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Let me just say right now–thank you, thank you for all the kind birthday and anniversary wishes from all of you! It was so fun to check my email and find kind words and lovely thoughts from all of you. I love being part of this community! We had a lovely day with no more rain and a yummy bbq, cakes, and fireworks and lots of relaxing and chatting with friends. I couldn't ask for a better day!
The next day I jumped into my new job and it was back to reality. Looks like it will be a good fit–everyone is so nice and it will be a nice balance to my stay-at-home work in my cottage days. Now if I could just make those days pay the bills….
For my birthday, my mom and dad got me one of the sew mini's that Pam Garrison was talking about on her blog. I'm excited because this will let me sew on paper and things other than fabric without feeling guilty about ruining the Viking. It's so cute and looks so easy and its so light that it will be perfect for those projects while not taking up much storage space or being a pain to set up. As it is, I think I'm going to set up another machine (the one I let the girls use) to be strictly for ruffles so I can keep the ruffle attachment on it. I'm working on some medium sized "book" bags using vintage table cloths for my etsy store so there is lots of sewing going on.
Green Wing is on tonight so I'm off to knit and laugh my ass off…


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You know how people say to just yank the bandage or duct tape off in one move to make it less painful? Do you believe that? When you go swimming do you ease in one toe at a time or just do a cannonball? Is that how you like your fiction, to hit you with information all at once, or do you prefer the slow reveal?
This isn't something I ever thought about in the past, but recently a couple of books have made me stop and ponder the styles being taught in writer's workshops and wondering what editors and agents are doing to support their authors. I am not a writer, but in my mind, when writing a novel, one presents the information when it is needed in the story. When a character is introduced, there is description that can later be enhanced with mannerisms and dialog. Background information about characters, setting, and things the reader may need to know about the issues are sprinkled throughout dialog and narrative.
I've recently read a couple of books where this did not seem to be the norm. In one, each character is described in elaborate detail when they are introduced. Clothing, personality, relationship to protagonist, and it's all peppered with adjectives. I could sort of handle that, but then a different elaborate description is given when the character came into a different scene. I felt like I was reading something from a middle school class where the students were taught to describe characters, wrote up descriptions, and plopped 'em into the manuscript. Almost every character received this detailed attention, even those tertiary to the plot. It slowed down my reading, not because it made the book longer, but because it was annoying. More importantly, it was distracting from what was an interesting, well-plotted mystery.
The same thing happened with descriptions of the setting or information needed to understand the mystery. Early in the story, the characters couldn't just drive down the street in Washington, D.C. and see the cherry trees and make a remark. No, the narration jumps in and tells us that they were a gift from Japan in 1912, plus a lot of historical or botanical information that could have been revealed later in the story, as clues were found as to who was mutilating and poisoning the trees. I felt like the author had done so much research he needed to get it all in there, instead of treating the information needed for the story with the respect it deserved.
I can see another viewpoint on this of the enthusiastic, possibly first time author who wants to give her readers everything they need and finds the cherry tree topic fascinating, but where were the editors? Am I the first person to notice this in the author's style? I actually felt depressed after reading because I didn't know how I would write the review. Remember, I did like the mystery.
Then I picked up my next selection. It might have been written just for me, in the way I like to get my information. Readers don't even discover that the protagonist has a spouse until 9% on the e-reader, although the son is mentioned right away. The clothing is mentioned in context with movement such as crossing legs at her ankles to show off the Christian Louboutin shoes rather than a head to toe description from a designer's look book. The dialog gave insight into the characters by adding phrases onto the end of dialogue such as she said warmly with her kind brown eyes.
I have always known what genres and authors I enjoyed, but I thought of style in terms of picky details. There are a few authors whose stories I like in general, but the dialog always seems fake, or the allusions to pop culture are way off, or times don't match up. For example, the child of a Vietnam veteran remembering him going away to war, but the book is written in the present and the child is just off to college. These are things that stand out to me personally. Now I am thinking more about the whole writing style. Putting the story together with a good mix of adjectives and verbs, narration and dialog, revealing the plot at a pace appropriate to the genre.
So, this was a big, semi-coherent rant! I hope it describes specific style elements that bothered me in some books lately, as well as what I like. But do I mention this in detail when writing my reviews? Say that I found the style awkward, without specifics? Or don't mention it at all?
What about you? Are there things about a writer's style that you notice?
Note: Scenarios in this post are not from any books I have ever read or been told about. I made up descriptions to assist with understanding the point.
This post is linked to the 2015 Discussion Challenge hosted by Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts @ Midnight.
- Hands typing from Death to the Stock Photo
- cherry trees by Joe Mabel on Wikimedia
- woman reading on rugs from eastwords on flickr

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A couple of weeks ago we were swarmed by ladybugs. All over our uniforms, weapons, everything...Perhaps some kind of mating season?
I guess they are a type of beetle, but it is their capricious nature and coloring that makes them so alluring. They travel across fingers and hands and can be transferred from one hand to the other. It seems they are loath to fly off. I am always reminded that it is their coloring that makes people not swat them or crush them.
Here is a not very focused picture of one on my weapon. It was scurrying around, and the contrast of the red on the black was dramatic. Yeah, I know the weapon has some dust on it...
Are you guys ok out there?


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Some of you readers may or may not know that I got some schoolin as bike messenger in San Francisco. Fortunately for me, during my time of messenger career, my mom didn't really understand what that meant due to her lack of schema for the term "bike messenger." The man I was seeing a lot of then (a bike messenger also) and now dating (also not a bike messenger anymore), would recount tales of how his mom rightfully worried to no end about him being a bike messenger–so much that he would feel bad about telling her things related to messengerdom (unfortunately, she saw a Lucas Brunelle alleycat short). I listened dutifully, happy and thankful that my mom had no clue what my job meant to my safety and potential of becoming a vegetable. I was a messenger from the fall of 09 to the spring of 2012, roughly.
Then, Premium Rush comes out. And now I'm working an office job in the East Bay. I just got back from a weekend business trip for said office job, all the way in Minnesota. I got in at 11PM and didn't get home until midnight. I was fucked-up-edly exhaused because of that terrible, "I-slept-on-a-plane-with-my-neck-all-craned-bad," feeling and my body is really tired from pressurized-cabin-fever.
I came, I slept, I dreamt. Until 6:40 AM, Monday morning, when my phone rings. Waking up, not to my 7:20 alarm. It's my mom. She called my google voice phone number and left this message. Then called my regular phone, which woke me up. Our conversation was pretty much the same as this except that I told her 6:30 AM calls are FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY!
Have a listen….
That is indeed exactly what I did.
Look ma! No hands!
(I love you too, mom.)
-Somtimes Klassy


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Skip to comments.A Modern Seminarians Dictionary
Posted on 10/21/2011 10:49:58 AM PDT by marshmallow
I saw this once back when I was in college and have regretted not keeping a copy ever since. I have sought it high and low and have finally had it come across my desk again. It is both hilarious and stunningly accurate. Read them all, youll recognize some of them especially if youre a frequent visitor here.
A MODERN SEMINARIANS DICTIONARY Published in Fidelity, September 1987, pp. 23-25.
Brother seminarians! Are you troubled by the non‑judgmental expectations of the seminary? Are you confused by their concerns? Fear not. Before your eyes you have the key to ordination in this persons seminary. Add these terms to your theological lexicon and believe me, you could well be ordained one or two years early!
PASTORAL: Effeminate; an attribute lacking in a man who demonstrates overt masculine attributes of clarity, decisiveness, and orthodoxy: G.K. Chesterton was not pastoral.
RIGID: Your view is not my view; normally, the rigid person has a simplistic view of Catholic doctrine (see SIMPLISTIC); for example, a rigid person holds that the ordination of women is not possible; a flexible person holds that to fail to ordain women is an example of sexism. Evelyn Waugh was rigid: It is better to be narrow‑minded than to have no mind, to hold limited and rigid principles than to have none at all. That is the danger which faces so many people today to have no considered opinions on any subject, to put up with what is wasteful and harmful with the excuse that there is good in everything which in most cases means an inability to distinguish between good and bad.
VISION: The quality of agreeing with me.
JUDGMENTAL: A person who judges the sin but not the sinner. A non‑judgmental person utters not a word on the morality of the usual sexual sins, but tries to determine where a persons at so that the persons motives can be judged accordingly; a non‑judgmental person judges the sinner but not the sin.
SIMPLISTIC: Having to do with common sense.
CATHOLIC FUNDAMENTALIST: A simplistic person who tries to live the Faith in a docile and pious way; also a Catholic who frequently prays the Rosary.
FLEXIBLE: You agree with me; a flexible person is open and dialogues on any issue, smiles knowingly and does precisely what he started out to do.
CHALLENGE: To recognize that my views are better than your views.
GROWTH: For you to assimilate my way of thinking into your life.
ENABLE: An essential attribute of a priest whereby he is able to convince others to do things his way without parishioners catching on to the deception.
NETWORKING: Allowing nuns to run parishes.
I HEAR YOU: A clever way of telling you that I dont agree with you but I dont want to sound dogmatic, rigid or inflexible.
WE HAVE NO RIGHT ANSWERS/WE DONT HAVE MANY ANSWERS: Except this one (cf. Archbishop Rembert Weakland on homosexuality: ...I would like to state that I do not have all the answers on this highly complex issue (The Catholic Herald, July19, 1980.)
YOURE NOT LISTENING: The way a flexible, non‑judgmental person expresses disappointment that a rigid, dogmatic person doesnt agree with him; example: the Pope is not listening to the American Church.
OPEN AND HONEST: Telling religious superiors what they want to hear.
WOUNDED HEALER: The term used to convince a person who doesnt feel good about himself to feel good about himself without Confession.
WHERE YOURE AT: Your psychological condition when youre in the state of mortal sin calling for acceptance and a non‑judgmental attitude.
WHERE ARE THOSE TEARS COMING FROM?: The standard question to ask troubled or sick persons when you have nothing else to fill up the unnerving silence.
COMPLEX TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD: The reason for resisting ones conscience when opposing the teaching of the Catholic Church; also, the standard response a flexible person uses when a rigid person seems to be winning an argument.
VALUING YOUR SEXUALITY: Obsession with the usual adolescent preoccupations.
WE ARE ALL SEXUAL BEINGS: The reason to overlook sexual misbehavior in seminaries.
CELIBACY: Refraining from heterosexual genital activity.
PROCESS: The spontaneous movement in the dialogue of group therapy sessions never to be disrupted by thinking.
FEELING: The highest faculty of the human person left fully untouched by original sin.
ORIGINAL SIN: See SEXISM.
LOVE: A nice feeling.
THINKING: The most dangerous activity in a seminary; cause for psychological counseling; those who think disrupt the process; see PROCESS.
TOUCH, MINISTRY OF: Physical contact to demonstrate that one has the capacity of intimacy; does not necessarily involve an exchange of bodily fluids.
IN TOUCH WITH FEELINGS: Using the intellect to explicitly identify what one is feeling so that speech patterns can be altered to communicate ones sensitivity and compassion; not to be confused with intellectualizing your feelings.
INTELLECTUALIZING YOUR FEELINGS: Controlling ones temper.
COMPASSION: The warm feeling one has for oneself at any given time; one who has compassion needs to tell others he/she has compassion, otherwise compassion isnt present; see also IN TOUCH WITH FEELINGS.
COMPASSION BURNOUT: The loss of the warm feeling one has for oneself when charitable works become wearisome or otherwise costly.
SENSITIVITY: The ability to identify and agree with the conventional wisdom of left‑wing political issues such as feminism, gay rights, dissent,etc. Tim Unsworth of the National Catholic Reporter describes a sensitive priest: But Vince Connery also cries a lot. He cries openly and unashamedly in private conversation and in public. He doesnt cover his face or hide it in the crook of his elbow. He simply stands there and cries, letting the tears flow and the voice break; and if someone reaches out even slightly, Connery will share an embrace while he cries some more. It soon becomes clear that this is an emotionally healthy priest in an emotionally unhealthy church (NCR April, 1987).
TOTAL COMMITMENT: The intensity of involvement in charitable works until one finds that one doesnt feel good about oneself; total commitments usually last six months to a year.
LEGALISM: Accepting at face value and obediently implementing what a document, law, or guideline reads.
OBEDIENCE: A word which doesnt exist.
RULES: A word that once was operative but was done away with by the Second Vatican Council.
EXPECTATIONS: Flexible guidelines which change as frequently as the feelings of the Rector; not to be confused with RULES or LEGALISM.
REPRESSED ANGER: If detected, a cause for dismissal from the seminary; probable cause of both world wars, the Holocaust, and the election of Ronald Reagan [and George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush]; a technique absolutely essential for an orthodox seminarian to get ordained.
FORMATION: Kindergarten.
AFFIRMATION: The flattery due to someone who is in a position of authority.
AUTHORITY: Cannot exist or be invoked unless vested in a sensitive, flexible, non‑judgmental and compassionate person (see SENSITIVE, FLEXIBLE, and JUDGMENTAL).
SEXISM: The sin associated with being male.
MALE DOMINATION: The irritating interest men have in sports, cigars, and male‑bondingespecially in the hierarchy of the Church; the only mortal personal sin.
FEMININITY: A word created by a sexist, male‑dominated society to subjugate women in the maternal role; the presence of femininity in women religious is a cause to recommend psychological counseling.
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ONES FEMININE SIDE: An essential requirement for ordination to the priesthood.
NEGATIVE: The bad attitude having to do with the recognition of personal sin; also, any disposition which is not happy with the policies and views of sensitive, flexible and non-judgmental people.
CHANGE: Mandated by the Second Vatican Council; must be open to all change unless instituted recently; see WE HAVE NO RIGHT ANSWERS.
CONCERN: The response that a sensitive, flexible, non-judgmental and compassionate people in authority have when someone doesnt agree with them.
HUMANKIND: The human race free of sexism (see SEXISM).
PARENTING: The activity of humankind in begetting children (see HUMANKIND).
SPIRIT OF VATICAN II: Church activities and programs which have absolutely no relationship to the letter of the documents of Vatican II.
ONGOING: The period of time between the Second Vatican Council and the implementation of the Spirit of Vatican II (see SPIRIT OF VATICAN II).
RELEVANT: Anything to do with dissent from Church teaching.
PAIN: The focus of Church dissent; felt by the editors of the National Catholic Reporter and inflicted by the editors of The Wanderer.
REDEFINING THE CHURCH: Defining the Church according to the Spirit of Vatican II (see SPIRIT OF VATICAN II).
LIBERATION: The replacement of existing structures of constraint with new and improved structures of constraint.
CONSCIENCE: The final arbiter of the correctness of ones action always to be guided by the latest in Church dissent.
PRE‑VATICAN II: A person who accepts at face value the teaching of the Church and who reads the documents of the Second Vatican Council without reference to a commentary.
CHURCH: Me.
MACROCHURCH: The male-dominated, sexist, oppressive, authoritarian hierarchical Church.
MICROCHURCH: The pastoral, flexible, open and honest, compassionate, open-to-change, local Christian community.
COLLEGIALITY: The doctrine defined by the Spirit of Vatican II stating that bishops have exactly the same authority as the Bishop of Rome.
BISHOP OF ROME: The local ordinary of an obscure diocese in Italy.
RADICALLY CONSERVATIVE: Reason to ignore the current discipline of the Church.
THE FUTURE: The last and enduring hope of Church dissenters.
WE CANT GO BACK: An absolutely efficacious and disarming argument.
HUMANAE VITAE: The biggest mistake the Church has made since the Council of Trent.
COUNCIL OF TRENT: A convenient summary of medieval myths and superstitions.
ECUMENISM: The process of transforming the liturgical rites of the mainline Christian denominations into a single rite of coffee, donuts and dialogue.
TRADITION: A practice established before the Middle Ages or after the Second Vatican Council.
THE LAITY: The future of the Church; cannot be ignored unless associated with ultra-conservative groups.
ULTRA‑CONSERVATIVE: Anyone who disagrees with the National Catholic Reporter.
TRADITIONAL NUN: Irrelevant; an embarrassment to women religious.
WOMEN RELIGIOUS: Feminist nun; an oxymoron.
SOCIAL JUSTICE: The realignment of social structures according to the platform of the Democratic Party.
PROGRESSIVE: Pouring the wine of old heresies into new wineskins.
CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING: The method of argumentation used by radical feminists moving adult males to action: Better to live in a corner of the house‑top than have a nagging wife and a brawling household (Prov.21:9).
EXPERIENCE: The only valid way to substantiate ones opinions and beliefs; theres no such thing as a"bad experience.
SPEAKOUT: The activity springing from the virtue of Social Justice whereby sensitive and compassionate persons, with great emotion, promote the platform of the Democratic Party.
SHRILL: The nasty habit rigid and judgmental people have when they dare to disagree with the demands of Social Justice (see SOCIAL JUSTICE).
PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR: Socialism.
MINISTRY: All human activity.
COMFORT, COMFORTABLE: The final cause and proper object of ministry.
PLURALISM: The acceptance of all points of view except those with a point of view which doesnt accept all points of view.
CLERICALISM: The attitude of priests who knowingly and willingly practice the sacramental aspects of the priesthood with diligence, reverence and joy.
HOMOPHOBIC: The psychological condition of those who witness and report acts of homosexuality to seminary authorities.
GAY: Deeply sensitive person who naturally possesses the skills for effective pastoral ministry; oppressed minority; in no way connected with pederasty: cf. Fr. James L. Arimond: Dont confuse homosexual orientation with other sexual minorities: transexual; pederasty; bafoonery; etc. from an Archdiocese of Milwaukee workshop in Gay Ministry.
SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Feeling good about some or all objects of desire whether animal, vegetable or mineral.
MISSION STATEMENT: A written objective or goal of a pastoral program upon which the success of the Gospel of Jesus Christ depends.
INTERFACE: A term, borrowed from computer technology, where sensitive and compassionate people dialogue among themselves; similar to the dialogue that the farmers and pigs engaged in in George Orwells Animal Farm.
ORDINATION: An archaic celebration in the Church still useful to mark the beginning of full-time ministry.
SEMINARY: School where men and women are prepared for full-time ministry.
OUTREACH: Any program for whatever reasons; also known as reach out; usually involves fundraising.
VOCATIONS CRISIS: Refers to the Churchs failure to relax the rules on celibacy and failure to ordain women.
SHARE: The practice of discussing the deepest intimacies of ones life in front of complete strangers.
WORKSHOP: A church-sponsored meeting to ensure that the issues of optional celibacy, womens ordination, the Sandinistas and leisure suits are still being addressed.
SELF‑ACTUALIZATION: Salvation; no longer a mortal sin.
DIALOGUE: The deft use of banal clichés in conversation.
PROPHETIC/PROPHET: One who has the courage to speak out on ones behalf; e.g., Charlie Curran.
CURRAN, CHARLIE: Twentieth century saint; went into debt defending his faith.
EMPOWER: To encourage others to think for themselves; cf., Evelyn Waugh: Every effort was made to encourage the children at the public schools to think for themselves. When they should have been whipped and taught Greek paradigms, they were set arguing about birth control and nationalization. Their crude little opinions were treated with respect. Preachers in the school chapel week after week entrusted the future to their hands. It is hardly surprising that they were Bolshevik at 18 and bored at 20.
POWERFUL: A spontaneous exclamation from hearing ones own views restated in a more banal fashion.
LITURGISTS: A society of men among us, bred from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid (Swift, Gullivers Travels).
EASTER DUTY: Annual sacrilege.
PSYCHOLOGIST: Infallible teaching authority in the Church.
OFFICIAL CHURCH TEACHING: I dont expect it to change anybodys mind one way or another. Catholics today have learned what it means to be selectively obedient to the Churchs teaching (Father Richard McBrien, Washington Post, December16,1981).
CHASTITY: Safe sex.
SAFE SEX: Taking appropriate precautions during high risk sexual activity; not to be confused with responsible love.
RESPONSIBLE LOVE: Sexual relations only within marriage with a spouse; an ideal impossible to sustain in a complex technological world.
HIGH RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY: Sodomy; the term neo‑Victorian Catholics use when referring to the kinds of sexual activity St. Paul warned against.
CLOWN MASS: Liturgical innovation comparable to the innovation of Gregorian chant; relevant: A clown liturgy may sound sacrilegious but those who attended a special Mass at St. Agnes Church described it as moving, uplifting, spirited and colorful (Catholic Herald, Milwaukee, February 16, 1984).
LITURGICAL DANCE: Liturgical innovation comparable to the innovation of Gregorian chant: Todays procession into the altar by the priest and some members of the laity was a dance in the early church (Sister Baraba Link); relevant: For me, my body is my instrument; its my way of expressing myself, she said, gesturing frequently with hand to convey her thoughts. I feel free when I dance; its a natural expression. (Sister Barbara Linke, quoted in the Milwaukee Sentinel, August 3, 1985).
You left out:
``The Smokers``=
Touch football games between major seminaries, attended by seminary high schoolers, perfect bait for the queer semo`s who furnished them with cigs and whatnot.
``Time Out`` =
Sneaking out of the major seminary at night to go to strip clubs [These guys were normal. I think there were 8 out of a class of 300.]
``The Farm``
—post graduate theological major seminary sexual explorations coverup
Sports =
matchups between faculty and minor seminarians in football, hockey, basketball wherein you can attempt to do bodily harm to that queer jebbie professor by double body slams against the boards, double blocks, etc.
Restitutus =
Shining the spotlight directly into the Dean`s eyes at a stage skit put on by the seminarians, thus blinding him.
Wake-up call =
Disassembling your queer English priest teacher`s desk so it will collapse upon his setting his books upon it at the 8 am class.
Wheels =
getting 8 big seminarians to push the queer priest/teacher`s car down behind some trees where he can`t find it.
The Greek Way - Leaving the Roman Catholic seminary to join the Greek orthodox seminary to be able to have a wife.
Sister Act =
Lining up the minor seminarians and the cute postulants directly across from each other during pre-procession ceremonies at the Bishop`s mass just to get them horny.
``Retreat`` = a trip into the mountains for seminarians` contemplation and queer rendezvous in the woods unseen.
``Knee-jerk`` =
Trying to stand up at 5 am from kneeling on the bumpy stone floor for an hour before mass; you`ll pay 30 years later with arthritic joints.
``Necking`` =
Craning your neck sideways to see mass from the center-facing altar pews, thus ruining your C-2 vertebrae forever.
``Recess`` =
a social gathering of seminarians comprised of a large group of queers and a second, much smaller group of straights.
``Conversation`` =
Talking to the so-dam smart queer seminarian in your class to pick his brain about the answers coming up on the next quiz.
Salt pork - Ham `n porkchops laced with saltpeter for supper
So growthful.
Dear Marshmallow,
I don't know what seminaries you would refer most of those characterizations and categories too.
Be mindful that it can cause scandal to present as fact what is not true.
Most of the men in current seminaries, who I know personally, would never see such terms truly reflecting seminary formation.
However, it is often the case that those leaving the seminary are prone to misrepresent the experience, in fact, it is a very common vice.
Additional comment for everyone: seminary is tough, it has to be.
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Novitec Abarth 500
The Fiat 500 Abarth (or Abarth 500, depending on your own particular levels of nomenclaturial pedantry) is a spicy little meatball. But what if you want something a little less mainstream and obvious? What you want, my friend, is a Novitec Abarth 500.
The noted Ferrari tuner has stretched the power output of the little 500's turbocharged 1.4-litre four to 212bhp - seriously, from a 1.4 - and sweetened up the handling with a few choice suspension upgrades. The cosmetics have also been smacked with the modding stick, offering 17" or 18" alloys, various carbon-fibre addenda and hooliganesque tailpipes. Sounds like a giggle.
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Line sizes may be smaller to reduce the weight for operator comfort as well as provide proper suction velocity for different types of materials. Adapters are available at your IVAC certified dealer.


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Two goals from Stuart Rudd clinched another last gasp victory for FC United against a resolute Maine Road who were reduced to ten men in the first half during a fiery derby in front of 3,181 fans at Stalybridge Celtic's Bower Fold.
Rudd broke the deadlock on the stroke of half time, but Gareth Richards equalised for The Road less than ten minutes into the second half before Rudd popped up again to snatch a poacher's goal after a scrappy goalmouth melee in the 81st minute.
With both sides playing in traditional United and City colours the game mirrored the fierce Manchester derbies of the past. It was the Reds who started the game the brighter of the two and could easily have taken the lead after just four minutes. A poor kick by Maine Road keeper Greg Hall fell to the feet of Rory Patterson, however, the young Irishman failed to capitalise.
United went onto dominate the first half with only one notable effort coming from Maine Road, in which Jerome Wright hit a 30 yard strike that went only inches over the bar of the helpless Sam Ashton.
It was the last five minutes of the first half that really edged the game into United's favour. Firstly, Maine Roads Marc Clancy was shown red for a late tackle on Rhodri Giggs and it got worse for Maine Road minutes later when United took the lead deep into stoppage time. Maine Road keeper Hall couldn't grab onto to Rudd's header from 12 yards, which put Marginson's men in the driving seat.
Early in the second half United nearly made the extra man count as a superb cross from the right found Giggs and with a free header, he could only head wide of the The Road's goal.
Just before the hour mark United had a great opportunity to extend their lead when Oliver McGee's clearance only find the feet of Simon Carden, however, when through on goal his shot failed to hit the target.
It was just a minute later that Maine Road made United pay for their woeful finishing. A break down the left with a cross from Jerome Wright found the path of Gareth Richards. Richards neatly tucked home from 12 yards to briefly silence the United fans.
Then came the onslaught from the United as they huffed and puffed to regain the lead. Patterson could easily have grabbed the winner after a good run and cut back by substitute Jamie Phoenix, but the usually potent Mr Mystery failed to hit the target.
The winner eventually came in the 81st minutes as the ball was scrambling around the Maine Road box only to be fired home in true predator fashion from Rudd for his second of the afternoon.
In the end it was another priceless victory for Margy's men as they maintained their runaway lead at the top of North West Counties Division One.
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Maine Road
1. G Hall
2. M Clancy
3. S Mason
4. A Kennedy
5. O McGee
6. N Chappell (capt)
7. S Cheetham
8. M Turner
9. G Richards
10. L Mack
11. J Wright
12. M Mitchell (for 9, 82)
14. S Halligan (for 8, 69)
15. A MacLean (for 7, 76)
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2. M Taylor
3. A Mortimer
4. S Spencer
5. D Chadwick (capt)
6. R Nugent
7. R Giggs
8. S Carden
9. S Rudd
10. J Howard
11. R Patterson
12. N Platt (for 11, 90)
14. J Phoenix (for 10, 67)
15. D Brown (for 6, 65)
Scorers: Rudd 45(+8), 81
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Report: Kanye West Is Struggling To Sell Tickets For His Yeezus Tour
Posted on Thu Dec 5th, 2013 10:50am PDT By X17 Staff
Surprise! Despite proclaiming that he is just as influential (if not more so) than Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs and a slew of other legendary public figures, Kanye West isn't as powerful or godlike as previously thought, seeing as he's been having great difficulty selling out venues for his Yeezus tour.
On Tuesday fewer than 4,500 fans came out for the rapper's show at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, which holds 19,000 people. According to the Kansas City Star, Kanye paused during his set and went on a lengthy rant, and fans were not impressed. "West almost certainly could have filled the Sprint Center five years ago," the paper noted. "Tuesday's poor attendance indicates how his scandalous love life, frequent impolite pronouncements and his gradual shift away from conventional hip-hop have alienated many of his fans." Burn!
Kanye has cancelled multiple concerts due to apparent technical difficulties, but many have speculated that the real reason was low ticket sales. First Kanye postponed a show in Vancouver, Canada, and then when a truck carrying some of his custom stage equipment crashed and damaged the gear back in October, he was forced to cancel three shows. His record label said in a statement at the time that the destruction made it "impossible to put on the show and The Yeezus Tour will be postponed until these essential pieces can be reengineered and refabricated."
Then over the weekend Yeezy took a page from the book of Christian Bale and went off on his tech crew in the middle of his November 30 show in Tampa, Florida. Kanye was only three songs in when he stopped and yelled at workers for "f***ing up" his gig.
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Integrity is an element within the symbol called the Caduceus: the central staff
Integrity is a word that we would like to define in several ways – words that infers structure and order, human qualities which denote truth and uprightness and an inner reality which conveys the notion of contact with Self and the larger Reality.
Integrity is the epigenesis of the inner intent to grow towards our Source.
If we were to take the analogy of a seed that germinates, then the shoot which emerges from the cotyledon ascends towards light. It illustrates the nature of integrity, in that it seeks to connect what is, between the earth and 'its' heaven – the sun. Likewise the roots descend to connect with the source of life. Integrity is a quality that emerges from what we may call the heart of earth. A philosophical idea that our ordinary physical (of matter, or earth) heart–a mere pump to most of us–is in fact a psycho-spiritual organ that literally propels us into an inward journey of growth and development, when we practice Remembrance. Thus the ordinary heart, full of promise, pathology, history and patterns of love, evolves into a feeling heart whose nature from one of mere earth transcends to a less substantial element which we may call the heart of water, as it cleans what has gone before.
This seedling therefor illustrates a 'soft' life-affirming aspect of 'integrity', the upward, transcendent, light seeking, epigensis of what was. The term integrity is our language to illustrate the core of the caduceus; the staff.
Like the seedling and its roots, the central pillar, the staff, needs to be placed in the ground, as it's like a flag pole pointing upwards yet connected to the ground. It is firm, strong, resilient, fundamental and true. In our bodies it is the vertical structure, our fascia and skeleton, the integrity of the piping – blood vessels, lymph, nerve pathways – and particularly our vertebral column. It recalls honesty, uprightness, straight forwardness, truth, trust, true. It is an integer, a complete whole, and connects things. It infers a contact – with our ancestry, our inner self and with something Higher.
Integrity as a word has many sub-texts associated with it. Using common vernacular we talk of people losing their integrity, bending their integrity as they lean towards a greater force, mass or authority, word or idea. We give people an external staff to denote authority, such as a Bishop and his crozier, a judge and gavel, policeman and truncheon, a conductor and baton, an officer and his staff of authority. Our own integrity could be said to be our core, a central tenet, an internal strength, a core feeling, an axis around which we operate. Integrity is not necessarily a given. It may not be transferred in our genes, nor transmitted through our parents, peers, environment and schooling. It may not be passed on as a meme or collective behavior. It may be missing in the general population as part of the culture; there may be no interior understanding of truth, honesty etc.
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For the uninitiated,
is a difficult game concept. Developed by Sega's United Game Artists under the codename '
Project K
', outwardly it offers a seemingly simplistic game, with little more to do than point and shoot and very little in the way of story. However, peel away the layers and you'll find one of the most innovative, immersive, and involving gameplay experiences to have been released in not only the last ten years, but in the entire history of gaming itself.
United Games Artists were a team of developers containing several former members of the disbanded Team Andromeda (the Sega development team behind the
Panzer Dragoon
series). Working among them was Tetsuya Mizuguchi, a subdued yet inspired designer and producer with an eclectic catalogue of games including such titles as
Sega Rally Championship
Space Channel 5
. It was Mizuguchi that conceptualised and produced Rez, and his vision and creativity that brought the game to fruition.
Released by Sega in Japan in 2001 for Dreamcast and PS2, then released in greater numbers in the US and Europe the following year, this amazingly beautiful, striking, and unique game received the critical acclaim it so rightly deserved, but as is the case with most titles that take the chance to be different it received little commercial attention. Maybe this was because it's so difficult to classify, and therefore difficult to market. Rez moves beyond the boundaries set by other games with which it shares similarities (the
Panzer Dragoon
series for example) and has become a genre unto its own. One thing's for certain, it's become a cult classic amongst gamers, defying categorization and representing the feats games can achieve with just a little creativity and a lot of imagination.
The plot is almost nonexistent in
- most of the back-story being reserved for the game's manual - and as a rhythm action title at its heart it cannot really be appreciated in terms of narrative. Still, the story is worth telling, as it infuses your in-game actions with motivation, and also reveals some of
's inspirations. The game is set in a vast computer network in which the AI program 'Eden' has become all too aware of the paradoxes inherent in the human world, and thus has begun to doubt in her own existence. She has begun to shut herself down as a suicide, flooding this universal network with problems as she does so. The player enters this network as a hacker, logging into the system with one mission, to find and reboot Eden while destroying any viruses or firewalls that happen to inhibit progress. You will traverse five different areas in all, the fifth being the core where Eden resides. Basically the plot is kind of like
on ecstasy. And acid. And probably stoned off its noggin too.
As well as film,
takes many of its cues from the myriad of ideas found in music and art. The name
comes from the
track of the same name - an energetic, uplifting and face-paced song, three attributes that are also pervasive throughout the game. The visuals have their routes in the paintings of
Wassily Kandinsky
(hence the name '
Project K
'), a man considered by many as one of the founders of abstract art. Kandinsky's works are evident as you play the game, his vibrant use of colour and swirling, hallucinogenic landscapes spreading before you as you soar above them. It's hopeless to try and play
without taking note of the surrealist and abstract influences.
Playing the Game
On the surface,
is as simple as it gets. You play as a floating avatar, controlling only the on-screen targeting reticule using the left analogue stick. You can either tap the shoot button to fire, or hold down to lock on up to eight enemies at the same time. As many take multiple hits to destroy you can also lock eight shots to a single enemy. The player can also collect 'overdrives', items which, when used, destroy all enemies on-screen at that time.
The game is split into five different areas, each with a distinct musical track and visual style. The areas share a similar structure, each being split into 10 subsections and ending with a boss (or as it's known in-game, a firewall). The player's lives are expressed through the presentation of their avatar. Gaining power-up increments to their evolution bar results in an evolution to a higher form, whilst getting hit by an enemy downgrades the player to a lower form. Getting hit at the lowest form will end the game. The various forms taken by the player's avatar each have different graphical and audio effects.
And that's all there is to it. Reading in the above puts Rez across simply as another on-rails shooter: similar to
Panzer Dragoon
, the player merely travels along a predetermined path through the level, unable to affect their movement at all. This is the inherent problem - and also the brilliance - with
, and that is that it's difficult to accurately describe
using just words or screenshots. The more one writes about
, the more one realises how hard it is to describe it using just words. The backbone of the game lies in the actual experience of playing it, of watching the relationship between sound, visuals and control. The game goes far beyond a basic on-rails shooter with music game elements.
goes beyond, becomes something more, transcending what a video game can be. To be truly understood it must be seen and heard.
This indescribable something, the core of the
experience that has to be felt to be truly appreciated, comes from the game's genuine innovation - its application and conveyance of synesthesia. Synesthesia is defined as a union of the senses, the association of different senses and stimuli with each other - something reported commonly by users of LSD. Whilst you soar over the various psychedelic, abstract and futuristic vistas presented in
, slowly but surely you feel the integration of sight and sound. As your surroundings pulse to the rhythm of the music, so does your floating avatar, the controller vibrating to not only every beat, but to every on-screen action occurring in the vividly coloured landscape. From locking on with your weapon to firing and destroying the enemies, everything is in sync with the music.
Each area begins barren and quiet, nothing to see but the gentle pulse of your avatar moving in time to the subtle music. As you shoot enemies and objects simple noises are formed, and as you pass checkpoints into the next level of each area the sounds become more complex, the backgrounds begin to form. The areas literally build from the ground up as you progress, the music and visuals becoming gradually more layered and intense, building up into something truly wonderful. This journey from nothing - the evolution of the level as you play - slowly brings everything together. Without even knowing it the different aspects of each level (the sound, visuals, vibration and control) come together, combining to form a truly unique, singular experience. Subconsciously you become riveted to the game, yet at ease all at once. No other game has come this close to drawing you in so deeply. Floating forwards, feeling the intensity rise with each level, you truly become one with
; you feel almost a part of it yourself.
It is truly impossible to talk about
without doting on the graphics. Tetsuya Mizuguchi once said, "Old games, like maybe 20 years ago, were like this - vector scan and wireframes. But
isn't being nostalgic. The look is conscious choice. Current games are a little too real now - there's no room for interpretation. But I think
is an experience, so I don't want to put lifelike graphics in it".
's backbone is its presentation. It looks like so many things you've seen in the past, yet it looks like nothing you've seen before. Everything has been made up of simple line and shapes that pulsate and pound in time with the music. As the game runs at its smooth pace, steadily escalating in intensity, you view some truly amazing landscapes filled with an eclectic assortment of enemies. The cell-shaded look to the boss battles is truthfully as breath-taking as it is imaginative. It's a tremendous sight to behold, an assault on the senses. This is something that no gamer should miss.
Each area is inspired by a different ancient culture, a design choice that is apparent as wireframe Sphinxes or ancient hieroglyphs will slowly appear as a particular level forms itself. The different areas also exhibit their own music track and visual style, and culminate in a boss-battle. The final area differs slightly, offering a narrative to the player as they progress - one which deals with the Earth and the creation of life itself. This section of
is nothing short of spectacular, and I won't ruin it for you here if you haven't already played it.
The different forms the player's avatar takes as you level up, or as the case may be, level down, are also very telling of the game's visual inspirations. Each has its own distinctive characteristic, coupled with a slightly different weapon which will interact with the environment in a somewhat altered way. The final level to which you can evolve is strongly reminiscent of the Star Child from
2001: A Space Odyssey
, and your lowest level is a clear nod to Bit from
The Music
It's best to use a quote from Tetsuya Mizuguchi himself to help demonstrate how integral sound is to the design of
. "The first thing we did was decide on the musicians. They had to understand what we were doing with the game - not only the music, but the visual design as well. That was important". The sound design in Rez - from the effects to the soundtrack - is auditory ecstasy. The soundtrack features songs by such artists as Adam Freeland, Joujouka and Ken Ishii. They are electronic experiments, starting slow and minimal and building up into a harmonic synchronisation of beats and pulses. They are phenomenal pieces of work, and blend flawlessly with the game and its aesthetic. The sound effects caused by shooting become part of the music, each shot's associated sound effect seamlessly blending into the rhythm of the track, becoming part of the track itself. The sounds again become one with what you see, melding perfectly with their visual accompaniments to form an auditory encounter you're unlikely to come across in any other game.
Once you've completed the game there are plenty of extra features, and if you feel compelled to play through again (which I'm certain you would be) there are tonnes of unlockables including additional game graphics. The player can also unlock Beyond mode, score-attack and free play modes, the Lost Area and Trance Mission, giving the game plenty of sustainability. Even with these extra modes, simply playing through the main section of the game never loses its appeal - in fact, familiarity with the game serves only to add to its allure. Simply playing to relax and enjoy the visuals is as enjoyable an experience as attempting to gain high scores.
So, a game that on its surface looks something simple and non-provocative - something you'd maybe dismiss due to its lack of freedom and engaging story - is truly a compelling, absorbing and unique experiment that pushes the boundaries of what a game can be. It is very unfair to label
as a 'stoner game', and people who say it is too short have missed the point.
isn't a game that's going to take you on a roller-coaster ride of excitement, shocks and emotions, but it is a game that will change the way you view how games can be made. The marriage of sound and graphics has never before been used in games to the same extent it is in Rez, and it has set a precedent in sound design yet to be matched by any other game.
is, quite simply, one of the most unique and bizarre products ever released. By the time you have finished with the game the feeling is akin to having just heard a symphony, or gazed upon a work of art.
takes daring concepts, astonishing artwork and a powerful soundtrack, combining them to create one singular, exceptional gameplay experience.
is about evolution. The evolution of sound, of graphics, and of games themselves.
takes the simple concept of a game and transforms it into something beautiful yet fun.
is art, a serious yet dazzling adventure that will amaze as much as it entertains. If you have not yet played this game, now is the time to do so...
A special mention must go to the Trance Vibrator, a small vibrating device sold only in Japan designed to be placed in the user's breast pocket to better feel the vibration emanating from the game. The Trance Vibrator was not explicitly marketed as a sex toy, but it has reportedly been used as such, making
a game also used for sexual gratification. That's how good it is ;-)
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I was asked today about nighttime teeth grinding. As an individual that has had this problem on and off for as long as I can remember, I find that it pops up usually during stressful times in my life.
I am sure that most people have this problem and actually are not sure what to attribute it to. There are quite a few symptoms, but the most common seem to be awaking in the morning with a headache, or jaw pain, almost like you had been chewing gum all night long. Sometimes you can actually have a cracking in the jaw, or what almost seems to be a cramping in your jaw area. Some people get bleeding gums from it, loosening of the teeth and sores at the gum line. For most people it is a infrequent problem that usually fixes it self after the stressful time moves on. For others it can go on for weeks, months and even years, and the long term damage can be devastating to the bone in the jaw, and the permanent damage to the teeth as they are actually ground down closer to the gum line.
There are a few things that really do help this problem starting with supplementation that can be taken on a a daily basis at night. If you are or have been a bruxer, or teeth grinder try taking extra Calcium and Magnesium at night to relax the muscles while you sleep, this alone is a huge step to controlling the problem. If your sleep is at the least not very good, you can also take Valarian Root, or Kava or Melatonin. Sometimes what a teeth grinder needs is a way to shut down and relax and get into a deeper sleep, hopefully so they can get a better nights rest and stop reliving their stress while they sleep. Also, managing your daytime stress by meditating, exercising or doing some activity that allows you to chill out will help too. Also, take extra B Complex for daytime energy and added stress relief.
I have also had individuals that use small massage machines on their jaw muscles before they go to sleep to relax those already tight muscles. This preventive measure may help quite a bit.
This is a common problem that many people do not figure out until their dentist tells them about all of the problems they already have and those coming up down the road.
One thing to do is find a Dentist that knows about teeth grinding or TMJ, and have them fit you with a night guard, this helps the teeth glide back and forth and prevent enamel and tooth loss due to gritting during the night.
Although common, many people find great relief with just a few of the above tips, I wish you luck if you are also plagued with this problem as I am.


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Ep. 001: Detailing Knights
Ryan wants to turn the car-cleaning industry on its head by removing the need for water from the process. His business is a certified B-Corp and it doesn't stop there. Ryan wants his business to have a positive social impact as well.
As a young person who had troubles with the law at times, he has set his focus on helping this particular marginalized group. The Knighthood Academy gives youth an opportunity to learn entrepreneurial skills by doing it themselves.
Ryan talks about the rationale behind the education program, his plans for expansion and his hopes for the future of the social enterprise sector.
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The Rte Cereal Industry in 1994
Case Analysis
Competitive Strategy
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Why has RTE cereal been such a profitable business?
The RTE cereal market is a classic oligopoly with the four dominant players controlling 85% of the market. The return on sales earned by the incumbents in this market (18%) is significantly higher compared to rest of the food industry (5%). Efficient markets typically entice new entrants when the returns are attractive. These returns are gradually eroded with increased price competition as a result of the entry. The RTE market has defied this market theory.
There are two main reasons for this. One, any market that yields a high rate of return but has no new entrants must have significant barriers to entry. The RTE cereal market has significant entry barriers. Two, barriers to entry does not necessarily mean high profits for all incumbents in an oligopoly. However, in the RTE cereal, it has. This is attributable to the fact that players in the oligopoly have demonstrated profit maximizing behavior and have successfully avoided market share maximization motivated price wars.
Barriers to entry are discussed below.
Brand Proliferation Strategy: Incumbents have successfully launched a "brand proliferation" strategy using which every foreseeable market niche is already serviced with a specific brand. Collectively, there are about 200 + brands offered by the three leading suppliers. This approach deters new entrants because no market niches are left out for new providers to exploit. Also, the given market share of any one brand is low in a market which has such a large number of brands. This also makes it difficult for new entrants, as the expected market share from a new launch (and hence revenue/profit) is very low. This would typically not cover the costs associated with initial capital investment required for the manufacturing facilities.
Advertising & Promotional Spend: Spending on advertising and promotions is about 15% of sales. Incumbents are spending 300 million annually on advertising and promotions. The intent is to foster brand loyalty by differentiating similar cereals supplied by competitors. This high level of spending has increased the average amount that needs to be spent during a new product introduction in order to catch customers' attention, hence adding to list of barriers to entry.
Preferential Privileges in Retail Channel: Incumbents have relationships with the retailers and get the most desirable shelf space to maximize chances of high sales. Shelf space is typically allocated based on historical sales volume. This makes it difficult for new entrants to break into the market, as it is impossible for them to get prime shelf space.
Capital Intensive: Manufacturing plants cost about $300 million to setup to achieve the economies of scale required to be profitable. This is certainly a barrier to entry but not a very strong one as many large companies would have access to this capital (private or from lending institutions) and would be willing to make the investment, given the high profitability potential.
The barriers to entry helped maintain the oligopoly. However, a key factor contributing to high profitability is the implicit collusion amongst members of the oligopoly. The industry has historically demonstrated a pattern in which Kellogg raises prices and the rest of the industry follows suit.
What changes have led to the current industry crisis?
Switching cost and trade promotions: Competitors have made heavy use of coupons based trade promotions. This has reduced switching cost for customers. This has eroded brand loyalty and has promoted price sensitive shopping behavior. Price Increases: The price has increased by about 35% over the past 3 years. Competitors in the RTE cereal market spend heavily on advertising and trade promotions and have justified the price increases based on the additional advertising expense companies have incurred....
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Ellie & Gracelyn are wondering who the big guy in the silly hat is!
We didn't ever get any real smiles, but at least there weren't any tears!
Here are some pictures of the first time Ellie and Gracelyn met Santa. They were still in the NICU and Santa and Mrs. Claus visited every single baby there. Santa sure is a selfless guy!
Ellie's nurse wrapped her up and let Santa hold her.
Gracelyn looks so teeny tiny. I can't believe that was just a year ago!


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Examining your own life is an interesting process, as you'll find yourself laughing at experiences that at the time were less than funny. I remember raising my last teenage son and trying to teach him how to drive a car. For some reason, he wasn't interested in leaving his exciting video games to master the fundamentals of operating the family vehicle. In his own words "I can always have someone drive me around." At the time those words didn't seem funny, but irritating. I certainly didn't want that role as I was looking forward to my empty nest years. They didn't include chauffeuring this son to college, etc. He, in his inexperience, didn't realize that driving equals independence.
Well, I finally got him into the family car with its automatic transmission. All he had to do was steer it on the road. Being early spring, the only problem was that Utah roads are notoriously full of potholes. He wanted to stay close to the outside of our town's two-lane road to avoid oncoming cars. On our very first outing, I remember yelling, "Watch out for the potholes," just as he hit a very deep one directly. Immediately, I ordered him to pull off the road as our front tire was loosing its air quickly. We changed drivers before I drove to the closest tire store. The mechanic on duty was amazed at how flat the tire when we got there. He said, "The rim is probably bent."
Thinking…Okay, this is a test that definitely demonstrates your outlook or attitude toward life. I bit my tongue as I realized that chewing out my teenager for his mistake would not help him with his reluctance to try driving again, and to leave the nest one day. Thankfully, the mechanic was able to straighten out the rim without replacing the whole thing. My son went on to get his drivers license, and is one of the most cautious drivers in our family today.
I think an optimist ACTS upon a situation seeing the overall picture, while a pessimist REACTS instead. Do some analysis of your own life. Have there been situations where you've reacted rather than acted positively towards the negative experiences that come to everyone? Life is full of lessons, and laughing is certainly easier than crying or complaining. Write down one of your most challenging experiences, and what you discovered about yourself.


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J.Riley: "Dad what if my balls drop to the ground."
I had to leave the room for the answer to this one :)
Today we were at a stop light on the way to school in front of a store that always has prom looking dresses in the big front window.
J.Riley- "Hey Mom, do you want to buy one of those dresses if they go on sale?"
Me- "sure, but only if they go on sale."
J.Riley- " Do you want to buy the yellow one, pink one or the rabbit one?" (referring to the leopard print dress)
Me.- "The yellow one is pretty."
J.Riley- "How will we get it if it is behind the glass?"
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Elyse d'Abreau spent her whole life singing with her twin sister. As one of six daughters, their beautiful singing voices was what set them apart. In fact, everyone in their hometown on the coast of Tabago thinks that she and her sister are destined for greatness. But, that was all before the accident that left Elyse without a voice and desperate to get away from everything that reminds her of what she's lost, including her sister.
Oregon is pretty far away from the Caribbean. Elyse is spending the summer with a family friend, taking it easy and recovering. She works for her family's friend, Lemon and pals around with Summer's daughter Kirby and Kirby's best friend.The last thing she wants is the added stress of a relationship. Especially one with Christian Kane, the biggest heartbreaker on the cove.
Since Elyse isn't interested in dating Christian, she sees no problem in helping him win the local regatta. Christian is in a tight place after his father bet a local land developer that he'd take first place. Since Elyse grew up sailing, she steps up when Christian needs a first mate. But, as she helps him with the regatta, she begins to see the boy behind the reputation. And that boy is a lot harder to resist...
This is the summer book you've been waiting for. Elyse's voicebox might have been damaged, but her voice shines through this novel. Her love for music has led her to a love of poetry that she writes with the same sharpies she keeps around to communicate with her friends and Christian. Her poetry, combined with her really strong point-of-view leads to a wonderful novel that is definitely in competition as my favorite Ockler book. I also completely loved Christian's mermaid-seeking younger brother, so much that I'd love to read a book about his teenage years as well.
If you love contemporary YA and haven't read a Sarah Ockler book yet, add her to your summer reading list STAT! Her main characters are girls working towards happiness despite the problems life throws at them. Also, there are some of the dreamiest boys in YA... if you go for that sort of thing. Her books are perfect for fans of Jennifer Echols and Trish Doller!
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Should abortion laws be changed?
A couple from Mumbai -- Niketa and her husband Haresh Mehta -- have moved the Bombay High Court and have demanded an amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. The couple have challenged a rule that bans abortions after the 20 th week of pregnancy. 25-week pregnant Niketa and her husband Haresh Mehta have decided to take such a drastic step after they discovered that their unborn child suffers from a congenital heart condition. This implies that if 31-year-old Niketa were to give birth to the child, it would never live a normal life because of a congenital complete heart block.The couple says that they found out about their unborn child's incurable condition on July 22, and in two days they filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking the right to abort their child at this advanced stage. The Mehta's are the first couple to bring this issue before a court and demand an amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971.As per the law, according to the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, abortions are permitted up to the 12th week of pregnancy. Between the 12th and the 20th week, an abortion can be permitted with the consent of two doctors only if the mother or the child faces a fatal risk. However, beyond the 20th week of pregnancy, an abortion can be conducted only if the mother's life is in danger and not the child's. A doctor, who conducts an abortion beyond the 20th week for any reason apart from a fatal risk to the mother, can be sentenced to imprisonment of up to seven years.
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It was de rigueur in by-gone days to complete your look with a marvelous headpiece. It's one of the things that I love most about vintage fashion; the meticulous thought that went into each outfit.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Ruby cube solved!
Yay Carolyn Pile! She is the creator behind today's guest strip and I've consider myself truly blessed to have discovered her amazing comics and world via Facebook. And now, you all have to great fortuine to discover her to!
This comic is ©2008-2012 Chuck Harrison
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- Carolyn said...
Thank you for your kind words.
- February 24, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- The Guy's Perspective said...
That is really funny and clever!
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The Bee-Eaters
Dr Hilary Fry's study of the bee-eaters covers all 24 species of this colourful Family, which ranges from southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East to India, China, south-east Asia and Australia.
A major part of the book comprises the species accounts, with complementary colour plates of 42 species and sub-species and detailed maps depicting the geography of their evolution. In addition there are chapters on the bee-eaters' evolutionary development, their food and foraging behaviour, and relationships with apiculture; of particular interest are chapters on social and reproductive life, the role of 'helpers' at the nest, and the meaning of plumage and social distinctions between the species.
The author's colour plates delight the eye and accurately portray plumage and 'jizz'. They are fully supplemented by more than 100 drawings by John Busby, capturing the essence of these birds with a rare deftness and vitality.
- Author(s): C Hilary Fry
- Stock Code: 8136867
- Format: Hardback
- Illustrations: Colour plates, Colour illustrations, Maps
- Pages: 320
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We're Giving Away 4 Tickets To The Wild & Scenic Film Festival At Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Want to catch environmental flicks on a giant outdoor screen along Jupiter's waterfront?
Well, we're giving away tickets to the third annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival, set to take place April 8 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in front of Jupiter's Lighthouse.
The screening will feature 16 short films that showcase how we can be more connected to the Earth, as well as live music and a DJ, opportunities to purchase snacks and drinks, and a raffle. The good news is two pairs of tickets are up for grabs, valued at $10 a piece.
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By: Maya Silver
What does the phrase "Energy Smart" mean to you? A solar array glistening in the desert sun? Samso, the Danish, wind-powered island? An environmentalist on a soapbox?
For the Colorado residents of Eagle, Gunnison and Pitkin Counties, Energy Smart means building efficiency. While a tube of caulk may not be as sexy as a solar panel, it has become, along with other energy efficiency measures, the poster child for energy savings and carbon dioxide emissions reductions.
The tri-County Energy Smart Program, funded by a Department of Energy BetterBuildings grant, makes residential energy improvements simple and affordable for homeowners.
"Energy Smart has helped us become more energy efficient...and warm!'' says participant Kristina Herrin. " We have already begun to take action, and now it's so helpful to have such a concise and helpful list."
Photo of Kristina and Nick Herrin
Getting started begins with a phone call (or an email or a visit) to the county's Energy Resource Center that might sound something like this:
"Help! My bills are through the roof! My kids have asthma! We're freezing in the winter and stifling hot in the summer! Oh, and I want to do the right thing."
Photo of Kristina and Nick Herrin's Energy Efficient Cabin
What ensues is a streamlined, simple and affordable process. The Home Energy Advisor figuratively takes the hand of the homeowner and tells him or her that everything's going to be okay. The advisor then schedules an energy assessment with trained Energy Smart analysts. The assessment may include a walk-through evaluation, a blower-door test, utility bill analysis, health and life safety testing and thermal imaging.
The assessment report provides the homeowner with information about how the house is performing and, more importantly, recommendations for improvement. Essentially, this boils down to a prioritized home "To Do" list. The homeowner even gets a reminder magnet featuring the top five assessment recommendations to flaunt on their fridge as a friendly reminder.
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To keep the To Do list from collecting dust, the Energy Resource Center provides the tools that make taking action easy and convenient. These include:
1. Access to Information: Free consulting to homeowners, a library, a computer kiosk and take-home FAQs and resources on energy topics.
2. Access to Financing: 20% Energy Smart rebate (up to $200) for energy upgrades and renewable systems, guidance in applying for other rebates and tax credits and an Energy Smart financing program with low interest rates.
3. Access to Skilled Workforce: An Energy Smart Team of local energy analysts, contractors and clean energy system installers to deploy to program participants, an auxiliary list of other qualified building industry professionals, Energy Smart educational workshops and tuition scholarships for training opportunities.
These components are the "yeast, flour and water" necessary to cultivate a successful residential efficiency program. Of course, these ingredients also involve time and some careful massaging to allow mistakes to turn into lessons and, ultimately, improvements to the program. The process is about saving energy, reducing emissions and impacting our community, but it's also about finding out what works. This way we can optimize and verify the effectiveness of energy upgrade work in the future.
"My energy analyst did a very good, thorough job in assessing my home,'' says participant Bryce Appleton. " I give him an A.''
This is the dawn of residential efficiency programs and Energy Smart, along with all of the nation's other budding pilot programs, are trail-blazing as we go. If that doesn't inspire you (the words "residential efficiency" tend to have a soporific effect…), then let's call this the dawn of a new era of thinking about and using energy differently and better.
Energy Smart isn't just a story about home energy improvements. It is a tale of economic development – reinvesting the millions upon millions of dollars that Colorado citizens send out of their towns, counties and state for direct and indirect energy costs. Reducing that financial outpouring keeps money in people's pockets and at home in our local communities.
At its core, Energy Smart is also solid evidence of how rural communities can come together and build something bigger and better. By partnering with our neighbors, we can leverage economy of scale, crank up our impact and bring more voices and expertise to the table. Particularly when communities share industries (e.g. tourism, recreation, agriculture) and qualities (e.g. rural, co-op utilities, climate), collaboration makes perfect sense.
One day, Energy Smart will be one of many stories about how our country charted the path to living in better buildings, sustainably powering our future.
To learn more about the Energy Smart Program, visit (http://www.energysmartcolorado.com).
Maya Silver is the Communications Director at the Office for Resource Efficiency (ORE) in Gunnison County, Colorado. She handles marketing for the Gunnison Energy Smart Program. She blogs, freelances and has a guide for teens whose parents have cancer forthcoming in 2012.


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Fundamental hints and tips to kick start your Excel skills. This is an Excel starter book, but I'm assuming that you will already know the very basics of using Excel; open, close, basic data entry.
The idea of this short handy bite-size book is to provide you with what I have found to be most useful elements of Excel within my day-to-day work and life. I don't tell you about all the bells and whistles – just what you need on a daily basis. This ebook is suitable for anyone who is looking to learn Excel and wants to increase their productivity and efficiency, both at work and home. Please bear in mind I don't cover all functionality of all areas, the point is that I strip out anything that's not useful and only highlight the functionality that I believe is useful on a daily basis. Don't buy a huge textbook which you'll never fully read, pick an ebook which is most relevant to your current learning, read it, apply it and then get on with your day.
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I really did not know what to expect when I picked this book, but I was really pleasantly surprised. I thought that Ross Kemp presented a balanced view of the gangs, speaking to both gang members and police. He also didn't sugar coat there brutal crimes or try to make martyrs of the gang members. This book really made me think outside of the box and see the bigger picture about gangs, such as poverty, abuse, government parties etc. I did not know much about Ross Kemp, apart from him being in Eastenders but after reading the book he seems a real sweetie pie.
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José has flu-like symptoms. They recalled Markstrom, and Clemmensen will get the start. Speedy recovery to José!
The Panthers won 5-4, so now have a 7 point lead in the Southeast Division.
José (Jo-say) Theodore (Thee-uh-dore) was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 and played with them until March of 2006, winning the Hart and Vezina Trophies in 2002. He spent two and a half seasons with the Colorado Avalanche. José signed with the Washington Capitals in July 2008 where he played the next two seasons. He was awarded the Masterton Trophy in 2010. He played the 2010-11 season with the Minnesota Wild, and then played 2 seasons with the Florida Panthers.
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BBL has been one of the most popular T20 leagues in the world after IPL and here we bring to you the top 10 highest wicket takers in BBL so far:
10. Kane Richardson – 35 – (Adelaide Strikers)
Right arm pacer Kane Richardson has taken 35 wickets in BBL playing for Strikers since the 2011 BBL season. His best bowling is 3/9 and his Big Bash exploits have made him a valued member of the Australian international team as well. He recently contributed brilliantly in the Indian Premier League as well.
9. Nathan Rimmington – 37 – (Melbourne Renegades, Perth Scorchers)
Nathan Rimmington has picked up 37 wickets in 39 BBL matches from 2011 onwards. He has represented 2 teams so far, the Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers. The right arm swing bowler is perhaps one of the best death over bowlers and has been performing brilliantly in that role for both the teams he has played.
8. James Faulkner – 37 – (Melbourne Stars)
Australian World Cup winner and the man of the final in the ICC World Cup 2015, James Faulkner has taken 37 wickets in 31 matches for Melbourne Stars so far in BBL. A true all-rounder, Faulkner ability to control the game with his medium pace and well disguised slow balls have made him a favorite among the teams in IPL as well.
7. Cameron Boyce – 37 – (Adelaide Strikers, Hobart Hurricanes)
Leg-spinner Cameron Boyce has taken 37 wickets in 28 matches in BBL from 2012 till now. His best bowling is 3/11 and his brilliant performance for the Hurricanes this year earned him recall in Australian team against India in the T20 series.
6. John Hastings – 40 – (Melbourne Stars)
A workhorse fast bowler, John Hastings has taken 40 wickets in BBL so far. Hastings who can bowl really fast if he wants to is the go-to bowler for his captain whenever a wicket is required in a crunch situation. His best is 4/29 and he has played 28 matches so far.
5. Clint McKay – 42 – (Melbourne Stars, Sydney Thunder)
Another brilliant T20 bowler Clint McKay has taken 42 wickets in 33 matches so far. His best is 4/28 and his ability to bowl slow balls and yorkers at the end of the innings has earned him matches for the Australian national team as well.
4. Shaun Tait – 42 – (Adelaide Strikers, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades)
The 'Wild Thing' Shaun Tait has taken 42 wickets in 31 BBL matches with a best of 3/16. Tait is one of the fastest bowlers ever to play international cricket, often clocking above 150 consistently. Though injuries and his tendency to bowl wide balls and no balls hampered a career that would have been more rewarding, Tait has made rounds in every T20 league there is in the world and performed up to his reputation.
3. Jason Behrendorff – 45 – (Perth Scorchers)
Another opening pacer Jason Behrendorff sits at no.3 on this list with 45 wickets in 32 matches. The Scorchers' opening bowler has best match figures of 4/22 and his accurate bowling made Scorchers the winners in the 2014-15 season.
2. Brad Hogg – 46 – (Perth Scorchers)
Veteran 44-year-old chinaman bowler Brad Hogg, who had made a shocking return to competitive cricket in BBL 2011, has taken 46 wickets in 44 matches with a best of 4/29. The oldest of BBL players', Hogg's brilliant BBL performance also saw him return to the Australian T20 international side in 2012 after initially retiring in 2008. Hogg has also made a name for himself in Indian Premier League, playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
1. Ben Laughlin -60 – (Adelaide Strikers, Hobart Hurricanes)
The highest wicket taker in the BBL so far has been pacer Ben Laughlin, who has taken 60 wickets in 43 BBL matches with a best of 4/31. Laughlin, who represented Australia in ODIs and T20Is, recently announced his retirement from international cricket in order to participate in the Masters Championship League.


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Good Day and Good Morrow my friends.
We a few bits of news but not a lot. It's been a light week in FoW News. We got the stream, we got some Top 8 results, and we got some general news in the world of FoW.
Let's kick this off like we always do with the Q&A Stream.
- No news on a Vingolf 3 reprint at this time.
- Major ARCHITECTS and CASTER News later this week/next week. Characters and Core Concepts.
- Will Lapis become a dragon? "Probably not"
- 0 cost cards unlikely, but if so the power will be limited to avoid cards like Laevateinn.
- More Inheritance in L4.
- Lore for RDE will explain Scheherazade's role.
- More Dragons in L4.
- Very good chance that FoW Characters could appear in Casters/Architects. Casters more than likely.
- Lapis holding "Excalibur" in the spoiler isn't "Excalibur".
- L4 Flavor text preview… "And they all lived unhappily ever after."
- No information on Cthulhus in the next cluster.
- Un-chaseable cards like Black Moonbeam are highly unlikely.
- Grimm's world does not have a natural moon.
- Colossal Shift cards? Possibly.
- Rulers in L4 are multi-colored? Maybe!?!
- No real strategy for deciding promos. More so based around conversations of who is popular at the time, and who they would like to see being played.
- Starting with next cluster, sets will be designed with formats other than New Frontiers in mind. New Frontiers won't be ignored but they will think about how cards would interact in other formats.
- Jordan would like a Mega Man based Vingolf. Persona is highly requested by fans.
- Does not think that there are any new Treasury Items in L4.
Last weekend in Nagoya, Japan there was a Force of Will GP and the results were similar to what we have seen but with a spicy twist. This time it was taken down by Alhama'at himself. With a very interesting deck build, Alhama'at was the number one deck to win it all. Rounding out the Top 8 were a single Lumia and Charlotte, but 5 copies of Pricia. Yes, you read that correct, 5 copies of Pricia Top 8'd. When was the last time we saw that many of a single Ruler Top 8 an event? Pre-R/R ban?
Pricia OTK definitely seems to be a thing in the current meta. Not a surprise as OTK's, specifically Fire based ones, always seem to be a hit amongst FoW players. However popular it may seem, it is beatable as it has yet to take down a GP event.
No more 4-Koma for the time being. With the artist themselves providing the content, there are no plans for additional stories at this time. Once an artist comes up with something new, then FoW will release it.
Until then enjoy the ones we already have if you haven't.
On Wednesday, another round of Force of Will bootcamp was released. This time they cover a multitude of utility cards and how a player can use them to their advantage. If you are new to the game or have struggled at building decks I definitely recommend it.
Check out this week's article as well as the previous ones here.
On Sunday, another round from the teaching manga was released. If you are a new player I definitely recommend it as it delves into the mechanics of the game in a fun and simple way. Plus the artwork is always nice.
Check out this week's article as well as the previous ones here.
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Find 20197 assessor, assessment, auditor's, and appraiser's offices, revenue commissions, GIS, and tax equalization departments. Assessors provide information on property and land tax assessment, property listings, values, valuations, property search, and records.
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Most jurisdictions have an appeal process for contesting an assessment. While the specific rules vary from one locality to the next, the process typically involves a hearing before an assessment appeal board. Taxpayers who have concerns about their assessment should visit their local Assessor's Office or its website to learn about the appeal process and what information is required in order to appeal a property tax assessment.How does my assessment affect the taxes I owe?
The formula used to calculate property taxes varies by location. Your assessment is one part of your property tax calculation. Your property tax payment is calculated by multiplying your property's assessed value, or in some cases half of the assessed value, by the tax rate for your location.What is the difference between assessed value and market value?
Market value is the likely selling price of a property based on current market conditions. In some jurisdictions, the Assessor calculates an assessed value by applying a factor, for example 70%, to the market value. The assessed value is then used to calculate the taxes for that property.