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LONDON, UK – The Milanese bakery sensation Princi boasts in nome del pane as its motto, translated as “in the name of bread.” And really, why not? Second only to love, delicious homemade bread is one of the more compelling motivations this life has to offer.

Alan Yau (he of Hakkasan and Busaba Eathai renown) is responsible for importing a branch of the wildly successful bakery direct from Milan, where Rocco Princi pioneered a new concept of panetteria that was just as popular for morning coffee as it was for a post-work glass of wine. The concept translates nicely in Soho, where everyone from office workers and tourists to cool twentysomethings and nannies with hungry charges passes through.

On a recent visit, I found myself smack in the middle of this charming chaos, complete with customers queuing out the door for counter-service-only ordering and then jockeying for seats at the long communal tables. Wide glass counters display the mouthwatering baked treats, which range from hearty boules to delicate patisserie. Further offerings include pizzas and sandwiches, along with Italian coffee and a small selection of wines.

Hard as it is, you simply must decide what you want before you get in line to order. I learned a smidge too late that there are separate registers for drinks, sweets, and savories — so no last-minute-inspiration ordering is possible here. Commit, and then get thee to the proper queue.

Once I’d secured my treats and a spot at a table (no easy feat), I was able to tune out the chaos and soak up the soothing atmosphere. Radiating warm earth tones, the space is wrapped in rosy tiles and lit with cozy glowing lamps. Though it was birthed in the fashion epicenter of the world (Giorgio Armani allegedly designed the bakery’s staff uniforms), Princi is decidedly casual — anything from jeans and t-shirt upwards will do just fine. For a yummy, quick bite, it’s hard to improve upon. Well, except perhaps for more seating and a more organized counter system.

But what of this much-fussed-about bread? Beech-oven-fired and made with organic wholemeal flour, it’s ridiculously fresh and fabulous. The olive bread, especially, is to die for. Just be sure to bring along some dough of your own — it’s cash only. Mangia!

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I wanted to write about Swami Gurdip Giri, Head of the Swami Jagat Giri Maharaj of Pathankot (Punjab) just to pay my respect to him and in recognition of the good work the Dera is doing, under the stewardship of Swami Gurdip Giri., in and around Pathankot and Jammu ( J & K ) some districts of Himachal Pradesh. I also personally know that Swami Gurdip Giri is not only popular and revered in Jalandhar and many areas of Punjab but also abroad particularly among the dalits and followers of the great Guru Ravidass. The immediate motivation or provocation to do so now is the news item in the daily Tribune “Good Samaritan providing free education to kids of ‘poor’ bootleggers” appeared on May 31. Anyway, it is better late than never. Swami Gurdip Giri certainly deserves full appreciation and support in this noble task.

I met Swami Gurdip Giri in the summer of 1999 at our small flat in Kalkaji, New Delhi. At that time, I was the Director of Central Asia Division in the Ministry of External Affairs. Swamiji was to visit the UK and required visa. Community activist Ram Dhan of Jalandhar who was known to me accompanied Swamiji. My brother Kishan also spoke and advised me to help swamiji in whatever way I could as he enjoyed a large following and goodwill in the Sialkot community in the Bastis of Jalandhar. They stayed with us. I dropped them at the UK High Commission with my visiting card meant for the visa officer. Fortunately, Swamji got the visa the same day. I was happy and Swamiji was happy. These are some of the small details of our first meeting. I was fully impressed by Swami Gurdip Giri particularly by his unarming simplicity. He earned reverence rather than commanding it. Unlike many spiritual personalities, who except respect, I found Swamiji just natural and simple. But he commanded an aura inviting respect and regard. He beared with me, particularly my not so religious or spiritual orientation and some of the rituals and mannerism attached to such occasions. I think he felt my genuine respect and regard for him. I also fully recognized his high acceptance and position in the society. Swamiji came back from his maiden visit to the UK and again blessed us and stayed with us along with some his close followers who came to receive him. We were happy to further cement our connection and association with Swamiji. Swami Gurdip Giri’s life and mission exactly conforms to the mission and philosophy of the Dera Jagat Giri based on the teachings of Guru Ravidass, as stipulated in the website of the Dera:

Dera Swami Jagat Giri ji Maharaj was founded to spread the mission and follow the teachings of Guru Ravidas ji Maharaj to :-

a) Convert the world into “Begampura” (place free from sorrows & worries) in an environment full of compassion care and commitment.
Begampura Sehar Ko Nawo
Dukh Andoh Nahi Tihi Thauw
b) Provide the best education to all, especially deprived sections of society. For this purpose four schools are running under the expert direction of Dera Swami Jagat Giri Charitable Trust, Pathankot. : -
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Vivek Deep Malin
c) Make the society free from Drugs, liquor and social evils :-
Sursari Salal Krit Baruni Rey
Sant Jan Karat Nahi Paan
d) Unite all under the religious flag of Dera Swami Jagat Giri and under the leadership of Swami Gurdip Giriji Maharaj.
Satsangati Mili Rahio Madhau
Jaise Madhup Makhira

The write up ‘Good Samaritan- Providing free education to kids of ‘poor’ bootleggers’ fully endorse the good work of the Dera and his current mentor Swami Gurdip. I join the applaud.

In spite of my diplomatic assignments abroad, I could maintain my connection with Swami Gurdip Giri through my brother Kishan and our other relations in the community who were close to Swamiji. It is a matter of satisfaction for me. I am told that Samiji is a well respected personality not only in the dalit and other poor sections of the society but also the society at large. His satsang sittings are hugely liked and popular by the common man and rightly so.
My next meeting with Swami Gurdip Giri was at the marriage of my daughter Vaishali in December, 2001. I was not physically fit to be active due some serious sickness. Al the arrangements were done by my brothers Kishan and Pammi. Swamiji was also invited to the marriage. I am happy to note with gratitude that he blessed my daughter with his visit to our home at Bootan Mandi, Jalandhar on the eve of the marriage. I and my wife Vidya and obviously my brothers were humbled by the gracious gesture. I distinctly remember that Swami is spoke to my daughter and invoking the sabad of the guruvani of Guru Ravidass “sh kI swr suhwgin jwnY ] qij AiBmwnu suK rlIAw mwnY ]” to bless and advise her. I was further impressed by his sermon and grace. I had an opportunity to visit Swamiji at his Dera in Pathankot along with my wife who was very keen to pay our respects to Swamiji. My brothers who arranged the meeting and the visit also accompanied us. Swamiji was very kind to us. He very kindly and graciously blessed us and honored me with a ‘Saropa’in the congregation. We were further humbled. My mother died in 2006. I came for the final Ardas/Bhog ceremony from Prague where I was posted. On arrival, my brothers told me that Sami Gurdip Giri has been requested to bless us on the occasion and address the solemn congregation. I was happy. Swamiji honored and blessed us. In the process, he remained a source of inspiration and Gods grace on us.
Swami Gurdip Giri is doing tremendous work for the spiritual, educational and social upliftment of the poor masses and weaker sections of the society as rightly brought out in the said item in the Tribune without any fanfare. We all shall support him in his endeavors and wish him God speed.

  2. yes. i feel like doing so but get somewhat withdrawn as i feel that my views are little conflicting and may offend some of the self seekers.

  3. you should express your thoughts without fear. but i feel this our identity.

  4. yes, i shall write. it is a matter of time. to my mind, your identity ( religious ) is tied somewhere else. you are being a chamar/ad-dharmi either a hindu or sikh. it is difficult to change the accepted norms. akbar also started a religion (deen) called Din-e-illahi. but those who professed it remained muslims. some of the dalits profess to be budhists but still they are either hindus or sikhs. it is not that easy to change the religion. an intense brain storming is needed. unfortunately, we are not prepared to do that and tend to be contented with half baked ideas.

  5. large number of religions are part of hindu religion in india. govt of france has added ravidassia as religion in list of religions in france.

  6. you are right. chamars/ad-dharmi/ravidassia are hindus. chamar/ravidassia etc. are castes and not religions. what is the implication of france or any other foreign country recognising any religion or not. nothing. for them all indian passport holders or sometimes without even passports are indians. i also read in the Begumpua Shehar that ravidassia dharam has been accepted or recognised in france. it has no meaning in practical terms, to my mind.

  7. Yeah! Mohit bhaiya is absolutely right. U must express ur views without any sort of fear. Our constitution provides "Right 2 speech". As u hear the views of others about religion/caste similarly u shuldn't b quiet & afraid when u r writing about the community, religion & caste u belong to.

  8. Aishwarya SachdevaAugust 3, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    I also fully agree with Mohit bhaiya & priyani. Views r never conflicting. u r just expressing what u think. & if u do think about what others feel...then sorry....but i must say sir...all the people can never support u in what u write. For instance:u wrote about Gurdip Giri g maharaj. he has a good impression 4 u...but 4 many it is down.

    So don't bother about what others think. Enjoy!

  9. "Our lord will raise us to the higher why be afraid"
    Quoted from: Amritbani Shri Guru Ravidass Ji

  10. thanks priyani, aishwarya and priya. i am happy to inter act with my young folllowers on the blog. one shall not be afraid of speaking ones mind. but the time and place shall be of ones choice depending on the sitiation. it is called discreation. i am a small follower of guru ravidass. the amritbani is all potent to make us stand. i believe in that.

  11. Ramesh Jee I agree with your Views on Ravidassia Religion . I was also a dalit (Tarkhan) But Sikhism liberated me . I am now just khalsa nothing else. Sikhism has the potential to kill caste system . Current Sikh Nitnem and Amrit maryada is Based on the rehatnama of Baba jeevan Singh jee but i don't know why Chamar people not taking Amrit ????? i think they Love hindu castism more then Sikhism .

  12. Blogsikh Ji, how did sikh liberated you? You are still classified as "gullighars" by jattsikhs. My friend who is a tarkhan claims that us chamars are better. He started a gurudwara but after it was established, he was kicked out by jatts.

    For us chamars, sikhism proved to be worse than poison. We were made to drink it and when we were on the verge of death, we were repeatedly told, we are part of casteless religion so consider this poison as amrit. Sikhism has been a curse for our people in Punjab and has stunted the growth of chamars in Punjab from political, social perspective.


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GASTONIA, N.C. (Sept. 14) — Outside front-row starter Dennis "Rambo" Franklin of Gaffney, S.C., continued his recent hot streak Friday at Carolina Speedway with a $3,000 victory in the first round of the NDRA Dirt Wars.

Franklin held off a hard-charging Anthony Sanders of Spartanburg, S.C, who advanced from his 10th starting spot to finish second in the 40-lap race. Pole-starting Gib Gibbons of Manning, S.C., was third followed by Jeff Smith of Dallas, N.C., and Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C.

Franklin and Gibbons brought the field to the green with Franklin jumping to the point on the race’s initial start. Carolina Speedway track champion Matt Stover muscled his way past Gibbons in the opening laps to jump into the runner spot.

Stover’s hopes of a victory quickly vanished quickly, however, as the young racer tagged the turn-one wall and spun to a stop, bringing out the first of the race’s seven cautions in the 40-lap affair.

As the field went back green, Sanders began to make some noise. The Gaston County native jumped to the high side of the 4/10-mile oval and began picking off cars one at a time while Franklin stretched his lead.

Another caution slowed the pace and bunched the field when Jonathan Edwards slowed from his top-10 spot to cause a lap-31 caution. Sanders went back to work on the high side clearing Gibbons for second and set his sights on Franklin. The two leaders went to battle with Franklin running the bottom and Sanders using the extreme outside.

As the field took the white flag Sanders made one last attempt for the lead. As the lead duo exited turn four for the final time they made contact with both cars briefly losing control. Franklin was able to beat Sanders to the line by a mere car length.

The second round of Dirt Wars is scheduled for Saturday at Lancaster (S.C.) Motor Speedway.

NDRA Dirt Wars: (1) Dennis Franklin, (2) Anthony Sanders, (3) Gib Gibbons, (4) Jeff Smith, (5) Ross Bailes, (6) Jeff Graves, (7) Matt Long, (8) Kenneth Ramsey, (9) Brandy Baker, (10) Michael Brown, (11) Gary Puckett, (12) Johnathan Edwards, (13) Steve Banal, (14) Donnie Austin, (15) Matt Stover, (16) Timbo Mangum, (17) Greg Barker. Fast qualifier (among 17 cars): Gibbons.


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A reader writes:

OK, I’m not quite neutral, since I work for a well-known old magazine, but whatever: dial it down on the “how stupid is the MSM for not verifying Manti’s girlfriend?” Journalism on deadline is hard. So in the course of practicing it, journalists don’t have time to require sources to prove basic facts nobody would invent, because their productivity would grind to a halt. When someone gives you their name on the street, you don’t ask for ID. When they say they work at a bank, you don’t treat them like a liar and force them to prove it. You write “Joe Schmo, who works at a bank…”   Who the fuck makes up family members (or girlfriends)? And just as reporters don’t assume sources lie about basic biographical details, editors don’t regularly treat reporters as potential liars, which is why the New Republic and the New York Times and the Washington Post got hoaxed.

And the undertone that “legacy media” is so much worse than the blogosphere is getting cloying. How many e-mails did you publish in “Cannabis Closet?” and “It’s So Personal.” I admire your campaigning, and I admire your opening your blog to readers. But it would have been trivially easy to make up these stories, stories that you passed on to a huge readership without verification, in order to move the needle on crucial public policies.

Points taken. But in the course of one of the biggest hoaxes in the history of sports journalism, there was not one deadline. There were weeks of potential follow-up – and which journalist wouldn’t want to find and interview the mythical girlfriend? Is blaming this fiasco on deadline pressure all you’ve got? Seriously?

But, yes, in the absence of a staff large enough to fact-check every email we publish, the Dish only has thousands of potential fact-checkers every day – our readership. For example, after we ran one of the “It’s So Personal” stories on Marfan Syndrome, several readers immediately jumped on inconsistencies in the story, causing the original reader to correct himself. This process goes on every day; we are constantly updating posts with corrections, clarifications or additional information that put them in a more accurate light. We actually are on a deadline. In fact, we are never off one. And I’m happy to compare our record of factual errors with any comparable site or newspaper.


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Man Appears Free of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

Jacquelyne Froeber writes on CNN:

A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“The patient is fine,” said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. “Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication.”

The case was first reported in November, and the new report is the first official publication of the case in a medical journal. Hutter and a team of medical professionals performed the stem cell transplant on the patient, an American living in Germany, to treat the man’s leukemia, not the HIV itself.

However, the team deliberately chose a compatible donor who has a naturally occurring gene mutation that confers resistance to HIV. The mutation cripples a receptor known as CCR5, which is normally found on the surface of T cells, the type of immune system cells attacked by HIV.

Read More: CNN

  • fabian_ramos

    say what? ha, stem cells. amazing

    Germany, i here is pretty cool. not just col

  • tony

    A little research will reveal that HIV does not cause AIDS, so this story is a fizzle…

    • I'll bite

      @Tony: wow, you're the greatest troll ever. I tip my hat to you, sir.

      • tony

        so did you do some research, or are you only wanting to spout off?

        • Fatbird

          Hooray for you not knowing anything but still pulling the “Have you researched it at all?” Why yes, I have, and you are absolutely wrong. The definition of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is this (according to the Mayo clinic): “AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.” Essentially, the end stage of HIV is called AIDS.

          You don't know anything, so stop pretending to.

    • dumbsaint

      Even if this was the case, why exactly is curing HIV alone remotely 'a fizzle'?

  • Sean

    more proof that the faith lobby is turning us into a medical 3rd world country

    • dumbsaint

      Seriously. They're preventing the treatment of thousands upon thousands on ..moral.. grounds? You couldn't be more evil if you calculated it that way.

  • 5by5

    The science behind this is wicked cool.

    And the idea that some people would be willing to let literally MILLIONS die of AIDS rather than use a bunch of glorified GOO to fix the problem, all because they basically believe that “life” begins when you're just THINKING about having sex, is atrocious.

  • terenceantonleary

    a cure for aids huh? about time damn.
    i guess if you have hiv you better get your passport cause'
    you ain't gettn' cured in the good ol' u.s.of a. hyuk hyuk

  • tony

    try this

    and do a google on ‘hiv doesnt cause aids’

    and find out the truth for yourself, you dopey turd


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Mounting Research Shows Marijuana Fights Cancer

Will the jaws of future generations drop in amazement when they learn that marijuana was banned in our society as a criminal substance? Via the Daily Beast:

Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side effects. [This] offers hope of a non-toxic therapy that could treat aggressive forms of cancer without any of the painful side effects of chemotherapy.

Cristina Sanchez, a young biologist at Complutense University in Madrid, was studying cell metabolism when she noticed something peculiar. She had been screening brain cancer cells [and realized] the cancer cells died each time they were exposed to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive ingredient of marijuana.

Sanchez had stumbled upon the anti-cancer properties of THC. Subsequent peer-reviewed studies in several countries would show that THC and other marijuana-derived compounds, known as “cannabinoids,” are effective not only for cancer-symptom management (nausea, pain, loss of appetite, fatigue), they also confer a direct antitumoral effect.

Around the same time, Harvard University scientists reported that THC slows tumor growth in common lung cancer and “significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread.” What’s more, like a heat-seeking missile, THC selectively targets and destroys tumor cells while leaving healthy cells unscathed. Conventional chemotherapy drugs, by contrast, are highly toxic; they indiscriminately damage the brain and body.

  • Coinspinner

    Old news, marijuana cures cancer was announced on 19 August, 1974 at U. of Virginia Med College by US government scientists while desperately trying to prove the exact opposite.

  • Roots

    But does it lower my IQ?

    • MKU

       Only if you don’t have cancer.

    • Jasonr6-12

      no pot dont lower ur iq it was proven on super high me….

      • Roots

        Werd… Guess its time to get super high since it dont me my dumb yo, for real.

    • TruthVybes

       Heightens any kind of experience by putting your conscious mind in the subconscious mind. What you get out of it is up to you to decide. You can find a lot of answers if you know where to look.

    • TruthVybes

       Heightens any kind of experience by putting your conscious mind in the subconscious mind. What you get out of it is up to you to decide. You can find a lot of answers if you know where to look.

      • Rooster

        Does it cause people to troll on the internet ?

        • Disinfonaut

          What? I forgot what we were talking about, man.

  • BuzzCoastin

    instead of trying to justify the use of a plant
    I’d like to see a study that shows how corrupt governments
    improve the lives of their slaves

    • MeeMan

      By allowing the “slave” to retain the Right to turn over their National Insurance Number, Birth Certificate, Passport, Driving Licence, ID cards etc. back to the State so they can claim FREEMAN’s Rights and self-sovereignty, any time they want. They are then returned all Rights and Privileges, and their “Contract” with the State is nul and void. From then on, they can’t be charged with Statute legality but only Constitutional Laws of Crime (loss, damage or harm).
      As the Devil laughed, “You can be free any time you like. You just have to chose to be free.”

  • mark

    This same kind of info was known and published in the Journal of Cancer in the late 70’s. That’s the sad part

  • Andy

    my best
    friend’s mother makes $74/hour on the internet. She has been without a
    job for nine months but last month her income was $19271 just working on
    the internet for a few hours. Read more here

  • Weed

    But pot prices are so high around here . I’ll get cancer just from thinking of the 60 bucks for a 4 days supply.

    …and this is reason number two why it will never be legalized. It cannot be patented, anyone can grow it, and perhaps regular use might prevent cancer, so there will be fewer cancer cases, thus negatively impacting the bottom line of the medical-industrial complex. Reason number one is cellulose and tree paper chemistry. Read this book, all online:

    • charlieprimero

       Marijuana is legal in California if you spend sixty seconds talking to an Iranian doctor on Skype.

      • Calypso_1

        Ah the Left Coast War on Terroir Front.

  • Richard Johnson

    The simple reason this information is kept out of the mass media is the people involved, the politicians who should be dealing with this with compassion, are instead catering to the fundamentalist Christian block voting that keeps them in power!

    Besides it’s anti-carcinogenic  properties, it is also a wonderful entheogen!

    Entheogens pose a real threat to all religions based on the false teaching of a fragmented universe with an Amway like pyramid of power distribution flowing through the priests from an old man sitting on a throne!

    And all entheogens will be illegal as long as these primitive, fearful people blindly subvert the democratic process and greedy lazy politicians cater to them!


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eCollege and Element K Partner to Provide Faculty with IT and Business Content

January 15, 2003

DENVER – January 15, 2003 – eCollege(SM) [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of technology and services for online higher education programs, today announced a partnership with Element K®, a leading provider of eLearning solutions for business and technology skills. The partnership provides eCollege’s customers the opportunity to incorporate Element K’s extensive information technology and business content into their online courses.

“This partnership builds on our continued commitment to provide our customers access to the most relevant resources to meet their online course and program needs,” said Oakleigh Thorne, chairman and CEO of eCollege. “Many of the online students served by our post-secondary education customers are working adults striving toward a degree that will help them secure a better job. Not only can Element K’s high quality IT and business content be directly applied to their current jobs, it can also help prepare these students for what lies ahead in the workplace.”

Program administrators and faculty using the eCollege AU+(SM) teaching platform can select content from Element K’s library of more than 800 online courses. The content can serve in several different capacities. First, the content can be incorporated as a complete package into an existing online course. Second, the content can be used as a standalone topic. Finally, the content can provide a starting point to jump-start the development of new online courses.

“Element K has over 20 years of experience in developing and delivering instructionally effective content focused on learner success. Today, we continue to focus on course content that is results-oriented, engaging, and learner-centered,” said Paul Krause, executive vice president of Element K. “We believe eCollege’s unique suite of student-centered eLearning technology and services will ideally complement our offerings.”

About Element K

Element K is a leading provider of eLearning solutions for business and technology skills serving Fortune 1000 companies, universities, government organizations and individuals. Element K has a 20-year history in computer training, and is a pioneer in courseware development and eLearning. The company launched its eLearning offering in 1996, making it the first company to offer interactive IT content on the Web. Today, Element K offers more than 800 online courses in information technology and business skills and powers a fully-hosted learning management system (LMS). The company’s integrated online learning solution features KnowledgeHub™, a next-generation, fully hosted LMS that provides a highly personalized and easy-to-manage learning environment, instructor-led courses and self-paced tutorials. Element K’s professional services include learning management consultants to assist with deployment and a participation development team to help maximize participation and return on investment.

About eCollege

eCollege [Nasdaq: ECLG] is a leading eLearning technology and services provider to educational markets. The Company designs, builds and supports some of the most successful, fully online degree, certificate/diploma and professional development programs in the country. eCollege’s customers include publicly-traded for-profit institutions, community colleges, public and private universities, school districts, and state departments of education. The Company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Denver. For more information, visit

This release may contain forward-looking statements, as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements may involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the company’s actual results and performance to differ materially from the company’s outlook. These factors include whether our partnership with Element K will be accepted by our customers; whether our customers will use Element K materials in their online courses; whether using Element K products will allow our customers to more efficiently create eLearning programs; and such other factors as are discussed in our most recent Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which you are encouraged to review in connection with this release. We believe that these forward-looking statements are reasonable, however, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date of this release. We are not obligated to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this release.

eCollege and eCollege AU+ are service marks of eCollege. All other trademarks and service marks or registered trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners.


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Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Supervisory Medical Technologist in Baltimore, Maryland

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
1 vacancy in the following location:
  • Baltimore, MD
Work Schedule is Full Time - Permanent

Opened Friday 10/14/2016 (5 day(s) ago)

** Closes Friday 10/28/2016 (9 day(s) away)

Job Overview

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 1824749

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: YOUR CV or Resume MUST include: contact information; descriptions of jobs held, including the name and address of employer, job title, description of duties, beginning and ending date (month/year) of employment, average hours worked per week, and supervisor's name and phone number; education, including name and location of college, dates attended, and type and date of any degree earned; other information such as possession of licenses, certificates, etc. Descriptions of duties must be sufficiently detailed to document the level of experience.*Failure to include all the above information in your CV or Resume may result in an ineligible rating - REGARDLESS OF YOUR PRIOR REFERRAL FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR POSITION.*

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise  "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan"  by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.**

How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans? As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. Come join our team and get pure job satisfaction, while caring for those who have served (or are currently serving) our country...our nation's Veterans.

Come join our team and get pure job satisfaction, while caring for those who have served (or are currently serving) our country...our nation's Veterans.

The Baltimore VA Medical Center is located in a vibrant city, neighbors the campus of the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and is within walking distance of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M&T; Bank Stadium (home of the Baltimore Ravens), Lexington Market and the Inner Harbor

* Top 5 reasons YOU should choose a career with VA:*

* 1. A premium benefits package*

* 2. A fulfilling and challenging work environment*

* 3. Work where you want to live*

* 4. On-the-job growth and advancement*

* 5. To discover the career you want, for the future you deserve*

* Be a member of a team providing compassionate healthcare to veterans. We are an employer of choice who is a center of excellence in patient care, education and research. We value trust, respect, commitment, compassion, and excellence; we value you.*

* Go to* **for more information on the Department of Veterans

Serves as a Supervisory Medical Technologist in the Hematology and Phlebotomy sections of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS;) for the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System. The incumbent performs and/or oversees the most complex procedures and solves the most difficult problems in Hematology, Coagulation, and Urinalysis, as well as serves as second line supervisor for the Phlebotomy area. He/she supervises GS-11 Medical Technologists, GS-9 Medical Technologists and GS-4 Medical Technicians and Health Technicians. The incumbent is also considered essential personnel.

He/she will take responsibility for the day-to-day supervision of the Sections, prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates to ensure efficient and timely performance of all hematology tests and procedures and collection of patient specimens. The Hematology Lab Supervisor is responsible for maintaining the lab and monitoring the quality control system according to CAP and JCAHO standards. When needed, the incumbent will work as a technologist and accomplish duties specifically assigned to the technologist in the Section supervised. He/she will ensure activities associated with process improvement, customer service, data driven decision making, or team driven change will be accomplished.

Performs other related duties as assigned, including training students and other personnel.

TOUR OF DUTY: This position is full time: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

TELEWORK ELIGIBILITY: This position is not suitable for telework.

Functional Statement Title/#: Supervisory Medical Technologist / 000000

Travel Required
  • Not Required
Relocation Authorized
  • No
Job Requirements
Key Requirements
  • Must pass pre-employment examination
  • Must be proficient in written and spoken English
  • Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required
  • Background and-or Security Investigation required
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must have certificate as MT, MLS or CLS given by the ASCP-BOR or AMT

BASIC REQUIREMENTS U.S. Citizenship:[Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy]. English Language Proficiency: Medical Technologist must be proficient in spoken and written English. Certification: Candidates must have either (1) or (2) below: (1)Candidates must currently possess the appropriate certification as a MT, MLS, or CLS given by the ASCP-BOC, ASCP-BOR, or AMT.

(2)For positions up to the full performance level, candidates must currently possess the categorical or specialist technologist level certification from the certification agencies listed above, such as, but not limited to, chemistry (C/SC), hematology (H/SH), microbiology (M/SM), molecular biology (MB/SMB) and blood bank (BB/SBB). Technologists with categorical or specialist certifications may only perform duties within the area of the laboratory specific to their categorical certification (e. g., an individual with a chemistry (C) certification can only perform duties in chemistry).

Education and/or Experience Combination: A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in medical laboratory science, medical technology, clinical laboratory science or in a related science (e.g., laboratory sciences such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, immunology, etc.). AND A completion of a medical technology clinical practice program. Clinical practice programs completed after 1974 must have been accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP, formerly CAHEA), or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). The professional curriculum may have consisted of a post-baccalaureate certificate program or be integrated into a four-year program of study that culminated in a baccalaureate degree. OR A bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours of biological science (with one course in microbiology), 16 semester hours of chemistry (with one course in organic or biochemistry) and one course in mathematics, AND Two years of post-certification clinical laboratory experience (e.g., blood banking, chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical microscopy, etc.) within the last ten years as a certified Medical Laboratory Technician by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC), American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (ASCP-BOR) or American Medical Technologists (AMT). This experience must include performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in blood banking, chemistry, hematology, microbiology immunology and clinical microscopy (or categorical experience which matches categorical certification) in a clinical laboratory. OR An Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, including 16 semester hours of biological science (with one course in microbiology), 16 semester hours of chemistry (with one course in organic or biochemistry) and one course in mathematics, AND Five years of clinical laboratory experience within the last ten years performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in blood banking, chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology and clinical microscopy (or categorical experience which matches categorical certification) in a clinical laboratory.

Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Creditable Experience:

(1) Knowledge of Current Professional Laboratory Practice. For positions at or above the full performance level, the experience must have demonstrated the use of knowledge, skills and abilities as a MT and may be paid or non-paid employment.

(2) Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is equivalent to at least the next lower grade level and is directly related to the position being filled.

(3) Part-time Experience. Part-time experience as a MT is creditable according to its relationship to the full-time workweek. For example, a MT would receive 1 week of full-time credit for each 2 weeks of half-time work Grade Determinations: GS-12

Must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, which is directly related to the position to be filled.

In addition, you must demonstate the following Knowledges, Skills, and or Abilities: a. Knowledge of Federal and state laws and regulations, laboratory accrediting and regulatory requirements in order to develop new policies and guidelines, formulate plans and the ability to judge effectiveness of the operation.

b. Knowledge of laboratory quality management procedures and principles sufficient to establish and monitor a laboratory quality management program and/or education and training of laboratory staff.

c. Knowledge of, and ability to, provide the full range of supervisory duties which would include responsibility for assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; selection of staff; recommendation of awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions.

d. Ability to analyze organizational, technical and administrative problems to develop and implement solutions that result in efficient overall laboratory operation.

e. Skill in interpersonal relations and conflict resolution to deal with employees, team leaders and managers.

f. Ability to manage fiscal matters, forecast resource and equipment needs and administer the allocated budget.

g. Ability to set short and/or long term goals for the section and conduct studies on technical and administrative problems, including personnel shortages, organizational structure, new technology, etc

References: VA Handbook 5005/72, Part II, Appendix G24, Medical Technologist, dated: May 12, 2014, and OPM Group Coverage Qualification Standard, Medical Technologist

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Physical Requirements:It is VA policy to ensure that all selected applicants and employed personnel are physically, mentally and emotionally fit to perform the duties of the position to which assigned. A pre-placement physical examination is required for all full-time, part-time and intermittent employees identified by VA Directive and Handbook 5019. The pre-placement physical examination shall be completed prior to appointment to determine the physical and mental fitness for candidates for appointment in VA. The examination will be concerned with the mental and physical ability of the applicant to satisfactorily perform the duties of the proposed assignment and will include requisite laboratory and other screening as required by Federal regulatory agencies.

Security Clearance

Public Trust - Background Investigation

Additional Information
What To Expect Next

After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. During our review, if your résumé and application package do not support your questionnaire answers, we will adjust your rating accordingly. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email (if provided); otherwise, applicants will receive a notification letter via the U.S. Postal Service. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.

You may check the status of your application at any time by logging into your USAJOBS account and clicking on Application Status. For a more detailed update of your status, click on more information. Information regarding applicant notification pointscan be found in the USAJobs Resource Center.

VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides is an overview of the benefits currently offered:**

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave:** Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.

Other Information

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

Salary Range: $77,490.00 to $100,736.00 / Per Year

Series & Grade: GS-0644-12/12

Supervisory Status: Yes

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens and current permanent Federal employees of other agencies.

Control Number: 453301100

Job Announcement Number: H17-002-DB-1824749


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 Damn You Antivirus Software!! | DJGaryBaldy

Yet again I’ve had a user of RadioDJ tell me that Norton Antivirus keeps flagging up the RadioDJ website as having malware.

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Well that’s no good is it?

I’ve emailed Marius who owns the website to let him know about the issue and he’s told me that the offending file isn’t on the server anymore.

So where is Norton getting the idea from that the RadioDJ website is dangerous from?

I’ve blogged before about Antivirus software having issues with RadioDJ.exe

It’s rare I hear of someone not being able to access the main RadioDJ website because their AV software flags it up as suspicious.

Hey Norton, Avast, AVG, Panda, McAfee, Kaspersky, Clam AV and other antivirus software developers can you do every RadioDJ user in the world a favour? Add http://radiodj.ro and the RadioDJ program folder files to your list of allowed websites/software.

Yet again I find myself having to say.

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Not in the program folders, the plugins or the website. It’s getting annoying now!

People could be missing out on great free radio software because an antivirus database thinks a website/program is infected when it’s clearly NOT!

**Bangs head against brick wall**

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Blame It All On Hologram Tupac

April 25, 2012 / Posted by:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and TLC has used this day to announce to TMZ that they are in the middle of planning a reunion tour that will take over the US sometime this year. T-Boz and Chilli have already booked 5 cities and are planning many, many more. Fire up your side-eye making muscle, because you’ll feel the need to throw some eye shade after reading the next sentence. The same digital black magic that brought Tupac to life at Coochella will bring Left Eye back to life on tour and TLC plans to dance next to her hologram on stage. And the start of the hologram revolution begins. We’re all doomed!

A bitch has to get paid, I know, but does everything have to be hologram this and hologram that? If I want to see a vision of something that really isn’t there, I’ll just do drugs. Shit. That’s what normal people do. Oh well, it could be a lot worse. At least they’re not bringing O’So Krispie on tour….

I hate myself for remembering R U The Girl.

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Icons - A Path to Contemplation

Last week our monasterary hosted a one day gathering of monastic women. Some of our sisters presented reflections based on the theme "Icons - a Path to Contemplation". Below is the text of one of the reflections. (The other three reflections have been posted on the reflections section of our website - Click here to view them)

It is not by accident that we have chosen the Icon of the Transfiguration, written by Theophan the Greek, for our sharing at this gathering. All ancient tradition saw in the Prayer of Jesus on the mountain, depicted in this Icon, the blue print for contemplative life. In the exhortation Vita Consecrata, Pope John Paul II invites us, consecrated religious, to contemplate the transfigured face of Jesus.

In The Eastern theological tradition, man is seen to be on a mystical journey that leads to “Theosis” or deification. Icons represent this union between God and man. The Icon is a manifestation of the presence of God. It draws and brings us into this Presence so that we can experience God in our soul. In this way we become a living icon of God.

For Byzantine theology, the Transfiguration as a “Teofania”, theophany, is on the one hand, a key to the understanding of the Divinity of Christ, and on the other, it is a very concrete model for the spiritual transformation of man.
The Transfiguration has taken a central place in the mystical theology of Byzantine’s monastic world. Whatever method of meditation the monks used, its purpose was always to lead to enlightenment, that is, prayerful immersion in the rays of Divine energy.

An orthodox monk and iconographer, Grigorij Krug, says that
“the disciples did not immediately witness the Transfiguration of Jesus, when they first met him, but only after a long hard climb to the top of Mount Tabor, that is, only through the great effort of climbing to the top of SILENCE.”

Or ,as we would say, entering into the depths of silence.

In Vita Consecrata we read :
We must confess that we all have need of this silence, filled with the presence of him who is adored : in theology, so as to exploit fully its own sapiential and spiritual soul; in prayer, so that we may never forget that seeing God means coming down the mountain with a face so radiant that we are obliged to cover it with a veil (Ex 34.33); in commitment, so that we will refuse to be locked in a struggle without love and forgiveness. All, believers and non-believers alike, need to learn a silence that allows the other to speak when and how he wishes, and allows us to understand his words”

And John Main tells us:
"All of us have to learn…….that we do not have to create silence. The silence is there within us. What we have to do is to enter it, to become silent, to become silence.”

Silence, as Meister Eckhart tells us, is a privileged entry into the realm of God… There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself… For silence is a language that is infinitely deeper, more far reaching, more understanding, more compassionate and more eternal than any other language… There is nothing in the whole world that resembles God as much as silence”

Whereas St. Benedict, who has set the tone for the spirituality of the West, calls us, first of all, to listen, the Byzantine Fathers focus on gazing. This is especially evident in the liturgical life of the Eastern Church as the 2nd Ecumenical council in 787 makes clear, when it says :
“What is communicated through the Word is revealed silently through the Image.”

In Byzantine Liturgy therefore, Word and Icon complement each other. Incompetent listening makes us spiritually blind.
“The eye with which I see God, is exactly the same eye with which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowledge, and one love” (Meister Eckhart, sermon 16).

And thus, we can make bold to say, echoing the first letter of St. John :
“This is contemplation- this is contemplative love- not so much that we contemplate God, but that God has first contemplated us, and that now in us, in some sense, and even through us, as part of the mystery of his Risen Life in the Church, he contemplates the world” (Paul Murray op)

While the world is an icon of God, created and held in existence by Him, man, created in the “likeness of God” is, in a unique way, God’s Icon. So each of us is an icon of God. It is impossible to look at God, without seeing our brothers and sisters as He sees them. If we don’t look at God, then we see only ourselves, and we judge others only by our own eyes.

On the question of how to pray before an Icon or with an Icon, I want to coin a phrase from John Main. He says :
“We must learn to BE and then we will learn to DO.”

If we do this, the icon will begin to speak to us in the unique way God has chosen to love each of us individually.

In the Icon the three rays coming from the transfigured Lord, strike the apostles in three different ways. This is how the Icon writer expresses his understanding of the Divinity. Each person is loved by God in a uniquely personal way. We all receive and accept the rays of God’s love but those rays penetrate each one individually and differently from anyone else.

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At the core of the Gospel is the invitation to be changed, made into a new person, and it is the experience of that transformation which gives the writings of the new testament their power. This is how John Main talks about it, in “Word into Silence”. He has just quoted a favourite passage from Romans 12.2 :

“Adapt yourselves no longer to the pattern of this present world but let your minds be remade and your whole nature thus transformed”

He then goes on to say,
“This is the essential Christian experience of being born again in the Holy Spirit. Being born again happens as we realize the power of the living Spirit of God within us. We all know that we have to change, because we cannot grow without changing and we cannot be really alive in any meaningful or certainly any enjoyable way unless we are growing. To grow, means to go forward into the unknown and obviously, therefore, to leave the past behind.

We need to reflect on the words of Jesus “Leave self behind” (Mk 8.34) to understand what we are created for. We fear letting go of the past, we resist living fully in the present, and so we find it difficult to pray. But in the teaching of Jesus we lose self, only in order to find self, and by losing self, we are transformed. What we are changed into is not, as we fear, something other than what we are. We fear that if we lose self, we will become someone else, someone different. But this fear is totally cast out of our hearts, when we open ourselves to the love of God, that has flooded us, through the Spirit of Christ who dwells in our hearts. It is then, that we experience ourselves being changed, simply into who we really are. We become, through God’s transforming love, truly ourselves for the first time. This is our transfiguration. In the heart of our humanity which we fear to lose, we find the humanity of Jesus, transformed by his utter openness to God.

In the Transfiguration, Jesus is not becoming somebody new, but he is revealing to us who He always is, and he is telling us something about our deepest selves. Our real lives are hidden with Christ in God.

This gradual work of transformation takes place in the ordinariness of our lives. As we journey through life we encounter many problems- problems from the past, problems of integration, adaptation, problems about facing the future. So many things worry us. It seems to us that, in order to solve the problems arising within us in the process of transformation, we have to find solutions outside of ourselves. We think we need to acquire information, increase our knowledge, discover new techniques. The teaching of the Gospel, however, is that our problems are solved, and there is no need for us to multiply ways of dealing with them. What we need to do, is to learn to be poor and to accept our poverty. Poverty confronts our resistance to change more effectively than any mere “solution”

Jesus’ kenosis to the point of becoming “nothingness” out of love, is the climax of God’s self-revelation – it is the icon of the Eternal Love, which is at the heart of the Trinity. This is what we, in our turn, are called to become – “nothingness” out of love for our brothers and sisters, as we share in the self emptying of Jesus, that we may be one with him in his Resurrection.

To him, whose power at work in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine, to Him, be Glory forever and ever. Amen

Monday, September 6, 2010

New Master of the Dominican Order

Sunday, 5th September, the General Chapter of the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic, elected Bro. Bruno Cadoré as new Master of the Order. Elected for a nine year term of office, he succeeds Bro. Carlos Azpiroz Costa, an Argentinean, who was Master of the Order from 2001 to 2010, and before him Bro. Timothy Radcliffe, a friar from England, well known all over the world for his publications and preaching. The last Frenchman to occupy this post was Bro Vincent de Couesnongle, Master of the Order from 1974 to 1983.

Meeting in Rome since the first of September, the General Chapter of the Order is made up of 127 delegates from all the continents. Prior Provincials are members of the Chapter and also the Delegates elected by the friars themselves according to the democratic tradition of the Dominican Order. The General Chapter, which is the sovereign governing body, shall be working for the next two weeks to give the Order some important guidelines which the newly elected Master is expected to put into practice during his term of office.

Aged 56, Bro. Bruno Cadoré was up till now the Provincial for the Dominicans of the Province of France. He served in this office for the past eight years, after having been in charge of the formation of the young friars, especially in Lille. He was a medical doctor when he started his novitiate, and he worked for two years in Haiti before starting his Dominican studies. He is a Doctor in theology and he taught biomedical ethics at the Catholic University of Lille where he was director of the centre for Medical Ethics until he was elected Prior Provincial in 2002. From January 2008 onwards he is a member of the National Aids Council.

During his term of office, the Province of France welcomed many young friars. Bruno Cadoré has also helped develop the Dominican way of life in many countries, from Scandinavia to the Congo passing through Cairo and Iraq which he visited many times.

We pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit on all the deliberations of the Chapter and on Fr Bruno as he begins his task as Master of the Order. Fr Bruno spent three weeks with us in our guest room some years ago! so his election comes as a great joy for all of us.


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(Monday, January 27; Sioux Center, Iowa) Jacayla Litwiller, a senior at Iowa Mennonite School has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender softball program.

Litwiller batted .264 last season with 12 doubles, ten runs batted in and nine runs scored.  Litwiller is a catcher and threw nine runners out stealing in 25 games played.  She’s earned four letters at Iowa Mennonite and earned honorable mention all-conference honors last season.

Jacayla is the daughter of Jon and Becky Litwiller of Washington, Iowa.  She plans to study Elementary Education will pursing a reading endorsement and coaching certification.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. Dordt’s athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).

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Questioning Beliefs is an Act 2 companion quest for Isabela in Dragon Age II.

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The quest becomes available at 50% friendship or rivalry.

Note: When you start Act 2, you will have both this quest and Isabela's Ongoing Search active if Isabela is at 50% or more friendship/rivalry. Isabela's Ongoing Search will trigger first upon speaking to Isabela. After completing that quest, this one will initiate the next time you speak to her.

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Isabela will finish a card game with Merrill and speak to you about her outlook on you thus far. You will get three dialogue options, with the first and third each having the standard Good/Witty/Angry options for answers. The second one, however, will have a Flirt option as the middle option. Note that flirting with Isabela here can initiate a romance.

In a friendship, Isabela will invite Hawke to sit, ordering the Hanged Man's best whiskey for him/her.

  • Diplomatic: "Thank you."
  • Humorous: "That's not all."
  • Aggressive: "Save your money."

She will then comment on how Hawke "doesn't judge people."

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  • Aggressive: "I don't need your approval."

Finally, she will talk about how if you were part of her crew, she wouldn't have gotten shipwrecked.

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  • Humorous: "I wouldn't bet on it."
  • Aggressive: "Don't dwell on the past."

Under a Rivalry, Isabela will be much more catty and wonder why Hawke is visiting her, snarking that there's a "burning orphanage full of children to save."

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She'll talk about Hawke missing the joke, and states that he/she needs to learn how to have fun like her.

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Finally, she'll state that "We're not responsible for anyone but ourselves. You can choose to be free, or you can choose to be saddled with all the world's problems."

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If you have a rivalry with Isabela, picking either the humorous or aggressive options for the first 2 steps will net Rivalry small Isabela: rivalry (+15). The final step doesn't appear to have any impact. If on a friendship path: Rivalry small Isabela: rivalry (+15) if you chose the aggressive path on all answers and Friendship small Isabela: friendship (+20) if you choose all diplomatic and/or humorous dialogue options.

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  author =	{Martin Dietzfelbinger},
  title =	{{On Randomness in Hash Functions (Invited Talk)}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)},
  pages =	{25--28},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-35-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{14},
  editor =	{Christoph D{\"u}rr and Thomas Wilke},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2012/3388},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-33884},
  doi =		{http://dx.doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.25},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algorithms, hash functions, randomized algorithms, data structures, graphs, hypergraphs}

Keywords: Algorithms, hash functions, randomized algorithms, data structures, graphs, hypergraphs
Seminar: 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)
Issue Date: 2012
Date of publication: 24.02.2012

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