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First nonprofit psoriasis registry may improve treatments and outcomes for nation's most common autoimmune disease
PORTLAND, Ore. (January 8, 2014)—To advance understanding of psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting up to 7.5 million Americans—and help scientists and clinicians improve treatments and patient outcomes, the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) and the Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America, Inc. (CORRONA) will create the first psoriasis registry co-developed and co-administered by a nonprofit.
By collecting, analyzing and disseminating data from thousands of people with psoriasis, the registry will help clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry study the comparative effectiveness and safety of psoriasis therapies. Data will be gathered through comprehensive questionnaires completed by patients at their dermatology appointments. It will then be made available to interested academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies to study.
"As a dermatologist treating many people with psoriasis, I am excited there will be a resource to help learn what treatments work best, what complications to anticipate from the condition or its treatments and how to best to manage them," said Dr. Mark Lebwohl, chair of the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board. "This registry will give researchers much-needed insight into aspects of psoriasis that will help physicians improve patient care. Ultimately, the patients will benefit."
A disabling and disfiguring autoimmune disease that appears on the skin, psoriasis increases people's risk for heart disease, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, obesity and depression. Up to 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory joint and tendon disease.
In addition to studying treatment safety and effectiveness, the NPF and CORRONA registry will help identify possible causes of psoriasis, examine the relationship between psoriasis and other health conditions, study the impact of the disease on quality of life and other outcomes.
"We are excited by our collaboration with the National Psoriasis Foundation. It is the goal of this partnership to derive patient data that will make their lives easier. The combination of CORRONA's big data expertise in collecting data at the time of the clinical encounter and the world-renowned psoriasis experts at the NPF is sure to result in good things for people affected by psoriasis," said Dr. Joel Kremer, president and chief executive officer of CORRONA.
To learn more about the registry and how you can participate, visit www.corrona.org.
About the National Psoriasis Foundation
National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) is the world's largest nonprofit serving those with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Our priority is to provide the information and services people need to take control of their condition, while increasing research to find a cure. In addition to serving more than 2.1 million people annually through our patient and professional health education and advocacy initiatives, NPF has funded more than $10 million in psoriatic disease research grants and fellowships. Learn more about the NPF at www.psoriasis.org or call 800.723.9166.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, is defined by its natural surrounds — towering mountain peaks, emerald-green spaces dotting the landscape and gleaming waters practically touching the edges of skyscrapers. It's no wonder it is consistently voted one of the world's most liveable cities with a compact and walkable downtown core. A playground for nature-lovers, the outdoors are equally appealing to Vancouverites and visitors who take in fresh air and adventure in one stunningly beautiful locale. Discover all that Vancouver has to offer, then call us to design your perfect stay in this evergreen Canadian city.
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Twitter are notoriously guarded about user information and Twitter usage statistics. In August 2008 I wrote about the Twitter usage figures and Twitter demographics that were available - data from Hitwise and Compete.
As Twitter has grown there is more information available - yet still nothing from Twitter officially and statistics generally do not take account of usage of Twitter tools like Tweetdeck and Twhirl.
I have collated various data sources showing Twitter usage and Twitter demographics below. Twitter data from Compete, Quantcast, Hitwise, Nielsen and Twitterholic:
1) Quantcast Twitter usage and Twitter demographic figures
2) Hitwise Twitter usage data
3) Compete Twitter usage data
4) Nielsen Twitter usage and demographic data
5) Top 25 most followed Twitter users
People access Twitter in different ways (mobile, web, apps) and until Twitter publish official data then the above is the main information we have to work with.
Follw me on Twitter here - @nickburcher
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The field of Management Information Systems (MIS) focuses on the application of computer technology specifically to the organizational and managerial needs in a business setting. The MIS curriculum provides a solid background in the technical fundamentals of computing, including computer programming, systems analysis, database management, and network - architecture administration. It also provides the essential business and management training that the traditional business core courses deliver. The justification for this dual focus lies in the mission of MIS: to train future professionals to apply their practical knowledge of how to assemble, use and maintain integrated computer-based solutions that enable organizations to compete more successfully in the global marketplace. The solid business background provided by the MIS curriculum helps MIS graduates fill project management roles later in their careers.
Management Information Systems (MIS) majors learn to use and apply computer hardware and software, databases, programming and the systems approach in order to manage information, analyze business problems and develop solutions.
The Lewis Management Information Systems curriculum prepares majors for careers as information systems analysts, systems designers, microcomputer experts, database analysts, programmers and managers.


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Max Weinberg's schedule has now gotten a little lighter.
The drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band won't be resuming his bandleader duties for Conan O'Brien's new TBS show, Rolling Stone reported. Guitarist Jimmy Vivino will be taking over the band-leading duties and James Wormworth will work behind the drums.
"Max has his big band out there that has been his dream all his life," Vivino told the St. Louis Riverfront Times. "And there's a kid in Jersey that works with him occasionally. A singer-songwriter! Some guy that's got some hope over there!"
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Longtime E Street guitarist Steve Van Zandt told the magazine that he wasn't sure what the reason was behind Weinberg's departure. "I don't know why Max and Conan aren't together anymore," he said. "But whatever, they had some good years, and Conan gave Max credit for keeping the show on the air for the first two years. That was nice. He was a big fan of the band and he didn't want to mess around with that too much. He was quite good to us over the years."
Weinberg was O'Brien's bandleader since 1993 from their NBC days. He also split time between that gig and working with Springsteen. Weinberg was with O'Brien during the latter's brief stint on The Tonight Show; he then formed his own band, the Max Weinberg Big Band.
Asked by Rolling Stone about his future with the talk show host back in June, Weinberg responded: "I literally have not thought about it. There have been no discussions. It's kind of an open question."


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Herb Kane: The Last Interview
Just months ago, we had the opportunity to talk with Herb Kane, as powerful an artist as Hawaii has ever produced. We had no idea at the time that the world would soon lose him.
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I had always wanted to meet Herb Kawainui Kane. Kane, who died in March at age 82, was one of the principal figures of the Hawaiian Renaissance, that resurgence of Hawaiian culture that began in the 1970s and culminated in the rebirth of hula, the Hawaiian language, traditional Hawaiian music, Hawaiian voyaging canoes, and a growing sense of Hawaiian social and political identity.
Kane was a Hawaiian Renaissance man, in both senses of the term. When the history of that period is written, he will rank with Eddie Aikau, Gabby Pahinui and Eddie Kamae as one of the prime catalysts of the Hawaiian Renaissance.
He was also a Renaissance man in the more conventional sense of the term.
He was an author and historian, a founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the designer of the Hokulea and its first skipper. Those were things he managed to do on the side, because, above all, he was a painter of vast, sweeping, detailed and colorful renditions of Hawaiian history and legend.
What did ancient Hawaii look like? If we visualize it at all, it's because of Kane's meticulous research and his skills with a paint brush.
Four months before his death, I was planning a trip to the Big Island with photographer David Croxford, primarily to document the traces of Hawaiian history that linger, still alive, just under the touristy surface of the South Kona Coast.
Hawaiian history? South Kona Coast? I decided we had to, absolutely had to, stop and spend a couple of hours with Herb Kane.
We didn't really need to interview Kane for the story we were working on. It was largely a personal imperative: I just wanted to meet him, would never forgive myself if I blew this opportunity to be in his company, perhaps absorb some small bit of his mana.
I emailed him before we arrived. He replied, "I've got a rush job that will take every spare daylight hour for the next two months and have cancelled everything else, but I would like to meet you after all these years."
We had, in the manner of people who live on different islands, only a telephone and email relationship. We'd talked every now and again, most extensively in 2007.
Thieves had stolen a mural of ancient Punaluu he'd painted for a history center near the Punaluu Black Sand Beach. At one point a tsunami had devastated the center, and it closed, but the mural survived in the vacant building, miraculously untouched.
In the largest art theft of the year, at least in size, thieves with power saws cut the 24-foot-long, 10-foot-high mural into five pieces and removed it. For what purpose, and where they put it, remains unknown.
I loved Kane's response. He went into his studio and repainted the scene on a 7-foot canvas, improving and refining it. "Now all the thieves have is a preliminary sketch," he said with a chuckle. "Vengeance is mine."
I was not sure those phone conversations constituted a real claim on a busy, elderly artist's time, but Kane was a gracious man: "Come at 9 a.m. That gives us decent morning light before Pele's smog moves in from the sea on the day breeze."


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In advocating on behalf of children with exceptionalities, CEC examines policy issues, develops appropriate responses to those issues and influences local, state, provincial and federal legislation. CEC also monitors and makes recommendations for program regulations and funding. In addition, CEC maintains a network among its state units and special interest divisions for influencing policy.
As the recognized leader for special education professional standards, CEC develops standards, ethics and practices and guidelines to ensure that individuals with exceptionalities have access to well-prepared, career-oriented special educators.
Through the vision and dedication of more than 22,000 members, CEC sets the standard for high quality education for children and youth with exceptionalities. And, CEC is known as THE source for information, resources and professional development for special educators.
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University and College Professors - Faculty members who plan to use CEC materials in their classroom (journal articles, resources, recorded webinars, etc.) can request a heavily reduced membership rate for students in their classes so they can have access to those materials. Learn more.
You'll find professional development offerings to meet the needs of all special educators – including those of you who are time-crunched, cost-conscious or in need of CEUs in order to meet state obligations. Please join us and invite others to engage the potential!
CEC publishes and distributes products designed to help practitioners work more effectively in the classroom. Learn more about CEC's publications and journals.
Special Education Topics includes information about the different exceptionality areas; international special education; hot topics in special education; and professional practice topics such as assessment, evidence-based practices and inclusion.
CEC Policy Manual, 1997
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Liaison with Other Agencies and Organizations
Children and youth with exceptionalities and their families require the services of many agencies which deal with their various needs. In most cases, individual agency efforts can be made more effective through a cooperative interagency and interdisciplinary approach whereby special education has a primary function for liaison with other agencies and organizations.
This approach will not only encourage a consistent effort on the part of all concerned with the child's education and development, but will provide for joint establishment of the priorities and respective responsibilities for meeting the child's needs. Public policy should be encouraged at the state, provincial, and federal levels for a coordinated approach to multifunded projects under one application procedure to ensure comprehensive services to the child. Such policies should support and facilitate intergovernmental cooperation as well as interagency linkage. The Council encourages policies which promote a coordinated approach to planning for the needs of children and youth with exceptionalities and which strengthen the relationships of special education to public and private agencies providing services. The Council at all levels should consistently support a coordinated effort.
Public Participation Administrative units at all levels of government responsible for providing leadership must have responsibility for developing policy regarding the education of children and youth with exceptionalities. However, such policy must reflect the thinking of all persons involved in the education of children and youth with exceptionalities. The Council believes that advisory committees can help government agencies assess problems, plan and set priorities, and develop and oversee policies regarding the education of children and youth with exceptionalities. The Council further believes that all policies involving education of children and youth with exceptionalities should be brought before recurring public and legislative scrutiny.
The School and the Family Parents must have access to all available necessary information in order to be able to make optimal decisions about the child's education and to fulfill the family's obligations to the child.
As a means of strengthening special education programs, the parents of children with exceptionalities and organized community groups should be given a responsible voice in educational policy formation and planning activities.
The primary consumers of educational services, the children, should not be ignored as a valuable resource in the evaluation of the organization and delivery of services.
As a means of strengthening the family in fulfilling its obligations to children with exceptional needs, the schools should provide educationally related counseling and family services. In cases of clear educational neglect, the schools, through qualified professional personnel, should make extraordinary arrangements for educational services.
Access includes making information available at convenient times and locations and providing information in the parent's native language or mode of communication whenever necessary.
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The private sector (nonprofit) has long played a significant role in the field of special education. The elements of the private sector (nonprofit) are varied and encompass the full gamut of levels of educational programs and services from preschool education through higher education, research, demonstration projects, personnel training, technology, and the development and production of media and materials. Increasingly, a working relationship has developed between the public and private sectors (nonprofit) regarding children and youth with exceptionalities.
The Council believes that private enterprise (nonprofit) can make major contributions to the development of adequate special education services. The Council urges cooperation between government and private enterprise (nonprofit) to meet the needs of children and youth with exceptionalities. The Council urges that legislation be flexible enough to allow administrative agencies to involve the private sector (nonprofit) in all aspects of program development.
The Council believes that the opportunity for all children to receive an education is a public responsibility, but that program operation of such services may be conducted in varied settings and through a variety of public and private (nonprofit) agencies. For this reason, The Council supports the development and provision of special services in both the public and private sectors (nonprofit) and the support for such services through public funds, under public control and supervision.
The Council believes that when children with exceptionalities receive their education in the private sector (nonprofit) as a matter of public policy, then the appropriate state public agency shall approve the education program and personnel in such facilities, certify that the program is appropriate to the child's educational needs and is provided at no expense to the child or his family, certify that the facility meets appropriate health and safety standards, and guarantee that all rights of children with exceptionalities and their families are maintained.
The Council for Exceptional Children.
(1997). CEC Policy Manual, Section Three (pp. 71--92)
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Yes, and whilst this remains a "General Theravāda Meditation forum" on "A Buddhist discussion forum on the Dhamma of the Theravāda" then you may well reasonably expect that what is spoken about here may be viewed and assessed through a traditional Theravāda lens. If this were a "Burmese Meditation" forum the situation would be different, but it is not.tiltbillings wrote:Over the years here I have seen Burmese Vipassana styles of practice criticized variously much along the same lines as the Sunlun practice is being criticized in this thread, as not being in line with the suttas and commentaries.
If you or anyone else believe there is need for a "Modern Techniques" section, which would be roughly analogous to the "Modern Interpretations" section, in which the matter of whether these techniques do or do not comport with Theravāda orthodoxy becomes irrelevant, then by all means raise a suggestion in the Suggestion Box and your requirements can be discussed there. But in doing so, keep in mind that positive experiences such as the following might be forsaken if additional protections from the suttas and commentaries are sought ...
tiltbillings wrote:An example of what has been helpful for me is the above quote from the VM by zom, which was actually quite helpful in seeing the preliminary practice's function


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PEORIA — A drug-related incident of gunplay outside an apartment complex near Downtown resulted in the city's first homicide of the year Wednesday and put three men behind bars.
Police were called at 11:37 a.m. to the rear of 501 W. Martin Luther King Drive in the Landmark Apartments complex for an unresponsive man on the ground with gunshot wounds to his chest.
Firefighters and paramedics labored in the blowing snow to save the victim — Justin S. Thompson, 30, of 419 E. Paris St. — but he ultimately perished in the emergency room of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center within minutes of arriving.
According to Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll, Thompson was pronounced dead at 12:07 p.m. An autopsy performed later in the day revealed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Witnesses told police that suspects connected to the shooting, which happened outside the apartment of Thompson's girlfriend, fled on foot to an adjacent building within the complex.
"We received several phone calls, and people approached us with help at the scene very quickly," Peoria police Capt. Mike Eddlemon said at a news conference later Wednesday. "We were then able to shut down the area quickly."
Apprehended in the nearby building were Orlando L. Mathews Jr., 20, of 1712 W. Millman St.; Denzell L. Gayton, 20, of 2718 W. Starr St.; and Duane P. Simmons, 21, of 2407 W. Howett St. All three men have extensive criminal histories, and Simmons has been targeted by the city's Don't Shoot anti-gun violence initiative in the past.
Simmons and Gayton are suspected members of the Zone 4 street gang, according to police. When they were taken into custody, police also seized five guns, crack cocaine and marijuana.
Mathews, who has had three other weapons-related arrests in the last two years, was booked into the Peoria County Jail on charges of murder and possessing 30 to 500 grams of marijuana. Mathews is on parole for a felony weapons conviction from a 2012 case.
Gayton was booked on charges of murder and domestic battery. His arrest record includes multiple weapons and marijuana charges since October 2010.
Simmons, who was required to participate last fall in a Don't Shoot meeting for alleged gang members in which they were warned to put down their guns or face dire consequences, also was booked on a charge of murder. He has previously been arrested on charges related to drugs, robbery and murder or attempted murder.
None has been formally charged with the slaying of Thompson. They could be charged and make an initial appearance before a judge to have their bonds determined as soon as Thursday afternoon.
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Some GOP primary front-runners have been drawing blanks lately when grilled on policy — but what if they drew those blanks as "Jeopardy!" contestants?
On Thursday's "Tonight Show," Jay Leno imagined just that with a segment that spliced footage of Rick Perry's "brain freeze," Michele Bachmann's befuddlement and Herman Cain's "thoughts twirling around" with video of Alex Trebek asking them trivia.
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Harwa: "Great of the Greats".
Harwa was an important man in ancient Egypt. He was an important figure in the life of Amenirdis I of ancient Egypt's XXV Dynasty. He acted as the 'Chief Steward', or 'Grand Steward' for Amenirdis I, as God's Wife of Amun and also whilst Queen Amenirdis served as Divine Adoratrice.
Additionally, he held the title (as High Priest) of "Doorkeeper in the Temple of Amun".
Born in to a family of Theban Priests, Harwa held high office in Thebes (modern-day Luxor) with great responsibility to Amun and God's Wife of Amun, the Divine Votaress, Amenirdis I. He was son of the "Lady of the House", Nestaureret, and of a Priest attached to the temple of Amun in Karnak, Padimut son of Ankhefenamon.
His tomb is located in el-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, near to Deir el-Bahri and is known as TT37 (Theban Tomb 37) which has been under archaeological examination for some years (14+) and currently not accessible to the public.
The tomb (TT37) is large and in the "Osiris Hall" there is a wall relief describing the moment of the death where Harwa is shown 'between worlds', and separated from his physical body, with Anubis holding one hand. Harwa then exists in two (or more?) dimensions simultaneously – in the Land of Osiris and still in the land of the living, just.
Harwa's tomb shows the moment of death in its supreme glory and Harwa continues to be shown 'in the middle', almost in a 'freeze-frame' reliefwith both his Ka and Ba 'conscious' (possibly his Akh + Ren + Shwt), 'present' and aware of their 'state' i.e. Harwa's Ba – or possibly his Shwt or Ren – is shown as young and healthy whilst his Ka and physical form is as it was before the 'freeze-frame': corpulent, bald/ing and approximately 60 years old.
For the ancient Egyptians everything exists also in its complementary form. Nothing existed isolated, only for itself. The function/s was always intertwined with their universe, with Netjer and with Man.
Coregency for a few years before Amenirdis died? Did Harwa hold Office under both God's Wives of Amun…?
Petamenophis (TT33) (Padiamenope, Padiamenipet, Petamenofi or Padiamenopea) served as Chief Lector Priest during the XXV to XXVI dynasties.
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In Harwa's Tomb (TT37), a text well-engraved on the southern wall of the passage leading to the First Pillared Hall enumerates his good deeds having recourse to the most typical phraseology of the Egyptian "ideal biography". It is Harwa himself who is speaking. He tells the visitor to the tomb:
"I gave bread to the hungry man, clothes to the naked man".
I have not seen a connection made anywhere regarding these two series of hieroglyphs – online or offline. I believe that this connection hasn't yet been made by the scholars but the importance of the similar phrases is amazing to me.
It is my personal belief that Amenirdis I and Harwa had a close 'royal' relationship and ruled 'together' (in various roles) from ancient Thebes at approximately the same times in ancient Egypt.
During the 1997 archaeological campaign in Harwa's tomb (TT37), a limestone ushabty (or shabti) was unearthed showing features which shed new light on some aspects of the role played by Harwa inside the Theban administration. It is a typically mummiform funerary statuette of the XXV Dynasty but it holds in his hands the crook and the flail, that is to say, the regalia, the characteristic emblems of the pharaonic royalty.
If this assumption is confirmed by further excavations, then the positions of Montuemhat and Petamenophis will have to be reconsidered. They chose in fact to place their tombs east and west of the tomb of Harwa as if they attributed a high reverence to him and considered him a sort of ancestor. Does this also apply to Akhamenerau in TT404 and Peshuper (tomb location unknown at this time)? In this frame one has to ask: is it possible to speak of a "dynasty" of functionaries governing the Theban region with the consent of the Nubian kings? If this proves to be true, then, as they did not belong to the one family nor did they share the same titles and position, what was the mechanism of succession of these functionaries? No-one yet knows the answer to that question or the countless others raised by the life, works and tomb of Harwa, Grand Steward in the Precinct of Amun.
Many questions are raised merely because of the surviving evidence belonging to Amenirdis I and Harwa et al., but there are some issues which are quite clear:
Upper Egypt was ruled well under the governance of these two mighty figures (and others) and for forty to firty-six years, approximately, Upper Egypt was relatively peaceful (as opposed to the XXIII to XXIV Dynasties political and religious unrest and turmoil) whilst Pharaoh Shabaka (Amunirdis I's brother) ruled from Memphis. Even after the death of her brother, Amunirdis I remained in control and acted, along with others, answering the State's needs on many levels. Order was temporarily restored and both Amunirdis I and Harwa played a major role in ancient Egypt at that time.
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This is Part 2 of our interview with Daniel Keys Moran, author of Tales of the Bounty Hunters and Tales from Jabba's Palace, where "Jaster Mereel" and Boba Fett's honor were created. Read Part 1.
What is your outlook on this character now after having contributed to his growing popularity?
Don't know that I contributed much, to be honest with you. The entire universe of Star Wars literature is a little ancillary to what Lucas has put on screen. I have three sons -- 5, 8, 11 -- all perfectly clear who Boba Fett is, but I don't know if any of them know I once wrote stories about Fett.
What was your reaction when you heard Fett would be featured in Attack of the Clones?
"So much for that."
Do you feel slighted to not have your ideas brought to the screen?
Nope. Lucas has felt perfectly free to ignore his earlier self when it suited him; there are continuity problems in the later material you could sneak a battleship through with room to spare. Kevin Anderson, when he pitched the short stories to us, told us (sincerely, I'm sure, Kevin's an honest guy) that we were going to be creating canon, i.e., official Star Wars story that would not be contradicted by future material. I'm a cynical guy and I didn't believe him then -- and I wasn't surprised later.
Leia's mother was a very sad woman, don't you know....
What is your take on the fact so many Boba Fett fans still prescribe to the idea that this bounty hunter has his own moral code, as I believe first detailed in your story?
Not a surprise and not really due to me. Bounty Hunters as moral agents is pretty stereotypical stuff. Or "archetypal," if you like. I'll take credit for the fierceness with which Boba Fett believes in his Code -- men living by a Code has always been of interest to me. (There's a long post about this at my blog so I won't spend too much time expounding on it here. And it talks about the Star Wars stories at some length, as well.) This wouldn't be an archetype if it didn't resonate with people.
The difficult thing with Fett was finding a worldview for him that permitted him to proclaim a Code -- given the stark Evil that permeated the Empire, Fett pretty much had to be either 1) Evil, or 2) an incredibly unforgiving, harsh, "greater good" sort of guy. The second approach worked and has resonated with some readers.
Have you read the Open Season comic series by Haden Blackman, Ramon Bachs, and Raul Fernande that attempted to tie in your history of the character with the current direction of the film franchise?
Nope, but now I want to.
The comic has Jaster Mereel save Jango Fett's life after his family died and goes as far as to suggest Boba Fett wears Mereel's armor, adding to the rumor of Jaster Mereel having been Boba Fett.
Works for me.
If you have read it, what do you think of it and if not, what's your take on the summary above?
I appreciate the respect they showed those stories. It would take some shoehorning to stick my Fett into the second trilogy, and I'm flattered they went to the effort.
Did you see any kind of profit from that off-shoot or is the name of Jaster Mereel now intellectual property of LucasFilm?
They were works for hire -- all Star Wars fiction is work for hire, owned by Lucasfilm.
What is your take on these Karen Traviss novels regarding the Mandalorian lore? She's developing a "Mando'a" language. Personally, if they're human, I don't know why they would speak anything other than English such as every other human in the Star Wars universe. Does the image of Boba Fett need to reach to the geekery of Star Trek's Klingon language-speaking fans?
Haven't read them. No comment otherwise. The geekery gap between Star Trek and Star Wars doesn't seem huge to me, for whatever it's worth. I was a big fan of both as a kid, I fulfilled some core ambitions by working (for pay) in both universes as a young adult, and both universes have faded as something that interests me, as I hit middle age. Geekery is a good part of growing up -- you're a sports geek, or a video game geek, or a Star Wars geek, or whatever -- but that expression of a passion is nothing to be embarrassed about. In my life I've been a science fiction geek, a Star Trek geek, a Star Wars geek, a computer geek, and a Lakers geek -- the only passion that's lasted has been the Lakers. But my 3 sons are huge Pokemon geeks -- if they still are at 30, we'll have a conversation, but they're little, and it's cool.
As to the image of Boba Fett -- I don't feel proprietary about it, no. I had my moment with that character, and it was fun, but it was over a decade ago, now. At one time I had some notes for a Boba Fett novel -- "Dark Angel: the Life and Times of Boba Fett" -- but I believe I've lost those notes (never was much, a few pages.) I'd have spent a little time fleshing out his childhood -- that's been done, now, so no point -- and the rest of the novel covering the high points of his life, up to the lengthiest passage, his actual death as a very old man -- Luke Skywalker and he were going to end up stranded in the desert together, as I recall. Even as I was writing the notes for "Dark Angel" I knew I was wasting my time -- didn't think that Lucasfilm would be interested, and in fact I never showed those notes to anyone. (If you've ever seen "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" -- a western about "The Law West of the Pecos" -- you'll have the flavor of the structure of "Dark Angel.")
Well, I think this might've gone too nerdy. Do you have any upcoming stories in the works? And is there a website that fans can keep track of you?
I've been raising small children and just started writing again after a break of many years. I've got a blog at DanielKeysMoran.blogspot.com for those who want to keep track of what I'm up to. As to what's upcoming, I'm finishing a series I started 20 years ago.


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Ninety 2.3MW 101-metre diameter wind turbines will be used in the project, which is located in Korat Province, 150 kilometres from Bangkok.
Mott MacDonald examined the technical and commercial viability of the wind farm on behalf of lenders Kasikorn Bank and Siam Commercial Bank.
Mott MacDonald's project director Duncan Barker said his firm has already worked with both banks on other power-related projects. "With our global wind-power experience we reviewed and advised on the wind energy yield performance and the effective technical structuring of terms under the project contracts," he added.
Mott MacDonald will continue to work on behalf of Kasikorn and Siam during the construction and operations phases of the project.
The wind farm will sell electricity to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand for 25 years.


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Are you English?" The question surprised me. I answered with a simple no. "Well, did you live in England for a while?" Again, no. I was curious as to what had the fishmonger at Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop convinced that I had some English connection. Turns out it was the pound or so of skate wing fillet he'd just wrapped up for me.
Long considered a trash fish, skate has grown in popularity in recent years. But it's been quite popular in the UK for some time. In fact, Marion remembers being in a restaurant in Paris with her sister that had skate on the menu one evening several years ago. The only people ordering it were visiting Brits.
Skate is a deliciously mild, slightly sweet fish that isn't at all fishy. And its muscle structure makes for a beautifully exotic presentation on the plate, as you can see above.
Skates are cartilaginous fish – their skeletons are made of cartilage, rather than bone. They're related to rays, which they closely resemble, and sharks. Skates are kite-shaped flat fish with large wings; these wings are the edible part.
Thinking of Marion's Paris experience – and, having recently watched "Julie & Julia" again, of Julia's life-changing moment when she tasted sole meunière on her first day in France with Paul – I decided I would use this simple, classic French preparation for the skate.
Except, as with all "classics," there were countless variations on the theme. Thyme, broth, wine and even heavy cream were mentioned in various recipes I came across. So I went with the constants I found – lemon juice [and the zest – I can rarely pass up lemon zest in any recipe involving lemon juice], parsley and lots of butter. Flour is another constant, a given, in fact. According to Food & Wine, "Meunière means miller's wife and refers to the dusting of flour on the fish." And then I threw in another bit of bright tartness, capers.
If you can't find skate wing fillets, other white-fleshed fish – sole, flounder, halibut or ocean perch, for instance – may also be used. But besides the mild, sweet flavor that makes seeking out skate worthwhile, it's not as insanely fragile as some white-fleshed fish, sole in particular. It held together nicely, even after it was cooked on both sides. And still, it was delicate enough to be cut with a fork. Regarding its non-fishy mildness, when we came home to our closed up apartment the next day after running errands, there was no lingering fish smell at all. However, the kitchen still smelled of butter!
If you do find skate, make sure it has already been filleted. Dealing with countless pieces of cartilage in non-filleted pieces of skate can be a real pain.
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2 skate fillets, about 1 pound or a little more total
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
5 to 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons capers, chopped
1 generous tablespoon chopped flat parsley
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Cut skate fillets into 2 equal pieces. Season with salt and pepper on one side. Dredge in flour on both sides, shaking off excess.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium flame. Add 1 tablespoon each of oil and butter, swirling to mix as butter melts. Place 2 skate fillets in pan, seasoned side down. Sauté for about 3 minutes, then carefully turn with a wide spatula. Cook on second side until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer fillets to plate and keep warm in oven while you cook the remaining two fillets, first adding more oil and butter to skillet, if necessary. Transfer second batch of fillets to oven too.
Wipe skillet clean and return to flame. Melt remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in skillet. Cook, occasionally stirring, until butter browns, 3 to 4 minutes. Meanwhile, plate skate fillets. Add lemon juice, zest, capers and parsley to skillet, stirring. The lemon juice will make the pan spatter like crazy. That's okay. Just be careful. Turn off the heat and spoon sauce over fillets. Serve immediately.
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Turkey & parsnip curry
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Healthy
- kcal406
- fat15g
- saturates2g
- carbs27g
- sugars16g
- fibre8g
- protein43g
- salt1.22g
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 onions, halved through the root and thinly sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 500g parsnip, peeled and cut into chunks
The fact that the parsnip is a member of the carrot family comes as no surprise – it looks…
- 5 tbsp Madras curry paste
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 500g/1lb 2oz boneless cooked turkey, cut into chunks
While it's the traditional Christmas bird, turkey is good to eat all year round, though…
- 150g pot low-fat natural yogurt
- cooked basmati rice, to serve
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onions and fry gently for 10 minutes until they are softened and lightly coloured. Add the parsnips and stir well.
To make the curry, stir in the curry paste, then add the tomatoes with a little salt, and stir well. Add 1½ canfuls of water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the parsnips are just tender.
To finish, stir in the turkey chunks, cover the pan again and simmer for a further 5 minutes until the turkey is heated through. Remove from the heat. (The curry can now be cooled and frozen for up to 2 months.) Lightly swirl in the yogurt and serve with basmati rice.
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Make it your ownAdd other vegetables – potatoes, carrots, celeriac or squash would all taste great. Make it go further by stirring in a drained and rinsed can of chickpeas or lentils with the turkey. Toss in a few handfuls of frozen peas or leaf spinach 3 minutes before the end.


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A teacher who had sex with a 17-year-old former student and is now carrying his baby told a San Diego judge that she still loves and cares for the boy and might still be in a relationship with him if not for his age.
In a letter to the court, Kelly McKenzy Watson, 35, wrote that the boy had a falling out with his parents and she allowed him to stay with her temporarily in downtown San Diego. But what started as a friendship soon turned into something more.
"We both realized at some point this past summer that we both really liked and cared for each other," Watson wrote in the letter before her Superior Court sentencing. "At some point I realized that he was still only 17 yrs old. But it was too late, our feelings were very strong by then."
Watson, who had worked for school districts in San Diego and Kern counties, was arrested Aug. 9 and accused of statutory rape.
News outlets covered her arrest and guilty plea, but the case gained more notoriety on Wednesday when it was publicly revealed that Watson is seven months pregnant and the teenage victim is the father. The baby is due in mid-April.
Watson told the court she knew it was wrong to have a physical relationship with the teen, but they loved each other and it "just happened."
"I hate to admit this but we would most likely be together at this time if it weren't for the age issue," she wrote.
Watson pleaded guilty in November to having unlawful intercourse with a minor more than three years younger, a felony. She was placed on probation for three years and ordered to serve jail time, but she will get out early to give birth and return to Bakersfield where her family lives.
Judge Laura Halgren did not require Watson to register as a sex offender.
The teenage father-to-be said through an attorney that he did not consider himself a victim and did not want Watson to go to jail.
The boy's mother told a probation officer before sentencing: "I want to help her. I hope you (as her probation officer) are for her."
The case echoes that of Mary Kay Letourneau, the Washington-state schoolteacher who was imprisoned for having sex with her 13-year-old student, and later gave birth to two of his children. She married him after she was released from prison in 2004, after serving more than seven years.
The public took to Facebook and Twitter last week to comment on Watson's case, with some expressing concern for the teenage victim and others wondering if a male teacher would have received a harsher sentence.
The District Attorney's Office is careful to be gender-neutral when considering what charges are appropriate in any case, said Deputy District Attorney Mary-Ellen Barrett, who prosecuted Watson.
Barrett said she agreed with a psychologist who determined Watson was immature, narcissistic and naive, but not a sexual predator.
"It was an inappropriate relationship," the prosecutor said.
Barrett said she would not feel differently if the gender roles in this case were reversed, except if a young female victim — who cannot legally give consent — had gotten pregnant.
Several attorneys said a victim's age is a significant factor in how cases are charged and whether sex-offender registration is mandatory. In Watson's case, it was not.
Having to register as a sex offender can make it difficult to find work and housing.
"I tell clients I'd rather (they) do a lot more jail time than have to register as a sex offender, if that's possible," said defense lawyer Kerry Armstrong, who was not involved in Watson's case.
Armstrong said he has seen some female defendants in sex cases receive different, perhaps more lenient, treatment than their male counterparts. And although prosecutors insist that they treat everyone equally, "I don't think they do," he said.
Court documents show police first contacted Watson and the 17-year-old on July 28 in response to a possible domestic violence incident at an apartment. The teen told officers he had pushed Watson.
Officers said the words, "I want to have a baby with you," were written on the bathroom mirror inside the apartment.
Police learned that Watson and the teen were having a sexual relationship and that Watson was a special-education teacher who had worked at New Haven Youth & Family Services, a facility in Vista for boys with emotional and behavioral problems.
She worked at Oceanside High School at the time of her arrest.
In her letter to the court, Watson said her pregnancy was not planned, and she considered it a "miracle" because she had tried unsuccessfully for years to have a child with her husband before they separated.
She said she is excited about the baby and hopes the father will remain in their lives after he turns 18.
The judge barred Watson from contacting the teenager, but said he can be present for the child's birth.


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"The landlord raised my rent from $6,000 to almost $13,000, and this is not a high-profit business," Isaacs said, surrounded by walls of vintage vinyl, CD's and DVD's.
Still catering to the crowd of nostalgia collectors since he started the business 20 years ago at Cooper Square, Norman's Sound and Vision is now located at 555 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg.
While the store only draws a handful of customers a day, and has seen an 80 percent cut in sales since his move last April, Isaacs remains confident that it is only a matter of time before people catch on and business thrives yet again.
"Financially it's not really a rewarding industry," he explained. "It really is more of a labor of love than anything else."
Before the music business, Isaacs traveled the world taking photographs for travel magazines, newspapers and stock agencies.
"I had enough," he said. "I had just gotten married and I didn't want to travel anymore. I didn't want to have to work for anybody else, and the only thing I liked to do besides travel was music."
Starting with the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue when he was just 14-years-old, his own personal record collection has grown to 3,000, which doesn't include the thicket of vintage LP's available at his store today.
"Music was always one of the driving forces of my life," he reflected. "Who knew 50 years ago this stuff would actually be of any real value."
Today he sifts through records brought in by his customers, redeveloping the connection with the next generation of music lovers, which he says is undeniable.
"Once you feel the music, it's hard to just not move to it," he said.


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Dynamic duos, indeed.
Forbes magazine has released its 2013 ranking of the World's Most Powerful Couples, assembling an eclectic menagerie of formidable twosomes who span the worlds of entertainment, politics, media and, natch, royalty.
Surprise, surprise: President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama lead the pack--a no-brainer of a distinction, given that their spheres of influence stretch from Capitol Hill to Hollywood, the home front to beyond.
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And in an curious twist, the mag says that FLOTUS actually trumps her hubby in the popular vote.
NEWS: Beyonce, Angelina Jolie and Oprah Winfrey among Forbes' Most Powerful Women
"With 67 percent of Americans viewing first lady Michelle Obama favorably, she's more popular than her husband," Forbes states.
Then again, this is a lady who graced the Oscars--a first for a FLOTUS--and whose bangs became a worldwide trending topic. (Even the president himself admitted defeat to the power of her 'do.)
PHOTOS: Michelle Obama's bangs are (almost) gone
A bevy of showbiz couples also made the cut: Music royalty Jay-Z and Beyonce--whose own political connections to the Obamas have been widely publicized--are on the slate, as are Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie--whose recent revelation that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy has further boosted her status as a role model to many.
Others on the list include Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Bill and Melinda Gates, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and--as no power ranking is complete without some blue-blooded panache--Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.


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In our family album there is a picture of my Aunt Nell with Baby Richard on her lap, sitting at our kitchen table. If it weren't for the photograph, I would scarcely believe that they and my Uncle Sam lived with us when I was 8. Presumably our two families cooked and ate together, washed and hung clothes on common lines, went shopping at the A&P, swam at Lewis Park and cooled ourselves on lawn chairs under the front shade tree. But I have no recollection of any of this, although a photograph verifies the shade tree. Nor do I remember my aunt crying of loneliness up in the back bedroom my parents gave them—only my mother's telling me many years later that Aunt Nell was homesick for the Ireland she had left as a war bride.
All I remember of my Uncle Sam is the sight of him from the back, as he walked in his white shirt and dress pants down our front steps and past the shade tree on his way to night work at the telegraph company. In the yard he passed through the mountains of hard yellow dirt and rocks that my father dug and hauled, box by box, out of our cellar.
My father came home from the factory to work in the cellar, essentially a crawl space, while my uncle went to the telegraph office, and we children played hide and seek in the hills my father heaped outside our house. Over the months the mountains grew, the chasms deepened, and we discovered better ways to hide from each other. One lone voice cried loud and clear: "Apple, peaches, pumpkin pie, who's not ready, holler I."
Down in the cellar where he dug on hands and knees, my father heard the chant. Head to toe in soot and choking on it, the man in the black hole wanted to holler "I."
With the whole house on his back, my father wanted to holler he was not ready, not for the four growing, jumping children playing on the work of his hands that could not work long and fast enough. By day he ran a punch press machine at the Auto-Lite Sparkplug factory. On Friday nights he set up pins at the bowling alley; Saturday nights he stocked the A&P shelves.
My father wanted to holler he was not ready when his teenage son crashed the family car and there was an ugly scene at the police station. Not ready when his other son fathered a child out of wedlock. Not ready when his firstborn abruptly left home at 17 and went off to a convent, of all things. Not ready when his daughter-in-law died at 40, and why, he wondered, didn't God take him instead?
He wanted to holler not ready when his wife roamed the block in her nightgown, then settled on the lawn across the street and waited for the Sears truck to deliver the new refrigerator she had decided to order for the neighbors.
My father wanted to holler not ready, but there was no time, no time at all the afternoon he keeled over in front of the television set. All he had wanted to do was raise the volume on a Yankees game.
But it's ready or not, here I come.
One day a few years before he died, I baked my father three pies—apple, peach and pumpkin. We sat at the table down in the basement he had carved out of the earth. He had since poured a cement floor and spread out hunks of old kitchen linoleum like chapters of family history under our feet. The walls were the same unfinished grey blocks they always were, but my father had installed a washer, dryer, stationary tubs, the stove he used for canning the tomatoes he grew and a bronze crucifix above the stove.
My father had no idea that all of his life he had personified the saving love of the figure on the crucifix for us. The twisted hands and bent body were the same. So were the lessons they taught: to dig deep, to lay a firm foundation, to treasure the old even as the new moved in upstairs, to see with simple eyes of faith. Such comparisons would have puzzled my father. Perhaps it was enough that I told him that he was not the common man he liked to say he was.
That day my father put his canning materials aside to make space at the kitchen table, which served quite well in the basement. He pulled up two stools and waited.
I spread out the three pies I had baked, cut my father a slice of each, and served him on three separate plates. "Abbondanza!" he cried, his face shining. Such abundance there in the basement.
Relishing the moment, he tried a little of each pie, his elbow on the table and the fork in midair, waving a little, as if he were pondering. At the end, he gave me one of his crafty smiles, lowered the fork and pointed, "Here's the winner."
No contest, really. And we both knew why: the peaches were from his trees.
Bravo, Sister. Such dense, earthy, redolent images of sacrifice. As one whose 86-year old father is in the early stages of "cognitive impairment," I say thank you. I can see it all, there in your basement. You transported me to a buried memory of my father, drenched in sweat, working on his boat. I'd forgotten those late nights, under the worklight, readying the boat for our next family outing. I will thank him tomorrow for the example he set. Well done!
Dear Joan,
Thank you for the beautiful Father's Day Tribute. What struck me most was your Dad's acceptance of
his "state in life"....No complaining.....Total focus on making a decent and happy life for himself and his family.
A reminder to me to thank God often for my Parents, who lived and worked so selflessly for
us Eight kids in the same era,


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9manfootballmom wrote:The Dorothy Sheldon that old lineman is talking about comes from a family of 6 sisters. The family has branched out and there are great athletes in each family. The oldest sister had a son that played for Concordia in the early nineties and was a defensive end. They have grandsons that are strong footballers. Someone else stated that the Kost girls (from Casselton) are also related and yes, they are cousins. Bethany Kost was a strong VB player for the Squirrels in the early 2000s when Casselton took the state VB title.
There is a sister in Minnesota that has a family of basketball players and coaches that continue the sporting tradition. The girls were standouts for the Kittson County Wolves in BB, SB and VB. One sister had a baseball player who played for the RedHawks, too.
It truly is a great sports family and each family does what it can to get to all the other fams games. You gotta love those sheldon boys. Now each of them has one boy. Jay has one of each, Todd has 2 girls and 1 boy, Scott has 2 girls and a new boy. Don't be surprised to hear that Sheldon name again in the future!
Way to go Dorothy! (and Jeff)
Seems like everyone is giving Dot all the love. I'll agree she's great, but let's not forgot the man that began this all Don Sheldon, Fargo, ND, US of A. He is Jeff's father who married Dot. And Jeff, what else can we say, the man is a living legend. A great son, husband, father, neighbor. All around great lineage.


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After two terms at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at UBC, I was lucky to spend twelve beautiful summer weeks in the care of the Archives with my co-intern Cristen Polley.
Ah, the Archives! Shelves of ancient, crumbling volumes disappearing into shadowed heights, honeycomb walls of coiled scrolls, one skeletal, omniscient archivist-monk carrying a lantern… I can imagine hypothetical archivists and conservators cringing in horror. If you've read as many fantasy novels as I have and have been afflicted with similar fantasies/nightmares, I can assure you that the inside of the modern archives is much more sensible altogether, all uniform rows of acid-free boxes, labeled and ordered. Dust is out, HVACs, environmental standards and lint-free gloves are in. The labyrinthine memory of the mortal archivist is vastly improved upon by systematic arrangement and archival description databases. Gothic architecture or no Gothic architecture, in the archives—the real archives—there is still a sense of awe in the presence of the remains of history, an awareness of its fragility before the ink-fading, data-corrupting streams of time.
Earlier this summer, archivist Chak Yung showed us to the boxes of unprocessed records we would spend the next month with, closely examining, analyzing, inventorying, describing and rehousing in archival-quality containers. Based on study of the records, we would reconstruct the lives of the records' creators, their activities, and the logic of their recordkeeping system for future researchers—not always a straightforward task, since most of us don't organize or label our files with their eventual comprehensibility to total strangers in mind. Continue reading


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In 2012 Nike has put running back on the map like no other sportswear brand. Most interesting for us was their new approach to the sport, which was less about making specific global goals, but much more personal. Running 5km a week is still better than not running at all. Achieving 3000 fuel points a day is better than only getting 2000. No matter how much, more sport is better no matter how you look at it. A stand that we can only agree with. They started a global running movement and it was fascinating to see how the world around us, in our own environments, got effected by it. Also the strong connection between running and lifestyle was emphasized, with running shoes making a strong comeback off the track, both in the form of vintage trainers, but more importantly with innovation.
In 2013 Nike is back and tries to continue to reinvent the sport. Our Highsnobiety and Highsnobette teams decided to participate and therefore We Will #MakeItCount too. A bit of running certainly will not hurt us, with all the hours we spent behind our computers. We decided to set ourselves the goal of running 50km in January 2013. You will be able to see the progress of our running through our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook channels and at the end of the month we will give you a full recap of our experience. We will track our experience with the Nike+ Running App.
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My mom emailed me this, and the pics were too cute not to post.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
First: Spot baby.
Second: Approach and sniff to make sure you have the right baby.
Third: Flatten baby.
Fourth: Slip one front arm under baby, one front arm over baby.
Last: Cuddle!
Friday, September 28, 2007
How to hug a baby
My mom emailed me this, and the pics were too cute not to post.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Welcome to our home
Yesterday, the boys and I did an outdoor project.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Hail to the Chief!
The tradition of Chief Illiniwek is, sadly, now officially gone....but for the Merritt household, it will continue! Maybe not forever.....but at least for as long as these shirts continue to fit the boys!
Now, lest you think that I ran out and bought them each new shirts, I must tell you--these shirts have all been Colin's at one time. We LOVE the Fighting Illini, and I have bought Colin a Chief shirt in almost every size. Ethan is wearing a 12 month; Cameron a 2T, and Colin a 4T. There are also 6 month, 18 month, and 3T sizes in the house--in rubbermaid tubs, packed away until they are needed (which, will be soon for Cameron--he is starting to have to be packed into the 2T.) I am debating going on a search for a few of these same shirts in bigger sizes, so they can all three have them for a little bit longer! The shirts are becoming harder to find, now that the Chief has been retired....so it may be quite the quest to locate a few more. I am weighing whether or not it is worth it. Most of me says it is.
I just can't help myself....I know the boys are not triplets (although believe it or not, I am asked constantly if Colin and Cameron are twins); I know they are three years apart; I know they are not girls; but I love dressing them alike like this. I did it all the time with Colin and Cameron, but once Ethan came along--it got expensive! It isn't easy to buy three of the same thing, especially for a bargain shopper like myself. So, this year, I have resorted to not having very many items that match, and I am forcing myself to be okay with it. However, that being said, when I do have something alike like this, I just eat it up! Here are a few shots from yester-night (as Colin would say) of the three of them:
First shot--not too much into the picture taking idea yet.
Second shot--tons better than the first, but not looking at the camera! They were looking at Shane, who was next to me trying to get them to laugh!
Third shot: Cameron goofing around and doing something that the other two apparently found hilarious!
Fourth shot: I must say thank you to Shane, for REALLY making them laugh and look at the camera at the same time--and giving me a great new picture!
Monday, September 17, 2007
The sounds of music
For quite some time, Colin has exhibited a real love for music. I can't imagine where on earth he gets that from!
I have sung to Colin (all three boys, actually) since he was a small baby, and he has always responded really well to music. He has always loved listening to music.....now, he is beginning to love to create music as well. As someone who absolutely loves music, you can't imagine how much it thrills me to hear my 3-year-old singing along to the radio, singing to Ethan, making up his very own songs, singing to veggie tales videos, singing in church (I mean, really, really trying to actually sing the song the right way, with the hymnal open and everything)....and now, he is showing a real interest in musical instruments.
I have let him play on the piano since he was a baby. Even before he was a year old, he knew how pull out the piano bench, climb up it, sit there and open the piano, and bang on the keys. I taught him how not to bang, but to play gently, and he still loves to do that to this day. We have even practiced learning some easy songs together. He can even play them--with Mommy's help guiding his fingers! Cameron is beginning now to show an interest in the piano, too. It took him longer to come around, musically speaking. He didn't respond to my singing the same way Colin and Ethan did as small babies--in fact, my singing, rather than calming him down like it did the other two, actually made Cameron cry harder. **Insert your laugh and joke about my bad singing scaring him here.** But now, I find it is difficult to keep Cameron off of the piano! I know a big part of why he loves to play is because he watches everything Colin does, and wants to do it as well....but I don't really care what the reason is, I am just thrilled that they have the desire right now to learn about these things!
A couple of nights ago, Shane's best friend Justin came for a visit, and Justin is a really great guitar player--self taught. Shane, for some time now, has wanted to learn how to play himself, and he got a guitar a couple of years ago for his birthday. He has had soooo much going on in the last couple of years that he has really not been able to devote much time to learning how to play, but Justin's visit sparked that interest in him all over again, so the guitar came out of hiding. Of course, the guitar is something brand new to the boys, and has absolutely fascinated both of them. Shane was practicing on Saturday night, after we had put the boys in their beds to read for a few minutes before lights out. We do that alot--they love books, too, (just like Mommy) so we read a couple together, and then give them the same books we just read to "re-read" themselves . I was practicing the piano while Shane was practicing the guitar, and I looked up, because I saw something out of the corner of my eye. There was Colin, who had found his "guitar" in his closet, pulled it out, and was playing it along with his daddy! I told him to come on out of his room (of course, Cameron followed). It was so cute....Colin's guitar is actually a ukelele that we bought for him when we went to Hawaii, and it is the perfect size for him. It certainly does the job and he looks so cute playing it! He loves it, which is the most important thing. The boys played with Daddy and Mommy on the instruments for awhile, and then it was off to bed--for real, this time. It is so cool to have a house filled with music--and even better that now, it is not ALL coming from me!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Vacation, day 4 and 5
Mckinley, Deanna and Ethan playing patty-cake
The boys playing Guitar Hero
Austin and Ethan, intently watching Guitar Hero
Gram and Ethan, having a conversation
I love this shot!
Ethan and Daddy
Day 5: A day at Table Rock Lake
What an incredible day.....I am going to let the pictures tell the story of our day!
Loading the boat
Colin couldn't wait to ride the jet ski with Daddy....
He LOVED it!
Deanna and Ethan
Colin, "drinving" the boat
Alan and Ethan going for a swim
Ethan LOVED the water--one big bath tub!
Ethan after his swim
Mommy and Cameron swimming--Cameron liked the water alot (and loved to splash the water in everyone's face!) but hated the life vest! So we let him take it off after awhile and just swim with his floaty suit
Colin, on the other hand, didn't mind his vest at all and we couldn't keep him OUT of the water!
Lunch time! I thought this picture was so funny because it is the least amount of food I have ever seen on Cameron's plate! :-)
Colin's cheesy face--literally, from eating cheetos
After lunch--Cameron's turn to jet ski!
Uncle Alan and Colin
I even took a turn (I love those things.....)
Colin watched from the tube
Shane joined me after awhile
A little while later....Colin was pooped....
....so was baby Ethan!
Colin woke from his nap pretty fast....too much fun stuff happening all around him!
Colin and Barrett, hanging out on the tube
It wasn't long before Ethan was awake again as well, and back in a place where he spent much of our trip....in Deanna's arms!
Barrett and Shane--actually tubing! Deanna in the backgound on the jet ski
Cameron and his "Au Au"
Captain Shane
Family swimming! Deanna bought Ethan this cute little boat for him to swim in, and it had a little shade thing to keep him covered
I like it Daddy!
It was a long day, and we finally ended up getting off the water about 8 p.m. We were all pooped! But we had had so much fun....we ended the day with dinner at McAlister's deli, and then headed home. It was an incredible vacation--we just can not say enough good about everything and how much fun we had, and we can't wait to go back again!


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Oct. 31, 1926: Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
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Filmmaker Peter Jackson (48)
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One of the big mysteries of life…TIME. Where does it go…what does it mean…how is it spent…how does it affect our lives and our perspectives?
We all have different perspectives of time. – what is yours?
Watch it. A great way to spend some time.


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This is a fascinating video. It shows how the US Navy destroys its old ships, one scrap of metal at a time, recycling every component to make new parts. The ship is the USS Savannah, a Wichita-class tanker almost as long as two football fields and ten floors high.
This thing was huge and heavy: 659 feet (201 meters) long, 96 feet (29 meters) tall. It used to displace 40,743 tons when full and, apart from all that fuel, it carried two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters.
She was the fifth Savannah in the history of the US Navy, launching on April 23, 1970. The ship, which ended its life in 1995, served as a replenishment oiler for the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean until 1972, when she left to Vietnam to serve during the war. At the end of 1973, she returned to the Mediterranean until June 1974, when she returned to Norfolk, Virginia.
The video is from National Geographic's program Break It Down, which airs this Sunday, February 5. You know, in case you don't give a damn about the Superbowl and prefer to see some stuff being broken apart. [National Geographic Channel and Wikipedia]


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So ever since the hooligans over at AF Chat been taking over Misc...things have changed and a lot of controversy have started...
We can't let these outsiders take over our bases.
An event that happened over a thousand Internets ago will once present itself again--known as the AF War.
So this is the beginning of AF War IV, the event where a lot of butthurt will be cause and a lot of pussies will bleed...and as matter of fact, lots of pussies already bleeding from this on-going chaos.
This is me and @Ellipsis , just cause he's member that's a dude that I'm closer to nowadays.
...and I wanted some excuse to post this pic for a while. I called dibs on Madara though.
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It's All About Sticking With It
After quite a few tries…
Someone from our 10 man team: We killed Anub!
Gchat: Yeah, with 5 people dead.
Me: Actually, it was 7 people dead.
Many argue that a fight isn't well done if half the raid is dead when the boss goes down. I agree to a certain extend, especially for a fight that's usually on farm. Stupid mistakes? Uggg.
But sometimes… Not everyone is comfortable with a fight yet. We wipe. We try again. We get a little further. We wipe. We try again. A little further. We notice that we're doing better and better. Then we have that 2% wipe. Then we're facing that 2% wipe again as the raid drops like flies. Heavy sighs are heard. But at the last second, someone yells out on vent. The boss is DOWN. We win.
I love that feeling of satisfaction. The silliness of having only 3 people alive with no rezzers only adds to the pleasure.
I'm sort of fortunate that I haven't seen Anub on hard mode very often. My first time, I was healing an experienced group and we 2-shotted him. The second time, I kept pulling healing aggro and we ran out of time. The third, I was tanking and learning the fight from a new angle. The fourth time was tonight and I was tanking again. So, to me, the fight is shiny and new and I'm making my little hamster run as I play out my actions in my head. I feel a bit bad for those in our team who've learned the fight ages ago and are patiently waiting for us new kids to perfect our execution. Only a little bit bad, though, because I'm selfish and I'm having too much fun.
I love watching the learning process of a fight. How we fumble around and land on our faces. How every attempt becomes a little smoother. How eventually we wonder why we were even having trouble in the first place. I love the magic that happens as we put the puzzle together, piece by piece, one wipe at a time. I'm not the most social of players, I usually keep to myself or pick 1 or 2 people to follow around, but when I'm learning a fight, I'm suddenly in love with my team. I warm up, I start sharing my thoughts. Sometimes I get so excited that I have to fight the urge to whisper a fellow raider about how much fun I'm having. (I fight this urge because I've discovered the hard way that not everyone appreciates the subtle beauty of learning a fight and may take our their unfounded frustration on the happy-go-lucky person sending them tells.)
If most of the raid dies before the boss goes down, then no, we haven't mastered the fight yet. But we've come along way. And if the many times I've 2 manned Heigan for a half an hour have taught me anything, it's to respect those who keep their cool and stick with it when we need it the most.Explore posts in the same categories: Guild actions
7 Comments on "It's All About Sticking With It"
December 8, 2009 at 3:42 am
Like you, I thoroughly enjoy the mechanics of mastering a raid and appreciate the tenacity of people that can stick it out when it gets rough. You can whisper me anytime with your glee… I will respond with likewise. 😀
December 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
Vid of a 25 man raid killing anub with no survivors.
December 8, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I actually live for those close calls :).
Nothing beats working and working on a boss fight and finally getting that first kill down. When runs are smooth, and nobody dies it may be easier and in some senses more fun. However, nothing gets your adrenaline pumping then when the boss is at 1% and people are dropping like flies and you don't know if you're going to make it or not.
When my 10-man hard mode group got firefighter for the first time, we did it with two people left standing, and it was just one of those things where we were still learning and every single person gave it their all. With most of our raid already dead and the boss at 1/1/0%, I popped back up (on a shaman), and our druid burned a battle-rez on a caster so we could get his head down. I died what had to be two seconds later after throwing a dot on his head, but it was enough.
Nothing like screaming for joy in vent is there? 😀