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GreyJay is a hub created to promote, preserve and advance hydrological modelling capability in Canada. Hydrological processes in Canada are as varied as the landscapes they occur in and there is no one-size-fits-all model. Many good models have been developed by practitioners and academics and are being used in a wide variety of applications. GreyJay offers a place for these models to reside, develop and be shared – all at no charge to developers and users.
Users can find downloads and links to all the known hydrological models and software in Canada. If the project is on GreyJay, the executable and supporting documentation can be downloaded right from the GreyJay server. There is also a forum for each project where users and developers can connect to ask and answer questions. If the developer has designated the project as open source, users can also access the source code.
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Some of the projects already on GreyJay are: Raven, hydRology, MESH, WATFLOOD, HBV-EC (coming soon), and WDPM (coming soon). Please visit the Projects tab for a complete list.
GreyJay is operated by the CSHS, which is a non-profit that promotes hydrological sciences in Canada. GreyJay receives support from organizations like National Research Council, Github, and Manitoba Hydro. If you like what CSHS and GreyJay does, please consider contributing your time or resources to the project.
Raven is a robust and flexible hydrological modelling framework, designed for application to challenging hydrological problems in academia and practice. This fully object-oriented code provides complete flexibility in spatial discretization, interpolation, process representation, and forcing function generation. Models built with Raven can be as simple as a single watershed lumped model with only a handful of state variables to a full semi-distributed system model with physically-based infiltration, snowmelt, and routing.
hydRology is an R package of functions used by Canadian hydrologists. It contains functions for statistical hydrology, basic data manipulation, visualization, spatial hydrology, and streamflow measurement analysis.
Source code can be accessed on Github
MESH (Modélisation Environnementale communautaire – Surface Hydrology) is the hydrology land-surface scheme (HLSS) of Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC's) community environmental modelling system. MESH allows different surface component models to coexist within the same modelling framework so that they can easily be compared for the same experiment using exactly the same forcings, interpolation procedures, grid, time period, time step and output specifications.
WATFLOOD is an integrated set of computer programs to forecast flood flows or do simulations for watersheds having response times ranging from one hour to several weeks. The emphasis of the WATFLOOD system is on making optimal use of remotely sensed land cover data, digital elevation models and numerical weather data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the lottery test?
While a little gruesome, the bus test is an easy way to find out how sustainable a project is. If the lead developer of a project was hit by a bus today, would the project continue? Or would it be shelved?
There are many good hydrological models that have been built across Canada, but many of them don't pass the bus test. CHyMS was created to address this problem by creating a central repository where developers can safely store, access, develop and publish their models. Developers can choose what protocol to use (Git or SVN) and who they want to participate in development. The goal for CHyMS is to bring developers and users together so that good projects can pass the bus test.
What is the difference between NRC and Github?
CSHS offers two different methods of source code control to provide maximum flexibility to developers. NRC's CHyMS uses SVN protocol and its server and services are located that the National Research Council. Github uses the Git protocol and Github for server and hosting services. There are advantages and disadvantages to using either method and the model developer must decide what suits them best.
What is the login information for NRC?
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What is the login information for Github?
Users can create their own account through Github. For access to the source code of private repositories, they can request access from the owner of that repository.
Why can't I access the source code to some of the projects?
Not all of the projects on CHyMS are open source. Project creators can decide if they want their code to be open to the public or a team of developers.
Does CSHS charge fees?
No, CSHS does not charge fees for users or developers. CSHS is a non-profit initiative and relies on donations. The National Research Council is happy to provide development support for projects wishing to have an extra level of service (for a fee). Github is free and always will be.
How can I get my project on GreyJay?
Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Why shouldn't I just use my personal Github account to store my project?
Often it makes sense to go this route. Github offers a few advantages over a personal Github project. Most importantly, the project will be plugged into a whole Canadian hydrology community by having it on chyms.ca. Secondly, Github offers private repositories and user permissions, should a developer wish to have more control over their project. Lastly, by giving the CSHS committee access to your project, you making great progress towards passing the bus test.
Who actually uses these projects?
Some of the end users of hydrological models on GreyJay are:
- BC Hydro
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"We decided to combine [CUNA's Political and Grassroots Network (PGN) and MAP credit union] groups to provide this community where we can provide the latest content to MAP credit unions, where they can go out to their members and educate them on these issues, but at the same time having our PGN members educating their peers on these issues as well," Engelman said.
Engelman also emphasized the community's part in CUNA's larger efforts to better spread the word about advocacy efforts, and how it was created in response to members asking for additional advocacy resources and help, including in-person training and other platforms.
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another tribute to October light,
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to Monet, Seurat. Ah, but not until
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Chairwoman of the Museum of Australian Democracy pays tribute to those involved in the Eureka battle
Good morning before we begin proceedings, I would like to acknowledge
the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today, the
Watharung people of the Kulin Nation. I would like to pay my respects to
the Elders past and present.
Today is about remembering those men and women who lost their lives
during, or because, of the events at the Eureka Stockade, at this place,
on this day, in 1854. It is also to remember the impact that the battle,
and surrounding events, had in shaping Australia's democracy.
Id like to take you back, to exactly 160 years ago, and ask you to
imagine what political life was like for the average person in Australia.
First, there was no right to vote, or stand for Parliament, unless you
could meet property qualifications, which most could not.
This meant that there was taxation – and mining licence fees were a
form of taxation - without any representation in the forming of those laws
that people were required to obey.
As a woman you certainly had no right to vote, could not own property,
could not go to university, be paid the same as a man for equal work,
and in many cases could not work after marriage.
160 years ago, Chinese miners had virtually no rights at all, and were
subject to appalling acts of violence.
The rights of aboriginal people, to their land, and civic rights, was barely
a considered a sensible concept for discussion.
And the rights and needs of the very poor, the mentally ill and disabled,
single mothers and the aged, were either completely disregarded, or
managed in an ad hoc and paternalistic way, by a combination of mostly
state and church organisations.
But this was not unique! In fact, this situation was largely the state of
play in most places around the world, and had been the status quo for
the better part of 3000 years of recorded western history at least.
But how things have changed - in just 160 years!
We are here today to commemorate those who lost their lives at this
place, and celebrate the role that the Eureka Stockade played, in
changing that status quo, and starting the path, that led to universal
suffrage for non-Aboriginal men only a few years later, to be followed
by universal suffrage for non-aboriginal women in 1902. Indigenous
Australians of course, had to wait until the 1960's for the basic right to
be considered a citizen of the nation that they had inhabited for some
60,000 years or more.
So it is against this backdrop, that the Museum of Australian Democracy
at Eureka – MADE, has been established on this very site - to celebrate
the role that the 1854 battle had in changing the status quo and forging
our path to democracy.
But MADE aims to do more than that – MADE's vision is to put the story
of Eureka in broader political, historic and social context which has
meaning and relevance to the lives of Australians in the 21st century.
We want to make people actively think, reflect and engage with our
current social and political system, and our key target includes young
people. Let me explain why.
Most Australians today have grown up fully benefiting from the civil and
political rights that women and men who came before them had stood up
for and fought for – including those who lost their lives here at this place
160 years ago.
Yet research from the Lowy Institute, and elsewhere, consistently shows
that Australians are ambivalent about our democracy, particularly y oung
people -with 33% of 18-29 year-olds supporting the statement that 'in
some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable'.
And yet as we speak, today, people in other parts of the world are
fighting, and dying, to gain those very rights that our predecessors at
Eureka gained for us.
Our vision at MADE is to make the Eureka Stockade, and Australian
democracy, a compelling issue in contemporary Australian society.
To do this we have become a physical and a digital museum, using
creativity and innovation, to connect history - with the present.
Our tool box includes not only compelling exhibits in M.A.D.E's physical
displays, but also Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, computer games, video
stories and iBeacons, amongst others. We are using each and every tool
in the physical and digital toolkit to reach out and connect, empower and
engage, Australians wherever they are, particularly our young people.
Ben Chifley said that "Eureka was the first real affirmation of our
determination to be the master of our own political destiny".
MADE aims to commemorate those who lost their lives on this site,
on this day, in 1854, in fighting for democratic rights and changing the
status quo.
And just as important, our task is to inspire the next generation of
Australians to ensure that our destiny, and our democracy, is in good
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School Board eyeing reallocating $10M for school repairs
Ronald E. Carrington | 7/23/2018, 11:51 a.m.
Richmond Public Schools officials want to reallocate $10.1 million to make acute emergency repairs to school buildings across the city.
At Monday night's meeting of the Richmond School Board, Darin Simmons Jr., RPS' chief operating officer, recommended redirecting toward repairs a little more than $13 million from the school system's architectural and engineering account that was set up several years ago for the construction of new schools.
Under the plan, $10 million would be used to replace roofs, heating and air conditioning systems, windows and broken facades at 17 city schools, the Richmond Technical Center, the Richmond Alternative School and the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, with $3 million set aside for emergencies.
Excluded from the list are George Mason and E.S.H. Greene elementary schools, Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School and George Wythe High School, which school officials said was deliberate because they are slated for replacement.
However, as critical as school officials noted the repairs to be, nothing can happen until the School Board votes to move the money and Richmond City Council endorses the plan to reallocate the funds for school maintenance.
Despite the nine-member board having a quorum at Monday's meeting, the board decided to put off a vote until its Aug. 6 meeting. City Council is not scheduled to meet again after its July 23 meeting until September.
School Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, said in a Free Press interview Wednesday that once approval is given to move the money, work could start on the slate of projects in late fall or perhaps during students' December break.
Earlier this year, City Council allocated $1.6 million for school maintenance, which is far less than the $30 million RPS requested.
The $10 million for repairs would come from funds set aside to design new schools. But officials said the new Mason, Greene and Elkhardt-Thompson schools would rely on repurposed designs from existing schools, saving money on design costs and would be paid from the $150 million expected for the project.
Officials have said there is no money allocated yet for replacing George Wythe High.
School Board Chair Dawn Page, 8th District, and Mr. Young signaled their support for the plan to make critical repairs to the city's sorely dilapidated schools.
"This is a result of years and years of neglected facilities repairs," Ms. Page told the Free Press. "We need to make sure that our children are educated in an environment that is safe and conducive for learning."
Mr. Young said he endorses the repair plan, but believes the board and school administration need to review whether a new high school is needed before construction starts on a new George Wythe High.
He said there are "so many vacant seats at existing high schools," which he said can increase their enrollment and eliminate plans and the cost of building a new school.
"It makes a lot of sense to use the $10 million to address some of the recurring problems we have in our buildings," Mr. Young said.
But board Vice Chairman Patrick Sapini, 5th District, expressed concern about using the $10 million for repairs rather than toward replacing George Wythe High.


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- National Assistive Technology in Education (NATE) Network: NATE — the National Assistive Technology in Education Network — brings together information from the many fields and disciplines that are involved in assistive technology services in educational settings. The Network provides information in a cohesive, integrated manner, so that people from all disciplines can access it. The Forms and Tools section of the NATE Network website provides a variety of data collection and planning forms that might be useful for trial periods as well as forms and tools for other aspects of AT services.
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A Community of Prayer Champions, Praying Churches, Prayed-for Communities
Praying Together
Lesson 1
Class Purpose, Foundation, and Prayer Basics
Purpose of the Course:
The first four lessons are focused on ourselves, and key points that should help us all be on what some call - the same page – concerning the topic of Praying Together. The first lesson focuses on laying a foundation. I Cor 3 vs 11 says 'For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.' It is a foundation that focuses on who God is according to I John 4 vs 8 and what Jesus has sacrificially done for us due to that Love. That is not only a foundation, but could be called a banner. The lesson also takes us back to the roots of prayer looking at Hebrew.
The next lesson will help us find God's purposes or keys that can help the focus of our prayers.
Following that lesson we will be looking at what prayer involves and why it can be difficult.
The forth lesson will be dealing with are we praying from the Head Prayer or with Heart Prayer.
Then as the lessons move on we will be looking at preparing ourselves to pray with a prayer partner or praying with someone else.
Then we will look at some ways a church of a group of people can pray together.
Finally we will be looking at training our children to pray. This instruction is in the 2nd module.
I believe that as you study God's word and let His Holy Spirit minister to you, that much will be gleamed from this material that will help us all to learn from each other and grow in our prayer life.
It is my prayer that the words these words may be a reality in all of us when it comes to prayer:
'It only takes a spark
to set a fire glowing,
And soon all those around
will wake up in its glowing;
That's how it is with God's Love,
Once you've experienced it.
It is fresh like Spring,
You want to sing,
You want to pass it on!'
I encourage each of us to ask the Lord to let His Holy Spirit help us in this course to allow His Love to grow in our hearts and in our prayers.
Now moving forward in our first lesson:
Starting with the foundation of prayer, we should take time to think about what moves us to pray. It is a need? Are we praying because something happened to us that we do not understand or something that has hurt us? Are we praying to help someone else? Are we praying to get to know God more closely? Possibly there are other reasons. All of these may encourage us to pray, but looking at scripture what really should be our motivation to pray?
There is a motivation that I want to present for us to ponder.
God has set two commandments before us to live by. Matt 22 vs 36-40 says:
"36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38. This is the first and great commandment.
39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.,
These commandments represent a foundational principle of our faith and should be guide our prayers.
Let's look at that foundational principle: the *Foundation of prayer: God's Love
Look at I John 4:8. It states: "God is love." The greatest two commandments found in Matt 22:36-40 are:
These commandments are relational and show us that God wants us to operate in His love, which is His law of love. – God's Love sent Christ to sacrifice His life for us. That demonstration of God's love shown by Christ, shows that we should love others with a love that is willing to make significant sacrifices for others. Sacrificial love that comes from the heart, can help open the hearts of others so they may be receptive to what God has done for them at Calvary. Christ said 'By this shall all men know you are my disciples if you have 'love one to another' John 13:35. When we show that love, we are also lifting up Jesus. Lifting up Jesus is lifting up God's love, and there is a wonderful thing that will happen when we lift Jesus up. John 12:32 says 'And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.' That is a wonderful promise. Christ gave us an example of this love by his demonstrating sacrificial love coming from the heart of God, by dying for us on the Cross. The source of that sacrificial love is God, who is love.
How does that Love relate to prayer? If we want to see God's love in action when we pray, then we must let God's love be a motivating factor behind each prayer we pray, which may involve action -- sacrificial action as part of our prayer. When we do, prayer becomes an act of love.
God wants us to depend on Him for His power which operates through love for others, whom we come across in our lives. God's power is in His love that shed Christ's blood for us a Calvary. That love has made a relationship with God possible and it can direct our prayers in the way of love.
We should ask ourselves when we pray, do we want to see the Love of God encourage and work in others?
With the understanding that the foundation of prayer is Love, God's Love, sacrificial love, we are perhaps ready to understand what praying really is?
The next article shows prayer in a different light—not just asking—but much more. Prayer is part of a relationship. A relationship of love that draws us to pray!
Let's look at the Biblical root of the word pray. The Biblical root of the word pray will help in our understanding of where the word pray comes from. Much of what we think about prayer comes from modern concepts. Prayer has been around for a long, long time and a study of the root will help us to recognize basic principles in prayer.
Biblical Root of the Word: Pray
Lewis Turner
If most of us were asked to define prayer, probably the majority would say 'asking God for something'. Unfortunately that may be the limit of our understanding of prayer.
There is much more to prayer, and the Hebrew language used in writing the Old Testament in the Bible is a good place to go to teach us about prayer.
In the Bible, in the Old Testament, which was originally written in Hebrew, the word used for prayer is tephillah written תְּפִלָּה. It means intercession, or supplication (earnest prayer of petition); In implication - a hymn. A Prayer can be a Psalm and many of the Psalms in the Bible are actually prayers, and are a part of communication with God. A closer examination of the word tephillah we find the root word palal written: פָּלַל. It means to judge; by extension to intercede, pray: entreat, judge(-ment), make pray(-er,-ing), make supplication. We usually think of supplication as a presentation of requests. A close study of the Hebrew letters use in the word for prayer and the word for supplication shows that prayer and supplication are related to the covenant of God—God's word, and that speaking is involved. To make that easier to understand, prayer involves speaking in accordance with God's Word.
Prayer is not just speaking, but praying is an act of communication with God, indicating that a relationship exists.
From what we saw in the word meanings above, there are some basics that we can conclude are true about prayer.
Relationship, intercession and supplication, and worship are what we could call basics of prayer. Today, we may view aspects of prayer a bit differently with more detail, but these basic of prayer will be seen again and again as we pray.
Truly, prayer that comes out of a relationship with God and is built upon a solid foundation found in God's Word. That foundation is God's Love. (I John 4:8)
1. Take time to review this lesson, and as you pray, Make notes for yourselves where you are in your prayer. Ask yourself what motivated you to make prayer a focus in your life. If prayer is an act of God's Love, does that have an impact on your focus? Let these be a type of reflective notes that will help you as we progress through the course.
2. When Christ draws people to himself—What is he really doing and communicating to those people.
3. If God has set two commandments before us to live by, which represent a fundamental principle of our faith, how should those two commandments affect our prayers?
4. If God's love is not a motivating our prayers what is????
Reading for next lesson: Recommend reading chapter 1 of our primary text for next week.
Next lesson we will be looking at:
Looking at scripture, and learning to recognize focus points or keys that can guide our prayers.
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Wow! Thank you for this insight. That love should be the motivating factor in prayer is an eye-opener to me. My prayers for others from now on will be different (out of love, I will be praying...) And worship will be an expression of my love for God...I look forward to the next lesson... I will be sharing this nugget of truth to my prayer group this afternoon.
Thank you for sharing your discovery--When people get excited about our Lord--that's a blessing that will encourage others!
Just to let you know that we had a wonderful prayer time last Tuesday. For an hour we prayed for our neighbors and friends who do not yet know the Lord.
I do all sorts of prayers…often quick target ones when I am in a situation where prayer is needed and I do not have the time to go off by myself…I could be in the car and see an emergency vehicle go past me…or I could be listening to the news and I stop everything to pray. Often I am overwhelmed by the needs of those around me and my soul cries out within me…but the best time is to go off by myself and rest in Him…because in this time, I am in his peace and love and just be there….or my mind will just flow out with my love for those everywhere…..but as you have indicated…this is an extension of being …being with God…filled with His love…resting in his peace knowing that He is right here…with those around me…with those in need….He is right there with me, encouraging me to pray for them….to pray with them……or just to be with them…in His Presence…………...
I signed up for this class a long time ago….but now is the time I am actually taking it….I am seeking a deeper relationship with him. thank you for reminding me to step back….to slow down…to love…to step into His Love…to rest in Him….and to allow His Spirit to love me and to teach me how to submit to Him whole-heartedly….to love him in a deeper, all encompassing way……teach me to love others this way….…..unconditionally…...
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Detective Senior Constable Peter Colliver of Echuca criminal investigation unit said thieves broke into Echuca Camping in High St through an upstairs window about 5.30am.
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BANGKOK, September 17, 2015 — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Tourism InSPIRE Awards 2015 to recognise organisations and businesses that demonstrate excellence in social, environmental, and economic sustainability in tourism. The deadline to submit applications is October 16, 2015, and there is no entry fee to submit applications.
This new award programme, supported by EU-SWITCH-Asia RPSC (Regional Policy Support Component), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and PATA, identifies and commends excellence in sustainable tourism by granting awards to travel and tourism organisations that demonstrate outstanding practices and performance within the three pillars of sustainability. Award criteria were developed based upon sustainable consumption and production principles and existing, internationally recognised sustainable tourism standards such those developed by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), and by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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PixlKids: Link vs. The Skylanders
Kids are, in fact, able to discern a quality title from a middling one.
A while ago, I made the decision, as most parents do, to involve my children in my hobbies. I did this by playing catch with them in the backyard, going to baseball games, playing video games, and most recently, writing a co-op review for PixlBit. If there's one thing I've learned from the experience, it's that kids will surprise you with just how mature their perspective can be, even if they aren't able to properly articulate it yet.
This past Christmas, both the children and I received 3DS systems. Mine came with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, and they received copies of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7, which they played to death over the course of their Christmas break. It wasn't long until they took an interest in what I was playing on my system and wanted to try it out for themselves. While they were familiar with Nintendo's mascot characters on a general level, they had never played any of the Zelda games. I hesitated at first, afraid that if the game proved too difficult they may wash their hands of the franchise forever, but quickly decided to let them give it a shot and see what happened.
Much to my own elation, the boys and Link hit it off big time. At first the challenge did put them off, but they kept coming back and trying their hand at Ocarina of Time again and again. Eventually, they got it.
Now my boys eat, sleep, and breathe Zelda, and they've devoured every modern title in the series they can get their hands on. They practically stole my GameCube Collector's disc with the NES and Nintendo 64 titles so they can play Majora's Mask on the Wii. They hum the Song of Time while doing chores or just whenever they feel like it. Our conversations over the dinner table typically turn into discussing something they accomplished in whatever Zelda game they are currently involved in, much to my wife's chagrin (Twilight Princess these days). They've even tried some of the older titles I have on hand, such as Link's Awakening DX, Oracle of Ages, and Oracle of Seasons, although they seem to be unable to get into any of the 2D Zelda titles.
Before their fascination with Zelda was truly established, however, almost as soon as my kids wrapped up Ocarina of Time, one of the boys received Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (for Wii) as a birthday present. At the ages of 9 and 12, its E10+ rating put my kids squarely in the middle of what the ESA considers the game's target audience. The packaging was alluring as well, featuring thin plastic windows displaying several Skylanders and the mystical portal the children would be using to drop said characters into and out of the game. He was also given a lunch box that came with an additional fourth Skylander of a different element than the ones that came with the starter pack. The tiny figures were meticulously designed and brightly colored. Even the dark, undead character looked adorable and fun. Everything screamed to me, "This is a title your kids will love!" Imagine my surprise when the box made its way into our living room and remained untouched on our coffee table while the kids played Zelda games for almost a solid week!
When they finally did set it up (with a little prodding from me), I was expecting them to be instantly ensnared. The game oozed the kind of entertainment I thought they would fall head over heels for. Cheesy jokes? Check. Colorful worlds? Check. Comically over-the-top evil bad guy? Check. Everything matched up tongue and groove with the types of shows they absorb for hours on a typical Saturday morning. While it did manage to hold their attention for a few days, it wasn't long before they were back to playing Zelda and the Skylanders were never seen again. Should I have seen this coming?
We've got some great reviewers here at PixlBit, and as luck would have it, the same writer reviewed both The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - Chessa DiMola. I selected a few choice statements she made in the review, but I encourage you to read the full article as it will help paint a clearer picture of just how attractive this game makes itself seem, despite having little to no depth.
The gameplay is as mediocre as it gets. Players control a Skylander throughout a bunch of different worlds, walk along a linear path, use one of four attacks to kill unbelievably weak enemies, get stopped mid-level to have an obnoxiously long, sleep-inducing conversation with some character, brawl some more, open a bunch of crates and chests for loot, collect a bunch of power-up stuff, and then return to the hub world to listen to more unending conversations until they finally make their way to the next level.
She also had this to say when discussing the game's low level of challenge:
Now of course the natural retort is, "But this game is intended for children for goodness sakes." Please. The target age audience has been playing Pokémon for years, and believe me, if they can handle all the intricacies of a modern Pokémon title, Skylanders is going to be a laughable walk in the park.
In what I think will become a repeated theme in my PixlKids pieces, kids are way more perceptive than people give them credit for. My nine year old spent the most time with Skylanders, almost a full week, while my oldest, who had just turned 12, went back to Majora's Mask after only two short gameplay sessions spread over the course of two days. He quickly sniffed out exactly what Chessa was talking about and lost interest.
My youngest had a slightly different experience. Instead of becoming excited about collecting new Skylanders, he became frustrated when he discovered walled off areas of the game that he would have to either spend his allowance on purchasing a new character to access, or wait and request new Skylanders as gifts for upcoming holidays. He was even more annoyed when he discovered he only had as many "lives" as he did Skylanders characters. When one hero is defeated, the only way to continue playing is to plop another Skylander on the portal. I did explain the principles of leveling up, but unsurprisingly, he wasn't interested at all in "grinding" his characters by going through missions he had already finished, and the game really offers no other, more enjoyable options.
Now, Skylanders is by no means a bad title. Chessa awarded the game three out of five stars, which I would agree with based on my own observations. The game's biggest challenge was the fact that the children were being engaged on a more meaningful level by another game, in this case a Zelda title. Based on my observations, children enjoy being challenged and appreciate the feeling of accomplishment that comes from overcoming obstacles set at the proper level for them. Zelda sets the bar at around the right place for my kids, while Skylanders sets the bar far too low. Had they not been otherwise involved, Skylanders might have provided a good stop-gap experience of sorts, but with sessions of Zelda already going, the children didn't need a title to hold them over until they discovered a better game.
I still don't think giving the kids Skylanders was a mistake. The kids did play it, and they did get some enjoyment out of it, but they were both left wanting something more from the game. I have to second Chessa's overall thoughts on the title. Skylanders is best suited to children who are inexperienced in the ways of action titles, and even then, once the novelty of the toys has worn off, the game will most likely be forgotten. That's exactly what happened. The presence of Link only expedited the process. Maybe someday they'll dig up Skylanders again, but I have no doubt that their infatuation with it will only last as long as it takes for another game of higher quality to come around and steal their attention.


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Soak it in, I tell myself.
This has been one of those days. The kind of day that starts out rough and doesn't let up. The kind of day when my skin is tissue paper thin. The kind of day when everything is catching up to me and I am tired and overwhelmed and fragile.
I have bitten off more than I can chew. I didn't mean to. I am usually pretty good about knowing my capacity and staying within it. But sometimes I don't know how much is too much until I am suddenly and surprisingly falling apart.
I won't go into the sordid details. Suffice to say I did at one point manage to realize I was in a bit too deep. But I have a hard time looking a need in the eye and walking away. And I don't know if anyone has noticed, but California schools these days are pretty needy.
So I reminded myself to do the best I can. Something is better than nothing, right? Well, today was a day when the best I can was not good enough for some of the people around me.
And I will be honest…..it hurt. When I am genuinely trying to help and I run into someone along the way who would like to tell me how terrible I am because my help is not perfect or leaves them feeling disappointed, I take it personally. I know whatever they are telling me says more about them than me, but still….ouch.
But I also know the people hurting me are just as human as I am. So what do I do with it all?
Just when I think I am going to break, I find myself on my couch with a four-year-old sleeping on top of me. I thought we were headed for disaster as he was waking up cranky from a car-ride nap. I knew I did not have enough in me to make it through that.
But as we snuggled, he fell back asleep. And I don't have sleeping child moments that often anymore. In fact, hardly ever. And they are some of my favorite moments.
So I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
The day washed over me. And in and amongst all of the crud, the care of friends stood out. Love through the phone from my sister. Two encouraging emails from people who had no idea how much I needed them.
As I opened my eyes, the smiling faces of my three boys looked back at me from above the piano. Life. My life.
Soak it in, I tell myself. Because this is how you recover from the wounds of life, I say. Not by giving up or hiding under a rock like you are tempted to do today. But seeing these elements of healing mixed in with all the rest and letting them penetrate those painful places.
Listening. Understanding. Encouragement. Perspective. Love.
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This card is for the monthly swap that Pam hosts on SCS. Each month we make 10 cards and include a matching envelope. They can be any theme for any month. All of the swappers are wonderful and I have received awesome cards each and every month.
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Turkey's Syriacs are for the first time holding protests to urge Ankara to acknowledge the massacres of Syriacs in 1915, which proceeded along with the mass killings of Armenians.
The Ottoman policy of slaughter and deportations in 1915, associated mainly with its Armenian victims, was actually much broader in its scope. Along with more than 1 million Armenians killed, it crushed also the Christian Syriac community, which counts its dead in the hundreds of thousands.
Armenians call the slaughter "the Great Calamity," while Syriacs remember it as the "Seyfo Massacre" with "seyfo" meaning "sword." On the 100th anniversary this year, the Syriacs are for the first time holding protests urging Turkey to recognize the Seyfo Massacre and to apologize. On April 21, Syriacs launched a hunger strike in the southeastern province of Mardin, where most of their ancestors perished. The protest, scheduled to end April 24, will last 100 hours, symbolizing the 100 years that have passed since the bloodshed. The Syriacs are also planning to hold a big march in June.
Leading the events is the Mardin Syriac Unity Association, which a Turkish court ordered closed earlier this month over several provisions in its charter. According to its chairman, Yuhanna Aktas, 490,000 Syriacs perished in 1914-15 in Mardin and its environs, where the community was concentrated, with local Kurdish tribes and the state-founded Hamidiye Corps leading the massacres.
Those who survived include people who fled to Syria as well as teenage girls and children who were Islamized, Aktas told Al-Monitor, adding that many people in the Mardin region today are the grandchildren of those Islamized Syriac women. "They would call Syriacs 'uncles.' Hundreds are calling us 'uncles' today," Aktas, himself a Mardin resident, said.
Aktas' ancestors survived the massacres by hiding in a citadel along with others from their native village of Alagoz, while Syriacs in neighboring settlements were executed in village squares or in the churches where they took shelter.
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In one remarkable episode of resistance, Aktas recounted how Syriacs in the village of Ivardo near the town of Midyat shut themselves inside a high-walled church and held out against the soldiers for a week. As the clashes continued, a group of Syriacs took the local district governor and mayor hostage in the Midyat government office, in a bid to stop the assault. A Muslim Kurdish elder by the name of Sheikh Fetullah was called in to help. The man gave his son and nephew as hostages to the Syriacs inside the government building and started negotiations to stop the massacre. As a result, the people of Ivardo were saved, but Syriacs in neighboring villages could not escape death. Today, Fetullah's grandsons are Muslim clerics in Mardin and his grave is frequently visited by Syriacs, Aktas said. "Sheikh Fetullah's name is written with golden letters in our history," he added.
Tragic stories from the Seyfo Massacre are engraved deep in the memory of many Syriacs in Mardin. One of them, Simon Poli, left Turkey for Europe in the 1970s and is now back after 43 years to tell his family's story and demand an apology.
The story he recounted to Al-Monitor is about Sara Poli, or "Mama Sara" as he calls her, the wife of his grandfather's brother. Sara, then in her 20s, witnessed the killing of her husband and other relatives before she managed a short-lived escape with her three children.
Here is what happened afterward, in Poli's words: "Mama Sara had three children, two of them twins. When their village was raided, the children ran toward the granary. The eldest child collapsed, hit by a bullet. Sara left the child there and took refuge in the Virgin Mary Church [with the twins], hiding in the vineyard. Soon the soldiers came to the church, yelling and shooting whomever they came across. Then there was silence. Mama came out, thinking the soldiers were gone, but they were waiting in ambush behind the walls. There were seven of them — two soldiers and five Kurds. They told Mama she must convert to Islam. She refused and they killed one of the twins before her eyes. Still, she refused to give in. Then they raped her and broke one of her arms with a rifle butt before stabbing her with a dagger. She lost consciousness and they left, believing she was dead. When she came round, she found the other twin at her side. She had no idea how the child survived. Sara had very long hair, which she used to bind her [broken] arm. She took the child and ran into the mountains, planning to reach the village of Ayvert, which was known to be holding out. The Syriacs were helping the people who fled to the mountains and that's how they found Mama. Her only surviving child died later of sickness."
According to the Mardin Syriac Unity Association, the Syriacs number 18,000 in Turkey and about 4 million around the world today. Some 80% of the Syriac population abroad is estimated to have their roots in Turkey, being the descendants of Syriacs who fled the Ottoman-era killings.
Yet, unlike the Armenian tragedy, the Seyfo Massacre is little known to the international community. Asked why, Aktas said Syriacs lacked the diplomatic might of Armenians, with the remaining community in Turkey intimidated into silence.
The recent court ruling to shut down the association is "a continuation of Turkey's 100-year mentality," Aktas said. Though he believes nothing has changed over the years, Syriacs now appear determined to speak out to bring about a change.


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The university of Perpignan, founded in the 14th century in the St Matthieu Quarter, declining, had no premises since 1710. This building erected at the initiative of the Count of Mailly,was completed in1763. On the ground floor,a large room for the public acts precedes an anatomy amphitheatre « la rotonde ». Arts,theology, law and medicine were taught there until 1793. Mailly set up the first city library there. The majestic frontage of classical style expresses the will to integrate the Roussillon elite to the FrenchAge of Enlightenment.


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The Other Part of It
'Tis the season—I've just finished my annual writers' retreat. As per usual, it was a week of fabulous friends, food, and words. Plus, beer and hot tubs. Rockstar life, basically.
I wrote last year about a moment I had at the retreat. It was one of those insights that cut to the quick. Towards the retreat's end, I was sitting out alone in the hot tub…
It was nearing the golden hour, sunlight spilling over the mountains. The sky was endless, cloudless blue; the woods rang with the singing of birds and frogs. I settled into the hot tub with a book. My beer rested beside me.
And sitting there—sated with finished stories, dear friends typing inside, spring unfolding across the mountains—I could think only:
Enjoy this now. It won't always be like this.
And I was right. Last year was rather a lot, and it was good to carry that moment inside me, returning to it whenever I felt like drowning in the midst of everything. This year, I had the mirror-version insight.
When the retreat finished, we broke the drive back from Tennessee into two parts. After a lovely dinner, I headed back to my hotel room—and crashed. Curled on the bed with some choral favourites, slightly dazed. For the first time all week, I was entirely alone. In the silence of my own thoughts, without friends around, I suddenly ached.
I missed my cat, down to the bone. I missed my choir friends and girlfriend and family. I missed my apartment and my own bed. After a fantastic (and full) week, I suddenly felt lonely.
But of course, I have novel rewrites due soon. So I sat in an American hotel room, booted up my computer, and got to work. Rockstar life, right? As I poked at revisions, the thought came—
This is the other part of it.
This is the rockstar life. This is part of the career I want.
See, sometimes creative life is hot tubs and intense productivity in the mountains. Or going to conventions and meeting cool writers and book people. Heck, sometimes it's wandering in the woods and soaking in the trees.
But sometimes it's getting work done…even in anonymous hotel rooms far from home.
Because it's all about the work, in the end. Word by word, draft by draft. So this is going to keep happening. I want my writing career to include travel and work. Sitting there, I asked myself, "Are you good with this? Really, truly, are you good?"
And the answer was, "Yes."
So this is the other part of it. I still wouldn't change it for the world—but I'll always love coming home.
PS. I suppose I ought to give a retreat report:
- One story I need to trash
- Two stories that are probably pretty close to done
- One flash I'm unsure of
- Two stories that need heavier revision
- Also, novel rewrites.
What I'm Listening to this Week
Ah, Cherubino, the hormone-riddled adolescent boy most often played by a woman. He's one of my favourite characters in opera; I love the fluidity of trouser roles. We've had a version of "Non so più" here before, but this is a wonderfully cinematic version that is queer af.
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Natural Growth Caps
Before a community is launched, you must build
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These are the founding members. These are the people that join when there's nothing there because they have a commitment to you as much as they have a commitment to the cause.
Building these early relationships is a time-consuming process. This
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If you want more active members in an
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Derek Christoff is a name many have never heard of and in the world of overstuffed egos who think they are famous, when the only people who know them are their immediate family, finding an artist who can admit that is rare. Christoff does just that in his humorous "anti-press release."
Penning an open letter to "America" he opens with "I know you very well, but you don't know me at all." If his rhymes are as good as his penmanship, that may soon change.
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I have never been sick before.
I mean, I get colds and flus and whatnot, and they're annoying but those things take a day, two tops, and then you're done.
I'm talking sick-sick. I'm talking can't walk, emergency room, hospital admittance sick.
And that is exactly the type of sick I am.
I will try to make this part brief because the last thing I need now is to destroy my computer by crying all over it, but I am supposed to be at summer camp right now. The camp that I co-direct. The camp that we work for and plan for and talk about all year. The camp that is probably my favorite place on the earth. Instead? My week has consisted of two trips to two separate emergency rooms, a full day hospital stay, a blood-drawing fluid-pumping IV, three inflamed internal organs, doctor's orders of full bedrest (no stairs, no carrying things, no preparing my own food, no cleaning, no ANYTHING), and a lovely set of full-body hives to tie it all together.
I should be at camp right now.
Today is the day of the final show for the parents and I should be there. I want to be there.
These kids, young adult CITs, and the staff that work with them are sensational performers and incredible human beings. They are funny and kind and supportive and fierce. And today, in just a few hours, they are having a performance to celebrate all that. And I can't be there.
And the worst part is that I get it – I couldn't even walk to the car without help right now, never mind get around a summer camp campground and then sit up by myself (sounds stupid, but I spend my life horizontal or strategically propped up nowadays) for two and a half hours. That just isn't feasible, even if you don't take the head-to-toe hives into account.
But you know what?
It. Sucks.
At least once in the middle of every day I will just start crying. Christopher has stopped asking what's wrong when I burst into tears and say "I'm just so sad" because he knows what my answer will be.
"I wanna be at camp. I just wanna be at camp."
Listen, I'd say that I'm sorry to make this post such a Debbie Downer Delight, but I'm not. This is really where I'm at right now and, pardon my french, but I'm in no mood to bullshit.
But I do acknowledge that pity parties can only take you so far and historically for me that's about as far as sitting in a room by myself crying and watching videos of other people having fun, so I do feel that I need to take some time to talk gratitude here.
There are tons of people who have been kind and taken care of me and helped me so far, but this isn't a Grammy speech so I'm not gonna name everyone. I'm just picking a few people for now, so I can at least have some kind of positivity in this post.
-First of all I am grateful for the camp nurse, Nurse Maria, for insisting that I go home. I know this seems contradictory because I didn't want to go, but the thing is…I wouldn't have. I know I wouldn't have on my own. I would've pushed and pushed myself even beyond what I was already doing and, quite honestly, I would've still had to leave camp early, but it probably would've been with serious and potentially permanent damage. So I really am grateful that she was able to say "Hey, you're not taking care of yourself here and I'm not going to let it continue." It's not an ideal circumstance, but it definitely was what needed to be done and I'm grateful she was able to make me do it.
-Miles (my beyond talented, kind-hearted, phenomenal co-director), and Becky, and Heidy, and all of the other counselors and staff at camp. They have been texting and calling and sending me well wishes and – the part I cherish the most – keeping me connected with the kids. I have been sent videos and photos and voicemails and I have been called and FaceTimed, both from just staff members and campers. The kids called me and sang me a song in their grove meeting. I have gotten phone calls recapping CIT Meetings (which I usually lead) so I can stay in the know. At the banquet, staff videoed the whole camp saying that they loved me and missed me. I will always be infinitely thankful to have been able to keep that connection even though I'm not physically present.
-My family. Okay, so I have always known that my family is astounding. My parents and my brothers (and my brand new sister-in-law!) they are just… there at a moment's notice. In this case, it was especially true. They came to see me at the hospital, they got me my first taste of food in 24 hours (I wasn't allowed to eat anything because of all the tests at the hospital and by the time I was finally permitted to, I was DYING for something delicious), they've been texting and facebook messaging me daily just to check in. My mother, while I was still at the hospital, went and got me just a TON of food so that Christopher wouldn't have to make a special trip to get the foods I am allowed to eat. And then, when she came to visit the next day, she completely prepared a meal for Christopher, Jess, and me so that all that had to be done was throw it in the oven. She also cleaned, washed all of our sheets, drove me to (yet another) doctor's appointment, and filled my prescription for me. My family is truly the best.
-And, of course, Christopher. He has been unbelievable. He has been an emotional support, a physical support, a spiritual support… it's just unreal. He came and picked me up (crying, of course) from camp, packed all of my things, drove me right to the emergency room and then stayed with me through the whole night (ten hours) until I was admitted and comfortably asleep in my hospital room. He then proceeded to go to work for the day, leave work EARLY to come pick me up when I was discharged, get me comfortably settled at home, and then unpack my things from the car by himself. He has cooked me every meal, helped me with everything I've needed help with (no matter how minute), and all while still taking care of and making sure to spend time with his daughter. He picked up medicine at Walgreens at 2am when I couldn't sleep because the hives were itching so bad, and he has still called me beautiful every day, even though I am pretty sure yellow-tinted eyes, jaundice and pink polka-dotted skin are really not cute. And, probably most importantly, he lets me cry. He knows that I am devastated about camp and he knows that I hate how helpless I feel and he knows that I want to do everything myself, and when I have a hard time with all that, he just lets me be sad for a little while. And that's something I didn't know I needed, but I really do.
So anyway, I know this post wasn't really in my normal wheelhouse, but I have been laying here for days and I've been thinking a lot, so I felt it needed to be said. Trying to keep some semblance of positivity through all this.
And don't worry: if you need me, I promise I'll be here resting. Doctor's orders.


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Could hacking the immune system cure allergies?
Scientists are redesigning natural allergens to help the immune system defend against them, in a move that could eliminate the side effects and lifelong medication of treating allergies - the most common chronic condition in Europe.
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