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Patricia Barber: A reluctant star - Howard Reich ARTS CRITIC
Jazz pianist-singer Patricia Barber performs at her regular Monday night gig at the Green Mill.
At exactly two minutes before show time, Patricia Barber whisks into the Green Mill Jazz Club, says a quick hello to the guys on the bandstand, stretches the joints in her hands, places her iPad inside the grand piano, noodles on the keyboard for a minute, tosses off a couple vocal scales and plunges into her set.
No small talk. No schmoozing up the crowd. No announcing song titles or musicians' names or anything — except music.
You don't get the sense that Barber necessarily wants to be here — until the set heats up and she sounds as if she doesn't want to be anywhere else.
"I always have the same feeling about it; I hate it before I do it," says Barber, a Chicagoan who will be doing a lot of "it" in coming months, for on Tuesday she releases her first major-label recording in five years, "Smash" (Concord Jazz). She'll soon be traveling the world to promote the album, kicking off the tour with a special engagement Friday and Saturday nights at the Green Mill, where she's typically in residence Monday evenings.
The album, a brilliant collection of original songs, all dispatched with Barber's famously voluptuous voice and steeped in her atmospheric instrumental settings, marks a major step forward for one of the most significant jazz artists to come out of Chicago in the past two decades or more. These songs, often ambiguous in meaning but extremely seductive in tone, crystallize the high craft of Barber's writing while inspiring unorthodox arrangements and often wizardly solo pianism.
Yet, on this night, Barber plays but one tune from "Smash" during her opening set, telling the crowd neither its title nor the forthcoming major release it comes from.
Like Glenn Gould in classical music, Barber, who's in constant demand in clubs, concert halls and festivals around the planet, still seems ambivalent about everything surrounding the art of music (except, of course, for the music itself). Performing, touring, promoting, negotiating — they all seem like distractions that happen to be required to reach a public that routinely places Barber's albums high atop the jazz charts.
Getting on stage, says Barber, "is like getting into a Batwoman suit, pulling on clothes that are very tight.
"And once I'm in 'em, once I'm there, once I start, it gets easier and easier. I can start to chat, sometimes, explain who the musicians are, a little bit about the music, 40 minutes in.
"Then I've lost enough of the nerves."
Whatever trepidation Barber feels when she typically sits before an audience, however, will be heightened dramatically because of "Smash," an album that carries an unmistakable note of sorrow. Though it includes a few lighthearted tunes, as most Barber albums do, the darker pieces come from a very autobiographical place.
In the title song, "Smash," Barber takes the measure of deep personal loss. In "Scream," she chronicles a host of troubles, some of which many of us will experience sooner or later. In "Missing," she somehow traces, in extraordinarily succinct verses, many seasons of longing.
Lest any of this sound self-indulgent, be assured that these songs, years in the making, reflect a painful recent period in Barber's life, hence the central emotion that underlies the album: melancholy.
"Yeah, I would have to agree with that," says Barber. "I hate to admit that a lot of times. … I didn't write it (the album) for that reason.
"It started as a syllabic song series," adds Barber, meaning she sought to challenge herself by trying to pen lyrics that used particular numbers of syllables per line.
Along the way, however, "Five main people in my life died within a very short period. That just happened, and I was writing this music."
Among Barber's losses: her mother, Margaret Orton, who died in 2009 at age 90.
Beyond this tremendous toll, however, there was another source of anguish as well.
"After 2006, we went from European capital to European capital, and every show except Rotterdam was completely sold out," says Barber.
Unfortunately, she adds, a financial dispute with a business associate cost her deeply.
"For two straight weeks I didn't sleep," she says. "You know how dangerous that is. Anger is, I found, one emotion that will keep you up. …
"Now," adds Barber, speaking from the distance of some years, "it's just money. It's not breast cancer. So I let it go."
Well, not totally, in that Barber clearly has transformed her rage and hurt into art, to searing effect. No one has witnessed this process more closely than Martha Feldman, Barber's partner and a musically sophisticated observer.
"This album deals with some very deep human issues of life and death," says Feldman, a professor of music and the humanities at the University of Chicago. "She's had a lot of time to drill very deeply down. …
"She lost a lot of people in a very short period of time. She changed managements a couple of times. …
"There's tremendous intimacy between the music and the words," adds Feldman, who believes that Barber now is singing in what Feldman calls "the space of life."
What's remarkable is that "Smash" was recorded, for Barber famously has spent many chapters of her career walking away from major record deals, major tours, major anything.
When Verve/Polygram courted her in the mid-1990s, for instance, she said "no thanks," instead recording for a Chicago indie, Premonition, that operated out of its owner's kitchen. The album that resulted, "Modern Cool," raced up the Billboard and Gavin charts in the summer of '98, eventually leading to Barber's work with what was then most prestigious label in jazz, Blue Note.
But Barber's relationship with Blue Note ended after the 2008 release of "The Cole Porter Mix," the label going through ownership changes, and Bruce Lundvall, her longtime champion, stepping down as president. That, plus the aforementioned adversities in her life, led Barber to once again shy away from a major-label deal for the past several years.
"I just wanted to step back from the fast lane," says Barber, who also decreased the tempo of her international touring. "I thought I would sort of slow down a bit, enjoy our Michigan property, the organic gardening and swimming.
"I can always live on the down low. … I kind of wanted to do fewer concerts, make more interesting music. I had so much music I wanted to invest in, harmonically and otherwise. … I poured myself into (studying) piano, two piano years. I practiced like crazy."
You can hear it on the album and on this evening at the Green Mill, Barber's right-hand lines so beautifully sculpted and her harmonies so complex that she would be eminently worth hearing if she didn't sing a note.
Even as she sought to dial down her activities, however, another major label came calling. This time, Concord Jazz executive Nick Phillips tried to persuade Barber to record for a firm that most jazz musicians would love to hear from. As usual, Phillips got the gentle brush off.
"Nick called: 'Would you like to work for Concord?'" Barber recalls. "I said: 'I don't think so. I'm still grieving about the relationship with Blue Note and their relationship with the world and my relationship with Bruce.'"
Phillips remembers it a bit differently.
"I never felt like there was any kind of resistance or hurdle," he says. "More of a question was: Could we put together on the business side a deal, and I was dealing with Reggie (Marshall, Barber's manager now) on that.
"With Patricia, it was more on the music."
Both agree, though, that Phillips came to catch a Barber show at Yoshi's, in Oakland, Calif., and "damn if he didn't sound like Bruce," Barber remembers. "He could talk to me musically, about 'Touch of Trash' (a famous Barber original), about harmonics. He was just like a young Bruce Lundvall.
"I said, 'OK, let's go for it.'"
Phillips concedes that Barber gave him anything but a conventional jazz-vocal recording. Aside from the oft-mysterious lyrics and sometimes brooding message, the album eludes other expectations. Toward the beginning of the opening song, "Code Cool," for instance, Barber and the band stretch out for an extended, otherworldly instrumental sequence that's practically a cut in itself. Clearly not tailored for radio airplay.
"Maybe precisely because it's not what's expected, (it) may be a very good thing," says Phillips. "And what your conception of jazz might be, and the boundaries of that — Patricia is not concerned with that."
Most important, the way Barber creates and develops harmony throughout the recording makes "Smash" at once sophisticated and accessible, provocative and attractive. And the way her chord changes reflect the ever-shifting emotional nuances of her lyrics underscores her rising achievements as songwriter.
"She's becoming more and more potent and focused, and the sense of who she is (is) becoming more crystallized and really exceptional," says Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Shulamit Ran, a University of Chicago music professor and Barber devotee.
Add to this the suppleness and sensuousness of Barber's vocals, plus the economy and force of her pianism, and you have an artist of unusual communicative power.
"There are probably just a handful of people that have mastered that symbiosis as well as she has," says noted classical soprano Winifred Faix Brown, with whom Barber took a lesson last month to make sure she was in strong vocal shape for the rigors of the coming tour.
"I think Patricia has evolved. … The sounds she makes with her voice are instrumental, in that they can be (both) melodic and percussive, which is very interesting and very much an extension of real language."
But next comes the tough part — touring again, getting back on the fast lane.
How is Barber, perhaps the most reluctant star in jazz today, feeling about that?
"Excited, anxious and depressed," she says. "When I look at my dogs, Martha, my house — I've always felt that way" about leaving everything behind for the rigors of the road.
"I've always wanted to be a musician, I remember, but I didn't realize as a kid that you had to travel so much. And I never thought I would be more than a Chicago musician. … I didn't know you had to fly all over the world."
That you must, if you hope to begin to satisfy an expanding global audience.
Though still in her 50s, Barber speaks of retirement but, of course, not in the usual terms.
"I think when I make some sort of retirement decision, I think I would travel less. I don't think I would work less. I enjoy developing the music."
And what about the constant tension and release of facing an audience?
"I would love to stop singing, (but) I would miss it, so that's why I don't do it," says Barber, pondering the paradox.
"I love the singing, but it's so much of a heart opener, it's so hard to do. I would love to be (only) a piano player, come in on a gig and play the (devil) out of the piano."
So Barber continues as she has, performing every Monday night at the Green Mill, except when she's on tour. Sometimes, though, when she's onstage, she feels the presence of those she has lost, she says.
"When I'm singing and playing, I'm somewhere between life and death, in a corridor," Barber says.
"When you're in that corridor, you can reach people. 'Smash' definitely so, and 'Romanesque,'" she adds, citing two of the album's most haunting pieces.
"I feel I can almost touch and see them," she adds, before adding a characteristically cryptic thought.
"I can see which way to go."
Patricia Barber marks the release of "Smash" at 9 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Green Mill Jazz Club, 4802 N. Broadway; $15; 773-878-5552 or greenmilljazz.com
Twitter @howardreich
The best of Patricia Barber's recordings:
"Smash" (Concord Jazz, 2013). Intelligent songwriting, sensuous vocals, cunning pianism.
"The Cole Porter Mix" (Blue Note Records, 2008). Two sophisticated songwriters: Porter and Barber.
"Mythologies" (Blue Note Records, 2006). Barber's boldest work: a Schubertian song cycle.
"Live: A Fortnight in France" (Blue Note Records, 2004). Intimate readings of standards and originals.
"Verse" (Blue Note/Premonition Records, 2002). Barber's hyperliterate songwriting blossoms.
"Nightclub" (Blue Note/Premonition Records, 2000). Whispering lyricism for nocturnal listening.
"Modern Cool" (Premonition Records, 1998). Barber's breakthrough recording.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Intervention is an effective ways for colleges to mitigate common drinking patterns -- binge drinking -- among freshman, U.S. researchers say.
Lead author Lori Scott-Sheldon, an assistant professor at Brown University and researcher at the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam, and colleagues recommended colleges screen all freshmen within their first few weeks for alcohol risk and offer interventions for those who reported drinking.
The team examined the efficacy of 62 interventions delivered in randomized, controlled clinical trials involving more than 24,000 freshmen around the country during the last decade.
The researchers looked for patterns emerging from the trials that would reveal which interventions reduce drinking amount and frequency, and alcohol-related problems. The technique that provided the broadest benefits was providing students with a personalized feedback report that can include details such as how self-reported drinking compares to that of peers, the financial cost of alcohol consumed, calories consumed and sometimes even blood-alcohol levels.
Laying out this kind of information significantly helped students reduce the dimensions of drinking frequency, quantity and alcohol-related problems, the study said.
Researchers found different intervention techniques affected different things.
For example, challenging students' alcohol-related expectancies by sorting out what popular aspects of drinking are really related to alcohol -- versus the social context of partying -- significantly reduced the incidence of alcohol-related problems, but didn't significantly affect alcohol quantity, frequency of drinking days or frequency of heavy drinking.
Interventions that combined several techniques proved most effective, Scott-Sheldon said.
The findings were published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

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Mainstream indie-poppers Foster the People, enigmatic crooner Lana Del Rey and the charismatic rapper 2 Chainz will headline the fifth Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion on May 10.
Other artists scheduled to perform at Sweetlife include Fitz and the Tantrums, Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Capital Cities, St. Lucia, Chromeo, Wild Cub, Gems, Hozier, ASTR, Spirit Animal, Nicky Blitz and That Work.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at ticketfly.com. Instagram followers of Sweetgreen, the restaurant responsible for the festival, will receive a presale code at 8 p.m. tonight, and will be able to use the code to purchase presale tickets on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Lawn tickets are $75, pavilion tickets are $95 and VIP tickets are $150.
This is the fourth year in a row the Sweetlife Festival has been held at Merriweather Post Pavilion and produced by I.M.P. Last year's lineup included Phoenix, Passion Pit and Kendrick Lamar.
For more information, go to sweetlifefestival.com.


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December 14, 2006
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen on Tuesday agreed to study a possible new home for the city's police department, which now occupies three rooms with an entrance shared with city hall and the Vergennes Opera House.
Mayor April Jin, City Manager Renny Perry, Police Chief Mike Lowe and Alderman David Austin will evaluate options that Jin said could include a former doctor's office off Monkton Road, the current home of the Vergennes-Panton Water District on Canal Street, the basement of the Bixby Library, and possibly downtown homes or apartment buildings.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
VERGENNES — After more than a year of negotiations, the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union and the teachers' union in the district have come to an agreement. A four-year contract was ratified at the ANwSU board meeting last week, which will provide about 4.25 percent new money each year for professional staff, retroactive to when the previous contract expired in the summer, and a normalized salary scale.
"It's never an easy process, but it was done and both sides ratified the outcome fairly easily,� said school board Chair Samantha Kayhart. "We're pleased with the outcome.�
The contract covers teachers at all four schools in the district: Addison Central School, Ferrisburgh Central School, Vergennes Union Elementary School and Vergennes Union High School. The teacher's union, the Addison Northwest Teachers Association (ANTA), ratified the contract on Nov. 30, and then the ANwSU board ratified it on Dec. 6.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Voters in the Addison Central Supervisory Union on Jan. 9 will be asked once again to approve funding for a new elevator project and hot water storage system at Middlebury Union High School, only this new request also calls for extensive roof work at the MUHS building. The additional work will push the price tag to $935,5000.
School district voters on Feb. 28 agreed to spend $486,000 to replace the elevator and hot water storage system at MUHS. The current freight-style elevator at the school doesn't meet the state's fire safety laws, while the building's hot water system is 50 years old.
District officials had hoped to see the projects completed this past summer. But all three bids for the work came in at figures that exceeded — by at least $60,000 — the $486,000 available for the projects.
MONTPELIER — While lawmakers wait to see whom Gov. James Douglas will appoint as the Vermont's new secretary of agriculture, an Addison County state senator promises to file legislation that would require future agriculture secretaries to be elected by the general public.
"Historically, the governor has appointed someone and said, 'You take care of agriculture,'" said Sen. Harold Giard, D-Bridport. "They've had no direction; they've had no vision; they didn't know where to go, because no one told them where to go. So we went through a lot of dead years."
Giard reasoned that if subject to an election, candidates for agriculture secretary would have to lay out their policies on farming during campaigns. They would therefore have to accumulate a record of accomplishment every two years.
MIDDLEBURY — The UD-3 school board on Tuesday endorsed a proposed 2007-2008 budget of $14,341,552, a spending plan that preserves two staff positions and approximately $57,000 in school furnishings and new computer equipment that had been eliminated under a previous budget draft the panel considered on Nov. 28.
The UD-3 budget includes the anticipated costs of running Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury Union Middle School. Those schools serve secondary school-age children in the Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) towns of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.
Preliminary estimates indicate that ACSU-member towns would see their UD-3 assessments increase by a low of 0.83 percent in Shoreham, to a high of 12.1 percent in Weybridge, if voters approve the proposed spending plan on Town Meeting Day next March. Assessments are based on enrollment counts at MUHS and MUMS.
By MEGAN JAMES
VERGENNES — Musician Anais Mitchell couldn't shake these lyrics from her mind: "Wait for me, I'm coming, in my garters and pearls/ With what melody did you barter me from the wicked underworld?" The lines, which she composed while driving, refer to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the story of a man whose music was so beautiful it swayed Hades, king of the underworld, to make an exception to the rules of life and death.
The myth has captured artists' imaginations for centuries, as it is the story of the power of art itself. Fascinated by this, Mitchell, a New Haven native now a popular musician living in Montpelier, worked for more than two years to make sense out of that original lyric.
BRISTOL — The board of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union last week approved a 6.2 percent increase in spending for the 2007-2008 school over the current year. But thanks to a projected budget surplus and additional state and federal funds, the portion of the budget coming from the five towns in the school district — Bristol, Starksboro, Monkton, New Haven and Lincoln — will rise by less than 1 percent.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectmen last week got their first glimpse of a proposed 2007-2008 capital improvement budget of $781,000, which was approximately $9,000 less than what voters approved for the current fiscal year.
The budget reflects, among other things, $250,000 for "special road projects" that may include repairs to Quarry and/or Shard Villa roads; $120,000 in paving work for Forest Ridge, North Branch Road and Seymour Street Extension; $80,000 to improve gravel roads throughout town; $50,000 in improvements to Schoolhouse Hill Road; $50,000 in sidewalk repairs; $6,000 to resurface the municipal tennis courts; $15,000 for computer-related upgrades for the police department; and $24,000 to bring more energy efficient lighting to the municipal building.
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It's hard for me not to get despondent as I learn more and more about the plight of the world's oceans. In many ways we've made our oceans garbage dumps, polluting them with trash and toxic chemicals. Fortunately, there's so much we can do as consumers to help reverse this trend. Our everyday food choices are incredibly powerful; we just need to get educated and commit ourselves to making a difference.
If you have a chance to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you'll surely be inspired to protect our oceans. The aquarium publishes the authoritative Seafood Watch guides that tell you which seafood choices are the most sustainable, taking into account the health of fish populations and the impacts of fishing methods, including bycatch (species that are caught and killed accidentally), habitat damage (some fishing methods, like bottom trawling, destroy important ocean ecosystems), and aquaculture operations (some fish farms generate lots of pollution, use antibiotics and other chemicals, and use more wild fish than they produce).
In the Fish and Shellfish chapter of my new cookbook, The Earthbound Cook, I tell the story about the first time my daughter, Marea, discovered the wonders of the ocean. She was 13 months old and her eyes were filled with the joy of a young child. As I watched her playing on the beach, I felt the strong pull to preserve this natural beauty. We pointed to the ocean and told her that was the fishes' real home, creatures she had seen only in books or aquariums. For days, she kept saying, "Shhhhh, shhhh" and we soon realized that she wasn't telling us to be quiet; she was saying "fish" and just couldn't quite manage the "f" sound. After "mama" and "dada," "fish" was her first word!
Many years later, that memory still reminds me of just how fragile our oceans are and how important it is to protect them for future generations. Watching a child dance on that boundary of land and water is a perfect image of the direct link between the health of our oceans and the health of all life on our planet.
The oceans supply more than 50 percent of the Earth's oxygen — that's more than 2½ times the amount produced by the rain forests. And like the rain forests, what we know about our oceans is dwarfed by what we've yet to discover. If our oceans continue to deteriorate, food sources, medicinal compounds, and vital knowledge about our planet are just a few of the things we could lose before we ever discover them.
Happily, one of the best ways to protect our oceans is by choosing environmentally responsible seafood. Like the organic movement, the sustainable seafood movement is profoundly influenced by consumer demand. Once we start asking for sustainable seafood and stop purchasing those foods that deplete species or damage our oceans, we're well on our way to reforming an entire industry and ensuring that our children and their children will inherit healthy oceans and bountiful sea life.
Bonus Recipe:
Coconut Crusted Salmon
Currently, Seafood Watch lists the following salmon as your best choices: wild-caught Alaska Coho, Chum, Keta, King, Pink, Red, Silver, Sockeye, and Sake; or US-farmed Coho and Silver salmon from self-contained tank systems.
This is the kind of crusted fish dish that's seen on menus at high-end restaurants, yet this recipe is surprisingly easy. It's quick enough to whip up any time you crave a special treat — or want to impress dinner guests. The Asian-inspired crisp topping of coconut and Japanese tempura-style bread crumbs contrasts beautifully with the flaky, nutrition-rich salmon. This is the perfect time to use your favorite cast-iron skillet, which will go seamlessly from stovetop to oven. A light drizzle of Coconut Chile Sauce makes a beautiful presentation and tastes sublime.
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Supreme Court allows lawsuit in 'Raging Bull' case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that MGM can be sued for copyright infringement more than three decades after releasing the popular boxing film Raging Bull.
The justices crossed ideological lines in their 6-3 ruling for the daughter of a man who collaborated with boxer Jake LaMotta on two screenplays and a book in the 1960s, which led to the 1980 flick starring Robert DeNiro.
The decision, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, gives Paula Petrella the right to proceed with her copyright infringement claim even though it was filed in 2009, long after most of the participants and witnesses died.
"MGM released Raging Bull more than three decades ago and has marketed it continuously since then," Ginsburg said. "Allowing Petrella's suit to go forward will put at risk only a fraction of the income MGM has earned during that period."
Ginsburg was joined by a mix of the court's most liberal and most conservative members. Dissenting were those closest to the middle — Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts.
"In those few and unusual cases where a plaintiff unreasonably delays in bringing suit and consequently causes inequitable harm to the defendant, the doctrine permits a court to bring about a fair result," Breyer said.
Petrella, whose father, Frank, died in 1981, sought what the statute of limitations in copyright cases offers — damages for three years from 2006 to 2009 and an injunction against future use of his work. MGM Holdings and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, which distributes the film on DVD, argued that she waited too long to bring the case.
Two lower courts had ruled against Petrella, and several justices noted during oral arguments earlier this year that by waiting to file her case, Petrella — and others who might follow in similar copyright cases — could be trying to maximize profits.


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This is a thread for general discussions about magickal places. (I hope I have posted it in the proper subforum.) I guess most of us have felt that there are some special locations – or stones, trees, etc – that are special and have a certain presence of Earth Power or spirits or something else. The feeling you get from those places can be very different, some magickal locations make you feel full of life, joy and power, other are forbidding, creepy or depressing. Some of them are solemn, others just strange.
The purpose of this thread is to discuss the meaning of the magickal places, the different kind of energies that make them magickal and how they could be used in rituals.
It would also be interesting to read about your favorite magickal location and your view of it. That could be anything from the pyramids at Giza to the strange stone in your backyard. Or some place that have a special magickal meaning just for you.
Since we have to start this discussion somewhere, I will begin with a location not to far from where I live.
Ales Stenar (Ale's Stones) is a megalithic monument at Kåseberga in southern Sweden, and sometimes called "the Swedish equivalence to Stonehenge". The Stones were probably raised sometime during the Vendel period (550-790 CE), but could be older. The monument is 67x19 m, and shaped like a ship. It have a very beautiful location at the steep coast with an impressive view out over the Baltic Sea.
The monument was obviously used as a burial site, since archeologists have found urns with cremated remains. There's also a theory theory that the site was used for astronomical and/or astrological calculations. This have lead to a heated and sometimes unworthy scientific controversy that I don't wish to be a part of. Today it is a popular ceremonial site for witches and worshipers of the old Norse gods.
I can personally affirm that there are very strong energies at this place. The feeling I get is positive and uplifting. I don't know if the energy comes from the Stones or the nature or a combination of both, but I guess the monument was raised at this location because of a presence already there... It would be nice to try to do ritual work there, sometime when one could be alone at the site.


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Mercury's Caloris Basin
Date: 18 Jan 2008
The sprawling Caloris basin on Mercury is one of the solar system's largest impact basins. Created during the early history of the solar system by the impact of a large asteroid-sized body, the basin spans about 1,500 km and is seen in yellowish hues in this enhanced color mosaic.
The image data is from the 14 January 2008 flyby of the MESSENGER spacecraft, captured with the MDIS instrument. Orange splotches around the basin's perimeter are now thought to be volcanic vents, new evidence that Mercury's smooth plains are indeed lava flows. Other discoveries at Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER mission include evidence that Mercury, like planet Earth, has a global magnetic field generated by a dynamo process in its large core, and that Mercury's surface has contracted significantly as its core cooled.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2011 (AMB)
Credit: NASA


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Letter in the April 18 Tomahawk Leader
To the Editor:
It was with great interest that I read the article on the front page of your newspaper of April 11, 2006 concerning the Skanawan Town Clerk resigning because of bullying. Now she is writing about her actions, not those of any board members.
Karen has taken her position of clerk to all time lows in her actions to both the present town board and more importantly to the good residents of the town. In the past if someone did not agree with her she would not only argue with them at open meetings but debase and ridicule them. As a prime example during the March monthly meeting Karen took the floor without being recognized by the chair and when told to be seated as she did not have the floor she started to holler and I do mean shout at everyone trying to get her to follow rules. When one of the supervisors told her sit down she replied by shouting at that supervisor to "shut up." What a way to act at a meeting of the town board attended by a number of our own residents.
I have been involved with town government for over 43 years and have never seen any individual much less an elected official act in such a completely disruptive manner. Picture yourself attending a meeting of Tomahawk common council and telling them to shut up! It just is not done by normal people and much more not by elected officials.
People in the past have been also put through pure **** because of her uncalled for remarks when they attempted to explain something or ask questions at a town meeting. With this attitude people from the town do not want to appear at town meetings and speak of their problems or concerns. There is a time and place for everything but not at a public meeting, which must have some type of decorum to operate with.
Some of the issues mentioned in her farewell letter have been addressed in the past by the Attorney General's office are not violations as she suggests. Somehow Karen does not want to listen to what other people have to say, which is poor conduct for an elected official.
Yes, there has been bullying, but it has been done by Karen Olson, the former clerk.
I will not even get into other issues due to space constraints involved, but there are many, many of them. By the way a recall election was going to start next week, after Karen was in office for one year as per state law. Looks like she got out of the pot before the fire got too hot.
As you know every story should have a moral and the moral of this story as I see it is: It is nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
Tom Rick
Former Treasurer, Town of Skanawan
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Well.... out of curiosity, what was she trying to say?
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I have no idea if the rest of the world is aware of the cult following that is The Adam and Joe Show, but for us folks who were in their teens in the late 90s, it was a cult institution. Somehow these two over-educated students were given a late night TV show on Channel 4, which mainly featured parodies of popular culture reenacted by their childhood toys. Saving Private Lion was a memorable high point.
Now a fully grown adult, Adam has gone onto presenting the super successful BUG – a show which features some of the best music videos available on the web. It started at the BFI in London and has now made it's way to Sky Atlantic in the UK. Occasionally Adam features his own videos of his most loved songs. Here's the latest – I'm sure GW will approve.


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When "NO" means "YES"
While some are critical of our Representatives for their "NO" votes, I personally think we should be thanking them for their "NO" votes.
The current Legislature under the guidance of Governor Peter Shumlin introduced numerous bills that raised taxes, such as H.754 that increased property taxes approximately 10%; other bills added costs to individuals and businesses as in H.468 that mandates increasing percentages of renewable electricity over the next two decades. Several bills associated with Green Mountain Health Care attempting to bring the cost down; H.436, H.202, H.558 and H.559. And H.718 that would compel the Public Service Board to refund to ratepayers their money as originally promised. And H.41 that required mandatory work breaks. All of these bills originated with the Administration except H.41, and not with the House or with Speaker Shap Smith.
We should be thankful for Orleans County Representatives Marcotte, Kilmartin, Lewis, Batchelor, Strong and Higley for voting NO to increase your taxes, NO to increasing your cost of living or cost of doing business, NO to Green Mountain Health Care, until we know the cost, NO to bigger State Government and NO to increasing your electric rates. Your Representatives are looking out for you and we definitely want them back in Montpelier. Representative Young voted YES on all the above.
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Approximately 200 Hope College students will be spending their spring break serving others and gaining insights into the needs that they encounter.
Some 15 service and immersion trips have been planned for the college's spring break, which runs Friday, March 16, through Sunday, March 25. The mix includes trips across the U.S. as well as abroad.
A total of 175 of the students will be participating in 14 immersion trips organized by the college's Campus Ministries Office. In addition, another 25 students will travel with professor of kinesiology Dr. Steven Smith to Jamaica.
In Mobile, Ala., will participate in the daily life of a community of L'Arche ministries, in which adults with developmental disabilities and those without live together and learn from one another. In East Palo Alto, Calif., students will be working with Bayshore Christian Ministries, a year-round urban-ministry program focused on youth, to explore the ways that race and economics have an impact on access to a quality education. In Washington, D.C., students will work with Becoming Church, Inc., to understand the impact of incarceration policies in the U.S. and to see how churches, families and communities can work together for justice and mercy.
In Miami, Fla., students will work through DOOR (Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection) Miami in one of two experiences with a focus on topics related to immigration. One group will live and serve in "Little Haiti," volunteering for agencies and grass-roots organizations that work alongside the Haitian Diaspora in Miami. Another group will be based in Homestead, serving at a variety of ministry sites, including working with local farmers, serving food, visiting migrant camps, playing games with a youth group, sorting clothing or assisting with home maintenance.
In the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, students will connect with Restoring Eden and visit mountaintop-mining removal sites and learn about environmental justice, energy issues and the experience of local residents affected by the mining.
Students remaining in Holland will join with area churches and other organizations in working on a variety of projects. In Detroit, students will work with the Jeanie Wylie Community will learn about and work on food justice and urban farming, helping build a community garden, visiting a public school for teen mothers that grows its own food, and touring local food-justice organizations like D-Town Farms and Greening Detroit.
In Jackson, Miss., students will connect with the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development, touring civil rights sites and hearing the story of the African-American struggle for equality and justice in the 1960s, and touring a 12-block target area where JMPF is working to impact the crime, drug abuse and poverty that challenges the community. In Newark, N.J., students working with North Reformed Church will become engaged with ministries that reach out to segments of the urban community in need.
At the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, students will work with Re-Member on a housing rehabilitation and renovation project alongside members of the Lakota community.
Hope students will travel abroad to three sites through the Campus Ministries program this year.
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The group of students with Smith will be working on the school campus of the Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is the 14th year that Smith has led a group of students to the site during spring break.


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Sprains and Strains
Sprains and strains are types of minor injuries to the soft tissues and connective tissues of the musculoskeletal system. Sprains usually refer to injuries to ligaments, but sometimes to other connective tissues, such as tendons and the capsules surrounding joints. Strains usually refer to injuries to muscles or to the areas where muscles become tendons.
Sprains and strains may occur together, and occasionally are quite severe, requiring immobilization of the body part in a rigid cast for weeks, long-term rehabilitation programs, and sometimes surgery.
What are the symptoms of sprains and strains?
The most common type of sprain is the ankle sprain. Ankle sprains have differing degrees of severity. Mild or minimal sprains with no tear of the ligament usually produce mild tenderness and some swelling. Moderate sprains, in which the ligament has been partially ruptured, produce obvious swelling, bruising, significant tenderness, and difficulty walking. Severe sprains, as when the ligament is completely torn from the bone (called avulsion), make walking impossible and produce marked swelling, internal bleeding and joint instability.
Symptoms of strains include muscle soreness, muscle spasm, pain, and possibly swelling or warmth over the involved muscle.
Dietary changes that may be helpful for sprains and strains
Adequate amounts of calories and protein are required for the body to repair damaged connective tissue. While major injuries requiring hospitalization raise protein and calorie requirements significantly, minor sprains and strains do not require changes from a typical, healthful diet.1
Nutritional supplements that may be helpful for sprains and strains
Proteolytic enzymes, including bromelain, papain, trypsin, and chymotrypsin, may be helpful in healing minor injuries such as sprains and strains because they have anti-inflammatory activity and appear to promote tissue healing.2 3 4
Several preliminary trials have reported reduced pain and swelling, and/or faster healing in people with a variety of conditions using either bromelain,5 papain from papaya, 6 7 or a combination of trypsin and chymotrypsin.8 Double-blind trials have reported faster recovery from athletic injuries, including sprains and strains, and earlier return to activity using eight tablets daily of trypsin/chymotrypsin,9 10 11 12 four to eight tablets daily of papain,13 eight tablets of bromelain (single-blind only),14 or a combination of these enzymes.15 However, one double-blind trial using eight tablets per day of trypsin/chymotrypsin to treat sprained ankles found no significant effect on swelling, bruising, or overall function.16
Bromelain is measured in MCUs (milk clotting units) or GDUs (gelatin dissolving units). One GDU equals 1.5 MCU. Strong products contain at least 2,000 MCU (1,333 GDU) per gram (1,000 mg). A supplement containing 500 mg labeled "2,000 MCU per gram" would have 1,000 MCU of activity, because 500 mg is half a gram. Some doctors recommend 3,000 MCU taken three times per day for several days, followed by 2,000 MCU three times per day. Some of the research, however, uses smaller amounts, such as 2,000 MCU taken in divided amounts in the course of a day (500 MCU taken four times per day). Other enzyme preparations, such as trypsin/chymotrypsin, have different measuring units. Recommended use is typically two tablets four times per day on an empty stomach, but as with bromelain, the strength of trypsin/chymotrypsin tablets can vary significantly from product to product.
One controlled trial showed that people who supplement with 3 grams per day L-carnitine for three weeks before engaging in an exercise regimen are less likely to experience muscle soreness.17
Antioxidant supplements, including vitamin C and vitamin E, may help prevent exercise-related muscle injuries by neutralizing free radicals produced during strenuous activities.18 Controlled research, some of it double-blind, has shown that 400–3,000 mg per day of vitamin C may reduce pain and speed up muscle strength recovery after intense exercise.19 20 Reductions in blood indicators of muscle damage and free radical activity have also been reported for supplementation with 400–1,200 IU per day of vitamin E in most studies,21 22 23 but no measurable benefits in exercise recovery have been reported.24 A combination of 90 mg per day of coenzyme Q10 and a very small amount of vitamin E did not produce any protective effects in one double-blind trial.25
Vitamin C is needed to make collagen, the "glue" that strengthens connective tissue. Injury, at least when severe, appears to increase vitamin C requirements,26 and vitamin C deficiency causes delayed healing from injury.27 Preliminary human studies have suggested that vitamin C supplementation in non-deficient people can speed healing of various types of trauma, including musculoskeletal injuries,28 29 but double-blind research has not confirmed these effects for athletic injuries, which included sprains and strains.30
Zinc is a component of many enzymes, including some that are needed to repair wounds. Even a mild deficiency of zinc can interfere with optimal recovery from everyday tissue damage as well as from more serious trauma.31 Trace minerals, such as manganese, copper, and silicon are also known to be important in the biochemistry of tissue healing.32 33 34 35 However, there have been no controlled studies of people with sprains or strains to explore the effect of deficiency of these minerals, or of oral supplementation, on the rate of healing.
Many vitamins and minerals have essential roles in tissue repair, and deficiencies of one or more of these nutrients have been demonstrated in animal studies to impair the healing process.36 This could argue for the use of multiple vitamin-mineral supplements by people with minor injuries who might have deficiencies due to poor diets or other problems, but controlled human research is lacking to support this.
Glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate may both play a role in wound healing by providing the raw material needed by the body to manufacture molecules called glycosaminoglycans found in skin, tendons, ligaments, and joints.37 Test tube and animal studies have found that these substances, and others like them, can promote improved tissue healing.38 39 40 41 Injectable forms of chondroitin sulfate have been used in Europe for various types of sports-related injuries to tendons and joints,42 43 44 45 and one preliminary trial reported reduced pain and good healing in young athletes with chondromalacia patella (cartilage softening in the knee) who were given 750–1,500 mg per day of oral glucosamine sulfate.46 However, specific human trials of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate for healing sprains and strains are lacking.
The use of DMSO, a colorless, oily liquid primarily used as an industrial solvent, for therapeutic applications is controversial. However, some evidence indicates that dilutions, when applied directly to the skin, have anti-inflammatory properties and inhibit the transmission of pain messages by nerves, and in this way might ease the pain of minor injuries such as sprains and strains.47 48 49 However no controlled research exists to confirm these effects in sprains and strains. DMSO comes in different strengths and different degrees of purity. In addition, certain precautions must be taken when applying DMSO. For those reasons, DMSO should be used only with the supervision of a doctor.
Are there any side effects or interactions with sprains and strains?
Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions.
Herbs that may be helpful for sprains and strains
Horse chestnut contains a compound called aescin that acts as an anti-inflammatory and reduces edema (swelling with fluid) following trauma, particularly sports injuries, surgery, and head injury.50 A topical gel containing 2% of the compound aescin found in horse chestnut is widely used in Germany to treat minor sports injuries, including sprains and strains.51 The gel is typically applied to affected area every two hours until swelling begins to subside.
Arnica is considered by some practitioners to be among the most effective wound-healing herbs available.52 As a homeopathic remedy, arnica is often recommended as both an internal and topical mean to treat minor injuries. Some healthcare practitioners recommend mixing 1 tablespoon of arnica tincture in 500 ml water, then soaking thin cloth or gauze in the liquid and applying it to the injured area for at least 15 minutes four to five times per day.
Comfrey is also widely used in traditional medicine as a topical application to help heal wounds.53
Are there any side effects or interactions with sprains and strains?
Refer to the individual herb for information about any side effects or interactions.
Holistic approaches that may be helpful for sprains and strains
Spinal manipulation is used by chiropractors, licensed naturopathic doctors, and some osteopathic doctors to relieve pain and improve healing of sprains and strains. One preliminary trial tested a combination of chiropractic manipulation, muscle stretching, and special exercises known as "proprioceptive neurofacilitation" to people who had sprain/strain neck injuries that had not resolved with other treatment.54 Treatment was reported to help the majority of people, and over one-third reported that their symptoms were completely gone or only mildly bothersome. In a larger preliminary trial,55 people who were still suffering neck pain a year after whiplash-type accidents were treated with spinal manipulation for an average of four months. At the end of the treatments, 72% reported at least some benefit and nearly half reported significant benefit or complete recovery, but people with the most severe symptoms derived little benefit.


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If used in succession with other protection moves, it has a 50% chance success rate. This will prevent damage and effects of almost all possible attacks that would be inflicted upon the user.
There are a few moves and abilities which do break through this move; Lock On, Mind Reader and No Guard will allow the moves the opponent uses to land on the Pokémon regardless of this move. In addition to that, Thunder & Blizzard have a 30% chance of hitting if used within rain or hail respectively.
The following moves are also unaffected by Protect & Detect; Acupressure, Doom Desire (delayed damage only), Future Sight (delayed damage only), Feint, Imprison, Perish Song, Psych Up, Shadow Force, Transform
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MILPITAS, Calif. Feb.23, 2012 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced that Sumit Sadana, senior vice president and chief strategy officer, will address the investment community attending the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference Tuesday, Feb.28, at 2:10 p.m., Pacific. The session will be webcast and can be accessed live from SanDisk Corporation's Investor Relations website at www.sandisk.com/IR. A replay of the webcast will also be made available.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for OEM and retail channels. Since 1988, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage system technologies have provided customers with new and transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market. SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise customers around the world.
SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com
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In his 44th World Communications Day speech in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI challenged Catholics to use technology to reach more youth.
In his 44th World Communications Day speech in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI challenged Catholics to use technology to reach more youth.
"Priests are challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis," Benedict said.
So in 2011, Little iApps, an Indiana-based software developer introduced "Confession: A Roman Catholic App." The application costs $1.99 from Apple's iTunes store and is password-protected. Designer, Patrick Leinen, worked with Catholic officials in the U.S. to produce the app.
The app warns that prior to confession Catholics should spend time in prayer and reflection before participating in the sacrament.
Users can keep track of their exact time of last confession and choose from seven different Acts of Contrition.
"The app is very helpful. It's not a way for people to go to confession on a cellphone but to examine their conscience. It helps prepare for confession," said the Rev. Andre Melancon of the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma.
Melancon said he's had locals come to confession, cellphone in hand.
"It helps them be more directed," he said. "It's simply a tool to help prepare for sacremental reconciliation at church."
Houma residents Toni Foret and Brandi Bourg said they will stick to the "old fashioned way."
"It's one thing to try and reach the younger generation via the web, but a confession app? I'm sorry but I don't do middle men," Bourg said. "If I'm going to confess my sins, I'm going straight to the source."
The Vatican has said the app is not designed to replace going to confession but to help Catholics through the act, which generally involves admitting sins to a priest in a confessional booth. Catholics must still go to a priest for absolution.
Realizing the technological trend could help its cause, the Vatican did join in earlier this month, creating a personal Twitter account for the pope.
The pope actually sent his first tweet last year from a Vatican account to launch the Holy See's news information portal, and someone tweeted in his name daily during Lent, part of efforts to increase the church's presence in social media.
But with his personal account, the pontiff now tweets in eight languages, using the Twitter handle @Pontifex, responing live to questions about faith during his weekly general audience, the Vatican told The Associated Press on Dec. 3.
The announcement came a week before the pope's inaugural tweet was sent. Within 10 hours, the account had already garnered nearly a quarter of a million followers on the English version alone, with thousands more following him in the eight other language accounts.
That was before he'd ever sent a single tweet.
Tweets are sent simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Polish and Arabic. Monsignor Claudio Maria Celli, the president of the Vatican's social communications office, said he hoped to add Chinese.
Greg Burke, the Vatican's communications adviser, said @Pontifex was chosen because it not only means pope in Latin, but also bridge-builder, suggesting unity.
The first message sent Dec. 12 read, "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart."
Immediately following, the pope's follower count surpassed 1 million. Eight days later, the number rose to about 2.1 million.
The pope sent the first tweet himself, but someone in the Vatican's secretariat of state will send all subsequent tweets. But they will all be approved by the pope, officials said.
Melancon said he is a follower of the pope's on Twitter and uses Facebook to promote church activities to parishioners.
Questions can be submitted using #askpontifex, and the pope will respond to three to five of those sent from around the world, Burke said.
As strange as it may seem for the 85-year-old Benedict to be on Twitter, Vatican officials have stressed that he is merely walking in the footsteps of his predecessors in using the latest in communications technology to spread the faith.
Pope Pius XI, for example, caused a similar stir when he launched Vatican Radio some 80 years ago to bring the pope's message on radio waves around the globe. The Vatican also has its own newspaper, television service and maintains dedicated YouTube channels and an Internet news portal.
The Vatican decided against using a personal Facebook page for the pope because they thought it was too personal an interaction and would require more manpower to keep updated.
"The church should use social communication to evangelize and spread the gospel. If Jesus were alive today he'd want to reach people wherever they are," Melancon said. "It doesn't mean it will or should replace the face to face."
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The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association and National Corn Growers Association Sign the Accord: Generic Event Marketability and Access Agreement
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) are pleased to announce that the American Farm Bureau Federation (Farm Bureau), American Soybean Association (ASA), and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) have become signatories to the Accord: Generic Event Marketability and Access Agreement (GEMAA).
"Having the Farm Bureau, ASA and NCGA as signatories to the GEMAA is a major step forward for the Accord," said Cathleen Enright, Executive Vice President at BIO. "All three organizations have been key players in the development of the GEMAA and we welcome their commitment to the Accord process."
"We've aimed to create an agreement that would enable national farm organizations to participate, so growers can have a role in the process and get access to important information about patent expiration and these organizations have been key stakeholders from the beginning of this process," said Andrew LaVigne, President and CEO of ASTA.
"Growers support an industry-led solution to the commercial challenges we face as a result of patent expirations on important biotechnology traits we use," said American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman. "We commend ASTA and BIO for developing the Accord to ensure a smooth transition to a generic marketplace."
"Since ASA was one of the producer organizations that urged the biotech and seed industries to develop a predictable roadmap for biotech events to go from patented to generic, we thought it only appropriate for ASA to sign onto the GEMAA," added Danny Murphy, President of ASA. Additionally, the GEMAA provides signatories like ASA with important advance notifications by other signatories about when patented events will expire, and gives us a seat at the table regarding the ongoing implementation of the GEMAA and whether changes should be considered in the future. ASA appreciates the work that went into developing the GEMAA, and we are pleased to become a signatory to it."
"The GEMAA provides growers the confidence that important regulatory authorizations will be maintained in U.S. export markets," said Pam Johnson, President, National Corn Growers Association. This was a priority for farmers and we are pleased that industry was able to work together and lead on this important issue."
In the spring of 2010, BIO and ASTA set out to establish an effective, private sector-led solution to ensuring critical domestic and international regulatory authorizations are maintained for biotech events once patents expire. This effort led to creation of the Accord. The Accord consists of two agreements the GEMAA and the Data Use and Compensation Agreement (DUCA). The GEMAA is now effective and in the process of implementation. The legal text of the DUCA is near completion, and both BIO and ASTA will begin stakeholder outreach shortly. With the addition of the Farm Bureau, ASA and NCGA, the GEMAA has eight signatories.
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I'm currently using a script to backup files on my computer.
In a nutshell, it works like this:
rsync --link-dest=$FOLDER/current $SOURCE $DESTINATION
However, I think that my script may be duplicating some files rather than hard linking them. I would like to verify which files are (or aren't) detected as duplicates. I know that the file has been hardlinked correctly of the two files share the same inode.
How can I do a diff of two folders by inodes?


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10x 10 Pack of Warrior Seals.It is an item needed to give 10 fame points to the character.
10 Pieces of Fire Tiger's essences
30 Pieces of Fire Tiger's essences in the price of just 20 pieces.
5 Pieces of Alperats Length Of Life Recovery Potion.It increase Fire Tiger and Red Dragon's life points randomly (from 1~3). The maximum lfe expectancy is 60.
Used to grow Fire Tiger and Red Dragon baby to mountable status. Can only be used when pet is equipped.
Fire Tiger Egg; the first god mount ever released and the strongest mount up until now.
Potion to recover character's HP and MP by 2000 at the same time.


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- SM is voluntary. The partners agree to erotic power exchange of their own free will and choice. Either partner is free to leave at any time. The fact that SM relationships do split (amiably or not) without retaliation or violence supports the importance of this distinction.
- SM is consensual. All partners involved agree to what is going to happen. Discussion of limits is usual and customary. Violation of those limits is a serious offense within the SM community.
- SM partners are informed. Participants involved in erotic power exchange have an understanding of the possible consequences.
- SM partners ask for and enjoy the behavior; they are often disappointed if the behavior does not happen. There is no apology for the behavior after it is over, rather both partners are happy and satisfied that it occurred.
- SM partners take great care to make sure that their activities are as safe as possible. To truly damage their partner would deny themselves of being able to participate in the behavior. Individuals that violate their partners limits soon find that they are lacking partners in which to engage in the behavior. To emphasize the point, SM groups frequent hold educational meetings on how to safely engage in the behavior.
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Domestic violence is a pattern of intentional intimidation of one partner to coerce or isolate the other partner without consent. Abuse tends to be cyclical in nature, escalates over time, and characterized by apologies between the episodes that it will never happen again.
SM is not abuse or domestic violence because:
Nonetheless, as with any group of people, you will find cases of domestic violence among SM practitioners. The organized SM-Leather-Fetish community does not condone domestic violence and actively encourages victims and abusers to seek help.
Sociologist Thomas S. Weinberg is the author of numerous professional articles on human sexuality in various scholarly journals. In Studies in Dominance & Submission, Dr. Weinberg says:
"While the individuals we have discussed are different in many ways there are, nevertheless, some common themes running through them. These similarities are all related to S&M as a form of social interaction. For example, the importance of learning both attitudes and techniques through a socialization process is evident in all of these [sigma] In order for an S&M scene to be successful, from the viewpoint of both partners, it must be collaboratively worked out. Unless there is satisfaction on the part of both master (or mistress) and slave, the relationship will terminate. Thus, there must be agreement on the scene and consent given by both parties. Adjustments must be made by participants so that they are both stimulated."
Thomas S. Weinberg (1995). Studies in Dominance & Submission, Prometheus Books: pg. 89.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Deirdre McCaughey, assistant professor of health policy and administration at Penn State, has co-authored a chapter in the book "Advances in Health Care Management," published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited in August. The chapter, titled "Safety Leadership: Extending Workplace Safety Climate Best Practices Across Health Care Workforces," examines the relationship between safety leadership and hospital injury rates.
"Hospitals within the United States consistently have injury rates that are over twice the national employee injury rate," said McCaughey. "Hospital safety studies typically investigate care providers rather than support-service employees. Compounding the lack of data for this understudied population is the scant evidence that is available to examine the relationship of support-service employees' perceptions of safety and work-related injuries. To examine this phenomenon, we conducted a study to investigate support-service employees' perceptions of safety leadership and social support as well as the relationship of safety perception to reported injury rates."
The research team included Jonathon Halbesleben (University of Alabama), Grant T. Savage (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Tony Simons (Cornell University) and Gwen McGhan (Penn State), and the study was supported in part by ARAMARK Healthcare.
In the chapter, the team describes its findings that safety leadership (at the supervisor and organization levels) was positively related to individual safety perceptions and unit safety grade, as was supervisor and coworker support. The team also found that coworker support was positively related to the following relationships: supervisor safety leadership and safety perceptions, supervisor safety leadership and unit safety grade, and senior management safety leadership and safety perceptions. Positive employee safety perceptions were found to have a significant relationship with lower reported injury rates.
"These findings suggest that safety leadership from supervisors and senior management as well as coworker support has positive implications for support-service employees' perceptions of safety, which, in turn, are negatively related to lower odds of reporting injuries," said McCaughey. "The study offers evidence to health care senior leadership that investing in and promoting occupational health and safety can help these organizations reduce their workforce injury rates."
McCaughey will give a keynote address and participate in a president's session on these topics and others at the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare's 2013 National Conference being held from Sept. 11 to 14 in Orlando, Fla.
McCaughey is a past recipient of the John Jones Scholar in Workers Compensation Research Award from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. She earned a doctorate and master of business administration degrees at the Asper School of Business in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Prior to her academic career, she was a physical therapist in a large teaching hospital in Canada, and spent 10 years working in management in the private sector in marketing, strategic planning and operations.


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UCA Theatre will present The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersenon Friday, February 8 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, February 9 at 10:00 am in the Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus, 201 Donaghey, in Conway.
This adaptation of the classic tale finds the vain Emperor falling for the tailor's story that his invisible fabric can only be seen by those worthy enough to see it. Not wanting to admit he's unworthy of this fabulous new fabric, the Emperor dons the outfit he really can't see.
Cast members include Madison Ledbetter of Malvern as the Tailor, Stephanie Yancey of Springfield as the Narrator, Catherine Renfro of Bella Vista as the Empress and Austin Gaither of Hot Springs as the Emperor. The play is under the direction of UCA Theatre Production Manager, Liz Parker with set design by Technical Director, Tom Marhenke. Costume design is by associate professor, Shauna C. Meador.
Admission to the play is free. Tickets are not required and seats are not reserved. Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain. The play is appropriate for the entire family but is especially fun for children age 4-10. Running time is approximately 45 minutes.
After these on-campus performances, the play will tour area elementary schools and day care centers. Further information is available by calling 501-450-5092 or visiting the UCA Theatre web site at www.uca.edu/theatre.


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4-H and Google team up to teach youth computer science
California is one of 22 states in the nation where a new Google career education program was launched today. The Internet search giant has donated $1.5 million to the National 4‑H Council to build skills youth will need for the future, like computer science, computational thinking, communication and collaboration, reported Christopher Walljasper on AgWeb.
The funding lays the foundation to launch the 4‑H Computer Science Career Pathway, which will reach more than 100,000 kids in its first year. 4-H members in Alabama, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia will have access to new devices, curriculum and training.
President of National 4-H Council Jennifer Sirangelo said the career pathway will translate abstract concepts to relatable, practical experiences the 4-H members can use to explore the field of computer science, beginning from interest to studying computer science to choosing computer science for a career.
"We're excited to partner with all the enthusiasm and energy of the Googlers," she said.
Charlotte Smith of Google.org noted that 4-H is the largest community based organization in America.
"We already have 22 states signed up. That's more than we dreamed of," Smith said.
Smith said Google wants kids to develop the skills they will need in the future.
"We don't know what the jobs of tomorrow will look like," Smith said. "Some of them might require computer science skills, but it's much more than that - problem solving, collaboration. We want to give kids as many kinds of tools as we can so they can succeed in any discipline and any field."


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