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Academic Spotlight
Jewish Scholar Examines Bible in Science-Religion Debate
Story posted October 31, 2008
The creation story in the book of Genesis is often at the center of current debates about religion and evolution. The text provides views about how the world came into being that, to some people, seem to be fundamentally opposed to modern theories of evolution.
According to noted Judaic scholar <>Jon D. Levenson, however, such fixed interpretations may be short-sighted. "It's wrong to read [Genesis] as a history book," said Levenson, adding, "to do so will ignore the problem of cultural translation." Instead, he suggested, people should consider how the idea of creation functions within a particular culture.
Levenson, the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, made his remarks before a diverse audience of scholars, students, and community members at a Bowdoin symposium on "Faith, Reason and Evolution," on Oct. 23, 2008. His was the first in a series of three lectures that will be part of the public symposium.
Levenson's talk, titled "Genesis and the Creation of the World," encouraged people to rethink how they read and interpret Genesis 1. He focused on the different textual traditions that precede Genesis-pulling passages from various other parts of the Bible and asking his audience to read along with him - in an effort to show how these traditions shaped the creation story in Genesis
Ultimately, he said, concepts of creation that come from a specifically religious context are inherently different than what can be explained by a modern, scientific accounts of the world.
Levenson's afternoon lecture attracted well over one hundred fifty people and was the springboard for an engaging public forum that followed his lecture that evening.
"I thought it was valuable that people were exposed to a Jewish reading of Genesis," noted Associate Professor of History Dallas Denery, one of the symposium organizers. "For Christians, Genesis is a Christian book, but, as Levenson suggested, there are many other ways to read the text. For anyone who is going to approach the often thorny questions of creation and evolution, it is first crucial to understand this argument."
"Faith, Reason and Evolution: A Public Colloquium" is sponsored by the Bowdoin College departments of Biology, History, Philosophy, and Religion. The series is intended to offer a thoughtful environment for sharing a wide view of ideas and viewpoints about creation and evolution.
The second talk and symposium in the series will take place on Friday, November 7 at 4 p.m. in Cleaveland 151. The speaker is Patrick H. Byrne, a professor specializing in the philosophy of science and 20th century theology at Boston College. His address is titled, "Why Do People Think Science and Faith Are Incompatible?" A public symposium will follow at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium.
The third and final talk, "Religion and Evolution," takes place Friday, November 14 at 14 p.m. in Cleaveland 151. Pulitzer-prize winning author Edward Humes will give a talk titled, "Talk Radio Evolution: The War on Science and the Second Coming of Scopes." The public forum, which takes place a 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, will investigate the social and political background behind recent efforts to introduce creationism and intelligent design into high school curriculums.
All events connected with "Faith, Reason and Evolution: A Public Colloquium" are free and open to the public. For more information, call (207) 725-3582.
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Latin languageEdit
I understand that it's been decided to keep this page under the name "Latin" rather than the name "Latin language" as might understandably be considered appropriate from the convention applied to other languages listed under [[Category:Earth languages]]. My apologies for my own confusion on this point, and to help prevent future similar confusion, I'm making this note here for posterity. --TommyRaiko 14:38, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
- I see User:Renegade54 moved it stating: "exception to rule; keep same as Wikipedia." Where and when was this established on MA? As Tommy stated above, it doesn't fit our naming conventions, as we are not Wikipedia. --Alan del Beccio 16:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- Actually there are references to the "Latin" (Spanish), as well, TOS: "Space Seed", Star Trek: Insurrection, TNG: "The Mind's Eye". --Alan del Beccio 16:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Ad astra per asperaEdit
We don't have pages on phrases, last time I checked. Since this is a quote from an arm patch, perhaps a merge to assignment patch is in order? If not, then maybe Starfleet uniform (2140s-early 2160s). --From Andoria with Love 04:15, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Do we even have a citable source for this information? At best it would be "Background", since it was never cited or seen on screen, wouldn't it?Capt Christopher Donovan 05:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- I stand corrected...and agree it should be a note in whatever main article the motto is associated with.Capt Christopher Donovan 12:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- I agree, a merge is appropriate here.--31dot 14:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Latin anyone? --Alan del Beccio 16:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Merge with Latin - consistent with our approach to phrases like petaQ --> Klingonese – Cleanse 02:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Latin anyone? --Alan del Beccio 16:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- I agree, a merge is appropriate here.--31dot 14:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- If this phrase/motto is only ever used in the context of Earth Starfleet, then wouldn't it be best for readers to have the resulting redirect point to that page, instead of some page about the language the phrase just happens to be written in? Merge to that page, I'd say, and keep the redirect... of course, the information could also be copied to the latin article as well. -- Cid Highwind 09:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have no problem with that. – Cleanse 00:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Tempus fugitEdit
Since someone slapped on a PNA and didn't mention why on the talk page like they're supposed to, I'm going to guess that it's because the article needs POV attention. -- Sulfur 12:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- POV attention - check :) -- Cid Highwind 12:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- Removed
I've removed the following plot information that had nothing to do with quote. Speaking of which, however, do we even need an article on a phrase? --From Andoria with Love 07:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- When Seven of Nine was sent to apprehend another version of Captain Braxton, she managed to trap him in in a point in time, but suffered from Temporal Psychosis, preventing her from completing her mission, when Captain Janeway was sent in place of Seven of Nine.
- Merge
It's a phrase, not a thing, therefore merge with Latin. --Alan del Beccio 22:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed. – Cleanse 03:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
External link to list of Latin phrases? Edit
This may be a stupid question, but this is the place to discuss changes to the article. ;) Would including a link to List of Latin phrases be good? We already have a link to the language, and for most languages, that'd be enough. But in Trek, most Latin references are to common phrases, not just the language. (No one speaks it natively; it usually appears when one colors his/her speech with a Latin phrase.) I'd think a link to the phrases article would just as – if not more – helpful than the language one. I hesitate to add it, for I know we're not Wikipedia. (It'd just be for readers' convenience.) The language article is loaded with interesting but ponderous historical info; it's not that easy to find the phrases one.
Just my $0.02/€0.02/£0.02.
— Cepstrum (talk) 15:48, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
"Good Town"? Edit
In the "The Game", when Pacard greets Wesley and asks him in Latin if his proficiency in said language has improved, Wesley answers him in Latin, to which Pacard responds, "Oppido bonum". This literally means in Latin "Good town." Why does the script translate it as, "Very good", or how could, "Good town" possibly be a sensible reply to Wesley?--188.8.131.52 00:00, May 30, 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, it wouldn't mean that. I'm not a Latin speaker, but it seems to me that it could be, "A/The good to a/the town," or, "A/the good with a/the town." The closest (loose) translation to "Very good" that sounds somewhat like, "Oppido bonum" is, "Optime.--188.8.131.52 00:12, May 30, 2013 (UTC)
That wasn't my intention; I wanted my append my second post to my original.
Patrick Stewart didn't mispronounce the phrase, but the writers may have mistranslated his response. Picard should have been meant to say "Optime bonum." They may have confused oppido with optimo, which is the neuter ablative and dative forms of the Latin word for "good", even though they should, if they wanted an adjective, used the neuter nominative. Of course, "good" is adjective, while they needed an adverb, (in order to modify "good", as opposed to producing "good good"). In conclusion, they used a misspelling of a word form that was in in the improper case of a word that, were it the correct form, would have been of the wrong part of speech, and thus the wrong word entirely. Either they were very mistaken or they purposefully had Picard utter improper Latin. This is unlikely because the translation of, "Very good," is taken from the script.
Now, the script says, "Very good", but that isn't necessarily canon, (as it isn't "onscreen"). Shouldn't something be written in-place of the incorrect translation of, "Very Good,"?--126.96.36.199 00:57, May 30, 2013 (UTC)
This is not a misuse of "oppido." "Oppido bonum" / "oppido difficile" for "very good" or "truly difficult" are phrases invoked by Apuleius, Gellius, Plautus (on at least three occasions), Quintilian, Cicero, Catullus, and Livy. 220.127.116.11 22:07, December 14, 2013 (UTC)
- UPDATE: Further discussion of "oppido" for "very" is included in "Aspects of the language of latin prose," 2005, ed. Tobias Reinhardt, et. al. p87. 22.214.171.124 22:12, December 14, 2013 (UTC)
- After some reasearch, I concur with your correction.--18.104.22.168 21:23, February 7, 2014 (UTC)
"Persona non grata" doesn't mean "unthankful person". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_non_grata Maybe someone could change this. I have no idea how to edit a wiki and I don't want to destroy anything :-)


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Cholera in Guinea Bissau
24 September 2008 - Since the beginning of May 2008, Guinea-Bissau has been facing a large cholera outbreak. As of 21 September, 7 166 cases had been reported throughout the country, among whom 133 people had died. The overall case-fatality rate stands at 1.9%, and decreases below 1% for hospitalized cases. However, the case-fatality rate reaches 9% in remote areas, indicating that rural populations affected by cholera do not have access to treatment rapidly enough to save lives. The fact that Bissau, the capital, accounts for more than 70% of all cases but only 31% of deaths also illustrates this issue. The areas with the highest attack rates are Bissau, Biombo, Bijagos and Oio. Cholera epidemics regularly resurge in Guinea-Bissau. In 2005-2006, cholera affected 25 111 people and killed 399.
Numerous national and international partners are supporting the Ministry of Health. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF-Spain) took charge of cholera treatment centres by building local capacity, and improving early detection and treatment of cases through systematic patient home visits. UNICEF is providing technical expertise and material in the area of water and sanitation; WHO has deployed an epidemiologist. A team from The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), together with an expert team from Brazil, have also arrived in the country. In addition, efforts are being made to strengthen community mobilization, health and hygiene education, and to de-stigmatize cholera among potentially-affected populations.
Cholera is mainly transmitted through contaminated water and food and is closely linked to inadequate environmental management. In many areas of Guinea-Bissau, basic infrastructures appear to be largely inefficient. The overall quality of water and sanitation remains very poor, therefore facilitating cholera transmission. Long-term prevention of cholera depends on access to safe water and adequate sanitation to prevent exposure and interrupt transmission. In addition, corpses of deceased cholera patients should be handled with extreme caution and correctly disinfected before proceeding with the burial ceremony to avoid further contamination.
WHO does not recommend any restrictions to travel or trade to or from affected areas as a means to control the spread of cholera.


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Sevilla are tracking Spartak Moscow starlet Zhano Ananidze.
The 17 year-old Georgian recently become the youngest goal scorer in the Russian top-flight and is being watched by Sevilla, along with Europe's biggest clubs.
Arsenal and Juventus are also chasing Ananidze, but Sevilla chief Monchi has had scouts regularly attend games featuring the attacking midfielder, fueling talk of a January move.


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WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) — A Newton Falls man was indicted Friday on more than two dozen sex charges involving minors.
Prosecutors said Mark E. Carnes, 54, of Maple Street, was forcing two juvenile girls, ages 13 and 15, into prostitution. The alleged offenses took place in February 2009, according to the indictment.
Carnes is charged with five counts each of rape, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and compelling prostitution, and 11 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.
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Re: Carlen "Charles"Helwig 1710 Germany
In reply to:
Carlen "Charles"Helwig 1710 Germany
Terri Mullins 6/07/98
My great great grandmother was Helene Helwig (b. 1876 d.1909). Her sister was Anna Margarite Helwig, who was born in Oldenburg, Germany in 1874. Their father was Diedrich Helwig (b. 1850 d. 1898) and their mother was Anna Margaretha Otten (b.1850 d. 1918).
I know that they must have immigrated at some point, as Helene died in Bever Creek, MN. Does anyone have any immigration records or any knowlege of Diedrich Helwig's family?


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LM Montgomery Conference 2012
TO HELP US MAKE THINGS EVEN BETTER NEXT TIME, PLEASE COMPLETE THE EVALUATION FORM, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY (FORMS CAN BE FAXED, ATTN: SIMON LLOYD, TO 902-628-4305, OR MAILED TO: THE LM MONTGOMERY INSTITUTE, c/o UPEI ROBERTSON LIBRARY, 550 UNIVERSITY AVE., CHARLOTTETOWN, C1A 4P3); YOU CAN ALSO E-MAIL FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO THE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS.
The 10th biennial offering of the Institute's International Conference, LM Montgomery and Cultural Memory, starts this Wednesday, June 20th, and runs through to Sunday, June 24th.
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You have the option of registering for either the Frever or Kessler workshop individually (each workshop costs $40), or you can receive a special discount rate by registering for both workshops jointly.
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- On the evening of Friday, June 22, we are inviting Conference attendees to join us for a trip to beautiful and historic St. John's Presbyterian Church, Belfast, where some of the Island's top musical talent will be on display in a Songwriters' Circle, offered as part of the award-winning Festival of Small Halls. A short stop at a very special Montgomery site, Macphail House and Woods in Orwell, will be included. For more information, and to register, click here.
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L.M. Montgomery and Cultural Memory
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University of Prince Edward Island, 21–24 June 2012
"Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it." — The Golden Road (1913)
"and even if you are not Abegweit-born you will say, 'Why … I have come home!'" — "Prince Edward Island" (1939)
For the tenth biennial conference hosted by the L.M. Montgomery Institute at the University of Prince Edward Island, we invite scholars, writers, readers, and cultural producers of all kinds to consider the topic of L.M. Montgomery and cultural memory. A term that originated in the field of archaeology and that now resonates in a wide range of disciplines, cultural memory refers to the politics of remembering and forgetting, sometimes in opposition to official versions of the past and the present. Within textual studies, the term invites us to consider the ways in which the past, the present, and the future are remembered, recorded, and anticipated by members of a collective and encoded into text. As a result, cultural memory touches on a number of key concerns, including identity, belonging, citizenship, home, community, place, custom, religion, language, landscape, and the recovery and preservation of cultural ancestries.
But what versions of Prince Edward Island, of Canada, of the world do Montgomery's work and its derivatives encourage readers to remember? How do gender and genre (not to mention religion and power) affect and shape Montgomery's selective and strategic ways of remembering in her fiction and life writing? What acts of memory can be found in the depiction of writers, diarists, letter writers, oral storytellers, poets, and domestic artists in her fiction? What roles do domesticity, nature, conflict, and war play in the shaping and reshaping of cultural memory? To what extent do nostalgia and antimodernism drive Montgomery texts in print and on screen? How have these selective images of time and place been adapted to fit a range of reading publics all over the world?
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This section deals with editing "system" body parts: shape, hair 15), eyes, skin. It does not deal with editing attachments.
It should be noted that an avatar must wear one of each of these body parts, and it cannot wear more than one at a time.
In order to access the editing window for body parts, you can do either of:
NOTE: Editing a body part requires that the part be modifiable by you. If you purchased a shape, for example, the creator may have flagged it to be no modify for the next owner - that is, for you. In that case, you will be unable to change it. However, if you purchased as modifiable one or made you own, then you can edit it. The same holds for the other types of body part, of course.
At the top, you specify the sex of the shape, by selecting either the male or the female symbol. Right below this, the name of the shape is shown, and may be changed.
Underneath, the shape's height is displayed. SL operates in metric, so by default the hight is given in meters; you can click on feet to show that measurement, if you prefer.
There are a large number of aspects of a shape which can be edited. As a result, the shape edit window is organized into tabs. Scroll through the list of tabs using the left and right arrows at either end. The follows major body areas are listed:
In all cases, each aspect of the shape can be set anywhere between two extremes, by using the slider or by typing in a number in the box to the right of the slider. Values may be between 0 and 100. The two pictures give an approximate idea of what the two extremes look like as applied to your own shape.
If you are happy with the changes you have made, click the Save As button at the bottom. You will be prompted for a name for the new shape. It will be saved in the same folder as the original shape was located.
If instead you decide you don't like the changes made, click on Undo Changes; any modifications you made will be lost and the shape will revert to how it was.
You can also import a shape that was previosly saved. (Shape export can be done via the top menu, Develop → Avatar → Character Tests → Appearance to XML. If Develop is not visible on the top menu, press Ctrl-Alt-Q to enable it.)
To import a shape, click the Import button at the lower right. A file picker window will open; use that to navigate to, and select, the shape you wish to import. The values will be read and replace the existing parameters for the shape you are currently wearing. Therefore, you will generally want to use Save As to save the imported shape in SL. The imported shape will be saved in the same folder as the shape you were editing.
This tab is much simpler than the one for your shape.
There is a texture box which shows your current eye texture. If you wish to change this, simply click the image; a texture picker will appear and you may select a new eye texture.
Below this are two sliders, one to set Eye color, the other for Eye Lightness. These allow you to achieve some truly unusual effects with even the most normal looking eye textures.
This tab has three texture areas; these are called: Head Tattoo, Upper Tattoo and Lower Tattoo. (This may seem unintuitive, but this was the original intent for the textures, and the naming has stuck.)
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Below this are four tabs.
In the first section above, shape editing was discussed. However, many overlook the fact that some other aspects of the shape of the face/head can be changed in the Hair section. Specifically…
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Thanks for the episodeThis one felt really drawn out though
It... was. It gets worse before it gets better. D: We might move past the filler and circle back around. Hopefully there aren't any contrived segueways between canon and filler.Edit: Yeeeeeeah, so 775 is 100% not terribly interesting and 100% not canon. We're most likely going to be avoiding that mess and moving on to 776, which is mostly plot. There's a filler arc from 780 through 782 that we'll definitely be skirting around, however -- once we're back to a point where most of our staff have stable schedules, we'll come back to what we missed (starting with 775). We'd like to get closer to current canon content that's airing, and if we can shave a few eps that have nothing to do with the overall story here and there, we'll do it.


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Something that I have also found weird about footballers is there willingness to go anywhere. How often do you hear about a player turning down a club because they didn't want to move to a particular city? I know they can't pick and choose who they play for, but then again nobody can when it comes to jobs either, but you still wouldn't move somewhere you didn't want to live.
I hope what i just wrote makes sense.
Worth adding players also get a ton of money through sponsorship deals.
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Question for people with boat lifts
I am just asking out of curiousity. In recent weeks I went to a high volume Mastercraft dealer in an area known for small private community lakes or rivers that have a dam forming a small lake so to speak all with nice homes with lifts/docks. When my buddy was talking to the sales staff I was wandering the lot in the pre-owned boat area and noticed so many expensive top brand wakeboats that the back 1/3 of the boat (sunpad and back) were just destroyed by exposure to the elements (assuming the angle of lift in comparisson to exposure to the sun). These boats were anywhere from 3-6 years old, some with low hours. Some of the Mastercrafts had teak platforms that looked worse than old seasoned oak firewood. Is maintaining a boat on a lift/dock much harder? I know, I know...it's their money so who cares how they take care of their boat. However, for those that do not have trailers, or rarely use them, does it ever concern you that your boat is out all or almost all of the time?
I only have experience with boats on lifts in salt water environments. I can tell you first hand it is a lot harder on them than on a trailer. They are constantly near moisture which causes mildew and they get the sun from above as well as what is reflected off the water. If they were on a lift in a boathouse with no cover the sun pad could be exposed to the elements more ect. Its is awesome to walk right now and jump on your boat, but it requires maintenance just like anything else.
I would bet most of those sun pads had never been cleaned or treated with somehting like 303.
i have a boat lift with canopy cover. so really no problem. maybe some people have too short of a canopy. seems odd.
It all comes down to proper care. The people I have seen on lakes that have a lift typically head down on the weekend, use the boat, throw it back on the lift, and leave. Washing, waxing, teak care, etc is all neglected.
It is true a boat on a lift is subjected to more than ones on a trailer in a garage, but a good canopy, cover, and care can offset alot.
I insist on a cover that goes over the whole boat including the swim platform. That protects the whole back of the boat as well as the sides in the rear from the sun and wind blown rain. Seems to work well
Wiping her down frequently and waxing occasionally doesn't hurt either.
^^^ X2. The only thing I add to that is covering my rear sun pad with towels also so any UV bleed through doesn't happen through the Sunbrella material.
I don't see any ill effects on the lift. For me its less wear than the dirt road our cabin is on and the shallow rocky launch. I have a 28 foot canopy for a 20 ft boat, with extended sides. The cover still goes on at night and when we aren't at the lake. We also have a cover for the platform.
It all comes down to care and having your boat on the proper lift.
This can be a topic for those that are in the market for waterfront homes, as well.
Where the sun comes up, sets, tree shade, how the boat dock/slip is built, and how much care/maintenance the owner performs all play a factor in how much exposure to the elements effects the boat.
My father and I have boats at a marina in boat lift slips. We made sure that we got slips that were not on the sunny side. The rear of our boats never get direct sunlight.
Just my 2 cents....
My boat sits on a lift, with a large canopy covering i, and is usually covered.
Only sun exposure is one side of the boat.
Our boat is usually on the lift from March-September and I see no real issues so long as you clean it up every time. We have a rather large canopy that protects the boat well though.
you can always get a waterline cover. That will go over the whole back of boat and platform
I'd agree for the most part with what has been posted above. My boat sits on a covered lift from April or May through mid-october, and I wouldn't have it any other way. The teak seems to take the brunt of the weather. It looks like crap by Labor Day. I think the transom probably gets a little more sun this way as well, but my transom had some oxidation when I bought the boat, so I can't really comment on this. I think the biggest thing against the lift is that it is easier to clean a boat on a trailer, in my opinion. That being said, I have a buddy who wipes his boat down on the lift every time he uses it. He also cranks it up high enough that it is about 3-4 feet out of the water. He even wipes down the bottom any time it has touched the water (meaning, in the summer, he may do this 3 times in a day). His boat is a 98 Mastercraft with around 1000 hours, and it is pristine. You'd never say the thing was worse for the wear from sitting on the lift. While I think it's easier to clean the boat on the trailer, what having a covered boat lift does for my interior more than makes up for this. My interior only gets sun when we're out running it. The rest of the time, it sits covered. Before we got the covered lift, the interior was exposed to the sun, rain, etc. from Friday evening through Sunday evening every weekend all summer and fall. The last 3 boats have had their interiors stay nice. The previous 3 had to have multiple interior parts replaced. Just my experience.
We have kept our boats in lifts as long as i can remember. When we are at the lake house they sit in the lifts uncovered. when we leave, they are covered wit ha full cover covering the sides, top and back/swim platform. Even when on the trailer we cover them wit hthe ful covers when not in use. Our lifts do have roofs that cover the length of the boat so that does help keep sun off the covers, gel and interior. One nice advantage of the lift is the boat is not rubbing the bumpers into the gel or dock. Also it is not in the water all the time keeps the bottom cleaner. just my 2cents
You solution for sun, water, dirt.
We bought a place last spring at the lake with a dock and lift. We have a covered slip on the dock which is where I keep my boat. Like most on here, I leave it exposed on the weekends when I am there, but it is covered when we are not there during the week. I am working on improvising some type of skirt to go around it since the cover does not completely cover the sides.
Last year I compounded and waxed extremely well at the beginning of the summer and try to keep spray wax of some type on it at the end of every weekend. Some of the boats you saw have probably never been waxed or compounded since the day they were put on the lift.
The sun doesn't get my dock during the winter, just the summer. I plan on compounding and waxing it again this spring along with rigging up some type of skirt to go around it.
Speaking of skirts - any of you guys have any ideas of how to make one? What do you use? I can have anything permanent coming down from the roof(lake rules). I was thinking of getting an older boat cover and putting buttons on it and using the existing snaps on the boat to attach it.
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Lonely Shore City (CN13) in the Sabishii province [1] was a busy port city, [2] one of the Crane's major shipping hubs, becoming one of the centers of their economic web. [3]
Trading center Edit
Mura Sabishii Toshi was a key city in the Crane Clan's trading and supply routes. Lying south of Wall above the Ocean the main roads out of it led to Kyuden Kitsune and Wall Above the Ocean Village. Most trade here came from Samui Kaze Toshi, but that was strictly nautical, making it a flourishing port town. If someone wanted to travel north they could walk hundreds of miles on foot or just commission a ship from here, arriving at Samui Kaze Toshi within a week. [4] [5]
Notable Locations Edit
Daidoji Trading House Edit
Lonely Shore City had no military value since it laid deep in the heart of Crane territory. The only two clans who possessed the resources for a naval invasion were the Crab and Mantis. Both had a vested interest in the trade conducted there, so the city posesed no risk for many years. The Daidoji Trading House was among the largest commercial centers on the entire Rokugani coast. [6]
The Sea-King's Palace Edit
There was once an island just offshore of Mura Sabishii Toshi that was held by a minor daimyo of the Doji family, Morehei Yuo. His noble palace was the favored summer home of the nobility of the Doji and Kakita families, and in the bay of the island was a large bronze statue of Suitengu, the Fortune of the Sea. Roughly four hundred years ago, there was a tremendous earthquake that sunk the island into the sea. The city disappeared beneath the waves, but the statue's shoulders and head still stood above water, and had been called the "Sea King" by passing sailors. Pearl divers claimed the village that was there still stood, but where the palace stood was only a giant fissure in the ground. [7]
Night Breakers Edit
Another place near the city was Night Breakers, a large outcropping of black stones on the coast a short distance south of the city. Many a ship had run aground on them. [3]
Festivals Edit
Shouting Day Edit
Mura Sabishii Toshi was the community which founded the Shouting Day, a festival, and held the largest celebration on that day. The origins of Shouting Day dated back to a tsunami that struck the coastal village. The crops and many farmers were lost, leaving the village in disarray. Iochi, an older farmer, saw the tsunami as an unprovoked attack by Osano-Wo. He stood upon a stone and began screaming, and he was followed by the populace. Villagers later moved the stone into the village and used it as the platform for the annual event. Since then peasants would all come together and shout their plights to Osano-Wo. [8]
Namahage Edit
Namahage was an ogre who every spring descended upon the city. He was incredibly foolish, and terrified of oni, so the villagers had an annual festival to drive off the ogre by wearing oni masks and beating on drums. [9]
Contested Control Edit
Yasuki Presence Edit
During the Second Yasuki War many Crane Yasuki moved to the city, and it caused the Daidoji to relinquish their hold on this city somewhat, and the two families shared responsibilities for the trade conducted there. [6]
Mantis Control Edit
In 1169 after the Battle of Toshi Ranbo the Mantis Clan strenghtened their influence within the Empire. They got a foothold in the southern part of the Empire through Mura Sabishii Toshi. [10] The Mantis Clan expended a considerable fortune in order to purchase more than three quarters of all merchant patronages in the city, giving them enough economic power to swing large-scale treaties, trade agreements, or other mercantile interests in their favor. [3] After it de facto ownership shifted to the Mantis. [10]
Lion return control to Crane Edit
A number of Lion had arrived in and through dueling had reverted the control of two of the holdings back to the Crane. It seemed the Lion were intent on killing the city back into the Crane's domain. The Mantis sent Magistrates to find a way to stop them. [11] Eventually the Lion plot reverted control back to the Crane. [12] In 1170 Doji Kusari, formerly a Lion, attended the final ceremonies for the passing of control from the Lion to the Crane. [13]
Port of Call to the Colonies Edit
Mura Sabishii Toshi had grown considerably in the years since the Colonies were first established, as one of the few ports-of-call for Colony-bound shipping. [14]
Known Governors Edit
External Links Edit
- Mura Sabishii Toshi (Web of Lies)
- ↑ Game Master's Guide; 2nd Ed, p. 28
- ↑ Souls of Steel, Part 1, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Scenes from the Empire I, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Roleplaying in the Emerald Empire, p. 244
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, pp. 289-290
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Secrets of the Crane, p. 28
- ↑ Way of the Crane, p. 109
- ↑ Winter Court: Kyuden Seppun, p. 68
- ↑ Bearers of Jade, p. 24
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Intention & Ambition, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Defenders of the People, by Rusty Priske
- ↑ Honor's Veil, Part II, by Nancy Sauer
- ↑ A New Empire, Part III, by Rusty Priske, Nancy Sauer, and Lucas Twyman
- ↑ Second City - The Campaign, p. 26
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Hi all,
I have been running ubuntu 7.10 off an external USB drive for the past 6 months or so, and am finally sick of lugging the thing around with me whenever I want to boot into linux. At this point I want to wipe my internal drive and start from scratch with a dual-boot system running ubuntu and XP.
My internal drive is 80GB and at this point a vast amount of it is consumed by music, videos, etc. so my question is: Can I create 3 partitions, one for ubuntu and one for XP (each around 10GB), and then one that holds all the media files that I can mount in which ever OS I happen to be using.
Is there a better way to accomplish this "file-sharing" setup since all I really want is to be able to play music in each OS without having duplicates (my harddrive couldn't fit it all twice anyway).
I have never really done any partitioning before so my question may have an obvious answer. In any case I appreciate any input you might have.


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Night time surrounds
shallow vision and
daisies wrapped up
by the moon. I count
sheep that so sweetly
fly above, where
dreams should twist
and yearn but clocks
tend to tick and talk too
much and the covers
become so firm. ..so I
roll and sigh and close
my eyes and by then
it's daylights turn.


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Management of Water Resources: Bulk Water Pricing in Brazil (World Bank Technical Papers)
Although procedures for pricing 'retail' distribution have been established for a long time, methods for pricing bulk or 'wholesale' water supplies are still evolving.How to finance the infrastructure and service of bulk water supply, and how to use pricing to achieve efficient allocation and use of water as a resource are the central issues that emerge from discussions about bulk water pricing. Efficiency will lead to allocating water resources better, reducing water losses caused by poor maintenance of the supply systems, and increased monitoring of water quality. At first glance, Brazil may not appear to be a relevant country from which to draw lessons in distributing scarce water resources, since it contains 12 percent of the world's fresh water supply. However, with its vast territory and issues of regional drought and population explosion, Brazil provides a unique environment in which to demonstrate how adequate pricing of bulk water on a regional level can help allocate water efficiently. This paper offers a framework for bulk water pricing reform and examines the lessons from recent analytical work and practice in Brazil, as well as relevant international experience. It then offers recommendations for the development of both water pricing and allocation policies to facilitate continued implementation of bulk water pricing in Brazil.
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Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.
"Everyone who was involved with Amy is shocked and devastated. Our thoughts are with her family and friends," said Chris Goodman, a spokesman for her publicity representatives. He said her family will issue a statement when they are ready.
The British singer's record label, Universal, confirmed her death.
"We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer," the statement read. "Our prayers go out to Amy's family, friends and fans at this difficult time."
Her father, Mitch Winehouse, himself a musician, had just flown to New York to perform two shows at the Blue Note jazz club, but learned the news upon arrival and immediately flew back to the U.K.
Singer and actress Kelly Osbourne, who helped Winehouse check into a drug addiction treatment facility in 2008, was one of many who grieved for the singer on Twitter. "I cant even breath right now im crying so hard i just lost 1 of my best friends. i love you forever Amy and will never forget the real you!" she tweeted.
Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music's most recognizable stars.
Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene. TMZ.com later reported that there may have been some signs of life when the crew arrived, but that Winehouse died before she could be taken to the hospital.
An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, TMZ.com reports.
Photographs show that her body was taken out of the home under a red blanket.
"I didn't go out looking to be famous," Winehouse told the Associated Press when "Back to Black" was released. "I'm just a musician."
But in the end, the music was overshadowed by fame, and by Winehouse's demons. Tabloids lapped up the erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.
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Amy Winehouse
Grammy-winning British soul singer was a musical talent with a troubled life off stage.
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Father's farewell
Mitch Winehouse, the father of the late British singer Amy Winehouse, arrives at Golders Green Crematorium in London for a ceremony for his daughter on Tuesday, July 26.
Amy Winehouse died at her London home on Saturday, July 23, at the age of 27. The cause of death has not yet been determined.Reuters / Reuters
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Remembering a friend
Winehouse friend Kelly Osbourne, sporting a beehive style hairdo in tribute to the deceased singer, leaves after a cremation ceremony in London on Tuesday, July 26.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
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Always a story
Photographers angle for a shot of guests at the ceremony for Winehouse outside the Golders Green Crematorium in London on July 26.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Fade to 'Black'
Mark Ronson leaves the cremation of Winehouse in London on July 26. The music producer worked on Winehouse's smash album "Back to Black."Getty Images / Getty Images
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A family mourns
Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch; brother Alex; former boyfriend Reg Traviss and mother Janis look at memorabilia left by fans of the singer outside of her London flat on Monday, July 25. Mitch Winehouse thanked admirers of his daughter for showing their support, saying "it means so much to me and my family."Reuters / Reuters
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Showered with flowers
A mourner adds to the floral tributes outside Winehouse's home in London on Sunday, July 24.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Sharing sorrow
Fans gather outside Winehouse's home on Sunday, July 24.EPA / EPA
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Leaving tributes
Fans place flowers and tributes in memory of the singer on Sunday, July 24.Reuters / Reuters
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A sad farewell
Winehouse's body is carried into a private ambulance on Saturday, July 23.EPA / EPA
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Paying respects
An Amy Winehouse fan puts a note outside Winehouse's home in London. It reads in part: "Dearest Amy. I'm glad u made it home."Reuters / Reuters
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Mourning Winehouse
British singer and filmmaker Reg Traviss, who reportedly dated Winehouse, looks on as a member of the public passes to lay flowers near the late singer's home.AP / AP
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Final turn in the spotlight
In this June 18, 2011 file photo, Amy Winehouse performs on stage during her concert in Belgrade, Serbia on June 18, 2011. The singer slurred her way through a set as the crowd of 20,000 booed, then left the stage early while her band played without her to fulfill the contract.AP / AP
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An early end
Winehouse performs on stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, Britain, on June 28, 2008.EPA / EPA
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Winehouse arrives at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court north of London on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. The singer pleaded guilty to assaulting a theater manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show starring Mickey Rooney because she had too much to drink.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
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Winehouse attends The Q Awards at the Grosvenor House in London on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The singer's father, Mitch Winehouse, said recently that she had breast-enhancement surgery. On the British TV show "This Morning," he said she looks "absolutely fantastic."Getty Images / Getty Images
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Back in court
Winehouse arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London, on Thursday, July 23, 2009. The British singer faces trial for an alleged assault on a woman at a charity ball last September.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
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For her Blake, incarcerated
Winehouse arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London on Monday, June 2, 2009, where her husband Blake Fielder-Civil was appearing on charges of perverting the course of justice and assault.AP / AP
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Sip of Winehouse
Winehouse pauses for a drink while performing for 90,000 spectators on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at the Bela Vista Park in Portugal on Friday, May 30, 2009.AP / AP
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Q&A with police
Winehouse arrives at Holborn police station after being invited in for questioning on Friday, April 25, 2009, in London. The troubled singer had been accused of assaulting a member of the public during an incident at a pub.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Brit diva
Winehouse performs at the Brit Awards 2008 in London on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The event is the UK's biggest music awards show.AP / AP
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Grammy success
Winehouse hugs her mother Janis Winehouse after accepting a Grammy Award at the Riverside Studios for the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony via video link on Feb. 10 in London. Winehouse won five out of her six nominations including record of the year, best new artist, song of the year, pop vocal album and female pop vocal performance.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Blonde having less fun
Temporarily blond and without her trademark beehive hairdo, Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after a hearing for her husband Blake Fielder-Civil on Friday, Jan. 18.AP / AP
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Free to bee
Winehouse performs at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2007. The tattooed, beehived soul singer has often had her immense musical talents eclipsed by her struggles off stage.AP / AP
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'No, no, no ...'
Winehouse performs at the Glastonbury music festival, in Pilton, England on June 22, 2007. "Rehab" became the hit song from the British singer's second album, "Back to Black."AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
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Before their troubles
Winehouse and husband musician Blake Fielder-Civil arrive at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 3, 2007, in Universal City, Calif.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Bursting onto the scene
Winehouse arrives at the Earls Court Arena in London for the Brit Awards on Feb. 14, 2007. She won the award for Best British Female Solo Artist.AFP - Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images
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Understanding addiction
Actor Russell Brand hugs Winehouse in 2006. Himself a former addict, Brand wrote a touching blog post after Winehouse's death about the struggles of addiction and pleaded for readers to help those in their lives with similar troubles.Getty Images file / Getty Images file
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Looking a bit healthier, and without her trademark hairdo and tattoos, Winehouse poses in the pressroom at the annual Nationwide Mercury Music Prize at the Grosvenor House on Sept. 7, 2004 in London.Getty Images / Getty Images
Born in 1983 to taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis, Winehouse grew up in the north London suburbs, and was set on a showbiz career from an early age. When she was 10, she and a friend formed a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour — Winehouse was Sour — that she later described as "the little white Jewish Salt 'n' Pepa."
She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, a factory for British music and acting moppets, later went to the Brit School, a performing arts academy in the "Fame" mold, and was originally signed to "Pop Idol" svengali Simon Fuller's 19 Management.
But Winehouse was never a packaged teen star, and always resisted being pigeonholed.
Her jazz-influenced 2003 debut album, "Frank," was critically praised and sold well in Britain. It earned Winehouse an Ivor Novello songwriting award, two Brit nominations and a spot on the shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize.
But Winehouse soon expressed dissatisfaction with the disc, saying she was "only 80 percent behind" the album.
"Frank" was followed by a slump during which Winehouse broke up with her boyfriend, suffered a long period of writer's block and, she later said, smoked a lot of marijuana.
Winehouse just latest musician to die at 27
"I had writer's block for so long," she said in 2007. "And as a writer, your self-worth is literally based on the last thing you wrote. .. I used to think, 'What happened to me?'
"At one point it had been two years since the last record and (the record company) actually said to me, 'Do you even want to make another record?' I was like, 'I swear it's coming.' I said to them, 'Once I start writing I will write and write and write. But I just have to start it.'"
'Back to Black' led to fame
The album she eventually produced was a sensation.
Released in Britain in the fall of 2006, "Back to Black" brought Winehouse global fame. Working with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi and soul-funk group the Dap-Kings, Winehouse fused soul, jazz, doo-wop and, above all, a love of the girl-groups of the early 1960s with lyrical tales of romantic obsession and emotional excess.
"Back to Black" was released in the United States in March 2007 and went on to win five Grammy awards, including song and record of the year for "Rehab."
Music critic John Aizlewood attributed her trans-Atlantic success to a fantastic voice and a genuinely original sound.
"A lot of British bands fail in America because they give America something Americans do better — that's why most British hip-hop has failed," he said. "But they won't have come across anything quite like Amy Winehouse."
British singers Adele, Duffy and even American Lady Gaga have both credited Winehouse with helping pave the way for them, RyanSeacrest.com reports . "Because of Amy, very strange girls like me go to prom with very good-looking guys," Lady Gaga told Popeater.
Winehouse's rise was helped by her distinctive look — black beehive of hair, thickly lined cat eyes, girly tattoos — and her tart tongue.
She was famously blunt in her assessment of her peers, once describing Dido's sound as "background music — the background to death" and saying of pop princess Kylie Minogue, "she's not an artist ... she's a pony."
Scoop: Remembering Winehouse's talent
The songs on "Back to Black" detailed breakups and breakdowns with a similar frankness. Lyrically, as in life, Winehouse wore her heart on her sleeve.
"I listen to a lot of '60s music, but society is different now," Winehouse said in 2007. "I'm a young woman and I'm going to write about what I know."
Personal woes overshadowed her talent
Even then, Winehouse's performances were sometimes shambolic, and she admitted she is "a terrible drunk."
Increasingly, her personal life began to overshadow her career.
She acknowledged struggling with eating disorders and told a newspaper that she had been diagnosed as manic depressive but refused to take medication. Soon accounts of her erratic behavior, canceled concerts and drink- and drug-fueled nights began to multiply.
Photographs caught her unsteady on her feet or vacant-eyed, and she appeared unhealthily thin, with scabs on her face and marks on her arms.
There were embarrassing videos released to the world on the Internet. One showed an addled Winehouse and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty playing with newborn mice. Another, for which Winehouse apologized, showed her singing a racist ditty to the tune of a children's song.
Winehouse's managers went to increasingly desperate lengths to keep the wayward star on the straight and narrow. Before a June 2011 concert in Belgrade — the first stop on a planned European comeback tour — her hotel was stripped of booze. It did no good.
An addled Winehouse swayed and slurred her way through barely recognizable songs, as her band played gamely and the audience jeered and booed.
Winehouse flew home. Her management canceled the tour, saying Winehouse would take some time off to recover.
Though she was often reported to be working on new material, fans got tired of waiting for the much-promised followup to "Back to Black."
Occasional bits of recording saw the light of day. Her rendition of The Zutons' "Valerie" was a highlight of producer Mark Ronson's 2007 album "Version," and she recorded the pop classic "It's My Party" for the 2010 Quincy Jones album "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra."
But other recording projects with Ronson, one of the architects of the success of "Back to Black," came to nothing.
She also had run-ins with the law. In April 2008, Winehouse was cautioned by police for assault after she slapped a man during a raucous night out.
The same year she was investigated by police, although not charged, after a tabloid newspaper published a video that appeared to show her smoking crack cocaine.
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In 2010, Winehouse pleaded guilty to assaulting a theater manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show because she'd had too much to drink. She was given a fine and a warning to stay out of trouble by a judge who praised her for trying to clean up her act.
In May 2007 in Miami, she married music industry hanger-on Blake Fielder-Civil, but the honeymoon was brief. That November, Fielder-Civil was arrested for an attack on a pub manager the year before. Fielder-Civil later pleaded guilty to assaulting barman James King and then offering him 200,000 pounds (US$400,000) to keep quiet about it.
Winehouse stood by "my Blake" throughout his trial, often blowing kisses at him from the court's public gallery and wearing a heart-shaped pin labeled "Blake" in her hair at concerts. But British newspapers reported extramarital affairs while Fielder-Civil was behind bars.
They divorced in 2009.
Winehouse's health often appeared fragile. In June 2008 and again in April 2010, she was taken to hospital and treated for injuries after fainting and falling at home.
Her father said she had developed the lung disease emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack, although her spokeswoman later said Winehouse only had "early signs of what could lead to emphysema."
She left the hospital to perform at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park in June 2008, and at the Glastonbury festival the next day, where she received a rousing reception but scuffled with a member of the crowd. Then it was back to a London clinic for treatment, continuing the cycle of music, excess and recuperation that marked her career.
Rolling Stone reports that its writer Claire Hoffman visited Winehouse at her London flat in the summer of 2008. She found the singer "living in disarray, with cuts and scratches up and down her arm and garbage strewn all over the house," the magazine wrote in its Web site obituary of Winehouse.
The L.A. Times reports that Winehouse had recorded a song for Tony Bennett's "Duets II," which is scheduled for release in September.


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For nearly four years, I've had a series of problems that started with a lower back injury. I've seen two orthopedists who have not been very helpful, and now my primary doctor has given me a referral to see an orthopedist. Can anyone recommend a good orthopedist - one who will listen and consider more than the obvious diagnoses (or at least spend more than five minutes with me) - in the Washington, DC area? Or recommend a way I can go about finding one?
More about my condition: Nearly four years ago, at age 26, I had lower back trauma that occurred while moving a box. My first symptoms were tingling in my right leg and lower back pain. Aleve helped, but then my upper back started hurting, too. A lumbar MRI showed a herniated disc at L4-L5. A few months later, I also started having tingling in my left hand and the lower left quadrant of my face. A neck/brain MRI showed no abnormalities. Lumbar and neck X-rays showed no abnormalities, either.
The first orthopedist I saw suggested lumbar steroid injections, which didn't help. Posture improvements did help. The third physical therapist I saw diagnosed hip misalignment (right hip lower than left hip) due to lumbar inflammation. He gave corrective exercises for that plus abdominal strengthening exercises, which have helped a great deal but not corrected the problem. When my previous primary doctor expressed concern about the effects of extended daily NSAID use, I saw another orthopedist who said I needed to exercise more. I increased my aerobic activity, but was unable to do weightlifting as advised because it aggravated wrist and elbow pain that I've had on and off for 7 - 8 years. I also saw an neurologist who recommended an EMG, which came back normal.
I have been taking NSAIDs and muscle relaxers (Flexeril) and doing my PT exercises, plus water aerobics and brisk walking, and been careful about not sitting for too long, having proper workstation setup, getting up and walking every 20 -30 minutes while at work, etc. This, plus monthly massages and PT appointments, help me manage my condition. I have not been able to correct it, though, and I have started to get increased tingling in my feet and left hand/face, plus occasional tingling in my right hand. I've also been having more and more trouble sleeping, because lying on my side often causes pain and irritation that shoots down my leg and foot (problems are mostly in left side; they're worse when I lie on my right side but sometimes occur when I'm on my right side, too).
Other health issues that might or might not be related: severe year-round allergies, which I manage with nasal steriods, loratadine, decongestant, and nighttime air purifier; wrist and elbow pain (diagnosed as tendonitis) that responds to ergonomic improvements and NSAIDS but keeps recurring; low-normal B12 levels (I now take a B12 supplement, but haven't gotten re-tested).
If anyone has any advice - doctor recommendations, referrals, etc. - I would appreciate it.


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Lightning Crashes
9 comments:
- Jessica said...
Oh geez, what are the chances?! It's so frustrating to deal with this sort of thing, but I hope it gets ironed out soon!
- April 3, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Courtney Erin said...
That all sounds really frustrating - I hope things get sorted!
xoxo ~ Courtney
- April 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- DAC (almost) JD said...
You just could not WAIT to use that title, I bet ;) That would anger me very much, esp since you said homeowners insurance isn't covering it b/c of the deductible. I'm sorry :(
- April 3, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Jammer said...
I'm doing laundry right now, so clearly I don't have a lot going on either lol. Gotta love sundays!
- April 3, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Megan said...
that happened to me growing up and let me tell u, it turned my dad into a devil when we had no TV for a few days!!! im glad yall found something to keep ur minds off of it! and the flowers look GORGEOUS! hope u had a nice weekend katie.
- April 3, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Jess said...
Looks like you are keeping yourself busy without the TV! Sorry about all the lightening storms! Hope you managed to have a good weekend regardless :)
- April 3, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Josie said...
Katie, I'm SO sorry. I hope everything works out okay and I'm glad you're okay!
xo Josie
- April 3, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Miss Caitlin S. said...
annoying, so sorry! At the very least you get to have a good story of the year your house was struck by lightening :)
- April 4, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- Torrie said...
I love that you did yard work all weekend (in the midst of crazy satellite issues)! Can't wait to read the post...
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A week before his term expires as leader of the nation's Roman Catholic hierarchy, Bishop Wilton Gregory said that the pressure of guiding the US church through the height of the clergy sex abuse crisis ''drove me to my knees" spiritually.
Yet in an interview yesterday, Gregory said he was grateful for the chance to serve during what many contend is the worst tragedy ever to befall the Catholic Church in America.
''Had I been able to script my presidency, I would certainly not have given myself this particular drama to live," Gregory said, speaking at his office in the Diocese of Belleville. ''But I was able to do something to strengthen and to help the church I love."
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops will elect a president next week during its regular meeting in Washington, and Gregory, who has completed his three-year term, will be relieved of answering for the misdeeds of priests and the misjudgments of his fellow bishops.
''From a spiritual point of view, it drove me to my knees," Gregory said. ''I used the sacramental life of the church to buttress me. Celebrating Eucharist and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation probably have never meant more to me as a believer than they did in the past three years. As I stood at the altar, I knew how completely I depended upon God's strength."
Expectations for Gregory were high when he took office in November 2001. He was the first black president of the conference, and his election was seen by black Catholics as the long-awaited recognition of their membership in the church. Diana Hayes, a black Catholic and theologian at Georgetown University, compared it to ''having an African-American president of the United States."
But scandal soon eclipsed his historic elevation to leadership.
What started in January 2002 as a crisis over one molester priest in the Archdiocese of Boston quickly enveloped the entire church. Gregory, from his small, rural diocese in southern Illinois, had to defend a Catholic hierarchy to an increasingly hostile laity and general public. A few months later, when the bishops gathered in Dallas under intense public pressure to address the crisis, it fell to Gregory to apologize to victims and acknowledge the failures of church leaders.
He led the bishops through nothing short of a revolution in their approach to abuse. They now have a binding policy on how to respond to allegations that includes barring offenders from church work and a national lay watchdog panel to help enforce the plan.
But in the transition, Gregory has been caught among warring factions: victims who say the policy is too weak and bishops who consider it draconian, lay people seeking more say in how dioceses are governed and conservatives demanding that bishops reassert their authority over the church.
Gregory said bishops spent months discussing how to build on the safeguards that many had already put in place in their own dioceses.
He declined to discuss the private talks among bishops in their June 2002 meeting in Dallas where, despite some resistance, they agreed to prohibit guilty priests from public ministry. But he said he was confident that the policy was the right one, and he contended that it should stay in place as church leaders review it over the next several months.
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PORT AUSTIN — In December, they were the elf and clown at this village's annual Christmas party.
Now, seven months later, Tom and Mary Herrick are the recipients of Port Austin's first-ever Good Citizen Award.
"On behalf of all local children, their families and the local leaders, we would like to commend the Herricks for their commitment to these events and for making a difference in the life of a child," said Port Austin President Tony Loewe during Monday's village council meeting.
In that statement, Loewe was referencing the children's Halloween and Christmas parties the Herricks donate their time and talent to each year.
The Herricks were in attendance at Monday's meeting, and the couple was very much surprised to learn of the award.
They also were grateful.
"It's a wonderful town to live in, and if at any time anybody wants anything done, the Herricks will be there," Tom Herrick said. "I guarantee it."
Village Clerk Judy Binkley said the Herricks have gone out of their way to help — and amuse — area children, noting Tom Herrick even took balloon art classes.
"I think that they make this a better community," she said.
Monday's Port Austin Village Council meeting also marked a special occasion, as Deputy Clerk Thomas Rapson was sworn in to serve as the village's full-time clerk.
Binkley will, however, work part time for a period of time in efforts to finish a smooth transition.
In other business conducted during Monday's meeting, council approved taking out a 30-year loan from Port Austin State Bank to pay a $71,989 lump sum into the village's retirement system. The board approved increasing the employee contribution rate from 4 to 6 percent (as was approved by the village employees), and expects the system to cost roughly $1,500 a year.
Loewe said the village's previous system used was increasing, and going with this new Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) setup is better for the employees — and comes at little extra cost to the village.
Also, he said, by paying the lump sum, the village will have avoided paying up to $220,000 in installment payments over the next 20 years.
"We're improving the system," Loewe said, noting the new system has the support of the employees as well as council.
Also during Tuesday's meeting, the board discussed a $100,000 grant that recently was awarded to the village from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to go toward the village's harbor project. Loewe said that grant has a 25 percent match, which the village will not have any problem meeting.
He said the village is in outstanding financial footing for the project, which is estimated to cost a total of $1.7 million.
"We have an over-amount of surplus … and we have no fear that we will not be able to meet our match," Loewe said.
Regarding personnel matters, Council member Rene Nichols said beginning Monday, the village office will be open till 5 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays. She said this will better serve the public and won't cost any additional money since Rapson has agreed to take an unpaid lunch.
Also during Monday's meeting, council discussed making an amendment to the village's ordinance that would not allow glass clippings to be blown into the streets.
Department of Public Works Supervisor Dick Babcock said it's a problem when people blow their glass clippings into streets that the village just cleaned.
There were concerns aired from others in attendance that the grass, when wet, is as slippery as ice, and that someone could slip and get hurt.
Regarding the village's parks, Council members Casey Bruce and Todd Murawski expressed concerns that changes were being made to Veterans Waterfront Park without council's approval. The board approved a motion to requiring any alterations or additions to existing facilities at that site to be approved by council and the Downtown Development Authority.
Council also approved a request by the Friends Promoting Port Austin to have another Big Bang Festival next year on July 3, 4 and 5 2009. Organizers reported a very successful event and look forward to next year, Nichols said.
Regarding the absence of Council member Andy Preston, council decided to have a special meeting this week to meet with Preston to learn why he missed the previous four or five council meetings with no previous reports or excuses given to council. That meeting will be closed to the public.
Council also decided to table a matter regarding a nearly $500 increase in waste collection rates that have resulted because of high gasoline costs. Loewe said the cost has not been passed on to residents at this time.
Lastly, the board approved the payment of bills in the amount of $4,013.29.
Council's next meeting is set at 8 p.m. Monday, July 28 at Village Hall.
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Obama has zero interest in doing anything tangible to really deal with ISIS. This is now parked in the tray marked 'next president's problem.'
Europe, meanwhile, is splintering at the seams, ravaged by an unprecedented migration crisis that nobody seems to have a clue how to handle.
German chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to let a million migrants into its country is already seen to be an utter disaster.
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I spoke to Trump for 40 minutes. He was, as you'd expect, bombastic, defiant and self-congratulatory. Why wouldn't he be? He's ripped up every political rulebook to take this presidential race by storm, a scenario that is hardly going to deflate the ego of New York's most cock-sure billionaire tycoon.
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Is he so wrong?
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Is he so wrong?
He told me America must make it far harder for illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. and thinks European countries should follow suit.
Is he so wrong?
He told me he believes there are now areas of many major European cities which have become poisonous breeding grounds for radicalized Islamic terror.
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Here in America, the liberal ladies at The View were having similar responses to a suddenly "reasonable" Trump as they awoke to the horrible news of another terror attack, and to the fact that the only way to defeat ISIS is to fight them face-to-face:
Wow! Liberals are really slow in noticing how terrible President Obama has been for worldwide terrorism.
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The "Warcraft" universe features an epic conflict between the Horde and the Alliance. The game has developed a global following since its launch in 1994 and shows no signs of slowing. Its most recent expansion, "Wrath of the Lich King," sold more than 2.8 million copies in the first day of release and more than 4 million its first month.
The film is being financed through Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. which were the two companies behind Batman: Dark Knight.  No word on a scheduled release date.
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This just fits
I'm excited all over again for this flick.
I know I will go see it, but after years of enjoying cut scenes intro's to games, and different movies that fire off for levels for the old rts, I wanted a blizzard movie.
their CGI is always so breath taking, years before Pixar or anybody else was giving us CGI that wowed us Blizzard was making us fans say "Wow I wish I could see them do a whole movie"
Again I know I will see it, I bet live action will be cool and I'm happy that Sam is directing it (hopefuly spidey 4 does well so he gets a lot of publicity going into it) But i will still be awaiting the day that the folks at blizzard finally give us a direct to DVD or a movie that is thier animation, thier voices to our game which so many of us love
WoW has some interesting stories that could be mined for a movie, but it really would require a series, I think. Not sure this will end well.
Holy rusted metal Arthas!!
I hope this is EPIC, like in the LOTR trilogy!! I do hope that Sam Raimi doesn't include a dance scene (see Spider Man 3), that would be nasty.
I'm hoping that all the "fun" features will be omitted from the movie… that there won't be some drawn out scrolling text across the screen. If they do that, like with LOTR, I'm going to smack the person in front of me in the theatres when I see this moie. I swear…
Oh yea, if I see a naked dwarf dancing on a mailbox I'll walk out
Maybe this is some residual bitterness from an long-ago D&D-er, but I hope this movie tanks hard like the "Dungeons & Dragons" one did. They better cast a Wayans in this one too, if there is any such thing as karma.
Megan Fox as elf!
All I want is a cameo by Mr. T as a Night Elf Mohawk……that would be *AWESOME*
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We don't use birth control, so no plans except letting the Lord decide what happens next for us.
by Bronze Member on Feb. 16, 2013 at 12:43 PM
My DH had a vacetomy when DD4 was 3 weeks old. He had said he was going to get one after DD3 was born. He obviously didn't.
Condoms. I have 3 blood clotting disorders and my dr doesn't want to take any chance with birh control
Not sure it took us 4 year's and a very high dose of Clomid to get pregnant so we haven't had to worry about it. I know I wrong do the pill again so probably condoms
I've been meaning to look into my options. I have two weeks to make a decision.
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We're not doing anything birth control wise until we're done having kids but after that my hubby will probably get snipped.
I am thinking that I will get the paraguard again. It worked well for us!
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