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FRAMINGHAM — The chicken mole simmered and red wine flowed as talk turned to potential acquisitions.
A Jason Berger oil. A pair of charcoal drawings by Suzanne Hodes. Other museums might hold their meetings in boardrooms. Not Danforth Art. Nine members of the Framingham museum's collections committee, ranging from 23-year-old gallery director Adam Adelson to longtime Boston University art historian Pat Hills, gathered in a sprawling home in Carlisle to discuss the Danforth's future.
Before long, Nina Nielsen, the host whose namesake gallery operated on Newbury Street in Boston for 46 years, shifted the conversation from art to money. It was time to talk about dramatic plans to increase the Danforth's budget, hire new staff, and move into a new home by 2016.
"Things are changing at the Danforth fast," Nielsen said. "And we've got to get our act together. So away we go."
Danforth Art, founded in 1975 to focus on American art and offer a community art school to children and adults, has big plans. In the next year, museum leaders want to increase its annual budget from less than $1.4 million to $1.7 million, with much of that coming from increases in individual donations and corporate and foundation support. The Danforth plans to hire a director of development, marketing manager, controller, and webmaster, adding roughly 4½ positions to 14½ currently in place.
The museum is also planning a fund-raising campaign. It is too early to estimate the size of that effort, but renovating its new home could cost as much as $30 million.
This might sound like a tall order for a small, regional museum that, until now, has been housed in a former school in downtown Framingham. But in the last two years, the Danforth has been on the receiving end of two anonymous gifts totaling $750,000 and, last spring, Framingham Town Meeting approved the purchase of a new home across town. The Jonathan Maynard Building, a historic property on the village green, is bigger and more centrally located than the museum's current home on Union Avenue. Danforth Art agreed to buy the building from the town for $1.5 million.
Danforth director Katherine French said that she knows the process will not be easy. But she has been encouraged by the recent gifts and the energy on her board and staff.
"I'm under no illusion," said French. "We're a small museum. I'm not a major medical center with a 150-year history of raising money. But I'm 59. This will be my last job. This will be the thing I'm able to look back at and say, 'I helped this great thing to happen.' "
Later Monday, French is expecting to move a step closer. Danforth Art's board of trustees is expected to vote to support a budget that projects a fund-raising goal of approximately $1 million, an increase of 23 percent, with much of that increase coming from individual gifts as well as corporate and foundation support.
The board will also take up a proposal to increase its size to 40 people from 25, typical, French said, of an organization that's priming itself for a fund-raising campaign. Hiring a development director is key, supporters say, to raising the money needed for the Danforth's plans.
"We can't generate the kind of revenue we need to through classes and book sales," said John Thompson, cochairman of the development committee, who is also an art collector, painter, and printmaker.
"It has to come from one-to-one development work. We have to free up Katherine's time. We have to get Katherine out in front of people. She wants this museum to happen. She wants the development to happen. She's the one who is going to be out there doing most of the development work."
If she can pull it off, French, who has run the Danforth since 2005, will be responsible for transforming an institution that, since being started by a group of locals 38 years ago, has gradually, largely through gifts of art, built up a collection of more than 3,500 pieces.
The museum includes works by James McNeill Whistler, Albert Bierstadt, and Richard Yarde and has developed a focus on Boston expressionists. That's a school of artists loosely connected to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts or Boston University and provided an alternative to the abstract painting more popular in New York during the mid-20th century.
But that is just part of its mission. Danforth Art also has a school that offers more than 500 classes and workshops to adults and children on subjects that include ceramics, printmaking, weaving, painting, and photography.
That is a lot of activity in a worn-out home built in 1907. Beyond the physical issues — pipes wrapped in asbestos, thick walls that make a renovation costly — there is the matter of modernization. Danforth Art does not have room for a proper gift shop or café, and its galleries are limited in a place originally built as a school.
Nor is the location itself ideal, French said. Danforth Art is near Framingham's congested town center. The Maynard building is just off Route 9, a larger space overlooking a lush common. Museum leaders believe that location will attract more out-of-town visitors.
"A sophisticated collector approaches this building and says this is like the junior high I went to," Nielsen said. "The new building is beautiful. Art, number one, appeals to the senses. The building you're in is a major factor. The [Institute of Contemporary Art] was in a million buildings. It was always begging people to come through the door. Now, with a new building, they have a much more active program."
For French, the idea of growth is not just based on well-wishes and hopes. She points to a pair of donations in the last two years that, she said, raised her confidence.
Last summer, without any warning, a call came in from a financial adviser, asking how to process a donation.
"I thought it was another five- or ten-thousand-dollar donation," French said. "That happens pretty regularly. Then they said it was a half-million."
Then what?
"I said thank you. I felt very clear-headed. I didn't get giddy, I didn't get nervous. It felt right for where we are now."
That gift came on top of another for $250,000.
French said she cannot reveal the names of the donors, but one of them took a class at the Danforth years ago, while the other simply visited the museum and told the director she liked the exhibitions.
"There are people who are watching us, French said. "It might feel you're an organization that's never had this experience raising this kind of money, but there's a strong coterie of people who have been waiting for this to happen."
On Thursday morning, French introduced the new budget, with its dramatic increase, to the museum's staff. She then posed a question to the small group: How could they help be part of an unprecedented fund-raising effort?
The mood was positive as staffers went through an exercise in which they boiled down their own roles at the Danforth to fit into the larger mission.
Now, the hard work.
In recent years, larger museums in the region — including the MFA, Peabody Essex Museum, and ICA — have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for building projects. But many smaller museums have struggled, such as the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton and the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, which announced earlier this year it will close.
Ashley Occhino, the Danforth's art school manager, said she is not nervous. She is encouraged by the size of the museum's educational program.
Danforth students "are such a driving force behind us, and we have lifelong students who have been coming here for 20 years, 30 years," said Occhino, who joined the Danforth early in 2012.
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This means the return of hockey, and the glorious return of our Sabres BINGO! series. Today's snark features the Anaheim Ducks in a special Finland edition.
It's been a long offseason (as possibly evidenced by the quality level of puns in our BINGO! squares today) but it is finally time to sit back and enjoy the good ol' hockey game, and a Buffalo afternoon beer or
three six. Unless you're at work, then you possibly get to enjoy none of this.
Today's prize is a autographed Tim Connolly sweater, so keep your dabbers close at hand! Seriously. I'd hate to try to sell this thing on Ebay.
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Awesome Stuff: Earbuds Are So Last Decade
from the moving-on... deptIf you're of a certain age, you'll remember what the headphones for the original walkmen looked like. Of course, nowadays they look pretty dated. How long will it be until today's earbuds face the same fate? Today's awesome stuff post looks at three crowdfunding projects that look at rather different ways to get sound into your head.
- Okay, this first one isn't just about the sound, but it's the sound part that stands out. Ever since the Pebble smartwatch became the most successful Kickstarter project ever, a number of other smartwatches have popped up on Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and some other crowdfunding platforms as well. I got one of the original Pebbles, and it's really made me rethink the watch as a computing device/accessory to a smartphone. I'd stopped wearing watches years ago, but the Pebble has actually made my phone much more useful, and I already realize that we're only seeing the very, very early stages of what can be done with smartwatches. In fact, many of the crowdfunded watches that have followed have raised the bar with cool new features. The latest, the HOT Watch, takes things to a new level: with a bizarre speaker/projection system built into the watchband that lets you cup your hand over your ear and use your hand as if it were a phone. This picture shows how it works:
- Next up, we've got the Sound Band, which is designed to be a direct replacement for today's earbuds, but without putting anything in or over your ears. Instead, it uses surface sound technology, touching your head right behind your ears, to make it work. The contraption hangs over the top of your ears, but wraps around the back of your head with the actual surface sound touch part hiding behind your ears. Basically, if you see someone wearing it from head on, you probably won't even notice that they're wearing a form of headphones. The benefits of this are that you can still hear other stuff out of your ears -- which can be a real problem with earbuds that shut off all the sound around you. Of course, there are some situations where people like using earbuds or headphones to block out all other sounds, but you could see areas where this would be cool. Though, again like the project above, there are elements about using this where people might look at you like a crazy person because it will look like you're talking to yourself with nothing in your ear. Also, from behind your head, it definitely has a fairly dorky look to it, with a giant rectangle dangling on your neck. Still, I'm guessing many people might just think you've got hearing problems and have a hearing aid.
- And, finally, we've got the Syphon Soundwrap. It is what it says, basically. It's a "wrap" that acts as a sort of headphone, without having to use earbuds. The target market is people involved in action sports -- so you would put this wrap inside a helmet or a hat while you ride a motorcycle, a bike or go snowboarding or something -- and be able to listen to your music, without having to have earbuds sticking in the whole time (which can start to hurt if you wear them too long).
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Author Notes: This is one of those recipes that falls out of nowhere and into your brain. I assume it was inspired by something, but I have no idea what, it just appeared. I know apple and celery salads are a thing, but this one is quite different from your standard version. It mixes up a variety of crunchy, salty, and sweet ingredients for a wonderfully refreshing salad that still feels hearty enough for winter. My husband, who can always be counted on to come up with the most pithy/amusing things to say about what I cook, started eating it and exclaimed (with gusto), "oh my gosh! This salad is changing my life one bite at a time!" So there you go, it's a life changing salad. ;) - fiveandspice —fiveandspice
Food52 Review: It's hard to imagine a more cheerful salad than this in the dead of winter, or any time really, for that matter. The title of this recipe pretty well describes it, but doesn't capture the brilliance of the combination of ingredients. The mint, lemon juice, capers and ricotta salata (which was the only ingredient I don't regularly have on hand, but well worth the effort to find), provide the perfect foil to the sweet-tart apple and raisins. Juicy and fresh tasting, with wonderful bright, bold flavors, this salad is one I plan to make again, often. ;o) —AntoniaJames
Serves: 4
cups celery, thinly sliced (on a bit of a diagonal)
sweet-tart apple, such as Braeburn or Pink Lady, cored and cut into smallish chunks
tablespoons (heaping) golden raisins
tablespoons capers
tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
tablespoon good olive oil
tablespoons thinly sliced fresh mint
tablespoons (generous Tbs.) crumbled ricotta salata (or other fresh, salty cheese)
- If the raisins are dry, soak them for 10 minutes in a bit of apple juice or water. Then drain them.
- Combine the celery, apple, raisins, and capers in a medium-large bowl. Drizzle with the lemon juice and olive oil and toss well to coat.
- Throw in the sliced mint and the crumbled ricotta salata and toss again until everything is a lovely jumble. Serve! This salad also just grows better as it sits a little while and the flavors hang out and get to know each other a bit better (within reason, I'm talking a couple hours to a day here, more than that and the celery does start to lose its crunch).
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Celery Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Salad with Apples
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No. 4 Baseball Posts 9-5 Win Over Tulane
BATON ROUGE, La. - Shortstop Austin Nola provided the go-ahead run with a solo homer in the fifth inning Tuesday night, and fourth-ranked LSU erupted for a six-run sixth inning en route to a 9-5 win over Tulane in Alex Box Stadium.
LSU improved to 36-10, while Tulane dropped to 29-16. The Tigers extended their win streak over the Green Wave to four games, as LSU swept the season series with Tulane for the second straight year.
LSU's 36 wins with 10 games remaining in the regular season equals the team's final wins total in 2011, when the Tigers finished 36-20.
LSU travels to Oxford, Miss. for a three-game SEC series versus Ole Miss that begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
All nine LSU runs Tuesday night were scored with two outs, including Nola's solo blast in the fifth that broke a 2-2 tie. The home run was Nola's third of the season and his second in four games.
The Tigers took advantage of a pair of Tulane errors and scored six runs on four hits in the sixth, sending nine men to the plate.
Centerfielder Arby Fields' two-run triple and a run-scoring double by rightfielder Mason Katz highlighted the LSU uprising.
Junior left-hander Brent Bonvillain (4-0), the second of seven LSU pitchers, was credited with the win as he worked the fifth inning and allowed one unearned run on two hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
Tulane starter Alex Byo (6-4) was charged with the loss as he surrendered three runs on seven hits in five innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
"I thought we played pretty well tonight, and we demonstrated a lot of balance in the lineup," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "Every starter in our lineup either had a hit or scored a run, and we had some tough, competitive at-bats. I was very concerned about this game because Tulane has an excellent club, and we had just finished an emotional series with Georgia, but our players were focused and earned an important win."
LSU starter Joe Broussard worked the first four innings of the contest, limiting Tulane to one run on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Bonvillain, Kevin Berry, Chris Cotton, Cody Glenn, Nick Rumbelow, Kurt McCune and Nick Goody combined to allow just one earned run over the final five innings.
LSU 9, Tulane 5 (May 01, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La.)
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Pitchers: Tulane - Alex Byo; Randy LeBlanc(6); Kyle McKenzie(6); Andrew Garner(8) and Blake Crohan.
LSU - Joe Broussard; Brent Bonvillain(5); Kevin Berry(6); Chris Cotton(6); Cody Glenn(8); Nick Rumbelow(8); Kurt McCune(9); Nick Goody(9) and Ty Ross; Jordy Snikeris.
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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Who's the league's hottest team either side of San Antonio? Don't look now, but it's the Denver Nuggets.
With a grueling road schedule to open the first two months of the season, some observers predicted a hard charge up the standings once the schedule turned in Denver's favor, which it did starting Jan. 1 with 15 of 18 games to be played in the Mile-High City.
On cue, the sky's been the limit for George Karl's bunch, which is riding an eight-game win streak — while averaging a whopping 115.0 ppg — as part of a larger 15-3 run since New Year's Day. They've won 13 of those 15 home games and have gone 2-1 on the road.
On Dec. 29, the Nuggets had dropped to 17-15 after an ugly 82-71 loss at Memphis. At that point, Denver had played a discombobulating 23 road games, stood seventh in the West and were just one game ahead of — believe it or not — the Los Angeles Lakers. L.A. was 15-15, the last time that outfit would sniff .500.
Now the high-octane, well-balanced Nuggets are 32-18 and have pushed past Houston, Golden State and Memphis to slide into the No. 4 position in the West, a hugely significant spot for a team that's 22-3 at home. The top four teams in each conference earn home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Only the smooth-sailing Spurs have fewer home losses (22-2) among teams in both conferences, and no team has more home wins (San Antonio and Oklahoma City each also have 22).
Of course, Karl's previous seven seasons in Denver have been marked by first-round disappointments six times and twice the Nuggets have wasted a top-four finish by not getting out of the conference quarterfinals (2006 and 2010). Only the 2008-09 Nuggets, who finished second in the West, made it out, with Carmelo Anthony finally taking the team all the way to the West finals before losing to the Lakers.
So home-court advantage isn't a free pass into the second round, but would the run-and-gun Nuggets rather play four of seven games in the high altitude or, say, in the madhouse that is Golden State's Oracle Arena?
So now the schedule evens out. Denver has played 25 games at home and 25 on the road (10-15), and next up is a four-game Eastern Conference road swing, including two back-to-backs: Cleveland (Saturday) and Boston (Sunday), followed by Toronto (Tuesday) and Brooklyn (Wednesday).
The Nuggets will look for their two pace-setters to continue their brilliant play that has led to the team's longest win streak of the season. Neither point guard Ty Lawson nor forward Danilo Gallinari will be in Houston for the All-Star Game, but had they put up these kind of numbers earlier, both might have finally made the squad.
Gallinari is averaging 19.9 ppg during the eight-game win streak and is shooting the 3-ball at a 44.7-percent clip to boost his previously slumping season percentage to 37.3.
Lawson over the last eight games is averaging 18.9 points — more than three points better than his season average — and 8.1 assists — pushing his season average to a career-high 7.0 apg. After posting four double-doubles through the first 42 games, Lawson has two in the last three games and four of his six on the season have come in the last 15 games.
Add Kenneth Faried's (12.2 ppg, 9.7 rpg) relentless motor, a deep roster with six players scoring in double figures, and a seventh, Wilson Chandler, back from injury and averaging 9.7 ppg, the Nuggets have a team that can simply gas opponents.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
For The Season #2: "All Through The Night/Ar Hyd Y Nos"
One of the most original and ultimately satisfying holiday efforts was the Kingston Trio's 1960 album The Last Month of the Year. Unlike many other pop artists, some of whom in their holiday albums got way out of their depths in attempting songs that they could not do or crassly altered carols to fit into their pop or rock styles, the KT stayed squarely within their power zone of folk-type music and created a classic album by both presenting genuine folk carols like "Somerset-Gloucestershire Wassail" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (link to last year's Christmas post with some comments on carols in general) and presenting less familiar (to U.S. audiences) folk carols from our country and around the world, often with unusual instruments like the bouzouki. I loved these, especially the spiritual "Go Where I Send Thee," "Follow Now, O Shepherds" from Spain, "Sing We Now Noel" from France, and most especially "All Through The Night" from Wales.
This lovely song is one of several numbers from the Welsh language that have broken through the language barrier to become in translation part of the folkways of English-speaking peoples ("Men of Harlech" would be my nominee for #2 in this category). The Welsh, of course, are an ancient and fiercely independent Celtic group, the last remnant of the ancient Brythons who were driven from their country by the invading Saxons fifteen hundred years ago - and in all that time, they have never given up their national flag, identity or language. Or, I might add, their music - one of the most common remarks I noted on YouTube versions of "All Through The Night" was the plea "Nice, but can't you sing it in Welsh?"
The air to the song known originally as "Ar Hyd Y Nos" is a very old harper's tune that dates back hundreds of years and was published as early as the mid-1700s. But the lyrics with the Christmas theme were added in the nineteenth century by beloved Welsh poet John Ceiriog Hughes, and the English words that we know were rendered apparently very loosely from Hughes.
The KT's version demonstrates their skill with genuine three part harmony, and its fidelity to the original and no-frills instrumentation belie the critics who said that the group could not deliver traditional songs in an authentic and meaningful manner:
Now, back to the source song. Here's the Men's Choir of Wales singing Hughes' words - the number (like "Harlech") is a standard for groups like this:
Welsh-born tenor pop star Aled Jones gives it a go with full chorus in 2002 - ruggedly masculine and beautiful:
The great American baritone Paul Robeson brought his operatically-trained voice to bear in this stately version:
Next, a different take on the song from jazz/blues/pop legend Nancy Wilson - this is non-traditional but somehow works for me:
By way of contrast, Olivia Newton-John (with Michael McDonald) gives the song that breathy treatment we hear so much on American Idol - not my cup of tea at all, but McDonald's harmony partially redeems this version:
Finally, an informal, almost home video of current British pop and folk singer Meinir Gwilym singing in a pub with Anwen Jones - this intimate version is just so right:
So a Merry Christmas to all, remembering the spirit of the season from the man who expressed it best, Charles Dickens - "It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!"
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A belated Mele Kalikmaka and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! I've enjoyed reading and listening for most of this year.
If you want to try a recent holiday album which I'd call close to "inspired," pick up Mary Chapin Carpenter's 2008 "Come Darkness Come Light." She's got five or six newly-written songs to go with more familiar fare. It became my favorite Christmas album last year and I haven't changed my mind this season.
- January 4, 2010 at 11:54 PM
- chjajones said...
Love your blog, but the English version is not even close to the Welsh version,except for the "all thru the night" repeat. The English is a children's lullaby. The Welsh is about old age. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_Hyd_y_Nos
Meinir's great version is for a Sing4Wales series where the Welsh hoped that English coming to rugby games would sing along in Welsh. Lots of singing of hymns and other songs at rugby games.
- December 23, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Jim Moran said...
Thanks much, ch - I'll change it to something more accurate. I forget the (clearly inaccurate) source I used that equated Hughes' lyrics with the modern English one - should write to the publisher.
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Beltran Hits 3-Run HR, Sparks Yanks to Win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Carlos Beltran gave the foundering Yankees a jolt with a three-run homer Thursday night, lifting Masahiro Tanaka to his major league-leading 12th win and helping New York end a season-worst five-game skid with a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Zelous Wheeler homered in his big league debut after eight years in the minors. David Robertson notched his 19th save with a hitless ninth inning and the Yankees started an 11-game road trip with a sigh-of-relief performance that put their record back at the .500 mark.
Phil Hughes (8-5) was rolling right along against his former team, leading 2-0 until Beltran's big hit cleared the tall wall above right field following consecutive singles to start the fifth. Wheeler went deep two batters later.
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Colts Cheerleader to Shave Head for Cancer Research
What started as a team gesture has turned into a call for all Indianapolis Colts' fans — and cheerleaders — to show their support for cancer research.
It started with more than 25 Colts players shaving their heads to show support for head coach Chuck Pagano, who's currently battling leukemia.
Now, the show of support has spread to the spirit side of the team.
This week, Colts mascot Blue sent out a challenge to all Colts cheerleaders via Twitter that if he could raise $10,000 for leukemia research by the Colts vs. Bills game on Nov. 25, one cheerleader would have to shave her head.
Cheerleader Megan M. accepted the challenge Sunday.
Blue is now asking fans to make a donation to the CHUCKSTRONG fund on the Colts website.
Money raised through the challenge will benefit leukemia research at the IU Health Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
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PESCADERO — The two men killed in a rollover crash Monday on a remote stretch of Highway 1 were identified as Jacob Breaux, 18, of Salinas, and Forrest Peck, 23, of Soquel.
They were among four men riding in a 2011 Kia Soul that flipped just north of Pigeon Point Lighthouse, which is about 8½ miles south of Pescadero. The California Highway Patrol said it's not clear what caused the crash, but there were no obvious signs alcohol was involved.
Police say they believe Breaux, the driver, allowed the car to drift onto the right shoulder, then swerved back to the left before losing control of the Kia around 3:30 p.m. The vehicle rolled over and came to a stop on its roof. No other cars were involved.
Two passengers, Christian Ramos, 30, of Santa Cruz, and Adrian Romaine, 20, of Capitola, survived the crash. They suffered minor injuries and were rushed by ambulance to Stanford Hospital.
Police closed the highway for two hours while they investigated the wreck, and then kept one lane shut down for another hour and a half.
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IWC calls for net bans to prevent extinctions
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The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has taken up the cause of some of the world's most critically endangered marine mammals by calling on governments to keep fishing nets out of their waters to prevent entanglement deaths.The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has taken up the cause of some of the world's most critically endangered marine mammals by calling on governments to keep fishing nets out of their waters to prevent entanglement deaths.
Mexico's vaquita porpoise and the Maui's dolphin of New Zealand were a focus of discussions today between countries gathered in Panama City for the commission's annual meeting. Governments urged Mexico and New Zealand to take all possible measures immediately to save the animals from extinction.
"It's time for diplomatic niceties and step-wise strategies to take a back seat to immediate, concrete action with no compromise," said Michael Stachowitsch, delegate of Austria to the IWC.
There are believed to be fewer than 200 vaquitas left, and only 55 remaining Maui's dolphins over a year old. Both animals are severely threatened by accidental bycatch in gillnet fisheries. A total ban on the use of gillnets in the entire ranges of both populations is needed to secure their survival, according to the IWC Scientific Committee's report.
Scientists say that unless immediate action is taken the vaquita population could soon be extinct. The only known loss of a mammal species from human causes was the Chinese baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, which was declared functionally extinct by the IWC in 2006. Governments cautioned that this worst case scenario is near for vaquita.
"Mexico has the power to save this unique species by banning all gillnets in vaquita habitat," said Aimee Leslie, WWF's marine turtle and cetacean manager.
A similar ban on gillnets and trawl nets is urgently needed throughout the whole habitat of Maui's dolphin, which is found only in the shallow waters surrounding the North Island of New Zealand. Protection measures announced by the government last week are not enough to save the animals from extinction.
"Advances in technology mean that fishermen and Maui's dolphins can safely share New Zealand's waters. We urge the government to deploy alternative fishing gear that is dolphin-friendly and keep all gillnets and trawl nets out of Maui's habitat," Leslie said.
Incidental capture in fishing operations is the biggest threat to cetacean species today. It is estimated that more than 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises die each year from entanglement in many types of fishing gear, which is an average of one cetacean killed by bycatch every two minutes.
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Arizona Bill Requires Constitutional Loyalty Oath to Graduate
As important as public education is to our society, it's understandable that any changes to it will be met with high scrutiny, and likely high controversy. Some schools were met with challenges over something as simple as dropping cursive writing from the curriculum, while others felt the backlash for using textbooks that indicated that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. But a current bill in Arizona is causing a constitutional debate, and actually it's not even about classroom curriculum.
Arizona's House Bill 2467, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Bob Thorpe, would require all high school seniors in Arizona public schools to recite a Constitutional Oath, similar to that taken by public officials and new citizens, to be eligible for graduation. The oath would be,
I, _________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; So help me God.
A similar bill, House Bill 2284, would require the Pledge of Allegiance in all public class rooms from First Grade on. Normally, Bills like these wouldn't be too controversial, but in this case the controversy comes from the wording, or lack thereof. Critics of House Bill 2467 pointed out that Thorpe's Bill does not include any exclusion for students of faiths and beliefs that would contradict with being required to take an oath that includes "So help me God." Rep. Thorpe has indicated a plan to reword the Bill to allow for such exemptions, but is still firm behind requiring the Oath of all students, telling the Arizona Republic,
'It is my hope that if Arizona students are given the opportunity to also take a simple, Constitutional oath, that this will inspire them to learn more about our Constitutional form of government and the rich history of our nation and founding.'
Bill 2284, requiring that time be set aside each day for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, seems like a moot point for a vast majority of school districts that already do just that, but this particular Bill would eliminate the student's personal choice to participate. As currently worded, the section of "those students who wish" has been stricken from the Bill, removing the student's ability to decline to participate. Instead, the Bill asserts that a student's parents/legal guardian must specifically request their child be excused.
Opponents of both Bills cite the exclusion of the student's personal choice to participate. The Constitutional Oath states "I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion," but would be required of all high school seniors, and the Bill states it to be a requirement for graduation. And the current wording, though likely to change, would require a religious declaration from the student, something public officials who take a similar oath are not subjected to. As Arizona and Texas are the two biggest "Red States" in the Union, do you see measures like these being adopted in the Lone Star State?


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#1 The Cloward-Piven Artificial Crisis [Obama's way of destroying the economy]
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Liberals self-righteously wrap themselves in the mantle of public spirit. They ardently promote policies promising to deliver the poor and oppressed from their latest misery policies which can only find solution in the halls of government. But no matter what issue one examines, over the last fifty plus years, the liberal prescription has almost always been a failure.
Why is this so? Why does virtually every liberal scheme result in ever-increasing public spending while conditions seem to get continually worse? There are a number of reasons:
The programs usually create adverse incentives. This is especially true in so-called anti-poverty programs. The beneficiaries find government subsidies a replacement for, rather than a supplement to, gainful employment and eventually become incapable of supporting themselves. This in turn creates a dependent culture with its attendant toxic behaviors which demand still more government remedies.
The programs create their own industry, complete with scads of think tanks and experts who survive on government research grants. These are the aptly named Beltway Bandits.
They create their own bureaucracies, whose managers conspire with interested members of Congress to continually increase program funding, regardless of merit.[B][B][B][B]
Members of Congress secure votes and campaign donations by extorting them from beneficiaries of such programs, either through veiled threats vote for me or those mean Republicans will wipe out your benefits or promises of still more bennies.
In short, all develop a vested interest in the programs survival. But if the result is always more and more government, of government, by government, and for government, with no solution in sight, then why do liberals always see government as the solution rather than the problem?
When things go bad all the time, despite the best efforts of all involved, I suggest to you something else is at work something deeper, more malevolent......I submit to you that it is not a mistake, the failure is deliberate!
There is a method to the madness, and the method even has a name: the Cloward-Piven Strategy. It was first elucidated in the 1960s by a pair of radical leftist Columbia University professors, Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven:
The strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis . the Cloward-Piven Strategy seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.
The whole Cloward-Piven thing is a fundamentally flawed strategy, to work as envisioned it requires a non-adaptive system that is incapable of making any adjustment to social benefits during a crisis of means, which is only true in the short term for us; it also requires a recipient population that sees more benefit in getting nothing at all from the existing system, and so would rather wreck it and start over, although most of the mass of the population really is at least street-smart enough to know they would be screwed as much if not more by any ad hoc government than they are by a system that is under-delivering on the Skittle-shitting unicorns.
Although I am not completely sold on Cloward - Piven conspiracies, I would have to differ with you on the cognitive ability of an embarrassingly large % of our population. We already KNOW the inevitable demise of social security/medicare and yet we have a President and his supporters ignoring this fact and either pushing for the status quo or FURTHER harming the system by stealing funding from it to fund Obama care.I long for the days when our President actually liked our country.
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Talking With Your Children About HIV: HIV Awareness for Children
November 29, 2015
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HIV can be a tough subject for parents, guardians, and caregivers to discuss with their children. However it is important that all families educate their children about HIV. There are many reasons you may want to discuss HIV and AIDS with your children: you or a family member is living with HIV (HIV+), your child is living with HIV, or you simply want to help your child understand HIV so that he or she does not become infected.
It is important to note that there can be times when it is not appropriate or safe for women to disclose their status to their children or families. For more information about telling others you or your child is living with HIV, see our article on Disclosure and HIV.
Around the world, young people ages 15 to 24 accounted for two of every five new HIV infections in 2011. An estimated 2.1 billion adolescents and young people -- the largest group ever -- are currently living with HIV. Young women aged 15 to 24 are infected at twice the rate as young men the same age.
In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that young people ages 13 to 29 accounted for over a quarter of all new HIV infections in the US in 2010. Yet over half of young people who are infected do not know that they are living with HIV. A study conducted in 2009 showed that almost half of high school students in the United States reported having had sexual intercourse. Of these, over a third said they did not use a condom during their last sexual encounter and only about one in five has ever been tested for HIV despite recommendations for routine testing. These statistics serve as a serious reminder to parents that they cannot afford to avoid talking with their children about HIV. For more information, see The Well Project's Article on HIV Risk and Teens.
Children and teenagers find out about HIV from all sorts of places: TV, radio, friends, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. Talking with your children about HIV is an opportunity to provide them with facts and correct any myths or incorrect information they may have picked up outside the home. It is also a chance to develop an open and honest relationship with your children.
The Facts About HIV
Many parents are uncomfortable talking to their children about HIV because they do not have the correct information themselves. Before you talk to your children about HIV, it is important for you to know the facts.
What Is HIV?
What Is AIDS?
What Is the Difference Between HIV and AIDS?
For more facts, see The Well Project's article: What Is HIV?
How Is HIV Spread?
HIV is spread through the following body fluids:
HIV is not spread through these body fluids:
The most common ways HIV is passed from one person to another are:
How Can HIV Be Prevented?
One of the most important messages you can share with your children is that HIV can be prevented. HIV cannot be transmitted except when certain body fluids are exchanged. Teach your children that they can greatly reduce the risk of transmission by:
It is also important to tell children that HIV is not transmitted by casual contact such as:
For more information, see The Well Project's Article: HIV Transmission.
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New Student Orientation at Dillard University
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The Dillard University SOAR (New Student Orientation) program marks the completion of your journey towards enrolling at Dillard University. SOAR is designed to provide all new students-whether freshman, transfer, readmit, resident, commuter, or non-traditional - an array of programs and workshops. We are excited that you will be joining our Dillard family! SOAR is also designed to help you make new friends, find your way around campus, and educate you about all the resources we provide to support your success. These activities combined will introduce you to Dillard University and prepare you for your collegiate experience.
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During the 2011-12 Development Academy Playoffs on Monday, Colorado Rapids U-17/18 holding midfielder Shane O'Neill displayed a level of maturity that recently helped make him the second Homegrown Player signing in the MLS team's history.
The 18-year-old O'Neill, who signed a professional contract with the Rapids on June 19, was forced into duty as a center back following a teammate's injury early in the first half of Monday's 4-1 win against South Carolina United Battery in Group 4 play.
After being issued a yellow card in the first 25 minutes, O'Neill was able to manage the situation, seeing out the half before the Rapids made some tactical changes at halftime that allowed O'Neill to move back into the midfield.
"It wasn't the most comfortable half of my life," O'Neill said with a laugh following the match.
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound midfielder scored the Rapids' final goal of the match, finishing a scramble in front of goal in the 85th minute.
Rapids U-17/U-18 head coach Brian Crookham explained how the Development Academy has helped nurture the Irish-born O'Neill's talents during his time coming up through the club's youth system.
"I think it's been massive," Crookham said. "Every season he gets better and better and better. I think that (Development Academy) environment is something he needed to really take hold of all the talent that's in him."
"He's a sponge," Crookham said. "The information that he gets not only at the Academy level, but at the first team level, he takes every bit of that information on board. He's a monster physically, he's very competent technically and he's got a great engine to just keep going and going."
Born in Midleton, Ireland, and possessing dual citizenship for both the United States and Ireland, O'Neill has been training with the Rapids' first team since February and has appeared in four MLS Reserve League matches this season, including playing the full 90 minutes on June 9 in a 3-1 win against Sporting Kansas City. While absorbing instructions and advice from current Rapids midfielder Jeff Larentowicz, O'Neill credited the Development Academy for helping him attain his goal of becoming a professional soccer player.
"It has paved the way for my development," O'Neill said. "Playing with the best players in the state has really helped me out and with the option to play with the reserves and the first team, it has helped me out quite a bit."
This week, O'Neill's focus is helping the Rapids U-17/18 team clinch a spot in the Development Academy Finals Week in Houston in July.
"I think if we stay focused we'll get through. I think the team's desire is there and if we can just stay focused, we can get it done," O'Neill said.


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The Alabama Farmers Federation Forestry Division is composed of forest landowners throughout the state who produce timber as part of their livelihood. The Forestry Division represents these landowners on a national, state and local level and has county committees in almost every county in the state. The forest landowners who make up these committees come together at the local level and develop policies and program ideas to address their needs and concerns. Those policies are then discussed at the state level and may be transformed into state and national initiatives by the organization.
Two thirds of Alabama – or 22 million acres – is covered in forestland. Non-industrial private landowners own approximately 75 percent of that forestland. On average, each person in the United States uses enough tree products each year to make a tree 100 feet tall and 16 feet in diameter. One acre of healthy trees can generate approximately 5,600 lbs. of wood in one year. For more details about forestry statistics in Alabama, visit the Alabama Agricultural Statistics Service website.
The Forestry Division works with the Alabama Forestry Commission and the Alabama Forestry Association in sponsoring and promoting forestry tours and demonstrations. These services increase forest landowners' understanding of forest and wildlife management. The Forestry Division also works closely with the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences to determine priorities for forest and wildlife research and develop markets for forest products. The division also works with the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service in the areas of forestry research, financial planning and insect identification and control.
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Auburn University students and scholarship recipients studying in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences were recognized Aug. 27. Those pictured received $1,750 scholarships funded by their county Federations and the Alabama Farmers Agriculture Foundation.
From left are Emily Williams of Washington County, Alabama Farmers Federation Forestry Division Director Rick Oates, Jordan Heath of St. Clair County, Justin Knight of Franklin County, Zac Slay of Chambers County, Brandon Buckelew of Covington County, Federation TREASURE Forest Resource Coordinator William Green and William Cook of Walker County.
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Fred Hersch at Jordan Hall: Let Yourself Go
Pianist and composer Fred Hersch taught NEC jazz students beginning in 1980 and, with intermittent breaks, through 2015.
Hersch has been called "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" by Down Beat, and has earned a place among the foremost jazz artists in the world today. From the late 1970s onward, as a sideman to jazz legends including Joe Henderson, Art Farmer, and Stan Getz, he has solidified a reputation as a versatile master of jazz piano, as well as a relentlessly probing composer and conceptualist. Whether unaccompanied, in duo, working with trios and quintets, Hersch has explored the jazz tradition to its fullest, even as he opens new and undiscovered doors.
Hersch has ongoing special collaborations with jazz and classical instrumentalists and vocalists around the world, from Bill Frisell, Toots Thielemans, and Charlie Haden, to pianist Christopher O'Riley '81 A.D. and singers Renée Fleming, Norma Winstone, and Audra McDonald. An unconventional line-up of piano, Ralph Alessi, trumpet, Jo Lawry, voice, and Richie Barshay '05, percussion, is captured on the 2009 CD The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at Jazz Standard.
In 2006, Hersch set a milestone in the history of New York's legendary Village Vanguard by becoming the first solo pianist to perform a full weeklong engagement. In 2010, as part of a larger return from a prolonged bout of serious illness that included a two-month coma, Hersch returned to the Village Vanguard for a second solo stint. The entire last set is captured on the new CD Alone at the Vanguard. "I could have culled tunes from each of the week's twelve sets, but on this final set I was 'in the zone' and we decided to go with that," says Hersch.
Hersch has appeared on more than one hundred recordings total, including more than two dozen albums as bandleader/solo pianist. In 1999, Nonesuch Records released Let Yourself Go: Fred Hersch at Jordan Hall, one of the rare jazz CDs recorded in NEC's majestic hall. Hersch's solo piano compositions and chamber music are published by Edition Peters.
Hersch has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer, Chamber Music America, seven composition residencies at the MacDowell Colony, and one at Bellagio and Civitella Raineri in Italy. Hersch's numerous accomplishments also include a 2003 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition and five Grammy nominations, four for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance and one for Best Instrumental Composition (2006).
Hersch has acted as a passionate spokesman and fundraiser for AIDS services and education agencies since 1993. He has produced and performed on four benefit recordings and at numerous concerts for the charities Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, that have raised over $250,000 to date.
Hersch received NEC's Outstanding Alumni Award in 1990.
B.M., with honors, NEC. Former faculty of the New School, The Juilliard School, and Manhattan School of Music. Currently visiting professor, Rutgers University. Recordings on Nonesuch, Naxos, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Chesky, Varese Sarabande, Arabesque Jazz, and Sony Classical.
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Mets get past Bucs thanks to Baxter
Flushing, NY – Mike Baxter smacked a game-winning, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the New York Mets downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2, Thursday in the opener of a four-game set at Citi Field.
Baxter subbed for center fielder Juan Lagares, who made a game-saving catch in the top of the ninth, robbing Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen of an easy extra-base hit. Ike Davis had an RBI double and Marlon Byrd added a sacrifice fly for the Mets, who have won two of three.
"This guy comes off the bench with a plan, with something in his mind, and he executes it," New York manager Terry Collins said of Baxter. "It's truly amazing, because that is one tough job."
New York starter Dillon Gee pitched five-plus innings of one-run, five-hit ball and struck out three in the victory. Bobby Parnell (4-0) picked up the win after working around a leadoff single in the ninth.
Pedro Alvarez accounted for both Pittsburgh runs with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly, while starter Jeff Locke gave up just three hits over six frames to go along with three walks and three strike outs.
Jason Grilli (0-1) absorbed the loss, allowing Baxter's game-winning hit.
"You tip your hat," Grilli said of giving up the hit to Baxter. "Some nights you make good pitches, some nights you don't. Big league hitters and players make plays. That's what happens sometimes."
Byrd singled to lead off the ninth and Andrew Brown laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Byrd to second. Baxter then poked a single just past the second baseman into center to secure the win.
In the top of the ninth, Parnell received some help from Lagares with two outs. With a runner on first, McCutchen drilled a fly ball to right-center and Lagares backed up to the warning track before leaping up and grabbing a potential base-clearing hit for an out, helping the Mets escape the inning.
LaTroy Hawkins looked to help the hosts hold onto their 2-1 lead in the eighth, but Alvarez brought the Pirates back as he crushed a moon-shot solo homer to right with one down to tie the game at 2-2.
Pittsburgh's Tony Watson retired two of the first three batters he faced in the seventh -- only allowing Brown's single -- but Davis ripped a double into the right-center gap scoring Brown from first to give the Mets a 2-1 advantage.
After Gee managed to stifle the Pirates through the first five innings, the righty ran into trouble in the sixth.
McCutchen and Garrett Jones smacked consecutive singles before Gee plunked Russell Martin to load the bases. It was the last batter he faced, as Brandon Lyon filled in on the hill.
The first batter Lyon faced, Alvarez, tied the game at 1-1 with a sacrifice fly to center.
The Mets opened up the scoring in the second. John Buck led off with a single and advanced to third as Justin Turner hit a single to left-center, but was thrown out attempting to reach second by McCutchen. Byrd followed with a sacrifice fly to right to give the home team a 1-0 lead.
Game Notes
Pittsburgh has lost six of its last nine games ... The Mets have just 23 RBI in their last 14 games versus left-handed starters ... Locke fell to 0-2 in his career at Citi Field ... Baxter had the game-winning hit in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the White Sox .... The Mets' last three home victories have come in game-winning fashion.


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dominicalllc needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
In a nutshell, Custom greeting cards. Created online by you. Printed and mailed by us for $1. Our site is centered around an online calendar that lets you create your cards for the future and we print and mail them for you when the dates come around.
Yes - but in private beta.
http://vacationrentalpartner.com/ - love the ease of this site. The fun/business like look
We LIKE http://www.jackcards.com but think overall it is too cluttered. This is another card site, but one we would like to compete with!
Currently our homepage is fine, but not great (see attached).
- We LIKE that is shows our users our basic features. The calendar, postcards (postgreets we call them for greeting postcards).
- We LIKE that there is a "learn more" and "let's bumble" button the user can choose.
-We DON'T like that there is no flow, that the current images don't look very professional and that the colors (lime green) don't feel inviting.
We picture something that is a breath of fresh air. Gets the point across, but not too wordy. I want to try and use some lighter greens (that match our logo-not clash) and maybe a light blue and white-light and airy colors. More girly than not girly.
On http://www.jackcards.com their home page has a simple 1-2-3 graphic that I love. This is similar to our service and would like to incorporate something like this on our home page.
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1) Add important dates for friends and family
2) Select and customize a card for the events
3) We will print and mail them for you when the dates come around
Here is some more description for our two main features (for your own knowledge in case you need some additional text)
Calendar- Add events, create the cards, we will print and mail them for you when the dates roll around and send you text and email reminders too.
PostGreets: Unique, JUMBO, high quality Postcards. Make a statement in the mail.
What we need to put somewhere on the homepage is a new feature we are offering, where a customer who is not familiar with BumbePost can request a card from us for free to get our product in the mail (to see what it looks like before they buy). This can be a button, tab, arrow feature that says "Our cards are awesome! Want us to send you one (for free)? " You decide what would look best, but we want this to be visible to anyone visiting us for the first time.
All the current tabs, buttons, etc need to stay. You can change the look of them to what you think will look best, but they need to be there!
We are excited to see what you come up with!
Best of luck! Excited to see what you come up with.
Our target market is millennials (college students-upper 30 year olds). 80% of the greeting cards per year are purchased by women. We would like to cater to women vs. men with the look and feel. A man could definitely use our site and be happy, but women will most likely be over half of our users in the long run :)
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So, after a lengthy break, let's have a recap of the past events:
- Ursa Hold is besieged and taken by the Dark Horde, and a war of attrition begins between the two warring sides, until Majisto, Arthel Wolfsbane and Ferdinand von Bragstein manage to break through and establish Defiance Keep. Details here
- Xalen arrives to Northeros from Westeros, in search for a powerful artifact. During his journey, he 'befriends' a colorful group of allies, with whom he has to fight a powerful individual only known as 'the Destroyer'. In the end, they succeed, but not without losses. Details here
- Apollyon, after returning behind enemy lines, has to venture to elven lands in order to atone for his failures. However, his trial is interrupted by an unforeseen undead assault, which they manage to fight back. After seeing his true heroic nature, Apollyon is only punished with eternal banishment form elven lands, and returns to serve the Empire. Details here
Now, several weeks had passed without anything major happening... until now.
Ursa Hold:
EvB: 'Greetings Warlock! We're ready with the preparations.'
Warlock: 'Excellent Ezra. While I would've preferred if we had the heart of that treekin to use for this... operation, what you had manage do is still a marvelous work of craftsmanship. It appears that recovering you wasn't a complete mistake. Now, let the summoning begin!'
*chanting, magical effects, ground shaking*
EvB: 'It seems that the device survived the transportation without any harm, Warlock. Although I must say, the way you brought it here wasn't in the most... subtle manner.'
Warlock: 'As if I care! What matters is that the Amplifier is right where I want it to be, in the middle of a great battlefield, with many fallen warriors around it. Once I manage to tap into the machine and charge it up, my powers will be magnified tenfold! Then, I shall even surpass Malekim, and call forth a second awakening of undead hordes!'
EvB: 'Ambitious plans Warlock, but surely the Imperial armies won't just sit around and watch you, especially how conspicuous the summoning was.'
Warlock: 'I know, and I wouldn't expect them not to come. I've already ordered my minions to gather here, you should notify your cultists too. Orks! Rally your hordes as well! This will be a bloodbath; in which the Imperial army will drown once I set loose a sea of corpses right under their feet! BWAHAHAHAHA!'
*to be continued soon-ish.*


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Amazing! Your kids are so lucky to have a father like you that can make such wonderful play sets. The part I like best about this project is the clear platforms. Are you going to leave the entire set white or paint it? What if you added alittle bespin-like sculpture for the center. It could be the complex's fountain.
Oh...My...God! What a wonderful Christmas present!!! Your grandfather would be proud and it would touch his heart to know that his original version helped inspire to make this for your kid(s).This deserves a front page mention here and on the cover of Toy Fare magazine...
I agree totally with CHEWIE. At least a mention here. Taking a moment to look back over the pics, I was even more amazed at the detail and the workmanship of this huge project. All in all, how long did it take you?
I have kids the same age as yours DeanPaul and I wonder how often those figures get totally knocked down and thrown all over the room. If I had a setup like that those figures would never stand a chance of standing upright. It would turn into one big pile of toys.
Dean,Any plans to give it a paintjob similar to the original article or are you at the point where with all the toys on their the kids wouldn't want to take them off?
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ATLANTA — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election, the Republican governor softened his tone. He said he wanted to "have a conversation" with the administration about implementing the 2010 law. With a federal deadline approaching, he also said while Florida won't set up the exchange for individuals to buy private insurance policies, the feds can do it.
In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie held his cards before saying he won't set up his own exchange, but he's avoided absolute language and says he could change his mind. He's also leaving his options open to accept federal money to expand Medicaid insurance for people who aren't covered. The caveat, Christie says, is whether Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius can "answer my questions" about its operations and expense.
Both Republican governors face re-election in states that Obama won twice, Christie in 2013 and Scott in 2014. And both will encounter well-financed Democrats.
Their apparent struggles on the issue, along with other postures by their GOP colleagues elsewhere, suggest political uncertainty for Republicans as the Affordable Care Act starts to go into effect two years after clearing Congress without a single Republican vote. The risks also are acute for governors in Democratic-leaning or swing-voting states or who know their records will be parsed should they seek the presidency in 2016 or beyond.
"It's a tough call for many Republican governors who want to do the best thing for their state but don't want to be seen as advancing an overhaul that many Republicans continue to detest," said Whit Ayers, a consultant in Virginia whose clients include Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee, a Republican who didn't announce his rejection of a state exchange until days before Sebelius's Dec. 14 deadline.
Democrats, meanwhile, hope to use the law and Republican inflexibility to their advantage, betting that more Americans will embrace the law once it expands coverage.
The calculus for voters, Democrats assume, will become more about the policy and less about a polarizing president.
"It shouldn't be complicated at all," said John Anzalone, an Obama pollster who assists Democrats in federal races across the country. Anzalone said Republicans could use their own states-rights argument to justify running exchanges. Instead, he said, "They are blinded by Obama-hatred rather than seeing what's good for their citizens."
Governors can set up their own exchanges, partner with Sebelius' agency or let the federal government do it. The exchanges are set to open Jan. 1, 2014, allowing individuals and businesses to shop online for individual policies from private insurers. Low- and middle-income individuals will get federal premium subsidies calculated on a sliding income scale. Eighteen states plus Washington, DC, most led by Democrats, have committed to opening their own exchanges.
The law also calls for raising the income threshold for Medicaid eligibility to cover people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $15,400 a year for an individual. That could add more than 10 million people, most of them childless adults, to the joint state-federal insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. Together, the exchanges and the Medicaid expansion are expected to reduce the number of uninsured by about 30 million people within the next decade.


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We shared earlier that the Eagles' search for a defensive coordinator included a couple of coaches who have a pretty big game coming up on Sunday, but they aren't limiting their search to members of the Ravens and 49ers coaching staffs.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Browns linebacker coach Billy Davis interviewed for the job on Sunday. Davis has been with the Browns for the last two seasons, but isn't currently listed on the team's website as a member of the coaching staff. That would suggest that he won't be working with new Browns coordinator Ray Horton even if he doesn't get the job in Philly.
Davis has had two stints as a defensive coordinator. He held the job for the 49ers in 2005 and 2006 and then ran the Cardinals defense in 2009 and 2010. Only the 2009 Cardinals team was even in the middle of the pack defensively, which explains why Davis moved back down to being a position coach after getting replaced by Horton in Arizona.
Pat Shurmur, Davis' former boss in Cleveland, is set to be the offensive coordinator for the Eagles. Whether or not that helps his cause remains to be seen since the Eagles still seem to have more people to meet before they pull the trigger on a new coordinator.


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Waco, TX I do have a trailer and can deliver to a certain extent $$
Selling my clean title true gts 86 Toyota corolla. I did a 1uz motor swap but sold the motor swap. The subframe is modified to bolt straight to 1uz.
Aluminum radiator / electric fans, relocated oil filter, oil cooler
Celica supra rear end, new bearings w/ welded diff solid pinion spacer
Front custom coilovers w/ 8k springs, newer struts, tein camber plates
T3 knuckles, T3 NCRCA, Megan tension rods, Factory swaybar w/ new end links, Poly control arm bushings
Manual steering rack with Quaife quick response kit, power steering tie rod ends
T3 5k rear coilovers, ST rear swaybar, adjustable 4 links, T3 Panhard bar, T3 traction brackets
RX7 front brake kit with drilled / slotted rotors, ss lines
Drilled / slotted rear rotors with new celica supra calipers, ss lines
300zx Master Cylinder
ISIS handbrake w/ SS lines
Everything else:
T3 Hatch bar, custom rear strut brace
I stripped interior and engine bay, spot welded all seams, primed and painted inside white and engine bay metallic purple
Fiberglass fender flairs molded to the car
Front wheels are Rota's 15x9.5 with new 205/50 Nitto NeoGen, Rear are Basset Steelies 15x10 with new Kuhmo 225/50
New gas tank (not installed yet)
Oil pressure and water temp gauges
Body is in pretty good shape there is a little more to do before it's 100% ready for paint. Windshield is cracked but rest of glass is intact.
I drove the car with current suspension/steering setup for about 100 miles before the swap, it felt awesome just needed some power behind it.
asking $2600
Can DM, email firstname.lastname@example.com or text me 423741556one
Clean Title I have a lot of time and money tied up in the car and want to keep it but will be happier not sitting in storage.
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BRISTOL — A long-time favorite of Boy Scouts around the county coasted into Bristol on Saturday. Members of Bristol Cub Scout Pack 543 hosted their first-ever Soapbox Derby.
Scout leader Greg Grover said the race, which was attended by 15 Cub Scouts and more than 60 of their family members, was a big hit.
"We had a great time," Grover said. "We were talking after about making it an annual event."