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SIMONE Talks BATGIRL #0 and 'Collision' with the JOKER
Batgirl #0As the Batgirl comic by writer Gail Simone rounds the corner of its first year, things are heating up toward her confrontation with the Joker in the title's "Death of the Family" tie-in later this year.
But first, the title gets a little extra attention, with Batgirl #0 revealing more of Batgirl's New 52 past and a Batgirl Annual in October pitting Batgirl against Mary the Talon and Catwoman.
After a Catwoman-focused issue in October, Batgirl #14 will begin the title's "Death of the Family" tie-in, with Joker and Barbara Gordon colliding for the first time since the villain brutally attacked and injured her.
The title is also finishing up its current storyline with a new villain, Knightfall, who Simone created specifically as a nemesis for Barbara Gordon. With questions still remaining about her roommate and a hinted return of James Gordon Jr., Batgirl is finishing up its first year by building toward more than one showdown in the coming months.
But the title is also dealing with the emotional consequences that Barbara is experiencing after having been cured of a paralysis that had her in a wheelchair for several years. Since Batgirl relaunched in September, the book has been slowly revealing evidence about how Barbara's recovery took place, and it's been rounding out the character's status within that framework.
With Batgirl #11 being released this week with art by Ardian Syaf, Newsarama talked with Simone to find out more about what's coming up in Batgirl.
Newsarama: Gail, it feels as if there's a lot of coordination between the Batman books lately, particularly coming off the "Night of the Owls" event and heading toward "Death of the Family." I know you've had editorial differences on other titles. But how would you characterize the experience of working in the Batman office post-New 52, and how has it contributed to your work as a writer on Batgirl?
Gail Simone: Well, this is something I welcome because it's idea-based, all the writers and editors working on things that are cool at their core, rather than saying, "We need a crossover, here, who has an idea," which is really backwards, and clearly has been the case for some books in the past. I'm glad to see this, it was something I really missed in the first few months of the New 52, where we were trying to establish each book individually. It made sense, but I missed the tapestry, I missed connecting the threads.Batgirl #11 We're now finding much more organic and lovely connections between books, which is where my heart is and a big part of the fun of a shared universe. With something like "Night of the Owls," Scott Snyder had a brilliant idea that just fired up everyone's imagination, I absolutely loved that, and everyone from writers to editors to artists contributed and shared ideas. Genuinely one of the nicest crossover processes I've been part of, and it shows. The books were scary and funny and a little bit infernal, and that's a joy for me.
But, you know, I'm the girl who actually wants to make sense of Marvel Bunny and Jonah Hex and the Legion of Super-Heroes all being in the same universe. That's what made me fall in love with DC in the first place. Really, I would write that team-up in a heartbeat.
Nrama: Now that readers have been introduced to Barbara's status in the New 52 and you're finishing up your first year of issues, how would you describe Barbara now, in comparison to her debut in issue #1? How do you think she's grown, and how do you think she's still dealing with some of the same issues we saw in her introduction?
Simone: I spent a lot of time speaking with specialists and survivors about this, and one thing we saw with trauma survivors over and over was, the nightmares often go on even after the body heals. It's not weakness, it's not self-pity, it happens to the bravest people on Earth; soldiers, police, on and on. And Barbara being who she is, she finds herself wondering why she is regaining her mobility when so many will never have that option.
Because of her experiences over the first year, she's having to grapple with it. But again, she's Barbara Gordon, she will find a way.
Nrama: Looking back at the first few issues of your run, the events of The Killing Joke played a big part in Barbara's introduction as Batgirl in the New 52. Why did you feel like that was important to incorporate that into the title after introducing the character in #1?
Simone: Here's the thing, Barbara has always been about inspiring people. She may have been created to boost ratings or whatever, but, the sheer force of having a brainy woman kicking ass in the comics and on television can't be overstated. And of course, Kim Yale and John Ostrander turned lemons into the best lemonade ever by giving Barbara a purpose and glory after the Killing Joke.
I didn't want to do the book if that element, that inspiring quality, wasn't part of the mix. I get that not everyone agrees, but we have had endless lines of people who have experienced some massive trauma who found something to believe in with Barbara's story.
In the end, it's supposed to be entertaining, first. That's still the primary goal. But heroes who struggle are so much more meaningful to me. Most of us have struggled, but we don't often see that portrayed as comics move more towards big stories and spectacle.Death of the Family promo Nrama: Her emotions over the events of The Killing Joke still don't feel completely resolved, because she hasn't had to deal with the Joker again. Since we've heard about the return of Joker in "Death of the Family" in the Batman title, and DC has implied it will touch other members of the Batman family, will Barbara be confronted more directly by the villain in your title?
Simone: "Resolved" is kind of a tough word, here. There's definitely a feeling out there regarding this stuff that someone is fixed or not fixed, like an on/off switch. It's not that binary, but she is facing this stuff head on. And I am pretty sure a Joker/Batgirl story is inevitable, but I can't say more than that. Think of two trains on the same track facing towards each other...there's nowhere for either of them to go but towards collision.
Nrama: And that collision occurs in your "Death of the Family" tie-in to Scott's Batman story?
Simone: Yes. It is the once-and-for-all confrontation between the Batgirl and the man who shot and paralyzed her. It does not go as he expected.
This story starts in issue #14, and I have to say, it's pretty shocking. That's all I'll say right now, however.
Nrama: In the current storyline that continues in this week's Batgirl #11, readers will get to read more about Knightfall, the villain you've described as a possible archenemy for Barbara. What type of story does she give you the chance to tell about Barbara?
Simone: Knightfall is something new, Gotham's first princess, really. She's experienced something so horrific that it can never be undone, and she has the kind of resources that make Bruce Wayne so dangerous and effective. And the worst thing is,
her motivations are closer to the bat-family's than any of them would like to admit. It's her methods that are so creepily awful. In the first issue, her lieutenants, the Disgraced, set a bear trap for car thieves...they actually amputate one of the thieves' leg.
That is not something Barbara is mentally prepared for. Gotham's been a pretty male-dominated place, even with Batgirl and Catwoman and the Huntress. Knightfall changes that dynamic.Nrama: How long is the Knightfall storyline, and can we expect from the experience for Barbara?
Simone: The first Knightfall story is four issues, and it is extremely focused and intense. People who have read, say, the "Cats In the Cradle" arc in Secret Six will get some idea of the primal tone of this story. It doesn't let up at all, and it ends in a new place.
Nrama: What can you tell us about Charise Carnes? What inspired your creation of her and her minions, and what's the theme behind their portrayal?
Simone: Actually, the notion of what is acceptable for a moral government to do seems to have eroded in some ways since 9-11. Not to get too political here, but countries, including our own, seem to have accepted what was once almost unimaginable, condoning torture, for example, and even criminalizing peaceful protest. It doesn't matter where you are on the political spectrum, these are choices not to be taken lightly, they represent a shift in our thinking. Knightfall and her army represent the next stage in that domino effect.
People feel afraid and powerless and angry in the real world, imagine how that is amplified in Gotham. Knightfall seems like a savior to those people.
Nrama: You know, I was recently wondering what the "occupying 99 percent" would think of Bruce Wayne, so I loved that you brought in that bit of real-world response from Alysia. But it's also been revealed that Alysia is dating James Jr. Is his history (from last year's Detective story) still in the New 52 continuity, and can you give any information on the character's importance to what's coming up for Barbara?
Simone: If all of this works out as planned (and it will!), Alysia is going to be hugely important. Hugely.
Really hugely.Batgirl #12 Nrama: Batwoman appears in August's issue #12. What has it been like writing these two redheads, and how do they react to each other?
Simone: It was redhead heaven, actually. Like everyone else with any sense at all, I'm a huge fan of the character, and everything J.H. [Williams] and Greg [Rucka] have accomplished. And they were both incredibly generous and supportive to let us borrow her.
I've heard a few times that the two characters are similar, because they're both bat-females with red hair. I'm telling you, two panels in, you know they are completely different.
And man, I have to give props to the art team because Ardian does an astonishing Batwoman. She looks like she stepped out of the pages of her own book. I just got the colored pages this morning and I've been staring at them slack-jawed like a complete doofus. They are gorgeous. People are going to be surprised...Kate and Barbara! I love that.
Nrama: How are Batgirl and Batwoman similar, and what are the biggest differences?
Simone: I'm going to leave that for the book, mostly, but there is an age difference and an experience difference. It's a little tense, actually. Seriously, it's Kate and Barbara. Who doesn't want to see that? I'd pay to see them eat popcorn together.
Nrama: The theme of family has played a big role in the title so far. Why do you think it's a theme that is central to this character's story? And will it continue to be a big part of the book?
Simone: Some of this came from ideas that came up when talking with the great Scott Snyder about Gotham. We kind of see the families as almost clans of nobility, the Waynes and the Gordons being the big ones, and I think the Gordons are nearly as important to Gotham as the Waynes in all ways. We're going to see that concept in both books over the next year...bless you, Scott Snyder!
Also, to me, it's absolutely Wagnerian, it's opera...Jim and Barbara, Sr. had two kids, one is the best child of Gotham, and the other is the worst. That's Kirby, New Gods type stuff, it's what makes legends. And at the same time, it's deeply personal and meaningful.
It's one of the most heartrending parts of the book, good and bad. It's the stuff writers dream of.
Nrama: Batgirl was also confronted by the Court of Owls during the "Night of the Owls" event. Will that organization continue to be a threat in the book in the short-term, or is it something that could be picked up later? Or is the Bat-world moving on from that event?
Simone: Oh, man. My Talon, Mary, became an instant favorite with the bat-offices, they begged me not to kill her, because she really stood out, and Scott loves her. We're not done with at least one Talon.Batgirl Annual #1 Nrama: We've seen Mary show up on the cover of the Batgirl Annual, and it looks like you're also writing Catwoman. What can you tell us about the issue?
Simone: I doubt I'll get away with it, but I've been calling it the "Birds of Dismay." It's just one of those situations where you put three kinds of dynamite in a container way too small to contain them.
When I created Mary for the Batgirl issue of "Night of the Owls," there was a lot of excitement at DC, Scott Snyder in particular was a champion for the character, bless him. It's definitely a flipped version of the Birds of Prey, in my mind, a funhouse, distorted vision. Why do these three, who have nothing in common, end up in the same story?
That's really the kind of thing that makes me love writing comics, that kind of extremism of character.
I have never really gotten to write Catwoman, she's one of the few iconic females at DC, along with Supergirl, that I haven't really gotten to take out for a spin. I'm excited about it, I see a very perverse (and I mean that non-sexually) side to her personality. It's her perception that interests me. And of course, she contrasts with Barbara in every way.
It's a barnburner of a story, just very incendiary from the first page on.
Nrama: We've seen the solicitation for Batgirl #0, and it appears that you'll be revealing more about Batgirl's time between her attack by Joker and her surgery. Can you describe the issue and what we'll learn about Batgirl?
Simone: Batgirl #0 is actually not about that, it's about before that...a story that hasn't yet been told. I'm excited about it, and it looks amazing, with art by Ed Benes, doing some of his most emotional work ever. I'm loathe to give too much away, but this is about Barbara's choice to become Batgirl.
Nrama: Your long-time fans are pretty excited to see you reuniting with Ed Benes on Batgirl #0. What's it like to work with him again?
Simone: I've said this a hundred times, but Ed gets my work, he just does. When you get an artist like Nicola Scott or Ed Benes, you have a wider range of emotions you can put in the script, because he gets it. Ed's English is only fair and I don't speak his language at all, we rarely communicate, but every time, he gets what the subtext and the acting of the scene is. It's remarkable.
He draws hot women and men, his Savant is luscious and his Black Canary burns up the page. There's no denying that. But I love what he does with his acting. I can ask for a character to show three emotions at once, and he just draws it, just puts it on the page. I'm telling you, that's a rare, rare skill. There are definitely fireworks when we work together, I can't explain it more than that.Batgirl #13 Ardian has been a trooper as well, he draws Batgirl with joyful abandon. A wonderful, wonderful man and a brilliant artist. Batgirl, and I, have been ridiculously fortunate in the art department.
Nrama: We've been told that many of the #0 issues are important for the storylines that follow. How will the events of Batgirl #0 play into what's coming up in Batgirl?
Simone: It's a must to know her history, it's essential, it really is. I don't say this lightly, it will play out forever in her story.
Nrama: Then to finish up, is there anything else you want to add about Batgirl?
Simone: Just thank you to the many readers who gave us a chance and have been supporting the book so steadfastly. There were a lot of new books out over the past year, and for Batgirl to be so successful. I get a bit choked up, here. I have been lucky enough to write the character that made me a comics' fan for a number of years. I didn't seek the job, I actually turned it down a couple times. But when I wrote Birds of Prey, it did have the weird feeling of destiny, somehow.
And now I get to write Barbara's first ongoing solo book. Every issue feels like a direct connection to that time when I was just a little kid on a backwoods farm seeing reruns of the Batman syndicated show for the first time. When I saw Barbara Gordon, my mind was blown, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
And now I get to write that for others. You just don't get any more fortunate than that. Thank you everyone, for giving me this opportunity.
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Every year, the green and leafy town of Vimmerby in southern Sweden hosts thousands of Astrid Lindgren fans paying tribute to the author's popular Pippi Longstocking and other children's characters. Lindgren's birthplace is also one of the country's most enterprising regions, where diverse industries dot the landscape.
One of the largest industries is Arla Foods, with its high-tech Vimmerby plant, processing an average of 1.5 million kilograms of milk daily. More than 13,500 farmers in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK own the Arla milk cooperative.
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In 2012, Arla planned to expand its Vimmerby production to meet a growing demand, but the resulting wastewater presented a problem. The municipality's wastewater treatment facility was already running at full capacity. Expanding the facilities to meet Arla's needs would take an estimated 3-4 years.
That is when the people at Arla Vimmerby contacted Grundfos.
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"It was encouraging to work with Arla, which not only has high environmental standards but is also willing to support innovative new solutions," he says.
Grundfos built and tested the modular BioBooster system in Denmark and then installed it on the Vimmerby site, where Arla had prepared the concrete foundation in accordance with Grundfos' blueprints. Once the modules were delivered, it took just a few days to set up.
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"It is performing even better than we had hoped for," says Pär Bragsjö. "The cleanliness of the discharged water has been even better than expected and we can run much more water through than what was initially promised – 400 cubic metres per day instead of 320 cubic metres per day –and still maintain the water purity level. Dairy water is relatively difficult to clean, but we have achieved fantastic purification results. I can strongly recommend the Grundfos BioBooster – the plant technology is very advanced, but still easy to operate."
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Georg Stefansson, Operator for Dalkia, which takes care of the Arla plant's daily operational and maintenance needs, agrees. His job includes testing the discharged water to ensure that it meets strict environmental regulations.
"We take tests every day to check on the quality of the water and it is so clean after going through the BioBooster membranes that it can be discharged directly to the wetlands," he says.
Søren Nøhr Bak points out that not only does the decentralised wastewater treatment plant remove the pollutants from water, but it also is "creating opportunities to have water that you can start reusing." The treated water can be used for landscaping or as technical water for cooling towers and other applications.
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Such environmental advantages bode well with Arla's own Closer to Nature approach, with an overall target to reduce the company's CO2 emissions by 34 percent from 2005 to 2020 and reduce the amount of water used by 20 percent. "Closer to Nature means that we should always be considering the environment and our energy consumption," says Pär Bragsjö. "Grundfos BioBooster is a very good example of this with its low energy consumption and only natural methods, and no chemicals, for cleaning the water." The sludge remains provide a good source of fertilizer for the local farmers.
In addition to these advantages, Pär Bragsjö mentions another important benefit. "One advantage of having our own decentralised treatment plant is the cost. It is almost half the price of treating water in the municipality's treatment plant, so that justifies this installation."
As for the municipality's own wastewater treatment plant, Arla's decentralised solution came as a welcome relief.
"Arla's BioBooster is a good solution that I can see being used for other industries, not just dairies," says manager Göran Nilsson. "I think that all industries should take care of their own wastewater."
Arla's treated water can be discharged into wetlands
Arla's Vimmerby plant produces milk powder in a modern facility that is EN16001-certified for energy efficiency. The Grundfos BioBooster treatment plant was built on the site to handle 400 cubic meters of wastewater daily, or almost 50 percent of the milk plant's total wastewater flow. The treated water matches or exceeds the local wastewater requirements when it comes to chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorous, and it can be discharged into the local stream and surrounding wetlands. The capacity of the Arla's BioBooster unit equals a wastewater treatment plant for 18,000 people.
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There was a few best's at Wrigley Field on Wednesday afternoon, when it was all said and done the Cubs had won their third game in a row, a season best, and a big reason for that was their best effort yet in the patience department. All year-long we as fans have been hearing about this new "Cubs Way" but we really haven't seen much of it, until today. The Cubs saw 180 pitches today, for comparison this same Cubs team saw 93 pitches in a game against the White Sox earlier this year, it was a loss, not a coincidence. Patience is so important, the longer the pitcher has to work on you the more likely they are to make a mistake and that's exactly what happened in the bottom of the ninth. Darwin Barney got a hanging curve ball with two strikes from Kenny Powers, I mean Dale Thayer, and deposited it in the left field bleachers for an 8-6 win. Ryan Dempster was not at his best this afternoon but he battled through four and a-third and got some help from his offense, finally, to get off the hook and finish with a no decision after giving up six earned runs. Darwin Barney was the hero today, not just for his ninth inning efforts, he had a great day start to finish. Barney was 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run, three RBI's, TWO WALKS, and three runs scored, now that's more like it. Steve Clevenger returned to action behind the plate and was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI's in the win. The Cubs take their three game winning streak across the Country to San Francisco where they kick off a four game set against the Giants on Friday. Full box score and highlights after the jump.
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You Are Here: Preschool >> Themes >> Preschool Ocean Theme >> Preschool Ocean Games
Shark Tooth Hunt
Submitted by BettyPut several shark teeth (fake or real) in your sand table. Let your children sift through the sand and find the teeth.
Sponge Animals
Submitted by CharleneCut starfish and fist shapes out of sponges. Let your children play with these in your water table.
Balloon Fish
Submitted by MikeFill balloons with water. Draw on fins, mouths, etc. Let your children play with these in the water table. For an added effect add fishnets and let your children try to catch the fish.
Who has the Ocean Creature?
Submitted by MaryCut out several pictures of different ocean creatures. Pull the names of the creatures out of a hat. The person that has that creature stands up. The last child sitting wins!
Dive Under the Ocean
Submitted by Mrs. IvyPut several plastic ocean creatures under a sheet. Call out a child's name and say "(Child's Name) dive under the ocean" then have that child go under the sheet and retrieve an ocean creature. When they have their creature have them tell the class what it is (or if they're too young you can tell them).
Feed the Shark
Submitted by ValDraw a large shark face on a piece of poster board or the side of a box. Cut a hole out where the shark's mouth would be and add paper teeth (make it at least twice the size of the beanbag). Tape the board to a chair and let each of your children take three tries to feed the shark (by throwing a beanbag into the shark's mouth).
Fish, Fish, Shark!
Submitted by ConniePlay just like duck, duck, goose!
Submitted by PatriciaPut your children into groups of four. Have them try to make an octopus with waving tentacles. This is a great activity, they can use their arms or legs as tentacles, while working to stay together as one group.
Hidden Treasure
Submitted by FrancisGet a small bucket or trough and fill it partially with water, fill this trough with seaweed or other sea vegetation. Hide small treasures on the bottom of the trough and let your children search for these items. Warning: This is very messy and fun!
Fishy Pokey
Submitted by KelseyPlay just like the Hokey Pokey
Put your left fin in, take your left fin out
You do the fishy pokey and you turn yourself around that's what its all about
Put your right gill in, take your right gill out (etc.)
How Long is a Whale
Submitted by ShellyAsk your kids how long they think the largest creature in the world is. Then get a long rope (about 100 feet) and have them unwind it. They will be amazed at how long a blue whale is. Next ask them how many of their lengths it would take to make a blue whale (You can actually do this if you have the time)
Beach Towel Day
Submitted by JanetLet the children bring in a beach blanket during beach week. They can take naps on them are sit on them during activity time.
Fish in a Boat
Submitted by NinaCut the styrofoam containers used to hold hotdogs (like you get at a carnival, or baseball game or fast food place with a hot dog to go) and cut the top and bottom apart. This created two "boats". Next I cut out simple fish from all different colors of construction paper and gave one fish of each color to each child along with a boat. We spread the fish on the floor and sang this chant: "Fishy fishy, in the sea, jump in to my boat for me! Fishy, fishy in the sea, what color fish will you be?" Next I called a color and they had to find that fish and put it in their boat. We had a lot of fun with this and reviewed our colors at the same time!
Beach Party
Submitted by FlorenceHave your children wear their swimsuits one day and have a beach party complete with beach balls, volleyball (over a short net or no net at all), Frisbee's, etc.
Seashell Imprints
Submitted by BettyGive each of your children some play-dough and let them explore making imprints with different ocean items (seashells, starfish, sea horse shapes, etc)
Sea Shell Sort and Match
Submitted by LoriCut a variety of seashell shapes, colors, and sizes from paper. Your children can do various things with these:
*Sort them by color
*Sort them by shape
*Sequence them from smallest to largest
*Match them by shape
*Match them by color
*Match them by size
*Hide them around the room and search for them
Catch A Fish
Submitted by CallieGet minnows or other small fish from either a pet store or a bait shop. Put them in shallow water in an aquarium, bowl, or in a water play area. Let you children try to catch them. Caution them that if they do catch them to put them back in the water quickly. At the end of the day let the minnows go in the closest body of water.
Seafood Limbo
Submitted by MellissaHave your children play limbo by acting like different sea animals. (i.e.: wiggle like a fish, walk like a crab, slide like an eel, etc.)
Go Fish
Submitted by AnneteCreate a fishing pole using a stick and a piece of yarn with a magnet tied to the end. Write different prizes on paper and tape them to magnets. Have your children try to catch the prizes.
Shadow Play
Submitted by MollyHave your children cut out different sea creature shapes. Then have them paint them any way that they want. Finally, hang up a sheet in front of an overhead projector, turn off the lights, and let your children act out scenes with shadow fish. Note: Play sea music while your children act out their scenes.
Octopus Tentacle Match
Submitted by an Unknown FriendMake a large round octopus head. Then put different numbers of dots, letters, or stickers around the head. Put corresponding dots, letters, or stickers on tentacles. Have your children match the tentacles to the correct spot on the head.
Charlie Over the Ocean
Submitted by HopeHave one child close their eyes and then select a shape from a shape poster. Then all of your children chant:
(Child's Name) over the ocean, (Child's Name) over the sea.
(Child's Name) over the ocean, find a shape for me.
Then the child guesses a shape. And the class responds
"Yes (No) it is (isn't) a _______".
Pass the Fish
Submitted by TinaHave the children sit in a circle and pass around a toy fish while the whole class chants
"Who caught a fish in the big blue sea?"
(Student Holding Fish's Name) caught a fish in the big blue sea!
Student Holding Fish's Name says, "Who me?"
The Class says, "Yes, you!" Student says, "Couldn't be!"
Class replies, "Then who?" Then start passing the fish again.
Fish in the ocean
Submitted by BarbraHave one (or several children) be the shark. The rest of your children must try to cross the ocean (a set space that you specify) and not get eaten (tagged) by the shark. If they get caught then they join the shark to try to catch more fish. Keep playing until everyone is sharks.
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Design of company logo for use on website, business cards, presentations and stationery etc.
PPL International
The company logo should be based around the company name - PPL International - and is for use on the website, business cards presentations and stationery. The logo will be replacing an existing temporary logo. Pls see the company website at http://www.ppl-int.com for the existing logo and a description of the company's activities. The company is a provider of financing services for infrastructure projects (Power & Energy / Transport / Communications / Logistics) in developing countries (Africa & Middle East, CIS & Eastern Europe) and specialises in Clean / Renewable Energy Projects.
- Company Name "PPL International" should be the centrepiece of the logo
- Colour scheme needs to follow the colour scheme on the website (Deep Blue Black / Indigo / Metallic Deep Blue).
- "PPL" in upper case / International: capital I then lower case is preferable and potentially the letters of "International" as outline with white interior - but will consider other designs.
- Possible combination with Green / Clean Energy / Renewable Energy (eg wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, biofuels) or Infrastructure (power & energy, communications / transport) theme / graphic.
- Needs to be clean and uncluttered
- Should convey sophistication and professionalism
- The logo must be in a format readily compatible with MS Windows / Office programmes for use on digital documents.
- Pointless Abstraction
- Shouild not be aggresive / "in your face" / racey / pretentious
- Humour / triteness
- Too many colours
- Cluttered / crowded designs
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The Office consists of a Media Relations section that works with the news media to inform residents about the programs and services available to them. A Publications and Graphics section provides graphical support to the office and oversees the content and design of the County web site so that it is informative and easy to navigate. A Cable Programming section produces cable television shows for the Executive branch of County government on cable channel 6 – County Cable Montgomery. MC311, the County's Customer Service Center, is where residents can call or go online to find information or submit service requests.
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Chapter 22 of Title 6.2 of the Code of Virginia and specifically Section 6.2-2206
sets forth the qualifications for licensing motor vehicle title lenders. It requires
the Commission, before granting a motor vehicle title lender (MVTL) license, to
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senior officers, trustees, and principals have the financial responsibility, character,
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We culminated our ocean unit with a Family Fun Night ocean party.
I meant to buy real sea vegetables, but I forgot.
For dessert, we made fish and starfish shaped cookies, and we also tried the seaweed candy I bought. I didn't buy it thinking it would be delicious - but just a fun experience. It really wasn't bad. It was kind of plain and VERY tough to chew, like very tough taffy. Tornado was hesitant at first, but he came back for seconds. Dash took a bite, and Sissy even enjoyed her piece, although it took her awhile to finish it.
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I've been pondering this for a while now, what do you all think of things like the myths of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc? Since some are simply in good cheer, should children be lied to about the myths, or should one say that they're just stories (whether when asked about it or immediately)?
I would personally lean toward the second one, simply avoiding the introduction of such myths while keeping the spirit of the holidays.
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In literary speak, there's a fine line between myth - fairy tale - fiction literature
Santa and tooth fairy and easter bunny are not myths, they are fairy tales.
A myth is the object of dissension where different people ARGUE the case for its reality
There is nothing wrong with fairy tales, they allow young minds to be imaginative, which is an important component of learning. As long as no one argues they're real. People who argue such things are real end up in insane asylums, as should religious people!
I suppose a good thing about Santa being "real" for a few years is that children eventually figure it out and get to think about why they believed in him in the first place. The moment of awareness can start a learning curve. They see it for what it really is. They are better able to distinguish a fairy tale from reality later in life.
I asked my mom when I was six whether Santa was real, and she just said no... as if I'd asked her if she knew where my missing sock was. Casual. I wasn't phased. We still had fun with Christmas and acting like Santa was coming but knowing it was just my parents. It's fun as long as kids know it's pretend.
I think the problem is when parents insist their kids believe Santa is real, and are horribly offended if someone suggests otherwise. I had friends who were traumatized when they found out. It can be a game; it's easy for kids to play make-believe. It's difficult to overcome the betrayal of an outright lie and purposeful deception from someone you trust!
My, lets make childhood sterile and non-magical at all.
Children like these things and then they learn to a) question the story and b) not to accept without proof what and adult says.
My grandson sometimes while playing thinks that Spiderman is real but is skeptical about Jesus. He doesn't want to hear that Spiderman isn't real, or the tooth fairy, or the Easter Bunny but has refused to go to church since he started thinking and asking about Jesus. Which is fine with his Mom and I.
I tell him I don't believe in that stuff but he has to make up his own mind when he is old enough to read and think about it. He is rapidly learning to read.
I'm kind of like that, too. I loved the magical belief when I was a child. I think it feeds imagination and creativity. I miss it sometimes as an adult. Not in the way that I'd like to be delusional, but just that anything-can-happen kind of feeling I had as a kid. The world is big, wide, and interesting to a child. The impossible is still absolutely possible. We have Santa and the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy at my house, only I teach them the historical significance behind the traditions rather than full-on religious dogma. I grew out of these things as a kid minus any trauma and with critical thinking skills intact. I am not bitter because I was "lied" to. I recognized it early on as a fun tradition meant for entertainment.
Even now I tell my children, "I don't believe in god." Not, "We don't believe in god," or even, "You don't believe in god." I bring up points regarding religion for them to think about. I allow them to ask questions. I want them to think things through themselves. I don't feel childhood fantastical traditions will cause any lasting damage to this process.


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A Fletcher dairy farm with a history of violations was cited Tuesday for discharging large amounts of animal waste into the French Broad River.
N.C. Division of Water Quality inspectors reported that Taproot Dairy Farm discharged about 11,000 gallons of waste in one hour during their investigation, said Landon Davidson, DWQ regional supervisor. He could not estimate how much waste entered the water prior to the investigation, but said it was obviously flowing earlier.
The discharge led to high levels of fecal coliform commonly found in human and animal feces and can cause health risks at those elevated levels.
"This is gross negligence," Davidson said.
Billy Johnston operates the farm on Butler Bridge Road in Fletcher, where animal waste flowed from a storage pond into a ditch 40 feet away, then drained into the French Broad River 890 feet from the ditch, according to investigators.
Farm operators are supposed to monitor the waste levels once a week and records show that has not been done since the beginning of September.
The overflow of a waste storage pond is very unusual and can possibly happen during a major rain event such as a hurricane.
Farm operators would've easily seen the high levels of waste in the pond that led to polluting the water, Davidson said.
Taproot Dairy Farm is in an impaired section of the French Broad, he added, about one mile downstream from its confluence with Mud Creek. He said there could be more factors contributing to the condition of the water other than the dairy.
Fishermen stumbled upon the drainage Tuesday and notified French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson, who called DWQ officials. They piled dirt onto the river bank to block the leakage on Wednesday and irrigated the waste onto designated land to lower the pond level.
The DWQ will send a notice of violation to Johnston next week and officials will assess whether or not to proceed with civil penalties.
The farm has had no penalties assessed to date, but has previous violations from 2006 to 2010, including failure to maintain an operator's certification, failure to provide records, failure to renew a permit and failure to collect soil analyses and waste analyses.
In 2007 and 2008, Johnston was cited for the discharge of silage leachate to a wetland area adjacent to the French Broad River. Silage leachate can significantly impact the river by robbing the water of dissolved oxygen. Johnston has not renewed his certification since it expired in December 2009.
"The Division of Water Quality supports farmers," Davidson said. "We just want them to be responsible."
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Fletcher dairy farm cited for discharging waste into French Broad
A Fletcher dairy farm with a history of violations was cited Tuesday for discharging large amounts of animal waste into the French Broad River.


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To misunderstand or misinterpret something, especially in such a way as to take offense at what is said or done. (A less common variant of "take something the wrong way.") Now, I hope you don't take this in the wrong way, but I think it would be easier for everyone if you didn't visit us right after the baby is born. I simply don't comment on things on the Internet anymore because, too often, what I say is taken in the wrong way.


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Just one more pumpkin for the books and this is for the chibi section. Halloween is all about having fun and doing crazy things. I wanted to do something wacky and fill another cute request on "how to draw a chibi pumpkin", step by step. Who says that chibi Halloween based stuff has to be on monsters? I say let your hair down and make some stuff that is fun, easy, original, and exciting. The finished result will be sweet because you will be surprised how cute a chibi pumpkin can be. So go ahead and tackle something entertaining, drawing a pumpkin in chibi form is exactly what I mean. Adios, peace out, aloha, or good-bye, however you want to say it, enjoy.
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ROCKFORD — Rockford Christian's boys track coach Randy Moore never thought anyone would take him up on his Twitter request for help to pay for an indoor high-jump pit this past winter.
Less than four months later, not just one helpful donor but multiple volunteers stepped up, and that "funny little tweet that was kind of a joke" has helped turn the Royal Lions' jumping program around.
"It's been amazing. This thing has solved every problem we had," Moore said of the the Inflate-and-Go blow-up pit. "We've been able to get those extra jumps in whenever we want. And, boy I'll tell you, it's showing in the guys' performances."
Quinn Halversen cleared the bar at 6 feet, 4 inches last weekend, setting a school record while moving himself into 13th position in the entire state. He's tied for the fourth-best clearance in Class 2A, and has the top performance for any freshman in any class.
He gives a lot of the credit to the inflatable pit, which was purchased for $10,000 in January. It provided what Moore estimated to be 40-50 more days of practice.
"For me, the first meet of the year last year was the first time I (high) jumped," said Halversen, who cleared 5-10 as an eighth-grader last year. "It was different this year. I was super stoked when I heard we were getting the pit. We never have to worry about getting in enough practice again, and I've been able to work on everything, and get better in a lot of ways."
Halversen has changed his approach to the bar, as well as some of his jumping techniques. The IHSA has just implemented a rule that allows coaches and athletes to review video even during a competition, and that, too, has provided a boost for the Rockford Christian field-event crew.
Halversen hasn't been the only one to benefit, either. Sophomore Brady Irwin, who was clearing 5-2 at this time last year, has gone jumped 5-10 already this season. Moore doesn't think it's out of the realm of possibility to get them both down to state at the end of this season.
"The new pit, Coach (Mike) McIntosh's I-Pad and all the video we've been watching — it's all helped so much. How can it not?" Irwin said. "And it doesn't just help with your technique and getting in all those repetitions: It helps your confidence, too. I feel so comfortable jumping these days, and that comes from all the training we've gotten in the past couple of months."
The pit inflates in about five minutes, and deflates and folds into a desk-sized box, which can easily be stored in the school. Even though they got the most use out of it when the weather called for indoor workouts, the Royal Lions have pulled it outside as well.
"It's actually nicer than the outdoor ones, because you can set the pressure on it, make it softer or bouncier, or whatever you want," Halversen said. "It allows you to focus on the things you really need to focus on. It just makes you a better high jumper, in the end.
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U.S. immigration officials began deporting many Mexican illegal immigrants to their nation's capital this month as part of a humanitarian effort to avoid deporting them to border areas such as Tamaulipas, which are besieged by violence. The two-month pilot program seems to be a smart and responsible improvement over the current deportation policy, one that could save lives and bolster border security. If it proves effective, it should be quickly extended.
Under the temporary initiative, the United States will pay about $1.1 million to fly deportees from El Paso, Texas, to Mexico City. Mexico will then shoulder the cost of bus fare to return them to their hometowns in the interior of the country, and provide food to them during their journey.
No doubt, some critics will argue that the safety of Mexican deportees is Mexico's problem, and that the United States shouldn't incur any costs on their behalf. That's shortsighted. Repatriating migrants closer to their homes and farther from the border would not only protect them, it would also discourage many Mexicans from immediately attempting to recross illegally into the United States.
PHOTOS: Mexican deportees face a dangerous futureDumping migrants in border towns where they have no roots and few prospects for surviving carries a price for both countries. Deportees become easy targets for drug gangs, which recruit them or, worse, kidnap them, according to Mexican officials. Last year, more than a quarter of all Mexicans deported from the United States — or slightly more than 124,000 people — were deported to the state of Tamaulipas, which sits across the border from Texas and has become a battleground for the Gulf cartel and the Zetas. In Tamaulipas, many police departments have simply disbanded, and gangs control many of the streets in its border cities. Conditions there are grave; in the city of Reynosa, church groups erected a 9-foot-tall wall topped with razor wire around a shelter in an effort to keep deportees safe, according to The Times' Richard Marosi.
The United States has a responsibility to protect its border and deport those who violate its laws. But it also has a duty to ensure that those who are repatriated aren't put in danger. The new program seems to offer an effective way to enforce this country's immigration laws.


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Hagan raises over $2 million
North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan raised over $2 million in the second quarter of this year, swelling the Democrat's war chest ahead of what's expected to be a challenging reelection campaign, according to campaign officials.
Hagan ended the month of June with $4.2 million in the bank.
The first-term senator is one of a number of Democratic incumbents facing competitive 2014 elections, who have made the most this year of the fundraising head start they have over potential challengers. She previously raised $1.6 million between January and March.
In a statement, Hagan campaign manager Preston Elliott said her fundraising performance reflected "grassroots excitement" for the senator's future.
"Kay's broad base of support highlights that North Carolinians value her tireless work on issues from supporting a North Carolina-first economic recovery to keeping student loans affordable to standing up for servicemembers and veterans," Elliott said.
The Republican field in North Carolina is still taking shape. State House Speaker Thom Tillis has declared a run against Hagan, and his campaign told National Journal this week that he finished last month with about a quarter-million dollars in the bank.
A list of other Republicans are eyeing the race, including Rep. Renee Ellmers, state Senate President Phil Berger, former Ambassador to Denmark Jim Cain and Baptist minister Mark Harris.
The Democratic firm Public Policy Polling released a North Carolina Senate survey last month showing Hagan leading her Republican challengers, but with her own numbers hovering in the mid-40s, signaling that she is likely to have a real fight on her hands.
Hagan's campaign has treated Tillis as its most significant opponent so far, and the state Democratic Party released a memo Thursday charging that he "has had a rough start to his campaign."


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An event every week that begins at 9:30am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely
Each event will be a 5k or 10k trail run through Watchtree Nature Reserve. The routes are well marked and will be marshalled.
Watchtrail events have a growing reputation for being friendly and relaxed, there is no timing equipment and no pressure to race which makes it a great event for beginners. As the event is monthly and always follows the same trail it can be used as a performance marker, or you can challenge yourself to progress from the 5k to 10k distance.
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Under the right circumstances, industry initiatives involving "coopetition" among competitors can reduce customers' reluctance to adopt an innovation.
It took more than a half a century for the dishwasher, which was first introduced in 1893, to succeed as a mainstream product. No one sets out to develop an innovation that consumers are slow to adopt, and yet many ultimately successful innovations like the dishwasher or the microwave oven languish for years in the gap between early adopters and the mainstream market.1 Other examples of slow-diffusing innovations include automatic teller machines (which were first introduced in the United States and the United Kingdom in the late 1960s), online banking and alternative fuel vehicles.
Slow takeoff times mean delayed returns on investment or, in the worst case, negative payback if the product is pulled from the market before sales have a chance to take off. Slow takeoff times have been attributed to high introductory prices,2 uncompetitive products that are low quality or insufficiently innovative3 or failure to develop niche markets.4 Another reason is consumer resistance to an innovation,5 which may arise because the innovation conflicts with consumers" ingrained belief structures, requires acceptance of unfamiliar routines or necessitates abandoning deep-rooted traditions. Slow-diffusing innovations that require consumers to change established behaviors are called resistant innovations.6
How can managers create marketing programs that reduce takeoff time for resistant innovations? This article suggests marketing strategies appropriate for such innovations. Our conclusions stem from a multiphase research project conducted to examine why a particular innovation – screw cap wine closures – has achieved greater market acceptance in Australia and New Zealand than in the United States. (See "About the Research.") Based on findings from this international case study, we elaborate on the role of vertical and horizontal cooperation as marketing strategies for resistant innovations and identify the reasons and conditions under which each strategy can successfully operate.


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Transgender passengers on BART should have a new experience when dealing with the rapid transit system's police force.
Last week, BART police officially adopted a new policy governing how they deal with transgender people, which includes data collection as well as protocols on properly addressing people during police interactions. All officers must be trained under the new rules.
The policy, which will govern the roughly 200-officer department, came out of the department's civilian oversight body.
"This policy is definitely a really important first step to reducing harassment," said Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, which had a hand in crafting the policy. Such policies matter, said Hayashi, because transgender people have disproportionately been targeted for criminalization by police.
The policy, while not rooted in any specific incidents, came out of concern for the history of mistreatment of transgender people at the hands of police, according to one BART police oversight official.
"They have suffered disproportionate treatment…by law enforcement" said Mark Smith, BART's independent police auditor.
Smith, whose staff helped draft the policy, says BART looked across the country for a model and found few other places with specific policies on transgender people. While he could not say if the policy is a first for the nation's law enforcement, he did say there are "not a whole host of written policies."
Hayashi agreed, saying there are only a few other departments with such policies. But cities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco are all examples of departments with decent policies on how to deal with transgender people.
Policies like this matter, said Hayashi, because "It's dangerous when [officers] don't know how to interact with… the needs of a community" said Hayashi. He added there are myriad examples of police harassment of transgender people and the center has heard from locals about abuse and harassment locally, including from BART.
BART Police Citizen Review Board member Les Mensinger originally brought the subject up to the board after hearing about issues around transgender people and police.
"Over a year ago I was on a conference call where I was listening to a conversation concerning the problems in the transgender community as pertaining to confrontation with law enforcement and some of the horror stories these people had to endure,' said Mensinger.
"At the time I thought to myself, I live in the Bay Area which is a region known for its diversity and forward thinking. We must have a superior policy on this that we can model for others. I was shocked when looking into this matter that there was little to no policy on this subject."
After conferring with the police union, the BART auditor and others, the new policy was crafted. Among other things, the new policy directs BART officers to act in the following manner when dealing with transgender people:
— "An officer should not ask questions or make statements about a transgender person's genitalia, breasts, or transition status. If an officer does ask such questions or make such statements, that officer shall provide a compelling, professional, and articulable reason for having done so.
— "Appearance-related items, including, but not limited to, prosthetics, clothes, wigs, or makeup should not be confiscated or removed from transgender people unless such items present a safety hazard, impede the administration of medical attention, or are needed for evidentiary reasons.
— "[BART police] shall establish and maintain records concerning the number of calls involving transgender people and the corresponding police service response.
— "Whether or not the name on a person's driver's license or identification card coincides with the person's gender identity, an officer shall address or refer to the person by the name that the person has used to identify him or herself. An officer shall also use the pronouns consistent with the name provided by the person."
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Moving into our new house has been a dream. Kamron and I sit on the porch at night with a glass of wine or a cup of decaf as and we look out on the fields I can't help but say every night, "Can you believe we get to live here?" I wonder if he'll ever get tired of hearing me say that every day. He says he won't but there's only so long that you can take a broken record, right? The kids bounce out of bed in the mornings before school and run to their windows and scout for deer. Waking them up used to be like pulling teeth- now the thought of seeing the deer family that lives in the backyard is the perfect incentive to get sleepy kids out of bed. We have the most darling neighbors, and the most darling neighbors that are going to be moving in soon. It's like living in a commune where the kids all go back and forth between each other's houses and the moms send each other texts like, "Sarah's going to just eat dinner with us" and "We just cut down some trees in the back yard and we are going to burn them- bring some marshmallows and let's make s'mores."
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I think that when we turn onto our street, time warps back to the 1950's where it feels safe for the kids and life slows down and makes sense. Time this summer, did not make sense. Fostering was, perhaps, one of the most trying times for our family. I'm not sure if it was the age dynamics, or the fact that two of our kids had the exact. same. name. (For real) or violent parental reactions, or fear of my kids getting hurt, or being cramped into the world's smallest rental with four kids who could not get along or the stress of building a house, or all of the afore combined- but it was a disaster of the worst kind.
I have never cried more than I did this summer. I worried continuously. I felt like my house and my life were out of control. I felt like the happenings going on in my home were not anything that I designed and I couldn't seem to get a grip on how to reign it back in. I felt like I could not be myself and we could not be the family that I knew we were supposed to be in our own house. It's amazing how one child (who was a great kid) can change the dynamic so much.
My kids were miserable driving to parent visits all the time. They felt scared in their own house. And the fighting. Oh. My. Word. My kids had never been fighters. Sure- they bickered over toys and things sometimes, but they didn't fight to hurt each other in word and deed. Until this summer happened and it was like a free for all of hurt feelings and manipulation designed to inflict deep wounds. I wondered if we would ever feel normal again. I lived in continuous fear- that my kids weren't safe, that I was causing them irreparable damage and heart ache and that they would never be the same sweet kids I knew they could be again.
And then, just as quickly as the storm started, life snapped right back to normal the minute our foster daughter left. We all became people that we didn't like when she lived with us. It was not her fault at all. She was just being and living what she knew. It was just our reaction. I wish that our reactions had been better. The learning curve was steep. We loved on her and treated her like one of us while she was with us- but the "us" changed so much that I didn't even recognize it. Fostering pulled out every bit of ugly in me. I heard one time in a chat room, "If you are going to be an adoptive or foster parent- you better deal with your own sh!t first because it's going to bring it all out and leave it as a present at your front door." I thought that I had dealt with all my stuff. I didn't even realize that there was still stuff in me to deal with until it was all there- like the present waiting at my front door.
I think that I learned more about myself and my capabilities in those three months than I could ever imagine. I learned more about my kids and my husband and about the power of nurturing those relationships. We still are in touch with our foster daughter and this is a much better relationship for us than the day to day raising of her. It's amazing to me, though, how things just snapped back to normal once she was gone. Our kids became the kids we knew again. I stopped feeling angry and stressed and worried all the time. I felt like I could look at my husband again and not want to smack his face off.
Those three months gave me such an appreciation for my kids and their personalities and their strengths. Six weeks removed from the whole situation- I can absolutely look back and say that I'm glad that we did it. I'm so glad to have gotten to love on another child for a short time. I glad for the things that we learned about ourselves along the way. And I'm also glad that we aren't doing it right now. I know that people are supposed to say that it's so wonderful and that you get to impact a child's life. While the impact part is true, it almost destroyed me and my family. Going forward, I'm not sure it's the right space for us and I am totally okay with that.
I think that moving houses, for me, signified so many things- the end of fostering, the beginning of being open to what God would have for our family and being okay with that no matter what it looked like. I just have such peace about our future for our family. Taking time to nurture our kids in the transition has been life giving- for me and for them. I think that so many times we have these grand ideas, especially when you want to be doing something good, that we forget to nurture what we are already blessed with. I think that of all the things that I learned through our fostering experience, appreciating the children that I already have and loving them through their faults and celebrating their uniqueness is the lesson that will stick with me the longest. Parenting had become such a chore to me. I'll admit that I was just going through the motions with my kids. This experience taught me to be more present and loving and to recognize mothering for the privilege it is- instead of seeing it as just another pile of laundry or another meal to make.
So for that, I'm grateful. But I'm even more grateful that it's over and that our hearts have time to heal and reconnect. Reconnecting is so much fun. There are precious treasure to be found in the reconnecting. I'm just feeling so incredibly blessed. My usual "keep it realness" has been totally highjacked by a goofy grin and overwhelming happiness. I think I'll invite it to stay a while.
Life from the last few months:
Maui, Hawaii
Miles' 5th birthday
My beautiful mom
All knocked out in the same bed
Noah making stacks of pillows in his new room
Noah learned how to ride without training wheels!
Sadie went to church camp at the same camp I attended as a kid.
Isn't this how everyone catches some sleep at the airport?
Sadie and her friends dressed Miles up. This is going to look great on his wedding video.
My girl is going through her "wear my fake glasses everywhere" phase again.
My handsome boys.
I walked up on this beautiful father/son moment. Noah and Kamron talking about life and watching the grass grow.
Kamron and his dad after a hard day of working on the millions of things that need to be worked on when you move into a new house.
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Wikia search was first announced back in 2006; the following year, it purchased a distributed search indexing service called Grub. In keeping with the emphasis on open information, the Grub project was made open source, allowing anyone to look over the algorithms involved in generating search results. After an extended test period, the site finally went live last year.
As with other sites that focus on user-contributed content, Wikia Search let anyone rate and filter its search results. In an interview with Ars, Wales portrayed this as in keeping with his general sense that the wisdom of the crowd could help minimize the role of editorial bias in search results. In Wales' view, any search service plays an editorial role, because it tunes its algorithms based on some sense of whether the results of search results matched some sort of standard. Wikia, he felt, was different because the source code for the search algorithm is available, and a crowd of fellow search users could refine things further.
Unfortunately, those crowds never materialized. In the blog post in which he announces that Wikia Search has reached the end of the line, Wales proudly points to the rapid growth of Wikia in general, citing Nielsen figures that show it nearly doubling its traffic in the past year, placing it fifth on the list of user community sites.
Unfortunately for Wikia Search fans, that growth came from other Wikia-branded services. (On the plus side, this presumably means that there are fewer such fans to be disappointed.) Although Wales doesn't provide any numbers, his focus on growth suggests that it wasn't simply the lack of users, but the fact that the service wasn't seeing the sort of momentum that other Wikia-branded properties were.
Wales also implied that he was still interested in search, but the current economy wasn't going to allow him to continue this specific project. "In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search indefinitely," he wrote. "Its something I care about deeply. I will return to again and again in my career to search, either as an investor, a contributor, a donor, or a cheerleader."


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The seven decks available are the {{TCG|Electric Zap}}, [[Flame On Deck (TCG)|Flame On]], [[Hit'Em Hard Deck (TCG)|Hit'Em Hard]], [[Poisonpowder Deck (TCG)|Poisonpowder]], [[Psychic Dream Deck (TCG)|Psychic Dream]], [[Royalty Deck (TCG)|Royalty]] and [[Wet and Wild Deck (TCG)|Wet and Wild]] decks. They are composed of cards
The seven decks available are the {{TCG|Electric Zap}}, [[Flame On Deck (TCG)|Flame On]], [[Hit'Em Hard Deck (TCG)|Hit'Em Hard]], [[Poisonpowder Deck (TCG)|Poisonpowder]], [[Psychic Dream Deck (TCG)|Psychic Dream]], [[Royalty Deck (TCG)|Royalty]] and [[Wet and Wild Deck (TCG)|Wet and Wild]] decks. They are composed of cards {{TCG|Base Set}}, {{TCG|Jungle}}, {{TCG|Fossil}} and {{TCG|Team Rocket}} sets.
==Differences from Pokémon Play It!==
==Differences from Pokémon Play It!==
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Pokémon Play It! Version 2 is a Pokémon game for PC that simulates the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It is the sequel to Pokémon Play It!. It was included in the Thunderstorm Gift Box (known as the Tempest Gift Box outside of the United States).
The "Play" mode is divided into fifteen levels: five "Basic", three "Basic Challenges", six "Advanced" and one "Advanced Challenge". Those without "Challenge" in their name are tutorial levels, with pre-designed, non-shuffled decks, using only one prize, used to teach the player various aspects of the game, such as retreating, status conditions, Pokémon Powers etc. Coin tosses are also usually not random. These levels replace most of the less interactive content of the "Learn" feature of the original, although parts of it can still be found in version 2.
In the "Challenge" levels, the player can play actual duels against Julie. "Basic Challenges" use the half decks from the original. Those three levels are Fighting vs. Water, Water vs. Fighting and Fire vs. Fighting duels, respectively. The "Advanced Challenge" mode is where the player can play a match using standard 60-card decks, choosing from seven available decks. Unlike the original, Julie can also use any of the decks (although it is not possible for both sides to use the same deck).
Each card has its own unique cry, some of which are based on the their voices in the Pokémon anime.
The seven decks available are the Electric Zap, Flame On, Hit'Em Hard, Poisonpowder, Psychic Dream, Royalty and Wet and Wild decks. They are composed of cards from Base Set, Jungle, Fossil and Team Rocket sets.
Differences from Pokémon Play It!
The game fixes two issues from the original Pokémon Play It!. It is now possible to put Pokémon on the Bench before the play starts; players no longer need to wait for their first turn to put Pokémon on the bench. An Energy card is now discarded from Magmar when using the Flamethrower attack.
Other features
The "Learn" and "Extras" modes are similar to the original. The two new features are "Collect" and "Build". In the "Collect" mode, the player can keep track of the cards he or she owns in real life. In "Build" mode, the player can learn about creating decks or make custom ones and later print the list of cards needed for it. Version 2 also added the option to turn off Julie's vocal remarks.
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If you've played Pokémon Game Boy or watched the animated TV series, you'll be surprised to discover how much you already know about the Pokémon trading card game. Even if you're new to the world of Pokémon, you'll have lots of fun learning – and playing – this adventure-filled trading card game.
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It is known for being highly prone to crashing when run under modern Windows operating systems. Oddly, no such issues happen in the original Pokémon Play It!, even though it is older.
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Lady Flames roll past Raiders, ready for trip to Rhode Island
November 17, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty University's ACHA Division I women's hockey team's home rematches with the U-19 Reston Raiders were even more dominating than the two games played late last month in Reston, won by the Lady Flames by 10-0 and 7-1 scores.
Saturday afternoon in the LaHaye Ice Center, Liberty (6-4-3) outscored the Raiders by the combined total of those two games, winning 18-0, before completing the sweep with a 5-0 shutout on Sunday.
"I really don't like the blowouts, but it gives us the opportunity to work on some of our weaknesses," Lady Flames Head Coach Paul Bloomfield said. "We used it as an opportunity to work on certain breakouts and defensive plays, some of our special teams, stuff that we want to add to our portfolio. It's tough to work on those things against the better teams because if there's a breakdown, obviously it's detrimental."
After the Lady Flames scoring blitz on Saturday, Liberty played their guests to a scoreless first period.
That stalemate was short-lived, however, as Liberty exploded for four goals in a seven-minute span midway through the second period. Senior forward Laura Del Monte sent a pass to Jenny MacArthur whose shot was kick saved in the lower right corner before Del Monte slammed home the putback, breaking the scoring ice at the 13:20 mark.
Less than four minutes later, sophomore forward Carrie Jickling made a steal at mid-ice and sent a short pass to freshman forward Courtney Gilmour who pushed the puck out to junior forward Sarah Stevenson on the left wing where she lifted a wrist shot into the upper netting just under the crossbar.
The Lady Flames made it 3-0 a minute and a half later when freshman defenseman Marissa Graham scored off a fast break, sneaking a left-handed wrist shot from in the left circle past the goalie's glove and inside the right post.
Stevenson, stationed in front of the net, completed the second-period scoring surge by finishing a feed from behind the cage by Gilmour and later put away a backhanded shot into an open net in the right side of the goal mouth fr the only goal of the third period.
On Saturday, senior Courtney Fisher became the first Lady Flames defenseman to net a hat trick and Jickling scored five goals and distributed six assists.
"That's got to be pretty close to a record for most points in a game," Bloomfield said.
Stevenson, meanwhile, had five goals and three assists to go with her hat trick on Sunday.
Junior goalie Chantal Lischynski posted a shutout Saturday before sophomore Kristina Toppazzini repeated the feat on Sunday, facing a few more shots. Liberty outshot Reston by a 29-14 count in the second game.
The weekend series served as a tuneup for next week's road trip to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
"Next weekend is absolutely huge just because of where we are," Bloomfield said, noting the season's first ACHA DI rankings are due to be released next Sunday night. "Both of those teams are top-10 teams and where we end up in the rankings is probably going to depend mostly on however we show up and play and what happens next weekend."


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