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Poet Randall Jarrell wrote, "One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child." That was never a problem for Lewis Mahlmann, the master puppeteer at Children's Fairyland from 1967 until his retirement in 2006.
"When I'm around children I find them very dear, and I feel so responsible for what's happening to them." he once told me. "They're like my own children." Lewis passed away in his sleep last week at age 86. It was a gentle death for a gentle man.
Fairyland's executive director, C.J. Hirschfield, said, "Lewis reminds me of Mister Rogers — wanting a world for our kids that's sweet and civil. And, in Lewis' case, filled with art."
The comparison is apt. Like Mister Rogers, Lewis was a moralist.
"I do puppet shows to entertain, but not just to entertain," he said. "I want to show the children that there are wonderful stories out there that they can read, and I also want to teach them the right way to live."
For instance, in his version of "Pinocchio," Pinocchio doesn't get to be a real boy until he learns to be kind to others. The Blue Fairy says to him, "If I give you a wish, would you rather be a real boy?"
He replies, "I'd rather my father get well."
And at the end of the play, when Pinocchio doesn't recognize his friend the cricket anymore after turning into a boy, the cricket turns to the audience and says, "Maybe there's somebody else out there who needs me."
That's pretty sophisticated stuff, but Lewis believed children are capable of understanding a lot more than we give them credit for.
"One thing I never do is talk down to a child," he said. "That may sound phony, but it's true. I'll tailor the language to their learning level, but that's not the same thing."
Lewis loved puppets since childhood, but he decided to make puppetry a career after meeting his mentor, Burr Tillstrom, of "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" fame. A charter member of the Bay Area Puppet Guild and twice president of the Puppeteers of America, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award just a few weeks ago from the Oakland Heritage Alliance.
My deepest sympathy goes to his partner, David Jones; his protégé and successor as Fairyland's puppet director, Randal Metz; the entire Fairyland staff (especially the Blue Fairy, Jacqueline Lynaugh); and the millions of children whom he enchanted over the years, many of whom later brought their own children and grandchildren to Fairyland so Lewis could work his magic on them, too.
If you were one of those children and would like to help honor his memory, the best way is to donate to his beloved puppet theater. Send a tax-deductible check to Children's Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA 94610, and write Lewis' name on the memo line.
The last word belongs to his fellow puppeteer, Jean Mattson:
The hand puppet bodies lie empty.
The marionettes droop on their strings.
The silhouettes cast no bright shadows
And set pieces stay in the wings.
For the spirits that move them have left,
As they do at the end of the show,
But the joy that they shared we'll remember
As we whisper our final "Bravo."
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By photographing emotionally troubled dogs suffering from abandonment and aggression, the artist Martin Usborne chronicles his own painful struggle with depression. His recent series "Nice to Meet You" tenderly traces unknowable canine narratives by carefully placing the animals behind surfaces and materials: a wet glass pane, a cloud of smoke, pressed flowers.
In distancing the viewer from each creature, the artist paradoxically allows for a heightened level of intimacy with each dog; behind a haunting waterscape or transparent white shroud, each set of eyes glistens and each pointed nose seems to poke through the barrier, begging for closeness with the viewer.
In distorting space with long exposure times and unevenly textured surfaces, Usborne also blurs the notion of time; the animals appear ghostly, shadowy, and otherworldly. As each image leads us farther into this ethereal and lonesome dreamscape, we bear witness to the profound confidences of these gorgeous creatures, and they stare back, inviting viewers to empathize.
Ultimately, Usborne's canine subjects recall our own murky and lonesome pasts, mirroring the dark places that we normally keep hidden within ourselves. In juxtaposing everyday statements like "I'm fine" and "I also work at the bank" with the charged photographs, the artist paints a portrait of isolation; he himself often repeated automatic phrases like "Nice to meet you" and "You look great" when in the midst of his depression. These animals, partially hidden by fog and fabric, serve as surrogates for we who hide behind words. If only for a moment, these vulnerable faces of dogs remind us that we are not alone; in lending us their quiet companionship, they become our confidantes. (via Design Boom)

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California-based artist Gregory Kloehn often repurposes the still completely-usable trash and street detritus that he finds in the streets. His ongoing project Homeless Homes takes this idea one step further, offering real aid by creating housing for the homeless in Oakland. Dubbed as "eclectic building materials for small but efficient mobile homes." Kloehn and his volunteers recycle and reuse salvage to offer small, mobile house (they are on wheels), Mostly the size of a sofa or small room, these Homeless Homes offer a safe place and protection, and raise awareness to the needs of the homeless community. "Stuff people just throw away on the street can give someone a viable home," Kloehn said in an interview with NBC News. "Does it have merit as a solution to homelessness? As far as giving people a shelter, yeah, definitely. Is it a solution to homelessness? It's an answer. An attempt."
Kloehn further describes his aims on the project's website, "Our goal is to bring together imaginative people and discarded materials to make sturdy, innovative, mobile shelters for the homeless people. By sourcing our materials from illegal street dumping, commercial waste and excess household items, we strive to diminish money's influence over the building process."
If you are interested and able to help with the project, please contact Homeless Home Projects here. (via huffingtonpost)


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The Indiana Pacers were playing well when they got a couple of the days off for the All-Star break. They may be playing even better now.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The Indiana Pacers were playing well when they got a couple of the days off for the All-Star break. They may be playing even better now.
David West scored 18 points, George Hill had 15 and the surging Pacers beat the Detroit Pistons 114-82 on Friday night.
Indiana has won three straight and eight of 10, including a 98-79 victory against Detroit on Jan. 30.
"I'm very, very pleased with how our guys are approaching the post All-Star break," coach Frank Vogel said. "They have incredible focus and energy. Our offense is really coming on."
The Pacers grabbed control with a 14-4 run at the start of the second quarter. Orlando Johnson had 11 points in the spurt, making back-to-back 3-pointers to help Indiana to a 48-23 lead.
Will Bynum scored 17 points for the stumbling Pistons, who have split their last four games.
Indiana picked up right where it left off in Wednesday's impressive 125-91 victory against the New York Knicks. The Pacers led 74-44 at halftime of that one, and Paul George finished with 27 points.
George was relatively quiet against Detroit, finishing with 12 points and seven rebounds. But the Pacers didn't need another big night from the All-Star.
Indiana made 10 of its first 14 shots while building a 29-10 lead. Hill scored seven points during the opening stretch.
Lance Stephenson also asserted himself early and set the tone with his aggressive play, taking the ball to the basket and making the Pistons pay for their failure to get back and stop the fast break. Stephenson, starting in place of injured guard Danny Granger, scored six of his 10 points during the Pacers' initial run.
"(Stephenson's) playing at an incredible level right now," Vogel said. "What he's been doing to our tempo, pushing the ball is something."
The Pacers shot 56 percent from the field and held the Pistons to 35 percent. Six Pacers scored in double figures ? including Johnson, a reserve who had a season-high 14 points.
"(Johnson's) not coming out of the rotation any time soon," Vogel said.
Indiana's average margin of victory during its win streak is 30 points. It began with a 101-77 victory over Charlotte on Feb. 13.
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A special thank you goes out to the Good Samaritans who helped the Estherville Ambulance staff free the ambulance from a massive snowdrift in the vicinity of North 15th Street and Five Avenue North on December 11, 2010, during the height of the blustery wintry storm.
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The Rabbi from Radzymin
In Poland and especially in the area around Warsaw, Radzymin was known because of the Rabbi of Radzymin. Chassidim came to him from the cities and towns for Sabbaths and holidays. It was close to the capital --18 km. from Warsaw. This distance was reduced by a small paved road. The dynamic Jews bought and sold, while the local people, the goyim, remained inactive at home, not having to go to cosmopolitan and noisy Warsaw. During that period the Rabbi was the central personality. In the Chassidic world he was "the Rabbi," though in his city were many who opposed him. The pious of the area would travel to the Rabbi of Gur, or Alexander, etc., and tended to tell praiseworthy stories about their Rabbi, deprecating somewhat the Rabbi of Gur, about his desire to tame his need to become rich, etc.
Shabbatai Moah
A story went around about a person who treated the holiness of the Rabbi with disrespect. He was called Shabbatai Moah -- one who knew Torah. He came to the Rabbi and when he was asked, "What is your wish?" he replied, "A drink." From then on, Shabbatai became steeped in drink, a drunkard mocking the pious rich, shaming them in public but showing love and devotion to the poorest. Yet Shabbatai Moah, as I knew him in my childhood, was a remarkable prankster. He used to come to the courtyard of a stingy rich man, pick up a fat chicken and bring it without delay to a poor woman who had just given birth. He never hid his contempt for the rich, and always revealed his deep love for the poor and downtrodden. He would say to the rich man of the city, "If typhus should hit the water carrier he would not know where to go. But should it hit you, you would have at your disposal remedies and other aids."
During Kol Nidre while others prayed and trembled from the awesomeness of the judgment, Shabbatai was drunk. And when they said to him, "Come, pray," he answered, "A drunk doesn't give judgment or receive judgment."
Advocacy of Israel -- the Hero of the City
Among the remarkable personalities that this city brought forth was Professor Boden de Courtnoy who adjusted and became assimilated in Poland. This dear man made it his purpose in life to watch over the Jews in Poland, to vouch for their righteousness, to deny any false charges against them, to safeguard their equal rights.
The rich man of the city, Zalmen Radzyminsky, was well known. In everyday language he was called Zalmen Shlezaner. This man who started out as a horse dealer and was known in the small town Shlezan became successful, became owner of a beer factory, a flour mill, a metal work- shop, fields and houses, and was considered to be among the rich people in the surrounding area. His family tells that he had a large sum of money in a certain bank in Warsaw. One night he dreamed that the bank was about to collapse. The following morning he removed his money from there. Stories like these were usual among the elders of the town. But who can measure the degree of reality or imagination among them? In my memory is etched the conduct of the man during Purim. He used to sit at the table full of goodies -- beer, fine wine, baked goods pleasing to the eye and good to the taste, candy of all kinds, fruit from Israel. With his long, thick beard, he showed an understanding of the many who gathered around -- relatives, friends, visitors. From time to time there appeared delegations from different institutions or just needy people. Every one brought a covered dish. Reb Zalmen would repeat for everyone what was in the dish. There were also those who did not bring shalach manas, but they amused the audience with jokes, discussion or plays. These too were complimented or praised, and into the plate went a suitable amount of money. I was a lad, and when I was invited for the first time I stammered, "Fit for a king!"
The Struggle Against Strolling Couples
But this is part of a distant past, the period before the First World War, when the heads of the community were masters of inspiration and greatness. In those days when the lads of the city learned from the ways of the goyim to stroll with young girls in the streets or in the suburbs, the Rabbi came to a decision with the Russian policemen -- with practical convincing, of course -- that such a strolling couple if apprehended should be brought to court before him. And woe to the couple who is caught and brought to court while court is in session or when the elders of the city are giving counsel!
Secretly the young people came to the library of the Polish notary. Here they received reading and study books on loan, and occasionally advice and direction on the ways of the world. Incidentally, this notary, faithful to the Polish Socialist Party, told me once in a heart-to-heart conversation, "Part of the population must emigrate from Poland, and obviously you, the Jews, must be the first to leave here, and not we, the Poles."
But this agitation did not affect the town at first (except for a small number of the local people). The town, on the whole, guarded its apparently peaceful way of life. A man was not called by his family name, but by his father's name and occasionally by his grandfather's name. I, for example, was called "Chaim Itza Zalmen's." There were also nicknames like "Elia Rumpf" or "Yizhak Behind", and so on. But these nicknames were given only to those who had excelled in something, and not everyone was worthy enough to earn a nickname.
Life was quiet, slow-paced. There was room for those who excelled and for excellence in the ulpan, the heder, the shtiebel or in the 'Yeshiva of the Rabbi'. They learned a great deal, but there were no divisions into grades, not even for the 'creme de la creme.' Some earned respect and love because of their personalities. I especially have etched in my memory my elderly friend Yitzhak Sokol, who was exceedingly ugly (I used to say, "a kind of Socrates") but who was blessed with a noble soul. He used to devour books and remember their contents. He was like a bottomless pit that doesn't lose a drop, as modest as a girl and beloved by all. Opposed to him was the yeshiva lad who shows off with his clothes and outer self until the Rabbi defines him as a 'good-looking lad made of smelly soap.'
The economic life was conducted accordingly. Every Wednesday there was a market that brought in farmers to sell their produce to the city people. They in turn could buy what they needed for work. The rich had real estate and could make loans. The poor fulfilled themselves through work and some small industry. A father turned over his trade, whether good or bad, to his son. So the chain continued. Somewhat of a change occurred when Poland was overrun by the Germans 1914-17. During this period a small window was opened to the Jews to engage in administration and services. The transition from Yiddish to German was easy. Evening classes and courses to matriculation. With the German army came enlightened Jews who extended the narrow horizon of the Jews in the Polish cities. As they paved a path there emerged the Chalutz, "Young Zionists," "Agudath Israel," "Poalei Israel".
Agudath Yisrael
During this period the 'war' between parent and child increased. The young people started to wear shorts and to be particular about their pressed scarf. The parents were angry, and fumed and swore "As long as I live this won't happen." But life did what it did, and it did happen. When the Rabbi and some of his faithful followers were ready to start a branch of Agudath Yisrael in Radzymin, we -- the chalutzim and the Zionists -- were unable to accept the fact that conservatism and anti-Zionism would cast a shadow upon our city. What did we do? Close to the appointed time for the founding of the movement, we arranged a meeting of the chalutzim. They came to the Beth haMidrash to expound on what they had accomplished and their organization. The young people could no longer postpone the establishment of a local branch. On every occasion, the Rabbi continued to preach against the transgressors and sinners who pursue the theories of 'the goyim', but his voice was already hoarse and scoffed at, and it was no longer able to turn the wheel backward.
When the first World War ended and Poland became an independent nation, gaining her freedom from the yoke of the Germans, the Jews, in purity of spirit, wanted to participate in the fruits of freedom. There were shared demonstrations. Representing the local Jewry was a young lad of 18 who gave a patriotic speech in ornate, rhetorical Polish. The speaker was not Reb Zalmen, affluent and traditional, but his grandson the gymnast, writer of these lines. But it was not long before the "shackles tightened," and in their independent country the Poles waged pogroms against the Jews. But the tide of anti-Semitism, in its strength and fury, had not yet reached our city, as it had other places. But to the members of the chalutz there wasn't a shadow of a doubt that our place was no longer here but 'in a place of cedars'. At the earliest opportune time Postolsky and his group made aliyah. Here they joined the Calandia-itrot group. The average Jew went on with his life as though nothing had happened, until that sudden, fateful day when Radzymin and its Jewry were wiped off the face of the earth -- its intellectuals, its observant, its poor and rich, its old and young.
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The days were emotional days. What seemed like a dream took on skin and bones. I was still young during the pioneering meetings of the Hachalutz and the Tseeray Zion (young Zionist) in Poland. The young people tried to establish rules and a program for the future life of the country and the community. All this was idealistic -- the firm belief that 'instead of cedars' would arise the land of Israel. A new community would be created, and we would be the builders.
In Radzymin Shalom Postolsky organized the first group of city chalutzim to make aliyah. They set out in the summer of 1920. Shalom Postolsky mobilized this group that was in fact the first concrete step toward the realization of organized group. Actually, the first lad who made aliyah even before the First World War from Radzymin to Eretz Yisrael was Yehiel Fyenik (concerning whom there is a special note in the book HaOrach ("The Editor")) In Palestine, too, they called the Radzymin chalutzim "The Postolsky Group".
The immediate reason for the aliyah was the particular situation in Poland two years after the group was established, during the summer months of 1920. Marshall Joseph Pilsudsky, ruler of Poland had a desire to conquer Kiev. The youth of Poland, which had just won freedom from the yoke of Russian Austrian conquest, showed fervent patriotism. Students of the gymnasiums volunteered and enrolled in officer-training schools that had been organized in feverish haste.
As a student in the gymnasium I too volunteered for officers-training school, but the registering officer told me with cynical frankness that my religion would be a barrier to my acceptance. If I registered, I would be rejected because of my Jewishness. And if I didn't register, they would say that my Jewish cowardice held me back.
That same day, I turned to the chalutz office in Warsaw with the urgent request that they help me make aliyah. This was several days after the Postolsky Group had left for Palestine. I received the answer, "It's O.K." I understood from this that I would be able to go openly and legally. But actually, only a small part of the trip was made legally and without hardship. That was the part from Warsaw to Cracow.In the region of Cracow the chalutzim lost their way. They were supposed to come to Marish Ostray, which was in the Czech area. I was imprisoned along with other chalutzim by Czech policemen.
While we were in custody, an officer of the Jewish community of Marish Ostray who was clean-shaven, a cigar in his mouth, wise, adaptable, and who knew how to conduct himself with the Czechs and get things fixed, came to our help. He muttered against "these immigrants" who do not know the law and who cause a disturbance to the Czech administration. After saying what they wanted to hear ("paying mouth tax") he continued, "But what can one do? Return them to the grasp of the Poles? Better that we should figure out how they can be conducted further." And even though the Czechs harassed us, (we were several hundred chalutzim), we were housed in the local synagogues. We waited and we managed for several weeks until we received a general visa from Austria. The benches of the synagogue were too hard for sleep or rest, but songs of our native land, our youthful spirits, and the knowledge that in aliyah we would forget the discomfort of this strange inn sustained us.
Happily and with thanks we departed from the local community, and we traveled to Vienna. There we needed permission to enter Palestine. It took longer than it did in Czechoslovakia, but since we had no alternative, we waited in Vienna. Austria in the tranquillity of the summer of 1920 was sad. Rationing in all its severity was imposed on all kinds of food and necessities. Food was sold through coupons, the famous Viennese pudding was an insulting reminder of what used to be called pudding, and a man who finished lunch in a restaurant was immediately ready for another meal.
Aboard the vessel
In Vienna we were transferred from inns to hotels and back again, but under more humane conditions than we had had in the synagogue. Nevertheless we were nervous and impatient; our aim was to reach the port of Jaffa, and day and night we dreamed about our first day in Palestine.
When the long-awaited confirmation for aliyah came, we did not waste even one more day in Vienna. Even those who had not yet had a chance to visit Herzl's grave, had to leave this for some future time. There was a strong heartfelt desire to reach Palestine as 5oon as possible. And also a desire to finish these wanderings and to reach the 'Port of Security.'
From Vienna we traveled to Italy by ship. When we came on board, we felt ourselves fortunate. It was a freighter, and only because there was a lack of necessary equipment were they able to use it as a passenger ship. The scoffers among us said, "When a vessel like this sinks n public announcement is made, simply because with a vessel like this, you don't make a noise." Needless to say there were no beds yet somehow we adjusted to it. The food was below standard, but who thought about conveniences while in the heart of the sea, as long as we were drawing closer to the port? The young boys and girls sang and danced, fraternized, talked with each other in groups or in general meetings.
Conditions in the Land
Freedom I recall when our ship anchored in the Port of Jaffa, and we disembarked. Gymnasts welcomed us with white bread, jam and sweet tea. In Eastern Europe at that time there was strict rationing of bread and sugar, and white bread was a rare commodity. But here in the land we found an abundance of food and the good will of many. Yet working conditions were hard. The fact that hundreds of the legionnaires who were discharged from the army were not able to find work and were forced to return to the lands from which they had come, restrained the optimism of many of us.
When I arrived in the land, I had in my bag one Egyptian lira. I remember this because in time of stress I comforted myself that I had not lost the 'fortune' that I had brought with me.
I was able to rest a little in Jaffa and in Tel Aviv, but my heart yearned to go up to Jerusalem. Tel Aviv then was quite small. Other than the gymnasium "Herzliah" there was nothing that we had heard about in the diaspora. My heart was drawn to the capital city. In addition to this my heart was curiously drawn to those of my city -- the Postolsky Group -- who had made aliyah several weeks before this to Calandia. I longed to see how they had become acclimated, and so the day after I arrived in the land I went to the capital, and after a tour I concerned myself with how to reach Calandia. Obviously, Egged and sherut were not yet operating in the country, but between Jaffa Gate and Yemin Moshe there was an open area where donkey drivers and their donkeys gathered ready for hire for trips. I came to this open square and asked a donkey driver for a trip to Calandia. The drivers were Arabs. I knew Hebrew but not a word of Arabic, But I explained in Hebrew and with many hand movements that I wanted to be taken to Calandia. He readily agreed and we started on the way, he on one donkey and I on the second. After a tiring ride we reached Moza, which in Arabic is called Colonia. A quarrel broke out between us (the first Jewish-Arab quarrel). I said that he, the driver, was at fault. He said that I was because I had not made clear where I wanted to go. I told him that he was the donkey. Finally we agreed that he would bring me back to the Jaffa gate without further cost.
Toward evening I was fortunate to get a wagon and a group going to Calandia, which took me as a hitchhiker. I was glad for the opportunity. That very night I met the Radzyminers who were part of the Calandia group, and among them, Shalom Postolsky. After the meal, despite the exhausting day, I was unable to sleep because of emotion. I was actually with my landsleit in an agricultural settlement near Jerusalem.
The young people of the Postolsky settlement afterward scattered to all parts of the land; they did not establish in Palestine a special or separate enterprise. But in the building industries, in digging for the laying of telephone lines, in kibbutzim and moshavim, in cities and towns from Dan to Eilat one found choice seeds that were sown with love and integrity by the young people of Radzymin.
Photo p.103: "Radzyminers at the beginning of the twenties"
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Remembering Cecil Garland
Forty-nine years ago, a Lincoln, Montana, hardware-store owner spread maps of the nearby national forest on his kitchen table. A self-educated migrant from North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains, he liked to hunt elk in a backcountry area where the Forest Service wanted to build roads, logging areas and campsites. He drew a line around the land he wanted to protect; later, he recalled: "I set out a jar of whiskey from the Smokies. The further we got into that bottle, the easier it was to draw the boundaries."
That moonshine-fueled mapper, Cecil Garland, died on May 11 at age 88, leaving his mark on the West. His grassroots campaign persuaded Congress to designate the 239,936-acre Scapegoat Wilderness Area in 1972 – the first wilderness protected by ordinary citizens instead of the Forest Service. (One agency boss complained: "We have lost control.") In 1973, Garland moved to a small cattle ranch in the Utah desert, where he helped lead the successful opposition to the Air Force's plan to install MX missile sites around the Great Basin. Recently, he battled Las Vegas' scheme to import groundwater from his area.
HCN began covering Garland in 1972, and in 1986, he wrote a cover story headlined "In defense of running cows on the public's land," available in our online archives. He was no saint and sometimes made offensive remarks. But as Montana Wilderness Association staffer John Gatchell says: "Many times, as I meet wilderness activists around the West, they tell me that they were inspired by him." A celebration of Garland's life will be held in Callao, Utah, on the weekend of Sept. 6. His family suggests honoring him by donating to MWA or the Great Basin Water Network.
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Indomitable canyon-country defender Katie Lee, now 94, has a new book out. The Ghosts of Dandy Crossing (Dream Garden Press) is a collection of lively stories about a Colorado River ford that was drowned by Lake Powell. Katie's tales, juicy and crackling with life, concern a love affair and the various fascinating characters who once lived in the area. Southwestern writer and HCN contributor Craig Childs writes: "(Katie Lee) is our foul-mouthed, lightning-eyed, boot-stomping balladeer, a character Louis L'Amour never could have invented."


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Ematic has released its 7-inch Android 4.0 FunTab Pro, a new tablet tailored to children. FunTab Pro has a rubberized texture and ergonomic design, ensuring a secure grip and a shape that fits in small hands.
FunTab Pro features include interactive story books, video mail, and an art studio. Interactive story books allow parents to make a video recording of themselves reading to the child using Zoodles.com or the device's built-in camera. The video mail feature allows invited family members to send short video messages to the FunTab Pro from Zoodles.com.
The tablet comes with a games bundle that includes Angry Birds, Where's My Water?, Cut the Rope, Skitch, School Assistant, Fruit Ninja, and educational apps from Intellijoy. A kid-safe web browser is also included.
The tablet runs on an Android 4.0 operating system and has a 1 GHz processor. The tablet comes with 1 GB RAM, 8 GB of internal storage, and a MicroSD card slot, allowing for an additional 32 GB of storage. The FunTab Pro has a 7-inch 800 x 480 multi-touch screen, front and back cameras, and built-in WiFi. Its HD Video player supports up to 1080p HD videos. The tablet also features an HDMI output for connecting to a TV. Its battery life allows for up to eight hours of continuous playtime.


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Wilson, P (1989) The expansion of long-distance walking routes in Ireland. Irish Geography, 22 . pp. 48-51. [Journal article]
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In this article we will look at setting up an existing Linux machine as a failover router to provide quick and automatic switchover from a dead Internet connection (the primary connection) to one that is operational (the secondary connection).
To begin, you'll need a PC with any recent GNU/Linux distro installed. You'll also need three network cards to put into this Linux box. Two of the three network cards, say eth0 and eth1, will connect to the Internet routers/gateways of your primary ISP (say ISP1) and secondary ISP (say ISP2). The third network card, say eth2, will connect to your internal LAN.
Setting up the network
Begin by setting up your network based on the configuration information available to you. You can make the configurations from the X Window GUI using the Network utility. To do so, open the Network utility from Main Menu > System Settings > Network. This will open up a network configuration window displaying a list of all the network cards installed on your system. Double-click on the network card you wish to configure, select the Statically Set IP Addresses option, and assign the IP address along with the subnet mask. There is also a Default Gateway Address field; tou can leave it blank for the time being, as it can be specified later on from the command line.
Assign the IP addresses provided to you by your ISPs to the two network cards, eth0 and eth1. In our setup, we assigned eth0=18.104.22.168 and eth1=184.108.40.206 (which are public IP addresses), along with the subnet mask 255.255.255.224.
Assign a private IP address based on your internal LAN subnet to your third card. We assigned eth2=10.0.0.1, where 10.0.0.0/24 was the address range for our internal LAN setup. Save your changes and exit.
Now turn on IP packet forwarding on the Linux box by changing the value of
net.ipv4.ip_forward to
1 in the /etc/sysctl.conf file and executing the command:
# sysctl -p
Next, you need to configure iptables by adding certain rules, so that your internal LAN can route packets to the Internet. For this, issue the following commands as root:
# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE # iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT # iptables -A FORWARD -d 10.0.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT # iptables -A FORWARD -s ! 10.0.0.0/24 -j DROP
The above commands turn on masquerading in the NAT table by appending a POSTROUTING rule (
-A POSTROUTING) for all outgoing packets on the two Ethernet interfaces, eth0 and eth1. The next two lines accept forwarding of all packets to and from the 10.0.0.0/24 network. The last line drops the packets that do not come from the 10.0.0.0/24 network.
To make the iptables rules permanent, save them as follows:
# iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables
Now you must restart your network, as well as iptables:
# /etc/init.d/network restart # /etc/init.d/iptables restart
To see if your new iptables rules have gone into effect, type
iptables --L.
Enabling failover routing
After you have configured your network, the next step is to enable failover routing on your Linux box, so that if the first route dies the router will automatically switch over to the next route. To do so, you'll need to add the default gateway routes provided to you by your ISPs for both your network cards:
# route add default gw 22.214.171.124 dev eth0 # route add default gw 18.104.22.168 dev eth1
Here, 188.8.131.52 is the gateway address given by ISP1 and 188.8.131.52 is the gateway address given by ISP2. Replace them with the addresses available to you. These routes will disappear every time you reboot the system. In order to make these routes permanent add the above two commands in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, which is run at boot time.
Also make sure that all the computers on your internal LAN (10.0.0.0/24) have their default gateway address set as the IP address of the eth3 Ethernet interface (i.e. 10.0.0.1) of your failover router.
Finally, modify the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/gc_timeout file. This file contains a numerical value that denotes the time in seconds after which the kernel declares a route to be inactive and automatically switches to the other route if available. Open the file in any text editor and change its default value of 300 to some smaller value, say 10 or 15. Save the changes and exit.
Now your Linux machine is ready to serve as a failover router, automatically and quickly switching to the secondary route every time the primary route fails.


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I don't know if I'd characterize myself as a "good sister." My brother Patrick is three years younger than I and we have nothing in common. While I was dressing my stuffed animals and preparing them for make-believe photo shoots and dance recitals, he was playing outside, running around with the neighbors, catching frogs, or watching cartoons. I was bizarre and aloof and inexplicably indignant, and he was warm and acquiescent and eager to please. So eager to please, in fact, that I could occasionally coerce him into Saturday afternoon doll recitals, or even, when I was really lucky, a festive day filled with brother dress-up time. I turned him into a turkey with place mat wings on Thanksgiving, Santa with a stuffed gut and a red turtle neck on Christmas, and an old man with a felt-taped mustache during an interminably long car ride. As I grew up, my taunting games elevated to new levels. I invented the highly entertaining game of "shove and throw," where we'd disappear into the basement after dinner and smash into each other until one of us was unable to get up. I, a foot taller, never lost. He, still eager to please, was always willing to play. We played bloody knuckles on car rides or occasionally just hit each other as hard as possible in the back seat for fun until my dad would yell at us to stop. During all of these games I was the perennial winner, and he the perennial good natured participant. It was something I took entirely for granted - having my own personal punching bag with amazingly resilient human emotions.
When I reached middle school I stopped playing games and turned my chronic pre-teen angst against my brother. My best friend and I would make radio mix tapes in my room and talk about how much we hated our respective families or create master plans to find proper relationships, and my brother would knock on the door to see what we were doing. A typical response:
"Get out of my room, genius boy. Can't you see we're busy? Go get me some juice."
And he'd trot down the stairs only to come back a few minutes later with a glass full of juice. It wasn't until my best friend looked at me and asked, "Kate, why are you so intolerant of him? He'd do anything for you", that I realized she was right, so I changed.
Like any personal metamorphosis, though, it wasn't perfect. I found myself occasionally relapsing into evil big sister mode. For the most part, I tried to put down my anger and redirect it at an equally undeserving recipient, my mom.
I went to high school, got my license and started driving him around. I taught myself how to have civil sisterly conversation: about relationships and sports and our parents. It was my duty, once I was a mature teenager, to impart my wisdom upon my brother (presumably the only person alive who believed I was "wise.")
I went to college and left him alone to tend to our parents and to grow into his own person; a person I was too busy at college to worry much about. We saw each other on holidays and during my breaks from school. Occasionally I could still convince him to do things with me - go for runs or out for ice cream or to jump my car for me when the battery was dead. It was interesting, too - the person he grew into during my absence wasn't bad. I actually liked the guy. I started to think that maybe all of my pre-teen misdirected anger might have had something to do with jealousy. It was possible. My brother was, after all, popular and athletic and funny, and he didn't have pimples or ugly feet like I did. Plus, I used to think my parents liked him better. Yes, I think I was jealous.
The summer after my freshman year in college, I was diligently training for the upcoming cross country season, and asked him to go for a run with me. He said no, he had a lacrosse game later that afternoon and he didn't want to be tired etc. I, unwilling to take no for an answer, bribed him with a post-run swim in a nearby gorge. I told him I'd drive to Cascadilla Falls, we'd go on a short, slow run together, and then go swimming. Hesitantly, he agreed.
We ran our four miles together, and hiked from the road down the rocky, uneven steps to the swimming hole. He'd never been there before. I had. Once again feeling the need to impart my sisterly wisdom upon my impressionable brother, I boldly walked to the edge of the water's rocky edge, and attempted a swan dive into the murky water ahead. My effort at grace was thwarted by a sharp crack as my nose collided with another level of rock beneath the surface. The only thing I remember thinking was, 'get out of the water.' As I pulled my head out of the water, I awkwardly turned around and faced my brother. It was then that I knew something was about to change. The blood rushed out of his face, and, with an expression of sheer horror he mumbled,
"Kate, you are seriously messed up."
That's when I looked down at the pool of blood in the water, and asked him to hand me my white tank top at the water's edge. He did, and I jammed it against my lacerated nose while the two of us began an unsteady ascent to the nearby parking lot.
My brother and I reached my mom's car, and I noticed the blood had soaked through my wadded-up tank-top. I'm sure my brother was talking to me, but I remember nothing other than the pulsating of my entire face. The two of us drove home at approximately 60 miles per hour through winding small town streets, and we picked up my mom. She met us in the driveway, ice in hand, and the three of us drove to convenient care. To make an excruciatingly long story short, I waited a long time, never had my lacerated nose cleaned-out, and ended up with stitches, a broken nose, and a fairly hideous scar. Unfortunately, due to the lengthy wait and the aforementioned "murky" water, I also ended up with three serious bacterium that procreated beneath the stitching and caused a 10 day infection. The infection resulted in hospitalization, fevers, IV drugs etc., and that, in turn, led to Multiple Sclerosis. I guess my immune system went into overdrive - it didn't stop at the nose infection, it attacked my whole nervous system and began diligently eating away at the myelin that coated my nerves. Secretly, while a little misguided, my immune system kicks ass.
So that was my last run with my little brother. Actually, it was one of my last runs ever. I was diagnosed with MS a few months later and my days of "shove and throw" in the basement were definitively terminated (as was my running career).
Shortly after I was diagnosed, I pulled away. From my brother, from the rest of my family and even - to a certain extent - from my friends. I biked when I couldn't run, swam when I couldn't bike, and wrote in my journal when I couldn't do either. I stopped talking to my brother because he couldn't make me feel better, and directed my anger elsewhere. I studied until my eyes yearned for contacts, and then studied more. No longer a runner, I defined myself as "busy" or "stressed." I was too busy to talk to my parents, listen to my brother, extend myself socially, and most definitely too busy to confront the actual cause of my stress. All the while I developed a serious case of resentment. And while my resentment was effectively masked, it took a toll on my relationships. Especially with my brother.
Pat and I spoke occasionally after I got MS, but conversation seemed strained. We continued to have little in common and I was too impatient and angry for inane conversation. When he wouldn't ask about my health, I'd get mad. I defined him as superficial and self-involved in my mind and lumped him into the category of "Those who don't understand."
It wasn't until my 23rd birthday (four years after I was diagnosed), that I stepped outside of myself for long enough to let go of the anger. After years of complaining to my mom or my roommate about his apparent disinterest with my life or my health, I got a birthday card in the mail. It was one of the strangest cards I've ever received, with a giant picture of old people about to sky dive on the front, and the cheesy phrase, I just know something wonderful is out there waiting for you, on the inside. It wasn't the card itself, though, that made me abandon my internal resentment, it was the words he wrote. Scratched in manner of hieroglyphics was the following:
Dear Kate,
I got you this card for numerous reasons. First of all, how funny is the picture on the front? Second of all, is sky-diving with old weird people supposed to be considered something wonderful? Third of all, and truthfully, I do see many wonderful things in your future. Not only may you someday sky-dive with geriatric retards, but I think you may win the Pulitzer for your novel. Seriously, though, you are kind of like my hero, and I know that no matter what you end up doing, you will have a positive impact on a significant amount of people. Thanks for being a great sister and helping me grow up. I looked up to you my entire life, and I idolize you now more than ever. Happy birthday, Kate.
Love, Pat
I read the words, checked the return address, and read the words again. Yes, the card was definitely from my brother. It was from the same brother who I'd intentionally injured in my parent's basement and bossed around for over a decade. It was written by "Genius Boy" who obsequiously got me juice whenever I asked, allowed me to dress him up as a turkey, and begrudgingly accompanied me on runs before lacrosse games. It was from the same brother who seemed oblivious to my MS and who, to my knowledge, didn't even know I planned to write a book. He called me a "great sister"? The whole thing took me a while to digest.
Wisdom has nothing to do with age, I guess. Wisdom, I think, is the ability to do what you can with what you have and Pat might be able to do that better than anyone else in my life. He doesn't necessarily ask about my health, and he'll never properly "understand", but he's the only person alive with the ability to send me a card with "geriatric retards" on the front that can still make me cry.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would require the Obama administration to prioritize government debt payments and retirement benefits if Congress fails to reach a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
The legislation is not expected to go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House has said it will veto the bill, but what is essentially a tactical maneuver will allow the Republicans, who control the House, to argue they have done their best to avoid a potential U.S. credit default.
By the end of next week, the Obama administration will no longer be able to borrow money to fund government operations because Congress has only agreed to extend the government's borrowing authority until May 19.
This will force the U.S. Treasury to start using its limited accounting maneuvers to extend the debt limit but such measures are not permanent and analysts say they could be exhausted by October.
The Republican bill, which passed 221-207 with a few Republicans dissenting and no Democratic support, would allow the U.S. Treasury to borrow more funds to pay the interest and principal on government bonds as well as retirement benefits.
Democrats called it the "pay China first" legislation as the Asian country holds more than $1.2 trillion in U.S. government bonds and is America's largest foreign creditor.
The bill "says we should pay the government of China before we pay our troops, before we pay our veterans, before we pay other bills here in the United States," said Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
But Republicans argued that it would take the threat of default off the table.
"Financial markets ought to be confident that their Treasury bonds are safe, regardless of what political storms are raging in Washington," said Republican Representative Tom McClintock of California, who crafted the original version of the bill.
House Republicans are looking for ways to deal with the debt limit while staying true to House Speaker John Boehner's rule that any debt-cap increase be matched by budget cuts and reforms.
The Republicans have been trying to force the administration to slash government spending and reform Medicare and Social Security benefits in return for an increase in the debt ceiling.
However, with no deal along those lines in sight, some allies of chief Republican tax writer Dave Camp, a representative from Michigan, have floated the idea of linking a debt-limit increase to a revamp of the tax code and lower tax rates.
This would allow lawmakers to skirt the politically painful decisions to cut Medicare and Social Security.
However, it is unclear if mainstream party supporters, much less the conservative faction of the Republican Party, will go along with this.
"It wouldn't be enough," said Kevin Brady, a senior Republican from Texas who is on Camp's tax-writing committee.
He said reform of the Social Security and Medicare benefits programs still would be required.
Camp has been working for more than a year to draft an overhaul of the entire tax code and has vowed repeatedly to move legislation out of his Ways and Means Committee this year.
House Republican are due to hold a meeting next Wednesday to discuss the various options.
Additional reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by David Brunnstrom and Bill Trott


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Bacon Soap
The other type of meat rub
- Looks and smells like bacon, but it's a bar of soap
- Comes in a fancy tin
- You will smell so delicious
How many times has the following scenario happened to you? You wake up late and have to compress your morning routine into a matter of minutes. In order to get fed and clean, you shower and eat breakfast at the same time. You close your eyes to prevent soap from getting in, and lather up. Too bad you grabbed some bacon instead of the soap; now you are even greasier than before your shower. You feel nasty, but smell delicious. And that's how you have to go to work. Just think: if you had some Bacon Soap you could have that scent of bacon, without risking all the microbes associated with rubbing your naked body with raw pork products.
And now you finally can have that Bacon Soap you've longed for all these years. It's marbled like real bacon. It smells like real bacon. And while it doesn't taste like real bacon (trust us), it sure does a body good. A dirty body, that is. Pick up a few bars for you and your friends. Each bar of Bacon Soap comes in a retro, metal tin, which makes it look great near your sink and perfect for gift giving. Bacon Soap - because bacon belongs in your bath!
For ingredients, click here.
Bacon Soap
- Looks and smells like bacon - but it's a bar of soap.
- Comes in a fancy tin.
- Net Wt: 2.3oz
- Dimensions: approx. 3.75" x 2.375" x 0.875"


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Game of Thrones' Tyrion Lannister may be a small man, but he's got a big heart, huge ambition, and is surprisingly good at killing people, all things considered.
He's also got something in common with Mario, if this goofy image floating around the internet is to be believed—one bite of a magic Mario mushroom and he turns into… Dr. Gregory House. Ha!
I do see the resemblance, though to be honest.... I mean, House is cool and everything, but Tyrion is way cooler. This is something of a mushroom-downgrade.
Dave Bunting (who readers may remember as one of the musicians behind that amazing closing credits anthem for the DS game Aliens: Infestation), decided to put the two images together into one super Gregryon Lannihouse monster that will haunt your dreams forever:


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Nokia has announced the official Qt port to the Maemo 5 Linux-based operating system that's designed to run on Nokia mobile computers. Qt is Nokia's cross-platform application and UI framework. This port to Maemo 5 is intended to support developers who want to use Qt to target mobile devices like the upcoming Nokia N900 while ensuring that applications can be ported to all Qt supported platforms, including the next Maemo 6 release as well as Symbian and Windows Mobile. The port is will be based on Qt's upcoming version 4.6, scheduled for final release in Q1 of 2010.
"Developers will be able to use Qt as a framework to create powerful native applications and with Qt's Webkit integration, it also provides them with a platform for creating web applications and services," says Nokia's Sebastian Nystrom. "Qt's support for Maemo 5, Maemo 6, Symbian, as well as Windows Mobile makes Qt the most sensible choice for developers looking to target multiple devices and achieve the broadest reach with their innovations."
This port of Qt incorporates the community-driven "Qt for Maemo" project. Nokia has also published an initial Technology Preview release. Developers can find out more at and contribute code at http://qt.gitorious.org.


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Members of the Chadian military reportedly shot and killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the terrorist connected with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb who claimed responsibility for the Algerian hostage crisis, during a raid on Saturday. Don't get excited just yet, though: he's been dead before.
Details are still sketchy, but if this proves to be true this will be a huge accomplishment for the Chadian military. The only details so far come from statements read on Chadian state TV. The military claims Belmokhtar was killed in a raid on an Islamist rebel base Saturday. "On Saturday, March 2, at noon, Chadian armed forces operating in northern Mali completely destroyed a terrorist base (...) The toll included several dead terrorists, including their leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar," the head of Chad's military said during his appearance.
If the report turns out to be false, and Belmokhtar is still alive, it will be the second time the terrorist has returned from the dead. Belmohktar was falsely reported dead in 1999, according to a The New York Times profile written around the time of the Algeria hostage situation. Belmohktar got his nickname, "Mr. Marlboro," for the vast cigarette-smuggling network he used to finance his seedier, deadlier, more destructive terrorist operations. The french have also called him "The Uncatchable," just to further drive home how significant a confirmed kill could be for Chad.
Belmokhtar claimed to be the leader of the terrorist group who were behind the hostage situation at the Algerian oil station in January. He is often reported to be a senior member of al Qaeda's operations in northern Africa, but other reports have claimed he broke from the group and operates on his own. In the case of the Algeria crisis, which resulted in the death of three Americans, there was speculation he re-teamed with AQIM to carry out the attack. He may have never parted from Al Qaeda at all.
For now, we're taking Chad's military at their word. The French military will have to confirm the death of Mr. Marlboro, and another top regional Al Qaeda commander Chad claims to have killed yesterday. All in all, that's not a bad weekend for Chad. And it's not even Sunday yet.
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Most tourists in Rome are content to visit the well known attractions such as the Colosseum and Vatican City. But there are other unique aspects to this ancient city - some high on the hills and others underground.
The Dark Rome Crypts & Catacombs Tour includes visits to the Capuchin Crypt, Roman Catacombs, and the Basilica of Saint Clemente. The Basilica and the underground catacombs provided us with additional understanding of the history of the city.
We met our tour guide Luciana at the Piazza Barberini. From there, private transportation is included. She explained that we should be aware that some of the sights might be repugnant to some and walked us to the nearby Santa Maria Della Concezione dei Cappucci, a church on the Via Veneto.
As we walked through the crypts, it became clear what she meant by possibly repugnant sites. Bones of friars of the Capuchin order of Rome who died between 1528 and 1870 were housed in six different crypts. The bones, which were arranged in geometric patterns by the friars themselves, were almost like pieces of a bizarre Lego set.
One crypt contained only skulls, while others contained thigh and pelvis bones. In one of the rooms we saw bones arranged in the shape of hearts. We were not allowed to take photos. Those shown here were provided to us by Dark Rome.
I was ready to move onto real life and was glad to continue to the another site. Next, our private bus took us to the Catacombs of San Callisto which also contained human remains, but certainly not as gruesome.
On our bus ride to the catacombs, Luciana explained that in ancient times bodies were not permitted to be buried within the walls of Rome. Pagans preferred to cremate their dead, but the early Christians required burial. Therefore catacombs were dug in the soft volcanic rock surrounding Rome specifically for this purpose.
We saw the coffin shaped containers but no remains were visible.We learned that the San Callisto Catacombs, located on the Apian Way, were started about 150 AD and contain the remains of more than 50 martyrs and 16 pontiffs. We walked down and then up a series of narrow steps and viewed many caskets. The wealthier families had their own private burial rooms.
We saw the tomb of St. Cecila, the popular patron saint of music and the statue which is a copy of the sculpture done by Stefano Maderno in 1599. She was venerated in this crypt for at least five centuries. Then, in 821, her relics were transferred to Trastevere in the basilica dedicated to her.
Our private bus then took us to the small, but historical Basilica of San Clemente. Lucianna explained that the basilica contained several layers of history. Irish Dominicans are caretakers of the present church which was built in 1100 AD.
She told us that at Basilica San Clemente the sound of running water drove one clergyman to dig through the floor tiles. What he discovered was the "wedding cake" – layers of history piled on top of each other so that visitors today climb down to a 4th century church, the 2nd century remains of a Mithraic temple and finally, an incredibly preserved 1st century Roman street. With ruins reaching 57 feet deep, one wonders what lies beneath the rest of Rome.
The historical aspects of the site were discovered in the 1860's. The church contains four levels of history and Luciana led us through them. At the bottom, we were able to view the well preserved remains of a Roman street from the times of Julius Caesar. Some archeologists believe that coins were minted in one of the buildings.
A room from 200 AD was believed to be the sanctuary for members of the Cult of Mithras. Many members of this cult were probably gladiators who would be fighting in the nearby Colosseum.
The next layer contains the remains of a church built in the 4th century as Christianity became recognized in the Roman Empire. The church was well known in the Christian world and was actually the scene of several councils and papal elections.
The present church was built in the 1100's and contains numerous artifacts and frescoes.
Our tour ended with the bus ride back to Piazza Barberini during which Luciana filled us in on many of the tourist sights we were passing.
This was one of the most unique tours we've ever experienced. It was in some ways unsettling thinking of the monks assembling the bones in patterns. It is a part of history that took us by surprise, and we are glad that Dark Rome Tours has put together this fascinating journey back to some lesser known history.
The Basilica of Saint Clemente brought attention to the fact that so much history is hidden under the surface of what we know. The catacombs were another unique part of the past.
Dark Rome Tours, one of the largest tour operators in Italy, provided us with knowledgeable guides, shorter lines than if we had done this on our own, and small groups to facilitate the question and answer process during the tours. We continue to be appreciative of the high quality of the Dark Rome Tours.
(See Roman Colosseum Tour for our tour of the Roman Colosseum.)
For information and to book this tour or learn more about Dark Rome's Tours in Italy and other countries, contact Dark Rome Tours.


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Everyone and their mothers have played PopCap's Bejeweled, though the mothers are likely the ones still playing it today. It's a modern casual classic, a low-impact match-three puzzler that's been ported around to every possible place — Internet sites, home consoles, portables — but hadn't yet made it to the Wii in any form. Now, it has. The results are pretty much what you'd expect.
Bejeweled 2 on WiiWare offers the same, classic, easy-going gem-matching gameplay as always, as you control a little cursor or IR pointer with the Wii Remote to select shining diamonds and swap their positions, trying to line up three or more of the same color in either vertical or horizontal rows. It can be a quick game, if you make it that way. But mostly it's played slow and simple, with little negative consequence leveled against you for taking your time, and automatic hint icons popping up if the game thinks you're getting stuck.
It's hard to consider this a real sequel, especially since the first game to be called Bejeweled 2 came out around six years ago now — but perhaps PopCap kept the numeral on this release to signify that this isn't Bejeweled Twist or Bejeweled Blitz, the two more modern versions of the design. It's disappointing to not get those revisions of the formula as options here, but the Classic, Action, Puzzle and Endless modes that are available should keep most fans happy.
And, as a bonus, Mii support's included. So you can smash diamonds while your digital self looks on.
Closing Comments
So Bejeweled 2 on WiiWare offers only small surprises while keeping things centered on the same core gameplay that's made its name so successful for nearly a decade now. If you (or your mother) have played it to death on other platforms, you'd be fine to pass by it here. But this is a fine version, and well worth the Wii Points for those who know exactly what they'll be getting.


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Reprintas at 6 November 2008
Biosecurity (Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998: revoked, on 6 November 2008, by clause 3 of the Regulations Revocation Order 2008 (SR 2008/367).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This order is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
PURSUANT to section 87(2) of the Biosecurity Act 1993, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
1 Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Pest control on land administered by Department of Conservation
4 Additional limitation on work
5 Application of order
(1) This order may be cited as the Biosecurity (Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998.
(2) This order comes into force on 10 July 1998.
In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Financial year has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989
General administrative functions means setting standards, inspection, enforcement, monitoring, surveillance, provision of advice or information, education, direct control (including biological control) of pests, research into biological control, administration, or management
Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy means the pest management strategy approved by the Marlborough District Council on 22 May 1997.
(1) The Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy applies to the Crown to the extent that the Crown must,—
(a) So far as is practicable, carry out work in accordance with that strategy, to the value of $10,000 each financial year, on land owned by the Crown and administered by the Department of Conservation under the Conservation Act 1987 or under any Act listed in Schedule 1 of the Conservation Act 1987:
(b) Pay the amount of $175 each financial year to the Marlborough District Council for general administrative functions as specified in that strategy.
(2) The obligations in subclause (1)(a) are subject to the limitation in regulation 4.
The Crown's obligation to carry out work applies only to rabbits.
This order applies to the financial years commencing on 1 July 1998, 1 July 1999, and 1 July 2000.
Clerk of the Executive Council.
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on 10 July 1998, sets out the Crown's obligations in respect of the Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 11 June 1998.
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
This is an eprint of the Biosecurity (Marlborough Regional Rabbit Pest Management Strategy) Crown Obligations Order 1998. It incorporates all the amendments to the order as at 6 November 2008. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.
This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see "Making online legislation official" under "Status of legislation on this site" in the About section of this website.
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Moving Beyond the Volume
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At first, Ellen White's writings were available in books, tracts and periodical articles. A new book with Ellen White's letters and manuscripts up through 1849 is soon to be published. For years now her published works have been in an electronic CD format. Two Ellen White writings apps already exist for iPhones. And since the entire world is on the Internet, the newest method of distributing her writings to the world church makes all of her published writings in the languages in which they are published available online.
The Ellen G. White Estate was formed in 1915 as a result of Ellen White's will. Since that time the organization has been dedicated to translating and distributing her materials. One of the more recent manifestations of this mission has been the cooperation with the General Conference in the formation of the Connecting with Jesus project through an action of the General Conference in session in 2005. The goal was to make 10 of Ellen White's well-known works available to all church members and to encourage the study of her writings.
The ten "Connecting With Jesus" books include Education, Ministry of Healing, Steps to Christ, the five-volume Conflict of the Ages series, Counsels for the Church and Counsels on Stewardship. The books have been made available by the millions in major world languages including English, Spanish, French, Russian and Chinese.
At the 2010 General Conference Session in Atlanta, the White Estate presented a digital version of the Connecting with Jesus books that includes major foreign languages. Over the next year the goal is to include all of the Ellen White books that are available in the many languages in which they have been published. The website, still in a beta (test) state, makes the digital files available in a multitude of ways: PDF, text-searchable books, and some are even in Mp3 format.
The digitization of Ellen White's works is made possible by the joint efforts of the Ellen G. White Estate and its branch office at Andrews University's Center for Adventist Research (CAR), and through the generous support of donors. Both organizations are in the process of digitizing their works: the Ellen G. White Estate is digitizing their collection of Heritage materials and the Center for Adventist Research is digitizing most of their books, papers, sound recordings and photographs. Since the Center for Adventist Research has many of Ellen White's books in foreign languages and is active with digitizing Adventist materials it was the natural place to do the digitization.
The digitization process begins in a medium-size room at the Center for Adventist Research office, under the direction of Merlin Burt, director of the Center. There, the foreign-language copies of White's writings are scanned, page-by-page, and turned into a digital image. The digital images are then refined and assembled into a single "book." The PDF of this "book" is sent to the White Estate, where the PDF is then scanned with optical character recognition. This makes it possible to search each book for keywords, and get thousands of results instantly. For example, the keyword "Isaiah" brings up 9,000 results from the works already online. The digital files are then uploaded onto the new website, www.egwwritings.whiteestate.org.
The Connecting with Jesus mission doesn't stop there, however. Daryl Thompson, director of the Ellen G. White Estate, says that this digitization is part of a larger effort to completely redesign the website of the Ellen G. White Estate and make it as user-friendly as possible. The goal of the Estate is to make each one of Ellen White's writings previously printed in another language available online. According to Thompson, 50 languages will cover 99% of the Seventh-day Adventist population, and various groups have expressed interest in minor-language translations as well.
Several modules (sections of a website) will eventually be centralized on the updated Ellen G. White Estate website. Thompson envisions the new website eventually resembling Google, with accounts and information sharing. Burt anticipates that the digitization of all of Ellen White's foreign-language published writings will be finished sometime next year.
And when they are finished, the entire world can access them "without any kind of hindrance except the need of a computer," says General Conference president Ted Wilson. "It will be a wonderful way in which young people especially and others will have access to these writings which are so important to every facet of life—from health to family life to understanding our relationship with God. The online format is going to enhance the sharing of these incredible and profound writings which I believe are inspired by God."