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My grandmother is a storyteller. She has long, curly, red hair and flowers on her jeans. She looks at you like she knows a secret, and she does. If you think you're too old to sit down and listen to a story from a woman with curly red hair and paint on her shoes, you are taking yourself too seriously. If you believe fairytales are a silly notion that you must abandon in order to become a well-adjusted adult, you are going to make a terrible adult, stunted in imagination and courage.
This is the secret my grandmother knows: there is much more to life than fact. Fairytales can teach us how to be brave in a way that no checklist can. Fictional stories are not a distraction from reality; they are a guide for how to function in our reality. Both the fairytale and our reality are full of pain, fear, and mystery. In The Red Angel, G.K. Chesterton reminds us of the merit of the fairytale, saying, "The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy-tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon…it accustoms him by a series of clear pictures to the idea that these limitless terrors have a limit, that these shapeless enemies have enemies, that these infinite enemies of man have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear."
When was the last time you heard about anyone defeating a dragon? They still exist as they did in your imagination when you were young, but they look different now. They look like racism, exploitation, poverty, human trafficking, mental illness, sexism. The fact that there is, for example, no guaranteed solace for individuals living with severe schizophrenia or no final solution in sight to abolish child sex slavery proves to me that this world is much more insane than anything I've read in a book. And if you think these aren't the dragons you personally are faced with, you are wrong. Fairytales teach us that dragons that plague a land are the responsibility of all who inhabit the land. These dragons are to be defeated, not ignored or tolerated. The heroes we read about in stories aren't just fighting personal dragons; they're fighting dragons that are terrorizing their kingdom. Our favorite heroes—Bilbo, Frodo, Harry, Hermione, The Pevensies—all come to a point where they have to decide whether to stay in their safe part of the world or to pick up a sword or a wand and respond to the evil they see. Regardless of how these heroes feel, the realization comes that their "safe part of the world" won't remain safe much longer if they stay. The real heroes know a person can never truly ignore evil. If he or she does, it will only grow.
Fairytales don't just teach us that we cannot ignore evil, they also show us what slaying a dragon looks like. Slaying dragons is hard. The hero must make a decision that she or he will continue to fight evil each day, even in the mundane or hopeless times. Maybe in our lifetime we will not slay the dragons of poverty or human trafficking, because slaying those dragons might take longer than a lifetime. Maybe defeating evil systems looks like the tiny task of waking up in the morning and deciding to respond to the existence of evil on this earth with something other than despair, bitterness, or complacency. We can wake up in the morning and love the world all over again by partaking in a quiet, consistent faithfulness and hope. Maybe heroism can simply be to love as best we can and hope as best we can, following the Spirit as He makes us aware of the dragons that are in our world and how to respond to them.
Once we find our dragons and begin our fight, fairytales give us a correct view of what victory is. It is difficult to imagine what the final victory for us as Christians will be like. We see small victories all the time: a sick man healed, a broken family restored, a human trafficking victim rehabiliated. While we wait for the final victory wherein Christ restores all things, it is easy to forget the importance of the small tasks on this earth. As readers, we know Voldemort has to be defeated, and we can see which of Harry's actions lead to the defeat of Voldemort. For us, it's more difficult to know the impact of our actions. Living each day in faithfulness to God and with love for our neighbor might not seem like doing anything important at all, but it is this little, daily faithfulness that leads to the true death of the dragon. The historical St. George did not slay a literal dragon: he was martyred in Rome because he refused to renounce Christ. There must have been a thousand opportunities between his conversion and death to choose a different path, but in the face of adversity he continued to choose faithfulness. I wonder if he realized that he was truly slaying the dragon of evil in holding fast to truth until the very end.
This is why fairytales help us in a way that other stories cannot. It is easier to choose love and faithfulness when we see that doing so is a step in the process of defeating dragons. When we can't see the entire picture of reconciliation and restoration that we as God's children get to participate in, the fairytale lets us in on someone else's completed story of reconciliation, and reminds us that our individual lives are part of the story that Christ will complete one day.
At the beginning of Mahabharata, one of the great (initially spoken) Sanskrit epics of ancient India, Vyasa says, "If you listen carefully, at the end you'll be someone else." So I encourage you: if you want to be brave, listen. The stories will change you. The heroes will teach you, and you will be empowered with courage and a hope "that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear."


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Thread: Romney vs Obama?
Re: Romney vs Obama?
fraction of all the points you were proven wrong on.
I just found this which explains what I've been saying for two days about what Mormons actually
believe in Christ. Hope this helps but I'm sure it wont.
What Mormons and Christians believe about salvation
Mormons believe that all men are saved from suffering through Jesus Christ's death on the cross. This thereby states that all men are redeemed from their sin and can all achieve the great reward of heaven.
Christians believe that Jesus Christ, God's son, died on the cross for the world's sins, but there is another very important step. In order to become a Christian, one must accept Jesus Christ as his or her personal Savior. This step is not respected by the Mormons.
That's why the two Mormons walked out of my house. They wouldn't accept Christ which you don't
understand because you won't either.
That's why God will judge you. I'm trying to reach you man, not judge you. I'm probably the last
person you'll ever hear this from before you die. My next door neighbor heard it from me last
summer and accepted Christ. Three weeks later he died of cancer and I was just talking to his
wife this morning about it and she's receptive. He told her what he did.
Last edited by AirFlacco; 04-07-2012 at 02:06 PM.
Re: Romney vs Obama?
Mormons do believe in The Father the son and the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, along with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ, Our Savior
Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and the Son of God. He is our Redeemer
God created both Satan and Jesus, and in that respect, they are brothers. But in that respect, every person who ever lived is a brother or sister to every other person, because we are all children of God. If we are all God's children, then we are siblings to every child of God. It no more demeans Jesus to be Satan's spirit brother than it does for any of us to be related to evil people who have lived on the earth.
You've been wrong about:
Why they don't use the cross.
That they don't believe in the holy trinity
That they don't accept Jesus as their savior
That they don't accept the bible, the just believe the BOM talks about what went on in the rest of the world
That they lock you in a house for 2 weeks to convert you.
You've been right about:
Polygamy as in early practice
That they do baptize the dead (that one is a little weird to me to, but hey who am I to judge)
You say they're Satan worshipers because of the symbols? They mean lots of things to lots of different people. As Solo pointed out about the upside down cross (Which they don't use) And the pentagram which was not associated with Satanism or witchcraft till about the 1600's, so just forget about the symbols
They are not a cult by the original definition (limited number of followers) or the modern (engaging in obscene and harmful practices) you could maybe say the baptizing the dead but that is not harmful, obscene would be up to each individuals opinion.
Last edited by NCRAVEN; 04-07-2012 at 04:54 PM.
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You have no idea what you're talking about. I have dealt with them 1 on 1 in person and they don't
receive Christ. I showed thru yet another link that they don't receive Christ. They believe in him but they
believe he is the brother of Lucifer, another Smith lie. You don't know any of that stuff, not the BOM where you were wrong, not the seering scam, not the golden plates, not the trinity. You had no idea what that was until I told you what they believe in.
No Christian can say they believe in Christ and then say he's Lucifer's brother. Christ came to destroy sin and in Revelation he will destroy Lucifer forever.
In this link they admit they believe they're brothers but once again they deceive saying every Christian believes it. Again John 3:16 says Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. The only one. Jesus was not created as Satan was. Jesus will destroy Lucifer at the end of Revelation.
So once again, NC has no idea what he is talking about and he keeps twisting my words around and lying about what I said.
He has made this personal attacking me. I've used their doctrines, discourses and BOM to back my points up. He can't match that. Just say I'm wrong.
Here's the link of a Mormon admitting they're brothers and no, everyone doesn't believe this. Only them.
He asks how is Christ the only begotten son: BECAUSE GOD SAID SO. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT ABOUT LUCIFER.
Here's another link showing their differences complaint with sources. They do not believe
in the Trinity. They make each one out to be separate. Article of Faith p.35.
Mormons believe "Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers" (Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce McConkie, p. 547).
You haven't proven one thing right. You keep lying about what I said and twisting my words around. I never said they don't believe in the cross. I said they don't believe like we do. They don't accept Christ as Lord and savior. I never said they worshipped Satan, just showed the satanic symbols on their buildings. No one gets into the temple w/o a photo ID.
As a result of your lack of proof on what you say, you have no credibility.
You're the atheist so is doesn't matter to you who goes to heaven because you don't even believe in it.
You've stated before you didn't believe in God.
You said two days ago you were going to quit. You're just arguing over who is right. For the last two days all you could say is I'm so far off.
As my little pal festus said, I'm just gonna be the better man here and let you have the last word. You're arguing like a child and keeping it up after you said you were stopping 2 days ago, just like a child.
I showed why millions of Christians won't vote for Romney because he belongs to a cult and they will keep the GOP from winning yet another election. Ten - 30M Christians won't vote because they believe like me but
I still might vote him if I think he can beat OBY.
Finally, Joseph Smith with his own set of doctrines and even its own book, the Book of Mormon, in addition to the Bible. That by definition is a theological cult."
You've stated before you didn't believe in God and they won't tell you everything they believe until you're locked up in that safe house was like my cousin was in.
You haven't stated anything from their articles of faith, discourses, doctrine or BOM as I
have. You just disagree with me. That's no credibility for you.
I'm gonna have me some real fun and pile on Galen with the rest of the guys.
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Trap you've claimed all kinds of crap where you find obscure links of people that go out of their way to take half-truths and misconceptions to paint Mormons as "A Cult" or "Satan worshipers" e.g."they believe Lucifer and Jesus are brothers" :grbac:
I know many many Mormons, I lived in Utah for 6 months where the population of Mormons is 80%, you don't think I talked about their beliefs? I got some of the information I've provided on this thread FROM a MORMON, have you provided that to me?
I provided you links from their Churches website, PROVING most your claims wrong or that you where misinformed And all you have to come back with is, I don't know what I am talking about - good one
This is why so many people have a hard time with the republican party, because if you don't believe EXACTLY as the hardcore uncompromising religious people do, you're an atheist and going to hell. :grbac:
Unfortunately, people confuse your intolerance with the entire party...
Hey Trap... looks it's Mitt Romney
Last edited by HoustonRaven; 04-08-2012 at 06:16 AM.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Romney vs Obama?
Look above man. I added a link where a Mormon says she believes Christ and Lucifer were brothers and she says all Chrsitians
beleive that - another Mormon deceipt. Here's the quote again from the link and again she says every one does believes
in the Bible. WRONG AGAIN.
Well, yes. We do believe that Jesus Christ and Satan are brothers. But so does anyone who believes in the Bible.
I will also publicly apologize out of our old friendship for saying you were an atheist. I thought I remembered you saying you didn't
believe in God that but can't find it. I have a pretty good memory but I'm not above apologizing if I'm wrong.
So if you are not an atheist, please accept my apology for saying that.
I stand by all other statements complete with links. In at least two situations Mormons did not physically receive Christ
as their Lord and Savior. On the second one, someone did want to but his Mormon friends stopped him. God will hold them
accountable and they will burn in hell for keeping someone from getting saved.
You really should have stopped when you said you were going to 3 days ago.
Last edited by AirFlacco; 04-09-2012 at 02:04 PM.
Re: Romney vs Obama?
Here from the CHURCHES website on this issue.
The Apostle Paul wrote that God is the Father of all. This means that all intelligent beings were created by God and are His spirit children. Christ alone, however, is the only begotten Son of God, the Savior and Redeemer of mankind.
God created both Satan and Jesus, and in that respect, they are brothers. But in that respect, every person who ever lived is a brother or sister to every other person, because we are all children of God. If we are all God's children, then we are siblings to every child of God. It no more demeans Jesus to be Satan's spirit brother than it does for any of us to be related to evil people who have lived on the earth.
You guys practicing an Abbott and Costello routine?
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Re: Romney vs Obama?
Of course the Mormon site says that. That's what I've been saying And that Mormon site is wrong because the Bible doesn't say they are brothers - PERIOD!
God created everyone and everything. That does not mean they are brothers.
Re: Romney vs Obama?
You're exactly right Galen. This looks like their comedy routine.He said he was done a long time ago. Even sent me a PM that he was done but wanted me to edit or apologize so I did the Christian thing and apologized. That's probably the only Christian act on the thread.
Now I apologize to the entire forum for getting baited into this crap. We had this discussion on SCOUT years ago and it was nothing
like this.
I thought we were done. This is why I made the statement I did. He's defending what they believe. I was wrong but thats why I did it.
We did God a dis-service on this thread. May God have mercy on our souls.
Like my wise brother always says, why even argue about it.
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Re: Romney vs Obama?
Of course, your boys hatred of God and religion and a certain's one's hatred for me enters the
I tried to joke along with Galen and admitted I should have stayed out of it.
BTW Galen - why didn't you counter Stinger's chart and his statement how you cherry
pick. Hmmmmmmm.
Instead you just rip us. It's easier to do.
Talk about a comedy routine, your own profession doesn't respect you.
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Anyone who can breed snorlax contact me. Let's work something out
Anyone who can breed snorlax contact me. Let's work something out
Black 2 trader1679-2590-2393
looking for a snorlax or munchlax any gender idealy level 40 or below only just started white so dont have a lot to offer i'm at mistralton city in the story
white : 4213-3084-0985
have munchlax to breed. let me know what you have and you can have one
adamant DW 31/31/31/31/31/29
I breed iv's upon request. What i have in stock: pm me for a detailed list
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I am currently on the hunt for a Lansat Berry and a Starf Berry. I can offer an untouched Winner's Path Selfdestructing Munchlax (of which I am the Original Trainer); a Phione and/ or a Spiritomb (I'd be happy to trade both as a pair); most of the starters; Pokerus; some bred Dream World females; or something else. Please PM me if you can assist.
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Access to all main-series games, as well as to all compatible GameCube and Wii titles
--> Happy to help with activities exclusive to a specific title, such as Bank Balls, tutor moves, and more
Access to all available breedable Hidden Ability Pokemon
--> All reasonable Hidden Ability breeding requests honored
Access to: 2 Complete Ditto Nature Sets (Y, Omega Ruby)--> Able to breed any Pokemon with any nature and/ or 0 IV stat value
1 Complete Ditto 0 IV Stat Set
Need a Snorlax (Male). No hacks please. I would breed one myself, but I believe I need a Snorlax itself to start. Wanting to EV train this bad boy
Preferably it would have CAREFUL nature and Thick Fat ability. If it knows Whirlwind that would be a huge bonus !
I have Black 1 and 2. I have many Pokemon of interest, ill see what you would want. I can give any item you may need. I also have the PKRS virus.
I will post my FC if you can help me out. Feel free to reply here, or PM me, or Skype me at The-Nintendo-Master (I will be on all day)
I need a snorlax with the egg move curse and carefull nature.
I will trade level 100 Pokemon, ev trained Pokemon, legendary Pokemon, shiny Pokemon, or event Pokemon .
I am looking for either a Snorlax or a Munchlax. Any level or move-set will do fine. I apologize as I do not have much in the way of trading, however I believe we can negotiate. PM me if you are interested.
Want a Munchlax that's able to blow itself up into little pieces in the faces of your enemies?
These ones have SELFDESTRUCT.
That's right--a self-destructing Munchlax. Just you think about that.
They're Careful natured with the ability Thick Fat, and also have moves Curse, Counter, and Fire Punch. They're Pokerus infected also.
PM me if interested. If you're reading this, I still have them available!
White 2 FC: 4299 2167 6840
Spoiler:- needs/haves:
Egg moves or DWF which I don't have are always appreciated. :-)
Have FREE starters:
Egg Moves (PM for info):
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I have a few male Selfdestructing Munchlax up for trade, all of which have a flawless Attack stat. In exchange, I am looking for any three evolution stones for one.
Resources and Related Services:
5 complete Living Pokedexes (Platinum, White, White 2, Y, Omega Ruby)
1 complete Regional Pokedex (Ruby)
--> Available for complimentary Pokedex entry trading, or for past Generation breeding
Access to all main-series games, as well as to all compatible GameCube and Wii titles
--> Happy to help with activities exclusive to a specific title, such as Bank Balls, tutor moves, and more
Access to all available breedable Hidden Ability Pokemon
--> All reasonable Hidden Ability breeding requests honored
Access to: 2 Complete Ditto Nature Sets (Y, Omega Ruby)--> Able to breed any Pokemon with any nature and/ or 0 IV stat value
1 Complete Ditto 0 IV Stat Set
Trade completed.
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Black 2 friendcode: 2237-7532-7281
I'm currently looking for Unown Q in Pokemon X/Y. I can give you anything that's breedable in return, including hidden abilities. Please PM me if you can help me out!
I have the following events for trade:
Dream Radar Giratina Lv.5 w/ Telepathy
PokeWalker Munchlax Lv.5 w/ Selfdestruct
Japanese Arceus Lv.100 w/ Roar Of Time, Spacial Rend, Shadow Force, Judgement (not 100% sure if legit)
WIN2013 Keldeo Lv.50 Resolute Forme
Plasma Deoxys Lv.100
SPR2012 Zekrom Lv.100
DW Banette Lv.37 w/ Cursed Body
FEB2012 Mewtwo LV.70 w/ Electro Ball
DW Arceus Lv.100
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Anyone have a self-destructing male Munchlax for trade? PM me to work out a deal. I have a lot of DWF and items I can get for you.
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Pokeradar: Swirlix, Skiddo, Furfrou, Trevenant Inkay Hawlucha
Friend Safari: Klefki Vivillon
MM: ~713 eggs; Sylveon ~200 eggs; 270 eggs; 294 eggs Froakie 490 eggs
Black 2 MM Shinies: 132 eggs; 229 eggs
Does anyone by chance happen to have a legit DWF Munchlax or Snorlax that they would be willing to trade and/or breed. I have several DWF Pokemon that I would be willing to offer up. I have the following DWF pokemon that I can breed and trade:
and Ralts
Looking for a Munchlax. Would prefer female or with self-destruct but will take any.
I don't have much but I can breed some non-6 gen starters. PM me
Hello I am looking for a Munchlax please give me a offer
I'm looking for a female of the first form of this Pokémon with their hidden ability. I can breed a few other DWFs. And I can breed any Pokémon with egg moves. PM if you want to make a deal.
Looking for a Munchlax any kind honestly please contact me if you have one
need for pokedex completion have all unova pokemon and a couple of rare dwf like dwf dragnoire, dwf poliwag, dwf vulpix, dragnoir with extreme speed ect. pm if interested
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If I have traded you a hacked pokemon then tell me immediately and I will trade it back, no questions asked. I no not accept trade backs after a day has passed. Black 2 fc: 2409 6868 9361 ps. i can only trade during weekens unless its a holiday/school break
looking for a self-destruct munchlax or snorlax for breeding or an egg with the move self-destruct
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I'm looking for a legit munchlax or snorlax. Dont care about the rest.
Please pm me what you want .
Looking for a snorlax for dex completion.
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looking for a dw f munchslax
I have DW Dratini + extremespeed and 31 iv's in two stats;DW Gligar;DW Banette;DW Hippopotas;DW poliwag+hydro pump;[COLOR="#ADD8E6"]DW Vulpix;reg Lapras;Aron;Diglett+Pokerus;Exeggcute; Beldum;Smoochum;Mamoswine;Lucario;Zubat;Hoppip;Hou ndour;Buizel;Sheildon;Lickatung; Mawile;Lunatone;Trapinch;Staryu;Growlithe;Tryogue; Gastly; Eevee; Happiny;smeargle;Ariados;/COLOR];Marill;Combee;Drifloon;Deinowants.. DW Abra; DW Natu; Ralts;Forieghn Ditto; tm psychic,thunderbolt;Blizzard; Rare Candy;
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Sugar Rush: Letter from Cape TownBy Anna Hartford
Grand West Casino is decorated in the theme of "Cape Town's Maritime Tradition." A tradition which involves, for the most part, magenta skies painted on oppressively low ceilings, so that your subconscious incessantly implores you to hunch. At Grand West you may gamble or ice skate or play miniature golf or watch a show. We've arrived—my sister and I—for option four. I've option foured here a few times, most often with regret. South Africans have a certain obsequious gratitude when it comes to international acts (a holdover, I assume, from three decades of cultural boycotts), so that we now seem to provide palliative care for washed up music careers the world over, one rung above, or perhaps below, the cruise ship circuit. In the last few years we've offered our gushy services to Helmut Lotti, Belinda Carlisle, Gladys Knight, Roxette, and, incessantly, Michael Learns to Rock.
But not tonight. Tonight isn't the usual Southern Hemisphere rent-a-crowd. Quite the opposite. Because tonight we're here for the grand reunion of the guru and his gurees: it's Wednesday, February 20, and Rodriguez is on his first tour of South Africa since all the hullabaloo around Searching for Sugar Man. Letterman hullabaloo, Leno hullabaloo, iTunes hullabaloo, Oscars hullabaloo. They say the first audience at Sundance was laughing and sobbing and talking in tongues. What a story; what a man. Stoic. Poet. Prophet. Maybe a bit of an alcoholic, rumor has it, but who isn't? I tell you, as a South African, to finally see him get international recognition … it's pretty irritating, actually. Read More


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Study: Most Americans are unhappy at work
Only 30 percent of American employees feel engaged or inspired at their jobs and the vast majority of U.S. workers -- 70 percent -- are not reaching their full potential, a Gallup study concluded.
The 2013 State of the American Workplace Report estimates that widespread disinterest and unhappiness in the office is not only affecting company performance, but is costing the U.S. $450 billion to $550 billion a year.
Through thousands of questionnaires sent to employees, Gallup determined whether America's 100 million full-time workers were "engaged," "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" at their jobs.
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best feature: lots of space
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- improve front elevation
- remake entry
- open up public rooms
Hands-down, the split-level owns the title of architects' least favorite house to remodel. "It's a difficult type to work with because it's so poorly constructed, and the room sizes are way too small," says Lane Williams, AIA, a Seattle architect who says he tries to avoid split-levels. This house type is plagued by some of the same quality-of-construction issues as the ranch, from which it evolved as a method of gaining space and privacy and handling hillside sites. But it contains its own particular set of design challenges.
The entry to many split-levels, for example, dumps guests in front of two stairwells the minute they step in the front door. "You walk into a stairway that gives you a mixed message," says Sarah Susanka. "It's the thing people dislike most about split-levels—should I go up or down? You have to add on more entryway to build a message about where to go." Widespread tactics include adding mudrooms and vestibules to the foyer or using interesting detailing to emphasize one set of stairs over the other. And adding or extending a front stoop gives the entry more of an exterior presence. Once they get further into the house, split-level dwellers also complain about an isolated feeling from one room to another. As a remedy, Robert Gerloff suggests removing the walls between the main living spaces, instead using an island to separate the kitchen from the living and dining room.
Many architects also use the cost-effective front-stoop maneuver to improve the split-level's much-maligned street elevation. For example, Wentworth Levine, a Washington, D.C.–area design/build firm, recently transformed a standard split by simply removing its ill-proportioned shutters and building a small, covered front porch. More dramatic adjustments work too, when the budget and client allow. Chicago architect Ellen Bailey Dickson, AIA, enveloped her own split-level in Tudor-style gables of shingles and stone, rendering it unrecognizable—and much more attractive.
Despite the home's interior and exterior problems, it does have some redeeming qualities. Its popularity among buyers in the 1960s and '70s wasn't for nothing. "For my money, the split-level has a dynamic, almost voluptuous, spatial arrangement," says Neal Payton, AIA, of Torti Gallas & Partners in Silver Spring, Md. It packs a large amount of square footage into a relatively small footprint, something growing families appreciate. As prices in close-in suburbs inch toward the stratosphere, split-levels are often the only house types left that younger buyers can afford. Whether architects like it or not, the split-level may be the "it" remodel of the future.
project: Straus Residence, Daly City, Calif.
architect: Locus Architecture, San Francisco
general contractor: Hong Lee Construction, San Francisco
project size before: 1,317 square feet
project size after: 2,375 square feet
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"We the People" – Need Information!
June 18th, 2010
In honor of the upcoming July 4th holiday, let's take a moment to consider the role we play as citizens in shaping our government. Martha Gellhorn, an American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent, once said "Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it." Of course, that opinion is up to you, but your local library can help you to become informed and to establish your viewpoint by connecting you with vital information.
All libraries collect and offer information on their county and local town governments, from copies of the Town Code and newsletters to financial reports and important notices. Our website contains a wealth of information on local government and issues. Click on the "Your Community" tab in green at the top of this page, and you'll be connected with an extensive Guide to Government Officials. This helpful guide lists the names and contacts of all relevant political officials from your mayor to the president, including a listing of county and state agencies. You'll also find a section on "News and Issues" here, which links you to numerous credible sources representing all sides of the debate on such local topics such as BRAC, growth and development, and forms of county government (an issue that's up for debate again in November's county elections; for more on this topic, check out our DVD titled Forms of County Government, available at all libraries.) Last, citizen journalism in the county has been on the rise in recent years, and this section of the website provides a listing of various Cecil County blogs on everything from local politics to entertainment and culture.
Several towns in Cecil County recently held their annual elections. Learning election results or the next election's date no longer requires a visit to town hall – every town in the county has a website with this information and more. A basic internet search will usually guide you directly to your town's site. Our county's official government website includes information on a multitude of topics, including recent commissioner's decisions, public notices, meetings and events, and a link to the online version of the County Code, to name a few of its features.
Many of us already use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with friends and family, but did you know that many local political candidates, government organizations, and non-profits also use these sites to connect with their communities? So, the next time you're filtering through friend requests and catching up on postings to your wall, consider exploring what your district's commissioner candidate has to say about the future of the county (and let them know what you think, too!).
All of this now said, where do you go to get information about issues that affect your community?
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has applied for and achieved designation from the Department of Education as a Title III & Title V -Minority Serving Institution (MSI) in December of 2012. In order to qualify for this designation, institutions must meet specific primary indicators that include diversity of the student body by race and ethnicity and students qualifying for federal assistance under Federal Pell Grant, Federal College Work Study, Federal Perkins Loan or Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant. Officially UNLV meets the requirements as an Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and is an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).
What does this mean for UNLV? We can now compete for new grants under Title III & Title V but in order to be competitive, we must be able to show institutional commitment and support for these student populations.
Campus Conversations
There will be four conversations held through February and March to ensure that campus stakeholders are engaged and provide input into the development of the strategic plan to support MSI implementation and sustainability.
Event Times and Locations:
- Friday, March 22 - Students/Faculty/Staff SEB 1243 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
- Friday, April 5 - Student/Faculty/Staff BEH 241 Noon – 1:30 p.m.


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Alshon Jeffery Scouting Report
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2012 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
Jeffery is a physical specimen at 6'4'' and 229 pounds. He runs around a 4.50 in the 40-yard dash and has been clocked as fast as 4.46 from that distance. His combination of size and speed is without a doubt NFL material, which is why he left early. Red flags, though, have started to creep up. He disappointed at the NFL combine and scouts are becoming concerned with Jeffery's work ethic and potential weight issues. Once thought to be the second receiver off the board in the first round behind Justin Blackmon, Jeffery has seen his stock slide. Look for him to be selected late in the second round or early in the third later this month.
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firstname.lastname@example.com 02/21/12 06:38 PM
Prediction: Late 1st / Early 2nd
Came into combine and didn't do anything but get sized up and even failed that part. Listed even on this site as 6'3" but came in UNDER 6'2". He was 6'1" and some change. Still the red flag talk about that ejection in the bowl I don't see as being a problem, the CB and him were getting physical all game and the CB finally took an outright swing at Jeffery. He fought back but never threw an actual punch and in my opinion didn't deserve to get booted.
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houston if they dont get wright
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I don't think it matters what time period is being investigated – people love a spy story. I know I do! So when I ran across this site, Spy Letters of the American Revolution, I knew without a doubt that I wanted to share it with all of you – if only so I could make time to completely check it out myself. This site has it all: secret code, invisible ink, captured letters, and more!
I think you could start navigating the site anywhere you want. I started by reading the letters themselves in the Gallery of Letters, but quickly moved into the Stories of Spies and Letters because I really wanted the whole picture. I started with Rachel Revere to Paul Revere (Take the Money and Run) and then just used the Next Story link at the bottom of the section to navigate through the rest of the stories.
I found the experience to be very interactive because there are links in the stories that you can click to find out more information. For example, in Take the Money and Run there is a link to Benjamin Church, which provides more information on him (he was actaully a spy for the British!) which really makes the stories you're reading full of interesting tidbits.
Another fun way to browse the site would be to use the Timeline, and follow the events as they happened chronologically. This provides you an opportunity to check out the fascinating images of portraits, landscapes, etc. from the time period. Or you could just check out the People section, and view each person alphabetically (don't forget to check out the women who were spies as well).
This is an awesome historical site, I hope you'll be as captivated by it as I was!
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Feminism | Posted by Helen H on 05/20/2010
Belgian Burqa Ban
I just read an article about the vote in Belgium that led to a nationwide ban of wearing burqas in public.
On one hand, I can see where people who are for the ban are coming from. The burqa does have a lot of stigma both within and without Muslim culture. It's one of the more ambiguous Islamic concepts, and it's hotly debated. Some Muslims believe it's mandatory, others believe it's just an option, and others still think it's absurd. Personally I don't think it's a particularly liberating piece of clothing and I don't expect I'll ever wear one.
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President Clinton Honors Leadership of Three GSA Senior Executives
October 13, 2000
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC�Three members of the Senior Executive Service at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have received the 2000 Presidential Rank Award. This honor salutes the government's top executives for leadership efforts in federal programs essential to the nation's welfare. Winners of this prestigious award have demonstrated their ability to lead a government that delivers great service, fosters partnerships and community solutions to achieve results, and continuously pushes itself to get the job done more effectively and efficiently.
There are two categories of awards, Distinguished Executives and Meritorious Executives. Award winners are chosen through a rigorous selection process. They are nominated by their agency heads, evaluated by boards of private citizens, and approved by the President.
The 2000 Presidential Rank Award for a Distinguished Executive was given to Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator for Governmentwide Policy (OGP). Mr. Wagner is the senior career official leading efforts of the Executive Branch in working with other federal agencies to develop, advocate and evaluate policies and guidelines for establishing service contracts and for acquiring, managing, and disposing of the real estate, supplies, furniture, computers, tools and equipment that federal employees need to do their jobs. OGP, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, also develops policy and guidelines for travel and transportation services, for electronic commerce and for smart cards.
The other two GSA senior executives won the 2000 Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executives. They are:
Woody L. Landers, the Assistant Regional Administrator for the Federal Supply Service (Greater Southwest region) in Ft. Worth, TX. Mr. Landers leads a logistics organization that spans 11 states, directing a workforce of 508 employees and 149 contract staff members. This includes an acquisition center that produces sales in excess of $800 million; a fleet management function which operates 37,000 vehicles, a product distribution center with annual sales of $145 million, and an excess/surplus property function which redistributes or sells property valued at several million dollars annually for the federal government.
Paul F. Prouty, the Assistant Regional Administrator for the Public Buildings Service (Rocky Mountain Region) in Denver, CO. Mr. Prouty is responsible for 375 employees servicing over 400 buildings with 16 million square feet of space, housing 45,000 federal employees in six states, and manages an annual budget totaling over $400 million.
The Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive may be awarded to 1 percent of the approximately 6,000 career members of the SES. This rank carries with it a cash award of 35 percent of the executive's base salary. The Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive may be given to 5 percent of the career SES and includes a cash award of 20 percent of base pay. Awards for Distinguished Executive were given in 2000 to 53 career members of the government's Senior Executive Service (SES); 287 career SES members received the rank of Meritorious Executive.


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Known primarily for its Shakespeare collection, the Folger supports research on all aspects of British and European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. The Folger holds the largest collection—outside the UK—of early English books printed before 1640, including 116,000 books printed from 1475 to 1800, manuscripts, and art and film collections.
Two NEH fellowships carrying stipends of up to $50,000 are available for 2016-2017.


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GSA Co-Sponsors Telework Conference
September 13, 2001
Bond R. Faulwell, 816-926-7217
KANSAS CITY, MO. -- The General Services Administration (GSA) is a cosponsor of the 2001 Working Ahead of the Curve: Telework! conference, to be presented here Sept. 23-25 by the International Telework Association & Council (ITAC), in conjunction with the International Facility Management Association's World Workplace conference.
During the conference at the Kansas City Convention Center, GSA will sponsor and host a Federal Telework Issues Roundtables session -- for Federal agency representatives only. The session will focus on assessing the performance of remote workers, telework tools, IT issues and Federal agency case studies to help implement, refine, and expand Federal telework programs. For conference information, please visit http://www.telecommute.org.
As a long-time proponent of teleworking, GSA supports the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) lead role to implement to the October 2000 law.
"The October 2000 law requires each Federal agency to establish a policy under which eligible employees of the agency may participate in telework to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance," said David Bibb, GSA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Real Property. "The law requires that this policy be applied to 25 percent of the Federal workforce each year until 100 percent of the eligible workforce is offered the opportunity to telework."
Recently, GSA and OPM developed a one-stop telework website at http://www.telework.gov. In the last year, Federal employee use of GSA's 15 telework centers in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has increased by 11 percent.


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Arriving at Wine Focus rather late but busy doing bird surveys in S Alberta these past few weeks!
14% alc, $26 Cdn, dried out natural cork, no oak, soil is rocky calcareous. Staff at deVines said "try this one Bob". Glad I did, different and enjoyable. Went well with pork scallopini and herbed courgettes.
Color. Very pale gold.
Nose. Bread, apple, pear. Could not find the garlic appeal that this wine is known for! Day 2 I found trace of freshly peeled onion.
Palate. Initially thought some oak here, mistaken! Lemon, apple, hint of unripe pear. Not too tropical, nice finish appeals. Medium-bodied, lengthy, elegant, spice. Was not so good on day 2 however. Interesting effort here however. All chard drinkers should try this!


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August 16, 2012 -- Northwestern Oklahoma State University students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the start of the fall semester at the Holler Back Breakfast Monday, Aug. 20, outside the Student Center on the Alva campus. The Northwestern Foundation and Alumni Association staff will begin serving free doughnuts and coffee at 7:45 a.m.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University alumni and friends are invited to wear school colors to A Red Tie Affair on the campus of Northwestern Woodward Tuesday, March 8. The Greater Woodward Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Task Force will host a reception for alumni and friends in the LaVern Phillips Executive Conference Room at 6:45 p.m. before attendees enjoy a special 7:30 p.m. performance by the University Singers and University Chorale.
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association is now accepting nominations for its Outstanding Graduate program. Nominees must be a former student who has demonstrated recognizable accomplishment in his or her profession, business, avocation or service in a way that brings pride and honor to Northwestern.
Five Northwestern Oklahoma State University students will compete Oct. 31 for the Miss Northwestern title during the Miss Northwestern and Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant.
Miss Northwestern Pageant committee members encourage Northwestern Oklahoma State University women, 17-24 years of age, to submit applications by Friday, Oct. 8, in order to be a part of the Miss Northwestern Pageant this year, planned for Sunday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. in Herod Hall Auditorium.
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association will play host to two reunions for alumni on Friday, Sept. 24. The Ranger Legends Reunion will be for graduates from the 50's through the 70's at the Moose Lodge, and the Ranger Rewind Reunion will be for graduates from the 80's to the present and will take place at the Nite Lite.
The deadline to register for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association's Alaskan cruise is approaching on Jan. 29. Lizabeth Richey, alumni director, is leading the eight-day tour June 18 through June 25, which includes Alaskan port stops in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Icy Straight Point/Glacier Bay National Park.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Across Country, Sheriffs Take Aim at New Gun Laws
(NEWSER) – Across the country, sheriffs continue to oppose new gun laws, with some refusing to enforce them and others just making them a low priority. In Colorado,sheriffs are actively fighting laws requiring background checks and limiting magazines to 15 rounds: In May, 55 of 62 elected sheriffs signed a federal lawsuit arguing against the measures' constitutionality, the New York Timesreports. Meanwhile, sheriffs in New York, California, Florida, and Kentucky are among those who have opposed gun-control measures.


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Chicago United Hoops Classic Southside vs Westside
Chicago United Ventures LLC
Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
3rd Annual Chicago United Hoops Classic Southside vs Westside featuring the top 24 High School Seniors in Chicago. Event sponsored by Nike, New Era, CorePower, Solo Noir, WorldSport. Event partners include CPS, Mayor's Office, Trending Report, Swank Publishing PR, Sharbel Shamoon, Wyide Open Sports Media. Game is focused to help the violence in the community by promoting non violence through basketball.
Game Features: Lifetime Achievement Award to Sonny Parker, No.1 High School Receiver Laquon Treadwell on South Team, Scoop Jackson, Bears and Bulls Players in attendance, Ronnie Fields keynote Speaker, DJ Mustafa Rocks of Power 92.3, Chicago Sky, T-Shirt Give Aways.
When & Where
Ratner Center University of Chicago
5530 S Ellis Ave
Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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Apparently there was a rainbow that appeared in New York after the hurricane went through last week. A rational person would find this neither surprising nor necessary to explain — when the sun comes out after it rains, you get rainbows — but David Jesse, a "men's ministry speaker," wrote an article at the Christian Post called Making Sense of the Rainbow Across NYC After Superstorm Sandy. His explanation is exactly as ridiculous as you might imagine:
An image came across my computer screen on Tuesday morning that reminded me of the love expressed by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26) and that Apostle Peter speaks of in 2 Peter 3:9. It was a picture of New York City on the morning after the devastating floods of Hurricane Sandy. As the sun rose, God placed a rainbow above the skyline of the city. As soon as I saw it, I was reminded of what the rainbow symbolizes…
So on Tuesday morning, God reminded Himself of His promise never to flood the entire earth again. He reminded Himself that His love and mercy must prevail; that He longs to give humanity another chance.
Wait. He was reminding himself? Is he forgetful? Does he not remember what he supposedly said a few thousand years ago? Does he have (very) late-onset Alzheimer's?
That image of the rainbow above New York City was contrasted in my mind with other images from the night before of the World Trade Center site being overwhelmed as the waters from Sandy surged over the island of Manhattan…
So again, as I was watching the video of the floodwaters pouring into the Ground Zero site, I was fearful and saddened by our continuous refusal to understand that these events are continuing to happen as a result of God's love and mercy and desire to see us repent, so that a greater tragedy and judgment is averted.
This is such a bizarre conception of God, though entirely consistent with the Bible. It's God as an abusive husband who alternates between beating his wife and telling her how much he loves her and he wouldn't have to keep beating her if she would just do what he tells her to do. Praise the lord? No thanks.


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Canon EF 100mm f/2 USM review: a classic never diesFriday September 07 2012 Lens Review
Canon's EF 100mm f/2 USM dates back to the early 1990s, making it one of the camera maker's more veteran lenses. But don't let its age fool you, the lens' continuing popularity among professional and amateur photographers alike proves a classic never dies.
Shooters are attracted to the lens' affordable price tag of about $440 (USD), medium focal-length, and super wide aperture of f/2 – these combined qualities have made it a must-have portrait lens for beginners.
The lens' staying power among professionals is aided by its reputation for producing high quality images, a widely held assumption proved true during testing at DxOMark.
Canon EF 100mm f/2 USM lens performance
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Affordable. Light. Compact. And a classic. The two-decade-old Canon EF 100mm f/2 USM is a popular lens known for producing high quality images. Its wide aperture and medium focal length make this Canon product ideal for newbie photographers looking to enhance their portfolio with a portrait lens.
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A much ignored gem of a lens
The colour saturation & sharpness exceed even the 90mm tilt shift.
It's small size and totally usable f2.0 make this lens a gem and best of all it's not that expensive.
Hard to find used but if you can it is a steal.
This lens is not 'new' or trendy or an impressive lump of glass but you will love the results and the ease of use.
Added by AaronMC | September 07 , 2012
Canon's Medium and Telephoto Lenses Have Always Been Good
No one can accuse Canon of not having good medium to long telephoto lenses. Their super-telephoto are probably the best in the business. The problem has always been their wide-angle.


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If it were a novel, people would criticize the plot for being too far-fetched – thriving colonies disappear overnight without leaving a trace, the bodies of the victims are never found. Only in this case, it's not fiction: It's what's happening to fully a third of commercial beehives, over a million colonies every year. Seemingly healthy communities fly off never to return. The queen bee and mother of the hive is abandoned to starve and die.
Mystery of the disappearing bees: Solved!
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Rainbow: A View on the Rhine from Dunkholder Vinyard, of Ostersprey and Feltzen below Bosnart
Joseph Mallord William Turner
English, 1775-1851
Rainbow: A View on the Rhine from Dunkholder Vinyard, of Ostersprey and Feltzen below Bosnart, ca. 1819
Watercolor applied with brush with scraped highlights
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Turner was trained as a topographical watercolor artist, and throughout his life watercolors remained integral to the development of his work. This is one of three designs for a book commission of engraved Rhine River views, but because another similar project was published before Turner's the series was never completed. Here, Turner brilliantly portrayed a rainbow brightening a saturated sky at a wide bend in the Rhine. Windblown figures in the foreground accentuate the stormy atmosphere. Turner created highlights in the foreground by scraping away the watercolor, and he formed the rainbow by wiping pigment from the sky, probably with a cloth, to reveal the white of the paper. The long title (with Boppard misspelled as Bosnart) accompanied the work at its only showing during Turner's life, in 1823.


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B2 [ C or U ] in some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country:
She was elected to Parliament in 1997.
› [ C ] a particular period of time during which a parliament is operating, between either holidays or elections
More examples
- There are two chambers in the British parliament - the House of Commons is the lower chamber, and the House of Lords is the upper chamber.
- If there were as many women as there are men in parliament, the situation would be very different.
- The opposition leader led a very forceful attack on the government in parliament this morning.
- When a bill is passed in parliament it becomes law.
- After 30 years in the political arena, our local member of parliament is retiring next year.
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At Hearty Roots we grow a wide variety of fresh vegetables, and a few fruits. Through our practice of regenerative farming, we strive to increase the fertility of the land for future generations. We grow food without the use of any chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
Our farm is diversified in many ways, and this is reflected in the large number of varieties of produce that we plant. Click here for a list of what varieties we will be planting this season.


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<changes_location> can be several types of paths, it can be a file(loop file to be exact with a filesystem), a directory or a device. Paths can be specified using the /dev/XXX/Some/Path convention, where /dev/XXX is a valid filesystem device which has /Some/Path on it. An alternative way to specify the changes location is using /mnt/XXX instead of /dev/XXX, but internally /mnt/XXX is converted to /dev/XXX so there is no reason to specify it that way. Also we can just specify the device, /dev/XXX or /mnt/XXX (the conversion mentioned above is also done). We can specify the file: /dev/XXX/changes_file or /dev/XXX/Some/Path/changes_files. A neat feature of the system enables you to omit the device and just specify the path(changes=/Some/Path or changes=/Some/Path/changes_file), BackTrack will automatically try to find the path on all available devices, trying first on the boot source. The path/file specified should be a posix compatible file system, although fat32 could be used(using the posixovl system overlay) but currently there are problems with mounting. Here are some examples:
One very important note, all the paths specified must have a directory called changes created in them, otherwise it will fail, this include the loop file! Example:changes=/dev/sda1/
A simple way of creating a loop file is the following:changes=/dev/sda1/BTChanges/
Note the before last command, we are creating the mandatory changes directory!dd if=/dev/zero of=/Path/To/changes_file bs=1024 count=<SIZE of File>
mkfs.ext2 /Path/To/changes_file
mount –o loop /Path/To/changes_file /tmp
mkdir /tmp/changes/
umount /tmp
I've been talking about modules, but I haven't really explained where they are usually located, or where one should place their newly created modules. Well at the root of the CD image, there is a BT3 folder, this is where all the files of the OS are stored.
As I said the base and modules directories are loaded at boot time, base first modules second. Then if the load=SomeModueName kernel parameter is appended at boot time, that module located in the BT3/optional directory is also loaded. Here is a example of loading the cubez.zlm module(which is located in the optional directory) - this is a extract of boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg file:BT3/base - contains all modules of the base root filesystem.
BT3/modules – contains all modules that customize and add new features, every module in this directory is loaded.
BT3/optional – contains other modules that are not loaded automatically at boot time unless, specified with the load=XXXX kernel parameter.
BT3/rootcopy – directory tree which is copied on top of the base filesystem after all modules have been loaded
Then all the files from the BT3/rootcopy are copied into the live root filesystem.LABEL cubez
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (Compiz) - Experimental
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw chexpand=256 load=cubez autoexec=xconf;cubez;startx
If for some reason you have a module which wasn't loaded at boot time and you want to load it, you have 2 command line utilities for that: activate and uselivemod. Both commands do exactly the same thing with on little exception, the activate command after it loads the module into the filesystem, it the checks the /etc/rc.d/ directory for any files that module has added, and if it finds a executable script it executes it with start as it's argument. If you want to remove a loaded module, rmlivemod is available to do just that.
Now how do we create those modules you may ask… Well we have 3 commands to create a module and 1 command to extract a modules to a directory. Here are the 3 commands:
And here is the command to extract those modules to directories:dir2lzm – converts a directory into a module
deb2lzm – converts a debian package into a module
tgz2lzm – converts a slackware TGZ package into a module
These commands are pretty self explanatory….. There is also 2 utilities that these 3 commands use, it's good to now that they exist:lzm2dir - converts a lzm module into a directory structure
mksquashfs – create a squashfs filesystem from a directory/ies
unsquashfs – copy files/directories from squashfs filesystem to directory
The Linux Live scripts and boot process
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University of Nebraska on the roll with new billboards
- 10/22/2003
What: Showcasing new rolling ad campaign for University of Nebraska
When: 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2003
Where: Qwest Convention Center, 455 N. 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
The trucks will pull up at the west side of the Convention Center, into a cutout lane parallel to 10th street in front of the Convention Center. There is a parking lot to the west.
Who: University President L. Dennis Smith, University Foundation President Terry Fairfield, and Crete Carrier chairman Duane Acklie will be available to show the trucks and talk about the rolling billboard campaign.
Contact: Sharon Stephan, NU director of marketing (402) 472-7554
The University of Nebraska will roll out a new advertising campaign Friday –on 18 wheels.
As part of an innovative national promotion, the university has partnered with Crete Carrier Corporation to create a small fleet of "rolling billboards" –that is, 53-foot semi-trailers with mural-like University of Nebraska advertising on the sides.
The gigantic billboards will be seen rolling on interstate highways between Kansas City and Omaha and on freeways and Highways in all the lower 48 states. The huge vibrant visuals and messages tout the university's "Pioneering New Frontiers" campaign and promote pioneering successes in personal student achievements, life-saving cancer research and innovative technology.
The rolling ad promotion uses a cutting-edge advertising medium that is unique for universities, according to university marketing director Sharon Stephan.
Three of the trailers are ready to roll this weekend and two will be showcased Friday at the University of Nebraska Foundation's annual meeting at Quest Convention Center in Omaha. University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, University of Nebraska Foundation President Terry Fairfield, and Crete Carrier Corporation chairman Duane Acklie will be on hand to talk about the promotion and display the new trailers at the 1:30 p.m. media availability.


text: I am looking into some of the iAd functionality that Unity provides and I was wondering if this is all I have to call in order to have iAd into my game. I know that I have to setup the iAd in the apple development section, but is this all I have to call in Unity to display it? Code (csharp): private var banner : ADBannerView = null; function ShowBanner() { while (!banner.loaded banner.error == null) yield; if (banner.error == null) banner.Show(); else banner = null; } function OnGUI() { GUI.enabled = (banner == null ? true : false); if (GUILayout.Button("Show Banner")) { banner = new ADBannerView(); banner.autoSize = true; banner.autoPosition = ADPosition.Bottom; StartCoroutine(ShowBanner()); } } I wouldn't use a button to display the ad but is this the only call I need to make?


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'The Sabres have yet to stitch the widely respected captain's "C" onto a jersey all season. That could change now that Tuesday's trade deadline has passed, making it a virtual lock that center Michael Peca won't be a Sabre this season . . . and quite possibly ever.'
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The Organizational Zone (O-Zone) is a branch of Student Activities at Tarleton State University. The O-Zone is dedicated to helping student organizations through offering support with publicity and paperwork, and providing a workspace for organizations to meet and make banners or work on event planning.
The O-Zone offers a variety of services for existing organizations ranging from banner making to flyer printing to assistance with contract writing and negotiations for student organizations. Students looking to join an organization can visit the O-Zone to discuss what organizations would best fit their needs and interests. If a student would like to start their own organization, they can visit the O-Zone to get more information on how to do so.
The O-Zone not only offers assistance with paperwork, but can also provide mailing labels, game equipment, and access to banner making supplies, a copy machine, and much more. The O-Zone offers an organization Texan Card, which organizations can load with money to pay for their purchases in the O-Zone. The O-Zone even offers a computer lab and printing for organization publicity.


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Depends on what you're lookin for. YnotSE has a bunch of different N's that are all dope. I've learned a lot from him since we share almost all the same letters.
But for the most part they are all pretty simple. I can do a simple n and N but its just when i try to warp it i get lost in translation. if you know what i mean. looking for a style someone like KWEST or MAD KD that kinda funk.
I feel ya. i can't think of any writers of the top of my head but I can give some tips. Remember that the middle bar of the N doesn't have to go from top to bottom. Generally it starts at the top of the left bar but can go pretty much anywhere on the right bar, just make sure it's not an H. Keep playin with it, sketch out your bars individually till you find a combination that works.
I'm sleepy, and didn't find the "spray paint thread". or atleast, that was such thing in here..
Anyways, has anyone tried poltergeist (mtn alien)? Will it glow in dark in any conditions, or only under UV-light? .. Basically, is it some kind of special shit, or just the same as all the other neon-colors etc, from other brands?
ive used it, still have a full can cuz its pretty much a waste of money ...... u haveta charge it with light in order for it to glow.... theres a few places that itd work, like on business signs with timed lights, or anywhere with a light that goes off at the same time every night... then u would probably be able to see it for like 20 minutes after the light goes off..... also u can spray it on car headlights of people u dont like too lol when they shut their car off the headlights glow for a pretty long time and it just looks stupid and u cant get it off
good to know, i was thinking about getting like 2 of those for a street spot. I figured it'd be DOPE, you coud'nt see it in the day...but after charging from the sunlight all day...bam...glowin for at least like 2 or 3 hours at night.
oh yeah and if it goes on clear, how the fuck are you supposed to see it..especially if you do it at night...unless you like look sideways at the wall to actually see where the paint is getting laid down..
the problem is the glow goes away during the dusk hours... so by the time its dark enough to see, the charge is all gone.... thats why its best to do it on lit up signs or places with bright, timed lights ..... its not clear either its like light green, u can see it pretty easily
zookyook - thanks for the information, didn't know that lol... the thing why it came to my mind was that, i was watching Infamy (for the 9th time maybe).. and they showed a piece in there that glowed like crazy in the dark. (I think it was Saber's)..
If i'll get my hands on it sometime, i'll test it.. (but maybe it will happend from 5 years from now, because no shops in here carry it, and i won't order it.. i think that you can't even send spray paint from one country to another, and the postage would make the overall price very high).. though it sounds pointless (and problabally is).. but atleast i'll have cool 15 minutes with seeing it shining.
Okay I have a question for all ya, is there any female caps for transfering paint. I want to transfer a bunch of rustoleum paint into montana cans because it has better valve and all that jazz but I can't find a way to do it since the rustoleum uses female caps.... any tips or tricks would be much appreciated.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
--Hunter S. Thompson--
Straight From the SE MI
Stick one in the other one.
How far SE is SE MI?
momma on the phone askin if im still trappin
Google rocks your socks.
yeah, I've tried straight up sticking the rustoleum can in the MTN can but it doesn't really work, or maybe I just did it completely wrong. And I'm prolly like 20 minutes or less from Detroit Flawless, prolly less.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
--Hunter S. Thompson--
Straight From the SE MI
whats a good name to graff ?
how would you tag slay ?
i just started graffing today dude.
can any one please do a hand style of "slay" and post a pic ?


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"Tonight is gonna be the best night of your life, virgin" I stand quiet as I watch his fingers run down my sides and to my underwear, playing around with the tiny ribbon in the middle before pulling them down and throwing them across the room and onto the wooden floor. Please make sure that you are aware that this story is rated r and contains a lot sexual and mature content so if you're young and you're not supposed to read this, please don't. I won't be responsible for your reaction.
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20 U.S. Code § 5701 - Purpose
§ 5701.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Program to encourage and support research, study, and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.
(Pub. L. 102–281, title IV, § 422, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 142.)
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Pub. L. 102–281, title IV, § 400, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 139, provided that:
"This title [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under section 5112 of Title 31, Money and Finance] may be cited as the 'Frank Annunzio Act'."
Pub. L. 102–281, title IV, § 421, May 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 142, provided that:
"This subtitle [subtitle B (§§ 421–430) of title IV of Pub. L. 102–281, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act'."
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November 30th 2007
I had posters put up all over Accra, radio announcements were made and ads were plugged in the local papers. The most rewarding result was a call from Big Mama Unice.
Big Mama Unice runs a small bar simply called "the drinking spot" where she also cooks rice with a different sauce each day.
A big freezer keeps beer and locally distilled sugar cane liqueur nicely chilled.
I was told to come around in the morning hours and when I arrived at around 10 am, I was given a large travel bag containing 45s from G to Mint, from Hi-Life to African Jazz, Soul, Psych and Afrobeat. Besides a large number of James Brown releases, everything else were African releases and what they all had in common was that they all were top tunes. I don't know much about Hi-Life and never cared much about this style but the stuff I found there is just incredible! There also was a small stack of LPs and we all had an amazing time, playing these records on the portable turntable. All the pieces below came from Big Mama Unice's Drinking Spot, most notable are the nice company 45 sleeves and of course the Psychedelic Alliens (sic) EP. I'm only posting a few selected LPs, no need to show off spares...
Click on images for a better view!
Nice philosophical liner note on backside of the Uhuru Dance Band sleeve:
Dubious nightclub outside another digging spot:
New mixes will follow in a few days. I'll make one Soul, Psych & Afrobeat mix and another one with Afro Jazz and Hi-Life.


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Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born April 5, 1837 in Grosvenor Place, London, the son of Admiral Sir John
Swinburne; but spent most of his boyhood on the Isle of Wight. With Shelley and Byron, he is one of the very few poets
since the days of Raleigh and Sidney to come from the aristocracy.
He had a very orthodox upper-class education, attending Eton and then Oxford. Influenced by the poetry of
Shelley and possessed of the common student leanings toward political radicalism, Swinburne became known, along with
James Thompson, as a kind of Poet Laureate of atheism. At Oxford, he met nearly everyone who would influence his later
life, including
Rossetti, Morris, and Burne-Jones, who in 1857 were painting their Arthurian murals on the walls of the Oxford Union. Benjamin
Jowett, the master of Balliol College and translator of Plato, recognized his poetic talent and tried to keep him from being
expelled for his radical leanings and atheism with the statement that he did not want "Oxford to sin twice against
poetry" (the expulsion of Shelley being the first).
Leaving Oxford in 1860, he continued his friendship with the
Rossettis. After Elizabeth Siddall's (Mrs. Rossetti) death in 1862, he and Rossetti moved to Tudor House in Chelsea.
Swinburne had an addictive personality. Throughout the 1860s and 70's, he rode a destructive cycle of alcoholic
binges, dissolution, collapse, drying out in the country, then returning to London where he would begin the cycle all over
again. On several occasions, he collapsed in public in an apparent epileptic seizure, a condition made much worse by drinking
past excess to unconsciousness. More than once while he was living with
Rossetti, he was delivered to the door in the small of the night, dead drunk.
In 1879, with Swinburne nearly dead from alcoholism and dissolution, his legal advisor Theodore
Watts-Dunton took him in, and was successful in getting him to adopt a healthier style of life. Swinburne lived the rest of his days at
Watts-Dunton's home outside London. He saw less and less of his old friends, who thought him "imprisoned",
but his growing deafness accounts for some of his decreased sociability. He died of influenza in 1909.
Swinburne was brought up in the Anglican Church and possessed a detailed knowledge of the scriptures and
of standard interpretative methods, including typology, prophecy, and
apocalyptics. In his poetry, he often used language with biblical associations because his Victorian audience was accustomed
to such allusions when discussing serious issues and perhaps he enjoyed turning the church's own words against them.
He delighted in opposing organized religion and savagely attacked the Roman Catholic Church for its political role in a divided
Italy, using biblical allusion, parodies, and 'blasphemous' satires. Even though Swinburne attacked the religious
establishment, he never became indifferent to its place in his life or his country's, as his poems "Hymn to
Proserpine" and "Hertha" make clear.
Atalantain Calydon (1865) was the first poem to come out under his name and was received
enthusiastically. For the next several years he produced a number of works including
Poems and Ballads and Songs Before Sunrise. Just before his final breakdown and rescue in
1879, he produced the second series of Poems
and Ballads and about a decade later a third series. His works show the
usual greatness in the early works and a slow decline. Some of the better works
in the later series were actually written during his Oxford years.
Swinburne's Arthurian Poetry
Gordd Cymru for
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Decosimo takes National Championship in Short Track at 2010 Collegiate MTB NationalsOctober 16, 2010
Brevard has six podium finishes overall after Cross Country and Short Track events were completed
Truckee, Calif. - Alexis Decosimo took the Women's Short Track National title and had a podium finish in the Cross Country event, while Tristan Cowie and Scott Hoffner both have two podium finishes apiece through the first two events at the 2010 Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships.
The Championships started on Friday morning as the cyclists competed in the Cross Country Event. Decosimo led Brevard to their first podium finish of the Championships with her fourth place finish overall with a time of 2:14:57 as Lydia Tanner of Montana State University-Bozeman took home the title. Morgan Sykes finished 13th overall in the event, providing support for the BC team.
On the men's side, Cowie brought in the men's first podium finish, coming in second overall behind Howard Grotts of Colorado School of Mines. Cowie's finish of 2:19:29 was 18 minutes faster than his finish in 2009, where he came in fifth overall. Hoffner, competing in his first National Championship event finished fifth overall with a time of 2:23:34 to take the final podium spot, making Brevard the only team with two male riders to finish on the podium on the first day of competition. Lewis Gaffney finished ninth overall in the event to give Brevard three riders in the top 10, while Kody Adams rounded out the group finishing 32nd overall.
The women's took to the course first on Saturday morning as the cyclists suited up for the Short Track Cross Country event. Decosimo paced the field, taking home the first stars and stripes jersey for Brevard on the weekend with her victory in the event. It was the first time a Brevard College female rider has won the National Championship in the Short Track event, and Decosimo's first individual national title in her career. Sykes finished 13th overall in the event, finishing ahead of Christen Boyer of Colorado School of Mines and Renee DeBruin of Ripon College to pace the Brevard team.
On the men's side, Cowie and Hoffner again finished in the top five in the Short Track event, taking third and fifth respectively as Grotts captured his second individual National title of the weekend for Colorado School of Mines. Gaffney placed outside the top 10 in the event, crossing the line 11th overall, while Adams placed 27th. Matt St. Marie rounded out the group coming in 41st overall.
Saturday afternoon's action continues with the Four Cross Event, while Sunday morning will feature the final event of the 2010 Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships, the Downhill event.


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It took all of 34 seconds for the Long Beach City College women's basketball team to put its stamp on Friday's second round regional playoff contest.
The eighth-seeded Vikings (24-4 overall) then went on to defend home court, defeating No. 9 College of the Canyons (20-9) 74-41 at the Hall of Champions Gym.
The duo of freshman guards Jasmine Williams and Shakeena Benton quickly took over and their teammates clearly maintained the energy and momentum. Williams knocked down a baseline jumper on the Vikings' opening possession and then Benton quickly stole the ball near mid-court and took it the distance for a layup, forcing the Cougars to take a timeout.
The Vikings used stringent defense, forcing 20 turnovers and allowing only 18 points in the first half en route to a 17 point advantage at the break.
Canyons ended up with 31 miscues on the night. LBCC committed only 11 turnovers while tallying 21 assists on 30 made field goals.
Williams, who had been sidelined with a shoulder injury, ended the night with a team-high 15 points to go along with three assists, two steals and a rebound.
The guard was one of four Vikings to score in double-figures as Benton added 14 to go with four rebounds and three assists and Kaaron King and Destinn Romain chipped-in 12 apiece.
"My main thing coming into the game was just to play hard," Williams said. "I had a long stretch of off-time so I just wanted to come out and play hard and make it known that I want to go through the playoffs with my team."
LBCC head coach Michael Anderson said he was pleased with the sustained effort his team put forward for the duration of the contest.
"You have to play with intensity and that starts in practice," he said. "We talk about it every day. Everything is for 40 minutes: transition defense, rebounding, staying together, being physical, being tough. We weren't happy with the eighth seed, but we just decided we have to play on.
"I couldn't be more proud."
The Vikings bench outscored the Cougar reserves 27-9 and overall LBCC outshot Canyons 43.5 percent to 26.9.
The lone bright spot for Canyons was the play of freshman guard Shawn Kolani, who paced the Cougars with a game-high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, including four 3-pointers on nine attempts.
Sophomore center Hope Smith added a game-high 14 boards for the Cougars.
The Vikings will go on to face the winner of Saturday night's contest between No. 1-seeded SCC rival Mt. San Antonio and No. 17 LA Pierce.