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Preserving Holiday Traditions
Holiday traditions come in many forms – from decorating the tree and shopping for loved ones to movie nights and your favorite festive foods. However, there is no holiday tradition quite as enjoyable and rewarding as giving back.
Here are several ways that you can create and preserve this important holiday tradition with your family.
Write a Letter to Make a Difference
It's simple to give back during the holidays through Macy's annual Believe campaign. Children of all ages can drop off their letters to Santa at the big red letterboxes in-store or send online through macys.com/believe. For every letter collected through Dec. 24, the retailer will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million, to help grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Macy's has given $100 million in total to Make-A-Wish since 2003, with nearly $13 million donated through the Believe campaign. Keep the tradition of letter-writing alive and support the cause by spending time as a family writing letters to Santa.
Take Part in Acts of Kindness – Big or Small
Encourage your family to participate in the season of giving by taking on charitable activities. Projects could include volunteering at a food pantry or soup kitchen, coordinating a caroling group for a nursing home or collecting care packages for deployed soldiers. There are also plenty of ways to show children how easy it is to give back in small ways – whether it's paying for a stranger's coffee, creating a feel-good holiday playlist for a friend or leaving a treat for the mail carrier in the mailbox. By preserving these kinds of holiday traditions, you'll help make others' days brighter and instill the importance of giving in a younger generation.
Spread the Spirit of Believing
Belief in Santa builds family traditions such as writing letters, setting out cookies and milk, and hanging stockings by the tree. Part of this year's Believe campaign is The Santa Project, a nationwide movement to fill the internet with positive affirmations of belief. Macy's is calling on people of all ages to post a photo, video or message using #SantaProject via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Everyone can play a role in keeping the magic of the holidays alive and ensuring that the internet is a place where Santa lives on for future generations.
To learn more about the Believe campaign and The Santa Project, visit macys.com/believe.


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By John Oates | The Scottish Parliament has voted against the government's proposed ID cards, in a gesture of Phythonian futility.
Members of the Scottish Parliament decided the cards would not deter crime, would not add to security and would do very little for civil liberties as well.
MSP Fergus Ewing told the Parliament that the government could not be trusted to keep the data safe. He also said cards were a colossal waste of money and the £5bn would be better spent elsewhere.
Members of the Scottish Parliament voted by 69 votes to zero with 38 abstentions, according to the BBC.
Unfortunately, however, the Scottish Parliament has no jurisdiction over ID cards.
Tory MSP Bill Aitken said he had no problem with governments taking action to improve security but plenty of countries have had terrorist attacks which were not stopped or ameliorated by compulsory ID cards. ®

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Newswise — Old Westbury, N.Y. (June 25, 2014) –Administering low doses of a thyroid hormone to rats with diabetes helps restore hormone levels in their hearts and prevented deterioration of heart function and pathology, according to a new study by NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Professor and Biomedical Sciences Chair A. Martin Gerdes.
The study, published in the online edition of Molecular Medicine provides the first clear indication that low thyroid hormone levels in cardiac tissue of diabetic individuals may be the major cause of their associated heart disease, says Gerdes.
The study finds that diabetes triggers low thyroid levels that contribute to heart failure. In animal models, Gerdes and colleagues found that administering low doses of the active form of thyroid hormone, T3, prevented the progression of heart disease.
"This treatment prevented the abnormal changes in gene expression, tissue pathology, and heart function," said Gerdes.
The most recent study builds on a growing body of research by Gerdes and others that links low thyroid hormone levels in heart tissue to heart failure. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association. Previous studies, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine and Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, have demonstrated that hypertension and heart attacks also trigger low cardiac thyroid hormone levels and contribute to heart disease.
"The clinical implications are profound and far-reaching because it suggests that the heart disease associated with diabetes may be easily preventable," Gerdes says of his recent research. "And importantly, the dose we gave of T3 hormone did not significantly change the serum (blood) thyroid hormone levels but it was enough to make all the difference in the heart tissue."
An individual's thyroid levels are usually measured by blood tests. But Gerdes has noted that thyroid hormone levels in cardiac tissue do not necessarily correspond with blood test readings of thyroid levels. An individual with heart disease and low cardiac tissue thyroid hormone levels may have normal blood test results, in part because the blood is diluted about twenty-fold once it leaves the heart and joins the rest of circulating blood in the body. Yet, his research has consistently found that low-dose thyroid hormone replacement may be a safe and effective therapy, and Gerdes says it would cost only pennies per day to help humans suffering from heart disease.
"A low thyroid condition can cause heart failure by itself," says Gerdes. "The fundamental question we should be asking about patients with heart failure is: how much is due to the diagnosed disease and how much is due to low thyroid levels in the heart? There clearly needs to be more awareness with regard to research examining the impact of low thyroid hormone levels in the heart and the role this condition plays in acceleration of heart failure."
In his animal study, Gerdes and colleagues induced a mild form of diabetes in rats and waited a month for the condition to develop. They then administered low doses of T3 hormone for two months.
Gerdes says more research is needed to identify peripheral serum bio-markers that track with low thyroid hormone levels in the heart. He also says human clinical studies are necessary.
"There's so much fear of overtreatment (with hormones) and inducing arrhythmias that physicians in general completely avoid treating heart patients with thyroid hormones," he says. But we have established a clear treatment and monitoring program in this study that is safe and can be used in people."
Gerdes conducted the research over three years at NYIT. His colleagues include researchers from the University of South Dakota, the Center for Heart and Lung Research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and the University of Pisa, Italy.
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text: Au Bout de la Ligne It was living in Paris in the eighties that inspired me to become a photographer, however, it wasn't until I returned twenty years later that I was roused to photograph the city that had taught me so much about life and art. Yet, I wanted to avoid taking just another of the tens of thousands of photographs that had already been taken of Paris. I mulled over this for weeks, trying to conceptualize a new technique or method of approach to the project, until one early morning, after a long dinner party sitting on a train in the direction of La Défense, the northwest terminus of line number 1, the inspiration emerged. I had ridden the metro throughout Paris, yet I had always traveled in the direction of, but never to, "Au Bout de la Ligne." I asked myself--What type of Paris exists at the end of each line? Do the lines end in the suburbs (banlieue)? Are the people who live in the banlieue dissimilar to those who live in the center of Paris? I took the metro to all 29 ends of the 14 metro lines in search of provocative moments, visuals, portraits, and answers to my questions.


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As the first presidential debate of the US election season kicks off this evening, the breakdown of the two electoral coalitions is becoming clear. One—youth, ethnic minorities and the college-educated—is backing President Barack Obama, and is demographically growing in size. The other—blue-collar white voters and seniors—lines up behind Republican challenger Mitt Romney, and is gradually shrinking. There are dollars and cents at stake: The candidates' policy proposals reflect their backers' priorities, making 2012 into an inter-generational cash grab, with older Americans seeking to preserve the gains of a lifetime's labors as the youth yearn for an investment in its future.
Obama is largely attempting to maintain current levels of public investment while winding down public debt over time, but Romney's austerity plan would reduce government spending and taxation to levels not seen since before the 1950s in an effort to create tax-cut-driven growth. (Economists are dubious.)
The Republican says he won't cut Social Security or Medicare, the fiscally-challenged public pension and health insurance plans for American senior citizens, or the country's sky-high defense spending. For that to work, he'll have to cut 40 percent of spending on everything else. All of that everything else—investments in research, education, infrastructure, and welfare—helped build the economy today's seniors enjoyed, while the impact of cuts will fall on working-age Americans over their entire lifetimes.
A case in point: President Obama's 2010 health-care reforms overhauled Medicare, including $716 billion in cuts to medical service providers. Republicans convinced many older voters that the cuts would affect them and their anger helped propel the party into many more seats in that year's Congressional elections. Romney has promised to repeal all of Obama's health initiatives, which would take away benefits from young people (the ability to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26; free access to birth control) and reduce even the limited effect that Obamacare had in mitigating Medicare's impending funding problems.
The same theme holds true on education spending. The president wants to maintain low interest rates on student loans; Romney's Republican allies in Congress want them hiked. With the number of student loans in default rising, some might say keeping rates low is the best way to keep defaults from getting worse; the Republicans, on the contrary, argue that higher rates would deter more people from taking on debt they can't afford. But restricting public support for education is an obvious blow to the prospects of the Millennial generation (those born between 1982 and 2002).
The biggest issue is probably Romney's tax plan. The Tax Policy Center's widely-reported analysis (pdf) of the plan shows that to meet his goals of reducing tax rates while maintaining current revenue levels, Romney will actually raise taxes on most Americans. In 2011, the median income for 25-34 year olds was just over $50,0000 a year. The analysis estimates that under a Romney plan, someone earning that level of income would pay $641 more annually; someone making over $1 million would pay $88,000 less. Needless to say, this too favors the older generation.
But whoever wins will, soon after the election, have to find a way to distribute the pain of higher taxes and less public spending. Obama will favor a more even balance of the two, which may leave America more indebted than Romney would, and it will be the younger generation that carries most of the burden of that debt. But they will also gain more from investments today—hence their support for Obama.


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I Am The Only Musician Giving On Christmas Day – Dj Azonto Brags
Ghanaian Amapaino king DJ Azonto says his fans have been supportive throughout his career, and gifting them a car this Christmas is the least he could do.
The "Fa Ne Fom" hitmaker is set to give away a brand new Lexus Sports Carto to a fan at the "DJ Azonto Live" concert at Kwashieman Park on Christmas Day, come Sunday.
According to the Amapiano King, he has his fans' best interests at heart and has always thought of doing something big for them.
"The year is about to end, and I thought of doing something no artiste has ever done in Ghana. Aside giving a free concert to them, I will be giving away a new car on Christmas Day during the 'Fa No Fom' dance challenge.
"I urge my fans to come in large numbers as there will be lots of food and drinks, and they should not be left out of the fun," he said in an interview.
The highly anticipated concert would see DJ Azonto, a multiple award-winning musician, host 20 top music artistes in one of the biggest music concerts during the festive season.
M.Anifest Pays Nostalgic Homage To 'Hip Hop At 50' In New Freestyle
Ghanaian Hip Hop artist M.anifest takes us on a nostalgic journey with a new freestyle, titled "50 YEARS."
Referencing Hip Hop icons like 2pac, Nas, The Notorious B.I.G, The Fugees, LL Cool J and the Wu-Tang Clan to name a few, M.anifest cleverly weaves this ode to a genre that he himself has come to contribute significantly to. A certified wordsmith, his skill allows him to craft a worthy tribute to Hip Hop's enduring legacy as it celebrates 50 years.
From the genre's origins on Sedgwick Avenue to the influence it's had in many parts of the world, spurring genres like Hip Life (Ghana), there's no patch of Hip Hop uncovered by the rapper affectionately called 'the god MC' by his fans, particularly when viewed through the lens of his lived experience.
Whether tipping his hat to Obrafour's classic album "Pae Mu Ka", or legendary Hip Hop albums like Kanye West's "College Dropout" and Jay-Z's "The Blueprint", he poignantly comments on a culture that has left an indelible mark on marginalized beginnings.
The current torchbearers are of course not left out of the MikeMillzOn'Em-produced track. J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, A-Reece, Black Sherif, and Sampa The Great get honourable mentions as boundary pushers of the genre, emphatically suggesting that Hip Hop remains a vibrant and relevant force in contemporary music and perhaps in safe hands.
M.anifest's commemoration of the 50th anniversary has gone beyond his music. This year, he has actively engaged in discussions in academia, with an appearance at Howard University as a special guest, where he shared his insights on Hip Hop's evolution from an African perspective over the past five decades. In July 2023, he was in New York at Global Cognac giant Hennessy's invitation, joining a roster of world-renowned rappers to celebrate one of Hip Hop's greats, Nas.
LISTEN HERE: M.anifest – '50 YEARS' Freestyle
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luwa which was mixed by the ever famous Danny Beatz is currently available on all download portals. The video, however can be accessed without hitchs on YouTube.
Maa Fausty Wins Legendary Diaspora Gospel Artiste Of The Year – Ghana Music Awards Europe 23
Ghanaian based UK talented gospel songwriter, singer and performer Maa Fausty won the "Legendary Diaspora Gospel Artist Of The Year" at the 2nd edition of Ghana Music Awards Europe (GMAE).
The "Ghana Music Awards Europe 23" happened last saturday September 16, 2023 at Salle Atrium Route De Cormeilles 95100 Argenteuil.
Maa Fausty secured the award for her contribute to the industry and also for her good work done.
She received a customized plaque and a certificate. She accepted the awards and appreciated the awards scheme and her fans for their votes and support.
The even saw performances from the legendary musician, Nana Acheampong, Bessa Simons, Lucky Star Band, Piesie Esther etc as well as Mr Logic of UTv and Ghanaian fashionister Osebo the zara man as special guest.
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Dr Princess Cornelia Adamu Wins Woman Entrepreneur Of The At The 6th Ghana Outstanding Woman's Award(GOWA)
Business mogul and hardworking female entrepreneur Dr. Princess Cornelia Adamu have been at the receiving end of awards at the just-ended Ghana Outstanding Woman's Award(GOWA).
The female entrepreneur and philanthropist who doubles as the CEO of Rickens Company Limited received two awards at the event which was held on 10th September 2023 at the Accra International Conference Center.
Rickens Company Limited is a multi-purposed company located in Accra, Ghana which is engaged in building construction, manufacturing and fabricating of UPVC windows and doors, aluminum windows and doors, roofing sheets, wood works and roofing of houses, POP and plasterboard ceilings, alucobond cladding and curtain wall, burglar proofs and general metal works, partitioning and all types of the balustrade.
Her imprint of success in the sector is evident in the growth of Rickens Construction which has transcended the borders of Ghana to Turkey and other European countries. She is an advocate for women and children's rights and has led advocacy in streamlining conversations and projects that make life easier. She has received multiple nominations and awards in her field of work and also maintains a great interest in the media and creative industry.
The night saw ace broadcaster Nathaniel Attoh and saw performances from young female singer Naja and Eno Barony.
The humanitarian award initiative celebrates and honors women who are devoted to the welfare of humanity. ASKOF Productions; organizers of the award scheme seek to reward women impacting the industry and the business scope in diverse ways.
Business mogul and entrepreneur, Princess Cornelia Adamu is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the CEO of Rickens Group Company.
Rickens Group Company consists of Rickens Construction Limited, Rickens Oil and Gas, and Co-Founder of Livenewsgh Creative Hub.
Rickens Company Limited is a multi-purposed company located in Accra, Ghana which is engaged in building construction, manufacturing, and fabricating of UPVC windows and doors, aluminum windows and doors, roofing sheets, wood works and roofing of houses, POP and plasterboard ceilings, alucobond cladding and curtain wall, burglar proofs and general metal works, partitioning and all types of balustrade. A company with partner offices in the USA, Istanbul Turkey, Singapore, and Dubai.
On Point Pumps, Oil And Gas and also one of the leading suppliers of fuel dispensers and supplies to almost all the big oil and gas brands in Ghana and beyond.
Livenewsgh Creative Hub is a platform that aims at creating interpersonal relationships between Creatives and brands to their respective clients across the globe through, brand and events management, PR, music, and digital marketing.
Princess has won countless awards at the annual Leadership Awards and has been honored at the Pan African Youth Leadership Summit Awards.
The awards won are a testament to her hard work and dedication to the rise of her companies. These are companies with partner offices in the USA, Istanbul Turkey, Singapore, and Dubai.
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Aido Network International Incollaboration With Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng Slated Royal Gala & Exhibition For November 25
Aido Network International Incollaboration With Cynthia Adu Boaten Slated Royal Gala & Exhibition For November 25
Mark your calendars for an electrifying celebration of culture and exhibition as Aido Network International Incollaboration With Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng takes over London on 21st December, 2023.
The highly appreciated event, royal gala, dinner and exhibition is set to be the biggest event in London, promising unforgettable experience of all ages.
Organized by H.H Jones Eganga and Queen Grace in London collaboration with award-winning gospel singer, Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng.
This beautiful event will take place at Hilton hotel, Croydon – London at exactly 4pm to 10pm.
Aido Network International and Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng is inviting all chiefs, ministers, pastors, companies etc to come and support this beautiful event.
This beautiful gala night eventis organised for fundraising to the needy and the less privileged.
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You can also visit their website aidonetwork.org
GMA Europe 23: Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng Wins Diaspora Gospel Song Of The Year
Ghanaian based Europe songwriter, singer and performer Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng won the "Diaspora Gospel Song Of The Year" at the second edition of Ghana Music Awards Europe (GMAE).
The Ghana Music Awards Europe happened last saturday September 16, 2023 at Salle Atrium Route De Cormeilles 95100 Argenteuil.
Bishop Cynthia Adu Boateng won that award with her trendy gospel song " Wo Fata".
She received a customized plaque and a certificate. She accepted the awards and appreciated the awards scheme and her fans for their votes and support.
The event saw performances from the legendary musician, Nana Acheampong, Bessa Simons, Lucky Star Band, Piesie Esther etc as well as Mr Logic of UTv and Ghanaian fashionister Osebo the zara man as special guest.
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Naf Kassi Titles Upcoming EP "AHYASI"
Talented Ghanaian Highlife artiste, Nafisatu Kassim, popularly known in the music scene as Naf Kassi, is set to release her much anticipated first studio album soon.
Naf Kassi released the arty album cover for her upcoming project, "Ahyasi" which means Beginning in English and just like the title implies, the singer appears to be taking us back to the beginning.
Having performed creditably in the Ghanaian music scene for three years, Naf Kassi is recognised as one of the talented young highlife acts who has been consistent in her musical career.
"This year (2023), the album is coming. I'm glad to inform you that, It's like 90 percent done," she revealed.
Naf Kassi said her fans should expect a great piece of musical work from her, adding that "these collections of songs are like your favourite playlist, now lets have fun."
Naf Kassi joined the music industry in 2019 with her doubt single titled 'Mane Me', which she features her younger brother 'Rocky Best' on it.
Ever since she joined the local music scene, Naf Kassi has shared the stage with the likes of Kofi Kinaata, Fameye, Naana Blu, Nero X, Dope Nation and a host of others.
In a facebook post, she wrote;
It's Been A Journey and I want to say thanks to You all for the Love and support. You asked for it, and it's Ready
#MaxxMusic EP-2023 #AhyasiEP #WeShallOverCome🏹
Although details (track-list & release date) for the project is yet to be known, fans and music consumers are already anticipating the masterpiece.
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POPLARVILLE – Freshman Chris Bermond of Kiln is the 2010 recipient of the Dobie Holden Memorial Scholarship at Pearl River Community College.Bermond, 19, is a graduate of Hancock County High School. He is a starting linebacker on the Wildcat football team and a kineseology major.Bermond is the son of Chris and Annette Bermond of Bay St. Louis."Chris is a hard-working kid with a lot of potential," said PRCC head coach Tim Hatten. "He is very coachable, a hard worker and a model citizen for our program."The late Dobie Holden was a highly successful head football coach at PRCC. From 1948 until 1966, he recorded a 140-43-7 record and his teams were always ranked in the NJCAA Top 10.In addition, he led the Wildcats to 17 straight wins over arch-rival Gulf Coast, while winning four of five bowl games.Holden coached at Picayune for a decade, posting a 72-19-7 record and, at one point, won 37 straight games. He resigned the Picayune job in 1943, took a job with a shipbuilding firm in Slidell, La., and a year later he was back in coaching – this time in Pascagoula.By 1948, Coach Holden had accepted the Wildcats head job and the rest is history. Holden lifetime record was 240-74-15. His PRCC teams won seven state championships. The 1961 team finished 10-0 and also won the NJCAA national championship.Holden died in 1986, but his competitive attitude on life remains alive in so many people today. He was one of the first to be selected into the college Sports Hall of Fame and has also been inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.Keith Daniels ScholarshipSophomore Reggie Bailey of Picayune is the 2010 recipient of the Keith Daniels Memorial Scholarship.Bailey, 19, a computer engineering major, is a starting defensive end for the Wildcats. He is the son of Reginald Bailey Sr. of New Orleans and Miriam Moss of Picayune."He one of our team leaders this year," said Hatten. "He has been a solid player for us. He gets better with every game. He is a very hard-nosed player."Daniels passed away in 2000 during his sixth season as PRCC head football coach. He had a long, successful career as an assistant coach on the collegiate level before he was hired in the spring of 1995 to succeed Willie Coats at PRCC. Daniels guided PRCC to a 7-3 record his inaugural season. In 1996, his freshman-ladened team fell to 2-8.His overall record at PRCC was 21-34.Bermond and Bailey will be recognized during the 2010 Alumni Homecoming luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 23) in Olivia Bender Cafeteria.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFL has reinstated Gregg Williams after suspending him for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal, and the Tennessee Titans have added him to their coaching staff.
The NFL ended Williams' indefinite suspension Thursday and approved the Titans' one-year contract with Williams. Tennessee also announced in the same release that Williams had been hired as a senior assistant coach for its defense.
The league issued a statement saying that commissioner Roger Goodell cited several reasons for reinstating Williams, including that Williams accepted responsibility for his role in the bounty program, and pledged to never be involved in any pay for performance system and to teach safe play and respect for the rules.
"The commissioner emphasized that Williams must fully conform to league rules and will be subject to periodic monitoring to confirm his compliance," the NFL said in its statement.
Williams, suspended indefinitely in March 2012, is the last person involved in the scandal to be reinstated by the league. New Orleans coach Sean Payton had his suspension lifted Jan. 22.
Saints general manager Mickey Loomis was suspended for eight games and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six. Four current or former Saints players were also suspended after an investigation found the club had a performance pool offering cash rewards for key plays, including big hits. The player suspensions eventually were overturned.
Williams coached for the Saints between 2009 and 2011 and was hired as defensive coordinator by the St. Louis Rams in January 2012 before being suspended. Williams had been free to look for a new job in the NFL since the playoffs started, and now he is returning to the team where he got his start in the league back in 1990.
The Titans scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon with Williams expected to be on hand along with Titans coach Mike Munchak.
"I have known Gregg for over two decades and have seen him work his way up from a quality control coach to a head coach," Munchak said in a statement. "He will bring a great deal of defensive knowledge and energy to our staff. The decision to bring him here only came after going through a thoughtful and thorough process."
How well this move works remains to be seen, but Munchak faces a must-win situation going into his third season as head coach.
The Titans missed the playoffs in his first season on a tiebreaker in 2011 before slumping to a 6-10 record in 2012. Fans have not been happy that Munchak has kept Jerry Gray as his defensive coordinator after a season in which Tennessee set a franchise record by allowing 471 points, gave up at least 30 points in seven different games and ranked 27th in yards allowed.
Munchak previously made only one move on his defensive staff, firing linebackers coach Frank Bush and moving Chet Parlavecchio from assisting with special teams to linebackers coach.
Williams will be working with Gray, the same man he took with him to Buffalo when he was hired as the Bills head coach in 2001 after four seasons as Tennessee's defensive coordinator under then-coach Jeff Fisher. Gray also worked with Williams at the Washington Redskins between 2004 and '07 before Williams worked with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2008 and then with the Saints.


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What follows is an excerpt from ' Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge,' a book where I try to explain life on the bench and the unknown parts of our legal system.
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The first anti-drug law in our country was a local law in San Francisco passed in 1875. It outlawed the smoking of opium and was directed at the Chinese because opium smoking was a peculiarly Chinese habit. It was believed that Chinese men were luring white women to have sex in opium dens. In 1909 Congress made opium smoking a federal offense by enacting the Anti-Opium Act. It reinforced Chinese racism by carving out an exception for drinking and injecting tinctures of opiates that were popular among whites.
Cocaine regulations also were triggered by racial prejudice. Cocaine use was associated with blacks just as opium use was associated with the Chinese. Newspaper articles bore racially charged headlines linking cocaine with violent, anti-social behavior by blacks. A 1914 New York Times article proclaimed: "Negro Cocaine 'Fiends' Are a New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity Increasing Among Lower Class Blacks Because They Have Taken to 'Sniffing.'" A Literary Digest article from the same year claimed that "most of the attacks upon women in the South are the direct result of the cocaine-crazed Negro brain." It comes as no surprise that 1914 was also the year Congress passed the Harrison Tax Act, effectively outlawing opium and cocaine.
Marijuana prohibition also had racist underpinnings. This time it was the Mexicans. Just as cocaine was associated with black violence and irrational behavior, in the southwest border towns marijuana was viewed -- beginning in the early 1920s -- as a cause of Mexican lawlessness. A Texas police captain suggested that marijuana gave Mexicans superhuman strength to commit acts of violence:
Under marijuana Mexicans [become] very violent, especially when they become angry and will attack an officer even if a gun is drawn on him. They seem to have no fear. I have also noted that under the influence of this weed they have enormous strength and it will take several men to handle one man while, under ordinary circumstances, one man could handle him with ease.
The American Coalition -- an anti-immigrant group -- claimed as recently as 1980: "Marihuana, perhaps now the most insidious of narcotics, is a direct byproduct of unrestricted Mexican immigration."
The racial fallout from our drug laws has persevered. In her article, The Discrimination Inherent in America's Drug War, Kathleen R. Sandy reported in 2003 that black Americans then constituted approximately 12 percent of our country's population and 13 percent of drug users. Nevertheless, they accounted for 33 percent of all drug-related arrests, 62 percent of drug-related convictions and 70 percent of drug-related incarcerations.
The country's concerted crackdown on drugs -- and the imposition of increasingly harsh punishment for illicit usage, importation, and distribution -- probably owes its genesis to the appointment in 1930 of Harry Anslinger as the commissioner of the newly created United States Narcotics Bureau. He started a media campaign to classify marijuana as a dangerous drug. For example, he wrote a major article titled "Marihuana, the Assassin of Youth." It was rife with accusations that marijuana was responsible for encouraging murder, suicide, and insanity. Anslinger's campaign was wildly successful. Before he took office only four states had enacted prohibitions against non medical usage of marijuana--California (1915), Texas (1919), Louisiana (1924), and New York (1927) -- but by 1937 46 of the nation's then 48 states had banned marijuana.
Since then Congress has enacted a spate of comprehensive anti-drug laws with strict penalties. For example, today one can be sentenced to life for distributing one kilogram of heroin; 40 years for distributing 100 grams, and 20 years for distributing any quantity at all. Nevertheless, this has not stemmed the country's appetite for illicit drugs in spite of every administration's continued "war on drugs" since President Nixon established the Drug Enforcement Agency in 1972, which has grown through the years to a staff of almost 10,000 employees and a budget of $2 billion.
According to data from the 2010 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health, almost 120 million Americans 12 or older -- roughly 47 percent of that population -- reported illicit drug use at least once in their lifetime; 15.3 percent admitted to using an illegal drug in the prior year; and 8.9 percent -- roughly 23 million people -- did it within the prior month. The New York Times recently reported that one out of every 15 high school students smokes marijuana on a near daily basis.
When it comes to sentencing, the main culprit is drugs. About half of the roughly 220,000 criminals in the federal prisons have either brought them into our country, have distributed them here, or have otherwise associated themselves with this illicit activity. This means that probably half of the $6.8 billion of the Bureau of Prisons budget is eaten up by incarcerating the criminal druggies. Half of the prison population is there because of drugs, costing us billions of dollars a year to keep them in jail.
Frederic Block has practiced law for 34 years. He was appointed to the federal district court as a judge in 1994 by President Clinton. Block is the author of Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge.


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Veterans Caucus of the AAPA Board of Director Election Results — 2013
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Veterans Caucus Board of Directors: Election results are as follows:
President- Elect 2013-2014
- Mike Gallagher
Director-at-Large 2013-2015
- Miguel Valdez
HOD Delegate 2013-2014
- John Padgett
Bylaws Revision adding Student as a voting meber of the Board of Directors – passed.
Our thanks go out to Steve Lackie, Nancy McLaughlin and Chris Meltzer for throwing their hats in the ring also.
All votes tabulated by De Ann Culmone of Touro University, Las Vegas and verified by Vicki Chan-Padgett and Fred Brace
Vicki Chan-Padgett, PA-C, MPAS
Election Committee – Chair


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I've finally finished our Rock n' Roll Video Game Room and I just love it. The catalyst {besides our upcoming Halloween party} was the hanging of the Union Jack Flag print {from Z Gallerie} last week on the wall where originally stood only two golden stumps.
…and a bunch of fake plastic instruments {that you can see us rocking here} -including our state of the art Dance Dance Revolution pads …oh, we're good 😉
Last month when I was searching for a chair for our master bedroom, my brother {who's married to The818} reminded me of his two vintage modern burgundy chairs that were just sitting in storage at the moment. Thinking I could throw a white slipcover over one to hide the burgundy and match the master, I agreed to take both {the other has been residing in the guest room for the time being}. But when I hung the Union Jack print I realized what a perfect match {style & color wise} the chair would be under it, along with loving the gold next to it. The brick surrounding walls tie in the rusts/reds/burgundies, along with texture. With the approval of our friend Timmy, we had the beginning of our new and improved Video Game Room.
I added the large glorious orchid the husband gave me last month for our anniversary to the stump and a white Mongolian Lamb hair pillow to the chair and the spot was perfect. This was the only corner of the room done yet when our friends came over last Saturday night to watch Brock Lesnar get his face pounded in, where do you think everyone ended up? Right in this room.
Vintage small glass vintage single person ash trays with gold trim where my grandma's
The DJ Hero case resembles a guitar case adding to the rock n' roll feel as well as the sheepskins on the floor
…though those may only be there for the photos ;}
I decided that Monday I'd put the finishing touches on the room and hang our fake plastic guitars on the wall to A. Get them off the floor and B. give it a rock n' roll studio kind of look. Knowing that real guitar hooks would be far too heavy duty for my needs, I googled "how to hang your fake plastic guitars on the wall" and found a post on Fake Plastic Rock with the necessary hardware, went to Osh and found these screw in storage hooksand easily mounted the fake plastic guitars on the wall.
Yes, that's a Mary night light on the wall & yes I used my leopard scarf on the mic stand as an ode to Aerosmith
I brought the second chair in just to see how it would look and it fit perfectly into the little nook under the window {this area used to be a bar but was redone before we moved in} with the second gold stump accompanying it. Because you can see this area from the front door, I hung the "Beatles" fake plastic guitar controller on the wall above the stump to keep the Brit/Rock n' Roll theme alive and found a little burgundy flower pot to house our mammoth collection of drum sticks {we have owned two other complete sets of Rock Band fake instruments, yeah, i know}. This is the husband's new favorite place to sit. When the Keytar is not in use, the husband uses the stump as a desk for his laptop.
I found these tiny little succulents at Osh whilst picking up my guitar mounts & palms and just fell in love. I should have grabbed 10 of them they're so cute! Not really wanting to plant them, I slipped their tiny plastic pots into little frosted votives …which used to be filled Glade Candles 😉 {removing candles from glass votives tip: fill with a little water then pop in the freezer. Once frozen you can take it out and easily pop out the cubed wax/water and you have a clean little votive}
The view from the living room into the game room before . . .
sans the large light …we were filming for Fox sports that day
… and after, with Jesus as the great divider.
The opposite side of the game room still is the same for now – TV, plants, a bit of video game clutter, and may remain for a while. And I haven't found enough great pieces for the 6×6 Expedit Ikea shelves in the living room to my liking to decorate/photograph and post it but I'm gonna have to come up with something before Halloween. For now, I'm really loving our new Rock n' Roll video game room. It's just so fun. I walk by it for no reason at all …just to admire it. lol


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Speed Skating Canada - Long Track Program Director
Speed Skating Canada (SSC) is the National Sport Organization for Speed Skating in Canada.
The Long Track Program Director (LTPD) is a full-time position encompassing responsibilities for the on site management and leadership of Speed Skating Canada's National and Development Long Track programs that operate at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, AB. and the Gaétan Boucher Training Centre in Québec City, QC. The LTPD will be responsible for implementing SSC's strategic plan for on-going success in long track speed skating. The LTPD will play a critical role in ensuring that these ever increasing goals are achieved. This position is based in Calgary but will require travel periods during critical periods of the year.
The LTPD will work closely with Canadian Sport Centres, the Olympic Oval/University of Calgary and the Fédération de patinage de vitesse du Québec (FPVQ)/Ville de Québec to ensure that all necessary resources are delivered to the SSC National and Development Team programs.
Key responsibilities of this position include:
• In association with the SSC Director of Sport and the SSC High Performance Committee Long Track develop and shape the SSC Strategic Plan, including the articulation of multi-year and annual High Performance Program Plans to achieve the established Performance Objectives.
• Lead, monitor the implementation, and evaluate the effectiveness and performances of the National Team Programs and make appropriate adjustments as required.
• Review SSC's technical performance against short and intermediate term plans, provide gap/system analysis & recommendations, and make appropriate adjustments as required.
• Lead, manage and coordinate all coaching, technical and support staff ensuring that their responsibilities, authorities, and accountabilities are clearly defined, understood, carried out, and evaluated.
The LTPD must also have an interest and be motivated to facilitate the implementation of SSC's Long Term Participant and Athlete Development model.
The ideal candidate must have knowledge of the amateur sporting system of Canada and of the programs of SSC's key sports partners. The ideal candidate will have significant high performance experience. Demonstrated management, administrative, and financial control skills will be considered important assets. A significant relationship building, consultative, facilitative and communication approach is required. This individual will possess vision, energy, enthusiasm and the desire to be both a team builder and team player. Bilingualism is an asset.
Job description is available upon request.Please send your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com before April 10, 2010.
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By Daniel Brown, San Jose Mercury News –
SAN FRANCISCO — At peace with a legal process that left him, in his words, "a convicted felon," all-time home run leader Barry Bonds is eager to start a new chapter in his life. Bonds wants a hands-on role coaching Giants players and said he is in talks with upper management about returning to the organization.
Bonds sounded ready to start Monday, indicating he had advice in mind for the team's struggling ace.
"If (Tim) Lincecum wants the answers, I'll give them to him," Bonds said outside the Giants clubhouse before the game.
This was a rare visit to AT&T Park for the seven-time MVP, who was on hand for as part of a charity event for Big Brothers & Sisters of the Bay Area. Earlier in the day, Bonds spoke at the services of Alexis Busch, a former Giants bat girl who died in a boating accident near the Farralon Islands on April 14.
Looking sleek as the result of his new devotion to cycling, Bonds visited with Willie Mays and Lon Simmons in the Giants clubhouse before beckoning the reporters who had been staking him out. "Attack," he joked, waving them over.
What followed was a 30-minute session that alternated between jovial, blunt and philosophical. Bonds was most enthusiastic when talking about a potential role with the Giants, saying he was willing to help anyone from recent draft picks to players on the current roster.
"My expertise is baseball. That's the only role I can have," said Bonds, now 47. He said he has spoken with CEO Larry Baer, but nothing is definite or even imminent. "If you believe that I can contribute and help the organization, then fine. If you don't, I still love you," Bonds said.
Bonds last played in 2007, when he hit the final 28 of his 762 career home runs. Since then, his most notable appearances have come in the courtroom. He appealed his obstruction of justice conviction from April 2011 on one count of giving an evasive answer to a 2003 grand jury investigating illegal steroids distribution.
"Do I have any regrets? What happened, happened. It's there. It is what it is. I live with it," Bonds said. "I'm a convicted felon for obstruction of justice, and that's who I am."
Bonds joked about not having much of a public image even before the trial but acknowledged the legal process took its toll.
"My heart doesn't really sting. It doesn't hurt," Bonds said. "It did for a moment. But you get past it. You have to heal."
After his session with reporters, he joined the broadcast booth and also mingled with fans and posed for photos. He seemed nothing like the surly character who embraced the villain's role during his playing days.
"I created that guy out there for entertainment only. Whether you hated me or liked me, you were there. And I only wanted you there," Bonds said. "I just wanted you to see the show. That was it. All I ever wanted was for people to have a good time and enjoy it."
Bonds, who will be on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in December, shrugged off talk about his chances, saying: "It would be very sad if it didn't happen. That's why I don't need to comment on it. There's really no need."
Bonds stays active these days with his new passion, cycling. He said he has trained with the Bissell team that recently rode in the Tour of California and estimated he has logged as many as 400 miles a week before recent hip and back injuries.
Bonds' slugger physique has given way to a leaner body, as he patted his midsection and said he was down to 212-215 pounds.
"As an athlete you're always looking for something on the edge," Bonds said. "Cycling put me in the hospital a couple times and on the edge—and I like it."
As for baseball, Bonds said that if given a chance to coach, he would focus on small adjustments not overhauls. That goes for Lincecum, who is 2-5 with a 6.41 ERA.
"He's a great pitcher. He doesn't have two Cy Youngs by accident," Bonds said "It's how he deals with it and his preparation. Each year gets tough to figure out things, and you have to make some changes.
"The faster he can do that he'll turn things around. . . . Sometimes you have to go through this to get better. I went through it. We all go through it."


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The official availability of the iPhone 4 is likely to limit such gray market sales, but there's still a reason for iPhone customers in China to buy an iPhone 4 from outside of the country: The iPhone 4 sold in China has been outfitted for censorship.
Stefan Geens, editor of geo-blog Ogle Earth, has posted an analysis of the Chinese iPhone 4 and found that its Maps application will only display the censored version of Google Maps approved by the Chinese government. Apple's Maps application, which comes with every iPhone and cannot be removed, relies on Google Maps.
"The built-in Maps app is crippled," he wrote in a blog post on Sunday. "My phone's base map is hard-wired to Google Maps' censored dataset for China, where the depiction of China's borders complies with the official propaganda of the Chinese government."
Google currently offers a Chinese-government-approved Google Maps (ditu.google.cn) for users in China and an uncensored version for users in Hong Kong (maps.google.com.hk).
With an iPhone 3GS, it would be possible to use the Maps application and see the maps presented to people in America or Europe. One could use a VPN and see the world the way the Chinese government does not want it to be seen. But the Chinese iPhone 4 appears to include localized software that prevents this, inside or outside of China.
There's another difference too: An iPhone 4 that was bought outside of China will serve Safari's Google search bar results based on the device's region format setting (under Settings > General > International). On the Chinese iPhone 4, the region format setting is ignored and all searches submitted through Safari's Google search bar send the user to a Google.cn landing page. The user can still click through to Google's uncensored server in Hong Kong but the extra step isn't the best possible user experience.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment. Google also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Chinese government requires that maps depict its view of the world. Companies that offer mapping services must receive government approval to operate in the country.
Earlier this month, China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping handed out its first Internet map licenses to 31 service providers. Google was not among them. Since March, Google has been reviewing the possibility of offering its map service in China while complying both with map censorship requirements and its pledge not to censor search results in China.


text: Your Makeup Brushes Could Be Ruining Your Complexion 29 October 2019 Lifes-Abundance Clean Beauty & Body (1) Did you know that washing makeup brushes is an important part of your skincare routine? "In addition to collecting product residue, dirt and oil, makeup brushes are a breeding ground for bacteria," according to the American Academy of Dermatology. "This could compromise your complexion—in the form of acne breakouts and rashes—as well as your health." If this isn't compelling enough, washing makeup brushes will also help you get the best results and help prolong the life of your favorite makeup applicators. Your mission: Use products and practices that won't harm your skin or supplies! The good news is that it's simple to incorporate brush cleaning into your weekly routine. Immediately after applying your makeup in the morning, follow this quick guide to clean your makeup brushes effectively. By the evening, your brushes will be clean, dry and ready to help you sparkle! How clean your makeup brushes: Using a gentle detergent like Castile soap, create a soap and water mixture Swirl the bristles into the mix Rinse thoroughly with the bristles pointing down, avoiding the head where the brush is glued to the handle Shake, then gently squeeze any excess water and reshape the brush Roll a towel to form a hump so the brushes dry at a slight upward angle With clean, dry brushes on hand, the next step is to wash the subject of your masterpiece, your face! To avoid drying the skin, use a gentle facial cleanser, followed by facial moisturizer. If your skin still feels tight, our facial serum can work wonders and serves as a fantastic pre-makeup base. Remember, the cleanliness of your beauty brushes and sponges will affect how your skin reacts. If you have consistent outbreaks and cannot seem to regain your natural glow, it may come down to how often you're washing makeup brushes. Consistency and cleanliness are key! Your Makeup Brushes Could Be Ruining Your Complexion You wash your face everyday, but how often are you washing makeup brushes? Here's a simple way to maintain a daily routine that your skin will appreciate. Tweet


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Taking an environmentally sensitive approach to pest management
During the past extension winter meeting season I said that the drought of 2012 was in our rear view mirror. I had thought that spring 2013 weather had proven me abundantly correct. But, as corn and soybean plants entered critical seed-filling periods this year, drought returned to some parts of Missouri with a vengeance. Figure 1 presents the weekly rain totals during July and August for five Missouri weather stations. To sustain high yields, corn and soybean crops need at least one inch of rain each week. That 1-inch need is indicate by a line.
Unfortunately, weekly rain totals did not exceed one inch in Albany and Columbia in any of the 9 weeks presented. At Novelty and St. Joseph, only one of nine weeks at each of these two stations exceeded the 1-inch weekly total. So, corn and soybean fields in central and north Missouri were under drought stress for nearly the entire grain-filling periods. Perhaps more striking is the number of weeks with no rain. At Novelty, 7 of the 9 weeks had less than 0.05 inch of rain.
As central and north Missouri soils dried, parts of southwest Missouri experienced flooding because of heavy rain. The weather station near Lamar recoded over 6.3 inches of rain fall during the last week of July and the first week of August. However, precipitation during the last three weeks of August totaled just 0.01 inch.
Because the zero rain totals are hard to detect on a graph, I converted the data to departures from the 1-inch need. Figure 2 presents these data. Crop yield potential cannot be maintained with these low rainfall amounts. In fact, plant health is greatly affected. It is not surprising that corn and soybean plants are dying early rather than proceeding through normal maturity.
The worse possible weather scenario for corn and soybean yields is a wet spring and dry summer. Figure 3 presents Columbia weekly rain totals from the first week of April through the last week of August. Large amounts of rain in April and May delayed corn and soybean planting. That planting delay had reduced our yield potentials. Wet springs also mean greater opportunities for root diseases and increased chances of soil compaction. Reduced root health makes the impact from summer drought worse because roots are less capable of extracting water from soil.
As drought first began in Missouri, its effects were easily overlooked. Cool day and night temperatures up until mid-August reduced water evaporation. Visible symptoms of drought stress were not often apparent. When abnormally hot temperatures occurred in late August (and again in September), plants had already removed most the available water stored in soils. The warm temperatures were accompanied with bright sun and low humidity. This combined to increase transpiration from plant leaves and increased water demand. Soils in much of Missouri could not provide water, so crop plants quickly exhibited drought stress.
Yield potentials rapidly declined during late August and continue to be impacted. Last year, a hurricane saved soybean yield in at many Missouri fields. That help will not arrive in 2013. Late planted corn and soybean fields are will suffer the most damage. Unfortunately, the wet spring caused many fields to be planted late. Because drought stress occurred during mid to late summer, the yield component affected most will be seed size. Small corn kernels result in low test weights. Small soybean seeds may not affect test weight, but clearly reduce yields.
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A family fight between a San Diego couple and their 18-year-old daughter turned into a seven-hour SWAT standoff affecting an entire neighborhood.
The high school student, who had been kicked out of her Mira Mesa home, broke into the home around 3:30 p.m. according to officials.
"The daughter at one point pulled a knife. The parents ran out of the house," San Diego Police Lt. Mark Bennett said.
Dozens of SWAT and police officers stormed the neighborhood near the home on Clover Circle. The first officers on scene reported hearing the racking of a shotgun owned by the father.
"We went very slowly on this. We didn't want to force any kind of confrontation," Bennett said.
Several hours into the standoff, the SWAT team fired pepper balls into the house. All utilities were shut off, including water, gas and electric.
Hours of negotiations through a phone they sent in and from a bullhorn outside finally yielded the result police wanted. Crisis negotiators were able to coax the suspect out around 10:30 p.m.
The area was closed to traffic, and dozens of residents had to be evacuated. The ordeal rattled the nerves of neighbors.
"The ones closer seemed a little bit scared," Nicolei Ramos said. "They either went straight in the house when police told them to evacuate, or some went away from the general area."
The young woman's name has not been released.
A classmate described her demeanor in math class, although he said she wasn't at school on the day of the standoff.
"She doesn't really go to math class a lot of times, like she shows up rarely doing anything in class, she doesn't pay attention or anything," said Willy Hua, a sophomore at Scripps Ranch High School.
Police said there was a shotgun, a handgun and a rifle inside the house, but the teenager was never armed during the standoff.
No one was injured during the standoff.
The teen may face criminal charges and will likely receive psychological treatment.


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Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program
The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), funded through the State of Washington's Department of Early Learning and the City of Seattle, offers part-day and full-day, high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate preschool services for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds and their families. The primary goal is to help participating children develop the skills they need to be ready for school and acquire a passion for lifelong learning. Families have access to information, resources, and training that support them in moving towards their individual and family goals.
ECEAP also acknowledges that families are their child's first teacher and it is important that families have access to information and resources that help support their child's development.
Each ECEAP site is unique and may offer a part-day preschool or full-day integrated services. Part-day programs provide three to four hours of instruction for children, four to five days a week from September to May/June. Full-day programs provide full day care for working families as well as preschool, five days a week from September to May/June. Teachers provide daily opportunities for children to improve skills in language and literacy, math, science, social studies, arts, physical, social and emotional development.
ECEAP provides:
- Nurturing staff who are well trained in how to foster each child's sense of security, confidence and readiness for kindergarten
- Developmentally and culturally appropriate classroom activities designed to support the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of each child
- Health, nutrition and developmental screenings to support healthy growth and development
- Inclusive services for children with disabilities
- A safe and healthy environment for children
- Additional support for families including parent education and referrals for needed resources
DEEL provides funds to non-profit, community-based organizations operating ECEAP classrooms. Funding is provided by the Washington State Department of Early Learning and the City of Seattle.
Eligibility and Application Information
Part-day ECEAP preschools are located in numerous locations in Seattle. Full-day ECEAP Preschools are located in licensed child care centers in Seattle. Payment assistance may be available if families need help paying for a full-day program through the Working Connections Child Care or City of Seattle Child Care Assistance Program.
- Children must be three or four years old by August 31 of the participating year
- Families must live or work in Seattle city limits
- Families must be within the income limits below
- Programs are located throughout Seattle
- Foster children are eligible
2022-23 Income Limits:
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|-0- to $2,206
|-0- to $2,726
|-0- to $3,245
|-0- to $3,764
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Women play an important part in modern-day Tarvuism. There are female priestmunties and Givilites, as well as women workers in various Tarvuist-run organisations throughout the world.
The Sistema of the Tarvunty is a female only group, who discuss issues of Tarvunic theology. For instance, attitudes towards marriage, children and the female role within the family and the modern world.
There are 300 sistema-manahutty-haynus (members of the Sistema) in total, each of whom can be a member for up to 9 years. Their findings are printed up in an official Givil document, known as 'The Sistemic Paradigm', which is published twice a year on May 1st, and June 2nd.
Above: 19th century Women of the Sistema regard the latest copy of the Sistemic Paradigm.


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Tinie Tempah: Style Icon
UK Rappers: Better Dressed?
Why He's A Style IconTinie who? Tempah what? So he may not be a name here (yet), but Nigerian-born British rapper Patrick Junior Chukwuem Okogwu (aka Tinie Tempah) has been topping the charts across the pond. And like his pair of No. 1 singles that waver between old-school sounds and more modern arrangements (like a collaboration with American-Swedish rock vocalist Eric Turner), Tinie's contrasting taste in fashion trends does much the same. He's one part '80s throwback (reinterpreted through the eyes of a new generation that didn't live through the tragedy of stonewashing and shoulder pads), one part geek chic, and 100% style noteworthy.
Case in point: Tinie's plaid shirt-Fair Isle vest-distressed denim-sneaker ensemble. We caught a glimpse of it last December during his red carpet crawl at London's Jingle Bell Ball. The shirt was buttoned straight to the top — something we've been seeing lately from the fashion-forward set who are pushing the clock back 25 years for inspiration. Tinie then topped it off with a fitted down vest. And though the look could have easily gone lumberjack (which, frankly, wouldn't have been all that bad based on the recent love affair with woodsmen witnessed on the runways), his ensemble took an unexpected turn toward the streets with worn-in jeans and vintage Nike mid-tops in mustard yellow. And the geek chic? Well, if the shirt wasn't sufficient, Tinie's signature thick-rimmed Ray-Ban eyeglasses should definitely be enough to trip the nerd alarm.
Dress The Tempah WayThis rising star's secret is an unabashed willingness for risk. But everything is carefully calculated by dividing the ensemble into two easily digestible halves. Below the belt, the story tends to be consistent: dark-wash denim and retro sneakers. Think of it as the canvas for an infinite number of looks. Whether it's a button-down or a basic white tee, Tinie Tempah layers with tailored pieces like vests, retro track jackets or sleek, slim-lined blazers. The result is at once cool, quirky and, best of all, far easier to achieve than you probably thought.
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Ohio History
The land we call Ohio today was part the Northwest Territory that the United States won by defeating the British in the Revolutionary War. Ohio was admitted into the Union as the 17th state in 1803. The state gets its name from the river that forms its southern border. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The capital of the "Buckeye State" is Columbus, and, not surprisingly, the state tree is the buckeye. Highly populated, Ohio is situated between the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest, and is known for the fact that eight presidents were either born or lived there. The flower is the scarlet carnation.
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Fostoria Area Sports
1900 : Fostoria High School's first football championship of the century would have to wait another season, but the team did go 7-1, losing only to Toledo Central.
1901 : Fostoria High School's football team was named champion of northwest Ohio. The team, coached by Lynn St. John, for whom Ohio State would later name its arena, outscored its opponents 128-28 while going 5-2-1.
1902 : Fostoria won its first state football championship, outscoring its opponents 270-5. This was the first year the playing field in back of the high school was used.
1903 : Fostoria was again named football champion of northwest Ohio. The redmen were coached by Kitto Carlisle, a star football player from Kenyon College.
1904 : Fostoria's football team outscored its opponents 173-39 while going 5-4-1 in its last season under Carlisle.
1905 : Fostoria won another northwest Ohio championship, going 9-3.
1906 : Fostoria took another state championship under first-year coach Homer L. Keller.
1907 : L.C. Boles came to Fostoria and coached the Redmen to another state championship. Fostoria scored 368 points that year to its opponents' 11.
1908 : Fostoria claimed another northwest Ohio championship and was one game away from the state championship. The Redmen, who finished 8-1, were defeated by East High of Cleveland.
1909 : No football championships were won for Fostoria this year, however this young team outscored their opponents 187-44 while going 6-2-1.
1910 : Fostoria won the state championship and defeated Columbus North 11-0 on Thanksgiving Day.
1911 : Boles won his fourth state championship, when Fostoria defeated Mansfield 44-0. Fostoria defeated Findlay twice this year, 3-0 and 5-0.
1912 : Fostoria was declared national football champion by defeating Buffalo Central High, the champion of New York State, 74-0, on Thanksgiving Day. This was Boles last year of coaching Fostoria football.
1913 : This football season, which ended with a 5-3 record, was not a great success for Fostoria. George Hatfield, the first team captain, was injured and unable to play. Richard Kelly was second captain, had difficulties with the coach and quit the team. Ada defeated Fostoria for the first time, 22-0.
1914 : Fostoria was named football champion of Michigan and Ohio by defeating Ann Arbor 25-0 on Thanksgiving Day. Fostoria beat Tiffin 112-3 on its way to 548 points for the season.
1915 : Fostoria defeated Wellston 13-7 for the state championship on Thanksgiving Day. This was G.M. Trautman's last year at Fostoria.
1916 : Fostoria High School had a girls varsity basketball team for the first time in the history of the school.
1917 : Fostoria and Findlay competed in football for the first time in five years, with sportsmanship problems having suspended the series. The Redmen upset the Trojans 6-0.
1918 : For the first time in seven years, Findlay defeated Fostoria in football, 33-21.
1919 : Fostoria won the Trolley League football championship. The Redmen ended the season with a 10-1 record.
1920 : Fostoria's football team won every game in the Trolley League and the conceded championship of northwestern Ohio by defeating Ada 14-7 on Thanksgiving Day.
1921 : Fostoria's basketball team won Trolley League honors and earned the championship of northwestern Ohio by winning the Heidelberg Tournament.
1922 : Fostoria canceled relations with Findlay High School after an intense football game. There was controversy surrounding a call, after which a referee was roughed up and Findlay coach Bob Fletcher forfeited the game.
1923 : A professional basketball team was organized in Fostoria. It was made up of all Fostoria men and coached by W.H. Ellis.
1924 : St. Wendelin closed its first basketball season with a 12-6 record. The Mohawks advanced to the regional semifinals, where they lost 33-23 to Archbold.
1925 : Fostoria and St. Wendelin both went to the state basketball tournament in Columbus. Fostoria was defeated by Columbus North 34-20, and St. Wendelin got beat 25-15 by Glenford.
1926 : St. Wendelin advanced to Class B district play in basketball, where it lost 31-18 to Liberty Center.
1927 : Ralph H. Hogan, an athlete from the University of Iowa, became Fostoria's football coach and physical director.
1928 : Fostoria athletics were suspended for one year by the state athletic association. Fostoria was charged with bringing in athletes from smaller schools in the vicinity.
1929 : Athletic relations between Fostoria and Findlay resumed when a new league was formed among six northwest Ohio schools.
1930 : Vanlue football, coached by Milo Treece, won the Hancock Title, defeating Van Buren 7-6.
1931 : Fostoria reached the district basketball tournament, where it lost 39-19 to Galion.
1932 : St. Wendelin reached the Class B district basketball tournament, where it was edged 32-31 by Castalia.
1933 : St. Wendelin tied Norwalk St. Paul for the League of Six Nations title.
1934 : St. Wendelin defeated Fostoria 28-18 to win the city basketball championship.
1935 : Fostoria captured the city championship by defeating St. Wendelin 25-14, the Redmen's second win over the Mohawks that season.
1936 : Semi-professional baseball came to town when the St. Louis Cardinals chose Fostoria to receive their backing. The team was called the Red Birds.
1937 : Fostoria's basketball team went to the district semifinals, where it lost 38-21 to Lima Central.
1938 : Fostoria finished its football season with a perfect 10-0 record and was ranked second in the state by the Associated Press, trailing only Massillon Washington.
1939 : Fostoria went to the Class A district basketball final, where it lost 35-19 to Findlay.
1940 : Fostoria reached the district basketball semifinals, where it fell 38-31 to Findlay.
1941 : Kenny Herman was hired as St. Wendelin's football coach in September.
1942 : Fostoria High School's football team went 6-2-1 under coach Ike Trubey and earned a share of the Buckeye League title.
1943 : Fostoria captured the city basketball title by defeating St. Wendelin 54-36.
1944 : Bascom's Bruce King won the boys Class B shot put championship with a throw of 47-7.75.
1945 : St. Wendelin finished the best basketball season in school history at 18-3 with a win in the consolation game of the state Class B sectional tournament.
1946 : The Fostoria High School football team claimed its fifth straight win, a 26-7 victory over Findlay, to finish the season at 6-2 and forge a three-way tie for the Buckeye League championship.
1947 : Fostoria High School lineman Jim Thrailkill was voted to the All-Northwest Ohio football first team.
1948 : Fostoria's Carlos Jackson earned All-Buckeye Conference first team and honorable mention All-Ohio football honors.
1949 : New Riegel's boys basketball team finished second in Seneca County League to Attica.
1950 : New Riegel won its first Seneca County League basketball championship, defeating the Thompson Tigers 63-39.
1951 : Hopewell-Loudon won its first Seneca County League basketball championship by beating Attica 68-45.
1952 : The Fostoria Athletic Board considered banning all live broadcasts of sporting events due to a large loss in admission revenues. The first tape-recorded sporting event was aired on WFOB this year.
1953 : Jim Tucker represented Fostoria in the Class A state track and field championships, placing second in the 120-yard high hurdles and third in the 180-yard low hurdles.
1954 : Fostoria advanced to the sectional basketball semifinals, but was defeated 60-51 by Oregon Clay.
1955 : Fostoria placed sixth in the regional wrestling tournament by scoring nine points.
1956 : Seven Fostoria wrestlers competed in the state wrestling meet, but only Clyde Jeter was able to score, by winning his first match.
1957 : Hopewell-Loudon's basketball team, coached by Harry Groman, won the Seneca County League with a 7-1 league record.
1958 : Hopewell-Loudon reached the Class A regional basketball final, where it fell 63-53 to Holmes-Liberty.
1959 : St. Wendelin finished with its first undefeated football record. It was the best season in the 35 years the Mohawks had been playing the sport.
1960 : Hopewell-Loudon finished as runners-up in the Mansfield district of the Class A basketball tournament. They were defeated by Lykens, 52-46.
1961 : St. Wendelin football won the Seaway Conference football championship in its second undefeated season, going 9-0-1.
1962 : St. Wendelin went 20-3 in boys basketball, reaching the Class A district, where it lost 62-52 to Miller City.
1963 : Fostoria shared the Great Lakes League football championship with Oregon Clay. The Redmen ended the season with a 7-2-1 record and were the first FHS team in 20 years to win more than six games.
1964 : Hopewell-Loudon's boys basketball team advanced to the Class A regional final, where it lost 83-54 to Celina.
1965 : Elmwood won its first Northern Lakes League football title, posting a 7-1 league mark.
1966 : Frank Ferguson became the first Fostoria runner to score a point in the state track and field meet. He finished the 880-yard run in 1:57.8 while taking fifth place.
1967 : Tom Shrider of Lakota tied for best time in the qualifying round of the 180-yard low hurdles at the state track meet.
1968 : Hopewell-Loudon reached regional play in basketball before falling 71-53 to Wynford.
1969 : New Riegel's Larry Gase got a base hit and drove Paul Gnepper home to give the Blue Jackets the state baseball championship by a 1-0 count over Bridgeport.
1970 : Lakota's boys cross country team, coached by Myron Cline, won the Class AA state championship. The Raiders, who scored only 84 points, were led by Rex Brockschmidt, who finished second with a time of 10:07.
1971 : Vanlue's boys' basketball team made it to regionals before losing 56-47 to Crestview.
1972 : Fostoria's football team finished with a 9-1 record, the Great Lakes League championship and a top-10 state ranking.
1973 : Tony Newlove, Tony Rathburn and Ed Heiser represented Fostoria High School in the state. All, however, lost their opening matches.
1974 : Randy Lowmaster finished third in the state pole vault for Fostoria. FHS had a total of eight points in the state track and field championships.
1975 : Fostoria's Tony Newlove won the Class A-AA state wrestling championship.
1976 : Arcadia's Jeff Crow won the state Class A wrestling championship at 155 pounds.
1977 : Fostoria's boys finished ninth at the state cross country meet. Chuck Pullom finished third for the Redmen, with a time of 12:27
1978 : Arcadia's Anna Hitchings, Linda Nau, Cathy Dray and Miriam Boes posted a meet-record time of 1:45.7 while winning the state Class A 880 medley relay championship.
1979 : Fostoria had two athletes win a Class AA state track and field championship. Joe Johnson won the long jump, with a leap of 21-3 and Chuck Pullom won the 880 run in 1:56.4.
1980 : Three Fostoria High School wrestlers came away with top-six finishes in the state meet. Josh Goddard placed fifth at heavyweight, while Clayton Moore (185) and John Marshall (138) each finished sixth.
1981 : Brian Brooks of Arcadia claimed the Class A state wrestling championship at 175 pounds.
1982 : St. Wendelin capped an 11-2 season by reaching the Class A state championship football game, where it lost 14-7 to Newark Catholic. Arcadia had a state Class A high jump champion in Kelly Deibley, who cleared 5-4.
1983 : Arcadia's Cassie Walters won the Class A state high jump championship with a leap of 5-5.
1984 : The Midland Atlantic League was formed, consisting of St. Wendelin, Hopewell-Loudon, Seneca East, North Baltimore, Bettsville, New Riegel, Old Fort and Fremont St. Joseph.
1985 : Fostoria's girls' 1,600 relay team finished second at state. Caroline Alexander, Laura Hoppe, Wendy Kirian and Brenda Cousin finished with a time of 3:57.75
1986 : Senior Jamie Baker won St. Wendelin's first state championship in any sport, taking a heavyweight championship by an 8-3 count in the final over McComb's Harold Lora.
1987 : A victory in the 400 relay in 49.9 by Nancy Gilbert, Jennifer Scherger, Lisa Lucius and Diane Carlo and Tammy Stahl's winning shot put effort of 43-5 led the way as coach Gary Scherger's Lakota team won the Class AA state track and field championship. Lakota also had an individual boys champion, as Joe McKown won the 3,200 in 9:12.01.
1988 : Fostoria High School's Maco Gonzales won the Division II 103-pound state championship. He defeated Medina Highland's Todd Hill 7-4 in the championship match.
1989 : Fostoria High School's football team won the Great Lakes League championship and gained the Associated Press' top state ranking in Division II before its 13-1 season ended with a 21-14 loss to Cleveland St. Joseph in the state championship game.
1990 : Fostoria advanced to the Division II state semifinals before finishing a 9-4 campaign with a 21-8 loss to St. Mary's Memorial.
1991 : Fostoria completed its 14-0 football "mission" by winning the Division II state football championship by a 21-6 count over Uniontown Lake in front of a record crowd of 15,352 spectators at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon. A key to the season was the state Mr. Football-winning performance of senior quarterback Derek Kidwell.
1992 : St. Wendelin's Geoff Fielder won the Division III state shot put championship with a throw of 56-2.
1993 : The New Riegel boys basketball team finished its season as Division IV runner-up. The Blue Jackets beat Lynchburg-Clay 71-67 in the state semifinals before 70-54 to Fort Loramie in the state title game.
1994 : Hopewell-Loudon's volleyball team advanced to the Division IV state tournament for the first time. The Lady Chieftains' run ended with a 15-4, 15-11 loss to St. Henry.
1995 : Hopewell-Loudon's volleyball team went a step further, reaching the Division IV state final. The Lady Chieftains finished as runner-up to St. Henry, falling 15-9, 15-7 in the title match.
1996 : Dick Kidwell coached Fostoria to a 13-1 record and a Division II state championship in his last year in charge of the football team. The Redmen defeated Akron Buchtel 14-6.
1997 : Senior Jessie Sheeran became the first Fostoria High School individual to repeat as a state champion, winning the Division II state discus title with a toss of 134-2.
1998 : Hopewell-Loudon repeated as Division IV state volleyball champions, defeating Ridgedale 15-1, 14-16, 15-7 in the championship match, and finishing the season with a perfect 20-0 record.
1999 : Fostoria High School's Cory Echelberry finished a spectacular senior season by winning the Division II state discus championship with a spectator-scattering, state-record throw of 203-7. Echelberry broke the state Division II record three times during the season.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Ads of Dragon: Crush, Crumble & Chomp
In 1982, there weren't a lot of video games, but, of those that existed, the most interesting ones (to me anyway) were produced by a company called Epyx and, for a time, they seemed to advertise in every issue of Dragon. Take, for example, issue #62 (June 1982):
Looking back, it's possible derivativeness is what interests me. I don't know that the designers of Crush, Crumble & Chomp had in fact played The Creature That Ate Sheboygan, but the fact that it seemed plausible to me speaks volumes about how different the world was back then. In those days, I could readily believe that a computer game designer was a roleplayer or wargamer and looked to those hobbies for inspirations. Nowadays, I usually feel the reverse.
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So that's where the idea for Rampage must have come from :)ReplyDelete
C, C, & C came out before my household got our trusty Apple IIe, but I enjoyed the hell out of its unofficial 1986 sequel, The Movie Monster Game.ReplyDelete
A buddy had it for hs computer. It was a crude game but it did what it claimed it did as well as normal for the era and was enjoyable back in the day.ReplyDelete
It was around this time that my family bought our first computer, a Commodore 64. I have fond memories of coming home from school, popping in the latest cassette tape game (Phantasie, Pogo Joe, etc.), and going to fix myself a snack while waiting the ten minutes or so it would take to "load". Good times. I don't think I ever purchased a game because of a Dragon magazine ad, but I do remember typing in those Basic programs they'd occasionally run (the chi-square one for testing dice comes to mind).ReplyDelete
@Justin, man that takes me back. I had The Monster Movie Game as well. I think the summers of 1986 and 87 were spent in front of my C64.ReplyDelete
/but I don't wanna play outside!
I used to play this all the time when it was out. I was lucky enough to have computers in my life from an early age, even though they never became my thing.ReplyDelete
Later, when I got a Commodore 64 the world of computer games opened up with Mail Order Monsters, Adventure Construction Set, Racing Destruction Set, Temple of Apshai, etc, etc.
- AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM
John Freeman and Jim Connelly, who designed "Crush, Crumble and Chomp" were RPGers.ReplyDelete
From an interview with John Freeman:
"'Starfleet Orion' was at least one of the first published war games--and certainly the first SF or space war game--written on or for a microcomputer: to wit, an 8K Commodore PET.
"'Orion' came about because Jim Connelley, the DM of a D&D game I played in, bought a PET to help him with the bookkeeping chores required of a Dungeon Master."
First computer game I ever played was "Temple of Apshai" on a friend's Apple II (two floppies, no hard drive) around 1979-80. It makes me smile now to think how impressed we were at the time. :)ReplyDelete
Cassette tape games for the C-64. Oh, the memories! First game I played was Avalon Hill's text fantasy adventure Lords of Karma then Telengard. I (or anyone) could actually tap into the Telengard program and make the monsters easier to kill. Fun times before getting involved in the Infocom games.ReplyDelete
I loved Crush, Crumble and Chomp. I recall it being rather difficult to survive but when you are playing the monster, you know that you are in for it anyway.ReplyDelete
If you're curious, you can play it at http://www.virtualapple.org/crushdisk.html.ReplyDelete
the difference between then and now is money. Video games went from being "like RPGs" (hobby productions made for a known social group with common ideas of cool) to "like movies" (too expensive to have the luxury of not playing in Idaho or wherever). So production values follow the money and mindshare follows that.ReplyDelete
Marx wasn't wrong about everything.
Crush, Crumble and Chomp was great (for the time). Very satisfying eating all those terrified people (although you would soon suffer hunger pains again, so perhaps they were not that satisfying after all).ReplyDelete
Although the limited graphics capability of the time meant that it was very difficult to distinguish the mad scientist's helicopter (the distinction was a single flashing block), which almost inevitably lead to your downfall.
[Take a look at the number of designers who in fact entered the emergent computer gaming industry at the time. Paul Jacquay, Greg Costikyan, and Sandy Peterson are only the tip of the iceberg. They brought their experience in both game design (and user-interface design - don't underestimate the flow-on effect that Redmond Simonsen had on the computing industry), to the computer gaming industry when it really needed it.]
I had Crush, Crumble and Chomp for my Atari 800 and played the hell out of it. I have very fond memories of playing this game. The sound effects were really entertaining with the atomic blast distinctive whine and the munching noises you made when you ate people. dhowarth333 commented that the cassette took 10 minutes to load on his Commodore 64. For my Atari, it was more like a half hour, at least. My brother and I would wait what seemed like forever for the game to load, perhaps take in Gilligan's Island while we were waiting. Then we would just leave the computer turned on so that we wouldn't have to load it again.ReplyDelete
I loved C, C & C.ReplyDelete
It was a turn-based "strategy" game. You could design your own monster and then attack New York, Tokyo, or San Francisco. (There may have been more cites, I don't remember.) My monster would always be the giant robot.
Your monster always died in the end. The key was seeing how much of the city you could lay waste to prior to expiring.
I'm amazed a more modern version of the game hasn't been published.
- AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Cloverfield was the unfortunate love child of this monstrosity, I am sure.ReplyDelete
"In those days, I could readily believe that a computer game designer was a roleplayer or wargamer and looked to those hobbies for inspirations. Nowadays, I usually feel the reverse."
Yes, I was just lamenting in my walk with the dog in the park at 5am. We hardly see anyone outside anymore kids would role play before they actually knew it. The advent of the microcomputer/playstation/etc. has stolen this aspect from many kids' lives.
Maybe, I am being a mean daddy but my kids are not going get this technology into the house until they are 17...(10 years from now) and in the meantime, I will monitor their computer use. As Frank Galvin said, in that great film, Television: "Turn it OFF. Is anyone listening? Turn it OFF." the same rule applies to all media save some of the more active pastimes.
I know, James, you have indicated that you are not intent on raising the next generation of gamers but if we are to avoid what I encountered at a 4e Game, in which the DM had to pause for a "Role Playing Moment" - What The Flowers...we are rather doomed to have our imaginations stolen from us. Games and stories will continue but become ever scripted. It is a frightening future.
Fortunately, we can lead the charge against it. So, I am not trying to recruit anyone into the RPGLF or RPGLO but we got stop fighting each other and start creating and sustaining umbrella organizations to support our hobby.
@referee - what are RPGLF and RPGLO?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 1:45 PM
"Pst, come over here away from this light...what's the password?" asks Referee.ReplyDelete
"Gygax sacked Bilbo in the Bag Ends, while, drinking Stout minding his Harfoot. Whilst the Halfling cried, "Hey there, Tall fellow mind your feet..." sez you.
"Ok, you are legit. Role Playing Gamer Liberation Front & RP Gamer Liberation Organization. Jeez, don't they teach the younger generation anything in schools these days..." replies Referee.
In those days, I could readily believe that a computer game designer was a roleplayer or wargamer and looked to those hobbies for inspirations. Nowadays, I usually feel the reverse.ReplyDelete
Well, you're only half right. I work at a large video game company working on an fantasy MMO, and every Thursday night I stay late to run my after-hours B/X game for a group of coworkers. Recently we've had to contend for space with the guys playing Gurps. There's also a group playing Warhammer FRPG and I believe 4e and Pathfinder games have both been played but I'm not plugged into the newer stuff so I don't know if they're run regularly. I don't believe I've ever been surrounded by so many roleplayers and war-gamers, even in college, as I am at this company.
That said, do the designers (I'm an engineer) look to these games for inspiration? Well, I suspect yes and no. Obviously the fantasy RPG video game genre owes quite a lot to table top RPGs. However, I believe we all know that table top and video games are two very different beasts, and designers regularly look for ways to leverage the unique qualities of our medium to do things you could or would not want to do in a table top game.
It's a lesson I fear WotC failed to learn. I wish they tried harder to emphasize the qualities unique to table top rather than trying to ape features that may have been designed specifically for a different medium.
Thanks for the link, Matthew. I'm going to go there now and play me some Ogre. That and Temple of Apshai were the first computer games I ever played.ReplyDelete