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I've been slowly collecting things for baby these past months. A few of my favorites are these knit pieces. I'm anxious to see her wearing and playing with some of these. Her hat is from this Etsy shop, and I simply asked the owner to make it in a custom color for me. The rattle cloud rattle was a gift from Bacabuche and the kitten tights are from the Gap.
Also in the stack are footed pants and little cardigan from Zara, a vintage sweater (that used to be mine as a baby!) and some thicker knit pants from Toto Knits.
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How cute. My son is 6 and I secretly want a little girl as well. I just love everything you have picked out for her and cannot wait to see her on instagram :) You have a few months left right? I brought my son home in the same shirt my grandma brought my father home from the hospital in and I hope my son will use it for his son one day as well.ReplyDelete
Gah! Love the kitty tights! Can't find them at Gap tho - did you get them awhile ago?ReplyDelete
I just love your colour choice! Such lovely soft tones!ReplyDelete
So cute things! Inspiring, makes me want a girl too, but that you can't choose. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Simply love these! We just had our baby girl three weeks ago so I'm all about cute baby clothes right now :)ReplyDelete
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Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, Lincoln County (N.C.) police said. The discovery of Trickle's body near the Forest Lawn Cemetery came after the Lincoln County Communications Center had received a call earlier in the day from someone — whom they believe was Trickle — that "there would be a dead body and it would be his." After the center returned the call and received no answer, emergency units arrived on the scene and found Trickle's body next to his truck.
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|Dev: Crave
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Crave
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: March 11, 2008
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|Players: 1
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|ESRB Rating: Everyone
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by Joseph Catalanotto
George of the Jungle...I'm not entirely sure how it all started, but I do remember watching episodes of it on the Disney channel some ten years ago. And thanks to my research surrounding this game, I also know that it is now a kid-popular cartoon (none of this Adult Swim that many of us are fond of). When playing George of the Jungle, it becomes all too clear that it was very much based off of the cartoon because it's a kid's game in the worst possible way.
In fact, everything about this game indicates that it was clearly intended as a cheap cash-in on a fairly popular series -- "shovel-ware" as it has come to be known. The graphics are poorly-done, for one. The screenshots make the game look half-decent, but in motion this game is horrendous. Character models are poorly conceived, and the animation is even worse. The game's 3D backgrounds are okay, I suppose, but all-around the game just looks far too sloppy. Background images are shamelessly recycled over and over again, and even close up animation in what could be considered "cutscenes" is laughably bad.
The plot is similarly poor and simpler than you'd expect even in a game that's clearly geared toward kids. George is hunting down some research paper that will supposedly cure his sick friends -- though what a research paper is doing in the middle of this jungle is beyond me. The dialogue is terrible, and I doubt it would amuse even its target audience. The game's humor is crude and absolutely stupid. If you think butt jokes and general "potty humor" is amusing, then you may actually be entertained by George of the Jungle.
George of the Jungle is essentially a platformer, and I can say with confidence that it's probably one of the worst platformers I've played in my entire life -- that's saying something, because I've played a lot of games. This title basically steals every overused platforming element that you could possibly imagine and throws them all together. You've got your collectible items, long chasms, ropes to swing on, and the like. The controls are poor, and worse still, sometimes they don't even work. For example, the double jump will sometimes blatantly not work -- this glitch in the system will promptly send you to your death, which, incidentally, is what I wish would happen to this game.
Combat is also boring and occasionally broken. You've got one simple attack and an equally simple combo that is executed by pressing the attack button three times. The combat, like the platforming, lacks any sort of depth or originality. It's made even more mindless because despite the fact that the backgrounds are in three-dimensions, you move along a very linear path from which you cannot diverge. Seeing as enemies appear only on this path, there's no strategy to be found in defeating enemies in 3D. Shucks.
I hate to keep going on and on about this game, but the boss battles are the anticlimax of the piece of crap that is George of the Jungle. They're insanely glitchy -- even more so than the platforming and regular combat. Moves often don't work, and the simple strategies that you're supposed to employ to overcome the game's bosses are poorly designed and hard to trigger. It's absolutely inexcusable that a game in this current generation is so sloppy and downright bad.
Aside from these immensely annoying glitches that will undoubtedly make you want to snap this game disc in half, there's no real difficulty to this game. The platforming is really easy -- as long as your jumping moves work. As I already mentioned, the combat is insanely basic and would be mindlessly boring and easy were it not for the poorly-done game code. And the boss battles are difficult not because it's tough to figure out what to do -- it's tough only because once you've realized what to do, it's near-impossible to do so.
All told, George of the Jungle is a stupid game that's designed to trick parents into picking this up for their young children. Even if you're one such parent buyer, please do not buy this for your kids. If you're a serious gamer, I doubt you'd ever consider buying this, and I'm just here to ensure you that you've made the right decision. This game was frustrating for me and will no doubt be frustrating for the six-year-old children that are supposed to have fun with this game. Even at a discount price ($29.99 MSRP), this game is not worth buying. Please: don't support these hop-on developers and find better games on which to spend your money.
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(Pocket-lint) - The digital pen has been around before, a long time before in fact with IOpen and Logitech attempting and failing to gain any momentum in convincing you to go analogue to digital. In the past the "digital pens" have been big, cumbersome and the scanning software that changes it from your written scrawl to text rudimentary to say the least.
Livescribe's approach isn't to offer a handwriting to text solution, but merely to help you catalogue your notes so you can find what you've written without having to spend hours flipping through piles of notebooks. Because of that different approach the experience is greatly improved and it knows its limitations. That's not to say it doesn't still set the bar pretty high.
Crack open the box and you get the pen, a docking station and an A4 notepad.
While you will be able to woo unsuspecting friends and kids with its magic powers, the reality is that you use specially designed paper that has thousands of almost invisible dots on it. As you write a miniature camera built-in to the pen records the dots that you connect and then can flawlessly recreate those marks digitally on your computer.
If you're really geeky the camera located at the tip of the Pulse smartpen takes a continuous series of photographs of 6 x 6 dots, spaced 0.3mm apart, creating images of 1.8 x 1.8mm grids of 36 dots. The camera takes 72 snapshots per second, sufficient to capture and recreate handwriting. Each picture of these dots is decoded by software in the smartpen to provide a coordinate pair, telling the smartpen exactly where the pen tip is on any given page.
The smartpen's location, derived from the coordinates, is interpreted by software, and mapped to an "application" in the smartpen. The camera does not see ink written by a user, nor does it see artwork on a page. Rather, the smartpen tracks and remembers where ink is written, and knows the coordinates of items such as buttons.
Where the technology goes one step further than previous incarnations is that while you are writing your notes, you can have audio recordings (AAC) associated to those notes.
Why would you want this? Well if you are writing-up an interview, board meeting or consultation, the audio that was being spoken as you were writing is automatically recorded to the pen. Click that word or sentence at a later date and regardless of what you wrote, what was said will be played out via the pen's built-in speaker or fed out to the headphone jack for you to listen to.
You can then choose to slow the speed down, speed it up or play at normal speed. As a journalist it allows you to make sure you got the quote right, while others will revel in the fact that their notes spring to life: especially if you've switched off for a moment and starting doodling.
Once you've recorded your words, both written and audio (you don't have to record audio every time) you can transfer it to the included software package. It will work with Mac (Snow Leopard included) and PC, and is basically a database management system for your notes.
From here you can upload to the Livescribe community, create a slideshow to add to a PowerPoint presentation or print to PDF. The Mac software variant also lets you export PDF files and the AAC audio files to other applications. Amazingly, as long as your writing is half decent, you can even search your notes for specific words or flowing sentences. You can't search for multiple unconnected words within a page as you might with Google or Bing.
In the box there isn't a handwriting to text solution, although the software does support it if you grab a third-party solution from a company called Vision Objects, however it is only available for the PC.
Back to the notepad and there are varying sizes available to suit your need, with A4 pads and journals available too. You will pay a premium for the magic dot paper (around $20/£15 for an A4 pad) but factor in that you'll be able to archive that entire pad digitally and it's probably a premium you are happy to pay.
Furthermore in an attempt to show you what is capable there are a number of demos to show off to your friends. How about a piano that you draw on the paper and then can play to your heart's content? Or the ability to write a word in English and then have it translated into Spanish, Chinese or Arabic? All are possible.
Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie doesn't it? In practice it works as well as it promises. The pen is slightly larger than your average Bic, but not enough so that it's uncomfortable in the hand. Battery life is around 3 to 4 hours and the mic is good enough to record a conversation between two people in a quiet room, although did struggle somewhat, but not overly, in a loud environment. It was no worse than an entry-level voice recorder but its something to bear in mind. Doctors in their office should have no problems for example, but a journalist at the side of a football pitch might.
As for transferring the notes to the computer it's as easy as plugging in your camera. The software is incredibly simple and the options easy to grasp.
Livescribe isn't a new technology, as we've said, we've seen digital pens before and children's toy maker LeapFrog has already adopted the technology in its Tag book system, however what we do like here is the audio record function that saves you having to carry a digital voice recorder at the same time.
Being able to play back a quote as you read your own notes on the subject is pretty amazing. The only catch? You'll still have to write it on the computer afterwards, but if you are in the business of note taking we can't recommend this enough.


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|Samsung Galaxy S9 - SM-G960F - coral blue - 4G HSPA+ - 64 GB - TD-SCDMA / UMTS / GSM - smartphone
|Product Type
|Smartphone 4G
|OLED display - 2960 x 1440 pixels - colour - 5.8" - 570 ppi - 18.5:9 - Quad HD+ Super AMOLED - Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass)
|Rear-facing camera, front-facing camera, stereo speakers, digital player
|Samsung Exynos 9810 / 2.7 GHz (8-core) - 64-bit
|Graphics Accelerator
|Mali-G72 MP18
|64 GB - RAM 4 GB + microSDXC slot - up to 512 GB
|Operating System
|Android 8.0 Oreo
|Rear Camera
|12 Megapixel - f/1.5 & f/2.4 - focus: automatic, manual
|Front Camera
|8 Megapixel - CMOS f/1.7 - automatic
|Service Provider
|Not specified
|SIM Card Type
|Nano SIM
|SIM Card Slot Qty
|Wireless Interface
|NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ANT+/ANT
|Security Devices
|Fingerprint reader, eye scan, face recognition
|Messaging Services
|Talk Time
|Up to 1320 minutes
|Standby Time
|Up to 326 hours
|Wireless Charging Standards
|Dustproof, splashproof, waterproof
|Coral blue
|Dimensions (WxDxH)
|68.7 mm x 8.5 mm x 147.7 mm
|163 g
|1.18 W/kg (body) / 0.362 W/kg (head)
|Product Type
|Form Factor
|Dustproof, splashproof, waterproof
|Integrated Components
|Rear-facing camera, front-facing camera, voice recorder, stereo speakers, navigation, digital player
|68.7 mm
|8.5 mm
|147.7 mm
|163 g
|Body Colour
|Coral blue
|Body Material
|Metal frame
|SAR Value
|1.18 W/kg (body) / 0.362 W/kg (head)
|Mobile Broadband Generation
|Service Provider
|Not specified
|Operating System
|Android 8.0 Oreo
|Intelligent Assistant
|GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
|SIM Card Type
|Nano SIM
|SIM Card Slot Qty
|Payment Technology
|Samsung Pay
|Input Device
|Multi-touch, capacitive
Messaging & Internet
|Messaging Services
|Supported Social Networks and Blogs
|Data Transmission
|GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, VoWiFi
|2G Band
|3G UMTS Band
|Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 8
|3G UMTS Frequency
|2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 900
|4G LTE Band
|Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 13, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 25, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66
|4G LTE Frequency
|FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700c, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 1900+, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3
|Wireless Interface
|NFC, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, ANT+/ANT
|Bluetooth Profiles
Phone Features
|Phone Functions
|Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
|Accelerometer, proximity sensor, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, RGB sensor, heart rate, pressure sensor, geomagnetic sensor
|Security Devices
|Fingerprint reader, eye scan, face recognition
|Additional Features
|Multitasking, Face Unlock, Wi-Fi Miracast, Multi Window, MU-MIMO technology, Fast Charging, Samsung KNOX, High AOP Mic, Samsung DeX support, Bixby Vision, Intelligent Scan
Media Player
|Supported Digital Audio Standards
|WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AMR, MP3, FLAC, AAC-LC, XMF, AAC +, OGG, eAAC+, MIDI, APE (Monkey's Audio), M4A, apt-X, DSF, DSD, MXMF, OGA, 3GA, AWB, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, OPUS, DFF, MID, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, Vorbis, DSD64, DSD128
|Supported Digital Video Standards
|MKV, VC-1, FLV, AVC, AVI, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, 3GP, H.264, H.263, M4V, WebM, HEVC, MP43, 3G2, WMV8, VP8, VP9, H.265, WMV7
|Sound Enhancements
|Dolby Digital Plus sound, Dolby Atmos sound technology, Surround sound, stereo speakers tuned by AKG, Dolby Digital sound
|Samsung Exynos
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|Processor Core Qty
|64-bit Architecture
Graphics System
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|Mali-G72 MP18
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|User Memory
|Supported Flash Memory Cards
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Front Camera
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|8 Megapixel
|Sensor Type
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|Lens Aperture
|Focus Adjustment
|Special Effects
|HDR, Grid Line
|Camera Modes
|Timer mode, wide selfie mode, selfie mode, AR Emoji, selfie focus
|Quick launch, Motion photo, Stamps, location tags, VDIS (Video Digital Image Stabilization)
Rear Camera
|Sensor Resolution
|12 Megapixel
|Sensor Size
|Optical Image Stabiliser
|Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS)
|Lens Aperture
|F/1.5 & f/2.4
|Focus Adjustment
|Automatic, manual
|Digital Zoom
|Self-Timer Delay
|Special Effects
|Motion effect, HDR, Stamp, Bokeh effect, Grid Line, Stickers
|Camera Modes
|Panorama, Pro mode, Timer mode, HYPERLAPSE, Auto mode, low-light shots, Food mode, Super Slow-mo, AR Emoji
|Face Detection
|Face detection
|White Balance
|Custom, automatic
|Light Source
|LED flash
|Video Resolutions
|1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 60 fps, Super slow motion video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 960 fps, Slo-mo video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 240 fps, 2560 x 1440 (QHD) at 30 fps
|Selective Focus, Quick Launch, Playback zoom, Tracking Focus, Motion photo, Exposure, Shutter speed, geotagging, Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), RAW image capture, VDIS (Video Digital Image Stabilisation), High CRI LED flash, Tracking AF, Stamps, location tags, Hyperlapse video support 1080p, Live focus with bokeh filters, Super Speed Dual Pixel
|OLED display - colour
|Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
|Diagonal Size
|Display Resolution
|2960 x 1440 pixels
|Display Format
|Pixel Density
|570 ppi
|Aspect Ratio
|Colour Depth
|16.7 million colours
|Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass)
|Always-on display, Edge Screen, HDR display, Infinity Display
|Connector Type
|USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C , Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
|3000 mAh
|Wireless Charging
|Wireless Charging Standards
|Talk Time
|1320 minutes
|Standby Time
|326 hours
|Run Time Details
|Talk (3G): up to 1320 min , Active online usage (Wi-Fi): up to 14 hrs , Active online usage (3G): up to 11 hrs , Active online usage (LTE): up to 12 hrs , Playback (audio (Always On Display Off)): up to 80 hrs , Playback (audio (Always On Display On)): up to 48 hrs , Playback (video): up to 16 hrs , Standby (AOD off): up to 326 hrs , Standby (AOD on): up to 80 hrs
|Compliant Standards
|Included Accessories
|Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB Connector (USB-C), micro-USB connector, USB-C cable, headset (tuned by AKG)
Environmental Parameters
|Max Depth of Water Resistance
|1.5 m


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) Brandon Britt marked career highs with 13 free throws and 26 points as William & Mary topped Howard 78-69 in a nonconference contest Thursday night.
Britt went to the foul line a career-high 15 times and is averaging 8.1 free-throw attempts per game this year after going to the line 3.6 times per contest last year. He'd made only 59.6 percent (28 of 47) of those foul shots entering Thursday.
The Tribe (5-3) shot 90.3 percent (28 of 31) from the foul line Thursday.
Marcus Thornton and Tim Rusthoven added 13 points each and Rustoven seven rebounds for William & Mary.
Calvin Thompson led Howard (2-8) with a season-high 24 points on 11-of-26 shooting.
William & Mary led 38-30 at halftime. After Thompson's three-point play cut the deficit to 44-41 with 16:14 left, the Tribe went on an 8-2 run, and Howard never pulled closer than six points.


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Army Warns of New BRAC Round
February 21, 2013
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The next defense secretary will likely have to decide on a series of Army base closings to meet the challenge of looming military spending cuts, a top Army budget official said Wednesday here at the Association of the U.S. Army Winter Symposium.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has already pushed the revival of the Base Re-Alignment and Closure Commission, which was a vehicle for shutting down bases in the past.
"We'll have to see what the new secretary says" about the policy that would hit home with members of Congress, said Army Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, the Army's G-8.
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) was expected to be confirmed by the Senate to succeed Panetta despite fierce opposition by Republicans. He has yet to stake out a firm position on base closings, but Spoehr said a revival of BRAC was a strong possibility.
Under the BRAC process, the Defense Department would propose a list of base closings and the appointed BRAC would review the list, hold hearings, and come up with a final proposal for shutting down facilities.
Spoehr broached the possibility of a BRAC revival after his AUSA Winter Symposium speech in which he pushed back against a small pool of critics in Congress who have charged that the Army and other services have been blowing the budget crisis out proportion.
"We're doing a lot of what-ifs at the Pentagon," Spoehr said of the cuts that would be necessary, depending on the actions of the White House and Congress. "We're doing what-ifs on top of what-ifs,"Spoehr said.
Spoehr warned of potential cuts coming from three directions — a continuing resolution in Congress that would cut military funding, proposed cuts to the $88 billion account for Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan and other areas, and sequestration, which would cut $500 billion in defense cuts over 10 years.
"Each of these would be a challenge," Spoehr said. "Together, they are disastrous."
The Army stands to lose $18 billion from its operations and maintenance budget which would result in "about 78 percent of our Army forces experiencing a readiness decline," Spoehr said.
One area that would likely be protected is the Army's role in the White House plan to shift assets to the Pacific to bolster allies in the region and counter the rise of China, Spoehr said. "We'll continue with that kind of emphasis" which has the support of Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army's chief of Staff, and Army Secretary John McHugh, Spoehr said.
Spoehr warned that the country faces a very different threat climate than it did when the nation similarly cuts its defense budget after the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
"The difference is that we're still in conflict" in Afghanistan while facing major threats in Africa and from Iran and North Korea, Spoehr said. In contrast to past drawdowns, "there is no peace dividend" to be found in the current political.


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After seeing the new style of Clone body I will definitley be rebuilding my entire army to phase out the old one. It will be a long and expensive endeavor but the new body sculpt blows away the old one. I will liquidate my old troops to fund the new one. The only problem will be availability of the new trooper, I hope they offer a collectors case of just troopers to make this easier.It's exciting to know this wave is not to far from release!
Ugh, that is just rediculous
At the present time I plan to get the new clones to supplement my old clone armies, but I can easily see myself selling all my old troopers and going all out on the new ones once they're released.
We might be able to turn the cape inside out...
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"Most users ever online was 268 on 13:55 Mon 19 Nov 2012"
I am intrigued to know what happened at lunchtime on 19th Nov 2012 that led to the peak member traffic which I would guess was roughly 50% of members online...or is this ever present stat not what it seems?
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Here's Zoe Saldana in New York with a woman the paps claim is Bradley Cooper's mother Gloria. Photo agencies mislabel sh-t all the time so for what that's worth...
But Zoe was also photographed heading into Coop's hotel this week. That seems more reliable. Coop was spotted walking his dog yesterday. There's been some speculation the last few weeks that the two have reconciled after breaking up three months ago. The circumstantial evidence seems to suggest it enough though Radar reported just last week that Coop and Scarlett Johansson were hooking up when they were seen being flirty at the Bel Air Hotel on June 11.
The problem with the Radar story however is that it was published on June 18, four days after Page Six sighted Coop and Scarjo with NO MENTION that there was any touching and pre-f-cking going on. If Page Six had a 4 day jump and their spies called it a simple "friendly" dinner, I'm not sure I buy Radar piggy-backing on the report afterwards with extra suggestive details. Page Six loves the exclusives too. They wouldn't have held back if they had seen it go down.
I just realised that's a lot of analysis into Bradley Cooper's love life and I'm not actually sure any of you care.
As for Zoe + Bradley the sequel, some cynics may be inclined to believe that it's a convenient play to promote their upcoming film The Words due out in September. Possible.
Have you seen the trailer? There are parallel lives and loves. Ben Barnes and Coop play struggling writers living in different eras. Coop steals someone else's work. It's an interesting premise, at least to me. I want to see it. But it's also making me anxious. In the way that anyone who's ever told a lie and had to admit they lied might feel anxious. There is relief afterwards, certainly. But the discomfort you experience in the moments before and during your confession stays with you forever. I was talking about that discomfort once with a friend, a particularly crazy one. And she said that the way she sees it, that's how you know you're not a sociopath. This... wasn't much consolation.


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CAERNARFON, superbly set at the southern entrance to the Menai Strait, has a lot going for it. Its distinctive polygonal-towered castle is an undoubted highlight, the Welsh Highland Railway connects the town with the slopes of Snowdon and Porthmadog, and the modern marina development adds Galeri Caernarfon, a modest but interesting arts centre. The town walls are no match for Conwy's, but there is some great accommodation nearby, making this a good base for exploring both sides of Snowdon, the Llŷn and even Anglesey.
Caernarfon Castle
In 1283, Edward I started work on Caernarfon Castle, the strongest link in his Iron Ring, a decisive hammer-blow to any Welsh aspirations to autonomy and the ultimate symbol of Anglo-Norman military might – it withstood two sieges by Owain Glyndŵr with a garrison of only 28 men-at-arms. As you enter through the King's Gate, the castle's strength is immediately apparent. Embrasures and murder holes between the octagonal towers face in on no fewer than five gates and six portcullises, and that's once you have crossed the moat. Inside, the huge lawn gives a misleading impression as the wall dividing the two original wards, and all the buildings that filled them, crumbled away long ago. The towers are in a much better state, linked by an exhausting honeycomb of wall-walks and tunnels. The tallest is the Eagle Tower whose three slender turrets are adorned with eagle sculptures and give the best views of the town. The Northeast Tower houses the Prince of Wales Exhibition, just outside which is the slate dais that was used for Charles's investiture in 1969.
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Rainbow-Pie forever! *flees into the darkness*
And now I am reminded of the new 'Equestria Girls' spin-off in the works...
Eh, I don't think it's likely. We probably will wind up with more fanart with same sex couples, though.
Well, now that Twilight's been made royalty, they do need to show exactly what that means, whether she'll have any new responsibilities, or have to travel in new social circles, or things like that. They might also wind up reversing the transformation and having her give back her shiny new crown at the end, though I'm hoping that they won't.
xD A little late for Valentine's Day Cards, Sabby.
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VISHU: Vish Greetings - Happy Vishu - Malayalees New Year
The festival of Vishu is celebrated with joy and mirth on the first day of Malayalese month of Medam. This corresponds to the month of April-May according to Gregorian calendar. The occasion holds a lot of significance for Hindus as Vishu marks the Astronomical New Year Day. The traditional people of Kerala practice a lot of colorful rituals and customs on Vishu. Most of these traditions are based on a belief that Vishu must be celebrated well as the good things of the first day of the New Year will continue for the rest of the year too.
Vishu is celebrated in the State Kerala on the same day is also celebrated as New year in several other parts of India such as Punjab (Baisakhi), Assam (Bihu), Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka where it is known as Bisu as well as in Tamil Nadu and Ugadi in(Andhra Pradesh).
The most important event in Vishu is the Vishukani, which literally "the first to be seen on the VIshu day." The Vishukkani consist of a ritual arrangement of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, the yellow flowers konna, jackfruit and a holy text and coins in a bell metal vessel called uruli in the puja room of the House. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside. The arrangemnt is completed the previous night. On the day of VIshu, the custome is to wake up at dawn and go to the puja room with the eyes closed so that the Vishukkani is the first sight of the new season. Since the occasion marks the beginning of Malayalam New Year, it is also considered asuspicious to read verses from Hindu Holy book Ramayanam after seeing the Vishukkani.


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I guess it's about time for me to write up my trip to Philadelphia to see the TD International Cycling Classic. Two weekends ago, I caught a rdie up to Philly with a Twitter friend, Steph (@StephBDC), who lives in the area. This was my only my second pro race (3rd, if you count Cross Championships, like I surely do) and it was definitely the biggest one I've been to. The only other races I've been to are the Air Force Cycling Classic races in Virgina. While those are exciting, they are of a bit smaller scale. ANYWAY, this time, not only was I going to watch the race, but I was also going to volunteer. I was "roped into" volunteering by a Twitter friend, so I was going to help with one of the VIP tents. I was a bit nervous about that, but it sounded like fun!
We got to Philly on Saturday afternoon and had some time to walk around Philly before the volunteer meeting. During this sightseeing trip, we saw advertisements to visit the local penitentiary, people standing in an orderly line to take pictures with the Rocky statue, dueling wedding party pictures (okay, not dueling, but would've added spice if they were), and an Army transport vehicle rolling up in front of the museum steps to have their picture taken.
Race day was beautiful- sunny but not too hot. The main part of my volunteering job was arranging rides around the course for VIPs. They had a bunch of vans, cars and motos for the VIPs to ride in around the course, at the end of the caravan. A big perk of this job was that I got to ride in those vehicles as well! So I got to pre-ride the course before the race, ride around the course twice while the race was going on AND ride the course on a moto!! It was amazing. It really helped me get a feel for the whole race that I wouldn't have been able to get otherwise.
The first time we drove of Manayunk Wall, I just about died. it just keeps going and going and going and parts of it are wicked steep. I couldn't imagine riding up it more than once! The crowds on the wall and on Lemon Hill were fantastic. They were a little weaker downtown, but I think it was because it was easier to drink and picnic at the other places.
To be honest, I didn't pay super close attention to the races, mainly because the majority of our work took place right after the peloton went by- that's when the cars came in and they switched passengers. I didn't get any photos of the women's race because it started about 10 minutes after the men and we were too busy with cars when they came around! However, by the last few laps of the men's race, our job was done and we got the watch the end of the race inside the VIP tent. Perks!
Those guys are so fucking fast and I love it. I love the pain and suffering and the way the pour all of themselves into their racing. I could just watch those guys ride all day. Although I'm sure they would prefer to not ride all day. It was a really great trip and a great race and a great experience. I was excited to meet Steph and Heidi (@heidimo6)! I'll definitely be back next year!


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Pablo Zabaleta tips Manchester City to swipe Premier League title in final seconds
Pablo Zabaleta has tipped Manchester City to swipe the Barclays Premier League title in the season's final seconds, just as they did in 2012.
Two added-time goals sent the title to the Etihad Stadium two years ago, as Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero salvaged a 3-2 home victory over QPR.
It meant City claimed their first top flight title since 1968 on goal difference, and after Sunday's unflinching 2-0 win at Crystal Palace, Zabaleta believes Manuel Pellegrini's men are ready for a repeat of 2012.
Confident: Pablo Zabaleta (centre) is confident Man City can win the Premie League title just as they did in 2012
Cue pandemonium: Sergio Aguero shoots to score against QPR as Man City clinched the 2012 title late on
'We know that we've been in this situation two years ago and I think we had been talking about that last week,' said Zabaleta, well aware City could now be crowned champions on goal-difference once again.
'The most important thing we've learned from that experience was the team spirit to keep fighting until the end.
'Whoever ends as the champions, it is because they will deserve it, and we are one of those teams who will fight for it.
'Hopefully we can continue to win the games and show one more time that these players, this team, this manager, all the staff, are still working really hard and are still very hungry for the title.'
Yaya Toure's colossal performance dragged City to victory at Selhurst Park, the fit-again midfielder teeing up Dzeko before firing his side's second himself.
City's victory, coupled with Chelsea's 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield, sets up a tense run to the campaign's climax.
Back with a bang: Yaya Toure marked his return from injury with City's second goal against Crystal Palace
Pellegrini's side trail leaders Liverpool by three points and second-placed Chelsea by one, but crucially they boast a game in hand over both.
A superior goal-difference could send the title City's way once more, but Zabaleta admitted it is still too early to count anyone out.
'Of course, we cannot forget Chelsea, they are a top team with a top manager," said the 29-year-old defender.
'They showed that they are still very hungry for the title, so everything is very tight and it's going to be a fantastic race until the end.
'It was a fantastic three points, we knew Liverpool lost so that was extra motivation to go out and show great team spirit.
'We had a great performance, the team played fantastically well today, we deserved the three points, and now everything is in our hands again.
'It was difficult because we were warming up and we were looking at the big screen: sometimes you don't want to watch it, but we knew that Chelsea were winning 1-0.
'But at the end of the day the most important thing is that we showed a fantastic performance.'
Big win: Chelsea players celebrate after Demba Ba's opener set them up to beat Liverpool 2-0
Zabaleta believes Toure's return after two weeks of thigh trouble will boost City for Saturday's trip to Everton, and home challenges against Aston Villa and West Ham.
'You always need big players in the team. I think Yaya showed one more time that he's one of the main players of this team,' he said.
'He's having a great season; one assist, another goal, fantastic for the team and great to see Yaya back.
'We have three games still to play, everything is in our hands again: we know that we must win those games if we want to win the title again.
'But it's going to be very difficult, the next game is Everton away and that's always been very tough for us.
'They are playing for the fourth place, so nothing is going to be easy.'
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So many turkeys, so little time. How about BL's disastrous 1969 attempt to update the brilliant and cute little Mini with a big modern front end? And they even gave it a special name to go with it. Yes, BL really understood what the Mini was all about. Eventually, the big nose Mini reverted back to its true form. And that unfortunate name has been revived, no less. And just how many new Clubman owners have the faintest idea of where the name came from?
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It looks Japanese for some reason. Big American style grill on small car maybe?
I'm gonna commit a real gearhead faux pax here…
I like it.
(ducks thrown monkey wrenches…)
Actually, I always liked the Clubman front better than the original! I think it looks more modern – particularly on the wagon and Traveller models. Having said that, I do like the original front as well though. And as Uncle Mellow points out, it made servicing them easier.
It looks like it'll fall forward every time you hit the brakes.
I agree with Uncle Mellow- as an Allegro Club member, I can vouch that the big nose served a very practical purpose. Anybody who has tried to change a distributor or water pump would be thankful for that extra space to allow a spanner to turn more than 1/16th of a turn.
However, I still have to say that the Mini is the greatest turkey of all time, and a deadly sin to boot. The sin of sloth.
Yes, sloth. Not because Minis were slow, but rather because BMC-BL-AustinRover-RoverGroup-BAE-Honda-BMW all failed to fix its all too obvious flaws as technology developed. I mean it only took GM 8 years to turn the horrid Citation into the quite reliable 'round back' Centuriera. BMC were unable to fix the Mini's bugs in 40 years.
I'm not talking about a comprehensive redesign or character-endectomy. But rather, perhaps galvanizing that oh-so-thin and rust prone bodyshell- or at least drilling drain holes in the water traps. Or perhaps changing the clutch design to make it able to last more than 30K miles. Or fitting a proper seal where the gearstick enters the gearbox. Or even fitting a distributor that doesn't need a plastic shield to not stall when it rains. I could go on.
Minis were designed as a people's car, and they absolutely failed the brief. A people's car is supposed to be robust and easy to repair. Minors were, 2cv's were, Renault 4's were, Beetles were, and even Fiat 600's were. Mini's were fiddly, unreliable, and difficult to get set up right- even dealers struggled and needed special tools. Today this isn't such a problem, as the 'specialist' tools can be purchased cheaply due to Chinese slave labour, but the price of Churchill original tools (as required by the Haynes manual to do anything) was far beyond the reach of the average owner.
I liked my Allegro and think it was far better than it was given credit for. However, unlike many Mini friends, I don't think it was a great car. My well developed '81 Allegro was in many ways better than a 1981 escort. And that's probably what will be on its tombstone: "better than the first year FWD Escort"
Minis aren't great, or even good. They are quite fun as a toy, but are entirely unsuitable for transportation.
Bought my 66 vw new in St. Johns newfoundland. Could have bought anything sold in Canada (though possibly couldn't have taken it back to the states). Couldn't find anything better suited for the area or for that matter for new england. Thought the brits made some neat looking stuff but neither then nor now have never regretted buying what I bought. Wish I could buy it new again.
Cheers Bryce, I'm not wanting for parts they are just (a lot) scarcer than Minis. Although it is a shame Impwerks in Christchurch closed.
It to be fair the Mini Clubman would have been better regarded had it featured the original hatchback body, since the hatchback together with the new front would have been seen as a logical update of the original Mini.
The Clubman hatchback was dropped because short-sighted conservative BL at the time stupidly believed hatchbacks were not the future on the one hand (despite claims of not having enough money to bring the Clubman hatchback to production), yet at the same time were intent on pushing the flawed Austin Maxi with its hatchback bodystyle being the unique selling point.


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The NEA Higher Education Advocate Special Salary Issue 2008
Faculty Pay 2006-07
Faculty salaries (in constant dollars) increased by 1.2 percent in 2006–07, reversing three consecutive years of declines. The average faculty member's purchasing power rose $832, from $67,682 in 2005–06 to $68,514 in 2006–07.
In this issue of the Advocate......we look at trends in salaries for faculty and staff at the nation's public colleges and universities, drawn from the NEA 2008 Almanac of Higher Education.
Faculty salaries, measured in constant dollars, have been relatively stagnant since 2001–02.
The average state faculty salary compared to household income is calculated here by dividing the average state faculty salary (IPEDS) at two- and four-year public institutions by the average four-person household income in the state (U.S. Census).
If current trends continue, the share of part-time faculty will continue to increase over the next decade, especially at community colleges and for-profit institutions.
Between 2005–06 and 2006–07, there was for the first time in many years a slight decrease in the difference between the average faculty salary at public and private institutions, from $6,908 to $6,900.
Despite women's salaries making little headway, the percentage of full-time women faculty at public institutions has increased 81 percent since 1989–90, while the number of men increased by 8 percent.
According to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources 2006-07 Mid-Level Administrative and Professional Salary Survey, non-teaching staff—other professionals—saw median salary increases ranging from 3.5 to 4.0 percent.
Retirement and medical insurance contributions are the majority of higher education benefit dollars.
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Livestock movement & identification
The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia regulates livestock identification and movement within and into Western Australia (WA).
WA is free of many pests and diseases that are found elsewhere in Australia and throughout the world. Livestock movement and identification requirements help to keep WA free of these diseases, protecting our enviable disease-free status, as well as ensuring whole-of-life traceability for many livestock species. Whole-of-life traceability is important because it enables resolution of a disease outbreak or food safety incident as quickly as possible.
These movement and identification requirements underpin WA's livestock industries and contribute to a profitable and sustainable agricultural sector.
There are strict requirements for bringing livestock into WA. For more information, go to Importing livestock into Western Australia.
There may also be requirements for moving livestock between certain disease control areas in the state. For more information, go to Moving livestock in Western Australia.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching your dates??? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching your dates??? Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Harry SwindellsJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 39Location: Warsaw,Poland Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:25 pm Post subject: Teaching your dates??? It seems to be a widely held belief here that it is utterly unethical to date your students. If it is unethical to date your students doesn't the reverse also hold? Is it unethical to teach your dates? I was working at a university here a few years ago, got introduced to a rather nice young lady (a little older than me), started a relationship with her. She then decided to go back to university (she had done 3 and a hlf of the 5 years needed and then dropped out) and ended up in one of my classes. So what should I have done in that situation? Should I have ended the relationship with her and thus created a bad atmosphere in the classroom? Should I have refused to let her in my class (just as bad as giving a higher mark to a student solely because you are dating them)? Should I have requested a change of classes (not exactly professional)? If it is always black and white about dating students (ie it is always bad to date your students) then surely it is white and black about teaching your dates? Harry Back to top taiwan boyJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 99Location: China Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 2:33 am Post subject: If you were serious about the relationship then there would have been no need to have ended it. The appropriate thing to do would have been to inform your superiors about the situation. That way if there were any problems they would have understood and any embarrassing situations could have been avoided. Back to top omar805Joined: 18 Jan 2003Posts: 69Location: Thailand Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 3:25 am Post subject: Teacher's pet! Harry I'm sure that your experience would make a great movie starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan! Back to top Scott in HKJoined: 11 Jan 2003Posts: 148 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: Harry, I would say that it is still black and white. There shouldn't be anyone in your class that you are having a relationship with, if you can help it. So, in the first place she shouldn't have chosen a class you were teaching. Next, if she has to be in your class (it is the only one available and she needs) then you should inform your head of department and let them make the decision. Now if the school allow it, then it is I would think that it becomes better. The adminstration is happy, but are the other students? Why would understanding there might be problems and asking for a change of class be unprofessional? Why is refusing her permission to be in your class as bad as giving her a high mark?Last edited by Scott in HK on Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:22 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject: Sometimes, having a brush with a drama unfolding before your own eyes may set your mind more rigidly! It happened in a student house. It was not a boarding-house, rather, it was a house with single rooms and communal bathroom and kitchens for the convenience of a student population that frequented an university and several colleges. She was a teacher turned student of I forgot what subject, and she was deeply, but really deeply, in love with someone. One day, I overheard her cry into a telephone "but we have always been a happy couple..." A few days later, she developed a most conspicuous habit - first, someone complained his wine had been stolen, then another person found her bottle of gin empty; beer was missing here, and stronger booze was missing somewhere else. The teacher-turned student could be seen tottering down the hallway, disappear into her room and was soon heard retching. In just one week, she had become a heavy boozer, vegetating in her room and neglecting her studies! Within three months, she had to be moved to a psychiatric clinic. She was released a few months later, but she began drinking again! Finally, her parents took her home. About one year on, I thought I should try to find out what had become of her. Her brother answered the phone. In a totally impassive voice, he informed me she was "dead" - suicide! No, the man that had deserted her was no teacher. That she was a student is, perhaps, just peripheral. Nevertheless, this was a defining experience for me. I was just about twenty myself! Just imagine: one of your own students act in this way? COuld you face her peers? Her family? Authorities? Yourself in the mirror ...? Back to top J.B. ClamenceJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 25 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject: Harry, I think the unethical nature of dating one of your students is based on the idea of meeting someone who is your student and beginning a relationship with them while they are in your class. I don't think it applies to someone whom you started dating before they came to your school. I don't see any big preoblem there. Back to top TaoyuanSteveJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 1028Location: Taoyuan Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 1:14 pm Post subject: I think dating students in adult, informal teaching environments is acceptable. If you are teaching adults in a non-competitive ( ie. no grades, therefore no perceived advantage/bias) environment, then why not? One should never abuse positions of power over children or create impressions of 'sleep with teacher to get grades.' But there is no power dynamic in an adult language school class. In an environment of equals, people should be able to teach their dates or date their students as long as everything is consentual. Back to top AnnJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 45 Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject: Quote: But there is no power dynamic in an adult language school class. HA! Back to top Harry SwindellsJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 39Location: Warsaw,Poland Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 1:59 pm Post subject: Scott in HK wrote: Harry, I would say that it is still black and white. There shouldn't be anyone in your class that you are having a relationship with, if you can help it. So, in the first place she shouldn't have chosen a class you were teaching. Next, if she has to be in your class (it is the only one available and she needs) then you should inform your head of department and let them make the decision. Now if the school allow it, then it is I would think that it becomes better. The adminstration is happy, but are the other students? Why would understanding their might be problems and asking for a change of class be unprofessional? Why is refusing her permission to be in your class as bad as giving her a high mark? As far as the university was concerned it was no problem. A lot of the staff were married to people who used to be their students. She didn't choose my class. There was only one class being run. She needed to take it as it was required for her degree. I was the teacher. I was the only teacher qualified to take that class. Requesting a change of classes (so that an unqualifed teacher took the class) would have been unprofessional because I would have allowed my personal life to have a negative effect on the education of the students. It is wrong to treat a student differently because you are having a relationship with them. That means it is wrong to give them a better grade than they deserve. Or a worse grade than they deserve. She had completed everything that she needed to get into my class. Refusing to accept her into the class would have been treating her differently from other students only because she and I were having a relationship. Harry I note that even you don't define it as black and white. You add the caveat "if you can help it". That by itself introduces an element of gray! Back to top Scott in HKJoined: 11 Jan 2003Posts: 148 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:38 am Post subject: Harry...I would say that the black white still holds with the idea of "if you can help it'. You need to inform the head of department. If they agree, then I think you have to inform the class you are teaching. I think they should be aware of the relationship between a teacher and any student. It is not a decision that you the teacher should make...it should be left to the people above you. Once someone else makes the decision, I think you have done all that you can. Even then I think it might cause problems. Of course it is wrong to treat a student differently; but not allowing someone in your class because it might cause a disruption or because your relationship could cause you to treat a student differently is not the same thing as giving a student a higher mark. In the first you are simply taking a precaution. Having your wife in class could cause serious problems and undermine the learning of the rest of the class. What happens when you catch her in bed with an undergrad? Do you teach the next day? Or you know that she is an alcoholic. Do you let work slide? Do you give her extra help at home when she asks for it? Do you practice blind marking? How can you be sure you won't give her a better mark the day after you have make up sex? The reason dating students is wrong...black and white wrong....is that it brings into play so many different variables. The power of love can often destroy common sense. None of this may ever happen but it could...and for that reason I would say it is wrong to have someone you have a relationship with in your class. It is easy if there is no prior relationship. You can 'just say no'. It is really easy. With a prior relationship, every effort needs to be made. But I understand that there are situations where nothing can be done. Even in those, I would say that it is potentially unfair to your other students. Back to top Paul GJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 125Location: China & USA Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject: Scott: Under the conditions that Harry has described, let's say that his girlfriend does get an "A" instead of the "B" she actually earned. How have the other students been cheated or harmed? As long as the other students receive the grades that they earned, no harm has come to them. There are a lot of factors that come into play when assigning grades. To claim that all grading is 100% objective is absurd. The student who always comes to class, behaves, participates and strives to do their best is going to get an upward attitude adjustment in their grade and the student who constantly disrupts a class is going to get a downward attitude adjustment. Back to top BrendaJoined: 13 Feb 2003Posts: 48Location: Montreal, Canada Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:58 pm Post subject: I agree with Paul... While dating your student can affect your judgement with grading, so can simple favoritism. What if you say "no" to dating them only you end up still grading them based on flattery or mutual attraction. I agree that dating your students is wrong yet at times unavoidable for some. This is why I think that if a teacher crosses that line that measures should be discussed and taken so that your student learns with another teacher. It's not the solution to everything but at least takes a step closer to professionalism. Back to top DeborahJoined: 14 Feb 2003Posts: 19 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:32 pm Post subject: What's a true definition of "bias?" I'm teaching in a University and recently completed an intensive course. I had 150 + students in 10 groups. This was a writing course, and the teachers carefully traded papers for marking so that none of us was marking papers from our own groups, to avoid bias. No problems. But in the re-sit, I ended up marking papers from at least two of my students whom I remembered (a bit of a feat, under the circumstances). One of them I remember had very weak English and was on the verge of being a real pain in the class with her millions of questions. But I KNOW she works hard and wants to do well. I gave her a passing mark (barely) but if I had not known her......honestly, I'm not so sure. Ok, most of us are NOT teaching in a University situation where the mark on a paper really makes a difference in someone's scholastic career. But I know that it's difficult to impossible (at least for me) to be 100% objective in marking - and if I were dating a student I honestly believe for me it would be impossible to view the work of that student objectively. If you're not teaching in a situation where marks are truly important, no major problem. But if the objectivity is a part of your job requirement, my opinion is that you shouldn't do it. P.S. - this reminds me of the time that I resigned from a TEFL training institute because the trainers insisted on partying with trainees...........and more, in some cases. Definitely affected pass/failure rates on the course. Back to top MarianaJoined: 03 Feb 2003Posts: 26Location: Bavaria Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:32 pm Post subject: Do the female teachers ever get into the situation of dating their male students, or is it just the men? Just curious. M. Back to top BrendaJoined: 13 Feb 2003Posts: 48Location: Montreal, Canada Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:53 pm Post subject: I dunno about that statistically, but I do think that women must guard their reputations far more than men do. 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The Committee for the Historian and the Committee on Christian Education are pleased to announce that the Presbyterian Guardian is now online in its entirety on OPC.ORG. The completion of this project makes available the forerunner to New Horizons and the main source of information regarding the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from 1935 (the year prior to the church's founding) through 1979. (New Horizons began publication in January 1980.)
J. Gresham Machen, the first editor of the Guardian, believed it was important that a magazine exist which was devoted to the conservative cause in the Presbyterian conflict of that era. The name was chosen to represent the defense of the faith, the fight to preserve the truth of the historic Christian faithespecially the person and work of Christ. The magazine's stated mandate was to teach, propagate, and defend the system of faith and practice found in the Westminster Confession and Catechisms.
The magazine, like the seminary that Machen founded (Westminster), was independent, but the staff and content were thoroughly connected to the OPC. OP minister and Westminster professor Ned B. Stonehouse served as editor, as did OP ministers H. McAllister Griffiths, Charles Woodbridge, Paul Woolley, Robert Nicholas, Leslie Sloat, and John Mitchell. Stonehouse commented in a 1956 editorial that in the providence of God the editors of the Guardian had been especially devoted to the advancement of the Reformed faith as it had been expressed in the life and testimony of the OPC.
At its beginning, the Guardian had a cool reception by some. Time magazine announced: "From Philadelphia, Vatican City of Presbyterian Fundamentalism, issued a new semimonthly, The Presbyterian Guardian, the last word in undiluted orthodoxy, as expounded by Fundamentalist Dr. J. Gresham Machen" (Oct. 28, 1935).
Among the most prolific theologians contributing to the magazine over its forty-four-year history were R. B. Kuiper (62 articles), Cornelius Van Til (47 articles, 13 reviews), Edmund Clowney (41 articles), and John Murray (71 articles). But the Guardian also opened its pages to pastors like Robert Atwell (44 articles), Henry Coray (over 100 articles), Edwards Elliott (37 articles, 17 letters), Calvin K. Cummings (36 articles), Lawrence Eyres (70 articles), and Henry Tavares (83 articles). The topics covered ranged from Christmas (26 articles, including Van Til's 1971 open letter to Pearl Buck, "Christmas and the New Day") to eschatology (47 articles) to prayer (46 articles) to the Sabbath (25 articles) to racism (11 articles, 14 letters).
Even in the present issue of New Horizons, the influence of the Guardian can be seen in the "News, Views, and Reviews" section, which in the Guardian was represented by "Orthodox Presbyterian Church News" and "Here and There in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church." Interesting tidbits can be found in those Guardian features, such as this news from Bethel OPC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the July 15, 1954, issue: "On June 12 the Sunday school enjoyed a trip into the jungles of the Everglades, aboard the boat River Queen. The trip included a stop at a Seminole Indian village, where a young Indian wrestled an alligator, and where three young Seminole children sang "Jesus Loves Me" in their native tongue. The whole trip served to spark the D.V.B.S."
To read about other adventures and much more in the Presbyterian Guardian, visit the home page of OPC.ORG, and in the right-hand column under the photo of Machen click on "Presbyterian Guardian." Or you may go directly to the webpage at http://opc.org/guardian.html.
The author is general secretary of the Committee on Christian Education. Reprinted from New Horizons, Sept. 2010.


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Help, Thanks, Wow is a funny, candid, simple approch to spiritual practice. Lamott uses her unique brand of humor and wisdom to tell hilarious and often wrenching tales about situations in her own life that have insprired her own prayers and insprired her to encourage others to pray anywhere, anytime and any how. More than a prayer manual Help, Thanks, Wow is a book about getting through life and will inspire readers to think about notions of gratitude, sprituality and faith--all written in Lamott's own particular brand of intelligence, honesty and comedic timing. Think of it--as one reviewer put it--as Cliff notes for spirituality.
Another author who draws on her own experiences as well as intimate conversations with both ordinary and famous figures is Krista Tippett, author of Speaking of Faith. The popular public radio host of the show On Being (formerly known as Speaking of Faith) has written a book about the conversational journey she has taken on her radio show about religion, meaning, ethics and faith. Readers who have enjoyed Tippett's radio show will be interested in her personal background and her own theological journey. For those who are unfamiliar with Tippet's public radio program this book will introduce the reader to all kinds of people from all walks of religious life including theologians, physicists, nuns, monks and philosophers speaking from a variety of perspectives.
My third read alike is Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life written by Karen Maezen Miller is a "reflection on awareness and finding happiness at the bottom of the laundry basket, the love in the kitchen sink and the peace possible in one's backyard." Beautifully written and simply told this book shares the authors ups and downs including a broken marriage, youthful ambition, self-absorption--then into the steady calm of an "ordinary life." The author is a Zen Buddhist priest but as Miller puts it " I'm not the kind of priest you have pictured in your mind. I'm the kind of priest that looks a lot like you, doing the same things you do every day."
Another book I have enjoyed reading is Beginner's Grace:Bringing Prayer to Life written by Kate Braestrup. More than a handbook of prayers this is a book about how and why praying can open up space in our lives for gratitude, compassion, mindfulness and contentment. The author explains how many people are unsure how to pray, when to pray or what to pray for out of fear of doing it wrong or worried they won't be heard. In this honest and funny narrative the author explains what prayer is and the many ways we can pray. Drawing from her work as a chaplain Braestrup includes many examples of prayer and invites the reader to explore different types of prayers including prayers that extend into the community. Beginner's Grace is for the religious and nonreligious alike in its nonjudgemental approach to spirituality.
My final read alike is Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life written by Shauna Niequist and is another book that celebrates the extraordinary moments that can be found in our ordinary lives. This a book about spirituality, about hope, about life, about boredom, about fear and regret. It is a collection of stories celebrating finding happiness in the normal daily life that all of us lead and recognizing how precious everyday life really is. "Life is a collection of a million, billion moments, tiny little moments and choices, like a handful of luminous, glowing pearl. It takes so much time, and so much work, and those beads and moments are so small, and so much less fabulous and dramatic than the movies."


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Letter, E. B. Whitman to Friend [Franklin] Sanborn
Author: Whitman, E. B.
Date: February 26, 1859
National Kansas Committee agent Whitman wrote to Sanborn from Lawrence with disturbing news about "John Brown's proceedings." Brown had been accused by Democrats during the previous legislative session of "subsisting upon the proceeds of notes given for seeds and clothing," and initially Whitman defended Brown against these charges--to Whitman's dismay, he later found them to be true. Whitman seemed sincere in his desire not to believe the worst about the man he had aided for several years, but he was at a loss for an adequate explanation for Brown's action under the guise of an agent of the National Kansas Committee.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John Brown Collection, #299, Box 2, Folder 1
Item Number: 102723 Number of images: 6
Keywords: Arny, W. F. M. (William Frederick Milton), 1813-1881; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Conway, Martin Franklin; Hutchinson, William, 1823-1904; Hyatt, Thaddeus; Kansas Territory. Legislature - Lawrence; National Kansas Committee; Relief funds; Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917; Smith, Gerritt; Whitman, E. B.
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Rugby union
Rugby union (aften referred tae as rugby, union or fitbaw) is a variant o rugby fitbaw. Rugby union is aye played wi teams o 15 players, awtho thare's rugby sievens an aw, a swippert gemme wi 7 players on baith teams. The name comes fae the the gemme's foremaist owerseein body, the Rugby Football Union. It is ane o the twa codes o rugby, the ither bein rugby league.
The gemme wis developed frae the rules uised tae play fitbaw at Rugby schuil in Ingland. The main differ frae fitbaw is that in rugby the baw is an oval, no a sphere, an that the players is alloued tae lift the baw up an rin wi it. The players is alloued tae fling the baw fae player tae player, but no forrit: the baw maun gang sideweys or back whan flung.
It is a popular gemme parteecularly in Nou Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Wales, Ingland, Ireland, Scotland, Fraunce, Australie, Argentina an Sooth Africae. Rugby union is winnin mair parteecipants in Italie, efter its acceptance intae the Sax Nations, an Japan, mauger thair failt ettle tae haud the 2011 Rugby Warld Cup that gaed tae New Zealand.
The International Rugby Board (IRB), foondit in 1886, governs the gemme an sets furth the gemme's laws an aw. Thare's 95 full members an 8 associate member kintras the nou. Frae IRB feegures, rugby is gettin played in mair nor 100 kintras ower five continents by men an weemen o aw eilds. The IRB haes owerins ower the Rugby Warld Cup, the Weemen's Rugby Warld Cup, Rugby Warld Cup Sievens, IRB Sievens Warld Series, Nether 21 Warld Cup, Unner 19 Warld Cup, an the Super Pouers Cup. It will haud votes for tae wirk oot whaur thir events is tae be be hauden.
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Rugby union is played atween tois teams, each ay which starts th' match wi' 15 players oan th' field. Durin' th' match, players main be replaced (fur injury) ur substituted (fur tactical reasons). A player fa has bin replaced mauna rejoin play unless he was temporarily replaced tae hae bleedin' controlled; a player fa has bin substituted main return temporarily, tae replace a player fa has a bluid injury, ur permanently, if he is replacin' a front-raw forward. in international matches, up tae seven replacements ur allowed; in domestic ur cross-border toornaments, at th' discretion ay th' responsible national union(s), th' number main be increased tae aicht, ay whom thee main be sufficiently trained an' experienced tae provide cowre fur th' thee front raw positions. players in a team ur divided intae aicht forwards (tae mair nor in rugbae league) an' seven backs. forwards ur generally bigger an' stronger, an' tak' part in th' scrum an' lineit, while backs ur generally smaller but faster, mair agile an' aft th' main points scorers fur th' team.
The field ay play oan a rugbae park is as near as possible tae a maximum ay 100m lang, an' 70m wide. thaur ur several lines crossin' it, notably th' half way line, th' goal line/try line (on which th' goal posts ur located), th' "twenty two", which is 22m frae th' goal line, an' th' deid baa line, which ideally is at leest 10m but nae mair nor 22m behin' th' goal line. points can be scored in several ways: a try, scored by groondin' th' baa in th' in-goal area, is worth fife points an' a subsequent conversion kick scores tae points; a successful penalty kick ur a drap goal each scair thee points. th' values ay each ay these scorin' methods hae bin changed ower th' years. th' team which scores mair points wins th' gam. at th' beginnin' ay th' gam, th' captains an' th' referee toss a coin tae decide which team will kick aff first. play 'en starts wi' a drap kick, wi' th' players chasin' th' baa intae th' opposition's territory, an' th' other side tryin' tae retrieve th' baa an' advance it back. if th' player wi' th' baa is tackled, frequently a ruck will result. forward passin' (throwin' th' baa aheid tae anither player) isnae allowed. th' baa can be passed laterally ur backwards, but cannae be throon forward. th' baa tends tae be moved forward in thee ways—by kickin', by a player runnin' wi' it an' passin' it tae a teammate fa continues th' rin, ur within a scrum ur maul. unlike in american fitba, "blocking" isnae allowed, sae only th' player wi' th' baa main be tackled ur rucked. when a baa is knocked forward by a player wi' his/her arms, a "knock-on" is committed, an' play is restarted wi' a scrum. when th' baa leaves th' side ay th' field, a lineit is awarded against th' team which lest tooched th' baa. th' lineit is usually awarded at th' position whaur th' baa left th' field ay play but if th' baa is kicked directly intae tooch frae ootwith th' "twenty-two", ur if a team plays th' baa back intae its ain "twenty-two" an' th' baa is 'en kicked directly intae tooch, th' lineit is awarded at a point opposite whaur th' baa was kicked. tae f'rm a lineit, players frae each team line up in parallel lines, at leest 1m apart an' at leest 5m frae th' sideline; a player (usually, but nae necessarily, th' hooker) frae th' team 'at was awarded th' lineit throws th' baa doon th' gap atween th' tois lines ay players, fa can jump ur be lifted in an attempt tae secure possession ay th' baa. lineoots ur a body ay th' chief differences atween th' tois rugbae codes, as they dinnae occur in rugbae league.
games ur divided intae 40-minute halves, wi' a break in th' middle. th' sides exchange ends ay th' field efter th' half-time break. stoppages fur injury ur tae allaw th' referee tae tak' disciplinary action, dinnae coont as part ay th' playin' time, sae 'at th' elapsed time is usually longer than 80 minutes. unlike in mony other sports, thaur ur nae "time oots". th' referee is responsible fur keepin' time, e'en when—as in mony professional toornaments—he is assisted by an official time-keeper. if time expires while th' baa is in play, th' gam continues until th' baa is 'dead', an' only 'en will th' referee blaw th' whistle tae signal half-time ur full-time; but if th' referee awards a penalty ur free-kick, th' gam continues. tries ur scored atween th' goal line an' th' deid baa line. th' goal line is treated as part ay th' in-goal area an' a try can be scored if th' baa is groonded wi' onie part ay it toochin' th' goal line. th' deid baa line is it ay play, an' a baa 'at tooches ur crosses th' deid baa line, ur 'at is held by a player fa tooches ur crosses th' deid baa line, is it ay play. rugby goalposts ur h-shaped, an' consist ay tois poles, fife.6m apart, connected by a horizontal crossbar 3m abune th' grin. unlike some other sports thaur ur nae goalkeepers, an' th' section underneath th' crossbar has nae special meanin'. th' original park dimensions waur in imperial units, but hae since bin converted tae th' metric system. thaur ur thee match officials: a referee, an' tois assistant referees. th' latter, formerly knoon as tooch judges, hud th' primary function ay indicatin' when th' baa hud gain "intae tooch"; their role has bin expanded an' they ur noo expected tae assist th' referee in a number ay areas, sic' as watchin' fur fool play an' checkin' off-side lines. in addition, fur matches in high level competitions, thaur is aft a tele match official (tmo; popularly called th' "video referee"), tae assist wi' certain decisions, linked up tae th' referee by radio. th' referees hae a system ay hain signals tae indicate their decisions. common offences include tacklin' abune th' shoolders, collapsin' a scrum, ruck ur maul, nae releasin' th' baa when oan th' grin, ur bein' off-side. th' non-offendin' team has a number ay options when awarded a penalty: a "tap" kick, when th' baa is kicked a huir uv a cuttie distance frae hain, allowin' th' kicker tae regaither th' baa an' rin wi' it; a punt, when th' baa is kicked a lang distance frae hain, fur field position; a place-kick, when th' kicker will attempt tae scair a goal; ur a scrum. players main be sent aff (signalled by a red card) ur temporarily suspended ("sin-binned") fur ten minutes (yellaw card) fur fool play ur repeated infringements, an' mauna be replaced.
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