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This past Friday night Toni Tortorilla, a "transpersonal counselor" and a priestette created by Roman Catholic Womenpriests, performed a make believe "Mass" here in Eugene, Oregon, at the First Christian Church (see this previous post). This past July, Tortorilla was "ordained" a priestette, along with her lesbian partner (who was "ordained" as a deaconette), in Portland, Oregon. A number of Catholics contacted Dan Bryant, senior pastor at First Christian, and asked that he cancel the event in Eugene, but to no avail. About 15 Catholics assembled in quiet protest, and some of them, including a friend of mine, went inside for part of the service. He said that about 60-70 folks were in attendance, the vast majority of them women (and many of them apparently lesbian). Many of those in attendance were from two Catholic parishes: St. Jude and the Newman Center; both have a reputation for being a bit, uh, loose with Church teaching. The organist at the event was reportedly the organist/choir leader for the Newman Center, and the "communion" helpers included a couple from St. Jude parish.
Here is a part of the program/"missal" for the event:
It should be pointed out that the larger context of Pope Benedict's remarks, made in an interview with German journalists, is as follows:
Holy Father, women are very active in many different areas of the Catholic Church. Shouldn't their contribution become more clearly visible, even in positions of higher responsibility in the Church?
We reflect a lot about this subject, of course. As you know, we believe that our faith and the constitution of the college of the apostles obliges us and doesn't allow us to confer priestly ordination on women.
But we shouldn't think either that the only role one can have in the Church is that of being a priest. There are lots of tasks and functions in the history of the Church. Starting with the sisters of the Fathers of the Church, up to the Middle Ages when great women played fundamental roles, up until modern times.
Think about Hildegard of Bingen who protested strongly before the bishops and the pope; of Catherine of Siena and Brigit of Sweden. In our own time, too, women, and we with them, must look for their right place, so to speak.
Today they are present in the departments of the Holy See. But there's a juridical problem: According to canon law the power to take legally binding decisions is limited to sacred orders. So there are limitations from this point of view but I believe that women themselves, with their energy and strength, with their superiority, with what I'd call their "spiritual power," will know how to make their own space.
And we will have to try to listen to God so as not to stand in their way but, on the contrary, to rejoice when the female element achieves the fully effective place in the Church best suited to her, starting with the Mother of God and with Mary Magdalen.
The service included songs by Marty Haugen (shocker!) and the Creed was "excerpted from Joan Chittister":
Because, of course, the Creed articulated and defined by the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople simply won't do, being so filled with male pronouns and archaic language unsuitable for priestettes. The "Lord's Prayer" opened with the words, "Our Mother, Our Father..." The service concluded with "Sing a New Church."
Tortorilla, I've learned, works (at least part-time) for Northeast Catholic Counseling Services (NCCS) in Portland, Oregon. I've also been told, by someone familiar with the situation, that Archbishop John G. Vlazny is upset about all of this and has communicated to NCCS that Tortorilla needs to be released from her work there or else NCCS will face having its status as "Catholic" revoked. Some will, no doubt, see such actions as another sign of male oppression. But it is actually a matter of renouncing what my pastor aptly describes as "identity theft." Tortorilla is pretending to be something/someone she is not, and therefore will face consequences, just as those who pretend to be policemen, doctors, etc., have to answer, if caught, for their harmful impersonations. Hopefully she will realize that the eternal consequences for her actions are severe, and that she should not presume that God will take lightly her scandalous actions against the Church, the liturgy, and, most importantly, against Jesus Christ and the Eucharist.


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ProvocationPosted by Brian at 3:47 PM
These people are lucky--bone-stupid, but lucky, because they got out of this situation without getting hurt.
In San Francisco's Castro District, people on both sides of the same-sex marriage controversy confronted each other on Friday night, as police tried to keep the peace. Proposition 8 passed in a close vote and eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry.Joe.My.God has video of the group being escorted by police out of the Castro, and while I understand his and Pam Spaulding's positions that a violent reaction to this sort of invasion is probably not the best idea from a public relations standpoint, I think it's a perfectly logical and reasonable reaction given the circumstances.
Let's be frank here--what this group did by going to the Castro and doing "outreach" in the gay community so soon after the passage of Prop 8 was the equivalent of going to a rally celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. dressed like James Earl Ray, only less tactful. I can't look into these peoples' hearts and say that they were trying to start a riot, but they sure didn't act as if they cared how the locals felt.
Most weeks, I suspect, the locals regard this group with bemusement, much like the way I do Brother Micah, but this wasn't just any other week. This was the week after the gay community was told, by people much like those doing "outreach," that they were less than human, that they were not worthy of the same human rights as the rest of the state. To show up so soon and throw that in their faces, in their own streets, in front of their businesses, especially given the history of that particular neighborhood, makes me wonder if they weren't hoping to provoke an incident, if they weren't out to cause some trouble.
There's always the possibility that they just didn't realize how offensive their appearance would be--people this deeply involved in their beliefs often don't understand just how they come off--but if that were the case, then you'd think that the group would have packed up and left the second the crowd started to get ugly. No, my suspicion is that they knew that this was going to be a bad scene, and decided to do it anyway, whether because they're ugly people inside who want to jam Jesus in the faces of those they perceive as sinners, or because they thought it would be a good way to prove their faithfulness.
I'm glad they weren't hurt, and I'm glad the SFPD showed up to get them out of an ugly situation, but let's not pretend like the Castro was solely to blame here. You stick your thumb in a bulldog's eye, the bulldog is likely to bite, and you bear a lot of the blame for the resulting stitches. Don't want to get bit? Keep your thumb out of the Castro.
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Daglan is becoming quite the home for artists and artisans. (More on this later.)
And now we've got a major art exhibition coming up — the Expo Art Plastique — which begins on Sunday (June 24) and runs until July 8, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. It's in the village's community hall (la Salle des fètes) of course.
To be honest, I had no idea what art plastique means, so I turned to Google. There seem to be several possibilities, but I think it's likely that it simply means visual art.
My wife Jan and I have been invited to the vernissage (private showing) the evening before the expo officially begins, so I just may have a report for you on Sunday or Monday.
And now for a brief overview of our artists and artisans, starting at the south end of the village (entering Daglan from across the River Céou):
First come two artists and their galleries, across the street from each other; both create both paintings and sculptures. Further along there's the shop (La Petite Minoche) run by the woman who creates and sells lovely hats.
Then comes La Goutte Noire (which means The Black Drop). It is both the shop and the atelier, or workshop, of a talented young woman named Sophie Arnaud; her speciality is working with fine silver strands, shaping them into earrings, bracelets, necklaces and more, and sometimes combining the silver with semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli.
Across the street from La Goutte Noire is the new shop called La Margotte, where a seamstress makes clothing (Jan has already bought a lovely dress) and sells a variety of decorative items.
Next to La Goutte Noire is an area where art exhibitions are often held, including the work of a local water-colourist. Then there's the home of the sculptor who uses a power saw to create large statues out of tree trunks. And finally, another well-known water-colourist is having an ancient home renovated right in our quartier, just a few metres from our home, where he will live and operate his gallery.
If I've missed anyone, I apologize — just let me know.
And here's how one of the artist's galleries looks, with the Expo banner hung high on the exterior wall:
This is where you'll find the work of Yannick Robain, abstract painter and sculptor. With luck, I'll be showing quite a few pieces of his art, and others, in a blog posting soon.


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Who Can Benefit From Orthodontics?
Orthodontics is a specialized branch of dentistry that is concerned with diagnosing, treating and preventing malocclusions (bad bites) and other irregularities in the jaw region and face. Orthodontists are specially trained to correct these problems and to restore health, functionality and a beautiful aesthetic appearance to the smile. Though orthodontics was originally aimed at treating children and teenagers, almost one third of orthodontic patients are now adults. A person of any age can be successfully treated by an orthodontist.
A malocclusion (improper bite) can affect anyone at any age, and can significantly impact the individual's clarity of speech, chewing ability and facial symmetry. In addition, a severe malocclusion can also contribute to several serious dental and physical conditions such as digestive difficulties, TMJ, periodontal disease and severe tooth decay. It is important to seek orthodontic treatment early to avoid expensive restorative procedures in the future.
What problems can orthodontics treat?
Orthodontics can treat a wide range of dental problems and in most cases, completely realign the teeth. Orthodontists may work alone, or in combination with a maxillofacial surgeon.
The typical irregularities requiring orthodontic treatment are as follows:
How can orthodontics help?
Orthodontic dentistry offers techniques which will realign the teeth and revitalize the smile. There are several treatments the orthodontist may use, depending on the results of panoramic x-rays, study models (bite impressions) and a thorough visual examination.
Fixed dental braces can be used to expediently correct even the most severe case of misalignment. These braces consist of metal or ceramic brackets which are affixed to each tooth and an archwire which is used to gradually move the teeth through the duration of the treatment.
Removable appliances include headgear (which consists of a metal wire device attached to customized braces), retainers, Invisalign® aligners (which are almost invisible to the naked eye), palate expanders and tooth movers. Faceguards are generally used to correct developmental delays in both the upper and lower jaw, and palate expanders are used to combat overcrowding.
Whatever the dental irregularity or the age of the individual, orthodontic appliances can properly realign the teeth and create a beautiful smile.
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Top Tens.
10. Turn over the couch cushion to reset the pre-formed divot
9. Discover Sunday also has 24 hours in it not just the 6 hours remaining once all the games have ended
8. Fuel up the lawnmower to at least make it appear you intend to use it
7. Have conversations with the other people who live in house with you
6. Figure out if chicken wings and jalapeno poppers go good with binge-watching streaming TV shows
5. Actually pay attention to weather forecasts for Sunday because you might actually leave the house
4. Learn your remote control can flip to more channels than the two or three you always use
3. Stay a little longer at church because no one is under pressure to get everyone home before kickoff
2. Toss your team jerseys into the laundry basket
1. Continue to not watch NFL games
10. Played inside a dome so the players and fans won't get hot, cold, wet, dry or in any way uncomfortable
9. The last Super Bowl not to be named, "The Patriots Invitational"
8. The New England running backs can still not be identified in street clothes by any fans
7. Trademarked Sickness Bag included in the official game swag
6. Television ratings will be down for this broadcast, too
5. The Philadelphia quarterback cannot be identified in street clothes by any fans
4. Tom Brady not headed for the NFL Senior Tour just yet
3. Justin Timberlake in the Half Time show to make up for his lack of exposure over the last six years
2. Vince McMahon's U.S. Bank Stadium VIP Suite tickets have been voided
1. No one will watch the commercials this year, either
10. There is finally a reason to read the ticker at the bottom of the television screen.
9. Less traffic on the streets each Sunday afternoon.
8. Water-cooler talk at the office morphs into water-cooler chest-bumping.
7. Can better justify why the television covers an entire wall of the living room.
6. Snack food companies can introduce new flavors of their staple chips upon unsuspecting fans.
5. 2-hour long highlight shows.
4. Hides the fact Summer is over, Fall will soon be gone and Winter is on its way.
3. Get to find out if your favorite team's No. 1 overall draft pick in 2014 is still on the roster.
2. Get to find out if you can still wear your replica jersey of your team's No. 1 draft pick in 2014.
1. Did the NFL season ever really end?
What This Is
Top Ten lists are compact, simple and exactly ten items in length (most of the time).
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Before I explain why, it is important to state that:
1) Ecosystems do not react linearly to change, but abruptly switch states (Scheffer, 2001).So, why is no one doing anything about the very real issues threatening long term human survival? I think it is safe to qualify the situation as an emergency, and thus we should look at research into how people react in emergencies, or why they do not.
2) That the global biosphere or global network of ecosystems, is threatening to shift states, if just 7% more ecosystems shift states (collapse at 50% and we are currently at 43%) (Barnosky, 2012).
3) Managers, planners, and politicians are not coordinating with scientists or experts (Staudinger: Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, 2012).
4) Evolution is far less likely than extinction (Schwartz, 2006).
There is a 5 step process for helping an emergency first characterized by Darley and Latane in 1968.
The 1st step is to notice the emergency itself, which can be hindered by distractions or preoccupation.
The 2nd step is to classify it as an emergency, meaning to recognize what is really going on, and this can be hindered by pluralistic ignorance -when a group of people do not notice an emergency because those around them are simultaneously not noticing or reacting to the emergency: it is thus assumed there is no emergency-.
The 3rd step is to take responsibility in the emergency. Studies show that the more people present at an emergency, the lower the chance is that someone will help. This is known as the bystander effect and creates a diffusion of responsibility, which leads the individuals to feeling less responsible for what is going on: "not my problem". This means that a lone individual is far more likely to help you than that same person within a group.
The 4th step is to know what to do, and the 5th step is to do it. But, even after taking responsibility and knowing what to do, it is possible someone will not help due to social inhibition. This is where the social context, or social norms, prevent or dissuade helping in the situation.Most people are busy: they do not have time to think about world problems, let alone world problems which have yet to materialise. Most people do not realize how serious environmental problems are: they think the only problem facing us is global warming, and picture this as it becoming a little warmer in the summers. Most people feel like a faceless member of humanity with no reason to help solve these problems, and refrain from taking responsibility, even if they know what is going on.
Many people who know what is going on and have taken responsibility for helping, do not know what to do. They do not realize that even communicating with others about these problems, helping making others aware, taking the time to discuss this with people experiencing dissonance (will be explained in a different text) makes quite a difference.
When just 10% of the population holds an unshakable belief, then it quickly spreads to almost everyone (Szymanski, 2011). If people understood what was going on then there would be more people taking responsibility, more people brainstorming over solutions, and more work being done to avoid global ecological collapse.
The only step left is to do it. So talk to others about these issues, learn about them yourself, and start taking steps towards solving problems. Taking steps towards preventing our own demise, taking steps towards pulling our collective head out of the sand.
1) Scheffer, Marten. 2001. "Catastrophic shift in ecosystem states". Nature Publishing Group.
2) Barnosky et al. 2012. "Approaching a state shift in Earth´s biosphere." Nature Publishing Group
3) Schwartz. 2006. "Sudden Origins: A General Mechanism of Evolution Based on Stress Protein Concentration and Rapid Environmental Change"
4) Staudinger, Michelle D et al. 2012. "Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services: Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment. Cooperative Report to the 2013 National Climate Assessment".
5) Darley, J.M., Latané, B. (1968a). "Group Inhibition of Bystander Intervention in Emergencies." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 10(3), 215-221.
6) Syzmanski. 2011. "Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas"
SOURCE: http://www.exposingthetruth.co/human-extinction-without-a-squeak/


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Ice Sword
アイスソード [ice sword] in Japanese. Note that this equipment didn't originate in the Final Fantasy series, but was instead added during a collaboration event with the Saga series.
Record Keeper
Stats: ATK +70, ACC 95 (lv1), ? (lv5), ? (lv10), ? (lv15), ? (lv20), ? (lv25), ATK +121, ACC 95 (lv30)
Max Level: lv20 (initial), lv25 (first evolve), lv30 (second evolve)
Type: Sword, Rarity: ★★★★★
Other: enables use of the limit break Freezing Sword
Other: initially this sword gained a memory echo boost in the Saga event dungeons, but after the event's end it was changed to give a boost in Job dungeons
Category: Equipment


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(Recorded on 12/06/22) Topics covered on this video coaching call In this special video presentation, trading coach Jerry Robinson introduces the new and improved look of The Robinson Report. Later, an in-depth look at our market-beating Sector Rotation portfolio...
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In this week's broadcast, Jerry Robinson provides important takeaways from Brexit. Plus, Christian financial advisor Mike Mitchell shares a powerful story that changed his view of money forever. Enjoy the show!
Show Notes
Segment 1: What Jerry Thinks
Brexit Boosts Gold, Shocks Globalists
Christian economist Jerry Robinson opens today's show by discussing the key takeaways from Brexit.
But Brexit is good news for nationalists. But that victory will be short-lived as the nation-state concept is under massive attack today by powerful government and corporate interests who seek deeper economic and political integration. Many multi-national corporations have been prodding willing governments to pass massive trade deals that will serve to further integrate the global economy.
Despite Brexit, Europe is not slowing in its race towards closer integration. London will fade in its role as the global financial capital and will inevitably be replaced by Shanghai. The S&P has downgraded the United Kingdom from 'AAA' to 'AA'.
Berlin is the clear winner. Berlin is now, without question, the single greatest power center of Europe. No more will London rival Berlin for supremacy in the 'global eye.' Washington will further intensify its relations with Berlin. London will face fierce hurdles in its attempts to broker direct trade relations with the EU.
Nationalist populism may be the short-term winner from Brexit.
But London is the long-term loser."
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Segment 2 Interview: Mike Mitchell
Segment 3 Interview: Mike Mitchell
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Company Educating Community on Benefits of Solar Energy and Offering Special Pricing Options for Town Residents
Bethel, CT – December 14, 2017 – Con Edison Solutions, a Con Edison Solutions company, is collaborating with Solarize Bethel, a community-supported solar campaign, to drive adoption of clean and renewable solar energy throughout the town of Bethel. As the official solar installer for the campaign, Con Edison Solutions is leading education efforts about the benefits of solar, providing residents with free, no-obligation home evaluations to determine individual savings, and installing high quality equipment at reduced prices.
"As a local company, Con Edison Solutions is familiar with Bethel's unique energy needs and we know how a wide-scale adoption of renewables will lead to long-term benefits for the community," said Jason Ross, General Manager for Residential Solar at Danbury-based Con Edison Solutions. "We are pleased to be a partner in these efforts and look forward to working with our neighbors in Bethel to help them benefit from the advantages that solar energy has to offer."
Con Edison Solutions was selected based on its exemplary record of providing high quality solar technology, custom-designed for a home's specific requirements, and its unparalleled service for more than ten years in business. Unlike some other solar providers, Con Edison Solutions does not require homeowners to sign a contract before providing a custom evaluation and solar system configuration.
Bethel residents are invited to attend a "Solarize Workshop" to learn more about the environmental benefits of solar, available federal and state incentives, and potential energy savings. The next workshop will be held on January 25, 2018 at the 6:30 p.m. at the Bethel Public Library. Another workshop is also scheduled for January 31, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bethel Municipal Center. (For more information, go to RossSolar.com.)
As part of the partnership, residents can also take advantage of zero percent down financing options that require no out-of-pocket expenses and solar panels which can be paid for over a period of years.
The Solarize Bethel deadline is March 9, 2018. Residents can sign up here.
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A self- description from his website:
I was born in 1918. I became a communist at the age of 16 and am still content to call myself one despite the traumatic experiences from 1946 onwards of the corruption and eventual collapse of the communist movement and the Soviet Union, because I still hold to the humanist values which made me a communist. I believe that true communism is not only consistent with these values but is a logical development from them.
Urdu was the language of the army and that is how I came to learn it, achieving considerable fluency at the level of everyday communication with my sepoys. But it was not primarily to meet the requirements of Indian army life that motivated me to learn Urdu well. As a communist I wanted to meet the needs of the people whom the communist movement is supposed to exist to serve. In the army this meant first of all instilling some degree of political consciousness in the unpolitical village boys who were my sepoys – unpolitical because the army would not recruit anyone who showed any signs of political awareness. By the end of my time with them I had a group of them who read communist literature and contributed money from their very meagre pay to the Communist Party of India. All of this is described in Findings Keepings. Victor Kiernan later wrote to this, 'You deserve high praise for what you did in India. I could not have done it.'
Review of his book on Mirza Ghalib: The Famous Ghalib.
Ralph Russell, communist and Urdu scholar who added much to our reading of Mirza Ghalib. RIP.


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Rachel Fischer · Betsey Gravatt · Adam Palmer · Austin Sparks
Ro2 Art is thrilled to present CHROMA-chameleon, a wonderfully colorful group show by UNT alumni Rachel Fischer, Betsey Gravatt, Adam Palmer, and Austin Sparks. Known for their bold use of color, these four artists analyze and respond to the world around them in various ways, drawing inspiration from everyday objects, racing thoughts, and childhood memories.
The show will run from April 21 through May 26, 2018. There will be an opening reception held Saturday, April 21, from 7-10PM at the Ro2 Art Downtown Pop-Up located at 1508 Commerce Street in Downtown Dallas.
Rachel Fischer is a multimedia artist currently working in Denton, Texas. She earned her MFA at the University of North Texas, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Dallas Museum of Art, Arche and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund and the Nasher Artist Microgrant for her part in the art organization Brick Haus Collective. Her work has been published in New American Paintings and has been exhibited throughout the state and nationally. She has been an artist in residence at the Penland School of Crafts and The Vermont Studio Center.
Betsey Gravatt is an artist based in North Texas. She received her BFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in Drawing and Painting, from the University of North Texas. She is currently in her second year at Texas Woman's University, undertaking an MFA in Painting, and a minor in Intermedia. Gravatt's work has received several awards, including the Annual Voertman's Award, The Cindi and Mike Holt Award, and the John Weinkein Distinction in the Visual Arts Award.
Adam Palmer was raised in Monahans Texas. He received his BFA in Printmaking from Angelo State University in 2004, and his MFA, also in Printmaking, from the University of North Texas in 2011. In addition to printmaking and screen printing, Palmer also explores other media such as drawing and sculpture. Palmer currently lives and teaches high school art in the Fort Worth area.
Austin Sparks is a Texas based artist currently residing in Denton, where he attends the University of North Texas for Drawing and Painting. Austin's work has been included in several juried exhibitions around North Texas, including those at the Brickhaus Collective and 500X. He is the winner of the Jo Williams Best of Show Award for his acrylic painting 'Living Room,' as well as Voertman's Prize. Austin is also a member of the Visual Arts Society of Texas.
When: April 21 – May 26, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, April 21, 7-10 PM
Join us April 21st from 7-10 p.m. for the opening reception of CHROMA-chameleon!


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They introduced profession daily quests, I think with Cataclysm. One of the fishing daily quests required you to swim in the waters of Stormwind Harbor and collect crawfish from traps on the sea floor.
And there were sharks. Highlevel sharks, so if you weren't level-maxed, their aggro range was especially high.
And this was so much fun. Few things get your blood pumping in that way. (Another example would be covert enemy city infiltration.) Because there was an actual risk, requiring you to pay attention. The sharks had that habit of approaching just when you weren't looking, from the somewhat murky water. It was a constant sense of danger and you'd look around nervously all the time, trying to not stay at one spot for too long or getting cornered. And this was OK, since you had been given a buff that increases swim speed and gives water breathing. So the challenge was just to stay away from the sharks.
And apparently some OCD babies whined that this hassle interfers with their mindnumbing daily quest routine. And Blizzard does what they always do … cave to them. Probably based on the business dictate to appeal to the lowest common denominator, for profit maximization.
So the sharks got nerfed to level 15 … which of course felt pathetic, disheartening.
Sharks should never be the target of pity. It's just wrong.
And the water there is also crystal-clear now.
Oh and did I mention the comfort of the water breathing buff that you automatically get when accepting the quest so that you don't even have to buy potions if you want to be lazy? How this further takes the appeal out of alchemy? Well, the potions AND the buff are pretty much pointless now, since at this point, breath time of characters has been increased to an insane THREE minutes! Unmodified by whether you swim or fight or get hit or anything. As long as you don't stay submerged for more than 3 minutes, you're fine. And then, if you still don't catch a breath and let that extremely long timer run out, you get ANOTHER warning in the form of health loss every two seconds, so that it takes another 12 seconds of health loss before you actually die.
As mentioned in the title, this is just one of many possible exemplary cases that show what kind of mindset ruins the sprit, the magic, of World of Warcraft.


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24-year-old Funmi (left) and 27-year-old Shola (right) who are both graduates from Covenant University with degrees in International Relation and were on the verge of completing their Masters in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos, lost their lives at a friend's birthday party in Elegushi Beach yesterday.
The young Ladies were carried away by the heavy tide of the Beach water and there were no safety measures like an emergency medical unit, patrol unit or even life guards to assist them. Their friends are crying out to appropriate government agencies to look in this situation which is now becoming common in Nigeria and stop such from reoccurring.


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Nature Seek and Sort - Wooden Sorting Tray
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It didn't take us long to reach Al-Daim, a suburb in Khartoum where reportedly mass protests were taking place. For security reasons, we took Mohamed Naguib street instead of Al-Sahafa and had plans to park the car and walk or take any other method of transportation.
We were stopped in the middle of Mohamed Naguib street, not by police but by burning tires. Protestor were creating zones, they would burn tires and protest between them.
A eyewitness who was at Al-Daim protest said that the police found a way to get in and surround the protestors and attack them with tear-gas.
The protests took place on main streets and typical of Sudanese neighborhoods, the main streets have a lot of side-streets full of houses. The side-streets are narrow and this is why the tear-gas had a stronger impact there.
A friend commented that a different type of tear-gas was used this time, not the one we experienced during the March protests after Awadia Ajabna, a teacher was shot down by the police.
"This tear gas has an effect the minute it is unleashed," commented a protestor.
There were reportedly many unconscious protestors in Al-Daim because of the tear-gas.
There were many protests in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, and other states in Sudan since last week and Friday protests were part of what was called "SandStorm Friday".
There was a sandstorm on Friday and heavy rain in some areas, but the protests still happened. The plan was for people to take to the streets after the Friday prayers and in some areas such as Wad-Nobawi, an old district in Omdurman, this happened.
A protest, partially organized by the Umma party, an opposition party, began in Wad-Nobawi right after prayers ends where youth, elders and even children took part.
The area was tear-gassed and one protestor was reportedly taken to the hospital, reported a Sudanese tweep. In one room, I sat with my friend , both of us were on the phone or updating twitter or sending emails. We were overwhelmed and wanted a break , but could not take a break for at least a few hours.
We were both tired, I was jet-lagged and she was drained from covering the protests for days, but we kept having our friends arrested. On the way to one protest, we saw a police car driving away with four detained. We drove fast, following the car, trying to take pictures of the arrested guys and when they drove away really fast, I told them that we are not forgetting them.
Right now, the list of arrested individuals has exceeded the hundreds and the protests are still ongoing. The last protests happened on Street 60. We drove there an hour ago, trying to dodge the big rocks lying on the street. To our right, we saw a number of police cars parked near the Riyadh police station, to our left , we saw many plain-clothed security agents.
It is almost ridiculous how we can tell security agents even if they are dressed in civilian clothes. Most of them are dressed in safari suits and they all have a common feature so they know each other, sometimes its a "bic" pen in their chest-pocket.
A spreadsheet with the list of detainees was initiated by an activist and the list keeps getting longer. Some protestors such as Assad Ali who is also a tweep was released after his detention inspired much fury on twitter.
Others are still held, their whereabouts are unknown. Some names are familiar, others are unknown to me, some are even as young as 17 years old. I'm utterly speechless at their courage. The older generation is always choosing stability and telling us not to take to the streets so Sudan doesn't break down into a million parts, we as youth feel obligated to protest because we want the Sudan that our parents and grandparents told us about, the Sudan we have never seen.
The protests were actually supposed to begin on June 30, the 23rd anniversary of the Sudanese regime. Just this month, I turned 23. I graduated college, worked in two newspapers and did a number of working gigs and the same government is still in power. I'm now tweeting and writing this story from a safe place. It is a busy night and I'm overdosing on tea, I am trying to find information about the detainees.


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I've collected the District's April sales data and have begun processing it. I probably won't post results until next week - this weekend begins a heavy travel month for me [please pray that US Air, Midwest, and Continental don't go belly up on me!]. However, the tables below depict preliminary data on average sales prices and number of units sold.
I've noticed quite a few homes "sold" to financial institutions this month, including three to IndyMac and six to Deutsche Bank. It also appears the governments of Canada (a friendly "welcome/bienvenue" to my new Canadian friends) and Jordan were big buyers in April: five condos and one home for Canada, one $5.5MM home in Kalorama [Ward 2] for Jordan.


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I have a daily fantasy. And that involves Pratibha Patil.
NO! Not that one, you dirty mind.
Each day, when I get back from work, I think of Pratibha and pity her. Because her job doesn't allow for any formal relaxation. Because how do you relax when you're already relaxing?
As far as I can see, her only job is to provide the cue words for the Prime Ministers and others when being sworn in. Okay, I forgot: She has to pose for pictures, too.
In short, Pratbha's has a job, which we in the real world call vacation.
But it's not Pratibha alone. There are a few others in my fantasy league team, whose job I seriously covet. Here they are:
Third Umpire: Separate AC room. Convenient breaks every hour. No queueing up at the canteen. Lunch and tea on a platter. No deadlines to meet. No projects to complete. No reports to submit. No client to satisfy. No boss to answer. Absolutely no work on a rainy day.
Tick all the boxes.
Wait. You have some more to tick.
Sleeping on the job? Allowed and, as per available evidence, most of them do.
Foreign trips? Very much part of the job.
Long hours of work? Well, put it this way, the odd day may stretch over seven hours, but even that day will involve a maximum of 3 minutes of actual work.
Is watching of cricket allowed while on job? Yes, but not compulsory.
Required skill set? A pair of eyes and a pair of ears in relatively working condition. And an ability to identify the 'on' and 'off' positions on a walkie-talkie.
Are there any perks? You must be joking. Read the previous few paragraphs again.
Is there a downside at all? Well, there is a hideous uniform to wear and the employer is ICC, who if they had been in charge of traffic rules, will till date be ferociously debating which colour to employ to signal 'stop'.
Still, in my belief, anyone who had been a Third Umpire at international cricket matches, if and when he dies, will find anything he might encounter in heaven to be distinctly disappointing.
But, all things considered, that is a small price to pay.
DJs, VJs and RJs: The beauty of modern-day living in a globalised and liberalised economy is that it has thrown up enormous opportunities for activities that require IQ no more than that of an earthworm.
Sometimes even less than that.
I suppose you can, if you try hard, train an earthworm to switch on a music system and crank up the volume.
Voila, it's a DJ.
(Ok, there are jobs that can be managed with even lesser IQ. But we are not here to discuss the workings of the Film Censor Board).
Don't think I am oversimplifying things. Just go to any half-decent discotheque or bar, watch what happens. In the entirety of the jostling and excited crowd, there will be only one abnormal person without the excuse of alcohol. And he has to be the DJ.
DJs, in general, have their work at bars, discotheques, posh clubs, private parties, IPL matches. Yes, you are right. In sober places, where it is technically possible to think, DJs have no place. For instance, you won't find any DJ at work in a toilet, which seems the only place of sanity left in this country.
And now we come to the VJs and RJs at music channels. Music channels, as the very name suggests, are all about talking. Such channels hire talented hosts and hostesses who have the uncanny knack of carrying on conversations with random people in sentences that don't contain even a molecule of intelligence.
For instance, if a person calls in and introduces himself as, say, Mahesh, the typical response of the person helming the show must be 'sollunga Mahesh, unga Peyar enna'? This question must immediately be followed by, even when the caller has rung in to say that there is a tsunami approaching the city, 'aprum, life eppadi poikittu irukku' (literally, 'how's life going'?)
This is a tactical approach and helps to create an infectious ambience of all-pervasive stupidity that the viewer ends up sending romantic text messages meant for his or her spouse to the channel. It never even once occurs to music channel-watchers that they can straightaway text message the person, who, in most cases, may be sitting in the same room. Some typical smses that scroll on-screen on a music channel are: 'I miss my husband: Malini' and 'Rajesh loves Raji: Rajesh'.
If for my sins, I am born as a cockroach in my next birth, I think a career as a DJ seems a distinct possibility.
Suhel Seth: This is not so much a job as much an entire industry in itself. I mean, being Suhel Seth.
The job profile is: An expert in being an expert.
There are multitudes inside Suhel Seth, for surely a single man cannot possess so many divergent views at any given moment on any one subject. Suhel Seth has this unparalleled ability to give four different opinions, all brilliantly contradicting the other, in one simple, crisp sentence. Yes, he is singularly plural.
And another of his inimitable talent is to oppose the ideas of whoever had spoken just before him. Most of the time he never lets anyone else speak. So, for the sake of even-handedness, he rebuts himself.
You are disqualified if you have combed your hair even once in your lifetime.
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SOHO Atlanta restaurant will continue to showcase the wines and flavors of Napa Valley, California, on flight night, Wednesday, May 14. The wines and tapas introduced Wednesday will be available through Tuesday, May 20.
Napa Valley. Photo credit: Brent Miller. winecountry.com
First, SOHO will pour a 2012 Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc. The winemaker says of the wine, "An elegant and refined style of Sauvignon Blanc that is subtle and balanced, with minerality and bright natural acidity. On the nose, aromas of citrus, iron, wet stone and a hint of D'Anjou pear tempt your senses, while a crisp lightness, balanced acidity and underlying notes of fleshy grapefruit and lime zest please the palate. The significant minerality and soft body rounds out the wine."
Next, SOHO will pour a 2011 Whitehall Lane "Tre Leoni." Says the winemaker of the red blend, "This ferociously fun blend is fruit forward and delicious. The aromas of red berry and sweet oak leap from the bottle. Flavors of ripe, jammy cherry and berry fill the mouth with velvety tannins lingering on the finish."
Finally, SOHO will pour a 2010 Montoya Cabernet Sauvignon. The winemaker says of the wine, "The Montoya Cabernet Sauvignon is made from grapes grown on our family vineyard located along the Silverado Trail in St. Helena and other select Napa Valley vineyards. The subtle influences of these different Napa Valley microclimates add depth and complexity to the final blend. This finished wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon derived entirely from the Napa Valley. Aged in French and American oak, our Cabernet Sauvignon has intense flavors of blackberry, plum and vanilla. The long finish is rich with toasty overtones. "
SOHO's executive chef, Scott Warren, has created three tapas plates to pair with each Napa Valley wine.
2012 Emmolo Sauvignon Blanc
Paired with: Coconut shrimp with an orange soy dipping sauce
2011 Whitehall Lane "Tre Leoni"
Paired with: Marinated grilled steak with bordelaise and garlic mashed potatoes
2010 Montoya Cabernet Sauvignon
Paired with: Slow cooked BBQ baby back ribs
Sample each wine in a flight (three three-ounce glasses) for $13.50. Or, pair the flight with a tapas plate for $18. Try a full glass of wine and tapas plate for $12. Of course, the wines and tapas are available individually as well ($9/glass and $6/tapas). See you soon!


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Are you ready to go back in time to Ancient Egypt? Are you ready to join in the adventure, the mystery, the suspense? Are you ready to follow along with Amuba and Jethro as they are captured by Egyptians and enslaved? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to check out The Cat of Bubastes from Heirloom Audio Productions.
For this review, we were blessed to have received a physical copy of the two CDs and access to the bonus items. These bonus items included, Study Guide, a soundtrack, an mp3 of the audio drama, an ebook, a behind-the-scenes video, a couple of posters, and more. With all of this, we were set to start off on our adventure!
We used this package deal as a part of our history lessons. We have always loved the audio dramas from Heirloom Audio Productions, and while they don't always align with our history time period, we got lucky this time around.
Mom started off this time by reading through the study guide. I wanted an idea of what we would be learning instead of us just jumping in to the listening part of the fun! I love the study guides that are available, and love being able to use them to make this a true history lesson. Each section of questions contains three different sections. These sections are Listening Well, Thinking Further and Defining Word.
I started each lesson off by talking to the kids about the Listening Well questions. I wanted them to know what to be listening for. Each track on the CDs has its own section in the Study Guide. This allows you to pick and choose how much you want to do. Since we were not going to stop every 3-4 minutes, mom picked the questions she would be asking.
After the kids knew what to listen for, we started listening. I allowed the younger kids to color while listening, and would look for time period appropriate printables for them to work on. This kept their fingers busy while still keeping their ears open. After the selected tracks we would stop and work on the questions. We would work on a Thinking Further question or two. I also worked with the kids on making sure they understood the defining words and would help them if they didn't.
Once again, we were pleased with our experience with Heirloom Audio Productions. The kids get excited every time they hear the opening song! They have been known to steal my CDs and sneak off to their rooms to listen to the stories over and over again. The Cat of Bubastes has been no exception. The sound, the action, the feeling that you get when you listen to this audio drama. You get pulled into the story of Amuba and his journey. You hold your breath waiting to hear more at every turn. The gasps from the kids when the unexpected happens, the sheer delight when the good happens, the look of fear on their faces when the not so good happens. I saw so much more from them during listening to this audio drama than I have seen while they watch their favorite TV shows.
The Cat of Bubastes has earned a spot on the shelf next to the rest of our Heirloom Audio and G.A. Henty collection. This has been loved, and will continue to be loved in the house for years to come!
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