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- Aaron Rodgers carried a clipboard. Seneca Wallace wore a knit cap and a downtrodden look relegated to the sideline with a sore groin. Ravaged again by injuries, the Packers still got a good performance out of third-string quarterback and former practice squad player Scott Tolzien considering the circumstances. As it turns out, quarterback may not have been the biggest concern for coach Mike McCarthy following a 27-13 loss Sunday to the Philadelphia Eagles . ``We had a lot of tough situations today, no excuses,'' McCarthy said. ``I thought Scott Tolzien played as well as could be expected.'' Tolzien, who played in college at Wisconsin, entered after Wallace left following the first series with the groin injury. Rodgers was already out with a fractured left collarbone suffered in a Monday night loss to the Bears. Tolzien was 24 for 39 with 280 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions. He zipped a 22-yard pass to Brandon Bostick with 3:29 left in the third quarter to cut the Eagles' lead to 20-10. Nick Foles was better. A week after tying the NFL record by passing for seven TDs, Foles threw for three long touchdowns. Philadelphia handed Green Bay its first back-to-back home losses since 2008, Aaron Rodgers' first season as the starting quarterback. It was the worst home loss for the Packers since falling 38-10 to the New York Jets on Dec. 3, 2006.``You've got to win your home games,'' McCarthy said. ``We've lost two in six days and this stings.'' Foles exposed Green Bay's secondary in the second half. Cooper was wide open on both of his long scores, rolling over the goal line on his 45-yard TD catch after being untouched on the ground, then working his way free toward the left sideline after Morgan Burnet slipped for a 32-yard score to make it 27-10 with 10 seconds left in the third quarter. Linebacker Clay Matthews returned after a four-game absence, wearing a large, black wrap to protect his injured right thumb. The Packers did manage three sacks, but pass-rushing specialist Matthews was neutralized mostly by the tricky, quick-strike Eagles. ``I've never been a part of something like this, where we can't stop a team in the last two weeks,'' defensive lineman B.J. Raji said. ``Need the ball back for your offense, and whatever they ran worked.'' The Packers won't use injuries as an excuse. Still, health issues have exacted a heavy toll. Start at quarterback, where until last week, Green Bay had just three starters over the last 22 years - Brett Favre (253 games), Rodgers (86) and Matt Flynn (two). Wallace was 5 for 5 for 25 yards before leaving with his injury. McCarthy was so impressed with Tolzien's day that he anointed him the starter for next week's game at the Giants. ``I thought he played really well, for a guy that was on the practice squad and that they just signed and got him in there,'' Kelly said. Already without Rodgers and Wallace, Green Bay lost two starting offensive linemen in center Evan Dietrich-Smith and right tackle Don Barclay to knee injuries. That left guard T.J. Lang, who was returning from a concussion, to slide over to center - meaning the Packers went most of the game with a third-string quarterback and backup center. Cornerback Casey Hayward (hamstring) and linebacker Nick Perry (foot) also left after re-aggravating injuries. LeSean McCoy finished with 155 yards on 25 carries, the second straight week that Green Bay's typically staunch run defense had allowed a 100-yard rusher. McCoy softened the Packers with runs of 9 and 25 yards on the Eagles' first series of the second half before Foles found Cooper for the 45-yard score and a 17-3 lead. Foles finished 12 of 18 for 228 yards. He still hasn't thrown an interception this season.
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Written By: Lewis Fein
Competition within the real industry is keen. The contest to build awarenessto develop it with the same care as the construction of a residential building or a commercial propertyis essential. Nowhere is this effort more visible, and nowhere is what we see more impressionable, than it is within the world of marketing.
The vision before us is neither a billboard nor a barrage of TV and print advertisements, nor is it a collection of handbills and handouts. It is instead a real estate logo of memorable design, whose effect is to satisfy our desire to work with a specific professional. For that is what a logo should do: connect with the heart through the eyes.
Having reviewed a collection of real estate logo templates, I can attest to that assertion.
It should create an emotional connection, which encapsulates a series of valuesa set of feelings, from warmth and confidence to contentment and a wellspring of affectionfor a person or product to whom you are loyal and for whom your testimonials are grand.
The right logo can do that and more, provided you go beyond the generic and embrace greatness. Put another way, how can you stand apart from the competition when you do not stand out from any of your competitors? To ask the question is to answer it, because identity is the foundation of any successful brand; because an icona logois the expression of ones identity; because a logo is a property unto itself, whose worth increases with attention to detail and continual maintenance; because a logo is the most affordable means to affect positive change.
The more real estate agents adopt this strategy, the better we will all be. I say that because we often have to make quick decisions; and what we doin an emergency or in the course of our everyday livesis inseparable from what we see, be it something as simple as spotting the white-on-blue H symbol for a nearby hospital so doctors can help us, or passing a signpost that bears a real estate agents name and logo.
That logo should not be a passing memory. It should remind us to act or act as reminder that there is a professional who can represent us. There is an expert who can ease our sale or purchase of a house. There is someone of experience eager to assist us, period.
A logo that conveys those principles is powerful, indeed. It is, at a minimum, what any good communicator should have. It is also what transforms the good into something great.
I exaggerate not in the slightest. Not when so many spend so much time and money on marketing that yields so little benefit. Not when the best visual tool can verbalize more ideas than we can articulate. Not when the right logo has the right logic.
How real estate agents use this tool is up to them. That they have itthat they have no choice not to use itis up to us.
Let us ensure they use it well.
Lewis Fein: A writer and branding consultant, Lewis Fein covers the real estate industry, technology, and marketing, among other issues. A graduate of The Emory University School of Law, Lewis resides in Southern California. You may reach him at .
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This book is an amazing achievement. The CDA, as the editors have dubbed it, represents more than ten years of collating and refining the lexigraphical entries found in Wolfgram von Soden's, Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (= AHw), the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (= CAD), and critical reviews on the volumes of the AHw and the CAD. R. Borger's Assyrisch-babylonische Zeichenliste also was consulted in order to standardize all logograms. As such, it constitutes the most up to date and accessible lexigraphical resource on the Akkadian language.
Since the CDA editors intend the volume for beginning students of Akkadian, and thus, not as a replacement for the AHw or CAD, its entries are brief and sparing of many of the details one finds in the two major dictionaries. Thus, for example, the CDA does not provide textual references, options for the normalized transcription of lemmata even when ambiguity exists, nor does it usually give information concerning a word's determinative(s), if it has any.
Nevertheless, in addition to a word's principle attested meanings, students will be able to determine a word's periods of attestation, as well as some information about its dialectical distribution, grammatical usage, and language of origin (e.g., Sumerian, Hurrian, West Semitic, etc.). For verbs, attested conjugations also are listed.
There are a few areas where the CDA will adopt the standards of the AHw but not those of the CAD. So, for example, users will need to recognize that lemmata appear in their Old Babylonian forms, and not in their Standard Babylonian ones (as in the CAD). Similarly, words starting with intial /w/ will be found under W (all entries appear in the order of the English alphabet), and verbs that possess long /i/(i.e., with a macron) as their middle root letter will appear as they do in Old Babylonian, i.e., biatum (with a macron over the /a/), "spend the night." This, however, is to be expected, since the primary model for the dictionary is the AHw. One might also argue that once a student becomes advanced enough to use the AHw, the practice adopted here will be second nature.
The book is extremely student friendly. It contains a helpful list of roots as well as a clear description on how to use the dictionary- including a trouble-shooting section that aims to assist students who have difficulties trying to locate particular words. Lexical entries also are crossed referenced (though less often than the AHw) to facilitate further research.
If there is anywhere that the CDA differs significantly from its larger lexical predecessors, it is in its abandonment of the grouping "spatbabylonische" (SpB) as found in the AHw and "Late Babylonian, as inconsistently used in the CAD. Instead, the CDA combines both categories under the rubric "Neo-Babylonian." Thus, as the editors note, this label "… now includes both the later vernacular (after 625 bc on) and other texts of the Persian and Seleucid periods not written in jB or Standard Babylonian" (p. xiii).
This is an excellent dictionary which first and second year students of Akkadian will undoubtedly welcome with open arms. Scholars of other Semitic languages whose knowledge of, or interest in Akkadian is cursory, also will benefit a great deal from it. What makes the book especially useful for students is the price, a mere 58,00 DM. Let us hope that this signals a new direction for the publisher.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
From 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day beginning on Thursday, April 26 and continuing each night on Friday, April 27, Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 1, NJDOT's contractor, South State, Inc., is scheduled to begin temporary alternating traffic patterns to mill and pave two separate stretches of road between Upper Bridge Road and Farm Road in Upper Township and 14th Street and Old Egg Harbor Road in Hamilton.
After the completion of milling and paving, the contractor will begin application of High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) on the 24-mile stretch of Route 50 between Kruk Terrace in Upper Township and Chestnut Street in Hamilton.
Beginning May 15, the contractor will work nightly, Monday through Thursday, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. the next day. Work on Friday and the weekend is restricted during the summer vacation season. The project is expected to be completed in the fall.
Motorists should exercise caution while driving near the work zone and expect temporary lane closures and alternating traffic patterns. Over the course of the project, access to properties and business will be maintained at all times.
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Developers of racing games received a new injection of life and purpose in the last two years. The growing popularity of street racing and modding has flourished in the popular culture, while Criterion's Burnout series has blazed a path all its own, bringing arcade racing back to its pre-Gran Turismo glory days. The Need for Speed series has never clung to a particular aspect of pop culture like Rockstar's Midnight Club or a particular car like Sega's Ferrari 360, but the long-time series struck gold with its light implementation of modding with Need for Speed Underground, selling more units worldwide than any game in 2003 with 7.5 million. Need for Speed Most Wanted continues the street culture thing, but EA's Canadian development team has mined one of the better iterations of the series, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, fusing both rudiments into a newly refined, yet strangely familiar racer.
NFS Most Wanted is a well-balanced, challenging, and substantial racing game that's worth your while on any system. It returns the series to its cop chasing days while incorporating street cars, culture, and an impressive display of stylized FMV without forgetting the fundamentals: People like to drive sweet-looking, fast cars, they want more than a little freedom, and hey, if there are a bunch of hot chicks too? All the better.
Something Different
Though this is obviously a racing game, the first, most noticeable aspect of Most Wanted is the story and presentation. The game is draped in a crazily chromed out, sepia-tone landscape of industrial structures, and populated with heavily bloom-lit FMV characters. The first time you see the story being told, like me, you will probably gasp in horror, "Wha??? The return of crappy FMV?!?!?!!! OOOHHH NOOOOO!" But this mixture of animated, highly colored FMV characters and stylized backgrounds is both imaginative and refreshing. And it's risky. I mean damn risky. I wouldn't touch FMV with a 50 foot pole if I was a developer these days, but this presentation is creative and striking. The actors aren't phenomenally awful either, which helps.
The story is a typical Saturday morning special narrative. It spins an unimaginative tale of revenge and restoration of order, and the bad guys, Razor, and the local cop who meanly keys your car in the beginning of the game, are just annoying and evil enough to get your goat. From a creative standpoint, the story is worthless, but EA liked its trial run with Brooke Burke last year in NFSU2 and retained a less cold, angular female figure to narrate this game with Josie Maran (who, in my opinion, is svelte, curvy, and far better at her job than the icy Burke). So, you'll keep wanting hook up with her as often as possible.
But that's not all. The tutorials and blacklist characters are introduced with flair and a friendly 'tude. Whole chunks of the background dramatically drop into place to form a landscape before you start a race, and the whole presentation is laced with slick, stylish graffiti and flickering Fight Club imagery. I like it all. EA may be a corporate, market-driven mega-company with monopolistic tendencies, and this may be just another attempt to tap into the "underground street" market, but it's done with appealing artistry and smart style.


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Elsewhere on the Internets, people have been referring to my previous posts about the Amazon Kindle (here and here) and one of the things they were interested in is numbers.
So here they are. Thoughts, explanations, and predictions to follow.
AFRAID by Jack Kilborn, a horror novel, was released on the Kindle on April 1. During the first month of its release, it was available for $1.99 on Kindle. During that month, it sold over 10,400 copies.
SERIAL by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch was released for free on the Kindle May 20th. It's a horror novella. As of June 10, it has been downloaded on Kindle more than 34,000 times. SERIAL also appears on www.blakecrouch.com, and has had 12,000 downloads, along with 7000 downloads from the Sony Reader website.
Both AFRAID and SERIAL were released by my publisher, Grand Central. They promoted both titles on Amazon using sidebars on Amazon.com, and on the Amazon Kindle blog.
On April 8th, I began to upload my own books to Kindle. As of today, June 11, at 11:40am, here is how many copies I've sold, and how much they've earned.
THE LIST, a technothriller/police procedural novel, is my biggest seller to date, with 1612 copies sold. Since April this has earned $1081.75. I originally priced it at $1.49, and then raised it to $1.89 this month to see if the sales would slow down. The sales sped up instead.
ORIGIN, a technothriller/horror occult adventure novel, is in second place, with 1096 copies sold and $690.18. As with The List and my other Kindle novels, I upped the price to $1.89.
SUCKERS is a thriller/comedy/horror novella I wrote with Jeff Strand. It also includes some Konrath and Strand short stories. 449 copies, $306.60.
DISTURB is a medical thriller. 371 copies, $234.21.
SHOT OF TEQUILA is a crime novel featuring Jack Daniels. 342 copies, $164.02.
55 PROOF is a collection of 55 short stories. 217 copies, $138.99.
PLANTER'S PUNCH is a Jack Daniels novella I co-wrote with Tom Schreck. 154 copies, $107.10.
DIRTY JOKES & VULGAR POEMS is a collection of over 1000 of my Twitters, one-liners, and funny poems. 37 copies sold, $18.57.
So far on Kindle I've earned $2781.35 in 64 days.
PRICING: I've kept my collaborations priced at $1.59, and upped my other books to $1.89. Also, I reduced the price of my poetry collection to 80 cents.
What I've learned about pricing: Not much. I went on some Kindle forums and asked what the magic price point is, and got answers ranging between free and five bucks.
I've kept my books under two bucks for several reasons. First, because my intent is to use these books to hook readers and get them to buy my other, in-print titles. I give these same books away on my website for free, so charging Kindle users more than a few bucks doesn't seem fair.
That said, raising the price from $1.59 to $1.89 didn't cause any drop in sales or Amazon ranking. In fact, my Kindle numbers have been steadily going up.
I don't know what the perfect combination of price/profit is... yet. Authors make 35% of their suggested retail price (Amazon then discounts this.) So I can raise the price, sell fewer books, but still make a greater profit.
For me, however, this isn't all about profit. It's about units sold. Which also gets confusing.
UNITS SOLD: Pricing doesn't seem to be much of a factor in units sold, as my lowest price book is also my worst seller, and there doesn't seem to be any correlation between price and sales.
What I've learned about units sold: Nothing. I have no clue why The List, which is a fun technothriller about cloning, is outselling Origin, which is about a secret government compound studying Satan. In fact, on my website, Origin has been downloaded 2675 times, and The List only 2223.
Even stranger is SHOT OF TEQUILA, which is a Jack Daniels tie-in novel. I'm known for my JD books, and there is a pre-existing audience for them. Yet the Kindle version is very much underperforming compared to my other three novels, even though I have sold more than 300 copies of it on my website for 99 cents.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: I've tweaked all of my product descriptions several times, playing with the wording and the formatting. I didn't see any noticeable uptick or downtick with any changes I've made.
What I've learned about product description: I believe the product description should sing, but the genre of the book may be more important than the description. I think my best and most provocative description is for the poem book, which is selling poorly.
Category listings and keywords seem to be just as important, if not more important, than the description, because this is how people browse for titles.
COVER ART: People do judge books by their covers, and the covers I've uploaded to Kindle aren't good.
What I've learned about cover art: Not much. I redid the cover art on the poetry book, and it apparently did nothing. Of course, the new art may be just as ugly as the old art.
I'm having a professional cover done for TEQUILA to see if that improves sales. I'll keep everyone posted.
NAME RECOGNITION: Having seven books in print does make it easier for people looking for my books to find them. But there are other authors doing just as well or better than I am on Kindle, and they've never been traditionally published.
What I've learned about name recognition: It may not be as important as other criteria.
QUALITY OF WRITING: Do good books sell better than bad books? Is it even possible to judge quality objectively?
What I've learned about quality of writing: Amazon reviews and Kindle previews (which allow people do download a sample before buying) should have a long range impact on sales. I would think poor reviews will sink a book, or poor writing will result in it not being downloaded, or it being returned (Kindle books can be refunded.)
But I'm not sure if this is a deciding sales factor yet, because the Kindle is still so new, and because people are buying cheap Kindle books but aren't reading them right away.
I also have to look at SERIAL, which has gotten more than twenty 1 star reviews, and is still being downloaded 1000 times per day.
Perception of quality ultimately dictates if a person will buy your next book, but may not be a factor in them trying your first book. For two bucks, why not try it? And if it sits on the Kindle without being read for a year, it isn't helping or hurting your future sales.
But good reviews do help sales, just like a good cover and a good product description does. I just haven't figured out how much yet...
It's hard to draw any conclusions, because there just isn't enough data. But there are some things I'm noticing.
1. Publisher releases vastly outsell author releases. This seems obvious, but a publisher can buddy-up with Amazon and get primo placement. Authors can't do this on their own.
2. Price matters. All of my ebooks (even the poetry one) are on the genre bestseller lists, outselling name-brand authors. I'm sure this is because of price.
3. Being active on the Kindle forums, in newsletters, and on Amazon, may do more for sales than your cover, your description, your reviews, or even your writing. The key is to make people aware of your books. The more awareness there is, the more you'll sell.
Once you're on a bestseller list, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People browse the lists, see your book, buy your book, you stay on the lists.
4. Novels outsell short stories. It's like this in print as well, but my numbers confirm it.
5. No one buys poetry. Even outrageously funny poetry.
6. My technothrillers are doing much better than my medical thriller and my crime novel. Is this because more Kindle owners like technothrillers? It seems so.
1. To get professional cover art for all of my Kindle books.
2. To release a Kindle exclusive novel at a slightly higher price point ($2.99) under JA Konrath to see how it does.
3. To release a Jack Kilborn/J.A. Konrath short story on Kindle for 99 cents to see how it does.
I'm not sure what the future holds for the Amazon Kindle. I'm currently earning $90 a day, with no signs of slowing down. Now that the Kindle DX was released, I expect my numbers to rise.
With 1.5 million Kindles sold, I could sell 200 books per day, for 720 days, and still only reach 10% of all Kindle buyers. If we include all of the iPhone and iPod Touch owners who can download a Kindle ap, along with continued Kindle sales, I should be able to sell quite a few books before coming close to saturating this market.
If the $90 per day trend keeps up, that's $32,850 a year. Not a huge amount, but not chump change either.
I'll keep everyone updated. And FWIW, in the time it took me to write this blog entry, I made $16 on Kindle...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffin Recipe with Almond FlourOriginally published July 2010.
I used Bob's Red Mill Almond Flour in this new muffin recipe. Finely ground almonds create a delicate, soft gluten-free flour that is light and subtly sweet.
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Line a 12-muffin tin with paper liners.
Whisk together:
1 1/3 cups almond meal
1 cup sorghum flour or certified GF oat flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch or potato starch (not potato flour)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 teaspoons Bourbon vanilla extract
Beat in:
1 1/3 cups organic light brown sugar
2 tablespoons light olive oil
1 tablespoon Ener-G Egg Replacer whisked with 1/4 cup warm water till frothy
1/2 cup warm water, more as needed, up to 3/4 cup
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Beat the batter until it is smooth, like a slightly thickened cake batter. I found this batter a bit thinner than I'm used to (I haven't baked with almond flour in several years).
Add in:
1 pint fresh blueberries, washed and patted dry
Stir gently and briefly.
Baking instructions:
Plop the blueberry muffin batter into the twelve lined cups. You'll probably have some xtra- for a baker's dozen. We made tiny mini-muffins with our extra better. Too cute.
Bake in the center of a preheated oven for 23 to 25 minutes, until golden and firm to the touch. A wooden pick inserted into the center should emerge clean.
Cool the muffin pan on a wire rack for five minutes. Gently pop the muffins out to continue cooling on the rack (don't cool them in the hot pan- they'll get soggy).
If by some chance, Babycakes, your muffins are soggy or slightly underdone-- due to unforeseen oven temperature variations-- place them back into the warm oven directly on the center rack for five minutes or so.
These are simply divine warm from the oven.
Enjoy every bite.
Wrap and freeze cooled muffins for future breakfast treats.
Makes a baker's dozen.
Wrap and freeze cooled muffins for future breakfast treats.
Makes a baker's dozen.
Recipe Source: glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com
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Karina's notes:
If you prefer using eggs in your gluten-free baking, I recommend using two to three organic free-range eggs in this recipe.
*As always, follow your own doctor's medical advice regarding food allergies. Consult with her/him before even contemplating a food challenge- and obviously do not attempt a food challenge without medical advice and supervision.


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The Figure of Orpheus in Poetry and Performance
By The Editors on 4.05.10
Tonight, April 5th, the Poetry Society of America is hosting a star-studded poetry event to honor the original bard: Orpheus. It doesn't get much better than this with poets John Ashbery and Mark Strand reading from their own work, and actors Maria Tucci and Chandler Williams performing poems by a range of contemporaries, from Czeslaw Milosz, Yusef Komunyakaa to Jack Gilbert, Linda Gregg and Sherod Santos. Pianist Paul Barnes will perform the Orphee Suite for Piano, his celebrated transcription from Philip Glass's opera Orphee.
6PM, Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue (@ 65th Street), New York, NY
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神の光 - Μοιρα -
/me goes back to slacking off~
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Anyway, the lyrics itself is full of the ghost of past lyrics. (Not that Moria is linked to any of past stories, though, seems Revo just like to play around)
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While I don't remember all of Sound Horizon's lyrics, here is some Moira lyrics that reflex to the old lyrics that I do remember.
01 Thanatos
不運ナ姫君 迎ェニ往コゥ 血濡レタ花嫁 迎ェニ往コゥ
Without the "blood stained bride", it could very well be that "the unfortunate princess" just means the sister of the twins. But since there's no Bride in Moira, some people naturally brings up the "Sinking prima donna" from Chronicle 2nd, and the run away Bride who kills Abyss in Elysion.
02 Matryoshka
わたくし 古代のロマンにZvolinskiy ああ 穴があったら掘りたい
Roman = story/legend/tale as in 5th Horizon "Roman"
04 Didymoi
運命の歯車は再び...静かに廻り始める……(the cogwheel gently starts to revolve, again…)
Cogwheel that Fate/Destiny/Fortune turns…from Seisen no Iberia.
06 Leontius
風の都(Ιλιον、Ilion)は今 難攻不落の城壁を 築いているという
I probably think too much. But the last track of Seisen no Iberia also mentioned a wall that was built.
07 Ilion
Bow/arrow, "the shoot that freezes the night sky", Anata wo Uchiotoshita Hi from Lost.
08 Lesbos
【記憶の水底】(The bottom of the water of memories)
The name of the 6th track of Lost.
10 Historia
Holding similar/alike stars. In Black Chronicle from Chronicle 2nd there's a line says "holding different stars".
But it could be just a way of describing things, like so many roses for girls, seasons pass for the flowing of time, and stardust that often occur in the lyrics
10, 11
The choice of using 宝石 as a description, and 焔 for Hikari. A reminder of Roman?
Track 11 also mentions "Stardust" several times. I first thought that's just because Misia is a reader of the stars. But someone from other forum pointed out that there's a melody from "Stardust", Elysion appears in this track, then that can't be just coincidence that Revo chooses this word Stardust to refer to stars.
12 Parthenos
加害者は誰で 被害者は誰か?(Who is the assailant? and who is the sufferer?)
Miezaru Ude from Roman.
13 –Ελευσευς- (How to spell it in English?)
あの日の少年——(A boy from that day,)
運命に翻弄され続けし者——(Those who are tossed by destiny,)
黒き剣を取った彼の復讐劇が始まる(His road to revenge begins by selecting the black sword.)
Boy with black sword: Shounen wa Tsurugi…
14 Helomachy
Same line in Seisen no Iberia, just a different name for the person.
【歴史は駈け廻る】(The Chronicles of Mythos. It's as rapid as the blink of eye.)
The Japanese writing is word to word to the repeated line in Seisen ni Iberia, and the English part with only one difference: History to Mythos.
15 Telos
Word to word from a line in Raishin no Keifu, Chronicle and Chronicle 2nd.
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Thanks for pointing out all those similarities, dierapunzel! Perhaps Revo was trying to tie-in some of the other works, heh. By the way, is there supposed to be another riddle in the bonus track, given the long stretch of sounds ?
Also, you can view the making of the 冥王 -Θανατος- PV @ http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4595456 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rt5gl--cQ
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Some people also claim that they heard voices calling "Thanatos" during the strech when they really strain the volume of their high class audio. I use a small computer audio and probably that's why I heard nothing.
And, I think Moira is really not linked to any of the past songs story-wise. Moira is more like a level up of Seisen no Iberia, which also has no ties with previous songs in the story. (In older songs, the stories don't give you a complete world setting so it's quite open to place them anywhere and any timeline you like. But Revo's last two CDs, one based on Christian myth and another on Greece, not so flexible for tie-ins.)
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The only visible link I could find that links Moira to the other story CDs is the inclusion of Orpheus (from Elysion) on the cover. He's vaguuely mentioned in the story (as one of Eleuseus's soldiers). Like in Elysion, he opens the gates to hell (or the underworld, Hades, whateverthehell you want to call it).
And I mentioned this on another forum, but Thanatos seems to be on M-ON! Countdown's playlist. Annnd according to 2ch, it is indeed the full PV being aired~
/me waits for someone to cap it~
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Anyone care for a brief story outline of Moira? Or rather, "My View" of the story outline, that is.
01 冥王 Θανατος (Thanatos)
Basically, it's Thanatos feel for those sufferers of his mother, Moira (Destiney/Fate), and vows to save them by welcome them to the world of dead. I won't go into detail because the lack of objects and subjects in the lyrics makes the song fit for many kinds of interpretations.
母ヲ殺メル夜 迎ェニ往コゥ 双ツハヒトツ
These are for the twin brother, Elef (エレフas they say in Japanese, maybe short for Elefseja, that's how the old Milos called him and recorded him in his book).
The eyes that embrace death? The purple eyes? Or both? He was called Amethystos (lit: wolf with purple eyes), and the Queen of Arcadia told Leontius not to fight the man with purple eye… On the other hand, since Misia's death, he's probably given up hope and would have those "eyes that embrace death".
Thanatos said Elef is his container. I first thought that Elef is Thanatos himself when Thanatos enter the world of human. But now I think maybe he's just the "window" or "instrument" for Thanatos to get insight, and to "save" those sufferers.
And so it's Elef who killed the Queen. But what does that "Two are one/Two become one" means? That Elef and Thanatos become one? Or that Elef reunion with Misia?
02 人生は入れ子人形 Матршка (Matryoshka)
The character based on Heinrich Schliemann, wiki him and you get his story, quite similar to what Jimang had sung.
In short, the billionaire had a difficult early life. The book (epic poem) of his mother had always been his support, along with his family. Now that he's rich he started a career as an archaeologist to uncover the places in his dream, to bring myth into history.
In the booklet you see the cover of the "book", titled "Elefseja"(Elef), written by Milos the old poet.
Since the billionaire also concluded the album at the last track, the Greek stories are probably being told by him from his mother's book.
03 神話 Μυθος (Mythos)
Not much to say here, just telling us how the world began.
04 運命の双子 Διδυμοι (Didymoi)/Twins
This is the happy childhood of the twins. Raised by loving parents (or who they thought to be their parents) in the mountains of Arcadia.
When the twins were playing outside, Scorpius found the house. By what the father called him, Scorpius is likely to be royal. Following the story line, he's also ambitious but unlikely to claim the throne without oracle or war.
Scorpius wanted to recruit the father to his army to fight another country (and he could probably gain more power by it). The father refused and they battled. The twins came back at the bad timing and Scorpius ordered to capture them… It's assumed that both Father and Mother were killed, and the twins caught.
We don't know if Scorpius knew who the twins were or not. It seems that his main reason for the visit was to recruit the Father. But whether he knew it or not, it's quite strange that he didn't kill them right away. (Well, if he did that, there'll be no Moira)
そして...女神が舞い降りたる地は――(And then, the place to which the sisters descend is――)
I once guessed that the 6 sisters descend and became 6 female characters. But that doesn't make sense, the sisters are probably just observers like the 3 sisters in Seisen no Iberia.
水に映る月を何時の日か 取れると信じてた
So Misia dreamed as a child to take the moon shadow in the water… Mirror to the name of the 12th track.
05 奴隷市場 Δουλοι (Douloi)/Slaves
As the title, the twins were brought to the slave market, where they parted.
06 雷神域の英雄 Λεωντιυς (Leontius)
This track pictures Leontius, First Prince of Arcadia, on the front line. He possess the Lightening lance/spear. It seems that because everyone has their own interpretation of oracle, conflicts and battles spread. In order to defend the capital, they started to build a protection wall around Ilion.
It seems that Leontius had seen his younger sibling(s). The Queen had introduced his baby sibling(s) with some courtiers around. And then we know that the King did not welcome the newly-born because of an oracle, so one of the courtiers (the man who the twins thought to be their father) offered to take care of that.
The question is, the Queen didn't say Imoto or Ototo to Leotius, just Kyotai (sibling). While Kyotai is perfect if there were two babies, one boy and one girl, we only hear one baby's cry. And later, when Orion was said to be the abandoned prince, it feels strange that people, especially royal family, are feeling ok with only the boy's whereabout.
I've read debate about the number of baby the queen had at the time, some said that one of them could be the courtier's child. (Not likely, since they have similar eyes) And some said that the queen only let people know that she had one child. (Strange, because the oracle is not against twins, but babies born under solar eclipse)
2 oracles were mentioned. 1) The master of Lightening would become the king that rule the world. 2) The children born at the day of Solar eclipse would bring about destruction.
07 死と嘆きの風の都 Ιλιον (Ilion)/Troy
The reunion of the Twins. Misia was sold to be the apprentice of Hetaera (courtesan, sophisticated companion and prostitute. By wiki). In this track she was brought to Ilion to provide service for the priest of Anemos the Wind God. Elef was a slave that built the protection wall of Ilion, Orion was his fellow and friend, obviously skilled in archery. They both worked under the priest and suffered for the priest's cruelty. Elef some how has the ability to see dark shadows around a person that predicts the person's death.
And so the twins met. Just when the priest started his disgusting entertainment, Elef and Orion saved her. The three of them ran away from Ilion, with the help from Orion's archery.
However the attack on the priest offended the Wind God, he and the Rain Goddess conceived Thyella, the goddess of Storm. And that's probably how the three kids lost each other.
08 聖なる詩人の島 Λεσβος (Lesbos)Lesbian
This track says that the women of Lesbos found Misia by the sea; they took her to Sopia the "poetry reading consecrated female", and Misia stayed. Sopia "detected the girl's strange ability"(about reading stars, most likely) and guided Misia, not just about the ability, but also to be strong despite the unfortunate past.
09 遥か地平線の彼方へ Οριζοντας (Horizon)
On the other hand, Elef the boy followed the old poet Milos, travel through seas and mountains looking for Misia. They visited the old home of the twins where two graves lay. (Father and Mother's?)
Before Milos died, he told Elef to go to Lesbos when troubled, an old friend would help him. So Elef the young man travel again, looking for Lesbos and Sopia.
And then, there are rumors about a champion in Anatolia, the famous archer Orion. People think he is the prince abandoned for born under the solar eclipse.
10 死せる者達の物語 Ιστορια (Istoria)/History
War spread. Leontius won the battle against Amazon, but didn't kill their queen. This some how made the Amazon queen obsess about Leontius. Elef traveled, Misia far away. They miss each other and the old memories, but can feel each other's presence, and have faith that they'll meet again.
On the other hand, Scorpius seems to gathered all the cards he needed, and he targeted Leontius.
11 星女神の巫女 Αρτεμισια (Artemisia)
Misia has became the miko of Star Goddess. She seemed to foresee the destiny of Leon, Didymoi, and Parthenos. And then soldiers came to the shrine of Aster at night, seeking for Misia and pressed for oracle/interpretation of oracle. Misia wished no more sacrifices, and chose not to resist.
The three star signs probably indicated the three royal siblings. However it's weird that Elef alone took Didymoi, and Misia is Parthenos just because she's a girl. And sometimes when the lyrics called Orion as an archer/shooter, it seems to refer "Sagittarius" as well, since the writing in Japanese is the same.
12 死せる乙女その手には水月 Παρθενος (Parthenos)/Virgin
Misia was killed by Scorpius and fallen into water. Though the world was ruled by the cruel Goddess Moira, Misia accepted and loved it all as the gift of Moira.
Sopia told (dead) Misia that a young men with similar eyes had visited.
Then we hear the farewell of the twins.
So Misia finally get the moon shadow in the water.
During the farewell of the twins, Misia's voice has special effect, probably means she's in the other world.
Two theories about the scene of the farewell. 1) that Elef arrived Lesbos and found Misia dead there. He was looking at her body at the farewell duet. 2) that Elef was on the way of his travel, and he saw images of Misia through Styx (the river around the realm of the dead), or that Styx reflex Misia's images to the nearby water surface for Elef to see. And only after that did Elef went to Lesbos to claim her body.
We can hear water splashes(foot steps) running to and fro before the duet, that's why I think the 2nd theory may be possible. Misia's body should be well cared for by Sopia and other women, and Elef would know the news before he saw her, so there's nothing to running around for, he could just went strait up to Misia, even when she's still in the water. But in the 2nd theory, Elef didn't know that Misia had died, and naturally would be surprised at the image (probably with the attempt to pull her out), plus images are not as solid as real body, he might have to chase after it if it's on flowing water…. As for why he can see the images from Styx, Elef does have special eyes to foresee death on human, and he's Thanatos' "instrument", too. Thanatos probably want him to see it…
Ah, well, they're all just guesses, I think the 1st theory is easier to present on Live, although the other one is more romantic.
13 奴隷達の英雄 Ελευσευς (Eleuseus)
After Misia's death, Elef changed. He refused to take on anymore of Moira's "gift" and now wish for revenge, and break that unreasonable destiny. He became the leader of slaves, Amethystos.
Back in Arcadia, the puppet King, but who shoot the Warriors of the past? And who is that Warrior? The best candidate is the Father of the twins, but he should be dead long ago, killed by Scorpius.
And it seems that Scorpius wounded Orion to his death, and Leontius killed Scorpius.
So the royal family did treat Orion good, if Leontius was revenging Orion's death. (Only, the Queen knew who her real son is…) If not, then we are not even sure which side Orion was on. He may not part with Arcadia since he was a slave there, and the rumor of abandoned prince alone gave Scorpius good reason to kill him. As for Leontius' killing of Scorpius, he was targeted long ago, isn't it?
14 死せる英雄達の戦い Ηρωμαχια (Iromachia)/Hero, Battle
It seems that Elef/Amethystos had picked a timing when several countries attacked Arcadia at the same time so Leontius had to defend many places. The Queen tried to talk into Leontius not to fight Elef, but he left seconds before his mother revealed the big secret.
As Generals discuss, we learned that Orion had died, and he was one of Arcadia's archers(although as a prince or just a soldier/general, we don't know)
Elef's troop broke the wall that he once helped created, Someone speculated that with such strength, Amethytos probably was one of the kin of God (Each country is protected by one God/Goddess, supposedly kin of God would be royal family members of any of the countries). And then the two brothers duel. The Queen tried to intervene, but got herself and Leontius injured to death. The Amazon queen can't bear that Leontius died first and charges forward (to Elef?), and was killed.
15 神話の終焉 Τελος (Telos)/End
And then, Elef opened the gates of Hades, probably try to revenge on Moira, thus the question "Is the God/Goddess live or die?".
The story's ended, and the billionaire's wife come to tell him that she's pregnant, could be twins. And the billionaire decided to name them as…
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Hmm. So Revo is both Thanatos and Elef (Istoria and up) in this one. xD Minami is Artemisia. Guess all vocalist problems will be solved with the live concerts, but what about VOICE - is Marina Inoue Orion?
Thanks for posting dierapunzel. It was a pretty difficult read (I'd say it needs major editing) and I didn't get half of it, but certainly still very informative. ^^ I have a question though. During Illion, for example, is the SINGING (Shimotsuki and someone I don't know yet for the intro, YUUKI&KAORI&REMI during the rockish part) just narration/story or are they actually story characters? Or are they just the obverver sisters you speak of? Actually, nevermind. I suppose they are the observers you mentioned, since they are part of the 6 singing during Mythos.
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Sorry for my bad writing. I was sleepy and Ike the hurricane was shaking my appartment... Anyhow, I also meant to be vague when I see something that's not so clear to me. Sorry about that, but I hope Live can explain them to us.
Revo updated his blog before the first Live, saying that Live is not the official interpretation and we may speculate all we like. So some people said that although it's Amethytos who opened the gate of Hades in first Live, not Elef. (they kind of treat them as different, one normal Elef and one dark Elef) But that could be because there's no time for Revo to change clothes... The bad news is that the singer 內藤彩加, Ayaka XXX?, was hurt during practice and was sent to hospital (rumors on the internet said that she fell from the stage the previous day), so her voices would be replaced by recordings. Revo hoped she would be well enough to return to later Lives, though.
Please come back, so the DVD can at least have a version with all the members together.....
For your question, yes, Haruka and the other singer, who people IDed as MIKI, were characters in that track, too. Until where Misia said the line "This is...Ilion?", they are two senior hetaeras who "teach" Misia about the business.
Also, in Thanatos, Remi and Ayaka play the two women in mask with some character written on their forehead. Yoshimi Iwasaki is both the billionaire's wife and Sopia, and Jimang is both the billionaire and Milos.
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OK, so I went through the album yet again with the story in mind and all I could find on Japanese sites, and compiled this list (obviously might not be 100% accurate until detailed LIVE reports/DVD?). Maybe someone finds it useful. I sure appreciate this CD even more now that I know more about the story/characters. ^^
Poem Goddess Sisters: (in Mythos 'lalala' order, assuming Ike is saying their names there)
Ionia - MIKI
Doria - REMI
Phrygia - Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月はるか)
Lydia - Ayaka Naitou (内藤彩加)
Aeolia - KAORI
Locria - YUUKI
Moira Characters Vocals:
Dark Lord - Thanatos [Revo]
Dark Lord's Attendants - REMI, Ayaka Naitou (内藤彩加)
Leontius - Takashi Utsunomiya (宇都宮隆)
Misia/Artemisia - Minami Kuribayashi (栗林みな実)
adult Elef/Elefseja/Amethystos - Eleuseus [Revo] <- definitely Revo, I'm just guessing this is also his alias cause of the trackname (Eleuseus).
Sofia - Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎良美) (in Lesbos, Parthenos)
Cassandra - MIKI (in Ilion)
Melissa - Haruka Shimotsuki (霜月はるか) (in Ilion)
Milos - Jimang (in Horizontas)
Aleksey Romanovich Zvolinskiy - Jimang (in Matryoshka, Telos)
Irene (Aleksey's wife) - Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎良美) (in Matryoshka, Telos)
Moira Characters Voice: (when different from vocal, well this is just some guesses)
young Elef - Yukana
young Orion - Marina Inoue
adult Orion - ???? (if he's even there)
Scorpius - Norio Wakamoto
Priest - Jimang (in Ilion)
Filis - Noriko Hidaka (in Lesbos)
Queen - Rica Fumika (sic)
twins "father" - Akio Otsuka
the rest is random people, I guess
Spoiler for characters pics:
Any corrections? :X
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If you are interested, this page has a complete who-sings-which-lyrics summary by some Japanese with amazing ears: http://www.andaudio.com/phpbb3/viewt...t=1825#p567212
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OMG I took the wrong name, lol. The Queen is Rica Fukami (fixd in the post now). Are you sure about the wife? Thanks for the site, but now that I matched it myself, I think I know who is who for the whole CD duration (the biggest problem were obviously the new vocalists, MIKI/Naitou/Iwasaki - since I didn't know their voices at all prior to this CD). ^^
Edit: you quoted the pre-edit version, lol.
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So I'm back from a long-weekend spent in London with my makeup-addicted BFF's. It was fun, it was exhausting and we're now totally broke: in other words, it was a blast.
More detailed information on the makeup shopping will follow in the coming days when we are done sending each other pictures and editing them, but I thought I'd start by sharing a few things we liked.
Save your feet, use the Underground. There are stations everywhere and the one-day ticket is cheaper than 2 single tickets, so that's a no brainer. We got these and used the Tube as much as we could, let me tell you there was plenty of walking to be done anyway!
Also, the Tube stands quite deep in the ground, the stairs are just not an option (we climbed up the 193 stairs at Covent Garden station, that really wasn't the best idea), grab the elevators or escalators when you can!
|These hands do not belong to the same girl.
Get a Shellac manicure, but do look at prices first! We had ours done in a little stand in a mall and paid £25 for color only or £35 for full manicure+color. Some fancy places were offering the same service for 55£ or more so definitely look before you make a decision. I'll report on how it works and how long it lasts :)
Eat noodles at Wagamama. We went to the Covent Garden and enjoyed fantastic noodle soups. It's great because you can sit, get served but at the same time it's not like an actual restaurant and you can move, there's kids walking around and quite a bit of noise - I loved the atmosphere and the food.
Go to Selfridges and get a makeover. My friends and I had our makeup done at the Illamasqua counter - which I will explain in detail in a single post.
I really liked Selfridges because there are a lot of brands available there and all the sales associate we dealt with were really friendly. If you don't have much time to shop for makeup, this is a good place for one-stop-shopping.
We love Pret! Prêt à Manger is everywhere (literally, there's one like every 100 feet), the food is good, quite healthy and not too expensive. We had breakfast and a small meal there several times, as we could enjoy salads, fresh fruit and nice sandwiches for about 5-7£/person/meal, that's pretty cheap for London.
Visit Westminster. It's beautiful and it's a place you need to see at least once in your life if you're in London.
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Apple fan boys everywhere are super-excited about tomorrow's iPad unveiling. But rumors suggest that the company is having a hell of a time shipping devices to the US ready for its launch.
Mac Rumors reports that Apple has been scrambling to find space to ship product, with "shipping rates rising 20 per cent in one week as [they] snapped up available capacity at premium rates." Elsewhere, Apple's last-minute buying-up of freight space has meant that many companies have been unable to ship their products in the usual manner.
Apple Insider also reports that Apple has commandeered a "massive air freight deal" with DHL, driving prices up. All of which points to the fact that Apple is scrabbling around using any means necessary to get the iPad available soon after Wednesday's launch. Whether they can ship enough over to meet demand, we'll have to wait and see.
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Caregivers Must Balance Their Loved Ones' Health Needs With Their Own
Caregiving is nothing new to the African American community. In fact, Black Americans are more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to serve in caregiving roles, according to David Schulbaum, the director of marketing and business development for the Kensington, Md.-based National Family Caregivers Association. Though a good caregiver can go a long way toward making life easier for those with HIV and AIDS, there are certain pitfalls that caregivers can succumb to if they don't take steps to protect their own health and well-being.
"There's a lot of research out there that points to an increased state of ill health among family caregivers," says Schulbaum. Indeed, a 2010 study (pdf) conducted by the National Alliance for Caregiving, the University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging and the MetLife Mature Market Institute found that caregivers are more likely to suffer health challenges such as depression, hypertension and heart disease.
A caregiver's work life and finances may also suffer as a result of taking days off to care for family members. "Family caregivers are missing more work, they're coming in late, they're leaving during the day and they're becoming less wealthy," says Schulbaum.
One thing caregivers can do to avoid problems at work is to talk to their employers about their caregiving responsibilities, says Nicole Cutts, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and success coach based in Washington, D.C. "Balancing work and caregiving can be especially challenging, so you need to educate yourself and perhaps your employer about this issue," she says.
For those who are forced to miss work because of caregiving responsibilities, there are some legal protections in place. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to care for an immediate family member who is seriously ill.
Organization Is Key
Caregivers for someone with HIV/AIDS can be faced with a broad range of responsibilities, from picking up a loved one's prescriptions to accompanying that person to the doctor. If someone is in the advanced stages of AIDS, his or her needs may be even greater, with a caregiver having to help out with day-to-day tasks such as cooking and bathing. Janet Taylor, M.D., a psychiatrist based in New York who has written about the challenges faced by caregivers of those with HIV/AIDS, suggests that tasks be written down and prioritized so that the most important ones are more likely to get done.
Amid all the obligations that must be met, it's important to schedule time for yourself and your own emotional needs, or else you face the risk of becoming overwhelmed, Dr. Cutts points out. "Caregivers might feel typical symptoms of depression or fatigue," she says. "You could be irritable, edgy, sad, lonely, have trouble sleeping, notice a change in appetite, experience bodily aches and pains, or suffer frequent illnesses."
A self-assessment (pdf) developed by the American Medical Association can help you determine your own state of well-being, but here are some tips to help ensure that your needs are met:
Seek help in advance. One mistake that caregivers make is waiting until they're overwhelmed to ask for a hand, Dr. Cutts says. Instead, "schedule some help on a regular basis so you know that there is respite coming," she says. That way you have something to look forward to on a regular basis.
Create your own support system. Your loved one isn't the only one who needs support. As a caregiver, you are likely expending an extraordinary amount of physical and emotional resources. Check with local HIV/AIDS organizations to see if they offer any support groups for caregivers. They also may be able to steer you toward programs that provide resources such as meals. In your search for support, don't overlook informal networks such as relatives or close friends whom you can be honest with about what you're going through. "A lot of times, people feel guilty because they feel like they're complaining," says Dr. Cutts. "But you really need to share with someone how you're feeling."
Put nutrition and exercise first. As a caregiver, you're likely concerned that your loved one gets the nutrition that he or she needs to better manage HIV/AIDS. However, it's equally important for caregivers to eat right and exercise, Dr. Cutts says. Not only will those habits ward off illnesses, but "a proper diet and exercise are important for managing stress," she says.
Nurture your spiritual connection. When someone is sick, it's not uncommon to feel a sense of helplessness about the situation. However, the act of surrendering to a higher power is a central component of most religious and spiritual traditions. If you're spiritual, look to whatever source you believe to be greater than yourself for comfort during difficult times.
Like the airline passenger who is told to put on his oxygen mask before helping the passenger beside him, you must put your needs first. "You cannot give your best to your loved one or to the other responsibilities in your life if you don't take care of yourself," Dr. Cutts says.
Tamara E. Holmes is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who writes frequently about emotional health and wellness.


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As her story begins to fade from the news cycle, bullied bus monitor Karen Klein will ride off into the sunset a whole lot richer, while the "bad guys" – her seventh-grade tormentors – exit the stage a lot less cocky than they entered, suspended from school for a year and their actions thoroughly condemned.
Don't cue the happy ending music just yet.
Although the story and the donations it inspired may have turned out well for Ms. Klein, anyone who's watched the cringe-inducing video of her harassment can see that bullying continues to pervade school environments.
On comment boards, some cynically groused, "I was bullied like that every day all through high school. Where's my half million?" One blogger posted the news of Klein's incident under the sarcastic title, "Someone Is Bullied On A School Bus For The First Time Ever." In short, the feel-good campaign to send Klein on "the vacation of a lifetime" did nothing to solve the problem. But a good hard look at everything this video shows us could.
Though it lacks horrific violence and disturbing racial implications, the bus-monitor video is in some ways reminiscent of the 1991 video of the police beating motorist Rodney King. That earlier video provided a document of a rarely recorded but frequently occurring behavior, grabbing the nation's attention – at least for a few days – and exposed us to an oft-ignored injustice. And like the King video, the bus-monitor video shows us something with a far greater significance than the event itself.
The video of King's beating laid bare an entire culture of institutional failings within the Los Angeles Police Department; the video of the abused yet passive bus monitor lays bare an entire culture of institutional failings within our schools.
The first failure we see is Klein's. The job description for a bus monitor in the Greece Central School District in New York where she was working specifies requirements to "maintain order on buses," to "enforce district policy governing student behavior," and to "report orally and in writing instances of continuing disruptive student behavior."
Klein had a responsibility to step up and assert her authority – if not for her own benefit, then for the benefit of the other kids on that bus. Instead, she sat and tolerated the abuse, performing none of her duties and leading by the worst kind of example. The takeaway for a child, witnessing this scene as it unfolded, would be: "If a grown-up can't do anything to stop them, then I sure can't."
That simply isn't true. When they stay silent, bystanders condone bullying, but when they speak up, they can kill it. Speaking up is scary and difficult. But if children, and certainly their adult guardians, are part of a school culture that consistently encourages and empowers them to do just that, a dramatic change can take place.
A victim might be outnumbered by bullies, but bullies are frequently outnumbered by witnesses. With instruction, encouragement, and support, these witnesses can shift the balance of power by virtue of their numbers.
But they first must be taught that they have that power, and assured that their reports will be taken seriously. Peer intervention is a powerful force. This entire incident went public because a fellow student, under the moniker CapitalTrigga, uploaded the video to YouTube in order to draw attention to the problem, becoming unsung hero in this drama. Once that happened, the bullies were steamrollered into submission by the crushing weight of public opinion.
Apologists for Klein's total lack of action might insist that she wasn't trained to handle bullies, or that she simply felt powerless. If either is true, it points to a wider, more systemic problem: that Klein's school district fails to provide its personnel with adequate training to manage abusive students, thereby putting all students at risk, or that they fail to listen to or act on staff reports of abusive student behavior. Either scenario would allow bullying to flourish.
Had Klein's employers done more to emphasize an intolerant attitude toward bullying, we might have seen her display a little more backbone, knowing that school officials had her back. But in interviews, Klein said that she didn't even do so much as write the boys up for their hateful behavior, because, in her words, "What good would it do?"
Eventually, the boys did receive a full year of suspension from school – but only after the video had made the rounds. If this sort of punishment was standard, with or without a viral video, school officials sure didn't let Klein in on it. Her assumption was that nothing would happen to those kids.
The saddest thing is how familiar the experience of bullying is for children, in all walks of life. Rare is the person who's been through twelve years of schooling and not witnessed bullying. But since bullying is such an ancient tradition, too many of us have become complacent about it, assuming there's nothing that can be done instead of doing everything possible to stop it.
It's a shame what Karen Klein went through, but the bigger shame is that, after all these centuries – despite media attention and efforts in schools – effective bullying prevention measures are still not implemented in all schools – as well as on school buses. And the most successful anti-bullying programs don't only deal with bullies and victims, but engage everyone on campus.
This incident can help to create an entire culture that is intolerant of bullying – one that obligates, involves, and empowers everyone – administrators, teachers, parents, students, and yes, even bus monitors. Now that would be a happy ending.
L.J. Williamson is a writer living in Los Angeles. Visit her website at http://www.ljwilliamson.com.