Craig and Alan handled matters on behalf of the South Bay chapter. Their collaboration and the coordination between the chapters helped to ensure a victorious outcome.
Distinguished Legal Service Award
Senior Members of the Legal Issues Committee: Kris Balliet, Marc Chytilo and Steve Shipsey
These three attorneys and former Board Members helped to found the Legal Issues Committee (LIC) in 2007 and still serve in this critically important role. Each of them donates their time and provides insight and advice on litigation, legislation and federal policy. Their expertise includes beach access law as well as all state and federal environmental law. As the support structure for Surfrider's Legal Department, the LIC offers technical knowledge, strategic advice and moral support. They are an integral part of the Surfrider family and a key force in advancing the organization's legal campaigns.
Corporate Partner Award
Volkswagen of America
Volkswagen of America has been a proud supporter of Surfrider since 2012, donating generous funds for the Foundation's clean water efforts and helping raise awareness through their Think Blue. initiative. As a supporter of our Clean Water campaigns, their donation has helped to fund the Blue Water Task Force (BWTF), Know Your H2O and Ocean Friendly Garden programs, all of which help to educate the public on improving water quality. Additionally, Volkswagen provided two, Surfrider branded, support vehicles for staff use at education, community and social events the organization attends throughout the year. Together, Surfrider Foundation and Volkswagen of America, Inc. are encouraging individuals across the country to Think Blue. by making positive changes in their lives to ensure our nation's oceans, waves, beaches and waterways are clean and healthy for future generations to come. They recently signed on to partner with us again for 2014.
Outstanding Contribution Award
The Surf Channel
The Surf Channel Video On Demand television network is found on cable, satellite, telco and digital. They went out of their way to produce several videos leading up to the most recent Trestles hearing in San Diego. They pushed action alerts encouraging our members to attend the meeting and then spent all day (nearly 8 hours) at the hearing culminating in the creation of a video capturing the victorious hearing outcome.
Surf Industry Partner Award
Rarely do performance, conservation and sustainability come together. Firewire has done this in their product, which could be said to share the core elements of Surfrider's mission of "protection and enjoyment." Mark Price and the Firewire team have worked with us to drive engagement in our mission via membership offerings, social media contests and deeper connection with our surfing roots. They are now expanding this highly successful partnership to all of continental Europe.
Coastal Impact Award
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator Whitehouse is an ardent supporter of coastal and ocean protection. He has argued before the US Supreme Court to protect Rhode Island's public wetlands from development, and led an investigation into a devastating oil spill in Narragansett Bay; he made sure the fine resulting from that spill, which was the largest in the state's history, was used for conservation. He founded the Senate Oceans Caucus to promote creative, bipartisan policy solutions that protect our oceans, our coasts, and the people and economies that rely on them. He has worked diligently to protect the ocean and coast from unnecessary oil exploration. A true ocean champion, Senator Whitehouse's contributions in 2013 include his outspoken support for continued BEACH Act Funding and his current work to protect the National Ocean Policy and NEPA process through Congressional deliberations on the Water Resources Development Act Conference Committee.
2013 Surfrider Foundation Board of Directors
Chair, Sean Ahlum; Vice Chair, Walter Wilhelm; Secretary, Meredith Blascovich
Meg Caldwell; Lisa Pierce Fiedelholtz; Mike Harmon; Rick Kuykendall; Jim Lindberg; Michael Marckx; Steve Rabineau; Tony Radaich; Brooke Smith; Shaun Tomson; Rob Wells; David Wilmot
The Surf Channel's Shannon Marie Quirk and Emily Bates accept the Outstanding Contribution Award on behalf of The Surf Channel production team.


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So two days ago the WSJ runs the story that the FHA is soon to be in default due to a shortfall in its reserve fund. Sure enough, it's now official:
The government's finances are creating a three-ring-circus of events. I'm thinking to myself, "Where's the tent?"
Just a quick thought on the timing of FHA's bad news. This was "known" two months ago (or more). The leak, and the announcement, came a comfortable two weeks past election day. If you believe that's just a coincidence, well, I guess I have nothing to say.
The FHA says the shortfall in the books comes to a modest $16.3Bn. As bailouts go, that's chump change. It's small beer today, but next quarter there will be another shortfall as the "book" of nutty mortgage's works its way through (and steam rolls) the FHA. The losses being booked today (and next month) result from mortgage guarantees made back in the dark days of 2008 -09. These loans were programed to make losses. The chickens are coming home to die roost. I think FHA will need a line of credit for at least $50Bn.
Given that we are already on the brink of warfare in Washington over a bunch of money issues, the timing for FHA to go into the red is terrible. The Republicans must be peeing in their pants with glee over this affair. After all, FHA, is a child of the Democratic Senate. In the end, elder statesmen and learned stewards like Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were supposed to be keeping an eye out for FHA. Oh, well.
If you have an worries about FHA, and its ability to keep grinding out those ultra cheap 97.5% LTV mortgages, let me assure you that this will not be a problem at all. You can keep buying those high flying builder stocks, and maybe even buy a home of your own. The bottom of the RE market was a year ago already, right?
The problems at FHA are going to be swept under the carpet. In an ironic twist of history, Tim Geithner will put a pen to the FHA bailout before the end of the year. It will be his last act as Treasury Secretary. Our boy Tim came in bailing, he is going out bailing. He is, and always will be, the Bailout King.
Here's how it will work:
– Geithner will use his own bank, The Federal Financing Bank (FFB). This bank is owned by the US Treasury, and Geithner is the the Chairman of the Board.
– No Congressional legislation is required for Geithner/FFB to make loans to, or guaranteed by, government agencies. Geithner doesn't even have to take a call from a Senate Republican. Tim has the only signature required.
– FHA will get a $50Bn line of credit from FFB. It will immediately draw $20Bn in order to replenish the reserve accounts. FFB will book the advance as a loan. FHA will book it as a subordinated capital note, and therefore treat it as tier one equity. Of course this is all accounting rubbish. Just what's necessary to maintain the charade.
– Speaking of charades and accounting rubbish, the loan from FFB will not be reflected in America's debt profile. The FHA loans are not part of the Debt Subject to Limit. That's just the rules of this game. Loans to Solyndra were guaranteed by DOE, so the money Treasury borrowed to make the bad loans to Soly never showed up on the books. Talk about a neat trick!
– Treasury will issue a few more notes to the public to come up with the cash that FHA needs to honour its guarantees. That's not a problem at all. Maybe Bernanke will buy some of the paper, just to keep a necessary balance.
– With Ben B Zirping, the Vig for the FHA will come in at a very low rate. The FHA will borrow $30-40Bn and not pay a dime over 3/4 per cent. Can you say "magic?
The foregoing is well more than a guess on my part. There is a road map for this type of problem. The FDIC was down to nickels back in 1991. It got a line of credit from the FFB for $30Bn. Later the FDIC line was increased to $100Bn. When the SHTF in 2009 the line went to a cool half trillion. When it comes to providing credit to government agencies that have outstanding guarantees to the public, the FFB is the way to go when in need of some cheap/fast cash.
There is a lot of talk going around that reads, "The debt doesn't matter". Maybe that's true. That, or the whole thing is smoke and mirrors. The FFB bailout of FHA will be of the smoke and mirrors variety.
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We now have video of the match that got two women's doubles badminton teams disqualified from the Olympics (four pairs were kicked out in all).
Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China are in yellow, and Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min Jung of South Korea are in purple.
In a ridiculous scene, BOTH teams were trying to lose this match. As a result, they simply tapped serves directly into the net to try and lose. The crowd was not pleased.
The umpire comes out and gives the teams a stern talking to after things start to get out of control, but just one point later, they're back at it. Unbelievable video:
NOTE: We apologize, but the International Olympic Committee, the multi-billion-dollar international organization that currently manages the ~2000-year-old Olympic Games, has asserted that ~30-second news clips of Olympic events violate broadcast rights. We disagree strongly with this. We think the short clips are newsworthy and clearly fall under the definition of "fair use." We also think it is outrageous that a private corporation like the IOC would assert "ownership" of news clips of athletes whose training and expenses are paid for by you, the taxpayers of the countries they represent. Moreover, we think it is preposterous to suggest that a handful of short clips presented randomly could in any way threaten the billions of dollars of revenue raked in by the IOC and its media partners; on the contrary, we suspect that, by further promoting the excitement of the games to people who aren't actively trying to "watch the Olympics," these clips generate more revenue and enthusiasm for these companies. However, in light of the reality of the situation--the IOC has billions of dollars and we have chicken-feed--we have removed the clip. If we knew where to tell you to go to find well-organized and freely available news clips to watch a few seconds of the athletes whose training and expenses you pay for and who purportedly represent you, we would eagerly do so. Alas, we don't.


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The American Institute of Architects last week came out to defend famous architect Frank Gehry's controversial design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Members of Eisenhower's family have called Gehry's design too extravagant. Others object to Gehry's avant-garde approach, featuring statues of the president and World War II supreme Allied commander in Europe framed by metal tapestries depicting images of his boyhood home in Kansas. The tapestries would be held up by 80-foot-tall columns.
Earlier last week, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial and eliminating $100 million in future funding for the current design.
"Representative Bishop's legislation allows Congress to exercise governmental authority in a wholly arbitrary manner that negates the stated selection process," American Institute of Architects CEO Robert Ivy said. "It is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized at home and around the globe."
Bishop responded that he was inviting more design ideas to create a fitting tribute to Eisenhower, saying: "This bill has nothing to do with influencing the innovative thinking of architects, and everything to do with the responsible management of more than $60 million of taxpayers' money."
This isn't the first time a presidential memorial or Gehry building has drawn controversy. Click through the galleries to see other memorials and Gehry projects.


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Texas senators Thursday morning quickly sent a plan to direct about $1 billion to fix Texas highways, but officials are expecting a slower and more contested conversation in the House.
The transportation funding plan, SJR 1, drafted by Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, takes half of the money currently going to the state's rainy day fund raised by oil production taxes and shifts it to highway maintenance and construction. To appease concerns from House and Senate members, the plan also sets a minimum for how much money is guaranteed to go to the rainy day fund, and stipulates none of the new money can be used to incur more debt.
Voters will have the final say about the funding change, as it requires a constitutional amendment. The item would likely appear on the November ballot.
First, it has to gain enough support in the House, which in the prior special session passed the bill, but with reservations. Some of those concerns reappeared earlier this week, when House lawmakers discussed the version of Nichols' bill coming from the House, HJR 1. Texas Tribune said Rep. Sylvester Turner in particular questioned some of the specifics.
Turner, D-Houston, vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said he worried about a safeguard in the bill that was intended to keep the balance in the Rainy Day Fund from falling too low.
Turner said that the minimum amount of money the fund must maintain would start at more than $4 billion, would rise to more than $5 billion in 2015 and would continue to increase over time. At some point in the future, the minimum amount needed in the fund would rise so high, Turner said, that no money from it would be allocated to roads.
"I am very uncomfortable with that because you have a perpetual savings account that becomes very, very difficult to touch," Turner said in an interview.


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'Year of the Bat' gives wings to world's only flying mammals
They save the farming industry millions of dollars each year, help sustain the world's forests and, in some countries, are a major tourist attraction. Bats - described as 'one of the planet's most misunderstood and persecuted mammals' - are now flying out of the night and into the spotlight for a two-year-long celebration.
Launching today, the UNEP-backed 'Year of the Bat' will promote conservation, research and education on the world's only flying mammals. There will be a special focus on the ecological benefits that bats provide, such as pest control and seed dispersal.
The joint campaign, led by the UN's Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS), will draw attention to the world's 11000 bat species - around half of which are currently at risk.
"Compared to animals like tigers and elephants, bats receive little positive attention," says Andreas Streit, Executive Secretary of EUROBATS. "But they are fascinating mammals and play an indispensable role in maintaining our environment."
From insect-eating bats in Europe that provide important pest control to seed-dispersing bats in the tropics that help sustain rainforests, bats deliver vital ecosystem services across a wide range of environments.
Bat populations in large urban areas can consume up to 30,000 pounds of insects in a single night.
One of most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions in Austin, Texas is the Congress Bridge bat flight from mid-March until November, where over a million Mexican free-tailed bats stream into the sky at dusk on their nightly forage for food. A popular tourist attraction, the spectacular bat flight generates millions of dollars for the city each year.
"When migrating, bats can travel up to 4,000 kilometres in one year," said Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of CMS. "Africa's greatest mammal migration involves 8 million fruit bats that fly into Zambia from across the continent each year. This flight is an incredible spectacle that scientists are still unravelling."
Besides the Arctic, Antarctic and a few isolated oceanic regions, bats are found everywhere on Earth. Having inhabited the planet for the last 50 million years, bats today make up nearly a quarter of the global mammal population.
More than 1,1000 bat species now documented but bat species are still being discovered in places as varied as Madagascar, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Comoros islands.
The Year of the Bat in 2011 will coincide with the United Nations' International Year of Forests. Bat species disperse seeds and aid pollination in temperate and tropical forests, helping to regenerate and sustain almost a third of the Earth's land area. Sustainable forestry management is essential for maintaining healthy bat populations as well as balanced ecosystems in forests and woodland areas.
Bat populations have declined alarmingly in recent decades. Despite intensified conservation efforts, over half of all bats species are now classified by the International Union for Conservation as threatened or near threatened. Habitat loss and destruction, human disturbance at hibernation sites, increasing urbanisation and epidemics such as White-nose Syndrome - which has killed more than half a million bats in the United States since 2006 - are putting bats increasingly in danger.
Bat species throughout the world need continued protection. Most people are unaware that bats provide invaluable services to the environment. Fruit agriculture, central to tropical economies, depends to a large extent on the ecological contributions of fruit bats. An estimated 134 plants that yield products used by humans are partially or entirely reliant on bats for seed dispersal or pollination.
The honorary ambassador for the Year of the Bat is Dr. Merlin Tuttle, a leading ecologist and wildlife photographer and founder of Bat Conservation International.
"Bats rank among our planet's most misunderstood and intensely persecuted mammals because they are active only at night and difficult to observe and understand", says Dr. Tuttle. "Many bats are the primary predators of insects that fly at night, for example, including those that cost farmers and foresters billions of dollars in losses annually. When these bat populations decline, demands for dangerous pesticides grow, as does the cost of growing essential crops like rice, corn and cotton."
As the Year of the Bat campaign brings these issues into focus in 2011, EUROBATS will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats. A newly-adopted extension of the Agreement will expand EUROBATS' influence to 53 species and 62 countries in addition to the European Union. This will cover 14 new countries in Northern Africa and the Middle East.
New research announced at the EUROBATS conference held in Prague on 20 - 22 September has shown that bat species in Europe are the only species to have met the United Nations' 2010 targets for achieving a significant reduction in the rate of ecosystem and species loss. Yet this success does not eliminate the need for bat conservation and awareness-raising.
Many governments and organisations have already indicated their enthusiasm to participate in the Year of the Bat, including European countries ranging from Azerbaijan to the UK, as well as the United States and Cuba. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) has also agreed to be a partner for the campaign.
Environmental experts increasingly regard bats as indicators of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. With biodiversity as an integral part of the campaign, the Year of the Bat will encourage people across the world to get involved in bat conservation efforts, so that these fascinating "masters of the night sky" can continue to delight us and perform their invaluable services to the global environment.
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The playoff picture page on NFL.com is hypnotic. Use it long enough, and the secrets of the 2012 season will be revealed. Or you'll at least write a post with some takeaways heading into Week 12.
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The Houston Texans, who can clinch a playoff spot, remain in great position for the No. 1 seed in the AFC because they hold the tiebreaker over the Baltimore Ravens and a two game lead over the New England Patriots. So they need to lose multiple games to let the other teams back in it. That's very possible.
Houston starts a three game road swing in the schedule Thursday and ends in New England in Week 14. The Texans will finish the season in Indianapolis. It's easy to see Houston going 4-2 or even 3-3 down the stretch, especially if they lose their turkey day tilt to the Detroit Lions.»The Washington Redskins don't have a realistic hope for the Wild Card, but they can still hang around the NFC East race if they win in Dallas. The Cowboys will only be a half game out in the NFC East if they win. Huge swing game. »The New York Jets' schedule is so easy down the stretch and the potential for collapse by the Indianapolis Colts or Pittsburgh Steelers is relatively high. A win against the Patriots and suddenly Jets Nation would be back in with this team.
How wide open will AFC race be?
This is a huge week for the AFC wild card race. It's a "managing the schedule" type of week for the Colts and Steelers.
If the Colts are a wild card caliber team they will beat the Buffalo Bills at home and knock them out of the race. If the Colts lose, the Bills hang around with a tiebreaker edge over Indy. It provides hope to teams like the Tennessee Titans or San Diego Chargers. We're still not sure how good these Colts really are. It wouldn't surprise us if they came back to the pack.
The Steelers head to Baltimore in Week 13 with a backup quarterback at the helm. That makes this week's game, against an underrated Cleveland team, so vital. If Charlie Batch can't pull it off, the Steelers will be staring at a potential three-game losing streak and a 6-6 record. If they can manage a win this week, then the Steelers can survive Ben Roethlisberger's injury and remain in great position.
|Take a look back at this long standing NFL tradition.
It's a huge week in the AFC race. If the Steelers and Colts both lose, this race is wide open. If they both win, it would look like a three-team race for two spots, with the Bengals still in the mix.
Must wins
»The New Orleans Saints' return to relevance has been a nice story, but they have almost no margin for error. There are simply too many NFC contenders to pass if they lost to the San Francisco 49ers. The Saints have to beat the other NFC powerhouses for any chance at a run.
»The Chargers can forget about the AFC West. Any realistic chance for a wild card spot has to start with a win against Baltimore.
Packers path
The Green Bay Packers already have three losses, including one to another contender for a playoff bye (San Francisco). Green Bay will also lose any tiebreaker to the Seattle Seahawks. The Packers have a lot of big games left, but any path to a bye will be drastically diminished if they lose to the New York Giants.
Big week
There are 20 teams on the playoff picture page. Ten of them face each other in Week 12: Jets-Patriots, Bears-Vikings, 49ers-Saints, Bucs-Falcons, Packers-Giants, and Ravens-Chargers. We'll learn a lot by the end of Sunday.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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A birthing woman is the expert regarding when and how she pushes. Providing directions implies she needs our guidance and we are the experts. Of course each woman and birth situation is different and in some circumstances guidance may be helpful for a woman. This post will examine the implications of telling women when to push, how to push and not to push during birth.
This post is based on part of a literature review I carried out for my PhD. You can find more information and the reference list in my Phd thesis (p.19 to 24) or on a research poster you can download here.
Telling women to push
There is overwhelming evidence that directed pushing results in increased morbidity for both mother and baby, and amongst other things is associated with: Mother – altering body fluid pH resulting in inefficient uterine contractions; maternal fatigue; and metabolic acidosis. Baby – interferes with the gradual descent and rotation and increases risk of hypoxia.
In addition directed pushing does not reduce the duration of the 'second stage'. However it does result in the common scenario of: Woman is directed to push = baby becomes hypoxic and fetal heart rate abnormalities are heard… woman is shouted at to push harder to get her stressed baby out quickly… woman pushes harder… baby becomes more hypoxic and stressed… obstetrician is called in to rescue the baby and pull it out.
Telling women not to push
The cervical lip
The most common reason for telling a women not to push is that her cervix is not fully dilated. Often when a baby is in an occipito posterior position the woman will feel the urge to push before the cervix is completely open. She is then told not to push because the lip will swell up (and/or tear) and prevent the baby from descending. Not pushing is an almost impossible task and many women in this situation opt for, or are encouraged to have an epidural so they can stop pushing. The baby is then less likely to rotate into an anterior position because the pelvic floor tone is reduced and the woman is unable to move.
There is no evidence to support his notion of a swelling cervix and I am yet to encounter the situation as a result of 'premature pushing'. In some cultures it is tradition for the woman to push with each and every contraction from the beginning of labour. Surely these cultures would have died out if the outcome had been swollen/torn cervices and stuck babies. Studies (Borrelli, Locatelli & Nespoli 2013; Downe et al. 2008) have found that the incidence of 'early pushing urge' EPU (as it is referred to in the literature) is between 20% to 40% and is not associated with complications.
When we tell a woman not to push the message is 'your body is not working correctly and is sending you the wrong messages – you need to fight against it'. Fighting her body until she is 'allowed' to push may result in difficulty switching into trusting and following her body once given the 'go ahead' (Bergstrom 1997). For more information about pushing and cervical lips see this post.
Breathe don't push
I need to breathe before I write this next bit as I am sure it will offend many – some of them my friends. So please feel free to comment and share your alternative views. Here goes… there seems to be a growing trend of telling women to resist their instinctive urge to push. The idea is to 'breathe' the baby down gently, and it does sound lovely. However, I have spoken to a number of women whose birth stories conveyed a sense of failure because they were unable to achieve this gentle 'birth breathing'. I have also seen women attempting this during birth – struggling to breath upwards lightly to avoid the guttural downward pull of their body.
Hypnobirthing – the Mongan method seems to be one of the key advocates of this no-push technique and I recently read the book in an attempt to understand the approach. Overall the book has many positive messages for women about their innate ability to birth. However, I have concerns regarding some of the concepts (which I will blog about in the future) in particular 'birth breathing' . I agree that staff directed pushing is not good (see above) but I disagree with the following quote: "Often women speak of an overwhelming urge to push taking over. If this is felt it is also because of conditioning… our animal sisters elect to gently expel their babies" (Mongan 2005, p.129)
Pushing is physiological and instinctive, and a feature of all mammalian births. To tell a woman that if she pushes she has given in to external programming and her baby will not enjoy a gentle birth is disempowering – especially for those who fail to override their 'conditioning'. A powerful, primal, loud and 'out of control' birth is just as amazing and valid as a gentle, quiet 'in control' birth.
- Find out what the woman's expectations are about this part of labour.
- Reinforce her belief in her own innate ability to birth and explain that this is the reason you will not be telling her how and when to push. This is important as some women will interpret a lack of instructions as a lack of support if they are expecting to be told what to do (Anderson 2010; Parnell et al. 1993).
- Encourage first time mothers to talk to other women and read birth stories written by birthing women. This will give her some idea about what it may feel like, and how different it is for each woman.
- Show her ways to connect with her body and relax her pelvic tissues so that she can use this in labour if needed. Jenny Blyth and Fiona Hallinen run fantastic workshops about this.
- If the woman is planning a hospital birth she will need to be prepared for hospital practices including directed pushing – a Doula and a birth plan can help. The Maternity Coalition have a good info sheet aimed at parents.
During birth
- Avoid interfering with the physiological process ie. only do or say something if it is really necessary.
- If the woman tells you she feels the urge to push, reassure her that this is good. Don't tell her to push. There will come a point when she is pushing rather than feeling an urge to. Gloria Lemay has recorded an audio 'pushing for first time mothers' explaining why this is so important, especially for first time mothers.
- If she is extremely tense and the baby is not descending encourage her to use the techniques she learned antenatally to relax her pelvic tissues and open.
In essence – telling women when to push, how to push or not to push contradicts the notion that women are the experts in their own births.
Pushing with an epidural
The information above is about physiological birth ie. a woman birthing without intervention. An epidural can alter the 'urge to push' and prolong the descent of the baby once the cervix is open. An evidence based approach to pushing with an epidural is to wait until the baby's head is visible ie. is almost birthed. Then, if required, actively push to birth the baby… it should only take a few pushes. This approach reduces the chance of an instrumental delivery and decreases pushing time (Brancato et al. 2008). I have worked in a hospital where this was the standard approach and there was a lot less fetal distress and perineal trauma for women with epidurals.
It is also beneficial to help women with epidurals to get off their sacrum to increase pelvic space. So, semi-supine is perhaps the worst possible position. Many women can move and kneel or squat with an epidural – if not a side lying position allows the sacrum and coccyx to shift backwards.


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It was a terrible night, blowing cold and rain in a most frightful manner.
The streets were deserted and the local baker was just about to close up shop when a little man slipped through the door.
He carried an umbrella, blown inside out, and was bundled in two sweaters and a thick coat. Even so, he still looked wet and miserable.
As he unwound his scarf, he said to the baker, "May I have two bagels to go, please?"
The baker said in astonishment, "Two bagels? Nothing more?"
"That's right," answered the little man. "One for me and one for Bernice."
"Bernice is your wife?" asked the baker.
"What do you think," snapped the little man, "my mother would send me out on a night like this?"
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May be you can add the next info on your topid on Wagner syndrome:
Wagner syndrome is a rare hereditary vitreo-retinal disease. It is one of the connective tissue disorders affecting the collagen.
The main feature is an 'empty' vitreous that lacks the normal structure. Missing or weak vasculature in the peripheral retina makes the retina prone to tear or getting detached. Diminished visual acuity at night is also a problem as is early onset cataract (from the age of 30) and choroidal atrophy. A lot of people are moderate (> -2) to highly (> -6) myopic.
Not everyone has this disease in the same degree: one quarter will have no or minor problems, half of the affected people have moderate problems and again one quarter has major problems (retinal detachment for instance).
Wagner syndrome is a dominant autosomal disease. That means that 50% of your offspring will have the disease if you have Wagner.
Wagner syndrome has been reported in families of various ethnic background including Caucasian, Japanese and Chinese.
Recently the gene that is responsible for the disease is found. It is the Versican gene (CSPG2 = chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 2) on the long arm (q) of the 5th chromosome (5q14.3). It causes a different expression of the proteins V0 and V1, as exon 8 is shorter or not 'read' at all.
The disease is named after the Swiss ophthalmologist Hans Wagner, who described a family with this disorder in 1938. Since than no more than 50 families, some of them very large, or individual cases have been reported.


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debut author, Kate Lutter at the Book Boost!
debut author, Kate Lutter at the Book Boost!
She's here to tell us of her long neck-ed adventures and here's what she had to say...
Hi, my name is Kate and I blog about my exotic travel experiences with my hunky husband. The blog is called Hot Blogging with Chuck. But to be completely honest, Chuck isn't my husband, he's my cat.
Not many people take their cat with them when they travel. I know this. And Bob, my husband, does not jump with joy to know that Chuck is coming with us, stuffed in my carry-on, all the air deflated out of him, only to be pumped up upon arrival and raring to go.
But it is a reality born of necessity.
You see, Chuck was bored at home, and he was developing into a "over groomer."
Feral and homeless, we adopted him, expecting some problems, but we did not expect that this cute and very adorable orange and white tabby would turn into an obsessively clean cat or that he would begin to groom the fur right off his body. In spots, of course.
The vet said Chuck was bored. He needed stimulation. Travel. Fun. That's how it all began.
And when Chuck discovered that I had written a novel called Wild Point Island . . . well, that clinched it. Chuck wanted to go see the island, which was a bit difficult. So we began to take Chuck with us as we traveled around the U.S. and the world.
Even when we flew eight hours to London and then another ten to Kenya, Afrrica. ON SAFARI.
Yes, we figured it would be a bit risky to haul a rascal cat with us as we trekked across the Serengeti Plain in search of adventure, but little did we realize the number of scrapes the Chuckster would drag us into.
One in particular I have not revealed until now, but this is a story of friendship and love and perfect for Valentine's Day . . .
We had stopped to visit the Giraffe Sanctuary in Nairobi when I was offered the unique opportunity to kiss a giraffe. Now I can imagine what you're thinking. Would any sensible person put themselves in that position? But here I was--face to face--with the most beautiful giraffe I had ever seen. Her name was Daisy, and as we stood on the platform overlooking the fields where Daisy and other giraffes were romping around, one of the attendants at the sanctuary made the offer when all the other tourists disappeared into the gift shop.
"Would you like to kiss a giraffe?"
At first, I was appalled and then the idea became irresistible.
Because of Chuck.
He pushed me into it. He looked at me with that disappointed look on his face as if to say that his entire trip would be ruined if I didn't do this thing.
But still I hesitated.
A giraffe's tongue is long and very slimy looking. It darts in and out of its mouth with lightning speed.
I had been standing there for about an hour feeding Daisy pellets of food, and I had felt that tongue on my hand.
Chuck, perched in my smart bag, had been peeking out and watching the entire show. Now he whispered a quiet meow that sounded a bit like "chicken."
All right. And I suppose the writer in me saw the story potential.
I agreed.
The attendant modeled how to put a pellet of food between my lips, which would lure Daisy to make contact and voila--the kiss.
My knees were shaking, but I did as he said--I placed the pellet between my lips, half closed my eyes, and waited for Daisy to swoop down. Her lips gently touched mine. Her touch was as light as a feather. There was no sliminess involved.
Oh, my.
"It was wonderful," I whispered to Chuck. "It was the sweetest kiss. I am so glad I went through with it."
And, frankly, I was quite giddy with excitement.
Chuck was smiling. But not at me. At Daisy. Well, mooning actually, as if he wanted to kiss Daisy, too.
He had a kind of misty look in his eyes.
I held out a pellet. "All you have to do--"
The rascal boy looked slightly unsure as I helped him out of my smartbag and onto the railing of the platform.
After all, a giraffe's head is huge and compared to my Chuckie's head, well . . . and what if Daisy decided to nibble on Chuck rather than kiss him. All these thoughts rambled through my mind.
But I figured Chuck wanted to make friends and you can never have too many friends.
Finally, Chuck opened his mouth, and I carefully placed the pellet in.
Daisy sauntered over.
"Courage, little man."
Daisy has the most beautiful eyes. She leaned in and the Chuckster straightened up because I suspected he was quite mesmerized.
The pellet was exchanged, which meant DAISY KISSED CHUCK and Chuck began to purr.
Now, both of us were in love. Daisy would be a friend for life.
How fitting to tell this tale to honor Valentine's Day!
A Note from the Book Boost: This is one wild story, Kate! I thank you for sharing it with us during this week of Valentine's love. You and Chuck are very brave indeed. Most romantic place I've kissed--hubby and I took our honeymoon in Ireland and enjoyed a romantic kiss at Ladies View in Killarney (the name stems from the admiration of the view by Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting during their visit there in 1861). Congrats on your upcoming release and I wish you much success!
Banished from Wild Point Island as a child, Ella Pattenson, a half human-half revenant, has managed to hide her true identity as a descendent of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Thought to have perished, the settlers survived but were transformed into revenants--immortal beings who live forever as long as they remain on the island.
Now, Ella must return to the place of her birth to rescue her father from imprisonment and a soon to be unspeakable death. Her only hope is to trust a seductive revenant who seems to have ties to the corrupt High Council. Simon Viccars is sexy and like no man she's ever met. But he's been trapped on the island for 400 years and is willing to do almost anything for his freedom.
With the forces of the island conspiring against her, Ella must risk her father, her heart, and her life on love.
He leaned in. "May I?"
I wasn't sure what he wanted to do, but I nodded.
He touched my hair, running his fingers through the strands as if he were caressing delicate gold filaments. "When I look in your eyes, I see reflected there the life you have lived, the places you have been to."
I heard regret, the sad awareness that he hadn't seen all those places I could travel to on a whim, places he'd been kept from.
I reached out. The tips of my fingers skimmed his cheek, feeling the rough, uneven day's growth of beard.
Here I was touching him. For the first time in my life I wanted someone. I felt desire. Despite the taboos that existed, I wanted him.
I leaned closer, arched on my toes, and in the fullness of need and want, not knowing how he would react, I kissed him.
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Kate Lutter believes she was born to write. She wrote her first novel when she was in eighth grade, but then almost burned her house down when she tried to incinerate her story in the garbage can because she couldn't get the plot to turn out right. Now, many years later, she lives in NJ with her husband and five cats (no matches in sight) and spends her days writing contemporary paranormal romances, traveling the world, and hanging out with her four wild sisters. She is happy to report that her debut novel, Wild Point Island, is scheduled for release in 2012 by Crescent Moon Press. She is busy writing the sequel and her exotic travel blog entitled Hot Blogging with Chuck, which features her very snarky & almost famous cat.
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I have n sectors, enumerated 0 to n-1 counterclockwise. The boundaries between these sectors are infinite branches (n of them).
These branches meet at certain points (junctions). Each junction is adjacent to a subset of the sectors (at least 3 of them).
By specifying what sectors my junctions are adjacent to, I can completely recover the tree. This seems like something known, but I would like a reference to it.
The number of trees with n branches is given by http://www.oeis.org/A001003 and this is quite easy to prove.
Furthermore, if I order the sectors in the description of the junctions, I can make this representation unique.
Example: (0,1,2,3,4,5) represents the tree with only one vertex, and 6 branches connected to this junction.


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by Tyler Peck, sports informatin graduate assistant
JONESBORO, Ga. - The No. 1 seed Georgia College & State University men's tennis team blanked North Georgia, the No. 8 seed, 5-0 today (April 18) in the second round of the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships.
Georgia College took all three doubles matches and won at first and sixth singles to take the match. At the PBC tourney they play the first team to reach five points wins the match.
Robert Angelucci (Acworth, Ga.) and Erick Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) teamed up at third doubles and defeated the duo of Daniel Aguilon and Brandon Sloan 8-2, the largest margin of victory for the Bobcats.
At first doubles, the Sao Paulo duo of Joao Casagrande and Francis Yoshimoto beat the twosome of Grant Partrick and Adrien Saulais 8-5. Giovane Nucci (Santa Catarina, Brazil) and Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) edged Samuel Moore and Luciano Paes Neto 8-6 at second doubles.
Siqueira shutout Neto 6-0, 6-0 at first singles.
Casagrande sealed the victory for the Bobcats defeating Sloan 6-0, 6-2.
The Bobcats will now face the No. 5 seed, USC Aiken, later today, April 18 at 6:30 p.m.
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Reviewed by Todd H. (age 8) and Christopher C. (age 8)
We like the book because it's funny. George and Martha are so big and fat they can't hide and funny things happen to them. The pictures were very good because they look like real hippos. It reminds Chris of playing with his friends. I (Todd) like this book and all the other George and Martha books. We really liked this book very much!
We think that everyone should read this book because you will like this book if you like adventures. If you like other George and Martha books you will like this book because it's part of the series.


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Lady Bisons Finish 12th In Gamecock Golf Classic
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons golf team finished 12th Tuesday in the Gamecock Golf Classic at the Silver Lakes Golf Course in Calhoun County in Alabama.
The Lady Bisons shot a second round 355 as a team to go with a first round score Monday of 351.
Lisa Renneke finished tied for 29th with a two-day score of 168 (87, 81). Marie Fillers (88. 91) and Brittney Beard (87. 92) finished tied for 51st with totals of 179. Callie Rice was 54th with a score of 180 (93, 87). Liz Austin was 63rd with a score of 192 (97, 95).


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Christopher Nolan's next project is a sci-fi tale called Interstellar. It has a great teaser trailer that's driven by a Matthew McConaughey voice-over and archival footage of key moments in the history of space exploration. Turns out, pairing F1 images with the audio track works just as well.
The mashed-up trailer by Racing in Slow Motion is above. The original Interstellar trailer is posted below for comparison. In both cases, this is good stuff. Enjoy.


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Come and go: Life and death in the Charlottesville restaurant scene
RESTAURANTS GONE in 2002
Petra (4)
Out of business. The site is now East to West.
Dunkin Donuts (4)
Quit the chain and renamed Coffee and Donut Shop.
Chang House (6)
Burned to the ground in a mysterious fire. Still unresurrected, but hopes are high.
Hog Heaven (7, 34)
Out of business. The site is the soon-to-open Mas.
Anything Goes (7)
Out of business for lunches. Now, it's catering only.
Papagallo Grill (12)
Out of business. Now the site of Pizza Bella North.
Closed several months for renovation into Metro. (12)
CJ's Bomb Shelter (25)
Out of business. Now the site of Earl's Firehouse Bar and Grill.
Blast from the Past (32)
Out of business. Now Memory Lane Diner.
Vinegar Hill Grill (37)
Out of business. Now the site of American Dream Catering.
Boudreau's (44)
Morphed, under existing management, into Wolfie's Bar & Grill.
RESTAURANTS NEW in 2002
Marco & Luca (2)
Tiniest restaurant in the tri-state area. Downtown.
Ciboulette (2), Feast (2)
Two upscale delis in the new Main Street Market.
Bang (2, 70)
Upscale Asian tapas in the totally overhauled Corbett's Bistro/Memory & Company spot.
Albemarle Baking Company
Simply moved to Main St. Market. (3)
Everyday Café (4, 15, 41)
Up at the Liberty on Pantops, coffee to go or tasty goodies for eat-in.
Crystal's (6)
Vietnamese fare in the old Goodfella's spot on Route 29.
Emily's Bakery and Café (7)
At the site of the old Pita Inn on the Corner. (7)
East to West (11, 16)
Successfully defying the Fates of Water Street, East to West is perking along where Farruggio's and Petra faltered.
Pizza Bella North (14, 24, 34)
Popular Mill Creek pie place clones self up 29.
CRAB (Corner Bar & Grill) (14, 31)
Spicing things up on the Corner since August.
Pupusa Crazy (15, 18)
Unique guacamole-at-your-table squeezed in next to Hess Station and Dan's Automart on 29 North. El Salvadoran specialties.
New Starbucks 29 North (16, 24)
New Starbucks at Rivanna Ridge (41)
They're everywhere! They're everywhere!
Main Street Market (17, 36)
Seafood At Main St (17)
Gearhart's Chocolates (17)
One-stop shopping, right after you get your second mortgage, right there on Main Street.
Bashir's(18, 29, 32, 43, 44)
Just a move to bigger downtown digs– middle-eastern cuisine to write home about.
Twisted Branch Tea Room (12, 24, 29, 32, 35)
They used to be Communists, but now they're just good-food and hot-tea merchants. (Capitalism wins again.)
Metro (23)
The space is no longer cavernous or dominated by big pieces of rope art as was its predecessor, Metropolitain, but the food is still high-end.
Earl's Firehouse Bar & Grill (25)
It's where the old Bomb Shelter used to be, and before that Shenandoah's Pride Dairy. Ever onward and upward, it seems.
Yamata (31)
Sushi in Rio Hill in the former Taj Mahal space.
Mas (34, 42)
Tapas in the very heart of Belmont at the old Hog Heaven space. Clack down Monticello Avenue in your black patent leather flamenco shoes come January.
Memory Lane Diner (38)
Take a trip down that famous byway, sipping malts all the while, in the former Blast from the Past spot in Scottsville.
Wolfie's (44)
Barbequed everything at the spot where people used to get down and dirty on Rio Road.
Georgetown Farm Market (45)
Bison burgers and other carnivores' delights in Albemarle Square, courtesy of Georgetown Farm.


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In new developments at Xen.org (the home of the open source Xen hypervisor), the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 1.0 has been released as part of the Xen Cloud Project. First introduced in 2009, XCP 1.0 provides a full-featured solution for small and medium size enterprises wanting to build private clouds, as well as open source enthusiasts, universities, and researchers wanting to experiment with cloud computing.
This represents a shift in enterprise usability for Xen.org, which has traditionally released software as source code only. As the technology sits today, XCP enables developers to create and "play" with new and innovative technologies and techniques against a mature, stable, and scalable virtualization stack.
Essentially, XCP is an open source server virtualization platform in a single, tested, installable image that features the Xen hypervisor, network and storage support, a management stack and tools, as well as support for a range of guest operating systems including Windows and Linux. XCP 1.0 integrates with the OpenStack Bexar release, providing an end-to-end open source software stack covering everything from the bare metal to cloud orchestration software.
Margaret Lewis, director of commercial software solutions at AMD, has said that 2011 is set to be the year when cloud deployments become even more widespread. "Tools like XCP 1.0 will prove critical in developing the mature and secure cloud services of tomorrow. The combination of AMD Opteron processors, with high core counts and outstanding power efficiency, and the Xen Cloud Platform can enable innovative, end-to-end solutions that deliver the features, scalability, and performance that cloud providers require."