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- Five weapon hafts with a double handed grip - each pair (clearly marked A to E on both arms) is a unique pose, and fits any torso which is approx 12mm wide.
- Two weapon hafts with a single handed grip - one left hand pose and one right hand pose.
- One spare weapon haft with no hands - ideal for a wider range of conversions.
- Set of seven Glaive weapon heads with a "double key" attachment point, which makes it very easy to attach the heads to the hafts with the correct alignment.
Assembly notes - We recommend attaching the weapon head first, with a drop of super glue on the top and back rectangle of the haft. Checking alignment with the haft from both front and side views (particularly with the longer weapons). Attach the arm and haft to the torso first, then check the alignment of the supporting arm before adding glue and completing the assembly.
This product is not a toy, it is supplied unpainted, and will require some preparation and gluing with superglue. For further guidance, the Anvil Industry guide "Working with Resin" can be found at the bottom of the page.
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This weekend, Nov 3-4, we are presenting Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project at the Arsht Center in Miami.
The past few weeks, our Company Dancers have alternated between rehearsing the siren-filled Light and joyous Nutcracker. If you, friends or family are in Miami, you will not want to miss this:
"Art can only start a conversation; people solve problems. But hopefully art can be a catalyst to get people thinking about things in a way they don't ordinarily." – Stephen Mills in this Associated Press article.
Below, watch our two :30 video promos, "From the Darkness" and "Into the Light":
For tickets and information, please visit the Arsht Center's website.


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Heartland docs leaked
Some documents have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, which detail its funding of various sceptics - Idso, Carter and Singer - together with some funding for Anthony Watts' temperature stations project. They're stolen documents, I tell you, stolen!
There are apparently nine or ten documents, which will no doubt be scanned for evidence of malfeasance. I haven't seen any serious allegations as yet.
There's coverage all over the place. Try here for starters.
Anthony Watts has sent details of the project that Heartland was involved in and his interactions with the Guardian on the subject. This I think is Heartland's description of the project.
Weather Stations Project
Every few months, weathermen report that a temperature record – either high or low – has been broken somewhere in the U.S. This is not surprising, since weather is highly variable and reliable instrument records date back less than 100 years old. Regrettably, news of these broken records is often used by environmental extremists as evidence that human emissions are causing either global warming or the more ambiguous "climate change."
Anthony Watts, a meteorologist who hosts WattsUpwithThat.com, one of the most popular and influential science blogs in the world, has documented that many of the temperature stations relied on by weathermen are compromised by heat radiating from nearby buildings, machines, or paved surfaces. It is not uncommon for these stations to over-state temperatures by 3 or 4 degrees or more, enough to set spurious records.
Because of Watts' past work exposing flaws in the current network of temperature stations (work that The Heartland Institute supported and promoted), the National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the government agency responsible for maintaining temperature stations in the U.S., has designated a new network of higher-quality temperature stations that meet its citing specifications. Unfortunately, NOAA doesn't widely publicize data from this new network, and puts raw data in spreadsheets buried on one of its Web sites.
Anthony Watts proposes to create a new Web site devoted to accessing the new temperature data from NOAA's web site and converting them into easy-to-understand graphs that can be easily found and understood by weathermen and the general interested public. Watts has deep expertise in Web site design generally and is well-known and highly regarded by weathermen and meteorologists everywhere. The new site will be promoted heavily at WattsUpwithThat.com. Heartland has agreed to help Anthony raise $88,000 for the project in 2011.
The Anonymous Donor has already pledged $44,000. We'll seek to raise the balance.
And here's Anthony's response to questions from Suzanne Goldenberg at the Guardian:
Heartland simply helped me find a donor for funding a special project having to do with presenting some new NOAA surface data in a public friendly graphical form, something NOAA themselves is not doing, but should be. I approached them in the fall of 2011 asking for help, on this project not the other way around.
They do not regularly fund me nor my WUWT website, I take no salary from them of any kind.
It is simply for this special project requiring specialized servers, ingest systems, and plotting systems. They also don't tell me what the project should look like, I came up with the idea and the design. The NOAA data will be displayed without any adjustments to allow easy side-by-side comparisons of stations, plus other graphical representations output 24/7/365. Doing this requires programming, system design, and bandwidth, which isn't free and I could not do on my own. Compare the funding I asked for initially to get it started to the millions some other outfits (such as CRU) get in the UK for studies that then end up as a science paper behind a publishers paywall, makign the public pay again. My project will be a free public service when finished.
And then this:
DeSmog, as part of their public relations for hire methodology to demonize skeptics, will of course try to find nefarious motives for this project. But there simply are none here. It's something that needs doing because NOAA hasn't made this new data available in a user friendly visual format.
For example, here's a private company website that tracks highs and low records using NOAA data:
http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/yesterday/us.html <http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/yesterday/us.html>
NOAA doesn't make any kind of presentation like that either, which is why such things are often done by private ventures.
Golly, aren't sceptics wicked? I wonder why the Guardian didn't mention Anthony's comments?


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Last night's opening ceremony will be remembered for many years to come!
There was a selection of bars serving delicious cocktails and local beers, a fireworks display that engulfed the sky at midnight and an international band, Groundation who set the tone for this Grand Slam event.
A skippers meeting was held at 09h00 and again at 14h00 where the lycras, t-shirts and stickers were presented to those competing. The wind had not quite picked up to competition standard so the riders were asked to spend the rest of the afternoon on the beach and a decision would be made again at 17h00.
There was enough of offer for the riders to keep them entertained and relaxed. The Rip Curl Surf Pro National competition had started and that kept most of the wave riders glued to the sea. There is a pool for those who need to cool down, a massage table for those needing a rub down and there is always the opportunity to get in the water and enjoy the waves.
This evening the sponsors and local organizers have arranged a party for the riders and KPWT team. All are excited at the idea of a good meal and free beer at the end of a hot day. The concert tonight will host two renowned international bands, Pepper and Soldiers of Jah army!
The day was called off at 17h00 and a skippers meeting will be held at 10h00 tomorrow. Lets hope the wind picks up and conditions are better to start off the Wave Masters competition.


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Custom among pirates to yearly vote for their leader. If a majority believed the leader was doing poorly they could hold another vote. Democratic except in times of battle and danger at sea. Could bleed that over to some 'honorable' bandits.
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This service drop was located too close to the roof surface. The service entrance raceway was located on the other side of the building that was once used to prepare very special breakfasts near an airport in Raleigh, N.C. I took this photo from the back seat of a taxi a long time ago, when I was on the way to the Raleigh airport.
It's interesting to note that the service was released for connection, and was in use for many years. The Code clearances, requiring 8 ft from the roof surface, are for the benefit of firefighters. In this case they would have jumped over the drop, or tripped while trying to save lives.
Section 230-24(a) covers installations above roofs, requiring that service conductors must have a vertical clearance of not less than 8 ft above the roof surface. The vertical clearance above the roof level is required to be maintained for a distance of not less than 3 ft in all directions from the edge of the roof.


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Rumors had been swirling for more than a week that the Facebook phone was on the way, but instead CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday unveiled a new mobile experience called Home.
"Today we're finally gonna talk about that Facebook phone," Zuckerberg told a roomful of journalists assembled at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, Calif. "Or more accurately, we're gonna talk about how you can transform your Android phone into a great social device."
Home will be available for download April 12 on select HTC and Samsung phones. Facebook says Home will get monthly updates, but it is not yet prepared to be released for tablets.
Those "Facebook phone" rumors were apparently the result of HTC piggybacking on the Home announcement by showing off its new phone, First, the first phone to come with Home pre-installed, and designed to leverage the new Facebook experience. The First will run on AT&T's 4G LTE network.
"A great phone might sell 10 or 20 million units at best," said Zuckerberg. "Our community has more than a billion people in it. We want to build the best experience for every person on every phone."
"We're not building a phone, and we're not building an operating system... We're calling this Home," said Zuckerberg, before standing aside to show off a gallery of images of the new program at work.
Home will allow users to monitor Facebook from their Android smartphones' home screens, so they can always be in touch with their friends.
"Why do we need to go into all the apps in the first place to see what is going on with the people we care about?" Better, Zuckerberg says, is to have that experience come right to the home screen, so you're always knowing what is going on around you.
Among the new features is Coverfeed, which lets you scroll through updates and post comments; Chathead, a messaging widget; and a notification pane.
Facebook's stock closed up 82 cents, more than 3 percent, on Thursday following the announcement.
"What Facebook wants is to put itself at the front of the Android user experience for as many Facebook users as possible and make Facebook more elemental to their customers' experience," said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin.
The move could help to attract more mobile advertisers. Though mobile ads were a big concern for Facebook's investors even before the company's initial public offering last May, some of the worry has subsided as the company muscles its way into the market.
Last year, Facebook began showing ads to its mobile audience by shoehorning corporate-sponsored content into users' news feeds, which also include updates from friends and brands they follow. Facebook now faces the challenge of showing people mobile ads without annoying or alienating them.
The mobile advertising market is growing quickly, thanks in large part to Facebook and Twitter, which also entered the space in 2012. Research firm eMarketer expects U.S. mobile ad spending to grow 77 percent this year to $7.29 billion, from $4.11 billion last year.
EMarketer said Wednesday that it expects Facebook Inc. to reap $965 million in U.S. mobile ad revenue in 2013. That's about 2.5 times the $391 million in 2012, the first year that Facebook started showing mobile ads.
Clark Fredricksen, vice president at eMarketer, said it's "tough to speculate" how much effect Thursday's announcement would have on ad revenue.
At the same time, he says "there are some clear reasons why a deeper integration with mobile operating systems and handsets make sense for Facebook. At the end of the day, the more deeply Facebook can engage consumers, no matter what device or operating system or handset," the better.
Such deeper integration could mean Facebook is no longer a stand-alone mobile app but part of the operating system's building blocks. For example, if users who want to take a photo would use Facebook's camera app. If they want to chat, they'd use Facebook's chat service. The invitation to the event, "come see our new home on Android," suggests that Facebook will be prominently featured on a phone's home screen.
Facebook's rival, Google Inc., makes the Android software that Facebook and HTC would be using under the widely speculated scenario. Google makes the software available on an open-source basis, meaning others including rivals are free to adapt it to their needs. Amazon.com Inc. does just that in modifying Android to run its Kindle tablet computers.
Facebook is No. 2 behind Google Inc. when it comes to mobile ads, and it isn't expected to surpass the online search leader any time soon. Google dominates the mobile search market with 93 percent of U.S. mobile search advertising dollars, according to eMarketer. Online music service Pandora Inc. is in third place when it comes to mobile ad dollars, followed by Twitter.


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Furnaces, Boilers, Heat Pumps & Fireplaces That Deliver Exceptional Performance & Value
Gas fireplaces are $50–$200 more expensive than they were before, because models now must include safety barriers to prevent anyone from touching the fireplace's hot glass front. Meanwhile, the first update in 24 years to minimum efficiency standards for gas furnaces seems to be in the offing.
When we last checked in with indoor-fireplace manufacturers, they warned us that the then-imminent safety-barrier requirement for gas fireplaces would result in fewer choices for consumers, because manufacturers would winnow out models that would cost too much to bring into compliance.
That didn't happen.
We found that today's gas fireplaces typically are $50–$200 more expensive than they were before because of the cost to include the safety barriers. However, more models are in the market than previously. Almost every major manufacturer now sells clean-face and linear fireplaces. No one could provide sales numbers for clean-face and linear fireplaces, but the 14 industry experts and retailers whom we interviewed agree that the expansion of those models represents the hottest trend in the market.
Clean-face fireplaces, which have minimal framing that's around the edge of the fireplace opening, now start at $590, compared with $675 before. Linear fireplaces, which are wider than they are high, typically are between 36–60 inches wide. However, 11 manufacturers now make custom linear fireplaces that are as wide as you want. At the extreme end, we found linear fireplaces that are as wide as 21 feet—and cost at least $150,000, not including venting!
Consolidation also changed the industry. The two largest indoor-fireplace manufacturers in terms of sales, Hearth & Home Technologies (HHT) and Innovative Hearth Products (IHP), expanded in the past 3 years and reintroduced their fireplace lineups.
HHT acquired Vermont Castings Group in fall 2014 and now includes six fireplace brands: Heat & Glo, Heatilator, Majestic, Monessen, Quadra-Fire and Vermont Castings. IHP, which formed in September 2012 when FMI Products and Lennox Hearth Products combined, now has four new brands: Astria, Comfort Flame, Iron Strike and Superior. These brands sell redesigned FMI and Lennox models as well as new models.
PUTTING UP BARRIERS. As of Jan. 1, 2015, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requires all vented gas fireplaces to include a safety barrier as standard equipment to prevent anyone from touching the fireplace's hot glass front, which can reach 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Getting Closer: New Gas-Furnace Standards
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA) developed the standard to limit injuries. According to Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2,000 children age 5 and younger received severe burns from 1999–2008 as a result of touching glass fronts.
All safety barriers now must be certified by an independent third-party laboratory, which tests a barrier by pressing a probe to its surface. The barrier must withstand the pressure and prevent the probe from contacting the glass front, says Tom Stroud of HPBA, who helped to develop the standard.
No data exist on whether fireplace burns decreased as a result of the safety barriers, but all 14 experts whom we interviewed say the barriers made gas fireplaces safer.
The barriers typically are made from fine wire mesh that's engineered to be firm. They're designed to be invisible or at least not to obscure the view of the fireplace's flame. We visited two indoor-fireplace stores, and we had to get within 2 feet of most of the models to see the barrier.
We found that the type of mesh that's used in barriers varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, as do the coatings of the mesh. The type of mesh doesn't affect the price of the barrier, but the width of the fireplace does. Every manufacturer with which we spoke has a slightly different proprietary approach to building its barriers.
The standard doesn't require manufacturers to account for a minimum distance between the safety barrier and the fireplace's glass front. We found that the distance typically varies from one-half inch to 5 inches, depending on the design of the fireplace and how far that the fireplace frame protrudes from the front of the firebox.
If a manufacturer wants to do 1 inch, that's fine, and if it wants to do 4 inches, that's fine, Stroud says. "You just can't be able to push the barrier in and contact the glass."


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Suppose that C is a fusion C*-cateogry and that A is an irreducible Frobenius algebra object in C, is there always a Frobenius algebra A' isomorphic to A such that A' is a Longo Q-system (that is the coproduct on A' is an isometry)? In other words, wlog can one assume that the coproduct is the * of the product?
The motivation of this question is to understand whether the theory of irreducible Frobenius algebra objects in monoidal *-categories actually agrees on the nose with the theory of irreducible subfactors or whether there's a small loophole.


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By the presidential library, Brenham Heritage Museum, and Pleasant Hill Winery
Our Super 8 Brenham hotel is a convenient stop on your trip to the Lone Star State. Centrally located off Route 290, our setting near Houston offers easy access to Austin and College Station. We also offer convenient access to Bluebonnet Fields and George Bush Presidential Library.


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Over at the New Yorker's Page Turner blog, essayist and novelist Thomas Beller has a fascinating post about how writers interact with Twitter.
"Almost everybody who is a writer these days," he observes, "gets, at some point, a lecture on the necessity of being 'on' Twitter and Facebook. It's a tool of selling and career building. It is, for writers of all ages and stages, not so much required reading as required writing. The whole thing seems stupid at first: you ignore whoever is giving you this lecture, until one day you decide, O.K., let's try it out, and then discover that it's kind of fun. And, as long as it's done in moderation, it is kind of interesting. But could Twitter possibly be productive, beyond the basic act of publicizing what you have written and/or proving that you still exist?"
As a new (and somewhat skeptical) Twitter user, I find all this particularly resonant. Have we really hit the cultural tipping point where we need to prove our existence, in bursts of 140-character inspiration, two, three, 10, 12, 15 times a day?
Beller's account charts my own Twitter experience with uncanny accuracy: resistance, capitulation, the discovery that, perhaps, there might be something to the enterprise and yet a kind of lingering confusion about what it means. Is it possible to do something interesting on Twitter? Or is it just an elaborate way of saying, "Look at me"?
"Most great writers," Beller notes, "could, if they wanted to, be very good at Twitter, because it is a medium of words and also of form. Its built-in limitation corresponds to the sense of rhythm and proportion that writers apply to each line." That reminds me of the poet David Trinidad, who once told me that he liked writing in traditional formats (the sonnet, especially) because of the stylistic boundaries: The challenge was to be creative while coloring within the lines.
I haven't been on Twitter long, but I find myself gravitating to the feeds of writers such as Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates, whom Beller calls "a prolific and often ingenious tweeter," citing one recent example: "If an action is not recorded on a smart phone, does it, did it, exist?"
What Oates is doing here is neither self-promoting nor time-wasting nor navel-gazing but, rather, taking a more ontological approach. Hers is a highly self-conscious feed, often reflecting on the mechanics of the medium; "Development in human consciousness," she tweeted a few weeks ago, "people speak into the (social media) void as a way of speaking to themselves, like keeping a journal?"
That's a vivid observation, but what I admire most about it is that it requires us to be engaged. Oates is asking, in other words, for us to think about what we're doing on Twitter, what we're reading and what we're writing, which is, of course, the whole point of literary (or any) culture, to encourage consciousness.
For Beller, Oates provokes a series of significant, and troubling, questions: "Does a thought need to be shared to exist? What happens to the stray thought that drifts into view, is pondered, and then drifts away? Perhaps you jot it down in a note before it vanishes, so that you can mull it over in the future. It's like a seed that, when you return to it, may have grown into something visible. Or perhaps you put it in a tweet, making the note public. But does the fact that it is public diminish the chances that it will grow into something sturdy and lasting? Does articulating a thought in public freeze it in place somehow, making it not part of a thought process but rather a tiny little finished sculpture?"
I wonder much the same thing. Is Twitter the problem or the solution? How do we use it in compelling ways? Beller closes his piece by describing two essays he first "assembled" as a set of Tweets, a process he regards as akin to "being a juggler or a three-card-monte dealer: I drew a little crowd." Is this "talking it out before you write it," he considers, "or part of a process?" And what does it mean for our writing if we are now expected to take our notes in public, to play out in full view the very private life of the mind?
"We live in a transparent age," Beller concludes, "and yet there is much of value that happens in the opaque quarters of our own ambivalent minds, seen by no one else, and seen by us only after a long period of concentration and looking."
Matthew Sharpe's storytelling experiment
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If you've been around the technical/engineering software business as long as I have, as with any business, nothing stays the same. This includes founders, executives, and other major players who were once prominent in the industry, but for many reasons have moved on. Some, to other companies in the industry, some to other industries, and some who have just plain disappeared. History never stands still and the CAx industry is no exception.
Although it's a bit dated and based on a research project, check out the video below for a very short recap on the history of CAD:
A Short History of CAD
During the coming weeks and months we'll try and track down players who were formerly very prominent in the MCAD arena and see what they're up to now. Some of these folks include:
- John Walker – Autodesk
- Mike Riddle – Autodesk
- Carol Bartz – Autodesk
- Dominic Gallello – Autodesk
- Dick Harrison – PTC
- Steve Walske – PTC
- Jim Meadlock – Intergraph
- Joe Costello – Think3
- Pat Hanratty — MCS
- Martin Newell – Ashlar
- Jon Hirschtick – SolidWorks
- John McEleney — SolidWorks
- Jeff Ray – SolidWorks
- Jason Lemon – SDRC
- Fontaine Richardson – Applicon
- John Wright – United Computing (later Unigraphics)
- Thomas Curry – MSC Software
- Robert Bean – CADKEY
Obviously, this list only scratches the surface of possibilities. If there is anyone currently or formerly renowned in the CAD/CAM/CAE/CAx industry you would like to see us track down and update what they're up to, send an email to me at firstname.lastname@example.com with a subject line that reads, "Where Are They Now?", and we'll do our best to respond in an upcoming blog on a person's whereabouts and more recent accomplishments.


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Xbox Live service outages
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On occasion, the Xbox Live service is temporarily unavailable. In such cases, we work to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
Check below for the current status of the Xbox Live service. If you see any alerts here, wait until the service is up and running and try again:
Although connecting to Xbox Live is necessary for many activities on your Xbox One console, there are several steps you can take while you wait for the Xbox Live service to be restored.
Setting up your console for the first time
While setting up your Xbox One for the first time, you'll need to complete the physical setup of your new console. For instructions, see How to set up your Xbox One console.
Once your physical setup is complete, you'll need to begin the digital setup. After connecting your console to your home network, the next step is to update your system. If the Xbox Live service is currently experiencing an outage, you won't be able to update your console through the standard process.
Updating your console during an Xbox Live outage
If you want to continue the digital setup and update your console while it's offline, you can update using the Offline System Update Diagnostic Tool. You'll need a Windows-based PC and a 4GB USB flash drive to complete these steps.
Note You can use the Offline System Update Diagnostic Tool to update your console while you wait for the service to be restored, but you'll still need to connect to Xbox Live at least once to create an Xbox Live profile so that you can start playing games.
Once the update is complete, you'll be able to continue the digital setup, but you won't be able to sign in until the service is restored. You can make the most of the wait time by installing your disc-based games to your console.
Install your disc-based games
A 30GB game will take an average of 30 minutes to install from the disc to the hard disk drive (time will vary based on game size and internal vs. external hard drive), so this can be a good use of your time while you wait for the Xbox Live service to be restored. Many games will need a "day one" update that can't be completed without connecting to Xbox Live, but during an outage you can complete the initial install as well as play the game in offline mode, as long as you've already downloaded at least one profile.
Additional offline activities
For a full list of activities you can do on your Xbox One while it's offline, see Using Xbox One offline.
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Here are some of my recent photos taken at The Philippines about a month ago. The Christmas environment fills the air. Almost a month before Christmas, stalls were heavily decorated with Christmas items for sale and the malls were filled with Christmas decorations that are simply amazing.Beautiful and unique Christmas ornaments sighted at one of the window display at Banifacio High Street. These ornaments are so creative and imaginative.
Cute figurines (above) and below are actually soft pillows in the form of your favourite brand of chips, cookies and popcorn. Imagine a room filled with this! How awesome is that! So far I have not seen anything like this back in Malaysia. It's sooooooo cooooool to have pillows like these where you could cuddle as you watch the TV at home. No idea how much these costs. Did not enquire cause I wasn't prepared to fly a pillow back.
Me and my obsession with 2D Dresses. Couldn't help myself with a selfie with this dress.
Christmas Trees on sale inside one of the department stores.
At the lower ground floor, I came across this beautiful booth display and took a perspective shot of it.
Supermarket Sweep
Here are some of the items that caught my eye. The many flavours of Tangs and Nestea in sachet form. I sapu all these balik as souvenirs for friends. Kept some for coming Chinese New Year to serve as drinks for friends who visit because a packet can serve up to one litre of water and that means it can quench the thirst of many mouths.
Christmas Trees in every imaginable shades.I also bought different kinds of bread spread back as souvenir to friends. I have not seen bread spread like these back home. This goes so well with toast bread.
Philippines are known for their sweet mangos. This brand is the most famous of them all.
There are many copycat brands too. So you must know which brand to buy cause they all look almost the same in terms of packaging and colour.
Sighted these cuties upside down Marmite bottle that is one-of-a-kind!
Fans of Starbucks Diary Planner, this one's for you. Philippines Version
The famous Markets Markets
Huge palm tress as deco pieces inside the mall.
One of the famous local makan place in The Philippines called Chow King. I am thankful to be able to try this too. They serve things like fried rice and fried chicken. A good mix of local and western.
Chow King's Menu Board. A glimpse of the type of food they offer.
I miss this pizza place. Back home, it's extinct already. I used to go to Shakey's Pizza when I was a kid. Too bad this is not available in my country anymore. Who remembers this from their childhood days? Hands up!
Outside street stalls next to Markets Markets.
I love stalking into pharmacies like these. they sell almost everything! Yay! More shopping.
Initially I didn't know how to appreciate these cheezy looking buns. In fact they are one of a kind in Philippines. Regretted later cause I never buy these. When I finally tasted buns like these at the hotel, I fell in love with it. Manage to buy a piece back for my colleagues to try when I was at the airport.
More Dried Mangos. Great as souvenirs. Mom bough a few to hand out to her friends.
The eatery place near Markets Markets that serve some local delicacies.
Beautiful Bouquet of flowers. Stood there for a moment admiring these beauties.
Ahhhh....how can I not go in. Family Mart at the Philippines. Walked in but was bit disappointed at the variety of products here, Nothing much to buy. I first got to know this brand when I was in Japan.
I love to try interesting chips flavour. Bought some baked porky skin packs back home to try with my colleagues.
Interesting can drinks too.
Mom took photos with the local policemen.
The high rise apartments in Manila.
The outside of a local shopping mall, SM Aura.
Decked with Christmas Feel Decorations.
Watsons is huge!
A lot of Christmas gift sets on sale. So interesting.
A unique mode of transportation in Philippines.
The jam is crazy.
Passed by some areas which looks like it's in a state of poverty.
The last photo at the airport before I fly back home.
It was indeed an eye opener to visit another country. So much to see....so little time. Hope you've enjoyed reading this blogpost. It's great to see the beautiful sights of Christmas in other countries and how they prepare for the festivities.
Happy New Year my dear readers. Counting down to 2017. Here's wishing you a great year ahead! I am welcoming 2017 with open arms.
This marks my last blogpost for 2016. See you all in 2017, guys!
This marks my last blogpost for 2016. See you all in 2017, guys!


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Biden Campaigns for Senate Candidate, Bashes Republicans
(DARTMOUTH, Mass.) -- Ed Markey got some help from the vice president on Saturday.
Markey, who has represented Massachusetts in the House for 36 years, will face off Tuesday against Republican Gabriel Gomez in the state's Senate special election. Vice President Joe Biden campaigned with him at two events in the Bay State, tying his opponent to notable tea partiers in D.C. and urging Democrats not to take the election for granted.
"This is going to be the most informed freshman senator in the history of the United States of America," Biden said of Markey, before a crowd at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Markey is expected to win — last weekend, a Boston Globe poll found him leading 54 percent to 41 percent — but Biden cautioned against surprises in a low-turnout election.
"Look folks, don't put yourself in a position where you get up Tuesday morning, and it's an incredibly low turnout, and you say, 'Good God, if I'd only gone down one more block, if I'd only made 20 more calls, if I'd only spent a little more energy this wouldn't be the case," Biden said. "This is the first time, in my understanding, that you've ever had a vote for a major office in this state in the middle of June."
The last time Massachusetts held a special Senate election, Democrats missed their chance. Republican Scott Brown flew under the radar for much of his race against Martha Coakley, and a once-bankable Senate seat fell out of the Democratic Party's hands.
Gomez has called himself a "new kind of Republican," but Biden spent much of the day likening him to tea party Republicans who have exerted influence over their party.
"This guy looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck," Biden said earlier in the day, in a similar speech at the Ironworkers Local 7 union hall in South Boston. "That is a new Republican. That's a new Paul Ryan Republican. That's a new Ted Cruz Republican."
Biden challenged Gomez's opposition to the Democratic health care law and suggested he backs the same policies as Republicans in Washington.
"Why does Mitch McConnell want him so badly? Why does Newt Gingrich talk about him like he's the second coming?" Biden asked. "Why does Marco Rubio want him so much? Look at how they vote. Look, I know Mitch McConnell pretty well, and if he wants Gabriel Gomez in his caucus, it's not because he thinks he may ever disagree with him, it's because he wants a Republican majority and because he knows he can count on the guy to vote on everything that he needs."
Markey introduced the vice president at both events.
Between the two appearances, Markey and Biden made a brief stop at Sullivan's Castle Island, a beachfront food stand in South Boston. Upon exiting his limo, Biden asked, "Are there any hot dogs here?"
After working the crowd, he ordered one with mustard and relish.
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Facebook's answer to probing security questions from liberal comedian-turned-politician Al Franken comes in the form of two former officers from President George W. Bush's White House.
The Palo Alto-based social network has hired two former Bush staffers to join its Washington D.C. -based lobbyist.
Facebook has been slowly expanding its lobbying operations as the social network continues to grow in numbers and notoriety.
Mr. Bush's former deputy chief of staff, Joel Kaplan, and Myriah Jordan, who worked in the president's Office of the Chief of Staff, are the latest to join the team.
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CASTRO VALLEY — Hardy souls are invited to dive into the new year at a Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday morning.
The free plunge takes place at the unheated outdoor swimming pool at the Castro Valley Swim Center, at Mabel Avenue and Redwood Road. The event is sponsored by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District.
The pool will open at 9 a.m., and the plunge will be at 9:45 a.m. sharp. Those taking part will receive a certificate, warm drinks and refreshments.
For more information, call 510-881-6703 or go to www.haywardrec.org.


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CHICO — A dip in crime reports during the first six months of this year in Chico could be a result of fewer officers to document them.
Because Chico Police Department staff levels have decreased while calls for service increased, there aren't enough officers available to take reports, crime analyst Robert Woodward said.
"We simply don't have the level of staffing needed to adequately report and document the crimes that are happening," Woodward said.
Woodward released the report on serious crimes documented in Chico from January through June on Wednesday. Those crimes decreased 15 percent compared with the same period last year. The crimes include larceny, burglary, auto theft, assault, robbery, rape and homicide.
Chico police command staff did not return a request for comment by deadline Wednesday.
Department staff asks some callers to go online and fill out a crime report; however, not many people go through the trouble to do so, Woodward said.
Reports of serious crimes nationwide have also decreased, a trend that could be occurring in Chico, Woodward said.
A 4 percent increase in crimes against people was offset by a 17 percent decrease in crimes against property.
Because hundreds of larcenies are reported every six months, the decrease from 663 to 540 largely affects the total percentage of serious reported crimes, Woodward said.
No homicides were reported in the city of Chico from January through June.
The number of reported rapes increased from nine to 17.
Burglaries increased 11 percent.
Auto thefts continued to have a wide fluctuation from year to year, decreasing by 50 percent.
Mapping showed a slightly higher concentration of crimes just south or north of Chico State University, including the downtown area.
A copy of the crime document, called 2012 Mid-year Part 1 Crimes Report, can be found on the department's website at www.chico.ca.us/police/home_page.asp.
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Colonnade Serenade - Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the debut of Pontiac's Colonnade models
No matter the make, there's always at least one model that's so boldly styled, it leaves opinions teetering between just enough and too much. One example that's erroneously lumped into that category is the redesigned A-body for '73. A take-it-or-leave-it look for many, automotive writers of the day seemingly gave the entire GM intermediate lineup lukewarm reviews, but when considering the obstacles designers had to hurdle, the product that actually resulted was a marvel.
New federally mandated bumper standards forced front and rear treatments that were quite a departure from the usual. Passenger safety was a growing concern, so a sturdier frame was employed, adding overall girth and weight, and a unique roof treatment designed to prevent collapsing in the event of a rollover crash added sturdy roof pillars to all models, which lent to the term colonnade when describing its styling.
Pontiac's offering had styling unique amongst its peers. While in many ways the '73 GM intermediates are much more advanced from an engineering standpoint and seemingly share no visual semblance to their predecessors, Pontiac's A-body actually contains lineage back to the '68 GTO—a model revered by enthusiasts for its consummate style. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its debut, HPP dove into the GM Media Archive files and uncovered some interesting images of Pontiac's colonnade cars. Some you may recognize and others you may not, but if such models are your fancy, then you'll certainly enjoy!
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Pontiac had created several iconic styles during the late '60s and early '70s. Among them are the '68 GTO, the '69 Grand Prix, and the '701⁄2 Firebird. At the helm while developing the new-for-'73 A-body was Pontiac Chief Designer Bill Porter. Fresh off the release of the hugely popular Second-Gen Firebird, Porter was backed by a skillful team whose work continues to fuel our enthusiastic passions today.
With revised bumper standards for '73, Porter and his team were hard at work to devise ways to best incorporate these federal mandates into the intermediate platform. "The A-body was entirely new, and I was interested in giving it a very distinctive nose treatment," he says. "It eventually became the Grand Am. The LeMans was a much milder statement. The Grand Am nose took flak from critics, but it was just so distinctive. I felt it made a very dramatic statement and loved the way it turned out."
While heading up Advanced 2 Studio during the middle '60s, Porter developed a basic body shape that was ultimately handed off to Pontiac Studio and became the '68 GTO. His design included very subtle bulges over the wheelwells, which are detectable on production models. "The side design for the '73 A-body was a theme carried over from the '68 GTO. For '73, we amplified the elliptical bulges and then flattened them out. The result is a flat side with pointed ends," he adds.
The ellipsoidal rear was a continuation of that overall theme, says Porter. "Dealers complained because the treatment made the trunk look small. It was more of an illusion, however. The trunk was actually enormous, but customers perceived it that way. When John Schinella took over as chief designer at Pontiac 2 Studio, he performed the facelift for '74 and made the trunk boxier."
There were many negatives working against the popularity of Pontiac's new intermediate when it was introduced. As Porter explains, "Many of the young enthusiasts who could be potential buyers were in Vietnam. Lobbyists in Washington were pushing for safety. Insurance rates for performance cars were very high, and the oil crisis was looming." Pontiac still managed to sell nearly 250,000 A-body models that year.
Mediocre media acceptance and poor times socially and economically make it seem as if Pontiac's A-body was a lackluster seller initially, but production peaked for '73 and waned to just 80,000 units for '77. But to say the GM intermediates were never well received by the buying public is a gross misstatement. Oldsmobile's variant, the Cutlass, went on to become America's best-selling car in 1976 and 1977, with more than 1.1 million units produced during that time. It paved the way for the redesigned '78 model to maintain that very status well into the '80s.
While Pontiac's '73-77 intermediates weren't as popular with average consumers as their Oldsmobile cousins, they maintained a sporty image throughout their five-year production run. Today that model line maintains a loyal following with a small-yet-dedicated group of Pontiac hobbyists. Those who have a chance to appreciate Pontiac's '73-'77 A-body's ride-and-handling qualities and bold styling can attest they are excellent performance bargains. Now 40 years later, we hope to give them the credit that's long overdue.


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Leave it to the X-Men to put the fun back in summer blockbusters.
Leave it to the X-Men to put the fun back in summer blockbusters.
Hugh Jackman, in the role he was coiffed to play, and the rest of the crew from pretty much every film in this past, present and future franchise, deliver the action and the laughs in "Days of Future Past," an all-star, all-X-Men outing designed to transition from the aging first-generation cast into their younger selves. It's too long and so cluttered with characters and exposition that if you aren't a fan of the comics, you may feel you're being punished. But it delivers the 3-D thrills and the Wolverine (and Quicksilver) giggles, and how.
In a "Terminator" future, the robotic Sentinels have all but wiped out humanity and the mutants who love them. But with the aid of time-bending Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page), the X-Men may be able to stop the mad — or at least greedy and irritable — scientist (Peter Dinklage) who invented these machines back during the Nixon administration.
Future mutants send the greying Wolverine (Jackman), or at least his consciousness, back to 1973.
And from the minute the guy wakes up in a world of lava lamps, Little Feat and Lectric Shave, things are popping. Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his nemesis-turned-ally Magneto (Ian McKellen) need Wolverine to convince their feuding young selves (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) to prevent a vendetta by Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) that dooms the future. So Wolverine, Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and the two mutant leaders contend with the Vietnam War peace talks, Richard Nixon, as well as the young soldier (Josh Helman) who will age into the evil Stryker as they chase Mystique hither and yon.
Because she's seen the experiments this scientist has been doing on mutants. She's been to Vietnam, where a selection of them were used in combat. And she's got blood in her blue-green eyes.
History is twisted and sent up, from the Kennedy assassination to "Star Trek." They need to bust into the Pentagon, so they track down a punk teen, the future Quicksilver (Evan Peters, who just kills in this part). That break-in scene, in 3-D slow motion "bullet time," may be the coolest action beat ever filmed in 3-D and packs the biggest giggles in any X-Men film. Quicksilver hurtles through a sea of military police, misdirecting their guns, playing the "stop hitting yourself" game, giving wedgies.
Meanwhile, in the future, Bishop (Omar Sy), Storm (Halle Berry) and Blink (Bingbing Fan) try to hold off the Sentinels using some of the most spectacular effects (instant wormholes) you've ever seen in a fight scene.
Jackman has most of the one-liners. He drops in on the past version of Xavier's school for gifted (mutant) kids, which has closed as the professor has lost his way and crawled into a bottle.
"Are you a parent?" Hank/Beast asks at the door.
"I sure as hell HOPE not!"
The acting is all you could hope for from this cast, with Page bringing the empathy and Jackman delivering the cool. Dinklage could have added a bit more villainous glee, but McAvoy re-interprets Xavier nicely and Lawrence doesn't let down the side.
There's no Stan Lee cameo, the onslaught of characters is a bit much and the third act drags and drags before delivering a heartfelt payoff. But "Days of Future Past" is most everything we'd hoped the summer's earlier popcorn pictures would be — fun.


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A 57-year-old woman presented with difficulty in falling asleep and occasional perceived lack of sleep for the entire night despite taking sleeping pills every night for more than ten years. Prior to then, for no obvious causes, she gradually had difficulty falling asleep at night, daytime fatigue, sleepiness, and no energy. Afterwards, the insomnia symptoms gradually worsened. She then began to be very anxious about sleep and often sought medical assistance. After seeing her first physician, she began using 0.4-0.8 mg of alprazolam with inconsistent results—sometimes she felt better, sometimes not. Since the initial prescription of alprazolam, in attempts to get a better night's sleep, she frequently sought help from neurologists and psychiatrists, and was even hospitalized twice. This led to a variety of prescriptions including fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, trazodone, mirtazapine, quetiapine, zolpidem, zopiclone, and eszopiclone. None of these medications significantly improved her sleep, and she felt that alprazolam was more helpful for her sleep than the other drugs. Therefore, she continued taking alprazolam and had gradually increased the dosage to 1.2 to 2.0 mg per night. She had also been diagnosed as having hypertension and had routinely taken antihypertensive medications for approximately six years. When we ran a symptom check for a sleep breathing disorder, we found that she had loud snoring and could truly fall asleep during the day, but did not know whether she had breathing pauses during sleep. No special findings were obtained in the routine medical examination and laboratory results. Her BMI was 23.42 kg/m2, neck circumference was 36 cm, and she had a normal looking chin. Her total score on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) was 22, which reflected her subjective severe excessive daytime sleepiness. Scores for the Hamilton depression and anxiety scales were 17 and 24, respectively, suggesting that she had had mild to moderate severity depression and anxiety.
We arranged an overnight polysomnographic (PSG) examination followed by a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). As shown in the top panel of Figure 1, the patient had 7.4 h of total sleep, but had 367 obstructive apneas and 162 episodes and hypopnea, central, and mixed apnea/hypopnea. Her apnea/ hypopnea index (AHI) was 72/h. There were marked recurrent reductions of oxygen saturation throughout the full night recording (see Figure 1). She had N2 time over 60% and no slow wave sleep (N3). However, when we asked her for her subjective sleep time after the examination, she said that she had no sleep during the entire night because she did not take alprazolam. The mean sleep latency on MSLT was only 2.3 min (Figure 2), and she also had one episode of REM during her third nap. This indicated that she had objective severe excessive daytime sleepiness.
Diagnostic night (top), first CPAP pressure titration following immediate diagnosis (center), second CPAP pressure titration nine months after diagnosis (bottom).
Changes of SpO2 and histogram of sleep determined by PSGDiagnostic night (top), first CPAP pressure titration following immediate diagnosis (center), second CPAP pressure titration nine months after diagnosis (bottom).
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First CPAP pressure titration following immediate diagnosis. Second CPAP pressure titration nine months after diagnosis.
Multiple sleep latency test following CPAP pressure titration nightsFirst CPAP pressure titration following immediate diagnosis. Second CPAP pressure titration nine months after diagnosis.
A few days later, the patient was scheduled to receive auto nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration followed by MSLT. As shown in the center panel of Figure 1, she had 9.1 h of total sleep, and AHI was successfully reduced to 7/h. N1 and N2 time and number of awakenings and brief arousals were markedly reduced, whereas N3 and REM time were increased considerably. Associated with the improvement in overnight sleep, the mean sleep latency on MSLT the day following CPAP titration increased from 2.3 min to 9.9 min (Figure 2). When we asked her subjective feelings regarding overnight sleep and daytime functioning, she said that she had not had such wonderful sleep over the past ten years and that her energy during the day appeared be similar to that she had twenty years ago. She immediately began to receive CPAP therapy (ResMed, S8 Auto Set Spirit). Since that time, she has had much improved subjective overnight sleep and completely discontinued taking alprazolam after a week of CPAP treatment.
Nine months after she began to receive CPAP therapy, she was recalled for a followup evaluation. The memory card of the CPAP machine indicated that average usage was from 8 to 9 h per night, and that the average AHI was 6.1/h. As shown in the bottom panel of Figure 1, during CPAP pressure titration at this time, AHI was further reduced to 1.5/h; total sleep time, N3, and REM time were considerably reduced; and N2 time was increased more than twofold, compared to during the first CPAP pressure titration. The perception of sleep (calculated as [subjective TST / objective TST * 100] was 102%. The mean sleep latency on the MSLT was also prolonged to 14.6 min (Figure 2). The scores on ESS and Hamilton depression and anxiety scales were also back in normal ranges. She also unexpectedly reported that she had stop taking antihypertensive medications a few months after she began CPAP, due to her blood pressure normalizing.
QUESTION: What is your diagnosis?
ANSWER: Obstructive sleep apnea-induced chronic insomnia.
There is little doubt that the patient had a severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-induced sleep perception problem presenting as a subjective type of insomnia. The fact that she had little to no perceived sleep appeared to be related to poor quality of sleep (N1, 22%; N2, 61%; and no N3) induced by very frequent apnea events. The cause and effect relationship between severe sleep apnea and insomnia was clearly reflected in the considerable improvement in both subjective and objective overnight sleep after CPAP treatment. The nine month followup evaluation further indicated a cause and effect relationship.
OSA related insomnia was first reported in the early 1970s,1 and recent studies suggest that possibly 25% to 50% of patients have both OSA and insomnia.2 However, a high percentage of these patients have mild to moderate severity of apnea and do not fully comply with CPAP therapy; therefore, they do not receive much benefit with respect to perceived sleep.3 Due to the poor compliance with CPAP therapy, current opinion holds that it is very challenging to treat patients with OSA and insomnia. But, the successful diagnosis and treatment in this case illustrated that, at least for some patients, particularly for severe apnea related insomnia, CPAP therapy may produce a dramatic improvement in both subjective and objective overnight sleep, and in both subjective and objective daytime functioning.
The DSM-IV states that "most individuals with breathingrelated sleep disorder have obstructive apnea that can be distinguished from primary insomnia by a history of loud snoring, breathing pauses during sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness." This patient had at least two symptoms (snoring and daytime sleepiness); however, she mainly complained of severe insomnia and was never aware that her snoring might be associated with her insomnia. Thus, she never mentioned severe snoring to any physicians during her clinic visits. No family member witnessed her apnea. Most importantly, no physicians considered possible OSA and did not run any symptom check for OSA, even though she was hospitalized twice. This misdiagnosis led to her using 1.2-2.0 mg of alprazolam per night, which may have considerably aggravated her apnea and daytime sleepiness. In particular, since she had a history of hypertension, the misdiagnosis and the continual use of alprazolam could increase her life risk.
The fact that a variety of antidepressants were persistently prescribed over a long period, even with little improvement for her subjective sleep, suggests that neurologists and psychiatrists normally pay great attention to depression and anxiety in insomnia patients, but lack adequate awareness of OSA-related insomnia. This may be particularly true for countries such as China, where the training system for sleep disorder specialists has not been well established. Even in the United States, which has the most well-developed training system in sleep disorders, restrictions for reimbursement from medical health insurance companies, may make physicians reluctant to call for an overnight study to detect potential OSA-related insomnia.
On followup, we unexpectedly learned that her blood pressure was normalized after a few months of CPAP treatment, although she had taken antihypertensive medications for six years. Though benzodiazepines may not worsen mild to moderate of OSA,4 their influence in severe OSA has not been experimentally documented. We believe that both the immediately successful treatment of her sleep breathing issue and the successful discontinuation of the relatively high dosage of alprazolam could have contributed to the normalization of her blood pressure.
Physicians may need to routinely run a brief symptom check in their insomnia patients to distinguish possible OSA patients, at least for the symptoms mentioned in the DSM-IV, including snoring, witnessed breathing pauses during sleep, and excessive daytime sleepiness.
Most individuals with OSA and insomnia comorbidities may not fully comply with CPAP therapy. But, at least for some severe apnea related insomnia, CPAP therapy may produce a dramatic improvement and may lead to discontinuation of sleeping pills.
In patients with hypertension and OSA-induced insomnia, reduction or normalization of blood pressure may occur after CPAP treatment, even in patients who have taken antihypertensive medications over a long period.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Li Y; Li Z; Lei F; Du L; Tang X. Persistent insomnia despite longterm nightly use of sleeping pills. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(8):834-836.
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81170072) and by the Chinese German Joint Center for Sleep Medicine (GZ538). The authors thank Dr. Larry Sanford at Eastern Virginia Medical School for help in editing the manuscript.
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School board members, stung by public outcry that the legal language was part of those filings, also directed their attorneys to withdraw the offending language from those papers.
The papers were filed in response to a lawsuit brought by Kristen Cunnane, a Cal women's swim assistant head coach and Walnut Creek resident. She sued the district and three former administrators for negligence, fraudulent concealment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Cunnane, 30, claims her abuse by two Moraga intermediate school teachers in the 1990s was caused by administrators repeatedly ignoring allegations of abuse.
In the district's Oct. 24 legal response to Cunnane's suit, it stated two "affirmative defenses" to her allegations. In one, the district, said Cunnane "was herself careless and negligent in and about the matters alleged in the complaint, and that said carelessness and negligence on said Plaintiff's part proximately contributed to the happenings of the incident …"
The other stated, "Defendants allege that (Cunnane) was herself responsible for the acts and damages of which she claims … "
All of that wording has been removed from the district response, board Vice President Charles MacNulty announced after the trustees finished a four-hour special closed session meeting Wednesday.
"The governing board and its attorneys, Stubbs and Leone, apologize to Ms. Cunnane for any anxiety or distress caused by the inclusion of this defense in its response to her pleading," he said.
Originally, the district's attorney and superintendent said those and all defenses had to be included in the first legal filing or the district would waive the right to use them in the future to vigorously defend themselves against a potentially large payout.
The board voted 4-0 Wednesday to apologize and change the legal language, with board president Dexter Louie recusing himself.
Cunnane said the past week has been tough but that she has received overwhelming backing from friends, family and strangers.
"I am so grateful for the support I faced in the aftermath of the school district's initial response," she said. "I feel like it is this support that encouraged the apology, and for that, I am extremely thankful."
Cunnane's attorney Paul Llewellyn echoed her thoughts.
"We appreciate the apology and are pleased that the district is formally withdrawing the defenses," he said. "We hope this signals the start of a more productive dialogue."
A New York-based nonprofit Stop Abuse Campaign even started an online petition — which had reached nearly 2,000 signatures as of Wednesday from all over the world — calling for an apology from the district's attorney. Andrew Willis, CEO of Stop Abuse Campaign and an abuse survivor, said the attorney's initial response that the language casting blame on the victim was standard in such cases "encapsulated the problem in a very simple way."
"For us it was a classic example of the sort of culture shame that surrounds abuse," Willis said.
"We're delighted that what we believe is the responsible thing was done, and we're happy they apologized to the survivor involved and we hope they have changed their policy in the future so this doesn't happen again."The Moraga schools' attorney Louis Leone also represents the Lafayette School District and used similar defense language in that district's response to a lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe claiming district officials knew former teacher Michael Merrick had fondled other students in the past and that nothing was done, which led to her own sexual abuse. Merrick pleaded guilty in January to six felony counts of lewd conduct with a minor.
Lafayette school trustees met in special closed session Wednesday afternoon to discuss Jane Doe's lawsuit, and later announced a unanimous vote to "withdraw the defense of comparative fault and any assertion of carelessness or negligence" on the part of Jane Doe.
Board president Stephanie Teichman said, "It has never been the intention of the (Lafayette) school district to cause anxiety or distress to Jane Doe."
Staff writer Jennifer Modenessi contributed to this report. Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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Last month a team from Charis Bible College in Colorado hopped the pond for a short-term mission trip to the United Kingdom. The 11 member team led by CBC's Intern Coordinator, Carlie Terradez and third-year intern, David Carter, ministered in England, Scotland and Ireland.
With their schedules packed as tightly as their luggage, the team began their overseas ministry experience on the evening of their arrival in England. They shared a refreshing time of worship and fellowship with the students and staff from CBC's West Midlands' campus.
For CBC-Colorado student, Drewrome (Drew) Williams, the casual setting of the first evening allowed him to get acclimated and also provided him the opportunity to share a word of knowledge with a CBC-England student. Both men were encouraged by the accuracy of Drew's word as the man confirmed that the things Drew spoke were the same things the man had been carrying in his heart.
Throughout the trip the Holy Spirit continued to work through Drew. In Scotland, he had the opportunity to minister from a platform in a city shopping mall. He remembered praying, before it was his turn to share, that he would have boldness and enough vocal volume to minister effectively. Drew said, "When it was my turn to speak, I sensed the power of the Holy Spirit, and my voice was unusually loud. I felt like I was watching myself speak. It was as though the Holy Spirit had taken over and I was along for the ride."
While still in Scotland, the team attended a service held at Glen Aros Church in Dumfries. There, Drew prayed with a woman for healing in her ankle. This opportunity had a particular significance for Drew because before leaving Colorado, a classmate had told him he would minister to someone with an ankle problem. After his prayer, the woman's broken ankle was completely healed.
More than a year before this Colorado team had their chance to go to the UK, the Lord had awakened a love for the region in Lisa Cree's heart. She and her husband Chris, who also traveled with the team, went with optimistic and expectant hearts. The two know they are called to encourage and disciple other believers, and the Lord brought many such opportunities on this journey.
While visiting Dumfries, Lisa and Chris prayed with a married couple, Margie and Joe. Margie was battling a life-threatening illness and the couple simply asked the Cree's to agree with them that Margie would be healed. Lisa and Chris agreed, and boldly cursed the sickness. They commanded the sickness to leave Margie's body in Jesus' name and spoke a blessing of health and healing over her. There wasn't any visible sign that the healing had manifested, but the Cree's reminded Margie and Joe that God is faithful.
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Chris recalled his own impactful moments from the trip to Scotland. He shared that in addition to Joe and Margie, he met a man named John. John had come up from England to attend the outreach the team held on Friday night. As Chris and John spoke, John indicated that he worked as a commercial pilot. Because Chris had flown off aircraft carriers in the US Navy, he found he had common ground (or air) with John. Chris said, "Of all the people there, I was the one who spoke his language."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence sold at auction for $477,650 by a man who found it last year in a Nashville thrift store for $2.48.
Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, sold the document Thursday at Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, N.C.
Six bidders contended for the document, most by phone or Internet, when bidding opened at $125,000. The identity of the winner was not disclosed.
Sparks found his bargain last March while browsing at Music City Thrift Shop. When he asked the price on a yellowed, shellacked, rolled-up document, the clerk marked it at $2.48 plus tax.
The document turned out to be an "official copy" of the Declaration of Independence — one of 200 commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820 when he was secretary of state and printed by William Stone in 1823.
Sparks said he had a few plans for the money: a used car, adding a sun room to his house, helping to support his parents and giving some to charity.
"You think it is a huge fortune, but by the time you figure it up and put some off for the taxes it is not. It is not a huge fortune, but more like a small fortune," he said.
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