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Free agency is upon us, and I'd be surprised if we got through next week's general managers' and owners' meetings without some significant signings. After what transpired last January — a spending cold front that left myriad veterans settling for far less than they hoped to get — I anticipate players and their agents being far more aggressive this year, working to avoid post-holiday unemployment.
That's one of the many factors I contemplated in my annual free-agent rankings and predictions. I spoke with dozens of industry folks in an attempt to correctly peg where players would go and how much they would receive.
From last year's rankings and predictions, I correctly matched 12 of the 30 players with the correct team, 15 with the right number of years on their contracts and three with the exact dollar amount — one of whom was Jeremy Hellickson, who accepted the Phillies' one-year, $17.2-million qualifying offer. In 2015-16, it was eight on the teams, 11 on the years and one on the dollars. In 2014-15: Seven on the teams, 12 on the years and one on the dollars. So that's what I'm looking to beat. All I need now is for the players and teams to cooperate.
Here's a breakdown of my thinking behind some of the picks:
Eric Hosmer (1) and J.D. Martinez (2). One of them is signing with the Red Sox. You can set your watch to that. If the Red Sox were any more public about their desire to improve their offense and their lack of concern about going back over the luxury-tax threshold (after getting under it in 2017), they'd be buying signage in Times Square.
Hosmer will be pricier in years because he's entering his age-28 season, whereas 2018 will be Martinez's age-30 season. My hunch is the Red Sox ultimately will find Hosmer more desirable because of that slight age disparity as well as his ability to plug a hole at first base, even if he's far from an elite defender, whereas Martinez would essentially be a designated hitter right off the bat.
I'm projecting Martinez to the Mariners because they continue to be a win-now team, trying to end their longest-in-baseball playoff drought while Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz are still producing.
Yu Darvish (3) and Jake Arrieta (4). They too are inextricably linked, the two top starting pitchers in the market certain to attract similar suitors.
I have Darvish going to the Angels because I think Mike Trout's team is finally ready to take a chance again. They already retained Justin Upton, whom they acquired last Aug. 31, with a restructured deal. Now they need to re-arm their pitching staff. Darvish knows the American League West well from his time with the Rangers, and he knows Southern California better from his brief stay with the Dodgers. He made clear his desire to stay with the Dodgers, but I don't think the Dodgers have the appetite for the type of contract Darvish is likely to receive from other clubs.
The Cardinals have been as public about going after an established closer as the Red Sox have about getting a bat. Yet I think the top closer, Wade Davis (6), will stay with the Cubs. And I'm not sure the Cardinals will be excited about spending heavily to get Greg Holland (19), who really struggled in the second half of his post-Tommy-John-surgery season with the Rockies. So I think they'll pivot to spending more resources for their starting rotation, which is where Arrieta enters the picture. St. Louis could use a workhorse like Arrieta to replace Lance Lynn (14), and as they showed last year when they signed Dexter Fowler, the Cards are never averse to weakening the Cubs.
Lorenzo Cain (5). The Giants are a team that typically targets what it wants and goes and gets it. No muss, no fuss. Last year, it was Mark Melancon. Two years ago? Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija. This time, after their horrific 2017, the Giants want a center fielder who can play defense and hit in the middle of the order. Sounds a lot like Cain.
Third basemen and catchers: It doesn't look like a particularly robust market for either position in terms of demand, which is why I think Mike Moustakas (7) will stay put with the Royals, who would be thrilled to retain even one of their big three free agents. The Braves are willing to take someone for a few years while their third-base prospect Austin Riley continues to develop, which is why I see them being a good fit for Todd Frazier (10), who would love to stay with the Yankees but has bad timing regarding their intent to get under the luxury-tax threshold.
The Mets? Sounds like their priority is strengthening their bullpen and their outfield. They like the idea of having a motivated, walk-year Asdrubal Cabrera at third base. So I don't see them seriously engaging on Frazier, nor on Eduardo Nunez (15), whom I envision reuniting with his old Yankees advocate Billy Eppler (now the Angels' GM).
The top catchers here are Welington Castillo (18), coming off a great year with the Orioles, and Jonathan Lucroy (22), coming off a horrendous one-year stay with the Rangers and then a couple of rebound months with the Rockies. The Rockies seem determined to spend, so I have them retaining Lucroy. And how about Castillo with the Rangers, where he can DH some and give Texas a nice catching combination with him and the reasonably priced (and entering his age-34 season) Robinson Chirinos.
Shohei Otani (9). He has played his cards oh-so close to the vest, and technically, he is not yet a free agent, with finishing touches required on the posting agreement and then the Nippon-Ham Fighters actually needing to post him. Nevertheless, let's not be naïve: When do we ever get this far down the road, with Otani taking on an established agent (CAA) and drawing attention from so many clubs this past season, and then it fizzles? Almost never.
Continuing with our Occam's Razor deductions, have the Yankees ever whiffed on a Japanese player they wanted? They wanted Hideki Irabu, Hideki Matsui, Kei Igawa and Masahiro Tanaka. They did not want Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka or Darvish. The Yankees are easily the best-known team in Japan. That's why I'm taking the leap to guess that Otani will choose the Yankees, who absolutely want the pitcher-outfielder.
Jay Bruce (11). As I wrote back in August, he will be a particularly interesting test case for this new baseball economy, as he is solid yet not elite. The Mets' interest should help his market, and while Bruce himself has professed an openness to return to the Mets, friends of his don't think that would be his top choice.
I think the Astros would be his top choice, since he lives in Houston, and the Astros do want to balance out their outfield with a lefty bat. Maybe Bruce will be too pricey for the defending World Series champs, given how great their roster looks. However, remember that the Astros will be shedding Carlos Beltran and his $16 million salary. And that Bruce, while not exactly Marwin Gonzalez in the versatility department, could help as an outfielder, a first baseman and a designated hitter. And that the Astros, having just reaped the benefits of building a great clubhouse, could see the benefits of bringing in a guy who will be hungry to help build another championship team so he can get a ring of his own.
Or, the Astros could just trade for the Marlins' Christian Yelich.
The Mets: They're going to have to spend somewhere. And they know they needed an established bat. So if Bruce bolts, and if they don't want to compete in the Hosmer-Martinez arena, where do they turn?
Logan Morrison (24) doesn't represent a perfect fit since he has played more first base than outfield recently, and he isn't a defensive whiz anywhere. However, the Mets aren't going to be hamstrung by any commitment to Dom Smith, and Morrison would bring aboard some serious power as well as some personality. The Mets could benefit from both.
On the pitching front, look at the Mets' new staff and their old connections. Manager Mickey Callaway knows Bryan Shaw (21) well from Cleveland, and pitching coach Dave Eiland knows Jason Vargas (27) well from Kansas City. That still leaves a need for a second baseman, unless the Mets want to roll the dice there with Wilmer Flores. Neil Walker (20) will be available. I have him re-signing with the Brewers.
The Yankees: Now that Masahiro Tanaka is staying, they won't be intensely involved in the free-agent market besides the Otani curiosity and, as most believe, an effort to bring back CC Sabathia (16) that should succeed.
Relievers: They're going to do well, maybe the best of any group. The Braves know they need help. I think they'll land on former Met Addison Reed (17). Tony Watson (25) will probably do the best of any left-hander; I think he'll stay with the Dodgers. And what would a baseball winter be without a Scott Boras client signing with the Nationals? Here's betting that Holland lands in Washington as the Nats try to win a playoff series in the last season they'll control Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy. Count on the Cardinals to get multiple guys; they have had Pat Neshek (23) before.
The old guys: I've heard that John Lackey (29) wants to finish his career where he started it, with the Angels. That could work, right? While he didn't look great for the Cubs this past season, he can still pick up some innings and add some veteran wisdom to a young team trying to make the leap.
Curtis Granderson (30) is of particular interest, thanks to his New York ties. We all know how streaky he can be, but man oh man, he looked so finished in October that the Dodgers didn't even put him on their World Series roster.
With a glut of outfielders out there, who will bank on Granderson, entering his age-37 season, to be just fine and helpful? And does Granderson, who has accomplished so much and made so much money, want to be a fourth outfielder somewhere, maybe even on a rebuilding team, at a massive pay cut?
I know that Granderson has been public about his desire to keep playing. I'm just going with my gut here and saying that he decides to move forward with his off-the-field initiatives.
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Yesterday's mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut has hit me hard. I have had an impossible time holding it together. I knew there was a shooting before I went to school, but didn't know details and could not let it affect my day with my students. We carried on as usual…tweeting with our friends around the world, laughing, joking, writing, getting our letters from Santa in the mail, reading with our Big Buddies, singing songs and preparing our dance for Monday's assembly. I didn't know that across the continent a situation was unfolding that would shake me to the core.
Finding out that many of the victims in the shooting were in Kindergarten sent my world into a tailspin. How could anyone senselessly open fire on little children?!? Why??? My heart hurts and my brain can't understand it at all. IT COULD HAVE BEEN MY CLASS.
A huge part of being a teacher is loving my students. I teach the curriculum, but above all else, I try to teach my students to be kind, caring, loving human beings. I want them to know that I love them and everything I teach them, I teach out of love and caring for them. To find out that teachers at Sandy Hook School lost their lives protecting their students tells me that they LOVED their students. They are heroes.
We have practised lockdown drills at our school and every time we do, I have little ones who are afraid of sitting in the dark. Keeping a five year old quiet is near impossible, so I try to make a game of it…hide and seek on a very important, amplified level. After yesterday's shooting, lockdown drills will take on a more emotional angle for me. What if I ever had something happen like this in MY school? We will practise our fire, earthquake and lockdown drills and we will be prepared. It is my sincere hope that we will never have to use those emergency preparedness skills.
So what now? We mourn the loss of innocent students and teachers, but what can I do? I can't change the US gun laws, nor can I help the community of Newtown that has suffered such a tragic loss, except pray for their emotional healing. What I CAN DO is let the parents of my students know that I would protect their children like I would protect my own. I would do anything in my power to make sure their children are SAFE, CARED FOR and LOVED, no matter how dire or scary the situation. I am a Kindergarten teacher and that is MY JOB.


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I have been dying to wear a t-shirt to my office job, well internship. I knew that I had to dress it up, so I opted for a statement necklace and trousers. This look is comfortable + chic. The boyfriend look is in right now.
If you're bold enough, you could rock this with sneakers. There are a ton of ways to break style rules for the office space and I am going to teach them to you! [Tweet "Nothing says I'm here and ready to work like a great statement necklace and well tailored trousers."]
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You're Never Going To Be Ready
By Courtney Dercqu*
"You're never going to be ready."
This is what my grand-mom told me right before she died. I was venting to her, fearful about finally getting out on the road to take my driver's test, when she looked at me and said something I'll never forget.
Ten years later, and I'm taking her advice and applying it to everything I know: love, romances, college, finally deciding on a career and, for once, actually sticking to it. My grandmother was wise – but this – this was the wisest reasoning of all.
So often in life, we think that there is a timeline.
22 years old: I need to have graduated with my Bachelor's degree. Naturally, within the next few months I need to be working in my field – working as a waitress or bartending on the weekends is not an option.
23: I should have found the man I'm going to marry – despite whether or not he's actually proposed
24: I should be getting engaged and spending countless hours planning my wedding
25: I should transition from Ms. à Mrs.
26: I should be buying our first house
27: I should be trying for a baby and naturally getting pregnant without any trouble
30: My life – at least the part that deals with my identity – should be sorted out
It all sounds perfect, right?
But the reality is that those guidelines – those timelines we make for ourselves – are just that: guidelines. They aren't certain, and they shouldn't be, because as the old saying goes, "life is what happens when you're too busy making plans."
About ten years ago, I had it all figured out. When I was 16-years-old, having a conversation over my fear of getting behind the wheel, I already knew how my life would end up: graduation, college, marriage, motherhood (in that order).
Do you want to know what really happened? I got married at 18-years-old, got divorced at 21, spent four whole years being single, and finally graduated with my degree after five long years, and guess what? I'm 25 and still have no clue what it is I want to do with my forever.
And that's okay with me because after everything I have been through, understanding that I'm not fully ready to understand is what is most comforting about my life.
I've been through a lot of changes during times when I wasn't ready for them. I wasn't ready to be a wife when I was 18-years-old. I wasn't ready when I wanted a baby two years later. I wasn't ready to be faced with a divorce, to start over, and to face vulnerability for the first time in a long time.
But because I wasn't ready, I received the things that I needed most: an opportunity to view my life in the way I was meant to – to view it optimistically when yet another relationship had met its end, to push toward love when it was outside my comfort zone and, in the end, reap the most wonderful rewards like a guarantee that I'd met my soul-mate that will last me forever.
My grandmother told me that I'd never be ready.
I think that's completely true. Because there's nothing more frightening than falling in love, but I'll be damned if it isn't worth it.
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The beaten and bruised party made the trek back to Elbat Dnuor that night, finding the city in an uproar. Soldiers and guardsmen rushed through the streets in an almost panic, and soon a courier found the leaders and brought them to General Davik Azazeal. The general reported that survivors from the farm had made their way back to the city a mere hour before the PC's, alerting the council to the danger that the trolls presented, and Davik was busy rallying the troops to sally forth and face the foe. He was of course overjoyed to see the return of the kingdom's rulers, and saddened to hear of the loss of Noruas the Gunslinger.
Though Gavriil the Arcanist made sure to inform Davik that the trolls had been beaten, he nonetheless insisted upon sending out the Seventh Lodovkan Platoon upon the morning to the battlefield, to ensure the defeat of the monsters. Not giving an argument, the PC's slept through the rest of the night. Upon the morning, they informed their council of the short trip they'd be making to Restov to get Noruas Raised, and then left, arriving in the early morning of the fourth day of travel. Several thousand gold later (approximately the cost of just about everything they'd looted from the Ruined Keep of the Dancing Lady), their Gunslinger stood again before them, immediately brandishing her rifle in a bout of brief confusion!
The trip back to the capital was uneventful, and once the group had returned they had some work to get done. General Azazael reported that his army was still stationed at the Fangberry Farm, but that they had sent out scouts to track down the trolls and find where they came from. The scouts had yet to report back, but they estimated that it would not take long before they had more information. With this in mind, the group decided to set about a week's worth of downtime activities– Gavriil crafted a Wand of Cat's Grace, Noruas began making her Mithril armor from the metal smelted down out of her looted statue, Eneko the Bard/Cavalier retrained some more of his abilities, and Elysia the Ranger decided to visit the guildhall of the White Wolves, discussing with them the possibilities of organizing their members into a defensive force for the city.
At the end of this time, General Azazael called the kingdom's council back into session to discuss matters of state. First on the roster was a diplomatic envoy sent from Varnhold to their east– Caspar Morgarion, Grand Diplomat for Maegar Varn. Caspar was sent by Varn in order to help establish proper borders between the two nations– Varnhold had seen Tolemac's rapid expansion in their direction, and were somewhat concerned as to the PC's intentions. Fortunately there was no issue in working out an agreement between the two nations; each left the meeting happy with a border set along the Tors de Levienes mountains and Lake Silverstep. Next on the table to discuss: The scouts had come back!
General Azazael gave the scouts report to the council: The trolls were tracked to the south back to their lair, what looked to be some kind of fortress in the side of a cliff. Unfortunately the scouts were unable to investigate the fortress, due to the armies of trolls and lizardfolk camped outside. The scouts stayed long enough to observe two of these armies mobilize in a general northern direction, possibly back towards Tolemac, moving at a slow pace. The General informed the council that there were approximately four days before they believed the armies of trolls would reach their borders, though where exactly they were headed was not yet determined.
After much discussion, the council came up with a plan: General Azazael would lead the Seventh Lodovkan Platoon along with a group of White Wolves, commanded by Swordlady Jamandi Aldori, out into Tatzlford to set up a defensive location, at which point they would send out scouts to warn of the approach of any trolls. Eneko, Noruas, Elysia, and Gavriil would themselves travel just outside of their kingdom borders to the south-west, posting themselves and an army of undead which they controlled through Necromancy– a large number of castings of Lesser Animate Dead for three days straight, coupled with Command Undead to gather those remaining zombies from the hilltop around the Stag Lord's Fort gave the group a decent force of undead to bear, and when augmented by the PC's themselves I tweaked some rules to let them act as a single army. The PC's sent out scouts as well, and thus both groups were alerted when the trolls were within sight.
For the army stationed in Tatzlford, they happened to be in just the right place, as the trolls were headed for the town. The undead commanded by the players were forced to relocate on the fly however, as they spotted their foes on the other side of the Tuskwater lake! Fortunate smiled upon them as they were able to move into position before the trolls reached their kingdom, and the armies engaged in battle. It was over quickly, the undead tearing the trolls apart with no casualties on their own side, Gavriil's spells helping to burn the trolls to ash before they could regenerate. On the other side of the kingdom Jamandi Aldori and Davik Azazael led their armies into combat against the second troll army, and had just as much success– the Seventh Lodovkan Platoon suffered minor losses, but the White Wolves cut through the ranks of monsters with ease, and these trolls too were burned to ash with the alchemist's fire that the kingdom had outfitted their soldiers with.
The immediate threat contained, the armies regrouped in the capital and decided to press their advantage– south, towards the troll lair! They paused only long enough to gather reinforcements in the way of warriors sent from the Sootscale Kobolds, led by Chief Sootscale himself, before marching south and preparing for the decimation of Hargulka's armies.
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Not a bad session– the story moved along nicely, and I was happy to get a chance to throw in some communication with Varnhold along the way; I'd like to have them establish some kind of relationship with the neighboring kingdom before they disappear and have to be investigated. The mass combats….I could take them or leave them at this point. Especially when it is one army on another army, both small like these, I feel too much is left up to chance and die rolls; one of the armies was able to decimate the trolls they faced utterly while in the ranged phase, taking them out in a single roll. I can only imagine that this problem is mitigated with different opening strategy choices (taking defensive tactics to give a bonus to the army's AC and a penalty to their offensive rolls) and larger HP.
We'll see next session how battles between several army units will fare– the PC's now have the Lodovkan Platoon, the White Wolves, the Sootscale Kobolds, and their own undead unit labeled the Trollsmashers to bring to bear upon Hargulka, who will have some combination of armies that adds up to 150 trolls, as well as a unit of Lizardfolk (Gavriil's player mentioned briefly that once they finished off the trolls they'd catch the Lizardfolk tribe on their way back to the capital). It'll turn out different I'm sure– and the fact that the PC's have so many kingdom leaders in command of their armies makes it all the more deadly to have a unit disbanded with the possibility of killed or captured leaders. At the very least if the worst occurs I can always rest easy in knowing that they were warned– they were able to capture one of the troll commanders in battle and pump him for information, so they should realize the possibility is there for the enemy to do the same.
Not much longer for book two I imagine– possibly three to four sessions to bring it to a close. And then we will be on our way to The Varnhold Vanishing!


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And Week 16's prompt is . . .
I could name a ton, but there's probably a reason this calls for "a favorite food" rather than "all the awesome foods you like putting in your mouth." 'Cause maybe we'd be here all day.
So let me share with you my love of potatoes.
|Mmm, vegetarian shepherd's pie!
Potatoes can dress down, too. You can make hash browns or french fries. You can make au gratin potatoes. You can even buy the instant version and they're really not bad.
Potatoes are awesome!
For the curious, here's my full favorite foods list. :)


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By Amy Thomson
Shoes shuffled squares of grey,
Arm in arm one Spring Thursday,
House museums lined the streets,
Project Honey we would complete.
Ceiling portals opened wide,
Honey sister by my side,
Lights shined through the dancing plaster,
Heartbeats raced faster, faster.
Sticky membranes were my sky,
She saw jungles through her third eye,
Sank beneath the arctic sea,
With my favorite honeybee.
Lava lamps and Christmas lights
Were our suns on this great night.
Venus kept us safe and sound,
In our girl hive, sisters bound.
Then flew in the phallic drones,
We had to leave our royal thrones.
Flew outside to pollinate,
Struggled just to acclimate.
Seeds of fear sprouted their buds,
Water drops became flash floods.
Spooked by gutter's gurgling mouth,
Sisters started flying south.
I had to leave my fellow queen,
Returned to my hive, began to wean
Never would we forget this trip,
In our golden honey ship.


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Happy Blue Monday...
How quickly did that last weekend fly by?
It's Monday already!
But don't be perturbed because it's a Happy Blue Monday
Although I'd like to catch up watching a 'Strictly' or an episode of the 'Great British Bake Off Masterclass' with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
(or as my hubby thinks just watching 'Loose Woman' all day)
I can't because there are major decisions to be made!
(Just before I move on, I'd like to clarify that I DON'T watch daytime TV EVER, well nearly never! ;D)
If this is your first time visiting me, then you won't be aware that although I never wanted to partake in a renovation job on our home (I've watched so many of those programme's and they nearly always go over budget, take forever and cause such stress, that I thought I could do without all of that going on in my life...there's enough ciaos already) but it appears that we're a living TV episode.
I'm just waiting for Kevin McCloud to appear on our driveway.
Our first major job is renovating the master bathroom.
With all the noise, comings and goings, boots thundering overhead etc I decided to give Muffy a break. She is being desensitized to loud bangs and drills (not even flinching when our neighbour had fireworks on Saturday) but sometimes you just need to get out and have some peace.
So we scooted to the tile shop (more decisions to made) then we stopped off in Duthie Park.
(Duthie Park is a park of 44 acres which was donated to the city by Miss Duthie in 1880 and opened to the public in 1883...I'll be writing a post about the park at a later date).
It's a great meeting place plus you can grab a coffee and the dogs can walk around the whole park off the lead (leash).
As we walked around look what I spotted...Blue Monday just came to mind as soon as I saw the Boat Lake.
I couldn't have asked for more...having this chap playing with his model boat.
It was freezing and I for one wouldn't be messing about with boats on a lake when the North Wind Doth Blow...but he seemed to be thrilled.
I'm off to look at more bathrooms, tiles and windows now, but I did manage to add some music to the video clip that I mentioned last Blue Monday.
So if you're feeling in a little stress...take a deep breath and relax.
Happy Blue Monday to you all.
Don't forget to pop across to see more of the Blue Monday Gang


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Imagine mind-blowing mindreading, superheroes, hilarious puppets, balloons, music, and of course INCREDIBLE magic. It's a great FAMILY show for both kids and adults, and not to be missed.
Magic Frostie is one of the UK's top holiday park acts, and is back in his hometown for 1 night only.
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This school is a 13-18 school. Not so common but where such upper schools exist they create a quite different feel to the way music education is approached. While to some extent dependant upon their feeder middle schools, they are often very good at creating new experiences for their students that hardly rely on what has gone before. With an 13-18 perspective and with a large cohort post 16 there is no question that music will feature strongly post 16 and assist in creating a mature musical culture that impacts throughout.
Today I am observing a year 9 class. Their topic is Film Music. The work has been schemed out carefully and, perhaps typically, a number of lessons have been spent in the analysis of film music as a musical practice, that is, how composers of film music go about their work (why think of film music as a genre when it can be thought of as a practice?). As a topic the practice of composing film music has much to recommend it and is frequently found at examination level and in higher education. What better way to understand how musical meanings are mediated and to engage critically with the process of composition.
This teacher had indeed studied the practice at degree level and has planned for thorough appreciation of it. Today 'Kamaji's Boiler Room' is the film clip, lasting 9 minutes, serving as the stimulus for class discussion. This relies upon students applying what they had previously learnt and there is a good range of student responses. The teacher's classroom presence has authority and this authority is expressed with ease as particular students are called upon to share their grasp of the techniques at work in the clip.
Now attention to the matter of character leit motives and composition work, next week to be linked with underscoring and so on building step by step, technique after technique to inform what is composed. Students are using the Seesaw app as a compositional notebook.
It's a method that is usually successful. It's what art teachers do as well.


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The manager of a small Internet access provider says vandals shut down her site in retaliation after she reported a child pornography site to law enforcement authorities.
Marrya VandeVen, general manager of ISP Stockton Community Wide Web in California, said she came across the pornographic site while surfing March 11. The site, which she had traced to New Mexico, was not hosted by her ISP.
"As a mommy, I got really upset," VandeVen said today in an interview with CNET's NEWS.COM. "I've been working with other parents and groups on ways to keep our children safe. When I came across this site, I was really upset--not as the general manager of an ISP, but as a parent. How could someone convince a child to do that? This wasn't a young-looking 20-year-old. This was a prepubescent child pornography site."
A spokesperson for Internet Ventures, the company that operates the Stockton Community Wide Web, confirmed that the ISP's system was brought down but declined to give further details. The incident offers a rare glimpse into the netherworld of child pornography on the Internet, an issue that continues to be the source of legal wrangling.
VandeVen, who has a 7-year-old son, says she brought up her discovery on a mailing list that discusses unsolicited commercial email. She asked the list's members what to do about the information she had been able to gather about the site's origin and owner.
"I got a lot of criticism. People told me to mind my own business and let it drop," she said, noting that some warned her of the threat of retaliation if she reported it to law enforcement. Still, she added, "I never thought my peers would tell me not to do what was right."
However, Doug Lim, another list member, said, "Since the list's purpose is to defend against and work to prevent spam, and the fact that Ms. VandeVen did not actually receive spam from or promoting the [pirated software]/child porno site, a few people felt that her posts were off-topic, but most responses were helpful."
Lim said that because the list is designed to combat spam, often spammers "lurk" on it to learn what is being done to fight their practices.
"If you'll grant the assumption that those who send [junk email] are sorely lacking in ethics, certainly it's not hard to imagine that some of these spammers also traffic in pirated software and/or child pornography," Lim said in an email message. "Perhaps that is where the threats and harsh criticism and suggestions to 'mind her own business' came from."
VandeVen said she went on to report the information to the Customs Service and the FBI via email Thursday, March 12.
On Sunday, March 15, "I got a call at home from an employee at about 7 p.m., telling me the server was locked up. That happens every once in a while," she said.
When the employee rebooted the system, however, "nothing came back up," VandeVen said. "It deleted everything mounted on the system. [The hackers] were good--they got the backup to launch, and it wiped itself clean."
She explained that the hack was perpetrated using a Unix command to remove the root files, the core operating system files. "We had to rewrite everything from scratch," she said, noting that some information was saved on an old, "retired" hard drive, which the ISP used in the interim. "We had to re-create an ISP from a blank computer."
By 3 a.m. Monday customers could connect to the Internet and surf, VandeVen said, but they could neither retrieve the ISP's home page or their own pages nor check or send email. She said most customers were unable to retrieve email until Tuesday; others were held up until Thursday.
"Customers were really ticked off at first because they couldn't get their mail," she said. "But once we explained what happened, they were really great about it."
Since the ISP has been repaired, VandeVen said she is still feeling the effects. "I've gotten threatening emails from as far away as Australia," she said. "They feel I've encroached on one of their own. But if I have to be hated by any group, this one I don't mind so much."


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It's the largest oil spill in history: a crashed supertanker in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage—and a PR disaster—the multinational oil company releases an untested "designer microbe" to break up the spill. An "oil-eating" microbe, designed to consume anything made of petrocarbons: oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, and of course plastic. What the company doesn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air. But when every car in the Bay Area turns up with an empty gas tank, they begin to suspect something is terribly wrong. And when, in just a few days, every piece of plastic in the world has dissolved, it's too late... An "oil-eating" microbe has been released by a multinational oil company in order to avert a disaster in the San Francisco Bay. But the microbe propogates through the air. And when every car un the Bay area turns up with an empty gas tank, people begin to suspect something is wrong. When, a few days later, every piece of plastic worldwide begins dissolving, it's too late.
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Nairobi National Park Tours
Day Tour: Nairobi National Park half day Tours is a half or full day safari to Nairobi game park see hundreds of animals. Nairobi national park day safari starts very early in the morning at 6:00am to be able to see most of the animals. Animals to be seen in a Nairobi national park day trip include lions, rhinos, hippos, buffalo, hyena, baboons, zebra, giraffe, leopards, cheetahs and many more. Read on to find out more about Nairobi national park charges, entrance fees, cost, prices, visit, animals and guided tours.
Zebras and other animals roam freely 10km from the city
Nairobi National Park is a 117 sq km park which is located only 7km from the city Centre. The game park is the only national park that is located inside a capital city in the world. Nairobi park has many animals that include part of the big five animals like the lions, rhino, leopard and buffalo. Other animals include giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, hyenas, gazelles, zebras, hartebeests, wildebeests, warthogs, baboons and many others.
The animals of Nairobi National Park can be seen easily since the park is a long expanse of grassland savannah and a small dry forest to the west. The park has three main ecosystems which determines where the animals are found like the riverine forest, the savanna and the forest. The park is also a breeding ground and sanctuary for the black and white rhinos and these can be found very easily. There are also more than 80 lions in Nairobi national park which are easy to spot at any one time.
There are more than 400 species of birds in Nairobi national park which include 20 species which are migrant. The birds to be found in Nairobi national park include the go away bird, great white pelicans, African crested cranes, African fish eagle, marabou stork, yellow billed stork, goliath heron, Kori bustard, rappel's vultures, malachite kingfisher, Madagascar Bee eater, goliath heron,secretary bird among others. The park is a great place for bird watching and sightseeing with experienced guides that can be provided on request by the tour operators. The Nairobi national park bird watching day tours can be half day or full day packages with pick up from the hotels.
We offer pick up and drop off from all nairobi hotels. You get a free pick up for nairobi national park half day tour guided tour from these hotels and others:
We will assist you to get Nairobi national park hotel acomodation and book places to stay if you want to stay in this Kenyan national park.
6:00am: Pick up from your Nairobi Hotel and depart for Nairobi national park half day game drive tour.
6:15am: Enter the Nairobi Park and start your game drive
7:00am: Start with the Ivory burning monument and the savannah grasslands to see lions, gazelles
8:30am: Visit the dry forest to look out for black rhinos and leopards and birds
9:30am: Descend into river Mbagathi looking for crocodiles and hippos view morkoyiet valley.
10:30am: Return to the savannah to find white rhinos, buffalos, giraffes
11:00am: See the man made dams Athi and hyena dams.
11:30am: Exit the park for your hotel
12:00pm: Drop off at your hotel in Nairobi.
End of Nairobi Game Drive Tour
Here are 7 Nairobi National Park Half Day Tours Prices to guide you to approximate Charges
Nairobi National Park Half Day Trips in Kenya
Price Per Person in a group of 2 persons
Nairobi national park half day private tours
$ 140pp
2-3 Pax Nairobi national park half day tours
$ 95
5-6 Pax Nairobi National Park half day tours
$ 85
Over 6 people Nairobi national park half day tours
$ 75
Children Under 3yrs
Free of Charge
Children Below 18yrs
75% of Adult Rate
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ALHI expands Global Luxury Sales Team
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A highly accomplished hospitality industry sales executive, Russell brings more than 25 years of experience in the luxury meetings and incentive sector to her new position. Prior to joining ALHI she was Vice President, Global Accounts for HPN Global. Previous to that, she was with Hyatt Hotels Corporation, which includes serving Hyatt Global Sales for three years as Director, Strategic Accounts and for seven years as Director, Account Development. Her tenure with the company also includes serving as Director of National Sales for Hyatt's Western Global Sales team, and as Sales Manager for Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Massachusetts. Among the many honors bestowed on her was being named Hyatt Hotels' "National Sales Manager of the Year." She may be reached at (218) 328-3136 firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Which sentence pattern is responsible for making the following …
Question 7b of 10 - Choppy Writing
- Maximum Attempts: 1
- Question Type: Multiple Choice
- Maximum Score: 1
- Question: Which sentence pattern is responsible for making the following paragraph choppy? He got the invitation. He invited a friend to go with him. He called to respond to the invitation. He went to the party. His friend's name was not on the list. They went home.
- Answers:
- Simple
- Simple-simple
- Compound-complex
- Compound
The correct answer is: Simple.
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It's when boredom plunges into an electric blue sky – some dirty water on the edge of the street, an unrecognizable voice with an euphoric sarcasm at the TV weather-forecasting – when the boredom plunges into our silence. It emerges as despair at first, then as an unexplainable frenzy or desperate expectation of something coming with the buzz crackling and Graeme going for the door – he's moving air and Lucy and I breathe as if we've never breathed, eventually we breathe out emptying our lungs, we decide there's too much smoke, and Graeme's coming back with Ross.
We're definitely laughing from relief, not because of Ross miming the noise of a rifle anticipating what we would expect from the Grand Theft Auto V he brought with him – actually we were meant to celebrate Graeme's new PlayStation – so just relief and some gloomy thoughts in the room lingering close to Lucy, but never coming out of her, so I can't really tell if they're hers or mine, and Graeme shudders almost, but he's already going towards the television, everybody's just really tempted to sink into the sofa and TV, but no, really Ross's always been the one with more willpower, stays in front of us showing his ass and trying to turn on the PlayStation – GTA already in place, controllers in one hand – Lucy seems almost excited when I say that the rug isn't stopping me from feeling cold, Lucy's suggesting we use some pillows, we're nice and comfortable on the floor, Graeme and Ross whisper, no, Graeme's whispering, because I can hear Ross, something about a job and how they can arrange everything, I can't help you to move in, just ask someone to give you some help, he's saying, and Graeme's whispering again, he's always whispering, especially if he's smoking, and he is smoking, cigarette lit up between a nod and a sigh coming from Lucy (this time I can tell), GTA has a great deal of ads at the beginning and options to set up before installing the program – we've got to watch with great interest all the images that are sliding away after a few seconds, here's another, Ross's already amused and he slides down a little bit on the sofa like the other image on the screen, the image fading away into another, Ross fading in the light bluer and stronger than before, time is passing, I think, and this room should be darker, not so bright in this blue, Ross is definitely paler than the last time but I'm not sure, and Lucy isn't giving me any clue since she started listening to Graeme in that way that makes me think that she might be in love but again I'm not sure, she puts on her catlike eyes and Graeme looks with fondness and a bit of conceitedness because he knows how to use a controller and play GTA, I know it too and I want to show it saying that the most important thing to do is finding a helicopter, and Ross gives me right, he says, of course we will, I feel he's doing this just because we feel too far from the catlike eyes and Graemeish conceitedness, but now it's starting to be boring, Lucy says watching the umpteen image sliding away, breaking the embarrassment of me and Ross agreeing – Lucy's always easily distracted and Graeme has that face of when he feels some kind of indestructible connection with Lucy and then he's left apart while she's smashing any kind of conversation, turning to another subject(she cannot really stay with something for more than two minutes) – Graeme still has that face, a kind of grief or resolution to try again next time, stroking the controller to prolong the feeling, immediately brought back into the moment in that room by Ross, he's a great friend I suppose, another reason to like him and make this room less uncomfortable, just like the pillow for example, Ross's looking at me and I think he also felt that he has to like me to make the blue light a little bit bearable, Lucy's shrieking because something changed on the screen, so finally everybody's back to GTA and lively expectation of bombs, guns, squared and pixelated whores in bikinis, a useless map, and showing who knows more corners of St. Andreas.
Yes, we'll find a helicopter, Ross says already with a knowing look, but you need to find a gun, and I realize Graeme is playing and punching a guy to steal a fancy truck, as Lucy calls it, and everybody now laughs with the relief of a bunch of people finally having fun altogether, but it's just a second, Lucy breaks the moment as usual, she tells me in one ear, me still laughing, that she'll bring something to show me, and Graeme is now whispering to Ross, again, so when I turn back to them on the sofa I feel lost in the conversation, Lucy's already back, and makes a big deal of noise, Graeme is talking about a certain Stacey, Stacey hated breadcrumbs on the stove, and I had to clean, I mean, do you really need to be so fucking mental? Ross's grinning and pretending to feel his pain – who's Stacey? I say to Lucy and she just replies he's always speaking about Stacey with a devilish smile that tells me she's gonna be upset at him for making her the subject of the conversation and a pair of eyes that exudes greedy contentment – but she hasn't answered me yet, there is only a picture of a Stacy with an unknown face and a finger pointing at some breadcrumbs, Ross still grinning at Stacy's memory till his mouth shoots open like an unexpected wound – yet, no guns – Lucy is back on the game and shrieking frantically, Graeme's breathing slowly, showing off – I look at them; they look at the game – they found a helicopter, their rewarded excitement.
Marianna Silvano is studying a Masters in Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow.


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The gracious homestead that Fernando Gautier established in 1867 at the mouth of the Pascagoula River Basin still stands, a hallmark of the city that now bears his name. The roots and pride of the citizens of Gautier are as deep as the stately live oaks that line more than 70 miles of waterfront in this unique city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. From Gulf of Mexico breezes to the twists and turns of the inland bayous, the natural beauty and quality of life in Gautier beckon modern day "settlers" to enjoy the serenity and amenities Gautier has to offer.
The Gautier Mullet Festival
The Gautier Mullet & Music Fest has become a Gulf Coast Region festival. We promote our music festival regionally and draw attendees from along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from Memphis, and from along the I-10 corridor through Northwest Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. Each year our festival has grown tremendously. Over 30,000 folks enjoyed the music while attending last year's traditional one day festival. This year we have expanded the festival to two days.
Pass Christian
Where tradition meets the future and the water touches the sky.
Pass Christian was named for a nearby deepwater pass, which in turn was named for Nicholas Christian L'Adnier who lived on nearby Cat Island beginning in 1746. (Another nearby pass, Pass Marianne, was named for L'Adnier's wife Marianne Paquet.)[1]
Called, "The Birthplace of Yachting in the South", the first yacht club of the South (and second in the US) was established in 1849. The row of historic mansions along the town's shoreline, especially Scenic Drive, is one of the country's notable historic districts.
Christmas in the Pass
Pass Christian hosts one of Mississippi's best-known yuletide celebrations, Christmas in the Pass, which is a prelude to the approaching holidays. Founded by local merchants since 1985, but avidly embraced by much of the community, the Christmas prelude features: Mid-town street malls that have been closed to traffic, merchant open-houses, caroling, concerts, craft fairs, a brilliantly lighted boat parade, a Santa Claus parade, tree-lighting ceremonies, and holiday merriment.
Each year the merchants and the community add new festivities in preparation to greeting thousands of guests who arrive to promenade throughout the barricaded, traffic-free streets in a cheerful, open-air arena.
On the first Friday of December, holiday revelers are treated to a tree-lighting ceremony as Santa Clause arrives with his elves in a reindeer drawn sleigh. Concert bands and choral groups cheerfully promote a holiday atmosphere for the merry making with the sing-along audience.
Merchants host open-houses offering snacks of yuletide cookies and candies with hot or cold beverages.
An atmosphere for children regales throughout the downtown area with a wonderland at the Park, Holly Trolleys, Santa's Secret Kiddie Land, a Wishing Well, a Doll Display, and photo sessions with Santa.
By the turn of the century Biloxi had become the Seafood Capital of the World. In the 1920s there were more than 40 seafood factories occupying the two cannery districts.
Some of the first fishermen were Austrians from the Dalmatia Coast. In 1890 the Bohemians became the first imported laborers from Baltimore. In 1914 the first Cajun families arrived from Louisiana.
In 1908 the first Mardi Gras Parade took place in Biloxi with John Carraway as King and Miss Blanche Picard as Queen. In 1927 Biloxi hotels included the Edgewater Gulf Hotel, White House Hotel, Tivoli Hotel, Buena Vista Biloxi Hotel, Kennedy Hotel, Park Hotel, Avelez Hotel, and Rivera Hotel. Also, in 1927 the seawall was constructed to protect the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 1929 the first Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet took place in Biloxi.
Biloxi is home to more of the Gulf Coast's casinos than any other city. From the spinning roulette wheels, to clanking slots hitting, or live table games - you will be amazed at the amount of fun you will have at these coastal hot spots! But if exquisite dining, great entertainment, and non-stop fun get to be a little too much for you, don't worry - many of these casinos offer luxurious full-service spas, where you can be pampered to your heart's content, or "shop til you drop" in their many gift stores! A trip to the casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is sure to make you feel like a winner!
Beauvoir & the Biloxi Lighthouse
Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, is the nation's most comprehensive site dealing with Mississippi's favorite son and confederate, Jefferson Davis.
A National Historic Landmark, the complex includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library, the restored antebellum home, the Confederate Museum and veterans cemetery on 51 landscaped acres fronting the Gulf of Mexico.
Erected in 1848, the Biloxi lighthouse is reportedly the first cast metal lighthouse in the South. The light was civilian operated from 1848 to 1939, and is notable for its several female lightkeepers, including Maria Younghans, who tended the light for 53 years. In 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the light's operation. After being declared surplus property in 1968, the Biloxi Lighthouse was deeded to the City of Biloxi.
From its simple, humble beginnings as a lumber and port city, Gulfport has evolved into a diversified community. With about 6.7 miles of man-made white sandy beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, Gulfport is one of the fastest growing areas in the state, due in part to recent gaming activities. Home of the annual "Worlds Largest Fishing Rodeo," Gulfport is a residential community that is blessed with a strong business center.
The Port of Gulfport has flourished over the years and today accounts for millions of dollars in annual sales and tax revenue for the state of Mississippi.
The downtown area provides a strong mercantile center. Along the beach are historic home sites with several motels scattered throughout to accommodate the golfing and water tourist that make up a large part of the economy.
Gulfport is the largest city on the Gulf Coast and the 2nd largest in the state. Gulfport is home to Emeril's Fishhouse, Lynn Meadow's Discovery Center (one the 50 best children's museums in the US), and many day excursions to the Mississippi Barrier Islands, Gulfport sub-tropical climate, outdoor activities are a year-round option for the Gulf Coast vacationers. Nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts will find our temperate climate and natural activities second to none. Whether you take an eco-tour to view the wildlife or rent a kayak and paddle on one of our unspoiled rivers and bayous, you are certain to unwind while experiencing nature at its most pristine. Visitors are always excited to get up close and personal views of hundreds of species of birds, animals, and reptiles, including several threatened and endangered species that call Mississippi home.
Long Beach
The City of Long Beach, Mississippi was incorporated as a town on August 10, 1905, though it had been a growing settlement since the mid eighteen hundreds. It is located on Mississippi's Gulf Coast just west of Gulfport and bordered to the south by the Gulf of Mexico and a sugar white, man-made sand beach. Its history depicts the courage, the commitment, and the perseverance of its early settlers, the forebears of many present-day Long Beach residents, as they cleared the land, built their homes, their churches, and overcame obstacles such as those which were faced by all early pioneers. Truly they left to us, their descendants and the citizens of this town, a proud heritage.
No one is a stranger in this very traditional southern city of Long Beach, Mississippi. "The Friendly City" was aptly selected as the town's slogan in 1905, and holds true even today, as our people give of themselves, their time and resources to work for a worthy cause or to help a neighbor in need. The nature of our modern day city is today very similar to that of our original town - friendly, steeped in southern culture and hospitality, and a warm and inviting place to live. Its 20,000 citizens have made this community a "friendly" place to call home.
Friendship Oak
The Friendship Oak Tree is located on the front lawn of the Southern Miss Gulf Park campus in Long Beach, Miss.
Friendship Oak Measurements
Current measurements show a 50-foot height; diameter of the trunk is 5 feet 9 inches; circumference of the trunk is 18 feet 7 inches; spread of foliage is 156 feet. The average length of the main lateral limbs is 60-66 feet from the trunk; average circumference of the limbs at the trunk is 7 1/2 feet; the tree forms almost 16,000 feet of shelter; and lateral roots go out 150 feet.
Friendship History
On the beachfront of The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus (formerly known as Gulf Park College for Women), overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, is a magnificent live oak tree 500-plus years old. The tree is loved by former students of Gulf Park College, revered by tree lovers, held in fond memory by those whose wedding ceremonies were conducted on the platform within its mighty branches, and viewed daily by tourists.
This is the Friendship Oak.
Friendship Oak keeps her majestic vigil on the Gulf of Mexico, a vigil that dates back to 1487. If asked about her length of stay on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, she might reply, "I was a sapling when Christopher Columbus sailed the Caribbean and I had begun to bear acorns when Ponce de Leon reached Florida in his quest for the Fountain of Youth. In 1587, the year Virginia Dare, the first white child born at Roanoke Island, appeared, I had turned a hundred years old..."
Friendship Oak has seen the history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and of America unfold.
Pascagoula, the "Singing River" city by the sea has a deep and rich history as a European settlement that goes back over 300 years. Her name is taken from a band of peaceful Native Americans (Pascagoula means "bread eaters") who inhabited the area when Hemando De Soto first made contact with them in the 1540's. Tragically, these noble people are now extinct having drowned themselves chanting as they waded into the deepening river waters rather than enslave themselves to their enemy, the fierce Biloxi. Thus, the legend of the "Singing River" was born. They were followed closely behind by Spanish, French and English settlers.
Interestingly, because of her maritime success, Pascagoula is still a gathering place of nations as they come here to trade, build or buy ships. She is Mississippi's premier and busiest port. Pascagoula is the home of the state's largest employer, Northrop Grumman -"America's Shipbuilder". Other major industries include a Chevron refinery, Signal International, First Chemical Corporation, Mississippi Phosphates and BP/Amoco.
Pascagoula, Mississippi's 8th largest city, is the County Seat of Jackson County. It is home to approximately 30,000 residents with a daytime population of perhaps twice that many. In 1965, through the progressive vision of a burgeoning business community, she began operating under the Council-Manager form of government.
Though Pascagoula boasts grand Spanish moss laden live oaks, splendid ante-bellum structures and charms of the old South, she also has the breeziness, pleasant ambiance and architecture of a New England fishing village. While she enjoys a comfortable coexistence with some mammoth industries, she stubbornly maintains the quiet dignity, quality of life and tenacious preservation of natural beauty more characteristic of a rural community.
The Legend of the Singing River: The Singing River, in Pascagoula, murmurs a tragic tale of Indian lore. The Pascagoula Indians were a tribe of contented, idyllic people, whereas the Biloxi Indians considered themselves the "first people" and were enemies of the Pascagoula. Anola, a princess of the Biloxi tribe, was in love with Altama, Chief of the Pascagoulas. She was betrothed to a chieftain of her own tribe, but fled with Altama to his people. Faced with enslavement by the Biloxi tribe, the Pascagoulas joined hands and began to chant a song of death as they walked into the river until the last voice was hushed by the dark, engulfing waters. The Singing River is famous worldwide for the noise it makes, like a swarm of bees. The music, which grows nearer and louder until it seems to come from under foot, is best heard in the still of evening, during late summer and autumn. Various scientific explanations have been offered for the phenomenon, but none have been proven. Many believe it is the death song of the Pascagoula tribe.


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Tribes of India :
A tribe is a social division in a traditional society consisting of families linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect. A tribe possesses certain qualities and characteristics that make it a unique cultural, social, and political entity. They are also known by the name 'Adivasis' in India.
- The nature of what constitutes an Indian tribe and the very nature of tribes have changed considerably over the course of centuries. There are around 645 distinct tribes in India.
- the Constitution of India Officially recognizes tribal population as "Scheduled Tribes" in the Fifth Schedule which is Often grouped together with scheduled castes in the category "Scheduled Castes and Tribes"
- Eligible for certain constitutional benefits & perks.
The Constitution of India, Article 366 (25) defines Scheduled Tribes as "such tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to the scheduled Tribes (STs) for the purposes of this Constitution".
Common Features of Tribes
- Geographical isolation : live in cloistered, exclusive, remote and inhospitable areas such as hills & forests
- Backwardness : livelihood based on primitive agriculture with low level of technology leading to poverty, Are generally illiterate & unaware of world's progress
- Shyness of contact : Have a marginal degree of contact with other cultures and people
- Have distinctive culture, language and religion.
List of Tribes in India
The tribe that are found across the various parts of the country are as follows
- Bhils are found In MP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and north-eastern part of Tripura.
- They are Divided into two main groups : Central or pure Bhils and Eastern or Rajput Bhils.
- They speak Bhili, which is an Indo Aryan language.
Munda ( means headman of the village)
- Mainly in Jharkhand but are also Spread across Bihar ,WB, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
- They speak Mundari, which is an Austro- Asiatic language.
- They remained hunters for centuries. But now they have been converted into the settled agriculturist.
- It is one of the largest tribe in Indian and are found in West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa Jharkhand and Assam
- They speak Santhali, which is a Austro- Asiatic language
- They are engaged in hunting, fishing and cultivation for their livelihood
- Widely spread in the Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh and also in the parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Orissa.
- They speak Gondi language which is related to the Telgu and the other Dravidian languages. In the northern parts Gonds are often seen speaking the local Hindi.
- They are divided into four tribes namely – Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds, Khatulwar Gonds.
- Mainly found in the state of Assam and the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya, Other places are Punjab, UP, Manipur, WB and J&K
- They are called by the different names such as Khasi Pahris, Khuchia, Kassi, Khashi and Khasa
- They speak Khasi-an Austro- Asiatic language.
- Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
- They are the forest-dwelling aboriginals from central India
- They do not interact with other tribal, believe in a hand-to-mouth existence.
Birhor (it means peoples of jungles)
- They are found in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Orissa and are known as the hunter tribe.
- This tribe is a Proto-Australoid tribe.
- The tribe is divided into two major sub-tribes into : the Jaghis Birhor are wandering in nature and practice shift cultivation while Uthalu Birho is a settled tribe, and follow agro-based economy)
- This tribe is found at Nallamalai hills of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Odisha·
- They speak Chenchu language with the Telgu accent.
- They are referred to as one of the Primitive Tribal Groups that are still dependent on forests and do not cultivate land but hunt for a living.
- They mainly dwell around Himachal Pradesh in the regions of Dhauladhar mountain range, Chamba, Bharmaur and the areas near to Dharamshala.
- Their main occupation is shepherding and they make their livelihood by rearing and selling sheep, goats, mules and horses.
- They speak the Gaddi Language but for writing they use Takri and Hindi.
- They are the inhabitants of the Pangi valley of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.
- They are mostly engaged in farming.
- They are also known as the Lachenpasand Lachungpas.
- They are of the Tibetan origin and migrated to Sikkim around 16th century.
- They form 14% of the total population of Sikkim.
- They usually speak Sikkimese. They also speak Lepcha, Bhutia, Nepali, English and Hindi.
Limbus/ Limboos
- They are one of the indigenous tribe of Sikkim belonging to Nepali stock.
- Mongoloid looking by figure having their own language, faith, costume, culture and life style.
- They are farmers by profession.
- They are one of the indigenous tribe of Sikkim.
- They call themselves Rongkup and their language is Lepcha.
- They follow the same Tibetan form of Buddhism besides their local faith.
- They are one of the primitive tribal groups of India found in Uttarakhand and UP.
- They are indigenous peoples in the Dehradun and Nainital in Kumaon region.
- Major occupation are agriculture and animal husbandry.
Apatani or Tanni
- They are settled agriculturists inhabiting the valley around Ziro-the headquarters of Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.
- They practice permanent wetland cultivation in hilly terrain by slicing the hills.
Adis/ Bokar Lhoba
- This tribe is found in the region of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and are divided into two main such as Bogum and Bomis.
- They by nature are democratic and organized village council called Kebang.
- In Arunachal Pradesh they constitute a large group of people inhabiting the major part of Lower Subhansiri district.
- They are Indo-Mongoloid group of people and their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family.
- The tribe as a whole is fond of hunting and fishing in which they perhaps excel than any other neighboring tribes.
- They are a sub-group of the Shan people in Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh.
- The Tai-Khamti have their own script for their language, known as 'Lik Tai', which was originated from the Shan (Tai) script of Myanmar
- They are main inhabitant of Upper Sunansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Their main occupation is agriculture.
- The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the state of Nagaland in North-East India.
- Tenyidie is the most common language spoken
- Agriculture is the main occupation.
Rengmas :
- They are one of the seventeen major Naga Tribes located in Nagaland
- They follow patriarchal system.
- Originally they were animist and Agriculture is the main occupation.
- section of them have migrated to Karbi Anglong districts of Assam
Sema /Sumi Nagas
- They are one of the major tribes of Nagaland recognized for their martial art skills.
- They mainly inhibit Zunheboto in Nagaland and Assam.
- They are most united and aggressive tribe.
- They live primarily in the south-western part of Kohima district
- They inhabit Barrail range of hills in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam.
- They speak Zeme which is a Sino-Tibetan language.
Konyak (means blackhead or human)
- They are the largest out of 17 officially recognized tribes in Nagaland,
- They are known as 'those violent headhunters with tattooed faces.'
- they now practice agriculture and hunt seasonally.
- They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya and comprise about a third of the local population.
- The youngest daughter inherits the property from her mother. Sons leave the parents' house at puberty, and are trained in the village bachelor dormitory. After getting married, the man lives in his wife's house.
- Garos tribe has matrilineal society instead of matriarchal society.
- They are traced in the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya.
- They belong to the Proto Autroloid Monkhmer race
- Basically it is a sub tribe of Khasis and since they have been residing in Jaintia hills, they have been named so.
- They are the second largest tribal community of Tripura.
- they are said to have first come from Shan State of upper Burma and belong to Indo-Mongoloid racial stock.
- Their language is known as "Kaubru" which have a tonal effect of Kuki language though broadly it is Kok-Borok (language of men).
- tribe is nomadic in nature and a large numbers among them maintain their livelihood involving Top Hill Jhum Cultivation, food gathering, fishing & hunting.
- They belong to Kuki-Chin group of tribes in Tripura.
- They live on Jhum Cultivation and hunting of wild animal. They are also famous as orange producing community.


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