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2015 Murdoch Award Winner – Rygar House, London – Lead-Tech Roofing Ltd
Consistency of design and workmanship was the key to the aesthetics of this large project involving flat, pitched and vertical panels and again working in partnership with the architect enabled design changes to be made to improve the long term integrity of the roof.
Martin Walsh reports that this new development is set in the heart of Mayfair in central London. Lead-Tech were appointed through the Main Contractor 800 Group Ltd to install all the roof timbers and new code 6 lead sheet to the crown flat roof, as well as the 70º Mansard Roof and the vertical sections, which also included code 6 lead to dormers and associated flashings. The total project was some 20 tonnes of lead sheet, supplied by Associated Lead Mills.
A key factor in securing the project was that as an LCA member, Lead-Tech could offer the 25 year insurance backed guarantee.
Once again the contractor and architect worked in close partnership and during the process of building the roof Lead-Tech were able to identify potential technical issues which might arise with the planned detailing and more importantly how the new lead roof would be ventilated. In most cases the Architects Drawings had been well thought out but when approached by Lead-Tech about their concerns, the architects allowed details to be altered as required.
Once the main roof construction had been completed and Lead-Tech commenced installing the new code 6 lead, they decided to reduce the setting out of the wood rolls to 575mm centres, thus ensuring the lead was installed well within its design limits. The wood rolls were staggered and included a ventilation ridge detail which was achieved using the Nicholson Air Track Products.
On the Mansard 70º degree pitched roof slope, Code 6 sheet was again installed at 575mm centres and the length of the bays were also reduced to 2.00 lm overall. At the head 3 rows of staggered fixings were installed using 38mm copper ring shanks.
The sizing and fixing of the bays have therefore been set well within its design limits, thus eradicating any future problems and potential failure of fixings, which is particularly significant as access would be problematic and costly.
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2 Chainz Review
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Titty Boi from the Playaz Circle better known as 2 Chainz, grew up in College Park, Georgia. In August of 2012, 2 Chainz released based on a T.R.U story. With that album three singles "No Lie" featuring Drake, "Birthday Song", and "I'm Different", hitting the top 50 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. On September 11th, 2013, he released "B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time", with big hits like "Feds Watching" and "Used 2". In 2 Chainz early life, he finished top in his class in North Clayton High School, passing his teachers expectations. After graduating, 2 Chainz attended Alabama State University on an athletic scholarship for basketball. From 1997-2010 he was with the Playaz Circle, coming out with independent albums like United We Stand, United We Fall. 2 Chainz also started making songs with Ludacris. Ludacris had made an offer to 2 Chainz to join his label. After 2 Chainz's mother regained her health, he had signed with Disturbing The Peace of Def Jam Recordings. The debut album under that label was "Supply & Demand". The lead single was "Duffle Bag Boy", with big name Lil Wayne. On September 29th,2009 the group released their second album "Fight 360: The Takeoff". In 2011-2012, he changed his stage name to 2 Chainz to make it more family friendly. August 14th, 2012, 2 Chainz released "Based On A T.R.U Story" with the big hit "No Lie" featuring Drake. The album hit the top spot of the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 147,000 copies in the first week. From 2012 to now he released two albums "B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time" and "B.O.A.T.S III". Late of 2012 he finished his big tour "B.O.A.T.S". Not only is he good at making music, but he also has an inspirational background.


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UN to vote on tougher sanction on North Korea
The UN Security Council, ignoring threats from North Korea, is set to impose a fourth round of even tougher sanctions against Pyongyang in a fresh attempt to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.world Updated: Mar 07, 2013 14:03 IST
The UN Security Council, ignoring threats from North Korea, is set to impose a fourth round of even tougher sanctions against Pyongyang in a fresh attempt to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, said the council will vote on the draft sanctions resolution on Thursday. The resolution was drafted by the United States and China, North Korea's closest ally.
The success of a new round of sanctions could depend on enforcement by China, where most of the companies and banks that North Korea is believed to work with are based.
The council's agreement to put the resolution to a vote just 48 hours later signalled that it would almost certainly have the support of all 15 council members.
In anticipation of the resolution's adoption, North Korea has threatened to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War.
The Korean People's Army Supreme Command, citing the US-led push for sanctions, threatened on Tuesday to cancel the armistice agreement on March 11 because of ongoing US-South Korean military drills that began on March 1.
Without elaborating, the command also warned of "surgical strikes" meant to unify the divided Korean Peninsula and of an indigenous, "precision nuclear striking tool."
Such threats have become increasingly common from North Korea as tensions have escalated following last December's rocket launch and Pyongyang's third nuclear test on February 12, in defiance of three council resolutions that bar North Korea from testing or using nuclear or ballistic missile technology and from importing or exporting material for these programs.
US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said the proposed resolution, to be voted on at 3pm GMT, will impose some of the strongest sanctions ever ordered by the United Nations.
The final version of the draft resolution, released on Wednesday, identified three individuals, one corporation and one organisation that will be added to the UN sanctions list if the measure is approved.
The targets include top officials at a company that is the country's primary arms dealer and main exporter of ballistic missile-related equipment and a national organisation responsible for research and development of missiles and probably nuclear weapons.
The United States and other nations worry that North Korea's third nuclear test pushes it closer to its goal of gaining nuclear-armed missiles that can reach the US. The international community has condemned the regime's nuclear and missile efforts as threats to regional security and a drain on the resources that could go to North Korea's largely destitute people.
The draft resolution condemns the latest nuclear test "in the strongest terms" for violating and flagrantly disregarding council resolutions, bans further ballistic missile launches, nuclear tests "or any other provocation," and demands that North Korea return to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
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This International Women's Day we've made a pledge to always collaborate with talented and inspiring women. As part of this pledge, we've scoured the internet to find some of the most talented female artists from around the world, whose work and illustrations give us major inspo.
For International Women's Day these artists and illustrators' work celebrates #girlpower. Check out the following accounts to give your Instagram feed a creative refresh of female talent and to inspire you on a daily basis.
We're in love with Sophie's work, she nails our style perfectly and sets the most positive and empowering message. Follow her for body confidence artwork as well as fresh creative talent.
Alexis' work promotes black culture and supports black art, her illustration style is different to what we've seen before and her probably one of the coolest. Check out her work for modern-day celebrations of black beauty and amazing talent.
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Just when men thought technology couldn't get any better, the internet came into existence. A digital universe accessible through various mediums make you enter the world where nothing is impossible. It not only connect you with people sitting at the north pole but also make capable of doing much more.
One of the great benefits it offers is digital/online marketing, where a business is advertising to a wide array of audience. Earlier, newspaper, posters and announcement were the means of advertising people use to promote businesses. The modern era doesn't let a business limit its potential and if you can go global why restrict yourself to local.
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How to Stay Creative In a Non-creative Job
- Jason Newcomb
- April 16, 2012
When I first got out of college, I'm embarrassed to admit I considered myself a Rock Star designer. I sort of figured that I'd land a job within a week or two and be the next Saul Bass within a few months. Then I started working in the newspaper industry. As a layout and ad designer, I realized the reality was that explosive creative energy was unwanted here. When there are 47 ads in the queue and they all have to be done today, there's virtually no such thing as a creative process. And when you contemplate the fact that you'll have to do it again tomorrow, and the day after and most days for several years you may feel your design heart growing its own defensive exoskeleton to fend of the industrial volume of startbursts hurtling at it.
Ultimately, I didn't choose to become a designer because I thought it would be cool or the money was good or the market for designers was booming. I chose to become a designer the same way one might choose a religion. I became a designer because I believe in design. I think it's important and can make a difference. Graphic design is a post-hypnotic suggestion implanted in my psyche by the design gods. If I don't act on it, I suffer what can only described as psychical torture.
So what does a creative person do when lost in the wilderness of ad requests to "make the logo bigger, there's too much white space"? Here are 4 survival methods I learned. I hope they're useful to you as well.
#4: Stay focused on the big picture.
You are not your job and your job isn't you. I had to learn to compartmentalize and accept the quiet nobility of going to work, slaying dragons and then going home. Once off the clock though you do need some sort of plan. Whatever you need to do to stay optimistic, do it. Exercise, eat and sleep well and take time to rest. If you work at staying positive you'll actually start to notice that there does exist a modicum of opportunity for creativity at your current job.
#3: Pounce on opportunities to be creative.
They may not be frequent, but once in a while you'll come across a creative challenge. A sales rep might actually land an interesting contract and communicate effectively with you. Or an internal position might open up which might suit you better. When you find a sweet spot like that, flex your creative muscles. Go all out! Open right up! It'll be the boost you need.
#2: Get design jobs you want on the side.
On the days your main job doesn't eat 16 of your 24 hours, get your rest of course. But as much as you can, take on passion projects where creativity is valued. It'll recharge your batteries and keep you motivated to stay creative.
#1: Surround yourself with creative people.
Don't let your soul starve. Feed it art. Find the art galleries in your town. Meet the people involved. Seek out local bands. Whatever art event is going on, try to be there as much as possible. Not only is it hilarious fun but its also necessary for creative health. You can do the same online. Follow design blogs and podcasts. Find like-minded and knowledgeable creatives on twitter and facebook or whatever other social media. Be kind and awesome to the people you meet and they will enrich your life with stimulating conversation and probably opportunities to expand your career into more creative places.
Your job doesn't have to define you, it's just a thing you do to get to where you want. Though you may not currently be doing exactly what you hoped to, your life is still yours to design to your whim. Layout your goal and plan for it. When you create your life in this manner, you build an ecosystem in which opportunities can bloom. And who knows, you might move 6000 kilometers to seek new creative opportunities and at just the right time, come across a slick design blog who will publish one of your articles and link back to your portfolio.
Good luck! I'm on your side.
Since 2006, Jason Newcomb has freelance graphic designed and plied his craft in New Brunswick, Canada's newspaper industry. He recently moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he expands his career and upgrades his studies at the Emily Carr institute. His life goal is to work full time in branding or get abducted by aliens. Look at him show off here:
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Andrea VargasApril 16, 2012
Oh My G*d, than you for this, it literally just made my day and gave me a good laugh. I have been working for a week now with a media agency as a Graphic Designer and this literally spoke to me. Might have not seem much to other people, but spoke to me :Dreply
Jason NewcombApril 16, 2012
I'm glad you liked the article Andrea. Good luck with your new job!reply
Natalya BrunerApril 17, 2012
Hey just had to say thank you so much for this post it really helped me come to terms with working in a non creative job. I landed a graphic design gig working as a government contract this week i.e. no imagination required. I was racking my brain wondering how I was going to survive it. Your article really keeps in perspective how designing is more of a lifestyle than the current job I happen to be in. Again thanks for the post, I will be continuing to read your excellent blog!reply
Jason NewcombApril 18, 2012
Hey Natalya,
Congrats on your new gig! I wish you success.
Glad you liked my ramblings.reply
Elias JonesApril 23, 2012
Great insight Jason! Your survival tips apply for the long in the tooth pro as much as the new kid on the block. My first job was in an ad agency overseas and, like you, I assumed I was a design Rock Star. When I returned to the states, I found that was SO NOT the case & I had to humble myself (and, also like you, landed at a newspaper). I've enjoyed a long career in design that has culminated for me now in managing a marketing team. I enjoy leading a team of creative coworkers, but the "business" side of the work leaves little time for me to wear my designer hat. Thanks for the reminder to stay creative!reply
nicole belliveauMay 4, 2012
Super happy to have read this Jason; Inspiring! All the best with the new move! You guys are going to bloom beautifully here!
From the New-B to BC :)
"Dont let your soul starve, feed it art" = LOVE IT!
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Birdwatching on the route
This section lists the main natural habitats on the route as it makes its way through its four Autonomous Communities, as well as the main birds associated with these habitats. To download the full Birdwatching Guide, click here.
The high mountains of this land almost shake hands with the sea. The Cantabrian Sea – as the Bay of Biscay is known locally – bathes the coasts of the Principality, while less than 55 km inland the mountains soar imposingly. Asturias' different habitats, ranging from high mountains down to the seashore, enable birdwatchers to contemplate species of great interest:
Gijón Coast Birding Route Habitat
Mountain of the Central Asturian Range Birding Route Habitat
Castile and León
The Autonomous Community of Castile and León covers an area of 94,142 sq km and is situated within the northwestern quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of Asturias and Cantabria. Its enormous surface area comprises a great variety of ecosystems and the region boasts an excellent representation of diverse ornithological communities, such as steppe, rock, alpine and woodland birds, among others.
Villafáfila Birding Route Habitats
Béjar Mountains Birding Route Habitats.
Formed by the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz and bordering on Portugal, this region covers an area of 41,602 sq km and is traversed entirely from north to south by the Vía de la Plata Route. Its main attraction lies in the relatively good state of conservation of its habitats, such as its Mediterranean woodland and shrubland, dehesas (wooded pastureland), pseudo-steppes and rivers, as well as its diverse scenery, all making for an area exceptionally rich in birdlife
Fuente de Cantos Plains Birding Route Habitat.
Andalusia is situated at the "crossroads" of two seas, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and of two continents, Europe and Africa. Its privileged bio-geographical situation and high ecological diversity have meant that the region is exceptionally rich in birdlife. Andalusia surpasses any other place in Europe in terms of the number of species of flora and fauna it is home to.
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Geriatric care is important to the society and it is not an easy task. The gradual ageing of the population is a social problem, which the community will necessarily have to spend resources to handle.
On Saturday February 22, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. on Jade Channel, TVB, there will be a fund-raising event presented by Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation of Hong Kong Limited – a charitable organization formed by a group of dedicated Hong Kong Volunteers who believe in spreading the Yee Hong Model of care for geriatric in Hong Kong, mainland China and Asia. The show is to raise funds to build the Education and Training Centre so that Yee Hong's best practices can be shared with, and for education of, those who are interested in providing services to the senior population in the most appropriate and possible way.
We wish to enlist the support of our members to this worthwhile project to benefit the seniors. In 1990, CCA responded to the call of the community to start CDNIS. We did it as a community service to Hong Kong and many executives and members of CCA devoted selflessly time and money to help the project for the good of the community as a whole. We did demonstrate the strength of the Canadian community in Hong Kong, in particular, the collective strength of the Chinese Canadian community in connection with that project.
Yee Hong was started in the same year as CCA in 1987. It opened its first geriatric center in Toronto in 1994 and has since provided high quality and award-winning care services for the seniors.
As a leader in the field, visitors from all over the world have come to visit and learn from Yee Hong. These include the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, which will build a center modeled after Yee Hong in Shenzhen. Others include S.U.C.C.S.S. Multi-level Care Society in Vancouver; Chinese Christian Wing Kei Nursing Home Association in Calgary; The Glebe Center in Ottawa and also visitors from China, United States, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and you name it.
Yee Hong was so well-received that Ontario Ministry of Health awarded it 715 bed licenses in 1998 and 1999 which translate into an operating funding of over C million a year. Yee Hong is to build three additional geriatric care centers, along with an expansion of the first Center with the awarded bed licenses to provide its excellent care to the thousand of seniors on the Yee Hong waiting list. Markham Yee Hong Center with 200 beds has started serving seniors in October 2002. Mississauga Yee Hong Center with another 200 beds will be completed in the fall of 2003. On site with the Scarborough Yee Hong Center (250 beds) scheduled to be completed in mid-2004, a premier education and training center will also be built for the benefit of all service for the seniors.
In the short history of Yee Hong, it has served thousands of seniors and their families in its Center. The majority of them have spent their lives in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has, therefore, indirectly benefited from its operations.
Please support by making a donation and you can commit by either making a pledge ahead of the Show, or during the Show.
For information, you may contact Yee Hong's website at www.yeehong.com
Marcia Aw was our new recruit and a returnee from Vancouver.
She attended boarding schools in England in the sixties and migrated to Vancouver some 20 years ago. While living in Canada, she involved mainly with charitable works.
In the beginning of 2003, Marcia visited Hong Kong and was introduced to Lifeline Express by the Chairman of Impact Hong Kong Foundation, Nellie Fong. The works of Lifeline Express greatly fascinated her and prompted her return to Hong Kong to devote herself to the cause. She took up the post of General Manager, Projects.
What is "Lifeline Express"? You may ask.
It is a purpose built eye hospital train that shuttles through the remote villages of Mainland China. Annually, more than 9,000 free cataract operations are performed on the train. The train consists of a consultation clinic, a laboratory, an operating theatre and a recovery room.
In 1997, the first "Lifeline Express" funded by the Hong Kong Impact Foundation was donated to Mainland China by Hong Kong and now after six short years, three trains are in operation. Due to the success of the trains, China granted a charity license to "Lifeline Express" in the Mainland.
Removing cataract and restoring sight is not the only goal of "Lifeline Express", the long term prospect is to build microscopic eye surgery training centers in existing hospitals in different parts of China. Your support can be extended by way of volunteer work or donations.
Donation can be paid directly to:
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Demolishing Vacant Houses Lowers Property Crime in Cleveland, No Effect for Other Cities
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Does tearing down vacant buildings lead to less localized crime? A recent paper published in Regional Science and Urban Economics examined results from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) in three cities and found that demolishing vacant buildings reduced burglary and theft in one city, but across cities, rehabilitating buildings did not lead to a measurable decrease in crime in the immediate area surrounding vacant properties. The NSP provides funding to state and local governments to "acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities." The researchers analyzed local crime report data for the areas immediately surrounding nearly 1,500 properties targeted for NSP revitalization in Cleveland, Chicago, and Denver. Most of the properties were in Cleveland (71 percent) and were tagged for demolition, rather than for rehabilitation or redevelopment. Demolishing vacant buildings with NSP funds led to a sustained decrease in property crimes in Cleveland, but not for Chicago or Denver. The researchers note several explanations for the positive impact for only one city, but posit that the fewer and more spread out targeted vacancies in Chicago and Denver limited the analyses' precision. This paper suggests that removing or redeveloping a large number of vacancies in areas where they are concentrated could reduce crime in those neighborhoods.
Key findings:
- Grantees in each of the three cities received NSP allocations in 2009 to address blighted or vacant properties. The study sample for Cleveland included 1,054 properties tagged for reinvestment, Chicago had 275 properties, and Denver had 139 properties. Most of the target properties in Cleveland were demolished, Denver grantees primarily chose to rehabilitate their target properties, and Chicago grantees employed a mix of both strategies.
- Local crime statistics were gathered from March 2008, before the NSP grants were dispersed, to February 2013. The data were grouped into two rings surrounding the site: the immediate 250-foot inner ring (the treatment) and the 250- to 354-foot outer ring (the control).
- The inner ring surrounding the demolished sites in Cleveland saw small reduction in property crimes—particularly burglary and theft—that was sustained over following year. No effects were found for violent crime.
- Chicago and Denver did not see the same positive results, but both cities had fewer distressed properties to be addressed and greater heterogeneity in the reinvestment strategies employed. Denver also had a much lower crime rate to start with than Chicago or Cleveland.


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Al Purdy House For Sale
The Purdy house on Robin Lake in Ameliasburgh, Ontario, built by Al Purdy and fellow poet Milton Acorn, is being put up for sale by his widow Eurithe. Attempts to have the house preserved as a writers' retreat have attracted little interest. From the Globe and Mail.


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Yeah Go that was horseshit.
We are an underachieving version of Duke football.
#Facts #KeepIt100
are we gonna win another game this year? time to let williams play
Hell if they gave us a break we wouldn't know what to do with it. We tried going to the enzone one down out of 4 from the three. Why don't they roll him out or jet sweep. We have a yawner for an OC.
We need to move out of a power five conference, be respected like Ap St, upset a top 10 team once every two years and live happily ever after
The refs don't need to screw us
Doing it all by ourselves
Back to back awful throws.
When will we ever upset a top 10 team (that actually finishes around top 10)?
Here is a clue: Never
Richt should be fired. Plain and simple. Why play rosier? What did that get you? Experienced shitty play. I'd rather get inexperienced shit play you can learn from and improve. Look at D Watson. Guy was straight trash first part of the season only to turn it around and look like the best QB in the league (again..)
we make the acc teams who are unranked look all world...what a joke
Make that back to back to back.
GC came up for air and took Rosier dick outta his mowf. Jk brah... lol.
LOL @ Miami football.
I might start a Twitter account just to hound BJ
Agreed Beer. This is awful.
this offense is as inept as no ds defense ...
Agree KY but that was a huge non call.
Next year we'll be the pre-season favorite, again, to win the ACC Coastal Division.
Yeah, it's a real joke, Dude.
Well at least we got a killer recruiting class on the way.....
(Checks current recruiting rankings)
(Face palm).
My kind if coach
so we have had the worse d coordinator ever to coach in college and now we have the worse rated offense in college football ..when are we gonna have another home run hire ?
I wait every year for Canes football. And it is over before we know it. Makes me want to throw up. Had to eat a whole bag of Reeves peanut butter cups.
Doesn't the coach have an extended contract now? Millions down the drain.
Same o
Same old Sh.t every year.
We lose another. Another one bites the dust.
Desmond Howard: So THAT was not targeting? Miami v Boston College.
This team is horrible. Forget the ACC championship game. The Canes has taken a huge step backward as a program tonight. A lot of recruits will be looking elsewhere after this performance.
Time for a flanker screen....god that is the worst play....been doing it forever hate that play...CMR will run it to death....along with 3 and a cloud of dust!
I'll check the final score later. I dont care about Miami football anymore, after all, the head coach hired himself and his son, lol... what a f*cking laughing stock. I dont want to watch another game this year.
CMR will have to hire a legitimate OC and shake up that offensive coaching staff.
Who gives a fuk about a targeting call or not in the waning moments of a blow out loss? That shit should not be a factor. The fact we bitch constantly about getting hit or held a little extra shows just how bad we suck.
We are fucking awful. The coaching is awful. Richt can go suck a huge bag man... he's dead to me.
Its official..... We cant have children
Just like JJ said last sunday...good teams have a franchise qb...the dolphins have not won anything since Mariano...the Canes cant get to the next level because we have no qb ..when we were a dynasty we reloaded at the qb position
Agreed Windy. We're now marking time to the dismissal of Richt, which won't come for another three years. Incompetent.
Moral of the story is that you never hire a coach who values relationship over trophies when the whole purpose of playing the game is to win trophies lol
Its official..... We cant have children
Posted by: solarcane | October 26, 2018 at 10:28 PM
I wish..... imma angry fuk my wife tonight and I'm sure to end up with another damn kid the way this shits goin.
Don't worry Richt....as fanbases become accustomed to your squads losing to theirs and putting up 14 points a game, we won't see fans rushing out into the field anymore. It won't be special anymore. You'll have that.
It's nice to know how well the offense was doing against the defense this week. A great precursor to this game.
The decision to hire richt was a let down to most cane fans...we knew it would be another goldilox...dumb decisions are very expensive
LOL Beer!
I just can't get over how inept we are on the road.
Get ready for Richt's snoozer of a press conference. Every other sentence will be, "I won't really know until I lookat the film"
Richt did do some different stuff but it was over and over slants and a couple wildcat runs and one trick play, the rest of the game same shyt. Just Boring!
Hey Raize, how you like the way we smote the Iggles of BC....You called it buddy!
Maybe we'll get to the point that when we finally win in a 10-7 triumph over a team like Kansas, the five remaining fans at Hard Rock will rush out onto the field to celebrate too.
Rough night up north....Offense was not too good, ST bad....D was ok at times on the field a lot....but still gave up 27...a very apathetic loss...not sure if people care at many levels.
Whoever wins the conference will be a pushover for Clemson.
The pounded us last year will do the same if we get there.
We are 5-6 in last 11 games; that is unacceptable in any sport at any level you got to be better than that.
We have a tough road ahead there are some obstacles in the way. hope we can get untracked and play better. Poor effort tonight by all... players and coaches.
From now on we should refer to coach as the Georgia reject.
The Herb ain't got but a few problems with Richt.
One fire yourself from The OC job effective immediately!
Fire your son as QB coach.
Fire Searles as OLine coach.
Whatever u do, do not re-up Beagles as our punter.
Just go ahead and forfeit all road games, so us diehards don't have to keep watching these shyt shows.
Uh, that about sums it up, now u have a dam blueprint free of charge.
Good thing Mike didn't watch any BC football before this week or he'd have known what was about to unfold instead of having a chance to pretend to be upset about the obvious result.
Three phases of ass kicking delivered to the fatso leftovers tonight, can't wait to flush the rest of that useless trash out of the program along with their gaggers who slurped them all into the system in the first place.
I guess we drop out of the top 50 now. Right?
But that's okay, I guess, because we have a $40 million IPF. Right?
Blake James is letting MR sail this ship straight into an iceberg. Staff decisions must be taken away from MR.
Dude, we're the Lusitania right now.
Was just texting with Raize.
I realize CMR is trying to win with both hands tied behind his back at QB, but Jesus Christ this offense has ZERO imagination or innovation. Our offense is literally a net negative in nearly every freaking game.
And it's only going to get worse cause if Perry didn't play in that complete sh!t show there has to be a gigantic problem going on .
So our options are the worst QB in UM history, a kid who can't stop smoking weed and a true freshman being led by an OC who can't or won't do anything different.
He's got to look in the mirror and realize he's got to give up his OC position, or get fired.
I don't think I can muster the energy to even go to the next game unless they make a QB change, hopefully to WIlliams if Perry can't get himself together.
I literally can't watch another game where Rosier is starting.
So if Malik is our best option at QB, we are in worse shape than I thought. It would be nice for the coach to show some emotion. BC's coach was animated when BC got the holding call with game in tow and only few minutes to go.
When does his seat become hot?
Hey Raize, how you like the way we smote the Iggles of BC....You called it buddy!
Posted by: NativeCane | October 26, 2018 at 10:34 PM
Wish I was wrong
Don't know if my chest pains are from watching the game or doing a speedball earlier in the evening
Time to take an Ambien to go along with the three vodkas I've had tonight cause if not I ain't gonna sleep.
Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 26, 2018 at 10:49 PM
We have to stop letting coaches have enough rope to hang themselves. James has to do something, he cant sit by and watch, he has to save the program. Miami can not keep letting coaches do this, and pay their massive buyouts. At this point a 2 million dollar OC is cheaper.
Oh wait, we play at home next week, the offense will fo show show up, it's just that we are laughable losers on the road. Richt might smoke 2 bowls before this post game presser.
Wish I was wrong
Posted by: raizecane | October 26, 2018 at 10:50 PM
I hate to say it but I told you so...
Be strong canes fans. Goodnight
Just ordered from the Burger King drive thru and they handed me 10 free tickets to Saturdays game......
I would not trade the great memories of the old days for a 10 and 2 season every year....its worth the trouble now since I have no control over the dumb decisions that have been made.
I said it after Virginia and I'll ssy it again: watch for decommitments, on the edge guys going elsewhere and I believe you'll see transfers; wouldn't be surprised to see Perry, lingard and possibly a WR
We saw what happened over the last week or so- we got decommittments and lost on a key DT; you'll see more; no way we get Neal and he would of been a huge get at a key position;
Cut our losses and fire the Georgia reject now!
So let's summarize: richt pulls the freshman last game, puts in the senior, says we had a great flow of offensive practices last week and we score a whole 14 points! That's a fireable offense right there as we had both Perry and Williams waiting and at least they be more interesting to watch then the clueless qb we have now!
Just ordered from the Burger King drive thru and they handed me 10 free tickets to Saturdays game......
Posted by: raizecane | October 26, 2018 at 11:01 PM
Only 10?
Look, Rosier ain't rose. We got more problems than him but a passer he is not.
I bet anyone now $1,000 Rosier starts next week.
Miami is now 2-6 in its last 8 games vs Power 5 opponents. 5 of 6 losses have come by double-digits. Scored 17 points or less in 5 of 8 games.
Hey, the good news is we outscored them in the 2nd quarter.....
Posted by: BEERicane | October 26, 2018 at 10:30 PM
Funniest shyt in awhile
So the post game show is saying that we should have not had our expectations lowered. We lost to UVA and BC, not Clemson and Alabama.
I think that Mark Richt has lost this team, and did so when he pulled Perry out.
I pray we just saw the last career snap for Rosier.
Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 26, 2018 at 09:28 PM
I pray we just saw the last career game for CMR.
Mess of a game. Predictable play calling. Poor execution. Won't win much like that
I pray we just saw the last career snap for Rosier.
Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 26, 2018 at 09:28 PM
I pray we just saw the last career game for CMR.
Posted by: WWIN | October 27, 2018 at 12:17 AM
Does anyone else notice how tan CMR is? Like he is out on a boat all day....
I am sad.
Posted by: CGNC | October 27, 2018 at 12:19 AM
Yeah... he's in the same boat he was in at Georgia!
Jedd Fisch should be hired tonight.
I am sad.
Posted by: 86Cane | October 27, 2018 at 12:25 AM
You just change the time stamp then copy and paste this from one game to the next dont you
I been watching Hurricane games for 26 years.
Even in the down years, special teams won games for us.
Now they are losing us games.
Their punter and our blunders gave us no shot.
How can we fall so far here.
Can't blame golden for this mess. His special teams were light years ahead of this nonsense.
Blocking a kick is a distant memory. Can't cover. Mental mistakes. It's like we don't do that at all.
Everything you need to know about what is wrong with us is exposed by the utter futility of these units.
Out of curiosity, did Wiggins have even 1 catch?
Posted by: TruCane81 | October 27, 2018 at 01:15 AM
We hired Patke instead of Shane Beamer. Jon instead of Helfrich. I said when these things happened that those would be the choices that did Richt in. Lazy, uninspired, scared, hires. Miami AD must get involved. We need a football director.
Teams with way less talent can still score even if their QBs throw a couple of picks.
Every team that played against BC scored more points than we did. Every team except Holy Cross, which scored the same amount we did. He have the offense of Holy Cross.
Richt is giving us the D'No offense. Same scenario different side. The D is being let down by the O. The O keeps putting them in terrible situations. We have more enough talent on O. We have players that will get drafted and excel in the NFL. These other teams that BC played don't have more talent than us. They just don't.
The team might as well throw all caution to the wind and just have fun. Make the most out of bad situation because this is a bad situation. The team is falling apart
This Dodgers game is cray!
What time do the canes play tomorrow?
Wow it already is tomorrow!
Game Day!
The World Series just went to the 14th inning which ties it for most innings in a World Series.
Now it's the 17th inning.
Wow!! Congrats Terrance!!
Meanwhile FL and TX are soaring...while we sputter and grind to a halt.
Dammit I want to win and be relevant.....sure do not feel like that right now!
Deja Vu CSNY....1970 incredible LP
"and it feels like Ive been here before"
"We have all been here before"
We have been with Clap Onion AlPa....CMR 4th Horseman of the UM Apocalypse we are experiencing self destruction....not good folks!!!
Well, I can't even sign into Typepad anymore... Guess it's a sign to give up on this Georgia reject.
Watching the BC offense with pre-snap movement, and innovative plays getting their playmakers involved was tough. Watching our SAME EXACT one or two formation offense run the SAME EXACT plays that we've run all year in the SAME EXACT situations was WAY tougher.
The 2nd wildcat call at the goal line after the timeout was priceless.
I can hear the GA Reject talking to Jon on the headset, "Hey, THIS play BARELY worked in the same situation 15 minutes ago... They'll NEVER SUSPECT we'd try it again in the EXACT same situation and make any defensive adjustments!" "Great call Dad, DON'T CHANGE A THING!"
I'm SO done with this situation. He may or may not have lost the team at this point, but he's lost a fan and an alumnus.
This Dodgers game is cray!
What time do the canes play tomorrow?
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | October 27, 2018 at 01:48 AM
IDK Sota but I had a horrible dream last night that Rosier started and couldnt hit his targets and when he did the recievers dropped the ball and he threw interceptions and Homer repeatedly tried to run up the middle and KYCane bought an airplane and a banner........
At this time nothing will help the university of Miami football program other than richt being fired or quitting! The guy is literally a fucking loser! Just listen to his press conferences, the way he handles things, etc
Cut our losses and move on!
The smiter got smited.
Next year's pre-season starts now. Every position on offense and special teams is open. Everyone plays alternating series even Williams. Winners start next year.
The smiter got smited.
Next year's pre-season starts now. Every position on offense and special teams is open. Everyone plays alternating series even Williams. Winners start next year.
Had an alcohol/ambien fueled dream that took me back to the end of the UNC game where I thought we'd finally solved our QB issues. Then I woke up and remembered we're far worse off than when we started this year.
Went to games through the Butch dark years, the Coker slow crumble, the Shannon Northwestern fiasco and the Golden implosion.
Rooted hard, looked at the brightside and always tried, to a fault, to be positive every single time I could, and was all in with who we rode with.
But i'm done with CMR and going to HR if Rosier starts another game. If Perry is a head case then start Willaims, see what he can do, and start playing for next season.
Yes his play calling is antiquated and unimaginative. That is something he will have to deal with or get himself fired after this year. But even with that, when Rosier made the necessary throws, to the point Blackledge actually called him "hot", we moved the ball and scored TDs.
As soon as Rosier went full Rosier, the offense blew up, the already bad play calling looked even worse, and the whole thing went down the toilet..
I can't watch another one of those games. Give me hope next week, if it's not Perry cause he's an immature bonehead, then give me Jarren. You have nothing to lose. If he struggles, so what. The QB situation is already a complete cluster fvck, so who'll even notice and he can still save his redshirt.
Just not one more second of what we've seen for the last season and a half under center.
Typepad ate my post.
If Umike or Soup can grab it I'd appreciate it. Dont want to even retype it.
I totally hear you Go. I have always tried to look at the positives and to consider the extenuating circumstances. Perhaps it is because Golden was so stubborn for so long that I have no patience right now. To me, excluding the NCAA fiasco this is about as bearish as I have ever been on the Canes,
Normally, if something does not work you fix it. Miami in three years has evolved into a great defensive team under Richt, but in the same time period they have devolved into what is now the worst offensive team since the 1970s. Richt has talent that Larry Coker or Randy Shannon would have dreamed for in 2006-2007 - the only other time Miami has this inept of an offense. We are doing less with more. Yet because of the circumstances of his release at Georgia, it's easy to see with Richt keeping control of the offense to the bitter end.
Two weeks to game plan and this was the best we could do....
For those looking for new CMR nicknames
Here's a quick trip through the rhyming dictionary.
Mark ______ :
How about the obvious Mark Shit?
New award coming:
The Malik Rosier Participation Trophy.
Noteworthy it ain't.
Everyone gets one.
Other QB's go through progressions. Malik is a contrarian. He goes through regressions.
Go - maybe you're best post ever!
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The true story of a refugee in Britain
Reproduced from an article by Carole Angier published in the Independent, 18 June 2007.
I tell you my story, but I don't tell you my name. People say 'a dog's life'. You can call me Dog.
I never know my father. My mother teach me good things - work hard, don't steal, trust God. But when I was maybe ten years old she die. I don't even know who pay for her grave.
For two years a businessman employ me. One day he say I am a smart kid, he will send me to school, or take me to Europe. I have nothing in my country, so I say: Europe.
I don't know how he fix documents for me, but we come to France.
He take me to a friend, where I stay four years. I sleep on the floor, I clean the place like a servant. After a year or two the businessman stop coming. Then the friend go away. So I leave and never go back. I was about 16.
From now on my life is so hard I don't want to remember it. For years I beg on the streets, in Paris, in Amsterdam, in many cities. I can't wash much, I sleep in bus shelters. But I remember my mother. I never commit crime, I don't touch drugs. I am not that kind of person.
Then one day I think: I need a plan for my life. And I decide it must be England. I like the people, I like the football - the best team in the world is Man United. A friend say there is good work in England too, and he give me an ID. UK Immigration officers check it. They say safe journey, I say thank you. Last friendly chat I have with Immigration. Hah.
When I arrive I don't ask for asylum. I want work, not asylum. Lucky, I meet a guy from Amsterdam. He take me to a house full of people. I have to sleep on a chair, but I'm happy. I get a job straight away. Soon I don't sleep on the chair any more. I rent my own house, and everything in it is for me. I pay all my bills - tax, council tax, rent, utilities. I'm glad to pay, I'm proud to pay. Until one day the police come and arrest me.
From that day I am a criminal. I don't hurt anyone, I work hard and pay my way. But they say it is a crime. OK, I obey.
They sentence me to 12 months in prison, and tell me to seek asylum. I say, 'This asylum I'm seeking, you won't give it to me, so why waste my time?' But again I obey.
In September 2005 Immigration say they can't get travel document for me. That is more than a year and a half ago, and still they say it will come. It will never come. I leave at twelve, no papers, no school. They say we all lie, but I don't lie. They say they treat each case on its merits. That is the lie. Hah.
After six months, I go to detention centre. No difference. They take everything from you - your photograph, your fingerprint, your DNA, your independence. And some of the officers are worse than prison. The way they talk to you - as if you are an animal. Hah. If you are illegal you are not a human being in Britain.
Every month I get the same report from Immigration - wait for document, wait for document, all they change is the date. I go crazy, we all go crazy. In prison you know - 6 months, ten years, you serve your sentence and go. In detention you don't know.
And then there's the law. My first lawyer ask for £3000. How can I get £3000? Hah. I don't smoke, but that day I smoke three packs of cigarettes. In fact that day I nearly die.
My second lawyer is worse. My friend give me £500 for a barrister, but the barrister don't know my case. The judge write lies about me. You're in detention, then you're deported, what can you do? That's who the criminals are!
OK, no problem. Hah.
When I am on the bottom, God send me friends. They find me a good lawyer, and they make a bail application for me. My friends - I take them as my family now.
But after six months in detention, I get nervous. I join a hunger strike - and bang, they send me to Colnbrook. They take me to the van by force. One officer - he hold my neck, he pull my leg - fuck. He treat me worse than a criminal. I don't forget.
I don't talk about Colnbrook. Not the officers, they're good. But Colnbrook is prison - no air, nothing. If you put a person in a cage you spoil his mind. Hah.
Still the day came I never thought to see: I go to court, my lawyer send a good barrister, and I get released. The guards give me my stuff in a plastic bag made for criminals. But I don't care. I'm free.
That was eleven months ago. Since then I live in a friend's house, I sleep in a soft bed. I take my life now as paradise, compared to before. But sometimes, I tell you - it's hard. I can't work, I can't pay her back, I can't pay anything. Just for a bus ticket, a pint of Guinness - I have to ask her every time.
I say to the Home Office: I didn't come here for benefit, my mission is to work and survive. If that is a crime, I serve my time for it. Hah. Let me work, even one year. I pay back my friend, I hold up my head again.
If you don't listen, I don't know what I do. I pray hard not to betray anyone. No, I know in my mind what I will do. If they detain me again, I won't obey any more. I won't eat, I won't speak. Maybe my life will end like this. It is always in my mind.


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S: November 2011
BC: Dylan & Brice 6 years old
FC: A day at Gran and Papa's
1: I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand. You felt so good in it; no bigger than a minute.
2: How it amazes me you're changin' with every blink.
4: Faster than a flower blooms, they grow up all too soon.
5: I never felt so much in one little tender touch
6: I live for those kisses, your prayers an' your wishes
8: The so innocent, precious soul. You turn around, an' it's time to let them go.
9: An' now you're teachin' me how only a child can see.
10: 'Cause they're only that way for a while. | Please, let them be little,
11: Give them hope, | Give them praise,
12: Give them love everyday.
13: Let' em cry, let 'em giggle,
14: Let 'em sleep in the middle
15: Oh, but let them be little.
26: Give then hope, give them praise
27: Give them love everyday.
28: Oh, but let them be little.


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Their film premiered to sold-out crowds in Durango in April, and now DRBA is excited to host the first local screening! Watch the trailer here. We will be joined by the filmmakers to answer questions and talk more about their quest to really understand the Animas River. Admission is free, but a $5 suggested donation will be collected at the door to cover their travel expenses. Join us!


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By Trend
Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations (ASAN) Ulvi Mehdiyev signed a letter of intent with Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Trend reports from the UN Public Service Forum, which is held in Baku on June 24-26.
"The parties will cooperate in the sphere of rendering public services, as well as in the field of e-government," he said. "The cooperation between the two countries will assist other countries in sharing experience in rendering public services."
The opportunities of partner organizations are planned to be expanded within the protocol. Moreover, human capacity building will be ensured through expert consultations and technical assistance, training programs, specialized courses and other tools.
The parties stressed the importance of the document amid expansion of cooperation and fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey.


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When I wake in the morning I always grab my Nook, swallow 10 mg of methadone and start my daily routine on the web, while waiting for some of the pain to subside, so I can get on with my day, which usually includes 12 hrs or more in front of my laptop on my other website http://mynameisjamie.net or writing my book "InsideOut" There are three of ten chapters written so far that can be found on the opening page of that site. The weather isn't nice outside, so I have a reason to hole up inside. I absolutely hate cold weather and won't go out in it if I don't have it.
I'm beating about the bush. I happened on some posts at https://drkottaway.wordpress.com/ about how childhood trauma can affect you. There are quite a few great posts here and is a worthwhile blog going to. I have some deep issues dealing with my family and they came to a head recently and dealing with them has not been easy. I decided to just write and get it out.
I am inserting a piece of music I recorded. My music is all improvisational, never to be played again. A wrong note here and there. Keep that in mind and listen while you read.
———————————————–Sonni Quick copyright 2015 -Watching and Waiting
When we are children, we have no way to process the things that happen to us, so we end up thinking it is our fault and most of the time it affects who we are to this very day. It's not so easy to just say, "I won't think about it any more. It won't affect my life any more", because the damage has already been done and all we can do is pick up the pieces and try to use what we have learned in a positive way somehow. Easier said than done. I don't think any child escapes trauma of some kind and even though it may even seem like such a small thing today, back then it affected everything – which then affects your existence today.
I went through a molestation with a visiting uncle who took his penis out and wanted me to touch it. I did. He did it one of my sisters, too. I didn't find that out, though for 45 years. I never told anyone. Neither did she. He didn't visit for long, so he had no other opportunities to do anything else. I don't know why I never said anything, but I knew it was wrong. What do you say, "Uncle took his thingy out" – when I don't even think I knew then what it was called? I never told anyone until I was in my 50's.
Negative family relationships
I have a sister a year older than me who, when I was 5, when we were walking to school, wouldn't let me walk with her, and this 6 year old told me, "I don't want anyone to know you are my sister." Until we graduated, if she saw me in the school hall she turned her face away. If my own sister didn't want me around why would anyone? I hated to go to the lunch room in fear I'd have no one to sit with. Gym class petrified me and I thought of every excuse I could to not have to play games where people picked other people for their team. Since I had no friends, of course I was usually picked last or close to it. Until I graduated I had very few friends. Until I was 34 I had very few friends. I scared people off by not being friendly first, so I didn't have to worry if I was going to be rejected. I had such a fear of rejection I rejected them first. Why would someone want to be friends with me?
It wasn't until I started practicing Buddhism and this woman I didn't know called me and asked if I wanted to come to a discussion meeting. I stood there with my hand on the phone in total amazement. A woman called me like she was my friend? She wanted me around? I remember this so clearly.
Aside from this, I hustled pool, changed my name and reinvented myself several timees. spent many years working as a professional musician, on stage many, many times. Confident, strong and an air of being so sure of myself and my goals. I needed no one. My wall was very high. My confidence alone pushed people away. I could walk into a club and pick what man I wanted to spend time with and walk out with him. I made myself believe I needed no one.
It's easy to see why my family didn't quite know how to deal with me, but did they need to be quite so hurtful? We're in our 60's. Okay, I led a very diverse life. It sure wasn't boring. This truth telling has only been the tip of the iceberg? Could I have led their lives doing the same thing over and over for decades?
I have a younger sister, but we were never "sisters". She has recently made it clear that she doesn't know " how". A few weeks ago at the age of 61 my older sister had quadruple heart bypass surgery. I have a fairly large family. Mom, and also a variety of neices and nephews and their families. Everyone was at the hospital to support her – except me, because I knew if I went it would cause a big problem. So I stayed home and kicked the walls for a few days. I sent her a card, said nice things in about wanting to see her, wrote her an email asking her to please call. She won't answer her phone because she sees it's me. No response.
Four years ago I had to move home to Pa from Key West. I lost my home and my business, a retail store of ten years at the Weston Hotel where the cruise ships docked. I lost everything. My husband and I moved to my mothers into a 10×10 room. My whole life was in storage or in that room. I think my family expected me to be a whole person, but I wasn't. I was shattered into tiny pieces that were unable to process thought very well any more. I was very sick and was put on the liver transplant list, because 40 years ago, when I left home to go to college, I turned to drugs.
Drugs took the place of friends. people don't do drugs because it makes them feel bad. It fills a hole. It puts good feelings in a place there is none. I had no self worth and when I was high I could come out of myself and play and dance and sing and be the person I wanted to be. It gave me fortitude the same way a drink gives fortitude to an alcoholic.
I was raped once when I was about 20. The only person I told was this man's girlfriend. I ended that relationship. All I did was run away and spent 3 days shooting heroin, but stopped the first time I felt sick and knew it would make me feel better. I made a sign on a piece of cardboard and hitchhiked home, although home was not where I grew up.
Except occasionally,when I went to Pa every couple years to visit, I had no communication with my sisters. Why?
I had a problem with drugs off and on until age 34. Once and addict always an addict, just like someone never really recovers from alcohol. One drink can set them back. I never turned down any drug if it was put in front of my face. But at 34, I found Nichiren Buddhism, which I've written about many times. Even my mother changed from Christianity to Buddhism after she took an honest look at what it taught. But it was at age 34, when I realized my life really did have value and I didn't need to be afraid any more. That was 27 years ago.
That day I stopped doing street drugs. But within months the ugly head of hep C reared with unexplained illnesses. Since very few doctors knew abou Hepatitis C they gave an addict pain pills for the nerve pain or wanted to give me anti depressants because, since they couldn't diagnose it, it was all in my head. It was another ten years before I got a diagnoses. I stayed on my feet for 12 more years until my liver was a complete mess and a transplant was necessary. It had turned to liver cancer. I was out of time. I had to move home where there was a good transplant hospital.
Shooting drugs from ages 19-22, hiding from myself and pretending to be someone else was a massive cause and effect.
My mother has always asked me why I did drugs. If I hadn't left the state to go to college, which I screwed up doing drugs, and stayed home, maybe I wouldn't have done them? Karma is karma. There are drugs everywhere. Staying home wouldn't have changed that, but being away my family also meant they couldn't see what I was doing.
When I moved back to Pa I thought I would have a family who cared about me. It was a very big shock, although I don't know why, to find out that I didn't. They didn't care a whit about what happened to me and proved it over and over and over. I thought, "Stupid me"
I had that transplant 2 1/2 years ago. Not one member of my family was there for me that day, except my husband. The rest of my family went to the beach on vacation. Not one phone call to even see if I was dead. My mother did stop by the ICU on her way out of town. My Dr said my transplant was in the nick of time. My husband was scared to death and there was no one there to support him. My family didn't like him, either, and they made no bones about saying so. The negative gossip was so thick you could cut it with a knife. They didn't know him, but being married to me was all that was needed. I was told I had maybe a couple weeks of life left at the most, if they hadn't been able to find a liver in time. I'd been bed ridden for about a year by then. My husband had to do everything for me, even wipe my ass and help me on and off the toilet. I was on a massive amount of drugs to keep protein from building up in my brain and going into a coma. My body swelled up so big with fluid it was leaking out through sores on my legs. Thinking was hard. All I could was lay in bed and watch movies on my DVD player. We don't own a TV. He would help me walk to the living room to sit or out to the garden and sit. Not one get well card. No one called. Recently, when talking to my neice she told me how bad I looked before my surgery. I bit my tongue and kept my mouth shut because I wanted to say, "How would you know? I didn't see you once the year before my surgery. . . . They have no clue. I was bedridden for a year after the surgery because I had to relearn how to walk and feed myself. After the surgery my back fractured along with 7 ribs, one at a time. The wall of solid pain didn't even begin to diminish for six weeks. If anyone would have asked me if I wanted to die, I would have gladly gone. Hopefully I will be having spine surgery in the next couple months so they can place sensors in my spine to try and cut off the pain before it reaches my brain. I hate taking these goddamn painkillers. But when I stopped 'using' my life made me continue. what would my life be like with no pills, even though half of them are so I don't reject my new liver.
Now, as I try to bring this sob story to an end, as I try to figure out what all of this means, I know, as we go through painful events in our lives, we want to see them as being separate . We want to see them as things that were done "to" us, and we carry these pains, stuff them down, and try to make ourselves think it doesn't matter. Sometimes we let it ruin our lives. I can honestly say that this hateful family of mine is not ruining my life. I seek to understand and change the karma I brought into my life of having a family such as this one.
It hurts me greatly when I think of it, but I have had my practice of Buddhism to help me understand that happiness comes from within. I can't ask anything else to change it for me. That change has to come from within. Without this practice of Buddhism I would have been dead a long time ago. It was the direction I was going in. But winter always turns to spring. Every single year. Every year is a new opportunity I have to live a life of value, and to pass that value on, because the only legacy we can every really leave behind is the effect we have had on other people, that has helped their life in turn. If my family sees no value in me, then that is a cause they make for themselves. I let this consume me for the past four years out of my 60, but no more. I try to think, what value would they bring into my life? I have tried, though, because I see how much it pains my mother to see her daughters at such odds. All 3 of us – none of us are friends. She thinks she did something wrong. She didn't. I so love and appreciate my mother and if this illness brought me home to live a block away from her, then that is a wonderful benefit. If anything changed with my sisters it would take all three of us to want it to be better, and two out of three don't.
I tried for so long to "make" my family see me as a real person – to want to include me in their lives. I've pleaded, wrote letters and even screamed and yelled in frustration, "Why? What have I done that is so terrible? Why are you being such a lousy sister?" I wanted to have even one person say they were sorry for letting me go through a traumatic illness, surgery alone, but my younger sister insists, "I have nothing to be sorry about". You have nothing to be sorry about?? She doesn't get it. Not at all. I wanted an apology for what she did to me. She's says she didn't do anything to me. She's right. It's what she didn't do.
According to my family I am toxic. I am the scapegoat for all the problems in the family even though they haven't been around me. This year, for Christmas, my mother and I cooked dinner and invited family to come. They did, but there was also a Christmas party planned at my nephew's house. Everyone was invited but me so there wouldn't be any problems. There will be no more Christmas dinners, or birthdays or fourth of July picnics. I won't be where I am truly not wanted. What did they think I was going to do? Christmas presents I had for one sister are still in my closet. The birthday card I had for my other sister on March 15th was never sent. For awhile one sister did pretend to care – the one who just had heart surgery, but due to urgings from the family passing gossip, she, too, cut off communication. If I could think of what I did to cause this unforgivable animosity I could deal with it better, but I can't. I just don't understand people who can be so hurtful andso selfish
So I ask myself, why do I want them in my life? What is the purpose of family? Do I judge myself by the way I am judged? Am I the person they judge me to be? No.
I know that what happened when I was five, when my sister made it clear she wanted no part of being my sister – she meant it, even though she didn't think it at the time, and I'm sure doesn't even remember saying it. I know the way I felt about myself helped lead me to drugs. I also know, through my study of life through Buddhism these past 27 years that this was karma I caused for myself, somewhere, somehow. It is what I do with this understanding that will either change it or perpetuate it.
For my own sanity I have to let my family go. Stop trying to make them love me, because they don't. They really, really don't. They are a group of people that kisses and hugs at holidays and talks about the weather and their jobs and kids, and then doesn't speak to each other again until the next holiday. So shallow. That holds no value for me. I wanted a sister to be my friend. What is an adult sister but a friend. Someone you talk to about your life. Who you are. I wanted too much from my family. I see that now. I have no value to them. How could we possibly be friends? So how could their children or their children want me as their aunt. So here I am at age 60, finally realizing with utter completeness, I – Have – No – Family. I do still have my mother who loves me and shakes her head at the lack of compassion her family shows me. When she passes, I doubt I will ever be a reason to hear from any member of my family again. I have my own children and grandchildren, but my immediate family no longer exists.
Now I'm going to go blow my nose and wash my face and take this pile of garbage out to the trash for the last time.
September 2015. Labor Day. I just went back re-read this and thought I'd write a catch up. My entire family and friends are at my older sisters camper at Raystown Lake, so nothing has changed there. Even if they decided I was worthwhile to be around I don't think it would mean anything to me. Such is life. I also had the surgery on my spine a month ago but it caused complications I'm still healing from. AND 3 weeks ago I started on the new Hepatitis C drug so my fingers are crossed!! And lastly, I bought myself a present. A new keyboard I'm excited. I can record 6 tracks.


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Aquavit Attic
A cultural journey into Norwegian tradition
A cultural journey into Norwegian tradition and culture. Two long tables under an indoor star-lit sky is an arrangement for the good Lofoten meal accompanied by aquavit. A cosy fireplace creates warm atmosphere. Large windows offer panoramic views of the Lofoten Sea and northern lights, midnight sun, autumn storms or blue hours – depending on time and season.
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Book the Aquavit Attic together with tub and sauna. The group may consist of up to 26 persons. Meals shall be determined in advance from the Attic's menu. From our wide assortment, our aquavit expert will pick the genuine flavours to complement your meal. Tub and sauna can be used before or after your meal. The licence to sell alcohol applies inside and outside.
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Bring a "plank" home
At the Aquavit Attic in Storvågan, you can find the plank - our unique and custom-made product. It is a plank with 4 small glasses that can be filled with delicious shots. The plank from the Aquavit Attic has also become a popular sales item, and it is often given as a present to training providers and others deserving a reward. A unique Lofoten souvenir from the Aquavit Attic and Nyvågar Rorbuhotell.
Gilde Maquavit, North-Norwegian own aquavit
Gilde Maquavit is North-Norwegian own aquavit - an exquisite Norwegian cask matured aquavit. It is a powerful spicy, noble, generous and exclusive peg suitable for Northerners temperament and temper. The precious drops have aged in sherry casks for over 3 years, and they can be enjoyed together with coffee as traditional Christmas food.
Deep golden colour, rich and ripe smell of warm spices with solid, integrated sherry and vanilla tones from the cask storage. This is a real "power pack" within flavour. A rich and complex spices image and a developed, mature cask feature provide the aquavit an elegant rounding off. Gilde Maquavit is particularly suitable for tasteful dishes from the North-Norwegian cuisine. The aquavit can be happily enjoyed as avec instead of cognac. Serve at room temperature.
The label
The label on Gilde Maquavit is decorated by Kaare Espolin Johnson's lithography "Floating Fishermen" from 1956. The Northerners regard Kaare Espolin Johnson as their artist. They see him as the leading interpreter of the people in Northern Norway and their affiliation and activities in a large and magical nature. To a large extent, it is also the adaptation of the motives of the North-Norwegian people, landscape and literature characterising him as an artist.
Forward from the dusk of even earlier times, the floating fishermen grow beyond their small boat's carrying capacity. They have elevated themselves above the laws of nature and fill the field of view with their large, heavy bodies. They have lined faces, big fists and devout mind. They are the time elapsed, they are the lost land and regional innocence. They are yearning and dream for meagre conditions, they are courage to live and dogged determination. One could also get a sense of social commitment in the choice of motives: Simple conditions of human life in a barren nature. But there is neither aggression nor agitation.
Poesy and rhythm are leading in his compositions. The motives are intuitively sensed. There are memories and inner experience of an artist with strongly impaired eyesight. - by art historian Sigrun Rafter
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With a glass of red wine in one hand and cigarette in the other, Colin Farrell unhesitatingly admits that stepping into the shoes of Oliver Stone's Alexander is not only his toughest acting gig to date but "maybe the toughest thing I'll ever do. There's not going to be many parts that pop up like it."
Typically jubillent as he holds court in a Los Angeles hotel room, Farrell admits working with the often intense Oliver Stone, had their share of arguments on the set, but only for the good of Stone's ferociously passionate project. "You inevitably have conflict of how to get that interest realised and so in respect to that, we'd rub up against each other at times. Oliver's so smart, so articulate, knows the piece so well and loves it so much that it was never a bad thing. But he's a task master and he pushes and pushes you, regardless of whether you're in the crew or you're part of the cast and he pushes himself just as much, if not more. Like Alexander did, Oliver leads from the front and would never ask you to do something that he wouldn't do himself."
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great (Farrell), who succeeded to the throne following the assassination of his father Phillip of Macedonia, led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. The movie concentrates on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion and the often tumultuous relationships he had with two important women in his life: his mother, the power hungry and manipulative Olympias [Angelina Jolie] and his wife, the sexy, and domineering Roxane [Rosario Dawson]. Yet it is Alexander's bisexuality [a complete non-issue during this period] that seems to have attracted the attention of the press, about which Farrell is not surprised, because of the "boring world we live in. Everyone's so narrow-minded that they have to boil everything down to sex, just look at my interviews . stud, bad boy, so obvious," he admits, laughingly, yet quietly angry that those elements of Alexander are even being brought up. But I'm not surprised at all, because people have such a closed-up and linear way of thinking, a lot of the time, in respect to those things."
Alexander drank hard, fought hard and even loved at hard, and at the time, was a star, yet Farrell says there is not too much in Alexander with which the Irish actor could identify. "Because you need to find somewhere in you that can believe what he believed and can believe the things that he believed to be possible, is possible. You have to find something in yourself that can agree with his philosophies, so in that respect, I did. I read a lot about him, I thought a lot about him. I fell in love with him in many respects. But I found him to have had an incredibly sad life, and one filled with great glory, promise, achievement and massive wealth, king of the f—-g world and could have anyone he wanted as a lover. But one hears stories of the isolation of leadership and how lonely it is at the top, because you're never going to please everybody, you're always going to have enemies, and you're always going to have to cope even if you have fans and supporters." Farrell disagrees that there are parallels between that life and that of a movie star. "No it's a different life, one that's far too easy. Sure I have my detractors and I have people that go well done, but you go in there and you start to diminish. for me if I went in to that kind of thing, seeing those kinds of comparisons, I would start to diminish the experience that was being him."
Colin Farrell is now at the top of Hollywood's food chain, an A-list star whose tough-minded Irishness has made him a refreshing favourite amongst the media. Never afraid of speaking his mind, he still handles the media with a refreshing honesty that rarely exists here, but says that he never planned it that way, that's just how he is. "Maybe if I did plan, I'd fall into the trap of then having some defence mechanisms. I just go to work and I'm asked questions about it and answer as best I can." This despite recent magazine stories that dealt with drug use and other facets of a private life that remain fascinating to his fans, but Farrell says that these days, he tries to be less candid about his private life. "I'll say it's great to be a Dad and all that stuff but I'll never talk about my son or about his mother at all. I never talk about anyone else's business or my experience with anyone else or never bring anyone else into my shit, but I've talked consistently, and repetitively about my past experiences, individually to me and what they meant at the time, the way they happened at the time and what happened at the time. I've done that to death, finished with that, so what are we going to talk about now? Oh yeah, I'd better talk about the work now."
Farrell has no regrets, he says, about the wild , carousing image that that we remember from the actor's earliest stints, an image not too dissimilar from the young Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole a generation earlier. "No regrets, man. This is damaging? I'm here five years later, man, have done the biggest film in my career and just finished working with Terry Malick, so it hasn't been damaging, but it was never cultivated. I haven't changed that much. I've been through a lot, so for me to stay the same, for any of us to stay the same in our lives, would be a shame. We have a chance to change and grow. It doesn't mean I don't get up to some mischief and that I don't have a good time and enjoy my life, but I've seen certain things that affect me in certain ways, and I hope I continue to change as we all should. Evolution shouldn't just be about time spans of a thousand years, but could happen in one person's life for them."
As for Farrell's professional future, one thing is clear: despite Pierce Brosnan's endorsement, there is unlikely to be a James Bond in bastard doing it as a joke because everyone's asking me now. , but there's certain things I don't want to de-mystify and Bond is one of them. I'll put my ten dollars on the table and watch Bond which I've been watching as a kid. I don't need to go there. Besides, they won't come near me as Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll," he says laughingly. Farrell is also tipped to be in Michael Mann's feature version of Miami Vice but says that nothing is final. "I'm not even definitely in it. No, there's one guy, Jamie Foxx I believe, who is." But he has read Mann's script and loves what he sees as being a take on the classic TV series. "It's really brilliantly written, it's great, and goes deep into the undercover world. It's Michael Mann doing what he did, in a different way of course. His writing is heavy, tough and with some of the great dialogue he's written. He's a great film maker and he does this kind of genre thing so beautifully that it would be an amazing opportunity."