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Part 237 – ONEWORD SUBSTITUTION Previous Year Questions
Q1. Expert in the scientific study of birds
(a) dermatologist
(b) zoologist
(c) ornithologist
(d) astronaut
Ans: (c) ornithologist ornithologist (N.): a person who studies birds dermatologist (N.): a doctor who studies and treats skin diseases zoologist (N.): a scientist who studies animals and their behaviour astronaut (N.): a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft
Q2. Building in which dead bodies are kept for a time
(a) mortuary
(b) monastery
(c) sanatorium
(d) crematorium
Ans: (a) mortuary mortuary (N.): a room/building in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried/cremated (b) monastery (N.): a building in which monks live together (c) sanatorium (N.): a place like a hospital where patients who have a lasting illness/who are getting better after an illness are treated (d) crematorium (N.): a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned
Q3. One who believes that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life
(a) hedonist (b) pessimist
(c) misanthrope(d) philistine
Ans: (a) hedonist (a) hedonist (N.): a person who believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life (b) pessimist (N.): a person who always expects bad things to happen (c) misanthrope (N.): a person who hates and avoids other people (d) philistine (N.): a person who does not like/understand art, literature, music, etc.
Q4. One who breaks the established traditions and image
(a) fatalist (b) fanatic
(c) iconoclast (d) philogynist
Ans: (c) iconoclast iconoclast (N.): a person who criticizes popular beliefs or established customs fatalist (N.): a person who believes in fate/destiny fanatic (N.): a person who is extremely enthusiastic; enthusiast; extremist philogymist (N.): a person who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity
Q5. Property handed down after the death of a person
(a) legacy (b) legend
(c) patrimony (d) inheritance
Ans: (d) inheritance inheritance (N.): the money, property, etc. that you receive from somebody when he dies legacy (N.): money/property that is given to you by somebody when he dies; inheritance legend (N.): a story from ancient times about people and events, that may/may not be true; myth patrimony (N.): property that is given to somebody when his father dies; inheritance
Q6. Belief that war and violence are unjustified
(a) neutralisation
(b) pessimism
(c) naturalisation
(d) pacifism
Ans: (d) pacifism pacifism (N.): the belief that war and violence are always wrong neutralisation (N.): action intended to invalidate the effects of some previous action pessimism (N.): a feeling that bad things will happen and that something will not be successful naturalisation (N.): the quality of being brought into conformity with Nature
Q7. A group of girls
(a) bevy (b) covey
(c) troupe (d) coterie
Ans: (a) bevy bevy (N.): a large group of people/ things of the same kindgirls/ young women covey (N.): a small collection of people troupe (N.): a group of actors, singers, etc. who work together coterie (N.): a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others
Q8. Causing or ending in death
(a) fatal (b) deadly
(c) serious (d) dangerous
Ans: (a) fatal fatal (Adj.): causing or ending in death deadly (Adj.): causing or likely to cause death; extreme; complete serious (Adj.): bad/dangerous; not only for pleasure; important; not silly; not joking dangerous (Adj.): likely to injure/ harm/damage/destroy
Q9. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama
(a) prologue (b) dialogue
(c) epilogue (d) monologue
Ans: (c) epilogue epilogue (N.): a speech at the end of a play, book, or film/movie that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened prologue (N.): a speech at the beginning of a play, book, or film/movie that introduces it dialogue (N.): conversations in a look, play or film/movie monologue (N.): a long speech by one person during a conversation that stops other people from speaking or expressing an opinion
Q10. One who loves books
(a) scholar
(b) bibliographer
(c) teacher
(d) bibliophile
Ans: (d) bibliophile bibliophile (N.): a person who loves or collects books scholar (N.): a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because he has studied that in detail bibliographer (N.): someone trained in compiling books/articles about a particular subject; author teacher (N.): a person who teaches in a school
Q11. One who has obstinate and narrow religious views
(a) theosophist
(b) bigot
(c) philosopher
(d) theologian
Ans: (b) bigot bigot (N.): a person who has very strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions about race, religion or politics and who will not listen to or accept the opinions of anyone who disagrees theosophist (N.): a believer in a religious system of thought that tries to know God by means of meditation, prayer, etc. philosopher (N.): a person who thinks deeply about things theologian (N.): a person who studies religion and beliefs
Q12. The sound of the funeral bell
(a) knell (b) spell
(c) dong (d) dingdong
Ans: (a) knell knell (N.): the sound of a bell sung slowly to announce a death/ a funeral/the end of something spell (N.): a short period of time during which something lasts dong (N.): sound made by a bell dingdong (N.): sound made by a bell
Q13. Military waking signal sounded in the morning
(a) reveille (b) lullaby
(c) anthem (d) soprano
Ans: (a) reveille reveille (N.): a tune that is played to wake soldiers in the morning lullaby (N.): a soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep anthem (N.): a song that has a special importance for a country, an organisation or a particular group of people, and is sung on special occasions soprano (N.): a singing voice with the highest range for a woman or boy
Q14. Study of insects
(a) ecology (b) embryology
(c) entomology(d) biology
Ans: (c) entomology entomology (N.): the scientific study of insects ecology (N.): the study of the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment embryology (N.): the study of the development of animals/ plants before birth biology (N.): the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals
Q15. A person in his seventies
(a) sexagenarian
(b) septuagenarian
(c) centurion
(d) patriarch
Ans: (b) septuagenarian septuagenarian (N.): a person between the ages of 70 and 79 sexagenarian (N.): a person between the ages of 60 and 69 centurion (N.): an army officer who commanded a 100 soldiers (in ancient Rome) patriarch (N.): the male head of a family or community
Q16. A government by officials
(a) oligarchy (b) aristocracy
(c) plutocracy (d) bureaucracy
Ans: (d) bureaucracy bureaucracy (N.): a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected oligarchy (N.): a form of government in which only a small group of people hold all the power aristocracy (N.): nobility; the most powerful members of a society plutocracy (N.): government by the richest people of a country
Q17. One who walks in sleep
(a) somniloquist
(b) egoist
(c) somnambulist
(d) altruist
Ans: (c) somnambulist somnambulist (N.): someone who walks about in sleep somniloquist (N.): someone who talks while asleep egoist (N.): a person who thinks he/she is better than other people and who thinks and talks too much about himself/herself altruist (N.): someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human wellbeing
Q18. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter
(a) pun
(b) alliteration
(c) transferred epithet
(d) oxymoron
Ans: (b) alliteration alliteration (N.): the use of the same letter/sound at the beginning of words that are close together pun (N.): the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same transferred epithet (N.): the reversal of the usual relationship between two words oxymoron (N.): a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other
Q19. A specialist who tests eyesight
(a) optician
(b) ophthalmologist
(c) ichthyologist
(d) neurologist
Ans: (b)ophthalmologist ophthalmologist: a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of the eye optician: a person whose job is to examine people's eyes and to recommend and sell glasses ichthyologist: a zoologist who studies fish neurologist: a doctor who studies and treats diseases of nerves
Q20. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area
(a) dam (b) mound
(c) dyke (d) embankment
Ans: (c) dyke dyke (N.): a long thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto a low area of land dam (N.): a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing mound (N.): a large pile of earth or stones; heap embankment (N.): a wall of stone/earth made to keep water back or to carry a road or railway/ railroad over low ground
Q21. To be biased against
(a) partial (b) objective
(c) prejudiced (d) predestined
Ans: (c) prejudiced prejudiced (Adj.): having an unreasonable dislike of/preference for somebody/something partial (Adj.): not complete/ whole; showing or feeling too much support for one person, team, idea, etc; biased objective (Adj.): unbiased; not influenced by personal feelings/ opinions predestined (Adj.): already decided or planned by God or by Fate
Q22. Motion of head, hands etc., as a mode of expression indicating attitude.
(a) gesture (b) grin
(c) gestation (d) grimace
Ans: (a) gesture gesture (N.): a movement that you make with your hands your head or your face to show a particular meaning grin (N.): to smile widely gestation (N.): the time that the young of a person/animal develops inside its mother's body until it is born grimace (N.): an ugly expression with your face to show pain, disgust, etc.
Q23. Bitter and violent attack in words
(a) diaspora (b) diacriticism
(c) diadem (d) diatribe
Ans: (d) diatribe diatribe (N.): a long and angry speech or piece of writing attacking and criticizing somebody/ something diaspora (N.): the movement of people from any nation or group away from their own country diadem (N.): a crown worn as a sign of royal power
Q24. Treatment by means of exercise and massage.
(a) chemotherapy
(b) hydrotherapy
(c) physiotherapy
(d) psychotherapy
Ans: (c) physiotherapy physiotherapy (N.): the treatment of disease/injury/weakness in the joints or muscles by exercises, massage and the use of light and heat chemotherapy (N.): the treatment of disease (cancer) with the use of chemical substances hydrotherapy (N.): the treatment of disease/injury by doing physical exercises in water psychotherapy (N.): the treatment of mental illness by discussing somebody's problems with him rather than by giving him drugs
Q25. The abandonment of one's country or cause
(a) defection (b) disloyalty
(c) desertion (d) migration
Ans: (c) desertion desertion (N.): abandonment; defection defection (N.): withdrawing support or help despite continued support for a political party, religion, ruler, etc. disloyalty (N.): the quality of being unfaithful to your friends, family, country, etc. migration (N.): the movement of a large number of people, birds/animals from one place to another
Part 220 – ANTONYMS Vocabulary Previous Year Questions


Another project of Sven Bussler, but this time with a certain Maria. "Werkmeister" comes in a handmade box that doesn't look too great, but the idea is nice. Iron wire around the cardboard containing a black cd(r), put in a silver cardboardbox and wrapped with a black band. The box also has two cards and a little surprise.


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Roger Moore on Why Daniel Craig Is the Best James Bond Ever and What 007 Role He's Dying to Play
The man who was Bond a record seven times speaks to TIME about how he got the role, all those Bond girls and why he's just changed his mind about his favorite British spy
By Glen Levy Nov. 09, 2012
Sir Roger Moore in 1985s "A View to a Kill"
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He's far more than a raised eyebrow, you know. Sir Roger Moore has played the iconic part of James Bond on seven occasions—matching Sean Connery for the most times an actor has played the role. Though not considered as serious as Connery, Moore had a blast as Bond, with 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me often considered one of the finest of the 23 Bond films to date. With the latest installment of the franchise, Skyfall, in theaters on Nov. 9, TIME spoke with Moore—who recently released a book, Bond on Bond—about how he got the role, all those Bond girls and why he's just changed his mind about his favorite Bond actor.
(REVIEW: Roger Moore's Memoir)
TIME: Tell me how the book Bond on Bond came about.
Sir Roger Moore: Just by chance. It happened because it's the 50th anniversary of Bond and the publishers in England thought it might be a good idea to do this idea of me talking because I've never spoken about the other Bonds and I have my opinions. It seemed appropriate, and Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson [co-producers of the Bond films] are two of my best friends so it helps promote the film [Skyfall] and also may promote sales for me!
How did you get the role of Bond?
Before I really knew what Bond was, I knew that the English newspaper, the Daily Express, was running a competition to find a James Bond. I had no idea what it was. I hadn't read the books. I'd started The Saint but around the same time, I'd developed a nasty habit, or continued a nasty habit, of gambling. I found myself playing at least once a week, across the table, with Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. What better way for a potential Bond to meet the producers! They told me about it all and invited me to see Dr. No which, considering the low budget, was a great effort. It was a new style of editing in that genre of film and I thought Sean [Connery] was marvelous.
(MORE: The James Bond Films at 50: A Golden Franchise for the Ages)
How did you go about taking over from an icon like Sean Connery?
You don't really think about that. How many millions of actors during the last 400 years have played Hamlet? They don't worry about how the other fella did it—they just get on with doing it their way. And everything I do comes out exactly the same! I always sound like me.
It seems like it was meant to be that you would get the role considering your phone number at the time.
That was the most extraordinary coincidence, wasn't it? In the old days, when you moved house in England, you'd inherit their phone number. And this was Denham 2007. I don't think I ever answered "2007." All I ever say on the phone is "hello!"
After your good self, is Sean Connery still your favorite Bond?
Well, I finished the book three or four months ago, but since then, I went to a screening of Skyfall and I've changed my opinion. I think that he [Daniel Craig] is the Bond. He's quite brilliant. I wrote to Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] and said…they've guaranteed Bond another 50 years of life.
Presumably you'd seen the other two Daniel Craig Bond movies?
Yes, I thought Casino Royale was tremendous. I thought his action was quite extraordinary—he did more action in the first 30 seconds of the film than I did in 14 years of playing Bond. To me, he looks like a killer. He looks as though he knows what he's doing. I look as though I might cheat at backgammon.
I think you're underselling yourself, but I'm sure he'll be delighted to hear that. It's really a remarkable franchise, isn't it? Over half the world has seen at least one James Bond movie, and more people have walked on the moon than played Bond.
I felt a tremendous pride when I saw Daniel Craig and the Queen for the opening sequence of the Olympics. I thought, my lord, what other series of films would be able to get the Queen of England to agree to appear?
(VIDEO: The Sights and Sounds of the Olympics)
You've mentioned Daniel Craig and Sean Connery. Any thoughts on the other Bonds?
Different styles of actors. Timothy Dalton was a beautifully trained, classical actor, always gives very interesting performances. Pierce Brosnan is a more popular style of actor. In fact, when I was leaving, I suggested to Cubby that there were three: I said there's Sam Neill, the Australian, whom I thought would be great, there's Pierce Brosnan and there's Timothy Dalton. Those are the three I would have chosen.
I still get such a kick out of the opening sequence to The Sky Who Loved Me, with the skiing and the big reveal at the end with your Union Flag parachute. Do you have a favorite moment?
Well it certainly was that sequence. It was quite extraordinary seeing it with an audience for the first time and hearing that gasp. First of all, it's an incredibly long fall and then when the Union Flag opens, well, it doesn't matter what country it's in, or what language, it always gathered applause. It was the first time I worked with Lewis Gilbert, just a wonderful director. We introduced Jaws, and Barbara Bach isn't exactly a terrible strain to look at. I thought it was a first class script, great fun to do and had wonderful locations.
(MORE: Every Bond Opening Sequence—Ranked)
And I still think it's followed by the greatest Bond theme ever, "Nobody Does It Better," sung by Carly Simon.
Oh it certainly was. Marvin Hamlisch just did a sensational job.
There's talk that Adele might get an Oscar nomination for her "Skyfall" theme song. Do you think that would be merited?
Yes, I think it's very close to the feeling of the late John Barry—it's completely original, and yet it smacks of Bond.
(LIST: How Does Adele's 'Skyfall' Stack Up Against the Best and Worst James Bond Theme Songs?)
Is it true that you don't like heights, guns or explosions? That seems problematic when it comes to a role such as Bond.
Ah, well that's where the acting comes in you see! I look incredibly brave, but I'm very, very good at getting people to look like me.
You've also said that you wanted to play a Bond villain?
Oh yeah, they're the best part! Poor old Jim, all he does is stand around and say, "My name is Bond, James Bond," whereas a villain says "this is the end of the world, this is the end of civilization as you know it, Mr Bond!"
I think they've [the Bond villains] all been very, very good. I particularly liked some I worked with such as Michael Lonsdale (Hugo Drax), Curt Jurgens (Karl Stromberg) and Christopher Walken (Max Zorin). Some very, very good actors.
(VIDEO: Best Bond Villains)
And that inevitably leads me to ask about the best Bond Girls—though I'm sure you have a stock answer for this highly original question.
I enjoyed working with Maud Adams—and Britt Ekland.
(PHOTOS: The Best of the Bond Girls)
Some people are saying that the real Bond Girl in Skyfall is Judi Dench's M because she gets to sink her teeth into the role.
Judi Dench is quite marvelous, and there are surprises in the film, but I won't ruin it for you. But the villain, my God, now there's a villain. I think I've seen every one of his [Javier Bardem's] performances. He's a marvelous, marvelous actor. A very different style of villain.
And now that he's made it to 50 years on the silver screen, do you think Bond will get to a century?
Yes, I'm quite sure of it. For 50 years it's gone on and people go back because it's an old friend. Their fathers may have taken them to see it the first time, and then they take their grandfathers. And Christmas never seems to be Christmas without a Bond movie showing on a television screen somewhere.
MORE: 50 Things You Didn't Know About James Bond
Correction: The original version of this story misstated which actor has played James Bond the most times. Sir Roger Moore and Sean Connery have both played the character seven times; Moore does not hold the record.

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Distance between Kanpur, India and Kadiri, India
1394 km = 866 miles
During our distance calculation we make two assumptions.
1) We assume a spherical Earth as a close approximation of the true shape of the Earth (an oblate spheroid). The distance is calculated as great-circle or orthodromic distance on the surface of a sphere.
2) We choose a particular point inside each city as the "city centre" and calculate the distances using coordinates of these "city centres". Real distances between other points inside or near these cities will slightly differ.
See Kanpur – Kadiri route map and the driving directions between Kanpur and Kadiri
Find out the time difference between Kanpur and Kadiri
Find out the distance between Kanpur and other cities
Find out the distance between Kanpur and the North Pole, the South Pole, the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, the Antarctic Circle
Find out the distance between Kadiri and the North Pole, the South Pole, the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, the Antarctic Circle
Kanpur, India: basic facts and figures
Kanpur coordinates: 26°27′54″ N, 80°20′59″ E
Find out what time it is in Kanpur right now
See the map of Kanpur
Wikipedia article: Kanpur
Kadiri, India: basic facts and figures
Kadiri coordinates: 14°06′45″ N, 78°09′36″ E
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Wikipedia article: Kadiri


If you are a full out beauty and makeup lover then the beauty advent calendars are the perfect thing for you. Chocolate is cute but getting a new treat everyday for 25 days is so much better. I always find advent calendars a great way to discover new brands and products. Also if you are like me and always travelling you will find a great selection of little minis perfect for travelling with. So I have rounded up the best beauty advent calendars about this year.
Susanne Kaufmann has the most incredible bath oils and I always use her Witch Hazel Bath which leaves my skin so soft. So as one of my Christmas presents this year I received this and I can't wait for December 1st so I can open it up. Don't forget to sign up for a free Liberty Card to collect points and get voucher back to spend.
Space NK is the best for finding amazing luxury brands and the latest innovations in the beauty world. So naturally there Advent Calendar is going to be amazing. Yes it is £250 but you do get over £600 worth of products inside so it is fully worth it. Sign up for a Space NK N.Duldge Card and you receive points for all purchases.
Some of these beauty advent calendars can be quite pricey so ASOS have a great solution to that problem. There advent calendar is jammed packed with great brands and for £55 it would be rude not to.
Another great example of not spending hundreds of pounds on an advent calendar but still getting loads of great brands in a mixture of full sized and mini sized products.
This has to be the hands down best value on the high street. You get a mixture of M&S brands and really great brands like Pixi, This Works and Ren. I can tell you this is going to go fast. My star pick for value.
Well what can I say about this… I have bought this calendar 2 years in a row and it is just magical. It is filled to the brim with incredible brands… last year I even got a Diptyque candle inside. One tip is if you order it get it delivered to your house as it is heavy. I made the mistake of picking up in store and it was so heavy trying to navigate the underground to get it home. Also sign up for a Liberty Loyalty Card as you will get points and beauty vouchers to spend next season.
All prices correct at the time of publishing.


A mark is any visible sign that distinguishes the products (trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise, which includes the container of the products or the packaging.
If it is only a name or a designation of an enterprise, it is termed trade name. A collective mark on the other hand, is used by different companies under the control of the registered mark owner. It distinguishes the origin or any other common characteristic of their products or services.
A geographical indication (Gi) identifies products in relation to their place of origin. A GI denotes the quality, reputation, or other characteristics attributed to the products.
Trademark may consist of words, names and first names, signatures, letters, numbers, acronyms, combinations of letters, numbers, signs, logos, slogans, designs, figures, pictographs, labels and three-dimensional trademarks such as the shape of the product or its packaging, color, or combination of colors.
The right to a trademark is granted when its owner registers it with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines). In return, the trademark enjoys a 10-year term of protection, which can be renewed for succeeding periods of 10 years. A trademark owner has the right to prohibit any unauthorized person or entity from using his mark.
Trademarks are powerful economic assets that serve three main functions: an indicator of source, a guarantee of quality, and an advertising tool.


Give a five year old some balloons and watch 'em run! I had a hard time getting her to slow down for these pictures!
This is a top that I made for miss J. I have actually had it cut out since the beginning of December but just got around to sewing it up the middle of January.
Truth be told, I have a lot of little projects like that. Sitting there. Ready to be put together. I was happy to get this one marked off of my list though. I had bought this fabric from Walmart last year. It was a bolt with five yards on it for only $5. A good deal for a geometric knit fabric if you ask me.
I'm loving the star trend that has been going on so I stamped some gold stars randomly on the fabric.
I'm still a little in awe that it is already February. I have some Valentines projects that I hope to accomplish and share. It's actually one of my favorite holidays and I usually do the most fun things for it because there isn't a ton of other preparation going on for it like at bigger holidays. And I love love. Not sappy romantic love necessarily (even though I like that too), but just love in general.
i LOVE that little shirt! The gold stars and the rusty color go so well with the flowy design!
So cute! I love this whole photo shoot!
gorgeous photos Jessica! Your daughter is getting old! Such a cutie.


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Interviews: Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing has been at the forefront of the d20 System since the beginning, and remains one of the powerhouses of the role-playing industry. Chris Pramas, the company's founder, answers a few questions for us through Joe Kushner:
For those who don't know you, provide a bit of background information on Green Ronin and your role in the company.
I founded Green Ronin early in 2000, when I was still working at Wizards of the Coast as the Creative Director for Miniatures R&D. It was initially something I did part time that gave me a chance to stay involved with roleplaying publishing. When the idea of d20 was first floated by Ryan Dancey, I thought it was a unique opportunity. Wizards of the Coast has trouble doing certain types of products profitably, especially short adventures. I was sure I could make a success of short adventures in the early days of 3E, so I wrote Death in Freeport and released it the same day as the D&D PH at GenCon. Death in Freeport was a big hit, later winning an Origins Award, and Green Ronin quickly turned from a hobby to a very serious venture. We've been growing steadily ever since. Now we have two full time employees and two part time employees, and we're releasing two books a month.
I'm the president of Green Ronin, which means I make the major decisions as far as product, direction, and vision goes. I still do design work as well, though of late I've tended to do more development work to make sure all our products are up to snuff.
Rumor persists that D20 isn't the sole light of GRP and that there are some rogue elements within the company publishing (or have published) non D20 products. Please enlighten our audience.
In fact, our very first product was Ork! The Roleplaying Game. It came out the month before Death in Freeport and will always have a special place in our hearts. Ork is a light-hearted look at the fantasy ork, with plenty of backstabbing, murder, and mayhem. There's an adventure on our website called "Santa Claus vs. the Orks." That gives you a very good idea of what Ork is all about.
In September we're launching Spaceship Zero, a stand alone, non-d20 game of 50s-style space adventure. If you like old sci-fi serials like Flash Gordon and Rocky Jones: Space Ranger, you'll dig SSZ.
And what about these non-D20 products will appeal to the masses?
Well, both Ork and SSZ are just plain old fun. Things are often very serious in the d20 market, and these games give you a break from that. How can you say no to super intelligent space monkeys?
Will we ever see licensed GRP miniatures from one of the miniature companies out there? With several of them back from the dead, like Ral Partha and Heartbreaker, some might think now would be a good time for it.
It's not beyond the realm of possibility. As is well known, I love minis, so of course I'd like to see it happen. It's a matter of finding the right property and the right partner.
Why Interlink? In many posts, the dedication to the game system and the fun of writing products is clear, but it's also clear from several posts that GRP is a business and that D20 publishers, despite sharing many similar grounds, are competitors. Do you feel that the Interlink is a necessary touch to help publishers from stepping on each others toes with similar themed books?
Well, we could only smack our heads when Paradigm announced its Races of Legend series on the very same day as our Races of Renown series. We've been friendly with Paradigm for quite some time, ever since Henry Lopez approached me at GAMA Trade Show 2001 about putting Freeport into their Arcanis setting. We figured it was far better for us to work together than butt heads, thus OGL Interlink was born. When it comes down to it, we'd rather work with other publishers so everyone can benefit.
There are also rumors about direct and unfriendly competition between GRP and another publisher. You come out with product Y, they come out with product Y. You come out with product X, they come out with product X. What direct strengths can GRP boast over any other publisher when it comes to D20 mechanics, layout, art, and editing?
The thing about d20 is that everyone is basically plowing the same field, at least for the majority of the fantasy stuff. It was bound to happen that companies would end up planning similar books. In most cases, we just chalk it up to parallel development. It happens and all we can do is try to minimize the damage by making our products as good as they can be. I think Hammer & Helm: A Guidebook to Dwarves is a good example of this. I'll put the writing, design, editing, layout, and artwork of that book up against anything in the RPG field.
GRP is one of the few companies to continually make enhancements, add-ons, and previews of their product through PDF files. Do you think other companies should follow suit or is this something GRP is going to stop because it's not achieving its purpose?
Oh no, we're not stopping. We think previews and enhancements are a great way to show people what they can expect from a Green Ronin product. In fact, we'll be putting up an entire church from Book of the Righteous in the very near future. There's no better way to show off what's cool about Book of the Righteous than to preview a complete church. We also have a great enhancement planned for that book that ties back into Legions of Hell.
The standard question, what's next for Freeport?
We're doing a book called Denizens of Freeport, currently scheduled for December. It focuses on the people of Freeport, presenting a rogues gallery of NPCs you can use in Freeport or nearly any fantasy campaign. It'll be sort of like a monster book in format, with one character per page generally. There'll be complete stats, character history and personality, adventure hooks, and a portrait. We recently got in Wayne Reynolds' cover painting for the book and it's a beauty too.
In terms of monster books, Demons and Devils? The Jade Dragons monster book was timed perfect for Oriental Adventures and so is a logical choice, but why pick the big bad evil boys that WotC has neglected (or did I just answer my own question)? More importantly, what's next for the Outsider monster books?
Demons and devils are the monsters everyone remembers from the original Monster Manual. Look at Necromancer Games, for instance; their company logo is Orcus! I had already written the Guide to Hell for AD&D, so doing Legions was a logical choice. I had done a huge amount of research for Guide to Hell, only a small part of which appeared in the book. I was able to do a lot of stuff in Legions I just didn't have space to do in Guide to Hell. Once Legions was under development, it just made sense to follow it up with a book on demons, hence Armies of the Abyss.
And yes, there will be a volume three to the Book of Fiends, focusing on daemons. Look for that next year.
Book of the Righteous should be out by the time this goes up. What strengths do you think it brings to a D20 fantasy game that Deities & Demigods or Faiths and Avatars doesn't?
Well, for one thing, we don't waste a lot of pages giving you stats for gods. I know that appeals to a certain group of players, but it's really not the style of play we prefer. There was some really cool stuff in Deities and Demigods, and then a whole lot of stats that I'll never ever use. Book of the Righteous does two things very well. First, it gives you 23 completely detailed churches you can slot right into your game. You want an organization with holy days, dogma, titles, sample prayers, and holy orders for the God of Valor? It's in there. Second, it gives you a complete cosmology that ties all the gods together, though the degree to which you use this cosmology is up to you. We give you a lot of ideas for using the cosmology, modifying it, or amalgamating it with whatever you're using in your current campaign. Perhaps the best thing about Book of the Righteous is its depth and richness. I mean, it's a book the size of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting that presents a complete and believable fantasy pantheon and mythology. I think it can add a lot to any fantasy campaign.
About the same time, the Assassin book should be out with the Witch coming up next. What happened to the good old Monster Slayer book?
We've cancelled the Monster Slayer's Handbook actually. Some products are just cursed, and you can continue to bang your head against a wall or just cut your losses. I first conceived it in January 2001 and it was meant to be the first Master Class book. Since then several other d20 products have done a big part of what I wanted in that book, so I finally made the call to kill the project.
Do you find that it's smarter to rework a fixed publishing schedule in terms of what other companies are doing or go head to head?
Well, you'll notice we don't announce products much beyond three months in advance these days. That gives us the flexibility to adjust our schedule when we need to. For instance, we announced an elf book in the initial Races of Renown press release. Since then several other companies announced elf books for this summer. We decided to push ours out into next year, so as not to needlessly compete. Also, we hired Jim Bishop to write Wrath and Rage: A Guidebook to Orcs and Half-orcs, so we could do an OGL Interlink product to tie into Paradigm's Eldest Sons: The Essential Guide to Elves. Wrath and Rage will be out in September and it's quite evil.
Really, what we do depends on how far advanced a project is and how easy it is to adjust our schedule. With the elf book, it was easy. We hadn't even approved an outline yet. For Hammer & Helm, we had a completed manuscript by the time we found out other companies were doing dwarf books, so we soldiered on and released it as we planned. It's been a great seller and has gotten a bevy of five star reviews; so far so good!
Where do you see Green Ronin in two years? How about the D20 system?
I think we'll continue to grow, and by then I hope we'll have a couple more full time staff people. We have some super exciting deals in the works, and over the next few months you'll be able to see where we intend to take the company. By then it should also be clear that Mutants & Masterminds is the last word in d20 supers. We have put together an amazing team for that project and I think the game is simply going to blow people away, both mechanically and graphically. You'll begin to see why at GenCon, where we have a special promotion planned.
As for d20, I think we're already seeing the shape of things to come. There will be six or so heavy hitters in the field, with established track records and fan bases. Then there will be a bunch of smaller companies, both print and PDF. The print companies will have trouble breaking in, because distributors and retailers are already wary of new companies with d20 products. This may lead to more moves like the recent purchases of Thunderhead by Mystic Eye. I also think we'll see a larger and larger fragmentation of the marketplace that will lead at least some companies to give up on d20 products, or at least scale back on their plans. A rare few will go out of business entirely, but that will be the exception, not the rule, as you can keep a roleplaying company going for years on very little money.
Game wise, we'll see more experimentation and more games that go OGL and not d20. I also expect we'll see more licensing deals, as companies try to find advantages to bring to bear. White Wolf's Everquest RPG is but the first of those, I think.
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Through ancestry.com I once again located a distant relative, Letitia, who is the gg-grandaughter of Mungeon Sapp, Sr.; descending from his daughter Minnie. When we connected on ancestry.com, and talked on the phone we didn't think that the connection was this close, but we found the connection. It was really exciting to talk to her. She has no knowledge of the Sapp side of her family, so I was glad to give her some perspective.
Mungeon is a side that I don't have much information on, other than Mungeon, Sr. was married to Albeurtice Cox and they had 17 children. They moved to Florida somewhere between 1925-1927.
His son Mungeon Jr. moved out to Victorville about 1941. So there is an entire line of Sapps out here in California that I know nothing about, but I am still searching.
There is still so much work to do on this side of the family as well as my other side for that matter. Again it is a labor of love and I am determined to see it through.


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Posted byKatherine Fidler 1st Nov 2020 28th Dec 2020 Posted inNewsTags:biodiversity, Conservation
The rediscovery of two species was announced this week, the Voeltzkow's chameleon and giant fox-spider, not seen since 1913 and 1993 respectively.
A number of Voeltzkow's chameleons were found on an expedition in northwestern Madagascar, where the reptile was last seen more than a hundred years ago. The team's study, published this week following their 2018 visit, also reveals that females have striking colouration which can change depending on their mood.
Expedition leader Frank Glaw, head of the Department of Vertebrates at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München, said: "Our efforts were entirely unsuccessful during most of the trip to find it where we thought it would most likely be. That was really frustrating, but the rediscovery during the last few days of the trip immediately changed everything and brought us an incredibly happy ending."
A female Voeltzkow's chameleon (Frank Glaw)
The chameleon is the sixth species to be found on Global Wildlife Conservation's top 25 'Most Wanted' list, with other members including the Somali Sengi, rediscovered in August, and the Fernandina Galapagos tortoise.
In Britain, a spider thought to be extinct in the country was rediscovered by Surrey Wildlife Trust on Ministry of Defence training grounds. The great fox-spider has only ever been found in Dorset and Surrey, but there have been no sightings of the eight-eyed arachnid in almost three decades.
However, Surrey Wildlife Trust's Mike Waite spent two years searching for the elusive species – which is mainly nocturnal and named after its hunting style – before positively identifying a number of males and one female on the estate.
The great fox-spider (Surrey Wildlife Trust)
Waite said: "The spider is at the very edge of its range in the UK, which accounts for its super rarity here. This formidable-looking creature is an impressive beast, perfectly camouflaged and also largely nocturnal, and for all its size it has been remarkably elusive."
Source Global Wildlife Conservation/Surrey Wildlife Trust
The Trump administration has announced plans to remove the gray wolf's endangered species status and thus its federal protection across the lower 48 states (all states excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
The US Department of the Interior announced protection of the species would be handed to state and tribal management agencies, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) monitoring its numbers for five years. However, conservationists expressed alarm at the move, arguing that it allows resumption of the trapping and hunting that caused the species' initial endangered status – the current population stands at around 6,000, covering 20 per cent of its historic range.
The gray wolf (Pixabay)
Congress had already removed the protection of gray wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, while the FWS downgraded their status in the Great Lakes region in 2011 – it was restored by the courts three years later.
Colette Adkins, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity said: "The courts have repeatedly slammed the Fish and Wildlife Service for prematurely removing wolf protections, but the agency has now come back with its most egregious scheme yet. Once again, we'll take it to the courts and do everything we can to stop this illegal effort to kill wolf protections."
A study published this week also highlighted the administration's "minimalist interpretation of the Endangered Species Act's mandate", whereby the gray wolf had been determined no longer at risk due to the strength of a single population – a precedent that, if applied generally, "would represent a significant scaling back of recovery efforts for widely distributed species that would increase both short-term vulnerability and long-term loss of adaptive potential".
A few days earlier the US Forest Service rolled back its Roadless Rule in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, opening up the 17-million acre forest – often referred to as the 'lungs of North America' – to loggers.
Sierra Club chapter director Andrea Feniger said:"Preserving the Tongass is a matter of survival. A standing healthy forest is absolutely essential to the subsistence survival of Indigenous peoples. It's also essential for mitigating the climate crisis that threatens us all. We will continue to fight for the Tongass and those who depend on it. We will challenge the lifting of restrictions against logging in the forest's roadless areas at every turn."
Source US Department of the Interior/Center for Biological Diversity/Sierra Club
Publication BioScience
A report from Rewilding Britain estimates that climate zones are migrating northwards at 5km a year – significantly faster than at the end of the last ice age – and calls for major rewilding efforts across the country to mitigate the effects.
It proposes the twin priorities of creating core rewilding areas across at least five per cent of Britain and establishing 'natural dispersal corridors' across 25 per cent of land to help movement and migration as temperatures warm.
In 2016, the Biodiversity Intactness Index ranked Britain 189th of 218 countries, highlighting the country's fractured landscape and monoculture habitats.
The report concludes: "In the new age of climate and ecological emergency, connectivity is the key for climate adaptation. Rewilding can provide connectivity in a way that is most appropriate to a rapidly changing situation."
Source Rewilding Britain
More than 200,000 tonnes of plastic is entering the Mediterranean each year, according to a new report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Microplastics make up 94 per cent of the waste, with more than one million tonnes of particles now estimated to have accumulated in the Mediterranean basin.
The study assessed 28,000km of coastline and 33 countries, with Egypt, Italy and Turkey found to have the highest plastic leakage per country (Montenegro recording the highest per capita).
Without better management and interventions, the report estimates annual plastic leakage will double by 2040.
Minna Epps, director of the IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme, said: "Plastic pollution can cause long-term damage to terrestrial and marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Marine animals can get entangled or swallow plastic waste, and ultimately end up dying from exhaustion and starvation. Additionally, plastic waste releases chemical substances such as softeners or fire retardants into the environment, which can be harmful to both ecosystems and human health, especially in a semi-closed sea such as the Mediterranean.
"As this report makes clear, current and planned measures are not enough to reduce plastic leakage and prevent these impacts."
Source IUCN
Human ecological disruption and unsustainable consumption drive pandemic risk, states the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), adding that future pandemics will emerge more frequently and do more damage without a transformative change in approach from reaction to prevention.
It estimates up to 850,000 viruses that currently exist in birds and mammals could have the ability to affect humans, but that pandemic risk can be "significantly lowered by reducing the human activities that drive the loss of biodiversity, by greater conservation of protected areas, and through measures that reduce unsustainable exploitation of high biodiversity regions."
The workshop on biodiversity and pandemics also estimates the cost of such measures to reduce the risk of future pandemics at about 100 times less than the cost of responding to them – with the predicted global cost of Covid-19 at $8-16 trillion by next July.
Dr Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance and chair of the IPBES workshop, said: "There is no great mystery about the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic – or of any modern pandemic. The same human activities that drive climate change and biodiversity loss also drive pandemic risk through their impacts on our environment. Changes in the way we use land, the expansion and intensification of agriculture, and unsustainable trade, production and consumption disrupt nature and increase contact between wildlife, livestock, pathogens and people.
"This is the path to pandemics."
Source IBPS
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Actor Kevin Bacon honors Grindr murder victim with same name
Mon Jan 06, 2020 at 1:15pm ET Fri Jul 03, 2020 at 1:15 pm EDT
By April Neale
A screengrab of the Instagram post from actor Kevin Bacon honoring the deceased murder victim who shared his name. Pic credit: Kevin Bacon/Instagram
A grisly murder is making national news not only for the horrific and disturbing details but also for the fact the victim shares the same name as actor Kevin Bacon.
An accused cannibal named Mark Latunski, who had an alarming interaction with law enforcement before Mr. Bacon's murder, is accused of eating the deceased man's testicles and hanging him from his ceiling by his ankles, Michigan cops told Fox2 Detroit.
The month before, police responded to Latunski's home after a man was seen fleeing with blood on his face wearing only a kilt.
Latunski, age 50, is the Michigan man who allegedly killed his Grindr date, police have reported to the media.
The deceased, Kevin Bacon, 25, was reported missing on Christmas day. His car was later found with his personal effects, according to MichiganLive.
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The deceased Mr. Bacon was a hairstylist by trade and had arranged a meeting with someone he found on Grindr, a dating app.
He shared with friends that he was meeting up with the new date, and then alarm bells went off when he did not answer his phone or show up at Christmas.
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Sadly on Dec. 28, police found Mr. Bacon's body in 50-year-old Mark Latunski's home, WJBK reported. Latunski was arrested and charged with open murder and the mutilation of a human.
The details revealed about the manner of death of Mr. Bacon are extremely disturbing. It was reported that Latunski confessed to stabbing and murdering Mr. Bacon and then mutilating his body and eating Mr. Bacon's testicles, court records say, according to WILX.
This horrible news caught the attention of the deceased's famous namesake Kevin Bacon. Bacon had heard the news and shared his feelings about the crime on Instagram to express his condolences when news broke of the victim's death last week.
"For obvious reasons I'm thinking this morning about the friends and Family of this young person Kevin Bacon. His life was taken from him much too soon. His love was hair dressing. I bet he would have done a great job on this mess on my head. RIP KB."
For obvious reasons I'm thinking this morning about the friends and Family of this young person Kevin Bacon. His life was taken from him much too soon. His love was hair dressing. I bet he would have done a great job on this mess on my head. RIP KB
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Families from across the Save for College Community gathered at Sunnyside Community Services for a Family and Community Dinner in October 2019.
Save for College Program Briefs
What would New York City look like if every NYC public school student had a financial asset for college and career training, starting from their first days of kindergarten, and support from every part of their community to achieve educational and economic success?
Over the past four years, stakeholders from the public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors have come together with school partners, community leaders, and more than 10,000 families to design and pilot a model that brings that vision to life.
The briefs below each explore a critical component, or Pillar, of our collective approach. As a whole, these briefs capture important learnings from the Save for College Program journey, codify the evolution, implementation, and early results from the pilot phase, and can serve as a resource for practitioners and policymakers that are interested in learning about and building upon the model. It is also our hope that the material provides useful context and functions as a tool as the Save for College Program expands to serve more students throughout New York City.
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Save for College Program Approach
The Save for College Program provides a universal scholarship and savings platform that has the potential to increase NYC public school students' access to and graduation from college and career training; reduce the amount of debt that students and their families take on; and position them to earn higher incomes and build more wealth later in life, within neighborhoods of opportunity. This brief provides an overview of why the Program was created, as well as the values, research, and theory of change that has informed its design.
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PILLAR 1
Universal Scholarship and Savings Accounts through the Save for College Program
Every student in a participating elementary school, starting in kindergarten, automatically receives an NYC Scholarship Account invested in the NY 529 Direct Plan, unless their family chooses not to participate. Each account has an initial deposit from NYC Kids RISE, and families can earn additional scholarship rewards for early engagement and savings. Their families can also open their own college savings account—either a 529 plan or bank savings account and start saving their own money in the ways and amounts that make sense for them. Having assets for higher education thereby becomes part of what it means to go to public school in NYC.
This brief is focused on the account infrastructure of the Save for College Program, or the two accounts that create the foundation of the platform: the scholarship and savings accounts.
Leveraging Local and Citywide Assets to Build Wealth in Neighborhoods
Community Scholarships—contributions to NYC Kids RISE that it deposits directly into designated groups of students' NYC Scholarship Accounts—enable local organizations, businesses, neighbors, and the entire City to direct funds to and fundraise for students' educational savings, leveraging local assets to build financial wealth in and with communities that have historically faced systemic barriers to wealth-building. These assets can meaningfully reduce the amount of student debt families take on, increasing long-term wealth-building potential and combatting trends that have contributed to wealth inequality and the racial wealth gap. At the same time, by visibly and tangibly demonstrating community-wide support for every child's future, Community Scholarships can also reinforce expectations of success throughout a neighborhood.
This brief is focused on Community Scholarships, which are a way for communities to leverage their unique assets, institutions, and traditions to visibly and tangibly support their children's educational futures.
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Integration with the Social Infrastructure
Part 1: The Role of Schools, the Heart of the Neighborhood
Schools, community based organizations, social services, employers, and other institutions that make up the social infrastructure of a neighborhood can integrate these accounts into their services and leverage them to achieve shared goals, strengthening local social networks and social capital. Research shows the significant impacts of neighborhoods on a child's life chances. Social capital—the strength of social networks and community involvement—contributes to creating neighborhoods with greater economic opportunity for its residents.
This brief is focused on how the district administration and school leadership and stakeholders in School District 30 co-created core components of the Save for College Program with NYC Kids RISE and integrated it into each school community.
Part 2: The Role of Community Based Organizations, Critical Support Structures for Students and Families
This brief is focused on the role of community based organizations (CBOs) as key pieces of the neighborhood social infrastructure that can use the Save for College Program to advance their work to support children's and families' educational and economic success.
Democratizing Capital Markets & Savings Options
Creating Inclusive College Savings Vehicles with and for NYC's Diverse Families
NYC Kids RISE and its partners have won and continue to advocate for further inclusive enhancements to the NY 529 Direct Plan, democratizing access to the benefits of capital markets, investment earnings, and tax incentives for NYC's diverse families. NYC Kids RISE has also partnered with other financial institutions to offer inclusive college savings options for all families. Removing structural barriers to mainstream financial institutions and financial assets for low-income families and families of color sets students up for financial success and combats trends that have contributed to large and growing wealth disparities.
This brief is focused on how NYC Kids RISE has worked with partners, since the inception of the Save for College Program, to make capital markets more accessible to NYC families.
Financial Empowerment & Education
Participating schools integrate customized, standards-aligned lessons in the classroom that promote financial capability and college-going expectations, starting in kindergarten. As a two-generation model, Program partners also support financial capability for parents/guardians and family members through informational workshops, financial coaching and counseling, and other free services that leverage the account platform.
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Convening & Organizing
With universal enrollment across every school and neighborhood in NYC, this platform has the potential to enable communities to convene, learn from one another, and organize to advance shared goals in their community. Stakeholders within and across neighborhoods can come together through this platform to foster "community support for college and career training" in their community and advocate for broader policy changes that advance their educational and economic opportunities.


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Jack the Giant Slayer - 3D (2013)
When it's over, Fee Fye Foe Fumm, the giants, here they come. The giants get a bad wrap. They're unmannerly, uncivilized, and ill-tempered, and the kids will love their grossly bad habits, including their booger-eating and flatulent ways. But despite their unruly persona, they are the main attraction in this fractured fairy tale about a farm boy named Jack (Nicholas Hoult), who accidentally opens the doorway between two worlds. The special effects on the giants are wonderful and believable in a mythical sort of way. I like how each giant has their own distinct personality, making them relatable on a human level despite their size and barbarity. There is a princess, a king, knights, and a love story that inevitably ends happily every after. There isn't much character development, but that doesn't seem to hurt the overall entertainment value. The story offers enough info about each character, including the giants, for the viewer to know who represents what in the context of the story, such as the comic relief, the baddie who gets what he deserves, the king's loyal subject, the defiant one, the trader, the ambitious one, etc. It is standard fairy tale fare, where the story is completely linear and requires no deep pondering. There is plenty of action to propel the story forward, while amassing a large body count, including humans being eaten, but all of it is shown without any graphic detail or blood. I would consider this a family adventure film, but do not recommend it for very young viewers.
My rating: 3.5 out of 5
Dan O. April 1, 2013 at 11:02 AM
For what the movie's worth, the movie has cool action, visuals, and a fun feel that hardly ever goes away. Good review Alene.
Thanks, Dan.
What did you think about the crown being hidden in the royal museum? Nice set up for a sequel, however, I don't know if present day would be as magical a story.
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[SP] Kamoshirenai Joyutachi / かもしれない女優たち (2015)
Famous actresses Takeuchi Yuko, Maki Yoko, Mizukawa Asami briskly come through the entrance of a studio. Although they have glittering acting careers, when they enter a dressing room, they find themselves in a parallel universe. In this world, Yoko did not pass the audition for a production that would be the turning point for her as an actress, and goes on to work part-time at a bar while she plays minor roles as an extra. She has been keeping a diary because she cannot forget the embarrassment of being left behind by the people around her. Asami lost out on an audition for a production too. She feels insecure and jealous that Nanao, a friend of the same age who also aspires to be an actress, has scored a significant role. On the other hand, Takeuchi Yuko is scouted in Harajuku, but turns down the offer that would have been the turning point for her as an actress. She is now busy with her magazine editorial job at a publishing company, but leads a fulfilling life with her boyfriend. One day, Yuko is instructed by her boss to turn the manga which an acquaintance has drawn into a book. In an unexpected turn of events, the lives of these three women strangely start to have common ground and eventually get intertwined …
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…is one of the most exciting moments for me. With a vertically mirrored pattern it is a very literal moment of seeing what the finished project should look like: I hold a mirror to that midway point and voila! There it is. It is a big emotional milestone as well: you know, one way or another, that you will soon be done. That this little germ of an idea will soon be it's own thing, it's own entity; that while I may have begun this project what happens beyond the halfway mark is already decided. It is a heady mix of creation and completion-to-be!
And what, you might ask, is the BIG 400? It is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Part social experiment, part art lesson, but 100% for a good cause!
The BIG 400 is a massive art show with more than 400 artists participating to raise money for the Oregon Food Bank. Opening day is Saturday December 14th at 2 pm at The Pioneer Place Mall. Each artist is given between five and ten 8″ square plywood pieces, resulting in around 4000 pieces. You may do ANYTHING you like with them as long as you don't exceed the 8″ square. Literally anything.
I've seen beautiful oil paintings, collage, graffiti, wire sculpture, from the classic to the weird to the silly to the beautiful to the downright naughty…its all there. Each piece sells for $40, first come first served kinda thing, as nearly 60% of the pieces usually sell on the first day. A canned food donation is asked for entry and a good chunk of sales goes to the food bank.
….Aaaaaand I will have five pieces in the show! Not a huge deal in terms of presenting my art, but a very wonderful event to be a part of and a good cause we can all get behind. They were a great challenge for me from both a technical and creative standpoint, and an equally wonderful way for me to find another way to express weaving. I hope you get a chance to enjoy the show!
Finishing a rug is a rather difficult thing to describe. By the time you get to the last 3 or so inches quite a bit of time has already been invested into the piece. Warping takes almost a full day. Weaving (for me) normally goes at a pace of about 3/8 inch per hour. Oh but those last few inches! The pace slows to a near crawl as every row goes in slower and slower: the last few rows typically taking an hour apiece to finish. Patience, patience, patience is my mantra during this time.
Many people not familiar with Navajo looms ask 'Why is it so hard at the end?' The reason is one of my main reasons for loving to work with the Navajo loom so much: the warp is continuous. What this means is that once the warp is strung the piece may become no bigger or smaller. It also means that when you are nearing the end of piece there is very little room to work. The last inch is literally sewn into the warp by hand with a blunt tapestry needle.
Fixed dimensions. Limits. Great difficulty in changing design once begun. I like having to be deliberate about design and then being forced to commit to a design. It is terrifying and exhilarating all at once. It is magic to see that scary moment of commitment turn into something beautiful.
This rug represents over 100 hours of work just for the weaving and I would estimate more than 60 for making the yarn…it is not a massive time investment on a geologic or parental scale, but for me it is still a cathartic moment to take that rug off the loom, hang it on the wall and just look.


The Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MATS) is an integrated approach to Christian theological graduate education designed to prepare students for enhanced ministry, both lay and vocational, in their churches, and to prepare those who want to pursue further graduate study. In addition, we have a number of students in the program with non-theological vocational callings who study with us to enrich their own spiritual journey.
We value and draw from our Baptist heritage, but our faculty and students represent a range of evangelical traditions and denominations. Thus, we welcome anyone who would wish to study with us. Coursework exposes students to key questions and concerns in the fields of biblical studies, theology, and practical ministry. Drawing from our specific focus on the Bible, graduates of the MATS program from HBU can responsibly bring the ancient texts of Christian Scripture into dialogue with historical, theological, and contemporary concerns.


We'd all like a bit of extra money from time to time, and especially now that it's summer. The problem with money is that to have it, you either need to earn a lot of it or save a lot of it - both at the same time would be preferable. If your salary is decent enough but you're not able to put enough of it aside, it's time to find yourself a side-hustle and make that income sing. I have found some of the most convenient extra jobs you can get started with right away, and they don't pay that bad either.
Ever felt like it's the lady running the charity shop around the corner, and the regular paper boy of your neighborhood who actually owns your street? It's the people who always seem to be out and about who gets to know and befriend everyone - they seem like they've lived there for decades already. You can become one of those community heroes too, you know, and get paid for it as well.
With TaskRabbit, you'll be able to help your neighbors or other people of the community with tasks that you feel you can perform well. If you're kind of handy, offer your IKEA assembly services; if you're good at cooking, help that twenty-something kid with cooking up a feast for his parents in-law. We're all good at different things, and this app makes it possible to earn some money out of everyday skills - and decline the tasks we'd be less good at.
Asking for help doesn't mean that you should be on the receiving end of the app as well; it just implies that you should know when to reach out to professionals. Trying to up your income when you have unpaid debt and a mountain of bills you'd rather not think about, is stressful and bad for your health.
Before you look for ways to earn a bit more, you need to get out of the evil circle you find yourself in - not for the creditor's sake, of course, but for your own well being. Turn things around and get out of debt; now, you can start to make your personal finances flourish again.
When we were young and new to the world, we were told that an artistic career - or anything to do with humanities at all, really, is not a safe bet. Although they might have been right, times have changed, and it's very much possible to make a living from your talent. It should be on the side, though, and not somewhere for you to place all your eggs in immediately. You want to make more money, not go through a struggling artist experience where you wander the streets restlessly in black and white.
Any hobby you have can easily be turned into a side-hustle and an extra income-generator. Offer your services as a freelancer or create a website where you can sell those colorful origami creatures you've been working on, post pictures of all the delicious dishes you've cooked up, and sell knitted sweaters to all of your friends.
As the Internet looks today, you can make money out of most hobbies or talents you have. Even if you don't have any, it's simple to download an app and sign up for running errands and helping others out.
This options may not be for the households of only one car or for those who are head-over-heels in love with their vehicle. Renting your car out to strangers isn't as scary as it seems, though, and Turo also offers an insurance package to its users. It's one of the easiest ways you can make extra money, as it barely requires you to lift a finger to sign up to their app.
You can sit down, have a cup of tea, and make money as someone else drives your car. At the end of the day, it's really no different from allowing your teenagers to drive it around; except that you'd be able to cash in on it, that is.
Turning your finances around and looking forward to an extra income is all about a will to work. With some of these options, you don't really have to work that hard either. You can doodle on with your hobby, run and few errands for the neighbor lady, or simply let her drive your car around - if you dare. No matter what you choose, you can feel the ball of stress disappear as you're slowly climbing back up again.


The Neon Museum in Las Vegas is a photographer's wonderland. Situated just beyond the strip at the repurposed La Concha Motel, huge iconic signs line a two-acre desert lot. This nonprofit museum collects and exhibits historic signs, preserving the culture and history surrounding the pieces. However, the faded pastels of what used to be bright electric lures are more than a picture-perfect backdrop. The retired and lightly rusted metal giants make for a literal walk down memory lane.
This neon sign mimics the shape of the now Neon Museum lobby. You won't be able to miss it from the road!
The Stardust is one of the biggest pieces on the lot, aside from the Hard Rock guitar which you can see in the background.
Our guide informed us that this sign was from the back entrance of the Sahara. An even larger sign was on Las Vegas Boulevard!
Visit the Neon Museum's website to purchase tickets early and to check out all of their photography policies before your visit.
Is visiting the Neon Museum on your Vegas bucket list? I hope it is now! Let me know in the comments what your favorite iconic sign is. And if you are looking for more desert fun, check out my guide to hiking Red Rock Canyon.
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The View From Olympus: D.O.A.
President Obama's strategy for war with ISIS, announced last Wednesday, appears to be dead on arrival. The recognition of its immense gap between ends and means has been almost universal. So has the perception that many of its assumptions are baseless.
The plan has virtually no support within the U.S. military, which recognizes it is a pipe dream. The Army's senior leadership, which sees that the strategy would ultimately result in another major land war, is cackling like MacBeth's witches around their pot over the prospect of a bigger budget. Sorry, guys; the American people will not support another major land war on the far side of the world.
Part of the reason President Obama's strategy is D.O.A. is the obvious fact that our air power has no effective force to work with on the ground, outside Kurdistan. The "moderate" Syrian opposition is a fantasy. An op ed in the September 16 New York Times by Ahmad Samih Khalidi, an academic now teaching at Oxford, notes that
The alleged moderates have never put together a convincing national program or offered a viable alternative to Mr. Assad. The truth is that there are no "armed moderates" (or "moderate terrorists") in the Arab world–and precious few beyond. The genuine "moderates" won't
take up arms, and those who do are not truly moderates. Within Iraq, given the recent collapse of the Iraqi Army, we would depend on Shiite militias to provide the ground forces. One of the better-trained of those militias, Kataib Hezbollah, said, according to a story on page 11 of the same New York Times, "We will not fight alongside the American troops under any kind of conditions whatsoever." Its only contact with Americans would be "if we fight each other."
So obvious are the unrealities in President Obama's strategy that it has elicited laughter. The same Times story quotes Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Kamenei (remember, Iran is on our side against ISIS), as saying "he had 'a hobby,' which was 'listening to Americans making statements on combating ISIS–it was really amusing.'" The Arab states' guffaw came in the form of offering air power, which the U.S. military has in vast surplus. It is as if Dr. Johnson, told one day in the Literary Club that the city of Newcastle had asked him to stand on his head, replied "Why no, sir, I shall not refuse them. I shall offer them instead a shipment of coals!"
Not surprisingly, the Obama administration is backing away from its "strategy" as fast as it can. A front-page story in the Sept. 15 Times said, "In interviews and public statements, administration and military officials described a battle plan that would not accelerate in earnest until disparate groups of Iraqi forces, Kurds, and Syrian rebels stepped up to provide the fighting forces on the ground." Since that is likely to happen soon after the return of the Twelfth Imam, it is a condition that effectively scuttles the whole thing, beyond some meaningless air strikes.
Encouragingly, some thoughtful voices are daring to ask in public whether ISIS is a threat to us at all. We may end up turning it into one, but at present, it is not. It is part of the ongoing, expanding Sunni-Shiite civil war, in which our only interest is in seeing both sides kill each other in the largest possible numbers. If President Obama feels compelled to "do something" about ISIS for political reasons, he could act as I suggested in an earlier column. A massive, suprise air strike on ISIS's capital of Raqqa, intended to reduce the whole place to rubble in an hour, would be accepted by the American public as suitable retaliation for ISIS's killing of two Americans. Obama might actually find himself popular again.
A long footnote: In my last column, I noted that the Pentagon should be able to give the pesident the option of sending a small, competent, fast-moving ground force that could rout ISIS in a campaign of days, or, at most, weeks. In theory this force exists, in the form of three Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) battalions. The original concept behind the LAV (I know because I am one of the three people who, as a staffer to Senator Gary Hart, initiated the LAV program; the other two were a Senate Armed Services Committee staffer, Steve Dotson, and a Marine one-star named Al Gray) was to create one or more LAV regiments that could serve as Soviet-style Operations Maneuver Groups in third-world situations. Only once in the 25-plus years since have the LAV battalions been used this way, when they were grouped for an operational advance on Tikrit immediately after the fall of Baghdad. We should not go in on the ground against ISIS, but should the president decide to do so, that would be the way to do it. It would require a commander who knows operational art from pachinko, of which we have very few. But one who could easily do it is Marine four-star General John Kelly. By putting a four-star in charge, the Pentagon would ensure the LAV operational maneuver group got support when it needed it. Pitting regular light cavalry against irregular light cavalry in a campaign of rapid maneuver, the regulars should easily come out on top, if only because their skill at techniques should be much higher. Of course, if the president were to ask the Pentagon for this option, it would immediately say it is impossible, because a success by a small, fast force using maneuver warfare would not justify larger budgets and force structures. At senior levels, the budget war is the only war that matters.
Author William S. LindPosted on September 17, 2014 August 21, 2016
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Each Resident Training session the alumni are invited to meet on the afternoon before the last day of class to share information, healings, and loving support with each other. They are also welcome to attend the ceremony and dance that evening and the Whole School Healing Meditation on the morning of the last day of class.
A very warm welcome to the Alumni Program 2018–19!
This is the affirmation that was developed at the first Alumni Gathering in September 2012. It was created to remind us of our profound connection and purpose, and to remind us to practice choosing love even in the face of adversity.
We would like to invite you to join us in this practice.
As an alum of BBSH you hold an integral place in maintaining the connection to the work around the world. It is through your passion and sacred heart that Barbara's work grows. We know that from time to time it is hard to stay charged and positive so why not come and recharge. We invite you to join us during school weeks in St. Augustine (see 2018–2019 Student Calendar). It will be especially wonderful to see you this year as BBSH—students, alumni, faculty, administration—enters a fresh phase and together we explore the unknown.
When you arrive, please check in at the alumni table at the Reunion Resort, where there will be name tags for you as well as the week's schedule.
As you know, the BBSH community creates a depth of connection and ease for us to hold, inspire, and receive each other like few places on earth.
Please let us know when you'll be with us. All of us at BBSH very much look forward to seeing you soon.
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