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It's set to be a scorcher of a weekend so maybe you're in the mood to just lounge about the garden or maybe hit your favourite beach, park or beer garden.
If so you should check out our list of 11 Beautiful Beaches Near Belfast or 16 Places To Go In Belfast When The Sun Is Shining.
Or, if you'd like something more structured this weekend, check out these activities…
Paranormal Tours
Crumlin Road Gaol, Friday May 13, 8.30pm-11pm, website
What better way to spend Friday 13th! This paranormal tour will take you to the various hot spots of the gaol where paranormal activity has been reported and the guide will tell you of the harrowing stories associated with these areas. Paranormal tours are carried out in low light conditions and are not for the faint hearted. Suitable warm clothing and flat shoes must be worn. Suitable for 15 years and above.
Film & Comic Con
Titanic Exhibition Centre, Saturday & Sunday May 14-15, 9am-6pm £8/£15 website
Belfast Film and Comic Con promises to bring you some of your favourite stars from TV, Film and Comics as well as a whole host of fun activities including photo shoots, panels, autograph sessions and hundreds of stalls full of TV and Film memorabilia to browse. Robert Englund who plays Freddie Kreuger in Nightmare On Elm Street is one of the special guests along with Sylvester McCoy who played Doctor Who.
Belfast Music Tour
Departs Ulster Hall, Saturday May 14, 2pm, £8/£6 website
Take a bus journey through the heart of this rock and roll city. Sit back, relax, and enjoy tunes and tales from Them and Van Morrison, by way of awesome guitar players, traditional and folk, to punk rock and Hollywood soundtracks. Finish up at the Belfast Music exhibition at the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.
Victoria Square Food Festival
Victoria Square, Friday to Sunday, May 13-15 website
Enjoy workshops, food demos, delicious samples and exclusive offers throughout the weekend. There will also be exhibitors showcasing the very best in tasty, local, artisan products.
It includes sushi schools and origami workshops with Yo! Sushi, sampling with Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Kitchen Bar and TGI Fridays as well as Hawaiian entertainment, food and beer courtesy of Kua Aina.
There will also be a sampling booth showcasing Cosmo, Nandos, Spur Steak and Grill and an Artisan Food Fayre from Indie Fude, La Coquine, Habanero Steves, Granny Shaws and Ruby's Fine Foods.
The Bonnevilles Album Launch
The Empire, Saturday May 14, 8.30pm, £8 website
The Bonnevilles are in the Empire on Saturday night to launch their new album, the follow up to their critically acclaimed Folk Art & The Death of Electric Jesus.
Support comes from The Crossfire Hurricanes, Los Bloody Rackets and Waldorf & Cannon. There will also be a DJ set from Sarge.
Joni Mitchell – The Stories And Songs By Shadows And Light
Crescent Arts Centre, Saturday May 14, 8.30pm, £10 website
Shadows and Light are captivating audiences with their intimate show on the iconic singer–songwriter Joni Mitchell, recently receiving a standing ovation at a Culture Night performance in the magnificent St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. Their stunning interpretations are performed by vocalist Maura Vambeck, Dave Mulligan on guitar and Paul Enright on keyboard. They have played to a full house at the Black Box Theatre Belfast, the Seamus Ennis Arts Centre and the Wicklow Arts Festival.
Their show features songs from the huge Joni repertoire, including classics from the landmark 'Blue' album, along with some of the lesser-known numbers like Hejira, Secret Place and Hissing of Summer Lawns. The show is also dappled with fascinating stories behind the lyrics and the various loves of Joni. If you like Joni, you will love this.

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MANHATTAN MOSAIC | Coming home for Thanksgiving
by Rachael
We are in the final countdown hours — my flight leaves at 11:30 tomorrow morning, and I'm sure that I won't shut up about it all day (and night, because let's be honest, I'm not sleeping).
The universe, however, does not seem to want me to enjoy my time in Minnesota. A few days ago I got a cold from the petri dish that is my apartment (fingers crossed that I'm better by tomorrow). It has been raining nonstop for the past two days making the subway unbearable (fingers crossed that it stops by tomorrow). Today I bleached my hair and during the process I birthed some red rash on my face and fingers (rashy fingers crossed that it's gone by tomorrow.)
All bad omens aside, I will irrefutably be at the Norma Jean show Friday night at THE GARAGE for Alistair Hennessy and Pierre. The rest of my week will potentially be just me eating, because you never realize how amazing Minnesota food is until you leave Minnesota. Did you know that cheese curds don't exist out here? It's FRIED CHEESE. Why would anyone deprive themselves of that? Also on the list of foods not found in Manhattan: Hard Times Cafe (obviously), Denny's (that was genuinely shocking), tator tot hotdish (no hotdish period), poutine (because no cheese curds), Caribou Coffee (even though Korea has one), and literally thousands more.
As far as Thanksgiving goes, I'll be reading A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn as a reminder of what Thanksgiving really is. But hey, maybe I'll make people read this column and then I won't have to tell every obscure member of my family "what I've been up to" for the past three months. And mashed potatoes are always dope.


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To Paint a Love Poem: In the Studio with Ambera Wellmann
By Anna Kovler
Historically, the Minotaur is always the pinnacle of violence and brute strength. In ancient Greek statues, for instance, the figure is depicted as an ominous bull's head emerging from a muscular human torso, tense and ready for battle. In Picasso's suite of etchings, the mythological creature is often bursting out of the frame, swollen and crazed as it devours helpless women.
Pinned to the wall of Ambera Wellmann's studio, a small drawing of a Minotaur alternatively shows the mythic beast in a soft embrace with a voluptuous woman. The pose of the Minotaur here is not in keeping with its character. The lovers' limbs wrap softly around each other's bodies as her legs rest over his mighty back. Their bodies merge like two halves of a yinyang symbol, his dark furry texture contrasting her pale skin as he cradles half-moons of her flesh. His soft and vaguely rendered eyes gaze into his lover's face as his hoof gently holds the back of her head. Bull-headed, dangerous beast transformed into careful partner.
"Picasso's Minotaur drawings are very aggressive and hetero-masculine," explains Wellmann, "The narrative is about the sacrificial use of women, offering them to the Minotaur to maintain peace. I wanted to explore the story from the female's perspective, and have been working on this mutual, shared experience between both of them that is much more tender and visceral."
All of the paintings of lovemaking in Wellmann's studio depict the sexual act at its most caring and sweet. Some small works depict interracial bodies in erotic positions, the simplified paint marks distilling intense emotions of love into large gestures that mirror the way detail tends to disappear in sexual moments. The state is trance-like and blurry. Wellmann's portrayals of the violent Minotaur enact a reversal of his character, with typically masculine, aggressive traits becoming soft and responsive. Where one might have been normally repelled by the threat of certain bodies, the sight of these embraces produces a strange desire to be held by them. Like a series of love poems, the feminist perspective of Wellmann's paintings represent people, emotions, and bodies as brave, tender, and full of appreciation.
Upcoming exhibitions for Ambera Wellmann include group shows in July at Kraupa Tuskany Zeidler in Berlin and at CRAC in Sete, France; group exhibitions at Office Baroque in Brussels in September, 2018, and at T293 in Rome in October, 2018; and solo exhibitions at Projet Pangée in Montreal in October, 2018, and at Lulu in Mexico City in February, 2018.
Ambera Wellmann, Minotaur I, Charcoal on paper, 2018.
Ambera Wellmann, On Green, Oil Acrylic and Soft Pastel on Paper, 2018.
View of Minotaur I in Ambera Wellmann's Berlin studio, 2018.
View of On Green in Ambera Wellmann's Berlin studio, 2018.
View of Ambera Wellmann's Berlin studio, 2018.
View of Ambera Wellmann's Berlin studio, 2018.


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To Selena Gomez: Thank You for Being Honest About Your Mental Health
Here I am at work sitting down on a chair in the corner wondering why I feel the way I do. I know I have anxiety and depression, and every time I think I'm feeling great sadness comes creeping back in.
I read an article online about Selena Gomez being in rehab. I knew she was there for her lupus, but I had no idea she checked herself in for anxiety and depression. As someone who has been in a psychiatric ward, I understand how hard it is to stay there when you know you desperately need the help. I know it takes a lot of support, strength and courage to do something like that. I was only there for four days while Selena has been there for awhile now. I don't know how she managed to do it. I had nightmares for almost two weeks when I checked out of the psychiatric ward.
It warms my heart to know I am not alone.
I don't tell people I've been in a psychiatric ward. I'm afraid people will think I'm "crazy" because they don't know what I've been through or the reason why I was there. Yes, I'm a person who has both anxiety and depression, and yes, there are days when I feel like hell, but I'm learning how to cope with it.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Selena Gomez for making me realize I'm not alone in my daily battle with anxiety and depression. It shows me that even the biggest of stars have there fair share of mental battles, and it breaks my heart that mental illness isn't talked about.
Thank you for showing me that bravery and strength can be a scary thing, but in the end it's all worth it because a person's mental health is so important.
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The average Nashville resident drives 34.7 miles per day and spends 34 hours per year sitting in traffic. Just 3% of our city's residents travel to work primarily by transit, and less than 1% travel primarily on foot or bicycle.[i][ii]
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Carpooling to work with your co-workers saves you gas, helps the environment and allows you to take the HOV lane so you can get to work faster. You could even start a carpooling network in your office to get more people involved.
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Jodie Abacus announced his arrival to the musical landscape earlier this year with his debut single 'Good Feeling'. The track won widespread online support, and was both added to BBC1Xtra's playlist and given the station's illustrious 'Best of British Record of the Week' slot. With an innate skill for marrying the up-tempo rhythms of R&B and funk's 'golden age' with a euphoric, modern approach, the future face of soul looks set to capitalise on the hype with the release of 'Halfway to Mexico'.
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"Somewhere between a less animated Thundercat and a more off-the-wall Stevie Wonder – i-D
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I love the mountain. When I was a child, I used to go every summer camping in the Alps and hiking with my parents, "Le Pic du Midi", Chamonix, St Gervais les Bains, all this place for me is such a souvenirs about the smell, the look, all this wild animals that I could see.
Mountain is so much important that I've always growing up with mountain in the background of Nice. In only a couple of hours you can go skiing or hiking! Yes, it's so closed !!
A funny facts is we used to tell that in the French Riviera, it's the only place where you can tell in the same sentence that you have skiing all day and get in time for the happy hours the feet in the sea. I can't properly traduce it but I think you get the point.
So less talk, more photos about Gréolière sur neige !
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Baltimore Orioles release 2018 spring training schedule
Good news folks; the Baltimore Orioles are headed back to Sarasota in 2018! That of course you already knew. But the Birds released their spring training schedule (home dates only) this past week. Let the countdown begin!
In 2017 spring training began early due to the World Baseball Classic. This year however it will begin earlier than normal as well because baseball's retooled it's schedule. The regular season will actually open the last Thursday in March as opposed to the first Monday in April.
So that means that spring training opens earlier as well. And that'll probably make a lot of people happy given the potential for severe weather around here in the winter. The O's open the spring slate of games on February 23rd against Tampa at Ed Smith Stadium.
In fact, their first two games (as listed right now, at least) will be at home. On Saturday February 24th the Minnesota Twins will come to Ed Smith Stadium for a 6 PM Saturday evening tilt. The full home schedule can be viewed by clicking here.
The St. Louis Cardinals come in for a visit on February 28th, which for whatever reason seems to be a rarity. St. Louis has always been in the Grapefruit League, however the times the Orioles see them seem to be few and far between. The final home game will be Saturday, March 24th at 6 PM against Minnesota. However the regular season won't open until the following Thursday…
…and presumably the Birds might play a road game the following day (March 25th). But what after that? In past seasons we've seen them play an exhibition game against a local Sarasota-area college, or perhaps even come north to play an additional game in a big league stadium. Time will tell.
But that's the home slate of games for the Birds for next spring. I mention this several times a season, but when the Orioles trained in Fort Lauderdale they had a hard time convincing teams to come to play them at their facility because it was so antiquated. What they've created at Ed Smtih Stadium has teams lining up to come for games. It's one of the best if not THE best spring facility in MLB.


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Rejoice and Exult! – Fourth Sunday of Lent
Today's Gospel includes a verse that is one of the most quoted lines from scripture: "For God so loved the world that he gave up his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." Reminders of John 3:16 appear at hockey games, football games, ads on buses and on billboards in the middle of wheat fields.
Usually it is just presented as the phrase John 3:16. It shows up in some odd places. A popular fast-food chain in the USA prints it on the bottom rim of their paper cups. A popular clothing chain prints it on the bottom of their shopping bags. Some Christians refer to this verse as the Gospel in a nutshell, precisely because it is seen as a summary of the central theme of Christianity: the Incarnation, namely our salvation through God's loving act of sending the Second Person of the Trinity.
In his exercise on the Incarnation, St. Ignatius of Loyola has us imagine the world into which God sends the Second Person:
"This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see the great extent of the surface of the earth, inhabited by so many different peoples … those on the face of the earth, in such great diversity in dress and manner of acting. Some are white, some black; some at peace, and some at war; some weeping, some laughing; some well, some sick; some coming into the world, and some dying; etc."
He elaborates on the diversity in the world and the hatred, killings and other manifestations of a need for a savior.
Our world today is very much in need of salvation. I recall not so many years ago that there was talk of a peace dividend. It was after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Peace dividend was a political slogan popularized by US President George H.W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1990s, purporting to describe the economic benefit of a decrease in defence spending. It is used primarily in discussions relating to the guns versus butter theory.
The term was frequently used at the end of the Cold War, when many Western nations significantly cut military spending. I think that it is safe to say that we are no longer living in a time of a peace dividend, thanks to leaders in the US, Russia, China, North Korea, and other nations. President Trump wants to have a parade of military might. We've moved closer to midnight on the doomsday clock. Hardly a time of peace!
We need to truly believe and act as if God has not abandoned us. This will help us to stay hopeful and optimistic and determined to act for justice. It's crucial to our Lenten journey that we open our eyes to the world. It is not an option for us to pull a blanket over our heads and pretend the world doesn't exist. But it is also crucial that we reflect on the ways in which God stays with us in the pain of the world.
This Fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Laetare Sunday, a day for rejoicing. This comes from the Entrance Antiphon, from Isaiah 66:10-11. Rejoice Jerusalem! Let's name reasons to rejoice!


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In the Company of Angels
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"When a group of people assemble for the remembrance of Allah, the angels surround them (with their wings), (Allah's) mercy envelops them, Sakinah, or tranquility descends upon them and Allah makes a mention of them before those who are near Him." [Muslim]
Come and join us for our Annual Conference and sit in the company of angels as we discover more about the Book of Allah, how to apply its lessons into our lives and how to perfect our relationship with Allah and His Words. The talks will be delivered by female teachers from As-Suffa Institute alongside a guest speaker. Please attend and encourage others to attend too- guiding somebody else towards goodness will allow you to participate in their reward too!
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Finding a good debt consolidation plan is not always easy and you should be ready to meet with different professionals. That said, debt consolidation may be the answer to your financial woes. Continue reading to learn more about debt consolidation and how it may be able to help you.
Check your credit report. You need to understand what happened to get you into this mess. That ensures you won't get into debt again.
Credit Report
Before you get your debts consolidated, see what your credit report looks like. The first step to taking care of your debt is understand how it began. Use your credit report to see who you owe and how much you owe them. Without this data, it will be hard to restructure your financial situation.
One way to pay off your debt is to borrow money. Talk to multiple financial institutions about what interest rates you could expect to pay. Your car could be used for a loan if collateral is needed, then pay the money back to your creditors. But always make sure you have a plan to repay this loan.
Think about filing for bankruptcy. However, filing for bankruptcy will ruin your credit score. However, if you find your credit situation to already be in poor shape, this option might what you need. You can get your financial house in order by clearing the decks and starting fresh with a bankruptcy.
You want a low, fixed rate for your consolidation loan. This will help limit your stress and expenses during the process. Therefore, search for one-stop loans who offer great terms over the entire term, allowing you to be in a better financial place whenever you pay off the loan.
Credit Card
If you're struggling with high interest rates on your credit card, look for a card with a lower rate that you can consolidate all your debts with. You will save on interest costs and will only have one payment to make each month. Once consolidating your debts using a credit card, you must be sure you pay the balance before the introductory term for the special interest rate expires.
Figure out how the interest rate is calculated when you're getting into debt consolidation. The best option is a fixed interest rate. You will know precisely what the cost of the loan will be. Watch out for variable interest rate plans. A lot of the time this will make it to where you have to pay them more interest than the money you owed.
It is absolutely mandatory to do your research before choosing a firm to handle your debt consolidation. Find consumer reviews and research potential companies through the Better Business Bureau before you make your final choice. By doing this, you will be able to make a smart decision, knowing that your financial future will be in the responsible hands of professionals who take their duties seriously.
Never borrow money from professionals you aren't familiar with. Loan sharks are aware that you're in a poor situation. If you must borrow money, work with someone who has a strong reputation, offers a fair interest rate and has easily understandable repayment terms.
Get a loan to repay debts, and then discuss settlement offers with your creditors. Use the loan to make lump sum payments that have been negotiated with your creditors. Not only does this not hurt your credit score, it might even boost it!
You can pay off the higher interest credit cards via some money from a retirement fund or 401K plan. You'll need to repay the money to your retirement account though, so make sure you take that into consideration first. If you don't, you will pay huge fees.
Before using debt consolidation, it is important that you consider the debts you should consolidate and the ones you shouldn't. For example, it doesn't make good sense to consolidate into a loan with higher interest. Discuss each debt with your debt consolidator to determine which ones should be included.
Debt Consolidation
It's harder to get out of debt than it is to get into it. This article, along with other resources online, can provide you with all you need to know so you can use debt consolidation yourself. Debt consolidation may be just what you need to get back on your feet.
Let's hope that this article has made you more comfortable about dealing with bonuses and you can continue to be successful. After you take the facts from this article, search elsewhere for information. The more you learn about blue widget, the easier it will be to see yourself mastering them in the future.


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Amazing home w/ breathtaking views. This home welcomes you w/ a grand two-story entry w/striking barn wood wall & beautiful hardwood floors. Wine room overlooks bright large dining room full of windows. Chef's kitchen w/ breakfast bar, double ovens, gas range, pot filler, pantry, custom backsplash and quartz countertops. Eating area w/ folding patio windows that extends your living area to your deck. Cozy family room off kitchen with gas fireplace. Private study w/door to deck. Mudroom off kitchen and ½ bath complete the main level. True luxury master suite with his and hers closets, 5 piece bath with huge walk in shower. All 3 additional bedrooms have private baths. Loft and spacious laundry room finish off the 2nd level. The outdoor living area is truly an extension of the home & private oasis. Oversized covered deck with gas heaters. Open space behind home w/ spectacular mountain views. Three Creeks K-8 blocks away. This home is must see!!Status: Active
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The MSJC soccer team controlled the action most of the match on Friday at El Camino, but couldn't break through until late in their 2-0 non conference victory.
The Lady Eagles put 15 shots on goal compared to just three from El Camino, but couldn't get one into the net until the 73rd minute when Patricia Roach scored the match's first goal on an assist from Azalea Sanchez. MSJC would push the lead to 2-0 just 10 minutes later when Dimitra Tsambasis scored her first goal of the season on an assist from Valeria Garcia.
Marilla Dos Santos played all 90 minutes in goal for the Lady Eagles making three saves and giving MSJC their second straight shut out to start the season. In a physical game 17 fouls were called, but no cards were given out to either team.
The win gets MSJC to 2-0-0 on the season while El Camino fell to 1-2-0. The Lady Eagles will be back in action on Tuesday September 9th when the travel to Irvine Valley for a 3 pm match.
Patricia Roach scored a goal in the 73rd minute on Friday to get the scoring started for the MSJC soccer team as they improved to 2-0 on the season with a 2-0 win at El Camino College.


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Global Spread of Dengue
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Last March in A Sexually Transmitted Disease Cure I wrote about attempts in Australia to infect mosquitoes with Wolbachia, a bacteria commonly found in fruit flies that – for reasons that aren't entirely clear - inhibits a mosquito's ability to transmit Dengue Fever.
It is thought that Wolbachia infection may up-regulate the mosquito's immune system and interfere with viral replication, or perhaps it competes with the virus for vital nutrients in the host.
Or perhaps some other mechanism is at work . . .
But what is known is that carrying the Wolbachia bacteria greatly inhibits the ability of some species of mosquitoes to carry and transmit the dengue virus.
Around the beginning of the year scientists in Queensland, Australia began releasing thousands of Wolbachia infected mosquitoes each week into the remote communities of Gordonvale and Yorkeys Knob.
The hope being that infected mosquitoes would eventually supplant the uninfected native mosquito population. Helping this project along is the way that Wolbachia is transmitted among mosquitoes.
You see . . . among mosquitoes, Wolbachia is essentially an STD, a sexually transmitted disease.
When an infected male mosquito mates with an uninfected female, the resultant fertilized eggs will fail to mature due to an abnormality known as cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). Only the offspring from the union between already infected parents survive.
Since the Wolbachia infection is passed down from one generation to the next, that is expected to give the Wolbachia infected mosquitoes quite an evolutionary advantage.
Yesterday, in a pair of studies published in the Journal Nature, we learn of the promising early results of this field experiment.
First, a paper that describes the ability of the wMel Wolbachia strain to infect caged mosquitoes and to block transmission of serotype 2 (DENV-2) Dengue.
The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations
T. Walker,P. H. Johnson,L. A. Moreira,I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe, F. D. Frentiu, C. J. McMeniman, Y. S. Leong, Y. Dong, J. Axford, P. Kriesner, A. L. Lloyd, S. A. Ritchie, S. L. O'Neill & A. A. Hoffmann
Next up, the results of the field release of hundreds of thousands of infected mosquitoes in Australia.
Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission
A. A. Hoffmann, B. L. Montgomery, J. Popovici, I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe, P. H. Johnson, F. Muzzi, M. Greenfield, M. Durkan, Y. S. Leong, Y. Dong, H. Cook, J. Axford, A. G. Callahan, N. Kenny, C. Omodei, E. A. McGraw, P. A. Ryan, S. A. Ritchie, M. Turelli & S. L. O'Neill
The bottom line: Within a matter of a few months the Wolbachia infected mosquitoes overran the uninfected mosquito population in these two test environments.
While extremely encouraging, more tests are needed, including confirmation that this process works against all dengue serotypes. The Gates Foundation is providing further funding to support the release of Wolbachia mosquitoes in Australia, Vietnam and Thailand.
Other attempts to defeat Dengue and Malaria include the development of genetically modified Mosquitoes. For more on that field of endeavor, you may wish to revisit:
The Cayman Island Mosquito Trials
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In the second week of the semester, I began to practice with some of the classroom policies I wanted to implement throughout the semester. Writing Workshop was one of those.
I actually did less redirection than I thought I would have to. Some of the worst behaved students were working on some of the coolest pieces. It's amazing what they'll produce when they aren't pushed into writing an essay. (On the horizon though is the one essay I require them to write for each portfolio so that I meet state standards. That encounter could be what I need to fear).
Some decisions I've made after the first week:
Nancy Beauprez (my mentor teacher) pointed this out and I agree. In first and second period, students weren't allowed to move around the room. Fourth and fifth (for whatever odd reason in my head) were allowed to. This encouraged more discussion and less writing. Today, students will be expected to remain in their seats.
One on one conferences are a huge part of writing workshops, especially when you're getting started with a population that hasn't worked in them before. Last week I had a sign-up sheet, but I think today and Thursday, once things settle down, I just going to start calling people up for conferencing on their pieces.
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Chris MotherF*king Sale. Billy Christ!!!!! I can get use to saying that.
We as Red Sox fans have been probably- Most likely witnessing history in the making this whole season but just do not see it yet. I mean come on have you seen this Kat pitch? It's like watching a tutorial on how to strike out big names all the way down to the 9th spot hitter. Put this in Perspective last time we as a RedSox Nation, seen Starts by our ACE like this like Sale has been producing. The Pitcher was a Lanky Dominican named Pedro Martinez. That was over 10 years ago. 10 Long years. Now with baseball turning from a hitters game in the 90's to a pitcher's game in the 00's , 10 long years is way too long to wait for our next great pitching messiah, but the wait is finally over. Yes we thought Price was our next Pedro, but that was far from the actual truth so Dombrowski did what he does best and he went out hunting. The Catch? Or should I say the reward was 28 Year Chris Sale. Granted I was bummed because of the young promising stars we had to give away for Sale,(Moncada,Basabe,Diaz and Kopech.) but that feeling only lingered within his first 2 starts of His Spring Training then soon it disappeared altogether and instead hope raised from that feeling of doubt , With that hope I made sure to catch EVERY Game Chris Sale pitches in, boy have I not been disappointed. In 51.2 innings pitched this man faced 194 batters, allowed 30 hits with 12 scored runs (11 being earned) only 2 homers against and 11 walks. Out of 194 that's the only damaged done??! Absurd but what's even more crazy is the damage he inflicted. Remember 51.2 innings pitched. 73 strikeouts, .794 WHIP, with Sale averaging 12.7 strikeouts per 9 innings and 1.9 BB per 9 innings. With 0 wild pitches. Take your time to read that as much as you want or try to check the numbers…. Don't worry They are real got them from Baseball-reference. These stats blow your mind as they blow mine. What gets me is he is only Seven games into His Red Sox Career, He has at least another 20 starts if not more if he stays healthy, Which if I was opposing teams I would be scared Sh*tless. This Man has the potential to literally tear the pages off the record books and make his own records. 7 starts and 73 strike outs? If he stayed healthy and not get hurt and did the minimum of 20 more starts well that there would bring his projected strikeout total to (with us projecting he still maintains the 12.7 strikeouts a game) that's a WHOPPING 327 strikeouts. let that sink in. . . . you're in a sunken place especially if you're a fan from New York or Baltimore reading this. But since this is Baseball and Shit does happen say he can only pitch 20 more games BUT his strikeout total per 9 innings drops to 10 on avg. That's still a respectable 273- which is one less than his career high of 274. Men lie, Women lie, But the Got Damn numbers don't, and these numbers are showing us that we might have another Goat in our Goat farm of Boston. 327ks is Randy Johnson/Cy Young territory, and I don't doubt that Sale can do it just staying healthy is all it takes. And even if he doesn't hit the 300 marks 273 is still pretty damn scaring. We got the real deal and we need to make sure we take care of him. I in my 23 years of living never seen anyone like sale as I was too young to fully watch Randy in his greatest ( and remember every pitch.) So this is a true blessing for me and our beloved Boston Red Sox. Chris Sale is just a filthy Nasty Oscar living in the trashcan on sesame street beast. And these numbers are saying that he will not only continue it but destroy the books. Make his own and then destroy it again for Version 2.0. We found Cy Young Reincarnated. And one last thing. Before you opposing fans, And you Sox fans that are skeptical, Look at the guys stats his whole career… Don't worry ill wait for you to soak it up .. He's F*cking nasty this is not the one year some pitchers have in their career where they are amazing. NO this is him all day everyday. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/salech01.shtml – The link to Chris Sale's Stats.
Oh on a side note- Sale would be undefeated if the Red Sox actually had run support earlier in the season. SO that being said just shows how scary Sale is without run support and how fearsome the Whole team is With the run support.
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Arsenal lost further ground in the top four after a dismal 3-1 defeat to Swansea on Tuesday night and Gooners were praying Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang didn't tune in for the match.
The Gunners took the lead when Nacho Monreal converted Mesut Ozil's fabulous pass but a Sam Clucas double either side of Jordan Ayew's goal gave the Swans all three points.
The defeat leaves Arsenal eight points off Liverpool in fourth spot and the Europa League looks the club's best route back into the Champions League.
Aubameyang touched down in London today to undergo his medical with the club but supporters fear he will be having second thoughts after watching his new club perform so badly in south Wales.
MORE: Swansea 3-1 Arsenal: Dismal Gunners short on ideas and inspiration as Arsene Wenger's men lose further ground on top four


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The audience was rapt with attention as the two mages ran around the arena. Peepers, in partial spellarmor and wielding a shimmering sword, was attacking Tom in a determined and constant manner. On the other hand, Tom was in his normal coat and clothing while wielding something that barely resembled a sword. It was, for one thing, orange. And the hilt was leafy and somewhat green.
It would be ridiculous to say that Tom was swordfighting with a giant carrot, and so Jason just shook his head and maintained the barriers around the arena. So far, Nick's roster of challenges for the chaos mage had been as scheduled. His own slot in the competition had gone empty although he'd have enjoyed a chance to show off as well. As good as his friends were, no one else could monitor and maintain defenses quite like he could.
Heh. No one else could repel attacks of this magnitude. He laughed a little and watched his two friends continue to fight.
The battle suddenly came to a close as Peepers and Tom seemed to slice through each other, crouched back to back on either side of the arena. The crowd grew quiet as Tom's stance wavered, but the only effect was that his makeshift sword was sliced into thin, wavy slices. Peepers slid to one knee and the battle was declared over in Tom's favor. The swordmage walked over slowly to the table of previous challengers as Tom stretched while chewing on one of the carrot slices.
Nick started to stand up, ready for his own shot at his fellow planeswalker when a loud shout came from the entry into the arena.
"I challenge!" a hooded figure called out. It walked towards Tom on the battlefield and took an impressive stance. Several muttering voices echoed from the audience and Leah leaned over.
"Uh… did you plan for this?" she asked quietly, and Nick shrugged.
"Hey, Judge, can he do that?" Tom called out, and Nick took a small paper football from his pocket. With a flick it went flying towards Tom, hitting him squarely in the forehead across the stadium. The chaos planeswalker opened the paper, rubbing his forehead, and the note simply read "I'll Allow It, but Watch Yourself McCoy". The other side read "Quit your Bitching".
Tom stood there gawking at Nick's response while the announcement was made. The hooded figure jumped to the stage from the surrounding area. The hood fell from his head revealing his bright red hair and beard it looked as if he had pasted his hair forward in a point.
"When did Adam sign up to challenge Tom?" Leah inquired of Nick who shrugged again.
"I may have suggested it twenty minutes ago." Nick mused quietly.
"That's mean." Nick smirked at her response, and continued to watch the exchange on stage.
"I challenge you! To a CRAB BATTLE!" Adam declared as thirteen man-sized crabs were summoned to the field of battle. They were fully armored with weapons strapped to their backs. The largest one that hopped a lot looked as if it had a pair of jet-packs duct taped to it.
"I accept!" Tom shouted back as he rose into the sky atop of a giant crab the size of a small building. He smugly stood there with his arms crossed and his giant crab began trying to grab one of its smaller counterparts that scurried away. Most ran sideways except for one crab that ran forward into one of the giant crab's legs.
The smaller crabs began firing their weapons at the monstrosity. It screeched as the miniature blue orbs splashed against its exoskeleton. Adam himself was cackling maniacally at the exchange as his minions continued to attack the underbelly of the giant.
A lone figure watched the battle unfold from the comfort of his chair. He could hear a prisoner in the background whimper in pain from his last test. The Images of the fight were intriguing to him. He even had to give a quiet malicious grin when Tom's behemoth finally managed to grab a hold of the flying crab that had been pestering it. The crushing pincer attack was rather gruesome in its display. He honestly didn't think Tom had it in him to be so brutal. The observer grabbed his beverage from the side contemplating the current events as he drank.
"I suppose I should make an appearance soon." He commented to himself grinning widely, before wiping away the excess liquid in his mustache and beard.
The grueling fight at this point had gone on for several minutes as Adam's Warrior crabs and Tom's Titanic crab continued to face off. Finally, under the combined firepower of the crab army the gigantic crab fell and died, on top of the other crabs, completely crushing them in the process.
Zac picked up his microphone to declare the winner of the two that both raised their hands in victory.
"And the Winner is… Tom!" A confused and excited crowd cheered.
"What?!" Adam yelled indignantly looking at the judges' booth. Taking the offered mic from Zac, Nick explained.
"Since it was a crab battle only crabs were permitted for the actual fighting, and when one side loses all crabs they lose the fight. Since Tom still has one crab remaining he wins."
"What crab?" In response to Adam's demand Tom pulled out a small hermit crab barely larger than his thumb from his pocket.
"This was my second crab." Adam's jaw dropped and went ballistic with laughter. His amusement was almost crippling as he was escorted to his seat in the losers section.
"Alright Nick it's your turn." Maytee informs him as she sits down in Tom's abandoned seat." Nick gave a half-hearted shrug before responding.
"Meh I don't feel like it." He replied.
"Oh no, you're not getting out of this one." She informed him as she dragged her grudging friend out of his chair.
"But, But I'm judging. I can't judge and compete at the same time. AND I won't be able to judge afterward if I lose." He tells her as she dragged him by his wrist to the stage.
"Oh don't you worry I have a great new judge that is loads better than you at it already taking your place."
"Really?" Nick craned his neck backward as looking at the judges table. Sitting on the table in his spot is for some reason a teddy bear holding a sign saying. Yes, now get over there. "You have got to be kidding me."
"Nope." She said with a simple push for him to get on the stage.
Once on the stage Nick let out a sigh. Tom knew there was no way Maytee would let him weasel his way out of this one.
"Alright what are we gonna do? Have an epic spell battle? Oh how about an awesome game of laser paddle ball? Or how about a match of extreme underwater basket weaving?"
"Nah, I'll cut you a break we're going to play a shell game. You have to find the real me in only three guesses, and hitting me in any form is considered a guess."
"Uh huh wadda'ya mean? Suddenly Tom felt a great urge to let out a violent sneeze closing his eyes in the process. When he opened them there were hundreds of Nicks scattered around the theater. "What? Can he do that?"
Tom looked at the booth and even from here he could read the words on the Teddy bear sign. I'll allow it, but watch yourself McCoy.
"Right, Teddy bear judge making the final call now… got it." Tom immediately began digging throughout his pockets pulling out random items throws them about. In one instant a shoe that he threw away went flying into the head of a Nick behind him. It then disappeared with a loud poof of smoke.
"That's one wrong guess." All the Nicks declared to him at once.
"But I haven't… right any hit counts." Finally Tom pulled out an over sized magnifying glass and began examining them, one Nick at a time. After about three of them Tom let out a second violent sneeze from the dust caking the glass. The sneeze landed in the face of the latest examinee and he disappears.
"That's two." They echo harmoniously.
"Oh come on! Fine then, I guess I'll make my guess." Tom then suddenly disappeared from his spot, and reappeared in front of a Nick that was standing in a cluster that had been behind Tom originally. He grabbed Nick's face, and slammed him into the ground with the sudden force of the blow. Silver chains then burst from Tom's back skewering all of the fakes. "What the…?"
Tom began looking at the immensely surprised expression of Nick on the ground. When he let go of his defeated opponent, and the chains retracted at his will.
Before he could say anything more Zac declared Tom the winner. The Cheer was strangely muffled to Tom as he watched Nick wordlessly rise and walk away to the losers' seats. Nick acted as if nothing had happened, but Tom knew something was wrong. His ability to absorb reacted and he didn't know why.
Tom really didn't have time to contemplate the meaning of this, before he found himself running for his life from a trigger happy Maytee, as she fired at him while flying after him in the jungle that they summoned. She had decided on a nice and simple jungle fight with the only rules being. Don't leave the jungle, and first one to incapacitate the other wins.
A log exploded as he leaped over it. Even if he called it a match it felt more like her trying to take out her loss on him. Tom suddenly turned around and blocked several of the shots with his stone hands.
"Hey come on Maytee cool it. I know we have to make this interesting, but isn't this a bit extreme?"
"Shut up!" Suddenly fire erupted from the wrists of her spell armor that took the shape of leopards and chased after him. They chased him for several yards before he jumped into a pond. He floated beneath the surface while the flaming cats circled from above. "Oh come on Tom you know you can't stay down there forever."
"Glurb blorb." Tom responded underwater.
"What?" The flying mage asked flying only a few feet from the surface.
Tom burst from the water. His skin ablaze and boiling at the same time the power of the weird resonated within him. Both Leopards pounced at him, but he deflected them with a sudden explosion of water from a spell cast through time. His own sudden appearance startled his opponent throwing her off balance. The Izzet 'walker then suddenly released the power of the weird and silver chain shot forth from his finger tips wrapping around her. Before they could go taut, she crashed into the water with a splash. Seconds later Tom found himself standing in the center of the stage with his friend tied in the new chains he acquired.
"Winner!" Zac announced from the booth. The crowd erupted with applause as he removed his chains from his defeated opponent. Offering a hand to a drenched Maytee, Tom helped her up. She was annoyed, but off the stage before he noticed the sudden silence of the crowd. He looked around confused.
Standing on the opposite end of the stage was a robed figure. His face was obscured in an unnatural shadow. Something about the figure gave an ominously familiar feeling about him. Tom fully turned to face him, his own face suddenly deathly serious.
"I hear you've been doing well in the challenges." The familiar stranger spoke with a tinge of arrogance. In the back of Tom's mind he kept hoping it wasn't one of the people he thought it was. It was impossible for three of them. So maybe it was…
"Only as well as I expected Lee." The figure gave a snort at his comment. He could feel the other person grinning at him, but it never felt friendly to him.
"Well I see you can still recognize an old friend." Lee lowered the hood of his cloak. A few people who had known him and knew he was missing let out a gasp. He looked like the same old Lee Tom knew, but something was different. He was the same messy greasy person he always was, but his face seemed gaunter than he had ever seen it. Even after most of the people teleported here lost excess weight. And his eyes they seemed more menacing than they used too. They carried deep bags underneath them, as if he had been deprived of sleep for an extended period, but his eyes also seemed to pierce Tom giving a terrible chill through his spine. These weren't the eyes of a friend. "I challenge you Tom. To a spell battle, if you can defeat me and the waves of minions I throw at you before sundown, you win."
Tom was perplexed at this one. He looked back at Nick in the loser's seating with a questioning glance.
"Can he do that?"
"What are you looking at me for? I'm not a judge." Nick then pointed to the Bear with a sign reading. I'll allow it, but watch yourself McCoy.
"Seriously? Can that bear say anything else?" Tom Looked back and the bear carried a new sign. Yes I can now quit you bitchin, and go you only have five minutes till sundown.
The fight began quickly, in Jason's opinion. Lee had a dozen different goblins summoned to fight and his favorite scythe, before the weary Tom could even prepare his first spell. But he quickly corrected that as the swarmed around him he transformed his arms into wooden claws. That then morphed into some type of hammer tip. It looked him anyway that Tom was actually taking the fight seriously.
Jason felt his cell vibrate in his pocket. He grabbed it and and read the messed inside.
Logos: Whatever you do, and no matter what happens. Don't drop the shield, and don't let anyone interfere, even Maytee.
Yoshi: Okay why?
Logos: It'll be too dangerous for the people watching. Tom's in there, but Lee won't hold back like the others. We have to keep collateral damage to a minimum.
Yoshi: Roger.
There was a flash of light, and Jason's attention was immediately brought back to the fight and the shield he was maintaining. Looking up he saw piles of crushed, burnt, and dismembered goblin bodies. He had to be on the third wave by now.
Back on stage Tom was literally a man on fire as he chased a retreating Lee. Lee's left arm was singed from the surge of fire Tom had unleashed on him. He was protecting that side more now as a result of the injury.
"Fine you can deal with those, but I have better minions now. Take this!" He waved he palm, and multiple new creatures were summoned. These creatures also sent a chill down the Burning Tom's spine, simply from the implications.
"Why are you controlling shifters?" Lee grinned back at Tom, but other than that gave no reply. These ones seemed new to Tom. They were headless green creature that had pincers for hands. They began rushing him and attacking without any fear for their own lives. They were like always relentless. Tom dodged several by slipping between the hulking monstrosities. The ends of his arms shifted to fireblades that used to sever limbs and other parts. He was feeling more exhausted than normal. He felt his strength ebbing away. The day's events must have been catching up with him. He time to finish with a bang. He only had a couple minutes left before he would lose so he had to act fast. Tom began suspending one of his largest spells. He gradually added more and more power to it as he finished off the fourth wave of enemies.
"Heh, it looks like even those aren't enough to slow you. Then fight these, my ultimate creations!" He raised his hands and summoned what was probably supposed to be his last wave. with a blinding flash of light more goblins appeared, but they were different from before. Some had oversized limbs from what looked like shifters replacing normal limbs. Many far to large for the small frames of the goblins. "Attack!"
Not wanting to anger their master they tried to move from their spots, but simply couldn't manage the weight. One with both its arms replaced fell over with a whimper of pain. It was almost a comedic sight if it wasn't so horrible. Tom continued to add more power to his spell, as he put the goblins out of their misery.
"Lee, what the hell?" Tom yelled at him as he flung the last one into the air and split it into two killing it instantly. He was floating in midair now his own spell prepared to fire. The Chaos mage looked down at the Minion Master. Then realizing it for the first time Lee fired upon is former friend with a ray easily half the size to the ring they had been fighting on. With nowhere to run and no spells prepared to protect him Tom fired back out of sheer reflex. "Lunaassault!"
A barrage of thousands of Silver beams impacted with the giant laser.
There was a flash and an explosion as the two spells collided creating a resounding effect. Jason was barely holding to barrier protecting the spectators in check when Lee fired. Now he was forced to contain both spell. He felt the barrier and the circles of protection begin to rupture. He put everything into it his own consciousness began to fade. The thought occurred that containing it might kill him, but not definitely will.
Then without warning the scene before him disappeared, he found himself standing in the bustling streets of a city. People ignored his presence as they passed him by. He then looked up seeing a guild symbol he recognized.
"Orsov?" Then he flashed back not wanting to stay here. He felt the presence of the barrier he maintained again. The defense mage held onto it has he harnessed the barrier again with new vigor, and held till the end.
Inside the arena Tom's Lunaassault kept growing as each beam combined with new ones that were continuously being fired from the spell. He had put everything into this last attack. Finally in the center of the two spells colliding Tom could see his own burying into it creating a hole, until it ate all the way through, and hit an unaware Lee at the bottom. Lee was only just off from taking the hit square on, but instead and hit the already injured left arm and atomizing it, leaving nothing but a smoldering stump. He yelled in pain from the attack, and disappeared from the area before anyone could reach him leaving his signature weapon on the ground. The sun had fully fallen giving Tom the final victory as Jason contained the two spells and fired them upward into the sky. Letting them dissipate harmlessly.
Stunned people began to clap and cheer for the surprisingly victorious Tom. Friends of his began rushing to the stage to talk to him. His apprentice Zach gave him a shoulder to lean on as the others approached.
"By the way Maytee what the hell you know I was supposed to struggle a little and then pull off a win why the pyrotechnics?" She looked confused at him for a moment before responding.
"What are you talking about I made you earn your win like you were supposed too?" Tom gave a disgruntled look at Nick.
"Hey it's not my fault she didn't get the memo."
"Memo? What memo?"
"The games were rigged. The whole thing was just a PR stunt to improve moral."
"What!?" Maytee punched Nick in the arm.
"And I'm guessing you never actually wrote any rules."
"Take a look." Nick opened the largest book labeled S-Rank Rules. Inside the books turned out to be hollow with a blueberry muffin on the inside.
"So that's where that went." Tom grabbed his muffin and began eating it.
"How'd that get in there?"
"Muffin button."
"Hey guys take a look at this." Chebon yelled over at them holding Lee's discarded scythe. His normally unconcerned face was contorted with barely contained rage. "This is the scythe that the death guy was using when I escaped his prison."
"You sure?" Maytee asked him now deathly serious too.
"Yeah he must have found it again after I got away with it. There were also goblin prisoners in his lair while I there."
"That's not good." Tom said as he slipped away into unconsciousness. Zach struggled before Jason gave him a hand."
"Better take him to Sandra. Then we can talk about this." Jason muttered as they dragged the limp Tom away from the coliseum back to the main campus. Where he can rest all he needs.


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I was reflecting on my family this week. It is an easy thing to do when your Dad is out of the country for work and you have finished your studies. I have been able to put more focus into helping my mum and my siblings.
They are amazing kids and I love them all so much. This time while Dad has been away it has been very hard for my youngest sister. Dad's traveling is not an odd experience but this trip has been especially hard for her. While the others also find it tough they have been doing well.
As I was saying, my youngest sister has been struggling. Seeing how the others interact with her has shown me how much they have grown. It used to be that they didn't understand why she would act differently or be "naughty" but they are starting to understand that she isn't feeling well. They are also starting to understand what it looks like when she isn't feeling well.
My youngest brother went up to her the other day and put his hand on her arm and told her that it was going to be OK. He had recognized that she was struggling and was choosing to share in her struggle. This is a big step for him as he is three years her junior and has to work through what it means to pass her developmentally.
Additionally, my other sister, who is only a year older than her, has exhibited remarkable patience. She used to struggle with showing our youngest sister patience and forbearance. She would snap or loose her temper. Watching her over the last few weeks I have noticed a change in her. She will talk calmly when our sister is struggling and help my mother and I as we navigate different struggles and triggers.
In reflecting on my family I thought of sibling groups that are waiting for families. As I looked through the sibling groups on Reece's Rainbow (https://reecesrainbow.org/category/waiting-children/siblings) I was shocked to see Hadden and Hadley. https://reecesrainbow.org/82877/hadden-and-hadley
I remember seeing their faces on the site a few years ago and I was sure that they would have a family quickly. It broke my heart to see that they were still listed. These twin boys were listed in 2014!!! Their pictures are old. The only information that is given is that they were born in 2009 and that they have a hearing impairment. It is my hope that they will NOT have to wait much longer for a family. Will you pray with me for a family to open up their hearts and lives to them?
Dear Lord,
Thank you for families. Thank you for siblings. Thank you that we can have someone who is there for us and that we can be there for them when they need it. Please help us to be better siblings not only to our biological, adoptive, and foster siblings but also to our siblings in Christ. May our Church family be marked by the love, concern, and care of close siblings.
I pray that Hadden and Hadley will be able to stay with each other. Many siblings are ripped apart in order to try and find them a family who will adopt them, please bring a family forward to love and care for them that will welcome both boys into their home.
I pray that the boys' connection with one another will develop and strengthen. I pray that they will be able to rely on each other. I also pray that they will learn to trust and love the family that you have for them.
May you be glorified through our relationships and the decisions that we make. May you be the one we turn to when the going gets tough and when there is reason to celebrate.
Thank you for the lives of these young boys. May they be enveloped by the love of a family who will support them and care for them. May they get the help that they need to succeed. Please grant them a family soon so that they do not have to wait any longer. They have waited long enough. May the tide change and a family come.
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Harry Miller is everything his nondescript name suggests—he can't see life past his nose, and what's worse, the grindstone has worn it to the nub. His chronic workaholism has apparently gained him a solid rep in the event-planning trade, but it's cost him a relationship with his teacher-philosopher son Nathan, a mealymouthed mama's boy whose sense of entitlement is exceeded only by his colossal ego. As Harry's bum ticker finally gives out at only 61, Nathan reveals his true colors—wracked with guilt, he dumps on his mother Connie, and then on us, about the authenticity he'll probably never achieve.
That little story might be (and probably is) a decent description of a typical American household, but in the context of Vox Nova Theatre Company's current Arrow to the Heart, it also makes for a roundly unfulfilling show. Writer and UCSD theater professor Allan Havis has given us plenty of under-story to chew on—Nathan's girlfriend is pregnant; Harry (Dale Morris) is in trouble with the taxman; Connie (Eva Barnes) has been misdiagnosed with uterine cancer—and director Ruff Yeager knows a thing or two about using physical space as a character-building tool. But Yeager's valiant try clashes with a wholly uninteresting scenario, one that tells us the Millers' story rather than engages us by example. The production values suffer accordingly—the actors plod through the motions for lack of absolutely anything better to do.
In a series of dance sequences, the Woman (Robin Christ) presents Nathan (Daniel Rubiano) with the journals that chronicle his life. This is a fair narrative device, but Rubiano recites the passages so fast that we rarely get a chance to digest their meanings. I could otherwise watch Christ dance all day, especially under Gary Larson's good lighting—but here, her character is a weak-kneed enabler, literally exhorting the patrons to hang on to their seatmates' hands for dear life against the otherworldly tragedy we've just seen, as if nobody's ever been diagnosed with cancer or had a problem with the IRS. A chorus or two of "Kumbaya," and the evening would've been complete.
The human psyche may be fragile; the human spirit is anything but. Arrow to the Heart illustrates an abysmal confusion between the two, because, with the Woman's dew-eyed pep talk, it presumes that Nathan's neediness rules our lives as well. And amid the colorless story, compromised production values and general waste of talent, that's the most glaring fault of all.
This review is based on the production of June 19. Arrow to the Heart runs through June 27 at the Arthur Wagner Theatre, Galbraith Hall, on the UCSD campus. $8-$15. voxnovatheatrecompany.com. Write to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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BPA Exposure Disrupts Turtle Reproduction
Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in various plastic consumer products, is disrupting turtle reproduction in terms of their sexual differentiation, according to a new study.
When people throw out food storage products and resins that line plastic food and beverage containers, for instance, which are made with BPA, often these products end up in aquatic environments such as rivers and streams where turtles reside. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri, Westminster College, the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Saint Louis Zoo have determined that BPA - which mimics estrogen - can alter a turtle's reproductive system.
This suggests that the chemical could cause harmful effects on environmental, as well as human health.
"Normally, the painted turtle's sex is determined by the temperature of the environment during their development in the egg - cooler temperatures yield more male turtles, while warmer temperatures mean females are more likely to develop," Dawn Holliday, one of the researchers, said in a statement. "However, when turtle eggs are exposed to environmental estrogens, their sex is no longer determined by the temperature, but rather by the chemical to which they're exposed."
To better determine how this chemical pollution is affecting wildlife, the research team applied a liquid form of BPA on hundreds of painted turtle eggs - mimicking BPA levels found in samples from waterways. The eggs were then exposed to cooler temperatures similar to those needed to produce male turtles. Afterward, the scientists examined the turtles' sex organs to determine the effects of BPA on their development.
They found that the male turtles had in fact developed sex organs with features typically found in females.
"We already know the genetic marker where the temperature-dependent sex determination occurs, which provides us a good indication of where the endocrine disruption is taking place," explained Sharon Deem, a lead investigator on the study. "Our findings show that BPA essentially overrides the temperature in determining the sex of the turtle, creating turtles that are probably unable to reproduce."
Turtles are known as an "indicator species," meaning they are good indicators of the health of an entire ecosystem. So by understanding how BPA exposure is affecting turtles, scientists can gain insight into how it's also affecting other species, too, including humans.
The results were published in the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology.
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After dropping a close first set, the volleyball RedHawks won three straight sets, to take the first game of the RedHawk Invitational 3-1, over the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland University.
"Once we got our confidence, our offense was generating points for us," head coach Carolyn Condit said. "We were able to outplay their out-of-system attacks."
Senior outside hitter Stela Kukoc led the way with six of the RedHawks' 12 kills.
Multiple blocking errors and an inability to connect on attacks plagued the Red and White, as their hitting percentage was a mere .167 to Oakland's .300.
The second set was an entirely different match.
The RedHawk's offense exploded to a quick 6-1 and forced Oakland to use an early timeout after kills by freshman outside hitter Gaby Harper and sophomore libero Abigail Huser.
Margaret Payne joined the barrage against the Golden Grizzlies with back-to-back blocks, extending the Miami lead 8-1. Oakland called another timeout after consecutive kills from Harper off assists from sophomore setter Morgan Seaman.
The 'Hawks led 21-8 as Harper delivered two explosive kills, electrifying Millett Hall. The set ended on a tip over the net from Kukoc to give Miami a decisive 25-11 set win.
"One thing that drove the second set was that they hate to lose," Condit said. "They take a lot of pride in winning and they have this goal of not wanting to lose anymore matches at home."
The start of the third set featured similar jousting as the first. Miami crept away after two Oakland attacking errors and a kill by sophomore outside hitter Sarah Wojick to extend the RedHawks' lead to 15-9.
A Payne kill and freshman middle hitter Corinne Jemison winning a hand-to-hand battle at the net extended the lead, tallying the board at 19-10. A Harper kill gave the RedHawks a 25-17, third set win.
Miami got off to an early 6-2 lead in the fourth. The Golden Grizzlies cut into the deficit after a series of kills from outside hitters senior Aleksandra Malek and redshirt sophomore Mackenzie Schneider.
A 10-3 run in the middle of the set gave Miami a 23-14 lead. Then, a Huser kill cemented a 3-1 set win over the Golden Grizzlies.
Harper finished with a team high 11 kills, while Seaman finished with a double-double of 25 assists and 16 digs. The Red and White dominated on the service line with seven aces to Oakland's three. The Golden Grizzlies had 22 attacking errors, while Miami only had 10.
Pleased with the win, Condit credits the players with figuring out Oakland's attack and staying strong defensively, both with blocking and digging.
"I'm really looking for our team to stay aggressive at every aspect of the game," Condit said. "We have talent on the bench that we haven't given enough time to yet, so I'm really excited to see where that confidence takes them."
The final match of the RedHawk Invitational will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at Millett Hall as the Red Flash of Saint Francis University take on the RedHawks.


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When I was young, 22 years old, and very stupid, I got in a snit about something and went for a walk in a local woods. The problem? It was the woods around the Cloisters in upper Manhattan and it was night. A man spotted me going in, seized me, twisted my arm behind my back and warned me, "Don't make a sound." The path ahead of me glimmered in the faint light with broken glass. I had the conviction that unless help came I was going to die on that path. A huge tree loomed over the pathway on my right.
As I was shoved forward, I prayed silently to God: "When I pass that tree, I'm going to fight for my life. If you want me to be here on this earth, help me." Step by step the tree grew closer, then I was next to it. I heard the word, like a whisper, "NOW!" I twisted out of the man's grasp. I suddenly found myself fearless and calm. I shoved the man away from me so hard he staggered, and examined him coolly for spots to punch or kick. I didn't need to. He saw something in my eyes, backed away, and warned me again to be quiet. This time I took the hint and started screaming my head off. He ran.
Did an invisible angel stand with me? Speak to me? Did God directly intervene? I only know that I asked God both a question and for help, and the Divine answer was courage, strength, and absolute conviction. My adversary's attempt to defeat me became the means of his own defeat. God wanted me on this Earth, and now the question is in my hands: what is the service I can give with the life that God saved?
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Q&A: What Do You Love Most About Your Marriage? Count the Ways/
Q: How long have you been married and what do you love most about your marriage?
A: Married almost 20 years. What do I love most? Let me count the many, many ways... specifically see my dedications to my wife via the 52 Love Songs Projecthttp://marriageenvy.com/category/52-love-songs/ and the 365 Love Quotes Projecthttp://marriageenvy.com/category/365-love-quotes/ I started for her on our 18th Anniversary.
Q: How about you?