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The fight for brewer-friendlier self-distribution laws in North Carolina has become a little bit more complicated, as wholesalers have adopted a new non-traditional line of argument to oppose change: brewers aren't keeping up with their taxes, they say.
Citing figures from the state's department of revenue, wholesalers contend nearly a quarter of the state's breweries aren't in total tax compliance, which, in turn, has curbed state excise tax revenues. Allowing breweries to self-distribute more beer than what is already permitted, the argument goes, would only exacerbate the issue.
The state's brewers guild, meanwhile, believes this assertion is a "punitive" one built on a willful misreading of the statistics. The organization says it's means of combatting the group's own competing effort to dramatically raise the self-distribution cap.
As we reported last month, North Carolina brewers have been throwing their weight behind HB 500, a bill designed to overhaul a number of the state's beer industry regulations. Paramount among them, the proposed legislation would enable breweries to self-distribute up to 200,000 barrels per year, raising the current 25,000-barrel cap. Wholesalers, keeping with custom, have ardently opposed this effort by arguing such a dramatic uptick would rupture the three-tier system and ultimately only benefit a handful of brewers.
That's all pretty par for the course. The conflict becomes unique, however, when viewed through the lens of tax compliance.
This new wrinkle began to form when the state's Department of Revenue released a memo claiming 38 of 164 breweries in the state, or 23%, are not in total compliance. The memo was initially composed to help lawmakers understand a different bill filed late last month, HB 480, which would impose new tax reporting requirements on brewers and distillers—but more on that in a minute. Wholesalers seized on the eye-catching figure as an opportunity to hamper the self-distribution effort.
"It makes no sense to expand self-distribution when nearly one-fourth of all brewers are out of compliance with their tax payments and reporting," says Tim Kent, executive director of the North Carolina Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association. "State excise tax revenues have been basically flat for the last six years. The growth rate has been less than one percent a year since 2011. Now we know why."
Brewers take issue with both this logic and the non-compliance stats informing it.
For starters, the North Carolina Brewers Guild counters that "a full quarter" of the state's breweries are less than a year old, and many might be permitted to manufacture but don't actually yet make beer. Such breweries—those with permits that aren't currently brewing—still have to report. The guild says early stage businesses might not be aware of the requirement, and thus are a driving force behind what appears on its face to be a high non-compliance figure. Mature brewers, the types that would actually benefit from a raised self-distribution cap are, by and large, compliant, the guild says.
NoDa Brewing Company of Charlotte sold approximately 16,000 barrels last year, about 14,000 of which were self-distributed. Company founder Todd Ford agrees with the guild's assessment.
"It's ridiculous to assume that the most successful and the most advanced breweries, self distributing breweries in North Carolina, are not paying their taxes, and [wholesalers have] no evidence to prove that we aren't," Ford says. "I risked my life's savings—and my wife's—for this business. I'm not going to do anything shady."
As for revenues being flat, Margo Knight Metzger, executive director of the guild, says the beer category at large is to blame, not small brewers being non-compliant with their taxes.
"That is an intentionally misleading comment," she says. "In North Carolina, excise tax is collected on sales of beer. And overall beer sales are flat. Because craft is growing but all the big macro brewers are flat, [wholesalers are] trying to cast doubt on our industry by using a misleading statistic."
That non-compliance figure isn't being wielded exclusively to kill increased self-distribution, however. It's also being propped up to push forward another legislative effort supported by wholesalers and opposed by brewers: the abovementioned HB 480.
Most controversially, that bill would require certain brewers—namely, those that can legally self-distribute—to divulge privately held information (barrelage sold, dollar sales both on- and off-premise, value of destroyed, spoiled, or otherwise unsellable product, etc.) to the state's alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABC).
"Instead of that information going to Department of Revenue, which is secure and confidential, they want it delivered to the ABC committee, and that becomes public knowledge," NoDa's Ford adds. "Who I'm selling to, how much I'm selling it for, including stuff I'm selling outside the state of North Carolina, which doesn't even apply to North Carolina taxes, all that information is available to the wholesalers. That's ridiculous, they don't need that information."
The NC Guild says it's fine with new reporting requirements and wants its members to pay taxes in accordance with the law. However, it opposes the fact that the bill singles out breweries with wholesaler permits instead of applying to all wholesalers.
Both bills have been referred to the committee on alcohol beverage control.
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"I can't make dinner I'm afraid, as I'm being murdered in ten minutes and then I've got to interview John Connolly…"
There aren't too many places I can think of where I might find myself saying something like that, but the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate was one of them. This annual weekend of murder, mayhem and monkey-business is always one of the highlights of the year for readers and writers alike and is one from which it usually takes a day or two to recover. This is because the Festival is quite unlike any other literary festival I can think of. There is work to be done of course. There are the usual panels and discussions on everything from hardcore sex and violence in the modern serial-killer thriller to the symbolic use of tea and crumpets in the work of Dorothy L Sayers. There are radio and newspaper interviews, there is top-level schmoozing and any number of publishing dinners (OK, not work in the strictest sense of the word), but there is also a social side to the event that transforms a literary festival into one of the longest and most enjoyable parties of the year.
The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has now firmly established itself as the biggest festival of its kind in the world, but it is more than a fabulous array of crime-writing talent that has made it one of a kind. It is the unique atmosphere that attracts readers and writers from all over the world; something of an achievement considering that almost everyone there is addicted to all things macabre and murderous.
Perhaps the most murderous thing of all is the attendees' bar bill. The hotel that hosts the festival has let it be known that the crime-writers and readers that fill the bar every night spend more in one hour than the average wedding party spends in an entire evening. I am extremely proud of this. Not because it reveals a deep-seated problem with heavy drinking amongst the crime-writing fraternity (though that may be true), but because it confirms the widely-held belief that those who murder people on the page are actually among the most affable and easy-going people within the literary community. There are of course exceptions to this rule (and I may well be one of them) but the Festival never fails to disappoint anyone who believes that if they want to have a good time they should look for the crime writers. I'm sure there is a certain amount of backbiting going on and perhaps even the odd spot of backstabbing (we are crime writers, after all) but generally speaking, it is not a genre peopled with writers who subscribe to the philosophy which says "in order for me to do well, you have to do badly." Nowhere is this attitude displayed better and more publicly than at Harrogate.
While old friendships (and occasionally rivalries) are renewed, the festival also offers the chance to get to know the new blood, with sessions and awards devoted to the newer voices within the genre. Those writers yet to be published are wonderfully catered for by 'Creative Thursday' with classes run by established writers and advice provided by the top agents and editors working in the field. The braver of the unpublished writers can then take part in the "Dragon's Pen" and pitch their novels directly at a distinguished panel of agents and editors. Each year it is gratifying to see so many receive such positive responses, despite the panel's continued reluctance to take on thrillers based around snooker or accountancy. What's wrong with these people? Can they not see the appeal of "A Cue For A Killing" or "The Spreadsheet Slaughterer"? But what makes this festival truly special is that the readers and writers spend the entire weekend together. There is, at some festivals, an element of 'us and them', with writers encouraged to bolt for the safety and seclusion of the Green Room or Writer's Retreat once they have spoken and signed their books. Harrogate simply does not have this and, over the course of the weekend, readers will constantly comment on how refreshing it is that the writers they have come to see are happy to hang around and socialise with the people who – let's not forget – are responsible for paying their mortgages.
So, hundreds of readers and thousands of books sold (which does of course keep the publishers happy) but for me, the appeal of this festival is summed up by the number of writers in attendance who are not actually programmed to appear at all, but who come each year because there isn't anywhere else they'd rather be. It's certainly the first weekend that gets marked off in my calendar every year, though I'd better start preparing for the festivities now, because Tony Bennett might have left his heart in San Francisco, but I'm pretty sure my liver is still knocking about in Harrogate somewhere.


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The Latin flavor, endless nightlife, shopping and dining aura make Miami a favorite destination for golf enthusiasts that are rewarded with exclusive golf courses that are a must-play.
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Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort
This beachfront hotel in the heart of Sunny Isles (North Miami Beach) is a beautiful resort and spa offering an excellent experience for those staying in the city to play golf. This resort offers an iconic design, rich history and mesmerizing views of the Atlantic, laying the backdrop for an all-encompassing Miami Beach experience.
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The Diplomat Country Club
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Miami Beach Golf Club
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Crescent Resort & Spa on South Beach
The resort is reminiscent of Hollywood's glamorous past. The timeshares opportunities of this resort make perfect for golf lovers who also appreciate the gem of Art Deco design in the center of the SoBe Historic District.
It is an all-suite boutique resort on South Beach's internationally-known Ocean Drive. The Crescent Resort & Spa on South Beach faces the soft, white sands and the turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean where love lovers can enjoy a walk along the beach after a good round of golf.
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Hilton Grand Vacations Club at McAlpin-Ocean Plaz
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Wow, life has been ultra slow lately. Not boring slow, just normal slow which doesnt exactly make for productive writing. So instead of my usualy commentary on what's been going on in my life lately, something new; A small psychoanalisis... I have been noticing lately that a lot of people bother me. It isnt in a way that i directly hate them, it's more that certain behaviors completely annoy me. Dont get me wrong, im no saint, however some people are just hypocritical. For instance; I went out to Towson the other night and i was talking to someone who was like "you know so-and-so? *for the sake of argument lets call this person B*" To which i said yes, and then this first person began to rant about why they hated B, why B was a poser and a hypocrite and especially how B talks about other people behind their backs. That right there was the ultimate act of hypocracy. And it wasnt just that one instance either. I noticed so many hypocritical things occuring that it made me wonder if some people have even heard the definition of the word. And then there are the massive insults underhandedly passed back and forth from one another, so underhandedly that if one were to not pay attention, one might not notice certain people laughing at them right in front of their face. Anyway all of this is sad, but fixable. I think there really is only once source of all this hypocracy and meanness which is the fact that a lot of other people have a hard time accepting one another, aka self esteem issues. So to wrap it all up, people are basically too busy putting other people down to make themselves feel better to notice when someone right in front of them is upset. Its so pointless, there is animosity between people for the simple reason that they are uncomfortable with themselves.


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Why: This facility allows a person to specify users on an email server in a .htaccess file. Our application for this is in class websites at Southern Adventist University. Advantages include:
If you are a user (e.g. teacher) and not the system administrator, skip to the User Implementationsection of this document.
(assuming Debian Sarge)
# apt-get install
# apt-get install gcc
LoadModule auth_imap_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_auth_imap.so
User Implementation
You'll be creating a .htaccess file to place in the directory you wish to protect. Here is an example that allows any user at SAU in:
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Physical Education and Learning
Students Must be Healthy to Learn: Students Must Learn to be Healthy
The primary goal of school is to ensure that children are educated and gain the knowledge and skills to be productive and successful individuals. Part of this education includes educating students on how to be physically active across their lifespan. Some of the benefits of physical education include helping students to develop motor skills, set goals related to physical activity, provide practice in a range of activities and movements, teach self-discipline and leadership, and encourage students to explore new strategies for maintaining a healthful lifestyle.
Schools are an ideal setting for teaching students how to adopt and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle which provides both mental and physical health benefits. In addition to physical benefits like strong bones and muscles, physical activity, as part of a regular physical education class, decreases the risk that students will become obese and develop weight related diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It may also help to reduce anxiety and depression and increase energy and feelings of well-being.
But, did you know that regular physical activity can help students to improve their concentration, memory, and classroom behavior. Research shows that students who participate in more physical education have better math and reading test scores than those who have less time in physical education.
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) encourages schools to include 150 minutes of physical education per week at the elementary level and 225 minutes per week at the secondary level as part of every student's schedule. In Massachusetts MGL Chapter 71, Section 3, schools are required to teach physical education, as a required course, to all students in every grade, K-12.
Chapter 71: Section 3. Physical education
Section 3. Physical education shall be taught as a required subject in all grades for all students in the public schools for the purpose of promoting the physical well-being of such students. Instruction in physical education may include calisthenics, gymnastics and military drill; but no pupil shall be required to take part in any military exercise if his parent or guardian is of any religious denomination conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, or is himself so opposed, and the school committee is so notified in writing; and no pupil shall be required to take part in physical education exercises if a licensed physician certifies in writing that in his opinion such physical education exercises would be injurious to the pupil.
Guidance related to physical education in schools can be found at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:
- Commissioner's Update: Physical Education Requirements
- Physical Education Fact Sheet
- Coordinated School Health Newsletter - Physical Activity
- Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework
This curriculum framework provides guidance to schools and districts as they develop in instruction for health education and physical education courses. Standard 2 — Physical Activity & Fitness include standards specific to physical education courses.
- Moving into the Future - National Standards for Physical Education
The national standards for physical education, written by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) provide the foundational information for physical education courses.
- Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) is a self-assessment and planning guide developed by CDC. It is designed to help school districts and schools conduct clear, complete, and consistent analyses of physical education curricula, based upon national physical education standards.
SPARK is a research-based organization that provides evidence-based Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, and Coordinated School Health programs to teachers and recreation leaders serving Pre-K through 12th grade students.
- CDC Physical Activity Guidelines
How much physical activity do we need? CDC provides detailed physical activity guidelines for various age groups.
- Educating the Student Body | Institutes of Medicine


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Australian police Wednesday raided an Islamic centre and seized two men for alleged involvement in recruiting and sending jihadist fighters to Syria.
The raids involving 180 police came a day after the country's spy chief said he was "actively considering" raising the terror threat level over Australians' involvement in overseas militant groups.
Australian Federal Police said the men, aged 21 and 31, were arrested for terrorism offences, alleging they were "involved in recruiting, facilitating and funding people to travel to Syria to engage in hostile activities".
The arrests, after a 12-month investigation, came during several raids in Brisbane and Logan, a city just south of the Queensland capital, where they focused on the iQraa Islamic Centre and bookstore.
A gun and a crossbow were found during the raids, said Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan.
The younger man was charged with recruiting people to go to Syria to fight for al Qaeda-backed militant group Jabhat al-Nusra, and with preparing to travel to the Middle Eastern country "with the intention of engaging in hostile activity".
Police have yet to charge the 31-year-old.
Authorities did not name either of them. But Gaughan confirmed the older man was the brother of Abu Asma al Australi, who was suspected of being the first Australian suicide bomber to die in Syria.
Gaughan said there was no information at this stage that the men were planning a terrorist attack in the country.
"Australians travelling offshore to engage in, or support terrorist activities or conflict present a significant threat to Australia's national security ?- both in foreign countries and upon their return to Australia," he added.
Queensland police Assistant Commissioner Gayle Hogan said there was "nothing in this investigation that points to any attack or any problems in relation to the G20".
Brisbane is set to host the G20 leaders' summit in November.
On Tuesday spy chief David Irvine said he was "actively considering" increasing the country's terror threat level to high from medium, where it has been since 2003.
Irvine, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, told ABC television there were more than 20 people who had returned to Australia after fighting in Iraq and Syria.
The higher threat level, if raised, would be "because of the influence of Syria and Iraq on young Australians both in terms of going to those places to fight, but also in terms of what they are doing here in Australia with a potential intent to attack", Irvine said.
There was a national outcry in August after a picture of a seven-year-old Australian boy holding a severed head in Syria, which ran on newspaper front pages, was posted on the Twitter account of the child's father Khaled Sharrouf.
The Australian father had fled to Syria last year and is now an Islamic State (IS) fighter.
The country has stepped up efforts to stop youngsters from being radicalised and joining extremist groups, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott announcing a Aus$64 million (US$58 million) package in August to support community groups and security agencies.
The government believes up to 60 Australians were fighting alongside IS jihadists, while another 100 were actively working to support the movement at home.
IS and Al-Nusra are rooted in Al-Qaeda in Iraq but the two groups have been openly at war with each other in Syria since early this year.
Both groups have been listed as terrorist organisations in Australia.


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You know the kind of people who open their mouths to effortlessly pull out magical little observations the way a magician lifts a rabbit out of a hat ? I think the delightfully talented Ariel Gordon is probably that kind of person. She's a writer/ editor out of Winnipeg, Manitoba whose website is full of beautiful revelations about dead frogs, the angles of rays of light and all other sublime minutiae overlooked by the masses. She sent me this photo to base a fast fiction on:
After you read this story you should visit Ariel's site to put a little poetry into your Monday morning and let her help you attune yourself to something new.
Stan Karlmein lifted his face up from the floor of the unfamiliar hallway. Half his bald head was bearded and wigged with imprints from the carpet and his typical morning look of confusion was magnified tenfold by the fact that he hadn't the foggiest clue where he was. His brain slowly lurched into motion, moving forward into the meaning of the view in front of him.
"Sir, I'll have to ask you to get up," came a deep voice from behind him.
Stan turned his head, which was aching with morning lethargy, in the direction of two men dressed as police officers. They stood over him with metal canisters in their hands.
"Sir, you'll have to vacate these premises immediately." The other officer's voice was even deeper, coming from within a massively muscular chest. He nudged the poet with the tip of his black boot.
Anger surged through the poet's body, waking him up to a state of knowing what must be done.
"I don't have to do anything," he shouted, swinging his legs to sweep the feet from beneath the police. Through the ensuing struggle the rage poet was wrestled to the wall and then back to the ground. As he lay pinned on the ground people peered out from their hotel room doors and words started to crystalize in the compression of rage and shame that wrecked havok in his body.
His routine of a nightcap of laudenum, a drop off in some brand new environment and a wake up call from his two assistants once again was going to provide him with grist for his poetic mill.
Inspiration through anger, he wrote on the credits page of "Waking up Rage", thanking his two assistants Paul and Ben. A photo of the three of them smiling behind a motley collection of bandages stood at the bottom of the page.
Years later the book was to be praised for turning boxers onto reading.


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Happy New Year and congratulations to another beautiful couple. Combing both a traditional Thai and a modern American wedding, Sam and Sarin held their special day at the Villa de Amore in Temecula, CA on New Year's Day.
Happy New Year and congratulations to another beautiful couple. Combing both a traditional Thai and a modern American wedding, Sam and Sarin held their special day at the Villa de Amore in Temecula, CA on New Year's Day.
The landmark Bullocks Wilshire Building, a Los Angeles Cultural Monument (#56 to be exact), is part of Southwestern Law School's campus. Originally a luxury department store for more than 60 years, Southwestern purchased the building from the R.H. May company in 1994 and restored the building to its Art Deco glory. I have had the privileged opportunity to photograph some events for Southwestern Law School, including photographing events at the legendary Tea Room where Hollywood's royalty including John Wayne, Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable and Mae West, came to dine. The public has an opportunity to enjoy this architectural gem through "Summer Days at Bullocks Wilshire", an annual open house where there are self-guided tours, as well as exclusive events through Southwestern's Friends of Bullocks Wilshire. For now, take a look at the beauty that is the heart of the Southwestern campus.
French Artist Vincent Lamouroux has transformed Silver Lake's Sunset Pacific Motel, also known as the Bates Motel, into a temporary art installation. Entitled 'Projection', the artist seeks to revive the dilapidated building (and its surrounding palm trees) by giving it a new life: "The idea is to disrupt the way we perceive things by giving some special attention to this one place." Although the white paint shall slowly fade away and the motel will eventually be demolished to give way to a new apartment complex, it has allowed for the community to enjoy and engage in the beauty that is art.
I had the honor and privilege of photographing Lawrence and Claire's Wedding at St. Lawrence Martyr Church and the Palos Verdes Art Center. Their special day also included a "paebaek", which is a traditional Korean ceremony where the bride and groom paid respects to their parents and elders. For more information about booking Richard Manirath Photography™ for your special day, please contact us for the rates.
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As with so many rites and rituals that seep into our culture and become 'tradition', white wedding dresses were not always the norm. In fat, before the 19th Century, brides simply picked out their best dress to don down the aisle, irrespective of its cut or colour. The prerequisite was simply that it was well looked after, well fitting and 'respectable'. Nobody questioned the idea of any other colour wedding dress until after the 19th Century, when Queen Victoria started a right, royal trend by choosing to wear a white wedding gown.
Her decision turned into a fad and soon women everywhere were wearing white wedding dresses as a matter of course. Through the years, the white dress has evolved in meaning, its sparklingly clean appearance becoming a symbol of purity, chastity and innocence. This is probably also why wearing white on one's wedding day seems so fitting to traditionalists – after all, a wedding is a social rite that effectively honours a woman's transition from 'maidenhood' to 'womanhood', a notion that certainly possesses a measure of romance.
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Read the December issue of Glass Magazine
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78.57%: Yes
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7.14%: No, but we've been very close
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Daylighting helps achieve LEED rating at Clemson University center
We believe that a key component to creativity in a research environment is spontaneous interaction between researchers. Our objective was to create a building and a campus that supports that notion by integrating a very transparent, yet non-reflective building skin that would also meet the most stringent energy criteria. Guardian SN 68s performance helped us achieve this objective. Jeff Tiddy, AIA, LEED AP, Pazdan-Smith Group
The basics: The $10 million Clemson (S.C.) University International Center for Automotive Research Collaboration Building 3 consists of 70,000 square feet of laboratory space and 40,000 square feet of office space. The building was designed to have an open, interactive environment, with built-in flexibility to add two additional levels of office space at a future date. The building has received Gold Certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, including points for daylighting of interior spaces.
The players: Architect, Pazdan-Smith Group, Greenville, S.C.; general contractor, Harper Corp., Greenville, S.C.; glass fabricator, JE Berkowitz L.P., Pedricktown, N.J.; contract glazier, Graham-Hodge Associates Inc., Greenville, S.C.; glass manufacturer, Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich.
The glass and systems: 1-inch insulating units with Guardian SunGuard SuperNeutral 68 coating on clear glass. The low-reflectivity glass maximizes daylighting, and its thermal and solar performance improves energy efficiency.
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Approved Tracking Dog again!
Aussie Action's Kidoo and Anki is already approved by the police to searching for missing persons.
Each year, they must pass a test to be approved for another year and they did it brilliantly!
Anki and Kidoo has many has many things going on, and they are among the most qualified par we have in our kennel. They compete in Elite Track, Elite obedience, elite patrol, Higher search and Kidoo is also champion. Kidoo certified Armed Forces Dog II and called out of the Home Guard and serving.


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Annie Jones
Connection: Somebody's... Burdett Brothers
3 Hearts
and selling her late husband's cabin is just the chance young widow Charity
O'Clare needs. With the money from the sale, she and her daughter can move to
the city—away from her family! Of course, as soon as she gets to tiny Mt.
Knott, South Carolina, Charity finds a whole new family stew. Jason 'Lucky
Dawg' Burdett may be the handsomest man she's ever seen, but his meddlesome
relatives are the last thing she needs. Still, Charity didn't count on Jason
becoming her daughter's hero—or swaying her own heart. And now, she has
to choose between old dreams of independenceÉand new dreams of love.
From her
Harper Collins publisher's website:
Note: Annie
Jones also writes as Luanne Jones. Winner of the HOLT medallion for Southern
Themed Fiction, Luanne Jones has a personal mission statement: to delight,
uplift, and empower others. Some days, she admits, she succeeds only in
delighting her dogs (a rescued racing greyhound and a cocker spaniel/shag
bathmat mix), uplifting the lid of the cookie jar, and empowering her hubby and
kids to make their own dinners. She can live with that.
A former
"Air Force brat" who was born in Japan and lived all over America,
she cannot recall a time when stories rich with unique characters and
interesting settings did not fascinate her. That she can now create such
stories as a full-time writer is a source of wonder for her continually.
Currently, she lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Kentucky.
Annie Jones
is currently writing for Steeple Hill Cafe and Love Inspired.
My View on
her Book:
Somebody's Hero, Annie finishes the stories of the Burdett brothers with Jason
"Lucky Dawg". Readers learn right off that Jason hates being called
"Lucky Dawg" but he doesn't have the courage enough yet to tell his
family. It isn't until he meets Charity and sees the similarities between
himself and the widow of his best friend that he finally finds to courage to
make the changes in his life he has wanted to make for a long time.
Charity and
her daughter have come to Mt. Knott to clear out the property that her dead
husband left her in hopes of selling it and getting enough money to start a new
life of independence. Along the way she learns a lot of lessons she wishes she
had figured out before. Now she has a whole lot more she needs to decide.
This is pretty much a stand alone book. The author does a
good job of giving the background of the family dynamics and why Jason feels
the way he does. My only true problem with this story is I wasn't so sure that
the couple had the chemistry to fall in love. I did like Charity's
nine-year-old going on forty daughter Livie. She's is definitely one of the
best kid characters I've read in a while.
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Rajbodeli is located in Pavijetpur taluk and district name is Vadodara. Related sub-office is located at Kosindra S.O and head office is located at Dabhoi H.O. Here in our Codegare we provide complete Rajbodeli pin code list along with contact address, Postal Circle and Postal Region.
Detailed Information of Rajbodeli Pincode
Area – Rajbodeli
Pincode of Rajbodeli – 391140
Type of Office – B.O
Delivery Status – Delivery
Rajbodeli Post Office Address and Contact Number
Taluk – Pavijetpur
District – Vadodara
State – GUJARAT
Division – Vadodara East
Region – Vadodara
Circle – Gujarat
Pincode – 391140
Contact Number – NA
Detailed Information related to Rajbodeli Post Office
Related Suboffice – Kosindra S.O
Related Headoffice – Dabhoi H.O
Geographic coordinate system of Rajbodeli Post Office
Longitude – NA
Latitude – NA
Here you will get Pincode details of all regions of Rajbodeli, GUJARAT, India. You can even find here the Post office location, full address and its pincode.
A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode or Zipcode of Rajbodeli is 6 digits long. First digit reflects region(Vadodara), second the sub-region(Pavijetpur), third the sorting district(Vadodara), and last three represent the post office code.
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I really like this game so far!
A suggestion i would make is to have a bot workshop tutorial to guide and walk you through on how to make a proper working bot because i had no idea what i was doing when trying to build one.
Absolutely! We still have a lot of functionality that needs to be built into the robot workshop. Once things are in place, we will start working through how to get new players into building robots.
If you don't mind my asking, where did you first get stuck?
After i cut out the robot shape, when i went to place wheels i noticed that i couldn't rotate the camera to tell where i was placing them. I had no clue about what the different moters and stuff did either.
Sorry about not being able to rotate the camera! This is super important when you are building. To rotate the camera, you have to hold down the middle mouse button and drag the mouse. This means you are out of luck if you are using a touch screen, trackpad, or 2-button mouse. As a macbook user, this is definitely on my list of things to address before release.
Right now, motors are not modeled in a realistic way. We have just taken guesses at things like torque and speed to get something that looks and feels close enough for now.
Over the coming months, we will be adding components and figuring out how specifications affect gameplay. I am hoping to include real-world DC motor specs like rated voltage, no-load speed at rated voltage, stall torque at rated voltage, and max voltage. Battery ratings would be things like rated voltage, max current, and amp-hour capacity. Of course, all of this is subject to change if it turns out to be too confusing for players.
Once we get the mechanics of this working in actual gameplay, then we will put together documentation for everything.
Apologies for the long-winded response, but hopefully it provides some insight into where we are and where we would like to go.


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The freaks and geeks of Judd Apatow's 'Superbad'
The trio of young stars of the new Judd Apatow-produced comedy "Superbad" sit around a conference room table in the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have done many, many interviews; their publicity tour of the country has lasted most of the summer, and they're heading to Europe for the fall. They are so comfortable with each other and with the press that their latest interview begins with Hill finishing up a story about a conversation he had with an ex-girlfriend.
The ex-girlfriend kept accusing him of making everything into a joke. He describes listening to her during a frank talk and agreeing.
But still, in that serious moment, he can't resist.
"Well," he says he told her, "the thing is, I'm gay."
Hill, 23, looking surprisingly hip in big hair and black-rimmed glasses, grins. Cera, 19, best known for his role as George Michael on the Fox TV show "Arrested Development," and Mintz-Plasse, 18, whose first acting job is in "Superbad," bust up laughing.
It's a funny punch line, one that could have come out of an Apatow-directed movie, such as this summer's "Knocked Up" or the 2005 hit "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
The critical success of Apatow's TV show "Freaks and Geeks" has turned into commercial success in film, and that affords him the opportunity to nurture his actors and writers. "Superbad" was written by "Knocked Up" star Seth Rogen and producer Evan Goldberg, based on their high school experiences. (The main characters are helpfully named Seth and Evan.) Rogen first gave the script to Apatow as a writing sample when he was acting in "Freaks and Geeks," and it helped persuade Apatow to let Rogen start writing for his next show, "Undeclared," in which Rogen also starred.
Men's relationships - with each other and with women - tend to be the primary subjects of the Apatow oeuvre, and the men tend to be misfits. (Hill vehemently shoots down the suggestion that women take a lesser role in Apatow's work, citing Apatow's wife, Leslie Mann, who got good reviews for her work in "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin".)
At the heart of "Superbad" is the relationship between Seth and Evan as they are poised on the brink of college and the stressful prospect of actual physical contact with girls. Rogen originally envisioned playing himself in the film, but by the time the movie was ready to be made, he was too old to play a high school student.
Cera, who had worked with director Greg Mottola on "Arrested Development," was cast first, as Evan. Then Hill, who had supporting roles in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up," was tapped to play Seth.
Casting Fogell, a nerdy friend of Seth and Evan's who spends much of the movie addressed as the name on his fake ID, McLovin', was more challenging. After the production team saw most of the available young actors in Hollywood, they turned to nonprofessionals. Mintz-Plasse was one of the last boys to try out, but he was a perfect fit.
Rogen, although not a principal, does have a role in the film, as Officer Michaels, one of two very bad cops (along with "Saturday Night Live's" Bill Hader as Officer Slater). They show up after the liquor store where McLovin' is attempting to buy booze gets robbed. McLovin' spends a lot of time in the backseat of the police car as the officers drink, do target practice and offer gems of wisdom on love and life.
"Never meet a woman in a bar," Michaels counsels, as Slater notes that Michaels met his ex-wife in the very tavern the three of them are sitting in. It turns out she was a prostitute, and Slater apologizes for sleeping with her. McLovin' reacts to this information with a beautifully alarmed look on his face.
The film takes place during a single night in which Seth's crush - a hottie named Jules, played by Emma Stone - is having a party that Evan's love object - cute Becca, played by Martha Mac-Isaac - is attending. Fogell has also just acquired his fake ID, and Seth has agreed to buy all the alcohol for the party. While McLovin' is hanging out with the cops, Seth and Evan end up at a really weird party with some scary adults before the three friends finally make it to Jules' house.
The layered relationship between Seth and Evan is what attracted Cera and Hill to the film.
"I look for good writing and dialogue," Cera says.
"Yeah, conversations are the most important parts," Hill says.
"And the relationships need to feel real," Cera adds.
"That's what's so great about 'Superbad,' " Hill says. "It's very truthful, and our interactions seem real because we actually know each other really well."
Improvisation played a big part in the picture.
"I would say 40 percent of the film was improvised," Hill says, "maybe like 50."
"Forty-two percent," Cera says.
Familiarity among cast and crew is standard in Apatow productions, which tend to have the same camera operators and the same catering companies.
"I know everyone's name, and I can have a real conversation with them," Hill says. "Judd's a loyal guy, and if you work hard, he'll keep you employed."
Hill is writing a project for Apatow called "The Middle Child," in which he plans to star, and he will be appearing in "Strange Wilderness" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," among other movies next year. Cera is set to begin filming another Apatow movie in January and says that he knows of no plans for an "Arrested Development" movie. ("Everyone keeps asking me that," he says.) Mintz-Plasse has no other projects lined up as yet.
Although working in Apatow films could keep one profitably busy for years, the biggest benefit from joining the fold might be getting opportunities to leave it.
"It gives you the chance of working outside of that, makes other people know who you are and become interested in your work," Hill says. "He's done us a great service." {sbox}
SUPERBAD (R) opens Friday in Bay Area theaters.


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I made a set with stories and activities last year to help teach my unit. You can find it in my TpT shop by clicking on the image below.
This set includes 10 myths for the following gods/godesses and heros, etc: Zeus, Icarus, Athena, Hercules, King Midas, Medusa,Odysseus, Orpheus, Pandora, Achilles
I also love to do center activities during reading time. Centers are a great way to engage students in meaningful work while still letting them have a little fun. It also helps to give them something engaging to do while I work in guided reading groups. So, I decided to make a center set to go with the Greek Myths. Find it in my store by clicking the picture.
There set has posters and activities to learn about some popular mythological sayings: Herculean Effort, A Titan, Opening Pandora's Box, Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts, Achilles Heel, The Midas Touch, A Face that Launched a Thousand Ships, Caught Between Scylla & Charybdis, An Odyssey, If Looks Could Kill, A Trojan Horse, Food of the Gods
It also has 3 center activities:
1. Mythological Memory
2. Mythological Creative Writing
3. Mythological Root Words
My students really enjoyed reading the myths and finding out the meaning behind popular sayings. I'd say it's their favorite unit of the whole year (though Tall Tales come in at a close 2nd!)
We start this unit on Monday after finishing up our traditional literature unit by comparing and contrasting the versions of Cinderella we've read. The kids are excited! But, I decided there were other myths I'd really like them to read. So, I got back to work and spent (way to many) hours creating a part 2 to my Mythology set.
Here is the link from my TpT shop if you want to check it out: Greek Mythology Mega Pack Part 2
This set includes the myths of Aphrodite, Arachne, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Persephone, and Poseidon.
I'm really excited to roll out these stories this year. I have my bulletin board all ready with my posters and I Can Statements.


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I would be lying if I said it was easy being single or that I am always content in the season that I'm in. Oftentimes, I have felt as though people brush the desire for marriage under a rug and say that you shouldn't even be concerned with it. Let's be honest… those desires are real. And when you're not idolizing them or allowing them to distract you, then they can be healthy desires.
This post is not for those who believe they have been called to a life of singleness – a beautiful and honorable calling. It is also not for those who really desire to be married, but have chosen to ignore that desire – whether its out of fear, pride, disbelief, or whatever else. This post, is for those ladies who truly desire to be in a God-honoring, committed marriage one day. This post is for the single women who are working on themselves, who are faithful to God, and who are expectant and believing that God's best is coming… But you find yourself in a season where you are still "waiting" on God to answer your prayers and make His presentation.
Proverbs 3:5 tells us not to lean on our own understanding. My own understanding tells me that it's taking too long. My insecurity tells me that God has forgotten about me. The enemy tells me that everyone else has their person, but me. And none of those things are true. God says to trust Him with all my heart. That leaves no room for doubting His promises or questioning His character. He never asked us to figure it all out. He just asked us to trust Him.
What you're praying for may take time. Sometimes, others can be hard on us, and we can even be hard on ourselves. I am very thankful for my immediate family and the friends in my life that pray for me and encourage me, no matter what season I am in. But there are some people that can be judgmental or insensitive. I am not single because I "can't find a man." I am single because I have chosen not to settle, or to act outside of God's will. I don't want to be connected to anything that separates me from God's peace.
Please, do not settle out of impatience, fear, loneliness or pressure. No matter your age or what society has to say about timing, if you believe that God has given you the desire to be married, then also believe that He will one day fulfill that desire. I have also realized that it is so important for me to consistently find my contentment and wholeness in God alone.
Understand that God isn't keeping you from being in a relationship to be mean. He understands all of your needs and desires. However, there is purpose in this journey, which is why I can't refer to this season as "waiting" on God. When He created us, He had sooo many detailed plans in mind. So many ways that He wants to use us to bless others and build His Kingdom. Marriage is not the end all be all, but just one of the amazing things He can bless us with. In the meantime, are you waiting or are you living?
Don't wait until you're in a relationship to live your life. This past year, I was daydreaming about some really awesome things I thought would be fun to do on a date with a significant other. And then I realized that if those things are what I really want to do, I don't have to sit around and wait to do them. So I went to the baseball game, I went to the fancy restaurant I had been wanting to go to, I still got my nails and hair done and looked my best, I still went to that concert I had been dreaming about, I went on dinner dates and breakfast dates with friends, vacation with my family, and next month I'm going to Chattanooga.
That's not to say that you have to do everything alone, but ENJOY LIFE! I spent time with those that God has strategically placed in my life right now. I served in my church and poured into other people. I led a small group this semester and I've been having a blast! This time has also allowed me to learn more about myself and grow so much closer to my Savior. Don't allow your "waiting" to be stagnant, but purposeful. There are many things that God has placed on my heart, and I've been working on them lately.
Is the desire to be married still there? Absolutely. Do I sometimes get lonely, impatient and frustrated? Yes. But I don't allow those temporary emotions to overtake me. I know that this season of singleness will one day end, and even when I am married one day, there will still be trials and tests that I must endure. I know that I can't spend every season of my life, waiting for and anticipating the next season, when there is so much beauty in today. The people that are in your life right now, and even the opportunities in your life right now, will not always be there. So cherish these people and these moments that you have, and keep praying. Know that God has a plan for you and that He is not doing anything with the intention of hurting you or making you feel less than.
God is being very purposeful in this season (and every season). He is preparing you for what you have prayed for. If you are like me, and you haven't prayed for a mediocre, average man or marriage, then ladies know that this takes time. I am also not just praying for a man, but I'm praying for myself; and not just that I'll be ready for marriage, but that I will be ready for God. Everything in this life will pass away; it is so important to remain connected to our Savior. I had to ask myself, If God never gave me a husband, would I still love Him? If God never gives me a husband, is He still good? My answer is yes! God loves me too much and has done way too much for me to ever abandon Him for any reason.
Be expectant, have fun, and trust God. Most importantly, build your relationship with God and make sure that He is always first in your life and in your heart.
I pray that this blesses you, and I encourage you to check out my book, which is available on Amazon:
Chosen For Such A Time As This: Finding Wholeness and Contentment in Your Journey Through Singleness


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HGR 004 - Odd Calibers
Ryan discusses the odd cartridges of the handgun world
Welcome to Handgun Radio! I'm your host Ryan Michad and this is your home for all the news, information and discussion in the handgunning world. Brought to you by the Firearms Radio Network.
Review of The Past Week:
- Got a chance to video review one of my favorite handguns, the FEG P9R. The P9R is made by FEG in Hungary, and is a double-action facsimile of the Browning High-Power. It also has some similarities to the early Smith & Wesson double-action semi-automatic series.
- Got some great feedback on the last episode, Reloading Handgun Cartridges. Don't forget to subscribe in iTunes and leave us an iTunes review!
- We are also on Stitcher Radio now. You can download Stitcher Radio for free in the iTunes app store and search for Handgun Radio.
- Any questions or suggestions? Email me at email@example.com
Half-Truth of the Week:
- "90% of Americans support universal background checks." How many times have you heard that repeated?
- In Statistics, you survey a small group of people about a particular subject. You ask the small sample group how they feel about something, and if the sample group is diverse and representative of the large population, you can extrapolate that the results will be similar for the millions of people in the United States.
- However, if you survey a sample of people from a place you know to be rather left leaning, you can skew a statistic by drawing your sample group from that left leaning area.
- The real percentage for support is more around 65%.
- The Phoenix News Times had a great article on the 90% myth.
Main Topic: Odd Cartridges
- There are some cartridges out there that aren't quite "mainstream"; i.e. they aren't ones you can typically go to your local Wal-Mart and buy.
- A "Parent Case" is the original case that the new round is formed from. For example, the parent case for .357 SIG is the .40 S&W.
- A Wildcat cartridge is a cartridge that is not yet recognized by SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute) and therefore, does not have any standardized pressures or dimensions.
- These are just some of my favorite oddball cartridges
.25 NAA: This is a cartridge designed first as a wildcat cartridge, and then adopted by North American Arms for their Guardian series of pistols. They used a .32 ACP as a parent case, and made it into a bottleneck to accept a .25 caliber bullet. A similar thing was done with a .380 ACP parent case to make the .32 NAA.
7.62x38mmR or 7.62 Nagant: The 7.62 Nagant was a specialty cartridge designed for use in the 1895 Nagant Gas-Seal revolver. Used by Soviet Russia for a number of years, the 1895 Nagant used a special camming mechanism that cammed the cylinder forward to seal the chamber against the forcing cone and prevent any powder gases from escaping between the barrel/cylinder gap. The 7.62 Nagant cartridge had a deeply seated bullet with an extended case mouth to help with this gas seal.
7.62x25mm Tokarev: The 7.62x25mm Tokarev round was based upon the 7.63 Mauser round that was chambered in the C96 Mauser "Broomhandle". The Russians had used the Broomhandle and really liked the 7.63mm cartridge, so they designed their own, higher-pressure variant (Don't even THINK about using 7.62 Tokarev in a C96 Mauser.) The 7.62x25 is a high velocity cartridge that was chambered in many handguns used by the Soviets and their satellite states in the Cold War, including the TT-33 Tokarev, the CZ-52, as well as many submachine guns. The 7.62x25mm does have surprising penetration abilities, and with some loads can penetrate some forms of armor.
.38/45 Clerke: Designed by Bo Clerke in the early 1960's, the .38/45 Clerke was a .45 ACP case necked down to .38 caliber. This allowed for reliable feeding while using semi and full wadcutter bullets. The bottleneck shape of the cartridge enhances feeding reliability when using non-conventional bullets shapes in an autoloader.
9X25mm Dillon: Designed by Dillon Precision, the 9x25mm Dillon was developed from the 10mm Auto parent case. The .357 SIG is the .40 S&W case necked down to 9mm. The .40 S&W is a shortened version of the 10mm Case. This cartridge can be considered a .357 SIG on steroids. The round is said to have been developed to feed more powder gases to the compensators on USPSA and IPSC guns. The round used so much slow burning pistol powder that it actually had a reputation for burning out barrels and breaking equipment because of increased slide velocity.
.38 Super (+P): The .38 Super +P is based upon the .38 ACP cartridge from the early 1900's. Developed in 1920 to help defeat the increasing use of armor by Prohibition-era gangsters, the .38 Super was first chambered in the Colt 1911, and was used extensively by Police as well as the criminal element in the 1920's and 1930's. A redesign of the barrel by Bar-Sto Precision after World War Two gave the .38 Super a new lease on life and helped to cure the accuracy problems that plagued it during the beginning of its life. It is now known as one of the more popular calibers for USPSA and IPSC competition.
.50 GI: The most modern cartridge on the list, the .50 GI was designed alongside the Guncrafter Industries Model 1, which was a 1911 pattern pistol. The .50 GI uses a rebated rim, meaning that while the outside diameter of the cartridge is .50 inches, the rim is rebated and is the same exact diameter as a .45 ACP rim. It is available in the 1911 pattern pistol as well as Glocks using a conversion kit produced by Guncrafter Industries.
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Midweek Fix: The Ex Files
The Ex Files
The truth is out there; I never cheated on you
But I'm lying if I say I've never been tempted to
Remember that night you called really late; and
I said I was staying over at Sam's?
You see, that was one lie; I was with her
No not that 'her'…I'm talking about the other…yeah…her
Ahn-ahn now, there's not too many 'hers'
So why are you already saying 'ha'?
Look, I can stop talking now but I need you to know the truth,
My strange behavior lately? You need to know the root
Those nights with no credit, I would just scream your name
You said nothing's changed; it just didn't feel the same
Felt like I had gone from 'the man' to just being 'a man'
So I found myself sniffing around plates I'd already ate
Running around with exs from morning till really late
I meant no harm; as usual, it was nothing,
We had managed to remain friends, no fronting
But we met again, and the sparks really flew,
That started me doubting what I feel for you
It's was that initial 'her' that started it,
She with the straight dark hair and freaky hips
And then it began to move really fast; one after the other,
From the latest back to the first; in that order
Bimbo, the one with the largest ______s,
Comforted me, said I could put my heart to rest
Onye wanted to get it on again, no stress
Damn girl is married; and didn't she call me 'second best'?
Hauwa had the best head in all senses of the word,
Lips that seem to say 'I know what you want; just come!'
And I couldn't help but compare them to you,
I know; it's not fair but what can I do?
Except try to make it right, and that's too clear
The truth is out there, I think it needs to be in here
I want to believe we can still make it,
This is coming from my heart; I'm not trying to fake it
See, you know I have never cheated on you,
But I think I lied when I said that too
Speak of the Devil
Speak Of the Devil
You think you know me but you have no idea. Your minds are too small to comprehend exactly how big I am. How vast.
Know what the best part of the 'small minds' debacle is?
It's the fact that your mind is not small by itself. It's so large that you can fit in an inordinate amount of stuff into it; ergo you can conceive anything with it, from it, by it. The joke is you don't understand that, so you continue to delude yourself into all sorts of passivity. Just watching things go by.
Watching your life wind down just like a clock.
I'm not complaining. Actually it's great for business. But I digress.
I was telling you how impressive I am.
I understand you measure importance by material substance; just another example of how you 'abuse' your minds, but that's not my problem. I understand that, so allow me ask; do you know how much property I own?
A mansion? A street in Dubai? A…a bank?!
Did I hear someone say 'estate'? You insult me.
Do you know planet earth; the world, mother earth? That planet with moving wagons and noisy boxes and funny smelling things that talk and walk…despicable beings? Yes…that one.
I own it.
I control and rule it.
That and a fascinating percentage of those weak, smelly things that inhabit it. I know, I know. I don't look it, right? You wouldn't think someone that looks as good and innocent and shiny and radiant as me would have that kind of power would you?
See what I was saying about your minds?
Ah, I see a beginning; the dawning of comprehension within those eyes of yours but do not rob me of my moment. Allow me to re-introduce myself.
I'm Lu Cipher, a prince.
You look surprised. Was that not part of your history/theology class?
Okay. You know me by my more popular monikers: devil, Satan, 'Lucifer', Morning Sun (I actually like that one), prince of liars, king of thieves…c'mon. C'mon!
They even call me 'the accuser'. Isn't that funny?
So someone who has evidence; honest evidence to present to the court in a murder case is an 'accuser'. Justice sucks, right?
Pah. Humans. They talk about me as if I don't have any feelings, which I don't actually – I had them driven out of me a while ago. We'll talk about that in due time.
The other day I took a walk through my property; I like to be close with my subjects, and I saw this movie; 'Devil's Advocate' or something equally…suggestive. I sat and watched it, wondering if it was another slander material designed to make me look worse than I already do, but I actually enjoyed it. It was the truth; plain and simply put. I still have not made up my mind what to do for that writer.
I know you have been fed with all kinds of balderdash as to who I am and why I do what I do; courtesy of a little busy-body called 'the spirit', but you have not heard my part of the story. After all, the winners write history.
This is why I decided to pen this autobiography, so that in case anything happens to me, you would have the truth of the matter. What really happened.
First of all; look at me. Closely. Here, I'm not gonna steal your soul just like that. That was Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat! I like it.
Anyways, look. Do you see a tail? Horns? Do I have…hooves?! Haba!
You humans annoy me so much, it's crazy I bother being nice to you, catering to all your wants and all that. I'm just a really nice person
And by the way, it does not hurt so much any more since I had the chance to play a similar joke on you guys. Who do you think is responsible for the 'white Jesus' idea?
Hahahahaha! You're shocked?! I like that. In fact, I like you. So did you actually think he was white…or are you shocked by the fact that I can call his name without flinching?
Tricks of the trade, friend. Meanwhile…
I saw a t-shirt on some young Mohawk wearing idiot the other day; it had that red horned head (quite annoying, I must tell you!) grinning along with the inscription "God is busy. How may I help you?"
Now while I was incensed with the picture, I fully appreciated the caption. I'm nothing but a humble service provider, catering to the whims and caprices of my constituents. And why not?
Is that not what any good leader does?
Don't ask where I'm leading you to. We'll get to all that in due time. Let's start from where it started. The real beginning.
First of all just to be clear on something, it didn't start with a 'war'. That came later.
It started with envy; the envy of a boss for his assistant. That was how it started.
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Midweek Fix: We Were
We were but strangers across a board
You sat and stared, I did not sit at all
And might have gone on but for a moment we shared
Saw something funny; laughed and didn't care
Got to talking, you were waiting for your man
I was there for the lunch
Didn't seem to notice that we drew stares,
I was just making a new friend, a trend so rare
Time passes; like trash in waste cans,
I was there when you went for that test – and
I was there, through those lonely nights
When you would call me, not him – cause y'all just had another fight
We were like brother and sister; Ne-Yo and Rihanna
When I heard he punched I snapped and nearly threw him under
A moving car; such was my anger
Now calm down.
Yeah, y'all made up; you made it through the worst
Funny, I did not even feel like I was hurt
I was so happy, because you were so happy is all
But that still did not stop the late-night calls
Suddenly; the dam burst forth; like the leeves broke,
We let our guards down; and it was murder she wrote
And Jaheim I quote
It was innocent enough; I mean everyone talks about sex
From the lecturers to the pastors; hell they do it best
So what was the big deal? We were just friends sharing
A little too much; all in the name of caring
Then we began to talk about this sex in excess
Sentences like 'Is he doing you right?' and 'He goes on for too long'
Whoever gave me the right to make his wrong right?
And as this sad song I write,
I remember, your lips writhing, hips twisting
Pleading, for me to quench the flames my fingers had awakened
Me thinking; I just want to do a little kissing,
A little touching, a little necking
A little pleasing; that started a lot of drenching
In sweat and sweet love's gum
In mouth and tongue moisture and nature's _______
I wish we had not started, now I cannot stop
And the worst part? We no longer talk
Except in the sensual language of sweating bodies,
Panting breaths and groaning bedposts
Me and you together, misting up the predawn air,
Tapping it from the front, hitting it from the rear
We never ever get done, we always want more
Now I wish I could exchange that for something long gone
It's funny how now all I feel is loss
Loss; and an incredible boulder of guilt.
We were.
The #Creatweet Contest – Winners
Friends and scribes… Top of the day to y'all.
On the top burner for my management and I are the winners for the 1st installment of #Creatweet.
The debates were very hard and long which is typical when you have an eclectic mash up as judges. The fusion of strategy, copywriting/creative writing and art direction produced a unique set of mechanics to evaluate the entries.
The mechanics deployed are as follows:
1. Completeness of the story: The narrative should be a closed loop – nothing should be left to the imagination. Complete resolution of the plot.
2. Content: How engaging is the plot. Did it startle and surprise? Any devices of grammar like symbolism or inversion? Any metaphor or personification etc.
3. Style: Inventiveness. Wit. Twists and Suspense?
4. And of course – the typical lexis and structure blah blah blah.
While all submissions had one or two of these elements, the winning entries resolved completely the causal factors and consequences captured in the plot (each in the last sentence). They had in them no imminent story arc that requires either a prequel or a sequel.
That said, here are our winners:
1st Prize Winner:
Ndu | #DOCB CDs OUT @Bloody_Voyeur
He screamed, screamed. There was blood. She had stabbed the cheating bastard with a kitchen-knife. 'Cut!', the director called. #creatweet
Runner Ups:
Nneka @neker17
#creatweet He slipped the ring on her finger as their lips met in a passionate kiss. She moved closer to him. And fell out of bed. Dreams!
SleekSniper @oVunderkind
"I'm scared of spiders", she said. He was hurt. "We can't work out", he said. "Why?" she asked. "No reason", Peter Parker replied #Creatweet
Asides the N2000 recharge units we are giving each of these guys as a token of our appreciation for their help in getting us a working proof of concept for the
#Creatweet, the 1st prize winner would also be going away with a book – The Yellow World by Albert Espinosa.
Life is about following that inner bliss into a world of a thousand suns – the yellow world – where we run free and uninhibited in unlimited possibilities. That's our wish and prayer for all our friends. Thanks for all the support.
The game is far from over. Watch this space.
The Creatweet Contest: Update II
Friends and scribes… Warm Greetings!
The first installment of the Creatweet was actually a proof of concept. What my management, Gambit, Moore & Oxygen (an eclectic fount of strategy, copy-writing and art direction) sought to do was to see the extensibility of Literature over new platforms other than print. And boy! Did they get a kick out of the exercise?
Mechanics and bounties are being worked on for the 2nd and bigger installment. We gonna be making something!
All entries in this first installment would forever be part our story. You've helped create a phenomenon and we are very grateful.
We are currently sweating it out – debates upon debates – on the winning entries. Yes, we had quite a number of very good and witty submissions and the winners would be announced on Monday, March 18, 2013.
Yeah. You read that right. W-I-N-N-E-R-S.
Till then… have a swell week. Creatweet is a continuum!
The Creatweet Contest
The Creatweet contest was created primarily to help discover how literature can be created/deployed within the perimeters of new media – to measure how creative we can get in 130 characters.
The demographic (18-22 years) and the price are to test the idea before scaling it up.
However, we have decided to bow to public sentiment on the demographic. The contest is now open to all. On the prize, believe us when we say the second installment of this contest will blow your mind.
Back to the task at hand – the #Creatweet contest begins NOW!
Let's make magic! Thank you!
I was hanging out with some of my buddies and looking through For Days and A Night – I was being made fun of, critiqued and ridiculed at the stories. But I was also being complimented and praised.
But that's not the point. Someone suddenly asked 'what's the shortest story you've ever read?'
We started mentioning stories and all sorts of things – we were laughing at all the different ridiculous things that we had read. And then we decided to challenge ourselves and write the shortest stories we could.
Below are some of the stories we came up with:
- She was my late girlfriend. Yet there she was, calling me fifteen years later, as alive as a point-and-kill fish before execution!
- "And how is my wife?" he nervously asked the doctor.
She said one word. He fainted.
- That they were about to die did not bother them in the least. That much I could tell from their smiles.
Long after we departed for our homes, I sat down and looked through those stories. And this crazy guy kept asking me 'Seun, how far can this go?'
Then it occurred to me that sharing this would not be a bad idea. I'm constantly learning – and what better way to learn that to challenge myself and others to do push our art to the limit?
Here is what I came up with:
The #Creatweet 'Contest'.
Nothing serious; just something to inspire, create fun and then give a little something for effort. Here we go:
Have fun and get rewarded while you're at it!
Get on twitter, write a story or creative sentences in 130 characters or less, tag your work with the hashtag #creatweet and win N2000 airtime from any network of your choice!
'Contest' begins on Monday the 11th of March 2013 9:00am and ends on Tuesday the 12th of March 2013 9:00am.
Winners will be announced on Friday the 15th of March 12noon.
There are only three conditions:
Contestants should be between the ages 16 – 22 years
- Winner will be judged on use of English, punctuations and so on. Use of text speak automatically disqualifies an entry.
- Contest only open to Nigerian residents.
You can send as many entries as you like – the more you enter the more your chances of winning!
What are you waiting for?! Start tweeting!
Send all enquiries to firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow @seunodukoya


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Bottomless Brunching in London, it's something I get asked about pretty much on a daily basis. It's hard to know where to go when there are so many and you don't want to make the wrong decision. Bottomless Brunching = commitment.
I've not done them all but I've done a fair few and I'm working my way through the best (and the worst) this glorious city has to offer.
The best: Hotbox
If you read my blog post about brunch at Hotbox you'll know I've already found the winner. Nothing can compare and I challenge any of you to argue it. Read this for details.
£25 for unlimited Bloody Mary's & Prosecco. Order a la carte. 2 hours. Shoreditch. 10/10.
Just because I've found the best doesn't mean I'll stop the search. You've got to keep going…
The worst: Bad Egg
I may as well get this bit over with, the bottom of the bottomless, the worst of the lot and the place I don't recommend and certainly won't be returning to any time soon… Bag Egg.
Bad in the name, the service and most importantly, the eggs. Don't serve me over cooked poached eggs, get aggy when I want a refill and make me sit on an uncomfortable chair for 2 hours and expect me to come away happy. Barely even got an apology either, was not impressed.
Good Bloody Mary's though.
£35 for unlimited Bloody Mary's, Prosecco & Mimosas plus 3 items off the menu. 2 hours. Moorgate. 5/10.
The cheap one: Cabana
Brasilian basic brunch in Brixton. Read all about it here.
Unlimited Tropical Bellinis & Bloody Maria's for £14.95. Order a la carte. Brixton & Islington. 2 hours. 7/10.
The one with the dessert: Shackfuyu
Don't go if you're only interested in getting pissed. This is one of the more civilised brunches; they weren't overly keen on me having 2 drinks on the go at once and it's also only a 1.5 hour sitting. The food though, is insane.
Order the Corn, the Aubergine, the Korean Wings and obviously enjoy London's most Instagrammed dessert, the Kinako French Toast with Matcha Soft Serve Ice Cream. To. Die. For.
£35 for unlimited Prosecco & Pineapple Sake, 2 small dishes, 1 big dish and a dessert for the table. Soho. 1.5 hours. Sunday only. 8/10.
The extravagant one: Flesh & Buns
The best thing about this brunch? Unlimited small plates. That's the hook here. All the Korean Wings you could dream of. There just isn't a better offer. You get a cocktail on arrival, unlimited Prosecco OR wine, nibbles, their signature flesh & buns AND a dessert. Plus, there are 2 menus to chose from and the food is insane. It's got a banging atmosphere, the service is good considering how busy they always are and although it's one of the more expensive ones, it's totally worth it.
£39 or £46 for a cocktail on arrival, unlimited Prosecco, white wine, red wine and small hot & cold dishes. Nibbles & dessert for the table AND their signature flesh & buns. Covent Garden. 2 hours. 9/10.
The simple one: Jones & Sons
Simple, tasty brunch dishes and flowing Prosecco. Plus, the great thing about this place is, you can keep ordering meals throughout your 2 hour slot. The catch is you have to wait for everyone at the table to finish their course before ordering the next one but go in a small group or with equally hungry/greedy people and you can really make the most of your money.
£27 for unlimited Prosecco OR Bloody Mary's OR Bucks Fizz OR Bellinis & unlimited brunch dishes.
The one with a Sunday roast: New Street Grill
The best thing about this place is the Sunday Roast. You can also get a fancy selection of brunch/lunch dishes and it's all super premium. Bottomless Prosecco and a banging Sunday roast = life.
2 courses for £20, 3 for £25 & unlimited Prosecco for £15. Liverpool Street. 2 hours. 7/10.
I expected this to be incredible and come in a close second to Hotbox. Even though it was pretty amazing it still didn't come close. It's got all the right components but the food just doesn't cut it. Brilliant service and great vibes but the brunch itself needed improvement. Great mac n cheese though, can't fault that.
£19 for unlimited Prosecco. Order a la carte. Soho. 2 hours. 7.5/10.
I hope I've given you some food for thought and that you'll be sipping on some bubbles by Saturday. Enjoy…


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Trevi Fountain Rome Italy - a short history
The most famous of Roman landmarks and possibly its most beautiful is the Fontana di Trevi, located in the Piazza di Trevi. Two legends surround it. Firstly, it was said that a virgin came across a small spring (tre-vie) and caused the original fountain to be built. Secondly, if you throw a coin over our shoulder with your back to it, you will come back to Rome, so have your change handy.
Travel Resources
Welcome to Rome Italy and the Trevi Fountain.


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Are you amazed at hearing that children who grow faster than their age may die early? But what do you think? Does it sound like truth? But it is not far from the truth.
When we first heard this both from social and psychological analysts,we first got amazed but when we gave serious thought about it,we could then see the possibility.
Take a close look at this: Our people believe that the world is a market. And like a market,whenever one finishes selling his articles,he will go home. Looking at this saying of certain mentality,the market here refers to people,you and I. What it implies is that whenever each and everyone of us have accomplished his purpose,he will die. Why would children who grow faster than their age die early you may ask?
Long before now,children take time to grow,and develop to maturity. For example, the age bracket at which girls see their puberty used to be at 13-16 years. The ones who develop earlier did so at most 11-12 years. This explains why Some women who marry early began seeing their menstruation in their husband's house,indicating that their body was not faster than their status in developing. Does this have any explanation on why children who grow faster than their age may die early?
If you have gone to school to the highest level you want,given birth to as many children as you want,seen all your grand children,what else will you be doing on earth? Or do you not know that the moment one become inactive,or non productive,the moment he will start to die? still,is this why children who grow fasterr than their age may die young?
When you compare a woman who married early to another woman who married at a mature age,whom between the two would you likely say is older? Likely the one who married at her early age,even though she is a younger person. The reason is simple: When one begins to engage himself into mature acts,his hormone will also become mature.
Everything we do rest with our brain. Our stimulus responds to everything one does,and rates it according to its capacity.Do you sometimes wonder why children with sugar daddies,look older than their age?
Life is not free of stress and other anxieties of life. If a child begins seeing his on the basis of fact that he is already being in family way,how long do you think he will last? Surely,he won't have to live for so long. Naturally,whatever that absorbs or faces too many pressure,do not usually last for a long time. Children who grow faster than their age not only see too many pressure, but absorbs it. You see why children who grow faster than their age may die early?
In summary,the truth is that why children who grow faster than their age may die early is because,they begin life on time and would have would have rushed up everything that has to be done to prolong life before their normal late age.
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