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The Best Dreamcast Games Under $15
Values Updated in March 2019
Even though the Sega Dreamcast library continues to creep up in value overall, there are still a healthy amount of games that can be picked up at quite reasonable prices. There's been a few past recommendations that have jumped up significantly from their sub-$10 price point since our 2012 guide such as Elemental Gimmick Gear, Mr. Driller, Jet Grind Radio, Typing of the Dead, and RE Code Veronica (which particularly surprised me). However, a lot of our picks haven't changed a whole lot.
Last time, I based the quoted value as an overall average selling price (with both loose and complete mixed in). This time, I'm going to list both loose and complete prices (separated by a forward-slash) and have the goal of keeping a complete copy budget under $15 (instead of an average price of $10). Premiums on some complete games make this a bit of a challenge, but I feel like most collectors are going for complete copies for Dreamcast.
The goal of this Cheapest Games series is to give you a good starting place for shopping if you are new to the console or just looking for some affordable ways to boost your existing collection.
Space Channel 5: $5/$7
While the rhythm genre quickly moved on to full instrument controllers later in the decade, Space Channel 5 topped the charts with Dreamcast owners. Both the graphics and the music had a phenomenal retro-futurist (reminds me of a hip Jetson's atmosphere) feel to them and kept Space Channel 5 from becoming just "another" simon-says-type game.
Ulala's legacy lives on in many other Sega games, but to this day, this original game still hasn't received a port since the PS2's Special Edition release. Space Channel 5 Pt 2 (which didn't get a North American release on the Dreamcast ) got a PC and XB 360 port and there has been a Space Channel 5 VR game announced for the PS4, but the Dreamcast is still a great way to play the original game in the series.
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Soul Calibur: $12/$15
This Dreamcast launch title is one of the best examples of the incredible graphics the little white box is capable off. Between the polished visuals and the deep gameplay, the original Soul Calibur still holds surprisingly well to its newer siblings. The Soul Still Burns!
Soul Calibur is also one of the Dreamcast games that has had the largest price drop over the last couple of years. Despite the original being a Dreamcast exclusive, it remains a great value and should be a required purchase for the console — even if you are only mildly interested in fighting games. Sometimes, complete copies can easily stray above $15, so you do need to be patient to keep it under our budget.
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Crazy Taxi: $9/$14
See also: Crazy Taxi 2: $10/$20
This arcade release of Crazy Taxi was one of the main reasons I initially jumped on the Dreamcast. Crazy Taxi gives you control of a cabby racing around two San Francisco-esque cities, picking up customers and dropping them at their required destinations by any means necessary. It's a race against the clock, resulting in no-holds-barred racing around the two cities, flying off hills and screeching around bends.
Although some may argue that Crazy Taxi lacks some depth, they forget that this is a pure arcade game that compels you to beat your best scores. Fans often will stand by the original Crazy Taxi as being the best in the series, but Crazy Taxi 2 is also available for a little over $10 if you need more tracks to choose from.
Crazy Taxi did eventually get ported to a bunch of platforms (including the PS3 and XB360's digital marketplaces) so it may not be the system seller it used to be, but at the game's price, its tough to beat for a physical copy and a defining piece of the Dreamcast's library.
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Virtua Tennis: $5/$8
See also: Tennis 2K2: $5/$7
Having the essential quality of being easy to play and difficulty to master, Virtua Tennis (and its successor, Tennis 2K2) was one of the sleeper hits on the Dreamcast. It is often overlooked as a killer party game — I have had many parties with participants of all gaming levels having a blast on a 4-player doubles tournament.
It is easy to overlook Virtua Tennis as an outdated sports game, but its is one of the timeless classics that shouldn't be overlooked. There have been plenty of newer installments on more modern platforms (I even one on the PS3), but I still find myself going back to the Dreamcast original.
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Chu Chu Rocket: $9/$10
This little gem from Sega was extremely popular and recognized by most gamers who had actually played it and virtually unknown otherwise. Chu Chu Rocket is a unique puzzle game that not only served as a good brain-teaser in single-player mode, but also has solid multi-player features. In fact, Chu Chu Rocket, was the first example of online multiplayer on Sega's final console and redefined multiplayer puzzle game experiences for a lot of Sega fans.
Sega later put up Chu Chu Rocket up on iOS and Android, but didn't keep it updated (I know longer see it in the iOS App Store). Other than that, the Game Boy Advance version was the only other installment we ever received. So for a quality console version, this Dreamcast bargain is a no-brainer!
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Virtua Fighter 3tb: $11/$15
Even though it was probably the least celebrated title in a fighting series with a cult following, Virtua Fighter 3TB is a deep and refined 3D fighter. Virtua Fighter 3tb isn't as eye-catching as Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive 2, gameplay and strategy is where VF3tb excels.
The primary addition to Virtua Fighter 3tb's gameplay is the Dodge button that makes Virtua Fighter embrace the 3D world further and let players evade enemy attacks and build opportunities for counter-attacks. This feature was later removed in future installments (but also inspired other 3D fighting franchises side-step features), so 3tb is an interesting installment to play in hindsight.
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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver: $10/$15
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was one of the Dreamcast's first fantasy adventure games and was one of the hot games during its release despite having the game's initial release being on the PS1. And even though Soul Reaver was one of the games that most Pushed the Limits of the Playstation, the Dreamcast version took it another step further and was heralded as one of the best-looking consoles games upon its release.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver offers a killer story-line and innovative action considering the era. Once considered an essential title, many gamers have forgotten about it, leading it to a recent price drop. It is almost getting to "hidden gem" status.
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Sega Rally Championship 2: $6/$9
While the original Sega Rally Championship still has a strong following, the direct sequel should not be overlooked. Sega Rally 2 is a strong arcade port (more in line than the Saturn port of the original) and has improved physics, an expanded track and car lineup, and, of course, better graphic capabilities.
Sega Rally 2 is rather abundant in supply but if often overlooked due to the increased competition in the 3D racing world at the time of release. But if you are a fan of arcade racing, but want some drift-heavy rally racing, Sega Rally 2 is worth the modest investment.
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F355 Challenge Passione Rossa: $10/$15
If you are looking for a pure arcade racer, you will probably want to skip this one. However, if you like more of a simulator experience, keep an eye out for F355.
The most defining characteristic of F355 is definitely its control. Compare to typically floaty control of most "sim" racers, you will be simply amazed at how tight everything feels in F355. It is also important to note that this perfect control is equally attainable with either the standard Dreamcast pad, or a (preferred) high quality racing wheel.
According to Sega, a professional F355 driver has claimed that "training" with F355 Challenge in the off season has actually improved his real life lap times at Long Beach! Now that's saying quite a bit about what Yu Suzuki and his AM2 team have accomplished here!"
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Hydro Thunder: $11/$15
Midway was on a roll with 3D arcade racers with Cruisin' USA and then San Francisco Rush and brought the genre to the choppy waves of speed-boat racing.
Hydro Thunder was a launch title for the Dreamcast and eventually was re-released in the Sega All-Stars "Greatest Hits" series. However, it was also released on just about every major platform of the era (including on the Midway Classics series on the PS2/XB/GC), so the Dreamcast version is far from exclusive. However, it's a solid deal for a solid port. If you're a Dreamcast fan, this is a nice addition.
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Toy Commander: $8/$10
On the surface, Toy Commander looks like a cheap third-party game that would only interest young kids, but this little Dreamcast gem (which is still exclusive to the console) actually has a lot of charm to it. You play around with toy planes and vehicles that will bring back memories of your childhood and almost feels reminiscent of the classic Micro Machines games. Many will point out the controls can be tricky, but it's such an interesting concept. (You can also read this Meta-Review of Toy Commander we put together a while back)
You should probably scoop this one up for less that $20 before everybody learns about it. The hidden gem exclusives are typically the games that end up appreciating in value over the long run.
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Re-Volt: $12/$14
Much like Toy Commander, it is easy to write off Re-Volt as a bit of a kids game. It also was one of those games that got ported over to the Dreamcast after being on the N64. The N64 game got a bit of a reputation for performance issues, but this Dreamcast port is actually quite slick and makes for a great alternative racing game with great multiplayer capabilities.
In certain multiplayer setups, it can almost feel like a cross between an old-school area FPS and a racing game. And much like Toy Commander, you are a small-fish vehicle playing in a real-life style world, so it also feels a bit like the Micro Machines franchise.
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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future: $9/$15
Ecco the Dolphin for the Dreamcast is one of those rare instances of a company taking a 2D game (the Genesis and Sega CD originals) and making it work in 3D.
Defender of the Future is an amazing looking game — the rich textures and animation really bring the sea life to life. The game is also among the most challenging around again, but you'll enjoy the brilliant atmosphere and story. It does have a cheaper PS2 port, if you are interested, but it's a great Dreamcast piece if you prefer the Sega console.
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Samba De Amigo (without maracas): $11/$20
This Latin-flavored rhythm game involves waving/shaking maracas in certain directions to match the upbeat music. Not only is Samba wonderful to play, but it also fun to watch other people shake their maracas like there's no tomorrow. Of course, a follow-up was released on the Wii, but the Wiimotes didn't provide as accurate and enjoyable control as the Dreamcast's maracas.
No keep in mind, the Dreamcast Maracas are not cheap whatsoever. However! I've had plenty of fun playing Samba with just the standard Dreamcast controller. So on a budget, it's a perfectly great rhythm experience.
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The King of Fighter Dream Match '99: $13/$17
The Dreamcast is one of the very best home consoles for 2D fighting games. Unfortunately for those that haven't picked them up already, most of them have been climbing in value over the last few years.
The King of Fighters Dream Match '99 (a version of The King of Fighter '98) is one of the best SNK fighters on the console and also one of the best 2D fighting values on the Dreamcast as well. In fact, King of Fighter '98 is often considered the definitive installment of this iconic franchise due to its tight gameplay, roster, and balance. The Dreamcast version also happens to be one of the best ways to play it on physical media aside from the Neo-Geo.
You will have to shop around a bit to find a near-mint complete copy under our $15 budget, but it's a rather common release.
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Test Drive Le Mans: $5/$7
Le Mans was one of the best all-around racers for the Dreamcast and one of the most under-appreciated. It doesn't have quite the realism of F355, mentioned above, but it is a bit more accessible and features a variety of options, cars, and phenomenally designed tracks. Test Drive Le Mans trademark feature is its 24-hour [Real Time] La Mans endurance course.
Test Drive Le Mans also has rather advanced weather and night time mode for the Dreamcast era, so it still holds up quite well to this day. This racing treasure can still be found for a surprisingly low price even through it isn't terribly common.
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Wetrix+: $7/$10
If you are looking for yet another interesting take on the puzzle genre, Wetrix is an addictive, but challenging, but rewarding game that has more of a 3D design. The multiplayer in Wetrix is one of the best of its kind, with a game between two good players being a highly enjoyable frantic dash to get ducks and evaporate water, while throwing earthquakes and ice at the other player to hamper them.
The original N64 version is still quite affordable as well, but this enhanced version has stronger graphics and soundtrack plus a relatively more static camera style (albeit with options for zoom level).
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The House of the Dead 2: $9/$15
When it comes to arcade light-gun shooters, they don't get much better than The House of the Dead series. It is filled will great pacing and solid thrills and accompanied by the trademark kitschy dialogue. Of course, for the best experience, you will need a light gun (and a TV that supports it), so that does add to the overall expense.
For a while, most of the House of the Dead games were rather pricey (and the original on the Sega Saturn still ranks high in value). The game was included as a bonus on House of the Dead 3 on the Xbox and, of course, was included in the Wii Releases of The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Returns. This all has helped keep this Dreamcast version's price in check.
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Incoming: $5/$6
I actually first played this fun shooter/combat game on my new-at-the-time Pentium II PC, but the Dreamcast port is quite solid as well.
This game also isn't especially deep, but it has a fun arcade-like appeal to it with under-appreciated visuals. It's shooting action also has some variety to it in the form of different vehicles and settings. Incoming is often overlooked in bargain bins and game lots, but it well worth a try as a cheap pick-up.
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Sega Swirl: $2/$4
Another surprising-addicting puzzle game here. A lot of people don't really give this title much thought as it has a rather minimal presentation and was actually given away for free on demo disks and with the Dreamcast Web Browser disc.
Sega Swirl has a very simple puzzle mechanic (try to get the biggest combos while avoiding single colors), but is easy to learn, but though to master. It had online multiplayer via email, but you can also replicate the experience in a local multiplayer where you hand the controller back and forth. In addition, there was split-screen multiplayer as well. If you want to learn more about Sega Swirl, check out Slope's Complete History of the game.
Sega Swirl actually had 4 million copies printed of the game so it shouldn't be hard to find it somewhere. But it would be a shame to not mention this gem that won't cost you much at all.
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Other Cheap Favorites:
18 Wheeler Pro Trucker: $8/$15 – eBay / Amazon.com
Armada: $12/$25 – eBay / Amazon.com
Metropolis Street Racer: $9/$13 – eBay / Amazon.com
Unreal Tournament – $8/$12 – eBay / Amazon.com
Quake 3 Arena: $8/$11 – eBay / Amazon.com
Dead or Alive 2: $10/$18 – eBay / Amazon.com
Alien Front Online: $9/$20– eBay / Amazon.com
Tony Hawk 2: $5 – eBay / Amazon.com
Sega Bass Fishing: $4/$6 – eBay / Amazon.com
Sega Marine Fishing: $5/$7 – eBay / Amazon.com
Oooga Booga: $10/$14 – eBay / Amazon.com
MDK 2: $10/$17 – eBay / Amazon.com
Ms Pacman Maze Madness: $7/$12 – eBay / Amazon.com
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: $8/$12 – eBay / Amazon.com
Charge N Blast: $9/$19 – eBay
Bust-A-Move 4: $11/$15 – eBay / Amazon.com
2K2 Sports: $4 each – eBay
Sega Smash Pack Vol 1 (Includes a port of Virtua Cop) : $6/$11 – eBay / Amazon.com
March 26th, 2019 at 1:17am by racketboy
August 5th, 2019 at 1:19pm
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PepsimanVsJoe says:
Sega Marine Fishing is a great pick. First off it's simply a fantastic arcade game as despite it being about fishing there's a lot of depth, fast-paced action, and challenge. Secondly the aesthetics are great. What I mean is the atmosphere is nice, the music is excellent, and catching exotic fish is cool(not like 30 flavors of bass in that other game Zzz). Throw in a mode where you can build your own aquarium and it's easy to blow several hours on this title.
Crynox says:
If your into driving games how about these 3:
Vanishing Point, MSR & Stunt GP, I know the first 2 were available for NTSC but not sure about Stunt GP.
All cheap here in the UK and all GREAT! I spent many hours playing VP & MSR infact deleted my save and played them through twice, thats how good they are.
Fantastic Hood Jon says:
Sega Rally 2 was one of my favorites, and I prefer Virtua Tennis to its successors, but solid list all together. My show just did a Dreamcast special to celebrate 9/9/99, please check it out: http://www.fantasticneighborhood.com/?p=898
Wry Guy says:
Both Sega Rally 2 and Daytona USA are criminally overlooked. Daytona in particular gets a bad rap for having "terrible controls," which is absurd. The Dreamcast port is highly faithful to the arcade original, with a wide variety of customization options that can make the game much easier to play. If you're having trouble playing this game you can: Pick a car with better grip, choose soft tires for better grip or customize your controls. You DO NOT HOLD UP ON THE CONTROL STICK.
If you've ever played the XBox 360/PS3 port of Daytona USA, you would immediately realize the Dreamcast version does not have any problem aside from being based on a very fast, very difficult racing game.
Sega Rally 2 in comparison is extremely inviting to new players with its controls and it has a ton of single player content that is much less difficult than the arcade course. Yes the framerate dips but that doesn't change that the controls and sense of speed are still great and it's one of the most fun racing games on the console.
Hydro Thunder, F355 Challenge and Crazy Taxi are also great choices. Another hidden gem that I'm fond of is Super Runabout. It has a similar kind of appeal that Crazy Taxi does, only with more structured missions. It's not technically amazing, but it's unique and fun and I prefer it over a lot of the other, far less interesting driving games.
I wish I could recommend Sega GT, but I've tried to play it so many times over the years and it just feels off.
racketboy says:
Great feedback! You did an excellent job adding extra depth to my racing recommendations! I should give Super Runabout another try. I played it many years ago, but haven't spent a ton of time with it.
And yeah, I feel like Sega GT just hard to recommend. You have to give Sega some credit for giving it a try back in the day, but that's about it.
Yeah, Sega GT was just lacking in a number of ways. I'd have to go back and play it to really confirm, but as memory serves it just wasn't very good as either an arcade racer or a simulation racer. It wasn't realistic or even especially fun. The controls felt like mush. I'm a big fan of the Toyota MR2 and mid-engine cars in general in racing games. I pretty distinctly remember the MR2 feeling terrible in Sega GT.
Now that we have more realistic games like Forza 6 (which does include MR2, same as Sega GT) it might be interesting to go back and compare.
I actually already did this recently with another car. I compared the handling of a Ferrari F335 in F335 Challenge as it compared to Forza 6. It actually wasn't too far off. The Dreamcast Ferrari has just a little bit of exaggerated arcade feel to it when compared to Forza, but still it pretty close and quite impressive considering when that game was made.
I actually enjoy F335 Challenge for being a simulation centric game that you can just jump into. I wish there were more simulation games that were more straightforward with fewer cars and tracks, where just getting first place in a race is pretty much the whole game. I've maybe gotten first place on 3 tracks in F355 and it'll be a while before I ever consider that game truly beaten.
Fascinating! Yeah, if I want to go into a more sim-like Dreamcast game, I'm going to jump to F355 or even something like Test Drive Lemans. Granted, I lean way more toward the arcade racer than sim, so you know way more than I do, but I can totally understand your sentiment!
MDK 2 is definitely not $5. You'll be lucky to find it under $25.
The $5 price point was just for a loose disc, which is what I was seeing at the time of my research, but it has seem to increase again since then — I'll update accordingly.
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Jemima Rooper (* 24. Oktober 1981 in Hammersmith, London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

Hintergrund
Jemima Rooper ist die Tochter von Alison Rooper, einer Fernsehjournalistin. Sie ging auf die Redcliffe Primary School in Chelsea und mit zwölf Jahren auf die Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, London. Während sie an der TV-Serie Die Fünf Freunde arbeitete, absolvierte sie die britische Mittlere Reife (GCE – General Certificate of Secondary Education) mit achtmal der Note A* und A (Note: 1). Von dort ging sie auf das Sixth form college, wo sie drei Fächer mit A und damit den höchsten britischen Schulabschluss bestanden hat (Advanced Level).

Jemima Rooper lebt heute im Norden Londons.

Arbeit
Jemima Rooper äußerte ihren Wunsch, Schauspielerin zu werden, bereits im Alter von acht Jahren und kontaktierte einen Agenten zu diesem Zweck. Ihre ersten professionellen Rollen waren im Jahre 1993 im Film The Higher Mortals und im Jahre 1994 im Film Willie's War. 1996 spielte sie in allen Folgen das Mädchen George in der TV-Serie Fünf Freunde, der Neuverfilmung der Fünf Freunde von Enid Blyton.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1993: The Higher Mortals
 1994: Willie's War
 1996–1997: Die Fünf Freunde (Fernsehserie, 26 Folgen)
 1997: Abenteuer auf der Schäferinsel (Owd Bob)
 1998: Animal Ark – Guinea Pig in the Garage (Fernsehserie)
 1999: Junk (Fernsehfilm)
 1999: The Passion (Fernsehfilm)
 1999: Shockers: Dance (Fernsehfilm)
 1999: Wives and Daughters (Fernsehminiserie, 2 Folgen)
 2000: Sommer in der Vorstadt (Summer in the Suburbs, Fernsehfilm)
 2000: The Railway Children (Fernsehfilm)
 2000: Urban Gothic – Dead Meat (Fernsehserie)
 2000: Masterpiece Classic – The Railway Children (Fernsehserie)
 2001: Love in a Cold Climate (Fernsehminiserie)
 2001–2004: As If (Fernsehserie, 76 Folgen)
 2002: Snapshots – Bilder der Erinnerung (Snapshots)
 2004: Inspector Barnaby (Midsomer Murders) Fernsehserie, Staffel 7, Folge 6: Brennen sollst du! (The Straw Woman)
 2004–2005: Hex (Fernsehserie, 18 Folgen)
 2005: A Sound of Thunder
 2005: Kinky Boots – Man(n) trägt Stiefel
 2005: The Brief – Lack of Affect (Fernsehserie)
 2006: Sugar Rush (Fernsehserie, Folge 2x05)
 2006: The Black Dahlia
 2006, 2019: Silent Witness (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen, verschiedene Rollen)
 2006: Sinchronicity (Fernsehserie, 6 Folgen)
 2006: Perfect Day: The Millennium (Fernsehfilm)
 2006: Random Quest (Fernsehfilm)
 2007: Life Line (Fernsehfilm)
 2007: The Time of Your Life (Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)
 2008: Lost in Austen (Miniserie, 4 Folgen)
 2008: Agatha Christie's Poirot – Die vergessliche Mörderin
 2010: Reunited (Fernsehfilm)
 2010: Bouquet of Barbed Wire (Fernsehfilm)
 2011: Frankenstein's Wedding ... Live in Leeds (Fernsehfilm)
 2013: The F-Word – Von wegen nur gute Freunde! (The F Word)
 2013: One Chance – Einmal im Leben (One Chance)
 2013–2015: Atlantis (Fernsehserie, 11 Folgen)
 2014: Blandings – Hallo to All This (Fernsehserie)
 2014: SexLife (Kurzfilm)
 2017: Fearless (Fernsehminiserie, 3 Folgen)
 2018: Death in Paradise – Murder from Above (Fernsehserie)
 2018: Trauma (Miniserie, 3 Folgen)
 2018: Stealing Silver (Kurzfilm)
 2018: Bertie (Kurzfilm)
 2019: Father Brown – The Whistle in the Dark (Fernsehserie)
 2019: Gold Digger (Fernsehserie, 6 Folgen)
 2021: The Girlfriend Experience (Fernsehserie, 7 Folgen)
 2022: Matriarch
 2022: Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Fernsehserie)
 2022: The People We Hate at the Wedding

Theater
 Where Do We Live – Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Mai 2002 (als Lily)
 Us and Them – Hampstead Theatre, Juni 2003 (als Izzie)
 A Respectable Wedding (Teil des The Big Brecht Fest) – Young Vic, April 2007 (als Bride)

Weblinks

 Jemima Rooper's Naked Skin, Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 13. Juli 2008

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Post by alb » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:13 am
Jordan Lindsey was attacked by three sharks at Rose Island in the Bahamas as she was snorkeling in the Bahamas Lindsey was attacked by three sharks and suffered bites to her arms, legs and buttocks. Her right arm was bitten off, he said.
American woman killed in shark attack in Bahamas
Jordan Lindsey, 21, of California, attacked by 3 sharks, authorities say
By Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor
Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, California, was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas.
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - An American tourist was killed Wednesday in a shark attack in the Bahamas.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force announced that the woman, identified as Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, California, was attacked shortly after 2 p.m. near Rose Island as she was snorkeling.
According to Deputy Commissioner Paul Rolle, Lindsey was attacked by three sharks and suffered bites to her arms, legs and buttocks. Her right arm was bitten off, he said.
Rolle said Lindsey was on the snorkeling expedition with her family, including her parents, when the attack occurred.
He said her family spotted the sharks and yelled out to Lindsey, but she didn't hear them in time.
Jordan Lindsey with family in Bahamas
Courtesy of Lindsey family
Jordan Lindsey (center) poses with her parents, two brothers, sister and girlfriend on their trip to the Bahamas.
After being taken to shore, Lindsey was taken to a hospital in New Providence, where she was pronounced dead.
Rolle said her body will be taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, where an autopsy will be performed. The U.S. Embassy will then assist in transporting Lindsey's body to California.
"The Ministry of Tourism, on behalf of the government and the people of the Bahamas, expresses its condolences and deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim of Wednesday's shark attack off Rose Island, near New Providence," the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas said in a statement.
Rose Island is a small piece of land just northeast of Nassau.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has issued precautionary advisories to the public following the fatal shark attack.
The Department of Fisheries will also do an assessment to determine if the water is safe.
It's unclear what kind of sharks were involved in the attack.
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Post by alb » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:10 am
Family says no one jumped in to help woman killed in Bahamas shark attack
By Kelly Taylor Hayes
LOS ANGELES - The family of a 21-year-old woman killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas said the tour company did not mobilize to help in any way and did not have proper safety measures in place for an emergency situation.
Jordan Lindsey, an honor student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, was snorkeling off Rose Island, a popular spot northeast of the Bahamian capital Nassau, on June 26 when authorities said she was attacked by three sharks.
Her right arm was bitten off, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
Jordan Lindsey, 21, is pictured in an undated photo. (Photo credit: Provided family photo)
On Tuesday, her family issued a statement to clarify what happened that day and to encourage tour excursion companies to have mandatory safety measures put in place.
While the whole family was on Rose Island that day as part of a Sandy Toes Day Excursion, only Jordan and her mother, Kami, were snorkeling at the time, the statement said. Her siblings, father and longtime girlfriend did not witness the attack.
When Jordan and Kami entered the water, they were acknowledged by two staff members who were finishing their lunch on land, but no guides or staff members entered the water with them.
During the attack, Jordan and her mother were inside and at the far end of the roped-off snorkeling area, the family statement said. Other snorkelers were a good distance away from where the attack happened and later scrambled out of the water for fear of their safety. The family said the sharks were not seen by anyone until the attack.
According to the statement, no Sandy Toes staff members jumped in or "mobilized to assist in any way."
"Jordan's mother recalls, as she swam to Jordan and told Jordan to try to swim toward her, she thought certainly a boat would come to whisk them out of the water and harm's way, but that did not happen," the statement reads. "Two staff members called over from the rocky hill, telling Kami and Jordan to swim to them. As they tried to swim toward each other and toward the rocky hill, a shark came between them and again attacked Jordan. By this time, Kami was able to grab Jordan's hand and drag her to the rocky shore where the staff members pulled both of them out of the water."
Once both women were out of the water, the family said the staff had no first aid kit or basic supplies for any type of injury — and provided no first aid "whatsoever."
"It felt like a lifetime as they waited for a boat to arrive. When the small boat arrived, it contained only a bench and a staff member driving. A staff member waiting with Jordan and Kami, helped Kami get Jordan into the boat and the 4 of them drove off to Nassau," the statement added. "There were no medical or emergency supplies in the boat. The only thing provided were towels which were used to cover Jordan's legs."
The family said a waiting ambulance at the dock transported Jordan and her mother to a hospital, where she died.
"Although nothing can change the outcome of the tragedy we've suffered, our hope in speaking out is that mandatory safety measures are put in place, so this is less likely to happen again," the statement said. "We also want tourists to know that when booking a tour, while the excursion company may have great reviews, it may not have basic safety measures or first aid equipment in place."
The Sandy Toes staff didn't notify the rest of Jordan's family who were still on Rose Island, the family said. Instead, they overheard conversations from others that had been snorkeling and noticed people crying and eventually realized what happened.
The family also said the beach side of the small island was not evacuated after the shark attack, which was located a just short distance away.
Sandy Toes Bahamas did not immediately return a request for comment.
Dr. Erich Ritter, a scientist with the Shark Research Institute, and Dr. Christopher Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, said it's exceptionally rare for three sharks to attack a person. Lowe said the chances are as remote as winning back-to-back Powerball lottery jackpots.
Ritter said it was likely triggered by something, such as chum — or fish food — being tossed into the water.
"There had to be a reason there. That's not normal behavior for any shark," Ritter said.
Ritter was also concerned by reports that no one from the snorkeling company used by the family was in the water with the swimmers. He operates the Florida-based SharkSchool, which teaches swimmers and divers how to safely share the water with sharks, and said guides always should swim with customers.
In the statement, the woman's family suggested that tour operators designate a staffer to look for sharks as well as snorkelers who may be in distress so they could be warned or immediately helped.
The family also said that tour companies should have an emergency plan for incidents like shark attacks, in addition to common medical incidents like animal bites, jellyfish stings or heart attacks.
"Have medical supplies on all tours and provide first aid training to staff members so that they are willing and able to provide immediate response during emergencies," the statement suggests.
The family thanked the people who helped return Jordan's body back to California.
Jordan's father, Michael Lindsey, said she was "such a great daughter and person."
Jordan, a climate change advocate from Los Angeles' South Bay and an animal lover who volunteered at a shelter, attended Santa Monica College and entered Loyola last year.
She was a member of Tau Sigma National Honor Society and worked as a communications assistant for the College of Science and Engineering. The school will honor her with a plaque.
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Post by alb » Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:23 pm
Family of woman killed by sharks in Bahamas recalls daughter's last moments
Aug 7, 2019, 4:27 PM ET
PHOTO: Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, Calif., was killed in a shark attack near Rose Island, in the Bahamas, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
Courtesy Lindsey family
WatchFamily of woman killed by sharks recalls daughter's last moments
Jordan Lindsey, a 21-year-old Loyola-Marymount University student from Torrance, California, was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas in June.
In an exclusive interview airing Wednesday on "Good Morning America," her family members discuss how they've begun to cope with her tragic loss.
It was on the third day of a family vacation when they decided to take a last-minute excursion through the Sandy Toes Tour Company to Rose Island -- a spot famous for snorkeling and for petting swimming pigs.
"I wish they didn't let us on, of course, but they -- they snuck us on," Jordan's father, Michael Lindsey, told "GMA."
"Myself, my two boys, and Jordan's girlfriend, Gianna, were on another part of the island, just swimming on the beach side," he recalled. "My wife, Kami, and Jordan went snorkeling on another part of the island. My wife was near Jordan, a few feet away."
It was then that a school of sharks suddenly pounced on Jordan.
"Kami said she heard Jordan yell like, 'Mom,' like, and then she -- Kami -- looked back, and the first thing was, she thought dolphins were around Jordan," Lindsey continued. "And then she ... then she realized, like, right away that, like, Jordan, was screaming."
Kami swam toward Jordan as fast as she could.
PHOTO: Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, Calif., was killed in a shark attack near Rose Island, in the Bahamas, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Courtesy Lindsey family
Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, Calif., was killed in a shark attack near Rose Island, in the Bahamas, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
Jordan's right arm was torn off in the attack, and she suffered bites to her left arm, both legs and buttocks, authorities said.
Kami attempted to pull Jordan to safety, but then another shark attacked her.
"And then," Lindsey said, "Jordan said, 'Mom, there's another shark coming!' And then the second shark hit her. The second shark hit again, like, on her lower leg. And then that's the last thing … Jordan said."
(MORE: Diver attacked by shark rescued by fishing boat full of nurses in Florida)
After a brutal struggle to get Jordan out of the water that included hitting the shark, Jordan was pulled onto a nearby island where they waited for a boat to take them to shore for medical assistance.
Jordan was losing consciousness, barely clinging to life, when the boat finally arrived -- with no medical supplies.
"They put towels over her leg … there was no first aid kit," her father told "GMA."
The boat rushed Jordan to a dock where an ambulance was waiting for her, but by the time Lindsey got the hospital, he was too late.
"I walked in," he recalled, "and they said, 'Your daughter's gone.'"
PHOTO: Jordan Lindsey, center, poses with her parents, two brothers, sister and girlfriend on their trip to the Bahamas. Lindsey, 21, was killed in a shark attack near Rose Island on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Courtesy Lindsey family
Jordan Lindsey, center, poses with her parents, two brothers, sister and girlfriend on their trip to the Bahamas. Lindsey, 21, was killed in a shark attack near Rose Island on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
The family hasn't been the same since Jordan's tragic death.
"Kami, of course, had the worst, like, 10 times the worst thing," Lindsey continued. "She has her daughter die in her arms on a trip. I mean, we cry every night still. And -- Kami has -- like, she doesn't like the nights. Because … when she closes her eyes, she's back in that water again. She's seen all the blood. She seen her poor daughter die in her arms."
Jordan's girlfriend, Gianna Gabrielle-Kasparek, who was with the Lindsey family at the time, said Jordan "had the biggest heart."
"She cared a lot about me and her family," she added. "She'd always worry about all of us. And she probably worried about us more than she worried about herself."
Sandy Toes Tour Company extended condolences and prayers for Jordan and her family after her death and reportedly added new safety measures including shark spotters on tours.
"All reasonable steps were taken to prevent this very unfortunate incident and our staff responded swiftly and in line with our emergency protocols and procedure," the company said in a statement.
The Lindsey family wants to prevent what happened to Jordan from happening to anyone else.
(MORE: Separate shark attacks injure 2 men on Florida's eastern coast)
When asked about what kind of changes he would like to see put in place, Michael Lindsey was succinct: "Definitely have some kind of medical training for everyone. From the captain all the way down to the deck hands. Everyone should know … what to do in case there is some kind of big tragedy like that … and then have the supplies to stop bleeding or if someone has a heart attack."
Lindsey went on to describe his daughter as his "little guardian angel."
"She took care of me," he said. "I just ... I remember kissing her on the forehead, and that's the last time I seen her. I just kissed her on the forehead and said, 'I'll -- I'll see you later, Jordan.'"
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Hamentashen.
Oh, Fleischmann's-Pareve-Full-Of-Chemicals-And-Other-Disgusting-Things-Margarine, how I miss you! Not so good things happens when I don't have you around and I am forced to bake with some fancy-pants non-dairy, GMO-free margarine from Whole Foods.
Purim is coming quickly and today was a very rainy and very perfect morning to bake some hamentashen. I dug out my trusty old hamentashen recipe and followed it exactly - except for the margarine. It seems to be that no matter how hard I look, I cannot find Fleischmann's margarine around here and while in theory it shouldn't matter, it does.
I rarely bake with anything but oil - the two times a year that I'll whip out the margarine are Chanukah and Purim. I used this weird margarine on Chanukah and I definitely noticed a difference - the cookies spread while baking, no matter how long they sat in the fridge, just chilling out and relaxing, before baking. It's almost like they were a little too relaxed.
In the back of my head, I knew the hamentashen would probably not make it, but I thought, hey, maybe there'll be a Purim miracle. But, sadly, it was not meant to be.
The winner - chocolate chip hamentashen. But these aren't your regular chocolate-chips-in-the-center hamentashen, these guys have chopped up chocolate chips in the dough. And then, okay fiiiine, chocolate chips in the middle. With the right margarine, these guys could be fantastic.
The loser - that sounds harsh. Let's call it the runner up. But we all know what that means. Vanilla-coconut. In theory, a nice combination. In practice, not so much.
I had some Duncan Hines vanilla frosting sitting around, so I mixed it with a little shredded coconut and used that as a filling.Then I baked them. And I learned that there is a reason that frosting is added to a cake after baking and not before. Frosting does not do well in the oven. It melts. It runs. It sticks to everything.
Wanna see? Are you sure? It's okay to look away. I did.
Except not these strawberry ones, because oh my lord, dang it to heck and back, this margarine is going to be the end of me! These guys turned out almost cake-like. Hamentashen are meant to more cookie-like. What to do?!
Wanna see what else the margarine did?
Can you guess what these were supposed to be? I couldn't tell for a second either. They kind of look like Rainbow Bright got into some kind of terrible accident. These were actually more of the vanilla frosting ones, topped with rainbow sprinkles. What a waste of rainbow sprinkles. So sad.
This hamentash recipe? Very good.
New hippie margarine? Very bad.
Chopped chocolate chips in the dough? Very good.
Frosting as a filling? Very (very) bad.
If you are looking for some fantastic hamentashen inspiration, check out the ones we made last year. I'll have to rest on my laurels because I'm pretty sure another round of hamentashen ain't happening this year. Good thing our theme doesn't need any hamentashen because if it did, at this point, I'd just change the whole theme.
ps For a fun reminder of how to shape and bake hamentashen, click here.
Have you ever used Smart Balance margarine (the regular kind)? You need to adjust the recipe slightly to account for the extra water content of the margarine, but the dough turns out pretty well. Or, you could use Earth Balance sticks...I find they turn out crispy cookies better than the Smart Balance.
Hi Jessica! It's so nice to hear from you! Thanks for the tip, I will have to look into Earth Balance. I've seen it in a container, I'll have to look again for it in sticks. Hope you're good!
Also- I always make hamantaschen with canola oil and chocolate spread for filling (the Israeli kind in the see-thru roundish container) and it comes out really good.
Aww, Elisheva! That's like the nicest comment ever! I'm so happy this makes you laugh :) I totally forgot about the New News - I cant believe you remembered that, that was a really fun time, I miss that.
I would love to try your hamentashen recipe. I know I said I wasnt making anymore this year, but my kids were kind of upset I did it without them today so our Sunday project is Hamentashen: Take II.
Love love LOVE hearing from you!
Can't someone just ship you frozen margarine??? Although, then you wouldn't have this hilarious blog post which made me laugh so hard!
Tomorrow is hamantashen day in our house and I ALWAYS use your recipe! cant wait!


As more prospective clients show intent by searching the web for goods and service, investing in organic SEO is more important now than ever before. When someone searches for the service or product that you offer, the goal that you have is to appear high in the search engine rankings. It is to encourage visitors to click and land at your website. There is a great deal of value offered by simply appearing in the search results for the terms that are related specifically to your business. Your business needs to have an SEO strategy in place if you are interested in succeeding in terms of online marketing; it remains one of the single most important components of any organization's branding efforts and online presence.
sound a bit far-fetched, but let's look at it like this: back in the golden age of the yellow pages, if you were looking for a plumber, did you feel more confident in calling the guy on the seventh page of the listings, or did you, like most people, start from the first page and work your way through? Your customers may not realize it, but high search rankings make you more credible in their eyes.
It's better to do business on a crowded street corner than it is to set up shop on a deserted island. This is synonymous to having traffic on your website. By itself, traffic is not going to make you any money, you still have to make your best effort to sell to your customers once they are on your website.
Google Analytics can help track searches made by internet users. It provides the data and metrics that gives insight into your customers search patterns- how they search, how they browse, the language they use, the technology they use, the region they live in, the days they are most active, the times of day they are most active, their demography, e.t.c. These information is extremely valuable because it can help you position your business towards making more informed decisions regarding your business marketing strategies, both online and offline.


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Q: Sign in Card with username/password fields I'd like to create a sign-in card that is not a link to a webpage to sign in to. Something that behaves something like this

All of the resources I've found online only show the button link like
Whose code looks something like this
var replytoconversation = context.MakeMessage();
replytoconversation.Text = "Authorize your Account";
replytoconversation.Attachments = new List<Attachment>();

var cardbuttons = new List<CardAction>();

cardbuttons.Add(new CardAction
{
     Title = "connect",
     Value = "http://mail.google.com",
     Type = ActionTypes.Signin

 });

 SigninCard plcard = new SigninCard("Log in to your account", cardbuttons);

 Attachment plattachment = plcard.ToAttachment();
 replytoconversation.Attachments.Add(new SigninCard("Log in to your account", cardbuttons).ToAttachment());
 await context.PostAsync(replytoconversation);

Any help would be appreciated thanks

A: What you are asking is not possible using the card system in the way you are asking. The only way I can think of at the moment would be to create a login web page alongside your web interface chat (if that's what you are using) and embed the web page in the chat bot (I've done something like this for a similar reason). This is a useful way of dealing with a number of things, such as connecting to a system that does not have an api. I know it's not the exact answer you want, but it's really the only way to my knowledge.

A: Just updating this as ive been working on it lately. If you use Adaptive-Cards, you can add in Input boxes using AdaptiveTextInput. Link these to a submit function and you can have the user input their details in,then pass them to another function. Here, you can either cast out of the bot to an auth protocol (not sure about how, havent tried yet), or you can do what I'm doing, and use a http/ftp database to authenticate data. Not that secure, but depends on what you are using it for.

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Recording of June 1999: Coward of the County
Dan Ouellette | Jun 3, 1999
GINGER BAKER & THE DJQ2O: Coward of the County
Ginger Baker, drums; Ron Miles, trumpet; James Carter, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Fred Hess, tenor sax; Eric Gunnison, piano; Shamie Royston, organ; Todd Ayers, guitar; Glenn Taylor, pedal-steel guitar; Artie Moore, bass
Atlantic 83168-2 (CD). 1999. Ginger Baker, Ron Miles, prods.; Danny Kopelson, eng. DDD. TT: 60:26
Performance ****?
Sonics ****
He claims to have been a jazz drummer from the get-go, but Ginger Baker's tenures in Cream and Blind Faith ensure that he will be forever enshrined in the rock'n'roll pantheon. But except for an ill-conceived reunion with ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce for BBM, a lackluster 1994 power trio (Around the Next Dream, Virgin 39728-2), Baker retired from the rock world in the early '80s to gradually move closer to jazz. In 1986, after a hiatus in Italy, where he took up olive farming, he re-emerged to collaborate with producer Bill Laswell on a couple of fusion/world-music projects, and in 1992 recorded Unseen Rain, a free-form jazz trio date with bassist Jonas Hellborg and pianist Jens Johannsson.
This set the stage for three CDs recorded for Atlantic in the '90s, beginning with Going Back Home, his brilliant trio date with guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Charlie Haden [produced by Stereophile's Chip Stern—Ed.], and culminating in this remarkable new disc, Coward of the Country. These recordings confirm that Baker's days of drumming up storms in rock arenas are ancient history, and that he deserves praise for his refined, ensemble-oriented jazz sensibility.
Recorded live in the studio and boasting sterling sound, Coward of the County features Baker holding forth with his Colorado jazz cronies, loosely formed into a relatively consistent performing band called DJQ2O, for Denver Jazz Quintet To Octet. (Most of the group's appearances took place after Baker's polo matches at the Mile High Polo Club, in post-game reveries in which the drummer could kick back after the competition.)
Tenor saxophonist Fred Hess leads his own group, the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble; inventive trumpeter Ron Miles has starred in Bill Frisell's Quartet and has recorded four CDs as a leader, including his 1997 Gramavision jewel, Woman's Day (79516). As co-producer of Coward of the County and composer of six of its eight tunes, Miles serves as the creative spark and coordinator of the band's stellar interplay.
With a few notable exceptions, Baker himself remains tethered to earth here, swinging tastefully. Sure, he could overpower each tune, but instead he listens and responds with restraint, his drumming low in the mix as he secures the rhythmic structure of each number without dominating.
The album opens with the gracefully swinging "Cyril Davies," inspired by the harmonica player/singer and one of two Baker compositions here. Davies died young of leukemia, after playing in the London-based band Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, which Baker also belonged to in the early '60s. The piece is infused with the blues, evidenced in Miles' trumpet solo and the fat-toned baritone sax offerings of guest James Carter (he appears on three other cuts), who steps up to the plate to belt out a gripping, wailing improvisation.
Miles wrote the next track, "Ginger Spice," with Baker in mind. It's an ebullient beauty, with a colorful tapestry of spinning, swirling, juju-like rhythms over which Hess soars and Carter shreds. For those diehard rock fans who want to hear Ginger burst into volcanic flame, there's his "Dangle the Carrot," on which he unloads with a barrage of exclamatory drumming. The first quiet moment of the CD is Miles' deeply moving "Megan Showers," a tender number that the trumpeter delivers with yearning melancholy.
Baker and Miles cook up a diverse package in the collection's second half. In what the drummer calls "the most challenging piece of music I have ever played," the trumpeter leads the octet into the dynamic, meter-shifting "Jesus Loves You," which concludes with an ecstatic bloom of horn-blowing undergirded by Baker's rolling thunder. On the downcast title tune, Miles wafts introspective lines over Baker's sparkling support, while on the gracefully gripping "Daylight," guitarist Todd Ayers offers rock-edged shards of sound and organist Shamie Royston delivers restless gurglings. For the stunning finale, Carter returns with slow, bluesy bass-clarinet musings on Miles' sad, country-tinged "Jesus, I Want to Go to Sleep" (the tune originally appeared on Woman's Day), with additional weeping supplied by Glenn Taylor's pedal steel and Royston's church organ.
Coward of the County finds Ginger Baker stretching in a new direction, which is settling in with and drumming to the pulse of a regularly gigging band. The only disappointment is that a DJQ2O follow-up album seems unlikely—a few days after the release of this CD, Baker moved from Colorado, his home for more than five years, to South Africa.—Dan Ouellette
Recording of January 2021: Rainbow Sign
Recording of December 2020: Christmas Vibes
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Recording of October 2020: Rough and Rowdy Ways


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Anica Quizon '18, Precious Perlas '19, Ally Mercado '18, and Lilly Cooper '20 pose with a mascot for The Catholic Youth Bible, which is used in Theology courses at Alverno.
In addition to attending Youth Day 2018 last week, a few of Alverno Heights' students also had the opportunity to attend Religious Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Anica Quizon '18, Precious Perlas '19, Ally Mercado '18, and Cassidy Castillo '17 pose with Bishop David G. O'Connell is the Episcopal Vicar of the San Gabriel Pastoral Region. Bishop O'Connell presided over Liturgy at Alverno last year and was present at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels when Alverno alumna Cassidy Castillo '17 received the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Christian Service Medal.
Religious Education Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Religious Education, is the nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics. This year's theme was "Rise Up" and the girls, along with Campus Minister Ms. Katharine Guerrero, got to enjoy speakers and workshops from Catholic leaders across the country!
Precious Perlas '19, Ally Mercado '18, and Anica Quizon '18 listen to one of the many wonderful speakers at Religious Education Congress.


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News	Astronomy
Most complete map of Titan reveals connected seas and cookie-cutter lakes
Latest Cassini data help fill in details about Saturnian moon's surface
NORTHERN LAKES Radar images of Titan's poles show lakes that may form like Earth's sinkholes. A new topographic map suggests these hydrocarbon lakes may be connected through Titan's equivalent of groundwater.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, ASI, USGS
By Lisa Grossman
Liquid methane and ethane flow through a subterranean plumbing system on Titan, which drains lakes and connects seas. That's one of the first scientific results from the latest, most complete map of the Saturnian moon's topography.
Planetary scientist Paul Corlies of Cornell University and colleagues released the map — based on all the data from NASA's Cassini mission, which ended in September (SN Online: 9/15/17) — in Geophysical Research Letters on December 2.
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, hosts seas, lakes, clouds and rain — all composed of hydrocarbons such as methane and ethane instead of water. The elevations of seas and mountains across 9 percent of Titan's surface were directly recorded by Cassini as it flew past Titan over 13 years. The researchers had to infer altitudes for the rest of the globe.
Compared with previous maps, the new one adds mountains in the southern hemisphere and shows that Titan is more of a squashed sphere than previously thought. Researchers can now use the map to build computer simulations of everything from Titan's atmosphere to its interior structure. "Within hours of the paper actually being available online, people we've never collaborated with started contacting [Corlies] to ask how to get the data," says study coauthor Alexander Hayes, a planetary scientist also at Cornell.
But the first study to use the map, also published December 2 in Geophysical Research Letters, is research that Hayes has been working on for a decade. The work shows that Titan has a sea level as well as the hydrocarbon equivalent of groundwater — pores in subsurface rock are filled with liquid that can seep into and between the lakes and seas.
"Looking for actual evidence that the lakes could be communicating was a fundamental question from Cassini," Hayes says. "This is the final paper that gives the best evidence that it exists."
His team analyzed the altitudes of Titan's liquid bodies and found that the three largest seas — Ligeia Mare, Kraken Mare and Punga Mare— are all about the same elevation, just like Earth's oceans. In other words, Titan has a sea level, Hayes says. To maintain that uniformity, the seas must be connected through channels that could be above or below ground.
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A new map of Titan's topography, made with data from the Cassini mission to Saturn, shows mountains (redder colors) as well as seas and depressions (bluer colors).
P. Corlies et al/Geophysical Research Letters 2017
The moon's poles are dotted with small lakes and depressions that are shaped like lakes but contain no liquid. Hayes and colleagues found that the liquid levels of the filled lakes are above sea level, so they are potentially isolated from the seas. If the lakes and seas were connected, the lakes' liquid could drain into the seas, and the liquids' surface heights would all match — or the lakes would be empty.
The floors of the dry lake beds are at a higher elevation still. Hayes thinks that may indicate that their liquid flowed into the filled polar lakes. Those hydrological connections probably occur underground because there do not appear to be enough connections on the surface. If scientists could dig deeper into a dry lake, he predicts, they would hit liquid at the level of the filled lakes' surfaces.
A remaining mystery is how the small polar lakes formed. Both the dry and filled lakes have steep walls, flat floors and rims that rise above the surrounding ground — features that lakes on Earth tend not to have. "They look like you went around Titan's polar region with a cookie cutter and cut out little shapes," Hayes says.
His best guess is that the lakes are sinkholes (SN: 1/25/14, p. 14), which collapsed when the bedrock material was dissolved out from under them. If true, then Titan's poles may be covered with a thick layer of a kind of solid that hydrocarbons can dissolve, like acetylene. But sinkholes shouldn't have raised rims, so that theory doesn't explain everything.
The researchers hope other investigators will have some new ideas. "We're just saying, these are all the observations. Please tell us how they fit together," Hayes says.
Planetary scientist Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, thinks the odd lakes could be the remnants of icy volcanoes. Explosive eruptions could create the raised rims, and the depressions could be empty magma chambers that collapsed. "I think we should consider it," she says.
But she agrees that Hayes' groundwater theory makes sense. Seeing hydrological systems on Titan that are similar to Earth's "is satisfying, and helps to validate that what we understand from the Earth should work on other bodies, regardless of what the liquid is made of," she says.
P. Corlies et al. Titan's topography and shape at the end of the Cassini mission. Geophysical Research Letters. Published online December 2, 2017. doi: 10.1002/2017GL075518.
A.G. Hayes et al. Topographic constraints on the evolution and connectivity of Titan's lacustrine basins. Geophysical Research Letters. Published online December 2, 2017. doi: 10.1002/2017GL075468.
About Lisa Grossman
Lisa Grossman is the astronomy writer. She has a degree in astronomy from Cornell University and a graduate certificate in science writing from University of California, Santa Cruz. She lives near Boston.
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The foul-mouthed foursome from cable TV's hit series are uncensored at last in their outrageous feature film debut. When a trip to the new "Terrance & Philip" movie has Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and the rest of the South Park kids cussing a blue streak, the outraged parents start a protest that leads to America declaring war on Canada and the gang trying to stop Satan and Saddam Hussein from taking over the world. All this, and songs, too! 81 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary.


Don't get us wrong – kale is great for you. We all know it. It's a superfood, after all. But let's face it, some of us are getting over the craze. If you're getting over the flavor itself but not necessarily the nutrition, here are 6 delicious kale recipes you may not have heard of to give this leafy green new life, just in time for National Kale Day tomorrow.
Wait just hear us out!! We know, guacamole is sacred. We wouldn't suggest this recipe if we didn't know you'd love it. Trust us. The kale really doesn't make it taste that different, but it sure does up the nutrition factor.
How To Make Something Taste Great So Even The Kids Will Love It 101: Add cheese. This recipe has plenty of that, plus plenty of kale. Also cheese.
Like I said, cheese helps literally everything. This recipe with balsamic and caramelized onions will be your new favorite sandwich ever.
You think I'm trying to trick you, right? Seriously, there's kale in there. Have at it.
Put a new twist on this Thanksgiving classic. Also it's an excuse to eat more mashed potatoes, so. Do you really need another reason?
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Manitoba has highest prevalence of COVID in Canada: study By: Chris Kitching Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022
The number of COVID-19 infections in Manitoba remains high, with an estimated 10,000 people contracting the novel coronavirus every day amid waning booster immunity, new research suggests.
One in every 22 people, or 4.6 per cent of the population, is believed to be infected — the highest prevalence of Canadian provinces and territories, according to data published Oct. 7 by COVID-19 Resources Canada.
Prof. Tara Moriarty, co-founder of the research group, which is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, said the findings demonstrate why people should get their fourth vaccine dose and continue to take precautions.
COVID-19 Resources Canada
"Manitoba's infections have been pretty high," Moriarty said in a phone interview Monday. "We probably have 10 times more infections on a daily basis (in Canada) than we did a year ago."
The risk of getting infected is very high, and infections usually increase after Thanksgiving as the weather turns cold and people stay indoors, said Moriarty, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Toronto.
Behind Manitoba, the estimated prevalence in P.E.I. is one in every 25 people, and one in every 30 in British Columbia.
At 726.4, Manitoba had the highest rate of estimated total daily infections, including reinfections, per 100,000 residents.
The true scale of infections in Manitoba is unknown. PCR testing is limited, with about 300 samples analyzed by lab staff each day in recent weeks.
There are 26 outbreaks within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's hospitals and personal care homes, as of Oct. 7, according to an online list.
To arrive at its findings, Moriarty's group uses a complex model which involves "back estimating" the number of infections based on hospitalizations or deaths reported by a province or territory.
If there is a lack of reporting by a government, the formula becomes more complicated. Researchers use more complete data from Quebec to calculate an "under detection level" for a particular province or territory.
Moriarty said the group's estimates match federal public health data and local wastewater testing data "quite well."
Her lab gives each province a COVID-19 hazard index score based on three equally weighted categories: current infections and spread, the impact on the health-care system, and mortality.
With a score of seven out of 13, Manitoba is in a tie for second-highest in Canada with Alberta, Saskatchewan and the North.
B.C.'s score of eight is the highest. The national average is six.
Manitoba's index was nine on Sept. 16.
The estimate of 10,000 infections per day in Manitoba is likely about 1,000 less than the daily total in January, said Moriarty.
Manitoba's first Omicron wave peaked that month.
There are fewer deaths this time, said Moriarty, because a lot of the most at-risk Manitobans have since had a booster dose or have died.
The recent surge in infections in Canada is being driven by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, which has become dominant. It causes mild to moderate infections in most people.
The variant is adept at causing reinfection, said Moriarty, noting many Canadians have waning vaccine protection due to the time that has elapsed since their last shot.
According to government data, 78 per cent of eligible Manitoba residents (aged six months and older) have had at least two doses of a vaccine, as of Oct. 1.
In the last six months, 16.3 per cent have had at least one dose.
Manitoba expanded eligibility for the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the Omicron variant, to include anyone over 18 on Sept. 22.
As of Oct. 1, 2.1 per cent of those eligible have received a bivalent dose.
Moriarty predicted Canada may not see a noticeable surge from Thanksgiving gatherings, because people were already mixing more following the end of public health orders earlier this year.
Moriarty is encouraging people to get their COVID-19 and influenza shots, and wear a mask in indoor public spaces to curb the spread of the virus and ease the burden on hospitals.
"We already have a health-care system that is struggling in almost every province," she said.
A Manitoba government spokesman said the province is focused on monitoring hospital capacity and capabilities, promoting booster vaccination and preventing respiratory disease. Those efforts include ad campaigns for the bivalent and flu vaccines.
Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont claims the data and care home outbreaks show COVID-19 is "running unchecked" in Manitoba.
"The premier and public health need to explain to Manitobans whether the strategy is just to let COVID rip through the population," he said in a statement. "It's not responsible, and you wouldn't do that with polio or Ebola, but it looks to us like that is the choice the PCs are making."
chris.kitching@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @chriskitching
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With the world at our fingertip, from New York to Paris, with the power of social media we're able to experiment fashion week as if we're there front row, dressed to perfection in our favorite designer wear seeing all the upcoming trends roll by on the runway. I tell you, it's a MAGICAL world!
Within minutes the new trends appear online. Within days the new trends appear in the shopping malls. Within weeks the new trends appear in my closet! LOL!!!
Seeing this print in coats, trousers, overalls made me want to create a "business smart" look that is made up of my favorite fall pieces. This includes the plaid blazer, which can easily be thrown on. The kind of versatile staple that can put you on the top of the list of most fashionable ladies. I already see your name there!
If you're a tee lover than you know blazers and tees make the perfect balance between casual and chic. In one sentence it's the kind of bond that can rarely be broken because it looks way too good together. A pairing like this is not to be taken for granted. It's way strong as we have all witnessed the amazing tee and blazer styles.
Just because I like fall, or more accurately, haven't worn pants in what feels like ages, I decided to change it up with these chic trousers. I hear my skirts crying out my name just about now, but I feel as though there is nothing wrong with taking a different approach. How many of you are also loving something so much that you keep wanting to wear it every time?
Aside from layering, autumn brings me all the excitement for accessorizing, especially wearing berets or baker boy hats. It's the kind of charm that makes me feel like an outfit is complete!
How do you like to wear plaid and does this trend get a thumbs up or thumbs down from you?
For me it's a two thumbs up because I like experimenting with new trends, seeing old ones make a comeback and really evolving my style, adding new wardrobe pieces each season. It's part of the FUN and what fashion is all about!!!
So beautiful I love this outfit. I don't see people wear red tops often where I live but I'm so happy when I see them it's my favourite color on tops and you match everything so beautifully!
Thanks! I have no idea why red isn't worn as much. It really is such a beautiful color.
I am in love with this outfit, but then again I always love your outfits! Plaid is one of my favorite prints for fall.
So chic, I love the paring of a tshirt with more tailored pieces, these are so colours I would wear.
I love your look girl!
You can never go wrong with plaid. Love this on you!!
You're so right Darlene! Plaid all the wayyyy!
I love plaid. It's such a classic and I think it looks particularly good on blazers like the one you wore. Great styling!
I love checks during fall !
Love your outfit with grey checks and red touches !
Oh such a cute outfit, you look amazing! I loooved keeping up with the trends being showcased at the fashion week shows and YES plaid is deffinitely one of my favs! That jacket is gorgeous, I just picked up a long, trench-like coat in almost exactly the same pattern and it's just such a dream to style, such a statemen piece!
Thank you Janine! Me too. That's the fun of fashion!
Loving the pop of red! You look fab girl.
I love how you styled the red and gray pieces together!
I appreciate all the love Ale! Thank you!!!
I'm loving this look! I'm definitely going to try and implement this into my own wardrobe.
That's so great to hear! I'm happy you love it!!!
Hi! So cool. I would love to have the same one in black too. Having more than one berets never hurts right?!
Definitely gets the thumbs up from me! Your outfit is so cute. I have some similar trouser but I'm also seeing lots of browns in this plaid trend too. LOVE it.
You fab Radi, loving that red tee!!!
Plaid is one of my fave prints ever! I love it styled with red!
You really outdid yourself this time! Gorgeous!!!
Plaid is definitely fall trend ;) You look gorgeous!
You look super cute in this beret! The photos are amazing!
I love your style and the outfit is just perfect.
Particularmente eu adoro xadrez! Uso bastante e em qualquer estação do ano. Seu look ficou bem bonito!
Girl, I'm all about Glen Plaid too! Love the pants!
This outfit is really stunning, I also like very much the smart and busy woman look, it is so versatile and elegant. The choice of the elements for this look is really amazing, red looks fantastic with grey shades.
I like how you combined your plaid pieces!
Plaid is always perfect for autumn. I really like this look. Those boots are fabulous. You look amazing...so stylish and well put together.
Gorgeous outfit. I'm also huge lover of plaid and I really like how you combine it. Amazing.
Getting super excited to layer lots this season!
The red tone have a beautiful highlight and left the harmonious combination!
i like the colour combination! hope you have an amazing day!
I love the plaid trend and the animal trend as well. This blazer is a must have and I literally just got white booties too that I am obsessed with! Love the entire look!
It's so hard not to fall in love with these trends right?!
Ohh yay... let me tell you... I have been wanting white boots since last fall!
I love your outfit! The red color of the shirt stands out a lot on the gray and I like it!
I love how business casual this look is, I love the pop of red from your beret & shirt!
Loving this gorgeous plaid blazer! So chic!
I'm here for the trend. I think it's classic and timeless.
this is my fav trend, without doubt!
I loved this outfit! It's so lovely!!
Looking gorgeous, and I love your jacket so much !
la boina es una monada, me encarta amor!
Yess! I've always loved plaid, it gives me massive Clueless vibes so I'm super excited it's coming back in all it's glory!
So chic and special outfit!
chic outfit. Nice style you have.
Looks great. I love the outfit!
Great look dear! I love red, it's so beautiful!
Me too! How are you going to wear it?
Shirt, pants and blazer are so great!
Plaid has been everywhere lately but I am totally okay with that! I just need to find myself a plaid blazer now!
As usual you manged to find the coolest pieces around and to pair them in the most stylih way possible!
You look flawless dear, super cool look!
Such a cute combo! It's a grown up clueless look!
Plaid is so in and you are ROCKIN' it, girl! Thanks so much for sharing!
Love plaid trend. You look gorgeous in this outfit.
I love plaid. Wonderful outfit!
I found it super chic and elegant!
Such a trendy and hip look! Love the jacket with the red tee.
Such a chic classic. Love how you styled it with red elements dear.
Hi! Great outfit, it´s very cool.
Most definitely... I will visit soon!
I'm so down for this print! Great styling!
So cute! I love plaid for fall!
I love this print and found your outfit amazing. Here in Brazil we really use this picture a lot. Have a great day.
I love the outfit! You look really good.
Love the plaid jacket - so stylish !
Love your jacket... So pretty look! Have a great day.
Ohh I love your outfit!
And speaking of plaid I really wanted to get myself a plaid skirt for this season! sadly I haven't found anything that looks good so far..
Take your time. I'm sure you'll find it!
Me too! Always so fun to experiment with them!!!
Right, the perfect print for this season!
Thanks so much! You too!!!
Such a chic and classic outfit here Radi. Great styling and ensemble.
I love those pants, such a cute waist tie!
Lovely outfit, I'm a big lover of plaid.
This outfit is so beautiful! I love the plaid paired with the red! Amazing styling!
Trend of coat and pants is very popular in our republic, I have pants in similar style.
This is amazing! I love the red and the grey together! So chic!
I love your style! This is definitely an outfit I would wear!
WOOO, I adore these pictures because I'm currently obsessed with this pattern, obviously it has been here since forever (haha) but now it is getting a makeover and you can mix them with a lot of color block garments or even with other textures!
Babe, you look so perfect . Love your dress. It is so feminine and gorgeous on you. And your photos are amazing! Love your shots, especially the last one.


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Temples of Ranakpur, Pali District, Rajasthan
Temples of Ranakpur, Rajasthan are visited by numerous pilgrims from all across the globe for its architectural splendour and was constructed during 14th century during the reign of Rana Kumbha. Its erection was completed in 65 years and Adinatha is the presiding deity of this temple.
Temples of Ranakpur are popular throughout the world for their magnificent architectural patterns and are significant pilgrimage spots for the Jains, located in Ranakpur village, near Sadri town, Pali District, Rajasthan. They are based at a distance of nearly 95 kms from the northern portion of Udaipur and were constructed during the 15th century, immensely reputed for their gigantic size. The joint efforts of a Jain businessman named Seth Dharna Sah as well as Rana Kumbha, the ruler of Mewar in 15th century was responsible for the creation of this ancient temple. Ranakpur Temples were so named in the honour of this royal monarch and even the village of Ranakpur was named to commemorate him. Present in the western part of the Aravalli Mountain Ranges, Ranakpur Temples had been erected out of light shaded marble and occupied an area measuring 48, 000 square feet, comprising 1, 400 beautifully carved pillars. The temple is dedicated to Adinatha.
History of Ranakpur Temples
Construction of Temples of Ranakpur commenced during 1437 CE as per the inscriptions of a copper plate and also a Sanskrit text termed as 'Soma-Saubhagya Kavya'. Deepaka was the chief architect who had supervised the erection of this temple. An inscription engraved on a pillar reveals that an architect named Deepaka had been instrumental for overseeing the creation of the temple during 1439 at a special direction of 'Dharanka' who was a devoted Jain. Following the completion of the ground floor of the temple, the religious ceremonies were conducted by Acharya Soma Sundar Suri of Tapa Gachha according to Soma Saubhagya Kavya. Finally, the construction was finished in 1458 AD. However, renovations were performed at the temple at regular intervals. The creation of 'mandapas' and 'devakulikas' was financed by certain influential families. During the olden days, Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi had managed the temple trust.
Architecture of Ranakpur Temples
Surya Temple, Chaumukha Temple, Amba Mata Temple and Parsavanath Temple are the different temples which are existent in the premises of Ranakpur Temples. Chaumukha Temple is said to be the most important temple and it is four-faced, true to its name, 'Chau Mukha'. Adinatha, who was the first Jain Tirthankara is the presiding deity of Ranakpur Temples. Visitors will come across four separate doorways to be granted access into the temples. The Chaumukha temple faces four different directions which signify the four cardinal directions of the conquest of Adinatha, the Jain Tirthankara.
Distinctive turrets, cupolas, 'shikhara' and domes characterises the architectural features of Ranakpur Temples, which is seen rising over the hill-slopes of Aravalli Hills. Each of the pillars sport a unique appearance and no two pillars are similar. The statues of the temple face towards one another. One will observe a spectacular carving which has been made from a single piece of rock, at a point where 108 heads of various snakes and tails meet. It is impossible to seek the end of the tails. The largest image of the temple is based on the western portion of the temple near the axis of the main temple.
Tiny shrines and temples surround the Ranakpur Temples which possess separate terraces and domes. Five temple spires are witnessed rising above the walls and 20 cupolas rise from the temple roofs. The largest shrine is home to the central altar of the temple and elaborate foliate scrollwork and attractive geometric motifs adorn the ceilings of Ranakpur Temples. The temple grounds comprise four other shrines which consist of 80 domes, 400 columns and 24 pillared halls. Brackets embellished with the images of deities exist in the lower and also upper portions of the temple domes. One of the most striking architectural features of the Ranakpur Temples is the depiction of 45-feet embedded celestial nymphs playing the flute in several dance postures. One would be amazed to learn that these temple columns alter their colour to a pale blue from golden hues every hour.
Harmonious sounds are produced by the two giant bells which measure about 108 kg and are present in the prayer hall of the temple which is referred to as the 'mandap'. The Chaumukha Temple stands majestically, similar to a heavenly aircraft or a 'Nalinigulm Vimana', which imparts a heavenly air to the Jain pilgrimage centre. It took 65 years to construct the Ranakpur Temples, only due to the presence of an intricate architectural style. Parsavanath Temple is also a wonderful temple structure which is popular for its engraved windows decorated with Jain figures. 'Patriyon Ka Mandir' is another name of the Parsavanath Temple. Located close to Ranakpur Temples are two other temples dedicated to 'Surya Narayan' or Lord Surya and Neminath or the 22nd saint. Circular architectural characteristics accompanied by wall projections are the features of the Surya Narayan Temple. Ranakpur Temple was once nominated as one of the top 77 wonders of the world; though later it was not included in that list.
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Charity 'Toys Of Hope' In Need Of Help After Delivery Van Totaled In Crash
By Carolyn Gusoff December 20, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Filed Under:Carolyn Gusoff, Charity, Christmas, holiday gifts, Huntington, Local TV, nonprofit, Toys
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A volunteer organization on Long Island that helps needy families is in need of help, itself.
Its toy delivery van was totaled in a crash and that is putting its holiday gift distributions in jeopardy, CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reported Monday.
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Toys are piling up, but will they make it to children in time for Christmas?
You could say Santa's sleigh is grounded in one of his workshops. A two-decade-old delivery van used by the nonprofit Toys of Hope is beyond repair.
"We are without a truck and we have been scrambling and people have been helping us in cars and driveways," said Melissa Doktofsky, founder of Toys of Hope.
"The van is our lifeline," added Brian Hansen, the organization's volunteer director of operations.
Hansen spreads cheer year round, not only toys for needy and homeless families, but also clothing, food, and coats.
"For us to get a new van, we are all volunteer and finances are tough. The last two years with the pandemic, the donations just didn't come in," Hansen said.
The group has managed to still pull off beloved parades, shuttling toys in their own cars from Long Island to New Jersey. However, the 27-year-old organization doesn't want this to be the first year it disappoints.
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"If we don't come with the truck, there is no Christmas. That's the barebones of it all," Doktofsky said.
"A lot of these shelters, they are only in on a temporary basis, so they are constantly moving. So a toy for them that they can call their own — and it's not used — it means a lot to them," Hansen added.
One woman dropped off dozens of new dolls.
"There are so many children out there who don't get toys. They feel, I've been good all year and why didn't I get toys?" the donor said.
While, sadly, some deliveries will be canceled.
"Thirty two individual deliveries to our families that are handicapped, that they have no way they can get to us," Doktofsky said.
Toys of Hope says it really needs people to come through.
Volunteers said, if necessary, they will continue to deliver toys through Three Kings Day on Jan. 6, but they are hoping not to disappoint hundreds of children with an IOU on Christmas.
MORE NEWS: 'Christmas Is Saved': Charity 'Toys Of Hope' Gets Temporary Delivery Van After Its Was Totaled In Crash
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