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March 2007
Does your job define who you are? A huge portion of our lives is governed by the work we do to pay the bills, and Americans work harder than almost anyone in the world. Do we let our jobs define us? Should we be defined by what we do for a living? This show features songs written and performed by a state tax auditor and airport security screener, and voices from around the working world. Features new songs from The Smarts and host Jeff Horwich.
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Does your job spill into your personal life? Is it just a pay check? Are you what you wanted to be growing up? We also asked for poetry related to work.
Maintenance man doesn't sound like a dream job for an aspiring rock star, but Twin Cities songwriter Jason Shannon was able to marry his day job with his music.
Interviews by Jeff Horwich
AccessAbility is a Twin Cities nonprofit that puts people to work for whom working at all is not a foregone conclusion. The people who work there include adults who were born developmentally disabled, or those who became disabled later in life. They do things like document sorting, shredding, and data entry. These are voices of three people who remind us of the meaning of work, and why we do it in the first place.
Interviews by Joel Grostephan and Roseanne Pereira
At some point most of us will confront the question of what we are when we no longer have our jobs to define us. Some will face this question earlier than others. Here are two of those people – an auto plant worker and a recently retired teacher – wondering what their future identity will be.
Interviews by Molly Bloom
There are some other people who realize the best job satisfaction may actually be found at home. Stay-at-home parents may have a little trouble answering the "what do you do" question at parties. But these two suggest you can not have a "job" – and still be deeply defined by your work.
Interview by Jeff Horwich
Lots of us will go through job transitions in our lives, and sweat over our career choices. But whatever obstacles life throws up in front of us, few of us will have our careers manhandled by fate like Ibrahim Abikar, a former pilot for Somali Airlines who now works for the state of Minnesota.
Does your job spill into your personal life? Is it just a pay check? Are you what you wanted to be growing up? We also asked for poetry related to work.
By Leigha Horton
Since graduating high school I have worked a bare minimum of 30 hours per week (even during my four years at college), and it never really complemented my raging sense of entitlement. I was meant to be an actress; my cost of living claimed otherwise.
Last December I left my day-job after five years of indentured servitude masquerading as an assistant position in the non-profit arts world. My liberation from desk-work was prompted by a full-time, yet temporary, role performing on stage at a prestigious local theater.
That gig ended nineteen days ago.
Aside from a voice-over session here; a staged reading there; and an over-arching theme of panic relating to the next source of income; I have been blissfully unemployed since then.I now know what my mailman looks like. I have discovered the artists and freelancers and stay-at-home parents at the local dog park, even though I don't have a dog.My internal clock wakes me at 9:24 am every morning. When taking my time, I make a killer sandwich.
Yes, I have tasted retirement. And it tastes good.
Alas, I am 28 years old and my unemployment checks won't cover rent, groceries, internet, AND my sense of self-worth – therefore, back to the grind I go. I've got some contract work starting Monday to keep my standard of living adequately afloat.
I still have all my corporate clothing, and I still clean up well enough to look respectable behind a desk.I just consider it another acting gig – act normal, act responsible, act like I'm interested in business.I have several upcoming auditions this week and next – hopefully something lucrative will come of it. After all, it's far more entertaining to play roles "outside the box."
By Robert Augustine
The broiler guy is getting his a$$ kicked
And I sit here and write a poem
He's moving fast
If I were to help him
I would just be in his way
And he might get insulted
Like I didn't think he's good enough
To handle the rush
So I sit here and write a poem
From the corner of my eye
As I write this poem
His silver tongs are a blur
As he spins, topping his gourmet burgers
With tasty ingredients
Artichoke hearts with goat cheese
This one's medium rare please
He ducks down low
Because he has to sneeze
He wipes his glasses
Because they're caked with grease
He walks with a limp
Because he has bad knees
And I sit here and write a poem
He's from a small village in Mexico
And sings mariachi music as he works
He's pretty good too. It makes me laugh
He charms the ladies with his smile
He's working right next to me
And has no idea he is the subject matter
Of my latest poem
I wonder if anyone has ever written a poem
About me
Maybe someday
I'll wait and see
He told me he used to stand below
Young mamacitas' windows and serenade them
And read them love poems in an attempt
To win their hearts…how smooth is that
Right now he's putting bacon strips
On top of a cheese burger
The sacrifices we make
As I write my poem
By Sean Dilley
Do I "live to work" or "work to live?"
That's a no-brainer I work because I have to.
My corporate communications job consists largely of stultifying boredom enlivened by bursts of drudgery. I would quit today, but tedium is preferable to starvation.
Lunch is the high point of my day, because people-watching at a large company is downright fascinating. Much like Jane Goodall with her chimpanzees, I have assigned names to my fellow employees based on their distinctive and outlandish behaviors.
"Liquid Lunch Man," for example, invariably consumes exactly the same meal every day--a strawberry instant breakfast drink, on the rocks. I suspect he is some sort of an automaton with only a rudimentary digestive tract that cannot tolerate solid food, but I have yet to test my hypothesis.
Then there's "Apple-Biter," a prim Chinese woman in early middle age with brightly lacquered red fingernails and a distinctive manner of eating Granny Smith apples First, she takes a large bite and spits it into her hand. Next, she uses her prominent incisors like some sort of marsupial to scrape the flesh from the skin. As she eats, she stacks the denuded, limp pieces of green skin into a tidy mound. Incredibly, Apple-Biter's ruby nails remain pristine during this process. She is truly splendid in her peculiarity.
I have named and cataloged many other specimens in my corporate bestiary. I keep my watchful eye on "Missy Mumbles," "Nose-Picker," and "Mr. Apocalypse," who can often be heard warning his tablemates that ominous portents foretell the imminent arrival of The Rapture.
I always keep my eyes open for the next Apple-Biter, the next Liquid Lunch Man, the next human oddity who will brighten my day with quirky or maddening behavior
Because unless I win the lottery, I'm stuck in the zoo with the rest of the monkeys.
By John Troyer
I quit my job two weeks ago.
Got fed up with passive-aggressive middle management idiots
not understanding that when you hit the sum key
in Microsoft Excel it creates a sum.
Numbers added-numbers subtracted, it's a goddamn basic
principle of math.
But I know I'm asking a lot, because clearly
anyone with the word Manager in their title
should never learn how to make the morning coffee
or remove a piece of paper from the printer just because
the readout says "remove paper-jam."
And when a question, even a good one, needs answering
it takes three paper memos, 16 voice-mail messages,
25 e-mail messages, a full meeting of the Board of Directors,
an outside Analyst firm, and full Cultural Diversity
training for all employees. All to learn, the person
asking the question was out of line because they're
support staff.
And where the hell did the term support staff come from?
I think it's time we call our jobs by
their true names, like:
"Alienated summa cum laude college graduate forced into doing the
work of a chimpanzee while supervised by the
anal- retentive gaze of an incompetent, fresh water manatee
surfacing just long enough
to make aforementioned monkey boy re-do an
entire years worth of worthless information for no
foreseeable reason."
or better yet: "undersexed, over medicated
person in charge of others staring at the ledge outside the window
wondering if anybody can see them looking up
www.sexyteens.com on their computer."
That's why I think we need a new office holiday.
Most places celebrate secretaries...oops I'm sorry
Executive Assistants day.
Still others, that want to look good but don't really care,
celebrate MLK day.
Even thought he was kind of uppity.
We need "Stick it to the Man" Day in offices all across America.
Let us all, employees confined to the modern day monkey cage
cast off our cubicles, and forced upon
handbook dress codes. Let us march through our
narrow and confining corridors, making the head of
the Human Resources Manager on a stick our glimmer
of hope.
Put down the Microsoft outlook manual
on how to make an appointment in a calendar for
your boss who's incompetent.
Unplug all the printers.
Make 50,000 copies of your a$$
And put LSD in the cup of the office
herbalist who insists on making
a pot of mint medley tea instead of coffee.....every freaking day.
Let us gather all the managers, the neo-managerials in
search of a life they'll never get just waiting to pounce on the smallest human mistake, bitter, overpaid, ignorant officer wenkers and
stick it to them where they keep their heads--
up their A$$.
Then brothers and sisters of the techno-menial job force,
take a day off, relax, and ask for triple overtime.
By Carin Bratlie
I curl my left foot
in the leather cup of shoe, toes
pinching ball into a wrinkled pincushion,
top tendons tight as aimed rubber bands.
I place the foot barely behind me,
pressing heel into floor,
pulling calf taut,
flattening veins under skin
like Saran-Wrap stretched tight.
I lift my foot,
heavy like a gallon of milk,
rotating it slowly at the
ankle, each angle
straining bones and joints,
shrugging off the yolk of my shoe.
I shift, starting over with the right.
By Bill Ostrem
I'm a lucky guy, I think. I work from home part-time and take care of our daughter part-time. Or maybe I take care of her full-time if you count all the work that parents do on evenings and weekends. So I work a lot. But I love my job. Or my jobs.
Our daughter will be three years old soon, and we haven't wanted to put her in full-time day care. So she goes to day care Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, or as she says "Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays." We're working on the days of the week now.
It used to be harder taking care of her. We delayed putting her in day care until she was 16 months old. In those younger months she cried a lot. On particularly bad days I'd call my wife and hold the phone up to our daughter's screaming and yell, "When are you coming home?" I was desperate and had to share.
I'm lucky that it's been easier lately. Now my daughter and I can have conversations. I can ask her to do something and she can simply say "No," instead of screaming. Like when I ask her to pick up her toys and she says, "I don't think so. I'm too tired," just before doing a full gymnastic routine on the sofa.
I'm lucky that my other job, my directly paid employment, is flexible and I get to stay home with my daughter on snow days, and we get to climb the 20-foot pile of snow that the plow left next to our driveway and I pretend I'm going up the north face of Mount Everest. It's not so easy when she's home because she's sick, when she's feverish and needs to take some medicine but won't because it's not red or because it's too thick and none of the five medicines in the cabinet meet those criteria.
When I show up for work as dad, sometimes I have to deal with resistance. I hear "Daddy, go away!" or "Daddy, I don't like you!" Dr. Brazelton says it's normal for children to show a preference for one parent now and then. I'm still waiting for my turn to be the preferred one. If this is my workplace feedback, I may have to do some thinking about my managerial skills. Or maybe I just have a difficult employee. Or maybe I'm not really the boss at all.
Whichever way you look at it, there's still plenty of reasons to say that I'm a lucky guy. I'm sure of it now.
By Wally Firesteel, Cowboy Poet
Skywalkers scramble over
Girders of steel
Fifty feet above the dangerous ground
Some more careful than others,
But none wearing safety gear
No harnesses
No hardhats
But nobody in our crew falls
And nobody gets anything worse
Than a scratch, jammed finger
Or bruised knuckle.
But the day we hear a rumor
That some poor guy fell and died
Building a Super Wal-Mart
On the other end of town
The Boss gets the fear of OSHA
So we put on harnesses
And hardhats
To clank around the jobsite
But I get tangled up in my harness
And fall headlong . . . .
I don't even scream
But I laugh, with embarrassment
Because I was working on the ground.
The safety measures last
For a couple days
And then it's back to
Business as usual . . .
No harnesses
No hardhats
But nobody in our crew falls
Especially me
And nobody gets anything worse
Than a scratch, jammed finger
Or bruised knuckle.
By Carolyn Sonnek
For years, I went from one unfulfilling job to another.
When I was in college - nothing interested me I ended up transferring from a university to a technical college where I got a "degree" in retail management Not because I wanted to be in retail management, I just wanted to be done with school I just wanted to get started on my life.
After a long string of retail jobs, with no room for any sort of growth in sight, I went through a rollercoaster of job changes:
- Car sales
- Mobile radio sales assistant
- Administrative assistant
- graphic Designer
- Technology assistant
After that string of one bad job after another, the final straw was a job so horrible mentally, physically and emotionally that I lasted all of 4 months before I took a job back in retail that paid me nearly half the salary just so I could escape it.
I started to evaluate my skills, of what I could do for a job that wouldn't kill me One that would allow me to afford the life I wanted, one that wouldn't mentally destroy me and one that wouldn't follow me home To find that balance It took me over a year in that retail job before I got a position as an executive assistant It paid well, it wasn't mentally taxing and it was an easy job But it wasn't fulfilling
I never thought of myself as someone who needed to feel a sense of accomplishment when I went to work, someone who needed to be recognized for their efforts or someone who needed to be challenged in my job I thought a job was something that paid the bills and your life was something that happened outside of the office But after more than two years of doing the same mundane tasks, one after the other, never getting recognized for what I do or being given new responsibilities because there were none to be had, I came to a realization that I needed more But, once again I was stuck What do I want to do with my life? Do I go back to school?; Do I even know what I want?
Then along came an opportunity as a legal administrative assistant I had no legal experience, nor did I ever consider going into the law field But what made this opportunity shine was the job itself It was working for a department in the law firm dedicated to doing only pro bono law work and community service projects A job filled with challenges, responsibility and the fulfillment that had been lacking in so long I can't wait to come to work every morning and while I'm at work, I feel a great sense of accomplishment helping all these people in need I get paid to save the world (in my own little way) and it's enough to live on!
I love working at a company that values the importance of helping those who cannot ever repay you And the feeling you get when you know you've made a difference in someone's life - that's the best feeling in the world
How is that not the perfect job?
By Anna Torborg
I grew up with a parent on either side of the work-to-live/live-to-work fence.
For my father, his career represents a creative outlet; though he has a rich life outside the office, his current position is the product of many years' effort in a single industry. My mother, on the other hand, has always felt that her job was the means to an end – the paycheck that goes towards the things she really enjoys in life.
I was always firmly rooted on her side of the fence, even when I landed the job of my dreams. Having a degree in English, I would have been happy just to find somebody to pay me, but I guess I was pretty lucky in the end. I found a job, but not just any job – one in publishing. And not just any publisher, but a small, upcoming house based in London. And if there's anything more perfect for an English major than working in publishing, it's being in London while you do it. Why, I would hardly be able to stop myself becoming the next Virginia Woolf!
My problem was that I had – and have – too many interests. I have friends who are desperate to come up with a new career path, who would love to do something else, if only they could figure out what that something else is. I find I have the opposite problem: I would love to work in radio, move into teaching, investigate politics, all sorts of things – if only I didn't already have this dumb perfect job.
In this way, a career is a burden – something to attend to while missing out on other opportunities. A desk to sit at for half the day while I could be out discovering the world. No matter how wonderful my job was, I always held a grudge against this obstacle between me and my free time in London. Then I returned to Minnesota.
In some ways, leaving London was an easy decision to make. Financially, there was no contest – the salary that could barely have kept me afloat in the UK's capitol is actually rather decent here in the US. When personal circumstances prompted a change, I knew I had to return, but it was still emotional.
There is something very grand about living in another country, and as a result, something quite humbling about returning home. I've continued to work for the same London-based publisher, but my relocation has changed the way I think about my job. Instead of holding me back from everything else I could be doing, it is the link that keeps me in touch with the life I left. Despite my decision, I never wanted for that chapter of my life to come to an end.
So now my job has ceased to become an obstacle to change and has become instead a reason to remain the same. It's a tether, to be sure, but it's holding me tight to a life that I don't want to forget.


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Here is a sketch I did in painter. Had a lot of fun with this one.
Here is a sketch I did in painter. Had a lot of fun with this one.
thats looks really good
I agree, that does look good. But, if there's one thing I learned on these boards, its compostition. My eyes keep getting caught where the two hands come together. I suggest that if you ever plan to change this picture, or do another like it, that you put one of the arms in an upraised position - as if to strike. Then the eye could flow from the head, up the raised arm, then down to his right knee and right arm, then follow his left leg off the page. I hope that helps.
and again - I can't yet paint that well, so, nice job.
I agree with were the arms meet but i think if you add more detal to the arm in the back and brighten up the face more it will bring your eyes to the face instaid of the arms.
Actually, the pose is a bit odd, but I dig it man. Odd as it may be, the pose is very Kung Fu like. One of those "low to the ground" styles.
It looks like he's right in the middle of a movement, so he's not perfectly balanced at an end point, or a beggining point. It's not perfect, but it's interesting. We've got some unique movement there, which is cool
His back arm could use some work, and maybe a nice hard light source. The rest of his body is too lit up and clearly defined for his back arm to fade into a silhouette outline so abruptly.
My favorite part is your lighting on the clothing. I noticed there's some blue, a little violet, and various rust type shades in the shadows. Looks way better than if you'd just used shades of gray. The hightlights on the folds and wrinkles are awesome. You used a lightling style that I've been trying to get into, but I've got to break some old habits first.
Good Work.
De Omnibus Dubitandum (Everything Must Be Doubted)
Another person corrupted by recent comic artists into giving Wolverine overly long claws! Arrghhhh they have to fit in his forearms!
Sorry, I'm just a rabid Wolverine fan.
Seriously though, that looks really good man.
Cool Wolvie, but logans face reminds me a bit of a drunken sailor (just my idiotic vision...)
Post more of those sketches, would love to see Psylocke or Rogue...maybe Gambit too.
Learn all Your life - so You die a wise man.
Webpage comming soon!
thanx guys for the comments. Sorry for the long ass claws I know it doesn't make any sense but I think it looks cool anyway.
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The question for FAMU
Florida A&M University should think for a moment before selling its new law school to the highest bidder. Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland and Daytona Beach each have promised millions of dollars in the bidding war, but the only issue for FAMU should be where a law school best serves students. That focus shouldn't be blurred by old racial resentments or by the awe of dollar signs.
Strategic cutting
Republicans have broken their tax cuts up into several pieces, each targeted to specific voter groups. But politics, not fairness, seems to be the goal.
George W.'s anti-intellectualism
Rich, well-connected John F. Kennedy was educated at an exclusive prep school and an Ivy League college. Lyndon Johnson, his bootstrap-elevated, double-negative-using vice president ("I didn't go to Harvard; I went to San Marcos State Teachers College!"), despised him for it. LBJ saw JFK as a spoiled brat who parlayed his father's power and money into a political career.
Estate tax is just another penalty on success
Re: Just this once, can't the rich pay their share? by Howard Troxler, July 26.
Taking jobs, alienating customers
For weeks Americans have been told that the outsourcing of high-tech jobs is good for our economy. So said Greg Mankiw, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers in a recent report signed by President Bush. So, too, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times in articles praising the rise of call centers in India used for everything from making airline reservations and reading medical X-ray films to providing tech support for American computer firms.
Philip Gailey: Democrats fall off campaign finance reform wagon Well, what do you know. Soft money is back, and it's making hypocrites of all those Democrats who fervently championed the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law, not to mention those Republicans who objected to the law's restrictions on issue advocacy.Bill Maxwell: Who is for the farm worker? Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is touting legislation to improve the lives of Florida's 300,000-plus farm workers, who endure institutional and systemic injustices each day in our fields and groves and their personal lives.Robyn E. Blumner: For some defendants, an American gulag In Bernard Malamud's masterpiece The Fixer, inmate Yakov Bok was subjected to psychological torture in a Soviet gulag through the humiliations of constant shackling and repeated strip searches.
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In a SharePoint 2007 environment, All of a sudden, all custom applications which uses server object model, started failing with an error: Cannot open Database WSS_Content_SharePoint_DB requested by the login. The login Failed. Login failed for user <domain\user_account>
Root cause of the Problem: There was an old unused site collection's content database attached with the web application. Since the particular site collection was no longer needed, SharePoint Administrator just deleted the database during a maintenance window from SQL Server.
But SharePoint configuration was still referring the database and trying to connect! This error got logged multiple times in event log also. So the right sequence would be:
- Delete the content database from SharePoint first (stsadm -o deletecontentdb or using Central Administration)
- Then delete the database from SQL Server.
Cannot open database 'db_name' Requested by the login.- Error in SharePoint 2013:
Same issue happened in SharePoint 201, with Event ID: 3760
SQL Database "db_name" on SQL Server instance "sql_instance_name" not found. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below.
Cannot open database "db_name" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'domain\login'.
Solution: Remove the deleted Database reference from SharePoint using PowerShell:
Get-SPDatabase | where {$_.name -eq 'db_name'} | foreach {$_.Delete()};
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Justinian, or Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus, was arguably the most important ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. Considered by some scholars to be the last great Roman emperor and the first great Byzantine emperor, Justinian fought to reclaim Roman territory and left a lasting impact on architecture and law. His relationship with his wife, the Empress Theodora, would play an important role in the course of his reign.

Justinian's Early Years

Justinian, whose given name was Petrus Sabbatius, was born in 483 C.E. to peasants in the Roman province of Illyria. He may have still been in his teens when he came to Constantinople. There, under the sponsorship of his mother's brother, Justin, Petrus acquired a superior education. However, thanks to his Latin background, he evidently always spoke Greek with a notable accent.

At this time, Justin was a highly-ranked military commander, and Petrus was his favorite nephew. The younger man climbed the social ladder with a hand up from the older, and he held several important offices. In time, the childless Justin officially adopted Petrus, who took the name "Justinianus" in his honor. In 518, Justin became Emperor. Three years later, Justinian became a consul.

Justinian and Theodora

Sometime before the year 523, Justinian met the actress Theodora. If The Secret History by Procopius is to be believed, Theodora was a courtesan as well as an actress, and her public performances bordered on the pornographic. Later authors defended Theodora, claiming that she had undergone a religious awakening and that she found ordinary work as a wool spinner to support herself honestly.

No one knows exactly how Justinian met Theodora, but he appears to have fallen hard for her. She was not only beautiful, she was shrewd and able to appeal to Justinian on an intellectual level. She was also known for her passionate interest in religion; she had become a Monophysite, and Justinian may have taken a measure of tolerance from her plight. They also shared humble beginnings and were somewhat apart from Byzantine nobility. Justinian made Theodora a patrician, and in 525 -- the same year that he received the title of caesar -- he made her his wife. Throughout his life, Justinian would rely on Theodora for support, inspiration, and guidance.

Rising to the Purple

Justinian owed much to his uncle, but Justin was well-repaid by his nephew. He had made his way to the throne through his own skill, and he had governed through his own strengths; but through much of his reign, Justin enjoyed the advice and allegiance of Justinian. This was especially true as the emperor's reign drew to a close.

In April of 527, Justinian was crowned co-emperor. At this time, Theodora was crowned Augusta. The two men would share the title for only four months before Justin passed away in August of that same year.

Emperor Justinian

Justinian was an idealist and a man of great ambition. He believed he could restore the empire to its former glory, both in terms of the territory it encompassed and the achievements made under its aegis. He wanted to reform the government, which had long suffered from corruption, and clear up the legal system, which was heavy with centuries of contradictory legislation and outmoded laws. He had great concern for religious righteousness, and wanted persecutions against heretics and orthodox Christians alike to end. Justinian also appears to have had a sincere desire to improve the lot of all citizens of the empire.

When his reign as sole emperor began, Justinian had many different issues to deal with, all in the space of a few years.

Justinian's Early Reign

One of the very first things Justinian attended to was a reorganization of Roman, now Byzantine, Law. He appointed a commission to begin the first book of what was to be a remarkably extensive and thorough legal code. It would come to be known as the Codex Justinianus (the Code of Justinian). Although the Codex would contain new laws, it was primarily a compilation and clarification of centuries of existing law, and it would become one of the most influential sources in western legal history.

Justinian then set about instituting governmental reforms. The officials he appointed were at times too enthusiastic in rooting out long-entrenched corruption, and the well-connected targets of their reform did not go easily. Riots began to break out, culminating in the most famous Nika Revolt of 532. But thanks to the efforts of Justinian's able general Belisarius, the riot was ultimately put down; and thanks to the support of Empress Theodora, Justinian showed the kind of backbone that helped solidify his reputation as a courageous leader. Though he may not have been loved, he was respected.

After the revolt, Justinian took the opportunity to conduct a massive construction project that would add to his prestige and make Constantinople an impressive city for centuries to come. This included the rebuilding of the marvelous cathedral, the Hagia Sophia. The building program was not restricted to the capital city, but extended throughout the empire, and included the construction of aqueducts and bridges, orphanages and hostels, monasteries and churches; and it encompassed the restoration of entire towns destroyed by earthquakes (an unfortunately all-too-frequent occurrence).

In 542, the empire was struck by a devastating epidemic that would later be known as Justinian's Plague or the Sixth-Century Plague. According to Procopius, the emperor himself succumbed to the disease, but fortunately, he recovered.

Justinian's Foreign Policy

When his reign began, Justinian's troops were fighting Persian forces along the Euphrates. Although the considerable success of his generals (Belisarius in particular) would allow the Byzantines to conclude equitable and peaceful agreements, war with the Persians would flare up repeatedly through most of Justinian's reign.

In 533, the intermittent mistreatment of Catholics by the Arian Vandals in Africa came to a disturbing head when the Catholic king of the Vandals, Hilderic, was thrown into prison by his Arian cousin, who took his throne. This gave Justinian an excuse to attack the Vandal kingdom in North Africa, and once again his general Belisarius served him well. When the Byzantines were through with them, the Vandals no longer posed a serious threat, and North Africa became part of the Byzantine Empire.

It was Justinian's view that the western empire had been lost through "indolence," and he believed it his duty to re-acquire territory in Italy -- especially Rome -- as well as other lands that had once been part of the Roman Empire. The Italian campaign lasted well over a decade, and thanks to Belisarius and Narses, the peninsula ultimately came under Byzantine control -- but at a terrible cost. Most of Italy was devastated by the wars, and a few short years after Justinian's death, invading Lombards were able to capture large portions of the Italian peninsula.

Justinian's forces were far less successful in the Balkans. There, bands of Barbarians continually raided Byzantine territory, and though occasionally repulsed by imperial troops, ultimately, Slavs and Bulgars invaded and settled within the borders of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Justinian and the Church

Emperors of Eastern Rome usually took a direct interest in ecclesiastical matters and often played a significant role in the direction of the Church. Justinian saw his responsibilities as emperor in this vein. He forbade pagans and heretics from teaching, and he closed the famous Academy for being pagan and not, as was often charged, as an act against classical learning and philosophy.

Though an adherent to Orthodoxy himself, Justinian recognized that much of Egypt and Syria followed the Monophysite form of Christianity, which had been branded a heresy. Theodora's support of the Monophysites undoubtedly influenced him, at least in part, to attempt to strike a compromise. His efforts did not go well. He tried to force western bishops to work with the Monophysites and even held Pope Vigilius in Constantinople for a time. The result was a break with the papacy that lasted until 610 C.E.

Justinian's Later Years

After the death of Theodora in 548, Justinian showed a marked decline in activity and appeared to withdraw from public matters. He became deeply concerned with theological issues, and at one point even went so far as to take a heretical stand, issuing in 564 an edict declaring that the physical body of Christ was incorruptible and that it only appeared to suffer. This was immediately met with protests and refusals to follow the edict, but the issue was resolved when Justinian died suddenly on the night of November 14/15, 565.

Justinian was succeeded by his nephew, Justin II.

The Legacy of Justinian

For nearly 40 years, Justinian guided a burgeoning, dynamic civilization through some of its most turbulent times. Although much of the territory acquired during his reign was lost after his death, the infrastructure he succeeded in creating through his building program would remain. And while both his foreign expansion endeavors and his domestic construction project would leave the empire in financial difficulty, his successor would remedy that without too much trouble. Justinian's reorganization of the administrative system would last some time, and his contribution to legal history would be even more far-reaching.

After his death, and after the death of the writer Procopius (a highly respected source for Byzantine history), a scandalous exposé was published known to us as The Secret History. Detailing an imperial court rife with corruption and depravity, the work -- which most scholars believe was indeed written by Procopius, as it was claimed -- attacks both Justinian and Theodora as greedy, debauched and unscrupulous. While the authorship of Procopius is acknowledged by most scholars, the content of The Secret History remains controversial; and over the centuries, while it tarred the reputation of Theodora pretty badly, it has largely failed to reduce the stature of Emperor Justinian. He remains one of the most impressive and important emperors in Byzantine history.


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|Assistive Technology for Learning to Write Braille
If they are to play a meaningful role in modern society, people who are visually impaired need to obtain information in an effective and timely manner. Accessing information requires the ability to read and write fluently. The Braille language provides a mechanism for the visually impaired to be fully literate participants in modern-day society. However, learning to write Braille is a non-trivial process that often involves long hours of tedious work. Learning to write Braille is even more difficult for young blind children due to many factors such as the required physical and mental exertion, and the delayed feedback on what was written. To address these needs, the TechBridgeWorld program at Carnegie Mellon University (www.techbridgeworld.org) developed an Adaptive Braille writing Tutor (ABT) that uses audio feedback to provide guided practice for young children learning to write Braille. Through extensive interactions with the Al-Noor Institute, a school for blind children! In Qatar, we extend the capabilities and potential impact of this Braille tutor.
This honors thesis in Computer Science enhances the ABT in three important dimensions: Relevance to the Arab world, methodology of software design, and motivational factor for the students. Our interactions with Al Noor revealed a need for expanding the vocabulary of the ABT to include Arabic Braille,and also a strong need for increasing the enthusiasm and learning-efficiency for blind children learning to write Braille. To address these needs we make three important enhancements to the ABT. First, we enable the tutor to provide guided practice for the Arabic alphabet characters in Braille and facilitate the interface between the Braille tutor and the screen reading software used at the Al Noor Institute. Next, we improve on the ad-hoc design of the ABT software components by combining research methodologies in Assistive Technology, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Artificial Intelligence to propose a principled redesign of the ABT software. Finally, we study the literature on Educational Game Design and create an educational ABT-computer game to increase the motivation of children learning to write Braille. The outcome of this project is an improved Adaptive Braille Writing tutor that enhances the state of art in educational technology for the visually impaired.


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Philip Trott says the Home Office immigrant crack-down penalises UK business. Philip Trott is an immigration partner at Bates Wells & Braithwaite.
Successive UK governments have made much play of the supposed fact that many immigrant asylum seekers are really economic migrants. Therefore, government thinking dictates, applications should be refused and asylum seekers removed from the country with haste – so removing an unsightly drain on precious public funds.
The word immigrant has somehow become dirty to this country, without us ever analysing the true value that immigrant communities can bring if they are indeed allowed to enter for purely economic reasons.
Germany, the US, and Canada – to name just a few countries – positively measure the economic benefits brought by immigrants and have programmes that encourage those who can contribute to society.
New Labour, with its support for enterprise culture, urgently needs to review who is allowed to live, work and invest in this country.
Our current economic immigration rules and work permit scheme are extremely restrictive. Only the following are allowed, with any ease, to be economically active in the UK: v those with £200,000 to invest in a business (with a promise to create two jobs for UK residents);
those with £1m (who are required to invest £750,000 in UK Government bonds, shares or loan capital in active trading UK companies);
sole representatives of overseas businesses;
writers, artists and photographers with a one year minimum track record of successfully practising their trade overseas;
senior employees coming to work here.
But this list obviously excludes a large number of deserving economic immigrants. For instance, a self-employed consultant, coming to the UK to help solve a Year 2000 problem for several small businesses, cannot work here without each UK contractor obtaining a work permit for them.
This is time-consuming and expensive for contractors, while the help needed may only be available from overseas. The UK is denying itself the freedom to attract the best foreign workers because of the inflexibility of its immigration rules.
A fresh foreign talent in the fashion industry, for instance, may want to follow in the UK footsteps of Stella McCartney or John Galliano, designers who made a splash almost immediately after leaving college. But they would not get a UK permit without two years post-graduate experience.
A UK fashion house may spot such talent, but it would be barred from exploiting it until a candidate had the required experience – by which time any budding designer may well have been tempted away by a more relaxed immigration regime.
Likewise, a UK employer who trains a foreign graduate in software design, can only give them two years work experience and cannot re-employ them for the next two years. During this time, the employee may decide to use their skills overseas.
As a member of the Immigration Law Practitioner's Association, I have made many requests to the Home Office and Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) to change the rules.
The DfEE is commercially sensitive, but only in the confines of a work permit scheme. This is in marked contrast to the Home Office, whose sole concern appears to be restricting migration to a minimum, without assessing any favourable economic, social or cultural factors.
The rules in this area have been the same since the 1970s.
Meanwhile, the Home Office is on the verge of abolishing the specialist department dealing with business and employment-related applications. But these already take up up to four months to process. No business can wait that long to exploit opportunity.
It is time the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) took over responsibility for this entire area and made it responsive to real business needs. This country is first choice for many overseas nationals because they speak English – the world's predominant commercial language. This desire should be seen as a benefit, not a detriment.


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Five New Rules for Job-Hunting Graduates
Published: May 20, 2010
Huliq -- Hiring of new college grads in nearly all industries is up by 5.3% compared with last year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). For recent grads embarking on the job hunt, some of the classic rules apply--such as dressing sharply for your interview, being well prepared, showing up on time, and sending thank you notes afterwards. But there are some new rules for 20-something job hunters that can increase your odds. Here are four of them.


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Strella / A Woman's Way (2009) DVD9on June 10th, 2016 at 14:49
Yorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village. He spends his first night out in a cheap downtown hotel in Athens. There he meets Strella, a young transsexual prostitute. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos. With Strella on his side he will have to find a new way out.
An extraordinary and spellbinding relationship, a post-modern Greek tragedy in the glowing nights of Athens.
DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:46:52 | 7.45 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Greek
Subtitles: English, Greek
Genre: Drama
Director: Panos H. Koutras
Cast: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis
Country: Greece
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Gene Name Mnemonic: Systematic nomenclature
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Description: Motility and biofilm regulator
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Left Intergenic Region
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glgS described as a regulator of biofilm, motility and purine metabolism and referred to as scoR (Rahimpour, 2013). A glgS mutant has an elevated AMP level; AMP is a negative regulator of GlgC so the reduced glycogen in the glgS mutant is probably an indirect effect due to elevated AMP levels (Montero, 2009). GlgS does not affect transcription of the glg genes. RpoS regulon. cAMP regulon.


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if you like ladytron, you'll like felix da housecat
if you're looking to get into argentine electronica, you'll love gotan project
(good one with st germain)
if you like modest mouse, you'll...
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if you like ladytron, you'll like felix da housecat
if you're looking to get into argentine electronica, you'll love gotan project
(good one with st germain)
if you like modest mouse, you'll...
1. bjork
2. jesus and mary chain
3. peaches
4. gogol bordello
5. brazilian girls
1. blonde redhead
2. gotan project
i just called. and some no-so-nice dude told me otherwise. :-(
poop. i thought there was hope that i wont be sleeping in a car.
I chose Post. I think it is well-rounded and spunky.
...even if it has the ONLY song I dislike of her's: "It's Oh So Quiet".
AND WHAT ABOUT 'TELEGRAM'? It has my all time best tune: the...
i'm not sure about the likelihood of sweaters happening in the desert.
but your enthusiasm makes me even more excited to see them!!!!!
on another note, friday is at GA114
let's start the pool....
what happened to the mysterious GA90-100 tickets?
perhaps more acts will be added and then more tickets released???
um, bjork!!
but if it was last year...then definitely seu jorge. drool, drool, drool.
wait for the anger threads now "FUCK I DIDN'T GET MY TICKET"
yeah first it said there are none available, but now it says it's not in the database
jigga wha?
Ok, now the event is 'no longer in the database'.
what is going on?????????????????????????
camping is at GA30
oh, this definitely qualifies as an emergency. I wouldn't fret too much.
I totally know how it is (college student w/ a full load + 2 jobs + music obsession) and I would have done the same thing....
A big chunk of Coachella is about new bands and music and, like someone previously mentioned, meeting other people.
If everything on here is "no name garbage" then I'm assuming that you have...
daft punk is the obvious, but they played last year.
basement jaxx just had a new album come out that pretty much kicks ass.
all i'm saying is that i can't wait to 'shake my tits...shake my tits'
yeah, it's like coachella's brother that didnt quite get enough attention.
but they did get the white stripes. and that is awesome.
3 day: ga 101
friday: ga 113
what about felix da housecat? or girl talk?
and speaking of dancy stuff...junior boys are awesome, but i highly doubt they will be in sahara.
We all saw Sat tickets sell out quickly (twice, haha), but who the heck is drawing people to Saturday?
In another thread about dropping the act, RHCP won by a mile. Is it the dance mania? Is it...
Talk Talk is my childhood. I still listen to them everyday.
i saw them once long long ago at warped tour (back when it was ok) and they were amazing. they all were wearing pastel button up shirts, ties, and slacks. one guy's job was just to dance like a...
so is the consensus that it will be gone at GA90?
wait...where are you from?
i suggest you skip LA (or just go for a short time) and head up the coast to see san francisco. not to mention the scenerey is nice on the road. i live in san luis obispo (halfway between LA and SF).
Are you talking to me? I saw saw him in SD last year. It was hands down the wildest thing I've experienced.
i actually think manu chao would be excellent right before rage seeing as they both have extremely similar messages.
hint: one of electronic immersion's biggest fans
How could you possibly think you have the right to downtalk this act if you don't know the difference between manu chao and radio bemba sound system???
manu chao is one person.
radio bemba sound...
So much that you cant spell his name right??
Friday for me. With fewer people there, I can have an intimate sesh w/ bjork. and oh yeah PEACHES. there are a ton of great acts on friday.
when and where did you see them? i saw them 7 years ago and it was all make yourself tracks. i never heard anything off science live. you're very lucky.
but anyways...
theyre terrible now....
hey bosco...guess who?
As much as the Pumpkins have to offer, I think taking Bjork off the bill or putting her behind Pumpkins would take away from the Coachella vibe that has been established over the years.
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NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – Bethel College's annual holiday concert by its Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra will feature a new percussion ensemble and the return of a brass choir.
This will be the premier performance of the Percussion Ensemble, formed this year by Michael Holland, adjunct professor of percussion. The Bethel Brass Choir, composed of select brass players from the Wind Ensemble, is making a return appearance, but their first of the year.
The Wind Ensemble will perform Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Five Variations on Dives and Lazarus" and Ron Nelson's "Morning Alleluias." The Chamber Orchestra will perform the "Overture" to Handel's Messiah as well as another Williams piece, "Fantasia on Greensleeves."
The concert will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Krehbiel Auditorium of the Fine Arts Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
"The concert should be very festive," said conductor Richard Tirk, assistant professor of music. "I'm very excited about the percussion ensemble and brass choir. Michael Holland and the percussion studio have worked very hard this year to make this ensemble happen."
Members of the Wind Ensemble are: flutes Anna Lever, sophomore from Moundridge, Jennifer Regier, junior from Newton, Megan Schrag, sophomore from McPherson, Kayla Stone, freshman from Newton, and Erin White, sophomore from Bel Aire; oboes Leanne Reimer, freshman from Hesston, and Sharayah Williams, freshman from Kalona, Iowa; clarinets Megan Abrahams, junior from Canton, Dan Graber, junior from Freeman, S.D., Jamie Lugo, sophomore from Wichita, and Chelsea Vaught, senior from Henderson, Neb.; bass clarinet Kasey McClendon, sophomore from Cunningham; bassoons Rebecca Claassen, sophomore from Moses Lake, Wash., and Heather Robertsen, freshman from Hesston; alto saxophones Brett Jackson, junior from North Newton, and Susan Schmeichel, sophomore from Hurley, S.D.; tenor saxophones Kyle Claassen, freshman from Andover, and Joel Linscheid, junior from North Newton; baritone saxophone Brent Badawieh, junior from Parsons; French horns Jesse Mueller, freshman from Halstead, and Jeffrey Whaley, Wichita; trumpets Arlin Buller, guest artist from North Newton, Peter Goerzen, senior from Goessel, Aaron Linscheid, senior from North Newton, Austin McCabe-Juhnke, freshman from North Newton, David Mueller, freshman from Halstead, Kyle Unruh, freshman from Goessel, and Kelcy Voth, senior from Goessel; trombones Jerel Fast, senior from Boulder, Colo., Phil Fisher, guest artist from Wichita, Daniel Glascock, sophomore from Cunningham, Benjamin Harder, freshman from Hesston, Trevor Regier, Newton High School, Matthew Root, sophomore from Topeka, and Andrew Toews, junior from North Newton; baritone Natasha Esau, freshman from Hutchinson; tubas Joel Garber, senior from Hesston, and Mark Lyles, guest artist from North Newton; percussionists Matthew Hershberger, freshman from Clay Center, Blake Long, junior from Moran, John Murray, guest artist from Hesston, Anthony Redelfs, senior from Mansfield, Texas, and Nathaniel Yoder, freshman from Kalona, Iowa; and pianists Joel Garber and Karen Schlabaugh, professor of music.
Members of the Chamber Orchestra are: violins Elizabeth Lang, sophomore from Davenport, Iowa, Blaire Mayhue, freshman from North Newton, Isaac Olson, sophomore from Denver, Colo., and Paul Regier, sophomore from Newton; violas Kelsey Easterday, freshman from Manhattan, Emma Lewis, senior from Newton, and Amy Swartz, junior from Wichita; cellos Bradley McKellip, freshman from Newton, and Parker Stanley, senior from Liberty, Mo.; bass Michael Voth, sophomore from Topeka; and harp Maria Jantz, Newton High School.
Bethel College is a four-year liberal arts college affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. Founded in 1887, it is the oldest Mennonite college in North America. Bethel is known for its academic excellence and has been named a Top Tier college by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1998. For more information, see the Bethel Web site at www.bethelks.edu.


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Brilliant......Another One Bites the Dust......
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Is it not the "BOMB"?
Fabulous, so now I know of only 4 VERY LUCKY individuals with the ever awesome Fondale.
Yours, mine and Frank & David are inbound!
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David, Not sure where the #30 came from,.............
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Boone Kissick Lynam - Hillsboro, KY
I found the following obit in a cigar box kept by my grandfather and felt that I should share the info.He wrote 2/26/64 on the obit.
Boone Kissick Lynam, who had marked his 85th birthday just twelve days ago, died yesterday at 7:40 am at his home near Hillsboro.
Mr. Lynam had been ill for nearly seven months and his condition had been grave for the past 30 days.Death was attributed to complications and the infirmities of age.
A prominent landowner and retired farmer of the Hillsboro community, Mr. Lynam had spend most of his life in that community.He was born in Rowan county, the son of the late Albert and Almira Kissick Lynam.His birth date was February 13, 1879.
Mr. Lynam was a long time member of the Grange City Christian church and had been very active in church affairs until ill health forced him to halt his outside interests.
A good Christian man who lived by the teachings of his faith, Mr. Lynam was extremely kind and generous to his fellowman.He was noted throughout Fleming county for his honesty and integrity.
Surviving are his wife Vina Keernans Lynam; six sons, Rupert, Titusville, Fla., Elmer, Covington, Kelly and Raleigh, Bethel O., Thomas Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Bruce, Lancaster, Pa.; two daughters, Elen, at home and Mrs. Velma Fox, Nashville, Tenn.; 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Grange City Christian church at 2 pm Wednesday with the Rev. Myron Barnett officiating.Burial will be in the Hillsboro cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jess Moore, Noel Walton, Kelly Story, Emery Anderson, Corbett Jefferson and Riley Newman.
The remains are at the Hutton Funeral home, Hillsboro, where friends may call after 2 pm today.


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If a lockout is in the NFL's future, Seahawks players are in favor of allowing the NFL Players Union to decertify.
Players voted Wednesday and joined more than half of the league in supporting decertification. The move would allow the union to sue the league on antitrust grounds when the collective bargaining agreement expires after the current season.
Without the approval to decertify, the union would have to wait six months from the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement to sue the league.
According to Matt Hassebeck, a union representative, the issue is over for the Seahawks players
"So we spent like an hour of our time yesterday focused on that and now we're back to football," he said. "Pretty much everything from this point forward is kind of out of our hands now."
This story includes information from The Associated Press.


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Team USA Scholarship: Aaron Telitz - All Aboard
Wisconsin native Aaron Telitz provides some background information leading up to his recent selection, along with Michai Stephens, to represent the Team USA Scholarship in the upcoming Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy events in England.
Jimmy Vasser was awarded the inaugural Team USA Scholarship in 1990. Subsequent winners have included Bryan Herta, Memo Gidley, Buddy Rice, Phil Giebler, Andy Lally, Joey Hand, Bryan Sellers, A.J. Allmendinger, Charlie Kimball, J.R. Hildebrand, Dan Cameron, Joel Miller, Josef Newgarden, Conor Daly, Connor De Phillippi, Spencer Pigot, Trent Hindman, Tristan Nunez and Matthew Brabham.
Aaron Telitz: All Aboard!!!
Birchwood, Wis. Greetings! This the first of what is sure to be a super fun series of blogs that will take you along with me on my adventure to the UK for the Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy. But first, a little background information!
I am 22 years old and am from a small town in Northern Wisconsin called Birchwood. Just so you have an idea how small, I grew up going to a public school where my class size was about 25 from kindergarten all the way through senior year.
Aaron Telitz
I got my start in go-karts at 8 years old in Eau Claire, Wis. I went on to road racing karts at age 15 and had quite a lot of success racing karts on tracks like Road America, Daytona International Speedway and Mid-Ohio. In 2012, at the ripe old age of 20, I made my first start in a race car thanks to winning a $20,000 scholarship from the Skip Barber Karting Shootout. I ended up winning my first-ever car race! I went on to win four more races that summer and another $10,000 scholarship from Skip Barber in the 2012 Championship Shootout. I ended up stretching my scholarship money for all it was worth in the 2012/2013 Skip Barber Winter Series and came away with second overall in the championship.
I had been attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire full time but decided to put college on hold to chase after my dream. I realized I wasnt going to get very far in racing if I didnt come up with some funding, so I began calling, writing, emailing and visiting everyone I could think of that might be able to help me out. I was fortunate enough to not only find enough funding to race in the 2013 F1600 Championship Series but I also landed a sponsor in Rice Lake Weighing Systems. I went on to claim third in the super competitive championship. I was then selected as a finalist for the Team USA Scholarship. I wasnt chosen as a winner last year but I didnt let that get me down! I went on to win the Skip Barber Championship Shootout, claiming a $200,000 MAZDASPEED Scholarship to race in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. I drove for ArmsUp Motorsports this season on my way to one win, six podium finishes, Rookie of the Year honors and fourth overall in the championship.
Telitz during his early years karting
A little over a month ago I was again named a finalist in the Team USA Scholarship program. I was psyched to have another shot at this awesome award. The shootout was held at Auto Club Speedway and we would be driving 1.6-liter cars prepared by Allen Berg Racing Schools. I had a great time driving a new car to me at a new track. About two weeks later I got the call from Jeremy Shaw to tell me I had been selected. It was probably my favorite phone call of the year! I am seriously excited to get over to England and get my first European car racing experience!
Now my plane tickets have been purchased and a schedule has been made for testing prior to the events. I am so looking forward to the coming month.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for all of my English adventures!
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Tough defense.
That's what Kenai Central's girls basketball team prides itself on. Tuesday night against host Skyview was no different.
The Kardinals held the Panthers to 20 points through three quarters en route to a 49-34 win. Kenai's boys completed the sweep with a 56-30 victory.
"We are a very strong defensive team," Kenai girls head coach Stacia Rustad said. Her team's defense leads to points on offense, she said.
Panthers assistant coach Randi Broyles said she wanted her team to play the same up-tempo game Kenai does. Though Skyview had several offensive turnovers, they played well down low on defense, she said.
Kenai's pressure was the difference in the game, Broyles said.
"We have to learn to work on playing against pressure," she said. In particular, her team needs to stay comfortable when pressure is applied, Broyles added.
To start the second quarter, Skyview's Casee Penrod escaped pressure from Kenai's defense and found an open Ivy O'Guinn near the basket. She put in the easy shot, knotting the score at 10. Penrod converted a three-point play at the end of the first to cut the Panthers' deficit from five to two.
After seeing their lead disappear, the Kards went on a 9-0 run. Lexi Beeson had four of those points.
Kenai started playing harder, smarter basketball from that point on, Rustad said.
The Kards held a nine-point lead or better the rest of the game.
O'Guinn ended the run as she drove to the hoop and put in a layup. Off of a Penrod miss, Kenai attempted, and converted, a long pass to Raquel Young. She put in the easy layup. Five of Young's team-high 12 points came in the second quarter. Samantha Hull also had 12 and Lierin Flanagan chipped in 11.
Hull had a solid performance, Rustad said. She said Hull remained calm under pressure, broke through SkyHi's press and made quality passes.
Coming off of the bench, sophomore Bailey Beeson had her best game of the season, Rustad said. Bailey, along with Flanagan, had the task of covering Penrod, Skyview's top player.
Penrod paced the Panthers with 16 points.
Kenai held a 24-14 lead at the half.
The Kards hovered around a 10-point lead for a majority of the rest of the way. Hull put the proverbial nail in the coffin when she drained a 3-pointer with 3:15 to play in the fourth quarter.
Despite the loss, Broyles said the game was an improvement from the 50-28 beating the Panthers took from the last meeting with Kenai on Dec. 23.
"I thought Skyview played a quality game," Rustad said.
Though her team struggled to make open shots in the first half, they came with effort the entire game.
"We always go out and play hard," Rustad said.
Kardinals 56, Panthers 30
The boys contest was a game of two halves.
The Panthers won the first half, 26-24. But Kenai won the second and more important of the two. The Kards held Skyview to just four second-half points to their 32.
"It was a tale of two halves," said Panthers head coach Jesse Settlemyer. "They got us out of the tempo we like to play at."
"The first half we were just not ready to play tonight," Kards head coach Ken Felchle said. He said SkyHi was more prepared and had more intensity than his squad in the first half.
"We just have to be ready to play for four quarters," Felchle said.
Settlemyer said the game was a big improvement from SkyHi's Dec. 23 meeting, in which the Kards took home a decisive 60-24 victory.
After the score was tied at 28-all, Kenai went on a 24-0 run, which carried through most of the third and into the fourth quarter.
Skyview managed just two points in each of the final two quarters.
Tyler Spalding led Kenai with 15 points. AJ Hull followed with 13. Eight different Kardinals contributed to the scoring.
Albert White paced Skyview with nine points. Seven Panthers recorded points.
Felchle said the difference in the second half for his team was defensive intensity and playing smarter on offense. In the first two quarters, his team's youth showed, Felchle said. Kenai has three sophomores that see considerable playing time.
Felchle said his team rushed their shots on offense during the opening 16 minutes. But in the second half, Kenai became more focused, Felchle said.
"We are capable of playing well if we put our minds to it," Felchle said of his team's turnaround. "We just have to have four quarters of that type of play."
Though disappointed with the first half, Felchle was happy with his squad's ability to identify and rectify the earlier mistakes and come out with the win.
For Skyview, the first half showed they can play with Kenai, Settlemyer said.
"Now, it's just putting two good halves of basketball together."
Kardinals 56, Panthers 30
Kenai 11 13 18 14 -- 56
Skyview 13 13 2 2 -- 30
KENAI (56) --Lowe 1 0-0 3, Ziehmre 0 0-0 0, Hull 6 1-2 13, Kiefer 3 1-4 9, Spalding 6 3-6 15, Landry 2 0-0 4, Risung 0 0-0 0, Sandahl 0 0-0 0, Reilly 2 0-0 4, Rouswell 0 0-0 0, Hayes 0 0-0 0, Wensley 0 1-2 1, Rogers 3 1-2 7. Totals -- 24 7-16 56.
SKYVIEW (30) --Hallford 0 0-0 0, McNamara 0 0-0 0, Symonds 0 0-0 0, White 4 0-0 9, Malatesta 1 0-0 2, Jones 1 5-6 7, Harvey 1 3-7 6, Parham 1 0-0 2, Diaz 1 0-0 2, Oakes 0 0-0 0.
3-point goals --Kenai 3 (Lowe 1, Kiefer 2); Skyview 2 (White 1, Harvey 1). Team fouls --Skyview 13. Fouled out --None.
Kardinals 49, Panthers 34
Kenai 10 14 9 16 -- 49
Skyview 8 6 6 14 -- 34
KENAI (49) -- Hull 3 4-6 12, L. Beeson 2 1-2 5, B. Beeson 0 1-3 1, Flanagan 4 3-4 11, Wensley 3 2-2 8, Dunlap 0 0-0 0, Young 5 2-4 12, Cabot 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 17 13-21 49.
SKYVIEW (34) -- Jones 0 0-1 0, O'Guinn 2 2-4 6, Penrod 6 4-5 16, Stewart 0 2-3 2, Mercier 0 0-0 0, Hill 3 2-4 8, Lamborn 1 -0 2, Parham 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 12 10-17 34.
3-point goals -- Kenai 2 (Hull 2). Team fouls -- Skyview 18. Fouled out -- None.
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Author's Note: Allo! Well, this is a one-shot, sorta…see it's a forerunner to my new songfic that I'm not going to post until I finished What If Things Weren't the Same, but it's kinda like a hook. The thing is, you don't really have to read this to understand the new story, it just sorta helps…I guess is how you would explain it. Anyway, I decided to post it separately because it's a different band than the lyrics to my newest songfic, and I decided I wanted to write a one-shot, even though it's not really, so don't fret my friends! It will all work out in time…
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, last time I checked it still belonged to CLAMP, though you never know. Did you know all the Beatles' songs belong to Michael Jackson? WTF? Anyway, I also don't own Depeche Mode, or their lyrics, though I wouldn't mind getting my hands on the creative genius who writes such seductive lyrics, nevermind if he's three times my age! ponders Anyway, this is a work of fiction, none of the characters are real...I don't think, and you all should know they're not! Etc...etc...
He watched her silently through the small crack in her half opened door; the moment was so intimate he didn't feel like he could intrude. Her long blue hair washed over the edge of the bed like a waterfall, and her sinuous cream colored legs were folded against her silk sheets. She held the book she was reading over her head, her arms propped up on her chest. Sighing heavily, she handed the book to her left hand and let both arms fall lazily onto the comforter, "I'm so bored," she thought out loud, and his heart clenched. He bit his bottom lip, hesitating, then cursed himself for doing so. The Master Mage didn't hesitate about anything!
But this one thing, he did hesitate about; he always had, and just because she, Fuu and Hikaru had decided to stay for good didn't make this time any different than the hundreds of visits before.
Do it before you can think through it, his mind ordered, and he nodded to himself and tapped lightly on her door. Immediately, her head rose, spreading her light blue hair beneath her. Agilely, she sprung out of bed and opened the door the whole way so their eyes met, and it felt like the first time he'd ever seen her - resilient, graceful, strong-willed and utterly untouchable. His throat caught his words and for a few moments he floundered.
"Clef?" she drew his name out, testing it on her tongue, her eyes wide with curiosity and a spark of annoyance at his silence. The Water Knight was far from silent.
"I-uh-" he used all his strength to fight back his blush, forgot what he was saying, and cursed himself; think, you idiot!
"Yes?" now there was more than a hint of annoyance, but it was deftly masked by amusement.
She must love to see the Master Mage tongue-tied, he told himself bitterly, which gave him more than enough motivation to collect his thoughts and begin again, "I was going to the shore for a bit of a stretch and thought you might enjoy a distraction from your reading." All his bumbling was well worth it when she grinned at him and nodded.
"Sounds good."
Walk with me
Their footprints were the only trace of them, and even those washed away in the tide. There were no words; Umi stared passionately at the sea, Clef gazed lovingly at her. This was how their hours spent together usually went. Clef sighed softly, not wanting to disturb her silence. For some bizarre reason, Umi rarely spoke to him. That wouldn't have bothered him if she was Fuu, who was generally quiet, but Umi was naturally outgoing and loud, so why did she insist on maintaining these long stretches of nothing?
More than anything, Clef wanted to tear open her head and find out just what was inside it, because as outgoing as Umi pretended to be, she was the most mysterious of the Knights. Sure, she would bombard you with trivial opinions of clothes and make smart opinions about outward appearances, but she never spoke openly about things that mattered, at least not to him. There was a time when he would have decided she simply didn't think about things like that and dismissed her, but he knew better now; he knew her better now.
He'd spent a lot of time studying her in their hours of silence, and in that study, he'd learned that a lot more existed in the Water Knight than she admitted to. That had been his purpose when he brought her here today – to find out what she thought about one particular idea, but as of yet, he hadn't had the courage to break the silence, and it didn't seem she was about to either.
Open your sensitive mouth
And talk to me
"Wow," she muttered as they approached a segment of the Forest of Silence that met the ocean. It was like an oasis in the center of a desert. Clef looked up, startled; he hadn't realized they'd walked that far, "Come on," she grabbed his hand and pulled him after her, and even in his new form he had trouble keeping up with the athletic pace the Knight set for him.
By the time they reached the oasis, he found himself panting for breath, but noticed Umi's small chest heaving and didn't feel so badly. Casually, he flicked his fingers and a group of vines around a nearby tree reformed so they created a small hammock facing the sea. Umi laughed delightedly and jumped into it, letting her feet dangle carelessly above the sand, "Come on, there's room for two," she moved over to make room for him, and he smiled and sat beside her as the sun began to set.
The Water Knight scooped his left hand into her right, and he tried not to sigh happily. This had happened before; she seemed to find it just a bond of friendship, but every time they touched it felt so wonderfully right to him. He'd been waiting his whole life for completion, grown hard in his thoughts that it would never come, and suddenly, here she was, so close he could smell the bluebells in her hair.
Lightly, he caressed her palm with his thumb, and she giggled softly, "Stop that," she hissed, but he refused and grinned devilishly at her. She smacked him playfully, but he caught her other wrist and for a minute, the two were suspended – time had stopped. He threw down all his barriers and let her see him for herself.
Hold out your delicate hands
And feel me
Couldn't make any plans
To conceal me
She licked her lips and opened her mouth to speak, but he shook his head at her. He didn't need to hear what she said; he just wanted to feel it. In one smooth motion, he pulled her into his chest, so they were cradled side by side in the hammock, her head on his torso. He examined their interlocked hands for a moment, softly running a thumb over her palm before he pulled her hand to his lips and kissed each finger lightly, making her shiver and move closer to him. He moved his left arm to encircle her, and she sighed, clearly contented.
Open your sensitive mouth
Hold out your delicate hands
With such a sensitive mouth
He turned his head, so they were inches apart, simply looking at one another. By Cephiro, but she's beautiful. He didn't need to say anything; she'd read it in his eyes – he wasn't too hard to read at that moment.
With a brazen courage he didn't know he had, he pulled two strands of hair from her eyes and stroked her cheeks tenderly, just the concept of her in his arms making him glow in delight. This is how it should always be, no duties, no responsibilities, just she and I.
"If we wanted to hide, no one would ever find us here," she seemed to read his thoughts, and he grinned, glad to know they were at least on the same wave length.
I'm easy to see through
A sudden desire so intense it made every cell in his body ready to burst, alighted in him. He didn't want to push further than she wanted, but he yearned to be closer to her. With trembling fingers, he carefully touched her lips, her breath warm against them. For a minute, her eyes flew open, vast blue oceans that continued for an eternity and beyond, and then her lips curled into a secret smile, and she nodded.
He refused to let himself hesitate, so he moved in and placed a fiery kiss on her lips, trying desperately not to let it get too passionate, afraid she might be startled, but when she simply folded into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, he let all his inhibitions fly and kissed her deeply.
The moment lasted for an instant and an eternity, and then was over, and she pulled back from him, licking her lips, savoring the taste of their first kiss. With her eyes still closed, she snuggled closer into his warm body, "I cannot tell you how long I've been waiting for you to do that," she murmured, and he laughed softly and looked down at her as she propped one eye open to look at him.
"I cannot tell you how long I've been wanting to do that," he retorted.
She sat up slightly, making their bed of vines shift, but neither seemed to notice. She ran a hand down the contours of his face and kissed his nose gently, "Don't let me stop you," she whispered seductively into his neck, and he smiled and began to place hot, hungry kisses all over her neck.
When I rush
She was breathing heavily by the time his little game became almost unbearable for him. Her skin was silky smooth against his lips, and he was sure he was going to break if one of them didn't forfeit soon. Fortunately, it didn't have to be him that gave up. Umi turned her head downward, so he found her lips, but she didn't let him have her so easily. He got in only one quick kiss before she pulled away and brought his fingers to her lips mischievously bestowing on them the same treatment he had given her. This time it was his turn to gasp in pleasure, and before long the game had become more like an entirely too pleasurable war, both fighting for power over the other. He laughed at the thought as they both silently agreed to call a truce and their lips met in one, lasting embrace. He would remember that kiss for all the ages, long, sweet, delicate and fiery all at once, everything he'd ever wanted in a lover was lying in his arms, and he didn't plan to ever let her leave them again. He never wanted to see her with anyone else, the very thought made anger boil under his skin, but he fought the jealousy back when he tensed and she looked at him concernedly.
He didn't give her time to ask, just turned his jealousy to passion and kissed away all the insecurities he had. She was here, with him, and she wasn't leaving, she wasn't pushing him away; she was pulling him closer. There was no reason he should worry; they were finally together.
I rush for you
The Water Knight spent a year as his secret lover. Their affections were public only to those who knew them, but to the rest of Cephiro they were nothing more than teacher and student. Clef had never explained to Umi why that was, and she had never asked. He guessed that she simply trusted him to take care of her, so when he found her staring at him heatedly in his study one morning, fear leapt into his being.
"Clef," her voice was a breathy whisper, somewhere between tears and raw fury. "Why doesn't Cephiro know about us?"
His eyes flew open in shock, and he felt his body trembling. I took it for granted that she didn't care, and now she does. Gods…he knew by her tone that she had discovered something, so he stayed silent and waited for her to confess what she knew. He would take it from there.
"Damn it Clef, that's how it's always been hasn't it?" she screamed at him, throwing a book he hadn't noticed she was carrying until then on his table. "You stay quiet, waiting for me to screw up first? Well, here it is; here's what I know."
He remembered vaguely thinking that she knew him too well and relishing for a millisecond in the thought before his hands traced the cover of the book wistfully, and he looked up into stormy blue eyes that were clouded with pain and fear, not the eyes that he knew; eyes he thought he'd never have to see.
"Umi," he took a deep breath and controlled himself, trying to maintain his focus despite his own swelling emotions. Here they were; this was it. He knew this day had to come, but…I didn't want it to be now; I thought we could pretend forever…
Cry for you
Seen the tears
Roll down from my eyes for you
"There's nothing in there that says it's not okay for the Master Mage to have a lover; he simply can't be in love. Nothing can be higher than Cephiro for me," Clef explained coolly, distancing himself from the girl that had come to steal his heart. He knew his words sounded formal and harsh, but if he did it any other way he would break down, throw himself at her feet and beg Cephiro to take his staff. There were things he still had to do, lives he still had to protect; Cephiro wasn't ready to take on the burden of a new Master Mage, not after it'd just restored its own peace. He couldn't be selfish.
She threw her hands up and laughed facetiously, "Oh, I guess that makes it all right then!"
"Come on Umi, you knew that before we began. You knew somewhere that I could never find myself in the position of husband or father. Think! If I were in love, and someone stole the woman I loved I would give up Cephiro in ransom to get her back! You know that it's impossible," he tried to hide his wince, but she wouldn't have seen it anyway, because her head immediately shot down, tears hitting the ground.
"So…" she stopped and looked up at him bravely through her tears.
Don't say it Umi, please, don't say it.
"I love you Clef."
His heart soared and collapsed all at once. The words he longed to hear with everything he was, the ones he wanted to respond to, were the only ones he had to vanquish, the ones he had to reprimand, "It's impossible," he found himself saying more cruelly than he would ever have wanted. "I can't love you, and I don't."
Heard my truth
Distorted to lies for you
Watched my love
Becoming a prize for you
His soul ripped in two when her eyes flew open, like she'd been struck. For a solid minute neither breathed, a feather hitting the ground would have been able to shatter the silence. He was surprised he didn't hear her heart break, or his own. I don't want to do this Umi, somehow, he tried to convey that to her, through his eyes, but she wouldn't meet them, through his mind, but hers was closed. Can't you see through the façade? Why is this happening?
"Oh," she nodded softly, keeping her head down, and her fists clenched. "I…see… then, I guess this is goodbye, Clef," she bowed formally and spun on her heels.
Call her back! But he couldn't, and he knew he couldn't. The moment she was gone, he put his head in his hands and let the tears come as his heart howled in anguish. The best thing he'd ever had had just walked out of his life.
Seen the tears in my eyes
Heard my truth turn to lies
Seen the tears in my eyes
I'm not proud of what I do
"Umi-chan's gone."
The shock of Hikaru's words hit him like a bolt through the heart and stopped him dead in his tracks. Gone?
"What? Gone where?" Fuu voiced his question, and he watched Hikaru with intensely demanding eyes, but she simply shrugged her shoulders and shook her head sadly.
"She just…left. There was a note for us, Fuu-chan, in her room this morning. I went to go get her for some practice, and it was lying on her bed. She just said that she had to get out, that she was going home and not to worry; she'd be fine," each word Hikaru spoke was like an individual dagger flying into Clef's chest.
"Clef-san, do you know anything about this?" Fuu's purely innocent eyes turned on him, and he couldn't bare it. He simply turned and walked out of the room; his heart torn and bleeding, knowing she was out there alone, probably seeking any comfort she could find, and all the jealousy that he'd kept hidden came back in full force.
When I come up
When I rush
I rush for you
None of the books or the teachers he'd had could have prepared him for this. What did a Master Mage do when he fell in love? He shook his head wearily; he didn't know, as far as he knew, none ever had, and if they had, they'd kept very quiet about it.
But there's one thing that I do know, I know that when a Magic Knight is in danger it's my job to look after her. With that little loophole in mind, he turned to his scrying crystal and brought forth every image of Umi he could, probing the earth with his magic, trying to find just where she was. He thought of her long, sinuous hair and her ravenous body, her gorgeous, soul-seeking blue eyes and her melodic giggle. By the time he had told his magic everything he knew about her, he was exhausted, but the picture was there in front of him, a beautiful blue haired girl lying on someone's lap, crying her heart out.
I come up to meet you
Up there somewhere
Something in him sighed, and he smiled finally, touching the crystal gently, as if he could somehow reach her through it. When he had his fill of seeing her cry, he moved his eyes to the man she was crying to. Yet, this man was not her father; he was much younger than the man Umi had shown him in the crystal once. This man had the look of someone about Umi's age, and a seasoned veteran in the workings of women by the way he possessively held Clef's angel against his chest and soothed her tears, combining his words with soft touches that tore the breath right from Clef's throat. And Umi didn't even realize it! His hands tightened on his staff, his rage boiling over. But it's all your fault, something whispered, and he knew it. He knew it was all his fault; and he wanted to die because of the pain he'd caused her. But there was nothing to do except watch the heartbreaking scene.
My soul is bared
Clef kept tabs on her recovery, making sure she didn't grow hateful or sullen. Outwardly, she seemed to have grown, but inwardly, she was a battered wreck, and she refused to let him speak to her in her dreams except once in a great while, and on those rare occasions she would either run from him with her head in her hands or beat him back with the anger in her mind. There was only one constant in her life – she was not going back, even if he tried to drag her.
And her broken life told him that she was determined never to come back. Things happened to her that he didn't quite understand, but her expressions and actions told him that they were horrible. She cried all the time; she never went out, and her appearance grew tired and haggard. She lost weight and added years, so she was ten years older in two, and he felt himself being affected by her actions. Then, one day, an evil presence entered her life, and all of Cephiro shifted.
Creatures began to rise from the sea, at first presenting only a small danger, but quickly becoming more of a trial to deal with. The people that Umi had personally touched grew sullen and tired easily. Storms were reintroduced to the land, and Clef knew why, but as much as he yearned to fix it, there was nothing he could do.
And it's all your fault.
Gave more for you
Dropped my crutches
And crawled on the floor for you
Went looking behind every door for you
Men were initiated into her world, more men than he could count, and more than he wanted to. He remembered the first time he saw it happen, had to shelter his eyes, hoping to spare his heart, but it was like a train wreck, and the more it happened, the more he was drawn to it, drawn to her pain, her self-disgust.
He witnessed acts so horrifying he could barely explain them to himself let alone the Magic Knights, things done to the love of his life that kept sleep from him most nights. Everything in his being crept at the sight of the people who continuously abused her, and he grew vicious and angry at his own helplessness. Yet, his eyes focused, and he realized that no matter what happened he had to get her back to Cephiro where he could finally set things right, to hell with consequences, to hell with Cephiro.
I do love her, that had never been more apparent than in that moment. He had been willing to curse Cephiro for her, before long, he would be stripped of his staff, there was no other way, but before that happened, he was going to make sure he found her and brought her safely home. Then he could begin training a new Master Mage, then he could worry about what that meant for Cephiro. But Umi came first, and he understood that now. He finally understood how much he was willing to sacrifice for her.
And because of the things
That I saw for you
I spiritually grew
He was standing on a dock near Cephiro, looking out to the glittering blues and greens of the ocean, thinking of a love long past. Sighing heavily, he turned, and met the eyes of the sea creature who'd so enamored him. She blushed slightly, her long blue hair flowing behind her, but he continued to let his eyes wander down her slight frame that was accented beautifully in the long white and blue dress she was wearing, her slender legs slightly tanned, the blush on her face lighting her up with a warm glow.
"Umi?" he whispered, and she nodded.
"So you remember…"
He walked forward hesitantly, and she neared, so he shivered even in his sleep. She still smelled the same, bluebells and the ocean breeze, "Don't be ridiculous, Umi, I'm sorry I lied to you. I…"
She put a hand to his lips and stopped him, but he pulled it away, holding her wrist gently and made sure she was looking into his eyes as he spoke.
"I love you."
Reaching forward blindly, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her deeply, letting her become one with him, refusing to let her go. Not anymore, not ever again.
When I come up
When I rush
I rush for you…
Author's Note phase TWO: Anyhoo, like I said before, keep your eyes peeled for my new story Angel's Punishment which will be out relatively in the not- too – too distant future. Besides that, please read, review and enjoy!
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Perhaps you could make a protection talisman keychain or something similar that is small which you could clip to their backpack, purse, etc. that they wouldn't notice or have a problem with.
This way he would stay away from the vicinity of the talisman and it would keep him away from your friends.
There is no single answer to this. Different practitioners from different traditions and religions will come to different ethical conclusions. I feel that it is not only allowable, but demanded. You are a special and sacred being worthy of fighting for. I do advise using as little magickal violence as possible - try simply blocking their attacks first - but if your options end up being "be attacked" or "fight back" I say you cast something right back at them.
Amulets and Talismans are good ingredients for protection. Amulets are specifically and especially used for protections, this is specifically what they serve. It could be a ring, gem, plant, or any other item (sometimes even a word or phrase) but the most well known is a pendant. When making one, you cleanse the item and charge it to protect you from harm. A talisman is an object that is charged with your energies upon any specific purpose, whatever you will, designed for a particular purpose. It could be charged with your own energy, that of the earth, moon, another practitioner, even a powerful entity. Make sure that the way you do this suits the purpose you are going to set it with.
I would like you to check out the full article of protection magick written by a member under the username moondragon, it's splendid !


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Sources: Maureen Kerrigan, 785-532-4421, firstname.lastname@example.com;
and Bob Rowland, 785-532-4631, firstname.lastname@example.com
Pronouncer: Otradovec is oh-trah-doh-vick
Photos available. Contact email@example.com or 785-532-6415.
Video available. Access at http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/research/index.html
News release prepared by: Kristin Hodges, 785-532-6415, firstname.lastname@example.com
Monday, Aug. 17, 2009
MANHATTAN -- Students at Kansas State University are researching some of the most important infectious diseases in swine to improve the long-term health of pigs.
The K-State students are working in the laboratory of Bob Rowland, K-State professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology. Rowland's research focuses on swine virology and studying the inner workings of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and porcine circovirus type 2 virus.
Nicholas Crossland, first-year student in veterinary medicine and graduate student in veterinary biomedical sciences, Overland Park, and Jessica Otradovec, sophomore in animal science and pre-veterinary medicine, Palmyra, Neb., are conducting research this summer in Rowland's lab.
Maureen Kerrigan, Rowland's laboratory manager, said the students have been collecting samples to compare health factors and genetic profiles of swine.
"The big picture here is to improve swine health long-term through vaccination or by understanding which pigs genetically are more resistant to viruses without having to vaccinate them," Kerrigan said.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus is a highly infectious disease that causes a flu-like condition with high fever, loss of appetite and an overall deterioration of health. Porcine circovirus is a disease that compromises a pig's immune system with clinical signs like skin rashes, jaundice, fever, diarrhea, poor growth, weight loss and death.
Kerrigan said the lab research involves work with swine genetics and virus proteins. The researchers are looking at how the proteins differ in infected and noninfected swine to help understand if certain proteins can be used for protection from the viruses.
Crossland worked in Rowland's lab as an undergraduate student in preparation for applying to K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine. He is running enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, a procedure in which he mixes swine sera with bacterial expressed viral proteins to see how they interact. Kerrigan said this will show if a pig has been exposed to the protein.
Otradovec started working in the lab as a freshman and had no prior experience in research or swine health. She is learning a variety of cloning techniques.
"I want to go to vet school, so working in a lab and learning to do all these procedures will help me immensely, even in the classroom," Otradovec said.
Crossland and Otradovec started working in the lab after they heard about the job opening through a pre-veterinary medicine club listserv. Crossland said Rowland and Kerrigan allow the students in the lab to work on their own with applicable research.
"It's not about being a robot in a lab and reproducing a protocol," Crossland said. "It's about thinking critically and producing something that's useful."
Kerrigan said the lab has had an increase in student help during the last year for the research. She said about five undergraduates will be doing research this fall.
Rowland is continuing swine health research at K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute. Beth Montelone, interim director of the institute, said the facility's first animal health study starts this month. Rowland and Dick Hesse, K-State director of diagnostic virology, will conduct experiments on swine virus vaccination.
"As we begin to move forward with additional projects, we anticipate that there will be opportunities for veterinary, graduate and undergraduate students to take part in these projects," Montelone said.
The Biosecurity Research Institute is a biocontainment research and education facility at K-State's Pat Roberts Hall. It is designed for biosafety level 3 and biosafety level 3 agriculture research, which includes work on diseases caused by high-consequence pathogens and the development of vaccines for dangerous animal diseases.The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility coming to Manhattan also will have biosafety level 3 capabilities where scientists will conduct animal and zoonotic disease research. Additionally it will have biosafety levels 2 and 4 capabilities.