5. IMAGES To upload pictures you click on ADD IMAGES on the front page. Alternatively you can click on MATERIALS.
6. IMAGES It is advisable to create IMAGE ALBUMS. The maximum size of a picture is 4 Mb. Only these formats are allowed: gif, jpg, jpeg, png. If you want to integrate pictures in a PAGE, FORUM or PROJECT JOURNAL post, you first of all need to upload your pictures in this section.
7. IMAGES For copyright reasons is advisable to use only pictures of which you own the rights or that have been shared under Creative Commons License. 1. Pictures you took yourself or that belong to Public Domain can be used freely without attribution of the name of the author. 2. When you use pictures under Creative Commons License you need to give credit to the author in the proper way.
9. VIDEOS Videos bring life to the TwinSpace. You can create stand-alone FOLDERS with movie clips or you can integrate movies in PAGES, FORUM POSTS or JOURNAL POSTS.
10. VIDEOS To upload videos you click on ADD VIDEOS on the front page. Alternatively you can click on MATERIALS.
11. VIDEOS You cannot upload videos directly to the TwinSpace. You need to upload a video first to YouTube, Vimeo or DailyMotion. For safety reasons you should categorize videos at YouTube under UNLISTED. In this way the video will be hidden for the YouTube search engine. However the video will be visible to anyone who knows the URL.
12. VIDEOS To transfer the video to the TwinSpace, you first COPY the URL of the previously uploaded video at YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion and then PASTE it in the MATERIALS section of the TwinSpace.
13. VIDEOS Vimeo offers the opportunity to protect a video with a password. In that case the video cannot be uploaded in the MATERIALS section of the TwinSpace and cannot be embedded in e.g. a PAGE. It is, of course, possible to share the URL of the Vimeo video on a PAGE, FORUM or JOURNAL POST.
15. FILES The TwinSpace offers the opportunity to share various types of files. You can create stand-alone folders or you can integrate a direct link to the FILES on a PAGE, FORUM or PROJECT JOURNAL post. Allowed files are text files (.pdf, .txt, .doc, .docx), presentations (.ppt, .pptx), spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx) and compressed files (.zip, .rar). The maximum file's size is 20 Mb.
16. FILES To upload files click on MATERIALS.
17. FILES It is advisable to create FILES FOLDERS.
18. FILES All files in the TwinSpace are visible to all members. It is not possible to share files only with teachers. If a file type is not supported by the TwinSpace, it is always possible to compress it to a .zip or .rar file.
20. EMBEDDING In an eTwinning project many teachers and pupils make use of other tools to create content, than the ones provided in the TwinSpace: e.g. a poll, a slideshow, a quiz, a brainstorming tool etc.
21. 1 2 EMBEDDING There are 2 ways of connecting these internet applications to a TwinSpace: 1. Providing a weblink which sends the user out of the TwinSpace to the external webpage. 2. Embedding: you can view or use the full application in the environment of the TwinSpace platform.
23. EMBEDDING HOW TO EMBED A TOOL IN THE TWINSPACE? – step 1 I. Create content on the website of the tool you want to use. (You might need to take an account.) II. II. Find and copy the embed code. Search for keywords like EMBED, SHARE or </>.The embed or iframe code starts with < and ends with >.
24. EMBEDDING HOW TO EMBED A TOOL IN THE TWINSPACE? – step 2 I. Create or open an existing PAGE on the TwinSpace. Click on the SOURCE button. II. PASTE the embed code. When you click again on the SOURCE button, the content will show.
27. PAGES With pages you can tell the story of your project. Uploaded materials like pictures, videos, presentations and other project outcomes can be presented in a coherent context.
28. PAGES To start you click on CREATE A PAGE on the front page. Alternatively you can click on PAGES.
29. PAGES  Click CREATE A PAGE to get started.  Write a title.
30. PAGES When creating a page you decide who is the (co-) author of the page. By default the Administrators (founders) and the Teachers can edit any page in the TwinSpace. Pupil administrators can create new pages. Pupils can only add content to a particular page when given the rights.
31. PAGES As an author of a page you can decide about the visibility of your page. By default only the author and the administrators see the page you create. If you think your page is ready, you must tick the audience. In most cases you will make your page only visible to the members of the TwinSpace. Pages can also be made visible to everyone on the internet.
32. Materials Embed Code PAGES Pages can contain text, but also materials (images, videos, files) as well as embedded content. Click the icons to add materials or to paste the embed code of the internet application. Please note that not all embed codes will work in the TwinSpace.
33. PAGES The order and the hierarchy of the pages can be rearranged so that the structure is transparent and easy to understand for all members. Pages cannot be deleted completely. They can be archived to make them invisible, and if necessary made visible again. The size and position of images can be changed by right-clicking on the picture.
34. PAGES Make clear arrangements with all members of the TwinSpace: discuss the structure and the order of the pages with all the teachers of the project. If not the TwinSpace might end up in a mess. Students can also be given ownership by giving them editing rights to particular pages so that they can add content.


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Some Fun Tonight! The Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966 is a comprehensive two-volume set which gives you a city-by-city synopsis of the group's activities as they traveled the United States and Canada for their groundbreaking series of concerts. From San Francisco's Cow Palace show on August 19, 1964, through their last-ever live performances at that city's famed Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966, these books cover the music and the madness that characterized the Beatles' three North American tours. With hundreds of photographs and images of rare memorabilia, it is truly the definitive reference for what is arguably the most important period in the Beatles' long and winding career. You'll read about the behind-the-scenes negotiations, the mayhem at the airports and hotels, and the cheeky quotes delivered at the press conferences. You'll also read about the opening acts, the concerts, and the stories behind the shows through the eyes of the Beatles, their entourage, the promoters, the emcees, and the fans. Never before have the Beatles' North American concerts been covered in such depth.


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Book: "Sex in the Museum"
Consulting: Sexual Culturalist
Mama's a Sexpert
Curator of Sex
Sex and the Superbowl: Sex over watching the game? Nuns fighting against trafficking
Sarah Forbes February 5, 2012
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From my opinion you can examine anything through the lens of sex. So with that stated. let's talk about the Super Bowl.
For some, the Super Bowl is the best research vehicle in seeing the status of gender in this country, bring up ideas of both gender stereotypes and gender representations. From players patting each other on the butt to the types and tones of commercials launched to maybe even a little half time controversy it's a great window into the world of gender. According to Zoosk, a dating site with approximately 15 million active users, 91% of women would be interested in going to the Super Bowl on a date, yet the data from BabyCenter says 80% of moms would prefer sex to watching the game. Some interesting food for thought, no?
Many have also written about large sporting events, which attract large groups of men, and their impact on the location and communities in which they take place. From the Olympics to the World Cup, many a public health cry has been heard about the possibilities not only of consensual unprotected sex do to excessive drinking but also the increased presence of sex workers. Some have even wrapped in the idea of sex trafficking, defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat, use of force or other forms of coercion, for the purpose of exploitation." But in effort to address the situation of sex trafficking, a group of nuns have begun working with hotel employees, cab drivers and security officers in Indianapolis to help train them to look out for individuals or situations that may be linked to trafficking. "The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said there were 133 underage arrests for prostitution during 2011's Super Bowl weekend in Dallas and estimates that 10,000 prostitutes were brought to the 2010 Super Bowl in Miami, according to Forbes Magazine." In response to this information, Indiana has strengthened its sex trafficking laws, now prohibiting "any person from arranging for another person to participate in any forced sexual act and makes it easier to prosecute traffickers who sell children" While not promoting sex trafficking in any manner, some experts/activists have been quick to make sure sex trafficking is not used as a catch all phrase to describe sex workers who do not fall under this category.
Super bowl, sex or a date?:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-wheeler-johnson/super-bowl-or-sex_1_b_1244532.html?ref=women and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/women-super-bowl-2012_n_1248789.html
To learn more about the Nun's fight against sex trafficking:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120203/nuns-fight-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-indianapolis
To read more about the dangers of conflating trafficking with sex work: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sexual-intelligence/201201/superbowl-sex-trafficking-increase-super-nonsense
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Labour council bosses determined to press ahead with new parking scheme.
At a meeting of Merton Council focusing on air quality, Liberal Democrats councillors called on the Council to scrap their plans to massively increase parking charges based on where you live, and instead move towards an emissions based scheme where the worst polluting vehicles pay more.
An analysis by Merton Lib Dems has shown that the proposed new charges for residents parking permits will mainly affect areas without Labour councillors. The increases will raise £1.4m a year, over £1m (70%) of which will be paid by people in Wimbledon, £172k from Raynes park but only £72k (5%) from the whole of Mitcham and Morden.


As announced last December 31, the prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Paolo Ruffini started a process to form a new organizational structure of the press office of the Holy See after the appointment of the interim director Alexander Gisotti.
The prefect then named as a senior advisor to the director, Romilda Ferrauto from France, retired manager of the French section of Vatican Radio and assistant to the press office for the last five General assemblies of the Synod of Bishops.
In addition, the prefect has entrusted the role of assistant to the director to Sister Bernadette M Reis, FSP, from the United States, a journalist for Vatican News and consultant for the communications commission of the UISG, and Raul Cabrera Perez from Peru, long time journalist for Vatican Radio and collaborator on the Information Commission for the Synod of Bishops on Young People.
Lastly, the role of office manager for the press office has been entrusted to Thaddeus M. Jones from the United States, member of the coordinating team in the Vatican News portal office and former official of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE ON ABUSE SCANDAL REPORT IN U.S.
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE ON ABUSE SANDAL REPORT IN U.S.
April 28: I am deeply moved by the death of little Alfie. Today I pray especially for his parents, as God the Father receives him in his tender embrace.
April 29: Do we really want peace? Then let's ban all weapons so we don't have to live in fear of war.
April 30: Be one with Christ when you pray, take care of your most vulnerable brothers and sisters, and work for peace.
I am fascinated by the news of the visit by German prelates to officials in the Vatican on the question of whether or not the Eucharist can be given to non-Catholic spouses in a mixed marriage.
I certainly thought I knew the teaching on this question.
In addition to what I had been taught, we have guidelines for the reception of communion in the Missalettes available to the faithful at Mass which basically states: Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, members of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to holy Communion. Non-Catholic faithful are then invited, if they wish, to approach the Eucharist with their arms folded over their chest to receive a blessing from the celebrant.
For starters, we have Canon 842 §1. A person who has not received baptism cannot be admitted validly to the other sacraments.
The German bishops' decision to offer the Eucharist to the non-Catholic member of a mixed marriage has been inspired by their desire to implement certain provisions of "Amoris Laetitia," the same document that has caused such angst by suggesting that, under certain circumstances, communion may be given to a couple who, validly married in the Catholic church but civilly divorced (thus, still married for the Church but in an adulterous union) and remarried in a civil ceremony.
The German prelates-Vatican officials meeting will be very interesting to watch.
Pope Francis had been following Alfie with particular attention. He met with Thomas Evans, Alfie's father, on the 18th of April, and made several appeals on his behalf. He had also expressed the desire that Alfie Evans be brought to the Vatican's pedriatic hospital, Bambino Gesù, to be cared for.
Sunday at the Regina Coeli, Pope Francis hailed the positive outcome of the Inter-Korean Summit and said he is praying for a future of peace for Koreans and for the world. He also mentioned the violence against Catholic communities in Nigeria and prayed for the achievement of harmony and peace there.
Pope Francis has repeatedly prayed for dialogue and peace between the Koreas and for the historic Summit on Friday in which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in agreed to work to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons.
The Pope also turned his attention to and offered his prayers for Christians in Nigeria that, yet again, have come under attack.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis began individual meetings with three survivors of clerical sexual abuse from Chile following a major apology earlier this month. The encounters, which have no time limit, went throughout the weekend and into Monday.
The survivors – Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Andres Murillo – were invited by the Pope to stay at the Vatican's St. Martha guesthouse, where he has lived since his election in 2013.
Cruz, Hamilton and Murillo were each victims of abuse carried out by Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, who in 2011 was found guilty by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of sexually abusing several minors during the 1980s and 1990s and sentenced to a life of prayer and solitude.
The Pope invited the three men to come to the Vatican after receiving a 2,300-page report from Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who is highly regarded as the Vatican's top abuse investigator and who traveled to the United States and Chile in February to investigate allegations of cover-up.
On May 3, a group of German cardinals and bishops will meet in the Vatican with several heads of dicasteries and officials of the Roman Curia to confront the theme of eventual access to the Eucharist for the non-Catholic spouses in a mixed marriage.
The German delegation is composed of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of München und Freising and president of the German Episcopal Conference; Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Co of Munster; Bishop KarlHeinz Wiesemann, of Speyer and president of the Doctrinal Commission of the German Episcopal Conference; of Regensburg, Vice President of the Doctrinal Commission; Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg and president of the Commission for Ecumenism of the German Episcopal Conference; Fr. Hans Langendörfer, S.J., secretary general of the German Episcopal Conference.
The dicastery heads and curial officials are: Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF); Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Msgr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B., under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; Fr. Hermann Geissler, F.S.O., bureau chief of the doctrinal section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
You may remember my post several days ago, a piece written for the National Catholic Register by my EWTN colleague, Edward Pentin. Here is the first part of that post as background to today's statement from the press office.
The Register obtained a copy of the March 22 missive which expresses serious concerns about the recent German bishops' decision to give Holy Communion to Protestant spouses in some cases. Sources say the seven bishops' call for clarification, which is being fiercely opposed by the German episcopal conference, has the full support of Benedict XVI.


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Top 10 Foreigner Songs
Matt Wardlaw Updated: May 2, 2015
Foreigner's lone remaining founding member, guitarist Mick Jones, has been at the helm of the legendary American rock group since 1976. But if you've seen the band lately, it seems like they're just getting started, with Jones putting together a turbo-charged version of the group, which has been fronted by Kelly Hansen since 2005. But even though 2009's Can't Slow Down proved that they still had the goods to make a damn fine Foreigner album, it's their chart-reigning period from 1977-84 with Lou Gramm as the lead singer, that make up the songs on our list of the Top 10 Foreigner Songs.
'Night Life'
From: '4' (1981)
Our list of the Top 10 Foreigner Songs begins with this album track, which drew simple inspiration from the hookers that were hanging out outside New York's Electric Lady studios where the band was hard at work on '4.'' Hearing Lou Gramm singing about getting "caught up in the action" suggests that some members of the band just might have taken advantage of "those bad girls hanging around."
'Blue Morning, Blue Day'
From: 'Double Vision' (1978)
The tangled relationship depicted in "Blue Morning, Blue Day" is very clearly reaching its breaking point and Gramm delivers the final kiss-off to his apparently soon to be ex-lover, telling her "Well, honey don't telephone / 'Cause I won't be alone / I need someone to make me feel better." Or to put it another way, here's a quarter, call someone who cares.
'Head Games'
From: 'Head Games' (1979)
"Head Games" remains as one of the best lasting artifacts of the Jones/Gramm partnership, a song that can usually be found in the second slot of Foreigner's modern-day setlist. A soaring opening riff from Jones leads into urgent lyrical communication from Gramm, who struggles to figure out and face the true mental reality of his fractious relationship.
'Feels Like the First Time'
From: 'Foreigner' (1977)
"Feels Like the First Time" is a pretty genius name for your first single, and it certainly paid plenty of dividends for Foreigner, striking the Top Five. For Jones, it simply signified a new beginning as he had gotten married, moved to America and started what would become a very successful rock 'n' roll band.
'Urgent'
"Urgent," which is No. 6 on our list of the Top 10 Foreigner Songs, oozes with gobs of machismo on every level, from the way Jones' guitar struts at odds with the backbeat from Dennis Elliott to the muscular sax solo from Motown's Junior Walker. Due to the perfectionism of Jones and producer Mutt Lange, Walker's solo was pieced together from multiple takes.
'Cold as Ice'
Hearing the famous piano beginning of "Cold as Ice," it's hard now to believe that the song was initially released in some territories as the B-side to "Feels Like the First Time." It was much too good to languish in obscurity, however, and when it was finally issued as an A-side, it charted at No. 6, the second of three Top 20 singles from the band's self-titled debut.
'Waiting for a Girl Like You'
Mick Jones calls "Waiting" the "song that wrote itself," telling Classic Rock that he felt like the "conduit" for the track and that "something was coming down through me." He says that the "serious emotional experience" made it hard for him to hear the song in playback without breaking down. Keyboardist Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby played the famous synthesizer on "Waiting," which financed the beginning of his own solo career.
'Hot Blooded'
Gramm says that "It's up to you / We can make a secret rendezvous," but the overall tone of "Hot Blooded" seems to make things pretty clear that there isn't really much choice in the matter. What's the polite way to ask "Come on baby, do you do more than dance?"
'I Want to Know What Love Is'
From: 'Agent Provocateur' (1984)
Foreigner got downright spiritual with "I Want To Know What Love Is," which featured backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir and one of Lou Gramm's finest vocal moments. Driven by his own romantic struggles, Jones wrote this emotional plea, which deeply moved many of those who were first to hear it -- including the legendary Ahmet Ertegun, who found himself brought to tears when Jones played it for him.
'Juke Box Hero'
For anyone who has ever been on the wrong side of a sold-out concert, "Juke Box Hero" will touch a chord. The real-life version had a happier ending, as Foreigner invited a Cincinnati fan that they met outside of soundcheck -- and helped to inspire the eventual song that tops our list of the Top 10 Foreigner Songs -- inside to watch the show from the side of the stage.
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Except for the accent, this guy reminds me so much of my step-brother Patrick. He was always doing wildly insane but pretty cool crap like this.
Needed a chuckle, after being subject to more abuses of the medical-test variety this morning. Just a CAT scan trying to sort out the ongoing pleuritic pain, so nothing to worry about. Still, having to stay off coffee until after the test was annoying, and the above vid helped.
Last week, there was an interesting discussion on MetaFilter about "Every Day Carry" – both the blog, and the mindset. I was a bit surprised at how dismissive people were of the need to think of basic preparedness, but then I've long been of a mind that having some options at hand in terms of tools and resources is better than just trusting to fate.
It's a bit long, but the summation is that Jim Berkland predicted that there would be a major seismic event in southern California sometime in the week of March 19 through March 26.
Following the Japanese quake/tsunami from earlier in the month, it understandably got a lot of attention and generated no small amount of fear and anxiety. I heard about the prediction from a number of friends, and it was a major source of chatter in a variety of different forums & social media outlets. A lot of people started thinking about what they should do to prepare for a possible catastrophe.
Well, the 26th has come and gone, and there's been no major earthquake. Of course, no one is talking about that – it isn't news. Earthquakes don't happen all the time. And I would bet that a large number of the people who started giving some thought to emergency preparedness the week before have since moved on to thinking about other things. Life's busy, after all.
We had a bunch of friends in for the weekend, a reunion of sorts. It was a lot of fun, and good to reconnect with folks we had somewhat lost touch with.
As things were winding down yesterday, a few of us were just chatting about this and that, and one good friend told the story of what happened to his small Midwestern city in the aftermath of a really nasty ice storm a couple of years ago. Trees collapsed under the weight of the ice, knocking down power lines and blocking streets. He couldn't get hold of his mom, who lived elsewhere outside of town, so he set out to go check on her.
He got to her just fine, using his chainsaw to clear paths through streets as necessary. And she was OK. But along the way he passed a number of houses engulfed in fire – stuff that started small but got out of control because the fire department was delayed by both the number of small fires started and the inability to navigate the streets quickly. Reports later also told of a fair number of people who died from injuries and heart attacks which were normally survivable because ambulances couldn't get to them.
I don't really have anything profound to say. I guess I'm a bit tired from the weekend festivities, and my mind is sluggish. So no real insights, no real message to pass along which hasn't been said a million times before.
But I wish that stories like the failed prediction from Jim Berkland did more than gin up fear and a short-term scramble to stock up on some emergency supplies. Every time there's a hurricane, there are stories of stores in the area being stripped of almost everything. Same thing has happened throughout large parts of Japan, in the wake of the tsunami and ongoing problems with the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
It's relatively easy to build a reserve of food and water, to secure necessary emergency supplies – so long as it isn't something you suddenly need to do when everyone else is also in a panic. Think about it. Then actually do something about it.
Lights in the sky. Strange lights. Lights that don't move . . . right.
Must be aliens, stopping off for a visit, right?
Highbeams Of The Gods: Do UFOs Need Headlights?
Yeah. Good point. Are the aliens scared of running into a deer?
Pretty much the most crucial plot point in Communion of Dreams is that the alien artifact discovered on Titan is using some kind of stealth technology. (I'm not giving anything away by saying this, for those who haven't yet read the book.) How and more importantly why this is the case is what drives the story.
It's even got a flying car on the cover!
That is the core message of Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Future." Despite its title, the book is not so much about physics as it is about gadgets and technology, described by Mr. Kaku—professor, blogger and television host—on a wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so.
Much of the terrain Mr. Kaku surveys will be familiar to futurists, but less technically oriented readers are likely to find it fascinating—and related with commendable clarity. The changes that Mr. Kaku expects range from the readily foreseeable to the considerably more esoteric.
Hmm . . . sound familiar? This is exactly the sort of tech I stipulate as being pretty mature (completely developed and integrated into everyday use) in Communion of Dreams.
Fun. I may have to get a copy of that book.
A different story out of Libya.
Small in size at 80 x 50 km (50 x 30 mi), Dar al Gani is the most important Saharan strewnfield, with nearly a thousand itemized meteorites, Lunar and Martian rocks, various achondrites, etc. At least 150 different falls are represented. When you approach Dar al Gani from the west, the first thing to strike you is its whiteness, as if you were looking out over mountain-tops covered in snow: a mirage in the desert. First comes a succession of terraces which then open on to a smooth, rolling expanse of white, without rocks or vegetation. Meteorites have been falling here for thousands of years, and it goes without saying that strewnfields like this one are of scientific interest. Unlike Antarctica, where ice shifts concentrate meteorites and wind scatters the fragments, things here stay in the same place from one millennium to the next. I often think of Dar al Gani as a photographic plate recording all falls over a significant time-scale of 20,000 years or more. The terrain is gentle and preserving, so that thousands of years worth of data are at present accessible.
The author and his brother make one of the most important finds ever. Very cool, and with some great pictures.
Scalzi's website contains complete information, and you should read it – Scalzi knows what he is talking about, and has been having these arguments for the better part of a decade that I'm aware of (I follow his blog, and see him discussing these issues on other forums, such as MetaFilter).
That said, just because he knows what he is talking about doesn't mean that he is *always* right, nor that his position is a simple black/white one on the topic. He's too thoughtful and nuanced for that.
When I voted to go the self-publishing/e-publishing route with our care-giving memoir, I did so fully aware of all the pros and cons (in large part thanks to discussions I've seen with Scalzi.) What he says is valid, but I find myself saying "yeah, but . . . " as pertains to Her Final Year, largely because the care-giving memoir is a niche market, and therefore many of the problems with publishing are more manageable than they are for general or genre fiction.
But we'll see. I'll be asking for your help to beat the odds.
Been a busy few days.
Got through close editing (formatting, typos, similar such) of both Her Final Year and His First Year, all except one chapter which needed more work from my co-author and his wife to tighten up some passage. I'm still waiting to hear back from the 'beta readers' whether there are major problems from their perspective, but I am generally very pleased with the book(s).
Why the (s)? Because we still need to decide whether we will offer an e-book version which has the two together as the only option, or whether we'll offer the two titles separately with a discount incentive to buy both. Any thoughts on this would be welcome.
Well, was just taking a break from getting some much-needed yardwork done, thought I should post an update. Not much else to tell, though I always seem to find things to post on facebook.


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More Evidence That Violent Video Games Help Spur Aggression
Negative effects accumulate over time, study says.
THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2012 (HealthDay News) — The more that people play violent video games, the greater their levels of aggressive behavior, a new study finds.
The study included 70 university students in France who were assigned to play a violent or nonviolent video game for 20 minutes a day over three consecutive days.
Those who played violent games, such as "Call of Duty 4" and "Condemned 2," showed increases in hostile expectations and aggressive behavior each day they played. This did not occur in the people who played nonviolent games such as "Dirt2," according to the study, published online ahead of print in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
The study offers evidence that the negative effects of playing violent video games can accumulate over time and cause people to view the world as a hostile and violent place, said study co-author Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University.
"After playing a violent video game, we found that people expect others to behave aggressively," Bushman said in a university news release. "That expectation may make them more defensive and more likely to respond with aggression themselves, as we saw in this study and in other studies we have conducted."
Because so many young people regularly play video games, it's important to know the long-term effects of violent games, Bushman said.
"Playing video games could be compared to smoking cigarettes," he said. "A single cigarette won't cause lung cancer, but smoking over weeks or months or years greatly increases the risk. In the same way, repeated exposure to violent video games may have a cumulative effect on aggression," he explained.
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It's impossible to know exactly how much aggression may increase among people who play violent video games for months or years, Bushman said.
"We would know more if we could test players for longer periods of time, but that isn't practical or ethical," he noted.
"I would expect that the increase in aggression would accumulate for more than three days. It may eventually level off. However, there is no theoretical reason to think that aggression would decrease over time, as long as players are still playing the violent games," Bushman said.
Although the study found an association between violent video games and aggression, it did not establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship.
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Why You Should Consider Investing in Plant Medicine
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January 8, 2021 12:04 pm ET
If you find yourself to be one of those individuals that like to make investments for the future, you may have thought about investing in cannabis stocks. This investment is considered risky by many analysts. This is because cannabis is still currently a federally illegal substance. Under federal law, cannabis is a scheduled one controlled substance with no medical value and a high addiction rate in the United States of America. Even though many states have gone against federal law and legalized cannabis, investing in this industry is still considered risky.
Investing in Cannabis Has Always Been Hit or Miss
Many people have a hard time investing hard-earned money into an industry that can't even legally work with most banks. This doesn't mean that cannabis stocks haven't been a hot ticket for investors looking for a big payday. Some of those who invested in the cannabis industry have found success while others found themselves not so lucky. Years ago, the cannabis startup MassRoots seemed like it would be a no-brainer to add to any portfolio if you were considering purchasing stock in the cannabis industry. However, that quickly changed as the company ended up tanking out.
A lot of people turned to investing in companies like Canopy Growth and Aphria when it came to surefire investments for their stock portfolio. Some of these investments have panned out to be successful, and others not so much. When it comes to making investments in cannabis stocks, there's not much time left if you're looking to get in on the big payday. Investors who took the risk are the ones that will reap the biggest reward. Once the investment of purchasing a cannabis stock becomes a safe action, the potential earnings from the stocks will decrease substantially. That doesn't mean that you can't get in on a great investment when it comes to plant-based medicine.
What Other Plant Medicine Can You Invest in?
If you feel like you've missed the boat on investing with cannabis, a relatively new stock area that may be of interest to you would be investing in medicinal psychedelics. Medicinal psychedelics have technically been around for quite a while. More recently, the news of potentially treating depression and anxiety using psilocybin mushrooms has made its way into the news. The state of Oregon voted to legalize medicinal psilocybin, becoming the first in the nation to pass such a law. Residents in Oregon can be recommended medicinal mushrooms as a patient, much like the way a physician can recommend medical cannabis to a patient. Additionally, magic mushrooms are quickly becoming increasingly more acceptable in the United States. They have been decriminalized in Denver, Colorado, legalized in the state of Oregon, and they are also decriminalized in our nation's capital Washington D.C. This is going to become a growing industry, much like cannabis. In my opinion, you will start to see psilocybin legalization laws pop up in other states across the nation over the next few years. Plant-based medicine can be remarkably effective. In a time when medications and prescriptions come with so many dangerous and deadly side effects, many people are looking to get back to their roots.
Top Stocks in Cannabis and Psychedelic Focused Therapies
Whether it be recreational or medicinal, investments in the industries of cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms are going to continue to cultivate success with investors. Canopy Growth Corp, Tilray, and Cronos Group Inc. were some of the top cannabis stocks of 2020. Some of the best value in cannabis stocks were considered to be Organigram Holdings Inc., Harvest Health and Recreation Inc., and Amyris Inc. Among some of the fastest-growing cannabis stocks, you'll find 4front Ventures Corp., Jushi Holdings Inc., and Cresco Labs Inc.
When it comes to the magical world of psilocybin mushrooms and psychedelic-based medicines, there are two stocks making waves with investors that many are hopping on to hoping to surf out into financial security. Champion Brands is a Vancouver based company accelerating rapidly in the field of psychedelic medicine. They announced they would make the acquisition of AltMed Capital Corp in April of this year. Champion Brands is another company that has plans to open clinics for psychedelic medicine such as MDMA, ketamine, and psilocybin throughout North America. Mind Medicine is considered one of the biggest biotechs in the field of therapeutic psychedelics. Mind Medicine saw great success with its Compass Pathways IPO and is currently in the process of enlisting with the U.S. stock exchange. This gives great potential to investors staying up on current trends. Mind Medicine has current studies establishing the effectiveness of LSD in helping neurological issues. The company is not a basement startup. It already has an estimated 23.7 million in total assets. Financial stability like this will definitely help pave the path for future generational success.
Now you are armed with some knowledge about cannabis as well as psychedelic stocks. You can use this knowledge as a great conversation piece or in your arsenal for making investments in your future. A small investment in cannabis and psychedelic stocks today could bring the blazing success that might leave you tripping over the profit you make.
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Ashley Priest is a patient, mother, entrepreneur, and activist that fights to end prohibition globally for a better future for all. Ashley has a passion for sharing education pertaining to the goddess plant known as cannabis. She believes that a single seed can tip the scales and that together through education we can end the stigma that is preventing cannabis from flowering to its full potential globally.
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Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
In violent and disturbing detail, the series tells the story of hunters stalking through the woods with their canines, hunting the mythical beast. As the story progresses, the unicorn is found and surrounded, ambushed and eventually attacked from all sides. Despite getting away from the hunters, the unicorn is eventually calmed by a virgin maiden and killed while under her charm.
Most people who have studied the tapestries believe they come from 1495-1505, from somewhere in southern Holland. Although even those details are often debated. Despite a general geographic location, the identity of the author is completely unknown. The tapestries' only connection to the past is a small cipher, showing the letters A and B intertwined by some rope, which may signify the artist or the owner of the work.
From this slight hint, some have devised that Anne of Brittany commissioned the works to celebrate her marriage to Louis XII, but there is no conclusive proof and the code of the Unicorn Tapestries remains unbroken. Despite the mystery, art historians have reveled in the chance to interpret the tapestries, often comparing the hunt of the unicorn to the Passion of Christ. The unicorn itself, once a pagan symbol, became a symbol for Christ.
All of the vibrant tapestries are available for personal interpretation and are held in the Cloisters Museum in Upper Manhattan. The exhibit is accompanied by the 6-foot long horn of a narwhal, which many in 16th century Europe confused with the horn of a unicorn, inspiring stories and depictions of the magical beast.
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Israeli Textile Printing Firm 'Kornit Digital' Expands Partnership With Amazon
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Kornit Digital, manufactures and markets industrial digital printing technologies for the garment, apparel, and textile industries, Signs an Agreements with Amazon
Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel has quoted Ronen Samuel, CEO of Kornit Digital saying: "The business is on fire – fashion companies are moving online and to textile printing on demand." He was speaking as the Israeli company conducted its fourth share offering in the past two and a half years and signed an expanded agreement with Amazon that will triple its sales to the online retail giant.
Kornit digital printing solution for textile and fashion enables mass customization of printed textile products in on-demand short and micro runs to shorten the supply chain to days instead of months and does so within the target markets to reduce negative environmental impacts. According to the company, the online digital fashion and textile printing market will grow to $25 billion by 2023, up from $18 billion in 2018.
Amazon Is Expanding Printing Capacity for Its Booming On-Demand Apparel and Merchandise Service
Until now, Amazon has used Kornit products only for its Merch by Amazon service, which enables independent designers to sell products like personalized T-shirts, with Amazon handling production, shipping and collection. The company now wants to expand its digital-printed offerings to housewares and sports equipment, and will use new Kornit's Presto printer, that can be used to print upholstery and bedspreads.
Kornit digital printers can rapidly produce short runs of complex images and designs directly on finished garments and fabrics, enabling clothing makers to produce products as needed, rather than prestocking inventory at the start of each season, and/or create custom products.
Amazon has committed to buying products and services from Kornit totaling $400 million over the next five years. The commitment is divided into two – $250 million in existing products (digital printers, inks and services) in exchange for warrants covertible into 1.9 million shares, and $150 million in future products in exchange for warrants for 1.5 million shares. The warrants will be allocated in tranches each time Amazon hits a $5 million milestone for purchases. (See the Master Purchase Agreement below).
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Kornit Digital has disclosed the following information in the SEC filings on September 14, 2020.
Master Purchase Agreement between Kornit Digital and Amazon
In January 2017, we entered into a Master Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Amazon Corporate LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., or Amazon. Under the Purchase Agreement, as amended in March 2017, January 2018, June 2018 and May 2020, Amazon may purchase, and we have committed to supply, Kornit AVHD6 and Kornit Atlas digital direct-to-garment printers, NeoPigment ink and other consumables at agreed-upon prices that are subject to volume discounts. We also agreed to provide maintenance services and extended warranties to Amazon at agreed-upon prices.
The Purchase Agreement provides for an "end of life" program. We are required to notify Amazon 12 months in advance if we intend to stop supporting one of the products or services supplied by us and to continue to manufacture the product or provide such service during the applicable period. Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to continue to supply ink in such quantities as Amazon requires for at least 36 months after the earlier of (1) the end of the term of the Purchase Agreement or (2) 18 months following the purchase of the last product sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement requires us to make arrangements to ensure continuity of our supply of products if we do not comply with its requirements to supply the products or the services under the agreement or we become insolvent. The Purchase Agreement also provides for penalties on a sliding scale in the case of late delivery or if our systems are unavailable for certain specific periods. There are no minimum spending commitments under the Purchase Agreement.
The term of the Purchase Agreement is five years beginning on May 1, 2016 and extends automatically for additional one-year periods unless terminated by Amazon. The Purchase Agreement is subject to customary termination provisions, including material uncured breaches, insolvency or our acquisition by a competitor of Amazon. The Purchase Agreement may also be terminated by Amazon without cause subject to an agreed advance notice period.
Original Transaction Agreement and Original Warrant
Concurrently with the Purchase Agreement, we and Amazon entered into a Transaction Agreement (the "Original Transaction Agreement" pursuant to which we agreed to issue to an affiliate of Amazon a warrant, or the Warrant, as amended (the "Original Warrant"), to acquire up to 2,932,176 of our ordinary shares at a purchase price of $13.04 per share, which was based on the 30-trading day VWAP, as adjusted, prior to the execution of the Original Transaction Agreement. The Original Warrant also allows for cashless (net) exercise.
The shares underlying the Original Warrant are subject to vesting as a function of payments for purchased products and services of up to $150 million over a five-year period, with the shares vesting incrementally each time Amazon or its affiliates make a payment totaling $5 million to us. As of September 11, 2020, 2,052,507 shares underlying the Original Warrant were vested and exercisable. Amazon is exercising the Original Warrant on a cashless (net) exercise basis in connection with this offering resulting in the issuance to it, and the sale of, 1,600,000 ordinary shares.
New Transaction Agreement and New Warrant
On September 14, 2020, we and Amazon entered into a new Transaction Agreement (the "New Transaction Agreement") pursuant to which we have agreed to issue to an affiliate of Amazon a warrant (the "New Warrant") to acquire up to 3,401,028 of our ordinary shares at a purchase price of $59.26 per share, which is based on the 30-trading day VWAP prior to the execution of the New Transaction Agreement. The New Warrant also provides for cashless (net) exercise.
The shares underlying the New Warrant are subject to vesting as a function of payments up to an aggregate of $400 million by Amazon and its affiliates over a five-year period for two different categories of product lines and services as follows:
"Existing" Product Lines and Services
Purchased amount $ 250 million
Maximum number of vesting shares 1,943,445
Number of vesting shares per $5 million payment 38,869
"New" Product Lines and Services
"Existing" products refers to any product line that has been purchased by Amazon from Kornit before the date of the issuance of the New Warrant, for example, products from the Kornit Avalanche and the Kornit Atlas printing system family and related ink and spare parts. "New" products refers to any product line that has not been purchased by Amazon before the date of the issuance of the New Warrants and may be purchased by Amazon in the future. "New" products includes any future potential new applications that are printed using existing products. Neither the New Warrant nor the Purchase Agreement, as amended, contain any pricing terms or minimum purchase agreements for "New" products, and no "New" product has been qualified for use by Amazon.
The New Warrant is exercisable through the earlier of (1) January 10, 2027 and (2) the fifth anniversary of the date that all shares underlying under the Original Warrant are vested (i.e., the date on which Amazon and its affiliates have collectively made gross payments totaling $150 million to the Company or its affiliates in connection with invoices in respect of orders placed under the Purchase Agreement).
Upon the consummation of a change of control transaction (as defined in the New Warrant), subject to certain exceptions, the unvested portion of the New Warrant will vest in full and become fully exercisable.
The exercise price and the number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrant are subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
The New Warrant also limits Amazon's beneficial ownership to 4.999% of our outstanding shares unless Amazon waives this limit upon 61 days' notice, in which case Amazon's beneficial ownership is then limited to 9.999% of our outstanding shares.
The New Transaction Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of our company and Amazon. The New Transaction Agreement restricts any transfer of the New Warrant and ordinary shares thereunder, except under certain circumstances set forth in the New Transaction Agreement.
The New Transaction Agreement also contains certain customary standstill restrictions with respect to an acquisition of our shares (other than an acquisition of the shares underlying the Original Warrant and the New Warrant), solicitation of proxies and other actions that seek to influence the control of our company. These standstill restrictions remain in effect until such time as the shares issued under the New Warrant or that remain unexercised under the New Warrant represent less than 2% of our outstanding shares.
Registration Rights for Shares Underlying Warrants
Under the Original Transaction Agreement, Amazon is entitled to certain registration rights with respect to the shares underlying the Original Warrant. Amazon may request up to two times in any 12-month period that we file a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 or S-3, and we are required to keep the shelf registration effective for four 90-day periods. If we are ineligible to file a registration statement on Form F-3 or Form S-3, Amazon may request up to four times that we file a long form registration statement to facilitate the sale of its shares. In addition, Amazon is entitled to piggyback registration rights on underwritten offerings effected by us. We are subject to customary obligations upon Amazon's request for registration, including cooperation in case of an underwritten offering. The ordinary shares being offered by Amazon under this prospectus supplement are being offered pursuant to Amazon's foregoing registration rights. These registration rights also apply to our ordinary shares issuable under the New Warrant.
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If you have been following along with my Easy Organic Living challenges, you have seen me Shift and Save and Invent a Snack. The Third challenge is to Give a Meal A Makeover, which is to take one of your traditional family meals and change at least one ingredient to organic. I decided to go with my great-grandmother's recipe for Baked Ziti. Let me preface by saying that my great-grandmother, grandmother and mother do NOT use jarred sauce. They make their own. However, I have not reached the point in my cooking career where I am making my own sauce yet, hopefully someday. So I made sure that the sauce that I bought was organic, mainly because tomatoes are in the Dirty Dozen list for containing a lot of pesticides. I chose the Nature's Promise Organic Traditional Pasta Sauce but any organic brand should do just fine. The Trader Joe's sauces are also very yummy.
3. In medium bowl, beat egg then add ricotta cheese and grated cheese. Mix well.
4. Line the bottom of a 13x9 baking pan with a thin layer of sauce.
5. Place a single layer of cooked pasta. Should be about 1/2 the pasta.
6. Spread the entire ricotta cheese mixture on top of the pasta. Sprinkle 1/2 of your mozzarella on top.
7. Place the remaining pasta in s single layer on top of ricotta mixture.
8. Pour the rest of the sauce over the pata. Try to spread as evenly as possible.
9. Top with remaining mozzarella.
10. Cover dish with aluminum foil and cook for 20 minutes. The remove the foil and cook for 10 more minutes or until mozzarella cheese is bubbly.
11. Remove from oven and let sit for a few minutes to settle.
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Looks yummy! Very similar to the recipe I use - I'm all about some Italian food!
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Remembering Pat Conroy
The spirit and generosity of one of the South's most beloved voices
By David DiBenedetto
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Lowcountry Legend
Conroy and his wife, Cassandra King, at the G&G office in 2013
I was in bed on the night of March 4 when I got a text message from a friend letting me know that Pat Conroy had died. Just weeks before, I had reeled at the news that Conroy had pancreatic cancer, and now he was gone. I immediately got up and started rereading some of my favorite passages from his work. I began with this one:
To describe our growing up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a spring day, flush the great blue heron from its silent occupation, scatter marsh hens as we sink to our knees in mud, open you an oyster with a pocketknife and feed it to you from the shell and say, "There. That taste. That's the taste of my childhood." I would say, "Breathe deeply," and you would breathe and remember that smell for the rest of your life.…
I was fresh out of college and living in New York City when I got around to reading my first Pat Conroy book. He had just published Beach Music, and the media, including the magazine where I worked, were ravenous in their coverage. While fact-checking the piece we were running on Conroy, I called in most of his earlier books. I was immediately intrigued by a fairly slim memoir called The Water Is Wide that chronicled Conroy's time on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina teaching the local Gullah children, who knew little of the world beyond their island sands. I had grown up in Savannah, not too far from Daufuskie. I blazed through it in a couple of days. Next I devoured The Lords of Discipline, followed by The Great Santini. Finally, I thought, here was someone who understood the rhythm of the tides, the smell of pluff mud, the stateliness of a two-hundred-year-old live oak, and the South in all its complexity.
Pat Conroy on the cover of the premier issue
Many years later, I heard about a new magazine called Garden & Gun based in Charleston, South Carolina. The premier issue's cover showed Conroy standing barefoot in a garden pond. And soon thereafter I escaped New York to work for G&G. In 2013 I finally had the opportunity to meet Conroy in person. He and his wife, the novelist Cassandra King, were in town for an event, and they agreed to stop by the office to talk about their latest books. And while we had a wide-ranging and spirited discussion about their work, what I remember most is the way Conroy treated people. As soon as he arrived, he started popping into offices introducing himself and asking questions with a genuine interest in each person's life. Here was one of the South's most revered writers, and he wanted to hear about us. "That's Pat," said King, with a smile.
He was especially giving toward other writers. Bronwen Dickey, the daughter of the late James Dickey, not only credits Conroy with getting her career off the ground but also remembers him as a constant source of encouragement. "This past year, when I finally finished the manuscript for my first book, I was hesitant to send it to Pat, but not only did he read it, he sent me a three-page handwritten letter about it," Dickey says. "I've never met any writer so generous with his time, so lighthearted about the craft, and so ferociously loyal to the people he loved."
Pat Conroy is buried in a Gullah cemetery on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, forever a part of the Lowcountry he cherished.


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The Buns and Buns menu has a little something for everyone, from pizza romanas and sandwiches to bao buns and salads. The huge rotisserie chickens looked amazing!
I ordered the bourbon glazed pork belly bao bun, shoestring fries and green tea, all were delicious.
The bourbon glaze gives the pork belly a real kick. The best way I can describe the shoestring fries is deconstructed waffle crisps. Super thin shards of crispy potato with an accompaniment Chinese mustard, sun-dried tomato vinaigrette and black sesame seeds.
I was served by four staff members who were all really nice and friendly, even sharing a joke with a cook!


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Iowa State dominates San Diego State to finish fifth in Maui Invitational
Randy Peterson
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Marial Shayok certainly didn't play like a guy with a sprained right knee.
He looked every bit as mobile and agile as when he's healthy, during Iowa State's 87-57 victory against San Diego State on Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational.
The Virginia transfer scored 21 points, shot 4-for-6 from 3-point range and ran the floor with authority as the Cyclones head home with a 5-1 record.
Sprained knee? No problem.
He did it during Tuesday's victory against Illinois. Actually, he tweaked it twice in that game, but not bad enough to keep him from playing against the Aztecs.
Mike Jacobson played another workhorse game with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Terrence Lewis came off the bench to score 16.
It took a while this season for the Cyclones to get into one of those 3-point shooting grooves fans have seen, but once they successfully found the range — swish.
And they found it early on Wednesday.
They ran to a 46-32 halftime lead after going 9-of-19 from long-range. What makes this significant is that the Cyclones missed 20 of their 24 three-point attempts during Monday's 71-66 first-round loss against Arizona.
Wednesday, making shots from the perimeter was the plan, considering San Diego State's 6-foot-10 Jalen McDaniels came into the game averaging better than a blocked shot a game and eight rebounds.
Shayok was 3-for-4 from 3-point distance while scoring 11 first-half points. Nick Weiler-Babb made half of his six 3-point attempts. By the time Iowa State cooled off, the outcome was all but decided.
Shooting like that makes it easy to see why coach Steve Prohm was confident the Iowa State basketball team he coaches could withstand seven-game suspensions for Cameron Lard and Zoran Talley. He figured all along that others would pick up their slack.
Iowa State, with only eight available scholarship players, won two of three games in the Maui Invitational — not only were Lard and Talley sitting out, but starters Lindell Wigginton and Solomon Young were also sidelined with injuries.
The Cyclones' 5-1 record includes wins against Missouri of the SEC, Illinois of the Big Ten and now the Mountain West's Aztecs.
Iowa State's next game is at 7 p.m. Monday against Omaha at Hilton Coliseum.


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Only One Azeri Advocate Will Leave for Budapest to Meet with Azeri Officer
Society 26 December 2006 19:03 (UTC+04:00)
The Advocate of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan, Ikram Shirinov, informed Trend that he will leave to Budapest as advocate of Safarov family on January 15 to meet with the Officer of the Azerbaijan Army, Ramil Safarov, who has been sentenced to the life imprisonment. He will get familiarized with the documents regarding the appeal complaint.
He said that during the first visit he will meet with R.Safarov, get familiarized with documents, prepare necessary documents, meet with the appointed Hungarian Advocate George Majar and will return to Baku. The next visit will be made several days before the court process begins. Shirinov refuted the information that on January 15, other advocate Elmar Karimov will go with him to Budapest.
He said that Karimov will go to Budapest on the eve of the court session. I regularly speak with Safarov and discuss questions linked with the appeal court, Shirinov said.
In addition, he said that deficiencies have been allowed in the first instance court on the case of Safarov. In addition, the great role in appointing heinous crime for Safarov was played by the sensation in the Azerbaijani community. If such sensations continue around the Appeal Court, the speeches may be irresponsible and this may adversely affect the resolution of the Court Shirinov said.
Touching up on the information that the court session has been scheduled for February 22, 2007, he said that he has no information about this, adding that it is early to speak about the exact date of the court.
It should be mentioned that Ramil Safarov, who is accused of killing the
Armenian officer in Budapest, has been sentenced to the life-imprisonment on April 13, 2006. Safarov made appeal complaint. The Azerbaijan Embassy in Hungary said that the Court session will begin on December 22, 2006 under chairmanship of Judge Karpati Pirojki.
East Kazakhstan plans to vaccinate 20% of its population
MasterCard company seeks to facilitate use of modern payment technologies in Georgia
Azerbaijani ministry highlights work to expand countrywide Internet traffic


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Legends of Spirit Cave: An Excerpt (Part 5)
Posted on July 17, 2014 by Dennis Cassinelli
As sunrise broke out on the plain over Ger-lak, columns of steam arose from the series of hotspring pools and drifted out to wet the tall clumps of grass with a cold white frosting. The wakening travelers began to stumble along the trail to the place where Bruneau had a huge bonfire burning and a breakfast of waterbird eggs he had hard-boiled in the hottest of the mineral water pools. The people eagerly accepted the warm eggs and a sweet sauce of wild berries and honey the hermit had prepared for them. The entire clan gathered around to accept this last hospitality from Bruneau and to trade with him generous portions of mammoth meat for trinkets he had made from stones, twigs and feathers.
Turtle saw Rama eating breakfast with her young daughter, but neither he nor Rama acknowledged the presence of the other. Two boys about two years younger than Turtle came running by where Turtle was standing and Turtle heard one shout back, "Hey, Turtle, did you get your lizard skinned last night?"
Turtle was enraged at the remark, so he ran after them in an attempt to take revenge for their crudeness. He was unable to catch up with them, or even recognize who they were in the excitement.
Some of the group began preparing to load up their possessions and burden baskets full of provisions to resume the remainder of their journey to Pyramid Lake. Turtle's cousin, Yori, had a fine young pup he was training to carry a small burden basket. He threw some sticks for the dog to fetch while waiting for the other people to prepare their loads. Without thinking, Yori threw the stick into the hottest pool where Bruneau had just boiled the eggs. The dog yapped frantically for a few seconds, but was scalded to death almost instantly. Yori ran toward the bank of the pond to help the poor dog, but Bruneau grabbed the young man just in time to keep him from jumping into the boiling water after the pup.
Everyone gathered around to console Yori about the horrible loss of his dog. Bruneau felt especially bad, and immediately gave Yori one of his own puppies his bitch had borne just a few weeks ago. Bruneau apologized profusely for the accident and told the people there had been instances where people were badly burned entering this pond, not knowing it was where the scalding water first comes up from the Great Fire Spirit under the earth. From this pond, it flows off into the other pools where it cools enough for people to bathe and swim. Yori thanked the old hermit for the puppy, and cradled it under his arm as he shouldered his burden basket for the journey ahead. As the travelers formed a long, single file procession toward the south, Yori whispered to the tiny pup, "Be brave, little one, I will call you 'Drifter,' since we spend our entire lives drifting from place to place. Though you are tiny, I predict that one day you will have a brave and courageous spirit."
For two more days the troop marched on across a desert trail that had now departed from the shores of the vast system of lakes and marshes. Their burdens were heavy, but the trail was smooth and not too steep, although it did pass through some low mountains and high meadows. The people were becoming anxious to reach Pyramid Lake and visit with the old friends they knew would greet them there. The group made camp in a small canyon with a grassy meadow just short of the ridge that overlooked the lake.
Supper was prepared quite quickly and the people gathered close together to set up their bedrolls for the night. Everyone knew that the next day would bring them to the camp of the Pyramid Lake people by mid afternoon. Turtle was unusually tired, so he retired early for the evening. Sometime in the early morning, Turtle at last had a dream he thought had some kind of spiritual significance. It was a strange sort of dream where people he did not know were asking him to walk with them out into the darkness of the desert. He had often heard that in order to become a shaman, one must have dreams that give spiritual guidance. At last he was having a dream, but he was not sure how to act upon it.
Knowing he would always wonder what would have happened if he did not act, Turtle decided to follow his dream and walk out into the desert as the dream had suggested. The desert is a spooky, mystical place at night, especially for a people whose entire life is guided by spirits, magic and superstition. It had to take a strong spirit and courage for the young man to venture out that night, alone in the darkness. There was an eerie wind blowing through the greasewood and sagebrush, making an uncanny, ghostly sound. The cool weather had brought an end to the song of the evening crickets, but the mournful sounds of coyotes yapping in the distance and the occasional "hoo-hoo" of an owl kept Turtle company as he ventured out toward the ridge overlooking the great lake. After a short stop to urinate, he walked on to a place where he could just see the glistening water of Pyramid Lake in the distance. A huge owl swooped down toward Turtle, just missing his head as it flew by and screeched at him.
Staring off into the distance at the beautiful sight of the Lake, Turtle nearly tripped on some clumps of sagebrush, then came around a large boulder and fell back, gasping in amazement at a ghastly sight. There lying before him, half buried in the sand, was the skeleton of some ancient animal, the likes of which Turtle had never seen before. The bones had become bleached white by the desert sun and the minerals in the bones emitted a phosphorescence in the dim moonlight that made the creature glow as if it were coming to life. Turtle was terrified by the sight of the large, strange-looking animal seeming to smile at him with bright, glowing teeth and huge, black eye sockets.
Turtle bolted from the skeleton site and ran back to the encampment, where he awakened Mauwee from a sound sleep. "Quickly, Grandfather, I need you!" cried the frightened young man. "I have found some evil spirit out in the desert, or perhaps a ghost. I need you to come along with me to help me to understand what I have found."
Reluctantly, old Mauwee pulled himself from his bedroll and agreed to follow Turtle to the mysterious vision he had seen. On the way, Turtle told Mauwee about the dream he had and the compelling need he had to follow the urgings of the dream. When they arrived at the location, even Mauwee gasped at the ghostly sight of the white skeleton grinning at them in the moonlight. Phosphorus in the bones had absorbed the rays of the sun, causing a luminescence, or a glow-in-the-dark effect.
"Turtle, you have indeed uncovered a very strong spirit. Your dream took you to something very special, and I will try to tell you about this creature." The pair sat down on a flat rock near the glowing skeleton and Mauwee began to tell his tale of the mysterious creature.
"Many years ago, there were vast numbers of creatures of great size roaming this land. You and I know of the mammoth we killed. There were many more of his kind, and even others of different sizes that lived here. There were giant buffalo, twice the height of those we see here today. There were long legged animals with humped backs that wandered the grassy slopes, and they were known as camels. The animal you see here is all that remains of a very special animal we called a horse. When my own grandfather was a boy, there were still a few horses running wild on the slopes and in the dry valleys where I was born. They are all gone now, but the spirits of some horses still live on, to glow in the night, just to let you know they still exist. It is a funny thing about spirits; they sometimes reveal themselves in strange ways in order to get you to understand them, and learn from them. The spirit of this horse is mighty strong. Without his strong spirit revealing him to you, we would never have learned of his existence. He was put here for us to find one day, and to learn about him. Much can be learned from the bones of an ancient creature, or even a man, especially if those creatures do not even exist anymore. Sometimes a wise, old spirit will do things like that, I mean, leave things lying about, waiting for people in the future to discover them.
"Let me tell you the story my own grandfather told me when I was a small boy. He told me that when he was a child, his family came upon a herd of horses when they still existed on the north edge of the Black Island Marsh. The hunters of the family killed one of the horses for food, but they also captured a young foal alive and took it home with them to eat later. My grandfather, named Jakfrink, began to tame the animal and taught it to be led with a woven sagebrush halter and rope. The family was in their winter camp, so the boy had time to build a small corral and work to tame the spirited, wild animal.
"One day, as Jakfrink led the horse out of the corral for a walk, the animal suddenly grabbed a big mouthful of Jakfrink's hair and began to actually lift the boy off the ground by his scalp. Up and down, to and fro, up and down, the boy was tossed by the horse, screaming, arms and legs flailing. Suddenly, the entire hair and scalp was pulled from the top of the boy's head. The scalped boy was tossed into the sagebrush, while the tall, big-boned horse bolted and ran to the nearby hills. He was last seen trailing the long stream of Jakfrink's black trusses over his shoulder as he ran.
"The boy eventually recovered and grew to old age, but the bald scar atop his head was a constant reminder that his spirit was not quite strong enough to tame the wild horse. The spirit of the ancient horses was too strong for any man to tame. Most old shamans believe that perhaps one day, the horses may return to our land. Perhaps other men with stronger spirits may succeed in conquering the invincible spirit of horses. What a wonderful thing it would be for men to be able to ride like the wind, upon the back of a horse. For now, it is not to be. For now, all we have to tell us about these ancient wild horses are the bones his wise spirit has left here for us to discover."
The two men bid farewell to the Spirit of the Ancient Horse and returned to camp, where they went to bed for the remainder of the early morning hours. Turtle snuggled in his rabbit skin blanket and dreamed of the glowing horse and the things Mauwee had told him until awakened by the sunrise.
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