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It's been nearly a year since I got the email saying I had been nominated for the CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive competition, and I can't believe the journey it has been since that note came through. (P.S. Whom will you be nominating this year? Nominations open May 1!)
Months of preparation, anxiously awaiting the results of each phase of competition, and finally having my moment on the big stage in Savannah last October, have ultimately led me to this weekend. I will shortly be boarding a plane to attend week one of the CUES CEO Institute, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
In the week before "Week One", I have been busy hosting a nearly 400-student, 5-session Financial Reality Fair. When not explaining the concepts of monthly expenses and credit card debt to high school students, I've been reading the pre-work prescribed for the Institute. I go to bed at night with visions of key financial ratios dancing in my head, and wake up with excitement about the sessions I get to attend – like Strategic Influence and Persuasion with Mario Moussa, and Leadership and Decision Making with Michael Useem.
Upon first review of the class roster, I found myself thinking, "You might be a little out of your league here, sister." But then I spoke with the incomparable DeeDee Myers, who reminded me that when I walk into those conference rooms, I am there as an equal learner. Titles and egos go out the window – we are all there to learn, equally, together. That insight helped me focus and prepare myself for the week ahead – not as a giddy, anxious attendee, but as a qualified learner who is ready to get all that I can out of the week ahead.
Education has always been a high priority for me, and something I view as a privilege. I like to spend my time doing things I'm good at, and call me a nerd – but school is something I have always been good at. I'm looking forward to this week of immersive, hands-on, intensive learning. I'm looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, after this week is complete. I am fully committed to the projects required to earn my CCE – Certified Chief Executive – designation. (Freaking LETTERS behind my name, people!)
Mostly, I am grateful for the opportunity, and amazed by the journey it's been to get to this point. I take full bags and an open mind, and look forward to reporting back to you, post-Wharton.


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|Sir Goofs-a-Lot
|Season 2, Episode 22
|Air date
|January 10, 2009
|Written by
|Kelly Ward
|Directed by
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|Episode guide
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Pluto to the Rescue
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Minnie's Mystery
Sir Goofs-a-Lot is an episode from the second season.
Goofy wants to be knighted by Queen Clarabelle, so he proves his bravery by going on a quest to retrieve three items.
Mouseketools Edit
- This episode originally streamed at DisneyOnDemand on January 2, 2009.
- This is the first episode to air in 2009.

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Database of locations / cities/ destinations
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i need to get /purchase a list of all destinations in the world, including their translation in main languages. for example London is Londen in dutch, Londra in Italian, etc. Can anyone help and point me in the right direction??
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ck_be-ga, There's nothing to figure out! I close the question at my end, by posting this 'official' answer. Your account will automatically be charged for the fee you offered. I'm glad that Global Gazetteer met your needs. Alan Pritchard, the contact there, seemed very accomodating, and I'm sure he will work with you to get you just the file you need. Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you. pafalafa-ga search strategy -- Used a combination of bookmarked links to gazeteer sites, along with Google searches on [ london londra londre londres ]
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
new look...new feel
12 comments:
- P.O.M. said...
I think I invest money to FORCE myself to run. ha ha. New shoes, outfits, hats, iPod, Watch, Garmin, New Scale, Different Energy things, Fanny Pack (god I hate that one).
Anxiety is normal. You'll do just fine!
- January 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM
- Benson said...
Wow, nice sassy and girly banner. Good job on the running and by the way, guys love new running shoes as much as the ladies do. 3 inch spikes...not so much.
- January 4, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Vanilla said...
Unfortunately I think I have more of the 300lb hamster runs that the gazelle runs. Nice Blog.
- January 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Wes said...
You got plenty of time to get ready for a half mary!! And usually, the first 10 minutes of every run is major suckage, that's why they tell us to warm up first. Now, if I would just listen :-)
Nice kicks! Loved my Brooks. I already plan on going back to them after I wear these new guys out.
The most important thing with your training is train smart. Run easy on easy days, slow on slow days, and fast on fast days. If you aren't sure, then just go with what you feel like and have fun!!
Have a good weekend!
- January 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- Who is SLB+? said...
I run therefore I shop! It's a bit chiken and egg, but the last 100 miles on a pair of shoes can go real fast or real slow. Oh and I see you're a Nike+ user, welcome to the clan!
Anxiety makes you run faster, but try to go out at the right pace and you'll be in good shape
- January 4, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- Gotta Run said...
Welcome to the blog world. Love the look of your blog and great pics!
Not doing the Hilton Head Race. Rarely do any road races. Just too hard on the body. My first trail race was this past Feb and from that point on I was hooked to running off road events. Something about it that I just LOVE!!
So you are running the Atlanta ING. I hear is it an awesome event so you should really enjoy it. Train smart and stick as close to your plan.
New running shoes or running clothes are my fav!! Enjoy!
- January 4, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- RunnerGirl said...
I'm with P.O.M. I spent a ton of money as a way to keep myself from dropping out. The clothes are the most fun to buy though!
don't worry, you'll be great!
- January 4, 2008 at 7:25 PM
- Michele said...
spending the money means no copping out for me.
- January 4, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Dave - Atlanta Trails said...
Just found your blog through Robin's. It's always good to see other Georgia running bloggers join the party!
- January 4, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- Dave - Atlanta Trails said...
I might pace a friend or two at ing. it's the weekend before a 50k that I'm running, so running the race wouldn't be conducive to tapering (which I LOVE).
- January 4, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- Lana said...
Hey Christine! Yep, putting the money down on the table will be always help motivate you! I remember training for my first half mary - and I felt just like what you were saying. You are going to FINE!! Just make sure you keep it fun!
- January 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- Dave - Atlanta Trails said...
I saw your comment on Robin's blog. I keep a comprehensive list of Georgia trail races on my blog. You can find it here: http://atlantatrails.blogspot.com/2007/11/2008-georgia-trail-races.html
- January 5, 2008 at 9:24 AM


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Please join us for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the 15th annual Shakespeare Theatre Free For All at Carter Barron Amphitheatre.
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by William Shakespeare
directed by Jef Hall-Flavin
original direction by Mark Lamos
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I like the scene where MacGyver and Pinky are tied on a train track because who doesn't like escapes from train tracks. There's the sound of a train coming and Pinky starts to have a heart attack out of fear, but MacGyver uses his feet to feel the wooden floorboards and realizes that they're on a soundstage and it's a trick.
Neil is Karl Jr.'s sidekick and possibly the dumbest, most incompetent MacGyver villain ever. He constantly says things like "dude," "stud," and "awesome." You know how much I dislike the slapstick criminals, and he's as ridiculous as they come. After one of MacGyver's escape's he says, "Whoa. Oh. Whoa. This dude is like so fully awesome." Yikes, dude.
- For this episode, we're joined by Mom who's come to visit for Thanksgiving! I've already mentioned Mom's part in my MacGyver experience. I'll add some of her comments too.
- Right in the beginning, MacGyver is eating a giant bowl of popcorn and watching old movies with Pinky. A woman appears on screen and Pinky says, "You know she is? Your Grandma Wood," and I thought, "That's MacGyver's grandmother?" After rewatching this clip a few days later I see he was saying "Your grandma would [know who she is]." Context!
- "Where did MacGyver get that shirt?" – Mom
- Not a huge Pinky fan. He's annoying and not too bright for continuing to fall for the same old tricks. Mom recognized the actor, saying he was from "Laugh-In." Toward the end of the episode, Dad came in and said, "He's from Laugh-In." You learn something new every day.
- "Most knives like that are hard to open unless they're well oiled. And hard to do with one hand." - Mom on the scene where MacGyver opens his knife one-handed while hanging onto a swinging bar and then stabbing the wall and sliding down with Pinky hanging on to his legs. You read that right.
- Like Hellfire, they saved some money on casting with this one. Only 4 characters, plus two more appearing for 5 seconds in the silent movie.
- "Those little metal things on the side: he could at least hold on to those" – Mom on the pool scene
- Notice the Paramount Theater at the end – nice touch.
- End credits music is a 1920's style song rather than the standard MacGyver theme. I wonder if there are any other episodes that have custom end credits like this. I guess we'll find out!
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Cuomo: Governors have no authority to reject Syrian refugees
The New York governor linked America's response to the Syrian crisis to the American dream.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo distanced himself from an increasing number of governors across the country denouncing a federal commitment to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees.
"Where does it say in the state constitution you can refuse a person placed by the federal government?" Cuomo asked on Tuesday in a conversation at Harvard University.
RELATED:NYC leaders affirm support for Syrian refugees
"What are you going to have your militia fight the federal government at the borders of your state? It's a pure political statement," he added.
Almost 2,000 refugees from Syria have been placed acrossthe United States since conflict broke out in the country in 2012, and the Obama administration repeated its commitment to bring in at least 10,000 in total.
Some 26 governorsannounced by late Tuesday that they would not cooperate with the Obama administration's plan, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Cuomo didn't invoke any of his fellow governors specifcially but did mention another GOP presidential candidate to point out ramifications of rejecting Syrian refugees.
RELATED:De Blasio punts on Syrian refugees following Paris attacks
"The next time you have Donald Trump on the podium he's just going to rattle off 'Syrian refugees' and the whole line of he's going to have them with the Mexicans," Cuomo said. "And it will just blend into the larger question of, 'We have economic problems, they're stealing our jobs, they're too expensive. These immigrants that we coming in, we can't pay for their health care, we can't pay for their education. They're stealing the bottom-end jobs. Kick them out.'
And the Syrian refugees are part of that."
Beyond the lack of authority by governors to block refugees, Cuomo said accepting immigrants escaping Syria is part of the American dream.
"We have to protect Americans and not lose our soul as America in the process," the governor said. "The day America says, 'Close the gates, build the wall,' then I say take down the Statue of Liberty because you've gone to a different place."


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Oh, Jane Eyre. Where do I even begin? If I was forced to pick just one favorite novel, I think this would be it. The writing is impeccable. Jane is a self-respecting character, Mr. Rochester is perfectly imperfect, and both are so feminist for their time period. All the while, this story is so incredibly emotional; my heart kept fluttering because of how romantic it could be and my heart kept breaking when it seemed that everything was going wrong. All of that, plus a mysterious element - what's not to love? This book changed everything for me.
People have been considering Life of Pi a modern classic, and frankly, I believe it deserves such a title. This novel is split into three parts. In part one, we get to understand Pi as a character, for he's quite complex. Even though the pace was slow, I enjoyed reading about him and his beliefs concerning subjects such as animals and religion. Part two is full of struggle and hopelessness, but it's also miraculous. Those two parts already made the book a unique reading experience, but part three... Part three ruined my life. It just slaps you in the face and fills your head with questions. It's unlike any other book on the planet.
I never heard of Their Eyes Were Watching God until this year when a teacher recommended it to me. The story follows a woman named Janie who gets married three times. The first two men don't treat Janie very well, but then she finally meets Tea Cake, the third, and she doesn't care what anyone thinks of them. Janie's a strong character with a bittersweet story... I couldn't help but cry when I read this one.
Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is the most depressing novel I've ever read alongside Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The writing in this book is gorgeous; it's probably what I liked most about it. While the ending is a bit open-ended, knowing that the bell jar did in fact cover Plath again later in her life makes it all so melancholy. I always thought the metaphor of this book was a bit peculiar, and even though I got Plath's drift, I don't think I truly understood it until I saw someone who seemed to be under a bell jar.
I was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this book; it went in a much different direction than I initially expected. The Great Gatsby is a story with a high amount of drama and beautiful prose. Each character is connected in some way or another, and all of them are suffering the consequences of their own actions or the actions of others'. It's quite an intriguing read.
This book scares the crap out of me. George Orwell's vision of the future is the worst possible scenario that anyone could ever come up with. No one has any privacy - not even within their own skull. I don't see how anyone can read 1984 and not be impacted in some way.
I wasn't excited to read this book for English class because I really had no idea what to expect, but I ended up really enjoying this one. The main character isn't in an ideal state of mind and it's easy to get frustrated with his perception of events (in addition to some of the events themselves), but it's tragic because of this. It's one of those books that kept me reading as much as I could. Altogether, A Separate Peace was a big surprise for me.


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Castelo Branco Office Development, São Paulo Master Plan, Brazilian Architecture
Castelo Branco Office Park
São Paulo Business Park Development, South America – design by Girimun Architects
16 Oct 2014
Castelo Branco Office Park in São Paulo
Design: Girimun Architects
Location: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Castelo Branco Office Park in Sao Paulo
Taking the 2 existing buildings as a starting point, we have created a phased commercial development with additional 6 office and hotel towers in a total of 240,000 sqm stretching along 500m.
The towers are laid out in a soft rotation angle from each other so to allow more space between them, guarantee open views, and create a dynamic outdoor inner space rich in landscape, water features, canopied walkways and supportive retail.
The later twin towers sit on a retail podium that gradually steps up amidst recreational open courtyards to overcome the existing 12m level gap on site.
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Castelo Branco Office Park – Building Information
Project: Castelo Branco Office Park
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Type: Offices
Size: 240,000 m2
Client: Tishman Speyer
Design: Girimun Ltd 2012
Architect: Mauro Resnitzky
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Beginning Hydroponics Systems
If you aspire to start a commercial growing operation, we have designed the Herb & Lettuce System as a beginning package especially for you to get hands-on experience. This unit is very well thought out, easy to assemble and operate, and includes virtually everything you need to get started (comes with a full year of growing supplies). In weeks, the system will be up to full speed, producing some of the best crops you and your customers will have ever seen.


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Heather & Jaymeson Reception
We had a lot of fun at Heather & Jaymeson's Wedding Reception. It was a beautiful evening in Salt Lake City for this backyard reception. The kids had fun, yummy smores were served, and the location provided us with some very nice photo spots that we took advantage of. When the sun went down, we [...]
Ericka & Court Wedding Film
Last month I got to spend a Saturday at the most amazing location, The Hummingbird Nest Ranch Mansion in Simi Valley, California, with two awesome people that became great friends of mine within the past few years. Of course I was honored to fly down to film for them and once again work with William [...]
Natalie & Coleman Bali Hai
We drove to the beautiful Bali Hai restaurant in San Diego when we were done at the San Diego Temple for Natalie and Coleman's Wedding Reception. It was a perfect night alongside the water overlooking the magnificent San Diego skyline. Here are some of my favorite photos from the reception.
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George Harrison is my spirit animal.
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About Emily
When I was 7 years old, my first poem, an ode to dolphins, was published in the county newspaper. This seemed to seal my fate: I was going to be a writer, and no one would be able to convince me differently.
After studying creative writing with a concentration in Fiction at Johns Hopkins University, I swiftly realized that my degree would have to be used, well, creatively. I spent four years working in music journalism in Nashville.
Now living in Los Angeles, I am excited to have the opportunity to merge my love for music and writing at Popularium.
Stories by Emily
The Diamond Sat On Velvet
Alyssa was a cocktail waitress. A tall, thin woman whose prowess in the art of seduction bordered the fine line of black magic; she used full lips and gentle curves to usher an orphan into her twisted maternal grasp.


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Representatives of various student groups submitted goals to President Snyder in 2016. The goals of each student group, as well as the university's progress in response to each goal, is documented on this website.
Please note that this site is a community resource, intended to increase transparency and promote campus dialogue. The content is under development and a work-in-progress. Your feedback is welcome.


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I Music
Listening to music to have new vocabulary is something that everybody should do, it doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if you are a fluent English speaker.
Depending on the music you choose, you will be able to work different kind of vocabulary, if you listen to club music (which by the way is a great kind of music for beginners in English) you will very often ear the lyrics clearly, the chorus will be numerous and the sentences shorts and repetitive.
This kind of music is made to be stuck into your head, and I advise you to go with the flow and remember not only the melody, but the lyrics as well.
The first step of taking advantage of the music you listen to, is to read the lyrics. To do so, there are great websites, like Metrolyrics.com, Azlyrics.com or lyricsfreak.com.
If you want the lyrics of a song in particular, just write the name of the artist and the name of the song on google and put "lyrics" after, you will find various websites that will give the precious lyrics you are looking for.
If you have time, read the lyrics first, translate every word you didn't know already, write them down, try to catch the meaning of the sentences as best as you can, and when you are ready, play the music and read the lyrics at the same time.


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"Neo-Islamist Gender Perspective in Turkey -
Secularism and New Women's Rights Policy
of the Bureau of Religious Affairs"
Monday, November 5, 2012 12:30pm-2:00pm
Middle East Institute, 1761 NW N St., Washington, DC
Speaker: Prof. Serpil Sancar, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University
Download PosterIn spite of its mission to integrate Islam to the "modern", Turkish Bureau of Religious Affairs has traditionally paid little attention to gender equality. However, in the recent years, the traditional perspective of the Diyanet has undergone a considerable change by reconfiguration of its women and gender policy. This talk will analyze the transformation of the Bureau's gender policy.
Each event will be free and open to the general public. For further information, please contact the Middle East Institute.


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STUPIDKRAP.COM at Finders Keepers Market !
Stupidkrap.com has a stall at this year's HUGE Finders Keepers Markets and will be launching AMAZING new prints and posters by Bridge Stehli, Akina, Ben Frost, Kid Zoom
and Numskull. Also in stock are our ever-collectable, limited-edition prints and products by: Anthony Lister, Kill Pixie, Beastman, Mark Drew, Rico, Love Ariel, DMOTE and Meggs.
LIVE SIGNING of Bridge Stehli's new set of 3 prints at 2pm on Saturday May 8th! Come down and meet some of the artists and get yourself a bag full of NEW STUPIDKRAP!
CarriageWorks - 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh
Friday 7th May from 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 8th May from 10am – 6pm
Nearest train: Redfern or Macdonaldtown and its only a short walk from King Street in Newtown.
The Finders Keepers are design and art markets dedicated in supporting young emerging designers and bringing new contemporary design to the forefront in Australia.
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It's 10:30pm and the kids are in bed, I got some house chores done, and did a little homework to boot. Now it's time for a few minutes in the garage. On deck tonight was to get the 10 rivets done on the 706 bulkhead only leaving the need to drill out the four holes up top on 706 before moving down the line tomorrow night. Ok. Ready. Tools out. Part clamped. GO! First 5 rivets go quickly. Not the best set but serviceable. Start on #6… Wait a sec… WTF? Oh ****. AARRGGHHH…..
Take a look at the picture above. Any guesses? Well the bottom part is supposed to go IN FRONT of the side part. I got going too fast last night when I cleco'd everything together. So out comes the drill. Luckily they are only 470 4-4 rivets. 4 out of 5 come out easy. Had to dig out the fifth but the holes don't look too bad. Touched up the primer and will let dry tonight so I can try it all over tomorrow.
So it's not a banner evening. At least no parts were injured other than the offending rivets. One more story in the lessons learned pile.


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Top 15 post: Peter Walker/
The Apex Awards
"When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, Hollywood had only just begun a long and illustrious expansion toward its extraordinary presence felt today. Back then, that first ceremony took place during a humble banquet held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Attendance was 250.
In no smaller way, the OSU Federal APEX Awards began a tradition of recognizing excellence within the organization, starting in 2003.
The biggest difference? We have better emcees…
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Since the initial brainstorming sessions nearly ten years ago, I have been actively involved in developing and championing the APEX Awards. APEX stands for: "Achieving Performance Excellence," and they're a special way to recognize unsurpassed performance that goes above and beyond day-to-day job responsibilities. Employees nominate branches, departments and individual co-workers for these awards, and we work hard to make the process fun and impactful throughout the year. OSU Federal's volunteer board of directors chooses the final winner for each category: Innovation, Outstanding Department, Individual Internal Service, Community Contribution, Outstanding Member Solution, and the FUN Award! Awards are presented every January at our prestigious annual banquet: the Winter Gala.
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Alfred Hitchcock, director of such classic films as Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960), is still regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. During his career he received the Irving Thalberg Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967 and the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1979. In the final year of his life he was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. But in the midst of such cinematic fame and glory, this mastermind never won an Academy Award for his direction.
It is a sad thing to see such excellence overlooked! That's why OSU Federal and its board of directors began laying the groundwork for a unique way to recognize excellence within the credit union. We wanted to be sure to tell the stories that make up the DNA of our organization.
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Now, picture yourself under the warm glow of dimmed lights as you stand before a room filled with your esteemed colleagues. Someone out there took the time to nominate you, and the credit union's volunteer board of directors concurred: your performance is unsurpassed. Tonight you are being recognized for excellence.
You hold the award in your hands and look out at the audience.
"It's heavier than I thought," you say...
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Dale Carnegie wrote that "a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language." And that's true, isn't it? Hearing our names reminds us that we are valued by others; that we make a difference!
We are the folks who drive to an elderly member's home to perform a notarization because she can't get a ride into town. We are the folks who walk a withdrawal slip out to someone's car because he was in an accident, and can't easily get into the branch building. We volunteer in our communities, supervise local parades, serve on boards, and teach children… We bring life to our jobs and to the people around us. We choose passion every day. We have fun and create games during the busiest, most short-staffed moments in memory, and we laugh at mediocrity!
We are superheroes.
And so are you!
When you choose to go above and beyond your daily routine, the minimum requirements and the 9-5 grind, extraordinary things happen. Did you know that? APEX nominees and winners do. So we tell their stories – we tell each other's stories – because that sweet sound can make the difference between a culture of average and a culture defined by its passion!
In our industry, we tell the credit union story every day. We talk to our our members, our prospective members, our neighbors and friends – anyone who will listen! We created APEX to tell our own, unique, personal stories about the OSU Federal difference.
Peter Walker, OSU Federal Credit Union


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The Principal Speech
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It's The honor and pride to be head of ALWataniya School administration this year 2015/2016, I was honored by meeting both the administration and teaching staffs ,and I liked the spirit of love and cooperation that prevail throughout the school which looked as an educational stable edifice from which generations draw useful knowledge.
AlWataniya School since it was established in 1938 was a result of sincere efforts carried Flame that illuminates the way of knowledge in a time of darkness. This School which still paves the way invariably and efficiently is a good prudence for the sincerity and nobility of the goal of these men who established it as a disciplinarian private school in Kuwait.
The Owners set up their efforts and time till it becomes an educational platform which I belong to and work sincerely to cooperate with the staff to lead the learners to reach their noble goals which both individual and nation are looking forward to and we will continue the way of modernity, progress and offer inside the school. I and my colleagues of both administration and teaching staffs to hold the crown of school high to stay the platform of knowledge and effort that support the nation with a generation able to build and raise its consequence among nations.
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Saint Benedict Catholic School is a Catholic learning community which values a strong relationship between home, school and Church.
This community is committed to supporting and enabling each and every student to develop and achieve success in all areas of physical, emotional, spiritual and academic growth.
We strive to create a safe and inclusive learning environment as we model and teach Catholic virtues, and character traits, which are evidenced in all of our interactions in and around the school. We seek to create a climate of respect as we recognize, celebrate and value our similarities, differences and uniqueness. Our interactions, here at St. Benedict C.E.S will carry us forward throughout our lives as we seek to always be a part of the solution, whatever problem we may face.
We love St. Benedict, primarily because of the students and the community.
Here are what we see as the Top Ten Reasons (not necessarily in order) that St. Benedict is a great place to be:
- Great Liturgies
If you've attended any of our school masses, you'll know (thanks to our choir teachers) our music is beautiful and our students are involved and attentive.
- Solid Academics
Our EQAO scores have been on a steady upward trend, thanks to great parental support and solid teaching.
- Wonderful Students
Your children are polite and respectful. They know how to listen and they are ready to learn.
- Supportive CSC
Our Catholic School Council, made up of moms and dads like you, works closely with the school to do good things for our students, including offering our Healthy Snacks program, Hot Lunches and the annual Fun Fair.
- Up to Date Technology
Thanks to your generous contributions to our annual fundraiser, St. Benedict is well equipped to deal with modern Educational Technology. We have a well used computer lab and, by September, we will have an Interactive White Board in every classroom.
- Caring, Supportive Parents
I often say that St. Benedict parents are second to none. You care about your child's well being and you work with us for the good of our students. Curriculum and Parent Interview Nights are busy and productive.
- Popular Traditions
Our Annual Pot Luck Night is a well-attended, happy event, where parents mingle and get to know one another. Our Christmas Concert is jam-packed and positive.
- Hard Working, Involved Staff
Thanks to volunteers on staff, our gym is always busy with team sports, skipping and more. Staff lead our choir and offer many extracurricular activities. Our custodians keep our school sparkling.
- Positive Atmosphere
St. Benedict is a warm and welcoming place. Students and staff say Good Morning. Students often hold the door for adults and for each other. The playground is a busy, happy place and, by and large, normal issues are quickly resolved.
- Trustee Support
Trustee Marlene Mogado visits our school often and has supported us with our Technology goals and with our Music program.
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Wonder Girl Mini-Series Announced
A new Wonder Girl mini-series was announced at WizardWorld Philly. Newsarama reveals: " Perhaps the timing just hasn't been right. But maybe it will be soon. Say, September? That's when six-issue miniseries Wonder Girl: Champion is set to launch. The scripts will come courtesy of J. Torres, who's written about another Wonder Girl in Teen Titans Go and will write the original Amazon heroine herself in Wonder Woman #11-#12. Artist Sanford Greene will be drawing, and, according to Torres, the art is going to be "hot.""
"She's been through a lot in the last year or so and we get to bring it all together in this mini," Torres said. "She's cleaning up after the Amazons, she gets roped into some Countdown related stuff, and all at the same time wrestling with her own demons…when she's not wrestling chimera and hydra and other demigods."
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As someone who lives on 29th Street between Olive and M, I cannot disagree strenuously enough with your editorial calling for 28th and 29th to be turned into one-way streets. There is no doubt that traffic flow in the area results in damaged mirrors, but "solving this problem" – which I would argue, having suffered a couple of these incidents myself, is just an unfortunate reality of street parking in an urban area – in this manner will only exacerbate a bigger one.
My mirrors notwithstanding, I am far more concerned about the threat to life and limb posed by the reckless driving that routinely occurs on both 28th and 29th with cars traveling far in excess of the speed limit and barreling through stop signs without regard to the signs themselves or pedestrians that are in the crosswalks. It is simply a matter of time before we witness a terrible tragedy as things currently stand. Removing oncoming traffic as an obstacle to these wannabe Mario Andretti's would take away the one thing that actually forces them to slow down.
The mirror problem is also a reckless driving problem and the way to address this issue is straightforward: actually enforce existing traffic regulations by issuing tickets to violators. The word would get out.
Matthew Perl


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Italy: Hamstrung by law 703
Armando Piccinno reviews Italian pension funds' asset allocation behaviour
When it comes to Italy, where the pension market was worth around €85bn at the end of March 2011 according to COVIP, the Mercer 2011 Asset Allocation Survey shows an interesting story.
At the end of 2010, bonds represented nearly 60% of total pension portfolios at an aggregate level, 80% of which were invested in government bonds. The equity component was approximately 22% and was mainly non-domestic.
When compared to the rest of Europe, the bond allocation of Italian schemes seems high: the Netherlands is the only country that has nearly as high an allocation to bonds, 52% are in domestic government bonds. On the contrary, equity allocation is lower than that seen across other European countries. When looking at the second-pillar market segment (probably the most promising area for growth as confirmed by the amount of annual contributions), which is composed of multi-employer pension schemes whose assets amount to nearly €22bn, relatively high exposure to bonds (nearly 76%) becomes more evident, with a clear orientation towards domestic bonds (36%). The average weighting to equities is 23%. It is interesting to note that domestic bias shown on bonds is not replicated within equity allocations (Italian equities account for 1.5%) even though the focus is on euro-zone and US equities, whose portfolio weight accounts for nearly 20%
Although the average asset allocation of Italian pension schemes in the last couple of years seems to be relatively unchanged, there is an increased awareness of the need to diversify investments across the various available sources of beta in the market. It is likely that the Italian market will observe similar trends found in Mercer's European asset allocation survey, particularly upon publication of the new law on investment restrictions which is expected before the end of the year. However, the removal of restrictions is unlikely to be a panacea for the asset allocation of Italian pension schemes. For instance, even though there are currently no investment restrictions on duration exposure - as recently highlighted by COVIP - overall duration exposure tends to be dramatically short. This is evident when compared to the long-term commitment of pension provisions, which seems to be in part justifiable by the need to maintain a cash-buffer for withdrawal requests by members, or by the need to value portfolio holdings at mark-to-market.
From a broad-perspective a well-established governance framework, with a focus on an investment making decision process and investment principles will help pension schemes in broadening their asset allocation through access to multiple sources of beta while keeping a clear focus on risks and operational aspects. In particular, governance on investments is a hot topic for the market segment called Casse di Previdenza, the Italian first-pillar market for the self-employed. Mercer welcomes the adoption of principles that could discipline the investment activities of the Casse allowing them to invest their assets under a liability-driven approach.
Risk monitoring
Risk management is already on the agenda for many Italian pension schemes, and the adoption of a more structured approach will bring the entire market to the next level even though internal structures seem lacking in this area. Most pension schemes have well-established processes for risk monitoring, however, only a few have put in place risk management processes. It is certainly of some help for a pension scheme to monitor its portfolio holdings on a weekly or even daily basis. However, the equation 'the higher the frequency of monitoring the better the risk control' does not seem to be fully applicable. A more qualitative approach to risk management is more favourable, with pension plans assessing their risk drivers and regularly reviewing their asset allocations under a scenario-testing environment.
The focus on operational issues seems to be less evident if not absent. Outside Italy an increasing number of pension schemes are carrying out operational due diligence when evaluating asset managers or monitoring the overall level of operational efficiency of the plan. Actions such as these could well help the Italian pension scheme market improve a number of operational aspects. For instance this could impact the relatively high turnover, and related trading costs, recently observed in portfolio holdings of passive or semi-passive mandates, whose turnover was expected be lower.
Investment restrictions within pension funds were regulated in 1996 (law 703) and represent one of the main constraints concerning investments in emerging markets and non-traditional asset classes. However, with the exception of those funds that comply with law 703, pension plans are using a wider range of asset classes to build portfolios to meet the challenges that may emerge in the future. In particular, there is a clear desire to have less reliance on equities to drive returns and also to build portfolios to guard against possible inflation that may emerge in the future. In tandem with this trend an increasing number of pension plans are seeking to improve the robustness of their governance structures to monitor and examine the ongoing operation of the fund assets better.
Armando Piccinno is senior associate at Mercer in Italy


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This game is basically to get the most adorable or 'cute' picture you like. Post it here if you think it is better then the other person's picture. If you cannot find anything to beat the picture then the person with the 'cute' picture wins.
Ok, I'll go first. c:


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I'm still animating but been busy lately. School is almost here, so got to prepare for that. So, just letting whoever that visits my blog know that i'm still animating. I'll post up the 2nd pass on the ball bounce soon. So take care and see you soon.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Still animating!
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
Light and heavy ball bounce
Hey guys I've had these for awhile but just wanted to see what you thought of it.
Light ball -
Heavy ball -
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My first animation post.
Since this is my first blog and it's dedicated to animation exercises throughout my course in learning animation. I will put up my bouncing ball, hope you guys like it. IF you're not into animation(the technical side of things), it's perfectly fine. Anyways, check it out and comment on what you think of this bounce!!
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Austin Dutremble's coaches at Biddeford High say the senior treats everyone as a friend, be it a freshman new to the team, a teacher, a coach or a member of the custodial staff.
"I just feel like everyone's trying to do their best at whatever they're doing," Dutremble said. "So, it's always nice to have a conversation and not ignore people."
Dutremble, 18, maintained his upbeat spirit despite athletic adversity. That's why he was chosen as The Role Model.
In football, Dutremble had consecutive seasons cut short by injuries that required surgery. He broke his hand as a sophomore and his ankle as a junior.
"The road hasn't been easy for him," said Brian Curit, Biddeford's football coach.
Both times, he was able to recover quickly enough to return in time for the basketball season – where a different type of pain awaited.
In Dutremble's first three seasons, Biddeford went 0-18, 1-17 and 1-17. That's 2-52. As a 5-foot-8 freshman, Dutremble was the best option at power forward, a position he continued to play.
"Anyone can be a good teammate when you win," said Justin Tardiff, Biddeford's basketball coach, who nominated Dutremble for the award. "He was always a good teammate. He was like the rock in our program and he kept other kids positive."
Dutremble, now 5-10 and 185 pounds, had a smoother senior season. A two-way starter in football at inside linebacker and either receiver or running back, he earned all-Western Maine Conference honors and Biddeford (9-2) advanced to the Class B South championship, losing to Kennebunk.
"I think he's a successful football player but more important, you won't meet a nicer kid," Curit said.
Cam Lantagne, a junior, said Dutremble was there for him when he broke his ankle this past season.
"He was telling me how to stay positive and get through it. That helped me a lot," Lantagne said.
In basketball, the Tigers were much improved, going 8-11 and losing a quarterfinal game to Falmouth. Known as a defender and hustle guy, Dutremble scored 26 points in a key win against Cape Elizabeth.
"It was so tough those first three years," Dutremble said. "It was a great feeling to finally get noted for all of our hard work."
Dutremble, ranked 10th in his graduating class, will stay in his hometown and study medical biology at the University of New England.
He will also be part of the first freshman football class at UNE, expecting to play receiver.
"I think it's really cool because we'll always be known as that first team and the first players to start UNE football," Dutremble said.
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Download the latest dedicated server for Windows
or the latest for Linux
If my links don't work go to Fileplanet
and download the file there.
Special Linux instructions in italic:
Download the file to your home directory, then type:
tar xfzv hlds_l3110.tar.gz
cd hlds_l
Then download AG to the hlds_l directory you currently
are standing in, then type:
tar xfzv ag_63.tar.gz
cd aghl
Then edit "ag_run" and change port if you have more servers
running on the machine. You start the linux server with ag_run command
when you are done with the settings below.
After you installed it you need to edit the /aghl/server.cfg and change:
rcon_password - Remote control password.
hostname - The name to show in a gamebrowser.
sv_password - The password to enter the server.
sv_contact - Your email address.
You can also go into startup_server.cfg and change to what
gamemode the server will start in.
sv_ag_gamemode ffa - Free For All
sv_ag_gamemode tdm - Team Deathmatch
sv_ag_gamemode arena - Arena
sv_ag_gamemode arcade - Arcade
sv_ag_gamemode sgbow - Sgbow
sv_ag_gamemode instagib - Instagib
sv_ag_gamemode ctf - Capture The Flag
sv_ag_gamemode lts - Last Team Standing
sv_ag_gamemode lms - Last Man Standing
You can also change the allowed gamemodes. For all gamemodes use blank string.
You can also use this string here with all gamemodes allowed. Remove those you
dont like.
I recommend that you leave it to what the installer set for you.
Do not change mp_xxx server settings in server.cfg. Add/Change them in
the gamemodes configuration files in /aghl/gamemodes. I repeat - do not change
mp_xxx server settings in server.cfg!
You can easily start a Windows server by using the shortcuts in startmeny. I
predefined a standard internet and a standard LAN server.
Please dont use server password if you dont need to, we need to help new
players into the game!
If your server admin demands a password then please use hlclan and remember to
set sv_contact so I can contact you!
agaddadmin name password - Add new admin.
aglistadmins - List all admins.
agdeladmin name - Delete existing admin.
agnextmap mapname - Set next level.
agnextmode mode - Set next mode.
agexec config - Executes a server configuration.
agstart full - Start a match. Add "full" if you want to do an American start.
agallow name or #id - Allow a player into the match. If blank - allow yourself
agpause - Pause server.
agforcespectator name or #id - Force a player into spectator mode.
agforceteamup name or #id team - Force a player into a team.
ffa - Change to Free For All mode.
tdm - Change to Team Death Match mode (FF1, WS0).
tdm2 - Change to Team Death Match mode II (FF0,WS0).
tdm3 - Change to Team Death Match mode III (FF0,WS1).
tdmx - Change to Team Death Match the AG way.
arena - Change to Arena mode.
arcade - Change to Arcade mode.
sgbow - Change to Shotgun and bow mode.
instagib - Change to Instagib mode.
lts - Change to Last Team Standing mode.
lms - Change to Last Man Standing mode.
ctf - Change to Capture The Flag mode.
help - List commands.
variables - List variables.
Recommended settings (1 is on, 0 is off if not stated otherwise)
sv_ag_pure 1 - 0 is regular spike and wallhack check. 1 adds checks so that
standard models are the same as the servers (aimbot protection), it also adds
the variable checker.
sv_ag_max_spectators 5 - Max spectators allowed.
sv_ag_allowed_gamemodes "ffa;tdm;arena;arcade;sgbow;instagib" - The allowed
gamemodes. Set this in startup_server.cfg.
sv_ag_allow_vote 1 - Allow voting.
sv_ag_vote_setting 1 - Vote ag_xxx ettings.
sv_ag_vote_gamemode 1 - Allow gamemode switching. This is limited with the
sv_ag_allowed_gamemodes variable
sv_ag_vote_kick 0 - Allow voting a kick.
sv_ag_vote_admin 0 - Allow voting an admin.
sv_ag_vote_map 1 - Allow map voting.
sv_ag_vote_start 1 - Allow agstart/agkick.
sv_ag_vote_allow 1 - Allow agallow..
ag_start_minplayers 2 - Minumum amount of player to allow match with agstart
ag_vote_failed_time 180 - Seconds until next vote can begin if last failed.
sv_ag_vote_mp_timelimit_low 10 - Lowest timelimit to vote on.
sv_ag_vote_mp_timelimit_high 40 - Highest timelimit to vote on.
sv_ag_vote_mp_fraglimit_low 0 - Lowest fraglimit to vote on.
sv_ag_vote_mp_fraglimit_high 10 - Highest fraglimit to vote on.
sv_ag_show_gibs 1 - Show dead bodies.
sv_ag_spawn_volume 0.5 - respawn sound volume. The default value is half the
regular value.
sv_ag_floodmsgs 4 - Flood messages to tolerate. 0 will deactive it.
sv_ag_floodpersecond 4 - Flood messages per second.
sv_ag_floodwaitdelay 10 - Flood penelty timer.
sv_ag_auto_admin 1 - Give auto admin to admins in admin list.
sv_ag_allow_timeout 1 - Allow players calling timeout when playing a match.


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Open House St.Cornelius and DPAP
St. Cornelius Catholic Church is located on Ridge Road in Chadds Ford, Pa. "Carmen Cornacchia, an 81-year-old parishioner at St. Cornelius, said that the decorative walls of the church are an improvement over the plain, white walls the building used … Continued
John Paul II Mural- "Image so lifelike.."
"And so the project expanded to include other areas of the church, with one of the notable additions being a faux stained-glass window of Pope John Paul II, a modern saint to many Catholics. The image is so lifelike that … Continued
St. Cornelius Church Mural, Flock in Field
click photos to see larger Finished this class today, the mural measures over 6 x 4ft. They'll all be installed next week. There was a tremendous storm mid-afternoon- see the torrents beyond the window.. the columns were an imperador marble … Continued
John Paul II Mural, Finished
Yesterday, we finished the 7 x 4.5 ft mural of John Paul II . Everyday, we were visited and complimented by parishioners, Monsignor Parlante, as well as other DPAP students taking breaks from their classes. We had a wonderful time; … Continued
Murals, Graining Classes in Progress, Chadds Ford
have been engrossed in the current mural class; and work has gone really well.here are a few images of the progress so far on the JohnPaulII stained glass mural, and from Cait Whitson's graining class.This is taking place at St. … Continued
Rolling Vineyard Mural Canvas
The DPAP *Vineyard* Mural class met at my studio last Saturday to paint the finishing details on the grapes. As it measures about 10 longer than my studio wall at 27ft, I improvised a spooling rig at both ends. (click … Continued
Lots of grapes- mural wip
Very intense work today, me and a student, to finish detailing the grapes in the DPAP wheatfields mural for St. Cornelius (DPAP) Work took place in my studio.The installation class in the church will be August August 20-22. we went … Continued
Pastoral Landscape Sheep and Church- Class
This is the digital sketch for my mural class that will take place August 13 to 17, in Chadds Ford PA.It is landscape, with the church in the distance, and a flock of sheep in the forground, and will be … Continued
John Paul II Stained Glass Mural Class
This is the digital comp for the Imitation Vitrail/Stained Glass Class August 6 to 10 (Chadds Ford) . The mural will be painted on Polyflax.DPAP.org UPDATE: link to pictures of the John Paul II mural in progress UPDATE: completed mural. … Continued


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I typed half of this blog on Friday, then neglected to post it. C'est la vie. It's now been turned into an epic week-long blog, perfect for reading over your afternoon coffee. And don't worry, the absolute smugness will soon, I fear, be ending...
Monday - Friday
I've not had much to report this week as I've mostly just been reading, job hunting and sunbathing. The good news is that I now have tan lines. The bad news is that I still look like Casper's albino sister. Such is life.
Having been blocked by the 'RSA qualified only' at the beginning of every job advert, I decided to bite the bullet and commit my Tuesday morning to learning about responsibility and alcohol and....stuff. (Turns out you can't serve alcohol to minors here! Who knew!). I don't want to call the course a government-money-making-waste-of-time but...well, it is. It takes four hours to explain that you can't serve drunk people, and that signs of drunkenness can include 'loss of coordination and slurring of speech'. I think the fact that about half of the questions focus on how much you get fined for breaking the law rather than how to help people speaks volumes. Unsurprisingly - given that the multiple choice questions made ITV phone in comps look like a mensa exam - I passed and am now qualified to serve alcohol in Queensland and a few other states that probably won't visit.
Moving on.
Went out for a twilight sail on Wednesday which was a perfect evening. It was a triangular course, and as we brought the boat round for the final tack the wind really caught in the sails and the whole way back was over smooth water going about 7 knots. Perfect. I like this sailing lark, but as we go into the rainy season I fear the opportunity to go out will diminish. There is such a thing as 'too much wind' here, apparently.
Apparently we've been lucky with the weather so far as this time last year it had already started... The BBC are starting to forecast storms, but so far nada and I've spent many happy hours floating in the pool and reading on my kindle. My kindle being in a very sexy waterproof cover (ikea sandwich bag).
On Thursday I had a job interview at a really swish restaurant and as I'm amazing I obviously got the job... However. At the moment I have an issue, the issue being that we're a good few miles out of the city centre, and public transport here is pretty much non existent. So I've either got to cycle along the highways (and I haven't cycled for years) or rely on my Mum giving me lifts everywhere. Not an ideal situation. Especially given that I would only be on 20 hours a week.
To earn enough to save for my Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne adventures I was faced with working for 6 days a week in two different jobs, and potentially being stranded/paying $35 for a taxi at the end of every shift. So I decided not to be a waitress. Or work in Townsville...
Mum and I had planned to go up to Mission beach next weekend, and it happens to be very close to Tully which is a prime fruit picking location. After a bit of research I figure that spending 40 hours a week sorting bananas or digging potatoes might actually be the answer to all of my problems.
I reckon I can save about $1,500 in the 6 weeks before Christmas, and even though it'll be hard work I'll get to meet fellow backpackers and generally have a good ol' knees up at the weekends. It also means that I'm on my way to qualifying for a second year visa - the easiest way to get approved is to do 3 months of fruit picking work. The write ups on the hostel have people saying 'came for a months; stayed for six...' and similar; basically it's hard work but with a good reward.
So as of next Monday I'll be up at 5am to do hard manual labour for 8 hours a day. Given that I'll be on about $20-odd an hour and partying all weekend I think I can deal with it. Fruit picking is described as a 'rite of passage' for backpackers; I'm hoping it's not too painful to endure... At least you'll all be spared my smugness for a while. Tully is apparently the wettest place in Australia. And Australia's pretty big, so that's a lot of precipitation. I challenge it to be worse than Lancaster.
Lets just hope I can cope with the banana spiders. Gulp.
Saturday and Sunday
One of the things I was most worried about missing over in Australia was Bonfire night. As you all know, I'm essentially a child masquerading as an adult so fireworks (sparkly, bangy, whoosy things yay!) makes me very happy, as do bonfires (because setting things on fire is ALWAYS fun, a trait I get from my father who routinely felled trees simply to have something to burn and who's favourite ever present was a fire pit that my step-mum got him for Christmas). Happily though, I did have a bonfire. And it was on a beach. On a desert island. And I wore a summer dress.
I was happy to have the beach in lieu of fireworks.
To top everything off, we got there by sailing. It was the final race of the season, but unfortunately a few of the usual crew couldn't make it ("if you work for the airforce and they call you into work, you go into work") and the wind was a lot stronger than predicted so it was a challenging journey, but still a lot of fun.
At one point I commented to my Mum that it's a good job I never get seasick as the waves were HUGE; she just looked at me incredulously and said 'this is nothing'. Cripes. I definitely felt like a beginner at that point...
Because of the novice crew, and trouble getting the kite out (the wind swung around 40 degrees as we tried to get it up...not good) we finished 6th out of 7, but happily Panacea still won the Commodore Cup - well done to Mick and Val! We weren't the only ones to have trouble though, another boat got their spinnaker halyard stuck at the top of their mast and had to send someone up there. I'm pretty sure being winched to the top of a 40 foot mast, at sea, in 20 knot winds is the definition of bravery...!
The Herald island race is a sore point for Mick and Val as the last time they sailed it they hit rocks just as they came in. Not only did it write off the boat, but poor Val broke her nose as the jolt as they hit was so great it threw her into the instruments. There were a few held breaths but thankfully all was well, and we anchored up safely and had a well deserved drink. Ok, a few well deserved drinks.
We were given a lift to the beach at about 6ish in time for sunset, and I made the leap from boat to tender very gracefully. Ahem. At least I managed not to fall in. Our taxi for the evening was being driven by an interesting character nicknamed Xander, who looks like a proper little pirate. He sailed on panacea on Wednesday, but was a lot more chatty tonight probably due to the bottle of Bundaberg rum that he came aboard with... He wouldn't tell us how he got his name (I'd guessed that he was a Buffy fan) but finally he admitted that his full name was 'Alexander'. I'm not sure what the secrecy was all about!
The beach party was amazing, with 100 people in attendance. Some poor sod had obviously decided to take his significant other to a romantic uninhabited island for the night and had made a cute little camp at the end of the beach...only to have 22 boats rock up over the course of the afternoon. Probably the only night for a couple of years you'd find other people there! Oh well, I hope they enjoyed our party playlist.
Herald Island is a beautiful place, but a reminder that we weren't-in-the-UK-any-more-toto was a warning that a croc had been spotted nesting only a few days before. Erk. Never has a lack of toilet facilities been so perilous. Especially as I spotted a few snake tracks in the sand. No spiders though, which is the main thing. And, of course, all was well. You'd have to be a pretty brave croc to take on 100 people.
It was such an experience to spend time on the island, and thankfully the rain held off. The moon was so bright that everything had a shadow, and we didn't need lights or torches. There were actual coconut trees with actual coconuts on them. It was like being on shipwrecked. However you're all going to have to take my word for how pretty it was because my camera decided to die on Saturday morning, and some idiot (ahem) forgot to pack my Mum's camera in the beach bag. Never have I been so upset about not having a camera! Oh, the potential profile pictures...
As people slowly drifted back to their boats I found myself sitting around the fire, chatting and eating shrimp out of a bucket of sea water. How very back to nature! Who'd have thought that a London girl could having such an amazing experience and cope without tweeting about it?! Naturally, I was one of the last people to go to bed and somehow I managed to get from the tiny inflatable tender back on the boat. Some feat given that the moon had set and I was a good few bottles of wine down...
Last on the boat means last to nab somewhere to sleep, and I arrived back to find my bunk had been taken. No matter, thought I, and decided to sleep up on deck. Like a real salty sea dog. It was warm enough to not really need a blanket, a good job given that my pillow and sheet had been taken along with my bunk! A folded towel did the job, not that I had planned on sleeping right away anyway.
I'm a bit of an astronomy geek, so seeing the stars without light pollution was a genuinely exciting prospect. The day and night had been pretty overcast, so I'd only seen glimpses of the cosmos. (It's also pretty difficult to see the cosmos after a box of wine.) But as I lay back the clouds magically cleared, like someone opening a curtain, and my God it was beyond description. My description anyway. I've never seen a sky like that, it was achingly, movingly beautiful. Every so often a shooting star would tear across, and I could even see the Orion nebula. I probably laid there for a good hour, occasionally having my night vision wrecked by the lightening flashing down from a storm near the palm islands. At some point in time (I was clueless, as I don't wear a watch and had left my phone behind) it clouded back over; I decided that the deck wasn't particularly comfortable and made myself at home wedged on a seat next to the spinnaker bag.
The best way to start a Sunday is having water poured on your head at 7.30am after not a huge amount of sleep. I'm sure you'll agree. Having said that, I was so hot that it was actually quite a relief. Didn't stop me from swearing at the culprit like a true sailor though.
After a round of bacon and egg sarnies our hungover group decided to head home. There are many excellent hangover cures, but I'm not sure sailing on a very choppy sea is one of them. I was very tired, but couldn't face being in the cabin as we sailed (it makes you really seasick; I've no idea why) and eventually the fresh air blew my cobwebs away.
As we came towards Maggie island the motor decided to pack up, and we had to take some slow tacks so we were flat enough for Mick to take a look. When he'd found the problem (and ascertained that it needed a spare part) we carried on heading for home and I went down to reapply my suncream (the engine is underneath the stairs!). The next thing I heard was a shout of 'there's less than a metre below us!' and the alarm going off. Erk. We hit (smushed into?) a mud bank, which given that the motor had gone couldn't have happened at a worse time! Unable to motor off, but worried about getting even more stuck, we had to let the headsail right out and almost totally ease the main. We then had to put weight as far out as we could. Funnily enough, my tiredness had evaporated as I crouched on the rail inches above the water...!
Thankfully after ten or so minutes we floated to safety. I was getting worried that the Herald island trip was cursed for Mick and Val! It was certainly a learning curve, but Mick got to show off his best skipper skillz as he brought Panacea into her berth with just the main sail. And I got to do some winching!!
It was a brilliant weekend, and an experience that I feel lucky to have had so early into our trip. Thanks to Mick, Val and everyone else at the TCYC!
This week I'll mostly be enjoying not getting up at 5am and not sleeping in a dorm with eight strangers. Oh, and the pool. I'll be enjoying the pool.
P.s - I seem to have readers in Russia, the USA and Germany. I've no idea who you are, but thanks for regularly stopping by. Zdravstvujtye, Howdy and Gutentag.


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during sex, doggiestyle of course, slipping two (or three) fingers in her butt, and picking her up off the ground and/or bed whilest screaming "BUTTONHOOK!!!" or "ZOINKS!"
I couldn't hear Jen cry when I gave her the hucklebuck, because I was of course shouting, "BUTTONHOOK!"
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