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Lady Gaga's 9-minute video featuring Beyoncé is steeped in weirdness and shock value. Behind the strange aesthetic, however, lies a deeper meaning, another level of interpretation. The video refers to mind control and, more specifically, Monarch Programming, a covert technique profusely used in the entertainment industry.
Just when I thought I'd written everything I had to write about Lady Gaga, Telephone comes out. An inevitable deluge of e-mails instantly followed, demanding an article about it. So I watched the video and, gosh darn it, the people who wrote those e-mails were right. There are, yet again, a whole bunch of Illuminati/mind control symbols in Lady Gaga's latest video. I can't say I was surprised, however, knowing that Jonas Akerlund co-wrote and directed the video. In the article Lady Gaga, the Illuminati puppet (which I suggest you read before this one), I dissected the Akerlund-directed video Paparazzi and its references to mind-control programming. Telephone acts as a sequel to Paparazzi, where Gaga still plays the role of a mind-controlled drone who kills people. This concept is never openly discussed by the artists when they are asked to explain their videos because it is not meant to be understood by the masses. The hidden meaning of the video actually depicts the elite's contempt for the general population, hence the scene of ritual murder of average Americans in a diner by mind-controlled slaves. Don't know what the hell I'm talking about? Keep reading.
The Hidden Meaning of the Song
When I first heard Telephone on the radio, I thought the song was about Lady Gaga receiving phone calls from an annoying dude while she's out in a club. I could already picture a video of Gaga on a dance floor not answering her cell phone. I've imagined this video because I was interpreting the song at its face value and going by its literal meaning like most people do. Akerlund's video has however infused a second, deeper meaning to the song, giving it an entirely new dimension. In an interview with E! Online, Gaga herself explained this fact:
"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a commentary on fame culture. In its own way, even at certain points working with Jonas Åkerlund, the director of both videos really achieved this high art quality in the way that it was shot. I wanted to do the same thing with this video—take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper."
– Source
In the video, the "telephone" is a metaphor for Gaga's brain and the fact that she is not answering that phone (her brain) means that she has "dissociated" from reality. Dissociation is the ultimate goal of Monarch mind control. It is induced by traumatizing events, such as electroshock therapy or torture, to force the victim to dissociate from reality. This enables the handlers to create in the victim an alter personality that can be programmed to perform various tasks, such as carrying out an assassination.
"Trauma-based mind control programming can be defined as systematic torture that blocks the victim's capacity for conscious processing (through pain, terror, drugs, illusion, sensory deprivation, sensory over-stimulation, oxygen deprivation, cold, heat, spinning, brain stimulation, and often, near-death), and then employs suggestion and/or classical and operant conditioning (consistent with well-established behavioral modification principles) to implant thoughts, directives, and perceptions in the unconscious mind, often in newly-formed trauma-induced dissociated identities, that force the victim to do, feel, think, or perceive things for the purposes of the programmer. The objective is for the victim to follow directives with no conscious awareness, including execution of acts in clear violation of the victim's moral principles, spiritual convictions, and volition.
Installation of mind control programming relies on the victim's capacity to dissociate, which permits the creation of new walled-off personalities to "hold" and "hide" programming. Already dissociative children are prime "candidates" for programming".
– Ellen P. Lacter, Ph.D., The Relationship Between Mind Control Programming and Ritual Abuse
Gaga's brain as a non-answering telephone is represented in two separate occasions during the video:
So in the context of the video, the telephone is Gaga's mind and the dance club is representative of her dissociative state, the "magical place" mind-controlled slaves are trained to escape to during traumatic events.
"Hello, hello, baby
You called, I can't hear a thing.
I have got no service
in the club, you say, say
Wha-Wha-What did you say, huh?
You're breaking up on me
Sorry, I cannot hear you,
I'm kinda busy.
K-kinda busy
K-kinda busy
Sorry, I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy."
By "kinda busy", Gaga means she has dissociated from reality. Real life is calling her brain but she "has no service", she's not there. The chorus pretty much epitomizes this concept.
"Stop callin', stop callin',
I don't wanna think anymore!
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.
Stop callin', stop callin,
I don't wanna talk anymore!
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor."
Gaga is not thinking or talking for herself anymore, her head and her heart have been dissociated from her core personality due to Monarch programming.
Video Analysis
The video is a Quentin Tarentino-esque short film which is heavily inspired by Thelma and Louise and peppered with tons of product placements and transvestites. That surely wasn't the video I was picturing when I first heard that song. From the comments I've read, the video left many fans confused about its meaning. This is quite understandable, knowing that most viewers have no idea what the song is really about. When the hidden "mind control" meaning is brought to light, the symbolism of the video becomes evident and the storyline becomes more coherent. I will now attempt to go through the many symbolic scenes of the video and explain their occult meaning.
The video starts with Gaga entering the "Prison for Bitches". So, yeah, I know, she addressed that hermaphrodite rumor and many think it was the most hilarious thing ever. I've never really cared about those gossipy rumors so I won't elaborate on them.
In the prison yard, Gaga walks around chained up and wearing sunglasses made of lit cigarettes.
Gaga then sits down and "gets busy" with a weird-looking inmate, but is interrupted by a phone call. She seems to be enjoying a special status in the jail … maybe due to the fact that she is a slave only obeying orders … and that she is needed again.
Gaga is then bailed out by Beyoncé and leaves prison. Inside the car, Gaga and Beyoncé engage into a highly dissociative conversation. It basically sounds like dialogue between two mind-controlled slaves. The phrase "Trust is like a mirror. You can fix it if it's broke but you can still see the crack in the motherfucker's reflection" can refer to a cheating boyfriend and can also refer to the permanent damage caused by the fragmenting of one's personality in mind control.
The dynamic duo then enters an all-American, good ol'-fashioned diner. Beyoncé meets with probably the biggest douche in the universe (played by Tyrese Gibson) and proceeds to poison him. At this point, Gaga comes out of the kitchen with poisoned honey and serves it to the customers.
The mass murder begins … people eat up Gaga's poisoned honey and die. Does this represent the Illuminati elite poisoning the masses with toxic media?
The entire clientele of the all-American diner gets poisoned and dies. You might have noticed the emphasis on "bees" and "honey" during the entire video. Gaga calls Beyoncé "Honey Bee". She also serves poisoned honey to the diner's customers. What does this signify? Beyoncé and Gaga's poisonous honey is actually their music and videos, which are served to the general public through mass media. You can figure out the rest.
While the customers are agonizing and dying, Beyoncé puts on the Mickey Mouse sunglasses, the same glasses worn by Gaga in Paparazzi while killing her boyfriend.
In both videos, the singers wore the glasses during the killings, hinting at the fact that they are programmed to execute the poisonings. As stated in previous articles, Mickey Mouse ears or designs often occultly refer to mind control, probably because Disney films were known to be used on MK slaves during their programming.
Gaga and Beyoncé then start dancing in "patriotic" outfits surrounded by the lifeless bodies of dead Americans … pretty disturbing. In her interview with E! Online about Telephone, Gaga stated she wanted to take
"the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that was more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are."
– Source
Is that what she meant?
To sum up the situation in the diner, we have Lady Gaga and Beyoncé dancing around dead people and singing about the fact they are dissociative mind-controlled drones.
"Can call all you want,
but there's no one home,
and you're not gonna reach my telephone!"
Gaga and Beyoncé finally flee the crime scene. Gaga is then shown in front of the Pussy Wagon wearing a leopard-print suit, a reference to "sex kitten" programming.
BETA. Referred to as "sexual" programming. This programming eliminates all learned moral convictions and stimulates the primitive sexual instinct, devoid of inhibitions. "Cat" alters may come out at this level.
-Ron Patton, Project Monarch
In the final scene, Gaga and Beyoncé prance around wearing dresses by Emilie Pirlot. Beyoncé's black dress and the veils hint to the ritualistic nature of the murders.
Illuminati Signs
As stated in previous articles, the hiding of one eye and the "a-ok" sign (which seemingly means 666 in the music industry) are flashed by all Illuminati artists, apparently to show their allegiance. There is a truckload of them in this video.
One Eye Hidden
A-Ok Handsign
Electroshock Therapy
Electroshock therapy is the main tool employed by mind control handlers to induce dissociation and fragmentation in the victims. This horrifying practice has been referred to several times in Gaga's works. Here are two examples.
Manifesto of Little Monsters
In this interlude video of the Monster Ball Tour, Gaga clearly gets electroshocked:
David Lachapelle Photoshoot
Another instance where Gaga gets electroshock therapy.
In Conclusion
Telephone is yet another Lady Gaga product permeated with references to mind control and Illuminati symbolism. Gaga's "commentary" on today's youth is certainly not a positive one. The video basically says: America is ready to eat any poisonous crap the elite serves them, and that is accomplished through controlled puppets. I will now pre-address comments I'm bound to receive:
"How is Lady Gaga mind controlling me? I'm not feeling controlled to do anything"
I am not saying that Gaga is controlling your mind. I'm saying her video is ABOUT mind control. This disturbing theme keeps reoccurring in pop music. What you should ask yourself is this: does mass media shape and mold our society's values and beliefs? Billions of dollars invested yearly in marketing say yes.
"Your articles are a form of mind control."
Someone voicing an opinion on a website is not a form of mind control. Quite to the contrary, it is a freedom guaranteed by the first amendment. To compare this article to the ritual abuse mind control victims have to go through is a total aberration. If you were forced to read out loud this article numerous times while being deprived of food and sleep, then maybe it could qualify as mind control.
"She is doing it on purpose to piss you off"
I heard this comment when Bad Romance came out and after her Grammy performance, where her hype man alluded to her "mind-controlling music". As much as I would like to believe that I've got that much influence on today's biggest star, I highly doubt that Gaga, her staff, her video directors and her record label with its millions of dollars would concentrate all of their creative efforts to piss off one blogger. The truth is: She was doing this before this site was even online and she keeps doing it now. Her works, like the works of many other pop stars, are part of a greater agenda. It used to focus on exposing the youth to materialism and sexual promiscuity, but it has now expanded to occult symbolism, mind control, and transhumanism.
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Since 1985, Melaleuca has been manufacturing consumable products to help people live healthier, more vibrant lives. Unlike other companies, Melaleuca products refuse to compromise on quality. They are made with only the finest ingredients and a balance of science and nature to make more than 450 wellness products that millions of people around the world use every day.
Melaleuca products aren't just better for your health and safer for the environment. They are also a better value. Because of their super-concentrated formulas and high-quality ingredients, they are much more effective than the diluted, cheaper grocery store brands. And since Melaleuca is a debt-free company that doesn't rely on advertisers, middlemen or shelf space at retail stores, the savings are passed directly to customers like you who enjoy "Exceptional products at reasonable prices."


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Furby returns, iOS app and all: Hands on with the 2012 version
Fourteen years later, Furby emerges again with more expressions and just as much uncontrollable enthusiasm. Can it recapture its lost Furbish glory?
Holiday shopping season is coming. Oh yes, it is. And the new Furby is waiting. Hasbro has redesigned the Furby and is releasing it this fall, complete with complementary iOS apps and a re-engineered body.
I don't choose to believe that the Furby is officially a retro toy. That ages me too much. The original Furby came out in 1998, which somehow adds up to 14 years ago. I missed Furbymania completely (I was in grad school), but for both newcomers and the Furby-nostalgic Hasbro is readying its first new Furby product since the days of Y2K. The name? It's still just Furby. And one has arrived at our CNET offices.
The new version is newly revamped, more robotic, and studded with motors and sensors than its 1998 counterpart. It's also considerably more crazy-eyed: twin brightly-lit LED screens with mechanical eyelids animate with a variety of expressions and even quirky pictograms.
Of course, like all toys in 2012, the new Furby will have its own companion iOS app when it's released this fall. I got to try it in a demo with Hasbro and successfully translated Furby's Furbish language into English and back again. I also made and fed it a variety of foods by flicking them off my phone toward the Furby, who responded in a variety of ways. The app works by sending inaudible sound codes to the Furby (or any other Furbies) nearby.
One Furby works on its own, but multiple Furbies can interact with each other in odd ways, too.
The new Furby has a series of nested personalities than can be unlocked over time. Within minutes of using mine, its eyes started blinking, and it transformed into a "valley girl" type of character. Furbies respond to being shaken or turned, and will dance to music. Honestly, it's as unpredictable as a little kid (I already have one of those, thank you very much).
And, like a kid, there's no off switch, nor is there a volume button. Just like the original Furby, once you insert four AA batteries, it could start talking and bothering you at any time, asking for attention. I quickly found that the best solution was to stick Furby into a dark drawer and wait for it to go silent. I found it efficient, but Furby caretakers would call this cruelty. Of course, you could always take out the batteries, which Hasbro says won't erase the Furby's unique personality evolution like it used to on older versions.
Furby's meant for kids ages 6 and up, and that's because the Furby's more Chuck E. Cheese robot than cuddly stuffed animal. Hasbro invites users to shake it and tickle it, but under the fur you can feel the motors and parts.
Furby comes out this fall, and costs $60. Can it compete in a world of robots, apps, and video games? Well, I can at least say this: it's charming.


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As if it's not bad enough that within a few years thousands of drones will be flying in U.S. airspace, now research shows terrorists may be able to turn them into weapons.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that by spoofing a GPS receiver on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) anyone with the right tools and know-how can take over control of a drone and make it do their bidding. Their findings were first reported by Fox News.
GPS jammers are most commonly used to mess with tracking or navigation systems, as may have been the case when Iran took down a U.S. spy drone in December. Spoofers, on the other hand, are far more advanced and can control the navigation of a drone via distorted information that looks authentic.
Using a $1000 spoofer with a signal more powerful than the one coming from satellites, Professor Todd Humphreys and his team at the Radionavigation Laboratory were able to hack into a small surveillance drone and change its route and behavior. Their research also suggests detection methods for spoofing attacks.
"In five or ten years you have 30,000 drones in the airspace," Humphreys told Fox. "Each one of these could be a potential missile used against us."
Indeed, under the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, signed into law in February, the FAA has to allow the use of UAVs by a wide range of private, commercial, and government organizations. These entities could do things such as track fugitives, patrol borders, scout property, transport things, manage traffic, monitor crops, manage land, and more.
Privacy Concerns
Privacy advocates have raised alarms and say that drones equipped with high-tech imaging and listening capabilities will be able to conduct unprecedented surveillance of civilians.
In a letter sent to the FAA in April U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) note that many drones can carry video cameras, infrared thermal imagers, radar, and wireless network sniffers. "The surveillance power of drones is amplified when the information from onboard sensors is used in conjunction with facial recognition, behavior analysis, license plate recognition," they wrote.
All of that alone is enough to make a person shudder, but the notion that thousands of drones flying around could be hacked by malefactors is truly terrible.
Humphreys says the government needs to do something about the threat now; if the vulnerability is left unchecked drones could be rerouted to crash into planes or buildings.
One thing is certain, U.S. airways will be getting busier. Check out this map that shows the approximate locations of current and planned Department of Defense unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) activities inside the U.S.
In addition to the privacy and safety concerns involved with these things, one has to wonder about the noise pollution created by 30,000 extra aircraft buzzing around. An official with the Miami-Dade Police Department told the National Journal, "Our drone looks like a flying garbage can, and it sounds like a weed whacker. This thing is very, very noisy. It wouldn't allow you to sneak up on anybody."
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Before the death of Don Cornelius stirred pangs of "Soul Train" nostalgia in the American public, a group of black entrepreneurs already had begun working to revive Cornelius' creation and carry it beyond line dances at parties and television reruns.
What, exactly, can be done with "Soul Train," given that it lasted nearly four decades and is considered an American institution, even though there hasn't been a new episode in six years? Will the soul of "Soul Train" carry on, or drift into history?
Soul Train Holdings LLC, the entity created by NBA legend and entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson when he bought the "Soul Train" library and brand last year, has a lot of ideas. Among them are bringing a "Soul Train" variety show back to television, CEO Kenard Gibbs told The Associated Press. There have been discussions with writers about taking "Soul Train" to Broadway, Gibbs said, and also in the works are film opportunities, potential book deals and, in 2013, the first "Soul Train" cruise.
"The brand itself, we believe, has far, far other entertainment-based tentacles we can stretch," Gibbs said.
During a memorial for Cornelius in Los Angeles last week, Johnson assured Cornelius' son Tony, "The brand that your father has created will last a lifetime."
Black Entertainment Network LLC, BET, and Centric TV, a BET Network, also has rights to the Soul Train brand and name, and have revamped the Soul Train Awards, which have aired on BET Networks since 2009. The awards show has been the network's second highest-rated special, said Paxton Baker, Centric executive vice president and general manager.
Baxter said the show has held its own and plans are under way for a tribute to Cornelius for this year's show, planned for broadcast Nov. 25, keeping its Sunday-after-Thanksgiving air date tradition, on BET and Centric.
"For our part, it was a great brand and made a lot of sense for us to go out and acquire the brand and put our stamp on it," Baker said.
There are some 1,100 hours of "Soul Train" episodes and specials, many of which have only aired once on television. Some are posted on the "Soul Train" website, reminding viewers of celebrities' past lives.
Talk show host Jay Leno recently reminded star athlete Johnson, that even he once grooved on the iconic show's dance floor. Leno aired a clip of a younger, slimmer Johnson towering over the other dancers with moves best described as bouncing, and jokingly asked if Johnson bought "Soul Train" "just so you could burn that tape?"
There is no shortchanging the impact that "Soul Train" still has today. "Soul Train" lines ? some impromptu, some organized ? popped up around the country in honor of Cornelius after his death Feb. 1. Well before Cornelius died, they were a staple at weddings or other festive gatherings, and even found their way into movies such as Spike Lee's "Crooklyn" in 1994 and the family holiday story "This Christmas" in 2007.
"What 'Soul Train' did was to make it so visible and make it almost a ritual for black America," said Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke University.
In the 1970s, "Soul Train" alone provided a national, weekly showcase for R&B artists, black culture and fashion, and gave advertisers an entr?e to the black consumer market. By the '80s, mainstream audiences moved on while African Americans stuck with the show, said Christopher Lehman, author of "A Critical History of Soul Train on Television."
"As a result, mainstream audiences begin to see 'Soul Train' as a show that is a relic of the '70s just because it hadn't been showing music that was popular with the mainstream since the '70's, even though the music had been popular with African Americans all along," Lehman said.
The success of "Soul Train" success got many others in the game, some that had far more resources to devote to the programming, said Marc Lamont Hill, associate professor of education at Columbia University and an expert on the hip-hop generation. "Soul Train" had to compete with video shows on BET that broadcast black artists, and eventually MTV and VH-1. A plethora of awards shows also provide competition, including the BET Awards.
Now, Hill said, the entertainment culture has shifted, where shows featuring black culture are no longer owned solely by African Americans, he said.
"To some extent Soul Train's legacy is partially dependent on people who didn't create it, who may not be as committed to the culture as its original creators," Hill said.
Gibbs acknowledged that it is not easy to continue a television show's brand beyond its lifetime on television ? and there are few shows that have. But he said he's certain it can happen for "Soul Train."
"I think that dance, fashion and music, the best of music, are really the tent poles for 'Soul Train' going forward. I believe those things are enduring just as the ideas and ideals of love, peace and soul are enduring," Gibbs said.
Whatever the future of the show and its progeny, black independent media ? what was the "germ" of "Soul Train" ? are increasing their foothold in American mainstream culture, Neal said. Radio show producers Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden and Issa Rae, creator of the Web-produced show "The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl" are carrying on the "Soul Train" legacy and "all benefitting from something Don Cornelius set in motion with Soul Train," Neal said.
"When all is said and done, he wanted to be able to present black acts on television on what he saw as its most organic context …. He understood correctly there was an interest for that well beyond black communities," Neal said.
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Online: Soul Train: http://www.soultrain.com
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Black Entertainment Television: http://www.bet.com


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§57-4-2. Taking and certification of depositions -- Out-of state and in foreign countries.
On affidavit that a witness resides out of this state, or is out of it in the service thereof, or of the United States, or is out of this state and for justifiable reasons will probably be out of this state until after the trial of the case in which his or her testimony is needed, his or her deposition may be taken by or before any justice, notary public or other officer authorized to take depositions in the state wherein the witness may be, or, if the deposition is to be taken in a foreign country, by or before such commissioner or commissioners as may be agreed upon by the parties or appointed by the court, or, if there be none such, by or before any American minister, plenipotentiary, charge d'affaires, consul general, consul, vice consul, consular agent, vice deputy consular agent, commercial agent or vice commercial agent, appointed by the government of the United States, or by or before the mayor or other chief magistrate of any city, town or corporation in the country or any notary public therein. Any person or persons taking the deposition may administer an oath to the witness and take and certify the deposition with his or her official seal annexed, and if he or she have none, the genuineness of his or her signature shall be authenticated by some officer of the same state or country, under his or her official seal.


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Ballot spoilage (executive summary)
"Spoiled" ballots (caused by voters doing something invalid) were systematically manipulated, and both handled and encouraged in intentionally biased nonuniform ways, to successfully hand the 2000 US presidential election to Bush and not Gore in Florida 2000.
The problem of ballots "spoiled" by "accident" is really hardly a problem at all (true accidents would tend to cancel out and lead to only a very tiny noise level) – the real problem is
manipulation intended to create biases that do
cancel out. Ballot spoilage is one of several important biasing tools used by contemporary US election manipulators on a massive scale (others include massively unequal voter registration and purging policies).
Range voting
ballot spoilage.
Uniform nationwide standards
for ballot "spoilage" and voter registration should be adopted, instead of allowing individual districts and counties and states to make up their own each election, often on whim or (what is worse) as directed by higher-ups.
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I could end my blog right here, but as my readers know, I tend to write more rather than less, so I will take this subject down one level. Lynne Butler also has a very good blog on this topic and discusses the obscure situation where you may owe income tax on an inheritance.
Where income tax really rears its ugly head in respect of inheritances, is in the taxation of the deceased person. For income tax purposes, a deceased person is deemed to dispose of his or her assets at their fair market value on the date of death. These deemed dispositions can result in an income tax liability for the estate of the deceased, which will reduce the value of the estate and ultimately the inheritance.
Where you have a depreciable asset such as real estate, the deceased may have "recapture" of prior depreciation claimed and a deemed capital gain. However, in cases where the principal residence was the only real estate property of the deceased, there will be no income tax exigible.
Where a deceased person owned multiple real estate properties, such as a home, cottage, vacation property or rental property, the principal residence exemption may be allocated partially to the other properties and thus, the deceased's principal residence could be partially or wholly taxable.
The deceased's estate may also be liable for probate tax; see my blog on probate taxes for more details.
In the United States there is estate tax that can potentially reduce the amount of an inheritance from a US person or a Canadian person with US situs assets.
So in summary, there are no inheritance taxes in Canada, however, there are several taxes that may affect the ultimate inheritance received.


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1995 | "Whereas a lot of my fellow gamers have moved on to the PlayStation, my inability to afford one may be a blessing in disguise: I got this great game called Chrono Trigger. It's from Squaresoft, the company responsible for the Final Fantasy series, and like those games, Chrono Trigger is an epic tale filled with memorable characters, like a free-spirited girl hiding her royal heritage, a sentient robot, a bumbling scientist, a man trapped in the body of a frog, and a primitive catlike cavewoman. The story requires its protagonists to travel through different eras, like pre-history, the Middle Ages, and a post-apocalyptic future. Plus for battles you get all these dual and triple techniques that only certain characters can use together, so there's a lot of strategy involved.
"The time-travel thing might seem like a gimmick, but it's implemented well. As you jump from era to era, you get to see how the environment and even some characters have changed over the course of thousands of years, and the game takes advantage of the narrative possibilities that result when characters from different æons come together. The designers have also included about a dozen different possible endings, so people can play it over and over, something I can think of only a few other games having done. I'll be playing this one for a while, I bet."
2001 | "They've re-released Chrono Trigger for PlayStation and added these cool anime-style cutscenes. That's amazing. The cartoonish æsthetic still looks better than what we get from games that came out a couple of years ago. And there's the emotional resonance of watching the quirky inventor Lucca gain confidence in her talents, the brave hunter gatherer Ayla struggle to protect her tribe from the encroaching Lizard-People, and Glenn the knight fulfill his destiny, even if he's been transformed into a frog. There's a sobering vision of the future where people are just hoping to hang on a little longer without food; you watch helplessly as the event that triggers the planet's doom unfolds. Your hero, Crono, may be the strong silent type, but the story takes him to some places where few other games will go these days. This Chrono Trigger is surprisingly melancholy and tragic, and there are endings that don't conclude on a high note. It's a bold story, and still one of the best games I've played."
2009 | "This new remake of Chrono Trigger is the exact same game I remember playing and loving all those years ago. They've even kept those cutscenes from the PlayStation version. They claim to have updated some translations, but I don't remember the original dialogue well enough to say. The combat is still enjoyably simple and the story still resonates. This game was years ahead of its time, and it's held up better than most of its contemporaries. Square may get a lot of flak for remaking its own games, but not much has come out since Chrono Trigger's original release that's this good. An unaltered classic is still a classic, and when a game is this fun, engrossing, and moving, I will play it every time I have an opportunity."
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I recently looked up the number to David's Shoe Repair on Seventh Street. His hours can be a little irregular, so...
Anyway, I get the Yelp listing... and I spotted the two reviews...
The one-star review!
Renee C.
New York, NY
seriously, what the hell is wrong with this old guy? since this is the closest shoe repair place to my apartment, i head over eagerly with my favorite pair of black boots in tow. i arrive in the store and innocently show him the boots and ask him if they are repairable. the old guy takes one look at my boots (which are admittedly on their last leg, no pun intended) and begins wagging his finger and shouting at me "NO! I SELL BOOTS HERE. $175 DOLLARS. YOU BRING ME JUNK. NOTHING BUT JUNK! GOODBYE!! GET OUT OF HERE!!" completely shocked at this outburst, i reply back "these are expensive boots! i like them," to which he responds "GOODBYE!! GET OUT!! DON'T WASTE MY TIME!" i walked out of the store defeated and teary eyed. really there is no need to yell!
oh and against my advice, my roommate went to this place to see if she could get her shoes repaired and the old guy yelled at her too!!
seriously, i really REALLY hate new yorkers sometimes.
And a two-star review...
margs k.
New York, NY
I don't like patronizing businesses that treat me poorly or do sloppy work and in this case, both reasons apply for why I won't be returning here with my shoes and bags. I dropped off a purse here with a broken zipper on a Saturday. The guy sort of grunts at me gutterally and tells me to come pick it up on Tuesday. Also, they make you leave a deposit, which isn't typical for this kind of work. I show up on Tuesday and the guy looks confused when I ask him for my bag. He finds it under a pair of boots, obviously not worked on, and tells me to come back the next day. NOT COOL. I don't appreciate having my time wasted. I come back the next day to pick up my bag and not only did I pay $25 for a cheap gold zipper (when the metalwork in my bag was SILVER) but I had to listen to him complain how long it took to do.
This is one store I wouldn't mind if it ever closed and was replaced with a Starbucks.
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Out today in select theaters is a new independent film, The Moth Diaries, the slightly surreal story of a young woman who discovers her boarding school roommate (and best friend) has fallen under the spell of a vampire. Directed by Mary Harron, whose previous efforts include the searingly awesome American Psycho, the movie tries to turn a trashy trope (lesbian boarding school vampires) into something profound. The results are mixed.
Rebecca is a neurotic teenager who is still recovering after finding her father's body when he committed suicide two years before. He was a famous poet, and so she isn't just coping with her own loss, but the creepy outpourings of sentiment from her father's many admirers (including one of her teachers). In that sense, Rebecca is kind of like the high art version of Kurt Cobain's kid Frances Bean — she even has a useless, alcoholic mom who has sent Rebecca off to boarding school because she can't cope with motherhood. Luckily, Rebecca's best friend Lucie will be sharing her Victorian-style suite this year. Their two rooms are connected by a door that begins the term propped open, but slowly closes more and more often.
In a series of oversharey voiceovers that veer into Captain Obvious territory, Rebecca tells us that Lucie is the main reason she's recovered from her father's death. Lucie is a kind of surrogate father, providing Rebecca with love and comfort. At least she was doing that — but then the creepy Ernessa arrives and changes everything.
Played by Lily Cole, Ernessa is like a humorless version of Wednesday Addams, pale-faced and spooky. She immediately takes a shine to Lucie (whose name recalls that other Lucy, the first victim claimed by Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel). As Ernessa and Lucie spend more time together, Rebecca becomes confused and suicidal — especially when her other friends start disappearing one by one. A weird smell is coming from Ernessa's room, and Rebecca sees her passing through walls. At the same time, Lucie has come down with some kind of ailment that's threatening to steal her life away.
We never quite know how much of this drama is happening in Rebecca's mind, and unfortunately the film doesn't either. This isn't a fun tangle of ambiguity — it's mostly just a lazy mess full of plotholes. If Lucie is dying of a mystery disease, for example, why don't her parents ever come to pull her out of school and put her in a real hospital? Questions like these are never answered, yet we're beaten over the head with voiceovers from Rebecca that basically recap the action as it's happening. In case you were wondering, Rebecca has daddy issues. No, really, she's super upset about her dad. Also, her dad committed suicide. Did you get that yet?
It turns out that Ernessa has daddy issues too, and so does Rebecca's molesty teacher. For a movie about women's relationships with each other, there are an awful lot of conversations about men. And there are an awful lot of crucial conversations that never take place, especially between Rebecca and Lucie. Why don't we hear more about what these teens mean to each other as people, instead of as daddy stand-ins? Rather than actual female bonding, we are treated to several scenes of the young women running around in semi-transparent Victorian nightgowns and breathing heavily. I'm not averse to nightgowns at all — I just wished these scenes served a purpose, or developed a story about what makes these characters so emotionally invested in each other.
Also, if you were hoping for a happy lesbian vampire boarding school story — which, let's face it, most of us are — this movie isn't it. Lesbianism equals vampirism equals daddy death equals seriously don't do that. I wound up wishing that the team behind Vampire Diaries had polished this script. At least they might have shown us some sympathy for the monsters. In The Moth Diaries, we're just left with a half-baked morality tale that seems to suggest that young women are so hungry for daddy surrogates that they seek them in each other — and when they don't, they are evil and must be stopped.


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Previously Announced Celebrity Hosts Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Kellan Lutz, Bam Margera, Hayden Panettiere, Dax Shepard, And Tyler, The Creator, Are Joined by Nick Cannon, Lucy Hale, Mac Miller and Heather Morris, Who "Punk" Their Unsuspecting Famous Friends
Santa Monica (March 15, 2012) - MTV's pop culture phenomenon series "Punk'd" returns for an all-new season on Thursday, March 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, featuring the hottest celebrities in Hollywood, and the most hilarious and crazy moments in "Punk'd" history. This season Ashton Kutcher hands over the hosting reins to a new celebrity each week. Joining previously announced celebrity hosts Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Kellan Lutz, Bam Margera, Hayden Panettiere, "Punk'd" alumni Dax Shepard, and Tyler, The Creator, are Nick Cannon, Lucy Hale, Mac Miller and Heather Morris. Rounding out the ranks of unsuspecting celebrity marks are Dianna Agron, Ron Artest, Lauren Conrad, Zac Efron, Shenae Grimes, Ian Harding, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson, "Jersey Shore's" Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Chloe Moretz, New Boyz, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Darrelle Revis, Emma Roberts, Cody Simpson, The Wanted, who join previously announced targets Rob Dyrdek, Liam Hemsworth, Khloe Odom Kardashian, Sean Kingston, Demi Lovato, "Teen Wolf's" Tyler Posey, and Taylor Swift.
The celebrity hosts take "Punk'd" to a whole new level this season, with more complex, hilarious and fun punks than ever before. For the first time in the series' history, the curtain will be pulled back, giving viewers an inside look at what goes on behind-the-scenes to pull off these elaborate pranks. Get ready for some real outrageously fun moments that you wouldn't expect from your favorite stars!
"Punk'd" is executive produced by Katalyst's Jason Goldberg and Ashton Kutcher. Lauren Dolgen, Colin Nash, Kristina Edwards and Jennifer Russakoff are the Executives in Charge for MTV.
About MTV
MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its Emmy(R), Grammy(R) and Peabody(R) award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV's sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is a leading destination for music, news and pop culture. MTV is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
About Katalyst
Katalyst is a new breed of studio developing innovative content for TV, film and the web. Founded in 2000 by partners, Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, Katalyst film credits include The Butterfly Effect, Guess Who, Spread and Killers. Television property credits include the hit series Punk'd, Beauty and the Geek, and True Beauty. Digital Media properties include programming for major brands such as the Levi's Curve ID campaign, winner of the 2011 OMMA Award for Best Integrated Online Fashion Campaign, Nikon "The Chase", Mountain Dew "DEWmocracy," United Nations "Malaria No More." In 2010, Katalyst was named one of the year's Top 50 Most Inspiring Innovators by Ad Age and one of Fast Company Magazine's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies.


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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, but state officials don't believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems.
State officials and pipeline operator TransCanada Corp. disclosed the leak Thursday, and the company shut down the pipeline.
TransCanada said it activated emergency response procedures after detecting a drop in pressure resulting from the leak south of a pump station in Marshall County. The cause was being investigated.
Discovery of the leak comes just days before Nebraska regulators are scheduled to announce their decision Monday whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, an expansion that would boost the amount of oil TransCanada is now shipping through the existing line, which is known simply as Keystone. The expansion has faced fierce opposition from environmental groups, American Indian tribes and some landowners.
Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist manager at the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the state has sent a staff member to the site of the leak in a rural area near the border with North Dakota about 250 miles (402 kilometers) west of Minneapolis.
"Ultimately, the cleanup responsibility lies with TransCanada, and they'll have to clean it up in compliance with our state regulations," Walsh said.
TransCanada said in its statement that it expected the pipeline to remain shut down as the company responds to the leak. It did not offer a time estimate, and a spokesman didn't immediately return a telephone message from The Associated Press.
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration didn't immediately return an email requesting additional information from The AP. Since 2010, companies have reported 17 spills bigger than the leak announced Thursday, topping 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) of crude oil or refined petroleum products, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records.
The existing Keystone pipeline transports crude from Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, passing through the eastern Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. It can handle nearly 600,000 barrels daily, or about 23 million gallons. TransCanada says on its website that the company has safely transported more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil, or about 63 billion gallons, through the system since operations began in 2010.
President Donald Trump issued a federal permit for the expansion project in March even though it had been rejected by the Obama administration. The Keystone XL project would move crude oil from Alberta, Canada, across Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines feeding refineries along the Gulf Coast.
Kent Moeckly, a member of conservation and family agriculture group Dakota Rural Action, who opposed the Keystone pipeline, said he drove to land he owns near the site of the spill Thursday.
"There's a heck of a south wind up here today, and man it just stunk of crude oil," said Moeckly, whose property is crossed by the pipeline. "A mile away, but I'll tell you it was like it was next door."
A leak and spill in southeastern South Dakota in April 2016 prompted a weeklong shutdown of the pipeline. TransCanada estimated that just under 17,000 gallons (405 barrels) of oil spilled onto private land during that leak. Federal regulators said an "anomaly" on a weld on the pipeline was to blame. No waterways or aquifers were affected.
TransCanada said at the time that the leak was the first detected on the pipeline since it began operating, though there had been leaks at pumping stations. One of those leaks happened in southeastern North Dakota in May 2011, when 14,000 gallons (333 barrels) spilled after a valve failed at a pumping station near the South Dakota border.
Sierra Club Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign director Kelly Martin said in a statement that the only way to protect against leaks in the future is for Nebraska to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
"We've always said it's not a question of whether a pipeline will spill, but when, and today TransCanada is making our case for us," Martin said.


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RafflesWe will have multiple raffles going on during the festival. Buy as many raffle tickets as you like and gather when the drawings are announced for the selection of winners by the blind hand of Fate (or maybe Melissa if Fate is busy again.).
AuctionsJoin us on the green at 2pm both days for an action packed auction, face to face with other bidders, no screen names or eSnipe to hide behind...
ExamplesHere are some examples of the items we will have:
Crystal Ball
This is a 5" diameter (a little larger than a music CD) Quartz Crystal Ball, retailing for $140. Manufactured by first pulverizing and then melting a powder of pure natural quartz - the ball is then hand-carved from a solid clear block. It is not glass, nor is lead used in its manufacture. It is all Quarz Crystal, resulting in a gorgeous and clear ball.
Truely Unique - truelyunique.com
Altar GuardiansHello there! We are Altar Guardians- little draconic fae that have found our way here and hopefully into your home! We provide protection over altars, houses, children and cookies. Please be careful with us, as we are NOT toys and fragile to roughhousing. We can perch just about anywhere, but be cautious- we like warm places so do not let us hide in the oven or the microwave. Also, beware if you leave your cabinets open- we have sweet teeth and are likely to only leave you crumbs. We hope you adopt one of us today!
Each guardian has its own name and little story that goes home with it. Pictured here is the ice guardian, Frost. He won't be going to auction, but one of his friends will.
White Hart's Haunt - whiteharthaunt.etsy.com
Jewelry Box
This is a beautiful, hand carved jewelry box, with lined inner tray and ornate carved decorations.
Earth Tradtions - earthtraditions.com
Bacchus Cast Wall Hanging
My wife says it is very nice. Too bad we can't play...
Raven's Willow - stores.shop.ebay.com/Ravens-Willow-Enchantments
Amethyst Crystal Cluster
This is an Amethyst Cluster, a gorgeous collection of Amethyst crystals bursting from a base. This cluster has not been treated, and retails for $25.*
Fran "Obsidian" Harris
* stand/base not included.


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Telugu facts for kids
Quick facts for kidsTelugu
|Native to
worldwide diaspora
|Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal
|Native speakers
|76 million (2007)
|Language family
|Writing system
|Telugu alphabet (Brahmic)
Telugu Braille
|Official status
|Official language in
Distribution of native Telugu speakers in India (as of 1961)
Telugu తెలుగు is an Indian language spoken in the southern part of India. It is the official language of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Telugu is the second most spoken language in India and 15th largest spoken language in the world. As it is one of the oldest languages in the world, Government of India gave it the status of a Classical language.
Aitereya Brahmanyam which is a part of Rigveda (literature dates to 7000 years before CE) written thousands years before CE, has mentioned Telugu. Telugu also finds mention in Rajatarangini, written by Bilhana Kavi. As per Hindu mythology, one of the sons of Bali Chakravarthy (the one who was sent to Pathaala by Vamana) is Andhra or Andhrudu. Telugu region i.e. Andhra or AP was ruled by him, long before the times of Ramayana and Mahabharata (literature is proven to be of the period 3000 years before CE).
Telugu is the only language other than Sanskrit which has the linguistic prakriya (literature game) called Avadhana, which disappeared in other languages with the passage of time. Languages also have become more and more simple and adopted simple pronunciations, the reason for some typical sounds of Telugu being missing in many other languages.
Sri Krishnadeva Raya has said "Desa bhashalandu Telugu Lessa" which means "Among the nation's languages, Telugu is the best." Being a mellifluous language, British authors in the 19th century called Telugu, Italian of the East. It is believed that Italian explorer Niccolò Da Conti, who visited Vijayanagara empire during the reign of Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya in the fifteenth century, coined the phrase.
According to linguists, Proto-Dravidian gave rise to 21 Dravidian languages. They can be broadly classified into three groups: Northern group, Central group, and Southern group of Dravidian languages. The central group consists of ten languages, out of which only Telugu became a civilized language and the rest of the nine languages remained tribal languages. Telugu is the most widely spoken language of the Dravidian family which consists of 24 languages spanning all of South Asia, from Baluchistan to Sri Lanka.
In India the history of scripts has been almost independent of the history of languages. The current similarity in scripts between Telugu and Kannada, which falls under the southern group of Proto-Dravidian languages along with Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu and others, has a lot more to do with the rule of the Chalukyas than the similarity between the languages.
Geographic distribution
Telugu is mainly spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry as well as in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, some parts of Jharkhand and West Bengal in India. It is also spoken in the United States, where the Telugu diaspora numbers more than a million, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Bahrain, Canada, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Ireland, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and many western European countries, where there is also a considerable Telugu diaspora. Telugu speakers abroad are often some of the wealthiest ethnic groups in the countries they go to due to their high educational attainment and intelligence; in the US, the average Telugu family makes $115,000 a year. In Tamil Nadu, about 6.3% of the population speak Telugu, where it commonly known as Telungu. It is the largest spoken and most dominant language in South India.
With 56 letters [16 vowels and 36 consonants, 4 removed], Telugu has more letters in its alphabet than any other language. There were letters for sounds Al, Aluu, which were later removed from the alphabet. Every Telugu word ends with an vowel.
Achchulu అచ్చులు (vowels)
అ ఆ ఇ ఈ ఉ ఊ ఋ ౠ ఎ ఏ ఐ ఒ ఓ ఔ అం అః
Hallulu హల్లులు (consonants)
క ఖ గ ఘ ఙ
చ ఛ జ ఝ ఞ
ట ఠ డ ఢ ణ
త థ ద ధ న
ప ఫ బ భ మ
య ర ల వ శ
ష స హ ళ క్ష ఱ
Ankelu అంకెలు (Numbers)
౧ ౨ ౩ ౪ ౫ ౬ ౭ ౮ ౯ ౧౦
|Mary Joe Fernández
|Carlos Bocanegra
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In the past two weeks we've caught three several-foot-long black snakes in the chicken coop stealing eggs—sometimes right out from underneath the setting hens. Ick. We like black snakes, which thankfully aren't poisonous, but we also like our eggs and chicks. And after last summer's snakebite ordeal (from which I'm still recovering), all snakes kinda freak me out.
Tuesday, July 5
Tuesday Dose of Cute: Peep! Peep!
In the past two weeks we've caught three several-foot-long black snakes in the chicken coop stealing eggs—sometimes right out from underneath the setting hens. Ick. We like black snakes, which thankfully aren't poisonous, but we also like our eggs and chicks. And after last summer's snakebite ordeal (from which I'm still recovering), all snakes kinda freak me out.
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Thank you for the little chickies they are soooo cute and I can almost feel their softness......what is Tuffy sitting on?ReplyDelete
They're so teeny... hard to believe they'll grow up into a big old fat chicken. I love the little black one.ReplyDelete
Aww, Susan, sorry to hear about your first chick..I know it must be tough to be a farmer sometimes! However, I am happy that these wee ones seem to be on the right track. Crossing fingers for their health, and more chicks!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/06/2011 7:33 AM
Mama is a beautiful lady and her little peepers are so cute! I'm fascinated that the one little one is black - that new to me.ReplyDelete
As for snakes (and I know there are lots of non-poisonous snakes), I'm pretty much scared of them. How creepy is it that they can steal an egg right out from under the chicken? Yikes!
They are so cute! We love watching our chickens.ReplyDelete
Chicks are so cute.ReplyDelete
Hopefully you have taken care of your snake problem for a while. Snakes more than creep me out.
What a couple of cuties. They are like salt and pepper. Glad you got the snake problem worked out. How are you keeping them out of the coop?ReplyDelete
FG, I totally agree with you re: diatomaceoud earth. Love that stuff for slug/roach/ant/bug control, and for mixing a few tablespoons into 20 lbs of chicken feed at a time. Keeps the flock worm-free and happy. (I think I got the poultry-formulated D.E. from The Holistic Horse. The 50-lb bag I ordered from some organic farm supply place out West.)ReplyDelete
It's so awesome to see your peeps! Last summer, my Henrietta hatched just two peeps (and let the other 10 eggs rot, but that's another story). Maybe my rooster Leroy needs three or four more girlfriends. Hmmm.
We are in the process of moving into our RV, time is limited, I will have to come back and view the photos.ReplyDelete
Your photo's are excellent, through these photo's, I visit your farm. It is a wonderful visit. The momma hen and chicks are precious.
Thank you, for all you share.
- Anonymous7/07/2011 4:46 PM
Those are PRECIOUS, Susan! I love looking at these photos. One of my favorites is the post with turtles in your strawberry patch. I thought of it the other day as I was making strawberry rhubarb sauce, and I went, gee, I wish I had a turtle to test that on. Then I remembered. Oh right...I do. Her name is Shelly. ;D So I tested it on the turtle and posted photos and a reference to your blog in this post:ReplyDelete
Hope you enjoy, Susan! Keep up the cuteness,
December 2015 update: Hi! For some reason I can't figure out, Blogger hasn't been letting me leave comments on my own blog (!) for the last several months, so I've been unable to respond to your comments and questions. My apologies for any inconvenience! You're always welcome to email me: farmgirlfare AT gmail DOT com.
Hi! Thanks for visiting Farmgirl Fare and taking the time to write. While I'm not always able to reply to every comment, I receive and enjoy reading them all.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and I especially love hearing about your experiences with my recipes. Comments on older posts are always welcome!
Please note that I moderate comments, so if I'm away from the computer it may be a while before yours appears.
I try my best to answer all questions, though sometimes it takes me a few days. And sometimes, I'm sorry to say, they fall through the cracks, and for that I sincerely apologize.
I look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy your e-visits to our farm!


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Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Animal 1, Drd 1, Rgr 1
Components: V, S
Casting time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Targets: Animals within 30 ft. of each other
Duration: 1 min./level
Saving Throw: Will negates; see text
Spell Resistance: Yes
This spell soothes and quiets animals, rendering them docile and harmless. Only ordinary animals (those with Intelligence scores of 1 or 2) can be affected by this spell. All the subjects must be of the same kind, and no two may be more than 30 feet apart. The maximum number of Hit Dice of animals you can affect is equal to 2d4 + caster level. A dire animal or an animal trained to attack or guard is allowed a saving throw; other animals are not.
The affected creatures remain where they are and do not attack or flee. They are not helpless and defend themselves normally if attacked. Any threat breaks the spell on the threatened creatures.
Source: Player's Handbook


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The Angel in Aaron
Aaron walked into our lives on the day of my next-to-youngest son's bar mitzvah. The services and the Kiddush reception were over; I was cleaning up, shoving plates of half-eaten cakes I'd baked myself into garbage bags, when he turned up on the arm of Shimon, one of our guests. "We can't have Aaron for lunch. Maybe you could," Shimon said.
"Sure," I answered. I'd never hosted Aaron before, but it felt right. Hosting guests, especially challenging ones, was an old Jewish tradition and a mitzvah. Lots of my neighbors did it all the time: Shimon, of course, and also Jenny, who served meals to Eda, a chronically depressed woman who didn't seem to bathe. At least Aaron was nattily dressed and clean.
I didn't know Aaron, but I'd seen him and I knew his story. It was every parent's worst nightmare. Thirty years ago, Aaron was born healthy. At age 3 he grew a brain tumor. The doctor removed it and saved his life, but after that he was different, out of sync. He never married, never had children, never held a paying job. He lived at home like a child, which in some ways he was.
The Jewish mystics say that people like Aaron are elevated souls, too holy for our grim and dirty world. With Aaron the holiness was evident. As soon as he sat down at our table, he began to sing, in his rich baritone voice, not pop songs or hip-hop, but the Sabbath zmiros, the exquisite Sabbath-table hymns of praise, penned by the Jewish poets of medieval Spain.
I loved the zmiros, but my family didn't always sing them. That week, however, the bar mitzvah Sabbath, I wanted everyone around the table to sing con brio. Now, Aaron had arrived to answer my prayers. When he sang, everyone joined him. How could we not?
Aaron brought us another gift, too. As the 10th man at the table — in Jewish law, Aaron is a man — we were able to recite a special version of the bentshing, the grace after meals.
After that, Aaron became our guest. He never called or emailed or texted to announce his arrival. Nor did we contact him. He just came.
Sometimes he brought news — not current events or celebrity gossip or even sports scores. Aaron never watched TV, never listened to the radio, never surfed the Internet. Aaron's big news was that he received a new keychain for his collection: He wore at least two dozen, some with Magen Davids, others with menorahs or mezuzahs attached. They dangled from his belt like a huge ball.
Another "news" item was a d'var Torah. Aaron's divrei Torah were the kinds of things that kids learn in kindergarten, but when he repeated them his light-blue eyes shone like pale sapphires, and his sallow face lit up with a broad grin.
But on other days, Aaron's eyes clouded and his lips sunk down like the sad clown Pierrot. On those days Aaron was hurting — sometimes physically, but more often emotionally. His delicate feelings had been trampled on, and he needed the catharsis of "telling."
Telling wasn't easy. Aaron searched for words and struggled to string them into sentences, as I lost patience. Asking him to hurry up didn't help. "Please," he'd beg, "it will only take a little bit of time. I need to say this." So I'd bite down on the inside of my mouth to suppress a yawn.
Some of my kids would flee to their rooms whenever he turned up. Amazingly, though, my youngest child, 11-year-old Yanky, had preternatural patience for him, and Aaron sensed this. He sought out Yanky. Often he brought a game — checkers or Connect Four — for them to play.
I kept my eye on them. Since I'd heard so many stories, my hypervigilance was almost reflexive. Thank God, though, nothing ever happened — not that I really was expecting it to. Aaron wasn't a pervert or a pedophile, he was just a lonely boy trapped in the body of a man. Still I wondered whether I was doing the right thing by letting him hang around the house.
Sometimes I questioned whether my hospitality did him any good. Aaron took a lot of my time, and on many days he seemed to leave our house sadder than he had been when he had entered.
Then my family had its own worst nightmare. Yanky was out on his bike. As he was riding, a driver of a parked minivan flung open his door. Yanky's head collided with the door. Because of the impact, Yanky flew into the middle of the street, where he landed, bleeding and nearly unconscious. An ambulance took him to the hospital.
Those first few days, we watched as Yanky lay asleep in his hospital bed. The doctors didn't call it a coma, but Yanky was gone and we couldn't seem to get him back. Nothing roused him — not our hugs and kisses, not even the sound of his own name. The nurses poked and prodded long and hard just to get his eyes to flash open for a second, and I felt a fear that seemed to leech out from the marrow of my bones. Would my baby ever come back? Eventually, Yanky did return, cranky and crying but very clearly alive. It took many weeks for his old self to come back.
As we waited, my family seemed to fold into itself. Our days were spent shuttling back and forth to the hospital and then later between the rehabilitation facility and our home. We had no guests. We had no time even to think of guests. Though we never told him not to visit us anymore, Aaron stopped coming over.
Thank God, Yanky did recover. The neurosurgeons said that it was because he had been wearing a bicycle helmet when he crashed. While that was true, I had another explanation. It was something I'd figured out on my own, but I never shared it with anyone until I met Aaron's mother on the street one day.
She'd heard about the accident. She told me that she had been praying hard for Yanky. Then she hugged me. Though we didn't know each other well, her hug felt natural and good.
"You know about Aaron's special friendship with Yanky. I don't think it's a coincidence — what happened and how things turned out, I mean," I told her.
"Yes I thought that, too," she said, and she hugged me again.
To a believer, nothing is random. Life is a puzzle. lf you look closely enough, you see how the pieces connect.
Yanky is back at school now and almost completely better, and Aaron is back in our lives.
These days, when he comes over I try harder to listen. In some way I feel I owe him something. Maybe each time I force myself to stay awake through his long stories or fix his tea the way he likes it ("two little spoons of sugars and milk, please remove the teabag"), I'm paying back a cosmic debt. I don't know for sure; God's account books aren't open for us to inspect. But there's never any harm in doing a mitzvah.
Carol Ungar is a writer and food blogger. She is at work on the forthcoming cookbook "Jewish Soul Food" from Brandeis University Press. Read her work at kosherhomecooking.


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Waste Water Technician
Job ref:
Lincoln, Rhode Island
Job type:
US$20.00 - US$25.00 per hour
Cristian Feliz
over 2 years ago
Start date:
Grade 1 license or certification in waste water is a must and have had experience within that area: specifically industrial.
Not a requirement but is a plus to have skills work in testing plating and/or etching.
The position is 1st shift and for pay, we're looking for around $20-$25 based on experience. This is a position we're looking to fill ASAP.
* Following standard operating procedures, treats incoming waste streams from production processes, including stripping, developing, plating, etching, etc.
* Gathers samples of waste products for analyzation.
* Maintains records of treatment, storage, etc of all waste for cartage.
* Monitors trench system levels and maintains according to standard operating procedures.
* Removes recyclables and trash from maintenance/waste treatment areas to dumpster.
* Participates in employee training programs as necessary for emergency response and hazardous waste compliance.
* Serves as assistant to maintenance.
* Demonstrates knowledge of and is compliant to ISO principals and specific sections of ISO 9001 which apply to this job function.
* Operate a wide variety of chemical processing equipment including but not limited to filter presses, ion exchange columns, membrane filtration units, metering pumps, PH control probes, batch mixers, centrifugal pumps, and air scrubber. Involved in preparing solid chemical compounds. Weigh and measure ingredients, clean, load, operate and unload filtration units and auxiliary equipment. Assist in developing processing procedures, suggesting changes to facilitate operation. Perform routine equipment maintenance and repairs. Move material and containers as required. Operates the atomic absorption machine.
* Reports to the Director of Operations.
* Supports the company-wide LEAN initiative.
* Sets up and maintains laboratory equipment and instrumentation required for tests, research, and process control.
* Test and analyze process solutions and waste streams to determine strength, purity, chemical content, and other characteristics.
* Document results of tests and analyzes and interprets results for management.
* Monitors waste stream for compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
* Manage, schedule, and maintain all hazardous wastes, and maintain all waste manifests current and old.
* Coordinate, schedule, and train employees in mandatory health and safety, chemical handling, emergency response, right to know, and all federally regulated policies.
* Collect data for environmental reporting.
* Complete, submit, and maintain environmental reports for EPA, NBC, DEM, DOT, OSHA etc.
* Develop new techniques and processes to reduce waste costs.
* Monitor plant for proper compliance, (labeling, chemical storage, safety, etc)
* Ability to maintain and develop relationships with outside vendors.
* Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of problems.
Monroe Staffing Services is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.


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In robotics, usually complete object or environment models are required for localization, object recognition, or manipulation. Nowadays, 3D models are usually obtained by hand-guided scanning which is very tedious and time consuming task for the human operator. Therefore, a robotic system which is able to autonomously acquire 3D models of unknown objects or scenes is highly beneficial. This can be achieved by iteratively planning Next-Best-Views and collision-free motions until the desired model quality is reached.
At the RMC, view planning methods for autonomous object modeling with an industrial robot and a laser striper have been developed as presented in [3]. For efficient modeling, 3D models are generated in a real-time stream, scan path candidates are determined based on a surface trend estimation of boundaries in the acquired model, and a Next-Best-Scan based on information gain of the unexplored space and quality of the surface model is planned.
Furthermore, the presented methods are applied for active scene exploration as presented in [2]. Active scene exploration combines object recognition methods for analyzing a scene of partially known objects as well as exploration approaches for autonomous modeling of unknown objects. Thereby, Next-Best-View planning is applied for accurate pose estimation and exploration of unmatchable data. The 3D object models are added to an object database which can then directly be utilized for object pose estimation on the same or different robot system.
Moreover, the autonomous modeling of workspace scenes in industrial production environments allowing for collision-free motion planning has been investigated. Therefore, a mobile robot explores the initially unknown environment and creates a 3D scene model which is utilized for planning pick and place operations with the robotic arm.
Selected Publications
[1] Christian Rink and Simon Kriegel. "Streaming Monte Carlo Pose Estimation for Autonomous Object Modeling", In Proceedings of 13th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision CRV, Victoria, Canada, June 2016. [PDF] [BibTex]
[2] Simon Kriegel "Autonomous 3D Modeling of Unknown Objects for Active Scene Exploration", Dissertation, Technische Universität München (TUM), 2015. [BibTex] [PDF]
[3] Simon Kriegel, Christian Rink, Tim Bodenmüller and Michael Suppa. "Efficient Next-Best-Scan Planning for Autonomous 3D Surface Reconstruction of Unknown Objects", Journal of Real-Time Image Processing: Special Issue on Robot Vision, vol. 10, no. 4, pages 611-631, 2015. [BibTeX] [PDF] [SpringerLink]
[4] Simon Kriegel, Manuel Brucker, Zoltan-Csaba Marton, Tim Bodenmüller, and Michael Suppa. "Combining Object Modeling and Recognition for Active Scene Exploration", In Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS, pages 2384-2391, Tokyo, Japan, November 2013. [BibTeX] [PDF] [IEEEXplore]


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The greedy Sea Urchins have stolen all of Clu Clu Land's gold bars and buried them in a series of mazes. As Bubbles, a brave bubble fish, you'll set out to uncover all of the gold bars in each maze. But you'll have to be careful: Sea Urchins will relentlessly pursue Bubbles, and there are also dangerous black holes that must be avoided. Bubbles isn't defenseless, though, as she has the ability to stun Sea Urchins with sound waves and quickly change direction using posts scattered throughout the stages. Not only that, but the locations of the gold bars in each maze form the outline of another object—so once you know the object, you're well on your way to finding the gold! With 20 stages to complete and increasingly complex conditions (like having to pass over the gold bars twice to uncover them), you might just want to bring along a friend for help.
This game is only playable in 2D.
This classic game is part of the Virtual Console service, which brings you great games created for consoles such as NES™, Super NES™ and Game Boy™ Advance. See more Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS.


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We are expanding our ingredients business to meet strong global demand for milk powders," explained John Jeter, Hilmar Cheese Company CEO and president. "The U.S. dairy industry, and specifically California, is well positioned to be a consistent supplier to the world."
The Turlock facility will produce a variety of milk powders designed to be a primary foundation for delivering nutrition in various forms to a hungry and developing world. Milk powder is a convenient form of milk that does not require refrigeration and is simple to reconstitute. Milk powder is an easily transported and stored ingredient making it an important source of dairy for developing nations.
"With this expansion into milk powders, we are continuing our tradition of converting our high quality milk supply into the value-added products customers want," Tom Ielmini, vice president, Hilmar Ingredients explained. "We now have customers in 50 countries and are always striving to meet their needs. This is part of a broader plan to be a larger, more dynamic global supplier." Hilmar Cheese Company's division, Hilmar Ingredients, will market the milk powder.
GO-Biz, Governor Brown's Office of Business and Economic Development, assisted with site-selection.
"GO-Biz is excited that Hilmar Cheese Company is expanding their presence in California, further strengthening the state's food processing industry," said director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, Kish Rajan. "Our team worked closely with Hilmar Cheese Company to help them find a location for their new facility and we look forward to helping them continue to grow and provide new job opportunities."
The Turlock location provides numerous advantages. It is ready for construction and the location is excellent for export opportunities through the Port of Oakland.
"The City of Turlock's staff was excellent to work with," Jeter commented. "This is a great example of how effective business and government can be when we work closely together."
The new facility will add 40 full-time jobs to the local economy when completed. The construction will add economic stimulus to the area with builders, contractors and others benefiting from the project.
"Hilmar Cheese Company is a solid business and major employer for our area with great career opportunities, a strong commitment to the environment, and a proven track record of supporting our community with many significant donations," said John Lazar, Turlock City mayor. "We are glad they chose to grow here."
The manufacturing process will use the most technologically advanced equipment to capture the water in milk for reuse to conserve precious ground water. Water will be recycled, reused and passed through a preliminary treatment before going to the Turlock Regional Water Quality Control facility. Energy efficiencies will follow the company's direction for energy efficient lighting and use premium efficiency electric motors.
The decision to expand was guided by Hilmar Cheese Company's original, second and third generation of dairy farm family owners. This group holds steadfast to the founding principle of paying for high value milk and the philosophy that long-term industry success will come from innovation in the marketplace.
"This investment will provide the family dairy farms that supply us milk the opportunity to grow. It allows us to develop new relationships with dairy farmers who produce high quality milk in this region," commented Richard Clauss, founding owner and chairman of the board of directors. "This project will help strengthen the California dairy industry and provide a nutritious product to serve customer needs."