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After a few minutes of trying to compose myself, I called Fred. He had to know about this and be close to me as much as possible. I needed him now more than ever.
"Hey dear…" I called.
"Yes Kate, how are you? I have been expecting you back here." He responded.
"I know and am so sorry about the delay but something came up." I said.
"What is it?"
"Can you make to came over here please?" I asked.
"Kate, what is going on?" he asked.
"I am at the hospital dear. The one near my mum's place. You remember it?"
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you over the phone. Can you please come over?"
"Okay, let me sort some things then am on my way."
We hang up and I went to the waiting room with mum to wait. The doctor came and informed us that he had set up the surgery in three hours. I crossed my fingers hoping that Fred would make it to see me before I go in. I had the urge to text Ann and share with her the sad news but thought that it would cause her so much stress considering she had a new baby. Waiting for someone when you have so little time seems like eternity. I kept looking at the watch after every minute thinking the time would change but nah!
"Catherine, you have to be prepared for surgery." The nurse called out.
Three hours were over already? Damn! I was getting nervous…my hubby hadn't shown up yet. I was going in for a major surgery and he was not anywhere near here. I tried his cell again but he just said he was on his way. I looked at the two nurses in front of me and could tell I couldn't be given more time. I hugged my mother with tears streaming down my face. Mum said a prayer for me then I followed the nurses to the other room.


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Four Days in San Francisco: An Immersion Course in Italian
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Anyone who knows us well knows that Mark and I have been studying Italian for a couple years now. It started out as a practical matter – we were planning a trip in Italia in 2006, and we wanted to be able to ask for a table at a restaurant, ask where the bathroom was, and all the other little joys that make any vacation comfortable.
So we signed up for a travelers course at the local Centro di Italiano (Italian Center) in Sacramento. It went really well, and after this five week course, we found ourselves able to carry on basic conversations in Italian during our three week trip.
Now I don't know if you've ever tried to learn a foreign language after high school. I took Latin during my high school years, and really enjoyed it, but learning a new language as a (lets just say older) person is much more challenging. They say, though, that active learning like this, especially learning a new language, is really good for keeping your brain in good shape.
So as we planned our next Italian adventure in 2008, we decided to go whole-hog and take the full-strength language courses at The Center. The Italian Center uses a textbook called Prego, which covers all the basic grammar, and is used in many colleges as a First Year textbook for Italian students. Each 9 week course covers two of the eighteen chapters, and there are three semesters a year.
We came to our Uno class, sat down, and looked around. There were many older/retired people and couples – not surprising for a Tuesday at 10 AM class, and a few younger faces. Little did we know at the time that many of these folks would become close friends as we navigated this strange lingua (language) together.
Flash forward to now – we finished the Sette (seven) class in the spring, and we meet as a group every Tuesday to study, regardless of whether the official classes are in session. While I wouldn't say we're anywhere near fluent, we can speak the basics decently, and if you talk really slowly to us, we might understand most of what you're saying.
In January, in my capacity as Gay Marriage Watch blogger, I came across the story of a gay couple in Italy who was staging a hunger strike for gay marriage, and I posted a note on their Facebook page, hoping to hear from them.
Two of their friends, Marco and Fabry, wrote to us instead, and we struck up an email friendship.
For months, we emailed back and forth, and then we started to skype for an hour la domenica (every Sunday). We learned that Marco and Fabry live in the city of Forlì, a town in Emilia Romagna, about an hour east of Florence. We learned that they both work for the city, and that Fabry's mother has a fantastic garden. And we learned that they were coming to the US in May.
So we arranged to be their personal tour guides for their four days in San Francisco.
And so began the immersion course in Italian – four solid days speaking practically nothing else besides la bella lingua (the beautiful language).
The boys arrived through SFO, and were detained by Customs for an hour – did you know our Customs departments don't offer bilingual employees to help visitors through the system?
We got them checked into their hotel, and then took them to the Church of Abercrombie and Fitch. Seriously. What the Catholic Church is to your average Italian, Hollister, Abercrombie, and other American clothing stores are to gay Italians.
Over the next four days, we discovered how many things are the same for Americans and Italians, and how many things are different.
For instance, Italians non piace ghiaccio (don't like ice) – at least, not unless it's really really hot. And it's really hard to get a drink without ice here in the US – even when you ask, they forget half the time.
And similarly, they can't understand why we are so addicted to air conditioning – for them, going from hot to cold to hot to cold every time you enter or exit a store is really annoying.
They also had no idea what a pretzel was.
Like us, they think their government is often corrupt, and that religion tramples over everything else. They are frustrated at the lack of progress on gay rights.
In the same way we'd love to move to Italy because it's such a beautiful country, they'd love to move here – we see all the good in each other's home countries, but not the problems.
We learned that gay men are called simply gay or finochio in Italian, or the more negative frocio – think fag in English.
And we learned that in any good relationship, both partners need to learn to piegare (bend) for each other – and yes, that is both figurative and literal.
San Francisco is truly a walking city, like Rome or Florence, and we made the most of it, caminare a piedi (walking on foot) through parts of North Beach, Union Square, the Castro, and the Waterfront. Of course, they wanted to see all the touristy things – Lombard Street, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, the Golden Gate Bridge – but we also took them to some of our favorites – the Filbert Steps, shopping on Union Street, and the bar at the top of the Marriott Marquis.
What did we learn from our Italian friends?
Parla, parla, parla! (Speak, speak, speak!) It was a little scary at first, but after a few hours, it became easier, and although we made many mistakes, they actually understood what we had to say.
And there were momentary flashes here and there – little strings of words or phrases – where I actually spoke or listened purely in Italian. Marco or Fabry would speak, and it would take me a minute to realize it was in Italian, because I understood the meaning without having to actually translate the words. It was a magical feeling, one I hope comes more and more often as our relationship con Italiano grows.
Marco and Fabry are gone now, off on their whirlwind bus tour of the western United States. But we hear from them daily via text message or email.
And maybe, next year, we'll get to be the travelers and they can be the guides as we take part two of our Italian Immersion Course – this time in the beautiful city of Forlì!

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The major international exercise US Baltops on the Baltic Sea has been completed. The Netherlands participated with a torpedo ship, 3 mine hunters and a hydrographic recording vessel.
Approximately 25 ships from 10 countries trained for 2 weeks. This was done first on the basis of a previously announced program. Then followed a tactical phase without a scenario. The previously practiced skills were used to successfully carry out the mission.
Strategic importance
The mine hunters Makkum and Vlaardingen and the Snellius shooting vessel were part of a task group with 2 French and 2 Polish ships. Sr. Ms. Makkum found a 1st sea mine. This way the task force knew that there were enemy units in the area. The mine hunting proved to be crucial not only on operational but also on strategic level. Sr. Ms. Vlaardingen also detected a mine. That happened with the help of Remus underwater robot. It has been developed to operate in shallow water and is used, for example, to quickly scan an invasion beach for mines or other obstacles.
The task group accomplished its goal within 3 days. The result: 3 sea mines and a beach prepared for an amphibious landing.
High level
"The Dutch units trained at a high level. Good for mutual cooperation and international relations ", says Mercuur commander Lieutenant-Rik Woertman on Baltops. His ship and Sr. Ms. Urk is currently part of the international minefield fleet Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1. The Mercuur has been a staff member of the fleet for almost 6 months. Woertman: "For us this was one of the last exercises of a challenging but successful deployment as a staff ship for NATO."


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Just yesterday an American large tech firm NVIDIA announced a new tool which is specially designed for developers as well as data scientists. With the new tool, Nvidia's Titian GPU can help them create and test machine learning systems on personal computers, before they move to products on the more powerful machines.
In detail, Nvidia GPU Cloud offers software containers to researchers, and these software containers are specifically designed to give developers the ultra-fast execution environment. Well, the optimized execution environment is ideal for training machine learning systems by utilized the chipmaker's silicon. Actually, The machine learning-oriented DGX Station and DGX-1 computers have already contained these software containers. Besides, they also have Nvidia Volta chips-powered cloud instanced running on AWS, included in these machines.
At present, the availability of software containers has expended and customers can now get them on consumer hardware, for example the Nvidia's Titan GPUs which are optimized consumer GPUs, which have no the great firepower that a heavy machine learning-oriented machine has. However, it comes with lower costs and is more readily available now.
The Nvidia GPU Cloud tool is contained inside of the software containers, so it makes the possibility for those developers to bring the machine learning systems they have trained to a personal computer as well as deploy these systems on Nvidia's cloud platform or one of tis large AI machines more easily.
All told, Nvidia's move is about to assist developers and data scientists break through machine learning systems as well as iterate quicker on the systems which could be good in helping them handle business issues and driving AI field forward.
Although those large tech firms can easily throw dozens, if not hundreds of GPUs at one single machine learning issue, then researchers and developers will frequently start to test their systems on those smaller and personal machines without such a great amount of firepower. Now, the new tool release of Nvidia should offer these people a speed boost.


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Today, most popular clothing companies in the U.S. outsource labor. In countries like China, Bangladesh and Indonesia, labor laws are lax and work is cheaper. But this cheap labor comes at a cost: many employees work in deplorable conditions for criminally low wages, and environmental concerns are put on the back burner. Follow the project "Who Made My Clothes" to find actions that you can take to help.
Tags reading "Made in the U.S.A." have become a rarity. But MADE IN U.S.A. speak to a manufacturing tradition founded on quality and fair working conditions. From jewelry crafted by American artisans to an eco-friendly laundry detergent made right in Brooklyn, we're excited to carry a variety of U.S.-made products that embraces an artisanal, moral, locavore sensibility.
Katie Fuller lives in Brooklyn and much of Katie's childhood was spent outdoors and with animals. These experiences are the current of joy that run through her still. As a result her jewelry is inspired by the simplicity and perfection of nature. Long flowing strips of leather conjure up whistling winds. Her use of stones make you guess which ones they are. Because labels on the outside shouldn't make the fashion.
ReWilder Co. Totes Handcrafted in Los Angeles from Salvaged materials
"We take materials en route to the landfill and transform them into beautiful things". Talented duo of sustainable designers, Lisa Siedlecki & Jennifer Silbert use salvaged materials that focus on eye catching & sensible designs, but also ensures post industrial waste gets a new lease on life. All you have to do is carry one. See the collection
Based out of Camden, Maine, this company offers eco-friendly, toxin-free alternatives to dryer sheets. These "dryer balls" use wool to reduce drying time and soften clothes. In addition to being manufactured in the U.S., the company sources it's wool from a historic local farm. So start cleaning up your laundry with simple changes to routine.
What inspires Barbara Colasuonno is her eye for details found in typography, nature and classic cars. All B/C Designs are created and produced by hand in Barbara¹s studio in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York studio. The result is an erotic allure that appeals to strong and confident women.
We're crazy about cork — and so is American designer Natalie Therese. Made from cork fabric, eco-friendly faux leather and organic cotton, her bags are practical and fun, lightweight, waterproof and strong. As a lifelong seamstress, Natalie handcrafts each piece in her Massachusetts studio having fun with color & patterns. The result? Simple, one-of-a-kind bags you can feel good to carry.
On the subject of laundry, the folks at Simply Co. think it's time to rethink the ingredients we put in our laundry detergent. Founder Lauren Singer discovered that the average detergent has a ton of chemicals — many of which haven't been tested for safety. That's why she created a detergent with ingredients that are, well, simple. Baking soda, washing soda, organic essential oils and organic castile soap. That's all you really need!


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Whatever happened to the passion of the people…
it used to be there even before government education and control was rampantly destroying the fabric of our country. I can remember even as a child how very few if any had anything for gubment help of any kind except antipathy, even down to the safe keeping of the votes and the location of government buildings.
Our forefathers had spunk. They were well armed. They basically did not mess with anyone and would not tolerate anyone messing with them or theirs. I do not see that spirit today. It seems that America is now all hat and no cattle. Americans today are all so afraid of not being politically correct. I came across an interesting story from way back in 1893 from Lawrence County, Alabama. It was published in the Vernon Courier, a newspaper in Lamar County. The date of publication was 10 August 1893. The article reads as such:
COUNTY SEAT WAR – A Birmingham Special of the 11th says: News comes from Lawrence county of a red hot controversy which has grown out of the election in that county for the location of the court house.
- The court house has always been located at Moulton, which is in the mountainous region away from the railroad. Courtland is a growing town on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, wanted the court house, and as a result of it an election was ordered to be held last Monday to decide the location. The peculiar part about it is that the result of the election has never been determined so far as known, both sides claiming the victory.
- The mountaineers rallied to the support of Moulton, while the people residing in the Tennessee valley favored Courtland. The sheriff was favorable to Courtland and the probate judge was for Moulton.
- While the sheriff was at Courland yesterday a report reached him that a number of ballot boxes at Moulton had been stolen and he organized a posse and proceeded to that place. On his arrival he and his entire posse were overpowered by a party of mountaineers and placed in jail
- When the people of Courtland heard of this a rousing crowd was at once organized and armed and sent post haste to Moulton. It was expected that bloodshed would result when they reached Moulton and attempted to release the sheriff and his posse. The latest report is that the sheriff and his crowd made bond and was released before the Courtland delegation arrived. Excitement is running high in Lawrence and the opinion seems to be that unless the court house squabble is settled serious trouble will result. Source: Vernon Courier, Lamar County AL, August 10, 1893
It seems that many families in the Shoals area at one time or another either lived or passed through Lawrence County. Many veterans of the War Between the States relocated to the northwest section of Alabama after the hostilities were over. I can just see my large family of Terrys, Peebles and all related families discussing this topic. Funny is it not, how passion for standing up for something seems to have vanished. Those families stood up for what they believed in. If this is in question whatsoever in your mind, then just think upon this. Records and documents, even modern-day technology thinks that the Hillsboro Post Office is at the intersection of Latitude 343813N and Longitude 0871133W. And it is on the Hillsboro map. However, it was not always located at that exact spot. Just ask those Terry, Peebles and allied neighbors who moved the Post Office in the middle of the night one night long ago so that it would be more conducive to 'ladies' patronizing the post office.


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Allied air strikes intensified today and US reinforcements were rushed to the front as it tries to wipe out al-Qaida forces still holding out in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
Thunderous blasts from US B-52 bombers shook the mountains southwest of Gardez. Dozens of Apache helicopters pounded targets in the narrow, craggy gorges.
In Washington, General Tommy Franks, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, warned the fight was not yet over: "I think the days ahead are going to continue to be dangerous days for our forces. But the alternative to taking such a risk is not acceptable."
A US military spokesman said US led forces killed 100 al-Qaida and Taliban fighters yesterday.
US-led infantry units have cleared several cave hide-outs and compounds, including some where troops found ammunition, medicine, night vision goggles and documents - including a Saudi identification card.
The air bombardment, felt 30 miles away in Gardez, was heavier than in recent days as the US accelerated efforts to crack the resistance.
US officials believe they are facing between 600 and 700 enemy fighters, believed to be made up of Arab and other foreign fighters from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network with some of their Afghan Taliban allies.
They are armed with mortars, small cannons, rocket-propelled grenades, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and AK-47 rifles.
Earlier this week, the Taliban commander in the mountains, Saif Rahman, issued a call for jihad, or holy war, against coalition forces, saying it was the first responsibility of Muslims.
Eight American and three Afghan troops have died since Operation Anaconda began on March 1. Reports from Washington said US military officials were privately criticising the US strategy, saying air strikes should have been used for days or even weeks before sending in ground troops.
Seven US troops were killed on Monday after their helicopters were forced down by the al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. Critics in the US said precision-guided bombs and AC-130 gunships, assisted by commandos on the ground, should have been used against the well-armed Afghan fugitives.
"The way we lost those seven guys was a repeat of Somalia," a senior Air Force officer told the Washington Times, comparing Monday's deaths to the ill-fated 1993 Mogadishu mission.
However, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected any comparison between the two.
"Other than very brave people being involved, this has nothing to do with Mogadishu," he said.
US commanders said they have the fighters encircled, but local villagers claimed there were still "hundreds of smuggler routes" open to them across the rugged terrain.
And there were reports of fresh fighters moving in to the mountains to comnfront the Americans.
On Tuesday night, Taliban fighters managed to sneak past the US-led troops and moved down the mountains to bury five dead comrades in a village.


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Its great to be back on the road again!
A little taste of whats to come. Enjoy these moments while you can. At this time of year,they don't last long!
We took the recumbents out for a short spin yesterday! What a treat! Nice to see the view I have missed for so long!
Tuesday and Wednesday Rides will become part of the weekly schedule for the Spring and Summer. Check back here for announcements of rides.
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
On The Road Again!
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LONDON — It sounds like an improbable movie pitch: Glamorous ballerina takes over beleaguered ballet company, suffering from budget cuts and a second-string reputation. She hires a contemporary dance choreographer, who has almost no experience working with classically trained performers, to re-envision one of ballet's most famous and best-loved pieces.
It's a daring — perhaps foolhardy — decision and she must persuade her board and executive director of its value, and raise the money. Then, a month before the premiere, the composer and choreographer part ways.
Can a new score be written before the premiere? Will the dancers be able to adapt on time?
The director dances the title role, as the ballet opens to rave reviews and rapturous audiences. Her company takes on a new life as a presence on the international scene and an impressive contender on home turf.
This is what happened when Tamara Rojo, the Spanish-born, former Royal Ballet ballerina, decided to commission a new version of the Romantic favorite "Giselle" (1841) for English National Ballet, the company she has run since 2012. As her choreographer, she chose Akram Khan, the British dance maker of Bangladeshi origin who rose to fame here with works that combined classical Indian kathak and contemporary dance techniques.
"Giselle" premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2016, and on Feb. 28 it will have its United States debut at the Harris Theater in Chicago — English National Ballet's first North American appearance in 30 years.
Debra Craine, the chief dance critic of The London Times, said Mr. Khan was a surprising choice because he had no history of making ballets. And "English National Ballet doesn't have the rich patrons that the Royal Ballet has," she said, "and really has to worry about the budget. To pay for itself, a full-length ballet has to run for years, and that was hardly a sure thing."
Mr. Khan's "Giselle," which blends elements of kathak's arm and hand work and an earthy rooted physicality with ballet's graceful lines and soaring jumps, cemented Ms. Rojo's reputation as a determined, risk-taking presence. It gave English National Ballet a new allure, and brought Mr. Khan's work to the attention of ballet directors: "The phone hasn't stopped ringing from ballet companies," he said.
"Giselle" has already been seen in Hong Kong and New Zealand, and this summer it will travel to the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. "We could dance nothing but Akram's 'Giselle' for the next few seasons, if we accepted all the requests we have to perform the ballet," Ms. Rojo said in an interview with Mr. Khan at English National Ballet's headquarters near the Royal Albert Hall.
One of those requests came from Patricia Barretto, the president and chief executive of the Harris Theater in Chicago, who said that as soon as she heard about the ballet, she was determined to present it. "The ballet couldn't be more relevant to the cosmopolitan city we live in," she said in a telephone interview. She added that the cost of bringing the 95-member company for four performances was high, around million: "But we really believed in the importance of bringing this to Chicago."
What does it mean to re-envision a classical ballet? Why has this one sparked so much interest? Here is a primer on "Giselle," and edited excerpts from a conversation with Ms. Rojo and Mr. Khan.
"Giselle," set to a score by Adolphe Adam, is among the earliest of the 19th-century classical ballets that populate the repertory of most big ballet companies. Choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (and later reworked by Marius Petipa) at a time when poets and artists were fascinated by the supernatural, Act I tells the tale of a young peasant woman, Giselle, seduced by Count Albrecht, who has disguised his noble origins. Once his betrayal is revealed, Giselle goes mad and dies of a broken heart. In Act II, she reappears as a Wili — one of the spirits of young woman betrayed by their lovers, whose mission it is to dance any man they encounter to his death. But when Albrecht visits her grave, Giselle defies her destiny to protect him from the Wilis, redeeming his actions through her love.
"Giselle" isn't an obvious candidate for revision or modernization, partly because it still works so well in its original form, partly because its evocation of the supernatural is so rooted in its time. And the ballet has already had one radical — and very successful — reworking in Mats Ek's 1982 version, set in a mental hospital.
Why did you think this was a good idea?
TAMARA ROJO I wanted to do a classical ballet from a new point of view, and I wanted the hardest one, the unquestionable one: "Giselle." I had seen the Bjork film "Dancer in the Dark," and I kept thinking: This is Giselle, and it is possible to tell this story in a new context. And it can be just as heartbreaking and disturbing, perhaps more, because I can relate to it. I had commissioned Akram to do "Dust," a short work for the first mixed bill I did as director; knowing the spirituality of his work, his talent for narrative, I thought he would be the perfect person to take it on.
AKRAM KHAN When Tamara asked me, I did think a bit: Are you mad? I had barely seen a ballet, and knew nothing about "Giselle." I watched it on a DVD, then watched Mats Ek's version, which really blew me away. Then I thought, I really don't want to do this!
But I realized that the second act was about spirituality and love, and with Ruth Little, my dramaturg, I thought: How can we see "Giselle" now? We were upset and frustrated by the immigration crisis, and there was an incident in Bangladesh in which a factory collapsed and killed many people. Both were in my mind, and both elements found their way into the ballet.
Mr. Khan's "Giselle," designed by Tim Yip ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"), is set beneath a vast, pitted and scarred wall, which separates the migrant garment factory workers from the wealthy "landlords" who have closed the factory, leaving the workers destitute in a makeshift camp, waiting for work and rescue. The parallels with today's political preoccupations — whether in the United States or Brexit-era Britain — are striking.
How far can you take a work away from its original form and content without changing its essence?
KHAN That was a question we asked ourselves. We decided that as long as we had love, forgiveness and betrayal, it was still "Giselle." Act I was harder to rethink than Act II, which is about life and death, spirituality, the ethereal, themes that come more naturally to me. In Act I, the people onstage had to feel relevant to me. Who are they? What do they represent? Tamara and I talked a lot about that.
For me, ballet, and for that matter kathak, the classical Indian dance form that I trained in, don't belong to a particular era. I wanted to make a piece that was also about what is happening to us right now, although I wasn't thinking about Brexit or anything specific when we were making it.
ROJO I think when you have been inside an art form for a long time, you can lose perspective on what is interesting, what you can relate to. When you read the reviews of the first performances of "Giselle," you understand that the Wilis were really scary. Now we think of if as a "pretty" ballet, and it has lost some of that impact, which I think is brought back through this context of poverty and migration that Akram gives to the ballet.
I don't think we can keep things frozen in time and sacrosanct. I understand the protective feeling that many of us in the ballet world have about the classics. They are so fragile, passed down almost through Chinese whispers, and we want to cling to them. But if there is one thing I have learned living in Britain and going to the theater, is that you should challenge the classics. They deserve to be alive, to have great minds have a go at them.
"You can't ignore its emotional power," Ms. Craine said, adding that audiences respond to its "poetic meditation on the themes of the original, filtered through the experience of refugees and displaced people."
What next? Will Ms. Rojo program more story ballets? Will Mr. Khan take on any other ballet classics?
"We have a new project," Ms. Rojo said cautiously. "We'll tell you soon."B:
本港报码室开奖结果本港【得】【不】【到】【的】【并】【不】【一】【定】【都】【是】【好】【的】,【不】【想】【拥】【有】【的】【也】【未】【必】【都】【是】【坏】【的】。【左】【哲】【没】【有】【去】【看】【女】【人】【的】【眼】【睛】。【并】【不】【是】【左】【哲】【不】【敢】【与】【女】【人】【对】【视】,【而】【是】【左】【哲】【不】【愿】【意】【沉】【湎】【于】【极】【度】【的】【自】【私】【之】【中】。 【占】【有】【欲】【是】【人】【的】【本】【性】,【但】【却】【不】【应】【该】【被】【占】【有】【欲】【支】【配】。【如】【果】【什】【么】【都】【想】【得】【到】,【那】【就】【有】【可】【能】【什】【么】【都】【得】【不】【到】。 "【阿】【哲】,【你】【不】【爱】【我】【了】【吗】?"【女】【人】【嘤】【嘤】【的】【哭】【泣】【着】,【声】
【千】【年】【之】【章】【第】【五】【章】:【分】【歧】(6458【字】) …… 【第】【二】【天】【清】【晨】,【白】【昼】【守】【时】【降】【临】…… 【云】【海】【之】【中】【被】【一】【丝】【光】【辉】【所】【映】【照】,【灿】【若】【彩】【霞】。 【下】【一】【瞬】,【一】【个】【身】【影】【急】【冲】【冲】【地】【跑】【出】【了】【帝】【府】。 【偏】【白】【的】【发】【丝】【梳】【理】【成】【高】【马】【尾】,【这】【大】【概】【是】【他】【认】【为】【自】【己】【最】【帅】【的】【发】【型】,【碧】【蓝】【的】【双】【眸】,【穿】【着】【一】【身】【银】【蓝】【色】【的】【大】【衣】,【可】【不】【就】【是】【帝】【辛】【嘛】? "【弟】【弟】,
【宁】【乘】【涛】【看】【她】【神】【色】【犹】【豫】,【不】【甘】【心】【地】【再】【次】【问】【道】:"【请】【当】【我】【的】【女】【朋】【友】,【好】【吗】?" 【叶】【桐】【心】【里】【挣】【扎】【了】【一】【番】,【仔】【细】【斟】【酌】【应】【该】【如】【何】【措】【辞】。 【宁】【乘】【涛】【满】【怀】【期】【待】【地】【一】【直】【看】【着】【她】,【等】【着】【她】【答】【复】。 "【我】【怎】【么】【知】【道】【你】【是】【不】【是】【头】【脑】【一】【时】【发】【热】【才】【说】【这】【些】?"【叶】【桐】【好】【半】【天】【才】【憋】【出】【一】【句】【话】【来】。 "【我】【不】【是】【一】【时】【冲】【动】【才】【说】【的】!【我】【从】【高】
"【当】【然】【是】【真】【的】【了】。"【刘】【倩】【点】【了】【点】【头】,"【皇】【已】【经】【找】【到】【了】【一】【个】【矿】【脉】,【皇】【会】【用】【那】【个】【矿】【脉】【来】【提】【升】【族】【内】【人】【的】【实】【力】。" "【这】【个】,【也】【是】【皇】【开】【采】【而】【来】【的】。"【刘】【倩】【显】【晃】【了】【晃】【手】【上】【的】【能】【源】【石】,"【现】【在】,【你】【们】【可】【以】【记】【清】【楚】,【让】【家】【族】【去】【换】【吧】。" 【她】【说】【完】【后】,【就】【带】【着】【人】【走】【了】。 【她】【并】【不】【知】【道】,【她】【的】【那】【一】【句】【话】,【给】【皇】【城】【带】【来】【了】【多】【么】【大】【的】【风】【爆】。本港报码室开奖结果本港【黑】【夜】【中】,【孔】【征】【御】【剑】【急】【行】。 【在】【离】【开】【琳】【琅】【城】【范】【围】【后】,【三】【人】【降】【落】【在】【一】【处】【山】【头】。 **【灯】【阴】【魂】【落】【地】,【从】【须】【弥】【戒】【指】【中】【拿】【出】【尸】【衣】,【穿】【在】【身】【上】:"【怎】【么】【不】【跑】【了】?" 【罗】【渊】【也】【落】【下】,【眼】【睛】【看】【向】【孔】【征】,【又】【担】【心】【地】【望】【着】【身】【后】。 【跑】? 【又】【跑】! 【孔】【征】【脸】【色】【难】【看】,【莫】【名】【被】【追】【杀】,【换】【谁】【都】【觉】【得】【憋】【屈】。 【在】【屏】【风】【山】【住】【了】【五】【年】,【孔】【征】【以】
【那】【个】【女】【人】【到】【底】【是】【谁】? 【暮】【离】【不】【得】【而】【知】。【她】【只】【是】【疑】【惑】,【女】【人】【和】【她】【有】【关】【系】【吗】?【是】【她】【的】【祖】【辈】?【还】【是】,【就】【是】【她】【自】【己】? 【可】【是】,【如】【果】【一】【切】【都】【是】【真】【的】,【为】【什】【么】,【她】【的】【脑】【海】【里】【没】【有】【一】【点】【印】【象】?【是】【谁】【抹】【掉】【了】【她】【的】【记】【忆】? 【画】【面】【一】【转】,【又】【变】【成】【了】【炎】【炎】【烈】【日】,【广】【阔】【无】【垠】【的】【荒】【漠】。 【暮】【离】【好】【像】【有】【点】【明】【白】【那】【些】【梦】【境】【里】【的】【事】【情】【了】,【正】【如】【那】【个】【小】
"【姐】、【大】【姐】【好】,【季】【晨】【他】【不】【在】**【啊】!【你】【怎】【么】【这】【么】【早】【就】【过】【来】【了】?【这】、【这】【是】【刚】【下】【飞】【机】?"【潘】【阳】【舌】【头】【打】【结】,【话】【都】【说】【不】【利】【索】【了】。 "【对】,【失】【恋】【了】,【所】【以】【就】【提】【前】【回】【来】【了】。"【季】【晚】【晴】【冷】【峻】【的】【表】【情】【不】【似】【作】【假】。 【每】【次】【她】【失】【恋】【都】【会】【来】【找】【季】【晨】,【这】【会】【儿】【季】【晨】【不】【在】,【很】【显】【然】【很】【快】【就】【要】【遭】【殃】【的】【会】【是】【他】…… 【果】【不】【其】【然】,【季】【晚】【晴】【噼】【里】【啪】【啦】【一】【顿】
"【你】【在】【哪】【整】【的】【俩】**?"【羽】【罗】【偷】【偷】【把】【苏】【瑾】【叫】【到】【一】【旁】,【压】【低】【声】【音】【向】【他】【问】【道】。 "【不】【是】【我】,【我】【没】【有】,【你】【别】【瞎】【说】……"【苏】【瑾】【当】【即】【就】【给】【他】【来】【了】【个】【否】【认】【三】【连】【并】【言】【道】:"【她】【们】【自】【己】【要】【来】【玩】【的】,【不】【关】【我】【的】【事】【啊】……" 【羽】【罗】【摇】【了】【摇】【头】,【说】【道】:"【本】【命】【武】【器】【已】【经】【解】【锁】【了】,【你】【激】【活】【了】【没】【呢】。" 【经】【过】【那】【一】【晚】8【个】【小】【时】【的】【爆】【肝】,【他】【们】【六】【人】
【了】。"【苏】【枍】【笑】【着】【流】【泪】,【迎】【上】【了】【墨】【书】【凉】。 【墨】【书】【凉】【抹】【去】【她】【的】【泪】【水】,【问】【道】:"【太】【想】【我】【了】?" "【嗯】。"【苏】【枍】【抱】【着】【他】【的】【腰】,【说】,"【你】【两】【天】【没】【有】【理】【我】,【我】【有】【些】【担】【心】。" "【我】【说】【了】【我】【会】【回】【来】【啊】。"【墨】【书】【凉】【说】【出】【这】【话】【的】【时】【候】【心】【情】【极】【其】【沉】【重】。 "【好】【了】,【我】【要】【先】【回】【家】【找】【高】【胤】【恒】。"【墨】【书】【凉】【松】【开】【她】。 "【我】【要】【一】【起】。"【苏】【枍】【挽】


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Massachusetts Survivors Outreach
Reiki Can Do No Harm or Can It?
|Posted by MASO on November 26, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Reiki can do no harm or can it? Just as in any profession, there are many wonderful reiki professionals who do amazing work and many individuals receive the many benefits of reiki. However, there are also downsides. So, before I answer that question, I want to tell you a story.
I was teaching an anatomy and physiology class at a college in Boston. There was a section in one of the chapters talking about links to stress related illnesses and the benefits of meditation as a treatment option. I went on my normal tangents talking about how reiki, acupuncture, and other alternative therapies have benefits as well. I elaborated on each on what benefits, for what purposeand cited types of studies and research done.
I also discussed my professional experiences teaching and practicing meditation and reiki in a medical environment as well as how I teach them and why I teach them a certain way. I also discussed my volunteer work with traumavictims especially, but not limited to, domestic abuse survivors.
During break I had a few students inquire and ask questions about alternative therapies and about reiki in particular. At the time, I assumed their questions were out of curiosity.
A couple days later I received an email from one of my students through one of the websites I have written articles for. She wanted to know if reiki could help her because she was a survivor of child sex abuse and for the last 20 years everything she has tried has not helped her. She had tried reiki once before about 5 years ago, but she said it felt like "someone put voodoo" on her. She talked about the class and how what I said made sense to her. She wondered if "this reiki thing" could really help her to finally heal and move on with her life.
Why am I telling you this story? This story is one of many stories of survivors of abuse having a negative experience with reiki. It did not matter if it was an alternative healing night, a referral from a psychiatrist orphysician, or a student. The stories began to stack up as to why these individuals never sought reiki again until they met me. It always puzzled me,but also knew there was a reason even it I did not know it at the time.
So now back to the question. Reiki can do no harm or can it?
Reiki itself can do no harm. It is a Japanese energetic touch therapy with roots that go back to Ancient Tibetan Buddhist healing as do many other alternative therapies. Reiki works with the electrical conduction system of the human body, BUT with the wrong practitioner it may give the appearance it can do harm. The problem is not with reiki, but with the unqualified reiki person working with trauma victims.
In the case of my student, the reiki worked. It was the lack of training by the practitioner that caused the problem that exacerbated the healing crisis she felt making her feel as if "someone put voodoo" on her.
Sadly, over the years, I have seen too many reiki practitioners take a 6-8hr workshop and want to profess their expertise in reiki. That is not reiki, but ego talking. If you are teaching this or have been taught that, there is a misconception, and it needs to change.
Working with trauma victims, requires more than just reiki training. You must know the clinical signs and symptoms of trauma and in my opinion, have some sort of clinical or medical training in one or many areas such as trauma,abuse, first aid and cpr, psychology, grief, post traumatic stress, etc.
There is a lot of scientific data research citing the many benefits of reiki as a treatment option especially for diagnoses such as anxiety and depression which tends to plague many victims, and speaking as a survivor of abuse myself, reiki does works.
Reiki is also used in medical offices and hospitals all over the country as part of an integrative therapy approach. Boston area hospitals that offer reiki as part of their programs include: Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farberand Brigham and Women's. Nurses are also able to get CEUs. So you see reiki itself, has become a viable treatment options for many within the medical community.
A study done in 2007 by the National Health Interview Survey indicates that 1.2 million adults and 161,000children received one or more sessions of energy healing therapy such as Reiki in the previous year. According to the American Hospital Association, in 2007, 15% or over 800 American hospitals offered Reiki as part of hospital services.
Out of ignorance, I see so many well intentioned reiki teachers and practitioners exacerbating serious medical problems and shedding a negative light on the good reiki can do as viable healing modality by preaching that anyone can do reiki on anyone as reiki can do no harm. Again, it is not the reiki doing harm, but the unqualified reiki practitioner.
How? With an unqualified reiki professional, a victim who already experiences fear, mistrust, and guardedness, these symptoms can significantly worsen.
A qualified reiki professional does the proper client intake, knows when the client is ready for actual healing to take place, there is proper communication between practitioner and client, and if healing crisis takes place a qualified practitioner knows what to do and knows where to refer the client if medical intervention or treatment is required.
With statistics such as, one in three women experience abuse in their lifetime, the chances a reiki professional will encounter a client with trauma is great. Domestic abuse has hit epidemic proportions in this country andis expected to remain steady until the economy improves, laws to protect victims are enforced and resources to organizations that work with victims are improved.
This is not taking into account other traumas from events such as our military servicemen returning from war or Hurricane Sandy or 9/11.
Of the 1.7 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, 300,000 (20percent) suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression.[i] Accordingto the VA, about one-in-five female veterans have post-traumatic stress related to "military sexual trauma," a catch-all category that includes everything from sexual harassment to rape.[ii]
For 9/11 survivors, "at least 10,000 firefighters, police officers and civilians exposed to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder."[iii]
"Statistics say that only 5% of those who survived 9/11 in New York City went on to experience symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). But in the case of Hurricane Katrina, 33% later suffered symptoms. This is a very high percentage, even for an extremely traumatizing event."[iv]
With these numbers and statistics, it is imperative, the manner in which reiki is utilized needs to be given much consideration.
The reiki practitioner who looks out for their client first, will set egoaside and do the right thing by referring those clients to a professional better qualified to work with those individuals.
If you have ever experienced some form of trauma in your life whether it be abuse, rape, natural disasters, loss, war, or the like, then please understand that not all reiki professionals are the same just like not all doctors or therapists are the same. Seek out a reiki professional with training or professional experience in the related fields you seek and ask questions.
Reiki has so many wonderful benefits. This article was intended to help educate both well intentioned reiki practitioners as well as educate the general public on why choosing the right reiki professional is critical to your overall health, healing and overall wellbeing.
I sincerely hope the information given served as informative and beneficial.
Article By: LauraBonetzky-Joseph, RMA, RMT, MASO Volunteer
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[i] RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research, Invisible Wounds of War, 2008
[ii] J. Kitfield, National Journal, 2011
[iii] Anemonia Hartocollis, 10 Years and a Diagnosis Later, 9/11 Demons Haunts Thousands, TheNew York Times, August 8, 2011.
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Last summer, during an intimate conversation, a close relative said, "the kids need more room."
He meant my kids.
He meant we were neglecting our three children by living in this tiny, two bedroom home, by keeping them cramped (like sardines) in this miniscule space. He'd never come right out and say it, but that's what he meant.
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Not only do my children not have an x-box or wii or whatever, they don't even have their own bedrooms! I am a bad dad.
Maybe he meant space. They need more space. But they have three acres that we maintain in which to play, with trees to climb and a trampoline and a rope swing. Beyond that they have a two thousand acre state park, virtually in our backyard, where they roam and romp as free as birds. And that's not enough?
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We've tried hard to provide them with the tools to be happy and healthy and emotionally well-balanced no matter what life throws at them.
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There are so many givens in society, so many things we take for granted, and we act as if life as we know it would cease if we marched to the tune of a different drummer.
Actually, life as we knew it did cease when we laid our pre-conceived notions aside and moved our family of five out of a four bedroom house and into this little space we currently occupy.
We learned to share. We learned to respect each other's privacy. We learned to face differences of opinion head-on, instead of closing ourselves off in a private cocoon and avoiding conflict. We learned to interact with each other and get along with each other.
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It emerged recently that President Trump had unofficially asked Saudi Arabia to increase their oil supply if his administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. It looked as though the Middle Eastern oil producer had listened to the request, having increased their supply levels, but there are known to be two factions within OPEC. Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela have openly stated that they oppose any move to increase output levels, while many political and market analysts believe that Saudi Arabia and Russia were prepared to increase their supply levels. It is noteworthy that two of the nations opposed to increasing supply are Iran and Venezuela, both of whom are set to be hit with biting US sanctions that will all but prevent them from selling to the market.
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The goal of this gathering is to understand how Black communities have historically developed cooperatives as a solution to their economic challenges and determine their relevance for changing our current conditions while building powerful movements which can transform our communities.
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Here's How We Prepare To Be Ungovernable In 2017 – Sarah Lazare
What Is A Co-Op? zine – TESA Collective
Collective Courage: A History of African American Economic Thought and Practice – Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi – Kali Akuno
Cooperating Out of Poverty: The Renaissance of the African Cooperative Movement – Patrick Develtere
Selected Readings from Solidarity Economy: Building Alternatives For People And Planet (2007)
Selected Readings from Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives For People And Planet (2009)
Bi-weekly discussion group shall include specific questions harvested from the previous sessions assigned readings designed to elicit deeper thought and move participants to act
Field trips to engage local cooperative efforts or organizational meetings may be assigned as useful to reinforce learning from texts and place participants in spaces where cooperative organizing is already present
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With technology changing so quickly, we are constantly having to adapt to new trends and try out new ways of communicating with our audience. Therefore, the role of the higher education marketer is also constantly evolving – especially if you're in a small team or working on your own, it can be hard to tap into a wide skillset.
Here are just some of the skills that I think a good marketer needs:
Copywriting for different purposes
If you're in a small team or team of one, it's highly likely that you will be creating content for a wide range of platforms or purposes! You need to be able to switch up your tone of voice to make it appropriate for different audiences, and make sure you adapt for each type of content.
In my opinion, this is by far the most important skill of a successful marketer! Not only do you need to be able to come up with new ideas, you also need to creatively problem solve. Check out my previous blog (Small Team Solutions: Getting Fresh Ideas) for tips on how you can encourage creativity!
Content editing and creating skills
I know this can be a really daunting prospect at first, but I'm not saying that you need to be a full-blown graphic designer. Just knowing how to use the basic functions of software such as Photoshop, In Design and Premier Pro really opens doors for creating new and exciting content. (Once you know the basics of Photoshop, you can make a really effective GIF in less than 30 minutes).
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Strong understanding of analytics
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Being confident in your ideas
When I first started working in marketing, I was so nervous about anyone reading my copy or looking over my work (which isn't ideal in a job all about communication!) I don't know if anyone would have known it from the outside, but inside I didn't have much faith in myself and confidence in my work yet.
I quickly came to realise that you really can't be scared of what other people are going to think to be a successful marketer! Marketing is all about thinking of new, creative approaches and trying new things.
You need to be confident and comfortable with other people potentially not liking your ideas, because that's just the kind of job it is.
Don't be scared to try something new, put your hands up when it doesn't work, and when it does, just let your analytics do the talking! (Remember, you've got this!)
Initiative and development
Put yourself out there and give yourself opportunities to grow. Use your initiative to think of new ways to develop your skills. What about writing some articles about an area of interest for The Native? Or maybe there is a course to develop some graphic design skills that would really help you in your job. If you're thinking about completing a course or attending some training, put together a case explaining how this will benefit your institution and see how they can support you!
Writing this Small Team Solutions series has flown by and I can't believe this is the last article already. I hope that I have inspired you in some way and that you're benefiting from at least one thing you've read over the last few weeks! I've loved writing this content, so hopefully you'll see me again soon with something new!


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Podgorica – Two most influential Montenegrin businessmen, Aco Djukanovic and Vesko Barovic are continuing to spread their business in Montenegro.
Djukanovic's company Monte nova has bough the open competition documentation for the third mobile operator in Montenegro, while Barovic went into foundation of a cable TV.
Both businessmen at this moment are controlling significant share in the most profitable deals in Montenegro, such as construction, real estates, tourism, banking, insurance, capital market. Djukanovic officially appears as the founder in his two companies through which he is buying banks, real estates, land, while Barovic is much more exposed, and among other things he is the founder and a significant stock holder of several Montenegrin companies, he is a member of management of Electrical company, of Ulcinj Salt factory, Bjelasica Rada, Fjord, Mimoza, and others. He is the biggest stock holder of Eurofond, and at the same time he is the first man of basketball association of Montenegro and Basketball team Buducnost.
When we are talking about their newest plans for widening of business, Barovic is closer to the goal. Podgorica company BBM Broudben Montenegro, in which Barovic has a certain share, was the only one to offer at the open competition to build cable and wireless distributive systems for transmission of radio and TV programs in all Montenegrin municipalities. Broudbend Montenegro in that case has the biggest chances to get the license for the cable TV, because the other companies have offered to cover a smaller number of municipalities.
Djukanovic, however, will have to try a little bit more if he wishes to get the net 068 in Montenegro. Beside the strong competition represented by the Mobilkom Austria, Telekom Serbia and Komsel from Luxembourg, Djukanovic's firm Monte nova in order to fulfill the conditions of the open competition has to enter a consortium with someone who is already in the business with the phones.
The conditions at the tender are following: Qualification term for the participation at the open competition is 5 years of experience in construction, exploiting and providing of mobile public telecommunication services. Also at the open competition a group of bidders in consortium can apply. With the open competition it is predicted that every company before or after the buying up of the open competition documentation can form a consortium with other enterprises. The offer of the consortium will be accepted if one its member has at least 5 years of experience in the businesses with mobile telephony.
Open competition for the mobile operator in Montenegro is closing up on the 14th of February, when the offers will be opened.


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Sunday 6/21 – Puerto Iguasu, Argentina
The weather today was spectacular: Sunny and 70 degrees. A good day for Iguasu falls. It's about a 15 km ride from Puerto Iguasu to the national park, and a $15 admission fee for foreigners, but worth it. I met a young Finnish woman while at the information booth, which gave me someone to hike with.
The falls themselves are spectacular. They are right on the border between Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. While I hear that you get a better overall view from the Brazil side, on the Argentina side you get right up close and personal with the falls. Unlike Niagara falls, there is not a whole city of tacky shops surrounding the falls, just a national park and very nice hiking trails.
One of the most spectacular areas is called Garganta del Diablo, or Devil's throat. It has been calculated that to create this much water force artificially you would have to flush all the toilets in China, Russia, and Kazakstan twenty-seven times per minute. That, of course isn't counting the squat toilets, which don't use as much water.
During the morning the wasp that had flown up my sleeve yesterday decided that he wasn't done with me yet (his death not withstanding). As the morning progressed my arm was turning increasingly red, hot, and swollen. By noon I looked like Popeye, at least on the right side. So, discretion being the better part of health, I decided that a visit to the local emergency room was in order. Fortunately it was right across the street from my hotel.
After a five minute wait the doctor saw me and prescribed an anti-inflamatory injection. The nurse prepared a needle that had to be 8 inches long, attached to a syringe with about 2 liters of medicine in it, and told me to drop my pants and bend over. At this point I decided that maybe my arm really wasn't that bad and I didn't need any damn medicine! Oh well, I figured better to bare my cheeks and take it. By the next morning the arm was considerably better, although my butt was still in a world of hurt.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Iguasu Falls - Making Niagara Look Like a Leaky Faucet ! - June 22
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Pet A Rock
Patty Donathan PO Box 165 Aguanga, CA 92536
Finding and Buying Rocks
Rock painting doesn't require a lot of supplies to get started. A few paint colors, brushes and rocks will get you going.
Depending on where you live, you might have a large supply of nice smooth rocks near your home. I know many rock painters that find rocks in riverbeds or around lakes around where they live.
Some dirt fields are full of rocks that farmers would love for you to take, but ask first. You might find them walking or driving down the road.
Keep your eyes open for rocks and you will start seeing them every where. Ask your family and friends to start looking for them for you. My sister often brings me back a few rocks from different countries she visits.
My adult son has gone rock hunting with me and helped carry them back to the truck. My adult daughter has collected rocks and carried them in a backpack all day, while on vacation.
To me, I enjoy getting a bag of rocks as much as flowers, especially when they come from people I love. Of course they know I'm a little rock crazy, not every woman would rather have rocks than flowers!
For pictures of rock collecting on the beach, visit my
Beach page
For pictures of rock collecting in riverbeds, visit my
iverbed page
For pictures of rock buying, visit my
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Schools, banks, restaurants, shopping malls and other amenities are just a short drive away from Mataffin Macadamia Lifestyle and Assisted Living village.
One of the unique benefits of the "twin community-one village" development, at Mataffin, is that residents in the lifestyle component have access to 24-hour emergency treatment by the trained care givers and nurses on duty at the care centre.
The lifestyle development offers a variety of freehold units customised around the individual needs of the purchaser. Stands range from 400 m2 to 2000 m2 with configurations that range from studio apartments to spacious three-bedroomed homes. There are also a number of existing Mataffin Macadamia homes within the lifestyle development which have been renovated to blend in harmoniously with the new development whilst retaining the historical integrity of the village. Read more.


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At Padre Getaways we have some pretty great vacation rentals where you can stay during any and all of the upcoming South Padre Island fishing tournaments. Whether you're coming alone, with family or with your fishing buddies, you'll appreciate the comfort our South Padre Island rentals will provide you with after a long day out on the water in the blazing sun.
Our rentals are an assortment of high-quality condos and vacation homes. All are spacious, offering you plenty of room no matter how many are traveling with you. Rentals average over 1,000 sq ft that can accommodate six or more guests. You can enjoy the convenience of having full kitchens, a washer/dryer, free WiFi, and even lifestyle amenities such as swimming pools, fitness rooms and sports facilities to take full advantage of during your stay with us.
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Boat slips are hard to come by on South Padre Island. Lucky for you, we have 10 rentals that have reserved, dedicated boat slips and several others with first come first serve boat slips available. Even if one of our properties without a boat slips becomes your first choice, we can recommend some great spots on the island for you to rent a slip or park your trailer.
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The Security First Credit Union 1st Annual Invitational Fishing Tournament benefiting CASA of Cameron and Willacy County will be held on July 16, 2017 at Jim's Pier. Contact Johnny Rodriguez at 956-252-8879 or email@example.com for more information.
The 78th Annual Texas International Fishing Tournament (TIFT) takes place from August 2-6, 2017. Sign up online or in-person at the SPI Convention Center on South Padre Island.
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The inaugural SPI Wahoo Classic is scheduled to be held September 8-10, 2017, at Jim's Pier. For more information call 956-761-5467.
Valley Haven's 3rd Annual Boat & Kayak Fishing Tournament takes place from September 22-23, 2017, at Louie's Backyard. Register online or call 956-893-0422 for more information.
The 14th Annual South Padre Island Walk for Women Bay Fishing Tournament will be held on October 7, 2017. For more information visit www.spiwalkforwomen.org
Sea Ranch Marina offers one of the most exciting boating locations on the Gulf Coast. Located on the tip of South Padre Island, Sea Ranch provides the boater instant access to Laguna Madre Bay, a short 5-minute ride to the Gulf of Mexico and then only 6 miles to the Mexican border. Also visit Sea Ranch II at Southpoint in Port Isabel — 41 wet and 150 dry stack slips!
The fishing headquarter for South Padre Island, Jim's Pier, is open! Enjoy their shaded patio where there's always a cool breeze, sights to see and new and old friends to meet.
South Padre Boatyard is a one stop place for all your boating needs. We are located at the southern most point on the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway in Port Isabel, TX. Open waters to the Gulf of Mexico and the South Padre Coast Guard Station are only minutes away.
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