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Burro's Tail prefers direct
sunshine or very bright filtered light for optimum growth. Warm
south windows, sunrooms and greenhouses are excellent choices. If
the lighting is to low the plants stems will elongate the new
Jelly Bean growth will be small.
this plant is a succulent it won't require watering but two or
three times a month depending on light intensity and temperature. If you can find a place to get your finger
into the soil allow the soils surface to dry down about 1/4 the
depth of the container between waterings. Water thoroughly until
water runs from the drain holes. Remove any excess water from the
drip tray within 24 hours to help prevent root rot. A second trick
to determine when the Burro's Tail needs water is by weight. Water
the plant and note the weight when wet. If the plant feels
light... it's time to water.
Feed your Burro's Tail plant monthly with a balanced liquid
fertilizer when actively growing. Feed quarterly when inactive.
Peter's Houseplant Special is a good choice.
Propagation is simple. Stem cuttings can be rooted in a cactus type potting soil.
Remove some Jelly Beans from the stem and poke it into the soil or
take a stem and lay it on the top of the soil. Keep the soil moist
until the Burro's Tail roots.
handful of the Jelly bean leaves can be placed on
the surface of a pot of soil. Roots and then new plants will
develop from the ends of each bean.
Common houseplant pests can include: Mealy Bugs
Burro's Tail is usually available 3", 4"
and 6" upright containers as well as 6" and 8"
hanging baskets.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Romeo and Juliet
Act 5, Scene 31 Reviews
Act 5, Scene 3. I will be posting the cast list next chapter.
"Give me the flashlight," he said to the kid, who obeyed and gave it to him with a shaking hand, causing the light to dance and flicker in the darkness. Tré took it and immediately shut it off. "Go stand over by that tree, and let me know if anyone's coming, okay?" The boy nodded and hurried to obey Tré's orders. The older teen scattered several silky, blood-red rose petals around the grave.
"I am sorry this had to happen to you, Alicia," he said softly, brushing a tear from one eye. He heard a short, shrill whistle. Someone was coming. He swiftly hid behind a nearby tree.
Ray and Mikey approached the tomb cautiously, the latter holding a crowbar. Tré's eyes narrowed upon recognizing his voice.
"Why are you doing this, Mikey?" asked Ray in a hushed voice.
"Well, partly to see Alicia," said Mikey, thinking, 'More than anything, to be with her forever,' "but also because I need to get a ring back that I gave to her. It's very valuable to my family. If you don't believe me," he added darkly upon seeing the skeptical look on Ray's face, "I'll tear you apart and scatter the pieces around this graveyard."
"I'm leaving, don't worry. I'll wait for you outside the cemetery gates," Ray said quickly, backing away.
"You still show me friendship, Ray. I hope you have a good life. Goodbye, my friend," Mikey muttered to himself.
'I'll hide here,' Ray thought to himself, ducking behind a nearby tombstone. 'I don't think that's why he's really here.'
Mikey pried open the tomb with the crowbar, recoiling immediately from the smell.
'He's going to do something bad to Jade or Alicia,' Tré thought angrily. 'He's already killed them, and that's not even good enough for him.'
"That's far enough, Way," he spat, coming out of his hiding place. "You're already wanted for murder. Come with me, or I'll kill you where you stand."
"Please," Mikey begged him. "Please leave, just this once."
"I'm taking you to prison, Way," said Tré, drawing a knife. Mikey brought one out as well.
"You'll provoke me, then? Fine!" he cried, running at Tré. A fight quickly ensued, each narrowly avoiding the other's blade.
"Oh no, they're fighting!" the young boy said to himself. "I'll go get the police." He ran out of the cemetery as fast as he could.
The fight continued unceasingly, until one of them emitted a sharp gasp of pain. Tré fell to his knees with blood gushing like a red fountain from his chest.
"I'm going to die," he said almost inaudibly. He looked up at Mikey pleadingly. "If you are merciful...please lay me near Alicia." He fell flat on the ground, and his labored breathing ceased. Mikey removed the knife from his ribs and threw it aside, dragging his body into the tomb.
"It's Tré Cool," he said in shock. "Mike Dirnt's friend, and Billie Joe's. Didn't Ray tell me he was supposed to be dating Alicia? Or did I only dream that as well?" He carefully laid Tré on the stone floor of the tomb, and his eyes fell upon Alicia.
"She's still beautiful," he said as crystalline tears flowed into his eyes. "Not even Death can take her beauty away from her. She doesn't look dead at all." He knelt by her side and gently ran his fingers through her silky ebony hair. "We'll be together forever, Alicia. We'll spend eternity together." Mikey wrapped one arm around her back and propped her up slightly, then gently kissed her on the lips.
"I love you, Alicia." He took the bottle out of his pocket and unscrewed the lid, downing its entire contents in one swallow. He felt a numbing fire spread throughout his veins and became limp, knowing he did not have much time. "You're right, Chris," he said, closing his eyes in bliss. "It does work fast. With a kiss, I die."
He kissed Alicia again. Even something that simple drained the rest of his energy. He fell to one side, completely limp, and his breathing slowed to a stop.
Matt approached from the other side of the cemetery with a crowbar and a flashlight. He hoped Alicia hadn't woken up yet.
"I seem to be spending a lot of time at graves tonight," he muttered to himself. His sharp eyes caught sight of a figure in the darkness, hiding behind a tombstone. "Who's there?" he called.
"It's me, Ray," a familiar voice responded. Matt sighed in relief.
"Good. Ray, is there a light coming from Alicia's family's tomb?" He hoped the answer would be negative.
"Yeah, and one of my best friends is inside," Ray said listlessly. Matt felt his heart sink.
"Who is it?"
"How long has he been there?" Matt asked in horror. Ray checked his watch.
"Half an hour."
"Come with me to the tomb," said Matt. Ray shook his head vigorously, curly hair following every motion.
"I fell asleep, and I had a dream that Mikey fought and killed someone," he said nervously. Matt placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Stay here, then." Matt cautiously approached the tomb, undeterred by the smell. He went pale upon sighting a familiar face. "Mikey!" He rushed to his friend's side, but stopped at the entrance of the tomb.
"Why is there blood here?" he murmured to himself. He entered the tomb warily. "Mikey's dead, and Tré, too!" he cried suddenly. As if she had heard his words, Alicia's dark eyes flew open. She slowly moved and sat up, seeing Matt first.
"Matt, I'm so glad you're here. Where's Mikey? I remember where I'm supposed to be, and here I am," she said placidly. "So where is my Mikey?"
Matt was about to respond when he heard approaching footsteps.
"I hear something. Come, Alicia, from this place of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. The authorities are coming, and we can't go against them. Mikey lies there, dead," he said, motioning to the younger boy's lifeless body, "and Tré as well. Let's go." He heard voices this time. "I can't stay any longer," he said urgently.
"Leave, then, for I will not," Alicia said firmly. Matt nodded once, giving her a solemn look before departing. Alicia's eyes fell upon Mikey's body.
"What's this?" she asked herself, seeing a small bottle clasped in one hand. "Drugs. That's what killed him. I hope he left some for me." She leaned over and kissed his lips, drawing back suddenly. "Your lips are still warm!"
"Which way, kid?" an older man asked, sounding much closer than he had earlier.
"Noise? I'll do this quickly, then." Alicia took the razor from her pocket. "Glinting blade, this is your new home." She rolled up the sleeves of her black jacket and forced the razor into her arm, swiftly drawing it the full length of her forearm. She quickly repeated the process with her other arm. Her crimson blood flowed like water.
"Rust there, and let me die," she whispered. Alicia collapsed onto Mikey's lifeless body, and she, too, breathed her last.
"Here's where the light was coming from, sir," said the little kid. The officer shooed him away, not wanting him to see the carnage.
"The ground is bloody," he said grimly, speaking to his two fellow officers. "Search the courtyard; find anything you can. Tré lies here, dead. And Alicia bleeding, freshly dead, though she's been buried here for two days. Someone tell Billie Joe and Alicia's and Mikey's families." The other two officers left, and returned quickly with Ray.
"We found him in the courtyard, sir," said one.
"Keep him here until Billie Joe arrives," said the first.
"I found Matt," said a third, entering the tomb holding Matt's hands behind his back. "He had a crowbar with him." The first officer eyed him warily.
"Very suspicious. Keep him here as well."
Just then, Billie Joe arrived, as did several of his friends.
"What is so wrong that we must all be awake this early?" he asked sleepily, rubbing one eye and finger-combing his tossled black hair. Davey, Inés, and several others arrived as well.
"Why was everyone shrieking?" Davey asked.
"There were people in the streets shouting Mikey, and Alicia, and some Tré. All of them were running here, to our monument," said Inés.
"I'll ask again. What's going on here?" asked Billie Joe, this time slightly more on edge. The first officer spoke.
"Tré lies here dead, sir; and Mikey, dead; and Alicia, newly killed."
"Find out how," Billie Joe said immediately, "and why."
"She's bleeding," Davey said sadly. "It looks like she cut herself."
"I will die young because of all this grief," said Inés. Davey held her close and gently stroked her hair, willing her not to cry. Frank and others arrived.
"You're up early to see your friend die early, Frank," said Billie Joe. Frank could only look at him with tearstained eyes.
"My friend, Jamia is dead as well. She died of grief once she heard of Mikey's exile. What other bad news could you possibly have for me?" he asked, hands curled into fists and quaking violently.
"Look, and you will see," Billie Joe said patiently. Frank looked and immediately wished he hadn't.
"Is someone trying to kill me early as well?!" cried Frank, falling to his knees. Billie Joe placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't get angry until we figure all of this out, and know why it all happened," he said to Frank, who had begun to cry once again. "Show me the suspects."
"I am the most suspected," said Matt. "I will tell you what happened. I'll try to shorten it as much as possible. You see, Alicia and Mikey were boyfriend and girlfriend. I made it official for them; they asked me to. Later that same day, Jade was killed, which in turn banished Mikey from the city. That was why Alicia cried: for Mikey, not for Jade. She came to me begging for a way out of going out with Tré, so I gave her a potion that made her appear dead.
"Meanwhile, I sent a message to Mikey asking him to meet me here tonight to get her out of this grave, which is when the potion would have stopped working. But my friend Dominic could not get it to him. So I came here in order to let her out of the tomb, planning to let her stay at my house until Mikey came back.
"But when I came, I found her still asleep, and Mikey and Tré already dead. She woke up, and I asked her to leave with me, but she would not come. It seems she killed herself. If I'm lying, let me be killed as well," Matt finished. Silence filled the space around them for some time. Billie Joe was the first to speak.
"Where is Mikey's friend? What can he say to this?"
"I told Mikey about Alicia's death," said Ray. "He asked me to give this letter to his father, and threatened to kill me if I followed him into the vault." He handed the letter to Billie Joe, who then began asking the little kid about what Tré did. He read the letter carefully before speaking.
"Matt's telling the truth," he said finally. "It says Mikey bought a poison from a poor shop owner and came here to die with Alicia." He called Davey and Frank forward, pointing to the freshly dead bodies around them. "See how much Heaven hated your fighting? It found a way to kill your only joys with love. And for not doing anything more severe about it sooner, I have lost my two closest friends."
"Frank, I can't tell you how sorry I am for all of this," said Davey, releasing Inés and embracing Frank. "There's nothing I can ask of you other than your forgiveness."
"I can offer you something else, though," said Frank. "I will have a statue made of Alicia, in pure gold, so that her name will be synonymous with our city."
"I will do the same for Mikey," said Davey. "Terrible sacrifices of our hatred for each other."
"This morning brings a gloomy peace with it," said Billie Joe, watching as gray clouds began to roll in. "The sun is so depressed it will not even show its face. Come, we have to talk about this in more detail. Some things will be excused and others punished." He watched as everyone began to file out of the tomb. He was the last to leave.
"For never was a greater tragedy
Than that of Alicia and her Mikey."


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I often complained of being tired and cold, but my doctor could not find my problem until I found out that hypothyroid problems run in my family. I was tested and found my TSH was extremely high. I was put on medication until my basil body temperature was normal. When I was forced to change doctors my new doctor did not go by basal body temp. He only went by the TSH results and lowered my meds three times. I still feel OK except I am extremely cold now and my hands often turn blue and some of my fingers turn white and hurt. I have complained of being cold, but my doc said my TSH is in the normal range.
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Rick's Corner
FSK - Fender Steel King Amp
by Rick Alexander JCSGC Staff writer
I ordered a Fender Steel King Amp from GC Pro a few weeks ago, and I just received it the other day. I've had the opportunity to play with it in my studio, to use it at a live performance, and to record with it. So I thought I'd make the FSK the subject of Rick's Corner for this issue, and share my experience with and observations of Fender's latter-day contribution to the world of Steel Guitar.
First let me say that I am essentially a tube amp guy. When I play regular guitar, it has to be tubes. When I play Steel Guitar, I usually like to use a tube amp and a solid state amp. The reason for this is that tube amps have the warmth, the saturation, the character etc., but they tend to crap out when I play Steel and "dig in" - and Solid state amps have clarity and more headroom before crapout (HBC), but tend to sound sterile and lacking in warmth. So my theory is that they compensate for each other's deficits and provide a full complete sound. For the most part, the theory works. I had been using my Stringmaster plugged into a Music Man HD130 and a Peavey Session 500, and it sounded pretty darn good.
In my never ending quest for tone, I thought I'd try using a Fender Custom 65 Twin with the 15" speaker and an FSK and see how that would sound. So I ordered one of each. I received the Twin about a month before the FSK and rapidly determined that it wasn't for me. I know some really great players swear by it - Cindy Cashdollar and Big John Bechtel to name a few - but I guess my heavy handed playing style didn't suit it, or maybe the one I got wasn't 100%. I couldn't seem to dial in a tone that sounded good to me, even when I tried the settings that Big John had recommended. When I played chords and slid up the neck (the crap-out test) it crapped out - even at low volume. My Music Man amps sounded better to me. So I returned it to my friendly neighborhood Guitar Center, which is conveniently located 2 blocks from my studio.
When I finally got the FSK, it was a completely different story. This is a 200 watt amp with a 15" speaker that was designed and developed specifically for Steel Guitar. It sounded good right out of the box with all the controls set at 12 o'clock. It did not sound sterile at all - it has a sweet bright sound that cuts through the mix without sounding shrill or tinny. I was happy with it right away, and I soon performed the sacred ritual of acceptance - I threw the shipping carton into the dumpster.
The FSK has some very handy and Steeler-friendly features. Right beside the input jack, there is is an input pad which reduces the input sensitivity by 10dB. This is one of two anti-crapout controls on the front panel. There is a preamp clip light right next to the gain control that tells you if you need to reduce the gain or activate the input pad..
The EQ section consists of five rotary controls that sound fine when they're all set straight up, but allow for excellent pinpoint tonal adjustments. The first one is the EQ TILT, which can be used like a simple tone control or to compensate for room acoustics. There is a TREBLE control for adjusting high frequency tone. Then there are two controls for mid-range, the MID LEVEL and the MID FREQUENCY. The MID LEVEL adjusts the tone at the frequency set by the MID FREQUENCY. This allows a great deal of latitude in mid-range tone coloration. And there is a BASS control for low frequency tone adjustment.
I generally turn off the Spring Reverb in my amps and use a Boss RV5 Stereo Reverb, but I did try out the reverb in the amp and it sounds pretty good - better than most. In fact, this amp sounds excellent with the guitar plugged directly into it using just the Spring Reverb.
There is a MUTE button that disables all the outputs except for the TUNER OUT, a handy feature for discrete tuning. There is a red LED that flashes when the MUTE is active. It has MASTER VOLUME of course, and then it has a LIMITER switch that prevents signal spikes from clipping the power amp. This is the second of the two anti-crapout controls. And there is a POWER AMP clip light to indicate when the power amp is being overdriven. I find these two controls invaluable, and I keep them both activated. Players with a lighter touch might not find this necessary, but it sure is nice to have these options right there at your fingertips.
The rear panel boasts some great features as well. A 1/4" TUNER out, a balanced XLR out, a GROUND LIFT switch that disconnects the LINE OUT ground connection to reduce hum, and a PRE/POST EQ switch to supply the LINE OUT jack with pre or post EQ signal. There is a rotary LINE OUT LEVEL control which adjusts the signal level of the LINE OUT jack. And there are 1/4" FX SEND / FX RETURN jacks to use either as an effects loop or to daisy chain multiple amps. These all work well and efficiently.
The FOOTSWITCH controls on-off switching of REVERB, TUNER MUTE, and EFFECTS LOOP. Also included is a vinyl dust cover and heavy-duty pop in casters.
I have played several vintage Fender Steel Guitars through this amp - A 57 Fender Stringmaster T8, a 63 Stringmaster D8, a 49 Fender Custom, a 51 Fender Custom, a 48 Fender Dual Pro, a Fender Champion, and a Fender Champ. These guitars can all be seen at http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel Without going too much into particulars, I will just say that every one of them sounded great through the FSK. I used it at a live performance last Sunday evening, along with a Peavey Session 500, and the sound was sonic bliss. As I mentioned before, the FSK has a bright sound that cuts through everything without ever being harsh or shrill. I even had my old Stratocaster going through it, and to my surprise it sounded pretty good!
The bottom line here is that Fender has come out with a great Steel Guitar amp. I have already ordered a second one, and I can't wait to hear what two of these bad boys will sound like in stereo!
Rick Alexander
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Is This The Real Reason Why You Should Be Selling Apple?
Meena is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s "battle lines" are starting to shape up rather clearly. On one side, we have the fundamental investors, who are deeply committed to the stock, due to its superior track record, attractive valuation multiples, boatload of cash, and breadth of product offerings. On the other side of the aisle, we have the technical analysts, who believe that the "death cross," accelerated volume, and a weak MACD are just a few of the reasons that you'd be better off avoiding AAPL.
Is the worst yet to come?
On CNBC yesterday, one esteemed chart-watcher was calling the top on Apple. Tom McClellan, Editor of The McClellan Market Report, discussed his sentiment toward the stock, mentioning that its chart compared eerily with those of RCA in the 1920s and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in the early 2000s. McClellan had quite a bit to say; here are the highlights:
"What a stock price pattern tells you, is not so much about the company; it tells you about the people that are invested in it, and how they are behaving [...] what the resemblance is saying to us is that the behavior of the investors in RCA in the twenties, and the behavior of the investors in Apple now, is almost exactly the same. There is a set of physics involved with putting in a top in a major tech bubble company like Apple, or like RCA, or like Microsoft and others in 2000 [...] We're getting a nice pop that's right on schedule this week; a lot more damage to come next year. It's not going to be a good time for Apple the stock."
On the whole, it's apparent that McClellan makes the distinction between Apple "the stock" and Apple "the company," mentioning that from a strategic standpoint, there's still a lot of success to be had. The key point that the market technician is making, though, is that the ebbs and flows of Apple's daily price movement are behaving nearly identical to the movements of "major tech bubble" stocks like 1920s-era RCA and 2000s-era Microsoft.
While pure value investors are likely ignoring this analysis, it's important to note that Tom McClellan was named Timer Digest's No. 1 "long term timer," so there's clearly some pedigree here. In our opinion, the basis of McClellan's argument is philosophically similar to those made by others who mention that investors' psychology is out of whack. Furthermore, the sheer volume of Apple trading that is machine-based - approximately 50-70% - has an impact on the stock's direction as well.
What is the Smart Money doing?
It's interesting to look at how some of the world's most successful money managers have been trading the stock. One would think that much of Apple's malaise over the past few months would involve high-capital investors like hedge fund managers and investment managers, but surprisingly, we actually saw an increase in aggregate fund interest over the past quarter.
Consider the following statistics: at the end of Q2, 147 of the 400 funds we track held a long position in Apple. The value of these funds' holdings totaled $22.2 billion. One quarter later, 146 of the 400 funds we track were still invested in the tech giant, but something peculiar happened: the value of these funds' holdings actually increased to $23.7 billion, or a jump of almost 7%.
This data doesn't include every 'Mom and Pop' hedge fund out there, but it does provide insight into what the top money managers of the world are doing. After all, aren't these the guys/gals we want to be tracking? Over the third quarter, mega-investors like Ken Fisher (+996%) and Dan Loeb (+67%) were upping their positions in Apple significantly. (Here's Ken Fisher's newest stock picks) and Dan Loeb's full portfolio can be seen by following the link.
How does Apple stack up to the competition?
At the end of the day, many armchair analysts have been asking the wrong questions. Instead of comparing the Apple of present to the Apple of yesteryear, we might be better served by matching the company up against its competitors.
In terms of hedge fund interest, Apple is the top stock pick among billionaire managers, and is the No. 1 pick of the 400 funds we track. Above, we mentioned that 146 funds currently hold Apple in our database; this is noticeably larger than the fund interest of Microsoft (96), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (132), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) (40), and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) (42).
Moreover, total capital invested also gives Apple the advantage. Hedge funds' $23.7 billion invested in the Cupertino-based company dwarfs the monetary value of interest in IBM ($16.5B), Google ($14.7B), Microsoft ($6.8B), and HP ($1.6B).
But one final way we must compare these tech companies is by way of the fundamentals. While there are plenty of arguments being thrown around that value investors are out of luck until a shift in market psychology occurs (see Is the Problem With Apple How We Trade It?), we choose to believe that some tried-and-true metrics are worth using.
First off all, we must look at earnings growth. Now, obviously, there is no perfect correlation between a rising EPS and a rising stock price, but generally speaking, stocks with higher EPS growth outperform those with lower EPS growth over the long-term. When looking at the next five years, the sell-side is expecting Apple to expand its EPS by an average of 19-20% a year. This is below its five-year historical EPS growth rate (62.2%), but above what's expected of Google (15.7%), Microsoft (9.8%), HP (2.2%), and IBM (9.9%).
When looking at just how the markets value this estimated growth, we can see a deep discount in Apple's favor. Apple trades at a price-to-earnings growth ratio of 0.6, which is less than half that of Google (1.4), and below Microsoft (1.5), HP (1.3), and IBM (1.4).
Clearly, Apple is not the high-growth stock that we once knew. In comparison to the rest of its tech peers though, investors can get higher growth at a cheaper price, in addition to a dividend yield above 1.9%. Essentially, Apple investors can now get better income than a 10-year Treasury, with best-in-class earnings growth at a bargain bin price.
While we understand if you'd like to wait until the start of 2013 to get into AAPL – to wait out all of the near term profit-taking before tax hikes – this stock is one of the best (if not the best) tech companies for capital storage purposes. Assuming that you're not overly bearish on the U.S. economy in general, and have a long-term time horizon, Apple is a great play. However, if you subscribe to technical theory, and are worried about McClellan's comments over the short term, there may be better places to invest at the moment.
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It's no secret that Alex Ovechkin has struggled scoring goals this season – especially those of the highlight variety. Saturday night, though, Ovechkin had what some would consider a "classic" Ovechkin goal.
Ovechkin took a long pass and beat Florida Panthers goaltender Scott Clemmensen as he was falling to the ice to give the Capitals the goal that would prove to be the game winner in a 3-2 win.
Head coach Bruce Boudreau said that he hope's Ovechkin's goal is "a sign of things to come," and while the season-long slump has been hard on Ovechkin, he also hopes tonight can get him going in the second half.
"I always took it to heart," said Ovechkin. "My numbers are not that good or where they're supposed to be. But it's the middle of the season and there are 40 games left. We'll see what's going to happen at the end of the year."
Luckily for the Caps – and Ovechkin – the secondary players have stepped up in recent weeks to carry the load, and most recently winger Eric Fehr has provided a scoring touch. Saturday night, he scored the Capitals' first goal from defenseman Mike Green and then returned the favor in the third period as he set up Green for a powerplay goal.
"I'm feeling pretty good right now, Fehr said. "I want the puck, and that's always a good sign."
Added Boudreau: "He's getting more confidence. He's a guy that lives in confidence and he's playing a little bit more. He started scoring a lot of his goals in the middle to latter half of the year last year too, so maybe he's a naturally slow starter?"
The game, from start to finish, was a sloppy one – numerous missed passes, poor decisions, lazy fore checking – but the Capitals finally did strike on the power play and generated some chances in the third period. The key, Fehr said, is to stay patient with their new trap-style approach and wait for their chances.
"With the way we're playing right now, we've got to stay patient," noted Fehr. "We have to play defensively and make sure we're not giving them any odd-man rushes or easy opportunities."
The Caps, however, gave up some scoring chances, and even with a 3-1 lead late in the third period, had a defensive breakdown that led to a goal and some frantic moments as time wound down.
In the end, though, the Ovechkin's goal – eerily reminiscent of his goal against Montreal two seasons ago – was enough for Washington.
"[Washington's] a team that if you make a mistake, they make you pay," Florida coach Peter DeBoer said."[The Capitals] have those types of players. You see the guys that scored the [last two] goals in the third [period], [Mike] Green and [Alex] Ovechkin. That's the story. Those are game-changing players and they delivered in the third [period] when they needed to."
The Panthers hung in there with the Capitals, and even at the tail end of a back-to-back and a tough stretch, gave the Caps everything they had.
"They played hard," Fehr said. "They're one of the fastest skating teams we play all season. They played really well and they didn't want to give us a whole lot and we had to earn the win."


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The Idea Factory: Writing Techniques
Pick a Word, Any WordCarl Cravens
July 6, 2000
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My first technique is rather simple but I've found it to be very powerful. Use the dictionary. Just like when we reach for the phone book or a baby name book when we want modern-day names, you can also reach for the dictionary or thesaurus when you want random input into your creative process. Just open it up to a random page and pick a word. Let's examine this concept in the context of a problem I once faced.
The PC's were bumping up against a criminal organization in a city-based fantasy campaign of mine. I knew the details of a couple of important activities the organization was involved in, but I wanted to add a few more to give them a little more life. It wouldn't do to have the PC's start delving into the organization's activities and find that they aren't doing much of anything.
So I grabbed the dictionary and randomly picked a few words. Ten or so is usually a good start. Skip any that are obviously not going to be helpful, but don't be too picky. Just because a word doesn't immediately fit doesn't mean you can't use it. Figuring out what to hold on to and what to skip over is half the challenge, but once you've tried it a few times you'll get the hang of recognizing things you can use. You can always drop words and add new ones to your list as you go.
Once you have a good handful of words, look them over to see how they might fit together. Find about three to five words that seem to be going somewhere. You're just looking for ideas, asking yourself how words might fit together and how they might fit into the ideas you already have. You're looking for sparks, flashes of insight, not to piece together random puzzle parts that might not even be from the same puzzle. This is supposed to help you come up with new ideas, not become an exercise in futility. Sometimes you can get some really great ideas from forcing yourself to explore apparently disassociated words, so that's always worth trying, but don't end up beating your head against a wall because you can't make "popcorn" and "alar" work together.
So out of my first try, these four seemed to mesh for me, "contraband, drugs, flower, shaven." Not a bad list, because we can make ready connections among the first three. Flowers are used to make drugs, and drugs are often contraband. What can be shaven, though? Looking back to my campaign, I was considering shaking up the local religious scene with a controversial new cult. Ah-ha!
Drugs (made from a flower) are contraband in the kingdom. Monks of a new religion, with heads shaven as a sign of obedience, are using this drug in their rituals.
So the crime ring is selling large bundles of flowers that are used to make a powerful drug to the priests of that new cult in town. And that's just he start of it, because it brings up lots of interesting questions. What are the priests doing with the drug that they're willing to deal with notorious criminals to get the flowers? Where are the priests getting the money? Where's their "drug lab?" What's the criminal's supply source for the flower? So many questions, so many possible ideas, just out of one interpretation of four random words.
Some of those questions might be easy to answer, others might leave you in the same state as before. If so, hit the dictionary again. In my case, the next word was "oracle." Ah... so maybe the priests are using the drug to induce oracular dreams? Very fitting, as one of the PC's is searching for the gods, who have left the earth and no longer communicate with mortals. Anything that looks like it might be communication with the gods is going to attract his attention. I found this rather satisfactory and put my dictionary away, ready to flesh out the details of the cult and their relationship with the crime ring.
Want to try another? Let's look at the first ten to pop up... "pot, sprue, sightseer, secular, satin, baron, rawhide, adjust, hackmatack, brazen." This is a good place to point out that this tool works best when you're trying to apply it to something specific. Sometimes you might just randomly pick words without anything in mind until something jumps out at you, but most of the time knowing the context you're trying to work in helps focus the activity. But let's say that we're creating a character and are looking for ideas to flesh him out.
Hmmm... "baron, rawhide, brazen," jump out at me. How about the baron across the way is "rawhide and brazen?" He's rough, bold, says his mind and damn the consequences. There's no particular path of reasoning I took to get there, it's just what those words suggested to me. Remember that there aren't any rules here; whatever a word or combination of words suggests that you find useful, use it! That's the purpose of the exercise after all. But I'm creating a PC and I don't think a baron will get to go on adventures, so why don't we decide our PC is a knight sworn to this baron?
Is there anything else in that list that we could use to learn more about our knight? "Secular" makes me think of religion... is the knight a religious person? "Secular" implies "of the world" but I don't think our knight is. He's a man after our baron, strong and bold himself, willing to work with his hands and make his own way without leaning on anyone, but I think he has a strong faith in God and King. Notice that the word implied one thing and I considered its opposite. The words you've drawn can be used negatively as well as positively, helping define what something isn't as well as what it is.
What about "sprue?" A sprue is the little tree thingy that holds together the parts of a plastic model, where the plastic gets injected into the mold... "mold" makes me think of the baron's son; is he made from the same mold as his father? "Satin" makes me think maybe he isn't. I bet he's a fop, dressing in satin finery and getting upset when his dad sweats on his boots. Some potential for real tension there, the rough-and-tumble lord with a useless wastrel of a son who isn't fit to inherit the title of baron. And being a favorite of the baron, the baron's son hates our knight's guts. Ooh, what fun we can have with that.
I bet I can run with this idea for quite awhile before I run out of my own ideas. When I get stuck on the details again, I'll draw a few more words and we'll be off again. But let's look at one more idea.
So far, we've been taking our words literally. Another aspect to consider is symbolism. When is a rose not a rose? When it's a symbol of love. A sword is more than a weapon, it's a symbol of power, of war, of oaths sworn to a liege lord, of a military starship, of a king that stands straight and true. When you examine the words you draw, consider their symbolic meaning as well as their literal meaning. In our last list above, we find "hackmatack," which is a type of spruce tree. The idea of a tree makes me think of something that stands tall and strong, withstanding the ravages of weather and time. An old tree has seen many things and has grown wise. Maybe the tree represents the king. Do our thoughts of the tree represent the kind of person we want the king to be? Maybe he was once tall, strong and wise, but like the tree might, has become rotten on the inside with sickness and it's only a matter of time before he falls. Symbolism is powerful; don't neglect the possibility when using this tool.
And it's that simple. Randomly pull words out of the dictionary to give your imagination a boost. Follow the ideas produced by useful words, ignore those words that don't spark any ideas or seem counter to the ideas you're pursuing.
Now I'll have to admit, I don't reach for a paper dictionary anymore. It's difficult to be really random with it and it's a bit tedious to use. So I grabbed an electronic dictionary list and wrote a script around it to randomly pick words. You can find the word list and Perl script here.
The handy thing about moving away from the paper dictionary and to digital lists is we're no longer bound to pre-printed works. We can build our own lists. As an example, the above site also has a list of events that can be used to spark imagination.
In closing, in every column I'll recommend a book that I've found useful in my quest for ideas. This month's book is Building Believable Characters, by Marc McCutcheon, published by Writer's Digest Books. This book is rather useful in the context of the dictionary idea, because it's primarily a bunch of word lists describing character traits, appearance, dress, and so on. Very helpful when you or one of your players are stuck on the details of a character.
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The biggest return of this week is FX's "American Horror Story," which drew a fine line between camp and horror season one, gaining creator Ryan Murphy plaudits.
He changes things up season two by moving to a new scenario – an insane asylum – while using some of the same actors, including the delectable Jessica Lange. Watch for it Wednesday night at 10 p.m.
"Dancing With the Stars" 8 p.m. ABC — Bristol Palin and Kirstie Alley are still in it while four others are out.
"How I Met Your Mother" 8 p.m. CBS — Lily and Marshall try to figure who would make the best godparents.
"The Voice" 8 p.m. NBC —The battle rounds continue.
"Major Crimes" 9 p.m. TNT (first season finale) — The team apprehends a lethal sniper.
"Mike & Molly" 9:30 p.m. CBS — The newlyweds start thinking about a baby.
"Hawaii Five-O" 10 p.m. CBS — A polo player literally loses his head
"Revolution" 10:01 p.m. NBC — Monroe ups the value of Danny's life.
"Castle" 10:01 p.m. ABC — Castle and Beckett head to the Hamptons for a romantic getaway but a death gets in the way.
"Dancing With the Stars" 8 p.m. ABC — It's difficult to say who's going to win at this stage with so many evenly matched celebrities.
"Raising Hope" 8 p.m. Fox — The Chances try to spring Maw Maw from a nursing home.
"Ben & Kate" 8:30 p.m. Fox — Ben throws a party to celebrate Kate's 21st birthday.
"The Second Presidential Debate" 9 p.m. ABC, Fox, NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, GPB, C-Span —Pres. Barack Obama (D) and Mitt Romney (R) take questions in a town-hall forum set up.
"Emily Owens M.D." 9 p.m. the CW (new series)— An awkward first-year intern at Denver Memorial hospital tries to balance work and romance.
"Covert Affairs" 10 p.m. USA (third season fall debut) — Auggie, Joan and Arthur call on an old friend to help free Annie from prison in Russia.
"Extreme Cheapskates" 10 p.m. TLC (new series) — A New York woman finds food in dumpsters and washes her clothes when she showers.
"Sons of Anarchy" 10 p.m. FX — Jax presents a dangerous proposal to the club.
"Underemployed" 10 p.m. MTV (new series) — Five friends struggle through post-college life in the real world.
"Survivor" 8 p.m. CBS — Four losses in a row has decimated the hapless Matsing tribe.
"Criminal Minds" 9 p.m. CBS — Hotch gets some surprising news from Beth.
"Law & Order: SVU" 9 p.m. NBC — The detectives try to expose a sex-trafficking ring.
"Modern Family" 9 p.m. ABC — Cameron starts a new job as a music teacher.
"My Giant Face Tumor" 9 p.m. TLC — Plastic surgeon McKay McKinnon fixes two people with massive tumors on their face.
"Suburgatory" 9:31 p.m. ABC (second season debut) — Tessa comes back to the suburbs after a summer in New York City,
"American Horror Story" 10 p.m. FX (second season debut ) — We are introduced to Briarcliff Manor, an insane asylum.
"My Life is a Lifetime Movie" 10 p.m. Lifetime (new series) — True stories of women in peril.
"Nashville" 10 p.m. ABC — Coleman discovers that Lamar is ready to battle him.
"Georgia Music Hall of Fame" 7 p.m. GPB — Taped at the Cobb Energy Centre, this special features honorees .38 Special, Robert Spano and Sugarland.
"American Bible Challenge" 8 p.m. GSN (first season finale) — GSN has given this show a second season and job security for host Jeff Foxworthy.
"The Big Bang Theory" 8 p.m. NBC — Game night degenerates into a battle of the sexes.
"Two and a Half Men" 8:31 p.m. CBS — A visit from a friend's daughter makes Walden feel his age.
"Grey's Anatomy" 9 p.m. ABC — The plane-crash survivors face a difficult choice.
"Project Runway" 9 p.m. Lifetime — Christopher, Fabio, Dmitry and Melissa face off for the win.
"Person of Interest" 9:01 p.m. CBS — Reese is charged with protecting a Brazilian diplomat's daughter
"Elementary" 10:01 p.m. CBS — A child is abducted by the Balloon Man serial killer.
"Scandal" 10:02p.m. ABC — Lingering questions about Quinn's past cause trouble at the firm.
"CSI: NY" 8 p.m. CBS — Lindsay is injured when a shooter attempts to kill a political candidate.
"Shark Tank" 8 p.m. ABC — NFL player Brandon Jacobs helps a New Jersey woman pitch her protein energy drink.
"Grimm" 9 p.m. NBC — Nick and Hank investigate the murder of a high-school athlete.
"Nikita" 9 p.m. the CW (third season debut) — Ryan and Nikita take charge of Division.
"Blue Bloods" 10 p.m. CBS — Danny and Jackie are taken off a murder case involving amurder and reassigned to protect a Central-American president under threat of assassination.
"Secret Princes" 10 p.m. TLC (first season finale) — The princes set in Atlanta find out if the ladies will stick with them once they reveal who they are.
"The Girl" 9 tonight HBO — Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with his leading lady.
"Saturday Night Live" 11:29 tonight NBC — Bruno Mars hosts and sings.
"Once Upon a Time" 8 p.m. Sunday ABC — A fed-up Belle threatens to leave Mr. Gold.
"Boardwalk Empire" 9 p.m. Sunday HBO — Nucky finds himself in a pickle in D.C.
"Dexter" 9 p.m. Sunday Showtime — Ukranian mobsters step up their retaliatory efforts.
"Revenge" 9 p.m. Sunday ABC — Amanda winds up in jeopardy because of the Graysons.
"The Good Wife" 9:30 p.m. Sunday CBS — Eli wins a victory in his efforts to protect Peter's image.
"The Walking Dead" 9 p.m. Sunday AMC — Herschel's life hangs in the balance.
"Homeland" 10 p.m. Sunday Showtime — Brody runs into Carrie at Langley.
"The Mentalist" 10:30 p.m. Sunday CBS — The team investigates a small town's possible gang war involving Rigsby's dad.
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October 15th, 2012
2:38 pm
Come on Rodney! How could you leave Last Resort out? It's one of the best action adventures of the season. Revolution put out a really weak episode last week. The Charlie character has too many "faces" for the lack of a better word. Last Resort is gripping and has you on the edge of your seat. Revolution surprises – aren't anymore.
October 15th, 2012
7:42 pm
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch American Horror Story, it looks just a little too creepy for me, but my DISH coworker loves it. She watches it with her boyfriend, though, so she's not alone when evil nuns pop on screen or body parts go flying. I'll stick with watching my other prime time shows on my Hopper. I have it set to auto-record the big four prime time channels using Primetime Anytime, so I can always watch Once Upon A Time, Revolution, and 666 Park Avenue (that's as scary as my TV shows get) without having to worry about time conflicts. I might check out American Horror Story eventually, I'll just have to make sure I'm not watching it alone.
October 17th, 2012
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Molly, you most definitely have to watch AHS!! You will become hooked, I can promise you that
I watch all the shows you list too… have you ever seen Walking Dead on AMC? Another good series.


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A true reader of history understands that, as Hegel said, "Reason is sovereign of the World; that the history of the world, therefore, presents us with a rational process". Events are simply particular occurrences in what is essentially a rational plan. By knowing history, one can thereby understand this grand plan of Providence. One cannot understand Spirit alone; it must be discovered within the bowels of history. When a person falls in love with another person, there is a profound acceptance, placing him or her in an absolute state; thereby seeking perfection in imperfection itself. I see man's relationship being akin to this interpretation. It is as though man must, in order to comprehend history 'in and of its self', seek the rational within the irrational.
Why must we concentrate on history? Because as Hegel so beautifully put it: "Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht" (World History is a tribunal that judges the World). History itself essentially judges men, their actions and their thoughts. By having serious scholarship with history, mankind itself becomes more familiar with 'events' both disastrous and magnificent, which are ultimately integral to the big other's (the god of Freud) plan. We can then understand the mind of the big other. Ergo, as history moves forward, man himself edges closer to a profound liberation. There are, I propose, epochal peaks throughout history of which man edges closer to the Spirit. Said instances always revolve around a dialectical paradigm. This is why man longs for a revolution, not only to overcome an imperial obstacle, but to empirically experience an event with the Spirit. What we should aspire to attain is true, subjective emancipation for man as an individual and as a universal being - a liberation theology for both materialists and non-materialists. Academically, this is very easily said, but politically which worldview is shows the most promise of reaching such an understanding? Communism of course!
It must be said, there is no inert recipe for communism; the ingredients of which it embodies are ever changing. Along with its intellectual outpourings, within its very cells, lies dialectical evolution. Marx himself was not inclined to write 'recipes for the cook-shops of the future'; in fact Marx was opposed to any Hegelian universality. It is essential to accent that for Marx, the real characteristics of communism is not its firmness, but more its prosperity to said events - its dispersive flexibility in the face of unforeseeable circumstances. This is Marxian theory's advantage and disadvantage. Just like with a reader of love, it can ultimately be a beautiful thing or a fatal thing. In the right hands, it can be a relationship to last. However, in the wrong hands, it can be a relationship destined for failure. It is an intellectual weapon - a double edged sword.
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Located 165 ft from Central Park, this hostel is on Manhattan's Upper West Side, just a 5-minute walk from Columbus Circle. Wi-Fi access is provided free of charge to guests.
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This historic 5-story hotel features Moroccan-style furnishings, a lounge bar and includes rooms with a flat-screen cable TV. The 103rd St.
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With a fabulous location in Midtown Manhattan, this New York hostel features free Wi-Fi and 24-hour security. United Nations Plaza is just over a quarter mile away.
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This Manhattan hotel is across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. The hotel offers a gym and a tour desk with ticket services.
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Updated room, new bathroom, ceiling fan, air conditioner, friendly and helpful front desk staff, location. Great that it had wifi for free. We would stay there again.
Needs new carpet, expect an older building with a slow, small elevator. Don't expect lots of amenities...it is pretty much a decent place to sleep and bathe. You have to ask for towels at the front desk.
It was nothing like any traditional hotel Ive ever been to but it was ok. I like how close it was to the 96th street station, Broadway & food spots.
The room was way too small, the TV was tiny, I can honestly go on and on. It's not really a hotel more like a weird apartment building situation that operates like a hotel.
Only one block from subway, short walk to Broadway and Central Park, staff pretty good
Our room was the size of a shoebox which did not encourage you to spend any time there,
Good location.
We've founded cockroaches in the room. Staff moved us into another room only after multiple complains. And cockroaches were in that room too.
Good location, beds and linen. Very friendly and helpfull staff and good internet. Everything you need from a hotel where your only need is to sleep 7 hours and keep going.
Shared bathroom, found a cockroach
Location,price,helpfull stuff.Free posibility for parking on the street.
This is a very big building.Functioning as a hotel,hostel and also you can rent rooms for longer period.So diffrent types.I think this is why we saw some bugs in our room.It was bad.But in 2,3 hours they changed our room in a much nicer room which was nicer.This is good.Owerall the rooms are not the some.
I founded one cockroach into the room. The water of shower was cool.
+ Comfortable Mattress + Double Bed Room Available + Clean linen (daily) + Bath and Shower + 24hr reception + Nice location + Near Central Park + 96th Street express subway stop
Although there was nothing in particular I disapproved of, it is worth knowing the following. - The hotel definately has a hostel feel and the decor is a little tired in places. - The bathroom is shared between several rooms, and the bath doesn't have a plug. Bring / buy your own plug if you wish to use the bath. - The shower was very weak, so I preferred using the bath
Great location, close to subway. Nice reception staff.
Cockroaches in the bathroom. One bathroom and one toilet to share with the entire floor. The plastic packaging material on the mattress! Slow wi-fi.
We had a private room with shared bathroom Shared bathrooms clean and always available Bed sheets clean and changed daily Friendly staff Starbucks within 2 mins Good wifi connection V close to Subway which was about 15 mins to Times Sq Safe neighbourhood. Very local, not so touristy Good fast subway line into town 24/7
Rooms are v v basic, just a bed and temporary wardrobe Our room was freshly painted but some had v old and tired decors As long as you don't expert any luxuries at all and are purely looking for a cheapish bed in NYC to literally just sleep in it's a good choice
staff were always extremely helpful, and next to a subway station.
1 bathroom between 8 rooms, for the amount it cost per night we struggled to fit our suitcases in the room. Showers were also cold.
In my second time in Royal Park, day said that my apartment had electrical issue and transferred us for a small bedroom without bathroom. In addition, the water in the common bathroom was cold.
Staff was very cheerful and nice. I did like all about this hotel.
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The size of the room compared to the price for it (ok it's New York but...). They couldn't make a bathroom tiniest! You have to pay for your luggages when you want the front desk to keep them (the day you leave)
Location was perfect
Everything feeling dirty
not clean, very noisy environment as lots of young travelers came for party
Staff was kind and approachable at all times to talk too.Wi-Fi system work well. Clean and comfort beds every night with great service from the housekeepers. Location was good as it was very close to a City bus, Subway station and a 7Eleven corner store.
Did not like the fact and idea of shared bathrooms. Wish they had a free phone at the desk to call back home instead of having to buy a phone card and using a payphone in order to make long-distance calls. Wish i had 1 room the whole stay and not have to switch and pay extra for another room.
The location was great for the price
When we came to do check in on the first day, they send us to another hotel saying that they had some kind of electrical problem, and we had to move back to this hotel next day. It was a bit of inconvenience.
Staff booked our transport to the airport which was helpful. It was fairly cheap. Clean bedroom.
The bathrooms were dirty. The room was so small we could barely fit our cases in the room. Poor location: The location was okay but I wouldn't stay that far away from the main NYC sights again. It was fairly cheap but too expensive for what it was. When the airport shuttle didn't turn up, we couldn't get in contact with the staff because he had left reception. I would not recommend this place.
The location is really good. A nice hostel to stay with a couple of friends for 4-5 days
A few rooms are looking bigger on the pictures than it actually is.
The hotel was very clean and quiet.
They could use more than one bathroom per floor. Maybe an extra toilet room. The toilet and shower are in the same room. Maybe they could be seperate.
We dont like anything. It was the poor quality and the worst experience for our family, we think that we lost the money because the hotel was disgusting for us. We are not backpacker, we look for the best quality and comfortable stay, so we want our money back because we are disappointed. We refuse any other solution, we request our money back because we feel robbed.
It was the poor quality and the worst experience for our family, we think that we lost the money because the hotel was disgusting for us. We are not backpacker, we look for the best quality and comfortable stay, so we want our money back because we are disappointed. We refuse any other solution, we request our money back because we feel robbed.
For the price we pay to stay in NYC of course is good.
Waiting for hot water.
The staff was very nice and helpful for everything, from upgrading us from a tiny closet room with bunk beds to a full-size room with bathroom (thanks!...), to giving various information, to booking our airport shuttle. Room and bathroom always well cleaned daily. Very convenient location near subway station on the main line 1, Wallgreens, cafes and restaurants.
Even knowing we were getting a small room with bunk beds, that room was really too small and the hot and humid weather made it really uncomfortable. Sharing a bathroom was not an issue because it was cleaned every morning. We were very happy to move to a more comfortable room at no extra cost.
Perfect location. Clean, big room and bathroom.
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MIAMI -- Yes, LeBron James at barely 50 percent is still pretty good.Despite playing with flu-like symptomslast Saturday at Phoenix, the Miami Heat star capped a four-game stretch that was good enough for him to be named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday.It takes a lot for me not to play, James said after scoring 21 points and grabbing seven rebounds in the 97-88 win over the Suns. Me at 50 or 60 percent is better than me not playing at all.For the week, James averaged 29.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.0 assists as the Heat went 3-1. Its the 39th time hes won the award and second time this season.James got sick late last week due to a virus he said was going around the team and felt bad during Saturday's game. But he said after Mondays practice he was showing much improvement.Im getting better, James said. I feel better than I did two days ago. I feel better than I did (Sunday).Also feeling better is Heat star Dwyane Wade. After sitting out the past two games wit...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The deaf and hard of hearing community is receiving lifesaving training. It's the first of its kind across the state and teaches participants how to respond during an emergency.
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During the 2010 flood Turner couldn't contact her pregnant daughter.
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That experience almost four years ago is what brought her to Bridges, formerly the League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, on Saturday morning.
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Although OEM has been providing the Community Emergency Response Team training for the past decade, it's the first of its kind offered to the deaf and hard of hearing community in the state.
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Saturday, participants learned how to turn off utilities, create an emergency plan and provide care to those who are injured. They're skills that can help save lives.
"They're becoming a part of the solution as opposed to being a part of the problem," Kaufman added.
They're are also becoming more empowered. When asked how learning these new skills made her feel, Colleen Turner simply replied, "Good, great, great!"
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> The Moon will be New on August 30.
Ever since we first looked up at the stars we have wondered how our universe began, how old it is, and what chain of events eventually led to the birth of stars and planets, the appearance of life, and the evolution of creatures like us. Thanks to the development of powerful new observing tools over the last few decades, together with a lot of hard work by many people, we have been making dramatic progress in answering these questions. In all cases working towards the answers involves observations, analysis and theory, and as many different approaches as possible. For example, let's look at some methods we have used to estimate the age of the universe. A starting point is to look at the ages of the oldest objects we find in it. The universe cannot be younger than its contents.
Let's begin here on the Earth. Some elements are stable and last indefinitely. Others, which we term radioactive, decay into other elements. A good start is to look for uranium in zircons - semiprecious stones we find in some volcanic rocks. These crystallize as some types of lava solidify. Uranium dissolves nicely in zirconium silicate, which is the chemical making up zircons. Lead, however, does not. So in a zircon that has just solidified we expect to find uranium but not lead. However, over time, uranium slowly decays into lead, and since the zircon is now a solid, that lead is trapped along with the uranium that produced it. We know the rate at which uranium turns into lead, so comparing the relative amounts of uranium and lead we can determine when that zircon solidified. The oldest zircons found so far are about 4 billion years old. The Earth has to be at least that old, so the universe has to be that old too. Actually we need to add a few billion years more to allow time for stars to manufacture the materials making up the Earth from the primordial hydrogen formed at the beginning of the universe.
White dwarfs are the cores of old stars that have run out of fuel. They form when an ageing star sneezes off its outer layers. From more than a century of research into how stars work we know what temperature a white dwarf star is when it forms. If we measure its temperature now, we can calculate how long ago the white dwarf formed by determining how much it has cooled. The oldest white dwarfs are about 12.8 billion years old.
Star clusters are made up of a number of stars born at the same time. However, because some of the siblings have higher masses than others, they shine more brightly and age more quickly. If we measure the brightness of the brightest star in the cluster, we can estimate the age of the cluster. The oldest clusters are between 11 and 13 billion years old.
In the 1920's, Monsignor Georges Lemaître, a senior Jesuit, suggested the newly-discovered expansion of the universe could be explained by the universe having begun as something very hot and dense some billions of years ago, which then started rapidly to expand. Using decades of improving observations, we estimate that the universe began its expansion 13.8 billion years ago, which agrees quite nicely with the results obtained using other approaches. Our universe is very old.
Ken Tapping is an astronomer at the National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA), and is based at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, BC, V2A 6J9 Tel (250) 493-2277, Fax (250) 493-7767,
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Are young adults today lacking life skills that inhibit them to determine an individual life track?
So I'm an Asian American raised under immigrant parents who came to this country to start a family. Therefore, I wasn't taught much about the system pertaining to everyday life skills. For example,
*How to do taxes
* What taxes are
* How to vote
* What political parties are
* How to write a resume/cover letter/anything related to getting a job
* How to write a check/balance a check book
* Anything to do with banking
* How to do loans for college
* How to jump start a car or other basic emergency things
* How to buy a car or house
We are distracted with the free flow of information that we forget how essential these skills are in order to promote confidence for independence.
I understand that these can be learned through parents or as you go on, but what about the 99% protesting on Wall Street? If they knew about credit scores or interest rates, would so many students have taken out those loans?
Throughout my study, I found most high school graduates who are going to college don't have any idea of what they want to study. I believe it is because they lack the confidence to believe in themselves to pursue a higher purpose in life.
I hope I explained my idea clearly enough as this is my first conversation here on TED. I hope to hear from most of you!
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Jul 22 2013: We have lost the purpose of schools. The laundry list above you should learn on your own, the lesson sticks a lot better. School should teach you how to learn on your own about things and how to do them, not give you step by step instructions on everything. Today, every one of the topics can be found on YouTube or the web. 20 years ago one might have been able to go to the library to answer them.
Being an immigrant is no excuse for not knowing. Most "born & raised" American teens do not know either. When their parents try to teach them they say,"you don't know...it's different now". Which is untrue.
Life is a learning experience and to survive one has to be able to teach themselves or acquire the knowledge they need to grow and move on. We as a society have become to dependent on others telling us what do, instead teaching ourselves what to do.
"99% of knowledge is knowing where to find the answer."--Albert Einstein
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Welcome to the Red Deer Festival of Trees
Festival Lights the Night
"A free heartwarming event for all ages"
Saturday, November 22, 2014
City Hall Park, Downtown Red Deer, AB
Kick off the Christmas season with children's activities, entertainment, hot chocolate and the lighting of Festival's biggest Christmas tree!
Enjoy the beauty and wonder of the
Festival of Trees!!
November 26-30, 2014
Westerner Park, Red Deer, AB
There is something for everyone with over 70 decorated Christmas trees, an assortment of silent auction items, Candy Cane Lane and much more!


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My mom always said this, but i never understood what it meant…. until now. Its
Having friends, but you dont hang around them all the time, Communication every now and then,
When you do hang out, your able to pick up right where you left off.
its like you guys have been talking for ever…
But one thing that bugs me,
All My friends are "Up Close, But at a distance"
I've always wanted a friend who i could do everything with,
Someone i can give my house key,
Someone who would bring me soup and nyquil when i'm sick, and i could mke them soup and buy them theraflu.
Someone who tells me everything and i could do the same,
Someone i could say welcome to my family, and not say it was fun having you apart of my family, i wish you could have stayed in my life longer…
Someone Who doesnt judge,
Someone who would flat out tell me that what i'm doing is stupid…
Someone who would push my ass off the roof with a trampoline on the ground then run down and ask me, are you sure you wanna jump with out the trampoline?
are you sure you want to die?
Someone who would hold me through the bad, and laugh with me through the good.
Someone who could tolerate my talking in the beginning, and trsut i wont be like this later…
Someone who knows i talk so much, because i'm afraid i'll loose them before i've told them everything there is to know…
Someone who will tell, me, "Its ok to breath in between sentences I'm not going anywhere any time soon."
Someone who knows that my greatest weakness is not having the ability to be alone..
Someone who knows…. me… without my speaking…


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A judge has continued the case of a Lewis County woman accused of allowing her son to be killed until February.
Angela Burkhart will now go to trial on February 14.
The police have charged Burkhart with 36 counts of fraudulent use of an access device, four counts of welfare fraud, and one count of death of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver.
Her son Cory had Down syndrome.
The police said he died in a struggle with Burkhart's boyfriend, Gary Wiant.
Wiant faces a charge of second degree murder.
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