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By Jay Seidel
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The Lowell Joint School District was forced to take drastic action in an effort to help students at a local Christian school. The district submitted a legal order to terminate its lease agreement with Whittier Christian Elementary School's Maybrook campus, which is owned by the Lowell District.
The emotional move to end the 23-year-old agreement with Calvary Baptist Church, which operates the Whittier Christian School, was due to questionable practices and breaches of the lease by a school management company, Carnegie Schools, that was brought in to help run the schools.
Dr. John Ploog, pastor and head of schools for Calvary Baptist, explained Monday at the district meeting that the operation of the schools, the campus at Maybrook and the church's main campus in Whittier, were becoming more challenging financially for the church. They were looking at various options, and that's when he said Carnegie approached them.
Ploog explained that Carnegie said they wanted to help Christian schools maintain and operate successfully. The offer was the help that Ploog felt they were looking for. So, last year, Carnegie took operational control of the Whittier Christian Schools.
Since then, according to Terry Tao, attorney for Lowell Joint School District, several breaches of the lease agreement and questionable practices prompted them to terminate the lease agreement.
Tao explained that the arrangement Calvary Baptist entered in with Carnegie violated the terms of the original lease because it doesn't allow for subleasing. Further, according to Tao, Carnegie's plan to expand the Maybrook campus to include seventh and eighth grade students was in violation of the preschool-6 grade only agreement.
Also, Carnegie's business operations caused concern for the Lowell District landlords. Carnegie fell behind on its rental payments to the district.
Darin Barber, board president of the Lowell Joint School District, explained that in order to remove Carnegie, the district must terminate the lease with Calvary Baptist.
Tao echoed this sentiment, explaining that the original contract was between Lowell and Calvary Baptist and that lease had to be terminated before anything else could occur. The school board approved termination of the lease on July 31. The notice of termination letter was sent to Calvary Baptist on August 1.
Ploog and the church leaders had been in communication with the district, as these issues were becoming apparent. He explained they understood the violations, including their arrangement with Carnegie, and agreed that the lease should be terminated.
The church informed Carnegie on August 2, about the termination of the lease. In an August 4th letter to Calvary Baptist, Carnegie stated that it sees the Lowell District as a "third party" and will not allow a third party to "run a school at the Maybrook campus." Further, they took a defiant stance stating Carnegie "intends to remain at the Maybrook campus for the foreseeable future."
According to the terms of the termination letter, the district was to have its property turned back over to them by 5 p.m. Monday.
According to Ploog, Barber and Tao, some main concerns are about the students and the families who have paid tuition.
Tao explained that he requested enrollment information, including paid tuition, from Carnegie, but said he didn't think he was going to get it.
Lowell Board member Staci Shackelford had to pause to hold back some emotion as she shared her children went to Whittier Christian Schools and credits their educational success to what they learned at the school.
"This whole situation is so hard," she said thinking about how the children and families could be impacted by proceedings.
Claud Lamar, president and CEO of Heights Christian Schools, said that they would like to come in and operate a Christian school at the Maybrook campus to help ensure the approximately 288 students will continue with their education. He said that they are willing to waive registration fees and credit those who have paid tuition in an effort to get things set up this year. He encouraged parents to call the Heights Christian office. Heights Christian schools start on August 29 and they would hope to start classes at Maybrook then as well.
Lowell District Superintendent Jim Coombs said he was grateful to see Heights step in and want to operate a school on the campus. However, he explained that they are open to entertain any proposal.
However, the timeframe is short. Carnegie had classes set to begin August 24.
According to Tao, the district will now take steps to regain its property, the Maybrook campus, and move forward. He said they are working to minimize the disruption for the students, parents and staff for the coming school year.


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It was a victory that Joe Ghione (120) and Brick Memorial had been thinking about since suffering a two-point loss to Phillipsburg in last year's group final.
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Review: Fotodiox Pro FlapJack LED Edge Light C-200R
Lighting is one of the most important elements to taking great photographs. Unfortunately, perfect light doesn't usually follow most photographers.
As technology continues to perfect artificial light, the choices available have expanded. Strobe lighting ruled for years but continuous light seems to be the emphasis of technology now.
With the improvements made in fluorescent and LED (light-emitting diode), continuous lights have become very popular as they get brighter, cheaper and smaller. They are not going to overpower strobe lights, but they have the advantage of doing double duty, working with both video and still photography.
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Priced at $299, the FlapJack 7-in round light is one of the more expensive lights in this range. There is plenty of competition if you don't need the thin styling. I have used a much cheaper light, which I bought on Amazon for about $50, that uses AA batteries when I need a small light. Of course, it's much bulkier and doesn't come with a nice protective padded case.
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ElPozo Murcia and Barça Alusport will face each other this evening (20:00, Esport3 and Marca TV) in the final of the King's Cup in Antequera. The teams in first and second place, respectively, of the Regular League will meet in the title match four days before the post-regular season playoffs get underway. Besides the obvious incentive of winning the title, it's a great opportunity for each team to gauge their rival's strength ahead the Liga's decisive round of matches.Fernandao to miss the matchThe team, who arrived to Antequera this Monday, travelled with 12 first-team players even though Carmona has confirmed that Fernandao will miss the match and that he'll make a last-minute decision on Gabriel, who is doubtful. Eric Martel and Marc Tolrà, two youngsters from the Spanish Cup winning reserve side, are also with the team. Forced tiebreak Everyone is anticipating an evenly-matched final. In the Liga, both team teams drew against each other, both at the Palau Blaugrana (5-5 in October) and in Mucia (4-4 in March). Tonight's final will serve as a tiebreaker between the two best teams in Spain. It's worth noting, moreover, that the teams were locked in a close race for the top spot of the Liga until the last match of the regular season. ElPozo Murcia finished atop the table. Barça Alusport are looking to claim their third title of the season after winning the Spanish Cup and the UEFA Futsal Cup.
The Barça manager, Marc Carmona, showed his displeasure and that of the team's with the condition of the court: "it's a real disgrace that a King's Cup final will be played on a court like this one. Let me remind you that after the match against Inter they told us we wouldn't have to play again [with these conditions] and here we are again. It's very sad. It's a pitiful reflection of the sport and, moreover, I believe there's serious risk of injury. I don't understand that in a Liga as professional as ours that we have to play on a court like this."
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It wasn't the most auspicious beginning for Portland Public Schools' superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero. In his first few weeks on the job, Guerrero pitched a poorly-vetted proposal to close an alternative school for talented-and-gifted students. He then rescinded it amid backlash and sought to make amends with families he was meeting for the first time.
But that seemingly disastrous start actually bodes well for a district culture known for resisting change and dodging accountability. The episode shows that Guerrero is not afraid to challenge the status quo or admit mistakes, both of which will serve him well in figuring out how to remake the district. And in his apology to community members at Access Academy - the school he proposed dismantling - he walked a diplomatic line between acknowledging families' concerns and defending an overall philosophy that successful, specialized programs should be broadened to serve the greater student population.
This is only the beginning, of course, and the real tests of his leadership are yet to come, most notably in how the district reconfigures K-8s into elementary and middle schools. But Portlanders are getting a glimpse of Guerrero's approach to leadership and his willingness to make bold moves. At the same time, the recharged Portland School Board has already shown stronger governance and a sharper focus on students in the four months since members Julia Brim-Edwards, Rita Moore and Scott Bailey joined the board. While Portlanders should keep up the pressure, they should also recognize the welcome signs of a culture in the midst of change.
Among them: The board's decision to convene a high-powered group of investigators to dig deep into the circumstances, policies, personnel decisions and other factors behind the mishandling of sexual-harassment complaints against longtime district educator Mitchell Whitehurst. As an extensive report by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Bethany Barnes showed, Whitehurst escaped discipline and serious investigation despite numerous allegations over the years by students and former students that he propositioned, ogled and harassed them. The sheer experience of the investigative team which includes Bob Weaver, former chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon, signals the sincerity of the board in deconstructing what happened, who was responsible and how to fix it.
The board has been revamping the district's public-records policy with an emphasis on transparency and increasing its outreach to the community by holding meetings at area schools, bringing translators for non-English-speaking families and requiring the ombudsman to attend meetings to help address individuals' concerns. Even the tenor of meetings has improved dramatically as members treat another collegially, something sorely lacking under the previous board.
And the fact that Portland even has a permanent superintendent at all is a testament to the work accomplished by the school board under Brim-Edwards. Five months ago, it looked as if the district might have to limp along under the leadership of an interim superintendent for the second year in a row after the previous board's pick for the district, Donyall Dickey of Atlanta, withdrew amid questions over his background.
While Guerrero and the board are showing the right instincts in tackling the many problems facing the district, there are plenty of ways for them to go off the rails. The district's commitment to converting K-8s into elementary and middle schools to ensure that all students are getting a full suite of classes is firm. But how it achieves that is another challenge with logistical and political obstacles. Winning families' trust that the district can pull off the reconfiguration competently and fairly will require a lot of detailed data, steady communication and patience.
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Reversing an entrenched culture that has routinely put adults' concerns above the educational and safety needs of students will take more than just a few months. But a change in culture starts with a change in leadership. And for the first time in a long time, Portland Public Schools has leadership focused in the right direction.
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I have not found interesting Dialogue beyond Bioware/BlackIsle/Troika/Obsidian (who basicly come from the same group of people). The major problem is that Roleplaying games are complex products and it's difficult to support an endless variety of different character types / players with unique and personalized dialogue.
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AWOLNATION has premiered the video for their song "Seven Sticks of Dynamite," a track from the band's forthcoming album, Here Come the Runts. The clip, which features cameo's from Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, legendary producer Rick Rubin and famed tattoo artist Dr. Woo, is streaming now on YouTube.
Co-directed by frontman Aaron Bruno, the video was filmed at a bar called The Old Place in Agoura Hills, California. It starts with Bruno and company enjoying a few drinks at their local watering hole, before the place erupts into a full-scale bar brawl that spills outside.
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- Beard, H. Latin for all Occasions. London, 1990.
- Lovric, M., Mardas, N. D. How to Insult, Abuse and Insinuate in Classical Latin. London, 1998.
- Geuss, R. Parrots, Poets, Philosophers, and Good Advice. London, 1999.
- Robinett, B., Allen, V. Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles: Quid Pro Quo. Chicago: Passport Books, 1999.
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In the course of our own translation work, we have found the following quotations entertaining, sometimes more for the parallel translation provided!
From Lucretius, De Rerum Natura. Loeb, 1975 [1924]. Book I, ll. 29-40.
29 Effice ut interea fera moenera militiai
30 per maria ac terras omnis sopita quiescant;
31 nam tu sola potes tranquilla pace iuvare
32 mortalis, quoniam belli fera moenera Mavors
33 armipotens regit, in gremium qui saepe tuum se
34 reiicit aeterno devictus vulnere amoris,
35 atque ita suspiciens tereti cervice reposta
36 pascit amore avidos inhians in te, dea, visus,
37 eque tuo pendet resupini spiritus ore.
38 hunc tu, diva, tuo recubantem corpore sancto
39 circumfusa super, suavis ex ore loquellas
40 funde petens placidam Romanis, incluta, pacem;
Here Mars and Venus are, shall we say, enjoying one another's company after a hard day of battle. Now, the interesting part, we think, is what is going on in lines 38-39. But it wouldn't have been so interesting if it was not for the Loeb translation which reads,
'There as he reclines, goddess, upon your sacred body, do you, bending around him from above, pour from your lips sweet coaxings...'
Could someone please explain to us what is going on here? The translator clearly has a hangup with certain realities. After all, line 37 already stated that Mars was on his back. And since no one lies on top of their own body, the 'tuo corpore sancto' is not refering to Venus, but to Mars. And Venus, the subject of the sentence, is the one 'circumfusa SUPER'. Also, the verb 'funde' in line 40, does not work very well on this translator's account given the laws of gravity. It seems that the translator did not appreciate enough the significance of his own marginal gloss on this section which reads, 'Persuade Mars your lover to give us peace.'


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Business leaders, Republicans and religious groups in favor of overhauling immigration laws are announcing a new focus on South Carolina, where a key Senate supporter, Republican Lindsey Graham, is up for re-election.
Graham, who faces a potential GOP primary challenge from the right, already has been targeted by a group opposed to immigration reform. Now several groups on the other side of the issue are working to bolster him with TV and radio ads.
The groups involved are Republicans for Immigration Reform, a fund-raising group founded by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Partnership for a New American Economy, made up of mayors and business leaders; and the Evangelical Immigration Table, which includes religious leaders who support overhauling immigration laws.


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Space shuttle Atlantis is ready for its second trip into orbit on a mission that anticipates the space station. Astronauts Sherwood C. Spring and Jerry L. Ross are prepared to simulate the construction and repair of space station structures during two grueling, six-hour ``space walks.''
Standardized struts, beams, and connecting nodes -- which fit together like elements of a space age Tinker Toy set -- are on board Atlantis, now poised at the Kennedy Space Center's launch complex 39-A for a scheduled liftoff at 7:29 p.m. EST Tuesday. With the help of Mary L. Cleave, who will operate Alantis's mechanical arm, astronauts Spring and Ross will use the elements to build a 45-foot-long truss and an upside-down tetrahedron structure, each with a mass of several hundred pounds. They will assem ble and disassemble these structures several times; do simulated repair work on the truss; and maneuver the tetrahedron to help planners evaluate the efficiency of humans and of work methods in space construction.
``This is probably the most ambitious, or at least the most energetic, EVA [ExtraVehicular Activity] that we have attempted so far,'' says Ross.
Spacecraft commander Brewster H. Shaw Jr., shuttle pilot Bryan D. O'Connor, and their five-member crew have other tasks during this seven-day mission. First, they have what astronaut Shaw calls ``the bread-and-butter'' work of launching three communications satellites for paying customers. Then they have a variety of experiment and photography assignments. These include photographing Ethiopia and Somalia in Africa with a very-large-format Linhof camera. They hope to bring back detailed geological pictur es which will help experts locate possible underground and surface sources of water in those thirsty lands.
While the NASA professionals are busy with simulated space station work and other duties, representatives of two shuttle customers will carry out experiments for their employers.
Rudolfo Neri Vela -- the first Mexican to go into space -- is accompanying his country's second Morelos communications satellite. He has four experiments involving growth and nutrition of certain food plants, bacterial growth, and human adaptation to weightlessness. He also is to photograph Mexico, especially those parts affected by the recent earthquake.
Veteran commercial astronaut Charles Walker of McDonnell Douglas Corporation is going up again with his company's electrophoresis experiment -- with which he plans to develop a commercial method for separating a hormone in very pure form from a mixture of proteins.
Ortho Pharmaceuticals, which had been McDonnell Douglas's partner, has withdrawn from the venture. However, Mr. Walker says his company is going ahead with the project and expects to sign up a new partner shortly. He explains that ``we . . . still are very positive and certain that it [space] is the only place where you can produce [this high-value hormone product] in a truly pure and economical form.''
This time, Walker is taking along a liter (about a quart) of raw material to produce some of the product for Food and Drug Administration drug-acceptance tests. Next year, his company expects to orbit a prototype production unit in a shuttle cargo bay, with 24 times the experimental unit's capacity.
If Atlantis's mission lasts for the full seven days now planned, the winged spacecraft should land at Edwards Air Force Base in California Dec. 3 at 6:23 p.m. EST during orbit 110.
Mission planners had hoped to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But flight director John Cox says that modifications to the nose wheel steering mechanism, needed for safe maneuvering on Kennedy's restricted landing strip, could not be completed in time.


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State bargaining law needs teeth
The state's collective bargaining laws need teeth. Communities deserve statutory language that strengthens and protects managerial rights. Appallingly, last week's passage by the R.I. Senate of a bill that would lock in place expired teacher contracts gives all the teeth to the unions.
In no other state does a bargaining impasse trigger the unlimited extension of an expired teacher contract. Rhode Island would be the first.
In most states, when an impasse is reached, a school committee can implement unilaterally any terms or conditions reasonably embraced by proposals made at the bargaining table. In a handful of states, school committees can unilaterally implement these terms once other avenues, such as mediation or arbitration, have been exhausted.
If passed by the House, this legislation will undercut the effort by the East Providence School Committee to save its school system.
A recent Providence Journal editorial ("Stop Special Interest Law," June 21) posed the question of whether taxpayers are "truly so poorly represented at the state house." Let's hope that the House has the courage and foresight to respond to this seemingly rhetorical question by rejecting the proposed legislation.
Taxpayers can hold only one side of the bargaining table accountable–the elected school committee. When statutory language does not protect and preserve managerial rights, the public loses control of public education.
Cathy Kaiser, Chair
Jamestown School


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Just a few days ago, Al Gore faced a growing political challenge.
Enthusiasm among Democrats for a protracted fight to put the vice president in the White House appeared to be fraying - especially as Mr. Gore remained consistently behind George W. Bush in the Florida vote recounts.
Here in south Florida, where Gore hoped to gain enough of the hand-recounted votes to overtake Governor Bush in time for yesterday's deadline, Bush had more political big guns observing the process than Gore.
Now the goal posts have shifted. The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday on the legality of Florida's hand recounts. That takes the pressure off Gore to concede the election immediately if Bush is certified as the winner in Florida. Gore's troops have rallied behind him.
But make no mistake about it: Whoever is awarded Florida's 25 electoral votes - and, thus, the presidency - as was expected to take place yesterday evening, takes a big step forward in the all-important battle for advantage in the court of public opinion.
For Bush in particular, gaining the Florida certification would create a crucial "fact on the ground," following 19 straight days as the leader in state vote counts and in the face of hand recounts whose rules appeared to favor Gore.
If Gore manages to pull out a last-minute victory through the hand recounts, which remained a possibility at time of writing, he will have a tougher time convincing the public that the victory is rightfully his.
"It's Gore who's seeking to overturn Bush," says Charles Jones, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "If he's successful in doing that, based on what will likely be a partial recount in Palm Beach County, the whole thing looks potentially jerry-rigged. He won't have the same advantage Bush would have."
Nevertheless, a Gore certification would put the vice president technically in the lead spot here. Being ahead is being ahead, even if the result is under dispute.
And for Gore, who narrowly won the nationwide popular vote and by all accounts believes to his core that he did win Florida, a technical certification as winner here would embolden him as he proceeds with contingency plans for a transition.
Still, the counting of some "dimpled" ballots as votes - more of which were awarded to Gore than to Bush - has enraged Republicans. "The process is bizarre," said former Sen. Bob Dole, outside the courtroom here where the ballots were counted.
A contingent of Democratic politicians - such as Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, and Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida, who represents this part of the state - descended on the courthouse Saturday. They showed their support for Gore and expressed outrage over what they called the "mob violence" in Miami-Dade County, which subsequently halted its hand recount, citing a lack of time.
The day before, the Gore camp had enlisted prominent Democrats to rally behind him, as some top Democrats, such as Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, began to make statements to the press that seemed less than 100 percent supportive.
Outside the Broward County courthouse, Bush supporters numbering in the hundreds shouted down Gore supporters, who numbered in the dozens.
The scene was striking, given that this is a heavily Democratic county. It created the appearance that Republicans here are more motivated than Democrats to show support for their candidate.
Indeed, throughout the campaign, polls showed that Bush enjoyed higher support among Republicans than Gore did among Democrats. After eight years out of power, analysts say, Republicans are hungrier to regain the White House.
And while Republicans, from top officials down to garden-variety voters, seem totally united behind their man, even some Democratic politicians remain leery of seeing Gore continue his battle in a variety of lawsuits if Bush is certified as Florida's winner.
Walter Campbell, a Democratic state senator from Broward County, said yesterday he thought Gore should concede the election immediately if Bush is declared the winner.
"The nation needs to heal," said Senator Campbell. "It would allow us all to move on with our lives."
In the Washington context, Gore may also face a tougher battle keeping top Democrats fully behind him for the duration, but for different reasons. Almost always, after a presidential election, the president's party loses seats in Congress in the first midterm election. With the balance of power in the new Congress only slightly favoring Republicans, Democrats seem well positioned to take over both houses in 2002 elections - allowing Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri to fulfill his dream of becoming Speaker of the House and installing Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota as Senate majority leader.
"There's no doubt in my mind" that they're that Machiavellian, says Del Ali, an independent pollster based in Maryland.
Congressional Republicans, on the other hand, still smart from their repeated defeats at the hand of President Clinton over the past eight years. It seemed particularly telling that two of the House managers who oversaw Clinton's1998 impeachment were in attendance here in Florida as part of the Bush brigade, Reps. Asa Hutchinson (R) of Arkansas and Steve Buyer (R) of Indiana.
On the Democratic side, Congressman Nadler was a prominent player in the impeachment battle. All this has perpetuated the notion that this post-election period has felt, in some ways, like the impeachment all over again.
(c) Copyright 2000. The Christian Science Publishing Society


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Knife Making in the Alde Valley
Two years ago The Artists and Bronze Casters of Butley Mills Studios brought a mobile foundry to White House Farm for the 2014 Alde Valley Spring Festival. Watching glowing liquid bronze being poured into moulds in the back farmyard prompted the question of whether bronze casting had ever taken place before in the local landscape, many centuries ago. We found some supposedly bronze age soot / scorch marks in subsoil on the farm a few years ago, so it is a possibility.
Knife making is another ancient craft and it has been very exciting to be able to create a new forge at the farm for Tobias Ford. He has launched into knife making alongside his main practice as a sculptor. The first designs for kitchen knives were impressive, combining comfort and balance with strong blades and finely crafted handles.
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Farenheit 9/11 Showing with Angie
Here is Mike the Apprentice getting everyone situated
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DJ Enuff and his mom also joined us
Angie Martinez and DJ Enuff greet the crowd
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Our listeners had a lot to say
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Mikhail Nasonov necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 297 diseños de 88 diseñadores freelance.
The main product, which is being developed in our company, online chat to visitors. This product is designed for companies that sell products through it's website and companies that support it's customers through it's website.
Major competitors:
- http://www.zopim.com/
- http://liveperson.com/
- http://www.livechatinc.com/en/
- http://www.atg.com/en/products-serv…live-help/
The company's business will be based on the provision of SaaS services online chat and develop and implement customized solutions.
- Companies that sell services through its website;
- Companies that support their users through its website.
We do not know :) We would like something beautiful and unique :)
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A purple-tip anemone is a type of sea anemone found in Bermuda. This species is also known as the giant Caribbean anemone or the pink-tipped anemone. It is only found in the Atlantic Ocean, and it thrives mostly in shallow water, typically near inshore areas on the island.
Purple-tip anemones are often difficult to identify because of the variations in pedal disk and tentacle color. The color of the tentacles and column can differ in each individual anemone. Its tentacles can have purple-, rose- or green-colored tips, and its column can be bluish gray, yellow or brick red. It often develops a symbiotic relationship with cleaner shrimp.


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ROCKWELL Automation , has announced that all Guardmaster industrial safety products will take the name Allen-Bradley Guardmaster.
Since early November 2004, Allen-Bradley Guardmaster has become the only Guardmaster brand available on the market. As a result, Rockwell Automation's national distribution network can now offer all customers a single point of contact for the supply and technical support of fully integrated automation packages. This includes industrial safety solutions that meet all relevant Australian Standards.
The Allen-Bradley Guardmaster family encompasses all products that have, until now, been also available in the Guardmaster brand. These include a range of presence sensing safety devices, interlock switches, emergency-stop devices and safety relays. In addition, the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster range is complemented by additional safety devices, such as safety PLCs (GuardPLC), safety drives (DriveGuard), and soon-to-be-introduced safety networks (DeviceNet safety).


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Yeah wikipedia is no help in defining sex, it more often that not uses the word sex to explain what sex is.
Actually I been thinking about this and I guess it is just one of those silly words that are only defined in relation to a gazillion other things.Human sexual activities or human sexual practices or human sexual behavior refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. People engage in a variety of sexual acts from time to time, and for a wide variety of reasons. Sexual activity normally results in sexual arousal and physiological changes in the aroused person, some of which are pronounced while others are more subtle. Sexual activity also includes conduct and activities which are intended to arouse the sexual interest of another, such as strategies to find or attract partners (mating and display behavior), and personal interactions between individuals, such as flirting and foreplay.
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Melodeo Marketing Interns
We are having an open house job fair in the office today to find some great summer online marketing interns to inject some college age energy into our Mobilcast podcast listening efforts. We hope that these interns will be able to create some great content and spread the word about listening to podcasts on the mobile phone.
This is an education drive to build the efforts around our next big podcast evolution revolution that we are now working on building. Stay tuned for photo's of this open house and our coming larger website foot print. More info to come.
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Study Shows Sunlight May Affect Blood Vessels of Rosacea Patients
LOS ANGELES (September 23, 2002) -- Sun exposure appears to trigger a substance in the body that may lead to the visible blood vessels that often appear with rosacea, a conspicuous facial disorder now estimated to affect 14 million Americans, according to a study funded by the National Rosacea Society and reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology here.
"Our initial study showed that sunlight may indeed have a role in causing rosacea," said Dr. Marita Kosmadaki, research fellow, Department of Dermatology, Boston University, who presented results of her research with Dr. Mina Yaar, professor of dermatology at Boston University. Drs. Yaar and Kosmadaki found that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation -- a component of sunlight -- led to the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a substance that has been linked to the development of visible blood vessels (telangiectasia).
"The melanin in the skin of darker-skinned individuals appears to make it difficult for UV radiation to reach the lower layers of the skin," Dr. Kosmadaki noted. "As a result, in darker-skinned individuals VEGF would tend to be induced only in the upper skin layers, and hence would not affect the blood vessels. In contrast, sufficient ultraviolet rays could induce VEGF synthesis in the deeper skin layers in fair-skinned individuals."
Because other researchers had found the production of VEGF can be triggered by another molecule called tumor necrosis factor (TNF), Drs. Yaar and Kosmadaki hypothesized that the UV radiation first induced the production of TNF, and its release in turn led to the synthesis of VEGF.
They then tested whether a hexapeptide, which binds TNF and cancels its effect, would block VEGF production and leave blood vessels unaffected. However, their research found that blocking this single pathway was ineffective in preventing the production of VEGF.
"Our findings have shed new light on the potential pathogenesis of this vascular component of rosacea," Dr. Kosmadaki said. "It appears that sun-induced VEGF may play a significant role in rosacea, and its production process seems to involve factors other than TNF. This opens the way for further research that may lead to substantial improvements in treatment or prevention."
In a recent survey of 1,066 rosacea patients by the National Rosacea Society, 81 percent reported that sun exposure aggravated their condition. People with rosacea are advised to protect their skin year round by wearing a sunscreen.
The National Rosacea Society has instituted a research grants program to encourage and support scientific investigation into the potential causes and other key aspects of this prevalent disorder. Because the etiology of rosacea is unknown, a high priority is given to funding research in such areas as its pathogenesis, progression, mechanism of action, cell biology and potential genetic factors.
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Lebanon District Court
No. 2002-301
Submitted: December 16, 2002
Opinion Issued: April 4, 2003
Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Stephen D. Fuller, senior assistant attorney general, on the brief), for the State.
DesMeules, Olmstead & Ostler, of Norwich, Vermont (Timothy A. Clark on the brief), for the defendant.
BRODERICK, J. The defendant, Mark Nott, appeals an order of the Lebanon District Court (Cirone, J.) finding him in indirect criminal contempt for violating a bail order issued by a bail commissioner. The defendant argues that violation of the order cannot be grounds for criminal contempt. We affirm.
The record supports the following facts. On January 14, 2002, the defendant was released on bail after his arrest by the Lebanon Police Department for two counts of harassment. See RSA 644:4 (Supp. 2002). The bail commissioner ordered him released with conditions, one of which required that he have no contact with the alleged victim and not go within one hundred yards of her. The defendant was arraigned on February 19 and the court issued an order of release that incorporated the prior bail conditions. On February 20, the State filed a motion for contempt in the Lebanon District Court, alleging that on February 18, while the bail commissioners order was in effect, the defendant went within one hundred yards of the alleged victim and spoke with her. The court found the defendant in contempt. This appeal followed.
All arrested persons must be brought before a district court for arraignment within twenty-four hours of arrest, Sundays and holidays excepted. See RSA 594:20-a (2001). Any person arrested for a bailable offense, except in murder cases, may be released on bail prior to arraignment if a bail commissioner grants bail. RSA 597:18 (2001). Bail commissioners have the power to "fix the amount of and receive bail in the same manner as the court might do." Id. Violation of a condition of release "is subject to a revocation of release, an order of detention, and a prosecution for contempt of court." RSA 597:7-a, II (2001). Furthermore, "[t]he state may commence a prosecution for contempt if the person has violated a condition of his release." RSA 597:7-a, IV (2001).
Contempt is a specific and substantive common law offense that is separate and distinct from the matter in litigation out of which the contempt arose. Rogowicz v. OConnell, 147 N.H. 270, 273 (2001). The elements of criminal contempt are the existence of a valid order, a defendants knowledge of the order, and a defendants intentional failure to comply with it. See State v. Lieber, 146 N.H. 105, 107 (2001). Criminal contempt differs from civil contempt in that its purpose is to protect the authority and vindicate the dignity of the court, see State v. Wallace, 136 N.H. 267, 270 (1992). By contrast, civil contempt is remedial and its purpose is to coerce the defendant into complying with a court order. See id. at 269. Indirect contempt is committed outside the presence of the court and without the judge having full personal knowledge of every element of the contempt. See Lieber, 146 N.H. at 107.
The defendant argues that contempt proceedings are not a proper enforcement mechanism for a violation of a bail commissioners order under RSA chapter 597. Instead, he contends that the proper remedy for violation of a bail order is either bail revocation or a petition to modify or amend the bail conditions. We disagree. The purpose of criminal contempt is to punish a defendant for violating an order, not to coerce him into complying with it. Furthermore, the statute specifically contemplates prosecution for contempt of court as punishment for violating a condition of release. See RSA 597:7-a, II. Therefore, contempt proceedings are an appropriate mechanism for punishing a defendants violation of conditions of release under RSA chapter 597.
We next address whether contempt is available as a sanction for violation of an order issued by a bail commissioner, as opposed to an order issued by a court. The defendant argues that the existence of a valid court order is the first element of the crime of criminal contempt, and because the bail commissioners order is not a "court order," violation of the bail commissioners order cannot serve as the basis for criminal contempt. We disagree. As we noted above, the purpose of the courts power to punish criminal contempt is to protect the authority and vindicate the dignity of the court. Thus, the question is not whether the order was issued by the court itself, but whether the authority and dignity of the court is threatened when such an order is violated. Bail commissioners are subordinate officers of the court, appointed by the superior and district courts with commissions of five years. See RSA 597:15, :15-a, :17 (2001). "A contempt against a subordinate officer appointed by a court, such as a commissioner, ordinarily is regarded as contempt of the authority of the appointing court, and the appointing court has power to punish such contempt." Galyon v. Stutts, 84 S.E.2d 822, 826 (N.C. 1954); see also Marcus v. Workmens Compensation Appeals Board, 111 Cal. Rptr. 101, 104 (Ct. App. 1973); 17 Am. Jur. 2d Contempt § 270 (1990); 17 C.J.S. Contempt § 54 (1999). Therefore, we hold that the Lebanon District Court had the power to punish the defendants violation of the bail commissioners order as criminal contempt.
BROCK, C.J., and NADEAU, DALIANIS and DUGGAN, JJ., concurred.


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Tech companies dominating 2017 city take up - Savills
07 July 2017
According to figures from Savills, companies in the tech and media (TMT) sector have accounted for the greatest proportion of City take up so far this year, taking 517,069 (48,036 sq m) of space out of a total of 2.25 million sq ft (208,699 sq m) to the end of May 2017.
The international real estate advisor says that this is the largest amount of take up ever by this sector in the first five months of a year, representing a 20% share of the market, ahead of the professional services sector at 17% and insurance and financial services sector at 14%.
City take-up was 292,764 (27,198 sq m) in May, with 12-month rolling take-up at 5.9 million sq ft (209,025 sq m), up 19% on the long-term average. The City vacancy rate stands at 5.4%, up on the same point last year by 90 basis points, but still down on the 10-year average of 6.7%, says Savills. The average grade A rent for 2017 so far in the City core is £61.90 per sq ft, and in the City fringe £59.17 per sq ft.
Key deals to complete in the City recently include visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (owned by the Walt Disney Corporation) taking 47,010 sq ft (4,367 sq m) at Lacon House in the City fringe (Theobalds Road, WC1), joining other tech companies Argus and Exterion Media in the building.
Philip Pearce, head of the central London leasing team at Savills comments: "TMT occupiers were out of the blocks quickly this year as the sector continued to grow: snapping up space primarily on the City fringe, which offers both the type of space these companies tend to favour plus slightly lower rents than those found in the City core. But it's not just all about tech. Total City take up for the year to date is up on the same point last year as occupiers from an array of different industries continue to be attracted by London's unsurpassed position as a global financial and professional hub."


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Seiankornai has connected.
Jessaila has connected.
Host has connected.
Thurirl has connected.
GM has connected.
GM is disconnected.
- Seiankornai awaits the setting of the stage
Tak has connected.
You have in your posession four, count them, ALL four fragments of Snowblades Scroll on Moonpools
Jessaila: "Woohoooo!"
Seiankornai: ((technically we still need to go back to Faer Pahdris and get their fragment, as they only agreed to give it to us if we gave them copies of hte others, and I don't think we did that yet))
Dragonhawk: Actually, mostly you have copies, and one is sort of a promisory note rather than a scroll per say – you should probably visit them next. After that, though, you can get paid by the original customer.
Isabis and Jessala, being the scholarly sorts they are, have taken the liberty of preparing copies for themselves as well
- Jessaila kinda wants to, you know, READ IT herself.
Seiankornai: "Well, now time for a long, liesurely trip back up north… then allllll the way back down here south… maybe we should go to the Riddle Masters first and get someone to go along with us, or something to activate a sunpool to take us right back here, or something."
You have extricated yourself from Villintkivan's lair (leaving at least one room in better shape than you found it in) and stopped back at Helga's cottage for the night. Malaina is predictably monopolizing her aunt.
Isabis: "It's not that far – not like we have to go all the way back to Talu Muan, just Faer Padris."
- Jessaila thinks it's good that Mala is bonding with lost family, though she is a bit subdued at remembering her own lost loved ones.
- Jessaila breaks her funk and nods to Isabis. "And it's downstream the entire way. Easier travelling."
Isabis: "Maybe the Riddlemsaters' agent will still be there, and we can turn it over to him."
Isabis: "Or…there again. It's been months."
Seiankornai: "True."
Isabis: ((anyone opposed to visiting Faer Padris first?))
- Jessaila is fine with that.
- Thurirl has no strong objections.
Thurirl: "We still need to return to the dwarves. I believe they will want their fragment back, and may pay handsomely for it."
Seiankornai: "Long liesurely river trip it is."
Morning comes, and you resolve the destination debate on the way over the next pass. Your route to Faer padris takes you through Riverheim, where you take passage on a river boat. It's not as fast as panicked flight drake-back, but it's a lot more relaxing (especially for the drakes!)
Isabis: (you probably hear news of the other sunchasers there too)
- Thurirl takes advantage of the river trip to get some swimming in.
The Library of Kings allows you to copy their fragment in exchange for the other three copies, as promised.
You whisper to Jessaila: You and Isabis can't help noticing that…well…putting the fragments together doesn't seem to have improved the readability of the scroll as much as you'd hoped.
- Jessaila tries to puzzle-piece the four fragments together, and gets frustrated.
Seiankornai: ((hmm, this is just after the other group visited the drakes, and before the events up in Faer Pahdris with the attempted assassination of the thoguth to be Raven King; though if the liesurely river cruise takes a month of more, then it might bring use close to the timeframe of that event))
Jessaila: "Isabis, is it just me, or does fitting these together… just as confusing as the four pieces apart?"
Isabis: ((it will take more like a week than a month))
- Seiankornai is a total layabout on the barge down the river during the trip
Isabis: "Well…the sentences that continue from one fragment to the next all make sense individually…"
- Isabis sighs
Jessaila: "But it doesn't really contribute to the understanding of the whole."
- Jessaila has copied down a long section and is trying to work it all out.
Isabis: "I think maybe dividing the scroll was redundant. It already had… a code? Something hiding the overall meaning."
Seiankornai: "Ooh, riddles?"
Isabis: "Look, I've got our copies of this fragment, and I've confirmed it's non-magical like the others. Let's just get out of here before someone gets funny ideas about what we gave them and comes after us."
Isabis: ((you may make investiage checks to learn the whereabouts of the agent, vs. 15))
- Jessaila checks something out. « 1d20+9 = 19 + 9 = 28 » Investigate
Player "Word" is not connected.
You whisper to Jessaila: Word on the street is, word of your deal with the Library of Kings got out on the street, and the agent was called home to Arun to Explain why his hirelings are giving information to the rivals
Seiankornai: ((ooh, so close to a cri, unless you got the basic skill mastery feat for that))
Jessaila: ((Nope.))
Jessaila: "Oh, about our agent contact."
- Isabis is "investigating" the menu of your selected tavern…
Isabis: "Mmm?"
Jessaila: "I heard someone on the waterfront passing on a rumor they'd heard. Apparently our deal with the Library got out… and Arun recalled him."
Jessaila: "Asking why his agents were giving information to the enemy. Essentially."
Seiankornai: "Hmm?"
Isabis: "Oh? Why would – oh. Somebody's probably throwing a high academic snit-fit about our agreeing to share information with the Library when the Library wouldn't share with the College."
Isabis: "Erm. We technically gave it to them first, too…"
Jessaila: "Yeah."
Seiankornai: :"Which was required to give it to the others. And our agreement never said we couldn't share the information."
Thurirl: "I am quite puzzled about human rivalries like this. Bloodshed and war I understand, as my people engage in it. These tactics are quite new to me."
- Seiankornai doesn't have a high opinion on human scholarly politics
Isabis: "True, Seian. That doesn't mean they'll like it, though – possibly he is being raked over the coals for not making the agreement say something like that."
- Seiankornai probably doesn't have a high opinion of drake scholarly politics either if there were enough scholarly drakes to have political drama about it
- Isabis is part of human scholarly politics and still doesn't have a high opinion of them
Isabis: "It might be best if we made better time back south than we did coming here…"
Seiankornai: "So non leisurely flying now?"
Isabis: "It would be diplomatic."
Jessaila: "It might, at that."
Seiankornai: "Fine, fine. So when do we leave?"
Seiankornai: (what time is it?)
Thurirl: "Ah, diplomacy. The art of insulting someone in such a way that they take it as a compliment."
Thurirl: "…until they have time to think."
Isabis: (afternoon, but not particularly late afternoon)
- Isabis is eating a late lunch
Seiankornai: "That's not the definition of diplomacy I've heard."
Leisure time being over, the rest of you put in your orders, you eat quickly, and depart for Arun. You make…not /quite/ as good time as when you were worried about assasinations, but much better than a river boat anyway.
Over the course of a couple days hard flying, you fill the time discussing what to do next (asuming nobody is beating down your doors to hire you)
There are options of course: the Sunchasers' lead-board is always an option – someone always needs help with something – but you also have a holding to consolidate, and perhaps a deliver to make to the dwarves (but you could theoretically ship it to them)
Isabis: ((delivery))
- Isabis wants to go back to Goblins' Doom Passhold and finish exploring – not to mention making sure the goblins haven't come back
Seiankornai: ((back and fourth, thank, hmm, was it God or Morru/Avva who made the sunpools? (well, obviously God can be thanked for everything, even if they were made more directly by Morru/Avva))
- Jessaila is amenable to that. There was much interesting there!
Isabis: ((The Traveler made the sunpools, actually – the one who tested you, remember?))
Seiankornai: ((ahh))
Seiankornai: ((/me wonders who he really is, where did he come from))
Thurirl: ((I'm fine with going back to the hold, though wanna go back to the dwarves too =P just to play Auric again))
Seiankornai: ((we can do the dwarves first after we're delivered the scroll to hte Riddle Masters))
Isabis: ((I'm noting a potential subplot interest in the Traveler.))
Seiankornai: ((wooo! does that mean I can get a bonus AD next non-talky session? :D))
Isabis: ((OK))
- Seiankornai beats his wings tiredly, but encouraged to once again see the mountains of his homeland beneath him.
Seiankornai: "So where should we set down, Isabis?"
Isabis: "Go ahead and use the college landing zone. We're on official business, after all – and besides, I've got a faculty facility-usage permit."
Seiankornai: "Ok. FOLLOW ME DOWN VARI!"
- Seiankornai circles down and lands in the college
You know your way around from last time, and present yourselves at the appropriate office
You are greeted a little coolly, but when you present the full scroll copy, they forget to be annoyed with you
- Jessaila makes sure to present herself nicely.
Professor: "COMPLETE! AHAHAHA! At last, at last, ast LAST! Two centuries of trying, to get this put together again!"
Seiankornai: "It wasn't easy, but we did it."
Professor2: "Stop cackling, you sound like some bard-story villian. I can't believe this! All four…too bad they couldn't get that crazy drake to give back the original of our piece…"
- Professor1 is already following lines with one finger and muttering…
- Thurirl begins to wonder if perhaps staying inside all day studying is the path to insanity.
- Seiankornai thinks the only original one we have is the dwarven one
Isabis: "Professor? Professor… a-HEM."
Jessaila: "Does any of it make sense to you?"
Professor1: "In time, in time…er…I admit, it's rather strange…"
Isabis: "Yes, well, you still have to sign our pay slip please. We did both battle and diplomacy for these, and spent a /lot/ of time on it you know."
The professors give each other a sudden "uh-oh" kind of look
Professor1: "…go ahead, Archenauld."
Professor2: "What? You're the lead, you sign it."
- Jessaila mutters. "Didn't actually expect to pay, hm."
Professor1: "You're the one who suggested hiring the Estolin girl and her friends! You sign it!"
- Seiankornai pushes his head forward closer to look at the two professors, "This drake would like his silver or gold."
Professor2: "I can't, you're the project lead!"
- Professor2 gives Seian a nervous glance
- Thurirl slips partially into shadow and begins fiddling with his shiny knife.
Isabis: "The 'Estolin Girl' doesn't want to have to discuss this with her father, gentlemen."
Professor1: "Er…indeed. Give it here, then…"
- Professor1 scrawls what might charitably be called a signature at the bottom of the form, as though hoping it will prove illegible.
- Thurirl puts his knife away.
Seiankornai: (if it's illegible, we'll just be back, and a drake gets hungry after walking around after a long flight :P ;) )
- Professor1 and Professor2 seem determined to ignore you away now, having commenced arguing about the meaning of the third long line of text
Isabis: "Somebody needs another refresher course on diplomacy."
Isabis: "Come on, guys, let's go see if the folks in the pay office are going to give us the runaround."
Jessaila: "Heh."
Seiankornai: "Ok, and if they don't we'll just be back."
Isabis: "Oh yet we will."
- Seiankornai says this loud enough that the professors have no excuse for ignoring it
Isabis: ((yes, even))
Your pay slip doesn't actually contain a number – at least, not a currency number. It instead has a project number, and a spot to note "percentage prorated per contract," which is properly filled in with "100"
Isabis hands it over the counter to a young worker (probably a student), who seems more interested in getting back to whatever he was reading than in your form
StudentWorker: "OK, job number 536
StudentWorker: "…"
StudentWorker: "That can't be right."
StudentWorker: "Be right back."
- Jessaila chuckles.
Seiankornai: "Too low a value for our service?"
- StudentWorker deserts his post uncerimoniously and heads into the back office
StudentWorker: (talking too far away to hear) (someone replies) (talking again) (another reply, in exasperated tone)
OtherVoice: "The contract says HOW much?!?"
StudentWorker: "Well don't yell at ME, that's what it SAYS!"
- StudentWorker and an older worker come out and attack a filing cabinet. There is much paper shuffling, muttering, and giving of strange looks over the shoulder towards you
- Jessaila says sweetly "Is there a problem?"
SeniorEmployee: "OK, Estolin, give it to me straight – did you bring back the lost treasure of the old Elves or what?"
Isabis: "Snowblade's scroll. Complete."
SeniorEmployee: "…right. You got an armored chest?"
Seiankornai: "Do we?"
Jessaila: "Um."
Isabis: "Do we… need an armored chest?"
SeniorEmployee: "Well, you don't want to walk out with 10,000 silver pieces in your arms, do you?"
Jessaila: "Hyark."
Isabis: ((bluff checks not to get bug eyed and slack jawed, vs. 20))
Seiankornai: "We could take it to my parents' cave, it's not too far from here, until we get a proper chest."
Isabis: « 1d20+9 = 19 + 9 = 28 »
- Jessaila bluffs. « 1d20+11 = 10 + 11 = 21 »
Seiankornai: ((I claim autosuccess due to drake personality :P ;) ))
- Isabis keeps an admirably straight face
Isabis: ((LOL, OK, Seian is surprised but his eyes do not glaze over))
Seiankornai: ((I wouldn't say surprised, but definitely gleeful))
Seiankornai: ((greedy gleeful))
Isabis: "I assumed we'd be getting a bank draft. If we need a chest, we'll get one and come back."
Jessaila: "Quite."
Seiankornai: ((maybe surprised in an "ooh! Goody!" way))
SeniorEmployee: "For a bank draft in this amount, we'd need the president to counter-sign the check. And apparently the agent who set thip up put an actual chest of silver in a vault by way of escrow."
StudentWorker: "…maybe we could sell them the chest that is currently in use?"
- SeniorEmployee snorts
SeniorEmployee: "Sure, we'll take 40s off the top before we hand it over. Why not?"
- Jessaila looks at the senior.
Seiankornai: "That's a very expensive chest."
Jessaila: "Now, boys, I'm sure you recognize that's not the right thing to do."
SeniorEmployee: "What do I know from chests? You want me to go look up the inventory value of one chest, provided by Janno Agent, or you want to provide your own?"
- Thurirl is a little stunned, eyes glazed over as he imagines what to do with his share.
Jessaila: "How about we promise to return your chest when we've unloaded it?"
StudentWorker: "We're supposed to ask for a deposit if lending out College-owned gear to occasional workers…"
- StudentWorker seems uncertain
- Isabis glares at him
Isabis: "Fine. I'll leave my facilities card as a deposit, how's that?"
StudentWorker: "…if you've got a facilities card, then why are you at the window for…"
- SeniorEmployee facepalms
SeniorEmployee: "She's got immediate-family priviledges on account of a faculty parent. Just go get the chest, Jorey."
StudentWorker: "ME?!? I can't sign for that!"
Jessaila: "That's okay."
Jessaila: "We're trustworthy."
In the end, the senior goes for /his/ senior, and between them they manage to get you a small chest
You sensibly take it to the counting room of the nearest bank, where you confirm that it contains 10,000s worth in the form of 5,000 silver pieces and 500 gold pieces
Jessaila: "You know."
Jessaila: "I think I have an urge to buy a nice gown and visit the opera tonight, or something similarly frivolous."
Isabis: "I am going to buy a gown my /cousins/ will be jealous of!"
Jessaila: "…okay. Sounds good. Let's do this!"
Seiankornai: "Well, I'm going to add mine to my hoard… and possibly have some crafted into a quite dazzling adornments for myself."
Jessaila: "Isabis, I hope you know how to buy a gown your cousins will be jealous of, because I have no idea what that means."
You divide the wealth, honorably remembering to send Grok and Jamshid their shares (prorated by 25% since they dropped out before dealing with Villintkivan) and giving the "round-off error" coins to Vari as usual.
Isabis: "It means we walk into the most expensive seamstress' shop in the city and say, 'Make the King's daughters jealous, my good woman, money is no object!' That's what."
Jessaila: "Oh. Sounds like a plan."
With that much money burning holes in your pockets, bags, and bank accounts, you can't resist taking a week off in Arun. (Downtime coin loss applies)
Isabis: *************Pause Game Log**************
Dragonhawk: You get lots of XP
Thurirl: ((must you make me do math and finances? D=))
Dragonhawk: by my calculations, about 100xp less than we need to level….
Dragonhawk: forget that. Set your XP to "Level 10"
Seiankornai: yay!
Dragonhawk: for the log, I will specify that that is +12099xp
Jessaila: YAY!
Thurirl: um, yay?
Jessaila: Yes, YAY!
Dragonhawk: we will end early to level, so you can get TGU to help you
Dragonhawk: you start downtime wiht +1663 sp (the Varis get 22sp to split)
Dragonhawk: You get reputation equal to legend + 5 + 4 + 1 (that is, legend + 10)
- Jessaila goes out with Isabis and buys a pimped out gown for the opera.
Dragonhawk: O.o
Dragonhawk: I wouldn't apply that particular adjective to womens' clothing myself…
Seiankornai: decked out?
Jessaila: It's an expression. Seian's got the idea right.
Dragonhawk: heh
Dragonhawk: OK, so here's the other player survey:
Seiankornai: ask in irc so Mooch can participate?
Dragonhawk: I'm hearing "sell stuff tot he dwarves then visit the hodling"
Dragonhawk: IRC survey says "Yes"
Dragonhawk: *****************Log Unpaused **********************
- Jessaila goes out with Isabis and buys a decked-out gown for the opera.
Jessaila and Isabis make the front page of the society papers the day after their opera appearance; it is just barely possible the king's daughters really will be jealous.
The day after that, you finish stocking up on more mundane supplies and take ship for Moru's Mirror to sell dwarven artifacts to the Dwarf King
Game Saved
Log Saved


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McDaniel opens indoor season at Bucknell
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Katie Corson (Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) finished 13th in the 300 in a program-record time of 43.53 seconds to lead McDaniel at the Bison Opener hosted by Bucknell in season-opening women's indoor track and field action on Saturday.
The freshman broke Kristin Duling's old mark by 0.35 seconds in her initial race with the Green Terror, who added four individual Centennial Conference qualifiers to Corson's record-setting performance.
Roxanne Fleischer (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) finished sixth in the mile with a personal-best time of 5:33.31.
Kelsey Dickman (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) added an 18th-place showing in the shot put with a toss of 11.16 meters while Heidi Davidhizar (Westminster, Md./South Range (Ohio) was 21st in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.18 seconds - the third best time in program history.
Aerielle Harris (Owings Mills, Md./Owings Mills) rounded out the qualifiers with a time of 29.42 seconds in the 200.
Hilary Hanus (Hockessin, Del./Cab Calloway School of the Arts) made her indoor track debut with the program's fifth-fastest 1,000 time, finishing fourth with a time of 3:22.00.
The Green Terror returns to action at the Gulden Relays hosted by Bucknell on Jan. 9.
McDaniel Results: 60: 37. Aerielle Harris 8.90; 200: 45. Harris 29.42*, 50. Heidi Davidhizar 30.70; 300: 13. Katie Corson 43.53^; 500: 15. Emma Nichols 1:28.64; 1000: 4. Hilary Hanus 3:22.00; Mile: 6. Roxanne Fleischer 5:33.31*, 7. Joy Chand 6:14.55, 9. Emily Hajjar 6:21.81; 3000: 5. Fleischer 11:40.74, 6. Hajjar 12:26.65; 60 Hurdles: 21. Davidhizar 10.18*; 4x400 Relay: 17. Corson, Hanus, Nichols, Davidhizar 4:25.25; Shot Put: 18. Kelsey Dickman 11.16m (36-7½)*.
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10 Seriously Funny Movies Scenes That Will Have You LOL'ing, ROFL'ing And LMAO'ing…Add Your Favorite To The List!
October 15, 2010 | 4 Comments » | Topics: Funny Pictures, main
I want to end the week strong and what better way to end the week then by having some LOLs. Feel free to add your favorite funny movie scenes to the list below. Just post a link to the video in the comment section and I will post that shiz up as soon as I can. Thanks and have a good weekend everybody!
Step Brothers – Catalina Wine Mixer
Austin Powers – Dr. Evil's Monologue
Kingpin – Roy Pays His Rent
Yes Man – Red Bull Scene
Deuce Bigalow – That's A Huge Biatch
Theres Something About Mary – Bathroom Scene
Scary Movie – Wassssup!
Billy Madison – Damn Bus
Dirty Work – Rape Aftermath
Half Baked – Mr. Nice Guy
Ace Ventura – Mental Hospital
The Hangover – Alan's Wolfpack
Blazing Saddles – Campfire Scene
Taladega Nights – Dinner Scene
The Party – You're Fired


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Taxpayers countywide should help foot the bill for AIDS patients in Belle Glade, county commissioners said on Thursday in a move also calculated to halt double taxation of residents living in western and southern Palm Beach County.
The County Commission decided to ask the local legislative delegation to push for a bill that would create a single countywide health services taxing district.
Under the proposal, voters would be asked to approve a referendum question that would simultaneously establish the countywide district and abolish three existing hospital taxing districts that cover only portions of the county.
One current taxing district includes Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and suburban areas to the west of those cities. The others include the western Palm Beach County areas around Belle Glade and Pahokee.
Taxpayers in three current hospital taxing districts are, in effect, taxed twice for county-sponsored health services, Commissioner Dorothy Wilken pointed out. They pay one tax to the hospital districts, and also pay general county taxes that help pick up poor people`s doctor bills.
Under the proposed countywide taxing district, tax money could be used for needy families` preventative health care, not just their hospital bills, a Jan. 9 memorandum by Assistant County Attorney Glen Torcivia indicates.
Commissioner Ken Adams said it is not fair for residents of the Belle Glade area to alone foot the medical bills for victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The AIDS rate in Belle Glade, on a per-capita basis, is the highest in the nation, studies have shown.
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The 496.3-meter-long Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon has an average depth of 5,000 meters, but drops in places to 5,382 meters. Since these figures came to light, world geography textbooks have had to be rewritten; Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is the world's deepest, longest, highest and most dangerous one. In the past, the 5,133-meter-deep Grand Canyon of the Colorado was considered to be the deepest.
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon stretching in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River occupies an area of 64,300 square kilometers. The Yarlung Zangbo River - the world highest river makes a turn round the highest peak of the east Tibet, thus forming the largest canyon of the world.
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is the only water channel from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Indian Ocean. The Canyon, with its unique right-angle turn, provides many fantastic natural views.
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is the highest green land on earth. Green mountains have snow-covered peaks poking through the clouds. Visitors come to see the area's mountain belts, unusual plants and animals, and mysterious cultures. The Yarlung area is home to many living species. Preliminary statistics show that there are over 3,768 varieties of plants, 680 varieties of large fungi, 232 species of birds 31 species of amphibians, 2,000 kinds of insects and over 230 rust fungi.
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon stretches 496-kilometers long and averages over 5,000 meters deep. It measures 21-kilometer wide and even at the narrowest part it has a depth of 5,138-meters. It is the deepest, narrowest and longest canyon of the world as compared to the other grand canyons in the world; Furthermore, the natural landscape is also unmatchable in the world.
The abundant rainfall and the geomorphology of high mountains and deep gorges in this area have helped to form lots of glaciers, snow-slides and waterfalls, lakes and springs that, together with the roaring river, make up the attractive and fanciful natural sights.
A varied and changeable climate makes the canyon a place of different landscapes. Areas lower than 1,100 meters above sea level and with annual mean temperature of 16? to 18? have tropical rainforests and a variety of crops, including thermophilous crops and tropical and subtropical trees. Between 1100 meters and 2,400 meters above sea level with an average mean temperature of 11? to 16?, there are evergreen and broad-leafed trees. Between 2,400 meters and 3,800 meters with annual mean temperature of 2? to 11?, there are conifer forests, winter crops and timber production. At 3,800 meters above sea level, the climate is cold and moist and there are large mountain meadows and good-quality highland pastures in the summer.
Embraced by mountains on three sides the Grand Canyon has a great disparity in height, and so it's warmer and richer in rainfalls than other areas on the same latitude, hence featuring multi-climatic zones in the region.
The diversified climatic zones distributed vertically in the Grand Canyon determined its vertical distribution of diversified vegetation and numerous wild animals. Nearly 5,000 species of vegetation have already been found here. Embracing all representative animals of the south and north as well the Grand Canyon has won the reputation as "Natural arboretum", "Natural Zoo", "Plant Gene Bank" and so on, a typical "Xishuangbanna in Tibet".
The natural and humane environment of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon epitomizing geology, geomorphology, hydrology, atmospheric physics, agrology, botany, zoology and environmental science into one entity, is a rare site for ecotourism. It's reported that the Tibet Autonomous Region has listed the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon as one of the project items into the plan for the development of the west China.
The area has water resources that can be harnessed by hydroelectric power to produce 100 million kw of energy. In addition, incomplete statistics show that glaciers cover an area of more than 4,800 square kilometers, forming a large "natural reservoir" of ice and snow.