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The Israeli soldier at the controls of a bulldozer that crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie in Gaza in March 2003 is due to give evidence tomorrow in the civil lawsuit brought by the American activist's family.
However the judge hearing the case in Haifa has ruled that, for security reasons, the soldier can testify anonymously from behind a screen, denying Cindy and Craig Corrie the opportunity to face the man who directly caused their daughter's death.
Israel's supreme court refused to hear an appeal by the family challenging the judge's ruling. However, the unit commander in charge that day will testify in full view of the court as his identity is already known.
"I'll be grateful at least to be able to hear [the bulldozer driver's] words but I won't get the complete picture and I'll be disappointed by that," Cindy Corrie said in an interview in Jerusalem last week.
"They've said it's the security of the witnesses they are trying to protect. I can understand it would be uncomfortable for the soldiers to have to see us, but I can't understand how our family is a threat to their security."
Corrie, from Olympia, Washington state, was killed while attempting to protect the home of a Palestinian family in the Rafah area of Gaza from being demolished by Israeli troops seven and a half years ago. A posthumous book and play based on the graphic and moving emails she wrote to friends and family made her an iconic figure.
An internal Israeli military investigation, which was never published nor released to the US government or the Corries, concluded that the bulldozer driver had not seen Rachel and that no charges would be brought. The case was closed.
The family brought a civil case - "absolutely our last resort" - against the state of Israel, which opened in March this year and is expected to conclude early next year. Among the early witnesses was a fellow activist, Briton Richard Purssell, who described how Corrie disappeared from view under the advancing bulldozer.
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The driver's evidence will be a key moment in the case but the Corrie family has been careful not to invest too much in his evidence. "While the driver is very important, to me he is not the only person who has responsibility," said Cindy Corrie. "Responsibility is shared with a lot of people. My focus isn't entirely on the driver."
Sarah Corrie Simpson, Rachel's older sister, said: "Ultimately the individual had the ability to stop that act. However if you only hold responsible the individual, you're losing the broader context of what's going on. You have to look at the chain of command and what sort of orders were being given at that time."
The family, while wanting an acceptable end to their battle for justice, was wary of the concept of closure. "It's hard to conceive of that," said Craig Corrie. "People talk about it, but it's real hard to define what closure would be when you've lost a child, lost a little sister."
Corrie Simpson said closure was difficult to define: "I'm not sure how you ever get to a place where you even feel close to that when you know there are people out there on the other end of what happened to Rachel, and you've never even been able to see their faces. Mum talks about being able to see the humanity of the person that was on the other end - and now the majority of soldiers will get to testify behind a screen, and that takes that away from us."
At the very least, the family hoped their legal battle would shine a light on the Israeli Defence Force's (IDF) investigative process.
Cindy Corrie said if the IDF were, as it claimed, the most moral army in the world, "they should be willing to look at a system that is much more transparent than what exists right now".
Last month, a colonel responsible for writing operating manuals for military bulldozers, testified that there were no civilians in a war zone.
Cindy Corrie said: "It's a window, hearing that coming from these people, a real window into the mindset - and it's very, very concerning. And I think every Israeli should be really concerned."


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Marion Reservoir is a major attraction for the county. In addition to campers, boaters and swimmers, it also attracts a variety of birds this time of year.
Where geese honk and ducks quack, hunters tend to follow.
A waterfowl report provided by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism said that although the expected hunting success for waterfowl is poor at Marion County Reservoir at this time, approximately 350 ducks were spotted Friday.
Hunting conditions were reported to be "good" because the lake level is back up to normal. The north end of the reservoir, French Creek Cove, and all of the small coves and shorelines have flooded vegetation including smartweed, which is a perennial plant that forms dense colonies in shallow water or moist soils and is heavily consumed by ducks, small birds, and small mammals.
Most of the ducks were redheads, ruddy ducks, and golden eyes. However, a few teal ducks and some mallards were observed.
"Late November through December is the peak time for waterfowl," Scott Amos said. "We get a good number at that time."
Amos is a biology technician for Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism at Marion Reservoir and Wildlife Area. Along with his other duties, he monitors migratory birds and other wildlife at the reservoir.
Amos and a helper use binoculars to keep a tally on what types of birds they spot.
"We start in summer, in late August, and continue all the way into hunting season, late into the winter," he said. "During that time, there is a three-day period in which the data we collect goes out to people at the federal level in a formal report."
Amos said hunting limits could vary annually due to the national data collected each year.
"All birds are federally protected except for three invasive types — the starling, the house sparrow, and the pigeon. Game-birds like duck and geese have hunting regulations."
Along with hunters, some bird enthusiasts travel to the reservoir to catch a glimpse of the migratory birds they might not normally see here year round.
"There really are so many birds that follow the seasons," Amos said.
While doing his waterfowl report Amos said he has also seen many other types of migratory birds including a white-faced ibis, an American avocet, a chipping sparrow, and thousands of franklin's gull, to name a few.
Amos said most birds tend to migrate because they follow a food source such as insects or prefer a particular area for breeding.

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yes well as i said, i haven't read the books, so i wouldn't know.dandyvampgirl_13 wrote:Have you SEEN that video? It is the most fricken HILLARIOUS thing EVER!Remmett_Until_Dusk wrote:They're taking the hobbits to isengard.
And on Legolas, I agree with dimber. Legolas is mainly in there to look hot. Which is nice, I appreciate eye candy, but they had to add in parts for him in the movie. He's hardly in the book at all, but when he is in htere, he's a powerful prescence. Unlike his little boyish excitable "I'm so cool I will kill you with my sexiness!" attitude in the movie.
Oh, and you're not the only Legolas stalker. I've had dibs on him since I was ten.
And I like The Children of Hurin best, but mostly because everyone DIES. I have a very weid thing for depressing stories, but its an amazing book.
and yes you might have dibs on him but i'm his one and only official stalker. as lilith lovegood is Jasper Hale's only stalker. it's the same basic principle. and don't even try to disagree with lil's system, she'll rip your throat out. no seriously.
so yes, to conclude i am Legolas's stalker. the one and only
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wow. that is so cool. incredible fitness required and such artistry.
yeah, I've seen Cirque Du Soleil a few times and they do stuff similar. but I'd LOVE to see this performed live.
thanks for posting. I could see you getting in there some day.
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Transurethral Resection of Prostate or T.U.R.P.
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
Please direct me to information on the procedure called T.U.R.P. As I understand it, this procedure removes part of the prostate. I would like to know more about it? How is the procedure done? Is it possible to have it done by laser? What can the patient expect? Is it dangerous? Does it increase the likelihood of cancer?
Thank you very much for your immediate attention and assistance.
Neha Vapiwala, MD Senior Editor of OncoLink and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania responds:
The term TURP stands for transurethral resection of prostate. It is a therapeutic procedure typically utilized for a non-cancerous condition known as benign prostatic hypertrophy, or BPH. This condition is a benign swelling of the prostate tissue that often leads to urinary symptoms, such as frequency of urination both during the day and at night, urinary hesitation, decreased force of stream, etc. A TURP removes large portions of the central zone of the prostate, which is the zone that enlarges when a patient has BPH. This enlargement causes compression of the urethra (tube that urine passes through), which is what leads to the urinary symptoms.
A TURP procedure usually requires hospitalization and is done using a general or spinal anesthetic drug. First, the urologist uses a tube-like instrument called a cystoscope to enter the urethra through the penis and into the prostate (prostatic portion of the urethra). The area is then basically carved away with electrocautery ( application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue) in order to increase the diameter of the lumen and thus allow improvement of urine flow through that region. It can also be performed using a laser, and this can often be done o n an outpatient basis without requiring a hospital stay. Overall, it t is a relatively safe and minimally invasive procedure with very good success rates. O n average, patients who undergo TURP experience an 85% improvement in their urinary symptoms.
Please discuss your case with your urologist to go over the indications, expected outcomes, and possible complications. TURP has not been correlated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. The one way this procedure can affect prostate cancer treatment is that it may compromise the patient's eligibility for radiation seed implantation (brachytherapy) as a future treatment option, should he ever develop prostate cancer. This must be discussed with your radiation oncologist and urologist should prostate cancer ever become an issue in the future.


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Ohio University's Student Alumni Board (SAB) and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity are proud to present the fifth annual "Bare on the Bricks: A Nearly Naked Mile" charity event. The outer clothing shed by runners is donated to local shelters, organizations and families in need. The event, which will be held Feb. 22, begins at 10 a.m. at Baker University Center and ends at approximately 1 p.m. at The Pigskin on Court Street.
Participants will run together down Court Street to raise awareness of what it feels like not to have proper clothing in cold weather. Last year, participants donated more than 1,000 pounds of clothing. The SAB and Phi Kappa Psi hope to exceed last year's total.
Registrants will meet at the Honors Collegium on the fourth floor of Baker and strip down to a bare minimum of swimsuit attire or to the runner's point of comfort. Following the run, an after-party will be held at The Pigskin and food will be provided.
To register for "Bare on the Bricks," please visit bobcatevents.org. Pre-registration is $10 and $12 on the day of the event. The first 300 registrants will receive a free event t-shirt.
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Teacher: You have come up with two different ways to add more blocks to my pattern. Caleb, describe your pattern.
Teacher: Martina, describe your pattern.
Teacher: Now, that's interesting; you both seem to have different patterns. Caleb, can you continue Martina's pattern?
Teacher: Martina, can you continue Caleb's pattern?
Caleb: That's not my pattern!
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Teacher: Caleb, was that your pattern?
Martina: There weren't any big squares left, so I just added a big piece.
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Deadspin's own A.J. Daulerio is in Detroit, trying to find things to do. He files this report; check out all his reports right here.
It s not that surprising that press credentials for media day are at such a premium, but getting the opportunity to mingle with celebrities at night during parties is just as selective, if not more so. I just want some free booze, for cripes sake; what else did I come here for? It's those bastard PR people that have made all the coverage less interesting so far — and my life extremely complicated. Yes, they do want media coverage of their Super Bowl events, but it must be good coverage. Vapid fashion magazines like Life and Style with limited reach to a sports audience are good; sports sites such as this one are not invited though they'd inevitably get more exposure letting idiots like me into the event. Dumbasses.
This must explain why I have yet to receive my credentials for tonight s Cadillac MVP Dinner, with former Super Bowl MVPs like Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw and Steve Young, at my new favorite place, the RenCen. I really wanted to get a piggy back ride from Jim Plunkett. Instead, I ll be heading to the Jimmy Kimmel Green Room "after party" tonight. I can t get tickets to the show, however, because the shows for Jimmy Kimmel are sold out this week. Apparently, Detroit loves its Kimmel. Take that however you want.
I have been deemed worthy of attending some parties, for now ... and I've even grabbed a cellphone number who, while not inherently a "sports personality," is still fun to call. After the jump, the full list of Super Bowl Parties.
• The Miami Ink XL
Date: Friday, February 3.
Celebrities invited/attending:
Justin Chambers & Isaiah Washington (from ABC s "Grey s Anatomy"); Terry Crews (from UPN s "Everybody Hates Chris"); Former Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis; Outkast s BIG BOI; Detroit rap sensation HUSH; rap artist Obie Trice; Grammy-nominated recording artists GOO GOO DOLLS
Odds of me attending: 2/1
Odds of me interviewing the Goo Goo Dolls: 70/1
• Penthouse Super Bowl Party
Date: Saturday, February 4.
Celebrities: Snoop Dogg, Tommy Lee, Penthouse chicks
Odds of me attending: 5/1
Odds of me getting shot: 2/1
• Jenna Jameson s Super Bowl Party
Date: Friday, February 3.
Celebrities/Athletes: Jenna jameson, lots of rap stars and former athletes, lots of former heavy metal stars, porn stars, silicone boobs.
Odds of me attending: 10/1
Odds of me seeing Brokeback Mountain at the Main Art Theater with girlfriend and her family in Royal Oak instead: 1/10
• Cadillac Celebrity Go Kart Race:
Date: Saturday, 12 p.m.
: Jimmy Kimmel, Adrian Grenier, Sarah Silverman, Jessica fucking Alba
Odds of me attending: 1/1
Odds of me wasting full hour of JVC tape filming Jessica Alba: 1/3
• Maxim s Detroit Rock City Party
Date: Saturday, February 4.
Celebrities/Athletes: Oh, everybody.
Odds of me attending: 1/1
Odds of me getting drunk and breaking the JVC: 1:2
Odds of me being sober enough to post the following morning: 32/1
So, that s my itinerary the rest of the week. And some of these PR people are being real nasty pricks about letting me into these events. They know who they are. I realize I m not an important person, but must you make me feel such like a piece of shit for requesting access to your events? Must you? MUST YOU?
Some of their assistants realize this as well, so they re willing to make amends, all in the spirit of the little guy. Alas, we ve found a mole who understands some of our concerns. And they have come through. Here, for all the internet to see, is the newly single hotel heiress Nicky Hilton s cell phone number:
There you go. Make life more complicated for the pricks of the world.


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Moon and stars that shines tonight
How I wish I could see your light
Because it reminds me of the one I love
So brighten up my world tonight.
Every night I look up to the sky
How I wish I have wings to fly
To reach the moon and captures its gravity
So I can pull you closer to me.
If only a star would fall from the sky
I'll wish upon a star, you will never say good-bye
Because if you do, I would not just cry
Surely I will die.
Because of you I've realized that life is worth living for
That is why I wanted to be with you forever more
All I'm asking for is take my hands and love me too
Then I'll give you my world and spend my whole life with you.
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Italian media mogul and former ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a television appearance last week. The latest political polls suggest he is gaining ground on center-left candidate Pier Luigi Bersani ahead of Italy's elections.
Is the worst of the Eurozone crisis over? The optimists—out of conviction or calculation—say "yes." The European Central Bank's promise to purchase an unlimited amount of government bonds from member-states who find their credibility questioned by the capital markets has brought the borrowing rates of the European periphery down to manageable levels without spending a single euro. Ireland, the second Eurozone country to require an international bailout in November 2010, has already made a partial return to the markets for long-term borrowing, while Portugal, which was bailed out in May 2011, hopes to do so later this year. Even Greece seems to be making headway with reforms and fiscal consolidation, the result of which has been that the word "Grexit" no longer passes from European officials' lips.
But recent developments in Spain and Italy highlight the fragility of the Eurozone's newfound stability. In Spain, the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy has been rocked by allegations that he and other top officials of the ruling People's Party (PP) received annual payments from a secret slush fund financed by construction magnates, in breach of the country's party-financing laws. The prime minister himself, according to records released by El País newspaper which it claims were drawn up by former PP treasurer Luis Bàrcenas (he denies it), received over 300,000 euros from the secret fund between 1997 and 2008. Rajoy, a close ally of chancellor Merkel who has been prime minister since November 2011, denies any wrongdoing. During the weekend, he released his tax returns for the past ten years in support of his claims of innocence. There was nothing incriminating in them, but—as critics were quick to point out—it would be naïve to expect illegal political "donations" to appear in official tax statements.
Spanish prosecutors are investigating the case, but the legal process is notoriously slow. Meanwhile, unemployment in the country has reached 26 percent, youth unemployment is at 55 percent and the economy is expected to shrink further: having already registered six straight quarters of negative growth, the Spanish economy is forecast by the International Monetary Fund to contract by 1.5 percent in 2013, as Brussels-mandated austerity deepens Spain's double-dip recession. Voters would be angry at politicians taking kickbacks from big business even in normal times. When those accused of lining their own pockets have imposed such heavy sacrifices on the people, raising taxes, cutting spending, stripping away employment protection regulations, and when those making the payments were leading authors of the real-estate bubble whose bursting broke the back of the Spanish economy after 2008, this anger can turn into a flood that sweeps the Rajoy government away. Even if that doesn't happen, a prime minister whose approval rating had dipped below 20 percent even before the recent scandal broke out will find it increasingly difficult to continue implementing the draconian austerity policies that he has committed himself to.
While instability in Spain is a major worry for Europe's crisis managers, the political comeback of Silvio Berlusconi in nearby Italy is more like a Hollywood horror flick in which a monstrous villain once considered dead and buried returns to wreak havoc anew. From the point of view of Europe's big players, Berlusconi's resignation as prime minister 15 months ago—which elevated Mario Monti, a widely respected economist and former European Commissioner, to the position—ushered in a necessary period of structural reform and budgetary discipline that improved Italy's economic fundamentals and, for this reason, led to a significant drop in the country's borrowing costs. After three terms as prime minister since the mid-1990s—in which he failed to reform the Italian economy or to reduce the debt burden of the government and became mired in financial and sexual scandals—Berlusconi was thought by top officials in Berlin, Brussels, and Frankfurt (seat of the ECB) to be a spent force.
Yet since he decided last December to pull his support from the technocratic government led by Monti, leading to early elections being called for 24th-25th of February, a funny thing has been happening: he has been gaining in the polls. Just as in 2006, when everyone wrote him off but he ended up losing by only 0.1 percent of the vote, he has narrowed a 20-point gap from the frontrunners, the center-left bloc led by Pier Luigi Bersani of the Democratic Party, to 5-6 percentage points. He is even within the margin of error in a couple of recent polls. Berlusconi has done this through a well-worn combination of clownish antics and outrageous pledges, like the one about repealing an unpopular property tax passed by the Monti government and reimbursing all those who paid it in cash.
Beyond his undisputed abilities as a salesman, the reason the 76-year old Berlusconi, who is currently appealing a conviction for tax fraud, is still able to command this kind of support is simple enough: austerity, imposed by Berlin, Brussels, and Frankfurt and implemented by the Monti government, has dragged Italy into its longest recession since the second World War. Chancellor Merkel may be a big fan of Mario Monti, but the Italian people are less enthused; the coalition led by the technocrat-turned-politician is fourth in the polls, weighed down among other things by attacks from Il Cavaliere painting the prime minister as a stooge of Berlin.
The payments scandal may blow over in Spain. The Italian elections may lead to a stable Bersani-Monti coalition that will keep Berlusconi far from the levers of power. But the big picture is that the Eurozone slid back into recession in the third quarter of 2012. The IMF predicts it will contract by 0.2 percent in 2013, while its jobless rate is currently at 11.8 percent—the highest since the inception of the euro. The German-inspired austerity overdrive may have improved public finances in Rome, Madrid, and Athens, but the human cost has been staggering and the unintended political consequences—from the resurgence of Berlusconi to the rise of the Neonazi right in Greece—have been disastrous.
One would expect this unfolding economic and social catastrophe to produce a sense of urgency among Europe's leaders to do their part to stimulate growth and aid the countries at the Eurozone periphery in their struggle to reform. Instead, we witnessed last week the depressing spectacle of the negotiation for the European Union budget for 2014-20. Equal to less than 1 percent of the combined GDP of the member-states but offering a vital stimulus to the smaller and economically weaker among them, its size and the contributions and receipts of each country became once again the object of bitter bargaining. At the end of it all, the new budget was cut by 3 percent compared to the 2007-2013 period. Apparently, talk of a common European economic destiny is good for demanding sacrifices from the South but not for extracting cohesion funds from the North.
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ESPN.com's Dan Graziano says DT Jay Ratliff still being on the Cowboys' roster "doesn't make too much sense."
Dallas is back over the salary cap after franchising DE/OLB Anthony Spencer last week, and they need to clear at least $6.8 million by Tuesday at 4PM EST. However, cutting Ratliff won't do them much good. It would only save the Cowboys $1 million against the cap. A restructuring is more likely.
And yet you don't hear a peep about it.
If the Jets were 6.8 million over the cap we would be getting bashed on every sportscenter, NFL live, NFL network and whatever other sports media outlet you can think of. Sh!t, we are 8 million under and I still constantly hear how cap-strapped we are.
Why all the over-reaction and excessive "End of the world/negative" headlining about the Jets??
Obviously there are teams in much worse situations.
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Is that counting the "dead money" that they are carrying from the year they hosted the Super Bowl and Jerry got fined for selling more tickets than he had seats?
That's because Cowboy fans get mad when they bash them. Jet fans get mad when someone compliments them. I see it here everyday. All you have to do is say how bad the Jets are and you get instant credibility around here.
The Eagles are another team that were in CAP hell....look at all the cuts they have made to get under the CAP and they have NEVER won a superbowl, they have been to the superbowl twice and lost both times and even they don't get the kind of negative scrutiny the Jets always seem to garner. By the way, the Eagles don't have a franchise QB either, anybody that thinks Michael Vick or Nick Foles are franchise QB's are total fools.
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Its just funny to me how these other teams are overlooked by the media and the Jets are constantly and blatantly raked over the coals. That's the point I was trying to make.
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Plus the Jets have no one to use the franchise tag on, and if they did it would eat up a decent amount of their limited cap space.
The Jets currently have 58 players under contract, 11 free agents to deal with - either re-sign, or release, that were starters last season.
The good news is none of these free agents are core players with the exception of Keller & Moore. Landry was a one year experiment, so, I don't consider him a core player. The rest of the free agents are easily replacable through the draft and free agency.
Here's the list:
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Ragnar Bohlin has burnished the reputation of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus since becoming Chorus Director in 2007. Three years later, the Symphony and Chorus, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, won three Grammy awards for their smashing recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, including Best Choral Performance. The same year, the energetic Bohlin conducted the Symphony and Chorus in Bach's monumental Mass in B minor at Davies Symphony Hall; made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting Brahms's German Requiem; and led the Swedish Radio Choir on a U.S. tour.
Born in Sweden in 1965, Bohlin was trained at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, where he earned a master's degree in organ and conducting. He studied choral conducting with the celebrated choir director Eric Ericson, orchestral conducting with Jorma Panula, piano with Peter Feuchtwanger in London, singing with the great Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda, and through a Sweden-America Foundation scholarship he visited choruses throughout the United States.
Bohlin served as choirmaster of Stockholm's Maria Magdalena Church, and has toured internationally and won many competition prizes with Stockholm's KFUM Chamber Choir, the Maria Magdalena Motet Choir and the Maria Vocal Ensemble. Mr. Bohlin has appeared regularly on Swedish radio with the Swedish Radio Choir, the Maria Vocal Ensemble, and the Maria Magdalena Motet Choir and has also worked with The Ericson Chamber Choir, the Royal Philharmonic Choir, and the Opera Choir of Stockholm. Upcoming guest conducting appearances include debuts with the Stavanger Symphony and the Edmonton Symphony. He will also return to the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra for multiple appearances in 2015 and 2016. He has prepared choruses for some of the world's premier conductors, including Tilson Thomas, Herbert Blomstedt, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Alan Gilbert.Bohlin is the founding Artistic Director of the professional chamber chorus Cappella SF.
A dedicated teacher, Bohlin is on the performance faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, has taught at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, and served as a visiting professor at Indiana University, the University of Michigan, and Miami University. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Johannes Norrby Medal for expanding the frontiers of Swedish choral music making. In March 2013, Mr. Bohlin was awarded the Cultural Achievement Award from the Swedish-America Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco.
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It's a Wrap.January 27, 2005
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When can you have it? When it ships. As far as I know, the current date on Amazon is the date: February 18th. I'll let you know as soon as my box of copies shows up. Shouldn't be long now.
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First, a disavowal outlining what this essay is not about. Despite the title, the discussion is not about "the art of ministry." There is a surfeit of material on this subject, except for a possible sparseness in the study of the Orthodox pastorate.
It is not about "craziness in art." There is much of that, to be sure. But that vastly entertaining Gatling Gun of tut-tut's I'll reserve for the future, near and distant.
Also, despite the tendency of some previous posts, this is not a "youth ministry" theme. I fear I've contributed to the regrettable specialization that has produced a panoply of pastoral categories. Except for some practical considerations for age (i.e., children and adults) and for status (i.e., clergy and laity, employers and employees), there really isn't much interest in Scripture or Tradition for technical focus on special ministries. There is certainly little support for the telephone directory list of "ministry opportunities" and "small group" listings one might find at the kiosk, in the fern-and-fountain atrium after the seeker-service fade-out and rolling credits.
So I dislike the term "youth ministry." Everyone, not just youth, needs to think better, pray better, do better and live better. And for betterment to exist at all, as we all know, there needs to be a rightness to be aimed at (pay no attention to the whisper of "ortho" playing in the subscript right now) – a rightness that also makes meaningful the ugly inevitability of "missing the mark."
Call me naïve – and I really wish you would (it would be pleasant, much like getting carded, gray-headed, at the wine shop by a compassionate clerk). Call me naïve, but I continue to believe that Christianity is all about sanity. It is about rationality, balance of psychic powers, and an apprehension of real beauty.
Call me a doomsayer, too, (even "stormcrow," if you'd like) because I allege that we are surrounded by a tropical depression of craziness. Let us call the spade for what it is: most of the problems that scare us are due not to atheism, secularism, Islam, or paganism. Scary, frightening Jabberwockies for us professional religious types – you know, googly-eyed monsters like membership attrition, doctrinal diminution, moral putrefaction and executive un-inhibition – are not the fault of these "usual suspects," not even the fault of that googliest of them all, immorality.
Immorality, too, is the product of craziness, along with attendance decline, the "white flight" to megachurches, and daftness in some ecclesial HQ's.
Craziness, or insanity, is also the culprit behind what we call family "dysfunction." I hate that word – "dysfunction" reduces the sacred family down to machine competence, down to the only transcendent known in the material world, the "system."
Nevertheless, even systems analysts (like Jay Haley, Salvador Minuchin and Virginia Satir) can tell when a thing-a-ma-bob like a home goes kerflooey. It is not just sin, and it is certainly not just free choice that causes a parent to reject his child, or to dance the rage-n-stomp. It is not just the inevitabilities of development that causes an adolescent to pierce his outer shell in masochistic excruciation. It is not just repressed, unfinished childhood issues that drag a soul into the ghastly twilight of lost weekends.
It is mainly madness. We err when we exhaust our analysis of sin at the point of ethical distinction. It is more helpful to apprehend the base irrationality of sin and especially passion. We continue to believe, or rather hope blindly, that sin can be argued with dialectically, and that passion can be pacified by reason.
It cannot. Believe me, I've tried.
I know parents today whose main problem, despite what their therapists and groups tell them, is their failure to grow up and think straight, to mature into a Christian mind where the powers of irascibility, appetite and intellect are set on an even keel, and the soul may drink in the cool bright waters of the mystic Christ. They, and their households, are repeatedly overthrown into a chaos of barbaric posturing, childish ultimatums, and tirades that used to be expected only from the toddler quarter.
I have a dark confession to make. In my former life as a therapist, I had many people who suffered from an undeniably physiological malady. However, in the majority of my cases, most of the agonies were self-wrought, due to -- I hate to say it -- simple and selfish immaturity. Most of the family problems I dealt with were due, in large part, to parents complaining of behavior that was remarkably similar to their own. I can't tell you how many mothers complained of messy rooms, and tried to present this as evidence of their child's "pathology," when the disarray of the rest of the house eclipsed all comers.
Some of the depression that appeared in my office was produced, yes, by cognitive distortions and by languid neuro-transmitters. But most of it was produced by the craziness of self-regard -- a regard that culminates in the reflexive deification of the ego. Crazy, too, was the feckless reason that crumbled in the face of every strong emotion. This is why so many people are depressed -- not because there are so many mean family members and bosses.
The problem of man today is not just that he chooses wrong, but that he cannot think straight. The reason why most conversation is bankrupt today is not because not much is said, but it is because not much can be said. There are not enough completed thought processes, not enough logical arguments comprehended, that can be rhetorically presented in valuable talk. What remains is the stuff that reigns in those ubiquitous cell phone dialogues, overheard in the darndest of places with the darndest of messages.
I hear them, in the blank Mall, giving commentary on their travels from one advertisement to another, talking of menus, the byzantine stratagems of societal competitors, complaints of spouse and family, the endlessly recursive dialectic of whether to purchase now or wait for the sale later, and what's on TV tonight.
And I know that they are not one whit prepared for challenges or temptations. They will be set on fire by the merest of slights. They will jump to defcon red at the tiniest sight of rolling teenage eyes. They will be crushed by the first tragedy. They will run into the arms of the first seducer. They will lurch, inexhorably, to the siren throb of the burning cyber sites. Even clergy will embrace Bre'r Rabbit's Tar Baby, and find themselves caressed, luxuriously, by the soporific pride of despondency.
It is because, among other things, they have little moral imagination. They have no good stories or fables from a decent canon of literature. They have been shielded, by a cabal, from any poetic strain that could have made them root themselves into history, breathe in prayer, and reach like saplings into the sky of glory.
Instead, they web themselves into the Soma crowd, murmuring the cloying mantra, "You have every right to be mad."
They have not grown into adults who can command themselves, their thoughts and their feelings. They can do this only by orienting their "psychic vision" (i.e., the nous) to Someone Higher: this orientation is the sine qua non of the Church's ministry in general.
It is hardly necessary to add that such has not been done. The sane vision of Christ is not, in practice, the ministry of the Church. Recruitment has been done in the name of ministry, yes. Vague forms of team development, yes. Encouragement, yes. Entertainment (and too much), yes. Grotesque consciousness-raising and liberationist experimentation, yes. Various and regrettable political garblings, yes.
Real Christian ministry, in contrast, usually does not excite, and will never titillate. Occasionally, it may not even succeed at bringing in the sheaves. But it will produce reason and peace ... even in the land of the Gadarenes.
I suspect that the doctrinal content of catechesis, the apostolic mystagoguery if you will, was seen by the Fathers as a medicine of rationality. There was no stupefying division into "pastoral ministry" and "christian education" (whatever that is). It was all one. It was all a seamlessly unified ecclesial work to push the soul into reason, peace and beauty.
But we live in a science fiction world, where – psychically – all the techno-dystopias have actually come true. Experience, in this world, is immediate, formless and chaotic, where the style is completely, and exhaustively, barbaric. The style of man has been dredged from life, and from his existence the image has been effaced.
So we are raising people, and children, in not a secular world, but a mad one – one that has been assiduously prepared for the prevention of thought.
I began by claiming that this is not about youth ministry, but I will say this at the end. Among the many ideas that will be offered, in this theme, I suggest this. I really think that youth ministry and all ministry is about good catechesis. Not that Barney stuff of feeling good about yourself when you probably shouldn't. But about the Holy Trinity. About the transforming love of God that informs the cosmos with the beauty of meaning, and the meaning of beauty. About the economy of Salvation, brought by the God-Man Jesus Christ, and radiated throughout the universe by the Church. About the duty of Mystery and the privilege of Prayer.
And I would teach them the Fathers, and the stories of Scripture. Just as Zosima once said,
[The priest] could open the Book and read to them out of it; there would be no need for him to spout wisdom to them, to give himself airs, and to feel himself superior to them. He need only read with feeling and humility and be gratified if they listen to him and understand him; he himself should enjoy the words he reads ... let him not worry: the heart of a Christian will, in the end, understand everything! ... a nation is lost without the Word of God, for every human soul thrists for His Word and for the good and the beautiful.
I would teach, also, without embarrassment, the old Western Canon of literature (at least, the little I know of it). I want them to know those long, multi-footed similes of Homer and those moralistic metaphors of Dante. I want them to know about Childe Roland's war with the Paynim, and his approach to the Dark Tower. I want them to get the gags that are all of Bertie's allusions to Shakespeare, Browning, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Byron, Keats, Coleridge and Cervantes delivered in the space of a single schtick.
I want to teach them how to think and how to laugh, and why they owe it all to Christ, who gave meaning to story in the Incarnation, and joy to the poem at Pascha.
Maybe then, the young and the old would find themselves shielded, not inured, from the craziness of Antichrist. That very craziness is the real sound of the whimper, not the bang, at the end.


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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sweet Surrender
From reading the comments, it seems that artistic road blocks and creative detours, (which can leave us feeling more lost then we feel comfortable with) are pretty common, and it helps to be reminded that not only are we not alone on our journey, it's actually an okey-dokey place to be.
If we just stay calm, and even take some time to be at peace with the odd cross-roads which we find ourselves standing in, we might even learn a thing or two.
Well, I'm still at those creative cross-roads, scratching my head over which way to go, but I'm making peace with the fact that this is where I am, and trusting that eventually I will feel like I am on the right path again. I guess the thing that I am trying to learn is patience, (which seems to be a lesson that I keep needing to learn over, and over again).
In the meantime I am going to be listing the pieces that I made a few weeks ago, (and actually liked!) and do my best to just begin enjoying where I am in the moment, even if it feels a bit directionless.
These two "Mini Scrap Quilts" can be found here and here.
(I have a few more that I will be listing in the next few days.)
And here's to all of you... where ever you you find yourself in your own creative journey, know that I am grateful for getting to walk this path with such generous, lovely and talented kindred spirits. xo
P.S. I'm reading the comments, and have to say, don't worry about me! I'm well and fine, and have my sense of humor fully intact! I tend to get philosophical about things, but believe me, I'm not being hard on myself, I'm just antsy, (as I get bored easily doing the same thing over and over) and impatient to figure out something new. (If patience is a virtue, it's a virtue that I lack!) This post was simply to say that I am learning not to rush things and to be more content being where I am, instead of where I think I should be.
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- Monica said...
I always have a 'no-brain' project on the side for those grey days when the juices don't flow. Normally some crochet or really simple knitting....
- February 15, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- sweetypie said...
dont be so hard on youself, sometimes you have to let things cook for a while......
- February 15, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Angela said...
That is one of the things I really like about hand quilting: it is such a slow process that you do not need to be thinking of the next project unless you want to. It is very meditative, and a lot of different ideas come your way while you are routinely stitching and stitching.
- February 15, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Sujata said...
Such a beautiful post. We often forget that art happens naturally and at it's own will. The freedom of our inner soul is more responsible than the needs, wants and deadlines to create freely and successfully.
I love your work.. These two are no different. Lovely photographs as usual too!
Enjoy your day!
- February 15, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Stephanie said...
That creative direction will happen when you least expect! Very lovely pieces you've created.
- February 15, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Jackie said...
Everyone has really summed it up. Just take a few deep breaths and a step back. It will all come in time. Love the beautiful quilt!
- February 15, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Sarah said...
Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear you are ok with where you are at. The new works look stunning!
- February 15, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Sewhappy said...
Oh your two quilts went too fast for me.
All will come in good time, life has taught me that. You are brilliant it will be ok.
It is comforting to know we are never alone in our troubles.
- February 15, 2011 at 11:45 PM
- Allie said...
It's all a part of the process - I have no doubt you'll get there, and be all fired up when you do! I love your pieces, they're wonderful - the heavy stitching is very tempting to touch!
- February 16, 2011 at 1:14 AM
- Ethne said...
I'm currently being diverted away from sewing - lost myself in some spinning last week and am now considering a little felting project (a protective pouch for my new smart phone) but do I needle felt or wet felt?
- February 16, 2011 at 3:21 AM
Oh Victoria, don't be so hard on yourself and as others say take a step back and relax! A touch of Quilt Flu perhaps? I find your work so exciting and creative and I was looking closely at the pic posted on 28th jan. What threads did you use on the over thread work that carry the colours from one block out to the others may I ask? That is one of the touches that make the quilt so successful for me. Also like the thrifty touch!!
Freda P , Scotland
- February 16, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Jenny McH said...
I have recently found your blog and have enjoyed your photos of your beautiful quilts. Four girlfriends & myself are visiting PA in early May from Australia, do you have your work on display anywhere in Lancaster? Also, I so love your photos in Worn & Weathered. Can't wait to visit to see the beautiful countryside. from Jenny
- February 16, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- Victoria said...
Thanks to each of you... and don't worry about me, I have my sense of humor, and really am not being hard on myself... I just am impatient!
Freda, The quilt in thread that I used is Sulky Cotton Blendables, in a 12 wt. You can find a link to there site if you scroll down on my blog and look on the right hand bar side under "Resources".
Jenny, Currently I don't have my work displayed locally, but I hope you have a wonderful time visiting Lancaster! The city is a true gem, (be sure to visit the Central Market, which is the oldest continuely operating farmers market in the US, and you might enjoy the quilt museum next door). Plus, the rural countryside is breath taking! (Caution: Don't get fooled into thinking that the tourist area around Rt 30 East is a true representation... it's a fun day trip, full of things to do and places to shop, but make sure to explore the back roads for a true look at the beautiful countryside!
- February 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Elsa said...
I've just recently found your blog ~ so impressed with your work. It's made me start to play with solids a bit more and I'm really liking the process. I think that's what I like about quilting ~ the process.
Thank you so much for the inspiration you give me!
- February 16, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Diane J. Evans said...
These pieces are both peaceful and deliciously edgy at the same time -- what a great use of color.
It would seem that, whenever any of us is in a creative funk, all we need do is share our work with other kindred souls -- hopefully, these lovely comments by everyone should give your spirits a lift. Even if YOU'RE not enjoying your work right now, other people are LOVING it.
- February 16, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- kathrynclark said...
Beautiful pieces! I know we never have to worry about you, your strength shows through in your work! It's just reassuring to know that we all go through these ups and downs in our work. I like Monica's comment about keeping a no-brain project nearby to help you make it through.
- February 16, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
Remember, you've had a lot happen in the last year. It's not surprising that your mojo has taken a little vacation. Once it's back from scuba in Australia or hiking in the Andes you will be on track!
- February 17, 2011 at 1:22 AM
- Hey Harriet said...
I love your mini scrap quilts! You'll be on the right path again before you know it! Being directionless can be difficult to deal with but if you give yourself into it, it may lead you into magical places. Trust and let go and all will be fine I reckon. Or simply take a little holiday. Australia is nice this time of year ;)
- February 17, 2011 at 4:48 AM
- Fer said...
Some great words of wisdom there. I'm sure you'll find which path to tread before too long. ♥
- February 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- karen said...
just read your last post and I have been there so many times it's like my second home!! we do bounce back though don't we.
- February 18, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Birdie said...
I have to say that I'm very inspired by your quilts! I am the one that is stumped or blocked - I've only made two things in a year:( You on the other hand keep going to the machine...I am trying to stop dreaming and doing. Glad you are who you are...you are helping others (me!)while on your journey and with ours(mine!). I don't want you to feel like you are stuck but I'm glad you shared your feelings! It is hard to read others blogs when they seem so perfect...perefection is boring!! Good luck on your journey!
- February 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Thank you for that link! I did buy some Sulky Gutterman thread this week,before reading your response but 30 weight. I'll search the stalls at the Scottish Show in Edinburgh next weekend and hoppe to find it.
This should kickstart me too.
Freda P
nr Edinburgh, Scotland
- February 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Pippa said...
I have full faith in your work, and know that your creative path will lead you in the right direction! Trust me, we all feel very lost at times but your beautiful work is one of a kind. It will you where you're meant to go.
- February 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM
Doesn't that tension create marvelous results and everyone seems to be loving pink, including me.
xox Corrine
- February 21, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Nifty Quilts said...
I'm loving your new work! Beautiful colors, and your design and stitching are always divine.
- February 22, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- brand-eye said...
that is gorgeous. i need to start making little quilts that take way less time. maybe i'll start with making one for me :-)
- February 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Colleen MacDonald said...
I love the rich colors in these mini quilts, and I especially love how you've posed the onions with them. That's brilliant!
- March 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM


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Recently I reviewed a paper in which most proofs were done in a proof assistant. Yes, the machine guaranteed that the proofs were correct, but I still had to make sure that the authors correctly formulated their definitions and theorems, that the code did not contain hidden assumptions, that there were no unfinished proofs, and so on.
In a typical situation an author submits a paper accompanied with some source code which contains the formalized parts of the work. Sometimes the code is enclosed with the paper, and sometimes it is available for download somewhere. It is easy to ignore the code! The journal finds it difficult to archive the code, the editor naturally focuses on the paper itself, the reviewer trusts the authors and the proof assistant, and the authors are tempted not to mention dirty little secrets about their code. If the proponents of formalized mathematics want to avert a disaster that could destroy their efforts in a single blow, they must adopt a set of rules that will ensure high standards. There is much more to trusting a piece of formalized mathematics than just running it through a proof checker.
Before I say anything about reviewing formalized mathematics, let me just point out that being anonymous does not give the referee the right to be impolite or even abusive. A good guiding principle is to never write anything in a review that you would not say to the author's face. You can be harsh and you can criticize, but do it politely and ground your opinions in arguments. After all, you expect no less of the author.
Let us imagine a submission to a journal in which the author claims to have checked proofs using a computer proof assistant or some other such tool. Almost everything I write below follows from the simple observation that the code contains proofs and that proofs are an essential part of the paper. If as a reviewer or an editor you are ever in doubt, just imagine how you would act if the formalized part were actually an appendix written informally as ordinary math.
Here is a set of guidelines that I think should be followed when formalized mathematics is reviewed.
The rules for the author
- Enclose the code with the paper submission.
- Provide information on how to independently verify the correctness of the code.
- License the code so that anyone who wants to check the correctness of the proofs is free to do so.
- Provide explicit information on what parts of the code correspond to what parts of the paper.
- It is not acceptable to just provide a link where the code is available for download, for several reasons:
- When the anonymous reviewer downloads the code, he will give away his location and therefore very likely his identity. The anonymity of the reviewer must be respected. While there are methods that allow the reviewer to download the code anonymously, it is not for him to worry about such things.
- There is no guarantee that the code will be available from the given link in the future. Even if the code is on Github or some other such established service, in the long run the published paper is likely going to outlive the service.
- It must be perfectly clear which version of the code goes with the paper. Code that is available for download is likely going to be updated and change, which will put it out of sync with the paper. The author is of course always free to mention that the code is also available on some web site.
- Without instructions on how to verify correctness of the code, the reviewer and the readers may have a very hard time figuring things out. The information provided must:
- List the prerequisites: which proof assistant the code works with and which libraries it depends on, with exact version information for all of them.
- Include step-by-step instructions on how to compile the code.
- Provide an outline of how the code is organized.
- Formalized mathematics is a form of software. I am not a copyright expert, but I suspect that the rules for software are not the same as those for published papers. Therefore, the code should be licenced separately. I strongly urge everybody to release their code under an open source license, otherwise the evil journals will think of ways to hide the code from the readers, or to charge extra for access to the code.
- The reviewer must check that all theorems stated in the paper have actually been proved in the code. To make his job possible the author should make it clear how to pair up the paper theorems with the machine proofs. It is not easy for the reviewer to wade through the code and try to figure out what is what. Imagine a paper in which all proofs were put in an appendix but they were not numbered, so that the reader would have to figure out which theorem goes with which proof.
The rules for the reviewer
- Review the paper part according to established standards.
- Verify that the code compiles as described in the provided instructions.
- Check that the code correctly formulates all the definitions.
- Check that the code proves each theorem stated in the paper and that the machine version of the theorem is the same as the paper version.
- Check that the code does not contain unfinished proofs or hypotheses that are not stated in the paper.
- Review the code for quality.
- Of course the reviewer should not forget the traditional part of his job.
- It is absolutely critical that the reviewer independently compile the code. This may require some effort, but skipping this step is like not reading proofs.
- Because the work is presented in two separate parts, the paper and the code, there is potential for mismatch. It is the job of the reviewer to make sure that the two parts fit together. The reviewer can reject the paper if he cannot easily figure out which part of the code corresponds to which part of the paper.
- The code is part of the paper and is therefore subject to reviewing. Just because a piece of code is accepted by a proof checker, that does not automatically make it worthy. Again, think how you would react to a convoluted paper proof which were nevertheless correct. You would most definitely comment on it and ask for an improvement.
The rules for the journal
- The journal must archive the code and make it permanently available with the paper, under exactly the same access permissions as the paper itself.
This is an extremely difficult thing to accomplish, so the journal should do whatever it can. Here are just two things to worry about:
- It is unacceptable to make the code less accessible than the paper because the code is the paper.
- The printed version of the journal should have the code enclosed on a medium that lasts as long as paper.
- If the code is placed on a web site, it is easy for it do disappear in the future when the site is re-organized.
The rules for the editor
- The editor must find a reviewer who is not only competent to judge the math, but can also verify that the code is as advertised.
- The editor must make sure that the author, the journal, and the reviewer follow the rules.
- It may be quite hard to find a reviewer that both knows the math and can deal with the code. In such as a case the best strategy might be to find two reviewers whose joint abilities cover all tasks. But it is a very bad idea for the two reviewers to work independently, for who is going to check that the paper theorems really correspond to the computer proofs? It is not enough to just have a reviewer run the code and report back as "it compiles".
- In particular, the editor must:
- insist that the code be enclosed with the paper
- convince the journal that the code be archived appropriately
- require that the reviewer explicitly describe to what extent he verified the code: did he run it, did he check it corresponds to the paper theorems, etc? (See the list under "The rules for the reviewer".)
Can we trust formalized mathematics?
I think the answer is not without a diligent reviewing process. While a computer verified proof can instill quite a bit of confidence in a mathematical result, there are things that the machine simply cannot check. So even though the reviewer need not check the proofs themselves, there is still a lot for him to do. Trust is in the domain of humans. Let us not replace it with blind belief in the power of machines.


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do you get when you have to make quick real-time strategy
decisions off the top of your head at any moment?
Well you get a real-time strategy game of course.
Well how about when you have to make quick real-time
strategy decisions off the top of your head at any
moment while also participating in the battle yourself?
That's when you get a real-time strategy action game,
or better known as Battalion Wars for the Nintendo
gaming developers always seem to release realistic
(or at least semi-realistic) war games that focus
on either the past or the present, for instance; SOCOM
3: U.S. Navy Seals, Call of Duty 2, and America's
Army. However, it has been a while since a developer
has come out with a war game based solely on their
imagination. Battalion Wars has nothing to do with
Iraq, or Vietnam, or even World War II. Instead it
pits two imaginary countries on the brink of war against
each other.
two countries, The Western Front and The Tundran Empire,
have had a shaky peace treaty between each other for
years. Each end has been itching for the other side
to make the first move over the de-militarized zone,
and move them into a full out war. Things seem to
be turning around with the Tundran leader Tsar Gorgi
hands over control of his army to his son Marshal
Nova; however, Marshal Nova wants peace for the two
countries instead of war. Tsar doesn't like this and
sends his army over the de-militarized zone creating
war between the two countries. After fighting each
other to a standstill, a madman and leader of Xylvania,
Kaiser Vlad unleashes his monster army on both of
the weakened countries to take them over. Desperately,
The Tundran and Western Front's armies form together
under an alliance to fight him back.
Western Front sends you out on your first mission,
(or tutorial) that's when they find out that a Tundran
spy has overstepped his bounds. While your following
him, Brigadier Betty (the games own Barbie doll) tells
you what to do through her constantly smiling mouth
and preppy bouncy cheerleader voice. At the end of
the first mission its clear that the Tundran's have
obliviously started the war.
Battalion Wars has only one game mode unfortunately,
and that is story mode. You control the guys in green
or the Western Frontier, who, coincidently look and
act very much like Americas army. Your main enemy
is the guys in red or the Tundran Empire, who, also
coincidently look and act much like Russians. In story
modes main screen, you get an overview of a map with
it split in half, half the map is colored in green
(Western Front territory) and the other half is colored
red (Tundran Empire territory). From there you get
a small blinking red dot showing the next mission
and its relation to the map. From there you can select
the mission you are on, or go back and replay a previous
mission to try and get a better score.
mission you go on pits your small force of men (usually
ranging from 6 to 12 guys at the begging, but then
gaining more as you progress across the map) against
the larger force of the enemy. You must use your brain
in this one or you will lose all your units and, obviously,
lose the battle. At the end of each mission, if you're
able to complete it, you get scored and ranked. When
you complete the game you unlock bonus missions depending
on your overall ranking in the game. During each mission
you get radio calls from General Herman, Brigadier
Betty, and Colonel Austin, giving you hints, help,
and your objectives.
Wars gives you a wide variety of three different unit
classes to use in your missions; infantry, aircraft,
and vehicles. Under the infantry class are six units;
Rifle, Flame, Bazooka, Missile, Assault, and Mortar.
Aircraft offers you five armored flying machines;
Gunship, Fighter, Bomber, Transport, and the Strato
Destroyer. Finally, the vehicles give you the largest
selection of units, approximately seven; Light and
Heavy Recon, Artillery, Light and Heavy Tank, AA Vehicle,
and Battlestation. Each one of these units has their
strengths and weaknesses, giving you an advantage
but the enemy an advantage as well. Not to mention
that the AI is smart and reacts quickly to what you
throw at it.
game gives you a great feel of control, allowing you
to give orders to your units with the press of a button.
You can tell your units to follow you or send them
off to attack with just the press of a couple buttons.
Moving and shooting is easy enough, just use the control
stick to move around, you can lock onto an opponent
and shoot him just with the L and A buttons. Yet the
targeting system targets everything but the opponent,
I often found myself having to re-target something
because instead of targeting the opponent I targeted
my own troop. With the ability to hop behind the wheel
of any vehicle in the game, comes a hard to handle
controls for them.
cartoonish CG graphics incorporated with the game,
gives it a fun feel to it. For this type of game,
the graphics allow for comical rag doll affects. However
the graphics could have been improved a little bit,
giving it more realism with moving body parts. Music
in Battalion Wars is the one war song played in the
background that loops every three minutes. However,
the voice acting and syncing couldn't have been better.
Especially, Brigadier Betty's voice, with her preppy
Barbie doll acting, the high-pitched valley girl voice
fits her perfectly.
(for most people expect this from GC games) Battalion
Wars does not have a multiplayer mode in it at all.
Which brings some disappointment to most people. The
game could have used a multiplayer mode, with one-person
controlling one country and another controlling the
other, or even going full out with a four-player game.
the end, Battalion Wars did a great job of bring together
two genre's of gaming that are naturally hard to combine
into a good game. However they could have improved
on a number of things to make this game extremely
good. So if your looking for a good, hard strategy
game that will keep you entertained for a number of
hours, be sure to pick this one up.
I'm sure that by now, most of you have heard of Advance
Wars for the GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS. If not,
Advance Wars is a turn based military game, pitting
two sides against each other in military combat. The
handheld titles boast incredibly fun turn based gameplay,
and now it's time to turn that fun 3D, bringing Advance
Wars to the GameCube. Originally, Advance Wars: Under
Strike was to be a 3D version of the popular handheld
series, until developers Kuju Entertainment and Intelligent
Systems removed the turn-based gameplay and implemented
a 3rd person action engine. The sum of it all became
Battalion Wars for the GameCube.
Wars is hardly your average 3rd person shooter. Kuju
Entertainment added in some Real Time Strategy to
the game to help make things interesting. This feature
will actually provide you greater control over your
units. Like most traditional 3rd person shooters,
you pick your class and you go to town, simple as
that. However with Battalion Wars, you will be able
to use the C Stick to select any one of the units
on your side, ranging from snipers to flame-thrower
units. This flexibility allows you to change your
strategy on the fly, depending on the situation.
even while I attended E3, I did not get a chance to
actually play the game. Early video footage does show
some smooth gameplay of what may be my personal favorite
aspect of Battalion Wars; vehicles.
have a nice wide range of vehicles at your disposal,
ranging from tanks to helicopters. One of the things
about Battalion Wars that impressed me was how smooth
the tanks looked. Most of the time when I'm cruising
around in a tank (RIP Grand Theft Auto), it's super
large and bulky, which makes for a very unresponsive
vehicle. To compare the ease of control of the vehicles
in Battalion Wars, I'd suggest looking at the popular
LucasArts tile, Mercenaries. The vehicle gameplay
in both games run a striking resemblance, which is
good in this case.
Wars will probably turn out to be like every other
GameCube title, offering an incredibly fun multiplayer
experience. As of this point, we're a bit unsure as
to what type of missions we can expect, or even what
kind of military types that are playable. Regardless,
Battalion Wars will definitely follow Nintendo's "multiplayer-good
times" suit, so if you're looking for a fun,
multi-player military action game, look no further
than Battalion Wars coming to your GameCube September
19th, 2005.


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What is the worse piece of advice you have gotten from other mothers?
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Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar today criticised the Indian cricketers for their lacklustre "approach and attitude" towards preparations and said this was precisely the reason behind the home team's disastrous performance in the ongoing Test series against England.
"We have been outplayed totally in all aspects of the game. Indian players need to look at their approach and attitude towards the preparation ahead of a game," Gavaskar said.
"Talent wise there is no question, but I am disappointed with the approach of the Indian cricketers in the last one year.
"Taking 5-6 days break after the humiliating defeat in Mumbai was not acceptable. The Indian team should have shown a little more seriousness," the batting legend told 'NDTV'.
Gavaskar's scathing comments came after India produced a pathetic batting display in the second innings of the third cricket Test at The Eden Gardens to stare at yet another humiliating defeat.
At stumps on the fourth day, India were 239 for nine in their second innings, giving them a lead of 32, and Gavaskar felt it is time the national selectors take some tough calls.
"It is difficult to ignore what happened in the last Test. The selectors will have a hard time to pick the team for the last Test in Nagpur.
"If the same set of players are not providing results, then the selectors should take a call," he said.
"The Indians have nothing to talk about their performances so naturally they are defensive," he added.
Gavaskar was full of praise for the English batsmen, especially captain Alastair Cook, for their brilliant show against Indian spinners and that too, in sub-continent conditions.
"England has worked very hard. Cook showed in Ahmedabad that spin can be tackled," Gavaskar said.
"They (English batsmen) have applied themselves. The English batsmen saw how Cook had talked spin in the second innings in Ahmedabad and learnt from there."
Apart from the 76-run knock in India's first innings in the ongoing Test, Sachin Tendulkar has hardly anything to show in the series. But Gavaskar refused to put the blame on any individual and termed it a "collective failure".
"Why pick on him (Tendulkar)? Who has scored runs? It's a collective failure. He has given us 23 glorious years of his career," he said.


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It disappears when you press the ALT key again, or click anywhere in the browser.
Regarding your problem of the missing toolbars, IE9 has plenty, but has hidden them. Even I don't feel comfortable without my Favorites bar and Status bar. What you need to do is to right click on any empty space on the Address bar. A popup menu will appear showing all the installed tool bars (see image below). Click and select the toolbars that you want IE9 to display. This includes any custom toolbar that you may have installed (for example, Google toolbar).
Sometimes, you may notice that the IE9 slows down after enabling certain toolbars. I have a toolbar that helps me download videos from Facebook. I use the right-click method to disable the toolbar, unless I wish to download video, so that I do not lose the IE9 speed on other websites. To disable a toolbar, right click on any empty space in the Address bar and in the popup menu, and uncheck the toolbar that you wish to disable.
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Coloring Hair After Chemotherapy
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My hair is starting to grow back after chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
I finished radiation a month ago and want to color my hair. Is that okay?
Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Nurse Educator, responds:
Although I could not find any actual, published guidelines, I queried a few of my colleagues and we were all in agreement. You should avoid coloring or perming hair during chemotherapy or while it is initially growing back after therapy. The chemicals used in these and other processes, such as highlighting and hair straightening, can damage hair and can cause it to fall out.
In addition, as the hair grows back after therapy, it is often more fine- almost like a baby's hair- and thus probably will not handle the stress too well. Avoid doing anything to your hair that will cause undue stress. Once your hair grows back to its normal health and fullness (not necessarily length), then make that hair appointment! One of my colleagues did say that for someone who really wants to color it, try using a color wash instead of a hair dye, as this is a bit less damaging.


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New Zealand has gone bicycle crazy, and its visitors are set to benefit.
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Already a country with a huge appetite for off-road cycling, the new New Zealand Cycle Trail provides even more fabulous fodder in some of New Zealand's most spectacular countryside. Twenty new routes have been established in all, providing predominantly easy and family friendly cycling with some more challenging rides for the eager. Most trails are multi-day, but can easily be broken up into sections.
The new cycleways are spread from one end of the country to the other. In the far north, the Twin Coast Cycle Trail follows a picturesque former rail line between peaceful Hokianga Harbour and the bustling Bay of Islands. Down south, the Queenstown Trail traverses the majestic Wakatipu Basin taking in Gibbston Valley wine region and historic Arrowtown.
In between, the trails are equally diverse. Two run from mountains to sea, while others stretch along the coast. Many follow pioneer logging, mining and disused passenger rail routes, often striking through spectacular native forest. Long-time local mountain bikers always knew New Zealand had the potential to become one of the world's best scenic cycling destinations. Now we believe we've got there.
John Dunn, Cycle Trail programme manager, backs this up. 'The numbers of international cyclists coming to New Zealand has doubled since 2008. In terms of drawing people to New Zealand and showcasing some of the best scenery we have to offer, we expect the cycle trails to become as important as the Great Walks through our National Parks.'
Travellers around New Zealand have already cottoned on, as evident by a proliferation of cycle tour and bike rental companies, and a significant increase in the number of motor homes cruising with bikes loaded on the back. We've travelled this way since we bought our own little campervan a few years ago, and now we can't imagine a better way to go exploring.
There are so many reasons why the campervan-and-bike combination is such a winner. For a starter, cycling is a great way to stretch the legs after a day on the road. Park up – either in your campsite or well away from busy town centres – and go for a ride to reconnoitre the area and fetch your groceries. Cycle out for drinks or dinner and burn off the cheeseboard on the weave back home, and then bask in the glow of being green.
Cycling is a great way to take in the sights, both in the town and beyond. Cycle paths and other bike facilities are increasing within towns and cities, while many recreational trails are now dual use which means you can see more in less time and get fitter while you're at it. 'Hiking in fast-forward,' we call it.
Always looking to guarantee a good time, tourism operators are getting behind this movement. The Holiday Parks Association – an official partner of the New Zealand Cycle Trails – have launched a 'Cycle Hub' scheme, with accredited parks offering their guests trail information, secure bike storage, bike cleaning facilities and access to a bike technician. Many also offer bike hire, or can hook guests up with someone who does.
The campervan rental company, Britz, is also an official Cycle Trails partner. Their initiative to get more travellers out cycling is 'Britz Bikes', offering customers who hire out of Auckland and Christchurch the option of tagging on bikes for as little as $16 per day: either 'hybrid' models suitable for town riding and gentle country trails, or mountain bikes for more rugged terrain. Britz's bike racks can be fitted to both their campervan and cars, and all the necessary equipment (helmet, pump, repair kit, lock, etc) is provided. Optional extras such as panniers and night-lights are also available.
In the middle of last winter, we tested 'Britz Bikes' on a tour of the Otago Coast and Southern Lakes. The days were short, the nights frosty. It was a challenging time of year to be out and about, but the satisfaction we gained from it made it all worthwhile. We completed many half-day rides under clear blue skies, in view of lush green fields and magnificent snowy peaks. Even when the weather was less than favourable, the exercise kept us warm, the adventure made us happy, and the cosy campervan restored us fully of an evening. The bikes were good quality in great condition, easy to ride, and quick to get ready.
We've always known Britz to be a company that genuinely cares about its customers, and so it's no surprise that they've jumped on the cycling bandwagon. We applaud their initiative, because in the next few years – as news of the new Cycle Trails spreads – more and more visitors will discover the diversity of New Zealand in a different way – in a healthy way, on two wheels, with the sun on their face and wind at their back (fingers crossed!).
For more information:
Britz Campervans, www.britz.co.nz
Holiday Parks Association of New Zealand, www.hapnz.co.nz
Nga Haerenga, New Zealand Cycle Trail – www.nzcycletrail.com
Classic New Zealand Cycle Trails guidebook (Kennett Brothers) – an indispensible guide covering all 18 routes along with 43 others rides and link routes.


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I'm new to PAT testing, have trained just so I can test appliances in my charities' premises.
I've done tests in one room of the building so far but insulation resistance readings are always "19.99" MΩ no matter what sort of appliance it is.
Before I do further tests in the building I'd like to confirm whether this is normal or if perhaps I may be doing something wrong.
Thanks for looking!