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We are witnessing the renegotiation of cannabis substances in many parts of the world. After being classified as narcotics and subjected to a worldwide ban for several decades, cannabis has now been legalized in Uruguay and in several US states, and decriminalized in some other countries. This paper aims to study how the ongoing renegotiation of cannabis, which involves the legalization of the substance in different parts of the world, is constructed in Swedish print news journalism. This is done with the purpose of understanding how news journalism in a context of a traditionally strong drug prohibition (de)legitimizes different positions and perspectives in the ongoing renegotiation of cannabis, and to what extent journalism in such a context offers challenges to the reigning prohibitionist hegemony. Although cannabis and the media has been researched extensively, very few studies have been conducted by media and communication or journalism scholars, and contributions have been placed mainly in areas as for example drug policy, drug use and misuse, and public health. The current study, in contrast, wishes to contribute to the critical study of drug journalism. The paper draws on critical theory, understanding the ongoing renegotiation of cannabis as bringing disequilibrium to the hegemonic view of cannabis as dangerous drug that needs to be banned. Journalism is perceived as playing a key role in this context, since journalism is an arena where different discourses on cannabis struggle for prominence. Journalism can in this sense serve the strengthening of counter-hegemonic discourses on cannabis or the reinforcement of the prohibitionist hegemony. The study uses critical discourse analysis as a method to study 49 print newspaper items. The results show that the studied media invites opposed discourses regarding the health risks and the medical benefits of cannabis to be part of the news pages, which creates a somewhat pluralistic view on cannabis. The study also finds that the construction of cannabis legalization as a means to combat organized crime is given significant framing power. These results suggest that the ongoing renegotiation of cannabis in different parts of the world invites Swedish journalism to broaden the debate on the substance and to provide certain legitimacy to positive discourses on cannabis that are otherwise considered deviant in the Swedish drug debate. This serves as an example of how changes in distant political contexts affect the ways in which journalism ascribes legitimacy to specific discourses on drugs.
The text analyzes and compares the presence of the Anthropocene discourse in picture books from the northern hemisphere, both published in 2007, I skogen (In the wood) by Swedish author Eva Lindström and Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming by Canadian Jean Davis Okimoto. The books depict the tripartite relation between man-animal-nature as interdependent, but differently. While the Canadian book has an overt mission to enlighten the public about the effects of climate change for the artic region, in the Swedish book there is no overt message, but can be spotted and understood from an ecocritical perspective.
According to Anthropocene discourse nature is no longer a passive and static context for human actions (Crutzen 2000) and human control is an illusion (Carson 2002) [1962]. With Darwin man is defined as one species among many and after the rise of Ecology man is regarded as a species subsumed into an ecosystem. Ecologist Tormod Valaand Burkey advocates therefore for a new ethics where economy and man´s practices and values must adapt to a larger ecological context (2013).
The picture book analysis focuses on the combined pictorial and verbal narrative depiction of climate change and its threat to biodiversity. The focus is on how the representation of man as a species is depicted as well as its relation to other species of fauna and flora. The analysis will concentrate on attitudes, actions and ethical values expressed by protagonists when dealing with climate change in relation to an ecological ethics where human rights are closely knit with animal rights and biodiversity.
Nesser's most popular crime novel Kim Novak and its pendant Piccadilly, set in the 1960's in Midsweden, share time, location, and the adolescence's search for identity. In that quest the merging popular culture plays an important role. (Grossberg 1997) Nesser catches the characteristics of the time; Erik, 14 years, reads and writes comics; Mauritz, 17 years, listens to the latest pop music and constantly adds to his album collection. He also writes poetry and reads classics while listening to his rock music. The preferences of music, film and literature as well as the media practices by the protagonists convey authenticity to the setting but also serve as a narrative device to characterize the protagonists. The paper illustrates how the references to popular culture are used to depict the complexity and the dynamics of the main characters' development.
Konstetablissemanget speglar en patriarkal värld i vilken olika spelregler gäller för kvinnor och män. Detta förhållande påkallar en undersökning för hur förutsättningarna ter sig för manligt och kvinnligt konstnärskap i bilderböcker i barnlitteraturen. Den västerländska bilderboken är ett lämpligt undersökningsobjekt eftersom den sedan modernismen har varit en konstform som uttrycker, speglar och experimenterar med bildkonst och konstnärskap. (Beckett 2012, Druker 2008). Beckett undersöker i sin översikt av crossover-bilderböcker en del av detta fenomen, nämligen bilderböcker som alluderar till bildkonst. I hennes redogörelse framkommer det att anmärkningsvärt få böcker handlar om kvinnliga konstnärer, liksom om konst skapad av kvinnor, Frida Kahlo undantagen. Om Becketts översikt är representativ bekräftar den att framställningar av kvinnligt konstnärskapande är försummat i bilderböcker.
Syftet med mitt paper är sålunda att studera hur bildkonstnärer och konstnärlig aktivitet representeras på den svenska bilderboksmarknaden med hänsyn till genus. Till min hjälp har jag genusstudier utförda på barnlitteratur (Andrae 2001, Söderberg et al. 2013) och på bilderböcker (Österlund 2009). Min metod är att jämföra framställningar av kvinnliga och manliga konstnärliga aktiviteter ur ett genusperspektiv. Min analys kommer också att inkludera en inledande kvantitativ undersökning av bilderböcker som behandlar konstnärer och konstnärlig kreativitet på marknaden. Hur många är de? Hur många representerar kvinnors konstskapande? Min avsikt är att kvantifiera antalet böcker som behandlar kvinnliga konstnärer i förhållande till manliga, liksom att skissera typiska karakteristiska i dessa bilderböcker för konstnärskap och konstnärlighet med hänsyn till genusmönster.
Föredraget kommer att ge exempel på representationer av konstnärskap i vilken också paratexter (biografier och marknadsföring) har undersökts. Den preliminära studien är ur ett genusperspektiv betraktad en besvikelse (2014). Det finns inte en enda bilderbok som endast ägnar sig åt en svensk kvinnlig konstnär. I de fall de förekommer är de i egenskap av hustru, till exempel Karin Larsson i böcker om maken Carl.
Eftersom den kvinnliga konstnären är marginaliserad är nästa steg att finna ut om och hur kvinnligt konstnärskap kan definieras i andra termer än manligt? I så fall, hur ser villkoren ut? Eftersom materialet är så tunt med historiska karaktärer kommer jag att inkludera bilderböcker som porträtterar fiktiva karaktärers kreativa aktiviteter, till exempel Lundbergs Vita Streck, Wirséns Nallen och Höglunds Mina, vilka kan betecknas som konstnärliga, om än inte utifrån ett konventionellt synsätt.
The aim of this paper is to investigate transmediations of the Anthropocene discourse into two picture books from the northern hemisphere, both published in 2007, I skogen (In the wood) by Eva Lindström and Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming by Jean Davis Okimoto. The analysis is focused on how the combined pictorial and verbal narrative transmediate scientific media of climate change and its threat to biodiversity. The focus is on how the representation of man as a species is transmediated as well as its relation to other species of fauna and flora. In the Anthropocene discourse nature is no longer a passive and static context for human actions. (Crutzen 2002). Rachel Carson was among the first to state that the human control of nature is an illusion born in an age "when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man". (2002)[1962]. Since Darwin man is defined as one species among many and since the rise of Ecology man is defined as a species subsumed into an ecosystem. Ecologist Tormod Valaand Burkey sketches an ethics where economy and man´s practices and values must adapt to a larger ecological context (2013). In this paper I will direct my attention to how man is depicted in relation to other species of fauna and flora from an ecological perspective. The analysis will concentrate on attitudes, actions and ethical values shown by protagonists when dealing with climate change in relation to an Anthropocene ethics where human rights are closely knit with animal rights and biodiversity.
Since modernism picturebook typography and its visual display in cooperation with the image have been used to produce iconotext (Druker 2008; Beckett 2012). Typographical arrangement can for example create the illusion of movement, time and space and sonorous effects (Druker 2008). It can also imitate a still image as is the case in artists' books (Beckett 2012). The use of picturebook typography has parallels to visual poetry (Druker 2008). The connection Druker detects between visual poetry and picturebook text has, however, major focus on the influences on the plot, character and setting, and less on the influences from the poetry-genre.
During the last decades picturebooks with traits that correspond to those defining the genre of poetry have emerged. (Rhedin 2004). The poetical picturebook is characterized by Rhedin as depicting rather than narrating, but her focus is mainly on the picturebook illustration, not on the poetical traits of the text.
The aim of this paper is therefore to explore the influence of poetry in the text of poetical picturebooks and contribute with knowledge about how the use of visual devices in cooperation with the picturebook image creates a poetic iconotext. What influences from poetry in the picturebook text, and particularly from visual poetry, can be found in the material?
This study will be carried out by combining findings by Druker and Beckett with Rhedin's about the poetical traits in picturebooks, but also by adding theories/findings concerning visual aspects of poetry (Olsson 2007; Elleström 2011) and poetry combined with images (Almgren White 2011). Elleström develops a typology for visual iconicity of poetry and distinguishes between visual and auditive material signs, that also will be tested.
The expected result is to show examples of how the figurative language of poetry about instant moments, atmospheres, emotions and mental states contributes visually to create a poetic iconotext.
In Sweden, tutoring in the mother tongue is a special support measure primarily intended for newly arrived students to facilitate their transition into the Swedish school system. Tutoring is premised on the collaboration between the class teacher, responsible for subject-related expertise, and the tutor, who contributes with knowledge of the student's mother tongue and previous context of studies. In this case study of class teachers' and mother tongue tutors' conditions for collaboration at a multi-ethnic primary school, six mother tongue tutors and six class teachers were asked about the purpose of their work, how it was organised, and what could be done to improve working conditions. Interviews with head teachers, and data on work organisation from observations, document study, and participation in meetings for a period of one and a half years supplemented the teacher interviews. The analysis focuses on whether tutors and teachers belong to the same or different Communities of Practice, based on shared concerns and opportunities for collaboration, as well as looking at the relative positioning of languages and teaching roles. Findings suggest that the degree of collaboration between tutors and teachers was not sufficient to allow tutoring to function in the way it is envisaged by national steering documents. Tutoring was instead based on the tutors' own knowledge of the subjects they taught. Recruitment of suitable tutors was difficult. However, conditions for collaboration and more effective tutoring in the schools could be improved with relatively simple support structures at the level of the municipality.
This paper aims to make a contribution to recentering practice- and practitioner-oriented issues in Roma education studies. Gaps can be observed today between conditions of educational work in practice and the ways education is understood in mainstream academic discussions, compounded by the fact that educational workers in the field have limited access to academic environments. Also, as a subject dealing with minorities, education for Roma and Roma communities tends to occupy a marginal position in academic departments of Education. Inversely, in Roma studies, focus often lies on culture or history, and education is mainly considered through the lens of identity. This means that many important experiences in Roma educational work remain silent, and significant aspects of practices are not sufficiently shared across contexts. In this paper, experiences from education projects in Albania and Sweden are presented and considered against the background of Roma education policies in these countries generally. An analysis is made of the ways these projects directly or indirectly connect to local academic structures. Finally, suggestions are made of potential strategies for developing practice- and practitioner-driven research in this area, to make relevant experiences more accessible across linguistic and national borders.
The refugee crisis is also a crisis in education. While attention is frequently directed toward primary and secondary school levels, higher education is a strategic issue for refugees, both as individuals and for long term processes of post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Education prospects and content are drivers of onwards migration, but also affect economic structures on return. Higher education has the potential to support sustainable socio-economic development, but impacts will depend on which strategies are adopted and which types of capacity are prioritised. The article examines the issue of access to higher education for Syrian refugees, describing the situation in Lebanon in particular. Foreign interests can fuel sectarianism as well as creating economic structural dependencies. Both existing and possible future options supported by the international community are considered here, and discussed with respect to how they might affect opportunities for democratic and autonomous societal developments.
The multidisciplinary research presented in this paper focuses everyday life and social practices that can be characterized by the use of one (or more) language variety, modality or register. Conceptual ideas that arise from explorations based upon empirical analysis of situated and distributed so called monolingual and multilingual oral talk, written communication, signed interactions and embodiment in and across virtual and in-real-life settings inside and outside higher education and schools are presented and discussed. Using sociocultural and decolonial perspectives on language-use or languaging, analytical findings from traditionally segregated fields of study – Literacy Studies, Bilingualism, Deaf education, Language Studies – are juxtaposed. An overarching concern here is framed by the continuing dominance of structural linguistic positions and demarcated fields within the Language and Educational Sciences that frame didactical thinking. The work presented here highlights concerns regarding established concepts like 'bilingualism' and 'codes' and suggests more empirically relevant alternatives like 'chaining', 'languaging', 'fluidity', 'timespace' and 'visual-orientation' from ethnographically and netnographically framed projects where data-sets include everyday life in virtual settings and educational institutions in the global North. Focusing social practices – what is communicated and the ways in which communication occurs – challenges currently dominant monolingual and monological perspectives on human language broadly and oral, written and signed languaging specifically.
Taking a point of departure in multidisciplinary research related to ethnicity, gender and functional dis/ability, this paper presents a conceptual framework where center staging languaging and identity-positionings are central. Building upon empirically framed results from ethnographical projects across timespaces, it discusses how languaging opens possibilities for discussing learning and identity-positionings that take place in and via the deployment of one or more language varieties and modalities. This is conceptually made possible by going beyond dominating, dichotomizing positions related to language, language learning methods, and the organization of language learning. The study argues that scholars inherit and live with dichotomizing positions within scholarship that in turn create specific framings for children and adults in institutions for learning.
The paper discusses the case of research and the organization of language issues related to bilingualism and diversity education as specific instances of a dominating dichotomy. It illustrates how going beyond this dichotomy makes visible languaging and identity-positionings that open new ways of understanding participation and inclusion. Such a position builds upon critical humanistic thinking where sociocultural and decolonial framings are central. Going beyond the mainstream allows for new ways of conceptualizing research in the areas of language and identity where social practices are center staged. To make visible languaging thus implies that issues related to identity are focused in terms of performative processes.
Aspects like the reach and quality of institutionalized support systems like schools, health services, equity agencies, work agencies, etc. in democratic societies are seen as central for human beings wellbeing and development. However the nature and relevance of opportunities that human beings have access to is a question that goes beyond issues of availability and provision. Focusing marginalization processes that have influenced or currently influence opportunities which children, young people and/or adults have access to are therefore significant.
Within the overarching theme of Marginalization Processes, the chapters in this book focus upon the overlapping areas of Educational Sciences and Language Sciences from social interactional and/or socio-historical frameworks. The individual contributions report from empirical studies that have been conducted inside and outside institutional settings like classrooms, remedial services, health care facilities, etc from different parts of the world. The analysis in these contributions highlights social interaction between the members of these settings (for instance student – student or teacher/resource person – student) and between members and cultural tools. Focusing centrally upon language(s) as mediating tool(s), some contributions highlight the interface between actors or actors-in-settings-with-tools. The contributions that focus more centrally upon the educational sciences enquire from different perspectives and/or scales: actor's perspective, organizational and/or policy perspective, historical perspective, etc.
The outcomes of the studies contribute to knowledge about how institutional settings are shaped both in the interplay between actors and between actors, tools and settings. These outcomes throw light on how the social world gets shaped in institutional settings. Furthermore some of the studies contribute to knowledge regarding how the social world is shaped specifically in and through verbal/written/gestural interaction. The chapters in the book all focus the overarching theme of marginalization processes, and contribute more specifically to one or more of the following three themes:
Social interaction: these chapters are empirical in nature and data analyzed comes from classroom or other real life settings. The analysis highlights the social interaction between actors (student – student or teacher-student). The studies contribute to the knowledge of how the social world is shaped between actors.
Socio-linguistics: focuses on language(s) as a mediating tool; could be between actor and actor; could be between actor and context. The studies contribute to the knowledge of how the social world is shaped in verbal interactions in different settings.
Educational sciences: focuses on institutional settings (mainly school, including policy settings). The institutional setting is inquired from an actor's perspective or an organizational perspective. The studies contribute to the knowledge of how institutional settings are shaped both in the interplay between actor and actor and between actor and setting.
The terms bilingualism and bilingual education (BE) have been recognized over time as being simplistic, if not miss-representative of the complex and diverse set of human behaviors that they index (Baker 2006, Garcia 2009, Grosjean 1982). A concern here relates to moving beyond dominating (colonially) framed mololingual, monoglossic understandings of bounded language systems, to recognize the fluidity inherent in languaging and translanguaging, including multimodalities that comprise the heteroglossic nature of human communication (Hasnain et al 2013, Blackledge & Creese 2014, García 2009, Linell 2009). In addition, different BE models like two-way bilingual programs, content and language-integrated programs, plurilingual/multilingual programs, segregated programs, etc, are ideologically framed sites of contestation and are not uncommonly connected to academic fields of expertise in either the Language Sciences or the Education Sciences. This means that the institutional activity system of BE is often seen as an extension of the theoretically framed domain in research called BE (Bagga-Gupta 2012).
Different Signed Languages (SLs) have also been, and continue to be, framed in simplistic/reductionist terms in both the popular imagination as well as in some dominating scientific domains. Different SLs have evolved and exist in different communities where large numbers of members are deaf (Groce 1985), in similar fashion as different oral languages have evolved in hearing communities. In other words, SLs are, at least since the 1960s, recognized within science, and since the 1990s in national policy contexts, as unique human languages, similar and just as complex in their make up as oral/articulated languages (OLs). Five types of cheremic unit variation in SLs, similar to phonological variation in OLs, are recognized: handshapes, sign location, palm orientation, movements and non-manual embodied features. While SLs are often denied recognition and continue to be contested in policy as well as in some scientific domains, they have existed in different formats in communities worldwide, and especially so within deaf education (DE) even in institutional settings where they have been formally forbidden.
This chapter aims to identify and account for the place and meaning of SLs in BE broadly and DE specifically. While I will give an account of the field, I will steer clear of the binary hegemonic ideologies that have continued to frame understandings related to SLs on the one hand, and BE, including DE on the other. Using brush strokes across the canvas (rather than specific areas on the canvas or individual colors or lines), my aim here is to trace salient developments and make visible the multiplicity of mainstream academic domains that contribute to and intersect in the field SLs in BE.
In the original version of the book, the belated corrections to update editor affiliation in copyright page as "Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta, School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden" and to include abstracts for all chapters in online version have to be updated. The erratum book has been updated with the changes.
This paper aims to make visible a diversifying hegemony in how language and identity issues are currently being framed in the educational sciences. Furthermore, it highlights the continuing marginalization of research across global South-North settings where social practices vis-à-vis linguistic heterogeneity are centre-staged. Finally, the paper empirically illustrates how studies of "languaging" (Jorgensen 2008, Linell 2009) and "identiting" (Bagga-Gupta 2017) across time and global North-South arenas, including digital sites, can open up alternative spaces for reframing what language and identity are and can be (Bagga-Gupta 2017, Butler 1999, Finnegan 2015, Gramling 2016, Messina Dahlberg, 2015).
Concepts like Translanguaging and Nyanlända (Swedish: "newly-arrived") have quickly been embraced in the directives and frameworks of Swedish agencies. Similarly, with the explicit aim of promoting the distribution of knowledge about increased diversity in Swedish society, the current commission of tailored courses for teachers has seen a growing mobilization of nomenclature that targets new communicative practices. The paper traces the emergence of some central concepts in the language sciences ("bi/multi/pluri/semilingualism", "trans/languaging") and the literature on migration studies and globalization ("super/hyper/diversity", "im/migrants/newly-arrived"). It illuminates the ways in which nomenclature shifts and "academic branding" (Pavlenko 2017) contribute towards (or confound) communication and diversity issues in the educational sector. Here, social practices across analogue and digital settings, where the focus is on individuals interacting with one another and tools, and where locality and spatiality are not always bound to the four walls of institutional learning settings claim analytical attention.
The study focuses upon data from ethnographical projects at the CCD research group (www.ju.se/ccd). This includes naturally occurring interactional material and textual data (current scholarship inside and outside Sweden and directives from the national bodies in charge of schools and teacher education in Sweden). Theoretically framed at the crossroads of sociocultural and decolonial perspectives, the study specifically asks how a neologism like Translanguaging (including current debates on the most appropriate translations of the concept into Swedish) differs from what is "normal languaging", and what neologisms like Nyanländaor Super/hyperdiversity offer in comparison to "normal diversity"? What, in other words, we ask is normal languaging and normal diversity?


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We commemorated the 61st anniversary of the Hungarian anti-Communist revolution and freedom fight against the occupying Soviet troops.
The weather wasn't particularly nice since it was raining and coldish. Still, a large crowd gathered to listen to PM Orbán's speech. The post-communist left-liberals, who love to call themselves "democratic opposition", cancelled their planned rally "against Orbán's dictatorship" (no kidding, that's how they speak indeed!) "because of the adverse weather conditions". In plain English: because of a lack of interest.
Just like on the 15th of March, some "democrats" were blowing their whistles to disturb Orbán's speech this time, too, but at least not inside the crowd.
You may watch the full speech, with English subtitles, here:

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by Ruth Dempsey (anglofans at aol.com)
The village was called Midori and it sat more or less surrounded by seven lush and beautiful rice paddies. The main road passed on the northern edge of the town and just northeast of the main road sat Lord Namiki's compound. The inn on the main road looked well cared for and moderately prosperous.
It was the hour of the Rabbit, that hour just after sunset where "men decided if they were Rabbits or Tigers" as the old saying went, meaning they either headed back to their wives or stayed out for drinking and gambling. The bamboo curtains of the inn had been clattering for sometime as the farmers finished their last drinks and left. The roving gambler could understand why the new father would be quick to chew a star anise pod to hide the saki on his breath before scrambling home with the winnings the gambler had kindly slipped his way, but some of the others that were chewing star anise or mint leaves looked like the type that would stay
The Innkeeper watched the exodus philosophically. "It's always this way. The Lord's son comes with his men to drink and play dice and no one is fool enough to stay and play with them."
The wandering gambler looked at his wife. "I can see the danger signs," he said. He was an older man, with the look of hard living about him, in the cheapest of cotton shirt and knee-pants with a long, coarse, red and grey streaked tail of hair down his back. His eyes, were bright amber like a fox's.
"This lord is feared rather than respected," his wife agreed. She was not a pretty woman. She was too tall to be attractive. Her face was too angular. Her hands were too long and calloused from hard work. She had skin that was richly golden from the sun, little wrinkles gathered at the corners of her soft, wide eyes and fine threads of silver glimmered in her brown-black hair held in a bun with a bronze comb in the shape of a dragon. Her kimono was of ordinary silk in a common brown and white pattern. "That isn't good. Perhaps we should retire for the night, Jiko-san?"
The wandering gambler rolled his dice in the palm of his hand. "No, I think I shall stay down here." He bared his teeth. "I may have a lesson or two to teach this lordly pup."
"Feh!" she said. "Well, if you get into trouble, we'll just be upstairs. Be careful, Old Fox."
"I am always careful, Emi-hime," he kissed her. She shook her head and headed into the loft.
"Ho, Old Man!" roared the first man in the door. "Saki!" The sun was glimmering on the edge of darkness. The bar was empty except for Jiko and the bar tender. The bar tender sighed and brought out several bottles. Jiko looked the new arrivals over.
There were nine in the group; six had the look of common thugs with swords, one was older, scarred with the weary look of one who has seen far too many battles, one was younger, with the grim, resigned look of a man trapped by duty and loyalty. The last member of the group was the youngest, wearing bright colors, a lordly topknot and the petulant pout of someone used to getting his own way. His eyes widened as he saw Jiko.
"Who is this?" he demanded.
"Just a wandering gambler, milord," Jiko bowed deeply. "I was just having a last drink with our good host. . ."
"Gambler, eh?" there was something nasty in the youngster's eyes. "I am Namiki no Akira. My father rules this place. You will play me tonight."
"Well, milord, it is late for an old man and . . ."
"You will play me tonight," he repeated in a harder tone. The six thugs put their hands to their swords. The older man just folded his arms and the grim one just sighed.
"Of course, milord," Jiko agreed, bowing again. He hid a grin with his bow.
"That idiot," Emi sighed as she listened from the loft. She pulled the bronze comb from her hair, letting it fall loose. "Seidoo, come," she called.
The comb quivered in her hands and sprang to life as a small, bronze scaled dragon. 'I told you not to marry him," it said in a chiming voice.
"Oh, hush, I need you to go watch that old fool while I take care the villagers aren't hurt by his antics." Emi bundled up her hair again and thrust in wooden pins to hold it.
"Here, let me help with that," Seidoo changed into a small, pert maidservant in a bronze colored, scale patterned kimono. She pulled another comb from her sleeve and quickly settled Emi's hair. "What do you want me to do? It doesn't involve babies does it?"
"No, dear," Emi opened the loft door that led to the kitchen, wincing at the way it creaked. "I just need you to serve saki, make them kappa maki rolls, just be down there to guard the old fool's back."
The dragon maid servant nodded. The two women crept into the kitchen. The bar tender was still in the main room, watching the lord and his men set up their dice game. Emi slipped from the back door while Seidoo took a sharp knife and a cucumber and set about making kappa maki rolls.
The little tables had been stacked against the walls. The men knelt on a great square of white canvas in the center of the room. Jiko rattled the cup loudly. "Hi-hi-ho! Odd or Even? High or Low? Place your bets!" he chanted. Coins pattered on the canvas. The thugs grinned as they were served saki and snacks. The bar tender looked startled at the appearance of a bar maid but Jiko just scoffed at little. He knew his Emi.
"I'm going to eat the next one who pats my behind," Seidoo muttered to him.
"Don't. You'll only make yourself sick," Jiko whispered back. "Hi-hi-ho! Everyone ready? Here we go!"
The dice rolled across the surface. "Five and Six, odd and high, if you've lost, you now know why!" he chanted.
"That's impossible!" screeched Lord Akira.
"The dice fall where they may," said Jiko, paying out the bets.
"But I'm supposed to win!" he shouted. The thugs drew back, confused. Grim face just sighed and the older retainer grimaced.
"Milord," said the older man, "I wouldn't say anything more. . ."
"But I'm supposed to win!" Akira insisted. "I'm always supposed to win, Sanada."
"No one can win all the time, milord," said Jiko blandly. "It just doesn't happen with honest dice."
"I'm supposed to win!"
"Lord Akira," Grim snapped. "You're just told this man you're gambling with loaded dice."
Lord Akira turned white, then he went red. He glared at Jiko, then at the rest of his men. "Kill him!" he shouted.
The first thug started to go for his sword, but Jiko kicked him in the face. He grabbed the sword from the man's sash as the thug put his hands to his bloody nose. Jiko flipped backwards. The other five warriors charged. Grim and the older man stood back. The older man looked sad, the grim-faced one disgusted.
Seidoo neatly broke her wooden serving tray on one thug's head. His friend turned in surprise and Seidoo, smiling, grabbed him by the front of his tunic and threw him across the room and over the bar. The bar tender ducked down and put his arms over his head.
Jiko used the sword to block the first thug's blade and the sheathe to block the second's. He calmly jumped to the top of the stacked tables and kicked one down on the third. He ran along the tables and dove out the window. Seidoo turned herself into a dragon the size of an owl and flew out after him.
"You didn't stop him!" Lord Akira screamed.
"I suggest we call it a night, milord," said Grim.
"I'm telling my father," Lord Akira glared at him. "Just watch!"
The uninjured helped the injured and they staggered out of the bar. The bar tender cautiously peeked out. He scooted over to the canvas and gathered up the coins that had been scattered. It would pay for all the damages.
Meanwhile, Emi had gone from house to house gathering the farmers into the fields. Jiko joined them. Seidoo shrank to sparrow size and coiled around Emi's neck.
"Little brat used loaded dice," Jiko explained.
"We should have warned you," sighed the headman.
"The Lord's father will make an example of us for this," grumbled a farmer.
"Oh? Should I have let myself be skewered?" Jiko demanded.
"You're a stranger. . ."
"Be that as it may," Emi swatted Jiko's shoulder. "I suggest you leave. Pack only what you can carry and get out before dawn, when your Lord will surely come here with his men."
"Leave?" exclaimed a woman. "Where will we go? How will we live?"
"Just down the road to the next town," said Emi. "As to how you will live, the rice harvest is within two weeks. His Lordship will certainly not harvest his own rice and if the village is empty, he will surely have to hire laborers very quickly. . ."
The headman thought about it and began to laugh. The farmers began to laugh too.
It happened as Emi said. The Lord was shamed and forced to hire his own farmers to harvest his rice. The story spread and many of the nobles took steps to win their farmer's loyalties and it even became a proverb: "You can't harvest rice with loaded dice."
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Scott Disick just scooped up a brand spankin' new crib in Hidden Hills, complete with a massive pool and waterfalls.
Disick plunked down $3.25 million on the nearly 5,000 square foot space ... it features 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. The pad was built in 1973, so it's possible he'll feature it on his upcoming house-flipping show.
Scott started renting out his other Hidden Hills home last year for $60k/month.
The new purchase features plenty of privacy for Scott -- who was repped by agents Kozet Luciano & Andre Manoukian of JohnHart Real Estate in the sale -- with over an acre of land.
Fun fact ... Scott's new place is only a couple houses down from the same one Kim, Kris, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall and Kylie called home during the first few seasons of "KUWTK."


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ADAIR LARA -- The Church of Having A Good Time
AS WE HEADED to our friends' wedding, we knew from experience to come prepared.
Envisioning hours of being trapped in a pew, hemmed in by well-dressed, perfumed strangers, straining to catch a glimpse of the action at the altar but seeing only the minister droning on, we had fortified ourselves with reading material. Bill had brought the double issue of the New Yorker, the one about India, and I had photocopied some pages of Donna Levin's "Get That Novel Finished" (I discovered long ago that you can get away with reading copied pages where you can't get away with hauling out a book). I wasn't planning to finish my novel in church, of course, but I hoped to make some progress on it.
We didn't have to check the street address to find St. Gregory's. A wild half-Russian, half-Japanese looking structure made of dark wood, appearing brand new, it stuck out amid the pastel Victorians on DeHaro Street on the steep flank of Potrero Hill. I learned later that the architect, John Goldman, got the idea for it from the wooden castle that burns down in the Akira Kurosawa film "Ran."
We walked across a dance floor to get to our seats, which were not pews, but comfortable upholstered chairs, all different colors, arranged on either side of a long carpet. Two rectors in tie-dyed vestments were smiling and welcoming guests.
In back of them was a smorgasbord of religious symbols: a menorah, crosses on staffs, Buddhist meditation gongs, singing bowls from Tibet. It was, like, Religion: the World Tour. I heard that people sometimes walked out during the service. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that people also walk in during it, drawn by the strange gonging sounds.
IHAD HARDLY picked up the program when there was our friend Diana, looking slim in a peach-colored dress that set off her russet curls, striding briskly up the aisle alongside Greg, her bridegroom, who was wearing a gray suit and smiling nervously.
The rector, Donald Schell, sitting in a Thai howdah, the sort of chair you see on elephants' backs, swung into "Dearly beloved" with admirable dispatch. I put away the pages I had barely had time to uncrumple from my purse.
Next there was singing from a choir, all of whose members were guests, and voices here and there amid the crowd recited verses about love. The rector spoke and we all silently contemplated what he had said. Greg and Diana were pronounced husband and wife, and we all had to sing "The Servant Song," and turn to our neighbors and say "Peace be with you" and shake their hands, and then the whole wedding moved out to the next room to join hands and do a Greek wedding grapevine dance on the sprung dance floor.
I noticed that the altar was in the middle of the dance floor. I heard later that it doubles as a coffee bar after services.
ATINY congregation of 60 people raised the money to build this church, although rector Dick Fabian's wealthy family was a major donor. Fabian's an avid snowboarder, I heard. Somehow I wasn't surprised.
I hadn't been in a church that was this much fun since another Sunday this spring, when we walked by the Church of John Coltrane on Divisadero and plunged inside to see the whole small space rocking from the sound of jazz. Bill had to pull me out by force.
We haven't joined St. Gregory's, as Bill is still getting over his early dunking in the Catholic Church, and I still worship the Sunday paper, coffee and our walk. We ourselves got married at night in a friend's converted warehouse south of Market.
But if I were going to pick a church, it sure would be one where it's hard to find time to read. Like this one.


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The eddi Awards will be presented to various artists on Friday.
Receivers of the award will be honored for demonstrating excellence of the arts. The awards will be handed out 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey. There will also be an appetizer buffet, refreshments, coffee and dessert.
Those who will receive an award this year include: visual artist Lynn Dinning of Good Hart, performing artist Kirby Snively of Harbor Springs, arts and cultural organization the Little Traverse Choral Society of Petoskey, arts in education Barry Bennett and Carl Brien of Petoskey, arts and cultural leadership Joyce Herbert of Charlevoix, individual patron Chuck Britton of Boyne City and benefactor Judy Knowles of Petoskey.
The eddi Awards are presented in honor of eddi Offield, a patron of arts and culture in Northern Michigan.
There are only 220 tickets for sale, and cost is $45 per person. Tickets can be purchased by calling Crooked Tree at (231) 347-4337 or online at www.crookedtree.org.


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New State Law Enhances Opportunities To Hunt On Sundays
July 31, 2017
A new law, "Outdoor Heritage Enhanced," will increase opportunities to hunt wild animals and upland game birds on private lands. The law also gives authority to the
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and other public landowners to implement new options for Sunday hunting on public lands. Sunday hunting for migratory birds, including waterfowl, remains prohibited.
On Private Lands:
Hunters may hunt within 500 yards of a residence, potentially opening millions of acres of private land previously off-limits to Sunday hunters. Hunters may not hunt at any time on Sunday within 500 yards...
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The firm says it is focusing resources on front-line client servicing and sales and is planning to rationalise some support functions. Marlow will not be replaced. The company has also entered into a consultation with some staff in support roles which it anticipates will lead to a number of redundancies.
Marlow has been with the firm for over five years, after overseeing marketing at The Bureaux.
Chief executive Grant Stobart says: "Changing market conditions have meant that some of our clients have reduced the number of new entrants to their pension schemes and are deferring spending decisions. By taking decisive action now, we will ensure that our business is well positioned to capitalise as conditions improve."


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We are certified suppliers of leading brands such as Zodiaq by Dupont, Quartz Compac, Okite, Silestone, Diresco, Technistone and Quarella. The links will give you all the information you need on these high-quality products.
This remarkable material is one of the most substantial elements that make up the Earth's crust. More common than limestone, sandstone, granite or marble, it is literally everywhere. There are many different types of quartz and some of them are classified as semi-precious gems. All across Europe and the Middle East for thousands of years jewellers have used quartz to make jewellery and other decorative ornaments.
In its purest form, quartz is completely colourless and translucent, but there are also many different coloured forms such as amethyst, rose quartz, citrine, smoky quartz and milky quartz. The colours depend on different combinations and proportions of quartz's constituent crystals.
Unsurprisingly, given its jewelled appearance, quartz is a very popular substance for decorative use in the home. Quartz that is used for kitchen worktops or floors or bathrooms is actually partially man-made. It is usually made up of 90% natural quartz with the addition of 10% polyester resin, which helps to give a truly lasting and resilient finish.
One of the most appealing features of quartz - particularly when it is used in worktops - is the random arrangement of tiny reflective specks in its surface, which give a delightful sparkling appearance. This effect really adds depth and impact to what would otherwise be a plain, flat surface.
But more than this, quartz is an extremely practical option. There are only three substances on the planet which are harder than quartz - diamond, topaz and sapphire. This guarantees that your quartz worktop has a phenomenally strong resistance to scratching or chipping. Also, because it is a non-porous stone, it is impervious to the ravages of spilt coffee, milk, wine, fruit juice, vinegar - pretty much anything you can throw at it. This means it's great for kitchen floors too.
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Function: noun 1 : a brief usually outdoor pleasure trip 2 : an athletic competition or race; also : an appearance therein 3 : a usually public presentation or appearance (as in a particular role) 4 : the public disclosure of the covert homosexuality of a prominent person especially by homosexual activistsPer Wikepedia:
While outing often refers to an outdoor excursion, in the late twentieth century the term acquired an additional meaning: taking someone "out of the closet" - that is, publicising that someone is gay.Not knowing the subtle meaning of this word, I created a new email handle and announced it to some of my friends. First my husband gave me a weird look, then people stopped replying to my emails. I have no closet to jump out of, no stone to turn over, just a foot in the mouth and a big mess with my emails. I used to think baby shower had something to do with washing a baby, and driving in a carpool may involve getting your car wet. America, just as I thought I could fool everyone but myself, you prove to me that, after all, I'm still a stranger here.


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Fontaine le Port
Including all transportation and waiting. Extra time is available as an add-on.
The tours are designed for small, intimate groups in a single vehicle.
The tours are led by a native English speaker who resides in the local area.
There's no fee for infants, toddlers and pets unless a larger vehicle is required.
The forest is known internationally for its unique boulders and wooded trails.
The area is rich in history and culture, with many local points of interest.
Includes the villages of Moret-sur-Loing and Bourrone-Marlotte
Includes the Gorges d'Apremont and the village of Barbizon
Includes the Tower of Denecourt, Samois-sur-Seine, and Fontaine le Port
A Baroque marvel which led to the fall of finance minister Fouquet and to the rise of Louis XIV's Versailles. The chateau and its grounds are well worth a visit. Located 25 minutes northeast of Fontainebleau.
The medieval town of Provins offers multiple escapes, including tours of the tower, jousting displays, birds of prey shows, and frequent festivals at the castle. Located 60 minutes east of Fontainebleau.
Add time for a meal, seasonal events or simply the chance to linger where you like and discover more.
We can arrange a picnic lunch, chilled champagne, or whatever strikes your fancy.
We're happy to include destinations and activities which are of interest to you. Please contact us to discuss.
Freewheeling tours are casual, informative guided tours which move at an unhurried pace. We like to present the best of both town and country, exploring hidden gems along the way. We believe a good tour is one which leaves a smile on your face, a lasting memory, and a desire to come back again.
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Personalised for your group.
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Special occasions welcome.
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Dave Matthews Band AKA DMB. It all began in 1991... Of course I don't know their whole story, since I'm just a fan of Dave, Boyd, Carter, Stefan and the late Leroi. I made this site to show my love and admiration for this awesome band. Here you can find lyrics, DMB graphics, and other cool dmb-related ideas. If you'd like to learn more about the band and how they started check out the about page.
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1. Grux
2. Shake me Like A Monkey
3. Funny The Way it Is>
4. Lying in the Hands Of God
5. Why I am
6. Dive in
7. Spaceman
8. Squirm
9. Alligator Pie
10. Seven
11. Time Bomb
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Sunrise on a cloudy morning, originally uploaded by Roland Bircher.
This is one of my favourite photos of my recent early morning trip to Cronulla beach I have described a few days ago. I like the version with ratio 2:3 even better, but I tend to fill my flickr page with photos in the original (digicam) proportions.
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Main community projects
Start your journey in our Corporate Social Responsability report to find out more about the projects developed in 2009.
In 2009 we continued to consolidate our position as a role model for the business community in Romania in the area of social responsibility. 2009 was a chalenging year in which we continued our environmental programs and we also put more focus on sustaining education, taking into account the needs of the Romanian society in a crisis period. Under these circumstances, we invested RON 29.48 mn in community related projects.
Resources for the Future - Climate change and the growing demand for global resources represent a present challenge for the global community. Petrom was the first company to raise these concerns in the Romanian public agenda through the launch of 'Resources for the Future' program in 2007.
TaraluiAndrei.ro - The civic initiative, the care for the environment and the respect for the community we live in are at the heart of our social responsibility programs. In 2009, we continued 'Resources for the Future' and we created Andrei'sCountry.ro (www.taraluiandrei.ro), a new social responsibility program which allows an unlimited number of people to interact, communicate, get information and, especially, to effect real change in the world they live in. The objectives of the program are to raise the level of awareness and involvement in the civic and environmental issues, both within the company and to the public at large and to support the civic initiative and the civil society by financing projects for the local communities. In Andrei's Country, citizens compete monthly with projects for their communities for a finance aid of EUR 5,000 offered by Petrom, propose and join volunteering actions and gain points through their online actions that quantify in planted trees. In less than 4 months, Andrei'sCountry.ro became a greener country with over 7,800 citizens and about 11.400 trees which will be planted in spring by Petrom, together with the volunteers from the platform.
As part of the Andrei'sCountry.ro program, we organized Andrei's School, a complex national eco-civic contest addressed to the pupils and teachers from all the 11.500 primary schools in Romania. The objectives of the program were to familiarize pupils with themes related to environmental protection and to involve them and their teachers in solving the problems of their communities through a competition of various projects. Approximately 6,000 pupils and 361 teachers registered in the contest and submitted about 200 initiatives for their local communities in the competition. Petrom awarded the winners with prizes consisting in refurbishing works for the winning schools, implementation of the winning project (Refurbish 'Corvin's Castle' garden in Hunedoara), bicycles, writing materials, laptops and the participation in 'Andrei's Country" summer camp for the winning team.
The program 'Andrei's Country' summer camp started in 2008 and it consists in an eco-civic camp where children learn how to take care of nature and to act as truly responsible citizens. Initially dedicated only to the children of Petrom employees, the program opened in 2009 for all children from Romania. In the camp, children learnt about the responsible use of natural resources through interactive experiments, received advice about how to survive in nature, developed their skills on team work and leadership and learnt to write news reports from famous journalists in the central press. In all activities children were supervised by teachers and volunteers selected from all over the country. All in all, 850 children between 10 and 13 years old participated in 'Andrei's Country' summer camp and learnt how to act responsibly towards the environment, becoming models to be followed by their generation.


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Walking for WomenEleven states, 3,600 kms and 260 days. Meet Srishti Bakshi, who is on a mission to cover the entire stretch from Kanyakumari to Kashmir -- on foot, and all alone – to create awareness about the security and social status of women in India, says Somrita Ghosh
Scrap is GoldJai Prakash Chaudhary has come a long way from his life of poverty as a scrap collector in Delhi. Now, he is an eco-entrepreneur and heads a company that employs 70 people and generates annual revenue of over Rs 1 crore, says Sofia Danish Khan
Father of ManyHeading a Rs 1,000 crore turnover business, Mahesh Savani has organised the weddings of over 2,000 fatherless girls. Each wedding costs him around Rs 4 lakh. His father started as a labourer and became a diamond merchant later, says Deven Lad
The Noble SoulDr. Bindeshwar Pathak's non-profit has changed the lives of lakhs of manual scavengers many of whom have been provided jobs in his organisation that employs over 50,000 people and generates an annual revenue of Rs 500 crore, says Gurvinder Singh
The Unstoppable WinnerRajalakshmi S.J. may have lost her mobility, but not her will. The orthodontist, who won the Miss Popularity title at the Miss World Wheelchair 2017, fights for the rights of the differently-abled and delivers motivational talks, says Bhumika K
The Home MakerIn 2006, this professor in Kerala noticed one of her students was living in an unsafe house and decided to build a new house for him. Since then she has built 78 homes for poor people in Pathanamthitta and Kollam districts, says Sanu George
Two Rupee DoctorVijay's Tamil blockbuster 'Mersal' has turned the public mood against corporate hospitals and put the spotlight on 'two rupee doctor' Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan, who is serving the poor patients commuting on his bike, says P C Vinoj Kumar
Mission Educate GirlsSafeena Husain worked for many years in development projects abroad, but returned to India to work in rural areas among girl children. She has helped more than 200,000 out-of-school girls become part of the education system, says Mudita Girotra
Blooming LivesIn remote villages of Uttarakhand, women have a new source of livelihood and their lives are changing. Thanks to Pratibha Krishnaiah, a computer engineer from Bengaluru, they earn between Rs 2,000 and 5,000 per month. Anvi Mehta has the story
Dharavi's App GuruNawneet Ranjan made a documentary on life in Mumbai's Dharavi slums and it won critical acclaim at international film festivals. He is now changing the lives of the children of Dharavi, teaching them coding and app development, says Deven Lad
The Mind HealerShe had a difficult childhood, but that didn't stop Manika Majumdar in joining a Kolkata-based NGO to offer counselling for people with mental health issues. Partho Burman profiles the unsung hero who was taunted for working with 'mad people'
The Rain ManWhen the sky turns overcast, people of Chennai no longer tune in to their television sets to listen to the weather forecast – they log in to Pradeep John's Facebook page. P C Vinoj Kumar profiles Chennai's popular independent weather forecaster
Raising hopesFormer school coordinator Juin Dutta conducts informal classes for underprivileged children and runs a hostel for them at Vadodara with the help of volunteers. Kavita Kanan Chandra spoke to the gritty woman, who has bigger plans to achieve
Riding the beastA woman riding a 1600 cc superbike on a highway attracts a lot of attention, but Pooja Rajput who undertook a 2,000-km solo coastal ride on her Harley Davidson is unfazed and urges women to hit the road. Anjali Ojha spoke to the braveheart
The troublemakerFor many years now, V S Veerapathiran or Veera as he is fondly called, has been falling foul of people for his concern about protecting the environment. But nothing has deterred the green warrior from Kodaikanal. Usha Prasad profiles the man
Tracking the killersFiona Mackeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose barely-clothed body was found at Anjuna beach in Goa in 2008, is raising funds on a crowd-funding website to secure justice for her slain daughter, says Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Women in blueYou have heard of the men in blue; now get to know about the women in blue, the all-women patrol squad in Udaipur that is striking fear in the hearts of eve-teasers and making the streets and public places safer for women, says Renu Rakesh
Girl powerLeading a team of NCC girls, Major Deepika Rathore scaled the Everest for a second time earlier this year. Salute the great mountaineers and move ahead, she told the group as they saw dead bodies sliding down from the top, says Abha Sharma
Your vote countsAn online poll has been announced to shortlist the nominations from among seven individual and three pairs of nominees for The Weekend Leader – VIT Person of the Year Award. The award comes with a cash prize of Rs.25,000, a trophy and citation
Blooming dreamsMamoon Akhtar is offering hundreds of poor children in Howrah what he did not get as a child – a good English medium education, because his family could not afford it for him. G Singh spoke to Mamoon, who is also involved in other social projects
Breezing on highwayTwenty-five-year old Tabassum Ali is the first woman truck driver from Madhya Pradesh, but her story is not just about grit and guts, it is also about her love for her mother and sisters for whom she has dedicated her life, says G Singh


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Author:Inam Abidi Amrohvi
"The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins." — Soren Kierkegard
The straight path or the right path is always the most difficult one to travel but one that rewards the most, and so we are told when young. This battle of good versus the evil is an age old phenomenon. Every religion has some story or the other to show us the 'right' path from the 'wrong' one.Hinduism celebrates the victory of Lord Krishna over the demon Narakasura (among other stories) as Diwali, Christians remember the crucification of Jesus Christ as a supreme sacrifice in the way of God, and so do Muslims observe Moharram (the month in which the tragedy of Karbala took place) to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of Imam Husain, the grandson of the Prophet [PBUH].
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Fishing with dynamite is quite common in certain places around the world. This eccentric and harmful practice has inspired the creators of Ridiculous Fishing. The name of the game leaves nothing to the imagination and, as you had already gathered, we'll have to fish in a really ridiculous manner.
A rather strange way to fish.
In Ridiculous Fishing we have to help Billy fish from his boat and return home with a good catch, being able to use guns, toasters and chainsaws, among other tools. You'll have to cast the rod (or whatever applicable in each case), catch all the fish and sea animals possible, and once out of the water, shoot them with your gun.
- Game that combines skill and shooting.
- Play for hours on end, including a never-ending arcade mode.
- Dozens of objects and weapons to be unlocked.
Have fun with Ridiculous Fishing, the design of which has been highly acclaimed, and find out the most bizarre way to catch fish.


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Google is the 800-pound gorilla of the Internet. Google+ is its baby. You better pay attention.
July 2011 - Bloggers at seomoz.org started experimenting with the visibility of links added from a Google+ profile. Results were inconclusive.
"It's pretty clear from tests that the more you can link your website with a Google+ profile, the higher it ranks in traditional Google.com search results."
Nov. 26, 2012 from dummies.com.
" 'That being said, Kamdar stressed that while Authorship is not an algorithmic factor, it is a strong contribution to their social signals that are used to weight search results, including social activity outside of Google+. "We're working on a number of signals to identify high quality authors,' he says."-- Virante blog 7/18/12


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June 28, 2018 10:43:53 AM
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Sales tax collections for the month of May were up in Columbus and West Point and dipped slightly in Starkville compared to last May, but fiscal year revenues for all three cities are slightly lower than that in 2017, according to the June report.
In Columbus, the total sales tax was reported at $1,039,023 for May sales, up by $59,934 from May 2017. For the year, however, sales tax collections ($8,920,204) are down roughly $77,000 compared to the year-to-date total from last year.
The city's 2-percent restaurant tax, which sunsets Saturday, produced $161,327 in revenue, a $10,170 increase over May 2017. The hotel tax produced $27,205 in May, up by $4,927 compared to May 2017.
In Starkville, May sales produced $576,637 in sales tax, a drop of about $12,000 from May 2017. For the year, the $6,398,027 collected so far this year is about $41,000 less than though May of 2017.
West Point's May sales produced $176,293 in revenue for the city, an increase of $4,580 over May 2017. For the year, collections in 2018 of $1,900,421 were down by $82,686 compared to 2017.
Sales taxes collections are calculated on a three-month cycle. Taxes collected in the first month by retailer is reported/paid to the state's Department of Revenue in the second month and the cities' portions of that revenue is paid to the cities in the third month.
Slim Smith is a columnist and feature writer for The Dispatch. His email address is [email protected]
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Well, not the best day of my life.
Yesterday I had to escape my house for a while to get some reading done, so I went to a nearby Panera Bread to enjoy shortbread and coffee while I read Kant and Adorno. I sat there for a couple of hours reading. And reading. Reading until I felt like my brain was cramping (because that's what Adorno does to you). So I decided to go home, but first, to decompress a little, I decided to walk around a nearby store. I headed toward TJ Maxx, but stopped instead at the Dollar Tree. Because it's been a long time since I've been in a Dollar Tree, and I just can't resist the idea of store where everything only costs a dollar. So I walked all over the store, looking at all the things, and I was on the aisle adjacent to the toys when I heard a young boy say this to his mother: "Today is the best day of my life. You know why? Because I today I got to pick a prize out of the treasure chest and now I'm getting something here." I was smiling and I could hear an older gentlemen behind me chuckling. It was, without a doubt, the highlight of my day. It made me nostalgic for the simple days, when something like getting a $1 toy meant the best day ever. It made me wonder what it would take to make me say "this is the best day of my life." I'm not sure I know what the answer is. And that's probably okay, because I'm not really into those kinds of declarations anyway. But you know what I am into? Celebrating the small things. Getting excited about the things that make me happy, even if they're silly. It made me think of my one little word, enough, because I think it's contentment that allows us to to feel that way.
And speaking of my word, I did some crafts to help keep my word on my mind. I made this sign and put it on my mantel:
I found the unfinished sign at Micheal's, stained the frame, painted the face with chalkboard paint, and chalked on the word.
I also made these blocks and set them on my kitchen window:
I found these unfinished wood blocks [also] at Micheal's and got some stickers that I put on the blocks and then stained them. As you can see, it turned out mostly okay, except the h. Oh well. Good enough, right?


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All of us have skin types that can be put into different categories. The right kind of acne treatment regimen means knowing whether you have oily, dry, sensitive, normal, or combination skin. Most of us have combination skin, meaning trying to find the right kind of acne treatment regimen can be a hassle. Why is that? Well, it all comes down to the T-zone, where most of the oil on the face is made, which can make treating combination skin tricky. After all, your face is the first thing people see, so it has to look good! But knowing what the T-zone is and what skin care products to use to treat it can make all the difference.
What is the T-Zone?
Underneath the skin on your face are glands that produce sebum (oil) naturally. If you draw a "T" on your face that includes your forehead, nose, upper lip, and chin, you're highlighting areas where excess oil is made by your glands. Notice that these areas tend to get more acne than other areas on your face? That is your T-zone. People with oily and combination skin are already familiar with the excess oil and the acne it causes. That's why it's key to find your own unique acne treatment regimen to keep your skin looking fresh.
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I think the most interesting part about this post is discerning the difference between BI and DW. It reminds me of the telescope/microscope analogy: BI is about making reactive and more importantly proactive business decisions. While some BI may involve analyzing historical trends, the newer the data, the more relevant it is.
"…The first word of BI is Business, the first word of DW is Data… BI is the application of knowledge to data in order to produce information valuable to a business process. bp(k * d) = i if you will. Data comes from one or more sources such as data warehouse or a transactional system. By itself, data is useless. However, when business experience and knowledge go to work on that data, guided by a specific business process, important insights and intelligence can be identified. As business processes or knowledge about that business change, the same raw data can be used to develop new intelligence…"


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is there any truth that some key nutrients may actually be cures for dizziness, or is this just another myth?
The answer to this question is not only a very definitive yes.
However it may come as a surprise to a lot of people that a deficiency of some nutrients may actually be one the leading cause of dizziness, if not the leading cause.
There is another very interesting fact about this condition that most people will not realize.
It is one of the leading reasons for doctors' visits worldwide and as it ranks right behind chest pains and fatigue.
For this reason alone, it is extremely important to understand how they can actually help as possible cures.
In fully understanding the potential cures for dizziness, it is extremely important to understand exactly what it is, as well as the most common causes.
Although a deficiency of certain nutrients is one of the leading causes, it is certainly not the only one.
However, some of the other potential causes may also be the result of some type of a nutrient deficiency.
The actual term dizziness can cover a very broad spectrum that will include feeling faint or very lightheaded to the other extreme, where you suddenly become very weak as well as unsteady.
If you have even experienced this condition, it can be terrifying for those few moments when you feel like you are losing total control.
This is referred to as vertigo, where it creates the sensation that you, your surroundings, or both, are both spinning and moving.
Although this condition can be quite frightening, in most cases it is not considered to be life threatening, as it can very easily be treated, especially if it is a vitamin deficiency.
Vertigo in most cases is the result of some type of a problem with your nerves or the structures of your balance mechanism.
This is your inner ear and is referred to as your vestibular system.
When you do experience this sensation, in most all cases trying to set up or move will actually make the condition worse, and if it severe enough, it may cause to lose your balance and vomit.
In further understanding the possible cures for dizziness, it is also very helpful to understand how some of causes will interact, but there will be some cases where they may not.
There is also another interesting twist to this scenario.
There are cases where taking too many vitamins may actually cause the dizziness, especially if they are synthetic and in pill form as they will not absorb effectively which may trigger this condition.
It is for these reasons that natural vitamins as well as liquid multivitamins should always be used if you experience these sensations.
The first of the potential causes is referred to as BPPV, or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and is considered to be far and away the most common.
BPPV can easily result in very short but quite intense periods of dizziness with a sudden change in the position of your head, as well as sitting up quickly after sleeping.
The next potential cause of dizziness is an inflammation of your inner ear, referred to as acute vestibular neuritis, and this condition is often anything but brief.
In fact, in most cases, it can and often does last for several days.
If you experience this form of inflammation, you will most likely experience random or spontaneous episodes of dizziness.
This will not only cause you to easily loss your balance, it can also develop into nausea as well as episodes of vomiting.
If it is severe enough, it can be quite debilitating to the point that it will require complete bed rest.
Next on the list of the causes is Menieres disease, which is an excessive buildup of fluid within your inner ear.
Although it is considered to be uncommon, it can easily trigger periods of vertigo that can last from a few minutes to as long as several hours.
Migraine headaches are also a potential cause, and in addition to the vertigo, you may also experience a visual aura that can also affect your sense of balance.
Acoustic neuroma is yet another one of potential causes as this is a noncancerous growth that will develop on your vestibular nerve, which is what connects your inner ear to your brain.
The most common symptoms with this condition are tinnitus, hearing loss, as well as vertigo.
Pre-syncope can also be an underlying cause and this is a situation where feel very weak and lightheaded, but you will not actually lose consciousness in most cases.
Underlying causes of this condition could also include a drop in blood pressure or an inadequate output of blood from your heart.
The causes can also include disequilibrium or a loss of balance, and this may be the result of sensory disorders, joint or muscle problems, some medications, as well as neurological conditions.
In most all cases however, the link with cures for dizziness and nutrients may involve a deficiency of three B vitamins, B-2, B-6, and B-12, as well as the mineral Iron.
Vitamin B-2, also referred to as riboflavin, is best known as an antioxidant, but it also has some other very powerful qualities, as it assists with several chemical processes in your body.
Both Folate and B-6 need this vitamin to undergo their chemical changes, and your amino acids are also transformed by B-2 into what are referred to as neurotransmitters.
Neurotransmitters are the chemicals that are critical for both your memory as well as your thinking, and a deficiency of this vitamin can cause blurred vision, as well as severe fatigue.
This nutrient is often used to treat migraine headaches, and this is the where the connections with the cures for dizziness really begin.
The next link in the cures for dizziness involving nutrients is with B-6, also referred to as pyridoxine.
This nutrient is considered as essential to your body as water and oxygen, as it also assists with several biological processes.
These processes include fat and protein metabolism as well as also assisting with your neurotransmitters which also allows your brain cells to communicate with each other.
A deficiency of this nutrient can cause nerve damage, numbness and tingling in your in hands and feet, as well as fatigue.
These are the major reason why it is included as one of the potential cures for dizziness.
However, the real power player in the connection with cures for dizziness and nutrients is with B-12, as this nutrient is absolutely critical in the production of your myelin.
Myelin are fatty sheaths of protection that actually insulate your nerve fibers and there is no other nutrient that can short circuit your body faster than a deficiency of this one.
If your body has low levels of this vitamin it can and does lead to memory loss, confusion, delusion, as well as a loss of balance, dizziness and severe fatigue.
If there is a severe deficiency, it can rapidly erode these protective covers and cause long term episodes of vertigo.
The final nutrient that may be one of the cures for dizziness is the mineral iron, which makes hemoglobin which in turn produces your red blood cells.
It is these cells that help to transport oxygen throughout your body, and a shortage of these cells will definitely lead to a shortness of breath, fatigue, as well as severe dizziness.
Cures for dizziness and nutrients have a very strong connection.
In fact a deficiency of these four critical nutrients can not only cause vertigo, they can also potentially trigger most of the other potential causes.
However, by taking a high quality multi-liquid vitamin, you may stop this condition before it ever starts.
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When people think about identity theft and identity thieves, they usually have some pre-conceived notions about what identity thieves look like and how they operate.
If you go out and ask a few people what they picture in their minds when you say the word "identity thief," you'll probably get a wide variety of responses.
Some people picture identity thieves as lone hackers, sitting in their mother's basement and typing away at a keyboard, stealing credit card numbers off the internet.
Other people imagine someone standing at a stranger's mailbox, riffling through mail, looking for pre-approved credit card offers.
While those scenarios do happen (quite often, in fact), they're not the only threat to people concerned about the security of their financial identity.
Law Enforcement officers are well aware of another, much more dangerous type of identity thief – the type that works with multiple partners. I'm talking about identity theft rings.
Much like shoplifting rings, identity theft rings operate in large groups, roaming throughout the country in search of a market that hasn't been hit for awhile.
Once an identity theft ring identifies a market, sometimes through the use of scouts, sometimes just by showing up one day, taking a look around and seeing a few easy marks, they can set up shop quickly.
These identity theft rings, who often consist of 5 to 10 people working in conjunction, strategically target high-income individuals. This is a tried-and-true tactic which, if you think about it, makes perfect sense. After all, why would an identity thief risk stealing from people with low credit scores – and low credit limits?
So how does an identity theft ring identify potential victims?
Usually scouts for the group will look for and look into people or groups of people who display indicators of a high income.
Expensive subdivisions are driven through, often while they are under construction. Office building parking lots are staked out, with the best cars being followed home at the end of the day. Gym parking lots are watched and cars glanced into when the individual has gone inside the building and is working out.
In other cases, scouts for the identity theft ring will look into groups of individuals whose personal information has proven to be fairly easy to gather. College professors, teachers, government employees and real estate brokers fall into this category.
With either kind of groups targeted, the identity theft ring then uses an information broker to get the Social Security Numbers of their selected targets. This is usually a simple thing for information brokers to do, as they have access to credit bureau files and just run the names through their databases using what's called a "national identifier search." While this is strictly an illegal use of these credit bureau files, there are more than enough corrupt information brokers out there who are perfectly willing to make a few bucks on the side and do this for identity thieves who make it worth their while.
Now, identity theft rings do not want problems to pop up with any of the numbers they buy. If one individual's Social Security number is found to be less than readily available to the information broker, or if there are flags on the account from a identity theft prevention service, those names are dropped off the list of targets. Usually there are very few names whose files fall into that category, however, and identity thieves are rarely inconvenienced by having large numbers of people using that service. There are hundreds of millions of unprotected people out there, and criminals like to go after low-hanging fruit.
Once the Social Security numbers have been procured, the identity theft ring will then go into overdrive, applying for credit cards, loans, lines of credit and checking accounts – all using the names and Social Security numbers of their pre-selected targets. Those credit card applications, credit cards, and checking account applications are usually mailed to a small apartment or PO box that had been rented as soon as the identity theft ring members got into town.
In what may be a surprisingly short amount of time to you or I, but a completely expected amount of time to professional identity thieves, credit cards and blank checks will begin to show up at the identity thieves' apartment or at that Post Office box.
As fast as those credit cards and blank checks come in, they go out, in the hands of identity theft ring members whose work consists of buying expensive merchandise – usually computer equipment, jewelry and consumer electronics such as game consoles. Spending cash is obtained by the thieves who hit ATM's and cash bad checks.
Usually, by the end of the day, there are literally piles of merchandise sitting on the floor, ready to be sold to area fences, at flea markets or to pawn shops.
Within a few weeks, before the new credit card bills start to arrive and before the checks start to bounce, the identity theft ring will sell everything, pack up their tools, and leave town – looking for their next target city and their next group of identity theft victims.
They leave behind them financial disaster.
People whose credit has been perfect (up until now) are now faced with many, many man-hours of work on the phone with credit card companies, businesses in the area and banks who all want to be paid. The police are usually called and time has to be spent with them, clearing things up. Credit bureaus, who report what they're told to report by the companies who are their customers, are always slow in fixing what was reported erroneously.
Meanwhile, the people who use identity theft prevention services are completely unaware that any of this is going on, unless they see it in the news. All because their names were crossed off the identity thieves' list at the very beginning of the selection process.
The best way to protect yourself against something is to learn as much as you can about it and do the work yourself.
For those of us who don't have the time to do that, the next best thing to do is to hire someone who makes it their business to know what we don't.
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You hire lawyers to defend you.
For just $10 a month or so, you can hire an identity theft prevention service to protect your financial identity from those who would steal it, use it and ruin it.


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well i stumbled upon a little blog not so long back. where it seemed that this same blogger has the same woes as myself.
so firstly check out his excellent blog here
basically he utilises much thinner paint layers/ washes have you. so that the white undercoat assists in the highlighting giving a white undercoat first. then a thin brown wash to sit in all of the recesses. and then painting your thinned colours as you will see. some of the results are great....so thought i would give it a punt with this guy first
so first things first...this guy..i can see why he was free. he is made from some sort of resin that if i were to describe what it is like....i would say "soap"
yes soap.... a really bizarre type of resin...if you see the painted figure of this guy in the avatars of war website...he looks very little like this one in terms of quality.
and to top it off. i dropped him on my carpet (bare in mind i love thick carpets so my living room is like walking on warm sand) and he broke into about 5 different pieces!!!
yup. soap doesnt make good resin!
this made me care even less about this figure. so i glued him back together and now even more so than before he was the perfect model for my first test with this new paint method.
all of the paints used are extreme thinned down with a medium/water/paint mixture. and whilst not perfect and definitely needing some work. it still did'nt turn out too bad. the integrity of the miniature remains to be seen though. next time i pull him out for a game. i fully expect him to be in pieces again
overall he didnt turn out too bad for a paint job that probably only took about 40 minutes max. the intention here was to attempt to paint something that still looks palpable on the gaming table. but still looks better than the GW base coat wash highlight method.
overall. I'm happy at a first attempt at completely ripping out my painting ethic and trying something brand new. whilst it lends itself perfectly to flesh tones, it seems like it will be very helpful with unit painting, which is clearly one of my biggest bug bears


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