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Professional: Played in 10 games with the Breakers in 2017 ... Logged 764 minutes ... Scored two goals and one assist ... Named to NWSL Team of the Month in April and May ... Scored first professional goal on April 29, 2017, a 3-0 win at home against Seattle Reign FC.
College: In 2016, named NSCAA Second Team All-American ... NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team ... Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, first player in the history of the award to earn the honor in two consecutive years ... first-team All-Big Ten honoree ... Senior CLASS Award Second Team ... started in all 22 matches ... led the team in goals (6), shots (74) and shots on goal (31) and tied for first on the team in points (16) ... team's leader in goals for second-straight season ... ranked second on the team in assists (4) … ranked as the No. 1 player in the country in TopDrawerSoccer preseason player rankings ... In 2015: MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist ... NSCAA First Team All-American ... NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team ... Big Ten Midfielder of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten honoree ... started in 19 matches ... scored Wisconsin's first goal of the season vs. Western Michigan (8/21) ... scored the game-winning goal in overtime against North Dakota State (8/23) ... tallied team-leading 17 points with seven goals and three assists ... TopDrawerSoccer preseason Best XI First Team ... ranked as the No. 2 player in the country in TopDrawerSoccer preseason player rankings ... In 2014: NSCAA All-American (second team) ... NSCAA All-Great Lakes First Team ... First-Team All-Big Ten honoree ... played all 24 matches and started in 23 ... led the Badgers with 10 assists and ranked fourth in points (16) ... tallied two game-winning goals during the season ... In 2013: Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... earned First Team All-Big Ten honors ... named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... awarded Third Team NSCAA All-Great Lakes honors ... Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (9/17) ... started in all 19 matches ... ranked second on team in goals (6) ... led team in shots (73).
International: Has seven caps (all starts) with the U.S. Women's National Team ... Has two goals in six games ... Made her debut with the full U.S. Women's National Team on March 4, 2017, during a match against England at the SheBelieves Cup ... was named Woman of the Match following the team's 1–0 loss to England ... Named to the U.S. Women's National Team SheBelieves Cup roster in February 2017 ... First trained with the senior team in December 2015 at the end of the Victory Tour ... trained with the full U.S. Women's National Team prior to its friendly against Ireland in January, 2016 ... called up to training camp with the U.S. U-23 WNT in Charlottesville, Virginia, in May 2016 ... awarded the Golden Ball at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship, given to tournament's top player ... finalist for 2014 U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year ... helped lead the U.S. U-23 Women's National Team to win the 2015 Four Nations Tournament in Norway, as she recorded one assist in each of the three games and added one goal to her tournament tally in the finale vs. England ... named to the U.S. U-20 Women's World Cup Team ...earned her first international goal at the U-20 level against China in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ... selected to participate in the Twelve Nations Tournament with the U-20 USWNT in La Manga, Spain ... called up to participate in U-23 USWNT training camp (12/14) ... one of 24 collegiate players called to U-23 USWNT training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Florida (4/20) ... trained with the U-18 USWNT in 2013.
High School/Youth: A four-year varsity performer at Mount Notre Dame High School, Lavelle was named to the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team roster that competed in the Twelve Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain, in March ... named Cincinnati Player of the Year by The Cincinnati Enquirer during senior season after netting 15 goals and totaling 38 points ... earned the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Sports Woman of the Year award in 2013 ... finished her career as school's all-time leading goal scorer (57), earning NSCAA all-region and first-team all-state honors ... named to the NSCA All-Region team during both her senior and junior campaigns ... member of 2011 International ODP Region II Team ... invited to U.S. U-20 and U-18 Women's National Team camps.
Personal: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio ... parents are Marty and Janet ... has one brother, John, and two sisters, Nora and Mary ... majoring in sociology.


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Your morning adorable: London Zoo's meerkats celebrate Christmas early (with mealworms!)
Christmas came early for the meerkat residents of the London Zoo, who received the best gift ever (if you're a meerkat) from their keepers Wednesday. That gift? Christmas crackers stuffed with delicacies: mealworms and locusts. That's like winning the meerkat lottery!
"The meerkats love to explore new things, so we thought we'd surprise them with a gift that they can get they paws into," keeper Mark Habben explained. The gifts also served as an enrichment activity for the meerkats as well as the zoo's South American coati residents, who also received Christmas crackers stuffed with treats.
More meerkat photos after the jump!
Your morning adorable: Meerkats explore a jack-o'-lantern at England's Bristol Zoo Gardens
Your morning adorable: Meerkat pups at the London Zoo
-- Lindsay Barnett
First, second, third photos: Carl de Souza / AFP/Getty Images
Fourth photo: Oli Scarff / Getty Images
Fifth photo: Matt Dunham / Associated Press

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Self Realization Meditation Healing Centre
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The Self Realization Meditation Healing Centre is situated in the historic village of Rydal. This tranquil Centre is set amongst beautiful gardens and surrounded by rolling hills and bushland with easy access to the world heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park and the Wollemi National Park. The local area has much to offer including the picturesque Lake Lyell where swimming and boating can be enjoyed. There are also many historic sites well worth a visit or simply browse the antique stores and shops of the mountain villages. The bushwalking and cycling trails surrounding Rydal village provide a wonderful way to enjoy the wildlife and scenery with kangaroos being a common sight.
The Centre has been brought in to being for all to enjoy, imbibe in the Peace and to help all who are in need. We offer many courses and retreats throughout the year as well as Healing and Counselling clinics. We also teach Transformation Hatha Yoga classes throughout the mountains. We live and work together here as a spiritual family, aiming to be of Unconditional Love and Truth, with respect for all of life. We feel that the tranquility of this area has a special healing quality that can help people to regain their inner peace and balance. It is important to us that all in need can receive what they need.
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Sip on this Grey Goose cocktail while snuggling into some skinny jeans and tight tops at Fashion's Night Out. Grey Goose's concoction will be served Sept. 10 at select locations. Make sure to not miss out or try this at home.
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50 First DatesReviewing: Comedy 50 First Dates | Rating:
50 First Dates is one of my favorite movies. I bought my copy at a dvd exchange store for $7.00. I can watch this movie over and over again. I love the humor of Adam Sandler and the chemistry that Drew Barrymore brings to the movie. If you are a fan of Adam Sandler movies then you know to expect Rob Schneider to be in this film too. The setting is in Hawaii and the scenery is beautiful. If you have ever been to Hawaii you will find yourself looking for familiar places. The move starts out by showing Henry (Adam Sandler) as the perfect bachelor living in a hawaiian paradise. Local boy meets girl on vacation. Has fun with her. Vacation is over and the girl goes home. Next! That is until he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore). He soon finds out that she has been in an accident and has short term memory loss. So he could take advantage of the situation but instead he ends up falling for Lucy. I won't tell you the ending. You will have to get the movie and watch it for yourself. The dvd has some extra features along with some deleted scenes you didn't see in the movie theater. It would be a perfect movie for a date night. Highly recommended. I think I will go watch it right now!


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Vegas, baby!December 24, 2013
We were aware before getting there that the strip was where all the fun stuff happened, so we made sure to stay on it, since we didn't have a vehicle. We opted for one of the less expensive hotels, since we spent most of our time roaming around. Our reasoning proved to be quite right.
Vegas (and by that I mean the flashy, tourist oriented parts) is an odd place indeed. I came to realize that when we entered our hotel, which was in the shape of a castle, and looked to the surroundings to see the sphinx and a pyramid on one side, and the statue of liberty on the other. Further exploration of the strip revealed the Eiffel Tower, elaborate dancing fountains (that I could stand and watch all day!), a volcano and a circus. It became clear why people lost touch with reality here. But being constantly curious as I am, I enjoyed it.
We didn't gamble a whole lot (me because I'm pretty much broke to begin with), but everyday we'd try our luck and end up losing. However, on the very last day, we had a moment of luck and made back all our lost money from the previous days! This is when we knew we were done gambling. Stop when you're ahead folks, or atleast when you're not behind.
We also visited the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon (tales for other blog posts). I'm also happy to say that the trip can be marked in my 26 before 26 list! Take a look here.


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The mission of the Career and Technical Education program is to train a qualified workforce for today's competitive job market. At Forrest County Agricultural High School, we offer six two-year career technical education programs and six enhancement courses to help our students become qualified to meet the job market demands.
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Magician Dynamo Freaks Out Pharrell
December 11, 2009 · Posted in Performance, Videos · Comment
UK magician slash performer slash illusionist Dynamo freaks out Pharrell at the F1 Rocks concert in Singapore.
Dynamo is from the UK and performs in a similar way to David Blaine. Check him out above.
The F1 Rocks concert happened back in September but the video recently came out and I had to post it up.
If you like this I also posted a video of Dynamo performing tricks on Raekwon.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Family Dog Takes Bullet to Save Family
Posted: Dec 9, 2008 07:00 PM CST
Updated: Dec 10, 2008 11:46 AM CST
The family has no idea why the man broke in or how their dog, D-boy, survived.
By Amy Lester, NEWS 9
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A family dog made a lifesaving move when the family needed him most.
The dog's more than a friend, even more than a companion and family members said he's the reason they're alive.
The family's hero is their dog, D-boy.
Roberta Trawick was sitting on the couch when a man busted in, through the front door.
"He came in, pointed a gun at me and said, 'Get down on the ground'," Trawick said.
The next thing Roberta knew, her dog ran in from another room, ready to attack.
"I was too scared to move, I didn't know what to think," Trawick said.
But before the dog could get a hold of the intruder, the man started shooting.
"I seen him shoot the dog twice," Trawick said. "He shot him once in the head and he was still going after him and the guy shot him again."
D-boy was shot three times, altogether. The intruder, apparently spooked, took off out the front door.
"It is amazing, it's amazing that he want after that guy, and that I still have a family," family member Angelic Shoemaker said.
The family has no idea why the man broke in or how the dog survived.
"The vet said if it wasn't for his hard head he wouldn't be here," Trawick said. "He's got a hard head."
That hard headed dog was determined to protect his family, and a family that owes a debt of gratitude to their four legged friend.
"I'm sorry my dog got shot, but I still got my family and we still got our dog," Shoemaker said.
The family now faces another obstacle. They don't have enough money to pay the dog's medical bills. So far, they owe around $1,500.
Police are still looking for the man who shot the family dog. If you have any information, call Crimestoppers at 405-235-7300.
To donate to D-boy, you can send a check to:
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Hospital
1800 W. Memorial RoadOklahoma City, OK 73134
* Checks can be made out to VECCA and please add D-boy to the memo line.
The phone number at the hospital is 405.749.6989.
I spoke with the vet tech and she says D-Boy has basically made a miraculous recovery.
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I think that if you start talking things over with your headache, chances are that headaches aren't your biggest problem.
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If you have questions about pitties, feel free to give me a shout. I'd love to answer any concerns you may have. :o) And watch for future posts about what amazing dogs pit bulls make.
And now, ads from the archives of Irresponsible Parenting Weekly...
"Papa says it won't hurt us." Oh, really? The mind boggles at the idea that this ad ever even existed in history. The ad says, "Send for our fire-arms encyclopaedia." I wonder if it has an entry on the subject of IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY DON'T LET YOUR KIDS PLAY WITH GUNS, YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN!!!!!!!1two!! OMG, srsly.
Wow, considering this ad and the Hitler carpool ad from my previous vintage ads post, I'm beginning to think hyperbole played a big part in the advertising of yesteryear. This ad also claims "Flies are the most dangerous insect known." Methinks someone didn't consult Wikipedia before sending this to print. Tsk, tsk... The 'pedia clearly states, and I quote, that the most dangerous insects on the planet are, in order of scariness, "roly-polies, garden slugs and Michael Moore."
And now for something completely disturbing:
Aw, come on! Is the huge pool of blood really necessary? Dude. And is it just me or does the man running towards the kid actually look mad? "Hey kid! You dented my fender! Your allowance is gonna pay for this, buster! Hey! Hey, are you listening to me?! Oh, sure... play dead so you don't have to take the heat for ruining my new Buick. That's just great." Parents, let this be a lesson. Besides, why is your 9-year-old doing your grocery shopping, you lazy schmuck?
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And one last parting shot...
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I just finished this article and I am in shock.
There are so many tips that I had no idea about, and yet they are SO SIMPLE! It actually makes me mildly enraged.
Why didn't I know about keeping lipstick off my teeth? Who was hiding the secret of getting full lips? Why do I need a credit card for eye makeup? WHY?
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The best, amazing, most PERFECT eyes you will ever have with one simple trick: a credit card. Line it up and apply your makeup to ensure everything is neat, tidy and gorgeous!
My concealer looks exactly like this right now. I had no idea I just had to add some rubbing alcohol to fix it! I feel so stupid.
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Need a deeper smoky eye? Draw a black hashtag to get this dramatic look. #fierce
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The cat eye couldn't be quicker. Add a line of eyeliner along your eyelash curler, curl your eyelashes and DONE! Go be fabulous.
The easiest way to have amazing smoky eyes. Create these quick lines and smudge. Boom. So easy, but number 13 is even easier.
Getting the cupid's bow is actually crazy easy. Just make an "X" with lip liner at the tip of the arrow, outline the rest of your lips and then fill them in. Gorgeous!
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Lose your eyeliner? Traveling overnight with only a purse? Just bring a brush and use your mascara for emergency eyeliner.
Get the THICKEST lashes by adding a layer of mascara, a layer of baby powder and then another layer of mascara.
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Don't throw out your beloved mascara brush! Just buy some new mascara and reuse the brush to maintain those lovely lashes.
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Intensify your eye shadow by first filling in your eyelid with white eyeliner.
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Put your finger in your mouth and drag it along your lips to pull off any excess lipstick. This will make sure it stays on your lips and not your teeth.
To keep your lipstick lasting all day, hold a tissue over your lips and lightly dust a translucent powder over the tissue. This lipstick tip is amazing, but number five you NEED!
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Don't drown yourself in it, just pop a spray of perfume on your wrists and dab in all these places.
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Turn your eyeliner into a gel eyeliner by heating it up with a lighter. Your eyes will be on fire!
Don't dab on a few dots of concealer. Create a triangle under your eye to hide those morning bags.
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here's nothing better than the smell of fresh mountain air, endless forest, and swaying golden plains right? Well, maybe cracking open an ice cold brewski after sweating in places you never thought you would and trudging up a peak in 40º heat. That's a part of the adventure right? It takes climbing up a mountain to get to the top, to see that valley or endless horizon from the perspective few except for birds see, and know that through the liter of sweat and hours of chaffing and thoughts of quitting that you conquered it. And conquered yourself. Below you'll find a collection of my favorite kind of travel — the hikes in solitude, the the natural connection, the adrenaline filled activities. Oh, and the mis-adventures, you'll get a laugh from that.
"I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all. The woods do that to you, they always look familiar, long lost, like the face of a long-dead relative, like an old dream, like a piece of forgotten song drifting across the water, most of all like golden eternities of past childhood or past manhood and all the living and the dying and the heartbreak that went on a million years ago and the clouds as they pass overhead seem to testify (by their own lonesome familiarity) to this feeling." — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" – Hunter S. Thompson
"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life" — Jack Kerouac, On the Road


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Web courses (WB) are designed for self-motivated, independent learners. They contain the same course objectives as traditional classroom courses and provide convenient alternatives for learning. Students are expected to maintain a consistent pace in submitting assignments, spend between 6 -10 hours each week studying and participating in online activities, and complete all coursework by the end of the semester. It is highly recommended that students complete RDG 095 Reading Skills II and ENG 095 Writing Skills II before enrolling in an online course because courses are writing and reading intensive. Students who place out of these courses through the college's placement tests or have transfer credits in college writing from an accredited college (grade of C or better) are also eligible to enroll.
Some of the WB sections require proctored exams that are administered by AIDE staff (Room H134) in the testing room in the Center for Self-Directed Learning. If you are not able to come to campus for exams, you may make arrangements to have exams proctored at external sites.
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July 14, 2011
Fantasia Festival 2011
The world class and world-beating Fantasia International Film Festival opens its fifteenth anniversary edition in Montréal today, July 14, and runs an incredible three weeks through August 7.
You can begin to appreciate the scope of this event by scanning the jaw-dropping schedule of features and shorts on view, all wrapped up in panels, live events and parties. Some of the highly anticipated films this year include Finland's Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale — you'll never think of Santa Claus the same way ever again — and Norway's The Troll Hunter —you'll never think of trolls the same way ever again, either. Director John Landis will present Burke and Hare, whose cast includes Christopher Lee, Jenny Agutter, and Ray Harryhausen! Robin Hardy will also be on hand to present The Wicker Tree, also featuring Sir Christopher, evoking — 38 years later — the spirit of the classic The Wicker Man.
Among the major events of Fantasia 2011 will be the world premiere of The Theatre Bizarre, a Grand Guignol anthology, in the presence of its seven directors (including Tom Savini) and cult star Udo Kier, and the feverishly anticipated official closing film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, produced by Guillermo del Toro. This last one, in fact, is already sold out!
The Festival's penultimate event is a showing of The Phantom of the Opera, with Lon Chaney, quote the Festival program: "Special gala event featuring a pristine 35mm print screened with a live original score composed by Gabriel Thibaudeau and performed by a 30-piece orchestra at the prestigious Théâtre Maisonneuve concert hall at Place des Arts!"
Frankenstein will pop up a few times through the festival. I'll be reporting later this month on the Canadian-made Monster Brawl, a wrestling horror-comedy where our Monster goes up against a who's who of horror creatures. Then there's a panel on "Hammer Film Mythology" followed by Terence Fisher's Frankenstein Created Woman (1967).
An extended tribute honoring Canadian producers John Dunning and André Link will include a rare big-screen showing of Frankenstein 2000/The Vindicator (1986). Other Dunning & Link films shown include cult classics Shivers (1975), Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS (1975) and Les lèvres rouges/Daughters of Darkness (1971).
Too much to see — three weeks is too short a time! — but I'll definitely get in line to catch the new documentary about director Jean Rollin, Le rêveur égaré (The Lost Dreamer). The screening includes a three-minute promo reel of Throat Sprockets, directed by the formidable Tim Lucas!
Time and sanity permitting, I'll be reporting back on Fantasia 2011 in the days to come.
Wish you were here!
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Arsene Wenger says he will allow Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy to leave the club before the January window closes. Debuchy, 30, has made just five appearances in all competitions this season, having lost his place to Hector Bellerin.
In December, the former Newcastle United full-back admitted in an interview with RMC that he was considering a move, fearing his place in Didier Deschamps' France squad for Euro 2016 would come under threat if his situation did not improve.
Aston Villa have already made an approach for the defender, while Sunderland are also interested, although Sam Allardyce has indicated he doesn't feel the Gunners will allow the player to leave.
Wenger has indicated, however, that a move will take place in the next 48 hours, believing he has enough options at right-back in the event of a departure.
"Yes, he [Debuchy] might go somewhere, we don't know where at the moment," Wenger told a press conference ahead of the FA Cup fourth round clash with Burnley. "That decision has to be made quickly, there are only 48 hours to go. He has much interest [in him], but I have a number of people who can play right-back so I open to door for him at the moment. It is better for him because he doesn't play."
Debuchy has been displaced on the right hand side of defence by Bellerin, with Kieran Gibbs suffering a similar fate on the left. Nacho Monreal is now Wenger's undisputed first-choice at left-back, leaving Gibbs with a reduced role on the bench having started just four games this season.
Wenger however has reassured the Arsenal youth product that he still has an important role to play.
"Gibbs went through a period that was difficult for him, now he is back to full power, full commitment. He is very fit, he will get games. He is quality player, again it is competition. I understand players have targets of making squads for the Euros, but first and most important is the club. To be at the Euros is a consequence of what you do for the club."


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The inspiration for the label's signature crochet trimmed silk scarves originated from when Carmen's scarf flew off her neck while riding her bicycle one day. The duo's solution was to use their knitting expertise to weigh down the silk scarf's edges, resulting in the subsequent birth of their trademark piece.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Forgering Ahead: Bart Ehrman and NT Pseudepigraphy
At any rate, Ehrman's lecture is available on the University of Tennessee's website; see here for the video (including the Q&A that followed), which is linked with Ehrman's PowerPoint. An even dozen of my institution's faculty, staff, and students attended the lecture on Thursday, 27 January, and last night (9 February) we met—along with some interested students who weren't able to attend the lecture—to discuss Ehrman's claims. I think a helpful and encouraging discussion followed, and on top of that we got to eat dinner together. Score!
I prepared written notes for last night's discussion. First I tried to summarize Ehrman's lecture to remind us what we heard (or to catch up any students who weren't able to hear Ehrman in person); then I responded to two aspects of the lecture ([i] his use of the term, forgery, and [ii] his tabulation of NT documents). Of course, there were other things to respond to, but I limited my prepared remarks to these two. You're welcome to look over my comments; if you have any additional insights, any questions, or if I misrepresent Ehrman or respond inappropriately to him, please feel free to leave a comment here.
Can We Trust the New Testament? A Response to Bart D. Ehrman
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- Jack Weinbender said...
I think you are spot-on, Rafael. While Ehrman is clearly a smart fellow--and very well trained--I dislike his sensationalism. And yes, that's precisely what it is.
If the work of Christian apologists should be viewed skeptically by the Academy then the polemics of Christian-turned-agnostics should equally be considered suspect.
He's a fine scholar, but his popular work exploits the same ignorance and broad-strokes that the fundamentalists use.
In my opinion.
- Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 1:37:00 PM EST
- Rafael said...
. . . and a well-informed opinion it is, Mr. Weinbender. And I don't just say that because you're agreeing with me.
- Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 1:40:00 PM EST
- Craig L. Adams said...
Thanks for your response to Ehrman. It's very interesting reading.
- Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 2:18:00 PM EST
Excellent summary and response, Raf. Thanks for posting it. I also think you're completely right about Ehrman's sensationalism.
- Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 2:32:00 PM EST
- Ron Price said...
Whether Ehrman is being sensationalist seems to me a rather secondary issue. More important is that for those of us who accept some NT books as pseudepigraphical, it opens up a whole new area of historical investigation, namely the extent to which each such book deviates from the opinions and/or environment of the historical Paul. I find a considerable range in which, for instance, Ephesians is quite close to Paul, but the Pastorals reflect a situation in the early second century and misrepresent Paul's views on the equality of the sexes.
- Friday, February 11, 2011 at 6:16:00 AM EST
- Rafael said...
Thanks, Ron. You're right about at least one of the consequences of finding a text pseudepigraphal. And I know of at least one recent PhD graduate who is working on the form and function of Paul's memory in the second century.
But this is precisely the problem with Ehrman's sensationalism: He's seeking a wider, popular audience, and his use of terms such as forgery shuts down any further discussion of "pseudepigraphal texts." Sure, he (or we) might say, there's still reason to study NT forgeries. But don't you think that this way of framing the issue—viz., the sensationalist way—already prejudices the discussion toward a fairly narrow set of interests and even conclusions?
- Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7:36:00 AM EST
- Ron Price said...
Your comment has prompted me to reread what Ehrman says about pseudonymity in his introduction to the NT. He claims on p.323 that his use of the term "forgery" is not meant in a derogatory sense. However I have to admit that to my ears it does sound derogatory! So you may well be right - it looks as if he should have chosen a different word.
- Friday, February 11, 2011 at 2:18:00 PM EST
- Jack Weinbender said...
Of course, as people of faith, pseudonymity is a non-issue because of our understanding of canon--an issue he conveniently ignores.
- Friday, February 11, 2011 at 3:13:00 PM EST


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Sometimes good news comes in the mail (I just won $1 million!, Publisher's Clearing House), or maybe via an owl ala Harry Potter (that's the dream), or when you look for something to write about and along comes this slice of two-tiered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting: Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Chief Steward John Veitch was fired. Wait, I don't like the passive voice. Rephrase: the KHRC fired John Veitch. Ah, more punch. Mmm, pass the almond milk, please.
Three hundred eighty-seven days ago Life At Ten felt like doo-doo while Veitch et al sat back and let her stumble away from the gate looking like she was on the ninth leg of a bar crawl. And, viola, here we are.
Remember the days when Veitch trained Alydar? Probably, at least a little bit, but remember when Joe Paterno coached football? Or when Barry Bonds's head didn't mirror his ego? Point is, it takes very little to wipe out a legacy.
Think how bad it must be for the KHRC to can a brother. This is like Kermit firing Gonzo.
Imagine how easy it could've been 387 days ago. "She's not warming up well? No question. Scratch her. Too much to lose: a horse's life, bettor confidence. Yeah ... I agree. No brainer ... Oh, yeah, maybe, certainly, Rachel Alexandra would eat this field alive ... Well, irrelevant, not our concern, take Life's saddle and get her home. Job well done, fellas."
Instead, 387 days later, during a 30-day window where the donut's creamy middle will spill, the KHRC handed a cause-less pink slip to Veitch. Who knows what the print will read on the chief hearing officer Robert Layton's report. I think they're giving Veitch a head start. Haven't you ever seen the Sopranos? Head starts are about as fun as a rhombus.
We should, but we won't, reserve judgment for after the publication of Layton's report. Perhaps Veitch did some things right. Now it seems that he is the poster boy for a scandal gone horribly wrong (as opposed to the scandals that go horribly, right? Stupid, stupid, stupid.)
According to the Blood-Horses' report, Veitch said that he's getting raked over the magma over disagreements he shared with former KHRC executive director Lisa Underwood. Beware the person whose name is the alias of Frodo Baggins in "The Fellowship of the Ring." Just saying. She resigned November 16 to become a partner at a Lexington law firm. Don't you love how these people always land more upright than a gymnast?
Look at all the connections involved: Underwood leaves for partnership; John Velazquez wins the 2011 Kentucky Derby on another jocks horse, Todd Pletcher wins yet another Eclipse Award, and Veitch will likely find work. Smarty Jones' spent an unsuccessful stint in Kentucky but found work in Pennsylvania, another proud state that boasted controversy with the owner Mike Gill. Yama hama!
Look on the bright side, Mr. Veitch, 9 percent of the country is right there with you.
There's always training horses. Worked out once.
Redux Revisited
That's right. Dual post. I'll keep this relatively short.
Lots of discussion took place since last Tuesday about whether or not Rapid Redux, a horse that runs in glorified claiming races in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, should be a candidate for Horse of the Year after his 20th straight victory. I lobbied for his chance at Horse of the Year. Many fans agreed, but folks with the votes (for those who think I get a vote, I don't. I am an associate member of the National Turf Writers Association, I think. I'm a blogger and relegated to the children's table where we blog about selling Thanksgiving leftovers to family members for a dime. Nobody's buying.) disagree.
Where are we going? The argument against him is that he's not "brilliant" enough, he doesn't run in graded company. If the award for Horse of the Year went to the fastest horse then Fabulous Strike, Commentator, and Uncle Mo would all be Horses of the Year.
The Eclipse Awards and the Academy Awards are identical. The Academy even opened up Best Picture to include ten films, some blockbusters (your graded stakes horses) and some independent films (your allowance and claimers). Normally the independents never have a shot against the "Gladiators" and the "Titanics." But every so often a "Hurt Locker" drops in at the quarter pole and beats an "Avatar." "Hurt Locker" It grossed $14.7 million. "Avatar?" $2 billion ... in half the time. That's a 120 Beyer if I ever saw one.
The class and the year, needs to be factored. If Rapid Redux had this streak during the same year Zenyatta had hers there'd be no question. "Avatar" would be the richest and best movie. With so few standouts in 2011, so few horses unwilling to step up their game, why not let this award fall to the independent?
Brendan O'Meara is the author of "Six Weeks in Saratoga." He will be signing copies of his book at The Open-Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY on Saturday Dec. 10 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM.


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Then and Now, and All the Manis in Between: Part III
My top 3 favourite nail art "trends" or "designs" have to be ikats, florals and Gradients! As I've covered ikats and florals already, in today's instalment, we journey through my past gradients and show you just how versatile and fun they are!
The first ever gradient I attempted was on my sister. I can't remember whose tutorial it was I followed but I started by painting the nail the light blue colour first, then with a sponge, I sponged on the darker colour after.
Excuse my sister's awkward hand pose.
Then I tried it for myself. This time, I followed a different tutorial on how to do gradients: I painted each nail white first, then painted the colours directly onto the sponge before sponging it onto my nail. And to this day, it's still the same method that I use to do my gradients.
Not the best picture, so you can't see how patchy the gradient actually was. But for a first attempt, I was pretty stoked!
Then I started getting fancy :P I watched a tutorial by Candice (from MrCandiipants) for her 'striped gradient' and I fell in love with it straight away! It's basically painting stripe after stripe on the nail, creating a gradient. I remember these took A LOT LONGER than I first thought it would, probably because I decided to paint in really thin lines! D'oh!
As if painting tiny lines across my nails weren't enough, I went ahead and tried a colour block gradient. Yes these were neon bright, and yes I still wore them to work :P
Since then, I've experimented with different colour combinations, using more than 2 colours on a sponge, adding glitter to the gradient, using the actual glitter as the gradient, painting designs over the gradient... Gosh the possibilities are endless!!
I used Revlon Hot For Chocolate, Butter London Pillar Box Red, Ulta3 Tangelo and Honolulu for the gradient, and Sinful Colors Black on Black for the lines.


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Hate speech is commonly defined as, "speech that offends or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits." Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment because it is a personal opinion. If people choose to sit at home writing insulting Facebook posts, then they can do that. Not everyone likes everyone or likes the same things, and expressing that discontent is a part of what it means to be free. Some people have radical views, but those views are just as welcomed as the moderate ones. If we want to keep our freedom of expression, then we must protect everyone else's.
If a person is saying hateful things about a particular group of people, then what every other person needs to do is listen, understand what they are saying (no matter how much one may disagree), then strengthen his or her argument from the flaw in the radical statements. It is a common defense technique. Instead of saying that someone cannot say something, we should listen to what they say and use it to our advantage in refining our view of what's true and real.
In short, hate speech is sad and can cause emotional distress, but everyone has a right to say what he or she thinks and believes whether it is offensive to another person or not. This concept can be derived straight from John Stuart Mill's On Liberty. Censorship, for Mill, is anything that takes away from what is being said. Human beings have no right to say that someone's opinions/beliefs/statements are invalid because they do not match their own. The other person could be right for all we know. His statement could be completely valid, but if he is censored from saying those things, the world will never know. No one has the authority to chose what an opinion is for an entire group of people. If the person is indeed wrong, then others can learn from it. Mill says, "He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that." This, I believe, is the biggest point in relation to hate speech. In order to fully understand the position that one takes, he or she must understand all sides of the argument.
Finally, sometimes, absurd arguments are the ones that are right and are later honored for their efforts. Look at Jesus and Socrates. Galileo! The radical opinions, from both sides, must be just as welcomed as moderate opinions. Further, by condemning another person for what they say is just as harmful, if hateful, as someone saying they do not like a group of individuals or a specific individual. Embrace the First Amendment and accept that hate speech is a common thing, but it can and must be used as a learning and strengthening tool.
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I started writing about when it is acceptable to consider rewriting a software project a few months back (part one and two). I remain convinced that it is occasionally economically sound to toss a problematic codebase and start anew. There are dozens of pesky little details to consider, like:
- Is the code horrifically overcomplicated, or just aesthetically unpleasing?
- How soon before the new system can replace the old?
- How soon before there's a net benefit to the rewrite?
- Are you rewriting to address fundamental flaws, or adopt this week's fashionable language/library/architecture/buzzword?
- Do you understand the problem the code attempts to solve? Really? Really?
- Since the project began, is there a new piece of off-the-shelf piece of software that makes a lot of this pain simply go away?
Steve Yegge looks at the problem from a different angle in his essay Code's Worst Enemy. (See Reginald Braithwaite's synopsis if you want to read just the choice quotes.) Steve argues that code size is easily the riskiest element in a project:
My minority opinion is that a mountain of code is the worst thing that can befall a person, a team, a company. I believe that code weight wrecks projects and companies, that it forces rewrites after a certain size, and that smart teams will do everything in their power to keep their code base from becoming a mountain. Tools or no tools. That's what I believe.
Steve's essay focuses on behaviors endemic among many Java programmers that lead to large codebases that only get larger. As codebases grow, they become difficult to manage, both in terms of the tools we use to build software from the code (IDEs and the like), as well as the cognitive load needed to keep track of what 20,000 pages of code do on a 1 million line project.
The issues aren't specific to Java, or even Java programmers. Rather, they stem from an idea that the size of a code base has no impact on the overall health of a project.
The solution? Be concise. Do what it takes to keep a project small and manageable.
Of course, there are many ways to achieve this goal. One way is to rewrite large, overgrown projects and rebuild them from scratch. This could be done in the same language (building upon the skills of the developers currently on the project), or porting the project to a new language. Another strategy involves splitting a large project into two or more isolated projects with clearly defined interfaces and responsibilities. Many more alternatives exist that don't involve ignoring the problem and letting a 1 million line project fester into a 5 million line project.
Interestingly, Jeff Atwood touched upon the issue as well, in his essay Nobody Cares What Your Code Looks Like. Jeff re-examines the great Bugzilla rewrite, when the team at Netscape decided in 1998 to convert the code from Tcl to Perl. The goal was ostensibly to encourage more contributions, since few people would be interested in learning Tcl to make contributions to Bugzilla. Nine years later, and the Bugzilla team considers Perl to be its biggest liability, because Perl is stagnating, and Perl culture values the ability of every Perl programmer to speak a slightly different dialect of Perl. Newer projects written in PHP, Python, Java and Ruby outcompete Bugzilla because (in a couple cases) they are comparable to Bugzilla today (without taking nine years of development to reach that plateau), and can deliver new features faster than the Bugzilla team can.
Nevertheless, Jeff stresses that although it may be ugly, harder to customize and extend, Bugzilla works. And it has worked for nearly a decade. And numerous large projects use it, and have no intentions to switch to the new bug tracker of the week anytime soon. So what if the code is ugly?
There's a lesson here, and I don't think it's Jeff's idea that nobody cares what your code looks like. Jeff is right that delivering value to customers is always most important, whether they are paying customers that keep your company in business, or users who rely on your open source project to supply a critical piece of infrastructure. He's also right that customers couldn't care less if your code uses Factories, Decorators and Iterators, or Closures, Catamorphisms and Currying. It is a disservice to your customers if you force them to wait while you rewrite your software from a static language (like Java) to a dynamic language (like Ruby), because dynamic languages are all the rage this year. Are you going to go through the same song and dance when type inferencing becomes popular? Massive concurrency?
While customers don't care about how a product is written, they do care about the effects of that choice. If your software crashes a lot, needs frequent security patches and occasionally corrupts data, well, maybe you shouldn't have written your timesheet application in C. If your rendering application is slow, uses ludicrous amounts of memory, then maybe you shouldn't have written it in Ruby. If your application provides a key piece of infrastructure, and there's literally no one who could replace you if you get hit by a bus, then maybe you shouldn't have written it in APL.
And if your application is written in a manner that leads to a huge codebase that makes it hard to find and fix bugs, costly to extend and requires a floor full of programmers to maintain, maybe you owe it to your customer to find a way to reduce the size of your codebase and deliver more value. Because sooner or later, that customer just might find a similar application, built with a smaller codebase and less internal complexity that's cheaper own and faster to customize and fix. And when it becomes too costly or too painful to maintain your application, they will switch.


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Deputy Calleary said, "I was deeply saddened to learn of Martin J's death. He was a valued colleague, a close family friend for many years and a much loved and greatly respected member of the community in Co Mayo.
"Martin J. spent more than 4 decades in public life, beginning his political career in 1955 as a member of Mayo County Council, where he served as Chairman on many occasions. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1977 to 1989 and a member of the Dáil from 1989 to 1992. He was also President of Mayo Fianna Fáil and a valued member of the local organisation in Co Mayo over the years.
"It was a privilege to know Martin J. He was a wonderful character and a great source of political wisdom. He was well known not just in political circles but also in the farming community. Martin was a champion for rural Ireland and was instrumental in the development of the Western Rail Corridor.
"I wish to extend my deepest sympathies to Martin's children Padraig, Austie, Martin, Séamus, Marie, Anna, Breda and Gráinne and their families and friends at this difficult time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam."


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How UK games industry responded to tax break victory
George Osborne's 2012 budget didn't please everyone. It was even described as "cynical, deluded and regressive" by one political commentator. But you can't please all of the people all of the time. Can you?
Osborne did please some of the people, though. Those people are the good folk working in the UK games industry. After snatching away their tax breaks in his first budget, he's decided that they are necessary and good for the country.
This is how the industry responded to the news.
Nevertheless, some like Miles Jacobson of Sports Interactive, were reluctant to be too optimistic.
@PercyBlakeney63 @ViralNinja @stewartgilray been stitched up too many times to be positive about it Andy. Would love to be proved wrong!milessi" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyPercyBlakeney63 @ViralNinja @stewartgilray been stitched up too many times to be positive about it Andy. Would love to be proved wrong!" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
Jacobson's position was
understandable. Tax relief was initially proposed by Labour but those plans were later scrapped by the Tories after they were elected.
But things change…
UK govt makes shock game tax breaks proposal | Game Development | News by DevelopCoalition government reverses position in dramatic Budget announcement The UK government has declared its intention to establish a nation…
The news understandably delighted
the industry.
UKIE welcomes video games tax breaks announcement | The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment21 March 2012 – London, United Kingdom – Games and interactive entertainment trade body UKIE has welcomed the announcement made in today'…
London Buses for the games industry. Nothing for years then computer science at school, high-speed broadband and tax breaks all come at onceian_livingstone" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyRetweet
Stewart Gilray, CEO of Just Add Water, gave an elegant response:
HOLY FUCK!!!!!stewartgilray" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyRetweet
Ed Fear, of Mediatonic, responded to MCV editor-in-chief Michael French's feedback request in an equally elegant manner.
@Michael_French "FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!" – Ed Fear, Mediatonicedfear" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyMichael_French "FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Ed Fear, Mediatonic" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
On a more serious note, the debate turned to how tax relief should be targeted.
Different suggestions were put forward
@edfear really? Hope you don't count us as a triple A then. I want to be able to lower unemployment & make our games better with the credit.
So, why is tax relief so important to the UK games industry? Develop ran stories throughout the day with comments from industry veterans on why it means so much.
TIGA's Richard Wilson predicts that tax relief "should generate and safeguard 4,661 direct and indirect jobs, offer £188m in investment expenditure by studios, increase the games development sector's contribution to UK GDP by £283m and generate £172m for the Treasury."
Tax breaks for UK games industry21 March 2012 Last updated at 11:25 ET The games industry predict tax breaks will create more jobs Long-awaited tax breaks for the games …
UK industry legend Peter Molyneux says that with tax relief, "we can look forward to Britain becoming the centre for innovation and investment".
Molyneux: Game tax breaks can help UK innovation | Game Development | News by DevelopNew government policy 'is good for big and small studios alike' British development figurehead Peter Molyneux has applauded the Governmen…
Square Enix Europe CEO and president Phil Rogers hopes that it will stimulate growth.
Square Enix: Tax breaks will stimulate growth | Game Development | News by DevelopEuropean CEO and president sees Budget address as 'a big step forward'. The CEO and president of Square Enix Europe has expressed his bel…
Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick sees it is a positive step in the right direction.
Kotick: UK tax breaks are "a great first step" | Game Development | News by DevelopWritten statement to Develop says "This is a great first step and should put the UK in a stronger position" One of the most powerful men …
And Eidos boss Ian Livingstone says they will offer the UK a level playing field.
Livingstone: Tax breaks level the global playing field | Game Development | News by DevelopBudget announcement and computer science U-turn 'reposition UK as a world leader' The introduction of game tax breaks repositions the UK …
It increases the likelihood that the UK developers can continue to produce games of this calibre:
"Great British video games made in the UK include Moshi Monsters, Little Big Planet and Lego Star Wars" points out DCMS #UKgamestaxbreaksMichael_French" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyUKgamestaxbreaks" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
So who deserves praise for making this happen?
Andy Payne of the Mastertronic Group praised MPs Ed Vaizey and Jeremy Hunt for their constant lobbying on behalf of the UK games industry.
@edvaizey @Jeremy_Hunt props to you both for the production tax credits on behalf of @UK_IE @TIGAMovement @ian_livingstone and all of us!PercyBlakeney63" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">Replyedvaizey @Jeremy_Hunt props to you both for the production tax credits on behalf of @UK_IE @TIGAMovement @ian_livingstone and all of us!" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
Michael French acknowledged industry bodies TIGA and UKIE.
Well done to @TIGAmovement, which has been like a dog with a bone on #UKgamestaxbreaks, and @UK_IE which has supported its many callsMichael_French" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyTIGAmovement, which has been like a dog with a bone on #UKgamestaxbreaks, and @UK_IE which has supported its many calls" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
Ian Livingstone is also signalled out for praise for leading the project.
Plus @ian_livingstone deserves a round of applause – he has been the Gov's go-to man on this. A true legend for UK games. #UKgamestaxbreaksMichael_French" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">Replyian_livingstone deserves a round of applause - he has been the Gov's go-to man on this. A true legend for UK games. #UKgamestaxbreaks" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
@Michael_French @ian_livingstone spot on. Driven the whole project. Brilliant. Great news for the UK. Well done @TIGAMovement @UK_IEPercyBlakeney63" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-reply">ReplyMichael_French @ian_livingstone spot on. Driven the whole project. Brilliant. Great news for the UK. Well done @TIGAMovement @UK_IE" class="twitter-newwindow twitter-retweet">Retweet
So what's next? The details need to be ironed out and there will be a consultation period.
Treasury 'may adjust £50m game tax break fund' | Game – DevelopThe Treasury may alter its £50 million initial investment pool for games tax breaks , with the final sum dependent on a consultation per…
What about outside the UK? Who knows, tax relief may even spread across Europe. That, at least, is the wish of Quantic Dream boss Guillaume de Fondaumière.
'An important day for Europe', says Quantic Dream boss | Game Development | News by Develop'I'm convinced that other EU countries will now follow the UK's lead on tax breaks and propel the region back to the top' Tax breaks for …


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Although this is theoretically possible using the method described below, the 500Gb Hitachi hard drive (HCS721050CLA382) in the MagicTV box is a dedicated media drive designed especially for Digital Video Recorders.
Attempts to install a 1TB WD10EADS drive caused intermittent behaviour (frequent GUI lock ups) probably because it draws too much current so choose your replacement drive carefully. It would be best to stay with the Hitachi CinemaStar 7K1000.C drives to ensure compatibility. These are available up to 1TB as at 15th Feb 2011.
Steps to upgrade the hard drive.
- Download the latest MagicTV firmware here http://www.magictv.com/nz/support.html (this is necessary even if you don't intend upgrading the firmware)
- Extract the zip file to the root directory of a thumb drive
- Power down and disconnect your device ** BE SAFE **
- Install your new SATA HDD (9 case screws and 3 HDD screws)
- If your confident, reassemble your device or wait until you've proved that it works
- Insert your USB drive with the firmware on it into one of the rear USB ports
- Turn on your MagicTV box and while it's booting, keep pushing the pause button on the remote (don't hold it down)
- After a few seconds, the device will display RESCUE and advise it has found the firmware on the thumb drive. DO NOT PUSH OK at this stage
- Enter 1, 5, 9, 0, 0 on the remote keypad and it will ask you if you want to format the HDD. Push OK to format the drive
Formatting only takes around 20~30 seconds and when complete you can simply turn the device off, wait 5 seconds and turn it back on again. Alternatively, you can follow the prompts on the device display and upgrade the firmware.


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My blogger friend Michael made my morning by informing the DVD overseas release of my film -STRINGS.[ thank you Michael ]
This was awaited news from 'HMV-Sa Re Ga Ma' people but it seems they are still busy with their yearly festival holidays.
In the process of making this DVD master i had to go through the same grind of power and politics of, 'buying and selling marketing stratergies' etc, etc... Again as an independent film maker,I was reminded severely that my film has no 'STARS' and takers etc...
When we did this DVD agreement with HMV,it was always clear that mastering will be done in my supervision. First they told me it will be done in Madras,later i was informed by my partner producer to check the mastering done at a very small studio in Mumbai itself with no proper adequate equipments and skills.I found the work was a complete disaster-
[A.] they had no clue about the subtitles,they just couldn't follow any dialogues and in the 'Mantra'[OM] poem words were not only copied literally but also words were missing from what was rendered forget the translations.It was all inspite of me giving them a DVD copy of the film which i had made for the CANNES and other film festivals which had correct subtitles...
[B.] they had used wipes of graphical 'OM' symbol between the chapters in DVD-I had a big objection to it because this was never an idea right from conceptualisation of the film to bring any religious symbols into it.In fact i am suffering in theatrical releases till date because of a PIL lodged by Sadhus of Allahabad on one poem used by me in the film which has word 'OM'...
[C.] due to the absence of a proper converter used in changing the telecine of the film from PAL to NTSCE for mastering DVD the pigmentations of the colour of the film was drastically distorted.
When i expressed my objections to HMV they made me feel guilty for having made a film without a star and sadly my partner producer got sold to this very CLICHE idea of film making and came in the way. so we lost a lot of time and days in debate.later in pressure of the D-line from the corporate desk they released my DVD with the same disasterous mistakes harming the film and violating my rights as a writer,producer and director of the film.
I felt very hurt and disturbed,never thought that passion could be crushed.I was alone in this fight.When i gave them an ultimatum of going into legal disputes they stopped the process of printing[as they claimed] and i hope so. But by the time they had released 2000 copies of the DVD's for the domestic market,they also ended up creating a lot of misunderstanding between me and my partner.
Later on a very compromising note i went to do my DVD mastering at shemaroo on my own. Completed the work by paying ourselves.HMV did take the new master from us but i am not sure which version is where...
and i don't know the accountability of those 1999 copies released earlier [i have one which i bought from the local shop in a mall]
Hope they have released the correct version with meaningful subttitles and without any religious signs in the index of the DVD.
This film took me three years to come to this stage and we have yet to recover our money.


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Navratri Hindi SMS, messages and quotes
As per the Hindu mythology Navratri is celebrated to worship nine different forms of Goddess Durga - Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skanda Mata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Maha Gauri and Siddhidatri.
During this festival, devotees observe fast in the name of the deity and sing bhajans while offering prayers to the nine avatars of the goddess of power.
• Maa Shailputri is worshipped on the first day.
• Maa Brahmacharini or Uma or Parvati is worshipped on the second day.
• Maa Chandraghanta is worshipped on third day.
• The creator of universe, Maa Kushmanda is worshiped on the fourth day.
• The mother of fighter Skanda, Maa Skanda is worshipped on the fifth day.
• The sixth day is devoted for Maa Katyayani.
• The symbol of peace and wisdom, Maa Gauri is worshipped on the eighth day.
• Maa Siddhidatri is worshipped on the ninth day.
The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights.
The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or Dussehra and Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated twenty days after Dussehra.
The festival of Navratri is observed twice in a year. Once in Chaitra and another in Ashwina.
Here are few Navratri SMS for Navratri festival:
MAA bharti jholi khali!
MAA ambe vaishno wali!
MAA sankat harne wali!
MAA vipda mitane wali!
MAA ke sabhi bhakto ko NAVRATRI ki shubh kamnae.
N-Nav chetna
A-Akhand jyoti
V-Vighna nashak
T-Trikal drshi
R-Rakshan karti
A-Anand mayi Ma Nav Durga bless you..!Happy Navratri
Maa durga apko 9 bhujao se
pradan kare
N – Nav
A – Arti
V – Vandna
R – Roshni
A – Aradhna
T – Tez
R – Rakhnewali
A – Ambey maa Har manokamna puri kare.
*** Happy Navaratri ***
Pyar ka tarana uphar ho
Khushiyo ka nazrana beshumar ho
Na rahe koi gam ka ehsas
Aisa navratra utsav is saal ho!
Happy Navratra!
ChandaN Ki Khushbu
Resham Ka Haar,
SawaN ki SugaNdh
Barish Ni Fuhar,
Radha Ki Ummide
KaNhaiya Ka Pyar.,
Mubarak Ho Apko NAVARATRI Ka Tyohar., HAPPY NAVARATRI.,
Maa Durge,
Maa Ambe,
Maa Jagdambe,
Maa Bhawani,
Maa Sheetla,
Maa Vaishnao,
Maa Chandi,
Mata Rani meri aur apki manokamna puri karey..
May this Navratri be as bright as ever.
May this Navratri brings joy, health and wealth to you.
May the festival brighten up you and your near and dear once life.
Happy Navratri to all of you
Wish This Festival of Navratri Be Bright for You
Wish This Festival of Navratri Bring Prosperity to You
Wish This Festival of Navratri Bring Happiness and Joy to You
Wish Maa Durga Bless You and Your Family
!!Happy Navratri!!
May this Navratri bring happiness in your
Hatred be far apart from your life
Enjoy the festival with love on your heart.
Happy Navratri..!!!
Let The Joy Of Festivity
Embrace You & Your Loved Ones
On The Occassion Of Navratri This Year!
Very Very Happy Navratri
To You & Your Family
Symbol of Strength, Motherhood and Love,
Maa Durga
Heartfelt Wishes on this Navratri.
Happy Navratri
Fortunate is the one who has learned to Admire, but not to envy.
Good Wishes for a joyous Navratri and a Happy New Year with a plenty of Peace and Prosperity.
Maa ki jyoti se prem milta hai, sabke dilo ko marm milta hai, jo bhi jata hai MAA ke dwar , kuch na kuch jarur milta hai. SHUBH NAVRATRI.
Lakshmi ka Hath ho,Saraswati ka Sath ho,Ganesh ka niwas ho,
aur maa durga ke ashirwad se Aapke jeevan mai prakash hi prakash ho.
माँ दुर्गे ,माँ अंबे,माँ जगदांबे,माँ भवानी,माँ शीतला,माँ वैष्णाओ,माँ चंडी ,
माता रानी मेरी और आपकी मनोकामना पूरी करे.जय माता दी.
लाल रंग क़ी चुनरी से सजा माँ का दरबार,हर्षित हुआ मन, पुलकित हुआ संसार,
नन्हे -नन्हे कदमो से माँ आये आपके द्वार,मुबारक हो आपको नवरात्री का त्यौहार..


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This week I had to make a very difficult decision. One of the main characters in my WIP is not living up to the expectations I had for him. His was a grand story filled with self doubt and pity culminating in an action filled scene of heart pounding purple prose.
I have only one small issue. His story is part of the theme, not part of the plot. And so, his grand subplot adventure has come to a halt. My word budget simply isn't large enough to squeeze him in without diluting the rest of the story or telling his emotional tale with half the words missing.
So farewell, dear friend. May we meet in another book, where I can devote the time you deserve – to tell your story in your own words – to be the man whom you are meant to be.
Q4U: Have you ever deleted a character from your story?
Monday, July 26, 2010
Farewell, Dear Friend
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It happens.ReplyDelete
Characters for me have had larger parts in a story than initially anticpated, and sometimes a character's part ends up on the chopping block.
They live on within the saved earlier versions, but not in the final version/publication.
Sigh. I know this pain all too well. I saw on your profile you are a former Michigan soul as well. I grew up in Traverse City before moving out to the West Coast.ReplyDelete
Please play nice with others. Disrespect against any commentor (or me for that matter) may result in deletion of your comment. Disagreements are perfectly acceptable - just keep it civil.
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Faith Milestones at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Family Ministry Connections
Faith Milestones use significant milestones in a child's life to connect families to each other and to the congregation.
Passing on the faith from generation to generation is part of the life of every Christian home. This fundamental task requires much more than passing on Biblical and doctrinal information. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, a trust and confidence is renewed which holds that the power of God creates and renews all things.
Milestones Ministry provides a clear and usable model so that individuals and households can participate in a way of life that marks special moments as "God moments," and honors them as part of the journey of faith.
Benefits of Faith Milestones
- Children and youth are supported in their lives of faith through different milestones in their lives.
- Parents/caretakers of children are encouraged through Milestone Events to grow in their own faith and are equipped to be teachers of the faith, even in their own homes
- Elders are encouraged to share their stories and leave a legacy of faith
- Faith is practiced through the Four Keys of caring conversations, devotions, service, and rituals and traditions
- Supportive and prayerful accountability develops for one another
Baptism: Nurturing a Faith Life
This Milestone Event takes place prior to baptism and provides a rare opportunity for public and thoughtful conversation about how we, as Christians, live out our baptism and support one another in that daily faith journey. (birth-adult)
Anniversary of Baptism: Remembering Our Way of Life
This Milestone Event is an opportunity to remind everyone that living our baptism is a lifelong journey. Usually held in conjunction with the Baptism of our Lord Sunday, those baptized in the previous year are encouraged in their baptismal journey. (year following baptism)
Entering Sunday School: First Steps for a Young Child (preschool, age 3-4)
Children are given assurance that Sunday school is a safe place for them. Parents learn that Sunday school is a ministry that partners with the home to pass on faith, values, and character formation.
Welcoming Young Children to Worship: An Intentional Invitation (pre-K)
This milestone is an intentional invitation by saying, "You and your child are welcome here." Learners will explore worship and the worship space.
Prayer: Relationships with God and Family (kindergarten/1st grade)
Teaching, experiencing, and practicing prayer early in a child's life establishes a strong foundation for the child's faith journey. It also builds relationships between child and caregiver.
Bible: Places Scripture in Hands and Homes (grades 3/4)
This milestone gathers children and caregivers around God's Word as they use, read, study, and play in the Bible. In this way, children not only receive Bibles, but are encouraged to use them together with their families.
Blessing of the Backpacks (all ages)
This milestone gives us an opportunity to discover God's presence with us at home, school, and work, and to be reminded that Jesus is with us always.
Kids and Money: Good Stewards of God's Gifts (2nd grade)
This milestone helps children and families learn more about how God intends for us to appreciate and use the gift of money.
Communion: Learning More about the Lord's Supper (grades 4+)
This milestone helps children and families learn more about the significance of Holy Communion and prepare to receive the Sacrament.
Milestones Ministry encompasses all ages from birth-adult. The milestones listed here list only those that have been developed for birth-grade 6. Watch for more information on other milestones and faith stepping stones.


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[BD Review] 'Anna' Is a Middle-of-the-Road Psycho Thriller
What's cooler than being a hardboiled detective? A "memory detective," duh! That's what Mark Strong plays in the new psychological thriller, Anna. As a memory detective, Strong goes into people's past to relive their experiences and get to the root of their problems. Wisely, the film never wastes time explaining how this ability actually works. The idea of a memory detective is too fun to blow on silly exposition.
John Washington (Strong) has been down on his luck lately. The death of his wife is haunting the world-weary detective so bad he was seeing her in the memories his clients, making it impossible to do his job. Just like the details of memory detecting, Anna breezes over what exactly happened to John's wife. All we know is that her demise was not pretty. This is a prime example of economic storytelling and it works really well here under the sharp eye of first-time director Jorge Dorado.
His boss Sebastian (the always reliable Brian Cox, criminally underused here) sympathizes for John's plight, so he throws him what smells like a simple case. Anna Greene (Taissa Farmiga) is a disturbed young girl from a very affluent family. Like John, she's haunted. But by what? Whatever it is, it's caused Anna to go on a hunger strike. John's job is to delve into her psyche to find out what's driven her to this disturbed state.
During their first session, it becomes clear this goes beyond a girl refusing to eat to spite her parents. There are ulterior motives swarming around the Greene's tremendous estate and Anna quickly realizes that John could be her ticket outta the confines of distant stepfather's clutches. The story here balances on whether Anna really does need to be institutionalized or if she's just a mixed up kid who experienced some darkness coming up.
One of the tests John uses is a hypothetical scenario-based quiz similar to the one Deckard uses on Rachel in Blade Runner (essentially the Voight-Kampff test without the cool little eye reader thingy). And just like testing apathy to shake out the replicants, John is testing if Anna is a sociopath or not, indifferent to violence.
As we're treated to flashbacks further into Anna's unnerving past, the film becomes progressively more convoluted, choked up with private school grudges, molestation, suggestive photos, and family inheritance. Many great detective stories are convoluted (The Big Sleep being a prominent example), but as along as the pieces fit together in the end, it's forgiven. Though Anna presents a coherent story, a few of the elements simply feel like they're sidetracking the main narrative. The climactic twists go for Hitchcock but never really follow through. Attentive viewers will probably see them coming way before John ever does (he's really not a very good detective).
Gracefully shot, skillfully made and finely acted (especially by Strong,who practically carries Farmiga through the film), Anna has all of the elements for a terrific thriller in the classic mold. It has its clever moments, but when it was over I didn't feel compelled to see how all the pieces fit together (like after watching, says, Usual Suspects or Memento). The themes explored focus on contemporary horrors such as repressed childhood abuse, but Dorado never dips into the truly disturbing territory with it.
Anna is a satisfying experience overall but not as smart as it's trying to be (like your mom).


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Psychologists Just Discovered that Some Personality Traits Won't Get You Weight Loss
Psychologists discovered recently that emotional eaters have a specific personality trait or type. So the next time you can't seem to lose weight, don't blame your diet, your workout trainer, and don't take it out on the scale. Take a perso.. Read More
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|Yukiya Arashiro, you'll be hard pressed to find a nicer guy in the peloton.
Happy Independence Day to all my Yankee readers. Last year US cycling fans celebrated this special day with a Tyler Farrar victory. Today, Chris Horner was the best placed of the Americans in 63rd spot and Farrar came in 4:13 after Greipel, in 185th position. The only thing Uncle Sam can be proud of today is, once again, is Tejay Van Garderen (not to be confused with TJ Hooker or TJ Maxx), who is still wearing the White Jersey.
So, today's stage was, as I had anticipated, pretty dumb, with only five things worth mentioning:
First off, we didn't see Morkov, or his retarded petechiae helmet.
Second, because of my affinity to Japanese riders, it was pretty cool to see Arashiro in the break, winning the Most Combative Rider award and being interviewed after the stage. If you ever get a chance to meet Yukiya, go up to him. His English isn't the best, but he is the absolute nicest of guys.
Thirdly (I just learned that "thirdly" is an actual word), the Lotto Beli-Soul Train®, was awesome today and delivered Greipel to a pretty relaxed victory with only a half-cocked (he is 89 years-old, after all) Petacchi challenging him.
Fourthly (not an actual word), now you can see the need of a team around you, mister Cav.
Fifth, on diarrhea watch: Marcel Kittel finished almost 5 minutes back, and now sits just one spot ahead of lantern rouge Brice Feillu in the General Classification.
Tomorrow? *sigh*
The only thing that can make tomorrow's stage watchable is if Johnny Cash himself rises from the grave and performs Saint-Quentin at the finish line, in Saint-Quentin.


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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Toon Legends: The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957)
Woody was to Universal what Tom & Jerry were to MGM, Popeye to Paramount, and Bugs Bunny to Warner Bros., an iconic cartoon star who was the linchpin of the studio's line of cartoons. Woody & his creator, Walter Lantz, first arrived on the scene in the 40's, and transitioned to television in 1957, beginning a 20-year, on-again, off-again run, often brought on as a mid-season replacement series, usually on NBC. After a few years, the series resurfaced in syndication in the 80's with a different opening than the one we have for you.....
YouTube poster Jason Beales dubbed in sound effects from Hanna-Barbera in his clip, which we added to replace the one originally shown. (4/9/14).
The Lantz stable also included Chilly Willy & Andy Panda, whose shorts also got some time on the show. Lantz's wife, Grace Stafford, was the voice of Woody for most of the run, though the inestimable Mel Blanc actually did some of the early shorts. As years went on, Woody was given a niece & nephew, Knothead & Splinter, with whom he could share adventures, and they were more prominent in the 1999 series, which aired intermittently on Fox due to that network's constant schedule shuffling.
Rating: A.
4 comments:
- magicdog said...
I remember watching the toons in syndication on Channel 5 (WNYW) weekday afternoons.
They were quite entertaining, and even Knothead & Splinter were easy to take, unlike a lot of young sidekicks.
As for the 90s version, I caught eps here and there (my neice used to like watching it for a while) and I noticed they'd added a girlfriend for Woody in the worm of "Winnie Woodpecker".
My dad used to to tell me the story of how Woody came to be:
Walter Lantz & wife, Grace were on vacation in a cabin in the woods. Lantz tried to relax in peace and quiet except for this nagging woodpecker, who relentlessly pecked a nearby tree. It seriously drove him to distraction!
Apparently this lead him to create Woody!
- Monday, 24 September, 2012
- hobbyfan said...
I read the same account. It's just a shame Universal, or whomever holds the rights, at present, is leaving Woody twisting in the wind.....
- Monday, 24 September, 2012
- Geed said...
Well, they did have two dvd sets come out so at least that was something.
- Tuesday, 25 September, 2012
- hobbyfan said...
All well & good, Geed, but that isn't exactly getting Woody any attention from the usual suspects.....
- Thursday, 27 September, 2012


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Weekly Snaps
Happy Summer Solstice Folks! It has been some crazy couple of weeks. We are leaving on holidays in a few days and having house sitters during that time. The house is chaotic; packing, cleaning and planting are being done at the same time. Work also decided to send me to Halifax for meetings! It was […]Read More →


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The focus of today's meeting was writing. I was inspired with several ways to support writing instruction in the library. Check out my notes for ideas!
Another idea from the meeting:
Use Face Bug as inspiration for a SOLE project. Read one of the poems then research to see if the information presented is accurate.
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"Ye see what ye'd get!" said Legree, caressing the dogs with grim satisfaction, and turning to Tom and his companions. "Ye see what ye'd get, if ye try to run off. These yer dogs has been raised to track niggers; and they'd jest as soon chaw one on ye up as eat their supper. So, mind yerself! How now, Sambo!" he said, to a ragged fellow, without any brim to his hat, who was officious in his attentions. "How have things been going?"
"Fust rate, Mas'r."
"Quimbo," said Legree to another, who was making zealous demonstrations to attract his attention, "ye minded what I telled ye?"
"Guess I did, didn't I?"
These two colored men were the two principal hands on the plantation. Legree had trained them in savageness and brutality as systematically as he had his bull-dogs; and, by long practice in hardness and cruelty, brought their whole nature to about the same range of capacities. It is a common remark, and one that is thought to militate strongly against the character of the race, that the negro overseer is always more tyrannical and cruel than the white one. This is simply saying that the negro mind has been more crushed and debased than the white. It is no more true of this race than of every oppressed race, the world over. The slave is always a tyrant, if he can get a chance to be one.
Legree, like some potentates we read of in history, governed his plantation by a sort of resolution of forces. Sambo and Quimbo cordially hated each other; the plantation hands, one and all, cordially hated them; and, by playing off one against another, he was pretty sure, through one or the other of the three parties, to get informed of whatever was on foot in the place.
Nobody can live entirely without social intercourse; and Legree encouraged his two black satellites to a kind of coarse familiarity with him, — a familiarity, however, at any moment liable to get one or the other of them into trouble; for, on the slightest provocation, one of them always stood ready, at a nod, to be a minister of his vengeance on the other.
As they stood there now by Legree, they seemed an apt illustration of the fact that brutal men are lower even than animals. Their coarse, dark, heavy features; their great eyes, rolling enviously on each other; their barbarous, guttural, half-brute intonation; their dilapidated garments fluttering in the wind, — were all in admirable keeping with the vile and unwholesome character of everything about the place.
"Here, you Sambo," said Legree, "take these yer boys down to the quarters; and here's a gal I've got for you," said he, as he separated the mulatto woman from Emmeline, and pushed her towards him; — "I promised to bring you one, you know."
The woman gave a start, and drawing back, said, suddenly,
"O, Mas'r! I left my old man in New Orleans."
"What of that, you — ; won't you want one here? None o' your words, — go long!" said Legree, raising his whip.
"Come, mistress," he said to Emmeline, "you go in here with me."
A dark, wild face was seen, for a moment, to glance at the window of the house; and, as Legree opened the door, a female voice said something, in a quick, imperative tone. Tom, who was looking, with anxious interest, after Emmeline, as she went in, noticed this, and heard Legree answer, angrily, "You may hold your tongue! I'll do as I please, for all you!"
Tom heard no more; for he was soon following Sambo to the quarters. The quarters was a little sort of street of rude shanties, in a row, in a part of the plantation, far off from the house. They had a forlorn, brutal, forsaken air. Tom's heart sunk when he saw them. He had been comforting himself with the thought of a cottage, rude, indeed, but one which he might make neat and quiet, and where he might have a shelf for his Bible, and a place to be alone out of his laboring hours. He looked into several; they were mere rude shells, destitute of any species of furniture, except a heap of straw, foul with dirt, spread confusedly over the floor, which was merely the bare ground, trodden hard by the tramping of innumerable feet.
"Which of these will be mine?" said he, to Sambo, submissively.
"Dunno; ken turn in here, I spose," said Sambo; "spects thar's room for another thar; thar's a pretty smart heap o' niggers to each on 'em, now; sure, I dunno what I 's to do with more."
It was late in the evening when the weary occupants of the shanties came flocking home, — men and women, in soiled and tattered garments, surly and uncomfortable, and in no mood to look pleasantly on new-comers. The small village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural voices contending at the hand-mills where their morsel of hard corn was yet to be ground into meal, to fit it for the cake that was to constitute their only supper. From the earliest dawn of the day, they had been in the fields, pressed to work under the driving lash of the overseers; for it was now in the very heat and hurry of the season, and no means was left untried to press every one up to the top of their capabilities. "True," says the negligent lounger; "picking cotton isn't hard work." Isn't it? And it isn't much inconvenience, either, to have one drop of water fall on your head; yet the worst torture of the inquisition is produced by drop after drop, drop after drop, falling moment after moment, with monotonous succession, on the same spot; and work, in itself not hard, becomes so, by being pressed, hour after hour, with unvarying, unrelenting sameness, with not even the consciousness of free-will to take from its tediousness. Tom looked in vain among the gang, as they poured along, for companionable faces. He saw only sullen, scowling, imbruted men, and feeble, discouraged women, or women that were not women, — the strong pushing away the weak, — the gross, unrestricted animal selfishness of human beings, of whom nothing good was expected and desired; and who, treated in every way like brutes, had sunk as nearly to their level as it was possible for human beings to do. To a late hour in the night the sound of the grinding was protracted; for the mills were few in number compared with the grinders, and the weary and feeble ones were driven back by the strong, and came on last in their turn.
"Ho yo!" said Sambo, coming to the mulatto woman, and throwing down a bag of corn before her; "what a cuss yo name?"
"Lucy," said the woman.
"Wal, Lucy, yo my woman now. Yo grind dis yer corn, and get my supper baked, ye har?"
"I an't your woman, and I won't be!" said the woman, with the sharp, sudden courage of despair; "you go long!"
"I'll kick yo, then!" said Sambo, raising his foot threateningly.
"Ye may kill me, if ye choose, — the sooner the better! Wish't I was dead!" said she.
"I say, Sambo, you go to spilin' the hands, I'll tell Mas'r o' you," said Quimbo, who was busy at the mill, from which he had viciously driven two or three tired women, who were waiting to grind their corn.
"And, I'll tell him ye won't let the women come to the mills, yo old nigger!" said Sambo. "Yo jes keep to yo own row."
Tom was hungry with his day's journey, and almost faint for want of food.
"Thar, yo!" said Quimbo, throwing down a coarse bag, which contained a peck of corn; "thar, nigger, grab, take car on 't, — yo won't get no more, dis yer week."
Tom waited till a late hour, to get a place at the mills; and then, moved by the utter weariness of two women, whom he saw trying to grind their corn there, he ground for them, put together the decaying brands of the fire, where many had baked cakes before them, and then went about getting his own supper. It was a new kind of work there, — a deed of charity, small as it was; but it woke an answering touch in their hearts, — an expression of womanly kindness came over their hard faces; they mixed his cake for him, and tended its baking; and Tom sat down by the light of the fire, and drew out his Bible, — for he had need for comfort.
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