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Alchemists' Guild
The Alchemists' Guild[1], also referred to as the Guild of Alchemists[2][3] is an old order of pyromancers. The guild was once powerful, though in the recent centuries, the maesters rose in prominence and pyromancers saw their influence dwindle.[4] The pyromancers still claim to posses vast secret stores of knowledge.[4]
A full member of the Alchemists' Guild is called a wisdom. There are also apprentices and acolytes to assist them.[4] The order is led by a wisdom that bears the title of Grand Master.[5]
In its earlier years, the guild was very powerful, but by the reign of King Robert I Baratheon their abilities and influence have been greatly diminished. Now only a few of the old order remain.[6] The pyromancers from the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing are not the only pyromancers that can be found across the world; pyromancers can also found in the city of Asshai in Essos,[7] though it is unknown if they are connected with the Alchemists' Guild from Westeros.
The alchemists claimed to be able to transmute metals and create living creatures of flame, at the height of their power. In more recent times, they are still likely to hint at possessing vast secret stores of knowledge, though they only demonstrate the skill to create wildfire, which they call the substance. The wildfire is created in the Guildhall, located on the Street of the Sisters, close to Visenya's Hill in King's Landing.[4] The hall is an imposing labyrinth of cold, black stone.[3][4] Great care is taken when producing wildfire. Trained acolytes prepare the product in bare stone cells, and once a jar is ready, it is immediately removed by an apprentice and brought to the vaults.[4]
Reign of Aegon IV Targaryen
King Aegon IV Targaryen, who had dreamed of conquering Dorne, commanded the Guild of Alchemists to build him "dragons". Thus, the alchemists constructed massive devices fitted with pumps that shot jets of wildfire. One of the engines went up in flames in the kingswood and soon all seven burned, taking a quarter of the kingswood with them and forcing Aegon to abandon his scheme.[8]
Reign of Daeron II Targaryen
Because of the Great Spring Sickness, Hand of the King Lord Brynden Rivers had the pyromancers burn the corpses that had been piled in the Dragonpit. A quarter of King's Landing burned in the aftermath.[9]
Reign of Aegon V Targaryen
Pyromancers are mentioned in the fragments of Gyldayn's writings which survived the tragedy at Summerhall.[10]
Reign of Aerys II Targaryen
The alchemists enjoyed a period of increased influence during the reign of King Aerys II Targaryen. The Alchemists visited court more frequently as King Aerys's fascination with wilfire grew larger.[5] When the King tasked them with driving off winter at the start of 282 AC, the wisdoms burned green fires along the Red Keep's walls for a moon's turn.[11] A few years before his reign ended, King Aerys also began using fire to burn traitors, murderers and plotters.[5] One of such executions was the execution of Lord Rickard Stark.
The three wisdoms during Robert's Rebellion were Lord Rossart, Garigus and Belis. King Aerys tasked them with creating a vast quantity of wildfire to potentially destroy King's Landing, should the war be lost. When Lord Qarlton Chelsted, the Hand of the King, opposed the plan and renounced his duties in disgust, Aerys had him burned to death with wildfire and made Rossart as his next and final Hand.[12] This was one of the reasons why Ser Jaime Lannister slew both Rossart and King Aerys during the Sack of King's Landing.
Days after the Sack of King's Landing, Jaime Lannister hunted down Garigus and Belis and killed them.[12] The acolytes who remained at the Guild were inexperienced in destroying the wildfire, so some of Aerys's jars of wildfire could still be found in the vaults of the Guild during the reign of King Joffrey I Baratheon.[4] In addition, much of Aerys's stock was lost, with a cache found under the Great Sept of Baelor in 298 AC, and another one under the Dragonpit in 299 AC.[4][13]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
During the War of the Five Kings, Cersei Lannister commissions a great quantity of wildfire for the defenses of King's Landing. The alchemists report an unexplainable increase in the effectiveness of their spells, where it is quickly noted that it had not been as easy since the time of the dragons, which allowed them to create the substance more quickly.[4] Some wildfire jars commissioned by the late Aerys II Targaryen are rediscovered.[4][13]
A Feast for Crows
Lord Hallyne and his Guild of Alchemists are employed by Queen Regent Cersei Lannister to burn down the Tower of the Hand.[2]
Wildfire is but one of the dread secrets of our ancient order. Many and wondrous are the things we might show you.[4]
– Hallyne to Tyrion Lannister
– Hallyne to Tyrion Lannister
- Tyrion Lannister's thoughts
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 3, Tyrion I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 12, Cersei III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Guild of Alchemists.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 37, Jaime V.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry softball team opened the 2013 season with a bang, with a doubleheader sweep of Northwood (Fla.) at Buccaneer field on Thursday night. The Bucs took game on 9-0 in five innings and completed the sweep with a 6-0 win in the nightcap.
Ashley Fernandez and Natalia Ojeda each went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs in the doubleheader. Sarah Broeseker also had three hits while Megan Copeland drove in three runs.
In the first game, the Bucs set the tone early as Ojeda led off with a single and went to second on a bunt by Copeland. Broeseker and Julie Brito had back-to-back singles to plate the first run and Fernandez followed with a mammoth three-run homer down the line in left.
The Bucs tacked on two runs in the third on an RBI single by Kayla Monroy and a bases-loaded walk by Ojeda.
In the fifth, the Bucs loaded the bases again with one out and Copeland cleared them with triple to left.
Alexis Yohe, who tossed four hitless innings, picked up the win. She walked one, struck out three and faced the minimum. Laurrin Howard took the loss in a complete-game effort for the Seahawks.
In game two, the Bucs again rode a big inning to the win. In the second, they sent 11 batters to the plate and scored five runs. Fernandez, who walked to lead off the inning, scored on a ground ball by Alexis Kent. Ojeda had a two-run single, while Camille Czarnecki and Brito each knocked in single runs. The Bucs plated their final run on an RBI single by Kelly Martinez in the third.
Britney Pugh worked the final four innings in relief of Czarnecki and earned the win. Pugh allowed three hits and a walk, but struck out six to preserve the shutout. Czarnecki had five strikeouts in three innings. Kami Reinecke took the loss for the Seahawks, allowing all six runs (two earned) on eight hits and a walk in three innings.
The team get the regular season under way on Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla., with a doubleheader.
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|Oracle® OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10335-02
|View PDF
This appendix describes the development environment for creating applications that use the OLAP API.
This appendix includes the following topics:
The Oracle Database installation, with the OLAP option, provides the OLAP API and other class libraries, as
jar files, that you require to develop an OLAP API client application. As an application developer, you must copy the required
jar files to the computer on which you develop your Java application, or otherwise make them accessible to your development environment.
Your application development environment must have the following files:
The OLAP API
jar file, which contains the OLAP API class libraries.
Certain Oracle JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
jar files, which provide communications between the application and the Oracle database. The Oracle installation includes the JDBC files. You must use these JDBC files and not those from another Oracle product or those from a product from another vender.
The Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.2. The Oracle installation does not provide the JDK. For information about obtaining and using it, see the Sun Microsystems Java Web site at
If you are using Oracle JDeveloper as your development environment, the JDK is already installed on your computer. However, ensure that you are using the correct version of the JDK in JDeveloper.
Table A-1 lists the OLAP API and other jar files that you must include in your application development environment. The table includes the locations of the files under the directory identified by the
ORACLE_HOME environment variable on the system on which the Oracle database is installed. You can copy these files to your application development computer, or otherwise include them in your development environment.
Table A-1 Required Class Libraries and Their Locations in the Oracle Installation
|Class Library jar File
|Location under ORACLE_HOME
olap_api.jar file contain the OLAP API classes. The
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The injury news on tight end Rob Gronkowski was not good, but the Patriots appear to have dodged a bullet in regard to running back Danny Woodhead.
Woodhead injured his thumb early in Sunday's 41-28 victory over the Texans and did not return to the contest. The Patriots didn't really miss him as Shane Vereen scored three times playing in a role similar to the one normally filled by Woodhead. Based on what coach Bill Belichick said in Monday's press conference, the Patriots should be able to pick their poison come the AFC Championship Game.
"Danny was examined and back on the sideline for the remainder of the game. Had we needed to use him, he would have been available to go back in there," Belichick said. "Now that we are into a new week, we will re-address the whole situation and try to get a good feel of what he would and wouldn't be available to do, and how functional he would be doing it. So I would say that's something we'll have to look at during the week."
Defensive end Chandler Jones also left the game with an injury, but Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald reports that he was not in a walking boot to protect his ankle after the end of the game. We'll find out more about the status of both Jones and Woodhead when the Patriots return to practice on Wednesday.


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December 20, 2012
The first graders in Linda Bock's class at Evers ES are "thankful" they can come to school to learn and have fun with their friends.
As an extension activity, the students celebrated the last day before Thanksgiving break with lunch in their classroom on placemats that they had made. They also wore feather headbands.
The students learned that the holiday season is a time when friends and family come together to share.


text: Founded in 1868, Lincoln Park Zoo occupies 49 acres in Lincoln Park. The free-admission zoo is home to about 200 species of animals, but no elephants since 2005. The Farm-in-the-Zoo exhibit, introduced in 1964 and renovated in 2002, has introduced generations of city dwellers to farm animals. The zoo's Nature Boardwalk opened to the public in 2010; it surrounds South Pond, formerly home to a fleet of swan paddle boats.


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Right or Wrong? Police Storm Couple's Home [VIDEO]
Without knowing what led up to this police raid, and only the knowledge of what is on the video... were the police right, or wrong?
From the audio, it seems that the police were at the residence for a domestic violence call... even though the people inside the home deny any wrondoing. Watch the video, and share your opinions in the comments below.


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German Worker Strike Threatens Amazon's Holiday Cheer
Nov 25, 2013 9:57 AM PT
Workers at Amazon in Germany are striking yet again in an effort to coax the company into better pay and conditions.
Hundreds of workers at two Amazon centers, one in Bad Hersfeld and one in Leipzig, walked out on Monday.
At the heart of the strikes -- there have been a handful of short strikes by Amazon workers in Germany this year -- is Amazon's classification of itself as a logistics company. Workers are pushing for a collective bargaining agreement that would bring payment and working conditions in line with those who work in the "mail order and retail" sector, which has more generous minimum requirements than logistics.
The union organizing the strikes has floated the idea of expanding walkouts during December, muddying up Amazon's holiday operations.
Germany is Amazon's second-biggest market behind the U.S. and accounts for about one-third of the company's overseas sales. Amazon employs 9,000 people there.
[Sources: Reuters; The Associated Press]
Apple Acquires Israeli Company for $350 Million
Apple has agreed to fork over about US$350 million for PrimeSense Ltd., an Israeli company best known for making the motion-tracking chip technology used in Microsoft's Kinect game console.
PrimeSense's technology would figure to expand Apple's future product capabilities by enabling them to detect movements and objects. PrimeSense is reportedly developing depth-sensing technology that could be used by 3D cameras in mobile phones to perform all sorts of fun tricks.
Earlier this year, Google acquired Israeli social navigation outfit Waze for $1 billion, so it's been a good year for Israeli tech companies.
[Source: Businessweek]
Extramarital Affair Website Tries to Massage Singapore Authorities
Noel Biderman, the CEO of Ashley Madision, a website premised on facilitating affairs between people who are already married, is hoping to strike a "resolution" with Singapore's Media Development Authority to unblock the site.
Singapore blocked Biderman's site earlier this month, even before its official launch, after a popular Facebook petition opposed it.
Biderman told Singapore media that there are "societal benefits" to the site, which is available in 34 countries.
[Source: TodayOnline.com via Tech In Asia]
Qualcomm Chief Talks About Biz in China
U.S. restrictions on Chinese telecommunications companies and ongoing revelations about NSA snooping are having an impact on Qualcomm's operations in China, according to company CEO Paul Jacobs.
Qualcomm is "seeing increased pressure," Jacobs said, adding that all U.S. tech companies are in the same boat. He didn't out and say that the U.S.'s treatment of Chinese telecoms and/or NSA revelations were hurting sales, but he did say that the events had informed the company's approach: You "have to be very cautious," he told The Wall Street Journal.
Qualcomm generated $1 billion in revenue from the Middle Kingdom in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 29.
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Journalists are enlisting drones to get views of the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
One drone was launched by British photographer Lewis Whyld, whose images both appeared on CNN and helped rescue workers discover and recover a pair of bodies, The New York Times reported.
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10 Magazine Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Ten Designer Covers
>> It's not often that a designer graces the cover of a magazine, but in celebration of a decade since its launch, 10 magazine wrangled ten "fashion gods" for ten separate covers — each photographed by the lensman of their choice. Helmut Lang sent in a passport photo, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana commissioned Terry Richardson, Vivienne Westwood had Juergen Teller capture her, Ralph Lauren was snapped by Bruce Weber, and Karl Lagerfeld submitted a self-portrait. Alber Elbaz, Azzedine Alaia, Donatella Versace, John Galliano, and Tom Ford round out the rest of the designers featured.
"These are some of the faces that have made our industry and it is an honour to be celebrating them. 10 magazine has a history of celebrating the best creative talent in the world and we are honoured that these icons of fashion agreed to be our cover stars," said Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, the magazine's founder and editor-in-chief (who is also creative director and fashion director at Harper's Bazaar UK).


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Jonathan Meades hates architects 'who think they can solve everything' and says hell is a John Pawson home. But really, he's on your side. Rory Olcayto meets him
'One of the things you can do is, get a condom, fill it up with Dove, tie it up and just chuck it down into the charcuterie area.' Jonathan Meades is talking about malls. 'Or go up to a security guy with a lanyard round your neck and say you've got an R54J in Boots the chemist and see what happens.'
We're talking about malls because on the back cover of Meade's new book Museum Without Walls, there is a list of things presumably discussed inside and 'shopping malls' are among them. But also because we meet in Café Anglaise in Whiteleys shopping centre, and I assume this means that Meades is making a point about places; 'the greatest of free shows', as he calls them. But no, it's not a topic he cares to dwell on and even the pranks he suggested are borrowed from another book. 'I've tried to make malls an area that grabbed my attention, but it hasn't worked,' he says. 'I did write about Bluewater once. I don't know if it's in there, I didn't edit it. My wife did.'
There's no mention of Bluewater – or any other mall – in the book's 446 pages either, but Mrs Meades clearly faced some tough editorial decisions in pulling it together: the 54 essays and six film scripts represent just 10 per cent of Meades' writings on the built environment over the past three decades. Some, The Dismal Profession, On the Brandwagon, Postmodernism to Ghost-Modernism, offer witty, depressing accounts of a spineless, dimwitted architectural culture. Others, such as the rudely provocative Fuck E**lish *erit*ge and The Curse of Bilbao are self-explanatory.
Others still are useful correctives, especially the ones about specific people and places. Birmingham is 'excessively sylvan, lavishly green'. Tunbridge Wells is 'an unexpected, undervalued pleasure'. Meades' hero Ian Nairn was 'not dogmatic, though often pedantic', his villain, Reyner Banham 'arty yet artless'. Zaha Hadid, who he profiled for Intelligent Life, the Economist's quarterly, is 'funny, and fun'. Publisher Unbound says the book 'dissolves the barriers between high and low culture, good and bad taste, deep seriousness and black comedy'. Meades calls it 'heavy entertainment'.
Architects will find much of it hard to take. In the first few pages Meades gives the profession and the entire culture that surrounds it, including the architectural press – he once worked for the AJ – an aggressive shakedown. 'This most public of endeavours is practiced by people who inhabit a smugly hermetic milieu which is cultish,' he writes. He makes fun of a fondness for pseudo-science, fumes at 'photography that is mendacious' while 'appointing architects to conceive places rather than just sticking to buildings is like… getting Hamas to babysit a kibbutz.' During our conversation, he says British architects are especially bad at making places. 'In Britain, it seems to veer between the user-hostile stuff of the sixties and Poundbury. And the derivatives of Poundbury.' Yet he also praises Richard Rogers in those same first few pages, for his Bordeaux Law Courts, which despite being 'so achingly iconic it hurts', is 'a remarkable work… it fulfills its responsibility to the street'. (They're obviously friendly: in one chapter he mentions a drive westwards across London with the architect and his wife after a dinner party in Dartmouth Park).
In person, Meades is friendly, very funny, and a superb host. He is emphatically not the intimidating Meades he 'plays' on TV. His admiration too, for figures such as Nairn, is charming. Meades is a 'fan'. But there is a sense of despair when it comes to talking buildings – or rather, the architects who design them. Rogers aside, I wonder, does he feels contempt for architects? 'There is contempt for the idea a lot of architects have that architecture can solve everything,' he says. 'That arrogance and the vanity and pomposity of a certain sort of architect.' And because their work is so public, architects should project a degree of humility too. 'They are going to impose this thing on millions of people they don't know, who are not their clients, who are not the initial users of the building. But it's not discussed because it's something architects don't want to have to think about.'
How architects think is the real problem. Architects, says Meades, belong to a non-literary, non-verbal culture. 'They don't understand the discourse the dialectic, of criticism.' And if criticism comes from outwith the profession, it's invalid anyway. Their bent towards 'aesthetic totalitarianism' and their unquestioning admiration of buildings like St Catherine's College, Oxford by Arne Jacobsen, who designed 'every piece of furniture and every piece of cutlery' is another problem. 'I have a dislike of buildings where the architect has done absolutely everything,' he says. 'People need to be able to make their own mess. Can you imagine being in a John Pawson home? Hell might be like that.'
Charles Voysey was even worse. As Meades tells it, 'Voysey was very, very short and his houses are made for short people. There was something bizarre about him. He couldn't empathise with people six feet tall.'
He also has little time for the utilitarian 'excuses' architects give to justify their work other than by aesthetic means. 'Architects who are true to themselves and truthful in general, will say, "I just wanted it to look like that".' This reminds me of a Will Alsop lecture I attended at Strathclyde University in my student days and the audience gasping when Alsop said his Hotel du Departement was blue because he liked the colour. He offered no utilitarian or philosophical reasons, I tell Meades. 'I love that building,' he says. 'It's the greatest thing built in Marseilles, after the place where I live, Corbusier's Unité. Alsop was extremely audacious in chromatic terms, because there aren't any blue buildings in Marseilles, there's the blue sea but it's basically a putty-coloured town. It's a wonderful thing. And it's popular. Zaha's building [The CMA CGM tower] is not, I would say, a success. The colours are wrong. Totally.'
During a takedown of Steven Holl's 'hideous museum of design in Helsinki, which should really be the museum of cock-ups', and which Meades saw the week before during a trip to the Finnish capital, I mention that the American architect has raised hackles over his design opposite the Glasgow School of Art. His response is quite unexpected. 'I think Mackintosh is hideously overrated. When you think of all the other great architects in and around Glasgow at that time, Gillespie, McLaren, Salmon. These people were just as good as Mackintosh but Mackintosh has been somehow sainted.' Like the Smithsons, fingered as charlatans in Museum without Walls, 'Mackintosh belongs more to the history of mythmaking than the history of architecture.' For Meades, 'self-publicists will always triumph, whatever field it is.'
Take it on the chin, architects. Meades is actually on your side. He just wants you to stick to what you do best: making buildings. Places are beyond you. And cutlery is too. And remember, it's only soap in those condoms he's chucking in your direction.
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According to this news report, a man in Martinsville, Indiana allegedly shot the mother of his 14-month-old daughter after the woman broke up with him through Facebook. Though one should not jump to concluding that Facebook caused this murder, we are left to consider whether the nature of social media communications contributed to the alleged killer's motivation.
Breaking up is supposed to be a private event. Though we do not know the precise means the woman used to communicate the breakup (was it a private message or an IM, or was it more public like a status update or wall post?), one cannot help but notice the incongruity of using a social media platform to communicate a sensitive matter. Equally intriguing as the breakup is the man's alleged apology in advance that he posted to Facebook before the murder.
Social media, just like any technology, gives us choices. Stories like this show how, in certain circumstances, human nature may not always be up to the task of making the right decisions when that process is affected by a novel context like the seemingly public context of Facebook.
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It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. When it comes to the needs of a pet, some people can be quite inventive — and sometimes that inventiveness can lead to a new source of income.
Michele McGuire, a pilot from Maryland, likes to fly with her dog Cooper, but was concerned about the impact the noise had on him. That led her to create a small business to manufacture ear protection for man's best friend. Mutt Muffs was one of the new exhibitors at Sun 'n Fun last month.
According to McGuire, when she took Cooper, her two-and-a-half-year-old black lab mix in the airplane, the normally frisky dog would go into the back seat and lie down.
"That's so unlike him because he's normally so energetic," she said. "I knew that level of noise had to be unhealthy for him."
She thought about ways to block the noise for the dog's ears. She's not the first dog owner to experiment with the idea. Over the years dog owners have used toilet paper, cotton balls, makeup pads and even conventional earplugs designed for humans to protect their pets. The problem is that dogs will shake their heads to dislodge the plugs, use their paws to pull them out, and very often chew up the items and swallow them.
There had to be a better way, McGuire reasoned, and she went to the metaphorical drawing board. She knew the shape of the headset would have to be different from one designed for a human and there would have to be a method of securing the headset so the dog could not pull or shake it off. She developed some ideas and consulted with an engineer, who came up with a working prototype. The unit consists of two lozenge-shaped ear cups containing high-density foam. They are positioned on either side of the dog's head and held in place with an over-the-head strap and an additional strap that goes beneath the chin.
The protection worked great, she noted. Once he was wearing the Mutt Muffs, Cooper was back to his frisky self in the airplane.
It dawned on McGuire that she probably wasn't the only pilot who took her dog flying and she began to think about ways to market the Mutt Muffs.
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Just as there are various sizes of dogs, there are various sizes of headsets. She has units that can fit larger animals like Huskies and Great Danes, down to the dogs that can fit in an average-sized purse.
"Some people walk by and shake their heads and smile," said McGuire. "Other people laugh so hard they cry – which is why we put the Kleenex out," she jested, pointing to the box.
But for dog owners like Alyce Rankin from Camas, Wash., ear protection for her dog is serious business. Rankin has a service animal named Fatima. The little black dog is small enough to be carried in a purse.
"My husband and I have a Navion and she goes every place with us," Rankin explained. "I have been using cotton pads to protect her ears. I have a degree in audiology and I known how fatiguing that level of noise is for humans, so it reasons that it would be the same for dogs."
Fatima patiently sat as her owner, with the help of McGuire, fitted her with a tiny set of Mutt Muffs. Appropriately attired, the dog was placed on the grass. Rankin noted that the Mutt Muffs must work well because when she called Fatima's name the animal did not respond.


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Report by Kiki Georgiou on 19 February 2013.
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These Terms and Conditions govern all the deliveries and services of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG (hereinafter referred to as WIBU-SYSTEMS) to businesses. Businesses here are taken to mean natural or legal persons or partnerships with a legal personality which, in concluding a legal transaction, are acting in exercise of their trade, business or profession.
Deviating or supplementary agreements - especially as a result of conflicting terms and conditions of business - shall require the express written consent of WIBU-SYSTEMS in order to be valid.
All orders and contracts of the Buyer (quotations), together with warranties of the quality and features of the contract goods shall require the written confirmation of WIBU-SYSTEMS.
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Deliveries and services shall be made at the prices and conditions contained in the written order confirmation (acceptance). Prices specified therein are binding. Unless otherwise individually agreed, prices shall be ex the Karlsruhe warehouse in the Federal Republic of Germany plus value-added tax at the rate applicable on the date of invoice. Insofar as nothing else has been agreed, payments shall be made within 30 days of the invoice date, net, with no deductions being made. In the event of payment default, WIBU-SYSTEMS may charge 8% interest above the then applicable base interest rate. WIBU-SYSTEMS reserves the right to provide the Buyer with evidence that the losses caused by default were higher and to assert such losses against the Buyer.
3. Delivery dates
Delivery dates and periods shall be binding if they have been individually designated as binding by WIBU-SYSTEMS. Otherwise all delivery dates and periods shall not be binding. If non-compliance with a delivery period is attributable to unforeseen difficulties which WIBU-SYSTEMS is not responsible for, the delivery period shall be extended accordingly. In the event of default on delivery, the Buyer shall have the right to withdraw from the relevant delivery contract free of charge after expiry of a reasonable grace period set for WIBU-SYSTEMS. The general liability limitations in accordance with Section 9 of the present Terms and Conditions shall apply to any other compensation claims which the Buyer may have as a result of delayed deliveries or services.
WIBU-SYSTEMS may execute partial deliveries or services if the Buyer has no particular interest in a single delivery and the Buyer does not incur any additional transportation costs as a result of partial deliveries. The payment periods in Section 2 shall apply accordingly.
4. Transfer of risk
The risk shall pass to the Buyer upon the dispatch of goods by WIBU-SYSTEMS.
5. Reservation of title
We shall reserve the right to ownership of the goods pending full and complete payment of all claims from a current business relationship. If the Buyer is complying with its payment obligations to WIBU-SYSTEMS and is abiding by the software license terms included in these Terms and Conditions (Sections 10 and 11), it may resell and/or process goods under reservation of title in the ordinary course of business.
Any processing by the Buyer of products supplied by WIBU-SYSTEMS shall be made on behalf of WIBU-SYSTEMS. Reservation of title shall also apply to goods which are the result of processing, mixing or combining our goods in their full amount, with WIBU-SYSTEMS being deemed to be the producer. In the event that the reservation of title of third parties still persists when WIBU-SYSTEMS goods are processed, mixed or combined with the goods of these third parties, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall acquire co-ownership of such processed goods in proportion to the invoice value. The newly created goods are subject to the same terms as goods supplied under reservation of title. Claims which arise against third parties from the resale of goods or products shall be assigned to WIBU-SYSTEMS immediately by the Buyer as a security either in their entirety or in the amount of our proportional ownership. WIBU-SYSTEMS herewith accepts such assignments. WIBU-SYSTEMS and the Buyer are both authorized to collect any claims. WIBU-SYSTEMS agrees not to collect these claims as long as the Buyer complies with his payment obligations and is not in default, no application has been filed to open insolvency proceedings, and the Buyer's financial position is stable. If any of these cases exist however, WIBU-SYSTEMS may demand that the Buyer discloses to WIBU-SYSTEMS all assigned claims and associated debtors, that it provides all the necessary information required for collection, that it hands over related documents and it informs its debtors of the assignment.
Pledges or transfers by way of security shall not be permitted. In the event of seizures of the reserved goods by third parties, the Buyer shall draw attention to the ownership of WIBU-SYSTEMS, and shall inform WIBU-SYSTEMS without undue delay. In the event of conduct in breach of contract by the Buyer, in particular in the event of non-payment of the due purchase price, WIBU-SYSTEMS may withdraw from the contract in accordance with statutory provisions and/or demand the surrender of the goods on the basis of reservation of title. The demand for the surrender of goods does not simultaneously imply withdrawal from the contract; rather WIBU-SYSTEMS may demand the surrender of the goods only, whilst reserving the right to withdraw from the contract. In the event that the Buyer does not pay the due purchase price, WIBU-SYSTEMS may only assert such rights if WIBU-SYSTEMS has previously set the Buyer a reasonable period for payment to no avail or if setting such a time limit is not mandatory.
If the realizable value of the securities exceeds WIBU-SYSTEMS's claims by more than 10% WIBU-SYSTEMS shall, at the Buyer's request and at WIBU-SYSTEMS's discretion, release securities.
6. Obligation to examine and report defects
a) The Buyer shall examine the delivery within 14 working days. Any defects which are or can be ascertained shall be reported to WIBU-SYSTEMS by registered letter within the specified period. Posting of the notification by the deadline is sufficient. Defect complaints must include a detailed description of the defect to the best of the Buyer's ability.
b) In the event of no defect complaint being received in compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph a) within the specified periods, the goods in question shall be considered approved.
c) Defects which could not be detected during the examinations specified in paragraph a) shall be reported no later than eight working days after their detection, in compliance with defect notification requirements set out in paragraph a).
d) In the event of a breach of the obligation to examine and report defects in compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph a) or c), the delivery shall be considered approved as far as the defects are concerned.
7. Warranty
a) WIBU-SYSTEMS guarantees that its products are free of material and production defects at the time of the transfer of risk.
WIBU-SYSTEMS also guarantees that the software shall conform to the specifications set out by WIBU-SYSTEMS in the relevant program documentation, and that it has been implemented with due care and technical knowledge.
Defect claims do not exist if there is only an insignificant deviation from the agreed or assumed quality and features, or if there is only a insignificant impairment of usability. Unless explicitly agreed in writing, product descriptions shall not be considered a warranty of the quality and features of the products.
b) If the supplied hardware is defective, WIBU-SYSTEMS may, at its discretion, repair the defect or offer replacement hardware - even if it occurs several times within a reasonable period depending on the type of defect. Software faults which have a significant adverse effect on the intended use may, at the discretion of WIBU-SYSTEMS, be rectified by supplying improved software, or by indicating how to fix the fault or suggesting a workaround; several attempts at rectification are allowed within a reasonable period depending on the type of fault.
c) The Buyer shall set WIBU-SYSTEMS a reasonable period for repairing the defect. For software defects (even if the software is embedded in the hardware), a repair period of 6 calendar weeks shall be regarded as a reasonable period. If the Buyer hinders a repair within the aforesaid period by failing to assist in its implementation to the required extent, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall be released from its warranty. If the defect cannot be repaired, or if, in an individual case, the Buyer cannot be reasonably expected to accept the repair, the Buyer may, at its discretion, withdraw from the contract (withdrawal), or to demand a reduction in the purchase price (price reduction), or to demand compensation instead of performance - within the limits of Section 9.
d) All warranties shall lapse if a defect is the result of the Buyer or a third party modifying, or incorrectly using or repairing the products without the consent of WIBU-SYSTEMS, or if the Buyer or a third party has not installed, operated or maintained the products in accordance with the guidelines of WIBU-SYSTEMS.
e) Unless otherwise specifically agreed, the warranty period shall be 36 (thirtysix) months, commencing from when the products are delivered to the Buyer.
8. Intellectual property rights and copyrights of third parties, WIBU-SYSTEMS reference list
a) WIBU-SYSTEMS guarantees that the supplied item is free of the intellectual property rights and copyrights of a third party. In the event of claims being made against a contract partner as a result of the infringement of such rights, the one contract partner will inform the other partner in writing and without undue delay.
b) In the event that the supplied item nevertheless infringes an intellectual property right or a copyright of a third party, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall, at its discretion and at its own cost, modify or replace the supplied item so that it no longer infringes any third party rights but still continues to function as contractually agreed, or obtain user rights for the Buyer by concluding a license agreement. If WIBU-SYSTEMS does not manage this within a reasonable period, the Buyer may withdraw from the contract or demand a reduction in the purchase price or to demand compensation - within the limits of Section 9.
c) In the event of a breach of rights by products supplied by WIBU-SYSTEMS from other manufacturers, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall, at its discretion, make claims against the manufacturer and upstream suppliers for the account of the Buyer or assign the claims to the Buyer. In these cases, claims against WIBU-SYSTEMS in accordance with this Section 8 only exist if legal enforcement of the aforesaid claims against the manufacturer and upstream suppliers was unsuccessful or, is likely to be so because of insolvency, for example.
The Buyer shall consent to WIBU-SYSTEMS including it in its reference list or other communications material, or publicizing in other ways its business relationship with the Buyer. This includes using the Buyer's distinctive trademarks, in particular its word mark, pictorial mark, combined word-picture and logo, if available, for this purpose. Where necessary, the Buyer will comply with WIBU-SYSTEMS's request to supply printable digital templates of its distinctive marks. The Buyer may revoke its consent at any time in writing.
9. Liability
a) Subject to applicable statutory regulations, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall be liable without restriction for losses arising through willful intent or gross negligence; in case of liability in accordance with the German Product Liability Act; in case of fraudulent concealment of a defect; where WIBU-SYSTEMS has accepted a warranty for the quality and features of the item; or in case of losses arising from injuries caused to life, body or health.
b) In all other respects, in the event of any breach of material contractual obligations, WIBU-SYSTEMS shall only be liable for foreseeable damage typical of the contract. Here material contractual obligations are obligations which protect the material contractual legal position of the Buyer as inherent in the nature of the contract; material contractual obligations are also obligations whose fulfillment enables proper execution of the contract, and which the Buyer has regularly trusted in and may trust in.
c) Additional contractual and tortious claims shall be excluded.
d) If WIBU-SYSTEMS's liability is excluded or limited, this shall also apply to the personal liability of WIBU-SYSTEMS's employees, representatives and vicarious agents.
e) Liability for loss of data shall be limited to the typical costs which would have been incurred if a regular data backup, appropriate to the level of risk, had been performed.
10. General software license terms and conditions
a) The Buyer shall be granted a simple, non-exclusive and non-transferrable right to use the object code of WIBU-SYSTEMS software and of third-party software (software developed by a software vendor independently of WIBU-SYSTEMS) and the relevant documentation, including subsequent amendments.
This right of use does not confer any other rights in the software. WIBU-SYSTEMS shall reserve all distribution, exhibition, presentation, performance, and publication rights to the software. The same shall apply to the processing and reproduction rights unless otherwise expressly agreed below.
b) The right of use referred to in a) shall be limited to the object code of the software program. WIBU-SYSTEMS shall not be obliged to make the source code available to the Buyer. The Buyer may not re-engineer, reassemble, decompile, or edit or modify the object code of the software in any other way. Without prejudice to § 69e German Copyright Act (Urhebergesetz).
c) All copying of software stored on data storage media and the accompanying material to electro-magnetic, optoelectronic or any other data storage medium is prohibited. Exceptions to the aforesaid are the one-off installation of the software from the data storage medium to the hard disk, and the downloading and/or printing of data from the running application for internal use only. The ban on copying does not apply to the creation of a backup for internal use for the sole purpose of safeguarding the presumed use to which the software is to be put in the future under the contract.
Insofar as the originals contain copyright notices, the Buyer shall ensure that all copies also contain them.
d) Insofar as a WIBU-SYSTEMS product contains open source software, this shall be made readily apparent, in which case the Buyer acquires rights of use directly from the copyright holders of the respective open source components and not from WIBU-SYSTEMS. The license terms of the open source components replace the aforesaid license terms and apply exclusively. WIBU-SYSTEMS shall make the texts of these license terms available to the Buyer.
11. Special license terms and conditions for the use of WIBU-SYSTEMS runtime software and libraries
Notwithstanding the aforesaid provisions of § 10, when using WIBU-SYSTEMS hardware, e.g. WibuBoxes or CmSticks, or the software-based CmActLicense protection, the following license terms shall apply: The Buyer may integrate the WIBU-SYSTEMS software libraries required to implement WIBU-SYSTEMS protection systems into its computer programs or data as described in the relevant manual in order to protect them from unauthorized use or to monitor their usage.
The Buyer may also pass on the embedded WIBU-SYSTEMS software libraries to distributors and end-users together with its computer programs and data, and distribute the WIBU-SYSTEMS runtime software as part of its protected software. The customers of the Buyer shall have the right to use the WIBU-SYSTEMS software libraries and WIBU-SYSTEMS runtime software as components of the protected computer programs and data according to the provisions.
Before passing on the WIBU-SYSTEMS software libraries and WIBU-SYSTEMS runtime software, the Buyer is obliged to check that these components function correctly with the protected computer programs and data, and to report any problems to WIBU-SYSTEMS without due delay.
12. Export regulations and customs clearance
Insofar as the products are exported, the Buyer shall observe German export regulations and shall draw the attention of its customers to the fact that German export regulations apply in the event of such an export.
If, at the Buyer's request, deliveries are exported with duty unpaid, the Buyer shall be liable to WIBU-SYSTEMS for any subsequent Customs and Excise duties.
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a) The Buyer may only transfer its rights and obligations under this contract with the prior written consent of WIBU-SYSTEMS. The Buyer shall only be entitled to set off claims against WIBU-SYSTEMS or to assert its right to withhold payment if its counterclaim is undisputed or has been ruled final and absolute by a court.
b) The contractual relationship shall be governed exclusively by German law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall not apply.
c) The place of performance and legal venue for all disputes arising from this contractual relationship, how it came into existence and its legal effect shall be Karlsruhe, Germany, if the Buyer is a business. WIBU-SYSTEMS may also enforce claims at the competent court for the place of residence or business of the Buyer.
d) If individual provisions of the aforesaid delivery, license and payment terms and conditions are or become invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be affected. The parties shall then endeavor to replace the invalid provision by an appropriate alternative which comes as close as possible to fulfilling the intended purpose of the invalid provision.
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Posses the West African School Certificate/GCE/NECO or their acceptable equivalent with Credits in five (5) subjects at one sitting including English Language and MAthematics and at least Two (2) science subjects viz; Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Gov. James Douglas on Monday said he will resist growing calls for the state to raise income or gasoline taxes to compensate for declining state revenue, and vowed instead to continue to push for cuts in programs and personnel to balance the state's books.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County and Brandon-area voters backed all five local union school budgets and the Patricia Hannaford Career Center spending plan in Town Meeting Day balloting.
VERGENNES — Scott Gaines admits his many hours of volunteering are not all about serving the community.
MIDDLEBURY — The Miles Donahue Quintet featuring Joey Calderazzo of the Branford Marsalis Quartet returns to Middlebury College's Mahaney Center for the Arts on Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m.
MIDDLEBURY — Coach Jeff Brown's Middlebury College men's basketball team will host at least one NCAA Division III tournament game after winning the NESCAC playoff championship this past Sunday.
I have an evil twin.
Actually, he isn't evil. He's a pretty nice guy. Thoughtful. Polite. Friendly. I played pickup basketball with him once, and you can tell a lot about somebody on the basketball court.
And he's not my twin, either. We're not even closely related. Probably no closer than 13th cousins, once or twice removed. We just happen to have the same name.
Well, not exactly the same name.
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'The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV's 3x zoom lens offers a fairly versatile focal range, as illustrated by these examples:.'
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'Even without scrutinising, images from the Canon EOS 750D are impressive. '
'the touch-screen is detail-rich (in all but very bright light) and is very responsive.'
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'The Nikon D5500 is a minor update to an excellent camera, the D5300. '
'excellent and affordable DSLR camera'
'The overall feature set of the D5500 is great.'
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'The Canon PowerShot G3 X is a very competent fixed-lens compact, which will get you much better results than your average superzoom bridge camera. '
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'a broad feature set'
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'excellent compact system camera'
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EVDV necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 213 diseños de 70 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo and label design for our organic fruit line called "Naturally Organic". We also need two separate label designs for our products. One should be a universal design that would be appealing accross demographics. The second label should be designed to appeal to children.
We are excited to find a great design and will pay the winner promptly upon receipt of the completed design.
Naturally Organic
We are launching a new line within our organic food company and are in need of an amazing logo and innovative label designs for our jars, cans & other packaging. We prefer to have the finished design in Adobe Illustrator if possible.
The task is made up of 3 parts.
1. Logo for "Naturally Organic"
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3. Label design to appeal to & catch the eye of kids.
Sample labels should be 4" x 4".
Please feel free to ask any and all questions to clarify what we're looking for.
Below are a few links to designs that we relate to.
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- Earthy, natural feel
- Natural Colors
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Four students are standing over a hot stove in the creamery of the Institute of Domestic Technology on a late-October Sunday at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena. Each one is manning a hand-cranked Whirley-Pop popcorn popper filled not with popcorn but green coffee beans from Costa Rica. The raw coffee beans turn golden, then brown, then start to expand and crackle.
A moment or two later, as the beans sizzle: "You hear that? That's second crack!" says instructor Ian Riley, explaining the point at which the coffee's woody cell walls fracture and its sugars continue to caramelize. "The smoke is fine," he adds, as a fan next to a window over the stove pulls toasty exhaust into the yard where several Nubian goats are roaming. "Second crack sounds more like Rice Krispies."
Riley's a professional roaster at coffee company LA Mill in Alhambra but is enthusiastic about home roasting. "I hope you all go home and become amateur roasters and then professional roasters."
A new generation of home coffee roasters already is energized by taking raw beans and transforming them into fodder for their Mazzer grinders and Clever drippers. As the DIY movement that has propelled kitchen crafts such as pickling meets "third wave" coffee (or the vanguard of the specialty coffee industry), roasting beans at home is the next frontier.
"This is one more step in my do-it-yourself quest," says Ryan Gillespie, a 35-year-old production planner for Herbalife who signed up for the two-hour class. He's wearing a T-shirt that reads "Haikus are easy/But sometimes they don't make sense/Refrigerator" and has a manual coffee grinder tucked in his tote bag. The Koreatown resident also brews beer, bakes bread and lately has been canning dilled carrots and sweet pumpkin pickles.
Gillespie bought a Whirley-Pop and a sampler of green coffee beans from a website four months ago and now roasts coffee every few weeks. "When I started, I read a book and followed the instructions and came out with coffee that was pretty good, but I want to keep improving."
The class, says Joseph Shuldiner, founder of the new Institute of Domestic Technology, was inspired by a roaster at the erstwhile Altadena Urban Farmers Market, who was making small batches in a popcorn popper. "I'm a coffee snob, and it was really good. I was excited by the craft of it," Shuldiner says, "and blown away by how simple it is and how much control you could get from it."
The institute "is about food crafting, about making your own food, making your own ingredients and learning how ingredients are made. We're so used to buying coffee beans, one rarely thinks about where they come from and how are they roasted," Shuldiner says.
You can roast coffee in a pot or pan, certain hot-air popcorn poppers or a dedicated machine. Green beans are heated to draw out moisture, caramelize sugars and bring out aromatics. (You can't grind green coffee beans and make coffee as we know it.)
Basically, roasting occurs between the time the beans start to color and two significant stages: First crack (a cracking sound), which indicates the bean structure is breaking down as water escapes, sugars caramelize and oils are released, and second crack, when it's said the roasted character starts to eclipse the beans' original character. The "sweet spot" depends on your technique and taste, whether you prefer a light or dark roast.
Bad coffee or limited access to great beans might have compelled previous home roasters to take matters into their own hands. But the latest wave comes at a time when consumers have access to better-than-ever commercial coffee. Indeed, here in Southern California there's a local roaster boom, with the coming of Handsome Coffee downtown and True Beans in Long Beach, for example.
Yet DIYers, who know their Finca La Fany coffee from Finca La Maravilla and the nuances of "city roast" from "full city-plus roast," have embraced the thrill of cooking their own beans, whether with an electric hot-air popcorn popper or even small commercial machines that turn out pounds at a time. Green coffee beans generally cost about half the price of roasted beans.
Sweet Maria's, the Oakland company that sells green beans and roasting equipment online, started in 1997 as a source for those who "we thought would be in tiny towns and didn't have access to local roasters," says co-owner Maria Troy. "I guess it's funny — but a lot of our customers are in the Bay Area and other urban areas. They just like it, being involved in the roast and determining the process."
She estimates that the company, which includes a wholesale business, sold 850,000 pounds of beans (most of them green) last year, up 10% from the year before. "It's steadily grown despite the fact that we don't advertise."
Christopher Schooley, chairman of the Roasters Guild (a trade guild of the Specialty Coffee Assn. of America), says roasting has become much more accessible "because there's a lot more information about coffee in general out there." He also says that home roasters can get the same quality of beans as professional roasters and admits that you can get good coffee out of an air popper sold for popcorn.
But he doesn't downplay the experience it requires. "It takes skill. Knowing what to draw out of that coffee is important. You can't just walk up to a machine and do it."
He also notes that more professionals are coming from a home roasting background.
"I started with a cast iron pot and a wooden spoon" two years ago, says Greg Thomas, who works in information technology at KNBC and KVEA and now roasts coffee out of his home in Atwater Village on a Diedrich IR-1 commercial roaster, making enough to sell a small amount to anyone interested in bags he labels Trystero (it's a Thomas Pynchon reference).
"My personal grail is to have my own cafe," Thomas says. "I'm as serious [about coffee] as the big names but want something just old-school and funky."
He's been roasting a caramel-y Rwandan (a few bags recently were sold at Demitasse cafe downtown), which is also part of his Lot 49 blend and "a Guatemalan bean that's actually on the brighter side for pour-overs and French press," he says. "We've got an Ethiopian bean on the way, and we have our Sumatran. I don't push the Sumatran on people a lot — it's got some forest-y flavors that a lot of people don't get."
One day Thomas' friend Nicholas Rucka, a 36-year-old commercial editor, stops by to show off his Behmor, a home drum roaster he bought in March that looks a lot like a toaster oven. He's got it plugged in outside in the frontyard as Hüsker Dü and the Fall play over the speakers. A couple of hangers-on joke about his setup: "You guys could have a roast-off. You know, like a latte throwdown or a chili cook-off."
Rucka checks the timer on his Behmor while listening for first crack. "You really can just get a roaster, have half a clue and be interested, and get a good cup of coffee," he says. "I roast 1 pound once a week. It's an hour of my time, and I have a really fantastic cup of coffee all week. It's really fun….
"This solves what I'm going to give for holiday gifts. I'll just roast a … load of coffee. Everybody loves a good cup of coffee."


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We have a fixed amount of time to prepare our kids for the future. This seems like all the time in the world when we bring them home from the hospital. When we are holding our newborn in our arms, we think about what they are about to become – great athletes, super talented, looked up to by all the kids in their class and graduating magna cum-whatever – and that's just kindergarten! The problem is these little "18 year wake up calls" have a mind of their own, a personality of their own and a deep seated sin nature that can thwart all of our best laid plans and intentions. None of us know very well what we're doing when we get into this thing called parenting. Our culture doesn't give us a lot of guidance either.
If we want our kids to turn out right and be aimed at a life of true greatness by the time they leave our nest, it is going to take a game plan – a well thought out strategy. We need a philosophy of parenting that focuses on the heart of our child, their inner core or being and keeps the end result in mind. We believe there's a biblical philosophy of parenting that's written throughout the pages of Scripture and can be seen in the way that God deals with us – through Grace.
The Grace Based Parenting model does just that. Just as you build a house from the ground up, you build your child up. It starts with a firm foundation that is rooted in a solid relationship with Jesus Christ and is aimed at raising our children for a future of True Greatness.
We want to make sure that when it's time for them to go and be on their own, we've put everything in place in their hearts for them to be able to take on the future with calm and confidence. That's what grace does. That's what this Grace Based Parenting model is all about. The best part is that it is never too early and never too late to begin to apply these concepts into your family. No matter what age and stage you and your child are in, no matter what your family dynamic is, the principles of Grace Based Parenting can set your family free and unlock everyone's true potential.
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Donald Eugene Vroman, 63
Don Vroman died as a result of a truck accident August 29, 2012 near Armstrong, MO. He was 63 years of age.
Donald Eugene Vroman was born November 7, 1948 at Lee Hospital in Fayette to J. D. and Darline Emma (Potthast) Vroman. He graduated from the last class at Armstrong High School in 1966 and after high school received an Associate Degree in Auto Mechanics. Don served in the United States Army in 1968 and 1969. He worked for the Missouri Highway Dept. for 30 years retiring in 2000. Don married Helen Allison April 19, 1974 at Sharon Bible Church. Don was a member of the New Franklin Bible Baptist Church and had a great love for the Lord. He also enjoyed farming and trucking and loved his family and will be missed by all who knew him.
Survivors include his wife Helen of the home, three sons, Donald G. Vroman of Armstrong, Eric (Alisa) Vroman of Rocheport and Christopher Vroman and fiancée, Amber Frink of Higbee and brother, Mike (Marilyn) Vroman of Armstrong. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one brother, Randall Vroman.
Funeral services were held, Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the Friemonth-Freese Funeral Home in Fayette with Pastor Rodney Haggett officiating. Burial was held in the Sharon Cemetery near Armstrong.
Memorials are suggested to Bible Baptist Church or Sharon Cemetery Association in care of the funeral home.


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|2009-04-01, 13:25
|Link #82
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Ever wondered what the Negima characters would sound like, gender swapped? If you've got 1000% Sparking and a little bit of free time on your hands, I recommend trying this out:
1. Download BestPractice, or some other program that allows pitch shifting (decreasing the pitch of a song without slowing it down)
2. Open up 1000% Sparking, and change the pitch down by about 4 semitones (Playing Pitch in the lower-right corner for BestPractice)
3. Listen to the part of the song with the character quotes.
I could not stop laughing when I heard this.
|2009-04-06, 20:08
|Link #84
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Some just did that with Happy Material Return
Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba - Happy Material Return (guy version)
|2009-04-27, 10:04
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
I really like the first ending theme to series 1 of Negima very much -
|2009-09-25, 05:29
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Maniacal laughter ensues.
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: My own delusions of grandeur.
Age: 31
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the speaking sections in 1000 Sparking are? Many of the versions never made it into the actual series, so there I have no idea what, say, Evangeline and Chachamaru say in version 10. And my curiosity is KILLING ME.
|2009-09-25, 06:25
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Slightly south-west of the exact center of this country's X and Y axes.
Although, I do have the lyrics to all of those parts, but it's all in Kanji. If anyone here is capable of translation, it'd be appreciated.
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|2010-05-26, 22:02
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Random Translator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Brunswick
Well... the drama cd from this wasn't too bad... I suppose since that it's from the Mou Hitotsu no sekai ova, I translated a track from the Drama CD Ala Rubra
Drama CD – Mahou Sensei Negima Drama CD ~ Farewell my beloved Red Wings~
Track 5:
Albireo: And so time flowed past… currently I am quietly living beneath the Mahora Academy's World Tree… That's right, so that I could watch over and protect Nagi's son, Negi Springfield.
Negi: Hm, wow… I guess you really start smelling if you don't bath for three days. I'm sure if Asuna-san finds me, she'll get really mad at me again.
Asuna: There you are Negi-Bouzu!
Negi: Urg!
Asuna: You haven't taken a bath for a long time again, haven't you?
Negi: I… I'm sorry; I'll take one right now! Honest!
Asuna: No, now get over here. I'll wash you! Oh for, start stripping!
Negi: Um, no… wai…
Asuna: What are you getting all embarrassed for? You're still just a brat and all!
Negi: UGH! I don't want to wash my hair! I'm sorry!
Asuna: Stop arguing! I am not listening!
Negi: UWA!!!
Asuna: Who the heck did he get this from? (as in where did he inherit his hate of taking baths)
|2010-05-28, 18:04
|Link #90
Random Translator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Brunswick
Drama CD – Mahou Sensei Negima Drama CD ~ Farewell my beloved Red Wings~
Track 1:
Albireo: It was almost thirty years ago, what had started as a minor conflict on the very edge of the Empire and Coalition had grown into full fledge war. Within that conflict, the members of Ala Rubra : Nagi, Rakan, Eishun, Zecht, Gatou , Takamichi, and I, Albireo Ima, went to rescue Princess Arika who had been kidnapped by the mysterious Cosmo Entelecheia. In the darkness of night, Ala Rubra traveled to Noctis Labyrinthus.
Nagi: Hey! I'm here Princess.
Arika: You're late, my knight.
Nagi: Heh, as usual Princess, you're so uncute.
Rakan: What the hell are ya saying, you brat?! You were so worried about the Princess, you kept on bugging us to hurry, hurry, hurry!
Nagi: You shut the hell up!
Rakan: Why you little bastard! You wanna get hurt!
Arika: You uncouth fool! *slap*
Nagi: Ugh.
Arika: If you have time to feel pain, then let us hurry and escape from here. (Quickly rescue me and begin escaping!)
Nagi: Okay, okay Princess. I got it; we just need to start escaping right?
Rakan: Ha hah! The man of a thousand spells couldn't stand up to our Princess here!
Zecht: It's exactly as you say.
Eishun: In any case, your Royal Highness/Princess, lets us make way to our hideout immediately.
Albireo: And so we brought back Princess Arika to Ala Rubra's hideout.
Arika: Oh, so that is thy hideout.
Nagi: Well then Princess, we managed to rescue you and all but this is where it starts getting real hard. You have no allies within the Empire or Coalition who'll help ya.
Eishun: This is, without a doubt, the truth your Royal Highness/Princess. Your kingdom, Ostia, is in the same position/situation. According to my careful investigation/In my informed opinion on the Ostian Kingdom's status/situation is extremely bleak.
Arika: As I had suspected… My knights…
Nagi: Hey! What the heck is up with 'my knights' Princess… If you take a look at my class, I'm a mage.
Arika: But you're no longer a soldier/warrior of the Coalition right? If that's the case, then you're all mine now.
Nagi: Wha?!
Arika: The Empire, Coalition and even my own Ostia, this means that the entire world is our enemy then?
Nagi: I guess you're right if you put it that way.
Arika: But you and your Ala Rubra are invincible/undefeated, am I right?
Nagi: Um… Yeah…
Arika: The whole world is our enemy… Fine then, we have but seven warriors, but they are the finest/most powerful seven in the world. If that's the case, then let us save our world!
All: Wha-!
Arika: My knight Nagi, become my shield, become my sword!
Nagi: Aw man, you're such a scary Princess. Right then, I pledge my staff and wings to you!
|2010-06-01, 23:13
|Link #93
Random Translator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Brunswick
Drama CD – Mahou Sensei Negima Drama CD ~ Farewell my Beloved/Dear Red Wings~
This is the last track, it was stupidly long and I'm too tired to translate the spells Rakan and Nagi use.
Track 3:
Spoiler for track 3:
|2010-11-20, 17:57
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[TTZ] Moderate Encoder
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: In the Turokzone. Next door are heaven, hell, and 4chan.org (purgatory)
|2011-02-27, 11:38
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
What is the name of the Negima song
I just want to know what the name of the song that they play in the beggining of episode 12 of Negima(not the opening, the part where you see negi playing cards with the girls) if anyone knows that name, and could share it with me, that would be great
|2011-05-04, 05:25
|Link #99
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Emerald City
"a precious pride"
ふいに見せる 悲しげな顔 誤魔化してるつもりでも
澄んだ瞳からこぼれそうな その涙は隠せない
どこか見失っても 少し巻き戻せばいい
希望の風に乗せて その小さな胸に みなぎらせた想いを your precious mind
ひとりきりの夜が冷たく 胸の隙間探っても
いつもそばで見つめてるから 明日の夢を 見続けて
追い求める理想が たとえ遠く見えても
いつか掴めるはずだから 信じて
立ち止まってるままじゃ いつまでも届くはずない
ひとりきりじゃないから 明日へと続く道 一歩ずつ踏みしめて your precious world
その痛みもいつかは 笑顔へと変わるから
強い心の叫び いま 聞かせて 感じて
希望の風に乗せて 一握りの勇気 抱きしめたまま
私が見つめている どんな明日が待っていても
もう 何も恐れないで 誇り高きキミの眼差しを輝かせ your precious pride
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