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In a short answer, yes affirmations do work. Of course you have to use them properly to get best effect from them.
What are Affirmations?
An affirmation is a statement of something you believe to be true. In terms of personal development, it can be a statement of something you wish to be true. As such, an affirmation can be a trigger or a tool for change. An affirmation can help a person change themselves or move them forward in their personal improvement.
How can affirmations be used? Affirmations can be used to create a positive attitude Affirmations can be used to create good habits or to replace bad habits with good ones Affirmations can help a person to achieve their goals Affirmations can help maintain a calm or balanced manner in the face of a threat or provocation Affirmations can help change your life
To be fully effective, affirmations need to be stated in positive terms. They also need to be stated in the present tense. Affirmations tend to be a statement of belief, they work on a subconscious level and work on the principle of a self-fulfilling belief. Therefore, the more you say or recite the affirmation, the stronger the message becomes and the more the message is accepted by the mind of the person reciting the affirmation.
Each of us has an ‘inner voice’, a form of ‘self talk’, that we use in thinking or talking to ourselves. Many of us may be unaware of this, it is most evident when we have time to ourselves to think or if we have the opportunity to rehearse a speech or presentation we have to give. Affirmations utilise this self talk to communicate their message to us. All too often, for many of us, our self talk is negative, we use it to tell us when we have made mistakes, or to put ourselves down, to criticise ourselves, or to say that we cannot/should not do something. Affirmations turn this around and get us to use positive language to develop or reinforce positive messages to ourselves.
Traditionally, affirmations have been written or spoken, sometimes both, yet affirmations are also linked to learning styles. Many of us tend to think more in images rather than words, other think or learn better through actions or sounds. The fact that affirmations have tended to be seen as a written or spoken method, may account for why many people have not yet fully seen the benefits of affirmations; written or spoken affirmations do not fit easily with the preferred learning style of those people.
Affirmations, of course, need not be words alone, they can be visual or involve movement or gestures. In this way, affirmations can be used successfully by a wide range of people. Indeed, many of the best uses of affirmations have tended to employ more than one method of communicating the message. So an affirmation may link a positive statement with an image. In this way the user, sees associates the positive message with the image and vice-versa. Similarly, an affirmation can be linked to a gesture, such as clicking a finger, so then the person can perform the gesture and recall the message.
So finally, here are five tips for using affirmations;1) Phrase the affirmation in a positive way (e.g. say “I am…” rather than “I am not…” or “I am no longer”) 2) Phrase the affirmation in the present tense (e.g. “I am …” rather than “I shall be …” or “I want to be”) 3) Combine the affirmation with an image in your mind or a physical object 4) Add a simple action or gesture to help remind you of your affirmation 5) Finally, write down your affirmations (writing things down is a powerful aide to memorising)
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Here are 10 tips to writing effective Positive Daily Affirmations
1. Develop Them Yourself. Self-developed affirmations are the most effective positive daily affirmations. If you couple them with clearly defined written goals and applied faith, their power is even stronger.
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4. Make Affirmations Positive. Another important tip in formulating your affirmations is to write them in the positive state. A negative statement cannot work. For instance, you should say “I am rich” rather than “I am not poor”.
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7. Increase Your Faith. Of course, the more faith you have in them, the more effective your affirmations will be. The desires and dreams that your mind can conceive bear seeds of possibility, and possibilities ultimately become realities.
8. Say Positive Daily Affirmations With Conviction. Some experts recommend saying positive daily affirmations silently. They say that silent affirmations are more effective than spoken statements, because they entail more intensity of concentration and resonate through your entire body instead of in your surroundings. Others recommend saying them out loud, because you can also use your facial expression or hand gestures for more conviction. For whatever it is, positive daily affirmations made in a half hearted manner are not going to be as effective as the ones that you make with deliberate intention.
9. Follow Up With Actions. Lastly, you will also need to put in some actions, so that you can lay the ground for their manifestation. For instance, affirming that you will win the lottery can only be possible when you buy a ticket.
10. Remind Yourself Daily. In a hurried lifestyle with 1001 things to do, you can find it hard to remember to repeating the positive daily affirmations. Hence, put them in a visible location, like on the wall or in front of the mirror or save them in a PowerPoint slide to be used as a screensaver.
Here are some examples to help illustrate the above 10 tips:
Positive Daily Affirmations For Self Confidence
1. I am sure of my ability to do what is necessary to improve my life.
2. I feel good about the way I do my job.
3. I love myself and accept myself for who I am.
Positive Daily Affirmations For Abundance
1. All the things I want and need come to me.
2. I am an abundant person.
3. I create abundance in all that I say and do.
Positive Daily Affirmations For Success
1. I am successful.
2. Everything I do turns into success.
3. I attract positive-minded people to me; I draw all things positive to myself.
Evelyn Lim is a life coach and an intuitive consultant, with a passion for helping her clients and readers raise their vibrational state of being for attracting abundance. She is an author of self help topics such as positive thinking, attracting abundance, spirituality and becoming more happy. Her newsletter is currently read by thousands of subscribers. For free bonuses on manifesting secrets, mp3 downloads and fresh weekly tips, please sign up to her Abundance Tapestry newsletter. | http://www.econtentz.com/contents/tag/gestures/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I took this photo of the Coronado Bridge on BULB setting using a long exposure and a tripod. I liked the ribbon of light generated by the car lights, and the stars created by the bridge lights.
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Update 4/29/2012: Thank you to Mr. J. Dean Loring, President and CEO of Burger Lounge Restaurants, who sent me this information regarding this space on Orange Avenue.
"I saw your story on eCoronado and wanted to let you know we tried for several weeks to work with the City to expand Burger Lounge into a portion of that space as we share the landlord, Mrs. Perley. The City informed us that parking is the primary issue and would not grant the permit for our proposed expansion. It makes no sense but the parking ordinance appears to have been created to prevent restaurant companies from converting existing retail to restaurant use."
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Is there anything happening at the lifeless corner of 918 Orange Avenue? Well after a little digging, eCoronado.com can confirm…not much at all. As reported in a previous eCoronado.com post, there were rumors going around that the vacant space between Burger Lounge and the 76 Gas Station was going to turn into a jam shop. After dispelling this rumor, this prime piece of real estate on our main street remains unclaimed.
However, the property might be divided into two future retail spaces. Taking a clue from the rather large sign in the window of the building, I asked Miss Sheryll Jackman, of the Coronado based construction company, The Jackman Group, if she could elaborate about the current status of this property. She informed me that, “There have been no definitive decisions on the tenant mix in the two spaces that have been created as far as we know.”
Miss Jackman suggested that I contact Mrs. Jacqueline Perley, of P & G Properties. During our telephone conversation last week, Mrs. Perley advised me that there aren’t any concrete plans for 918 Orange Avenue.
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This is interesting. Should this single retail space become two, that would make for a challenging block to try to park around.
It seems that parking is always at a premium on that block. It might as well be Burger Lounge in that spot, which is successful and brings business to Coronado. How was Panera allowed to expand?
Panera has a parking lot that allows it provide the required number of parking spaces according to our municipal code. Most commercial properties on Orange Ave, like the one described in this article, lack the required extra parking off of their alley entrances to provide the required number of spaces that opening a restaurant would require. In order for Burger Lounge to expand into the space next to it, new parking spaces would be required.
Photo Star Comment by SBGrad on April 30, 2012 at 5:51am
I live here, I get it, we don't want to turn the island over to cars, but many of us walk and don't NEED parking spaces to get to places on Orange.
...how can there have been enough parking for a pharmacy, but not for a restaurant? The space is already commercial, it's not like somebody wants to take residential space and convert it to commercial. Maybe the code needs to be changed. The council CAN do that, right?
Councilwoman Carrie Downey requested that the Council review its parking requirements for Orange Ave and a majority agreed to take up this review in the coming months.
That's the spirit, Mayor Tanaka and Councilwoman Downey! I agree parking is a great concern all over town -- take this from someone living in the Cays who can't walk up to the village. I was wondering if any arrangments could be entertained to share parking with the lot across the street (where the new Walgreens will be opening) or Vons. This maybe hard to negotiate between tenents, but it would aleviate the parking hassles in the area for patrons. Just an idea...
Valet parking will likely be one of the points we will discuss. There is parking in the Bank of America building that could be utilized in such a way if there is the willingness to consider such an approach.
The answer is obvious. I'm going to address a solution to Mayor Tanaka. Comments welcome. As I recall, the problem in Coronado has always been a lack of parking space, even in the 70's. It's time for the city to be proactive and build an underground parking garage or an above ground low key garage to help with these parking problems. I would suggest property south of the Del and have a shuttle run loops between the garage, beach and down to First street shopping areas. Thank you. Michael Atencio
As an addendum to my previous post money would come from charging a small parking fee and adding a 1 cent sales tax to help pay for the project. There are people friendly solutions by opening our minds to the possibilities.
People do not always use the structures you build for them with regard to parking. I've noticed that problem in North Park. The location and cost are also factors to consider. | http://www.ecoronado.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2019736%3ABlogPost%3A104413&xg_source=activity&page=1 | 2013-05-18T11:02:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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As there are so many different variations of Ecospace home extensions from outdoor rooms to a garden gym, our website configurator helps you to visualise the possibilities for home extensions by using our most popular designs to play around with and give you an idea of what you can do. As architects, we at Ecospace want you to enjoy your surroundings and so if you do not see exactly what you want, remember we can create bespoke garden rooms - such as a garden gym - to help you achieve exactly what you want from your space.
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Using Ecospace home extensions such as creating insulated garden buildings means that you will spend less than the cost of traditional home extensions and it will be completed in a fraction of the time usually needed. Ecospace outdoor rooms such as a garden gym have a fixed price which gives peace of mind when commissioning a project. What is more, our home extensions are built to last, and comply with modern housing standards, so you know that our insulated garden buildings are going to be high-quality in terms of security and your warmth and comfort.
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Our impressive portfolio of garden studios features a diverse range of styles and sizes. When choosing a studio, it is vital to carefully consider what you require from both the design and the functionality of the space itself. We can create studios which serve as anything from contemporary garden offices to home extensions, yet we can also create custom designs to suit whatever you have in mind. Our eco architects are happy to do whatever they can to help realise your vision.
Garden studios have become increasingly popular in recent years. This may be due to the diversity of purposes they can serve, whether as a working space or even a garden gym. Of course, they can also be a private space for relaxation, whilst adding value to your home at the same time.
As qualified professionals, our eco architects have years of experience in sustainable building design, and can offer a vast range of designs to choose from. We are also able to create studios to your personal specifications and requirements.
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Preceding, and partly in preparation for the Old Spanish Trail conference in June 2012, later this month there will be two days of training for up to a dozen volunteers from Sevier, Emery and Piute counties. This will be the first trail stewardship course ever conducted in Utah, on Oct. 21-22, and will be focused on and prepare the stewards to assist with work understanding and promoting the Fish Lake Cut-off.
These volunteers will have the opportunity to be important community ambassadors and advocates for this most important newly rediscovered segment of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. They will assist public land managers by performing monitoring assessments, exploring, serving as site monitors, surveyor-recorders, and interpreters. They will not be law enforcement persons or certified archeologists, but they will be in the forefront of helping the community become much more aware of this important historic treasure in our midst.
This segment of the trail has dramatically visible remnants, literally "artifacts in place," largely discovered by Bob Leonard and Lydia Jakovac of the Fish Lake National Forest Service. The federal law provides that "each federal land manager shall establish a program to increase public awareness of the significance of the archeological resources located on public lands and the need to protect such resources." The newly-trained trail stewards will be in the forefront of this effort.
Another segment of the applicable legislation states that "certain individuals and organizations with a demonstrated interest in the undertaking's effects on historic properties" are encouraged to become involved in essentially the first line of protection and promotion of those resources.
Some of this training will be classroom instruction, with other portions being conducted out on the trail. Several meals will be provided and it will be a most satisfying and important experience for those who become involved.
If interested in becoming a steward, contact David Ogden as soon as possible at 435-896-5232. | http://www.ecprogress.com/print.php?tier=1&article_id=11593 | 2013-05-18T10:43:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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John Mellencamp - It’s About You
John Mellencamp has created a music career spanning more than thirty years, and in doing so has established himself as a rock and roll mainstay with his introspective lyrics that speak directly to the heart of blue collar America, and have firmly placed him in the same breath as music legends Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.
So when Mellencamp headed out on tour with the aforementioned artists in 2009, a tour that would include stops to record tracks for his new record, "No Better Than This," at Sun Studios in Memphis and the hotel room in San Antonio where bluesman Robert Johnson recorded, he invited photographer Kurt Markus to chronicle these travels on film. The result, "John Mellencamp: It’s About You," is a raw, home-movie style look at the rocker, told through the lens of Markus, a documentarian who was able to capture the performer’s current musical journey, while providing us with a poignant view of the struggles of middle America.
The film is a mix of concert footage of Mellencamp and his band, performing both new material and some of his classic hits ("Pink Houses," "Paper and Fire"). The footage is interspersed with narrative from Markus documenting the life and times of the performer as he travels through the decaying cities of our heartland, while recording songs for his new album in the iconic locations where Elvis Presley and the bluesmaster Johnson made their seminal recordings.
Mellencamp chooses to do his speaking through his music, allowing Markus - armed only with a Super8 camera and his son, Ian, as his assistant - to provide the everyman’s comment on this musician who has made a career speaking through both his resonant lyrics and his philanthropic causes (including the "Farm Aid" concerts) for the middle class farmers and businessmen who continue to struggle to make ends meet during our challenging economic times. The resulting piece is a unique take on the standard rock and roll documentary, fitting for this artist.
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PFLAG Founder Dies at 92
The founder of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which has grown to become a leading force in the LGBT community died on Tuesday.
Jeanne Manford died at the age of 92 in her home in Daly City, Calif. Manford, a former elementary school teacher from Flushing, N.Y., was inspired to start PFLAG in 1972 after her son Morty Manford was beaten during a Gay Activists Alliance demonstration. According to PFLAG’s website Manford "was one of the fiercest fighters in the battle for acceptance and equality for [LGBT] people. It is truly humbling to imagine in 1972 - just 40 years ago - a simple schoolteacher started this movement of family and ally support, without benefit of any of the technology that today makes a grassroots movement so easy to organize."
As the New York Daily News reported, President Barack Obama applauded Manford’s work during a Human Rights Campaign dinner in 2009. "That’s the story of America, of ordinary citizens organizing, agitating and advocating for change," Obama said. "Of hope stronger than hate, of love more powerful than any insult or injury."
After her son’s beating, she was angered by the failure of police response to the incident. In a letter to the New York Post, she wrote, "I have a homosexual son and I love him." After that, she gave media interviews in several cities.
Morty Manford, who one of those at the 1969 raid at the Stonewall Inn, which inspired the modern gay rights movement, was so moved by his mother’s actions that he invited her to walk with him in New York’s Gay march that year. In 1991, Manford served as grand marshall of New York’s Pride March.
Manford walked proudly by her son and held a sign that read "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support of Our Children." This was at a time when most parents at best were quiet about their LGBT children, and many shunned them.
Manford’s message brought together the LGBT community and its straight allies. Her action inspired parents to join her side and 20 people attended the first PFLAG meeting held in 1973.
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In 1992, Manford’s son lost his battle to AIDS. But she continued her fight for LGBT rights. About a year after he died, Manford walked in a Queens Pride march with Daniel Dromm, who helped create the Queens chapter of PFLAG in 1993 and eventually became a New York City councilman.
"Jeanne was the epitome of what it meant to have unconditional love for your son," Dromm told the Daily News. "That was radical in those days. She was a parent to all gay people." Dromm has called her "the Rosa Parks of the gay and lesbian movement."
Jody Huckaby, PFLAG’s current national executive director, called Manford the the "mother of the straight ally movement. We are all beneficiaries of her courage," Huckaby said in a statement. "Jeanne Manford proved the power of a single person to transform the world."
According to her daughter Suzanne Swan, her health had been deteriorating for awhile before her death. "I will miss my mother tremendously," Swan said. "She is known to thousands of people as the mother of the straight ally movement, but to me, she was my mother. She was someone who would always do the right thing, the good thing." | http://www.edgemiami.com/news/national/140509/pflag_founder_dies_at_92 | 2013-05-18T10:53:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
China Passes Law to Curb Abuse of Mental Hospitals
BEIJING - China’s legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily treated in psychiatric facilities - abuses that have been used against government critics and triggered public outrage.
The law standardizes mental health care services, requiring general hospitals to set up special outpatient clinics or provide counseling, and calls for the training of more doctors.
Debated for years, the law attempts to address an imbalance in Chinese society - a lack of mental health care services for a population that has grown more prosperous but also more aware of modern-day stresses and the need for treatment. Psychiatrists who helped draft and improve the legislation welcomed its passage.
"The law will protect the rights of mental patients and prevent those who don’t need treatment from being forced to receive it," said Dr. Liu Xiehe, an 85-year-old psychiatrist based in the southwestern city of Chengdu, who drafted the first version of the law in 1985.
"Our mental health law is in line with international standards. This shows the government pays attention to the development of mental health and the protection of people’s rights in this area," Liu told The Associated Press by phone.
Pressure has grown on the government in recent years after state media and rights activists reported cases of people forced into mental hospitals when they did not require treatment. Some were placed there by employers with whom they had wage disputes, some by their family members in fights over money, and others - usually people with grievances against officials - by police who wanted to silence them.."
The law states for the first time that mental health examinations and treatment must be conducted on a voluntary basis, unless a person is considered a danger to himself or others. Only psychiatrists have the authority to commit people to hospitals for treatment, and treatment may be compulsory for patients diagnosed with a severe mental illness, according to the law..
Though questions remain over how the law will be enforced and whether sufficient government funding will be provided to enable the expansion of services, psychiatrists said the passage of the legislation marked a milestone.
"It’s very exciting. I honestly believe this will start a new trajectory," said Dr. Michael Phillips, a Canadian psychiatrist who has worked in China for nearly three decades and now heads a suicide research center in Shanghai.
Phillips said the biggest change for the psychiatric system is the curb on involuntary admissions. At least 80 percent of hospital admissions are compulsory, he said.
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(CNN) -- If you're the kind of gal whose "me time" includes a glass or two of wine after work, you might want to consider how those drinks could affect your looks.
That's part of the message of the Scottish government's Drop a Glass Size Campaign, which specifically "encourages women to think about the health effects of regularly drinking above the recommended alcohol guidelines.".
The number of alcohol-related deaths among women aged 30 to 44 has doubled in the last 20 years, although numbers remain relatively small (70 deaths in 2010), according to statistics from the General Register Office for Scotland.
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"If Scotland is having issues with more and more women engaging in unhealthy drinking then I think it's a smart idea to target that population."."
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EDMOND —
Injuries prevented Central Oklahoma from fielding a full squad and being a factor in the team race, but the Bronchos ended up with three individuals in the top 20 in the season-opening UCO Land Run Saturday morning.
UCO fielded just four runners — with five needed for team scoring purposes — and had another race unattached in the five-kilometer event held at Santa Fe High School in perfect conditions that was won by Oklahoma Baptist.
Bailey Hawkins led the Bronchos, touring the course in 19:25.63 to come in 10th in the 67-runner race. Katie Kerns finished 16th in 19:45.53 and Jacquelynn Skocik was 20th in 19:54.07.
Emily Leahey placed 28th in 20:37.80 while competing unattached and Ashlyn Wilhite was 48th in 22:12.49 to round out the UCO contingent.
“We ran some pretty good times for our first race of the year and it’s unfortunate we didn’t have enough healthy runners to count in the team standings,” head coach J.D. Martin said. “It was a good start for us, so hopefully we can build on this and get some of our other girls back soon.”
The Bronchos travel to Joplin, Mo., next Saturday for the Southern Stampede. | http://www.edmondsun.com/sports/x1023278126/Bronchos-host-UCO-Land-Run/print | 2013-05-18T10:52:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
EDMOND —
Oklahoma Christian University will honor longtime professors, servant-hearted alumni and a local philanthropist at its annual Alumni Banquet on Friday.
The honorees include Bailey and Joyce McBride and Stafford and JoAnne North (Legacy Award), Lynn McMillon and 1960s and continuing today with OC’s partnership with Apple and the North Institute for Teaching and Learning. JoAnne has helped raise support for 1970 425-5540.
Other big events include Homecoming Chapel at 10 a.m. on Saturday,.
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EDMOND —
Oklahoma Christian University will honor longtime professors, servant-hearted alumni and a local philanthropist at its annual Alumni Banquet on Friday.
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EDMONTON - After 42 years with Melcor Developments, most recently as chief executive officer, Ralph Young will retire on July 2.
He will continue in an advisory role and will remain a board member for the Edmonton-based real estate development company.
“I am exceptionally proud of Melcor’s achievements over our 90-year history,” said Young. “These results have been driven by the dedication and efforts of our employees and the trust placed in us by our shareholders, customers and the communities in which we do business. I have been extremely fortunate to have shared in the Melcor journey and I look forward to watching the new heights it will attain.”
Brian Baker will add CEO to his portfolio upon Young’s retirement. Baker currently serves as president and chief operating officer. He started with Melcor in 1997.
Timothy Melton, executive chairman of the Melcor board, said the company has worked on its succession plan for years.
“Against the backdrop of a record year and with eager anticipation for the future, we are now ready to make that transition.” | http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/royals/Ralph+Young+retiring+after+years+with+Melcor+Developments/8064309/story.html | 2013-05-18T10:25:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
EDMONTON - On June 26, 1972, Edmonton’s new Law Courts Building on Sir Winston Churchill Square opened with great fanfare.
About 1,000 guests looked on as Chief Justice S. Bruce Smith accepted a gold key to the building from Premier Peter Lougheed.
Built at a cost of $10 million — about $54 million in today’s dollars — the new courthouse was designed by local Edmonton architect Jock Bell. An upside-down brutalist concrete pyramid — or terraced ziggurat — the building was inspired by one of “hot” buildings of its day, Boston’s City Hall.
From the outside it was suitably monumental. But inside, it was bright and airy, full of natural daylight, blond wood and plants.
Shortly after, the old 1912 courthouse, with its pillars and marble and bronze, deemed too small, was torn down for an expansion of the Edmonton Centre Mall.
Today, some 40 years on, that radical new courthouse, stuffed with asbestos, hasn’t aged well. As Ryan Cormier reported this week, when the rain falls, when the snow melts, you need a brigade of buckets to catch the drips. The offices are so cold in winter, the associate chief justice has a space heater in his office. Despite a $25-million expansion in 1981, designed by architect Junichi Hashimoto, the courthouse simply isn’t big enough to serve its current caseload, which contributes to trial delays.
At their best, Edmonton’s experimental modernist buildings were dramatic and revolutionary. They weren’t always very functional, especially in this climate. But it’s not fair to blame the building design for failures in upkeep. During the Klein years, when pennies were pinched until they screamed, Alberta fell into what has been described as infrastructure deficit. Public buildings weren’t maintained. Now, we’re all playing catch-up.
Hashimoto, now retired, is distressed to hear of the issues at the courthouse, which he blames on poor maintenance.
“I am astonished,” he told me Monday. “But problems like this happen gradually. They don’t happen suddenly.”
But the situation isn’t unique to Edmonton. As the Journal reported this week, regional court houses in Red Deer, Fort McMurray, Hinton, Airdrie, Fort Vermilion, Cochrane, Didsbury and Canmore all need upgrades. And the cramped strip mall courthouse in Sherwood Park, opened as a temporary stop-gap in 1980, gets bonus marks for being dubbed by one judge “the worst courthouse in the province.”
The issue isn’t simply keeping lawyers, judges and criminals — three groups not so popular with voters — comfortable. It’s not fair or just for people who are innocent until proven guilty to linger in remand because there aren’t courtrooms enough to try them. It’s not fair or just for civil plaintiffs to wait months or years for their day in court. It’s not fair for victims of crime to see their alleged assailants go free because Crown prosecutors have been compelled to drop charges for want of resources.
On Monday, federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced that the Harper government is about to bring in even more “tough on crime” provisions, even more mandatory minimum sentences. Such measures will only add to the pressure on Alberta’s courtrooms and there will be no help from Ottawa to deal with the consequences.
Alberta Justice Minister, Jonathan Denis says he wants to address court backlogs several ways— such as diverting more civil matter to mediation and alternative dispute resolution or using close-circuit TV so remanded prisoners can make routine appearances without physically coming to court. He’s even considering moving traffic court out to suburban strip malls so main courtrooms aren’t filled with people fighting photo radar tickets. But money for physical upgrades isn’t easy to find.
“We’re competing for scarce dollars with health and education,” Denis says. “It has been part of some judges’ agendas to get a new courthouse for Edmonton, like the one we built in Calgary. Do you know what that would cost taxpayers? About $900 million. Really, at this point in our fiscal cycle, we don’t have $900 million to throw around on a Taj Mahal.”
I agree with Denis about this, at least. Today we mourn the majestic 1912 courthouse and wonder how stupid politicians and planners must have been in 1972 to knock it down. Let’s not knock down our 1972 version now just because we’ve neglected it or come to think its architecture unfashionable. We can’t ignore mounting infrastructure deficits forever. If we won’t pay to maintain provincial court houses now, we’ll all pay later.
Perhaps we can’t afford a new Edmonton courthouse but we certainly can’t afford to neglect our old one.
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Response to Intervention (RtI) in Iowa is an every-education decision-making framework of evidence-based practices in instruction and assessment that addresses the needs of all students starting in general education.
As an every-education process, RtI allows educators to judge the overall health of their educational system by examining data on all students (general and special education) as well as identifying students who need additional supports. Those supports are provided in both small group and individual settings, and measured to determine if these supports are making a difference to ensure all learners demonstrate proficiency in the Iowa Core standards and leave school ready for life.
Many Iowa schools are successfully implementing components of RtI. Together, we will move RtI to consistent statewide implementation in every Iowa classroom.
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Video: Readiness Survey for Scale Up of Response to Intervention (RtI) in Iowa - A brief video describing the survey being used to gather information for the introduction and scale-up of Iowa's Response to Intervention system.
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RtI Key Components
The Iowa RtI framework is made up of five components:
- Evidence-Based Curriculum and Instruction shall be provided at the Universal level
- Universal Screening shall be used three times per year
- Evidence-based, instructional interventions at the Targeted and Intensive levels shall be provided to each student who needs them
- Progress Monitoring Data shall be collected and used to guide instruction
- Data-Based Decision Making
To be fully implementing the Iowa RtI framework, schools must be implementing the full range of practices associated with each of these components with fidelity.
Response to Intervention: Key Components - More information about each component.
RtI & Continuous Improvement
Implementation of the Iowa RtI framework should use the continuous school improvement process of (a) defining the problem, (b) diagnosing the problem, (c) developing a plan, (d) implementing the plan, and (e) evaluating the results of plan implementation. We use a ten-question framework to help schools engage in this process. Those ten questions are:
Universal Level
- Is our Universal program sufficient?
- If the Universal program is not sufficient, why isn’t it sufficient?
- How will needs identified in the Universal program be addressed?
- How will the sufficiency and effectiveness of the Universal program be monitored over time?
- Have improvements to the Universal program been effective?
Targeted and Intensive Levels
- For which students is Universal instruction sufficient and not sufficient, and why?
- What specific Targeted and Intensive instruction is needed?
- How will specific Targeted and Intensive instruction be delivered?
- How will the effectiveness of Targeted and Intensive instruction be monitored?
- Which students need to move to a different level of instruction?
This process helps educators think about their local needs within a data-based decision-making framework.
Ten-Question Response to Intervention (RtI) School Improvement Framework
Iowa-based Resources
Response to Intervention (RtI) Guidance (2011-12-16) - This document contains foundational information about and guidance on Iowa’s RtI framework. It will be updated as needed. It is recommended that you bookmark this document so you always have access to the most recent guidance.
Data Systems and Assessments Overview Webinar - This is a 30 minute webinar that was recorded on March 6th, 2013. It was recorded by consultants at the Department of Education. Topics addressed include an overview of Iowa RtI framework, as well as Iowa’s recently-purchased RtI database, universal screeners, and progress monitoring assessments.
Data Systems and Assessments Overview Presentation Slides - This presentation was used during the Overview webinar conducted by the Iowa Department of Education on March 6th, 2013.
FAQ for Data System and Assessments - This FAQ addresses a wide range of issues related to RtI. If you have a question not already addressed in the FAQ, you can submit a question using the Post Questions form. Questions will be reviewed weekly and responses posted shortly thereafter.
Literacy Assessment
- Literacy Assessment Reviews Overview: This video provides a brief description of how the review process for universal screening and progress monitoring assessments in early literacy was conducted.
Literacy Assessment Review Overview Presentation Slides
Iowas Timeline of Assessment Review
- Summary Tables Overview: This video provides a brief description of how to read and interpret the reviews of the universal screening and progress monitoring assessments.
A Summary Report of Iowa’s Review of PreK-6 Reading Assessments for Universal Screening and Progress | http://www.educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2562%3Aiowas-response-to-intervention&catid=1237%3Aresponse-to-intervention-rti&Itemid=4640 | 2013-05-18T10:22:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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- Pioneers of Online Music and Movies
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Oct 20th, 2004
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM
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Session Type: Track 1
Dozens of commercial services offer legal access to music and movies online. Several prominent campuses have contracted with vendors to provide such services to students, and more are in negotiations. These arrangements often feature novel technologies and business models that point to a rich future for online media and interesting challenges for higher education. This panel will compare and contrast the features of some of these new campus projects. | http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2004/campus-pioneers-online-music-and-movies | 2013-05-18T10:44:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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laughing my a$s off
and lmfao laughin my effin a$s off
dont feel bad bout not knowin, lol i i had to ask one f my friends about wut it meant wen i first saw it
laughing my a-- off
Laugh my A** Off
It means lauging my *** off.
laugh my a** off
laughing my *** off
it is laugh (or laughing) my a** off..
here are a few links with fairly decent lists of chat/text messaging abbreviations that you might find useful:.........
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Installing motor retention hardware, Amarillo, TX
Installing igniters, with Pat Gordzelik
Liftoff in Amarillo, TX - central N4000 provides 10 G's of acceleration
Sorting out lines on the 24' main parachute
Some minor rigging modifications at the launch site
Prepping altimeters in the upper electronics bay
Detailed view of parachute deployment bag, line stows, rigging, and upper electronics bay
View of the separation point for drogue parachute deployment
Liftoff in Lethbridge, Alberta on a cluster of two M1315's and two L850's
Just after main parachute release -- the upper red, white and blue parachute is the 10 foot diameter drogue.
Main parachute is still in deployment bag (tiny white pilot chute visible just below drogue)
The 24 foot diameter main parachute fully inflated, slowing the rocket to a safe touchdown speed
Arming electronics just prior to launch in Charleroi, PA
Installing pull-pin triggered igniters with Kreig Williams, with trusty helpers prepared to pull us out if things go wrong.
Liftoff in Charleroi, PA
Climbing under the thrust of a central M1419 and two outboard K's
Flag Rocket Construction
Where it all begins - cutting fiberglass cloth
Rolling resin into fiberglass body tube, with Kreig Williams
Finished body tube section curing on 16 inch mandrel
Body tube sections ready for transport
Mark Mazzon removing foam from the nosecone using a homemade lathe / router setup
Nosecone turning nearly complete...
Fiberglassing fins across the central 6 inch motor tube
Internals of the fin can, showing outboard motor tubes and igniter conduits
Sliding lower body tube section into place
A house makes a great ladder
Removing masking from stripes during painting
2006 X Prize Cup, Las Cruces, NM
There was not enough time to tow the rocket across the country, so we shipped it in via FedEx.
It arrives in a shipping crate built by Mark Mazzon and Woody Hoburg.
James Houghton came out to help with launch prep
The fin can
Flag rocket on display
An army of amazing rocketeers helps carry the rocket to the prep area
Happy to have rocket sections fully prepped for next day's flight. With Pat Gordzelik.
Fully assembled, in the prep area
Homebuilt turnstile antenna for receiving onboard video signal on 426.25 MHz
Ground and onboard video of launch - low and slow on a Pat Gordzelik "O" motor
The fin can "sticks the landing"
Upscale Mosquito - the "Bug"
Inspiration: the "Mosquito", a 3 inch tall Estes model rocket kit
Turning the nosecone's foam core, with Kreig Williams
Foam installed into lightening cutouts in fin cores
Giant homemade hotwire cutter, used to create fin airfoils. The Variac unit (bottom left) provides variable AC power.
Yellow fin painted
Armed and ready for launch
Liftoff on a cluster of "M" motors!
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Prior to level two certification flight, with incredibly supportive parents, 2003
Loading two stage rocket on a launch rail in New York
Second stage long burn K185 ignites, enroute to 13,288 feet
Scratch-built three stage lifting off on a red "K" motor
Loading smaller flag rocket on launch rail in Argonia, KS, with Matt McKeown
Smaller flag rocket, pre-launch photo. Argonia, KS
Smaller flag rocket boosting on a cluster of three red "I" motors
Smaller version of the flag rocket, airstarting a K550 engine
Early HAM television payload
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WTI crude oil futures price
5/16/2013: $95.16/bbl
down$1.23 from week earlier
up$2.35 from year earlier
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5/16/2013: $3.932/mmBtu
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Blog about static verification of software
Some months ago I have started a blog about static verification of software.
The blog already contains a significant amount or articles like "Functions, ghost functions and higher order functions", "Framing: An approach to mutability", "Introduction to the proof engine", "Proof procedures" etc.
For those of you who are interested in this topic, you can check it out at.
- helmut.brandl's blog
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For many years a contingent of PlayStation fans has been clamouring for a browser-based PSN web store as an alternative to the one that is currently accessible via PS3. Last month Sony obliged by launching the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) Store in a number of European territories, although gamers in the US were left out of the loop.
SEN COO Shawn Layden recently told CNET that the PSN web store will be available in North America later this month, and that there are plans in place to eventually allow users to automatically download their purchases from the SEN Store to their PS3s.
At the moment users need to access their download list via their PS3’s XMB or on the PlayStation Store to download content purchased from the PSN web store.
You can get a taste of what the US version of the SEN Store will offer when it launches later this month by heading over to its European variant.
Tags: northamerica, playstation, playstationnetwork, psn, sen, sony, sonyentertainmentnetworkstore, us, webstore | http://www.el33tonline.com/post/2013/01/11/playstation_web_store_headed_to/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Ageing Societies, Learning and ICT
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As the share of older people increases, there is a need to improve their well-being and possibilities for integration in the knowledge society. In ageing societies, learning plays a key role in addressing challenges such as increasing social and health costs, re-skilling for employment and participation, and intergenerational sharing of experience and knowledge.
It is important to recognize older people as a heterogeneous group, in terms of self-confidence for learning, learning skills and interests, health and social connections, among others.
In general, older people's learning motivation is related to improving their everyday lives, to keeping themselves active, to sharing their knowledge with others and to connecting with other learners. ICT can help in providing new and flexible learning opportunities, which connect older people with each other and with younger generations. For older people, learning usually takes place in informal settings rather than in formal education and it is driven by their own interests and needs rather than by formal requirements.
It is important to carefully develop both the content and conditions of the learning opportunities for older people. There is evidence that older people want to learn, but meaningful and real opportunities for this desired learning are scarce at the moment. More attention needs to be paid to developing relevant and accessible learning opportunities and more user-friendly tools adapted to older people. Supporting learner-centred opportunities and personal learning skills is becoming part of lifelong learning for everybody in the knowledge society, where older people make up one group of learners and mentors, interacting and integrating with others.
The whole role of learning is changing, together with the availability of a new wave of promising ICT applications and research is needed to determine how learning can best be supported and provided in an ageing society. This article is being published in the EuroPACE publication "European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE approach." by Annemie Boonen and WimVan Petegem (eds.), Garant, Antwerp, November 2007.
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The 15th IITC (International Interconnect Technology Conference) opened Monday, June 4 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA with about 230 engineers, scientists and technologists in attendance under a light drizzle. Recurring themes this year were variations on 3D and TSV, novel systems and packaging, and back end memory.
Mike Mayberry, VP Components Research at Intel, delivered the opening keynote address with prognostication for what lies ahead for devices and interconnects. The traditional trio of smaller, faster, cheaper is joined by longer battery life. An asymmetric device, tunneling FET (TFET), is one option that may be able to deliver 8x performance over CMOS while operating at very low voltages. Interconnect shrinkage brings us to the physical limitations of barrier vs. copper volume for reliability vs. conductivity, as illustrated in this 10nm copper trench.
But while there are physical limits, Mayberry proffered that the correct answer to “where will it end” is “when we run out of ideas.” One new idea is the notion of stacking devices themselves, rather than remaining constrained to a single layer of silicon. This can provide a device density gain of 30%-50%. New architectures like associative memory will be fostered by new ways of using consumer devices, such as context-sensitive device response. For example, minimizing distractions while you are driving, or silencing your hilarious ring tone during business meetings, might be desirable capabilities to have built in. “If you only look for better versions of what you have today, you are going to miss opportunities,” he said. On-chip optical interconnects are likely to be limited in scope due to density and power considerations.
Soo-Hyun Kim of Yeungnam U (Korea) gave an invited talk on ALD Ru with organometallic precursors for copper seed layer and capacitor electrodes. Rapid nucleation was achieved using three different zero-valent Ru compounds reacting with molecular O2. Nucleation begins within the first 2-3 cycles, with thin film coalescence coming in the 50-60 cycle range. In addition, nucleus density is 1.5-2 orders of magnitude higher with these precursors compared to a more traditional Ru(EtCp)2. Good conformality was shown up to AR 32 at 225°C deposition temperature.
Theo Frot of IBM Almaden Research described some approaches to protecting porous low-κ dielectrics from plasma and CMP damage. The post-porosity plasma protection strategy yields the best results on a variety of dielectrics ranging from κ 2.4 to κ 1.8 in DHF wet etch and O2 plasma-induced damage (PID) tests.
One of the observed fringe benefits of this process strategy is a lower rate of post-CMP delamination. The original κ 2.0 value was confirmed following integration in a single damascene layer test structure.
Christopher Wilson of IMEC integrated a κ 2.3 spin-on dielectric for sub-28nm technology using EUV lithography. Structures were fabricated at a 40nm half pitch and post-etch dielectric constant was restored with a He/H2 plasma treatment that resulted in a 13% improvement in RC characteristics. Single damascene and dual damascene dielectric stacks are shown in the figure.
TDDB did not degrade as the spaces between the 40nm trenches were scaled from 90nm to 40nm.
YH Wu of TSMC described the use of an uncured ELK material as a CMP stop layer. Following CMP, the ELK porogen is activated to form the low-κ dielectric, resulting in a net smaller shift in κ. Integration schemes with and without the uncured ELK layer had comparable leakage, but the uncured ELK layer increases line-to-line capacitance by 7% before curing. After curing, the capacitance penalty was eliminated. Benefits of the stop layer include an improvement of copper thickness control across the wafer from 11% to 4%.
Chih-Chao Yang of IBM Albany Research showed the use of Co films as Cu capping layers. Better TDDB results with no dependence on Co thickness were observed with an in-situ process, in which the Cu oxide removal prior to Co deposition is conducted in a single reaction chamber with no air exposure between steps.
Jürgen Wolf of Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID described the outlook for silicon interposers with integrated TSVs for 3D SiP integration. Process schemes are designed with an eye toward leveraging WLP designs and manufacturing methods. Several temporary wafer bonding technologies are included in the mix to accommodate the in-process handling of extremely thin wafers for WLP. SnAg and SnAgCu alloys for Pb-free reflow soldering to Au bumps have been found to be adequate up to this point in the development process.
Jinho An of Samsung spoke about controlling extrusion defects in Cu TSV through annealing process conditions and structural design factors. TSV diameter has the largest effect on the tendency to extrude. Carbon and sulfur impurities affect the copper grain size, which in turn is inversely related to percent extrusion.
Ashish Dembla of Georgia Tech described a scheme for fine pitch (35µm) high AR (18:1) TSV integration in silicon micropin-fin heat sinks. The microfluidic prototype structure shown could handle a power density of 100 W/cm2 with a resulting junction temperature <50°C and a pressure drop of 83kPa. The silicon pins were fabricated with a cluster of copper TSVs inside each pin to enhance thermal transport as well as to provide the TSV functionality.
Michael Van Buskirk of Adesto Technologies gave an invited talk on a scalable, low power, high performance resistive memory technology platform called conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM). The device shown consists of a W cathode, Ag anode and GeS2 solid electrolyte switching layer. The operating principle is based on the formation of a conductive silver dendrite between the electrodes, with conductivity increasing the longer the ON switching current is left on. This makes is conceivable to have multiple ON states in a single device. A 1Mb serial EEPROM/Flash combination product has been integrated into a 130nm Cu BEOL design and is commercially available. Cross-contamination concerns about the introduction of Ag into the fab were handled with minor modification of the same protocols required for Cu. The device has demonstrated an endurance of 100k write cycles with 10 year data retention at 70°C.
Jonggi Kim of Yonsei U (Korea) described the switching mechanism of another resistive switching device, this one based on the redox migration of oxygen ions in HfO2 between Ni/Ti and Pt electrodes.
Honggun Kim of Samsung R&D presented a novel flowable CVD process technology for sub-20nm interlayer dielectrics. Process conditions made it possible to eliminate the Si3N4 oxidation diffusion barrier, reducing the bit-line loading capacitance by 15%. Gap fill for AR 40:1 has been demonstrated with peak process temperature <500°C.
S. Maîtrejean of CEA Leti talked about the challenges in phase change memories from a materials and process perspective. The addition of carbon to PVD GeTe correlated well with MOCVD GeTe with residual carbon. A confined device structure performed better in terms of switching time and ΔR than the earlier plug designs with an unconstrained PCM layer.
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Up, Up, and Away
For his retrospective at the Guggenheim, Maurizio Cattelan defies conventionand gravityby dangling his lifes work from the ceiling
By Laura Regensdorf
Thequite literally. With the help of a sturdy aluminum truss and a network of cables, 128 of his pieces now hang en masse from the Guggenheimsans newly announced retirement from art-making. His irreverent streak shines through with the waxworksPope, theres an app for that.
Maurizio Cattelan: All, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, through January 22, 2012; guggenheim.org | http://www.elledecor.com/culture/up-up-away-a-71905 | 2013-05-18T10:42:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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A special benefit was created to provide you, an AOPA member, with a single point of contact to help navigate the homeownership/home selling process for all of your real estate needs.
Douglas Elliman Real Estate has assembled a select group of real estate service professionals in every residential community locally and nationally to meet your individual needs. This team is headed by dedicated account executives whose primary responsibility is meeting the real estate needs of you, the member. AOPA Members and their families can enjoy extensive savings on their next real estate transaction with the following benefits:
Douglas Elliman Real Estate is with you from start to finish. We stand committed to your needs by providing ongoing assistance and support through exceptional real estate service. Please contact Timothy Griffin or Kevin Liba to see how this program can benefit you.. | http://www.elliman.com/AOPA | 2013-05-18T10:53:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Say hello to my little neon pink friend :-)
How cool is this, right? In less than five minutes you can completely change and personalize the look of your iPhone :-)
How?
With these amazing 'stickers' especially made for the iPhone 4 by Colorswitch.nl
Choose your color online for only € 19,95 and start switching that black or white case of your iPhone :-)
After receiving your iPhone Colorswitch you are only a few steps away from this colorful transformation!
Take a good look at the pictures above, they will speak for themselves but of course a few tips:
- Make sure that your iPhone is clean, just use a dry towel to take most of the 'sticky' fingerprints away, don't use any chemical products!!
- Start with the front sticker , than the back and at last the sideways
- The stickers are easy adjust, don't worry about the stickers if they are a little misplaced. Just take them of slowly and try again
How long will this switch last?
It al depends on how you treat your iPhone. These stickers could last several months, so be a little careful and you'll enjoy this Colorswitch for a long time!
What if I want to remove the stickers?
As easy as they are adjusted , easier is the removal. Just take them off and the stickers won't leave any glue or sticky parts...and you have your boring, oops sorry, black or white iPhone again :-))
Easy does it :-)
And if there are any boys/men reading my blog: Yes, Colorswitch also has manly designs like Carbon of Matt Grey . | http://www.ellisinfashionland.com/2012_08_01_archive.html | 2013-05-18T11:02:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The two-day Buku Music + Art Project, a hip-hop and electronic dance music festival launched last year, is back.
Freedia, who takes the stage on Saturday, is one of the few bounce artists with international exposure, having toured Europe, Australia and other countries as well as most of the U.S. He has a documentary and full-length album in the works.
Earlier this week, he shot the video for his latest single, "Explode."
"A lot of things are happening," Freedia said, adding that Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee failures in 2005 brought attention to the city's music scene and the bounce genre.
"I had put in my time working in club after club after club for years, and when Katrina hit, it was time for me to see the world," he said.
Buku opens Friday with Primus 3D, Zedd, Aeroplane, Flying Lotus, DJ Soul Sister, Kid Cudi and more than a dozen other acts. Joshua Steele, the British DJ who goes by the stage name Flux Pavilion, said he'll be playing jams from his new album, "Blow the Roof," when he takes the stage Friday.
"I play what makes me happy, what gets me up and jumping around," he said.
Flux Pavilion, whose hits include 2011's "Bass Cannon," delivers high-energy shows that "mix it up a lot, to keep it interesting," Steele said.
"As an artist, you can do whatever you want with bass music, and that's the beauty of it," he said. "It's whatever the producer wants it to be. It can be samba, hip-hop, heavy metal, anything really. You can go anywhere with it."
The Internet has increased accessibility to electronic music, diminishing the genre's "underground" image, Steele said.
"It's a free platform, an open database, where you can just go find it for yourself," he said.
Dante DiPasquale of Winter Circle Productions, the New Orleans-based company producing Buku, said although the festival is bigger than last year, it is intentionally being kept small in comparison to other music festivals. There are only 10,000 tickets available for each day, he said.
Mardi Gras World adds to the "only in New Orleans" experience, he said.
"This festival is really paying tribute to New Orleans, to what people in New Orleans and in the South are listening to," he said. "The rooted music, the jazz music, it's important, but the up-and-coming DJs, bounce artists and indie bands are driving the music today.", | http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_22738337/buku-music-fest-returns-nola-bigger-lineup | 2013-05-18T10:15:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Will.
Williams, 62, usually gets 150 to 160 bushels per acre on his 1,000-acre farm near Rockford in northern Illinois. Last year, he got about 100, and he's been looking at the sky ever since, hoping for heavy rain or snow to break the drought that still grips the region.
"I've yet to run into anyone around me that wasn't ready for 2013 to come," he said.
Yet things could have been worse. Because demand remained strong and corn prices remained high—above $7 a bushel for much of the summer and fall—the 2012 crop was the most valuable ever produced, with a value of around $85 billion,
The harvest also was the eighth largest in U.S. history, a reflection of a big increase in recent years in the number of acres planted and crop technology that has improved plants' ability to withstand drought.
. | http://www.elpasotimes.com/nationworld/ci_22355232/usdas-crop-report-2012-show-drought-impact | 2013-05-18T10:13:51 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Marketing Masterclass Payment Plan – DON’T Take it!
Filed under: General Chat, My Offers
Just a quick post for you today regarding John Thornhill’s
Masterclass coaching program. If you head on over to the sales page
today, you’ll notice John has added some payment plan options, so
if the lump sum is too much, these will be great for you.
BUT…..
DON’T take advantage of the payment plans before emailing me, I
*MIGHT* be able to do a cheaper deal for you. That’s all I dare say,
but “nudge, nudge, wink, wink”, contact me for more details – nothing
like a cryptic post to start the day off
My bonuses are also still live, so if you want a discount, and all
of my bonuses:
Just use the contact link at the top of the page to get in touch with me.
And all of you that are asking if I’m going to get an iPad? I’ll just wait till
they come out with a sleeker version… the iTampon
Regards,
Dan
John Thornhill’s Marketing Masterclass: Priceless Bonuses
Filed under: General Chat, My Offers
As promised, I come with details of bonuses! Not just any old bonuses either, you wont find these John Thornhill Marketing Masterclass bonuses anywhere else, they are totally unique and exclusive to me.
You’ll probably know that most bonus packages will consist of some resale rights products, with a jazzed up sales page, free of charge, you may even get some PLR articles and 10,000 free pats on the back….but YOU SHOULDN’T CLAIM THEM.
Not if you are planning to take on John Thornhill’s Marketing Masterclass program anyway, and here’s why.
You are going to be taking part in a 36 week Coaching program, where you’ll have various tasks to undertake along the way. Each task will require you’re effort and concentration, you wont have time to look at your bazillion free eBooks and PLR reports, never mind do anything useful with them!
That’s why my bonus is totally different, it’s not just some random resale products thrown together at the last minute, this bonus is designed to complement John’s Masterclass course. So you’ll be taking the Masterclass course, but you’ll be using my bonus package AT THE SAME TIME!
Allow me to explain in graphical form:
I should have been an artist…..or maybe not :-/
Allow me to explain a bit more about the bonus.
The bonus I am offering, is an extra support package that will be used as you go on with the coaching, that’s not to say you don’t get support from the actual coaching you – YOU DO, and you get lots of it, but there are times when you may get an answer, but you still aren’t 100% sure what to do, or you still need more advice, or simply a 2nd opinion, and that’s where my bonus comes in.
Remember that I have full access to the Masterclass Program, and have worked with countless students who have taken then course in the past, so I know the course like the back of my hand. I’m also a professional, fully qualified, “tech guy”. Don’t believe me, take a look at the image below:
Here’s what each section of my “Support Suite” is all about.
Unlimited Personal Email Support & Advice
This is the most popular support option (or it has been when I’ve offered it in the past).
I’m offering you the chance to get me help and advice via email, for the full duration of the course. If there’s anything you don’t understand, need clarification on, or just need some general advice on a certain part of the course, drop me an email and you’ll have a response within a few hours.
Any of you who’ve emailed me for support in the past, know that I deliver!
Up To 5 CUSTOM Video Tutorials
This is going to be hugely popular, I can sense it!
During the course you may run into some annoying technical thing that you just can’t get right, it may be that you are having trouble positioning an opt-in form in the header of your blog, or you just can’t get the formatting on your sales page right, but you really need to know how to do it!
All you need to do is get in touch with me regarding the problem, and you’ll get your video own video tutorial, where I show you exactly what needs to be done to rectify the problem, and how you can solve it yourself in the future.
These video tutorials are created on request, and are EXCLUSIVE 1 to 1 videos, nobody else will have access to them, only the person that requests the video.
Hands On Support
I’m also offering a full hour of my time each week, for “hands on support”.
This allows you to take advantage of my experience of all things technical. All you need to do is get in touch and say:
“Dan, Why is my blog throwing up a 500 Internal Server Error message, can you fix it, my head is going to explode.”
And my response will be:
“Hi Billy-Bob, I’ve fixed the problem for you.”
Of course, you can contact me to fix any problem that requires some “hands on” assistance, it doesn’t have to be a 500 server error, but you get the picture. The hands on support allows you to contact me 24/7 to fix any issues you run into, this covers absolutely anything in the course – hosting, email, mailing lists, sales pages, html, css, and so on.
So in total, you’ve got my “hands on” service for more than 36 hours, if you were a business, and were paying for my “hands on” help, it’d cost you £1,800 (£50 an hour), but you are getting it for free, so take advantage of me
Free Boomerang List Builder
This is ONLY AVAILABLE IF YOU WILL ACTUALLY USE IT.
I wasn’t going to give away a copy of the BLB, but figured it would be a bit mean if you really did want a copy and I didn’t throw it in, but I’m only going to give it away if you are actually going to use it, I don’t want it to turn into any of those other products that you’ve got sitting on your hard drive that will never see the light of day.
If you feel it’ll distract you from the course, then I’m happy to hold it back until after the course has finished, and give it to you then.
So there you have it, full details of my bonus offer. I can’t decide if I’m stupid for offering so much of my time or not, but I’ll just have to see how it goes. If I get too many takers then I may pull the offer – there’s only so much time in a day, so please do get it whilst you can.
Here’s how to claim:
1. Join John Thornhill’s Marketing Masterclass program by clicking here. <—— You MUST click that link, if you don’t, you may not be eligible for the bonus (It launches on Tuesday, January 26th 2010)
2. Forward your receipt to: [email protected]
Or use the “Contact” link on this page – they both come to the same place
3. I’ll then send you all of my contact details where you can get hold of me, the contact details are exclusive to this bonus, and all come directly into a priority inbox, so you get right to the front of the queue – no waiting for a response.
I think that’s got everything covered, all that’s left is for me to do, is to nudge you towards my Marketing Masterclass resource site if you need more information on the course:
More Marketing Masterclass Info
And do please leave a comment if you have any questions.
Regards,
Dan.!
Let me know if you have any Q’s!
Can You Be A Marketer & A University Student?
Filed under: My Offers
Before I get into it, let me just point out that I’ve taken this article directly from an email I sent out, but I know a lot of you are on the RSS feed rather than the mailing list so I’m posting it here as well…just ignore any references I might make to “the email”
I’m going to tell you a really cool story about someone who started marketing at around the same time as me, he’s actually a few years younger than me as well so he must still have been at school when he started. (I was in college)
He’s from the UK (like me), he’s called James Penn and he is currently a full time University Student studying* Psychology, which isn’t anything out of the ordinary for a 19 year old guy, but here’s the cool bit.
He hasn’t put his marketing business on hold, he is actually running a full time business whilst studying* at University.
So how does he manage to do this?
Well, he tends to work in different niches to me. I’m into the marketing and hosting niches, while he’s into anti-aging and stretch marks…must resist the urge to make a joke!
In these “underground” niches he specializes in creating products and building targeted opt-in mailing lists.
By building these mailing lists in all the different niches, he is able to promote related products to the niches whenever he needs more drinking money….sorry – study books.
As an example, he needed to do some revision for an exam that was taking place the following day, but before opening up his revision books, he spent 15 minutes writing an email promoting a membership site in the niche. Four hours later after he had finished the revision, he returned to his inbox and discovered almost $1,000 in sales – that’s one way to pay off your student loan!!
And that’s just in one niche; he is using his targeted niche mailing lists to put himself through University!
The methods he uses to build these lists are what makes him stand out from the crowd, he doesn’t just rely on the tried and tested formulas for list building, he actually looks at different methods, THINKS ABOUT THEM (there’s a plan!) and then makes them better – it’s a simple idea but be honest, how many of us actually do this?
Like any good marketer, he knows when he’s onto something that works, and like any good marketer, he knows you can make a very tidy amount by selling the details…come on, we all know how it works by now
Thankfully though, beer is still quite cheap at his University, so he hasn’t given it a home study course price, he’s going to show you exactly how he builds these highly targeted mailing lists for just $10.
And by my accounts, you should be able to buy 2 pints of beer for $10 from his University bar, and he aims to sell 1,000 of his guides….I’ll let you work out the rest of it
So if you are looking for different ways to build your mailing list, or if you already have a good sized list and just want to get some fresh ideas, then do check out his report, it’s a steal at just $10!
And before signing off, I would like to mention I’m not being serious with all the drinking stuff, I’m being very stereotypical and tongue in cheek – James is a top guy, and certainly isn’t a “layabout” student
Thanks for reading, and as always let me know if you have any questions.
Dan
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Christian
Education
Outreach
In your own way and your own
time, you will feel that you are a part of a Church that reaches out both
in the community and in the world to those in need. ELUMC helps out in
many projects including Habitat
for Humanity, Heifer Project International and
Church World Service.
We prepare hundreds of meals every month in our kitchen, and transport them to the
Loaves and Fishes Kitchen
of the Springfield Open Pantry where we help in serving the meals.
To get involved, show up in the ELUMC kitchen from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month.
ELUMC is also the founder of the Pioneer Valley Free Health Service and continues to provide staff for this local weekly clinic. The current site of the Pioneer Valley Free Health Service is 281 Maple Street in EL (at the Reproductive Center of Western Mass).
Free health services are offered every Wednesday evening from 6:15-8:00 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no proof of residency, income or insurance required. Phone is 525-3866. If you wish to be a regular volunteer, leave a message or drop by some Wednesday to meet them. Several church members are part of the core volunteer team and can provide more information on volunteering to visitors to our Sunday services.
Click on the projects below, to view any recent news
and more about our involvement in the project.
Habitat For Humanity
The
house on 183 Tyler Street has been dedicated with a quilt dedicated by
us. Check out the pictures on their
website.
News
also says that the second house from the Second Circle of Faith has completed
as well.
Heifer
Project International
Preparations
for the Christmas Eve offereing towards Heifer Project has already begun,
including a Children's Time. Check for more updates!
Church
World Service
Crop
Walk turned out to be a success. Good Job!
Church
World Service, or CWS, was founded in 1946 and includes 36 Protestant
Orthodox, and and Anglican denominations in the U.S. who work in partnership
with other churches and organizations in more than 80 countries. CWS helps
us support sustainable self-help development programs, meets emergency
need, responds to disaters, aids refugees and helps address the root causes
of poverty. The main outreach opportunities are Tools of Hope and Blankets,
Gift of the Heart Kits, and Crop Walks. They also work to educate people
and raise their awareness, via print, video, and online information, on
global issues such as world hunger and poverty. CWS responds to disasters
like floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and the September 11, 2001 attack,
by sending highly trained volunteers t partner with those on the scene
to provide shelter, food, counseling and whatever else is needed for people
to survive.
For
several years, ELUMC has been part of some 4,000 congregations and groups
in the U.S. that have participated in the Tools of Hope, Blanket Sunday,
and Crop Walks. Through monetary contributions and walking and/or supporting
supporting walkers in the crop walkers in the Crop Walk, we have helped
many in need.
To
learn more about Church World Service, log on to their website at
Open
Pantry (Loaves and Fishes)
The
Youth traveled downtown to Old First Church in Court Square, Springfield,
the home of the Open Pantry. Plans had been made earlier for them to help
pack Thanksgiving bags for those in need. Arrangements had been made with
the Outreach Team to bring down the groceries that had been collected
before the worship service. They unloaded and sorted it all-645 pounds!
In addition, the youth packed 144 bags with food items for families in
need. This is what some of the youth had to say about their experience:
"I
enjoyed organizing the shelves and I was glad to be able to help people
who couldn't afford enough food so they could get some."
"After
working at Open Pantry, I noticed that it takes a lot of work to feed
that many people, ... I give thanks for the volunteers around the world
giving up their time to feed everyone. The other thing that intrigued
me the most was the fact that of all the people who need food, only about
25% actually go to Open Pantry. The thought of us being embarrassed in
school, while other people are embarrassed to need help."
"It
really felt like we were doing something good. I'm looking forward to
volunteering there in the future."
"When
I went to the Open Pantry, I felt good to be helping people out. When
I found out about the people's conditions, I felt blessed and grateful
for the things I have. It made me appreciate everything my parents have
done for me and understand where they are coming from."
"When
I had worked at Leominster's Open Pantry a few weeks ago, I had met a
man who kept asking to trade his food for cans of pea soup. I never realized
how thankful someone could be over pea soup! Then yesterday, while talking
with the lady who works at our Open Pantry, she told me of a little girl
who had gone up to her and said "I'm hungry a lot of the time".
I was sad at first, but then felt better knowing what we were doing was
a good thing."
Our
congregation collects food on a regular basis for Open Pantry Community
Services. There is an Emergency Food Pantry located at the Old First Church
on Elm Street in Springfield, MA. This serves as a distribution area where
needy residents, who have cooking facilities available to them, can come
and receive food items.
We also participate in Loaves and Fishes
Soup Kitchen. Lunch and dinner are prepared and served daily by individual
or group volunteers. Our church provides lunch on the third Wednesday
of each month. The food is prepared at our church and brought to Christ
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Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:20 pm
Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:33 am
Jamie wrote:I think Rob misses the point here (apart from having strange view on what Elvis material to release). This is not an TFD release it is mass market.
Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:37 am
Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:59 am
one last point: can you understand not every Presley fan is interested in buying every
concert that E.P gave, particulary if the content and quality remains
the same.
Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:08 am
Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:24 am
Robt wrote:hey midnightx,
Ernst to release ALL Aug 1970 Vegas shows would be heaven to me!!!
I much prefer this period than 1969! But aren't you forgetting it was a long
six years since an Aug 1970 show was issued!
When do you expect or anticipate more Aug 1970 material to be
coming?
Let's be honest here, do you really believe All of the multitracked
1970 shows will ever get released? More than likely one possibly two
at max would be sufficent for the legacy that was Elvis Presley.
Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:39 am
Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:05 am
Joern wrote:one last point: can you understand not every Presley fan is interested in buying every
concert that E.P gave, particulary if the content and quality remains
the same.
So don't do it - why all the fuss when you've got the choice to not buy a certain product. Things I don't like, I don't buy - even if it's a EP product.
Joern
Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:06 am
Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:18 am
Robt wrote:My friend what's this unreleased Simon & Garfunkel concert CD/DVD you talk about?
Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:40 pm
Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:50 am
Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:08 am
Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:34 am
Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:36 am
studiorambo wrote:I'd prefer if they got the staples of E's catalogue right before issuing more concerts, like fixing up On Stage. It never dawned on me in 1999 why the album didn't have the same effect when playing it as the vinyl, until the issue of it's flat lifeless dull remastering and over use of NR popped up in a thread about sound quality.
Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:40 pm
Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:34 am
Robt wrote:
Finally, studiorambo, i wasn't aware that V.L.V is going to be in the
mid-priced range in Australia? Where did you get that information from
my friend?
Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:46 am
Keith Richards, Jr. wrote:Rambo, my friend, you really should get the Japanese paper sleeve version of "On Stage". That one sounds fantastic (and has the correct tracklisting too), just ask Juan Luis and the the other sound experts around here! No need for an upgrade or a reissue in my opinion.
Keith Richards, Jr.
Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:29 am
Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:08 am
Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:48 am
Robt wrote:Man i'm sick and tired of waiting for a FTD Rapid City show.
Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:56 am
Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:52 pm
Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:05 pm
Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:02 pm
Robt wrote: "Don't Be Cruel /Teddy Bear" from Omaha?!
No Doc come on?! , it's too poor compared to the Rapid City
performance of it?
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On 5 December 2008, orphan designation (EU/3/08/592) was granted by the European Commission to Medimmune Limited, United Kingdom, for murine anti-CD22 antibody variable region fused to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 for the treatment of hairy cell leukaemia.
- What is hairy cell leukaemia?
Hairy cell leukaemia is a cancer of the blood, when too many B-lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) are produced. The term ‘hairy cell’ refers to the hair-like projections that can be seen on the surface of the lymphocytes when they are examined under a microscope. In this disease, the cancerous cells build up in the blood, bone marrow and spleen. This can cause an enlarged spleen, anaemia (low red blood cell counts), leucopenia (low white blood cell counts), problems with blood clotting including bruising and bleeding, and repeated infections. Patients also have general symptoms such as weakness, weight loss and shortness of breath. Hairy cell leukaemia makes up 2% of all leukaemias.
Hairy cell leukaemia is life-threatening. Patients with this disease have poor long-term survival.
- What is the estimated number of patients affected by the condition?
At the time of designation, hairy cell leukaemia affected less than 1 in 10,000 people in the European Union (EU) *. This is below the threshold for orphan designation, which is 5 in 10,000 people, and is equivalent to a total of around 50,000 people. This estimate hairy cell leukaemia is complex and depends on a number of factors including the extent of the disease, whether it has been treated before, and the patient’s age, symptoms and general state of health. Treatment is usually started when symptoms become troublesome: some people with hairy cell leukaemia never need treatment if they do not have any symptoms and the disease is progressing slowly. Currently, the main treatment is chemotherapy (using medicines to kill cancer cells). At the time of submission of the application for orphan drug designation, several medicines were authorised for the disease in the EU.
The sponsor has provided sufficient information to show that murine anti-CD22 antibody variable region fused to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 might be of potential significant benefit for the treatment of hairy cell leukaemia, because it might act in a different way to other medicines. This assumption will have to be confirmed at the time of marketing authorisation, in order to maintain the orphan status.
- How is this medicine expected to work?
Murine anti-CD22 antibody variable region fused to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 is made up of an antibody attached to part of a toxin from the bacterium Pseudomonas. Antibodies are proteins that are able to recognise and attach to structures called antigens. The part of the antibody in this medicine recognises and attaches to an antigen called CD22 cell-surface receptor, which is found on the surface of cancerous cells in hairy cell leukaemia. After attaching itself to CD22, the antibody and the attached toxin are taken up into the cells, where the toxin is activated. The toxin then stops the cancerous cells from making new proteins, eventually killing them.
- What is the stage of development of this medicine?
The effects of murine anti-CD22 antibody variable region fused to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 have been evaluated in experimental models.
At the time of submission of the application for orphan designation, clinical trials in patients with hairy cell leukaemia were ongoing.
At the time of submission, murine anti-CD22 antibody variable region fused to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin 38 was not authorised anywhere worldwide for hairy cell leukaemia:
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Learning about things automotiveCars are now networks on wheels. Here's an new opportunity to learn how the auto industry tackles systems design.
Today's cars have been described as electronic devices on wheels. Integrated embedded systems are a prerequisite for modern automobiles having tens of processing nodes for systems ranging from safety to navigation and entertainment. The data flow in each of these applications has to be processed with maximum efficiency within tight power budgets. The Automotive Technology track at Embedded Systems Conference in Boston explores some of the challenges (tire-pressure monitoring, graphical information displays) along with techniques (fast booting) and tools (software, bus protocols, and gateways) for meeting them.
Attending these sessions, you'll come away with a better understanding in specific areas, including graphics tailored for infotainment and navigation applications. There are also classes for software engineers on designing software for real-time automotive distributed systems, including one session specializing in ECU software.
If your interest lies in networking then you'll want to attend the presentations on CANopen and gateways in automotive data buses for devices added on to or brought into a car's "network on wheels." Finally, where the rubber meets the road, is a session on highly integrated tire-pressure monitoring systems.
Rick DeMeis is the Site Editor for the Automotive DesignLine and the chair of the Automotive Technology track at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston. You can reach him at rdemeis@cmp.com.
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Six more Bolivian government officials were arrested on Tuesday, including a top Interior Ministry official, for alleged roles in a scheme to rob and extort a New York businessman who has been jailed for 18 months on suspicion of money laundering.
The American, Jacob Ostreic.
"It was deliberate, premeditated and the plan was to take everything away from me," Ostreicher told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
He named as the "ringleader" of the alleged conspiracy the director of legal affairs in the Interior Ministry, Fernando Rivera, who was arrested Tuesday in the eastern state of Tarija while on government business.
Officials who announced the arrests did not offer details other than to say those detained were suspected of crimes including illegal enrichment and extortion.
Ostreicher accused Rivera, the seventh official arrested in the case, of seeking a $50,000 bribe in order to secure his release from prison. Healso accused Rivera of intimidating judges and prosecutors to keep him in jail despite a lack of evidence supporting the money-laundering allegations.
As director of legal affairs in the Interior Ministry, Rivera oversees major prosecutions, which include drug-trafficking cases. Bolivia is the world's No. 3 cocaine producer and also a major transit country for Peruvian cocaine.
The AP was unable to immediately reach Rivera for comment.
The other officials arrested in the case since Monday include a former top official in the presidential ministry, a judge who initially ordered Ostreicher freed last year only to reverse himself, and three officials of DIRCABI, the state agency that manages seized assets.
Bolivia's interior minister, Carlos Romero, said those arrested were involved in "a network of corruption and extortion that has involved government officials, private individuals and possibly had connections with the judiciary."
Although a subordinate of Romero, Rivera preceded him in the Interior Ministry, having been hired by a previous minister.
The former presidential ministry official, Jose Manuel Antezana, allegedly received a $9,900 commission from the illegal sale of some of Ostreicher's rice, which was sold while ostensibly in DIRCABI's possession.
Independent political analyst Roberto Laserna said that Ostreicher had, unfortunately, suffered from an affliction that Bolivians have also experienced: an inefficient, corruption-ridden legal system and a "counter-drug law that instead of presuming innocence, locks people up without any rights and seizes their assets, which later disappear."
"If the government wants to clean up its image it should arrest all involved," he said.
Ostreicher has been jailed without charge since June 2011 in the eastern lowlands city of Santa Cruz. The city is Bolivia's commercial center in its agricultural heartland but is also a nexus of cocaine trafficking.
Prosecutors have yet to produce evidence supporting their allegations he laundered drug money in a rice-growing venture in which he and a Swiss partner invested $25 million. They have not formally charged him.
Ostreicher says he was duped by the Colombian woman who initially managed that venture and who planted some of its rice on land owned by the brother of a Brazilian drug trafficker.
A high-level delegation of prosecutors and police huddled with Ostreicher in the private medical clinic where he is interned into the early hours of Tuesday questioning him about the case, he said.
Ostreicher has been suffering from malnutrition caused by a liquids-only hunger strike he mounted earlier this year to protest his incarceration.
US Embassy officials and a U.S. congressman, Chris Smith of New Jersey, intervened on Ostreicher's behalf early this year but apparently to little effect.
After the actor Sean Penn visited Ostreicher on Halloween, the 54-year-old orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, N.Y., was sent to the clinic, where a government doctor diagnosed him with Parkinson's disease.
Ostreicher told the AP that he was to have been sent back to Palmasola prison on Tuesday, against doctors' recommendations, but that authorities yielded to last-minute appeals and agreed to delay his return by 48 hours.
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Fifth-graders try to use rat poison on teacher
US: Three fifth-graders, two boys and a girl, confessed to using rat poison in attempts to harm a teacher.
The elementary school students laced the teacher's coffe and a muffin with the rat poison during two separate incidents, according to New York Daily News.
Fortunately for the teacher, she did not drink the coffee or eat the mufffin.
One of the students involved in the poisoning had a change of heart and he knocked the coffee mug over before the teacher could take a sip.
The three students have been expelled and moved to another school after the poisoning attempts came to light.
Teacher's thrashing leaves student blind
INDIA: A teacher thrashed a student so hard that the grade 8 pupil lost his eyesight. The incident occurred in Dehradun's Scholar's Home last month, reports Ibnlive.com.
The principal has refuted the allegation.
The student's father filed a complaint with the police saying that his son's right eye retina was damaged when the teacher assaulted him physically.
The teenager will have to undergo corrective eye surgery in the Indian city of Chandigarh soon.
Both the school and the teacher has been charged with child abuse.
Hospital staff gave new mother the wrong baby to nurse
BRITAIN: Two brand new mothers ended up caring for each other's infants when the nursing staff made a mistake and swapped the babies.
The infants were taken from the mothers for care and the mistake occured when they were handed back to the mothers for nursing, reports Daily Mail.
Once the mix-up came to light, the midwife threatened the healthcare assitant to keep quiet about it. She even failed to file a report about it.
The midwife corrected the error and told one of the mothers that her baby had not been fed, when the baby had been nursed by the other woman just minutes before.
If the midwife is found guilty of misconduct, she is likely to face the sack.
Student opens fire in school killing one and injuring 4 others
OHIO: A student opened fire Monday in a high school cafeteria in Ohio, fatally wounding one classmate and injuring four others before fleeing and eventually giving himself up, police said.
Two gunshot victims lay in hospital in a critical condition as the small town of Chardon, near Cleveland, struggled to come to terms with being thrust into the media spotlight of America's latest school shooting tragedy.
Fellow students described the gunman as a 17-year-old "outcast" who had suffered bullying and said he had posted warnings on Twitter and left disturbing messages on Facebook.
Children were preparing for class at Chardon High, when the gunman, identified by police as a "juvenile," started shooting with a handgun shortly after 7:30 am (1230 GMT), apparently targeting one group in particular.
Panicked students, taken by surprise as they were eating breakfast and waiting for first period to start, screamed and sprinted out of the cafeteria, fearing for their lives.
"My friends were crawling on the floor, and one of my friends was bent over the table, and he was shot," one boy, Nate, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It was almost like a firecracker went off. I turned around and saw him standing with a gun and I saw him take a shot.".
"We have one deceased student right now," Chardon police chief Tim McKenna told a press conference. "That's the sad news for all of us today."
"One of the teachers happened to chase the shooting suspect out of the building," allowing officers to secure the school to allow emergency personnel to treat the victims, he said.
"With that done, we started searching the areas, and shortly thereafter, we came up with the suspect. He is in custody," McKenna said. "No name will be released because he hasn't been charged yet. He is a juvenile."
The FBI was helping the sheriff's department search the suspect's home.
Earlier, masked SWAT teams had ringed Chardon High, conducting security sweeps so that pupils could safely be evacuated from the building and've had disaster drills in the past, thank God we put those into place because our teaching staff did an excellent job in a very horrible, traumatic experience this morning," said Chardon schools superintendent Joe Bergant.
"We feel so disheartened -- it's going to take me a moment to get back together here. We certainly hope those families know that they're in our thoughts and our prayers."
Chardon resident Karen Porter said the shooting was out of character for the small, close-knit community. "This is hometown USA in the best sense of the word. It's not what you'd expect at all.
"This is so sad on so many levels," she told AFP. "I feel sorry for the kids that were injured, that's such a tragedy. The kids that witnessed the shooting will be forever changed."
Porter's sympathy extended to the suspect. "To come to that part where you even think about taking somebody's life, much less to do it, it's too much to think about."
A candlelight vigil service was scheduled for Tuesday night at a local church and grief counselors were on call to help the small-town Ohio community to deal with the traumatic event.
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The Name Game – To Share or Not to Share at least create a list of favorites. Some people find the process very easy (in fact some have had names picked out for years) and others still have no idea after their baby is born. Either way though, at some time during your pregnancy and probably much more than once, you are going to be asked about your selections.
Whether you decide to share your list of possibilities or your final choices is completely up to you and your partner to decide. It is often family members or close friends who press for this information, but don’t allow yourself to be bullied into sharing if you are not ready to do so. As with most things in life, there are advantages and disadvantages to each side of the debate.
Some parents-to-be love the idea of discussing their choices with anyone who wants to know. Many do this because they want the added input. Some even offer a list of possibilities and have a bit of an informal vote. Also, having fresh eyes look over the options can help to spot any possible problems, such as initials that spell out some horrible word or names that just don’t go well together.
Other soon-to-be-parents opt to keep their naming ideas to themselves. They often do not want to bring extra opinions into the mix because they feel that it adds to the confusion. Sometimes they just want a special something to keep to themselves until introducing their new little bundle to the world. Plus, no one wants to be talked out of a choice that they love.
Remember, there is no right or wrong choice here. Go with what feels right and have fun with the process, whichever path you choose!
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Atlanta, Georgia based US airline, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), has reportedly decided to expand its services in Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport by 20 percent in the context of a reduction of services to and from Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport by other flight carriers.
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World March for Peace and Nonviolence: It all starts in Aotearoa-NZ
The World March for Peace and Nonviolence, a global event involving millions of people celebrating non-violence and promoting an end to war, will start in Aotearoa-New Zealand on 2 October Gandhi’s birthday. The march is being supported by Heads of State, high-level UN officials, Nobel Peace laureates, mayors, parliamentarians, movie stars, sports celebrities and others.
Join for one or more of the exciting events in Aotearoa to kick-off the march. See | http://www.enact.org.nz/get-active/whats-hot/138-world-march-for-peace-and-nonviolence-it-all-starts-in-aotearoa-nz | 2013-05-18T10:12:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This trip is designed for our alumni to answer the frequently asked question of “Where are things today?” […] […] | http://www.encounterprograms.org/program/calendar/past | 2013-05-18T10:21:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
So spake the apostate angel. Milton.
A wretched and apostate state. Steele.
We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall.
An heretical and apostatical church. Bp. Hall.
He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in ...emblances. Carlyle.
He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles . Luke vi. 13.
Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate . Jer. Taylor.
In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e. , one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.
The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.
Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.
The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon. | http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/105 | 2013-05-18T10:42:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The Senate is expected to release a proposal soon for fiscal year (FY) 2011 legislation that would cut an additional $6.5 billion - on top of the $4 billion already cut - from FY 2010 levels.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that he plans to allow debate and voting NEXT WEEK on both this new proposal and the House FY 2011 bill passed on February 19, which cut about $61 billion total compared to FY 2010 levels. Both proposals are expected to fail in the Senate, but leaders hope that these votes will lay the groundwork for reaching agreement on a final bill.
Details of the Senate proposal are not yet available, but we need to make sure that any final FY 2011 bill protects important programs for people experiencing homelessness and includes:
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This week, Congress passed a temporary, stopgap funding measure to fund the government through Friday, March 18. The measure cut $4 billion compared to FY 2010 levels, but no funding was cut for homelessness programs.
The House's February 19 FY 2011 funding bill includes only $1.865 billion for McKinney-Vento homeless assistance grants, and no new HUD-VASH vouchers, and no funding for the Housing and Services for Homeless Persons Demonstration. These funding levels could lead to over 160,000 additional people homeless who would otherwise be housed.
Last week, Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Al Green (D-TX) began circulating a House sign-on letter, asking their colleagues to support a final, compromise fiscal year (FY) 2011 funding bill that includes the priority funding levels listed in the article above. The deadline for Representatives to sign onto that letter has been extended until close of business on Monday, March 14.
Representatives can join the Moore/Green letter by contacting Andrew Stevens at andrew.stevens@mail.house.gov in Representative Moore's office before close of business on Monday, March 14. A copy of the letter and current signatories is available here.
Sample Senate Talking Points and Letter | http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/advocacy-update-senate-to-release-bill-letter-deadline-extended | 2013-05-18T10:32:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
HomeFree Nevada: Best Green Nonprofit
On July 20, 2012, the Las Vegas Business Press announced the winners of the 2012 Green Awards. HomeFree Nevada and the EnergyFit Nevada program was awarded the distinction of Best Green Nonprofit. Click here to read the full story. As the nonprofit state sponsor of Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®, we help residents make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient. We congratulate all of the finalists and winners that work hard everyday to help make Las Vegas a better, healthier, and more sustainable city. | http://www.energyfitnevada.org/best-green-non-profit/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Energy was a hot topic in President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union speech this week. The President spend a good amount of time talking about Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Infrastructure. By implementing programs and increasing incentives, the Obama Administration plans to cut in half the energy consumed by homes and businesses over 20 years. New initiatives will help advance clean energy technologies, affecting vehicles, buildings, and power generation. It’s always good to have a goal, but can it be done?
Below is a video of President Obama’s State of the Union Address. He begins discussing his administration’s energy accomplishments and going-forward plan at time mark 17:15.
However, nearly every American President preceding him also outlined an energy strategy in their State of the Union Address. Here’s historical montage that was created by the Institute for Energy Research:
Will the Obama Administration take energy issues seriously and follow through with effective programs? Will they be cost effective and sustainable? And how much change can really be made within his term? These are our topics for this week’s #EEChat.
Join us this Thursday night at 9am Eastern on Twitter and join the discussion. What is #EEChat? Read our FAQ on the #EEChat page on this site, or visit us on Twitter at @EE_Chat. All are welcome and we’d love to have your input. See you Thursday night!
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Replicating its success in harnessing green energy, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has planned to set up another wind power project with a capacity of about 8.4 megawatt in Porbandar by March 2013. The project will cost the civic body Rs 63 cores will generate 1.58 crore units of electricity which is nearly 11 per cent of the total consumption of the civic body.
SMC is the first body to have two of its wind mills operational at Odedar of Porbandar district in Saurastra generating electricity up to 1.5 megawatt each. Municipal Commissioner MK Das said, “We have called for tender proposals for the project and once they are approved by standing committee we work towards setting up this plant.” Lights and fire committee chairman GC Gopani said, “We approved the estimates of Rs 52.08 crore for the construction and Rs 10.65 crore for the operation and maintenance of the wind mill for the period of ten years.”
The wind mill will generate 7.5 MW to 8.4 MW depending up on wind turbine generation (WTG). The unit will produce 1.76 crore units of power of which SMC will be entitled for 1.58 crore units, after deducting 10 per cent loss. SMC is planning to use the credit from generation of power from this project in the expenses of Katargam water works and water distribution centers HT services..
Source: TOI | http://www.energynext.in/surat-civic-body-to-commission-8-4-mw-wind-project/ | 2013-05-18T10:22:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Alright, this one's pure tradeshow silliness -- when Engadget Spanish pressed the Acer rep at MWC about rumored plans to launch an Android handset, dude pulled out a notebook and whipped up a quick product roadmap, including the two mysterious "Android secret models" shown here. That's all we know for now, but anything's got to be better than the sad Tempos Acer launched yesterday -- and hey, we also got the names of the four announced-but-not-revealed sets we're due to see sometime later this year. One more pic of Acer's secret diary after the break.
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This Sunday, the New York Giants will take on the New England Patriots in Superbowl XVI.
It is a great time to enjoy the finality of the football season with friends and family. Share some drinks, eat some food and watch the game or the ads, whichever is your pleasure.
However, please make sure that if you are drinking, don’t drive. The Syracuse newspapers have already published an article saying that there will be roadblocks throughout Syracuse this weekend. A DWI can have enormous personal implications.
Generally a DWI is charged as a misdemeanor which means it is a criminal offense punishable by up to a year in jail. Additionally, fines and surcharges are added on to this charge and conviction. Further (at least in Onondaga County) an alcohol evaluation to determine if there is a problem requiring further treatment is required. Even if a favorable disposition is negotiated, insurance rate increases and suspension of your driving privileges will result.
If you own a bar, you too can be held liable if someone injures an individual through a DWI.
Through laws called the Dram Shop Act, restaurants and bars can be held liable for over serving a customer when that customer causes an accident and injures himself or others. It is extremely important that as a bar owner or bartender you monitor the consumption of your customers. While some owners feel it is not their place to “babysit” their customers, it is far better than losing the ability to sell and serve alcohol.
So, whether you are out with friends for the Superbowl or own the business they are in, just remember what Sarge said on Hill Street Blues:
Be careful out there. | http://www.engelatty.com/blog/superbowl-can-be-super-expensive/ | 2013-05-18T10:32:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Rend Lake College Market Place
Large golf outlet store plus clothing, brass, crafts and sporting goods store. Formerly Jent factory outlet mall.
CITY: Mount Vernon.
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts & Mitchell Museum
Exhibitions, a children's gallery, a permanent collection and special events. Grounds include 85 acres sculpture park, nature trails and bird sanctuary. Hosts annual Cedarhurst Craft Fair.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Golden Goodies Antiques and Crafts
Christian-owned antique and craft shop featuring primitives, gifts, collectibles, coins, and more with 50-plus vendors..
Times Square Mall
Shopping mall with Sears, JC Penney, Peebles, and a variety of specialty shops.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Shamrock Antiques
Located off Rt 13.
Whitecotton Antique Mall
More than 10,000 square feet of antiques and collectibles located seven miles south of Marion on Route 37 and west on Whitecotton Rd., or take exit 45 on interstate 57 and follow the signs north.
Rabbit Patch Cottage
Boyd's, candles, country lighting, painted and upholstered furniture, Willow Tree, country gifts, and accessories.
The Rabbit Patch Cottage
Boyd's, candles, country lighting, painted and upholstered furniture, Willow Tree, country gifts and accessories.
The Purple Peacock
Offers 15 booths plus her own collection!
Cranberry Merchant
Country gifts and decor
CITY: Carterville
Downtown Mt. Vernon (The District)
Visit Downtown Mt. Vernon for a variety of shops, including a kitchen store, photography studio, musical instruments, clothing, fine jewelry, scrapbooking supplies, and gifts.
CITY: Mount Vernon.
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Black Diamond Vineyards
This winery offers a quiet, relaxing setting and great wine. Be sure to check out the gift shop that features handmade truffles by Heavenly Sweets, lotions, oils and candles. Special events are held throughout the year.
Rend Lake College Market Place
Large golf outlet store plus clothing, brass, crafts and sporting goods store. Formerly Jent factory outlet mall.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Nuff-Stuff Retail Antiques
Antiques, collectibles, glassware, oak furniture, and fireplace mantels.
CITY: Central City
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts & Mitchell Museum
Exhibitions, a children's gallery, a permanent collection and special events. Grounds include 85 acres sculpture park, nature trails and bird sanctuary. Hosts annual Cedarhurst Craft Fair.
CITY: Mount Vernon.
Lyon's Fisheries
This fresh water shrimp (prawn) farm offers agricultural tours and harvest festivals in the fall. Prawn, catfish and hushpuppies are available for.
Times Square Mall
Shopping mall with Sears, JC Penney, Peebles, and a variety of specialty shops.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Peebles
Peebles offers nationally recognized brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, and footware for the entire family.
Lincoln Trail Antiques
Largest privately owned antique shop in Southern Illinois. General line of antiques and collectibles, glassware, primitives, old toys, old tools and lamp parts.
Memory Lane
General line of antiques, collectibles, glassware, furniture, primitives, crafts, records, and books. Call for appointment.
Goody's
Goody's offers a wide variety of clothing, shoes, and accessories for the entire family.
Webber's Wagon Mini Mall
Webber's Wagon is a mini mall full of unique antiques and collectibles..
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"There Will be Blood" wins top critics' awards
By Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "There Will Be Blood" took top honors from the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday,), put the epic drama in solid contention for next month's Oscars.
The movie by Anderson, renowned for such offbeat fare as "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia," was his loose adaptation of a 1927 Upton Sinclair novel, "Oil!"
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Julie Christie was named best actress by the critics' association for her role as a woman struggling with Alzheimer's disease in "Away From Her."
With the win, Christie added to a list of prizes that position her as a front-runner for the best-actress Oscar. She already has been cited by several well-known groups, including the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and, or Oscars, which are the world's top film awards given out on the final Sunday in February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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RHUB v. 4.3 now has HD VoIP capability.
"RHUB Communications Inc. announced Tuesday the addition of high-definition VoIP capabilities to its TurboMeeting line of Web conferencing and remote support appliances, which are sold by the companys indirect sales partners and OEM partners," writes PHONE+ editor Khali Henderson.
"The upgrade, part of TurboMeeting release 4.3, includes a VoIP softphone that allows users to conduct Internet-based audio conferences with more than 200 participants from both PC and Mac computers. The softphone doubles the voice sampling rate from 8kHz of traditional phones to 16kHz for improved sound quality. The softphones capabilities include echo-cancellation, firewall traversal, automated audio device detection and auto reconnection," Henderson writes.
Follow the link below to read the full article:
RHUB Adds HD VoIP to Web Conferencing | http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/print/unified_communications/RHUB-v-43-now-has-HD-VoIP-capability-422976.htm | 2013-05-18T10:12:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
IWA -International.
For the last 15years IWA Entertainment Pty Ltd " IWA Pro Wrestling" has promoted almost one thousand events at NSW, Queensland and Victorian registered clubs, venues include: Panthers Group, Mounties Group, Souths Juniors, Kedron Wavell Services, Seagulls, Shellharbour Workers, Hornsby RSL and many more. High profile agricultural shows include: Royal Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Toowoomba Shows. Rockhampton Show, Ballarat Show, Tamworth Show, Newcastle show and many more. IWA has also do it all again the following night.
At any given IWA Pro Wrestling show you can expect to see a good mix of wrestlers, from small masked high flyers to giant super-heavyweights. There are women wrestlers, valet girls, tag teams and their managers even the occasional midget match. IWA Pro Wrestling plots comical, often very funny storylines that are relevant to Australian audiences. It’s a different routine at every IWA Pro Wrestling show, new bouts, new plots, new gimmicks and new talent. There is always a lot of posing going on, lots of body oil and lycra to be seen. There is the grand entrances, great music, the referees, the announcers and so much more IWA Pro Wrestling is an amazing experience that must be seen live.
The whole performance is audience interactive and so provides something extra for those who want a little more fun when they go and see a live show. The wrestlers are mix of international and local performers they are all a great credit to IWA's success. IWA pro wrestlers are well-defined and easy to follow characters, making it enjoyable for audience members to pick and choose favourites and easy to identify the baddies.
"We offer a fantastic live action adventure show for all ages" Perhaps the biggest difference between pro-wrestling and 'real' sport is that pro-wrestling openly admits to glorifying characters and embellishing storylines, says promoter and wrestler Mark Mercedes who is a 15 year pro wrestling veteran who has wrestled for WCW in the USA & major companies in Japan and Europe. Mercedes adds ‘IWA Pro Wrestling has been Australia’s #1 in sports - entertainment for the past 11 years and is often referred by many venue managers as “Australia's hottest live touring act”. IWA’s success has surprised many and really revived pro wrestling in Australia’
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Cure for Cancer, World Peace and Other Great Ideas sits on the shelf of 31-year-old comedians John Heffron and Joel Zimmer. Of course you've never heard of it--it's the private notebook where Heffron and Zimmer write down their brilliant ideas. It's where, in 1997, they came up with the That Guy! Game.
Made for women to play at girls-night-out type functions, the That Guy! Game is a scavenger hunt. Players look for the guys on their cards, like "Unibrow Guy" or "Tight Pants Guy"--you know . . . the guys you generally avoid. The game has taken off, and the pair expects 2001 sales of $250,000 to $500,000. It's even catching the attention of TV producers, and a game show for Paramount is in the works. Zimmer and Heffron's company, Eleven Eleven Productions, also has plans for a wireless PDA version of the game, along with greeting cards and a version for teenage girls.
The idea took nearly three years to come to fruition; it was while they were both recovering from breakups that they decided to really focus on it. Says Heffron, "I would recommend sprinkling jealousy and 'I'll show you that you shouldn't have broken up with me' into any kind of motivation."
Adds Zimmer, "I don't know if a lot of Fortune 500 companies were started that way, but we did." | http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/printthis/40686.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Japanese Architect’s Cardboard Bridge
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This summer, the surprisingly strong structure — it can withstand the load of at least 20 people — rose triumphantly against the backdrop of the ancient monument. The 72-foot-long frame was made primarily from 281 cardboard tubes — each four and a half inches in diameter and about three-quarters of an inch thick. The tubes were held together by steel joints. For the steps, Ban used a new material called ProFi, assembled from paper and plastic left over from the manufacture of self-adhesive labels. Wooden boxes buried underground and packed with local sand formed the foundations.
Though the bridge resembled a life-size erector set, its diameter and curvature were modeled on the classic proportions of the Pont du Gard’s arch. “It was an interesting contrast,” Ban says. “But it was both a contrast and a harmony.”
The design of the bridge allows for easy assembly and dismantling. It took a team of architecture students only a month to complete the installation, which remained open to the public for six weeks before being dismantled in August before the rainy season. Ban says he expects it to be rebuilt next year.
The main challenge, Ban says, was not mastering the engineering of the bridge but persuading skeptics to rethink basic principles of design. “The strength and durability of a structure hastold this in New York, a day before flying to Abu Dhabi for proposal regarding construction of a house with stuff like sand. | http://www.envirogadget.com/site-news/japanese-architect%E2%80%99s-cardboard-bridge/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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A baby swings in a basket at the dump site. Sometimes older children miss school because they have to take care of younger siblings while parents work scavenging.
Mae Sot is a Thai border town. Sharing a border with Burma to the west, the district is a hub for trade between the two countries – much of it illegal. Gemstones, teak and drugs flow through Mae Sot daily. Yet people trafficking is also a major problem, with many Burmese people fleeing starvation, persecution or war in their homeland.
Parents and grandparents worry about the children's futures.
“Maybe it is the naivety of a child,” says filmmaker Sascha Schöberl, who is striving to make a documentary about life at the dump. “But still they are able to find happiness under the worst living conditions you can possibly imagine because they turn all this trash around them into an adventure park. And the trash turns into treasures. They invent games with old magazines and stones. They deal with this tragedy with such creativity and grace. It is so inspiring and impressive. These small little children taught me a lot.”
For a family to survive, every hand is needed to pick through the trash at the site. Even those of the very young.
Life in the dump is grim. Those old enough help their parents to sort through the waste dumped throughout the day by garbage trucks. But before reaching the dumpsite, the truck stops at an official recycling center. Here, employees – who are also refugees – remove the most valuable items for recycling: thick plastics, glass, paper and tin. Those who live and work scavenging at the dump only get the leftovers.
Flies, rats and even snakes are a hazard in the piles of trash.
As you’d expect, scavenging a living on a dumpsite is a dangerous job. Obviously, the smell is horrific. But the fumes, which can cause respiratory diseases, are not the only hazards faced by local dump dwellers. Pieces of glass, rusty metal and other sharp objects lie ready to scratch and cut. And besides the threat of tetanus, there is also the danger of untreated wounds festering in these unsanitary conditions. Malnutrition and sickness are commonplace; so too are skin diseases.
Thanks to relief efforts, there is relatively clean water available for consumption, but conditions are still far from sanitary at the dump.
Dump dwellers eek out a living selling what they find to factory owners. Mia Thein, 29, makes about 90 baht (less than US $3) a day selling her ‘treasures’ to a factory that will recycle the used items into sellable goods. It’s not a lot of money, even here, when food for a family costs the equivalent of around US $2 a day.
The families would pay less for food if they could buy groceries in bulk, but then there’s the risk it will be seized by the police, who occasionally raid the dumps. One family had their chickens taken during a raid. Even the bags of trash the locals have collected are in danger of being confiscated and sold on if left unattended.
A baby sits in a makeshift hut on top of the debris.
Not all Burmese refugees living in Mae Sot work at the dump. Most of the town’s 80,000 or so refugees work in one the 200-plus textile factories. But life is still difficult. Without Thai legal papers, rights and protection, the refugees are ripe for exploitation by unscrupulous businessmen and criminals.
Those who campaign for better rights for illegal workers also face the threat of violence from gangsters; in 2004, one Danish labor activist was stabbed. Meanwhile, attacks on workers themselves are more frequent, with the charred remains of murder victims apparently not an uncommon sight along the border.
“Every human rights violation on the planet is there in its worse element,” says Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj, who is a regular visitor to Mae Sot.
Without education, the outlook for these children is grim.
To understand how people could possibly live and work in such seemingly unbearable conditions, it’s necessary to learn a little more about the situations from which they’ve come. The refugees, who belong to Burma’s Karen minority, are fleeing from direct military attacks, forced labor, enslavement, and the destruction of their homes and farms.
One dump worker recounts being forced to work as a Sherpa to government soldiers, during which time three of his children died from a lack of proper nutrition. “There is no war in Thailand, and at least we have a little bit to eat,” he says of his new home.
Children wear a traditional ground bark paste on their face which is believed to condition their skin. One small measure their parents can take for them.
It may be preferable to a war zone, but living in Mae Sot is still no way to grow up for a child. “When I talked to the parents about the future of the children, often I would have to stop because they started to cry,” says filmmaker Schöberl.
“The parents deal with their situation by thinking from one day to another, one meal to another. There is no perspective, they would love to dream for the children to get an education, go to school and get a great job. But they don’t see that this is possible and so they block it out. And once the children get to this stage too, they don’t see that their dreams are actually realistic, they become bitter and sad.”
Toys are whatever the children can find amongst the trash.
But there is some hope. People have begun to take note of the plight of Mae Sot’s refugees. There is a charity school at the dump, the Sky Blue School, which teaches those children lucky enough to have the time to go. Another organization, The Best Friend project, set up by two Burmese monks, is also making a difference.
An improvised resting spot to escape the heat of the day
The Best Friend project works to provide basic needs and services to the refugees of Mae Sot and the dump. They distribute food and medicines and try to relocate dump dwellers to better locations. Unfortunately, one of the monks, Ashin Sopaka, is currently under Burmese military surveillance, and his movements have been limited. Still, he remains positive and hopes to build a library.
Shanties in the mounds of waste
Slowly, the situation appears to be improving at the Mae Sot dump, thanks in no small part to the efforts of The Best Friend project. “Every time I go there, I see people smiling,” says photographer Sagolj. “At night, they light candles and sing, they eat and socialise and basically look the fun side of life. Nobody forced them to live there but they don’t want to go home.”
Ultimately, it seems like the long-term solution would be an improvement of the political situation in Burma itself. “These people are not only on the landfill because they are poor,” says Schöberl. “They are there because of the political situation inside Burma. If Burma would be free and if there would be peace, these people would not be on that landfill.”
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Our favorite supermodel tweeter is at it again!
Chrissy Teigen, Sports Illustrated hottie and John Legend's brasher half, is picking fights online again and this time, unlike @AvrilLavigne, her target responded and things got ugly:
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Better run for cover, Chrissy!
"Nikki Cox and Jay Mohr named their son Meredith. Their son, Meredith. Meredith is their son's name. The name of their son is Meredith," Teigen tweeted when news broke last week that Mohr and his wife, Nikki, named their newborn boy the ambiguous name.
When Mohr got wind of the tweet, the comedian was not laughing about it, tweeting:
"@chrissyteigen Why are you even NEAR me? Take your skank ass somewhere where guys like six's in bikinis. Matt Leinert wouldn't sleep w you."
Them's fightin' words! And hey, leave Matt Leinart out of this!
Teigen, never one to back down, responded, "@jaymohr37 what do you count as 'making fun of your sons name'?? Saying it's feminine? It is. BIG DEAL," wrote Teigen. "What have I said about this name that no one else has, much more evil-ly? It's feminine. OH MY fight to the f--cking death."
As you can imagine, Mohr didn't take too well to Teigen's continued tweets and things got personal.
"@chrissyteigen Tell John to stop texting my wife. He put on a great show in Irvine," Mohr tweeted back in response. "@TwheetyBird @chrissyteigen No, it's fact. JL texted my wife for well over a year. We used it to get free tix in Irvine. Check his phone."
Uh-uh no he diiiin't!
Then of course John Legend weighed in via his Twitter account to defend his girlfriend's, and his own, honor.
"@chrissyteigen baby, be careful messing with such hollywood heavyweights. He could end your career with one phone call," Legend tweeted, to which Teigen replied, "@johnlegend thank you for always loving me just the way I am" and "we are either a PR's dream, or nightmare."
But it didn't end there.
When Teigen wrote, "It's official. @jaymohr37 is a defensive, attention seeking prick. Learn something every day," the new father wrote back, "@chrissyteigen WHAT?!!? How was i seeking attention when you made fun of my son's name??!!? I never knew you were alive!"
After the endless war of words that lasted throughout the weekend, Teigen eventually put down her sword and apologized—in her own way: "much like his career, i have no comeback. you win, jay mohr. you win"
Careful Chrissy, apparently some comedians don't have a sense of humor when it comes to their young!
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The stars came out tonight for the Metropolitan Costume Institute Gala in New York City, but no one shined quite as brightly as Jessica Biel and fiancé Justin Timberlake.
Timberlake, 30, looked dapper in a Tom Ford tux. But it was Biel, 30, who stole the show: The actress showed off her enviable figure in a low-cut Prada gown. She also drew attention to her impressive engagement ring. Well done on that, J.T.
But Biel and her beau certainly weren't the only A-listers to hit the red carpet. Rihanna, Cameron Diaz, Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, Carey Mulligan, Dianna Agron, Kristen Wiig and more stars hit the fête as well.
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Donald Trump vs. Twitter: Alec Baldwin and more unload after Obama rant.
Mark Cuban offers The Donald $1 million to shave his head
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The petition goes on to list a litany of "nasty and despicable behavior" on the part of Trump that reflect badly on Macy's for being in business with.
Donald Trump extends deadline offer to President Obama due to Hurricane Sandy
Additionally, his detractors point out the reality star has "hypocritically complained about jobs being shipped overseas to China, despite the fact that almost his entire clothing line sold at Macy's is made in China."
And they're not even counting Trump's offer to donate $5 million to charity if Obama released his college and passport records.
The petition concludes by quoting from Macy's own social responsibility policy in its call to "dump Trump."
Stephen Colbert has a big offer for Donald Trump
Trump was unavailable for comment. us.
UPDATE: Macy's responded with the following statement to E! News:
"Macy¹s."
—Additional reporting by Marcus Mulick
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It seems as if two-thirds of the negative reviews on Epicurious are that the recipes are bland. Try to buy fresh spices in small quantities for every recipe, or toast the spices lightly in a small dry pan. It made all the difference with these subtly flavored kebabs.
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Yummy! I used a 20 ounce pkg of ground turkey, 1 large onion, 2 T mint, 1T dried cilantro, and 1/4 t each cumin, ginger, and cinnamon (I didn't have parsley or coriander). It was really good and my husband and 3-year old agreed. Might add more ginger and cumin next time. Do grate the onion... a fine dice was still too big.
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Yummy. But then, I love lamb so I expected I would. I did double the spices, based on others reviews and that I was looking for a stronger flavor. Made long, sausage like shape and put that on skewer. Stayed on just fine, was easy to grill.
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very bland. I would not make this recipe again.
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This was an easy recipe to follow and the end result was quite nice. I agree with previous reviewers that more spice is needed (double at least for each dry spice). I didn't actually grill it but baked/broiled them instead. I made sure to time it so that they didn't overcook and they came out juicy and tender. I will definitely make this one a regular recipe!
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I have also made this recipe with ground turkey. If in a hurry, make it into a meatloaf; when almost done cooking, turn the oven's broiler on to char the top. Let cool at least 5 minutes before cutting, and cut into thin irregular slices. Tastes almost equivalent to using the kebabs.
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Very easy and tasty. I've made this 3 times now, twice using ground turkey and once using ground pork, and everyone I've made it for has loved the dish. Both types of meat are delicious (though the pork has the advantage of staying moister). I thought the spices weren't pronounced enough, so I used 2-3x more than called for (especially cumin and cinnamon). Made into logs, put directly onto a cast-iron grill pan and a few minutes later - dinner! Served with pita bread, tzaziki sauce, tomatoes, feta and olives. This recipe is very versatile, allowing for lots of substitutions and advance preparation. And as one of the earlier reviewers noted, leftovers (if there are any) freeze well.
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Good, easy to prepare meal. Definitely will try again in the future. Next time I would probably serve it with a side dish of tabouli (parsley salad).
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I made this recipe with 1 pound each of ground beef and ground turkey (all I had in the fridge). I used more spices than the quantity listed and also added a tsp of crushed garlic. The results were great. I did have to add some breadcrumbs and an egg yolk to bind the meat mixture and didn't end up using skewers at all. I shaped the meat mixture into thin logs and put them right on the grill. I served these with orzo tossed with chives and butter and a salad. This was a quick and easy meal for a Monday night!
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I added some egg & breadcrumbs as binder after reading about the difficulties getting the meat to stay on the skewer--increased the spices & tasted great. These freeze well. Made a double batch & froze them right on bamboo skewers. My new convenience food.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Target Now Carrying New Pony Stuff
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Target, Y U no exist in Europe?
Hmm. Might have to keep my eyes peeled the next time I go to Target. Though on that note, I don't usually shop at Target since the closest one to me is a couple of miles away.
*out to run errands*
*last stop is Target*
*get home, check EqD out of habit*
*this*
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Wake me when they're released in the UK. Which will probably be about October.
Why is there an iTunes sticker on that last Fluttershy toy?
I must own that Cheerilee!
Wow, finally a Celestia toy that's proportionally accurate. Now, if only they would take care of that pink issue...
Nah, the Fashion Fluttershy isn't a new toy. It's been around for some months now, I have one.
I haven't seen any of the glimmer wing pony toys yet at my local Target. Or the train or CMC set. I kinda want the CMC set though.
I must own that Cheerilee!
I just went to Target and saw the "Royal Castle Friends" set. However the Target near me seems to have severely reduced their pony offerings recently.
somebody tell me when they make them 100% show accurate and not creepy as fuck.
To bad it won't be at Target AU :(
@Senn555 Probably promoting their presence on iTunes. Or maybe a code for a free episode. That would be my best guesses.
Must. buy. Scootaloo!
Fluttershy itunes? What.
Well...I'll be checking out my local Target very soon then.
@ftfc
they're advertising that you can find it on The Hub AND iTunes.
They might of had both Fluttershies you can see have been there for a little. I got the Fashion Style Fluttershy as a gift on Christmas, and all the times i've given the pony part of Target a quick look and the scooter Fluttershy has been there for a while.
find the show, of course... <-<
My favorite happens to be the Ponyville series, like the ones that come in the blindbags
I thought those winged and gala dress ponies were old news. I got a winged rarity before xmas because it reminded me of her in the sonic rainboom episode
Y U no have stuffed ponies?
@wackypony Something tells me that for the foreseeable future, the task of show-accurate ponies is gonna fall on us.
None of the new My Little Pony... ANYTHING is available in the UK it seems, even on iTunes and the Hub website we can't get the episodes
fml
I want that cmc set
Now I know what I'm doing this weekend!
I actually got the train and butterfly wing Rarity for the holidays, and I think they came from Walmart a month or so ago.
CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS: INACCURATE TOY MODELS YAY!
Why. The. Butterflies.
Seriously, wtf.
W00T my news got posted, there was also something called "so soft sweetie bell" but we didn't have any so i couldn't get a photo.
@Flutterfan The Applebloom one is the creepiest...
Look! Accurately labeled CMC toys! Amazing!
I....think I'll just wait until some more accurate ones are released. Then there's always that hint of creepiness in these...
That CMC toy set looks pretty cool! If they ever arrive to Spain I'm so getting one to customize Applebloom and make her look all badass.
Also, that train set gives me ideas for an Unstoppable set XD
Will Celestia ever be white? Or is she doomed to forever
be stained pink?
no target in mexico ME SAD
Just like the previous generations of my little pony, this still has the toy brand tradition but more appeal to bronies especially since we all love the show!!! ^_^
Celestia has the chestpiece, and brushie hair but still pink:/
dude! i got a 20$ target gift card for christmas! YEEEESSS!!!
Hasbro, Y U MAKE CREEPY LOOKING TOYS?!?
All we want is a plushie. One without brushable hair.
Still not show-accurate. Let me know when that happens.
Wait, what the ... the first photo is so blurry, I can't make out the winged pony names. Rainbow Dash onna right, check. Rarity left, yep. Pl... No, wait. Bloomette? What?? Gah! What the lead brick!? Who is that pony!?
Train!.....that's it? That's the train set we were waiting for? An engine and a cart? Dude, the train they threw into the middle of Ponyville had, like, three cars and a caboose. A caboose! You could fit twenty ponies in there. The hell can I fit in this thing's little barrow? A bunny, that's what. And, by the way, who the hell made Pinkie a certified train engineer? Are you trying to kill us all?
Poor Applebloom, she doesn't really look like herself there. Her body should be a darker yellow. The other three ponies are clearly more accurate.
@wackypony
Tell me about it!!!
The dolls are adorable! but Hasbro, I would LOVE to have some plushies please! preferably a Fluttershy plushie please?
I will probably get the CMC one because I am a mad twitchy completionest.
Also my customized brushable ones look pretty decent, the cutie mark crusaders you say hasbro? Challenge accepted.
(The molded ones still look the best, I was really hoping for the rest of the characters.)
Now we can recreate that wonderful moment when Rarity acted like a complete jackass and nearly got herself and three of the Wonderbolts killed.
Also, good luck getting Sweetie Belle's hair to be show accurate.
And I still wonder why the CMC can't be referred to as the Cutie Mark Crusaders on the package. Unless... Can it be that they're afraid of offending someone by using the word Crusaders?
Honestly, I would like to see Hasbro just offer a collectables license for the show to some other company. It pained me to go into Hallmark over the holidays and see so many cartoons and properties with holiday themed ornaments, snow globes, figurines, plushies, bookends, etc.
I get that they don't want to cater their successful toy lines to older fans... Keep them mutated, pink and brush-able, that's fine. But give me a snowglobe with show-accurate characters that plays "Winter Wrap-up", or some statues depicting scenes from the show, or especially those 1980's era Hallmark store "Smurfs" hard plastic collectable figures (they made every kind of Smurf imaginable, all with unique molds/poses/accessories... not "blind bag" repaints. If they could do an unknown "painter smurf" with a beret, easel, paintbrush and palette, then why wouldn't they be able to do an Octavia with Cello for a pony collection, or any other background pony?)
Surely it benefits them to at least test the waters with some kind of collectable for older fans, and I know there must be some companies that would love to have the license.
Just bought the CMC + Cheerilee set a couple of days ago. It's great!
Where am I? Why can't I have one? Hold on let me rephrase that before I get a pink one too, why can't I have an accurate model of myself?
I have a Sweetie, but I MUST get that CMC+Cheerilee!!
Sweet CMC set! Although I already have a Cheerlie... Maybe I customize one into 80's Cheerlie. Thinking about it.
i like trains...
no but in all seriousness i want that train set didn't see it last time i went to target tho hmm will have to look harder
Old news, I got the CMC set a week ago. Me and my friends went to target last week and bought the set, we split up the set, I got Sweetie, my friend Rick got Applebloom and my other friend Jerry got Scootaloo and Cheerilee.
Rick also bought the Twilight, Princess Celestia and Spike set for himself (he plans to give Spike to his fiance.
In fact I went to different target on Monday and I saw the toys there as well.
I've been thinking about how you have been pretty slow with this.
they sell all the mane 6 molded ponies at toys'r'us. it is the collectible ponies set.
@RushingRoulette hey, at least you guys get blindbags, right?
I saw the Butterflies ponies, the CMC and Castle set and the Friendship train in a store called "Palacio de Hierro" here in Mexico, so, if any Mexican brony is interested on one of these toys, you can found it here
my target isnt carrying ANY of these or any pony for that matter all my pony buying is at K-mart and Walmart and Toys-r-us walmart had the train before xmas almost got it for Christmas. but needed twilight more.
I simply MUST have the CMC toys. I wonder when they will be available in Europe.
HASBRO
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Y U NO MAKE GOOD TOYS
I've seen them but I don't like the ones with real hair.
I picked up the CMC & Cheerilee at a Target in Federal Way, Washington — they had the train too.
I'm only interested in the school set. The summerwing ripoffs look weird. And Pinkie wouldn't be driving a train. She'd be the one robbing it.
@MasterContinuum
They're talking about the set with 3"-tall Twilight, AJ, and Pinkie Pie, a 5" tall pink Celestia, and a Spike. All of them have molded hair (minus Spike of course).
Hmmm...I got a Target gift card as a gift. I think I may buy a little something "for my kid"...
Pony School Pals re-release set with names right this time, yay!
Yay this is the week I'm going to Buffalo to raid Target too! I want the CMC! Although I finally saw the Applebloom/Sweetie set at Toys R Us here in Canada....
Well, Celestia is still pink, but it doesn't look as bad as before. Eh, despite her actually having the proper chest jewelry and Twilight coming with her Big-Crown-Thingy, doesn't quite look worth it. CMC set however... yay!
Yay this is the week I'm going to Buffalo to raid Target too! I want the CMC! Although I finally saw the Applebloom/Sweetie set at Toys R Us here in Canada....
Already found all these. I bought the School Pals set and redid the hair on them all. I got the castle friends for the Spike and Celestia. They're all very good.
Well, the North Kansas City Target does not have these in yet. I had to go there anyway, so I figured I might as well check.
Damn that CMC set...why do Applebloom and Cheerilee have to have that damn raised leg? Sure, easy enough to get a normal Cheerilee...but I've yet to see and Applebloom.
Wait, why does Rainbow Dash have butterfly wings?
Must not go to Target and spend all money on ponies...
Wish the Target stores in Australia carry new stock
Maybe it's time to go on a road trip trough Sweden in search for pony merchandise =/
@Harwick
I'd like to see them do some market research into this area. I would probably spend $100 or so on a large, awesomely posed, show-accurate, super high quality Celestia or Rainbow Dash.
Of course that might be a bit steep.
uhhh none of these are new D: ;;;;
I was at a local Target yesterday (Capitol/McKee in San Jose). They seemed to have rereleased a number of individual "regular" sized pony figures (with the little pet), but packaged with a mini-DVD. As far as I could tell they were all the SAME episode, Ticket Master.
I saw the "Glimmer Wings Rarity" at a Tampa Bay area Wal-Mart yesterday.
So after my husband and I saw this post, we went out to our local Target here in Tennessee and we had no luck finding the CMC & Cheerilee set. We did, however, come home with a really comfy & soft Twilight Sparkle/Celestia blanket, and they also had the winged ponies. We also checked 2 of our 5 Walmarts & the Toys R Us. No dice =( Another pony board had several other posters from TN, and they were having trouble finding the CMC/Cheerilee set too. So just a heads up for TN residents - might have trouble tracking down that set.
The winged ponies are a pass for me, might pick up Rarity if I ever find her in the UK...just cause of episode 16 Sonic Rainboom. :D
but I really would like the CMC and Cheerilee set...stupid UK not getting ponies. ;-;
Hasbro fails to capture the look of the characters on the show once again. These are just creeepy and so 3.5 gen-ish. To get the ponies right, they should start hiring the fans who actually work hard on their dolls and figuresto make the characters look good.
I love the toys...just style their manes. they look really good after! :)
@Pyrobug
I had been to Target just a few days ago. I bought a ton of the Canterlot playsets for 50% off. I finally have a second Shine Brite Princess Luna, and I DIDN'T have to pay $42 for her (that was really the old price, no joke). $20 was much better, and a fair price, for including a Shine Brite, regular, and a gem carriage in one box. I picked up a third Rarity's Carousel Boutique (spare to just screw around with, maybe take apart or mod). I already have one, and gave one (minus the tiny blind bag sized ponies) for Christmas. I got it half price then too. I also have stated picking up spares of all the Fashion Style Ponies. I'm hoping the Princess double pack is moved to clearance so I can get it cheaper, as it's $30 still. All I'm missing is a pair of Twilight Sparkles, and a spare Applejack (I have one so far). I hope to mod the spares with molded hair. I've considered modding a trio of the talking Celestia toys. I think their scale may be more correct compared to the Fashion Pony line, and the Fashion Style Princesses remind me of filly alicorns.
I'm glad to see them playing so heavily on the clearances, as that means they are making room for the new toys. They did this before right before introducing the Canterlot Exclusives, so I have high hopes.
As for the Glimmerwing ponies and the Train set, I bought these in early December from a nearby Walmart (south central MN). Fashion Style Rainbow Dash...
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RAINBOW DASH ALWAYS DRESSES IN STYLE!!!
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OK... I said it...
Dash was COMMON around here, but Fashion Style Fluttershy was impossible to find. I ended up ordering her off Kmart's online store... only to see her 2 days later in the Wallgreens 4 blocks from my house (facehoof). I bought her and a Pinkie, and decided at that moment that I wanted spares of the F.S. line for molded mane moding.
The Train... It's short, but you can add at least 2 known train cars to it. Sweetie Belle's Ice Cream Car, and Fluttershy's Nursery Car. I got the ice cream car online, but everywhere I looked, Fluttershy's car was sold out. I guess everypony felt that they needed it BAD if Pinkie was the engineer running the train! LOL!
One final note... My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic exists because it's toys are popular enough to support the continuation of the show. If the toys did not sell, the show would not be continued. If you want to support this show, do so in what ever way possible. Buy a toy, give it as a gift to a little girl in the family if you have no desire to keep it for yourself... Just support the show. I for one hate the brushable hair, but for every person who whined that the 5 piece gift set had a pink Celestia, that was one more giftpack that sat on the shelves. We have the neighsayers who endlessly whined about pink Celestia to point a hoof at for Hasbro saying there were not good sales... Now we have lost the LAST molded hair pony product that was still in the US (the Princess Celestia + Princess Luna double set appears in line to be replaced with this new set that has a brushable mane Celestia). She's still pink... No one who cared enough bought the product, and if you didn't buy the product, to both retailer and toy company, if you don't buy, you don't have a voice with them.
I choose to support Hasbro, even if they are not perfect. I have hopes they may learn to listen. The last thing we shoudl do is run them out of town like Trixie or Gilda... They'll take FiM with them, and nopony wants that!
And now, with my Scootaloo in hand, I lol at everybody who spent upwards of $20 on one single one that didn't even come with the rest of the Crusaders.
@Jordan
The bodies and head shapes of the G4 toys ARE surprisingly accurate to the 2D flash vectors. Some people just have trouble translating 2D to 3D. It's those awful brushable manes that don't work, and the fact that a certain pony keeps being made pink, or another always not having a hat (or a hat of the correct color) and minor details like that.
This isn't McFarlanne toys dude... And if they were as perfect as you wish they were, they'd probably cost $30-100 each. Try to step back into reality.
The PRIMARY issue I see in people's skewed perception of the toys is the manes. Brushable hair has a VERY hard time looking like the styled manes on the show. It also leaves most of the ponies looking very nearly bald, but with a mohawk of hair. This IS how ponies are, and it's even how ponies on the show are. Rarity and Pinkie Pie are the BEST examples of this on the show. look at the point where their forelock meets their forehead. It's a narrow point. The problem is that unlike real, full scale hair, the toy hair does not take this styling well, and you end up with the hair sticking up and you get an exposed, mohawk with baldness on either side. It's the baldness that throws people's brains for a loop. You expect a hair style, and when it's not there, your brain reacts the same way it would react if you went to work, or to school, and saw that everyone had buzzed themselves mohawks.
You would /)O_O(\
I've still heard some people compare the G4 toys with the old G3.5 stuff. Wait... REALLY??? I call SHENANIGANS on that! God, I actually read that somewhere just today. It made me cringe. At this point, I truly believe that it's a pathological bias in some people's minds. I get frustration over Pinklestia. I get the frustration with AJ being perpetually hatless. I get that the hair is insane. No one bought molded hair ponies, cause they were to busy whining like Rarity in a mineshaft about Pinklestia, that Hasbro just came to the conclusion that molded hair is not wanted.
Hasbro is NOT BRIGHT. They DON'T always get us. They have to be guided, hand in hand, dollar changing hands in the process, to even have a chance to understand anything.
Shoot... I'm downright flabbergasted that people are STILL using the "it's not show accurate argument"... Try the "I'm not MANLY enough to walk into the pink aisle" argument! LOLOLOL!!!
I routinely browse there man! I bet I've been in the pink aisle over 50 unique times in various stores in the past year since becoming a brony. I used to go to Target and Walmart 2 or 3 times a week, and every day when rumors of new product came out.
I'll go there again tomorrow, to see if all the clearances have made way for new product.
Also...
By the way, that Train is only $19.99, and considering it's contents, and the construction quality of the Train engine... I was impressed. THe train freewheels until the electric motor is engaged, then immediately locks the drive into the motor. THe turns on the track are absurdly tight, and I wish they had expanded track sets, but it functions well.
@Harwick
That's a bummer you didn't find anything...
I have my Pinkie Pie Christmas ornament, with a molded hair Pinkie holding a snowflake up in front of her face.
I'll admit, I'd like to see more. Hearth's Warming Eve versions of the mane 6 would be ROCKIN' AWESOME!!! For now, I'm happy they have released at least one Christmas ornament.
@Scootaloo
THAT's where I saw the Gen 3.5 comment. It was in the reply window, but I'd not reloaded my main window...
Hmmm... Nah!
Have you EVEN SEEN G3.5? ABOMINATIONS!!!
G4 toys are much closer tot eh 2D vectors than most people are willing to admit, and 90% of the uncanny valley factor comes from that stupid brushable hair making the ponies look like they have mohawks.
Have you SEEN the STANDARD 3 inch toy line modded with molded hair before. It's BEAUTIFUL!
If only Hasbro would learn...
Sadly, everypony whined about Pink Celestia instead of buying the molded mane 5 piece gift set, so Hasbro interpreted the low sales of the 5 piece gift set as "people don't like molded manes". Now we have no molded manes anymore, unless there are a few lingering old sets around of either the 5 piece or the Royal Pony Sisters set.
LOL...
Looking above at all that I typed...
I wish my "word wall" was in Skyrim.
I'd learn all the shouts from just a single location! LOL!!!
@Shiranai
Looking into it, Sideshow Collectibles makes statues and toys based on Hasbro properties like Transformers and GI Joe, so the giant toy company is apparently willing to let other companies make such products. Hopefully someone will snatch up a license to do some higher-end Pony stuff.
Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if any initial offerings would be very high priced based on limited runs... a lot of those statues go for $300 and more. But it would at least be a start.
@richfiles
I am jealous, as I probably would have snatched up the Pinkie ornament had I ever seen one in person. I did, however, find the molded hair pony toys in a closeout store for under $10, which was nice, so now I actually own some Pony merchandise.
I like ponies and trains. Now they are together sweat need to get me a new train set and the CMC set
I like ponies and trains. Now they are together sweat need to get me a new train set and the CMC set
@Harwick
Toys R Us has carried the Pinkie Ornament, so check there if you are in the US. It was available online for a short time, but online ordering didn't last long. I'm not sure what production numbers were for it, but it was only like $8 I think. Since Christmas has passed, it'll likely be on clearance, if you ever do see it again, but it also means it's not likely to see any new pieces either. They are already SELLING on ebay for $30-40 (actually being sold at those prices, and not just listed). It would seem post Christmas prices on them have actually gone up. Yikes! They were selling for $22-30 before Christmas. I did find an auction with an opening bid of $26.99 with no bids and 2 days left. If you want one, hit it.
I checked. They are not available for shipping from T-R-U, and you can't do a pickup in store either. All you can really do with them is call or visit a store and check if the item is in stock on site. Chances at this point are rather slim, sadly.
Most reviews for it describe it as the most show accurate version of Pinkie Pie to date... and I'd agree. Top it off with the snowflake, the adorable pose, and the blue scarf...
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HHHNNNGGGGGGGGGG
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So true...
I'm definitely picking up that CMC set. Not sure about the Celesria/Twilight?Spike one, though. On the one hand, Celestia looks much improved over her previous mold. On the other, I already have two Celestias, two Spikes and three Twilight Sparkles. Do I really need more, even if Twi comes with her Big Crown Thingy?
AAAAAARGH! Tell me what to do, pony fandom!
I hope the winged ponies, Celestia and the train will be available in my country.
Great another Celestia, so I HAVE to buy it. Gosh darn. One day I will have enough Celestias to take over. Maybe.
My daughter's birthday is coming up, I know she wants the Rarity playset, but I bet she'd want the Rarity with wings, the CMC set and the train if she knew they existed. :D
officially sucks that hasbro makes such lame toys.
I got to set these up at work, and I was overjoyed all night. It doesn't get much better than ponies at work (Well, maybe working on the actual MLP:FIM show)!
Not getting these because: They are not accurate, I really don't like their manes, and the new Sweetie Belle is just... Wrong. What's the deal, HasBro?
Remember when pink was considered a masculine color, because pink was associated with red and therefore associated with blood and therefore associated with violence? And purple was mostly associated with luxury and royalty?
Neither do I.
I miss those days, anyways.
FUUUUUUUUUUUU...
I *just* bought the Apple Bloom/Sweetie Bell set and the Cherilee school set for MiniDork for Christmas. So, of course, they release a set with Scootaloo.
I NEED CMC AND CHEERILEE SET OMG
Princess Celestia toy difference comparisons:!!!
A MOTORIZED TRAIN?! ME GUSTA!
I just posted a picture of my Target receipt for my purchase of the "Royal Castle Friends" and the "Pony School Pals & Cheerilee" play sets I bought.
The receipt that Target printed made me laugh so hard. Both the Royal Castle Friends and the Pony School Pals & Cheerilee sets were listed under the same descriptor in their system. This is what the receipt printed:
TOYS-SPORTING GOODS
086020285
FOREVER
2 @ $14.99 ea
T $29.98
Yes...
Target has the new My Little Pony play sets entered into their system as "FOREVER". No other descriptor other than item SKU number and department. Not MLP, not MYLITTLEPONY, not PONY, not PLAYSET, not PONYPLAYSET...
Just
FOREVER!!!
Hasbro's website said my local toys r us might have the cmc set, i might get it, but i really only want it for applebloom since she is my favorite of the cmc
but its only 15 us dollars so it shouldnt be to bad. (especially since the online prices for applebloom by herself are more the 15 dollars on average which is ridiculous)
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The Asiren shot forward to meet Lahar, thrusting forward with his sword in his right hand, He hadn't left himself entirely open leaving the sword his left hand behind the trust to block any attacks, Lahar had taught himself this style of sword fighting it was about ones own agility and matching it with the lethality of a blade, behind all that force, all that muscle Giaus was slow and putting all his energy into one attack was foolish. Lahar dodged the thrust and rolled around the Asiren's open right side and attacked, sending one sword up towards his opponents neck and one to the waist.
Lahar dodged around the side and went behind Gaius, thrusting his swords up into his waist and neck. Gaius anticipated this and thought to follow by example, diving forwards and rolling out of harms away, turning back to face Lahar. Gaius stood strong and awaited the Vaan's attack.
Gaius dived forwards avoiding his attack, the Asiren was quicker then expected, but he would still be slowed by his hulking size. He turned around to face Lahar after his roll, waiting for him to attack. Instead Lahar again adopted a defensive stance, he would learn what Gaius could do first, then take the offensive.
Gaius turned, waiting for the Vaan to strike. He didn't. In fact he merely waited for Gaius to attack. Lahar fought differently to Benjen and Dran, where as they eventually attacked first Lahar just stood there, waiting. Gaius figured he should just strike first, although he was sure Lahar had some form of counter attack in mind. Realising the height difference between himself and Lahar he stood low, just enough so his head was lower then Lahar's and he spread his legs to stay grounded. He attempted, just for now, to bat the swords away from him to break his defences. This would most likely be a more than difficult task as Gaius was fighting in Lahar's home territory, in terms of weaponry.
Rowan watched Belkin charge forward and take on the rebels like a mad man, urging the group to press on. Every bit of him wanted to help Belkin hold of the lunatics in animal masks, but Rowan knew that the mission was to get Antonius back to the ludus safely. Marrick would be none too pleased with injuries or delays. The sooner they got back in one piece, the better. If that meant leaving Belkin to fend for himself, Rowan resigned himself to doing just that. Besides, as far as he could tell, Belkin would be more than capable of holding his own. No doubt the Pingla preferred fighting in this fashion, perhaps he even enjoyed it.
Rowan kept his sword at the ready and ran out into the street, making his way to the alley. He moved and ducked to avoid the raining fire, and even had to engage a rebel head on to make it across the alley. The poor fellow charged Rowan with a spear, and Rowan responded by stepping to the side, allowing the spear wielding rebel to over charge him before slicing down his spine with his sword. Rowan spat on the body and continued forward, meeting up with the rest of the group.
Belkin had killed another mask wearer, his 10th or so, when he looked back at the alleyways. He saw the last of the group enter the alleyway, just as the rest of the mask wearers had started to converge on the lone Pingla. As much as the prospect to battle those foes tempted the Young man, he knew to keep with the group and save his journey to the Judge for later.
He looked around for another one of the mask wearers who had yet to throw their Fire bomb. He saw one hanging from the belt of a mask wearer who was on the opposite area from the alleyway, and still behind two other guys. Belkin ran towards him, throwing his sword towards one of the people in his way. The sword struck the man's chest, and as Belkin neared the other man, he pulled it out before blocking the other mans attack and stabbing him in the neck. The man with the firebomb saw that there was nothing between them now, and tried to really the firebomb to throw at Belkin. Belkin rushed the man, stunning him with his Shield before slicing off his hand so he couldn't retort in time to stop the lethal blow to his brain.
Belkin removed the shield from his arm, mask still attached to the underside, and threw it over the crowd of opponents into the waiting alleyway, picking up the still intact fire bomb with his now free hand. Belkin rushed through the crowd, a possible suicide tactic for many others, but for Belkin and the Pingla, something they were trained for. He emerged from the other side, covered in scars and his sword now nothing short of drenched with crimson blood. He entered the alleyway, throwing the firebomb into the entrance behind him, closing off any of the Masked men who dared try to follow.
He picked up his shield from the ground and reattached it to his arm before turning back to his colleges. He fell into the wall next to him, weak from fatigue, but steadied himself and slowly got back up. "Well, less gawping as to my survival, and more getting back home so we can ask about these less-than-capable warriors" Belkin replied, eager to just get home and rest.
Gaius briefly waited for Lahar to strike first, he lost his patience quickly though, charging at Lahar after a few moments. This time however Gaius ducked down during the charge and spread is legs outwards making it difficult for Lahar to uproot the large man with the sweep kick he had been planning to use to end the juggernauts charge. Instead he parried Gaius' attack, sending a jab to the abdomen to try and wind the hulking man and continue his counter attack.
Lahar parried the Asiren's attack and jabbed him in the abdomen. Asiren are taught from birth however to keep the body in a strong state, ready to take any and all punishments as Gaius's scars could show. He winced back and feigned pain, allowing the Vaan to continue his counter attack, waiting for the right opportunity.
It was with some effort that the party of warriors made their way back to the ludus. The residential districts of Ptolemy were all but deserted. The inhabitants were apparently either in the city centre hoping to take advantage of the chaos or barricaded in their homes waiting for it all to blow over. The small number of guards they had with them were rattled beyond reason from what they had seen and their captain knew it. He kept a tight watch on their reinforcements. His men may have been better equipped but their numbers had been diminished in the conflict and they were in no condition to fight.
When they did finally step through the gates of the ludus and into the sparring yard every gladiator there was slack jawed at the sight of the beaten and bloody party. The Executor's eyes never left them as he silently waved one of the slaves on their way. Benjen moved to bring them some water. "You should get to the medica, the lot of you." he tutted.
A few minutes later Marrick came storming out of his manor, his robes aflutter. into laughter at his own joke. "Owner of the Cauldron champion, if my father could see me now! Unchain this man." His slaves carried out his will as quickly as he could. "Captain I shall compensate you for your men, wait for me inside. As for the rest of you." The remains of the day is yours to do with as you please. Rest, see to your wounds, drink, eat, visit the women gladiators if you like I'm sure they'd enjoy the change of routine. Gods know I'm sure you all could. When was the last time you even saw a woman, Vokrash?" And with that Marrick was gone. A being of complete self satisfaction.
The gladiators were left in a state of silence for a time. It was finally broken by the Executor. He spoke to the wounded party more than anyone else. "You should sort yourselves out out. Then take advantage of the offers. If things are really that bad out there then there will be.
As Belkin finally made it back to the Ludus, he looked at the state of himself compared to the others. Everyone had scorched shields, a few cuts on their bodies, swords with blood on them and a feeling of tiredness. Belkin.....his skin was so covered in blood, you could have mistaken him for wearing a red tunic from afar, his sword looked less like steel and more like a weapon crafted from pure crimson, his shield was as black as the void into Zuul, and were it not for his will, he would have collapsed ages ago.
It had been a LONG time since he fought in crowds that think, not since the raid of Ga'rterren.
He didn't listen to what was going on, he was still trying to remain awake. There was a coin, a prize, a cauldron....or a col'tran...What would he be doing with a chieftains wife, he couldn't remember. The only word that he heard was "Wounds" from the Pig, and when he left and the executioner had said his piece, Belkin headed off for the Medicus.
He took three steps before dropping his sword and collapsing, letting the Judge take him to Plains.
As Marrick left, Vokrash decided it would be best to head over to the medica, as his age was beginning to get the better of him and he knew that some wounds that he would have been able to take in stride during his youth could slow him down considerably in his old age. As he started to head over to the medica he saw Belkin drop to the ground like a ragdoll. He sighed and lifted Belkin over his shoulder and started walking off to the medica. "Idiot! He'll die if he pulls something like that again just from the blood loss. Rowan, get your arse over to the medica. If you don't get it looked at, the shoulder won't heal right."
When Vokrash reached the medica, he plopped Belkin down next to him. "Make sure you clean him up well, when you're done with him, patch me up." Vokrash sat down on the ground and awaited treatment. 'Now that I think of it, I was to young to be a suitor in my village.'
Gaius awaited Lahar's attack. The Asiren made a stupid move however as it was obvious he wasn't injured. Before the Vaan could teach him this lesson though the party of gladiators and guards returned. There were less than before, though the gladiators all remained, in fact they gained one more in the appearance of a bloodied Antonius. But he was not the worse looking one, they were all bruised and battered but that "honour" would go to Belkin, who looked like he just swam in an ocean of blood. He was panting and out of breath, then again they all were. The only one who looked to stand upright was Vokrash. Marrick came out in a rush and exchanged a few words with the executor, none of them pleasant. It seemed even the free men in Marrick's employ were rebelled against him. This was a possible for Gaius's rebellion, but not a very likely one. Antonius was being praised, something which Gaius paid little attention too, until he heard the word "Champion". Gaius was certainly confused as he was sure Vorgis was the champion, yet here they were trying to find a new champion, and also proclaiming Antonius as champion. It made no sense.
Such things however were the least of his worries as Belkin slumped down and fell to the ground. Gaius was about to rush over and take him to the Medicus but Vokrash beat him to the punch, seemingly less worried than Gaius. He turned to Lahar and said "Please excuse me, I need to check something." With that he paced to the Medicus seeing Belkin unconscious and Vokrash sitting on the floor, both men looking like hell.
"What happened? Is he okay? And what was all of that about Antonius being a champion? What happened to the choice between me, him and Rowan?" Gaius felt the sudden need to speak in his home language in his confused and agitated, worried state.
"What happened? Is he okay? And what was all of that about Antonius being a champion? What happened to the choice between me, him and Rowan?" The questions were rattled off so quickly Vokrash could barely realize somebody was talking to him until they had finished. He turned around and saw a concerned Gaius. "This one here decided it would be a good idea to take around a dozen men alone and Rowan had a sword meant for Antonius thrown into his shoulder. If he has any sense he'll get it treated before it heals incorrectly."
He looked up at Gaius to meet him in the eye and quickly realized that Gaius might think that he would need to do something extremely foolish to prove his worth as well. And Vokrash was in no way ready to let all three hopefuls be injured in some way or another. " paused for a bit so his words could sink in for Gaius. After a few moments of silence Vokrash spoke up again. "Antonius is now the champion of the Cauldron. A place where people bet on fights that aren't spectacular enough for the sands. And what of you? What have you done while we were out having fun?"
The Rebels where everywhere, Belkin kept showing why the Pingla were feared. The way towards the ludus was hell, but they manged somehow. They eventually managed to make their way to the ludus. The other gladiators jaws dropped as they spotted them. Belkin was completely covered in blood, and they didn't look much better either. He wondered how Marrick would react to what had happened, he looked at his wounds to see that they had all closed. A few minutes passed then Marrick stormed out of his villa.
ed into laughter at his own joke. Laugh all you want Marrick, enjoy this moment. But don't think I will forget, that I was sent there to die. "Owner of the Cauldron champion, if my father could see me now! Unchain this man." His slaves carried out his will as quickly as he could.
The executor spoke to the wounded party members."You should sort yourselves out. Then take advantage of the offers. If things are really that bad out there then there will.
Belkin collapsed and he was helped by other gladiators. Antonius felt like he should do something, but then again they would find some way to twist it to make him look bad. Antonius had been sent to die since he didn't want to place nice with the other gladiators. But in securing a place as champion he knew he would be safe. Sure it was the lowest arena of them all, more a slaughter house then an arena but it was a start. Antonius had no choice but to life. He had to see his wife and son again, and for that purpose he would outshine them all. Antonius walked over to the doctor his wounds had closed, but they would surly be infected if they were left unattended. The only person he felt like talking to was Lahar, he wondered where he was.
As Antonius got closer to the doctor he heard 2 people talking. He paused and tried to make sense out of it. "Antonius is...champion.......people..fights...you?...have you done..?" Antonius had wanted to learn more languages, but at least he knew a few words in 2 languages. He sighed and then entered the doctor's office. He spotted Belkin, he then turned to the doctor. "Is he going to be alright?" Antonius sounded worried.
Rowan scowled inwardly at the praise Antonius received, though he did not let on to his dissatisfaction. His arm ached, and he took Vokrash's words to heart, heading straight for the medica without delay. Burning shut the wound had staunched much of the blood loss, but it was a crude and ineffective method of dealing with his wound in the long run. He took a seat on a small wooden stool and waited for one of the doctors to address his wound. Before the man could start to treat him, Rowan grabbed him by the arm and shook him lightly to gain his attention. The doctor froze, perhaps frightened by the Asieren's bluntness, but stopped and gave a gentle look regardless.
"Some drink to dull the pain, please." Rowan said before releasing the man. The doctor nodded and went off to a small table where he poured a concoction into a cup, and hurriedly returned. The doctor held the cup just over Rowan's mouth and tilted his head backwards, pouring the substance into his mouth carefully. It wasn't wine, but the stuff was strong enough to ease some of the pain in his arm. The doctor went on treating the wound, rubbing a salve on the burns and wrapping it in cloth. When he was satisfied, the doctor gave Rowan leave to go about his business. In the mood he was in, all Rowan wanted to do was sleep. Today had been a hellish failure.
"This one here decided it would be a good idea to take around a dozen men alone and Rowan had a sword meant for Antonius thrown into his shoulder. If he has any sense he'll get it treated before it heals incorrectly." Gaius scoffed at that, there was no point in needlessly endanger oneself. Then again, he had certainly done such things to himself in the past, in fact he had gone the extra mile and even considered suicide.
spoke to Gaius like a teacher to a student, ready to discipline but also eager to encourage. It was rather odd though, considering as far as Gaius could tell he was at least five or six years older than Rowan and Belkin, though it was hard to tell considering their builds. "Antonius is now the champion of the Cauldron. A place where people bet on fights that aren't spectacular enough for the sands." Gaius was rather relieved, though soon after Vokrash said that Antonius entered and spoke to the doctor, he sounded worried about Belkin. Gaius was just glad he couldn't understand him and Vokrash.
"And what of you? What have you done while we were out having fun?" Gaius looked down, trying to avoid eye contact, until he realised he was acting like a child-avoiding the gaze of the older warrior. He cocked his gaze back and said to Vokrash "I was trying to hone my skills in weaponry other than the battleaxe. Just now I have been training with dual swords with Vorgis and Lahar. I sparred with Benjen, at first with the battleaxe. The session got a little intense but I defeated him. He is a good man, and treated me with respect. Dran however..." Gaius paused, for some reason, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it, Vokrash reminded him of his grandfather. It made Gaius feel awkward but none the less he carried on, not wanting to disrespect Vokrash with silence. "Well I sparred with Dran trying out a new technique of spear and dagger, but when I got the upper hand he got very angry. Furious would probably be the best word. I put him down but I'm afraid I may have made an enemy within these walls."
"Well I sparred with Dran trying out a new technique of spear and dagger, but when I got the upper hand he got very angry. Furious Would be the best word. I put him down but I"m afraid I may have made an enemy within these walls." Vokrash let out a harsh laugh. Do not worry about him boy. Dran always likes to shoot off his mouth when he loses to someone he deems inferior. It is good that you are learning new weapons; it takes a long time for you to save up for your own pair. Mine took almost ten years!" Vokrash began laughing again but started taking a more serious tone after a few seconds.
"The more weapons and fighting styles you know the better. It allows you to anticipate what another will do and you can react before they do anything at all. For example, you can stab or slash with a sword, but you can only slash with an axe. If you know how to wield a sword you can anticipate their actions with the positioning of their body. For example, if somebody with a sword pulls his arm back into his body you know that he will be making a stabbing motion and depending on where his elbow is pointing you can anticipate where the stab will be. The same thing with an axe, if you pull your axe back and up then the only swing you can make would be an over the head if you don't want to lose any momentum. The more styles you know, the easier it will be to counter them."
Lahar was about teach Gaius about the folly of feigning injury when he clearly wasn't injured, but as he was about to do so he saw that the gladiators that were missing had returned, beaten and bloodies by the looks of things, none more so then Belkin. The ones that were most injured were whisked away to the medicus. Guius and Vokrash were busy chattering away in their tongue, making Lahar feel even more lonely in the ludus, the only gladiator he could've spoken to in Vaanic was dead, leaving only Artus and Lyria, he doubted would want to meet him again after what had happened earlier today.
He wandered over to Antonius who was also alone in the ludus.
"What happened?" He inquired.
Antonius had been listening in on Vokrash and Gaius, but, as they began to speak faster, he couldn't follow them anymore. Antonius headed outside and was happy to see the sun again. When he had been sent to the Cauldron, he was sure he would never see sunlight again. But he had managed to survive the Cauldron, just like he would survive here. He knew his son and wife were waiting for him outside, and he couldn't let them down. Someone talked out to Antonius, he looked up to see Lahar. "What happened?" Lahar asked.
Antonius was happy to see Lahar, he was the only gladiator he trusted. "Well quite a few things happen, Lahar, but it all started a few hours ago when I was sent to the Cauldron. I don't know if you have heard of the Cauldron, but it is the lowest arena there is. To be honest, it is more like a slaughter pit where people bet on the fighters. I think I was sent there with the purpose of either dying, or make a bit of gold for this ludus."
Antonius looked around, but saw no one listening in. He then continued his story, "Anyway when I arrived there I had to fight 2 other fighters, and got a random weapon to fight with. But what they hadn't expected was, that I killed both gladiators and remained almost unharmed. After that they sent another round, and then another. But no matter how many men they sent into the ring, I killed them all." Antonius sighed as he remembered the young fighter he had to kill.
"Then they sent the champion into the ring. He was fully armored and wearing beautiful armor. I, on the other hand, was wearing no protection and was using the weapons of the dead gladiators. The fight between me and the champion was fierce, but he made an mistake. He lifted his helmet, and didn't put it back down. I used that weak point to attack him, and after stabbing, cutting and hitting him time and time again he finally died." Antonius smiled.
"I was then made the new arena champion of the Cauldron. The crowd went wild, and I was escorted outside. A group of people began to follow me and cheer. But then the rebels attacked, and a fight between them and the guards erupted. The escort and I were caught in the middle but then suddenly Vokrash, Belkin and Rowman showed up. We fought our way through the street towards here, they fought ferociously." Antonius stopped a second to think about his own performance.
He then continued with "I wish I could say the same for myself, but my previous fights had tired me. Then someone threw a sword at me, and Rowan blocked it by jumping in front of it. The fighting was long, but eventually we managed to make our way here. So that is what happened just now. I was sent to die, and returned as a champion," Antonius grinned. He had to admit he was rather proud of that. "So what have you been doing Lahar?" Antonius asked in Vaanic. His accent was horrible, but it was clearly Vaanic.
Gaius listened to Vokrash, he laughed off the Dran incident and commending Gaius for learning new skills, making some comments about various weaponry. He remembered Vokrash sounding quite displeased or at least annoyed at Belkin and Rowan, prompting Gaius to ask "Off topic about weaponry, though I will take your comments on board, of the three of us who are you more likely to choose for the Eferus armor?"
"Off topic about weaponry, though I will take your comments on board, of the three of us who are you more likely to choose for the Eferus armor?" Vokrash was put off by the sudden question. And he answered with a certain agitation in his voice. "As I have said before, I will be judging you based on your performances in the sands. None of you are more likely to get the Efferus Armor as of right now."
Vokrash seemed annoyed by the sudden question, a bad call on Gaius's part. "Of course, I was just pondering the thought. Back on topic, which combination of weaponry is the most favourite for the crowd on the sands?"
The rest of the week passed without incident. Gladiators trained and slaves toiled away at their menial tasks. Marrick made sure to try and keep any talk of the riot out of his ludus but still there were those rumours that slipped through the cracks. For his own part the slave trader made sure to find out as much as he could about the matter. There was no doubt now that it was no mere riot. The chaos had been caused by rebels and dissidents in a terrorist attack. Imperial politics had always been a tangled and convoluted affair, one which had a habit of causing bout of violence in the populace but this group was different, they were organised, funded.
There were plenty of stories going around about what had happened during the fighting, but one that stood out above the rest was the story of the gladiators who heroically stormed into the fray to save the life of an imperial child who had been stranded in the middle of all the violence..... Marrick may have had some of his people alter some of the less appealing aspects of the story. Soon every common worker was talking about the band of noble gladiators. Their names were heard at every street corner.
Unfortunately Marrick had to deal with an irate senator Balus ranting on about how one of his gladiators had offended his honour and how he demanded justice. For his part Marrick just smiled and nodded. The military were putting on a week of lavish games to try and sate the masses and distract them from the political unrest, just as the Executor had predicted.
The Den of Hearts had suffered damage during the riots so every other arena in the capital was pulling double duty. One establishment that grabbed the moment to steal some prestige was "The blood grounds." A rough, medium sized arena set out like a square wrestling ring. The walls of the ring were set up like prison bars so other gladiators could watch while they were waiting for their match and it was no uncommon for some to reach through and interfere if the combatants got too close to the edge.
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The crowd had had a good morning and the grounds had been given a generous watering of blood. Up in the higher seats Marrick watched on, with Senator Balus in the seat next to him.
"This should be amusing Marrick. My man's recently been given a pair of new toys to fight with. Expensive things, fine pieces of work from the northern deserts."
Marrick did his best to keep up a mask of mutual amusement. Lahar was standing out on the sands, looking like a little black ant in the sea of red and brown. He hadn't even gotten a decent introduction from the games master. It was pity, Lahar could have made a name for himself given time. But there was no time left for his lonely Vaan, this fight was a fixed as they came. Lahar only had light leather coving his arms and thighs, along with the black coat and clothes he'd brought back from Kedrin's estate. Though why he was wearing them he had no idea.
Out of the depths of the arena came his opponent. A giant of a man, with body twisted with a tapestry of scars and a fierce, cruel looking face. "Now, introducing the champion of House Balus!" Roared the games master. "The tamer of the sands, bane of the north! Bringer of pain, master of tears!" The crowd whooped and cheered and Balus beamed with pride, mouthing along with the list of titles.
"Slayer of Vaan! His enemies know him as Memnarch Baal! You and I call him.... The will! Of! Death!" And the crowd went wild.
This vicious looking gladiator was well equipped. His arms and legs were armoured and a bizarre pauldron covered the right side of his chest. His face was left bare as he roared back at his approving public. He held a sword in each hand and raised them for all to see. Balus was right they were interesting pieces of craftsmanship.
They were black as night. With hooks at their tips.
Gaius spent the rest of the week practising with various weaponry. His biggest weakness was his speed, and while he was somewhat faster than most Asiren it would not be enough to evade someone as quick as Lahar or Antonius. He kept his battleaxe at a distance, trying out the dagger and spear combination, along with dual swords and sword and shield, though he was not a big fan of the shield. It surely offered good protection, but his Tank like body was already fulfilling that role well. The day before they were sent to these "Blood Grounds" he spent a few hours brushing up on his skills with the smaller axes like most other Asier warriors, such as Rowan and Vokrash.
The Blood Grounds were extremely different to the last arena he fought in. The fights took place in one large cell. The only part Gaius liked about the concept of an arena was that it didn't seem like a cage, now that was out of the question. Lahar was sent to fight first against a beast of a man, holding up two gracious looking swords. Gaius grabbed a spear and dagger from the weapon rack, thin enough to fit between the bars and stab the ogre facing Lahar if he got too close.
As Gaius waited for the fight to begin, he found Antonius and thought it would be good to ask the former imperial what happened in the city. Gaius wasn't there and had little to no information as to what happened, other than a riot and gladiators supposedly saving a child. "Antonius!" he called to him, "What happened in the city, I never asked you before, but what was this about Rowan, Belkin and Vokrash saving an imperial child?"
Through the rest of the week, Vokrash prepared for yet another battle. The routine was the same as always; practice swords and shields, practice hand to hand, practice blocking techniques, and keeping his body familiar with the workings of an ax. This time they were going to the Blood Grounds, somewhere Vokrash had not been to in some time. The gladiators were walled in and some of the more rowdy ones could "assist" in the match itself by holding one of the fighting gladiators back against the wall. Vokrash put a mental note into his mind to remember and stay away from the walls.
Before his fight began, Vokrash decided it might be a good idea to go around and look for Vorgis. When he could not find him, he decided to head over and try to get close to the walls for the fights until he was called. As he went there he saw Gaius taking a spear and dagger from the weapons rack. He followed him to see where he would go, and saw that Gaius had found Antonius. ""What happened in the city, I never asked you before, but what was this about Rowan, Belkin and Vokrash saving an imperial child?" Vokrash walked up behind Gaius. "A bunch of hogwash that Marrick made to make him look like a good master. I tried to eat it but we couldn't light a damn fire." Vokrash turned his attention to Antonius and nodded towards him. "Never got around to saying it but congratulations for winning the Cauldron." Vokrash then whispered to Gaius "Why do you have those, it is not your turn to fight"
"A bunch of hogwash that Marrick made to make him look like a good master. I tried to eat it but we couldn't light a damn fire." Vokrash answered for Antonius as he came over and congratulated the man on his victory before whispering to Gaius "Why do you have those, it is not your turn to fight."
Gaius replied "Look at Lahar, he has no weapons and faces an ogre. He'll need all the help he can get if that so called "Man" gets close enough to the walls".
"Look at Lahar, he has no weapons and faces an ogre. He'll need all the help he can get if that so called "Man" gets close enough to the walls". Gaius replied very plainly. "I know that, this is a stacked match. The boy is meant to die, put away the weapons." Vokrash looked Gaius in the eye. "Do not make it so obvious eh? There will be quite the backlash if Lahar would survive due to a gladiator outside the walls stabbed the other with a spear." Vokrash turned back to Antonius. "Sorry for interrupting, keep up the good work lad." Vokrash walked off to find a good vantage point to watch the match. If he survives this...
""I know that, this is a stacked match. The boy is meant to die, put away the weapons. Do not make it so obvious eh? There will be quite the backlash if Lahar would survive due to a gladiator outside the walls stabbed the other with a spear." Vokrash didn't seemed concerned whatsoever of Lahar's fate. He wished Antonius well and was off. Frustrated Gaius followed him.
"Then I can at least pass some weapons through the bars for him can't I? I won't allow one of the few good men I know here to be thrown to the slaughter!"
Antonius spent the rest of the week training. But unlike before, when he had trained alone, this week he spend quite a lot of that time training with Lahar. He felt that he could learn a lot about sword fighting from him. The champion fight had left him with multiple smaller wounds but luckily for him they all healed within a week. One of them left a small scar on his back- a token from his battle. Antonius's spirits had been lifted during their week of 'rest'. Practicing with Lahar brought back good memories of the army. Antonius spend nearly all of his time training, he was rarely seen resting. He practiced with any weapon he could get his hands on, mostly axes, swords and spears. He had trained with all of them before, but he felt he needed to train his axe skills the most. He had never really been good with them.
Antonius spent the time before the arena fight practicing with a spear. He hoped he would get to choose his own weapons this time. The arena looked different than the other ones, Antonius recognized it from a fight he had once seen. His father in law had insisted though he had always thought that the fights were barbaric and unnecessary. He wondered if he would be there today, watching him fight, hoping he would die. Lahar was sent to fight first, the man he had to face looked like a real champion. Antonius wished him luck and told him that if he managed to get him close to the cell, he would help him. He then grabbed a spear and a large shield from the weapons rack.
"Antonius!" A voice shouted. He looked up and was surprised to see Gaius. "What happened in the city, I never asked you before, but what was this about Rowan, Belkin and Vokrash saving an imperial child?" Antonius was just about to answer, happy that he had spoken to him, but Vokrash answered first "A bunch of hogwash that Marrick made to make him look like a good master. I tried to eat it but we couldn't light a damn fire." Vokrash then turned to him and nodded. "Never got around to saying it but congratulations for winning the Cauldron." He smiled and replied, "Thank you." He was happy to see that Vokrash was nice to him as usual.
Vokrash and Gaius then started whispering, Antonius could barely make out Gaius saying. "Look..Lahar...weapons..faces....he.. need... help...man...close...walls." Antonius smiled, it seemed Gaius had the same plan as him. Vokrash seemed less pleased and said, "I...match....boy....die...away....weapons.....backlash...Lahar....survive...gladiator...walls...stabbed...spear." Vokrash turned back to him. "Sorry for interrupting, keep up the good work lad." Antonius didn't smile, he was unhappy to see that Vokrash didn't seem to want to help. Vokrash walked away but Gaius followed him. Antonius decided to follow him too."I....weapons.... bars....him....I....allow.....good....men...I....thrown...slaughter!" "While I don't speak much Asieren, I understood some of what you said. And I agree with Gaius, I won't allow Lahar to be killed here. Even if that means I will be in serious trouble," Antonius said. He looked determent and wasn't about to let his only gladiator friend die.
It took two days for Belkin to heal from the punishment he took, but when he was healed, he returned eager to continue training. While his body was busy with the mixture of training and recuperating, his mind was elsewhere. His thoughts went back to his Death run that he did, and what had occurred from it. Was it his lack of shield which caused his damage? Has he been so long from training for the tactic that he's forgotten some pieces? He didn't know, but he wanted to talk to the Executor and talk about sitting up a place for the Gladiators to learn to fight like the Pingla...and JUST the Gladiators!
When Belkin came to "The blood grounds", it reminded him of a classic duelling pit from his home...only with the bars wide enough for interference to occur. He has picked up a Sword and Shield, as was his training, and sat down to reminisce in his head. The pits from his home were places where two warriors could settle arguments, debates and, when the time called for it, battles to the death sometimes. There was a code of honour in the place: No stealing weapons from the opponent, no interference from the outside, no throwing of weapons, it was a place where the battles were fair.
So it disgusted Belkin when he saw Lahar, the Vaan, entering the arena with nothing but some native finery that he had, going up against an armed house champion from "Balus", probably another bloated Empire "KRUVH ORYHU" (Kruu-veh Oryhuu, one who....."Enjoys" horses), who had with him two Vaanic swords. Belkin just sat back however, he wouldn't interfere unless there was a valid reason, like someone else cheating to help the champion win. He had noticed Vokrash and Gaius talking to one another, with Antonus stalking closely behind. They were speaking in Asieren, so Belkin couldn't guess what they were saying, but he assumed it was about the match as well.
"Then I can at least pass some weapons through the bars for him can't I? I won't allow one of the few good men I know here to be thrown to the slaughter!" Gaius had decided to follow Vokrash, obviously not approving of Vokrash's response to Gaius and his weapons. "While I don't speak much Asieren, I understood some of what you said. And I agree with Gaius, I won't allow Lahar to be killed here. Even if that means I will be in serious trouble." Antonius too was jumping on the "let's save Lahar" bandwagon.
Vokrash turned around and looked at the two of them. "Then I shall speak in Imperial so you can understand just as well. Lahar is meant to die here. The fight is stacked against him. I never said not to help him, but having a spear and dagger is too obvious, at least before the fighting starts." Vokrash stopped for a moment and thought. "Not to mention that Lahar is Vaanic, and that most of the Vaanics who become gladiators were War Walkers. Warriors who only wielded weapons black as night, forged by their own hand. With a stacked match, against the champion of Balus who is a well known hater of Vaans, wielding two swords black as night, I would not be surprised if Balus had heard that two Vaans had been purchased by Marrick and gone off to buy any black swords that came on the market. Those two swords could very well be Lahar's, one more insult to add to the injury."
Vokrash stopped for a moment once again. "Now it looks like Lahar is going to die yes, and there is almost nothing that anybody can do to help him other than himself. This is his fight, on more than just survival." Vokrash started to walk off again hoping that the two would not follow him. "Plus a spear is a little too obvious, something more discreet might be better. Last time I checked daggers are quite small, and arms have squeezed through the walls in the past as well."
"So what have you been doing Lahar?" The accent was terrible and the pronunciation none to better, but it was Vaanic and it did something to lift Lahar's spirit out of the melancholic mood he been after the ill-fated meeting with Artus.
Holding back laughter from the poor attempt that Antonius had made at speaking Vaanic, he replied."Just some training with Gaius and meeting my 'patron'," His mood became more serious, "It did not go very well, for showing I was not just a dog who barks and bites at the beck and call of his master, I angered the senator who had asked me to speak and was ushered away quickly after that.
On my return I saw the chaos you had spoke about, flames roared from inside the city and so the screams of the people living there.
They call us savages, but I have not once seen the chaos that I saw today dwell within any of the tribes I visited with during my pilgrimage." He was falling back into the mood he was in before, so he decided not to dwell to much on the subject, "Anyway, it is best that we see how the others are, from your story, most of the others did not fare as well as you."
After the short conversation, Lahar headed back into the ludus with Antonius following him, stopping by the medicus to see how the others were doing. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
While the others gladiators recovered, Lahar spent the week training. Helping Gaius with his technique when wielding duel swords, while he picked up the basic quickly, his speed was still an issue. Lumbering about when Lahar would dance around his sluggish swipes and slashes. Lahar thought that his strength and brute force style might match better to either the battle axe Gaius was used to wielding (even thought he spent the week staying as far away from it as possible) or a large shield with a spear, prodding and poking the enemy, tiring them down until the fatal blow had to be struck or they surrendered, while staying behind a wall of defence.
When not helping Gaius, he spent his time training with Antonius, who seemed to fight with renewed vigour after being sent to die at the Cauldron and coming back not just alive, but as the new champion of that arena. He learned about fighting against others who wielded a multitude of weapons, from sword ans shield to axes and spears. Each combination he learned to parry and fight against, noting their weaknesses and strengths encase he had was brought up to against those who wielded them in the arena.
The few moments of spare time he had he spent meditating, he had decided that once he had got his blades back, he would try and get Typhon's weapon as well. It was only right that his weapon should be put to rest now that he had fallen.
He had been told about where he would be fighting next; it would be in the arena called the Blood Grounds. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lahar had been pushed onto the sands of the new arena, for this fight he had been told to wear the clothes that Artus had given him-the black coat, trousers and shoes, but he didn't know what the importance was, the coat would get in the way and the shoes, loose as there were, would only fetter his movement. However this time he had not been given any weapons and all he had for protection were some strips of leather covering thighs and a pair of vambraces tucked beneath his coat.
"Now, introducing the champion of House Balus!" Roared the games master. "The tamer of the sands, bane of the north! Bringer of pain, master of tears!" The crowd went wild and the monster of a man that Lahar would have to face was revealed. "Slayer of Vaan! His enemies know him as Memnarch Baal! You and I call him.... The will! Of! Death!"
So this is what it meant to cross Balus, this was why Lyria had admonished him for how he he had spoke to the 'esteemed' senator. Unlike him, this gladiator was well armoured and well equipped, almost covered from head to toe in strangely crafted armour, there were weaknesses in the design, his left side was left exposed and so was his head. The glint of black steel caught Lahar's eye, he wasn't just any War Walkers weapon, he was using the twin blades Lahar had crafted, the ones with hocks at their tips.
Rage bubbled inside him, it was an insult for another to use a War Walker's blades, he quickly calmed himself and thought on how he might win this battle, no matter how high the odds were stacked against him, he wasn't just going to let himself be killed by Balus' ogre.
He took of the coat, the length of material that trailed behind him could be grabbed and used against him. He took of the boots to give himself the extra mobility he would need. It would've been better if he had a weapon, but he would make do.
It had been a while since he was forced to fight with his fists.
He did the last thing that people would've expected and charged at the brute, he would slide once the brute tried to slash at him with his blades, tripping him over.
The bigger they are the harder they fall.
Gaius was pleased to hear Antonius join him in wanting to save Lahar, however Vokrash raised a good point. The odds were stacked against Lahar and even if they held weapons there was little they could do. Still Gaius wasn't going to give up and let Lahar die, from what little he met of him he seemed a good man, and being killed with swords he crafted himself, that was a step too far. However Vokrash did leave them with some parting wisdom. "Last time I checked daggers are quite small, and arms have squeezed through the walls in the past as well."
Gaius nodded, knowing what he meant and put away his spear, instead picking up another dagger and handing it to Antonius, saying to him "You know what to do. Look!" Lahar suddenly charged forwards at the brute. Had he gone mad at the site of Vaan blades being wielded by an outsider?
Vokrash turned around and looked at them. "Then I shall speak in Imperial so you can understand just as well. Lahar is meant to die here. The fight is stacked against him....one more insult to add to the injury." Antonius looked at Lahar, he could see anger on his face. "Now it looks like Lahar is going to die yes, and there is almost nothing that anybody can do to help him other than himself. This is his fight, on more than just survival." Vokrash walked off, Antonius was unhappy to see that Vokrash didn't want to help.
"Plus a spear is a little too obvious, something more discreet might be better. Last time I checked daggers are quite small, and arms have squeezed through the walls in the past as well." Antonius smiled, he was happy that Vokrash did care about Lahar. Gaius handed him a dagger, which he accepted. He put away his other weapons. "You know what to do. Look!" Gaius said, Antonius looked at the fight, he prayed that Lahar would win. He looked at Gaius and whispered "How about you hold him, and I stab him?" Antonius held the dagger hidden from view.
"How about you hold him, and I stab him?" whispered Antonius as he held the dagger hidden from view. Gaius nodded in response as he put his own dagger on the floor by the bars as a safety precaution.
"In case something goes wrong pick up this one. Perhaps Lahar could even pick it up, we shouldn't look so suspicious." Gaius leaned against a wall, far from to cage wall but close enough that he could dash towards it and grab the freak. Gaius, Rowan and Vokrash were possibly the only people who could hold him in place. | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.384959-I-Am-Gladiator-Closed-Started?page=10 | 2013-05-18T10:45:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Network outage this morning was caused by a smurf attack, this is where someone forges ICMP echo request packets with a forged source address as one of our hosts, or in this case the address of one of our dial-up customers, and sends them to a site with an open broadcast address causing every host on that network to send an ICMP echo reply to our address, saturating the T1 links. We have had Sprint install a filter to block ICMP echo reply so that other traffic can get through but this will break the ability to ping any site from here while it is in place. | http://www.eskimo.com/outages/msg00196.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Since 1898, the Esplanade Hotel has been one of the mainstays of Western Australia's beautiful south-west. We’re a stone’s throw from pristine beaches and the world famous Busselton Jetty and only 2 minutes from the heart of town. With delicious food and comfortable accommodation, staying at the Esplanade Hotel is a fantastic way to see WA. | http://www.esplanadehotelbusselton.com.au/event/general/fathers_day_2012/51 | 2013-05-18T10:41:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Arsenal chief says sorry to supporters
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has described Tuesday's defeat to Bradford City as "not good enough", and said he is tired of "delivering the message".
ESPN understands, however, that there is absolutely no threat to manager Arsene Wenger's position, and the club's long-term plans remain in place.
Speaking at a meeting with supporters that had been organised before the remarkable Capital One Cup upset, Gazidis apologised to the fans and insisted they "deserve better".
"I think I am frankly tired of getting up here and delivering the same message," Gazidis said. ."
Despite Arsenal's cup humiliation and disappointing league position - they currently sit seventh - there remains no intention among the Arsenal board to sack a manager who shares their vision, while Wenger himself will never break a contract.
The one change that may come regards transfer spending, with the club finally prepared to significantly bolster their squad in January. Some reports have suggested Wenger will have up to £60 million to purchase players of higher quality.
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'It's a dream come true' - Edwards
West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards talks about his century on debut, and the goals he set himself as a young kid growing up in Barbados (00:00)
July 9, 2011
Related Links » Players/Officials: Kirk Edwards | Carl Hooper | Brian Lara | Sir Viv Richards Matches: West Indies v India at Roseau Series/Tournaments: India tour of West Indies Teams: India | West Indies) | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/522534.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Glasgow school days remembered
Location:Scotland Street School Museum, Glasgow, G5 8QB
Date and time: 5 November 2011 10.00-12.00
This family event will exhibit and discuss the photo-essays submitted in a competition which encourages reflections on the theme of school memories. The exhibition will provide material for a family workshop on the way memories are preserved and passed on. Retro drinks and sweets will be provided, and prizes awarded.
Further information
Google map link to: G5 8QB
Website: University of Strathclyde
Jointly organised by: The School of Humanities and the Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde (in co-operation with the Glasgow Inspiration Festival). | http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/festival/events-archive/2011gp/Glasgow.aspx | 2013-05-18T10:11:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
stressedoutThreads: 2Posts: 5Author: Tiffany Jones Dec 28, 2011, 09:54pm #1 Write a brief essay (250 words maximum each question) in which you respond to the following questions. (freshman applicants only): Tell us something about yourself or your interests that we wouldn't learn by looking at the rest of your application materials. (While you should still pay attention to sentence structure and grammar, your response is meant as a way for us to get to know you, rather than a formal essay.)My Carnival Prize (is this a good title?) The goldfish slowly wafted in the water instead of swimming around and I wondered if this was normal. I carefully examined its plain, orange gill, watching for signs of shallow breath. This delicate creature was the only prize I won from the carnival and I treasured it. I re-homed it into a shallow bowl and filled it with water as soon as I got home. I dropped tiny pieces of bread into the water and watched as it gobbled up the pieces. That was when my researching began.I immediately bought it some real goldfish food and when the pet store owner told me that tap water had to be neutralized with conditioner, I bought a bottle of that too. Over the next few weeks, I added pebbles and leaves into the bowl to make it more comfortable for my new pet. One day, I decided that "Jelly" needed a friend, and so I went to the pet store to seek him one. This was the beginning of my marine biology hobby. Now I have 4 fish tanks and as much as 160 fishes at once. I've owned and even bred goldfish, koi, mollies, guppies, platys, cichlids, eels, tetras, Siamese fighting fish, shrimps, snails, crabs, and so on. Like the aquarium geek I am, I know all about pH ranges, water hardness, and suitable temperatures for fish. From this experience I've learned that sometimes interests grow out of the most unexpected things. I'm willing to try anything because I would like to discover where my next passion lies. Who would have thought that this plain, orange fish I won at a carnival would have made such an impact in who I am. | http://www.essayforum.com/undergraduate-essays-2/carnival-prize-interests-learning-materials-35697/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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