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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:05 pm
Post subject: Need Opinions Girls.... A rant about my shitty Dr. visits
So... for the THIRD OB appt in a row, I waited a full hour or more before seeing the doc. She spent about 5 minutes with me measuring, finding the heartbeat- and then was just trying to send me out the door.
Though I had about 5 things on a list I wanted to ask her... I decided I'd be lucky if I could fit in the most important one. I told her I've been having A LOT of contractions. All the time. Belly is hard as a rock MANY times a day, for quite a while each time! Makes me feel tired around the middle and short of breath sometimes. Dehydration, activity, full bladder, and STRESS all definately make them worse!
This happened with my last bb, starting early and landing me up in OB for IV hydration and brethine shots at 24 weeks. I was then given an RX for Procardia to keep the contractions at bay... and it did seem to help. I took it only on work days or when the contractions seemed too frequent. Quit them at 36wks and had him at 38. The contractions seem worse this round...
So I ask her: did the US show my cervical thickness or anything when I had my 20wk appt so we might be able to compare with my cervix now? (because I did my OWN research on uterine irritability and know that contractions are harmless as long as the cervix isn't changing).
No- she doesn't THINK the US would've measured that (but isn't about to call the OB doc that did it or find out, even tho it was a $630 US...) so she orders me an outpatient US titled: IUP/contractions- cervix. Tells me to call and make an appt (which I HONESTLY don't have time to make in the next 2 wks d/t travel).
So now I guess I am supposed to let coworkers of mine at the hosp. fiddle around with a vag US of my cervix just to get a result we have nothing to compare to? And who has $ for this kind of thing right now? Sigh.
I am just upset with how my relationship w/ my Family Practice/OB has deteriorated. I feel like I want a second opinion- from the OBSTETRICIAN who did my US (my FP refers out all US)... but am afraid of the $ and stepping on toes. I wish my FP would've offered to call the OB and ask what he thought might be the best plan... but she OBVIOUSLY doesn't have time for such things anymore... I want to call him just to "pick his brain", but it's not really my place- it's supposed to be hers, since I only pay him for the US.
I don't want to take meds or have US I don't need. I just wanted her to take the time to hear me out and make a plan WITH me... not just take off with the first suggestion (checking the cervix) I had. Maybe contractions are normal for me? Maybe I need procardia again? I don't trust that she'll take the time anymore to do what's best for me.. just what is fastest and easiest- and most likely expensive as hell...
So: #1 What to do about a doc that rushes through your visits so fast she wouldn't notice if bb's leg was hanging out... after you've waited at least and hour past your visit time to see her over and over again???
#2 Do you ladies have experience with contractions vs irritable uterus vs braxton hicks, etc.? What IS normal? What IS safe? If I knew they were nothing to worry about... I wouldn't! I did have my first at 37wks and they were never sure why- he was 5bls, 14 oz. I made it to 38wks w/ #2 who was also under 6lbs- but I took procardia from 24wks on. I am on my feet for 10+hrs at work, 3 days a week, in a very high-stress environment. I am not working out anymore- I do enough at work and home... but my Dr. never even discusses these things w/ me???
#3 I am tempted to blow off the whole contraction issue- just try to manage them as I have been- and not get any US or anything. But I would feel really badly if I did end up with a preemie. I just don't think getting this cervical US is the answer- as it would be another 2mos before we'd maybe even do another to compare? I don't know what IS done in these circumstances, but I do know I can't be the only one ever facing this issue! I want to call the damn OB, cuz he WOULD know!
Remember I don't have the option of doulas, midwives, birth centers, etc. Just plain old Dr.s and hospitals here... Thanks in advance and sorry so long!
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:55 pm
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Whew.. Ok so hang on.. CAN you switch docs? It seems that for whatever reason it isnt that simple in your case? If it were me, I'd just switch docs mid-stream. Maybe find one who specializes in high-risk pregnancies. I didnt get the whole part about the 1st OB, the 2nd one , who did the US etc..
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:34 pm
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I would have measured the cervix, if I were worried...you don't have to compare it with anything, it should be just this and this long at the certain stage of pregnancy (like 4 cm or smth at 20 weeks, e.g.). What do you call contractions, like Braxtons but then painful? I have been having rather painful Braxtons as of 23 weeks during this pregnancy..which almost dissapeared as soon as I went on maternity leave at 34 weeks of pregnancy..was definetely stress-induced in my case..My oldest was born at 36 weeks, DS2 at 39, and DD now at 40 weeks and 5 days.. But trust your feeling, if you are getting even more stressed because you keep worrying, then check the cervix...I would have switch the doc if I could....
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:02 pm
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[quote="nata"] But trust your feeling, if you are getting even more stressed because you keep worrying, then check the cervix...I would have switch the doc if I could....[/quote]
this was my thought--why not get a 2nd opinion if you can? or switch if you can? firstly, you don't need any extra stress, and if you are already unhappy with other things about this OB/practice, you will likely have others, right? I am such a strong believer in the mind/body connection when it comes to pregnancy and labor. I really think keeping you stress free and confident in your provider is high priority in the overall outcome of things. I wish I would have been more choosy with my 1st provider as I was with the one I had for my boys. Having someone I trusted made a huge difference for me.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:18 pm
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Thanks, guys.
You're right... switching docs isn't really all that easy. Been with this one for 8 years (she used to like her job....) and the actual OB that does her 20wk ultrasounds for her (she is family practice md) only sees me in emergencies or if c-section is needed, etc. I know him well too, just from business dealings and seeing him for 3 US now. He is a good OB, so I was always content knowing he had my doc's back.
So- we left town for the wknd for a wedding and I decided to journal my contractions. I know I've been having them... but never have the time to keep track of how many or how often! They are not painful- just my uterus hardening into a solid HARD ball- and after a few of them, they start to make my low back ache and I feel icky... like nauseaous, anxious, I start to feel pelvic/vaginal twinges that might be real or imagined, etc... So- regardless of if they are BH or not... when they really pick up, I start to worry!
We woke at 3AM for the drive and I had a good strong ctx hourly even though I was sitting on my butt in the car. In the afternoon- I had a few every half hour or so- but nothing alarming for me.
At about 430PM- while sitting around visiting with family- I had a pretty strong one. Changed seats. Another. Went to pee. Drank 3 glasses water. Another. Took tylenol & lay down for 1.5hrs by myself drinking water when I'd rather have been visiting family... Grrr! Ctx slowed, but I could still feel uterus was irritable.
At 6P- got up, drank more water, and wandered back out to visit. Had 1 or 2 mild ones. At 7P family wanted to go to resturant for dinner- so we went. When I walked in, got a strong one my mom could see through my shirt! Sat down and they began coming and going every 2-4 min and lasting a good minute + ea. After 3-4 of those, I went to the car and laid down- called the OB dept back home.
They told me to come in. I am in middle of nowhere and can't- anxious about going to strange hospitals. They have my doc call me- she manages to call in Procardia (med I had to slow them with last bb at 24wks when this happened) in a pharmacy 1hr away with 10min to close on Fri noc...Thank GOD my cousin worked there and picked up my med and met me at the motel an hour+ later!!!
Contractions continued every 5-10 min or more from 7p until 10:15 when I finally got the med. They tapered to every 15min and then I fell asleep... Had one right away when I awoke and rolled over at 7am the next morning.
The procardia do seem to cut them in half. I am home now for 3 days of working FT 12hr shifts... going to try to fit that US in. Sigh... I am sure all will be fine. Thanks for your support!!!
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:18 am
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wyowyome, this sounds like a bit too much, even if these are BH... I hope the medicine will help..do you have an appointment now with your OB to discuss the contractions etc? Can you may be take some time off at your work? To me it sounds that you really need to lay down at least for several days,your uterus seems to be really irritated..Let know how things are going!
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:35 pm
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Thanks nata-
I just had the cervical US done and I am estatic! My cervix is 6.1cm thick, when all I was hoping for was a good 4-5 to be in the normal range! Baby GIRL (she again made this very apparent!) is measuring to-the-day accurate in size! WOW!
Her head is nice and snug against the top of my cervix- which might explain some of the pressure and twinges there. She may or may not stay there... but she sure was there today- and she better be there in the end!
I have the procardia for the contractions now and it helps cut the frequency by half- and the contractions are only half as hard. I will use it just as needed for busy days- so it remains effective.
I have only 3 more weeks of pushing myself hard w/ work & travel before school starts and my schedule is slower. Then I might try to take it easier (once I catch up on missed housework, that is!) (:
I am just so happy and relieved- I think my crappy doc might just be fine for now... since everything looks a-ok! YAY! I'm super relieved if you can't tell!
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:46 pm
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Yippee for the good report!
Glad you got all good news!
(And if you're really not happy with your doc, now is the time to start searching for someone new...when things are calm...not when the S hits the fan!)
Wishing you all the best!
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Just thought I'd post an update. My contractions settled down A LOT and I began to really show about 2 weeks ago. It seems baby moved her head off the top of my cervix and more to my r lower abd- so she is more transverse than straight up and down. I feel WAY more comfortable like this- even w/ the big ol belly! I think her position was causing lots of my troubles!
I see my OB on tues at 30wks and get to do the glucose testing, etc. Then I will see her every 2 weeks from now on. CRAZY! I cannot believe we are here already! I've only got 8-10weeks left! YIKES!
I am feeling better this trimester than any of the others- so far- but I am starting to get really tender in a few belly areas where baby parts are poking too often.
I get short of breath easily, and I only get chores done about half as quick as I used to... which, in my house, means before anything is clean it's being dirtied again. DH is trying to step up- and I hate to feel lazy or whiny- but, damn- I am def. feeling this preg and it's kicking my butt physically this time!
It doesn't help that we just tore the house apart for all new carpeting, finished our basement (including painting, decor, etc), and both worked FT while doing so to finance it all! Just the thought makes me tired! I do feel bad, tho, when dh has to do all the heavy lifting! His back isn't great, but I think I'd be passed out on my face if I had to pack out carpet rolls, etc! It's enough that I bend over to pull the edges up and roll it, lol!
Feet & toes have puffed up on me a time or 2 w/ too much salt, but other than having aches & pains and being so TIRED- I am physically doing just fine.
Emotionally I am freaking out a bit. The kids are getting ready for baby- they aren't angry anymore. DH is way excited. I am trying to be ok with the idea but it still just doesn't feel real yet. I don't have a name I love yet- and feel really burned out on searching.
I know it will all come together soon enough, but I sure do feel like I'm running out of time! EEEK! Thanks for letting me vent- will let you know how my appt goes in 2 days (:
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:48 pm
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glad to hear it is going better with you..try not to worry too much about things, just let it go, it will all turn out really fine...Kids will adjust to the baby really quick. I find that the time flies now that SHE is with us..seems she was always here, with us. So don't worry too much, just take care of yourslef in these last few weeks.
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This is an example of a swarm that only uses OpenCV and AprilTags for Navigation. It was very cleverly executed by Zerotech, the makers of the Dobby drone, which uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight Controller. This swarm uses AprilTags on a mat on the ground and moves around by locating tags on the included mat.
No GPS -…Continue
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Lots of news and updates from the Dronecode team this month:
1) The Aerotenna OcPoC autopilot (video above) now supports the Dronecode/PX4 software stack!
● FPGA and dual-core ARM processors in…
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Gens Ace and the Tattu brand has a strong reputation in high-performance batteries. Recently, they expanded into speed controllers with the Tattu 30A BLHeli_S ESC, and sent us a set to review.
An ESC is a basic component, and often sold in nothing more than a static bag. These Tattu ESCs aim for a higher standard and are supplied in a sleek black box. Inside are the ESCs, of course, as…Continue
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Hello everyone !!!
I started three months ago in the realization of a Y4Copter completely modify homemade.
I realized the chassis of my wooden quadcopter of 18mm by 18mm that one finds in the stores of do-it-yourself for the sum of 3 euros, I used aluminum chair seats for assembly and 4mm plywood .
I chose to change the location of the rear engines on my Y4, instead of…Continue
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Stallion 3D is a 3D aerodynamics analysis software package developed by Dr. Patrick Hanley of Hanley Innovations (a Florida business that develops aerodynamics software for education and small businesses). Starting with only the STL file, Stallion 3D is an all-in-one Windows software tool that rapidly validate conceptual and preliminary aerodynamic designs of aircraft,…Continue
Added by Patrick Hanley on July 19, 2017 at 7:50am — 9 Comments
Some pretty awful proposed regulations have reared their ugly head. Should there be a comment period folks from around the world ought to chip in!
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When doing custom integration projects with UgCS, sometimes it might not be enough to only have the video stream window displayed in UgCS client. In this article we will explain in a few steps the simple process of accessing the stream.
The Video streamer component is located in UgCS service-manager in system tray.
Video streamer can stream from…Continue
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Together, the Dronelab at ENAC in Toulouse and the MAVLab at TU Delft have developed the Cyclone. It is a hybrid drone of the tailsitter type, with just 4 actuators. In the video, we show autonomous flight, ranging…
Added by Ewoud Smeur on July 19, 2017 at 2:00am — 5 Comments
In these days, while waiting for the waypoint navigation hardware, I'm working on the new frame for my cargo drone, and on the new box, I'm also planning for 4KG PAYLOAD test, after the first of 2kg, I've now got 580kv motors so I have better a thrust, if you want to stay informed on this project please subscribe to the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cUJnJr or take a look at my site: …Continue
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A little laugh with a joke starring my chickens, Penny and Pepsi :)
Oh yes, even chickens may benefit from Arduino tech.
Next step : make ardurover find the path to the chickens house, then recognize if eggs are layed and pick up them up Can DEVs take care of that in a next release ? :)
Added by Hugues on July 15, 2017 at 12:16pm — 9 Comments
H2 Hybrid powered multirotor drone flying over sea from Penglai to Chang island in Shandong province, China.
H2 Hybrid powersystem introduction:
core weight:4kg;
output power:1.8kw/continuous,2kw/peak;
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Hello Dev! great news!
finally after 9 month testing and developing the all Urus ecosystem, we have the first test video using the Urus Protocol - Urus System and running with Ardupilot master scheduler for this time on Arduino board and on Android app.
I'm sorry for the late support the community at the proposed time about 18 month…Continue
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Ellen Bryson talks about the ideas behind her new novel, The Transformation Of Bartholomew Fortuno.
Ellen Bryson talks about the ideas behind her new novel, The Transformation Of Bartholomew Fortuno
by Ellen Bryson
The Transformation Of Bartholomew Fortuno started with an image of six bearded sisters in a circus tent. I'd been reading Angela Carter at the time - she loved to write about bawdy burlesque women, and I'd just finished her amazing Nights at the Circus. I woke up at three that morning to a vision of these six fabulous sisters lined up in the shape of a half-moon, their bearded faces lifted to the tent's canvas ceiling. One after the other, they shouted out their names, a spotlight glimmering off their cheekbones and their luscious beards.
Today, I remember only two names: the first, Esmeralda, a spry young thing who still whispers to me for space on the page. The second was Iell. I can still see her calling out, "Iell," her beard a stunning, burnished red, her face the face of an angel. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. How could a woman with a beard be so beautiful? And so feminine? As the rest of the sisters dissolved into a sepia background, I couldn't help but wonder if others would see her beauty or only see the beard? What would it have been like to be her? What was her story?
Iell will tell me, I thought. But, for the life of me, no matter how clearly I could see her, Iell would not speak.
So, hoping for inspiration, I hit the Internet looking for juicy tidbits about the circus and bearded women. There was Julia Pastrana, billed as Monkey Girl at the turn of the twentieth century, and the Baroness Sidonia de Barcsy, a member of the Hungarian aristocracy who gave birth to a dwarf, then promptly grew a full beard. Then I came across the saucy Annie Jones, who started out as the Bearded Girl, and the elegant Mme. Clofullia, the Bearded Lady of Geneva, both of whom worked for P.T. Barnum in the mid-nineteenth century. This was well before Barnum became the circus impresario I'd expected to find, and I was thrilled to discover that he was the world's first advertising man and all but invented public hype. Best yet, his showplace was the American Museum in New York City, an audacious place full of curios and theatrical events, and destined to burn to the ground that very year. Perfect.
Pictures of the freaks from his Museum gave me all I needed for characters. Fat women, giants, midgets, albinos, anyone not of the norm. But it was a picture of one of his resident skinny men, Isaac Sprague, that really started things. Billed as the Living Skeleton, Sprague soon morphed into the character Bartholomew Fortuno, who, once he was renamed, proved to be so proud and distinctive, it became evident who my narrator would be. How interesting to find out that he loved his emaciated body and saw it as a gift to mankind. What better way to ensure these Prodigies would be seen as real people?
What I didn't expect was that it would end up to be Fortuno's story, and that through him, more questions would arise. What was gift and what was providence? How are we made? How much can perception mold our sense of self? What does mommy really have to do with it all?
Once I realized that Fortuno found Iell beautiful not despite her beard, but because of it, the story came alive. To live in his world had its own hierarchy. Difference equated to value. What made one separate instilled worth. But beyond that, his life was the same as anyone's lives, buttressed by ego, flattened by illness, buffeted about by love and envy, just like the rest of us. Fortuno's story is about bodies, to be sure. Strange, unique, uncommon bodies that were an art form for him. But heart still ruled, and the rules of his society still applied.
And truth, no matter who you are, is still truth.
Ellen Bryson's novel The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno is available now from Picador.


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Ed has been a Councillor in Gabalfa & Mynachdy since 2004.
He serves on several council committees including: Licensing, Public Protection and Council Appeals.
Ed also sits on the following bodies as a council appointee:
- Cardiff University Court
- Nuclear Free Local Authorities
Outside of politics, Ed is a fan of Oxford United and Newport County, and is a Welsh learner. He hates writing about himself in the third person.
He has announced that he will be stepping down as a local councillor at the next local elections in 2017.


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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Uglyworld #2287 - Washerings Up Times - (Project On The Go - Image 119-365)
Project "On The Go" - Image 119/365
Just typicals that I runs out of dishers in the hotels room when we is only a coupler of days away from flyerings home.
Oh wells, I supposers that it's washerings up times!
Todays steps = 4,387
The 2014 grand total = 630,467
From the Uglydoll blog at blog.adventuresinuglyworld.com/
And on Twitter at - @uglyadventures
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Recently I had to replace my computer's hard drive as the old one was getting close to dying. In the chaos that comes from copying files from one drive to another, I completely forgot to back up the databases on the old hard drive. I was still able to access the raw files, however, and after some hair-pulling and a lot of googling, I was able to restore the tables I needed like so:
- On the old hard drive, I navigated to the /var/lib/mysql folder
- I copied the database folder I needed to the new hard drive (this contains a bunch of files ending in .frm; the names should be those of the tables on that database). For convenience I copied them to the Desktop.
- I then copied the ibdata1, ib_logfile0, and ib_logfile1 files to the Desktop
- On the command line I stopped mySQL –
sudo service mysql stop
- I backed up the ibdata1, ib_logfile0, and ib_logfile1 files by appending -bak to them. To do this (since you can't exactly browse the /var/lib/mysql folder using cd) I entered
sudo mv /var/lib/mysql/<filename> /var/lib/mysql/<filename>-bak(replacing <filename> with the respective file names mentioned above)
- I then copied the 3 ib files from the Desktop to the /var/lib/mysql folder –
sudo cp <filename> /var/lib/mysql/<filename>
- Make sure all 3 of those files are owned by mysql. If not –
sudo chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/<filename>
- Copy the database folder –
sudo cp -R <database> /var/lib/mysql/<database>(where <database> is the database name)
- Give mysql ownership –
sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/<database>
- Restart mysql –
sudo service mysql start
- Check phpMyAdmin/Adminer/Database tool of choice to ensure everything shows up properly!
Hopefully this helps someone else!


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Supernatural's Felicia Day Welcomes Baby Girl
Felicia Day's pregnancy announcement was definitely one for the books. For starters, the first-time mom and Supernatural and The Guild star waited until the last minute before giving birth to tell the world she was even expecting. "She's coming in like three weeks so I guess I should announce this and stuff," Day joked.
Fast-forward weeks later: baby Calliope Maeve has joined the world! It turns out Day gave birth to her daughter last week but is just now sharing the news. "I went in to the hospital to have a baby last week and came back out not recognizing my own country," she tweeted Monday (January 30). She lamented not being able to attend the Women's March—since she was "about to drop a baby out [of her] vag"—but we're glad to see mother and child are doing well.
Oh yeah Calliope Maeve has hit the world. Currently wearing a onesie that says "Bard in Training." #LessThanThree pic.twitter.com/FB2X9BFYXq
— Felicia Day (@feliciaday) January 30, 2017
There must be something in the water for the SPN cast. Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) welcomed twins, Zeppelin Bram and Arrow Rhodes, in early December, and Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester) is expecting his third child with his SPN co-star, Genevieve. Plus, Mark Sheppard (Crowley, King of Hell) welcomed daughter Isabella Rose in early 2016.
Back when Day revealed that she was expecting, Padalecki decided to play matchmaker for his two boys. "WOOHOO!!! Do you think she'll like older men?!?! (My sons. Not me… Creepo.) #CONGRATS," he joked. Not missing a beat, Day replied, "I like this idea. #Hunterdynasty."
Day's character Charlie Bradbury may have died on Season 10, but there's still hope for the next generation of hunters. I'd pay good money to watch a SPN spin-off featuring the stars' kids following in their parents' footsteps.


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LANGLEY — Scott Allen can't help but borrow some football and hockey terminology as he paints the picture of transition taking part this season with the CIS national finalist Trinity Western Spartans men's basketball team.
As a new Canada West campaign begins on Friday (8 p.m.) with a weekend doubleheader at the Langley Events Centre against the Victoria Vikes, the Spartans head coach is ushering his team out of an era characterized by the inside scoring and overall rebounding of graduated seniors Jacob Doerksen and Tyrell Mara, and into a new one whose face will reflect the speed and perimetre-oriented skills of a guard-based rotation led by seniors Calvin Westbrook and Kyle Coston and exciting Ottawa Gee Gees transfer Sean Peter.
"Before, I had the control," remarked head coach Allen. "I was like the football coach because every time we'd come down the floor, I'd run one of my 30 or so quick-hitter plays. We're no longer a quick-hitter team. We're a space-the-floor and drive team. It makes for way more exciting basketball, but it puts the coaches on the edge. I don't know how we're going to come out of the gates."
Yet uncertainty is the theme for the entire B.C.-only Western Division of the Canada West which also features the longtime powerhouse UBC Thunderbirds, the fast-rising Fraser Valley Cascades, the always-dangerous Vikes, the improving Thompson Rivers WolfPack and the expansion UBC Okanagan Heat. Top to bottom, it's as unpredictable a provincial race as the conference has seen in years.
The first set of CIS national rankings released Tuesday had UBC at No. 5, Fraser Valley at No. 7 and TWU at No. 8. Saskatchewan was the Canada West's top team at No. 3 while Alberta checked in at No. 6. Defending national champion Carleton of Ottawa was No. 1.
Doerksen (21.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game), just now beginning his first professional season in Germany, was such a rare talent, a 6-foot-6 standout who was the CIS version of Larry Bird with his ability to dominate inside and out. Mara (11 points, 8.9 rebounds), whose younger brother Eli steps into a major role this season, was the glue that represented the level of toughness the Spartans showed as a team en route to a win over UBC in last season's national Final Four before it lost to Carleton in the national final.
So while there isn't an identity crisis going on in Langley, there is an ongoing scramble to determine just what the character and temperament of the 2011-12 Spartans actually is.
"Our biggest problem is that we only have four (returning) guys with experience, and that's including Eli as a freshman," remarks Allen of Westbrook, Coston, Tristan Smith and the younger Mara. "We're trying to figure out who we are very quickly. Fitting in 11 new (rotation) players is definitely a challenge."
That said, there is no shortage of talent in Allen's five-out system
The 6-foot-8 Coston is unique in his own right with his ability to step out and drill the three-ball, while also being able to compete inside. The 6-foot-5 swingman Westbrook is ready to have the best season of his career, and Peter is an A-level slasher who seems a tailored fit to the new offensive system.
"Anybody can be a post and everybody is a point guard," explains Allen of the perimetre-based offence he last ran during the 2004-05 season when he coached White Rock Christian to the B.C. Triple A boys high school title. "The difficulty is that everybody has to be able to shoot, put the ball on the floor and pass. If not, it becomes stagnant. The ability to keep moving the ball is the hardest thing to teach. In a lot of ways it's like hockey with all of the cycling. But it's all predicated on the shoot, drive and pass. If they can't beat their man, then it's a waste of time."
And Allen is quick to point out that balance is so important in the new scheme.
"We can't rely just on (Coston and Westbrook)," says Allen. "That's our biggest issue because CIS coaches are going to play our guys a certain way. So they have to read and react and find open players. Everyone has to be a scorer and if we are too top heavy, I don't think we can be effective with the end in mind."


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Turns out it's nowhere near 4 million.
TalkTalk on Friday radically revised down the number of customers it says have been hit by a recent cyber theft of personal data.
The internet and phone provider says in a statement on Friday that just 156,959 people are affected by the hack, down from a previous estimate of 1.2 million and an initial assessment of 4 million.
Out of this total, 15,656 had their bank account and sort code assessed. 28,000 credit and debit card numbers were also taken, but TalkTalk says in all of these cases numbers were obscured and the data was not kept with other identifying information like names and addresses.
TalkTalk's stock plummeted after it was hacked was hacked for a third time late last month following a "significant and sustained" cyber attack that was initially thought to be the work of Russian jihadis. Two teenage boys from Northern Ireland and West London have since been arrested in connection to the hack.
TalkTalk says in Friday's statement:
It was a difficult decision to notify all our customers of the risk before we could establish the real extent of any data loss. We believe we had a responsibility to warn customers ahead of having the clarity we are finally able to give today.
We have now contacted all customers who have had financial details accessed, reiterating our advice on what to do to keep themselves safe. The financial information accessed cannot on its own lead to financial loss. We will be contacting all other affected customers in the coming days.
TalkTalk says it won't contact any of its customers asking for financial or personal information, so watch out for scam calls. TalkTalk and the Metropolitan Police are still investigating.


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Happy 4th Anniversary Mason Jar Meals! Four years ago I posted THIS photo on my Facebook page, on July 26, 2011 to be exact and look how Mason Jar Meals are everywhere now. Neato! I really like my mason jars and use them all the time, especially for jarring up leftovers- they look fresher that way.
Teeny tiny lemon ginger icebox cakes for two are my way of celebrating Mason Jar Meals' special day. No oven required and a few deliciously simple ingredients, this dessert comes together in a breeze and is so refreshing too. You'll find these to be rich, decadent, creamy, and perfectly petite. Now get in the kitchen and whip these mini gals right up. Use your imagination and play around with a variety of flavor combinations too.
- 9 thin and crispy ginger snaps: I used Trader Joe's Cookie Thins- triple ginger
- 1 tbl Lemon Curd
- ¼ cup Mascarpone
- mint leaves for garnish- optional
- Blend lemon curd and Mascarpone until smooth.
- Place one cookie each in the bottom of 2 small 4 oz. mason jars or tiny ramekins.
- Top each cookie with about 2 teaspoons cream filling. Spread to edge of jar.
- Top with cookie and repeat layers until you have 4 layers of cookies and four layers of cream ending with the cream.
- Crumble remaining cookie and save for later.
- Cover and chill icebox cakes for at least 1 hour.
- When ready to serve sprinkle evenly with cookie crumbs and garnish with a mint leaf.
- Eat with a teeny tiny spoon to make it last a good long time!
- Serve along side a big bowl of fresh summer berries and a Lillet Blanc on the rocks with an orange slice.
For more Mason Jar Meal Ideas- see all of them here.
Follow my Mason Jar Meal Board on Pinterest.
How will you celebrate Mason Jar Meals' 4th Anniversary?


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Caravan Grey (Cabana Grey) Lumbar Pillow 22" x 12"
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Random Thoughts and Award-Winning Recipes (disclaimer: recipes may not have won actual awards)
Saturday, November 13, 2010
I Think I Know Where Jimmy Hoffa May Be Buried
4 comments:
You are a hoot and a pip. I am one of your six followers, so you are welcome ;)ReplyDelete
You are pretty hoot-worthy yourself!ReplyDelete
I wish the picture was scratch-n-sniff. The visual doesn't do it any justice without the "boy smell"!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2010 at 2:03 PM
First of all, your Annie Lennox remake KILLZ.ReplyDelete
Second of all, a big "HOLLA" to MarshallK for his insightful addition of the "scratch-n-sniff" reference...I hear ya on the boy smell...it can take over a room like a B.O. monsoon...
Third, NickyB ain't got SH%# on Jack's room. I only see 147 legos out in Nick's room. Jackson's has at least 382...not to mention the miscellaneous gameboy games and pokemon cards...walking through there can be like navigating a mine field (and since I have broken my toe stepping on a lego in the past, I say this with all seriousness...)
Last, I promise to sign up as a follower right after I leave this comment. You are one funny woman, Mrs. B, and I don't want to miss a thing!!!
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Well Paramount sure is confident in Star Trek Beyond. The third Trek film in the rebooted franchise that began with J.J. Abrams' 2009 film opens in theaters this Friday, but today Paramount and Bad Robot went ahead and announced official plans for Star Trek 4. As we heard on Friday, Chris Hemsworth is now confirmed to co-star alongside Chris Pine, reprising his role as Captain Kirk's father from the prologue of Star Trek 2009 and continuing Pine's Daddy Issues arc that's been the backbone of this rebooted franchise thus far.
The official logline for Star Trek 4 is as follows:
In the next installment of the epic space adventure, Chris Pine's Captain Kirk will cross paths with a man he never had a chance to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was born: his father.
This is a huge get for the franchise, as Hemsworth's turn as George Kirk in 2009 came as he was simply a burgeoning actor with Cabin in the Woods on his docket. But now, since landing the role of Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and proving his comedic chops in films like Vacation and Ghostbusters, Hemsworth is a bona fide movie star. So for Star Trek 4, the franchise is getting even more starpower.
While Simon Pegg and Doug Jung wrote the script for Star Trek Beyond, Paramount says J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will pen the Star Trek 4 script while J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber will produce through Bad Robot Productions. Payne and McKay were actually the first writers on Beyond when Roberto Orci was directing, but once he left the project, Pegg and Jung came in and did a Page One rewrite, so I'll be curious to see how the script develops going forward.
The remaining cast is expected to return, sadly this time without Anton Yelchin who passed away recently in a tragic accident. Fast & Furious 6 helmer Justin Lin stepped in to direct Star Trek Beyond, but Paramount has not yet confirmed who will direct Star Trek 4. With Abrams once again producing, I wonder if he'll approach the franchise like Mission: Impossible going forward, bringing in a new filmmaker each time around to put his or her stamp on the series.
Beyond's early reviews have been widely positive, with many praising its Star Trek: The Original Series vibe, so clearly the studio is feeling bullish about the franchise's prospects even as CBS ramps up its new TV iteration of Star Trek to debut in January 2017. But with Hemsworth onboard, Trek 4 now has a new wealth of possibilities at its disposal. Will the Enterprise crew be traveling backwards in time? Just Kirk? Or is George Kirk brought into the future? We'll find out in due time, but for now, Star Trek Beyond opens in theaters on Friday.


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The Blessing Of The Guardian
"Mother!" a shrill voice and the incessant rapping of knuckles on wood drags her from her rest. "Mother, come quickly!"
With an agility quite shocking in one so aged she has rolled out of bed and covered the distance to her chamber door in three strides. She yanks it all the way open halting her youngest acolyte halfway through another round of knocking.
"What's happened?." she snaps as she accepts her formal golden robe from the daughter Zinea's hand. She knows that look and the off-kilter pitch of her voice – panic she became quite familiar with during the events of seven moons ago.
"Guards at the doors." Zinea says as she scuttles to keep up with the Mother Priestess. "And Asha want's to let them in!"
"By the Lady, I will flay that girl where she stands," She grabs a torch off the wall of their dormitory and quickens her pace to the end of the hall. "Keep up, damn-it girl, isn't anyone stopping her."
"Three of my sisters Ma'am, Maybe others' if they're up. She's so strong."
Asha had been a shepherd's girl before coming to them, Mother remembers; a country girl just like the damn Usurper. Don't judge a scroll by its handles they said, She fixed her sternest look on her face as she threw open the doors to the main temple. Going against my best instincts.
She flies as fast as her ageing feet can carry her across the main hall of the temple, seeing moonlight spanning in from the atrium and struggling silhouettes against it. Zinea jogs along at her heels.
She storms through the archway into the Atrium, recognizing the silhouettes as the bull-like Asha with a familiar gold-leafed scroll in her hands and three young Priestesses piled on her. One has jumped on her back and thought to get a hand over her mouth, holding it there despite strong teeth biting into it.
She goes to Asha, and the sight of her makes the young woman freeze. The Mother jerks the scroll from her grasp, tucking it into the sleeve of her robe and night gown. Then she whirls around to the doorway. Seven men stand there in the new Palace colors of violet and gold. She stands just beyond the threshold, letting rage power her stance and her tone.
"Does the Usurper now think it appropriate to send his militia to my door at all hours of the night?"
"Watch your tongue when you speak of the King, Priestess!" a young one on her left says. He tries to ram the doorway only to have an older friend hold him back by the collar. Pity, she'd have liked the see him break his nose on the temple's barrier.
"At ease, boy," the man directly in front of her says. He has a gruff look about him (with a salt-and-pepper color to his neat beard and a scar twisting around his eye like a knife just missed carving it out). "Forgive him, Mother. He is full of the hot air of youth. We don't mean to disturb you, but a concerned citizen revealed to us that a dangerous fugitive might attempt to take refuge beyond your doors tonight."
"You mean the Princess," she snaps. She's sick and tired of this carrying on. "That poor girl died in the Old Castle Fire and your traitor knows it."
"No body was ever found, as you'll recall," the man says.
"And precious little of the others were!" She wishes she had the height of years past – she would have towered over him. "That blaze burned for three days. The Princess is ash in the rubble whether the paranoid demon knows it or not."
"That is your King," the young, red faced young man raises his short sword at her.
"He is no King of mine," she counters, glaring at each one of them until sweat gleams on their brows. "And no King of Lady Ra either. Now leave my temple. You shall not be granted entrance as long as Terrio's family rules. Continue this fool's hunt elsewhere."
"You ungrateful shrew!" the youngest hisses.
"SILENCE!" his commanding officer rounds on him. "That is still a priestess regardless of her allegiance." He bows to her, a stiff jerk of his upper body. "I beg you to reconsider, fresh blood shall be good for Elysium and the rest of the realm."
"Leave. My. Steps." She glares as each man turns and walks out of her courtyard, until the only view of them is the glint of the full moon on their armor. Then she closes the marble door firmly and directs her attention to Asha. "You fool."
"You're the fool!" Asha spits. She struggles, but the other priestesses hold fast to her. "All these months giving the cold shoulder to the crown. They are the people's rulers. We chose them. Us! Not some ancient planet magic."
Every one of her daughters gasps when her hand whips across Asha's cheek. "Do you know what your rulers have done?" She whispers icily. "They have cavorted with demons that haunt the fringes of our civilization – monsters the crown beat back centuries ago. They have dealt with that dark power and sacrificed the energy of this Kingdom's people to them – your people Asha – all in the name of a throne that is not theirs. They murdered children in their beds, They burned a whole palace of good people just for the blood of a few. They poisoned a good King when an honourable rival would have duelled him for the crown." Asha does not cower before her, but she takes pleasure in seeing the goose bumps rising on her arms. "All in the name of what exactly?"
"My people starved, five winters ago. No grain came to help our hungry." Asha protests, though she doesn't meet the Mother's eyes. "Sometimes things get messy in the name of good."
She gestures for her Daughters to release Asha and then grabs the girl by the neck of her robe. "If the Usurper is your answer for the hardships of a few, if the good of a Kingdom is worth the price of bodies so burnt you cannot tell flesh from bone, then it is not a good I ever want to see." She pushes Asha back, hating that her old joints wobble. "You will walk yourself to one of our guest quarters in the back of this temple and you will stay there under guard until I receive word from the other Mothers what should be done with you."
"Or I could leave," she challenges.
And Asha walks past her, up to the door, jerks it so hard that her strong arms near rip it off its hinges, and takes the step towards the open courtyard.
A loud boom echoes off the walls of the Atrium as a flash of golden light blasts Asha off her feet and shoulders-first into the stone floor. She stares up at the ceiling dazed.
Mother walks up to her and links her hands behind her back, studying her once promising Priestess with pity. "Ancient planet magic is more than you will ever understand. It cannot always feed the hungry, nor can it solve every wrong, but in the matters of goodness and judgement, it is sound." She turns her back on the girl. "You will walk voluntarily to the guest quarters when you are able and think about what it means that the Lady Ra imprisons you here under her justice.
She hears hesitant footsteps follow her. "Mother what will happen to Asha?" Her youngest initiate – Maeve – asks."She will face judgement for attempting to betray Ra and her disciples," she says smoothly. Maeve was the one who jumped on Asha's back. "How is your hand dear?"
"Bleeding…but I'm fine, I couldn't let her say the words to bring the barrier down."
"And Ra, this temple, and I all thank you for it." She opens the door to the dormitories and waves her daughters through. "Have one of your sisters treat it. Thank you, for trusting my decisions, all of you."
The three who fought Asha bid her goodnight and walk towards their chambers. Zinea lingers. "Mother, I don't mean to seem disloyal."
"But you have questions, as you always do." She smiles at the most bookish of her priestesses. "Ask."
"They only want to know we do not have the Princess…doesn't it seem suspicious if we keep refusing to let them search."
She sighs, they have whispered just this at meals for every moon since the coup. "Yes, it does, to more than just Terrio and his ilk."
"How do you mean?"
"Word gets around – the House of Ra does not condone the new rulers. They do not let those loyal to them beyond their doors. We might be under suspicion, Terrio might if her were actually unhinged threaten our safety. He won't, he knows we are far too popular."
"Then what?"
"Because I hope, Zinea." She pinches the bridge of her nose. "Do you know, how many bodies they pulled from the rubble of the Castle?"
"47," she swallows. "Men, women, children, servants, dogs. All of them burnt until there was nothing left but bone. Children I blessed at birth and instructed in pray and morals and even in decorum in Selena's case. All of them suffocated, burned, and died until they could only guess at who they were by the teeth in their blackened skulls."
She looks up at Zinea whose eyes tremble against sudden tears. "He put the family's skulls in the wall of the throne room below the portraits – the ones their mother and father had painted to show just how proud they were. I counted each one when he anointed himself with the crown, and the joy – I cannot describe it to you – of seeing one skull missing." She shakes her head. "I might well be right and a beam could have crushed her charred bones to nothing…but if I'm wrong, Zinea…don't you see I must do everything I can to show that girl that she would be safe here. That the murderer sitting in her parents seat – in her seat – cannot touch her here."
"Don't you think she would know, Mother?"
She shakes her head. "If the Usurper is anything, he is smart. He will have tried to spread word that we are his silent supporters. I must do everything I can to counteract that."
Zinea nods and then surprises her, stooping to wrap her arms around Mother's hunching shoulders. "I shall hope too, Mother."
"Thank you," she pats Zinea on the back and smiles sadly at her when she pulls away. "Now to bed with you," she says. "Before it's time for the dawn prayers."
Zinea bids her goodnight and goes off to bed, and Mother lets the weariness seep into her. She leans a hand on the wall as she makes her way to the Atrium. Asha has vanished – off to a guest quarters surely or perhaps roaming the temple. Mother walks to the front doors and pulls them open, watching the full moon still and calm over her head."Great Lady," she whispers. "Is hope enough?" She closes her eyes, wondering if the moonlight truly is warm on her cheeks or if it's a trick of the summer air.
She awakens to a hand shaking her frantically.
"Come on, come on, come on, wake up." A rough and fast paced voice yells.
She blinks away sleep and glares at the intruder. She notes the purple and gold tunic once – a Terran servant – and glares. "You know you aren't welcome here, boy."
"Not me! Her!" he gestures behind him. Her eyes drift down the steps to the hunched and heavily cloaked woman who has collapsed on the marble. She looks terribly thin save for the bump protruding from her worn cloak. "Help her."
"No palace man is allowed beyond these walls, no matter his cause." She stands and walks over to the woman. "But I shall send some of my girls out to help and why in Ra's name did you not come here sooner?" She pulls the shaking woman to her feet, feeling the tremors that shake her whole body. "How long have these been going?" she askes the hooded stranger.
"Since moonrise." The woman gasps. Her voice is little more than a girl's. "Oh please I thought I was only seven moons along – it's too early."
"No time for that now," she soothes the woman. "Have your waters broken?"
"Just a few streets back," the girl whispers. "Mother please, I must go inside."
"Certainly you do my dear, he'll stay beyond the walls, but I'll take you to one of our guest rooms. My girls have helped women through this many times before.
No," the girl shakes her head. "No I must go to the Cloister of the Guardian."
"Absolutely not," she scoffs. "you've no business speaking directly to Ra, child, and her house can offer you help and shelter, but she shall not listen to those who support Terrio."
The girl chuckles, it ends in a pained whine as another contraction quakes through her. "I am no Terran. I can prove it to you." And she pulls away her hood just enough for the moonlight to catch the top of her head – distinctive golden hair and amber eyes glazed over with pain stare hopefully at her.
She wastes no time. Words so ancient their language has vanished from the realm fall from her lips. She touches her hand to the girl's heart and then against her better judgement, her male companion. "You may pass, both of you." And she pulls an arm around Selena and rushes her inside, a bit pleased when the man goes around to support her on the right.
"Why wait so long to come here?" she murmurs, berating herself that she didn't even recognize the Princess' voice and then her heart saddens realizing it has changed. It is weak and warbles like each word is an effort. Her fingers can feel Selena's ribs through her cloak. She must have been dreadfully sick. "This way," she says, guiding them through the Atrium and the Main hall.
"I didn't want to…endanger you," Selena pants. "Wasn't sure either whose of yours I could…trust."
"It's alright child." She rushes the pair of them to the open hallways that surround the Cloister and turns them to the left towards the entry archway. "We really must get you to a bed. Get you warm water, medicine."
Selena just keeps shaking her head. "I must address Ra."
Mother takes her through the gardens of the Cloister, to tall marble-gold-veined column that glows in the center. She and the young man help Selena kneel before it. The princess wraps her arms as far around the column as she can and presses her forehead to it, eyes closing."
"Let's leave her." She coaxes the panicky man.
"Leave me be, Matteo." Selena whispers. "Please."
She pulls the young man out of the sacred Cloister into the covered walkway that surrounds it. Here they can watch over Selena as she prays, but do not intrude.
Mother puts both hands over her face. "Dear Ra, help her – whatever she needs."
"The Guardianship," Matteo whispers, hoarse voice cracking. "She wants Ra to bless the child with the Guardianship."
"For her protection," Mother murmurs. Not even Terrio could dare kill Ra's chosen, ancient magic protected them from murder by a monarch's hand – whether he knew it or not. She rubbed her forehead. "It's due to a child of this world any day now."
"Selena needs it to be hers…she doesn't think she'll be around to protect her."
"Nonsense," Mother scoffs. "Every woman of her line for the last…nine generations has survived childbirth. Her own mother seven times."
"She's been sick," Matteo presses. "The fire ruined her lungs, the food's been scarce in the commons of the city – Terrio's trying to drive her out – and she spent the past month with fever."
"And the child survived?"' she marvelled.
"Selena did everything she could," Matteo responded.
"Are you the father?" She wonders at him, eye on Selena as light flashes in the middle of the Cloister.
"No," Matteo looks away like he might cry. "My brother was – died in the fire. He's the one that woke them up in time to get her out…. he got blasted in by one of the walls as they were running."
Kegs of flour, and oil, she recalled, had been used to help the flame. Huge barrels of it from the storerooms had helped the Old Castle collapse on its foundations, trapping everyone inside. "I am sorry."
"Yeah, well," he shrugs. "I'm working there for food…and if I ever get the chance to stab that bastard in the heart I'll take it."
She nods, in the courtyard she could swear the gold veins of the column glowed more brightly. "Fetch my girls if you would. In the dormitories the door three doors down on the left and the one all the way at the end on the right."Yes, milady," he rushes off down the covered walk and into the confines of the temple. She waits until Selena has turned away from the column and rested the back of her head against it before approaching.
"My best are on their way," she speaks softly to Selena, noting the creases on her face and the bags beneath her amber eyes.
"Thank you," she whispers. Her hand reaches out for Mother's and grasps it in a bruising, sweaty grip. "I'm sorry for…"
"You've nothing to apologize for," she hushes her. "You brave girl."
"Will you protect her?"
"With my life," she swears. "But you can still pull through this." She coaches the girl even as she pulls in on herself, dress and cloak bunching up over her thighs. "You can't make it this far without being a fighter, Selena."
"It's only for her," she sobs. "I just want to be with them…all of them…Papa, Ma, Thom…" She clutches impossibly tighter onto Mother's hand as a strong contraction rips through her. "But I wanted her to live…a nice fuck you to that bastard."
She bites her tongue on the familiar retort about royalty and language. Selena surely doesn't need decorum now.
Quick footsteps clack on the stone walkway.
"I've got towels." Zinea rushes to kneel before Selena, spreading linens out on the stones and passing a cloth to The Mother to wipe Selena's brow.
"Drink this princess," Maeve kneels by her head on the other side, holding a cup of water to her lips.
"I've got you, Selena," Matteo kneels beside Maeve and wraps Selena's free hand in both of his.
"Can't I push, please?" She begs.
"Not quite yet, milady," Zinea murmurs.
"Oh!" Selena turns her head and burrows it into The Mother's shoulder. "I told her to stay in earlier and she didn't listen and now I beg her to come out and she still won't listen."
"She or he is stubborn like the lot of you then," Mother tells her – anything to distract the girl.
"She," Selena insists. "I just know it." But while she looks like she might insist another contraction hits. She grits her teeth and turns more into Mother's shoulder.
They wait impossibly long hours in vigil beneath the central column in the Cloister of the Guardian. Until at last, just as dawn cracks over the roof of the temple, a change comes over Selena. She brightens, grins around clenched teeth, and looks determinedly at Zinea. "Now?"
"Now," Zinea confirms. Selena bears down with all the might that's left in her frail body, wailing under the lingering moonlight and dawning sun until a new cry mingles with hers – louder, fresh, and small.
"There, there." Mother accepts the towel-wrapped infant, once Zinea has tied the cord, and passes her to Selena whose head is now pillowed in her lap. "Your instincts were right on, my dear."
And Selena looks at her daughter – bright amber eyes, glowing golden hair, and a similarly glowing crescent birthmark on her forehead. "Serenity," Selena proclaims. She nestles her daughter in her arms and lays her head back on Mother's lap. "Thank you, Great Lady," she says as her eyes close.
Tears flow from her eyes and the eyes of all three present as they watch Selena's breathing get shallower and slower. Zinea hangs her head. Maeve reaches out for Matteo's hands, covering them as they continue to clutch to Selena's.
And above them the veins of the marble column glow bright, blinding gold and a sound like a gong reverberates off it into the city beyond. The tall pillar lights up the sky, pulsing as it announces the birth of Sailor Earth to the turbulent realm of Elysium.
"Should we move her?" Zinea asks after the moon has faded from the sky and Priestesses curious why they were not roused for dawn prayers trickle out of the temple.
"No," Mother whispers, brushing hair away from Selena's face and gathering quiet baby Serenity into her arms. "Cover her, and let's bury her here, where Ra can bless her resting place." She rises on shaky, creaking knees. Serenity will need a wet nurse as soon as they can summon one. "Tell Asha she shall dig the grave."


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Name a popular American song from as far back as, say, the American Revolution: David Crohan, an extraordinary member of that rare breed known as The Piano Man, can play it. By heart.
And he'll do it all, as in 200-plus years of the greatest hits of popular American music, on July 4 at Café L'Europe, 330 S. County Road, where Crohan is resident pianist during the social season.
He'll be joined by additional musical talents, too.
That's because the July 4 festivities at Café L'Europe also are set to include the performing prowess of chanteuse Charmaine Forde, the Mel Urban Trio and special guest George Tandy, keyboardist and music producer.
Then there will be all the singing. Everyone at Café L'Europe on the Fourth of July usually sings along at some point during the evening; it's hard not to.
The restaurant also will feature a special three-course prix-fixe menu ($49.50 a person) with choices for each course, plus offer its regular a la carte menu and small-plates bar menu.
Café L'Europe's July 4 celebration is 6-9 p.m., so attendees who want to see the 9 p.m.-ish fireworks should be able to do so (see www.wpb.org for more information about downtown West Palm Beach's fireworks and Fourth on Flagler celebration).
For more information, call Café L'Europe at 655-4020 or see www.cafeleurope.com


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The NHL's regular season opens tonight on Versus. Washington and Boston are just about underway, Joe Sakic will have his number retired in Denver later tonight. Real quick let me get my regular season predictions on the record.
(C) Central, (N) Northwest, (P) Pacific
1> (P) San Jose - Heatley and Thorton make this offence very potent, though they probably overpaid. Still the Pacific division will again prove to be quite weak. Whether this tranlates into playoff victory or another early exit is the area of speculation
2> (N) Calgary - Bowemeister makes an already good D the best in the division. If Kippersieve plays better the Flames could run away with this.
3> (C) Chicago - The first team not called the Detroit Red Wings to win this division since 2001.
4> (C) Detroit - A year older and sans Hossa, this is the year they get eclipsed.
5> (C) St. Louis - They're still improving and should hang in the race a while, just not quite as many weapons as DET or CHI, yet... A good deadline deal could really make the Blues scary.
6> (N) Vancouver - Might challenge the Flames for the division.
7> (P) Anaheim - A ton of forward depth, especially with S. Koivu, but key losses on D and still a G contraversey.
8> (N) Minnesota - Perhaps a homer pick, but I think they've improved enough for a team one point out last year. But these last two playoff spots will be hotly contested until the bitter end.
9> (P) Dallas - Lot of optimism around this team post-Avery, but I say they still land out.
10> (C) Columbus - Could be in the hunt until the end.
11> (P) Los Angeles - They could be just a season away from the playoffs.
12> (C) Nashville - It's been too long since they've made the playoffs, but the Conference has passed the Preds by, and they play in the leagues toughest division.
13> (N) Edmonton - Not getting Heatly, Comrie's return, this looks to be a team destined for another season of turnover, the microscopic Canadian media won't help anything here.
14> (P) Phoenix - Uncertain summer hurt this team a bit, but they appear set to stay in the desert for a while
15> (N) Colorado - Tonight is Joe Sakic night, sadly, that will prove to be the highlight of their season.
San Jose over Minnesota
Calgary over Anaheim
Chicago over Vancouver
Detroit over St. Louis
San Jose over Detroit
Chicago over Calgary
Chicago over San Jose
(A) Atlantic, (N) Northeast, (S) Southeast
1> (S) Washington - This team will be great
2> (A) Pittsburgh - Remember they took 5th in the East last year
3> (N) Boston - Should still win the division, but will come a little bit back to earth (at least I'm not picking them 12th this season)
4> (A) Philadelphia - They could nip the Pens, but I'll just put them in a solid second for now.
5> (S) Carolina - Last seasons cinderella will take fewer teams by surprise this regular season
6> (A) New Jersey - I'm not as down on the Devils as most
7> (N) Montreal - Season 101 will be marginally better
8> (N) Ottawa - Ended up still getting a really good deal for Heatley
9> (A) New York Rangers- Surprise, early indications from broadway is Gabroik's already struggling to stay healthy.
10> (S) Florida - They again will be in the playoff race until the end.
11> (N) Buffalo - Another year's experience for this young team, wouldn't be shocking if they sneak in the playoffs
12> (N) Toronto - Most of the hype surrounding this team is from a xenophobic Canadian media. They're still firmly rebuilding for a while. Yet they will probably sell more tickets than most of the teams above them (except Montreal).
13> (S) Atlanta - Kovalchuk's impeding free agency is the big question, will they do well enough to try and sign him, or will the Thrash begin rebuilding. Still looking for playoff victory #1.
14> (S) Tampa Bay - Maybe they won't fire their coach after a month this year.
15> (A) New York Islanders - Still a ways from the top, but Tavares should be an exiting first building block.
Washington over Ottawa
Pittsburgh over Montreal
New Jersey over Boston
Philadelphia over Carolina
Washington over New Jersey
Pittsburgh over Philadelphia
Washington over Pittsburgh
Washington over Chicago


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I, Vampire
reviewed by Kate Townshend
Well, after joking a couple of weeks ago that the next stage in female character outfit evolution would be Harley strutting around au naturel on a front cover, I, Vampire has made me realise that I'm already behind the times. Our protagonists are pictured looking mean and moody; him with jeans and rippling biceps, her with, well pretty much nothing at all actually (I refuse to count the 'slightly darker shading' that has been used to prevent the comic from being consigned to opaque plastic bags on the top shelf).
Despite this, I Vampire is exactly the sort of story I should like, focused as it is on the interpersonal dynamics between two rather striking characters. He is a tortured Angel type, wrestling with his darker impulses, while she is fearless and amoral and rather compelling actually. The artwork is pretty cool too, all flowing lines and stark blacks and whites juxtaposed against one another, and it works because this is a world where lines of good and evil are being drawn against a sense that it would be delightfully easy to just go with the flow.
And I love the fact that this first issue is fundamentally just a conversation between the two main characters... it's an effective way of drawing us into their world and demarcating the lines that will drive the story. Some of the dialogue is a little clunky, but I can't make up my mind whether or not this is just the awkwardness of the character or a flaw in the writing. The revolutionary parallels that Mary tries to draw are interesting if not terribly subtle, and there is a real sense of an epic narrative being set in place.
But back to the nakedness. Part of me wonders if this is just an explicit parallel being made between Mary and her animalistic side, in which case you could make an (admittedly rather tenuous) case for it as a justified part of characterisation. She is "magnificent", "free" and unfettered and maybe she's just cooler than the rest of us with our bourgeois preferences for textiles. The less generous interpretation though, is that this is another tired attempt to link sexual women with evil ones. In which case, yawn.
Overall though, it's fun, interesting and worth a second look. (At the contents… not just the cover!)
Justice League Dark
reviewed by D Kai Wilson-Viola
Of all the comics, bar Teen Titans, this has actually be one that I've been looking forward to. I live in a 'Cartoon Network' household, which means things like Teen Titans, Justice League and Static Shock are actually franchise sets that I recognise, so when I heard I was getting JL:D, I squeed a little.
And, of all the comics I've reviewed so far, this one has to be one of the better ones. Maybe it's because I know some of the mythology they're using for once, or perhaps I just really got the pace, the colouring and the techniques, but this one is definitely one that I'd like to continue with. It's interesting enough that it held my attention from the outset, and I liked (and yes, recognised) some of the characters. There are some nice precedents established, plus, I was quite interested to see whom they'd dragged in from Justice League, so from the outset there is crossover and interaction. I won't spoil that, but it's enough to say that the overlay story and narrator works really well, while allowing the story just to unfold, which is something I think is very neat. There's control and direction there while the story evolves, and as a writer, I love seeing that technique employed properly. In contrast to the Deadman comic last week (who, coincidentally makes a brief appearance), which swung and missed, this was perfect.
There are – kind of – styles associated with each character, though so far we haven't seen them all in the same place, so I'm not sure if that's going to be something that continue through the comic, which will be interesting, but mostly, I like the overall and underlying story, along with the stronger, deeper story going on. It'll be neat to see where this one goes.


text: Garrett's 3rd birthday came and went this week, and like most important life events – the build up is way bigger than the actual thing itself. I mean, I kept telling myself/repeating what I'd read from the mommysphere "the 3rd birthday is the one they start to remember." That's all I needed to hear and it was on. I picked a theme – construction, naturally. If you know my son I feel like his obsession with trucks is at a whole other level, so I felt like my creative skills needed to be kicked up a notch. I did the late night Pinterest binge to get the juices flowing, and hit up the trusty party planning spots the next day – Party City, Dollar Tree, Target and Hobby Lobby. I included photos below from his party along with all the décor and where I found them – hope it helps for future bday party ideas!


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Ghazipur is a city in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It also happens to be the headquarters of a district by the same name. The city derives its name from the ghazi (warrior) Sayyid Masud, who is said to have defeated the local raja, and established a city here in 1330 CE. Varanasi, the holy Hindu city, lies at a distance of 79 km south-west and is the major urban agglomeration in the city.
Places to Stay
Hotel facilities are limited as far as this city is concerned. However, two of the options which are worth trying out are Living Legend Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 1000) and Shyam Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 500).
The official language of the city is Hindi. Urdu is also widely used and understood.
The important festivals celebrated are Holi in March, Hanuman Jayanti and Dusshera in September-October, Diwali in November and the two Eid(s). Dala Chhat and Mauni Baba Fair in the month of November are some of the other important events.
Places of Interest
Ghazipur Opium Factory is the largest legal medicinal opium producing factory in the world. Several monuments dating back to the Mughal era such as Chihal Satun (Forty Pillars) Palace, Chit Nath Ghat, tomb of Lord Cornwallis and Parasuram Mandir are some of the interesting places in the city.
How to Get There
The Varanasi Airport, situated 70 km away, is the closest to Ghazipur.
The city has its own railway station in the form of Ghazipur City Railway Station (3.5 km away from the city centre).
Verma Travels, Balaji Tours and Travels and Vijay Travels are some of the reputed bus operators in the city. Buses to the area are readily available from Varanasi. Book your tickets through Ticketgoose.com and make use of its bus ticket offer.


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GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed has confirmed to Billboard.com that the band is "definitely taking some time off" following last month's completion of GN'R's second Las Vegas residency, "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction", at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He added, "I'm not sure if we're gonna be doing anything else this year. Hopefully we will, but definitely next year. We can't stay away too long."
Reed also shrugged off the recent rumor that GUNS N' ROSES frontman and sole original member Axl Rose is breaking up the band and considering retirement.
"You know, so much of that crap gets out there, you can't believe any of it," Reed told Billboard.com. "At this point, having been in the band for so long, nothing surprises me. When I hear things like that, I immediately dismiss them until I hear further. I'm never really concerned enough to even ask where it came from, or why, because if it's that important, I'll be getting a phone call."
A RadarOnline.com report had suggested that GUNS N' ROSES would call it a day after finishing up its most recent Las Vegas residency, which ended on June 7.
In response to the report, Rose posted a message at the band's Facebook page which read, "I'm not going anywhere . . . GNR fans sure have a Radar for BS! Love you all!"
Meanwhile, another source claiming to be close to the Rose camp dismissed the report as "bullshit," adding that the members of the band had merely been notified that their calendars would be clear for the immediate future so that they could do other things.
The source for RadarOnline.com said, "Band members have been told their calendars are free following Vegas. Axl is considering retiring and it's done. Band members and support staff were surprised when told the news and are actively looking for work."
Some of the current members of the GUNS lineup have spoken in the past year about recording a new album, but that is highly unlikely. The sole all-new GUNS N' ROSES album in 23 years, "Chinese Democracy", arrived in November 2008 to mixed reviews and disappointing sales.
GUNS N' ROSES released "Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live From The Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas" on July 1 via Universal Music Enterprises. The show was filmed on November 21, 2012 during the "Appetite For Democracy" tour in celebration of twenty-five years of "Appetite For Destruction" and four years of "Chinese Democracy".


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Adam Marc
Musician in London, United Kingdom
Hi i'm Adam
I have been in bands that have toured the world, had so much fun touring and having the best laughs on the road, toured with the likes of McFly, Wheatus, YouMeATSix and The Blackout.
For the last 2 years i have played Keys, Percussion and sing backing vocals for Don Broco. Playing 100's of shows all over the world to all kinds of people has opened my mind and shaped me into the person i am today.
I Produce records and write songs, It is my passion and drive in life. being able to reach out to people in ways i could have never imagined.
Last year I wrote and produced the album "Game time" for a Belgian artist Ian Thomas and proudly scored two number one singles from it, since then Ian was picked up by former wife of Michael Jackson Debbie Rowe and is now being managed by her in LA.
I am currently working with one of the UK's leading producer's and song writer's Jason Perry. Acting as A writing and production duo working with Mcbusted, Kingsland Road, Don Broco, Bars and Melody and more...
I have played the keys for around 16 years now and also sing and play the guitar so when it comes to my production i can always be creative and try to create something different, ranging from acoustic and mellow pop/rock production to Electronic and Hip Hop.
I Love being in a studio environment and working with people from different walks of life, it brings people together and lets you understand other peoples views, politics and religions. most importantly I like making friends and theres not a better feeling than creating music with your friends and sharing it with the world!