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SEARSBURG, Vt. — A Maine man was killed when the crane he was operating hit a live electrical wire on Tuesday morning.
David Sprague, 59, of Windham, Maine, was working at a construction site on Putnam Road, off Route 8, when he drove his crane under a series of high tension power lines at about 11:00 a.m. The crane struck one of the lines, electrocuting Sprague.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy will be performed by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
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STAMFORD, Vt. — A local woman avoided injury when her Chrysler Town and Country crashed into a tree on Saturday morning shortly before 11.
Karen Wheeler, 57, of Readsboro was southbound on Route 100 in her 2005 van when she experienced a mechanical malfunction with her steering wheel, according to State Trooper Lauren Ronan. The van left the highway near Lincoln Road, collided with a guardrail and then a tree.
There was extensive damage to the guardrail and vehicle, which is considered totaled. Wheeler was wearing a seat belt and no one was injured in the crash. The conditions were dry and sunny.
A second accident later that day in Pownal involved two
STAMFORD, Vt. — Two North Adams, Mass., residents were injured after their car slammed into a tree on Main Road on Sunday morning.
Joelle M. Peterson, 34, and her passenger, Zachariah Chaffy, 36, were northbound on Route 8/100 in a 1999 Subaru Legacy before noon when Peterson lost control of the vehicle.
"The vehicle hit an icy patch of snow that had accumulated on the roadway. The operator was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and left the roadway before striking a tree," according to the report by State Trooper Alex Saxby.
The weather was clear but Saxby reported blowing snow across the highway.
The Subaru veered across the southbound lane,
STAMFORD, Vt. — An Adams, Mass., man is facing charges after crashing his car early Saturday morning.
State police say Dorian Bigelow, 19, lost control of his 2007 Hyundai Tiburon at about 3 a.m. and left the road, smashing into a group of trees.
There was wet snow on the road but Trooper Thomas Stange said "alcohol appeared to be a contributing factor in the crash."
The crash occurred near 1111 East Road.
The vehicle incurred heavy front end damage. Bigelow was taken to the emergency facility in North Adams, Mass., for minor injuries related to the airbag's deployment.
Criminal charges are pending the results of the investigation.
STAMFORD, Vt. — A delivery truck driver was taken to Berkshire Medical Center's satellite emergency facility in North Adams, Mass., on Tuesday after shearing off a utility pole.
State police said Darrell Thomas, 43, of Albany, N.Y., was southbound on Route 100 at about 12:30 p.m. when he left the highway just south of Collins Road.
Investigation into the crash determined that Thomas' uniform delivery truck lost traction on the snow-covered roadway and exited the west side of the road. The truck flipped onto its right side and slid nose first into the pole, cutting it in two and causing the cab and cargo area to rip open.
Thomas had been wearing his
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Padgett v. Board of Trustees of Michigan State University et al
Plaintiff: Cameron Padgett
Defendant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University and Lou Anna Kimsey Simon
Case Number: 1:2017cv00805
Filed: September 3, 2017
Court: Michigan Western District Court
Office: Southern Division (1) Office
County: XX US, Outside State
Referring Judge: Ellen S. Carmody
Presiding Judge: Janet T. Neff
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983
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My Background in the Field of Smoking Cessation
My Background in the Field of Smoking Cessation
I am often asked by email and at the Freedom Board just how I got into the field of smoking cessation, my own personal smoking history, and what my motivations are for doing the work I do in this field. To make it easier to respond to such inquiries I put together this web page.
In many ways, I don't fully understand what originally sparked the interest in me and became what has now turned into a campaign of over 40 years. I first started conducting smoking prevention seminars in 1971 as a freshman in high school. I was quite a sight back then. Fourteen years old, but coming off quite a bit younger since I wasn't five feet tall and my voice hadn't changed yet and I was a volunteer lecturer for the American Cancer Society. Originally I was lecturing to high school and elementary school groups, but by the beginning of my junior year in high school, I was being asked to lecture in colleges and universities. While I am known by the online world now mostly for my writing, I was never really a natural writer. Public speaking was much easier and more natural to me.
Presenting a seminar on the dangers of smoking to a Chicago public high school group in 1976.
By the time I was a senior in high school, I was lecturing in medical schools and at professional medical conferences throughout Illinois. I was also the main speaker at a number of conferences on smoking and health Illinois. At many of these conferences there would usually be a panel of physicians speaking on the laws about smoking, the economics of smoking, the advertising of smoking and the social implications of smoking and then I would be the speaker to deliver the dangers and the medical consequences of smoking.
I became quite a popular speaker in the area. I really enjoyed this work and I realized that I was reaching people with a potentially life saving message that just didn't seem to be told often enough or understood well enough by the general public.
The programs I conducted the first few years were always about the dangers of smoking. My audiences were either school age kids who I was trying to reach with the message of prevention, or programs for college students or professionals in the public health field in teaching them about the dangers of smoking and hopefully inspiring them to help to tackle the problem in their professional capacities.
In 1976 I was lecturing at a Chicago based medical school and one of the professors of the school had just been asked to send a speaker to a stop smoking clinic being held at a drug abuse center on the north side of Chicago. After seeing my presentation the professor asked if I could fill the request and be the speaker. I agreed to the request. All I was being asked to do was the opening session of the clinic, to teach the smokers wanting to quit what smoking was going to do to them if they didn't quit. Another person was going to come teach them how to quit in the next four sessions of the clinic scheduled to be held later that week. I am going to attach a letter here that explains the next phase of my indoctrination into the stop smoking world. It also answers the question to my own personal smoking history.


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AMERICUS - Jamon Hawkins scored a career-high 24 points and Daryl Davis added a career-best 17 in a losing effort as the Georgia Southwestern men's basketball team dropped a back-and-forth affair with USC Aiken, 67-64, Thursday evening in the Storm Dome.
The Hurricanes suffer their first loss in Peach Belt Conference play this season and drop to 6-4 overall, 2-1 PBC. USC Aiken has won five of its last six contests and improves to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in the PBC.
Neither team could gain any separation all night as the game was tied 13 times and the lead changed hands on 17 occasions. USCA's largest lead was eight points in the middle of the second half and the Hurricanes held a five-point advantage eight minutes into the game.
For only the second time this season, GSW did not lead at the half. The two sides entered the break tied, 30-30.
It looked like the Pacers may open things up midway through the second half when a one-point deficit turned into an eight-point lead after three-consecutive three-point baskets came in the span of 63 seconds. USCA led 54-46 with 8:51 to play.
Hawkins and Davis combined to score the next 10 GSW points and help the Hurricanes pull within a point, 57-56, with 5:18 remaining.
The Hurricanes grabbed the lead one final time at 61-60 with 4:12 to go; but USCA answered with a 7-0 run.
GSW managed to pull the game within three in the closing seconds and a Tyler Gunnett steal with nine seconds to go led to a pair of looks at tying 3-point baskets.
Hawkins and Davis combined to finish 7 of 16 from beyond the arc pacing the Hurricanes to a season-high eight 3-point baskets in the game. Matt Shaw posted his first career double-double, finishing with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
GSW did a good job containing USCA's leading scorer, Ronald Zimmerman. Zimmerman entered the contest ranked fourth in the league, averaging 18.7 points. Zimmerman finished with three points. Santoine Butler and Re'mon Nelson finished with 15 points apiece to lead the Pacers. Paul Larsen added 12 and a team-high nine rebounds.
The Hurricane defense was stout once again, holding USCA to 67 points, 19 below its season average. The Pacers, who came into the matchup ranked first in the PBC in 3-point field goal percentage (41.0), were held to 29.4 percent shooting from beyond the arc on Thursday.
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John A. PollockProfessor and Co-Director of the Chronic Pain Research Consortium / Director of the Partnership in Education
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
222A Mellon Hall
Phone: 412.855.4043
Education:Ph.D., Biophysics, Syracuse University, 1984
M.S., Physics, Syracuse University, 1983
B.S., Physics, Syracuse University, 1978
2018 Presidential Award - National Science Foundation & White House
Awarded for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
2018 Presidential Award - Duquesne University
Awarded for Faculty Excellence in Service to the Mission
2018 Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Award
Awarded for Faculty Excellence in Service to the Mission
2018 Parents' Choice Award 'Recommended' to J. Pollock for mobile app REBOUND: BEATING CONCUSSION
2017 Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Award
Awarded for Faculty Excellence in Scholarship
2017 Apple Award for Distinguished Educator
TEDx Talk: TEDxYouth@SquirrelHill "STORY" (Published Nov 16, 2016)
Dr. John Archie Pollock. "Human evolution and the unique abilities that humans have to tell stories through technology, art, literature and now through videos, apps and ebooks."
"Pollock to Discuss the Importance of Storytelling in Learning Science at TEDxYouth Conference" -- Published in the Duquesne University Times
2016 CITYHACKS: IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (a Bibliotech eBook)
— WINNER OF International Serious Play Competition Bronze Honors 2016
— Parents' Choice Award 'Recommended'
2016 Parents' Choice Award 'Recommended' to J. Pollock for mobile app DARWIN SYNTHETIC INTERVIEW
2015 Emmy® Award for Children/Youth/Teen - Program or Special to Scientastic! "ARE YOU SLEEPING?" John Pollock, Executive Producer from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)
2015 Emmy® Award for Musical Composition/Arrangement to Scientastic! "ARE YOU SLEEPING?" John Pollock, Executive Producer from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Mid-Atlantic Chapter)
2014 Inaugural Provost's Interdisciplinary Research Consortia Grant (John Pollock & Jelena Janjic Co-investigators)
2013 Duquesne University President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Awarded in recognition of extraordinary service rendered
2013 Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Award
Awarded for Faculty Excellence in Teaching
Carnegie Science Award 2011
Special Recognition in Science Education
2010 Duquesne University Research Hall of Fame
Molecular Neurobiology
My research is focused on the basic biology of the nervous system and is currently exploring chronic pain.
Since the 1980s, I have explored the development of nerve cells in the fruit fly eye. Among other things, we have found that the RUNX1 transcription factor, LOZENGE, initially influence cells with undetermined fates to choose survival over death. We have also found that LOZENGE proteins contribute to helping a cell choose a specific fate. We have investigated what genes regulate lozenge and in turn, what LOZENGE protein specifically regulates during axon growth and guidance. Our research uses a combination of confocal microscopy techniques as well as quantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis of mRNA expression among other approaches.
New research directions include the analysis of TRP (calcium channel) in the context of a rat chronic pain model. The extensive family of TRP related proteins are intimately involved in pain physiology. As Co-Director of the Chronic Pain Research Consortium (http://www.duq.edu/pain), I am collaborating with Dr. Jelena Janjc (Mylan School of Pharmacy). We are using small animal imaging to co-localize the immune system response to chronic pain and changes in TRP expression through the use of theranostic nanoparticles. We can visualize changes in neuroinflammation in live animals and also use the nanoparticles as a targeted drug delivery mechanism.
Partnerships in Education
My research creates new multimedia learning resources that focus on fundamental principles of science and health literacy, and then explores how people learn from these new resources.
As Director of the Partnership in Education I strive to create a strong and accessible scientific dialogue between the research community and the general public and classrooms. To achieve this, I create informal science education pieces for use in museums including planetariums shows, exhibits, interactive media and supporting teacher resource materials (www.sepa.duq.edu). Research evaluates how effective the new learning tools are as well as how people learn. Topics have included tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and the fundamental principles of evolution (www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin). Collaborative partners have included the Carnegie Science Center, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, The National Aviary, The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Public School, and American Philosophical Society Museum-Philadelphia.
I have also created a children's television show called Scientastic! (www.ScientasticTV.com). Scientastic has been broadcast on public television stations nationwide. A companion App called Powers of Minus Ten-Bones is available from iTunes.
Project funding has come from Science Education Partnership Awards from the National Institutes of Health, and from the US Department of Education, The Pittsburgh Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and UPMC Health Plan, among others.
Recent Publications
J. M. Janjic, K. Vasudeva, M. Saleem, A. Stevens, L. Liu, S. Patel, J. A. Pollock (2018) Low-dose NSAIDs reduce pain via targeted nanoemulsion delivery to neuroinflammation in Rat. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 318, 72-79.
Lampe, David J; Kantorski, Brinley; Pollock, John A. (2018) Charles Darwin Synthetic Interview. Journal of STEM Outreach, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 1, Jan. 2018.
Vasudeva K, Vodovotz , Azhar N, Barclay D, Janjic JM, Pollock JA (2015) In Vivo and Systems Biology Studies Implicate IL-18 as a Central Mediator in Chronic Pain, Journal of Neuroimmunology, doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.04.012.
Vasudeva K, Andersen K, Zeyzus-Johns B, Hitchens TK, Patel SK, Balducci A, Janjic JM, Pollock JA (2014) Imaging Neuroinflammation In Vivo in a Neuropathic Pain Rat Model with Near-Infrared Fluorescence and 19F Magnetic Resonance. PLoS ONE 9(2): e90589. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090589
S. K. Patel, M. J. Patrick, J. A. Pollock, J. M. Janjic (2013) Two-color fluorescent (near-infrared and visible) triphasic perfluorocarbon nanoemuslions. J. Biomed. Opt. 18 (10), 101312 (August 02, 2013); doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.10.101312
Jelena M. Janjic, Sravan K. Patel, Michael J. Patrick, John A. Pollock, Erin DiVito, Michael Cascio. Proceedings Article | February 21, 2013:
Suppressing inflammation from inside out with novel NIR visible perfluorocarbon nanotheranostics. Proc. SPIE. 8596, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications V 85960L (February 21, 2013) doi: 10.1117/12.2004625
Patel SK, Zhang Y, Pollock JA, Janjic JM (2013) Cyclooxgenase-2 Inhibiting Perfluoropoly (Ethylene Glycol) Ether Theranostic Nanoemulsions–In Vitro Study. PLoS ONE 8(2): e55802. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055802
A. Wilson, L. Gonzalez, J. A. Pollock (2012) Evaluating learning and attitudes on tissue engineering: A study of children viewing animated digital dome shows detailing the biomedicine of tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering (Part A), vol 18, no. 5 576-586. PMID:21943030
J. Ricou, J. A. Pollock (2012) The Tree, The Spiral And The Web of Life: A Visual Exploration. Leonardo Journal, Volume 45, No. 1, 18-25. Download from Leonardo Journal
J. Ricou, D. Commisso, L. Gonzalez, J. A. Pollock (2011) The Evolution Of Evolution: The Tree, The Spiral And The Web of Life, International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), Volume 2, Issue 4, 554 - 557. Download
K. Lawrence, C. Stilley, J.A. Pollock, D. Webber, E. Quivers (2011) A family-centered educational program to promote independence in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Progress in Transplantation, Vol 21. March 2011. Download
N.A. Siddall, G.R. Hime, J.A. Pollock, P. Batterham (2009) Ttk69-dependent regulation of lozenge expression is necessary for correct R7 differentiation in the developing eye of Drosophila melanogaster. Biomed Central: Developmental Biology Dec 9; 9:64.
J.P. McKay, B. Nightingale and J.A. Pollock (2008) Helmsman is expressed in both trachea and Photoreceptor development; partial inactivation alters trachea morphology and visually guided behavior. Journal of Neurogenetics, Apr-Jun;22(2):1. Download
S. Sethi, W. Adams, J.A. Pollock and P.A. Witt-Enderby (2008) C-terminal domains within human MT(1) and MT(2) melatonin receptors are involved in internalization processes. J Pineal Res. 2008 Mar 13. Download
K. Behan, J. Fair, S. Singh, M. Bogwitz, T. Perry, V. Grubor, F. Cunningham, C. Nichols, T. Cheung, P. Batterham and J.A. Pollock (2005) Alternative splicing removes an Ets interaction domain from Lozenge during Drosophila eye development. Dev Genes Evol. 215:423-435.Download
N. Siddall, K.J. Behan, N., J.R. Crew, T.L. Cheung, J.A. Fair, P. Batterham, and J.A. Pollock (2003) Mutations in lozenge and D-Pax2 invoke ectopic patterned cell death in the developing Drosophila eye using distinct mechanisms. Dev Genes Evol 213:107-119. Download
K.J. Behan, C.D. Nichols, T. L. Cheung, A. Farlow, B. M. Hogan P. Batterham and JA Pollock (2002) Yan regulates Lozenge during Drosophila eye development. Dev Genes Evol, 212:267-276. Download
Selected Publications Before 1999
J.R. Crew, P. Batterham, and J.A. Pollock (1997) Developing compound eye in lozenge mutants of Drosophila: lozenge expression in the R7 equivalence group. Development Genes and Evolution 206, 481-493. Download
B. Gillo, I. Chorna, H. Cohen, B. Cook, I. Manistersky, O. Devary, A. Arnon, A. Baumann, U.B. Kaupp, J.A. Pollock, Z. Selinger and B. Minke (1996) Co-expression of Drosophila TRP and TRPL in Xenopus oocytes reconstitutes a capacitative Ca 2+ entry similar to the light-activated conductance. PNAS USA 93, 14146-14151. Download
M. E. Martone, J. A. Pollock, Y. Yhang, Y. and M. H. Ellisman (1996) Ultrastructural localization of dendritic messenger RNA in adult rat hippocampus. J. Neuroscience 16: 7437-7446.Download
J.A. Pollock, A. Asaf, A. Peretz, C. Nichols, M.H. Mojet, R.C. Hardie and B. Minke (1995) TRP, a protein essential for inositide-mediated Ca2+ influx is localized adjacent to the calcium stores in Drosophila photoreceptors. J. Neurosci. 15, 3747 3760. Download
R. C. Hardie, A. Peretz, J. A. Pollock, B. Minke (1993) Ca2+ Limits the Development of the Light Response in Drosophila Photoreceptors. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B.252, 223-229.
B. Rudy, C. Kentros, M. Weiser, D. Fruhling, P. Serodio, E. Vega-Saenz de Miera, M. H. Ellisman, J. A. Pollock, H. Baker (1992) Region-Specific Expression of a K+ channel gene in Brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 89, 4603 - 4607.
D. R. Hyde, K. L. Mecklenburg, J. A. Pollock, T. Vihtelic, Seymour Benzer (1990) Twenty Drosophila Visual System cDNA Clones: One Is A Homologue Of Human Arrestin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 87, 1008-1012.
J.A. Pollock and Seymour Benzer (1988) Transcript Localization of Four Opsin Genes In the Three Visual Organs in Drosophila; RH2 is Ocellus Specific. Nature 333, 779-782.
U. Banerjee, P. J. Renfranz, J. A. Pollock, Seymour Benzer (1987) Molecular Characterization and Expression of sevenless, a Gene Involved in Neural Pattern Formation in the Drosophila Eye. Cell 49, 281-291.
Dr. John Archie Pollock is currently a Full Professor of Biological Sciences at Duquesne University. Dr. Pollock holds appointments as Visiting Professor with the Entertainment Technology Center, jointly managed by Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. Dr. Pollock is also an Affiliated Faculty with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.
Dr. Pollock is an educator who teaches courses in his expertise including neuroscience, microscopy, molecular and cellular biology. His outreach teaching has included working with informal science education in museums and for broadcast television. Currently, he also participates in weekly activities with young learners (4 -7 year olds) and 5th - 7th grades.
As a scientist, Dr. Pollock has spent over 25 years as a principal investigator directing a continuously funded research program in basic science investigating the development of the nervous system. He is also studying chronic pain and the changes in gene expression that are associated with it. He received his Bachelor of Science in physics and also completed a major in philosophy at Syracuse University. He then earned a Masters of Science in physics, as well as his Doctor of Philosophy in biophysics, also from Syracuse University. In order to study in the laboratory of Prof. Seymour Benzer, a pioneer in neuro-genetic and behavioral research, Dr. Pollock moved to Caltech in Pasadena, California. From Caltech, he moved to Carnegie Mellon University to serve as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Biology for 12 years before joining Duquesne University in 2001.
Dr. Pollock is co-director and partnering principal investigator for the Chronic Pain Research Consortium at Duquesne University. This research collaborative is engaging faculty distributed between several colleges and schools at Duquesne University to focus on the study of chronic pain in relationship to regenerative medicine. In addition to conducting research and teaching, Dr. Pollock has served as founding director for the Partnership in Education, which produces multimedia based informal science education projects that are artistically rich STEM learning resources including videos, TV shows, Apps, videogames and teaching resources for young people and the general public. The funding for this work has come from three separate Science Education Partnership Awards from the National Institutes of Health, which have provided support from 2000-2019. Additional support for science education has come from the US Department of Education, The Pittsburgh Foundation, UPMC Health Plan, and The John Templeton Foundation, among others.
Honors and awards include: Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation Research Award, James A. Shannon Director's Award from the National Institutes of Health, Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Visiting Scholar Award from the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia, a Grass Foundation Traveling Lecturer for the Society for Neuroscience.
Duquesne University recently recognized Dr. Pollock for the significant and consistent funding that he has generated and awarded him induction into the Office of Research Hall of Fame 2010. In recognition for work in science education, Dr. Pollock was awarded the Carnegie Science Award, Special Achievement in Education 2011.
In 2013, Dr Pollock was recipient of the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, in recognition of outstanding instruction provided. Later that same year, Dr. Pollock was honored with Duquesne University President's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In 2014, the Dr. Pollock, along with Dr. Jelena Janjic, shared the inaugural Provost's Interdisciplinary Research Consortia Grant, which provides University funding for interdisciplinary research and scholarship for the Chronic Pain Research Consortium.
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[face=SPIonic]w)/ moi, a)naidei/hn e)pieime/ne, kerdaleo/fron,[/face]
I think that [face=SPIonic]a)naidei/hn [/face]is in the accusative case because it acts as object of the participle [face=SPIonic]e)pieime/ne[/face]. However, I don't understand why [face=SPIonic]kerdaleo/fron [/face]is neuter (I assume it is nominative)
There is nothing neuter for it to modify. If it is neuter because it is an adverb, what verb is it modifying. It wouldn't be -craftily clothed with shamelessness- would it?


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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: Captain Ned, emkubed
thegleek wrote:Why don't you see for yourself? Glad to see another Wolfsheim fan out there.So what else do the Aphex Twin fans listen to?
Squarepusher? Autechre? Orbital? The Orb?
pete_roth wrote:Any fan of the Bloodhound Gang is alright by me.IT'S TRICKY! - Bloodhound Gang rendition
OsakaJ wrote:Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" album.
"... We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year..."
Usacomp2k3 wrote:tesmar wrote:Caedmon's Call
Yay. We had "40 acres" back in the day but sold it when we moved from Peru It was only after then that I started to like their style. My HS youth group leader was a big Caedmon's Call fan and we jammed at Rock the Universe
mac_h8r1 wrote:Matisyahu
thegleek wrote:mac_h8r1 wrote:Matisyahu
HAHAHAH LOL ROFL LOLLERSKATES>>>... OMFG111!!!!1 lol
wow.. you bought that cd too eh?
i got it the other day and love it. although my mind subliminally blocks
out any jewish or otherwise religious messages he tries to rap about.
move over fat boys, enter mayisyhu!
Ma10n3! wrote:Muse.
Summary: A group of atheists--but then, maybe not. Hmmm.
Perhaps far from atheist, but definitely not Christian.
axeman wrote:Harvey Danger and/or David Gray lately.


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Bay of Fires, TAS
Saffire Freycinet
Overlooking the Hazards Mountains, Freycinet Peninsula and Great Oyster Bay, Saffire Freycinet is a premium luxury lodge immersed in nature. Featuring luxurious suites, decorated with a confection of classic and contemporary furnishings, some with private plunge pools and decks give Saffire some of its sparkle. Some of the suites are larger than a mid-size home. With an exclusive day spa, restaurant, and guest lounge and bar, at Saffire you can relax, indulge and feel truly inspired in the unique nature of the surrounding coastline. Saffire is located around a three hour drive from Hobart or approximately two and a half hours from Launceston.


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Promises Treatment Centers Concerned by Rising Trend of Binge Drinking among Women with Young Children
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) August 13, 2009 -- The Long Island mom who killed herself and seven others in a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway in New York reportedly was acutely intoxicated on alcohol and marijuana. Her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. Investigators also noted that Schuler had another six grams of vodka in her stomach that had not yet entered her blood stream.
Diane Schuler was driving home from a family camping trip with her daughter, son, and three nieces, all children under the age of nine. Although the family disputes that the mother was an alcoholic, it is hard to reconcile the idea that a normal drinker would risk driving a car full of young children while under the influence of the equivalent of 10 drinks of vodka (a bottle was found in her vehicle) and after having smoked marijuana less than 1 hour before the crash.
Schuler also killed the two people in the car she hit head on.
Schuler is part of a disturbing trend in the United States: while the rate of drunk driving among men has been falling, it has been rapidly rising among women. The gap between men and women is closing in drunk driving cases, with an almost 29% increase in arrests of women from 1998 to 2007. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) reports that they receive 17,000 child endangerment calls every year from individuals concerned that children are being driven by alcohol-impaired drivers, many of them mothers.
"More women are engaging in high-risk drinking behavior," says David Sack, M.D., CEO of Promises Treatment Centers, a premier international alcohol rehab (//www.promises.com) located in California, "But they also tend to be better at concealing their alcohol abuse. They will drink alone at home, and they are less likely to get help. Women tend to be in a later stage of alcoholism than men by the time they seek treatment."
"What we're also seeing at Promises, is an increase in binge drinking. We talk about alcoholics, but in fact the real issue has been a dramatic increase in binge drinking. We usually see this behavior in young adults, but now we are seeing it in women during their child-bearing years. Studies have shown that binge drinkers, who may normally seem to be moderate drinkers, are 14 times more likely to drive while intoxicated than non-binge drinkers," Dr. Sack explains.
Binge drinking is defined as any single drinking occasion in which more than five drinks are consumed. Binge drinking results in acute impairment, and according to a 2003 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, causes a substantial percentage of all alcohol-related deaths.
Many people cannot fathom how a mother could drink and drive when her young children are in the car. Dr. Sack explains that this is because once a person begins drinking, judgment is diminished.
"As they drink or use a drug their judgment changes and they start to be unable to tell how impaired they are. That's when they engage in risky behaviors they would not consider when sober," Dr. Sack explains.
Family members reacted with shock to the finding that Diane Schuler was drunk and stoned while driving. According to Dr. Sack, it is not uncommon for family members to minimize drinking behavior or dismiss occasional binge-drinking incidents as isolated incidents.
"Ignoring signs of binge drinking or other drug abuse is potentially very dangerous. Women tend to hide their substance abuse well. And if they binge drink only occasionally, family members will often underestimate the riskiness of this behavior," Dr. Sack says.
Promises Treatment Centers has seen more of this type of binge drinker in recent years and has developed an effective approach to treatment, especially in cases where a serious event has not yet occurred. Because these patients focus on the fact that they don't drink every day or show more typical hallmark signs of alcoholism, they dismiss the riskiness of their drinking.
"They need help in confronting the potential dangers and losses they face during their binge episodes. Therapists can walk the client through a series of 'what if' scenarios. What if they kill someone with their car? What if their child is in trouble and they can't help? What if they are arrested for a DUI while their children are in the car? At Promises, we want our clients to reach their own conclusion of how their lives would be better if they stop binging, and the therapist helps them to explore rather than run from the consequences of their behaviors," says Dr. Sack.
Dr. Sack recommends that people do not drive after even a single drink.
"It impairs your judgment. It puts you and others at risk. It's better to have a zero-alcohol policy than try to guess how intoxicated you might be, particularly for women who can be over the limit after a single drink."


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Caravan for Peace Highlights Effects of Drug War on Both Sides of US-Mexico Border
LOS ANGELES – Rafael Trujillo Herrera, 35, held up a sign showing the faces of four of his younger brothers.
They didn't join Herrera in front of Los Angeles City Hall Tuesday to campaign against drug war violence because they disappeared in the Mexican state of Colima— two of them in 2008, and the other two in 2010.
Herrera, who is from Michoacán, Mexico, said his brothers were innocent victims of the U.S.-Mexico drug war.
In the past six years, more than 55,000 have been killed.
Some 140,000 people have been displaced by drug cartel violence since 2007, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has documented over 5,000 disappearances.
We come to sow a seed of consciousness in the minds of U.S. people and government officials.
Mexico's bloodshed brought Herrera to the other side of the border to travel for a month on a trans-national journey with the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, an organization of U.S. and Mexican activists stopping in more than 20 U.S. cities to promote a bi-national dialogue on drug war violence and the policies of both countries that activists say fuel this violence.
"We come to sow a seed of consciousness in the minds of U.S. people and government officials," Herrera said in Spanish. "Unfortunately, we have seen that the United States has supplied the firearms, and we (Mexico) get the casualties, the bloodshed, and those who have disappeared."
About 69 percent of guns recovered in Mexico from 2007 to 2011 were U.S.-manufactured, according to an April 2012 report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
But the violence from the drug war affects those on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
At one of the Caravan's Los Angeles stops at La Placita Olvera, a Mexican marketplace, 16-year-old Jorge Moreno of Los Angeles held a picture of his uncle as he listened to stories of others who lost family members to the drug war.
Moreno said his uncle, Mauricio Aguilar, went missing two years ago in Mexico.
And drug traffickers make victims of people across all social classes, said 55-year-old Pietro Ameglio of Morelos, Mexico, who is a professor and an activist with the peace movement.
"I like to ask taxi drivers, people on the street—everyone could tell a story of someone who's disappeared, who's been extorted, displaced, or someone who has died," Ameglio said in Spanish.
Irene McPhail, 71, a retired psychotherapist from Berkeley, CA, who now calls herself an "activista," made her way to Los Angeles Tuesday to support the peace movement.
McPhail said her daughter, who is married to a Mexican national, lives in the Mexican state of Morelos. "We are shocked at what's happening. We've experienced it personally," McPhail said.
She recalled when she visited two years ago there were tanks on the streets, and authorities weren't allowing people in some areas because of a murder. "When I read of a gruesome killing…[my daughter] said, 'Mom, we live with it everyday.'"
Along with peaceful bi-national dialogues, members of the Caravan for Peace are calling for U.S. and Mexican leaders to take concrete steps to effect a change.
In an online petition to President Barack Obama, the organization proposes that the United States prohibit gun imports into the U.S. because many assault weapons are then smuggled into Mexico. More than 43,000 people have signed the petition.
The group also asks the United States to increase regulation of gun sales and to devote more resources to prevent gun smuggling. The ATF does not publish the names of U.S. gun dealers whose weapons are traced to Mexican crimes scenes, but records obtained by the Denver Post in 2010 found that guns bought in stores along the border were the most likely to wind up in the hands of criminals in Mexico.
The investigation showed hundreds of guns that ended up in Mexico were bought in four stores just 10 miles north of Reynosa, Mexico.
About 68,000 guns recovered in Mexico were traced to the United States over the past five years, according to the ATF.
Other activist organizations would like to see drugs in the U.S. strictly regulated instead of being illegal.
"Our national policies have made our children's safety at more risk than if we had a more appropriately regulated drug market, if we treated heroine and cocaine and methamphetamine addiction as a public health issue, and then if someone commits a crime, then we deal with that crime," said Diane Goldstein, a former lieutenant of the Redondo Beach Police Department in Southern California.
Goldstein was born in Mexico City and is also a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, an organization traveling with the Caravan. She had a brother who died of an accidental overdose, and said she can relate to family members of those affected by drug violence.
"It's so important for our country to see the face of pain," Goldstein said, "to see what our policy does."
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity was started by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia after his son and six of his friends became innocent victims of drug war violence. Their beaten and asphyxiated bodies were found in a car along a highway in the state of Morelos in March 2011.


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*I Am Not My Breast Cancer*
*Ruth Peltason*
Kinshasha talked with Ruth Peltason author of the new book, *I am Not My Breast Cancer*.
If you or a loved one has or has had breast cancer, *I Am Not My Breast Cancer is an invaluable tool*. The book is written off of message board posts from an internet online support group, so you get the ebb and flow of conversation as women from all different walks of life weigh in on how this disease has and is affecting them. With over 800 contributing voices, the book has much to say. It covers topics from the obvious fear of the diagnosis to the less obvious discomforts and challenges that many women with breast cancer face alone.
This interview personal crash course in medical procedure, patient emotions, and resoundingly lets the listener know that there is a very real, resilient, tired, loving human being underneath that scary diagnosis. Ruth Peltason does not presume that everyone will share similar emotions, but lets the voices of the many tell their stories, that those who read them might find a common voice, support and validation.
*I Am Not My Breast Cancer* is a real education to the total upheaval that breast cancer causes. This important conversation reassures us of the heart that we, as women, as mothers, daughters and friends are tough enough to survive.
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Get The Look: Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert at the Academy of Country Music Awards!
Did you catch the Academy of Country Music Awards? The red carpet was buzzing with country-crooners in their Sunday's best. Well Too Faced is a lil' bit country, too– glamming up songstresses Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert so they lit up the red carpet! Here's how:
Carrie Underwood was glowing from head to toe as a country-gal' turned bronze-goddess!
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Miranda Lambert had all eyes on her in a sizzling gold gown paired with an au naturel beauty look!
Eyes: Accentuate eyes with Too Faced Natural at Night Eye Palette, $36, TooFaced.com. Signature How-To Cards made it simple.
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Face: Highlight cheekbones with Too Faced Candlelight Glow, then add a hint of color with Ultra Flush Blush in Who's Your Poppy, $19, TooFaced.com.
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Roland Aira TB3, TR8 & VT3 Now In Stock
Roland Aira Are Now In Stock!The highly anticipated new Roland Aira units have arrived in stock at Dolphin Music and are already flying off the shelves. If you want one you'll have to be quick - these won't be around for long.
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From NBC's Mark Murray
Not sure how he believes this after Chuck Grassley's comments on Monday, but Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has released a statement stressing that his committee is still working on a bipartisan bill.
Bipartisan progress continues. The Finance Committee is on track to reach a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive health care reform that can pass the Senate. Our group will be meeting tomorrow and our staffs continue to meet as well. I am confident we will continue our steady progress toward health care reform that will lower costs and provide quality, affordable coverage to all Americans.


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Who will helm Barcelona after Vilanova's exit?
Barcelona were mourning the enforced exit of ailing coach Tito Vilanova on Saturday but there was also a sense the Spanish champions were prepared to move swiftly to appoint a successor and focus on preparations for next season.
President Sandro Rosell made the announcement late on Friday that Vilanova, who has been battling throat cancer the past two years, needed more treatment that meant he would be unable to remain in charge of the first team.
A replacement for the 44-year-old, who was promoted from assistant coach to succeed Pep Guardiola at the end of the 2011-12 season, would likely be announced early next week, Rosell added.
Many of the first team squad were at Rosell's news conference, including World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, and the club cancelled a friendly they were due to play against Polish side Lechia Gdansk on Saturday and suspended training until Monday.
"Life goes on," Rosell said. "Obviously this is a very hard blow to take but Barca has suffered many blows in our history and we have always come through. This will be no different."
Image: Assistant coach, Jordi Roura, Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi and Jose Manuel Pinto of FC Barcelona look on during a press conference by club President Sandro Rosell, announcing the news of Tito Vilanova's resignation at the Sant Joan Despi Sports Complex on Friday
Photographs: David Ramos/Getty Images
Ferrer 'Rubi' could take over from Vilanova
Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia reported that Joan Francesc Ferrer, known as "Rubi", could be in line to take over, while daily Sport said the former Girona coach might be a temporary replacement.
Ferrer led Girona to the second division playoffs last season and was appointed Vilanova's assistant for the coming campaign to help with technical analysis of Barca's rivals.
Other names mentioned, all former Barca players, were Swansea's Danish manager Michael Laudrup, Celta Vigo's Spanish coach Luis Enrique and Dutchman Frank de Boer of Ajax Amsterdam.
Jupp Heynckes, who led Bayern Munich to an unprecedented treble of Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League titles last season before being replaced by Guardiola, and Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, who was in charge at Athletic Bilbao until the end of last term, were also named as possible candidates.
Image: Tito Vilanova
Photographs: David Ramos/Getty Images
'I know the way Barca like to play and their philosophy'
German Heynckes, who turned 68 in May, had a stint at Bilbao before leading Barca's arch rivals Real Madrid to the Champions League title in 1998.
His reputation was enhanced when Bayern thumped Barca 7-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals of Europe's elite club competition last season and he was complimentary about the club after the second leg.
"I know Spanish football very well, especially Barcelona," he told a news conference.
"I know the way they like to play and their philosophy. Barca are not only an extraordinary club but a fantastic team."
Barca are due to play a friendly against Bayern in Munich on Wednesday and they launch their bid for a fifth La Liga title in six years at home to Levante on the weekend of August 17/18.
The first leg of the Spanish Super Cup against King's Cup winners Atletico Madrid is on August 21 at Atletico's Calderon stadium and the return leg is a week later at the Nou Camp.
Image: Jupp Heynckes
Photographs: Michael Dalder/Reuters


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CalCurse is a calendar and todo list for the console which allows
you to keep track of your appointments and everyday tasks. CalCurse
has a nice textmode interface with configurable color schemes, configurable
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WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez was sworn in today as Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Ms. Dominguez was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 10 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 19, 2001. As EEOC Chair, she will serve as the chief executive officer of the Commission for a five-year term expiring on July 1, 2006.
Ms. Dominguez succeeds Ida L. Castro, who had served as EEOC Chair since October 1998. Ms. Castro's term as a member of the Commission expires on July 1, 2003. The other two sitting members of the Commission are Vice Chair Paul M. Igasaki and Commissioner Paul Steven Miller. Their terms expire on July 1, 2002 and 2004, respectively. The fifth Commission seat is currently vacant, along with the position of General Counsel.
"I am humbled and honored to have this opportunity to serve President Bush and the American people as Chair of the EEOC," Ms. Dominguez said at her swearing-in at agency headquarters. "EEOC has a unique and rich history. Its mission captures the promise of America and the mandate of our times: that no worker be left behind for reasons as wasteful and abhorrent as prejudice and discrimination."
She added: "I look forward to working closely with the President and his Cabinet, Congress, my fellow Commissioners and dedicated EEOC team members, the employer and employee communities, and all others who are committed to our mandate and wish to partner with us in the race to end discrimination in the workplace once and for all."
Ms. Dominguez brings to the Commission a well-established commitment to equal opportunity and diversity, accompanied by a recognized track record in effective, innovative leadership and management, and reaching common ground on complex employment issues. She formerly served as a principal of Dominguez & Associates, a Maryland-based consulting firm which she established in 1999 to focus on senior management recruitment, diversity evaluations, ongoing employment-related matters, and workforce preparedness assessments.
Previously, Ms. Dominguez held senior positions at two international executive search firms. In Washington, D.C., she was a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles, one of the world's leading executive search firms, where she served on the firm's Financial Services, Human Resources, and Board of Directors practices. She was also a Director at Spencer Stuart in the San Francisco office. An experienced search professional, she has carried out numerous senior management assignments across industries and functions.
As EEOC Chair, Ms. Dominguez continues her distinguished career in the federal government, having served in the U.S. Department of Labor as Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards and as Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. In the latter capacity, she launched and led the Labor Department's "Glass Ceiling Initiative," designed to remove barriers in the workplace affecting the advancement of individuals on the basis of race or gender.
Her corporate experience includes holding various human resources positions with Bank America Corporation, including Director of Executive Programs. Her responsibilities included executive compensation and benefits, succession planning, executive staffing and development, and diversity initiatives. She received Bank America CEO's "Eagle Award," the highest corporate recognition for functional excellence.
Ms. Dominguez has served on numerous nonprofit Boards, including the Leadership Foundation of the International Women's Forum and the Hispanic Business Roundtable. She is also a former Board Member of Holy Names College in Oakland, California, and the Human Resources Planning Society. In addition, she has been recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics in the Country" by Hispanic Business magazine. The American Biographical Institute has listed her as one of the "Two Thousand Most Notable American Women."
Ms. Dominguez holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from The American University's School of International Service, in Washington, D.C. She is also a Fellow of the Advanced Study Program in Public Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; prohibitions against discrimination affecting individuals with disabilities in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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Reese Witherspoon Smiling After Arrest
Reese Witherspoon Is All Smiles in LA After Her Arrest
Reese Witherspoon had a huge grin on her face as she hopped out of her car in LA yesterday. She's back on the West Coast after popping up in NYC on Sunday for the premiere of Mud alongside costar Matthew McConaughey. Reese skipped the press line after the event, since it was on the heels of her weekend legal trouble. Reese and her husband Jim Toth were both arrested in Atlanta early last Friday morning, though they were released from jail shortly after. Jim was booked for a DUI while Reese ended up in handcuffs for disorderly conduct. Reese has since spoken out saying she's "deeply embarrassed" and is "very sorry for [her] behavior."
Reese is reportedly "happy to be home" now, though she'll have to return to Georgia to appear in court next month. Jim, meanwhile, has already gotten back to business and was seen heading into his LA office yesterday.


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Mariah Carey & Justin Bieber: 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Video Premiere!
Check out Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber in the latest music video for "All I Want for Christmas Is You"!
The song is a remake of Mariah's Christmas classic, and features tons of holiday cheer. At the end of the vid, Mariah and Justin receive a special gift – a puppy!
"WATCH "All I Want For Christmas Is You" #SuperFestive version with @justinbieber NOW!" Mariah tweeted in honor of the new video.
Justin debuted the vid at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony in New York City.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the new "All I Want for Christmas Is You" video?


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Harper's Monthly Magazine (Jan. 1901), vol. 102, p. 172. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library; also, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-53345 and Francis J. Dowd, ed., Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit [New York and London, 1923], facing p. 11.)
Captioned, "Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man-of-War, 1619," shows group of emaciated captives on shore, surrounded by Europeans; slave ship in background. This historical event as imagined by the well-known American artist Howard Pyle (1853-1911). See also, Engel Sluiter, "New Light on the '20. and Odd Negroes' Arriving in Virginia, August 1619," William and Mary Quarterly (April 1997), pp. 395-398.


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Andrés Ubaldo's curator insight, February 21, 2013 3:01 PM
Las computadoras también nos ayudan mucho en la búsqueda de información, no sólo para perder el tiempo
Pedro Barbosa's curator insight, January 4, 2013 4:19 AM
One of the best articles i´ve seen this beginning of 2013. Really awesome and simple ideas to do something we should all do: learn.
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Gino Fransman's curator insight, January 8, 2013 6:56 AM
Great strategies to get yourself better engaged.
Michael Stapleton's curator insight, March 19, 2013 10:30 PM
The folks at Boundless who last brought us the EdTech Buzzwords Infographic are back with The History of Education. The graphic takes a look at how formal education began, changes along the way, current day and predictions for the next twenty years.
Shelli Herseth's curator insight, December 4, 2015 12:41 PM
A cool infographic on the history of education! #edlt561
Annette Schmeling's curator insight, December 28, 2012 9:28 AM
Networking from within. Great advice and potentially a good cases for Values Based Leaders to explore and share common interests.
Dagmar Monett's curator insight, January 4, 2013 4:13 AM
I agree: "MOOCS and online courses are a means, not an end"
Danielle M. Villegas's curator insight, January 4, 2013 9:57 AM
This is definitely an important conversation to have in the correct way. I've been the recipient of an online education through a MOOC used effectively. Just like any course going from classroom to online, or for that matter going from e-learning to m-learning, careful thought has to be done to ensure that content is not lost, and that an essential part of learning--interaction--is included. It's a different dynamic than in a classroom, thus how a MOOC is used should be planned out accordingly.


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With her long Latina hair, beautiful features and gravity defying figure Muriel certainly made an entrance. She was a dead-ringer for Salma Hayek or maybe Salma's, dare we say it, younger, sexier sister!
As usual I like to get down to the shooting as soon as possible when I meet a model for the first time. I don't believe in the softly-softly approach, adjusting for jet lag or those 'lets get to know each other' type activities. I said 'Lets get naked and start shooting'. So we did. Well she got naked and I started shooting, of course! Straight from the airport we headed to a studio in Barcelona and got down to work.
Muriel instantly displayed a natural talent for modeling. She was easy going, positive, hard working and proud of her incredible assets - happily showing off her Argentinean and Italian heritage in an elegant, sexy way.
So nine hours later and with over 1000 images and with a full hard disc we wrapped it up. What a start. And this was only day one out of four!


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PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 PCS+ Review
PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 PCS+ Introduction:
In the past we have looked at a wide selection of PowerColor's product stack from the upper end Devil 13 HD 7990 to the liquid cooled PCS+ HD 6990 and on down to the sub $150 HD 7790 Turbo Duo. What you see from top to bottom are not only the reference designs but some all out cards with interesting feature sets. The PowerColor HD 7850 PCS+ fits into the product stack a bit higher up than the HD 7790 Turbo Duo while still not breaking the budget at around $200, offering a nice performance up tick for your additional dollars. As a PCS+ equipped video card, the HD 7850 starts with a non-stock PCB equipped with PowerColor's Gold Power Kit for improved overclocking and stability to go along with the custom dual S-shaped direct contact heat pipes used to help cool the AMD 28nm Pitcairn core.
Your everyday, run of the mill reference HD 7850 comes with a core clock speed of 860MHz and either 1 or 2GB of GDDR5 memory. PowerColor's latest is a 2GB version with a baseline clock speed on the core of 1000MHz to give you that added FPS you need when gaming. NVIDIA's GTX 650Ti Boost edition had the HD 7850 as the target market it was looking to take over. Will the added core clock speed of the HD 7850 PCS+ make that challenge a moot point? Let's look further into what the card has to offer.
PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 PCS+ Closer Look:
The HD 7850 PCS+ gets an all new look similar to that seen on the HD 7870 Myst Edition card we looked at back in January of this year. A wealth of information is shown on the front side of the packaging. Along the bottom is the model number and series. To the left the image shows that this card can support up to four displays at a time, features 2GB of GDDR5 memory, and is equipped with technologies that enable the HD7850 PCS+ to run faster, cooler, and quieter while maintaining rock solid reliability. The information on the back side speaks to the technologies used on this card that include the Professional Cooling System and Gold Power Kit that provide the means to run faster and cooler.
Inside, much like just about every video card delivered today, you have a nondescript cardboard box that holds the HD 7850 PCS+. Flipping open the lid shows the card located in the center of the box with the accessory bundle tucked underneath the cardboard dividers. Included in the accessory bundle are a driver disk, quick installation manual, Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter, DVI to VGA adapter, and a Crossfire bridge connection.
PowerColor has made a name putting together video cards that include both interesting, well thought out cooling solutions, as well as some truly innovative cards such as the Devil 13 and liquid cooled PCS+ HD 7970.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen rose against the dollar and euro on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan said its open-ended commitment to buy assets would kick in only next year, but the prospect of more monetary accommodation by a central bank appeared to lend support to a broad range of financial assets, including stocks, gold and oil.
Analysts said the yen's rise would likely be short-lived and that on a medium-term basis, it would weaken.
The euro benefited from a surprisingly sharp jump in investor sentiment in Germany. Analysts said, however, that the currency's recent climb could put the euro zone at a competitive disadvantage when its economy needs to grow.
Hopes that the global economy would improve allowed cyclical sectors to lead the Standard & Poor's 500 to a five-year high.
Investors waited for earnings results from technology companies due after the closing bell and were not disappointed.
IBM reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' forecasts and Google Inc said net revenue in its core Internet business increased more than 20 percent in the fourth quarter.
Shares of Google were up roughly 4.5 percent at $734.46 in after-hours trading.
"Especially with the lull in economic data this week, earnings will be a big driving force for equities this week," said Jonathan Garber, macro analyst at Briefing.com in Chicago.
A catalyst from positive earnings results is needed for stocks to move still higher, he said, while mixed earnings with "lower guidance" would make another upward move more difficult.
Signals that Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a nearly four-month extension of the U.S. debt limit were also helpful for riskier assets.
Global stock markets were mixed. Japanese equities and world indices rose on the BoJ news, but European shares fell on a potential price war in French telecommunications.
The euro pared sharp losses against the yen and the dollar after a German ZEW survey showed economic sentiment at its highest since May 2012.
Front-month Brent crude oil futures rose 71 cents to settle at $112.42 a barrel, supported by Bank of Japan plans for asset buying and strong investor confidence data from Germany.
Gold rose as the Bank of Japan's pledge to launch an economic stimulus effort and a five-year high in U.S. equities prompted nervous investors to buy gold. Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at $1,691.24 an ounce by 3:29 p.m. EST (8.29 p.m. British Time).
Japan's central bank, under intense political pressure to overcome deflation, doubled its inflation target to 2 percent. The BoJ also said it had decided to switch to an open-ended approach to buying assets each month next year, setting no deadline for completing the purchases.
"The yen strengthened after weakening since mid-November in anticipation of the BoJ's plan," Garber said.
Though the yen appreciated on Tuesday, Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington, said its medium-term trend downward was intact.
Current BoJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's term ends in April and since he is expected to be replaced by someone whose stance on aggressive policy easing matches that of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, markets expect the yen to weaken.
On Tuesday, however, the dollar slipped against the yen to 88.68.
The euro was down 1.3 percent on the day at 117.78 yen, though off a session low of 117.31 yen. The euro was hurt by a German newspaper report saying Germany's regulator had ordered large banks to simulate a break-up.
Against the dollar, the euro was down 0.1 percent at $1.3300.
The euro hit a near 10-month high a week ago and some strategists said it would likely stay firm as concerns around the euro zone crisis ease. Supporting that view was a surprisingly strong German ZEW reading on investor sentiment, a sign the euro zone crisis was no longer hitting Europe's largest economy as hard as it did last year.
But Douglas Cote, chief market strategist at ING U.S. Investment Management, with $170 billion in assets under management, said the euro's rise since the start of the year could pose a problem for the euro zone and the global economy.
"Europe has a growth crisis," he said. "Their currency is rising at the absolute worst possible time, hurting its global competitiveness."
U.S. housing data has surprised on the positive side over the last few months, but news that U.S. existing home sales fell in December temporarily weakened stock prices. It also allowed safe-haven U.S. debt to erase early losses and edge higher.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 1/32, leaving its yield at 1.84 percent, slightly lower than 1.85 percent at the close on Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 62.51 points, or 0.46 percent, at 13,712.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 6.58 points, or 0.44 percent, at 1,492.56. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 8.47 points, or 0.27 percent, at 3,143.18.
European shares, testing two-year highs in recent days, weakened. Telecom shares slipped after Vivendi's SFR mobile operator said it was cutting prices by as much as 25 percent.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 closed down 0.1 percent at 1,165.49.
Frankfurt's DAX fell as much as 1.4 percent on the talk but then erased about half of that loss.
The MSCI world index was up 0.26 percent.
Additional reporting by Wanfeng Zhou, Nick Olivari, Margaret Choi and Frank Tang in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Dan Grebler


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Thursday, March 1, 2012
9:00am Pacific/12:00pm Eastern
The High Brightness LED market (HB-LED) is in flux as the industry transitions from serving primarily LCD backlight markets to solid state lighting. Despite concerns for overcapacity and falling HB-LED prices, manufacturers are continuing to invest in new technology, new equipment and added capacity for long term competitive advantage. This 60-minute webcast will present overviews on where is the market going and what manufacturers are investing in to meet today's needs and position themselves for tomorrow's opportunities.
Cost: Free to SEMI Members; $100 for non-members.
|LED Markets and Applications
|Jamie Fox, IMS Research
|After 60% growth in 2010, the gallium nitride (GaN) LED market is expected to show a decline of 6% for 2011 to $8bn, but moderately rebound in 2012 as LED penetration into TV backlighting slows and more efficient direct-lit backing units become more prominent. The lighting share of the GaN LED market, however, is expected to surge from 21% in 2011 to 49% in 2016. Lighting LED revenue is expected to grow more than 300% and units expected to grow more than 1500% over this period. Jamie Fox from IMS Research will present the market outlook for LEDs, addressing the critical market drivers and technology trends underlying LED demand.
|Equipment Spending and Capacity Trends
|Dan Tracy, SEMI
|Despite 2 years of massive investment in global capacity—particularly in China—significant new capacity and equipment is still projected for 2012. Dan Tracy will present the 2012 outlook on global LED capacity and equipment spending.
|Materials Markets and Opportunities
|Mike Corbett, Linx Consulting
|As manufacturers race to achieve a 10X cost improvement in LEDs by 2020, advanced materials to improve efficacy and greater material-use efficiency to reduce costs will become critical strategies. This presentation from Mike Corbett from Linx Consulting will present an overview of the LED materials market and address the key trends and opportunities for manufacturers and materials suppliers.
|Speaker Biographies
|Jamie Fox, IMS Research
|Jamie Fox holds a BSc in Physics and Astronomy and a Masters degree in Nanoscale Science and Technology, is LED Research Manager and is focused on the markets for LEDs and other optoelectronic components. Based in the UK, he is the lead analyst for packaged LED shipments and demand. Jamie has been working in the LED area for IMS Research for 5 years, has good relationships with most of the leading LED companies, and has spoken at various conferences such as Bregenz, San Diego and EuroLED.
|Dan Tracy, SEMI
|Dr. Dan Tracy, Senior Director, SEMI Industry Research, is responsible for developing and executing the global strategy for SEMI industry research and statistics products and services. Prior to joining SEMI in 2000, Tracy was a Research Associate with Rose Associates, a prominent market research and consulting firm specializing in electronic materials. Prior to this, Tracy was employed at National Semiconductor's Package Technology Group. Dan P. Tracy has a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a M.S in Materials Science & Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Chemistry from State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
|Mike Corbett, Linx Consulting
|Mike Corbett is Managing Partner at Lynx Consulting, the leading materials-focused market and technology analyst firm serving the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and optoelectronics industries. Mike has over 15 years' experience providing research and consulting services to advanced electronics companies and has been prominent speaker at numerous industry events and author of many articles to industry publications and journals. Mike is a former Chairman of the Chemicals and Gases Manufacturers Group (CGMG) and is an active member of SEMI, IEEE, MRS, and AVS. Mr. Corbett holds a BSEE from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and an MBA in finance from Seton Hall University in New Jersey.


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What is AWS Marketplace?
What software and services are available on AWS Marketplace?
Who should shop on AWS Marketplace?
Why should I shop on AWS Marketplace?
What do I need to buy software on AWS Marketplace?
Do I need special technical knowledge to run the software I find on AWS Marketplace?
How is AWS Marketplace different from DevPay?
What is AWS Marketplace?
AWS Marketplace is an online store that helps customers find, buy, and immediately start using the software and services they need to build products and run their businesses. AWS Marketplace complements programs like the Amazon Partner Network and is another example of AWS's commitment to growing a strong ecosystem of software and solution partners.
Visitors to the marketplace can use AWS Marketplace's 1-Click deployment to quickly launch pre-configured software and pay only for what they use, by the hour or month. AWS handles billing and payments, and software charges appear on customers' AWS bill.
What software and services are available from the AWS Marketplace?
AWS Marketplace features many software categories including databases, application servers, testing tools, monitoring tools, content management, and business intelligence.
You can select commercial software from well-known vendors, as well as many widely used open source offerings.
Who should shop on AWS Marketplace?
People interested in commercial and free IT and business software, including software infrastructure, developer tools, and business applications should visit AWS Marketplace.
Why should I shop on AWS Marketplace?
Finding and deploying software can be challenging. You can use AWS Marketplace to compare options, read reviews, and quickly find the software you want. When you find products you want to use, you can deploy that software to your own Amazon EC2 instance with 1-Click, or you can leverage AWS CloudFormation to deploy a topology of the product.
What do I need to buy software on AWS Marketplace?
Any AWS customer can shop on AWS Marketplace. Software prices and estimated infrastructure prices are displayed on the website. You can purchase most software immediately, using payment instruments already on file with AWS. Software charges appear on the same monthly bill as AWS infrastructure charges.
Do I need special technical knowledge to run the software I find on AWS Marketplace?
There are many business products available in the AWS Marketplace, including both software-as-a-service (SaaS) and server-based products. The server-based products might require technical knowledge or IT support to set up and maintain.
Note: The information and tutorials in the Amazon EC2 Getting Started guide can help you learn what you need to know about EC2 basics. If you plan to launch complex topologies of AWS Marketplace products through AWS CloudFormation, the Getting Started with AWS CloudFormation guide can help you learn useful AWS CloudFormation basics.
How is AWS Marketplace different from DevPay?
There are substantial differences between AWS Marketplace and Amazon DevPay. Both help customers buy software that runs on AWS, but AWS Marketplace offers a more comprehensive experience. For software buyers the key differences are:
- AWS Marketplace offers a more Amazon.com-like shopping experience, simplifying discovery of available software
- AWS Marketplace products work with other AWS features such as VPC and can be run on Reserved and Spot instances, in addition to normal On Demand Instances
- AWS Marketplace supports EBS-backed software, where DevPay does not
Additionally, software providers benefit from AWS Marketplace's marketing outreach and ease of discovery.


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ACNM Virtual Lobby Week 2014
About Lobby Week
How do you make a difference in the lives of women and families in your community? Use your voice to deliver your story to Capitol Hill during ACNM Virtual Lobby Week May 12-16. On the heels of International Day of the Midwife and Mother's Day, ACNM and the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) are once again asking midwives to call their legislators during this special season of honoring midwives and the women we serve. With just 3-5 minutes out of your week, you can join us in raising the collective refrain: midwives are skilled healthcare providers who need your support on maternity issues that benefit both moms and their babies.
This year, we are supporting H.R. 4385, the "Improving Access to Maternity Care Act of 2014." This bill will create a maternity care health professional shortage area designation for areas of the country or population groups experiencing a shortage of full scope maternity care providers and facilities.
This matters because the shortage area designation can be used to funnel resources to those areas where they are most needed. Notably, the National Health Service Corps' loan repayment and scholarship programs will help fund the education of health professionals who agree to practice in shortage areas after their education is complete.
ACNM has set up a page with specific information about the legislation.
How To Participate
Participating in Virtual Lobby Week is simple. All you need is internet access. You can complete these 2 easy steps in about 3-5 minutes whenever it is convenient for you—on your lunch break or even while your toddler naps.
1. Open the ACNM Action Alert e-mail you receive on May 12 and click on "Take Action."
2. If you don't have the Action Alert, then visit ACNM's Action Center and click on the arrow in the "Actions" box.
We would suggest you also follow up your email with a phone call. To find your Representative's phone number, plug your zip code into the "Find Officials" box in the ACNM Action Center. Ask to speak to the legislative assistant who handles health care. Ask them to support H.R. 4385. During your conversation, you can use talking points from ACNM to explain why we support the bill.
Watch this video to see the Chair of ACNM's Government Affairs Committee call her own legislator.


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The greatest city in Puerto Rico. People from Bayamon are known for their good looks and their superiority on everything. People from Bayamon have "la sangre caliente", which means we are hot blooded. People from Bayamon do not take shit from anybody, and we rule the island. We are so great that fake puerto ricans, a.k.a Newyoricans, claim to be from Bayamon. Los Vaqueros.
Nengo Flow- Seguimos ready en Bayamon, tu estas entiendiendo palomon, puerco no seas tan bocon.
Yaga- Y que no se te olvide de donde soy bobolon, BAYAMON LAMBON
Yaga- Y que no se te olvide de donde soy bobolon, BAYAMON LAMBON
by PR IS BETTER January 15, 2010
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WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Pending Home Sales Index rose in March from February and the long-term outlook shows gains will be modest, a trade group in Washington said Monday.
The National Association of Realtors said the index that tracks contracts of intention rose 1.5 percent month-to-month to 105.7.
The NAR said it had revised its February reading for the index to a lower number, 104.1.
In March, the 23rd consecutive month of improvements on an annual basis, the index was 7 percent higher than March 2012.
"Contract activity has been in a narrow range in recent months, not from a pause in demand but because of limited supply. Little movement is expected in near-term sales closings, but they should edge up modestly as the year progresses," NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement.
The Pending Home Sales Index for the Northeast held steady in March 82.8, while the index in the Midwest rose 0.3 percent to 103.8. The index rose 2.7 percent in the South to 120 and 1.5 percent in the West to 102.9, NAR said.
The index is a comparison to the monthly average for 2001, its first year, which was assigned a value of 100.


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|2009-02-08, 01:39
|Link #101
Asuka, Asuna, and Horo
Join Date: Feb 2008
Also, I too am getting to like Yen Press a little more each day.
|2009-02-08, 11:39
|Link #103
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Age: 56
|2009-07-02, 17:37
|Link #107
an idler
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Suzuka
From Dengekibunko mail magazine
"Spice and Wolf Dengeki comic anthology " A release day is scheduled for September 27.
The first anthology comics appears in "Spice and Wolf"!
A cover is a illustration of Keito Koume.
A tribute illustration is offered by EIWA, Yuu Katase, HIMA, Yasu, etc.
The members of a gorgeous cartoonist gather also about a comic!!
I want to look at the illustration of Horo by Yasu personally.
|2009-07-27, 04:29
|Link #108
an idler
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Suzuka
Wow, the extra of the Dengeki Maoh September issue is a 35-page booklet of S&W.
The collaboration Yuri illustration by Keito Koume and Juu Ayakura, side story novel "A wolf and a silver sigh", the anthology comics and etc. are contained.
It seems to be the trial version of the anthology comic released in September.
I was made to buy two magazines.
Spoiler for image:
|2009-09-21, 17:35
|Link #111
an idler
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Suzuka
Spice and Wolf Dengeki comic anthology is released on September 26.
About a participating artist, the following members are added to post #107.
Tekehiro, IkutaTakanon, MorinaSuzuha, ProfOotsuki&Suigetsu, Weather&HALO, ArataToshihiro, KusumiRanma, Hiura R, HoshizakiHikaru, MinazukiShinobu, MorinaSuzuha, etc.
|2010-02-07, 13:23
|Link #114
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Just a reminder - the first volume of the S&W manga translated to english by Yen Press is due out in April 2010.
There have been 3 volumes released in Japan.
|2010-02-18, 22:33
|Link #115
My wolfu is >> your waifu
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Age: 37
This is at least 90% manga related, so I figured I'd throw it out there to see what others were thinking, but...
As I had been exploring the net for fan fiction (which I generally like because these people try to reflect the nature and personality of the characters and tend create good material and take stories in a direction that has/had not yet been explored or maybe had not yet been explored to such a degress that they tied up loose ends), I stumbled upon the dozin style.
I was not familiar with this particular form of story coneyance, since I have never really gotten into a particular manga, anime, etc. Sooooooo, I downloaded scans of them and was shocked as to how all the stories I opened spiraled into ummmm... a shallow, graphic, physical encounter, which was rather degrading to Hol(r)o. Prior to this, I was unaware that the dozin typically followed this format.
I don't think myself prudish, but I really, really, really did not like seeing Hol(r)o drawn and written into such a situation whether or not it was even remotely consentual. Obviously, the solution is for me to simply follow the canonical manga and avoid these , but I guess I just really don't like seeing a character I love being depicted in this way.
I am aware that the arguement could be made that I have imposed onto her a framework of behavior and morality that I follow and consider desirable, and may not represent the value system she holds if I spoke with her creator, but...
I have discussed this with other folks recently, but I figured I would mention it for anyone who wanted to share... what say y'all? I really don't mean for this to become heated, so if this is determined to be even a touchy subject, I won't be upset if someone wiser and/or more familiar and in charge of the forum shuts this line of discussion down as I do not want to be a source of conflict and woe for others here.
|2010-02-18, 22:52
|Link #116
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Canada
I find it's hard to get upset about it. To begin with, it's tough for people to find the time to invest in writing good quality fics, and for someone like a doujin maker (who may want to make a buck while they're at it) it's often easier to find an audience who wants fantasy/wish fulfillment than something in-character and canon. And of course, wish-fulfillment often takes the form of hentai, which isn't everyone's thing.
On the serious side of the fandom, it's especially difficult to find good fanfics for something like Spice and Wolf. It requires a great deal of effort to be convincingly consistent with the original work in something like this without rely on lame stereotypes or obvious characterization (such as Lawrence = merchant twit doomed to fail, Horo = flirty action girl saving his ass).
In the end I say live and let live. There are some surprisingly good fics out there. For instance, I really enjoyed this one.
|2010-02-18, 23:07
|Link #117
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Explicit doujinshi is endemic to almost every series in existence - Spice&Wolf is no exception. It doesn't matter HOW innocent the source material is - someone has done a XXX fan manga of it. In fact... more than a few manga artists have done such doujinshi of other works themselves - which results in some quality work (XXX or not), some of which gets officially published in authorized collections.
I've probably seen the ones you came across and yeah... they were pretty shallow. The authors didn't seem to grasp that some more effort into the premise/storyline would increase the authenticity and ergo the eroticism.
I *will* say that, on average, japanese doujinshi does a better job of keeping characters IN character (unlike a lot of Western fan fiction I come across for series like Star Trek or whatever).... but.
But doujinshi are most definitely NOT canon... either they're wish-fantasies... or perhaps speculation about those "between scenes" moments. A lot of them are pretty immature or amateurish.
Forum rules don't forbid discussion of doujinshi... but links to unlicensed material must pass "PG-13" requirements to keep AS marginally safe for all ages (haha... yeah, depends on the clues of the parents).
As usual, a license rights holder may request material be taken down (though I've not seen any anime/manga rights-holders go after fan art, image snaps, wallpapers, etc yet). The final say is up to the OWNER of the AS site - so if you have doubts about a specific link, I'd say ask a mod about it.
Edit: oh and you don't have to worry about the Holo/Horo thing...
If the romaji fight is that bothersome just type ホロ.
|2010-02-18, 23:30
|Link #118
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Canada
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|2010-02-19, 01:32
|Link #120
My wolfu is >> your waifu
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Age: 37
Yeah ホロ does kind of take care of the issue...
I guess what I find frustrating is that when I read a novel or manga or anything, I like to be able to relate to a character and put myself in their place. So, when I saw those I felt frustrated and even embarassed.
On top of that (and I know it was touched on but), when the set-up for a story is "Hey, since we're at an inn..." or "Ummmm... I'm feeling a little hard up, so... you wanna go at it?" I really don't relate well to that, because if I were to somehow in end up in that situation, I would likely find myself chewing on the head board of the bed, praying for a cold shower, or looking for a pastor FAST to perform the short, short version . Of course, as a friend had already pointed out to me, given ホロ's relationship with the church that last one likely wouldn't be an option.
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