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[Note: this goes AU from the point before which Jae Shin and Yoon Hee are 'seen embracing' in the library in episode 14.]
What If I Told You?
A Sung Kyun Kwan Scandal fan fiction. Pairings: Moon Jae Shin/Kim Yoon Hee, Moon Jae Shin/Gong Yong Ha (friendship), Lee Seon Joon/Kim Yoon Hee (friendship).
Song: 'What If I Told You?' by Jason Walker.
What if I told you who I really was? What if I let you in on my charade?
Kim Yoon Hee knows that she's deceiving people. She's been doing it for a long time, since two years after her father died. How else could she have supported her family, with a sick dongsaeng and an older mother? What other choice did they have, in this Joseon that places women so far below men? She will do what she needs to do to keep her family alive and well, but she still cannot help but feel a pang of conscience when she looks at the Jalgeum Quartet, these men who have become such friends to her, who trust her. And she's lying to them, because she has to; the penalty for being female in Sung Kyun Kwan is death, and her family would be punished as well. She can't trust them with this secret, and it weighs on her every day, like a stone she carries on her shoulders.
Moon Jae Shin knows that he's lying to others. He's been posing as the Red Messenger for a long time, trying to keep what his brother fought for alive, defying the Noron faction that bleeds their country dry of its lifeblood and integrity, and trying to keep himself alive in the bargain. His brother was a master at word craft, and Jae Shin does his best to live up to that with every message he sends, red cloth tied to an arrow. What other choice does he have, a mere scholar, to change the politics in this Joseon that places those with family name and wealth upon a pedestal, unearned? He does this not only for himself, not only for his brother's memory and cause, but because it's what is needed, because the people are powerless, and because he needs to live somehow. He cannot trust his friends with this secret; he would prefer it if his own father didn't know, because there is danger in knowing. If he is caught, anyone thought to be associated with him will be questioned, and the most likely outcome for those who know is death. He cannot tell anyone, but it weighs on him every time he slips past the sleeping Kim Yoon Shik and out into the night, every time he deflects the questions of Gong Yong Ha, every time Lee Seon Joon's quizzical gaze meets his own over some bruise displayed on a cheekbone, or a knife slash glimpsed on a forearm.
However, there's another secret that Moon Jae Shin knows. This secret was discovered by accident, and he almost wishes that he didn't know. He knows that Kim Yoon Shik is actually a girl; in fact, he's met her as a girl, when he saved her money from some thugs. Of course, he didn't know that the girl he helped and Yoon Shik were one and the same at first, but he figured it out after finding the handkerchief that she had given him. At the time, although he hadn't used it for its intended purpose, he had kept the piece of cloth, not understanding why. Now, he understands. She made his heart flutter then, as she sways his heart now, even in the guise of a male. In this way, he's glad that he knows her true gender, as it saves him from what Lee Seon Joon is going through now. The unforeseen complication is that Geol Oh Moon Jae Shin, the taciturn and dangerous senior who has never before shared a room, is in love with Yoon Shik. He understands that, and came close to confessing when he told her to stay in his sight at all times, so that he won't worry. But she doesn't know, and he's going crazy.
Damn it.
What if I told you what was really going on? No more masks and no more parts to play?
'Things did not go according to plan; when have they ever?', Jae Shin thinks furiously as he runs from the Minister of War's soldiers. At least he found the false Red Messenger. 'Whomever he is, he won't be playing the part for at least a few days', he thinks with grim satisfaction. Ducking down behind some bushes, he looks to his left and sees the wall that guards Sung Kyun Kwan. If he can just make it over the wall… Jae Shin looks down at the gash on his abdomen, gritting his teeth at both the pain and the constant blood flow. It's a deep wound, he knows, but it's avoided any vital parts, for which he is grateful. His head is spinning with blood loss, and the only thing grounding him now is the fact that he can return to Yoon Shik alive if he moves… now! The black clad figure darts across the dark lawn and gracelessly throws himself over the wall.
Right onto Kim Yoon Shik.
There's so much I want to say, but I'm so scared to give away every little secret that I hide behind
Would you see me differently? And would that be such a bad thing?
I wonder what it would be like, if I told you…
They're back in the hyang-gwan-chung the next day, this time with proper bandages and herbs for the slowly healing wound. 'It's beginning to scab over', Yoon Shik says seriously, relief removing the creases in her forehead. Jae Shin just grunts, holding still as she finishes winding the cloth about his torso as he leans against a cabinet, sitting on the ground. He hadn't been lucid enough the day before to fully appreciate it, but the closeness to Yoon Shik warms his heart. He knows that she has (had?) a crush on Lee Seon Joon, but he can't control the way his heart begins to thump and his cheeks heat whenever he's around her. His hiccups are even coming less and less frequently. He would worry that it meant that he was seeing Yoon Shik less as a girl, but the vivid dreams he has more and more often completely put the lie to that idea.
'There, it's done!' said girl in question smiles, tying the cloth in a knot that is neither too tight nor too loose. It's clear that her taking care of her ill younger brother and working as him has paid off in the way of medical know how. Jae Shin looks up at her, sitting next to him, making eye contact. 'Thank you', he says, wishing that he were as adept verbally as he is with the written word, not for the first time. Yoon Shik smiles that frustrating, heart melting smile at him. 'Who else could help you? Yeorim?' She snorts. 'He'd probably make the wound bigger, with all that he knows about medicine.' She begins to pack the herbs back into their wooden containers. Jae Shin smiles crookedly, imagining Yong Ha trying to wrap a wound.
'Dae Mul.' Yoon Shik looks up, pausing in her packing. 'Yes, senior?' He takes a slow, deep breath, feeling the cloth around his middle tighten with the inhalation, and moves. His hands slowly cup Yoon Shik's cheeks, seeing her eyes widen slightly. He strokes one thumb across her left cheekbone, holding her eyes with his. 'S-sa-hyung?' she stutters, not understanding why Jae Shin is acting this way. He holds her softly, like something precious. 'Kim Yoon Shik.' She swallows nervously, and answers him. 'Yes?'
Moon Jae Shin has never been good around females, and has never loved anyone like he does Kim Yoon Shik before, either. His pulse is racing, and he feels queasy, although he admits to himself that it could be the wound causing that, not the pounding of his heart. He doubts it, though. As he strokes her cheekbone, he repeats her name, registering her nervousness as she struggles to squeak out a 'yes?' He sighs, closing his eyes for a minute, steeling himself. Then he opens them again, and locks eyes with the girl in front of him. 'Dae Mul, I am going to tell you something that I know, now that you know my secret. I know a secret about Kim Yoon Shik, and I have known since the last time I was in hyang-gwan-chung. You… are a girl.' Her eyes widen, and he feels her quick pulse begin to race. She begins to sputter a denial, trying to draw away from his gaze, but he holds her in place, not harmfully, but because he needs to be firm now, if he is going to continue down this path.
'Kim Yoon Shik. Listen to me.' Her face is pale, and her pupils are dilated with fear. 'I have known since we were both in here last, when Yong Ha was trying to find you… or a ghost.' The corner of his mouth lifts at the memory of the Yeorim, desperately asking him if he'd seen anyone in hyang-gwan-chung the night before.
He takes another deep breath. 'I… I saw you when you were bathing. I didn't see much, but it was obvious that you were a girl. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you before now, but I thought that it was the best way to keep your secret safe. I decided to protect you and your secret, because what else could I do? I cannot fault someone for hiding something when I've been doing the same. Kim Yoon Shik is a girl, and Geol Oh is the Red Messenger. But… I needed to tell you.'
He leans back, slowly letting his hands slide from her face, until his left hand is again at his side and his right is resting lightly on her shoulder. She stares at the ground, eyes moving back and forth as she digests this information. She's not shaking with fear, which Jae Shin takes as a good sign.
Minutes pass, and Jae Shin begins to doubt the wisdom of telling Dae Mul the fact that he knows that she is female. And then, she clears her throat. She takes a few deep breaths, slowly exhaling, her breath stirring dust motes in the air, visible through the slanting sunlight peeking through boards. Jae Shin holds his.
'Senior…' He glances over at her, sitting in his peripheral. She hasn't moved his hand away. 'What do you want from me? Why tell me this now?' His gaze snaps to her face, her jaw tight and worried. He huffs out a breath, relief, frustration, and annoyance all bound up in his lungs. 'What, do you think I want you to do something for me? Dae Mul, maybe you're not as smart as I thought you were.' He begins to sit up, wanting to leave and go hit something, but she firmly pushes him back down. 'That's… I'm sorry, sa-hyung. But you can't move so fast; your wound isn't healed!' He grunts, settling down again against the cabinet. 'Senior… I apologise. That was unfair of me.' He looks at her again, raising an eyebrow. 'Not unfair… perhaps it was a wise question to ask.' He sighs, passing a hand over his mouth to compose himself. 'No, it was not unfair of you, Dae Mul. But I don't want anything. We're equal now, do you see? I trust you not to reveal that I am the Red Messenger, and I hope that you can trust me enough to know that I will not reveal that you're a girl to anyone.' He sighs again, lost in thoughts that are interrupted by Yoon Shik's 'Sa-hyung?' Yoon Shik's eyes are downcast, and her hands are lightly clenched in her lap. 'May I ask a question, senior?' Jae Shin nods.
'… Why do you do that? Act as the Red Messenger? It's dangerous, and you can be killed if you're caught. So why? For what reason are you doing this?'
'For what? I've never thought about it.' Jae Shin's mouth twists wryly. 'Because I can't bear feeling suffocated. Because if I don't, then I can't live. To live.' He makes eye contact with her again. 'I'm doing it to live. What about you?'
Yoon Shik looks down as he asks, 'Aren't you the same?' She nods, slowly. Jae Shin looks away thoughtfully. 'I think it's also because of… my older brother. Because I feel that people need to know that he walked on this earth.'
Yoon Shik smiles slightly. 'Isn't that why I'm doing this, too? "Kim Yoon Shik". I am living up to this name, my younger brother's name. He, who will never become a scholar, who was always sickly and frail… so that his name can mean something.'
The two look at each other and smiles make their way across both faces, so different in many ways, but similar in courage, determination, and resilience. Moon Jae Shin hiccups, and all Kim Yoon Shik can do is laugh.
She helps him carefully to his feet, and they slowly leave the incense hall together. Yoon Shik looks up at her tall senior. 'Sa-hyung, I'm glad to have you by my side. You asked me to stay in your line of vision, but I want to ask the same of you. Geol Oh is living dangerously, so I want to protect the Red Messenger, as Moon Jae Shin has protected Kim Yoon Shik.' Jae Shin ducks his head, another smile irrepressibly curling the corner of his mouth lopsidedly upward. Kim Yoon Shik walks slightly ahead of him and turns around as they near the door frame of hyang-gwan-chung, grinning. 'Ah, and senior?' Jae Shin looks at her, puzzled. She lowers her voice, but not her grin. 'My name is Kim Yoon Hee!' She spins and goes through the door ahead of him. 'Kim Yoon Hee…' Geol Oh muses, rolling the name around on his tongue. 'I like it… Kim Yoon Hee.' He walks more quickly through the doorway to catch up to his Dae Mul, who is waiting for him outside.
Oh, would you see me differently? And would that be such a bad thing?
I wonder what it would be like, if I told you…


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Typical CBC ClassAs Dubya delivered his farewell address, the little beavers at the CBC were formulating their assessment, to which I woke up. Apparently our choices, according to the dulcet tones of Michael Colton, are between a "failure" and a "disaster", maybe one of them even "total" or "complete"; I can barely recall. Like Norm, someone for whom I have some respect, I am far less certain.
The little toads working at CBC headquarters may have rights to their opinions, but when something so superficial is allowed to be broadcast, I really get riled about the confiscation of money from me to pay for the career of the likes of Michael Colton. There is not even the pretense of reporting anymore - it is just their own little pathetic rants.
And, fortunately, not a single one of the little vermin will ever have the responsibility Bush faced. After 9/11, I said that it would be at least twenty years before we could make a sensible judgment on his responses to it, and I still believe that we need at least that time. This meant then as it does now that I may never get to make that judgment.
I will say I think we now know Bush did one thing that was quite wrong, though I would guess the CBCers would have been in favor of it. He pressured American financial institutions to sell mortgages to people they would not normally have sold them to, with no recognition of the risk involved at the time. I am sure the CBC would have been all for this editorially, and it is largely the source of the giant mess we are in now.
OK end of my rant. All because I had to listen to the idiotic Michael Colton as I woke groggily, delivering judgment on a man who had actually had to make a decision in his life. The nice thing at the CBC is that no decisions are needed - just repeat the brain-dead party line. They do it very well.


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Sri Lanka map (Big travel)
Posted 26 August 2009 - 04:16 AM
Му next creation, ( data: relief SRTM - water SWBD)
Do you like this color scheme?
Posted 26 August 2009 - 07:53 AM
Hello, Everyone
Му next creation, ( data: relief SRTM - water SWBD)
Do you like this color scheme?
The color are great, the map is clean and effective! Fantastic!
One little thing, I don't like (it's entirely personal, I know), maps without context or countries that looks like islands... You inset map shows Sri Lanka's position according to India, but India looks like an island. It could show neighbour countries, even with a fade out if you don't want a border, but at least, that will show that it's a continental land...
The map is still great though!
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Posted 26 August 2009 - 09:00 AM
The map looks good on my end. I would prefer a light blue for the water, but I can live with white. As far as little things are concerned, your kilometers are off center with your scale bar, and the 0 kilometers is not justified with your legend. How about labeling the oceans or seas.
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Posted 26 August 2009 - 11:22 AM
Posted 26 August 2009 - 12:47 PM
One thing that pops out is that this place is tropical, but the topo palette looks more desert.
I think the muted relief shades work well, but if you have experimented with gentle shades of green, and blue lakes, that would be worth looking at.
Lastly, it would be a nice touch to make some effect for the ocean - possibly a light blue background with white fade to coasts.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted 26 August 2009 - 06:26 PM
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Posted 28 August 2009 - 08:37 AM
I'm guessing the red line is some type of route for some kind of tour group.
Posted 31 August 2009 - 07:52 AM
hello frax.
red line - a route of travel is described in the article.
This color scheme and white back is not only my decision, she was chosen for combination with the layout.
Posted 31 August 2009 - 08:40 AM
Dear friends! Thank you for your constructive comments. I added onto the coastline of Indostan. India is no longer an island.
hello frax.
red line - a route of travel is described in the article.
This color scheme and white back is not only my decision, she was chosen for combination with the layout.
Hello Anatoliy,
Yes, good clean map. I agree with everyone else on the India-island effect and it sounds like you changed that.
Good luck!
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power of fertility may soon awaken from its winter slumber and bring forth
springtime. Light a green candle
and recite thrice the following incantation:
"Mother Earth, awaken
from your silent winter rest. Let
the springtime goddess of green magic manifest.
Mother Earth, awaken now and hold us to your breast.
We honor thee with love, for we are truly by the blessed."


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Memorial Day 2011 is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May that is the 30th of May 2011. Earlier known as Decoration Day, it honors and commemorates all those US soldiers who lost their lives while in the military service, serving the nation. A tradition started after the Civil War, it was later extended to honor Americans who died in all wars. What began as a ritual of reconciliation and remembrance, by the early 20th century, Memorial Day soon transformed into an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as ordinary people visited the graves of their deceased relatives, or to pay respects to all those brave men and women who fought valiantly for the glory of their nation.
Memorial Day barbeques have become intensely popular. Get past dumpy denims and t-shirts and look chic and elegant this spring in a casual yet charming ensemble that says I'm here to party, and I look fabulous doing it!
Wear a fun and frilly print sleeveless or strapless dress. Shorter hemlines are usually preferably as are light materials. For a casual look, select a pair of dainty ballerinas to match your dress. Flats or wedged heels are a smarter option since you may have to stand quite a bit. Remember the prints on your dress should be light and fun. Brighter colors look great for a BBQ party.
Another great idea is to show off your patriotic side for Memorial Day in an outfit that plays up the good old red, white, and blue. Although whites are a popular choice, try and steer clear of the fascinating color at BBQ parties just in case an errant splash of barbecue sauce comes your way. Patterned looks are probably your best option. Light, casual dresses are the most fun things to wear. Another favorite among women are jumpsuits. They look cute and are comfortable too.
Don't forget to accessorize your Memorial Day dress of choice well – a beaded necklace maybe, a cute handbag and a sweet little bracelet should complete the look.


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We Three Bakery
43368 Sierra Drive, Three Rivers, CA, USA
(559) 561-4761
We Three Bakery Three Rivers Reviews
408 reviews
Feb 17, 2007
Three Rivers is a small town, and your dining options are a bit limited. Fortunately the family run We Three Bakery serves simple but good food. Despite the name, it is more of a restaurant than a bakery, and you can get most American standard foods here: burgers, sandwiches, salads and omelettes. There is a neat seating area outside too that looks like it would be pleasant on a sunny day.
Also, the bathroom on the right has a door that appears to lock correctly but doesn't in reality, luring you into a false sense of security...but that's another story.
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I've been re-reading The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri.
My dad brought the book over from the States when he and Mum came over to visit in 2007. The copy is a brown-paged paperback, now with a torn cover and shot binding, the pages no longer hanging together.
It's one of the best books to and for artists I've read. For example:
"If you have the idea that an artist is not a decidedly practical person, get over it."
Robert Henri (pronounced HEN-RYE) was a prominent voice in New York's "Ashcan" School of realist painting in the 1920's and a teacher at the legendary Art Students League of New York. He died in 1929, leaving a legacy of dedication to craft and honesty that saturated American painting in the 20th century. You can view the complete collection of his paintings here.
The Art Spirit addresses itself primarily to painters. Painters have much to teach writers. Just as writers have much to teach dancers. And dancers much to teach cartoonists. And cartoonists gardeners. And gardeners mathematicians, etc.
Artists, no matter what their gang affiliation, are all in the same classroom. The separation of disciplines is just window dressing. The essentials of making art – the underlying spiritual principles – whether in a bonsai or a ballet, are universal and mature artists borrow methods from other disciplines as easily as enlightened masters borrow from each other's spiritual practices. It's only fundamentalists who see a division between music and filmmaking, writing and painting, fencing and calligraphy. I'm not against fundamentalists. Fundamentalists are great for copywriting and branding – and some fundamentalists get rich, you know. But the artist is the one who, when he hears Robert Feynman talk about physics, suddenly understands how to solve that problem with his protagonist in the second act.
I've tended to be a screenwriter. I'm stained to the bone in movie-thinking. When Henri talks about "pictures", I think "moving pictures" and I find his words apply effortlessly well to movies as to canvas. But they are also pointers toward the artistic life, an artist-way of thinking and working with the world. The canvas becomes the world, the world becomes the canvas.
If you're a painter, illustrator, draftsman, sculptress, The Art Spirit will be of obvious help.
But if you're an actor, a singer, an editor, a therapist, a matador, it may speak to your process just as directly. If it does, then maybe you and I are friends.
If you're the Amazon type, you can buy the book here.
"When a drawing is tiresome. It may be that the motive is not worth the effort."
"Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money. There are ever so many other better ways."
"It is not easy to know what you like. Most people fool themselves their entire lives through about this."
"Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do."
"Technique must be solid, positive, but elastic, must not fall into formula, must adapt itself to the idea. And for each new idea there must be new invention special to the expression of that idea and no other."
"You can't know too much about composition. That is; the areas you have to fill, their possibilities. But you must, above all, preserve your intense interest in life."
"When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible."


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Adventures in Shaving
I have shaved my whole body
I have become like a cannibal, consumed this body
This is my hunting grounds—first I skin it
This creature I call body
Then it emerges, new and bare, still smarting
I examine it in a mirror, now hairless, my body
It is just gooseflesh, I can smell the woozy lines of blood
Left like scores in an old school desk, new lines across my slaughterfield body
So foreign to myself and yet so familiar. I feel like Bathsheba
Bathing in the mid-afternoon, I shiver and shake inside my body
I hear the slide of bare flesh but I do not feel beautiful
I feel plucked, a slaughtered piece of veal, skinned meat of body.
This disquiet will pass I'm sure.
I wrap my arms around myself desperate to surpass, supress that body
I find in the mirror now some stranger imitation of myself
Something more woman. The marker of femininity is an exposed body,
I run my fingers across my flesh but all I find is nakedness
I miss my thick dark hairs. I have been unkind to this body
Poor importunate thing that only wanted to please me.
I imagine my mother's voice, the undaunted solidity of her body
Freya, my mother says, what have you done to yourself?
Beautiful you were always beautiful. And I look down at this thing I slew. This body.
The Duckpond
On my way to an appointment, I found I didn't know which way
I was supposed to go. I didn't normally head out this way
But circumstances compelled me, not a great reader of maps
By the time I reached the transport museum I was lost, calling out which way
But no-one knew, still I went on. Behind the double-intersection
Was a small park, one that google maps had determined was the right way
And once I had crossed it I could see that they were right,
Already visible half way across the park was the sign confirming it was this way,
Still I stopped there on the way back, there was something lovely
About the ducks, that sat in the pond. I noticed it on the way
They weren't unusual ducks, but stood by the pond suddenly,
With nothing but time I found myself taken aback by their ways
The toing and froing. Without anything to offer them they took little interest
In me, it wasn't serenity that caught my eye but the way
They existed so much apart from me. Those ducks are still the best antidote
To solipsism I could ever think of. I couldn't invent the way
They moved, to my uneducated eye it was like watching clouds
Passing across each other. These were not graceful creatures. There was no way
That anyone would want to write them into a romantic ballad
They made too much noise, and yet I could not look away
I found myself naming them, as if to own them. To make sense of them
And the last one I gave my own name, and I watched it swim away
Freya Jackson is a young writer from Leeds, she has previously been published in Writing Maps and Empty Oaks and was a finalist for the 2015 Princemere Poetry Prize.


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5 Terrifying Serial Killers Who Happened to Be Animals - [Cracked]Possible Cancer Treatment Breakthrough of the Day - [The Daily What: Geeks]
Researchers at Stanford University are experimenting with a new kind of cancer treatment that works by targeting a protein called CD47, which cancer cells use to signal the body's innate immune system not to attack them. By using an antibody to block CD47, the Stanford scientists were able to activate the immune system to attack a wide range of human cancers — including ovarian, breast, colon, bladder, brain, liver and prostate — in lab mice, and even fully cure them in some cases.The Raid: Redemption: A Movie Review - [Videogum]
There's not actually a lot to be said about The Raid: Redemption. It was good! If I try to formulate why it was good into actual sentences, I sound like a child writing in crayon. "This movie was good and I enjoyed watching it. It had lots of action in it. My favorite part was when the one sweaty guy was in a headlock from behind and he kicked his legs out and flipped underneath the guy to throw him to the ground, but I also liked the part when the hero double-stabbed a dude and then kneed him through a wall, and then time when he killed him with a doorframe." See what I mean? Stupid idiot likes it.U.S. Men's Soccer Fails To Qualify For Olympics - [LA Times]
The U.S. entered the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament with high expectations. But it's going home empty-handed after Jaime Alas' goal in stoppage time lifted El Salvador to a 3-3 tie in the final game of group play Monday in Nashville, ending the Americans' Olympic soccer dreams. The U.S. was about a minute shy of the victory it needed to advance to the tournament semifinals as the winner of its group when Alas charged up the center of the American defense and uncorked a blast from 25 yards out that bounced once before eluding backup U.S. keeper Sean Johnson, who got a hand on the shot but couldn't stop it. That not only knocked the U.S. out of the tournament, but also it changed El Salvador's fortunes, with the Central Americans leaping from elimination to the top of the Group A standings ahead of Canada, which tied Cuba, 1-1, in Monday's first game and advances as the group runner-up.The Story Behind The Olympus Scandal - [Business Week]
The constable behind the counter at the Belgravia Police Station in central London raised his eyebrows in bemusement at the well-spoken middle-aged Englishman, wearing a suit and tie and overcoat, standing before him on a mid-October afternoon. The gentleman had short, receding black hair, close-set eyes, and a generous round chin. He mumbled darkly about Japanese organized crime—the Yakuza—and a corporate scandal he had uncovered in Tokyo. He claimed he had been the president and chief executive officer of a global corporation, had discovered that a fortune had gone missing, and then had been fired. He now had reason to believe, based on what he'd heard from journalists and fellow businessmen, that he might be killed.The 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Photos) - [In Focus] Pic via


text: "This union will enable persistence to the end with a pure spirit in the most narrow relations with God" (Gregory Palamas, II.2.20). Such relations were defined as "direct relations with God in which no intermediary such as an angel intervenes" (II.3.27-28). Deification is not hypostatic: "Hypostatic union happens to be predicated of the Word and God-man alone . . . those deemed worthy of union with God are united to God in energy and spirit" (Capita 75). "By this union the mind sees God in the Spirit in a manner transcending human powers" (II.3.11).


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Regional Roundup
Published 7:05 am, Friday, August 27, 2010
Elvis Presley's stepbrother, Rick Stanley, is set to speak at the Go Tell Crusade at Younger Field on Sunday through Wednesday beginning at 7 p.m. Stanley also will make an appearance at the 10:25 a.m. Sunday service at Calvary Baptist Church, 701 N. El Paso in Tulia. - The Swisher County News
•The Tulia Independent School District will continue honoring the district's senior citizens with the use of "Maroon & White cards." Cardholders will be granted free general admission to all athletic events held at Tulia ISD facilities, excluding playoff games. The cards may be obtained at the superintendent's office, 702 N.W. Eighth St.. - The Tulia Herald
Lockney's first-ever car show and cruise will take place Saturday. Classic cars will be seen down Main Street, and other activities planned by the Lockney Chamber of Commerce will take place. The show is set to begin at noon, and cars will roll down Main Street at 7 p.m. Registration is at 9 a.m. with a $15 entry fee per car. For more information call Archie Jones at 806-652-3836 or 806-298-7853. - The Floyd-County Hesperian Beacon
Hospice Hands of West Texas, 305 N. Main, will have its second annual live and silent auction at 1 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds benefit those who can't pay for their hospice needs. The non-profit hospice does not turn away anyone. Sam Fortenberry will be auctioneer. Donations of any kind for the auction should be taken to the hospice office.
•The Floyd and Surrounding Counties Fair will be Sept. 17-19 at the Lockney Fairgrounds. The theme is "Back in the Saddle Again." Those interested in participating may call Darlene Brosch at 652-2029 or 685-1080. Information packets also are available at the Herald, 820 Broadway.
Kress Keen Agers will host a domino tournament at the Senior Citizen Center beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. An entry fee of $15 per player includes lunch. Competition starts at 9 a.m. For more information call Dale Street at 687-2737. - The Kress Chronicle
The city council adopted an effective tax rate of $.552 per $100 valuation for property owners. The new rate takes effect Oct. 1. The current rate is $.556. - The Pulse
Carr Middle School Ice Cream Social will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the school auditorium, offering a chance to meet the teachers, staff, football players, cheerleaders and girl's athletic participants. - The Hale Center American
Boy Scouts Thomas Cook, Dusten Barnes, Jacob Lopez, Matthew Cross and Jonny Jenkins have earned merit badges and moved up a rank in the Scouts. - Olton Enterprise
Koree Smith has been named state essay winner for the Texas Soil and Water Conservation District. The contest was designed to express to students the importance of soil and water resources and how they are linked to providing food and clean water. Smith place third at district and first at regional then was judged best at the state level. - Briscoe County News
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The Old Travelers meet the "Innocents"By
I am currently wandering around Europe in the highly entertaining company of Samuel Clemens, reading his account of the long and complicated trip he took in 1867 and wrote up in "The Innocents Abroad."
It's nice to get away from Venice for a while, speaking of tourism. And I'd accompany the famous Mark Twain wherever he wanted to go, even if it were downtown Bugtussle, Oklahoma. Still, his five-months-long voyage of discovery is, in many respects, better experienced from afar. This way you don't have to put up with the insufferable man he nicknamed The Oracle, for one thing, and also you don't have to spend any money.
The ideal travel companion, in my view, needs not only a galvanized stomach, an indestructible curiosity and no need for sleep, but a sense of humor more finely tuned than any Stradivarius. To laugh at others and at oneself is harder than it looks, but Twain has got the touch.
More than all that, he, unlike many returning travelers we have all known and tolerated (or not), is usually interesting and occasionally informative and always, ALWAYS amusing, especially when he says something that totally nails the truth.
A fairly well-known example, still worth repeating, is from his first night in Paris:
After dinner we felt like seeing such Parisian specialties as we might see without distressing exertion, and so we sauntered through the brilliant streets and looked at the dainty trifles in variety stores and jewelry shops. Occasionally, merely for the pleasure of being cruel, we put unoffending Frenchmen on the rack with questions framed in the incomprehensible jargon of their native language, and while they writhed, we impaled them, we peppered them, we scarified them, with their own vile verbs and participles.
But that isn't the best. The best is his portrait of the Old Travelers.
Old Travelers are hard to find because by now everybody's on the road. Nobody can travel like he did anymore, as we all know, because if we haven't already been there, we've read or heard about it by one of a million means. There will always be somebody who has preceded us to the remotest peak of the Gandakush Pass or some fleck of a barely-populated mini-Micronesian atoll. No surprises left.
But in his day foreign travel was still relatively difficult and expensive, so the Old Traveler was still at large, prepared to ruin the enthusiasm of any honest beginner.
And here is what he has to say about the ones he found in Paris:
The Old Travelers — those delightful parrots who have "been here before" and know more about the country than Louis Napoleon knows now or ever will know …
But we love the Old Travelers. We love to hear them prate and drivel and lie. We can tell them the moment we see them. They always throw out a few feelers; they never cast themselves adrift till they have sounded every individual and know that he has not traveled. Then they open their throttle valves, and how they do brag, and sneer, and swell, and soar, and blaspheme the sacred name of Truth! Their central idea, their grand aim, is to subjugate you, keep you down, make you feel insignificant and humble in the blaze of their cosmopolitan glory! They will not let you know anything. They sneer at your most inoffensive suggestions; they laugh unfeelingly at your treasured dreams of foreign lands; they brand the statements of your traveled aunts and uncles as the stupidest absurdities; they deride your most trusted authors and demolish the fair images they have set up for your willing worship with the pitiless ferocity of the fanatic iconoclast! But still I love the Old Travelers. I love them for their witless platitudes, for their supernatural ability to bore, for their delightful asinine vanity, for their luxuriant fertility of imagination, for their startling, their brilliant, their overwhelming mendacity!
If you are ever tempted to behave in this manner toward a fellow traveler (so to speak), be aware that the ghost of the sage of Hannibal, Mo. will be fleering at you from somewhere on high. It would be safer, and certainly more polite, merely to reply to whatever the less-traveled person may have said with the impregnable response with which H.L. Mencken is said to have answered every letter responding to his editorials in the Baltimore Sun: "You may be right."


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NEW YORK (Dec. 3)
The secret Soviet trials and imprisonment of Jewish religious leaders in Leningrad and Moscow are "an expression of the Soviet Union's outspoken, anti-Israeli policy," Senator Jacob K. Javits, of New York, declared here this weekend upon return from a 10-day visit to the USSR.
"Through these persecutions of the Jewish leaders," the Senator said, "Russia is giving notice that she will not tolerate the emigration of Russian Jewry to Israel or any advocacy of such a move." Mr. Javits, who went to Russia primarily to investigate the status of Soviet trade with the United States, said he visited and worshiped at the Great Synagogue in Moscow, and found the Sabbath service there proceeding as usual.
However, he emphasized, not one of the Russian religious Jews he met would discuss the reports about the renewed persecutions launched against Jews recently by the Russian authorities. The Senator said he could not reach a single, authoritative, Russian Government official with whom he could discuss the situation of the Jews in the USSR.


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Securities Exemption
The Securities and Exchange Commmission ("SEC") is a federal regulatory agency in charge of, amongst other things, securities. Broadly defined, securities includes: "any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, denture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement…investment contract"…and so on (15 U.S.C § 77b).
The definition then continues on for an entire paragraph listing over 20 different "scenarios" that constitute a security. While what the definition of what is considered a security is a topic for another article, a security is generally anything that a person or entity gives to another, without actively being involved in the control of operations, while expecting a return. This pretty much encompasses most types of investment that a business may receive in starting their operations.
Businesses that receive these types of investments are typically required to register the security offering (the offering of the investment opportunity) with the SEC. The registration process can be complicated and expensive to the point of being cost prohibitive for many small businesses. It is because of this that the SEC has set out several exemptions where smaller or more limited investment offerings do not require such complicated filings.
The exemptions that will be discussed in this article are based out of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Keep in mind that there are other possible exemptions and also, in addition to having to fulfill the requirements under the SEC exemptions, that you will still need to comply with state "Blue Sky" laws which govern securities at a state level.
Within Regulation D are several rules. Rule 504, 505, and 506 will be the basis of discussion for this article. Within each rule there are several requirements, each of which must be met in order for the offering to qualify under the exemption. Keep in mind that this article is meant to be a very brief overview of the securities exemptions. Each rule has many nuisances and before relying on any rules, it is always best to speak to a securities attorney first.
Rule 504
Businesses relying on Rule 504 may offer and sell up to $1,000,000 of their securities in any 12-month period. Under Rule 504, the company generally cannot solicit or advertise their securities to the public. Also, those who purchase the securities may have "restricted securities" which means that they may not sell the securities to a third party.
Companies wishing to rely on Rule 504 and who wish to advertise or solicit their securities must meet the following requirements:
• Registering the offering in a states that requires a publicly filed registration statement and delivery of a substantive disclosure document to investors;
• Delivery of the disclosure documents required by the state where the company registered the offering to all purchasers; or
• Selling exclusively according to state law exemptions that permit general solicitation and advertising, so long as the company sells only to "accredited investors."
An accredited investor is a person or entity with a certain level of sophistication or net worth to where the investor is likely aware and capable of taking the risks involved with the investment.
Rule 505
To qualify under Rule 505, a company:
• Can only offer and sell up to $5 million of its securities in any 12-month period;
• May sell to an unlimited number of "accredited investors" and up to 35 other persons who do not need to satisfy the sophistication or wealth standards associated with other exemptions;
• Must inform purchasers that they received "restricted" securities, meaning that the securities cannot be sold for six months or longer without registering them; and
• Cannot use general solicitation or advertising to sell the securities.
As far as the information that is required to be given to investors, the company must give non-accredited investors disclosure documents that are equal to those used in registered offerings. Companys may determine what information to give to accredited investors so long as it does not violate the antifraud prohibitions of the federal securities laws.
Rule 506
Under Rule 506, a company can raise an unlimited amount of money. There are actually two distinct exemptions that fall under Rule 506.
Under Rule 506(b)
• The company cannot use general solicitation or advertising to market the securities;
• The company may sell its securities to an unlimited number of "accredited investors" and up to 35 other purchases.
Unlike Rule 505, all non-accredited investors must be sophisticated
• Companies decide what information to give to accredited investors, but companies must give non-accredited investors disclosure documents that are similar to those used in registered offerings. Any information that is provided to accredited investors, must be available to non-accredited investors as well;
• The company must be available to answer questions by prospective purchasers; and
• Financial statement requirements are the same as for Rule 505.
Under Rule 506(c), a company can broadly solicit and generally advertise the offering, but still be deemed to be undertaking a private offering within if:
• The investors in the offering are all accredited investors; and
• The company has taken reasonable steps to verify that its investors are accredited investors.
For more information about securities or for assistance in your business needs, contact Biletsky Law.


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Western societies are facing a major problem as a result of increased pension costs. In particular, across all states the cost to maintain solvent state sponsored pension funds has increased greatly in the last 5 years. This trend will continue on for the next 10-15 years. The cause is largely to do with demographics and a years of lackluster return on investment.
The main problem is not so much how to keep the various pension funds solvent. That's 'easy' in the sense that employer contributions, employee contributions and other sources of cash infusions can be adjusted to meet the pension's payout liabilities. The harder question to judge and answer is how big of an impact does this wealth transfer have on our society in the decades and generations to come.
We live in a world of limited resources. Governments, whether local, state or national have constraints. Every year a budget is developed for that exact purpose; how to allocate the resources at hand. Higher costs to maintain pension systems is akin to a snake wrapping itself around its prey. Slowly the grip is tightened and the prey has greater difficulty breathing. How tight will the squeeze of these pension systems become? How will this strain impact our society's ability to move forward with the vitality of past generations?
I am worried about the impact based on history. We know that one of the main drivers of the decline of the automobile industry in the U.S. stemmed from increased costs and inflexible labor. Partially this had to do with maintaining a very expensive pension system for groups like the United Auto Workers. No free lunch exists. If a dollar goes to supporting a pension system, then it cannot be spent on research and development. The same goes for public pensions. If a dollar goes to support a public pension system, that dollar cannot be directed to hire a teacher.
In the end, I believe the rising costs of pensions throughout the next decade will have a significant negative impact for western countries, especially the U.S. It will constrict our resources, which will make it more difficult for us to maintain our competitive footing. Whether it's to ensure our communities are safe via fire and police services or ensuring our youth receive the education they need to advance our technological society, across the board less resources will be available to maintain and grow standards of success.
No need to run for the hills. Be aware of this trend and its impact and factor it into your long-term investment factors.
Stay tuned for future postings on how to hand these long-term winds of change.


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Triple-A Empire State: L 3-5 to Rochester. L: Betances (0-2)
Kevin Russo: 1/3, R, BB (.278)
Colin Curtis: 1/4, RBI, 2 K (.270)
Dewayne Wise: 2/2 (.500). He's really smoking the ball. For some reaosn Kruml took his place 2 at bats in. I'm not sure why.
Brandon Laird: 2/4, K (.233). Starting to pick it up a bit.
Francisco Cervelli: 1/4, R, 2B, K (.094). Nice to see him get a hit today. He also threw 2/3 runners out.
Ramiro Pena also had a HR today (1/4)
Dellin Betances: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K (10.38 ERA). Yet another very bad outing. He really has to start gaining some control of his stuff. You can have all the stuff in the world, but if you can't throw strikes, you will go the way of Andrew Brackman. He's better than Brackman though.
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (1.8 ERA).
Double-A Trenton: W 6-3 vs Erie. W: Shaeffer Hall (2-1) S: Claiborne (1)
Abe Almonte: 1/5, 2 R, K (.205)
Ronnier "Musketeer" Mustelier: 2/5, CS (4) (.325) He doesn't swing and miss much, and he seems to make good contact. Probably should be more selective in his base stealing attempts though.
"Boilin" Zoilo Almonte: 2/4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, K (.282)
Cody Johnson: 2/4, R, HR (4), RBI, 2 K (.393). 9 K in 8 g so far, but 4 HR. Regardless of the strikeouts, he looks really good early on. If he can cut down on those strikeouts though, the Yanks may just have something here.
Melky "Melkman 2" Mesa: 2/4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI, K (.297). He's quietly having a very good start to the season.
Kevin Mahoney: 1/3, R, HR (1), RBI, BB (.267)
Walt Ibarra: 0/4, K (.290)
Shaeffer Hall: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, BB, K, HR (3.94 ERA). He's 2-1 now. He seems to always turn in solid outings, although not great outings.
Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, H, 0 ER, BB, 4 K (2.25 ERA). Got his first save. He's looked very good so far this season.
High-A Tampa: W 6-2 vs Clearwater. W: Turley (1-0)
Eddy Sosa: 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI (.233). A well needed 3-hit game to bring the average up.
Kelvin "Castrol GTX" Castro: 2/4, R, 2B, RBI, K (.244)
Ramon "Ray-Flo" Flores: 2/4, R, 2B, RBI (.189). Also needed a multi-hit game and got it. Hopefully he can use this as a springboard.
Rob Segedin: 0/3, RBI, K (.310) Broke an 8 game hitting streak.
Kyle Roller: 0/4, K (.171)
JR Murphy: 0/4 (.212) Slumpin'
Neil Medchill: 1/3, R, 2 K (.324)
Jose "Last of the Mojicans" Mojica: 2/3, 2 R, 2B, 3B (.394). Off to a great start, but he's old for the level, and hasn't done much in his career up until now.
Nik "Turley Bird" Turley: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 7 K (1.00 ERA). That's his first win, he has looked downright impressive thus far. Spread six hits over seven innings, but the seven strikeouts are even more exciting.
Kramer Sneed: 1 IP, H, R, 0 ER, 0 K (0.00 ERA). Still no earned runs yet.
Low-A Charleston: W 5-1 vs Augusta: W: Campos (3-0)
Mason "Mad Mase" Williams: 2/5, SB (6) (.327) Another solid performance. Looks like Augusta may have had a bad defensive catcher, the RiverDogs stole five bases off of him.
Angelo Gumbs: 0/5, 2 K (.182)
Dante Bichette Jr.: 1/4, 2 R, BB, K (.317)
Tyler Austin: 2/4, 3 R, 3B, RBI, BB, K, SB (1) (.444). Austin continues accosting the ball. He just seems to be outclassing the pitchers at this level.
Gary "Sanchize" Sanchez: 4/5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, K, SB (2) (.385). Another guy who's destrying the ball. Both could be promoted before long.
Ben Gamel: 1/4, RB, BB, SB (4) (.231) He's stealing a decent number of bases considering he hasn't been on base all that much so far.
Cito Culver: 1/4, BB, SB (2) (.128). Was that…. a hit? It was from the right side of the plate :-/
Jose Campos: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 7 K (0.56 ERA) Continues his domination of this level. What a group they have here.
Zach Varce: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 K (1.5 ERA) He has looked really good this year, that's 7 K in 6 IP.
Ben Paullus: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 K (4.5 ERA) Good rebound from his recent rough outing.


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RUFC - Moore, And Co, Lose Out To Buckle
Ronnie Moore was one of those in the running for the league two manager of the month for August although the Rotherham manager, and others, missed out on this accolade.
Moore, along with Shrewsbury and Chesterfield managers Graham Turner and John Sheridan respectively, missed out to Torquay's Paul Buckle.
Until the final game of August Torquay had won every league game. Going back to last season they had also not conceded a goal in nearly 1000 minutes before they conceded against Port Vale.
Buckle was 'proud' to pick up this award but stressed it was a team effort: 'this award is testament to all the hard work put in by the players, backroom staff and everyone connected with the club.
'It is lovely to be rewarded in this way and I am extremely proud to pick up the npower League Two manager of the month trophy.'
Do you think that the best man won the August manager of the month?
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Words by Yanic Simard | Photography by Brandon Barré
Often, when homeowners move into a new space, whether freshly built or staged to sell, they'll find the house simply doesn't feel like a home.
Designer Yanic Simard shares his rules for claiming a new space and creating an interior that feels familiar and comfortable.
Treasured Heritage
Rather than replacing original details like mouldings and doors to achieve a more "perfect" look, allow these elements to become features using contrasting paint colours and finishes.
Dabble Savvy: In this Victorian house the walls, ceiling and trim are painted in one shade only, Benjamin Moore's OC-23 Classic Gray. A single colour throughout visually obscures uneven lines and imperfections. A matte finish is used on walls and ceiling while the trim gets subtle emphasis with a satin finish. The doors are painted in Benjamin Moore's 2121-10 Gray—a deeper shade that makes them pop for architectural interest.
In with the Old
To create a sense of personal history, introduce treasured items already owned.
Dabble Savvy: Blend vintage and contemporary pieces to blur time periods and create a custom, timeless impression.
Redraw the Lines
Never settle for a pre-existing layout—experiment with new furniture arrangements and always pull seating away from the walls.
Lighten Up
To add character without clutter include sheer and see-through elements like the draperies and peek-a-boo seating.
Dabble Savvy: Mirrored finishes and reflective metals (like the gold-leaf glass cocktail cubes in the living room) enrich almost any colour scheme without creating visual overload. Avoid a "matchy-matchy" look by casually mixing metals in warm and cool tones.


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8pm. 14th December, 2012. V&A
A live performance by Shireen Francis and The Small Island Project and hear a unique blend of jazz with flavours of calypso, reggae, and Shireen's exquisite vocals.
Performing with some of the country's top jazz musicians, Shireen's voice and her natural musicianship have delighted audiences all around the world. Band's members have worked with artists such as Billy Ocean, Chet Baker, Courtney Pine, Andy Hamilton and Chaka Khan to name but a few, and performed at many international venues and festivals.
Free, drop in
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Here's a recent consultation I performed for a woman who needed assistance with determining the best placement for a nostril piercing:
Dear Elayne:
I have a placement dilemma. For years, I've secretly admired nose piercings but was too afraid to get a piercing of my own until about 4 months ago. I was initially apprehensive due to being employed in a white collar work setting and being over 40 years old. I did tons of research and decided to go for it-especially after learning that there is a variety of "discreet" jewelry, to avoid having to remove my piercing while at work.
Upon arriving at the tattoo/piercing studio, I had already envisioned where I wanted the placement on my left nostril to be. I assumed that by requesting that the placement be madenear the lower part of my nostril & back-it would be an ideal way for the placement to be discreet.
Well, after looking at my placement over and over again. I feel that I did not choose an ideal or flattering spot for the piercing. I have since taken out my nose jewelry to let the piercing close, so that I can have it re-pierced.
Elayne, I have enclosed some pictures for you to assess the "best" placement location.
My reply:
I've indicated what I believe would be the best placement for your nostril piercing on the photos you provided. One shows just a small circle for the placement I would describe as an ideal aesthetic for your anatomy. Let me know if you have additional questions.
Nostril Piercing: Placement
The traditional placement for a nostril piercing is at the crease line on the side of the nose. A big smile accentuates this feature to help pinpoint the spot. This area is often thinner than the rest of the nose, so it may heal faster and feel less tender when pierced. The jewelry will rest in a natural niche, where it nestles most gracefully. I find it aesthetically pleasing when the placement of the piercing forms a relatively equilateral triangular shape with the opening of your nostril, from end to end.
Depending on your preferences, other placements are also possible: higher or lower, closer to the tip of your nose or your face. The backing of a nostril screw or mini barbell will be visible when the piercing is too low, even if the jewelry is properly sized. Multiple nostril piercings are another possibility. Due to space constraints, you will achieve the most attractive, comfortable results when you decide on an overall plan before your first piercing is made.
Where are you located? All of my piercer referrals are posted on this page of my website:
If I haven't personally worked with or trained any piercers in your area, you can check the website for a member of the Association of Professional Piercers who is local to you:
The APP is a non-profit international organization dedicated to disseminating vital health and safety information about piercing to piercers, piercees, medical professionals, legislators, and the general public. The piercers are not "certified" by the association, however. While some of the piercers on the list may have taken my seminars at the annual APP conferences, I still wouldn't consider them to have been "trained by me," as those courses only last a few hours and aren't sufficient for providing a thorough education. Please meet the piercer and see if you develop a good rapport and if they inspire your confidence.
Elayne,I am so pleased with your placement recommendation! I have one more question. When I get my nose re-pierced, I want to use a 14K yellow gold, 20 gauge, .75mm pressed fit diamond for my starter jewelry. Is that okay. I thought while my piercing is new/small in diameter, this would be the best time.
My reply:
Since I won't be the one to do your piercing, you're going to need to discuss the jewelry selection with the actual piercer.
That said, 20 ga is the smallest gauge thickness (and the most common) that I use for that area. When you say "press fit" diamond, did you mean the Neometal style of press-fit jewelry (like a mini barbell) as shown here:
http://www.neometal.com/ That style comes in 18 ga as the smallest thickness.
I usually use 1.75 mm as the smallest gem size. Also 14 k yellow gold can be fine, but it MUST be made only with inert elements. See this information on initial jewelry materials:
Here's some information about nostril jewelry style options:
Nostril Piercing: All about Jewelry
The ordinary straight-post earring style with a press-on backing is dangerous if worn in the nostril because its sharp end aims right at your septum, where it can cause damage if bumped. A backing can harbor bacteria and secretions from your nose and the piercing, which increases your risk of infection. Stud earrings often call unwelcome attention to the interior of your nose, but they fall out easily if worn without the bulky backing.
A number of popular jewelry styles are much better suited to the nostril, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The placement and angle of the piercing is closely connected to the way jewelry fits in the nostril.
Nostril Piercing: The Nostril Screw
The nostril screw is a stud modeled after a traditional East Indian design. The orna- ment displayed on the exterior rests atop a straight wire post that passes through the piercing; the tail terminates in a curl that rests flat against the interior of your nostril. This keeps the jewelry in place without requiring a backing. When properly sized and shaped to fit you, the jewelry is comfortable and is not visible inside your nose.
Nostril screws set with gems are a very popular style for nostril piercings, and many of the stone settings are flat in the back, where they attach to the post. For the stone to rest properly on your nose, this, too, must be factored in with the angle of your piercing and the shape of your nose. On a nostril of average shape the same angle will often suit both a ring and a stud set with a gem.
Nostril Piercing: The Mini Barbell
A flat disc backing on a mini barbell minimizes jewelry on the interior of the nose, and it eliminates the need to bend or adjust the jewelry. The press-fit style with a remov- able end is versatile, as different gems or shapes can be interchanged with the help of hemostats to hold the post. Some piercers may not be familiar with this jewelry, but it is an excellent option for piercees who do not find nostril screws to be comfortable.
Nostril Piercing: The L-Bend Style
Some piercees prefer a modified nostril screw, the L-bend, which lacks the curl on the inside portion of the wire. This makes the jewelry easier to insert (which is convenient when you change yours frequently), but it is also more likely to fall out. After you are healed, this style can work well if you are careful not to dislodge it. A normal earring post won't be long enough to form into an L-bend; specialized jewelry is still required.
Nostril Piercing: The Nose Bone Style
Elayne, I cannot explain to you how pleased I was with your prompt consultation. Your knowledge & expertise was just what I was looking for to address the placement issues that I was experiencing with my nose piercing. I am relieved to know that there was a solution.Also, thank you for providing me the useful information from the Association of Professional Piercers (APP). I am defenitely more informed about my decision to have my nose re-pierced and feel confident because I am more knowledgeable when working with my piercer. Elayne, thanks so much! The pictures you sent me to show the area for the correct placement of my piercing were right on. I'm taking these with me to show my piercer.


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- 1. You eat energy bars when you don't have to.
- 2. You can find a place to pee anywhere, any time.
- 3. You've had the same unopened packet of frozen peas in your freezer for the last two years.
- 4. Your running shoes are the first thing you pack for your summer holiday.
- 5. When walking in a crowd, you make a conscious effort to catch and pass the person in front of you.
- 6. The staff at your local specialist running shop greet you by name when you walk in.
- 7. Your osteopath sends you Christmas cards.
- 8. Every time you climb a flight of stairs, you put your fingers to your wrist to check your heart rate - then go back and do it again.
- 9. You can't remember your mother's birthday, but you can rattle off your last five 10K times, including the seconds - and you know they're faster than hers.
- 10. When you read this list, you think, "Is this supposed to be funny?"
Are You A Real Runner?
New runners are often prone to saying "I'm not a real runner," as if there's a litmus test for such an entity. Okay, maybe there is. Work it out for yourself. You know you're a real runner when:


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A lone individual suspected of having ties to terrorism killed four and injured forty in a brazen attack in London on Wednesday, March 22nd 2017.
The suspected terrorist – unnamed as of now – sped over the Westminster Bridge in a Hyundai, subsequently jumped the pavement and mowed down pedestrians. Then the vehicle veered and hit the British Parliament's perimeter wall. The driver rushed out of the car and run into the New Palace Yard where he brutally stabbed to death British parliamentary and diplomatic protection command officer, Keith Palmer. Eventually the attacker was shot and killed by other armed officers. Many of the injured are in serious condition.
In a statement, U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May said:
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who have been affected – to the victims themselves, and their family and friends who waved their loved ones off, but will not now be welcoming them home.
For those of us who were in Parliament at the time of this attack, these events provide a particular reminder of the exceptional bravery of our police and security services who risk their lives to keep us safe.
Once again today, these exceptional men and women ran towards the danger even as they encouraged others to move the other way.
On behalf of the whole country, I want to pay tribute to them – and to all our emergency services – for the work they have been doing to reassure the public and bring security back to the streets of our Capital City.
That they have lost one of their own in today's attack only makes their calmness and professionalism under pressure all the more remarkable.
The location of this attack was no accident. The terrorists chose to strike at the heart of our Capital City, where people of all nationalities, religions and cultures come together to celebrate the values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech.
These streets of Westminster – home to the world's oldest Parliament – are engrained with a spirit of freedom that echoes in some of the furthest corners of the globe. And the values our Parliament represents – democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law – command the admiration and respect of free people everywhere."
"Tomorrow morning, Parliament will meet as normal. We will come together as normal."
"And we will all move forward together. Never giving in to terror. And never allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart."
Identities of the three civilian victims have not been made public, yet. The slain officer, Keith Palmer, 48, was a husband and father with 15 years of service on the force.
Greater Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins said: "RIP PC Keith Palmer, brutally murdered today carrying out his duty helping to protect parliament and the freedom of our country."
A violent attack on innocent people and a historic institution (the British Parliament which represents the best of our civilization) by a barbarian – whether inspired by terrorism or not – is an attack on us all. We stand in solidarity with United Kingdom's citizens in their grief and outrage.
UPDATE: British police named 52-year-old – born in Kent – Khalid Masoodas as the perpetrator of the attack. (Masoodas had a criminal record and several convictions for prior violent crimes. The full extent of his involvement with organized terrorism is being investigated.) Authorities have arrested eight others in connection with the mayhem.
As we now know among the killed were one American (a husband on a 25th wedding anniversary trip to England with his wife) and a teacher from Spain who was a wife and a mother.
It is heart-breaking that private individuals (four!) without any political agenda have been killed (and forty seriously injured!) by an English-born, known criminal who may have been "inspired" by terrorism…. He didn't advance any "cause". He devastated families.
Anything L.A. Magazine's Editor, E. Elrich


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For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by technology. When I was young I used to make circuits from batteries, torch bulbs and bits of wire, wood and metal.
Even before our family got its first computer in 1987 (an Amstrad PC1512) I was making the computers at my first primary school do things that few other people could. The wordprocessing package often inserted white blocks into the text when you pressed the wrong key, and these could not be deleted in the normal way. I was often called upon to get rid of them. I also did a lot of programming in "LOGO", the turtle graphics language. I remember writing LOGO subroutines to draw all the letters of the alphabet, and putting them together to write my name!
The Amstrad PC1512 was a great computer for it's time, being one of the most powerful PCs around at the time. It was also one of the first PCs to come with a mouse and graphical operating system (in this case GEM, the same interface now used on the Atari ST computer). The version we had also came with a colour monitor, two 360Kb, 5.25" floppy disk drives and a massive 512Kb of memory. Software supplied was MS-DOS, DOS-PLUS, the GEM suite (which included Desktop, the Locomotive Software's "BASIC2" programming language and GEM PAINT), Migent Ability (the Microsoft Office of its day) and four games (Bruce Lee, Tag Team Wrestling, PSI-5 Trading company and Dambusters). The 20Mb hard disk was an optional extra we did without, and 3.5" floppy disks were unheard of. We also bought a 24 pin dot matrix printer, which came with a wordprocessor called "WordStar".
GEM has now become open source software and can be obtained from here. If you just want to convert your old Paint pictures to a more useful format or run your old Locomotive BASIC2 programs again, try here. For copies of the original Amstrad 1512/1640 boot disks, look here.
I wrote some 200 programs with BASIC2, mostly simple games and graphics programs. There was no ability to make sound apart from a single beep, the frequency of which was fixed. In the years between 1986 and 1994 I discovered DOS, got a copy of Borland Turbo C 2.01 for Christmas (which can now be downloaded from here if you want a small, fast C development environment for DOS), upgraded the computer to a gigantic 640K of memory, bought various computer magazines, added sound to BASIC2 (thanks to Gordon E. Peterson II), drew my first Mandelbrot set, managed to get Microsoft Windows 2.0 running from floppies, eliminated the Dir II virus from my system with only the help of CHKDSK, and wrote my first couple of really playable games - Rockfall, Mr X, the obligatory Tetris clone and Cool Dude. See the Software page if you want to download these.
By 1994, I was getting very fed up with swapping disks in and out and receiving programs on 3.5" disk, which I was unable to use, and programs telling me I needed a more expensive computer to run them on. I managed to persuade my parents to make up the money I needed to buy a new computer, and I settled for a Fountain multimedia 486DX/33 system with a massive 4Mb of RAM, whopping 250Mb hard disk, state-of-the art double speed CD-ROM drive, 16-bit Soundblaster compatible card and Super VGA display system. It also came with the latest software: MS-DOS 6.2, Windows for workgroups 3.11, Encarta 1994 and Microsoft Works. Two years on, and deja-vu - increasing numbers of the programs I used to get every month with my PC Plus subscription refused to run. Unlike the 1512, though, this computer has capacity for expansion. In Easter 1999 it had a serious upgrade, to an AMD K6/2 processor running at 350MHz, 64Mb of RAM, a 4.3Gb hard disk, a 24x CD-ROM drive and Windows 95 OSR2.
In the autumn of 1996 I bought my first laptop, a Compaq LTE Lite/25 with 386SL processor, 80Mb hard disk and monochrome VGA screen. It was a very good deal, in mint condition, second hand, for £100. I thought it would come in very handy at university. Although it seems slow and cramped compared to the Fountain, not having the responsibility of multimedia or many Windows programs meant that I could squeeze an amazing amount of stuff onto the hard disk. Most of the software I had on this computer was highly customised. The machine has now been passed down to my brother Chris.
However, after 2 years, going to the College computer room whenever I wanted to do so much as send an email got to be a real pain in the neck, particularly since all the computers there were either 386s running OS/2 (which they have since replaced with NT machines) or Apple Macs, which crashed a lot and were generally very annoying to use, especially if you wanted to do anything even slightly difficult so after spending the summer of 1999 at work (designing a website for a local company) I saved up enough money to buy myself this - a laptop from Martin Computer Services with an AMD K6/2 processor running at 400MHz, 64Mb of RAM, a 6.4Gb hard disk and a colour 800x600 screen. It usually runs Windows 98 Second Edition, but has on occasion been known to run Debian GNU/Linux.
In the summer of 2001, while doing some coding on this machine, I noticed a funny smell - something like burning rubber. It didn't seem important at the time, so I ignored it and continued with what I was doing. Moments later, smoke started pouring out of the machine's ventilation system! Don't buy unbranded laptops, friends - it's not worth it!
Fixing it was going to be expensive, so I decided I might as well get a new laptop - a Samsung VM8000 with 800MHz Intel Celeron processor, 128Mb RAM, 10Gb of hard disk, 1024x768 screen, built-in modem and networking, and Windows ME. ME, by the way, I would recommend to new users but if you're used to Windows 98 and are happy with it, ME would probably just annoy you - it tries very hard to protect users from themselves, which makes doing anything even slightly unusual exponentially more difficult. It took me weeks, for example, to figure out how to get the UK keyboard layout in a DOS box in the absence of a CONFIG.SYS file. The other thing that annoys me about this machine is that it has a ventilation port on the bottom, so you can only use it on a hard surface. I end up carrying it around on a plastic box so I can use it on my bed, my lap and the sofa. It would have been better if this flat surface had been built in to the machine, as that would have effectively made it lighter and thinner. The only reason I can think of that they didn't is so that the "on paper" statistics for thickness and weight look better.
This machine has since been upgraded to Windows XP so that I can use it to log in to work from home.
I had been meaning to build my own machine for a while, and after working at Microsoft for a while I finally had the money to do it. With some advice from other Microsofties, I put together this machine. It has an Athlon XP 1800+ processor, an MSI KT266A motherboard, 512Mb Crucial PC2100 RAM, a LeadTek GeForce 3 Ti200 video card with 128Mb of RAM, Seagate 80Gb Hard Drive, SoundBlaster Audigy, InWin S500P case, Samsung SyncMaster 700IFT monitor, Epson scanner, Lite On CDRW and DVD (region hacked) drives, floppy drive, 2 ethernet cards and a cable modem internet connection. It has since been upgraded with a video capture card, and 320Gb of additional hard drive. It runs Windows XP usually. I also have a Mandrake Linux partition but I hardly ever use that.


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Chattanooga Spring Tea Party Outdoor Photo Shoot
What a magical memory to gather my little girl and her friends for an end of the year spring tea party.
First of all, it was a great way to celebrate their wonderful kindergarten year.
Second of all, I love tea parties! With my girlfriends or with hers, it doesn't matter to me.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me". ~C.S. Lewis
Love the tea party theme! What beautiful little girls, having a blast!
These are precious! Love your work.
What a cute theme!! LOVE that chair!
It looks like they had a lot of fun!!!
Gosh I love the one of the three of them on the ground! Cute cute!
So cute and I love the colors of their clothing!
Very pretty ~ sweet session with the girls.
I love the one of the three of them lying on the blanket. Great expressions!
Aww! I've been wanting to do a tea party theme. I love your chair too. Great session!


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Philip Hue Color-Changing Light Bulbs
With Philip's new Hue light bulbs, the phrase "mood lighting" takes on a whole new meaning.
Hue lights are controlled via an iPhone and iPad app, which lets users turn them on and off remotely and even change their colors -- ranging from light yellow to bright blue -- to better fit the mood. A timer option is also included that gradually brightens the bulb's over time, transforming Hue into a less-jolting alternative to alarm clocks.
A three-bulb Hue start pack can be bought in Apple stores for $200. A single pack with one bulb is also available for $60.