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iPhone/iPod Touch users will likely recognize Crystal Defenders, as it was Square Enix's first title for the platform. The game, which was actually first released on a variety of Japanese cell phones, initially got a good amount of notice thanks to its use of characters classes from the Final Fantasy Tactics world.
The WiiWare version of the game is titled Crystal Defenders R1. We're not sure what's new for the WiiWare version, although the basic goal of positioning troops in order to defeat monsters before they reach a goal point is unchanged.
Wi-Fi Connection support will be included. The magazine does not share details, but we're going to presume this will be limited to some form of download content, as Crystal Defenders is a single player game.
Famitsu is a bit unclear on the matter, but it appears that the WiiWare version will differ from the XLA and PSN versions. The magazine refers to the latter two versions as being evolved ports of the mobile title. It does not use the word "port" to describe the WiiWare version. The WiiWare version is actually the focus of the story, so it's presumable that further details on the other two versions will be shared in a future update.
The wait to play the WiiWare version won't be too long. A Japanese release is set for January 27, with pricing at 1,000 Wii Points. The XLA and PSN versions are currently without a price or date.


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Before & After: From Junk Room to Home Office
As I previously posted in "I've Got a Secret…" (read here) I love my home…all except the room I've had pegged for my home office. With good southern light and decent wood floors it had the potential to be stylish, but it was greatly hampered by extreme clutter and baby blue walls. I knew if I wanted to use it as a home office I'd need to practice some crowd control and ruthless editing.
My first order of business? Declutter! I made three piles: Donate, Put Away and Yard Sale. Because I started feeling nostalgic while going through it all, it took a lot longer than I anticipated. So many of my things have memories attached–for me, it's what makes a house a home–but I realized if I was going to make any progress and use this room for its intended purposed I'd need to get moving. I bought large bins and stored the things I wasn't ready to part with (and maybe never would be). I tucked away beautiful drawings my children made when they were small, sentimental letters and cards I've received over the years from loved ones, magazines with stories I've written and/or been a part of. I took lamps, mirrors and other accessories and stored them in the attic because periodically I like to switch up my rooms and certain items are keepers. The ones that didn't tug at my heart will be in my upcoming yard sale.
The only two items from the room that made the cut were my desk from West Elm (for its practicality) and a stained glass window I bought off-season in the Hamptons when my husband and I were dating (because it makes me happy). I pushed them to the center of the room and covered them with some sheets before painting the room in Benjamin Moore's Calm, a wonderful shade of white that makes me feel at home. To furnish the rest of the room on a budget, I brought in an Ikea bookcase as well as a cozy, charcoal corner chair, creamy white shag rug and green storage baskets, all from Home Goods.
I added a few personal touches like a family heirloom art deco clock for my desk and some favorite family photos atop the bookshelves…and because I realize the importance of all our senses and I love candles I placed a new favorite, Bath & Body Works Candle in First Bloom. When lit, it fills the whole room with this delicious, "I could be standing in a garden" scent. Amazing!!!
I couldn't be happier. My home office is clean, organized and best of all, it's a room I can be productive in. I'm still looking for a few special items to complete the look:
- a proper pillow for the chair. I'm thinking a green or bright pink.
- curtains to frame the window. Most likely smoky grey linen panels that hang just shy of the floor.
- an over-sized, vintage chalkboard for my to-do lists.
- a comfortable, lived-in looking chair for the desk.


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All-mountain ski review(s)
Length (cm): 174, 182, 190
Heyman's review: Advanced+ all-mountain skier
Advanced+ level all-mountain
Considering his skiers profile:
"One-Ski Quiver: the ultimate ski that carves like a slalom ski, accellerates like a GS ski, is as comfortable as an all-mountain ski, cuts through chop like a freeride ski and surfs in bottomless powder like a fat powder ski. Impossible. But which ski comes closest?"
My favourite one-ski quiver:
Superb all-mountain ski
All-mountain or freeride ski
Atomic defines the whole Vantage series as "all-mountain twins". That is an accurate name for the rest of the Vantage series like the Atomic Vantage Theory. But I think the Ritual is more of a freeride ski. Although it's capabilities as an all-mountain ski are sufficient, the Atomic Ritual really comes into its own off-piste. On hard and icy slopes though the Ritual just has too much rocker at the front and the back for a good and well controlled descent. But as a rule we follow the manufacturers choice of category, so the ritual is in our all-mountain category.
Atomic about the Vantage Ritual
"The Vantage Ritual can be controlled effortlessly and is exceptionally smooth even at high speeds. The two All Mountain Rockers in the tip and tail increase agility and make it easier to initiate turns. The ski floats on powder thanks to a handsome waist width of 103 mm", says Atomic. I can't agree more. This ski is made for the advanced and expert skier that desires a ski that is excellent off-piste and good enough on-piste to have a really good time skiing back to the lift. That lift that will bring you to yet another freeride adventure.
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It's Saturday Social Time again friends! This month I'm Hosting a Twitter Party.
Do you tweet? I have to admit this is one social media venue that I haven't mastered. Maybe it's because I've only had a smartphone for about a year, but one of my goals for 2013 is tweet more.
Here's a great tip that I just started doing!
This is how you create a Twitter list:
1. Go to your Twitter Lists page. This can be done via the gear icon drop down menu in the top right navigation bar or by going to your profile page and clicking on Lists.
2. Click Create list.
3. Enter the name of your list, a short description of the list, and select if you want the list to be private (only accessible to you) or public (anyone can subscribe to the list).
4. Click Save list.
To add or remove people from your lists:
1. Click the gear icon drop down menu on a user's profile.
2. Select Add or remove from lists. (You don't need to be following a user to add them to your list.)
3. A pop-up will appear displaying your created lists. Check the lists you would like to add the user to, or uncheck the lists you'd like to remove the user from.
4. To check to see if the user you wanted to add was successfully included in that list, navigate to the Lists tab on your profile page. Click the desired list, then click Members. The person will appear in the list of members.
The party button is located in my footer.
On the last Saturday of every month we will each host a different Social Followers party.
Each month we will also rotate, who holds which social party, so you will be able to meet lots of new friends… wahoo!
We've got a great group of ladies hosting the Saturday Social parties.
The 4 hostesses will be:
If you don't have a twitter account yet, you can sign up here!
The parties will start at 8am EST and close at 11:59 PST
Once you have entered my party, head over to the other parties and get SOCIAL.
Cheri from It's So Cheri is hosting the Facebook Followers party
Jade from Jader Bomb is hosting the Google + Followers party
Heather from Setting For Four is hosting Pinterest Followers
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First, Nicehash apparently came back online after securing an investment from some new partners. This is quite possibly the worst business deal of the century. Let's take a look at Nicehash's assets and liabilities:
- The system's source code
- Nicehash's money transmission licenses (these are worth millions)
- A small number of their most valuable employees (like experienced developers; customer service personnel are not included)
- $60 million in debt to customers
- A brand that has negative value
- Legal fees to defend against lawsuits and government investigations
This is an awful business deal. The investors could have waited until Nicehash declared bankruptcy, and then purchased their source code and hired some of the developers who worked on it. Their source code is the company's only asset that has any value, so any reasonable investor would have bought it, made some cosmetic changes, and relaunched the system with a different brand. That would have cost 1/10 or 1/20 of the $60m required to resurrect the site as-is, and eliminates the existing owners who now have a checkered past while getting rid of the poisoned brand name.
Next, it's worth talking about the bitcoin network. As of today, I believe that the network is no longer usable. The transaction fees to get a one-input one-output transaction confirmed are now around $40, so everything less than that is dust. If we were to try to get our payout transactions unstuck, it would now cost about $5200.
In the past, the arguments were about abstract political philosophies over how the bitcoin network should be expanded. Today, as I said in 2014, this bubble has come to an end (for bitcoin) because the transaction limit has seized up the network. When you have people like us considering selling all our bitcoins into litecoins just so we can pay customers, that's a showstopper issue. Anyone who has bitcoins in off-exchange wallets is going to be in jeopardy of 0.5-bitcoin transaction fees as bitcoins plummet below $5000.
The Core developers are finally going to see a reckoning for what they have done. The Lightning Network is not ready, and even when it is, the fees will be too high for the on-chain transactions necessary for it to function. Bitcoin will probably rebound someday in absolute price, but the demand for cryptocurrency is astronomical right now, and the network simply isn't usable. Value is going to continue to flow out of the network very quickly as people like us see that our wallets are declining in price simply because of the fees required to spend them.


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My first Gen Con is now a matter of record. I survived the experience, which can only be summed up in one world – overwhelming.
In the course of approximately 72 hours, I got to spend time with a great friend from another area of the country I rarely get to see, walk about 15 miles to, from and around the convention center, play an assortment of games for the first time, listen to employees of Wizards of the Coast talk about the future of Dungeons & Dragons and offer tips for running better games, salivate over rows and rows of awesome merchandise that would leave me broke and last – but certainly not least – meet many of the interesting people I have communicated with online since the construction of this blog in 2011. The experience was fantastic, and there is no way I could condense my experience into one coherent post.
I present some general reactions to Gen Con below, but during the rest of the month you can expect dedicated posts to the following subjects:
- My struggles with successfully buying a set of dice as a souvenir from the show.
- The numerous interactions with all of the great people I met at the convention, including my first meeting with The Angry DM, Scott Rehm. (Spoiler Alert: he tried to choke me)
- My first exposure to other games not called Dungeons & Dragons, including Ascension, Dominion and Settlers of Catan.
- The organized play sessions for D&D Next and 4th Edition, which were both truly engaging and fun and taught me a bit about how to be a better player and DM.
- A conversation with Mike Shea regarding the trajectory of The Id DM.
Expect each bullet above to turn into a hyperlink as I add the article on that specific subject.
Where To Start?
I have attended conventions previously, both for professional meetings – such as the annual conference for the American Psychological Association – and for geek activities like Star Wars Celebration. The conventions always offer more than could possibly be consumed by one individual. Gen Con was no different in this regard; I had to leave the official program at the hotel because it was so massive and weighed down my backpack too much. Even with the knowledge of how difficult it can be to structure a convention experience, I still found myself dizzy from the possibilities.
Day 1, Thursday. I woke up early and set about the 1.5 mile walk from our hotel to the convention center. While it would have been nice to be at one of the many hotels close to the convention center, starting the day with a nice walk was a good way to ensure I was wide awake and alert by the time the convention started in the morning. It also gave me a chance to delve into Stabby the Hobo's Lair for the first time; Stabby and I would have many an interaction during the walks through Indianapolis. Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the first walk to the convention center was the cross walk buttons at stop lights. Whenever you pushed the button to cross the street, a robotic male voice would say, "Wait." My friend commented that it would be funny if the voice was replaced by the singer of White Lion; we then spent the preceding days debating the best part of White Lion's "Wait" that could be featured on the cross walk button and settled on the few seconds starting at the 3:00 mark below.
Thursday was the day I loaded with scheduled gameplay sessions and panels. They started immediately with the D&D Next Playtest at 10AM. I was fortunate enough to meet Mike Shea and his lovely wife just outside the room and we all sat down together to go through a quick 30-minute character creation process. Staff from Wizards of the Coast assisted with the new character creation rules, which included rolling four d6s and taking the best three results for each stat. My first roll for strength was: 6, 6, 5, 1. Fighter it is! After completing characters we were shuffled over to another table to meet our DM and start the adventure, which lasted a bit over an hour.
When the D&D Next session was completed, I ambled outside to the line of food trucks and devoured some lunch. Then it was back inside to listen to the Creating the Core panel for D&D Next. I later made my first pass through the Exhibitor Hall and got back in time for the D&D 4th Edition play session at 4PM. The 4th Edition playtest featured a party of Drow with competing agendas; the two-hour session was a great time and I'll provide more details about both the Next and 4th Edition playtests in a future column.
By 6PM, it was raining outside (I think the only rain in Indy during the entire convention) and we took a cab back to our hotel. We did not venture back toward the convention center but stayed in our hotel and played a few games of Dominion before crashing. We were trying to conserve some energy for the rest of the week!
Day 2, Friday. We walked once again to the convention center and had less of an agenda. The only thing I had scheduled for the day was the D&D Next panel on DM Monsters, Magic Items and DM Mischief. It was great to hear the thoughts of the design team regarding the need to make the DM's life as easy as possible in the next edition of D&D. I was also fortunate enough to win an original sealed Ravenloft module by answering a trivia question from Chris Perkins. I blatantly cheated by using my phone to search for the answer, but no one knew the answer right away and the panel joked, "To your phones!" I was able to find a Ravenloft Wiki that provided the answer to Chris' question, "What are the names of Strahd's brothers?" The answer is – Sergei and Sturm. I was also able to ask the panel about the disparity in preparation time required for DMs and players to play a session of D&D, and another person in the audience followed up on my question, which I thought was cool.
After the panel, I was able to elbow my way up to the front to introduce myself to Chris Perkins and offer my gratitude; I only got back into D&D after listening to the Penny Arcade podcasts several years ago. While I thought about sharing a few of my thoughts about articles I've written related to those podcasts and his recent admission of only rolling one die for damage, I did not want to be that guy who over stays his welcome. Plus, right before I walked up to Chris Perkins, Mark Talbot from 20ft Radius introduced himself to me and I wanted to talk more with him. However, by the time I turned around after speaking with Chris Perkins, Mark had vanished.
This is what happens at Gen Con. You cannot possibly interact with everyone you want to at once!
The rest of the day was composed of two activities – tracking down a variety of individuals I've communicated with through Twitter over the past 18 months and consuming the Exhibitor Hall. This is easier than it sounds; at any given moment there are over 30,000 people walking around the convention writing texts and tweets back and forth searching each other out. I decided my souvenirs from Gen Con would be art and dice, which will be covered in a future post.
I traveled the artist booths and inquired if any of the artists would take on a commission to draw my mascot, Iddy the Lich. I found two artists who were willing to take on the commission and they have wonderfully different styles. The first to complete a commission of Iddy was Billy Tackett who is a "Zombification Specialist and Father of the Zombie Mash-up." Considering Iddy is an undead Lich, this seemed like the perfect gentleman to provide a fearsome depiction of the character. He did not disappoint!
The second artist to draw Iddy was Connie Faye who states on her website that her personal subject matter tends to be dark ethereal almost primal female creatures. I was eager to see how see would depict Iddy in her style and she produced a pleasantly aggressive pose for him. When I picked up the commission, she told me she wanted to make his stance a bit more active than his usual standing-up-straight stance. If I ever create a Stat Block for Iddy, he's going to have different Stances now!
With my art purchased, it was time to catch a final panel for the day hosted by Brian Patterson of d20monkey. Brian was a one-man show as he spoke for an hour about his influences, thoughts on the current state of the comic and his aspirations for the future of d20monkey. Many laughs were had as he was thoroughly entertaining as he interacted with the audience – and it seemed the Q&A produced some moments that will find their way into the strip at some point in the future. I have a feeling I'll be reading a strip in the coming months and think, "Hey, I was there when that happened!"
Brian's panel also featured a funny moment when I realized that I was sitting next to Tracy Barnett, who I also interviewed last year. Since the panel already started, I did not want to interrupt by tapping him on the shoulder to introduce myself, so I responded to him with the following tweet.
@TheOtherTracy I think I'm sitting next to you. 🙂—
The Id DM (@TheIdDM) August 17, 2012
Several minutes later, I saw him check his phone out of the corner of my eye. He read the tweet, looked over at me and then turned bright red as he had to stifle a laugh when I waved to him. We introduced ourselves after the panel concluded, and he was a really nice guy. Many of us went out to dinner after the panel to a local place, Scotty's Brewhouse, that caters to the Gen Con audience by giving out a custom d6 to those that order items off of a special menu.
Day 3, Saturday. By this point, Indianapolis was overrun with nerds and bikers. A palpable buzz filled the streets as we walked to the convention for the last time since we had to leave early on Sunday. Our goal for Saturday was to play and demo as many new games as possible – and play and demo, we did! Throughout the day, we played Kingdom Builder, Ascension (much more on the this in another column) and other titles. I was able to wander around the Exhibitor Hall for a few hours and get lost in all the great products. I was also able to meet Monte Cook while he was signing at DriveThruRPG and thank him for his insightful responses during my interview with him earlier in the year. The only things I had on my schedule were panels early in the evening so it was a good day to slow down, play games and track down people I had not been able to meet yet.
My friend had tickets to a Magic: The Gathering event in the afternoon, so while he joined that I attended two podcasts. The first was a Gamer to Gamer episode that featured an interview between Tracy Barnett and Chris Perkins. Mr. Perkins was incredibly gracious and personable as he answered questions from Tracy and later the audience. The biggest tip I walked away from after his interview concluded is to not be afraid to fail as a DM. Mistakes are going to be made, but throw yourself out there and focus the adventure on the characters to draw in the players as much as possible. The second podcast was an episode of The Tome Show; I have listened to many episodes of this podcast while driving to and from work or walking my dog – so it was great to see Jeff, Mike and Randall interact with each other live. I also walked away with a free Jeff Greiner t-shirt!
I met a few people for dinner and had a very interesting conversation with Mike Shea about the future of my site (more on this in a later column). We all spoke about the games we play and what we thought about the direction of D&D Next. It was a great way to finish off the weekend. My friend found us after his Magic tournament ended and we ventured through tens of thousands of motorcycles (literally) and Stabby the Hobo's Lair one last time.
We survived Stabby and his minions – and survived our first Gen Con.


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Jasper Rabbit had a passion for carrots, and liberally helped himself to the carrots in Crackenhopper Field…until they started following him. Dun, dun dun!
Readers are led to wonder whether Jasper is imagining the appearance of scowling carrots in various locations. He sees them in the mirror of his bathroom while he is brushing his teeth, but when he turns around, there are only three orange objects sitting on the bath tub ledge. Were three creepy carrots glowering at him? Or was it just an orange washcloth, rubber duck, and shampoo bottle? Each sighting is similarly vague, with a variety of orange objects providing just enough doubt that only at the end of the book do readers learn the delightful truth about the carrots.
After I read the book, students made their own creepy carrots, and had the option to take it home with them, or tape it up in the library anywhere they chose (except ON a book). If they had time, many made two–one to take home, and one to decorate the library with for the month of October. The library has creepy carrots peeking out of all the bookshelves, and the students are loving seeing them all around.
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Since sequestration took place, many airshow fans have been eagerly waiting at the end of each year to hear if some of the USAF's single ship demos will return for next years airshow season. Yesterday, we got our answer for 2015!
ACC Aerial Events posted on their Facebook page that the single ship demo teams F-16 East, based at Shaw AFB in Sumter, SC and the F-22 Raptor Demo Team, based at Langley AFB in Hampton, VA will be performing demos in 2015. Heritage Flights will also be performed, combining the latest in USAF technology with warbirds of the past in a salute to airmen everywhere.
The exact number of shows and locations for both the F-16 and F-22 have yet to be determined, but fans should be on the lookout for a schedule in mid-February. Of course, we'll post the schedule when it is released here on the Airshowstuff Blog!
Are you excited to have the F-16 Demo Team back in 2015? Let us know on our Facebook page! This week is Vapor Week on our page, so if you have any old picture of the F-22 or F-16 Demos pulling some vapes, we'd love to see them!


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Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) typically are located in rural areas of low population primarily composed of farmers. Urban folks don�t get overly concerned about pollution of rural streams or odors stinking out longtime rural residents.
Pollution does result from CAFOs � that has been verified and documented from coast to coast by water and air quality tests by independent firms and by state and federal environmental agencies. For instance, every stream in McDonald County � with more than 13 million chickens and turkeys on any given day � is impaired from runoff from litter containing chicken and turkey feces applied liberally to farm fields.
The point is that the CAFO issue is an urban/suburban vs. rural matter. Sad to say, the folks in Jackson County or St. Louis County could care less about the travails of farmers in Putnam or McDonald counties. As far as they�re concerned, chicken breasts, eggs, bacon, pork chops and pork sausage come from the supermarket.
Add to this that multinational corporations, headquartered in Chicago or Tokyo, own the animals in CAFOs. The CEOs and boards of directors are not negatively affected by the foul emissions from CAFOs and are concerned only about the bottom line.
State law provides little help. While the Department of Natural Resources is responsible for issuing construction and operating permits, those are doled out on a first-come, first-served basis. A recent ruling by an administrative hearing officer lamented that while plaintiffs wished for more protection, state law dictated that permits issued to the Ozbun CAFO (65,500 chickens) near Roaring River State Park � a trout-rearing and fishing area � were completely legal and that DNR did not need to take into consideration that discharge would be into a losing stream, possibly affecting the Roaring River spring. If a facility is constructed to meet minimal state standards, DNR has little option but to issue an operating permit.
Recently, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster was successful in his appeal of a lower court decision that prohibited a CAFO from being located within two miles of a state park or historic site. At present, then, thanks to our attorney general, even state parks and historic sites are given absolutely no protection from the smells emanating from thousands of hogs or millions of chickens.
Enter litigation. As long as there are no state laws or any other type of protection from the intrusiveness of CAFOs into rural areas, longtime farmers have sued the CAFOs for being a nuisance and negatively affecting their quality of life. Recently, a federal court jury awarded $11 million to seven farm families. Premium Standard Farms/Smithfield declared its intent to appeal that decision.
The bottom line is that this is a new type of heavily subsidized food production and, because of air and water pollution, one that has not set well with those who still practice traditional and sustainable methods of agriculture. The problem is family farmers aren�t very organized and certainly cannot provide the largess to legislators that Smithfield, Tyson and Land O� Lakes can. Rather than agriculture prevailing, it is agribusiness. CAFOs bear no resemblance to a real farm. Traditional farmers can meet the world�s food needs; they have done so for generations and could do so now if the playing field were level.
But even though CAFOs represent less than half of 1 percent of this state�s agricultural operations (according to data from the Missouri Department of Agriculture), the corporations that own the animals wield considerable influence with state and federal elected and appointed officials. The field is not level; it is tilted toward agribusinesses.
Once again, it is not who is right or who is wrong � it is who has the most money. Unfortunately, legislators from farming areas are listening to rich agribusinesses; urban legislators, not under any pressure from their constituents, follow the lead of those �I can�t be bought, but I can be rented� rural politicians.


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Venue: The Palladium, St. Petersburg, Florida–August 13, 2017
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Imagine if Fleetwood Mac, Blackmore's Night and the Gipsy Kings got together to form a new band… it might sound very much like Gypsy Star. That's not a bad thing, just a considerable change from the drummer's last band (more about that later).
With their eclectic instrumentation of classical flamenco guitar, violin, bass, drums and an array of hand percussion along with sultry pop vocals and melodic harmonies, Gypsy Star weaves a colorful tapestry of enchanting, uplifting music. Add to that a guest cellist, accordianist, and the aforementioned belly dancer, and you have all the elements for an exceptionally entertaining night!
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The Leadership Certificate is a non-credit certificate awarded by the Leadership Institute to recognize students who have participated in a range of leadership experiences and activities. It signifies that a student has actively engaged in learning about leadership and has put that learning into practice.
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The Aquarium of the Pacific has welcomed two male six-week-old Arctic Fox pups that are now on view in the Aquarium's Molina Animal Care Center. The two brothers are part of the Aquarium of the Pacific's new Arctic & Antarctic: Our Polar Regions in Peril exhibition, which gives the public the opportunity to see polar animals up close while learning about what can be done to protect their habitats.
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Will Maddie Ziegler Be On 'Dance Moms' Season 7B? The Star Has Plenty Of Creative Projects To Occupy Her Time
Although it looked like Dance Moms was teetering between life and death, it turns out that Lifetime isn't quite ready to pull the plug just yet. There's still two episodes left in the current season, but the network has confirmed to International Business Times that Dance Moms will return for Season 7B. One of the biggest stories to come out of Dance Moms, of course, has been the recent departure of original cast members Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler, who were been a part of the show since its first season. With filming commencing for 7B, Will Maddie Ziegler return for another season of Dance Moms? This early in the game, there's little to no info about who will return for the next season, but it's unlikely the mega star will have time for the Lifetime show going forward.
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It made sense that Maddie would leave Dance Moms to pursue the other exciting opportunities that opened up to her thanks to her exposure on the show. After leaving, she mentioned in an interview with Seventeen that she found the show itself growing stressful. And when TODAY caught up with her in a recent interview to find out how she was doing, Maddie stood by her decision to leave, telling TODAY, "As much as it was sad, it was the best thing we've ever decided on."
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Members of the California Nurses Association say they will be coming to the Atherton home of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday, July 15, at around noon to protest Ms. Whitman's proposal to cut 40,000 state jobs if she is elected.
A campaign flier paid for by the nurses association alleges that Ms. Whitman has "declared war" on California nurses by writing an "imperious" letter "demanding" contact information for the association's membership, then buying the list and "bombarding" the nurses with direct mail, and conducting a "fake telephone poll."
The rally will gather at 11 a.m. at Canada College, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd. in Woodside. according to the flier.
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In the flier, the nurses association alleges that Ms. Whitman's campaign sent "spies" to the association headquarters to create "a ruckus.
The allegation refers to a press conference in the nurses association's Oakland headquarters, spokesman Shum Preston said in a phone interview.
Two people claiming to be reporters for the school newspaper at the University of California at Berkeley were allowed in, Mr. Preston said, but the newspaper, in response to a call to authenticate the reporters, said it had not assigned anyone to cover the event.
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"I don't even know what that would be," Whitman campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said when asked to comment on the spying allegation. "It just seems like one of the tricks of the trade that they're using to misrepresent Meg and what she stands for. ... We often have volunteers that go to certain things and film them," she added.
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"Why would she say that," Ms. Burger asked, "and then back off and say it would be attrition? Which Meg are we going to get"?
A visit to the Ms. Whitman's campaign website confirmed that the campaign asked for a membership list and did conduct a phone poll of 303 nurses. The polling company was Hill Research Associates, a Texas-based company with clients nationwide, according to its website.
"That wasn't a big enough sample to really reflect a genuine survey," Ms. Burger of the nurses association said. "The questions were not what you'd normally see in a political poll. They were more of a union-busting kind of questions."
The survey included questions related to the association's use of union dues, whether its political stance is "too radical and over-involved in partisan politics," and whether it speaks for all California nurses, according to the Whitman website.
An excerpt from a letter from the Whitman campaign to the nurses association dated June 18 states: "Our campaign would like to mail each member of your union a letter from Meg explaining her positions on critical issues facing California, including the vital issues surrounding health care. ... We hope that you will decide to let us make an unfiltered case to your hardworking membership ... and do not fear giving your rank-and-file members access to both parties' ideas. Only good can come out of such a free and unfettered dialogue."
Asked to indicate to this reporter the instances of an "imperious" and "demanding" tone, Ms. Burger replied: "I guess we probably have a different take on it. I was really kind of shocked and puzzled that she had the right to demand that we turn over our membership to her."
Ms. Whitman, a former chief executive officer, is "used to getting membership lists just by asking for them," she added. "Our nurses trust us not to give their information to anyone else."
And writing separately to the nurses implies that they are "too stupid" to figure out what Ms. Whitman is saying on their own, Ms. Burger added. "It really is insulting to nurses (to allege) that we're blocking nurses from getting information on Meg Whitman."
Click here to see the poll from Hill Research Associates.
Click here to see the letter from the Whitman campaign.


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Reiki is a Spiritual and ancient form of 'hands-on' natural
healing from 2'500 that comes to us from Tibet.
Reiki is passed on from Master to Student and was
rediscovered in the 18'00's from a Japanese Buddhist
monk called Dr. Mikao Usui.
Reiki (Rei – Spiritual Wisdom, Kei – Life Force) translates
roughly into the expression UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE ENERGY.
It is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that
allows everyone to 'tap' into an unlimited supply of 'Life
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In our work, we use healing thoughts,
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Writer, reader, teacher, musician.
Lover of animals and all things old-fashioned.
Grower of flowers and gardens.
AU and crossover enthusiast.
Harperchondriac, Browncoat, and Gryffindor.
If you are reading something of mine, I'd love to hear what you think in a comment! Muse food, you know.
* This author is represented by 2 cats, who grudgingly allow her to write - sometimes. Complaints about lack of or slowness of updates will be reviewed and given priority based on the amount and desirability of cat treats accompanying them.
Wars end, but healing takes time and courage, especially in the face of so many changes. Follow beloved characters as they learn that life can and does go on, that family can mean more than blood relations, and that it's okay to love and laugh again.
2015 Dobby winner at HPFF for Best Post Hogwarts.
Started in 2009. Banner by .Equus @ TDA!
Kidnapped by a mad king, Arthur and Merlin must rely on each other like never before. While Arthur struggles with choices that put his heart and duty at odds, Merlin struggles just to stay alive after being stripped of his magic and freedom. With impossible choices and heavy secrets weighing them down, can they manage to escape before all is lost? (Lots of whump & bromance.)
2018 Frog Award for "Best Non-Harry Potter Fanfiction."
Banner by 1917farmgirl. Award by abhorsen.
Merlin reacts on instinct to save Camelot and Arthur from an ancient curse, in front of Uther Pendragon. And now suddenly destiny is unraveling and nothing will ever be the same again.
(Merlin and Arthur centered. Arthur/Gwen in later chapters. AU after season 1.)
Sometimes to know where you're going, you have to face where you've been.
Sometimes to know the true meaning of friendship, you have to take a journey in the dark.
Gene Rodenberry's Andromeda, featuring all crew but focuses on Seamus Harper and Dylan Hunt.
Winner of 2017 Frog Award for "Best Other Fandom."
Winner of 2017 Pride of Gryffindor "Best Non-HP."
Started in 2004. Banner by 1917farmgirl.
For Merlin, having the world fall apart around him was nothing new, but having someone there to help him pick up the pieces afterwards unfortunately was. Until it happened twice, with two very special people who appeared in his life when he most needed saving.
Modern AU, friendship fic. Sort of Christmas story.
Banner by 1917farmgirl.
One small change can have colossal and disastrous results. AU look at the episode "The Dragon's Call."
Written for Merlin Canon Fest 2018.
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Merlin is happy, but he's also human, and sometimes he can't help but think of what he's given up and wonder at what might have been.
Banner by 1917farmgirl.
A choice made in a desperate moment leaves Merlin and Arthur having to deal with repercussions neither wanted or expected.
Reveal fic. Friendship.
Written for the Tumblr blog "Merlin Memory Month 2018," Day 4:
Path II - Farewell(s) * Path III - Emotion/Mood: Forgiving * Writing Path - Magic Reveal
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Beka thought she had it all - a good life on the "Eureka Maru", a handsome fiancé, and the freedom and respect to live her life how she wanted. Then that scrawny kid showed up and it all went to pot.
Started in 2005. Banner by 1917farmgirl.
Monsters under the bed come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes, even people can get overlooked.
Banner by 1917farmgirl.
Four pranksters + two joke shops = double trouble.
An AU Fred/OC and George/OC story. Written for the 2014 Speed Dating Valentine's Competition on HPFF.
"Sometimes all you can do is just take a picture to hold your place in time."
Glimpses into the lives of Charlie and Jenny (Potter) McLauchlin over the years.
Prequel to From the Ashes. OC/OC, Molly/Arthur
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Mac Taylor, seen through the lens of my music collection. In response to Madison Bellows "Shuffle" challenge. And because Smuffly told me to do it.
Merlin wasn't the only one to have a rather lonely childhood; little Prince Arthur was also far too acquainted with the meaning of that awful word.
Written for the Tumblr blog "Merlin Memory Month 2018," Day 3:
Path III - Emotion/Mood: Lonely
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Arthur learns the meaning of true friendship when a fun hunting trip takes a deadly turn, and Merlin shows that nobility comes from within. Reveal fic, Arthur & Merlin friendship.
Written for the Tumblr blog "Merlin Memory Month 2018," Day 2:
Path I - "Nobility is defined by what you do, not by who you are." * Path III - Emotion/Mood: Proud
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Someone is out to get Mal, and they've found that the best way to do it is through the people he cares about the most. As Mal and his crew play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an unknown adversary, secrets long hidden in the past get drawn into the light for all to see.
Post series, pre-movie. Started in 2006.
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Being different is hard, and some narrow-minded and jealous bullies make Merlin's life rough as he tries to adjust to living in Camelot and being a servant to a Royal Prat. He desperately tries to keep anyone from noticing, but Gaius isn't just anyone, and the old physician isn't about to let his boy suffer alone.
Written for the Tumblr blog "Merlin Memory Month 2018," Day 1:
Path I - "Being different is nothing to be afraid of." * Path III - Emotion/Mood: Kindness
Amazing banner by Newt Scamander @TDA.
A single event can set in motion a domino effect beyond imagining, entwining lives and shattering worlds, ensuring that nothing will ever be the same again.
Crossover with Maximum Ride and CSI NY. * Team fic. Entire original Flock.
[Danny/Lindsay] [FAX]
Set early season 5 for CSI NY and during "The Angel Experiment' for Maximum Ride.
Posted under my alter-penname "SoggyMuff" on ff-dot-net.
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Mac Taylor takes great pride in his team, a team that functions more like a family than a group of co-workers. But what happens when the newest member of that team has a dangerous secret - one that could threaten the very lives of those he holds most dear? This story is an unconventional crossover with Harry Potter. Team Fic, featuring Mac and Adam strongly. Adam/OC.
Some travel plans are harder to arrange than others.
Written for the House Cup 2013 at HPFF.
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There are much more fearful words than silence. Words like alone.
* Written for blueirony's "Silence is Golden" challenge.
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An unexpected letter sends Ike on a journey into his past.
Started in 1999.
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Some people, they're important. They're born with destinies, courage, bravery. They have tasks to accomplish. Vital things, like saving the world. But some people... Some people slip through the cracks. For them, it takes everything they have just to save themselves.
Book 2 in the "Gravel on the Ground" series.
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It's the little things that make all the difference, that tie a family together with unbreakable knots.
No romance, just good family warm-fuzzies.
Written in 2010. Banner by 1917farmgirl.
"Welcome," the man said softly, rising to his feet. "Wasn't I just..." Fred gulped, unable to stop his thoughts from tumbling out into words, no matter how terrifying they were. "Didn't I just die?"
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Category: Bookbinding
After spending a day gelli printing (and having huge fun!) I decided to use the prints and turn them into a bookbinding project.
Made a box for my bookbinding corner cutting tools.
Aww, I found miniature shears at a miniature fair. How tiny they look next to my work shears!


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31 January 2017 | in Winter FISU World University Games, Ice Hockey, Curling
ALMATY - After two days of round robin play at the Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan Great Britain's men's team and Switzerland's women's team have won all three of their games, so far.
Bruce Mouat's GB team beat Canada 9-4 on Tuesday morning, before going onto post a 7-4 victory over Norway, in the evening.
Switzerland's women's team, skipped by Elena Stern, beat Norway 7-4, in their only game of the day. In the end, single points steals in the third and tenth end were pivotal for the Swiss.
The Switzerland-Norway tie saw the daughters of two Olympic gold medallists – Briar Huerlimann daughter of 1998 Olympic champion Patrick Huerlimann and Pia Trulsen daughter of 2002 gold medallist Pal Trulsen – go head-to-head.
Great Britain's women's team also won their game today – 8-7 against Germany, while China posted a big 10-0 victory over hosts Kazakhstan.
Czech Republic men also beat Kazakhstan 10-2 on Tuesday evening, while Korea men came out on top, in an all-Pacific-Asia clash with Japan, 7-6. It was a score of three in the tenth end that proved decisive for Seong Sehyeon's Korean team.
C. MacAllister, WCF Communications & Media Relations Manager


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For March's ART CLUB we were really excited to be making some clay flower pots that we will be planting in next month. The Clay Studio Manchester very kindly supported us in this by providing us with coloured slip to paint onto our pots and will then be firing them in their kiln and glazing them for us. We can't wait to see the finished pieces!
Despite the lingering drizzly manchester rain (that we were really sure would clear up but didn't!!) we still managed to all make our pots, paint them and create nice patterns in the coloured slip by carving into them with a skewer.
Alongside the clay flower pot making, there was playdough for the really little ones, hot chocolates and brews to keep us all warm and the chance to graffiti on our second #showthelove heart messages and ideas about how we can look after our immediate environment in Old Trafford. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks to see these put up around Old Trafford.
It is also really lovely to see more signs of spring appearing in our large planters that we planted back in november with Cath Wade from The St Johns Centre gardening club. Why not take a walk down the alley to see for yourself!
Next Art Club will be on Saturday 14th April 2-3pm in the Alley where we will be planting in our flowerpots and getting creative with a spring theme!!!


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Special Prize for Bridging Gap Between Cultures
- In 2013, the National Organisation for Future Generations awarded Widad the 2013 Special Prize for being a passionate advocate of bridging the gap between cultures.
- She dedicated her award to Defend International members.
Defend International Announcement, December 2013
Defend International (DI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Widad, co-founder of Defend International is the recipient of the 2013 'Special Prize' by the National Organisation for Future Generations for "being a passionate advocate of bridging the gap between civilizations and cultures." This highly honorable award seeks to honor, when merited, exceptional leaders in the MENA region who have made valuable contributions to humanity through the creation of a culture of coexistence and harmony.
Mr. Dahman Elheddi, President of National Organisation for Future Generations (NOFG), presented the award on December 13, 2013 saying that Dr. Widad was honored today for "her pathbreaking efforts to build bridges between civilizations and cultures through dialogue and collaboration." Before wishing her continued success and progress in 2014, he stated that all members of NOFG are pleased to recognise Dr. Widad's strong work ethic and her commitment to a culture of inclusion and diversity.
On receiving the award, Dr. Widad said that she was touched to receive the award. "I am glad that our work has been recognised. I have a lot of admiration to Mr. Dahman Elheddi and his colleagues, as well as all members of Defend International. I would like to thank them for the contribution they have made to humanity and the inclusive attitude they have," she said.
Dr. Widad congratulated Mr. Elheddi and DI members for being powerful contributors to a culture of human rights and peace. "I strongly believe that we have exceptional members who do not spare any effort to promote peace and democracy through cultural relations and advocacy," she stated.


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"Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and takes the winds of March with beauty."
- William Shakespeare
Done in Moleskine Watercolour sketch-book - Maree©
My Swallows were late in leaving this year, still saw them around just a week ago. Now their twitterings that I love to listen to as they swoop over my garden or sit on my Satellite dish are silent. They returned to their old home in the pump house in early September 2010 and I'm always humbled and honoured to think that they choose to return to me after thousands of miles of travelling.
They managed to rear two babies this season and it was a delight watching the parents teaching them all the sweeping moves over our vast expanse of grassland and it wasn't long until they too were balancing on the wires strung up in my (open-air) potting shed, which I use to hang flowers for drying, happily calling to one another. It's always a worry to me, wondering whether the babies will make the long journey safely. And it's always only the parents returning every year (for the past 5 years now), so I often wonder where the babies head off to...?
If our summer is exceptionally hot or dry, I leave the hosepipe dripping on an empty piece of ground in the garden and have spent hours watching them gather mud for their nest-building.
Some info : The Greater Striped Swallow (Hirundo cucullata syn. Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow. It breeds in Southern Africa, mainly in South Africa, Namibia and southern Zimbabwe. It is migratory, wintering further north in Angola, Tanzania and southern Zaire.
The Greater Striped Swallow builds a bowl-shaped mud nest with a tubular entrance on the underside of a suitable structure. The nest has a soft lining, and is often reused in later years. It is common, unafraid of humans, and has benefited from the availability of nest sites around habitation. It feeds mainly on flying insects, but has been known to eat small fruits. It's conservation status is LC (Least Concern).
Go out by yourself, face the wind, hold up your head and thank the Universe for this world we live in.
🐾 Hedgehogs, Chooks, Nature, gardening and other rambles. In summer I always enjoy an early-evening walk on our smallholding. No need to get in my car to find nature, I have 8.5ha right here to explore, always hoping to see the Barn Owl or some Guinea fowl, but always enjoying the Bluegum trees and beautiful grasses and wild flowers along the way.
- Maree Clarkson
- Ballito, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
- Hi, I'm Maree Clarkson! I'm passionate about sketching and painting, chickens, animals, birds, nature, Moleskine note books, the beach, crystals, succulents, useless information, technology, blogging, networking, my MAC, my Land Rover, positivity, gardening and discovering anything new in life! Living in Africa is something very special and I am constantly delighted, amused and amazed by the things I see, do and experience. Join me in some of these experiences. Watercolours are my preferred medium. For me, the unpredictability and uncontrollable nature of watercolour makes it the most exciting and expressive medium of all. Having a certain picture in your mind and then seeing something slightly different, yet wonderful, come to life, is a thrilling experience! With watercolours, no two artists can produce the same result, the paint will just not allow you!
🐾 Maybe the reason I love animals so much, is because the only time they have broken my heart is when theirs has stopped beating.
Friday, 20 May 2011
Greater Striped Swallow
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