text:
Team USA defeated Team Norway, two matches to one. In the battle of National Champions, Trevor Blackwell defeated Nicolai Herzog, 2-1 (his only match win in Standard through the whole tournament!) while Eugene Harvey lost in two straight games to Jan Pieter Groenhof. It was left to Brian Hegstad to win it for the US, which he did, defeating Øyvind Ødegaard.
Meanwhile, in the individual race, Tom Van de Logt of the Netherlands defeated American Alex Borteh in three straight games in the finals to become the 2001 Magic: the Gathering World Champion. Van de Logt takes home $35,000 for his individual success, as well as $1,000 for being on the Dutch National Team. The only other person in the Top 8 to also be on a National team was Jan Tomcani of the Slovak Republic. Tomcani won Day 1 to take the Standard title. Brock Parker posted the best record on the Invasion Block Rochester day, and Alexander Witt won the Extended day.
Germany's Kai Budde became Player of the Year with his 44th-place finish, and Japan's Katsuhiro Mori became Rookie of the year with a ninth-place finish.
(Click here for complete final standings)


text:
LONDON: More than US$200 billion of investment in liquefied natural gas is needed to meet a boom in demand by 2030, Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top LNG trader, said on Monday.
The LNG market is set to continue its rapid expansion into 2020 as facilities approved for construction in the first half of the decade come on line, in a development expected easily to meet sharp growth in consumption of the super-chilled fuel.
Something interesting to share?
Join NrgEdge and create your own NrgBuzz today
Many of Indonesia's oil and gas fields, both on and offshore, are coming to the end of their commercially viable operational lifespan. More than 60% of Indonesia's oil and more than 30% of gas production comes from late-life-cycle resources spread across the world's largest island country. Despite investment and use of enhanced oil field recovery measures, as well as increasing automation to extend the economic lifespan of these assets, decommissioning will soon become necessary.
However Indonesia, like many countries new to the prospect of decommissioning energy infrastructure, face many key technological, fiscal, environmental, regulatory and industrial capacity issues, which need to be addressed by both government and industry decision makers.
This report, commissioned by the consulting and advisory arm of London and Aberdeen based Precision Media & Communications aims to takes a look at many of the issues Indonesia and other South East Asian oil producing nations are likely to face with the prospect of decommissioning the region's oil and gas aging energy infrastructure both onshore and offshore... To find out more Click here
Market Watch
Headline crude prices for the week beginning 2 December 2019 – Brent: US$61/b; WTI: US$55/b
Headlines of the week
Natural Gas/LNG
The Global Small-Scale LNG Market is projected to grow from 30.8 MTPA in 2016 to 48.3 MTPA by 2022, at a CAGR of 6.7% between 2017 and 2022. The small-scale LNG market across the globe is driven by their increasing LNG demand from remote locations by applications, such as industrial & power, and the ability to transport LNG over long distances without the need for heavy investment such as pipelines. By terminal type, regasification terminal is expected to grow at a highest CAGR between 2017 and 2022. The increasing demand for LNG from the remote locations and global commoditization of LNG are some of the major factors that are driving the demand for small-scale LNG in this segment.
Downlolad PDF Brochure @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=226707057
The Linde Group (Germany), Wärtsilä (Finland), Honeywell International Inc. (U.S.), General Electric (U.S.), and Engie (France), among others are the leading companies operating in the small-scale LNG market. These companies are expected to account for significant shares of the small-scale LNG market in the near future.
Critical questions the report answers:
Growth Drivers are :
Energy cost advantage of LNG over alternate energy sources for end-users
Heavy duty transport companies save approximately 30% on fuel costs on LNG-fueled trucks, compared to diesel fueled trucks, and produce 30% lower emissions. Air pollution from diesel engines is one of the biggest concerns, especially in areas that struggle to meet air-quality standards. On the other hand, natural gas causes complete combustion and fewer emissions than diesel. It is estimated that increasing environmental concerns from the utilization of diesel vehicles is likely to increase the adoption of green fuel technologies such as natural gas. In the case of electric power generation, natural gas engines below 150 KW are more cost effective than oil fueled engines. Fuel cost is one of the major cost for road transportation, which is strongly subject to excise taxation. Typically, an LNG-fueled Volvo FM truck can travel up to 600 km with LNG. With an additional 150 litres of diesel, it can travel up to 1,000 km without refuelling. Thus, reducing the cost of travel. With additional LNG liquefaction capacity expected to come online in the next few years, an oversupply of LNG is expected, which will drive the price of LNG further lower. Considering all these factors, both developed and developing countries are undertaking feasibility studies to recognize the techno-economics of shifting their economies from diesel to natural gas. Therefore, the cheap price of small-scla LNG over others alterantive fuels will drive the growth during the forecast period.
Small-scale LNG terminals are regarded as facilities, including liquefaction and regasification terminals, with a capacity of less than 1 million tons per annum (MTPA) within the scope of this study. It includes the LNG produced from small-scale liquefaction terminals and regasified at small-scale regasification terminals for catering to applications such as LNG-fueled heavy-duty transport, LNG-fueled ships, and industrial & power generation.
North America small-scale LNG market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.
The North America small-scale LNG market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. In North America, most of the small-scale LNG demand in industrial & power applications is met through peak shaving facilities. The peak shaving facilities are used to meet adequate supply of LNG to address the peak demand. In 2015, there were more than 100 peak shaving facilities in the U.S., among which one-half of the peak shaving facilities were located in the Northeast, while a quarter of them were located in the Midwest. Currently, the U.S. has among the highest number of peak shaving plants. However, less than 10% of them are available for any other use due to the current electricity demand. The commissioning of small-scale liquefaction plants can expand the peak shaving capacities in the region.
Speak to Analyst @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/speaktoanalystNew.asp?id=226707057
Major Market Developments:
Get 10% FREE Customization on this Study @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/requestCustomizationNew.asp?id=226707057

subset: commoncrawl


text:
M.A./M.F.A. Degree Requirements
See general and degree requirements below.
NOTE: Graduate students in art may concentrate in the areas of painting, drawing, ceramics, metalsmithing/jewelry, printmaking, sculpture, glass, computer art, two dimensional art, three-dimensional art and art education.
Program Application Requirements
For all graduate art programs, prospective students must apply to the University, apply to the graduate school and then complete the following steps for art program approval:
Send all materials by April 10 each year to:
Department Head
Department of Art, Theatre and Dance
WTAMU Box 60747
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, Texas 79016
Attention: Graduate Studies in Art
Students who miss the April 10 deadline need to contact the department head at (806)651-2799.
General Information About Graduate Student Status
Students accepted into the art graduate program will be admitted into the M.A. degree program. All graduate students are reviewed each semester and prior to submission of their individual plan of study. Semester reviews will determine whether an art graduate student will remain in the program and whether they will remain as a M.A. degree candidate or a M.F.A. degree candidate.
(Consideration for M.F.A. candidacy is possible after completion of 24 hours.) All graduate students are required to work very closely with their major professor in order to schedule each semester's review, which will normally take place around Nov. 10 for the fall semester and April 10 for the spring semester.
For those graduate students who lack experience or the appropriate undergraduate degree, probationary status and leveling course work is available. Please consult with your studio professor about leveling requirements and probationary status as an art graduate student.
Standard Undergraduate Requirements
In addition to the entrance requirement established for all graduate students to be accepted to major in art, students must:


text:
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen
From £0.89
Real Brush Tips For Illustrating, Sketching, Designing and Cartooning
The ZIG Clean Color Real Brush range is perfect for quick illustrating, sketching, designing and cartooning/manga drawing. The real brush tip gives a smooth and versatile stroke, allowing you to create both thick and narrow lines with ease. Due to the water-based dye, which is completely odourless and Xylene-free, these pens are capable of blending together like watercolours and can create a whole spectrum of gradations with a single colour, simply by going over existing lines with a water brush or by slightly wetting the tip of the pen beforehand.
Different colours can also be mixed by applying one colour over the other before it dries, allowing seamless blending of any of the 80 colours within the range.
Each pen is sold singularly and measures approximately 155mm in length including the lid or 140mm excluding the lid and 10mm in diameter. The top section and underside of the pen is coloured in relation to the colour of the ink, making it easy at a glance to see which colours are present. The lightweight, plastic casing is white featuring the Kuretake Clean Color logo in black lettering. Pens should be stored nib-down to prevent drying.
This range is now discontinued. Last remaining stocks.


text:
AM Corrax
Understanding your needs is the key to developing and refining a finished product that not only meets your requirements, but also presents an answer to possible challenges before they arise. Great material knowledge and understanding your production environment is always the starting point. With the most advanced tool steel your production and high-end technology are no longer suppressed by material limitations and good-enough quality. AM Corrax is the stepping stone that transforms your high expectations into a value adding solution.
For more information, please click the following:
(1) Sales brochure
(2) Product brochure


text:
There is so much noise about social media, much of it not
very helpful. Myths about how and why to use these networks abound, spread by
networking neophytes and so-called experts (like me) alike. What none of us can
afford is to stand by and watch it all unfold, for there is money to be made.
Here, then, is a comprehensive guide to networking misconceptions, each
accompanied by a tangible action plan that you can take right now.


text:
Hi all! I've been using PocoMail 3.4 for years and really like it. Recently I upgraded computers and tried several different email clients, but decided to stay with PocoMail. I was going to upgrade to 4.8, but noticed that this version is dated April 6, 2009.
So my question is, what's the future hold for PocoMail? No upgrade in almost two years makes me think the software is at a dead end. I'm reluctant to pay to upgrade to the current version if it's going to be the last.
EDIT: I found this thread in the "General Discussion" section: Is PocoSystems Support and Development Dying?


text:
MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - A standoff stretched into a third day on Thursday with an Alabama man accused of fatally shooting a school bus driver and then taking a young boy hostage in an underground bunker equipped with electricity and food.
Law enforcement authorities remained tight-lipped about the delicate situation playing out in Midland City, a small town in the southeast corner of Alabama.
Officials from local, state and federal agencies have been camped near the bunker since Tuesday, when authorities say a gunman demanded that a student be let off a bus carrying more than 20 children home from school.
When 66-year-old driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. refused, the suspect shot him several times and fled the scene with a kindergarten student, police said.
By Thursday, the gunman had been holed up for two nights with the child on his rural property.
"The negotiators are still communicating with the suspect," said Robyn Bradley Litchfield, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
The shooting and hostage taking happened while a national debate rages over gun violence, especially in schools, after a gunman shot dead 20 students and six staff members at a Connecticut elementary school in December.
Authorities have not officially released the names of the suspected gunman or the child, who they believe is unharmed.
An Alabama legislator, Representative Steve Clouse, told reporters the boy suffered from Asperger's Syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but had been able to receive his medication while held captive.
A school employee said the boy appeared to have been chosen at random, but police have not confirmed whether the suspect and child know each other.
Neighbors identified the man as 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes and said he had been seen digging in his yard in the past couple of years and carrying a shotgun.
Ronda Wilbur, who lives across the street from Dykes, referred to him as "Mean Man" and complained he had killed her family dog by beating it with a lead pipe and then bragged about it to her husband.
Dykes had been due to appear for a bench trial on Wednesday after his arrest last month on a menacing charge involving another neighbor, court records showed.
The neighbor, James Edward Davis, told CNN the arrest stemmed from an incident on December 10 when Dykes pulled a gun on him and his young daughter. Davis said Dykes was upset because he believed Davis had driven onto his property. Dykes fired two gunshots as Davis sped off in his car, he said.
Michael Senn, a pastor, said Dykes apparently had equipped the bunker with TV and two to three weeks' worth of supplies.
"We're just encouraging everybody in this country to come together and pray for the safety, protection and the quick release of this child," Senn said.
Additional reporting by Kaija Wilkinson and Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Grant McCool


text:
From Wai Lana:
Three-Stage Perseverance
Some yoga poses are easy for us; we like doing them and practice them
regularly. Sometimes, however, we try a new pose that stretches muscles we don't
often use or requires us to muster up strength. That's when our resistance kicks
Let's say you learned a new pose yesterday that was quite hard for you.
When it comes time to do it today, you're reluctant. You know how stiff you were
in that pose, how little movement you got, and it felt uncomfortable. So you're
inclined to skip that one. But those are just the poses your body needs.
If you persevere, you'll go through different stages as you work with the
pose. The first stage of reluctance usually lasts about a month. But as your
body loosens up, you'll move into the second stage. The pose becomes tolerable
and your body and mind no longer resist so much. This stage may last another six
weeks or so, getting better and better. Finally, you'll get to stage three; the
pose will be quite pleasant and enjoyable. At that point, when the pose becomes
easy for you, it's time to find another pose that you're reluctant to do.
I like Wai Lana's point. What she describes is approximately what I experienced with Crescent Lunge during our teacher training exercise. My hips tend to be pretty tight, and the straight back leg extension in CL was almost impossible for me if I lunged more than an inch or two with my front leg. So I disliked the pose altogether. But we did so many of them in training, that I just learned to suck it up. Over the course of that training, I did begin to notice nothing that felt like real progress, but tiny differences over time. I've noticed in bits and pieces the gradual lengthening of my back leg. And I found that straightening the back leg got easier. Perhaps the leg was getting stronger. Perhaps the muscles wrapping the hip had lengthened. Perhaps my mind reduced its opposition.
Then yesterday, I was in a class at the nearby studio, and the teacher seemed to have a fetish for low lunge and crescent lunge. As we repeated, again and again, the poses, I lengthened into my now standard version of Crescent Lunge. The teacher looked at my pose, knelt in front of my lunged leg, grasped my lunged calf just below the knee joint, and leaned back, drawing my lunged leg forward, until my lunged knee was exactly over my ankle. She then nodded, released my leg and moved on. I looked at the lunged leg. It was in the classic position -- ankle-to-foot: 90 angle. Thigh-to-calf: 90 degree angle. Top of thigh parallel with the floor. Pelvis and shoulders squared to the front. Then I noticed my back leg -- straight from hip to heel, resting on the ball of the foot. I lengthened my arms higher toward the ceiling and experienced Crescent Lunge.
It was by no means an easy pose for me -- so I still have miles to go. But it is interesting to see, in hindsight, the tiny increments in strength, flexibility, and the strange combination of mental devotion and letting go that led to where I am today.


text:
The very existence of this record, and of enigmatic London/Berlin-based electronic duo Hype Williams in general, wonderfully sums up what has been great about music in 2010. That's not to say that this is necessarily one of the best releases of the year – actually, the fact that it isn't a top-ten-list contender is a large part of its charm – but there's something incredibly likeable in its sketchbook-like imperfections and low-budget tone.
Hype Williams aren't the sort of act that exist to create album-of-the-year masterworks; they're the type of band whose music you stumble across streaming on some dark corner of the internet, or turn up on unlabelled CD-R mixtapes. Their wonderfully cryptic aesthetic is only added to by fact that they hide their identities behind possibly false names and comically absurd rumours (the best of which being that the band are actually a side-project of Joss Stone).
Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, and Start Gettin' Reel started out life as a series of low budget YouTube videos that the duo created and uploaded during the first half of 2010. The videos themselves, as with the songs that soundtrack them, are rough and simple, based on the repetition of a basic idea, often pillaging footage and references from pop culture - at once reminiscent both of the visual art of Andy Warhol and of a couple of drunk teenagers with a webcam.
Like the videos, the music that accompanies these clips – released here on 12" by Minneapolis label De Stijl – are constructions of simple, yet interesting ideas. Lo-fi synth lines wash over dub-like bass and warped pop melodies. Weird downshifted samples from everyday life mesh with very retro-sounding drum machines to construct the beats.
Opener 'Rescue Dawn' kicks off with what sounds like a pitchshifted sample of a baby crying (although it could just as easily be a mangled clip from some R&B track), before sliding into a retro hip-hop synth riff that underpins a down-tuned reading of the Pokémon theme. The record continues in this sort of bizarre vein throughout: electronically-mangled rap and R&B sounds keep things surprisingly funky, while pop-culture plundering and skewed layers of reverb inject a constant level of unsettling art-house cool.
As with many of 2010's best releases - particularly those coming from the Olde English Spelling Bee stable - Find Out What Happens… wears its no-budget, bedroom origins proudly on its sleeve. It's not a particularly polished or complete sounding record - more a collage of ideas, found sounds and works in progress (several songs here are untitled, as was the band's entire debut LP from earlier this year). And that's what's great about Hype Williams' music; listening to it feels like riffling through a scrapbook, a relatively unprocessed collection of ideas that have come straight from the artist's bedroom into your own.
The fact that these songs first emerged as YouTube videos is testament to exactly why the internet isn't killing music. A more apt name for the record would be 'find out what happens when you give creative minds with no money a platform to release their music for free.' Everything about Hype Williams – from their playful elusiveness to the rough edges of their music and the way they chose to share it with the world – typifies what make the internet a great platform for music to be discovered and shared.
8Si Truss's Score


text:
A parade and victory rally will be held Friday morning to congratulate the Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office announced Tuesday morning in a statement.
Additional details, including the location, exact time and route, have yet to be announced.
The last celebration, in 2010, was one of the biggest public events the city had ever seen. City officials estimated the crowd at roughly two million people.
- 2010: Parade of Champions
Celebrations erupted Monday night after the team's win, with fans spilling out onto streets in Wrigleyville and near the United Center.
Emanuel was quick with kind words Monday night after the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins to bring the Stanley Cup back to the Windy City for the second time in four years.
"The City of Chicago is thrilled to congratulate our own Chicago Blackhawks on their hard-fought victory, once again bringing the Stanley Cup back to their sweet home Chicago," he said in a statement. "Our best wishes go out to the Bruins and the city of Boston for a well-played series. In the past few months, the people of Boston have showed how they can pull together and the Bruins have represented that same spirit, demonstrating what makes Boston a truly world-class city. Our congratulations go out to Rocky Wirtz, Coach Joel Quenneville, the incredible Blackhawks players, and the whole Blackhawks family for their dedication and determination to make Chicago a championship city once again. The City of Big Shoulders stood shoulder to shoulder with the Blackhawks all season and we are all looking forward to welcoming them home as champions."


text:
Tim CaynesFoolproof
On Twitter: timcayes
21-24 July 2014
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London
The demand for experience design services is getting higher every day. As we try to manage the rapid growth of our specialist teams, we're reaching the point at which our evolved team structures can no longer cope with that demand. How do we structure our design teams to focus on quality and sustainability while ensuring our employees are kept highly motivated and have clear career development opportunities? How do we facilitate change and re-define roles to alleviate points of stress and encourage ownership and accountability at all levels? This Ignite session will bring experienced managers and practitioners together to share their insights on how they have achieved this in their own companies, to give attendees specific, actionable advice to help them manage growth in their own experience design teams.


text:
State lawmakers consistently voted to cut funding for vital transportation projects over the last few years, even as they criticized Metro-North Railroad for a pattern of dismal performance and service mishaps.
Votes on budgets and spending adjustments during the last years of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's administration and through Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration show lawmakers from both parties raided the state's Special Transportation Fund to pay routine obligations and cover deficits -- despite a growing backlog of needed rail improvements and other transportation priorities.
"We all make compromises that we don't want to make," said State Sen. Anthony Musto, D-Trumbull.
An analysis by Hearst Connecticut Media of past voting by state lawmakers representing the Bridgeport, Stamford, Greenwich and Danbury regions found that:
- Twenty-six of the 61 legislators representing 28 southern Connecticut municipalities voted against Malloy's $37.6 billion, two-year budget that cuts $109.7 million from the state's dedicated transportation revenues in 2014 and 2015.
- To close deficits during the 2012 fiscal year, 27 lawmakers voted for a package that reduced the statutorily required transfer of revenue from the General Fund to the Special Transportation Fund by $70.1 million.
- In 2011, 23 Fairfield County lawmakers voted to reduce transfers to the STF by $42.5 million. The heavily Democratic Bridgeport and Stamford delegations voted unanimously to raid or reduce transfers to the STF.
- In an apparent flip, or rebuke, of past STF raids, 52 of the region's legislators last year voted to approve a lockbox bill that ends the Legislature's ability to remove money from the STF to pay for routine budget obligations.
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, acknowledged he has voted for bills that removed money from the STF. He also said he eagerly voted to place the STF in a lockbox.
"I've been arguing for a number of years that we should not take money out of the STF to balance the budget. We need to make the proper investments," McKinney said.
He said he voted against the current state budget for a variety of reasons, including the fact that for this year it removed $76.5 million from the STF. In the past, McKinney said he voted for deficit mitigation packages that removed smaller amounts because that was the deal he had to make.
"You have to look at everything, there are balances and priorities," McKinney said. "I voted for a deficit mitigation package that took $10 million out of the fund, given the fiscal problems. It's not great, but it was something I was willing to do. I've seen worse deals."
Musto said many of his votes were cast to protect education funding, municipal aid and avoid tax increases, even if money was diverted from the STF or not transferred to it.
"You make the best decision you can," he said. "I'd like to see a lockbox for many things. We did what we had to do. It's unpleasant. Sometimes to pass a budget we had to break the deal. But the lockbox is something we should be doing more of."Read Full Article
State Rep. Linda Gentile, D-Ansonia, who voted for budgets between 2010 and 2013 that removed money or reduced transfers to the STF, said she cast those votes to avoid further tax increases.
"It's a practice I'm not proud of, but it's more palpable than to heap another tax increase onto our taxpayers. You have to make tough choices," Gentile said.
She said she eagerly voted for the lockbox bill last year to prevent what's become a common practice of raiding the STF when money is tight.
"That will prohibit us from doing that. The money will be used for highways, bridges and rails," Gentile said.
Special fund
Originally created in 1983 by Gov. William O'Neill after the collapse of the Mianus River Bridge to help shore up and expand the state's transportation network, the Special Transportation Fund is primarily supported by two separate taxes on gasoline that make up about 70 percent of the fund's anticipated revenue for 2015 of $1.331 billion.
The first is a flat tax of 25 cents paid by drivers at the pump; the second is a petroleum gross receipts tax, a levy on the wholesale price of gasoline paid by distributors.
In 2005, the legislature passed a gross receipts tax hike under Rell which gradually raised the rate of the tax from 5 percent to 8.1 percent, in part to bolster funding for transportation.
With rising gasoline prices, revenues surged far beyond expectations while a designated minimum to be devoted to road and transit needs remained fixed by law.
Since 2005, $1.26 billion of the proceeds of the tax has stayed in the state's General Fund, rather than being applied to needed transportation projects. But hundreds of millions of dollars have been diverted to pay routine state obligations or blocked from being deposited into the STF.
Joseph McGee, vice president of public policy for the Business Council of Fairfield County, said business leaders see the link between the depth of the state's infrastructure funding gap and failure to assign appropriate revenue to tackle them.
"The lack of sustained commitment to transportation infrastructure spending has been a major impediment to economic growth," McGee said. "There is an urgency to address this that cannot be kicked down the road another five years, and the political leadership of the state and executive leadership of the state have got to come together on this."
The Malloy administration recognizes investment in the New Haven Line and highway infrastructure is critical, said Andrew Doba, a spokesman for the governor.
Doba said the budget has increased appropriations to the Special Transportation Fund for the past three years, including $1.243 billion and $1.333 billion in 2014 and 2015 for projects.
Malloy said last month that his 2015 budget would also dedicate the full stream of the petroleum gross receipts tax to transportation projects.
"The idea that this administration had reduced support for the Special Transportation Fund is just plain wrong," Doba said.
Many reasons
House Minority Leader Larry Cafero, R-Norwalk, said he voted against recent budgets for a variety of reasons, including removing money from the STF. He said he voted for a deficit mitigation plan in 2010 that removed money from the fund because at the time the state's deficit was so large that the state constitution mandated action.
"We were in very deep trouble and we were elected to solve problems," Cafero said. "We got no taxes raised. It was a compromise, a bipartisan bill. And at the time we had a surplus in the STF."
Cafero said for years the state has wrongly raided the STF, and that's why he voted for the lockbox bill.
"We have had a system in place in the state in which we were told certain taxes would go to a special transportation fund," he said. "What I saw was a consistent raiding of that and going back on our word. That's why people get disgusted with government."
The General Assembly's Transportation Committee will review a bill Wednesday that would further reenforce the lockbox legislation by making it an amendment to the state constitution. Twenty-six other states have similar legislation prohibiting legislative bodies from raiding dedicated transportation funds.
State Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, said he voted against budgets in 2012 and 2013 in part because of the removal of money from the STF. He said the lockbox legislation, which he voted for, was necessary to stop that trend.
"The STF funds are revenue generated for the purpose of transportation. The gas tax goes to funding the STF. When taxpayers make that contribution we should recognize it. We have high gas taxes in this state, and that's the justification," Kelly said.
State Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, who voted in favor of the budgets and adjustments that shifted transportation revenue for general fund costs for all four votes, said the 2014-15 budget includes more money for Norwalk schools.
State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, who voted against Malloy's past two biennial budgets, said she's worried about whether the General Assembly will have the discipline to not repeal the lockbox restriction when faced with future deficits.
"The fund is as safe as any governor, General Assembly, or House allows it to be," Boucher said. "We can make a big issue of it, but if the president pro tem of the Senate decides we're going to take (the money) out, it is hard to stop it."
State Sen. Carlo Leone, D-Stamford and a member of the Transportation Committee, voted in favor of the transfers from 2010 through 2013. He said even if legislators voted against the spending packages on principle, it wouldn't have been enough to stop the transfers.
"There is always some kind of budgetary constraint and sometimes there are fund sweeps or adjustments from one fund to another," Leone said. "The bigger-picture question is whether the budget is something we can support each year when those budgets are presented, and the answer is sometimes yes."
"We didn't have the situation then that we now have with Metro-North," added state Rep. Auden Grogins, D- Bridgeport. "Now I think we are all in favor of the keeping the money there."
Bridge trouble
One of the bigger impediments to expanding the New Haven Line's capacity are four century-old swing bridges that limit the speed of trains and can become stuck open and halt service for hours.
While some funding has been allocated to design two of the bridges, it is unclear when they will be fully funded.
The state is also expected to fast-track installation of a mandated state-of-the-art collision avoidance system called Positive Train Control that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority estimates will cost $900 million for Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.
The DOT has projected that through 2016 the state needs more than $2 billion to maintain transportation infrastructure, including for highways.
Earlier this month, a group of legislators signed a letter asking the Federal Railroad Administration to intervene to help make management changes at Metro-North Railroad after a disastrous 2013 that has galvanized a commuter-driven backlash against state officials.
"These problems have come at a time when we have raised the gas tax and raised the fares on all of our trains," said Boucher, who signed the letter. "There is now a clarion call, and I'm not alone. There are Republicans and Democrats who are very upset with this."
Campaign promises
Fred Carstensen, a professor with the University of Connecticut's Center of Economic Analysis, said pledges by gubernatorial candidates, including Malloy, promising tax cuts are the wrong medicine to boost the state's economy, especially given the state's road and rail infrastructure needs.
"Connecticut's long-term malaise -- stretching back at least 25 years -- is the result of a systematic, pervasive failure to invest in and sustain the quality of its transportation infrastructure and human capital development," Carstensen said.
Along with higher education spending, Carstensen said the state's underinvestment in Metro-North, and establishing train service in other parts of the state have left workers with few options beside getting around by car.
"Why would a company that needs to draw together a lot of employees come to a state with a weak transit system?" Carstensen said.
State Rep. Larry Miller, R-Stratford, said he voted against most state budgets because he's committed to reining in spending. But Miller stopped short of wanting money taken out of the transportation fund, or restricting the flow of money into the fund.
"I don't think they should take money out," he said. "Our bridges are not the best. We have suggested different things from the Republican perspective."
Staff writer Bill Cummings contributed to this report.


text:
Topic: iOS 7.1
Rumor: Apple's next iOS 7.1.2 update to fix Mail issues, coming soon
06/20/2014, 07:06 pm
A report on Friday claims Apple is nearing release of an iOS update that looks to address an email attachment encryption issue, a lock screen vulnerability and enhanced iBeacon support, among other minor bug fixes.
Ahead of iOS 8 announcement iOS 7 adoption nears 90% for iPhone, 85% for iPad
05/30/2014, 06:05 pm
With three days to go until Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off, one research firm found iOS 7 adoption rose to new levels in the U.S. and Canada as with iPhone and iPad users continue to upgrade ahead of an expected iOS 8 announcement.
Apple aware of email attachment encryption issue in iOS 7.1.1
05/05/2014, 11:05 am
Recent releases of Apple's iOS platform, including the latest iOS 7.1.1 update, include a bug that prevents email attachments saved on the device from being properly protected with encryption, and a fix is presumably on the way.
Adoption of Apple's iOS 7 continues to rise, now at 85%
03/24/2014, 09:03 pm
In a change to Apple's developer website on Monday, the company announced adoption of iOS 7 is now at 85 percent while the share of devices running iOS 6 has fallen to 12 percent.
Apple cracks down on Personal Hotspot abuse with iOS 7.1 update
03/19/2014, 01:03 pm
iPhone owners who previously made use of the Personal Hotspot feature on wireless networks that do not support it are now out of luck, after changes in iOS 7.1 have disabled the ability to manually edit tethering settings for unauthorized carriers.
Users report freezing, lagging iPhones with Apple's iOS 7.1, but overall crashes are down
03/18/2014, 02:03 pm
While this month's release of iOS 7.1 fixed a number of bugs and crashes that had affected Apple's mobile platform for months, and has reduced the overall number of system crashes, the update has also introduced a number of new and different glitches being seen by some iPhone users.
iOS 7.1 adoption pegged at 18% after 72 hours, tracking in line with prior releases
03/14/2014, 06:03 pm
The number of iOS device users who have upgraded to Apple's latest iOS 7.1 update has grown over the past three days to account for 17.9 percent of all iOS traffic in North America, and is expected to overtake the previous iOS 7.0.6 update within a few days, one report says.
iOS 7.1 warning message reminds users of 15-minute in-app purchase window
03/11/2014, 11:03 pm
Apple's recently-released iOS 7.1 update now shows a pop-up warning message for users making in-app purchases for the first time, reminding them of a 15-minute grace period in which additional purchases can be made without reentering password.
Adoption of iOS 7.1 hits 6% in North America after 24 hours in the wild
03/11/2014, 05:03 pm
After being available for a little over one day, Apple's iOS 7.1 update is now running on some 5.9 percent of operating devices, an adoption rate comparable to the company's previous iOS 7.0.6 release.
Apple's iOS 7.1 brings iPhone 4 speed enhancements, iBeacon improvements
03/11/2014, 12:03 am
Along with the addition of headline features like CarPlay, Apple's latest iOS 7.1 update brought a welcome speed boost for the four-year-old iPhone 4, as well as new iBeacon handling that allows apps to search for signals even when closed.
Apple's iOS 7.1 brings animation updates, UI tweaks for Phone, calendar, and more
03/10/2014, 05:03 pm
New features like CarPlay and long-awaited enhancements to Siri and Touch ID headlined Monday's iOS 7.1 update, but Apple also made several aesthetic changes as designers continue to refine the mobile operating system's user interface.
Apple adds support for new, previously-unknown iPad models in iOS 7.1
03/10/2014, 02:03 pm
Monday's iOS 7.1 update brought a slew of documented changes and two surprise additions -- update bundles customized for iPad models that are not known to have been publicly released.
Apple releases iOS 7.1 with CarPlay support, Siri and Touch ID improvements
03/10/2014, 01:03 pm
Apple on Monday released iOS 7.1, the most significant update to its mobile platform in six months, featuring tweaks to the user interface introduced in iOS 7, fixes for lingering bugs, and new features such as support for the new CarPlay infotainment center.
Apple to take mass device deployment program live with iOS 7.1 as launch date looms
03/05/2014, 03:03 am
With Apple's mass iOS deployment intentions revealed, early testers of the service are reporting a smooth rollout of features that sources say will go live once iOS 7.1 is released later in March.
Apple expected to ship iOS 7.1 'any day now,' will support new iTunes Festival app
03/04/2014, 01:03 pm
With the U.S. debut of the iTunes Festival set to kick off next week, Apple will reportedly update its iOS application to support live streaming of the concerts from the SXSW festival -- but not before the iOS 7.1 update is issued to iPhone and iPad owners.
Apple releases third beta of iOS 7.1 with iCloud, audiobook fixes
01/07/2014, 01:01 pm
Apple on Tuesday supplied developers with its third pre-release beta of iOS 7.1, a forthcoming update for its mobile operating system, with the latest build bringing fixes for creating a new iCloud account, as well as playing back audio books.
Apple provides iOS 7.1 beta 2 to developers with bug fixes for iTunes Match, Touch ID tweaks
12/13/2013, 01:12 pm
Apple on Friday provided developers with the second beta of iOS 7.1, its forthcoming maintenance and security update for iPhone and iPad, with the pre-release software featuring fixes for issues related to iTunes Match, and also making it easier for users to access Touch ID settings on their iPhone 5s.
Apple supplies developers with first beta of iOS 7.1
11/18/2013, 01:11 pm
The first beta of iOS 7.1, Apple's forthcoming update for its mobile operating system, was provided to developers on Monday, just a few days after the incremental iOS 7.0.4 update was issued to the public.


text:
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda has evolved as a self-care system by those who have accepted responsibility for their own health and want a proven model for health and longevity. It offers us an alternative to allowing imbalances to grow into life-threatening diseases and then resisting them with drugs and surgeries.
Ayurveda is a holistic science of wellness based on creating harmony between two fundamental complementary forces, movement, observed in respiration, circulation, digestion, elimination and in the nervous system, and stability which provides the structure to support movement. Behind these two forces is the one energy which makes it all happen. Ayurveda works through keeping these forces in balance, which creates harmony with this natural rhythm found in all life. Harmony reflects itself in wellness just as all disease grows from an imbalance.
All life forms contain a unique mix of these forces giving them their special character. Thus, because every individual is unique and indivisible, what is balancing for one person's body and temperment, may cause imbalances and disease in another. Ayurveda provides guidelines to determine your individual constitution and for your specific pathways for creating balance. You can begin to look at yourself through these principles by taking a self-test at this website to discover your Ayurvedic constitution.
The Ayurvedic Healthline
Ancient Roots and Modern Branches
Ayurveda, literally the "science of life and longevity" in ancient Sanskrit, is the oldest healing system in the world in continuous practice. It dates over 3000 years, with roots going back even further. It is the worlds first holistic system of health maintenance, based on lifestyle, diet and herbs. It was discovered that the taste of an herb determines its action: cleansing, balancing or rejuvenating. Generally, bitter tasteing herbs clear and cleanse, whereas sweeter herbs tend to be nourishing and rebuilding. In contrast, vitamins therapy assumes there is a deficency, if one does not exist, they are simply excreted by the body.
Ayurveda is based on an individual approach to correct imbalances before they develop into diseases. It relates to modern preventive medicine through five process to maintain optimum health : detoxification and cleansing, boosting the effectiveness of the immune system, helping the body cope with stress with adaptogenic herbs, protecting the body with antioxidants, and rejuvenative tonics that keep the body toned to retard the aging process.
When imbalances do occur, the goal is first to control the inflammatory reaction of the immune system with a proven system of herbal healthcare. Herbs like guduchi and guggul act as " immunomodulators " because their balancing effect both controls inflammation and enhances the body's natural defenses. The use of imunomodulating herbs is central to herbal medicine, supporting the body's immune system to deal with allergens. Combined with detox, the system becomes stronger and we note fewer reactions to allergens of all kinds. Attempts at suppression of the immune response only leads to greater and greater recurring symptoms. The next step is to follow guidelines based on Ayurvedic principles for a return to balance and rejuvenation.
The concept of a gentle and continuous detoxification in formulas like triphala, stems from the fact that many ailments and diseases are causes by impurities not being properly eliminated. Overeating in excess of one's ability to digest and assimilate nutrients is a major cause of creating toxins in the body. Improper digestion leads to overloading the liver and eliminative processes. The body reacts to undigested food like any other toxin. Ayurvedic cooking is light but nourishing, using herbs that enhance digestion and proper assimilation. Supporting the liver and improving digestion also results in a purer blood quality that is reflected in healthier skin and hair. For other herbs to enter the system, first it must be cleaned.
We are constantly subjected to free radicals in our environment, and the oxidative cell damage by free radicals is a major cause of degenerative diseases. Antioxidants scavenge these free radicals and limit the damage. The Ayurvedic phamacology* contains some of the most powerful antioxidant herbs available to prevent degenerative diseases. For example, Amalaki, or Indian Gooseberry is prized for its concentrations of naturally occurring vitamin C . This herb has been taken for centuries as an herbal jam called Chyavanprash, fortified with other balancing herbs as an antioxidant to prevent the occurrence of free radical chain reactions.
Adaptogenic herbs have the ability to work as a biological response modifier to environmental and psychological stress. Adaptogens in herbs like ashwagandha support adrenal function by supporting the endocrine system. Through glandular support, they have a broad spectrum effect, energizing all major systems as well as regulating their function as well.
Ayurvedic texts contained complete sections on anti-aging. The "rasayanas" were the rejuvenative tonics that kept cells young and helped reverse age related damage. The objective is that all functions of the body are kept toned and working at optimum effectiveness. The use of herbal tonics as a part of a daily health regimen is found everywhere in traditional medicine. It is a concept that not only incorporates all the concepts of detox, antioxidant, immunomodulation and adaptogenic as well, but focuses on development of a specific lifestyle plan including individual dietary and exercise guidelines as well. Since we are all unique in our own way, best results occur when we follow a regimen designed specifically for us. Hence an Ayurvedic practitioner's role today is to complement acute care medicine with a viable system of health maintenance.
Ayurvedic Perspectives on Modern Diseases
Ayurvedic Guidelines for Cancer Prevention
Our body cells are surrounded by fluids which should be slightly alkaline in order to sustain life. If these fluids, especially the blood, becomes more acidic, our physical condition will first manifest fatigue and tendencies to catch colds and flu. As these fluids become more acidic, our condition increases to headaches and chronic fatigue. Our body will begin to deposit these excess acid forming substances in some area of the body such as breasts in women or the prostate in men. Cells which adapt to an acid enviornment are called malignant.
Ayurveda recommends an on-balance alkaline forming diet to maintain healthy cells. High acid forming foods such as eggs, red meats, cheese and sugar should be replaced with moderate to low acid forming foods such as whole grains and legumes. The majority of foods shold be alkaline forming such as those found in seasonal fruits and vegetables and natural condiments such as soy. You can receive a free copy of acid & alkaline forming foods by email. For more information on this subject, read Acid & Alkaline, By Herman Aihara, now available from our selection of books to support balance in body mind and spirit. Important lifestyle routines which help alkalanize are breathing excercises and warm-cold showers. Polarity Therapy and other stress reducing routines are essential to healing (see article below on Stress Management).
Herbs should be taken which help clean the blood of excess acidity and restore health. Traditionally, bitter herbs such as amalaki, manjista or guggul have been incorporated into balanced formulas such as triphala which can be taken over longer periods of time for health maintenance (please refer to herb history page). The great law of cause and effect is always operating and cannot be circumvented by only relieving symtoms. However, the law cuts both ways - by understanding how the disease was created, we can find the path back to health. Lastly, it is important to remember that every situation has a front as well as a back if we just will look for it.
Gugglus for Maintaining Healthy Joints and Heart
One of the oldest and most famous herbs in Ayurvedic Medicine, Gugglu ( commiphora mukul ) is a gum resin and a relative of the Biblical botanical myrrh. There is a is a whole class of formulas containing gugglu combined with other herbs. Gugglu is considered an antiseptic and a carrier of herbs with specific properties which are needed for restoring balance for healthy joints. It was discovered that Gugglu being a resin, contained a sticky quality which attracts it to the synovial fluid in the joints. For example, if there was dryness or a lack of synovial fluid , gugglus resinous qualities acted as a lubricant (Yogaraj Gugglu)and foods to balance vata were given.
Toxins ( called ama ) which are formed mainly from undigested protein are also sticky and attracted to synovial fluid. From time to time , the immune system flushes these toxins out and this process creates an inflammatory condition. Arthritis is the name modern medicine give to this process when it becomes chronic. Herbs which have a cooling and cleansing quality (Kaishore Gugglu) were given in these situations, with foods to balance a pitta aggravation. If there was more of a kapha condition present with excess fluids and swelling, the appropriate drying foods were given and diuretics were combined (Punarnavadi or Goksuradi Gugglu) to clear fluids and help to restore balance to the tissues. Boswellia (salai guggal) is a tree gum resin with similar properties combined with other herbs to treat inflammatory conditions (Artrex formula).
More recently the cleansing properties of Gugglu have been discovered in the treatment of elevated blood cholesterol. Ancient texts reveal Ayurvedic physicians diagnosed the condition we call arteriosclerosis ( hardening of the arteries ) before 600 B.C. They described it as characterized by over eating and a lack of exercise which impaired metabolism and obstructed channels with fatal results. To treat it they used gugglus. Not surprisingly many Ayurvedic heart formulas contain gugglu combined with arjuna, which supports heart function and ashwagandha an adaptogen which increases tolerance to stress in our modern lifestyles.
Maintaining Healthy Blood Glucose Levels
Digestion and Assimilation of nutrients.
Ayurveda looks at proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients as a the root of health or disease. In blood sugar problems it is important to create an orderly breakdown of carbohydrates in the system.There are three types of carbohydrates. The simplest form are the monosaccharides, of which the most important for us is glucose. Next are the disaccharides, the most important being sucrose, lactose and maltose. Polysaccharides are the last type, which are very complex, being composed of enormous molecules made of many monosaccharide units - about 10 for glycogen, 25 for starch and 110 to 200 for cellulose.
Having small molecules, monosaccharides reach the intestinal wall and are directly absorbed into the body. Disaccharides must be broken down to monosaccharides by various enzymes, then absorbed by the intestinal wall. The absorption of these carbohydrates is very fast and within a short time glucose enters the bloodstream, upsetting the level of glucose in the blood. The liver and pancreas are called in to restore balance. As these situations continue, the adrenals begin to respond, resulting in organ fatigue. However, in the case of polysaccharides, the larger molecules have to pass through many levels of digestion, slowing the rate of absorption into the bloodstream. Therefore, a diet including more whole grains is helpful in maintaing healthy blood sugar levels.
Balancing Herbs
Gymnema sylvestre (shardunika)has been used in Ayurvedic formulas for centuries to assist in maintaining healthy blood glucose levels, stimulate the production of insulin and reduce the craving for sweets.It can be purchased as a single herb in tablet or capsule form or purchased in proprietary formulations such as Sweet Ease or Glucosim.
Constitutional Perspective
Blood sugar problems can be found in both pitta and kapha disorders. The incomplete buring of from direct ingestion of simple carbohydrates contributes to high acid levels in the body aggravating pitta. On the other hand, high kapha levels tend to suppress the production of insulin. If you are having blood sugar problems, You may find it helpful to take the self-test and use Ayurveda to establish a direction for you to move back to balance and health.
Stress Management
Stress results from low energy levels and causes a feeling of being overwhelmed by circustances.The essence of stress management is maintaining adequate energy levels to deal with life's experiences. If we take time out to reconnect with our awareness that we are essentially spirit, we recharge our energy at deep levels. We can return to the game of life with the ability to play and win the increased awareness learned from life experiences. We can look at feeling stressed out as a red flag to take a time out and recharge.
Prana is the vital life force that supports mind and body. It is like the electricity that drives an electric appliance. The appliance, like our mind and body is inoperable without it. It is also known as chi in China (as in Tai Chi) and Ki in Japan (as in Reiki). Prana takes five forms: prana supports respiration, apana is the downward energy which supports elimination, samana distributes nourishment, vyana supports motor function and udana is the upward force that supports functions like our ability to speak. This intelligent force is also known as Kundalini, when seen in her role in our spiritual unfolding.
According to Ayurveda, disease and delusion develop when this vital life force is blocked by continued holding tension in the body as a stressful reaction to situations. Stress is a mind-body reaction which occurs when we do not have the energy needed to deal with the situation at hand. Long term situations often are job or relationship related or just from living from modern social values related to over achievement without taking time out to rejuvenate body and mind. We can certainly question our beliefs if we find that they are not supporting us!
Human beings or human doings? Being must presuppose doing, so we can never accomplish anything without first just being. So honoring just being can't be less important than doing or achieving? Spirit is whole in itself, like a circle or a cell. A cell divides itself into another like itself in the process of mitosis and another whole is created with both energies in balance. So it is only gross ignorance that judges being as less important than doing. Relaxation honors being, the key to maintaining balance with doing. Nature shows that we balance activity with rest in order to stay vital. We can see that this rhythm is also the key to sustaining our efforts to create what matters most for us.
Providing understanding and guidelines for balance in body, mind and spirit, Ayurveda gives us Polarity Therapy as well as herbal healthcare to maintain the flow of this vital energy throughout our mind and body. Ashwagandha can be taken daily for its adapogenic or anti-stress effects. Formulas such as Geriforte by HPS or Stress Ease by Banyan build energy reserves and increase our tolerance to potentially stressful situations.
Polarity Therapy has been used for centuries to clear our wireless energy system of painful blocks. Once energy circuits are reconnected, we feel rejuvenated and relaxed as our vital systems have the energy they need to function. The mind is like an empty vase of consciousness. We can choose our feelings by the contents that we put in it. When we put in a relaxing sensation created by Polarity Therapy, we feel energized and a sense of well being. With each breath, we let the pleasure flow in and the stress flow out. For more information on stress relief check out http://www.guidetostressmanagement.com/
Biorhythm Charts- a useful tool for Energy Management
Biorhythm charts reveal the highs and lows periods of our vitality - physically, emotionally and intellectually. They also forecast critical dates upon which the individual, in a state of lease resistance, will be more vulnerable to risks than normally. These dates do not correspond only to the lowest points on the curves, as would seem logical, but also at the points at which the curves intersect the axis, i.e. the phase changes. In other words, in a critical day in which you find one or more low energy levels, it would be more significant to consider your activity or decision making level than one in which a critical day was balanced with other higher energy levels.
Awareness of your personal biorhythms can help you plan most opportune times for making major decisons and other activities which may require higher physical, intellectual or emotional energy levels. They also indicate when you have the least resistance to stress! The challenging days are a good time rely on Ayurvedic formulas such as StressCare, Mental Clarity or Tranquil Mind for support. You can receive your personal Biorhythms Chart for the current month for free by emailing us your date and time of birth when you place an herbal or product order.
Please Note: The above information has not been evaluated by the FDA and is for reference purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or to diagnose or treat any disease.
The Ayurvedic Center
David Broussard is the Director of The Ayurvedic Center located in Austin, Texas. He holds a Masters Degree in Wellness Sciences. David attended The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, where he studied under the direction of Dr Vasant Lad. He has also studied holistic health at The Option Institute and Fellowship in Sheffield, MA. David is certified in Postural Integration Bodywork and Polarity Therapy. Through a unique combination of study and experience, the Center offers clients an exceedingly efficient and profoundly effective approach to wellness.
10928 Casitas Drive, Austin, TX 78717


text:
Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 15 May 1959, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England) is the strictly (non) gothic vocalist for the (not at all) gothic rock band known as The Sisters of Mercy. They were one of the first bands to be labelled as (non)goth, and produce music that has the power to drive people off cliffs.
Eldritch was inspired mostly by dirgemaster Leonard Cohen who is the real 'godfather of goth', and went on to become well known for his (non) goth musical style, (non) gothic outfits, general (non) gothicness and for being loosely associated with Patricia Morrisson's huge tits.
Eldritch was exchanged for a human baby named Andrew William Harvey Taylor, being replaced instead by a German hob-goblin child named Andrew Eldritch, somewhere in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK on May 15, 1959.
Eldritch was a 'Different' Kid
This baby hob-goblin was very different from most human babies, but his adoptive parents loved him all the same, in spite of him being born with a monotonous bass-baritone voice, having a strong aversion to daylight, and having these peculiar cravings for fresh blood, muck and crunchy beetles which they found, uniquely, was all that the boy could digest.
Eldritch did not make any friends at school, possibly because he wore black leather all the time and sunglasses which not only concealed his hob-goblin features, but also protected him from the harmful rays of daylight. Other kids also got slightly disturbed when he would randomly munch on tasty bugs in the classroom.
Childhood Hobbies
Instead of having schoolfriends, young Eldritch spent almost all of his childhood reading ancient moldy tomes about the occult in high German, Enochian, Japanese, ancient Swedish Runes, Russian, Aztec and Mayan Glyphs, Mesopotamian, Swahili, Chinese, Sumerian and Welsh. He would then perform rituals using time forgotten symbols to various gods of ancient times, often sacrificing goats and other miscellaneous small animals in the process. His goblin name, Eldritch actually means all that is to do with the occult, so it fitted him perfectly.
As well as reading, Eldritch brooded alone in his bedroom, singing along to Leonard Cohen, and spent the evenings hanging out in graveyards, performing rituals to raise the dead and then practising the ancient sacred art loosely known as necrophilia on them. He found that these undead did not mind that he was a deranged hob-goblin, as they had been lonely underground, so it worked out very well on both accounts.
Obsession With Leonard Cohen
But Leonard Cohen soon became a bigger and bigger feature in young Eldritches life, and he discovered that he indeed had great skill in singing the tuneless, depressing dirge that Leonard Cohen was famed for, and he thus sang regularly, driving his adopted parents to psychotherapy.
Eldritch excelled at languages at school, and being a natural polyglot (a hob-goblin racial characteristic), found himself able to decipher archaic German texts about rituals dedicated to Odin, enochian manuscripts, and anything in Welsh, French or Chinese. He also learned to speak fluently in every single other language on Earth including all of the African and Amazonian tribal dialects and the dead languages of ancient civilizations as well as demonic and talking in tongues.
A line from a later song of his, "Bury me Deep" (not at all a goth song by the way) alludes to this deep knowledge:
Spoken in tongues,
This skill in languages earned him a place at Oxford university, to study his native German, but being the top English university full of highly educated professors, soon it was revealed from his dining on beetles, that he was actually a hob-goblin, and he had to leave.
So he went to study at Leeds university, also in the UK, to see if they wouldn't notice what species he was there, and studied Chinese; mostly because China is a country known for its freedom of eating.
However, somebody saw him without his sunglasses and that was the end of his studying.
The Band[edit]
Being a hob-goblin, Eldritch found that only a few people were not scared to talk to him, and he managed to convince some guy in a punk band to take him in as their drummer - this was due to the fact that he could play any funeral march at all on a drum kit, and because the punk scene did not require Leonard Cohen covers at the time.
However, he managed to later find some other guys that were interested in forming an entirely different kind of band in 1979; The Sisters of Mercy - incidently named after a particularly depressing dirge of Leonard Cohen's. Eldritch then invented the drum machine so that he was excused from drumming; and he programmed this machine known as 'doktor avalanche' to play any funeral march that he set the mode for. This instantly meant that the other band members were left with no excuse that they had no drummer, and therefore it meant that he could at last mumble drearily into the mic.
Luckily for Eldritch, kids were bored of punk, and were looking for something quite different, so they started to go to see the Sisters of Mercy, quite possibly because the ironically named band Joy Division had already bridged the gap between punk and dirge, thus making pure dirge acceptable listening. Joy Division had also already been marketed as goth, to differentiate it from punk and were possibly the first band to have been labelled as such, despite their wearing of non-black clothes and sounding more indie.
This all new gloomy sound proved to be popular, but listening to melancholic, doom laden music had the side effects of wearing black, hanging out in graveyards and generally being depressed. These side effects caused by listening to the Sisters of Mercy came to be known as the gothic culture (which also relates to Eldritches German (Gothic) goblin ancestry).
Unfortunately, at the start of their career, Sisters of Mercy were largely unheard of with the exception of small communes of goths living in Leeds, but later that was to all change...
- However, the true roots of goth music are indeed with Leonard Cohen and the black death - see dirge for more details.
The goth scene[edit]
Other bands soon mushroomed into existence like toxic fungus, bands such as the Cure, Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim etc. etc.; and in the early '80s, gothic culture was everywhere. Sisters of Mercy became a popular band and possibly contributed greatly to the death by suicide figures of the 1980s demographic statistics.
Then, in 1985, Eldritch declared war on his guitarist, Wayne Hussey for reasons unknown; but possibly due to Hussey finding out that he was a hob-goblin, and Eldritch began to perform rituals which led to Hussey being tortured by conjoured little demonic gerbils every Friday night. Hussey could not stand it anymore and left to create his own band, the Mission, where he discovered that he could sing exactly like Bono. Eldritch and Hussey have not spoken since. The other band members also left, including the guitarist, Gary Marx who Eldritch originally started the band with; but it didn't matter, because Eldritch continued to make miserable dirges, and simply employed a fit female bassist with big tits otherwise known as Patricia Morrisson to replace all of the other band members (with the notable exception of doktor avalanche).
Patricia Morrisson's Tits[edit]
Once Patricia was in the band, from 1985 onward, sales of Sisters of Mercy's music went up directly in proportion with the amount of men that ogled her cleavage. Very soon even ordinary non gothic people were familiar with their music. She wore medieval wench dresses, Victorian corsets and other kinds of tight fitting dresses (sometimes even pvc) with very low necklines to reveal these huge tits more, and therefore soon, Sisters of Mercy were in the top 10 and even on the famous British chart singles show, Top of the Pops.
As a matter of fact, barely anyone outside of the goth scene would have ever heard of the Sisters of Mercy were it not for Patricia's enormous tits.
Nobody really cared about Eldritch at all really at that time, he was simply there for atmospheric principles; to create the background gothic sound associated with staring at Patricia Morrisson's tits.
But, unfortunately Eldritch fell out with her eventually. Not only had she discovered that he was a hob-goblin, but he had been forgetting to pay her for all that sex that he had been having with her, only giving her enough money to cover her chocolate addiction. So she got very upset, refused to have anymore sex and went back to home to her very rich parents in L.A.
Life After Patricia[edit]
Eldritch got very depressed; even more than previously, saving himself from suicide only by spending every day for months hanging out with his undead friends in the local cemetary.
He knew that Patricia's tits sold the band more than anything that he could ever personally accomplish with it, and because of that factor, he did not make anymore hit singles apart from Temple of Love in 1992, where he substituted Patricia for another scantily clad woman singing bvox.
But after that one final hit, sales of Sisters of Mercy's music plummeted, like a lemming over a cliff edge. And Eldritch had to release 'best of' albums to make any money. He then met up with his childhood idol, Leonard Cohen to discuss the more important matters of dirge, and they spent quite some time brooding together about how they were both miserable and past it.
Sisters of Mercy fell into obscurity thereafter; only to be known for the music they had made 'back in the day'.
Andrew is Also Famed for his Blatant Lying[edit]
Apart from all of the above evidence which suggests that Eldritch might well be responsible (or at least in conjunction with Cohen) for the spawning of the entire gothic subculture, it appears that he has developed a deep denial concerning everything that he really is (including a hob-goblin).
He publically announces every once in a while that Sisters are not goth, and neither is he. This is, of course a big fat lie, as you will find in any common dictionary under the definition, Goth: Andrew Eldritch.
Why Sisters are not Goth: Evidence
- The way they sound (duh)
- The way they look (particularly Eldritch)
- Most to all of their fans are goths
- SoM are actually worshipped by members of the goth culture as being the original and best goth band
- If any random person is asked to name goth bands, Sisters are always mentioned
- Eldritch has an allergy to sunlight
- Their music videos
- They were one of the original purely goth bands complete with correct dress code
All of this evidence, to ANYONE would strongly suggest that SoM are not only goth, but the very foundations of goth itself. If they are not goth, then either goth does not exist, or Eldritch is a total liar.
The Joy Division Hang Up
Eldritch's blatant lying apparently originally occurred in conjunction with being accused, by the media back in the early days, of ripping off Joy Division who were originally marketed under the label of 'Gothic' (actually it was Cohen they both ripped off, but Cohen agreed with their motives) and then using their style of music to sell his new band, labelling it under the umbrella term 'goth' to attract Joy Division's audience. To try and distract these accusers, he pretends that he and his band are not, and never has been goth (which is such a whale of a lie it isn't even funny), therefore implying that he is not guilty, and that he did not rip off Joy Division at all.
This is where things get complex though; Joy Division do not sound like Sisters of Mercy whatsoever. They are far more like indie and not all that goth at all. On that premise,
Morrissey could also have been marketed as goth (they are both miserable bastards from Madchester for a start). Also Eldritch wears black and Curtis never did.
Realistically, the only superficial similarity between Eldritch and Curtis is that Ian Curtis had the same vocal type as Andrew Eldritch. But vocal type is not something you can control; simply it is how you sing - and roughly 50% of all males share that same vocal type anyhow - chances are, you're probably one of them (see baritone). Indeed Ian Curtis could well be accused of ripping off Elvis (Love me Tender Vs Love Will Tear us Apart); but crazy media is crazy media - any shitstirring sells; and fans and are overly protective over musicians they like and go mental if they hear of anyone doing anything even remotely, abstractedly similar (particularly if their favorite musician killed himself)...
So anyway, to save himself theheadache and effort of arguing, Eldritch simply lies. Big fat elephant sized lies which everybody else can see a hundred miles off...
Where is Andrew Now?[edit]
Andrew Eldritch occasionally still mumbles depressive dirge into the mic whenever he needs a bit of money. But as he got older, fatter and uglier, he began to look more and more like his true hob-goblin form, so he has taken to hiding out, least the anti-goblin federation discover him and do nasty things to him involving sharp, pointy things.
Nobody really knows where he lives, however; somewhere between Leeds (UK) and the Black Forest of his native Germany is the best bet though...
Eldritch has taken to disguising himself as a chav in recent years for two purposes: Firstly to delude people into beleiving that he isn't, wasn't and can't be goth, and secondly to deter the anti-goblin federation from noticing him.
But yes, he still gets on stage from time to time with whoever he can pay to support him, and his music still has a tendency to cause spontaneous suicides.


text:
FRAME was founded in 2012 by Jens Grede and Erik Torstensson, the two London based Swedes behind The Saturday Group, The Global Fashion Business, and INDUSTRIE Magazine.
The pair wanted to create the perfect pair of jeans, by bringing together the quality and heritage of denim with the influence of a London style, cut, and fit. Whilst offering a modern, minimal, and chic aesthetic.


text:
ABC sets fall 2012 premiere dates
[media-credit name="ABC/Craig Sjodin" align="alignright" width="270″][/media-credit]
ABC will roll out most of its new prime time lineup during the week of Sept. 24, the network announced Thursday. The premieres continue through Nov. 2.
The network relocated its aliens-next-door comedy, "The Neighbors," from the dream slot post "Modern Family" to a less choice address, following "The Middle" on Wednesday. It will premiere Sept. 26 following "Modern Family," then move to a less prime time on Oct. 3. "Suburgatory" moves in behind "Modern Family."
Check out the full ABC premiere list (local times).


text:
PVC Greenhouse Kit
Short Description
Get a jump on spring.
Full Description
Built on a raised garden frame, PVC greenhouses provide great protection from the frost, enabling the gardener to start seeds early and extend the growing season well into fall and even winter, assuring a more bountiful crop. The greenhouse frames snap together effortlessly and each corner fits into the top of the raised bed corner joint stake. The PVC greenhouse covers the frames. Both sides have zip up windows for easy access and ties to hold them open for free air flow. Erect at the first hint of spring. The greenhouse can be easily lifted off the raised garden bed and stored in the hot summer months, then replaced in fall.
Buy this product
Item # Product
Order: PVC Greenhouse Kit
- +
Send me an email when this item is back in stock
Customers also bought these products
Thank you!
Product properties
Item 93063 cannot ship to: AE, AK, AP, AS, CN, FM, GU, HI, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI
See all Burpee plant shipping restrictions for your state
the burpee
since 1876
Introduction to Raised Bed Gardening
If you've ever wanted to know just what raised bed gardening is then this is the place to start.Watch video
Organic Gardening Basics
Organic gardening means growing using all natural methods. We explain the basics to get you started.Watch video
PVC Greenhouse Kit is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gumaraid from Excellent product Will fit any 4'x4' raised bed. Allowed me to move my tomato plants from indoor to outdoors earlier this year.
Date published: 2017-07-18
Rated 1 out of 5 by franpoopsie from DO NOT BUY IT! i bought this last year and this year when I tried to set it up, the plastic is tearing and cracking, the base is not much better
Date published: 2017-03-05
Rated 2 out of 5 by gardenhoe from Doesn't hold up Disappointed...I bought this a few months back and it did not hold up well at all. The plastic is tearing and pulling away from the seams and there are numerous cracks and holes in it. I knew that the vinyl would not last forever, but I expected it to last at least a couple of seasons. The structure held up to the winter winds, but the plastic didn't. It's already patched together all over the place with packing and duct tape. Will be an eyesore before long. Spend a little more and get a hard plastic one.
Date published: 2013-04-13
Rated 3 out of 5 by smartgardener from greenhouse I really like the PVC Greenhouse. It is a bit lite when very windy, but otherwise very handy. I agree with the prior comment, it is half the height that is shown in the picture. That was very disappointing, and no crossbars on the bottom. Did they leave out some parts? Does not match pictured item.
Date published: 2012-09-18
Rated 4 out of 5 by UtahGardenGirl from PVC Greenhouse Kit I was surprised to find the poles out of powder coated steel instead of PVC, which was a plus. The connectors are PVC. The plastic covering seems to be heavy enough to last several seasons. Time will tell. One disappointment though, is not to go by the picture supplied. Even on the box when sent. The unit is about half the height on the sides than shown in the picture. About 8" from top of garden box to the side cross piece. Also, there are no bottom cross pieces to the unit, as shown. According to the printed instructions(which are rolled up inside of the covering) these aren't part of the unit. The reason I only gave it four stars. Pictures should match the product sent. Other than that, the kit looks well made and I'm excited to get my salad box made and get the seeds in the soil. Am seriously considering buying more.
Date published: 2012-03-12


text:
A fully integrated media and television production company, O2 Media is an expert at generating brand awareness for its partners through compelling, positive content-driven story lines that provide the opportunity for brand partners to connect more powerfully with their audiences across multiple screens, online and on-air.
The O2 Media team has created and produced more than 2,000 episodes for its four award-winning shows, The Balancing Act®, Designing Spaces™, Mission Makeover™, and All Mixed Up™. All shows currently air on Lifetime® Television and will be seen in U.S. syndication markets this fall. More than 3000 global and national brands, including Forbes top 500 companies, have come to shoot in the company's state-of-the-art production and development studios in South Florida to launch and reinforce their brand's story.
O2 Media recently expanded into national syndication by distributing our shows to cities across the country to approximately 85 million potential households and will soon launch its fifth show Access Health, to continue its mission to inspire and enhance the lives of its audience with original and relevant programming.


text:
Boys' Haven event shows appreciation for HavenKeepers
Boys' Haven showed its appreciation for supporters Saturday, Nov. 10, at the facility's outdoor pavilion with a musical celebration, motivational presentation and exposition of great feats of strength from Team Intense of Intense Ministries. Foster children from a number of area facilities including Buckner Children and Family Services in Beaumont joined the Boys' Haven group. Boys' Haven CEO Tony Castillo said the event was meant to honor both the children and supporters, or HavenKeepers.
"This is an appreciation for HavenKeepers and for the children, a celebration that they are trying to better their lives," Castillo said.
Boys' Haven is a nonprofit institution licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The organization is funded through a combination of state funding, the United Way, grants and individual donors. HavenKeepers is its community outreach program utilized to enlist monthly, quarterly or annual contributions from individuals and the business community.
"We provide therapeutic residential services for kids with a history of abuse, neglect and dysfunction in families," Castillo said of Boys' Haven. "Some kids are at the facility for aggressive behavior or a lack of motivation. The majority of these kiddos have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect. HavenKeepers provide support year-round through monetary and voluntary donations."
"HavenKeepers are the people that donate money and contribute to Boys' Haven," said Connie Nugent, secretary at Boys' Haven. "Their continued support keeps Boys' Haven running. We want to thank these individuals who contribute to Boys' Haven."
Castillo said there are a lot of fairs and festivals during this time of year, and many of the children in foster care or living at facilities like Boys' Haven do not get to go to or participate in those events.
"I don't know of any other place in Southeast Texas that does this for foster kids," Castillo asserted in reference to Saturday's show. "We are hoping to have a couple hundred kids here. They, as much as anybody, deserve something like this just for them … to let them enjoy what 'normal kids' get to on a regular basis."
David Leger of One Day of Praise Ministries organized the show and got together the bands and Team Intense to entertain and motivate the group. The event kicked off with Christian band Zion Road. Ramon Canizales, guitarist and lead singer for the band, said he and his group volunteered to play for the event because he wants to share his gift and message.
"It's for a good cause," Canizales said. "The main reason we are doing this is that God has given us a gift. We want to share that gift and praise God through music. We love it."
Saul Candanoza, Christian rapper and co-pastor of New Life Assembly of God in Mexia, Texas, said he was happy to participate in the show because he wants to share a positive message with the kids there.
"I go to juvenile detention centers, prisons and group homes to share the message of God's love," Candanoza said. "I can relate to these kids. I was on drugs at 13 years old. I was rejected by my friends and family. Teachers told me I would never amount to anything. These kids are special. They do mean something. They may be left alone, but they can't quit or give up. They are special in God's eyes. I was 28 before I found out I was worth something. I want to tell these kids they can do great things."
Team Intense, comprised of Ken Etta, Mike Fontenot and Alan Stringer, performed feats of strength and spoke to the crowd about Jesus. "Big Mike" told his story to the youth.
"I spent many years in prison," Fontenot said. "I never knew who Jesus was. … I went to the chaplain at the prison. I was down on my knees and he asked me if I knew Jesus. I said, 'Who is that?'"
Fontenot said the chaplain encouraged him to accept Jesus, and that is what turned his life around. He said he is now a happily married father, and he told the kids they could also achieve their dreams.
"None of these feats can change your life," Etta said to the rapt audience. "The one who can change your life is a man named Jesus."
Etta, who has 22-inch biceps, bent rebar with his bare hands at the event and tore license plates in half, throwing them up in the air after. Fontenot squeezed a frying pan into a taco shape to impress the kids. Stringer tore through a phone book and then doused those gathered with diet 7-Up by ripping the cans in half and making them explode into the air. Children ran from him as the spray of soda rained down.
"Say 'I never give up,'" Etta shouted to the kids. "Say 'I never let go of my dreams.'"
Edward Schlaefi and his band God Only Knows played for the kids after Team Intense finished its act. Schlaefi said he wanted to be a good influence on the children.
"We are trying to be positive," Schlaefi said. "This show is awesome. There needs to be more of this. When I was growing up, they had shows like this at the park or other places. This is a great thing and a great way to keep the kids involved."
Attendees of the festival were treated to hot dogs, snow cones, popcorn and beverages provided by Northpoint Community Church in Beaumont. Lead pastors Chris and Lynnlee Moser assisted at the event.
"We are a brand new church," said Chris. "We were looking for ways to serve the community. We have worked closely with Boys' Haven since moving here a year ago. I think it is a good idea to bring these kids together who need to feel loved."
"For these kids to know this community is behind them is so important," Lynnlee said. "That's what it is all about. We are excited to be able to serve the community and invest in our community."
Castillo handed out door prizes during the event including a skateboard, football and an iPod. The kids ate, danced and talked. Castillo said many of the youth knew one another from other facilities or events. He said the show gave them the opportunity to reconnect with each other and encouraged camaraderie. He said he hopes to have events like this in the future to encourage the kids and show appreciation for the HavenKeepers. According to Castillo, the event made the kids happy, and that makes him happy.


text:
- Generally, an acronym for "Role Playing plus Player vs Player".
- A type of Realm in World of Warcraft that combines the RP and PvP rulesets.
History Edit
(Needs Editing, opinions without citation have no place on a Wiki)
Originally, the World of Warcraft realm choices were:
- Normal (PvE ruleset, roleplaying not enforced)
- PvP (PvP ruleset, roleplaying not enforced)
- RP (PvE ruleset, roleplaying enforced)
However, players demanded another realm type, which combined the PvP ruleset with the roleplaying policies. This new realm type, called RP-PvP, was finally introduced in Patch 1.8.
Ideally these realms would be the perfect choice for roleplayers who want to have less restrained, more spontaneous PvP experience than they would on realms with the PvE ruleset, and free of bluewalling. However, RP-PvP realms have a large share of players who break the RP policies, as well as those who engage in ganking, corpse camping, and other kinds of griefing. If you come from a RP or PvE server, you may quickly come to realize that this world is much more hostile and irritating than you may have expected.
It is not true that most RP-PvPers don't RP. There is a less noticeable focus on RP because, plain and simply, people are trying to kill you constantly. Many would agree that PvP'ers in general have a more competitive mind set, and RP time is divided between time spent trying to get decent gear to survive or victimize more effectively. Another common misconception is that RP policies on RP-PvP realms are less strict than on normal RP realms, this is completely false. However, the enforcement of rules tends to vary server to server as it does on all types of servers.
The most frequent difficulty on RP-PvP or normal RP servers comes from the expectations of disgruntled would be role-players. A small percentage have their own idea on the way RP should be, that don't feel there is enough RP, or maybe simply feel left out. As a result, forum threads declaring that RP is dead are commonplace.
Roleplaying PvP Servers Edit
US Servers Edit
EU Servers (English) Edit
- Defias Brotherhood
- Ravenholdt
- Scarshield Legion
- Sporeggar
- The Venture Co
- All these realms are now merged together.
EU Servers (German) Edit
EU Servers (French) Edit
EU Servers (Spanish) Edit
- Shen'dralar - No one left.
Other Info Edit
Role-Playing AddOns Edit
- FlagRSP - Provides role play status flags & character descriptions:
- flagRSP homepage (No longer supported. Shown here for posterity.)
- FlagRSP2 - Continuation of Flokru's work:
- FlagRSP2 home page 1.1.2
- FlagRSP2 at Curse.com 1.1.2
- FlagRSP2 wowwiki entry.
- MyRolePlay - Provides extensive role play status options and many features for enchancing role play. Developed by Moncader (Moncader of Shadow Council) and k0nker (Xynistari of Shadow Council)
- MyRolePlay Forum Home
- MyRolePlay at Curse.com Alpha 2.7.40


text:
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' program to expand the number of domains on the internet has suffered another embarrassing setback.
ICANN has temporarily taken down details of domain suffix applications after it inadvertently published the addresses of applicants.
A statement issued by ICANN says: "It has come to our attention that we have published the postal addresses of some primary and secondary contacts for new generic top-level domain applications. This information was not intended for publication. The addresses appeared as responses to portions of questions six and seven on the application.
"We have temporarily disabled viewing of the application details and will provide more information on this matter as it becomes available."
In April, ICANN was forced to suspend the process of applying for so-called 'dot word' domains like .bank after its system was found to reveal details of applicants' file name and usernames. The system was brought back online in May.
ICANN's method of dealing with applications for new domains has also been the subject of criticism. ICANN is proposing to deal with the 1930 applications it received in batches of 500, which could mean that domains dealt with in later batches will come online years after those in earlier batches.
To determine which batch an application is placed in ICANN is proposing to employ a controversial system dubbed "digital archery": Applicants will nominate a particular time then attempt to click a mouse button as near to that time as they can, with those closest to the nominated time receiving preferential treatment when the applications are divided into batches.
Over 10 per cent of the proposed new domains have more than one applicant, meaning they will be subject to ICANN's dispute resolution process.
More than 30 Australian businesses and non-profit organisations have applied for new top-level domains.
Rohan Pearce is the editor of Techworld Australia. Contact him at rohan_pearce at idg.com.au.
Follow Rohan on Twitter: @rohan_p
Follow Techworld Australia on Twitter: @techworld_au


text:
With a foundation of 140 years of innovation, Stevens offers premier, high-impact, applied graduate education to prepare you to master today's technology-centric enterprise, push you up the career ladder and involve you in problem-solving the most complex and urgent societal challenges. More than 40 master's, 20 Ph.D. and 120 graduate certificate programs in cutting-edge disciplines go beyond theory to provide the broad knowledge across science, technology, engineering and business that is essential for success in today's most high-demand fields. Just 15 minutes from Manhattan, the economic center of the world, Stevens boasts strong partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and leading government agencies as well as an extensive alumni network of highly successful science, technology and business leaders. WebCampus, Stevens' award-winning distance education offering, enables flexible online study, part-time or full-time, with the same industry leading faculty members who teach on-campus Stevens graduate courses.
For more information please visit our site:


text:
Free Delivery Worldwide on All Orders over £15 at LoveLula! No code needed, Shop Now!
FREE* LoveLula 'Going Green' Selection Box (worth £60) when you spend £50 or more! Use Code: GREEN at checkout.
*This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Only one free gift per order *Not available with purchases of the LoveLula Beauty Box. Valid While Stocks Lasts.


text:
Playing Field Location
Printer-friendly version
At the back of the school complex, near the Codman Pool.
Playing Field Information
We are providing only the address at this time, there has been an error in the MAPQUEST link application. While we work on a resolution, we are providing the street address information and provided notes to playing fields. In addition, we are providing a DIRECT link to MapQuest - from which you can generate driving directions. Shortly we will restore the Mapping function.
Below you will find the address to Playing Field Codman Field for LINNOTES: Route 95/ 128 North. Take exit 28B(Trapelo Road-Lincoln). Follow Trapelo Road from the exit for about 2 1/2 miles. Turns left at the large cement planter -this will be Lincoln Road. Proceed on this road for about 1/2 mile; you will see school signs on the right. Once on Ballfield Road (the Lincoln Campus) bear right around the field circle until you reach the rear of the circle. There is a parking lot to the right and the field is behind the pool area.
At the back of the school complex, near the Codman Pool.
|Field Name
|Codman Field
|Street Address
|1 Ballfield Road
Get your Directions
Clearly we want to restore the old functionality between BAYS and MapQuest. However, in the mean time we have prepopulated the MapQuest address box with the field address above. If you click on the submit button you will be REDIRECTED to MapQuest, and can then generate your personal directions. We appreciate your patience while we correct this mattter.


text:
|Home >> Course Descriptions >> College of Arts and Sciences
|Issues in American Literature
|Three semester hours.
|An in-depth study of a theme, an idea, a literary type, a period or school of literature, or a particular writer in American Literature. May be repeated when topic changes. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Home - General Information - Student Services -
Academic Undergraduate Regulations -
Undergraduate Degrees - Academic Graduate Regulations -
Graduate Degrees - Course Descriptions - Faculty -
Appendix A - Appendix B - Appendix C - Appendix D


text:
These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child practices memorizing a sequence of up/down/left/right arrows and then repeating the sequence on the keyboard.
Your child develops life science and geographic knowledge by answering questions and watching videos about different animals and their habitats.
Your child practices spatial reasoning, matching, and sorting skills through five short games. He or she selects the game by spinning the wheel.
Your child learns about words that rhyme by playing this game.
Your child practices identifying visual differences between two almost identical images involving The Chica Show characters. There are two levels of difficulty.
Your child develops spatial reasoning skills by clicking on puzzle pieces to rotate them and put together a Thomas puzzle.
Your child drags different shapes through the sand to make his or her work of art.
Your child colors in scenes of characters from the Goodnight Show.
Your child learns about animals in the rain forest and on the safari by playing this game.
Your child learns about various plants and insects by matching words to pictures as Franny calls them out.
Zoodles 11.8.7 Copyright (c) 2014 Inquisitive Minds, Inc. All rights reserved.