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After failing to find a news station that wasn't talking about this, I decided to pull it up on youtube and watch it for myself. First of all, it appears that Josh seemed to be "just joshing" around for some guy's cell phone video recorder when he made the comment.
It wasn't like he held a press conference and made an official statement denouncing the very national anthem that I'm sure he has stood in recognition of before many professional games.
While I understand the media's chokehold on the story, the racial inflammation and threats of boycotts are a bit much. Some of the e-mails, exposed by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on his blog, reminded me why there is so much division along racial lines in this country.
I'm no media outlet, but I guess you can say I have my own BREAKING NEWS for America. If Josh Howard indeed meant what he said, he is not the only Black person in America that does not "celebrate" the national anthem.
Proof of this is evident when you consider that Black leaders collectively deemed it necessary to adopt a Black National Anthem.
Earlier this year a jazz singer by the name of Rene Marie opted to sing this Black National Anthem, entitled "Lift Every Voice and Sing", at the Denver Mayor's State of the City address where she had been billed to sing the national anthem.
To the mayor's chagrin, she switched songs unexpectedly. Some conservative commentators criticized her switch as racist, the mayor opined disappointment and one Denver councilman said he was so mad he almost walked off the stage.
When asked why she "flipped the script", she flatly said that she felt that the traditional national anthem "does not represent her".
Go figure.
If Josh Howard is multi-million dollar pro basketball star, then I am sure that he pays more taxes than the average American. This being the case, he shouldn't be marginalized for exercising the freedom of speech which is guaranteed by the fifth amendment of the constitution.
It is the same amendment that makes the media the force and power that it has become in this democracy. It is my contention that those who call Howard unpatriotic are indeed unpatriotic for threatening him for exercising what the constitution guarantees.
Individuals like this are the worst hypocrites to the national anthem and what it is supposed to represent.
Let's be honest. Most Black children do not learn the national anthem in their homes. If it were not for public schools, whose curriculums are designed by the government, most Black children wouldn't even know the song.
Furthermore, most Black children are never taught what the words represent.
As a follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad under Minister Louis Farrakhan we are taught to stand during the singing of the national anthem, for it represents respect and honor for the United States of America as a sovereign nation.
This is the way that we are trained as and we teach our people as we are taught. But, when I hear a Black man say that he doesn't "celebrate" the national anthem I am not surprised one atom's weight and anyone in this country who is needs a history lesson and a reality check.
The national anthem was written, first as a poem, during the War of 1812. How could it have been written for Black people when we were still under the merciless stroke of American slavery?
It was put in song form and later adopted as the country's national anthem by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Only three years later the Black National Anthem, which also began as a poem written by educator James Weldon Johnson, was adopted by the NAACP as the Negro National Anthem.
Would one venture to say that Black leadership adopted a national anthem for their own people, because they felt that Wilson's anthem did not represent our experience in this country? How many white people in America "celebrate" the Black national anthem or even know that one exists?
It is amazing to me how aggressively we protest the Confederate flag in the south. It is as if we did not suffer just as much, and more, under the stars and stripes.
One reporter ventured into Howard's old neighborhood and interviewed locals, some who criticized his comments. One brother said that Howard needs a history lesson concerning Black soldiers who sacrificed their person and their lives in defense of the red, white and blue.
Unfortunately too many of those soldiers are living under bridges, in homeless shelters and insane asylums. My response to that dear brother is this.
If we as Black people fought and died to preserve the constitutional rights of tax-paying Americans then a young Black man like Josh Howard should be free to speak his mind in America.
If not, then those soldiers died in vain.


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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2013 - 23:33:07 CST
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Sorry for the slow response, I've been out of town at
the annual Supercomputing conference until late last night.
There are various ways to write plugins in C, but generally they
work like the psfgen plugin, where the user communicates with them
via new script commands. Generally, they do not have direct access
to the internal VMD data structures, and they get the data they need
via parameters that are passed to them via the commands they implement.
Before you go writing plugins in C, it might be useful to have a look
at what you're doing in the script-based code you have now. In the majority
of cases, there is not a need (or a benefit) for coding a plugin in C,
unless the plugin is doing most of the arithmetic work for itself
(e.g. not using built-in VMD analysis routines).
If you tell us more about what kind of analysis you're doing, and/or
show an example of one of the scripts that is running slow, we can
probably give you some tips on how to speed things up quite a bit.
If it turns out that your cases are a good match for a compiled C/C++
plugin, it may still be useful to see what you're doing so we can
give you the best advice on how to get it done.
Lastly: if you're doing something that's of broad interest, we
can also consider adding new "measure" commands that provide new
built-in analysis features. We're doing a lot of this currently,
so I'm always open to new suggestions.
John Stone
On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 05:14:21PM -0500, Charles McAnany wrote:
> Friends,
> I want to get comfortable developing for VMD. I'm interested in getting
> rid of "three-minute steps", which are the most irritating part of
> analysis. It's almost time to get coffee, but not quite enough; it's
> almost time to respond to an e-mail; but I can't make the mental context
> switch.
> So, as a starting project, I was going to replace the RMSD heatmap tool
> with an equivalent in C that is multithreaded (or MPI-aware). The issue
> is, I'm just not getting how plugins (in C) get vmd's data. I've read
> the programmers' guide and the plugin development guide, and I'm still
> not clear how all the executables link to each other.
> For example, if I compile vmd with MPI, how do the plugins take
> advantage of that? How do I get access to atom positions at a given
> timestep (in a thread-safe manner) from a plugin? I looked at the
> pmepot, but the C files there don't seem to #include <vmd.h> or anything
> related.
> I feel that asking all my questions to this list wouldn't be very
> productive (I'll have so many); does anyone have some references they
> can point me to?
> Oh, as an aside, if I alter the surf source so that it doesn't require
> makedepend (or sgidefs.h), who do I send the new version to?
> Cheers,
> Charles McAnany,
> Graduate Student, Mura Lab, University of Virginia.
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Proforma of Trading account
Trading Account
(for the period ending December 31, 2006)
Dr. Cr.
|To Opening StockOr
Stock (1-1 -2003 or opening date
of accounting period) or
Stock in the beginning or
To Stock:
Raw material… …………. .
Work in progress or
Semi finished goods or
Partly manufactured goods
Finished Goods
To Purchases
Less : Purchases return
Returns outward
Less : Goods taken by proprietor
(if in adjustment)
Less : Goods given as charity
(if in adjustment)
Less : Goods given as free sample
(if in adjustment)
To Carriage or cartage or
Carriage inward or
Carriage on purchases or
Carriage and freight
To Octroi or local taxes
To Import duty, customs,
Landing charges. clearing charges
To Wages or productive
Wages or manufacturing
Wages or direct wages or wages
and salaries
To Coal gas and water
To Fuel
To Heating and Lighting
To Power or motive power
To Manufacturing expenses
To Consumable stores
To Packing charges
To Assembling expenses
To Direct expenses
To Factory Expenses
To Productive expenses
To "Royalty
To Gross Profit transferred to PIL A/c.
(If credit side exceeds The debit side)
|By SalesLess : Sales return
Returns inward
By Closing stock
Stock on 31-12-2003
Stock at the end of the year
By Stock :
Raw material
Work in progress
Finished goods
By Gross loss-transferred to PIL
(If debit side exceeds 1he credit side)
Illustration 1. Prepare trading account only from the following Trial balance of Chinese Corner Hotel as on 31st March, 2003:
Dr. Cr.
$ $
Purchases ………… ……………………………………………………………. .15750
Sales ………………………………… ………………… ……………. …… . 21000
Returns inward …………………………………………………… …………….. .600
Opening stock …………………………………………………. ….. ………. .1300
Freight outward ……….. ………………. …………………………. ………… .65
Carriage inward ……………………………. ……………………………………. .50
Salaries and wages …………………….. ……………………………………… .572
Rent and taxes …………………………………………………………………… .226
Travelling expenses ……………………………………………………………. .187
Discount …………………………………………………………………………… .115
Commission ……………………………………………………………………… .108
Bank A/c ………………………………………………………………………… .6647
Trade Creditors ……………………………………………………….. . 2700
Sundry debtors ……………………………………………………….. ………4380
Capital A/c …………………… ……………………………………….. . 20000
Drawings A/c …………………………………………………. ……………… .2000
43700 43700
Closing Stock was estimated at $ 12.000.
Solution: Trading Account of Chinese Corner Hotel
For the year ended 31st March, 2003
Dr. Cr.
|To Opening Stock
To Purchases
To Carriage Inward
To Gross Profit transferred to P/L N/c
|By Sales 2100
Less : Returns 600
By Closing Stock
Explanation: Information contained in the Trial balance refer to assets, liabilities and indirect expenses, so these accounts have been omitted and not transferred to Trading account. Freight outward, salaries and wages, rent and taxes, travelling expenses and commission are indirect expenses. They are concerned with selling of goods. These expenses will be transferred to the debit side of profit and loss account.
Bank and debtors are assets and these accounts will be posted at the assets side of Balance sheet. Drawings will be shown as deducted from capital at the liabilities side.
Creditors and capital represent liabilities so they will also be entered at the liabilities side.


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The tournament drew nine teams consisting of optometry students and friends. The tournament began with short round robin games before being placed on a double elimination bracket. The team's created unique names for their teams "Bumpin Uglies" made up on Eric Ricker '17, Kelsey Westbrook '17, Paige Biehler '17 and Thomas Lambert '17 won the championship game. The team won a $75 gift certificate to Bar 101, Champion T-Shirts and a free pair of Europa sunglasses.
|Winning Team Members: left to right: Paige Biehler, Thomas Lambert, Kelsey Westbrook and Eric Ricker
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Foel Gron is a fascinating place, especially if you are a climber or a geologist. It's not pretty, but the way the rock has been laid bare by successive generations of exploitation leaves an intriguing, haunted landscape.
The huge, daylit cavern, strewn with countless sharp chunks of newly fallen slate, was one of the highlights of our first visit last year. It was as spectacular as it was unexpected, the towering walls inside the chamber lit by a golden beam of warm light from the summer afternoon sun, streaming in from an entrance punched out from the rock. I'd remembered it long after I'd forgotten my annoyance at not being able to explore further because, at the time, we didn't have powerful enough lamps.
Now, it was a year later, and we had more than enough battery powered light to cope with the dark mysteries of the mine. But this time, it was the sun that fell short of requirements. Dark clouds rumbled over the sky, heavy with the promise of rain. Right away, the atmosphere of the place was different. There was a brooding, sombre feeling as we walked through the chaotic sea of slate where the mine had been untopped, marvelling at the huge long shot blast lines in the rock. The people that ripped this place apart had certainly meant business. We reached the entrance, probably part of a chamber underground at one time, but now exposed like a guilty secret.
The place needs to be explored with great stealth, as rocks fall continually from the roof. There were several lethally sharp-edged, huge boulders on the floor that hadn't been there last time. A good strong mining helmet wouldn't be much use here, although somehow it does make you feel better when you wear one. We picked our way as quietly as we could down into the chamber. The old slate waggon was still there in the gloomy pond, quietly oxidising in the clear, dark water. The sloping floor was a crazy jumble of unsteady slabs, so each step had to be taken with care. A fall among these rocks had to hurt...I'd rather not put it to the test. . We eventually made it to where we'd reached last time. Our lamps played around the walls of the cavern, noticing things we'd missed. A low tunnel hidden by a massive pile of rubble...another passage, leading behind a new roof fall. I turned around, dislodging a chunk of slate.
There was a hoarse, terrifying cry as a raven took off from a ledge, high up in the roof of the chamber. He or she flew with effortless grace out of the entrance where a discussion began with another raven outside. The bird flew back in again moments later, settling once more on the nest. Now, we had to move about with even more care so as not to disturb the creature again.
We explored the low tunnel. It was flooded and the water was very cold, but the most intriguing thing was that all the underwater surfaces were covered in a sugary white deposit. In our 46 mines explored to date, we'd not seen anything like that. A little more mooching around confirmed Petra's suspicion that the most recent roof fall had rendered the back of the chamber unsafe. Ten ton slabs were perched, ready to fall at any moment, their edges sharper than a kitchen knife. We were both bitterly disappointed, as we felt sure a way could have been found to another chamber, deeper into the hill.
We made it out again without disturbing the Raven, or the roof of the cavern. I disconsolately mooched about , while high above me, two holes gloomed out from another chamber. They were inaccesible to most mortals, although I had read that an explorer had climbed up to one, only to find that it opened out onto a deep, dark place with no way of getting down inside. I kicked about at the base of the cliff, thwarted. Then Petra pointed out the remains of a very low tunnel that had been almost completely eclipsed by blocks of rubble at the foot of the cliff. We hadn't spotted it before.
Petra squeezed her way in almost before I'd decided it might be possible. She grinned at me from inside. The game was afoot again!
I was nursing a sore back from a silly fall the previous week on some damp slate slabs, so the shimmy in to the adit was accompanied by some interesting curses...but it was worth every vertebra stretching moment. We were in a comparitively spacious adit which led on to a massive vertical drop into a dark abyss. We'd found another large chamber, illuminated by the eerie light from one of the holes above. Shining the lights across, we saw that the opposite wall contained a counterpart adit to ours, marooned when the miners drove further down. Frustratingly, the drop looked a big one and there appeared to be no safe way in, except by abseiling. That entrance across the divide was so fascinating. Why do we mine explorers always hanker after that which is just out of reach, or is that simply life?
We shone the torches around and Petra spotted a rust-filigreed old shovel sitting against the wall. A chunk of flat-bottom tram rail was lying in a pool of water. Then, our eyes becoming accustomed to the place, we saw a branch off our adit, masked by the darkness in the tunnel. There'd been a fall, by the looks of things but it was still possible to shimmy carefully up and see that another dark chamber beckoned. This might need some serious effort, best left until the back was fully recovered. We weren't disappointed, though. The hill had given up another of it's secrets, and I'll be writing again once I can stand up properly!
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Hi. My name is Josh Jones. I rode motorbikes, still ride a bicycle, have sailed around most of the world and competed in a couple of ocean races. I had a varied career which I won't bore you with in detail – it included work on radio, radar, electronics, computers and running the test room for a transformer manufacturer. So I can diagnose most simple problems. But now I'm stuck and can't find any help on the Internet so I wonder if you might have any suggestions.
I use an old bench drill that belonged to my late father-in-law, It works fine except that sometimes when I switch it on, usually after using it for a short time, it trips the residual current breaker in the main supply. When I reset the breaker it immediately starts with no problem and would run forever if I didn't switch it off. I'm used to living with that but now my son-in-law has given me an electric saw that trips the breaker when I first turn it on but will start again repeatedly once t gets over that first start. I assume that this is something to do with start capacitors – the one on the drill had been recently replaced – but I've never come across it before and know nobody who has.
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The cat is running a fever now, its nose is all bunged up and the parasites make it feeling awful. It needs your help right now. First, blow its nose; Second, clean up the nasal cavity. Then the most important thing is that using the spray kill off any parasites.
You should be careful with this step, because different parasites need different medical tools and the parasites are hiding away in the nose, so you should use the medical microscope seek out them one by one. After all of steps, let's dress up the cat and make it more lovely.
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cba to read this anymore, I hoped that the translation would be better after changing site, but clearly it is the same bullshit
Shi Yan stood not far from the Sun Refined Spirits. He could feel the dashing Sun Flame of the Sun Refined pouring into his heart.
In his heart, there was the Star Martial Spirit and the star god of The Three Gods Sect.
At first, the Star Martial Spirit could only absorb the star power, not the sunlight. However, when facing the Sun Refined Spirits this time, the sun power went into his body and the Star Martial Spirit quickly developed its effects, also absorbing the sun power.
What was the reason?
Shi Yan knew it was not as simple as the Ice Cold Flame had said. It was not because the sun was also a star itself so it could simply absorb the sun power that way.
If this was true, the Three Gods Sect would not separate the Sun Martial Spirit and the Star Martial Spirit. The Sun Martial Spirit and the Star Martial Spirit should definitely have its differences; for they could not be identical.
But if not, how could the Star Martial Spirit absorb the sun power?
Shi Yan knitted his brows, with a lot of thoughts flaring up in his head. He finally seemed to understand something.
Strange power from his meridians started to spread out.
A lightning zoomed over him, Shi Yan suddenly understood.
At this moment, his heart was absorbing a lot of that strange power. It could activate the Immortal Martial Spirit and the Mysterious Martial Spirit, should it also make a good change for the Star Martial Spirit in transforming it to this miraculous level?
It should be so.
Shi Yan nodded his head affirmatively.
The Earth Flame in the Sun Refined Spirit was absorbing the extremely hot power of the Sun Flame. A number of the Sun flames were like many different fire serpents disappearing into the burning fire of the Earth Flame. It then became a part of the Earth Flame's power, that made the burning fire of the Earth Flame transform marvelously.
From ten meters away, Shi Yan was still motionless, but the Star Martial Spirit in his body was also absorbing the sun power of the Sun Refined Spirits, contesting the power from the Sun Refined Spirits with the Earth Flame.
Being absorbed by the two powers, a dazzling hot sunlight started relenting gradually.
The hot meteorite was disappearing little by little.
The entire oppressively hot desert, with the decreasing power in the Sun Refined Spirits, became cooler.
"Do you feel it is getting cooler?"
"Yeah, the temperature in the desert seems to be decreasing"
"Uh, it's getting very comfortable now. Looks like there is something happening here. I don't know if this can help us find the way out?"
"Who knows. I really don't want to stay in this devilish place any longer. God, where is the end of the road if we keep on walking like this?"
"Don't talk rubbish. We came to the Chasm Battlefield to kill the Yan family. We have not seen any of the Yang family yet, even if we find a way out, do you not feel any shame in returning without completing your mission?"
The warriors had come from different forces in the Kyara Sea, they then gathered in the same place discussing their options.
Cao Zhi Lan sat alone, frowned tightly. Her enchanting eyes then lit up.
Silently using the Star Martial Spirit, Cao Zhi Lan started to observe every little thing around them to understand the strange change.
After a while, Cao Zhi Lan suddenly stood up and said said, "We can go over there to inspect. I recognized that there wasn't either violent burning fire or any powers that could destroy our souls. Now is a suitable time to go, there should not be any danger".
"I'll go!" Pan Zhe quickly stood up.
One hour later.
Four people, Cao Zhi Lan, Qu Yan Qing, Gu Ling Long, and Pan Zhe returned again and stopped meters away from the Sun Refined Spirits. They watched the Sun Refined Spirits with extremely strange faces.
"Where is Shi Yan?" Gu Ling Long heatedly said, "That stupid guy disappeared again. How can we find him?"
Cao Zhi Lan kept silent, looking at the Sun Refined Spirits with a strange face, she felt really confused.
This is the Sun Refined Spirits?
Clearly it is just an ordinary Meteorite from outer space!
The Sun Refined Spirits from the Sun Core now had the burning fire power from the sun, how was it that it became like this?
Who could have absorbed all the sun power in the Sun Refined Spirits in such a short time?
Was it Shi Yan?
That was a big question mark in Cao Zhi Lan's head, who was, staring at the Sun Refined Spirits which had now become a normal meteorite. She did not say anything for a while.
For the first time, she was concerned about Shi Yan. She felt that there were so many secrets about Shi Yan that she could not understand.
Her Star Martial Spirit could easily see through people's minds, knowing and sensing all kinds of strange martial souls that could give way to her opponents' potential tricks.
Today, she could not see through Shi Yan and that made her anxious and worried. She was not used to let anyone slip out of her sense control. She extremely hated this feeling of incompetence.
Pan Zhe and Qu Yan Qing also knew a little about the Sun Refined Spirits legend. They got bewildered while looking at the Sun Refined Spirits which had now turned out to be a normal stone. They did not know what to say momentarily.
A long time after that.
"I think Shi Yan has left. Uh, what we have to do now is identify his direction".
"Over there, there seems to be some power movements over there!" Ceasing a little, Cao Zhi Lan suddenly exclaimed "Oh", her face looked strange.
"How is it?", Pan Zhe asked.
"Do you realize that the desert now is not the same as when we just arrived here? You guys can use your powers now, is it not prevented anymore? My Star Martial Spirit can finally affect this area as usual. Uh, over there, over there should the array technique exist and be sheltered. I think we can now get out of this place", Cao Zhi Lan calmly said.
"Is this true?", Gu Ling Long shouted excitingly.
The desert was getting cooler and cooler, the strange power covering the desert had totally disappeared.
"That's true. All the changes were because of this meteorite". Qu Yan Qing looked at the Sun Refined Spirits which had become an ordinary meteorite. "Indeed, because of this Sun Refined Spirits' transformation, everything in the desert has changed".
"I already knew that!" Cao Zhi Lan's gentle body was in shock, her eyes shined, terrifyingly screaming, "The whole desert is a tremendous matrix! The Sun Refined Spirits is the power generator of the whole array technique which is also the mouth of the formation. When the entire power inside the mouth of the formation disappears, the mighty array technique is immediately disabled and shows its true color."
"My god, is there such a big array technique like that?" Gu Ling Long shouted, covering her mouth.
"Yes!" Cao Zhi Lan nodded her head, mused upon something, and said, "Maybe it's not necessary to continue to stay here. I can feel that that direction is where the warp portal has left. Uh, we can pass it. I think Shi Yan also followed in that direction."
A moment later,
Cao Zhi Lan and the others discovered an old array technique in the desert. This array technique was very similar to the one which they had used to enter the desert.
Without much hesitation, the warriors all stood up. When the pink light flared up, they also disappeared from this desert without a trace.
The forest was boundless, the world and spiritual energy were extremely dense. Inside the forest, the fragrance of flowers and fresh air struck their faces and made the warriors feel refreshed and comfortable.
Above the ancient tree root, Shi Yan was hiding in the thick, dense layers of the leaves. From one hundred meters up from the ground, Shi Yan was looking down.
After having followed the old array technique to come here, at first Shi Yan had thought he had already returned to the Kyara Sea, come back to an island which had sultry spiritual energy. However, after holding his head up to the sky, he knew he was wrong, he was still in the Chasm Battlefield.
The blue sky was cloudless. There were white masses of clouds but no sun, no moon, nor any stars. It was not possible to see if there were any star powers going into the Star Martial Spirit.
A world without the sun, the moon, and the stars was obviously not the Kyara Sea. This place was still inside of the Chasm Battlefield, only the environment had changed.
Although this place was located in the Chasm Battlefield, the world and spiritual energy were extremely heavy. It seemed to be different from the description of Yang Mu's warriors.
According to the description of Yang Mu's warriors, the world and spiritual energy should have been very diluted. It had not been a suitable place for warriors to practice, this place had been the ancient battlefield, there had been only ancient mummies or explorers. No warrior was able to live here.
Though far off in the distance, he discovered that there was a forest which was full of vitality.
From afar, there seemed to be a mighty castle. The whole castle was constructed with gigantic stones, the colored flag was flaunting on top of the castle. Some people inside of the castle could be ambiguously seen.
The gigantic stone castle's location was more than ten miles away from Shi Yan. The whole castle was protected by a mysterious power which made it impossible for Shi Yan to use the god consciousness to peep inside of it.
Looking further, it was still an endless forest. His ears could even hear the terrifying roars of some animals.
This place was not much different from any other places on the outside. There were spiritual energy, wild animals, and also warriors, but no sun, no moon, nor any stars could be seen.
Observing from one hundred meters high up, Shi Yan kept silent for a while and then decided to go to the gigantic stone castle to see if it was true that there were warriors living there or not.
Like a big bird, Shi Yan plunged down, steadily landing.
In a moment, a flow of negative power like billions of rope twisted around his body. After landing, he realized he was confined and impossibly moved.
"Damn Pagan Tribe!"
A clear but cold whisper came to his ears from behind.
Shi Yan wanted to turn his head backwards to look at the source of the whisper but realized that he could not turn his neck. Then he smelled a fragrance of orchids, the scent sneaked into his mind, making him dizzy then unconsicous.
cba to read this anymore, I hoped that the translation would be better after changing site, but clearly it is the same bullshit
dude the guy is just super salty he complains too much the translations are fine
ikr, just read it or leave, they are doing us a favor by translating this
… you are free to hire professional translator, complain about food that you do not have to pay for is unsightly!!!


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Top 10 Kids Birthday Party Games
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Pass the Parcel
Pass the parcel is a great game for all ages – parents can help smaller children. Before the party, wrap a small present in several layers of paper or newspaper, add a smaller presents between each layer of paper – i.e. pens, sweets, chocolate coins or small notebooks.
- The children sit in a circle and one child is given the parcel to start the game off
- As the music plays, the children pass the parcel around the circle
- When the music stops, the child holding the parcel unwraps a single layer of the paper
- The music re-starts, and the parcel is passed around the circle again.
- The child who unwraps the final layer wins the prize.
For large parties you can use two or more parcels, so everyone still gets to open a layer and the game doesn't last too long.
Musical Bumps / Musical Statues / Musical Cushions / Musical Chairs
This game is a traditional favourite and perfect for children from three years old. You will need cushions for Musical Cushions and chairs for Musical Chairs and a music player.
All the children move around the room to music. The music is stopped momentarily, and the children…
Musical Bumps… sit down on the floor as quickly as possible. The last person to sit down is out. The music re-starts and the next round is played. The final player remaining wins the game
Musical Statues… stand a still as possible – like a statue. The first person to move slightly before the music starts again is out. The music re-starts and the next round is played. The final player remaining wins the game
Variations include Musical Chairs or Cushions: sit down on one of the chairs/cushions already laid out on the floor. For the first round of the game, there should be a chair available for each child. The music re-starts and the next round is played. A chair is removed after each round, so that when the music stops one child remains without a chair or cushion, and is out. The final player remaining wins the game.
Funny Face Balloons
All ages, although parents will need to help smaller children.
Equipment: latex party balloons, felt tips pens, markers and stickers. Please note that white balloons will work best as the drawings and decorations will stand out more.
Give each child a balloon, felt-tipped pen and some stickers and ask them to draw a funny face on their balloon. If you're feeling adventurous, you could glue wool to the balloons to represent hair. Mount all the creations on balloon sticks. The winner and runner ups can win small prizes and the kids can take their balloon home at the end of the party!
The Chocolate Bar Game
This fun party game is best played with children 5 and over.
Equipment: Bar of chocolate, knife, fork and die.
All the children sit in a circle. Place the bar of chocolate, knife and fork on a plate in the middle. The kids take turns to throw the die. The first child to throw a six has to go into the circle, put on the clothes and start to cut and eat the chocolate.
Meanwhile, the other children in the circle continue to throw the die. The next child to throw a six goes into the middle of the circle, and tries to cut and eat the chocolate.
The first child to successfully finish the chocolate wins.
You can can create variations of the game and use a scarf to blindfold the contestant, or you could use a bowl of jelly instead of chocolate.
Sweet suckers
Give everyone a straw, a cup and a pile of sweets each (Smarties work well). They then have one minute to transfer as many sweets into the cup using only the straw and suction power – no hands allowed. It's not as easy as it looks!
The child who picks up the most sweets wins!
Wrap someone in toilet paper as quickly and neatly as possible and create the best looking mummy. Smaller children might need adults to help.
You will need a few rolls of masking tape and toilet paper.
- Arrange the children into teams of tree or four. Give each team a roll of toilet paper and some masking tape
- Each team chooses a volunteer from their group to be the mummy. The rest of the team needs to wrap their mummy up in toilet paper. They have only 10 minutes to make their mummy using only toilet paper and masking tape!
- When time is up, tell everyone to stop
- The team with the best Mummy Wins!
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Suitable for ages four and up.
Equipment: A large picture of a donkey with no tail, a tail for each child with his name written on it, a scarf to use as a blindfold. You can buy ready made sets or make your own.
Put up the picture of the donkey at a height that the children can reach easily, and mark the place where the tail should be.
- Sit the children on the floor.
- Call up one child, cover his eyes with the blindfold and turn him around.
- Give him a tail with his name on it and lead him to the picture.
- Ask him to stick the tail where he thinks it should go on the picture.
- Remove the blindfold and call up the next child to have a go.
- The winner is the child who has stuck the tail nearest to the right spot.
Treasure Chest
This game is ideal to play with 2 to 6 year olds.
A special treasure prize in a small box
Some small pieces of 'loot' e.g., chocolate coins or wrapped sweets
A large box or plastic container filled with sand (if you're playing outside, this game can be played in the sand pit).
Before the party, bury some 'treasure' in a sand pit or box of sand. Give the children spoons, and ask them to pretend that they're archaeologists (or pirates if you're having a pirate party) looking for buried treasure. The children dig in the sand to find the treasure, and can keep the small pieces of treasure they find on the way. The winner is the child that finds the treasure chest.
Singing games
Young children especially will love singing games, and most will be familiar with these traditional rhymes and songs. This is ideal for very young children, and you'd be surprised how much the older ones enjoy it too.
Popular action songs include:
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Hokey Cokey
- Old MacDonald
Other popular nursery rhymes to suggest include Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Baa Baa Black sheep, Incy Wincy Spider.
Sleeping lions
This is a great game to calm down boisterous children at the end of a party.
All of the children lie down on the floor and pretend to be lions that are very tired and have fallen asleep.
Tell the children that the lions are not able to move at all, and if anyone so much as twitches they'll have to wake up and be out of the game.
Any children who are out can sit down next to you and try to goad the other children into moving.
The last child to move is the winner.
Ignore any movement for a few minutes to give all the children a chance to wind down, and you a chance to relax!


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Parkhurst Dining services has opened one of Pittsburgh's first green dining venues constructed from eco-friendly products from the ground up for client PNC at the Allegheny Center Mall, a corporate center where PNC is a tenant. The eatery, the Eco Bistro, is PNC's onsite dining operation, but is also open to other Allegheny Mall tenants and guests. It is also designed as a sustainable café for all PNC cafes to model after.
One of over a hundred PNC constructed facilities that follows LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Development) principles, Eco Bistro features bamboo walls, a more sustainable product than wood, which grows quickly without herbicides or pesticides and releases 35% more oxygen into the air. Also, the green glass tile walls are made from recycled 100% pre-and post-consumer waste, and the flooring is constructed from linoleum, comprised of organic materials. The natural quartz and glass counter tops made from 85% recycled bottles, entertaining guests when they try to identify the lettering from a bottle label embedded in the counter. Even staff uniforms are recycled: the shirts are made from recycled 58% recycled polyester and 42% bamboo charcoal polyester. (Parkhurst and PNC are in the process of securing official LEED certification)
Eco Bistro follows Parkhurst's EcoSteps program to reduce the company's environmental footprint. EcoSteps practices include purchasing rBST-free dairy, using biodegradable service ware, reducing paper waste, recycling fryer oil into bio-fuel, utilizing more energy-efficient light bulbs and composting.
Much of the bistro's fresh food needs are procured through Parkhurst's FarmSouce local purchasing program. The fresh selections complement assorted trendy sandwiches, soups, salads and hand-pressed burgers prepared by Executive Chef David Harris. There is also a variety of Italian selections such as hand-tossed pizza, Stromboli, breadsticks and savory flatbreads, all made with dough prepared from scratch. Dessert selections include assorted pies, cakes, muffins, strudels, brownies and the famous Smiley cookies from Parkhurst corporate parent Eat 'n Park.
"We try to mix it up daily by providing our guests with something different whether it's freshly baked Tuscan breads topped with buffalo chicken or feta, tomato and Kalamata olives, a Tex-Mex bar, or celebrating Oktoberfest with German sausage sandwiches and Bavarian-style soft pretzels," says Stephanie Knaus, Parkhurst's director of dining services. "We will soon expand retail offerings to include some of our menu items as home-meal replacements packaged in microwavable containers so that guests can purchase to eat later at home," she adds.
In addition to made-from-scratch foods, Eco Bistro offers HIP (Healthy Interruption Points) selections, pre-packaged three-ounce to-go snacks that offer a healthy alternative to impulse purchases such as cookies and candy. HIP selections include assorted nuts, granola, dried fruit, tropical trail mix, as well as fat-free sweets such as licorice and gummies which are positioned near the register so guests are more likely to purchase a healthier snack when they need an "interruption" during the day.
While most of the food is to go, the Eco Bistro seats 140 guests and is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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By Paul Meadors | Sports Editor
If you're an adventurous soul like me, anytime you hear the words "road trip!" your ears perk up and you scream "I'm there!" without knowing the details.
Well, in my case I went on a basketball adventure, a one-day trip by myself. But no worries, I spent one of the most thrilling and wildest 16 and a half hours in recent memory on Saturday, March 18 when I stuffed my laptop, notepad and my trusty pen into my backpack and traveled to Long Beach at 9 a.m. to watch those nationally ranked Clovis West basketball stars play in the SoCal finals. They played in the aptly named The Pyramid at Long Beach State and what a grand and glorious day it was as they finally got past nemesis Long Beach Poly with a 53-44 victory.
The entire day was filled with thrills and chills, the Golden Eagle faithful coming in droves, packing the arena and waving Cardinal and Gold pom poms in the air like they just don't care. Long after the trophy ceremony, the winners posed for pictures with friends, family and fans alike outside the arena, the setting sun reflecting on the faces of the proud. I left the parking lot at 8:30 p.m., found some tacos, loaded up on Starbucks and made my way home, my mind still racing from the adrenaline rush of watching such a high level basketball game end in victory, rolling in my driveway at 1:17 a.m. So worth it.
And now on Saturday, March 26, the pride of Clovis West will be playing for the granddaddy of them all – a state Championship – and you bet your bottom dollar I'll be there at the newly christened Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. They are an incredible 32-2 this season and ranked No. 1 in the nation in one USA Today ranking. This is not only a once-in-a-life opportunity for the girls and Coach Craig Campbell but a chance for those in the Clovis West community and the Central Valley to rally around a great team to help to bring the gold back to their school. Remember, this is the toughest division in the state. Not since the 2001 Hanford girls team has a Central Section team won a state basketball title. It's time to bring it home.
So.who's with me? Let's blaze a trail up the 99 and be a part of California state history. Everyone say it with me: "Road trip!" Let's gooooooooo.
Nationally ranked Clovis softball wins Las Vegas tournament
The Clovis softball team ended 2016 with a tough loss to Buchanan in the Valley title game, but the Cougars have come out of the gate like wildcats, winning the Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas played March 9-11.
The Cougars outscored opponents 42-8, winning three games in five days, capping off the successful trip by beating Bishop Manogue 7-3 in the championship game.
"I felt we got better over the weekend, as well as grew closer as a team," said head coach Mike Noel. "We have plenty to improve upon, but I was impressed with how we handled adversity and more importantly how we handled success."
Riding the phenomenal pitching of junior Danielle Lung, a Fresno State commit who went 5-0 with 34 Strikeouts in 27 innings and the torrid hitting of Jordyn Martinez and her 9-13 tournament, including three home runs and seven RBIs, they improved to 7-0 as a team at that time.
Ashley Kincaid, a senior outfielder went 7-13 with two double and two triples and seven RBIs in the tournament and Grace Henson, a sophomore infielder, hit a homer and a double with five RBIs in the final.
Lung started every game but only pitched two innings innings in a 18-2 win over Bishop Gorman in the opening game. The early season rain put her behind schedule as far as building up her inning and stamina.
"She threw a couple of games not as fresh as she normally would be and was forced to compete more than maybe she normally would because her velocity wasn't where it usually is," said Noel. "She did a great job of fighting and our defense made some big plays behind her. Very proud of her effort."
With their hot start to the season the Clovis made appearances in some state and national polls. The Cougars debuted on MaxPreps National Xcellent 25 and are now No. 9 in the state on Cal-Hi Sports.
With the three bombs, Martinez tied the school record of 14, tying Amanda Scott and Alyssa Caballero on the all-time Cougars list.
Despite their hot start, Clovis did suffer a surprise defeat at the hands of Bullard on March 17, a 6-1 loss with Lung on the mound. But, the Cougars are looking like a force once again this season.
"They're a hard working, talented group who are learning what it takes to win consistently," said Noel. "I think they can be a team that wins a lot of different ways. Danielle gives us a chance each game, but we're working to become more than that. The girls want to be a team that shows up each game willing to do what's necessary to win. They are great representatives of our school, our community and of Clovis Softball."
Clovis West golf looks for success this season
The boys golf team at Clovis West is off to a strong start to the season, winning the Stockdale tournament, a tone-setter for sure to start the season. But, looming large is defending TRAC and Valley champion Clovis North, returning three of their top seniors from last season. The Clovis Roundup caught up with Golden Eagles second-year head coach Jason Simonetti to talk about the season so far and what to look for during the season.
How's the team is shaping up this year?
This year has the makings to be something special. The boys do a great job of pushing each other and keeping their sights on what is in front of us and staying in the moment. We all share a common goal and that's to win, at all stages. We have a mixed bag of class ranks from Freshman to Seniors on our roster but we know that everyone contributes and that keeps the guys working hard.
Clovis West won the Stockdale Invitational. How did that play out?
That was a good win for us against a tough field with a majority of TRAC teams in the field. The team faced some adversity mid-round as we weren't playing to our potential. With about six holes for each player remaining I knew we had to finish strong to have a shot at winning and that's what the boys did. We played our last six holes (per player) at 2 under par as a team. That is the heart and grit that this team has that makes it something special.
Who are the standouts on the team? I know Cameron DeLaere, who will play at Fresno State next season, is playing lights out. How good of a player is he and what are his strengths?
Cameron has been playing well, coming off a round of 71 at the Stockdale Invite to finish second individually, and is our Captain. He is a leader on and off the golf course for our team, encouraging his teammates to put the hard work in and grind out the hours it takes to be as competitive as we can be. He leads by example, he engulfs himself in golf and won't stop until he has mastered what it is he is working on. The work ethic and heart that a coach can only dream of having from his players.
Other standouts are Tyler Gardner, a junior, who has played Varsity all 3 of his years. He is currently averaging under par and verbally committed to continuing his golf career at Fresno State alongside Cameron. Kyle Kuest, is a Sophomore that played every Varsity match as a freshman. Kyle has come a long way since last season and looking to cement his own chapter of a Kuest Legacy here at Clovis West following his brother Peter.
TRAC match play started March 20 for all teams.
TRAC baseball is in full swing
TRAC baseball is back, a little earlier than last year (a week to be exact) and if the first games played on March 17 are any indication, it's gonna be an intense hard-fought 15 games. But, I'm sure you already knew that. For an in depth look at what many pundits are calling the strongest high school baseball league in the state, go ahead and read through my sizable TRAC preview located in this issue of the Clovis Roundup – your one-stop shop for all your TRAC sports needs.
There is much hype surrounding Buchanan and for good measure – they are ranked No. 1 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and No. 2 in the nation by USA Today, MaxPreps and Baseball America – and they've sent a message so far this season by starting 11-0 and then opened up TRAC play with a combined no-hitter. Seniors Carson Olson and Kyle McKinney followed by sophomore Jake King combined on the no-no in the 9-0 win over Central.
Clovis North took care of Clovis West 5-1 behind the pitching of emerging star Justin Fuson and his five strikeouts through six innings. Sophomore outfielder Brock Jones hit a homerun and Fuson helped himself with an RBI double.
Clovis High used 11 hits to beat Clovis East 9-2, including outfielder Tyson Fraser 2-4 RBI, shortstop Mason Grotto 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and winning pitching Chet Allison went 3-4 with a double and 3 RBI. Allison.


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Harvey: On the outside looking in at Houston sports
What national media are saying about us, with some local perspective:
James Harden is on the cover of the current Sports Illustrated, accompanied by the headline: "The Unlikely MVP." Of acquiring Harden before the 2012 season, general manger Daryl Morey says, "If I knew then what I know now, I'd have given up five first-round picks." (Based on Harden's 31 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in the 113-102 victory over Minnesota on Monday night, it appears as if the SI cover jinx hasn't kicked in yet.)
Asked by SI if there were one player in the NBA he could steal a move from, New Orleans Anthony Davis says, "James Harden's step-back. It's vicious. He goes right, and then the step-back is money." (Ask the Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio, whose ankles still haven't recovered from the move Harden put on him Monday.)
Another headline on the SI cover calls Chicago's Jimmy Butler "The Unlikely Breakout Star." Butler is from Tomball. "Tomball isn't as country as people make you think," he says. "We have like three Walmarts. We have a lot of stoplights. It's cool." (No major college in Texas recruited Butler, who went to Marquette. All you need to know about the lack of success of Texas colleges in recent NCAA tournaments.)
According to USA Today, George Springer is the No. 1 fantasy sleeper. "Work around his batting average concerns, and Springer, 25, will prove the power and speed foundation many drafters hope for from risker, costlier names such as Ryan Braun, Yasiel Puig and Bryce Harper," the newspaper says. (I love Springer's potential, but I'll take Harper for now.)
Only one team in professional sports relies on analytics more than the Astros, according to ESPN The Magazine. The Rockets rank No. 3. Who's first? The Philadelphia 76ers. (No surprise. The 76ers' general manager is Sam Hinkie, who worked for Morey in Houston before taking his current job.)
Among MLB's 100 Names You Need to Know, meaning prospects who could emerge with their big clubs this season, USA Today lists two Astros: shortstop Carlos Correa at No. 70 and second baseman Ronald Torreyes at No. 99. (So Torreyes will see playing time with Jose Altuve at second? What do they know I don't?)
In one of the first of the post-combine mock drafts, USA Today predicts the Texans will take Alabama safety Landon Collins with the No. 16 pick in the first round. (I'd rather they take Ohio State's speedy wide receiver Devin Smith. The newspaper has him going four slots lower to Philadelphia.)
It could surprise cornerback Kareem Jackson fans, but Sports Illustrated doesn't list any Texans free agents among the top 40 players on the market this offseason. Neither does the magazine list quarterback Ryan Mallett, considered the Texans' No. 2 priority to retain. No quarterbacks are listed. (It could be a cheaper offseason for the Texans than we expected.)
In ESPN The Magazine's analysis of analytics, no NFL team is labeled as "All-In.'' Only nine teams are labeled "Believers." The Texans are labeled among "Skeptics." (This is the league for Charles Barkley.)


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Hey guys,
several people have suggested that it would be great to have a simple way to talk to other Sparrow developers instantly.
For that reason, we are re-activating the Sparrow IRC channel:
You can enter the chat either by clicking on the link above, or by using a standalone IRC client (like Colloquy on OS X).
This room is an experiment, to see how many people show up, and if it really makes sense. I'll drop by from time to time, too -- but don't expect to see me too often, I need to get some development done, too!


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Da Plane! Da Plane!
Stewart got off his great shot on his iPhone, of the banner in Libčice nad Vltavou and the mystery plane itself as it passed over.
(I just returned from three weeks in the U.S. The following ride occurred at the end of March. Just getting around to posting it now. Apologies. Stay tuned for more rides very soon!)
The Hills of Unending Incline.
A perfect description, newly coined by Stewart, for a ride that I've developed a love-hate relationship with. I love going there. I hate coming back.
I've written about it here before.
We usually take off from Úholičky, up the hill to Tursko, along a lovely (and usually deserted) country road called K Tesine, down a fantastic windy lane called Kralupska, and into the village of Libčice nad Vltavou.
From there, it's along a path hugging the Vltava River to Dolany and then along to Kralupy. From there, we keep hugging the river path to one of our favorite spots to grab a beverage of two -- the Marina Vltava in Nelehozeves.
Which is exactly what we did on this day. I met Stewart at the SPITW (Smallest Pub In The World) in Úholičky, and we set off under what was by turns cloudy and dark and threatening, and then sunny with blue sky and clouds.
And the wind. All the time the damn wind. Why is it always behind us when we're heading down, and always against us when we were ascending? Never fails, that.
Our route on this day. Click to enlarge.
Heading down into the village of Libčice, Stewart and I noticed (couldn't help but notice, actually) a large passenger-type airplane flying quite low and doing all sorts of odd maneuvers above the treeline on the other side of the river. Both of us live near the usual approach that planes take when landing at Prague's airport, so we know when an airplane is doing something unusual in the skies.
And this was definitely unusual.
The plane would turn sharply, flying low to the ground, and you could hear the engines thrusting or pulling back or whatever jet engines do when the plane is climbing and then it would disappear into the clouds. Only to reappear moving slowly along the top of the treeline across the river, and then it would vanish, only to climb sharply up, up and away.
Stewart on one of our favorite country roads, between Tursko and Libčice.
We also saw a homemade banner in Libčice that said "Ne Letisti," or "No Airport."
At the time, Stewart and I weren't quite sure what airport they were talking about, or what these planes were doing flying so low. It appeared to be some sort of training flight. Stewart reckons he spotted the Lufthansa logo and that the plane was an Airbus A380, although we're not really sure.
Our biking buddy Dave Murphy told us later that "there is an airport just past Maslovice and Vodochody. I saw the same thing about two years ago. Up and down, up and down. They are planning to build a new one somewhere near Odolana Voda. I've seen the same signs against the airport."
It certainly was a surreal sight, seeing such a large plane flying so low and turning so sharply and hearing those engines really kick into gear like that. I can see why the locals might be a little upset about the whole thing.
If you know anything more about this situation, please do leave a comment. I'd love to know the whole story. (Editor's Note: Someone has just done that. See comments below. Mystery solved!)
Wolfenstein says hello.
Anyway, Stewart and I continued along the river on one of our favorite paths, passing as we do on this route the dog we call Wolfenstein. He's a big one, and not fond of bikers. Fortunately, he's behind a fence. But he always gives me pause when I pass.
From Libčice nad Vltavou to Dolany, and then we decided to take Grant's Pass to just under the bridge in Kralupy nad Vltavou, a narrow twisting path along the river that is too overgrown to ride in the summer, but which is just passable in the spring. It cuts out a bit of city riding in Kralupy, which is always welcome.
Then it was a sprint to Marina Vltava, for the obligatory soup and a couple of cold ones.
And then the part I dislike intensely: returning home from Kralupy. All those lovely downhills turn into uphills on the way back, and on this day, it was all against the wind. Man, it was tough riding. Up and up and up out of Libčice to just above Úholičky. And just when you've expended all the energy and muscle power you think you possess, there's always a little bit more hill to climb.
It leaves me spent every time.
Stewart and I parted ways in Úholičky.
Country scene near Tursko.
Just a few hundred meters later, on my way to Velké Přílepy, I noticed my bike acting kind of weird. I looked down and noticed that my rear tire was flat as Kansas. (Which was funny, because a few days before I had replaced the tube after discovering a flat rear tire on my bike in the garage a few days after my last ride. I had pumped the punctured tube up to see where the hole was, only to discover that it seemed to be holding air just fine. In face, the tube is still inflated and hanging in my garage.)
So I was more than a little pissed off to discover another flat. (I guess I hadn't check the tire itself closely enough. Must be a thorn or something still stuck in there somewhere.)
A small pond and ancient building in Tursko, taken with my iPhone.
I was fairly close to home and didn't relish the idea of changing a rear tire there by the side of the road, so I pumped up the tube and hoped it would last me home. It didn't. I had to walk about half the way there, to the top of the hill above Velké Přílepy, where I pumped it up one last time. I was able to coast home, in the rain.
An ignominious end to an exhausting ride, the longest of the year so far for me. Sad, but true.
Length of ride: 42.5 kilometers
Time on the bike: 3.10.35
Average speed: 13.4 kph
Maximum speed: 49 kph
Pivo Index: 2
Distance ridden so far in 2010: 95 kilometers


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Bacillus: (n) a disease-causing, rod-shaped bacterium.
Bacillus is certainly one of those words that you don't want to hear very often in your life. Others would be bankrupt, sexually transmitted disease, and agony.
But I have heard "bacillus" once–and as they say, if you do it well, once is enough.
I was admitted into a hospital because I allowed an infection in my foot to get out of hand, thinking I could control it through home remedies and the power of presumption.
They took a specimen of my infection and discovered that I had two roaring types of bacteria annoying my well-being.
After spending two or three days in the hospital, they took another sample and discovered that I now had three–having added a new bacillus. So coming to the hospital afforded me the opportunity to gain an additional partner to the crime being perpetrated in my toes.
I questioned this, and the doctor explained that even though they try to keep all medical facilities clean and free of disease, it is, after all, a hospital, which is inhabited by unclean people with disease.
So that is my memory of bacillus.
It is something I acquired during my hospital stay… other than a bloated bill.
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Hi everyone and happy first Friday of February!
In today's 'Weekend Edit', we're styling up a soft palette of cosy neutrals - we'll do anything to introduce some light amidst the dreariness outside!
While we both love (and live in) our skinny jeans, it's nice to break the mould every now and again. J Brand's Houlihan cargo pants have been high on my wishlist for quite some time, so I thought I'd have some fun styling them up for this post.
I've gone for a smart look today, teaming them with these western style boots from River Island, but they'd look equally chic with a pair of Stan Smiths. A flouncy knit from Zara softens the military / western vibes, topped off with a creamy coat that just looks so cosy! It would be rude not to include this beautiful Chloe Faye bag in a neutral round up - and doesn't she finish off this look perfectly!
Now all I need is for everything to magically appear in my closet before my brunch date tomorrow...:)
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Have a fabulous weekend!
Laura & Anne
Feature Image Credit: Crystalin Marie