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Free Healthy Recipe - Lamb Souvlaki with zucchini pasta and babaganoush
Dairy free, Gluten free, Low carbohydrate, Low fat, Low GI, Low sugar, Wheat Free
This recipe from the The Greengrocer's Diet uses zucchini spirals. It adds colour and vibrancy to a delicious meal and reduces the total kJ intake which is important in Spring when we're trying to get our body's "("summer read)
2 tbs lemon juice
1 garlic clove crushed
640 grams lamb, diced
1 Spanish onion sliced into cubes
1 red capsicum seeded and sliced into cubes
200 grams mushrooms - common cultivated, brushed clean
8 zucchini cut into spirals
4 tbs babaganoush
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Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and seasoning together in a small jar.
Makes 4 servings
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1. Re: Getting started with JBPM 5.3.0Maciej Swiderski Jul 13, 2012 10:32 AM (in response to Hussay dino)
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1. Can i use the jbpm-console in producation environment ? or its suitable for only development setup?
Yes, it can be used on production environments as well.
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3. My application is in Grails (groovy and Grails). which runs in tomcat server.. Is it possible to integrate JBPM into Grails application to run in tomcat server?
I am not Grails expert but since that runs on Tomcat then jbpm can run next to it and you could intergrate it with REST api or maybe even directly via java api.
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4. Which is the preffered book to get started with JBPM 5.1+
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Ok, some of you may need to get your yack bag out. Its about to get sappy up in here.
There is absolutely no price that can be put on the phenomenal lady that I share my life with. She is the more precious than any pink star diamond ever to be discovered. When she blesses a room by her presence, it lights up like the Sirius star. The Sirius star is the brightest star in the sky by the way…Siriusly! She truly is my best friend and is the most significant human being I've every encountered.
I strive to communicate how insanely incredible she is and how special her life is but I'm going to step that up a notch to show this. I did some work in conjunction with salary.com who tallies what a stay-at-home mom would draw in a paycheck. So I tweaked a few things and here is what I came up with.
Job Title Average Hours per week
Housekeeper 20
Cook 15
Day Care Teacher 12
Home School Teacher 15
Facilities Manager 11
Computer Operator 5
Taxi Driver 8
Psychologist 9
Janitor 8
Laundry Machine Operator 6
Chief Executive Officer 3
Staff Nurse – RN 2
Event Planner 3
Nutritionist 2
Logistics Analyst 2
Interior Designer 2
Bookkeeper 6
Administrative Assistant 2
General Maintenance Worker 2
TOTAL = 136 hours
What do employers pay for the same knowledge and skills that moms use every day?
Brittany Epps, for the 136 hours your serve your family (not including the many other hours and the insane of time you deal with my nutty self); your annual salary would be $164,682. Wow, you are so under paid.
That would be a paycheck of $3,166.96 per week.
This is all just for fun, but it is definitely an eye-opener for us husbands.
Brittany, you are utterly amazing. Thank you! While I cant cut you a big fat check, I know that you don't mind being paid with those priceless snuggle times with Eli, the ear to ear smiles from Natalee with her tongue sticking out, and the thousands of little moments you capture that confirm your calling as a stay-at-home mom. I am forever grateful for you. I love you!
To all the other stay-at-home mom's…
God Bless you and thank you for investing many exhausting hours into your incredible little ones.
Proverbs 31:10-31 (NLT)
10 Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
13 She finds wool and flax
and busily spins it.
14 She is like a merchant's ship,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
and plan the day's work for her servant girls.
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it;
with her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.
18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread,
her fingers twisting fiber.
20 She extends a helping hand to the poor
and opens her arms to the needy.
21 She has no fear of winter for her household,
for everyone has warm[b] clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads.
She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
24 She makes belted linen garments
and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.
26 When she speaks, her words are wise,
and she gives instructions with kindness.
27 She carefully watches everything in her household
and suffers nothing from laziness.
28 Her children stand and bless her.
Her husband praises her:
29 "There are many virtuous and capable women in the world,
but you surpass them all!"
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised.
31 Reward her for all she has done.
Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.


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Our 5 favourite real-life dates
In honour of Valentine's Day, we've been on the hunt for your amazing real love stories. From coincidental meetings to grand proposals, we've heard some incredibly romantic tales. We've picked our top 5 real-life dates stories to give you a bit of inspiration.
Emma & Zach: don't be afraid to sweep them of their feet
"It was our 3rd date and Zach invited me away for the weekend. I didn't know where we were going and just had instructions to bring my passport. I was a little nervous as I didn't know him that well, but really excited too, so I said yes and ran home from work to pack a bag. He picked me up in a silver, soft-top Porsche (!) and we set off on our trip. We drove to Folkestone in Kent and by this time the game was up, I knew we were going to France! He knew I had a weakness for cheese so we drove to a village called Livarot in the Normandy region where they make the best cheese. We went to a factory and travelled home with a great selection (and a few baguettes of course)."
Connor & Zoe: don't be afraid to go low budget
"I met Zoe when we were both still students so didn't have loads of money to spend on a fancy date. I picked her up from her house and we went to local deli to pick up some picnicky bits. We made our way to Primrose Hill, opened a bottle of fizz and watched the sun go down over London. It was a perfect date and we got to know so much about each other."
Pip & Graham: don't be put off if everything doesn't go according to plan
"I met Graham through work so knew him quite well before we went on our first date. It took quite a lot of planning as I live in London and he lived in Bristol so we decided to meet on a Friday night so he could stay with a friend. We were meeting at 7 to go to a Greek restaurant and then have drinks, but by 8 he still hadn't arrived. I was getting hungry and grumpy so eventually ignored my instinct to play it cool and gave him a call to see where he was. His response (much to my horror) "ahh well at the moment with the police on my way to the car pound…". Long story short he eventually made it to Angel on foot and we spent the next morning at the car pound with bacon sandwiches, trying to get his car out. Thankfully the second date went a lot smoother and we're getting married in August."
James & Fran: don't be afraid to be spontaneous
"I had had my eye on Fran for a while, and although we'd been out together as friends I hadn't had the guts to ask her on a date yet. The day I happened to ask, Fran already had plans to go to an open air showing of Casablanca in Bryant Park but we agreed to go for dinner before the show. We went to a small Spanish cafe and then headed to a street fair: we'd had such good time so far and when Fran invited me to join her for the film I couldn't turn her down. We bought some kettle corn (which later became our thing) and eventually made it up to Bryant Park. It was packed with people so we gave up trying to find Fran's friends and found a good spot on the grass. We were so engrossed in conversation (and each other) that we never really saw Casablanca – we're now saving it for a special occasion."
Camille & Warren: don't be afraid of traditional romance
"When Warren asked me on a date I was so excited as I thought no-one really did that any more. We lived in Cape Town at the time and I'm a musical junkie, so when he turned up with tickets for a Broadway production of Mamma Mia, I couldn't be happier. The show was amazing and afterwards we went on a coal boat ride along the V&A waterfront where we were wrapped in a blanket and didn't say a word – it was the most romantic day of my life."
What's your best ever date? Share your stories in the comments below or by using #LoveYourStory
Pete is my 2nd hubby and we have been married for 22yrs. Last August he took me on a surprise cruise around the Mediterranean to celebrate our anniversary and me losing 6 stone in weight. We stopped off in Gibraltar where he picked out his pet name for me in gold letters and had them put on to a bracelet for me…. he didn't let on ….. when we had a lovely dinner later that night he gave me the box ….. inside the words "princess" had been spelt out. Hes my soul mate and means everything to me


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Be sure to check out our awesome giveaway of a Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate here, and adorable Terri Stegmiller pattern here!
SewCalGal gave me a heads up on a contest over at Island Batiks, and since I love those fabrics, I thought I would give it a try!
Remember this placemat? It's made using my Go!Baby diecutter from Accuquilt, and I love how easily these go together with the precise shapes from the cutter. What did we do before these came along? (Grin)
I showed how to make these in this post, but many of you are new followers here at the Lilypad, so I thought I would make some better photos.
I'm making more of these in a wide variety of Christmas fabrics . . . wouldn't they be yummy in the batiks that are up for grabs? Check out the contest and you might win!
Of course, I waited until the last minute so I'd have less competition from all of you awesome Lilypadquilting peeps! (MUWWAAHHAHAAHHHAAHHAAA!)
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Some people living in Atlanta have found a way to get goods and services without spending their hard-earned cash.
Misty Love discusses YOUME options with A.J. Butler and Nick Viola.
Once a week, this group that calls itself the YOUMEs gather around a campfire in Dr. David Epstein's backyard to offer what they have and to find out who within their community might have something they want.
Each person takes a turn offering assets and announcing needs.
Robin, an artist and interior designer, is looking for someone to refinish her hardwood floors. The next person up, Jo-Jo, a Pilates instructor who grew up on a boat, knows all about hardwood floors and can help Robin. A connection is made. Watch them make their pitch »
Cameron, an acupuncturist, is looking for someone to fix his bike. A.J. Butler, a student, says he likes working on bikes and, although he has never seen an acupuncturist, will probably exchange time with Cameron -- another connection.
The group is part of a growing national trend of communities looking for low-impact, locally rooted solutions in this challenging economy. Along with saving money, they're meeting neighbors, learning what they have to offer and making connections that they say will benefit themselves and their community, today and in the future.
The YOUMEs are still working on guidelines, such as whether a premium should be placed on highly developed skills or arduous tasks.
"It's really about the two people who are making the arrangement, so if you have a really dirty job that takes six hours, maybe the other person would offer 10 hours of gardening," Epstein said.
There are hundreds of barter networks set up across the country. Many use barter credits as currency, so a plumber who needs to have a cavity filled doesn't need to search for a dentist's office with plumbing problems to make a deal. He can fix a leaky pipe for one member of a network and use the credits he earned for that job at any other.
Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, says his company has brokered everything from breast implants to college tuition to a horse.
Web sites that put Americans in touch with like-minded people who are willing to trade everything under the sun have also seen a boost in traffic. SwapThing, which lists almost 3.5 million "things" available for trade, reports that its customers are bartering for different reasons than before.
Although there is an online element to YOUME group, what sets it apart from other barter groups is the personal connection made at the weekly meetings.
"There's a scarcity of money and jobs, but we still have ourselves, our skills and our relationships. And we know that if we offer those, we'll get something back," Epstein said. "Yes, this sort of thing is also happening on the Internet, but when it's supported by a personal connection, it makes for a more valuable process."
Jeanne St. Romain agreed. "I like the personal aspect. I'm on my computer all day. You can't connect in the same way online."
Butler sees the meetings as an alternative to social networking sites.
"Facebook is fine, but a lot of the people I'm in contact with on Facebook are very similar to me in terms of age or stage in life. Jeanne and I would never meet on Facebook," Butler said, "but here we are, talking about bike repair and marketing."
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But he also believes that it strengthens the community.
"In the normal process of purchasing things, we really lose track of the money once it's out of our hands. What we're trying to do here is spend our resources in ways that benefit our community," Frane said.


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Recenzie: Finding Cinderella de Colleen Hoover
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Etichete: Colleen Hoover , Editura Epica , Hopeless , Iubire Adolescentină , Losing Hope , Recenzie , Reputaţie , Sex
Etichete: Colleen Hoover , Editura Epica , Hopeless , Iubire Adolescentină , Losing Hope , Recenzie , Reputaţie , Sex
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This novella is a companion novel to the Hopeless series, but can be read as a standalone.
A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love comes with conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be make-believe.
When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them only seemed perfect because they were pretending it was perfect. Moments like that with girls like her don't happen outside of fairytales.
One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in insta-love is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Daniel soon realizes the way he pretended to feel about Cinderella and the way he really feels about Six may not be so different after all. Especially when the two loves of his life end up being one in the same.
Unfortunately for Daniel, finding Cinderella doesn't guarantee their happily ever after…it only further threatens it.
'Finding Cinderella' a fost o lectură minunată, aproape chiar şi mai magnifică decât 'Losing Hope', ceea ce o adevărată surpriză şi nu pentru că mă aşteptam la mai puţin de la scriitoare, ci pentru că lucrarea este o NUVELĂ, fiind o operă epică de scurtă întindere, doar 105 pagini, mă aşteptam la o acţiune scurtă, dar această lucrare a fost orice (îmi doream), doar nu scurtă, cel puţin aşa mă simt după emoţiile tumultuoase pe care le-am trăit în timpul acestei lecturi- am fost amuzată, tristă, fericită, amuzată din nou, fericită, tristă, iar cu bomba de la final nu mă aşteptam deloc la finalul acestei nuvele
La început, îl cunoaştem pe Daniel, cel mai bun prieten al lui Holder, care încearcă să se sustragă de la lumea minunată a cunoaşterii- mai exact, programul lui a fost incurcat şi încearcă să nu fie descoperită această greşeală- haios băiatul, nu-i aşa?
În timp ce Daniel se închide în debaraua îngrijitorului, o frumoasă prinţesă tristă- nah, doar o fată supărată pe lume- pătrunde în lumea acestui băiat,.. ahem, prinţ... şi pentru o oră, doar ei doi şi deba... ăăă.... palatul prinţului există, astfel prinţul descoperă că prinţesa tristă nu a ţinut niciodată un băiat de mână , dar respectând povestea Cenuşăresei, fata pleacă din debara, iar prinţul nu ştie cine este ea sau cum să o găsească....
Într-o zi, Daniel aflat în camera lui Sky, împreună cu Holder, o fată frumoasă şi sarcastică, reuşeşte să-i atragă atenţia, dacă coroborăm şi faptul că Holder îl ameninţă să stea departe de prietena cea mai bună a lui Sky... ei bine, ştim de ce Daniel va începe această relaţie...
Mi-a plăcut enorm relaţia de prietenie dintre Holder şi Daniel, Sky şi Six, Daniel şi Six, relaţie ce încet va progresa într-o poveste de iubire, un alt aspect pe care l-am adorat a fost relaţia dintre Daniel şi părinţii lui, o relaţie relaxată, confortabilă, precum şi faptul că între Six şi Daniel nu a existat niciun fel de relaţii intime, cel puţin nu până cănd au început să se cunoască mai bine şi chiar să existe sentimente.
Pe parcursul nuvelei, se va dezvălui cine este fata misterioasă din debaraua îngrijitorului, precum şi un mare secret ce i-ar putea ameninţa relaţia lui cu Six.... totuşi sfârşitul a fost dulce şi emoţionant, în stilul caracteristic al lui Daniel.
Naraţiunea se realizează la persoana întâi, din perspectiva lui Daniel si, pentru mine cel puţin a fost o adevărată plăcere să pătrund în mintea acestui prinţ/Casanova/băiat cu probleme.
Daniel- sarcastic amuzant, loial, inteligent, chipeş şi pur şi simplu irezistibil, recunosc că unele replici mi-au amintit de Adrian Ivashkov, personajul principal din seria Bloodlines si personaj secundar în Academia Vampirilor de Richelle Mead. Dar spre deosebire de Adrian, viaţa a fost mai blândă cu el, iar viciile lui sunt aproape nonexistente. Dap, fetelor, acest băiat are o problemă cu temperamentul lui, dar dacă luăm în considerare că este şi impulsiv... ei bine, pare a fi o reţetă spre dezastru, totuşi prietenia lui cu Holder îl ajută foarte mult.
Six- numele ei nu este Six- un detaliu foarte amuzant şi interesant al poveştii, dar aspect ce dovedeşte relaţia perfectă dintre ea şi Daniel- el fiind un băiat care adoră să adreseze porecle fiecărei persoane pe care o cunoaşte, porecle haioase ce par stupide în ochii altor persoane, iar ea o persoană care s-a redenumit după o greşeală a părinţilor ei ca semn de rebeliune. Six este fata ce a cedat prea repede băieţilor, fata cu reputaţie îndoielnică, lipsită de respectul celorlalţi şi chiar de propriul ei respect, dar Daniel o va învăţa o lecţie preţioasă- nimeni nu te poate iubi dacă nu te iubeşti tu însuţi.
Sky şi Holder- relaţia lor continuă, dar vor intra în umbră pentru că locul din prim-plan este deţinut de Six şi Daniel.
Verdict final- continuarea perfectă din 'Hopeless' ce aduce în atenţia cititorului cuplul favorit Sky şi Holder, dar mai ales povestea lui Daniel şi Six, o continuare la fel de emoţionată şi plină de farmec precum 'Losing Hope' şi 'Hopeless'. Sfatul meu, dacă v-a plăcut 'Fără Speranţă' citiţi ' Finding Cinderella'!
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"You're my best friend and I love you. I'm not ashamed to admit that I love a guy. I love you, Holder. Daniel Weasley loves Dean Holder. Always and forever."
"Daniel, go make out with your girlfriend," he says, waving me off.
I shake my head. "Not until you tell me you love me, too."
His head falls back against Sky's headboard. "I fucking love you, now GO AWAY!"
I grin. "I love you more."
"You talk to him about the fact that we haven't had sex?" Six says, completely embarrassed.
My father shakes his head. "No, he doesn't have to. I know because every night he comes home he goes straight to his bedroom and takes a thirty-minute shower. I was eighteen once."
Six covers her face with her hands. "Oh, my God." She peeks through her hands at my dad. "I guess I know who Daniel gets his personality from."
My father nods. "Tell me about it. His mother is terribly inappropriate."
"Hey!" I yell. Everyone turns around and looks at us. I glance at Six and her eyes are wide. I inhale a deep breath, then turn back to the table. Specifically to Holder. "She fist bumped me,"I say, pointing at Six. "It's not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then she made me push her on the damn merry-go-round. After that, she demanded to see where I had sex in the park, then she forced me to sneak into my own bedroom. She's weird and half the time I can't keep up with her, but she thinks I'm funny as hell. And Chunk asked me this morning if I wanted to love her someday, and I realized I've never hoped I could love someone more than I want to love her. So every single one of you who has an issue with us dating is going to have to get over it because..." I pause and turn toward Six. "Because you fist bumped me and I could care less who knows we're together. I'm not going anywhere and I don't want to go anywhere so stop thinking I'm into you because I'm not supposed to be into you." I lift my hands and tilt her face toward mine. "I'm into you because you're awesome. And because you let me accidentally touch your boob." She's smiling wider than I've ever seen her smile. "Daniel Wesley, where'd you learn those smooth moves?" I laugh. "Not moves, Six. Charisma."
"In reality, people are who they are and they'll never really change."
"I love that you don't carry a purse," I say.
"I love that you don't carry one, either," she says with a laugh."
"I have no idea who you even are and now you're my damn girlfriend. What the hell have you done to me?" She holds her palms up defensively. "Hey, don't blame me. I've gone eighteen years swearing off boyfriends and then you show up out of the blue with your vulgar mouth and terribly awkward first kisses and now look at me. I'm a hypocrite." "I don't even know your phone number," I say. "I don't even know your birthday," she says. "You're the worst girlfriend I've ever had."
"She takes a step toward me and slides her hands between my folded arms, pushing against them until they unlock. "Daniel Wesley you owe me a do-over since you made me kiss you in a crowded restaurant right next to a dirty diaper."
"It wasn't crowded," I interject.
She glares at me. "Put your hands on my face and push me against this wall and slip me some tongue! Now!"
Before she can laugh at herself, my hands are casing her face and her back is pressed against the wall of her house and my mouth is on hers."
"I slowly lean in toward her when her lips part into a smile.
"Are you planning on using tongue this time?" she whispers.
I squeeze my eyes shut and take a step back, completely thrown off by her comment. I rub my palms down my face and groan.
"Dammit, Six. I was already feeling inadequate. Now you've just put expectations on it."
She's smiling when I look at her again. "Oh, there are definitely expectations," she says teasingly. "I expect this to be the most mind-blowing thing I've ever experienced, so you better deliver."
"I don't even know if people should use the working fucking and angel in the same thought structure, but shit. She really looks like a fucking angel.."
"It feels sort of euphoric, like we're in some sort of fairytale. Like she's Tinkerbell and I'm Peter Pan. No, wait. I don't want to be Peter Pan. Maybe she can be like Cinderella and I'll be her Prince Charming. Yeah, I like that fantasy better. Cinderella's hot when she's all poor and sweaty and slaving over the stove."
I raise an eyebrow to match his expression. "Holder?"
"What are you up to?"
"I do not know what you are talking about," I reply innocently.
"You do know what I am talking about because when you are lying, you do not use contractions when you speak."
I ponder his observation for a few seconds. Is that true?
Shit. It's true."
"I hate them," she says softly.
"Everybody," she says. "I hate everybody".
I close my eyes and lift my hand, then run it down her hair, doing my best to comfort her. Finally, someone who actually gets it. I'm not sure why she hates everybody but I have a feeling she's got a pretty valid reason."I hate everybody too, Cinderella."
"She dips her spoon into her ice cream, then puts the spoon back in her mouth. I can't stop staring at that spoon. I think I love that spoon."
"I lean forward and grab the bowl of ice cream she didn't finish and pull it to my, then take a bite. She watches me as I close my lips around the spoon and pull it out of my mouth. She scrunches up her nose staring at the spoon. "I could have herpes, you know," she says. I grin at her and wink. "You somehow just made herpes sound appealing."
"I might hate you by the end of the date."
"Or I might hate you," I say.
"Impossible." She props her foot up on the dash. "I'm unhateable."
"It blows my mind that I get to love you."
"I can't take you tonight," I say. "I had my heart completely broken about an hour ago by a psychotic bitch and I need a little more time to recover from that relationship. How about tomorrow night?"
"She's smiling wider than I've ever seen her smile. "Daniel Wesley, where'd you learn those smooth moves?" I laugh.
"Not moves, Six. Charisma."
"She chokes on her drink with her laugh. "Chunk? You call your little sister Chunk?" "We all call her Chunk. She was a fat baby." She laughs. "You have nicknames for everyone," she says. "You call Sky Cheese Tits. You call Holder Hopeless. What do you call me when I'm not around?"
"I lean my head back and close my eyes, attempting to figure out where I went right in my life to deserve her."
"This is scary," she whispers. "I've never had a boyfriend before. I don't know how this works. Do people become exclusive this fast? Are we supposed to pretend we're not that interested for a few more dates?"
Oh, dear God.
I've never been turned on by a girl laying claim to me before. I usually run in the other direction. She's obliterating every single thing I thought I knew about myself with every new sentence that passes those lips.
"I have no interest in faking disinterest," I say. "If you want to call yourself my girlfriend half as much as I wish you would, then it would save me a whole lot of begging. Because I was literally about to drop to my knees and beg you."
She squints her eyes playfully. "No begging. It screams desperation."
"You make me desperate," I say, pressing my lips to hers again."
"Are you going to tell me how awesome that kiss was or are you going to ignore it?"
She shakes her head and laughs at me. "That wasn't even a real kiss," she says. "You didn't even try to put your tongue in my mouth."
... "I didn't have to put my tongue in your mouth," I say. "My kisses are that intense. I don't even really have to do anything. The only reason I pulled back was that I was sure we were about to experience a classic, 'When Harry met Sally' moment."
"Normally when I'm attempting a risky, clandestine, secret date and I need to escape my house undetected, I ask myself, 'What would MacGyver do?'"
Oh, my god, this chick just mentioned MacGyver?
I break my eyes away from hers long enough to hide the fact that I think I just fell for her and also to assess our escape route. I glance at the swing on the porch, then look back at Six when I'm sure the cheesy grin is gone from my face.
"I think MacGyver would take your porch swing and build an invisible force field out of grass and matches. Then he would attach a jet engine to it and fly it out of here undetected. Unfortunately I'm all out of matches."
"She fist bumped me, I say, pointing at Six. It's not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then made me push her on the damn merry-go-round... I'm into you because you're awesome. And because you let me accidentally touch your boob."
"Oh, my god, this chick just mentioned MacGyver?
"I'm serious, Six. Those guys all need a good kick to the clit, because dinner-talk is by far the best part of you."
"Daniel," she whispers.
I groan and drop my forehead to hers, touching her cheek with my hand. "You make me love my name so damn much."
"It feels sort of euphoric, like we're in some sort of fairytale. Like she's Tinkerbell and I'm Peter Pan.
No, wait. I don't want to be Peter Pan. Maybe she can be like Cinderella and I'll be her Prince Charming"
"You're very charismatic," she says.
Jesus. Her voice completely slays me. "Thanks. You're pretty cute yourself."
|Hopeless (Fără Speranţă, #1)
de Colleen Hoover
|The "Best First Kiss" from Holder's POV (Hopeless, #1.5)
de Colleen Hoover
|Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2)
de Colleen Hoover
|Finding Cinderella (Hopeless, #2.5)
de Colleen Hoover


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Sunday, 10 January 2010
Tracks and trails
It felt a touch milder this morning as I headed into Alexandra Park, meeting up with Andrew Gardener and then Bob Watts and Stuart Harrington for a spot of Woodcock-watching. That was the theory, anyhow. We scoured every patch of suitable habitat on the lower slopes and the east side, but with no joy. The closest we got - if it was close at all - was a distant shape flushing away through the trees near the pitch 'n putt course.
But I also found these tracks (top picture) in snow next to a tiny ice-free stream in the Conservation Area (or Gobblers' Gulch, to use its less savoury local name). The £2 coin I placed next to them measures 29 mm in diameter, making the length of the middle toe some 35-40 mm. This fits closely to the measurements quoted in Birds of the Western Palearctic (Vol III) for a series of Dutch specimens, and the outer toe is also described as "c. 71% of middle, inner c. 68%, hind 28%". These ratios could possibly also fit, though the problem with prints in damp snow is that they don't leave a firm and accurate impression. Even with my present determination to see a Woodcock on one of my patches I don't think I can face a return visit at midnight with a spotlight; I'll keep trying with more conventional means.
The other point of this morning's visit was to erect a feeder near the reservoir - a necessary measure in this prolonged cold spell. Subject to a ceasefire from the local youth, this may become the first contribution to what could eventually be a fully fledged feeding station. On the reservoir itself the Eurasian Wigeon was spending its second day - a good bird around here, and only the second I've seen in the park. A few other bits and pieces gave themselves up today, including a pair of Northern Shoveler back on the ice-hole on the boating lake, but there was just a single Fieldfare and fewer Redwings than last week. The new year-ticks for my Alexandra Park patchlist were:
45. Goldfinch (actually already seen, but omitted from the list).
46. Nuthatch.
47. Eurasian Wigeon.
48. Collared Dove.
49. Lesser Redpoll.


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Queens Honors Those Who Serve With Veterans Day Parade
The Queens Veterans Day Parade, presented by the Middle Village Veterans Day Parade Committee, was held on Sunday, November 5. Commencing on 80th Street, the parade moved along Metropolitan Avenue and concluded with a commemorative ceremony at Christ the King Regional High School.
The Veterans Day Ceremony was hosted by Master of Ceremonies Tony Barsamian, publisher of the Queens Gazette. He introduced Salvatore P. Candela who led the Pledge of Allegiance; Frank DeBiase who sang the National Anthem; and Chaplain Tracy Mike who gave the Invocation. Elected officials who came to honor our veterans included former NYS Senator Serphin R. Maltese, Chair of Christ the King Regional High School Board of Trustees; Congress Member Grace Meng; NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr.; and NYC Council Members Elizabeth Crowley, and Eric Ulrich.
The Grand Marshal was Joseph Martino, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in World War II. He has been a Commander of the VFW Queens for four years; President of the St. Vincent DePaul Society Central District. He has been a member of the society for 50 years and has received the St. Vincent DePaul Medal of Honor. At the St. John's Bread and Life soup kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Martino has been a board member and volunteer since 1985. He continues to volunteer there.
Accepting the Humanitarian Award on behalf of the George Werst Funeral Home was funeral director David Fitzgerald. The George Werst Funeral Home has been serving the people of Queens and Brooklyn since 1901. In 2009 Werst began coordinating with the American Legion and the Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs to conduct funeral services for indigent veterans with military honors, at Calverton National Cemetery. Fitzgerald is Treasurer and Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Glendale.
The Guest Speaker was Gold Star Mother Valerie Mustafa. She told those gathered all about her beloved son, U.S. Army veteran, Hassan Sharief Jones, who served in the Army between 2009 and 2014, and had remained as an Army Reservist at Fort Totten. After serving tours in Kuwait and Iraq, he did not survive an accident that erupted into an altercation on the Grand Central Parkway. Mrs. Mustafa said, "He spoke his mind and was not judgemental. He loved all people and was devoted to them. He was a trooper and a volunteer." She quoted his captain, who said, " Hassan always did the right thing. He motivated others."
Many thanks are owed to the Middle Village Veterans Day Parade Committee and Committee Chair Tania B. Broschart, Managing Director of Sterling National Bank. Broschart said, "The Queens Veterans Day parade was, once again, a great success. After eight years the committee continues to organize a great day to honor all our veterans. We thank all of the individuals and organizations who came out to support our mission to celebrate our amazing veterans who have sacrificed so much for this great country."


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Sold out, in more ways than one
What pomposity. Farquaad Cogen will give a "state of the county address" to the City Club today. A packed house is expected. He's told the O in advance what he's going to say, and so they dutifullly -- and exclusively! -- report it.
Breaking news: He's going to hire an as-yet-unnamed contractor for about a quarter-million to come to town and teach some government employees "mental illness first aid." It's actually a wonderful metaphor for the state of mental health in Portland. We've got an army of ill people roaming the streets with the equivalent of severed carotid arteries, and we're handing out Band-Aids. And a no-bid deal, no doubt.
The laugh lines in the story are plentiful:
"Budgets are tight, but one role of leadership is to prioritize decisions. This is going to be a priority for us."
Now, there's a spit-take line if we ever heard one. What hypocrisy. What Cogen won't mention to the adoring City Club faithful is how he's sold out the county, and lots of others, by going along with the city's ridiculous "education urban renewal" district. He gets a new building out of it for his personnel department, and the rest of you school kids and sick poor people will get less services as a result.
He hopes to find the money to continue the program into the future...
No kidding. Isn't that every Portland politician's platform these days? "He hopes to find money." Us too. We definitely, fondly, fervently hope to find money.
Anyway, the Cogue will be sure to sprinkle in some gun control stuff for the City Club sheep to bleat their approval at. Background checks -- that will solve everything. Ginny Burdick will save us.
And of course, sitting in the front row for the whole speech will be Former Mayor Creepy himself, probably with some twenty-something-year-old know-nothings in tow, about to give the City Club directors the same nervous breakdown he gave the city for the last four years. Adams, City Club, Cogen -- ewww. Just ewww.


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What will 2017 bring for Tiwa Savage? Well, the singer has a new deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation, through which she'll probably be releasing more Kele Kele music. She'll be dealing with her terrible addiction to making money. And if all goes swimmingly she'll be pregnant by April. If you're wondering who'll be doing the turkey basting/impregnating/ baby making it'll be her husband Tee Billz. Anyway you look at it it's a lot to look forward to, and it began with some appropriately Savage publicity, lacking in subtlety, tact, or any attempt to control the narrative of her love life and the scandals that lurk there-in.
You may wonder why we're talking about the star. The thing to do when someone blocks you on instagram is block them back and pretend that they no longer exist, but at The Ramblings of a Madman aka TROAM, we're more than a little bit unusual. Instead of shutting her out, we're going in. I mean, anyone that publicly outs their husband as a serial eater of edible catering and a rather enthusiastic snorter of cocaine is a legend. In that video interview no one will ever forget she straight up destroyed him. Now when I see Tee Billz I think, "drug addict, thief, shady individual whose greatest public failing is his overwhelming generosity with his penis."
Their reunion was a Christmas miracle. The couple let us know with a wink and a nudge that they spent Christmas day together. They both posted pictures of their son wearing the same clothes which indicates that they were in the same room at the same time. But that wasn't enough to fuel the press machine. They pretty much brought the new year in together, posing for a picture at Stephanie Coker and Olumide Adenirokun's traditional wedding in Lagos on the 30th of December.
As this picture is all the proof we have of their reconciliation, I shall analyse it properly.
Tiwa Savage is clearly giving us the if you fuck up one more time you'll never see all of this bedazzled good good in the other room again. And by fuck up I mean, if he smells a sex caterer, gets a call from his drug dealer, or fails to report his every move with pictorial proof to her. There'll be no late night hotel visits in his immediate future.
Tee Billz on the other hand is giving us the face of a man who's trying very very hard to do well. He's channeling the sort of optimism that only a good stint in rehab can bring and he's looking desperately for that N45 million that he owes some villain or the other. His face seems to be saying, "Happy New Years people! Anything for the boys?"
What can we do but wish them the best - if not for them then for the sake of their beautiful son, Jamil.
Happy Days,


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It's way too early to tell if 2011 will be the year mobile technology poses a serious threat to the traditional computing experience. (Some would argue it already has.) But if the first month of the year is any indication, it's a pretty safe bet.
That's consumer technology. I guess we can assume the stodgy enterprise is lagging, as usual? Maybe not. Mobility seems to factor strongly into enterprise IT spending forecasts. An eWEEK article shares updated predictions from Gartner and Forrester Research, both of which mention mobility.
A CIO.com story on 2011 spending plans quotes a couple CIOs planning to increase their investments in mobile technologies this year. Fifty-four percent of IT executives surveyed in November intend to increase their budgets in 2011, a big jump from the 14 percent that planned to do so at the height of economic insecurity in May of 2009. A whopping 87 percent of respondents believe mobile devices and applications boost employee productivity.
Echoing the Forrester analysis, 57 percent of survey respondents will spend on new projects this year, with 34 percent of that spending allocated for projects designed to increase top-line revenue.
Not since the PC has the enterprise seen a trend so strongly pushed by workers, not employers. Writing on TechRepublic last January, Patrick Gray called bring-your-own-technology the biggest CIO challenge of 2010. Not much has changed since then, though IT organizations are beginning to come up with some workable BYOT solutions that let employees enjoy greater choice while the employer still retains some control. My favorite, suggested by Unisys: Survey employees about their mobile technology preferences via Web-based surveys, then present them with a "white list" of approved technologies and support options.
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Jokingly I said to my husband that I would write this post as a guide map for some of the notions I have on hand - in case the kids ever need to clean out what I leave behind one day. After taking just a few shots (grouped) of some of what's on hand, I realized I may not be joking after all! I know I love notions, some believe I'm nuts for notions!
Why am I so fascinated by all the notions available to those who sew, crochet, knit, etc.? If I knew the answer to that, I would know the answer to why men collect tools with the same fervor.
There are standard everyday notions that I can sew with and get by just fine: thread, needles (machine and hand), seam ripper or razor, seam gauge, measuring tape, pins and scissors.
Then, there are the notions that are the next step up and a different type of notion. The type that make the job a bit faster, easier, less tedious; they make sewing a joy, not a task. These are the notions that I search for in my favorite online stores. There are people who shop for tools, women shop for hours for shoes and dresses. I can spend an evening browsing online and in the sales flyers filled with notions. There are the notions I order multiples of, in case one breaks, or I give one away, or (shudder) lose one.
A perfect example of a notion that has made sewing on a daily basis a snap is a little tool called, "That Purple Thang". Honestly, I have used several items before I placed this in my must have collection - knitting needles for pushing corners out, safety pins for running elastic, chop sticks, crochet hooks and more. This small unassuming notion has elevated my enjoyment of running basic hems in formals and is now in my "willl not do without" basic notions.
Notions are more than hand tools; there are snaps, tapes, elastics, cords, loops and more. Each one of the shelves and drawers shown hold multiples of the types of notions called for in patterns or that you would need to replace when performing alterations or tailoring. Here is where I confess the desire to own each color and/or size available so they are on hand when a customer requires it. There's nothing worse than having to make a customer wait for an order of notions to arrive before their order can be serviced.
There are others I keep close at hand for frequent use each day; others that are in various places in my workshop that are used ofen, but not so much I need them close by. Some of the items I enjoy using are antique, such as the pinking machine (shown). You can run long lengths of fabric through it and pink the edge instead of using hand cramping pinking shears for cutting yards at a time.
To make this a full confession, there are two more rooms in the house and two closets in other rooms that house notions and fabrics used often but I have no space for in the workshop. Tulle, specialty fabrics, fiberfill, batting, chiffon, satin, laces, body forms for fitting, work tables, ironing equipment, packing and more all are neatly housed in spare closets and rooms.
It's a good feeling to know specific, frequently needed notions are on hand, in the right color and size when it's needed for an order. It's always satisfying as well to know it's not a collection that will not be put to use, it's all useful inventory, gathered with guilt free pleasure.
What are your favorite notions? Are there specific catagories you search for most? Whatever your favorites are and whatever their purpose, I wish you success and inspiration with your work or hobbies, today and always.
Sher (Sherri)


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Producer Denise Di Novi won an Independent Spirit Award for Heathers. She then ran Tim Burton Productions from 1989-92, producing Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, and Ed Wood. Her other credits include Little Women, The Nightmare Before Christmas, New York Minute, and A Walk to Remember. Catwoman, which opens July 23rd, is her next release.
IGN FilmForce recently spoke with Ms. Di Novi about Catwoman and her career in Hollywood.
IGN FILMFORCE: You produced Batman Returns and you've been developing the Catwoman spin-off for about a decade now, hasn't it been?
DENISE DI NOVI: Well, yeah &#Array; it kind of went in and out. We started developing it with Tim Burton, and then it kind of went to sleep for a while. It kind of laid fallow and then we started up again about six, seven years ago. But yeah, it's been pretty long.
IGNFF: What made you want to stick with the project for so long? A lot of producers might lose faith in it or move on to other things.
DI NOVI: You know, once I love something I never am dissuaded. Really, from when I saw what a powerful icon the Catwoman character was in Batman Returns and what strong reactions &#Array; you know, Michelle Pfeiffer's portrayal of the character, and just the archetype of the character &#Array; what strong reactions Catwoman got from both men and women, I just felt that she deserved to have her own film that was not a sequel to Batman Returns, and not a movie where she was a secondary character but where we really gave her the time she was due and really had an origin story and delved into her as a lead character. I just felt that it was such a rich, complex character and I also felt like it was time, just really in the last couple years, it's really time to have this kind of a female superhero.
IGNFF: Right, it's something different, we haven't had one.
DI NOVI: Also what's something different is that Catwoman is sort of neither hero nor villain, she's an anti-hero and she's a very complex character. So, I thought, I loved Batman, I loved Spider-Man, I love all these characters, but Catwoman is really different from any other one.
IGNFF: One of the things that still makes her a cool character is that she is an anti-heroic figure. She can skirt both sides of the law, and also, in different incarnations she's been a victim, not just a femme fatale. There's something very humanizing about that aspect of her.
DI NOVI: That's a really good point that a lot of people don't pick up on. I feel like she is the most humanistic, the most relatable of these characters. I think also she represents something really fascinating about women, that's very unique to women, that kind of pull and tug, you know, between "am I a good girl, am I a bad girl? Do I fulfill society's expectations, or do I follow my own desires?" You know, I think women struggle with it in their own way.
- WBIGNFF: So, that's what you're hoping people would take away from this particular film?
DI NOVI: Yeah, I think it's what makes her interesting. I think men are fascinated by her because she's so comfortable with her sexuality and she's so independent, confident. I think she's just a really, really complex character. The great thing about having Halle Berry is that because she's such a great actress and also just in sort of her own persona she embodies so much of the character, you know? She can play the vulnerable, sensitive human side beautifully, and then she's also &#Array; a lot of people would argue she's probably among the most beautiful, sexy actresses.


text: We interrupt this Meet and Greet for a rhetorical question....one that occured to me while looking at some different penis pics in the LPSG gallery. (bear with me here, this has no real answer...) Why did nature (or the universe or the higher power or the God or the whatever it is you believe) create such a discrepency of penis sizes....even among the same ethnic origins....even within the same family? I could sort of understand if someone did a study that found out that in certain parts of the world, the penis NEEDED to be longer.....or fatter.....but..haaaaaa.....that just doesnt add up. Since we have no scientific reason...then.... "WHY??" Yes, i know.... i've asked one of those questions like "Why do men have nipples,really?".... it is mighty curious.


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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
12 comments:
- ElizT said...
Life's tough at floor level!
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:55:00 AM
- studio lolo said...
This vantage point makes me think of the cat's perspective when construction or a move is going on. The cats are so upheaved and at a loss, frantic about what's around the corners they're not familiar with. I love what this kitty represents in all of us. Kind of unsure of "what's next." Love it, Miri.
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:53:00 AM
- Lavender said...
I love this, again its the perspective that intrigues me - and the colours...and the cat LOL!
Then the next one up, 'new vantage point' - even more mysterious! Love the stripe of stars with composed 'night' cat - tres cool!
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:55:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
How extreme something might be is all according to one's vantage point! I see the two paintings 'almost' as opposites but at the same time as the same. Apart from the subjects used, it depends where I'm standing as to which image is the most extreme. It might be different tomorrow :)
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:04:00 AM
- steve said...
Love the cropped angle Miri!! Is this from a photo or a sketch? The mouse (or cat ?) adds a nice organic touch to the more geometric composition here.
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:08:00 AM
- Digital Scott's illustrationblog said...
The angle you chose makes for a really nice composition. Great colors too!
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:32:00 PM
- md said...
like th whole mood of the piece ur color lighting and perspective
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007 6:28:00 PM
- AndyDoodler said...
Wow! Beeautiful paintings! As always gifted use of form, design, texture, color, tones, and concept. The birds are in hiding here. I guess however anything is interpreted is based on the interpreter's vantage point- where/who/what one is, and where one has been. Cats are at an extreme advantage in the night- cats can see so well still and are in charge then- she/he was waiting till the ceiling opened up to let in the the night sky and its stars- then being confident to engage (stare at) the viewer(s). Reminds me of some myth? dealing with magic and cats and ancient Egypt. Partly as I think I see a pyramid in the first, and maybe a hieroglyph in the second - and the cat, of course, being revered as a god in ancient Egypt. Or could interpret it to illustrate extremes of darks and lights- or this and all of the above- or...
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:07:00 AM
- studio lolo said...
There's no comment bar on the new vantage point, so I'll leave it here. It's wonderful. I especially love the slice of night sky and the warm, cozy feeling of the house. The cat seems content in this world. Everything is as it should be.
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:38:00 AM
- carla said...
This is awesome! It is defintely an extreme angle, and I love the under view of the cat's head. I makes me want to try to figure out where "I'm" standing! The colors and the light in this are very striking... another winner!
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:06:00 PM
- Janice said...
nice angles and great perspective that you also had on the topic..
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:13:00 PM
- the heartful blogger said...
Wow, I love the perspectives of the angles, the way they look and feel extreme. fantastic.
- Monday, October 29, 2007 3:30:00 PM


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Growing up, I was intrigued by the musical instrument that sat on a shelf in our hall closet. It had a short neck, a round body, and beautiful wood patterns. I was told it was a mandolin.
But, where did it come from? I imagined it was one of those things my dad acquired. He was good for that. We had all sorts of old things lying around the house, yard, and garage.
It turns out the mandolin belonged to his mother, Anna (Mazeres) Lassalle. She learned to play as a young woman. Why the mandolin, I am not sure. I did a little research and found that there was a resurgence in its popularity in the 1890s. In the early 1900s, there were Mandolin Orchestras in France. My grandma was born in San Francisco in 1898, but both her parents, Charles Mazeres and Brigitte Breilh, were natives of France. As the French community in the San Francisco Bay Area was quite large, there may have been a French connection…so to speak. It could have been one of those things French parents had their children learn.
I have heard that she was quite good. I don't know since she never played for us. She had put it away many years before it found its way to our closet.
I think that music must have been important to my grandma. Her children took lessons and could play various instruments. My dad played the harmonica, his brother played drums, and his oldest sister was a gifted pianist. I wonder if she ever brought out her mandolin and they played together.
Here are some more views of the beautiful musical instrument…
I never asked my dad if she played for them, and if so, what he thought of it. I remember her being asked about the instrument once, but she never really gave an answer. She shrugged it off and the conversation moved on. It was something that young ladies did and not old women she seemed to say with that shrug.
There are many things I've only just begun to learn about my grandma. The quiet, stoic woman with the cackling laugh held many talents that I am only getting a glimpse of 31 years after she died. I was 23 when she died. I will always regret not asking her more questions about her life.


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Hundreds of people joined airline cabin crew to protest an airport luggage incident involving the family of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
They demanded talks with Civil Aviation Department (CAD) chief Norman Lo and threatened to escalate their protest if no action is taken, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports.
The Hong Kong Cabin Crew Federation, which organized the protest, said more than 2,500 showed up for the mass action in Hong Kong airport.
Police estimated the crowd at 1,000 at its peak.
The group handed a list of demands to a CAD representative, including a direct meeting with Lo.
Minor scuffles broke out with several Leung supporters who accused the protesters of insulting the chief executive and ruining Hong Kong's reputation.
The protesters accused Leung of misusing his power when he intervened to have his daughter's carry-on luggage sorted after it was left in the passenger check-in area.
Leung's wife Regina later got airport staff to bring it over to her daughter who was already in a restricted area waiting to board her flight to San Francisco.
Reports said the Leungs bypassed security regulations.
Carol Ng, secretary general of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, demanded Lo retract his statement to the Legislative Council that similar cases will happen in the future.
Former lawmaker David Chu said Cathay Pacific Airways suggested sending the luggage to San Francisco on another flight which would arrive the next day but was turned down by the Leungs.
He said none of the five or six staff involved in the incident has come forward, which suggests they are under "some kind of pressure".
Cathay Pacific has remained silent about the incident.
Meanwhile, the government said it is aware of public concerns but denied airport security or travel safety was compromised.
It said it will consider whether follow-up action is necessary after it receives an official report of the incident from the Airport Authority.
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Human Trafficking Defendant Sentenced to 45 Years
2014-01-07 · By Editor
A defendant convicted of various charges related to the human trafficking of a young girl has been sentenced to prison, demonstrating the Long Beach Police Department's ongoing commitment towards aggressively combating this horrific crime.
In January of 2011, a human trafficking investigation was launched after the arrest of a 13-year-old female for prostitution. Through the investigation, detectives learned that a male subject, identified as 33-year-old Ray Rhodes of Los Angeles, had begun forcing the 13-year-old into prostitution in the Long Beach area in September of 2010, until the time of her arrest.
An arrest warrant was issued for the defendant for human trafficking, sexual assault, and pimping and pandering. He was ultimately arrested in San Bernardino County in May of 2011 on unrelated charges, in addition to the outstanding Long Beach warrant.
On June 27, 2013, the defendant was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court on two counts of lewd act with a child, and one count each of the following charges: procuring a child for a lewd act, pandering a minor under 16 years of age, and pimping a minor under 16 years of age. On January 2, 2014, the defendant was sentenced to 45 years in prison, and will not be eligible for parole until the age of 73.
The investigative efforts, testimony, and victim follow-up carried out by the Juvenile Investigations Section detectives assigned to this case, were essential to its successful outcome. The Long Beach Police Department is committed to combating human trafficking and we will continue to use all tools available to us to identify those responsible and hold them accountable.
Anyone who is, or has been a victim of human trafficking is urged to come forward by contacting the Long Beach Police Department's Vice Investigations Detail at (562) 570-7219. Any victim in need of resources is also encouraged to contact detectives.


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Descendants of Levi Culver
From Stephentown Genealogy: Roots & More
Generation 1
Levi Culver was born in Connecticut in 1772; he died February 5, 1862 in Stephentown, NY. He was the son of Moses Culver and Molly Hardknight. He married Lydia Train, who was born in Massachusetts in 1781; she died November 3, 1866 in Stephentown, NY. Both are buried in the Hillside Cemetery in West Stephentown, NY.
Children of Levi Culver and Lydia Train:
1. Abigail E. b. 1798 in Stephentown, NY; died July 30, 1872 in Stephentown, NY; m. Amasa Bailey, who was born February 24, 1794; d. 1877 in Stephentown, NY. They are buried in Sand Lake, NY. No children appeared on the 1850 or 1855 Nassau, NY census.
2. Son b. about 1800
3. Permelia b. August 5, 1800 in Stephentown, NY; d. September 1, 1877 in Point Douglas, Minnesota; married Amos James in Stephentown, NY
4. Lydia b. 1802; d. 1823; married Sprague Tifft; b. 1800; d. 1896 in Stephentown, NY
5. Hannah m. Hiram Worden
6. Levi Culver, Jr. b. December 29, 1804; d. August 1, 1868 in Stephentown, NY; m. Betsey Chapman about 1829 in Stephentown, NY; b. January 3, 1808; d. October 8, 1871 in Stephentown.
Generation 2
Permelia Culver was b. August 5, 1800 in Stephentown, NY; d. September 1, 1877 in Point Douglas, Minnesota; m. Amos James in Stephentown, NY
Children of Permelia Culver and Amos James:
1. Mortimer b. February 5, 1830; m. Ellen Hayes, b. March 3, 1829; d. April 23, 1885. They married on August 5, 1848. Mortimer died March 29, 1912.
2. William b. 1833
3. Louisa b. 1835; m. Henry Hayes; d. 1933
4. Thomas E. b. January 24, 1839
5. Hubbard b. 1841
Lydia Culver b. August 1802; she married Sprague Tifft, on January 10, 1822. He was born 1800 and died 1896. Lydia, d. 1823 and is buried in Nassau/Tifft cemetery, Nassau, NY. Following her death, Sprague married again, to Sophia Watson, by whom he had at least three children, Erastus D.; Samuel; and Sprague W. None of them lived to even early childhood, the oldest dying at age 3 years.
Children of Lydia Culver and Sprague Tifft
1. Lydia Ann, probably b. 1823. She was brought up by Lydia's parents, Levi and Lydia and was provided for in Levi's will. She married Leander Daboll.
Levi Culver, Jr. was born December 29, 1804 in Stephentown; d. August 1, 1868 in Stephentown, at 63y7m29d and is buried in Hillside Cemetery. He married Betsey Chapman, who was born January 3, 1808; d.
October 8, 1871 in Stephentown and is also buried in Hillside Cemetery.
Children of Levi Culver, Jr. and Betsey Chapman
1. James was b. 1830 and d. 1900. He married Ashsah Ann Adams, who was b. 1833 and d. 1890.
2. Levi William b. 1834
3. David T. b. March 1836
4. Benjamin T. b. February 17, 1842; d. April 6, 1920. He married Hannah M. Kittle.
5. Elias Crouch b. June 24, 1844; d. July 28, 1863 at 18y11m4d. He died in the Civil War.
Hannah Culver m. Hiram Worden, who was a merchant in Nassau, Rensselaer County, NY. Hannah was living with her husband in Cayuga County, New York in 1862, according to Levi senior's will.
Children of Hannah Culver and Hiram Worden
1. Gilbert b. 1840
2. Culver b. 1842
3. Silas b. 1846
Generation 3
Mortimer D. James was born February 5, 1830 in Stephentown, NY; he married Ellen Hayes on August 5, 1848. She was b. on March 3, 1829. Mortimer died on March 12, 1912.
Children of Mortimer D. James and Ellen Hayes
1. Amos b. November 8, 1851
Louisa Permelia James born 1835 in Stephentown, NY; d. January 16, 1933 in Stephentown, buried in Garfield Cemetery. She married Henry Hayes on July 3, 1853 in Stephentown, NY. Henry was born on May 1, 1833 in Nassau, NY; d. April 2, 1922 in Stephentown, NY
Children of Louisa James and Henry Hayes
1. Elisha; lived in Pownal, Vt.
2. Eunice Lydia b. January 1, 1856 in Stephentown, NY; d. September 8, 1938 in Stephentown; m. Frederick Houghtling January 1, 1876 in Stephentown.
3. Elsie Permillie b. June 9, 1869 in Stephentown; d. June 8, 1946 in Stephentown. She married #1 Simon Wager, who was b. in 1843 and d. in 1919 and #2 Elmer Evans. She was buried in Garfield Cemetery on June 10, 1946. She was widowed at the time according to her death certificate and had lived in Stephentown for 45 years. She was 76y11m29d at the time of her death.
4. Laura died young, according to her mother's obituary
Generation 4
Lydia Ann Tifft, b. January 20, 1823 d. October 7, 1868, buried in Hillside Cemetery, Stephentown, NY. She married Leander O. Daboll, son of George W. and Angeline O'dell. After the death of her mother, Lydia Ann was raised by her grandparents, Levi and Lydia. She was allowed for in Levi's will. Leander was b. February 4, 1819; d. January 31, 1892.
Children of Lydia Ann Tifft and Leander O. Daboll
1. George O. b. April 2, 1841; d. April 21, 1895, buried in Hillside Cemetery, Stephentown. Married Margaret White.
2. Wilmot C b. 1848; m. Sarah L. Carrier, who was born on October 5, 1850 and died June 27, 1872, at 22y8m23d. She was the daughter of John G. Carrier and Nancy Carrier.
James Culver b. 1830; d. 1900. He married Ashsah Ann Adams, who was b. 1833 and d. 1890. They were both born in Rensselaer County, NY. In 1875, James was living in Stephentown. James had two children who died young, Samantha L. b. 1854; d. 1859 and Manville b. 1856 d. 1859. Samantha died October 29, 1859 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery. There was an Elizabeth, age 8 in the 1860 and age 12 in 1865 census of Stephentown. She was not in the 1870 census. Elizabeth m. Isaac Alonzo Waite in 1868 in W. Stephentown. They had daughter, Genevieve Jenny Waite b. about 1874.(re: Cole Waite)
According to the 1875 census
1. Anna b. about 1858, age 17 in 1875
2. Adna b. about 1861, age 14 in "
3. George b. about 1863, age 12 in "
4. Sarah b. about 1864, age 11 in "
5. Grant b. about 1865, age 10 in "
6. Eveline b. about 1867, age 8 in "
James and Achsah are buried in Hillside Cemetery.
Benjamin T. Culver was b. on February 17, 1842 and d. April 6, 1920. He married Hannah M. Kittle, daughter of Francis and Lucinda Haley Kittle. Hannah was b. January 29, 1841 and d. November 21, 1913. (She was the sister of Eleanor Kittle, birth mother of Wilson Dodge Sweener, b. 1876 and raised by Pascal and Sarah Carr Sweener)
Children of Benjamin T. Culver and Hannah M. Kittle
1. Sherman b. September 23, 1868; d. August 31, 1870
2. Samantha
Eunice Lydia Hayes was born January 1, 1856 in Stephentown; d. September 8, 1938 in Stephentown. She married Frederick Houghtling, son of David Houghtling and Sophia Feaster on January 1, 1876 in Stephentown. He was born April 1, 1850 in Garfield NY and d. June 13, 1913 in Stephentown. They are buried in Garfield Cemetery, Stephentown.
Children of Eunice Lydia Hayes and Frederick Houghtling
1. Henry H. b. June 8, 1873 in Stephentown; d. January 14, 1961 in Garfield, NY; m. Sophia Amelia Miller, b. 1889 in Pownal, VT. She died March 14, 1961 in Garfield, NY. They are buried in Garfield Cemetery.
2. Elmer, b. January, 1876 in Stephentown; d. March 31, 1887 in Stephentown at 11y2m.
3. Flora Louise b. July 15, 1879 in Stephentown; d. December 19, 1968 in Pittsfield, MA. She married Franklin Lewis Sweener, son of Lewis Napoleon Sweener and Lydia Harrington (Lewis Napoleon was the son of Pascal Sweener and Sarah Carr Sweener)
4. Lloyd R. b. 1880 in Stephentown; d. 1925 in Stephentown, m. Elizabeth (Bessie) Harrington November 22, 1906 in Pittsfield, MA. She was born June 25, 1887 in Pittsfield, MA; d. June 1963 in Pittsfield.
5. Olive May b. April 9, 1882 in Stephentown; d. in Pittsfield, MA; m. William Schulz
6. Amos b. December 9, 1885 in Stephentown; d. December 3, 1953 in Stephentown. He married Mae, born 1882; d. 1940.
7. Clara D. b. July 6, 1890 in Garfield; d. November 12, 1925 in Stephentown; m. Charles H. Moon, son of John Henry Moon and Almira Seeley, on March 1, 1907.
8. Walter Smith b. May 13, 1897 in Stephentown; d. October 26, 1934 in Stephentown. He married Belle Beatrice Lyle on May 26, 1920. She ran off. No Children.
9. Ruth , b. August 22, 1900 in Stephentown; d. 1996 in Pittsfield, MA. She married Francis Holmes on August 19, 1920 in Stephentown. (She was actually the daughter of Olive May, and raised as Eunice and Frederick's daughter.)
10. Edith b. 1903 in Stephentown; d. May 18, 1998 in Stephentown. She married William A. Holt.


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Instant Star is a Canadian television program which aired from September 15, 2004 to June 26, 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as adolescent music competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experience in the recording industry whilst focusing upon character development.
Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn of Epitome Pictures produced the show. The program began to air on CTV in Canada prior to being picked up by Viacom-owned teen network channel The N, now TeenNick, in the United States. The show became the second most popular program on The N with Degrassi: The Next Generation, a Canadian show also produced by Schuyler and Stohn, ranking as most popular. In 2005, after its first season, Instant Star was nominated for three Gemini Awards in the category of Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series. Nominations included: (1) Best Series; (2) Best Performance (Jude Harrison); and (3) Best Direction (Graeme Campbell). The show won the award for Best Direction for the episode You Can't Always Get What You Want.[1] On August 28, 2007, the show received three more Gemini Award nominations in the category of Best Children's or Youth Program or series. Alexz Johnson was again nominated for Best Performance (for the episode, "I Fought the Law"), and there were two more nominations for Best Direction - Graeme Campbell (for "I Fought the Law"), and Pat Williams (for "Personality Crisis"). Four seasons of the show (each with 13 episodes) were produced. CTV and The N both pulled funding following the fourth season, and the execs chose to end the show. The show was originally intended to conclude after its 5th season. Upset fans started apetition. The 4th and final season of the show concluded on June 26, 2008, in the US. Reruns continue on CTV in a Saturday morning time slot.
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Ailee is one of my most favorite solo artist in Korea. She has a powerful voice and she
is also known as the Beyonce of Asia.
Been listening to her songs lately and when I heard this song, I told to myself that I should make my
own cover of it. I actually searched first for the English version of the lyrics and decided to make an English version of the song but I realized that it'll be better if I sing the Korean version because I also want to challenge
myself. :)) But I hope that you'll enjoy listening to it. <33 I'll be posting more of my cover videos. ;) I really do
miss doing this kind of stuff and now that it's our term break, I'll be spending most of my time recording ;)
Btw, I've uploaded another new cover on youtube. I made a cover of my own version of "The XX by G-Dragon", and I'll be posting it here on my blog very soon! ;D So "watch" out for it guys! :)))
And for my last "btw", if you want to download my cover version of Ailee's Evening Sky, please click this link:
Evening sky - Ailee (Carmela Cheng Cover)
Evening sky - Ailee (Carmela Cheng Cover)
or you could also download it here, by just clicking the "download" button ;)


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A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge has denied efforts by Johns Hopkins University to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its plans to build a research park at Belward Farm, saying that documents outlining the terms of the sale contained "ambiguities" about whether there were limits placed on future development.
The outcome of the dispute over the Gaithersburg farm could have significant implications for the county's efforts to cement its reputation as a hub for medical research.
In a 24-page decision filed late Friday, Judge Katherine D. Savage wrote that in reading both the deed and contract governing the sale, "the Court finds that a reasonable person standing in the parties' shoes at the time of the Contract's formation could find the agreement ambiguous."
On Monday, university officials said in a statement: "Friday's ruling was on a preliminary motion and is not dispositive of the case at all. We are disappointed that the judge could not rule at this time that the contract and deed are unambiguous and do not restrict height, scale or density and do not prevent the university from leasing to outside tenants.
"We are confident, however, that the court will come to that conclusion as the case continues."
The university purchased the property from Elizabeth Beall Banks in 1989, and the 108 acres that remain undeveloped are a key component of the county's ambitious $10 billion, 17.5 million-square-foot "science city" development.
Banks's heirs, who filed suit in November to block Hopkins's efforts to move forward, said they were thrilled with the ruling.
"We are grateful the Judge feels our case has merit and deserves to be heard," Banks's nephew Tim Newell said in a statement.
The project is part of an effort to expand Montgomery's reputation as a hub for bioscience research by creating a development where people can work, live and shop — linked together by a new rapid transit system.
The dispute centers around the sale of Belward Farm, a 138-acre parcel in Gaithersburg. Family members said Banks, a retired Montgomery County Public Schools teacher, believed the deal would shield Belward from dense commercial development when she sold it for $5 million — far less than its appraised value of $54 million.
Banks's heirs say that at the time of the sale — and for many years after — their aunt believed that a satellite campus would be developed on the land. In the late 1990s, Hopkins officials had the property rezoned to allow for construction of such a development.
But Hopkins officials changed their plans for the property. Instead of a 1.4 million-square-foot development of low-slung buildings, university officials received permission from the county in 2010 to develop a 4.7 million-square-foot research park on the property. University officials maintained their updated plans are in keeping with the terms of the 1989 deal. But family members disagreed.
At a hearing in early February, lawyers for the university argued that while language in the original deed placed restrictions on uses for the land, it placed no limits on the size or the number of buildings that could be constructed. Nor did language in the deed prohibit the university from leasing the property to other parties.
But in her ruling, Savage noted several instances where language in the deed is unclear. She cites as an example a provision that development on the larger parcel be known as the "Belward Campus of The Johns Hopkins University."
"The naming requirement gives an indication that the use provisions may be in place to reflect the parties' agreement that Belward Farm be developed as a traditional campus," she wrote.
Savage added: "The contract language lacks the precision necessary to make the determination JHU requests at this stage in the litigation, when these elements of the Deed and Contract are read in their entirety and inferences made in the light most favorable to the non-moving party."
In court filings, the family's lawyer, David Brown, noted that the property was split into two parts, a 30-acre section, known as Parcel A, on which no development restrictions were placed and Parcel B, a 108-acre section where the use was to be limited to ". . . agricultural, academic, research and development, delivery of health and medical care and services or related purposes only."
In her decision, Savage wrote that ". . . the lack of restrictions on Parcel A, compared to use restrictions on Parcel B suggest that the parties may have intended restrictions on Parcel B that went to overall scope of development and not just the uses spelled out in the Contract."
The university has 15 days to respond to the original suit.


text: Palestine: Is hunger striking an effective protest? Journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq, detained in Israel without charge or trial, is on his 82nd day of hunger strike. 15 Feb 2016 12:22 GMT Politics, War & Conflict, Middle East, Palestine Mohammed al-Qeeq has been held under Israel's controversial "administrative detention" law which allows the state to hold individuals indefinitely, for security reasons. He's been refusing food since November 25 in protest against his detention. The journalist, who works for the TV station Al Majd, is accused of being a Hamas activist, but no charges have ever been presented. On February 4, Israel's Supreme Court lifted his administrative detention order, but ruled that he may not leave hospital. He has refused to end his fast, saying he is determined to continue until he is released unconditionally. Is the practice of hunger striking an effective method of protest? What are the legal responsibilities of the authorities? And at what point is force-feeding considered a life-saving measure, and not a form of torture? Presenter: Mike Hanna Guests: Michael Barilan - Professor of bioethics, Tel Aviv University. Laith Abu Zeyad - Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Mazen Masri - Law lecturer, City University, London.Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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Rail passengers faced a series of delays between Kilmarnock and Glasgow Central with a number of cancellations on morning services.
Rail passengers in Kilmarnock faced delays after the 5.22am, 6.20am, 6.52am, 7.20am and 7.55am trains to Glasgow Central were all cancelled.
According to Scotrail, overrunning engineering works were responsible for the delays with trains being unable to operate between Kilmarnock and Glasgow until at least 8am.
Scotrail also warned that delays could be faced throughout the day with replacement bus services put in place.
READ MORE: ScotRail cancels trains because 'rails may be slippery later'
There were also reports that numerous ticket machines in Glasgow Queen Street were not working leading to massive queues at the station and further disruption.
Abellio, who operate Scotrail, have been hit with £1.5 million fines for poor service since taking over the contract, with a petition calling for the Dutch firm to be stripped of the tender attracting 20,000 signatures.


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Community Food Pantry
- In partnerships with the Windsor Essex County Food Bank Association (WEFBA), the CFP has been a vital aid for many residents since 2006.
How to Apply
- Eligibility is based on net income of the persons or family and is available to all families who may be in financial need due to underemployment or unemployment
- Clients must come into the office with proof of income and expenses (rent, water, hydro, gas) and complete an application to receive an appointment card to receive assistance
- Food Pantry appointments are set for Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:30 am – noon.
Would you like to help?
Most needed items:
Tomato Paste
Canned Tomatoes
Dry Pasta Noodles
Hamburger Helper
Canned Chili
Pudding Cups
Jell-O Cups
Snack Bars
Juice Bars
Did you know?
Community Food Pantry
• The Community Food Pantry is a member of the Windsor & Essex County Food Bank Association
• Community Food Pantry served over 1000 individuals last year
There are other programs offered through the Community Food Pantry :
• Coats for Kids: We accept winter coat donations from September to October. Distribution starts in November and continues throughout the winter season
• Fresh vegetables grown in our garden and private gardens for the food pantry are distributed to clients
• Some of our yearly fundraisers include: Polar Splash, the Peanut Butter Jam, the Charity Golf Tournament held in August and the Legion Indoor Tailgate Party


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but finally decided that our Design Team Favourite this month is:
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Thank you so much for choosing my Christmas trees as your November DT favourite! I love your site and always enjoy looking at the work of the DT so it means alot to be chosen!
Smiles, Shelley
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Fantastic Christmas tree Shelley.. The DT cards are Fabulous..FayeReplyDelete
Can I enter your DT call please. My address is as below and I have entered your competition.
Hi Susan, we would love to have you enter our DT Call. I have left a comment on your blog - Good Luck!ReplyDelete
I am so sorry I posted a card that didn't meet the challenge... wow... didn't realize that I use a ton of stamps... off to make something with out a stamp... this will be a challenge!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. The Design Team really appreciate it. Have fun with the challenge.