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Title: Face to Face
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Rating: PG 13
Summary: The finale of the "Letters" series. Saavik and Spock meet, face to face, at last, after the events of "The Search for Spock".
Notes: Sections under the **** symbol are from Saavik's POV. Sections under the ^^^^ are from Spock's POV. Logic would seem to dictate that sections under the ^*^*^*^ would be shared their POV's.
Saavik calmly navigated the shuttlecraft to the preset coordinates of the space station, Outlook. Spock would be waiting on her there and they would return to the USS Odyssey for a three-day visit. His last communication had indicated that he had many things to discuss with her.
Calm discussions should, of course, be the first order of business. There had been so much time between them. To rush the situation now would be illogical and most likely unproductive. Saavik lectured herself on all of this even as she eagerly scanned the star field for visual confirmation of the station's location. There! On her forward viewer, she could just see the faint shimmering outline of the station that her short-range sensors had been reading for the last ten minutes.
The sight sent her stomach lurching and all the calm sensible thoughts flying from her head. Spock was close. Closer than he'd been in months. Cutting the shuttle back to one-quarter-impulse power, she eased the Aquarius into orbit around the station and opened hailing frequencies.
"Space station Outlook, this is the shuttlecraft Aquarius requesting clearance for docking sequence."
The tinny mechanical voice she'd been expecting didn't come. Instead, Spock's rich baritone echoed out, "Unnecessary, Aquarius. Space station Outlook will beam me directly aboard if you do not require any station services."
Her voice did not betray the rapid pulse and rise in respirations that his voice had evoked. "Proceed, Captain. No services are required."
She cut communications and turned to the back of the shuttlecraft. Even as she focused on the single transporter pad, the air began to waver and the high-pitched whine of molecules being converted and reconverted filled the small space. Spock's tall frame began to coalesce and form before her. Even before his body was solid, his gaze seemed to lock with hers and she felt her blood rush impossibly faster.
Stepping off the slight elevation of the transporter pad, Spock raised his hand in the traditional greeting. "Greetings, Saavik-am. Live long and prosper."
She steadied her breathing, raised her own hand and stepped into arm's length of him. "Peace and long life, Spock. I trust you had an uneventful trip?"
Moving quickly, Spock pressed his hand fully against hers and watched her face. Sensation sizzled between them at the contact. Heat raced from his hand to hers and sang along her nerve endings to her brain... and her heart. She raised her wide eyes to his and searched desperately for something to say. She found she could only breath and that was a struggle.
Suddenly stepping back, Spock broke the contact and murmured, "It was an uneventful trip until now..." He drew in a deep breath and in a stronger voice continued, "I must apologize. My behavior just now was inappropriate."
Not quite recovered, Saavik abruptly asked, "Why did you do it?"
Spock almost smiled, but settled for a quirked eyebrow. "Touching you seemed to be the only thing I could think of for the entire trip. It seemed unreasonable to deny myself any longer. I fear I was not thinking clearly and for that I must beg your forgiveness."
"No, you did nothing I did not desire.... in fact..." Saavik stepped forward again, her hand raised, when the comm. board behind her squealed.
"Shuttlecraft Aquarius, you are cleared to leave orbit anytime. Repeat, cleared for leaving orbit anytime."
The mood shattered, Spock and Saavik each inclined their heads to the other and moved to the helm to break orbit and begin their trip.
Side by side at the control panel, the two Vulcans sat in total silence. To Saavik, the slight humming vibrations of the craft in flight were louder than they should have been to even her alien ear. When the flight path was laid in and verified, Saavik swiveled abruptly in her chair and spoke softly, "I am most pleased that this day has finally arrived, Spock."
Spock raised an inquiring brow and waited for her to go on.
"Since our last meeting, I have thought of many things I wish to say to you. I thought of trying to convey some of these in a taped message, but it just didn't... feel... right. I decided that it would be better to have this conversation face to face." Saavik twisted her hands in her lap, realized what she was doing and stopped in consternation. Standing, she paced away from Spock, stood with her back to him and began to speak again. "You've voiced an interest in pursuing a relationship of a personal nature. I also have this interest..."
She paused and turned to look at him, only to see that he had risen as well and was standing only a pace behind her. Her natural equilibrium kept her steady on her feet, but her internal balance shifted and sent her heart racing once more. She stared at him, tall and familiar, only inches away, and struggled to remain calm.
Before she could recollect her scattered thoughts, he grasped her arms and softly murmured, "Saavik-am, I believe that we have already discussed this. I did and still do desire a more meaningful bond between us. That has not changed for me. Has it changed for you?"
"No, of course not." This burst through her fogged mind clearly. She still wanted him and he still wanted her.
"Then I have a request for you."
His voice was grave and his eyes serious. Shivers coursed over her skin, not only from their closeness but also from the gravity that she sensed in his touch and his thoughts. She nodded regardless. There was nothing she wouldn't do for him...
"I want... need you to share Genesis with me."
"Share Genesis?"
"Saavik," His strong fingers tightened fractionally then soothed down her slim arms to tangle with hers. "I do not recall any of the events that occurred on the planet's surface. You shared a part of your soul to save mine and I wish to have those memories, those thoughts."
"A meld?"
"Indeed. You have given me that trust before."
"Very well. I..." She paused and looked down at their hands, now clasped together between them. "I trust you with my life, my soul, my mind." She raised clear brown eyes to his and nodded. "Proceed."
Spock stood before Saavik and gazed at her serious expression. Her face was calm and open. Had he not known her as he did, he would have accepted that she was as comfortable as she tried to project. However, he saw through the façade and to the inner turmoil. Her conflict both puzzled and worried him. He could sense the apprehension rolling from her mind in waves.
Her uncertainty caused him to doubt his own decision to journey into the past and the Genesis incident. He wavered, his hands lifted to her face, his fingers hovering over the PSI points of her delicate face. He questioned her with his eyes, and she met his dark brown gaze steadily, despite the different emotion he sensed.
Before he could speak, before he could reassure himself that this was the right thing to do, she stepped into the cage of his fingers and lifted her face. His fingertips settled, almost of their own volition, into the proper spots, and he softly uttered into her ear, "My minds to yours; your thoughts to mine."
As quickly as his thoughts flew, he found himself entering the familiar confines of Saavik's mind. He'd been here before, throughout the various stages of her life. Her thoughts were, as always since her training began, ordered, and meticulously sorted like the computer files at her workstation. He smiled to himself; his Saavik indeed had a Vulcan's soul and a Vulcan's mind.
Delving deeper, he stepped past the first barrier and into the warm openness of her thoughts of him. Here, the memories of their first years together were sorted into categories of years. Her earliest memories were indistinct and laden with unrefined emotions. Fear, rage and desperation were prominent here, but melted slowly away as the more formed thoughts of her adolescence took over. He began to see and sense the impact of his entrance into her life. He 'saw' their lessons, the years of her struggling to master even the simplest formalities of polite civilization. Surprisingly, she seemed to hold these years in a fond amusement and he was pleased that there was no lingering bitterness here.
Suddenly, he bumped into a barrier, shimmering like the energy of low-level force field. Pausing, he waited for her to join him. His foray into her mind, up until now, had taken only seconds, his consciousness speeding along the paths of her mind at an amazing rate. Now he beckoned her to join him before the humming barrier.
"Saavik-am, are you ready?"
"To return to Genesis with me."
"Yes, but we are not there yet." She gestured to the barrier and continued; "These are my thoughts of you and I when I was in the Academy. After we met on Earth for my entrance exams, I became aware that I was thinking of you...differently."
Spock arched his brow, "Differently?"
She nodded slightly, "Come, I will show you."
They walked together, toward the barrier and through the shimmering light. He saw himself through her eyes, tall and formal in meditation robes, in a perfect Starfleet uniform and in various other settings on Earth, where they had visited on that single day so many years ago. One memory seemed to shine brighter than the others and he moved closer to peer at it intimately.
Together, they kneeled side by side in his quarters on Earth. A firepot glowed on the hearth before them and smoky incense wafted around them. Shivers rushed over him, transferred from her subconscious memory as he brushed against her to stir the glowing embers in the pot. Amazed, he now turned to Saavik and asked, "Even then, Saavik-am?"
"Even then, Spock." Smiling slightly at the soft memory of him, she moved through that phase of her life and led him to the innermost chambers of her mind. She stopped before a tall, dark, luminescent door. There, he watched her raise her hand to the smooth, glossy panel. Spock saw her face tighten and stepped up beside her.
"Saavik, this is Genesis?"
"It is well guarded." The door was cool to the touch, and stood firm, unyielding to the first of his attempts to push it open.
"I do not know how to explain to you what you will see here, Spock. So many things are not what you might expect."
"I expect nothing, Saavik. I only wish to know, to share so that I may understand." He grasped her hand and waited for her mind to open to his even further. He waited for her nod, and then together they pushed the looming door open and walked inside.
The first sensation Spock was aware of was the trembling of the ground beneath his feet. A small cave spread out before them and he peered into the somehow threatening darkness. A wild wind rushed through the opening and he shivered in the cold air. He heard a high keening sound from the rear of the shelter and began to walk forward to find its source. He walked forward two broad paces, then stopped when he realized that Saavik was not following. "Saavik?" He turned back to her, feeling her hand, held tight in his, pull back slightly. He saw her take a deep breath and nod to herself and to him and step forward to his side.
Saavik also felt the shaking of the unstable plates of dying Genesis. The cold air slashed through her uniform jacket; despite its all weather design and she knew the frigid temperature had more to do with her past thoughts than the planet's tumultuous climate. These memories, stored deep in her subconscious, were both precious and painful. She rejoiced as she recalled that his life had been saved; yet she feared the return of the emotions that had gripped him and her during this time. Such fears were illogical. She could not be hurt by her memories of this...
The young Vulcan male crouching on the floor of the cavern held his head in his hands and moaned his distress. He knew no words to voice his anguish, only primal noises that emitted from his mouth and his mind. He stared up at the lightening in the sky, flashing hot across the blackness and somehow felt a kinship with the blazing electricity.
Suddenly, the other, the one who looked like him only different, touched his hand and he likened this touch to the drops of wet relief that poured down on him from the sky. She cooled him, soothed him and he clutched at her without knowing why.
Touching this Spock's hot, fevered skin, Saavik shuddered at the chaos that coursed through him and into her mind and body. How could one survive like this? Obviously, they could not. Spock could not live much longer without intervention and she was that intervention. Intellectually, she knew what she had to do; she knew there was no other choice. But could she do it? Squaring her shoulders, she slipped the all weather uniform jacket from her arms and laid it on the stone strewn ground. Gripping his hands, she pulled him over to the sparse cushion and kneeled with him, face to face.
She trembled, her slim body shivering in the thin cavern air. Pushing aside her fear and doubts, she leaned into his body and peered deep into his eyes. Positioning her fingers over the critical points on his face, she closed her eyes and fell into the abyss of confusion that was this mind and soul. Fighting her way to the raging surface of his mind, she sent him thoughts, word pictures of what was needed to release him from his anguish. When he understood what he was to do, she braced herself and nodded without breaking the link. His hands desperately gripped her arms and together they fell hard to the ground...
Suddenly Spock pulled away from this memory. He quickly and with less care than he'd planned, broke the meld, left her mind and retreated to his own thoughts. His hands fell to his side and he took a respectful step backwards. He had suspected that this experience would not be a pleasant one, for Saavik to recall or for him to witness. He'd been correct and much more... He looked to Saavik for her reaction to this scene only to see that she had closed her eyes now as she had then and was trembling violently. Her whole body shook, as she stood on the deck of the Aquarius face to face with him in the present time.
Slowly, as she felt his withdrawal from her mind, she forced herself to calm awareness. She breathed evenly, invoking the Vulcan meditation techniques taught to her by the man before her. Gradually, her trembling ceased and she opened her eyes slowly. She remained silent, waiting.
"Saavik-am... I do not know what to say." He hesitated, then raised his hands back to her face to smooth the errant curls from her cheeks.
"There is nothing to say. I have no regrets." She gazed quietly at him then raised her hands to rest on his.
"I did not know that you would not have... known... how to lead the physical aspects of the Pon farr." Spock spoke quietly, his voice reverent in the light of his discovery. "I would never hurt you intentionally, Saavik. This development bothers me greatly. I assumed you had...experienced others before."
"There are no others for me, Spock. There has always only been you." She flushed lightly under his gaze, her cheeks under his hands burning hotly with rushing blood.
"I cannot say the same, Saavik." He murmured this slowly, letting his hands slide from her face to rest on her shoulders, his thumbs caressing the soft skin over her collarbone.
"I do not..." She wanted to reassure him that this did not bother her. She had long since made her peace with his past, but he interrupted her words.
"I cannot say that there were not others before you. My past has made me what I am today. I cannot say that I do not have any regrets. I have loved before...But I can say, that there will no other as long as you permit me to be with you, Saavik-am. I am yours, completely."
Saavik swallowed hard. This man, her Spock, at last... "As I am yours, t'hyla."
As they stood, face-to-face, gazes locked, simply absorbing the closeness they shared, anticipating the discoveries that the next three days would bring, a communicator whistle sounded. Together, they looked to the forward viewer. The Odyssey lay before them....
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I always taken pride in going the extra mile for people. I struggle with communication and social activities, but I always try and show my support to people in practical ways. I regularly volunteer in my community, not to gain any credit (I shy away from this) but because I like to be helpful. I often nearly crucify myself with anxiety inducing things I've volunteered to support as the need to help others overrides self preservation. I am always sharing information I have come across which I think I might be helpful to others, I try and think of ways I can make my colleagues lives easier and I am part of a well being group to hopefully make work/life balance better for staff. I am not very good at communicating face to face, or sometimes in writing, but I regularly concentrate on learning from others and creating brain 'templates' so I can mimic what they do. I often find myself doing volunteer work until 11pm at night after a day at work. I am not sure what I am trying to prove by writing this down, I suppose it sets out the difficulty I have in black and and white thinking – I think because I function in this way, everyone else should do so to.
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MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has appeared in court for the first time after being charged with the theft of more than $2m dollars.
Troy Stephen Bell, 43, appeared in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court represented by Heidi Hancock today facing 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonestly dealing with documents.
Mr Bell sat in the dock for a brief hearing before the matter was adjourned for a date for declarations on December 11 in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court.
Prosecutor Mark Norman, who appeared via video-link from Adelaide, indicated over "30 volumes of A4 material" will be provided to the defence counsel.
The documents will show the alleged theft of funds from the South East Education and Training Association and Limestone Coast Education and Training Association.
During the brief hearing, Mr Bell was also placed on bail to reside at his home in Mount Gambier and required to provide cash surety of $2000 to the court.
He is not allowed to leave the state of South Australia without the prior permission of Mount Gambier Police and will have to apply to the court to be able to travel overseas.
Mr Bell declined to make a comment to the media, however lawyer Bill DeGaris made a statement outside of court on behalf of his client.
"He will be defending all the charges, but we just need wait for court processes to take their course," Mr DeGaris said.
When questioned over the figures related to the charges, Mr DeGaris said his client was "absolutely" surprised and will be defending the charges.
While Mr Bell will have to reside at his primary residence in Mount Gambier, Ms Hancock said the defendant would not be there every night.
Magistrate Teresa Anderson adjusted the condition to state that Mr Bell would reside at the Mount Gambier address unless absent for work purposes.
Following an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Mr Bell was first charged with 19 major indictable offences and seven minor indictable offences on August 11.
For each count, Mr Bell faces 10 years imprisonment for a basic offence and 15 years imprisonment for an aggravated offence.
In a public statement released to The Border Watch on Thursday, Mr Bell expressed his disbelief regarding the very serious criminal charges he faced.
"These allegations make me feel sick to my stomach and I am in a state of disbelief and shock," Mr Bell said in a statement.
"I will be vigorously defending these charges to preserve and protect my good name and reputation, and that of my family."
If the matter reaches trial in the Mount Gambier District Court, it is not likely to be heard for months or potentially years with only three circuits sitting in the region every 12 months.
"It deeply saddens me that allegations have now been made some eight years later of any wrong doing," Mr Bell said.
"I find it incredible that with only seven months until the next state election, allegations are made dating back eight years, causing me maximum political damage, and leaving me no time to defend myself."
In light of the charges, Mr Bell resigned from the Liberal Party, however chose to remain the Member for Mount Gambier until next year's election which caused a stir in the political landscape.
The Premier Jay Weatherill called for Mr Bell to resign from parliament given the seriousness of the allegations against him.
Mount Gambier lawyer Bill DeGaris speaks to media outside the Magistrates Court this morning declaring MP Troy Bell will fight the charges.
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- Social Media: Identifying leads on social media is just as viable for B2B prospecting as it is for B2C. Platforms such as LinkedIn are centered around professional networks, and social media targeting tools help with raising awareness about your product or service before approaching a lead.
- Content Marketing: Generating leads through content marketing (e.g., newsletters, blog posts) involves providing people with useful, relevant content that in turn prompts them to contact your business or provide their contact information in exchange for access to your content.
You should harness the power of big data and capture your large list of unqualified leads in a CRM. Keeping a record of leads that meet your buyer persona but do not pass the qualification process can help prevent your sales force from wasting time on duplicate efforts. After building a long list of potential clients, begin qualifying leads.
2. Qualified prospects
Lead qualification is the process of verifying people on your long list that are most likely to become paying customers.
A few key pieces of information about sales leads informs qualification, including:
- Decision-making ability: Will this lead make the final purchasing decision? If not, who are the other stakeholders in the decision-making process?
- Buying power: Does the company this lead represents generate enough revenue—or, more specifically, budget—to afford your product or service?
- Needs analysis: How urgently does this sales lead need your product or service? Why are they interested in your product? What is the problem they expect your product or service will solve?
Gather and record this information in your CRM by researching the company in question and asking sales prospects directly via online surveys, email, phone, or in-person meetings. Use a combination of qualification methods that are appropriate for your sales process, industry, and target audience.
3. Actively selling
Once leads are qualified you'll need a method for managing them through the rest of your sales pipeline. Use a CRM to automate follow-up frequency, track interactions, and handle scheduling while your sales force is actively selling and pitching to leads. At this stage, sales representatives should be focused on forming relationships with prospects and moving them through the sales pipeline as efficiently as possible.
Depending on your business, you may need to develop a meeting (or call/video chat) plan. Most CRM software vendors offer scheduling tools. However, make sure any platforms under consideration will work with your company's sales process.
4. Proposal made
At this point, you've discussed and analyzed prospect needs, ironed out the details of your product or service terms, and then drafted and sent a formal sales proposal. This important stage in your CRM pipeline is for prospects on the brink of closing a sale. Remember to set timelines and reminders to notify sales reps about clients who have received a proposal but haven't finalized the deal in a reasonable amount of time.
5. Terms negotiation
Not all proposals will be accepted on the first go. Depending on how negotiable your sales contracts are, it's important to have a "negotiation" deal stage in your CRM. This will help you and your sales team get a better sense of which deals need a bit more fine-tuning or which ones might be held up after the initial proposal has been sent.
6. Sale closed
Once the deal is officially done, it can go to the all-important "closed" stage. If the deal ended in a sale, you can begin on-boarding the client. CRM software offers payment processing as well as document storage and management to help facilitate this process.
Conversely, some deals won't end with a signed contract or a sale but are important to track nonetheless. Keeping a record of lost sales in your CRM helps with analyzing missteps to inform sales strategy and reduce the number of deals lost. Sales reps that revisit deals that failed to close in the future will be armed with valuable information and context.
7. Product Delivery
It is helpful to mark clients that are in the product delivery stage of your CRM pipeline so that sales reps can be reminded to check in with prospects throughout the delivery process. This time period is critical for forming lasting relationships with customers and boosts recurring revenue. Use your CRM to automatically remind your sales force to keep in touch with new clients throughout the product or service delivery period and offer support should any issues arise.
8. Follow-up
The traditional "sales funnel" is arguably better understood as a sales loop. Ideally, customers re-enter the cycle at different stages and continue to do business with your company. Use your CRM to schedule customer follow-ups at timed intervals, and instruct sales reps to focus on identifying opportunities for upsells, new business, and referrals.
If the sales cycle went smoothly, and your company has served as a trusted adviser throughout the process, new customers are more likely to provide contact information for others in their network or even make direct introductions.
Getting started with your CRM pipeline
If you're ready to start creating your company's CRM pipeline, GetApp has some resources that can help:
- See GetApp's CRM Category Leaders, an annual ranking of top software.
- Use the Appfinder to discover software that is a good fit for your business.
- Browse CRM software reviews to hear what others are saying.
Note: This post was originally published on 2/6/2018 and has since been updated with new information.


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Tempo di ritorno is an audiovisual exploration of the Sibillini mountain communities (Central Appennine, Italy), hit by 2016 Central Italy Earthquake. Between video, photography and archival research, the artists focus on the historical memory of a territory that will never exist again and the appropriation of the new landscape after the earthquake.
While in the background we see the process of abandonment and depopulation of the small villages of the Apennines sharpened by the earthquake, the project explores the strong belonging to these territories through oral tradition. The legends and myths of young shepherds, and fairies are revitalizing the spirit of this land. These are still living thanks to the new generation that resist on a territory that nowadays many have abandoned.
Irene Fassini is an editor, filmmaker and audiovisual producer based in Milan with degrees in photography and video from the Cfp Bauer and the ICP, as well as a PhD in Anthropology. She has previously worked in the field of migration and human rights. Her passion and profession revolve around communication and social issues. She collaborated with Prospekt Photographers and works as editor and reporter at PopEconomy.
Sara Ruggeri (1988, Italy) is a filmmaker and video producer based in Milan.
She holds degrees in Architecture and Construction Engineering from the University of Trento, and in Photography from the Cfp Bauer. Her research on landscape and its connections with personal and collective identities is at the crossroads of these fields. She is a video reporter for PopEconomy and carries on long-term documentary projects and audio-visual training activities in cooperation with research centers.
Sara and Irene are the co-founders of AISLAB, a multimedia storytelling collective focusing on stories at the crossroads of Anthropology and Architecture.


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The Further Education (FE) sector is a wide-ranging and remarkably diverse section of the education system. It is made up of many different types of provider and offers a vast range of exciting education and training opportunities. The FE sector is vast; there are literally thousands of different options available including academic, vocational, and recreational courses. If you are a bit bewildered by it all, you are not alone! It can be difficult to understand how all the different parts fit together. That is where this guide comes in. Whether you are a school-leaver, an adult returning to learning, a parent, a practitioner or anyone else wanting a basic overview of the FE sector, this guide is for you. Part One provides an outline of the different types of FE providers, followed by a summary of some approaches to learning that are prominent in the sector. Part Two outlines some of the different types of qualification available.
Web link for this resource: FE guide October19.pdf


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In Red Dead Redemption 2 it's easy to lose your cowboy hat during gunfights and fistfights. When this happens you may wonder how to get it back.
There are 3 ways:
- From your Horse: When sitting on your horse or standing next to it, press L1/LB to open the weapon wheel and R1/RB to switch to the horse items. In the bottom right you can select your hats and retrieve them at any time.
- From the wardrobe at your tent at camp: You can customize your clothing from your tent at the gang camp and pick any hat you have unlocked.
- From Hotels: You can go to a hotel and find a wardrobe in your room. Same as with your gang hideout, you can simply select any hat in the wardrobe.
You can buy completely new hats at General Stores and Tailors.
Getting it back via the horse menu is the easiest and fastest, especially when you're out in the wilds and don't want to return to camp.
For more RDR2 guides check out our full Red Dead Redemption 2 Wiki & Strategy Guide.


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Professor Shuri is a scientist looking for rare Pocket Monsters. He reads a storybook to his daughter Mi about the powerful Pokemon Entei. Shuri is currently searching for the heiroglyph Pokemon "Unknown". While searching through some ancient artifacts, Shuri awakens Unknown and is sucked into it. Mi next awakens Unknown while looking for her father. Unknown bonds with her and turns her mansion into a Crystal Tower. The crystallization begins to spread. Unknown lives to serve Mi and creates an Entei with the personality of her father to make her happy. When Mi next desires a mother, Entei kidnaps Satoshi's mother Hanako to give to Mi. Satoshi, Kasumi, Takeshi, and of course Pikachu set out to get her back.
|Action | Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
|6 April 2001
|Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
|Rica Matsumoto, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis
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What was the first dynasty of China?
Shang dynasty
Why was China able to escape frequent invasion and have a distinctive Chinese identity?
region was isolated
Did the Chinese experience chaos with the decline of the Shang Dynasty?
Which River Valley Civilizations were invaded?
Middle East and India
Explain Chinese yin/yang
every feature is balanced by an opposite
What is Dao?
a way to relate to the yin/yang harmony, avoiding excess and appreciating the balance of opposites
What is continuity?
an unbroken pattern
What stayed the same for China ?
earlier cultural traditions
Why do you think China has maintained clear links to its classical past?
China is proud of its country's past and its achievements
Define dynasty
a family of kings
Explain the course of a dynasty
strong start, developed strong political institutions and active economy, grew weaker, tax revenues decline, new dynasty gains power
What usually brought a dynasty's decline?
internal rebellions and outside invasions
Westerns conceive of the past as progress from past to present. How do Chinese conceive of history?
in terms of cycles as dynasty after dynasty took over
Name 3 dynasties during the Classical Time period
Zhou, Qin, Han
Which Dynasty had thhe biggest territory?
Han dynasty
When & Who built the Great Wall of China?
Shi Huangdi 220-206 BCE
Duration of Zhou Dynasty?
Name 2 reasons for the decline of Zhou
decline in political infrastructure and frequent invasions
Explain the problems the Zhou dynasty ran into because they did not establish a powerful government
ruled through alliances with loyal generals so they lacked direct control of territories
Who did the Zhou displace?
Shang dynasty
What did the Zhou rulers give to the people for loyalty?
What did the supporters provide for the Zhou rulers in exchange for land?
troops and tax revenues
The decline of the Zhou dynasty occurred when aristocrats?
solidifed their own power base and ignored central government
How did the Zhou contribute in territory?
took over Yangtze River Valley providing rich farming lands plus two agricultures encouraging population growth
How did the Zhou contribute to the role of central government?
claimed direct links to Shang rulers, introduced Mandate of Heaven
How did the Zhou contribute with the Mandate of Heaven?
remained key justification for imperial rule (heaven had transferred its mandate to rule China to Zhou emperors)
How did the Zhou contribute in human sacrifice?
banned sacrifice and urged more restrained ceremonies to worship gods
How did the Zhou contribute in language?
used standard spoken language to promote linguistic unity (Mandarin)
When the Zhou empire began to fail what did the philosophical scholars use to lessen the confusion?
philosophical ideas
When did Confucius create his thoughts on political ethics?
during late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE
What was the period between 402 BCE to 201 BCE called?
Era of the Warring States
Who was fighting during the Era of the Warring States?
regional rulers
What were they fighting over during the Era of the Warring States?
who should be the next leader of China
What dynasty took over after the Era of the Warring States?
Qin dynasty
Whose was the emperor in the Qin dynasty? (what did he call himself?)
Qin Shi Huangdi (means First Emperor)
How did China get its name?
came from the name Qin
What did Shi Huangdi order the powerful regional aristocrats to do?
to leave their regions and appear at court, assuming control of their feudal lands
Who did Shi Huangdi appoint to each region and why?
officials from nonaristocratic groups so they would owe their power to him and not develop their own independent bases
What did Shi Huangdi build to guard against barbarian invasion?
Great Wall of China
How many miles long is the Great Wall?
over 3000 miles
The Great Wall was wide enough for?
chariots to move along its crest
What type of labor was used to build the Great Wall?
forced labor
How did the Qin Dynasty benefit from the national cencus?
provided data for calculation of tax revenues and labor service
During the Qin Dynasty, the government standardized what?
coinage, weights, and measures
How did the Qin Dynasty alter the axles of carts?
axle length was regulated to promote clear road planning
How did the Qin Dynasty improve Chinese script?
made uniform, completing process of creating single basic language
How was agriculture improved during the Qin Dynasty?
new irrigation projects and promotion of manufacturing especially of silk cloth
Why were books burned during the Qin Dynasty?
thinking was likely to be rebellious to his autocratic rule according to Shi Huangdi
Why was Shi Huangdi unpopular?
attacked scholars and made high taxes to support building of Great Wall and military expansion
What happened when Shi Huangdi died?
aggrieved peasants organized massive revolts
What dynasty took over after Qin dynasty collapsed?
Han dynasty
When did the Han dynasty take over?
How long did the Han dynasty last?
over 400 years up to 220 CE
What did the Han dynasty keep from the Qin dynasty?
centralized administration
What did the Han reduce from the Qin dynasty?
brutal repression
Into what territories did the early Han rulers expand to?
Korea, Indochina, central Asia
Who did the Han come into contact with?
India, Parthian Empire in Middle East, trade with Roman Empire in Mediterranean
What was the result of the emperor Wu Ti enforcing peace in Asia?
bureaucracy improved, food surpluses, emphasized Confucian values
Describe life during Han dynasty
everyone was prosperous
Wu Ti reversed many of Qin's policies and urged the support for?
What were the 2 reasons for Han rule to decline?
central control weakened and invasions from central Asia (Huns)
Dates when China was in a state of chaos during the decline of Han?
What would survive the Han collapse?
political structures and cultural values
The Qin stressed?
central authority
The Han expanded the powers of the?
Define bureaucracy
government by many bureaus, administrators, and officials
Under the Zhou rule, tightly knit patriarchal families controlled villages. How and why did the Qin and Han dynasties change this practice?
emphasized strong local rule and did it to streamline and expand bureaucratic systems and procedures
Who did the Qin and Han put in power on local levels?
great landlords
By the end of the Han period how many bureaucrats were there?
about 130,000 bureaucrats
What did Wu Ti establish for bureaucrats?
civil service exams
How did the new civil service exams puts checks on the upper-class rule?
individuals from lower ranks could be recruited
How long has the Han Chinese Bureaucracy lasted?
from the Han period until the 20th century
In what ways did the government sponsor intellectual life during the Han dynasty?
organized research in astronom and maintained historical records
During the Han dynasty, the government became a keeper of?
Chinese beliefs
During the Han dynasty, how did the government support the economy?
organized production of iron and salt; standardized currency, weights, and measures; sponsored public works including complex irrigation and canal systems; tried to regulate agricultural supplies
Did these Han rulers direct the daily lives of people?
No, techonology did not allow this
Describe the legal system.
strict code of law (employed torture and execution), taxes, every male peasant required annual labor
The Huns might have toppled a dynasty but they?
could not create a better system to run China so the system and its bureaucrats normally endured
What period did the Chinese way of viewing the world develop?
classical period
The Chinese would tolerate different beliefs as long as?
they did not contradict basic political loyalties
Explain harmonious earthly life
proper balance between earth and heaven
What was the purpose of using chopsticks? When did this occur?
The use of chopsticks began at end of Zhou to encourage a code of politeness
What role did tea play?
It encouraged a code of politeness at meals like chopsticks
Confucius or ___________ lived when?
Kung Fuzi 551-478 BCE
Confucius was not a ___________ leader
What did Confucius believe in?
a divine order but he refused to speculate
Confucius maintained?
if personal virtue emphasized, would have a solid political life
Explain Confucius's proper hierarchy belief
respect one's social superiours including and fathrs and husbands as leaders of the family (patriarchy)
According to Confucius, how were society's leaders supposed to behave?
modestly and without excess, shunning abusive power and treating nicely people who were in charge
What kind of system was Confucianism?
a system of ethics – do unto others as your status and theirs dictate
Name a book that recorded Confucian doctrine
the Analects
Confucius set out to rectify political disorder by what type of behavior?
individual virtuous behavior, both by ruler and the ruled
Confucius largely recommended ____________ and __________; people should know ______________, even under ____________
obedience, respect, their place, bad rulers
Confucius urged a political system that would not be based on ________ but _________________
rank, intelligence
According to Confucius, how should rulers behave?
be humble, always courteous and eager for service, and anxious to learn
How did legalists feel about Confucians virtues?
disdained them
What did legalists favor?
authoritarian state that ruled by force
Did the legalists ever capture widespread approval?
What was a down fall of Confucianism?
did not seek popular loyalty
The Confucian creed was most easily accepted by what class?
upper class
Why did peasants need more than Confucianism?
to understand and survive their harsh life
Many peasants strove to attract?
the blessing of conciliatory spirits
What eventually happened to these rites?
Gradually, ongoing rites among normal masses mixed Confucian vaues urged by upper classes
When did Daoism begin?
roughly same time as Confucianism (last centuries of Zhou)
Daoism embraced__________ and added ________________.
nature's harmony, a sense of nature's mystery
Who furthered Daoism?
When did Laozi live?
during 5th century BCE
What does Dao mean?
the way of nature
Daoist believed that political activity and learning were?
irrelevant to a good life
Why did Daoism become popular?
it guaranteed that China's people would not be united by a single religious or philosophical system
What was the Five Classics?
a set of classic literature that provide an important tradition
When were the Five Classics written?
during early Zhou and edited during time of Confucius
What were the Five Classics used for?
a basis for civil service examinations
What were the Classic of Songs?
a collection of Chinese poems
How many poems were in the Classic of Songs?
over 300 poems
The Chinese literary tradition developed on the basis of?
mastering the Classic of Songs plus Confucian writing
What topics were written about in the Classic of Songs?
love, joy, politics, family life
Explain the artistic style of China at this time
largely decorative, stressing careful detail and craftsmanship; styles reflected precision and geometric qualities of Chinese symbols
Calligraphy became?
an important art form
Monumental building during this era?
No, aside from the Great Wall, palaces, and tombs, because of the absence of a single religion
Calendar developed when?
by 444 BCE
The calendar was based on how many days?
365.5 days
calculated movement of Saturn and Jupiter, observed sunspots; purpose was to make celestial phenomena predictable
invented kind of seismograph to register earthquakes
Medical research?
developed precise anatomical knowledge and studied principles of hygiene that could promote longer life
studied math of music leading to advances in acoustics (they focused on how things worked)
List the 3 main social groups of Classical China:
landowning aristocracy and educated bureaucrats; laboring masses, peasants, urban artisans; mean people
Who were the mean people?
group beneath peasantry who performed unskilled jobs
Did the Chinese have slaves?
weren't dependent on slaves for actual production; did have few household slaves
What kind of goods were traded at this time?
luxury items for the upper class produced by skilled artisans
List a few items traded
silks, jewelry, leather goods, furniture
What was China's main crops?
wheat and rice
How was the merchant class viewed
Confucian emphasis on learning and political serviced led to scorn for lives devoted to moneymaking
List 6 inventions that improved the economy/agriculture
ox-drawn plows, new collar for draft animals, pulleys and winding gear, iron tools and lamps, first water-powered mills, paper
What was the result of better agriculture practices?
helped increase the size of the population on the countryside
How did families solidify the economy?
Tight family organization helped solidify economic views
How were parents viewed?
Confucius said, "There are no wrongdoing parents"
What would happen if a parent injured or killed a disobedient child?
law courts did not prosecute them
Chinese popular culture stressed?
strict control of one's emotions
How were women expected to act?
They were subordinate to their husbands but still had clearly defined roles in the family
Explain the hierarchical order for children
Boys superior to girls and oldest son has highest position over everybody else
Which child would inherit property and position?
oldest son
Classical Chinese _________, ________, ___________ and political structure _________________________ contact.
technology, religion, philosophy, evolved with very little outside
How did most Chinese see the world?
in terms of a large island of civilization surrounded by barbarian people with nothing to offer except the periodic threat of invasion
Chinese and neither the need nor the desire to?
learn from either societies
Did the Chinese have a desire to teach the rest of the world?
No, the Chinese didn't have a missionary spirit
What altered China's religious map?
the spread of Buddhism from India, during and after Han decline
What did Confucianism provide?
a vital supplement, making bureaucracy a trained corps with some common ideals
What did political stability aide?
economic growth
A strong economy provided?
vital tax revenues
How did the Chinese view government and society?
as a whole
How did the different belief systems get along?
Confucianists and Daoists tolerated each other, but there was considerable hostility and mutual disdain
Explain how the penal system worked
strict policing including stern punishments and torture which combined with Confucianism to make accused individuals confess
Why did the Chinese culture have immunity from outside forces?
Chinese society was an overall whole making it immune to outside influence
In the Classical Age, China had the world's largest and best run?
How and who disseminated the Chinese inventions over the globe?
Chinese merchants and Central Asian nomads spread them over much of Eurasia and North Africa through trade
What societies were transformed by the Chinese?
societies in Japan, Rome, Middle East, and England
Why is the road to the west called the Silk Road?
Silk and other luxury items were traded along the route
How did the Chinese government encourage trade?
Han- encouraged trade with western regions; Chinese emissary- traveled to Western India to trade


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The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it has become aware of a trend where people sell water from private boreholes.
Any such sale would need a requisite licence to be applied for. It is therefore imperative to bring to the attention of all South Africans that private boreholes are meant to operate for the benefit of the occupants of the piece of land/property on which the borehole has been drilled.
The recent practice of secondary trade of water, particularly as observed currently in the Western Cape, is therefore illegal. Private boreholes are for private use, for reasonable domestic use, and therefore not to be commercialized, said the department.
Section 22 of the Water Services Act prohibits the transaction on water without authorisation.
In the main, the National Water Act remains the principal piece of legislation guiding any use of water in the country, the department said.
Source: South African Government News Agency


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8:25 AM. Team Guido. I am all about the matching lime-green outfits they're wearing, which are adorable. I can't describe the cuteness of the hats. I know! Me! Loving a Team Guido hat! Worlds are crumbling! As they drive off, Joe says, "Who says gay men can't drive?" I'm not sure I've heard that stereotype that much, but as of right now, I guess the answer is that no one says that. Bill adds, "It's gay four-wheeling!" That does sound like quite a marketing concept. Run with it! (I'm actually sure that already exists somewhere, so don't get too wound up.)
8:34 AM, Dustin and Kandice. 8:35 AM, Uchenna and Joyce. Kandice says that they weren't all excited about being in sixth place at the end of the previous leg, They're used to doing a little better, obviously, and not especially accustomed to having to be resilient. In the car, they note Uchenna and Joyce right behind. Joyce tells us that she and Uchenna learned a lot during the first race, and Uchenna throws out some suspiciously self-helpy stuff about in order to have "Mrs. Right" he has to be "Mr. Right." I feel weird pointing out the dueling facts that I don't entirely get that and it strikes me as simplistic, but both are true. Uchenna says he has to be confident that "she can carry her weight, and vice-versa." That technically means she can carry her weight and her weight can carry her, but I don't think that's what he's trying to say.
8:50 AM, Charla and Mirna. Charla is wearing an impressively unattractive and loud sweater, kind of like the ones Phil used to wear in his darkest days of making his head look like an egg. 8:51 AM, David and Mary. Mirna mentions that they're going to follow David, who will be navigating for the group. Mary interviews that she assumed coming into the game that she wouldn't like Charla and Mirna or the way they play, but she likes 'em! Mirna almost immediately gets herself stuck in the mud as they're driving out. Mary and David, suckers to the end, hook themselves to Charla and Mirna's car with the tow rope the teams have obviously been given and alerted to, and they haul the cousins out of the mud. For the moment, at least. "We owe you!" either Charla or Mirna calls out the window. David and Mary take this very literally, believe you me. They are planning to collect. Mirna says in the car that Mary and David are "sweet people" and "totally down to earth." And the great thing is, they're probably not "criminals" at all. In fact, Mirna says they're "definitely the most trustworthy" team. "So I guess you could call it a little bit of an alliance," Mirna says as they keep driving. One thing I can say about Mirna: she hasn't let up on the hot rollers. In fact, I suspect she's winding them a little tighter, if you get my meaning.
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Suzuki Motorcycles – History
Suzuki in India is registered under the corporate entity name of Suzuki Motorcycles India Pvt. Ltd (SMIPL). Suzuki, the Japanese based manufacturing brand has made a revolution in Indian automobile industry. There are two strategic partnerships of this company, in India, that brought about this transformation. First, being Maruti-Suzuki (for four wheelers) and the other TVS-Suzuki (for two-wheelers). Read about Maruti-Suzuki here.
TVS and Suzuki had a 19year long relationship in which they collaborated to manufacture two-wheelers in India. The technological know-how from Suzuki and the indigenization from TVS. The collaborative entity reformed the two-wheeler market and technologies by their innovations and many first for indigenous development. Read more about TVS here.
In 2001, the two companies parted ways, with Suzuki having an agreement with TVS, to not enter the India market with two-wheelers, for 3years. Post this, in 2006, the entity SMIPL was setup in Gurgaon and marked the entry of two-wheelers. The company has a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Gurgaon in India. They have 5 motorbike models and two scooter models which have been launched for the Indian market. They also have 7 big bikes (details of which are below), and are also into manufacturing and sales of ATV's.
Suzuki is known for their technological superiority. The 'Suzuki Eco-performance' (SEP) is a new developmental concept proposed by Suzuki. As quoted by Suzuki "'SEP' stands for our next-generation engine that offers both low fuel consumption and superior acceleration. Suzuki sets higher standards for environmental performance in both fuel consumption and emission… but we never compromise riding performance."[i]
The products from Suzuki Motorcycles are as follows:
- Motorcycles
- Scooters
- Big Bikes
- ATVs
[i] https://www.suzukimotorcycle.co.in/sep


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Bradley Haley
Phone: 303-655-8934
Degrees and Certifications:
BS Science Education
Mr. Haley
My name is Bradley Haley and I am a mathematics teacher here at Prairie View High School. I have been teaching for 2 years and this is my first year here at Prairie View. I graduated with a degree in science education at North Carolina State University.


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ECCC 2019 is Coming
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Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) is the biggest pop culture convention in the Pacific Northwest, and this year's event is also the unofficial start of the spring con season. The 2019 con will be held March 14-17, which means that there is just over a month until the big event! For those who are already planning their trip to ECCC (or for those who are still thinking about it) here's a roundup of the important con information so far.
Tickets are still available, for every day but Saturday, and can be purchased here. If you are still holding out for a Saturday badge, don't lose hope! For the first time this year, ECCC is partnering with Lyte, to act as an official ticket reseller. You can put yourself on the waitlist here to buy returned badges. If, sadly, your plans have changed and you have to cancel your tickets, you can do so with Lyte and know that they are going to a good home, making someone on the waitlist very happy.
Hotels for ECCC are also still available, and can be reserved here.
If you have purchased your badge, you can enter the Funko lottery! The lottery closes on February 11, and winners will be notified by February 25. Lottery winners will be allocated a guaranteed timeslot to access the Funko booth #2416, to purchase Funko's show exclusives. All paid attendees and professional attendees may enter (press, minions/volunteers and exhibitors are not eligible). If you don't win a timeslot in the lottery, don't worry; you'll still have a chance to purchase whatever merchandise is left when the booth opens at 3 pm each day for everyone.
ECCC has a new hotel headquarters! In the past, some events, panels, signings, and photo ops have been held at the Sheraton hotel, next door to the convention center. This year, ECCC is moving all autographs and photo ops, as well as the Main Stage, to the Hyatt Regency hotel at 808 Howell St. Note that this is a brand new Hyatt hotel. It is not the Grand Hyatt or the Hyatt at Olive 8. You can find the new ECCC extension using this map to the right.
Since the old Main Stage area in the convention center has been freed up with the move to the Hyatt, ECCC is expanding the Exhibit Floor into this room, making it significantly bigger than in previous years. Additionally, the 'stage' portion of the room will now be the SyFy Wire Live Stage, hosting interviews, special guests and tournaments from the show floor.
Other parts of the show have been moved as well. Gaming will now be in the TCC on the Lower Level and on Level 1. The Hive will be on TCC Level 2. Meanwhile, Family HQ has moved to WSCC Level 2, while Cosplay Central will be set up on WSCC Level 3.
Autographing and photo op schedules have been released, and are available for pre-purchase .
The panel schedule is also available, and can be found here. ECCC is well-known for its wide variety of programming, including celebrity guests, gaming, cosplay, diversity and writing panels.
As always, ECCC is also hosting a number of fan meetups for various pop culture properties (including Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica) as well as a number of 'common interests' gatherings, such as Women in Gaming, Funko, and Steampunk meetups.
The schedule of nighttime events is filling out nicely. Mark Altman hosts a discussion and book signing about Battlestar Galactica's various incarnations through the ages (tickets available for purchase here) on Thursday, March 14 at 9:15 pm. On Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, fans can attend the annual Guardians of the Sexy burlesque show at 7:30 pm or 10:15 pm (tickets available for purchase here). Kracklefest 9's annual nerd-rock concert will be held on Friday, March 15 at 8:15 pm (tickets available for purchase here).
Lastly, things with ECCC are always changing, and this con is known for making a lot of last-minute guest announcements. The most recent news is that guest Matt Smith unfortunately had to cancel his appearance, but he is being replaced by Peter Capaldi (so fans of the Doctor can still adventure through time and space at ECCC). Sign up for ECCC's newsletter for the latest news.
Are you looking forward to attending ECCC 2019? Join the conversation on the FoCC forums!


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Thanksgiving Eve Greetings,
Oh my! There's so much going on! Pies baking, turkeys being prepared, houses being cleaned and so much activity. Mmm, everything smells soooo good, doesn't it? Tomorrow many will gather around a communal dining table with family and friends. There will be talk of what we are grateful for. A very nice tradition really.
As a witch I've been asked many questions and this holiday reminds me of one of the more unique questions I had been asked "What do witches eat?". Fair enough, and I assume the person was going towards vegetarian or meat eating, at least that's what I tell myself! Also, how a modern day witch would observe a day like Thanksgiving. This is one of the holidays celebrated in this country today that did not directly come from a single early pre-Christian holiday. All of the harvest festivals are Thanksgiving for us, in a sense.
Firstly, we eat whatever anyone eats. Some witches/pagans are vegans, vegetarians and the like. Many of us also consume meat. Each person needs to take responsibility for what they consume and to make peace with it. Not all of us are vegetarians for instance. A food consuming style is not specific to witches or pagans. Well . . . except we love to eat. The celebratory aspect of the feast, with friends, making merry and enjoying the bounty of the earth. I've never met a pagan or witch who didn't love food.
Some of us consume alcohol and some do not, again a personal choice that should never be dictated by anyone save yourself. My family will be enjoying a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with the pre-requisite turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.
How witches today observe this holiday is to again think of the abundance in our lives. Today many are stressed with the economy and the prospect of not having enough. If you are able to read this discussion, you're very lucky. There are those who do not have a place to sleep inside, in the warmth, let alone a computer. Even an old crappy one with dial up! Yes, we have abundance in our lives. Maybe not a lot of dollars in our wallets, but health, family, friends, a purpose for living, a love of life, maybe we just have love. That's special in so many ways. We use this time to think back on the past year and reflect. The winter months are time for reflection for us. Deep reflection. Where have we been? What have we sowed that now we are harvesting? Metaphorically, in our lives. For another planting season is just around the corner.
Einstein quipped, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". If you're not pleased with what you've harvested this holiday season. If you're reflecting on your past year and giving thanks for what you have and you find you want something else, or more or less of something in your life, then now is the time to plan. What seeds will you plant in the spring, so that next year at this time you are pleased and satisfied with your harvest?
As a witch I am always learning, always delving deeper into myself to know the ultimate alchemy. Think about this, this holiday season. About knowing who you are and what makes you happy, what makes you fulfilled. Be thankful for what you've done up to this point and strive to change that which no longer serves.
My wish for you is to have a wonderful holiday, in exactly the way you want it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Motorola Droid Bionic Ads Arrive Ahead of Launch
I'm not a big fan of the Mets but as many of you know, I am a big fan of the Motorola Droid Bionic and that's why I was thrilled to hear that advertising for the device was discovered last night at New York's Citi Field ahead of its September launch.
As you can see here, the Droid Bionic has appeared in a Mets-flavored advertisement at the ballpark, even though Motorola and Verizon have yet to officially announce the new design and release date. Not a big deal to most of you as we've already gotten a good look at it, but hey, cool to see it in an official capacity nonetheless.
The ad reveals nothing other than the fact that we probably won't see any more delays in regards to the Droid Bionic's release date. I'm pretty sure if that happened, Motorola would have a serious mutiny on its hands.
In any event, we should hopefully get some sort of official announcement soon if that September 8th release date is to be believed. I have a feeling Big Red and Moto will probably want to have a pre-order for the Droid Bionic, something that they skipped out on entirely for the Motorola Droid 3.
Via: Android Central
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Would have been nice if whoever took this picture included the entire ad.
supposedly this was an acutal phone behind a plastic case….so it wouldve been nice if the picture taker wouldve took the phone and gave it to me…
if it was an actual phone, he could of measured the screen!
Bionic will have a 4.3″ screen
It's great to have a new phone, with all the buttons and bells and whistles the problem is with the carrier telling you how great it is and then being in an area that doesn't even have three g must less 4 g and you buy this great phone thinking it going to be "the one" and they can't deliver the speed to make it work!! Bought a Galaxy tab to play with works great on wifi, and later found out that the carrier doesn't have the capability to make it work in the area I live in! You don't get a discount for having to suffer with 2 g but you are still expected to pay the full price for the service!!!
I understand where you're coming from. My daughter wanted the Thunderbolt for her B-day in April and didn't want to wait. She's in a 3G area sandwiched between two 4G areas (San Francisco and Sacramento) so at least she has reason to believe she'll connect to 4G sooner than later.
However, Wmfb, if you're in a 3G area that won't get 4G for a while, get a DroidX2 and enjoy fast internal speeds on a dedicated 3G handset. In two years, you are likely to be covered by 4G. Just an option. Who knows, by then the 4G handsets might run at 3 to 4GHz and have batteries that can last 24 hours! (Nice to dream…)
I'm good with the idea that advertising dollars are finally being spent to promote the Moto Bionic but September's next month! We're seeing movie previews for films that will come out Summer 2012! I'd like to see more about the handset and it's firm release date in September. I was a business major and I can't understand why Motorola and VZW are restraining themselves. I'm tired of seeing the dumb ads about the speed of VZW 4G LTE. Rockets and a guy getting blasted by a fire hose don't impress me or many other's I've talked to. I remember some of the websites VZW set up for other Moto Droid handsets. Wow! We could play and dig out specs and capabilities and we usually had a firm date.
If the release IS next month, and the specs not likely to change, why don't we have more info? If I were the VP in charge of this (for either company) everyone would know enough to set aside your $$ to purchase the Motorola Droid Bionic and every other release of their premium handsets! I'd be smart enough to get your proverbial mouths watering when imagining what you can do with the latest handset and you wouldn't begin to consider going to another brand. Alas, Moto and VZW aren't exactly busting down my door asking for my services. In the meantime, we're still stuck with rumors. I've waited this long and I likely won't buy the Bionic until October after others have purchased the Bionic, tested it, then reported on its quality. It'll be up to Moto to produce an unbeatable handset with an attractive price. If they don't make it worth the wait, I finally hear Apple calling as well as LG, HTC, Samsung…
The specs have been leaked. You can find them on different sites. They do not publish the release dates, because you have 30 days to return a phone with no questions asked when you purchase it from Verizon. If they published the release date in advance a lot of people who have been waiting for the Bionic would go get a thuderbolt or other 4g device and try it out for a month and then take it back when the Bionic or other device they want is released.
No. 14 days.
It's 14 days
I've waited THIS long, I can wait a little longer.
The Screen is 4.3
So what the news on battery life?
One of the testers said 15hrs with moderate use I think.
Hate the mets… Love the phone! I've been tracking the phone since January and I am anxious for it's release.
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it. If the Bionic doesn't launch with something new, like 720p, or Tegra3 it's going to be a flop.
You would think that Motorola would want to hurry and get this phone out considering the crap they've taken over it's release date.
Be serious…The launch will happen in early September. With the impending announcement of iPhone 4S, Motorola has to get it out before the return policy falls within it's timeframe. Additionally, it won't flop, there's been enough hype; deservedly or not; that they will sell half-a-million in the 4th quarter.
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So after about 10 weeks the Friday data dump is back…Just as a reminder, the purpose in doing this, is basically to empty my brain before heading home to enjoy Sabbath with the family:
Let's jump right to it!
All of the year end giving statements are printed out and ready to get stuffed in envelopes. They will be mailed out next week. It is overwhelming to see the generosity that so many of you demonstrate by faithfully giving to the Vineyard. Thank you!
Kinship Groups
This Sunday we'll have a big announcement about our kinship groups for the Spring. I'm really excited about the next few months!
Pitchers & catchers
As of 5:22 this afternoon:
Yes I know there are still a few football games to be played…but when you're biggest question is who do I want to root against more…that takes a lot of the enjoyment out of it.
Speaking of countdowns…
We are about 9 weeks away from being a family of 6…I wonder if Liz would be up for opening up an Internet poll to decide what to name our 4th daughter. I'm sure she'd think it is a great idea.
True Grit
Last fall I listed my five favorite movies of all time…Then between Christmas & New Years I saw True Grit twice. Great story…incredible dialogue…and like a lot of Coen Brother's movies, a lot of Biblical references…specifically what happens when you get the revenge you're seeking.
What I'm Reading
Not getting quite as much reading done as I'd hoped…but moving through a couple different books that I'm enjoying at this point…Bird by bird by Anne Lamont, and Outflow by Steve Sjogren.
Plays & Talent Shows
Our youngest daughter Brenna is getting to utilize her talents this winter. Last weekend she sang a song she wrote (the second song she has written) and did a great job. And she is currently in two different plays. The t-burg middle school is putting on Charley and the Chocolate Factory, and the local theatre company for middle & high school kids, Running2Places is putting on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We'll keep you up-to-date on all of that if you'd like to attend either show.
Justice Blog
Some of you may have seen this already but I was invited to write a couple guest posts over on the Justice Response Blog. That was a lot of fun to do. If you had not heard the story about the Green Café in collegetown…I hope you'll take a peak over there and give it a read…modern day slavery isn't just something that happens "someplace else."
Guess that's it for now…I probably should wrap up the message for Sunday! Have a great weekend.


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