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Thoughts on politics, religion and culture from a Levantine straddling two worlds but feeling comfortable in neither.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
"Uncle, I don't want to die"
I deeply sympathize with the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza and seethe with anger at the sheer brutality of Israel's behavior. But mostly, I despair at the futility of it all. The Israeli obligingly pulverize everything in Gaza using the rockets as their excuse. Their strategy is simple: make life in Gaza a living hell until it implodes and self-destructs. But I cannot understand Hamas' strategy. What is the purpose of rockets randomly lobbed at Sderot or elsewhere? How does that help the Palestinian cause or the Palestinian people?
I am sure some readers will be indignant at these questions. Do I not understand the right to resist, to self defense, to live in honor and dignity? Sure I do, I understand and appreciate these concepts on an emotional level, but logic and rational thinking dictates that the first order of business should be self preservation. Gaza is completely surrounded by one of the world's biggest war machines and one that has no qualms about raining death and destruction by F-16 and Blackhawk helicopters. The cold hard reality is that Israel can sustain low grade hostilities (and blockades, etc) in Gaza without risking the ire of the international community but cannot go on all out offensive without a cover. But when the first pictures of the distressed people of Ashkelon whose peace and tranquility was inconvenienced by rockets hit the front pages of the international media, Israel will have all the cover it needs to pulverize what remains of Gaza. So why hand the Israelis the cover that they need?
Perhaps Hamas has some clever endgame in mind. If they do, it will come at a very high price for the Palestinian people; too high a price. There must be a better way.
26 comments:
- Wassim said...
The strategy for the rockets is simple, if Israel fails to stop the launches regardless of the death and destruction, then Hamas has scored a victory. If Israel fails to destroy Hamas in it's planned invasion of Gaza, then Israel has been defeated again. After it's loss in Lebanon, it's standing in the region will be devastated.
You mention something about a price for the Palestinian people, yet at what stage does the price for your stolen home become too high? I'm sure many Palestinians would like to surrender just to stop all this bloodshed, but many more refuse this option even though they have every reason to do so - except for the right one.
The only thing worse than continuing this struggle is giving up ya Abu Kareem.
كتب عليكم القتال وهو كره لكم
كتب عليكم القتال كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم
صدق الله العظيم
Last night I was thinking. Love them or hate them, if Hezbullah, Hamas, Syria and Iran are all neutralised or eliminated, where and who else can continue this struggle? Jordan? Egypt? Saudi Arabia?
Is this the peace worth sacrificing our principles for? Is there anything worth sacrificing our principles for? If we sell ourselves and bend over for the Americans it might be a pragmatic choice, but apart from a sore bum, we will have nothing and be nothing.
- saint said...
Abu Kareem I completely agree with your thoughts and I admire your courage in spelling it out reflecting on the silenced majority who never had a vehicle one the media to express their views regarding these issues. You are not alone and there are a lot of people share you these thoughts. At least those silenced majority do not suggest to sacrifies other to achieve their national interest which actually their interest. The long standing propaganda from the despot regimes always will put land above people and that will serve them well. Thank you for not suggesting sacrificing more people like the deafted regimes that did not lose a finger and who been defeated thousand times and they still have a loudest voice in the region. Thank you Abu Kareem for bringing up the power of mind who can achieve much more than those small missiles and who can time the right action at the right time.
Wassim shows up and defends the culture of death as expected.
Bravo Abu Kareem, you hit the nail on the head, Hamas deserves to be smashed for giving the palestinians in Gaza up on a plate of Gold to Israel.
Reminds me of Nasralla 2 years ago...in fact Hamas and the extremists are so useful to Isreal and they benefit extremely from each other, but the blood of the palestinians go on the cheap just like the blood of the Iraqis or the Lebanese go in waste and they call the murdered people martyres...what a disgusting joke.
Wassim shows up and defends the culture of death as expected.
Bravo Abu Kareem, you hit the nail on the head, Hamas deserves to be smashed for giving the palestinians in Gaza up on a plate of Gold to Israel.
Reminds me of Nasralla 2 years ago...in fact Hamas and the extremists are so useful to Isreal and they benefit extremely from each other, but the blood of the palestinians go on the cheap just like the blood of the Iraqis or the Lebanese go in waste and they call the murdered people martyres...what a disgusting joke.
Wassim I just want to know where is this marjalle coming from!!!!
what are you sacrificing yourself!!!! you are just a useless cheerleader cheering people up as they die...
Look at Hugo Chavez, he thinks he is defying the west by causing problems with his neighbours and causing all kind of tensions and beating up the drums of war...in fact he is playing into the American hands perfectly, since the US oil and weapon industries benefit tremendously from instabilities and risks...you can write all kind of bullshit and honor words that you want but in reality the US benefit from everything even though you think you scored a divine victory (in your head) on them.
The system is flexible enough to turn tragedies (like 9/11) into benefits.
- Abu Kareem said...
No ya Wassim, I am not asking the Palestinians to surrender. Why is it that the only two choices we have is surrender or anihalation? Is our intellect so limited? This is senseless bravado that is stupid and self-destructive.
And I for one, sitting in my comforable surrounding, out of reach of Israel's wrath will be the last one to tell the Palestinian civilians to stay put and just suck it up.
I liked your choices of 8 things one should do by 18. I suggest that you apply #6 to this situation: "Condition yourself to moderation in all aspects of life".
- Wassim said...
Fares! Like a bad smell on a crowded bus, you make your way towards my nostrils again. It's typical that you would use a playground mentality of big balls and fights behind the bike shed as a frame of reference for your view of the world. Please spare me your cafeteria political analysis. The grown ups are talking here.
Abu Kareem, I've missed the boat on those eight choices but this is so future generations will learn from my mistakes ;)
Wassim, I can tell that the baath party had brainwashed you to gamble your mind away...
I wonder if your wise parents (the real grown ups) think like you do or you are the rebel of the family!
Anyway just like a savage enjoy the blood on innocent people on TV and call them martyres and tell them to keep resisting!
Hey Drakula, oops I meant Wassim
check out this aritcle, you would need it in your playground
sorry you have to cut and paste it
- Abu Kareem said...
Fares and Wassim,
Please keep it civil; you can critize each other without the insults.
- The Syrian Brit said...
Abu Kareem,
I wanted to leave a comment, but it was way too long.. So I wrote a post instead!..
Do I not understand the right to resist, to self defense, to live in honor and dignity?
Certain it is that a person's "right" to "honor and dignity" ends where their will to violence begins. As for "resistance" - this term must be defined further - but probably you do not have such a right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- abufares said...
Abu Kareem & SB
You always provide me with unabashed insight about the grim politics of the Middle East.
Of course I lack your objective analytical ability and I cannot make any positive contribution on such topics as I often get emotionally involved thus reduce my credibility to nil.
I read both of you with great admiration and I will make this same comment on both of your posts simultaneously.
Thank you.
- abufares said...
Abu Kareem
Although I don't agree with you fully, I still agree with your line of thought. Does that make any sense?
- Abu Kareem said...
Abu Fares,
I fully understand. The thing is, you and I (and SB) in our combined half century of existence (suddenly I feel old)have watched our esteemed leaders, over and over again, use the same approach and arguments and get nowhere.
- Wassim said...
Abu Kareem,
That's what my Dad says too. As you can imagine, we tend to avoid discussing politics
Wassim, I was right then was not I!!!! about your family!
Anyway I advise you to stop writing garbage and learn from history a bit instead of being selective in writing about people who chose to die (like the Cartagian woman, BTW she propably chose death because she would become a slave after being a general's wife)...you could think about the people you mentioned in the begninning of your article who were massacred by Alexandre...I bet those people resistance led to nowhere but death...
Great leaders win when they decide the time of their fight and not being dragged on by some lunatics to fight (Bashar/Nasralla/Mishaal) are the same lunatics that Saddam was and once the US find no value in them they will find the same destiny as your uncle Saddam.
- Abu Kareem said...
Your father is a wise man. This iswhat you said in your earlier comment: "Love them or hate them, if Hezbullah, Hamas, Syria and Iran are all neutralised or eliminated, where and who else can continue this struggle? Jordan? Egypt?..."
This is not exactly a ringing endorsement of either Hamas or Hizbullah on your part. You see, we are so starved for real leaders that anyone who can give Israel a a black eye is raised on a pedestal. It does not matter if we agree with their long term objectives or even if they have any. We sacrifice long term gain for short term satisfaction; and with many of these leaders it is like a series of one night stands.
- qunfuz said...
I can't agree with Saint that a majority of Arabs oppose Hamas's resistance. From what I can work out from here in the Arab world, it's the other way round. Neither do I think this is a matter of regime propaganda. Most regimes are cravenly pro-American, but their people are not.
It's a sad reality that the years of 'calm' and 'peace process' saw increased land confiscation on a daily basis. The Palestinians are facing slow ethnic cleansing. Many of them have decided to resist however burdensome the consequences. Many more Palestinians support resistance than French supported resistance to Nazi occupation, which also seemed futile at the time. Missiles steadily expanding their range and effectiveness, even if nothing compared to Israeli weaponry, represent much more than a mere irritant.
- DUBAI JAZZ said...
Abu Kareem,
The core principle in any military conflict is to spare the civilians any harm.
But was Israel really adopting this principle before this episode of violence has began? Of course not, Gaza has been under brutal siege for God knows how long. Ill people and expecting women were disallowed entry to Israel to get the medical treatment they need.
Medicine supplies were dwindling in Gaza's own hospitals. I am sure that you as a thoughtful and considerate physician would consider such kind of Israeli approach as collective punishment and as targeting civilians. 'cause as you said, they wanted the situation inside Gaza to implode in the face of Hamas.
But what should Hamas do? Just cut and leave because the Israeli and the American masters (and their puppet Arab regimes) want them to? Have you read the Vanity Fair article? What would you do if you were in Hamas shoes and you are conspired against? You said there is a better way of doing things, what is that?
Is it really fair to blame the victim for providing cover for its assassin? Like saying 'ohh he's so stupid, he walked this dark road in the shank of the night and invited the robbery upon himself' or 'she invited the sexual assault by wearing a short skirt' …or.. or..
Above all that ya Abu Kareem, and here I beg to differ from you and from Abu Fares, Hamas's leadership is in the same boat with its people. They are as well sustaining losses of lives amongst their commanders. So this isn't like Saddam Hussien enjoying a lavish lifestyle while his people suffer from sanctions.
The Israeli strategy toward Hamas is simple; kill yourself or I'll kill you. I am not entirely happy with what Hamas have been doing. But now I honestly hope their missiles get more and more effective. This thing will get far worse before it gets better. And I eventually hope that the people of Gaza would live in peace. Under Hamas leadership or any other dignified and non-corrupt leadership.
(sorry for the long comment)
- saint said...
There are reason and logic in all comments on this subject. First I respect all other views and thank all for not trashing others views which differ. Because of the lack of free speech each one of us may expect that he reflect the populace views, but in the end we are reflection to our believes and to the circles we live in, such as family and friends.
First, thanks for not accusing other views of betrayal. Anyone from the region is crying blood inside for the scenes of the killing of indecent children and the suffering of the Palestinians. The Palestinians in Gaza have elected Hamas to represent them but surely not to do what they are doing; the corruption factor on the Fateh side was another factor for the election of Hamas. Hamas people are the most honorable resistance party we have known. That does not make them right neither make them without mistakes and also does not mean we should agree with them. Playing in the hands of the regional power was and still is one of the mistakes which plight these people and factored in extending their suffering. People in Gaza or people in the region might not agree with their action but all we agree with their objectives.
On my side I learnt the hard way not to impose a fight on others because talking is cheep and easy. I would consider myself and my country first for the fight and I would not enthuse others to take the burden from my comfort. I still believe there should be better way and always chose the time which suit you to rise up. The other thing, resistance should be factored with time; you have to rest and come back again choosing the right moment. What we are seeing right now is not fruitful resistance and too much burden on these poor people under very harsh conditions. I look at the Palestinians people as a whole, not only the Gaza people. Yes some French resisted the Nazi but French people later learnt the wisdom of accepting the other half who did not chose to do so and put it for right day.
Respectfully, please accept my disagreement.
- Wassim said...
"but French people later learnt the wisdom of accepting the other half who did not chose to do so and put it for right day."
Umm Saint, I'm not sure if you are aware, but De Gaulle gave a 48 hour period for people to "settle scores" once France was liberated from the Nazis.
- saint said...
Thanks for giving me 48 hours Sir, but I think from what I'm trying to covey is that both views can at least respect the other and keep their hearts towards each other. Both ideas could serve their existence and continuity. And by bringing the treason example for the other views is just unhealthy to say the least. My example was just to save those dictators who lost wars and still residing on the top of the pack claiming their leadership for us, to save them from revenge of the people when land will be liberated. On the other hand, when land liberated, we should not go on killing frenzy to kill all the people under occupation and call them traitors, are we?. We hope from discussion to build a new culture of understanding each other as humans with different view, We hope that we can build a new consensus that when a leader fail and his land get occupied, he should not hide in a hole, he should accept defeat or kill himself as an acknowledgement of defeat, not keep residing on top.
As far as I know, De Gaulle did not liberate the land not from Nazi, the coalition did that, but he liberated the country from the dictators who assume power and collaborated with the Nazi.
De Gaulle 48 hours you mentioned was targeted the cooperators who did harm to the French people not any cooperators with the occupations, and not the French people who were under occupation. Otherwise we should see three quarters of France disappear after the war.
- Karin said...
Abu Wassim - I was almost in shock when I read your post .. and to be absolutely sure I read it another time and now there's no doubt in m mind: there's someone who shares my stand, my way of looking at the "conflict" 100%!!
You know, I was critzised COUNTLESS TIMES for "not understanding" or for being "one-sides", "sympathizing with the terrorists" ect. - all kinds of utter nonsense. I grew so tired of all that ...
To know you do share it gives me hope!
Thanks so much for this GREAT POST!!
- Abu Kareem said...
I think you meant to write Abu Kareem, correct? If so, thanks for the comment.
- Karin said...
I apologize - of course that had been my intention!
It was careless of me - I hope you can forgive me!


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A certain character in an anime series I watch would literally end each sentence with なのね. What does this imply? He was a pretty flamboyant character who was supposed to be Italian, if that offers any additional insight.
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なのね lends the same emphasis to a sentence as なんですね. However, なのね is more conversational, informal and can come across as feminine.
According to my teacher, people who end all their sentences with this kind of emphasis in real life can come across as self-important, presumably because it sounds like they're attaching added importance to everything they say.
That may be a factor here, and it certainly matches with the flamboyance of the character.
The な:
I have my own hypothesis about this な and it is that it is basically a mandatory rewrite of the coupla だ which occurs in certain situations:
So with the above patterns, it is very easy to see how the な in なの comes about: it is だ changing to な in the presence of の. Like in the previous patterns, other verbs don't change; they just combine with の: 食べるの? (Will you eat?) But だ changes: 嫌いだ → 嫌いなの?
The の:
The sentence final particle の attached to verbs is used for asking informal questions (「そうなの?」) and making authoritative statements. The exact meaning is elusive, but it has been hypothesized in a 1987 paper by one Hiroko Minegishi Cook that this の expresses group authority as opposed to individual authority: it is the speaker's belief that the idea being stated is does not originate with him or her alone, but is backed up somehow by the group that he or she identifies with in that moment: something as narrow as family or as broad as society.
The ね:
That is just he familiar ending which seeks agreement: "isn't it?", "don't you agree?", "hmm?"
So those would be the three pieces of なのね.
X-なのね:"It is the case that X, I tell you (with the authority of my group), don't you think so?"
A character who ends most sentences this way would be annoying because doing so means:


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Twenty years ago, Primary Stages put on a bill of six one-act comedies by a near-unknown playwright named David Ives. One-act plays are an appallingly hard box-office sell, but "All in the Timing" ran for more than 600 performances and established Mr. Ives as one of the top theatrical talents of his generation. Now Primary Stages is marking the 20th anniversary of the premiere by giving "All in the Timing" its first major New York revival. While I didn't see the 1993 production, I can't imagine how it could have been better than this glittering version, staged by John Rando, Mr. Ives's frequent collaborator, and acted with colossal éclat by five young actors who fit together like the pieces of a platinum-plated jigsaw puzzle. It's one of the funniest shows I've seen in my entire playgoing life.
What made the popular success of "All in the Timing" so noteworthy is that Mr. Ives's brand of humor is anything but simple. Indeed, it has far more in common with conceptual art—or alternate-reality science fiction—than with sketch comedy. If you've never seen the show, I'm reluctant to spoil what might be called its shock effect, but you can't convey the flavor of Mr. Ives's surreal sense of humor without describing it in some detail, so permit me to tell you part of what happens in the first play, "Sure Thing." A man ( Carson Elrod) comes into a sidewalk cafe, tries a pickup line on a woman ( Liv Rooth) reading at a table, and promptly gets the brushoff. A bell rings offstage. The man tries a different line, and gets brushed off again. Then the bell rings again, and the man tries again. And again. (She: "Girlfriend?" He: "No, I don't have a girlfriend. Not if you mean the castrating bitch I dumped last night." Bell.) Each time he inches a little bit closer to the mark, each time he fails, and each time you laugh harder. And harder. And harder.
The beauty (and yes, that's the right word) of "Sure Thing" and its companion pieces lies not only in their poetic conception but in their underlying seriousness. Mr. Ives's hapless characters are all trying to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, usually in the most circuitous of ways. In "The Universal Language," for instance, a sad, mousy young woman with a stammer ( Jenn Harris) answers an ad for a school that purports to teach an Esperanto-like language called Unamunda in which the word for the woman's problem is "tonguestoppard." Not only is she the school's first and only pupil, but the teacher (Mr. Elrod) turns out to be…and I'll leave it at that. Suffice it to say that teacher and pupil are looking for the same thing—surcease from what a more pretentious playwright might call existential loneliness—and that, against all odds, they find it.
It's hard to do "All in the Timing" badly, which explains why it became one of the most frequently produced American plays of the 20th century. To do it well, however, requires a combination of preternaturally exact directorial timing and a cast whose members are alert to the underlying pathos of Mr. Ives's bizarrely skewed comic situations. Mr. Rando has got the first point covered—he's one of this country's finest directors of comedy—and his cast, which also includes Eric Clem and Matthew Saldivar, self-evidently understands what makes all six plays tick. I was especially impressed by Ms. Harris, who changes hats in "The Philadelphia" to become the brassiest of tough-gal waitresses, but her colleagues are more than deserving of like praise.
As for Mr. Ives, he is a kind of genius, a profoundly original artist who refracts the visible world through a personal prism to show us things that we could never have envisioned on our own. He has, of course, gone on to write more ambitious shows—most recently "Venus in Fur" and "The School for Lies," his splendidly ingenious English-language adaptation of Molière's "The Misanthrope." But "All in the Timing" was the seed from which his great gifts grew, and it remains as exciting today as it was two decades ago.
—Mr. Teachout, the Journal's drama critic, blogs about theater and the other arts at www.terryteachout.com. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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You'd think that a play starring Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio and Zoe Kazan would be worth seeing, but if you've seen "Clive," Jonathan Marc Sherman's modernized version of Bertolt Brecht's "Baal," you now know better. Except for the acting, "Clive" is perfectly awful, a monstrously self-indulgent show about a monster of self-indulgence in which Mr. Hawke plays a booze-and-dope-sodden downtown songwriter who destroys everything he touches, ending with himself, though not soon enough. "Clive" runs for one hour and 45 intermissionless minutes and feels three times as long. (No, make that nine.) Mr. Sherman, who farmed a similar patch of turf to better effect six years ago with "Things We Want," has come up cropless this time around. "Clive" may not be the worst play ever written by an ostensibly serious playwright, but it's hard to recall a close competitor.


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This is the perfect way to enjoy a challenging workout while having some fun with your workout partner. This 4-exercise circuit is designed to not only strengthen and stabilize every muscle and joint in your body, but also to get you into great shape by getting your heart pumping at the same time.
The "Perfect Partner Workout" will strengthen the stabilizers of your shoulder joints, as well as your deep hip and core muscles. The two leg exercises will also provide both strength and power by utilizing your hamstring dynamically and isometrically, while working your inner and outer thighs in an explosive lateral movement with the sprints.
We've designed this sports-based circuit to be completed by doing all 4 exercises in a row and then taking a 2-3 minute rest before repeating 2 more times. Complete 3 total sets for each exercise and remember to ease into these movements your first week until you master the form.
Exercise #1:
This is a fun exercise where one partner is working by holding the feet and lifting up the legs of the other, while the athlete being held uses her hands to walk down a straight away. The partner who is in a push-up position with her legs raised should keep her fingers spread open to relieve pressure on her wrists and walk as far as they can before their shoulders, arms, or core give out. The partner holding her legs up should fully engage her core, only walk forward as the other athlete moves, and not push them to walk faster. This exercise should remind you of the old "wheelbarrow races" you did when you were a kid.
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One partner should lie down on her back while the other partner holds her ankles and braces his own body in a half squat for support. The partner lying on the ground should squeeze her glutes and lift the entire body off the ground in a straight line with only the head and shoulders remaining in contact with the ground. That athlete should lift her body as high as possible and hold at the top for one second before slowly lowering to 1 inch above the ground. Repeat by immediately pushing the body back up into a straight line by squeezing the glutes together and driving up into a hip extension.
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Both partners should be seated in a boat pose or v-sit position where only their hips are touching the ground. Next, one partner should grab a medicine ball and twist to one side to meet the other athlete's hands and pass off the medicine ball. From there, that partner now holding the ball should twist to the other side and once again pass the ball off to their partner who also twisted around to meet them.
Exercise #4:
Both athletes should step into a monster band so that it rests on the waist of each person. The partner who will be laterally sprinting should face perpendicular to the other partner. One athlete should sprint out laterally about 3–5 steps away from their partner as the other partner keeps a strong athletic stance to prevent themself from moving with the sprinting partner.
The "Perfect Partner Workout" should only take about 15–20 minutes to do as long as you are keeping your intensity up and not resting too much. It is the perfect addition on days when you are short on time or are looking to get in a little extra training on a practice day. After a few weeks of adding this workout in 1–2 times per week we have no doubt you will be a stronger, faster, and more explosive athlete.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Peter Longo of Macy's has been appointed to the GS1 U.S. board of governors, the information standards organization announced today. GS1 U.S. develops supply-chain standards, solutions and services for more than 200,000 businesses in 25 industries.
Longo is president of the N.J.-based Macy's logistics and operations division, which is responsible for all activities connecting the vendor/retailer supply chain for both Macy's and Bloomingdale's. He joined Macy's logistics in 1995 as SVP for logistics and distribution, was named EVP in 1999 and became president in 2000. Longo began his career in 1973 at Bloomingdale's, rising through the ranks to SVP of operations in 1989.
"Macy's has always been a believer in GS1 standards, and our support has become even more enthusiastic with the emergence of EPC (Electronic Product Code)-enabled RFID (radio frequency identification) at the item level," said Longo. "I'm honored to join this esteemed group of industry leaders, and I look forward to having a role in driving supply chain visibility and efficiency through the use of GS1 standards."
Macy's is one of the nation's premier retailers, operating more than 840 department stores under the name of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, as well as Macys.com and Bloomingdales.com.
"Peter brings 40 years of retail industry experience with a company that has been on the leading edge of standards development and implementation," said Bob Carpenter, president and CEO of GS1 U.S. "His voice on the board will be extremely valuable as we continue to increase standards use for both B2B and B2C business processes, leading to revenue growth and cost reductions for our customers."
The GS1 U.S. board of governors includes executives from leading corporations such as Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Kroger, McKesson Corporation, Premier Inc., Procter & Gamble, Publix Super Markets, the J.M. Smucker Company, Sysco Corporation, Unilever, Walmart, Wakefern Food Corporation and Wegmans Food Markets, in addition to the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association.


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The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation will partner with Anacostia Riverkeeper for the fifth annual Green Up Day on Friday, August 9. Volunteers from local businesses as well as community groups, government and military groups will spend the morning working on the fragile wetland areas in Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, part of the sole tidal marsh in Washington, D.C. This is the second year that Green Up Day has focused on the Gardens, which serve as a flood plain for the surrounding neighborhood. The work will involve shoring up natural barriers around the ponds, eliminating invasive plant species and removing trash. Presenting sponsor Waste Management will provide Green Up Day t-shirts for all volunteers and handle the pick-up and disposal of all debris using their Bagster® collection bags. Hard Times Cafe will donate lunch at Nationals Park to those who volunteer their time to the effort.
Each volunteer will receive a ticket to the Sunday, August 11, Nationals-Phillies game in appreciation for their service.
8:00 AM Check-in and t-shirt distribution at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens; volunteers will sign and turn in waivers if they have not already done so
8:30 AM Welcome and safety talk by Anacostia Riverkeeper
8:45-11:30 AM Teams work on their Green Up tasks
11:30 AM Collect trash in assigned areas and Waste Management begins pick up
11:45 AM Head to Nationals Park for lunch
12:00 PM Lunch at Nationals Park courtesy of Hard Times Cafe
- The work is fairly strenuous and the weather will likely be hot.
- Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older.
- Volunteers are required to register in advance and sign a waiver.
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"The Green Up Day work performed by the volunteers from the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation made a significant impact on the health of the estuary. The impact of so many volunteers working together moves us closer to the goal of a restored Anacostia River."
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Taiwan may loosen restrictions on investment in petrochemical production in China, where new projects have already attracted interest from a few Taiwanese companies.
By FANNY LIU
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's government may loosen restrictions on
investment in petrochemical production in China, where new projects have already attracted some
interest from Taiwanese companies.
Taiwan's Investment Commission, which regulates outbound
investments and is under the Ministry of Economics Affairs,
said Monday it has proposed to let the island's petrochemical producers build
naphtha cracker plants and produce ethylene and propylene in
Final approval of projects will hinge on conditions
concerning ownership and shipment priority, Emile Chang,
executive secretary of the Investment Commission, told the
Wall Street Journal. Mr. Chang said the projects will have to be at least
50% owned by Taiwanese companies, which will also pledge to
ship the output back to Taiwan if there is a shortage at
Taiwan currently doesn't allow investment in naphtha
cracking in China, likely as part of efforts to avoid capital
Still, the island's petrochemical industry has been
seeking investment opportunities in China after
government-linked Kuokuang Petrochemical Technology Co. failed in the past
two years to find a suitable site in Taiwan or Malaysia to
build a much-needed naphtha cracker.
Analysts have said that Taiwan's downstream petrochemical
companies might face a shortage of feedstock. Taiwan is a net importer
of ethylene; it produced 3.47 million metric tons of ethylene
in 2012 and imported around 348,000 metric tons of the
The Investment Commission's proposal has been submitted to
the cabinet and is pending approval, Mr. Chang said, declining
to give a time frame on the process.
Formosa Plastics Group, among the most active Taiwanese
petrochemical firms investing in China, has flagged an interest
to build ethylene plants in the provinces of Zhejiang and
Fujian. The company currently produces petrochemical products,
such as ethylene glycol and polyvinyl chloride, in its Ningbo
petrochemical complex in Zhejiang
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Scientists use an experiment to search for cause and effect relationships in nature. In other words, they design an experiment so that changes to one item cause something else to vary in a predictable way.
These changing quantities are called variables. A variable is any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types. An experiment usually has three kinds of variables: independent, dependent, and controlled.
The independent variable is the one that is changed by the scientist. To ensure a fair test, a good experiment has only one independent variable. As the scientist changes the independent variable, he or she observes what happens.
The scientist focuses his or her observations on the dependent variable to see how it responds to the change made to the independent variable. The new value of the dependent variable is caused by and depends on the value of the independent variable.
For example, if you open a faucet (the independent variable), the quantity of water flowing (dependent variable) changes in response--you observe that the water flow increases. The number of dependent variables in an experiment varies, but there is often more than one.
Experiments also have controlled variables. Controlled variables are quantities that a scientist wants to remain constant, and he must observe them as carefully as the dependent variables. For example, if we want to measure how much water flow increases when we open a faucet, it is important to make sure that the water pressure (the controlled variable) is held constant. That's because both the water pressure and the opening of a faucet have an impact on how much water flows. If we change both of them at the same time, we can't be sure how much of the change in water flow is because of the faucet opening and how much because of the water pressure. In other words, it would not be a fair test. Most experiments have more than one controlled variable. Some people refer to controlled variables as "constant variables."
In a good experiment, the scientist must be able to measure the values for each variable. Weight or mass is an example of a variable that is very easy to measure. However, imagine trying to do an experiment where one of the variables is love. There is no such thing as a "love-meter." You might have a belief that someone is in love, but you cannot really be sure, and you would probably have friends that don't agree with you. So, love is not measurable in a scientific sense; therefore, it would be a poor variable to use in an experiment.
Examples of Variables
|Independent Variable
(What I change)
|Dependent Variables
(What I observe)
|Controlled Variables
(What I keep the same)
|How much water flows through a faucet at different openings?
|Water faucet opening (closed, half open, fully open)
|Amount of water flowing measured in liters per minute
"Different water pressure might also cause different amounts of water to flow and different faucets may behave differently, so to ensure a fair test I want to keep the water pressure and the faucet the same for each faucet opening that I test."
|Does heating a cup of water allow it to dissolve more sugar?
|Temperature of the water measured in degrees Centigrade
|Amount of sugar that dissolves completely measured in grams
"More stirring might also increase the amount of sugar that dissolves and different sugars might dissolve in different amounts, so to ensure a fair test I want to keep these variables the same for each cup of water."
|Does fertilizer make a plant grow bigger?
|Amount of fertilizer measured in grams
"The many variables above can each change how fast a plant grows, so to ensure a fair test of the fertilizer, each of them must be kept the same for every pot."
|Does an electric motor turn faster if you increase the voltage?
|Voltage of the electricity measured in volts
|Speed of rotation measured in revolutions per minute (RPMs)
"The work that a motor performs has a big impact on its speed, so to ensure a fair test I must keep that variable the same."
Time as an Example of an Independent Variable
In some experiments, time is what causes the dependent variable to change. The scientist simply starts the process, then observes and records data at regular intervals.
|Independent Variable
(What I change)
|Dependent Variables
(What I observe)
|Controlled Variables
(What I keep the same)
|How fast does a candle burn?
|Time measured in minutes
|Height of candle measured in centimeters at regular intervals of time (for example, every five minutes)
The Independent Variable for Surveys and Tests of Different Groups
When a scientist performs a test or survey on different groups of people or things, those groups define the independent variable. For example:
|Independent Variable
(What I change)
|Dependent Variables
(What I observe)
|Controlled Variables
(What I keep the same)
|Who listens to music the most: teenagers or their parents?
|The groups receiving the survey: teenagers or parents
|The amount of time that each person listens to music per day measured in hours
|Ask the question in exactly the same way to each individual
Either/Or (Binary) Variables
Sometimes a variable simply represents an either/or (binary) condition. For example, something might be either present or not present during an experiment.
|Independent Variable
(What I change)
|Dependent Variables
(What I observe)
|Controlled Variables
(What I keep the same)
|Is a classroom noisier when the teacher leaves the room?
|Teacher location: The teacher is either in the room or not in the room.
"The teacher's location is an either/or situation"
|Loudness measured in decibels
|Do bicycle fenders keep the rider dry when riding through a puddle?
|Fenders: The bicycle either has fenders or it does not
"Many engineering projects have alternative designs with independent variables like this one (with and without fenders)."
|The rider either gets wet or does not
"Dependent variables can represent either/or situations, too."
Here is a sample containing the variables and hypothesis.
Science Fair Project Variables Checklist
|What Makes for Good Variables?
|For Good Variables, You Should Answer "Yes" to Every Question
|Is the independent variable measurable?
|Yes / No
|Can you change the independent variable during the experiment?
|Yes / No
|Have you identified all relevant dependent variables, and are they all caused by and dependent on the independent variable?
|Yes / No
|Are all dependent variable(s) measurable?
|Yes / No
|Have you identified all relevant controlled variables?
|Yes / No
|Can all controlled variables be held at a steady value during the experiment?
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The 1972 Master Plan for Discovery Park defined the park as an open space of quiet and tranquility away from the stress and activity of the city. The park will be managed to retain as much of its natural character as possible, balancing the maintenance and restoration of the area�s forested predevelopment condition with existing uses of the park.
The Master Plan was revised in 1974 and a vegetation management plan was prepared for the park in 1980. However, population growth in the region has increased usage of the park and put new pressures on its plant communities. In the face of these changing conditions, the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (DOPR) decided to prepare a new vegetation management plan.
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Define $f:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ by $f(0)=0$, and $$f(x)=\sum\limits_{r_n\le x} 2^{ -n }$$ with $0\lt x\le 1$ where $[r_n]_{n\in \mathbb{Z^+} } = \mathbb{ Q} \cap (0,1) $.
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For a commutative square of spaces (of manifolds, or of simplicial sets): $$S=\left(\begin{array}{ccc} A & \to & B \newline \downarrow & & \downarrow \newline C & \to & D\end{array}\right)$$ I am trying to understand when the relative homotopy of $(B,A)$ is isomorphic up to a certain degree to the one of $(C,D)$. According to my poor understanding of algebraic topology, this condition is closely related with $S$ being a homotopy pullback square. Yet I am most interested in reformulating this condition cohomologically (or, maybe, homologically?). Certain examples and http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/fiber+sequence#LongSequCoh seem to suggest that the cohomology of $D$ should be something like $H^*(B)\otimes_{H^*(A)}H^\ast(C)$ (in lower cohomological degrees). Yet I do not understand how to define the latter object. Is there a nice way to do this (in particular, I would not like to consider some weird spaces in the case when $A,B,C,D$ are manifolds)?
Moreover, I would like to have something like a Hurewicz theorem i.e. I would like this cohomological condition to be equivalent to the original homotopy one. Is there a way to do this if all the spaces are simply connected? Is there a nice way to deal with $\pi_1$ in this setting if $A,B,C,D$ are not simply connected (possibly, by passing to the universal covers)?
I would be deeply grateful for any hints, and for any references here (especially, for the ones that are not too abstract, and that 'do not deal with weird spaces'). The last remark: I would like to relate this matter with etale homotopy types (and so, with certain completions of homotopy types and homotopy groups).:)


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The state's Chief Justice suggests lawmakers create and fund 22 new judicial positions to meet the needs of underserved areas.
Hon. Lawton Nuss made the proposal in his "State of the Judiciary" report released Thursday to lawmakers. He says it's an alternative to repealing a statute that requires at least one judge be located in each of the state's 105 counties.
A caseload study last year found Kansas has enough judges, but some aren't placed where they're needed most. Nuss says, without the new positions, the one-judge-per-county statute should be repealed.
Nuss also requested funding to fully implement a statewide electronic case filing system. Such a system was among 11 recommendations made last year by a special Blue Ribbon Commission, which studies the state's judicial branch.
Nuss says current funding from legislative appropriations and federal grants fuels an e-filing system in the state's two appellate courts and Shawnee County District Court, as well as pilot projects in Douglas, Leavenworth, and Sedgwick county district courts.
In his report, Nuss wrote that complete implementation of a centralized statewide e-courts environment, from filing to case management and document management systems, could further efficiencies in court operations.
"Upon completion, such a combination of statewide systems could allow court personnel in any location to work virtually on court business in any other location, once again allowing the Supreme Court to more effectively and efficiently manage the state's court system. Properly used, such statewide systems could help us to keep a functioning 'open for business' court clerk's office in all 105 counties," Nuss wrote. "It might be suggested that these electronic systems are absolutely critical to keeping some of these offices open, and further suggested that keeping these offices open is absolutely critical to providing access to justice for our fellow Kansans living in those areas."
Nuss delivered his report to the Legislature in writing. The past several years, Chief Justices have addressed a joint session of the Legislature. However, House Speaker Ray Merrick declined Nuss' request this year, saying the information could be considered in written form and an in-person speech would take up time that could be better spent on other matters.


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Papa John's Signs 200 Franchise Deals in 2012 [1]
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Papa John's International announced that it will sign more than 200 North American franchise agreements in 2012.
These franchisees, nearly half of whom represent individuals who are opening their first Papa John's restaurant, expect to create more than 5,000 new jobs over the next three years.
"We are in the business of opening more restaurants and creating more jobs that continue to stimulate the economy," says John Schnatter, founder, chairman, and CEO. "Nearly 50 percent of the new agreements signed represent individuals who are opening their first Papa John's small business franchise.
"With the average Papa John's franchisee owning three to five restaurants," he continues, "we are proud to be doing our part as a brand to keep the economic engine running for small business owners."
This announcement comes less than three months after the company communicated continuation of its industry-leading Papa John's Franchise Development Incentive Program.
The program offers zero franchise fee, zero percent royalty for 18 months, and $50,000 in restaurant equipment for new restaurants opened through 2013.
In 2012, restaurant openings under this program created approximately 3,000 jobs in North America.
Under the company's 2013 Development Incentive Program, franchisees signing development agreements in the U.S. now through 2013 can receive no franchise fee (a $25,000 value); $50,000 in equipment, including two Middleby-Marshall ovens, which may be purchased by the franchisee for $50 after operating for three years; a royalty waiver for up to 18 months; and a $3,000 food credit with PJ Food Service, which operates Papa John's fresh dough and food distribution quality-control centers, for each restaurant that opens at least 30 days prior to the scheduled opening date.
The program is generally available for new U.S. unit development agreements signed by qualifying franchisees through November 30, 2013, for new restaurant openings on or before December 29, 2013.


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Wikipedia says that Osaka used to be spelt 大坂, and is now spelt 大阪. Is there a term for what happened, and does it happen often?
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- Complicated Creation
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- Meet Me Where You're Going
- Sleepwalker
- You're The Only Thing In Your Way
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- 89.3 In-Studio Performance
- Breakfast with My Shadow
- Chain Reaction
- Chemicals Collide
- In-Studio Performance Recorded July 13, 2005
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- It
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Running With the Wolves
- Son is Watching
- There's So Much Energy In Us
- Unexplainable Stories
- Washed Your Car
- You'll Be Bright
- Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus
- Happy Hippo
- Intro
- Living on the Outside of Your Skin
- Start New
- Transistor Radio
- Washed Your Car
- What Comes at the End
- You Got Your Bones to Make a Beat
- Aurora Borealis
- Breakfast with My Shadow
- Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
- Everybody Here Is A Cloud
- Journey To The Featherless
- Love You All
- Story of the Grandson of Jesus
- When Water Comes To Life
- Light Chasers
- Room Full of People in Your Head
- Running With the Wolves
- The Exploding People
- There's So Much Energy In Us
- Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire
- You Were Born
- You'll Be Bright
- Live Current Vol. 3
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text: Hey ho everyone and welcome to yet another drawing day here on Dragoart.com. Today is going to be full of easy and fun lessons that I think will be a big hit with people of all different skill levels. To start the day off, let's learn "how to draw fries", step by step. I was going to submit a chibi character but I decided that I would do that next. French fries may be a food that is horrible for your body, but you can still enjoy this tasty side dish if you slice up some potatoes and drizzle them with olive oil, salt and pepper, and then you can bake them for about 30-40 minutes in the oven. The end result is delicious and full of flavor. Anyways, the fries that you will be drawing is in a cute little holder like the kind you get at your favorite fast food restaurant, and they are also going to be incredibly easy to replicate. So have fun with drawing fries, and I will meet you back in a few with more things to do. Peace out people!


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CERTIFIED: Sheila Riffle, administrative assistant to the vice president for administrative services at Eastern Gateway Community College, has earned certification as a professional in human resources.
The certification, awarded by the HR Certification Institute, signifies that Riffle has the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in human resource management necessary to pass an examination demonstrating a mastery of the field.
"Certification as a human resource professional clearly demonstrates a commitment to personal excellence and to the human resource profession," said Mary Power, CAE, executive director of the HR Certification Institute.
The HR Certification Institute is the credentialing body for human resource professionals and is affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the human resource profession. The institute seeks to promote the establishment of professional standards and to recognize professionals who meet those standards.
A Wintersville resident, Riffle is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. Prior to joining the college in 1994, she worked at the former St. John Medical Center.
HONORED: Longtime Weirton Medical Center employee Monica Grossi is the facility's 2012 Employee of the Year.
Grossi, a 32-year employee, has been a registered nurse in WMC's Pediatric Department since 1981.
A graduate of Madonna High School and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, she says her favorite part of her job is "my kids."
"Monica has a way of brightening the day of everyone she encounters. Couple that with excellent nursing skills and an unmatched compassion, you get Monica Grossi," said WMC Communications Director Kelli McCoy.
ACCREDITED: Life Line Hospital in Wintersville has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with its national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals.
Life Line underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in September.
A team of expert surveyors evaluated the hospital for compliance with numerous standards including infection prevention and control, medication management, and leadership.
"With joint commission accreditation, we are making a significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis and involving all employees in the hospital. The accreditation helps us create and maintain a culture of excellence," said James L. Steinkirchner, chief executive officer.
Life Line Hospital is a physician-owned, long-term acute care hospital providing care to medically complex patients.
PROMOTED: West Liberty University administrator Sherri Mason has been promoted to financial reporting manager.
Mason has been with West Liberty for nearly 25 years, serving as an accountant and then senior accountant.
In her new role, she will continue to be responsible for external reporting, act as the lead on the West Virginia OASIS project and supervise the new senior accountant, payroll and accounts payable department.
She is a graduate of Fairmont State University, earning a bachelor of science in accountancy degree, and resides in Sherrard, W.Va., with her husband and two daughters.


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I am working on a project related to mouse programming. I am having a problem that
conio.h and
dos.h not working in gcc. I tried http://blog.eternal-thinker.com/2010/09/how-to-use-graphicsh-in-ubuntu.html.
When I entered
sudo apt-get install build-essential
I got:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
build-essential set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
calligra-l10n-engb cdparanoia k3b k3b-data k3b-i18n kdevelop-l10n
kdevelop-php-docs-l10n kdevelop-php-l10n language-pack-kde-en libflac++6
libk3b6 libkcddb4
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Then I tried
sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev guile-1.8 guile-1.8-dev libsdl1.2debian-all libart-2.0-dev libaudiofile-dev libesd0-dev libdirectfb-dev libdirectfb-extra libfreetype6-dev libxext-dev x11proto-xext-dev libfreetype6 libaa1 libaa1-dev libslang2-dev libasound2 libasound2-dev
and I got the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libsdl1.2debian-all is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
E: Package 'libsdl1.2debian-all' has no installation candidate
Please help me in using
conio.h and
dos.h in gcc.


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YORKVILLE - Buckeye Local and first-year head coach Phil Pest get the friendly confines of World War II Memorial Stadium today as Westinghouse, Pa. pays a visit for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
"We will be their first game," said Pest. "They will have a bunch of athletic kids and some game-breakers. We just have to come out and play some ball. They will have some questions, too, since it is their first game."
The Panthers are coming off a 45-19 loss at Utica in Week 1.
Buckeye Local was down 13 just 2:15 into the game and 32-0 at halftime.
"We told the kids before the game that if a big play happens, don't panic," said the coach. "They got two big plays and I think some let off a little bit. They know that one play doesn't make the whole game and one quarter doesn't make the whole game. We learned that lesson and are ready to go this week."
Pest said it wasn't all bad for his Panthers last week.
"I've watched the film several times," he remarked. "We were inside the 10 three times. The kids didn't quit. In the second half, we came out and did what I thought we could have done the whole game.
"Yes, we made some mistakes, but the kids fought back and played hard."
Buckeye Local totaled 294 yards of offense, 171 on the ground on 44 attempts.
Austin Marshall led the way with 64 yards on seven carries and a score. Shane Duncan caught two passes for 86 yards.
"We're at home, which is big," said Pest. "It's great for the kids. The stadium will be full. We just need a win. I have seen our mistakes and we can correct them. We just need to focus on what we need to do. We need to focus a lot better. We have a good team. We have a bunch of good ball players.
"We kind of shot ourselves in the foot last week, but I think we'll be just fine."
Blue Dons at Maroon Knights
WEIRTON - One of the biggest small school rivals in the Ohio Valley is the annual joust between Madonna and Wheeling Central and the teams renew the rivalry today at 7 p.m. in Wheeling Island Stadium.
The Maroon Knights, who have won the state Class A football championship the past two years, gave a good Harrison Central team all it could handle last week before losing 14-7.
Wheeling Central is without first team all Class A All-State quarterback, Parker Henry, who likely will miss all of his junior season. Henry, who suffered a knee injury in a pre-season scrimmage, rushed for over 1,200 yards last year and scored 11 touchdowns. He passed only 75 times in 14 games, but completed 32 of them for 696 yards and 12 touchdowns.
"'I felt we played a good second half once we realized we needed to be a little more physical,"' said Wheeling Central coach Mike Young. "'While I was disappointed in the first half, the kids came around. I thought some of them naturally were hesitant because they were playing in new positions and the others were starting for the first time.'"
Junior two-year letterman, C. J. Burch, stepped up to fill in for Henry and last week rushed for 221 yards against a rugged Harrison Central defense.
"Burch was going to be one of their running backs anyway and was the backup quarterback," said second-year Madonna coach, Doug Taylor. "So when Henry went down in the scrimmage, he assumed the quarterback duties and does what Ross Comis does for us - runs the football pretty good. They just do it from the quarterback position instead of running back."
The big concern Taylor has in preparing for Wheeling Central is the spin series offense they use. Burch will sit back in the shotgun position to receive the snap. As wingbacks jet across the field, Burch spins to confuse the defense as to whether he has the ball, the jet back or the running back.
"Wheeling Central will run, run, run and the all of a sudden throw the football," Taylor explained. "They throw when they want to and Burch is more than capable of taking care of the passing."
Cougars at Crusaders
STEUBENVILLE - Teams coming off totally different Week 1 experiences will square off today at Harding Stadium.
Catholic Central, which dropped a heart-breaking 44-42 decision to Bellaire on the last play of the game, will host New Matamoras Frontier, which rallied for two second half touchdowns to nip Shenandoah 20-14. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
This will be the second meeting between the schools, Central rolling to a 48-0 victory back in 1980. The win against Shenandoah did snap a 10-game losing streak for the Cougars.
Steve Daley's Crusaders appeared to have things under control in their opener with the Big Reds, leading 42-10 midway through the third quarter. The Belmont County squad, however, reeled of 25 straight points to escape with the victory. The CCHS boss doesn't expect any hangover from the tough loss.
"The biggest thing with kids is they'll bounce back," he said. "We watched the film and corrected some little things that we still need to get better at. We stressed that while watching the film.
"At the same time, we kept pointing out the better efforts and there were plenty of those. Once the film was over, that was it. We sealed the deal and turned the page. We can't dwell on that game, we have to move on to Frontier."
Daley noted the Cougars run a traditional Wing-T, meaning "they line it up and smash it as you."
"I think they threw the ball five times against Shenandoah," he added. "That's quite a contrast to what we saw against Bellaire. They have decent size up front and do what they do. We have to prepare for that.
"It will be a total change of game plans. We have to go from preparing for passing and keeping guys in front of us to focusing on filling gaps and stopping the running game."


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Circa 1930
A pair of double light sconces with foliate-detailed cups and shield-form beveled mirror backplates.
Overall: 9-1/2" h. x 7" w. x 3-1/2" d.
Backplate: 5-1/2" h. x 4" w.
Can be UL listed for use in dry environments
2 candelabra sockets, maximum 60 watts per socket
2" x 3" Vertical junction box recommended
1 pair total available.
On display at our Greenwich showroom.


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Issue Date:
April, 2010
The April 2010 issue of Budget & Tax News leads with a report on New York Gov. David Paterson's new budget. With the state facing a budgetary disaster, Paterson has proposed raising more than $1 billion in new taxes and fees coupled with small spending cuts.
Also in this issue:
- A proposal from an Illinois think tank to fund the state's public employee pensions while limiting the future growth of government spending has caught the attention of Prairie State legislators.
- As states and local governments struggle to close gaping budget holes, large savings could be found in the generous compensation packages of the nation's 20 million state and local workers.
- Scrambling for more new revenue, North Carolina is considering taxing services by online travel agencies such as Expedia, Travelocity, and Priceline.
- The feds have been infusing their data with optimistic biases. Economist John Williams reruns the numbers using the original methodology. What he finds is not good.
- Taxpayers paid a heavy price for the failed climate change talks in Denmark; newly released reports detail more than $500,000 in travel expenses for lawmakers, their staff, and experts.
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8 Creepy Video Game Urban Legends (That Happen to Be True)
The urban legends of every era always seem to reflect whatever teenagers are doing at the time: Forty years ago, they told stories about serial killers attacking kids making out in cars and escaped criminals hiding in someone's backseat, because they didn't have jetpacks yet. Today, most young people seem to spend their time sitting or standing in front of video game screens, so it makes sense that we should get legends like ...
#8. Super Mario Galaxy 2 -- The Shadow People of Hell Valley
In a game like Mario, you're usually too focused on not falling off the crumbling catwalk into the lava below to ever really stop and look around. Especially in Mario Galaxy, where you are zipped across space from one world to the next, the vastness of the game world just whipping by you in a blur.
For the same effect, we recommend huffing spray paint.
But if you ever do get the chance to stop and stare into the distance, you'll find some extremely creepy shit. Specifically, in one level of Super Mario Galaxy 2, if you switch to first-person view and look in a certain direction, you can see shadowy figures standing at the edge of the galaxy.
Anywhere you go on that level, if you look up and to the left, they'll always be there. You can't come any closer. You never meet those "people," and nobody in the game ever mentions them.
Via gonintendo.com
They're just THERE.
So this is basically a video game version of the Slender Man urban legend. Fans have already started seeing them in other levels, writing fan fiction stories about them and speculating on what they could be: Local villagers (that is to say, aliens) watching Mario from afar? Those weird-looking giants from Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?
But couldn't they just be, we don't know, trees or something? Well, somebody got curious and started sifting through the actual files of the game. And this is where things get really fucked up.
Turns out the sky pattern for that area is called "BeyondHellValley." "Hell Valley" isn't the name of that level, or any level in Mario Galaxy. It doesn't even sound like something you'd find in a Mario game. As for the shapes themselves? They're called "HellValleySkyTree." Ah, see! They're just trees. Now let's pull out the image file itself ...
So what the hell, Nintendo? Some claim "Hell Valley" is the Japanese name for that level (which wouldn't be surprising, actually), or the name of a beta level that was abandoned ... but none of that comes anywhere near explaining why those dudes are there and what we did to make them look at us that way.
#7. World of Warcraft -- Hidden Dungeons and Possessed Children
In some ways, the virtual world of an MMORPG is just like the real world; where the real world has creepy-ass abandoned hospitals and prisons that no one would dare spend the night in, games like World of Warcraft have hidden areas that were closed off and abandoned by game makers but still exist if you know how to sneak in. And they're equally creepy.
Real and virtual subways are both filled with shadowy rapists.
Take, for example, the unused dungeon just outside a game area called Karazhan (sometimes referred to by players to as "Lower Karazhan"). It's a dungeon that was apparently scrapped partway through development, and in front of the entrance is an impassable gate. But just as with that old abandoned mine outside of town, you can sneak in (in this case, you can get around the gate by way of various glitches). And inside, you find this:
Via worldofwarcraft.livejournal.com
Among the typical WoW dungeon maze of tunnels, you find The Upside-Down Sinners. It's exactly what it sounds like: an underwater room chock full of handless, eyeless people, chained upside-down and left to drown.
Popular speculation is that Blizzard backed down from using the dungeon because they were afraid that it might bump the game's rating to M, but there's no real way to know.
Via worldofwarcraft.livejournal.com
"This shit's getting dark. Let's just throw some murlocs in a cave and use that instead."
But that's not all the creepiness WoW has to offer. The first town you encounter after the human starting area is a place called Goldshire, and it has its own dark secret.
A house on the edge of Crystal Lake, which is just east of town, is normally empty. At 7 a.m. on the game's server clock, however, you can sometimes catch six little kids in the room, standing in a strange formation.
You think that's creepy? They used to stand in a pentagram.
Some players have heard strange noises, like banshee screams or the voice of C'Thun, a former high-end boss ripped straight out of the Cthulhu Mythos, saying, "You will die." You can even follow them from Stormwind City, the human capital, all the way to the house, and they never break their cute little pentagram formation the whole way.
Aw, you kids are just adorable with your little satanic games!
Creepiest of all, though, is the music that plays when you enter the room.
It's completely custom music, found nowhere else in the game, and if there's one thing Blizzard likes even more than re-using art, it's re-using music. (If you don't believe us, go to any inn in the game.) That means it wasn't some lone weirdo who programmed these kids' behavior. They had to get the music department to construct an all-new piece to go along with them.
#6. Portal -- GLaDOS Bound and Gagged
There are only two characters in Portal -- the one you control and a deranged A.I. called GLaDOS. You spend the entire game jumping through GLaDOS' hoops, solving the teleportation-based puzzles she leaves for you (on the promise of cake) and slowly piecing together that something's fucked up here.
And thus was born a particularly virulent meme.
Finally, at the end of the game, you meet the real GLaDOS, a huge, robotic entity. You fight her and you win and everything's great (albeit in an "... or is it?" sort of way).
But have you ever taken a close look at GLaDOS?
Via Wikipedia
At first she looks like a mess of machinery and cables, but if you look closely, she actually resembles a human figure hanging upside-down. That's not a coincidence: If you play through the game with the commentary track on, Jeremy Bennett, the game's art director, says, "Eventually, we settled on a huge mechanical device with a delicate robotic figure dangling out of it, which successfully conveys both GLaDOS' raw power and her femininity."
Man, that's hot.
Originally, according to Bennett, she resembled an upside-down version of Botticelli's "Rise of Venus":
But her final model doesn't really look like that at all. The posture is all wrong. In fact, the people at game-ism.com think she looks more like a woman who has been bound and gagged:
Via giantbomb.com
Drawing via Game-Ism
So what does that mean? According to the folks at that site, all GLaDOS wanted was to be free (a goal you help her achieve when you kill her). As for how she got like that in the first place, sometimes it's better not to know.
#5. Mario Universe -- Luigi Is Dead and Daisy Is Deformed
So Mario games are full of creepy stuff, apparently. Knowing that, we're not so shocked to find out that Mario fans are always looking for hidden conspiracies in those games. We are, however, a little disturbed by what they've actually found.
We didn't think things could get much creepier than the live-action, pedo-stache-tastic movie. We were wrong.
Take Luigi's Mansion for GameCube, which is about Mario's taller, greener brother hunting ghosts in an old mansion. According to an urban legend that keeps popping up in the always-reliable gaming message boards, if you go to a certain room, stand in a specific spot and wait for lightning to strike, you can see what looks like Luigi's shadow hanging from the ceiling. As if he had just committed suicide.
But that's ridiculous, of course. We'll even go ahead and disprove this rumor by taking a look at that part of Luigi's Mansion and ...
... oh, shit. That does look remarkably like someone's shadow hanging from the ceiling, in a game about haunted mansions and ghosts.
Via gamefaqs.com
There's some debate about what it actually is: Some say it's a glitch, while others claim the game was originally meant to be much darker and this is one of the many leftovers from the beta version ... but they're all ignoring the simplest answer: Luigi has been a ghost all along.
And then there's Luigi's girlfriend, Princess Daisy, possibly the most fucked-up character in Mario history. If you don't believe us, do a YouTube search for "Hi, I'm Daisy!" Apparently, when they included her in Mario Kart: Double Dash for GameCube, they only gave her a single spoken phrase ("Hi, I'm Daisy!"), causing her to repeat the same thing over and over and over like a murderous psychopath.
Via neoseeker.com
Few things freak us out more than Princess Fucking Daisy.
But in case you don't think that's disturbing enough, how about the fact that she has a third eye in the back of her head? If you win Daisy's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, go to the trophy gallery and zoom in until the camera clips underneath her hair. You can see something that clearly should not be there.
Luigi was afraid to say anything, being unfamiliar with female anatomy.
This could be a modeling error, but what's odd is that it doesn't look exactly like Daisy's regular eyes: It's all misshapen and gross-looking.
This is not how third eyes should look at all.
This is so well-known that Daisy's third eye was later incorporated into her character in M.U.G.E.N., a freeware fighting game that takes random characters from different franchises. Oh, and it shoots lasers:


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Well, that was unexpected.
13 comments:
- Lindsey said...
What a nice surprise! :) I agree - Americans drive everywhere, even if it's just a mile or two, or even a half! The Africans here actually think that Americans *physically aren't able* to walk hardly 50 yards - because they only see them driving, never walking!
- March 23, 2011 at 4:26 AM
- Teamarcia said...
I think the advent of suburbia and needing to drive everywhere is much to blame here in the US.
My grandparents lived in Chicago and walked everywhere for their shopping and errands. And of course were never fat. I'm seeing newer towns going back to the old designs and that is great.
- March 23, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- GeorgiaSnail said...
I miss the walking culture of Germany. As a kid, stationed in Germany, we walked everywhere, as did the local population. my favorite was a walk downtown on Sunday to do window shopping.
- March 23, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Pam said...
In 2004 I went to Germany and stayed 10 days with a friend of mine that lived over there. I was terrified of gaining weight while I was there because, girl, I ATE while I was there. And drank every beer I could get my grubby little hands on. But we did walk a lot. That was before I started running, so I didn't do any of that. Nothing but walking for transportation. When I got home after those 10 days of gluttony, I found that I'd lost three pounds during the trip.
Yeah, I'm sure the walking has a lot to do with it, but you will NEVER convince me that part of our obesity problem doesn't lie in our food system in the US. I fully believe, and will until the day I die, that our overprocessed food and all its additives and such are keeping Americans fat. Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will, but I believe it's intentionally done. Make 'em fat, make 'em sick, sell 'em pills.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- giraffy said...
That's awesome! I agree with the above - the abundance of processed junk, the suburban lifestyle that's become almost unavoidable - these are the things making us unhealthy in America. Eat whole, eat in moderation, and move - you've got it covered :D
I love hearing about the whole European lifestyle, it's fastinating to me... thanks for sharing!
- March 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- to dream the KIMpossible dream said...
Wow, good for you! I've been to Europe several times and just love the walking culture. I think it would be so lovely to adapt to that lifestyle.
I have so been struggling with my weight lately- emotional eating and all that jazz. blah.
- March 23, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- FruitFly said...
Unexpected, yet very cool!!
I agree on the walking. I love walking. I never mind going out during breaks at work to walk - even if it is raining. It just feels so good to get out and move around!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Wells L said...
Girl - I'm soooo super proud of you!! Way to be amazing! That's fantastic!!! Can I say I'm jealous? Keep up the great work!
- March 23, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Her Name Is Rio said...
It's amazing how much our environment affects us in so many unexpected ways. Glad to hear that it is working in your favor!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:29 PM
- chris mcpeake said...
Congrats on the lost pounds.
- March 25, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Adam said...
NICE!!! that is awesome. Now, unfortunately, I have to go get in my car and drive 20 miles home. Hrmph. :(
- March 29, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- TX Runner Mom said...
I wish we lived in the city so we could walk more! Where I live, the grocery store is only 3 miles from my house, but the roads are so darn busy that I'm afraid that I'd be hit by a car if I walked. Sad!
- April 1, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Wells L said...
Missing your posts - hope you are well. No matter which blog you write on, I hope you'll share more of your new life in Germany. You get that we are all jealous, right! Take care of yourself.
- April 3, 2011 at 11:22 AM


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Ode to a Nightingale
by John Keats
Ode to a Nightingale Introduction
In A Nutshell
"Ode to a Nightingale" is one of the most famous – probably the most famous – of John Keats's Great Odes, which also include "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "To Autumn." The ode is a traditional Greek form that usually celebrates the person or object to which it is dedicated. In this poem, Keats celebrates the nightingale, a bird with a particularly magical voice.
The nightingale is a loaded symbol for Keats because the origins of the nightingale had been so famously explained in the collection of stories called the Metamorphoses, by the Roman poet Ovid. Every good British poet in the 19th century would have known his Ovid, kind of like how every die-hard rock-and-roll fan today would know his Beatles.
In Ovid's twisted story, a woman named Philomela is raped by her sister's husband, Tereus, who then cuts out her tongue to keep her from telling the world. Philomela manages to explain the crime to her sister Procne by weaving an embroidery about it. Procne's idea for revenge is to serve her son to her husband for dinner (like we said, twisted). When he learns of this nasty trick, Tereus tries to kill the two sisters, but the Greek gods save them by turning them into birds: Procne into a swallow and Philomela into a nightingale. The irony is that the woman who lost her voice (and her tongue) becomes the bird with one of the most beautiful voices in all of nature.
In "Ode to a Nightingale," Keats wishes to flee from the pressures of the world, kind of like how Philomela escapes from her would-be murderer. He wrote the poem in 1819, while visiting his friend Charles Brown, who later wrote about the morning of its composition:
In the spring of 1819 a nightingale had built her nest near my house. Keats felt a tranquil and continual joy in her song; and one morning he took his chair from the breakfast-table to the grass-plot under a plum-tree, where he sat for two or three hours. When he came into the house, I perceived he had some scraps of paper in his hand, and these he was quietly thrusting behind the books. On inquiry, I found those scraps, four or five in number, contained his poetic feeling on the song of the nightingale. (source)
It always amazes us how some of the most important poems in the English language were scribbled down in a matter of hours! (We should note that some critics have questioned Brown's memory of the event, but it's a good story anyway.)
Keats published his "scraps of paper" in the Annals of the Fine Arts several months later under the title, "Ode to a Nightingale." Had he lived longer, he might have written many more works this good, but, sadly, he died two years later in 1821. But Keats's influence has resonated into the twentieth century on poets like Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, and countless others. If you're a fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice that the title of one his most famous novels, Tender is the Night, comes from this poem. Keats is now considered one of the leading writers of the literary movement known as British Romanticism.
Why Should I Care?
We all have days when it would be nice just to crawl in a hole and leave our troubles behind. Modern life can be stressful, and there is always some new issue or problem to worry about. Moments when you can just be seem pretty rare. So people try to create a little escape from life in different ways: some practice yoga, some go to movies or find a good book, some go hiking, and some turn to more artificial means like alcohol (which we bring up because it's actually central to this poem). But all of these things just calm the worries of the world – they don't actually make them go away. In "Ode to a Nightingale," however, the speaker actually has an out-of-body experience where he leaves his world and enters the realm of…the nightingale!
It's quite a strange poem, actually. The song of the nightingale affects the speaker like a drug, as if he had drunk an entire bottle of wine. This is no metaphor. He just kind of quietly drifts out of normal reality. Like Alice in Wonderland, he's down the rabbit-hole. Like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, he has taken the blue pill (or was it the red pill?). As in these other works, "Ode to a Nightingale" flips our view of what is real and what isn't on its head, so that by the end of the poem the speaker doesn't know whether he's awake or dreaming. Once the nightingale's song lulls him into a stupor, he fades into the atmosphere of a night in the forest, where he can hardly see a thing but can only smell the intoxicating plants around him. The poem gets even stranger when he imagines that he has died and the nightingale is singing at his funeral!
The interesting thing is that, unlike many later poets (ahem, the Beats) and some of his contemporaries (ahem, Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Keats did not need to take drugs to experience mind-altering visions that result in a total shift of perspective. This poem was written totally au naturel. It explores the way certain experiences – a song, a poem, a scene in nature – can make you feel like you have left your day-to-day concerns behind.
Unfortunately for the speaker, he doesn't manage to flee the world forever, and the poem expresses this disappointment, too. "Ode to a Nightingale" doesn't shy away from the hard truth: no matter what method of escape you use, everyone has to return to "real life" eventually, so you're better off finding the life that suits you best.