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It's been a hope of mine ever since I created Linescratchers to eventually make a compilation album that featured the best of our artists every year. I discovered that this is a legally tricky endeavor. In order to obtain copyrights for 10-12 songs I'd have to have each artist sign dozens of pages of paperwork, pay legal fees, and keep up with a ton of legal ramifications of selling somebody else's music. Lacking sufficient time and resources to do all that, I put the idea on the backburner until a time when I could fully focus my attention on it.
However, with the advent of our newest fundraiser and plans to expand Linescratchers, I have been able to realize that dream in some way. We're not actually selling the album – it's a bonus gift for those who donate $20 or more to our fundraiser – and that means our artists could just donate their favorite or most unique tracks to us and we can give out free digital downloads to those who participate! It's a win-win-win situation for our artists, our fans, and Linescratchers.
But some of you have still asked about the track listing, and I'm happy to oblige. Here are the songs on the first official Linescratchers Compilation Album:
Kirby Heyborne – The Hard Way
Rumbo Rumba – Ya Va A Salir El Sol
Young Sim – I Apologize
The Barefoot Movement – Find Ourselves
Good Morning Passenger – Empty Beds
Australis – Sacred Earth
Idiot Glee – Don't Go Out Tonight
Mayan Fox – Move
Colby Miller – Collapse!
Kristen Lawrence – The Ghost of John
Roxy Rawson – (new track – to be determined)
(NEW!) The Neighbors – (to be determined)
I didn't ask all our artists to donate a track. You can see that I really focused on having as broad a variety of music as possible: from rap to indie to violin to Latin to Halloween to acoustic to New Age and more. I think this is an important step in really showing what Latter-day Saints are capable of creating artistically in modern times. No doubt in 100 years, Mormon historians would probably be interested in these tracks, just to see what Mormon artists of the early 21st Century did. Once again, this album is available to those who donate more than $20 to our fundraiser (downloads will be made available as soon as the fundraiser is over at the end of the month). Enjoy!


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DALLAS (CBS11) – Hundreds of people gathered outside the Oak Cliff home where two bodies were found as they remembered the life of Shavon Randle.
Randle was kidnapped from her Lancaster home. Investigators said it was revenge stemming from a drug robbery that did not involve the 13-year-old.
The group left balloons, stuffed animals and cards outside the abandoned home where Randle was found inside.
"I want to the people to know who did this, God bless your souls," remarked one family member. "I want you to know that you took a girl's life that didn't do anything. She was innocent."
Police said Kendall Perkins stole drugs from Darius Fields, Devontae Owens and Laporshya Polley.
Perkins, the boyfriend of Randle's cousin, is now charged with robbery.
Polley and Fields face drug possession charges.
Owens and Laquon Wilkerson now face aggravated kidnapping charges.
"When we pulled up, I saw all y'all out here, I was like, 'All these people are here for my baby y'all," said Shaquana Presley, Randle's mother.
Presley thanked the crowd for their support.
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The group also took to the streets as they hoped to set an example to the rest of the community watching.
"Shavon has done something that has awakened each and every one of us," said Dwaine Caraway, Dallas City Council's Mayor Pro Tem.
Caraway, who represents District 4, promised the crowd an aggressive reaction.
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BRATTLEBORO -- Saxtons River native Laurel Wickberg grew up wanting to become a pediatrician.
She recently developed a strong interest in elderly care and, now, she says she has no idea which medical field she will enter.
And though she has another few years at the University of Vermont College of Medicine to choose a specialty, as the recent recipient of an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship she will be able to spend the next year learning to effectively address the social factors that affect health, developing leadership skills and practicing the message of service championed by the physician-humanitarian the program is named after.
Albert Schweitzer was born in Germany in 1875 and eventually became a missionary in Africa, founding a clinic in Gabon.
Wickberg and eight of her medical school classmates named New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows will join roughly an additional 220 at 12 program sites throughout the country. On top of their regular academic responsibilities, all fellows will partner with local community-based organizations to develop and implement year-long mentored service projects aimed at improving health and well-being.
Wickberg said the fellowship work will be done in her free time. Applications for the fellowship, summarizing project ideas, were due earlier in the year.
Wickberg and classmate Benjamin Brown will create an enrichment program for individuals suffering from dementia at an adult daycare center in South Burlington. Wickberg said she and Brown will work with the Vermont State Nurses' Association, to develop meaningful programs that will therapeutically benefit the center's patients and improve their quality of life, as opposed to just keep them busy and entertained.
She said she asked a friend to come and play classical piano to several elderly people at the center that love classical music. She also mentioned finding someone fluent in Russian to communicate with a patient who speaks only that language. It was a way to keep the person engaged, she said.
Wickberg graduated from Bellows Falls Union High School in 2005 and received her bachelor's degree from Middlebury College four years later.
As part of being a Schweitzer fellow, she must develop a volunteer program at the center, organize lunchtime programs for Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers, and create more resources for each of the programs. She also will have to engage a corps of volunteers, including other medical students, and assist them in providing care for the elderly.
Her mother, Lynn Wickberg, said she was really pleased a few months ago when she learned about the honor bestowed her daughter.
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Laurel Wickberg said she will become a Fellow for Life once she completes her initial year and join a network of nearly 2,500 other Schweitzer alumni.
According to UVM's College of Medicine, the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program has supported more than 350 Schweitzer Fellows in delivering almost 70,000 hours of service since 1996. The program is funded entirely through charitable donations and grants.
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Niki, the name we finally gave younger daughter, is not an abbreviation; it was a compromise I reached with her father. For paradoxically it was he who wanted to give her a Japanese name, and I— perhaps out of some selfish desire not to be reminded of the past—insisted on an English one. He finally agreed to Niki, thinking it had some vague echo of the East about it.
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I found out this winter that I received funding to do "When Once There Was" a performance video art project with Emma Hendrix who is doing sound composition. The piece is the first of series where we record disappearing visual and acoustic landscapes due to human "progress". The finished piece is an A/V performance. (See also: Performance Video)
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This funding will support work we will be doing in the Peace River Valley, B.C. this summer (2017). The Site C Dam is a project run by BC Hydro in this area. The dam will flood valuable Indigenous lands and cover over important and naturally fertile farm land. (Read more about Site C)
Tanya Goehring of Post Photography will be assisting and mentoring me on site.
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Tuxedo have already been pretty thoroughly covered on Andresmusictalk already. And it looks like Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One are at it again. Just in time for the holidays too. Since I got back into doing this blog with my "five days of funk" concept? Have had some difficulty finding any nu funk to cover,which was part of my original intention. And this single of a new Stone's Throw label compilation came at me via my YouTube subscription to the duo's channel on that site. And the name of the song is "Holiday Love".
The groove gets going with a percussive,mid tempo drum machine rhythm. This is first accompanied by a glossy orchestral keyboard harmony, along with a round and brittle synth bass line. The chorus is sung Roger Troutman style by Jake through a Vocoder. On the second chorus sung with Hawthorne harmonizing on lead? It's all accompanied by the sound of sleigh bells in a similar manner to the Average White Band's "School Boy Crush" from 40 years ago this year. It all outro's it begins, along with the orchestral synth wailing away.
In many ways? This song completes an important multi generational triad of Christmas themed funk. It probably began with James Brown's "Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto" in the late 60's,continued on a couple years later with Donny Hathaway's iconic funky soul of "This Christmas" and ends with the 80's electro funk revivalism of this jam from Tuxedo. Musically it blends elements of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" and Zapp's "Computer Love". Topped off with Mayer Hawthorne's soulfully honey'd lead vocals.
Message wise the song is right on time. The music video depicts Mayer and Jake pitching woo to their girlfriends-culminating with drinking wine in bed-while all sharing in their musically creative process. It's just a simple idea of setting time aside for your romantic partner as a holiday gift. Since the last three holiday seasons have consisted mainly of depressing,gun related mass shootings and the conservatively motivated contrivance of the "war on Christmas"? This funk will not only move,but might just remove those undesired effects this holiday season.


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|Descriptive Summary
Hatice Gonnet-Bağana, 1932-
Collections of Anatolian Civilizations,
Hatice Gonnet-Bağana, Hittite Collection
|Collection Number
|The Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Hittite Collection under the Collection of Anatolian Civilizations was donated to Koç University by the archaeologist/hittitologist Hatice Gonnet-Bağana in 2013 along with a collection of Jacques Lefort, Byzantine Collection. The Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Hittite Collection offers a wide range of sources on the subject of religious, cultural, social, and mythological aspects, as well as linguistic development of civilizations spreading throughout Anatolia including Akkadians, Hattians, Hurrians, Hittites (Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom, as well as Syro-Hittite era), Assyrians, Phrygians, Urartians, and Troans since the 3rd millenium BC. Diversity of languages in both print and manuscript materials including French, Turkish, English, German, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, and Arabic gives a rich perspective in the field of archaeology.
|The Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Hittite Collection consists of the source material including images (photographs, negative films, and slides), manuscripts, maps, lecture notes, hieroglyph inscription illustrations and drawings, personal correspondences and official letters, excavation reports, ephemera, posters, newspaper clippings, postcards, as well as published works (reprints, offprints, articles, and monographs). The collection can be divided into three main categories: 1) image collection (Hatice Gonnet-Baðana's photographs, slides, and negatives); 2) source material collection (published works and Hatice Gonnet-Bağana's manuscripts); and 3) Laroche Hittite texts collection (Hatice Gonnet-Baðana's transliteration and translation of Hittite texts based on Emmanuel Laroche's catalog).
|The image collection documenting the archaeological sites and ancient monuments in Anatolia such as Sarýalan Beyköy (Afyon), Karkamış, Nişantaş, Hattusa, Midas, Yazılıkaya, Yumrutepe, Kapıkaya, as well as maps of archaeological sites is what makes this collection unique and it is one of the highlights of the Hatice Gonnet-Baðana Hittite Collection.
|Administrative Information
|Access Restriction
This collection is open for research.
|Copyright notice
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to Turkish law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Koç University provides access to the digital materials on the website for educational and research purposes only. Any other use of these materials without written permission, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly reproductions, redistributions, publication, or transmission, is strictly prohibited.
|The unique materials have been digitized and placed online with the exception of published works that are not currently in the public domain, having copyright restrictions. Some materials are available only within the confines of Koç University campus, and some are not currently available online at all. These materials may be made publicly available online at the expiration of their copyright terms, subject to international and domestic copyright laws. Information about the works in question is available for all items, even those to which online access is restricted.
|Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Hittite Collection, GNT 01, Suna Kıraç Library Archive, Koç University.
|Biographical Note
|Hatice Gonnet-Bağana was born in Istanbul, Seyfullah Pasha Mansion at Çengelköy (1932). She moved to Paris with her family when her father Mehmet Ali Bağana was appointed at the OCDE in 1952. She was married to the French painter-engineer Antoine Gonnet in 1963 (as she acquired his surname, Gonnet). She studied archaeology with Prof. Emmanuel Laroche and received her diploma at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1967) and later at the Ecole du Louvre (1969) as a pupil of the archeaologist André Parrot. She was admitted to the French National Centre for Scientific Research (Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique) in 1969 and completed her doctoral dissertation in 1979. She directed Phyrigia excavation research in Beyköy, Afyon from 1979 to 1982. She attended and presented at the international conferences, symposia and colloques between the years 1975 and 2003. She became the head of hittitology at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes V. Section from 1982 to 1995 as the sole advisee for master's theses and doctoral dissertations in hittitology when Emmanuel Laroche was retired. In 1997 she was retired with the award of honorary researcher at the CNRS and became member of the Berlin Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft. She carried out her scholarly activities as lecturer at the Ecole du Louvre in hittitology, philology of cuneiforms and hieroglyphic inscriptions, and historical analysis of ancient texts from 1995 to 2011.
|Collection Arrangement
Papers are arranged chronologically within each series, and alphabetically by year.
|Detailed Description of Collection
|1. Box Series 1, "S" Box Series
|Box 1 (GNT S01)
Sarıalan, Beyköy
|Box 2 (GNT S02)
Beyköy, Afyon, Adıyaman, Eskişehir areas
|Box 3 (GNT S03)
Mesopotamia, Hama, Aleppo, and Tell Ahmar
|Box 4 (GNT S04)
Emar, Meskene, Beyköy, Karaçayır, and Yumrutepe
|Box 5 (GNT S05)
Phrygian monuments and Syro-Cappadocian monuments in Asia Minor
|Box 6 (GNT S06)
Phrygia : Arslankaya, Sulumanastır, Pessinus, Midas, and Aizanoi
|Box 7 (GNT S07)
Phrygian monuments in Karaçayır and Malatça Tumulus
|Box 8 (GNT S08)
Yumrutepe in Afyon
|Box 9 (GNT S09)
Yazılıkaya in Boğazköy, Boğazköy Südburg, Yozgat Akmağdeni, and Baltalıtepesi Oluközü
|Box 10 (GNT S10)
Boğazköy temple and Yerkapı rampart
|Box 11 (GNT S11)
Boğazköy, Nişantaş, Alacahöyük, Kalehisar
|Box 12 (GNT S12)
|Box 13 (GNT S13)
Carchemish (Karkamış)
|Box 14 (GNT S14)
Hittite empire, Boğazköy
|Box 15 (GNT S15)
Hittite Imperial Period : Karakuyu, Malkaya, Imamkulu, and Karabel
|Box 16 (GNT S16)
Hittite hieroglyphs and monuments at Carchemish (Karkamış)
|Box 17 (GNT S17)
Inscriptions and steles from Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, and Sivas
|Box 18 (GNT S18)
|Box 19 (GNT S19)
Kayseri, Kuşaklı, and Kerkenes
|Box 20 (GNT S20)
|Box 21 (GNT S21)
|2. Box Series 2
|Box 1 (GNT 01)
Religious aspects in Anatolian Civilizations 1
|Box 2 (GNT 02)
Religious aspects in Anatolian Civilizations 2
|Box 3 (GNT 03)
Institutions in Anatolian Civilizations
|Box 4 (GNT 04)
History of Anatolian Civilizations
|Box 5 (GNT 05)
Language and history in Anatolian Civilizations
|Box 6 (GNT 06)
Language in Anatolian Civilizations
|Box 7 (GNT 07)
Eflatun and Harpatu
|Box 8 (GNT 08)
Hieroglyphic hittite seals 1
|Box 9 (GNT 09)
Hieroglyphic hittite seals 2
|Box 10 (GNT 10)
|Box 11 (GNT 11)
Central Anatolia
|Box 12 (GNT 12)
Western Anatolia
|Box 13 (GNT 13)
Çatalhöyük, Bithynia, Gümüşlük images
|Box 14 (GNT 14)
Southern and Western Anatolia
|Box 15 (GNT 15)
|Box 16 (GNT 16)
Images from the museums
|Box 17 (GNT 17)
Images from the excavation sites
|Box 18 (GNT 18)
Urartu 1
|Box 19 (GNT 19)
Urartu 2
|Box 20 (GNT 20)
Troy, Knidos, Milet, Priene, Foça, Aphrodisias, Assos, Bergama, and Ephesus
|Box 21 (GNT 21)
Troy, Sarissa, and Kayalıpınar
|3. Box Series, Catalog of Hittite texts (based on Emmanuel Laroche catalog)
|Box 1 (GNT L01)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 1-39
|Box 2 (GNT L02)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 40-61
|Box 3 (GNT L03)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 62-83
|Box 4 (GNT L04)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 84-147
|Box 5 (GNT L05)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 152-225
|Box 6 (GNT L06)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 231-263
|Box 7 (GNT L07)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 264-291
|Box 8 (GNT L08)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 294-323
|Box 9 (GNT L09)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 324-374
|Box 10 (GNT L10)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 375-396
|Box 11 (GNT L11)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 397-449
|Box 12 (GNT L12)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 450-504
|Box 13 (GNT L13)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 505-532
|Box 14 (GNT L14)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 533-593
|Box 15 (GNT L15)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 594-621
|Box 16 (GNT L16)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 625-670
|Box 17 (GNT L17)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 671-752
|Box 18 (GNT L18)
Catalog of Hittite texts, 757-833


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After commemorating the legacy of B R Ambedkar, BJP, which is trying to woo the Dalits ahead of crucial UP polls, today celebrated the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki with BJP chief Amit Shah paying rich tributes to the poet-saint.
After commemorating the legacy of B R Ambedkar, BJP, which is trying to woo the Dalits ahead of crucial UP polls, today celebrated the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki with BJP chief Amit Shah paying rich tributes to the poet-saint.
Addressing a function to celebrate 'Valmiki Jayanti' at the party headquarters here, Shah said the Modi government had dedicated all its schemes to dalits and the poor to help ameliorate their socio-economic conditions.
He lauded the silent role played by Maharishi Valmiki, the creater of Hindu epic Ramayana, in uplift of the Valmiki community and dalits. Shah noted that the Maharishi had said that all are equal and added that the Constitution framed by B R Ambedkar ensures that every individual gets equal rights and opportunities to move forward.
"The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one that is working most for dalits, backwards, tribals and the poor. Take any ministry or department, you will see that the first five schemes are dedicated to the poor, dalits, backwards and the oppressed," he said.
BJP has been trying hard to reach out the dalit community ahead of crucial polls in five states slated early next year but has suffered setbacks due to a string of controversies including Rohith Vemula issue and attacks on dalits by cow vigilantes.
Shah, who yesterday addressed the Bhikhu Dhammaviryo's Dhamma Chetna yatra in Kanpur attended by dalits who had converted to Buddhism, today highlighted the manner in which the government has asked banks to help finance dalits for self-employment through its schemes.
It is a big indication of the change being initiated, he said.
"If the country continues to tread this path, then I feel the day is not far when we will be able to bring a proud and prosperous society as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar," he said.
BJP said anyone can achieve greatness by drawing inspiration from Valmiki's life.
"Ramayana is not merely the life story of Lord Rama but is an instrument of giving the message of importance of Indian culture to the world.
"Through the Ramaayan, Maharishi Valmiki gave the message that the victory in the end will be of truth, notwithstanding how strong or clever the untruth is," he said.
Shah said Maharishi Valmiki worked silently for social harmony and the uplift of dalits all his life. "He told us that social harmony lies within the soul of Indian society. He had also said that all people are alike and one need not say this as it is embedded in the Indian culture," he said.
"Dalits, tribals, backwards, poor and youth are there in all the schemes of the BJP-led government at the Centre led by Narendra Modi," he said.
Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot, BJP general secretary Ram Lal and incharge of BJP's SC Morcha Dushyant Gautam were also present at the function that was attended by a number of party workers.
Some eminent members of the Valmiki community who have dome exemplary work were also honoured.
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Coming back to work following the summer break can often seem daunting with an overwhelming amount to catch up with. During this webinar, you will learn the best tactics to get your PMO fired up again to deliver successful change and re-engage with your PMO Customers.
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John & Annie Glenn Historic Site
Experience History!
"Learn about life during the Great Depression and the Home Front during WWII through a captivating living history presentation.
Astronaut/Senator John Glenn's boyhood home has been moved back to Main Street in New Concord, Ohio and restored as it was when he lived there until his enlistment in World War II.
John Glenn once said that he and his wife have lived one third of American history. It is our goal to bring to life aspects of that time, namely life during the Great Depression and on the Home Front during WWII.
John & Annie Glenn Historic Site
National Road/Zane Grey Museum
In July, 2009, the John & Annie Glenn Museum Foundation began managing the National Road/Zane Grey Museum for the Ohio Historical Society. The two museums together make a great destination for tourists and school groups as 5 X 40 = 200. (Within 5 miles on Rt. 40, experience 200 years of American history!) A driving tour brochure is available at either site to read and enjoy while traveling the National Road from one to the other. A "Step Into Yesteryear" pass, also available at either site, offers a discount for visiting both sites.


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Who Is Afraid Of Climate Change?
According to the National Schooling Association, the New York faculties have made vital strides in academic achievement over the previous few years. The colleges in New York are among the top eight states in the percentage of 18-24 year olds enrolling in college. The grant was awarded by the Nationwide Science Foundation, a federal agency and one in every of thesingle largest sources of funds for scientific research, to a staff of researchers led by Rick Relyea, an RPI professor who serves as the director of the Jefferson Venture, a collaborative effort of RPI, IBM and The Fund for Lake George.
The Internet of Issues, as it's called, is also lacking a crucial moral framework, argues Francine Berman, a pc-science professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a longtime professional on laptop infrastructure. More NY faculties college students are getting high scores on the SAT examination. A Harvard study suggests a process often called synergistic epistasis enables people to survive with an unusually excessive mutation fee.
From minnows to deep-water whoppers, researchers are conducting the primary comprehensive fish survey in additional than 30 years as a part of a multi-million dollar effort to determine the lake's well being. The paper was published on-line ahead of print on February 17, 2011, within the Journal of Adolescent Well being. A research led by Massachusetts Normal Hospital (MGH) and Icahn College of Drugs at Mount Sinai (ISSMS) investigators has linked, for the primary time in people, activity in a stress-sensitive structure throughout the mind to the risk of subsequent heart problems.
Anybody who has skilled that pleasure of insight (in particular) will always be re-motivated every time they pick up "Science News". Harvard Museum of Pure Historical past brings art and science together as two Harvard scientists seize the invisible," and stunningly stunning, life power that's everywhere: microbes. Training Week offers the New York faculties a grade of "A" (ninety seven out of a hundred) for the high requirements and accountability of the general public colleges.
Cloud telephony is a new title for something called Voice Over IP, besides in a enterprise context," stated James Hendler, director of the Institute for Information Exploration and Purposes (IDEA) and the Tetherless World Professor of Laptop, Internet and Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson describes Lake George as "the most stunning water I ever saw." As we speak, scientists are using gee-whiz know-how to make it the smartest lake on the planet.


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So . . . to mix things up a little, every Friday I will list of four things. Hope you enjoy and I would love to hear feedback.
Four FAVORITE EARLY READER SERIES on Friday
The thing that I love about Facebook is being able to connect with friends and acquaintances from different points in my life. I especially love reconnecting with former students. A few weeks ago, a former student commented to me that she enjoyed my blog but with three small children, her reading time and focus were directed toward a different level. Boy do I remember those days! As her oldest is now starting first grade, she was looking for suggestions. This is a list of four of my favorite book series for early readers; I define early readers as grades K – 3. All of these books are great to begin reading with your child and then as their own reading abilities develop, they can continue the series independently. These are for you, Michelle!
Jigsaw Jones by James Preller
Jigsaw Jones is in second grade and he loves to solve board puzzles. Using the same investigating skills to fit physical puzzle pieces together, he and his friend Mila work together to help friends solve their problems and puzzles through their private eye business. With a great cast of characters including Joey Pignattano, Bobby Solofsky, Bigs Maloney, and Wingnut O'Brien, Jigsaw navigates the complexities of second grade and has fun, creative adventures.
I love this series for a number of reasons. Jigsaw is a very likable, yet real character. He makes mistakes, he understands the loyalty of friends, and he thinks. All the mysteries that he solves are realistic problems for this age group – a missing hamster, a worm thief, the source of a food fight; there are no robbers or inappropriate villains. Jigsaw and his best friend Mila send each other secret messages in fun codes like number substitutions and mirror codes that my own children loved to recreate. Jigsaw's classroom teacher Ms. Gleason is also a very likable and supportive character. With well over 25 books in the series, my children loved to follow Jigsaw's adventures, and there is enough witty humor that adults reading along are not going to be bored. I also loved that I was able to get my children hooked on mysteries at an early age! The author isn't writing any new books in the series but there are quite enough to keep your kids busy.
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate is also a detective who solves the mysteries of his neighborhood friends. The writing for this book series is very clever and fast-paced as the reader is taken through a logical thinking process to solve the dilemmas, including a missing recipe, a lost key, and a disappearing cat. Fortified before any adventure with a stack of pancakes, Nate takes on a Sam Spade type persona with a lot of self-talk and wit.
This series originated in the 70's and is truly a delight. Nate is a very dry and likeable character. My own children especially appreciated the simple, humorous drawings that accompany each story, and of course, Nate's love of pancakes. The stories are written without chapters and are told straight through. With the text not being too long, kids can feel a sense of accomplishment of finishing a story in one sitting. The supporting neighborhood characters including Annie and her dog Fang and Rosemond and her cats add to the humor; also, in every book, Nate writes a quirky note to his mother. The book is written in first person, and the conversational style of Nate is a lot of fun to read aloud and lends itself to great characterization. Both my son and daughters enjoyed the Nate the Great books, but there is another series by this author featuring Nate's cousin, Olivia Sharp. Not quite as strongly written as the Nate the Great books, my daughters did enjoy Olivia's adventures.
The Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Rylant
Three cousins, Lily, Tess, and Rosie, share an attic bedroom at the home of their Aunt Lucy while their parents are away. To fill some time during the summer, they start a cookie company. As they deliver the cookies, they meet their neighbors on Cobble Street and build some wonderful friendships.
Anyone familiar with children's books knows Cynthia Rylant, but of all the books of hers that I have read, this series is by far my favorite. This six book series is absolutely beautiful and an ideal mother-daughter read. Each of the cousins has a distinct personality and although my children laugh at my description, these are just "nice" books. They are warm-hearted with lots of beauty and sweet moments. The simple pencil drawings throughout the books just add to its charm. There are six books: In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen, A Little Shopping, Special Gifts, Some Good News, Summer Party, and Wedding Flowers, and make sure that they are read in order as the story builds upon each previous book. This is a great series to teach children the delight . . . or curse . . . of the anticipation of "what happens in the next book!" I only say "curse" as I reflect on my family's own Amazon bills!
The Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osbourne
Brother and sister Jack and Annie find a treehouse in the woods behind their house. When they climb up the ladder, they discover that the treehouse is full of books. In the first story as Jack looks through a book on dinosaurs, he comments that he wishes he could see a real Pteranodon. Suddenly the treehouse is whisked away to the time of the dinosaurs! Using the book as a reference guide, Jack and Annie must figure out a way to get back home for dinner before they become a dinosaur's dinner!
I read this first book to my son when he was three. Being a typical three-year-old boy, I thought that if I could get through a chapter, I would consider it an accomplishment. We read a chapter and he asked for more; this continued and my never-stopping child listened as I read the entire book to him! Since then, this series is a favorite and we still purchase each new book as it comes out.
There are numerous things that I like about this series. First, all the books have ten chapters and are structured in a similar pattern. This helps to make an easy transition from a being-read-to book to a doing-the-reading-yourself book. As the early reader knows the formula of what to expect, he can focus on the words and story itself. I also love the non-fiction quality of the books; although the stories are fictional, the reference text in each book provides facts about the times and places that Jack and Annie adventure to. This is a great, non-technical way to expose children to non-fiction. Many of the books have a non-fiction companion book about the topic that provides more detail but is still written in an easy-going manner. Finally, I love the relationship between Jack and Annie. They are siblings who bicker and quarrel but have the bond of friendship and shared experience. My son and daughter are the same age difference as Jack and Annie and they would play these characters when they were younger. They would grab a book off our bookshelf, climb into their treehouse (aka the couch), and travel off on an adventure! What an imagination! My youngest daughter would travel along as the mouse Peanut, who you meet in later books. An added bonus is that the series was written into a children's musical called Magic Treehouse: The Musical. The soundtrack was, and still is, a favorite of ours. Although the production is done in limited areas, usually the East Coast, I know that if it ever comes closer to home, my three, regardless of their age, will insist upon seeing it.


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JISC and the British Library. Researchers of Tomorrow: TheResearch Behaviour of Generation Y Doctoral Students. Report. 28 June 2012. Print.
JISC, a British thinktank that studies digital technologies, and the British Library conducted a three-year study of the research behaviors of "Generation Y" British doctoral students in order to discover how doctoral students find information, conduct research, and use emerging technologies in their research processes. The Generation Y students they targetted were born between 1982-1994 and did not grow up using digital technologies (in other words, they are not digital natives.)
The study, which involved three annual surveys of a total of 17,000 doctoral students and a longitudinal study of 60 doctoral students, found that this generation of doctoral students relied less on primary sources and materials when conducting their research and turned most often to e-journals (rather than printed sources) to find information and texts. Although they have been introduced to different kinds of Web 2.0 and digital technologies that could augment their research process, the study found that most Generation Y doctoral students only adopted technologies that fit into their already-established research habits. These students were often unsure of the validity and the usefulness of open access cites, probably due to uncertainty about the credibility of online publication venues and the suspicion of sharing (or fear of being scooped) in many academic fields. Finally, the research study found that students don't find one-size-fits-all research or technology workshops useful for their own research process; the doctoral students in the study noted that a more informal, peer-led, and tailored approach to research strategies would be more effective.
The purpose of the study is to shed light on the research habits of this generation of doctoral students. The findings, both JISC and the British Library hope, will help librarians and those in higher education better prepare and assist doctoral students for 21st century digital research.
Notable Notes
huge longitudinal study that focuses on students' research and information-finding habits.
the organization of the report:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Setting the scene
- Chapter 3: Finding and using research resources
- Chapter 4: Take-up of technology and applications
- Chapter 5: Collaborating, sharing, and disseminating research
- Chapter 6: Institutional services and facilities to support research
- Chapter 7: Conclusions
surveys tried to determine what are their attitudes toward research and what are the key constraints/drivers to their research process (10)
surveyed students from 72 institutions of higher education.
two key findings: "Only Google commands a similarily important role [the other being e-journals] as an information source across all subject disciplines" and "Generation Y doctoral students seem rarely to be aware of the actual publisher or name of the e-information source, as they rely on their library's own interface or Google to locate and access resources" (19).
Quotable Quotes
"The study found that Generation Y doctoral students are sophisticated information-seekers and users of complex information sources. They are not dazzled by technology and are acutely aware of critical issues such as authority and authenticity in research and evidence gathering" (5).
"If they cannot get hold of an e-journal article, almost half the Generation Y doctoral students said they will make do with the abstract. Fewer older students inclined to do this" (6)
"There is widespread lack of understanding and uncertainty about open access and self-archived resources" (6) – are students given enough support and guidance to navigate resources on and off line?
"Of the total survey sample, 30% used Google or Google Scholar as their main source to find the research information they sought." (23)
"Evidence from the cohort suggested a tendency among doctoral students to download and store much more than they ever read in detail. Many downloaded things or viewed them online and then if they looked interesting they would commonly print them out to read them. Many cohort members commented on how they dislike reading (as opposed to scanning) on screen." (23)


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The Mimic stared intently at those two notifications. The first one seemed to imply that it was now the rightful owner of a dungeon core. It really didn't need some notification window's permission for that, but at least it made things official, in a way. Now all that was left was to deal with that second one. There was just one problem.
"Snack," it called out, much to Kora's amusement. "Is a 'catastrophic meltdown' a tasty thing?"
Just knowing what something was called didn't mean it could understand what it actually was.
"Huh? What?!" replied the succubus. She was actually aware of the meaning behind those words, but what worried her was the reason her master suddenly inquired after them. Then realization hit her like a cannonball to the face.
"Wait… don't tell me the core is going to-"
A tiny fracture appeared on the crystal ball. Rays of white light seemed to pour out of that tiny gap.
"Not tasty!" she yelled out immediately. "Master, that core is very much not tasty! We have to get rid of it! No, we have to run away from it at full speed!"
"Don't wanna. It's my shiny!" came the selfish reply one would expect out of a toddler.
"Look, Master, that core is going to explode. It's going to blow up and none of us will survive! Being alive is much tastier than having a big shiny thing, right?!"
It didn't deny her outright this time and actually pondered her words.
A certain invisible presence that was the cause of this situation would do well to take notes here. This was the proper way to negotiate with a mimic.
Only it was taking its sweet time deciding. No matter how much it wanted to keep the shiny, surely it didn't want to be killed for it, right?
"Hey bubble-boobs," whispered Kora. "Why are you so insistent with this? If the Master bites it we get to run off and do what we want, right?"
"You know that box has a lot more HP than either of us, right?" she whispered back. "Do you honestly think our bodies would survive a blast that it could not?"
"How strong a boom are we talking about here?"
"Only dust will be left behind. And that's if we're lucky."
Kora crossed her arms in front of her chest and closed her eyes. One could practically hear the rusty gears springing to life inside her head.
No master means no contract. No contract means I get to play around all I want. That's good. But dying sends me back to the Beyond. I can't be summoned back unless I have a contract. Which means that if both of us die at the same time...
"Master!" she blurted out after reaching the painfully obvious conclusion. "We should get rid of that glowy thing right now!"
"Okay," it responded.
It wasn't actually torn between life and shiny though. It was just lamenting having to let go of this thing after going through so much trouble to secure it, but there was no way around it. At first it wasn't sure if Snack was telling the truth, but that whispered conversation with Arms showed she was acting out of self-preservation. It was an instinct the Mimic was very supportive of. Therefore, it would listen to its familiars this time and do as they suggest.
It just had one major problem.
What do I do with it?
Dungeon core AD-0429-PR is over maximum MP capacity by 953%!
Catastrophic meltdown will occur in 7 minutes!
Whatever it was going to do, it needed to do it fast. It could always roll it back into the dungeon, but that idea didn't sit right with it. Sure it might be able to blow this place up and destroy it, but that annoying pop-up might be able to reclaim the core somehow. Perhaps that's what it was expecting? But if not the dungeon, then was there any other place nearby where it could-
"Ah!" it exclaimed. "Arms, get the shiny outside! Fast!"
The three of them went out of the cavern and into the open air. It was already past noon, as evidenced by the sun's position in the sky. It seemed its little dungeon crawl had taken quite a bit of time.
The Mimic looked along the dirt road that led towards the nearby city of Monotal. There were a few figures moving along it in the distance, obviously traveling between that place and the dungeon.
But that's not what was important. The road itself was flat, mostly straight and on a downhill slope that went pretty much all the way to the city.
"Arms, push the shiny down that road! Give it to that big place with the walls!"
"Huh?" replied Kora, dumbfounded. She had no idea what her master was going on about.
Xera, however, immediately caught on. Her face adopted an expression that seemed to say 'Oh, I see!' louder than any words could. Dumping the dangerous thing on the humans was a perfect way of getting rid of it. How come she didn't think of that? It was honestly a little annoying to be outsmarted by that blasted box. Still, this was an idea she liked a lot.
"Allow me to guide her to the city, Master," she offered.
"Okay. Arms, follow Snack's lead!"
"Pfft! *Ahem* Yes, Master!"
The red-skinned fiend pushed the core down the road while the succubus took to the skies to keep from falling behind. Using her wings at high speed inside that narrow dungeon was tantamount to suicide, but out here she could soar as high as she wanted.
Their master watched them depart on their assignment for a few seconds before it started running in the opposite direction. There was no telling how big that explosion was going to be, but judging from how much mana it soaked up it was easy to tell it wasn't going to be a small one. Therefore, putting as much distance between itself and that orb was the obvious thing to do. Just like Xera had pointed out, nothing is tastier than being able to stay alive!
It ran through the forest. It went up some hills and down others, around rocks and trees. A river was forded at some point. A few wild animals and monsters were gobbled up along the way.
Proficiency level increased. Biomass is now Level 3. All Attributes +1.
Make that a few dozen wild animals and monsters.
Dungeon core AD-0429-PR is over maximum MP capacity by 953%!
Catastrophic meltdown will occur in 2 minutes!
"Snack, what's going on over there?" it inquired through the thought link.
"We're coming up on the gates now, Master. We're going to try and force our way through."
"Huh? Inside the walls?"
"Yes, it'll do more damage if we bring it closer to the middle of the city."
That was true. Dark Explosion was a Spell that had to be aimed in such a way so that it hits as many things as possible. The scale of this core meltdown was likely to be much larger, but the same logic applied.
Dungeon core AD-0429-PR is over maximum MP capacity by 953%!
Catastrophic meltdown will occur in 60 seconds!
It contemplated such things while it made its way through the wilderness. After a short while, it got a rather sudden update.
Your familiar has been banished.
Xera had been done in, likely by the city's defenders.
"Arms, what's going on?"
"ORRA! Oh, Master! DORRYA! We got past the wooden gate with brute force but- ORA ORA ORA ORA! - there's too many humans!"
"Keep them busy!"
"Hahaha! Gladly!"
Well, judging from how fast her HP was dropping, that wasn't going to last long.
It ended up bursting through the treeline and onto a small clearing. There was a lone road along a small cliff that gave it a clear, unobstructed view towards the walled-off city in the distance. Several streaks of black smoke were visible, probably a result of that pyromaniac Pyromancer's magic.
Your familiar has been banished.
Ah, it seemed Kora finally went down. She held out a lot longer than the Mimic was expecting. Maybe it's due to that weird 'Second Wind' Skill she had? The chest decided it would be best to more thoroughly investigate her Status later.
Dungeon core AD-0429-PR is over maximum MP capacity by 953%!
Catastrophic meltdown will occur in 30 seconds!
There wasn't much time left. Should it keep running? Then again, another 30 seconds would hardly make a difference if that explosion could reach this far… Then what about going underground? Yes, that seemed like a good idea!
The chest shapeshifted its spider legs so that their 'feet' were more like shovels and less like needles. It then began eagerly digging into the soil. This was the same technique it used to hide itself in the ground shortly before its Rank Up, so it felt confident about it.
Dungeon core AD-0429-PR is over maximum MP capacity by 953%!
Catastrophic meltdown will occur in 10 seconds!
By this point, the chest had already dug out a hole about 1 meter deep. Going deeper at this stage seemed to be meaningless, so it instead braced for impact.
At that moment, nearly 7 kilometers away, a group of adventurers and guards were cautiously circling the ominous red ball. Cracks ran along its surface as more and more rays of light streamed out. It was actually audibly buzzing at this point. They were unsure about what to do with this strange object that a couple of renegade demons had brought into their city. Some of them felt it prudent to run the hell away, while others thought to quarantine it somehow. If they had a few more minutes, they might be able to teleport it away from them with magic.
But they didn't and the core ruptured.
There was a flash of light so bright that it blinded about a dozen unfortunate travelers and merchants that happened to be facing that direction.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -5463.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -6478.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -5312.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -4843.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -7603.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -6422.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -4041.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -3368.
Your target has been disintegrated. HP -3963.
It took but a fraction of a second to reap the lives of 8,235 people. That's not counting all the animals, domestic or otherwise, that got caught up in the blast. All of those were considered an attack made by the Mimic, and all of those attacks relayed their less-than-useful results back to the perpetrator.
The onslaught of status messages scrolled on and on and on seemingly without end, assaulting the Mimic's consciousness until it nearly blacked out.
"Zeeh, zeeh, zeeh."
Nearly though. It panted heavily inside its impromptu foxhole, reeling from the mental impact. If it wasn't for its MNT then it would probably end up stunned again. Just as it had calmed down, it felt the ear-splitting noise of the core meltdown wash over it next, followed almost immediately by the shockwave of the blast. It shook its little hidey-hole as if a major earthquake had taken place.
All things said and done, it lost about 300 HP in the ordeal. It fared much better than its victims, though. And then it finally got the all-important news.
Level up!
Level up!
Level up!
Congratulations, you are now a level 33 Mimic! All attributes +16.
Congratulations, you are now a level 22 Warlock! INT +10. MNT +10. END +10.
You have learned a new Spell: Shadowbind
You have learned a new Spell: Mind Blast
Feat of strength performed! You have unlocked a new Perk: Butcher of Humanity.
Feat of strength performed! You have unlocked a new Perk: Collateral Damage.
Proficiency level increased. Summon Familiar is now Level 6. INT +2. WIS +1. MNT +1.
Proficiency level increased. Demonology is now Level 3. WIS +2. MNT +2.
The Mimic calmed itself down and climbed out of its little hole, then looked towards where the city once stood. All that was left in its place was a glowing crater and a gigantic mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke and dust. The green plains and thick forest around it had been turned to gray ash. The monster's selfish actions had left a scar on this world that would never truly heal.
That's all it had to say on the matter, though. So what if it brought about a calamity that wiped out an entire city? It reaped a massive profit in Levels, and that's all it cared about! No, that's not quite right. There was also the matter unlocking new Restricted Skills!
First and foremost, the oddly nostalgic Mimic Skills.
|Skill List: Mimic
Unlocked Skills: Assassination, Storage, Cadaver Absorption, Biomass
Available Skills: Natural Armor, Misdirection, Create Fleshling, Liquid Mimicry, Metal Mimicry
You can unlock 1 additional Restricted Skill from this Job.
Create Fleshling was a Skill that would create a miniature, semi-sentient version of the Mimic to serve as its minion. However, these creatures would die after a set amount of time and could only follow pre-set orders, not to mention that separating chunks off its own body was obviously going to be unhealthy.
In short, Summon Familiar suited its needs much better. Therefore, it passed over this one.
Liquid Mimicry was also offered at Level 20, along with Create Fleshling and Biomass. It allowed the Mimic to recreate almost any non-magical liquid the Mimic knew about by expending MP. However, anything created by this Skill would disappear after a while and it was impossible to create alchemical products like potions and poisons. Therefore it was passed over for Biomass.
And now it seemed that it only got one new option.
|Metal Mimicry
Description: The ability to turn flesh and bone into steel and iron
Requirements: Level 30 Mimic, Shapeshift, Biomass, STR 100, END 100
Type: Passive
Activation Time: N/A
Cost: N/A
Range: Self
Effects: Flesh can be shapeshifted into any known non-magical metal.
MP will be consumed depending on how much of the body is turned to metal.
The transformation will fade after 15 minutes.
Reduces the MP consumption of Metal Mimicry by 5% per Level of this Skill.
The Mimic actually stopped to think about this one. It looked attractive, but several concerns gave it pause. While it would be possible to create arms and armor on the spot, it would come at a heavier price than what was obvious at first glance.
Metal was hard, heavy and inflexible. Hard was a good thing. Right now the Mimic could instantly cover its body with something that looked like steel, but that wouldn't mean it would be anywhere as tough. It was still shapeshifter flesh under the shiny surface and would not actually block attacks any better. Therefore, having the legitimate toughness of steel was extremely attractive. It probably wouldn't have to worry about running out of weapons, either.
But the other two characteristics of metal were downsides. Heavy meant it would take a LOT of its body mass to create it. Therefore, the actual amount of metal it could 'produce' would be quite limited. As for inflexible, let's just say the Mimic was worried whether it could move joints that were turned to steel. The answer would most likely be 'no.'
Therefore, rather than gamble on an unknown, it actually revisited and reversed a decision it had made a long time ago.
Proficiency level increased. Natural armor is now Level 1. END +6.
|Natural Armor
Description: Monsters are known for their tough hides that can shrug off anything and everything.
Requirements: Level 5 Monster Job, END 10+
Type: Passive
Activation Time: N/A
Cost: N/A
Range: Self
Effect: Reduces all incoming damage by 1% per Level of this Skill.
Provides an additional +2 END per Level of this Skill.
'I don't need it if I don't get hit' was the sort of naive thinking that had nearly gotten it killed in that dungeon. Therefore, while it may not be flashy, it picked the most reliable-looking Skill it could. Besides, it would probably need it if something went wrong when working with the other Skill it wanted.
Proficiency level increased. Crystallize Magic is now Level 1. INT +2. WIS +2.
While the sentient chest still felt apprehensive at the thought of blowing itself up, it was hard to argue with the results from the dungeon core meltdown. The event had also given it a really good idea for how to handle the potentially dangerous Spell Crystals. It just had to have someone extremely expendable take care of it!
Speaking of which.
"Ohh! I'm back!" shouted Kora after her summoning. "Woah!? Is that the city in the distance?!"
"What's left of it."
"WAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!" The fiend threw her hands in the air and let out a stream of hearty laughter. "Serves you right you blondie! Let's see you try 'cleansing this world of my taint' when you're nothing but dust!"
"Blondie?" inquired the chest, curiously.
"Ahn? Oh yeah, there was this guy with a really shiny sword and flashy, spiky hairdo. Super annoying. Kept prattling on about justice and whatnot while I was busy ripping this other guy limb from limb. Those Hero types are always a buzzkill, you know?"
"I don't."
"... Oh, right. You're only like 3 months old, huh?"
"Well, you'll find out soon enough. Hmm? Hey, my body seems to be overflowing with power compared to before! Did you Level up from that?"
"Yes, many times. Got Skills and Perks too."
A very tasty result indeed. As for the Perks, the first one seemed to be quite useful.
|Butcher of Humanity
Description: Repetition is the mother of learning. Especially when it comes to murder.
Requirements: Kill more than 5,000 humans.
Effects: Increases all damage dealt to humans by 5%.
Killing a human invigorates you, restoring 2% of max HP and MP.
The Mimic fought humans a lot. It would probably keep on fighting them, so being more effective against them was a good thing to be sure!
|Collateral Damage
Description: Like exploding fish in a barrel.
Requirements: Hit more than 20 targets with a single attack.
Effects: Increases the radius of Area Effect Spells, Skills and Martial Arts by 10%.
The other one... Well, it made the Mimic feel a bit cheated. Still, considering its plans for Crystallize Magic, it was far from a useless Perk.
"Where's the walking pair of boobs?" asked Kora.
"Does such a tasty-sounding thing exist?!"
"Uhm, yeah, the succubus you call your, heh, your Snack."
"Oh! Yes, I'll summon her soon."
Kora went back to enjoying the aftermath of her hard work while the Mimic was recovering its MP. After a minute or so, it summoned Xera.
"Greetings Master. Oh wow!" she said when she saw the mushroom cloud.
"I know, right?!" exclaimed Kora. "I don't think anyone survived that thing!"
"Yes, I can see that. I must say this is… much more devastating than I thought it would be."
"You've seen this sort of thing before?"
"Sort of. I was caught up in something like that along with an old master, but this is my first time seeing the aftermath."
Xera gave a sigh. She was actually counting on at least one person who saw her wonderful acting to survive that. This world would become a lot more interesting if that were the case. Well, it was a hastily thrown together idea anyway, so brooding over its failure would be pointless.
"Where to now, Master?"
The Mimic really hadn't thought that far ahead. Somewhere it needed to go? No, not in particular. Some task to accomplish? Nothing came to mind. Something it wanted to get? Yes. Plenty of things actually.
"I want tasty things! Shiny things too! Ah, and potions! And troll blood. Lots of troll blood, actually. What's a troll anyway? Is it tasty? It sounds like it might be tasty. Oh and I need to find out what happens when Warlock gets Level 25. And good swords too! Shiny swords! Snack! Where can I find all those things?!"
"Uhm… going to another city would be a good place to start, I guess?"
She knew a big city would have libraries, blacksmiths and alchemists. The 'shiny things' it wanted were obviously gold, maybe jewels. Those could also be gotten easily in a city if one were ruthless enough.
"Oh! Where's that?!"
"I'm not sure, Master."
She knew her way around a map, but had no idea where they were right now. She'd never heard of a place called Monotal until a week ago. Well, technically speaking it wasn't really a place anymore.
"We could always follow the road until we find some travelers we can, huhu, squeeze for information."
"Okay. Let's do that! Arms! We're leaving!"
"Eh? Huh? Oh! On my way!"
Kora had been staring reverently at the former city. It seems she wasn't quite done appreciating the scenery. She had high hopes for the future too. How many demons could claim they helped destroy an entire city on the first day of their new contract?! She was sure her master's name would spread throughout the Beyond if she-
"Huh? Master, you don't have a name?"
"No. Are names tasty?"
"Well… Even if you ask me that…" Kora looked inquisitively at Xera, silently asking for help.
The succubus let out another sigh. How did this moron not figure it out yet?
"Tasty means good. It also means tasty," she explained.
"Oh. Oh! Yeah, Master! Names are tasty! You can do fun things like yelling 'Bow before the terrible might of Koralenteprix!' at people right before you smash them! It's even better if they bow, because you can really squish their head against the ground!"
The Mimic had absolutely no idea what Kora was getting at. Still, it had to admit that it was curious. But how would one go about getting a name? Maybe if it opened its Status and inspected the Name field?
You are currently unnamed.
Would you like to a name to be assigned to you?
Well, at least this one seemed easy. It chose 'Yes' without a second thought.
A few moments later, its new name appeared in the Status and was then communicated to its familiars through their respective contracts.
"Hahahaha! Nice one, Master! Aaaah hah hah hah! That's amazing!"
"Oh, come on! What sort of name is that?! Are you kidding me with this shit?! There's no way I'm calling you that!"
Kora burst into laughter while Xera seemed to have some objections. The Mimic was actually quite happy with it though. If a name could be tasty, then this one most certainly was.
|General Information
|Job Information
|Boxxy T. Morningwood
|Mimic (Greater)
|3 months
|900/900 (+2.0/sec)
|815/815 (+1.0/sec)
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|Cadaver Absorption
|Sword Mastery
|Projectile Mastery
|Natural Armor
|Dagger Mastery
|Summon Familiar
|Ruin Mastery
|Power Overwhelming
|Domination Mastery
|Crystallize Magic
|Spell List
|Mass Panic
|Dark Infusion
|Dark Explosion
|Mind Blast
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i'm trying to change my attitude and engage a bit more in the life going on all around me. part of doing that is acknowledging the things in my life that i'm grateful for and in doing so, i hope to learn how to react positively to things, you know, like an optimist would.
i think it's so important that i'm making a commitment to do it here.
every day. three things. i'm hoping at the end of a year, i'll notice a distinct difference in my happiness.
um, every day hasn't worked out. it did for awhile. and i still feel committed to changing my attitude. but frankly, i got pregnant and my attitude changed right along with it. as did my ability to stay up and write three things that i was grateful for… so now i'm going to try and notice when i'm grateful and filled with awe or love or wonder or happiness all the time and when i can, i'll note it down here.
it's all about balance and keeping it positive, right?
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Eggs are just eggs, right? Well, perhaps not. It seems like every time you turn around there is a new phrase on the label of a carton of eggs. Some cartons claim the eggs within are "cage-free" or "free-range," while others say "pastured" or "pasture-raised."
All of these terms sound great, but what do they mean for your nutrition? Here is a break-down so you can make an informed decision the next time eggs are on your grocery list.
Cage-Free: Hens producing these eggs are not confined in cages, but large flocks are generally kept in barns or warehouses. The hens are able to roam around a bit, dust bathe and spread their wings, but often they do not have access to the outdoors. Nutritionally, these eggs are not much different from conventional eggs.
Free-range: These eggs come from hens that were given some access to an outdoor space, but there are no regulations regarding what this space must look like. Unless you visit the farm yourself, it's impossible to know if the hens are allowed time in a grassy lawn or on a patch of barren concrete. One research article found free-range eggs contain higher levels of beneficial monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats than conventional eggs.
Pastured or pasture-raised: There are no federal regulations for this term, but if this label is being used with integrity, these eggs come from hens that spend their lives roaming around on fresh pasture with access to shelter. The hens are able to eat their natural diet of fresh greens and bugs, and they can spread their wings and engage in other normal chicken behaviors. Nutritionally, these eggs boast lower levels of cholesterol and saturated fat while offering higher levels of beta-carotene, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E.
— By Ashley Saffle, Bastyr dietetic intern, and Debra Boutin, MS, RD, chair and dietetic internship director, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science at Bastyr University.


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Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shree awards, is a past member of Rajya Sabha and Former Chairman ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India (1994 to 2003).
He is an M.Sc. (Physics), Ph.D. and has Honorary Doctorates of 16 Universities to his credit.
He initiated several space missions of ISRO including Indian Remote sensing satellites, Astronomy missions and Indian Moon mission.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) - A top Republican senator warned Tuesday that if Democrats try to overhaul health care without Republican support, "it will wreck our health care system and wreck the Democratic Party."
"The intensity on this issue across the country is like nothing I"ve seen in a long, long time," said Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate.
After a month of town halls back home, Alexander said it's clear to him and other Republicans that Americans are "scared to death" about the sweeping policy changes coming from Washington this year and the massive debt they are creating.
Alexander warned there would be "a minor revolution in this country" if Democrats try to "ram" a health care overhaul using a legislative tool called reconciliation, which would allow a bill to pass with 50 votes instead of 60.
Alexander also complained the White House has cut Republicans out of talks.
"Either they don't know how to operate in a bipartisan way or they don't want to operate in a bipartisan way," he said.
As to the ongoing talks among the bipartisan Gang of Six senators on the Finance Committee, Alexander said he is confident voter angst is resonating with the GOP members of the negotiations.
He also predicted the three Republican senators won't sign onto a deal unless "they think they have substantial support" for it from other Republican senators.
Does the revolution include secessionists, hanging effigies, defacing public/private property, unruly outbursts, and other fringe elements these GOPers have ALREADY imposed on us?! Give me a break.
The so-called Republican "leaders" have No intention on voting for any health care for the American people. It is more than obvious now. They have been exposed for their LIES and corporate greed these GOPers represent in the insurance lobby. Shameful.
Without further delay, America deserves health-care reforms and will support those representatives with the courage to pass it.
Lets play out the public option to its inevitable conclusion: public option becomes available; millions of Americans voluntarily or are forced to enroll in public option; Federal government mismanages program (as usual); public option becomes insolvent; Federal government raise taxes on all citizens, thereby forcing those with private plans to also fund those with public plan...
Do the Medicare and Social Security programs ring a bell, people?
Isn't that treason? Just checking.
The fact not spin,
No one is saying free healthcare, yes it will have to be paid for some way either taxes on the very rich, or on big business. But folks if we do not get healthcare under control we will never get out of debt, as a nation we spend way to much on healthcare. The middle class has only some much money to spend with healthcare cost going up about 9 to 10 percent a year and wages at about 2percent. The middle class has to come up with that 7 or 8 percent so way, so they do not buy new cars, new clothes, new washers and dryers, they do not save and sooner then later the middle class is gone because no one can buy anything because all the money goes to healthcare.
When the dim-witted GOP base hears the word "revolution", they think of the violent kind of revolution, not the procedural kind that (I hope) Sen. Alexander is talking about.
It's not a good idea to be filling these simple minds with these violent terms.
Didn't these same hillbillies already lose the Civil War? Or, maybe it was their ancestors. So, yeah, we are about as intimidated as the Philadelphia Phillies are of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Well, it's past time for the Republicans to stand up and come to the table. Since they have absolutely nothing to offer other than getting in the way, do your job and help the citizens of this nation. Stop looking after yourselves and your giant corporate buddies, or the Republican Party could fall ever deeper into irrelevence!
CNN, we the people can handle a more indepth piece of journalism.
Sandlot people (we won/you don't count), people voted for Carter the first but not the second time. Carter made his successor look so good. This can happen with Obama as well.
Typical liberal responses on this blog, showing that none have even read summaries of the bills.
Hey libs, do you think for yourself in any area of your life, or do you simply read the slogans and join in the chant?
I'm just glad Obambi is failing.
Why not a major revolution? We pay so much in taxes yet our country runs a deficit every year. I've got a 10 year plan to get rid of my credit card debt and student loans, why does my government have a plan that will saddle me and my posterity to an eternally growing debt? We need real change, not more socialism, I'm talking about a government that uses our money like it was their own, not as a play thing.
Why is Senator Alexander complaining that the White House has cut Republicans out of talks?
What is he talking about?!?!
The Democratic Super-Majority Senate inexplicably gave Republican Senators – including Grassley and Enzi – three out of six seats at the negotiating table.
Since then, Grassley has gone around telling Americans that they are right to be afraid of the government pulling the plug on grandma (NONSENSE) and Enzi said last Saturday that health care reforms will "make our nation's finances sicker without saving you money," will "raid Medicare," and will intrude "in the relationship between a doctor and a patient" (ALL TOTAL NONSENSE!).
Our Democratic President and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate know what the country needs to fix the breaking health care system, and it's not wasting time trying to negotiate with people like you.
"The intensity on this issue is like nothing I've seen in a long, long time."
Gee, Senator...you wouldn't happen to be talking about the intense Republican opposition to Medicare and Medicaid when LBJ was President back in the 60's, would you?
He is correct, overhauling heath care without support from the Party of NO could indeed "wreck the Democratic Party"; nevertheless, that is exactly what has to be done. If Democrats do not pass a bill, or pass a bill that is essentially Romney care, they also will destroy the party.
Our founding fathers correctely belived that 50+ persent should carry each house of congress. Do away with the process that requires 60%+, create the best bill possible, then take a stand because some things are worth dying for or in this case staking ones political career on.
As President Clinton said, the American people will love the results and respect the Democrats for it.
I wonder what their first clue was??? Hello, Americans do not want the government involved in anything else? The dems know that if they pass this health care reform bill, that they are gone in 2010. It is as simple as that. Take a look at the President's approval rating...it is tanking. But, of course, you do not see CNN report on that.
As much as I disagree with the GOP on this issue, Alexander does have a point. The incredibly polarized political climate in the country right now doesn't benefit anybody, and a cooling off period would help.
The Democrats could pass the greatest health care reform package ever seen, and the GOP would still be frothing at the mouth about "socialized medicine" and "death panels" and so forth.
I know that some people would consider it a catastrophic defeat, but the Democrats might be wise to back off for now. They should spend some time educating the American people and making a stronger case for their version of health care reform, then come back to Congress next year with a better bill.
It is heart warming to see how little the support for the "tea parties" is. Loud mouth radio jocks are trying to get the liars out there in force to attempt to stop any reform of health care.
The only thing the Republicans are sure of is that if it good for the American people and bad for the Insurance companies and drug makers then they are against it.
The want zero reform to health care as long as their pockets are filled by those opposing reform. They have no plan other than to lie, cheat, and steal what is best for people.
Were white, and were old,but these guys even scare us.
Bring on the revolution. Democrats try to avoid the useless fearmongering, hence why republicans call them weak, but what they dont realize is that democrats WILL fight if cornered.....
This is not the same Democratic Party of the Clinton years.
Oh, and we have the numbers on you republicans – I know you dont think so, but we had this thing called an election where we had millions of more people than you – bring it on...
Did anybody tell this guy that the approval rating of the republican party is sitting at 34% and has been for months?!:?!
I think he needs to start worrying about his own party rather than the Dems!
True Americans aren't scared of any garbage being put out by the Republican Party!!!
We all know that the Republicans are in the back pocket of the health insurance companies.
I'm an American, and I'm scared. I'm scared that I'll have a healh issue that will mean that I can't work and that I'll lose my insurance. I'm scared that if that happens, then I'll be labeled with a pre-existing condition and won't be able to get insurance. I'm scared that once again Republican and Blue Dog Democrats will put corporate interests ahead of mine.
Yeah, I'm scared alright. And there is likely to be a minor revolution over health care. I just wonder if the Senator from Tennesse knows that he's on the wrong side.
Same old stuff from republicans.... They seem to only be able to say NO and spread lies to fuel the flames for thier agenda to make the rich even more wealthy and the poor to be as broke as they can be. I am not on medicaid nor old enough for medicare. I can not afford health care because of pre-conditions. We need health care reform NOW and since the republicans won't even attempt to reach a bipartisian bill, as a constiuant and american citizen the democrats NEED to go at this alone and pass health care reform for the american people.
I was scared about Obama being president before he'd even won the Democratic nomination. I researched his background, read his books and checked out those nearest him and Michele.
I shocked a number of people by saying I'd rather have Hilary as President. Now a number of them are coming to me and saying I was right.
Honestly, I'd rather have been wrong.
Three words can describe Obama: Worst President Ever.


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Weirdest Weather of 2015
2015 is shaping up to be the hottest year ever recorded. Along with a strong, El Niño, it has been a year full of bizarre and record-setting weather.
Wild weather events are a fact of life. But 2015 distinguished itself in at least one major way: overall, it was the hottest year on record. Along with a strong El Niño pattern, which tends to bring bizarre and extreme weather events, extra warmth in the atmosphere set off a cascade of record-setting weather phenomena -- from massive snowstorms to an oddly calm hurricane season in the Atlantic.
This week, according to some predictions, temperatures at the North Pole will rise 50 degrees or more above normal, toppling the freezing point for only the second time ever in recorded history. Meanwhile, a hurricane-force storm, named Frank, is moving into the United Kingdom, carrying 120 mph winds and torrential rainfall.
"Every year has extreme stuff that goes on," says Jeff Weber, an atmospheric scientist at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. "But 2015 was a highly unusual year."
16 U.S. Weather Photos That Will Amaze You
As the end of 2014 turned into the beginning of 2015, winter slammed Boston with the snowiest season ever recorded, eventually totaling more than 110 inches -- or more than 9 feet.
The reason likely had its roots in a warmer climate -- and it wasn't just this year. The warmest year on record was 2014 until 2015 came along. Warmer air can hold more moisture that, in turn, produces wetter storms. The winter may have felt endlessly chilly to Boston residents. But it was warmer temperatures in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere, Weber says, that made the season so white.
The month of March usually marks the beginning of severe weather season throughout the United States, particularly in the Central and Southern Plains. This year, despite the rough Northeastern winter that preceded it, not a single severe storm occurred in the United States between March 1 and March 24, Weber says. The last week of the month was relatively calm, too.
Overall, meanwhile, this year marked a near-record scarcity of powerful storms in the Atlantic (a pattern that was balanced by a record high number of hurricanes and cyclones in the Pacific). The strangely quiet Atlantic was probably a function of El Niño, which increases winds and disrupts the formation of tropical storm systems there. "It literally shreds them before they can really spin up and get going," says Paul Douglas, senior meteorologist and founder of AerisWeather. "It was a supernaturally quiet hurricane year in the Atlantic."
El Nino Messes With Earth In Weird Ways
After the wettest May ever in Oklahoma and an extremely wet spring in Texas, the region fell into a flash drought. From August to October, very little rain fell. Along with hot temperatures, crops suffered and fires burned. But when precipitation started up again, it hit hard. Extreme floods were reported across Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina and Florida in October.
Despite experiencing six months this year with below-average rainfall, the South ended up having it's wettest year ever. "It's been a topsy-turvy season for the Red River Valley," Weber says. "It's been a very, very roller-coaster year."
In late August, for the first time in recorded history, Weber says, three super-strong hurricanes formed in the eastern Pacific -- all at the same. Named Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena, all three storms reached Category 4 status, with winds exceeding 130 miles per hour.
Hurricanes feed off warm surface waters in the ocean, which explains why the hurricane season normally peaks in late summer. But, when one strong hurricane sweeps through, it usually churns up the ocean so much that cold waters rise from below, squelching the potential for more storms to form right away. This year's hurricane trifecta, Weber says, "signals to us not only that the surface waters are warm, but that the warm temperatures go to great depths."
10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About the Ocean
As hurricane Patricia formed in mid-October in the eastern Pacific, it intensified with remarkable speed, rapidly becoming the strongest hurricane on record. Winds reached a previously unheard-of 200 mph. Meteorologists also marveled a central pressure of 879 millibars -- the lowest ever recorded for a hurricane in the Western hemisphere.
Concern escalated as Patricia approached Mexico, and flooding ended up causing billions of dollars of damage. But it could have been much worse. Patricia rapidly dissipated upon landfall, sparing affected areas from utter devastation.
The first tropical cyclone ever known to hit Yemen arrived in early November, fueled by extra-warm water in the Arabian Sea. At its peak, Cyclone Chapala reached Category 4 intensity. By the time it hit land, it had weakened somewhat, but was still a roaring Category 1 storm, with winds gusting to 75 mph.
Political unrest in Yemen makes it hard to get much information out of the region, Weber says. But the storm likely brought "at least five years' worth of rain" to a normally dry area, reported the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. Strong waves and floods were potentially catastrophic.
VIDEO: How Space Weather Is Messing With Satellites
Record hot temperatures were widespread this year. Parts of Alaska saw temperatures that exceeded 90 degrees in May. East of the Cascades, parts of Oregon, Washington State and Idaho set June temperature records that soared as high as 116, according to Weather Underground. Wildfires in Alaska and western Canada produced smoke that traveled all the way to Washington, D.C., Douglas says, adding that simultaneous summer heat waves struck four continents at once. The list of places reporting record highs and extra-long stretches of heat this year included India, Egypt, Germany, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.
600 Wildfires Burn in Alaska and Canada: Photos
Mid-December brought the deepest low pressure ever recorded in an extra-tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Alaska, Weber says. Sustained winds in the Aleutian Islands exceeded 100 mph for hours. Weber suspects that the system could alter the jet stream, triggering unusual weather in the rest of the country over the coming weeks. "I think," he says, "we're about to get some very interesting weather coming through."


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Saturday I tried a new recipe for oatmeal cookies, and they actually turned out great! They were called "Healthy Oatmeal Cookies," but I added M&M's because Chris's birthday is tomorrow and I thought we'd all enjoy some pre-birthday Monster Cookies. The result was delicious.
I made the cookies with white whole wheat flour and honey I've had in the cabinet a long time but hadn't even opened. I thought about leaving out the molasses but picked some up at Walmart so I could try the recipe with the molasses at least once. (And I'm glad I did–I like the taste.) I also was able to use up some of the M&Ms we got "for free" from Chris's mom, who sent them home with the boys a couple of weeks ago. I baked them for the minimum time suggested by the recipe and baked them on wax paper instead of directly on the cookie sheet, something I'd never tried before.
The recipe is below.
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies (with Honey)
Dry ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (a pinch more depending on the moisture of the mix)
- 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups of Large Flake Rolled Oats (smaller flake is ok too)
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg (optional)
Wet ingredients
- ½ cup honey (or try 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup brown sugar)
- ½ cup oil (corn or olive; you can also use some applesauce to replace some of the oil if you wish)
- 1 Tablespoon Molasses (maple syrup may work as substitute, or you can leave out entirely if you use brown sugar with honey. Note: brown sugar can substitute for molasses: 1.5 c brown sugar=1 c molasses)
- 1 egg (beat with 1 Tbsp water. Note: one cook has substituted half a banana, mashed and beaten, for the egg)
- 1 tsp Vanilla (may use additional ¼ tsp if desired)
Yummy ingredients (optional)
- ½ cup raisins, other dried berries, or chocolate chips (more if desired)
- ½ cup walnuts (optional—or add more if desired)
- ½ cup Shredded carrots or zucchini
- In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
- In a medium bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together. Hint: when measuring out honey, spray measuring cup with oil or baking spray so your honey won't stick).
- Mix the wet stuff with the dry stuff. Add the raisins and walnuts and mix. If the mixture seems too wet, add a bit of flour. If it isn't binding together very well, you may wish to add an egg white.
- Cool the mix for 20 minutes in the fridge.
- Preheat the oven to 335 degrees (lower temperature due to the honey in the recipe which will burn more easily).
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet (I recommend lining the baking sheet with parchment paper). Press with fork to ensure even cooking. Alternatively, make as bar cookies, spreading dough out in a pan.
- Bake for about 15–20 minutes or until golden on the bottom of the cookie. The cookies freeze very well and make a great snack! Enjoy.