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UH Manoa Music Department ceremony will honor longtime faculty member Barbara SmithUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Manoa Music Department
Friends, colleagues and supporters of the arts will gather at the UH Manoa Music Department this weekend as the amphitheatre and ethnomusicology wing of the complex is dedicated in the name of Emeritus Professor Barbara B. Smith.
Smith's tenure as a faculty member and researcher has spanned virtually the entire life of the department — from her arrival in Hawaiʻi in 1949, through her official "retirement" in 1982, and to the present day in which she remains an active contributor to the university and department as a mentor and through field work and advocacy research.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize the life's work of an outstanding teacher, researcher and performer," said Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan. "Her service to the university stands out as an example of the excellent faculty to whom we turn for leadership and inspiration."
In her first years here, Smith taught piano performance and music theory. Among her early students were Herbert Ohta (Ohta-san) and Eddie Kamae, both recognized artists in Hawaiian music today. She was an active piano recitalist and often performed in the community, and was featured as a concerto soloist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.
Through her involvement with the community and her students, she became aware of the rich heritage of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific musics and set about to understand them. She learned Iwakuni-style Bon Dance drumming, Japanese koto, Gagaku, and Hawaiian chant, attracting attention as the first female and first Caucasian performer. Beginning with Hawaiian chant and koto, she introduced ethnic music performance classes into the Music Department curriculum. Recognizing the value and potential of ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaiʻi, she also designed lecture courses and education workshops. She established the master's degree program in ethnomusicology in 1960. UH recognized her as a "living treasure" of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences in 2000.
Smith has been active in national and international organizations, such as the International Council for Traditional Music-UNESCO, Society for Ethnomusicology and the Music Educators National Conference. She held high office in the International Council for Traditional Music, College Music Society, Study Group on Musics of Oceania, and Society for Ethnomusicology. In 1986 her peers honored her with an invitation to present the Charles Seeger Memorial
Lecture, the prestigious keynote address at the national meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. In 2001, the Society awarded her the title of Honorary Member.
She has also contributed in quiet ways. She assisted in the organization of the University Micronesian Club and helped them produce a recording of their music. She organized a number of leadership seminars for artists and arts administrators at the East-West Center, participants of which are now in national arts positions in their own countries. Most recently she undertook the final editing of the Queen Liliʻuokalani Song Book after the death of previous editor Dorothy K. Gillet, a colleague and close friend. In 1969, she received the State of Hawaiʻi Governor's Award for the preservation of Hawaiian Language, Art and Culture and in 1983 she was publicly recognized as a "pioneer" by a resolution of the City Council of Honolulu.


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Roasting red peppers will adds smokiness and flavour to the peppers.
It can be roasted in 2 ways.
1.Grill Method
This method is good when you have more peppers to roast.Preheat the grill and turn the oven to 250'C,place the oven rack to the highest position,making sure that the peppers still fit under the grill without touching the flame or heating element.Place the whole peppers on a baking sheet and slide them under the grill,make sure to keep an eye on the peppers by turning them often as they brown using long tongs.The skin of the peppers will charred and bubble but don't get them over burn,The total roasting time will be 5-20 minutes depending on the size of the peppers and the capacity of your oven/grill.
2.Stove Top Method:
If you got only one or two peppers to roast try this method using metal tongs,hold the peppers directly over the flame and turn the peppers as the skin gets charred.
After roasting,place the roasted peppers in a bowl,cover with cling wrap or tight fitting lid and leave it for 5-10 minutes.This will make them sweat and it will be easier to peel the skin.Remove the seeds and chop.This can be used in any salads or any dish as you like.
Red pepper/ Red Capsicum/Red Bell Pepper-1(Roasted)
Chick peas(boiled) -11/2cups
Tahini Paste(Sesame seed paste)-2Tbsp
Garlic- 3 cloves
Olive oil-1/4cup
Lemon juice-2Tbsp
Roasted cumin powder-1tsp
Black pepper powder-1/2 tsp
Chilli flakes-1/2tsp
Chilli powder/Paprika-1tsp(optional)
Salt to taste
Sesame seeds,chilli flakes and olive oil for garnishing
1.Add every thing except olive oil in a blender or food processor and blend pouring olive oil bit by bit until it becomes a smooth paste.
2.Take out the hummus to a bowl,drizzle olive oil,sprinkle few sesame seeds and chilli flakes on top of the hummus.
3.Serve with toasted pitta bread or any kind of bread of your choice.
1.You can use coriander or parsley when blending.
2.Adjust the spices less or more according to your preference and taste.
3. In Kannada,Red pepper/Red capsicum Known as Dappa kempu menasinakayi/Donne kempu menasinakayi.
4.In Hindi,it is known as Lal Shimla mirch.
5.It can be stored in a jar or air tight box for up to week in the fridge.

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Law Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC)
Analysis: New bridge will cost billions more in long-term
November 02, 2010
Requests for information under the federal Freedom of Information Act
("FOIA") and state open records laws are an important tool for PEAC lawyers.
But sometimes it takes awhile to get the "payoff" for all of the work
involved in drafting the requests, negotiating with the agency over what
actually needs to be produced and sifting through all of the documents the
agency finally supplies. PEAC requested the documents that a Portland-based
economist, Joe Cortright, ended up using for this important study in 2009.
We appreciate Joe's acknowledgment of our work in this piece in The Columbian related to the proposed new mega-bridge between Oregon and Washington.


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We don't have any family in the area and will be traveling to see them in July, and since there will be more parties then... we decided not to do the big birthday party thing. We just celebrated with the four of us and a few friends who were able to meet us for some various opportunities to celebrate.
The cake- I scoured the Internet for easy but super cute pirate cakes. I was in luck, I found this great cake, in fact entire pirate themed birthday at Piece of Cake. We may have to revisit the pirate theme when we have a big friends party again. Nothing says homemade like a tilted pirate ship!
Here's the crushed jolly rancher 'water' before melting:
Here's the construction of the cake.... hmmmm, I don't think I'll be getting hired at the bakery any time soon:
The thank yous- I saw these cute note cards from my new blog friend over at 4 crazy kings and thought something along those lines would be cute for Lou's thank you cards this year. I always make them for the kids rather than buying, because I'm cheap like that-I mean, because I'm crafty like that. I'll have to dig them out for the other years and post those too. I toyed around with the cutout being a few different things, but decided on just the number two. We even were able to use up some leftover artwork from our dinosaur track painting.
They are pretty self explanatory, expect that I decided to trace the shape (yellow #2) backwards on the inside of the card to avoid any stray pencil marks on the font. Then I cut it out.
Party hat- I made this felt hat up after Lou went to bed. I wanted a really pirate-ish font for the back, but couldn't really find what I was looking for. However, the paint on the felt came out kind of rough and does look a little pirate like. The front is stitched on white felt, the back is painted.
After church we headed to Chuck E Cheese. Lou really wanted to go. I have some feeling about Chuck E Cheese, however, the kids LOVE it. We also had about 70 tokens left over from a trip we made there at Christmas time and Lou got a birthday card from them with a coupon for 20 more free tokens. We even had the exact amount for a pizza package meal thing left over in the grocery envelope and that never happens. Seemed like fate. The kids got drinks from the fountain, a treat for us all! This is the first time we let them have whatever they wanted to drink- they both picked hi-c. Lou kept saying "so good!" and cheering. I had a root beer, and enjoyed it a lot too, I cheered a little too.


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For those that love their music.... to death!
Where does it get power from. Will cemetries have to offer powered sites and non powered sites?
Talk about a swan song
The 8" sub will rattle some bones.
I can just imagine being the groundskeeper for the graveyard.
Get to listen to phat beats all day.
Oh man I can't wait to die.
pretty sure the CataTomb is the Amp
I'd rather have it playing the sound outwards towards people passing by. Maybe like the Ferris Bueller pretending-to-be-asleep sound.


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(b) Notice after hearing - If a motion is heard without prior notice under this rule, written notice of the hearing of the motion, showing the title and number of the action, the name of the judge who heard the motion, the date of the hearing, and the ruling of the court thereon, shall be served, by the attorney obtaining the order, upon all parties who have appeared and have not theretofore been found by the court to be in default for the failure to plead, and upon all parties whose time to appear had not expired on the date of hearing, and proof of service thereof shall be filed with the clerk, within 48 hours after the hearing. Notice shall be given in the manner and to the persons described in Supreme Court Rule 11.
(c) Order upon denial - If a motion heard without prior notice is denied, an order of the denial shall be spread of record.
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Huawei has unveiled what it boasts is the world's first quad-core tablet device, the Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD. It's seriously high-end too, with a Huawei 1.5GHz K3 quad-core processor, featuring an embedded GPU, 2GB of RAM, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and a 10-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS HD touchscreen display.
There's no skimping on the camera either, with an 8-megapixel sensor for the rear and a 1.3-megapixel webcam on the front. And Dolby surround sound technology is in-built to help increase the audiofield for gaming and watching movies.
It's made of aluminium-alloy materials in a unibody design, is 8.8mm thin and weighs a mere 598g (in comparison, the iPad 2 weighs 599g).
Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei Device, believes that the new tablet's power will excite many, especially those in gaming and movie watching. "We have created the Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD to excel in all of the entertainment capabilities including speed, power, web-browsing, high-definition display and audio, and packaging it all in a compact and portable body," he says.
The Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD will be released globally in Q2 (spring) but we're not sure of the price at present. It will come with 3G and LTE support.
What do you think? Has Huawei thrown an interesting option into the mix? Let us know in the comments below...


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Christie Brinkley Is 'Throwing Her Family Under A Bus,' Her Ex-Husband Claims
The supermodel's bitter ex says she's harming her kids by broadcasting her custody battles in the media!
Supermodel Christie Brinkley's divorce saga with ex-husband Peter Cook heats up — he's accusing her of using their custody battle to get publicity for her return to Broadway! "She can use her celebrity to get the media to say 'He's a bad guy,'" Peter says, according to The Daily Mail. "You know… I'm not trying to sell tickets to anything."
"I don't want this press," the 53-year-old Hamptons architect continues. "I'm not interested in it. And there's got to be a better way for her to do it. Go do a charitable act or something, get your name in the paper. But stop throwing your family under the bus."
Christie, 58, is returning to the stage in the musical Chicago, and Peter says she's making their latest court battle coincide for press.
"I don't know how you can ever rationalize your way out of fighting to have this private family matter become so public," he says. "And children will live with it forever. I mean, it used to be 40 years ago, it was in the newspaper and it ended up under a bird somewhere. But now it's Google eternity. This will never go away for my children."
But Christie's attorney issued a statement in retaliation to Peter's claims:
"Peter Cook has repeatedly broken the confidentiality agreement that Christie has continued to uphold. Peter is the only one to go on national television spewing sexist, disgraceful, demonstrably false lies, which gives a taste of what Christie has had to endure since Peter betrayed his marriage vows. Peter embarrassed himself and hurt his family by having an affair with a teenage girl and admitting to an extensive pornography habit."
HollyMoms — do you think Christie is after ticket sales or is Peter just an angry ex?
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Todd Starnes
Fox News
February 27, 2013
Hunters across Louisiana are outraged after state health officials ordered a rescue mission to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because venison is not allowed to be served in homeless shelters.
The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw 1,600 pounds of donated venison in garbage bins – and then ordered then to douse the meat with Clorox – so other animals would not eat the meat.
"Deer meat is not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any other public eating establishment in Louisiana," said a Health Dept. official in an email to Fox News. "While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at the Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public."
That statement set off a firestorm among hunters and lawmakers who called it outrageous and insulting.
"That's a mild understatement," said Richard Campbell, one of the founders of Hunters for the Hungry, a group that has been donating wild game to shelters since 1993. "Hunters are going nuts over it. It's created an outrage across our state and even over into Mississippi."
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The reverse of the photograph has the names of the people pictured, who are, according to Jane, (Back row L-R) Hugh Baker (my g-grandfather), Ethel Clara Constance Hasledine, Frederick John Hasledine (my gg-grandfather) (Front row L-R) Emma Allsopp (Jane Hasledine's sister in law), Dorothy Ada Baker (née Hasledine, my g-grandmother) with her baby (Madge Baker, my gran), Jane Hasledine (née Allsopp, my gg-grandmother). Jane also wrote:
It was 1920 in Derby. That was the year when my gran - Madge - was born. The story is that a photographer knocked the door and offered to take a photo of them. They rushed to get themshelves tidied up and cut some roses from the back garden to hold. Ethel (the middle of back row) had just been doing the washing (she'd had her sleeves rolled up).A nice story, and I thought I'd investigate the door-knocking photographer.
I hadn't come across any photographer named HITCHEN, KITCHEN, KETCHEN or anything similar from Derbyshire. The surname looks most likely to me to be "Hitchen," and initials are probably "L.P." After some research, I've decided that he was Leo Purcell Hitchen, born in 1877 at Burnley in Lancashire, son of a cotton weaver John Hitchen (c.1836-1911) and Elizabeth Clegg. The 1901 Census shows him married (to Isabella Haworth at Burnley in 1900), living in Burnley, and working as a cotton weaver. He died at Burnley in 1922, at the relatively young age of 45. I don't have any independent records which show Leo Hitchen to have ever worked as a photographer, but it's quite conceivable that he travelled south as far as Derby.
Post Script (21 Jan 2013)
A transcript from the Lancashire OPC project shows Leo Purcell Hitchin of 118 Briercliffe Road was buried in Grave: A9697 at Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancs. on 16 Mar 1922 (Source Register: Book 12 #90449). Buried in the same grave were:
- on 18 Dec 1933, Daniel Haworth, aged 76yrs, 4 Randall Street, probably his father-in-law
- on 19 Mar 1963, Richard Haworth Hitchen, aged 61yrs, died at the General Hospital, a son (baptised at St Peter, Burnley on 23 Feb 1902).


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Anyone heard anything about "200mm radiators" from Cooler Master? h500 manual: "Radiator Support Up to 360mm radiator support in front and 240mm in top also includes native support for Cooler Master's 200mm Radiator" yet there is nothing like that...
Cole Hauser posted a topic in Master Liquid MakerLike the title states looking for the cooler master 200mm radiator, as the case I recently purchased specifically states that it supports Cooler Masters own 200mm radiator, yet they don't seem to offer anything like that! Is it simply in RnD at the moment, and they plan on releasing it in the future? It seems like false marketing to display compatibility with an item that doesn't exist yet, considering this may be the reason someone purchases the h500 (like me). Do 200mm fans simply not have enough pressure to make a radiator using 200mm a viable option? Do they have plans on releasing the 200mm radiator in the near future? If not I may consider returning the case, as it doesn't really have any ability to make use of the claimed radiator sizes, as anything other than 200 or 400mm would not work in the front with mismatched fans and fan sizes, and the top doesn't have nearly enough room for most even halfway large AIOs (at least with the MoBo I chose).


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Following a slow 0-2-1 start, the Philadelphia Eagles had put together a three-game winning streak as they faced the New York Giants on November 8, 1953. Head Coach Jim Trimble's team had an outstanding pass receiving tandem of ends Pete Pihos and Bobby Walston (who also handled the placekicking) and QB Bobby Thomason (pictured at right) had emerged over Adrian Burk as the starting quarterback. Thomason, originally drafted by the Rams and then discarded by
Green Bay, started his second season with the
Eagles on the bench.
The Giants, under long-time Head Coach Steve Owen, were clearly a team in trouble and had a 2-4 record. Injuries were a problem, most notably to FB Eddie Price and members of the defense, and the addition of promising younger players such as HB Frank Gifford was not yet paying off.
There was a crowd of 24,331 in attendance at
Philadelphia's Connie
Mack Stadium. Two minutes into the first quarter the Eagles scored when Bobby
Walston kicked a 15-yard field goal after Philadelphia's
first drive came to a halt at the New
York eight yard line.
The game moved slowly from that point until the last few minutes of the half. Eleven minutes into the second quarter, Thomason threw a pass that Walston caught behind three
York defenders at the Giants' 45 and covered a total
of 62 yards for a touchdown. Two minutes later the Eagles struck again as
Thomason passed to Pihos for a 26-yard TD. Philadelphia took a 17-0 lead into halftime.
The Eagles added to their margin in the third quarter, moving 80 yards with Thomason completing five passes along the way including a seven-yard toss to Pihos for a touchdown. The extra point attempt failed, but
Philadelphia was now
ahead by a commanding 23-0.
It became 30-0 in the fourth quarter when Thomason threw a fourth touchdown pass, this time of 13 yards to Walston. Several fights broke out in the final period and three players were ejected in all. The Giants finally scored with six minutes remaining in the game as QB Charlie Conerly tossed a 32-yard TD pass to Frank Gifford to finish off a 74-yard drive. It salvaged pride but nothing else as the Eagles coasted to a 30-7 win.
Philadelphia thoroughly dominated the Giants in total yards (514 to 92), although it was the aerial game that made the difference as neither club did particularly well on the ground (64 yards to 54 in favor of New York). The Eagles also had far more first downs (21 to 10), but were also penalized 13 times, at a cost of 123 yards, to three flags thrown on the Giants.
New York turned the ball over three
times, Philadelphia
Bobby Thomason completed 22 of 44 passes for 437 yards and four touchdowns. Pete Pihos caught 7 passes for 145 yards and two TDs and Bobby Walston had 8 receptions for 176 yards in addition to scoring 18 points (two touchdowns, a field goal, and three extra points).
Thomason's passing yardage total was the fourth-best in NFL history at the time as well as an Eagles club record that stood until 1989.
The Eagles won twice more before losing to the Giants at
New York. They ended up
second in the Eastern Conference with a 7-4-1 record. The loss was the fifth in
seven games for the Giants who ended up fifth in the conference at 3-9. It
marked the end of Steve Owen's 23-year coaching tenure with the club.
Bobby Thomason had a 329-yard passing game the following week against the Colts (although he also tossed five interceptions) in what was his finest season. He led the NFL with 21 touchdown passes while ranking second in attempts (304) and yards (2462). Thomason was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first of an eventual three times, but his career was marked by inconsistency and he continued to split time with Burk during most of his six years in


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Had "Mr. Biggles" come to the lab and "watched" him. A few minutes later one of my villagers was seen carrying a round object toward the door. I clicked on him to see what he was doing and he dropped it! I think it may have been the last gem for the door even though I don't have the statue yet. Any idea if this is correct and if my villager will do it again or did I mess it up?
HELP! I have 9 villagers, only one male. I did try getting him to have a male descendant, but it just didn't work. All in all, he had 7 daughters and now he died (I accidentally left it on fast mode overnight) ARGH. So now I'm left with 8 female villagers, the youngest is 8 years old. I just paused the game. I'm really afraid they would die off without anymore children and all my solved puzzles would be wasted!! What do I do??
To repair the research lab I know you need to find 5 objects I have four of them but I can't find the muli colour Stick. I know it's in different places for each game but were did y'all find yours? And what exactly does it look like I have looked all over the map and dropped people on everything that looked the slightest bit weird. And does anyone have a screen shot or photo of one please I'm really stuck Thanxs.
Rosalia and Claire,
The Multi-Color Stick is always randomly placed each time you start a new game. Keep looking for it! Just in case you would like to know, the multi-color stick is blue on one of the end, yellow and red at the middle and brown (I think it's brown)at the other end.
I hope this helps =D
By the way, here is the list of the multi-colour stick locations I knew up to now.
1. On top of the path, near the stone door
2. In front of the path near the statue
3. The shore
4. The ampitheatre
5. Opposite the rubbles under the healing area
The next two are the trickiest
6.Press number 3 first, then look on lower
left corner
7.Press number 3 again, but look on lower
right corner this time
I hope you'll find it :)
Some of the random events are surprisingly brutal! It's not so bad if you lose food or tech points or something but I just had to choose between trying to catch fish during an extra low tide or not. I chose
to try to catch them and a huge wave carried off two of my villagers, including my chief! they aren't even on the roster of the dead!
I'm collecting fruit off the tree and I've deplenished the bee hive, but I only have 7857 tech points and I don't have level two faction yet. I multiply my objects with the kids when I pick them up, but the gathering is going really slow and I only have 685 food. I don't know if my village will survive the night if I don't get rid of the sharks.
I think the iPad version has a glitch. My chief died a while ago--she's nowhere on the island and she's not on the Detail screen--but I haven't found her body and she doesn't have a gravestone or a place in the roster. Now my tribe has no chief, and I've tried the robe on all my adult villagers. I know some of LDOW's other games on iPad have glitches, because my Virtual Families store hasn't updated in a loooooong time. Help?
I have tried and failed around 5 times at this game but I they keep on starving to death! There is never any honey in the hive and there isn't any fruit on the tree. When I try to get tech points to rebuild the lift either there aren't enough adept builders or the researchers get worried about food and wander off! If I do they all die anyway because I can never get enough good and tech points to get the potion for the sharks!!! How do I get past all of this?? Am I doing anything wrong???? Please help???!!!!
Help!!! I have tried around 5 times with this game but my villagers all seem to starve to death!!!! I have no honey left no fruit on the tree and no builders left to fix the lift. On past games I have got as far as the rain dance but never as far as 2nd level faction which I badly need. Also all my trained people are dead. I'm going to start over as I haven't got far but I still don't know how to stop them from starving! Any tips???
When food gets way too low, on the game only about once every day, for very brief periods of time. Drag your chief to the food bin and have her create magic food. When you see the food supply is very low again, pause the game and wait until the next day. Eventually, either you will get all the tech points you need or you will have so much food that you can go ahead and play for long enough to get all the tech points. Once you've got enough for level 2 restoration and fixed the lift, put it on half speed while you wait for rain.
Sometimes random events happen when a villager washes up on the shore. The game might "see" that you have no way to create a new generation (it does that in virtual families) and make that happen. :)
So I've found all of the items for the Alchemy lab but am still unable to find that fifth item, the multi colored knife/stick thing. I have checked the list that someone posted a few above this about possible locations for it, but it is not in any of those locations. I have gone over each part of the outside edge of my village inch by inch and still cannot see it. I have also gridded the entire village itself and again, nothing.
Is this some glitch or am I seriously blind?
Nevermind. It turns out I already found it while I was collecting items for the Alchemy lab way in the beginning. But what I don't understand it why I have all five items, but the Research side of the lab is still in ruins? I though that I was supposed to be cleaned up with the fifth item.
If not, how do I clean up the research side of the lab?
How do you...sad to say, but take out a villager? I worked fast at the game, and have to many elderly and then all kids!!! The elderly are tooooo sloowww for the work, and the kids are eating all the food!!! I know about the potin that decreases health...,,, just seems kinda inhumane...,,lol is there a switch or something?!?!?! Thanks :)
i will tell you why there was a storm that appeared and what the person that will appear on the final puzzle said
the storm
did you see the faces on the storm? those were actually the faces of the prince of magic and the princess of nature. They controlled the storm to make the villagers rebuild their beloved city again
what they said
1st scene:Do not be alarmed. you who bring us before you. we are strangers to you. but you are not strangers to us we will tell you our sad story. for this is why you are here
2nd scene: our love was forbidden. to preserve the balance of isola, the elders demanded a union between one naturalist and one magician. instead we were both from the same faction. we married a secret in a moonlit groove. it was our hope that the fragile balance between nature and magic would endure our forbidden union, but... one cannot choose love, it is love that chooses
3rd scene: our betrayal undid everything. there was great unrest and for many moons the city has been deserted and forgotten
4th scene: we have waited so long for you and what you have done to our beloved city gives us hope that the balance may yet, be restored.
You, and your children, has brought us hope.
perhaps we can finally rest. Please never let it be forgotten that what we did, we did for love
Help... I've seen several others with the same question but no answer yet. I have the statue almost to the top but now no one will work on it. The master builders and chief just wander away. I have the newer version (1.00.04 or whatever was cited on the first page of the comments) but it seems the bug was not fixed in this version.
Ok. So I started up my game today and I noticed the diamond in the fire pit so I got a lot of people to pour water on it and when it was cooled off I got my chief to carry it towards the door only I minimized the window and when I re-opened it he wasn't holding the diamond anymore and was just inspecting the food. What happend? Will it come back again?
Rose: I have been doing the same thing -playing with the pc's clock to speed up the progress of the game-, and I actually did some mistakes and I had all my villagers die because of them (BIG MISTAKE)... but I finally found a safe way of doing that.
Some tips:
Change the clock for 2 or 4 hours at a time, and check that all your villagers are healthy before playing with the clock again.
You should train 2 or 3 doctors in order to make sure that there won't be strange diseases during the speed-up process.
Have 2 or 3 women trained in parenting, just to have lots of babies all the time.
In order to solve your weird aging issue:
Close the game an synchronize the pc's clock with the real time. Then start the game again. Your villagers should start aging normally.
Upinde Wa Mvua:
I had lots of issues trying to make my villagers get ahead while they were starving, but I found the answer for your question just above in this same walk-through: Question #2, points 1 and 2.
In few words, do your best to collect enough tech points and buy Level 2 Faction, to make the potion for the sharks. Then you will have infinite food by fishing.
My advise is to speed up your pc's clock, but 2 hours at a time, just to make sure that all the things you are doing are working fine, and that your villagers are doing their best in the lab (try to have ALL your villagers work in the lab because that's the key to have 150000 tech points faster).
I'm having a problem with the game :S The only puzzle that is missing is the 13 (and the last one of course) and I can not finish this one because the fire never ends :S i don't replenish it with firewood but the time of fire is always rising :S. Like now it says that it would be there for more 33hours :S and in the end of this time it says like that it would be fire for more 24hours or something stupid like that. I don't know what to do and I don't wanna start it again.
I'm having a problem with the game The only puzzle that is missing is the 13 (and the last one of course) and I can not finish this one because the fire never ends i don't replenish it with firewood but the time of fire is always rising. Like now it says that it would be there for more 33hours and in the end of this time it says like that it would be fire for more 24hours or something stupid like that. I don't know what to do and I don't wanna start it again.
Hey! I Am Currently playing VV3 and My Village is THRIVING. My Population is 47,I Have 97163 Food, 13236 tech points.
I read through The Comments and one Of the Most Common Problems is PEOPLE NEED TRAINED BUILDERS. What I did was, leave The Most ruined Hut till You Have enough tech points to Buy the technology You need. LEVEL 3 LEADERSHIP AND RESTORATION FOR STATUE. Hope This Helps! I'll Try and help for a few more as well :)
Hi everyone, I have a problem and this has happened twice. My villagers have only been having boys my youngest female is 50 and everyone is dieing and I have no way of creating anymore villagers. I don't want to restart this game again this happened before I just restarted and I only have a few puzzles left but one of them I know requires me to have at least 20 villagers. Can someone please help?


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Here's an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal today. The only thing more ridiculous than the behavior of these judges from India was some of the comments. One woman even piped up about there being a rash of false rape accusations here in the west. I did have to slap her down for that. My comment got lots of "thumbs up."
- Bill
WSJ.com wrote:May 17, 2013, 6:57 p.m. ET
To Wed Your Rapist, or Not: Indian Women on Trial
NEW DELHI—Just weeks after a gang-rape that shocked India, the National Human Rights Commission convened a meeting to discuss what to do about violence against women.
At the January gathering, G.P. Mathur, a retired Supreme Court justice, startled the crowd: He said it can be appropriate for women to marry their alleged rapists, provided the marriage isn't coerced. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal in which he elaborated on his views, Mr. Mathur described such marriages as "compromises" that victims and their families seek in order to avoid the stigma of a public trial.
As India engages in soul-searching after a series of high-profile sexual assaults, prominent lawyers, professors, women's advocates and even some judges say the views of some of India's judiciary can be an obstacle to justice. The Indian legal system is built on British common law, and cases are decided by a sitting judge, not by a jury.
There is "a bias that begins in the society and spills over to the courtroom," in certain sex-assault and domestic-violence cases, said Indira Jaising, an Indian additional solicitor general, a top federal legal-advisory position. She has called for a "gender audit," an examination of rulings for bias, to be added to the process of elevating judges to higher courts.
"Courts repeatedly talk about getting married as the most important thing for a woman," said Mrinal Satish, a National Law University professor whose research shows that courts have given shorter sentences to rapists of women judged not to be virgins, compared with rapists of virgins.
The rape of an unmarried virgin was viewed by the courts as "a loss of value because of which she's not being able to get married," Mr. Satish said. "It's not legal reasoning." He examined some 800 High Court and Supreme Court rape-case appeals decided between 1984 and 2009.
Since the December gang-rape and death of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in New Delhi, there have been widespread calls for better protection for women. The government has toughened rape penalties and vowed to put more female police officers on the beat. In recent weeks, new attacks—including the alleged rape of a five-year-old in Delhi—have sparked fresh protests.
Even though it is unusual for judges to criticize their peers, some are speaking out. A Supreme Court ruling in January expressed "anguish" over remarks by a lower-court judge suggesting that "wife-beating is a normal facet of married life."
In the Journal interview, Mr. Mathur, the former Supreme Court justice, explained his view on marriage "compromise"—where a woman weds her alleged attacker—saying it can be an acceptable outcome if both people believe they can live happily together. He said victims' families are often motivated to pursue such arrangements because the stigma of rape might otherwise make it difficult for the woman to marry. He reiterated that "it should be voluntary, a free consent."
As an example, Mr. Mathur cited a case he adjudicated in 2007 that ended in marriage. In it, a man was convicted of forcing a woman to have a miscarriage, by use of a drug, without her consent, and was sentenced to seven years' jail time.
'There is a prejudice that plays itself out in judgments,' says lawyer Vrinda Grover.
During appeal, the woman told the court she had since agreed to what Mr. Mathur called a compromise marriage. As a result, a Supreme Court bench of Mr. Mathur and Altamas Kabir (currently the court's chief justice) reduced the man's sentence to time served, about 10 months. Mr. Kabir declined to be interviewed through his secretary. The husband and wife couldn't be reached for comment.
Mr. Mathur, in the Journal interview, also questioned the extent to which judges should rely on an alleged victim's testimony. "A grown-up girl who is married or used to sexual intercourse, she can accuse anybody," he said. "It is very easy for her to say, 'Yes, this person raped me.'"
The question of a woman's believability is at the heart of one appeal currently pending in Delhi's High Court. In the case, a woman alleges she was raped by a friend when she visited his house for lunch.
A lower court ruled that she was lying, citing among other things the fact that she could have scratched the man's genitals, but didn't. "Ordinarily, where forcibly sexual intercourse is committed upon a grown up girl there would be…some injuries on the person of accused particularly, if she has long nails," the 2011 judgment said. The lack of such injuries "indicates that the alleged intercourse was a peaceful affair."
The trial judge didn't respond to requests for comment delivered through his clerk. The defense lawyer said his client maintains his innocence.
Indian society can be conservative in its views of male-female relationships. These views found expression in the weeks after December's gang-rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus after a night at the movies—an attack that horrified India and the world.
In one instance, a prominent spiritual figure, Asaram Bapu, told his disciples that the victim could have avoided trouble if she had "chanted a prayer, taken one of her attackers by the hand, and called him 'brother,'" according to a recording of the lecture. He also said, "If stronger laws are made, women will ensnare men with false cases."
A spokeswoman for the guru confirmed the remarks were Mr. Bapu's.
Separately, a local lawmaker in Rajasthan state, Banwari Lal Singhal, wrote to a government official saying that one solution to sexual violence is to not wear skirts at schools. Boys use cellphones to "click photos of girls while they wait for the school bus," he said to the Journal at the time. "This increases social crime."
In a recent interview, Mr. Singhal said his proposal was intended only for his district. He said another reason for girls to wear trousers or Indian garb, besides preventing sex crimes, is to protect against the desert climate.
In March, in Parliamentary debate over a bill strengthening sexual-violence laws, several legislators suggested that the government was going too far. The law, which ultimately passed, creates new crime categories including stalking.
"You're saying girls shouldn't be followed," said Sharad Yadav, a legislator from Bihar state, according to a Parliament transcript. "Who among us has not followed girls? When you want to talk to a woman she won't at first, you have to put in a lot of effort."
Mr. Yadav didn't respond to a request for comment.
Other lawmakers, however, took an opposing view. "What has happened to us?" said Pinaki Misra of Orissa state, the transcript shows. "There has to be a collective introspection that this country has to undertake."
Indians pondering the roots of sexism debate many possible influences, from the machismo of swaths of northern India, to mythology, to caste. Caste-rights groups, in fact, say that some violence against women is a backlash against a modern blurring of caste lines. In particular they cite "honor killings," in which young women and men are killed for forming relationships across caste lines. Mr. Yadav, in the March debate in Parliament, called for shelters for such couples, noting the immense harassment they face.
In a court of law, it can sometimes count against a woman if she has male friends. "There is a prejudice that plays itself out in judgments—if you are friendly with somebody, you are agreeing to making yourself available," said lawyer Vrinda Grover.
Problems can also arise if a woman is perceived as disobedient to her family. In January the Supreme Court overturned a state-court acquittal of more than 30 men accused of raping a teenager and holding her as a sex slave. The lower court had acquitted based partly on testimony that the girl had once lied to her parents about having given money to a friend that was meant for her school expenses.
The lie suggested she was a "deviant," the court ruled. The judge also wrote that the young woman appeared to be planning a trip with a male friend, "without any specific plan for marriage and family life with him."
In an interview broadcast on Indian television earlier this year, one of the justices on the two-person bench, R. Basant, said he stood by the court's assessment of deviance and its judgment. "She was used for child prostitution," he said in that interview. "Child prostitution is not rape. It's immoral."
Mr. Basant, who now practices as a lawyer, declined to comment. The other judge is deceased.
Some judges are calling for greater awareness about crimes against women. In January, Mr. Kabir, the Supreme Court chief justice, hailed the protesters who took to the streets after December's bus rape.
Bhagwati Prasad, the chief justice of Jharkhand state until retiring from the bench in 2011, said that judges, like anyone, are influenced by their social conditioning. "You have to forget everything" that happens outside the courtroom, Mr. Prasad said.
He said a court would likely consider it relevant in a sexual-assault case if the woman had prior sexual experience. Still, even in these cases, if the woman doesn't alter her account under questioning, the court will believe her, he said. "Conviction is only secured when the girl sticks to her statement that, 'Yes, I have been forced,'" he said.
Mr. Prasad also said that he was aware of cases in which he believed women were the aggressors against men. "I would not say that rape is only committed by boys," he said. Asked for an example of such a case, Mr. Prasad offered a tale from Hindu mythology of a woman who tries to seduce her stepson.
Some textbooks until recently fostered the idea that it isn't physically possible for some women to be raped. A 2005 edition of "Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology," used in court for guidance on evaluating medical evidence, stated: "In normal circumstances, it is not possible for a single man to hold sexual intercourse with a healthy adult female in full possession of her senses against her will."
It also stated that women of different social strata should be expected to offer different degrees of resistance to rape. "It is obvious that a woman belonging to a labouring class, who is accustomed to hard and rough work," would be able to fight off an assailant, it said. But a middle-class woman "might soon faint or be rendered powerless from fright or exhaustion."
This edition was used until 2011, when these passages were revised. The book now says it is "wrong to stereotype" in instances of rape. It also specifies that "rape is a crime and not a medical diagnosis."
The 2011 edition, however, still refers to young women as "nubile virgins." And in cases where assault victims are believed to be virgins, the book recommends a controversial vaginal exam, known as the "two-finger test," that purports to show whether intercourse was physically possible.
LexisNexis India, which acquired the book's Indian publisher in 2008, said it will completely overhaul the 2014 edition. "We realize how important this book is for the trial process," said Abha Thapalyal Gandhi of LexisNexis India. The next edition will have "comprehensive changes" to reflect "gender justice approaches and new medical research."
The book's author died in 1954. K. Kannan, a retired justice and one of two editors for the 2011 edition, said, "I should have gone even more aggressively" in reworking the text. "We need to be sensitive," he said.
Mr. Kannan said he is completely against the two-finger test. "Rape is not a medical thing," he said. "It is not for doctors to be saying."
Ved Kumari, a professor in Delhi University's law school, suggested that adding more female judges, as some have advocated, won't on its own address the bias issue. She described one female judge confiding in her that she had been "harsher to women litigants because I expected a higher level of adjustment from them compared with the men." The judge comes from a traditional family, Ms. Kumari said, whereas a woman she has been required to make "a lot of sacrifices" herself.
Ms. Kumari, who also has served as chairwoman of the Delhi Judicial Academy, which provides training to serving judges, blames part of the problem on Indian legal education. Rape laws weren't taught at Delhi University's law school when she became a professor more than 25 years ago, she said. She and other colleagues pushed for their inclusion in the mid-1990s, she said. She recalled one male professor who declined to teach that portion of the class, so she did it herself.
The law school's dean, Ashwani Kumar Bansal, who was a law professor at that time, called the episode a minor one. "Indian morés, ethos, were different" then, he said.
Things started changing in the late 1990s, when a small survey of Indian judges found that 48% of respondents said it was justifiable for a husband to occasionally slap his wife. After that, a group of nonprofit groups launched gender-sensitivity training for judges. The judges would meet with abuse victims and role-play the part of a victim's parent.
It is difficult for judges to acknowledge that they carry "social baggage" and prejudices, said Samaresh Banerjea, a retired judge from Kolkata High Court. He went through the gender-sensitivity program a few years ago and said it altered his outlook.
Something "clicked in my mind," he said. "To learn many things, you have to unlearn many things."
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Partisan Post: Why I Support Obama and Palin's Acquisitions
September 22, 2008
I was recently asked by a friend of mine about my stance on the elections. And although I try to keep non-partisan in my posts for the sake of the blog as well as my reputation, I will admit that I am an Obama supporter. And as a thirteen year old seventh-grader, I would like to point out that I don't think he is something of a Messia or persuasive cult leader, as the frankly true stereotype for political teens would suggest.
I support him. My job here on this blog is to follow both parties' political moves and strategies, and this has also opened me up to his policies, which I do believe can send America in the right way.
But I don't, however, think that John McCain is any sort of enemy. He isn't running for president because he is a communist intent on dissolving our government, he is running for office because he wants to change the direction that we are headed in. I just believe in my opinion that he will not change America in the way that we want him to, and that his health is a serious risk.
Which takes me to Palin.
I would call myself a strategic commentator as far as my preferred topics, and I will say without doubt that McCain's choosing of Sarah Palin was pure genius. It took the media by storm and was prepared long in advance (I'll get to it). The story of a extremely-far right woman governor as the Vice President of the United States with a chance to become the leader of the free world had added a new chapter to politics, getting five-paragraph opinion pieces out of food bloggers and leading to complete chaos inside the media. It got everyone's voice out, and that is exactly what it intended.
And meanwhile, it let Sarah Palin prep for the debates. Setting a fire inside the press as well as the blogosphere, the pick not only let the media go opinion-galore in arguments and editorials, but it let Palin go out of the MSM and prepare for what is to come — mandatory debates that she must complete without falling flat.
But it was a PR stunt.
Politically, it placed a rocket under the Republican party, but what people fail to understand in my opinion is the permanent placement here is the fact that one must think of a vice presidential pick as a vice president, not a burst of nitrous on a racecar. A CNN news commentator put in extremely well:
As a Democrat and political strategist, I am excited [with the pick of Sarah Palin], but as an American I am scared out of my mind.
I completely share this man's point. I am both scared and offended that in a time needing drastic change, a campaign would choose someone to not only place the second highest office in the most powerful country in the world, but pick with such strategic care and literately no thought of the future. Obama told the media after the Sarah Palin frenzy that he choose his running mate Joe Biden because he wanted to change America and he thought that Biden was the best person for that cause.
And this is precisely why I both pushed far away from supporting the McCain campaign and now have a fascination towards Sarah Palin and what she will do next. As a non-voting 13 year old who (by definition) shouldn't be talking about this stuff — rather playing outside in the sprinklers), is also a political commentator, I am terrified of the McCain campaign because this seems like their plans for America, and completely amazed with the strategic marvel of Sarah Palin.


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Rejoice Old School Gamers Because 'NFL Blitz' is Back! [REVIEW]
Part of the reason we limped out of college with a five-figure student loan debt were those hours spent at the student union arcade playing 'NFL Blitz.'
Not only did the game shake us down for change — charging $.50 cents per football quarter, costing $2 to finish a whole game — but it also contributed to those classes we failed and had to repeat.
Now it's back, and faster, better-looking and slimmer than it was in the 90s. Pretty much the opposite of us.
Publisher Electronic Arts is undoubtedly paying off karmic debt, because it was the publisher's exclusivity deal with the NFL that originally killed off the series nearly a decade ago. Now that old 'Blitz' publisher Midway has gone under, EA is dancing on its corpse by resurrecting its best games. The initiative has already yielded two 'NBA Jam' games, and now 'Blitz' is back as well.
Witnessing the old classic in high-definition, moving with grace and finesse of 60 frames-per-second would have brought tears to our eyes, had we not become jaded, soulless cynics who no longer possess the ability to cry.
A true nostalgic blast, the game lets you resurrect old dormroom rivalries via online play, stock your roster with ninjas, robots and zombies — or Larry Fitzgerald, who really is better than all three combined — and helmet-bash your way through leagues and leaderboards.
The only knock on the onfield action, which perfectly replicates the 7-on-7, no-pass-interference-allowed style of the original, is the exclusion of late hits. Much of the charm of the old game came in pummeling your opponents after the whistle blew, but the NFL stepped in and banned them for the remake.
We also missed the old play-designing feature from the Nintendo 64 version of the game, which allowed us to make up plays and bestow them with fantastically inappropriate names.
Flaws aside, this new 'Blitz' is a welcome addition into our gaming harem, now causing us to shirk work and family duties rather than sociology class. At least we don't have to pay $2 per game anymore. Which is important, because sooner or later our bosses will kick us to the curb for taking so many "sick days" to play the game.
Rating: 8.5/10
NFL Blitz ($15), was developed by Tiburon, published by EA and is available on Xbox 360 and PS3. Rated Everyone 10+. The publisher provided a copy of the game for review.
Read Phil Villarreal's blog at becauseitoldyouso.com and follow him on Twitter: @philvillarreal


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Based on the ones made in the 1950's, this handmade zodiac medallion is remake of the classic style of zodiac medallion. It has the sign of Virgo on the front and textured on the back. The pendant is available in either .925 sterling silver or antique bronze and measures 1.5cm wide with a jump ring on the top for a chain or cord.
The medallion series dates from the 1940's/50's. I obtained the masters from a retired jeweller here in town, and made molds to reproduce them for a younger audience. I also have stud earrings in the same style. Virgo is from August 23 – September 22.
The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets are also within the belt of the zodiac. In Western astrology, and formerly astronomy, the zodiac is divided into twelve signs, each occupying 30° of celestial longitude and roughly corresponding to the constellations Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.
Bronze is an alloy that consists of a mixture of approximately 90% copper and 10% tin. Producing bronze is a less toxic process than producing brass as brass is a combination of copper and zinc, and the manufacturing process often produces zinc oxide which is toxic.
Because bronze contains copper, it can turn your skin green whether you have an allergy or not. Bronze and copper turn your skin green because when the copper reacts with your sweat and the acids from your skin, it produces copper chloride. Copper chloride is a green substance that then rubs off on your skin. If you are prone to sweating, your bronze jewelry will definitely turn your skin green. This chemical reaction can also be prevented by painting any part of the jewelry that comes in contact with your skin with clear nail polish or clear acrylic enamel.
3-5 business days
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 5 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 24 hours of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
Most of my items don't have tracking unless to the USA, but those that do will have it written on the listing, such as my custom gold jewellery, bracelets and such. But If you order and you decide you want an upgrade, message me and I'll tell you what the difference is and how to send the balance for it. Also please check to be sure if you pick a shipping upgrade it's for your country! Also note the costs are calculated by the postal service.
Yes I do, and usually it's 1-2 months to do depending on the time of the year and if I already have orders on my plate. I do try to keep you up to date on the progress and send photos. So ask away! Also note I don't take custom orders during the holiday season due to work overload!
I can offer wholesale orders. Message me with your requests and I'll give you a special code for it!
All my sizings are done using the standard US ring sizes. If you order the wrong size, please let me know. You can send it back, and I'll resize it for you. You'll have to cover the shipping costs back to me and return shipping to you, but I'm more than happy to help!
All the items I make are made in solid metal, not plated. The sterling silver, or .925 silver as some know it as, is 92.5% fine silver and 7.5% copper which is the classic sterling silver. No rhodium or nickle plating! The antique bronze is the classic bronze that the bronze age was named for. It contains 90% copper and 10% tin. I also offer to make jewellery in stainless steel or gold on special order and are made to order only.
Sadly no. The cost of sterling silver and bronze chains would end up raising the price of my jewellery, so in stead I sell them separately on my shop section for chains and engraving.
The antique bronze contains 90% copper and 10% tin. The bronze can turn your skin green due to the oxidization caused by the copper to the salt and sweat of your skin, but can be easily rectified with either clear enamel or the classic clear nail polish trick! As for cleaning, use liquid silver cleaner and a jewellers polishing cloth to make it shiny and new again.
I use ChitCats Express for most of my shipping as well as Canada Post, and the prices are based on their prices. They are a courier company that uses USPS, so is cheaper than Canda Post. I rather not use other courier companies like FedEx our UPS because they charge the buyer a brokerage fee on top of duty and that sucks all around! If you would rather use them, let me know and I'll create a custom listing for you.
Because of the copper content in the bronze, it will naturally develop a patina over time. The tarnish, or patina, is caused by a chemical reaction between the various metals in the alloy, and acids or other corrosive materials. Acids in the skin can cause uneven tarnish from contact with your skin. If you want to prevent tarnish, keep your bronze item stored in an area with low humidity and protected from dust and other corrosives and chemicals, like hand cream and house cleaning products. If you are storing the item, make sure it's dry and wrap it in plastic or put it in a plastic bag; the more airtight the better. Bronze can be varnished or lacquered, but this will have to be reapplied over time.
For all orders except custom orders, personalized, & made to order items such as my gold jewellery, I will accept returns only as long as I am notified within 5 days of receiving it and is mailed back within 14 days of you receiving it in the same condition received. There will be a 15% restocking fee for all items returned and shipping & shipping upgrades are non refundable. Customers are responsible for return shipping costs and refund will be sent once I've received it back in my hands. But I must contacted first, or it will be considered a forced return, thus voiding the refund option. Also forced returns, such as orders that the customer has refused to pay the duty & fees and are returned to me are non-refundable.


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When you're juggling work and family, spring cleaning may seem too low on your to-do list to think about right now. But doing a little bit at a time adds up, and getting your kids to help out can make a big difference.
By helping you tackle the household cleaning, kids learn about teamwork and organization. They might also learn one other valuable lesson: The tidier their rooms, the less difficult they may be to clean!
"When tackling spring cleaning with children, parents often assign children tasks that are overwhelming for their age or too general for them to understand how to break it all down to accomplish the task," said Laura Olson, vice president of education for Kiddie Academy, a national child care and education franchisor. "The key for parents is to focus on making tasks age-appropriate and engaging so that children's activities are manageable and help them feel that they are making a positive impact in the overall process."
Olson offers five tips for parents who are trying to get their kids in on the spring cleaning process:
1.) Break a large job down into small steps. Especially when you're assigning a project to a younger child, try doling out small, specific projects, one at a time, until the overall goal is met. So, instead of asking him to put away all his toys, ask him to pick up the blocks first, then the stuffed animals, then the books.
2.) Spread things out. Is the family room full of clutter? Cleaning it over the course of two or three days may make more sense -- and be less frustrating -- than trying to get it spick-and-span in an afternoon.
3.) Make organization make sense. Try not to expect your child to clean when you're not there, Olson suggests. Explain to your child why things need to go in certain places, so he understands what you're really asking him to do.
4.) Use positive reinforcement. Lavish them with encouragement while they're cleaning up, and compliment and hug them when the job is done, but try to avoid using bribes or material rewards. The labor should be tied to a sense of responsibility, not to the chances of getting a treat.
5.) Let your child have some control. Donating items to charity, or throwing used toys and clothes away? Let your child have a little control over what stays and what goes. Ask her which items she wants to save and, if she wants to hold on to everything, set a limit. Five items? 10 items? Assess your storage situation and go from there.


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Thursday, May 27, 7 PM: Sunset Heights civic club's monthly meeting
- The speaker will be Robert Gallegos from Precinct 2 who will speak about the new community center opening in the building that used to house Robert Lee Elementary (off Quitman).
- E 23rd and Main at the Brethren Church
Friday, May 28, 2-7 PM: Sex and The City 2 Party at Contents- Heights
- Contents on 19th Street will be serving Cosmos and cupcakes in honor of opening weekend of SATC2
- Join their mailing list for a $25 gift certificate
Saturday, May 29, 6-8 PM: G Gallery, in conjunction with Apama Mackey Gallery and Keep Houston Rich, presents: A Visual Stimulus Plan
- Preview 11 AM- 5 PM, Reception 6-8 PM
- Over 50 emerging and established artists from across Texas
- Free admission with all works $100 or less
- 301 E 11th Street
Thursday, June 10: Sugarcane Grand Opening
- Formerly the Corkscrew, Sugarcane offers a unique concept: healthy drinking!
- Located at 1919 Washington Ave, Sugarcane is an "eco-Friedly bar concept [whose] unique approach to cocktails involves organic spirits, fresh and local produce combined with modern mixology." They hope to revolutionize the bar business by providing a more sustainable environment and healthier drink options by providing a selection of Organic Liquors, Beer and Wines with a focus on locally produced products.
Sunday, June 20, 10 AM- 3 PM: Friends for Life fundraiser at A Peaceful Pet
- A Peaceful Pet is excited to present their summer charity fundraiser for Friends for Life, the fastest growing No Kill animal adoption and rescue organization in Houston.
- Sandy will be introducing a new artist into the salon. Jill Stacy, a charcoal and pencil artist, will be on hand at the event to discuss her drawings. Her pet portraits are both captivating and moving. A portion from all of sales of Jill's work will be donated to Friends for Life.
- A Peaceful Pet believes in supporting local rescue groups. Please help them support "re-cycled" pets in need.
- Families and pets welcome. Take home some free Solid Gold and Stella and Chewy's pet food and treat samples. They'll be running specials on pet supplies and a portion of those sales will also be donated to Friends for Life. Refreshments will be served.
Opera In The Heights is entering its 15th year! Next seasons shows promise to be the best yet! This season "Oh! reveals its stellar artistic growth and maturity, providing thrilling entertainment and great music as the crystal anniversary season highlights what can happen when men clearly fall for the wrong women."
- Starting on September 23, The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach recounts the tale of three unrequited loves, Olympia (the mechanical doll), Antonia (who sings herself to death), and Giulietta (who steals his soul). These performances will be in French with English surtitles through October 2.
- From November 4 to 13, Oh! will feature Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II, one of the greatest operettas ever written. The spoken dialog, including Maestro's topical additions, is in English, so you won't miss a single word. Responding to requests, there will be a matinee for the first time on November 7 at 2:00 p.m.
- Don Carlo, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most stirring operas, inaugurates 2011. Beginning January 27 and running through February 5, Oh! will present this Italian masterpiece with a half dozen of the best duets in all opera.
- Finally showing March 24 through April 2, the company will present The Pearl Fishers (Les Pêcheurs des Perles) by Georges Bizet, the composer of Carmen.
- Artistic Director, Maestro William Weibel, returns to Oh! this season with a superstar cast and staff whom Maestro Weibel hand-selected to artistically present these tales of intrigue and passion. Experience these productions in an intimate (300 seat), historic setting, where the audience can enjoy the performance up close! Ticket prices start at $20, with the best seats in the house for only $49 and season tickets (four operas) for as low as $68. Call 713-861-5303 or visit www.operaintheheights.org for more information.
Trash Reminders, courtesy of Sunset Heights Civic Club:
Heavy trash day is June 21 for 77008 and June 11 for 77009. In June the City of Houston will be picking up Junk Waste. (Odd months are tree waste. Even months are junk waste.)
Recycling days for 77008 and 77009 are Thursdays June 10 & 24. Recycling and trash pickup are on the same schedule again.
Curb side recycling accepts plastics with numbers 1-5 and 7, newspaper, cardboard, aluminum cans. Click here for more information about recycling.


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- Chantal has degenerated into a tropical wave
- Jamaica and Cuba could see rains, winds
- Some spots could get as much as 6 inches of rain
- Chantal now has top sustained winds of 45 mph
The remnants of Chantal aren't much to look at, but they still threaten to bring heavy rains and fierce wind gusts to Jamaica and Cuba.
Chantal, which dissipated into a tropical wave on Wednesday, is moving through the Caribbean at 23 mph. The remnants of Chantal are expected to spread over Jamaica and eastern Cuba Wednesday night, and could be near Florida by Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
The tropical wave was about 230 miles (370 kilometers) east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday evening.
Chantal had been packing 65 mph winds earlier in the week, but the storm's top sustained winds slipped to 45 mph early Wednesday, according to forecasters.
Even as it weakens, tropical storm force winds from Chantal could still affect Haiti and eastern Cuba into Thursday, the center said.
Remnants of Chantal are expected to produce 3-6 inches of rainfall in Hispaniola, Jamaica, parts of Cuba and the southeastern Bahamas.


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For my reference, I am noting down the recipe.
What you need:
170g plain flour
100g rice flour
30g corn starch
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
200g water
80g sugar
Whisk everything together in a bowl. Cling wrapped and chilled for 3 hours.
Grease pan and pour batter.
Cook till crisp on the side.


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CeBIT Panasonic will this Summer ship a 4GB SD card which will meet the SD High Capacity (SDHC) specification - also known as the SD 2.0 standard - which paves the way for cards capable of holding up to 32GB of information. You can already get 4GB SD cards based on the 1.1 spec, of course, but for the new version it's a start.
SD 2.0 also bring to the memory card standard mandated minimum sustained data transfer rates of 2, 4 and 6MBps - thhough they may go much higher than that, of course. Devices will be labelled Class 2, 4 or 6, depending on which minimum transfer rate they provide. Alas, Panasonic didn't disclose which Class its 4GB card will be - we understand it's a Class 2 (2MBps) product.
SD 2.0 incorporates the FAT32 file-system, so SDHC cards will not be compatible with SD slots that don't support the second-generation specification.
The Panasonic 4GB SDHC will ship around the world, the company said, in the Summer. ®