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NEA's 2016 Presidential Election Performance Was Even Worse Than We Thought
by Mike Antonucci at INTERCEPTS: A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions:
"I'm told NEA is encouraging its activists not to look back at the 2016 elections and the union's endorsement process because next time the candidates and situation will be different.
I can understand this thinking, because the last thing NEA wants is for its most active members and elected officers to evaluate the union's campaign performance.
I've only just come across some detailed last-minute campaign strategy from last October and it illustrates just how big NEA's failure was.
In addition to all the usual motivational efforts to get the membership-at-large to promote Hillary Clinton's candidacy, NEA selected six battleground states for maximum effort – not only using teachers and union staff from those states, but deploying teachers and union staff from neighboring states.
The targeted states were Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Trump won four of those six states, but it is the margin of victory that really makes one question NEA's strategy and effectiveness.
Clinton's victories in Nevada and New Hampshire came by an average of 2.4 points and a combined total of 29,938 votes.
Trump's victories in Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania came by an average of 5.5 points and a combined total of 811,762 votes.
It's entirely possible that NEA is conducting secret evaluations of its political operations and I just don't know about them. But everything I am seeing suggests the union is prepared to carry on as it always has. If so, it's good news for Republicans, no matter what kind of nuttiness Trump gets up to."
(The above article was sent by my next door high school teacher colleague at Minneapolis Edison Senior High School, Mark Waldeland back in the 1960s. He retired from the field a few years ago. On the other hand, I was fired in 1971 officially for not filling a form out properly. In truth, however, a leftist of the day, yet a decent man, Nathaniel Ober, an assistant superintendent of schools in Minneapolis, maneuvered my firing because I had aided a gal named, Gloria Pielow, at her request to organize a local school parents' organization devoted to improving education and truth-telling by the School Administration. Two of her sons were students of mine.
Gloria Pielow became an ideal star of the community, as it turned out….so fair, so bright, so polite, patient but firm , and yet so penetrating into the minds of others including school authorities, who had to listened to her expose their cover-ups and lies. The deceits of the school administration became exposed to the fresh air of Truth and the more morally gifted among the local public and the City's School Board.
One of her daughters was a student at one of the area's civilized junior high schools, to where nine black hoodlums had been transferred by the school system's central command from a black junior high school totally out of control on the other side of the Mississippi River. Three of these new 'lads', already major trouble-makers in their own school, brought guns with them. In fact they were chosen by the school authorities to make the transfer from the troubled school to the untroubled one, specifically because of their hooliganism. It was the school administration's effort to try to restore order in the mostly black school from whence they came, as well as to share racial troubles in a neighborhood of very Roman Catholics, ie., very obedient white working class mothers and dads who respected 'learnings'…..and a community which included a number of native Americans and other groups of minorities .
During that Spring, the School Administration sent a directive to all of the teachers at Edison requiring us to fill out forms regarding how we spent our time away from school, during the season as well as during the Summer.
Although I taught competitive tennis voluntarily five days a week at one of the local neighborhood court complexes, I refused to fill out that part of the form than dealt with my private life. (I was the school's boy's tennis team coach. I was fired around the first of May. Mark Waldeland replaced me at that position….and didn't let either the team or me down. They remained winners. )
I belonged to the Federation of Teachers those days. It was destitute in countless ways, for it had gone on strike and therefore in that time had broken state law. I was a teacher-spokesman for our profession during the strike, explaining to the public the differences between Truth and the Administration's lies and clumsiness.
I taught Russian and "Modern Problems" then….As financially troubled as the school system truly was, it at least lied for a good cause….to rise against and reduce rising black hooliganism, violence, and terror…in the years of our Lord 1971 and 1972 and……..and then came Black Lives Matter and the rest…..the following decades of the disappearance of fatherhood in the Black American community caused by Democrat Lyndon Johnson's laws associated with Aid to Dependent Children, where more money was made available to mothers with children born out of wedlock, than those still married.
I went to high school 1948 -1952…a mixed race one in neighboring St. Paul….when divorce, fatherlessness, and murder were rarities throughout both of these communities, for both were practicing JudeoChristians then.
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Once school finally ended and the programs were over we started having a little fun. We always go look at Christmas lights, but this year we decided to step it up a notch. So we rented a limo with our friends and surprised the guys. They were super excited! We had a blast driving through the city looking at lights.
We got to my parent's house and had another good time. We let the kiddos open presents and then the adults opened presents. My mom made great food for the entire 24 hours.
We headed back to Bartlett for Christmas Eve services at Ellendale, a little more shopping at Five Below, and some wrapping. The boys and I wrap their presents to each other on Christmas Eve and I get ready for Christmas morning. Each guy comes to my room to wrap for the other brother. I looked over and Andrew was writing on Jack's package. It was the sweetest thing.
For the first time ever, we ran out of communion cups at church. I looked up and they were pouring cups with grape juice from a pitcher. I looked up and one of our deacons was coming down the aisle with a pitcher of juice. It made me laugh. Best Christmas Eve service ever. I made dinner after the service and Mimi, Tee, Fred and Renee all came over.
Mimi and Tee stayed the night and we asked the boys to sleep until 6:00am. I woke up about 5:50 am and crept into the kitchen to make coffee before the festivities began. The house was quiet except for Jack sneaking up behind me. He about scared me out of my mind. He, of course, thought it was hilarious.
We began opening presents. The boys had to play a game to figure out which paper belonged to which boy. We played that saran wrap ball game. They really had a good time.
The next morning (the 26th) I woke up and completely cleared the house of Christmas. In fact, I was taking our tree to the curb before breakfast. Done. We were just having a lazy day around the house and Jack went to play with his buddy. Before I knew it, Jack and Clayton were headed to the zoo to go ice skating.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My sister taught me while I was visiting over Labor Day weekend, and to say we played non-stop would be a bit of an understatement. We get a tad obsessive about our games -- years ago it was gin rummy, and for the past several years it's been Scrabble. But now... ahh, cribbage.
I bought a version to bring back with me and forced Ibis to play, but we never made it past that first attempt. I was sure he'd like it because you use cards and a board (you don't get bored with one or the other) and it's all strategy, which he loves, but he couldn't get into it. A lot of it was my fault because I was still learning and it's tough to play when neither of you are very comfortable with the rules, but either way, we haven't played since.
Yesterday we hung out with our friends at their hotel (on the HUGE patio) and it wasn't long before someone busted out the cribbage board. Be still my beating heart. We played until it was too dark to see and dinner was ready, and I'm proud to say I held my own with guys who have been playing for years.
Today I'm bringing my new board for a rematch.
Do you have any games you're addicted to, or that you always play when you get together with friends and family?
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Cribbage is an awesome game. My dad taught me how to play without telling me the rules first. He said, "That's how I learned the game in the army. I lost a lot of money." or something like that.
It's more fun when you get the hang of it. I'm trying to get my husband interested in playing as well.
- October 27, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- WendyCinNYC said...
I've never played cribbage. We play a lot of Monopoly because my kids love it, and Scrabble. But in all, I'd rather do something outside if the weather allows.
- October 27, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Rachel Burton said...
Alex and I went through a huge cribbage phase a few years back. It seems I relearn it every seven years or so, so I'm due to pick it up again soon.
These days when we get together with my family and friends in FL, we play hours of Texas Hold 'Em. I resisted at first then got completely sucked in once I realized how useless resistance was. We have $5 buy-ins bu because so many people show up at my parents' house to play, you can walk with a nice little chunk of money by the end of the night!
- October 27, 2009 at 9:06 AM
I hate that game. My cousin and his friends play it all the time.
If I want to do that much math, I will solve a problem.
Games are suppose to be fun, not tons of math.
My favorite games are Stronghold 2 and StarCraft.
I used to play Euchre, and Spades at MSU all the time.
- October 27, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- JLC said...
I like to play all sorts of board games when hanging out with friends. I enjoy card games too.
I mentioned this on FB but my parents played Cribbage whenever we went camping, and I asked them many times to teach me how to play and they always said "later". *Sigh* Maybe, when my dad is up visiting, I'll lasso him into teaching me. :)
- October 27, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- ElanaJ said...
I absolutely love playing games. And cribbage is the one I always play with my mom. I like word games best, like Bookworm and Boggle and stuff like that.
- October 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Erica Orloff said...
I adore games. My family plays poker, but we'll play ANYTHING for money--we've even played the kids' game Trouble (you know, with the "Pop-o-matic") for cash. ;-)
I also like Rummy, Scattergories (word game), and of course Scrabble, which I will soundly beat Stephen in.
- October 27, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Beyond, that's a tough way to learn, especially with THIS game!
Wendy, I haven't played Monopoly in years. We play Sorry a lot with my sister's kids -- they have a handmade board that uses huge marbles as pieces.
Rachel, that's fun that so many people get involved. I tried to learn poker once, using pretzels as pieces, but never got the hang of it. I'd like to learn.
- October 27, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Penguin, that's funny you say that about the math because I was saying that as an adult, I have a ridiculously hard time doing simple math. Damn computers. :P I learned euchre after college but then I moved and no one played.
JLC, you have to make him teach you! Then when we finally get to visit we can play. :) I'm the same way, though. I'm happy with pretty much any game.
Elana, I play mostly word games with my mom too. She's wicked smart.
Erica, I LOVE Scattegories but I always have a hard time getting anyone to play it with me. I'm waiting for Stephen's retort.
- October 27, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- Robin said...
Did Ibis play over your friend's place? Maybe he'll get hooked.
I used to love backgammon and Monopoly. We like playing poker with the boys. We all drink hard liquor and smoke cigars. It rocks.
When we're over friends' houses we like Pictionary and Trivial pursuit. But you have to be vigilant because Adam cheats his face off.
- October 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM
15 2. 15 4. 15 6. and a pair for 8! Whoohoo!
Learned it in the Navy. Great game. Need to teach it to my kids.
But I'm not much of a game player. Feels like its taking me away from something important I should be doing.
- October 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Robin, I tried to get him to play but he didn't. We're going over there once more before they leave so maybe we'll try again. Your family rocks. :P
Ferret, yes! Today I kept getting combinations of 2-3-3-4-5 type hands, and I finally figured out that it's ten, instead of counting. Unless of course it's with higher cards and I got a bunch of 15's in there. My highest hand yesterday was 30!
- October 27, 2009 at 8:37 PM
- Nadine said...
How fun that you get to play cribbage! We love playing games, especially pinochle. We would love to find another couple to play with, but since my last Craigslist ad didn't go so well, I'm hesitant to post again, lol.
- October 27, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Erica said...
Haven't played Cribbige before, but I love board games. I'm a Battleship fan, and of course, and any trivia game!
Sadly, my game habits have transformed into online game addiction *cough* Bejeweled Blitz... I know you may know something about that *wink* btw how do you get that high score!!
- October 27, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Nadine, I've never learned to play pinochle. I would LOVE to have a couple to play with. We moved not long after getting married so have never really done couple group things. And I'm sorry about Craigslist. :)
Erica, I haven't played Battleship since I was a kid! Yeah... Bejeweled. I don't really know if there's a trick for the high scores, you just have to watch for the combinations of 4 & 5 to get more points. I don't get that score every time -- I usually score between 50-100 most games.
- October 28, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Janna Qualman said...
No, never cribbage. But I love card games!
The game my entire extended plays at reunions and such is called Shanghai. My uncle brought it back from overseas when he was in the military, taught the whole family, and now we're a bunch of Shanghai playin' fools. I learned when I was four, maybe five, when my hands were too little to hold all the cards. In fact, I have so many memories and warm feelings associated with this game, I'm going to have to tie it into my writing somewhere...
- October 28, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Melanie Avila said...
Janna, I think I've seen Shanghai online, but never in person. That's so cool that your whole family plays it, and I totally think you should include that in a book. Perhaps the one about the woman whose brother drowned...?
- October 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Erica said...
Thanks for the advice. Glad to know I'm not missing something ;)
- October 28, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
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Where is the Worst Airport in the World this Year?
Following the experience of travelers during their stay in the airport
Traveler experience at an airport may result in a specific conclusions for the person of the tourists, they will talk about it on fellow trip. A bit much to be a reference for anyone who has never been through the airport before they were going to these sights.
Things like this can be one of the considerations of the various parties, including in this case the site is frequently observed operating an airport, the site of The Guide To Sleeping in Airport issued a list of the best airports and the worst in the world.
Travellers to contribute in the development of an airport, so their personal experiences can be spread in the form of viral on social media sites.
The sites, The Guide To Sleeping in Airport compiled several factors before making observations, and finally issued a list of airports corresponding factors specified.
Citing the tourist sites KompasTravel, wrote some of the factors which then determines the category of airports, such as comfort (zone of rest and seat), services, facilities, and the things that can be done at the airport, the choice of food, immigration/security, customer service, and of course the cleanliness factor.
Well, the previous articles written about the best airports in the world according the release of the site, this time returning travelers experience dictates. The worst service actually makes travelers want to be at home rather than at the airport.
"Be prepared to bring hand sanitizer and urinary incontinence."
In general they write, airports are poorly tended managed careless, arrogant, and rude. There are some restaurants, shopping, or entertainment at the airport.
It is in line with experience of the tourists, a list issued by the site The Guide To Sleeping in Airport unuk 10 worst airports in the world for this year.
1. King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2. International Airport Juba Airport, Juba, South Sudan
3. Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
4. International Airport Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
5. Santorini Airport, Santorini, Greece
6. International Airport Chania, Crete, Greece
7. International Airport International Heraklion, Crete, Greece
8. International Airport Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
9. International London Luton Airport, Luton, England
10. Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
Despite the above mentioned list of airports, travelers should feel tempted when they one day be able to visit there. Whatever its rating ultimately enjoy as an interesting experience.
Source: W Adityo Prodjo - KompasTravel, The Guide To Sleeping in Airport, CNN Travel
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- The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on November 1 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
- The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
October 27, 2011
MFTeasers: Day Two!
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Adorable, Jodi! LOVE how you stitched the layers on the inside!ReplyDelete
Beautiful layers and I really like the earthy,muted color tones. Fred Bear is adorable.ReplyDelete
So super cuteJodi!!!! The colors are soft and warm!!! LOVE the stitched inside too, makes it a POWEEEEE kinda card! ;)ReplyDelete
Adorable card! I love the layers and colors you used.ReplyDelete
Love how you put the whole card together. The Echo Park Times and Seasons paper works so well with the Fred Bear stamp. I love the ZZZ on the Mini Pennant Dienamics. Thanks for the inspiration!!ReplyDelete
so adorable, love the paper peirced pillow and how you colored it for shadowing, this is fabulous and the new border is so adorableReplyDelete
Fabulous card inside and out! Love the papers and the stitching!:)ReplyDelete
- Kiwi SarahOctober 27, 2011 at 2:43 AM
What a great 'just because' card. Great colouring on the bear.ReplyDelete
love the zzz's on that pennant dieReplyDelete
Just CRAZY cute!!!ReplyDelete
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Fantastic card Jodi! Love the Fred Bear images.ReplyDelete
Fred is just too cute! Love this both inside and out! That wonky border is so cool!ReplyDelete
oooo! so much I love about this. That stitching on the inside is so cool, with the green peeking through.ReplyDelete
This is sooooo sweet! Love the flag!ReplyDelete
So sweet!! Love his fur and the inside is perfect!ReplyDelete
Fred Bear is looking just adorable on your great card!!!ReplyDelete
I love this paper--those numbers are fab!! Super cute card!ReplyDelete
oh he is ADORABLE! love this paper pieced pillow! look at all that stitching! GAH!ReplyDelete
Love how you paper pieced the rock so it looks like pillow!ReplyDelete
Jodi, that is SO ADORABLE!!! I love Fred Bear and you made the cutest card!! Of course, you always do! Love the new dienamic!ReplyDelete
So Cute! Thanks for SharingReplyDelete
- Pamela AOctober 27, 2011 at 2:23 PM
such a cute card,love your layering and stitching the "wonky" border on, great detail!ReplyDelete
So very cute!! Love that BEAR!!! Great color scheme!!ReplyDelete
Adorable card Jodi! Love this sweet Fred Bear.ReplyDelete
Love this card. Everything about it says COMFORT. Guess it goes with the hibernation theme for me. That bear is adorable. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
lovely, the stitching is awesomeReplyDelete
OMGosh there isnt anything I dont like about this card!!!! Loving the color combos also!!!!ReplyDelete
Simply delightful Jodi! LOVE that new Die-namic! Wonderfully done! :DReplyDelete
cute, cute, cute!ReplyDelete
another adorable peek at this release....so stinkin cute!!!!ReplyDelete
Freaking cute! That's what this is! Love the mini banner of zzz's!ReplyDelete
Oh so cute! I love how you completed the inside too! Adorable!ReplyDelete
This is SOOO cute, Jody! (But then everything you make is totally amazing!) LOVE your papers and the little flag!ReplyDelete
Adorable! So, SO cute!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Jodi! Love, love, love the way you stitched the layers on the inside of the card!ReplyDelete
Love that little flag with the zzzzzs!!! Super cute card!ReplyDelete
Awwwwwe. How cute!ReplyDelete
So cute Jodi. I'm looking forward to being able to purchase the dies without the stamp set too!ReplyDelete
So cute..and a wonderful choice of colors!ReplyDelete
Perfect sentiment. How do I not have the button die in my collection. Have to fix that, now!ReplyDelete
How adorable is this card! I just love Fred and you've colored him up perfectly! :DReplyDelete
This is adorable! I love the ZZZZZ banner flag!!ReplyDelete


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Will Michael Del Zotto Become a Long-Term Fit for the Philadelphia Flyers?August 12, 2014
The Philadelphia Flyers announced they signed defenseman Michael Del Zotto to a one-year, $1.3 million contract last week to replace Kimmo Timonen, who is out indefinitely with blood clots in his lungs and body.
Del Zotto is only 24 years old. So the question becomes, is the Stouffville, Ontario, native gong to spend one season in "The City of Brotherly Love," or does the potential exist for him to be part of the team's plans beyond 2014-15?
The short answer is that it obviously depends on how well he plays this season with the Flyers and how well he fits in with coach Craig Berube's system. But what are the deciding factors at play here?
MDZ has already put up some impressive numbers during his brief NHL career. As a rookie, Del Zotto scored nine goals and 37 points for the New York Rangers in 2009-10, including 12 points in his first 14 NHL games. He was named the league's top rookie for October 2009. Two years later, he scored 10 goals and 41 points, both career highs. He was also a plus-20 that season and added 10 more points in 20 playoff games.
Since then, however, his progress has faltered and his game has regressed. Del Zotto started last season with the Rangers but got off to a slow start and saw his playing time diminish. He appeared in 42 games and scored just 11 points for the Rangers and occasionally found himself a healthy scratch. Eventually, the Rangers traded Del Zotto to the Nashville Predators for veteran defenseman Kevin Klein.
The change of scenery didn't help Del Zotto. In Nashville, he played in 25 games and scored just one goal and five points. The Predators did not offer him a contract for 2014-15 even though they could have held on to his rights because he was only eligible to become a restricted free agent. He went unclaimed until the Flyers came calling last week after Timonen's health issues became apparent.
Predators general manager David Poile was not impressed with what he saw in Del Zotto. "It was a good try," Poile told Josh Cooper of The Tennessean when asked about the trade. "The disappointing part is Del Zotto is a good player, but right now he's miscast."
Inconsistency was a major factor. According to Larry Brooks of The New York Post, who covered the defenseman during his time on Broadway, Del Zotto earned a reputation as being "difficult to coach" and "not only when he's defending in his own end." It seemed neither John Tortorella nor Alain Vigneault could get the young defenseman back on track during the past two seasons.
For Del Zotto, confidence had a lot to do with his disappointing performance last season. "It's a confidence game," Del Zotto told Frank Seravalli of The Philadelphia Daily News. "If you don't believe in yourself to make the plays that you need to as an offensive player, it's tough to go on from there. I really didn't get much ice time after the first week of the season."
With Timonen's departure, the Flyers had a need for an offensive-minded defenseman, and Del Zotto had the most upside of the available free agents. Del Zotto realizes the offensive ability on the Philadelphia roster. "I think that's where I can step in, move the puck up to a lot of those forwards that can make plays and being able to join the rush and help out and contribute offensively," Del Zotto told Seravalli. "I'm just happy to be another piece of the puzzle."
The young blueliner realizes how vital this season is for his future. "This offseason is the most motivated I've ever been to get back and prove people wrong - and get back to where I was before," Del Zotto told The Philadelphia Inquirer's Sam Carchidi. "I'm excited to join Philadelphia - a great team and a great opportunity for me."
This will be a do-or-die season for MDZ in Philadelphia. If he returns to his previous form and scores 35-40 points while providing some speed and mobility to the Flyers' lineup, he could become part of the team's future beyond next season. If not, the Flyers will not re-sign him and his transition from highly touted rookie to NHL journeyman will be complete.


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January 25, 2005
Thinking of prepositions turns brain 'on' in different ways
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Parts of the human brain think about the same word differently, at least when it comes to prepositions, according to new language research in stroke patients conducted by scientists at Purdue University and the University of Iowa.
People who speak English often use the same prepositions, words such as "on," "in," "around" and "through," to indicate time as well as location. For example, compare "I will meet you 'at' the store," to "I will meet you 'at' 3 p.m." These examples show how time may be thought of metaphorically in terms of space.
Just because it's the same word, however, doesn't mean the brain thinks about it the same way, said David Kemmerer, an assistant professor of psychological sciences and linguistics at Purdue's College of Liberal Arts.
"There has been a lot of cognitive neuroscience research about how the brain processes language pertaining to concrete things, such as animals or tools," said Kemmerer, who also is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Iowa's Department of Neurology, where this research was conducted. "This is the first cognitive neuroscience study to investigate brain regions for spatial and temporal relations those involving time used in language.
"I was interested in whether these spatial or temporal prepositions can be dissociated in individuals with brain damage. One might think that if a person's knowledge of the word 'at' to describe location is impaired, then his or her ability to use that same preposition to describe time would be disrupted. But we found the words implying time are processed independently."
This research was conducted at the Benton Neuropsychology Laboratory in Iowa's Carver College of Medicine and was funded by the Purdue Research Foundation and the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke. Kemmerer's paper is available online at Neuropsychologia.
"This study has potential implications for neurology," Kemmerer said. "A clinician could use information about how brain injuries in stroke patients affect specific speech components to develop therapies to help their patients."
The four patients in Kemmerer's study were used because of similar brain injuries, such as lesions from stroke, in the perisylvian region, which is responsible for language processing. Kemmerer found the stroke subjects who passed the language tests asking about prepositions relevant to time subsequently failed when these same words reflected spatial meanings. For example, the subjects were asked to choose the correct preposition for scenarios such as, "The baseball is 'on/in/against' the glove." Two subjects did not select "in" as the correct answer. However, they did select "in" as the correct preposition for "It happened 'through/on/in' 1859."
The other two subjects' test performances were the opposite.
Kemmerer's earlier research with Daniel Tranel, professor of neurology at Iowa's Carver College of Medicine, had confirmed that the left inferior prefrontal and left inferior parietal regions of the brain play a crucial role in processing spatial prepositions. The previous research with Tranel was published in October's Cognitive Neuropsychology.
This work, which has explored how different types of words are retrieved by different parts of the brain, is part of a larger-scale investigation being carried out by Tranel and his colleagues at the University of Iowa.
"For example, we have identified the anterior left temporal lobe as being critical for proper nouns, whereas the left inferior prefrontal/premotor region is important for verbs," Tranel said. "The collaboration between myself, a neuropsychologist, and professor Kemmerer, a neurolinguist, has yielded important breakthroughs in understanding how the brain operates language, due to the unique perspectives that these researchers bring to a common research agenda."
Three of the patients in Kemmerer's recent study also had damage to their brains' left hemispheres, in an area known as the parietal lobe, which houses the supramarginal gyrus. This area is involved in spatial meaning, and it is the part of the brain that guides action. For example, the supramarginal gyrus coordinates how a person moves his or her hand toward a glass of water. Previous research with normal brains identifies this area as important also in the knowledge and meaning of prepositions.
The patients with damage to the supramarginal gyrus did not score high on the tasks that evaluated their knowledge of prepositions that dealt with space. In comparison, the fourth patient, who did not have similar damage to this region of the brain, was able to demonstrate complete knowledge of spatial prepositions.
Kemmerer's next step will be looking at how the brain processes these prepositions in other languages.
"If this is true in English, then what about the 6,000 other known languages in the world? This time-and-space metaphor is used from language to language, but how the metaphor is used does vary," he said.
In English, months of the year are treated as containers. People say "in January" or "in February." Other languages treat months as surfaces. For example, "on January" or "on February." Despite the difference, there is a metaphor at work, Kemmerer said.
"The cross-linguistic ubiquity of the metaphor suggests that people are naturally inclined to conceptualize time in terms of space," he said. "Nevertheless, the neuropsychological data suggest that people don't need to invoke the metaphor every time they use prepositions to talk about time. Just as the word 'breakfast' doesn't require one to think of a morning meal in terms of breaking a fast, so the sentence 'She arrived at 1:30' doesn't require one to think of time as a series of points on a line."
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The spatial and temporal meanings of English prepositions can be independently impaired
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English uses the same prepositions to describe both spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., at the corner, at 1:30), and other languages worldwide exhibit similar patterns. These space-time parallelisms have been explained by the Metaphoric Mapping Theory, which maintains that humans have a cognitive predisposition to structure temporal concepts in terms of spatial schemas through the application of a TIME IS SPACE metaphor. Evidence comes from (among other sources) historical investigations showing that languages consistently develop in such a way that expressions that originally have only spatial meanings are generally extended to take on analogous temporal meanings. It is not clear, however, if the metaphor activity influences the way that modern adults process prepositional meanings during language use. To explore this question, a series of experiments was conducted with four brain-damaged subjects with left perisylvian lesions. Two subjects exhibited the following disassociation: they failed a test that assesses knowledge of the spatial meanings of prepositions, but passed a test that assesses knowledge of the corresponding temporal meanings of the same prepositions. This result suggests that understanding the temporal meanings of prepositions does not necessarily require establishing structural alignments with their spatial correlates. Two other subjects exhibited the opposite disassociation: They performed better on the spatial test on than on the temporal test. Overall, these findings support the view that although the spatial and temporal meanings of prepositions are historically linked by virtue of the TIME IS SPACE metaphor, they can be (and may normally be) represented and processed independently of each other in the brains of modern adults.
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Logging in after ages. Around the time I stopped blogging, I was feeling very bad about our finances and it seemed like I would never get rid of student debt. I haven't saved any significant amount of money since then, but have not accrued any debt since then. We went to New York in May for Mike's birthday. While we stayed with Mike's buddy, thus saving on hotel room charges. But we did spend on tickets for a Broadway musical (Spiderman) and various museum charges. We got a little souvenir crazy and got a couple T shirts and prints of the city off a road vendor. There were all these cute little bookstores and I gto a book at each of these places which all adds up.
And in August, we went to Maui for a week. This is our first big vacation since we got married and we went a little crazy (notice a pattern here) We booked rooms at this fabulous hotel right on the best beach on Maui. We waffled and hemmed and hawed before booking this hotel, but since this was our almost honeymoon we went ahead and booked it. My parents weighed in too and told us to go for it and hinted that they would pay part of it if money was a problem. But we decided not to take any money from them, because honestly we are too old to be getting help from them. We also did tons of activities like scuba diving and snorkeling tours. It made for a fantastic vacation and I am glad we went. But when we added up what we spent on vacation and shopping before the vacation (swim suits, summer dresses etc), it added up to $6500. This number makes me sad whenever I think of it. We had saved up $3500 in our Travel Fund and the remaining was on our credit card that we have paid off by diverting what we would save to pay off that credit card.
There have been other expenses cropping up in the last month, like renewing our gym contracts (we pay it in full every 6 months), buying a bunch of personal trainer sessions (I pay $800 every 3 months, pricey but worth it) and so on. I charged my credit card for all of these, but I have paid the card in full before the finance charges kick in.
So here is where we stand. I hope to get more serious about my finances going forward. I have also been having interesting conversations with Mike about strategy and I hope to share those in the coming days. My next post tomorrow will be about exact numbers on my debt and my plans for paying them off.


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This year for Christmas, we decided to go minimal in the "stuff" and try to give everyone experiences instead. I confess, they did each get pajamas and one activity (The Frog got a game, Peach a make-your-own lotions/soaps/chapstick kit, and Hazel got some cute pots and pans for her kitchen- mostly so she'd stop stealing mine) and an experience. Really, the experiences were intended to be for the whole family. Hazel got to pick a movie for everyone to go to together, Peach's was for everyone to go to Fun World- a local arcade-ish kind of place where you get tickets (We NEVER let them do those kinds of things. I loath the
junk "prizes" they can earn...) and The Frog got a family trip to The Great Wolf Lodge.
We were so busy having fun, this is one of the only pictures we took while we were there- the kids are warming up on the heater, in their swim suits, while we read scriptures that morning before going swimming :) (edit! I found more pictures on my camera!! I'm adding them below! :D)
Now, my kids have no experience with TV because we have never had normal TV since we've been married. We do own a TV, but only for playing video games and watching movies. The kids watch shows using our Amazon Prime membership on their iPads, so having a TV with a remote!! was super exciting for them. They chose the Disney channel.
After about 30 minutes of watching TV Peach comes over to Jay and I.
Me: "Are you done watching TV already? I would have thought you'd be happy doing that all day!"
Peach: [whining] "It's so annoying! They keep showing these things that have nothing to do with the story!"
Jay & I start laughing
Jay: "Those are advertisements. That's one of the reasons why we don't watch TV at our house."
Peach: "Daddy, fix it!!"


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That's such a difficult question to answer no matter the topic. Hell, a favorite anything can depend on what mood you're in. I swear, I think last week I thought my favorite food might have been peanut butter.
I embarked on a quest of sorts. I wanted to figure out what my favorite book might be. Seeing that I spend five days a week or more in a bookstore, it occurred to me that having an answer to that question might be a good thing. Of course therein lay a problem. To work at Green Apple Books is to be near drowned in a din of miscellany. From section to section I could select a new favorite at any moment, there's just too much good to be dug up, so I sought aid.
As I wandered around the store, haplessly seeking a way to narrow down my search, I happened across Henry Miller's The Books in My Life. Over the period of a few lunch breaks I skimmed it for what seemed the most interesting. I figured if Henry Miller saw fit to write about it, it had to be good. I skipped over his thoughts on Krishnamurti titles and the Greek and Roman tragedies. Important as they may be I'm just not ready to pour over that stuff, be consumed by Aeschylus and Euripides and Eastern thought. At twenty-five I am not so prolific of a reader as I'd like to be, not with so much mischief to be made.
Moving on though, what I did find was Blaise Cendrars Moravagine (that picture at the top is an older, out of print cover that I happen to like a little better than the current edition). I cannot shut up about Moravagine presently. It is the best and weirdest piece of literature that I have picked up in years. Henry Miller was hugely inspired by it and in reading it there is no question as to why. It's at once violent and hilarious, about a doctor on a world tour with a mad prince. A raw, stinking, crawling hunk of fantasy indeed.
I suppose I didn't pick a new favorite in the long run. I merely read a great and relatively obscure book. Thanks to Henry though I've found another contender to place high in an ever growing list. Perhaps the world of literature is too large for just one favorite anyway. One can't love nothing but peanut butter forever.


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Unless you have taken refuge under a rock this past fashion month, you will be making space for the colourful garments set to creep into your wardrobe. Here at Blink we couldn't contain our excitement when we discovered the colour trend had spread past our clothes and inked our eyes.
Follow the lead of New York Fashion Queens Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung and Derek Lam and line your lids with bright greens and purples. If you're more of a Balenciaga or Giambattista lady not to worry, reinvigorate the old smoky eye and switch your black liner to a white shadow and watch your eyes pop.
To make the most of this trend invest in one (or all) of Mac's fun new eyeshadow compacts which are just as cute as they sound – colour added, call me bubbles and shop till you drop compacts are all the help you need to turn over a new, colourful leaf this spring.


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Sneakers and Bodega: Cambridge
Meet Oliver of Bodega. Last year I bought a pair of skateboarding sneakers. Oh, how I love 'em. I'll say that I rocked them but apparently it has all been in my mind. You see, each time my sister sees me in them she either says or gives me the look that means: those kicks just don't work.
Sometimes she's right other times I don't listen. The other day, I was trying to create a laid back "I'm not trying, but don't I look great outfit" when she stopped me.
"Those sneakers don't work on you! You need to give it up already."
Mind you, she wasn't exasperated, but firm. I concede her point on that outfit. The problem is that I'm not a quitter. I refuse to give up on my beloved sneakers, even if I have to squirrel them away and wait until I'm 72 to make them work. I'm no quitter!
What about you, have you ever worn something you were convinced was spot on, when in reality, it was just off?
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We are heading over to the Sowebo festival today. Four stages of music, lots of artists and other attrocities to divert your attention. Did I say attrocities? I think I meant attractions. I'm pretty sure that we will be near the Arrlington Stage
12:00 Dorsal Fink
12:45 Piette
1:30 Bond & Bentley
2:30 Marc Wigg
3:15 Pasadena
4:15 Muscle Twin
5:15 Puddle
6:15 Gavin Elder
7:15 To The Moon
The headliner, To The Moon has a trancy organic sound similar to lake trout. They are a trio out of Baltimore, rehearsing at Hour Haus Studios overlooking the scenic North Avenue Bridge.
Their psychadelic grooves and borderline techno beats sway you in and out of conciousness.
|To The Moon - Charmony
To The Moon - Emerald Green
To The Moon - D.I.G.
To The Moon - Rockdeep


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Yesterday, having decided to abandon the bathtub idea, I looked online for shower bases. They came in a wide assortment of sizes and shapes but started at $100 rising to several thousand dollars. That was a bit pricy and the cheapass in me had me looking online.
After hunting for quite a while I chanced upon somebody local selling surplus hardware. They weren't advertising shower bottoms but contact showed that they did and at decent prices too. Thus today I drove to their premises and purchased for $40 a really nice shower bottom.
Having got a shower bottom,I could commence construction of the bedroom wall, now knowing what the width had to be in order to accommodate the shower beside the doorway. Of course a second trip had to be undertaken because the position of the shower meant more PVC planking was needed, upon which would rest the framework for the wall.
Cutting the wood to fit the strange quirks of the bodywork was easier than I had imagined. Clearly my woodworking class in highschool was useful! Needless to say, my woodowking will probably make a bona fide carpenter grimace or wet himself.
Having the first beam up gives me great hope that the rest of the construction will be this easy! Tomorrow's task will be to construct the entire wall and possibly the door too.Sunday's task will be to complete the wiring of the reversing camera and possibly to mount it also. Sunday its supposed to be rainy day and days like that are excellent for doing electrical work. I have a lot of electrical work to do!


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We met when he was 19.
One of my top 5 all time favorite bands is Steely Dan.
Today is our 19th wedding anniversary.
In light of this wonderfully thoughtful and funny gift from my romantic man, I may have to rethink my list for arbitration time...
also known as, our anniversary.
Thank you Matt. I don't know how you'll top this.
Sunday Sweets Celebrates SEQUINS!
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
Try this for a little variation on a list poem (works for poetry or prose): write a recipe for something today -- Recipe for a Happy Marriage (or an Unhappy one!), Recipe for Humble Pie, Recipe for a Good Poem,..... Just gather your list of ingredients and put them in whatever form works for you. (This exercise can also cook up "How To" pieces.)
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- AnonymousNovember 13, 2005 at 9:08 AM
Is this a sort of brain storming? Can I think so?ReplyDelete
Exactly! It's just an exercise to jog the Muse and bring forth the stories hiding in a writer's brain. Think what you want -- just be sure to write it down. :)ReplyDelete
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Yellow Squash and Zucchini Tacos
Vegan; 30 minutes; Serves 4
I'm sorry for being late.... This is adapted from one of the farmer market vendors. She used Japanese eggplant and sweet bell peppers. (Feel free to substitute what you have on hand.)
2 med. or 1 large yellow squash, cut into strips
2 med. or 1 large zucchini, cut into strips
1 cup of Portabello mushrooms, sliced
1 sweet red bell pepper cut into strips
1/4 cup olive oil (enough to coat the pan)
1/2 lime
2 Tbs. cilantro
salsa (I used a blackberry, peach, chipotle salsa)
1. On medium heat coat pan with olive oil. Add yellow squash and zucchini. Cook for about 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add mushrooms and cook for about 2-3 minutes until brown. Add red bell peppers and while that's cooking add cilantro and squeeze lime. Cook till heated through.
2. Serve on heated tortillas, arugula and add salsa. Enjoy!


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This is posted from Father Z's blog WDTPRS, from a reader's comment. I loved the comment so much I wanted to post it here.
I'm going to stick my nose in here as a 20-year veteran of the broadcast industry (full disclosure: I'm in private industry now, but still maintain my hands in trying to build a Catholic radio news service network via the net….).
The old model of broadcast ('we talk, you listen') with its top-down model of American Big Broadcast Company (sic) sitting at the top and ostensibly local 'affiliates' at the point of distribution is rapidly being swept into the dustbin. It's inefficient, both from a physical plant (you should have seen the ABC Radio Net head end in NYC, where I spent almost 11 years…very impressive, but, ultimately, inflexible to handle the new models). As the country gets wired more and more for network connectivity, the means of production, distribution, and, dare say, formation of opinion, becomes more and more 'democratized' and moved to the level of local origination and control to a global audience. It's a peasant's revolt, in many ways. Noisy, wrestling in the mud, chaotic. But a revolt, nonetheless.
Why? On some level, nature (in all its wondrous forms) abhors a vacuum. And by relying on a few self-appointed (and self-righteous to some extent), there developed a vacuum of divergent thought. For too long, we depended on the good offices of a somewhat amorphous 'network' that was, to a large extent, extremely inbred and clannish, being the filters of what could be considered 'news worthy'; it was a feature of every news organization I worked for (and I worked for some of the best…and still have friends 'in the biz'...) that they monitored each other…so, to a large extent, what you saw or heard was based on an informal consensus among people, though they worked for different companies, all attended the same parties, union shop meetings, or restaurants. Very insular, and, that's why, except for presentational differences, the major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN…leaving Fox out, since they're the rebels according to the zeitgeist of the other 4…) all seem to tell the same story in the same order. It IS pack journalism…been there, done that, and even contributed to it from time to time.
Contrast that to what you see in the internet and blogosphere. Even though Fr. Z and a lot of the other well-known apologists have had face time on the tube, there are just as many others, you and me included, who also provide sources of information, insight, and intelligence to an audience we never may know of (I'm constantly surprised at where people are listening from when I look at my streaming logs…), and we know not what effect. The traditional nets do, certainly.
But, you can see the grasping and flailing around as the Old Guard (or gatekeeper, if you will) tries to impress its model of information distribution on a means of dispersal that is, by its very nature, unable to be funneled into a set and predictable pattern. The very unruliness of the democratization of information dispersal makes it so.
So, for every Andrew Sullivan or Ariana Huffington, there's a Father Z., Thomas Peters, or Amy Welborn. Whereas before, only Huffingtons of the world may have been heard (since their viewpoints all kind of fall into the same sociopolitical groove as the traditional gatekeepers…), we've taken it upon ourselves to give voice to what was studiously ignored or marginalized for too many years.
And that's a good thing. The more truth that is spoken to power, the more power overreacts and drives people away. I believe that people of good will WANT to hear the truth. And the duty of every Catholic is to preach the Gospel. It's been driven down too long. And that's why the traditional electronic media, cat box liners such as NCR, and the New York Slimes are struggling. Because they no longer control the sole means of information distribution.
I could go on…but probably overstayed my welcome…
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A woman has taken to the courts in order to sue her husband for financially exploiting her and is now demanding a complete compensation for all the physical abuse and emotional distress which she has endured.
The woman had been married to this man for the last 2 years. The woman stated that ever since the start of their marriage, the husband had kept asking her for money.
She said she was forced to pay her husband a sum of SAR 3,000 every month, and still, the husband would make up different excuses in order to extort some more money from her.
Her husband would always tell her that he had debts which needed to be paid off, or would often ask her for money for rent of their apartment. She added that he also once asked her to give her SAR 200,000 however she refused to pay him the amount.
He then told her that the huge sum of money was for a loan he had taken out and if the man was not paid off at the time, he would end up facing jail time.
She remained adamant however and this caused her husband to start physically assaulting her and also threatened her with consequences if she did not pay him the amount.
In the end, she gave him the money, only to later find out that he had taken the money in order to wed another woman and to pay for her dowry. When she confronted her husband and asked him to divorce his second wife, he refused.
The woman stated that her husband did not leave her any other choice, causing her to go to the Personal Status Court and also file for khula. In the case of Khula, the wife is required to pay him the dowry back.
However, she feels that she is not required to do so because he had been financially exploited by him. When she presented her claims to the court, her husband blatantly denied all of the allegations put upon him.
He stated that the woman was simply being jealous of his second wife. The court referred the case on to the reconciliation committee which explained to her husband that financial exploitation was unacceptable.
However, he still refused to divorce her and she was adamant about getting khula. She stated that the judge finally allowed her a divorce, without forcing her husband to pay back the dowry or any of the other expenses bore by her.
Consultant and lawyer Asim Al Mullah has stated that the number of Khula cases has increased over the last year. Around 40 percent of the family cases end up with Khula.
He also added that there are several valid reasons behind Khula such as if the husband does not pray if the husband acts in an immoral or unethical manner or if the husband is a drug addict.
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The Photographer forwarded me an invite to participate in a "subby hunt". I've always been attracted to the idea of this, in a similar way to the idea of a slave auction - the public nature of it, the vying for attention, the concrete nature of being caught or bought. Who doesn't like the thought of being chosen, of being selected as the perfect person to have terrible things done to them. Then there is the thrill of being chased, heart rate rising, senses on edge and the potential to be hog tied and carried back, triumphantly.
However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised I would be terrible at it. For a start, the game is set up to the advantage of the Doms (unsurprisingly), they get a head start to hide out in the field and prepare traps and schema for hunting the subs. Which means that it is likely to be over fairly quickly, which seems unfortunate. Secondly, it is a game, and I have a tendency to need to win at games. I have a competitive streak that is perfectly well-behaved in normal situations: I hand my pride, together with my will over to the person in charge, trusting them to give them back afterwards, allowing me to relax into another's arms, and desires. But in a field, fully clothed, with a lot of strangers, with a scorecard of items to collect? That's more difficult. If I'm going to play, I want to win, but this is a game designed to make the submissive "lose" (in terms of the game, obviously being caught and taken away is the point). Finally, and this is the most tricky, there is the issue of consent and safety. Beforehand, all submissives must complete a form, detailing what they are prepared to do, and with who. You can even specifically state one person who you want to capture you, for safety's sake, there are a lot of limits on the amount of struggling and fighting that can be done (very little). Sadly, I just couldn't imagine myself being able to enjoy this game, no matter how attractive the idea is. It feels like a contrivance (which of course it is) in a schoolground chase me, chase me! sort of way. Because, like kiss-chase, the personal objective is to be caught which makes it feel forced and fake: I don't think I'd be able to run. To my mind, there wouldn't be any point to it since I could just stay with the person I wanted to catch me anyway and we could have a picnic, or something.
This made me think more about my attitude to scenes, roleplays, sexualised fantasies that orbit around the concept of "game". I suppose I need the game to feel realistic before I can participate, for the risk and reward to be genuine. For example, the poker night works for me because of the element of chance involved in the cards, and also that I am not the one playing, I take the forfeit for the Domme I am partnered with.
I tried to work out a way in which the hunt could be refined, to work for me. Certainly if the submissives were given a head start, and then they were actually hunted (like foxes and other animals) that would work better for me, rather than dumbly running into a gauntlet. I like the idea of incorporating a sense of fear and tension, so not knowing the number of hunters, or who they were, what they might do to you when they got you. I also would want to be able to fight back, to struggle properly, to hurt and be hurt in the way that a wild thing might do. Obviously, this game requires more trust and knowledge about other play partners, but I think it could be much more exciting, for me at any rate. Further experimentation needed.
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Fall 2010
The PCs learned from Trea that there is a performance at The Golden Dragonne Theatre 2 days from now so they decide to use that as there opportunity to gain access instead of trying to bypass the wards that surround the theatre. Not completely trusting Trea after learning some things about her, the PCs attempted to find other means of entering the theatre, but to no avail. Eventually, they figure they would take their chances with Trea and formulate a loose plan on how to approach the situation. When the night comes, they meet up with Trea and make their way to the rich side of town in their fancy new tailored clothes, toward The Golden Dragonne Theatre. With Trea's help, they enter the theatre without a hitch and take their seats as the performance begins. Rayle takes the opportunity to use his Drow sneakiness to get backstage. After a few close calls being mistaken for a performer, he discovers a bedchamber at the end of hallway. Upon inspection, he luckily finds a magical doorway to an underground hallway in the floor rug in the center of the room.
Curiosity getting the best of him, he sneaks forward. The hallway goes down a few steps and into a half caved in dungeon guarded by bugbears. After killing a few bugbears, Rayle quickly realizes he is outnumbered and escapes back up the steps and through the rug. The bugbears did not follow. Rayle reports back to Khalid of his findings only to find out that Khalid is upset that he ruined there element of suprise. Disappointed, they leave the theatre and let Trea enjoy the show on her own, they were confident she wouldn't be alone for long….
Without a plan and the element of surprise, they turn to a very unlikely contact that they had ran across earlier. This Drow hunter was first hired to kill them, but when confronted by her, she confessed that she only took the job to meet Rayle as he was the only other Drow that she's seen in Athkatla. They took a chance and convinced her to help. Since she was knew the ways of the underground, she navigated them through some of the vast tunnels under Athkatla until they found another entrance into the rear of the dungeon that Rayle first discovered. They found the bugbears again, this time with the element of surpise, they defeated the vile creatures. Further into the dungeon, the worked stone gives way to large subterranean cavern. It is there they battled an Ettercap, in which the PCs fought a frustrating battle. With perseverance, and some luck, the Ettercap was defeated.
As they continued, they found some alcoves that were being used for storage. They continued forward until they heard voices. They hid to keep from being discovered. Up ahead, there was a large stone door that was open, and leading a group of slaves and a group of bug bears was none other than Inale'ath! The PCs walk out of the shadows and Rayle begins to question Inale'ath about why he would he would kill their Grandmother. Inale'ath gives a bit of a cryptic answer and then orders the bug bears to attack. The battle was viscous, but soon the cavern lays full of dead bugbears. The PCs take the fight to Inale'ath, but Inale'ath's Time Magic allowed him to easily speed up and slow down time, giving him the advantage. The fight traversed different rooms and went back and forth, with the PCs getting more and more beat up as they could not find a strategy that could counter Inale'ath. With Rayle close to dying and when it looked like all was thought to be lost, the PCs noticed a weakness in Inale'ath's attacks. They used this opening and moved in to attack. Inale'ath's time warp abilities were being countered by our PCs superior position. Inale'ath eventuall falls, gasping and coughing, quite the bloody mess.
As he lie there dying, he tells Rayle a most dark secret. One that changed the landscape of everything they have done up until this point. Inale'ath eventually dies in Rayle's arms. Khalid asks Rayle what Inale'ath told him, and was shocked by what he heard. Khalid and Rayle, now more determined than ever, face this new information with a new found purpose.
Mid-Summer 2010
The PCs decide to not attack the changeling, as he/she will probably know the whereabouts of Baron Zora. Upon questioning, the changeling thanks them for sparing says to meet him/her at the Sleepy Fox Inn tomorrow at noon on the East side of the merchant district and more information on Baron Zora will be revealed. The PCs make a quick escape from the grounds of the manor and get some much needed rest. They agree that they will meet up tomorrow and make plans to go to the Sleepy Fox Inn.
When they finally arrive, they notice that the Sleepy Fox Inn looks more like a lodge than traditional Amnian inn. They enter cautiously and attempt to be incognito while looking for their contact, although they do realize that if it is the changeling they are suppose to meet, he/she can be anyone in the room. It becomes apparent to them that they were expected, as they were greeted to a meal and discussion by a stern looking human female named Mashai. The meal is short lived however, as they soon find themselves groggy and pass out. Having been poisoned twice in less than a Ten Day, the PCs begin to wonder whether its safe to eat anything in Athkatla anymore. They awaken in a small stone antechamber where they are interrogated by Mashai and some associates. After proving themselves not agents of some Athkatlian spies or from the Cowled Wizards, Mashai reveals this to be a hideout for the Emerald Cabal. She reveals that they had captured Baron Zora a while ago, and were using one of their agents in his place to discover what ties he has to this slavery ring and to the Cowled Wizards. Mashai and the PCs seem to be on good terms, so she agrees that they can ask him a few questions. Rayle volunteers to do the questioning while Khalid stays outside with Mashai.
Baron Zora reveals that he only seen Inala'eth a couple of times and he was mainly used as a distributor of slaves for the Midnight Edict. To help with the capturing slaves, they were given a liquid that would knock a slave out, or for some weaker cases, put them in a coma like state to make it easier for shipping. The last contract he got from The Midnight Edict was to ambush and capture all of the caravans coming from Crimmor, Esperaltan, and Eshpurta over the past Ten Day. He stated that he didn't know why they wanted to capture any of the passengers in these caravans, but they were very specific instructions. As Rayle continued the questioning, Baron Zora admitted that he meets with an Illuskan named Salymead that pays him for holding the slaves until they can transport them. He also knows that Inale'ath has ties to a "companion" named Trea that works at the Khalid and Mashai heard strange sounds in the darkness of the hideout. Suddenly, emerging from the dark, a horde of zombies rush the PCs. In the back of the horde, stands a vile necromancer, pulling their undead strings. In the chaos (and by Rayle's hands), Baron Zora is eaten by zombies as the group fights their way to the necromancer.
After a grueling fight, the necromancer is defeated, and he too, has the mark of the Cowled Wizards. The PCs realize that this cowled wizard was here to kill the members of the Emerald Cabal. Mashai tells them that this hideout is compromised and will get them out. She takes them to the surface through a secret exit and tells them to be careful, and that if their paths run afoul of the Cowled Wizards, then they are destined to meet again.
The PCs decide to pay Trea a visit. They make their way to the The Silver Throne Brothel, where Trea works. They used Rayle's exotic looks to get a special meeting with Trea. When finally introduced to Trea in her penthouse, things took an interesting turn. She told them that she would tell them all the information she knows, but she is magically imprisoned in her penthouse. If they would help break the enchantment, she would help them. She gave Rayle specific instructions on what to do and he had to pull some big favors to satisfy Trea. After Trea has been freed, she reveals that Inale'ath is moving slaves out of the The Golden Dragonne Theatre in the Wave District on the Northwest side of Athkatla. She does warn, however that facing Inale'ath is not wise as he is an accomplished Time Mage. She also reveals that the theatre itself is highly magically warded and that only someone of status can enter with guests. Of course, she suggests herself to accompany are heroes.
The PCs then decide to see what information Salymead has. They decide to follow him and the discover that other than keeping some nefarious company, he is quite taken with a young woman that runs an herb shop in the Trades District. The PCs buy their time, and follow him from the herb shop to a small boat in the Harbor District where he hangs out with some thugs. He soon leaves and the PCs attempt to gain information from the thugs which results with all of them dead. The PCs once again follow Salymead, but this time they are spotted. He makes his way to the rooftops, and a daring chase involving acrobatics, jumps, as well as dodging around various obstacles. They finally corner Salymead and he proves to be a formidable opponent. Rayle had fallen off a roof and Khalid was forced to fight Salymead alone. Just when Salymead seemed to be getting the best of Khalid, Rayle made his way back up and the two were able to defeat and kill Salymead. This was done in haste, as they failed to get any information from their new victim.
End of Milestone 2
The PC's level to level 3. The PCs have survived many attacks and have uncovered major plot points from Baron Zora. This opened up new avenues in the story which enabled them to make their way to the The Golden Dragonne Theatre.
Early Summer 2010
The beginning of this campaign focuses on the Drow Rayle Auvryneld of House Auvryneld and Khalid whose family business is based in Athkatla.
Rayle had travelled from Athkatla to the neighboring city Crimmor on family business. This happened often as Rayle's family were established architects and designers and have designed many of the more exotic manors and buildings in Athkatla, unbeknownst to most everyone. Rayle was not there very long as a matter of fact as before he could even conduct any business he was met with a strange message. While standing in an alley watching merchants and caravans set up shop, a small bird fluttered by and landed at his feet. Before he could react, the bird winked out of existence and its place lay a small folded letter. The contents of the letter urged him to return to Athkatla and to House Zillen, House Auvryneld's close contacts and allies. The Matriarch of House Auverneld, Rayle's mentor and grandmother, had been murdered. Rayle immedietely looked for transportation back to Athkatla.
Khalid had travelled to Crimmor on personal family business. His family has had dubious business affairs in various parts of Amn. Some say they are ambitious traders, others say they are nothing more than slavers. From a young age, Khalid has been a valuable instrument for his families success. This time, was no different. Khalid was in Crimmor on reasons only known to his father and himself. While navigating the streets of Crimmor and conducting business, he was met with a business contact. This contact gave Khalid a delicate looking note. The note gave him instructions to meet with an ally within House Zillen in Athkatla. Met with new orders, Khalid looks immedietely begins to look for transportation to Athkatla.
The 2 wayward travelers met up with an unsavory fellow named Za'eir. The hefty bearded human was the only caravan leader that was transporting to Athkatla as a rash of caravans seem to have been disappearing on the roads as of late. Za'ier agrees to take them on as guards in trade for fare. The road to Athkatla seemed pretty quiet for the first few days, as the passengers and cargo garnered more suspicion than any caravan raiders. On the last night Za'ier offered a meal to everyone as a good gesture to making it safely this far and everyone seemed in good nature. A few moments later, everyone felt drowsy and blacked out. When Khalid awakened, he was in a cage with a few passengers. He noticed there were a few other cages that held other passengers. Everyone seemed unconscious and Khalid determined that they dead. Rayle was actally hanging from a tree upside down and stripped of his belongings. They been betrayed! It seems Za'ier had other plans for his passengers. After a daring escape which involved killing their kidnappers, Za'ier made an escape of his own and fled into the night. Khalid and Rayle then stole some horses and made their way to Athkatla.
They stopped by Khalid's family estate and stayed there for the night. It was there that Khalid's father instructed him to help House Zillen as they are business partners and their favor will help his father's business. Khalid agreed and the next day they made their way to House Zillen.
At House Zillen, the two PC's met up with the head of the House, Aletath Zillen and the Captain of his guard, Neros. Neros and Rayle are close friends from youth and was greeted well. Aletath seems worried as he had sent messages to his allies not only from Crimmor, but from the cities of Esperaltan and Eshpurta. It seems that only Rayle and Khalid survived coming to Athkatla. This could not be a coincidence. Aletath tells them that a new organization known as the Midnight Edict has surfaced in Athkatla and is causing problems, and is probably responsible for all of House Zillen's allies disappearing. They also have had their hands in many nefarious acts, most notably running slaves illegally and assassinations. They are consistently interfering in the affairs of many existing guilds, houses, and organizations. The kicker is that this organization was led by none other than Rayle's brother, Inale'ath Auvryneld. When Rayle's grandmother found out, she tried to stop him but he killed her. They were instructed to do whatever is necessary to stop The Midnight Edict from gaining a greater foothold in Athkatla.
The PCs hit the streets and talked to some of their contacts on information on The Midnight Edict. Eventually they got information on someone who can help, Briggan the Bold. Briggan was a bard of dubious reputation that hung out at a bar on the southside of the merchant district. After a very interesting meeting with Briggan, he revealed that he knew of a Textile warhouse that was a front for The Midnight Edict. The PCs made their way there, and with some careful planning, executed a plan that ended up with many dead Midnight Edict agents. They searched the warehouse and found a secret tunnel to an underground bed chamber. In this bed chamber, they found an invitation (1 person and guest) to a Masquerade Ball at the infamous Baron Zora's Manor a few nights away. The PCs wonder what connection the Baron has with The Midnight Edict. They Pc's set up a strategy and attend.
Parties at Baron Zora's are known for many things and the greatest debaucheries in all of Athkatla can be found here. Many of the "who's who" of Athkatla show up to these events, and the PCs even spotted some of cities more notable thieves, bounty hunters, and criminals there. The PCs had a few very surprising moments when they opened doors to rooms that should have remained private. After Baron Zora made his grand entrance, the PCs remained patient and trailed him around his manor until he made his way into his hedge maze on the west side of his manor. They had some trouble finding him but eventually determined that he made his way to a large tree at the center of the hedge maze. When examined a little 2 closely, the whole tree itself began to animate and attack them! To make matters worse, strange insects also emmerged from the tree and began to attack the PCs as well. After the battle, they found a staircase under the tree, but Rayle had fallen in battle and could not be revived by Khalid. In desperation, Khalid contacted one of the aformentioned "notables" and asked her for help as she was a cleric. She agreed for a price that she would determine at a future date. Despite the chilling tone in her voice, Khalid knew he needed Rayle's help. They made there way downstairs and discovered a subterranean cavern where they find Baron Zora and a human that they have never met before that commanded a giant scorpion. The PCs are soon discovered and are attacked. This human that commanded the scorpion turned out to be a magic user and quite a challenge. After he was defeated, they discovered a marking on his forearm that revealed him to be a member of the Cowled Wizards! The PCs corner Baron Zora and begin to question him. Trapped and nowhere to go, Baron Zora features quickly changed into that of an elf and the PCs knew that this was not the real Baron Zora but a changeling.
End of Milestone 1
The PCs leveled to Level 2. They progressed the story, uncovered some key plot elements, used their brains to strategize, and used their blades effectively in combat.


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Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the NYC area sometime later today (Monday), but quite a few people are dismissing it, citing last year's over-hyped Hurricane Irene as a reason not to worry. However, this time around the circumstances are quite different. There's the Tropical Storm/Category 1 Hurricane hitting + a Nor'Easter + high tides, which is no laughing matter. The water levels will surely rise even higher because of the high tide; this is essentially a perfect storm, the likes of which haven't been seen in decades here. The low-lying areas will almost certainly get some flooding unless there's some miraculous turn of events (like the storm taking a different direction or prematurely dying down). My house is in Zone B here, meaning it's not at immediate risk of flooding. However, high winds are still a risk, so the cars have all been parked away from trees, the garbage cans stored inside the garage, etc. With plenty of food and enough candles to last several weeks, I'd like to think I'm fairly prepared for this. Let's see what happens. I'll update this as it progresses.
*Update Monday 10/11/12 8:20pm:* The entire MTA subway/bus/commuter rail transit system is shut down today and tomorrow, and possibly for more, depending on the conditions. The New York Stock Exchange is closed today and tomorrow as well. All bridges and tunnels are closed as of now. Widespread power outages are being reported. My house has a partial outage for now, no power in the kitchen or living room. The internet has stayed mostly on, but the lights are flickering constantly. Thankfully all the computers, router, and modem are on a backup battery, so quick flickers aren't too much of a problem. Not sure if the power will stay on all night though.
*Update Thursday 11/1/12 10:00am:* Funny how in the previous update I said the power was still on, it went out literally ten minutes after I posted that. And it only came back on today at around 7am. I played a _lot_ of Monopoly, Scrabble, and Mariokart DS these past couple days. Didn't know how to play Monopoly or Scrabble before, so yay I guess I've still accomplished something. Hurricane Sandy hit NYC pretty hard though, some subway lines are still closed, tunnels are still flooded, and there are still many homes without power, and loads of trees laying around blocking roads and such.


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With a little trepidation, being the driver having to cover such a distance, I set off at 04:15 initially for Dorchester with the sounds of Moorhen and Tawny Owl ringing in my ears. There, Dave Foot was picked up at 05:00 then we continued our journey West towards Devon and Cornwall for a weekend of 'birding' together. At my suggestion we agreed to keep a list to which was quickly added Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Herring Gull, Rook, Great Black-backed Gull and Rook despite restricted visibility. The forecaster had predicted a sunny day but there was no sign of that as we entered Devon along with Magpie, Little Egret, Starling and Common Gull. It was a gloomy arrival at
MOUNTS BAY - Cornwall
where I immediately set my GILLIE to work
searching for the first target bird. Within the first 30 minutes he had
contributed 5 new species to my Year List
an individual almost in full 'Summer Plumage' and a pair of
They were unusual inasmuch that the male was also in 'Breeding Plumage'
unusual to see that far south.
In addition Black-headed Gull, Shag, Pied wagtail, Greenfinch, Slavonian Grebe, Gannet, Sanderling, Dunnock, Cormorant, Curlew and House Sparrow were added but not even a report from elsewhere of our 'desire'! Time to move a little further inland and have a bash at the Little Bunting which also eluded us, but on the 'up side' we saw Great and Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Skylark, Blackbird, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, Reed Bunting, Raven, Goldfinch, Pheasant (heard), Linnet, Wren, Song Thrush and
Over an hour later we returned to our former position where Kittiwake and Rock Pipit showed themselves followed by some EXCITEMENT as Dave though he had spotted 'our' bird. However, there was a slight snag as it was so far away we would have to relocate from a now brightening
Just a 10 minutes drive through rapidly increasing traffic, but within minutes he had not only re-located his suspect bird but also identified it as 'just what we were looking for' thePACIFIC DIVER
At great distance we were only just able to see the 'chin-strap' which
is a defining feature, and too far even to bother raising the camera.
A 'World First' for Dave and an addition to the GB List for me.
Unfortunately no images.
A cursory search was made for one of the c4 Black Redstarts reported, but without success, so armed with some 'local knowledge' we once again headed for the Little Bunting. En-route Turnstone was seen along with Feral Pigeon (if you like that sort of thing) while back in a different field the fruits of a further hour amounted to just Common Buzzard. It would be foolhardy at any time to drive passed the
but more particularly the
with the favoured vantage point being the Lelant Sidings on the north bank. A tiny railway station with uninterrupted views produced Wigeon, Redshank, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100's more Golden Plover, Teal, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Goosander, common Gull, Rock Pipit, Grey Plover, Sparrowhawk, Long-tailed Tit and
which may surprise you to know was a Year's First for me.
It was again time to hit the road and a fair distance to the 'Most Southerly Point of Mainland Great Britain'
now zealously guarding their nesting ledges.
A fair drive which, in all honesty, we would have been happy to walk,
if needs must, to see the most bizarre of all the resident UK CROWS
Emblem of Cornwall itself!
There were only c2 seen and having left Dave to do all the work thus far
I was thrilled to bits to be the one to locate them even at great distance,
and a LOT MORE than just a Year Tick - SUPERB!
Before leaving this rugged habitat we also saw
PORPOISE, BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and GUILLEMOT
before leaving the Lizard Peninsular for Falmouth.
We had decided to ad-lib the Bed and Breakfast, simply hoping for the best,
and that is precisely what we got. Should you ever be in the Falmouth area, here
is a STRONG recommendation as where to stay.
Hope you can read the script to this extremely well placed hostelry
at the heart of all that is of interest in this part of Cornwall. The very
warmest of welcomes from Paul and Heidi, a comfortable nights sleep
and a breakfast fit for a King on Sunday morning.
However, it should be mentioned that even though daylight was fading fast we did consider it best to try for the next target before retiring for the day. No joy except for a late Kingfisher and a couple of Mute Swans on the local Duck Pond but we were back on the headland before daybreak yesterday. A few fond memories for me here as we watched St Anthony's Head Light winking in the distance and the Pilot Cutter heading for the huge Bulk Carried anchored in Falmouth Roads. If I had a £ for every time I have plied these waters, then the Milky Bars would be on me, but I haven't so........ The first vestiges of decent light saw an early
already carrying breakfast, fly directly in front of us before once again
Dave picked out firstly a female
in company with our target bird an immature male
this is what it will look like when it grows up.
We couldn't go to press without illustrating such a bird but have had to rely on
for the images.
Still only 08:30, there was time to drop by Swanpool on the way back to The Observatory where we found Jay, Coot, Moorhen (for Dave), Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, Collared Dove, Canada Goose and perhaps strangely Long-tailed Duck, which had been showing on the Pager. There followed the BREAKFAST described above, after which my only hope was there was not to be too much walking too soon! Our next destination was to be the car park at the China Fleet Country Club on the banks of the River Tamar, the natural County boundary between Devon and Cornwall, but more specifically
with distant views of the Tamar Railway BridgeThe short walk to this inlet off of the main river, through mature woodland, produced Kestral, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Mistle Thrush but neither Nuthatch or Treecreeper and it looked every bit as though a climb down the steep bank would be needed to afford any chance of seeing the next hoped for addition. With as much stealth as a Fat Kid can aspire to, I managed to reach the foreshore with the far more agile Dave, where immediately a
flew past
then landing on at shore line not too far away.
It was once again Good Ol', I'm leaving him in Weymouth next time
(brace yourselves for a 'Blank Post'),
getting on my tits DAVE who pulled the Rabbit out of the hat again
as he spotted the adult male
blinking miles away then, just as it was thought I was going to get a go,
he heard a
deep within the brambles.
Quickly coaxing it from cover it was seen to be a male which was also displaying.
3 new Species for the Year in quick succession - EXCELLENT!
The success story of the Broadsands, Devon
is well documented as they were on the cusp of extinction not
only in Devon but across the whole of their limited range in Great Britain.
Next stop
Penduline Tit
3 of which have been commuting between here and Dawlish but all
we found of interest was a
a sociable
along with a few
heading for the Marshes.
For us it was time to head for Exmouth and
Bonaparte's Gull
which had been seen here earlier in the day by others.
The Trainee Yachtsmen proved of interest as did a
is well documented as they were on the cusp of extinction not
only in Devon but across the whole of their limited range in Great Britain.
Next stop
Penduline Tit
3 of which have been commuting between here and Dawlish but all
we found of interest was a
a sociable
along with a few
heading for the Marshes.
For us it was time to head for Exmouth and
Bonaparte's Gull
which had been seen here earlier in the day by others.
The Trainee Yachtsmen proved of interest as did a
a few
along with a few
in my life, always having much preferred the countryside,
since when I have been confined to
Slight Return II
by heavy rain since checking the lone Moth Trap which held an equally lone
United Kingdom
United States
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So I jumped at the challenge I was given by the ArtsPaper in New Haven, to show what Elm City style looks like in the streets.
It was a blast, especially interviewing the subjects about their personal fashion philosophies.
To see the full set of a dozen photos, and the text, go the The Arts Paper .
see more of my knitwear fashion photography in the She Shoots Sheep Shots portfolio, on my website