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Big stop helps Talons squeak past New Orleans
Talons 53, New Orleans 46
NEW ORLEANS — Defensive back Ken Fontenette stopped New Orleans receiver Quorey Payne on a fourth-down reception at the 1-yard line with seven seconds left, preserving the Talons' victory on Saturday night.
The play, which capped a wild fourth quarter, came 42 seconds after Talons quarterback Aaron Garcia had hit Jomo Wilson with a decisive 17-yard touchdown pass. Garcia then converted the two-point conversion on a completion to Brent Holmes.
It was the sixth win in a row for San Antonio (9-3), which preserved its lead in the National Conference Central Division.
Garcia, who connected on two of his five scoring throws in the fourth quarter, completed 20 of 34 passes for 266 yards. He had two interceptions, including one returned for a score in the third quarter.
The VooDoo (5-7) had taken a 46-45 lead on a field goal with 57 seconds left, but an ensuing onside kick failed, setting up the Talons' eventual winning score. Rocco drove the VooDoo 41 yards on the ensuing drive, but Payne was stopped just shy of the goal line on a 7-yard completion on fourth down.
Next up: Friday vs. Iowa, 7 p.m.
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I-Zen is a brand created by the Ireka Development Group. Guided by the 5S principle (Style-Service-Security-Sophistication-Soul), the properties under the i-Zen brand are expected to deliver all these for their owners. Among the developments under the i-Zen brand are Kiara 1, Kiara 2, Villa Aseana and Tiffani. With the success of this brand in Malaysia, Ireka is expanding its reach to as far as Vietnam.
i-Zen @Kiara 2 (ironically older than i-Zen @ Kiara 1) is a 238-unit freehold serviced apartment property. It is located on Jalan Kiara and is a part of the integrated development which includes the One Mont Kiara shopping mall. This has been seen as a "trendsetter" of sorts for serviced apartments in Mont Kiara being the first to offer this kind of residences; for example, the upcoming Kiara 163 follows this mold rather closely.
i-Zen @ Kiara II added uniquely designed units in its offering. Buyers have an option to purchase 3+1 or 2+1 studio units which has a separate entrance for the studio. Whether to utilize it as a SOHO or as a separate apartment is up to the buyers. We like this nifty feature a lot 🙂
Units are built up from 725 to 1,701 sqf with four configurations to choose from:
- 1 room (725-748 sqf)
- 2+1 rooms (1,078 sqf)
- 2 rooms + studio (1,325 to 1,368 sqf)
- 3+1 rooms + lanai or studio (1,540 to 1,701 sqf)
Aside from the in-house school, other facilities for relaxation are a fully-equipped gym, swimming pool, cafeteria, sauna, yoga area, covered parking, business centre, games room, jacuzzi, and a hotel-like concierge. Security is assured 24 hours a day. Pretty standard stuff.
i-Zen 2 Pricing Analysis
Based on recent research, units at i-Zen @ Kiara II has an average asking price of RM630 psf. As recent as last June, a 1,365 sq ft unit was sold for RM740,000, which translates to about RM540 psf. This is a bit less expensive than its younger sibling, Kiara 1 which sells at an average of RM720 psf (asking price) and other comparable properties such as 10 Mont Kiara and 11 Mont Kiara. Kiara II is older compared to the latter two, but it enjoys a rather "better" location with walking distances to One Mont Kiara and Plaza Mont Kiara although a little further to the schools.
To check for this development's "fair market price", click here for a guide.
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A number of shopping centres, schools, restaurants and hospitals are within short distances. Being right beside the One Mont Kiara mall is indeed fab:) Other shopping havens in nearby neighborhoods are IKEA (barely 10 minutes away), Carrefour on Jalan Kepong, Suria KLCC at the city centre. There are local markets also, one of the most popular being the ABC Market at the fountain area of Plaza Mont Kiara.
Dining has always been everyone's favorite and Mont Kiara doesn't fall short in making sure that residents have more than enough options. There may be limited choices in Mont Kiara itself (being an exclusive neighborhood), but there are occasional restaurants such as Tony Roma's, Ramen Taiko and Las Vacas. Your choices abound if you cross over to Jalan Sri Hartamas. There you will find Gami Korean Seafood, Fong Lye, Modesto's, Burger King and Daorae Garden Korean BBQ at the Hartamas Square.
If you have school children, i-Zen @ Kiara II actually has an in-house preschool and elementary school called Children Discovery School. Inside the Mont Kiara enclave are Mont Kiara International School and Garden International School. The KL Golf and Country Club, Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club and Bukit Kiara Public Park add to the attractiveness of the enclave.
i-Zen @ Kiara II may be accessed through major roads in Kuala Lumpur that link to Sprint Highway. These roads are Penchala Link, North Klang Valley Expressway and DUKE. Although not a major concern for residents, Mont Kiara is not serviced by public transport. Your best bet at public transportation is a taxi.
Final Thoughts
Kiara II enjoys a strategic location at the "entrance" to the Mont Kiara enclave, and for that reason it comes at a premium. We like it for obvious reasons: a reputable developer with a good track record of building Mont Kiara condominiums, proximity to the shopping malls and hence the uber convenience factor. Additionally, the "apartment + studio" configuration (known also as the "mother in law" arrangement – go figure) is pretty cool, and opens up opportunities for short lets. The price is also somewhat pegged at around 10% lower than its sibling i-Zen @ Kiara 1, and for that reason it does seem to be a bargain.
On the negative side, being next to the SPRINT highway means that there's noise and pollution to endure. Also, being at the entrance of the main artery to Mont Kiara means there's the perennial traffic jam problem. This property's vulnerability to "ghost listings" is another.
All in all, i-Zen boasts of superior "walkability" (Google for GoodPlace Walkability Score) with its closeness to Plaza Mont Kiara and One Mont Kiara, nifty configuration and rather competitive prices driven by the mismatch between supply and demand. If you're interested in securing a unit here for yourself either for own stay or investment, remember to find out what's the property's "Fair Market Value" (FMV) so that you do not overpay.


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DFW Airport CEO says no new security directives since Brussels attacks
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport chief executive Sean Donohue said security is a top priority at the airport following the terrorist attacks at Brussels' airport.
He reassured the audience at a Fort Worth Chamber lunch on Wednesday that the airport has received no indication from government officials that there is an eminent threat to U.S. airports.
"There has been no elevation of security threats," Donohue said. "There's been no security directives in terms of updates or changes....There is no known credible threats to the airports or aviation at this point."
Donohue added that DFW Airport is focused on prevention and has increased its security officials' visibility in the terminals.


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The best sign ever is on Burnt Ranch. Such an odd sign for an area with class V runs all over the place.
Jon and I did a low water run of the Ranch again, 630cfs at Cedar Flat. Run was going well, until after taking these pictures at #2
No on the water carnage, but I walked back up and initially thought maybe someone was playing a personal joke on me. Then I walked back down to Jon and asked of he had seen my boat float by, which he hadn't.
Which leads me to think that my boat is resting under this rock.
Lay in rest, g-force 5.9. Not really sure how it slipped out but it certainly did.
I'm hoping maybe with the super low release in october I can fish it back out...maybe....sandals, throwrope, pelican case and boat, arg. In good news I'm getting LASIK on my eyes the 30th. No more pawing at my eyes trying to get contacts back on the eyes in mid rapid anymore, horray.
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22 July 2011
Fil-foreigners to try out for PH Malditas
Team manager and coach Ernie Nierras said yesterday that Fil-American Heather Cooke and Fil-German Cristina Keuter will join the tryouts for the national women's team in the next few weeks.
The 22-year-old Cooke, whose father is a US naval officer and whose mother is a Filipina, is one of the best defensive players of the Arunderl Soccer Association Chesapeake Charge, which made it to the Division I quarterfinals of the Women's Professional Soccer League in the US.
While attending college at the Loyola University in Maryland, she was a four-year women's soccer letter winner, an All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team honoree and a recipient of the Ernest Lagna and John R. Moller awards.
The 21-year-old Keuter, whose father is German and whose mother is a Filipina from Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, is a member of the SC Fortuna squad in Cologne.
"They are not yet shoo-ins to the team. But I will see them soon during the team inspections," said Nierras, who is conducting regular tryouts and practices at the pitch of the University of Makati.
Nierras said the Malditas have been inactive for the last 18 months, but are set to see action in the Group Stage of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship slated Oct. 15 to 25 in Laos. Peter Atencio
Manila Standard Today
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Again? why do you have to use the word Fil-foreigners? no class at all. Just say Filipino based abroad. PERIOD.ReplyDelete
If people keep on saying this, from now on I will call myself. Ilong-Dav(ilongong davaeono). How about you guys, what are you guys called?hahaha
- Anonymous22 July 2011 at 14:32
Heather Cooke is cute! ayus! hehehe.... go malditasReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 July 2011 at 15:30
Im aklaman. Aklanon manilenoReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 July 2011 at 19:37
"Malditas".... Kagagohan talaga!! Kung ano ano nalang mga palang binibigay! Asong ulol sa men's national team, ngayon mga bitches for the women's team!!! Tapos sasabihin cool mga yan! What the fuck is this!?!?! BS that can only be found in the Philippines. Tangina talaga!!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 02:35
Kesa naman pokpoksReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 03:43
Again, why do you have to be politically correct about it? Just say Fil-Foreigners...after all they aren't Philippine citizens.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 08:12
another team to watch, go malditas, rock on. kick balls!!!!ReplyDelete
tama mas maganda na malditas kesa naman the pokpoks mas masagwa diba?!!! puro ka reklamo, hay buhay. pilipino ka nga.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 11:47
"Kesa naman pokpoks"ReplyDelete
"tama mas maganda na malditas kesa naman the pokpoks mas masagwa diba?!!!"
Ngek! How typical! Napaka cheap at walang kwenta yung mga sagot na ganyan! "kesa naman sa ganito, kesa naman sa ganya..." Oo nga kesa naman sa pokpok, obvious yun. Pero it does not justify yung "malditas". Cguro naman pati kayo macocomprehend nyo yan!?!?
"puro ka reklamo, hay buhay. pilipino ka nga."
Tangina mo pala eh! Eh kaw, di ka nagrereklamo?!? At least ako nagrereklamo dahil may kagagohan katulad ng "malditas" at "asong ulol" para sa national team!! Kayo naman, reklamo lang para lang may reklamo at may magawa!!
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 13:27
support nlng the team win or lose.pwde ba?!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 14:11
I agree, never understood why Malditas ... it only connotes negatives ... with Azkals (meaning stray dogs, not asong ulol) ... the logic was because no one supported them before. Siyempre naman, bakit mo igagawi sa pokpok para lang pansinin argumento mo? Kumbaga, ikaw ang nagsabi, ganun na lang ba kababa respeto mo sa mga babae sa Pilipinas? Nanay mo siguro ... wag na lang ... Anyway ... I support the Philippines Women's Football ... di ko lang matanggap na Malditas ang team monicker na dala nila. Pinays are NOT malditas, they are hard-workers, has undoubted loyalty, mapagmahal ... the nickname should reflect this, I guess. Salamat po at Lalaki ako saying this.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 16:11
Sarcasm sa akin. Wala talagang alam sa buhay nakaisip ng moniker yan. Daming ogag sa pinas.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 17:13
Air your grievances here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/179548238743834?ap=1 The official women's football facebook group.ReplyDelete
Thank you.
- Anonymous23 July 2011 at 17:19
"with Azkals (meaning stray dogs, not asong ulol) ... the logic was because no one supported them before."ReplyDelete
Sobrang contradictory na ang "azkals" kung ang logic ay "nobody supported the team". Ngayon, kaliwa't kanan, may pumapansin at may suporta ang men's national team, kahit ang suporta hindi para sa footballing reasons!
Anyway, sa "malditas", kung club team yan tapos malditas ang tawag sa kanila, baka pede pa, just maybe.... therefore baka pede maconsider na sarcasm. Pero tangina, national team yan!! Kagagohan yan!! Dami talagang gago at boplokz sa Pinas, pati football na dadamay!!
- Anonymous31 July 2011 at 05:10
"conducting regular tryouts and practices at the pitch" - tama nga naman, madami kc players ng malditas kahit simple joggling lang hindi pa kaya magawa, , tsk2. . WNT pa naman sana, pakita nyo nman yung totoong FOOTBALL SKILLS. . madami kc players mas karapat dapat sa posisyon niyo ngayonReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 July 2011 at 14:56
edi magtry out sila.. it's simple!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 August 2011 at 12:18
gudluck sa cuzin ko,,uuwi lng ng pinas pra sa laro nya,,buti pa sya proud na proud sya maging pilipino khit hndi sya d2 lumaki,,..ReplyDelete
gusto kong mag try-out for u-16,,ReplyDelete


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It is Saturday night. Well, it is still night but the clock has rolled over into Sunday. I have been roaming between the television and my computer. Charlie is at work so it has been just me, my cats, and the moon. It seems I am always restless when the moon in shining. It isn't even a full moon yet and still it effects me.
I hear the occasional car door outside my window. It appears I am not the only person having a late night. It is comforting in an odd way. It makes me feel less alone, less of an insomniac to know others are roaming through the night. I wonder if they feel the same seeing my light shining through the shades in my library window.
It is unsettling at times the random thoughts that enter my mind. There are nights like this that I never know what will decide to keep my eyes open. Even a mockingbird outside my window is confused and is singing at the stars.
At least my friend the moon is there to keep me company. I can't wait until it is full. Maybe I shouldn't wish that. It is wishing my life away after all. But my love of the moon goes way back to my childhood when I would be sleepless and the moon would shine through the window to chase away shadows that would frighten me.
Well, I suppose I should try and call it a night. I am making even less sense than usual. Since there is no one here to say goodnight to so I shall look out my bedroom window and say goodnight to the moon. I wonder if it can hear me?


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Charter School Cap and Closure Laws Among Growing Policy Trends
Cross posted from the Charters and Choice blog.
Charter school authorizing, caps, and performance-based closures are among six policy areas getting growing attention in state charter school laws, according to a policy brief released by the Education Commission of the States this month.
Authorizing policies make up half the trends highlighted in the report.
"Recently, attention to authorizers—the entities responsible for approving and overseeing charter schools—has increased," the brief's authors write. "A growing number of states are establishing standards and reporting requirements that authorizers must adhere to."
The report says 15 states and the District of Columbia have established standards for authorizers, while 16 states and D.C. require authorizers to submit annual reports on their portfolios of schools. The brief also points to statewide authorizing bodies as another policy trend: Of the 42 states with charter laws, 33 have an authorizer that charters and oversees schools statewide.
The remaining policy trends identified by the Denver-based ECS were not directly related to charter school authorizing, but still share oversight as a theme:
- Automatic closure laws—11 states and the District of Columbia now have explicit performance thresholds that require that charter schools be shut down if their academic outcomes dip below a certain level.
- Caps—20 states plus D.C. place some kind of cap on the number of charter schools that can open or the number of students they can serve.
- Virtual charter schools—More than 20 states with charter school laws have policies specifically for online charter schools, many of which require additional oversight for cyber schools.
As part of the project, the Education Commission of the States created an online database on how policies line up or vary from state to state.


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Are you wanting to jazz up your email design a bit by using an animated GIF? If so, this can be easily accomplished by those who are comfortable with HTML and CSS.
If you would like to get a better understanding of coding prior to attempting this I would recommend doing a bit of Code Academy or W3Schools before proceeding. Or we could just jump right in and see what happens :) let's get to it then!
Here is what we are effectively trying to create:
This article will step through some important information on using animated GIFs and how to add one to your message. Here is what we will be covering (click to skip ahead):
- How to choose a good animated GIF to use
- How to create an animated GIF
- How to upload the animated GIF into the system
- How to find the file path for your uploaded GIF
- How to add the animated GIF to your message
How to choose a good animated GIF to use
We recommend using animated GIF's that will still look good when only the last frame is displayed - this is because some email clients (namely some versions of Outlook) will only display the last frame of an animated GIF. However, there is widespread support for animated GIF's across a range of email clients, so it's likely that a large amount of your contacts will still see the fantastic end result.
How to create an animated GIF
If you wish to create your own animated GIF to use in your message there any many free online GIF makers to choose from. In the above example, we created this animated GIF using two images in Paint, with a free GIF maker we found on Google to merge them together
How to upload the animated GIF into the system
Inserting animated GIFs into the system is as simple as uploading this GIF into the files and images manager like you would with any other image you wish to upload. Please note: you can skip this step if you are hosting your GIF online yourself. Here are some steps to follow:
- Go to 'Messages'.
- Click on 'Files and Images' from the left side of the screen under Tools.
- Click the 'Upload Files' button in the bottom left corner of the file manager.
- Click to 'Browse for file' on your computer.
- Select and open the animated GIF.
- This GIF will now be displayed in your files and images manager.
How to find the file path for your uploaded GIF
The file path for your GIF is simply the URL that would be created for the GIF once it is uploaded into the files and images manager. If you are hosting your image online yourself, please skip to the next step 'How to add the animated GIF to your message'. Here is how to grab your file path:
- Go to 'Messages'
- Open the 'Files and Images' manager on the left side of the screen under Tools
- Select the image and click the arrow in the bottom right corner to view the image details
- This will display the image details as below, either grab the URL from their or if the entire URL is not displayed, please click 'View' to open the link in a new window
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To keep this process simple for you we have provided the code to use below as well as the instructions on how to edit this as your own. Please note - this will really only work for something simple like the above - I'm only using one text component. If you are trying to apply an animated GIF to the entire background of your email, you may want to consult a qualified designer.
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- The filepath for your animated GIF hosted online - you can upload the GIF to your file manager in the system and then get the URL from there to use as per the steps above if needed.
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- Log into your account.
- Go to 'Messages'.
- Select and edit your message.
- Edit the plain text area where you want your content (background image and text) to go.
- Open the source code by clicking the small blue 'HTML' icon from the tool bar.
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Six days sailing on the rivers Taeng Mae and Pai, northern Thailand, to experience contact with the real Thai culture remained unchanged over time in this area. The journey starts from Chiang Mai, before reaching the Mae Taeng, considered one of the most adventurous rivers because of the numerous rapids, where they will begin the tour by boat accompanied by a guide.
It comes in the evening in the town of Pai for the night in a bungalow. The next morning we set off the Pai River where for three days using a special type of plastic boats to navigate the river, being driven from power for a comfortable journey during which to admire the animals and plants. Along the way are occasional groups of fishermen with nets, traps and guns for fishing craft plaa kang, a type of catfish. It will be interesting to see how they caught these fish are some of the main ingredients, along with rice, northern dishes.
Spend the night in the Karen tribe village, enjoying their hospitality and special dishes. This is a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in tribal life, learning how to design a house, rearing methods and how to weave colorful fabrics. The day after we arrive in the valley of Pai, an agricultural area with few villages, where they will set up tents for the night, an exciting and relaxing experience. The last two days are spent in Mae Surin National Park, a protected forest inhabited by wild animals. It is not unusual to encounter a family of monkeys doing somersaults on the trees, or herons, turtles and lizards that walk on the banks of the river. The night is spent in a bamboo hut in the forest, sleeping bags and mattresses.
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City buys adult superstore property across from Charlotte airport
It's long been one of the most incongruous sights around Charlotte's fast-growing airport: A low-slung building off Wilkinson Boulevard with parking tucked discreetly in the back, emblazoned with the bright yellow words "Adult Super Store."
As Charlotte Douglas International has grown, it's bought surrounding land, including the neighborhood behind the adult store at Wilkinson Boulevard and Barry Drive. The purchases are typically authorized by the city and made with airport funds, which are largely eligible for federal reimbursement.
But the adult store hung on at its high-profile location near the new airport entrance, adjacent to new airport rental car maintenance and parking facilities, long after the neighborhood behind it was torn down to make way for more airport facilities.
In addition to airport travelers, commuters heading to and from Gaston County also frequent that stretch of Wilkinson. One of those commuters recently noticed that the store looked vacant and asked me to check in on it.
Turns out the city purchased the 2.3-acre parcel in January for $755,000. City Council approved the purchase as part of the airport's master plan, which calls for Charlotte Douglas to own land north and south of the runways.
The Keeners, a couple who owned the property, acquired it in 1994 for $22,500, according to Mecklenburg County real estate records.
The Adult Super Store parcel is just one of hundreds of pieces of property Charlotte Douglas has acquired in recent decades as its noise profile extends further north, south and west. In 2013, the airport embarked on a $35 million project to buy the neighborhood south of its western runway, between Steele Creek Road and Interstate 485. That 370-acre purchase will cover more than 100 houses when it's completed.
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|PGCCDBS is the ICES forum for planning and co-ordination of collec-tion of data for stock assessment purposes; it coordinates and initiates the develop-ment of methods and adopts sampling standards and guidelines. Many activities in this group are closely linked to the activities of the DCR, and DG MARE is a member of PGCCDBS to ensure coordination with the DCR activities. Stock assessment re-quires data covering the total removal from the fish stocks and the PG serves as a forum for coordination with non-EU member countries where appropriate. Since 2007, Mediterranean scientists have organised a Mediterranean Planning Group for Methodological Development (PGMED) to deal with specific sampling issues of this area. Although organised in an autonomous group, it was agreed among all scientists that the contact and cooperation between the Mediterranean area the ICES area should be promoted and maintained. The link between the two planning groups is maintained through: (i) the inclusion of each group's report as an annex of the oth-er; (ii) the organisation of parallel meetings; (iii) the organisation of joint plenary ses-sions for generic issues, and (iv) the organisation of joint workshops. Last year¿s recommendations and intersession work were reviewed. Most of them were concluded with success and those not concluded gave raise to developments carried out during this year. The intersession work was related to mixed species land-ings, and minimum sampling protocols for sampling length and for age calibration. An age readers forum is about to be established, and would be used as a ¿one stop shop¿ for all those involved in age reading. ICES Cooperative Research Reports should be written on the current status of age determination of a species (or group of species) after exchanges and workshops have been conducted. A Common Open Source Tool (COST) for assessing the accuracy of the biological data and parameters estimates collected for stock assessment purpose, and a WebGR project to develop a set of web services to support the organization and data analysis of calibration work-shops are among the methodological achievements discussed in the report. The Group reviewed reports from relevant Expert Groups with respect to recom-mendations addressed to PGCCDBS. As feedback mechanism from data users (mainly Assessment WGs) to the PG, 'data contact persons' were proposed with a set of tasks to report on data problems etc. PGCCDBS will act as an advisory group on the further development of InterCatch. InterCatch is a web-based system to ease the data handling for assessment purpose. PGCCDBS were strongly of the opinion that the improvement of InterCatch needs to be addressed with urgency. Recent changes in data collection (e.g. through the revised EU Data Collection Framework) were reviewed and the need for workshops was defined.
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Item as described in wonderful condition!
- LeahPeaches (Buyer)
|Positive (07/25/19)
|BtssB Pink Usakumya Trump OTKs in Pink
Socks look perfect, just as described, invoiced and shipped SUPER quick! Would definitely recommend :)
- Piratecat (Buyer)
|Positive (07/16/19)
|BtssB Glitter Crown OTKs
very nice, good quality
thank you! <3
- litahem (Buyer)
|Positive (07/02/19)
|Angelic Pretty black headbow
Received very fast, as described and so cute! Thank you ❤
- PastelUsagi (Buyer)
|Positive (07/01/19)
|Strawberry Wrist Cuffs and Red Beret
Arrived quickly, and in great condition !
- Aly (Buyer)
|Positive (06/30/19)
|Secret Shop Mint Green Tea Party Shoes Sz 41 / 8.5 - 9
- Bambisbum (Buyer)
|Positive (06/29/19)
|Bodyline Black Full Shirring Blouse *PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY*
I'm so happy with this! I'm one step closer to completing my set!
- talianthala (Buyer)
|Positive (04/16/19)
|Metamorphose Cat Print Knit Cardigan in Cream
Was very friendly and delightful to buy from! The dress is in perfect condition, and fits perfectly! I'd definitely consider buying from this seller again.
- alicetama (Buyer)
|Positive (04/12/19)
|Metamorphose Cat Print JSK (PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY)
My items arrived promptly and were exactly as described. I am very happy with my purchase. Would definitely recommend and buy from this user again.
- DamiNyan (Buyer)
|Positive (03/23/19)
|Angelic Pretty Strawberry Parlour JSK Set (PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY)
Great seller, item is perfect and shipped super fast! Would definitely purchase from again, thanks!
- PeachFan (Buyer)
|Positive (03/10/19)
|Angelic Pretty Sheer Cross OTK in Sax
Great seller! Fast shipping and easy communication. I love my new dress.
- hazysummerskies (Buyer)
|Positive (03/09/19)
|Metamorphose Honey Picnic JSK + Headbow (PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY)
This transaction went smoothly. Seller communicated quickly and shipped in a timely manner. I had no issues and would certainly purchase from them again!
- tshoondere (Buyer)
|Positive (12/30/18)
|Metamorphose Sweet Cherry JSK + Hair Comb Set
Came very quickly! Everything is lovely and in great condition. Thank you!
- Vitaneon (Buyer)
|Positive (12/30/18)
|Metamorphose Perfume Bottle Shirring JSK and socks *PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY*
Good communication, and the item arrived quickly. Bolero was just as pictured and fits perfectly. Thank you! :)
- idiotinkorean (Buyer)
|Positive (12/21/18)
|Bunny House Bolero in Brown *PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY*
Wonderful buyer, super easy to work with! Thanks!
- Pancewearer (Seller)
|Positive (03/10/18)
|FREE US SHIPPING* Major Damage Angelic Pretty Red Lady Heart Quilted Shoulder Bag
Overall smooth transaction.
- Psykogirl65 (Seller)
|Positive (03/02/18)
|BABY pink OTKs
The seller was very friendly and easy to work with, and the dress was in very good condition. Very happy!
- Chuunibyou_Prince (Buyer)
|Positive (03/01/18)
|Dolly Cat Special Set
Prompt payment, great buyer :)
- dandelionswish (Seller)
|Positive (02/22/18)
|Baby the Stars Shine Bright Torchion Lace Wrist Cuffs
Transaction was really easy and communication was quick. I´d definitely recommend her as a buyer. Thank you!
- angelghost (Seller)
|Positive (02/13/18)
|Angelic Pretty Jewel Ribbon Shirring JSK + KC
Great buyer :) Thank you!
- PriscillaScarborough (Seller)
|Positive (01/01/18)
|Bodyline Brenda 4 Tier Frill OP in Black - M
Prompt payment! Excellent buyer!
- Faerynrain (Seller)
|Positive (12/04/17)
|Strawberry Bodyline Purse
Given that a hurricane kind of got between us, communications-wise, she got everything sorted literally the day after mail service was restored to her area. Couldn't have asked for a better seller. :)
- shattaga (Buyer)
|Positive (09/27/17)
|Offbrand Black Bolero (PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY)
Beautiful purse, fast shipping and great communication. Thank you so much!
- alyxareki (Buyer)
|Positive (09/25/17)
|Angelic Pretty Black Heart Pochette
Super sweet, quick with payment and communication, great buyer!
- Maraichu (Seller)
|Positive (09/08/17)
|Happy Ice Cream JSK AP
Extremely fast and thorough at communicating during every stage of the transaction. In particular, she noticed during a final check before postage that there was an extremely minor stain not noticed previously. Not only did she fully describe this but she also offered to suspend the order or offer a bit of a refund to cover stain cleaner. As is the parlance of the ebay culture would put it: A+++++++ would order again.
- Fermata (Buyer)
|Positive (09/03/17)
|Metamorphose Room Print JSK + Bow set - plus size friendly
She is the perfect buyer! Sweet and enthusiastic in her comments and quick with response and payment. I'd love to do business with her again!
- faintofhearts (Seller)
|Positive (08/19/17)
|Metamorphose Twinkle Journey Puff Sleeve OP Set in Pink
Buyer is very lovely and communication was great! Paid very quickly and overall it was a great experience to sell to this person. :)
- missfreyha (Seller)
|Positive (06/18/17)
|In The Starlight Bolero
great buyer!
- Gloria (Seller)
|Positive (06/08/17)
|AP lyrical bunny plush
[MODERATOR REDACTED] This buyer had a disagreement with the seller over conversion rates between Euro and USD. The auction was sold for $240, but the seller invoiced this buyer in Euros, resulting in a Paypal price that was more than the agreed upon price. The two parties were unable to come to an agreement over the correct conversion between Euro and USD and the transaction was terminated.
- samsara83 (Seller)
|Positive (05/10/17)
|Chantilly / Enchantilly - Queen Cat Op
Great purchase! The seller was sweet and helpful, and the transaction went smoothly!
- evilsasha (Buyer)
|Positive (05/07/17)
|FINAL REDUCTION Angelic Pretty Mini Dal Lepupu Doll
great ^^
- chloerayn (Buyer)
|Positive (04/23/17)
|REPLICA K-star Merry Sweet Castle (Print originally by BtSSB)
Arrived in a timely manner in perfect condition!
- CheenaChii (Buyer)
|Positive (04/05/17)
|FREE SHIPPING HunterxHunter Kurapika Plush
I love this dress so much I am dying, but I wanted to spend my last moments on earth giving this seller the feedback she deserves for her excellence. My happiness overfloweth! Thank you thank you thank you! Gold stars and blue ribbons!
- seatztaken (Buyer)
|Positive (04/02/17)
|FINAL REDUCTION Metamorphose JSK + Hair Bow + Innocent World OTK SET !
Great communication and fast shipping. Awesome seller!
- happy_data (Buyer)
|Positive (03/24/17)
|REDUCED White Heels Size 24.5-25.0
In perfect condition and very pretty :)
Seller was very responsive
- PrincessLuna (Buyer)
|Positive (02/23/17)
|Angelic Pretty Dream Marine Special Set NWOT
Great seller. The bag arrived quickly and was packaged well. Item was in flawless shape and appears new. Would definitely buy from again.
- BelladonnaDoll (Buyer)
|Positive (02/22/17)
|Offbrand Strawberry Purse
Thanks so much! Would buy from again!
- salted_almonds (Buyer)
|Positive (02/20/17)
|Angelic Pretty White/Red Polka Dot OTK
Item was as described, dispatch time was quick, couldn't be happier!
- cerasis (Buyer)
|Positive (02/07/17)
|FURTHER REDUCED Innocent World OTKs
just as described and pictured.
- itsntwhtuthk (Buyer)
|Positive (02/04/17)
|REDUCED Offbrand Two Way Hairclip Pin
Great seller!! Love love!
- IrisN (Buyer)
|Positive (01/16/17)
|REDUCED Bodyline Pink Shoes Size 23.0
There are some dark spots on the paws, but other than that it is exactly as described and in excellent condition. Thank you! ^_^
- dolliebunnie (Buyer)
|Positive (12/29/16)
|FURTHER REDUCED! Angelic Pretty Poodle Plush Bag
I'm a little late about this review hahaha. I'm really happy with my purchase! The blouse was clean & identical to the picture. The sizes were the same as listed which I was reallly happy! The seller took their time to take the mesures accurately & was really easy to communicate with. (: Thank you!!!
- Pukeiscute (Buyer)
|Positive (12/22/16)
|White Offbrand Blouse (size XS-S)
Was great to sell to and very responsive!
- jordi (Seller)
|Positive (12/19/16)
|Krad Larente Lost in Sea JSK Navy L size
The dress is in spectacular condition and I couldn't be happier with it. Although there were some money hiccups on my end, she was very good about working it out with me. Very patient, even if it was a little frustrating.
Overall I had a wonderful experience buying from her.
- closettrolls (Buyer)
|Positive (12/15/16)
|Wonder Queen Navy JSK ~ Plus Size Friendly ! REDUCED
Very cute! Just as described, thank you for the sale!
- Grumplebees (Buyer)
|Positive (12/13/16)
|Bodyline Black Floral Skirt
I love it so much, its a beautiful set!
- Raedesu (Buyer)
|Positive (11/15/16)
|*REDUCED* Metamorphose Cat Print ♥ RARE LARGE SET ♥ (Purse Damaged - Read Description)
such a cute purse that will go not only with my lolita coords but some of my every day clothes as well :) thanks!
- corriban (Buyer)
|Positive (11/11/16)
|Offbrand cat purse
Item arrived perfectly and like it was described! Very lovely person, answered quickly to any question I had and she informed me when the package was shipped. I'm very happy! 5*
- Fur Elisa (Buyer)
|Positive (11/01/16)
|Bodyline Brown Floral OP (Velvet Version) (Size S) REDUCED!
Seller is prompt in responding and very helpful! The dress is really beautiful and in really good condition as well!! Many thanks for the dress~ :D
- IzumiYuuki (Buyer)
|Positive (10/30/16)
|Metamorphose Cat Bubble Bath Shirring JSK - Plus Size Friendly!
Everything as expected, understanding of a hold-up on my end.
- AnaLoliBear (Buyer)
|Positive (10/29/16)
|Metamorphose Room Print Shirring JSK - Plus Size Friendly!
Came really fast I love it!
- I-Jojo (Buyer)
|Positive (10/29/16)
|Angelic Pretty Byul Sucre doll
- azurezero (Buyer)
|Positive (10/29/16)
|Puella Magi Madoka Magica Banpresto figure (authentic)
Shipped quickly and is exactly as described. Thank you!
- cherry_sp (Buyer)
|Positive (10/28/16)
|*REDUCED* Retired Musical Children Apron Skirt
Shipped quickly and is exactly as described. Thank you!
- cherry_sp (Buyer)
|Positive (10/28/16)
|Anna House Short Sleeve Beige Blouse (XS-S) REDUCED
Shipped quickly and is exactly as described. Thank you!
- cherry_sp (Buyer)
|Positive (10/28/16)
|REDUCED Loris Purse (Brown/Pink)
It was just as described and the shipping was fast! Thank you!!
- CheenaChii (Buyer)
|Positive (10/19/16)
|6% DOKIDOKI Bow Clip/Brooch
Arrived just as described. Great communication with the seller. Will go great with my Alice Coord. A++++++++++++++
- vampireishtar (Buyer)
|Positive (10/17/16)
|REDUCED Official Licensed Disney Alice in Wonderland Clock purse (NWOT)
beautiful blouse! friendly seller, fast shipping, and exactly as described. thank you!
- saranghaex0 (Buyer)
|Positive (10/12/16)
|Chess Story Chiffon Blouse (Size S)
Very fast shipping! Thank you so much, it's adorable!
- PrincessBlue (Buyer)
|Positive (09/28/16)
|Chess Story Music Headdress
Fantastic seller! Communication was instantaneous and super friendly! Packaged was well wrapped and was better than description. Would highly reccomend to buy from, thank you!
- totodedum (Buyer)
|Positive (09/28/16)
|Innocent World 20th Anniversary Violin Tote
Great seller! Seller graciously relisted the expired auction just for me. Adorable hand-drawn envelope. Item exactly as described.
- Stellanor (Buyer)
|Positive (02/17/16)
|Putumayo Cat Window OP
Nice buyer, easy communication. Thank you so much!
- yuukuro (Seller)
|Positive (03/03/15)
|Wonder Queen JSK - Navy
A very smooth transaction! The seller contacted me quickly after the purchase and kept me updated at all times. The dress arrived quicker than I expected (and even passed the Finnish customs, despite having the full price written on the package :D). The dream was in perfect condition and so pretty. Thank you for a great transaction and for helping me get my dream dress. I'd definitely recommend this seller and would buy from her again in the future.
- Myrreli (Buyer)
|Positive (02/25/15)
|Angelic Pretty Magical Etoile JSK 1st Release SAX
Fantastic seller. Fits like a glove! Love it!
- ji11t7 (Buyer)
|Positive (02/13/15)
|Metamorphose Honey Picnic shirring JSK SET in MINT *rare, plus size friendly!*
Excellent condition and good communication! Dress arrived promptly after purchase in excellent condition, and seller was responsive when messaged. A pleasure buying from you~
- TheAlmightyJ (Buyer)
|Positive (01/04/15)
|EMERGENCY SALE: Bodyline Love Jewelry JSK PINK 2L
Everything went smoothly. Shoes arrived in perfect condition! Thank you!
- HaleighTheSquid (Buyer)
|Positive (10/23/14)
|Adorable XS Gold Glitter Heels (22.5)
- HolyLantern (Buyer)
|Positive (09/25/14)
|Angelic Pretty Jewelry Jelly JSK in Sax
Smooth transaction, I recommend this buyer
- Airyu (Seller)
|Positive (09/24/14)
|Magical Etoile JSK in Sax
Very cute shoes! Thank you
- saturose (Buyer)
|Positive (09/10/14)
|NEW Cute Tea Party Heels 23.5-24.0 - Dusty Pink
Thank you! :)
- pbutler (Buyer)
|Positive (08/22/14)
|Metamorphose Tales of the Wood JSK / KC / Purse SET ** EXTREMELY Plus Size Friendly**!!!
Decent seller, let me do a small payment plan. I love my dress!
- gorey (Buyer)
|Positive (07/16/14)
|**PRICE LOWERED** NWOT || BtSSB Twinkle Constellation OP
Very nice and trustworthy buyer. :)
- zoeyfeng (Seller)
|Positive (06/19/14)
|Luna Rossa - End of the Vanitas JSK
Fabulous! No complaints.
- BadiaCupcake (Buyer)
|Positive (06/17/14)
|**PRICE LOWERED** Metamorphose Perfume Bottle OP
Great seller with great items and fast communication!
- chiichick (Buyer)
|Positive (05/24/14)
|Angelic Pretty Magical Etoile FIRST RELEASE OP + Headband SET
Really lovely item. It arrived quickly after shipping and she communicated well as to when it was going to be sent out, etc. She also gave me a good deal. I'd be happy to buy from this seller again.
- Iscat8 (Buyer)
|Positive (05/13/14)
|** PRICE REDUCED ** || Metamorphose / CL Forest Story OP
good seller.. would buy from again! thank you!
- requiemxartist (Buyer)
|Positive (05/10/14)
|Metamorphose Polka Dot Chiffon OP
Very patient and helpful seller, would definitely recommend.
- xlolfishx (Buyer)
|Positive (04/24/14)
|Innocent World Kitten Embroidery JSK *RARE*
very nice buyer! I hope you enjoy your new shoes!
- squalamagi (Seller)
|Positive (04/14/14)
|Bodyline pink bow shoes, size 24.5
smooth transaction, would buy from again!
- kaiju_kitty (Buyer)
|Positive (04/10/14)
|NEW Cute Tea Party Heels 23.5-24.0 - Brown
Item as described. Friendly seller. Packaging came damaged but the content was fine.
- hellomissalice (Buyer)
|Positive (04/03/14)
|AP sweet cream purse
I just got them today!
They are extremely cute and fit perfectly!
I am so glad, thank you so much~
- French_Navy (Buyer)
|Positive (04/03/14)
|NEW Cute Tea Party Heels 23.5-24.0 - Pink
Veronica is both kind and caring as both a seller and person. She had kept constant communication with quick replies to me, the item was shipped ASAP and was exactly as described, and even with tracking on the item Veronica still did a check up just to make sure everything arrived safely. This is a very responsible and sweet seller!!! Thank you so much!
- vaughn737 (Buyer)
|Positive (03/28/14)
|**URGENT**Metamorphose Surprise Party JSK + Bonnet SET
Veronica is a lovely seller :D Everything came pretty quickly and she provided proof of postage and everything. Very smooth transaction. Thanks lady!
- zitprincess (Buyer)
|Positive (03/10/14)
|Metamorphose Marine Stripe set JSK + Socks TALL/PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY
Amazing seller! Item just as described, came in on time, seller responded to all my questions with kindness and sincerity. Would buy from again if I have the money ;3
- krisismav (Buyer)
|Positive (03/02/14)
|Metamorphose Room Print Shirring JSK + headbow *PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY*
Very nice and sweet
- BonnieBun (Buyer)
|Positive (02/18/14)
|Metamorphose Honey Picnic shirring jsk SET *Plus size friendly*
Quick replies, very friendly, and respectful! Had a very good experience overall, and the item came in perfect condition! Would definitely recommend to other buyers!
- linawicked (Buyer)
|Positive (02/18/14)
|Innocent World Berangere Rose OP PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY
In perfect condition! Seller willing to work with one to solve any issues! very prompt to answer questions and very polite.
- mochi-mochi (Buyer)
|Positive (02/15/14)
|Metamorphose Tiered Skirt *PLUS SIZE FRIENDLY*
Everything was as described in listing, excellent communication and dispatch time~ Would definitely recommend! Thanks so much!
- Mystayre (Buyer)
|Positive (01/23/14)
|BtSSB Milk Chan & Snow Strawberry JSK


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Descend the stairs to discover a world of avant-garde entertainment from crazy cabaret to outstanding live music to banging burlesque. Our intimate venue you allows you to relax and feel part of the show.
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Book her!! Ranae loves what she does and loves working with her clients to get the most incredible photos. My husband and I recently traveled to Hawaii for a babymoon and booked Ranae for our maternity shoot. She was professional, interactive and went above and beyond to get the most amazing photos. We had a call before the shoot to discuss what we were looking for, attire, style, etc. and to get to know one another. I had talked to a few photographers on the island and she came across as the expert that I wanted taking our photos. She worked with us longer than we had booked her for and was able to put together a sneak peak within 24 hrs for us before we left the island. Having just seen all of our gorgeous photos I'm over the moon! Book her. You'll be happy you did.
I booked a wedding package through the Royal Kona Resort, and Ranae was one of the choices of photographers available. All it took was one quick look at her photos in her portfolio, and I was already in love. To me the photos were the most important part of the day, as I will be looking at them for years to come. She made me look beautiful, my guests looked wonderful, and of course my groom looked so handsome. I couldn't ask for anything better! Although I do regret I didn't pay to keep her there longer! Even my sister was lamenting that she wished she had had Ranae for her wedding! Needless to say, I'll be recommending her right and left, as well as planning on using her in the future!!! Mahalo nui Loa.
Ranae was an amazing photographer. It took me a long time to decide who I would want to use as a photographer, but I am so happy I went with Ranae. From the minute I saw her page, I fell in love with the quality and the color of her pictures. She had very vibrant beautiful photos. Once I was trying to decide who I was going to choose, Ranae was the only photographer that actually called to get to know me and what I was looking for even before I had booked her. I knew she was the one I needed to have to shoot these photos that I would have for the rest of my life. She was such a pleasure to work with on the day of. Her shots were incredible and I will definitely keep her in mind if I ever need a photographer on the Big Island again. Highly, highly recommend!
To bad they are not 6 stars because I need it an extra one. My now husband dislikes pictures, I don't mind regular cell-phone pictures, but when I'm infront of a big camera I get as stiff as a tree. Well, Ranae somehow made us feel comfortable. She was fun, but professional and by the end Christopher and I were ever dancing and being goofy. We felt like we knew her for years. I can't thank her enough for capturing our special day and making us feel comfortable. to us Ranae will be remember as the Hawaiin photo Goddess.


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What is November Sweepstakes?
The ARRL's annual November Sweepstakes is the oldest domestic contest, beginning in 1930. Sweepstakes paused during World War II but came back stronger than ever. It's a competition between North American stations – individuals, teams, and clubs. For many US and Canadian hams, it is their first contest operation and remains a regular event on their yearly schedule for a lifetime. The contest is somewhat unique in that each station may only be contacted once and the number of different recognized locations ("multipliers") is limited to the ARRL and RAC sections. Working all of the sections is called a "Clean Sweep" and allows the station to claim one of the coveted Clean Sweep coffee mugs – there are other awards, as well.
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Poetry Around Us with James Ballowe
An interview series with featured poets of Fifth Wednesday Journal
Mechanisms of Emotion: An Interview with Ed Roberson
So in June the three of us sat down for a weekday lunch at Francesca's Bryn Mawr on Chicago's Far North Side. As if we had known each other forever, the conversation immediately began to flow around what we were doing, family, acquaintances, travel, and life in general. Soon I found myself thinking, here I am admiring the talk of two of the most interesting folks I have ever met while drifting from my purpose as designated interviewer. Then Lisel quietly focused the moment for us with a question that was far from being preemptive, merely a continuance of the conversation. She and I then soon found ourselves under the spell of Ed's calm, certain, and illuminating narrative responses.
Lisel Mueller: Did you always want to be a writer?
Ed Roberson: No. I started out in the sciences, wanting to be a scientist. That's what I was studying in college.
LM: Well, how old were you when you began to think about writing?
ER: It wasn't until I was a couple of years into college. I would have been about twenty. I had one teacher, Mrs. Graham. I had to take her writing course. When I turned in my papers, she was always encouraging. At the end of the semester, she said, "You keep this up, you're going to be a writer." I don't mean I decided right then. I took it as a compliment, but she certainly sparked my curiosity. Me, a writer? So what I did the rest of my college career, I got involved with some friends who were working at the lab, and who were also working with the literary magazine. So there was this connection of people between the two, and gradually I just gravitated toward writing.
I had no idea whether it was going to be poetry or prose, because I hadn't even made up my mind what I was doing. It was more general, "Art." Then I took a couple of courses from Professors Tim Philbrick, Charles Crow, and Richard Tobias. Those were the folks who pulled me aside and sort of led me to really get serious. I took Dr. Tobias's Renaissance course, and I was a terrible student. Sometimes I'd go to class and discover something that I would want to go to the library and look up. In his class he taught the sonnets of Wyatt and Sidney, and I started looking at these things to see how they were pieced together, to see how they affected me the way they did. And this sort of introduced me to the composition of poetry through the mechanism of the sonnet. And it was almost like, for me, the kind of cumulative, rational discovery that comes in the science lab, not just a fit of emotion. I could see how all the pieces fit together, and I could see how it was meant to work . . . composed to work.
LM: Did you figure that out by yourself?
ER: Well, I was intrigued enough to go to the library and look at some of the facsimiles of the sonnets, and I began to actually write sonnets just to see how you do the structures and counts, how you make it work. I was looking at these things as little mechanisms of emotion, rather than literature, you know. And I was writing sonnets and really writing a lot.
In one of Dr. Tobias's classes he made the remark that it was sad that people weren't writing sonnets anymore, and this was one of the things he thought was going to disappear. And here I am sitting in a class with a stack of these. So when I left the class I dropped a bunch of these things on his desk. So the next time I came to class, he said in a low voice, "Mr. Roberson." And I had to go up and see him after class. And he told me that he felt I knew what I was doing and that I should get serious. And then he failed me because I didn't attend enough of his classes. But what he really did was show me where I was going right. Years later, when I was actually an adjunct professor at Pittsburgh I met him in an elevator, and he laughed and said, "See, it's good I failed you." He was laughing the whole time. But he was like a kick in the butt, you know, for the writing.
And then Dr. Crow was, like, one of those people who knew everything, and he was always willing to have some conversation about ideas. A student would casually make a remark about something, and he would say, "Yes, that's true, but . . ." And then we'd get this broad-ranging little lecture. And you always learned something from that "but." Those guys got me to thinking seriously about the techniques of writing. At the same time, there were a bunch of artists in the city [Pittsburgh]. Thad Mosley had a gallery on the North Side where a lot of young black writers, poets, dancers, and artists hung out. Everyone would also go to this gallery in the Hill District, Harambe House with the New Horizons Theater. There was a strong community arts movement of black consciousness there. I was getting everything. I was getting the school thing, I was getting the community arts thing, black arts, some of the folks who had done trips to the south — the Freedom Riders. It was a tremendously rich time for me, but I didn't know then that it was a rich time. I was sort of just there looking at everything, taking it in.
FWJ: Was this in the sixties?
ER: Yes, the early sixties. I was just there sucking it all up. I didn't know that this was an unusual time. This was what art was supposed to be. So, you know, I just kept working and writing and not really thinking anything was going to happen with it. I was just wanting to know how to do it right or how to do it well. Thoreau was always about doing it right and doing it well. So I wanted to do that kind of thing. So, there was no real training in college. I was just more living and enjoying it all rather than having someone sitting me down and saying, "Do this right."
LM: When did you start becoming a published writer? Was that your intention?
ER: No. That was an accident. I was working on the literary magazine, reading other people's writing. Of course, I was trying my own writing, and we had an advisor for the magazine, Irving Rothman, a Milton or Defoe scholar now at the University of Houston, I believe. He took us all to lunch once and said there was this contest The Atlantic Monthly had for college students' writing. He thought it would be a good idea for one of us to enter. And it was actually like the situation in the old cereal commercial, where the little kid's brothers gang up on him to try the new stuff and they say, "Let's get Mikey!" There was actually a moment when we were all walking back from lunch, and everyone said, "Let's get Ed!" So they entered me in the contest, and I won. So my first published piece outside of school was in The Atlantic Monthly. The grand prize. It was an opportunity to attend Breadloaf. But I didn't go to Breadloaf. At the time, I was with the Pittsburgh Explorers Club, doing rock climbing. The Explorers Club was going to climb in South America. So instead of going to Breadloaf, I went to South America, and we climbed mountains in Peru and Ecuador.
I want to say that writing was serious, but it wasn't a directed goal. Even after I started getting published, it was mostly enjoying it with friends and picking up books and passing them around. One of the guys I hung out with, Gerry Rhodes, would bring stuff back from New York, and he'd just say, "Here read this." So I got to read things like Frank O'Hara's "Personism," his manifesto on poetry that appeared in Yugen before it was ever anthologized in the New American Poetry: 1945–1960 book. So, like I said, we didn't know where we were going, and I definitely didn't know where I was going.
We were listening to music, too, at that time. I discovered Thelonious Monk. One of my fraternity brothers had this album — I can't remember which one. It was the album that had "Tea For Two" on it. I went out and bought my own copy. I just loved it. The wrong notes would be all the right notes. It was the most exciting thing. You could see that little shift. And Miles Davis was doing things. At the same time I was appreciating Monk's twists, I was getting these real pure, minimal sounds from Miles. It just seemed so rich, so much going on. I didn't play an instrument or anything. At that point I wished I did. I just followed folks around.
FWJ: What about Coltrane?
ER: I came to Coltrane much later.
LM: Coltrane was wonderful. I still listen to a lot of his music.
ER: Yeah. I came to him much later. For me it was Monk, then Miles, then Coltrane. I guess the transition into Coltrane actually came through Alice Coltrane, his wife. Someone took me to hear her doing a concert. She was not only playing the piano, but also there was a full, auditorium organ there. So she got up from the piano, walked across the stage, and sat down at this organ. To me, it was totally unexpected. I mean she just hit these notes, and the whole place just lifted off the ground. I thought that I had better look this stuff up. So I started listening to her, then discovered John.
You know, one of the things that gets me when I look back and sort of assess whether I did things right, is . . . well, don't you wish you had paid better attention to stuff? I was just going along as if looking at the birdies, just collecting what I wanted. Not a directed research. I was just sort of enjoying whatever.
LM: Are you talking about birds? Real birds?
ER: Well, I had a housemate, Darrell Gray, who knew birds. It was the first time I had ever seen, you know, the identifying book the birders use.
FWJ: A field guide to birds, like Peterson's?
ER: Yes. Darrell had two of those things. One Saturday we jumped up and ran up to Lake Pymatuning, which is a wildlife preserve near Lake Erie, north of Pittsburgh. And it was just beautiful. And all of a sudden, Darrell whispers, "Look!" And a heron came by out of the fog, and I had never seen a heron. You know, with the neck furled back and this beautiful soar? Your breath just stops.
FWJ: So you remember when you were introduced to things like that.
ER: I'm a birder. In that way, I study the lake birds.
FWJ: As in "Air Mail"?
ER: "Air Mail"?
FWJ: You know, your poem in this issue of FWJ. [Reads a bit of it.] I love this poem.
ER: Of course. I'd forgotten about that. But I don't remember the poem. I write them and forget them. [Laughter] I guess I don't pay attention to what I've written.
FWJ: Well, you make other people pay attention.
ER: I'm paying attention to trying to get it into words and get it out, and sometimes that's not really the same place as the public's poem. Where I am when I'm writing, it's like an interrogation; sometimes it uses torture to get the truth.
FWJ: You haven't seen these poems yet, Lisel. They are so distinctive and have such a wonderful line. There's "Air Mail," and the fine, metaphoric "Slow Moon." "Under the Influence" is such a graphic poem with etched references, quite different from the other poems.
LM: "Under the Influence"? What are the references, the influences to that poem? Would you read it to us, Ed?
ER: [Reads.]
LM: And this is based on reality, I assume.
ER: Yes.
FWJ: Lisel is persuasive. Could you read "Air Mail" for us?
ER: [Reads.]
FWJ: Where did you see those snakes?
ER: Those are the Asian flying snakes. There's a filmed study of how those snakes glide that way. It's similar to how the cobras' necks flatten out. And they manipulate their body like the wing of a plane. They just sort of glide through the air.
What I saw in South America were the coral snakes and a kind of puff adder. I nearly stepped on one of those things in Ecuador in the Amazon. They make a sound with their tail in the leaves. Our guide called out, "Danger! Danger!" When I looked down, I saw this blast of yellow, and then it was gone.
FWJ: There's a whole community of writers whose principal subject is natural history. I would say that some of my favorite poems in To See the Earth Before the End of the World, a book just brimming with compelling poems, remind me of the best work of Gary Snyder.
ER: Well, yes. I really admire Snyder, too.
FWJ: I don't mean to suggest that I see echoes of him in your work, though.
ER: Well, when I said that my friends were passing things around for me to read, Snyder is one of the ones I was handed. And I'm sure I picked up a sense of certain things from Snyder. I take the comparison as a compliment.
FWJ: So many of your poems are about humans as a part of nature. Is this a conclusion you drew from your science training and your interest in limnology?
ER: People would say we don't need nature poems. And my reaction is that humans are nature. Nature is us. Nature is not a separate thing.
FWJ: You started off as a scientist and with teachers who brought you deeply into their work and field experiences.
ER: When I was an undergraduate, Drs. Richard Dugdale and Vera Dugdale-Alexander packed up the lab into two outfitted VW buses and drove from Pittsburgh up the Alaska Highway to Anchorage, then flew us from there out onto the islands. But Anchorage was our base and we were always passing Portage Glacier up top of Cook Inlet. Then a year ago I read a New York Times article about global warming that said glaciers were melting so fast you now had to drive back up into the valley to get to Portage Glacier. I remember it right there off the side of the main road, and now you have to take a drive up the valley. That really shook me, and I wrote the title poem. Other poems that I had lying around then fell into place, and the manuscript started to take shape.
FWJ: So a lot of what's happening to the natural world influences your work.
ER: I didn't want to write something that was just pretty. I wanted to write something not just because of the sound or the beauty thing, but because of something that was reaching much farther. The world setting is much bigger than one person. I was raised in a church, a Southern African Methodist Church with all the emotional trimmings. I was never a real believer. But what I did believe in was what music of the stories allowed people to feel. What the musical structures of the religious allowed you to think or feel. How it could give you the experience of things so deep that you would break into tears. Whereas, sitting in a bar, the stories don't move me that way. Communal as they are, those experiences don't go beyond the bar. So, what I always wanted to do was not write the stuff that's pretty but write the stuff that cut way deeper, that was almost terror to deal with. Was hard to look at. The things that scare you, that were hard to look at or listen to, that described those parts of the day when you just sort of sit down and have to shut up. It's best for me when I am humbled into writing. Or look at it, be silenced but enabled to stand up to it and write a poem that says here's a response to the call of that moment, that music. It will make you think. I remember those sung sermons, the sermons of the black southern preachers.
FWJ: That language is in your poems. You also have street language. And then there's this interesting syntax. Here and there, you drop a verb; you drop a preposition. They are just not there, and as a reader I'm looking at these words juxtaposed and I'm thinking, yes!
ER: You know, a sculptor once told me it had to do with the speed, that my words go so fast you have to read slowly, then again out loud. I sometimes don't take time to put in the prepositions, the connectives, and just let things hang together in time, in the music. As he says it, "Ed just doesn't have any patience." It's not that I don't have any patience, but it's that I want people to hear the alternate sentences, both languages. Sometimes the connection that's supposed to be in there is so tight that it doesn't allow you to hear other layers or voicings. I want people to hear of them separately as lines in a chorus. Does that make sense? And I want you to be able to hear this sentence complete and that sentence complete. And I want you to hear them at the same time. Two voices. And to put that preposition in there actually takes away from that. So yes, I'm not patient, because I want you to make that leap, and I'm not going to make that leap for you. You can hear both of these ideas going at the same time. It's the way they are working against each other, fighting against each other, and creating an impossibility that actually resolves itself.
LM: When I read your poems I'll have to think of that.
FWJ: Sounds as if we're back to Thelonious Monk.
ER: Well, that all comes into it.
James Ballowe, FWJ advisory editor, is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Bradley University. His biography of Joy Morton, A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton, was published by Northern Illinois University Press in 2009. In 2010 the University of Illinois Press published his anthology, Christmas in Illinois.
This interview appeared in the Fall 2011 Issue 9 of Fifth Wednesday Journal. To purchase a copy, please visit our Store.


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Happy Monday! What a fun weekend! On Saturday we decided to head to the pool for the morning. We headed back to the Pavilion at Lemay for a fun morning. Miss H had a blast until she figured out how it get her puddle jumper off and she didn't want to wear it anymore. We even took a few laps in the lazy river. But before all of that, I headed to the Farmers Market for our CSA basket. How pretty are all these varieties of tomatoes?
We came home for naps and for me to decide what to do with so many tomatoes! Since we aren't fan of fresh tomatoes, I opted to make spaghetti sauce. We had probably 8lbs from the past 2 weeks and between the insane amount and the fruit flies, we had to do something!
This was way more time consuming than I thought. Chopping 3 onions and 12 cloves of garlic and peeling tomatoes all to then simmer for 3 hours! I was so excited because I was able to use a Parmesan rind that I had in the freezer for an occasion such as this! The house smelled amazing!
After dinner, I decided to treat everyone to breakfast treats in the morning and I whipped up some overnight cinnamon rolls. They turned out pretty, but I have some practice to do for a consistent log.
Then on Sunday morning, these went in the oven for 30 minutes and I made a quick frosting. They were heaven!
We spent the morning at one of our favorite parks, but it was starting to get a little warm and the slides were too hot to slide on. Miss H decided she needed a quick run through the splash pad too and then we had lunch at Panera with my giftcard from my taste test earlier in the week! I love free lunch.
Side note – the Power Kale Caesar Salad is yummy!
Then that evening, I took my BFF Melissa to see Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix and Eric Hutchison. I randomly got an tweet from Cricket Wireless asking if I would want to go to the show for free in exchange for sharing our experience – twist my arm! I had frantically called Melissa earlier in the week seeing if she wanted to go, because she has a girl crush on JC just like I do!
I wasn't expecting much, maybe some lawn seats, but turns out, we were ROW 13! Super awesome seats!
I hadn't heard of Pentatonix before, but they were awesome! They are an acapella group that does covers of songs. There were some major fans there because I said "I don't know who these people are" and a super fan turned around and basically gave me the riot act on who they were. Pretty funny.
Kelly did not disappoint. She sang all of her great hits and a few of her new ones. She was so down to earth and was so real – and funny! Her wardrobe choices were questionable, but she changed 4 times during the show. Song after song, oh so good! I guess with a voice like that, you can do whatever you want!
Her 2nd dress is what I called the Sugar Plum Fairy dress. She even sang Heartbeat Song with Pentatonix. So good! The stage was pretty awesome, and overall great show!
Thanks again to Cricket Wireless for the tickets – we had a blast!
So that was my weekend! Lots of fun – lots of fun activities planned this week. Lots of swimming, a few story times at the library and our first Parents as Teachers session too!
Have a great week!


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Disclaimer: This post is strictly for southindian film lovers. If you are judgemental about southindian films, masala or not, I do not need that kind of negativity, so byebye!
Much has been written, spoken, and shared about Nayanthara being the lady superstar, the only heroine to be able to shoulder a film solo and guarantee collections. Directors gush about her professionalism, award functions treat her like a queen. I am no hater, in fact I do think she is fantastic, and she does deserve all the adulation coming her way. But having grown up watching Trisha, here's what I want to say – Tamil Film Industry, in all these years, not once did you give Trisha a role as meaty as Hey Jude, and it took a Malayalam debut for me to appreciate Trisha as an actor. And yes, I'm saying this despite Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya, and Kodi. (Yennai Arindhal comes close, but too less of screentime, and too ideal.)
There's no way I'm going to even attempt a film review, you can read Baradwaj Rangan's accurate review here. So the film does have its flaws etc. but more importantly it has some beautiful moments, and for once we see Trisha's eyes speak, no Crystal's eyes speak. In fact I even wonder if Trisha was able to pull off the role so easily, simply because maybe Crystal's character is similar to her real persona? I'm not sure. But whatever it is, there's something definitely heartwarming about her entire performance. I left the cinema wanting a friend like Crystal, free spirited and unpredictable. And that is the significant difference between this film and her other films. This is the role I've always been waiting to see Trisha in. A role in which she isn't hesitant to display vulnerability on screen. Imho, in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya, it was too restrained, perhaps the director wanted it that way, perhaps that's the problem, VV has GVM's vision all over, and I couldn't really appreciate Jessi much. It figures when GVM says that Jessi's character is a lot like him.
Whereas in Hey Jude, when Crystal climbs a ladder in a polka dot jumpsuit, or when she has a breakdown in the beach, when she performs at a wedding, the confusion and hurt when he runs away, when she decides she needs to go away and when she returns, all I saw was Crystal, a dysfunctional free spirited woman, being who she is. Maybe it helps when the director and writer are not the same person?
It's wonderful to see films like Aruvi making way for strong woman characters who are not made to seem ideal like in a fantasy. The new blood being pumped into the industry is indeed exciting, but it's always nice to see the established stars take us by surprise when we least expect it.
In all, from the young Miss Madras, who in her Nayandi Durbar interview stated that she would never get into acting, to Crystal in Hey Jude, Trisha has come a long way, lady superstar or not. And if she's willing to rediscover, take chances, and become a debutant all over again after years in the profession, that's all I ask for as an audience 🙂 Keep going! Now, how I wish I could say the same about the 'heroes' of the industry <rolls eyes>


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If you don't confront the difficult issues at work, your team's functioning could deteriorate, collegial relationships could sour, and if your staff do succeed, it will be sheer luck. Few people enjoy initiating the difficult conversations required of a manager, mainly because so few people know how to have these conversations successfully. Maureen Collins has written what must be one of the most accessible books on this subject. It has a narrative running through the…
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The new City Council: (seated, from left) Eugene Weeks, Russ Stephenson, Randy Stagner, John Odom, Bonner Gaylord, Thomas Crowder, Mary-Ann Baldwin.
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Mayor Nancy McFarlane with Seth Keel, the high school student who ran "unofficially" for mayor
Mayor Nancy McFarlane's inaugural speech last night was cheery. Raleigh's the greatest city anywhere; she plans to keep it that way. Better transit is needed. The Dix tract should be our Central Park one day. A new zoning code — the so-called Unified Development Ordinance — is coming. Details of these and other issues TBD.
Well, not the time perhaps.
More interesting, to me anyway, was the list of Council committee choices McFarlane circulated yesterday. She'll make them public at the Council table this afternoon. At-large Councilor Russ Stephenson and District C Councilor Eugene Weeks, both early and enthusiastic supporters of her mayoral candidacy, will constitute McFarlane's inner circle, clearly. Both are Democrats. McFarlane, who ran with Democratic backing, is nominally independent.
That goal is often in conflict with the goal of major developers, which is to build whatever wherever it will make them the most money quickly regardless of any long-range city plans. Whether the new code will tighten things up and move Raleigh in the direction of urban, transit-oriented development is a major question facing the new Council.
In that vein, Stephenson promises to be a positive force. However, McFarlane's CPC won't have the services of the other positive planning force on council, District D member Thomas Crowder. McFarlane will leave Crowder off and instead put District E member Bonner Gaylord and her District A replacement Randy Stagner on the CPC with Stephenson. Gaylord and Stagner are independents. Both are capable; neither, though, has shown Crowder's passion for strong planning, at least so far.
Weeks, meanwhile, will chair the Public Works Committee, taking over there from Stephenson. Public Works handles all the infrastructure issues — roads, streets, water and sewer lines — which are the nitty gritty of city government. Crowder will have a seat on Public Works, as will Councilor John Odom, a Republican.
Weeks will also have a seat on the Budget and Economic Development Committee, the third major council committee. McFarlane, as mayor, chairs this one, and Crowder will serve as co-chair as he did under outgoing Mayor Charles Meeker. The fourth seat on this committee — it's the only one with four — is expected to go to Stagner.
The Law and Public Safety Committee, usually the least active committee, will again be headed by at-large Councilor Mary-Ann Baldwin, a Democrat. It made news last term as it thrashed out an ordinance allowing food trucks on a very limited basis.
I've heard that McFarlane will also move to create a new technology committee, with Gaylord in charge. He's already busy — throughout his first term — figuring out how to make city government more accessible to citizens with websites, apps and such. As McFarlane also said, "The key to a successful city is the participation of its citizens."
Apps should help citizens get and transmit information about city services. Whether better tech will translate to more active citizen involvement in decision-making ... we'll see.