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Turkey's Sacred Lands & Ancient Civilizations
{Part 2, Days 11-20: Ankara, Cappadocia, Antakya, Gaziantep, Mt. Nemrut, Tarsus & Adana}
March 28 – April 16, 2014
{Part 2} Since we had never been to Eastern Turkey, Jim & I selected this trip, "Turkey's Sacred Lands & Ancient Civilizations" from Overseas Adventure Travel. This was our 32nd trip with this company and as usual we were extremely pleased with the itinerary and the learning and discovery experiences. We have previously been to Turkey but never to Eastern Turkey. The only repeats on this journey were Istanbul, Uchisar, and Goreme. We experienced unforgettable historic treasures, relics of ancient civilizations, Biblical history and interaction with the local people. There were fifteen travelers in our group, and a fine group it was. We enjoyed our travel friends. Pictured below is our trip leader, Adnan. (This map is copied from the Overseas Adventure web site.)
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{Beginning of Part 2: Turkey, from Cappadocia to Adana, Days 11-20}
Trabzon to Ankara: After breakfast we took a short flight from Trabzon to Ankara.
Ankara: This region of central Anatolia in which Ankara is situated is also the heartland of the long-vanished Hittite civilization. We visited the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations which was a disappointment because the only section open was the Roman section. Next we went to the Ataturk Mausoleum & Museum. He was leader of the Turkish War of Independence and first president of Turkey.
Cappadocia, Turkey: Jim & I have been to this area before, but I don't think I'd ever tire of seeing this region of exceptional natural wonders, which is characterized by fairy chimneys. The landscape of Cappadocia was created around 30 million years ago. The volcanic ash eroded into "tuff". Over time, the tuff was worn away, creating distinctive formations, including the capped-cone "fairy chimneys." This area covers about 116 square miles.
Uchisar Rock Citadel: The natural rock citadel of Uchisar is the tallest point in Cappadocia. First photo is taken at a distance while we were out on a hike, the second photo is a close-up of the same area.
Strolling around the unique town of Uchisar. They were a lot of fixer-uppers, and a lot that were repaired and in good shape even due to time, erosion and weathering. It was fascinating!
Some of the nice hotels in the Uchisar. We looked into one of the rooms, it would be a fun place to stay.
We visited a home where the family actually lives in the cone shaped rock. Then we did what you rightfully do in Turkey, we had chai (hot tea).
We couldn't get enough of the beautiful sites of Cappadocia. Love, this place.
I about decided that right here in Cappadocia, Turkey, we'd found Doofus, our missing dog. You have to look carefully but he's also in the second photo, in the due center.
Kaymakli Underground City: A UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are 36 underground cities in Cappadocia but Kaymakli is the widest. These cave-cities were excavated as early as Hittite times, (1600 BC-1180 BC) and expanded over the centuries. Early Christians suffered a lot from the Romans, pagans, and Arab invaders, so they refuged in underground cities. The softness of the tuff made it easy to excavate in order to create dwellings. This settlement had living quarters, stables, wells, ventilation systems, churches and storage rooms. There are nearly one hundred tunnels in this underground city. Archeologists think that this city could have been had a population up to 3,500 people, in addition to their livestock. This underground city consists of 8 floors below ground, but only 4 of them are open to the public today. Amazing!
Walking through the tunnels. Second photo is the church with the altar in the foreground. The top part of the third photo shows shows a stone door.
Oh dear, a little entrance and double oh dear……Jim made it through!
Well, now that was an experience, wasn't it?
We did an invigorating hike from Uchisar to Goreme. It took us a couple of hours, some longer than others, but I ask, "what was the hurry?" Then of course it was time for chai.
So first thing the next morning we continued on with another splendid hike in the beautiful sunshine through elongated shaped columns that are capped with layers of slightly harder material.
Chai time right? Nope, it was fresh squeezed orange-juice time. And a little shopping opportunity.
Goreme Open-Air Museum: A UNESCO World Heritage Site. This area contains the finest of the rock-cut churches, with beautiful frescoes whose colors are still vivid. Most of the churches located here belong to the 10th, 11th and 12 centuries. Pictures weren't allowed inside.
Way to go Jerry, are you going to ride all the way home?
Looking out the window on our bus ride from Cappadocia to Antakya (Ancient Antioch).
Antakya: We traveled to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, stayed at a nice hotel in Antakya, and from there visited close by areas of interest.
Vakifli: We set out to experience A Day in the Life of two Turkish villages. First, we visited Vakifli, an Armenian village perched on the slope of a mountain overlooking the Mediterranean. It is known as the last Christian Armenian village in Turkey.
Along the mountain road. We discovered a mule under all that grass.
Kapisuyu: We visited a local school in this mountain village near Syria. It is supported by Grand Circle Foundation, a part of the World Classroom initiative.
We enjoyed a nice home hosted lunch in the same village as the school. I brought the kids bubbles, and it appeared to be a hit. The mayor & his staff showed up for lunch with us also.
Now for a demonstration of bread baking. The bread was very good. We had it hot and fresh for lunch.
Ancient Seleucia: In 301 BC Seleucia was a port for Antioch (now Antakya). The apostle Peter chose this locale for his first mission to the Gentiles, and his converts in Antioch were the first group to go by the name Christians. Seleucia was the seaport from which Paul and Barnabas departed for their first missionary journey in 49 AD. (Acts 13:4). It was amazing to see remaining structures in this area.
Titus Tunnel at Seleucia: This is another Roman engineering marvel. The Romans decided to divert a river, so slaves cut a channel along and through the rock for nearly a mile. The project started around 69-79 AD and was continued during Emperor Titus reign in 79-81 AD.
Hatay Archaeological Museum: We saw the collection of Roman and Byzantine mosaics dating from the 1st to 5th centuries AD. The works in the museum are arranged according to where they were found. I was amazed at the vibrant colors that remained in mosaics that are over 2,000 years old. An excellent museum.
Overland to Gaziantep.
Gaziantep, Turkey: Next we headed back to the Eastern Anatolia region. The site has been occupied since Hittite times. A crumbling citadel with 36 towers looms over the town. Just below the citadel is a bazaar that sells anything and everything you can think of.
On our way to Mt. Nemrut. And then a picnic lunch at the base of Mt. Nemrut.
Mt. Nemrut: A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The huge stone heads on the summit of Mount Nemrut were built by King Antiochus I Theos, who ruled the Commagene kingdom between 64 & 38 BC. To glorify his rule, the king had three enormous terraces cut in to the mountain top. Colossal statues of himself and the major gods were placed on the terraces, and the summit became a sanctuary where the king was worshipped. It is believed to be the site of King Antiochus tomb, but to date, it has never been found.
Well, trust me, this was a goodly hike for the senior set. It has become apparent to me as I post this blog, just exactly what my favorite things were.…and this is one of them. The destination of our hike is up the mountain and to the peak seen in the first picture. It all started out with a nice sidewalk, then towards the end it was slip, sliding rocks, but we all made it with weak smiles & a huff & a puff.
Now we are nearing the top and no more nice sidewalk. A few times I thought I might slide with the rocks down to the valley below. Of course I hugged the inside of the path, and anyone that wanted, was free to pass me on the outside.
Rounding the last bend in the trail and this is what we saw. We gazed upon statues that are over 2,000 years old! And located on top of the mountain were they were originally placed. The bodies of the colossal statues stand, with their carved heads laying scattered at their feet around the haunting peak of Mount Nemrut.
On the eastern terrace of the mountaintop were huge statues of King Antiochus, flaked by two lions, two eagles and various gods. These statues were once seated, with names of each god inscribed on them. The heads of the statues have at some stage been removed from their bodies, and they are now scattered throughout the site.
We stand amazed among these relics of an ancient civilization.
To get from the eastern terrace to the western terrace we encountered snow in the path. So, we could either walk through the knee deep snow or get off the path that was way too close to the edge of the mountain for me. As I stumbled along this lovely young lady took my hand and we stumbled through the railroad ties and large rocks together and she kept me safe.
On the western terrace the statues are just here, there and everywhere.
On the western terrace there are several reliefs that are in good condition. The relief carving of a lion surrounded by stars and a crescent moon is considered to be one of the oldest horoscope representations in the world. It shows the arrangement of stars and the planets Jupiter, Mercury and Mars on 7 July 62 BC. This may be an indication of when construction began on this monument.
Heading down from Mt. Nemrat. It was a great sidewalk path all the way down.
We packed up and left Gaziantep and headed in a westerly direction to Adana, which would be the destination for the last two nights of our trip.
Kastabala, Turkey: On our drive to Adana we made a brief stop here, just because we wanted to see some more "old" stuff. The ruins seen at Kastabala historic site today are all from the Roman Period. The colonnaded street at the entrance was built around 200 AD. Ruins were as far as the eye could see. Very little of the site is excavated.
Karatepe, Turkey: This place was a late Hittite city dating from the eighth century BC. It was in a beautiful site in the Taurus Mountains and on the bank of the Ceyhan River.
Tarsus, Turkey: We went to visit the antiquities regarding St. Paul, but first we got to enjoy a festival.
Paul the Apostle was born in Tausus, around the first century AD. He was an early Christian missionary, and was a writer of much of the New Testament. This is the ancient stone well and also a foundation that is believed to be the site of St. Paul's house.
Adana, Turkey: We stayed at the Hilton in Adana. Next to the Hilton on the left was this 4th century Roman bridge. Next to the Hilton on the right was Turkey's largest mosque with grand minarets.
We had a lovely lunch at a restaurant overlooking waterfalls. Some kind of a festival was going on so our send-off was a spectacular water show complete with fireworks right in front of our hotel.
So long Turkey. It was a grand trip! Kansas here we come.


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Data acquisition platform gets rock solid, nears the speed of sound on the ground
Take measurements in rugged environments with the NI cDAQ-9188XT: National Instruments extends the NI CompactDAQ platform with a chassis that can withstand 50 g shock (breaking out of concrete with a sledgehammer) and 5 g of vibration (in a jet-powered attempt to set a new land speed record). The platform now supports the NI LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite.
While most data acquisition may not need to withstand a sledgehammer impact or jet-car vibrations, National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) announced on Aug. 7 a rugged product that can, the NI cDAQ-9188XT. This 8-slot NI CompactDAQ Ethernet chassis is designed for distributed or remote measurements in extreme environments. The cDAQ-9188XT can withstand temperatures from -40 C to 70 C, 50 g of shock and 5 g of vibration. It also is approved for hazardous location use with a Class 1 Div 2 rating. Engineers in the automotive, military and aerospace industries have used it to successfully acquire data and avoid costly repeat tests.
Punishing tests, pre-launch
"We're using the cDAQ-9188XT to track pressure, vibration, velocity and more in our jet-powered vehicle [see photo] as we try to break the world land speed record," said Steve Wallace, data acquisition scientist for the North American Eagle Project. "So far it's survived everything we've thrown at it and given us great results," Wallace said.
The modified Lockheed F-104A-10 Starfighter, shown at the NIWeek Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference, offers 13,000 lb of thrust and 771 mph top speed, covering a mile in 4.2 seconds. October is the next run. In 2014, the team will attempt to break the 763 mph record, but first they are measuring carefully to ensure the car remains intact and on the ground.
Breaking into new applications
In a stage demonstration on Aug. 6 at NIWeek, the NI cDAQ-9188XT survived positioned inside a hollow concrete block pulverized with a sledge hammer. Prior to the show, Doug Farrell, product marketing manager, industrial data acquisition for National Instruments, pounded on a solid concrete block more than a dozen times to expose the new rugged chassis (see photo), which he said seemed to serve as rebar inside the block.
"We maxed out the accelerometer at more than 50 g with that demo. We had to make the stage show (see photo) a little easier," though the forces were similar, Farrell told CFE Media. The new model increases the upper range of protection that the NI DAQ platform offers, increasing vibration from 0.3 g to 5 g, shock from 30 g to 50 g, and temperature range from -20 C to 55 C to -40 C to 70 C, Farrell said.
The chassis is the first in the NI CompactDAQ platform to offer an onboard watchdog with defined safe states to help protect tests and equipment, Farrell added.
The platform includes 10 chassis options, three buses and more than 50 modules with a wide range of connectivity and I/O options. The platform also has native integration with NI LabVIEW system design software, which provides signal processing libraries and user interface controls designed for data visualization.
"From single-signal benchtop measurements made in laboratories to distributed, rugged or stand¬alone measurements made in some of the most extreme conditions on earth, it's amazing how our customers' applications have evolved over the past 25 years," said Chad Chesney, director of data acquisition marketing at National Instruments. "By continuing to invest in NI CompactDAQ, we'll contribute to even more engineering accomplishments over the next quarter century."
NI added to NI CompactDAQ platform capabilities with support for the LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite. With this toolkit, NI CompactDAQ users can integrate power analysis functions, such as energy, frequency, voltage unbalance, and event detection, into monitoring systems.
- Edited by Mark T. Hoske, content manager CFE Media, Control Engineering, Plant Engineering, and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, email@example.com.
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Bayonet equated to the poll
The policy we have can be called anything. The confirmation of the foreign agent. First in the black list includes environmental and human rights organizations, then — AIDS-service NGOs now came for the sociologists. On Monday, the Ministry of justice has included in the registry of foreign agents Analytical center of Yuri Levada.
photo: Roman Orlov
According to the law on NGOs — foreign agents entered in the register of organizations that receive money and other property from foreign sources and engaged in political activities (№121 — FZ of 20.07.2012).
Did the "Levada-center" political activities?
In the law, clarifying this concept (it is, incidentally, criticized the Council for human rights under the President for what political now you can understand any activity), States that to political activity includes any attempt to shape socio-political attitudes and beliefs, "including by carrying out and publishing sociological research. In other words, political activity can be recognized as so-called formative sociology. It is not so much interested in the opinion of the Respondent about how the information he provides. Compare two questions: "who do you think will win the election?" and "How do you think will win if Mr N in the elections?". The first question is the science, asking the opinion of the Respondent, and the second is a political strategy here the respondents say that Mr. N is a great chance for victory.
Can and rougher: "How do you think will win if Mr N in the elections, because he defended the rights of the residents?" Here, the Respondent already draw the image of the candidate-human rights activist. With this knowledge, the Respondent goes to the polling station and may vote for Mr N, because he has formed the belief that the N — rights activist with big chances to win.
View now recent polls, "Levada-center". Sociologists ask: "are you Interested in the upcoming September elections to the state Duma?", "What are the qualities of a MP?", "What political party you know?" If these questions form the belief, only that in September there will be elections to the state Duma and the country's political parties. But these are facts. No excess information, encouraging the Respondent to change their views or make a decision in these surveys, no. The Director of "Levada-center" Lev Gudkov told "MK" that the inspection of the Ministry of justice in political activities is recognized even consumer study of toiletries, which was conducted by sociologists. To see the inspection report we have not succeeded, it is information protected by the trade secrets act. Lev Gudkov said that the center will publish the document as soon as the sociologists will get permission to publish from the organizations mentioned there. Most likely, there will be a lot interesting.
Does the "Levada-center" money from foreign sources? The justice Ministry insists that the bulk of funding NGOs receive from the United States, in the office mentioned a grant from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, the "parent institution in which is listed the US Department of defense". However, Lev Gudkov told "MK" that after the adoption of the law on foreign agents, the centre does not receive any grants. In the financial report "Levada", published on the website of the Ministry of justice in April of this year, there is mention of the project "Public opinion about the problems of protection of rights and freedoms in Russia" and "the Confrontation of logics": the doctor, the patient and the government in terms of reforming the health system". Gudkov said the "MK" that the question here is not about grants, and commercial contracts that may enter into any non-profit organization. According to the Deputy Director of the center Alexei Grazhdankin, the organization had only signed the contract on carrying out of sociological and marketing and methodological studies commissioned by foreign research universities. "We do not say that we are funding a company to manufacture dairy products if buy its products. So buy our study," he explained. By the way, in the Council on human rights under the President repeatedly said that the regulations on foreign funding, the law needs to be clarified. In particular, the head of the HRC cited the example of a ballpoint pen, which can also be attributed to other assets, received from abroad, and on this basis to recognize the organizing a foreign agent.
The conclusion of this story is. The concept of "political activity" and "obtaining of property from abroad" too comprehensive, so in the registry of foreign agents enter the organization have a policy attitude is very mediocre.
PS the head of the Council on human rights under the President of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fedotov said that "Levada-the centre" can be excluded from the registry of foreign agents, if preregistered as a commercial organization. The lawyer of the lawyers ' Club NCO Max Alenichev explained "MK", and commercial organizations, and non-profit organizations can conduct income-generating activities, the tax burden they are identical. However, NGOs, unlike commercial organizations can secure funding and grants, which do not need to pay income tax if it was spent purposefully. If "Levada-center" does not receive grants, why would it then not to go the way proposed by Fedotov? But it's almost impossible. "The fact that the NGO law cannot change the legal status, only the complete elimination of the NGOs," — said "MK" Lev Gudkov.


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Leading the way are key members of the team that won the USA's first wheelchair curling medal at last year's World Wheelchair Championship including Augusto Perez (East Syracuse, N.Y.), James Pierce (North Syracuse, N.Y.), James Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.) and Jacqueline Kapinowski (Point Pleasant, N.J.). Patrick McDonald (Orangevale, Calif.) was named the team's alternate.
The selection occurs after three tryouts - one formal tryout that included a skills competition and two on-ice competitions in Ottawa and Utica, N.Y.
Perez, Pierce, Joseph and Kapinowski defeated a team from Ottawa to win the Second Annual U.S. Open International Bonspiel on Sunday in Utica. The team finished 4-1. McDonald was the skip for the other U.S. team that competed, finishing with a 2-3 record.
The team will represent the U.S. at the 2009 World Wheelchair Championship, Feb. 21-28, in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, March 12-21, 2010, also in Vancouver.
Marc DePerno, USA Curling's national wheelchair curling outreach and development program director, will serve as team leader for the 2009 World Wheelchair Championship. Applications for the team leader position for the 2010 Parlaympics are being accepted by USA Curling until Dec. 15.
In accordance with World Curling Federation rules, must be composed of both genders. No sweeping of the stone is allowed. Games will be eight ends in length (an increase of two ends from season's past).
Here is a look at Team USA (position, name, age, hometown, curling resume):
For more information: Terry Kolesar, USA Curling, email@example.com, 715-344-1199, Ext. 202, or 608-338-9900 (cell).


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The Goat Island Skiff is a truly beautifully proportioned boat with something terribly classical in its line which attracts attention wherever it is sailed. A few years ago, Michael and I were cruising around the marina in Mooloolaba, where the world Etchell Championships were being held.
We thought we'd check out some pre-race action from the water.
This didn't work out for us quite the way we'd planned, as we became the centre of attraction as we gently cruised between the pens. Hardened international racing sailors downed tools and walked to the ends of their berths to get a better look.
Fascinating that was, and oh so satisfying in a quiet, keep it to yourself and the internet sort of way!!
Because the boat is both very light and has a flat bottom it only requires a very simple trailer. I built mine from lightweight folded steel roofing purlins which I bought for $40 from a wreckers yard. Simple kit trailers available from retailers like Harbor Freight in the US or Super Cheap in Australia will more than suffice, and some have the advantage of being able to fold away. It is feasible to cartop the boat, I say that because I've seen pictures of it being done, but I do think it's on the absolute limit, and you'd need a fit crew to load and unload it.
Remember to include some method of holding the boat down and preventing it sliding forward in the event of a violent stop. I installed a U-bolt in the stem during the construction process and i't's been worth every penny of i't's not very large cost.
Everyone wants to know if we can fit seats along the sides, presumably to make it more comfortable. It really doesn't need to be more comfortable. The gunwhales are a very easy place to perch in calm conditions and make excellent leaning rails in stronger conditions. They seem to be perfectly shaped for a range on posteriors too.
Passengers are accommodated in a number of places, while the seats are fine, my wife's favourite spot is on the floor just aft of the mast. There she can relax with her back against the bulkhead, reading a book while I do my boaty thing.
There is a low bridge between where I live and open sailing water, so I often spend the first kilometre or so of an outing rowing up to and under the bridge.
I built a pair of nine foot oars to Pete Culler's design and simply drilled holes in the gunwhales with a brass bearing set in flush to accommodate the locks.
The boat rows effortlessly, it's very light and very stable directionally (provided one doesn't leave the rudder half down and the tiller cocked to one side!)
I screwed a half-round strip of brass onto the bottom of each skid to provide a little extra protection, as I often launch in areas where the boat ramps are made of concrete, and my boat lives on the floor of our boat shed.
The skids make a terrible crunching sound, and it's worth going down to the ramp specially to see the expressions on bystanders as I pull this beautiful timber boat up the concrete. The noise it makes leaves no doubt in everyone's mind that the bottom will be worn through momentarily, but the brass does its job fantastically.
All small boat sailors should be aware that capsize is a possibility and practise their capsize recovery procedure, so that in the event of an unforeseen mishap in the middle of a lake or an ocean, they are able to recover safely.
The Goat Island Skiff is no harder to right than most dinghy classes, and has the bonus because of its buoyant mast, that it can't invert, or "turn turtle".
Recovery is simply a matter of applying weight to the centreboard, and the boat will right itself quite gently. Because of it's volume, there is a bit of bailing to do, so carry a large plastic bucket or two just in case!
The sides are quite high, which makes re-entry a little difficult unassisted for those of us who are perhaps less agile than we once were, however unless you are single handing it's easy with a bit of assistance from the crew!
In fifteen years, we've had one accidental capsize, and that could have been avoided if I'd been thinking about what I was doing! Let's put it this way: if you are single handing on a nice medium breeze downwind leg, don't leave the helm and go forward to do something at the mast!
The little clip above shows Michael doing some recovery practice!
That's pretty easy in the Goat Island Skiff!
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Post 1990 Command File,
Scope and Content Note
The materials held for each originating command are filed under five subgroups: Command Histories; Serial materials; Chronological materials (miscellaneous documents filed in chronological order); Reports; and Plans.
The bulk of the Post 1990 Command File consists of command history submissions received annually from U.S. Navy commands and shore establishments. These histories are indexed by originating command. Biographies of commanding officers included with command histories are filed in the Biographical Collection and photos are transferred to the Photographic Section.
Series Materials: Other documentation contained in the file includes series materials. Examples of series materials include: NAVADMIN NAVNEWS and NAVOP messages; catalogs of Naval Shore Activities; Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Indian Ocean Fact Book; Chief of Naval Operations Annual Reports; Department of the Navy Reports to Congress; Defense Intelligence Agency Publications; Mine Warfare Summaries; Naval Intelligence Command Publications; Naval Sea Systems Monthly Progress Reports; Naval Warfare Publications; OPNAV Instructions and Notices; Organization Charts and Manuals; Rosters of Officers; Standard Navy Distribution Lists; State Department Background Notes.
Chronological Materials: Individual documents of historical value are held in this subgroup. Studies make up a large part of this material.
Reports: Many of the documents are letter or narrative reports. Most are after action, deployment, exercise, or lessons learned reports removed from Command History appendices or forwarded in lieu of Command Histories.
Plans: This group documents Navy planning for programs, training, and operations to maintain readiness for crisis or war situations. The bulk of the file was received as appendices to Command Histories. A few Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, foreign-originated, and unified command documents are included in the collection.
Although most of the Command File is U.S. Navy originated, some documentation was prepared by other services, by foreign navies, by research organizations under government contract, or by private individuals.
Note: Command histories of all naval aviation squadrons and some senior aviation commands and shore establishments (including Naval Air Stations) are held in the Aviation History Section of the Archives Branch. Command histories of individual ships are held in the Ships History Section of the Archives Branch. Some of these command histories have been digitized and are available here.
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Post 1990 Command File, Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.
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 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is not as popular as some of the other books on this list, but this story of an orphan in the Russian-Chechen war is poignant and lyrical. It is a great read that also can open discussion about a lesser-known conflict.

Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a nonfiction book written in a narrative style. Katherine Boo spent several years in an Indian slum. In the book, she uses one family's story to highlight the realities of life in the slum. The book does not give easy answers of a prescription for change, but it will give groups plenty to discuss.

Book review of Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers Book Club Discussion Questions

In the Shadow of the Banyan is officially fiction, but Ratner admits in the author's note that it is basically her story—making it fiction just gave her freedom with some of the details. This is the story of a girl in Cambodia during the period of the Khmer Rouge and the killing fields. It is a heavy book, but the writing is beautiful and the story is important.

Book review of In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

In the Shadow of the Banyan Book Club Discussion Questions

John Green's young adult novel should not be limited to teens. Book clubs of all ages will find much to discuss in this book about a teenager with cancer. Although the novel raises large existential questions, it also is very funny.

The Fault in Our Stars Book Club Discussion Questions

Water for Elephants meets A Discovery of Witches in The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. This fantasy creates a world that can enchant readers. It is a fun read with enough substance for book clubs to have a full discussion.

The Night Circus Book Club Discussion Questions

Few things can bring out strong opinions as easily as discussions about parenting—especially if your group is made up of people with children. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a provocative look at Chinese parenting compared to American parenting. It is told through one woman's true story of raising her daughters.

Book Review of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

War is a nonfiction book written by a journalist who embedded himself with American troops in Afghanistan. It is a rough book, but a good one for groups that want an honest look at America's most recent war

Chris Cleave is an author who knows how to write. Although his novels deal with heavy topics, they also contain laugh-out-loud moments and characters that you will want to know. Little Bee is the story of a refugee in London. It is sad, but beautiful, and will give book clubs plenty of social and moral issues to discuss.

Cutting for Stone is a slow but gripping story of twin boys raised in a mission hospital in Ethiopia. Verghese develops his characters well, and his medical background (he is a physician) allows him to bring alive details about the hospital and patient care.

Book review of Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a sweet, feel-good story that is not saccharine. Indeed, the action takes place during and immediately following Nazi occupation of the island of Guernsey during World War II. The characters, however, are very lovable and there is an underlying goodness in the story that can be a refreshing break from overly heavy literary fiction.

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is a book lover's book, taking place at times in old book shops and giving a nod to classic literature. At its core, though, it is just a very good story with a mystery that makes it hard to put down until that last page.

Book review of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Thirteenth Tale Book Club Discussion Questions

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen has been a book club favorite since its release in 2006. It is the story of a circus veterinarian during the Great Depression who falls in love with a performer and her elephant. The story has history, suspense, and romance.

Book review of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants Book Club Discussion Questions


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NFUS launches ScotchWatch scheme
NFU Scotland (NFUS) has built on its ShelfWatch campaign and launched a ScotchWatch scheme to assess the level of labelled Scottish meat on retailer shelves.
Following horsegate, NFUS is looking to build on Scottish consumer support for meat products identified as 'Scotch' or 'Scottish'.
ScotchWatch will track retailer commitment to making sure that beef, lamb, pork and chicken from Scottish farms is labelled as being Scottish. Retail shelves will be checked on a monthly basis, and the ratio of Scottish labelled meat to British or imported will be assessed.
NFUS president Nigel Miller said: "The Scottish public's support for Scottish farmers and their produce during the 'horsegate' debacle was resolute, and a massive vote of confidence in the assurance and traceability systems that we have in place in Scotland.
"While retailers have retained a strong commitment to Scottish produce, we have noticed some movement in Scottish shops towards British or own-brand labels. Clearly there is a dialogue to be had with retailers on why a Scottish label isn't always the label of choice."
January's ScotchWatch findings show that The Co-operative dedicated 93% of its shelf facing to Scotch-labelled beef products, while Tesco dedicated only 28%.
Miller added: "The initial ScotchWatch results show some very positive results, but also some that are a worry. We have already started to discuss our findings, both good and bad, with the retailers."
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Are happy kids dumb kids?
Did you live a coddled childhood filled with unbridled playtime and few reminders of the harsh real world? You might have been dumber as a result.
Children coaxed into a jovial mood performed worse on a simple test of geometric shape recognition than kids put in a dourer mood, report
Simone Schnall
, of the University of Plymouth, UK and colleagues in a recent issue of
Developmental Science
You may wonder whether these psychologists hate happy kids or just fun, but their conclusion is supported by other research. For instance, adults in good spirits do worse than sad adults on similar tests.
To uncover the same effect in children, the researchers, thankfully, didn't resort to insults or mind-altering drugs.
Instead they played one of two classical tunes to 10- and 11-year olds. Fifteen kids heard Mozart's jolly ditty
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
, while the other 15 had to suffer through Mahler's doleful
. Previous research suggested these songs put kids in happy and sad moods, respectively, and Schnall's team confirmed that by surveying the kids.
While listening to the tunes the children played a game where they hunted for a specific geometric shape – a triangle joined to a rectangle, for instance – within a picture. The merry Mozart kids took noticeably longer finding the shapes than the children who were forced to listen to Mahler.
Not content with proving that happy pre-teens are daft, the researchers aimed their hypothesis at 61 six and seven-year olds. Instead of hearing classical music, the kids watched three movie scenes.
One, from Disney's
Jungle Book
, features the singing and dancing of an ebullient bear. A neutral scene from
The Last Unicorn
shows a knight reaching a castle. The sad scene comes from
The Lion King
, another Disney cartoon. Even this reporter, who watched the movie as a teen, shed a tear when Simba mourns his father's death.
In the same shape recognition test administered after the movie scene, the happy kids proved slower at picking out shapes than those who watched the neutral
Last Unicorn
or the lugubrious
Lion King
Schnall's team offers several explanations for their results. Mood could directly alter cognitive thinking, and in a happy state people have little desire to question what they see, while "sadness indicates something is amiss, triggering detail-oriented analytical processing," they write.
Alternatively, happy people could be so caught up in their personal high that they ignore details or they distract themselves from the task at hand.
This could be hand-waving - it seems just as likely that Mozart and
The Jungle Book
are more distracting than Mahler and
The Lion King
. Because the kids tended to ignore the music played before the test, the researchers dismiss this possibility, but anyone who's taken a six-year old to a Disney film knows that the catchy songs don't vanish from their brains in just a few minutes.
But there's some encouraging news, at least, for cheerful kids and their parents. Children in a good mood perform better on tasks that demand creative and flexible thinking, previous studies show.
So the take-home message may be - contrary to popular opinion - that happy kids end up as artists and poets, while sad and angry children become accountants.
The paper's last sentence seems directed toward parents of these future artists: "Artificially inflating a child's mood may have unintended and possibly undesirable cognitive consequences."
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Isn't this the same story as your 'Why conservatives are happier than liberals' post?
Dog Stuff
September 15, 2008 1:06 PM
The results don't surprise me. You won't go search for small bits and pieces of food if you have a big fat steak right in front of you (ok, weird metaphor)... You won't pay attention to details if you can easily find satisfaction in your immediate environment. That's why you find creativity in the society's outcasts (nerds, artists). That's why the elite seem removed from reality, they don't need to pay attention to details.
September 15, 2008 6:20 PM
This is exactly why the whole new age "everyone is equal and special" mantra ingrained into children's minds from age zero (in the form of television, children's movies, books/literature, and especially schooling both from parents and public/private schools) is hurting our future generations. This started slightly before my time (circa 1980), and not only continues to this day but has become even more ubiquitous and intensive as the years have progressed.
It is imperative that out children get a taste of the real world from a very young age, rather than sequestering them from anything and everything that might "hurt their feelings" or what not. These overprotective parents THINK they are helping their children by shielding them from the world, but in fact (as is evidenced in this article) they are doing the exact opposite.
Now, I am not saying that they should make their kids miserable, or that they should bombard them with images of war, suffering, or what have you... but there should be a balance struck between the good and the bad, showing the child in question that the world isn't just a huge version of a Disney movie (this is yet another reason why I HATE what Disney has done to classic stories such as Cinderella and the like... but that's a completely different post in and of itself).
In order to have a well rounded child you need to expose him/her to both the good and the bad in the world so they can see reality for what it is. This way, they won't become a fish out of water so to speak once the proverbial apron strings are cut.
And in this line of thinking, I believe that public schools should bring back corporal punishment and/or the dunce cap (as seen in the picture above).
Cliffs Notes: All this Disney-esque codling of children is ruining out society.
September 15, 2008 10:07 PM
Please acknowledge that this piece of research has so few participants that it is clearly unable to prove what it claims. What level of 'signifcance' did it achieve with 15 children in each group?
Also, is it not possible that intelligent children are more unhappy, rather than happiness causing stupidity?
This research is highly questionable. I expected more from New Scientist.
John McManus
September 16, 2008 12:53 AM
children are born ignorant and remain that way until educated, now considering most parents are nothing but kids themselves these days....
September 16, 2008 1:12 AM
To me this result is long expected and nothing amazing.
The fact is simple. Intelligent are there to help us chasing our desire. It fade out if one is already happy enough. Livings always tends to degrade all abilities that DON'T NEED, to preserve energy.
So the best way to boost intelligent of kids are let them suffer. Not books, not internet, not languages.
James Fan
September 16, 2008 2:53 AM
I must agree with Mr. John McManus' comment. I have been deeply disappointed by the psychological research the New Scientist is choosing to report on. There is a great deal of meaningful and well-formulated research going on in the field of psychology, but the New Scientist seems intent on selecting only the worst formulated pseudo-science to report on.
Frankly this research is poorly formulated. It might be better phrased as, "relaxed individuals make decisions slower than stressed individuals". All that this research shows is that when exposed to a stressor, such as the sad scene in The Lion King or sad music, the children took longer to make a decision on which shape to choose.
It is a huge leap from taking longer to choose a shape to declaring that happy kids are dumb. In the presence of any stressor faster decision making is critical.
I also note with some interest that there is no comment on the number of incorrect decisions made by the stressed children as compared to the unstressed children. A higher error rate is implied by the abstract shown on the ECE Lab page, "happy moods can lead to superficial, and inaccurate cognitive processing", but nothing is reported in this article.
Reporting on this sort of poorly formulated garbage is an insult to all of the ground-breaking and well-constructed work being done in the field of Psychology. Furthermore if you're going to get someone to report on Psychological studies I would recommend finding someone who actually understands the field and doesn't leap blindly from, "slower decision time", to hurtful labels like, "dumb".
Shame on you.
September 16, 2008 6:09 AM
Good article, but where labourers do come from?
Ok I understand sad become accountants and mathematics, happy become artists and cheaters, and normal people, which are mainly bored become labourers! :)
September 16, 2008 7:16 AM
I think you have the cart before the horse. As adults, those best able to predict future outcomes based on current facts were also found to be most depressed. Those with a more cheerful outlook more often were wrong in their estimating future likely events based on present knowledge.
The conclusions: ignorance is bliss -- and that those who had a sharper grasp of reality, tended to perceive better how much it truly sucked. Those who tended hold optimistic, though unrealistic views (faith), were notably happier.
Certainly, if you look at "incentive to learn", if someone is uncomfortable (physically or emotionally), they might be forced to think about how to deal with the discomfort -- vs. those who are all comfy & happy -- well, they may not have to think as hard. Stress is a component of learning. Too much is bad, but too little and memories are weaker.
We should not assume black or white with children's happiness. Maybe too much happiness is negative, but too much unhappiness and, literally, the kids may grow up to be sociopaths.
September 16, 2008 10:12 AM
The interesting question is whether children with a happy childhood end up less intelligent than those who had a miserable time.
This study, whatever you think of its validity, tells us absolutely nothing about this - contrary to all the media reports, including this one.
September 16, 2008 1:28 PM
"Are happy kids dumb kids ?"
I would be very interested by the result of research made on the 'reversal' hypothesis:
Dumb => Happy ?
I truly believe that there is a stronger cause - effect link in that way than the other way around.
September 16, 2008 2:30 PM
wow, I must be realy dumb today!
September 17, 2008 11:21 AM
There's some encouraging news, at least, for cheerful kids and their parents. Children in a good mood perform better on tasks that demand creative and flexible thinking, previous studies show. children are born ignorant and remain that way until educated.
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10/02/2010 5:09pm, #51
same over here.
ive had it happen to me and a bunch of friends that this guy comes in the bar on a saturdaynight.
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he asks my friend:hey buddy, im a bit skint, could you get me one beer, i have to get some cash.
15 minutes later we find out nobody of us actually knew him!
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he was escorted out of the bar by his ass and neck though.
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We are doing compliance drills and at the end of class I end up with this kid who is about 6'4 and probably about my weight. I tell him to take it easy because I have a bad shoulder. He complete spazzes out and ends up in a full on grappling match leaning all his weight on me, I have to yell "stop" because it really is injuring my already injured shoulder damaged from the last spazzy noob. He doesn't fucking move, wants to stay in the same position and I have to talk him into moving.
Then he ends up trying crank my back. At this stage I'm getting pissed and not going to give up.
Then I get him in the compliance position and just hold him, and squeeze his fucking back. He's trying some weak-ass ankle locks with his legs that he obviously learned sparring with his dickhead friends on the back lawn. He ends up with nothing. He knows some ****. Just enough to be a fucking dickhead.
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I guess I am lucky to say I don't think since becoming an adult I have ever trained with "that guy". Maybe it could be what happens to "that guy" at the schools I have gone to that tend to be randori heavy and typically more higher end guys than lower end.
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Luckily I don't really have many "That Guy"/s at my school. Everybody is super fucking chill as a general (usually true) rule, they deal with my noobiness quite well :) I do however have issues with people at school and friends of friends. Whenever the conversation goes to martial arts, most people are normal, but some are crazy and do the "OMG you're a God! I'm so afraid of you now!" (fucking creepy and awkward as ****, I don't want to be made into "that guy") or I get the guys who somehow see casual conversation as me trying to dominate them somehow. These people I've realized as well ALWAYS have done whatever art I'm talking about ALWAYS for a period of 4-6 years ALWAYS it was a private lesson setup and ALWAYS they only know the basic level of knowledge about the game (take for example a guy who claimed 6 years in Jiu Jitsu, I asked him if he was flexible enough to do the rubberguard or how to do a omoplata "You mean like...a triangle choke -_- I have like 5 months of BJJ and I know how to do a omoplata)


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Abortion time limit fight 'is like battle to abolish slavery'
This is nonsense.
If the proposal before Parliament were for the total abolition of abortion, there may be some grounds for such a comparison. Or if Wilberforce had ever argued that slaves ought to be part-time captives, or that slave owners ought to decrease incrementally year by year the number of slaves they owned, there might be grounds for such a comparison.
But Parliament is not contemplating the abolition of abortion, and Wilberforce proposed no such compromise on slavery.
Wilberforce was absolute on the full humanity and equality of those who were enslaved. For him this was a known known. But Parliament is faffing around and arguing the toss over such unknown unknowns as when an embryo becomes a foetus, when a foetus becomes a baby, and when any of them become sentient or 'ensouled'. Many of those MPs who are the most vocal in their laudable campaign to reduce the abortion time limit are manifestly not opposed to abortion per se, still asserting the primacy of the 'rights' of the
It is absurd to assert that anyone can know beyond doubt that a baby aborted at 20 weeks feels pain while one aborted at 19 weeks does not.
But CARE does not assist the Christian cause when they state that 'supporters of abortion rights believe unborn babies are not fully human, just as plantation owners justified their ownership of African slaves by claiming they should not be treated as men'.
There are very many proponents of abortion who believe unborn babies are fully human, but they quite straightforwardly reason and conclude a moral argument for the superior rights of the mother, who is also fully human, and who wishes to eradicate the parasite which is feeding on the host. That fully human beings may be parasitic is not in doubt. Many of the worst offenders are usually to be found at Westminster sitting on the Labour benches.
CARE is equally fatuous in their assertion that 'the similarity between (abortion and slavery) shows how little English society has progressed since the 19th century'.
Have these people entertained for one moment what it was really like to live in Victorian England - to experience society before Barnardo, before Shaftesbury, before Fry; before a myriad of inspirational individuals and societal developments which have manifestly ameliorated society a thousandfold?
Yet CARE does have a point when they state that both struggles are about 'what it means to be human'. For what is not fully human has no need to be treated as human. That might at one time have been the negro, while now it is the developing baby in its mother's womb.
If the battle to abolish slavery was about recognising that all men are made in the image of God, the battle over abortion is about recognising that life begins at conception. The fertilised ovum is sacred not because of its potential, but because of its being. It is human not because of what it will be, but because of what it is.
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I'm working on preparation of protein lysates from recombinant E.coli. I induced 1OD culture with 0.5mM IPTG and grew it for 2 hours. After harvesting the cells, I used a lysing solution (Tris, NaCl, EDTA, lysozyme) and then sonicated the sample. When I ran the cell lysate on 10%SDS PAGE, I can't see a large blob-like band for my over-expressed protein! Infact, I can't even locate my over-expressed protein properly!!!
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Been looking around a bit and still cant find any definitive info on these points...
First, lets say you down Garrosh on 25 Normal, no BoA drops for you. Do you still have a chance to get a drop in Flex that same week? Or do you need to wait till next week to have a chance on either difficulty?
Also, in line with that, Say you got a BoA drop off that 25 Normal, would you still stand a chance at a drop in Flex that week?
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text: The following reply was made to PR lib/16518; it has been noted by GNATS. From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: email@example.com Cc: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com Subject: Re: lib/16518 (some fixes to libpcap) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:19:50 +0900 > firstname.lastname@example.com said: > > i'm not sure if being different from the tcpdump.org version is a good > > idea > > All of your patches went into the tcpdump.org sources and are > present in 0.9.4. Except that little signed integer bitshift > portability thing. portability thing? iirc, it was for correct operations, not for portability. > The patches are also present in the NetBSD tree (which is > at 0.8.3). Partly they were already in the original > distribution, the rest has been applied later. > (Except the bitshift thing again.) > So we are not much different from tcpdump.org in this respect. > (There are lots of other differences - cleanup, const, > format strings etc.) > > > it's the reason why the patches have not been committed until now > > Afaict they were committed. (Except the bitshift.) i'm talking about the part which hasn't been committed. YAMAMOTO Takashi


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Thanks for those congrats, everyone! Yeah, I still don't see another BQ planned for the future, though it was definitely fun. And wow, City, your luck is just insane! You're almost inspiring me to start up another hunt already in Black 2 with that luck of yours!
Now I have a question. As my next hunt is Mewtwo, I've been wondering if I should bother with a Modest or Timid Synchronizer or not. I'm already in front of Mewtwo, ready to begin, but I'm impartial to the idea of going back out to try for a Synchronizer. In the end, the shiny itself trumps the nature, but a great nature is always a plus. What do you all think? I've got time to think about it, since I still want to EV train all my BQ shinies, which will require EV reducing berries for most of them.


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SEBRING, Ohio (WYTV) – A woman from North Benton will spend time in jail for having over 100 dogs on her property and not properly caring for them.
Terry Wylie, 58, was sentenced in Sebring Court on Thursday to six months in jail for not having proper veterinary care for the animals and keeping them in unsanitary conditions.
This is the first medically-related conviction in Mahoning County since the law regarding animal care changed in September 2013, according to Animal Charity. Wylie had to relinquish ownership of most of the dogs.
More than 100 dogs were seized during a raid Jan. 22 at Wylie's North Johnson Road home.


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I don't know now whether I am/should be pleased or saddened while writing this...but I sure am a very relieved man...It feels like a very heavy load has been taken off my body...Reason? I just deleted every single entry that was listed under "draft-posts" in ecto, the software that I use for posting entries on random jottings... thought I should start afresh rather than try to add a line or two, tweak this and that or try to complete entries, which, almost certainly, would have been started in a completely different frame of mind than what I have now...this saves me the pain in tweaking and trying to make the writings/posts coherent over a period of time, as well as the need to make decision on which date to use while posting - i.e., the day a post was started or the day it was completed! I won't delete those that are written on my journal(electronic and/or paper) however, although I must admit I have in the past burned my journals full of writings so many times...I now wonder what was I thinking burning those!?!...I now believe its a lot of fun to go back to such writings sometime in the future and wonder "what the heck was I thinking when I wrote that?". But I just couldn't bear keeping them in ecto as draft, some for nearly a year now! Seeing lots and lots of unpublished drafts was like adding more and more weight onto my already strained shoulders (probably heart & mind too!)...
Well, you know the "minor" burn in my hand that I was talking about in my last entry? it decided to give me more trouble than I had anticipated...instead of healing, it has started getting larger...now I have this little red skin-less spot on my wrist which looks horrible, and in fact is horrible...If anything touches that skin-less spot, the pain is just unbearable. Had applied antiseptic this morning, but as I had to wear full-sleeved clothes, I put on a plaster, which wiped off the antiseptic ointment. I have pulled my sleeve up to the elbow now so that it doesn't touch the flesh. Its gonna be a painful few days I think. On the other hand, I think I am getting used to typing without resting my wrist on the edge of the laptop now. My hands might start hurting soon but so far no problem with regards typing. In fact I have now got something to babble on about in my blog!!
By the way, a very strange thing happened this morning when I was in the shower - it suddenly stopped, the shower. We had a sudden power outage (looking more and more like it was just our house and not the whole neighbourhood!). So, the shower stopped, heating stopped, internet stopped, and basically everything stopped...we couldn't even prepare tea or breakfast as we have electric cooker! It felt as if the life had just stopped...how dependent we are on things like electricity here!?! I was reading news about the impending load-shedding for the winter months in Nepal just a couple of days ago, and was wondering how it would feel to be back in those familiar surroundings with now unfamiliar problems. The power outage this morning reminded just how I would feel when I am in such a situation. Luckily, I was pretty much done with the shower when it stopped, so I didn't have to wash the soap with cold water! I did have to brush my teeth and wash my face with the cold tap water however, and as you can imagine, the water was painfully cold and my hands were completely numb after that. Scrapping my plan to work from home, I rushed towards the university right away!
I have to take shower with cold water in Nepal, I keep reminding myself now!! Every day!!!
And I feel as if my mind has subconsciously decided to start the countdown for the day I leave for Delhi. For I have hardly done anything in these past couple of days other than taking care of some administrative business...such as posting letters that I need to, paying bills etc...and of course, requesting official letters from the university so that I can apply for my visa extension while I'm in KTM...I won't bore you talking about the visa and stuffs here...if I start about that, I'll probably create a mahakabya...plus, I have talked a bit about visas in some of my earlier writings...hmm...I think I have...anyway, cut my day in the office short today to go shopping in the afternoon...coming back home all tired, hanging some shopping bags, it actually felt like I am
subconsciously consciously preparing for my trip back home now. Less than a week to go before I leave for Delhi, and less than two weeks before I land in KTM...very exciting stuff!!


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Disclaimer- I don't own Gundam.
This is what popped into my head after seeing the ridiculous human called Full Frontal. U.C. 96, with allusions to other U.C. series. Enjoy!
Full Frontal sat at his pretty desk, calming appraising the report he'd just received on the Federation's Mobile Suit capabilities. He ran a hand through his luscious hair, smirking as it bounced back into place.
He tapped at his mask, content with his life of fighting. Neo-Zeon was worth it. He was about to set the report down when he felt a gloved hand rip his mask off his face. Startled, he turned around, reaching for his gun.
He had the gun pulled out and was halfway to pulling the trigger when he saw who it was that was twirling his mask over his finger, whistling, a pair a black sunglasses on his tanned face.
"Hello," said the man pleasantly. "I don't believe we've met before. You call yourself Full Frontal?"
Full Frontal felt the life drain out of him. He lowered his gun slowly. "It's you...you're supposed to be dead!"
The man shrugged, sunlight glaring through the window gleaming off his teeth. "I'm supposed to be a lot of things. The more important thing here is, do you really believe you're Char Aznable?"
Full Frontal cleared his throat. "Whether or not I believe it, the people need a Char, and-"
The man grinned as he pointed a gun at Full Frontal. "-and they already have one. He's standing right in front of you."
Full Frontal whimpered. "H-How do I know you're not just an imposter?"
Char laughed, loud and clear. "I'm sorry, excuse me? That's like asking a Newtype if he's heard of Amuro Ray. Speaking of Amuro Ray, I've got to remember to call him after I'm done with you. He'll be wondering where I am."
"D-did you say...Amuro...Ray?"
Char's smile was extremely malicious. "I know what you're thinking. He's dead too! Not so much. Did you think a puny asteroid could kill badasses as badass as us? We've been hanging out on the beach, snagging some Feddy ass."
Full Frontal hesitated. "Previously...yes?"
Char bared his teeth. "Hah! Dumbass. I'm Char Aznable!" He pushed the gun into Full Frontal's mouth. "Wouldn't it be funny if Full Frontal was found dead? Or, even better, if he wasn't? I mean, we practically look the same! Let's say I decided to, hmm, kill you and put your clothes on and say I cut my hair because, frankly, it's stupid when it's long."
This was too much for Full Frontal. "Hey! I like my hair long!"
Char tsked. "You have no taste. Honestly, that mask? So One Year War. Didn't you see pictures of me in the Gryps Conflict? I was smoking then."
Full Frontal wasn't sure if this was really happening. "This can't be happening..."
"This is Gundam, Mr. Naked. Tomino will kill anyone and do anything for a good rating. If the audience wants Char it's Char they'll get, even if they have to bring him back from the dead, or, Zabi forbid, clone him."
"Or both," said Full Frontal tonelessly. "The original would make the clone useless..."
"Exactly!" Char slapped Full Frontal on the back playfully and pulled the trigger. "Whoops! My finger slipped."
"Char, hurry up! Standing here in nothing but an apron is making my butt cold!"
"Be right there, Garma, darling!" called Char, stripping Full Frontal naked, flushing him down a large toilet, and putting his clothes on.
"Char Aznable is back, baby!"
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Languedoc name for a carter. Tracing the origin of the name further, we found the name Lecariers was originally from the Old French word carrier, which means carter.
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Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Lecariers has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Lecariers were Archibald Carrier, aged 45; settled in Philadelphia in 1822; Arthur Carrier settled in Philadelphia in 1865; Flora Carrier, aged 40; settled in Philadelphia in 1865 with 2 children.
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26th > January > 2001 Archive
How to make DSL work properly
For about a year The Register's Washington bureau has been one among many frustrated Verizon DSL subscribers. It wasn't our first choice (having already been a profoundly dissatisfied Verizon mobile phone subscriber) but they were the only provider we could get at our location. From day one we had problems, most of which resiliently defied our efforts to correct -- and our loathing for Verizon grew with each passing week.
Microsoft crippled by S'Kiddies
DoS'ing Script Kiddies easily disabled most of Microsoft's major Web sites Thursday, just as the company was recovering from the humiliation of being accidentally taken off line by its own (MCSE?) technicians Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bonsai Kitten craze sweeps online world
Hardly a week goes by without computer games being blamed for turning people into psychopathic killers, so it was strangely reassuring to see some of these dangerous maniacs up in arms over the spoof Bonsai Kitten web site.
Nvidia licenses AMD LDT bus
Nvidia has licensed AMD's Lightning Data Transport bus technology, as have nine other companies, while 20-30 more are evaluating it, Chimpzilla told attendees at the Platform Conference in San Jose, this week.
WorldCom to shed loadsa jobs?
WorldCom has refused to comment on a report that the telco is to lay off up 11,500 of its workforce.
BTInternet flat-fee ISP slips into the water
BTInternet has launched its FRIACO-based 24/7 Net access service today as expected and is marking the occasion with a monster multi-million pound ad campaign.
Colour Palm V debuts on Web
The next version of Palm's Palm V PDA has unexpectedly made its debut on the Web.
Windows Roundup DirectX 8.0a, IE 5.5 not bugfix looms
ActiveWin has reported the official release of DirectX 8.0a, after Microsoft announced its site was down for the third time this week. But after further investigation and a couple of e-mails, it seems that DirectX 8.0a is more of a developer and/or manufacture release. A reader says that after downloading it, he saw no difference in build numbers. "DirectX 8.0a contains updates for issues with international installs on Windows 2000 and issues where input devices could have buttons disabled that were enabled with previous DirectX releases," reports ActiveWin.
Rambus unfazed by Intel DDR plan
Rambus expects Intel to release a DDR SDRAM chipset for the Pentium 4, and it's none too bothered by the fact.
Ingram gets Web licensing boost
Online licensing now accounts for 32 per cent of Ingram Micro's licensing business after just three months of running the scheme.
MS details Jump-off point for Windows Java dev
Microsoft has announced a Java migration path to .NET, in a move that currently looks more like circling the wagons than an aggressive assault on Sun's turf. The Java User Migration Path (JUMP) to .NET offers a set of tools to help developers using Microsoft's Visual J++ to convert to C# and .NET, but it's only due to beta this half, and to ship sometime in the second half of this year.
Ericsson to stop making mobile phones
The world's number three for mobile phones, Ericsson, has said it will stop manufacturing handsets because of huge losses in its consumer products arm. The announcement came with the company's fourth-quarter results.
Shiva shut-down annoys resellers
Intel has come in for some reseller flak over the way it's handling the closure of its Shiva division.
Totalise vaporises workers – confirmed
Update:AIM-listed Totalise has confirmed it has canned a "substantial" number of its workforce.
Datatec reduces debt with UUNET SA sale
Datatec, the South African-owned networking equipment reseller and distributor, is flogging its 76 per cent stake in UUNET SA to Worldcom for $138.5 million.
Doc gassed on phone while gassing patient
A woman died in a dentist's chair because her anaesthetist was too busy talking on his mobile to pay proper attention to her condition, a jury at the Old Bailey heard.
Games-World demands apology
Chris Incledon of Intensive Networks LTD is a mite irritated by Kieren's Games-World.net scoffs over Barrysworld demise. Chris is also technical manager of Games-World:
Aristo erotic rock chick slams toffs
The wife of Lord Burford, Canadian Louise Robey, has posted a message on her fan site detailing the breakdown of her marriage and slamming Britain's aristocracy whom she has been forced to endure socially.
P4 piece hertz reader's feelings
Math/CS major James Perry has got a bee in his bonnet about Mike Magee's Pentium 4 Foster may sink the Itanic.
ARM to use PowerVR 2 technology
Chip designer Imagination Technology has signed a deal with ARM Holdings to get its PowerVR 2 graphics chip it developed integrated into future ARM designed processors.
95%? You lucky, lucky devils
UK mobile networks connect 95% of the time Readers' letters 95%? You're having a laugh
MS DNS mess matched by 25% of Fortune 1000
More than a third of companies are vulnerable to the kind of domain name system (DNS) problems that made Microsoft's web sites unavailable this week.
Maxtor and Western Digital in profit, Quantum isn't
The major hard drive players are all releasing their end-2000 financials, and they're a bit of a mixed bag.
Readers' Letters Tariff too cheap for MS
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Police radios can trigger positive breath test
If you're ever asked to do a breath test by the police you might do well to insist that they turn off their radios before you blow into their breathalyser.
ISP accuses BT of price fixing
A Hampshire ISP is looking for other ISPs to rally round and support a complaint it's made against BT.
Network Associates misses Q4 targets
Network Associates saw Q4 sales miss forecasts after abandoning its channel "stuffing" policy.
Hot pics of ALi chipset DDR Intel board
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Egg.com's been down due to hardware problem
Online bank Egg.com has been down all week but until five minutes ago couldn't be bothered to tell anyone, even customers, why.
eToys sees losses rise in Q3
Struggling e-tailer eToys saw losses rise for the third quarter, leaving it with just enough cash to last until the end of March.
Britney gets filthy in front of 170,000 fans
Britney Spears, the wholesome princess of pop, and queen of semiconductor physics is not the harmless little lamb we all took her for.
Sex sells – but Web sites cost a fortune
The company trying to making .tv domains the latest fashion accessory has scored itself a PR scoop with the announcement that www.sex.tv has gone for a record price. Unsurprisingly, it has gone to an "adult entertainment" company.
Web privacy bandits named and shamed
Internet sites are failing to either protect consumers privacy or adhere to international data protection laws.
SIAA sues auction site pirates
The Software and Information Industry (SIAA) has filed lawsuits against two alleged software pirates which auctioned their goods online.


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From diving into a pool to sitting in front of a box fan, it's funny that we seek to escape the sultry summer after waiting for it all winter long. But who can resist the inner chill of eating ice cream while sweating in the sun? Definitely not my family. Weekend afternoons are spent lounging on the front porch with cones in hand, trying to eat them up before the sun turns the sweet treat into a sticky mess. We may not always win, but a little bit of scrubbing afterward is more than worth it.
If you're trying to find a way to beat the heat this summer, take a look at these refreshing recipes. Watch out for brain freeze!
What's your favorite treat for cooling down in summer? Let me know in the comments!


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Does anyone have any or knows where to get Mysterious Dungeon sprites I want to make a comic with it.
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