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Starring: Reyansh, Kriya, Swayum and Sharon...
This is the boat-trip, and I just thought it was so funny and cute and romantic at the same time. All the couples are simply gorgeous and the scenery, the perfect setting of a burning sun yet fresh, cool air is so perfect for them. This is no doubt going to be one of the best chapters I've ever written. I SURE hope so! :)
(Reyansh's point-of-view)
I was glad Neha wasn't rubbing the girls' victory in my face as both of us walked down the marble-floored, beautifully-panelled hall towards the glass-walled elevators. The others were downstairs, relaxing in the living-room, and Neha had just finished showering, getting cleaned and had changed into a simple, orange-and-yellow kurti and black tights that emphasized her silky, flowing, chestnut waves and sparkling, adorable hazel eyes. I stabbed the silvery button for the elevator and both of us waited it patiently. "Reyansh Singhania ki haar," Neha said tauntingly, cutely, tilting her head to the side with an adorable smile that displayed all her shining white teeth against her rosy mouth. I had just assured myself that I wasn't going to be engulfed in the sorrow and mockery of their victory, but here I was. But Neha was such a delicate, small, bird-like creature and she had such a warm, winning smile and enough energy for five people; Swayum had once told me that she was never tired, in fact the last one to give up rehearsing a routine choreography that Kriya taught them and they couldn't get. She was always the last to get exhausted in a rehearsal; there were times when all the slumped down in a heap of weariness, but she went on dancing with contagious, beaming energy. "Shut up," I said playfully. "Won't lift my shirt up," she retorted gaily with her disarming, childlike candour. She smiled at me as we stepped into the glassed elevator and her smile seemed to light up the lift, bounce off the thick glass walls and it was contagious. I found myself smiling back, but it turned out to be a complete mistake. Reyansh Singhania's smile was like kryptonite to girls; it seemed to completely immobilize them. Neha's breathing went deep; her eyes grew wide; the glass-doors closed and we stood inside for an entire moment with Neha staring at my face.
Hello. Awkward. "Press the button, sugar," I said calmly, reprovingly, looking away. Sometimes, I couldn't even control my eyes from smouldering. (Neha's point-of-view) Looking away, I practiced breathing in and out and stabbed the button to the first floor with a trembling finger. Slowly, my thoughts clicked into place and my heart rate returned to normal as the elevator hummed gently and started to descend. I knew Rey had been unintentionally doing it again. It wasn't for nothing that some girls had christened him the God after all. I was thankful to have seen a more real side to him that his maddening good looks and spectacular flirtatiousness, disarming and scrambling the coherency of every girl he happened to look at. Girls scrambled for coherency as he scattered their thoughts and they were known to stare and ogle breathlessly at him for so long they walked straight into walls. He wasn't a player, I knew – but at the same time, when he had to use that power over a girl, he simply went through with it. It wasn't only about his fascinating appearance or the fact that girls practically turned to Jell-O and lost their senses at the slightest twitch of his perfect lips or the suppression of a sigh or any other one of her unbelievably weakening tactics; it wasn't just about that edge of overpowering irresistibility that characterized his every movement, action and word. It was about something more, which made everyone gravitate towards him… something everyone knew they didn't have… something that was essentially, irrevocably… Reyansh Singhania. More often that not, I had felt my heart lash when he strode past me, tossing me a warm wave in the college corridor – but what girl's pulse wouldn't speed up when such a good-looking guy happened to glance her way? There was another quality of Rey, an enigmatical, mysterious edge that showed that he was used to being horded by girls and knew just how to brush them off lightly. He often overcame them with his deep, intense stare and since he had shut me up before with those green-gold, smouldering eyes I knew exactly how it felt, as though the ground had been displaced and someone had sucked every thought out of your mind all of a sudden. The reactions he brought out of girls were transcendental; there was something dangerously superhuman about the strong pull, magnetization and power that he used to keep eyes on him. Yes, altogether… Rey seemed extra-terrestrial. "Alien you are," I said, and then winced at my own dumbness. "Of course I am," Rey said lightly, a smile in his deep, husky voice. I didn't turn around, because I knew the smile would get me hyperventilating. The elevator doors opened and he strode before me with his easy, fluid grace, joining the others on the splendid glass veranda where everyone else was munching on treats. I felt my mouth water as my eyes swept over the light, delicious snacks. But I held back, knowing it would look wild and greedy if I just pounced onto it. "Go for it; don't let this alien hold you back," Rey assured me playfully, with a light nudge that sent a wave of shock down my body. "Okay," I said cheerfully, and walked over to the round glass table. I lifted a white cardboard box and grinned as I saw two dozen double-chocolate cupcakes with fudge frosting inside. I dimly remembered Vicky saying at RDX's party that these were his absolute favourites right after Danish pastries with cream and chocolate. It was haunting how much I knew these Dazzlers after that one, life-changing night. "Hi," Rey said casually to everyone. Immediately, I saw all the girls turn just a little more attentive, their spines snapping, their gazes all shifting to him.
"Rey, have I told you before that–" Simmie began. "Yes, that I look great after a shower," he said, with a heart-melting lopsided twitch of a smile at her. "The break is so long!" Rene moaned. "I'm already refreshed; let's go right back to playing." "Oh no," Rey said, crossing his muscular, toned arms, his eyes lingering on Sharon and Kriya lying on sunbeds at the far end of the glass balcony. "I think we need the break. Anyone up for a boat ride?" "You mean, we'll drive to the beach all over again," Sharon moaned. "Of course not!" "No, he means out onto the private beach here, a little into the ocean and back – now that would be really refreshing," Swayum said, smiling. "Well, it does sound great," Kriya agreed, sighing and climbing to her feet. "Coming, Sharon?" "Yes," Sharon murmured reluctantly. "I'll come too," I found myself saying. "Oh, ME TOO ME TOO!" Vicky suddenly screamed, making us all shriek and jump, in a hoarse voice that could be heard all the way to the mountain peaks of Jammu and Kashmir. I felt my face grow hot. "Ok, we got it," Swayum said calmly. "I'm in." The others lazily blinked at us. "Seriously?" Nilesh demanded. "You've eaten too much to budge an inch, haven't you?" Simmie said knowingly. "Yup," he said, grinning and patting his stomach. "That is what you did the last time we were sitting in this balcony," she grumbled. "I'm a rerun," he cracked. "You once told me you hate reruns," Rene said, dumbly confused. "Yes, but I never said I hate personified reruns," he muttered. "So none of you are coming?" Rey clarified, shooting Vicky and Swayum a look I couldn't comprehend. Sharon slid off her enormous, dark shades and Rey frowned gently, perplexedly at her as he said, "I don't understand why you wear those. They're literally bigger than your face." "I know; they annoy me as well," she murmured, tossing them onto the sunbed. "Are we set?" "For sure," Rey said cheerfully, but his soft, pleasant tone lingered with an undercurrent of something, burning, as his gaze incomprehensibly met Vicky's and Swayum's on the other side of the balcony. "Well then, let's go," I said cheerfully, but as I said, I started to feel flutters of panic in my chest and butterflies invade my stomach. Had Neha just said yes to a… *gulp* boat-ride?
(Reyansh's point-of-view) "Bhagwaan ke waaste, Mr Singhania – Neha asking aakhri baar," she pleaded, her hazel eyes wide, begging and innocent, her silky, jet-straight, chestnut hair blowing back in the strong breeze. She looked excessively adorable as she stood in the bright golden sunlight, the strong, cool, sweet-smelling wind blowing back her hair, the skies a searing, solid blue behind her. "Well, then go ahead… for the millionth time," I said cheerfully, my eyes lingering on the unbuckled light, blue-and-silver life-jacket she had on, strapped to her small, childlike, fragile build loosely. "Neha tensioning – safe boat is, na?" she said cutely, flustered. I smiled at her in a gentle, slightly superior way, but as soon as her expression started to change, I dropped it, because I didn't want to get her breathing hard or palpitating. "Of course it is," I murmured absently, with that casual arrogance that I knew drove her crazy as she knew I wasn't giving her my attention completely. "Reyansh!" she semi-shrieked, whacking me hard. "Ouch," I said playfully with a light, warm, conspiratorial chuckle. "Though I think it would be safer if you had those buckles on," Swayum said, as he hopped aboard and shielded his eyes from the searing sun, his eyes scanning the gentle white clouds in the clear, blue sky. I sent my eyes up his way and then back to Neha, whose face had gone red and flustered as she tried to do the buckles. "Oh God! You really need to learn to do something in life except go around looking adorable, sugar," I said to her lightly, lending my eyes a flirtatious twinkle. "You think Neha is cute?" She looked on the verge of hyperventilating or having a heart seizure as she stared at me, astonished. "You are positively adorable," I said with the same absent-minded, aloof, friendly indifference, reaching down and starting to do her buckles. The reality was that outside the blisteringly handsome, calm, composed, cool façade, Reyansh Singhania was giddy with a warming, dizzying happiness that possessed him like a demon. I was about to embark on a romantic, long journey across a beautiful, blue, rushing ocean with my girl, my best friend and another girl who… well… didn't know how to do her buckles. For another thing, I was really glad that I was feeling more powerful, more poised, more confident – I had now tasted that I had the strength to resist Kriya when I needed. There was still the signature, smoulderingly hot, Casanova Rey in me, and some way or the other, I still had a small part of me that could use his brooding power over girls to get one very special girl to fall for me. "Main aisi type ki ladki nahin hoon jo Reyansh Singhania ke compliment dene par cheek-chillakar zameen aur asmaan ek karde," Neha murmured, trying to sound indifferent. "Really? Because I think, as soon as we get on board, you're going to throw yourself against the sail and hyperventilate and palpitate to glory," I cracked casually, stepping back and looking down sunnily into her adorable, cherubic face. "Oh, that part is sach – Neha just saying she will not scream," she said brightly, and turning away, she reached out her small hand for Swayum to pull her on. As she joined the other two girls chatting near the sail, I shot Swayum a friendly, sporting smile of team spirit. So far, so good, I thought, sending the brain-wave to him. We had got the girls out to this boat-trip at last; I looked forward to spending some quality time with all three of us together. I sent my gaze around and sighed in contentment as I saw everything so shiny and bright and pretty, the blue-green water sparkling in the bright, golden sunlight of the afternoon, the sharp fragrance of salt in the air as the small, polished, wooden dock I was standing on was washed with the shimmering water. On both sides, the farmhouse's private beach was filled with soft, white sand and framed by gentle woods of tall, fragrant, blue-green pines swaying ever so gently in the cool, scented breeze. I was filled with happiness; the entire setting mingled with the presence of Kriya felt like… paradise. Then, I gazed at the white, luxurious, small ship bobbing in the water with its hi-fi build, strong frame, shimmering, white silken sails and the single downstairs cabin that was a grand, splendid suite; my parents sometimes spent a night on this boat and had so activated it by motor. Suddenly, I felt immensely fortunate to have been the kid of such influential, rich parents… I was surfeited with happiness, suffocated with luxury, yet I knew the one thing I had to work hard to achieve. And smiling across at her, I climbed aboard and pulled at the motor; the sweet-ship pushed off powerfully from the dock and sped towards the ocean, Swayum on the wheel. The breeze was refreshing and disconcertingly cool as it fanned our faces; the sun shone bright and pretty; the sensation of holding onto the silver brass poles with my hair flying back was aggravatingly amazing. My heart quickened and throat tightened as I felt Kriya's intoxicating presence by my side; I knew it without turning around as both of us gazed out over the shimmering, turquoise water at the blistering, shining sun high in the blue sky. "It's a beautiful day," she said, her exquisite, silky voice muffled beautifully by the wind. "True," I said absently.
(Kriya's point-of-view) I immediately knew he was he doing it again. Sharon slid off away to go and stand beside Swayum near the tall sails gently ruffling in the strong, sweet breeze. Vicky and Neha were preparing lunch downstairs in the underground cabins, so I knew there was only one companion left. I looked around and my heartbeat picked up pace, my stomach and muscles tightening as my eyes rested on Reyansh. I blinked in confusion and sheer fascination as I watched him, his strong hands rested on the brass fencing; I couldn't quite place my finger on what was there about his stillness, his inertia, that magnetized me, captivated me and held me there. There was an overwhelming power to his tranquillity and I gulped gently, before I found myself standing next to his serene, bewildering perfection. "It's a beautiful day," I murmured softly, closing my eyes contentedly to feel the wind on my face, my hands clutching the cool fencing. "True," he said in an offhand tone. I couldn't help but sigh in contentment and pleasure as I heard that exquisite, intoxicating voice with its soft, soothing, husky tone – but I knew he was doing it to me again. He was treating with the almost casual arrogance that drove me crazy. It was strange that so calm and devastatingly attractive a creature could stir me into such furious energy and fierce sentiments. I tried to work on calming down my stuttering heartbeats and to shake up a mind that was slowly getting engulfed into his mesmerizing, hypnotic, compelling voice. "You know, Kriya – you are beautiful," he said, with the same heart-hitting, breathtakingly indifferent attitude. An oppressive spark shot down my spine and I felt my pulses pound in my wrist and neck. "But you have no idea," he added, his silken, irresistible voice low, soft and calm. "So I'm modest?" I asked in a shaky voice, feeling the warmth wash over my skin. His words made my heart glow, and the unintentional seductiveness in his voice left me tongue-tied, my stomach filling with butterflies; suddenly, that one simple compliment had me feverish, faint and my heart raced. I gripped the fence to steady the ground pulsating under my feet and tried to ignore the pleasure and embarrassment. "No, girls who know they are beautiful, and yet do not brag about it, are modest," he said, his beautifully-modulated, liquid-velvet voice playing tricks with my heart. "You don't even know, so you have nothing to be modest about." "You know me better than I think," I stammered lamely. He laughed, a warming, gentle, husky golden laugh that made me feel calm, warm and well-rested all of a sudden; I listened to the fascinating sound, committing it to my memory. "I know everyone better than they think, especially girls," he told me softly. Everything looked red behind my eyelids, and I didn't want to open them, even though the tender, heart-melting tone in his husky voice surprised me more than I showed. "They're a pain in the ass for you, aren't they?" I said, beginning to smile at the turn our conversation was taking. "Not necessarily," he replied genuinely, a smile in his gorgeously husky, deliciously seductive voice. "Some girls aren't. Neha isn't, and neither is Sharon. Simmie and Rene can be pains sometimes, but it doesn't matter. I can stand them, because through it all… there's one very special girl I'm always holding out for." And then, my heart slammed against my chest, my breath caught in my lumped throat and I felt the blood turn icily, fierily electric as his strong hand wrapped in mine, our fingers intertwining. Our hands fitted perfectly together, as if meant to be – and the jolts of burn-and-chill electricity looped up my arm and through my entire body. I could almost feel the same trail of sparks going up Rey's muscular, long arms, but my eyes stayed shut in pure pleasure. I really didn't want to pull away, but a detached part of me gripped, seized and exaggerated on the thought that I should withdraw my hand. Devastatingly mellowed at his intoxicating touch, I knew it was no good to squirm, to try to get myself out of his grasp – plus if a girl was in her senses, who would even want to? Rey's embrace was paradise to her; Rey's voice was music to her; Rey had made the world a better place for her. But then, I reminded myself – I wasn't one of those girls. But still, my hand now seemed detached from the rest out of my body, basking in the lovely glow of tropical suns and breezes from the hearts of glaciers, shimmering with pleasure, weakened. I sighed once again in pure, unadulterated bliss and contentment; the red behind my eyelids grew brighter. Standing beside each other, holding hands, I felt the moment was the most perfect one I could ever have experienced in my life. *Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si Song Sequence:
.com/watch?v=TaGpfV6CyhA The first section of the flute tune without drums shows the entire sweet-ship from a far-off angle, bathed and swept in sunlight, sparkling waters, the breeze surrounding the three couples. As the drums start and the beautiful flute continues, it shows Swayum and Sharon standing near a sail, looking at each other, their eyes shining. All of a sudden, Swayum grabs her bracelet and pulls it off and starts running around. As Antara Mitra's singing starts, Sharon chases Swayum around playfully, both of them smiling widely. As the second verse of the girl's part is playing, the shots shift to Vicky and Neha who are trying to do a titanic pose and laughing uncontrollably and helplessly at each other. As Mohit Chauhan's mesmerizing "aa haan" part comes in, Kriya-Rey's eyes are open this time as they stare out at the ocean, their hands locked and along with the lyrics, "Gulabi Si Subah," and "Sharabi Si Hawa" it shows a matching sequence of clips that depicts them staring out at the shining, blue-green waters and the reflection of the sparkling, golden sunlight in it and then, the breeze blowing back both of their hair, tossing it into their eyes, but showing them unmoved as they are enjoying each other's company. As the chorus starts, all three couples are sitting in a circle, laughing, talking, playfully pinching each other. Kriya and Swayum seem to have a playful thumb-fight; Rey swats Neha's hair playfully, sending it sprawling over her face; Vicky crosses his eyes and sticks his tongue out at Sharon. They are all having the time of their life. Then as the transfixing, gorgeous flute tune starts again on a lower note, the couples all have their legs spread and the camera moves from right-to-left order (Sharon, Swayum, Kriya, Rey, Neha and Vicky), showing everyone's contented expressions, all their shoulders pressed together, resting back on their palms, their legs touching. At the last repetition of the tune, the camera zooms out, capturing the boat from a little distance and then more and more until it ultimately overlooks the beautiful couples, the sun, the sparkling water, the white sweet-ship and then cross-fades into the next scene.* (So please close the tab :P and come back to reading the story.)
(Swayum's point-of-view) I nestled my head comfortably against Kriya's slim, softly rounded knees and sighed as the sun warmed my skin, tingling with the cool of the breeze. It felt amazing to be out after so long, especially on a boat-ride. With my eyes closed, above me, I could hear Kriya humming 'Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and it made me smile, because the girls back at St Louise had nicknamed Rey 'the God'. There was no mistaking in who she was singing for, even if it was casual and involuntary. "You have a great voice," I said absently. She didn't say thanks, but I could almost feel the brilliant smile creeping across her face, lighting up those childlike, enormous, green eyes. After a while of relaxation, I opened my eyes and looked up at her. Her rich, chestnut-brown, shiny, silky hair fell down over the side, hiding her lovely face as she concentrated on texting away to glory on her Blackberry. On the other side from us, a cushioned seat curved into the boat, Sharon and Rey were sitting, their shoulders pressed together, probably recovering from the aching stomach that all the laughter and playfulness had given us. I knew that was what I was doing, but even as I basked in the warmth and glow of the lovely sunlight, I could almost feel the tension of cutsey jealousy they both were exuding. It made me smile and provoked me to instil the jealousy in both of them even more. Reaching up, I playfully slapped Kriya's silky, soft, smooth, dark hair, sending it whacking over her face. She shrieked loudly, shrilly, and jumped to her feet, grabbing a cushion and staring menacingly at me. "Now, this calls for a REAL battle," she murmured. *Start playing this .com/watch?v=TaGpfV6CyhA from 1:45 on the time-bar. As the female starts to sing, Kriya is whacking Swayum with the cushion as he smiles and playfully struggles. Sharon and Rey get up, laughing, and join in. As the second verse of the female plays, Vicky and Neha join in as well and it's turn into a full-fledged pillow fight on a moving, motor-boat, feathers flying everywhere, all their faces amused, delighted and laughing. As Mohit Chauhan's "aan haan" part starts to play, Sharon trips over a pile of feathers and topples over Swayum, on top of him. As Mohit's second line is playing, Rey plucks a feather out of Kriya's hair and caresses her face gently with it. She blinks deeply in pure pleasure. As the chorus starts playing, the couples are all having fun again, playing cards on the deck (literally, because they are on the deck of a beautiful, white, luxurious boat). They are all shown to be in a very friendly, playful mood as they whack each other, laugh, high-five, lean on each other and nestle their heads on each other's shoulder. In the second verse of the chorus, Vicky and Neha seem to win the game of cards and shriek with laughter, booing at the others, high-fiving each other. Now as soon as the "sunaye" is over, kindly close the other tab and get back to reading the story :P). It had been amazing fun all this while, but now that I checked my watch, I saw it was close on two and I was starving to the core. "We're late," I murmured, swearing under her my breath. "Shit, but why?" Sharon asked me, her green eyes going wide. "It's almost two," I muttered, carefully avoiding the disconcerting innocence of that gently piercing gaze. "NAHIN!" Neha shrieked, pressing her hands to her ears, making us all jump. Expected. Neha was the total nautanki, Bollywood-queen types – she always liked exaggerating situations. I had to admit, it was pretty cute. I turned and smiled affectionately at her, until she froze and looked around at the sparkling, blue-green water and our lovely, white, sweet-ship bobbing in the middle of it. She narrowed her sweet, hazel orbs and shot Rey, who was at the wheel, a pointed look.
"Boat not moving why?" she asked haltingly, panic in her little-girl voice. Rey froze and abrupt realization filled his handsome features. Sharon, Kriya and Vicky were sprawled on the cushioned deck, munching on delicious tuna sandwiches, and barely seemed to be bothered about the boat not moving. However, I felt a cold trickle of fear sweep over my heart. Neha was right; the white, luxurious boat was bobbing in one place, the tall, white sails shimmering and shifting the cool, salty, breeze. I turned around and gazed at the magnificent, splendid, sprawling figure of the posh farm-house far away, with the jade palms swaying gently in the scented, pleasant breeze. "I guess the anchor dropped?" It was more of a question than an answer, as I stared at the empty corner of the white-boat where the heavy iron anchor was supposed to be kept. "Well, then… pull it back up?" I sensed the same questioning, hesitant tone in Neha's sweet, tight voice. Suddenly, an air of tension you could cut with a knife settled over the ship. Kriya and Sharon sat up among the soft, silk-upholstered cushions, pushing back their big sunglasses, sipping more slowly from their cans of Mountain Dew, while Vicky still looked as if it was as simple as though he'd been called an "idiot" by Rey or Nilesh. Rey pressed a black button in the controls under the wheel and as the boat let out a groan like Vishaka did when there was another routine choreography to be rehearsed, he cleared his throat and muttered, "It's stuck!" "Holy cow!" Sharon leapt fluidly to her feet and stared at Rey, horrified. I dropped back on the cushioned deck and tried to look as unconcerned and positively casual as Vicky was, munching on the tuna sandwich. "How lovely," Kriya said sarcastically, clapping her hands. "This calls for a round of applause!" But Neha looked flustered, as she tried hard to smile her confident, warm, winning smile, shuffling her feet, her hazel eyes filled with franticness and heinous nervousness as she said in a shaky voice, trying her best to sound casual, "So let me get this straight. We're never getting back to shore?" I stared at her, astonished – because her English seemed perfectly good now. Then, I remembered that whenever Neha was panicked, she either started laughing loudly or her English suddenly turned shrewd and perfectly okay. Rey also immediately foresaw the effects of Bollywood panic, because he hurriedly left his position behind the wheel and came down to her, reassuring, confident in the extreme. Such was the power of his calm that the other two girls came back and settled back against the soft, comfortable cushions. But Neha seemed unaffected. "It's going to be alright, sugar," he said in a soft, lulling, soothing voice, reaching out what girls called his "velvet" touch and laying it on her slim, smooth arms. However, Neha was hyperventilating, gasping for breath – but what confirmed for me that she was positively insane was that she was smiling widely as panic filled her eyes and she breathed hard, her white teeth flashing in the bright, golden afternoon sunlight. "How do you know?" she asked him cheerfully, and she seemed perfectly calm, tranquil and untroubled, except that her eyes held an intense madness that I even I sank back in front of (and I was still feeling shock over the suddenly-improved state of English). "Are you the anchor?" she demanded calmly yet insanely. "Are you the anchor? No! No, honey – you're not the anchor!" She smiled up at Rey, an enchantingly adorable smile that would have made me smile back any other moment, affected by its contagiousness – but today, it only horrified me, convinced me even more of her obvious insanity. "Sugar, stay calm," Rey said, reflecting her tranquillity without the undercurrent of madness – but the very fact that he was so very calm made me start doubting him as well. "You know the last time somebody told me to stay calm?" Neha said in perfect English, her smile growing wider, the panic in her eyes growing more and more pronounced with each word she spoke in her casual, cheerful tone. "Yeah, I was six." She let out a light, tinkling laugh, musical and silvery. "My mom took me to Happyland," she went on, between laughs of frightening insanity. "We were on a boat-ride. *laugh* There were these little robot-puppets that kept on singing *laugh* 'it's a happy little land for you and me, it's a happy little land for you and me'." My surprise turned to pure astonishment as beside me, Neha's lover-boy started to hum the tune obviously and smile to himself like a contented little boy. This couldn't get crazier. But yes… It got less crazier, because now, Neha's cheerful tone turned into a loud, shrill scream concentrated with panic and worry. "AND THEN THE BOAT GOT STUCK!" she screamed shrilly, motioning and thrashing with her slim arms wildly and heinously, her eyes wide open, my ears stinging. "AND THE SONG KEPT ON PLAYING AND PLAYING, AND THE ROBOT-PUPPETS KEPT ON SINGING AND SINGING – AND IT WAS JUST THE…" Her voice trailed off in disbelief as she stared at Vicky, humming so casually to himself. "Vicky!" Rey screamed calmly. The casual arrogance of his manner came in perfect use now, because he gently took all of Neha's cares away from her, speaking in a seductive, velvety, silken voice. "Don't freak, my girl," he purred gently, and immediately, she started to fall under the entrancing spell. "There's a manual crank below and I'll get the anchor up. Come and help me find it." "OK," Neha said in a shaky voice, carefully avoiding the blister of his green-gold eyes. "Phir chalo." I was glad the adorable Neha with the broken English was back, because the one I had just seen was more frightening than the possessed girl in the Ring, the movie we'd watched the night before. I was chilled to the bone and now slowly, I felt the blood beginning to flow again. Rey started to stride easily towards the marble staircase twining down to the suite, but Neha grabbed his well-muscled arm and pulled him back, staring at the water. "Is that a shark fin?" she asked, her eyes wide as something sinisterly black lurked in the shining ocean. "No, it's a pair of boxers that Vicky lost here a few months ago," Sharon cried cheerfully, jumping to her feet and casting a long net adjoined to an iron pole in the water. "Aww," and "Yuck" were simultaneously said by Neha and Kriya respectively, and Sharon winced as she pulled it out. I turned away from the disgusting scene and followed Rey and Neha down to the cabin, where I helped them find the manual crank. However, unsuccessful in our attempts, I left the cabin while Rey took a deep breath and walked over to Neha. "Promise you won't freak out," Rey said calmly, knowing well enough what the answer was going to be and what the actual response was going to be. "I promise," Neha said brightly. "Remember that crank I was trying to find?" Rey said, untroubled in the extreme. "Uh-huh?" Neha said expectantly, fingering a wisp of her gentle brown hair out of her hopeful eyes. "Yeah, I can't find it," he said serenely. Once again, her chest rose up and down dramatically, her eyebrows pulling together in a heart-breaking expression, panic filling her countenance. "We're doomed," she said between deep, long breaths. "We are stuck out here! *gasp, gasp* Forever! *gasp, gasp* This is just so… *gasp" *gasp*…" I opened the glass sliding doors and slid into the luxuriously-furnished room set up harmoniously and splendidly to look like a family room. But before I could get past "Listen to me, Neha", she turned around and grabbed my life-jacket, nearly choking me in the process. "DOOMED!" she screamed shrilly, deafeningly, in the loudest voice I'd ever heard from such a little girl. "LOST AT SEA! We're out here FOREVER! And this time tho, it's not even ROMANTIC! NEHA TENSIONING!" I struggled to breathe, grabbing her slim arms and at last freeing myself. Gasping in loudly and deeply, I stumbled to Rey, standing with perfect serenity on the other side of the magnificent, posh living-room. Neha continued hyperventilating. "What's with her?" I said, horrified. "Oh, she'll come back to her senses soon enough," Rey said lightly. "Right now, send Vicky down here – sneak in a moment with your girl, Swayum. Tell Kriya I need her down here to calm Neha." I couldn't help but feel a rush of gratefulness, even though we were in a sinister situation, stuck in the middle of nowhere. Without responding, I turned and climbed back to the deck. "Kriya, Rey needs you down there – Neha's, uh, palpitating," I said casually, and then turned to Vicky. "It would be great if you went and calmed down your Deewani, you know." They both immediately, faithfully rushed into the cabin and I turned serenely to Sharon, freezing in place. Sharon was staring out at the shining ocean, her beauty serene yet scorching, calm yet devastating – my pulses quickened as I noticed how her jade-green eyes sparkled with contentment and her perfect plump lips parted, her cascading, curly, silky, brown hair streaked with red blowing back in the strong breeze, flapping gently. "Uh, Sharon?" I said, frozen in agonized indecision of whether to join her near the fencing or stand there. I was tortured as her fierce beauty shone and stood out from the background with an effect of glimmering unreality – suddenly, it was hard to breathe. (Sharon's point-of-view) "Uh, Sharon?" I felt my heart give a sudden lurch and break into a gentle, pleasurable sprint as I recognized the soft, smooth voice. There was only one voice so exquisite and silken that spoke my name like that, with a faint stress on the 'r' that made it a caress, a caress that sent butterflies through my stomach. "Yes?" I said with satisfying indifference, keeping my eyes ahead on the beautiful view. "Doesn't it bother you in the least bit that we're stuck out here?" he asked me gently, sounding slightly amused. "No, not really," I murmured. Striding firmly, fluidly, he came and stood beside me, tall and erect, handsome and serene, his dark eyes assessing the view indifferently. "But you may never be able to see Simmie and Rene again," he cracked. "Hmm," I said absently, letting out a sigh of unadulterated bliss and contentment. "You look lovely in the sunlight that way," he told me. My heart stopped, then picked up with a happy little double-thump, while I felt my skin tingle with warmth and pleasure. "Thank you," I said gently. Then, I froze. Suddenly, I felt a cold trickle sweep up my spine. I couldn't be sweet or friendly to this fellow – he was a Weakling after all. Indecision froze me in place. Kriya was a Weakling too, and we both had built up and shared a bonding of trust and friendship over these two days. Then why not Swayum as well? Suddenly, with a stubborn single-mindedness that I knew was infinitely characteristic of me, I made up my mind to play along with this as long as it went and be nice to our mortal enemies. However, I hoped everything would settle once we were back to school. "So, Swayum, what's your favourite colour?" I asked him cordially.
Next chapter: Downstairs in the cabin, Vicky and Neha propose a game of caroms. Rey says it's impossible, because only four people can play. Vicky-Neha offer not to play. Sharon-Swayum form a team, and Kriya-Rey form another. Sharon returns to come and sit. She trips over the rug and lands in Swayum's lap, his hand relaxed on her back, her hair tossed back violently from the fall. *Pehla Nasha* follows. Cut to next shot where a third sequence of Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si is playing and the couples are having fun.
Next one is just quality time between all of the couples. I think I'll do a part of the couples back at the farmhouse as well, but I'm not so sure. So, I extended this into two chapters, because I earlier thought I could fit into one, but now I'm not so sure.
NEW PROMO: Shirtless Rey… *The girls and boys are face-to-face in a football field covered with grass. The next shot shows the girls rejoicing and the boys gathered up, planning. Rey says, "I know just what to do. If they are human, their brains will stop working." Cut to next shot where Rey is shirtless as he walks across the field, to the girls sitting on the ground. Kriya stares at him, her expression a beautiful mix of disgust, horror, mortification, embarrassment, pleasure, worry, panic and anger. She is thrilled and fascinated as he bends his knees to bring himself in level with her. Rey smiles devilishly as he tucks her hair behind her ears gently, immobilizing her. The other girls are watching slack-jawed, dreamy-eyed, all of them overwhelmed. Swayum smiles and shakes his head knowingly.*


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It is really moving to see a rehab patient freaking out near a rehab center last Saturday as the treatment given to him acted against his basic body functionalities. The main reason was, the doctor's gave more dose and handled him wrongly, as a result the normal rehab person's brain is broken down. He is not even responding to the doctors. When I enquired more about it, I learnt that they followed aggressive approach in curing him i.e. they have tighten his strings with continuous checking, medicine and therapy. One of the basic principles of treating rehab patients is spend enough time with the patient so that they believe you and follow your instructions carefully. Later you start your treatment and get him out of the addictions. It is patience not aggressiveness that makes him into a normal person. My personal opinion is to opt for a residential or inpatient treatment for a rehab patient than outpatient or detoxification therapy. The drug rehab clinic London is one of the rehabs where you find doctors who dedicated themselves to the patients.
You need to have a specialized and dedicated program for every individual person so that he can treat them better. UK Rehabilitation Clinic & Treatment Centre provides one of the promising result oriented outputs and they believe that the complete detoxification of the patient is only the measure for the successful treatment. Well, though I didn't check their center personally, I feel that they are good at this by looking at the procedures and methods they are following to treat their patients. They provide a homely feeling to the patient with all the facilities like personalized room, telephone, television, variety of dishes, pleasant communal programs etc. Though everything appears good and there are few things that they need to provide, may be location of their rehab centers have to far from the town near beaches and villa model would be good. The lack of profiles of the doctors is big blow on their website. Well, great things are tested and proved only after a span of time and I am looking for this center to prove the same.
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Candida and Candidiasis Treatment
Candida or Candidiasis results from the over-growth of a yeast-based fungus called Candida albicans. These yeast-based Candida cells are, in-fact, part of the normal flora of our bodies; these cells normally exist in the mouth, intestines, and other organs. When candida cells grow in an unbalanced manner, a number of health problems can result. Such health conditions include digestive disorders, fatigue, and vaginal yeast infections.
Whether candidiasis is, strictly speaking, a disease or a syndrome is still somewhat controversial in Western medicine. In any case, the general public has accepted it as a valid disease and an important health concern. Although TCM does not have a strict diagnosis of "candidiasis," there exists a clear framework and a treatment approach to candidiasis.
Candida is a very common problem in the United States. When you know the causes of candidiasis, it is not surprising that people are more prone to have it here than in other countries. There are a large number of medications that support the overgrowth of yeast-based cells; Some of these medications kill beneficial bacteria and others interfere with normal hormone functions. Some of these medications include: antibiotics, hormone replacement, corticosteroids, chemotherapy and oral contraceptives. In addition, improper diet, such as excess consumption of sugar, alcohol, or yeast products can promote yeast growth. According to traditional Chinese medicine, these foods disturb the balance of the Spleen, produce Phlegm, and create the perfect environment for yeast overgrowth.
According to TCM theory, balance of the whole is the most important principle for maintaining health. Yin and Yang, the opposites of the universe, also unite to form the basic structure and function of our bodies. These forces and substances must be in balance for us to be in good health. Likewise, maintaining the principles of balance is the same for the yeast cells and bacteria in our bodies: too many yeast cells, and a condition of candiadiasis results; too many bacteria, and infection can be present; when there is balance, we are in good health.
A Two-Step Treatment Plan with Chinese Medicine
Step 1. Cleansing
In Chinese medicine, a thorough cleansing is the first step in dealing with candidiasis. When our systems are full of the waste, phlegm and toxins which contribute to yeast overgrowth, clearing them out of the system is necessary. "The constitutional energy is endangered when an internalized evil is there," says the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine.
Many people try to clear out their yeast overgrowth with diet cleansing methods. For candidiasis, diet management alone is not strong enough to clear the system, or it can take a very long time. Combining proper diet with Chinese herbs and acupuncture can achieve this goal much faster. With herbal cleansing therapy, the goal is to clear the system of Dampness, Phlegm, and Heat. These are seen as the causative factors of candidiasis. The herbs are not intended to mechanically clear out the large intestine; rather, they promote the clearing-out of the pathological factors of Phlegm and Heat toxins. Commonly-used herbs include gentiana (long dan cao), melia (chuan lian zi), agastachis (huo xiang), cardamon (bai dou kou), saussurea (mu xiang), skullcap (huang qin), coptis (huang lian), and phellodendra (huang bai).
Step 2. Tonifying
After the waste, toxins, and phlegm have been cleared out of our systems, we then have to tonify our bodies, repairing the damage and restoring the balance, or the pathological factor(s) will return. "If sufficient vital energy exists, a pathological factor cannot attack us" (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine). This is also a very important step to prevent recurrence of yeast infections. Commonly used tonifying herbs include astragalus (huang qi), codonopsis (dang shen), atractylodes (bai zhu), and dioscorea (shan yao). GI Strength Formula (Xian Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang) is a popular formula for tonification, especially of the Middle Burner.
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Most people will need to follow a yeast-free diet and stay away from bread, cheese, mushrooms, vinegar, soy sauce, barbecue sauce, black fungus, and white fungus. But there are other yeast-based foods such as crackers, pretzels, dry cereal, miso, tempeh, canned vegetables, pickled vegetables, beer, root beer and other fermented beverages which are often overlooked by those with yeast infections.
For most people, specific grains can be eaten while others (like gluten grains) will need to be eliminated for some months until the digestive system fully recovers. Rice, quinoa and buckwheat are generally the best tolerated grains, but some experimentation needs to be done as each person is different. Certain vegetables are extremely therapeutic for those with yeast infections, such as Daikon radish, which can help cleanse your system and is known as a "phlegm cleanser".
The family of yellow-colored foods such as yam, winter squash, and pumpkins are strongly recommended from the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine, as they tonify and strengthen the Spleen and Spleen meridian.
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- Regional training "Youth in Local Dialogue" (Holiday Inn Dunes - Verdun, 17-21/02/2014)
- Opening Ceremony of the Regional Training on "Education for Intercultural Citizenship" (UNESCO Palace, 18/11/2013)
- Closing Ceremony of the Common Action implemented by ALF Lebanese Network (04/06/2013)
- Conference on "Regional Cooperation: good practices in the region" (4-5/03/2013)
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by Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Jul 16 2017
Calgary is definitely a long way to travel to win a bronze medal.
However, for members of the West Kootenay Wolfpack Peewee Lacrosse team, while the annual Calgary Canada Day tournament signals the end of the season, there's plenty of optimism of a bright future for the spring time sport.
The bronze medal was the second of the year for the Wolfpack and finished off what was a truly amazing season with a 7-5 victory over a very skilled Hornets team.
"The kids worked incredibly hard and achieved great results for all the hard work. Way to go Wolfpack," said a member of the coaching staff.
The first game of the tournament would be against the same Hornets team. Great goaltending from Thomas Steenhoff and tenacious team defence by players such as River Ireland and Ryze Jacks kept the score at 3-3 after two periods. A late goal by the Hornets sealed the 4-3 win and leaving the Wolfpack with 0-1 record.
Game two saw the peewees playing the Calgary Sabrecats. Another great start with goals by Dakoda Fizzard and Myles Cousins had the teams tied after first period. However, five unanswered goals in the second period paved the way to a Sabrecats 9-4 victory.
Hailee Popoff and Brody Wanstall had a very good game and the Wolfpack fought hard but were down 0-2 in the tournament.
Now down 0-2 and sitting in 5th place the Wolfpack desperately needed a win to have a chance at the medal round. The team was fired up and exploded out of the gate to an early lead. Led by his first ever hat tricks from Brendan Beetlestone, Myles Cousins and Noah Elliot-Adams, the Wolfpack rolled to victory. Excellent two way play by Leif Poole and Colton Zemp was instrumental in the win.
Locked in fourth place in the medal round the Wolfpack needed a good game against the Axemen to keep that position. The game was back and forth through the first two periods with the Wolfpack pushing the pace and controlling the game but not building on the lead they had. Some of the smaller players stepped up and played with incredible heart. Noah Thirsk and Kurtis Steenhoff (two novice players called up for the tournament) gave and received big hits all weekend, always with a smile on their faces. In the third period the pace slowed and the Wolfpack controlled the play not giving up many chances and enjoying the victory to move into third place.
The bronze medal game brought an opportunity for redemption against the Hornets. In a very physical game the Wolfpack clearly had the advantage, forcing the Hornets back into their own end on several occasions. After one period the score was tied but only three minutes into the second period the Hornets had scored two goals and were pressing for more. A big interception by Captain Dakoda Fizzard lead to a breakaway goal and turned the momentum.
The Wolfpack held a 4-3 lead after two periods. In the third period the teams traded goals eventually ending up tied at 5. A huge blocked shot by Brynn Strelaeff helped keep the scored tied and excellent fore checking by Molly Taylor kept the Hornets on the defensive and limited the scoring chances. Goals from Noah Elliot-Adams and Myles Cousins put the Wolfpack up 7-5 to win the Bronze Medal.
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Every couple wishes to have a baby. A baby brings a lot of joy in their life. But it's a bitter fact that planning a baby is a costly affair. Having a baby is a great responsibility. Youngsters think today twice before planning a baby. They want to be financially strong before having a baby.
Those couple who wishes to plan a baby can get an estimated average cost of having a baby and its parenting. The cost starts before getting pregnant and goes during pregnancy to delivery, baby care and parenting up to the age when he/she is ready to live independently and gets settled.
Before getting pregnant some couple needs to undergo some fertility treatment, which is very costly. Now let us consider that this type of treatment is not required in maximum cases, then after conceiving the expenses start. Many blood tests, ultrasound and many other tests are prescribed to. If we consider the cost in any developed country like U.S.A., these costs may be between $30-$200. According to requirement, the pregnant lady is prescribed to take to take iron, vitamins, calcium and obviously nutritious diet.
A heavy amount is spent during childbirth in hospital. Cost of normal delivery may be $5000. If cesarean is required it can go up to $8000-$10000. If there is any complication to mother and required to stay in hospital for additional time it means additional charge. If the baby is premature or having any health problem, according to the seriousness of the problem , the neo natal care charge may go up to $5000 to $200000. If one decides the delivery to be at home, even then there will be cost of nurse and midwife.
Actual cost begins after birth of baby. The cost of raising a child begins and continues until gets settled. First of all take the cost of food. If mother feeds breast milk, it will be less costly, but even then nutritious diet for the nursing mother is required. And if due to any reason the baby has to depend on formula food, its very costly. And after 4-5 months baby food is required.
In the first year, baby diapers, cloths and other accessories are must healthy and secured child. Now come to the cost of medicines. The baby has to be immunized for many diseases in his/her first year. If the baby fells ill, cost of medicines and doctor is involved.
Babies grow very fast in their early few months, so cloths are to be purchased very frequently. Not only cloths , caps, shocks, gloves, sweater, blanket are also to be purchased regularly. Along with this, toys, crib, bath tub, baby soap, shampoo, towel, powder, cream, feeding bottle, brush of bottle and a long unending list of requirements are there.
Working mother has to go on maternity leave, if it is without pay then the loss of her income means a cost, because she has to compensate it by dropping few domestic needs. When she is ready to join her job, the baby is needed to be kept in any day care provider or a nanny is hired to look after your at home.
These are the cost of only baby care. And a long list of cost is waiting ahead. But don't worry, after all the cost will bring about a costless pleasure in your life.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's chief medical examiner has testified in the murder trial of an abortion provider, saying he can't be sure if any babies were born alive.
Dr. Sam Gulino testified Monday that he examined 47 fetuses recovered from a clinic run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell is charged with killing a patient and seven babies.
Gulino says many of the bodies had been stored in a freezer, complicating his examinations.
Prosecutors say that Gosnell or his untrained staff killed at least seven babies born alive. Gosnell's defense lawyer denies the charge.
Earlier Monday, another city abortion provider testified, drawing stark comparisons between his work and Gosnell's.
Gosnell is also accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions and running a dangerously outdated clinic.
Gulino believes that two fetuses he examined were beyond Pennsylvania's 24-week limit.


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An 18-year-old Jersey City woman shot in the head tonight has died.
Shot inside her Forrest Street apartment, she was pronounced dead some time between 6:45 and 7:45 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.
Even though Jersey City police preliminarily believed the shooting to be a suicide, DeFazio said the manner of death is still under investigation.
The 18-year-old woman was shot inside an apartment she shares with her 19-year-old boyfriend.
The boyfriend was with the woman at the time of the shooting and suffered a graze wound in an arm, DeFazio said.
The boyfriend -- who was escorted out the house in handcuffs -- was taken to the Medical Center and investigators intend to interview him as soon as he's able, officials said.
No one is charged in this shooting.
The shooting took place at around 5:20 p.m.
A neighbor saw the woman being taken away by ambulance at about 5:40 p.m.
The firearm was recovered at the scene but it wasn't clear whom the weapon belonged to, DeFazio said.
The apartment where the shooting took place is in the 200 block of Forrest Street near Martin Luther King Drive.


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I've never made a traditional BLT. I've never had the urge because I don't think I've ever purposefully ordered tomatoes on a sandwich or burger. I told my mother when I was about four that "pamatoes" were nasty and I meant it with all of my little heart. Now I rather like them, but I still don't order them on sandwiches. Then yesterday I was outside looking at my garden and my beautiful new Fall lettuces, and I started having daydreams about a roasted tomato BLT with thick slices of bacon and a big bed of fresh lettuce. I am loving my little salad garden. It is simple to grow and there is no comparison whatsoever between lettuce from the grocery store, and lettuce picked within minutes of being used in a salad or on a sandwich.
So, here we are with another installment of what I eat when I have only myself to please.
The base of this sandwich is tomato confit. My understanding of confit is that it is, traditionally speaking, a meat cooked slowly down to jam consistency in its own fat. Think duck confit…duck cooked down in duck fat. Vegetables don't have their own fats, so other fats are used. In this case, I cooked the bacon first, then strained the bacon drippings and supplemented that with olive oil. The oil is drizzled on the tomato slices and they are roasted slowly for several hours. I believe that many then jar them in olive oil and save them for a bit. I didn't want them to continue to soften so I skipped the end process and kept them as they were when they emerged caramelized and beautiful from the oven. This recipe makes enough for four to five sandwiches. You can cook the tomatoes and bacon ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator if you wish. This would be one heck of a picnic or tailgaiting sandwich. I ate mine warm from the oven on toasted bread with a homemade garlic mayonnaise. Served thusly, it is a little sloppy and dripping with gorgeous roasted tomatoes. I think it is a dreamy sandwich.
I constantly strive to make up for my years of prejudice towards the tomato family. This is a bang up effort, if I do say so myself. If you are opposed to spending three hours (though inactive ones) roasting tomatoes for a sammie, just get wonderful tomatoes and have a traditional BLT. Or roast extra tomatoes and use them in a pasta dish or on hamburgers the next evening. You will find ideas popping into your head when you first try these deeply roasted beauties. They taste like sundried tomatoes but they are so fresh and wonderful.
I bought my tomatoes at Whole Foods and mixed the varieties based on what looked great. I chose two plump heirloom tomatoes, three Texas tomatoes on the vine, and three or four Romas. They all performed beautifully.
|Tomato Confit BLT
- 1 pound bacon, cooked crisp, drippings reserved and strained of sediment
- 5 large tomatoes, sliced ⅓" thick
- 3 small tomatoes, sliced ⅓" thick
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 cup canola oil
- salt and pepper
- 10 slices of good sandwich bread, toasted
- Garlic Mayonnaise
- Bacon
- Tomato Confit
- Lettuce Leaves
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Position two oven racks in the center of the oven. Place the tomato slices on layers of parchment covering rimmed baking sheets. Combine ¼ cup of the bacon drippings and ¼ cup of the olive oil. Drizzle the oil mixture over the tomato slices, turning the slices in the oil so that both sides are covered. Sprinkle the tomatoes with the salt.
- Roast the tomatoes, carefully turning them once, for three hours or until they are drying out and deep red. There will still be oil in the pan, but the surfaces of the tomatoes will be shrinking and drying. Remove them from the oven before they blacken in any way.
- Allow the tomatoes to sit for approximately 20 minutes after they have been removed from the oven. Then they may be removed to a plate.
- Combine the egg yolks, mustard, garlic, and lemon juice in the food processor. Process them until the mixture begins to thicken, about a minute. Do not proceed until the yolks begin to thicken or you will end up with soup. Once it is thickening, add the canola oil in a thin stream through the feed tube of the running processor. Start slowly. Then you can speed up the addition of the oil.
- Once the oil is totally incorporated, remove the mayonnaise to a bowl and season it with a tiny bit of salt and pepper. Alternatively, you can just skip this whole process and add a little chopped garlic and Dijon to grocery store mayonnaise and combine it well.
- Toast the bread and apply a thick layer of mayonnaise.
- Stack on the bacon, lettuce and several of the tomatoes. Enjoy!


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Guess what happened when some researchers gave an unusual gadget to both preschoolers and college students and asked them to figure out how it worked.
Most parents already know the answer. Yep. The preschoolers took the college students to school.
In short, the 4- and 5-year-old kids were more flexible, more willing to consider unlikely possibilities to make an seemingly unpredictable machine work, according to Alison Gopnik, UC Berkeley developmental psychologist and senior author of the paper released Thursday and published online in the journal, "Cognition."
The study's subjects, 106 preschoolers and 170 college undergrads, were shown a red-topped box that would light up and play music when certain clay shapes were placed on it.
The shapes that worked were called "blickets." The kids and college students were then asked to figure out the "blicketness" of a range of objects.
The young ones quickly determined that different combinations of clay shapes could make the machine go, while the college students got stuck on determining which individual blocks would work.
"The kids got it. They figured out that the machine might work in this unusual way and so that you should put both blocks on together," Gopnik said.
In researcher language, the results "confirmed the researchers' hypothesis that preschoolers and kindergartners instinctively follow Bayesian logic, a statistical model that draws inferences by calculating the probability of possible outcomes."
In plain speak, the preschoolers didn't get bogged down by preconceived ideas.
"One big question, looking forward, is what makes children more flexible learners — are they just free from the preconceptions that adults have, or are they fundamentally more flexible or exploratory in how they see the world?" said Christopher Lucas, co-author of the paper and a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. "Regardless, children have a lot to teach us about learning."


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What kind of film industry do we really want? Do we really want a film industry where the pressure to stay on top at all times and be successful at every moment breeds a slate of nothing but the same big-budget fantasy franchises revisited and/or rebooted over and over again?
I've long argued that the notion that Hollywood makes nothing but remakes, sequels, reboots, and fantasy franchise properties is more perception than reality. But few things will make that perception a reality than the near-constant criticism of studios that don't happen to have a full slate of franchises on tap at any given moment.
Warner Bros. had a rough weekend and they are (thus far) having a somewhat rough summer. But their diverse and eclectic release slate is to be praised, not condemned. Back in February I made a point to defend Sony against charges from media analysts proclaiming that the studio needed more franchises. The charges appeared in a Variety piece entitled "Analysts:
The initial crux of the piece is that Warner Bros. is aiming for nothing but mega-home runs and thus relative misses like Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow should make the Dream Factory question that strategy. But, the piece then goes on to (correctly) detail the slew of smaller films on the horizon, such as Jersey Boys, Tammy, If I Stay, and Into the Storm (the latter three of which are New Line productions) that round out the rest of the summer. But then the article ends by quoting "a source" that states, as is the automatic conclusion for these kind of pieces, that Warner Bros. needs new franchise material. Because obviously creating two new franchises thus far this year (The LEGO Movie and Godzilla) isn't enough now that one over-budgeted summer release with limited franchise potential (spoiler: Edge of Tomorrow does not end with any kind of sequel tease) has somewhat under-performed.
The Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Blended has surely under-performed, earning just $39 million on a $40m budget thus far. But it only cost $40m to produce and was it really a bad idea on paper to produce a comparative;y cheap Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy as a counter-programming release against 20th Century
If we want anything resembling consistency, then yes we are in-fact arguing for a Warner Bros. that gives us nothing but Batman reboots and Harry Potter spin-offs. If we want an industry that offers anything resembling a diversified portfolio of mainstream releases, we cannot expect a major studio to be at peak performance 24/7. Warner Bros. had a strong summer last year. The Hangover III and The Great Gatsby earned $300m+ on $100m budgets, We're the Millers and The Conjuring were cheap sleeper smashes, and Man of Steel pulled in $668m worldwide. Conversely they had a pretty terrible spring 2013, with The Gangster Squad, Beautiful Creatures, and Jack the Giant Slayer all relatively flopping against the strong near-$100m performance of 42. This year the opposite is true, where The LEGO Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire were strong in spring 2014 while the success of Godzilla is mitigated by the (relative) failures of Edge of Tomorrow and Blended along with the delay of Jupiter Ascending. Yes, Warner Bros. (like any other studio) has fits and starts, projects that turn out surprisingly well (Gravity) and ones that go down hard (Green Lantern). That's the nature of the business and that's the price studios pay for actually providing a somewhat diverse slate of material for multiplexes.
Next up is Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys. The picture isn't tracking on any level beyond a $15 million debut next weekend, but Eastwood movies are usually cheap (I don't have an exact budget, but I've been assured it didn't cost zillions-of-dollars), the studio has a long relationship with the director, and the R-rated, adult-skewing Broadway musical adaptation is exactly the kind of product we want to see studios making alongside the would-be youth-targeted franchise pictures in the heart of summer. Melissa McCarthy's Tammy may-well approach the $269m worldwide gross of We're the Millers, but the $20m-budgeted comedy is still a hit if it only makes a third of the $174m total of Identity Thief. Into the Storm is an oddity, a "found footage" disaster film. I have no idea how well the $50m picture will play (other than the fact that my wife is dying to see it). If I Stay, a $15 million Chloe Moretz romance drama/family melodrama (co-produced with MGM) may-well capitalize on being the next big female-skewing young-adult romantic drama after The Fault in Our Stars, akin to The Grudge following The Ring (its trailer presumably played before The Fault in Our Stars this weekend). Or maybe it will just barely covers its $15m budget. The films coming out of Warner Bros. for the rest of the summer are all low-risk and relatively diverse.
Warner Bros. will, depending on Tammy and how high Edge of Tomorrow can climb overseas, go the rest of the summer without a mega-hit and said "drought" may last until November when New Line's Horrible Bosses 2 attempts to equal/surpass the $209 million-grossing original and they close out the year with MGM and New Line's surefire flop The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. But that's the way it goes sometimes. They took relative risks on Edge of Tomorrow and it didn't quite pan out, although Edge of Tomorrow may end up strong overseas beyond just its opening weekend. Jupiter Ascending may be a financial bath as well come next February. But we in the industry should be encouraging risks, especially when the films turn out to be artistic successes, and championing a varied slate of films instead of decrying that studios need more "proven" franchises at the exclusion of all else. We can't complain about the lack of originality and/or variety coming out of Hollywood and then complain that films like Jersey Boys aren't going to make as much as Man of Steel.
All due respect to the respective authors, who are (to-be-fair) mostly reporting the opinions of others for their would-be news value, these "Insiders Say Studio X Needs More Franchises!" pieces don't help what we claim is a problem. They create the impression that hit films outside of the stereotypical realm of big-budget boy-friendly fantasy franchises basically don't count. Sony gets no credit for American Hustle because Amazing Spider-Man 2 somewhat under-performed, and strong grosses for Tammy won't count as much because it was a cheap (female-centric) comedy. They also create the impression that a studio is only as strong as their last mega-hit, so the somewhat surprising (or at least not guaranteed) relative successes of The LEGO Movie and Godzilla get forgotten because Edge of Tomorrow under-performed and Jupiter Ascending got delayed.
If the industry analysts and/or pundits really want a consistency of box office grosses on par with the highest possible levels, then what they are asking is a Hollywood that only produces variations on their biggest successes. Thus Walt Disney only makes Marvel superhero films and animated epics, Paramount makes nothing but Transformers films, Sony only makes Spider-Man reboots, Fox only makes X-Men films, and Warner Bros. reboots Batman and Harry Potter until the end of time.That Blended didn't quite work out or that Edge of Tomorrow didn't break out shouldn't be completely ignored, any more than 20th Century Fox's success this year with a diverse slate should fail to be commended (that's for next week). But Warner Bros., perhaps by virtue of the sheer quantity of films they release in a given year, has arguably the most diverse selection of releases of any major studio. They follow up The LEGO Movie with Winter's Tale with 300: Rise of an Empire with Veronica Mars with Godzilla with Blended with Edge of Tomorrow with Jersey Boys.
Neither 2014 or 2015 will be as strong for Warner Bros. as 2016, when the studio will have Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the Harry Potter prequel/spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. But unless we want an industry that only offers preordained four-quadrant global blockbusters, an industry that offers nothing smaller and/or nothing riskier than yet another Batman adventure, then we have to acknowledge that studios, all of them, will sometimes take big risks that don't pan out and will sometimes have wide releases too small or demographically-targeted to be $400m+ worldwide hits. Warner Bros. is perhaps in a pickle of its own design, a victim of its decade-long hot streak fueled by Harry Potter and Batman. But "proven franchises" (like The Matrix Reloaded) often start as "risky bets," (like The Matrix) and we should be more understanding of those that don't quite pan out.
The obsession with "safe" franchises is why, for better or worse, we're getting a Sonic the Hedgehog movie from Sony. Is that really what we want?


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Tangerine Tango in Kids' Rooms?
We've been talking up Pantone's color of the year for 2012, Tangerine Tango, in many aspects of home decoration. But we've yet to tackle this question: is tangerine a good option for a baby or kid's room?
One great aspect to this color is that it's gender neutral. On the down side, it's definitely a statement color, so when tastes change it might fall out of favor.
How would you use Tangerine Tango in a child's room? As merely an accent or a major part of the palette?
(Images: 1. Michele/Logan's Dinosaur Room 2. Kate K./My Room: E 3. Jody/Lydia & Sophia's Birdhouse Nursery 4. DaisyViolet on Flickr 5. Land of Nod via Wee Decor )
• Designer's Palette: Using 2012's Color of the Year at Home
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When I read the title I thought it would be about the noise my bones make after all these years of toil in the garden. Now that's what I call Gardeners Click!
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30 Jan 2013 18:47
When I read the title I thought it would be about the noise my bones make after all these years of toil in the garden. Now that's what I call Gardeners Click!
30 Jan 2013 18:53
Thanks Bob - given me the best laugh today & a different perspective on gardening !
11 Feb 2013 15:07
gardnersclick.com went into liquidation and had to shut down. I am one of the people responsible for trying to sell it on to an interested party. If there is anyone out there that has an interest we can be contacted on 020 3195 1406 Williams and Partners ltd (Insolvency Agents) ask for Karen for more information.
17 Feb 2013 14:29
How can a website go into liquidation? There aren't any assets to pay off creditors. If a website doesn't make any money, it isn't worth buying. Opening a forum is a much cheaper option.
17 Feb 2013 15:43
Hi Whitehound, its the company that owned Gardenersclick ( The Growing Club Ltd ) that went into liquidation.
Hi Karen, I really do hope that the site can be sold on as we really do need this fantastic site back out there and may I myself thank you yourself for trying to sell the site on, please don't give up in doing this!! I know I myself would have bought it if I could but just impossible. I am along with other members longing to see this site back, there is nothing out there that even comes close to Gardeners Click.
Keep the good work up Karen and thank you.
17 Feb 2013 15:52
Karen, just to add, would you please keep me informed of anything that may happen with the site returning, I can send you my private email add if you wish? Thanks.
18 Feb 2013 17:33
Excuse me if I am misunderstanding this, but there is now a Web site called Gardenclickers which is almost exactly the same set up as the old Gardeners Click site.
18 Feb 2013 18:18
That's true - there are some of the gardeners from the old site on there. Only a small number at the moment but hopefully grows
18 Feb 2013 18:25
I've just looked at the site Berghill mentioned and it seems quite interesting, but I'm having enough trouble keeping up with this one. I'll be spending the whole day on the computer keeping up with two and anyway, I've gotten used to you all and am sure if I have a problem I'll get sufficient answers on here.
18 Feb 2013 18:34
There are about 100 of the old clickers on the gardenclickers.co.uk site
18 Feb 2013 18:47
Have to agree with Whitehound, what would the website be worth? - very little I would think.
25 Feb 2013 09:53
With about 150 previous members of Gardenersclick now involved at www.gardenclickers.co.uk including many of our own experts, and a good cross-section of the membership who gave the old site its own distinctive flavour - its an option well worth considering. We love poking our noses over the fence onto your garden or plot, will do our best to help you deal with any current difficulties, and the cameraderie is unbeatable.
27 Feb 2013 00:08
Gardenclickers is ok if you are a Veg Grower or an Allotment Holder then it will suit you fine, not much interest if you talk about anything else about Gardening which is a real shame because there is a lot more to Gardening than Veg Growing a lot lot more, and more interesting, which was all there on Gardenersclick. Nothing at all will replace that site and that is why I keep up with what is going on about it and I also work as much as I can in the hope that it will be back some day or in some other kind of form, and I still think it will be back, it was just a fantastic site and would be a real shame just to throw it all away.
27 Feb 2013 06:46
Still don't understand how selling it would help, who could possibly want to buy it. If it went down the pan it wasn't making money so a very bad investment. You can buy a domain name for very little money. It is the running of it that costs.
23 Mar 2013 06:33
Another good gardening forum is www.gardenerscorner.co.uk if anyone is interested in a forum that covers all aspects of gardening....
23 Mar 2013 08:14
Do we have a jon cob again?
21 Jan 2014 15:50
I know this thread is a bit dated, but what prompted me to find it was a post that one of the members in my Gardeners Chat-Shed FORUM http://gardenerschat-shed.net/forum) put on one of the boards, inviting any "lost sheep" from the old GC site to come over for a chat.
Some of you may remember that the Gardeners Chat-Shed went live shortly before the GC collapse. Some found their way to us & have been with us ever since.
If you want to re-engage with some of your old gardening chums, you're welcome to pop in ALL WELCOME! I'm pretty sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Incidentally Gray (who has posted on here) has joined our ranks and posts quite regularly in the 'Shed'. Sadly, I don't think the link to the site that Gray refers to in his post above is live anymore either, which gives you even more reason to pop over.
Catch up with you there soon I hope!
23 Jan 2014 14:03
Yes http://www.gardenerschat-shed.net/forum/index.php is a very good site to go to where some ex members of Gardenersclick are, and Star ( ex member ) has set up a section in the Main Forum Message Boards - Flowers & Other Pretty Things for ex Gardenersclick members.
I myself will still not give up on Gardenersclick.com coming back live one day.
23 Jan 2014 14:28
Also you can take a look at my Blog http://www.graysgardensite.blogspot.co.uk/
Hope you enjoy.