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These reviews are dedicated to Sandra @ Sandra's World of Books. I know you love both of these books so much, and I love them too. Thank you for pushing me to read Fangirl. May we find more books to love together.
Fall for the writer and the rancher
Love comes in all forms. – Francine
Title: Fangirl
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Publication Date: September 10, 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Series: N/A
Format: Hardback
Acquisition: Bought
Purchase at: Amazon
In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.
Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?
"They were just stories, but stories weren't just anything."
Fangirl was a book I didn't want to read until I got the hardback, and I can say that it was totally worth the wait! I actually want to get the paperback too just for the extras. I even own this book on Kindle. Is that enough proof that I love it? Cath was just really special and relatable, and she's one of the few female protagonists that I love more than the other characters (I'm usually more enamored by the guys or other side characters so that's something). She understands what it's like to be consumed by the stories in books, but she'll also learn life can't always be about it. I like how she cares so much about her dad, a character I really loved too for being sweet and a little bit crazy. I can't really say much about Wren because she wasn't really much of a good sister or daughter for the most part of the book. I can't say that I really love Levi either because what he did during the party was just wrong no matter what excuse he has. I like him, but I don't love him.
OVERALL, there is so much to love about Fangirl, especially to those who are as addicted to books and into fandoms and fanfiction. This is a clean, fun, and emotional New Adult book that I would definitely recommend. Cath is a character who went through conflicts with her family, relationships, passion, and writing career, yet managed to learn from them and get past them. I admire her strength and genuine devotion to the things and people she loves. The humor sometimes fell flat for me, but I was still greatly amused by the writing. I totally cried with them during the 8th book scene! Despite the parts that didn't work for me, Fangirl is still really awesome.
Fall for one sick love story
Love comes in all forms. – Francine
Title: The Fault in Our Stars
Author: John Green
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
Publisher: Dutton Books
Series: N/A
Format: Hardback
Acquisition: Bought
Purchase at: Amazon
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
All. The. Feels
"It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you."
Much has been said about The Fault in Our Stars, being John Green's most popular book, and I say listen to every person that says how good it is, and that they may be tears. I first read this book way back in 2012 not knowing what I was getting. And I would like to quote the upcoming movie tagline that this is one sick love story. Out of all of John Green's books, this is the most romantic one, but this is also the most heart-wrenching. I was certainly unprepared for the pain of this poignant tale.
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
This is one of the books that gave me one of the worst hangovers leaving me undone yet moved. I shall now start to use the word "love" a lot. I love love love Hazel Grace and Augustus, and I ship them hard. I usually want the guy for myself, but Hazel and Gus deserve each other. I love how they brought up that they shouldn't be defined by their illnesses. I love how they are such imperfect characters, yet managed to be perfect in this story and even called each other beautiful. I love their relationship with their family and their friend, Isaac. I love how Gus calls her Hazel Grace that makes it so endearing, and Hazel calls him Augustus. I love it all, and I'm not sorry. I love how intelligent and witty the writing and the characters are. I adore how this book can make one laugh, think, cry, and love, and how it stays with me to the point of almost quoting the book when thinking about love and life. This is truly a masterpiece that deserves to be read and read again and again and again.
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Street Harassment is behavior that is disrespectful, inappropriate, and threatening to women in a public setting. There 3A's are a strategy to disrupt Street Harassment in progress. The 3A's are ACKNOWLEDGE - ASSESS - ACT
There is a wide variety of types of street harassment. Therefore, the different types need to be identified. It is important to recognize and categorize the behavior in order to be able to conceptualize it and discuss it. Each type of harassment has a different delivery method. The harassment can be delivered visually, verbally, or physically. In addition, each type of harassment situation contains an implicit "threat level" of possible violence. The following behaviors are group by the Harasser's intention and listed in order of increasing anti-social behavior.
Understanding the intention and motivation of the harasser is important in order to create the most effective response. By understanding why he is doing it, you will be in a much better position to determine what type of response will act as a deterrent for future harassment, but also will not escalate the situation towards violence.
Visual Fantasy – Engaging in forbidden mental imagery with Target as subject of fantasy.
1. Staring
2. Leering
3. Picture Taking
Seek Attention – Attempting to get noticed by the Target or by bystanders.
1. Flattering
2. Whistling
3. Honking
4. Catcalling
5. Commenting
Provoke Reaction – Attempting to get some type of strong response from Target.
1. Hooting
2. Hissing
3. Propositioning
4. Following
5. Embarrassing
6. Heckling
7. Humiliating
8. Exposing
Self-Pleasure – Engaging in physical touch with self or with Target as subject of fantasy.
1. Masturbating
2. Touching
3. Groping
Fear & Intimidation – Attempting to induce fear into the Target
1. Threatening
2. Intimidating
Predatory Testing - Purposefully observing and/or interacting with the Target to determine if she is a suitable victim to attack.
1. Stalking

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- Now watch this short video on how to multiply (I know you already know how to, but just to keep your brain moving) Reading 1. Read this poem by Maya Angelou 2. Now read about Maya Angelou. Just read the Life and Career part. Bible 1. Read Genesis 1:1-14 2. Name 5 things God created. History 1. Watch this video on Teddy Roosevelt. 2. Print off page 2 and complete it Science 1. Watch this video on how Ice Cream was made 2. Complete this ice cream word search P.E. 1. Watch this video on how to do squats and then do 10 of them Day 2 Math 1. Watch this video on division (easy) 2. Print out this division worksheet (beginners) Spelling 1. Play this spelling game Computer 1. Open up a new document on word, and then type in a title you would want to use for a story about a time when you got lost somewhere. It could be at the mall, it could be at the store, it could be anywhere! But if you haven't gotten lost before, make up your own story. Today you will just come up with a title, but it needs to be interesting. Here is a website that will help you. Bible 1. Read Genesis 1:15-31 2. Did God doubt anything he did? (hint: verse 31) History 1. Read about how Teddy Roosevelt inspired the teddy bear Science 1. Watch this video on how ice cream cones were made 2. Who made the ice cream cone? When was it made?


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Like many of you I'm sure, we at Mom Made Foods were surprised to find out that November is in fact NOT the national month for turkeys. Say what? June is, in fact, National Turkey Lovers Month. In honor of such a nutritious and delicious food holiday, we've hunted down the some fun facts about turkeys.
Fact 1: Not All Turkeys Gobble
Male turkeys "gobble" while females purr, yelp and make "kee-kee" noises.
Fact 2: Turkey is a Powerhouse Food
Turkey is a great source of protein, iron, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, B vitamins, and niacin. Compared to chicken breast, turkey breast is lower in calories and saturated fat. By choosing antibiotic free turkey, you and your family are less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
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Wild turkeys can run up to speeds of 25 mph and fly as fast as 40 mph. They can even glide for roughly an hour.
Fact 4: The Turkey Was Never Going to be the National Bird
Contrary to popular belief, Benjamin Franklin did not propose that the turkey be the United States' national bird. He did however tell his daughter in a letter that the turkey was a more "respectable bird" than the bald eagle.
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NYFF: Mia Madre & No Home Movie
Manuel on an unlikely double feature he'd like to dub "How I Mourned Your Mother."
In his TIFF coverage, Nathaniel mentioned that film festivals sometimes offer you random thematic threads born out of unlikely juxtapositions. This was the case when I caught Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre and Chantal Akerman's No Home Movie almost back to back. Both films are concerned and inspired by the death of the respective filmmakers' mothers. The results are as widely different as you'd imagine and fascinating for wildly different reasons.
Moretti's Mia Madre opens with a scene of laborers rioting against their factory's owners. Workers chant and fight against armored policemen in riot gear. And then Margherita (an effectively understated Margherita Buy) yells "Stop!" She's shooting a film, as it turns out and she's not too happy with the framing she was getting. We slowly learn her personal life is taking a toll; she's broken up with her boyfriend and her mother is slowly dying at the hospital. You can almost imagine the press about that shoot ("Director's Personal Issues All But Ruined the Production"). [More...]


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2. Henry County father charged with burning children's hands with frying pan / 2,064 page views
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7. Lawsuit alleges Groome Transportation violated wage laws / 1,054 page views
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It was in the back of his mind, this hunch that he could become one of the best linebackers in the NFL. Penn State has churned them out for decades. Why not him? Why not NaVorro Bowman?
The 49ers' fourth-year veteran smiles, shakes his head. There were other times – many times, he admits – that he wondered and even feared that his background would reach out and drag him home, back to the crime-infested neighborhood outside Washington, D.C.
"I went through a lot in college," said Bowman, who earned Associated Press All-Pro honors Friday.
Devastated by the death of his father at age 52 to a blood clot and his high school coach to an auto accident several months later, Bowman reacted poorly, mostly by acting out. There was an arrest for marijuana, a fight in the student union, a suspension for failed random drug tests, several scoldings from the late coach Joe Paterno.
But Bowman quickly and proudly mentions that he got one thing right during the turbulent times that included injuries and a redshirt season: He became obsessed with earning a degree, and he completed his bachelor's in criminal justice in three years.
"I wanted to play football, but if that isn't going to work out, I was going to get my degree," he said Thursday in a near-empty 49ers locker room. "That was one thing I could get and say, 'Oooh, this is mine.' I was always taking extra classes, asking my adviser, 'How many more credits do I need?' It turns out, everything worked out. I was good enough to play in the NFL and I got my degree."
With his diploma already framed and All-America and All-Big Ten honors achieved, Bowman skipped his final year of NCAA eligibility and entered the 2010 NFL draft. He was selected by the 49ers in the third round with the 91st overall pick, and a year later, thrust into a formidable linebacking corps anchored by All-Pro Patrick Willis – a linebacking corps once anchored by Patrick Willis. Around the 49ers camp these days, it's pretty much agreed that Bowman, a two-time All-Pro and candidate for NFL Defensive Player of the Year, dominates his patch of turf.
He leads the 49ers in tackles for a third consecutive season and has a knack for producing dramatic, disruptive plays. His December alone was one for the seasons: three sacks, two interceptions, one pick returned for a touchdown, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery.
His coaches and teammates cite his quickness, his intelligence, his instincts. Outside linebacker Aldon Smith suggests Bowman was "born" for the position. "He's so well-rounded," said Smith. "He's not just good at covering, not just a run stopper. He's able to do both things really well, and everything he does seems effortless."
Willis, who declined to talk during media availability Thursday until he learned Bowman was the topic, stopped and chatted for almost 10 minutes.
"NaVorro, man, he's a dynamic player," Willis said. "He can play the run, the pass. He's having the kind of year linebackers dream about. And I think, the way the game is changing, with so much passing, you're going to start to find linebackers who are a little more athletic, like him."
Bowman, who is 6-foot and a deceptive 242 pounds, with a full beard he hopes enhances his image as a fierce, even ferocious competitor, never wanted to be anything but a linebacker. He wanted to be Ray Lewis. He played running back briefly in high school, but after suffering a few injuries, talked his way back to the defense.
"I'd rather give the hit than take it," he said, laughing. "I enjoy taking over the game, and linebacker is the only position you can take chances and still be backed up by your teammates. You take a chance at cornerback, you make a mistake, you could give up a touchdown. On the defensive line, they could give up a run. Linebackers are protected, and if you're flying around, you're having fun. That's the way it is. You have to love playing linebacker if you want to be good."
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers rates Bowman "one of the top guys in the league. He pops out every time you turn on the film."
The Atlanta Falcons probably feel like they're seeing double: In the NFC Championship Game last year in the Georgia Dome, Bowman deflected Matt Ryan's fourth-down pass to wideout Roddy White in the red zone in the final minutes. Two weeks ago in a rematch at Candlestick Park, Bowman killed a potential game-winning drive with an interception and an 89-yard touchdown return.
"You have to be the smartest, the leader, whatever the coach wants, you have to get across to your teammates," he added. "I love the attention. I love being in the center of things. And I love to win."


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A spirited 4-4 draw at Burscough was not enough to save Chasetown FC from relegation from the Evo-Stik Northern Premier Division.
With the side knowing that only a win would do to keep them safe irrespective of other results, all-out attack was the only option while the pressure was off the home side whose relegation was already confirmed. A hugely entertaining match was the result, but it would prove a case of so near yet so far for the Scholars.
After only six minutes the basement club were in front when a cross bounced off Chris Slater and James Rushton-Woods fired a shot home to increase Chasetown's relegation worries.
The hosts doubled their lead in the 22nd minute when Will Jones came out on top in a one-on-one with Scholars keeper Lee Evans and slotted a left-footed shot into the corner of the net.
It looked as though the Scholars were well and truly up against it but two goals in three minutes changed everything. On 39 minutes a Courtney Pitt corner was deflected in off defender Anthony Glover and two minutes later Dean Perrow turned inside the box and sent a right-footed shot in off the far post to give Chasetown renewed hope of survival.
Seven minutes into the second half Ben Whitcombe handled the ball on the line and Chasetown were awarded a penalty, Mark Branch stepping up to send home keeper Tim Horn the wrong way and put the Scholars into the lead in a sensational turnaround.
Their lead would last for just one minute however, as a cross evaded Richard Teesdale in the Scholars defence and Jones lobbed home his second goal over Evans.
On 68 minutes Burscough were back in front when a Ryan Wignall cross was met by substitute Niall Cummins who headed past Evans into the net to continue a thrilling encounter.
This time the lead lasted just three minutes for the hosts before Scott Lycett headed across goal and Teesdale crossed back in to allow Gary Birch to side-foot home another equaliser at the near post.
Chasetown went all-out for goals in the closing stages and Perrow beat his marker with nine minutes to go to set up Birch whose shot went inches wide, but despite Danny Smith, Birch and Lee Wright all peppering Horn's goal with chances in the dying minutes they could not find the target and sadly the Scholars were condemned to relegation.
Burscough: Horn, Camozzi, Whitcombe, Glover, Williams, Tyson (c), Wignall, Clarke, Rushton-Woods, Jones, Durey. Subs: Parry, Kennedy, Barnett (Whitcombe 63), Cummins (Durey 60).
Chasetown: Evans, Turner, M Branch, Slater, Hands, Teesdale (c), Smith, Lycett, Birch, Perrow, Pitt. Subs: Quinn (Perrow 82), Bridgwater (Pitt 90), Degville, Wright (Smith 77), Birt.
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Sports Illustrated has selected Serena Williams as its Sportsperson of the Year.
"...Williams, 34, won three major titles, went 53–3 and provided at least one new measure of her tyrannical three-year reign at No. 1. For six weeks this summer—and for the first time in the 40-year history of the WTA rankings—Williams amassed twice as many ranking points as the world No. 2; at one point that gap grew larger than the one between No. 2 and No. 1,000. Williams's 21 career Grand Slam singles titles are just one short of Steffi Graf's Open-era record. Such numbers are reason enough for Sports Illustrated to name Serena Williams its 2015 Sportsperson of the Year."
Other nominees were Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Stephen Curry, Thomas Davis, Novak Djokovic, Carli Lloyd, Lionel Messi, Ronda Rousey, the Kansas City Royals, Jordan Spieth, and American Pharoah... the horse.


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Episode 084 :: Nicole Franklin :: Mindfulness for Children with Learning Disabilities
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Nicole Franklin joins us to speak about the incorporation of mindfulness into the Better Emotional and Social Times or B.E.S.T. program run by the Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara Region.
Think back to what it was like being a kid in school. Some days good, some days perhaps more challenging. And as I think how my life would have been positively influenced by mindfulness as a child, I can only imagine the difference it may make for kids living with ADHD, anxiety, hyperactivity, or other learning disabilities.
Nicole Franklin is currently completing her Masters of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and also holds a Masters of Arts degree in Child and Youth Studies from Brock University. She is currently the Mindfulness Instructor at the Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara Region for their Better Emotional and Social Times (B.E.S.T.) program. As a result of developing her own mindfulness practice, Nicole has become passionate about introducing mindfulness to others, especially children. Nicole is hopeful that mindfulness will continue to be implemented into the B.E.S.T. program, as she has seen the positive benefits it has had on children with learning disabilities and ADHD.
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Douglas Bruce: a must-read profile
Every time Douglas Bruce makes news in a big way — a news photographer gets kicked, something's up with his rental properties — I call up my favorite story ever written on the guy.
The author was the late, great Greg Lopez of the Rocky Mountain News, who was assigned to write a profile of Douglas Bruce after what was then called "Amendment 1" passed in 1992. Now we know it as TABOR, Bruce's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
Bruce was deemed the Rocky's "Citizen of the Year," a choice, Lopez once recalled, that resulted in a number of newspaper cancellations, particularly from teachers who rightly predicted the ballot measure would impact education funding.
In the article, Bruce calls the secretary of state a "crook," the executive branch of state government "pimps," the state legislature "prostitutes" and anybody else opposed to Amendment 1 "drones."
Over the years, the Colorado Springs Republican had continued to make headlines. Today was no exception: "Douglas Bruce indicted for failing to pay taxes," the story in The Denver Post read.
Here's the Bruce profile, "Rebel with a cause," which appeared on Jan. 31, 1993.
By GREG LOPEZ
The Rocky Mountain News
COLORADO SPRINGS — Let's start with the ball of string.
You are in Douglas Bruce's garage, where he has the ball of string his grandfather collected, 120 miles tied together with 104,000 knots, and he brought it here after he decided Los Angeles didn't meet his criteria for a place to live. This is where he keeps Amendment 1 signs, televisions and stereos he got from renters who didn't pay their rent and the three-foot "R" he found someplace but hasn't decided whether it should stand for "Radical," "Republican" or "Rat." The car is a 1983 Honda Accord with 207,000 miles on it and a yellow diamond-shaped sign in the back window that says "Politician in trunk."
You look at the ball of string and ask if he knows the size.
"Size?" he says. "What do you mean 'Size?"'
You ask if he knows the circumference or diameter of the ball of string.
"Circumference or diameter?" he says. "Don't you know the difference? What is this – a public school education?"
You ask if he knows how big around it is – the circumference.
"No," he says.
You ask if he knows the diameter of the ball of string.
"If I knew the circumference, I'd know the diameter," he says. "You know that formula, 3.14 and all that, don't you? What do you want to know that for, anyway?"
Douglas Bruce, the Rocky Mountain News Coloradan of the Year, smiled at what he has done, which generally is the only time you will see him smile.
He is the person behind Amendment 1, the tax-limitation initiative that took the power to raise taxes from the politicians and gave it to the people.
The News editorial board selected Bruce after reviewing nominations from readers, reporters and editors.
Now he is in his garage, between sound bites of him calling Secretary of State Natalie Meyer a "crook," the executive branch of state government "pimps," the state legislature "prostitutes" and anybody else opposed to Amendment 1 "drones."
You don't say anything.
He answers his own question.
"You're probably going to say, 'Here's crazy Doug Bruce with his grandfather's ball of string,' " he says. "Just because I happen to have had an eccentric grandfather you're going to use this to make me look crazy. Is that what you're going to do?"
Amendment 1, which was passed in November by 54% of the state's voters, fundamentally reversed the way governments take and spend taxpayers' money. All tax increases in the state now will be decided by election. At least six similar proposals – including two authored by Bruce – had failed, but he figured it was only a matter time before the majority came to its senses.
His strongest opponents always have been people who have built careers on being liked by the public, and it is debatable whether Amendment 1 passed in spite of Bruce's personality or because of it.
"If I was just some namby-pamby guy, they'd have stepped on me like a bug," he says. "So many people, it's like, 'Just bend over and assume the position,' and they do. I haven't been trained like so many other people to just be a drone and to have this need to be liked, but I don't act or wear masks.
"I am the way I have to be to get my work accomplished."
His opponents sometimes make the mistake – a mistake he never makes – of underestimating his intelligence. His opponents attribute complicated motives to what he has done. His opponents usually ignore the possibility that it all is very simple.
He is sure he is right, and everybody who doesn't agree with him is stupid, dishonest or both.
"I don't really want to get involved in talking about Douglas Bruce," Meyer says. "The kinds of things that he has said about me are off the wall, and I've got a hundred things happening that are more important than anything I could say about Douglas Bruce and what he has said about me."
He says the last time he lied – "Other than to tell some woman about her
dress or something like that" – was when he was in college and was desperate for a job. He told a bank he planned to stay past the end of the summer. When he quit at the end of the summer, he told his boss the truth.
"I felt crappy all summer," he says. "I knew I had to tell them the truth, and I couldn't just tell them another lie and say it just didn't work out or something like that. I just can't do that."
He also can't understand why people say the man and his amendment are impossible to understand.
He says both are simple.
"These grand-theft democracy politicians come up with all these attacks that don't have anything to do with the truth," he says. "So I need to lose 20 pounds, and my parents had the bad judgment to be in California when I was born. Well, I'm guilty if it's a crime to be a single man who's got short hair and is clean-shaven, with a paunch and lives in a middle-class neighborhood in a tract house."
The house is the one he bought in 1986 when he decided Colorado Springs met his criteria. The chairs and the couch in the living room used to belong to his mother. They are orange, and he says it is only a coincidence that the carpet is, too.
"I'm not concerned with material goods," he says. "I'm concerned with eternal truths."
Still, the telephone rings regularly with material questions. People want to know about Amendment 1, the election-reform initiative he hopes to put before the people, and the rental properties he owns in Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo. During the campaign, Bruce didn't have time to deposit money orders for rent back to August.
His grandfather's bottle collection is along one wall, and his grandfather's button collection is in frames over the fireplace. Minutes from an Arapahoe County School District meeting are in the fireplace. A turntable is on the floor, and he has been listening to Copland Plays Copland.
Upstairs, he has a television and a VCR he got from tenants who didn't pay their rent. He has tapes of himself on television programs talking about Amendment 1. He has Casablanca.
"My ex-girlfriend gave me that, and it probably shows you why she's my ex-girlfriend, because everybody who knows me knows Casablanca is not my favorite movie," he says. "Gone with the Wind is. Casablanca is second."
His dog is Liberty, a Siberian-Labrador mix. He got her three years ago in front of a King Soopers where he was getting signatures for a petition for Amendment 1, and a man walked up with a sign that said, "Free puppy." He chose the name because Liberty "is difficult to maintain," he says.
His mother lives on the other side of Colorado Springs.
"Am I lonely?
Bruce swears he's not chronic grouch
If I weren't busy I think I definitely would be," he says. "Obviously, I'd rather be married. But people think I'm this chronically angry person because all they see is this flickering image on the television, like that confrontation calling Natalie Meyer a liar because on Dec. 6, the day before Pearl Harbor Day, she just decided to throw out the will of the people."
Before he pauses, he has pulled out a copy of the state election law and the Colorado Constitution to demonstrate his point, which may answer the question of whether he is lonely.
He was born in Hollywood and grew up in Los Angeles, where his mother taught high school English and his father taught music and was a supervisor in public schools.
"Was I a good student?" he says. "Well, I skipped a semester in elementary school and high school, and that was in the pre-grade-inflation days when you had some old battle axes who made you work and didn't just show a bunch of videos like these Cheez-Whiz educators you've got today."
He went to Pomona College, then graduated from the UCLA law school in two- and-a-half years.
He became a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County, because he thought prosecuting was the only form of law that would allow him to practice the true intent law.
"Doug saw the law as something that was very clear, not something that you could twist or bend to fit a certain situation," says Newport Beach municipal judge Frederick P. Horn, who was a deputy district attorney with Bruce. "I think the reality of the work we did was very frustrating for him."
After five-plus years, Bruce quit and announced it to the public with a letter that ran on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times.
"Five and one-half years ago today, I was sworn in as a deputy district attorney. Representing the public in criminal proceedings was to be my life's work, not just a chance to acquire quick trial experience. In the 66 months that followed, I have not had a change of heart, just a loss of hope.
"The criminal justice system is now so far gone, so paralyzed, that radical rehabilitation will have to be imposed by the same outraged electorate that enacted Proposition 13."
He ran several rental properties he had bought and tried to start a program to help victims of crimes. He volunteered his services to represent victims in their claims for aid from a government fund and help them through the criminal justice process. When the government reimbursed him for his work, he signed over the check to the victim.
He gradually came to the realization that the tax structure, crime and morality of Los Angeles didn't meet his standards, so he went to the library and read about other cities. He flew to Boston, Atlanta and Richmond, Va., but didn't like those cities. The day after the 1980 election, he got in his car and ruled out Flagstaff, Ariz., and Albuquerque, N.M., and didn't even stop in Pueblo when he saw the steel mills.
He stopped in Colorado Springs.
"It was exactly what I wanted – beautiful, tree-lined streets, stately homes, not a lot of tract houses," he says. "I like older homes. It just felt right."
There were at least enough tract homes to buy the one he lives in now, and he moved here after he was able to sell his rental properties. He voted for a Colorado tax-limitation proposal in 1986. After it failed, he went to a post-mortem.
He decided to write his own initiative.
"A lot of people, including my mother, think they're going to write the great American novel," he says. "I was going to write the great American liberation document. I did."
The initiative got 42% of the vote, and in 1990 another got 49.7%.
The third time, Meyer threw out 24,065 signatures on petitions to get Amendment 1 on the ballot, but she backed down after Bruce went to court.
"Finally," Bruce says. "We finally passed the single most important amendment in Colorado since it became a state. Period. Bar none.
"And maybe the best part is we no longer have to listen to politicians promising they won't raise taxes, because if they do we can just say, 'What are you talking about, ballot breath?' "
The special at Jade Dragon is Cashew Chicken, so that is what Bruce orders. When he ate here last week, they still were charging 2.5% city sales tax, even though the tax-reduction plan he wrote and got passed in Colorado Springs meant it should have been lowered to 2.4%. He likes Chinese food the way some people like people.
You ask about the cost of being the way he thinks he has to be.
"Personally, I think I'd be a real catch," he says. "I might come across as abrasive, obnoxious, loud, aggressive, but I'm financially independent, healthy, not the world's ugliest person, personally responsible . . . but I'm so busy with these campaigns, and for some reason these issues seem to be white, middle-aged male domain.
"I'm not going to change, so I guess I'm just going to have to get lucky and meet somebody who's smart enough for me and dumb enough to want me."
This is Douglas Bruce, Coloradan of the Year. Where tact or politics would cause other people to tiptoe around the circumference, he barges across the diameter. This is the way he thinks he has to be.
He finishes the Cashew Chicken and cracks the fortune cookie.
"Next full moon brings an enchanted evening."
"Hah," he says.
He waves to the waitress. He asks if the Jade Dragon has lowered its city sales tax charge to 2.4%. She says the restaurant hasn't received official notice.
He asks for another fortune cookie, and she leaves.
"I'm not just another crackpot anymore," Bruce says. "Now, I'm the No. 1 crackpot."
The waitress comes back with a fortune cookie on a tray.
Bruce cracks it open.
"Be careful and systematic in your business arrangements."
"Now we can go," he says.
You say he had better luck with fortune cookies than with Amendment 1. Amendment 1 took three tries. Fortune cookies needed only two tries before he got what he wanted.
He stood up to go.
"I know some people think, 'Doug, you won, so now you can relax,' " he says. "They think I should just sit back and enjoy it. Well, why would I want to do that?"


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Find the full chapter list for The Man Who Made Monsters and links to related stories here.
Chapter 6
"No," Wes said. "Lay low." Angel strained to listen to what happened next, but she only heard a clatter and then nothing at all.
"Law low?" She stared at Tom, incredulous. "What does he mean 'lay low'?"
Tom grabbed her hand to haul her up. "Come on. We gotta go."
"We have to go get him."
"We have to go get Ainsley," Tom said. "Those people that went in there were some kind of law enforcement. We're going to need Ainsley's help dea-"
"No," she snapped, tugging her arm out of his grasp. "We won't need Ainsley's help if we get Wes out of there."
Tom growled. "And how do you propose to get in there? Wes got in because he's… well, he's Wes. But we don't have his powers. Maybe if it was one or two guards, but we can't manipulate the minds of all of those people down there. There's no way we get in without someone noticing and then we're all caught. This way, we can tell--"
"What's Ainsley supposed to do about it?"
Tom exhaled slowly and shook his head. "I don't know. But I do know there's some weirdo government organization thing that knows Wes's dad and maybe-"
"And maybe what? We get Wes's dad's help? Wes isn't going to like that."
"It doesn't matter what Wes likes or doesn't like."
"It matters a lot what Wes likes or doesn't like."
"Not in this case. We're Hunters, Angel. We can't be caught by humans. Rule number one."
"Which is why I'm saying we get him out."
Tom shook his head again. "No," he insisted. "Then all three of us get captured. There's no way to do it."
"You're being a coward," she snapped.
Tom's eyes flashed with anger, sudden and sharp. "Then you tell me how we get in there without getting noticed."
"Maybe we can distract them--"
"With what? What kind of distraction that doesn't get people caught in the crossfire? What would Wes think of that?"
Angel threw her hands up in frustration, turning away from Tom, but she knew he was right. "Wes shouldn't have gone in there. You should've told him no. I told him no. You should've said no, too."
Tom ran a hand back through his sandy blond hair. "Yeah, but he probably saved those people. That can only help us."
"What, you mean they'll be nice to him? Some kid shows up, helps them with a monster with a gun that, let's be honest, isn't registered with any governing body and is therefore somewhat incredibly illegal, and that's going to make a difference?"
She struggled to keep her voice down but it was a losing battle. That didn't excuse Tom putting his hand over her mouth, though, and she had to fight her instinct to bite him.
"Shut up!" he snarled. Then he grabbed her arm again, pulling her along and in spite of every impulse to go back and save Wes, she followed.
Angel didn't like it, but she understood why the chain of command went Wes, Ainsley, and then Tom. Robert Ainsley was willow-thin, but he towered over all of them, even Wes. His dark suits were always immaculately maintained and he always wore a pair of expensive black gloves. When he spoke, those gloved hands would rise and fall almost hypnotically with his words. He was at least fifteen years older than them, possibly older than that, though Angel couldn't quite tell, and he was always, always calm and eminently reasonable. Everything about him seemed coordinated in the effort of projecting an image of authority.
"Tom was right," Ainsley said. Though his expression remained cool and even, Angel could hear weight in his voice. He didn't like it either, and that was comforting. "Going in there after him most likely would have made a bad situation worse."
He turned away, peering out the window at the dark city, leaving Tom and Angel to wait for his judgment of the situation, but their other companion was not nearly so patient. Lena Crowley turned to Tom and Angel, her eyes narrowing. "Who are they? Do you remember anything particular about them?"
Tom rubbed his temples. "They looked like… like anyone. They didn't feel like anyone, but they looked like people you would just pass on the street and never think about."
"No uniforms?" Lena demanded. She couldn't stay still. She was in a chair and then up and pacing and then in the chair again. Angel thought Lena might have been more upset about the situation than she was. "No identifying marks? Were they all a particular sort of thing?"
"They were humans," Angel said. "They were all humans. Except maybe the woman. I don't know what she was."
"And you say she felt like Wes," Ainsley said without turning back to them.
"Well, not exactly," Angel conceded.
Tom peered at her, confused, and said, "No, she felt like him."
"Well, yes and no. I felt nothing from her at all. But...I don't know. Can one kind of nothing be like a different kind of nothing? Can there be kinds of nothing?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I don't know. I'd have to have them both here to point it out to you. Wes is a blank space usually, but sometimes don't you get the impression that he's--I don't know. Reinforcing that impression? If you know where he is and concentrate really hard on not losing him, I mean."
Lena tilted her head. "Like a Somebody Else's Problem field," she supplied.
Angel arched a brow, but Tom supplied the answer for her. "Yeah, I think that's what she's saying."
"Don't put words in my mouth. I don't even know what Lena's saying." Angel flopped down in one of the empty armchairs.
"It's from a book. Instead of an invisibility field, they use a field that makes people want to look away and not see it because it's somebody else's problem," Lena explained.
"Oh. Yeah. That works. This lady wasn't like that. She just wasn't there." Angel fussily plucked a bit of lint from the arm and then abruptly stood up again. "And that freaks me out. What the hell is she? Or they? What will they do with Wes?"
Tom stole her chair as she started pacing. "Maybe Angel was right after all. Maybe we should've tried to get him out."
"No," Ainsley said. "You were right." He stood still a moment longer, and Angel could just see his reflection in the glass, and the strain on his face. But when he turned to look at them, he was all placid calm again. "I think I know who to call. Please stay here and don't do anything stupid."
"Who?" Tom and Angel asked together.
"If this is who I think it is, we can probably clear it up quickly," Ainsley said, his voice even and reassuring, and he headed for the door. "Just wait here."
When he was gone, Angel waited for a count of ten and then said, "Screw that." Count of ten would be enough for him to get to the stairs. He would be going to the roof for privacy, she thought. She would be able to sneak back out again.
But then she caught sight of Lena, who was watching the door with a sour expression pinching her otherwise pretty face.
"What?" Angel demanded.
"There are some things you guys don't know." Lena glanced at them, and snarkily amended, "Well, you don't know pretty much anything."
Tom said quietly, "Lena."
Lena drew in a deep, slow breath and tried to mimic Ainsley's way of schooling his expression into placid calm. She did not succeed. "The Court of Twelve has information on an organization with ties to government authorities that investigates the same kind of crap we take care of. They've been getting nosier about stuff. That's probably who Ainsley thinks it is."
"So how do we find these asshats?" Angel demanded.
Lena shook her head. "Ainsley said stay here."
"He's not the boss of you. You're an agent of the Court." Angel normally wouldn't go that route--she considered it a black mark against Lena's character and tried not to think about it too much. But it was convenient now, and she would use it like Wes' life depended on it. For all she knew, it did.
Lena was wise to her game and didn't rise to the bait. "You aren't supposed to know that. This isn't the sort of thing the Court would like me to break cover on, and if I do it and you're not surprised, then they know I've been too honest with you guys."
Tom said, "And that you're playing all sides." He did not say it very kindly.
Lena shoved herself to her feet. "I'm going to bed if you two are going to be jackasses."
"No," Angel said, shooting a warning glare at Tom. "No, stay. Tell us about this organization."
Lena shook her head. "Fuck off," she said, and she went upstairs.
Angel glared at Tom again. "Way to go."
He shrugged. "I don't trust her. And I don't want her saying anything that sets us off on paranoid trails of nonsense. Let's just wait for Ainsley."
"I wouldn't go down a paranoid trail of--"
"I didn't say you specifically. I said us," Tom snapped. "I'm worried, too."
Angel sighed and sat on the arm of the chair. It took a moment, but she worked up to an apology. "Sorry."
He wrapped an arm around her middle. "Yeah, well. Like I said, I'm worried, too. I get how you feel."
"You're better at it."
"I let Wes go in there. You didn't want to."
That was true. Tom had bowed to Wes' authority and Angel had stood up to him. It had been a stupid thing to do and Angel knew it. But she wouldn't be angry with Tom. "Well, maybe I'll try not to be so difficult and you try to be more difficult."
Tom grinned. It was a weak grin, but it was real. "Bad habits are hard to break."


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The Turning Point:
About 5 days ago now I think I just snapped I finally had enough of my Hotmail inbox fulling up with spam and my Yahoo messages no longer being forwarded through to OE. I was up late that night and started trolling the internet for my next (all encompassing) email site. Although there were hundreds to choose from, I honestly thought there would be more. I am afraid the night was to become even longer.
Fastmail.fm came to notice a few times, as well as a few others and finally started to compare what each offerred in terms of the basic functions I was after. This included forwarding and POP access primarily, but price was also an issue. Before this experience I would have said that it is my right to have free email and why would I pay when I get it for free. I had contemplated paying, but recurring fees were a turn off when paying the equivalent Australian dollars (it effectively doubles the US$ price).
I would like to note that at this point I remember reading some of these postings on this forum prior to joining and thought this sounds like the "Mutual Admiration Society". "Jeremy and Rob you are fantastic........" etc etc. I did wonder what was going on, are these guys rock stars?
The Decision:
It was a Saturday morning now at 4am now and it was time to commit. I wasn't going to bed until I had achieved something. I think I chose FM based on the forwarding function (Yahoo was still a sore point); all the other host of functions that I perused on the FM pricing table and the $14.95 once off cost was acceptable. At the last minute though I thought why not get the $19.95 a year deal and if i want to change next year I can always drop. By doing this as well I got myself a very nice 6 letter login name. I was set the money was paid and I started to explore my new 'toy".
Big Kids.......:
I've got to say I am one of these people that when I buy a computer game I just start playing and don't bother with the instructions. Learn on the fly. It is pretty haphazard, but you can usually get yourself out of trouble eventually. I was the same on FM. I saw the rename thing and thought, yeah I'll try that. Mistake one for me. Think before you act and read the print. I chose a name that I had reservations about straight away then found out about the one change only deal. Danger Will Robinson Danger!! I thought this was going to end in disaster until I saw that FM actually had a support email address.
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I formulated a very polite email playing up the "paid my money" aspect, in the grim hope of a reply. I was about to hit the sack thinking I would get a reply in a few days at best, when I get the reply saying "no problem the rename setting is reset". I was dumbstruck this is not normal. On top of this and prior I was trying to find a more suitable name when I inadvertantly registered the name I was after under a seperate account which i did not pursue. I thought that FM must have me on the "not financially viable" list by now but thought I harass them anyway to get this other name I was after. I hit the hay that time thinking it was not physically possible for me to continue at that point. Next day though I found my newly named account waiting for me. Wallaaa Problem solved once again. I did have only one other hassle, that being with my SMPT settings on OE but resolved that after properly reading the FM FAQ section. Read those FAQ's properly.
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Even after the run, which saw The Abbey down eight, 72-64 with 27 seconds left, the Crusaders had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer.
Deion Lane led five players in double figures with 16 points, adding 10 rebound for his 11th double-double of the season. He finished his career with 1,568 points, good for 11th all-time. DeQuan Abrom tallied 14 points and six rebounds, while a trio -- ThankGod Avar, Myron Carmon and Jacob Wilson -- added 10 each. Lepreece Lynch of Lees-McRae led all scorers with 17 points en route to Tournament MVP honors.
In the second half, the Bobcats went up 55-41 with 13:05 to play before a furious rally. Lane scored four points in a row, then answered two free throws with a conventional three-point play to bring the margin back to within single digits, 57-48, at the 10:37 mark.
After another pair of Lynch free throws, Avar had a monstrous put-back dunk, then Abrom added four in a row to bring the deficit back to five, 59-54. Lynch hit the Bobcats' 12th three-pointer of the contest with 8:38 remaining The Abbey's final surge. Six straight points cut the margin two, 62-60 before the Bobcats went back up three on a free throw with 6:32 left.
Lane buried a three 15 seconds later to even the game at 63-63, then Aidan Richard hit the second of two free throws to put The Abbey ahead for the first since an early 4-2 lead.
But from there, the Bobcats hit 12 of 16 free throws to preserve the victory. The Abbey made a final gasp when Wilson hit a layup with four seconds left to cut the lead to 75-72, then Abrom made a steal but was unable to take a reasonable three at the buzzer.
Lees-McRae bolted to a 13-4 lead in the first 5:22 on the heels of three three-pointers. Carmon stopped the 11-0 run with a three for the Crusaders at the 13:19 mark, but a conventional three-point play and another shot from long range helped the Bobcats to its first double-digit margin, 21-9 with 9:22 left.
Four straight points started a 10-3 run that cut the margin to 24-19. LMC hit back-to-back threes around a Carmon three to push the lead back to eight, 30-22, but Pollard connected on a jumper before a Wilson three to pull the Crusaders within three. A Pollard free throw with 2:55 left further cut the margin to 30-28, but Lees-McRae ended the half on a 12-0 run to lead 40-28 at the break.
Abrom and Wilson were selected to the all-tournament team at the conclusion of the contest.
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White matter integrity in adole... [Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Nov-Dec] - PubMed - NCBI
The following report indicates that marijuana has a remarkable ability to shield the brain from much of the damage that alcohol causes. This is why I wrote in Marijuana Gateway to Health that college administrators should require that marijuana be made available at all campus events where alcohol is served. Cannabinoids have amazing neuroprotective activity and guard the brain from damage resulting from alcohol abuse, head trauma, toxic insults, stroke, and aging. Even low doses of cannabinoids, one tiny toke per day, can offer protection from the deterioration that results from aging which will keep us safe from age-related dementia. If illegal marijuana protects the brain from the damage caused by legal alcohol, shouldn't we correct this injustice? Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Nov-Dec;316:349-55. Epub 2009 Jul 23.White matter integrity in adolescents with histories of marijuana use and binge drinking.Jacobus J, McQueeny T, Bava S, Schweinsburg BC, Frank LR, Yang TT, Tapert SF.SourceSDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, USA.AbstractStructural brain abnormalities have been observed in adolescents with alcohol use disorders but less is known about neuropathological brain characteristics of teens with sub-diagnostic binge drinking or the common pattern of binge drinking combined with marijuana use. The goal of this study was to examine white matter integrity in adolescents with histories of binge drinking and marijuana use. Diffusion tensor imaging DTI was conducted with 42 adolescents ages 16-19 classified as controls, binge drinkers, or binge drinkers who are also heavy marijuana users. Tract based spatial analysis identified shared fiber structure across individuals and facilitated voxelwise comparisons of fractional anisotropy FA and mean diffusivity MD between groups. Significant between group differences were found in FA in eight white matter regions ps < or = .016 between the binge drink-only group and controls, including superior corona radiata, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and superior longitudinal fasciculus. Interestingly, in 4 of these same regions, binge drinkers who are also heavy marijuana users had higher FA than binge drinkers who did not use marijuana ps<.05. MD did not differ between groups. Findings are largely consistent with research suggesting less neuropathology in adolescents without histories of substance use. However, binge drinkers who also use marijuana did not show as consistent a divergence from non-users as did the binge drink-only group. Detection of white matter alterations may have implications in identifying early cognitive dysfunction in substance using adolescents.
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Pembina acquisition to expand Alberta crude-by-rail terminalling, storage
Pembina Pipeline Corp. acquired a site in the Alberta Industrial Heartland to support future development of a rail, terminalling, and storage complex to be called the Heartland Hub.
Pembina Pipeline Corp. acquired a site in the Alberta Industrial Heartland to support future development of a rail, terminalling, and storage complex to be called the Heartland Hub. The site features an existing rail system and utility infrastructure. Heartland Hub is a further build-out of Pembina's larger Nexus terminal (PNT), providing crude oil and diluent customers with terminalling, storage, and rail.
The site is in close proximity to major oil sands pipeline rights-of-way, existing crude oil and petrochemical infrastructure, and Pembina's Redwater site, the company said. Pembina expects Heartland Hub to provide interconnectivity via pipeline and rail to refining markets. The company described Heartland Hub as an integral part of PNT, which interconnects Pembina's terminalling infrastructure in the Edmonton, Redwater, and Fort Saskatchewan areas.
Key features of the acquisition noted by the company include:
• 232 acres of well-developed industrial land.
• More than 5,000 linear ft of rail track, currently serviced by CN Rail.
• 160 acres of adjacent, existing Pembina land, which can be developed for future merchant storage and rail expansions.
• 1,280 acres of Pembina salt rights, close enough to support future cavern development.
• The ability to access more than 4-million b/d of existing and future oil sands and conventional crude through current and potential pipeline interconnections.
Pembina also entered into a multiyear agreement with a major North American refiner to load up to 40,000 b/d of crude oil railcars using existing PNT infrastructure, starting immediately.
The Heartland Hub purchase cost Pembina $20 million, funded by existing credit facilities.
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The Amerindians have an ancient custom whereby old men and women retire to the woods when they feel the end is near. This is what happened to Moowis, an Atikamek warrior and hunter. Starting out at dawn, Moowis crossed the lake and settled on the opposite bank. Come evening, a pack of wolves appeared and waited for the fire to die so they could attack the old man, who then called upon the powerful Windigo. "Give me back the strength that was mine at twenty, then do with me what you will." Windigo replied," Turn the prow of your canoe towards the rising sun and paddle through lands that open up. When you reach the great river, you will die." Filled with new strength, Moowis followed Windigo's instructions, bypassing mountains and escarpments as he went.
The old man travelled this way for two moons. But when the great river came into sight, he began to meander, hoping to prolong his life. Once he reached the river, however, his canoe capsized, carrying him into the watery depths. This is why the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie makes so many detours before flowing into the St. Lawrence.


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BUFFALO—Discussion among Blue Jays' critics forever concerns the agonizingly slow pace of their player development. Some would call it babying by the organization of guys like prized right-hander Aaron Sanchez and other top pitching prospects. Selected in 2010 out of a California high school, Sanchez was making just his second Triple-A start on Friday in his fifth pro season. But people tend to forget, when labelling him a bust, that he's 21, turning 22 on Canada Day.
It was the much anticipated home debut for the highly-touted Blue Jays right-hander at Coca-Cola Field with a Fireworks Day crowd announced at 10,808. He had been promoted from Double-A New Hampshire a week before, making his debut on the road in Toledo — allowing five runs in four innings on 86 pitches. It was a debut that was tough to judge because of the hectic nature of Sanchez's travel and preparation leading up to the loss to the Mud Hens. This time there could be no excuses.
The Jays' No. 1 prospect in 2014, according to Baseball America, had been pushed back after originally being scheduled for the finale of the just completed trip in Columbus. But there was the issue of a suspended game on Thursday to finish up before the regularly scheduled affair, and the Jays' bosses wanted him to have a chance to start in a controlled environment to give him every opportunity to succeed — or fail.
He was replacing Liam Hendriks, who started for the Jays in Cincinnati Friday night.
The final Sanchez results against Rochester demonstrated a mixed bag of both developmental highs and lows. The six-foot-four, 200-pound prospect allowed three runs in five innings on 83 pitches, with four walks and four strikeouts, and his fastball command was still sketchy. He tended to pull the fastball down and away to right-handers and left too many curveballs up in the strike zone.
On the other hand, after giving up a two-run bomb to Chris Colabello in the second inning, he came back the next time and struck him out on a diet of curveballs and changeups, then escaped the inning with a double-play groundout. Sanchez fell behind Wilkin Ramirez 3-and-0, then came back to fan him on three 94-95 m.p.h. fastballs. He's still got work to do, but it was better.
"The stuff is there," Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos said after the outing. "He induced eight groundball outs, one flyball out and that's going to get him out of trouble — when he doesn't walk guys. But overall, the velocity — he flashed some really good curveballs, and for a 21-year-old kid this is a good experience for him. It's a step in the right direction, and especially it's an improvement over the last start. He's had his share of failure over time. He's had bad starts in New Hampshire. He's been through this before where he's had a bad outing and been able to bounce back. That's all part of it."
Meanwhile, Bisons pitching coach Randy St. Claire, a former Blue Jays and Expos reliever, suggested that the Sanchez he saw in Toledo was the same pitcher everyone had been so impressed with at spring training, perhaps with a little less command. St. Claire emphasized, however, that it may have had a lot to do with the helter-skelter atmosphere surrounding his odyssey from New England.
St. Claire offered interesting insight into the repeating dilemma of young prospects like Sanchez who forever seem to be competing in leagues filled with more senior players.
St. Claire pinpointed a moment in time this spring and gives credit to the youngster's impressive outing against manager Greg Hamilton's Canadian junior national team in its annual spring game vs. the Jays. This year, the game was played on March 11 in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Sanchez was impressive. According to St. Claire, he took that momentum and never looked back.
"At first I thought he (had) a little bit of the deer-in-the-headlight look," St. Claire said his first impression of the young righty. "Then he pitched against the Canadian team. It was a different guy.
"The Canadian team was young, a bunch of young kids — not a whole lot younger than him, but a couple of years younger — and I saw a look (from Sanchez) like, 'I'm the man out here.' From that game on, he went (forward) and he had a heck of a spring. I think that opened everybody's eyes.
"For me, it was kind of like a turning point of spring training that I saw from him, and the way he handled himself and the confidence that came out of it after that."
Anthopoulos, who attended the Bisons game with assistants Andrew Tinnish and Dana Brown, wouldn't put any timetable on Sanchez's stint at Triple-A, though the Jays clearly have needs.
"If he's dominant, like anyone, if he's doing that well, he would get an opportunity. But no, we wouldn't just do it," Anthopoulos said. "You want to bring someone up who is having some success that you feel is going to help the team. Ultimately it's about winning games up there. You're not doing things from a developmental standpoint. Right now, he's not in the conversation."
By the trade deadline at the end of July, a healthy Sanchez will have had seven more Triple-A starts and then we'll see.
If he's not in the Jays' conversation, will he be in the Cubs', the Rays' or others?


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A few weeks back we released our funky, fresh session cut with Vampire Diaries' star, Kat Graham....
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By Don Leavitt
What do Disney's Beauty and the Beast and the cult-hit Little Shop of Horrors have in common? Well, they both involve monsters and unlikely romances. But the biggest similarity between the two is the creative team behind them. Both are the work of Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman. According to Hollywood legend, Ashman was just eleven years old when he saw the original Little Shop of Horrors, a music-less B-movie by Roger Corman, made in 1960 for less than $30,000.
When Menken and Ashman began working together several years later, they turned Little Shop of Horrors into a musical and opened it off-Broadway at New York's Orpheum Theatre. It has since won several awards, including the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, and it's now the third-longest running and highest grossing musical in off-Broadway history. In 1986, director Frank Oz turned the musical into a movie with a cast that included Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.
All three versions have now become cult classics because each, in its own way, has an innocent charm blended with a wicked sense of humor and an ageless story of basic human nature: unrequited love and a desire to be more than what we are.
At its heart, Little Shop of Horrors is a Greek moral tragedy in which a young and fallible hero seeks to improve his life by exploiting a higher power. In typical, Greek fashion, the angry Gods don't just punish the hero, but extend their wrath to everyone the hero touches, including those he loves.
A trio of girls named Ronnette, Crystal, and Chiffon replaces the Greek Chorus in Little Shop of Horrors, and they sing in the style of the '60s girl groups for which they're named. Just like the Chorus in Greek tragedies, the trio serves as narrator and moves the action along through musical interludes meant to help the audience keep up with the story. In the beginning, they offer the audience a musical warning to avoid the dangers they are about to see, in the title song "Little Shop of Horrors." And at the end, when everything has gone terribly wrong, the Chorus and the characters offer the audience a moral to the story, in the song, "Don't Feed the Plants."
The action takes place in a run-down flower shop in a run-down neighborhood, and the hero is Seymour Krelborn, an orphan living a life of indentured servitude to the shop owner who took him in. Seymour is innocent and insecure, a nerd who dreams of escaping and making something better of himself. Seymour is also secretly in love with his co-worker, Audrey, a pretty but dizzy blonde who dates bullies and no longer believes life can be better. Everyone seems down on their luck, until Seymour introduces them to the strange and wonderful plant he says he discovered one day during an eclipse of the sun.
They place the plant in the flower shop's window, and things immediately improve. Soon the shop is full of customers, and Seymour becomes famous. Seymour cares for the plant and names it Audrey II, in honor of the girl for whom he still secretly pines. But he quickly discovers there's a price to pay for his good fortune: the plant, he learns, has a taste for human blood.
At first, it's a price Seymour willingly pays. In exchange for all that he wishes, Seymour offers the plant his own blood, and Audrey II begins to grow. However, the more it grows, the hungrier it gets, and soon Seymour realizes he doesn't have enough blood to satisfy its hunger. Suddenly, Audrey II reveals it can talk, and Seymour learns it's a man-eating plant. Audrey II strikes a bargain with Seymour, promising to give Seymour all he desires as long he continues to feed it.
The gentle-hearted Seymour is reluctant to hurt anyone, but then he sees Audrey with her abusive boyfriend and decides that this could be his chance to save her. Killing the boyfriend is easy to justify, because it eliminates an obvious evil and opens the door for true love. But soon after, Audrey II's hunger spirals out of control. One person after another becomes plant food, and although Seymour does indeed get everything he wants, he realizes his success will only continue with more killing. At last, Seymour decides he must kill Audrey II, only to discover the plant is now too big and too powerful for him to handle. In the end, Seymour himself is consumed by the curse that he's created.
Like the gods in Greek tragedy, Audrey II views humanity as a pathetic race made powerless by their passions. Meanwhile, the humans innocently pursue their dreams but are unable to see the dangers of their actions before it's too late. Ultimately, the hero is unable to handle the evil he unleashes, and, at the end, everyone is doomed to misery and death because of the hero's folly. As the play ends, the Chorus in Little Shop of Horrors sings "Don't Feed the Plants," and the message to the human audience is to be careful what you wish for. As Seymour learns, there is a terrible price to pay when you get what you want, instead of what you earn.


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Abigail O'Neill is a superwoman, supermom, superfriend, superfood guru, supergorgeous chocolate goddess and supermodel to top it all off. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting her in person, YET (but will one day, SOON!), as we met through this crazy thing we call the internet, over 5 years ago! We connected instantly, and even without ever meeting her, I consider her a beautiful friend of mine. You will witness throughout this interview just how special she is, words escape me to describe her gorgeous soul. She embodies the term, beauty from the inside out, as her heart is pure gold, yet she RADIATES like no one else I've ever met. Not only is she a mom of 3 (!) SERIOUSLY ABI, she is a model, which only came to fruition after the birth of her children (any and all dreams are possible). She is such an inspiration to me, as she forages through her beautiful Australian Oasis picking fruits, nuts and greens straight out of her back yard. She LIVES Organically to the core, and feeds her family nothing but pure, organic, superfood goodness. If it didn't come from the earth, it will not be consumed, something I whole-heartedly believe and live.
ON top of this all she is a recent author, having written the insanely, supergorgeous book MODEL CHOCOLATE, which I was blessed enough to receive a copy straight from her beautiful hands. It is the ONLY chocolate book I would ever care to own - gluten free, vegan, raw, sugar-free, dairy free & nut free (some recipes), yet still wildly and intoxicatingly delicious. Her recipes not only envelope you in elation of pure, raw cocao, goodness, but they feed your body with goodness as they are pure health in every single way. Didn't think guilt-free chocolate exists? IT DOES in the form of this book, and each recipe is made with pure love, heart and soul.
With easter coming up, I'm telling you this book is a must - you can download it online OR purchase the hardcopy (which I highly suggest you do). It will be a book you have FOREVER - Purchase the beauty HERE
For even FURTHER inspiration beyond this interview, her GORGEOUS blog is not to be bypassed. I've read every.single.post and believe me it will inspire you to live a life of HEALTH - Read more HERE
Oh, and she surfs!!! My true soul sister. Read more to become inspired beyond your wildest organic dreams. . .
Hi Abigail, tell us a little bit about yourself! Where did you grow up, how did you get to where you are now and what are your favorite hobbies ? Hi Life By Leese peoples! I actually moved around a lot growing up, all within Australia though. My mum is Portuguese and my Dad all Aussie. I have been busy since those early years; getting married, having children, growing wheatgrass, baking bread and all manner of things, organic gardening and lately enjoying a bit of modelling and lots of inspirational sharing via abigailoneill.net as well as helping to indulge many through my latest book creation - Model Chocolate. (abigailoneill.net/model-chocolate)
How has being a mom, wife + model shaped who you are as a person? It's kept me very real as I did it all back to front, so I've spent a lot of time before starting modelling being an 'Aussie battler' so to speak! It's a phrase meaning you know what it is to struggle a little bit. Being a young mother has kept me very young at heart! Becoming a model has allowed me to experience some pretty cool things, and express my artistic self too.
IF you could be ANYTHING what would it be? Everything I am now, PLUS a (do it five hours a day) Yogi
What inspires you on a daily basis? Instagram. Love that place. I'm a very visual person, and I love taking pictures and seeing pictures.
Would you consider yourself a healthy foodie or do you try to maintain a balance between healthy eating and indulging (80% healthy, 20% treats)? Yes and no. I don't believe in cheating ever. I'm an all healthy kind of person. Good thing is my whole diet is nourished by the most decadently delicious creations, so there's no need to indulge in things which make me feel lethargic or guilty afterwards. Model Chocolate is a reflection of that.
What is your non-negotiable when it comes to your diet? Chocolate is an everyday occurrence. Apart from that of course, lots of raw food, including superfoods. Greens (piles of these please!), fresh organic fruits and vegetables.
What does a day in the life of Abigail look like? (foodwise) Mountains of fresh fruits. Green juice or green smoothie or vegetable juice if I'm lucky, large fresh organic salad at least once, my chocolate, sweet or regular potato chippies (dry baked on racks, love these!) or sushi or a rice dish, legumes maybe once or twice weekly, softly poached organic eggs occasionally. Did I say chocolate? Haha. Superfoods such as goji berries, bee pollen, maqui berry powder, acai, maca root, spirulina, wheatgrass, incaberries, green tea, yerba mate, chia seeds, lots of others.
How do you manage to stay so fit and healthy, especially when you are so, so busy? Please share with us your dietary + fitness philosophy I don't. Realistically this has been the hardest thing for me to make happen!! It's a wonder with all the chocolate I've had to taste test and live on that I'm not all blubbery. See the chocolate actually works! (Cacao is known to boost metabolism) So the fitness side of me is getting a major makeover this year. I've been so busy with my book the last 3 years, and something has to give, only I mustn't make any more excuses, really it only takes 20mins to go for a walk! :) I do love to surf, and do this with my family every week at least once. I've started practicing yoga in the mornings again 20mins 2 x weekly, and just started doing some power walking on the other days!
Favorite workout/sport? Surfing!
Top health tip? Alkalize.
Introvert or extrovert? Definitely extrovert.
What we'd be surprised to find in your refrigerator? 'The Beetroot Stuff' its so amaze. This awesome raw beetroot dip/spread/stuff that you whiz up in the blender and put on EVERYTHING. The recipe's on my blog.
Do you drink green juices and smoothies? What is your all time favorite? Huge yes. My favourite lately (I have many) has been a combo of banana, frozen raspberries, coconut water, baby spinach leaves, frozen mango from my tree, and raw vegan protein powder by Sunwarrior. I then top the whole smoothie with about ½ cup fresh passionfruit pulp and drink. A-MAZZE.
What are your healthy food staples and ones that you eat everyday? Raw chocolate. Atm, fresh organic bananas. Mangoes, passionfruit or some exotic fruit, avocados, superfoods like goji berries and cacao nibs, coconut, rocket or other leafy greens, and potato, brown rice or quinoa. I eat very seasonally. Through Summer there were so many tomatoes at the organic markets, so I practically lived on them! I think it really gives your body a chance to immerse itself in the nutrients of that particular food.
What are your top 5 beauty products that you use everyday? Cacao butter, coconut oil, essential oils of Frankincense, and lavender, and a bath salts recipe found in my book, so amazing to soak life's worries away!!
Artist who inspires you? Love food artists. Also fashion, nature. Nature is the most inspiring art ever.
Top 3 Favorite books that had an impact on your life? Back to Eden (because i read it when I was 14!), Vogue Italia - the first time I saw that I was in la la land, and The Bible, never fails to dissapoint.
Top indulgence? Agghh! Going to sound like a broken record Lisa haha my CHOCOLATE! :) Nah seriously is. Maybe one day I'll move onto something less intensely captivating.
Favorite city/country to travel to? The ones I have yet to see.
Favorite scent/perfume? 100% pure organic essential oils. Loving Jasmine with vanilla and mint!! Soo good.
Favorite designer? Mary Katrantzou was in 2012/13, this year I haven't had much of a chance to look at anything!
Ultimate healthy meal: Greens from my garden with herbed dried organic black olives, pesto, oven dry baked potatoes and The Beetroot Stuff.
Ultimate decadent meal: Chocolate fondue! With strawberry guavas, grapes, mango, kiwifruit, jackfruit, persimmons, blueberries and strawberries.
Your favorite, not so healthy treat: Don't have one.
Greatest movie of all time: The Sound of Music - I still love it. Closely followed by the Titanic in which I cried for 24 hours.
3 things on your bucket list: Yoga myself daily, travel to Europe, write another incredulous cookbook.
Latest inspiration: This interview!!! I need to go do some Yoga now.
How do you think we can make the world a better place? Love more, consume less, eat real food, organic, fairtrade food, especially our chocolate choices, if we all stopped buying non-organic fairtrade chocolate ever, ever again it would really help the earth!
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In our beautiful home here on the North Coast of Australia (near Byron Bay - pretty hard to leave that!), only it would have a new kitchen and a whole thriving organic blueberry orchard. We would break it up with stints to Europe, surfing daily and I'd certainly be creating something. Who knows what - I live to create!
(with her supergorgeous daughter, Charlotte)
Message you would like to send out to the world: If you've found this paragraph, keep reading. You are beautiful, you are human, you have a purpose here, you have something to share. From the bottom of my heart I send you love, and inspiration to be your best self! Do it. It's all about the little choices… and chocolate. Of course.
Thank you beautiful Abi! You are a true light in this world, and I love you dearly.
-xo Lisa


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DFA Radiomix #18
Former LCD Soundsystem guitarist Phil Mossman and collaborator Will Bates make filmic electronic music as Fall on Your Sword. The duo are the latest to contribute to DFA's Radiomix series, and their 50-minute set is an eclectic one, spanning from dub-techno pioneers Basic Channel to a remix from producer/soundtrack composer David Holmes. Listen below; click on the "info" tab to check out the tracklist.


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Today a woman who had carefully done her homework to find her favorite symbolic Celtic designs traveled a far distance to get this tattoo. Combining several elements to create a new original pattern, she is celebrating her own change into her new status as a tattooed woman.
. . . and here is a comparison between the black and grey shaded stage, and the final tattoo with color: